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onthehighwaytomel · 1 year
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Boygenius just joined Muna onstage at Coachella to perform Silk Chiffon. If that's not a dream come true for music loving lesbians, I don't know what is
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lattechans · 3 years
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𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫
𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲: any romantic relationships between an elf and a human have dire consequences but you're still willing to try
𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠: elf!hyunjin x female reader
𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞: smut, fluff and a hint of angst
𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬: praising, piv, marking, nipple play (all in all pretty vanilla love making)
𝐚/𝐧: this is for the collab project created by @binniesthighs and wow i don't think i've ever written anything like this before but i'm quite proud of it! maybe i'll write fantasy more often from now on...
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you were taking notice of the scenery around you; the outline of the kingdom hazy from such a great distance. this place has become like your second home after many years of traveling. as a child, you were always a wanderer, so it surprised no one when you, as an adult, decided to go off and search for the ancient elven realms that only a few humans knew about.
the first time you met an elf was entirely by coincidence, and was the main reason you chose to look for more. hyunjin was his name, and he was the most ethereal being you had ever laid your eyes upon although you found all elves to be eerily beautiful creatures – hyunjin was different.
he had shoulder length dark brown hair, his eyes warm like caramel compared to those of his parents or the other elves, who looked more cold.
only one person truly knew about you and hyunjin, and she was the reason you were able to meet like this without constant concern for others finding out the true colors of your relationship. the two of you could only go so long sneaking around the kingdom, hiding together in the halls or stealing kisses in the library when someone could see you at any moment.
hyunjin knew that if the two of you were caught together like this, you’d be banished from the kingdom without hesitation and he would never be able to see you again.
you see, the elves had no problems with human visitors, nor even friendships. in fact, the royal family was once known for welcoming humans into their family; the queen had married a human decades before you or hyunjin were even born.
however, the times changed as the queen was betrayed by her husband, who stole one of the most treasured relics in the kingdom and killed many of the creatures who lived in the kingdom as he had fled. ever since then, no romantic relationships were allowed between elves and humans as they were believed to only bring wickedness and evil to the kingdom.
it goes without saying that ever since then, elves and humans alike had been punished for such relationships and although, for the humans the consequences were only banishment and shame, for the elves – the consequences were much worse. a true heartbreak would eventually kill an elf. this is why you needed a secluded place just for the two of you, safe from suspicious eyes.
a few months ago, you had approached the lady you had to thank for all this even being possible, aelvavorna, or aelva for short. she was one of the greatest wizards known in all of the realms, her powers stretched even to the human realm. however, even with such great power she preferred to help those in need and keep a low profile, right here in this kingdom.
the surprise wasn’t that you fell for hyunjin. practically anyone from the human realm would be mad not to pine after both his handsome features and his kind, generous demeanour. the surprise, in your mind, was that he somehow fell in love with you.
and aelva understood your relationship as soon as she met the two of you. in fact, aelva was glad to help the two of you; finding the rules of the elven kingdom when it came to elf-human love.
you vividly remember how she grabbed a heavy book and a small metal box from a table and placed them on the great stone table in the middle of the dimly lit room. “i have an enchantment that can create a safe refuge for you and your love.”
she explained the workings of the enchantment to the two of you and opened the metal box, revealing an odd assortment of rings and jewels, most of them old and tattered, and collected from where you'd never know. from the box, she selected a pendant with a dark blue, rectangular stone on a silver chain. she held it aloft for the both of you to see.
“whoever wears the pendant will be the one who can open the door, and who determines what lies inside,” she explained in a whisper.
“who will be the one to keep it?”
hyunjin took your hands in his without hesitation.
“will you?”
“yes.”
aelva fastened the pendant around your neck before pulling out the book of spells and handing it to hyunjin to hold open. she touched delicate fingertips to the pendant that hung against your collarbone, her other hand coming to rest on the book hyunjin held.
with the little light filtering in through the windows from the sliver of moon hanging high in the sky, aelva began to chant in a tongue you’d never heard before, reciting the spell she read from the page. you felt a quick surge of heat that made you gasp, and in moments, it was over.
she studied you carefully, a smile on her lips before giving her final instructions.
“the one who wears the pendant needs only think of what they’d like to find behind the door—a room, a country, anywhere—and when they turn the handle, that is the place they will find inside. only the wearer of the pendant and those that take her hand may enter; all others will not be able to find the door hidden in plain sight. but bear in mind, the pendant creates only illusion. nothing you find beyond this door is real, except for the two of you. but you will be safe here.”
you remember squeezing aelva’s hand, a tear rolling down your cheek. “thank you.”
“anything for true love.”
just before you left, hyunjin leaned down to kiss your lips with a promise. “i’ll meet you there tomorrow night.”
and so he did, not only the next night, but many, many more nights to come.
and now, in the shadow of an ancient tree, the last traces of sunlight were finally falling below the horizon, you watched as the streams of light glimmered across the fields, shining lights of green and yellow trailing behind them.
the tiny creatures living together in the elven kingdom illuminated the landscape as you leaned back against your lover’s chest, letting your head fall back onto his broad shoulder as you looked up toward the sky. his hand, warm and trembling, brushed down the side of your neck and shoulder, pushing the sleeve of your dress away so that he could kiss the bare skin underneath.
you sat between his legs, the smooth material of his dress shirt soft against your back, and you sighed as one of the fluttering lights bounced off a flower just a short distance away. you reached back, placing a delicate hand over hyunjin’s on your shoulder, and sighed. “i wish this could last forever.”
you felt his exhale against your ear. “so do i, my love,” he whispered before pulling your hand up to his lips for a chaste kiss. but alas, your time was running short. you both needed to return home, and if you weren’t back soon, you’d surely be missed.
hyunjin’s fingertips grazed the tiny flower buds he had carefully woven into your hair, placed just so to adorn you. but as the minutes dragged on, though all you wanted was to stay cradled in his arms, you knew it was time to leave the meadow and head for home.
hyunjin helped you to your feet and took up the bag you had brought with you, filled with delicious pastries and fruit, all the while, holding your hand tightly in his. as you walked through the meadow that was located on a far away hill, the glow of the grass and setting sun faded away behind you. it was only a short walk before you came to the door which was only known to you and hyunjin.
as if it had sprouted from the ground, the great door, seemingly wood and iron with an appointed arch over the top, stood in the downhill. as you stepped to the other side, you entered the same meadow that was connected to the kingdom, however, the huge door disappeared behind you.
a simple spell that hid you and hyunjin’s romance from the peering eyes of anyone else. you reached for the small pendant hanging on a chain around your neck and tucked it safely under the collar of your dress.
before parting, hyunjin wrapped his arm around you, his hand resting at the base of your spine, pulling you close for a languid kiss, slow and silent, neither of you wanting to let go. the danger of the kiss making both of you feel lightheaded. a breath passed as he broke the kiss, leaning his forehead against yours for only a moment, knuckles brushing your cheek. you exchanged no words, but you felt it, his love and passion that you returned tenfold under the cover of the kingdom now wrapped in the night .
you dared to stay long enough on the quiet alley to watch him disappear around the corner before hurrying the opposite way yourself. your heart full but aching.
more months passed this way, your rendezvous with hyunjin becoming more and more frequent. with this secret hideaway you shared, it was easier to spend time together, to crave each other’s presence in a place where no one could separate you. each time you met, hyunjin held your hand in his as you pictured the location you chose to visit on the inside. never did hyunjin make a request, even when you asked him to. it was his gift to you, he said.
“where to tonight, my love?” he asked, a dreamy tone in his voice that lit a small fire in some deep fragment of your soul. you wrapped your fingers around the pendant, concealed under your clothes during the day, and sighed.
you knew exactly where you wanted to go tonight. holding the thought in your mind, you reach for the emptiness, only for the door to erect out of thin air, turning the handle, the fantasy materializing in front of your eyes.
you found yourself in an unfamiliar room with a comfortable air about it. the walls and carpets were dark, rich reds and deep green floral patterns warmed the atmosphere before you. heavy wooden furniture was arranged just so, dark mahogany woods twisting in ornate patterns that looked like the roots of trees that had grown out of the floor. candles burned on the dressing table and a mirrored vanity, tossing shadows across the room, leading your eyes to a bed covered in velvety bedsheets.
“but this is—” hyunjin breathed.
“your bedroom. i wanted to see it.”
with the door safely closed behind you, you led hyunjin to his bed – the illusion of his bed – and sat beside him on the plush bedding. he dropped down beside you, running his hands over the designs on the blanket, an exact replica of the one he slept under every night.
everything in the room was exactly as it would be if he returned to his home at this exact moment. though it was almost uncanny to be sitting there, he felt a fluttering in his chest as he gazed upon you, your form against the backdrop of his most private space.
you, on the other hand, could hardly stop from observing the room, curious as to every detail, even if this was only a false vision of the real thing.
it was as close as you might ever come, and you decided to make it count. an urgency washed over you, the intimacy of peering into hyunjin’s bedroom overcoming your senses with a haze of lust. you reached out to his face, suddenly desperate to touch him, to feel his body, to be near him in the most carnal sense of the word.
you breathed his name before he took you in his arms and pulled you close, your lips crashing into his as instincts began to overcome him as well. this was where you belonged, in his arms, in his bed.
you opened up to him, letting your jaw fall open as he forced his tongue into your heated mouth, breathy moans and gasps escaping the both of you as your body rolled against his. his hands roamed down your back and around to your hips as you clung to his neck, both gripping the other as if you would never let go. clumsily, hyunjin’s slender fingers fumbled with the laces down the sides of your dress, messy in their desperation to remove the layers of clothes separating his body from yours.
“please, my love,” he whispered, hitching your breath in your throat as you realized he wanted you as passionately as you wanted him.
you rose to your knees and began untying the various fastenings of your dress until it fell loosely around your shoulders. hyunjin sat up to help pull the fabric over your head, leaving you in only your white underclothes, an image he held in his mind during lonely nights in this very room, when the two of you could not be together for one reason or another.
he marveled at your body like it was the first time he was seeing it, though this was far from the truth. the glow of your skin in the candlelight left him breathless, the curves of your jaw, your neck, your nearly exposed breasts, and your thighs almost too much for him to handle.
his hands traced the line of your shoulder, down your arms to your wrists, where he took hold and pulled your hands up to his lips, kissing the tips of your fingers as his dark lashes fluttered closed, drinking you in with his lips instead of his eyes.
clothing was discarded piece by piece, flung into a pile somewhere on the floor until the both of you were bare, chests heaving for breath as he kissed you, longing for your taste on his tongue.
you dragged your fingernails over his defined shoulders and chest as he kissed your neck, his teeth digging into the soft flesh he found there.
his hands wandered your hips and thighs, indecisive fingertips squeezing the curves of your legs and the globes of your ass until he couldn’t fight the instincts in his head any longer.
hooking his strong hands under your knees, hyunjin flipped you over on the bed, claiming a position on top of you where he had better access to your body. thick erection pressed tightly against his stomach, he leaned forward and captured one of your breasts in his mouth, sucking the tender flesh of its underside as his hand cupped the other side of your chest.
with nothing to dampen your moans, you cried out in pleasure as his lips moved to cover the hard bud of your nipple, his teeth digging in just enough to bring you to a place of dizziness.
“my love, ” he moaned between wet kisses, lips pressed against your skin with a shudder.
he sucked harder still as his dominant hand pinched your opposite nipple and massaged the mound underneath it in circles. you writhed under him, calling out his name as he ravaged your chest. your fingers burrowed into his locks, your body scrambling for anything to hold on to as if you would float up without doing so.
your ankles came to lock around his lower back, heels pressing into his spine as he nipped at your most sensitive areas, the ones he had come to know so well.
just as your neck was starting to feel unbearably hot from the pleasure, beads of sweat rolling down both your forehead and his back, he finally released your breast with a pop of his lips, gasping as he came up for air. he leaned back on his thighs, sitting upright to survey the traces of love bites and fingertip bruises he’d left across your chest, carefully kept below where the neckline of your dress would cover the next day.
as both of you caught your breath, he stared down at the pendant that gave you this power, which rested perfectly between your breasts, glinting as it caught the light from the nearest candle. it sent hyunjin’s head spinning as he touched his throbbing cock in one hand, preparing himself for you.
“let me fill you, please.” his thighs tensed between your legs, spread wide for him, straining to hold himself back. a glistening bead of pre-cum formed at his tip, but he didn’t break eye contact with you as he spread it over the blushing head of his cock with his thumb.
“please,” you whispered, hardly able to make a sound, as hungry for him as he was for you.
hyunjin released his grip between his legs and instead reached under your knees, folding your legs into your body, knees on either side of your chest. you felt him pressing forward, putting his weight first in his hands against the back of your thighs, spreading you wider in preparation. you wept for him, slick and trembling from his ministrations on your chest and the sight of his impossibly thick cock. you knew he would fit inside you, but only just.
with a sharp inhale, he teased his cock at your hole, the head swiping at your sensitive skin before he started to push himself inside you, inch by inch as he groaned. you felt the delicious burn as his thickness stretched your walls, both inside and out, to accept him.
“that’s it, my good girl, let me fill you,” he grunted, sweat dripping off the tip of his sloped nose and onto your chest as you whined in pleasure. he pulled out slowly before thrusting inside again, this time forcing himself inside you with a singular motion that had you clawing at his shoulders, mewling as his cock filled you completely.
hyunjin moaned deliciously as the pushing and pulling began, the dragging of his thickness creating intense friction between your legs. the sheer size of his cock splitting you in two had your head thrashing from side to side as he began to lose himself, lips moving almost on their own.
his eyes rolled back in his head with a gasp as his hip bones touched your thighs as he continued to pound himself into you. his thrusts came harder and faster yet, the muscles in your thighs trembling from being spread so wide for so long. the wet squelching of his cock sliding in and out of your heat couldn’t drown out hyunjin’s cries.
“y/n, oh my g– mine, my girl. mine” his words fell from his lips like a prayer, begging for salvation but not forgiveness, finally pushing you to release. your thighs bucked up against the strength of his legs as your neck and back arched severely off the bed, head thrown back in a scream as you came on his thick cock.
despite how you gasped, hyunjin didn’t stop, couldn’t stop, until you were filled with him. slick dribbled from your hole, wetting his cock even more as he slid in and out of you, pushing himself past his own limit.
“my love, i love you, i love you,” you panted, reaching to squeeze the muscles of his sturdy arms, impossibly flexed as he thrusted deep inside one last time before coating your insides with his load, his entire body shaking.
he collapsed beside you then, lungs gasping for breath, eventually pulling you into his chest, glistening with sweat and heat. his forehead dropped onto your shoulder and he curled into you, silent sobs wrenching from his lips as he began to cry. numbly, you lifted your arms to encircle his waist before sinking down to the mattress, your bodies slotting together as you held each other..
as soon as he could gather himself again, hyunjin spoke.
“i just want to spend forever with you but–” he didn’t have to say what it was. you didn’t want him to, afraid that admitting it aloud would cause your world of illusion to disappear.
“what will we do?” you asked, your heart breaking at the sight of him. tears welling up in your own eyes.
after a moment of silence, hyunjin slowly placed the pendant around his own neck and took your hand, pulling you up quickly. with one deep breath, he reached for the door the same door you came in from, pulling you alongside him as he lifted the iron handle of his door.
you followed, and with a flash of light, you stood on a green hillside at sunrise, grass under your bare feet, your bare body now covered with a white dress of his creation. you looked up at him and found him dressed not in robes, but in a simple white tunic and pants, the wind touseling the fabric.
he held both your hands as you gazed out behind him, the breathtaking view of the similar countryside dotted with stone fences and thatched roof cottages. everything around you felt calm, including the look in his eyes. “why here?” you asked.
“because,” he replied, “in a place like this, i’m just hyunjin, and you’re just you.”
tears welled in your eyes as he reached up to stroke your cheek. perhaps it was for the last time, you thought with a twinge in your chest, maybe this was the end for the two of you. you couldn’t go on like this. but his lips fluttered lightly over yours, pulling your eyes up to meet him when he released the kiss. his hands found your face, and you waited for the final goodbye.
but you found forever in his eyes. hyunjin tucked the pendant into his shirt and offered you his hand. you took it and began to walk alongside him, over the rolling hill, toward where the sun was now peeking over the horizon.
he squeezed your hand in an unspoken promise.
he’d leave everything behind, the kingdom, everything – to stay here with you. he would wander these pastures by your side for the rest of his days, hand in hand.
maybe this world was merely a fantasy, but it was the place you could be together. it was real as long as you were together.
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glimmerglanger · 4 years
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Hi! I love your fics. would you be willing to do “Can I have one last kiss?” for the angst prompt list? Any Obi-Wan pairing you like, though I'm voting for Codywan :) thank you!
SO, UH. It’s possible no one wanted THIS MUCH ANGST, but this prompt reached into my chest and broke my heart and this was the result. Post-Order 66. Warnings for implications of child death and prisoner abuse (off-screen) and an unhappy ending. Like, unhappier than canon ending. An ocean of angst.
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“Can I have one last kiss?”
CC-2224 glanced over at the prisoner, the unexpected nature of the request drawing his attention. He’d dealt with all kinds of begging and pleading from rebel worms. None of them had ever requested a last kiss.
Then again, the traitor Kenobi was hardly like most prisoners. He had the highest bounty on his head CC-2224 had ever seen. Lord Vader himself wanted the bastard, and no wonder. He’d killed so many during the war and betrayed everyone.
Kenobi looked little like a warmongering mastermind, at that moment. They’d dragged him out of some hovel in the middle of nowhere on the intel provided by some family living out in the wastes. He’d put up a fight, but they knew all about Jedi tricks.
He’d have been dead, if CC-2224’s orders hadn’t specified that he be taken alive if at all possible. Lord Vader, it seemed, had plans for him.
Currently, he sat slumped against the outside of the ship, his hands bound tightly behind his back, his ankles hobbled together. One of his eyes had stained black and blue. Blood flowed along his hairline and the corner of his mouth. His eyes were tired.
It was the longest CC-2224 could recall ever looking at rebel trash, and he caught himself, jerking his gaze to the side. “Keep your mouth shut,” he said, ignoring the question, ignoring the way Kenobi watched him.
“Oh,” Kenobi said, blue eyes on CC-2224 still. “Come now. We both know what’s going to happen to me after you take me to Anakin. Surely one last kiss, for old time’s sake, isn’t too much--”
He cut off, choking, when CC-2224 drove the butt of his blaster down. It hit the side of Kenobi’s head, sent him sprawling onto his side in the dirt. “Prisoners don’t speak,” CC-2224 snapped, standing over Kenobi’s crumbled form, glad no one else was close enough to overhear the traitor’s mad lies.
CC-2224 had never kissed him. He’d never kissed anyone. Those kinds of lies, though, could be dangerous, if they got to the wrong ears.
He wanted to be sure no one thought he was a rebel sympathizer. As though anyone could sympathize with those kriffing bastards. “A simple ‘no’ would have--”
Kenobi coughed blood across the sand, when CC-2224 kicked him, hard, in the gut. He curled, panting, afterwards, as CC-2224 sank to his haunches, grabbing Kenobi’s dirty hair and jerking his head up, making the traitor look up at him. “Shut your kriffing mouth,” he snapped, “or I’ll break your jaw. Are we clear?”
The other troopers returned, then, their work with the family that had reported Kenobi finished. CC-2224 could smell smoke on the air. “Problems with the prisoner?” one of the troopers asked, looking between CC-2224 and Kenobi’s crumpled form.
“No problems.” CC-2224 grabbed one of Kenobi’s arms, hauling him into the ship. “Is it done?”
“All sterilized,” the trooper said. “There was an extra target, not just the man and the woman. We neutralized it as well, per the Chancellor’s orders.”
CC-2224 nodded, said nothing more as he dragged Kenobi through the ship and into the holding cell they’d designed specifically for him. All the fight seemed to have gone out of him. He made no effort to speak or scramble away, just lay where CC-2224 dropped him, face against the floor, and he could have been dead, if not for the sound of his weeping.
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CC-2224 avoided the prisoner during their trip across the stars to Mustafar, to Lord Vader, but he could not, quite, avoid thinking about Kenobi. The man had poisoned him, somehow, because he dreamed. CC-2224 had never dreamed, before.
He dreamt each night of the trip, strange, twisting images filling his mind. In the images, Kenobi was always there, sometimes looking serious, sometimes battered, often smiling, soft and warm. 
In many of the dreams, CC-2224 was kissing him, pressed close to his body, so close they shared breath. In many of the dreams, he could see Kenobi’s skin, he was touching Kenobi, their bodies tangled together in some horrific way and--
And it was just dreams. CC-2224 knew what dreams were. Just lies. Fabrications.
It made no sense that the lies led him down to the cell. Kenobi sat in a corner, head bowed down towards his chest. There was blood on his robes, some of it fresh. He stayed still when CC-2224 opened the forcefield and stepped into the room, gave no sign of caring when CC-2224 walked over to stop in front of him.
He’d been that way since they left the planet. Catatonic, according to the medic aboard. He didn’t stir to eat or drink. He ignored beatings. He ignored everything, his eyes empty and his expression blank.
CC-2224 bent enough to grab his hair, pulling his head up and snapping, “What did you do to me?”
Kenobi said nothing. His eyes were unfocused. There were tear tracks, dried across his cheeks. CC-2224 ground his teeth together, but he needed to know. He needed proof the dreams were a lie, some kind of Jedi trick, he--
He’d seen Kenobi’s body, in the dreams. So many times. Seen his hands all over it, but that was--a lie. And he could prove it. He shoved Kenobi over - there was no fight in him, none at all - and pulled at his filthy robes. The guard at the door made no protest. No one cared what they did with rebel trash. Why would they?
CC-2224 pulled the robes open across Kenobi’s chest and froze.
There were scars, where he’d known there would be. There was a cluster of freckles over his collarbone, as CC-2224 had known there would be. There was--
CC-2224 shifted back, his breath loud inside his helmet, a terrible pain in the back of his head. He stood, jerking to his feet, leaving Kenobi sprawled on his side, robes in disarray and he’d hate that, he’d hate not being in order and CC-2224 couldn’t know that.
He took a step back and then another and made it to the head before he tore off his helmet, bent at the waist, and vomited.
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The images wouldn’t stop. They sleeted through CC-2224’s head. In some of them, Kenobi called him Cody. In some they were laying in a bed not unlike CC-2224’s bunk on the star destroyer he called home most of the time. In some Kenobi was grinning at him, wildly.
They all made CC-2224 hurt, inside his chest, the pain ever-present and deepening. He had no idea what kind of trick it was, but he knew the Jedi couldn’t be trusted. He dared not even inform the medics.
If he’d been corrupted, they would have to deal with him. Terminate him. So he kept the flashes of images to himself, bit down on his tongue, and avoided Kenobi until they finally arrived at Mustafar.
And then some mad itch down his spine made him go down for the prisoner. Kenobi’s robes were thrown haphazardly over him. It had been a long trip, and he hadn’t been able to poison everyone’s minds. Just CC-2224’s.
He looked… nothing like he did in the images in CC-2224’s mind. He looked like a broken toy, curled on his side on the floor, blank-eyed. There were bloody handprints on his skin. Bruises. And in CC-2224’s head, he could hear laughter, a warm voice calling him Cody and saying, “Come here, come here.”
CC-2224 knelt by Kenobi’s head, reached out and touched his jaw, and something about the images forced him to be gentle. There was horror in his head, an emotion he’d never felt beating at his chest in an attempt to get out. This was… wrong. All wrong. Everything was wrong.
“We’ve reached our destination,” he said, and his voice sounded strange. Soft. Kenobi made no sign of hearing him. CC-2224 was going to have to drag him out, deposit him like a broken doll at Vader’s feet.
He had to. Those were his orders. And some Jedi trick that left him feeling like he was being cored out didn’t change his orders.
But.
But his hands shook, strangely, as he reached for his helmet. He lifted it slowly, set it to the side. He had images, so many images, of kissing Kenobi. His mouth. His forehead. His neck, his chest, every inch of his skin. They couldn’t be real. None of this was real. It was all just lies.
But.
But it felt familiar, brushing Kenobi’s hair away from his face. But it felt familiar, fitting a hand to his cheek. But it felt familiar, leaning over, brushing a soft kiss across his battered mouth. He’d asked, before he went away into his head, for one last kiss.
CC-2224 gave it to him. Gentle. Sweet. He hadn’t known he knew how to be those things, until that moment.
And then he pulled his helmet back on, ignoring the tears streaming down his cheeks, ignoring the pain in his chest, ignoring the ache in his head. And he slid an arm under Kenobi’s shoulders, another under his legs, and lifted him, instead of dragging him by the arms from the ship.
Lord Vader was, after all, waiting.
And CC-2224 had his orders.
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The Trials of Emi
Pairing: A little Minho. A sprinkle of Frypan. Gally x Emi(OC)
Summary: Emi, her twin brother Thomas, and a small group of gladers had been rescued and taken to a safe haven. Or so it seemed. It doesn't take long for Thomas to realize something is wrong. What happens next is a true trial for all of them but Emi's trials began the moment she was ripped away from a dying Gally. Watching someone you love die right before your eyes truly takes a toll.
Finally meeting the right arm could have been the end but betrayal leads to even more chaos and loss. A new mission to rescue those taken from them leads them to a city. The last city. After Emi finally comes to terms with everything that's happened something unfolds that changes everything again. She will have to not only deal with helping her brother take down WCKD and save their friend but also deal with all the new problems in her head and her heart.
Rating: As of right now it’s at most PG13. Some strong language that’s about it but it could change.
(This is the 2nd part/book to my other story "The Maze trials: A Gally Fanfiction". This will cover the events of the scorch trails and the death cure.)
Chapter Sixteen
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We followed Gally through the crowded building. Thomas was walking next to him with Newt and Brenda right behind them. Fry and I were the next in line. Fry was still holding my hand to keep me next to him. Jorge pulled up the rear behind us.
"After the maze, I got picked up by a group headed to the city. They realized I was immune, patched me up, and brought me here to Lawrence. His troops have been at war with WCKD ever since they took control of the city. WCKD can't hide behind those walls forever. The day's gonna come and their gonna pay for what they've done." Gally explained as we walked.
We stopped at the end of the hall we were in. Gally turned to face us.
"Listen, uh, he doesn't get a lot of visitors. So, let me do the talking alright? Try not to stare." Gally said then turned to walk again.
We followed behind him to the end of this hall then down a set of stairs into what looked like some kind of living area. Two men were standing at the end of the room by some homemade garden.
"Gally, glad to see you made it back. Jasper told me about what happened." One of the men said.
He seemed to be playing with a flower. He was hooked to some kind of wire that was attached to a metal pole on wheels.
"It was a slaughter. There's nothing we could do against those guns." Gally told the man.
"No, but they can only poke the hornet's nest so long before they get stung. Who are these people? Why are they here?" The man asked without looking at any of us.
"We need to get into WCKD. Gally said you can get us threw the walls." Thomas stepped forward to stand next to Gally.
"Gally should know better than make promises he can't keep. Besides, that wall is only half your problem. Getting inside WCKD is impossible." The man said.
"There might be a way now. It doesn't work without Thomas." Gally said.
"Is that so?" The man asked turning towards us.
His face was still hidden from the light streaming through the windows behind him. He walked forward toward Thomas. The light hit his face. I had to bite my lip to keep from gasping. He was a crank. At least he looked like one. He stopped right in front of Thomas. He leaned forward putting his face only an inch from Thomas.
"Do you know what I am Thomas?" He leaned back.
"I am a businessman which means I don't take unnecessary risks. Why should I trust you?" He asked narrowing his eyes at Thomas.
"Cause I can help you. You see, if you can get me through those walls I can get you what you need." Thomas told him.
"And what is it that you think I need?" He asked slowly.
Thomas looked at the IV like set up the man had next to him.
"Time. Every last drop." Thomas told him.
The man chuckled then glanced at his IV.
"Is that what I need?" He asked.
"WCKD has something we both want." Thomas said simply.
"I'll tell you what. Two can go for now the rest stay here with me. Just a little insurance to make sure you find your way back. Do we have a deal?" The man extended his hand to Thomas.
Thomas looked at it for a second then shook it.
"Gally, show them the way." The man said with a hint of a smile.
We followed Gally into another open room. In the middle was an old metal cover on the ground.
"Who's going?" Gally asked Thomas.
"Newt and I will go. Fry, you keep an eye on Emi for me." Thomas ordered.
Gally looked up to me raising an eyebrow.
"Tommy you damn well know I don't need a baby sitter." I said harshly.
Thomas stepped over to me. He grabbed each side of my face making sure I only looked at him.
"I know you can protect yourself but until I know for sure that this situation is trustworthy I'd rather you have someone else looking out for you. I don't think your mind is exactly clear right now." He said softly.
I pulled his hands away from me as I scoffed.
"Of course my head isn't clear! I woke up this morning knowing that man was dead!" I pointed at Gally but kept my eyes on my brother.
"Emi" Gally said softly.
"Just go Thomas. I'm not gonna have a damn break down." I said harshly then turned away from him.
Thomas sighed but left me alone. I turned back as I heard the metal cover being moved. Gally shoved it to the side. Fry, Thomas, and Newt leaned over to look down the hole. Gally put a ladder inside it then moved to start climbing down.
"Gally, take care of these two. I'm pretty sure that Emi will truly kill you if anything happens to either of them." Fry chuckled.
"Yea" Gally nodded as he looked Fry over for a moment then started down the ladder.
I watched both Thomas and Newt climb down then I sighed as I ran my hands down my face. Fry, Brenda, and Jorge were all standing around me the next second.
"Are you okay?" Fry asked softly.
I looked at him. Is he serious?
"No Fry, I am far from okay. My brother is being a jackass and oh yea, my dead boyfriend is actually alive!" I shouted in frustration.
Fry stepped back from me looking hurt.
"You wanna talk about it?" Brenda asked cautiously.
I chuckled dryly.
"I think I've done enough talking. I want to punch something." I growled then quickly left the room.
I walked back into the room the crank businessman was in. He stopped what he was doing to look at me.
"You look tense my dear." He said.
"You don't say," I said sarcastically.
The man chuckled.
"What could be so bothersome?" He asked tilting his head to the side.
"No offense but if I don't want to talk to my friends about it I certainly don't want to talk to you about it." I snapped.
The man chuckled again.
"You remind me of Gally when he first came here. So untrusting of everyone." The man shook his head.
My chest tightened at his words.
"I'm nothing like him." I said weakly.
"Oh? Could Gally be the reason for your anger?" The man asked as he slowly walked closer to me.
I glared at him which made him laugh.
"Your name wouldn't be Emi would it?" He asked with a smile.
His smile grew as he saw the look of shock on my face.
"It is" he smiled as he stepped even closer to me.
"How did you know that?" I asked him.
He chuckled again.
"You're the girl who stole Gally's heart. He told me all about you Emi. About your life together in the maze. About you being torn from his arms as he laid there dying. What a tragic love story." He chuckled.
"He told you about me?" I asked softly feeling all the anger drain out of me.
"Oh yes, did you know Gally could draw?" He asked suddenly.
I looked at him in confusion from the sudden change of topic. I shook my head.
"Follow me," he said moving his finger towards himself.
I did as he said. He walked into the next room that had a desk in the corner. A large table was toward the middle of the room. He turned to the desk. I watched as he opened the top drawer then pulled out a folder.
"He hides them here for safekeeping." He said handing me the folder.
I took it then laid it on the desk. I opened it to find the most amazing landscape drawing I'd ever seen. It was the glade. It looked so real and beautiful. It was just like I remembered it when I had first gotten there. I put that drawing to the side to look at the next one. My breath caught in my throat. It was me. A perfect flawless drawing of me laughing. Every detail was spot on and perfect. The way my lips curled and my nose scrunched up. My eyes were closed in the midst of laughter. It was beautiful.
The next picture was also of me. This one I was only smiling. He had made it look as though the wind was blowing my hair. The drawing of me was looking straight at me with sparkling brown eyes. How did I not know he could do this?
"He told me he drew your face the most so he'd never forget it." The man next to me said softly.
I put the drawings back in the folder then closed it quickly. I hugged them tight to my chest as I turned to look at the man.
"Thank you" I sniffled.
He nodded then walked past me out of the room. He never forgot me. I quickly walked back into the room the man had gone back to.
"Can I ask you something?" I asked him once I stood in the middle of the room.
"Go ahead," he said as he looked down at his garden.
"Did Gally ever tell you how he feels about me?" I asked as I tightened my hold on the folder.
The man chuckled then turned to look at me.
"Only once. He said that no other woman would ever compare to you. You may have had a troubled ending but if he ever had the chance to see you again he'd make that moment count." The man smiled at me.
"Thank you" I whispered.
I stood there silently for a moment unsure of what to do.
“You look like you could use some time to think.” The man said softly.
I nodded.
“Behind me, these stairs will lead you to the roof. Take you a little breather.” He said pointing behind him.
I did as he said. I clutched the folder against my chest as I started to climb the stairs.
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