#jayandmal

At the end of the world.

Descendents 2015 - Kenny Ortega //south and west - Joan Didion // The Bones Below - Sierra Demular // Al Bowlly: Heartaches // The song of Achilles - Madeline Miller

Mal was born a leader. It may have been fear of her mother that stopped people from attacking her when she was a younger fae but as she got older, the fear was purely of her. She’d created her own terror, sharp words and sharper knives. It wasn’t easy to make people fear death when revival was possible. 

No, Mal was good at dragging out the dying. It was painful, torturous. The gang knows. Jay knows what that feels like, remember how he pleaded with her to snap his neck to quicken the process. She had a wild look in her eyes, fingers trembling against his neck. There were never empty promises and she would do as she said.  

Jay knows the fear of letting go of control. When shorter-than-now Mal turned up and set a deal with him promising him protection and safety in exchange for his skills, he tensed and wondered what elaborate scheme she was planning. Maybe some new technique he hadn’t seen yet. It was hard and he knew trusting her could mean dying for a week, could mean more enemies on this god forsaken island and suffering tenfold what he already had been. 

But the day he shook hands with her, blood seeping into each other through fresh wounds on rough palms, was the start of something. Whatever it is.

"you're fucking crazy." Mal laughs, leaning back with the needle, the tip black with soot.

Jay frowns, lips curled in a smile and shifts his elbows on his knees. "What? I thought you were all rotten to the core and shit."

"on your face? piss off." Mal repeats, looking down at the cup and dipping the needle back in. She has his arm in her grip, held in place with sketch of a dragon wrapped around his arm, charcoal dust used.

"Might as well just place a M under my eye, why not?" Jay says, tilting his head but doesn't shift anymore. Mal deadpans at him, rolling her eyes before she continues to tattoo into his arm. The dragon would be an obvious branding anyway, so call Mal soft if she doesn't think she should brand Jay's face like that.

"what, gone soft?" He says like he heard her thoughts. Mal rolls her eyes again, stabbing the needle deeper until Jay groans and hits her arm to let up.

"Shut the fuck up."

It's only a few days later when Jay has a M under his eye.

Descendants 1/2/3 (2015/2017/2019) //I am yours in every life - unknown //“And I guess I realized at that moment that I really did love her." // tell me where to put the anger. //I love you and it's getting worse - Joseph E. Morris //The Unwanted Animal- The Amazing Devil // Squeeze it apart, That's fine // Yves Olade // The Mountain Goats- Sax Rohmer #1

ben: dude, it would be so good to give your girlfriend.

Jay: my who? I have a girlfriend?

ben: .... I thought you did

Jay: huh? who?

ben: Mal?

Jay: Mal?! why would she be my girlfriend?

ben: because- you- huh? like aren't you guys dating?

Jay: bro idk what dating is, are you talking about like, gang activity shit.

ben: well- no? like you care about her and like,

Jay: I don't care about her

ben: what?

Jay: bro idk what you're on, but whatever it is, put me on.

I also, may just love dove Cameron and booboo Stewart's friendship, like I literally was scouring YouTube for interviews and all that they had together.

(might expand on AO3) (I did, it's on my AO3)

So when jay finds out about other piercings. Like eyebrow piercings?

Man is like,"I want one."

And of course, Mal finds out how to do it even though they definitely shouldn't be and definitely won't be allowed to AND he definitely can just go to some professional, but she will do it herself anyway because no one else is allowed to stab Jay.

Only her.

!! mentions of needle stabbing through skin, pain, blood and all down below!!