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          This land was still so foreign to her. Everyone spoke with such a strange dialect that she was incredibly unaccustomed to hearing and wore fashions and styles that she could never have imagined in her wildest dreams. Worse than that, however, she stuck out like a sore thumb, and all she wanted was to go home. For what seemed like the hundredth time, she got lost in the never ending corridors of the castle, and when she asked for assistance, she was ignored. Ultimately, she gave up, and found a place where she was hopeful she could hide. I must not let them see me cry. 

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♡: Accidentally falling asleep together yah it bash

             ACTS OF INTIMACY || A C C E P T I N G

                      HE DOESN’T MEAN TO KEEP HIM SO LONG. he wasn’t even supposed to be able to have his company on this night. he was SUPPOSED to be with kenna. sebastian felt ill at a party ( whether from the wine or actual illness louis wasn’t sure. ) kenna wanted to take care of him, but louis INSISTED she stay & enjoy herself. so, he’d been the one able to take sebastian back to the room —- louis’ room was merely easier to GET to. when he’d laid him down & helped him undress to cool off, he’d DOTED on him; wiping his brow & giving him water as needed. when it came down to it, louis could be quite domestic if he wanted to be. 

                          AS SEBASTIAN SLEPT AGAINST HIS CHEST NOW, he was almost hazy as to how exactly he’d gotten here. he’d laid down to rest & soon found himself DOZING. when he awoke in the middle of the night, he noted that sebastian was  d r o o l i n g. perhaps he should be OFFENDED —- but he’s not. he smiles, if anything, mumbling a quiet ‘ i love you ‘ as he pressed a kiss to the top of his head. strange to think that this was where he was most comfortable – arms wrapped around a man he’d never thought he’d be with, CONTENT with the fact that he’s being drooled on. he was more than happy enough to look after his lover while he slept off the amount of alcohol seeping through his veins. 

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          ❛  YOU’RE BEING SERIOUS?   ❜ 

                        there is OBVIOUS disbelief in his tone.    he cannot keep up                              with what sebastian wanted from him.  he’d CHASED him when                              he’d tried to escape to condé.   they had no  F U T U R E  in the                              french court. they had no future at all.         he was back here,                              FORCED  to  find distraction  during the times that he  had  to                              watch sebastian dance with kenna.    he had to keep his mind                              on queen mary ----- help her as much as he could. & when he                              saw the bastard in the hall,        he would drag him around the                              corner  &  make sure he was still intent on following if louis  tried                                         to LEAVE again. now was one of those times. 

             ❛  you want me here,  but we are HIDING in a corner of a              castle. sebastian, this is no way for me to LIVE. i have a                       country to consider. condé NEEDS me.   ❜

                                        even if he WANTS to be serious, his face is nothing but                                                   hopelessly  S M I T T E N  with the bastard. 

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[hyliana]

         she slips delicate fingers into the man’s coin purse. he’s a  stranger  in the town just uphill from the castle, which usually implied he would not be a  KIND one. zelda’s boyish disguise is perfectly in place, the curves of the fabric nearly sewn to her  skin  allowing for ample movement as she picks the pockets of unsuspecting men.  it had been a bad day for profit thus far, though, no one seemed at all sinister had come through kakariko, and when one did she regrettably found an ample supply of POCKET LINT. only foreigners and demons had the gold now.

         but she finds she is distracted by the stranger, so little unfamiliar faces ever graced the surroundings with their presence, not since the usurping of the hylian throne six years prior, and this one was ...  different than the rest.   &,  apparently,  different enough for her to lose her footing and drop the  CHANGE  on the floor.     ❛  drat --  !!!  ❜     her cowl, thankfully, holds tight as well as her bindings. as male as she could make herself.

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[bctterman-blog]

Congratulations, you’ve used your knowledge of the heart’s noblest emotion to manipulate and destroy someone. *from bash. chair is exiting stage left and hiding from char's rage*

                      REIGN SEASON 2 || ACCEPTING 

        HE’S STANDING IN A RUN DOWN INN.          it was the last place          he could think of anyone looking for him in.         after he’d seen sebastian in         that tavern,     quite nearly POISONING his veins with alcohol,   he’d known he          couldn’t stay so close to the castle any longer.     not when his heart tried to          CONSTRICT  itself around  his mind  every time  he so much  as  THOUGHT  of         sebastian. it was MORE THAN HE COULD BEAR.     even feeling the gaze on the          back of his head now as he REFUSED to look at sebastian made his throat          close up. 

                      “—- but if i am wrong then send me away. if i’m not wrong, then KISS me,                                    damn you, and be with me and give us the END we deserve.”

        THAT’S ALL SEBASTIAN HAD SAID.         that’s the only part that           mattered the rest wasANGRY & WELL DESERVED.  liar.  coward.  cruel.     they          were  all  words that fell off of sebastian’s lips like A C I D on  the  prince’s          ears. he knew each was TRUE.      what kind of man  RAN  from the one he           loved out of FEAR?    the one currently staring out of the window, apparently.          every word leaving sebastian’s lips drove the  STAKE  farther into his chest,           chipping away at the crease in his brow until his face became STOIC.  he           could not bear the weight pressing down upon his shoulders. he’d gotten          in too deep —— done something he’d SWORN he would never do ——          FALLEN     IN    LOVE    WITH     A    MARRIED     PERSON. 

        NOW HE’S STANDING THERE;    unmoving, utterly silent. how he           WANTS  to  turn to him   & kiss him   & apologize   & make him forget   he ever          had a WIFE to begin with.                but he doesn’t.                   he CAN’T. 

          ❛ THIS ISN’T A CHOICE I’M MAKING OUT OF FEAR.       i’m           TRYING to take care of my people.  my family.    YOUR family.    what do you           think would happen if we were CAUGHT?  you would have shamed your           WIFE. your brother. your CHURCH.  i’m a PRINCE, sebastian.  i can’t linger           in a castle with a man i can NEVER marry.   marrying claude would have           FORCED me to live alongside you & kenna’s CHILDREN.   i couldn’t bear           it —— && DO NOT LIE & SAY YOU COULD.   i have to think of           my people. i cannot give up my countries reputation for you, as much as           i would LIKE to,    & trust me when i say that i would marry you if it were           possible, sebastian. but it is NOT,    & we have to stop ignoring that fact.           what we  F E E L  does not change things. not when i’m a PRINCE& you’re           a bastard of a DERANGED king.            can’t you merely look at our time           together for what it WAS?exciting, & fun, & PASSIONATE. but that is all it can                      ever be. you knew that from the beginning, didn’t you? ❜

         HE DIDN’T MEAN A WORD OF IT.         he was RUNNING. he was            fearful. he was IN LOVE with someone unattainable. it was SAFER to go            back to condé  &&  be with women who meant NOTHING than be with the           one person who meant TOO MUCH. he could only suck in a sharp breath &                          find one last thing to place the final nail in the coffin. 

            ❛ I’M LEAVING.     i’m returning to condé.    i have duties that i cannot             ignore, & a queen that is probably quite FURIOUS with me for abandoning             my vow. go back to your WIFE.   make her happy.   have children. forget             EVERYTHING i ever told you because it matters no longer.     what i feel for             you changes nothing. if anything, just think of all of this as a LEARNING             experience.   i told you when it started that i was merely showing you the             ROPES. ❜ make it sound like you don’t care.  ❛ i’ll make sure the invitation to my             marriage, whenever it does happen,  gets lost on the road. just don’t tell             me when your first child is born, either,  ❜  he murmurs quietly. he couldn’t             bring himself to say none of it had MATTERED because it DID. he can’t look                                                              at him. 

          BUT THAT’S WHEN HE MAKES THE MISTAKE. he DOES look             at him. his throat constricts & he clenches a fist at his side.  he’s crossed             the room & placed one last FIRM kiss to sebastian’s lips,  hands cupping             his face tightly.    he knew he was doing NOTHING but encouraging their             affair.    & that’s why he breaks away after a moment, eyes closed tightly,             brows knit close together.       ❛ STAY ❜ the word escapes sebastian. louis             can only shake his head, hands sliding down to the male’s neck & across             his shoulders before leaving him.            ❛ our love will  D I E  in that castle,                         sebastian. i’m afraid i’m not willing to let it LIVE first.  ❜

           AS HE BACKS AWAY, sebastian is ANGRY again. he has a right to              be. louis desperately wishes the male had never come looking for him. it              would have been an EASY separation.    not GENTLE, but more easy than              THIS. he listens to the harsh words about manipulation leave sebastian’s              lips & quickly FORCES blurred vision away from his lover. ❛ MEN.   we’re              leaving tonight. we’ll reach condè by morning if we hurry. ❜         his men              rustle in the hall, gathering their things.    louis picks up his sword & coat              before stealing one last glance at sebastian. ❛ i’m sorry. ❜ he says simply. 

                  AND JUST LIKE THAT, HE’S GONE. 

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⚠ hello it bash

                          BLOODY TRAIL || ACCEPTING

     WHEN SHE SEE’S A FIGURE COMING IN FROM THE DISTANCE,      panic is her FIRST reaction. she scurries backwards, back bumping in to a tree &      prying a CRY out from her lips.   there’s a figure on the ground near her, blood on      the ground, staining snow crimson red.  there’s blood staining her dress, her hands,      her legs. but she’s ALIVE – shaking, & desperately cold, but  A L I V E. she draws a      nervous gaze to a squint to try & see through the glare of the setting sun who it      was approaching. was it another MAN?  ( like the one unmoving on the ground? )  she       was injured too badly to actually FIGHT again.    so, when the figure practically       RUNS at her, she can only shriek& instinctively try & curl in on herself. there’s a        shooting pain in her abdomen & side —- hands reach to hold the pain, whines       coming from her lips. perhaps her ears were RINGING. she doesn’t recognize                   his voice at first. no, it’s muffled & groggy & she’s still SCARED. 

HER NAME IS UTTERED OFF WORRIED LIPS, familiar hands coming     to grasp her face. her eyes adjust to the light, RECOGNITION settling on her face.     ❛ SEBASTIAN, ❜ she breathes, relief evident in the very air she gasps out. she tries     to reach for him, only to CRY OUT in pain.   ❛ WHAT HAPPENED?  ❜ he’s demanded,     stern & so very worried. she swallows roughly, throat dry.    ❛ a-a man… he saw      me while i was riding & called me over. he said he recognized me a-and before      i could GO,     he pulled me from the horse &threw me on the ground…   ❜    she      looks at the body on the ground with shaking blue hues. ❛ he came at me with      a blade — GOD, he was FAST. he cut my dress on the side & then struck again,      & it CUT deep…   i had to FIGHT him off & i tried to SCREAM but he just held my      throat so TIGHTLY,  ❜   she grasps at her own throat for a moment, shaking off      the memory. ❛ i didn’t have a choice… i HAD to use the blade you gave me & i–     he’s—-  ❜ she couldn’t SAY it.     for no matter how badly he’d tried to hurt her,      to take a life was NOT in her moral code.      her hands still shake, though she’s                         considerably more calm now that he’s there with her. 

     ❛  I KNEW I WASN’T SAFE,  ❜ she shakes her head, looking down at her bloody      hands. she snow around her was a DULL red —– blood spilling from her side,      less so as she pressed her hands into the wound. ❛ i need to—–  ❜ she tries to      speak again, but can only wince & give him a slightly DAZED look.   blood loss      was NOT a safe thing for maria.     ❛ doctor—–  ❜ her voice is SMALL, her eyes                         showing how hard she was trying to stay conscious. 

[bctterman-blog]

@bravescn has taken over louis. my blog has been overrun.  there is no refuge send help.

[merwiitch-blog]

            bells chiming  draw her gaze to the door from where she is seated, book in hand and fresh tea on a side table. It’s late. Later than people usually come into her little shop of oddities. With one look at the young man that has found his way here, however, she dismisses any thoughts of turning him away. he almost looks LOST to her, but that is a feeling to which she can certainly relate.

                ‘ can I help you find anything in particular ? ’ she offers, ‘ or are you here for a reading ? ’

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