* polaris

IF HE COULD FREEZE HIMSELF IN THIS MOMENT forever he would. joking around with her, getting to open up to her even slightly…it’s peace. and maybe all the other guys in her life were too afraid to give it to her, but normalcy was a good fit on her.

❛ got me all worked up just to wanna watch the movie last second, huh? ❜ he teases, resigning and rolling off her. ❛ you play this game well. ❜ a beat. ❛ and for that i’m totally making you do the dirty dancing lift with me. ❜

MAYBE IT WASN’T LOVE. but it was something she hadn’t quite had. it was something new, something exciting. she never really understood the novelty of a movie date until some artist who made her watch anime with him offered it to her. maybe if she let him in it could be love, but that was a long battle after her romantic history.

IT’S NICE TO SEE HER LIKE THIS, less refined and not worries about what the cameras think. he figures she doesn’t get this type of night too often, and that makes him want to give it to her even more. this simplicity, this normalcy…he could get used to this.

❛ surrounded by movies 24/7 and you weren’t watching them. now that’s something i never would have believed. ❜ he leans in tho, scooping her into his arms and leaning in for a kiss, settling her back onto the couch. ❛ you read my mind…cause that’s exactly what i was thinking about too. ❜

MAYBE HE COULD BE THE FIRST boyfriend her brother didn’t make fun of her for. remy left her which was a laugh riot for pietro, and alex was... alex. she knew that there was a chance that the two could get along. which was a form of approval she wasn’t really sure she was looking for until she started dating... some guy.

IN A WAY, SHE REMINDED HIM OF ALEX. the no nonsense attitude, the soft heart beneath the hard shell. and it was worth putting in the work to break through those defenses little by little –cause the girl underneath those layers of hurt is one heck of a knockout to be around. 

❛ you’re dads a movie star and you didnt grow up watching movies? how is that even possible! ❜ he teases, kissing the side of her head. ❛ maybe that’s the point –we wow em with a great moment then we go right home. ❜

MAYBE HE WAS WHAT SHE NEEDED. just a nice normal guy. he didn’t have to worry about paparazzi, he was an artist. they didn’t have an insight in his life, he didn’t have to worry about that. meanwhile every marriage lorna had was scrutinized. they were the reason terry gave her for not wanting to be public, which she thought was more of an excuse to not be seen with the emotional trainwreck that was lorna dane.

OFTENTIMES IT FEELS LIKE SHE’S HOLDING BACK. either because she just doesn’t trust him yet or because someone else made her put walls up a long time ago. and the protective part of him wants to convince her to take those walls down and show her he’s different than whoever broke her heart before. 

❛ you’ve never seen dirty dancing? the soundtrack is great and one of these days, we gotta do that famous lift together on the dance floor, that’s all i’m saying. ❜

HE DIDN’T MAKE HER FEEL LIKE TERRY DID. maybe that was a good thing, considering how their “relationship” had ended both times. he was a safe option. kyle wasn’t going to cheat on her or leave her to elope with someone else. she liked knowing that, and she liked him. but maybe her view on love was just skewed now.

THIS FEELS SPECIAL and what’s more it feels real. he has to wonder if she ever dated guys who just had pizza in their apartment with her instead of parties at their big mansions. and instead of making him feel insecure, it makes him realize how grounded she is. he’s had a lot of heartbreak, and if her marital record was any proof, so has she. maybe the simplicity and normalcy was what she needed too. 

❛ you say that now but the movie i was gonna pick was secret life of pets.  ❜ he teases. ❛ nah i’m just kidding. i am considering dirty dancing though. ❜

SHE COULD MAKE THIS WORK. she had to. she couldn’t go back to remy, the husband she actually liked, he left her. she really didn’t want to go back to alex. and terry... made her thoughts clear about being together officially. kyle was a good change of pace, and if she fucked up a relationship with a nice guy who worshipped the ground she walked on- maybe she deserves to be alone.

IT FEELS SURREAL ALMOST. to grow up and see from the peripheral someone who grew up beside you –but while she was starring in teen dramas and dating costars, his classmates were watching those shows and wishing they were dating her costars. and now he’s here, like he’s been picked up from his world and transported into hers. 

❛ score. ❜ it just comes out, but as soon as he says it, he feels a little embarrassed. ❛ the plan? i was thinking movies and pizza? ❜ he grabs his remote. ❛ figured a quiet night in is just what you need since none of your nights are quiet –oh! and i do have champagne. that’s romantic, right? ❜

MAYBE IT COULD WORK. plenty of celebrities dated non-famous people right? not having people know everything about her partner could be... nice for once. if they got serious enough to go public there’d still be a private part of their relationship. but how long before the papers got to him? lorna wasn’t worth that- even terry made that clear.

IT FEELS LIKE THEY’RE FROM DIFFERENT WORLDS sometimes. she’s this larger than life, stunning woman and he’s just an artist from new york. and sometimes it seems like she has a past that torments her, like she’s put up a wall and hasn’t let anyone really inside since. and maybe he can relate…losing alex was just about the hardest thing he’s ever been through. but the idea of trying again seems nice.

❛ star? heck. you’re the hottest woman on the planet period. ❜ he grins when she kisses his hand. ❛ do you always date people who have worked with you but aren’t in your films? or am i just special? ❜ he pauses. ❛ ‘cause this is a first for me but i’m glad to be trying it with you. ❜

SHE APPRECIATED HOW DIFFERENT THEY WERE. she had grown up in the spotlight after her dad took her in, almost immediately following in his footsteps and being one of the most lovable kids on a sitcom. then going onto teen dramas and flicks before she finally started getting good roles. roles meant to be more than just the pretty girl. kyle brought a sense of... normalcy with him, which was something she hadn’t had since the last time her and terry were together. 

VALENTINE’S DAY STARTERS // ACCEPTING @magnetress​ sent: “Tonight is all about us and only us” 

WHEN HE FIRST GOT THE JOB to help design the poster for her next movie, he wasn’t expecting she’d actually like him let alone agree to go out with him. last month he had no money to his name and a shitty freelance job –now he’s got a great gig and dating a movie star. 

god he feels like he won the lottery. 

❛ lucky me, right? i get to spend the day with the hottest star on the planet and she thinks i’m cute. ❜

WHY WAS SHE DOING THIS? it was almost like she could feel something would go wrong between them. he was supposed to be working with her, that had never gone well in terms of relationships. alex… terry…remy… terry.

but maybe kyle would be different. he was new to this whole thing. so maybe there was a shot.

“Nope. I’m just a fun guy in a silly suit.”

“No wait! You Ms. Dane right?” Boston kept walking with her and frowned. “Name’s Boston. I need your help.”

“Is he as cute as me?”

EVERYTHING’S GREAT WHEN SHE DOESN’T THINK. that was the appeal of late night parties and coming home drunk off her ass, stumbling through the door and into bed. when she doesn’t think about it, nothing can hurt her. no fears, no “what ifs” gnawing at her mind, just a blur. and something like this is really nice when she doesn’t have to think too hard about it –when she can just enjoy her and her presence and how it feels to touch her. 

but lorna wasn’t really like that.

no, lorna’s decisive. she knows what she wants and she gets it –it’s why she’s so good at her job. and explaining those fears to her might be more embarrassing than she’s ready to admit. what’s worse, she almost feels bad about it, making her keep something a secret like this. 

❛ are you kidding me? you’re hollywood royalty. i’m fresh off the streets with a criminal dad –they’d hate me. they’d say ‘oh she’s not good enough for her’ and everyone would be rooting for you to toss me out in a heartbeat. ❜ and maybe they’d be right –but she doesn’t tell her that. instead, she smiles, adding a little lightheartedly. ❛  besides, skipping work won’t kill you…i on the other hand will at least try to have to work on your song at some point.❜ she wasn’t planning on clubbing that late but as with most things…it got out of hand. ❛  but i don’t have to do that right now...❜ she pats the spot next to her on the bed.

SHE WASN’T USED TO THIS. everything about her life has been plastered all over tabloids, every ounce of drama that happened with alex. any time she dyed her hair. anytime she so much as breathed in a starbucks. part of her loves keeping terry for herself, wanting nothing more than to just make her happy without people commentating on every rumor they believe about the two.

but she mostly just wants to be able to be with her. for people to know what they did in the first place, all of the words that made her heart flutter whenever terry said them. if she could scream it from a rooftop, she would. but she couldn’t do that without terry agreeing to it, it was her life too.

RANDOM PROMPTS // ACCEPTING @magnetress​ sent: “ i didn’t mean to hurt anyone. i just wanted to help. “

SURELY HE CAN RELATE. out of everyone in this treehouse, he’s probably the most guilty of hurting other people with well-intentioned actions. lorna herself was proof of that –it was his words that got through to alex on their wedding day before it blew up in flames. and when he sees her sitting there on the couch nursing a cup of tea, he doesn’t even have it in him to scold her for being up late when they have training in the morning. 

instead, he sits down next to her.

❛ intentions aren’t useless. people pretend they are because they were hurt but the truth is, at some point they know you didn’t want to hurt them. and once they realize that, they forgive you. ❜ a beat. ❛ i think the fact that jean still talks to me at all is proof of that. and whoever you hurt…one day they’ll wake up and realize you didn’t mean to as well. ❜

DID INTENTIONS MATTER IN THIS LINE OF WORK? intentions didn’t stop casualties. sometimes wanting to help didn’t mean you could save everyone. no matter how hard she tried, someone could always get hurt because they were in the path of a flying sheet of metal she controlled. did it make it her fault? no.

yet sometimes it hit her like a ton of bricks. she has hurt people she wanted to help.

she knows he’s just trying to help. it’s always what he tried to do, even when it went south quickly.    ❛ because you’re you, scott. that’s why people forgive you. i forgave you. ❜    she pauses and lets out a sigh. summers brothers advice didn’t really have a winning track record with her, but if she was going through something— it was almost guaranteed that he had gone through it before. likely instigated it.