#i clutched my life and wished it kept my dearest love i'm not done yet

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Agatha Harkness x Rio Vidal Playlist

Here's a bit from a playlist I made for Agatha x Rio (There's a lot of angsty songs) - Admin Cam

Playlist Link

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"Shake the Frost" by Tyler Childers

So if it'd make you stay I wouldn't act so angry all the time I wouldn't keep it all inside And I'd let you know how much I loved you every day So, darlin', will you stay right here and shake this frost off of my bones?

Post-Nicholas, Agatha is angry at Rio for taking Nicholas but also struggles with the fact that Rio is the one she loves. It's Angst City, essentially.

This could also be a pre-Nicky moment with Agatha learning how to open up and accept love after being burned so much by people before.

"The Prophecy" by Taylor Swift

Please, I've been on my knees Change the prophecy Don't want money Just someone who wants my company Let it once be me Who do I have to speak to About if they can redo the prophecy?

Ever since watching the show, when I hear this song, it just makes me think of Agatha begging Rio for more time with Nicky. But there's only so much Rio can do. Rio can't change the prophecy for even her love.

Makes me want to sob thinking about it to this song tbh

"Waiting Room" by Phoebe Bridgers

I wanna be the power ballad that lifts you up and holds you down I wanna be the broken love song that feeds your misery And I can wish all that I want, but it won't bring us together Plus, I know whatever happens to me, I know it's for the better And when broken bodies are washed ashore Who am I to ask for more, more, more? But you're breathing in my open mouth You're the gun in my lips that will blow my brains out

This gives me angsty Rio thinking about her and Agatha vibes. I can't explain it, but it just does.

"We're In Love" by boygenius

You could absolutely break my heart That's how I know that we're in love I don't need the symbol of a scar So, put down the knife We're not swapping blood ... If you rewrite your life, may I still play a part? In the next one, will you find me?

NO MATTER WHAT AGATHA AND RIO WILL FIND EACH OTHER.

Even after the heartbreak of losing Nicky, they will always find each other. Their lives are intertwined. Along with this, Rio and Nicky are literally the only people that could break Agatha's heart. They're the only ones that have ever and could ever have that power over her.

"In the Woods Somewhere" by Hozier

I clutched my life And wished it kept My dearest love, I'm not done yet How many years I know I'll bear I found something in the woods somewhere

Agatha finds her love, Lady Death, in the woods. This one also has the vibes of their relationship that I can't quite explain.

"The Ballad of Lucy Gray Baird" by Rachel Zegler

It's sooner than later that I'm six feet under It's sooner than later that you'll be alone So, who will you turn to tomorrow, I wonder? For when the bell rings, lover, you're on your own I am the one who you let see you weeping I know the soul that you struggled to save Too bad I'm the bet that you lost in the reaping Now, what will you do when I go to my grave?

Agatha will eventually die. There will be a time when Rio won't have Agatha, and that is heartbreaking for our star-crossed lovers.

"Where do we go now?" by Gracie Abrams

I know I changed overnight So I can't blame you for fightin' And I'd be losin' my mind If you lived in your writin' 'Cause now I'm half of myself here without you You're the best in my life and I lost you And we had no control when it fell through It was one-sided, hate how I hurt you If I could, I'd have changed every feelin'

Agatha regrets pushing Rio away after she takes Nicky away. Deep down, she knows Rio has to do it, but it kills her. In the end, Rio is the only other person who understands her pain and that she has ever loved besides their son.

"Chinese Satellite" by Phoebe Bridgers

Took a tour to see the stars But they weren't out tonight So, I wished hard on a Chinese satellite I want to believe Instead, I look at the sky, and I feel nothing You know I hate to be alone I want to be wrong

Post-Nicholas, Agatha is dealing with the loss of her two loves. She's trying to believe that Nicholas isn't disappointed in who she has become, and that's hard for her to do.

"cowboy like me" by Taylor Swift

You're a bandit like me Eyes full of stars Hustling for the good life Never thought I'd meet you here It could be love We could be the way forward And I know I'll pay for it

Imagine Agatha and Rio were both bandits and cons together. Like happy Agatha and Rio pleeeaasssee

"Like Real People Do" by Hozier

I knew that look, dear Eyes always seeking Was there in someone That dug long ago So, I will not ask you Why you were creeping In some sad way, I already know

This song gives major Agatha falling in love with The Green Witch. Especially an Agatha that is pre-finding-the-darkhold

"Please Stay" by Lucy Dacus

You tell me you love me, like it'll be the last time Like you're playing out, the end of a storyline I say I love you too, because it's true What else am I supposed to do? Maybe bar the door when you move to leave

This song is in fact, the song I cry to

Tell me this song doesn't give Agatha dealing with the loss of her and Rio's son (or dealing with the inevitability of losing them).

After she loses Nicky and Rio is gone, Agatha has to sing the song that she made with Nicky every day, and it reminds her of him and Rio. Every time she sings it and sees things that remind her of the two, it just twists the knife more in the wound of her being alone. After having everything she could have wanted, she's alone, being reminded every single day of what she lost.

[ofpantheons]

who  :  bellamy quist + imara gill + james saab @iridescences @loftycries when  :  October 31st

It had only been an hour of guarding the armoured vehicle they'd been assigned to and Bellamy was categorically bored. She tried to stifle the yawn that threatened to escape her lips, in an effort to look more focused and motivated. Sadly, all that led to was her pulling a weird face as a puff of air left her mouth. She chanced a glance over at the other agent assigned to the mission and asked a question that had been bothering her. "Immy...how long do these things normally last?" She asked her friend/superior. Hopefully she'd caught her on a good day and she would cut her some slack and not bite her head off for asking. This was her first time guarding anything, after all.

[ofpantheons]

Despite being at Cerberus for four years, there were still agents that Bellamy didn't know particularly well or know of at all. Dolly was someone she'd seen in passing though, as a fellow level iii that had started around the same time as her.

"That's the one, and you're Dolly? I'm pretty sure I got that right but please tell me if not...cause otherwise this is now a very awkward conversation..." And her book? OH CRAP, HER BOOK. Bellamy immediately checked out of the conversation and double - no - triple checked the book in her hands and beamed when it seemed like it had withstood the minor collision. "I'm only about halfway into it, and it's really good so far. Probably won't end up as one of my favourites but definitely a recommended read. So I'd say the reviews have nailed it...and don't worry I read them too. But only ones from reviewers that I trust. Some just like to pick a fault with everything, you know?"

"No, no! I wasn't looking where I was going!" They're talking over one another, stumbling over apologies. Dolly's nerves take a wrench, terrified that she had actually run into and hurt Bellamy. There's no blood, however, and no one is screaming. ( That's probably one of the things Dolly hates — when they scream. ) "Lost in la-la land! That'll ... that'll teach us to not keep our eyes on the road!"

Or the hallway, for that matter. Or literally just having basic spatial awareness? Dolly pauses for a second to put a face to a name. Oh, she's seen her around — right? Training or ... or something like that. Bellamy had a much ... easier power to work with than Dolly did. ( Well, a power that Cerberus liked more, maybe. What was that? No, hush! )

"Bell ... amy, right?" She drags the name out, hoping she isn't saying it wrong or ... that it isn't even her name! She gets those confused sometimes. "Did — is ... is your book alright? Oh! I've read of that, is it any as good as they say it is? I know we're not supposed to trust reviews but our guts but ... a bad book is a bad book, right?" She's rambling. Hush!

[malaisequotes]

“The creature lunged. I turned and ran to save a life I didn't have. Deer in the chase, there as I flew, forgot all prayers of joining you. I clutched my life and wished it kept. My dearest love, I'm not done yet.”

In the Woods Somewhere by Hozier

[sunomaly-archive]

I clutched my life and wished it kept my dearest love, i'm not done yet how many years, i know i'll bear i found something in the woods somewhere

» @sunomaly: an original character written in the criminal minds universe. 18+ only, triggering content ahead, proceed with caution.

[avocaries]

i clutched my life and wished it kept. my dearest love, i'm not done yet. (in the woods somewhere, hozier)

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[ofpantheons]

"I'm honestly fine, 'Milio. Promise" She held hands up, eyebrows furrowing as she caught sight of the blood underneath her fingernails. "I did this like really cool take down but gave the guy a nosebleed and it just wouldn't stop. I stayed around to help until the ambulance came by just cause I felt so bad. It was a little hard for him to hold pressure when his hands were cuffed."

Heading back to his food truck after a short time inside, Emilio couldn't believe his eyes. Sure he's seen a lot in his twelve years as an agent but seeing Bellamy covered in blood was alarming. "You're definitely right about that. It doesn't make it sound any better," he says with a small laugh. "That's beside the point though. Are you okay? Don't think I'm as worried about the other guy here."

[ofpantheons]

bellamy quist, better known as agent wraith  has been with cerberus corp as an eo since 2019 and is LEVEL III. cerberus corp should consider the fact that their last mission status was touch and go but agent wraith pulled through in the end when giving out the next one.

001.  GENERAL

name  Bellamy Addison Quist nicknames  Bell age  30 date of birth  July 7th 1993 zodiac  Cancer place of birth  Midwood, Brooklyn current residence  Above her bookstore near Park Slope, Brooklyn  gender  Cis woman pronouns  She/her sexuality Lesbian languages English, some basic Spanish occupation Agent/bookstore owner

faceclaim  Victoria Pedretti height  5ft 7 tattoos  None piercings  Single lobes that she had done as a child distinguishing features  Crooked smile, wide eyes, a large scar on her right arm from a compound fracture she sustained during her NDE

positive traits Gentle, trustworthy, compassionate, negative traits  Skittish, gullible, tempestuous  labels / tropes  Reluctant warrior, wide-eyed idealist, cute bookworm likes The smell of old books, new books, books, bookstores, have I mentioned she really loves books? plants, cosy spaces, a warm crackling fire, animals,  dislikes  Loud noises, heights, the sight of her own blood, dares fears  Someone dying because of her, needles, hobbies  Reading, knitting, going for long walks,  habits  Picking at her eyebrow when she’s nervous, tapping the tips of her fingers together while she’s thinking

002.  EXTRA ORDINARY

near death experience…  Looking at her now, no one would guess that a young Bellamy was the more adventurous and outgoing twin. Despite being younger by a good 8 minutes, she was definitely the leader of the two of them. Wherever she went, her brother would follow, which is how this sad tale starts. Just another day of exploring, turned into the worst day of Bellamy's life. She remembers it vividly and regularly relives it in her dreams.

The two of them had been sent to stay with their grandparents for the month and there was only so much to do. Having made friends with some of the kids in the neighbourhood, Bellamy soon learned about the O'Connell house - an abandoned and assumed haunted house at the end of the street. Spurred on by the idea of being seen as brave and just generally awesome by the other kids, Bellamy strong-armed her twin into exploring the house with her. He'd kept trying to voice his concerns but Bellamy had waved them off and dared him to come with her, which of course meant he had to do it. Those were the rules.

Going through the house was mostly uneventful, save for a few run ins with spider webs and the accompanying groans and creaking that any old house would do if two ten year olds are trying to sneak around without being discovered. It was only when they'd gotten to the attic that things went horribly wrong. The floorboards had rotted through and one literal false step and everything came crashing down around them. Both siblings went straight through the floor and the didn't stop until they hit the ground floor with a sickening impact. Bellamy awoke in hospital with her arm in a sling, and her father sitting across from her looking like he'd aged 20 years overnight. When she asked about her twin, her father broke down crying and he didn't even need to say the words for Bellamy to know that he hadn't made it.

power… Intangibility - the power to phase through physical matter. Bellamy can shift her particles to move around different particles.

While she woke up feeling different after her NDE, Bellamy didn't actually learn about her powers into her brothers funeral. While sitting and watching the service, Bellamy's only thoughts were that she didn't want to be there. One second later and she had fallen through the ground and had landed in her synagogue's basement. Her trauma response kicked in from basically reliving her NDE again and she could feel parts of herself phase in and out as she hyperventilated. Closing her eyes, she wrapped her arms around herself and remained there until her parents eventually found her. Her father was terrified and so very confused, but he was mostly just glad to see she was okay. Her mother on the other hand looked at her as if she was a monster.

Bellamy only had a basic grasp of her power before becoming an agent so is only now starting to learn how to use them offensively. But so far she's learned that there is nothing she can't phase through and that she can also use her powers to disrupt electrical circuits and shortcircuit/potentially destroy electrical equipment. This also applies to knocking out people by phasing through them although Bellamy hates using this aspect of her power. She's also learned how to phase at least one other person with her but it drains her considerably.

drawbacks / vulnerabilities… The main drawback of Bellamy's power is that she has to hold her breath the entire time while she's phasing as air molecules are also being displaced when she phases. Her tendency to disrupt electrical circuits when she phases through them also means she's gone through so many phones and laptops that it's not even funny. She has better control of her powers now but still has problems controlling them when she's feeling extreme emotion.

cerberus corp…  Being an Agent for Cerberus Corp was never on the agenda. Bellamy just wanted a quiet life working at her father's bookstore. It had been in the family for three generations and she wanted to be the next Quist to take it over eventually. Only eventually happened too quickly. Her father became ill and within a week the bookstore was hers. She didn't know the first thing about running a business and it had turned out things weren't looking great when it came to their profit margins. Faced with potentially having to sell, Bellamy looked for other avenues to make money and came across Cerberus Corp. Not even sure that she would pass the interview, she auditioned and the founders must've seen something in her because she passed and was suddenly a level iii agent for them. She's been there for four years now and still hasn't moved out of level iii (mostly because she panics easily and isn't the best fighter) but she makes enough money that she can sustain the bookstore and that's enough for her. It also means she has enough time to continue working at the bookstore so she doesn't even want to move through the ranks.

codename… Bellamy's codename was assigned to her. The PR team went through a number of options before eventually settling on Wraith as a name that fit her powers but also offered a certain degree of ominousness when it came to people hearing her name. They'd hoped it might help her image a little bit to have her called something suitably scary sounding, but Bellamy as a person quickly undoes any impression her codename might've made.

003.  HEADCANONS

Bellamy's mother walked out on her and her father when she was 12 years old because she couldn't handle the loss of one child while the other became an EO

I like to imagine that wherever Bellamy's mother is, she's now also an EO

Bellamy's bookstore is called 'Bound to Please Books'

She visits her brother's grave every year on their birthday to leave a stone on top of his grave and tell him everything that's happened in the year

She still has a polaroid photo that she keeps next to her bed, of her and her twin that was taken on their last birthday before he died

Bellamy would love a tattoo or to get more piercings but her fear of needles and her inability to be in control of her powers during extreme emotion means that there is no way a needle is meeting her skin.

004.  CONNECTIONS

Roommates - (also on the main) Bellamy has a fairly large living space above the bookstore and not wanting to be alone she decided to rent out a couple of the rooms. One roommate taken by remi @loftycries

Grumpy cloud to Bellamy's ray of sunshine - think Slytherin/Hufflepuff friendship. Bellamy is an unrelenting positive force and I would love to have someone who is the complete opposite of that as a friend for her. They shouldn't work as friends but they do. taken by imara @iridescences

Work Friends - Just general people that Bellamy is friends with at work

Surrogate Brother - Someone that reminds Bellamy of her brother and it's a bittersweet feeling

Benevolent mentor - a mentor/trainer who is nice and patient with Bellamy because honestly she's not the best agent but she's trying! - taken by cass @godenvy

Bad cop mentor - the complete opposite of the above. Someone who gives her a much needed kick up the ass to get her to improve taken by kyungseok @fatalled

Partner/s - Someone Bellamy's powers match well with and she works with frequently. She's a level iii and needs a lot of supervision so probably this person will be a level i or a level ii that's been there awhile

Bookclub - Bellamy runs a book club and is always trying to recruit more people

Crush - Someone in level i or ii who Bellamy is starstruck over. She doesn't think they know who she is so she is pleasantly surprised if they acknowledge

[gay-arsonists-lullaby]

“-an awful noise filled the air I heard a scream in the woods somewhere

a woman's voice! I quickly ran into the trees with empty hands

a fox it was he shook, afraid I spoke no words, no sound he made

what caused the wound? how large the teeth? I saw new eyes were watching me

the creature lunged I turned and ran to save a life I didn't have

deer in the chase there as I flew forgot all prayers of joining you

I clutched my life and wished it kept my dearest love, I'm not done yet

how many years I know I'll bear I found something in the woods somewhere.”

- In the Woods Somewhere; Hozier

[ofpantheons]

Debriefs were maybe Bellamy's least favourite part of being an agent, other than maybe training. Sure, missions could be nerve wracking - especially for her - but they were planned to the last detail and generally she knew what was going to happen. If they did go badly, then she generally had a seasoned agent with her that could tell her what to do. Debriefs on the other hand, were sessions where she had to sit there and be told everything she'd done wrong, which was generally a lot. She'd just gotten out of one that had made her feel like an eight year old that had disappointed her parents, and Bellamy hated disappointing people.

"I was just in here to pick up my book, but I'll probably just head home, get a beer and finish inventory. I was kind of halfway through it when they called." She winced, realising Amelia probably wasn't that interested in her stock checking, but at least she'd managed to cut herself off before she'd rambled too much. "Do they really just let you off patrol if you don't feel like it?" She hadn't done it herself yet, but something told Bellamy that they wouldn't be so lax with her if she didn't feel like doing something?

She had to give Cerberus one thing, they were good at not getting their agents killed. They had a good system to identify weaknesses and weren't afraid to tell recruits what their limits would be until they improved. She had worked out early on this was a pillar for their success. Sure, there were slip ups and mistakes but serious agent injury and death seemed to relatively minor due to it from what she had seen in her 3 years at the company

"Mission done, debrief done and then onto patrol, if I feel up to it." It wasn't a particularly hard mission however, the debrief had been over 2 hours long in a room with bright lights and more screens than Amelia could be bothered to count. The light generated from the globes wasn't enough to harm her but it was enough to leave her feeling a little drained. Of course, an hour out in the dark night would fix how she was feeling but it wouldn't fix the reason for the long briefing. "What's your plans for the rest of the night then? Headed home?"

[haledamage]

Nora Gray - playlist

Eleanor's playlist already has 22 songs on it, so it's probably time to share it 😁 Nora is, as always, my MC from Fernweh Saga by @lacunafiction 💖

track list (plus lyrics) under the cut:

Southern Comfort - Larkin Poe [Roadtrip] Blacktop, down in the ditches / Hitching a ride back to where I'm from / Catching secondhand smoke or a greyhound bus / Pretty or not, baby, here I come / I had high hopes, it was all downhill / Life flying by, like I was standing still / I’m a little nobody from the middle of nowhere / Gotta get home, I know I will

In The Woods Somewhere - Hozier [???] I clutched my life / And wished it kept / My dearest love, I'm not done yet / How many years / I know I'll bear / I found something in the woods somewhere

Trouble Finds You - Juliet Simms [???] Tonight darkness finds you / Right behind you / Say your prayers / Tonight trouble finds you / It's inside you / Say your prayers tonight

California King - Larkin Poe [???] I've got a funny feelin' / Somethin' that I missed or misread / My feet are on the ceilin' / Runnin', but I can't get ahead / I've got a funny feelin' / Honey, is it all in my head?

Take The Journey - Molly Tuttle [Fernweh] Skies are falling all around you / Who will protect you from your deepest fears? / Take the hand of the one besides you / Let the fire guide you 'til the path is clear / Take the journey / No matter where it starts or where it ends / Take the journey / Someday you'll make it back home again

Round Here - Counting Crows [Fernweh] 'Round here, we're carving out our names / 'Round here, we all look the same / 'Round here, we talk just like lions / But we sacrifice like lambs / 'Round here, she's slipping through my hands

Hard Learned - Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown [Nora] And all I know has been / Hard learned / The scars I wear, you can best believe I earned / Hard learned / Say a prayer for me cause the devil don't seem concerned

Dead Weight - PVRIS [Nora] If I start cracking at the center, all this goes away / I'm staying numb to my feelings, dodge 'em like novocaine / My back is breaking from taking all of this dead weight / All give, no take / Do you even notice / How easy you got this? / Taking wings off a goddess / If I'm being honest

everything i wanted - Billie Eilish [Nora] I tried to scream / But my head was underwater / They called me weak / Like I'm not just somebody's daughter / It could've been a nightmare / But it felt like they were right there / And it feels like yesterday was a year ago / But I don't wanna let anybody know / 'Cause everybody wants something from me now / And I don't wanna let 'em down

Somewhere Only We Know - Keane [Nora] I came across a fallen tree / I felt the branches of it looking at me / Is this the place we used to love? / Is this the place that I've been dreaming of?

You and I - PVRIS [🤍 - General Romance] I know it's warmer where you are / And it's safer by your side / But right now I can't be what you want / Just give it time / And if you and I / Can make it through the night / And if you and I / Can keep our love alive, we'll fight

Crash and Burn - Savage Garden [🤍 - General Romance] I know you feel like the walls are closing in on you / It's hard to find relief and people can be so cold / When darkness is upon your door / And you feel like you can't take anymore / Let me be the one you call

Break In - Halestorm ft. Amy Lee [🧡 - Becca] You are the only one / The only one that sees me / Trusts me and believes me / You are the only one / The only one that knows me / And in the dark you show me / Yeah, it's perfectly reckless / Damn, you leave me defenseless / So break in

Dressed In Black - Sia [🧡 - Becca] I thought life passed me by / Missed my tears, ignored my cries / Life had broken my heart, my spirit / And then you crossed my path / You quelled my fears, you made me laugh / Then you covered my heart in kisses

As It Was - Hozier [💙 - Silas] There is a roadway, muddy and foxgloved / Never I'd had life enough / My heart is screaming out / And in a few days I would be there, love / Whatever here that's left of me is yours just as it was / Just as it was, baby / Before the otherness came / And I knew its name / The love, the dark, the light, the flame

I Should Go - Levi Kreis [💙 - Silas] And your company was just the thing I needed tonight / Somehow I feel I should apologize / Cuz I'm just a little shaken / By what's going on inside / I should go / Before my will gets any weaker / And my eyes begin to linger / Longer than they should / I should go / Before I lose my sense of reason / And this hour holds more meaning / Than it ever could

Broken - Seether ft. Amy Lee [💚 - James] I keep your photograph, and I know it serves me well / I want to hold you high and steal your pain / 'Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome / And I don't feel right when you've gone away / You've gone away / You don't feel me here anymore

This Town - Niall Horan [💚 - James] And I want to tell you everything / The words I never got to say the first time around / And I remember everything / From when we were the children playing in this fairground / Wish I was there with you now

Move Like U Stole It - ZZ Ward [🖤 - Reese] Whoa, the world ain't ending, but it might as well be / Whoa, I'll rock you like the sea / Buildings ain't crumblin', but they might as well be / Whoa, so let's not think and just / Move like you stole it / Make your move on me

If You’re Gone - Matchbox Twenty [🖤 - Reese] I bet you're hard to get over / I bet the room just won't shine / I bet my hands I can stay here / And I bet you need more than you mind / And I think you're so mean, I think we should try / I think I could need, this in my life / I think I'm just scared that I know too much / I can't relate and that's a problem I'm feelin' / If you're gone

Power Over Me - Dermot Kennedy [💜 - Reese/James] So we hide away and never tell / You decide if darkness knows you well / That lesson of love, all that it was / I need you to see / You've got that power over me, my my / Everything I hold dear resides in those eyes

Here Is Gone - Goo Goo Dolls [💜 - Reese/James] And I want to get free / Talk to me / I can feel you falling / And I wanted to be / All you need / Somehow here is gone / And I don't need the fallout / Of all the past that's in between us

[an0rpm]

I clutched my life And wished it kept My dearest love, I'm not done yet (("In the Woods Somewhere" - Hozier))

[ofpantheons]

"I can get you one of those." She bounced up from her crouched position, and scrambled backwards. Glass crunched underneath her feet as she stepped away and headed to the nearest lounge, phasing through a few walls along the way. Her usually small and delicate movements, were fraught and clumsy as she dug through the drawers to produce a couple of the protein bars that Agent Hermes had mentioned.

Rushing back, she skidded on the glass and nearly fell in the process. "Hey I brought a couple, just in case. Do you think you're able to get up on your own," she asked, concerned for the other Agent's safety. "I could maybe get something to clear up some of this glass beforehand so you don't cut yourself when you get up?"

Assistance hovered on the fringes of Kenji's world, an unfamiliar notion that he grappled with. Strangely unaccustomed to aid, he hesitated, even in the face of his pressing need that he so desperately acknowledged. The room spun, a dizzying dance, yet he found himself resisting the offered support.

A sheepish smile tugged at the corners of his lips, a feeble offering given the circumstances. It took him a moment to realize his silence may have only heightened her concern. "I, uh..." A fleeting thought questioned the need for wanting to apologize, a reflexive response to inconveniencing someone, perhaps.

"Sorry." he finally manages, though the word feels weighty and uncertain. Gratitude, a more genuine sentiment, followed suit. "But... thank you." In the small interlude of vulnerability, he appreciated her discretion. He enjoyed not being ridiculed over this little incident.

"I just need a moment... and maybe one of those high-protein bars," he continued, this time his breathing feels more relaxed. "You know... the blue ones? Yeah... those ones."

[honorable-guardian]

“I clutched my life, and wished it kept. My dearest love, I'm not done yet.” (Writing prompt ask meme.)

Narrowed eyes and shadowed song,

A bloom of red opening my chest.

I recall my half-forgotten prayers

To a god that

Won’t answer.

“How long do I have?”

I ask, over and over, my

End as final as any, yet

Untouched for more than 

A single heartbeat.

The flower sprouts and extends,

Both onto my shirt, and

In through the wound. 

Roots fastening around

My heart, exhuming my ragged lungs.

A hand reaches up, 

My own, my mother’s,

Her grace a bandage

On my childhood scrapes, and

Heavy mind.

I breathe in through

Her lungs, the air expelled as

A kiss on the cheek,

A wavering smile,

An heir’s burden.

Flesh pulled back together, 

Agonizing divinity

Of simple loves, and

Warmer times.

“You’re a fighter,”

She warned me, 

Yet I was

Too young to understand 

Exactly what kind of burden that it meant 

To be the one who survives.

[ladamedemartel]

❛ I clutched my life, and wished it kept. My dearest love, I’m not done yet. ❜

Memes

Of course he was not done. He would see Elijah suffer. She imagined that Tristan had done some sort of mental calculus to determine the number of times that he'd been forced to use Elijah's name instead of his own and that his sire would receive a lash for each time before Tristan moved on to some other sort of punishment for the time that had been stolen from them. Really, Aurora imagined that Tristan had already scheduled a century or various torments that went far beyond winning the loyalty of Elijah's little circle of friends. Elijah had abandoned them and each seemed to think this some great loss, as if Tristan, Aurora, and Lucien were not right there as proof that leaving them to die instead of compelling the Strix had been a kindness on Elijah's part. Besides, they were better off without him. They had Tristan now. Tristan, who had put himself at risk for them. Aurora had never thought she'd see her brother make such a sacrifice for anyone other than her, and it bothered her greatly. Not only had Tristan risked himself for her, but he'd lied to her, had others lie to her, to distract her and prevent her from stopping his foolish effort to save them all. She'd have punished him by leaving him to them, but she feared that if he was without her, perhaps he would grow to think life easier that way.

"I don't like them. They think they're better than me because Elijah sired them. Nevermind that I'm older than they are, and you and I are actually nobility."

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Heyo!!! For this musical Sketchy Saturday can i get my ghoul Herne the Hunter with "In the Woods Somewhere" by Hozier please? Thank you!!! :D

—radstag-ghoul

“ I clutched my life And wished it kept My dearest love, I'm not done yet-“