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I am a cathedral of almost-lovers.
Ashe Vernon, from “Here is Your Altar for Worship,” Wrong Side of a Fistfight (via lifeinpoetry)
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faergreen, leehra faergreen.
the shift as he whips them around to walk to the bed makes lee giggle just a little , her cheeks turning a soft pink at her own sound. how silly , she thinks, to sound like a little girl with a crush when there is nothing cute in what they’re about to do. she watches him crawl over her , her heart starting to race from the view. ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙 … ❛ ‘course , i can. ❜ a grin mirrors his own as he leans down to kiss her. but she leans up first to press a small kiss to his cheek , trailing down to his jaw before settling near his ear. she stays silent for a few seconds , letting him feel her breath on his skin , while her hand once again crawls under his clothes , caressing his torso with a feather - light touch. ❛ you know i know you … ❜
“ i know you do. ” he cherishes the feeling of her body underneath his, and hovers above her for a few moments more before he leans down and kisses her again. he’d had other partners in the past, just like she had, but none of them were able to satisfy him like she could —— not just physically, but emotionally too ( even if she didn’t want to admit it, not to him or noora or even herself ). every kiss shot lightning up his spine, each touch was pure ecstasy. “ maker, you’re beautiful . . . ”
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Ikaris, I missed you.
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faergreen, 𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙝𝙧𝙖 𝙠𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙮.
her laugh comes easy. there’s something in how they can respond to each other like they’ve been doing it forever. it’s a particular feeling for someone so resistant to letting anyone in but it isn’t unpleasant. ❛ yes , poor educated people. i’ll make sure to add you to my list of people to feel sorry for , right next to starving kids and abused animals , ❜ she raises her brow at him and chuckles. her cigarette is already nearing the end and it makes her blood boil. good job getting addicted to something so expensive when you can barely make rent. ❛ kick back and relax ? i wish i had the time. ❜ it isn’t a lie. she works more hours at the café than she gets paid for and her free day is usually spend doing babysitting to help cover her living expenses. ❛ hiking , ❜ she finally allows herself to say. she knows what she enjoys, even she if can’t do it. ❛ my hometown’s got beautiful trails i used to go to. i like video games , i think , the little i got to play them. but yeah , i … don’t really have any time for that. ❜
“ hiking? i didn’t see you as a hiking girl. ” they approach the shop, and before they enter, he finishes his cigarette, flicking the butt of it to the ground. “ you’re from . . . australia, right? i’m sure those trails are beautiful. ” ed pulls the door open, allowing her to enter before he does. “ i haven’t hiked much, there’s not really a lot of places in london and we didn’t really travel before our dad died. ” he walks up to the counter, asking for a pack of the kind he thought lee smoked. after paying, he sticks it in his pocket and heads out, handing it to her after they’ve left the front of the store. she seemed like the kind who didn’t want to be seen accepting charity. “ this is the kind you smoke, right? i thought i grabbed a peek at the label, but i’m kind of blind . . . ”
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selfprove, 𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙣.
“ i know you’re it. ” the simple sentence feels like a terrible blow straight to his heart. he swears for a second he forgets to breathe. ⸺ could it really be the approval he’d been so desperately waiting for ? he feels himself sit straighter , like a student’s interest finally being peeked. thankfully , the discussion takes another turn and he chuckles slightly at the memories of his ramblings during noora’s pregnancy. not his finest moments , assuredly. he looks at edmund and a small swelling of brotherly affection grows in his chest causing him to smile. perhaps he’d done something right , perhaps he’d done a lot of little things right to be here today.
❛ girls is the word you’re looking for , ❜ he teases , his eyes looking towards the door where their girls had disappeared behind. ❛ just don’t tell them , yeah ? ❜ he smiles genuinely and nods. yes , they can help each other and he knows it to be true. loving eyes take in the interaction between his daughter and her uncle. if arthur is a man that needs to prove his adequate fatherhood everyday , to others and to himself , he knows that edmund is a natural. any child of his will grow loved and cared for and with the world as their oyster. he’s pulled away from his thoughts by lizzie turning his attention to him. easily , big hands pick up her delicate body and sit her on his knee. ❛ you’re excited , aren’t you ? ❜ she nods vehemently and his smiles grows. ❛ we still have a little bit to wait but me and mummy will make sure to keep this for them , ok ? ❜ “ ok. ” his heart squeezes in his chest at how small her voice is. one day , she’ll be an adult. will she still love her old man ? will she have forgiven him his mistakes ? he feels his throat close up and curses himself for letting himself get so emotional. pressing a kiss to her head , he sets her back down to play while he squares his shoulders to try and shake away the uncomfortable feeling.
“ ah, yes. our girls. ” he tries not to giggle, remembering the last time they called the two that —— they were both so annoyed. but still, it’s a funny thought. ed watches arthur’s skillful hands set lizzie on his lap, watching the pure interaction between them. sometimes, he wondered what arthur was so worried about. despite what he thought, he was a natural with his daughter. lizzie adored her daddy. as arthur sets the little girl down, ed’s eyes follow her, watching her pick up toys that had been left behind in favor of the ‘ new ’ one she’d built for her new sibling. “ have you two decided what you want yet? a boy or a girl? ” perhaps the subject change is an attempt to make arthur more comfortable —— he sees how his body shifts, how he attempts to sit a little taller, to feel braver, perhaps. “ you’ve still got a few months to go until you find out, right? have you gone to the first appointment? ”
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selfprove, 𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙣.
the hand on his shoulder feels like it’s burning through his clothes and into his very skin. 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦 ? his smile grows though as he watches her , captivated by her mere existence. ❛ i’m good with fish , ❜ he nods , his gaze only turned to ed long enough to acknowledge him speaking and see leehra settling on his lap. he shakes his head , sharing a glance with noora before he offers his hand to her and leading her to the seat. ❛ i’ll ask him for a good wine. ❜ “ are you implying they have bad ones ? ” leehra’s voice is irritating even if he knows that’s exactly what she’s looking for. ❛ busy yourself with your boyfriend , would you ? ❜
he tries not to laugh at lee’s reaction to what arthur said —— he’s not my boyfriend, bonehead. while she and the other man start to bicker, ed looks over at noora who, despite her annoyance at arthur and leehra bickering over something so tiny, still maintains a look of softness while focusing on arthur. he hates it. why arthur? well, he’s better than anders. he supposed. “ i’m sure we have bad ones somewhere in this house. can’t know until we try them all, hm? ” ed asks, kissing lee’s arm. “ regardless, sandal knows generally what kind we all like. no bad ones will be served. bodahn, on the other hand . . . ” he teases . . . catching the man’s eye as he returns with a tray of glasses, sandal following behind him holding a bottle. “ can you do that fish you do, bodahn? with some vegetables . . . any kind. thank you. ”
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shawke, 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙝𝙖𝙬𝙠𝙚.
“ YEAH, SMUGGLING’S MY GREATEST PASSION, ” giving his shoulder a swift punch. petra was just never one to complain, someone had to keep spirits up when things were looking so bleak. “ i try not to, ” she sighs heavily, picking at the dirt built up beneath her nails. “ things’re rough enough without picturing our grisly demise at the hands of the darkspawn, y’know? because without that witch, we definitely weren’t getting out of that one. ”
he knows she’s right —— sadly, she’s right. no matter how much ed swung his sword around, he and his family would have eventually been overtaken by darkspawn and they’d be nothing but a pile of bones among other piles scattering ferelden following the blight. “ she wanted us to bring that thing somewhere, right? maker, what was it again? ”
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faergreen, 𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙝𝙧𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙬𝙠𝙚.
with a tilt of her head and a short nod , she takes the excuse of the food being unsatisfactory. if she tells him she’s just not hungry , he’ll immediately know something is up. truthfully , the 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 are already playing tricks on her tastebuds and it just tastes wrong. ❛ please , don’t run off with him. how would i explain that to archer ? ❜ she chuckles lightly , a theatrical hand covering her heart before she leans back into chair with a gentle sigh. ❛ nevermind , pretend ! we should have been more 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 about it. if arthur sets a toe out of line , he’s gone. ❜
“ hm, just tell him daddy’s off training a new pet or something. ” ed waves his hand, leaning back in his chair, letting his eyes close momentarily. he’s tired. the job is busy, their son is still young. he’ll take this moment to rest, even if it won’t be truly restful. “ honestly, lee, i don’t think he can be too bad. no one is as bad as that anders bloke. remember when our mum died and he couldn’t even be bothered to be there for noora? nothing beats that in my eyes. arthur is already light years ahead of that asshole for not doing that. ”
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selfprove, 𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙣.
sitting with noora’s brother is nerve - wracking. they met briefly a couple times before when noora and him and his wife had plans after the school day was over but it was entirely different being introduced as the boyfriend. he could see in the way him and leehra , noora’s best friend that he’d heard much about over the years , watched him that he was on thin ice. in a way , he understands. he , too , is protective of noora and wants the best for her but the prideful part of him feels outraged over the castigating looks. he gets distracted from this 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 by the baby grabbing at his wrist. he can’t hide the smile the gesture elicits. noora’s nephew is an adorable little thing but the moment is over quickly and edmund’s questions continue. ❛ it has its moments. ❜ he offers as a reply. ❛ depends what you call interesting. my students would find your work infinitely more interesting than mine. ❜
“ well, that’s not hard. i think you’d be hard pressed to find someone who wouldn’t. ” he works with sea lions —— people love seeing them execute the tricks that he’s taught to them, or seeing them be affectionate with him between shows. math hardly inspires the same excitement in people. “ i used to love math, you know. until uni, at least. then it gets much harder. ” but, he’s sure arthur’s heard it before. hopefully this isn’t coming off too awkward —— he’s attempting to give this guy a fair shake, especially considering the last person noora’s brought home with the title of “ boyfriend, ” but he’s struggling. “ how long have you been teaching at the school, arthur? longer than my sister, i presume. ”
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selfprove, 𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙣.
❛ you couldn’t hide it , railing or not. ❜ the reminder is stern but sympathetic. noora is smart , and she knows her brother and her best friend by heart. she would immediately sense the difference , the heaviness , the misery in both of their faces. the broken banister would be the least of her worries.
he’s not sure what possess edmund to ask the next question. he , who always sours at the very mention of noora potentially seeing something in arthur , who always gives arthur subtle threats if anything between him and noora ever comes close to real … how desperate must he be to go into that mindset. a gentle pat to his cheek and arthur moves to sit again. him and noora were complicated , they both knew they had feelings for each other but that knowledge alone was never enough to do anything about it. they shared one kiss before noora’s fight ⸺ perhaps first and last , but it was a move of desperation , of one last chance. ❛ we fought , ❜ he admits , even though edmund has tried to brush the question off. ❛ we walked away from each other before i got back to my sense and ran back. ❜ he wonders if that’s what he wants or needs to hear. does he need courage for a confrontation ? does he need to hear that even someone as prideful as arthur had to come back crawling ?
even arthur is capable of recognizing when something needed to be fixed —— he remembers their confrontation well, though he remembers that whole day well. he and noora were arguing —— not bickering, but arguing. the conversation plays back in his mind . . . i need to do this, ed. no, you don’t. i’ll do it. ed, please, you know you’ll die if you do this. so will you. maybe. but i have a better shot. then, arthur showed up —— she and him spoke for a bit, then she kissed him and ran to the center of the throne room. the rest . . . well, ed didn’t want to think about the rest.
“ i don’t know if that would work with her. she’s . . . ” not as open as noora. not as forgiving as noora. he sighs, covering his face with his hands. he almost asks if it worked out for them —— but he remembers that his other half still lays in the next room over, eyes still closed. no resolution has been made. perhaps they’re not so different after all —— just two men, whose other halves can’t or won’t talk to them. does it eat arthur up in the way it’s eating up edmund?
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faergreen, 𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙝𝙧𝙖 𝙛𝙖𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙣.
he kicks her and she can’t help but laugh. ❛ you are not comparing me to that guy ! ❜ she kicks right back , smile wide on her face. ❛ should i be worried about you running off with your sister’s boyfriend ? ❜ she pushes her plate away , half - eaten and leans her elbow on the table , watching her husband with loving eyes. trust noora to decide to make it official and drag her now poor sod of a boyfriend into their lives the same day she finds out she’s pregnant again. she’s really gonna have to tell ed soon. ❛ i s’pose you’re right. noora wouldn’t have a shitty boyfriend twice , right ? she’s learned … ❜
“ oh no, did i give my plan away? ” he chuckles, also shoving his plate towards the middle of the table, though his is empty. “ did you not like it? ” ed asks, motioning to her plate while he rests his leg on top of hers. “ it was a little bland today, huh. i’ll admit, even i was disappointed. ” he chuckles, arms crossing over his chest. he looks up from the table at her, smile growing the longer he looks at her. “ god, i hope so. i don’t know if i can pretend to like another anders. ”
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faergreen, 𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙝𝙧𝙖 𝙛𝙖𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙣.
she’s sitting in the training yard , busy putting another wrap on her hand ⸺ another one of ed’s ruined shirts. she wonders if he’s noticed yet that parts of them keep disappearing. she hears his footsteps and knows already that it’s him without having to look up. he stands in front of her but doesn’t say a word … maker , ed , will you just say something ? this silence is deafening. pushing back the discomfort and the way she wants to yell at him , she composes hers and sits up a bit before raising her head to meet his gaze. immediately , she’s struck by the colour looking back at her , like he’s been waiting for this ⸺ it’s still so familiar and beautiful , she feels herself drowning before he even speaks. but he does speak. “ can we talk, lee ? please ? ” it sounds almost pathetic coming from his mouth.
she feels tension fill her shoulders and her eyes immediately fall back to her hand. i don’t want to talk , i’ve been trying to not destroy myself , i don’t want you to destroy me again , but against her better judgement , she nods. she misses him so much. everything feels so empty when he’s not with her. ❛ sure … ❜
he finally hears her voice, for the first time in days —— he feels relief. it makes him hopeful that what they have . . . whatever they have . . . that they can salvage it somehow. “ i just . . . ” since when did edmund hawke end up like this? since when was he this shy guy afraid to talk about his feelings, afraid to look something difficult in the eye? since another person’s feelings got involved. since he hurt her and she hurt him. his mouth gapes open momentarily and then shuts, and his hands cover his face, rubbing his temples.
he feels choked up —— though he hasn’t started to cry yet, he knows he will. damn it. why did this have to be so hard? “ i wanted to apologize. i went too far and made you uncomfortable. ” he forces himself to look at her, even though his hands ball into fists so hard he’s sure he’s making himself bleed doing so. “ i walked away. i messed up, and i’m sorry for that. you . . . ” he makes himself look away now, perhaps because he can feel his eyes start to well with tears. “ you deserve better than that. ” than me, he almost adds. “ i’m sorry. ”
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he still remembers the day they met, clear as a bell. he was called in to help some actors in some boxing movie learn the routines the movie called for, she was a stunt double. i’ve always been into boxing. you should give me some lessons. the rest was history —— edmund hawke and leehra kelly were nearly inseparable, putting their new friendship of sorts on public display. but as it took a more serious, more permanent turn, he can tell there’s been a different shift in their dynamic. she was closing herself off more —— ed knew there was some unresolved trauma in her past, something that kept her from letting herself want and deserve more. but he was a patient man —— he loved her, he’d be there as long as he needed to.
“ not my ego, but my shoulder, maybe. ” ed laughs, rolling the aforementioned shoulder out as he walks over to her, arms wrapping around her waist and pulling her closer to him, pressing a kiss to her temple. “ i’ll have to try it out on roger when i’m fighting him. maybe it’ll shock him and make him lose. ” he knows she’s nervous about the fight —— it’s already taking its toll on his body, and it was weeks out. he’s nervous too —— he feels like he’s in over his head, if he’s being completely honest. at least she was here to ground him, even if it’s just a little. it’s enough to keep him afloat.
@defendes plotted pv.
❛ then , once you’ve got them where you need ‘em , you do as i showed. ❜ she turns to ed , a cheeky smile on her face. ❛ ready, tough guy ? ❜ her voice is quieter , she knows it will be picked up by the camera but it’s meant for him only. gripping his arm , she tugs him into motion , using the momentum to get him off his feet. his body falls with a hard thud on the training mats and she looks at him with a triumphant grin before turning back to her phone and jogging back to it. ❛ there you go. now , it’s a stunt move so it’s done with willing participants so don’t try to use this as a self - defense move. but if you’ve got a big tough guy you’d like to get on his back then … ❜ she shoots another grin , pointing over her shoulder at ed before turning off the recording.
letting the grin fall off her face , she pulls off the protective hand gear , her eyes wandering over to ed. ❛ all good over there ? i hope i didn’t bruise your ego too much throwing you around like that for an hour. ❜ this isn’t the first time they’ve done stunts together , not the first time they’ve trained , or even filmed a stupid little video together , far from it. they’ve actually done a lot more than all that a lot of times. it’s actually what weighs on her so much , what makes her more short with him lately. it’s a new development in her life to have a man being such an emotional constant ⸺ and it scares her. yet , what scares her more is his upcoming training for the championship. he’s going to be less available , more busy , get more messed up too … she’s become so accustomed to him always being available and right there. she’s afraid of what his absence might reveal. ❛ it was a good stunt to say goodbye with at least, right ? ❜ a small smile. she , herself , doesn’t know if she means to their fans or to her.
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faergreen, 𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙝𝙧𝙖 𝙠𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙮.
❛ i know how to do a lot of things around guys. ❜ her eyes settle on his face , just serious enough to get his attention but with the slightest mischief in them ⸺ she’s had her fair share of random hook ups since she was a late teen , and in the environment she grew up in , she learned quickly that wrapping men around your little finger was a necessary skill. still , with ed , she has to admit it feels a little different. there’s no necessity. she just enjoys teasing him and , maybe , 𝑠ℎ𝑒’𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑡 … fuck , noora will kill her when she learns about this. ❛ is that a formal invitation , mr. hawke ? ❜ for a brief second , something swells in her chest. quickly , it’s replaced. never let anyone too close , not too fast , not ever. with a quiet sigh , she nods. she knows what he means. noora is always busy , and lately , with arthur , it was 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬. ❛ i’ll talk to her. she misses you , it’s just ⸺ ❜ a shake of her head. don’t spill noora’s secrets. what she hasn’t said isn’t for lee to share.
she welcomes their arrival at the food court , a good distraction from where the conversation was leading. her eyes scan the crowd before taking in the options. finally , she looks back to ed , smile on her face. ❛ what’s your favourite ? ❜
yeah, he guessed that. he can’t remember the last time sex felt that good. it took them almost no time to develop their own rhythm together, and they just meshed. he wondered if she felt the same thing too. “ i don’t know, it might be. ” he teases back, motioning for her to follow him towards his favorite place, a greek place. well, as greek as you could get at some zoo.
his face falls at the mention of noora, no matter how he tries to hide it. ed and his sister were close —— it started with their father’s death, but they grew very close after their little sister died. noora was driving the car when she died —— and apparently, bethany died on impact —— but ed knew noora never forgave herself for it. neither did their mother. as a result, noora began to depend even more on ed, the only person in their family who didn’t directly blame her for the loss of their sister, daughter, twin, friend . . . knowing that his mother and their brother, carver, felt this way towards her lay heavy on his heart, and often he wondered why he didn’t do more to help her. in his heart, he knew noora was busy with classes. but knowing she was too busy for him at times stung. “ this place is my favorite. ” ed grins, hiding his fallen face as he glances up at the sign. “ as far as zoo greek food goes, i’d say this place does the job. ”
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faergreen, 𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙝𝙧𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙬𝙠𝙚.
popping another chip in her mouth , she smiles at ed’s comment. of course , he dislikes noora’s boyfriend. he probably always will , to a degree. not that it was particularly love at first sight for her. she was grateful for the hawkes and how much they saved her from a miserable lonely life but she still had her 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 ⸺ and something about arthur hit where it hurt. ❛ yes , you are being overprotective. ❜ she allows for her smile to stay longer before fading. ❛ but i’m with you. i guess i never thought she’d go for a scowling , overconfident , brutish trustfund bloke. ❜ still better than the creep she was dating during her uni years though …
“ damn it. you’re right. ” and he knows exactly why he’s this way —— he remembers a boyfriend from her time at uni, one she ultimately had to get a restraining order against. how could he not be protective of her after that? at least this arthur didn’t seem to be of the same caliber as anders. “ i think there might be more to him than meets the eye —— much like a certain someone i know. ” he grins, gently kicking her leg before taking a bite of his sandwich. “ she seems happy, at least. can’t fault him for that. ”
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