#hozier you lyrical genuis you

[moneyndior]

୧ ׅ𖥔 ۫ you’re too sweet for me. ⋄ 𓍯

…IN WHICH! luke feels as if you’re too sweet for his bitter self.

tags/warnings; luke castellan x apollo!reader, teenage dirtbag!luke, mutual yearning for each other, luke being kinda insecure, luke taking reader’s innocence as a bad thing, grape and wine mentioned a lot, my interpretation of ‘too sweet.’

ೃauthor notes⁀➷ go listen to too sweet by hozier tmrw. also i threw this up because i fear i might leave for the week next week since it’s spring break and i wanna see my friends

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you watched as luke walked past you. again.

what you did to deserve such treatment like this—you’ll never know. you truly did all you could to seem sweet, kind, gentle—loving. but it’s like none of those qualities appealed to him.

it’s like it pushed him away. like you being too sweet was too much for him. you tried to not be overbearing, overly clingy, too sensitive, everything. because you genuinely liked luke.

and you genuinely liking someone was rare. you treated your body like it was sacred—something that not even the gods above could touch.

luke seen the disappointment in your eyes as you bit your tongue. he’s doing this for your own good, he’s doing this for your own good. he swears it up and down.

he’s too much of, well, an asshole if we’re being honest. you’re a deity he’d hear about from stories passed down from generation to generation. he’d pray and worship you if you weren’t actually in the same camp as him.

luke wants nothing more than to protect you, truly. corrupting a girl like you was the last thing he’d want.

he wants nothing more than to be the guy to hold you, to kiss you, to brush your hair, to be your assistant when your fixing up another broken nose. luke prays to experience such a thing in another life.

his bitterness and your innocence were just something that were never meant to be. and luke took that harder than you did.

you were as soft as rain, as bright as the morning, pretty as a vine and as sweet as a grape. luke would wait forever for you to, inevitably turn bitter. slowly but surely, he believed everyone did. he wished that he could sit you gently on a barrel and wait for you.

but watching you patch up percy with the most careful precision he’d ever seen made him feel different.

like he’d take his whiskey with a chaser instead of neat like luke normally would. he’d throw out his plain black coffee and take whatever iced latte you prefer.

seeing how well you are with kids would make him hear wedding bells. luke pushed the chimes to the back of his head and finally took his eyes off you as he seen a younger aphrodite girl rush up to you, frantic.

“y/n! help me, please! i got a paper cut and it’s bleeding and it hurts! will it scar? be honest!”

you couldn’t help but giggle at lottie as she looked like she was on the verge of tears. for a moment, you didn’t think about luke. you rushed her into your cabin, under the premise that ‘you’ll do everything you can to make sure it doesn’t scar her pretty finger.’

lottie felt you put a band-aid on her with the utmost gentleness she’d ever felt. a thumb wiped away the tears that couldn’t seem to fall down her cheek.

as you guided her back to her cabin with a smile across the blond’s face, you felt a pair of eyes watching you.

luke wanted to be right there with you, helping lottie, praising you as he kissed your temple. but he stood several meters away with a clenched jaw as his brows in their normal furrowed state.

he knew he couldn’t go up to you like he prayed he could. maybe in a few years, months even. if he prayed to you hard enough. if he clenched his hands together harder.

luke castellan would rather hold the 7 realms with his pinkie than ever corrupt what he grew to love about you. even if it meant pushing you away, pushing you to love another, he’s doing it for your own sake.

maybe he would have to forget praying to the gods for a day and be selfish. just this once. he’d pray that the grape he loved so much would turn to wine faster.

things that were too sweet for luke were simply too much.

#—LUKE CASTELLAN #luke castellan x reader #luke castellan blurb #luke castellan x you #luke castellan imagine #apollo!reader #luke castellan x apollo!reader #pjo x reader #percy jackson x reader #i love you hozier #hozier you lyrical genuis you

[burnthroughmesilently]

So @wavesthatcalm tagged me to post ten songs I’m loving right now and she keeps pressuring me to explain why i love them, so here goes:

1) loving someone- the 1975

this song just makes me think of when i saw them in concert and it was the best moment just hearing everyone scream along to the lyrics. also i just really love the line “for you are not beside me but within me”

2) weary blues- madeleine peyroux

so i heard this version of the song for the first time cause of grace and frankie (which is a great show that everyone should watch) and i just immediately fell in love with this cover. her voice is gorgeous and this song also gives me nostalgia to long car rides when i was young.

3) roll up your sleeves- meg mac

so this song is also from grace and frankie and it’s just really fun. every time i hear it i can’t help but dance. also i love the line “he is not fancy he just wears black head to toe” cause it reminds of that part in harry potter when harry thinks he sees voldemort standing at the train station dressed in a black suit.

4) rivers and roads- the head and the heart

this song i also got from a tv show but it was actually in chuck and in new girl. anyways the lyrics really resonate with where i’m at in life right now. i no longer live with at home and i’m preparing for what i’m going to do next after college and this song is kind of a comfort for me.

5) cherry wine- hozier

listen, i know this song is actually about an abusive relationship but it’s just so beautiful that i can’t help but love it. and the birds chirping in it is just so gorgeous and delicate. the juxtaposition of the lyrics and the sound is so genuis, i just can’t get over it

6) danny’s song- loggins and messina

so this song i remember hearing while growing up but it never really stuck out to me until i watched raising hope (okay listen i know i watch a lot of tv) and it was used as a lullaby. that’s when i really fell in love with it. it’s just so sweet and pure and it makes me want a love where nothing matters as long as you have each other.

7) not changing pops seeking- oscar isaac

this song is so beautiful and i really love the guitar in it. also the lyrics “when i came out you were standing smiling radiant through your own trauma” is just so gorgeous and its unfair that oscar isaac is this good at everything. 

8) from eden- hozier

i love this song. the spanish guitar in it was what made me fall completely in love with it. i really love the symbolism of the song and how he used the story of the garden of eden in such a beautiful and poetic way. also this song reminds me of an essay i wrote that i’m really proud of.

9) dark blue- jack’s mannequin

this is one of those songs that i’ll love forever. it feels especially relevant right now cause the bottom half of my hair is dark blue. i also just really love the idea that the world could burn down but they’ll always be there with you. anyways i just really love jack’s mannequin and i want them back.

10) put your records on- corinne bailey rae

this is one of my all time favorite songs. i’ve learned that i can’t listen to it while studying in a library because i can’t help but dance and sing along while listening to it. i just really love this song.

anyway, i’m not gonna tag anyone but if you wanna do it, then go ahead and tag me in it

#mine #music #it took me forever to choose songs #also hardly any of these are upbeat but i'm not really an upbeat person so... #also everyone should watch grace and frankie #personal