(っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ neels , with ophelia song .
𝐎𝐏𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐀 𝐖𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃 𝐁𝐄 hesitant to say that anything has changed since her breakup with neels . a night that pushed ophelia off her pedestal and let her fall into darkness that welcomed her home with open arms . she has been spiraling , floating downwards like every cruel beast and deity struck down by someone who condemned them and called it justice . on some level , some flicker of candlelight within the blackened , cracked shell of a broken girl , the hint of goodness inside her urges her to feel different . to look out at a throne room filled with the people she once called adoring subjects and stop ignoring the hatred and fear burning in their eyes . gods lead lonely lives , they sit upon thrones at the top of a mountain and hide away from the prying eyes of mortals ––– ophelia wishes she could say she feels worthy of the throne she once occupied , but when she stumbles and hears neels’s voice cutting sharply through the silence , there is no reformed saint replacing the monster . not yet , not when she still finds comfort in the routine of cruelty that she settled into . not when the darkness still feels like home . maybe she truly was doomed from the start , maybe there will never be redemption for someone who can’t see her own mistakes or how they only drag her further down , further away from those who once cared . ophelia turns to face neels and tries to hide away any shred of vulnerability at a sight that still makes her ache ––– she didn’t love him , she claimed she never loved him , a single look from him is still enough to make her chest tighten . ’ how kind of you to point that out . i don’t think i could have noticed by myself , ’ ophelia snaps in return , bending down to start putting books into a haphazard pile , tucking her phone into her purse ––– quickly . this is uncomfortable enough , and the silence feels heavy around them . ophelia already wants to make an escape ––– she never escapes , hardly ever backs down from conflict . this is different . ’ careful with your rings before you drop something too , ’ she adds , without sparing neels another look as strands of blonde hair fall in front of her face while she gathers her things .
he’s entirely out of his element , but the frustration and aggravation that swirl around each other in the base of his gut keep him close company , locked in an elaborate routine that flip flopped between a waltz and a fight —- making a place he’d spent merely a handful of moments in since the start of his educational career feel more like home than the opulent stone mansion in new york that carried his family name and all the memories of his childhood . he has no reason to fear ophelia song , and as a result —- her snippiness falls upon deaf ears . neels rockefeller came from a lineage whose timeline was a strand of pure gold —- his family were the old gods , nameless deities too rooted in the world itself to be ousted by those who were ephemeral in their power . his status protected him like armour fabricated in haephestus’s forge , and though he won’t ever know for certain if she opened her heart to him as he did for her , even for a second’s duration —- he has seen ophelia in her own tenderness . she had nothing to hold over him , and that was his freedom . “ when my shit touches the ground i just buy new ones . ” only true of some things —- he’s had the same new york knicks hat since he was eight years old . he’s only expelling hot air , rapping sharp knuckles against the table’s surface and staring her down with a confidence that takes even him by surprise . it seems to ebb and flow , the way he feels for her . one moment he’s wistful , tears pricking at the backs of his eyes . the next , he hates her . he wants her gone . he wants her worse than gone —- still there , but irrelevant , dirt poor , and ugly . presently , she is the bane of his charmed existence —- snarky quips flowing like water from a thawed spring . “ are we gonna have to decide who gets the library in the divorce , or am i gonna have to watch you do a theatrical tumble for my attention every week or so ? ”













