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Beauty And The Beast || Dark Squad

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Dinner ended as it started: just on time.

Afterwards, there was a bakewell tart and then a cup of coffee in the living room, as was the way of Mundus. They all-- that is, Mel, Howl, Harold, Hannah, Califer, and Maggie-- arrnaged themselves in an appropriate manner in the living room and had polite, stiff conversation. Maggie hiccuped little smoke rings into the lulls that descended. Mel’s eyes drifted to the clock on the wall. When at last Harold and Hannah had ticked their host box, they all rose and were escorted out the same way that they came, with reminders that yes, they were invited for Christmas! And this was the end of the unremarkable night with the Jenkinses.

And oh, for all of Mel’s questions, her wondering, her daydreams and dalliances-- in the end, the dinner was just a dinner and the family just a family. And Mel had a decidedly unpleasant taste left in her mouth at it all.

“I think I shall fly tonight,” she told Howl as they went down the streets. There was no invitation there in her voice, though if Howl wanted to enchant himself or be enchanted, she’d certainly oblige him. But really, Mel wanted to be alone. Somehow the dinner left her feeling more dragon than woman though she’d played her woman-part perfectly. Hadn’t she been supportive? Hadn’t she been pleasant? Hadn’t she resisted the urge to twist Hannah’s nose into that of a weasel’s?

She just wanted to get her fangs into something and rip it apart.

So it wasn’t long before Mel was Mel no more. A shadow passed over the bold face of the moon, Mel’s dragon taking flight. Behind her trailed Maggie, chortling and cooing and chasing starlight, snapping it up into her hungry little jaws. Apparently, dinner had not satisfied her daughter’s appetite either.

They flew for several hours, circling over the tiny, magical pocket of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogog. As midnight crawled closer, Mel finally landed in the shelter of trees, changed back, and, after wrapping her naked body with a long, dark shawl, walked barefoot back into the village, and to the little home that she and Howl had rented for the visit. Maggie still played among the stars; she’d probably sleep in the forest, where the earth was cool under her belly.

She opened the door to the bedroom and found Howl there. He looked pristine-- clothed in fine silk, hair spun of gold like the faerytale, his eyes a delight. Mel was covered in ash and felt beastly. (But Mel liked this feeling.)

There were many things she could say to Howl, to slip back into the woman-part. How was the rest of your night, darling? Would you like tea before bed, my sweetheart? But there was still dragon dancing on the tip of Mel’s tongue, a fire that nothing, so far, had been able to quench.

She turned to close the door, her back to Howl, when she spoke--

“Did you want to have Christmas?” She spoke it to the door. “Here, that is. A Christian one, with family dinners and presents-- the way your parents were talking about.” She moved from the door and toward the bed, her shawl slipping slightly from around her blackened shoulders.

#dark squad #is this awkward #probably but thats bc mel is actually very awkward #para

Not to be a heterosexual but I really just want to lay my head on Harry’s chest while he’s singing even if it’s just like a little bit of humming

#is this awkward #idk the last time i cuddled somebody #was so long ago rip

#awkward #should i #should i go #go #is this awkward #feels awkward #anyone #anyone else #hate it #when things are #quiet #should i talk #talk #talk more #talk less #more or less

so, what do we talk about?

this is a question i ask myself when im with literally anyone 🤡 but we can talk about anything!! uhhhhh idk maybe like your hobbies?? (oh shit that sounded so fucking basic im so sorry-)

#IS THIS AWKWARD #DOES THIS SEEM AWKWARD

first post ???

hey so i’m a new tdm blog! i don’t really know what to say, a little introduction ig. my name is confidential but on here i’ll go as raine! i’m in high school, and i love books. i read tdm fairly recently and finished the series in a week. my favorite character is cole (his death never happened on my time line) but i love most of the characters. i’m a gemini and my hogwarts house is gryffindor. i don’t know what else to say, but hope you enjoy my posts!

#i dont know what im doing #introduction??#first post #is this awkward