Omg hi Mandrake of COURSE I'd love to share.

When Laurel was younger she fell in love with a boy from the Seam. She could’ve married him but of course her parents wouldn’t allow it, so she’d have to run away. Asterid did that but a lot of people are in love in a much less intense way than the soulmates of this series and it’s not always worth it because the loss for leaving is extreme. She’d lose her family, her friends, her future, all financial security which in Panem is food security, her children would have a higher risk of going into the games. She’d have to labor and struggle. It was a LOT to ask a 17/18 year old girl to sign up for and she just couldn’t do it. So she gave him up. And she felt terrible about it, because what if she’s not actually strong or brave at all? But along came Bran Mellark and even though I don’t think arranged marriages are totally forced on kids in my version of district 12, there was some pressure from her parents and maybe extra because of how rebellious she’s been in the past. And Bran had this calmness about him and he was so into her and she couldn’t stay with her parents forever so she let it happen and hoped maybe she’d find some peace with him.

But she was still worried she was a coward and afraid she made the wrong choices, so she decided to be sharp to make up for it. She would make sure nobody ever told her what to be again. She became a hard person. Laurel was never abusive or cruel but there were some ways Bran and Laurel mirrored the original Mr and Mrs Mellark. She was prickly, he was subdued. He learned that from his father, how to stay quiet and ordered when others are harsh or chaotic.

They had sex at first, a little bit. Because you’re supposed to, and he loved her a lot and she felt guilty for not loving him. It wasn’t really because of the man she gave up, she just made herself into a hard shell. He went no contact with his parents which helped, and they got on alright but it wasn’t truly working so they stopped trying. After a while, the steadiness of him softened her and she really did fall in love with him. He never made a grand gesture or even really flirted with her, he just made sure she was alright, always. And they were friends, and she grew past some things, and one day it just… worked. And they had baby Otto.

I have bad news, and good news. The bad news is that Lily's tumblr is very much still active. Here's the good news:

no fr, literally no one:

me: i heard a request for 4 with maul from the back!

(i requested it. it was me 😅)

Using the Force, Maul had you pinned against the wall of his Sith Infiltrator. You had been particularly bratty this mission, but should have expected a Sith to see through your act.

“Let me go!” you spat, trying fruitlessly to wrest yourself from his invisible grasp.

“Not until you’re honest,” he growled, advancing.

You hesitated. “You know what I want.”

“Beg,” he demanded in a dangerous whisper.

“Please, Maul. Take me, ravage me, use me. I want you to ruin me for anyone who would dare try to follow after you.”