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for the record when I said this

this is what I meant

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what’s life if not falling a little in love with a lot of people

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uM

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everyone who reads this post will get some big spicy joy within 24 large minutes (hours)

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Reeve and Eva during the performance at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade 2019!

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Reeve and Eva recreating famous music photos- a series

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guys it’s livin it up BUT BETTER 

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Orpheus and Eurydice :)

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come home with me it’s you it’s me Orpheus! Eurydice!

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Eva trying to throw a pen in a cup and Reeve singing? humming? in the background

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i’m gonna hold you forever the wind will never change on us long as we stay with each other then it will always be like this

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you’re it

eurydice leads orpheus on an adventure in the snow after leaving one of hadestown corp’s holiday parties.

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“you know i’ll follow you wherever you go,” orpheus grinned. “show the way.”

eurydice giggled, a telltale sign that she was definitely buzzed. “c’mere.” she grabbed his hand and pulled him out of the building.

the cold air hit them at the same time, and orpheus felt eurydice’s grip on his hand tighten. she danced them down the sidewalk in her long, low-cut dress. orpheus had it a little easier. he adjusted his sports coat to accommodate for the temperature.

“don’t you want to go back and get your jacket, love?” he asked. “it’ll only take a minute.”

eurydice laughed and steam swirled out of her mouth. “no,” she giggled. “let’s go, right now. don’t look back, baby.”

orpheus couldn’t help but chuckle. eurydice looked magnificent, and he savored the view. the office holiday party had been fun, but eventually eurydice got bored, and orpheus wasn’t going to say no to getting out of mister hades’s line of sight.

eurydice danced down the street, throwing her free arm up in the air like she could hear music that nobody else heard. adoration surged through orpheus’s heart. it couldn’t have been more than midnight, but he couldn’t see anyone else on the streets. all the same—he had eurydice to himself.

a goddess like eurydice, she never went anywhere without people staring. she didn’t notice, but orpheus did. he looked at her the same way. in some eyes, it was jealousy—they wanted her. in some eyes, it was disbelief—they couldn’t comprehend that a being such as eurydice could exist. orpheus belonged in the latter group. despite waking up with her next to him for the last several months, he still couldn’t believe his luck. the stars had aligned perfectly to grant him this beautiful woman, and he felt like he’d have to pay them back for the rest of his life.

slushy snow lined the edges of the sidewalk, and eurydice was looking down to make sure the heels erato had lent her didn’t touch the ice. even though he couldn’t see her, orpheus knew what her expression was. her brow was furrowed and she chewed her bottom lip. it was the expression that orpheus always caught her wearing when she thought he wasn’t looking.

“where are we going, ‘rydice?” he asked after a few minutes of content silence. eurydice slowed down and her head whipped to her right. the plaque at the entrance to the city park gleamed in the moonlight.

“here!” she laughed, and pulled orpheus through the gateway.

once they were further into the park, she let his hand go and turned around to look at him. it may have been freezing, but orpheus melted. her eyes glittered with amusement.

“you’re sure you’re not cold?” orpheus let his hands fall to her waist, but she jumped back with a wink.

“you gotta earn it tonight, baby.” she narrowed her eyes. “catch me.”

orpheus laughed. “you’re tipsy.” he said.

“and you’re no fun.”

“oh i’m no fun?”

“uh-huh.” her giggle sounded like starlight. “catch me, orpheus.”

orpheus sighed. he took his hands back and raised them palm-up. “okay. should i give you a running start?”

eurydice nodded, her smile broadening. “uh-huh.”

orpheus closed his eyes. “one—“ before he could even get to two, eurydice scampered off. he chuckled and started his search.

as he looked between the trees and on the benches, it occurred to him that he would have never done this a year ago. eurydice had opened his eyes—brought to light everything that he had been missing from his life. she brought freedom wherever she went. she brought summer sunshine, winter wind. orpheus learned to enjoy her spontaneity if for nothing but the fact that he got to see her smile after every escapade.

“eurydice!” he called. something caught his eye on the ground. it glittered. he picked it up.

it was the flower hairpin that persephone had given her earlier (“it goes with your dress way better than mine,” she had said through sips of whatever concoction she held in her hand).

she couldn’t be far.

orpheus stepped to the side, letting the hairpin lead him like a compass. “‘rydice?”

a giggle could be heard from behind the largest tree.

“aha.” orpheus whispered. he followed the sound of her laughter and found her leaning against the bark of a tall pine.

“that was shorter than i expected!” she exclaimed. “i was ready to wait for you. i thought it’d take hours...” eurydice trailed off with a smile. “i love you.” she murmured.

orpheus exhaled, and clouds floated from his mouth and nose. “you must be cold.” he shrugged off his sports coat and draped around her shoulders. “there we go.”

eurydice found his hands and put them on her waist. “now you can have me.” she whispered. she swayed towards him, and he gripped her waist tight.

“hey, stay with me.” orpheus kissed her nose. “can you make it ‘til we get home, love?”

“i love you.” eurydice placed her hands on either side of his face. “i’m drunk but i definitely love you.” her words were chased by the slightest slur��no doubt a byproduct of hanging around persephone all night. “i love you like i’ve never loved anyone, orpheus. you’re it.”

“i’m it?” orpheus could do nothing but gaze at eurydice. he felt snow start to dust his hair but didn’t move.

“yeah.” eurydice smiled. “you’re the one, baby.”

as the snow fell around them, orpheus felt sunshine in eurydice’s fingertips against his cheeks.

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REEVE AND EVA'S HALLOWEEN INSTAGRAM POST IM FUCKING HOLLERING YALL I WILL NEVER SHUT UP ABOUT THIS

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all i’ve ever known is how to hold my own, but now i wanna hold you, too.

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This was so refreshing to watch. Hearing Eva talk about being half Mexican and half Filipino and being in theatre was something I connected to because I’m half Asian and RARELY see anyone who looks like me on stage so seeing Eva play Eurydice is always so great (and other women of color in other roles)

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all i’ve ever known is how to hold my own, but now i wanna hold you, too.