summary: his eyes aren’t his favourite but you think they’re beautiful
warnings: none :)
“They’re like crystals,” you said to him, your hand reaching up to his cheek— his skin a little cool from the night air. The sky was clear, so the stars were out tonight, and you asked him to join you stargazing on the balcony of his room. He’d never say no.
“The stars?” he questioned, his eyes meeting yours. His gaze on you was soft, and his smile was sweet. He readjusted the blanket that was shifting off your shoulders, making sure your skin was covered in case of any wind. You had refused to wear a coat— you claimed it’d make it less romantic. Less special. Now, regardless of whether the lack of a coat really was helping, it was romantic, he had to admit. You’d often say everything was more romantic at night, and he thought of those words every night he spent with you.
“No, your eyes,” you said, staring intently. He almost missed what you said— he was too busy staring at you.
“What?” he asked, eyes widening. You continued to stare, and suddenly, he felt so vulnerable. Like you’d see through him. Like he was seeing too much.
“They sparkle in the starlight,” you said, staring at his eyes like they were some jewel.
And in your eyes, there were no lies. The way your eyes were locked on his, he thought he could read your soul, and you spoke nothing you didn’t believe. He wanted to look away— almost afraid to see so much. As if, if he looked long enough, he’d find something he’d regret seeing.
“Doesn’t it scare you to look into my eyes like that?” he asked, rather honestly.
You looked like you wanted to laugh a bit. “So?” you asked. “Was I lying?”
“No,” he said, the words spilling out of his mouth. Your words were so true to what you truly thought, he felt he couldn’t dare lie about that. “But if you stare for so long—”
“Your eyes are suddenly going to stop sparkling?” you asked, a little lost with what he was so worried about.
He pursed his lips and finally closed his eyes. If he had to say, he’d say he didn’t quite like his eyes. His curse was so closely linked to his eyes that he couldn’t entirely separate the two, and he couldn’t say he liked his curse. He believed this was the same for other people as well— he was sure those who knew of his curse wouldn’t particularly like his eyes or his gaze, and he couldn’t blame them. It was only natural.
So, for someone to come along and say they looked like crystals from the bottom of their heart was not something he dreamed of. Not in the slightest. For the first time since he was 17, he'd think perhaps his mint green eyes, which he got from his father, were pretty if you said they were, so confidently.
“How do you even think these things up?” he asked, opening his eyes to look at you again.
A smile crept back onto your face, and his heart dropped a little. He wished the two of you could just stay here forever— on this small balcony in the cold, under the stars.
But you sneezed, and he laughed, as he ushered you back inside, because where you were didn’t matter one bit. All that mattered was that he would continue to be yours.
summary: he listens to you as if you're reading out loud a book
warnings: none!
Harrison would listen to you as if you were reading out loud a book. You'd tell him about your day, and he'd just listen. He wouldn't interrupt, nor did he like being interrupted when you let him in on your life. He listened as though a new chapter of his favourite story had just come out. Sometimes he asked questions, and other times he replied if questioned, but for the most part, he enjoyed listening to you explain your experiences. As a book fanatic and a copywriter, he was constantly surrounded by writing and words, and that was what he loved. When he listened to your stories, he felt like he could see the world through your eyes for that time, and he quite loved that. He'd find out what things brighten your day and what happenings upset you. He'd say he was being let in on something special.
And somehow the more he listened, the more he fell for you. The more the world you spoke about sounded so beautiful, so unlike what the world looked like to him. While he knew that a lot of it was because you couldn’t see through everyone's pleasantries, and sometimes straight-up lies, it still filled his heart to know the world was a nice place through your eyes. That to you, the world was kind.
You’d tell him about the lovely lady at the bakery who gave you an extra treat on the house. How the cobblestone roads were pretty, but the old man who you helped get his coins out of the grooves probably wouldn’t agree. You’d speak with a bit of a huff about the lack of etiquette the young man who bumped into you had, how he wouldn’t turn around to apologize.
And he listened. As if he were at his favourite play.
However, his favourites were when you told him about missions he wasn’t there for. While you were Harrison’s exclusive fairytale keeper, sometimes you would follow the others if he was on a particularly dangerous one, and there were safer alternatives. You’d tell him all about how it went, and he thought it was hilarious— primarily because a few of them caused trouble for fun, which often had your head in your hands.
But then he had a thought. Something he was curious about.
“Hey,” he said. “Tell me about that mission on the port with that rotten company.”
You raised an eyebrow. “The one you were there for?”
“Yeah,” he said. He didn’t elaborate any further, but he looked so uncharacteristically excited that you decided just to do it.
So he listened. As you told him a fairytale.
He had to admit, his heart did a little flip as he listened to you speak. He was expecting this to be the case (or more accurately, he was hoping this would be the case), but through your eyes, he apparently glowed. The way you spoke of him, you’d think he was some hero. It also turned out that you noticed the little things he did far more than he thought you did. You’d recall the way your heart fluttered when he squeezed your hand after noticing you were shaking. You’d sprinkle in moments you found him cool, and you described in depth how you loved the walk home with him. (William had also been on that mission, but the two of you had ditched him in the carriage and decided to walk home since it was relatively close.)
“You really do love me,” he said, and your eyes widened. You blinked, but then you laughed, realizing he set you up.
“Yeah.”
It was romantic in a way he hated (and a way you’d loved), but his world seemed to light up when he saw you laugh. He pulled you into his arms and kissed the top of your head.
"It's not half bad hearing you talk," he said and you laughed. This was how you found out he loved hearing you speak.
"I'll have to step up my game then," you joked, but to his surprise you really did.
The next time, he'd listen as you spoke out a love letter.
i actually have quite a few ideas for a longer fic for harry like something more complicated but its highkey one of those things that are like quite nice in theory but also such a PAIN IN THE ASS TO ACTUALLY WRITE.... nor do i think i can write them too well but. perhaps its finally time to attempt i fear
also I read harrisons bday soiree epilogue the other day and I started SOBBING FOR SOME REASON IT WAS RIDICULOUS. spoiler under the cut. not nsfw but taken from a nsfw scene/context is a nsfw scene
but this in particular. something about it just made me SOB.... I think it might be how the like heh beg for it 🤤 or in fics the overstim trope is far more common now for established relationship but it was just so sweet to me 💔💔💔 just checking up & confirming will absolutely never ever ruin the mood. actually it will make me sob. and i say this not even in a "the bar is in HELL" way i mean like for established relationship specifically i feel like this isnt as commonly brought up or perhaps its not as sexy or whatever but GOSH DID IT GET ME. i started bawling my eyes out for really no reason in particular he's the sweetest sweetest man alive.
so i played mad love first and i played blind love after and i did it spoiler free so i was shocked to say the least when i realized we weren't staying in crown and we were going back and i REALLY REALLY DIDN'T LIKE IT AT THE TIME like NO ONE WANTS THAT. why are we inventing a long distance relationship. but now i think i rather love it.... im not sure how much i love the fact that we've actually left but i've played a few other routes and i feel like in so many of them harrison mentions that it's our choice if we want to go back, or that we've thrown away all we loved to stay with crown and it genuinely makes my heart drop every time. he's absolutely the sweetest and the sweetness will never not get me. i think the fact that he's constantly thinking about us and constantly hoping for the best for us is just the kindest and most attractive thing ever. idk maybe im just getting older but GENUINELY kindess is so attractive to me its ridiculous.... i think it might also be the harrison effect. like once u like someone whos kind like him and u see that as insanely attractive everything else just doesn't compare
i think the part that gets me is how throwing away your past life (especially for this backstory like someone like kate who loved her job and her little life) IS a big thing to ask of regardless of how much you love this new one too and harrison actually treats it like it is. i think the fact that he's willing to take the harder way the more painful way for him to protect what's important to you is just like CHAT. WILL SOB.
and also i realize that mad love in harrys route is the canon end bc like. events and we lowkey have to stay for everything else to make sense. but the more i think about it the more i think that if harrisons route was purely standalone and they didn't have to worry about all these other characters and events and sequels happening and making sense ""harrisons canon end"" was probably his blind love. because i think this is the only ending where we go back to our past life(?) meaning it was extremely purposeful that they chose to do this for harry's route specifically. like they literally didn't have to do this but they DID and i think that shows just how fundamental this is to harry's character. i know itd never happen bc again. the events. but i think it'd be SUPER SUPER COOL if harrison's sequel was actually the continuation of his blind love ending instead of his mad love. i feel like not only would it (imo) better represent his decisions it'd also be a unique twist to one of the sequels. anyways i miss you harrison ill be back soon
I THREW 500 CRYSTALS DOWN THE DRAIN I BOUGHT THE SET WITH ONE MINUTE LEFT AND OBVIOUSLY. I DIDNT MAKE IT. I was genuinely 5k points away from top 100 I'm soooo IM SOOOOO
I THREW 500 CRYSTALS DOWN THE DRAIN I BOUGHT THE SET WITH ONE MINUTE LEFT AND OBVIOUSLY. I DIDNT MAKE IT. I was genuinely 5k points away from top 100 I'm soooo IM SOOOOO
I barge into judes office to yap and he goes "here comes the fox's stupid little bird" as an insult but I kick my feet at "fox's" and jude loses his mind
I wasn't trying for casino event at all but I sent all my hearts to al bc I had a feeling his borders would be the lowest... I'm not sure if they actually were but it seems I ended up getting top 300 for al quite easily so I'm glad I sent them to him
STOP I STILL HAVENT DECIDED WHICH FIC I WANT TO POST FOR HARRISON DAY AND HARRISON DAY IS ALREADY HERE NOW WHAT TO DOOOO WHAT TO DOOOO i think ill post hte one i was saving for his bday. vampire fic is an occasion on its own already
HARRISON UPDATE..... I fell back asleep before I did my final x3 LT escort I'm so mad 💔💔 BUT I GOT WINTER DATE HARRY !!!!!! FROM REGULAR TICKET IM SO THRILLED OMG !!!! i can't tell if im pacing myself well at all but lowkey there's nothing to overthink i just have to keep up with my escorts i just REALLY WANT THE CARD UEUEUEEUEUE
ok so a little while back i wrote some code to convert the lucky time schedule text into an .ics (calendar) file and i finally made a notion page to put all of those files together so i can share now! i'll usually update within a day of that event for this summer at least so if i don't update within then just let me know! i don't play ikevamp actively anymore so feel free to send me an ask/comment/lmk if u want me to add for ikevamp!
feel free to ask me anything if u have any questions i hope this helps anyone!!
harrison bday soiree starts in like half a day I'm honestly so scared NOT READY I've never played a party event really seriously but I know I want the card I hope that's not a pipe dream....
ok so when I first installed pri all those years ago at the time I decided that my favourite was yves but now I wasn't sure if I was as fond of the cuter vibe anymore so I figured I'd probably just like yves casually. but the tiny bit of yves that's come up in chevs route and the yves SE in this newbie event GOSH HE REMINDS ME OF JONAH SO BADDDDDD im actually so devastated I miss jonah so bad and I just see him in yves. jonah clemence my queen of hearts I will NEVER FORGET YOU
