sweet like pomegranate

penned by rose

[pcmegranate]

dynastiiq​:

“Who?” A huff, a tight smile. Araminta feigns ignorance, though it’s obvious that she hasn’t forgotten the matter at all. Still, she didn’t quite want to lose it that night and make the headlines the next morning, so she’s made sure to at least have some eyes on her daughter, even if they weren’t going to be hers. She makes it a point to look around everywhere but the general direction of where Ana had been standing before she looks up at her husband. “I want to focus on us tonight.” She reaches out to hold Ezra’s hand, pulls him closer. “Just us. All night, my love.”

“ what are you up to?” ezra’s voice lowers, giving his wife an incredulous look. sure, araminta is enraged with their daughter, but it’s unbecoming on her to let this go that easily, especially since ana’s actions are putting their ‘good’ name at risk. nothing as important to the elegant witch than keeping up appearances. “ don’t do anything reckless, minnie. in fact, you are not to do anything without consulting me first, understood?” he tells her firmly, eyes narrowing at the small witch. “ all night...? not before you promise me you’ll be good,” the warlock growls, leaning into her ear. even though he’s equally disgusted with his daughter’s choice of partner, he’s not about to act on an impulse and turn a bad situation into an even worse one. “ no surprises, love. swear it to me.” 

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inrains​:

“oh it will only get worse. contracted malaria once and chose to survive so you could hear them all.” shrugging at the mention of beau’s flighty brother, leo tries to spot him in the crowd and fails. off to get laid in the middle of beau’s party. some things never changed. “it’s your frown, bo. the host of the party can’t be glum in plain sight.” pivoting so he’s right in front of beau, leo takes his face between his hands. looks him in eye, “everything’s going to be fine. more than fine. you prepared for this, you worked for this. everyone will have as good a time as they want ” he assures seriously, then he pats beau’s cheeks and backs off. “besides it’s crystal grove, a winter ball’s the closest to taste they will get. look at this place. you did this. the inn’s never looked so good.” 

“ another sign that the moon goddess just wants me to suffer,” beau groans, rolling his eyes at the other, though there’s no real heat behind his words. “ my frown? wasn’t aware that i was frowning, but...” he trails off, forcing a smile on his lips. but it makes sense, because even though the night has been going smoothy, and he’s received a lot of compliments for his hosting skills, beau can’t shake off the feeling that something is missing. or someone, rather. heat rushes into his cheek’s when his friend cup’s his cheeks, tries to reassure him with kind words. “ thanks... i know i’m probably just worrying about nothing,” he nods his head, teeth sinking into his bottom lip. “ i just wish my boyfriend was here, but he’s out of the country, modelling, and...” he pauses, frown puckering his forehead once again. “ and goddess knows what else. i really screwed it up, didn’t i?”  his voice lowers, soft like a whisper. “ what was i thinking, leo? me, in an open relationship??” 

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inrains​:

“i wasn’t, until i met you,” wicker sighs mournfully. chin in a palm, elbow resting on the ugly tablecloth spread over the surface, “you’ve ruined me, alpha. how does it feel?” virginal. wicker shouldn’t let his skin prickle with anticipation. this is all a masquerade, after all. soon he’ll receive a summons to return to new orleans, and the fun in crystal grove will come to an end. there’s no way his parents are actually following through with his when the lees are so unimpressive in person. “hurtful,” he shies back, wounded with a pout on his lips. “who’s made you think so lowly of yourself, to not believe what i’m telling you?” 

a faint pink hue blooms over his cheeks, still taken aback by the other’s shamelessness. “ i did not. i did not ruin you,” the alpha is quick to defend, a slight stammer in his voice. “ why do you keep playing games with me? can’t you be serious for once in your life?” he huffs, folding his arms on the table. wicker is like an enigma to him, nothing about the omega makes any logical sense, and it’s impossible to get a straight answer from him. “ i don’t think lowly of myself, it’s you who i think lowly of, wicker hyun,” sparrow retorts, narrowing his gaze at the younger. “ i know you slept around. wouldn’t even be surprised if you still are, even though you are courting me. you don’t want to get married, you’re just messing with me and wasting everyone’s time.” 

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heartsfxll​:

“It’s not always like that, you know,” he said, frowning. Though truthfully, he knew that it was often the case. “Whatever, the point is you’ll find someone worth your time–however long you want that time to be.” He quirked his eyebrow at his sibling’s insight. “Huh. Duly noted…are you like, okay though? Honestly? Would you rather I stay home?”

“ right, just like nine out of ten times, the beta in the equation gets the short end of the stick, ” the younger scoffs, rolling his eyes. it’s not like ellis to ever feel down about their secondary gender, or to ever let being a beta stop him from doing what they want, pursuing who they want, but this whole thing with anthony and sean is making them feel weirdly self-concious. “ yeah, i’m cool, no worries about me, dude. don’t intent on going home alone myself, so...” 

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“ dynastiiq​:

“Really?” Anthony’s still nervous but he takes the flute of champagne offered to him, taking a quick sip. Bubbly. Eyes widen at the mention of Sean and the warlock’s cheeks flush. “I mean, uh, I don’t know if you can put it like that, but… he’s nice, like you are, and—“ Even Anthony wasn’t sure where he was going with this. “Anyway, I didn’t mean to not call. I just figured you were busy, and you always have no problem getting dates for stuff like this.” Usually tall, attractive, alphas Ellis would be busy with all night, but Anthony just realizes that he sees no such person in their immediate vicinity. “Actually… where is your date?”

“ are you sure that’s the only reason? just thinking out loud, like, maybe you’re the one who is the busy bee here, not me.” ellis retorts, perhaps a little too sharply, rolling their eyes at the older boy. two of his closest friends are getting together, and they can’t help but feel left out. worst of all, they have themselves to blame for it. “ oh, just nice? but... you’re blushing, baby,” they point out, leaning into the smaller. admittedly, they are going to miss that, making anthony get all flustered like this. “ so, did you have sex with him yet?” the fairy asks, ignoring the question about their ‘date’. “did he give you your first real alpha knot?” 

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heartsfxll​:

“Hm?” Oliver hummed, looking up from the pot of tea he’d been brewing. “No, nothing bad. I’m just…in a mood, I guess. Nothing I won’t get over.” He could only hope that would be the case–ever since that night, he was seeing Kylie in a new way, had impulses he had to suppress. It would kill him if he hurt her, but it was getting harder to ignore. “Wanna stay in today? It’s too damn cold outside.”

[heartsfxll]

@pcmegranate​

“Did you know Lydia’s engaged?” Marjorie said, poking at her salad with her fork. She had taken maybe two bites of it. She hadn’t eaten much since the ball, couldn’t bring herself to. “To some omega her parents picked out.” She scoffed, setting her fork down. “I just…can’t understand how she’s so okay with it–like happy about it too.”

[pcmegranate]

“ um, do i look like the type of person lydia gao would announce that kind of news to?” kylie laughs, shaking her head at her friend. “ wait, you are upset about this,” her expression changes, a frown etching into her features as the omega picks up on the other’s souring scent. “ i don’t know either, but you know, it’s like the norm in traditional families. like, it’s not about love, but what you have to offer someone? she does strike me as the materialistic type. no offense, i know she’s your friend. maybe she’s excited about starting her own family?”

[staelker]

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[femaleidols]

pink christmas wishes from kwangya // winter and karina

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inrains​: 

“this isn’t about you,” sehun defends weakly, his voice sharp, “this is about our pup. of course i’d care about the alphas you’re bringing around.” barely a week after the final fallout, when sehun said he wanted nothing to do with winter and winter said he loved him. lies. all lies. “what do you know about what i want? you didn’t when you flushed my suppressants, or when you blamed it on a goddess instead of coming clean. waited months before you finally went to the doctor and—now look at us.” he leans closer, in. “but you always get what you want, don’t you?” sehun can’t help it. he breathes winter in, their mixed scents rich and heavy and his mouth is wet, aching. “how long did you wait to move onto another alpha? is that what you wanted all along — him?” 

“ oh, suddenly you worry about who’s around a pup who isn’t even born yet? who you don’t even want?” the omega growls angrily, shooting the alpha an incredulous look. no, this is jealousy, winter can sense it with ease that his mate is dripping with dark envy. admittedly, he feels the same way, just seeing sehun walk in with another omega broke his heart into a million pieces. it’s wrong, not how their story is supposed to end. “ and i have apologized for that, multiple times now. you made it clear you can’t forgive me, so don’t blame me for trying to move on.” ever since he has decided to keep the pup, his instincts have been taking over, and all winter can think about now is building a warm and stable home for his pup. preferably with his mate, but since sehun doesn’t want him anymore, he has to find a way to make it work somehow. “ how am i getting what i want? you... you’re impossible, sehun ahn,”  winter’s breath hitches in his throat, breathing in his alpha’s powerful scent, shivering lightly as the other leans in closer. “ no... all my heart longs for is you, alpha. all my body craves is your touch. all i want is to belong to you, but... but i feel like all you want is just to punish me forever, my cruel alpha... is that really what you’re going to do to me?” 

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stiigmas​:

       “ohoh, it’s like you enjoy getting smacked, alpha - didn’t know you were kinky like that,” the younger teases, a cocky smile settling on his lips as he notes the quirk of the alpha’s brow and knew that kai’s attention is drawn to his words. rune takes a couple steps closer towards the older - leaving half a foot between them - and leans his head in to hold the alpha’s eyes with his own. “but so do i and i would love it if you would join me in my suite later tonight but if not, that’s fine too.”

“ you didn’t? and here i thought that my reputation preceeded me,” the alpha laughs, giving an casual shrug of his shoulders. such an odd beta, being so forward and direct with him. kai has known the dynamic to enjoy playing hard-to-get, but this one seems to be just a few minutes away from bending over for him. unless, of course, this is some kind of prank. “ join you in your suite and do what?” he inquires, arching a curious eyebrow. “ show me this ‘different’ kind of dancing?” 

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heartsfxll​:

“It sounds like it,” she said, frowning. She didn’t have much in the way of exes, but she imagined if someone she loved were here, she would want to be as far away from them as possible. When Riley described Ginny’s new dream woman, she perked up a bit. “Not into guys?” she peeked back over towards her, trying to pretend like she wasn’t looking. “I mean–maybe I could just introduce myself.” She bit at her fingernail gently. “Oh–no, I could never. If I made an idiot out of myself in front of her I’d die on the spot.”

“ it can be hard, letting go of a past love... i mean, i know it’s like that for me, hence why i’ve decided to quit love all together. if so many alphas and omegas can’t even make it work, i need to accept that it just isn’t for me,” the beta laments, a pout on his lips. “ you really shouldn’t let that discourage you, though. i mean, you’re basically what any alpha is looking for in an omega, so i’m sure you’ll be fine.” cute, small and submissive, she really does check off all the boxes. how someone like that could worry about getting rejected is really beyond him. “ if she’s not interested... well, not gonna lie, that would suck, but the odds are very much in your favor. besides, if you don’t give it a try, you will never know.” 

[pcmegranate]

“ figured i’d find your nerdy ass here,” ellis chirps, poking the fairy at the arcade machine in his side. “ what’s up? trouble in paradise? don’t see your new babe around anywhere.” // @inrains​ 

[pcmegranate]

“ hey, is everything okay with you? i’ve noticed that you’ve been acting a bit... different ever since the winter ball. did something bad happen there, or am i just imagining stuff?” // @heartsfxll​ 

[pcmegranate]

“ i don’t get why you and riley are always fighting. i mean, i know the lyrics he comes up with can be a little... much, but you know how sensitive he is, right? sometimes you just gotta pick your battles, blue. ” // @inrains​ 

[pcmegranate]

“ i’m lost, i don’t know what to do,” the warlock laments, an exasperated sigh spilling from his lips. “ it seems like he’s determined to marry me, yet all he ever does is mock me. i don’t understand what is going on in that head of his.” // @dynastiiq​ 

[pcmegranate]

“ come on, just be honest. you don’t think the two of them should get married either, right?” lux questions the other familiar, furrowing his brows into a frown. “ tradition or not, this whole arranged courtship thing is wrong.” // @dynastiiq​