Gaston watched Tink’s face carefully, eyebrows knitted, as she bit the inside of her cheek. He could tell a shit storm was about to be unleashed, and he honestly had no way of knowing how to prepare himself. So he took a deep breath, straightened his spine, and put on his best game face for whatever she was about to throw at him.
“Just friends, Gaston? Is that all we are? I’m just your friend? I didn’t realize ‘friends’ had to sneak around behind everyones backs. You know that we aren’t friends. That flew out the fucking window when we had sex and every time we’ve done it since then. I don’t know why, but I thought all this actually, I dunno, might have meant something to you.”
Okay. That wasn’t too bad. She was kinda of yelling at him, and truth be told Gaston could see her point. It had been wrong to say that to Coraline, that they were “just friends.” He knew that. But he had panicked, and in the heat of the moment he had just said the first thing that came to mind. It was hard to lie to his adopted daughter, let alone lie on the spot, okay!
“No, that’s not all we are!” he said, shouting back. Gaston caught himself and sighed in frusturation, placing his hands on his hips. He glanced back at the house, lowering his voice as he leaned in towards Tink. ”You know we’re more than friends, Tink. I panicked! What was I supposed to say? Did you want me to just put it all out on the table in front of her just then without any warning? I need to tell her when the time is right and she can handle it, we can’t just spring something like this on a kid.”
He huffed again, this time shaking his head and staring at the ground. As long as she didn’t cry they’d be good. God, please don’t let her cry.
“I’m tired of this, I don’t want to keep doing it if it’s going to be like this.”
“Tink—” He looked up. OH SHIT. Her eyes were literally glazed over, the tears threatnening to spill at any moment. Oh God. Oh God oh God oh God no. Gaston’s arms dropped to his side as he frowned, his frustration turning into pain; he hated seeing anyone close to him upset, and Tinkerbell was quite literally the closest person to him. Suddenly, he realized that he was the reason she was hurting, and it made it so much worse.
Gaston felt something then, an emotion he wasn’t sure he could ever remember having. Was that… was that guilt? Is that what guilt felt like? Whatever it was, he hated it.
“Tink,” he said, stepping close and taking her small hands in his massive ones. Gaston looked down into her bright blue eyes, his expression tense and he gripped her hands. ”It’s not always going to be like this,” he said, fighting the urge to sweep her up into his arms and just carry her away. That usually solved everything, but he had the feeling that this time was different. Sex would not be the answer here.
“I promise, it won’t always be this way. I want to tell Coraline, I just need some time to figure out how. Give me one week. Can you wait that long, or am I going to lose you before then?” Gaston closed his eyes tight as he said what was on his mind next, finding it impossible to face Tink as he spoke. ”Because I don’t think I can handle losing you again.”
Tink flinched at Gaston’s raised voice, tears finally spilling at his harsh words. She stood in silence for a moment as he went on about how he panicked and about how he didn’t want to tell Coraline just yet. She cut him off, “She’s not stupid, Gaston. She knows something is up and who do you think we’re fooling? Trying to hide this from her? If she finds out on her own she’ll only be more upset and it will only cause more problems.”
Tink took a deep, shuddering breath in an attempt to calm herself but the tears kept coming. She knew she was putting unnecessary pressure on him and hadn’t it been her idea in the first place to keep this all a secret? She was regretting the decision now, wishing they had been upfront with Cora since the beginning. She didn’t think there was any way of fixing this mess without hurting anyone. She felt the clammy warmth of Gaston’s hands engulf her own, knew that however bad she was feeling, he was feeling just as terrible. She looked up at his face and saw how small and sad he looked standing there, looking down at her. Her stomach knotted and she wished she hadn’t reacted the way she did, wished things could go back to how they had been before.
“I promise, it won’t always be this way. I want to tell Coraline, I just need some time to figure out how. Give me one week. Can you wait that long, or am I going to lose you before then? Because I don’t think I can handle losing you again.”
Tink felt all her anger melt away with that last statement. He didn’t want to lose her just as much as she didn’t want to lose him. She squeezed his hands, tears still trickling down her face, “I-I love you, Gaston. I do, I don’t want this to end. I’ll give you a week, but we have to tell her. Any longer and…I just can’t.”
(Source: my-world-is-black-and-white)
NO ONE STEALS GIRLS LIKE GASTON~
A-another one? This isn’t real. This isn’t real. This isn’t real. Please.
WHAT THE?!?! HOW THE?!?!?! WHAT?!?!?!
OOC: UNF. Bruce Willis. Oh my gaaaaawd that man.
I want to apologize for my lack of replies/activeness the last few days. I’ve been in kind of a funk and have been feeling anti-social and kind of down. :/ I’m hoping to be feeling more like myself by my next day off and I plan of getting all my replies out then, regardless of how I’m feeling . I love you guys and I miss you, I’ll be back soon! <3
I love you too. <3
(Source: karolinespace, via no-one-like-gaston)
Stevie Nicks - Leather and Lace
You in the moonlight, with your sleepy eyes / Could you ever love a man like me?
You were right - when I walked into your house / I knew I’d never want to leave
Sometimes I’m a strong man, sometimes cold and scared / Sometimes I cry
First time I ever saw you I knew that you’d light my nights / Somehow I’d get by
Lovers forever, face to face
My city or mountains, stay with me, stay
I need you to love me, I need you today
Give to me your leather, take from me my lace
This song always makes me think of Tinkerbell
and myself. Because of reasons.
*swoon* You have no idea how much I’m blushing right now, lover. <3
