Tipping his head back to follow Riley's gaze, he listened and found his breath caught in his chest. He could picture it so clearly, Riley's beautiful art and his own precious flowers. Flowers that would never wilt or shed a petal so they would always be there.
"That's a beautiful idea," he sighed, laying his hand over his heart. "Let's do it!"
Sipping at his chocolate, he looked over at smiled so brightly at Will. He'd known that his husband would love it but having that proven always delighted him to no end.
"I'll look for the right paints to do it. I'll need a lot of them to do both rooms. Then once the paint is dried you can add in your flowers! It'll be like looking through a kaleidoscope every time you look up."
"Are you sure your secret speciality isn't designing amazing ceilings?" He meant the ceiling at Pete's, which was one of his favorite features of the place. It was so elegant and beautiful and a little ethereal.
"Our little home here will always look and smell like a fresh spring garden when we're done."
"Amazing ceilings? Oh you mean the one at Pete's! That one was a lot of fun. It suits there too. Just like I think this spring garden one will suit our home."
Riley took a sip of his drink then smiled at Will. Well, after he licked off the chocolate that was on his lip since he'd made them extra chocolatey! "And then every time I look up for inspiration my greatest inspiration will be there flowing through colors of my own making."
“I love it,” he purred, reaching over to tuck some hair behind Riley’s ear. “You’re going to paint us such a lovely world,” he sighed happily. After a moment of dopey gazing, Will blinked and suddenly asked, “Would you teach me to paint, love?”
"Sure. Do you want to learn?" Riley wasn't sure he'd be a good teacher but he sure would do his best to make sure that Will got to learn to do something like this. After all, he loved when his husband gave him tips on photography so it would be amazing to teach him to paint in return.
"I do," he quipped eagerly. "Even just basics would be wonderful. I don't have to be good at it, but it's something I've always wanted to learn. Who better to teach me than my genius husband?"
Riley thought about that for a moment. But not about whether or not to teach Will, he'd obviously already agreed to that. Instead... "Mmmmm...I don't think there's such a think as being good or bad at art. It's just a matter of pouring your heart into it and remember that no matter what there will always be one person out there who will always love your work."
"You." He uttered the word with such deep affection. Art, Will thought, was a very natural thing. Just like music and dancing. At some point in history, they were transformed from natural behaviors to skills. Riley was completely correct: it's not about being good or bad and Will had to remind himself of that.
"I want to be able to add a few touches to our beautifully painted world, too. As long as you love them, that will make me happy."
"Yep! In your case it'll always be me!" Leaning over, he pressed a kiss to his cheek then smiled brightly at him. There were definitely advantages to being unable to lie. One of them being that every promise he made was sure to be kept.
"What touches do you want to add? I want to hear!"
"I'm not sure of the details, exactly." Will paused, gazing at Riley as he considered the question. "You bring all the brightness and warmth of the sun to my world. Maybe I could add the cooler, darker tones of nighttime?" Metaphorically, of course.
Riley tilted his head in thought at that. He even lifted a finger up to tap his chin as he did. "Hmmm...I like that. It's like we make a sunrise and sunset when we're together."
He blinked as he felt Will start to nibble on his finger. Then he giggled a little and poked his chin with it. "Very lucky. I'm glad you walked into that library and talked to me."
"At first I wasn't sure if I would. Or could. But then I looked at you through the window and knew that there was no way I could ever leave." Riley thought about it a moment as he thought back to that day several years ago now.
Riley hummed in thought. "I think maybe I was in love with you then too. I definitely felt like the world stopped when I looked up from my work as you walked into the library that first time."
'Yes," he agreed breathlessly. "I felt that way, too. It was like..." Those dark eyes drift up for a second. "It was like I saw you and all the poetry in the world made sense."
"I was so shocked about it," he admitted quietly. "I knew you were Fae, but you didn't react to me at all. Not it any way that indicated you knew what I was. That's why I wanted to see more of you." He looked down but nestled close. "I had to see for myself that you weren't like them. It was... a little scary thinking I could possible be in love with another Fae after everything they've done..."
"I really had no idea. It wasn't until recently I could even sense when other Fae are around." He hummed softly in thought then continued speaking.
"At first it felt like I'd been tricked when you told me. Like they'd managed to get to me again. But then I took one look at you and I knew you weren't them. You were different. Even before you told me everything I felt like we were the same somehow. Both people who had been hurt by the Fae. Every single day I'm glad I listened to my heart and went back inside."
"I couldn't move forward without you knowing truth." And if Riley hadn't accepted him? Well, he would've mourned it for the rest of his long life. They already had such potential, such depth of feeling from the very start.
He snuggles in closer and turns to nuzzle against Riley's hair. "I'm so grateful for you every day, love." He's loved so many but Riley was the brightest of all his stars.
Will giggled and carefully pulled riley into a hug. He didn’t want to spill the hot chocolate! He pressed a few kisses to Riley’s cheek. Ah, the love of his life, right here in his arms. Will couldn’t be happier than when they were together like this, just enjoying each other’s company.
“Our life together will always be amazing because we’ll always have each other.”
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"That's a beautiful idea," he sighed, laying his hand over his heart. "Let's do it!"
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"I'll look for the right paints to do it. I'll need a lot of them to do both rooms. Then once the paint is dried you can add in your flowers! It'll be like looking through a kaleidoscope every time you look up."
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"Our little home here will always look and smell like a fresh spring garden when we're done."
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Riley took a sip of his drink then smiled at Will. Well, after he licked off the chocolate that was on his lip since he'd made them extra chocolatey! "And then every time I look up for inspiration my greatest inspiration will be there flowing through colors of my own making."
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"I want to be able to add a few touches to our beautifully painted world, too. As long as you love them, that will make me happy."
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"What touches do you want to add? I want to hear!"
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"I was definitely already in love with you."
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"At first it felt like I'd been tricked when you told me. Like they'd managed to get to me again. But then I took one look at you and I knew you weren't them. You were different. Even before you told me everything I felt like we were the same somehow. Both people who had been hurt by the Fae. Every single day I'm glad I listened to my heart and went back inside."
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He snuggles in closer and turns to nuzzle against Riley's hair. "I'm so grateful for you every day, love." He's loved so many but Riley was the brightest of all his stars.
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He smiled and let out a happy sigh. "Now I have this amazing life and I see so much hope and love in the future."
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“Our life together will always be amazing because we’ll always have each other.”