#lgends

ケルト人にとって、ナナカマドは、自然が宿すシンボルであり、旺盛な生命活動の象徴でもあった。神聖で、しかも魔法の力をもつナナカマドは、誘惑や病気から私たちを守ってくれるので、伐採は慎むべきとされていた。

for the first time in ten years, persephone performed on stage in front of a live audience with one of her contestants, performing a song that she helped her write. (click here for the song) she swore after her last residency in vegas that she’d never perform again, never be in the spotlight again, but now that the kids were grown, forming careers of their own, she didn’t want to be a recluse anymore and wanted to take back her narrative. so tonight she sang. with no autotune, no lip-syncing, no raunchy lyrics that had been written for her by the people puppeteering her career. it was all her and sure, she was nervous as hell, but when her eyes landed on julian in the crowd, as stunned as she was to see him after their last encounter, her eyes remained on him throughout the entire performance. it seemed to be the only thing that kept her calm, despite the fact that every lyric she was singing had been written about him. at the end of the show, the cast and crew had been crowded in her dressing room, singing her praises and wishing her congratulations for a strong come back. and when they finally all cleared out, she sat in her vanity chair with a heavy sigh and a content smile on her face, feeling more like herself than she ever had. but the tenseness returned when she saw a certain someone’s reflection in the window. “julian.” she said quietly, turning around in her chair. “what are you doing here?”

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she had added kick boxing to her vigorous daily routine her usual runs, pilates and yoga sessions not being enough to burn of the stress that had encapsulated her since dropping austen off at rehab. she hadn’t broken down, was trying her best to remain strong, to be the pillar of support that she knew archie and julain needed. but with her sister’s recent disaster added to the mix and having to find out online that julian was signed onto a movie with valentine, today’s grueling workouts were desperately needed. she not so reluctantly made her way over to julian’s after he had asked her to come over, despite the fact that she was still annoyed at the entire situation. hoodie over her head and dark sunglasses over her eyes, even though it was late at night, she pulled into his driveway, making her way up the steps and pulling out the keys to his front door before stealthily making her way inside. heavy sigh left her as she removed her hoodie, took off her sunglasses, kicked off her sneakers and shook out her hair, arms folding with a slight pout on her lips as she spotted him in the living room, back leaning against the door. “i didn’t overreact, by the way.” which may or may not have been her way of saying ‘maybe i overreacted a little’, but she’d never admit that out loud.

persephone: archie's with me, fyi, he's staying at my house until the trip.

persephone: so tell your little play thing to watch her tongue before i rip it out myself.

she’s sleeping soundly in her bed, but reaching out and feeling that julian isn’t there causes her to wake from her sleep, heavy sigh leaving her when she realizes he’s having yet another sleepless night. she knew the process of this, knew what it would take to get her daughter the help she needed, knowing that just getting her where she need to be was going to be the biggest battle. but she was going to make it happen if it’s the last thing she did. she’d be damned if she watched her daughter go down like this. however, julian wasn’t taking it as optimistically as she was, which is why she felt even more so that this time, it was her turn to be the strong one. lifting herself from bed, grabbing julian’s t-shirt from the floor as she pulled it over her head, she padded down the stairs and into the living room, soft smile on her lips as she watched him work on his scripts in the doorway, just for a moment. it was strange - seeing him here in her house and not just holed up in their cozy bora bora bungalow - it made this whole thing seem that much more real and not like this elaborate dream she had a million times before. and even though everything else was falling apart around her, she was grateful she had him. making her presence known as she made her way into the room, she sat beside him on the couch, leaning in to leave a lingering kiss on his cheek before she pulled back to soothingly run her fingers through his hair, staying quiet for a few moments before breaking the silence. “you know our problems are still going to be here in the morning right? there’s nothing an all nighter is gonna do other than make you a cranky, cranky man to wake up to. and here i thought i did a good job at wearing you out enough before so you’d be able to get some sleep tonight.” she said, slight playful tone in her voice as she managed a soft smile.

brooke had never been one to keep her concerns quiet. if there was an elephant in the room, she’d point it out, and if there was an uncomfortable thought in the air, she’d bring it to light. and such was the case with the recent gossip about travis. sure, it was just a movie and sure, everyone made up rumors when it came to cast dynamics, especially in romance movies, but all brooke was concerned about was her sister. and if anyone hurt her, she’d kill them. after their morning pilates class, she made her way back into her home with lily in tow, nodding towards the chefs who were already hard at work whipping them up lunch, and led the fellow brunette to the living room, where two glasses of wine were already waiting for them on the coffee table. “i thought travis was going to join us today for lunch, but i’m assuming he’s busy filming again?”