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Vanilla Twilight | Zoe & Colton

Colton let out a sigh as he dropped his messenger bag next to the door and shrugged off his coat. The weather outside was definitely getting chiller and rainier the more they moved into autumn and he was growing to like it. There certainly was something about curling up with tea or coffee and a book once the weather got cold. Plus now that Zoe was back in town and back in his life, the grey skies didn't make him feel quite as desolate and alone. He was overjoyed that Zoe still wanted to be with him, but that didn't stop him from still feeling like he had massively fucked up. And it didn't stop him from feeling like he was walking on eggshells around her as if the slightest thing done wrong might make her decide that she was done with him. But, to him it was worth it. Anything was worth still having her in his life.

Colton rolled his shoulder, hoping to ease some of the tension out of his muscles before freezing in place. Gatsby hadn't run to greet him, which all things considered was rather odd. Feeling the tiniest spark of anxiety, Colton moved further into his apartment in search of the dog. Since the first few days Colton had brought Gatsby home, the dog always made a habit of running to greet him acting like he thought Colton had left him forever. His feet came to a stop right outside of his living room and he looked at the room in confusion. A vast array of blankets lay draped over various pieces of furniture creating what looked somewhat like the forts he and Jess would make when they were kids. This one just seemed more elaborate.

His phone went off, both startling Colton and letting him know he'd gotten a text message. Fumbling for it, he drew it out of his pocked and squinted at the screen reading the message from Zoe.

{text}: just get in the fucking blanket fort birchfield

Colton laughed and shook his head, finally having enough clues to figure out what was going on, before he slipped off his shoes and ducked into the fort.

#vanilla twilight #zoethewolfe #c: zoe #para #(yeah i stole the title from owl city)#(i wanted something that was sounded nice and comforting and it just fit)#(in my head river heights is so picturesque that they get all of the plus sides of seasonal weather with none of the downfalls)

The Mess I Made | Zoe & Colton

Colton felt more like a jumbled up mess of anxiety and self-loathing than a person as Alex dragged him backstage to where he knew the theater's dressing rooms were. Alex had grabbed Colton's arm and his firm "You're coming with me," hadn't really left much room for him to argue. He really had thought that he would have been able to survive Zoe's play at least somewhat unscathed. But this was just proving him wrong. He knew he had been delude in thinking that the subject matter of the play wouldn't phase him, because it really, really had. There was just something about one of the main characters killing themselves after their lover left them that hit far too close to home and brought up a lifetimes worth of unpleasant memories.

They came to a halt in front of one specific dressing room and Alex turned to face Colton, his eyes narrowed. "I don't know what she did and I don't know all of what you've done, but I do know that you're going to get in there and fix this," he commanded. Colton felt his heart stop. More than anything he wanted to fix this, to go back to where they had been before Lexie and Toni had gotten into his head. Before he had convinced himself that Zoe was much better off without him because really she deserved someone much better than him. Before his self-loathing was at a record high. Because the truth was that he missed her more than anything in the world, but he was terrified and already reliant on his medication to a degree that worried both his doctor.

Colton opened his mouth to explain to Alex that this was a terrible idea when the other man held up his hand to silence him. "Save it, because I don't want to hear it. Never in my life have I seen her this upset and that's saying something. So go fix it."

Colton swallowed the lump in his throat and managed to nod, glad that he had popped a few pills before the play. Though he felt like even they weren't enough to deal with what was going to come. He entered the dressing room as quickly and quietly as he could manage and as the door shut behind him, he caught Zoe's eye in the mirror she was sitting in front of. It felt strange, being in the same room as her again, but there was a relief in being able to see with his own eyes that she had come back in one piece. "Hey," Colton greeted her clumsily, torn between not knowing what to say and just flat out begging for forgiveness that he didn't feel he deserved. "You-you were amazing."

#the mess i made #zoethewolfe #c: zoe #para #(and so it begins)#(i was listening to 'the mess i made' by parachute on repeat while writing this)#(I HOPE THIS IS AN OKAY STARTER)

Once Upon a Time | Colton & Zoe

"There once was a very rich merchant who had six children, three boys and three girls, for whose education he very wisely spared no expense. The three daughters were all handsome, but the youngest was so particularly beautiful that in her childhood everyone called her Beauty," Colton began as he sat on the floor of the children's section of the library with a quite the crowd of kids surrounding him. He knew that it was a story that most of these kids already knew the Disney version of, but he had always had a soft spot for the original versions.

When Colton's boss first approached him with the child-centric activities the library was going to be hosting over the summer he was hesitant. He didn't have much experience with kids and he was always terrified that he would mess something up. Yet the first time he had been roped into entertaining a group of rowdy kids with a fairy tale, he found that how their eyes widened with wonder at his rather enthusiastic telling of Rumpelstiltskin was it's own special kind of reward.

So, story time at the library had quickly became Colton's favorite thing about his job even if he wasn't willing to admit it to anyone. As he neared the end of his story, he glanced up to gauge the reactions of the children. They looked about as excited and enraptured by events of the story, he noticed happily. Though when he glanced up a second time, Colton stumbled and blushed when he noticed a familiar face watching him along with the children as he ended the story with the words, "And they lived happily ever after."

#once upon a time #zoethewolfe #c: zoe #para #(i have no idea how I feel about this but jfc i tried man)#(i tried so hard)

Dog Days | Colton & Zoe

The weather in River Heights had been absolutely perfect as of late which caused Colton to feel like keeping Gatsby inside his apartment was absolutely criminal. Because while the dog was completely content to laze around in the apartment he also loved to accompany Colton on runs and loved it even more when he got to go to the park. A remnant of his days running wild and free, Colton figured. It was funny, Colton thought, that when he found Gatsby was also the first time he had ever ran into Zoe and while he had thought Zoe to be quite lovely back then, he never would have thought they’d end up where they were. Colton grinned to himself, turns out he had Gatsby to thank for a lot of things. He deserved a nice new bone at the very least.

Colton looked over at Gatsby whose ears had perked up at some noise Colton couldn’t hear and it wasn’t very long until the dog had jumped off the bed and ran over to Colton’s front door, wagging his tail all the way. That, without a doubt, meant Zoe was here. They had made plans to take Gatsby to the park after all. True to the signs Colton heard a knock on his door. Grinning he picked himself up off the couch, clipped Gatsby’s leash to his collar, and opened the door.

#dog days #zoethewolfe #c: zoe #para #(the title is so cliche but i tried)

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{text}: Good morning darlin. Coffee’s waitin in the kitchen once you get yourself out of bed. <3

#texts #zoethewolfe

Will we make it to tomorrow? | Colton & Zoe

A few days after his encounter with Antonia Scallari, Colton still found himself feeling like something was wrong. She had stirred something up and brought up hypotheticals that he desperately wanted to forget. Colton hated that he found himself even wondering if there was any truth in Antonia’s words because of course there wasn’t. But the nagging what ifs wouldn’t leave him alone no matter what he did. Because what if Zoe left without saying anything? What if she was involved in criminal activity? What if everything she had told him up until this point was a lie? What would he do then? The more Colton entertained these thoughts the more he felt like the walls were closing in on him and he found himself unable to breathe.

Colton thought that with the more time that passed it’d get better but it doesn’t. The heavy weight in his chest doesn’t subside, he doesn’t actually stop thinking about Zoe at all, but he doesn’t think he could stop if he wanted to. Trusting her had came easily even though Colton had an incredibly hard time trusting anyone. He didn’t want to doubt that, but he also knew that he couldn’t handle it if he was wrong. He just couldn’t take any more deception, not after Lexie. He found himself growing more and more frustrated because, for once in his life, he wanted for something to turn out well and he desperately wanted that something to be this.

So Colton started making sure he was busy to try and keep his mind on other things. He went for runs, went to coffee shops to write, cleaned every inch of his apartment, and picked up extra shifts at the library. Which is how he ended up working the late shift for the third consecutive night in a row. He was tucked away downstairs re-shelving books more lost in thought than he’d care to admit. So lost in thought that he didn’t notice he wasn’t alone until a familiar figure caught his eye as he reached for another book off the cart.

#will we make it to tomorrow?#zoethewolfe #c: zoe #para #(i just want all of you to know that this was really painful to write)#(i just want to wrap colton in blankets and give him tea)

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[text] You took my parents money the first time, so why on Earth would I trust you for a second time? Whose to say you aren’t just trying to get more?

#texts #zoethewolfe #c: zoe #(oh look)#(more angst)