#murielnsfw

[grapenamjams]

Yours

Genre: Smut/ NSFW

Characters: Muriel from the Arcana & Female Reader

Contains: fingering (F. receiving), against the wall sex, mutual orgasm, dirty talk? slightly jealous soft dom Muriel.

A/N: I've had this thought in my head for awhile now! im glad that I could finally write it out.....

Stepping through the threshold of the hut, hearing the door close on the orange evening sun outside, muriel had not said a word the entire way back from the shop. which was not something unusual but you could feel that there was something on his mind.

“muriel is everything okay?” You say as you hang up your coat and bag. The dark haired man looks at you for a second but his eyes dart away. Puzzled you try again, you put a hand on his arm rubbing it gently as you face him head tilting slightly trying to give him a light smile. “I know something has been bugging you ever since we left the shop. You wanna tell me?” You Can see behind those eyes that he was still thinking but saw a flicker of something else within them.

You sigh knowing that sometimes it takes a bit for muriel to open up. “Okay, it’s okay you don-“

“Who was that person in the shop when I came in?” His deep voice finally makes an appearance in your shared space.

At first you were relived that he had finally spoken to you but then your mind caught up to his words making you confused. “W-what do you mean? Who?”Your hand drops from his arm. His gaze looks to the side “The person at the counter before you closed shop” you furrow your eyebrows together thinking about who was at your shop that could cause Muriel to brood all the way home like this. but your mind came back empty only remembering a usual costumer you were helping.

“Muriel, they were just a shop customer. I don’t understand why you are upset.” Muriel sighs “I’m not-“ he turns towards you his eyes roaming your face. You give him a raised eyebrow not believing him. Having him being upset was a rare occurrence, when it did happen it was usually something reasonable that you both talked about and agree on what to do next. But this? This was new and you couldn’t figure out where it came from. untill he asked mumbling “do they usually go into the shop?”

Your a bit taken back at his question but as you look at his face you suddenly know what was going on and you couldn’t quite believe it. seeing this was the first he outwardly demonstrated that he was

“Muriel, are you jealous?”

You say trying to not let your lips turn up in a smile. You see that a blush appears on his face but his eyes, his forest green eyes look at you in a way that makes your own cheeks heat up. A familiar warmth courses through your body as you tilt your head and gave him a sly smile as a wave confidence comes over you. “I- Im not jealous. I don’t get like that” he mutters out.

Your hands go to his sides moving them up and down slowly feeling him tense for a second. “You sure? You’ve never asked me about a costumer that way before.” Your voice coming out slowly. Dragging a finger to his strong Abdomen moving your fingers mindlessly against his skin as you continue speaking to him softly.

“Asking me if they come to the shop often. Muriel you know the shop has a good amount of customers and” your innocent eyes meet his “I have to treat them all nicely” you raise your feet a bit to be able to kiss him on the shoulder, placing another hand on his cheek directing him towards you. “There’s nothing to be jealous of.” His lips inches apart from yours “I’m yours arnt I?” you breath out before your lips meet his.

You swear you hear him growl when you kiss him sending a delighted shiver go through you as you kiss him again and again. Each kiss becoming more passionate and harder than the last, your hands going into his dark hair and his hands to your hips. a moan escapes pass your lips as you feel your back press against the wall. The harshness of the stone softened by the thick tapestry hanged up behind you.

“How can I not be jealous when they looked at what is mine the way they did” Muriel’s deep voice comes next to your ear making you shudder at his words. Your eyes widen at the possessiveness and dominance he’s demonstrating making your legs weak, A slow pulse felt between your legs as your arousal makes itself known.

his hands come up from your hips grabbing the hem of your shirt lifting it up his fingers gliding over your hot skin but still shivering at his touch.

“Like you said y/n” he takes off your shirt his dark lustful gaze falling on you again making your breath hitch “you’re mine.” You see a blush starting to make its way into his cheeks as he takes in your state before him. His hand caresses your cheek in the gentlest manner as in asking for your permission to continue. Your heart squeezes at how much he cares for you wanting to know first if you were okay.

You lean your head against his palm while looking up at him. “Tell me what’s yours” your hand reaches out to his waist pulling him closer “show me.” Seeing your green light for him Muriel smirks.

He firmly kisses you, tongues meeting each other as you hum against him. His hands go on either side of your head trapping you against the wall and his muscular body “mine.” His voice rumbles against your lips. Your hands freely roaming touching anywhere you could, your desire for him increasing by the second. “your lips are mine” he kisses them again. when he parts away you are left gasping as you see his eyes lower. “your neck” he dips down placing a hot kiss to your skin and moving up, his scruff adding to the sensation. he sucks on your sweet spot having you let out a small moan feeling muriel smile as he licks and kisses.

His right hand moves away from the wall and removes your bra. You suck in a breath at the air on your exposed chest. Then a whimper when Muriel’s large rough hand grabs it. He cups It having his thumb rub the nipple. You moan at the feeling, “your breasts” he breaths against you kissing where he Can on your neck and jaw while his hand messages you. Your head falls back allowing him to kiss more, grab more as your back pushes your hardened nipples into his hands. Kneading them and pinching them.

The throbbing between your legs increasing with every kiss, rub and words against you it was becoming unbearable, aching for him to touch you. “Muriel” you moan, Your hand goes down his stomach but before you can reach his pants Muriel’s left hand grabs your wrist and the other one at his chest pinning your arms above your head.

“I still haven't finished” he mumbles against your neck. He parts away to look down at you as you feel the hand that was kneading your breast go down the valley between them. knuckles slowly going down your stomach raising goosebumps. “Your beautiful body” he continues.

You can’t help but moan as he reaches the waistband of your clothes, pushing them down leaving you in just your undergarments underneath him. You hear him curse at the sight of you, already breathless and shaking without being touched.

Suddenly Muriel’s hand cups your heat over the covering making you let out a gasp and a moan at finally having some contact. he groans feeling how soaked the fabric is. “Its mine. You chose me to be able to make you mine, to kiss, touch you like this” he rubs you through your panties as you hum the action not enough hips moving against him.

“They wanted you I could tell” his hand swiftly pushes down your panties falling down your legs. The air again making you ache, his hand stalls for a moment again as he takes in a breath before a finger passes your folds and goes down your slit, making you moan as he groans “shit” at how wetness you coats his finger, seeing his face redden.

He swallows before repeating the motion again watching your body react to him. “I bet they were thinking of doing this too you” his voice takes an edge, his eyebrows furrowing. His finger goes to your clit and begins to rub it slowly having you moan. “I saw it in there damn eyes.” His eyes look down to his hand and sees your hips moving against him making him moan at the sight as he speeds up.

He looks back at you and it takes all his self control not to take off his pants and have you against the wall right then and there. eyes closed, lips parted, head back as you arched into him having your hands pinned above you. Even Muriel didn’t fully understood what came over him, how he got the confidence to do this and say those things to you but he was to far ahead to go back now and he didn’t want to go back. he wanted to make you feel good, of course he still had the bit of consistent doubt that this wasn’t what you wanted but by the fates and gods, with moans you were letting out and how you were reacting under him he knew you wanted him just as much as he wanted you.

“More….Muriel please” you pant as you continue to rub your soft clit against his rough finger pads. “Whose the one that Can touch you like This?” He states kissing you again, you moan as a response but he dosnt except that as an answer. although he relishes in the sound going straight through to his hard cock which you feel against you as he puts a knee on your leg spreading you more.

Muriel slows the pace of his fingers triggering a whine from you opening your eyes. “Answer?” He asks eyes filled with lust and dominance no where to be seen that usual shyness and hesitance he usually had when he touched you. and honestly you couldn’t express how much it turned you on to see it especially be expressed towards you.

Kissing him with pure want you answer him. “You Muriel” he hums against you at the sound of his name. He speeds up pressing another finger, adding to the feeling building up in your stomach. “Mmm yes” you moan closing your eyes again. Muriel kisses your shoulder and jaw “whose the one allowed to fuck you?” His words muddle your brain taking away your breath for a second, loving the way he’s taking control of you by his words and fingers.

Not wanting him to slow down again you answer breathlessly. “You are, you’re the one who can fuck me…please” hips jutting out again. the smile against your skin is the only warning he gave as Muriel slides two thick fingers into you pumping gradually to a speed that makes your Moans leak through the stone wall as your own walls stretch.

“Oh fuck” you pant, your pinned arms push against his grasp but his hands reaffirm his grip on you as his fingers keep moving in and out of you completely to his mercy, letting him witness and accesses to every inch of you like a painting. Nothing was hidden from him you were his to admire.

Your climax not far away as you hear Muriel moan at your reactions and the feel of you. already imagining his dick inside you, the one he tries to not to rub against your hip desperately. Muriel kisses you anywhere he can as his hand curves up making his large palm slap your heat and hit your clit each time he inserts his fingers.

“Ah! M- muriel im- I’m ugh” you moan, words failing you. Your walls clenching around his fingers and hips fucking his palm. Muriel cruses again at the sight, dick involuntarily thrusting against you. “You’re close baby arnt you?” You node your head and let out a small whine.

“tell me whose allowed to make you come? Whose gonna make you come right now?” His fingers not stoping instead curling up pressing lightly against the soft spot that sends a jolt of pleasure through you. Not a moment after he asked the word falls from your lips “you! Oh please, please muriel”he curls his fingers again touching that sweet spot. “Say it again” He growls making you moan. “You’re the one that’s gonna make me come so hard!”

he groans, placing his thumb on your sensitive clit rubbing it in small quick circles, with a last brush of his fingers inside you, you let your climax take you. Arching your back of the wall hands still pinned over your head allowing Muriel a perfect seat to completely see you come undone over his fingers.

“That’s it y/n, feel all of it” Muriel slows his fingers down helping you ride out your orgasm as you try to bring back air to your lungs. He lets go of your arms having them drop at your side as you try to get your heart rate back to normal. Whispering his name is all you can manage before he kisses you softly pulling his fingers out of you. You moan at the motion feeling the emptiness replace them in your throbbing heat.

Muriel kisses your head gently after he knew you had gotten your composure back. A hand going up and down your arm reassuringly. “W-was that okay? Are you okay?” And just like that the large dark haired man before you is back to his kind caring self. You give him a small chuckle with a easy smile as you look up at him. “You did amazing. I love it when you use your fingers to make me come.” you can see a slight blush come to his cheeks as he hums at your words knowing that he loved it when you gave him praise, making him know again that he’s the one that can make you come with just his fingers.

Muriel’s hand that was on your arm continues his way down to your side keeping you close causing you to become aware of him against your hip, prominent as ever. you make your own hand movements down his muscular tan stomach, need flourishing again inside you. “However it seems that you need a little help with something hm? if I remember correctly”

your fingers go down his happy trail to the waistband of his pants. Hearing his breathing become uneven as you continue to look at his face while his eyes lock onto your hand. “You asked who’s allowed to fuck me” your hands slowly unbuckle his belt. “And who did I say was allowed too?” Your voice coming out in a sultry whisper as you remove his belt around him tossing it to the side. seeing his Adam’s apple bob in his throat as you unbuckle his pants, hands going on either hip rubbing your thumbs against his skin in a comforting manner. “Me” you hear him whisper out.

You smile “I’m sorry baby I couldn’t hear you” you push down his pants hearing fabric land on the floor, leaving him in only his underwear resuming the circular motions. You hear him take in a sharp breath and you smile to your self. arousal throbbing as you catch the change in his energy. “Me” he states both hands grabbing your hips.

Fingers hooking into his underwear you pull them down finally freeing his large cock that has your mouth watering and heat glistening at the sight of it, the air making it slightly twitch. The pink head already dripping Precum you can’t hold back the moan that escapes you and you swear you could’ve heard him chuckle above you. Looking up you see that his green eyes had once again gain that gaze that made your knees weak. Your hands go up his body feeling his hot skin. “And whose gonna fuck me right now?” You say trying to keep your voice calm.

“I am” Muriel says definitely his lips capture yours as if he couldn’t hold back any longer. Kissing you as if he yearned for your touch against his. Muriel’s hands left your hips and went over your ass going to your thighs lifting you up. Your legs wrapping around his waist arms around his neck. letting out a loud moan when you feel your back hit the wall.

Muriel lets out a sigh at the feeling of his cock against your slit. The throbbing between you unbearable, you roll your hips gaining a moan from him which makes your insides clench.

“You’re so beautiful” he kisses your neck giving him a hum in response his eyes finding yours and finding yourself lost in them that you don’t see his left hand grab his cock. “Always so good to me” he runs his head against you making him catch his breath. He aligns his head to your entrance “and all mine” with that he inches his way inside with breathless moans. his large cock stretching you out in the most pleasurable way. Once he goes all the way to the hilt he swallows your moan as he kisses you, placing his hand on the wall steading himself as his body shivers from the feeling and tightness of you, making you become once again surrounded by him in every sense of the word.

Muriel kisses you giving you time to adjust to his thick length, filling you up completely. “So warm and tight like always…fuck” he whispers. When he starts to move against you a series of whimpers and moans follow as your mind becomes blurry the feelings of pleasure and him filling up your senses leaving you speechless. His thrusts are slow and gentle building you up knowing that you were probably sensitive from his fingers. which you were, but you are so needy for him it didn’t matter, rather it added to your pleasure knowing that he had already made you come with his rough fingers.

Your own fingertips go over the ridges of his back and shoulders as you moan. “You feel so good muriel” you hear his small grunts knowing that he was holding himself back not wanting to hurt you. Your fingers go into his hair pulling lightly so that his hooded eyes refocus on you, blush on his cheeks. “Faster baby please” you kiss him as you whisper “I’m yours”

Something snapped in him at your words. growling, he pulls his cock halfway out and thrusts back into you. A Yelp escaping you at the motion then turning into whimpers and yes’s as Muriel finds a blissful rhythm for you both. pushing you against the wall hearing Muriel’s wonderful grunts and moans reach your ears as you let him take control of you again.

Muriel clenches the tapestry in his hand as he pumps in and out of you losing himself in your scent, your warmth and tightness. He can’t get enough of you, hearing your moans, knowing that he was the cause of them and no one else, adds to him reaching his high. He was always grateful to have you in his life, fearing that you might walk away still haunts him. But every time he sees that smile, hears that laugh and feels those moans against his skin he knows that he is yours and will be yours as long as you’ll have him and you will be his.

“Muriel” you moan as his hips keep thrusting. You clench around him feeling him twitch inside you as he curses at the feeling. Your hands roam his back giving you a image of his back muscles moving under his skin as he pounded into you making you clench again. “I’m close“ Muriel pants as you feel his hips jerk up contradicting the rhythm. “Me too baby, you’re doing so good” you kiss his neck “you’re gonna make me come, please make me come” you whimper out.

His thrusts slow down with a groan from him. The hand that was on the wall beside your head lowers and both of his hands secure your thighs and shifts you slightly. He begins to thrust again harder and faster that you can’t help the loud moan that fills the hut as Muriel’s cock hits the soft spot inside you that his fingers grazed earlier perfectly with each thrust.

You look down and see Muriel’s handsome face covered with a thin layer of sweat his hair sticking to parts of his face and the expression of ecstasy he displayed, eyes shut, eyebrows furrowed and mouth parted. That and his thrusts were enough to send your over the edge. “Oh Imma come! Imma!-” Muriel continues his thrusts although you can feel them getting sloppy and harder. “come for me y/n,” your walls close around him as you moan his name as you come undone. Muriel gives a few more thrusts and grunts as you feel him twitch inside you before he fills you up with his climax with a Loud moan.

Muriel puts a hand against the wall and rests his head on your shoulder to steady himself. messily thrusting into you helping you both ride out your orgasms. Trying to regain composure your breaths hitting each other’s skin, you peck his shoulder, rubbing his arm reassuringly.

“I’m yours Muriel” you breath out

You feel him smile against you and you can already tell his cheeks were pink.

“And I’m yours”

[grapenamjams]

Need

Genre: NSFW, Smut

Contains: outside seggs, mutual orgasm, quickie?

Characters: Muriel from the arcana & Reader

A/N: * has three WIP but decides to impulsively write this in class*

You and Muriel had spent a day at the lake, just the two of you enjoying the final days of summer before the winter months made their annual visits. Swimming in the refreshing water was what you both needed to relax and enjoy yourselves from another busy week. The enjoyment found itself into the late afternoon. Skin still speckled with water droplets and a warmth that had blossomed when you two were in the water together.

Small touches and gazes added to the tension between you two until a kiss was shared leading to another, each kiss lingering, each kiss Turning into something you both didn’t want to return from. Your fingers threaded and pulled slightly on Muriel’s dark hair as he places his hand at the back of your neck deepening the kiss.

Burning need pulsed through both of your bodies. You wanted him so bad it was unbearable, you wanted his hands all over you touching and grasping at you as you heard his moans.

You pull away from him, looking up at him seeing the same desire and want you felt in his green eyes. “I need you” is what you say breathlessly. Without fail a pink blush appears on his cheeks and neck as he looks at you and your open surroundings. “A-are you sure? we can head back” you shake your head pressing a kiss to his jaw and neck “I can’t wait” your hand travels Down his firm stomach feeling him shiver against your touch or the gentle breeze making its way through the trees. “ I want you so bad Muriel, please” you whimper. you can feel his hand grip your waist and how he tries not to moan at your begging.

After a few moments of getting him comfortable to the idea. You find yourself with both hands against a large rock as Muriel stands behind you. He moves a hand up your back “a-are you sure?” He asks gently reassuring himself. You node your head your body pulsing with anticipation. “yes, you're gonna make me feel so good” you hear Muriel suck in a breath before he pulls off any remaining clothes kissing your back, leaving you completely bare infront of him.

Muriel Cant help but let a curse slip at seeing you in such a aching state for him. If he wasn’t turned on before, seeing you like this, knowing that he was the cause of making you so needy you wanted him right then and there he was beyond turned on his dick throbbing.

you look back when he takes off his covering, eyes going wide and legs already threatening to buckle at the sight of his dick dripping with Precum twitching slightly against the fresh air. You moan his name as he takes you slowly in from behind.

Stretching you and pressing against all the right places inside you. You take him in all the way to the hilt, both moaning at finally being able to feel each other. He starts of slow, building you both up, hands going to your hips to help him steady himself. Flashes of how his muscles looked when he was in the water cross your mind making you imagine how his muscles must look at he pumps into.

Hands clenched against the rough surface, You can’t keep the Moans and whimpers at bay even if you tried. You both were miles away from anyone to hear you but still, you felt a sense of vulnerability being exposed like this outside. Even then you couldn’t help but notice the thrill of having Muriel take you from behind against a rock in the middle of the forest add to your pleasure. Muriel thrusts into you in such a way that makes you clench around him hearing him gasp.

He bends down to kiss your neck. Sensing his body pressure against your small figure muddles your brain as he continues to take you. “You feel so good baby, I’m so close” you moan out. “So am I” he grunts out, calloused fingers glide down your back reaching around you to touch you pushing you more towards the edge. “Oh fuck!” Your hips jerk back against him making Muriel moan in your ear.

It doesn’t take long for you to come undone with his name on your lips. Your climax takes over leaving you breathless and shaking under him. Muriel muffles his moans against your shoulder as he releases inside you. His hips slow down as well as his hand helping you both through your orgasms. You are both left panting, your legs feel like they are gonna give out at any second as you feel some of his hot release slide down. You turn your head to press a kiss to his forehead making him look up with hooded dazed eyes at you. “You are amazing” he says face flushed causing you to smile as you kiss him.

[grapenamjams]

Heat Of The Hearth

Genre: Smut/NSFW

Characters: Muriel from the arcana

Contains: masturbation, male orgasm

A/N: I have no words for this one only horny.

Imagine.

hearing small blissful grunts and moans coming from a small hut in the woods. The full moon contributing it’s light amongst the stars to shine softly through the huts window. landing on a bed with strewn fur covers, sections of it cascading down the bed onto the floor while the rest is clenched within a hand.

Muriel’s chest rises and falls with deep breathes trying to remain calm as he lets himself succumb to the pleasure he was giving himself.

Flickers of light from the hearths fire dance along his sun kissed skin, highlighting his muscles as they moved underneath. Stomach clenching when a slow stroke of his hand caused a jolt of pleasure through him.

The orange glow of the room does not help in hiding his large cock in his moving hand. Precum dripping from the pink head down his hardened shaft, making it glisten in the light. His big hand covering and adding pressure however he pleases following the path to his climax.

Grunts are often heard but every few seconds pretty moans escape his lips no matter how hard he tries to muffle them by sucking his bottom lip between his teeth.

Dark hair messily spiraled against the pillow. strands sticking to his forehead and neck as a layer of sweat covers his skin.

His beautiful dark green eyes are closed solely focusing on his self pleasure as he pumps himself faster. Head tilting back exposing a strong jawline under his scruff.

Eyebrows furrowing in concentration, lips parting open whimpers and breathless moans falling out. Wet sounds filling the hut as Muriel reaches the edge of pleasure for himself.

However in his self inflected teasing, he stops his movements. Letting out a whine of protest at feeling the rush of knowing he was close. Hips jut out in his bodies own protest to his actions. Sucking in a breath his pecks rising he feels his length twitch needing release.

a couple of pops and cracks accompany his breaths in the air when Muriel starts building himself up again. Hand setting a rhythm that has him panting again within minutes. Tightness forms in his body, letting out curses, reaching that wonderful edge again. he allows himself to follow through.

Pumping himself harder and faster Muriel forgets to swallow back his moans. His body needing release after missing the previous one, bucks his hips into his hand involuntarily not daring him to stop.

Thick thighs starting to shake, Muriel opens his eyes just in time to see his dick twitch before he releases all over his stomach. Hips and hand still moving causes another squirt of his load to come up as he groans.

Thighs calming down, hips thudding against the bed. Muriel gradually slows down the pace of his hand helping himself to ride out the intense orgasm he had.

After a moment he sighs relishing in the moment of ecstasy that he just had but also covering his face with an arm as a blush blooms on his face at the mess he made of himself.

[grapenamjams]

All For You

Genre: Smut/ NSFW, slight fluff at the end of course 

Contains: oral (M. and F.) receiving, (F.) top, dirty talk, cock warming sorta? basically spoiling Muriel  

Characters: Muriel from the arcana and Female reader 

A/N: I haven't written smut in forever! but I hope my story is still enjoyable to read. I honestly have not seen much Muriel NSFW stories so.... it would be great if you could mention some below if you know of any? uhh that's an odd request but no matter hahah I hope you all enjoy and if its just me on here well I better get going XD   

Your lips moved together slowly savoring each other’s presence at first, but once your hands went through Muriel’s dark hair the kiss deepened changing the atmosphere around you both. Muriel lets out a hum against your lips as his hands climb up your back, one going into your hair the other one presses against your back. The kiss started as a innocent goodnight peck but you asked for one more and then another each time making it longer until you found yourself straddling his lap already feeling the familiar pulsing between your legs.

Your lips leave his and begin kissing his jaw his stubble tickling your lips. You reach his neck and hear him suck in a breath his hands going down your back slowly. You suck on the spot against his neck that makes him hold in his moan and go back up to his face, your lips ghost over his ear “Lay down for me” you whisper. you feel him tense up.

You pull away being able to see his cheeks and ears go red. “W-what for?” He asks his eyes flickering to your lips for a second. You smile up at him before moving your head to the other side of him kissing his cheek and jaw reaching his ear again. “I want to make you feel good” you state and to prove your want, you gently move your hips down against him confirming that he was also in the same state of want. Happy that you could make him feel that way with just your kisses you feel your arousal increase.

You look back at him and his pupils are wide with shock but you can see his forest green eyes darkening, filling up with need. His hands run up your sides as he swallows nervously “a-are you sure?” He asks searching your face for assurance that you really wanted to do this. “You...you don’t have too” his cheeks turn pink. You smile at him your chest clenching at his sweetness wanting to make sure that this is something you wanted even if you were the one who initiated it. You node “I’m completely sure I want to do this, do you?” his face reddens at your question, his gaze lowering from yours as he nodes “yes.” He mumbles making you smile at how he still gets shy whenever you both are together, which makes it more fun to play around with him. “Yes, What?” You ask kissing his cheek, he bites his lip knowing what you want him to say “iwantyoutoo” he quickly lets out before looking back at you, you let out a amused laugh. you relieve him from his embarrassment by connecting your lips to his again. You lean slightly forward making him go down onto the furs with you on top of him.

You would be lying if you said this feeling of want for him came over you a few moments ago. When in actuality the feeling started way before that, when you saw the sweat running down over the moving muscles of his sun kissed back as he chopped the fire wood when you came back from the shop, and then again when you saw him come back from the lake after he bathed himself, His wet hair and body making your blood run hot. Heck you even wanted him when he was preparing dinner for you both. Needless to say when he kissed you goodnight you couldn’t let the feeling go. you were already in the furs, bodies pressed together, the thoughts of wanting him already accumulating in you brain from thinking it the entire day. You wanted to please him you wanted him to feel good, he does so much for you already you wanted to show him that he could be spoiled as well.

You move your head slightly deepening the kiss, feeling him Tentatively run his large hands up and down your exposed thighs due to the nightdress your wearing, he gives you a light squeeze as your lips pull away from his and kiss his jaw and neck, sucking on the place where his neck meets his shoulder hearing him let out a small grunt. Your lips travel up his neck kissing the spot underneath his ear earning a small moan from him making you smile against the heated skin.

“You’re the only one that can make me feel this way you know?” You say against his ear before moving to the other side. You start kissing his neck again, “make me want to please you like this” you run your tongue over his sweet spot, you feel him let out a shaky breath. You move to kiss his throat, kissing his Adam’s apple and the hollow part underneath. “You deserve it” you say against his skin. Your hand goes down his side slowly, feeling him shiver underneath you, loving how he response to your touch.

You kiss his collarbone “all the pleasure, everything. its all for you” your lips go across his chest “you always make me feel good Muriel, I want to make you feel good too” with That said, you move your body further down, the feeling of his bulge brushing against you not escaping your notice. You glance up at him and feel your self get more turned on from the lustful gaze he gave you. He was lost for words trying to say something, anything that would meet the words you had spoken to him, but once again they didn’t come to him he was so filled with desire the only thing in his mind was you, so he whispered your name as a response.

Hearing your name on his lips gave your body a new flush of heat of desire for him. Your lips travel down his body, kissing each of his scars, your hand making its own trail on his built body causing Muriel’s breathing to quicken. “You like being touched by me huh?” You see him node, making you smile. You feel Muriel’s abdomen muscles clench as your lips start down his happy trail the small hairs brushing against your lips. ”but I’m sure that touching your body isn’t enough, you want me to touch somewhere else” you state and you hear his breath catch as you reach his pants and Can visibly see his large bulge pressuring against the fabric. Your hands go to the waistline of his pants and without wasting another moment you pull his pants down along with his underwear, releasing his painfully hardened length, the air hitting it making it twitch slightly, Muriel hisses at the sensation of him being finally let out. you feel your self get wetter at the sight, the ache between your thighs intensifying.

You pull his pants all the way off feeling him tense up once again, you rub his thighs soothingly all the way up. “Maybe here? You want me to touch you here right?” You ask looking up at him in response, his face is fully flushed pink, his bottom lip between his teeth. “I- um” he tries to respond. He’s so flustered and tense, “Muriel” you say softly trying to make him relax “you’re doing good, so good” you rub circles on his thighs, he takes in a shaky breath, encouraged by your words “yes... I want you too” he pants out. You node at him with a smile, leaning your head down you press a kiss to the tip hearing Muriel suck in a breath. You then put the head in your mouth wetting it with your tongue before pulling away and blowing on it watching it twitch as some Precum comes out. Muriel fists the sheets in his hands as he moans your name almost sounding like a whine at your teasing, knowing that it was getting unbearable for him you lean forward again wrapping your mouth around him taking in what you could of his large member “shit” you hear Muriel curse, swirling your tongue around him before moving back with your tongue flattened against, swiping underneath his head at the sensitive nerves causing a groan from above you.

Swirling his head and and licking his slit you go back down against him. You place a hand on the rest of him that your mouth couldn’t take in and you began sucking him hollowing your cheeks and moving your hand against him, you see his stomach clench as You bob your head. Hearing Muriel’s small grunts lets you know he is trying to hold back his moans, you hum against him as you move your head back and forth causing Muriel’s hands to go to your hair and to your satisfaction letting out a loud moan, “y-y/n I- I’m...ugh fuck” he tugs at your hair which in turn makes you moan against him, his hips unintentionally jutting out, his length hitting the back of your throat making you gag slightly but you still continue your moments. You know he’s close, by the way he tugs at your hair, his panting breaths coming out shorter and the way his hips are starting to jerk up to your mouth more frequently.

As much as you would love to finish him off with your mouth you wanted to give him all the pleasures you could. Your growing ache for him was also becoming to much to ignore, glancing up you could have come on the spot at the sight before you. Muriel flushed red, his eyes screwed shut as his features displayed pure pleasure. You gave a moan as you felt your heat grasp at nothing wanting nothing more to be filled by him. You suck one last time before letting his dick go with a pop, Muriel lets go of your hair instantly, letting out a disappointed groan at your mouth’s absence. realizing this he snaps his eyes open and a wonderful shade of pink crosses his cheeks at catching himself react to you that way.

You swipe away the saliva at the corner of your mouth and smile up at him as you sit up right. “Is everything o-“ he starts bewildered trying to catch his breath at how suddenly you stopped, but cuts himself off, his eyes widening as he sees you take off your night dress leaving you only in your underwear. You watch his dark forest eyes roam your body before him, seeing them drink up everything like he was a man deprived of water. a shiver goes down your spine at his intense gaze. “Wow” the word slips out of his mouth without him thinking making him go red again, he puts a hand over his eyes making you give a small laugh. “I- am sorry I- you look” you lift yourself off of him to give you enough room to slip off your underwear. You lean forward and pull away his hand away from his face his eyes looking into yours, you smile at him “there’s no need to apologies” you say as you kiss him. “Beautiful” he finishes his statement against your lips making your stomach feel butterflies. moving slightly down, your heat right above his length “it’s all for you” You say as you grab him placing it at your entrance you hear Muriel suck in a breath and you look up at him. “ready?” You ask having your own face flush matching his own as he nodes at you in confirmation. you then sink your self down onto him, his eyes screw shut again his mouth agape as he lets out a loud groan his hands going to your hips holding you there against him or more like holding himself to you trying not to automatically release into you at the sudden feeling. “so tight and warm...” he grunts, withholding himself from moving against you.

You let out a moan feeling yourself stretch around him, you place your hands against his chest “god Muriel,” you bend down to kiss his neck and chest letting yourself get used to him for a moment. after you feel like you could move you straighten yourself up and begin to ride him, you move up and down against him moaning at the feel of him “baby you feel so good, fuck” you gasp, Muriel’s hands tighten around your hips helping your movements, He grunts every time you go down against him, his dick going deep within you. “Y/n.” he groans, you spread your hands across his built stomach feeling the way the muscles contract underneath you, “ Muriel give me a kiss, hm?” You plead looking down at him as you continue your hard movements.

Muriel gaze looks away from where you are both connected to your flushed face, you bite your lip at his desire filled face and you begin to feel a pressure in your stomach your high starting to form. Muriel grips your hips as he sits upright his chest pressing against yours, your arms go around his neck bringing his large frame closer to you having him completely in circle you, his lips find yours as he complies your request. You moan against his mouth clenching your walls around him feeling him twitch inside you and feel him gasp in front of you “y/n I’m not gonna-“ your walls clench around him again and Muriel groans snapping his hips up to meet your rhythm making you cry out in pleasure somehow the action making him hit something deeper inside of you.

You rest your head on his shoulder, letting him fuck himself into you, his dick hitting every perfect spot within you “cum for me Muriel god...please I want you to cum” you say kissing his shoulder and neck coaxing him, His movements become faster and sloppier at your words. After a couple more thrusts and with your name on his lips he comes undone with a grunt underneath you, his release shooting up into you. He’s breathing ragged as he still thrusts riding out his high, you lift your head and he captures your lips kissing you until he’s gone soft inside you. He breaks away from your mouth and hides his face against your neck, trying to regain his breathing.

his arms wrap around your waist bringing you close. You pet his hair trying to calm your own heavy breathing, “god that was amazing” you breath out “did you feel good baby?” You ask, you feel him node against you making you smile at having completing your mission. You gently push away from him making him lift his face and you see a slight frown to his face, you cup his cheek with worry “what’s wrong Muriel?” His eyes shift away from you as a deeper blush rises onto his face. “You- you didn’t finish did you?” You can’t help but to smile at the man in front of you being concerned that you didn’t reach your high even when you stated this was all for him.

You place your hands on his shoulders “no” you answer truthfully “but tonight was for you” you kiss his cheek but you seem him pout, clearly not liking the idea of you not being able to finish while he had, you smirk at him and in leaning in closer your arousal returns through you.

“Do you want to make me cum Muriel?” His eyes snap to yours in an instant, his hands go up your back making you shift against him feeling his length still in you makes you hiss, your juices starting to leek out. “Yes.” You hear his deep voice almost growl out. Turning you on even more, “so then how are you gonna make me come, hm?” You challenge, lips ghosting over his. Without hesitation Muriel captures your lips in his kissing you roughly, his tongue runs across your bottom lip opening your mouth to him slipping his tongue in, causing you to moan and subconsciously grind against him. Muriel tenses against you at the movement.

he then gently shifts your positions, moving to his side he carefully places your back against the furs having his towering figure over you. His member slipping out in the transition, you quickly run your hands over his defined back feeling the define muscles creasing every ridge. he lets your mouth go and begins to kiss down you neck softly making you let out a noise when he kisses your sweet spot “Muriel” you whisper as you feel him touch your sides. kissing down your body, between your breasts, down your stomach and sides, every peck making your skin hot.

the ache between your thighs becoming painful as his lips near where you wanted him most. He presses a kiss right above your heat making you suck in a breath ready to feel his tongue against you but his lips go over it landing on your inner thigh.

you whine in protest and look down at him, you can catch a glimpse of his mouth turning up into a smirk before he kisses your other thigh his stubble rubbing against the skin.

“Like this, is this okay?” You hear Muriel say between your thighs, automatically your hips jut out against him wanting to be touched. “ yes! Please Muriel” you plead and with your your begging he licks up your slit and blows on it just as quick causing you to let out a gasp and slightly move your hips away. Muriel places a hand on your hip to keep you steady and another one on your thigh to keep you from closing them. Muriel’s warm tongue once again lands on your slit, his lips wrapping around your clit as he begins to suck on it you let out a pleasured cry your hands fist the sheets at the feeling. Muriel flicks the nub with his tongue occasionally leaving you in a moaning mess. The pooling in your stomach letting you know that you were close once again.

Your hands found their way into Muriel’s hair, tugging at the roots causing Muriel to hum against you sending the vibrations through you. “Ah! Just like that baby, do it again” you moan out, he provides another hum for you as you press his face closer to you his stubble adding to the pleasure.

He’s tongue works on you until you start losing your breath “Muriel you’re making me feel so good, oh fuck please” the feeling of your climax increasing. “I can’t hold on any longer” you groan, Muriel goes back to your clit sucking harder, encouraging you to your high. You look down at the sight between your legs and it was enough to send you over the edge. With a moan you come undone before him, tugging his hair his name falling from your lips. Muriel Laps up your juices and gently circles your clit helping you through your orgasm, he also rubs his fingers against your hip soothingly.

Muriel leans over to you and kisses you tasting yourself on him. You smile into the kiss “thank you” you mumble against him kissing him again. Muriel pulls away after a moment from you with reddened ears and cheeks and grabs a small towel beside the bed and cleanse you both off.

after he finishes the task he then settles himself behind you arms wrapping around your waist pulling you close to him, he presses a kiss against the back of your neck and rests his face there. “Are... you okay?” You hear him say, making you giggle “of course I am” you grab his hand and thread your fingers through his. “I” he pauses for a second before finally saying “thank you too, it felt really good” you smile at his words  “I’m glad it did. I love you Muriel” he nuzzles against you “I love you too” he whispers against you.

[grapenamjams]

Summer Festival

Genre: Fluff of course XD 

Characters: Muriel from the arcana and my apprentice Eliza

A/N:  And this concludes my Arcana writing spurt that I had last month XD .  if you have read my past posts thank you so much and if this is the first post you read of mine thank you! it means so much to me and i hope my story/ stories help you escape for a little while, :) I hope you all have a nice day/night 

a little bit about my MC

Her name is Eliza (she/her. Female.) She is 5′2 has brown wavy hair, brown eyes (with specks of green) she also has adorable freckles across her nose. lastly she has a artic fox, named Nell as a familiar who is enchanted to keep cold during the summer and whenever Nell walks she leaves behind snow prints on the ground (think of what Olaf from frozen has lol) 

The shop was packed as it always was during the summer festival. travelers from all regions coming to celebrate the end of summer in vesuvia made for new eager clients to purchase ingredients, potions and of course getting their readings done. This year Asra let Eliza be in charge of the readings, while he took care of the shop. Asra had said that she was ready to handle the Arcana on her own but as what felt like her 100th customer leave through the curtains. she was beginning to feel the toll of using the cards for so long, she could even feel Nell beginning to tire as the fox laid down underneath her seat. however the cards themselves seemed to be mocking her as they Pulsed with energy at being used so much.

She sighed closing her eyes for a second until she heard footsteps approach, she sat up quickly ready to attend another client But familiar fluffy white curls poked through the curtain, Asra entered the space giving her a warm smile “how are you holding up?” Eliza slouches back into her seat and lets out a breath “I don’t know how you did it all these years, I’m so tired I fear I might fall asleep on the next customer” she looks at Asra and he lets out a soft laugh, crossing his arms over his chest. “Yeah, the cards love attention and can take a toll on the reader, but you are doing well containing them, I’m proud” Eliza can’t help but blush at his compliment. “Thanks” she gives him a small smile as she shuffles the cards in front of her.

“Lets call it a night on the readings hm? Why don’t you go out and enjoy the festival?” Eliza looks at him “and leave you to run the shop by yourself when it’s like this?” Asra shrugs his shoulders “you know I don’t mind, besides you take care of the shop the most through out the year. So let me have tonight as a way to make up for the missed hours.” Eliza thinks for a moment “but still I feel bad leaving you while I go out to the festival. I’ll just go later when we close up shop for the speech” Asra frowns “but the best parts of the festival will be over by then” he looks to the side to where the back room is, then to her quickly. “I insist, go enjoy. Don’t worry about me” living with Asra for years has made Eliza know every facial expression he has and the one he is trying to hide right now tells her he knows something. She raises an eyebrow at him “are you sure? I-“ he cuts her off waving one hand “yup I’m sure! Go right ahead.” He turns around to leave “Before you go however check the back door there’s a package out there for you” before she can protest any further Asra leaves a confused Eliza behind, his voice rings out through the shop as he announces that there will be no more readings for tonight.

After Asra’s adamant requests for her to go she had no choice but to or she felt that he would literally push her out the door. Grabbing her bag she bounded down the steps waving good bye to Asra who was at the counter, he looks at her and smiles. She opens the back door and the enjoyable warmth of the night greets her, sounds of the festival already reaching her ears, although she is happy to go see it Eliza cant help but feel sad, like something is missing. Going alone isn’t the same as having someone else there to enjoy the festivities with. 

Eliza looks down and to the sides of the door steps trying to find the package Asra mentioned but finds nothing. Giving up, she turns to go back inside but stops when she hears something rustle amongst the shrubs at the edge of the forest. Eliza takes a step back cautiously, but then suddenly a huge smile breaks across her face when she sees a large green eyed man come from the trees.

 When his eyes land on hers he gives a small smile “hello Eliza.” And just like that all feelings of tiredness and loneliness that were inside her vanished as she runs towards Muriel giving him a hug around his waist. “Muriel!” The big man Stiffens at her sudden reaction but just as quickly relaxes. he takes a step back steading himself from her crashing into him, he lets out a small “oof” and chuckles at her small frame hugging is large one.

 “What are you doing here?” Eliza asks stepping back a little to look up at him but still holding him. He’s wearing his hair half up with a green ribbon, his usual cloak and his green scarf she got for him. He places a hand on her head moving it down, she leans Into his touch. “Today is the summer festival right?” Eliza eyes widen “yeah it is!” She sees Muriel Avert his eyes “I thought it was something you would like to go to...and” his cheeks grow slightly pink “I want to go see it with you” he looks back at her seeing her face practically glowing from happiness making his ears go red “that is...if you want to go with me...” 

Eliza’s stomach fills with butterflies at Muriel asking her to go with him. she had been so busy with organizing the shop for this day that she had forgotten to tell him about it. Usually Eliza and Asra go to the Closing speech only, staying at the shop the whole night, that’s why it was weird for him to ask her to go out and enjoy the night but know she obviously knows why. Eliza giggles she grabs his hand that was on her head and kisses his knuckle before she places her hand into his.

 “I would love to go with you, thank you for asking me” Muriel sticks his bottom lip out and mumbles “who else would I have asked?” Eliza hums and bumps into his side teasingly “I dunno maybe Asra?” He frowns shaking his head “I want to go with you” he states plainly making Eliza laugh “well then, let’s get going!” She tugs at his arm, before looking back to the doorway to see Faust sitting on top of Nell seeing them off “have fun!” The both say and Eliza smiles.

 they round the shop to get to the street but before they do, under a string of colorful lights that are hanged above them, connecting from the shop to other next door, Muriel stops. Eliza looks up at him “something wrong?” She asks moving in front of him to see his face, slightly worrying that he had changed his mind. 

his eyes are lowered but he’s blushing. “No. I made you something” he lets go of her hand and reaches inside his cloak, his hand comes out holding a flower crown made with different forest flowers all around. their natural colors vibrant. On one side there is a piece of green tulle tied onto it. “I remembered that wearing one is common at the festival... so I made you one” Eliza reaches out and delicately holds it in her hands, admiring it. “Muriel... I.. this is Beautiful thank you!” She goes on her toes and kisses his cheek when she goes back down she holds the shimmery green tulle “I love it! Where did you get this fabric?” Muriel has a small smile on his face happy that she loves it so much. “A few days ago at the market. Traded some protective charms for it”

 Eliza’s heart swells ”Muriel.” He shrugs “it was okay” her cheeks hurt from smiling so much and their night only had just begun. She puts the crown on her head and does a spin “sooo how do I look?” She asks Muriel eyes widen and he reddens even more. She looks at him tilting her head slightly smiling at him. he averts his eyes “pretty.” He says and Eliza’s face warms as her whole body flutters at his compliment. Muriel looks to her taking her in again. He grabs her hand in his and presses his lips to her cheek. “Very pretty” he says trying to hide his face as he leads a flustered Eliza down the street.

They walk towards the city’s market place where the main attractions were. However music played through out all of Vesuvia, kids ran around them laughing one little girl pointed out Eliza’s crown calling it pretty making Muriel blush when Eliza told the little girl he had made it for her. Conversations amongst friends and new acquaintances filled around them as they made there way through.

  When they neared the center the sound of music increased and the aroma of spices, desserts and cooking meats passed underneath their noses as vendors called out trying to get customers to try their new specials. Eliza’s mouth began to water at all the food in front of her, she looked at Muriel and found him staring at a meat stand where they were cooking smoked eel, his favorite. Of course Muriel wouldn’t voice that he wanted some. “Are you hungry?” She asks, Muriel’s eyes leave the stand to focus on her “um. Are you?” Eliza smiles “with all this food? How can I not ?” He laughs softly “then let’s go eat.” she leads him to the meat stand “couldn’t have said it better myself!”

She gets Muriel his eel skewers and she gets her own beef ones. Muriel bites Into his food and his mouth waters with the flavor, he takes small bites enjoying it fully. He looks to Eliza who’s close to finishing her first. He chuckles softly. It might be weird but Muriel likes watching her eat, in fact he likes watching her do anything because that means she is there with him. But when she eats something good she closes her eyes and hums, moving her body side to side clearly enjoying her food. 

Before he meet her before she showed him at the masquerade that food can be something that holds flavor and it can be enjoyed and appreciated. He had looked at food as something his body needed to survive to last another day it didn’t matter if it tasted good or not. But now with Eliza he enjoyed eating, he still became amazed at how many different combinations there are, he liked tasting different flavors. And that they did, after finishing their skewers they went onto different stands tasting a variety of dishes.

* * * 

After participating in some games like archery and cards Muriel and Eliza With their desserts in hand found a table, near the dance square . They ate their desserts together while watching the festivities go on in full swing around them.

 People eating near  stands, others bargaining for the best price at shops and kids running around with sticks that sparkle. Eliza feeds some of her dessert to Muriel which he excepts but quickly lets out a low grumble “too sweet” he states making Eliza laugh knowing he wouldn’t really like it. “You really like sweet stuff” she hums as she takes another bite of her pastry “mmhmm pure sweet goodness is the best” Eliza swallows. Muriel picks up his own pastry out for her to take a bite, Eliza takes a small one and she scrunches her face “and you really like sour stuff” she swallows but taking another bite of her own to cover the taste. 

Muriel let’s out a chuckle “sour goodness is the best” he repeats her words. Eliza grins feeling playful, from the sugar in her. “sweet” she challenges, he pouts “sour” she leans towards him “sweet” Eliza repeats before she kisses him on the lips. She feels the tangy sourness on his lips and he feels the sugary powder on hers and he can’t help but to like the taste of the Flavor more this way. She pulls away from him seeing the tint of pink on his cheeks that matches her own, his eyes are lidded looking down at her lips like he wants more, “sweet” he whispers, making Eliza smirk “I win” his eyes come to focus looking at her. He averts his eyes and frowns “you cheated” the brown haired girl laughs taking in his adorable pout. She loops her arm through his “awww” she leans into him resting her chin on his shoulder “alright both flavors are good in their own way, how about that?” She looks up at muriel, eyes looking out away from her, but she can see a smile “hm, agreed” he mumbles. Eliza grins and kisses his shoulder before resting her head on it.

They stay in this position for a few minutes until Eliza hears the first chord of a new song and knows exactly what is going to happen next. The band starts playing a slow beat letting people who want to join the dance come take a place in the middle of the dance square.

 Eliza heads pokes up seeing men, women and children being lead to the center by the music. Then little by little the tempo picks up, Eliza’s heart quickens excited to see the dance that is was going to take place. She didn’t know that she was sitting all the way up leaning towards the music until she heard Muriel. “You should go dance” she jumps a little not expecting him to say that “w-what? Oh. No. I’m fine, I like watching” she says but she feels her body telling her to go join the forming crowd. “And you like to dance too. Go ahead.” She turns back to him looking at his smile on his face. 

She would ask him to come with but she knows that group dances arnt his thing. “A-are you sure? I don’t want to leave you alone” Muriel gives her hand a squeeze “Don’t worry about me.” She sees him press his lips into a line and shifts his gaze down “I want you to enjoy yourself too, not just be stuck with me” Eliza shifts back in her seat. “I am enjoying myself” she smiles at him “ I like being stuck with you” Muriel lets out a huff and gives her a playful glare. Making Eliza laugh “alright alright I’ll go just for you okay?” She stands up and kisses his cheek before going, Leaving behind a happy blushing Muriel. 

Out of all the many things he liked seeing her do, dancing was one of his favorites. He would catch her humming and dancing around the hut and sometimes she would bring a music box so they both could dance together. He smiles at the memory as he watches her leave to join the crowd, the music picking up starting the dance. He wishes he could join her, he really did. he would love to be able to do everything with her, experience everything that she wanted to do. but he wasn’t there yet, maybe one day he will get there. but he knows for certain that with her light guiding him and being patient with him he knows he could do it.

But for tonight Muriel spots her in the crowd two lines had formed and both moved side to side hopping to the beat. then both lines go towards each other and when they meet, one person holds out their hand and spins the other around then they continue on through changing spots, once they get to the other side they clap and do the whole steps again just changing the person who spins in the middle. The tempo quickens gradually and becomes a dance of who can last to the end of the song. He sees her laugh as she feels the shift in rhythm trying to not trip and a determined look on her face to last the whole song. Occasionally she looks over at him and smiles making his body warm up, even when she’s enjoying herself she looks after him. He loved seeing the way her face lights up, and her skirt flowing around her. she always danced like no one was watching, just enjoying the moment.

 Eliza takes in a big breath and laughs with the rest of the participants that lasted till the end of the song alongside her. hugs were given out and cheers were heard from the others that had stepped out. She catches her breath and looks at Muriel still sitting at the table looking at her with a wide smile, her heart flutters at knowing that he saw her dance. 

She puts her hands to her cheeks knowing how red she must look and can’t help but feel a bit embarrassed but that feeling dosnt last long as another song starts and she’s pulled into another group dance, this one at a medium tempo. Two small circles are created as they skip to the beat going right all around then left, then they all go to the middle clapping twice before going back out again. She feels the music course through her and gets lost in it loving the feeling. The tone of the violin making her movements flow and the beats of the drums making her steps firm against the ground. By the end of the song they had made a big circle trading partners. 

Eliza compliments the little girl she ended up with and goes to the barrel of water that they put out for the dancers at the corner of the raised stage, serving herself. When she throws away the cup a song danced usually by couples starts to play. She looks to the square,  men are taking their partners to dance, she even spots some fathers taking their young daughters making her smile. Eliza makes her way around the crowd towards Muriel whose on the other side, but suddenly feels a sweaty hand clamp over her wrist making her turn around to face the person who’s grabbing her.

 It was a man not much older than her but by his grin and the way he wavered a bit she knew that he was down a few salty bitters. “What is a pretty girl like yourself doing alone during this dance?” The man slurs Eliza tries not to scoff at him as she moves her arm away but he tightness his grip “that’s none of your concern, now please let me go” she steps back but he quickly wraps an arm around her waist pulling her towards him and spinning them around “oh come on sweetheart, a cute thing like you shouldn’t be alone tonight” he grins looking her up and down. Eliza tries to step away pushing at his shoulder but he dosnt budge “you’re mistaken I’m not alone. Let me go” the mans eyebrows shoot up “oh?” He looks around behind her searching, his gaze going back to hers “I don’t see them, maybe they left you for another, what a shame.” The man snickers leaning in closer.

“He didn’t.” A deep serious voice is heard. Eliza’s head looks up to see Muriel towering behind the man with a threatening glare. The man rolls his eyes “then you shouldn’t have left her, sorry finders keepers” the man turns his head still having a grin on his face but it quickly falls as his eyes meet Muriel’s chest, his eyes climb, craning his neck up until he is looking at Muriel death glare. She could hear the man gulp, “she told you she wasn’t alone didn’t she?”

 The man just nodes still looking at Muriel with shock and fear “then let her go.” The mans eyes go wide and he quickly lets go of Eliza, hands up in surrender stammering “S-So sorry. T-this was just a m-misunderstanding! YES! A misunderstanding that’s all Y-You know how it is with a few salty bitters right?” He laughs nervously as he gulps again. Muriel’s glare stays unmoving he steps forward and the man yelps stepping back “leave.” Muriel almost growls out. 

The man  frantically steps back almost tripping “right! Leaving now, right now” and with that he scrambles away from them. Eliza looks at the direction the man left relived that he was finally gone. “Are you alright?” She hears Muriel’s soft voice in front of her ask, making her look up at him, his face expressing worry, his gaze quickly softening as he takes her in his hands grabbing her wrist the man had held looking for any marks, then bringing his hands to cup her face. 

“Did he hurt you?” His gaze starting to harden but she quickly places her own hands on his giving him a smile “I’m fine. he didn’t hurt me” Muriel sighs, relief washing over him. he presses his lips to her forehead “good” she sees his face fall lightly “I’m sorry. I wasn’t with you, if I was this wouldn’t have ha-.” Eliza cuts him off by placing a finger to his lips “I won’t let you say those words” she takes his hands away from her face and holds them “you’re here with me now aren't you?” She smiles up at him “you’re always with me Muriel, always” his green eyes soften, gratefulness filling inside them.

 “Come on let’s go sit down” she says starting to walk towards their table but Muriel doesn't budge. She looks back at him in question, “you like this song.” He states Eliza looks around to the couples dancing. “Yeah, it’s nice” she smiles fondly and starts walking again. “I don’t want the song to be ruined for you” he mumbles. Eliza turns towards him surprised, her body warming up at his words. 

“what do you mean? The song isn’t ruined” Muriel pauses for a second and looks around, they were standing on the the outside of the dance square, most of the people still in the center. Eliza is about to ask him what is wrong when he pulls away his hand from hers, she looks down confused at this action. Eliza hears him take in a deep breath her eyes moving back to his seeing a dust of pink on his cheeks also making an appearance going down his neck.

 He straightens up and puts a hand out towards Eliza and as if he practiced countless times before “can I have this dance?” Eliza’s mind stops working for a second as she looks up at the man before her who just asked her to dance so she would have happy memories, to the man that would only dance with her inside of his own hut, to the man who would do anything to make her smile. 

Eliza’s whole body feels weightless as she takes his rough hand, “you can” she states. Muriel’s eyebrows shoot up in surprise as if he wasn’t expecting her to say yes to him making Eliza let out a small laugh. He becomes red, his hands gently find their places on her body, he bites his lip and looks down to their feet nervous to start leading. Eliza can’t stop her heart from swelling at how adorable he looks, she hears the music and counts for him like she usually does when they dance together.

 “And a one, two. three. And a one.” She feels Muriel step forward and she follows him, she still counts until she knows he feels the music and lets him lead her. She is smiling up at him encouraging him, he looks down at her with a embarrassed smile. Eliza rests her head on his chest and lets the gentle music flow through them.

In that moment Muriel would do anything to make time stop. The feeling of the music mixed with her in his arms giving him full trust to lead her made his whole body warm. She had said that he was always with her but she was just the same, she was always with him. 

she was in his every thought, in every word he said, the feeling of her on his skin was constant, she was what made his heart beat even so frantically like it was now. Her entire self had already made an impact inside him that even if he tried to forget her something would always appear to make him remember. he was and forever will  be surrounded by her. 

For an instant the world around them faded away, they weren’t dancing at the festival anymore they just were, they were just there in that moment in each other’s presence. It wasn’t until the music stopped that pulled both lovers back to reality. Muriel still kept Eliza close as they both looked onto the stage. A person goes on to the side, announcing “presenting the countess Nadia giving the closing speech!” A cheer breaks out as Nadia climbs taking center stage.

 Eliza claps along with the others, smiling up at her friend. Nadia inclines her head to the announcer in thanks and looks out to the crowd “thank you everyone, this years summer festival was a successful one because of all of you and Your hard work. As the people of Vesuvia know and those who have traveled far to come here, This festival is meant to say farewell to the summer season. Farewell to long days and short nights, to hot mornings  which we had a few of, didn’t we?” The crowd laughs and murmurs in agreement remembering the heat wave that passed. 

“But with that we also say farewell to cold desserts, to time at the beach in the warm sand and time to visit friends and family. But although we say farewell to all of these things and many more that come with summer we welcome the new experiences that come our way. Farewells are not always meant to be wrapped in a sense of sadness, some farewells are just endings to certain parts of our lives. where one thing ends something new always begins, I look forward to sharing those new experiences with you all. So for this festival, for this summer let’s close it with a happy ending shall we?” The crowd cheers once again and those cheers turn to gasps and aws as various colors light up the night sky.

 Muriel looks up to the sky taking in the sight of the fireworks , hearing the music start up again. He hears Eliza’s aw’s at the blasts of light over the buildings, she looks up at him, a content expression on her face. He takes her hand and spins her in front of him taking her all in, Eliza laughs and when she stops she rests her hands on his chest. Muriel searches her face, eyes roaming the face he has come to memorize. The colors above bloom across her features highlighting the pink on her cheeks and making her freckles shine like the constellations that were above them. 

She was breathtakingly beautiful to him in every way and in that moment he knew he never wanted to be parted from her ever again, he couldn’t see a life without her. All the endings he would have in his life he wanted to experience them with her at his side. 

Muriel leans his forehead against her own, “here’s to happy endings, Eliza” he says Her eyes flicker with emotion “to happy endings” she repeats and Before he can let his mind stop him Muriel picks her up in his arms and spins them both a laugh coming out of him, he looks up to see her laughing to. She looks down onto him and brings her hands to cup his cheeks. They both gaze into each other’s eyes sharing emotions that they only understand. The two lovers both tilt their heads towards each other and when their lips met it feels like a blast of colorful light shines against the night sky.