#shadowedsunshine

      ❛ Where did you want to go tonight ? ❜ He asks , glancing over his shoulder towards Jagger. He had spent half the day in bed , only dragging himself out when Jagger had come over. ❛ Not that I mind ... just wondering why I had to get dressed today. ❜ He teases , sliding on a knit hat.

               hyeon knows he should be in a rush to see all his friends now that he’s finally finished his service, but he isn’t quite himself again yet. it’s only been a few weeks, after all, and he’s still adjusting to civilian life again. more than that, he still feels shitty over everything that happened during his time in the army. needless to say he’s confused when he hears someone knocking on his door. the temptation is there not to answer it, but with the lights on in his apartment, he’s quite clearly home. with a sigh, he gets to his feet and pads over to the front door. ❝ sunny...? ❞

  He clears his throat, chancing a look at Jaemin, and tries for a smile. “So, um. I’ll be honest? I haven’t done this kinda thing in, like, forever.” It’s not something to be this nervous about, but his stomach flipping every which way is of a different mind. Garrett rubs the back of his neck. “This is where you realize I’m lame and have no idea what I’m doing, I believe.”

   “You know, I don’t think that I’ve met you before, but I’m already tried of your face. Is being annoying your talent, or something?”

too good to be true - continued from here

His frustration is palpable. Gabriel paces away from Bella, exhaling a harsh breath. The last few weeks have been wonderful, but the constant vigilance over his being is beginning to drive him crazy. He’s never been with someone that’s so insistent on his protection, but he’s never been with someone that has such a dangerous line of work, either.

He needs balance, though. He needs room to breathe and stretch his wings.

“I’m not a child, Bella,” he says, turning to face her. Gabriel shakes his head. “I get it, don’t tell me that I don’t. I do! I’m not stupid, I know that what you do is dangerous! But that doesn’t mean I need you to - to hover every minute and to have me followed and - monitored! I can handle myself.”

bella is stunned into silence as soon as the words leave gabriel’s lips. this is the first time that he has raised his voice when speaking to her and it shakes the heiress to core. to her, his frustration comes as a shock because everything that she has been doing for him seems entirely normal for her. isn’t this what you do for people important to you? 

“i’m not doing all of this because i think you’re incapable,” she starts off, wanting to clear out her intentions first and foremost. “i was just doing what i think would be best for you.” confusion clouds bella thoughts because she doesn’t understand where his frustration is coming from. 

Penny was sat alone in the main diner of Derry, where he was always sat at this hour. Hands idly wrapped around a hot cup of coffee, though it never seems to move. And no one ever seems to notice he doesn’t take a drink. His eyes are half closed, allowing him to focus on the sounds and smells around him. He could tell you everyone in this diner, from the people to the cracks on the floors. He knew every inch of this town, of its inhabitants. Penny wants change, but he cannot seem to find it in himself to make the first move. 

           And as if on que, he smells them, someone new. 

His big blues blink open to see what he smelled, they trail over them carefully, curiously. Silently. No one knew ever came to this town, so who are they? Not knowing both unsettles and excites him. Something new, finally, something to figure out. Though he doesn’t move right away, barely blinks, he observes them. Fingers gripping the ceramic coffee cup so hard it nearly cracks and shatters in his grip.