ᅟᅟ * 𝓛ᴀᴅʏ 𝓛ᴜᴄʏ.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀SHE DIDN'T WANT TO BE FOR KNOWING HOW TO 𝐒𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐄 FOR 𝑺𝑬𝑪𝑶𝑵𝑫-𝑩𝑬𝑺𝑻.⠀⠀

[ᅟᅟ * 𝓛ᴀᴅʏ 𝓛ᴜᴄʏ. @secondgazed]

⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀𝙇𝘼𝘿𝙔 𝙇𝙐𝘾𝙄𝙉𝘿𝘼 "𝙇𝙐𝘾𝙔" 𝘼𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙉𝘼𝙏𝙃𝙔

⠀⠀❝ She was at the center of her world. It was life and it was happening to her. For once, it was about her. ❞

[ᅟᅟ ᅟ𝕿𝚁𝙾𝙸𝙰. @wondertrojan]

⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀ 𝘿𝙊𝙉𝙉𝘼 𝙏𝙍𝙊𝙔

⠀⠀❝ We didn't chose to be what we are. And it could be argued that this life chose us. We live it. With all the challenges. Obstacles. Disappointment. Failures. It's successes. It's joys. ❞

[ᅟᅟ * 𝓛ᴀᴅʏ 𝓛ᴜᴄʏ. @secondgazed]

okay, but I shall come with you.

[𝐆. 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧 @OFTHEGAZE]

worth a try

[ᅟᅟ * 𝓛ᴀᴅʏ 𝓛ᴜᴄʏ. @secondgazed]

handful of days with you than spend a lifetime wondering what might have been."

[ᅟᅟ * 𝓛ᴀᴅʏ 𝓛ᴜᴄʏ. @secondgazed]

The kiss lingered only a moment longer than the first, yet it left her dizzy, as though the ground beneath her feet had shifted half an inch and refused to settle.

When he drew back, she did not open her eyes at once. She stayed there, forehead still resting against his.

"You +

[𝐆. 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧 @OFTHEGAZE]

- another soft kiss to her lips. “i wish to be together with you, lucy and i know that you do too”

[ᅟᅟ * 𝓛ᴀᴅʏ 𝓛ᴜᴄʏ. @secondgazed]

whispered. "Ask Anthony. Let him try. And in the meantime… let us be patient. Let us be clever. Let us protect this fragile, impossible thing we have just begun."

She smiled then—small, tremulous, radiant.

"Because I think I have already decided I would rather fight for a +

[ᅟᅟ * 𝓛ᴀᴅʏ 𝓛ᴜᴄʏ. @secondgazed]

he... he will say no, no matter what you say.

[𝐆. 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧 @OFTHEGAZE]

please, allow me to speak with him

[ᅟᅟ * 𝓛ᴀᴅʏ 𝓛ᴜᴄʏ. @secondgazed]

i adore you, too.

[𝐆. 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧 @OFTHEGAZE]

i do …

[ᅟᅟ * 𝓛ᴀᴅʏ 𝓛ᴜᴄʏ. @secondgazed]

... you do?

[𝐆. 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧 @OFTHEGAZE]

i adore you …

[ᅟᅟ * 𝓛ᴀᴅʏ 𝓛ᴜᴄʏ. @secondgazed]

that and how humble you are.

[𝐆. 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧 @OFTHEGAZE]

another thing that you adore about me

[ᅟᅟ * 𝓛ᴀᴅʏ 𝓛ᴜᴄʏ. @secondgazed]

you are impossible.

[𝐆. 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧 @OFTHEGAZE]

you are more than welcome to do so, lucy ..

[ᅟᅟ * 𝓛ᴀᴅʏ 𝓛ᴜᴄʏ. @secondgazed]

stop it or i will have to kiss you.

[𝐆. 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧 @OFTHEGAZE]

lucy …

[ᅟᅟ * 𝓛ᴀᴅʏ 𝓛ᴜᴄʏ. @secondgazed]

gregory...

[𝐆. 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧 @OFTHEGAZE]

lucy …

[ᅟᅟ * 𝓛ᴀᴅʏ 𝓛ᴜᴄʏ. @secondgazed]

i love it when you call my name.

[𝐆. 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧 @OFTHEGAZE]

please … please lucy

[ᅟᅟ * 𝓛ᴀᴅʏ 𝓛ᴜᴄʏ. @secondgazed]

thumbs brushing the faint colour still staining his cheeks.

“I cannot promise you I will call off the wedding tomorrow. But I can promise you this: I do not want to lose you either. Not to duty. Not to fear. Not to anyone."

[ᅟᅟ * 𝓛ᴀᴅʏ 𝓛ᴜᴄʏ. @secondgazed]

Lucy felt the world tilt and steady again in the space between one breath and the next. Her thumb still rested against the warm line of his jaw, feeling the faint tremor there, the quick rise and fall of his pulse.

When he pulled back just enough for their eyes to meet, she +

[𝐆. 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧 @OFTHEGAZE]

- his pupils had dilated because of the kiss, because of her.

“please”

[ᅟᅟ * 𝓛ᴀᴅʏ 𝓛ᴜᴄʏ. @secondgazed]

me in this moment…" A small, trembling smile touched her lips, sad and radiant at once. "I will spend the rest of my life wondering what it would have felt like to choose differently. And that, Gregory—that would be the true ruin."

She lifted her other hand to cup his face, +