𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮.

my heart is out at sea.

[intrusivs]

catherine.

          she found  herself leaning into him as well, a sly smile evident on her lips at his words. “how about you knock him off his horse for me? a little show.” her tone was playful as her tongue licked at her teeth, scooting closer to  the edge of her chair as she spoke again. “i want you to come, as my honored guest. i’ve little worry of what your father or your brother might think. he wishes me to marry a son of france so badly, i know not why he hasn’t offered me my choice of both.” bold words, once she couldn’t take back now that they were out. 

      he agreed with a nod,  if nothing more than to get under his father’s skin.  (  his second favorite pass time.  )  the laugh that escaped him after brightened his entire demeanor.  “ a woman after my hand ?   i’ve never felt so honored. ”  his voice continued to drop in volume,  only giving charles more reason to close the space between them.  he hadn’t been too sure about being too brash in her company,  but as long as she continued to pave way for it,  he would always give in.  “ i’ll have you know there’s quite a list of competition,  your majesty.  i’ll need more of you than simply a crown. ” 

[intrusivs]

catherine.

         he was comforting, more so than she had thought he would be.. though she hadn’t  given him much thought before this. “i suppose you’re right.. i’m supposed to attend the hunt with your father and your brother at dawn..” her voice trailed off as she looked  at him again, taking note  of the way she felt  drawn to him.  “will you be there or do they have you off  galavanting with possible english wives?” her words were meant to  be a joke but she found  they stung, it was said that she was the most sought after prize in england and yet he hadn’t sought her out at all. 

    for a moment,  his lips contorted with disdain.  of course charles wasn’t meant to be in the know of it.  since their arrival,  his father did little more than lay all of his focus on the eldest son and all weak attempts to align him with catherine’s favor.  “ ah,  the wonderful life of pretending to be enamored by mundane conversation.  my favorite pass time, ”  charles drawled as his upper half leaned a few degrees closer to her.   a smile reemerged along red lips with a whispered,  “ promise to knock christofor off his horse a time or two.  for me. ”

[intrusivs]

catherine.

         a tiny balled fist rubbed at her eyes as he spoke, a yawn slipping past her mouth as she willed herself to remain focused. come morning she would blame the lack of sleep for how easily her words slipped out of her mouth, “never.. if they were to believe i was ill or ailed in anyway they’d…” her voice trailed off, hoping he would  be able to pick up on what was not said. “i must be a pillar of good health and i must remain in good spirits no matter what may be causing me  discomfort..” blue eyes settled on green ones  then, her mouth in a softened line, a shaken hand running through her hair. “luckily, no one expects a girl to be hidden away in the library.. its like hiding in plain sight.”

     he hummed in reluctant agreement ;  how easy it would be for anyone to dethrone her had they any speculation of her fatigue.  himself included.  all he had to do was give word to his father and there’d almost certainly be an empty throne for france’s taking by the following morning.  if only he were as malicious as his genetics demanded of him.  “ this is a habit you cannot keep.  you need your rest, ”  charles gently chastised,  slowly extending his right hand to tuck the book shut.  his tone lifted in humor only to tut,  “ heaven forbid a lady like yourself learn something apart from curtsies and formalities. ”

[intrusivs]

catherine.  

          for the first time in many nights and just as many days, catherine found herself smiling, giggling even at his words. “i’d hope a mere pea wouldn’t result in my undoing.” she found herself teasing back softly, the smile on her lips the truest she had worn since the crown had been placed on her head. as quickly as  it was there though, it was gone, her eyes falling to her hands in her lap as she found herself oddly at ease with the french boy across from her. 

          “going on seven nights now..” a secret she had kept to herself until now, not wanting to  raise suspicion of possible weakness, refusing to let even a crack in her facade show. her eyes again found him in the dimly lit room, taking stock of how a man so big could emit an energy so soft. something about him put her at ease… a feeling she so lacked when in the presence of  his rather uptight brother. 

      his smile lengthened when she laughed ;  charles had always been too attuned with others’ attention.  basked beneath the glory of kind words and admiration,  despite his siblings’ accusations of being spoiled by their mother’s affection.  both shoulders lifted in a shrug,  lips parted to tell her the tale he’d often have recited to help him sleep when he was a young boy but halted when her expression dimmed.  “ mère du christ, ”  he exhaled into a breath.  a chuckle of disbelief nearly followed,  although charles was able to keep it lodged in the back of his throat.  “ have you not told anyone ?   has no one yet caught you outside of your chambers ? ”

[intrusivs]

catherine.

          his request should have insulted her, should have had her gritting her  teeth and excusing herself from his presence.. instead, she found it only made her want to linger  near him longer. it wasn’t often those around her treated her as though she were a normal girl, more often than not, those that surrounded her instead wore fear or contempt on their faces whenever she was near.. part of catherine wondered if she would ever again be the girl she was before the crown sat upon her head or if she would forever be forced to play a part she was growing to hate. 

          “no formalities..” she spoke softly, as if toying with the idea in her head before deciding in its favor. it was then that her body relaxed, settling back into her seat before she was glancing at the one across from her in silent invitation. “you hadn’t.. i simply have found it difficult to sleep.. i’ve spent most of the last nights here… reading.”

      as the atmosphere settled,  charles took it upon himself to give the library a more earnest look ;  cautious of his footsteps and the girl parallel to him.  “  a particular reason ?  ”  he inquired,  occasionally letting his gaze fall upon her.  “  a pea under the mattress,  perhaps,  or a ghost whispering in the night. ”   charles would have carried on with more playful and meek suggestions but he also hadn’t wanted to risk insulting her.  watching the weight of a crown slowly diminish his mother,  he knew well enough there was more to being a queen than jewels and novelty.  especially an unwed one,  at that.  

     admittedly,  he didn’t know very much about the young queen apart from his father’s hope that she’d wed his brother.  he also knew too many foreign nobles that spoke of her assumed foolishness and the inevitable downfall of england,  but charles knew better than to think she’d be so cavalier with the safety of her people.  it was the standalone quality that kept his concern genuine.  “  how many nights now ? ”          

[intrusivs]

queen catherine:

          her breath rushed from troubled lungs in relief, one hand pressed to her chest as she allowed a sense of calm to wash over her. surely, to be found alone in the darkness with a french prince would have the castle abuzz with gossip but it was much better than any alternative. “your highness..” she began, a stickler for formality as she dipped slightly before him. “please forgive me my threats, i merely feared what might have been hidden in the shadows… relief has found me however, knowing it was only you.”

          it was in the light of a dim candle that she allowed herself to finally look over the second son of france, a man that had held little of her attention prior to this moment. he was tall in stature, lean as well.  perhaps it was uncouth but catherine found herself thinking he was much nicer to gaze upon than his elder brother..  a man her advisors seemed keen on seeing her wed. arthur her most trusted advisor, however, seemed to prefer the younger of the two french princes. 

      the smile on his face remained small, one could argue it led to a part of himself charles very rarely showed in another’s presence.  his hands folded in front of his chest as to further reinforce a lack of ill intent ;  shoulders gave an involuntary twitch when she spoke up again.  “ it’s only you and i.  no formalities, s'il vous plaît. ”  if only for the night,  all he wanted was a conversation without the dead weight of whom was going to marry and which family would extend their reach and how swiftly an heir must be produced to secure lineage, and all other nonsensical jargon his father recited. 

     charles knew it would have been in his best interest to usher the queen into her room,  lead himself back to his own chambers and call the night finished   ─   but he couldn’t bring himself to be so bland.  green eyes glanced the length of the library,  noting the opened book for only a moment.  “ i hadn’t meant to intrude. ”

[intrusivs]

queen catherine:

@intrusivs

           several nights of nightmares had left the young queen unable to sleep. instead, she found herself tucked away in the library, a book of poetry open and on her lap as she fought of the pending threat of sleep. her lids had grown heavy as the words on the paper blurred, her head lolling to the left as the sound of footsteps shook her back into consciousness. “who’s there?”  she called out, closing her book and wrapping her hand around a candlestick that had been burning just to her right. 

          catherine could feel her heart beating in her ears, the steady thump only adding to her anxiety as she rose from her seat, turning in the direction of the shuffling steps and peering into the darkness. “as your queen, i command you to make yourself known.” a command she was sure would go unobeyed. if this was an assassination attack she had no one to blame but herself.. with the kingdom in such unrest it was foolish to venture out alone.. even in her own palace walls. “i will not ask again, show yourself or i will have your head come dawn.”

     curiosity would undo him one day, his mother had always said. too determined at skirting the boundaries others had set forth for him ;  made obvious now as he lingered between foreign palace corridors when charles surely should have been in bed.  the faint gleam of light had first set his heart in his stomach,  only plummeting further with her first question.  being reprimanded had never been his most favored activity,  especially when charles knew he was in the wrong.  it took two breaths to register who it was speaking to him,  validated only by her command. 

     “ my brother may have to wed you shortly after from glee alone.  ”  a tilt of his head had the idea of keeping himself hidden beneath the shadow of darkness momentarily deliberated,  but charles ultimately took the steps forward to let the candlelight cast over him.  his features softened,  an inquiry for forgiveness and a dusting of tease.  “ neither of us would want that,  would we ?  ”

[intrusivs]

heartbeatens·:

lesbianeliksni·:

reverse fake dating: very in love couple has to pretend theyre not actually together

[skylinc-blog1]

you know what i want???? a young married couple (20-22 years old) that pretty much used to be fuck buddies for a while and then she got pregnant and they got married bc it felt like it was the ‘right thing to do’ but none of them were really ready for the commitment. and now he’s realizing how much stuff he’s been missing out on and he just wants to live his life and go out with his friends and be with a bunch of girls but instead he has to stay home with his wife and his kid and it’s just all too much so they get into this big fight and she’s like ‘BUT I FELL IN LOVE WITH YOU!!’ and that only scares him even more so he leaves and they basically live their separate lives for a few months until he’s at a club and he sees her with some other guy and it’s like fUck nO!! and everything comes back to him, all their memories && everything and holy shit he might be in love with her too?? and so he makes it his goal to get her back but he broke her heart so it won’t be eaSY??? pls gimme

[intrusivs]

ofdrugs-deactivated20150707‌:

we were madly in love for almost 3 years and now we’re sitting in the parking lot of our favorite pizza place and you’re telling me that you want to settle down and have kids and start a wonderful family in the suburbs and all i really want is to travel and live in shitty apartments half way around the world and never hold back so now i’m crying and you’re crying because we can’t give each other what we both want. so now we’re over and i keep checking up on you on social media and oh god you found someone new au.

                real quick: none of you need to apologize to me for taking your time with replies. you are not ‘ late. ’ we are not on a schedule and there are no deadlines; i am not – and never will be – timing you. sometimes things get hectic in real life and/or there’s just no motivation / energy to write. that’s perfectly okay ! i’ve been there and i don’t want you adding anymore stress to yourself over whether i’m upset with you for not responding right away. i promise you i’m not. take your time and answer when you feel ready. i’m excited for your reply, but i can be patient. similarly, if you have motivation for other threads, do them. sometimes muses work for certain threads or characters and not others. if you need to drop our thread, then do it. it’s all good ! no worries ! your comfort and health come first. please take care of yourself.

[intrusivs]

*        altitudc‌    /    brock .

knows  he’s  playing  with  fire ,  doesn’t  trust  her  not  to  let  this  situation  IMPLODE     /     though ,   he’s  secure  in  his  talents ,  hopes  it’s  enough  to  keep  her  in  line      ––––––––       ‘   reckon  it  only  happens  once  in  a  blue  moon  so  yeah ,   may  as  well  take  advantage  of  it  .  ’   averts  his  gaze  as  soon  as  he  notices  blunt  incisors  pressing  into  plushness  of  her  lip ,  expects  this  on  H I S  terms ,  won’t  get  drawn  into  doing  something  riskier  than  needed  just  because  he  can’t  keep  it  in  his  pants  until  a  safer  opportunity  arose  .   doesn’t  particularly  ENJOY  the  effect  her  persistence  has  had  on  him  in  the  past ,  he’d  taken  a  bite  of  that  apple  far  too  quickly  and  now  he  can’t  get  enough    –––      ‘   something  tells  me  it’s  not  gonna’  pass  particularly  quickly ,   call  it  a  hunch ,  or  maybe  even  an  educated  guess  .  ’

a  faint  hum  greets  her  lips ,  elicited  from  his  words  alone .   her  body  adorns  a  language  all  on  its  own  presently ,   translating  the  words  her  mouth  refuses  to  utter  for  the  sake  of  keeping  his  ego  from  rupturing  the  space  between  them .   although  elders  always  said  the  natural  doe  look  of  her  eyes  betrayed  the  poker  face  years  had  strewn  together .   a  glint  of  enchantment  embeds  between  brown  hues ;   fallon  might  have  dared  to  keep  lids  shut  when  in  his  presence  if  she  were  at  all  conscious  of  it .   ‘  doesn’t  really  sound  like  i  have  a  choice  either  way ,  ’   taunts  the  air  between them  while  feet  fight  to  keep  from  taking  steps  closer .   he’s  an  addiction ,   a  glistening  prized  possession  that  trembling  fingers  can’t  ever  hold  STILL  long  enough  to  keep  from  grappling  onto .

[cosmiicloves]

but can i get some forbidden relationships please? like two teenagers that come from rival families and have to be really sneaky about seeing each other. or a celebrity and a normal person one where her parent’s don’t approve of him being famous so it’s really hard for them to see each other without him being recognized or her parents finding out so it involves a lot of low-key dates and weird disguises. or secretly hooking up with her sister’s boyfriend or her best friend’s boyfriend and it gets angsty because he admits all the time that he doesn’t even like his girlfriend that much but still he won’t leave her. or an age gap plot where he’s her teacher or something like that and he’s fresh out of university or whatever and she’s in her class and purposely stays for extra help a lot and turns up at his apartment and one thing leads to another and they start hooking up. please

[lhzthepoet]

Forgive me if I taste a little too much like poison. If I am full of too much chaos. Forgive me if I have too much bottled within me that it makes the earth quiver. But I won’t apologize for the monster I became to survive the monsters around me.

or the screaming still ringing in my ears // L.H.Z (via lhzthepoet)

[bicornmagic]

muse a is fresh out of prison, solitary confinement to be exact, and hasn’t truly seen the light of day for at least a couple of years. they’re adjusting to the real world; they barely speak anymore, and they haven’t experienced gentle human contact in what seems like forever. insert muse b, their new neighbor.

[intrusivs]

*        altitudc‌    /    brock . 

no  excuse ,  other  than  not  possessing  particularly  admirable  morals ,  for  continuing  to  engage  in  this  dynamic     –––––     should  have  split  upon  realisation ,  excused  himself  from  the  casual  relationship  he’d  struck  up  with  her  mother  but  if  he  can  have  his  cake  AND  eat  it  too ,  why  not  indulge  ?   doesn’t  dwell  on  the  fact  he  apparently  has  a  type   .     isn’t  a  shadow  of  a  doubt  that  she’d  agree ,   in  fact  this  newfound  situation  only  provides  him  with  a  better  angle  to  taunt  her  from     /      ‘  agreeable  today ,  aren’t  we  ?   ’   gaze  washes  over  the  female ,  unabashedly  drinking  her  in   as  arms  lift ,  crossing  over  the  expanse  of  his  chest  .  amusement  at  given  situation  means  it’s  impossible  to  stifle  the  grin  pulling  at  his  features ,  ‘  who’d  have  thought  it ,  huh  ?  ’

the amusement that dusts over his expression proves nothing less than irritating .   sends russet irises rolling back into her head ,   mouth settling into the uninspired lull they adorn enough to nearly be deemed regular    ──    when she’s in his company ,   at the very least .  a singular voice in the back of her head reiterates her fascination with him ,   always keeps the annoyance from showcasing itself as anything more than a lone bubble between her ribs .   ‘  may as well take full advantage of it ,   right ?  ’   tone lays syllables in the air between them like a blanket ,   soft and unassuming .   the playfulness presents itself across her face instead :   in the pair of blinking ,  nipping at the inner of her lower lip between her teeth ,  a slight tip of her head to the left to exude a laziness both know she truthfully lacks .   ‘  no telling when it’ll pass .  ’

[constantbalancexvx]

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