No One's Here To Sleep - Naughty Boy feat. Bastille
You were always faster than me // I’ll never catch up to you
The Lionstein and Storm families had always been intertwined. Both renown in the magical communities, they were revered as well as feared. The Storm family had many, many skeletons in their closest. Practitioners of dark magic that had birthed a strong, pure bloodline of witches for centuries. Robb had fought his internal instincts for as long as he could remember. He wasn’t like them. He’d never be anything like them.
He simply refused to give in.
But the darkness was always there. Like a monster, lurking in the shadows. Waiting. Calculating. Until the perfect time came to strike.
Robb and Ryan had been happy together for a long time. Together for several years, they’d fallen into a comfortable routine that worked well for both of them. But there was always that electricity between them, a volatile spark. They’d started off as enemies and surprisingly enough transitioned from there into friends. However — that indefinable thing that would elicit a fury inside of them, it never left. Ryan and Robb thrived on their highs and lows. They were either extremely happy and in love or terribly furious and in the dumps.
Today was one of those bad days.
Their penthouse apartment was a mess. Robb let out a low growl, tossing his bag onto the floor. Ryan was never one that took the initiative to clean up, and with their maid on holiday for the week, the house looked like a bunch of college students had trashed the place. After a long, tiring day at work, Robb’s fuse had grown short.
Ryan, in the kitchen, nursed a large glass of red wine, sending daggers Robb’s way upon entering. “You’re late.” She said, her voice ice cold. Robb rolled his eyes, face cast sideways. He wasn’t in the mood for this right now. Not today. The lack of acknowledgement from Robb’s end caused a plate, that lay on the kitchen counter to fly Robb’s way. Ryan too, apparently wasn’t in the best of moods.
"Ryan. Don’t." Robb said, feeling his eyes darken. It were times like these when people ought to tread carefully. "Or what? I’m not scared of you Robb. And you better fucking explain to me why you didn’t bother to call or text or whatever." Ryan stalked off in Robb’s direction. She was looking for a fight, and Robb was getting close to giving it to her.
"Ryan." Robb’s voice had adopted a pleading tone. This was her last chance before the handle flew off. The last moment to back down until there was no going back. "Robb.”
Another plate, collapsed to the ground and shattered into a million pieces. Ryan too, was having trouble keeping her emotions as well as her powers in check. Dangerous territory for a witch.
"Ryan." Same words. Different tone. Robb’s eyes were completely void of emotion as he lifted up his chin to meet Ryan.
Ryan knew what this meant. This wasn’t Robb she was talking to anymore.. This was the Storm descendant inside of him. The witch that reveled in chaos, the witch that was considerably more powerful than the Robb she knew. Her empathy told her she’d gone too far. Because the vibes she got from Robb right now, was that this wasn’t her Robb anymore. This was merely a shadow — a shade of Robb.
He lifted up his hand, a ball of fire hovering in his palm. Ryan’s breathing quickened. “Robb …”
Robb’s eyes were on hers, heavy, fighting to keep himself from doing what every inch in his body wanted to.
"Robb, I’m sorry — please. This isn’t you."
For a long moment, they stared each other down like that, before Robb let out a sigh, as the fireball disappeared from his palm.
"I’m sorry, Ryan." He murmured, faltering back a step before shimmering away. "This is me.” The monster he’d subdued for so long, always came out to play when Ryan tried to get a rise out of him. Their relationship wasn’t healthy. It never was. At a million miles an hour, these thoughts raced through his mind.
"I can’t do this anymore."
And with those words, Robb Storm disappeared in a shimmer. Never to be heard from again.