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𝘈𝘻𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘭’𝘴 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦-𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘴.
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵.
𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘻𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘰. 𝘌𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘻𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮.
[…] 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘮.
𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘸, 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳.
𝘌𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥. 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵’𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺.
- 𝙎𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩 𝙎𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨, 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙩 3
I’m so happy to have finally been able to commission this scene from one of my favorite fics I’ve written. I immediately knew the only person who could brought this moment to life was the incredible @ruisfree. I am still in awe with how beautifully you depicted this scene. 🥹 Thank you, friend for collaborating with me on this piece. You’re always a joy to work with. 💖
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