Recent content by Vespera

Vespera huffed softly, her nose wrinkling in irritation. But she didn't argue. Not because she enjoyed being told 'no'- gods, she hated it- but because she felt it through the bond. The way his words had settled like stone, anchored, deep, immovable. It wasn't just Ash's own usual brand of...

She felt it long before he cleared his throat. It was there, right there. Pressing. Warm. Electric. The bond between them pulsing like a second heartbeat in her chest. It didn't matter when her eyes were closed. She could still feel him looking at her, could still feel the way his restraint...

Every word that left Ash's mouth peeled back another layer of him that she hadn't even known existed. And gods, she felt all of it. His anger, his pain, the storm that was always brewing behind those emerald eyes. But she'd never known the shape of it. Never understood how how tightly it wound...

Vess leaned back on her hands, letting the sun soak into her golden hair as she tilted her head up towards the sky. Her expression was unreadable as she contemplated his question. Would they survive if they lost magic? She didn't answer right away. She let that question drift with the breeze...

“Okay,” She nodded softly, her lashes fluttering as she looked down at the river and then back at him. Her voice was quiet, but certain. “Forgive each other and start over.” She wanted it. She needed it. She didn’t want to spend her life living in the past, not when it was filled with nothing...

Vespera said nothing at first. Her eyes stayed locked onto the rushing water, but her thoughts had drifted far beyond the sound- back into herself, into that quiet little voice that never stopped whispering how ridiculous her dreams were. She imagined herself waking in a little cottage with a...

She had been good at reading people- when she bothered to try. Maybe Ash had been right about her observational skills... This time, she did bother. She noticed the way his shoulder's stiffened as he spoke, the subtle twitch of his jaw or how his gaze locked onto the flowing river instead of...

Vespera took the bottle from him without a word, her fingers brushing up against his before she raised it to her lips. The sweet and light fizz hit her tongue and she tilted her head back for a longer sip than intended. Partly because it was refreshing. Partly because of what he said. You did...

Vespera pressed a grape to her lips, chewed thoughtfully, and didn’t even try to suppress the sly little smirk tugging at her mouth as she side-eyed Ash’s awkward, flustered answer. Many scenarios, huh? She didn’t say it aloud, but tucked the moment away in her memory. He might have flustered...

Vespera squinted at him, an exaggerated narrowing of her eyes that screamed suspicion. "When I want to be?" She repeated slowly, dragging the words out like they tasted foul and ruined her appetite. She popped the remainder of one of the lamb skewers into her mouth, chewed and then pointed at...

The streets were nothing like how they'd been last night. No drunkards leaning against buildings, no stumbling feet or slurred voices, and whatever god's awful noise two fae had been making in a nearby alleyway. Morning had transformed the town into something alive and radiant. The cobbled roads...

Vespera hadn't meant to sit still for so long, but the moment the bathroom door clicked shut behind Ash, a strange quiet settled over the room. She remained at the edge of the bed, still barefoot, knees tucked into her chest as her fingers fumbled with her damp mess of hair. She started to...

Her throat worked around the knot that had formed there, thick and aching. She hadn't expected him to move, to cross the room. Hadn't expected him to touch her. Not after the way he'd pulled away, after how he looked at her like he needed distance more than he needed air. But now his hands were...

Vespera's chest rose and fell in a slow, shallow rhythm as she just lay there, still half-buried in the warmth of the mattress where he had left her staring up at the empty space above as though it may offer her some answers. Her pupils were blown wide, golden eyes hazy with something feral and...

Vesper had fully intended to close that sliver of space between them and finally claim what had been teasing at the edges of her restraint since the moment she woke up tangled in him. She wanted to drag the moment out until he was unraveling beneath her, until he was the one begging, the one...