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[goodnightlover]

[angstandhappiness]

BAH HAH

Canon I swear

[thewritingstar]

Reaching Out

Pairing: Gruvia (Fairy Tail)

Prompt: Love at First Sight (from my feb prompt list)

Note: hello divas, it was my birthday a few days ago, lol. And while I'm still working through those damn feb prompts (why did I think that was a good idea? who knows) I wanted to post this! One of my fav ships of all time. Now this fic is much softer and hopefully y'all like it. I feel like its not like traditional fan fic writing..idk, but I like it so im gonna post it lol. I'll stop typing but enjoy this cause I had fun writing it!! Much love to all love. Its short n sweet.

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The idea of love was almost a foreign concept to him. While he knew the laws of attractions, he didn’t believe his heart could do anything more than pump blood through his body. Magic could flow through his veins, but emotions became stunted when his heart was involved. 

A deep desire, one he would never speak out loud, would be to get rid of the ice shell around his own heart. To know that maybe one day, someone could find peace within him. It was a dream that he believed half-heartedly, like the fairy tales his mother used to read him. 

Maybe once, moons ago, he did believe in all that. Sometimes those beliefs get to be held longer by others, but for him, many things left him at a young age. It was easier to swallow the pill that love just wasn’t in the cards for him. Even as a wizard, there were some things that he couldn’t fathom. 

Love. It was out of reach. Grasping with the tips of his fingers, it always slipped through and suddenly, he couldn’t remember the last time he tried to reach out. There was no point. Only the fear that he would wind up left alone once again. It was safer this way. One more crack in the ice and he was terrified that he would drown. 

He wished he could tell his past self how wrong he would be. He wished he could tell himself how he learned how to breathe again. How the idea of something more kept him haunted in a way that he couldn’t comprehend. How a rooftop would become his holy land. 

The universe didn’t allow for confusion as she approached him. It was like there was a golden string attached to him and somehow, she had always been connected. Tugging over and over, he felt something shift within him. 

He knew himself better than anyone, and yet, this feeling…

It felt. 

New. 

Blue eyes met his dark ones and the world felt lighter. His heart was thumping to a melody he had never heard. A symphony he started to crave. A song he would have on repeat for the rest of his life. 

She was an enigma. He never was the brightest but he wanted to study her. To know why he felt this way. What could she possibly have that he needed?

During their first meeting, a battle he was certain he might lose, there was something new that happened and it caused a shift. Another crack in his ice and yet, somehow he wasn’t falling. There was no darkness to consume him but something utterly wonderful. 

The flushing of her cheeks when he spoke had sent his mind into chaos. She enticed him and he wanted more. In the deepest parts of his soul, parts that he didn't even allow himself to travel to, something erupted. A flicker of a flame that came from embers that were unsuspecting.

His throat was dry when she approached. A demeanor of coldness that rivaled his own. Her dark blue eyes captured him and threatened to hold his gaze until she said so. Power oozed from her and something made his spine straighten out.

For a moment, a belief he had doubts about, started to form. He wanted to push the thought away. He had been hurt, so accustomed to loss, that the idea of another leaving had overshadowed a good memory that could form. It was a momentary belief. Nothing more. Yet for the man who let life slip through his fingers time and time again, he made no hesitation reaching out to her. 

He had never moved faster. His legs pushing him and nearly sending him over the edge. His hand clutched around hers in a desperate attempt to save her. While to the outside world, he was clearly saving her, he didn’t know that she would salvage a broken heart. How reaching out to her would be the very thing to bring him back to life. 

Her eyes opened to the sky. An unfathomable sight bestowed upon her and her cheeks flushed from the light. Her pupils dilated like never before. Lips parted and a gasp escaped as if it had been locked inside of her for a thousand years. She couldn't take her eyes away from the heaven above.

Little did she know, his eyes couldn't leave her. He didn't know what it meant at that moment. What the sky and darkness had done to torment the woman before him. She was a stranger. Someone he didn't know, someone he shouldn't care to know. An enemy to his guild, yet…

He was wonderstruck.

A sky that he had seen a thousand times was nothing to be excited about. It was a part of life. Maybe a sunset could capture his attention, but bright blue? No. However, she looked at it as if a miracle had been performed. As if she had been in a desperate plea to witness a cloudless day.

He could see it all on her face. The smallest gleam in her eye formed and he saw it perfectly. The first spark of a fire coming from embers that had died years before. He knew it all too well. He should have extinguished them. Let himself not be drawn to a promise of something more. But he couldn’t. 

He laid on the rooftop watching her amusement to the sky before them. His frown deep and face unsettling. How much pain was she caring? How much suffering did she face to believe that this was a marvel of the world?

Perhaps he was selfish. To take something like the sky granted. Never again would that happen. For the first time, he didn’t think about the pain or the suffering. He didn’t think about how a dark ending could be in the future. 

But before the sky showed, his hand had been wrapped with hers. A slip from a puddle and she went to fall off. Her body followed gravity and he saw the painful look on her face. She was going to allow it.

She was willing to die. Willing to let it all go. Like a thread slipping out of its seam, once it starts, you can't stop it.

Maybe that's why he reached out. Because he knew what it was like to be lost in a maze you didn't know you were in. Constantly running from agony and hoping you don't fall further down. There's a bottom that few hit and can't climb out of. He had saw someone who was just as broken. 

Perhaps their shattered pieces could mend the others. 

The tug of her hand on his brought him into a reality he wasn't sure was real. Her eyes were bright and desperate. Her lips parted with words she couldn't find and just two eyes locked in each other. 

She had thought she was a goner.

He thought she was beautiful.

She had believed that the sky was bright but to him, she blinded him. 

His own words were lost as he pulled her to safety. He didn't say it then but he didn't want to let her hand go. A warmth that he never experienced flooded his palm. He had been met with fire before but this heat was burning him in a glorious way.

So he stayed on that rooftop much longer than he should have. He took her in. The way her cheeks lifted with her smile and creased her eyes. The way her breath staggered as she kept looking up desperate to memorize the sky in case it left again.

The fear was mutual. He took in the way her hair was curled tightly but slowly was losing its sharpness. Her hat, her doll, her dress, it was all being committed to memory in case they never saw each other again.

Desperate to make sure that this feeling he had was real, he reached out and drew her eyes away from the sky. It felt selfish to do so. The look on her face toward the sky was tender and soft, but the expression didn’t change when she looked at him. 

And maybe in a silly way, he thought that fairy tales could be real. That the books that once were read by his mother, were playing out in front of him. That maybe deep down, peace could be found between them. Love at first sight may not be the correct words for him, but there was something new springing to existence when he looked at her. 

There was nothing he wanted more than to hold onto this feeling. So when she came through the guild doors with a mark stamped to her thigh, the cigarettes didn’t have the same kick they did anymore. A new fix was found. 

He thought that maybe the nights they shared where they slipped away to the forest was enough to cure any injury he faced. Slowly, the disbelief and the cards were showing a new hand and he was willing to bet it all if it meant that he got to hold her close. 

For a man who didn’t pay attention to most, he knew what her favorite flower was. How she liked a darker blue compared to bright. How she liked to keep her hair down and secretly loved the rain. 

He knew every part of her in a way he didn’t know himself. He knew the touch of her hand on his arm when she laughed. The brush of their fingertips when they walked through town. The source of her smile on a boring day. He knew what songs she hummed in the shower and the imprint of her lips against his. 

So for the years that his heart was frozen and trapped, he made up for it by wrapping his arms around her waist and holding her close. For life could slip by all it wanted to, but he would hold onto her forever. 

Somehow, his favorite story became theirs. There was something poetic about his happiness being tied to hers. How a woman who could control the rain was also outshining the sun. He admired how a woman who had been feared for so long could turn out to be the kindest person he had ever met. 

So maybe Gray didn’t believe in love at first sight, but he believed in Juvia. She was like a new religion that he would dedicate his life to. He would give anything to make sure that the sky was clear and while many thought that he gave her the sky, she had given him the universe. 

He had vowed to become the man she deserved. Become the person where the pain doesn’t define him and his strength wasn’t just from his magic. He found himself one day walking up to her just like he always did. 

It was quiet at the guild and they were in the garden. She was talking about flowers, something casual. He had felt it. That melody in his heart, just like he did when they first met. The sun was engulfing her in a halo of light and while she talked, she looked perfect. 

Slowly, he took her hand. A red flushed her face as his other hand caressed her cheek. 

“Gray?” She whispered with eyes wide as the moon. 

All he did was smile before he kissed her. It was slow and careful as if he had been thinking about it for months on end. In his dreams, she was always found to the point that the nights would become restless. But right now? The dreams had faded away as he took in the real thing. He liked how he could feel her hand pressed against his chest and her eyelashes against his. 

He pulled away and his arm went around her on the back of the bench they were sitting on. Her face bright red as her voice started to go into a ramble. 

“Juvia can’t believe-”

A smile tugged at his lips. “Juvia?” 

Her voice faltered. “Yes?” 

“You make me happy.” 

Her own smile took over. She scooted closer to him. “You make Juvia happy too.” 

As the months of them together turned to years, the foreign concept of love became his expertise. She became the stars on his map. The sole reason for him to get up. In every aspect of his life, she was there. No matter where they were, he would always reach out to her. 

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I hope that you enjoyed! Comments and likes/reblogs appreciated!

xoxo star!

[itzgruvia]

Gray Fullbuster in chapter 182

BOOM SHAKALAKAAA, YES GOD, YES GOD, YES GODDDDDD.

Gray protecting Wendy first is a brother behaviour>>>

Gray using ice sword is my BIGGEST HEAR ME OUT

Gray just shut all those Gray haters :))) he can burn ice because he is a maker wizard.

Panel goes hard n1

😩😩😩😩 WHY IS HE SOOOOOOO

That's a black blizzard y'all, do you all see this??? DO YOU ALL SEE THIS?? THIS IS A DEMON SLAYER!

Panel goes hard n2

Juvia's man, Juvia's man, JUVIA'S DEMON SLAYER MANNNNNN!!!

Gray ate and left no crumbs, my man is back and ready for action.

(rumours says that Juvia will be appearing soon, and I'm not sure 🤫)

[gruviaa]

Love how Juvia always comes to Gray’s mind 🖤

[millennial-star-gazer]

@goddesofimortality @petri808 @dark0angel13 @keyvan-firedrake @ @dreamerandcrazy @keyvan-firedrake @keyvan-firedrake @dreamerandcrazy @superfreakerz @ @superfreakerz @shootingstarssel @cobblepottantrum @precenna my @lunacross777 @ @lunacross777 @ @shootingstarssel @genavere

little WIP bc I am missing my children

[maiddon]

embrace

[uchihaculture]

[peanutpotpot]

Conversation Reveal II.

This is part of my short self-indulgent gruvia month entry. I didn't reblog the original this time cuz this can be a standalone fic???

Here's a kinda desperate Gray kasi gusto ko lang 😜

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GruVia Month Entry: Anniversary

[angstandhappiness]

So cute

Well there are a lot of guys in fairy tail so I’ll just do the main boys, plus a jellybean because I like Jellal. 😆

Natsu, good lord Natsu. He can’t flirt, at least not intentionally anyways.

When he tries to go for the official stuff, like buying flowers and trying to say official flirty stuff he fails spectacularly. But it’s still super endearing.

But he does a lot of stuff that is accidentally flirty, bringing souvenirs from his mission or buying little trinkets that he’d think Lucy would like, the physical closeness that he likes. And on occasion he’ll say something completely smooth without failing.

Gray is so wonky with his flirting, he’s on par with Natsu with spectacular flirting fails but somehow, worse????

Like never before has someone failed so horribly and yet succeeded so amazingly in a continuous streak. It’s like someone is rolling a d20 with his romantic skills and getting the most hellish streaks of 1s and 20s ever.

But his gestures are always from the heart! Giving his jacket to juvia when he thinks the place might be cold, buying her snacks and junk, and trying his best to at least lessen the stripping habit. And he never hands her the bouquet directly, instead putting them all about the house when she gets home.

Gajeel. Here he is. The actual smooth motherfucker.

You wouldn’t look at this 6 foot tall man with piercings and think he’s good at flirting but um yea he is. Romance is like 1/10th of his personality. He decided the last thing he wanted to do before he died was confess his love. This romantic fool.

Poems? Yes. Songs? Yes? Art? I like to think that Gajeel is the artsy type so yeah. Food? The man can cook so absolutely yeah. In whatever way he can flirt he’ll do it to get Levy all flustered up.

Jellybean, ah the sweet jellybean. He’s like Erza as in, he doesn’t know how to romance well. He’s an awkward lump.

He can’t help it, it wasn’t exactly the first thing on his mind when he was out dismantling dark guilds and he tries to come off as cool and level headed but uh, it doesn’t always work.

He is more inclined to simple gestures, like picking a flower and tucking it in Erza’s hair, going for walks with her, stargazing. But just every once in a while he is known to go extra big with presents like clothes and sweets to make her smile.

[bakuhve]

i just. i just think katsuki would be the absolute best boyfriend in the world.

but at the same time… like.. it’s gonna take a fat minute to get to that point. my katsuki and reader are always gonna have the dynamic of she fell first and hard but he fell absolutely harder. like face smashed into the ground, concrete cracked beneath his body, harder.

your story was never mutual love at first sight, no. you fell first. the kind of fall that leaves you breathless and stumbling, but still willing to get up and run straight toward him again.

you admired katsuki in every way imaginable. his strength, his drive, the way he never wavered even when the whole world seemed to be against him. your admiration turned into something deeper, something that made your heart squeeze and stomach flip. and you didn’t bother hiding your crush.

why should you? why would you ever keep your adoration for the man you loved a secret?

so you let it show. you gravitated towards him during class breaks, in the little favors you did for him without him asking, in the shameless way you told him over and over again that you liked him.

but back then, katsuki was an idiot.

a dumbass so hyper-focused on hero training and his own ambitions that he barely spared a thought for anything else. he knew you had a crush on him- how could he not? but at the time, he equated it to nothing more than annoying persistence. some stalkerish, over eager need to be by his side.

and oh, how he wants to throttle his past self for thinking this way.

because somewhere along the line, after countless battles, after seeing you at your highest highs and lowest lows, after realizing that no matter how hard he tried he couldn’t shake you off- he started to not mind your presence.

then he started looking for it.

started craving it.

and like that, he fell.

only by the time he realized it, you weren’t the one constantly chasing anymore.

now it was him hovering near you at all times, subtly making excuses to be closer. he stole glances, catching himself staring at your hands and wondering what it would be like to just hold them.

and when you finally got together, when it turned into something real, katsuki was left fumbling into unfamiliar territory.

because he had no experience being this stupidly and sickeningly in love.

was he doing this right? was he too much? was he not enough? what the hell did a girl like you see in him?

and most of all, were his hands too damn clammy to be holding yours right now?

but then you squeeze his hand. and he squeezes yours back.

and just like that, all his doubts settle. because you’re his person. and he’s yours.

but yeah anyways lovesick reader and even more lovesick katsuki on top

[goodnightlover]

little comics based on twitter conversations/img

[mespilus]

Gruvia Month 2025

Week 2: Anniversary

Posting this on April 13th makes me feel so cool

As long as I'm alive, Edo-Gruvia will be loved.

[thewritingstar]

Blowing Out The Candles

Pairing: Gruvia (Fairy Tail)

Prompt: Birthday for Gruvia month 2025 week 1!

note: ahhh its gruvia month! and of course, she's a week late lmao. fun fact, any time is see gruvia month/week it usually lands around my own birthday :) Very excited to be posting more about my fave couple. We are doing a little deep dive of Juvia's past with a little angst because, well, its me lol. I hope you all enjoy!

If anyone else wants to join in, a bunch of lovely people made this all possible. Shout out @gruviamonth2025 and all the prompts are there!

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Juvia couldn’t remember the last time she had celebrated her birthday. It must have been when someone had marked her height on a door frame. As she got older, it didn't seem as important. When she had been apart of Phantom Lord, it was best to leave everything behind, her choice or not.

Her birthday. Her interests. Even her hobbies had all subconsciously fallen victim to the darkness. Slowly, the things that had brought her joy, no longer sparkled. There was nothing of who she was that followed into that guild. Even her name had been taken over by Rain Woman. She had become a checked coat and had lost the ticket years ago.

She knew when it was of course. For the time she spent there, it had really only been a day. Why celebrate someone who never knew a happy day? She was feared and admired for the torture she could inflict. People like that don’t blow out candles.

She had tried once at that guild. It was dark out and she was in a room toward the back. She had found a bakery in one of the towns she was in on business. Her fellow guild mate Gajeel had walked past her and without missing a beat, she tossed it in the trash before the candle had a chance to be lit.

If anyone would have asked, it would have been responded with a cold glare and an even colder shoulder. The last time she tried to celebrate before that, the rain had snuffed out the flame of her candle. A little girl stuck in an orphanage hoping that the candle would grant her something more than rainy skies and muddy puddles. It had become clear to her that there was no room for a party in her life.

When the calendar turned to her month and she would stare at the day, pure dread would fill her body. The day would near and it felt like she hadn't moved in years. Sometimes she could feel her younger self clawing from the inside begging for just a moment of notice. Then the day would come with clouds much darker than the others, and then it would be over.

She had tried her best to forget it. No need to add to her raging disappointment.

And then, something happened.

A rooftop that was suppose to be a battle ground became a place of rebirth. She had thought that once she fell, then she wouldn't have to dread the day any longer. That wasn't the case. She was pulled into a light much brighter than the sun.

Her old guild mark that branded her skin was replaced with one that kissed her thigh. She suddenly had a purpose other than darkness.

Everything that had been stripped from her was returned. Her name. Her magic. Everything.

It scared her at first. It took a while for her to warm up to the kindness people began to show her. For once she felt like she was a part of something and not a pawn in a game. She had a home and friends, something she had once wished for years ago before her name was taken for a title.

No one knew what day her birthday was. She hadn’t spoken it out loud in so long that she was convinced that she hadn’t actually been born, she was just, here. She preferred it that way. She never was one to be the center of attention.

But of course, he always found out.

"Okay, you can open your eyes now." Gray's voice lingered.

Juvia removed her hands from her face and her eyes fluttered open. Before her was a cupcake with white frosting and a blue buttercream rose. A candle with dark blue stripes stood tall and held a delicate golden flame.

Its light flickered and she was stuck on how beautiful it was. So simple and yet, she was fascinated by the gesture.

She stared at it as if she had never seen something like this before. A familiar feeling come through. It felt like when she had first saw the clear blue sky.

She hesitated to touch it, afraid that if she did then she would wake up from this dazzling dream. But when she did touch it, it stayed. It was real. It was her birthday and it was hers to claim. She wanted to stay here forever and soak it all up like how the sun felt on her skin.

"Juvia?" Gray asked. "Are you okay?"

She hadn't noticed the tears forming but the sky didn't budge from its sunset glow. She nodded and wiped them.

"Juvia is-." Her words caught in her throat. "She's very happy. Thank you."

He huffed. " I know your birthday isn't something you're used to."

"That's not-"

"Gajeel told me." He said honestly. "I get it. And I know that it might take a while for you to get used to it, but believe me. As long as I'm here, you'll never have to be alone again."

She smiled softly. "Juvia will admit that she didn't expect any of this. She never thought that she would ever celebrate it again, but right now, Juvia is extremely happy. These tears are shed for joy, nothing else."

"Every day is worth celebrating you." Gray kissed her cheek. "Happy birthday, Juvia. Now, make a wish."

As she closed her eyes and Gray started to hum the tune to a birthday song, she thought about everything she had ever wanted. She felt bad blowing out the candle, but it was on her terms, no one else. She opened her eyes, feeling his gaze on her.

"What did you wish for?" He questioned.

She giggled. "Juvia was told you aren't suppose to share your wish."

He held his hands up in defeat. "Alright, keep it."

Gray stood and reached out his hand for her to take. "You can eat your cupcake on the way to the guild."

She furrowed her brows in confusion as she stood up. "We are going to the guild hall?"

He raised his own brows. "You think the guild would let you not have a party?"

Her eyes widened with a sparkle. "They are throwing Juvia a party?"

Sometimes Gray underestimated the desperate hopefully look in her eyes. The pain of not knowing how much she was truly loved by everyone. How her past had caused her to think she didn't deserve simple things.

"Of course. I wasn't really suppose to tell you but, they decorated and everything. I just wanted to have a moment with you alone before you are swept away with all your friends." He kissed her hand. "Plus, I have to make sure the birthday girl is escorted properly to her party."

She blushed. "Is that why you insisted Juvia wear her party dress?" She teased.

He shrugged. "I just thought you would like to wear something special for your day. Now let's go before I get scolded for keeping you all to myself."

"Juvia wouldn't mind that." She winked.

"I wouldn't either but I think you would rather have your boyfriend alive." He laughed as he guided her to the hall.

As she was brought to the guild hall, she could see the lights leading up to the door. A banner with her name hung proudly as if they were honoring her.

Her heart drummed fast in her chest as the doors opened and everyone she had come to love was cheering for her. She felt Gray's eyes on her as she smiled at everyone.

"I hope you get everything you wished for, Juvia!" Lucy hugged her and brought her over to a table that looked like it would collapse from the mountain of gifts.

"Happy birthday, Rain Woman." Gajeel nodded at her.

Juvia saw a knowing look in his eyes. Something deep that they both shared. She thought back to the time he saw her with a cupcake. Her eyes widened in realization.

"Thank you." She mouthed.

Before she reached the gift table, she was presented with a large cake with three tiers. It was covered in candles that a certain fire wizard had lit himself and caused some of the icing to melt.

"Another cake?" Juvia gasped.

The view from beyond the cake was familiar faces all awaiting for her to blow out her candles. Her eyes found familiar dark ones. Gray watched her with a drink in his hand and raised it up.

"To Juvia!" He yelled.

The guild erupted in a mass cheer. She placed her hands on the table to steady herself and blew out the candles, hitting each one. Her smile could barely fit on her face as it began to be sliced up.

"Thats like a hundred wishes she just got!" Natsu laughed as he was handed a plate full of cake.

"I hope you use them all wisely." Cana winked.

Little did her friends know that when she blew out the flames, not a single wish was made. For Juvia couldn't think of anything else she would want but this moment to last forever.

Gray found her moments later and pulled her off to the side.

"I hope you are enjoying your party." He smiled at her.

She clapped her hands together and twirled around. "Oh Gray, my love, it's perfect!"

He took her hand and spun her around again to the music playing through the hall. They danced for a while for he pulled her close to him.

"Happy Birthday, Juvia." He said before he placed his lips against hers and kissed her.

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Thanks for reading!!!

[lovclyboncs]

“I’m so normal about them”

I wasn’t in fact so normal about them, I scoured the internet for crumbs.

[chsabina]

My Gruvia Twitter arts from June 24-Sept-24