my heart has wings

[ellawindsor]

zerot0hero·:

“Ooh Math– the way to a woman’s heart!” Amalthea teased gracelessly plopping her bottom onto the bench. She still was finding it difficult to accept compliments from Teddy. Every bone in her body wanted her to reject or dismiss it… but that would surely scare him off so instead she focused on something else, like an extremely unsexy piece of homework. She struggled with the strap of her bag, eventually wiggling free and turning to face him with a smile. “So, tell me about your day! Conquer any dragons or– I’m sorry I can’t remember how modern Monarchy works– ooooh question! Do you want a cupcake? I’ve got some in my backpack!”

“Math is the way out of anyone’s heart, but trust me, no one is as bad at math as I am, so I thought you’d be able to assist.” He jokes, laughing too hard at her jokes. “Absolutely. I got the dragon, and a troll at the bridge, and even some goblins, but you’ll have to go back to our house because I’ve chained them in our dungeon.” He says sarcastically, with a grin, knowing his fathers stories would probably interest her much more than his own. The moment he hears cupcake, however, his ears perk up and his hand shoots out. “Yes. How is that even a question? They’re mandatory.”

[ellawindsor]

zerot0hero​:

Adelphie froze in her place, she knew that voice and that even more familiar and stunning face to go with it. She felt humiliated, sitting cross legged on the floor of a library covered in carpet fibers and dust – it was hardly flattering. And for it to happen in front of a Princess, oh gods she felt pathetic. Her cheeks began to burn as she stood up slowly so not to fall over, she closed over the book she was reading and flashed an uncomfortable smile.

“Ophelia– I mean– your Majesty!” she stammered, folding into an awkward curtsey. “I– no– I’m a firefighter– I just like books and silence and… you look lovely!” she chuckled, wanting the ground to swallow her up. “–Looking for uh.. a book?!”

Blushing at the formality of the girl’s words and the curtsy, she somehow hides behind her hair, trying to disguise the awful redness on her cheeks, “Ophelia is okay, really, and promise never to curtsy for me again... honestly.” She says kindly, though she can feel the blush is now from the compliment.

“Sometimes it’s peaceful in here.” She says easily, looking to the stacks in front of her, “like I could get lost inside all of the books here... I guess that’s kind of flippant of me to say, seeing this is your job and all...” she finishes awkwardly, wondering if she can dig the hole a little deeper. “Um, yeah... a book...”

[ellawindsor]

Halloween hadn’t always been such a drag for Ophelia. She used to have fun taking Teddy and Florrie around, letting them show off their costumes, but she had to admit, as they were getting older, she felt more and more insignificant to them, especially at something like a carnival. Turning toward the person next to her, she sighs, pushing over the cider she just ordered. “Do you want this? All of the sudden, I’m not in a celebrating mood.”

[ellawindsor]

zerot0hero​:

Adelphie ran her fingers along a shelf admiring the titles and authors as she passed by. Read that, didn’t like that, obsessed over that for eight months…, she was becoming a little tired with picking new material. The world of literature was only so big when you had awful taste, but at least she could admit that. Stopping over a purple book with a gold inscription ‘The Runaway Knight of Fairway’ Adelphie scanned through the synopsis. Valentina the heir to the Kingdom of Fairway has been missing for three years. No knight has ever come close to finding her apart from childhood friend Lucifer. To bring home the princess Luci must defy her parents–with that small paragraph Adelphie sunk to the floor and began to read. 

She must have been 10, possibly 12 chapters in when Adelphie felt a thump ontop of her head. “Gods!” she gasped as a thick fantasy novel landed in front of her. Cheeks flushed she stood up and turned towards the shelf behind her. “Excuse me! There’s a person under this book!! –well a person who should have been reading at a table instead of the ground…but still..!” she huffed. “–..Also do you want this book back because its rude to leave it to the librarian to clean up.”

Ophelia knew that her life wasn’t very exciting. When you planned to rule an entire country, the hobbies you had weren’t very exciting. Outside of some of her goals, however, she did find herself interested in some things. If it didn’t challenge her ideas of self, she loved to get lost in a good book. The classics were always something that she leaned into, and knowing she was going into a further re-read of Pride and Prejudice was going to make her day.

Setting her book down rather carelessly toward a ledge on the shelf, she didn’t expect it to fall so gracelessly, especially onto someone. Running to the other side as her cheeks flamed, she looks to the girl below her, her skin almost glowing red now. “I’m so sorry... I didn’t mean it... wait, you’re the librarian?”

[ellawindsor]

zerot0hero·:

Amalthea thudded across the plaza in converse that laces needed tightening, hair flowing dramatically and carefree in the wind as she forgot her hair tie that morning. The books in her bag banged against the zip as she crossed the green to meet the dreamy eyed, chiseled jaw and cute as button prince on the other side. She probably looked crazy with her flushed cheeks, frizzy hair, backpack hanging off her shoulders and one jean leg rolled up… but she did not care. Hadn’t Teddy seen her in worse states than after a class? She grinned picking up the pace and finished with leap landing in front of him. “Hey!” she beamed, a little out of breath. “I like that shirt, very autumnal– makes you look very handsome!” @ellawindsor·

Teddy had always been the strangest of the Charmont siblings. His mother had always said it made him unique, but in his house, it made him feel like he didn’t fit in. Looking across the field as he tried to concentrate on coursework, he couldn’t help the blush that came across his cheeks and the grin that naturally formed at the sight of Amalthea. Sure, they were a fairly new couple, but that didn’t mean anything to Teddy. She just seemed to get him. Grinning as she approaches, he looks to his shirt, a flannel that has been hiding in the back of his closet since last fall. “Thanks, but you always look beautiful.” He replies earnestly, moving his backpack off the bench. “Sit. You know you want to do math with me.”

[ellawindsor]

ofsundropsx​:

Reagan couldn’t help but beam that radiatan, blinding smile of hers when gifted the five dollar bill. There was of course still guilt weighing in the pit of her stomach over the lie she had told. The kind stranger before her was making a fess over something so simple as a hazelnut she wasn’t exactly allergic too. Still, she bounced on her heels with excitement, biting back an even greater smile. “You’re incredibly kind, Thank you. I’ll be right back!” she called over her shoulder as she rushed back into the store to purchase a new sundae. 

Nothing made Ella smile more than making someone’s day. Ice cream had slowly become one of her favorite treats, but she wasn’t going to allow someone else to suffer because someone had gotten their order wrong. Waiting patiently as she savored each taste of the ice cream, she smiles as Reagan returns. “What flavor did you get this time?”

[ellawindsor]

puckerup-buttercup​:

“You ain’t half bad yourself, darlin’,” Lottie responded with a bright smile, giving Ella a playful nudge. Maybe it was just because of how they met, but, to Lottie, Ella was like a fairy tale princess made real. Kinda acted like one too. The girl was a delight that - while not quite filling the Tiana shaped hole in her life - fit into her world even better than expected. “No, no, no, don’t be ridiculous,” she frowned, waving a dismissive hand and throwing the shirt over her arm. “Don’t go owin’ me anythin’ or even think about givin’ me a single cent. It’s a gift, and you ain’t allowed to say no.”

For years, Ella only had Gus and Jacques to confide in, and it was a lot harder than having someone that could respond to her by her side, but she found herself enjoying having company, especially Lotties. There was something about the girl that reminded her of herself; finding the good in everything was hard, but for Lottie it wasn’t. “Fine.” she agrees, crossing her arms, “but when we get lunch, that’s going to be my gift to you. I’ll take you to the best place I know that isn’t the diner.”

[ellawindsor]

@darliingwendy​ ☽ = wandering alone at night

Ella had a habit of leaving a little later than the other waitresses. Maybe it was the strange need to keep everything clean, even though she knew her step mother wasn’t going to be there to make her do it over and over again. Closing the door behind her at nearly 12am, she turns the key in the lock, turning around and being surprised by a presence near the front of the diner. “Can I help you?”

[ellawindsor]

ofsundropsx​:

Reagan waved her hand, her bright and effervescent smile present at the kindness of the stranger before her. Gothel had warned her for years that people in the outside world would be cruel yet that statement had yet to become true. all the strangers Reagan had the pleasure of running into had been nothing but wonderful. “Oh, you don’t have to do that. Really! It can get a new one myself. I’d hate to trouble you. However, we can eat them together if you’d like!”

A small smile gracing Ella’s features, she realized that she somewhat craved the positive attention when it was showered upon her, especially after so many years of receiving nothing but abuse from her step mother and step sisters. Reaching into her purse for a five, one of her many tips from the diner, she hands it easily to the girl as a trade for the ice cream in her hand. “My treat, but you can pick whatever you want, and then come back.”

[ellawindsor]

TASK 015: WHAT’S ON TV?

[ellawindsor]

puckerup-buttercup​:

“Duh,” Lottie replied, tossing her hair dramatically. There was a reason it was her signature colour, after all. At the compliment her vanity melted into affection. “Aw shucks, you’re sweeter than sugar, ya know that?” She answered. At Ella’s comment, she scrunched her face thoughtfully. “Well, it ain’t outta my price range. I’m buyin’ it for you,” she said decisively. “Unless you don’t like it an’ your price range is jus’ an excuse to stop me feelin’ bad about bad fashion advice. My ego ain’t that fragile y’know.”

Ella had grown in environment that had let her struggle, but she wasn’t going to lie to someone. “Lottie, I truly think you always look lovely.” she replies genuinely, “I don’t know many people that can pull off an entire outfit of different shades of pink and make it look that amazing.” The heat covering her cheeks, she looks to Lottie, “of course not... I just actually can’t afford it.. I work at a diner, you know... but I owe you. Truly.”

[ellawindsor]

ofsundropsx·:

“Oh,” Reagan commented as she looked at the ice cream before her. It’s not that she was a picky eater or anything - Reagan was hardly ever a fussy person but she didn’t know that the sundae she had picked came with chopped hazelnuts. The nut used to be one of Reagan’s favorite food. Every year for her birthday her mother would make her famous hazelnut soup that Reagan absolutely adored but ever since leaving her tower and Gothel, Reagan couldn’t taste or smell hazelnut without being reminded of her time locked away. She was too nice to demand a new ice cream or file a complaint so she did the next best thing in her mind. “Would you like this? I’m allergic to nuts.” she lied offering the stranger next to her the forzen treat.

Since being forced to leave the people that despised her most, Ella had been living for the first time in her life. Sure, she worked most of the time and had been avoiding a certain someone even more, but it was the little things that mattered most, like actually being able to leave and not launder large dresses and bedsheets for most of her day. Being startled from her thoughts at the girl’s offer beside her, she looks to the ice cream, then the girl beside her, “If I take this, you know I’m going to buy you one to your liking, right?”

[ellawindsor]

puckerup-buttercup·:

( @ellawindsor )

“Hmm, whaddya think?” Lottie asked with a frown, showing Ella a light pink dress. “I’ve got way too many pink and red clothes already but monochrome outfits are jus’ look so put together with practically no effort.” Her eyes lit up as she spied a silk shirt and immediately abandoned the dress. “Ooh, this blue would look divine on you.”

“Pink suits you.” Ella says confidently, as she turns to the girl beside her, “Honestly Lottie, you’d look lovely in anything... I think it’s a gift.” Looking at the shirt, the girl in front of her was right, but she really went shopping with Lottie for fun, not to buy anything in the lovely department stores she took her to. “A little out of my price range, but lovely, nonetheless.”

[ellawindsor]

almostthcre·:

“Oh the worst part of a closin’ shift is definitely how dark it is outside when ya’ leave.” Tiana complained as the turned the key and locked up the front door. They turned back around to face @ellawindsor· and placed the keys back into their bag. “I know its late but its still pretty early.. you wanna’ get a drink or something?” they asked, not ready to give up on the evening. “–Oh! Or you can come over if ya’ want I got leftover’s from yesterday and some fresh sourdough bread!”

Ella had just finished up the deposit, and she couldn’t lie, she was pretty happy to finally be clocking out. Looking up to her coworker with a grin, she pulls her keys out of her bag, “I mean, that’s completely up to you, because both sound pretty awesome, but I do have one request if I do come over, which would be to lend me a pair of pants, because these jeans are killing me.”

[ellawindsor]

apprenticeofasort·:

Awkwardly clearing his throat, Kit took a moment to shift the heavy bolt to the floor and lean it against the wall.  He really didn’t know what to say, which he hated to admit was a rarity for him.  Usually he had some line up his sleeve that could ease the tension of a room, but with Ella…everything smart just fizzled away.

“Are you…enjoying the show so far?”

Ella seemed to have a talent for making things more awkward than they should be. She always ran away from her problems, but she wasn’t sure why she continued to run from Kit, even when he was just trying to explain himself.

“I am,” she answers quietly, “but I feel like I owe you an apology... I keep avoiding you... seeing you know I’m not... well, anything, really.”

[ellawindsor]

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[ellawindsor]

“All of the clothes were so beautiful,” Ella compliments earnestly, looking around the room to catch another glimpse of some of her favorites, “Not like I’m the expert in fashion, or anything, but I’d say everyone was fantastic... what do you think?”