#fluffy abc

B – Best (What would they say is the other’s best trait?)

Hayley thinks that Ernest’s golden and sincere heart is his best trait: how he just wants to help and expects nothing in return and does it because. It melts her heart and reminds her why she fell in love with him in first place.

As for Ernest, he just admires highly her perseverance and resilience. Since she was a child, she always managed to shine even in her worst times, not giving a damn about what others had to say about her. She always went through the day and made everyone’s lives bearable when hers was just a living hell.

C – Camera (How do they document their relationships? Who likes to take pictures? Or videos?)

Hayley shares a lot of photos about her life, always showing his fun side and his tender side. She is a woman who loves to show off her fantastic husband, and that increased when Alaska was born.

While Ernest has more mementos, he never posts them. Hell, he barely opens the apps on it! He only makes calls and texts and e-mails, like he were back in the 00s. He has a folder full of Alaska’s photos and videos of her, and always watches some of them when he’s feeling down or just misses his little princess. He also has a folder full of Hayley doing things: working, sleeping, laughing, eating, smiling at her baby bump, etc. He always smiles at those photos.

D – Dates (What are their dates like?)

Their dates are minimalistic, very few times they go somewhere lavish: Ernest loves to bring her food to her room and cover her with kisses and love, or go to libraries to buy books or at their favourite bar and have a drink while they laugh off things. He’s a Netflix and Chill guy too, though his favourite date spot is deep into Ledford Park territory, where he builds a picnic and ends up with Hayley on his lap, munching berries that his gardener grows and enjoy the breeze and the sun hitting his alluring wife.

E – Early (What was the first month of dating like?)

Hayley was a bit awkward at first: she hesitated a bit when touching him and didn’t dare to talk about things that would give him heart palpitations, thinking that he’d recoil and leave her. She talked about not-too-deep topics and was very closed off and scared.

Meanwhile, Ernest was really shy and helplessly whipped. He wished to touch her and shower her with the love she lacked in her life, but was scared of scaring her off or doing it wrong. He didn’t dare to ask her too personal questions and had a hard time opening up to her.

F – Friends (How is their relationship with each other’s group of friends?)

They share their group friend, that’s how they found each other. On Hayley’s part of the group, they all liked to tease Ernest and prank him, while the boys were a bit scared of Hayley, only Bart knew that she was in fact an angel. But now the hang out with them most of the time, when they’re not swamped on work and their kids.

G – Gifts (Do they like giving each other gifts? What kind?)

Ernest is a thoughtful man. He gives something of significant importance and that leaves a message, though he oft spoils his wife to let her know in his own way that he’s constantly thinking of her, that she misses her, loves her, wants her soon…

Hayley has a hard time choosing presents. She’s more of actions, but she can gift really nice things. Growing up in Spain, she learned to give small details: buy him something he will need, take him to a place he used to go as a child/ always wanted to go, small handwritten cards wishing him luck for today, a tie…

H – Hugs (All things involving hugs)

Ernest likes to hug Hayley from the behind when she’s frowning or pouting, hug her waist while talking to her, side-hugs, etc. He just loves to get lost on her warmth. He also finds her very cuddly and feels like home, being on her arms.

As for Hayley, she likes hugging him by his hips and rest her chin on his chest, climb on top of him and hug him from the shoulders, hug him by placing his head on her bust or legs if he’s lying, to hug him while he types rapidly the keyboard, to hug him when she’s on his lap, when they cuddle at night, … she likes to hug him in general. Even more than kiss him: he’s so warm and comforting, she falls easily asleep if she’s laying on his chest and he traces ghosts on her back absently.

I – Inside Jokes (Do they have any?)

They roast each other all the time. It shows their connection to each other and an intimacy that they show more oft. Hayley always has the best roasts for him, which had made him laugh out loud once or twice, though Ernest has too a humour that makes his wife laugh in a rather unholy way.

Hayley’s best insult to him is ‘Walking Mummy’ because of their age gap. He chortles and chuckles sometimes at it.

As for Ernest, he doesn’t have that kind of word for her, but he does enjoy teasing her bad temper and how lewd she can be. That normally ends with a pillow thrown to his head and a genuine laugh of his.

J – Jealousy (Who gets jealous easier? How do they show their jealousy?)

Ernest used to get jealous when Hayley was younger—especially under 18. He wouldn’t dare show it, but icy glares that could frost the hottest spot of the world were thrown at her many suitors, and threats were also thrown, many times he watched them make out as he grunted or rolled his eyes, commenting that she could do much better. When he grew up and got more experience, he realised how childish it was of him and instead became envious: wishing he could kiss her like that, wishing that he could have his hand casually on her hip, wishing that he could be the one who she first sees in the morning—he could never believe that years later, he’d become that man he fantasised to be for so long.

As for Hayley, she used to be jealous too, though she was most of the time in denial: watching him being whipped by those women, always with them, a small smile on his face, looking at her instead of her, etc. She realised it too late and dared not to spare another thought. Her jealousy evolved too on envy: wishing to be them, to be with him, to have him for her and do normal things with him without being afraid of being shamed because of the age gap issue.

K – Kiss (How do they kiss? Who usually initiates?)

Ernest loves to kiss his wife whenever he can: in the morning, where he devours her and makes her giggle groggily, when he’s headed to work and kisses her forehead, as a greeting when she comes back from work, lifting her off the floor and have better access to her lips, the ones that can lead to more, kiss her cheek, her forehead, her hair while smelling the familiar scent of mint and expensive shampoo, kissing her growing belly, her imperfections, her body… when he has a chance of having his hands on her, he cannot help himself: he just loves his wife dearly and wishes to show her that he loves her.

As for Hayley, she doesn’t kiss him as much as he kisses her, but her kisses are just as genuine: teasing one, trying to have her way with him, sitting on his lap and kissing him to lead him to bed, to show him that she missed him, his cheek, where she usually leaves a mark of lipstick that he never wipes off, before drifting to sleep, tiptoeing to kiss him deeper, to climb behind his back and kiss his cheek… she does it both in private and publicly and shamelessly, not afraid of showing that she loves her husband.

Here’s a fic of how their first kiss was! 

L – Love (How do they first say those three words?)

There’s a fic where they say each other those words!

But deep in a relationship, they say it when they both feel like it’s genuine. They don’t like to say it just to say it: they say it to lift each other up, to cheer them up, to show them how much they love each other. They aren’t the life of the party, but their words are always genuine.

M – Movies (What kinds of movies do they watch together? Is it a regular Netflix ritual?)

They are both busy people, but always try to have a day off together. Hayley’s guilty pleasure is period dramas and Ernest rants about inaccuracies or the exaggeration of TV. Hayley watches him with a knowing smile on her face, knowing that he is himself after a long day pretending.

Hayley’s secret is musicals: she loves Les Miserables and Ernest loves Moulin Rogue and their favourite as a couple is Hamilton. They sing the songs when travelling to Moorfield, after leaving the busy London roads behind, a smile on their faces as their best duets come out while one of them drives. Only their friend group know of these shenanigans of theirs and oft tease them about it.

N – Nicknames (Things they call each other)

Ernest calls Hayley ‘love’ or ‘my shining dove’ or when the two of them are being rather intimate, ‘cara mia’. Ernest’s ancestors are part Italian and his mother insisted in, at least, knowing the basics of Italian and Classic Latin.

Hayley calls Ernest ‘mi amor’, ‘mi vida’, and ‘mon trèsor’ when they’re alone and tangled with each other. Hayley’s a well-known multilingual woman: she knows Italian, Spanish, Greek, German, a bit of Turkish and Mandarin. Currently she’s learning Braille and English Sign Language.

O – One (Tell us about the moment they realized they were with the one.)

Ernest knew it sooner than Hayley. He was like 21 when he realised. It all happened very suddenly, but his heart was certain: when he danced with her at that club, her amused smile on her face, her hands around him, just the two of us as she sang out loud The Nights by Avicii, just the two of them in that moment, enjoying her company, his heart sang it for him: his greatest love was and had always been Hayley Jane Parker.

Hayley realised it in one of their dates pre-dating era. Her period had been delayed and took the chance to go out with him. In the sudden moment of a shared moment, the blood rushed to her pants and she apologized a billion times for screwing it when he offered his jacket, not minding if it’d be covered of her blood with her insides in it and bought her some pads before taking her home and spoiling her with whatever she wanted and watched a movie: he, on his tailored suit and she, on her ridiculous pyjamas that she didn’t prepare and watched Matilda together. That moment, in one of the funniest parts of the movie, she knew that she loved Ernest Sinclaire like she had never done before, and never wanted to be parted from him again. Not if she could help it.

P – Pizza (What is their favourite food to eat together?)

They love to eat all kind of Italian, but their favourite is tiramisu. They both love sweets and they eat it when they’re celebrating something, between pecks and spoonful’s to each other.

For Hayley’s part, she loves tzatziki, a Greek dish that even Ernest has grown to like. They eat it when they need energy and always cook it together.

Q – Quit (Do they break up? Almost break up? What happened?)

They almost divorce in the series, though I will not say why. You can read it instead here!

R – Rainy Days (How do they comfort each other on dark days?)

Ernest loves to have his wife on his bed, either getting up to mischief or lying together, watching their comfort movie –Dead Poets Society—or reading, having some time to themselves.

S – Soft (Something one of them did that turned the other into absolute mush)

Hayley’s irresistible puppy eye dog makes him go all soft and obliges to do anything she wishes of him. He cannot just resist his alluring wife.

As for Hayley, she goes soft every time he’s being kind to someone –or later on when he’s with their baby daughter, Alaska. How he laughs carefree, talks to her and behaves with her, like the absolutely kind of father whose daughter has him wrapped around her little finger.

T – Texting (Do they text each other a lot? What do they usually talk about over the phone?)

Hayley is the one who texts him the most. Ernest rarely uses his phone: he uses more his laptop and iPad for work and nothing else. She isn’t pedantic about emojis, but she has her signature emojis.

U – Unique (Tell us about some of their odd habits that surprised one another.)

Ernest’s good sparring abilities surprised Hayley greatly: she knew that he was able to defend himself, but never expected from him to be just as easy to pin her against the floor.

As for Hayley, Ernest was surprised in carefree she could be. He always thought her taciturn and that anyone could barely make her smile, but he had found that when she’s comfortable enough, she can be the funniest woman to be around. He had laughed at her cutting jokes and great imitations of other people, especially snooty men from the Parliament.

V – Vanity (Something they’re proud of in themselves and their partner)

Ernest is very proud at how adaptable Hayley is in everything: better than him, and how athletic and well-shaped she is unlike some people. She has a routine that matches his and often run together alongside Hyde Park before heading to work: they also do laps and other exhaustive routines.

Hayley is proud of how of a natural father he is: nurturing, patient, understanding, confident, loving… she always knew that he’d be a great father—she never expected that he’d father her own children until she walked down the aisle towards him, knowing that she wanted that life with him and no one else.

W – Wedding (Tell us about your wedding head canon if they’ve gotten that far. Or if not, have they talked about it?)

You can read about their wedding and proposal here and here! 

X – X (Something they hate about the other)

There’s nothing Ernest hates about his wife. Perhaps annoys him, but never hate. He cannot bring himself to hate her, it’s impossible. But he does find annoying at how very little filter she has when talking and expressing things.

As for Hayley, there are things that annoy her too, but like her husband, she cannot bring herself to actually hate him; it’s against her nature. But if something makes her scoff, it’s how soft he is and how he allows people to step all over him: especially the ones who had hurt him. All because he’s awfully polite. She had scolded him for being so polite and that he should tell people to fuck off more often.

Y – Youtube (What are they like online? Do they post about their relationship constantly?)

Hayley doesn’t post too much: a shot of their hands, or him looking away or barely seeing his face and is not very much of a social media user, but she is handier than her husband’s old soul. But she rarely posts and if she does, she always consults her husband.

As for Ernest, he barely has any social media; he doesn’t need them. He has like, three photos on his profile and two of them are of Hayley. He only has Goodreads, WhatsApp, Instagram and Candy Crush to entertain himself.

Z – Zoo (Are they into animals? Do they want pets? What kind?)

Hayley loves animals! Though she doesn’t seem herself capable of taking care of one, she loves to pet them and animals love her.

As for Ernest, he likes some of them. He doesn’t like venomous ones or the kind that hurt people.

J – Jealousy (Who gets jealous easier? How do they show their jealousy?)

They both are very jealous and possessive of each other. Although they rarely act on their jealousy as they trust each other unconditionally, they still occasionally get into arguments because of their insecurities gets better out of them. Usually if Maeve got jealous, she mostly feels anger and frustration on herself for this as she knows that she is the only one whom Beckett loves and he would never cheat on her. So if she feels threatened by someone, she do the only rational thing, kissing him fiercely on public, whispering in his ear what exactly she wants to do with him when they will get alone, forcing him to choke and blush furiously.

When Beckett feels jealous, he usually grabs Maeve by her hand in total silence dragging her away and fucking her hard in some private corner, claiming her and making sure she know exactly whom she belongs to. Maeve loves this possessively rough side of Beckett sometimes provoking him to act on his jealousy.

M – Movies (What kinds of movies do they watch together? Is it a regular Netflix ritual?)

Maeve’s favourite movies are mostly black and white some with an element of noir. Something about them captures her attention making her hold her breath till the last second of the film and her heart fluttering in her chest like a small bird trying to escape her golden cage. She likes that this movies allow her imagination to go wild putting the colour in the picture, being the one in charge. The mystery of these movies never leave her indifferent never failing to put her into the shoes of people from an earlier time, making her to feel a storm of emotions. Since this movies make such a strong impression on her, she treats them as a type of a dessert that you love, but get it just on a special occasions.

Beckett’s favourite movies except documentaries are family comedies. His favourite time of the day is when he finally gets home to spend some time with his wife and children. Their evening ritual before putting children to bed is settling on the sofa in front of the big TV with some snacks prepared by Maeve and watch some family comedies of children’s choice on Netflix. This is something, apart from other stuff, that make him feel like he finally has a family he always dreamed about. The family who loves him for who he is without any expectations, the family who feels real. After putting kids to bed they usually come back downstairs to watch some romantic movie. Settling comfortably in their living room, having a glass of wine while snuggling together under the blankets, he wraps his arms around Maeve, letting her lean back on his chest, laughing together quietly.

Q – Quit (Do they break up? Almost break up? What happened?)

They were broke up for 2.5 years as his mother feared that if Beckett and Maeve will be united and have a child someday will make Blood Attuned not existing. She never knew what true love is, but she found Beckett’s weakness and made him break up with Maeve to be able to protect her from his mother’s wrath. But they were broke up only technically as their feelings never faded and Maeve was only waiting for the time when he will get stronger for them and will be able to protect them both to finally get reunited with each other.

- Then please, make me understand, - her voice soft and tired, her deep forest-green eyes look through his broken heart and her hoarse whisper seems like a thousand miles away, while his grey, silvery moons eyes were focused on her lips, - look me in the eyes and tell me, this was all a lie.

-Mae…, - Beckett’s throat becomes dry as he follows the tip of her tongue running along her velvety lips, knowing that he cannot lie to her… knowing that as soon as he will look her into these soul-piercing eyes, she will know the truth. He lifts his eyes meeting hers not able to break the gaze, feeling a lump in the throat and spoke, his voice barely above the whisper, - Sometimes, love is not enough. (part of Shard of Ice (Beckett x MC))

R – Rainy Days (How do they comfort each other on dark days?)

They both love spend rainy days in their home in Ireland sitting near to the fireplace and enjoying the intimate atmosphere of their place (at least before they children were born). Maeve prepares special peppermint hot chocolate the one her mother used to make for her dad and the one Beckett ones made for them.

Maeve quietly enters their living room placing the tray with peppermint hot chocolate mags in front of Beckett. His steely eyes wondering on the variety of food choices she placed, besides fresh tangy fruits and berries, he can see also some candied fruits and candy canes. He moves a little, freeing space for Maeve to sit next to him on a large quilted blanket with scattered cushions around them. Beckett turns on soft quite music and they sit hugging together feeding each other fruits and drinking hot chocolate, watching the soft dance of the fire flames, talking and laughing together. Their soft voices are heard in the silence of the room like a whispering meadow under the pattering rain. Beckett’s eyes met Maeve when familiar accords and words started to tune in their living room, the soft smile touched his lips:

What day is it? And in what month?

This clock never seemed so alive

Beckett slowly rose moving the tray aside, and taking Maeve’s mug of hot chocolate from her hands, placing it back on the tray. He extended his hand to Maeve waiting for her to place her small hand in his. His voice barely audible almost dying with the next accords.

- May I? - he asked gently, his silvermoon eyes look deeply into hers golden brown. He watched her gently placing her hand in his, squeezing it lightly, raising from the floor and letting him lead her to the elegant and slow temp of the waltz. They whirl in the dim light of their living room, while a familiar words followed their every move and heartbeat, and their shadows dancing on the walls.

I can’t keep up and I can’t back down

I’ve been losing so much time

Cause it’s you and me and all of the people with nothing to do

Nothing to lose

S – Soft (Something one of them did that turned the other into absolute mush)

Maeve got absolute mush after hers 19th Birthday surprise that Beckett prepared for her. He gone extra miles to make this Birthday unforgettable and extra special. He took her to the place called Aruland where turquoise ocean stretched in every direction to the horizon, the place that reminded her of her parents. And when in the middle of the ocean he told her for the first time he loves her in the same spot where her father told the exact words to her mother promising her forever and more, she cried feeling the happiness she didn’t feel for a very long time.

The time when Beckett got absolutely mush was the day when their daughter Alexandra Casey Harrington was born. This first sound of her cry after birth filled him with so much happiness and relief, that he thought his heart will be not able to hold all of it. His tears rolled down his cheeks not able to stop, while his eyes where focused on his wife’s exhausted, but happy face. He was so thankful to her for going through all this pain and fear, that he couldn’t find the right words to express this, instead he kept whispering “I love you, I love you, I love you” burying his face in her thick honey coloured hair.

T – Texting (Do they text each other a lot? What do they usually talk about over the phone?)

U – Unique (Tell us about some of their odd habits that surprised one another.)

To be honest none of the odd habits of each other made them surprised, more likely they were the ones that made them fall in love with each other even more. Maeve noticed that every time Beckett is nervous he starts stroking his hairs or trying to smooth his clothes. And when he is embarrassed he starts to rub the back of his neck. Another odd habit of his is to tap his fingers to the beat, be it in the car during a long drive or be it when he was immersed in reading a book.

Maeve doesn’t have a lot of odd habits, but if Beckett would be asked which one of them he sees as the most adorable he would definitely say when Maeve nervously bites on her lower lip. Every time she does this he wants to come closer and do this for her, gently taking her lower lip into his mouth grazing his teeth along it pulling a bit and then swirling the tip of his tongue on a place of the bite.

V – Vanity (Something they’re proud of in themselves and their partner)

Beckett is extremely proud of how quickly after graduation he was able to start a successful business and already in 2-3 years’ time he had opened numerous branches in other cities and countries. In a year time he already had two offices in United Kingdom, and by the time of their wedding he had gone as far as Japan for discussing business opportunities in there and to add another branch to their business. And he is proud that by the time of turning 22 years old with Maeve support he had Attuned Magickae Uirtus Award. Maeve is very proud of him getting this award and also by graduating a top of their class.

Maeve is proud that in a year time of becoming owner of the Sun and Moon shelter she could open a few branches in London and Ireland helping to more and more animals to find a new home. Beckett was so proud when she told him this and also he is extremely proud that she was the other person who graduated a top of their class not yielding to him.

W – Wedding (Tell us about your wedding head canon if they’ve gotten that far. Or if not, have they talked about it?)

They got officially engaged the day of their graduation and after a month started to plan their wedding. In three months after starting the planning their wedding day had arrived. If this would be Beckett’s will, they would get married as soon as he would get a special license for this, but after Beckett’s mother’s death, Maeve insisted for some time for him to mourn.

They chose a spectacular location for their wedding in Ireland, called Hag’s Head, the most southerly point of The Cliffs of Moher. This is a romantic place with access to the spectacular cliff edge providing an unrivalled view across the vast Atlantic Ocean. They met on the top of the cliff standing hand in hand in front of their friends and family feeling the light breeze greeting them on their wedding day. Maeve wore a beautiful strapless gown with the empire waist highlighting exquisite beadwork and embroidery design. The top of her dress was covered with Swarovski Crystals, rhinestones, pearls, and seed beads, and layers of Soft Tulle over Silky Charmeuse lining made up the baby doll silhouette. The thick white ribbon was tied over her growing baby bump, and the multilayered veil was pinned to her honey hair with a pearl brooch. She opted to the white ballet pumps, and by Shreya’s insistence, she also had something new, old, borrowed and blue. Beckett wore a simple black single-breasted jacket and trousers with a natural taper. His white evening shirt has a Marcella collar and double cuffs, with a turn-down collar and Sun/Moon silver cufflinks that Maeve gave him the night before as a wedding gift. His black bow-tie was matched with his highly polished shoes and socks. To top it up he had a navy colored handkerchief in the right breast pocket as a classic detail. 

- Okay, are you ready, - excitedly squealed Shreya.

- Yes, I believe so, - breathed out Maeve calming her nerves, ready to step in the hallway.

- Wait… I don’t see anything old on you? Or borrowed in this case. I can see you have this bouquet with small blue flowers in it that will do as yours something blue.

- Shreya…

- Don’t even start. You need this and this is my responsibility as your maid of honor to remind you of this. Okay, this pearl bracelet… is it new?

- Yes, Beckett gave it to me as a wedding gift, - murmured Maeve fiddling with little silver-blue pearls circling her small wrist.

- Great, this will be your something new. Noooow, do you have anything old with you? Anything?

- This brooch is my family’s heirloom and this dress is my mother’s.

- Suppose this is definitely old…. and was worn before…, - she scrunched her nose, skeptically watching on the dress.

- Shreya, even don’t think of starting on this again, - Maeve laughed at her friend’s disapproving gaze.

- Okay, okay. Now I have something that you can borrow from me, these pearl earrings will be the perfect addition to your bracelet.

- Shreya, can we go now? - asked Maeve replacing her golden earrings with borrowed ones before exiting the room with a deep breath.

X – X (Something they hate about the other)

Beckett is totally getting annoyed sometimes, when she send him her pictures in underwear in very inconvenience time, for example during the meetings or a lunch with his business partners. He has suspicions Maeve knows exactly what she is doing with him when she sends him this pictures. The single glance on her half naked body makes him blush furiously, and make him hard in an instant and if their didn’t have sex for awhile this becomes a REALLY BIG problem, the painfully throbbing REALLY BIG problem in his pants.

Y – Youtube (What are they like online? Do they post about their relationship constantly?)

They don’t have much time for facebook, instagram or twitter. Beckett is busy with promoting his business that he started after graduating and with expanding it worldwide. Meantime, Maeve is busy with owning the shelter her parents founded and helping to find a home to as many animals and companions as possible. Also they both are involved deeply in raising their children and making sure they have the best childhood memories created as a family. Occasionally, they may get into online chat with their friends as they all live on the other side of the ocean.

Also they do Skype video calls with Katrina, and Maeve’s adoptive parents as they all want to be part of their children growing up.

Z – Zoo (Are they into animals? Do they want pets? What kind?)

- I didn’t know she was hired to work there… When I have seen her resume, I even didn’t know it was her, but she was perfectly suitable for the work…

- Yes, I have an idea of HOW suitable for the work she can be in this fuck me dress and Plexi-glass heels, that would make any man hard in his pants, - she muttered, her arms crossed in front of her, - Don’t even dare to come near me, - she warned him, her eyes throwing lightings.

- Mae, what you have seen in there…, - he inhaled sharply, watching her eyes getting black and knowing that he has exactly a minute left to explain, - it’s not what it seems it is. She just stumbled on her stupid heels and somehow got onto my laps… I told you already, you are the only one for me, you are the only girl who ever mattered. Why would I want to lose it?

- Then why did you kiss her, - Maeve’s voice was barely above the whisper, the tears streaming down her face and her heart ached inside her chest.

- I didn’t…. whatever you saw or you think you saw was her way to get back together. I swear she is nothing to me… Just say a word and she will be gone from our lives by tomorrow and will never come back. Just say a word and I will do this. But please don’t look at me this way and don’t run away from me ever again, - she looked intently in his eyes feeling the warmth washing over her, seeing the truth in his eyes.

- I believe you and you can leave her for now, - she narrowed her eyes continuing speaking,- but later we go into your office and you fuck me on your table and I will ride you wild like a riding horse, - she inched toward him her hands tugging him by his tie for the fervent kiss.

- But…,- started Beckett hesitantly glancing at her pregnant belly.