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adam about ronan lynch; my guy pretty like a girl and he got fight stories to tell

so due to the fact that i am ridiculously busy at the moment i am completely out of touch - could someone lemme know what the deal is with getting the opal short story via legal means as a European? thanks xo 

ok so

Imagine that Ronan’s tattoo isn’t actually a tattoo. The nine hundred dollars went somewhere but it didn’t go to that.

Imagine that the gang have found Glendower, that they broke Blue’s curse, that Gansey and Noah are alive and well. (I may or may not be in denial) They’re all exhausted but they’re satisfied and by some unspoken agreement they crash at Monmouth in one giant pile.

The next morning Ronan gets up to feed Chainsaw (because he is a good dad) and the others just stay tangled together, warm and safe and happy. Only suddenly Gansey goes what???? and Ronan, still with his back to them all, goes what? But when he turns around its not just Gansey staring at him in disbelief, its Adam and Blue too.

(Noah just looks somewhere between pleased and smug because of course he knew and now he knows)

And it turns out that they’re all staring because Ronan’s tattoo is no longer vicious hooks and bold black lines but its bleeding into colour. Pastels and flowers and sunsets at the Barns and watercolours are dripping down his back because most of Ronan’s feelings that aren’t happiness are anger and pain but right now he is nothing but joyful.

 As it turns out the tattoo isn’t just a tattoo but rather its him, etched under his own skin for the world to see.

And see, the thing is that its rarely ever like that outside of that moment? The tattoo is hardly ever in full colour, there is always some black in there somewhere but most of the time after that morning colour dominates the thing and thats how the rest of the gang try to keep it.

There are hiccups of course, like the first time Adam and Ronan get into an actual fight after Glendower. Ronan turns and walks away but not before Adam catches a glimpse of the tattoo and sees black hooks curling over Ronans shoulders. After they apologise (as much as those two ever really do) Adam tells him about the tattoo and Ronan doesn’t go without a shirt for a week. 

(he never wanted to guilt anyone into anything he just wanted people to know because he cant always make them understand with words)

But the first time he and Adam kiss daisies bloom along Ronan’s spine. The first time they sleep together roses curl around his ribs.

One day Blue makes Ronan laugh so hard he cries and daffodils peak out from over his shoulders and his back is a sky painted in lilac. Gansey causes sunflowers to grow under sunsets when he talks about something he loves (mysteries, the pig, monmouth, them) because Ronan loves it when he’s happy. Noah makes forget-me-nots blossom when he dances or laughs or smiles because he’s so alive that it makes Ronan’s chest tight.

(and no matter what there are always a few raven feathers dancing at the edges. For Chainsaw. For his family. For their quest. They’re never truly black, shining purple and blue in the right light.)