𝐀𝐥𝐲𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐤.

𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐥𝐟 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐲𝐭𝐡.

𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲-

𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐮! #𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚

[𝐀𝐥𝐲𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐤. @lullinghowl]

𝐀𝐥𝐲𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐤.

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲- 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲. #𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚

𝐇𝐨𝐧��𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞.

𝟐𝟏+/𝐦𝐝𝐧𝐢/𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬/𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐮!

𝐑𝐓?

[𝐀𝐥𝐲𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐤. @lullinghowl]

@StagOfFury "Ice cream, please. Thank you," the woman added softly, her smile in place while light hands brushed over his hand in response- subtly, secretly.

[𝐀𝐥𝐲𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐤. @lullinghowl]

@AshenedDelight The woman yelped, instantly smacking the blonde's arm.

"Rhae! You scared me!-"

[𝑆𝑢𝑔𝑎𝑟 @AshenedDelight]

ཽ
𝑇𝘩𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑑

𝑀𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝑅𝘩𝑎𝑒𝑛𝑦𝑟𝑎 𝑇𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑦𝑒𝑛

𝑇𝘩𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝘩𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑚
𝑅𝑖𝑔𝘩𝑡𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝘩𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝐼𝑟𝑜𝑛 𝑇𝘩𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑒

autumn.

[𝐀𝐥𝐲𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐤. @lullinghowl]

@StagOfFury Alys eagerly waited for the serving- sometimes, she felt as though Atlas's mother knew everything. Intuition, maybe..

"Thank you," she chimed, already digging in.

[𝐀𝐥𝐲𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐤. @lullinghowl]

@StagOfFury "You don't need to ask - I'm going to need two portions," the woman said with a smile as Harwin agreed, still eating.

[𝐀𝐥𝐲𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐤. @lullinghowl]

@StagOfFury Alys was aware in moments like that of just how easy it'd been to hide their relationship - she was living with him, and no one suspected a thing. Alys smiled at her fiance across the table.

[𝐀𝐥𝐲𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐤. @lullinghowl]

@StagOfFury "That's true - I need at least four or I get moody," she teased, though she was smiling through it all as they ate.

[𝐀𝐥𝐲𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐤. @lullinghowl]

@StagOfFury It was that gesture that had Harwin pausing to look- but surely it was just some courtesy between friends. As she ate, Alys remained vigilant of their mutual friend.

[𝐀𝐥𝐲𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐤. @lullinghowl]

@StagOfFury "I'll take one, please."

The conversations were easy and light, the other none the wiser about what'd happened in recent months.

[𝐀𝐥𝐲𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐤. @lullinghowl]

@StagOfFury Harwin rolled his eyes in a playful manner. "Well, we have years before you decide to settle down, so our children are practice," came the good natured jest.

[𝐀𝐥𝐲𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐤. @lullinghowl]

@StagOfFury "Doubt it."

Alys gave a soft bout of laughter.

"I think everyone could give it a good go, no? I have nieces and nephews."

[𝐀𝐥𝐲𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐤. @lullinghowl]

@StagOfFury "Yeah? I'd trust Alys, not you-" he teased.

[𝐀𝐥𝐲𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐤. @lullinghowl]

@StagOfFury "Just the honey mustard for me."

She slid onto the seat by the counter and took her food, the three chatting casually about baby plans and the leave both would take for the first six months.

[𝐀𝐥𝐲𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐤. @lullinghowl]

@StagOfFury "Mhmm.." it was an affirming noise as she stood, already smiling over her shoulder at the man as they entered the kitchen to eat at the small island. Harwin was already shoving food onto plates for them to share.

[𝐀𝐥𝐲𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐤. @lullinghowl]

@StagOfFury "I know.. I'm actually so surprised.." she whispered. Rhae would notice in a second - a split second that something was off and she'd look until the answer was clear.

[𝐀𝐥𝐲𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐤. @lullinghowl]

@StagOfFury Alys gave a soft laugh, though her eyes went to Atlas as the man left for the food. He hadn't thought her presence their strange, nor the amount of stuff she had.. or the bump, or the ring.

Or - Harwin had seen it and just wasn't mentioning it.

[𝐀𝐥𝐲𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐤. @lullinghowl]

@StagOfFury "I think he'll be just perfect, like his mother."

Her smile widened, though it did tug at her heart to know that her best friend was with someone who loved her as deeply as he did.

[𝐀𝐥𝐲𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐤. @lullinghowl]

@StagOfFury "She's an independent lady, Harwin."

She shoved the other with a soft smirk in place.

"How are you feeling about becoming a dad?"

[𝐀𝐥𝐲𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐤. @lullinghowl]

@StagOfFury She slid down and sat beside Atlas, eyes moving over him for a moment before back to Harwin.

"I hear you've put Rhae on bedrest. She was complaining to me today," she teased.

[𝐀𝐥𝐲𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐤. @lullinghowl]

@StagOfFury "Wanted to catch up - only came back on Monday from the trip up north."

He lay out on the sofa like he lived there, eyes moving toward the two.

"Sorry for pushing you two together. Rhae and I wanted to get some stuff sorted for the baby - any day now."