#howelle

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An Echo in the Bone *** [Howelle feat Hades + the Acheron Twins]

@oh-heartlessman, @trip-downtheriverstyx

Belle had never once been nervous about Howl performing magic. They had done so many things for her over the years: from magic bath bombs to freeing Hades from powerful magic, to conducting her wedding to healing her wounds. She had always put her trust in Howl’s incredibly well-lotioned hands. There was no sorcerer she trusted more.

However, she was incredibly apprehensive about all of this. Firstly, because the boys would need to be involved and as eager as they were to help (it was the whole reason they were here) Belle was protective of them. She wanted to keep them safe. The drive to do so was nearly overpowering. It was also conflicting, considering she had no idea what actually was going to keep them safe. They had toyed with dangerous magic and there wasn’t anything she could do.

And, only slightly secondary: this whole endeavor was to find out what had been so horrible, so terrible, so unfixable, that the children had all thought it best to go back in time to try to fix it. She was, if this worked, going to see how she messed everything up. (The way Opal had looked at her, specifically, meant she knew this was her fault.)

She sitting between her two too-tall sons on the couch, fiddling with her wedding ring. Aidan was quietly trying to convince Calcifer to give him a high five, while Bellamy was watching her. She could feel him doing it. He did it a lot. Belle wasn’t sure what he was trying to find.

“How is all of this going to work then?” she asked as cups of tea floated towards all three of them through the air. She took hers grateful and sipped it, hoping the warmth would calm her nerves.

[outfit] [aidan’s outfit] [bellamy’s outfit]

[labellerose-acheron]

Karma Chameleon *** [Belle and the Boys]

“Toulouse, will you get the door?” Belle called from where she was stirring a pot of soup. The chaotic house was full of the scent of boiling vegetables and humid too, from the steam of it. Lou was sitting on the floor, just finishing up changing Aidan. Bellamy crying in the bassinet for no real good reason. Hades was trying to coach Opal through setting the table...not that it was working very well. 

There was music playing from somewhere too. Some French song, so probably Lou’s phone, which he had left somewhere in the house. 

Usually, the chaos rubbed at Belle’s skin like sandpaper, but she was quite sure she had run out of nerves. Her exam was just a fortnight away and she might have maxed out on anxiety. She hadn’t known that was possible, but she was actually rather content. Everything was clattering, a baby was crying, and there was a knocking at the door. 

The chaos was actually an excellent reminder of why Howl was coming over in the first place. 

“Oui, oui,” said Lou as he snapped Aidan’s onesie into place and lifted him onto his hip, moving towards the door. 

“Hades, the soup,” Belle told him as he came towards her again. She nodded at it before heading towards the bassinet, picking up Bellamy, just as Toulouse opened the door. 

“Bon soir, monsieur et mademoiselle,” Toulouse said, quite proper, as he stepped to the side to allow Howl and Magdalena into the house. 

“None of that now,” Belle shushed Bellamy, who began to quiet as soon as he was in his mother’s arms. “Hullo, Howl! Magdalena.” She smiled at their guests. “Dinner is just about ready.” 

@trip-downtheriverstyx, @oh-heartlessman

[toulouse’s outfit which is very important, and belle’s outfit which is much less important but i guess i should include it.]

[labellerose-acheron]

Belle Rose Acheron & The Great Wizard Howl Pendragon: Best Friends & Twin Stars

@oh-heartlessman

i made a playlist to cope:

[oh-heartlessman]

Everything stays right where you left it Everything stays, but it still changes Ever so slightly, daily and nightly In little ways, when everything stays

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The Audacity! || Howelle

“Look, I didn’t go to university, but frankly this seems… odd,” said Howl, lowering his voice. 

He was sitting in his own living room, sipping tea with Belle, something they did often. Except, the reason he was lowering his voice was because Vanessa was now staying with him, because the silly university had … forced her to leave the dormitories and her classes. She’d shown up for lessons with a cloud of Shame following her and Howl sighed and asked her what was wrong and then before he thought about it for a second more, had invited her to stay with him till she sorted everything out.

He’d had a teenage girl living in his spare room before. 

He also did not want her to overhear that he was talking about her.

Because frankly… Howl was concerned. Vanessa was moping and though she was focused on her studies, she seemed off. And Howl, honestly, felt a bit ruffled that the school would go to those lengths over something so silly.

“Can they even… do that? From what she told me, the Mundus boy didn’t even get hurt!” 

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[oh-heartlessman]

School Days || Howelle

Howl had concluded that perhaps Magdalena ought to be in school.

This had not been an easy decision to arrive to. But the longer they all stayed in Swynlake and Maggie’s true form did not return, the more Howl had to consider that Maggie might be stuck like this for a while now. And if she was stuck in girl-form for a while, perhaps she needed to live like a girl and do girl things…

Like go to school.

Herein lay the problem. Howl did not know how to enroll a child in school. He did not know how to enroll a child who was actually the spawn of demonic and shadow energy into school. Sure, he’d gone to Mundus school back in Cardiff with his Mundus sister, where his Mundus parents attended parent-teacher conferences and the like. But he hadn’t thought about enrolling back then. And honestly, his school days were so traumatic that he’d blocked most of them out of his mind.

(Howl had finished up his schooling in Ingary, at the acclaimed Hexside Academy where he trained personally under Madame Suliman).  

But the good news was that Belle had three delightfully squishy human children! And thus, was better suited for figuring this out than he was.

So here Belle was, sitting in Howl’s living room. Calcifer rested in the hearth, while Maggie sat on the floor, reading a picture book.

“Well, this can’t  be too difficult,” declared Howl, coming in from the kitchen, two mugs of tea floating in front of him. “We’ve solved more complex quandaries, you and I.”

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[oh-heartlessman]

👻 …someone my muse considers a best friend. 👀 …someone my muse likes, but doesn’t trust. 👑 …someone my muse is jealous of. -- howl for all <3

👻 …someone my muse considers a best friend.

Belle. Gonne sum it up with this GIF

👀 …someone my muse likes, but doesn’t trust

Honestly? Hades. Look, he still has a wee bit of resentment and judgement over what happened to Persephone. Don’t get me wrong -- he really does like Hades and thinks he’s cool... but probably still does not trust him.

👑 …someone my muse is jealous of

LOU -- the superficial reason is that only Howl thinks he’s worthy enough to be in a threeway relationship with Helle, but the real reason is because Howl feels like Lou has maybe usurped his position as fashionable best friend and also he’s just ?? very insecure about not being great with kids especially now that he has a human one! Weird to dive into!