Pairing:(mentioned) Drake Walker x MC (Riley Brooks)
Word Count:~1140
Warning: Language, Alcoholism, mention of gambling
A/N:I am so excited to be bringing up the rear in @moodmusicmonday’s special event “Luck of the Draw”! I was given the song “Ballroom Blitz” by Sweet, and it definitely threw me for a loop! But, it inspired this little fic, and I hope y'all enjoy! Big thanks to @kat-tia801 for taking a gander at this and helping me brainstorm the ending! Not truly beta’d so please forgive my mistakes! All characters belong to ours friends at Pixelberry.
@yourmajesty09 oh, how I loved seeing your familiar name pop-up on my feed! So good to hear from you! And thank you so much for taking the time to read this and share it! *hugs*
@sfb123 thank you so, so much, sweet friend! I literally could not have done this without @kat-tia801. She made it sparkle!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it! I always love that you pick up on all the subtleties–like the tea set. It makes me giggle with glee as a writer. Now is there a purpose of this tea set? Not really… except to prepare you for sentimental Liam–I TAKE HIM AS MY LAWFULLY WEDDED HUSBAND!
LOL I’m so glad you enjoyed that banter back and forth during the word association. Knowing @charlotteg234, you KNOW we had to get ribalicious with Armie. LOL
I swear, I was thinking about you during these fluffy scenes, and was hoping they would receive your approval. LOL
Thank you so, so much for taking time to read this, sweet friend! I hope you know we love you and appreciate you!
@ao719 eep! Thank you so much sweet friend! I’m so happy you liked it!
I think one of the most striking things about Liam is how he loves. That pureness, that humbleness… he genuinely loves with his whole heart. And so when he speaks about his queen… *swoon* I can just picture the most frilly of shit. LOL PS LOVE ME!
And then you know… YOU KNOW his world stops for that sweet baby girl. It was fun pretending in my head how an intimate interview in house might go with a 3 year old running around.
You know I had to knock her up… LOL Gah, I just love this family so much!
Thank you again so much for taking the time to read through this and for the king reblog! You rock!
Sunmary: King Liam Rys painfully recounts the final week leading up to the birth of the royal heir during Riley’s hospital stay– in ICU.
☆☆☆ Canon deviation of the end of TRH book 1/beginning of TRH book 2)
Warning: language; fairly angsty; some NSFW material
⛔ TW for Sensitive Readers⛔ heavy discussions and depictions of medical emergencies during childbirth, including some descriptions of newborns that may be dark and unsettling; some main characters will face life-threatening situations while others experience PTSD and heavy grief; please use discretion
Pairings: King Liam Rys x Queen Riley Brooks-Rys; Maxwell Beaumont x Hana Lee
A/N: To my readers that follow this series: thank you for your kind words and encouragement to get this chapter out! This story took quite a break between chapters, but it’s back (we’re still not at the Last Apple Ball, but it’s coming). Also, a HUGE thank you to all of my sweet readers and brainstormers (@ao719@charlotteg234@kat-tia801)! This was a group effort, and I can’t thank y'all enough for your wisdom! Also, this chapter wasn’t truly beta’d, so please forgive my errors. Also, the characters, the plot, and some dialogue belong to Pixelberry.
My god do you know how to write because this series is so special and my heart is breaking all over again thinking what they have went though! I love you for all the incredible talent to pull off a story like this ❤️
Well, I can totally confirm that I had a tear in my eye while reading your reblog! Gosh… thank you. Thank you so much for your super duper sweet words! Your compliments are so, so kind… but seeing your excitement for the story and relating to the story and understanding these characters and their emotions–you’re making me giddy! I’m so glad you are enjoying this!
Poor Liam… he’s just so lost in his emotions–which is so normal in a situation like this. This is not exactly something you can prepare to go through in life. But, I’m glad he had some people there to kinda gently steer him in a direction to where he won’t have more regrets later. Let’s be honest: that king shoulders a TON of blame.
Oh Riley… Riley, Riley, Riley… stubborn as a mule even when she’s going into a labor. Next chapter, we’ll get to see how the story unfolds! I’M SO NERVOUS! LOL
Thank you again for taking the time to love on me, to read my story and to reblog it! It means so much to me! Love youuuu!
They settled into a brief silence before Aria broke it with a question that had been on her mind since earlier. “You have to go back tomorrow?”
“Yeah …” Liam felt his heartbeat pick up as an anxious smile began to curl on his lips.
Aria nodded; she told herself she wasn’t going to worry about it, but she couldn’t help but ask. “So, with everything that’s happened and you having to leave … what comes next with this … with us?”
“Well … I was hoping you’d consider coming with me.” Liam dipped his mouth down, kissing a spot on her neck before moving his lips to her ear. “And I was hoping you’d wear this again … but for real this time.”
At his words, she glanced at his hand that came into view; the familiar three-stone diamond ring that belonged to his late mother sat between his fingers. Her eyes instantly welled with tears as she looked from the ring to him.
“The last time I gave this to you, I was doing so in order to sell an act because I told you I would only ever give this to someone that I truly loved … so in order to make the gambit believable, you had to wear it.” He paused for a moment, raising his hand to her cheek to brush a tear away from under her eye. “I had no idea at the time how much you wearing this ring would come to mean. I love you, Aria, and I don’t care what comes next … as long as we’re together.”
Thank you @autsdoodles for this piece of my Liam and Aria I love it!
•Please do not alter or repost•
I love them and I am DISTRAUGHT their wedding isn’t out yet
Hopeless Hearts - Someone’s Bound To Get Burned (Chapter 20)
Characters belong to Pixelberry.
Summary: Two people from two different worlds, both with a grudge against relationships, cross paths and discover an opportunity to get something they both want.
Title Inspiration: Try - Tyler Ward
Warning: This series will contain NSFW material and crude language and conversations. If you read, you acknowledge you are 18+
A/N: Thank you to @burnsoslow for prereading. Please excuse any errors.
Yknow why I’m excited?! Because the next chapter is gonna be out soon (right?!)
Liam’s room was the first to be stripped entirely; she wanted nothing in there left behind. That room was also the only one Aria paid to have done, so she didn’t have to do it herself
I love that she decided to keep the villa but she still loves him so much and wants nothing to do with his room
when he uttered those untrue words to her the night of the coronation, he swore he could see the moment they hastened back into place.
I knew he saw it she can’t hide her feelings as well as he can.
I love that he is staying in the room Aria designed and THERE IS A PICTURE OF HER IN THE PAMPHLET
She is freaking famous ♀️ yaaaaaaas boo!
And even looking at her picture, he’s missing her. He hasn’t seen her in TWO WEEKS!
He thought of how they said that Aria took the boat out, that she had taken it out herself. An imperceptible smile tugged at the corner of his lips; he was glad to hear that and felt so proud of her for facing that fear.
He’s proud of her AND THEN! He remembered her story about her parents and … he REMEMBERED!
Why did this get me?
I’m already emotional about this chapter and now I’m crying like a baby I blame you Anitah!
The look on her face paired with the bite in her tone told him this was already not going well, and he hadn’t even started yet.
This entire scene of her sitting up slowly and they both were staring at each other. His of anticipation and hers of shock made me giggle and then her tone did NOT make him feel better LOL omg I can’t wait for this interaction.
At that moment, Liam knew this was going to be anything but easy.
You’re playing musical boats and NOW you realize it won’t be easy?? Oh Liam you’re in for a treat.
“Is there anyone you’ve actually turned down in the last year while you’ve philandered your way through Cordonia?”
Oh my soul this trash hyena really went there?
YOU! He’s turned YOU down because your vagina smells like old tilapia that’s been sitting in the sun for WEEKS! Gtfoh you stretched out gutter wench.
Aria slowed down, and Liam looked up; she was dangling his missing keys between her fingers
I’m snorting like a crazy person
“I’m laughing because …” Constantine trailed off with a small chuckle. “Because they tend to keep a spare set of keys right there in the compartment at the helm.”
TWO HOURS
This dude was snorkeling for two hours looking for lost keys when there were spares in the boat LOL Aria knew
“So you are on a date,” Liam pressed.
Aria looked at him and could see the flicker of jealousy in his eyes.
Jealous Liam does things to me I love ittttt. She’s probably not even on a date LOL
“Oh, I’d like to fill something, but it sure ain’t his ego,” Damōn smirked as he shot Liam a wink.
And I still think that you deserve better … but you make me want to be better so I can be the man that you deserve.” He closed his eyes and let out a breath. “Aria, I love you. And I don’t … I don’t want to lose you.
There it is.
He laid it all out on the table and I’m so proud that’s really all you can do, and hope that she opens the door and tells you the truth. That she loves you back (because she does).
As he hit the first step, he paused when the terrace light flickered on, and when he heard the lock on the door click, he turned …
Summary: Two people from two different worlds, both with a grudge against relationships, cross paths and discover an opportunity to get something they both want.
Title Inspiration: What A Time - Landon Austin ft. Bailey Rushlow
Chapter song: Always - Gavin James
Warning: This series will contain NSFW material and crude language and conversations. If you read, you acknowledge you are 18+
A/N: I’m not entirely sure how I feel about this chapter; I had to scrap it and start over once because I needed to combine what was supposed to be two separate chapters. Thank you to @burnsoslow for prereading most of this. Please excuse any errors.
I’m subjecting myself to more pain with the realization (and confirmation)that these two dummies will be fixed! Yessssssss!
So, they insisted I take it, and they wouldn’t take no for an answer.” Mariana offered her niece a rueful smile; she knew why she wasn’t happy.
Mariana is like
she had managed to keep her emotions stuffed inside.
Hmm … well, Aria … sweetie - that’s not really healthy. It’s gonna come out eventually.
Before she could change her mind, she slipped the key into the slot and turned it, and the vessel roared to life.
And this whole scenario wouldn’t have happened without Liam helping her with her fears this will always be a reminder to her too. The fact that he took time to help her on boats oh my God my heart!
Aria was there in his thoughts with or without them. He was miserable, but he knew he had no one else to blame but himself for the way he was feeling. And he continued to tell himself that what he had done was a favor to Aria.
Omg STILL with the dOiNg HeR A FaVoR bit you need a firm kick in the asshole.
The way she looked at him, the way she touched him, kissed him … he should have seen it then.
He had missed it; he had missed it all.
The way we all saw it ♀️ just saying Liam. You were so focused on your own feelings you refused to see hers.
“I’m trying to look out for you, Liam,” Butt Plug said before she dropped her voice lower. “I don’t see your fiancée here doing that.”
Excuse yourself from his life okay? And keep HIS QUEEN OUT OF YOUR MOUTH YOU TRASH PANDA!
But I’m here, Liam,” she said, stepping closer to him. “I’m the one here for you now.”
Gag me with a fork please.
“Nice to see you too, little brother.”
Damnit WAS THIS PLANNED?? What the fuck do you want Leo?
For years she had treated the weight of her survivor’s guilt and her parents’ ghosts on her shoulders like a companion. And that was the weight she could feel herself finally letting go of.
And of all people, she had Liam to thank for it.
I’m so glad she had that closure, it was something she definitely needed. This character development is fucking phenomenal, and the way Liam had a hand in it just makes me
She missed him.
She missed the way he made her feel something again after so long.
But what she needed to face was that everything she missed was nothing more than a mere fantasy.
But it wasn’t real – at least not for him, it wasn’t.
I’m sure feeling this way just crushes her soul she thinks she loves just a fake person and Liam doesn’t feel for her. OMG THIS IS DRIVING ME CRAZY!
It was because he cared about her and her happiness that he let her go.
Oh blah blah with the excuses Liam. Just stop!
“No, listen to me, Liam. I’m not going to stand here and coddle you for buying into the words of someone whose motives should have been blatantly obvious to you,” he admonished.
IF CONSTANTINE ISNT THE DAMN MVP IN THIS
LIKE HOLY CRAP LIAM LISTEN TO YOURSELF AND YOUR SHITTY REASONING AND EXCUSES.
“You’re a fool for letting her get into your head and an even bigger one for letting Aria go. And it would be a tragedy for you to go through your life alone because of a misguided perception you have about yourself and love.”
I want to give this man a high five …
No I want to hug him (is that appropriate? Probably not but I’m gonna do it anyway).
he could feel himself slowly beginning to spiral as the weight of his mistake became heavier and heavier. His tarnished outlook on love and deluded line of thinking had cost him the best thing that ever happened to him.
Holy shitballs it took you TWO WHOLE WEEKS LIAM!
Alright well, better late than never I suppose but who knows if she’s gonna let you back in ♀️
Summary: Two people from two different worlds, both with a grudge against relationships, cross paths and discover an opportunity to get something they both want.
Title Inspiration: Arcade - Duncan Laurence
Warning: This series will contain NSFW material and crude language and conversations. If you read, you acknowledge you are 18+
A/N: Thank you to @burnsoslow for prereading. Please excuse any errors.
Oh hi! It’s been 5395730 million bagillion years since I’ve reblogged anything but I NEEDED HH IN MY LIFE so here I am to harass you (besides me bothering you on WhatsApp)
More bubble guts.
Just so you’re aware …
Sharing is caring Anitah
But for a fleeting moment, after Aria confessed her feelings, there was a swell of happiness that he hadn’t felt in a long time, a swell of something new that brought possibility and excitement.
You were happy because she felt the same as you. She loved you back! Isn’t that enough? You’re letting the Cum Bucket get into your head
“That was your mistake. It was merely an arrangement, Aria … and we knew it would end. We had some fun … but it’s over now.”
Liam skidded to an abrupt stop in the sand, breathing heavily as he laced his fingers together at the back of his head. He could feel his heart fracturing with each thundering beat against his chest as that look in Aria’s eyes when he spoke that lie tormented him.
Yup. It destroyed her. Yknow, because she’s in LOVE WITH YOU.
“She called and informed me she needed a car to take her to the airport.”
Liam closed his eyes, feeling his heart sink.
Definitely feel like you should have expected this mister. But also, it’s probably not easy to hear.
GO TALK TO HER
but you keep thinking you’re somehow doing her a faaaavor and I can’t
He contemplated going to find her in the guest wing to try and speak to her, but was there really any point?
YES THERE IS A POINT! A BIG POINT!!!!
Stop this madness Liam.
Absolute madness.
I want to spank you.
And not the good kind.
the ache in her chest swelled as Liam’s words echoed in her head. “We had some fun … but it’s over now.”
He does have a way with words and it makes my chest hurt too. THOSE WORDS STABBED HER IN THE MUSCLE-Y TISSUE IN HER CHEST LIAM.
A knock on the guest room door pulled Aria’s attention; she turned to look at it and berated the small part of her that hoped it was Liam.
This made my really sad but also proud of her because she opened up part of herself and still wants it to be Liam in the other side of that door
“You already said everything you needed to say last night. I don’t need to hear anymore.”
Liam sighed. “But I just need …” He trailed off, feeling his stomach twist in knots as he watched her lift her hand and slide the engagement ring off her finger.
“There’s nothing left to say. Like you said … we had some fun, but it’s over now.” Aria reached over and set the ring on his desk; when she took a step back, her eyes remained locked on it for a moment before she turned towards the door. “Goodbye, Liam …”
Omg reading this snippet and then REreading it still makes me cry it pains them both, watching her take that ring off that means so much to him and her physically taking it off her finger and giving it back nits like the final nail in the coffin.
It’s what’s for the best.
Something moving caught Drake’s eye, and he glanced up at the window above them; Liam was peering around the sheer curtain.
DUDE THE VISUAL OF HIM PEEKING AROUND THE CURTAIN MADE ME HOWL WITH LAUGHTER tryna be a creeper Liam lol I see you.
I knew Connie saw their feelings … EVERYONE did. For Liam to think that his dad - who is the MASTER of reading people - didn’t notice Liam. LI-AM!
“She said that she didn’t want any favors from you.”
That flicker inside Liam’s chest dimmed out as he closed his eyes and slowly nodded.
I’m really glad she did this. I’m mad at Liam right now. No matter how handsome and sweet you are.
STILL MAD!
“The engagement … it was fake,” Aria said casually, ignoring the ache she truly felt.
Saying it still feels like a rock in her chest
“What you did, while you meant well … it was at too great a cost, koúkla.” Aria bit her lower lip to keep it from trembling, unable to stop herself from glancing in her aunt’s direction. “Your heart …”
Mariana is so damn wise. She read between the lines and she knows her niece well.
Ugh. Okay more bubble guts to get through. I’m ready for them to be fixed! They’re … gonna be fixed yes?
