@rvbelhearts Jey found himself giving his brother a side eye from hell, because not only was he asking April entirely too many questions, now all her attention seemed to be focused on his brother, since the two of them were suddenly having this nice little conversation. Jimmy started telling April all about how the two of them were from Florida, went to school in Alabama, how they both played football, but were home for the summer. Jey thought to himself, I could have told her all of that, but he just let it slide, because once again, why did he care so much? Since it was apparently about to storm, they decided to just head to the twin’s house, and just eat there, and Jey really wanted his mom to meet April, anyway. He made sure to text his mother, letting her know what was going on, and that they were bringing someone home with them. He was quiet for the rest of the ride to the house, but once they finally pulled up in the driveway of their childhood home, Jey quickly climbed out of the car, so he could head around and open April’s door for her, holding his hand out, so he could help her out of the backseat. “Don’t be surprised if my mama has already cooked a full course meal. She was excited when I texted and told her we had a friend joinin us.”

april tried to keep up with the conversation but jimmy talked too much too fast . the tiny girl just offered the appropriate sounds and chimed in occasionally when she could follow what he was saying . it made her jealous to hear how much love they had for their family and the respect they clearly felt for their parents . it made her think about her own relationship with her family and the way she had been treated .

she kept the purple monkey tucked safely in the crook of her arm , keeping herself grounded for the moment . her gaze shifted to jey , her small hand sliding into his so easily as she climbed carefully out of the car . ❛ are you sure ? she don't have to do all of that . she's not mad ? ❜ she could picture her own mothers reaction to april even suggesting bringing home a friend.

"no touching right now. that comes later." ( priest and aj )

@lambsgone

bottom lip is caught between her teeth as a frustrated whine is given, hands pinned above her head with just one of his own. the black widow greedy, wanting to be able to touch freely — but that wasn't in daddy's plans tonight, apparently. and usually she'd be quiet about it, listen like a good girl — but there was a part of her that wanted to argue because sometimes she just couldn't seem to help herself.

bottom lip released with a soft 'pop' , same lip pouting as she gazes up at him. "but daddy — i wanna touch you," a tug of her arms are given, though she knows very well she wasn't getting free unless he deemed it. he's got her pinned down, arms above her head and legs pinned down as he hovers over her. and yet she still tries to wriggle free.

⭐️ // for april

a calm starry night for devil's black widow

it was a night where anger had been dealt with using alcohol, the petite woman drinking maybe more than she should have. max had been sitting across the bar from her, and the more she drank the more she could feel the wound ache. eventually the liquid courage led to her confronting him, but the anger soon gave way and the pair had left together to take a walk in an attempt to sober her up.

sober april would've noped out, refused to even talk to him let alone go for a walk with him. but she was deliciously warm and her head the right kind of fuzzy. eventually the pair had found a bench just outside of the park to sit on. espresso hues glancing up and catching sight of the star littering the sky, the wind calm and there was no animosity for the moment. no words were spoken as she admired the sky, slowly feeling herself begin to sober up the longer they sat there.

but, being the fool she was, those hues soon flickered to rest on the man sitting beside her. brows furrowed as the confusion slowly seeped in. there was no way she would dare speak and ruin the tentative truce between them, but that didn't mean that april wasn't dying to ask all of the questions flickering through her mind. shaking her head and soon adverting her gaze back to the stars, feeling a warmth in her cheeks.

did you really think i was that heartless? // max to april

@defeatsthem

the pair had come to a timid type of truce, something having shifted there she didn't fully understand but had accepted it with slight trepidation. punk had been rather vocal about his displeasure on their tentative... acquaintanceship? but she'd been fighting back with an almost rabid type of stubbornness, pointing out that she dared never to interfere in his own friendships. it led to her taking off for celeste's home in texas instead of her home with him, not wanting to deal with him on his days off.

but he'd managed to get under her skin, his words drilling into her skull savagely as they dripped with venom. feeding her lines about max just using april to get at himself, and she'd began to let the doubt creep in, allowed past friendships and coworkers that had done that very same thing to consume her, allowed him to twist her mind until she'd began to believe.

she'd been brought to the show to support her husband just as she always had and she'd run into max as punk had wandered off with a few other people. doe eyes had stared at him with a suspicion that hadn't been there before, and he'd asked what the problem was. april had erupted, finally asking flat out if he was just using her friendship to get at punk.

his response had brought tears to her eyes, a conflicted look in her eyes as she could hear her husbands words playing on a loop in her mind. stomach rolled with nausea as she caught the look of betrayal. ❛ i don't know what i think, ❜ her voice trembled, thick with tears.

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