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"are you nervous?" aurora & ezra

There’s something about this city diner that leaves me innately at peace. It’s hardly something I can put a finger on, just some small, unspoken detail, but my spirits are lifted regardless — even more so by the company. This morning, I’m joined by my girlfriend, as we’re spending the day together, just wandering the streets before we meet up with my parents for a ballet. A ballet of all things, something my mother attends almost weekly with my father. It’s almost cute, how romantic my parents’ relationship is, and tonight, they’ve chosen to let Aura and I be a part of it. We’re lucky, and I’m truly looking forward to it. It’s such a normal day, honestly. But maybe that’s why I’m so happy about it, because today is the epitome of normal.

And quite frankly, there was a time in which I was pretty sure I’d never know what normal was with her.

We’ve had our fair share of rough times, thanks in no small part to her stepmother’s treachery, and I’d be lying if I said some times weren’t hard. They were, unbelievably so, but I’ve also put that in the past. What I’m focused on now is our relationship, the way I feel with Aura, how the mere touch of her skin brushing mine as our hands meet on top of the diner’s table causes my lips to quirk upwards. It’s breathtaking, almost as much as how beautiful she is, even as she frowns at me for stealing a fry from her plate. Before she can protest, or steal something from mine in return, I shake my head at her, finally answering her question. “For the record, no,” I remark softly, “I’m not nervous, because my parents love you, and when we get married in a few years, this sort of thing will be a regular habit for us…” I reach for her hand, massaging her fingers in a gentle motion. “And to add, you shouldn’t be nervous either. My parents love you, and honestly? You’re the only girl they’ve invited to join in on their date night, and they wouldn’t do that if you had anything to worry about, alright?”

There’s no trace of hesitation in my movements as I move closer to the table, elbows resting on its surface as my gaze finds hers. “I love you, Aurora Whittemore,” I whisper softly, my expression serious. “And I think we both know... I’d marry you today if I could, right now— right this damn second, so no, I’m not nervous. I’m excited, because tonight I get to spend the night with my girl. I get to see her in the sexiest dress, all dolled up, and then I get to take her back home, and make love to her until the sun comes up— just like I plan to do every day for the rest of my life.”

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coolest plots

mm, so you know, there’s a million i could talk about? because i love a lot of our plots buuuut i’m going to try to keep it to a few. (but since i’m trash, we both know i’ll talk about 03840284023)

first, i’ll admit that i really, really dig sawyer and allison. like, maybe a huge part of why i have such an insane soft spot for them is because they were our first but like, it’s more than that? they have had such an intense journey and ngl i still go back to creep their early stuff just because they’ve come so far? when we first picked them up, allison was so hesitant on love because she’d had such a rough journey in life because of what happened with her parents, and sawyer was the guy who wasn’t looking for love because he didn’t know what love was. they both had such messy backstories and had such a guard up- and slowly, they started to let each other in and it grew to be this beautiful relationship. like, i’m going to get cheesy for a second but it was this ship that made me realize how beautiful and in-depth our ships could be, because they were partners, in every sense of the word. every trial they endured, they did so together and they were always, always in each other’s corners. plus, i mean... sawyer became a better person because of ally, and he grew to be this total sap who has a dog, and built his wife a fucking house secretly so that he could surprise her with it on christmas. aND HE PROPOSED DURING SEX, MY PRINCE. and then they had a million babies, so yes, definitely my favorite.

the second favorite i have is actually arthur and rose, simply because like... their start was so negative, like he hated her and then one day, they didn’t hate each other. they grew to be each other’s best friends, talking each other through their relationship problems with other people and having platonic kisses (lol when were they ever platonic really) and like... in a way, arthur’s her hero. he’s saved her from every dark moment, and i like to think in a way, they save each other every day. because they don’t struggle with their demons anymore, and it’s actually really beautiful if you ask me???

third third third i really like the plot we did with cameron and nyx??? it’s funny because we started them during a really dark time but like, even in that time, they were still beautiful. like, i remember early on in their ship where she was fresh off of being a crazy partier and thought that cam was too good for her, while he was struggling with the same thing. and i just, as you can see above, i have a very soft spot for ships that save each other, and lift each other up, and that’s the most apt description of cam and nyx that i could ever give you. i know that we don’t do them too terribly often but i have such a soft spot for them, and ngl that’s why nyx is one of my favorite opposites that i’ve ever had with you.

apparently i’m just going to get sappy as fuck but basically, i could go on forever about why i adore the plot with forest and melanie. as you know, i had a lot of ideas about forest when i first played him and for reasons, those plans didn’t work out. and ngl, i’ll admit i was bummed out for a long time because like, i wanted to develop forest from the point i left him at in novella. he’d just lost his mom, and he was homeless, crashing at his best friend’s house and one of my biggest frustrations about how that rp ended up was like, i didn’t get to play around with that side of him and i was expected to just keep the sassy bastard from london. but when you proposed melest (WHICH I’M SO ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR, MIND YOU), you did so by offering to continue the dynamic i’d left him in. he was still crashing at eric’s house and he found love with his best friend’s little sister - and like, it’s so strange because they have some of the best chemistry of any ship i’ve had with anyone, ever, and like... why didn’t they come to light in the rp???? literally the fact that we weren’t pals then is sO FRUSTRATING BECAUSE WE COULD’VE HAD IT ALL, AND WE COULD’VE STARTED MELEST TWO YEARS BEFORE WE DID. rip rip rip but yes i love them, and i love that we made something beautiful out of two characters everyone else discarded :*

next, i’d have to say that aurora and ezra are one of my favorites. like i’ve said before, finding the perfect opposite for aurora took a while but like, it’s like that book where goldilocks tries a million chairs, porridge, and beds, because like... finally, we found something that was just right. like, this is another ship where i secretly go back and creep their shit all the time, simply because there’s so much passion and pain and like, we have a fucking second verse for them that makes me cry, because it’s such a sign of how inevitable this ship is. they’re soulmates and no matter what plot, or time, we’ve thrown them in, they’ve found their way to each other - and not to mention, they gave birth to some amazing children, who i love love love. like, in a way, i’m really happy that we picked these babies up late because there’s no negative history with them. they didn’t suffer the dark times, but they were a sign that we were finally back to where we needed to be, because they’ve been epic. they’ve been beautiful, and ngl they’re hot as fucking hell let me tell you

rip... because like, i’ve talked about so many ships and you’re gonna kill me but i’m not done yet. basically, you know i love sebastian and chloe. you know i love them, but a part of why i love them so much is because of the ooc things. when i wrote these characters for devlin, we weren’t in a great place. we weren’t and i’ll admit, i didn’t have high hopes. i was thoroughly convinced that you were going to leave and never talk to me again, and i was all prepared to not love this ship, but somehow, i fell in love with it anyways. i fell in love with the way you write, the way your words make me have this visceral reaction to hug your character, the way you show progression in your characters with every word or text or anything else - and you showed me a reason not to give up on us. sebastian and chloe were a ship that i never expected to want as badly as i did, yet when we were writing their breakup para - you gave that moment where we were like ‘ fuck, we can’t break them up’ and it was so fucking symbolic of where i was with you at the time. because no matter what was happening with us, i couldn’t fucking give you up either. and yeah, i’m emotional now so imma skip off to the next one!!!

adelaide and ryan 😍  you know that these two are my darlings, simply because they were one of our first 1x1s. i still hate damon, this nonexistent prick, but like, let me tell you, i’m such a sucker for the ships where there’s been this longstanding love between them. because you know. i’m a little bit of a sucker for soulmate love - i’ve never made that a secret, but essentially, these babies hurt me a lot and it’s so skdhskhf. i’ve been trying to get through this thing without keysmashing and i guess i just failed, but i’m still remembering when ryan took adelaide for a date in san francisco, and realized he was really, really fucking in love with her. and i cry because yeah, he had to watch her with his best friend for years after the bitch stole the girl he’d been crazy for, and he still waited for her. my prince would wait a lifetime for her though, if i’m being honest... rip

another plot that i absolutely adore (and i know you do too because it sparked a damn multi-muse) is carson and clover. their plot is especially hard because like, they’ve been more or less together for years and like, he wants so badly to just marry her? like he’s planned out their proposal a million times, genuinely, but keeps holding off because he doesn’t think it’s fair to tie her down when there’s a chance he’ll never come home. and like, it kills me because she wants to marry him so badly and he wants it too but until one of them can compromise, they’re going to be at this standstill kshdksh i cry

i’m trying to keep this short (and failing) but another plot i have a really big soft spot for is hartley and liam. they’re a ship that, yet again, i didn’t expect to love so much. because like, they started during a drunken game of never have i ever and there were uh, complications that i shall not go into for now 😇  but i’m still really emotional remembering about how when they were going to spend the summer in california, liam was going to go with her to visit her dad for the first time in like ten years, and she was going to help him track his down. and it just makes me really emotional because like, these are two people who taught each other how to love - and they were each other’s first loves, plain and simple. it’s beautiful, and ngl one of my favorite, favorite paras we’ve done for them was the one where hartley admitted she was pregnant because the way he supported her, despite being really young, was amazing. so so amazing

another one of our early ships that is special to me is nicolette and sebastian. they were super early in our shipping history and i remember how pissed the admins were that we were leaning towards it because aPPARENTLY OUR CHILDREN WEREN’T SUPPOSED TO BE TOGETHER. but as per usual, once we get started, no one can stop us. sometimes i want to kick nicolette for the fact that it took her so long to realize how she felt about sebastian? because like, homegirl had the perfect guy sitting right in front of her for her entire lIFE AND DIDN’T SEE IT, THIS IDIOT and it took her almost losing him to realize what she wanted. never mind the fact that she basically risked getting fired from her contract at gtv to chase him back to paris because she couldn’t handle him losing her. like, i know nicolette made so many mistakes but i love them?? because they both make each other better people

last but not least, i can’t talk about my favorite plots/ships without talking about noah and maeve. like, their beginning was so quinnessentially noah, with this idiot knocking into her and spilling his drink all over her dress but like, the fact that this society princess still wanted to give my poor child a chance is nothing short of magical. because she’s so fucking beautiful and he’s such a mess, like a lil floppy mess, and somehow, he still captured her heart anyways. sometimes i laugh because like, noah is genuinely so awful at being smooth (this is the boy who told her that he loved her the first time via text oVER DEADPOOL OF ALL THINGS) but still, he loves her more than words can say. and like, he’s always been this guy who was in someone’s shadow, whether it be arthur’s or jaxon’s and somehow... for the first time, someone wanted him. he wasn’t the second option or the sidekick. because of maeve, he got to feel like the hero and let me tell you, that’s not something my prince would trade for anything in the world.

and there you have a novel of my love for you, you’re welcome!!

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"Don't forget. Not ever, not for a second." aurezra 💕

For the space of a few heartbeats all I can do his nod, slow tears rolling down my cheeks as look down at our two baby girls; Seraphina’s eyes are wide with curiosity as I breastfeed her, following her older’s sister movements as if they held the secret of the universe. Giselle waves her hands in front of our youngest, searching for a smile she knows she can get. She kneels beside her father, a shy smile taking over her soft features as she catches us looking, hiding her head against his chest not long after. “I won’t.” Only two years ago, when I found out I was pregnant with her, I found myself terrified of what the future held for me— for us. My mother was a true light in my life, as well as my siblings’, and her loss crippled me in ways I never had the courage to speak of before I met Ezra. I didn’t want my babies to go through the same, but if I happened to vanish from their world at one point, I wanted them to remember me the same way I remember their grandmother. “I want to stay in this moment forever.” I confess only for my husband to hear, and we both laugh when Giselle asks “with me too?” against her father’s skin. I tickle her side with my free hand. “Of course, silly!” It’s Ezra who replies, holding her up in a swift motion. She kicks her legs excitedly, but doesn’t forget to remind us we need Seraphina in our little moment too. Ezra catches my gaze then, happiness pouring from his eyes. “You gave me the world, Vogel. I’d never forget that. I’d never forget you.”

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"We promised we'd be there!" // aurezra 💕

It was easy to see his girlfriend’s distress, the worry etched into every facet of her features. Had he not known her as well, Ezra surmised he may have missed them, simply because he knew his girlfriend well enough to know that she didn’t want him to see. As much as she was trying to hide it, there was a vulnerable girl beneath the facade Aurora put up, one who looked just as worried about the night’s forthcoming events as Ezra would have expected - because again, he knew her better than anyone. Between the two of them, Aurora had always been the one to think things through, overthinking more often than not, and judging by the expression on her face, the way her hands shook as they fisted at the wine colored dress she wore that night, she was doing that precise thing now. She was responsible, and cared far too much - and while it was something Ezra had long respected about her, he knew that she was simply working herself up over nothing that night. Because, quite frankly, she had absolutely nothing to worry about. Sure, they were going to a party hosted by his father’s company, and yes, there was every chance that his family’s opinion of her would be solidified that night - those things were a given. Had Aurora been any other girl, Ezra would have understood her stress entirely. Most girls didn’t quite meet the standards that the boy knew his family had for anyone associated with the Vogel name, but Aurora wasn’t just any girl - she was extraordinary. And more importantly, she was the love of his life, and his family was painstakingly aware of that. Fastening his tie, Ezra turned back to his girlfriend, shaking his head to stop her from moving for the door, and caught her hand before she could move. “Aura,” he breathed, tugging her back to him and meeting her worried gaze with his own confident one. “Don’t worry about being late, my mother will just assume her son kept you simply because you’re going to be the most beautiful girl in the room, and any man would be a fool not to want to put his hands all over you.” His lips found her jawline, and he inhaled shallowly. “I don’t want you to worry tonight, love. And before you tell me you’re not worried, remember that I know you and that you aren’t fooling me one bit-” He paused then, breaking away to look at her expression. “Just breathe, relax, and know that my family will love you. I know I did, from the first moment - and they’d be fools not to feel the same.” Without hesitating, Ezra leaned in, brushing his lips against hers in a brief kiss, one that he knew wouldn’t mess up her makeup, and smiled as he pulled away. “You’ll be amazing, and my family’s going to understand exactly why I’m so fucking crazy about you - don’t worry.” Their hands met, and he interlaced their fingers, squeezing hers gently. “I’ve got you, love. Ready to go?”

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"I need to tell you something." aurezra ❤

Growing up, I’ve always had friends to give me advice and to support me through anything. It’s something I know I should thank my lucky stars for, but in all honesty, some of their advice is worth ignoring - the idea that you should run whenever some variation of ‘I need to talk to you’ is brought to life being one of them. It’s not often that my wife drags things out like this, but in all honesty, I’m not worried now that she has. I only turn towards her, taking our little girl from her arms and nestling her to my chest while I wait for the brunette in front of me to speak. “You can tell me anything,” I whisper after a moment, hoping that my tone and the honest expression in my eyes will reassure her in a way that she needs right now. Because I know her, and I know she’s stressed - that much is evident in her expression. Being careful not to nestle the baby in my arms too much, I extend my hand towards Aurora, squeezing gently once our fingers have entertwined. I don’t know what’s on her mind, and I wish I did - because she’s my girl, and there’s nothing more important than keeping my two girls happy and safe. They’re my life, and it takes me a moment to drink her in fully. But when I do, I notice something in her right hand, a plastic stick - one that I could recognize from a mile away. One that, no matter my previous nervousness, elicits a grin on my face and booming laughter to spill from my lips. “Love, are you pregnant?” She nods slowly, tears in her eyes, and I move to set my daughter in her crib before pulling my wife into a celebratory kiss, one that lasts until we’re both dizzy and giddy with breathlessness. For the third time in my life, I’m aware that it doesn’t get better than this - than these happiest days of my life. “Jesus Christ, love- we’re going to have a fucking baby. How long have you known?”

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[text]: I just don't want you to get hurt. / [text]: Things could be so different. // aurezra :*

[text]: I just don’t want you to get hurt.

Ezra → Aurora: And I’m not fucking scared of your step-mother.Ezra → Aurora: I love you for being concerned, but I can handle this.Ezra → Aurora: I can handle her, you’re worth it.Ezra → Aurora: Okay?

[text]: Things could be so different.

Ezra → Aurora: They are different, love.Ezra → Aurora: This isn’t last year, we’re better now.Ezra → Aurora: Don’t let her get in your head, she can’t hurt us and I’m not going anywhere.

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"I love you. You know that, right?" aurezra 💋

The two of them hadn’t been talking much lately, and the truth was, Ezra didn’t know exactly what had caused it. There had been no arguments between the pair of them - God, they’d never been the arguing type - and there had been no drama, only distance that had grown between them. Distance, it seemed, that couldn’t be more evident than it was in that moment, and distance he wanted nothing more than to alleviate. He paused by the door, his brow furrowing as he turned back to his girlfriend. “Of course I know that, Aura.” There wasn’t a trace of hesitation in his movements as Ezra crossed the tiny space of his dorm room, his hands moving immediately to capture her own smaller one. “I never doubted you loved me, babe,” Ezra whispered, squeezing her slender fingers between his own as a small sigh spilled from his lips. There were times when Ezra wasn’t always in touch with the things he was meant to notice about his girlfriend; times when he didn’t pick up on the right cues, or missed the obvious sines, but this wasn’t one of them. In this moment, he was noticing and the only thing he wanted was to comfort her, to hold her in his arms until she no longer had doubts. His lips pressed to her skin, an audible breath leaving his lips. “I love you, Aura,” he breathed, pulling away as he allowed a smile to tug at his lightly chapped lips. “I know things have been off, lately, “ he murmured gently, his lips pressing to her skin. “But we can pull through anything, and we’ll pull through this. Okay?” He kissed her again, harder this time and he allowed it to linger. “I love you.”

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[text]: My date stood me up. / [text]: I don't want to go. 💜 aurezra

[text]: My date stood me up.

Ezra → Aurora: You’re joking, no one could possibly be that idiotic.Ezra → Aurora: Well, for the record.. I’m sorry beautiful. Like I said, the guy’s an idiot.Ezra → Aurora: But rather than be the ass who reminds you that you should’ve just gone with me instead, I’ll be the ass who salvages your night. I’ll pick you up in ten, and I promise.. you’ll forget all about that douchebag in an hour.

[text]: I don’t want to go.

Ezra → Aurora: And I’d much rather you stay in Windsor for break, trust me. The idea of going two weeks without seeing you is just about enough to make me crack.Ezra → Aurora: Any chance you’d be game for travelling Europe instead? Nate’s been trying to get a group together, and I know Wes is inviting Aria.Ezra → Aurora: Before you go biting my head off, I know it’s not a date really. At least not in written form. But you know, in my mind, it’s always a date 😏 But say you’ll come, I promise you’ll enjoy it.

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"Let me guess, you're one of the good guys." 💕 aurezra

He’d just finished his run when he’d ended up running into a certain doe-eyed brunette outside her dance studio, and like any college boy with a crush, Ezra couldn’t help but chalk the meeting up to fate. Enough, even, that he’d asked her on a date for later that night. “I happen to be one of the good guys, yeah,” he told her with a laugh, taking a risk and stepping closer to her. His gaze lingered on hers for a moment, and he could hardly hold back the smile as he noticed the slight flush of color creeping across her skin. “And I think we both know you know that, so come out with me tonight?” With a free hand, he rubbed at the back of his neck. “I’ll even be a gentleman and not make a joke about how you can start out the night properly by showering with me. Deal?”

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"I bet you tell all the girls that." 💕 aurezra

Like most college students, Ezra spent his weekends moving from party to party and this past weekend had been no exception. The past forty-eight hours had been filled with laughs and drinks, and now as he stood in front of the girl he’d spent the last weeks crushing on, his mood showed no signs of wavering - despite what she’d just said.“You’re really determined to believe the worst of me, aren’t you?” Despite his words, Ezra could hardly keep the smile from tugging at his lips, knowing that her words didn’t exactly match up to what she was feeling. In the time he’d grown to know Aurora, Ezra had learned of her uncanny ability to mask what she was feeling with sarcasm and sass, and even now, she was still doing that. “I only tell the pretty ones that, tiny dancer,” Ezra spoke teasingly, leaning in to press a kiss to her jawline. “But truthfully, there’s only one girl on my mind - even if it’ll take the next few months to convince you of that. I’ve got time to show you, I’m not going anywhere.”

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"Don't look at me like that." 💜 aurora & ezra

It was ultimately the easiest thing in the world to convince himself to stay in bed with his girlfriend for just a few minutes longer, and truthfully, the process had become a part of his daily routine. That in itself was a change for the boy, who had spent the majority of his college years getting drunk with his two best friends and having one night stands more often than anything else, and now he came back to a dorm bed with a beautiful girl who whispered she loved him each morning. All in all, Ezra had never found something to be as easy as his relationship with Aurora had been over the past few months. He was happy, and ultimately, he was in love - and love was easy. What wasn’t so easy, however, was the decision to leave her, even if it was really only for a few hours so that they both could attend classes. Letting out an audible groan as he pulled his shirt over his head, Ezra glanced back to his girlfriend, a smirk tugging at his lips. “Sorry, love,” he teased, leaning against the wall. “I just can’t imagine letting go of you, and I’m still trying to convince you to stay.”

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[text] You're the most beautiful girl I've ever known. / [text] I just want you. / aurezra

[text] You’re the most beautiful girl I’ve ever known.

Aurora → Ezra: Ezra…Aurora → Ezra: Stop saying those things, you’re making me blush in front of everyone!Aurora → Ezra: Thank you, though. That’s… You’re amazing.

[text] I just want you.

Aurora → Ezra: How am I supposed to believe you, Ezra?Aurora → Ezra: You’re married. You go back to her every night. Not me.Aurora → Ezra: If you want me, then why are you still with her?

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[text] It's always been you, don't pretend you didn't know that. / [text] Does she make you laugh like I do? / aurezra

[text] It’s always been you, don’t pretend you don’t know that.

Ezra → Aurora: I’m pretending no such thing, I just like to hear how bad you want me ;)

[text] Does she make you laugh like I do?

Ezra → Aurora: Aura, babe… are you jealous? I meant it when I said she had nothing on you. She doesn’t do any of the things you do, trust me. It’s you, it’s always you.

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aurezra 💕

Tears welled up at Aurora’s doe eyes upon hearing Ezra’s frustrated question, and for a moment she was unable to hide the anger that bitterness in her heart. She knew what he meant, that his determination to keep fighting for what seemed had been one of the many reasons the ballerina had fallen for him. This time, however, there was no turning back. He was married. “You have no right to ask me that.” Her voice was barely above a whisper, broken by the sadness mirrored in the eyes of the man she’d loved all those years. A sob tumbled from her full lips, and Aurora shook her head, averting her gaze from his teary one. “No one ever wanted me the way you did.” The brunette confessed, allowing the tears to stream down her cheeks. “I thought—I thought I was one of your many conquests, that you wanted the same as everyone else; a night of sex you could gloat about to your friends. But when I turned you down, you fought for me. You fought every day to make me smile, to show me you deserved me.” Gathering the courage to look into his eyes once more, she bit down on her lip. “I saw the man you didn’t even seem to know existed, the one that made me the happiest I’d ever been since my mother’s passing. I can’t have that now, Ezra. It’s not the same. We have other people”

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aurezra 💕

“Every time I’ve so much as faltered, you’ve been there. When I doubted myself, or what I could do, Aura- you were there. You’ve always fucking been there, and,” he paused, his gaze lingering on hers for the space of a few heartbeats. Just a few moments, but enough to allow him the courage to speak of the time in their relationship they rarely spoke of simply because of the damage it had done to her. “Because I’ve seen you hit rock bottom, to the point where you were crying in my arms because you thought you’d never be able to dance again, and I realized that it didn’t make you any less beautiful. That’s when I realized this was real, that even if you’d already been forced to leave me once, I wasn’t going to fucking let you go. I’ve never known someone as honest as you, Aura- and I don’t want to live without that.” His fingertips traced gently against her jawline, shaking almost as his lips grazed her skin, and he exhaled a shallow breath. “You don’t seem to realize the effect you have on me, love. It’s insane, and truthfully, I think I’ve been a little bit in love with you since that first night I met you.” A chuckle left his lips as he pressed a kiss to her skin, his arm sliding down to snake around her waist. That first night, Aurora had rejected him, stood firmly before him and told him that whatever he was pursuing, it wasn’t going to happen. And while she hadn’t been the first to reject him, Aurora had been the first he’d pursued after the fact. “Because you’re unforgettable, and fuck- I’ve been in love with you for years now, and I can’t imagine ever being in love with anyone else ever again.”

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"That's a lie, I thought about it a lot." // "What do you want? Right now?" // "I wish I could be with you right now." // "I don't want to hold you back." // aurezra 💕

“That’s a lie, I thought about it a lot.”

Aurora tilted her head to the side, a sad smile on her lips as she looked up at Ezra. His fingers were wrapped around her wrist, keeping her from running away like she’d done countless times since the night the two had spent together after years of not seeing each other. Like a fool, she’d forgotten about the whole world and fallen into bed with him as she had as a teenager, giving into the feelings she’d fought so hard to keep buried. “Am I supposed to believe you?” She finally spoke, holding back tears. “You sent me a wedding invitation. You married someone else.” Aurora shook her head, her gaze falling to their hands. “If you thought about it, then why did you do that? Why didn’t you come after me?”

“What do you want? Right now?”

For the space of a few heartbeats, Aurora was silent. She couldn’t lie, Ezra would see through it if she tried, but admitting the truth meant sharing her biggest weakness with the only person who could break her heart to pieces— again. Swallowing thickly, the brunette let out a shaky breath. “You.” Aurora muttered, her teary eyes finding his. He stood before her with the perfect posture, exhaling confidence as he always had, but in his eyes she found the same insecurity she was feeling; he was lost. “I’ve tried to fight it. I’ve tried so hard, but I can’t.” Aurora cried, her smaller hands finding his shirt. “I want you, Ezra. I want us, I always have.”

“I wish I could be with you right now.”

Exhaling a soft breath, the brunette sat down beside her ex and rested her head upon his shoulder. Her hand found his moments later, intertwining their fingers in a caring motion. “It’s okay.” She whispered, although it truly wasn’t. The loss of her grandfather had taken its toll on her, but Ezra’s meeting would secure the growth of his company and he couldn’t exactly call it off with the excuse that his affair needed him. Looking up, Aurora recognized the flicker of sadness in his eyes and smiled. “I’ll be fine, I promise. Aria will be here any minute.” Her lips brushed against his delicately, wanting nothing more than to reassure him somehow. She hated to see him like that. “Just come back as soon as you can, okay?”

“I don’t want to hold you back.”

“You should.” She murmured against his lips, dainty hands undoing his tie as they walked into the hotel suite. Ezra ignored her statement and tugged down the straps of her dress, his laugh vibrating against the skin of her bare shoulder. Aurora moaned softly into his ear, as he wrapped her legs around his waist and kicked the door shut. Her teeth grazed at his earlobe, drawing a groan of his own. “Show me you only want to be with me.” She dared him, pulling back only enough to look into his eyes. In a teasing motion, Aurora shook her head when he tried to kiss her and put a finger between their lips. “Only me, and I’ll be entirely yours.”