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IchiRukiMonth 2022 - Day 24: Bleach movies/Movie of your choice

Fade to Black - I call your name

if they write off stydia by saying they broke up I am going to personally check myself into eichen

"I'm going away smiling" by Yoko Ono (I prefer Iggy pop cover )

"I'm going away smiling

Thinking about our life

How we were good for each other

And how we knew"

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melting the ice queen

pairing: narcissa x lucius

warnings: just fluff, some angst

No one had seen Narcissa since the news broke about Andromeda. Bellatrix had already graduated so Lucius knew that he couldn’t rely on the eldest Black sister. The other girls from Slytherin were of no help either. It was beyond irritating. 

Then again, Lucius and Narcissa could barely stand each other. Whenever they were in the same room together, everyone could feel the tension and the daggers in their gazes. There wasn’t a time in the past year when they weren’t arguing and constantly at each other’s throats about the pettiest of things. Narcissa had expressed her disdain for him after he told her that she herself was a nuisance. Now that she was out of sight, he should have been happy, right?

He ignored the whispers of Slytherins as he stormed out of the common room and through the hallways of Hogwarts. If they weren’t gossiping about the Black family, they were wondering why Malfoy was on a mission to find Narcissa. He couldn’t explain it either. Since the start of this year, he found a strange pleasure in their arguments and in her presence. Now, all he wanted to do was to check on her.

When he finally found her, it was in the strangest place. There she was sitting on the shore of the Black Lake, staring out at the murky waters. Her hair was down instead of the pulled back ponytail or tight bun that she was constantly sporting. There was no sign of makeup and she was in plain clothes rather than in her house robes. 

He huffed when he realized that she didn’t recognize his presence. “I hope you’re not thinking what I think you’re thinking. Walking into the lake to be drowned by mermaids is much too dramatic, even for you,” Lucius said in a haughty manner, brushing off his robes.

“Go away, Lucius. Today is not the day for a verbal sparring. You can resume your daily insults tomorrow,” Narcissa replied quietly, not bothering to turn to look at him. 

A look of genuine concerned washed over Lucius. He had never seen Narcissa in this state before. She was always a poised and proud woman, never letting a stray hair be out of place. Even in her moments of quiet retaliation, there was a fire in her eyes that could not be extinguished. But this? This was not the Narcissa that he knew.

Not caring if his pants would get messed up, he took a seat beside her and stared out at the lake with her. He was at a loss in more ways than one. He wasn’t certain what he could do to make it better and he was even more baffled at why he wanted to do something. Lucius wasn’t the type to care about anyone, least of all Narcissa. It was why no one was able to entrap him into a real relationship. 

After a few more moments of silence, Narcissa finally turned to Lucius. Her eyes were puffy and red from lack of sleep and the tears that had since run out. If he had seen her any other day, this visage would have made her an easy target for insults. 

“What are you doing here, Lucius?” she asked. Coming out to the lake for was supposed to be a sanctuary. It was where Andromeda and her would visit each other without prying ears. It was where her and Regulus taught each other occlumency. It was supposed to be a place of refuge, but he had invaded her space.

His hand twitched, eager to reach out and cup her cheek, to pull her into his chest. However, he had enough self control to keep his hands to himself. “You shouldn’t be alone,” he finally responded, setting down a hand on the ground beside hers as if it was an offering of a life raft. 

She had been called ice queen for a reason. Her emotions had always been controlled and in check. That’s the way she had to be. All eyes were on her now as the Black family’s last hope. The thought of it was too much. Everything was too much. The weight of it all was crashing down and she couldn’t control herself, even if she had Lucius as an audience.

Narcissa’s face turned away from him as she tried and failed to stop crying. “I didn’t ask you to be here. I didn’t…” she started. the tears started falling again, her arms wrapping around her knees to try and keep her body from shaking. Narcissa could be a cold person when she wanted to be, but she was a person with feelings too. This was something that Lucius knew but never fully grasped until he saw her like this. He shook his head and interrupted her by wrapping his arms firmly around her. “You’re not ridding of me that easily. Later,” he assured her.

Willow by Taylor Swift is totally a stydia anthem!

I was buying groceries 'cause life sucks and I heard willow by Taylor Swift playing and boy, does that song describe Lydia and Stiles so perfectly! Like listen to me, I am definitely not reaching or shit faced (maybe a little?) here. I don't even listen to pop music but these lyrics literally fits stydia feels head on.

I'm like the water when your ship rolled in that night Rough on the surface but you cut through like a knife : You cannot tell me that our favourite dorks didn't do this until they got their shit together. Lydia was the guarded cold ship to Stile's tropical sea till the end of season 2 and then Stiles became the the ship moving away from Lydia's ever warming sea of emotions that he opened the gates to.

I never would've known from that look on your face Lost in your current like a priceless wine: Lydia who though Stiles was just another boy who took her for the face value and she did the same. She perceived him as just another loser who was not worth her attention. She ignored him him in the pilot episode but as the season progressed she came to know him and he became one of her best friends. By season three she was a goner. Lydia who acknowledged she did not feel love like what Allison felt for Scott in the earlier seasons was willing to throw her life for him multiple times. Everything that Allison described came a full circle for Lydia .

The more that you say The less I know- Literally Stiles musing on how Lydia feels for him. Stiles could never gauge if his feeling were reciprocated in the same way. Annnd then when Stiles and Malia get together, Lydia did the same wondering if Stiles still felt anything for her. Wherever you stray I follow I'm begging for you to take my hand Wreck my plans: Like c'mon, do I need to even elaborate this? Like really this exactly defines Stydia until season six part B rolled down. Life was a willow and it bent right to your wind Head on the pillow, I could feel you sneaking in As if you were a mythical thing Like you were a trophy or a champion ring And there was one prize I'd cheat to win: Ahem. Lydia's actual progression towards falling in love with the boy who made a plan to get her fall in love with him. The winter formal and Peter biting Lydia which triggered her banshee nature were a domino reaction which changed her life forever and Stiles was one of the most important catalyst in the subsequent chain of reaction. Stiles sneaked into her defenses, he chipped her armor of ice and indifference little by little. Lydia who is an actual mythical creature in a world full of mythical creatures such as fox spirits, werewolves, hunters and druids seems more surprised by Stiles's unfiltered humanity. She who was once a queen bee, the girl who dated the jocks no matter how horribly they treated her realised her actual worth along with what really mattered. Stiles was always infatuated with Lydia, putting her on a pedestal but as he got to know her, she became so much more than just a romantic interest. His adoration turned to love and it was reciprocated even if he had no clue. Both of them never gave up on each other and were willing to do everything to make sure the other was safe no matter what.

Show me the places where the others gave you scars: I think this is what Stiles did that endeared him the most. He was the only one who actually saw Lydia for who she really was and soothed her insecurities that she had gathered over the years. He peeled back the layers and took in the damage others had left on her. He allowed Lydia to be herself and encouraged her to stop hiding her brilliance and heart from others. He loved every imperfection of her. You know that my train could take you home Anywhere else is hollow: I think Stydia really like really became endgame during season three. Both Lydia and Stiles's character went through a brilliant phase of discovering themselves. Lydia became confident enough in her own skin and started putting her real self out there and Stiles started growing up. He was not longer the Robin to Scott's Batman but the main character in his own story. They tried dating others and trying to make it work but imo Stiles always knew and when he rescued Lydia from Eichen house, even she knew that it was useless to resist the pull. I think Stiles's relationship with Malia put things into perspective for the viewers since Lydia never loved Jackson or Aiden and the whole Parish thing went nowhere and was honestly creepy. Stiles and Malia were cute together but while they were good on paper, Stiles's actual feelings showed whenever Lydia was involved. I think he tried filling the gap by letting Malia in especially since they started getting tanged really after the nogitsune debacle but soon realised that while he loved Malia he wasn't in love with her. They were each others tether and boy, her love for him opened a rift to another plane of existence to bring him back home(the train station scene guys!).