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I first read that book when I was a kid, so my mental image has always been "ah yes, An Adult", but that's full Brat age???

Rating: E

Category: F/M

Length: 2k oneshot

Warning for dubious consent!

this is one of my favorite theses in the inkworld each way it plays out is so!!

elinor's dad valued his books over her and her sisters to the point she internalizes it and becomes the same kind of hermit he was, before and after and folcharts come back into her. basta was groomed into believing he was inherently unlovable except by capricorn so he'd do anything to keep that small remaining amount of love. brianna realizes if dustfinger wasn't dead then he had to have abandoned her, so the next person to give her their full attention? she'll throw away every other relationship she has for them, the same way she was thrown away. the verbal abuse violante endured as a kid (and currently, because 19 is still a kid) influenced the kind of mother she is and she doesn't even realize until it's almost too late that she's done to jacopo what the adder did to her! and I've already talked about the physical abuse from farid's birth family influencing how he forms severely anxious relationships.

setting: medieval fantasy.

contains: flickering lights, fire, horses, magic, water, weapons, dragons, fantasy violence, blood, extreme pain, kissing, crying, drinking.

i feel drawn to you in ways i can't explain.

you're the one. do you hear me? you're it. you're the only one i want for the rest of my life.

you are the most beautiful person i have ever known in my life, and i'm madly in love with you.

i love you entirely. i love you completely.

i'll be here for you forever. i'll never leave your side.

do you believe we were made for each other?

i can't fathom a world without you. i never want to know what that looks like.

so this is what it feels like? true love?

we can't be apart. we can't exist without each other.

you came into my life and changed everything. i'm different now. better. you make me better.

i feel so overwhelmingly lucky to know you and to have you.

it's like we were made for each other.

from the very first moment i saw you, i knew. i knew you were the one.

do you believe in love at first sight?

i hope it always feels like this.

you have become everything to me. you are the most important thing in my whole life.

i'm so deeply in love with you.

i never believed in love until i met you. this made it real for me.

everything i've ever done, everything i've ever gone through... it was worth it. it was worth it to find you.

i waited a lifetime to find you. i'd wait a thousand lifetimes more.

the universe conspired to bring us together. i believe that.

you don't know what you do to me.

i crave the taste of your mouth like nothing else on earth. i need your kiss.

i swear to you right now, i'm going to marry you someday.

my atoms know your atoms. my body needs your body.

there's nothing i want more than to spend the rest of my life by your side, whatever it takes.

i admire the utter strength of you. you never fail to blow me away.

nothing will take me from you. do you understand?

i will never leave your side. i am meant for you. i belong to you.

every time you look at me, i lose control of my body, my lungs... i can't breathe. i can't think. i can't function.

come any closer, and i swear... i'll love you for the rest of my life.

not even death can take you from me.

stay close to me. hold my hand. cling to me.

i think i was created with you in mind.

you are simply the most beautiful person i have ever known. i can't possibly live without you.

before i met you, i never believed in a one true love. you changed that. you changed everything.

i'm speechless. you're remarkable.

i'm drawn to you. i've been drawn to you since the day we met.

there's not a single part of you i don't love with all my heart and soul.

you're my other half. my better half. i couldn't do this without you.

fanon basta of my heart: ben barnes

basta if he had a lone wolf arc: aidan turner

I´d be lying if I said I didn´t have a crush on him as a child...

This is actually pretty close to how I imagine him in my head, I´m happy. Yes, you can see the hint of his macabre necklace, and I chose to give him a carnation as the "red flower he wears like a warning".