Bellamy J. Barnes

“I meant that I ain’t exactly a social butterfly, y'know? But the people I have had the fortune of meeting, well, most’ve them have been the good sort.” He gave a loose shrug. “Of course, there’s some bad apples, too. But it’s like that anywhere you go.”

Her boldness was refreshing. It took an amount of honesty and self-awareness to say something like that, especially to someone you’d just met. “If I found you annoying, I wouldn’t have gotten in the car,” he said with a slight smile. “Just a little surprised you figured out that I’m a nymph so quickly. Not that I wouldn’t have told you if you’d asked, but it takes most people a couple guesses." 

Across the fence, there’s sounds of rustling and wood creaking as Will pushed the loose board back into place. "Nah, just a loose board,” he called back, metal clinking as he dug through his toolbox to find the right sized nail. A few loud bangs was all it took to hammer the board securely back in place. Just to be sure, he took an extra second to encourage the nearby plant life to grow over the board, holding it into place. The dirt, too, fills back in from where Boss had dug it out. 

With that done, he tiptoed to peek over the fence. “All done, if you wanna come check it out.”

        Bella listened as things were moved and hammered, waiting for him to say that all was good before leaving Boss to come around and check his work. Her steps were slow, watching that Boss didn’t follow her out the gate, faster once she’d closed it.

         “I’d love to hear who the bad apples have been,” she requested. If he’d been in town a while, maybe they weren’t around anymore, or worse had been part of some time period in the towns past when a bunch of bad harmful people had come in. She had even been one of the bad apples at a point, not because she wanted to hurt the town but because she’d been hurting.

          At his confession he was surprised, she felt sort of proud. Still admiring his work she wa also admiring herself for stumping him. The ability itself was rather simple. “Nothing smells more delicious than a nymph. Even other fae don’t smell quite so delicious,” she explained, eyes lifting to him, golden and soft as they lingered for a moment, in silence, before returning to the fence. It looked almost as good as new. “I’m glad I’m not annoying you, I probably should have explained how I knew, but it’s weird to tell someone they smell like you literally want to eat them. It’s even harder to explain how you smell so good,” she continued, exhaling hard before inhaling deeply. Her existence was death and his own was a life energy, how could it not smell good?

“I got nothing against meeting people,” he says slowly, a little reluctant. “There’s plenty of fine folks in this town, from what I’ve seen.” Will was torn: meeting new people could be interesting, but he also loved the solitude of his daily routine. Going out and socializing rarely fit into his usual schedule of being in bed before nine. If he was going to socialize, he preferred it to be on his own terms.

“Oh yeah, nah, I got that,” he says, with a dismissive sweep of one hand, alleviating any concerns over having been offended. “Some things aren’t worth getting worked up about. Difference is taste is one of them." 

Will arches a brow as Bella casually drops that she had figured out his species. Not knowing much about vampires, he didn’t realize she could smell the fae in his blood—instead, he pegs it up to her being particularly observant, or maybe it was just a really good guess. Since living in Soapberry, Will had never tried to hide that he was a nymph. Typical for his species, he was confident that he could fend off any potential attackers, not that being attacked was really much of a concern.

"Well, if Gucci approves, guess that means I’m doing something right,” he says, entirely deadpan. Heading to the other side of the fence, it doesn’t take long to spot the loose board where Boss had squirmed his way out. Loose dirt spills onto the street where the pup had helped widen the opening enough to escape, but it was just a matter of nailing the board back into place to fix it.

“Found it,” he calls back over the fence to Bella, already popping open his toolbox.

         It didn’t quite sound like he had nothing against meeting people but she couldn’t be sure of what his tone meant exactly, she’d only just met him. “Seen sounds a little creepy but I’ll believe it’s not,” she smiled. Bella had excluded herself when she’d first got to the town, but couldn’t imagine living that way forever, she had issues with loneliness though and nymphs had their own way of feeling things, not to mention everyone just felt things uniquely.

        Bella noticed the arch of his brow, but wan’t quite sure what it was in response to. “I can’t tell if I’m annoying you or not,” she tells him, quite directly. “If I am, then I can stop talking and just let you help me.” Bella didn’t want to force someone to interact with her. Will was cute and he’d helped her dog but in the end that wasn’t enough for Bellamy to fight him on finding her vexing, she could be.

[ TEXT ]: I try my best to pick things up yeah xD [ TEXT ]: Ohhh thank you <3 we’re all pretty great! [ TEXT ]: and you’ve lost me? [ TEXT ]: What did I say?

[ TEXT ]: oh my gosh bells XD is that an innuendo? [ TEXT ]: ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i getcha <3 you just wanna be most beautiful I see! Okay  [ TEXT ]: Oh I’m sure it happens ! I’m just not someone who’d go with a stranger. I fall in with friends usually, someone Ive already known a while and I finally pick up something from

[ TEXT ]: You should she’s tons of fun! [ TEXT ]: Right? I was astounded! [ TEXT ]: Hah sorry Bella, everyone is beautiful! no terms and conditions [ TEXT ]: I guess I just don’t notice unless they’re specifically directing flirts at me XD [ TEXT ]: we both know you’ve got better taste in movies, so you bring something and i’ll scream along lol

[ TEXT ]: What a pair you two are with shopping lol [ TEXT ]: She and I went shopping and she did a whole outfit change in the middle, borrowed my shoes and everything [ TEXT ]: I mean everyone is beautiful in their own way bells, but never in the way you’re thinking [ TEXT ]: I’ve been told I can be quite blind to things unless they’re directed at me specifically [ TEXT ]: Okay x Time is good too [ TEXT ]: OH 100% bells! I’ll get the day off and we can go for it!

[ TEXT ]: Ah I see [ TEXT ]: It’s good to think about those things for other people, it’s for the best if you’re not ready [ TEXT ]: Isa has not and I’m livid, you have such good taste! [ TEXT ]: I get it.  [ TEXT ]: Well bells, we can work out miles anytime you want to talk I’ll ditch and we can have that sleepover at your new place? [ TEXT ]: Wasn’t it horror movies that got you feeling better?

[ TEXT ]: I do love him <3 [ TEXT ]: But hey me finally sleeping with my actual boyfriend isn’t as shocking as you lot! [ TEXT ]: Were both of them just a once night thing? [ TEXT ]: I’m honestly so confused how I didn’t see any of this coming [ TEXT ]: Vi and I literally slept over and I didn’t see it, and that was before she left!

[ TEXT ]: He is omg Bella plz you can’t be serious [ TEXT ]: I love him. I couldn’t have not said it back. [ TEXT ]: Best yeti I’ve ever had bells  [ TEXT ]: ISA? *AND* VI? [ TEXT ]: omg how did that even happen?!

[ TEXT ]: He’s so cute, so so so cute [ TEXT ]: I feel great ! [ TEXT ]: HE’S A VERY SEXY YETI [ TEXT ]: But who’s been on your boat?? spill!

[ TEXT ]: Oh hushh it was in response to you! [ TEXT ]: He’s not stopped saying it no, I can’t get enough [ TEXT ]: I was really fucking nervous, but in the end it didn’t really matter [ TEXT ]: My nerves didn’t last long at all [ TEXT ]: I’m upset I didn’t get on this boat with everyone else earlier lol

[ TEXT ]: oh 100% lol  [ TEXT ]: well I figured the word fit considering what I was correcting  [ TEXT ]: …kinda?  [ TEXT ]: He said he loved me. I just maybe got a little clingy after that o///o