half blade, half silk.

i was not made with fire in my belly so i could be put out. i was not made with a lightness in my tongue so i could be easy to swallow. i was made heavy, half b l a d e and half s i l k. difficult to forget but, not easy for the mind to follow. #viciousmente created & adored by lavender.

[mzhyde497]

[ckrd7]

3x02 // 3x09

[tessacarstrs-deactivated2022071]

[gigiandtheassassins]

[theheathens]

[chordoverstret-deactivated20240]

[viciousmente]

OCTAVIA BLAKE.

❛  𝐒𝐎...  ❜   octavia  drawls,  looking  up  at  the  night  sky  through  the  thick  canopy  of  trees  from  where  she  lays  next  to  vienna  in  the  butterfly  field.     ❛   how  does  your  sister  sleeping  with  my  brother  help  us?  did  she  happen  to  mention  that?   ❜     a  pause,  and  then  she  realizes…     ❛   wait.  now  that  i  think  about  it,  i  haven’t  seen  bellamy  all  day.  he  hasn’t  been  obsessively  checking  up  on  me  or  sending  his  goons  to  follow  me  around.   ❜     the  raven  haired  beauty  smiles  wildly,  turning  her  head  to  face  her  girlfriend.     ❛   genius!  she’s  like  a  siren.  she  keeps  him  busy,  and i  get  you  all  to  myself.   ❜     octavia  laughs,  leaning  over  to  capture  vienna’s  lips  in  a  long,  drawn  -  out  kiss.

VIENNA LAUGHED SOFTLY BENEATH THE MOONLIT SKY AS OCTAVIA spoke. she thought she could listen to her girlfriend speak forever and she would, if tavia had enough to say. she rested her head against the log behind them and she breathed in... breathed out before finally looking at octavia with a bright smirk, “i don’t know how you didn’t put that together sooner,” a soft kiss to the other’’s temple, “you were so concerned --- and viviana offered. it’s not like she’s not getting anything out of it. i’m sure she’s getting plenty.” a loose shrug and her smirk shifted into a reciprocated grin as octavia turned to face her, giving her a properly improper kiss. hands lifted without thought to hold onto her face. “mmm. yes. i am all yours,” she murmured against octavia’s mouth, kissing her again.

[lightwoodsdaily]

[daeneryskairipa]

1x02 // 5x10

[viciousmente]

ROWAN ALESSIA.

❛  𝐈'𝐌 𝐀𝐒𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐘𝐎𝐔  because  i  know  you’ll  be  honest  with  me,  aunt  vie.   ❜     she  sits  next  to  her  aunt  on  her  bed,  looking  at  her  with  hopeful  eyes.     ❛   i  know  momma,  and  mom,  and  even  stella,  hate him  and  are  completely  against  me  being  with  him…  do  you  really  think  he’s  that  bad  a  person?  do  you think  that  me  and  him,  together,  is  such  a  disastrous  thing?   —   because  i  love  him,  and  i  can’t  tell  if  they’re  just  being  protective,  or  if  they   —   if  they’re…  right.   ❜

VIENNA WONDERED IF SHE WAS REQUIRED TO DO THAT THERAPIST thing... the one where all information was confidential unless it threatened the client’s well being. because whatever it was that rowan was about to share with her, had a different weight to it. vienna could already tell. 

her brows furrowed and she quietly breathed, straightening her frame as she listened. for a moment she felt like she was walking on a tight rope and deciding whether or not her words would offend her sister and sister-in-law was.. well.. it was a god damned balancing act. the elder vampire squinted, crossing her arms as she leaned back into her chair, “i think you know how important family is, and if they have a problem with tsar it’s probably for a good reason.” she licked her lips, tilting her head, “is there a specific reason that they hate him, row?” 

[viciousmente]

dude i wish there was a way to separate things into folders in the drafts.. so .. like i could have threads in one and photos in another bc it always makes me think i have way more drafts than i actually do

[our-stitch-lab]

For the wonderful @pygmypuffsandhippogriffs​ 

[our-stitch-lab]

[margotrobbiesbye-deactivated202]

[viciousmente]

ARCHER VINCENZO.

❛  𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆'𝐒 𝐖𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘, 𝐈𝐒𝐍'𝐓 𝐈𝐓?  ❜   he  approaches  his  mom  in  the  den  after  being  rejected  by  avery,  and  not  being  allowed  room.     ❛   she  cast  a  spell  to  keep  me  out  of  her  room.   ❜     but  that’s  not  the  worst  of  it.  that’s  barely  the  tip  of  the  iceberg.  for  awhile  now,  he’s  noticed  his  sister’s  seriously  concerning  behaviour.  she’s  not  acting  like  avery  anymore.  and  he  should  know,  they’re  twins!      ❛   mom,  i’m  really  worried  about  her.   ❜  

VIENNA’S EYEBROWS RAISED. NEVER WERE HER CHILDREN REALLY that difficult. they still somehow managed to ask all the damned difficult questions they could possibly think of. briar and vienna had chosen to keep it secret, but they could tell that something was wrong with avery too. they’d speculated it for some time... even shared their thoughts with gabriel and jenna, but little had surfaced as far as a solution for the ever growing problem. she exhaled softly, reaching a hand out to cup archer’s face, “i know, honey. mom and i are working on finding something to help her.” she pressed a kiss to his forehead, her own brows furrowing in concern, “she really locked you out?” 

[viciousmente]

CATERINA GABRIELLE.

❛  𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐈 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑   be  beautiful  and  fall  in  love  with  someone  like  rowan  and  stella?   ❜     and  then,  the  important  question    (   at  least  to  this  teen   )    is  asked:     ❛   will  someone  ever  fall  in  love  with  me?   ❜     she's  been  gazing  out  the  window  at  the  stars  from  where  she’s  curled  up  with  a  blanket  and  a  book  on  her  window  seat,  but  now  she  turns  to  look  at  her  mom.     ❛   i  want  to  be  so  beautiful  that  everyone  turns  to  look  at  me  when  i  come  into  a  room.  like  aunt  viv.   ❜     she’ll  learn  later  in  life  that  it’s  not  just  viviana’s  beauty  that  turns  heads.     ❛   and  i  want  someone  to  love  me  so  much  that  they’d  give  up  all  their  royalty,  money,  and  power  to  marry  me,  like  papa  marcellus  and  nana  caterina.   ❜     she  frowns.     ❛   why  can’t  i  be  beautiful  and  in  love  like  everyone  else?  ❜

VIENNA’S MOUTH OPENED SOFTLY AS THE QUESTION SPRUNG ITSELF into the open air. caterina had a way of doing that, of bluntly bringing up topics out of no where -- being blunt in general. fearless. and in all situations, the elder vampire found it to be endearing. as she sat she lifted a hand, pushing back some of the little light’s hair behind her ear. she shrugged loosely and looked out the window alongside her daughter, “the truth is, i don’t know.” maybe vienna was the source of that bluntness. a soft laugh, “let me start over... your mom and i didn’t think we’d ever find anyone... and just when we were ready to give up, we found each other. you have such a big heart, my love.” she turned her gaze back to her, “my little light, i don’t doubt that there will be someone who makes you shine brighter than you thought you possibly could. but i just don’t know when. or where. or who. sometimes it takes you by surprise like that.” 

[viciousmente]

VIVIANA & WELLS.

❛  𝐖𝐄'𝐑𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐔𝐏 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐃𝐆𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐏,  as  far  away  from  the  general  criminal  population  as  possible.   ❜     says  the  actual  murderer.     ❛   which  i  suggest  you  do,  too.  people  are  scared  of  me,  so  you’ll  be  safer  if  you’re  closer  to  me,  and  farther  from  them.   ❜     she  eyes  the  kids  as  they  walk  past,  most  of  them  pretending  that  they’re  not  staring  at  the  hundred’s  most  hated  member,  and  the  local   “psychotic”   killer.     ❛   remember,  she  grew  up  completely  isolated,  but…  she  also  had  me  as  a  sister.  she’s…  snarky,  and  funny,  and  kind.  our  mom  used  to  call  us  the  sarcasm  twins…   ❜     viviana  smiles  at  the  memory,  her  heart  feeling  heavy  in  her  chest.

HE NODS ALONG ABSENTLY, eyes wandering over the various rut sacks and mess kits set up down the walk way. it feels too exposed out here, especially as they approach their destination; wells misses the safety of the ark’s enclosed walls. not so much the dying systems. it was a give and take. mention of her sister grabs his attention once more, a soft smile tugging at the corner of his lips. “your mom would be really proud, yanno,” the boy leans over with a low tone as his fingers wrap around hers in a reassuring squeeze. “the way you look after your sister. isolation or not, she always had you. and now, you both have me. i promise, viv. this is a chance for both of you to be happy.” a small movement catches his eyes. nervous energy suddenly churns in his stomach but the chancellor’s son swallows it down for now. how much does he look like his father in that moment, wells wonders. the sins of the father.

SHE MAY HAVE GROWN UP ISOLATED, BUT SHE GREW UP LOVED. and that’s one thing that viviana reminded her of... often. you are loved, dear sister. if not by those who govern the ship, by me. and that’s all that matters. vienna smiled as she remembered the words, leaning down to pull some plants up from the roots, mostly for inspection. it was difficult to tell whether things were edible and half the time it was a trial and error process. right now, she couldn’t remember if they’d had these specific roots before. her lips pursed tightly in concentration. before long the sound of footsteps reached her ears and she lifted her head, smiling brightly at her sister and the stranger she’d brought with her. if she’d learned anything, viviana only brought people to meet her that she completely trusted, like she felt as though they’d somehow still float the two of them even though they were on solid ground. protective as always, “hi.” she lifted her hand, waving the roots as she waved it in greeting, “who’s this?” -- @viciousheart