#＊ ⋮ 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 › threads › 𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒉 ，cairo.

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open to : m / f / nb ! ( both mutuals and non - mutuals. )

plot : based on this ; my muse discovers her fiancé's been cheating through an anonymous text filled with receipts. she goes through with the wedding anyway , and during her vows , she publicly exposes his betrayal by reading out his texts , dumps his ass and leaves. afterwards your muse , who they've always had a thing with but never acted on , comes to check on her to see how she's doing.

possible connections : friends , ex - fiance's sibling , best friend , best man, maybe they're the one that sent the text etc. just have fun with it , honestly !

‘ i just feel so fucking stupid. ’ the brunette shakes her head , sigh slipping passed parted lips , exhaustion hanging heavy beneath tired eyes. ‘ i swear i knew something wasn't right but i kept gaslighting myself into believing i was just being paranoid. ’ mix of frustration and disbelief clinging to each word spoken.

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closed starter for ; @pleinsdemuses .

‘ just be honest , for once in your life ! ’

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his words bring a smile to her lips , eyes cast down at her hands so she doesn't look at him . the warmth that spreads across her cheeks embarrassing . the years she had spent dedicated to a man who did nothing but use and abuse her as he liked , not a loyal bone in his body , no matter how much he always claimed to love her . ‘ i've been doing a lot better without him . no more constant waiting up , washing other women's make up out of his clothes , hating myself for his behaviour . . . ’ dark hues look up to meet his now not an ounce of regret to be detected as she speaks . ‘ i think i held on for as long as i did because i didn't want to lose ellie ... or you . you guys are the closest thing i have left to family . ’

the male shifts awkwardly in his seat, his steely gaze dropping to the contents of his drink before he meets her gaze. he’s not surprised—he’s known for a while now that things weren’t right between her and his brother. still, hearing it said so plainly hits harder than he expected. a part of him wants to defend his brother, to say something—anything—to salvage some sense of loyalty. but he knows better. she's right."yeah," he murmurs, long digits rubbing the back of his neck, "i guess you're not wrong about that." there's a soft bitterness in his voice, one he tries to mask, but it slips through. "we may look the same, but we're not." he would have never taken for granted a woman like her, not when life had been so cruel to him. "you're amazing, you know that, don't you ? you deserve better anyway."

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a heavy sigh slips past her lips , shoulders sagging under the weight of everything she feels . the rawness , like an exposed nerve , is almost unbearable , and wyatt’s words are kind , but they sting all the same . she sees the depth of what he’s not saying , feels the quiet longing behind his supportive smiles , and it makes her heart ache and break all over again . because she’s too tired , too overwhelmed to unravel the knot of emotions currently tangled inside her . it’s too much , too soon after everything that’s happened . still , she can’t ignore the warmth his words bring , settling over her like a fog , the reassurance she needs but can’t fully seem to accept . he deserves better than that and she wishes she could give him more ‘ wyatt . . . ’ his name spoken like a plea falling from her lips . eyes brimming with tears , threatening to spill at any moment . ‘ i'm going to keep messing this up . ’ blinks , and unshed tears finally spill over , staining her cheeks as she shakes her head in disbelief . words have stopped making sense , the heart break finally catching up with her . wishing that years ago when they had first met they hadn't been the cowards they were and actually said something . done something , anything . it would have saved her the pain of a broken heart and the fear of betrayal . ‘ i'm sorry , i don't know if i can be what you need me to be . ’

Wyatt let out a long and exasperated sigh at her words. He could see it clearly behind her eyes. The tiredness and the frustrations and the exhaustion. He saw the pain she was going through and he wished he could take it all away from her. There were many things that Wyatt wished at that moment in particular. None seemed possible in coming true. He wished that she had never dated that guy. That she only stayed with him and they were together. It would have been much better that way. She wouldn't have been treated way better and wouldn't be in so much pain. But alas that wasn't to be and now he was forced to deal with this scenario. Her words stung him for a moment as he bit his lower lip. He looked away from her daring not to meet her eyes as he smiled softly at her. "Maybe that's your problem. You struggle to recognize better even if it always was in front of you. But I hope that someday you will be able to recognize it and all I hope is that day will come soon because I hate seeing you so heartbroken. And in so much pain. " He mustered to say. He was speaking from the depths of his heart but he didn't know if she would understand it. He was practically praying that she would. After a moment's pause his eyes locked with hers again as he smiled softly at her. "There's no point in beating yourself up over it. What's done is done. It can't be changed. What we can do is take lessons from it and make sure to not make mistakes such as this in the future. " He responded to her with a gentle smile. At her next words he found himself sighing softly at her before finally responding to her. "I do not know but what I do know is that I am by your side always. And I shall help you in picking up the pieces. Whatever they may be. " He responded to her with a charming smile.

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confusion etches itself into her features , brows knitting together and mouth opening to say something , anything about his ill timed observation but she can't even seem to formulate proper sentences anymore . the chaos of her mind and the inability to fathom how the fuck this could have happened sending her into a downward spiral . wants to agree , it shouldn't be hard to forget someone who's broken her heart , completely shattered it , in fact . but the truth of the matter is , it does not change the way she feels . . . she was going to marry him . it might have been fun and games to him but it was real for her . how could she have been so blind . heart beats in her throat , bile rising at the idea of her fiance fucking other women in their bed . gaze fixes itself back on cedar , and she feels like she's losing her mind . the way he's acting almost as if trying to convince her of something even he has a hard time believing . ‘ no . . . no , don't give me that shit ⸻ say what you really want to say . ’

"well, if i were in your shoes, i’d probably feel the same way." it was certainly not the sort of comment one should utter in a situation like this, and cedar was all too aware of it. he felt an urgent need to divert his gaze for a moment, escaping the weight of his own words. "at least we can say it’s not hard to forget someone like that, right ?" as he settled into his chair, the realization that he’d once again put his foot in his mouth washed over him. though he wasn’t typically known for his eloquence, he was now navigating a particularly tricky tightrope—he had to conceal the fact that he was the one that sent those messages. in an attempt to project an air of detachment, he exaggerated his role as a mere bystander, further entangling himself in awkwardness. "i think i’d better just keep quiet and listen to you."

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an exasperated sigh slips from cherry lips , eyes carefully fixed on wyatt’s face as he speaks , exhaustion clinging to her like a second skin . as his words sink in , cutting through the haze of her thoughts , she studies him for a moment . really taking him in , as if she’s only now seeing him more clearly . ‘ better ? ’ she echoes , voice soft , almost brittle , half - hearted laugh slipping out . ‘ i’m not even sure i’d recognise better if it was right in front of me anymore . ’ the hit that cairo's ego has taken is nothing less than diabolical , the confidence she usually wears when speaking . . . all but gone . throat tightens , blinking once , twice , three times hard to keep the tears at bay , refusing to let them fall . because once they do she won't be able to stop . exhale . her gaze meeting his again . ‘ that makes sense . ’ head nods along slowly at his words , a flicker of a smile ghosting across her lips . ‘ but i should’ve seen it coming . i should’ve been smarter , now look at me . ’ shoulders sag , and she runs a hand through her hair , frustration bubbling beneath the surface . ‘ everything is fucked , where do i even start picking up the pieces ?? ’ if only she had trusted that gut instinct she's grown so good at ignoring .

Seeing her this way hurt him more than he would ever admit. It was hard for him to see the woman he loved more than anything being in such pain and hurt in this way. He had loved her from afar for his entire life but nothing ever happened between the two of them. Simply because of the fact she was alone with someone else. Moreover he was afraid of admitting his feelings for her and ruining their friendship. But at least it would have been better than seeing her so hurt right? Or at least that's what he told himself. Wyatt gave her a gentle smile before looking into her eyes. "I understand your frustrations and you have every right to be. Some men are just like that. They play with other people's feelings not caring if they are hurting the other or not. And when they are done doing so they simply leave. " He responded to her. "I am just sorry you had to go through that. You deserve so much better." He gave her a gentle smile as he said that.

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soft laugh slips past cherry stained lips , not an ounce of humour to be detected in it . eyes focusing on nervous fingers as they fidget restlessly . deep inhale before she finally finds the words to speak . ‘ that's really nice of you to say , james ... ’ wry smile occupies her lips now as she looks up to meet his eyes . ‘ ⸻ but we both know that your brother doesn't love anyone but himself . and i'm so over it . ’ it had been hard for her to accept at first , now it rarely ever bothers her anymore . ‘ it's kinda crazy how two people can look so alike yet be so different . ’

" i know being with my brother isn't always easy, but he does love you." / @assidvous