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aestivaltide · 28 days
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“Are you afraid they’ll all find out? How much I want my wife?” he whispers. “Or how much she wants it too?” I'm LOVING EchoFarAndFaint's fantastic Mafia AU, my saint of saints. Did a quick sketch of the car scene...
https://archiveofourown.org/works/54209566/chapters/137269753… #reyloww #reyloart
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aestivaltide · 2 months
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Rey watched, unseen, as Ben stood on the pier. And then, he'd done it. Thrown the last vestiges of his old life into the water. And with it, the fears and doubts that had plagued her for so long. Her heart overflowed, and she ran to him...
Some reylo art for today!
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aestivaltide · 2 months
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I've gotten a lot done on my older WIPs, I thought I'd treat myself to sketching some sweet reylo kisses for Valentine's Day!
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aestivaltide · 4 months
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Everything was flawless: the dress, the flowers, the church, the ceremony, the dinner with good friends at their favorite restaurant afterward.
But, but...
And then, suddenly, the sky filled with snow, and Rey was in Ben's arms.
The perfect winter wedding.
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aestivaltide · 6 months
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A sketch of an embrace, today.
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aestivaltide · 7 months
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We're soulmates. You just don't know it yet.
"We're soulmates. You just don't know it yet." Happy Valentine's Day, my Reylos! Inspired by AmyBeeGood's rather astonishing Creep. https://archiveofourown.org/works/25554175/chapters/62008714… It's dark, mind the tags!
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aestivaltide · 8 months
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I love you as certain dark things are to be loved...
"I love you as certain dark things are to be loved in secret, between the shadow and the soul..."
The world between worlds was calling to me for this one even before Ashoka, but I knew I had to go there after.
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aestivaltide · 8 months
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and if i'm on fire, you'll be made of ashes, too
"More and more, she wonders why she waited so long to take Ben’s hand. More and more, she worried she'd waited too long." This one's for
@randombks's haunting and if i'm on fire, you'll be made of ashes, too.
In working on this, I spent a lot of time looking at mid-century pulp fiction covers by illustrators like Robert McGinnis: I wanted to capture the color and feeling of the nightclub Rey worked in, but also the tension that defines a lot of those covers. I hope I succeeded!
And I wanted to play with canon - Rey's white dress is both a nod to early '60s fashion (albeit a little too low cut, but she is a nightclub singer!) while also being a nod to canon. Similarly, Ben's in black and lingering in the darkness.
https://tinyurl.com/yc29de4z (just FYI, lots of angst but definitely HEA!)
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aestivaltide · 8 months
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Sketch of a sweet canon kiss today!
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aestivaltide · 9 months
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"We both know I am never going to stop coming for you."
AmyBeeGood posted the final chapter of her darkfic, #1 Crush, which thrilled me to the bottom of my black little heart! As with all things Amy, mind the tags.
Final Chapter: https://archiveofourown.org/works/34678819/chapters/123903892
From the beginning: https://archiveofourown.org/works/34678819/chapters/86341870
moodie by me!
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aestivaltide · 11 months
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Happy MerMay!
Chaos exploded above, and things began to sink into the deep - bits of ship, tons of treasure and.. him. All at once, Rey heard Rose's voice whispering in her head, "We win by saving what we love.."
Happy MerMay everyone!
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aestivaltide · 1 year
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May the Fourth Be With You, today and everyday!
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aestivaltide · 1 year
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We're soulmates. You just don't know it yet.
"We're soulmates. You just don't know it yet." Happy Valentine's Day, my Reylos! Inspired by AmyBeeGood's rather astonishing Creep. https://archiveofourown.org/works/25554175/chapters/62008714… It's dark, mind the tags!
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aestivaltide · 1 year
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..amid the cold of winter, when half-spent was the night...
..they found their love aright, amid the cold of winter when half-spent was the night..
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For day 20 of the 24 days of Reylo, Fairy Lights!
I wanted this one to feel a little like a fairy tale, and tried to draw it accordingly. Happy Holidays, everyone! May your New Year be blessed with all the happy endings!
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aestivaltide · 1 year
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Let it snow!
"Oh, the fire is slowly dying And, my dear, we're still goodbying But as long as you'd love me so Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!
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Getting in the holiday spirit with a little snow for 24 days of Reylo!!!
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aestivaltide · 1 year
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the other side of the war
"She kisses him. "It’s not like their first. That one had been just as heady and incredible, but charged and anxious as well; sizzling with victory and disbelief and gratitude on Rey’s end and tinted with remorse on his own. He’d thought then, genuinely, that it would be the last thing he ever did, and he’d tried to kiss her like it was.
"The push and pull of his lips against hers is slow and sweet - unhurried and untainted by fear of encroaching death or crumbling temples. There’s no rush, not now. Time cannot reach them on this island."
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One of my favorites, for @aaveena, from her canonverse fic, the other side of the war. Link included, give it a read!
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aestivaltide · 1 year
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leaning in for a kiss
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