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xvi-the-tower · 3 months

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OC kiss week- rain

A little piece I did for OCkiss week featuring my oc Lavinia and @nn-ee-zz 's Edward ❤️. Both characters are originally for Touchstarved, but this takes place in a Regency au where Lavinia isn't cursed.

As the two ran through the trees, Lavinia's laughter intermingled with the sound of large raindrops hitting the leaves and grass. Ed led the way to a small gazebo near the treeline where they could take shelter. Once inside, Lavinia all but collapsed against one of its pillars, trying to catch her breath in between bouts of giggling. "I can't say I remember the last time I got caught in the rain!" she exclaimed breathlessly.

"Though I do remember one time Ilya and I were picking berries and we got caught in this terrible downpour. I thought for sure Mrs. Danvers would murder us for muddying her floors!" She laughed again, even as the bitersweetness of the memory settled upon her heart. Happier times before she'd known the taste of heartache.

Lavinia looked over at Ed. He was smiling, his usually pale cheeks red from the exertion of running. And his dark eyes were glittering with what she assumed was amusement. She felt those eyes on her and felt bare before them. Embarrassed, she looked down at her feet. "My shoes!" she groaned, seeing that her shoes were caked in mud, as were her stockings and the hem of her dress. "Mama will be furious!" With that realization, the giddiness she'd felt moments before was replaced with vexation as she became aware of how she must look with the wet fabric of her dress clinging to her body. Her hair would surely be a frizzy mess with loose strands plastered to her neck. Though possibly the worst realization was that they had lost their chaperone. For the first time since rekindling their friendship, they were truly alone, blocked off from the world by a curtain of rain. How utterly unladylike!

Her spiral was interrupted by Ed who stepped toward her. "I will buy you new ones. And a new dress. After all, it was my idea to go for a walk even with the gathering clouds." His tone was soft and reassuring.

"Edward, I could never ask--"

"You didn't ask. I offered."

"I-- Thank you. You are a true friend."

The more time they spent together, the more she realized how much easier it was to lift the weight on her shoulders in his presence. Around him, the burdens of expectations and appearances felt so much lighter. As her mind began to settle, so too did the cold begin to settle in her bones. Ed must have noticed her start to shiver because he closed the distance between them and said, "Let me warm your hands."

Lavinia gave him her hands, which he pressed between his. It was the most contact they'd ever had, a fact of which she was acutely aware. Their eyes met, and he held her gaze as he brought her hands to his lips to place a reverent kiss to her fingers. His warm lips lingered on her cold skin, and suddenly her face felt incredibly hot. For a long moment, they stayed just like this, neither of them looking away...

"Lavinia!" It was her stepmother. In a panic, Lavinia pulled her hands away and clasped them behind her back. Had she seen them? Releasing the breath she just now realized she'd been holding, Lavinia looked away from Ed bashfully, waiting to be scolded. "Lavinia, come inside before you catch your death!" So she hadn't seen? That was a relief, but Lavinia knew she wasn't off the hook for getting caught in the rain and mud.

"Yes, mama!" Lavinia called back. The transformation was immediate. She corrected her posture, brushed the loose strands of hair from her face, and adopted the cool, aloof air that her stepmother expected of her. Holding her arm out to Ed, she asked quietly, "Will you escort me back to the house?"

He nodded and took her arm in his. "Of course."

At the threshold of the gazebo, Lavinia put her other hand on his arm and gave it a light squeeze. Despite the mask she'd spent years perfecting, she smiled.

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lavellyne · 20 days

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