I'm really basking in the interactions between Glenn, Maggie and Tara at the start of season 6 before the show forgets they were ever friends in the first place
Here’s the ending of the little story that lost it’s way. Ending the year on a really bad dry spell for writing. But my christmas fic has once again turned into a beast so I’m slowing making my way through and editing and writing it. I hope to post it in the new year (Since I’ll be in Scotland next week!)
I have to thank you guys. For encouraging me to write. Telling me that my stories, my words are worth reading. Sometimes in this crazy world I lose that aspiration to keep trying. Then I log on and see someone smile because I wrote a story they enjoyed. It makes me want to write again. So thank you.
Here’s to a new year and to new stories just waiting to be told. <3
Epilogue
SIX YEARS LATER
I stood at the counter looking out the window into the backyard. I sighed, bringing my mug of hot chocolate up to my mouth. It had been a quiet six years with my mate and now husband. My ring sparkled in the light of the sun. A quiet but amazing six years. We never settled, we traveled a lot our first few years together. Cassian took me to his favorite places.
He proposed in Texas, under a big blue sky. I didn't even have to think about my answer. Yes was out before he could even finish his question.
Our wedding was small. Feyre, Rhysand, Az and Elain all flew out to have the ceremony in the same spot he proposed. I fell in love with that little field and the big Texas sky, so Cassian said it was the only place he knew we could get married. With wild flowers all around us and our family and friends there to support us. Az even got ordained online and officiated the wedding while Rhysand and my sisters stood around us.
It was beautiful and intimate. I wore the red dress I saw in my vision, the wind picking it up as Cassian waited for me at the end. A small flower crown sat on my head as I walked towards my future, my mate, I couldn't stop smiling. Because my dreams were all coming true. This was more perfect, more surreal than any big wedding I could've planned in the coming months. I realized I didn't care about the wedding.
I just wanted to be married to my best friend. To my mate, my soul bonded. No more girlfriend boyfriend. Husband and wife. I was going to spend my life with him and I wanted to make it official. Life was short, I knew that better than anyone else after what Tomas put us through.
I told him that much in my vows. Cassian cried and so did I. Feyre was a mess and Rhys held her as we gave each other our hearts. We already gave each other our souls the moment we touched. Now we would never be without each other. It was the most magical moment I had ever experienced in my life.
When Az went to announce us as husband and wife, he shocked me by calling us Mr. and Mrs. Acheron. Cassian smiled as I looked at him, mouth hanging open. He wanted my last name because he never felt apart of his family. His mom never cared and while he had grown close to Lucien and Beron he still wasn't one of them.
"I've known your family for as long as I've been alive. I want to be a part of it," he said softly as we stood there, our rings sparkling in the sun. Azriel smiled, watching us as I took in my new husband.
"Your sisters already told me it's fine. They want me to be an Acheron too."
More tears fell as I kissed him again, my entire heart bursting at the seams. My fingers cupped his cheek as I pulled back, "you've always been part of our family, Cass. But you're officially an Acheron now."
His answering smile left me breathless, with tears shining in his eyes. Feyre captured the moment in a picture, then surprised us a few months later with the painting she rendered of that perfect moment. The two of us standing in an open field, our eyes locked on each other.
We traveled for our honeymoon. Stopping in little tiny towns that were barely a spec on our maps. We didn't sight see, we spent our days in a bed and breakfast learning new things about each other. We spent our nights wrapped in each other's arms, tangled in sheets and knowing the danger was far behind us. We had a life to live, a future set out for us. It was the perfect honeymoon.
It was the perfect ending to the story of us.
We came back to Velaris, to the house Cassian insisted I keep. My home, the one I created with my sisters. My sisters who set out and found their own lives. Feyre and Rhysand were happy and more in love than any mates I had ever seen. Their imprint came once the shadows were chased away. No one remembered her past life.
Elain was off with someone she met when she decided to join Feyre at school. He was sweet and he truly loved her. My sister got lucky and didn't get sucked into the whirlwind of supernaturals. I loved my life, but I was glad Elain could be normal. I was happy she was off in her own world of sunshine and flowers.
I set my mug down, thinking back to all the moments I had with Cassian. All the moments that made up for those fifteen years without him. He held my hand when I saw the Grand Canyon, he laughed while I marveled at the streets filled with beads in New Orleans. He held me as I stood at my favorite singers grave. We snuck out one morning and laid down on the beach, making love before the sun came up. We had gone on so many adventures together. I couldn't believe how lucky I had gotten. To fall in love with my best friend.
To marry the man of my dreams.
And now. We had a new adventure waiting for us.
"Good morning love," Cassian's arms wrapped around my waist as his chest pressed against my back. I took in a breath and smiled as he kissed my neck, "sleep well?"
We had been home for a month now and he still asked me if I slept well. I giggled as his fingers pressed into my hips, "yes I slept well," I took in a deep breath. I took his hand and pressed it against my stomach, "we slept well."
Cassian went stiff. I felt him take in a breath and suddenly his heart lurched into overdrive. I still felt it beside my own, I always would. It was my favorite thing, his heart beating beside mine. I waited for him to say something, but the silence stretched on. I turned my head to look at him, but he spun me around completely instead.
"Nesta." He said my name, the question there in his eyes. I laughed, tears filling my eyes. His hand was still against my stomach, "are you sure?"
I nodded, "I went to the doctor because I was late and the smell of your cooking was making me sick. She called me last night --" he cut me off. Pressing his lips to mine.
When I pulled back he was smiling, "Nesta."
I laughed, kissing him and then nodding, "I'm pregnant, Cass. We're pregnant."
Cassian knelt down, well more like fell to his knees, and pressed his nose against my stomach. I couldn't help but laugh as he pressed soft butterfly kisses against his shirt. I could feel his tears as I ran my fingers through his hair. He took in a deep breath as he held me for a moment longer.
Then he stood up without warning. He lifted me up and spun me around. We hadn't had that talk about kids yet, but I could feel his happiness. He hugged me tightly, kissing me again and again. His hands framed my face.
"I knew it was coming. My vision," he whispered against my lips, the vision he saw all those years ago when we first touched playing in both our minds, "I just didn't know when. Nesta. A baby."
I waited a moment and then his eyes found mine, "are you happy?"
"Happy?" He laughed as picked me up, setting me on the counter and kissing me harder, pressing his body into mine. I wrapped my arms around his neck and took in a deep breath, "I am so in love with you, Nesta. And now you're having my baby. I never knew. I never thought."
Tears filled his eyes and I smiled, leaning my forehead against his. I pressed my hand to his cheek and kissed right under his eye, then under his other one. When he opened his eyes I shook my head. I could hear his doubts, his fears.
And I wanted nothing more than to chase them all away, "you're going to be an amazing father. Mr. Acheron. You are my mate, my husband," I held the hand he wore his ring on, "and I love you. And this baby will love you. You saw it yourself. Before I ever thought we'd get here."
A tear fell down his cheek slowly, "I never thought I could love you more than I have these last seven years. And yet I think there is no end for the love, for the total adoration I have for you."
I smiled, "I love you too."
He kissed me, making me squeal as he picked me up and carried me back towards our bedroom, "I say we spend all day celebrating our newest adventure."
I laughed as he laid me down, pressing kissing against my skin. I knew he already had the day off, so did I. I planned it this way, it's why I had waited until this morning to tell him, instead of doing it last night. Cassian's hand traveled up my side, his shirt barely covering my thighs as he moved between them. I couldn't help but sigh with happiness as he loved me.
And maybe the world was free of darkness, maybe we had saved our kind. The shadows were gone, there wasn't a reason for us to fight anymore. But that was a small speck of what we had found together. We had been crafted for each other. Our hearts, our souls lined up in a way no one else's did.
In this moment I knew the darkness would never win. Not when I had found Cassian, when I had finally reunited with my best friend. No the darkness, the evil Tomas had tried to bring into this world could never win. Because we had one thing he would never have.
