༺ 𝓜𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝓜. ༻

— ❝𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵. . . 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵, 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘳.❞ @OutlawNotKing

[༺ 𝓜𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝓜. ༻ @LovedOnceNTrue]

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[༺ 𝓜𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝓜. ༻ @LovedOnceNTrue]

@OutlawNotKing —sprinting towards his dad with baby light speed.

❝Happy bwday! ❞

He exclaims earning himself a soft chuckle from his mother. Impatient just like his dad.

[༺ 𝓜𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝓜. ༻ @LovedOnceNTrue]

It’s their first year together coming to an end. All three of them, that is. Arthur and Mary first met when they were just kids but last year their lives have been blessed with the sweetest baby boy anyone could have ever asked for. But as years pass, Arthur’s another year was —

[༺ 𝓜𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝓜. ༻ @LovedOnceNTrue]

@OutlawNotKing —Mary helped him put there.

Taking the cake with her, she gently nudged the boy forward. He waddles excitedly, squeezing the box so tightly it nearly breaks.

❝Happy birthday to you-❞

When she sings, Matty can’t wait any longer and starts bouncing in his spot before —

[༺ 𝓜𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝓜. ༻ @LovedOnceNTrue]

—But with Hosea and Bessie’s help, Arthur was kept out of the house for most of the time. But when the nighttime came, it was finally time for him to return back home. One seemingly dark and empty home.

—@OutlawNotKing—

[༺ 𝓜𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝓜. ༻ @LovedOnceNTrue]

—coming to an end. Which is why Mary- with a small help of her brave young managed to prepare a cake- Arthur’s favourite chocolate and chestnuts cream. The process of making wasn’t as hard as keeping it secret. Arthur’s nose could smell his wife’s baking from miles away.—

[༺ 𝓜𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝓜. ༻ @LovedOnceNTrue]

@outlawswisdom —loved in return. Unconditionally. And I know I always will love you just like that and just as much. Because no father deserves that as much as you do, Pa’.❞

A radę book that was indeed- a rather hard one to get as well. But it was worth it- for Hosea, Mary would do anything.

[༺ 𝓜𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝓜. ༻ @LovedOnceNTrue]

Mary has been rather nervous. Which has never happened to her before. Not during any of her numerous encounters with Hosea. Yet today was different somehow. But at the same time- it had to be done. Which is why she picked nervously at a small piece of grass as she waited for him

[༺ 𝓜𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝓜. ༻ @LovedOnceNTrue]

@outlawswisdom —the first page where in neat cursive the inscription is written.

❝I always imagined, I’d be better off as an orphan. And then you showed up in my life with your wit and kindness and that smile that warms up hearts and you’ve truly showed me what it means to love and be —

[༺ 𝓜𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝓜. ༻ @LovedOnceNTrue]

@outlawswisdom —met. And now it’s resting on his lap- just like that. As if it’s always belonged to the man.

❝I-I know you’ve mentioned it before and I knew I’ve seen one like that around-❞

[༺ 𝓜𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝓜. ༻ @LovedOnceNTrue]

@outlawswisdom —words, Mary reaches by her side and grabs a book. Rather old one, covered in green leather with worn golden letters on the spine saying: “Brenner’s Complete Herbal Remedies guide”. A book he’s been looking for years now. She did remember mentioning it when her and Arthur first—

[༺ 𝓜𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝓜. ༻ @LovedOnceNTrue]

@outlawswisdom —her hands are shaking a little bit as the woman looks away, focusing on the horizon as of to calm her thoughts. It hardly helps.

❝I’m sorry, I’m just. . . I don’t even know. I’m sorry.❞

A sigh leaves her lips as Mary gently rubs her eyes. It’s going oh so well-

[༺ 𝓜𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝓜. ༻ @LovedOnceNTrue]

@outlawswisdom His voice makes her jump a little. She did expect him yet now that he was here, Mary felt her heart beat faster and her stomach tie in a knot.

❝. . . ‘sea. You’ve made it. I- don’t worry. I understand. I wasn’t waiting for too long. It’s not really that important, I-. . . ❞—

[lou 🐦‍⬛ @abigailscoffee]

in this house we love playing as molly just to harass dutch

[༺ 𝓜𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝓜. ༻ @LovedOnceNTrue]

@OutlawNotKing —you! I c-couldn’t! I couldn’t!❞

Panic present in her voice, her breath quicker than any other time before.

❝I don’t want you to die, Arthur! You can’t die-!❞

[༺ 𝓜𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝓜. ༻ @LovedOnceNTrue]

@OutlawNotKing —sneaking out together and sleeping on rooftops or hiding in abandoned cabins like this. Life was easier this way. Simple. We were so happy.❞

She turns towards Arthur once again, her eyes seeking his own. The unpredictable ocean in his eyes had some strangely calming —

[༺ 𝓜𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝓜. ༻ @LovedOnceNTrue]

@OutlawNotKing —own room save the man she loves so much

❝I-I killed him. Arthur, I killed a man. I killed a man!❞

Mary’s tears soak through his shirt as a rumble rolls over the night sky threatening to bring heavy rain falling from the night sky.

❝I couldn’t let him hurt —