LION HEART.

the hug she gives him comes naturally, and she fits her head right against his chest just like she remembers it.  

                    jesse’s eyes continued to scan his surroundings whilst the blonde attempted conversation. he nodded, distractedly, as to not seem rude. where WAS she? his pulse began to hum with his concern, the spikes in the blood heating as waves of bodies began to crash in. the sudden touch of coldness met the stretched skin of his hand as it curled tightly around his glass. the condensation was DRIPPING, but he could hardly f e e l it.                     ( jesse didn’t register the tightened grip on his forearm, scarlet nails digging in to gain his ATTENTION.)                     he knew she was close without sight. the fine hairs on the back of his neck rose with awareness. even from the heat of what seemed like a hundred different blood vessels, he could almost sense hers. when they were young, and from where he had sat in the back of the classroom, jesse often wondered if vienna had it too. this conscious understanding of the connection. it has always been there, and jesse knew, he would do whatever he could to keep the ties INTACT. the smile on his face stretched his cheeks as her touch wrapped around him. his heart began to sing. surely, she could hear the melody that it created just for her. letting go of the glass, he slid her hand from his arm until he entwined their fingers on the wooden table. ( he hoped she didn’t mind the accumulated damp from the cold. )                     ❝babe.❞ his voice was low, quiet, and only meant for vienna’s ears. over his shoulder, he glanced at her through HOODED eyes. adoration shone through. her lips skimmed his ears, and his eyelids closed as he savoured her whispered words. although, he didn’t quite know what they meant. ❝super sexy? i’m logging that for a later date.❞ the foreign pair of hands drifted from his skin, and jesse’s attention was diverted. ❝vi, this is…uh–❞                     her annoyed huff was blatant, and she folded her arms on the table. away from his touch, but amplyfying her breasts. ❝amy.❞ jesse’s thumb slid over vi’s knuckles, and he gave her the corner of his mouth as he spoke. ❝right, amy. she was wondering what time the next band was playing. do you know?❞

           The heat of a presence beside him had Jesse straightening, and the whites of his teeth glinting in the darkness of the club. Of course, it wasn’t who he thought it was. The light in his eyes dimmed slightly, but his smile remained. 

                       ( he was expecting somebody else. one with skin that almost glittered beneath these flashing lights. he hoped this stranger wouldn’t be offended by his obvious disappointment. )             his elbows leant on the high table, and just as he opened his mouth, the girl spoke before he could. ❝ hi. i was wondering, did you know what time the next band is playing? ❞ jesse shook his head, frowning. if he couldn’t remember what he had for breakfast, he certainly couldn’t remember the names he read on the flier vienna showed him the night before.             he answered her, aplogy seeping into his tone. ❝ i couldn’t tell you, i’m sorry. maybe they have a set list somewhere? ❞ the blonde shrugged quickly.                        ❝ don’t worry. it was just an EXCUSE. ❞ jesse frowned. an excuse for what? the sound of giggling met his ears, and beginning to turn towards the commotion, a manicured hand quickly gripped his forearm. jesse’s attention was diverted back to the stranger. ❝ –are you hurt?❞             he laughed, taking a moment for the realisation to sink in. ❝ hurt? nah. its the repercussions of living with a lively husky. ❞ the scratches didn’t bother him in the slightest, through football, he had suffered from WORSE.             ruby nails lifted to press against her lips, and her girlish giggles tumbled through the gaps. ❝ oh, that’s so cute! how about the owner, are they as lively?❞                        ❝ i would say so.❞ jesse glanced around for said owner. he shouldn’t have let vi wander off on her own. he had half a mind to go search for her, especially as the bar began to FILL UP.

                   the LIGHTS were distracting to say the least, but just because they were pretty. the way they swung back and forth form the ceiling and illuminated the room, the sound of music filling her ears and making her feel ENERGIZED. vienna loved people, and most of the time it exhilarated her to be a part of large groups. she always felt relatively high on life in the core of a crowd that was hiked up to full volume with excitement.                     (   only problem was it made it harder to find princess.  )

        but she did eventually, smiling brightly under the florescent lights until a blonde girl reached out for his wrist. leaning close in a way that made it OBVIOUS to vienna what her endgame was. it made her smile drop subtly as she approach, hovering next to jesse with an unsure yet neutral look on her face. she even made it her mission in life at the particular moment to SMILE at the girl. vienna knew there was no reason to be jealous. she knew it with every fiber of her being, something she was proud to be able to say.

                        that two people could love each other enough that everyone that could have been a THREAT just... wasn’t.  it was a weightless sort of feeling, but it didn’t mean that girls trying to pick jesse up didn’t still make her uncomfortable. (  just because it was hard to watch, regardless if jesse was aware. which, by the looks of it, he wasn’t. ) she supposed it was a GOOD thing that he was oblivious, at least it meant he wasn’t thinking like that. then again, the blonde probably wasn’t aware of his relationship status with vienna, either. so vienna was too nice to judge her for it yet, even if glaring at her was getting increasingly harder to resist as her chipper voice infiltrated vienna’s ears. but she cleared her throat instead, reaching out to rest her hand on jesse’s arm from behind him and lay her head against the back of his shoulder. even knowing that her blood was increasingly HOT for nothing, she still wanted everyone to know jesse wasn’t available. she was just too classy to get CRAZY over it. this was the alternative.                                       (   she politely smiled at the blonde girl again.  )

he was such a great character though!

tristan is such a dick. still a historical scene tbh

hearing her words had enticed something deep within him, so deep that his mouth had let a low growl leave his ear, hoping that molly would’ve heard it even through the loud music booming through their bodies. the warmth her hands carried only tightened the grip he had on her hips, and he brought her closer to him than before.

                 ”it’s like you want me to fuck you right here.”

phoenix brought his mouth closer to her ear when he said that, his tongue slowly grazing the top of her ear. the alcohol was purely speaking on his behalf, though forty percent of his conscious was partly sober.

the music changed into a beat even more sick than the one before, and he was sure that with the strobe lights no one could even see what they were doing — not that he would try to do anything way out of hand in a public place. 

                 ”if you think i’m sexy you clearly haven’t seen                   yourself in the mirror.”

           "maybe i do, it'd be a nice thing to cross off            my bucket list."

maybe it was the alcohol running through her veins, or  maybe it was simply the attraction to phoenix in general, but her heartbeat practically memorized his touch, and sped up whenever he so much as touched her. so the slide of his tongue parted her lips, her breathing heightening as she pressed her weight back against them and the music sped up.

                                    "shut up, you're fucking                                     perfect."

             molly turned to face him, her eyes grazing passionately              over his face as she wrapped one of her legs in between              his and tangled their bodies together. she smiled, brushing              her lips across his cheek and simply relishing in the aura              of his scent. maybe it was the influence of alcohol that              made her more open to her emotions, but she wasn't              complaining and the words came out for the first time              without being difficult to admit.