Rebecca gives a grateful smile to the tailor, who gives a grin in response and packs up their things, leaving the small house with a wave to her father. Rebecca turns away from the door, stepping forward until she’s standing in front of the mirror.
She almost doesn’t recognize herself.
She runs a careful hand down her front, the soft silk of the brand new dress soothing under her fingertips. The contrast is stark; smooth, silky fabric against the rough calluses of her fingers. It feels good, and Rebecca almost can’t get enough of the silken feeling, running a tentative hand up and down her stomach.
She jumps as a weight comes down on her shoulders, but relaxes as she registers the familiar hands, rubbing soothing circles into the tense muscles along her spine, and looks up to meet her father’s eyes in the mirror.
Kyros smiles, a tender look in his eyes as he takes in the bright yellow, frills creasing up and down the smooth, soft dress. It flares out around Rebecca’s feet, the fabric brushing gently against her shins as she turns, spinning and letting the skirt spin with her. She giggles at the feeling, her father chuckling behind her as he takes her hand, twirling her around and around and around.
“You like it, then?” He asks, lips turned up into a soft smile as he twirls her around one last time, stopping her when she faces him. She beams, nodding quickly.
“I love it! Thank you so much!” Kyros laughs fondly, and Rebecca launches herself at him. He catches her easily, enveloping her in the embrace that she’d only gotten to know recently, but means safety, means home, means love.
She releases him after a moment, turning back to look into the mirror, and smiles brightly, wiping quickly at the tears pricking at the corners of her eyes.
With her father, in this dress, she’s never felt so beautiful; never felt so free.
THE MAIN COUPLE GOT TO SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN AFTER SEVEN YEARS OF A LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP AND
AND THE FL SHE SAID, “As long as I love you and you love me, that’s enough” BECAUSE ML WAS DOUBTING IF HE WAS ENOUGH FOR HER WHEN HE WAS ONE WHO HELPED PUSH HER INTO LOVING HERSELF MORE AND BECOMING MORE CONFIDENT AND
the only man i trust is this high school teacher who has been re-recording all of his lectures to post on youtube for 8 years and so clearly cares about his subject this man made my day
Character design concepts for my Carmen Sandiego timeskip au!! I imagine it takes place about 3 years after the final scene of the show (which seems to be a 2 year timeskip, making it 5 years altogether); It follows the characters slowly coming together as V.I.L.E’s faculty properly break out of prison and are hellbent on revenge and rebuilding their criminal empire.
I have explanations for what each character is doing under the cut!
