* 𝙵𝙴𝙰𝚁 / 𝙻𝙴𝚂𝚂 .

Halston Sage

A shiver went through Emma. She thought, I love you, Julian Blackthorn. I love you more than starlight.

Halston Sage in The Last Summer (2019)

A shiver went through Emma. She thought, I love you, Julian Blackthorn. I love you more than starlight.

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“We are bound together, Emma, bound together — I breathe when you breathe, I bleed when you bleed, I’m yours and you’re mine, you’ve always been mine, and I have always, always belonged to you.”

                     When she spotted blonde hair, a huge grin appeared on her features and she set her coffee down, taking a step forward as the young woman walked through the door. “I was in the neighborhood. Thought I’d stop by and say hi.” Clary said jokingly, a little laugh escaping her. “Hi, Emma. You look amazing! I’m so happy to see you!”

    ANOTHER DAY,    ANOTHER FIGHT WITH A DEMON.     it had become a normal routine for them the last few weeks.     shax demons liked to hide out in the caves by the beach   —–    ugly little things they were.     gave emma the creeps.    she wondered why there had been so much DEMON ACTIVITY there lately.   normally it was her     &     jules fighting them off,     but mark    &    cristina decided to join in on the fun this time.     it was good for mark,     to be back into his old habitat ever since returning from the wild hunt.     no doubt he was different,      but this was where he belonged    —–     with the people that loved him.     it was nice seeing the half fae get along so well with cristina.     she fit right in so perfectly     &     emma absolutely adored her.   mark     &   cristina headed over to the shadow market in attempt to gather some intel on these demons lurking in the shadows as of recently.       julian went to go find ty who had run off after an argument with livvy,    dru had texted him about it as they were returning back to the institute.       emma would have offered to go with him,    but figured they could use some brother bonding time together.     instead,    the blonde returned back to the institute where she could not wait to jump into a hot bath after the   c r a z y   night they’d had.        suddenly,      a flash of ginger locks caught her eye while walking in.    that familiar voice that had soothed her as a child after losing her parent’s.    emma could not help the excitement she felt upon seeing the redhead.     ‘clary ?!    i thought you were in italy !’    a huge grin dances along tired features.    ‘i’m happy to see you too,    but you don’t have to lie.     i look absolutely disgusting right now.’    a light chuckle escapes plump lips.    ‘ i’d offer a hug,    but unless you want some demon ichor with that coffee,   i’ll skip out on the hugging until   a f t e r   i shower.’   she winks playfully.

Y E T  ,   here he stood outside of Emma’s door, hands inside his pockets. He wanted to properly apologize to both her an Julian for how he reacted. Another thing about him, he never gave up on the people he cared about no matter how many times he’d push them away. 

   CRISTINA HAD GONE AWAY         on a mission these last few days,    leaving emma feeling alone    &     disheartened.     she fought a few demons the other night with julian,    blew off some very much needed steam.    it felt good to fight,    it was a distraction from the turmoil taking place in her heart.     julian fought alongside his parabatai,    but did not speak a word of what had transpired the other night.     it was as if nothing ever happened at all.    as much as emma wanted to bring it up,    to talk about it,    she laid it to rest.     daniel had been hiding out in his room,    the blonde had not seen him leave once,    leaving her to wonder if he was even eating anything.    it hurt,     hurt to not be able to talk to him.     she could have gone into his room but decided to respect his privacy    &        let him deal with his emotions alone.     but he had not been a l o n e,    she’d seen lucile go into his room.     the feeling it had over her was not pleasant.    jealousy ,    that ugly emotion had taken over.    he kept his distance from emma,    but welcomed his parabatai.    the one he had opened up to emma about his deep feelings for.    they were going through the same thing,    being in love with their parabatai.     the torture of never being able to act upon those feelings because of a wicked curse.      it was what had brought them closer.     however,    she could not help but wonder if he was just using her to get over lucile,     or if his feelings were genuine.     hers were,   there was no denying it.    it    S C A R E D    her to feel for someone other than julian.    emma could not take being away from daniel another minute.    she threw open her bedroom door   &    was determined to go    &     speak with him.    however,    it did not take long to be in his presence,    daniel was standing right in front of her door.   golden hues widen in surprise,     mouth opened but the words could not find their way out.    she gulps down hard before attempting to speak once more.    ‘daniel,    i was just about to come see you.’    eyebrows furrow together in confusion.     ‘is everything okay?’ 

“Other people think you are special, Emma,” said Cristina, sounding more like an older sister than ever. “What I have is trying,” said Emma, her voice tinged with bitterness. She was thinking of the tiny bones in the nest, how fragile they’d been, how easily snapped between a pair of fingers. “I can try harder than anyone else in the world. I can make revenge the only thing I have in my life. I can do that, because I have to. But it means it’s all I have.” 

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