* moon / child

AMARIS LAL / 24 " I’m half child half ancient. " SON OF ARTEMIS / DEMI - GOD

[twiinmoon]

wickedissms‌:

“No,” She said, feeling like the world would end if he let go of her. “I don’t want to rest, I just want to be with you.” She let her head rest against his chest for a moment more, before pulling away and sitting on her bed. The moment she sat down she realized how exhausted she was and she laid back. She reached out for Amaris, closing her eyes. 

“I know we said that we were going to take things slow. But after last week…and after everything that’s happening.” She kept her eyes closed, knowing if she saw his face she wouldn’t be able to say what she needed to say. “I don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow, Amaris, but I know I want it to face it with you.” She opened her eyes and looked at him, full of fear that he was about to reject her.  She could hear her mother’s voice in her head, no man would want her with her eyeliner smudged, “I love you.” 

“You can have both,” he whispered, making no move to pull away until she did and he continued to move with her, letting her settle before he joined her on the bed. A beat of silence stretched out between them as Amaris waited for her to find words, he could tell she had something weighing on her mind, how could she not after all that had happened. He barely managed to hold back words of reassurance before she opened her eyes, staring at him with emotions that excited and terrified him.

“Evie...” Her name fell heavy from his mouth and he reached up to place a hand on her cheek, stroking the soft skin. Beautiful in every sense of the word, a goddess among humans in his opinion which said a lot coming from a demigod. He knew his silence would worry her but he wanted to memorize everything about this moment; the sound of her breathing, the warmth of her skin underneath his palm, and the hard but comforting beat of his own heart. “I love you too,” he finally returned, leaning forward to place a soft, chaste kiss on her lips.

[wickedissms]

@twiinmoon

It had been so hard to get a moment to herself after everything that happened in the masquerade. Suddenly there were people all around her that needed help. It felt like the apocalypse. She couldn’t get the image of the blood out of her head. But she needed to be strong, she needed to help as many people as possible, she needed to be there for Mal. She finally went to her room, closing the door behind her. For the first time, the stoicism dropped and she felt tears prick her eyes. 

She jumped when she saw that someone was there, but the moment she recognized Amaris she closed the distance between them and wrapped her arms around him. “You’re okay,” She said, holding him as tightly as she could (he was a God, he could take it). “It’s…everything…” She couldn’t speak. After all the magic of their time together this week it felt like she was being punished for being happy. Still, she absolutely refused to let go of him. 

[twiinmoon]

Amaris was doing what he could to help but with the kingdom thrown into absolute chaos, not even the strength of a demigod was enough. Not when the other side had a full blooded god on their side who was thousands of years old. However, that was a problem that would be there in the morning because he knew there was at least one person who needed his help more than anyone else.

“Evie,” he breathed her name, returning the hug. He had been waiting because he knew she was running herself ragged by trying to help everyone that she could. “You don’t have to explain, darling. I know. You need some rest,” he reminded, wanting her to remember that she also needed to take care of herself. As strong as she was, everyone needed a break, especially after everything that had gone down and how personal the situation must be since she knew the people responsible.

[twiinmoon]

wickedissms‌:

Evie stepped a little closer to him so her dress could hide the way she reached out to take his hand. Everyone knew they were dating. If they’d wanted to be public they could have come to the Gala together, but she liked their privacy, even if she wanted nothing more than to cover him in her lipstick right now. “You know just how to make a girl blush, don’t you.” She said, her mouth splitting into a broad smile. “What do you say we sneak off? After all, I can’t have some princess seeing how good you look right now.” Her last statement was clearly a joke, but she squeezed his hand anyway. They hadn’t seen each other since the Curse and she did want to talk to him. 

Amaris chuckled, shaking his head. “Only when it comes to the girl I want,” he added, giving her hand a gentle squeeze. “It would be a shame to make them look at something they can never have,” he teased before nodding in agreement. “Come on.” He moved forward, pulling her through the last edge of the crowd, trying to reach a less occupied section of the castle so they could enjoy their time together without being seen and judged.

[wickedissms]

@twiinmoon

Evie looked amazing. She knew that, objectively, she was gorgeous right now. Still, when she looked at Amaris all she could think was how incredibly lucky she was. They were in public so, according to her own wishes, they weren’t here together. She tried to remind herself that she didn’t want to be just his girlfriend. But right now all she could think about was how good he looked in that suit. She finally crossed the party to wind up by his side. “I know it’s a cliche,” She said, smiling, “But you clean up really well.” 

[twiinmoon]

Amaris had arrived on his own, avoiding the nosy looks that he received inevitably but there were so many royal guests at the event, he could feel them growing quickly bored of the mysterious demigod. It was somewhat amusing but his real focus was on a certain blue haired VK that he spotted finally coming towards him. “Cliches became so for a reason --- but you’re gorgeous, Evie. Nothing cliche about you,” he spoke, stepping closer. Yes, they were trying to keep things private but the demigod couldn’t help himself when he had such a beautiful and kind girlfriend.

[twiinmoon]

wickedissms‌:

“I like your hard head.” She touched his forehead between his eyebrows. She enjoyed the warm feeling that filled her stomach whenever he touched her, “I still think we should be cautious, anything we do publicly will be watched, and I don’t know…I’d rather spend my time with you as just the two of us.” She lifted his chin and gave him another kiss. 

Amaris smiled in amusement, realizing how much he had missed the good that Evie had brought into his mundane life. “I don’t believe I could ever say no to that,” he agreed, accepting the sweet kiss. He doubted that any man, mortal or part god, could ever say no to Evie.

[twiinmoon]

wickedissms‌:

Evie stood up and wrapped her arms around his shoulders, kissing the top of his head, “You are the sweetest demigod on earth, you know that?” She said one hand cupping his cheek. “And I think it would be good for both of us if we kept things private. I think the cat’s out of the bag on our dating but it’s nobody’s business what we do. I want to be in the headlines for my designs and impeccable business acumen. I’m already thought of as Mal’s best friend, I don’t want to just be someone’s girlfriend.” There was no malice in her voice, “So from now on let’s keep things a little private. We can always meet at my dorm or your home. Or here.” She smiled, “I know you do, and honestly I am so ready to jump in, but we have a lot of time, and we don’t need to get too intense too quickly.”

An amused smile graced his lips at her actions, tempted to oppose her compliment but he let it be, knowing that Evie meant it and that’s all that mattered to him. “When I’m not being hard headed, yes.” He chuckled, arms coming up to wrap around her waist. “I wouldn’t want to hide our relationship anyways but as for our personal lives, yes, we should keep that to ourselves.” Outside of family and close friends, no one needed to know all the details of what they did. “We can still go out on dates in public,” he amended. “That’s true, we do have time.” He smiled, squeezing her waist as happiness filled his chest.

[allzayn]

[twiinmoon]

wickedissms‌:

She could see the reticence all over his face and she wanted to just go over and open him up. But she couldn’t do that, pushing him got him where they were now, “I appreciate the compliment but let’s not let her hear that.” She smiled, squeezing his hand, “And I’m working on it, but you have to admit there’s a problem before you fix it right?” She bit her bottom lip, “And believe me you’re definitely included.” She wiggled her eyebrows a little to lighten the mood.

The mood got serious again really quickly. Frankly the story was disturbing. She didn’t like that someone would take over Amaris’s life like that, but hadn’t she been similar to Rosalyn? She’d been fantasizing about true love and marriage as soon as she met him. Her feelings were intense, but they weren’t just about him. Evie wanted desperately to be loved, and she wanted him to love her. She took a deep breath before responding. “I guess I see why you would want to keep that in, but, sweetheart, you don’t have to.” She bit her bottom lip, “Honestly, there’s nothing I can say that will make it better.” She shrugged and leaned  back, and then realized she was mad, “But, you know, honestly, fuck her. I mean, I hope she gets the help she needs and all that. But she–I mean I’m mad that someone could…” Evie took another deep breath, “Her behavior was unacceptable, and you deserved better. Nothing that happened was your fault. And if you need space…or time, or I do something that triggers you, you can tell me.” Her eyebrows came together, “I’m sorry…I shouldn’t have pushed you, I really see that now. I like you a lot, I mean…not that much, but I just think that…there’s something here you know.” She gestured between them, “Something that could be really good, and I don’t want to put that in danger in any way at all.”

“No, she’s not a bad person and I know she never meant to hurt me...” He trailed off, trying not to let his thoughts about the subject stray too much. “She needed help but it couldn’t come from me like she wanted.” He did honestly hope that she was doing better now. He hoped she was happy and if possible after their two years apart, he hoped she was in a happy and healthy relationship. “You didn’t do anything wrong, Evie. My relationship with her was made very public at the time so I should have known you would hear about it.” Hence his need for privacy now but he had let some of that go with Evie. “I want this, I still want you to be my girlfriend and I want you to know me. All of me.”

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wwbadlands‌:

♛ — “And Ben is having a hard time dealing with this weather. He’s tried a lot of things but it just doesn’t seem to be helping.” Seeing his little brother stress out made him feel like shit. He’s been trying to help but there’s not much he can that wasn’t tried before. “Their business is booming thanks to it. Maybe they’re the ones behind it all.” He joked back.

“I can’t say that I envy your brother’s position. Is he doing okay aside from this whole winter thing?” The struggles of being kind had to weigh heavy on the kid and he was still in fact just a kid. “Oh, yeah?” He chuckled. “That’s a good conspiracy theory if I’ve ever heard one. Anyways, how are you holding up? I know the news and gossiper are always in your business.” Being a royal wasn’t all fun and games, Amaris knew that much from being friends with the prince.

[twiinmoon]

wickedissms‌:

Evie settled into her own chair. She felt like she was conducting a job interview. “No, I’ll go first.” She said quietly. She had thought about it, all the things she never told anyone, even Mal. “When I was five I had a birthday party and I wasn’t allowed to invite Mal because she and Maleficent were fighting. After that I wasn’t allowed to show my face so I stayed inside. With my mother.” She looked away, “It didn’t bother me so much, you know, thinking that I was pretty. Having a three hour beauty routine at night and in the morning. I thought it was how my mother showed she loved me. Honestly I should be grateful she taught me to read, she wanted to learn magic if it ever came back.” She looked back at Amaris, “And now every time I look at myself all I can think about is how ugly I am. I didn’t get my eyeliner right or one eyebrow is a little higher than the other. And I hear my mother saying that no one is ever going to want me looking like that.” Her voice was calm, almost matter of fact but she reached out to take his hands. “And…uh…I’m bisexual.” She blushed a little.

“That is my biggest deepest darkest secret and now you know it.” She laced their fingers together, “I trust you. That will not change no matter what you say right now.” It was clear she wasn’t going to ask. That he could tell her the story when he wanted to.

Amaris stayed relaxed but he had his arms crossed, somewhat guarded about the subject. He hated being this way with Evie but the wounds his ex left on him were still felt fresh on his bad days. However, he listened, expression never changing as she told her darkest stories. It saddened him to know she thought of herself that way but he had seen some small signs of her insecurities, but not enough to ever guess what she had been through with her own mother. Taking her hands in his own, he traced her smooth skin with his thumbs. “You are the most beautiful woman I have ever known, Evie. Even more so than Aphrodite and that has to do with much more than your outer beauty.” A genuine compliment since he had met the goddess of love. “Thank you for sharing that with me and just so it’s clear, I don’t think anything of who you’re attracted to as long as I’m included.” A teasing lilt entered his voice but he grew serious as he took another deep breath.

“I’m not... I don’t want to hide my past from you. That’s not my intention but the only person I’ve ever spoken to about Rosalyn is my twin.” That had been difficult enough already but Amaris did not want to be some mysterious figure to the people he cared about. “Rosalyn... was beautiful, loving, and all consuming. She showed me the best and unfortunately the worst of people. At first, things were good and sweet, but she became... attached to an extreme.” He hated calling her obsessed although that had been the case. “I liked being needed but then it came down to a point where there was nothing I could do to make her feel secure about my feelings. She even started to become jealous of my best friend at the time so I started cutting people off and sacrificing who I was to try to make her happy. I thought love could save us until... she attempted to take her own life because I had spent the night at my friend’s house and she thought I had slept with him. After that, I talked with her family and last I heard she was admitted to a hospital. We haven’t spoken since which I do believe is for the best but I blamed myself for what happened for a long time afterwards.”

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wcstelavd‌:

“what’s the other part ?” she blinked at him. she was a little annoyed by his words but nothing stopped harriet from what she wanted, not even a partner, unless the one she wants is truly unwilling. “well i don’t see them here, do you ?” harriet questioned with a smirk, “and if you want, they can join. the more the merrier as they say.”

“being part demigod helps, i imagine.” here or not, amaris had never been a cheater and he wouldn’t become one now. “i’m going to decline. if she or i were interested in a third partner, even for a night, it would have to be discussed first.” he also found it distasteful that she would go after a taken individual and any beauty he saw within her was gone.

[poetbitesback]

talk to me about truth and maybe I’ll open my mouth, show you the spider  that spins the webs to hold every secret  I’ve ever felt

a mouth full of spirals || O.L. (via poetbitesback)

[twiinmoon]

wickedissms‌:

Evie shifted so she could lean up and kiss him. Something inside her thrilled at the idea that they were alone together. But Amaris was a gentleman and would never overstep. She leaned back, thinking about his words. Her fantasies of him having her on her work table could wait.

“It doesn’t get much more private than here,” she chuckled, “Well, there’s a conference room we can use.” She gestured to a white door. It was relatively sound proof and the door did lock. “My dorm isn’t really as private as here, sometimes I go in there if I’m really stressed out and need a break.”

Amaris accepts the kiss, they kissed so rarely because of the slow pace of their relationship but he had definitely missed the soft feel of her lips. It was hard to ignore a few impure thoughts that entered his mind but thinking of his ex and this inevitable conversation about her was enough of a mood killer for him.

In Auradon, a land of magic, one could never be too careful. Amaris had learned that much the hard way. “Then the conference room is good enough.” He moves with her into the private area, making himself comfortable in another seat, taking a breath before he sets his eyes on her again. “What do you want to know?”

[twiinmoon]

wickedissms‌:

Evie felt all the tension leave her body as he spoke. She could probably let him suffer a little longer, the old Evie would have done that. Without speaking, she slipped her arms around his waist and took a deep breath, resting her head on his chest. They were done fighting, it was okay. “I’m sorry too, I shouldn’t have pushed you,” She said quietly, curling her arms around his shoulders. 

Eventually she looked up at him, her arms around his waist, “I missed you.” She admitted, “I don’t want to fight, but I do want to talk about this, okay?” It felt like a risk, but Evie knew that working things out was important, that true love was something you had to work for. “But it doesn’t have to be right now, you tell me when you’re ready.”

He immediately accepted her into his arms, holding her close like he wished he could have been doing for the past week. The whole fight had been stupid and easily preventable if he had been more open with her from the beginning. “I missed you too,” he returned, pulling away just enough so he could look at her.

“I’ll answer any questions you have but somewhere private. That’s all I ask.” He was ready to talk to Evie but he would never be ready to face Auradon’s ruthless gossip mongers all over again. They were annoying and downright cruel at times if it meant they got to provide themselves with useless entertainment.

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wickedissms‌:

“You don’t take compliments well, do you?” She chuckled, “Or maybe I’m just not the right person to give them.” The implication being that someone else was the right person to give them. “I think you’re the first person I’ve met to care so much about my well being.” She meant it as a joke but it was more of a disturbing truth.

“Not if I feel I don’t deserve them.” Call him stupidly humble but Amaris was pretty set in his ways despite being so young. “Uh -- then perhaps you should find a better crowd.” The demigod was used to receiving kindness from strangers, it was normal Auradon behavior, but a lot had changed since the VKs and villains came over.

[twiinmoon]

wickedlyevil‌:

        ♕ ── “touché. you’re a smart one, i can see why evie really likes you.” giving a nod, she listened to what amaris has to say, knowing how important this must’ve been considering it wasn’t always common for others to reach out with information like this. “she did? here,” placing her papers down, she gestured towards the chair for him to sit as she closed the doors behind them. she had no idea why this was happening or whom was responsible, but the fact that amaris was kind enough to share what he knew meant a lot. “do you think you could tell me? it’s getting colder and colder by the minute. i don’t think ben has gotten enough sleep lately because of all of this.”

      “i’m the lucky in that.” he smiled at the mention of evie despite their last fight. taking a seat, he took a moment to think about his words before he spoke again. “my mother said that the snow carried a malicious intent. meaning, that someone is behind the winter and they mean to do auradon harm. you may have already figured that out but now you have something to prove the suspicions.” proof was important these days in their political climate. “unfortunately, that’s all she would say and i’m no magic user so that’s all the help i can offer.”

[twiinmoon]

wickedissms‌:

“Don’t be so humble, the kingdom probably wouldn’t be able to get on without you.” He was ignoring her advances, so she decided to retreat. She already had Harry and Cade and they were both more than enough to keep her interest. “Telling an underwear model to keep warm?” she smirked, “I do believe you’re doing a disservice to your fellow man.” She winked.

“If that were true then it would be a mighty weak kingdom and -- it’s much more than that.” The log shifted on his shoulder when he shrugged. “I believe the disservice is to everyone if I were to encourage you getting sick. ” Humans were too easily affected by the cold weather and too careless with taking care of themselves.