❝ You can be the most beautiful person in the world and everybody sees light and rainbows when they look at you, but if you yourself don't know it, all of that doesn't even matter. ❞
ADALAINE AIROLDI spends every second doubting her worth, spending...
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The soft morning light touches the white blanket that was carefully across the two teenagers.
Adalaine Airoldi is sleeping for what felt like the first time in years, free of her night terrors despite the rough mattress cushioning her back, comforted by the arm of a certain blue-eyed Pogue as he shifts to pull her closer to him. Soft sighs leave her lips and her lashes flutter, but she's nowhere near waking up, too in love with her dreams as the best one keeps a firm grip around her shoulders.
The sun on his face makes Jj stir, but his eyes eventually slide open drearily as he registers the familiar walls of John B's guest room. He feels a crick in his neck from the uncomfortable position he'd fallen asleep in, but as he turns his head and locks his gaze on the sleeping girl in his arms, the discomfort washes away and is replaced by bliss as he reminisces on their night together.
A warm grin tugs at his lips as he watches her, his chest filling with feelings he never thought would be possible for him as he can't help but inch closer to her, leaning down to press almost ghost-like kisses on her closed lids, resisting the urge to feel her lips on his again after he'd barely given her time to breathe the night prior.
Adalaine lets out a quiet sigh at the action and he flinches in fear of waking her up, but her eyes remain closed, her head turning towards him as a contented smile stretches across her mouth, still deep in her sleep as her dreams dance across the back of her lids, where her hand is locked with his as they ride the HMS Pogue away from the island with her friends, utterly joyful and free from the sadness that lingered on Kildare.
Perhaps it was the growing light of the sun, or maybe it was Jj's heartache beating quickly. Whatever it was, it was enough to awake Adalaine, but she didn't mind━━ no, not one bit! As she felt safe and sound in the arms of the blond Pogue.
"Good morning Jj," Adalaine says with a soft smile, her voice cracking slightly due to the dryness of the already warm summer morning.
"I didn't wake you, did I Nia?" Jj asks, as he shifts slightly to lay on his side, putting all of his attention on the small brunette that laid beside him. For how early it was in the morning, and considering how late they went to bed, she looked absolutely stunning in his eyes- and the blond boy couldn't help but take a strand of her chestnut colored hair around his finger.
"No," she shakes her head. "Did you sleep well?"
"Did I sleep well?" Jj asks in a teasing tone, scooting even closer to Adalaine. "Nia, I don't think i've slept that well in years,"
"Really?" She asks genuinely before smiling wide in agreement.
"I meant to ask this last night, but you knocked out before I could," the blond begins to say and she can feel her cheeks turn pink at the thought of the night prior. "But where did you learn to kiss like that?"
