#track later

❝I’m too sober for this shit.❞ [from harley] --- @oflightndarkness​​ ---

          he’d be a fool to expect from her anything other than ENTROPY / CHAOS [beautiful chaos, perhaps, but chaos nonetheless] --- and, yes, might be he’s got a long list of self-admitted flaws, but he’s definitely not a fool. no one whose school grades in the 1920s-30s were impressive enough to be put up for exhibition at the Smithsonian should ever afford to be a fool. hence, barely lifting a brow when Harley’s complaint reaches his ears, though the corners of his lips do twitch in foreboding amusement. who’d guess that simply enjoying a coffee at the mall didn’t make it to her list of exciting events?

@fiercehearts (jonathan): ❝   oh,  i am one of the monsters.  but that just means i can keep all the other monsters from ever hurting you again. ❞ 

She doesn't doubt him - not for a moment. She's seen things she can never unsee, including glimpses of the unspeakable horrors he had endured at their father's hands. Still, she has a hard time looking into his eyes & calling him a monster. Maybe it's the fact she'd yearned for a brother & a deeper sense of who her family was all of her life - maybe it was the fact she looked into his eyes & saw fragments of a reflection looking back at her. It didn't really matter; it was what it was.

The prince's laughter was almost as rare as his smile. It took a lot to draw it out of him, and Aemond usually kept himself guarded with emotions and what made him feel vulnerable to those around him. However, there had been several times when something would catch him off guard, and he couldn't stop his reaction. This had been one of those times, and it seemed that Clary had heard him. Heat ran up his neck at her words, and he wasn't sure what to say in return. "I did not see you there, my lady.." He spoke while clearing his throat. The book he had been reading had caught him off guard with a passage and now he wished that he had checked around before reading it.. "Thank you for the compliment…"

The Red Keep had been unusually quiet - even somber - lately, & the joy & laughter that had once spilled so freely through the halls felt stilted at best. At its worst, heated words & flashes of barely contained steel had become an uncomfortable norm. She had been walking the curtain walls, hoping for a glimpse of her long-errant dragon to no avail & it was only when a storm rolled in off the sea that she had retreated inside in favor of the solitude of the small sunken courtyard.

Except she hadn't been alone, not quite.

@slrjuupiter​: " don't worry. the guards are a little tied up at the minute. "

@slrjuupiter​: " you didn't think we'd just abandon you, did you? ”

'Careful, watch your step.' --- @skjebne​ ---

A handwritten letter from far away: “I am still stuck away from you. And as much as it pains me, as much am I amazed. About how true my name for you is. Spring Soldier... because every time I think of you, my heart aches but at the same time another blossom of love blooms around my heart. Stay safe. I adore you and soon we’ll meet again. PS: I know that was cheezy af.... but hey at least no silly pun! So go me!” --- @brycecousland​​ ---

a reply back, done neatly in vintage handwriting and with a little neon pink heart in the corner:

          i promise i’m taking care! didn’t burn the house down yet, and i haven’t been getting into trouble --- and you know it’s true because i’ve not been all over the news, either. couldn’t lie even i wanted to. nothing to worry about! hope you are doing well too, my love, and i miss you dearly. and i’m glad that silly adorable name is keeping you happy?? guess i’ll have to be waiting for you with flowers!