#☾ ` my lungs will fill and then deflate ; eddie castile ic .

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@wylmn | closed starter

the early afternoon air was brisk through the window - causing a chill to course through the room . eddie himself could barely feel it & had sweat beading on his tanned skin as he dropped to the floor for the fourth time - falling into a roll that ended with him springing back to his feet brandishing his seraph blade at an imaginary foe .

satisfied that he had done the move as smoothly as possible , the blonde pocketed the blade before wiping the back of his hand across his forehead . blinking into the light he realized how late it had become & felt his stomach grumble . when he had woke it had still been dark but he had felt he couldn't continue to sleep . he had dreamt of mason again . they had been too young to be out the night that he was killed & for the millionth time eddie had found himself pacing his room wondering how the situation could have been different . the feeling always dragged him to the training room & hours would fly by in what felt like seconds as he pushed his body to the limit .

the fire that fueled him had basically burned out and he meandered down to the kitchen - prepared to filter through whatever they had to hopefully make a sandwich & then maybe jog along the beach to cool down . he was stopped in his tracks as he rounded the corner , though , by the sight of a certain messy haired blonde standing with her back to him .

he is frozen for a minute - halfway out of anticipation, halfway out of admiration . he knows their interactions are heated at the best of times but he can't help but watch her before she notices him there - she is so unguarded and ... beautiful in a natural state like this . it lasts only a few seconds at most ( he knows he doesn't have much time - shadowhunters are trained to feel someone lurking ) but he treasures it just the same .

finally, he clears his throat . ' sorry - I didn't know anyone else would be in here . '

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emma is a strong woman . if you didn't notice it yourself . . . she was sure to point it out to you . eddie knew by now that she could probably handle herself but his innate nature to take care of people - to guard them made it hard to watch her waltz out of the institute towards a demon fight . shadowhunters were taught to go in pairs and he'd offered to go but it seemed she didn't want anyone except julian to go with her . possibly because she seemed to detest eddie ever since he arrived . it was a wonder he could stand to be near her - a wonder that he still felt . . . well , complicated , when it came to her . ' you know that . . . doesn't surprise me . ' he has to chucke at her wit but a sigh is soon to follow . ' i'm sure your first slay was right after your first step . but you always need someone to watch your back . ' he's not too shabby at hunting demons himself - just in a more subtle way . 

❝    eddie,    i    promise,    i'm    going    to    be    just    fine.    ❞    emma    says,    huffing    a    sigh    as    she    shoves    her    stele    into    her    the    pocket    of    her    leather    jacket.    ❝    you    don't    have    to    worry    about    me.    i    know    what    i'm    doing.    i've    been    doing    this    since    i    was    a    kid.    literally,    i    came    out    of    the    womb    with    a    stele    and    a    witchlight    and    told    my    parents    to    find    me    a    demon    to    slay.    ❞

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@wylmn for julian ! | closed starter

' i was just objectively stating that strigoi seem a bit scarier than demons . ' his hands raise in front of him - a defense mechanism against the other's ire. ' i mean there's all sorts of demons - but all strigoi are evil to the core. ' he pauses, envy slipping into his quiet tone . ' besides, you get magic. i get a stake . '

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