Of Ice And Poppies - An EmpiresSMP Flower Husbands Fanfic

Chapter Seven

Jimmy smoothed down his suit, standing in front of Scott's castle with a nervous smile on his face and a poppy in his hand.  It was his and Scott's first date- a secret one, that Jimmy had actually initiated.  He wanted to bring Scott somewhere beautiful- the cliffs above the sea.  There was no better place to watch the sunset, with the sound of waves crashing against the rocks, the sky melting into the ocean as the line between them blurred.

It was beautiful alone... But it'd be even more beautiful with him.

"Prince Scott?" He called, hearing his voice echo through the crystal chamber.  The elf prince strode over to him, teal eyes sharp with amusement.

"You can just call me Scott," he offered, holding out a hand for Jimmy to take.  His heart skipped a beat as he did so.

"O- oh.  I hadn't realized.." His voice faltered as Scott chuckled softly, melodically almost.

"It's alright.  I get it," he murmured.  "Now, where did you want to take me?" Jimmy hesitated and started off towards home, feeling Scott's hand intertwined with his own the whole walk.  As they walked, they spoke about everything under the sun- their past lives, their current, the kingdoms... Anything to keep them occupied and anything to keep them safe from the pitfall of true emotion, until they finally arrived.

"Here we are!" Jimmy exclaimed, heart pounding in his chest.  What if Scott hated it? What if he hated him? What if-

"Wow," Scott breathed.  "It.. It's beautiful." He was staring out at the view.

"Yeah, it is.. It is beautiful," Jimmy agreed.  But he was gazing at Scott, who reached for his other hand and looked down to make eye contact.

"Why did you bring me here?" He questioned.  Jimmy blinked, surprised.

"Why.. What do you mean? I asked you out," he mumbled truthfully.  "Wha.."

"No.  You brought me here for some other reason," Scott assumed.  "What is it? Money? Power? Are you trying to kill me?" Jimmy, taken aback, shook his head.

"O- of course not! I brought you here because I- I have.. I feel something for you and our past life together just made me so certain-"

"What do you want!?" Scott interrupted, his words harsh.  "You didn't bring me here for my company or because you 'feel something' for me, nobody does! You didn't! You want to use me to get something!" He broke his hands away from Jimmy's, glaring at him.  The cod prince stared at him through sorrowful, perplexed eyes.  Things had been going so well, so why was Scott acting this way all of a sudden..?

"I.. I'm not trying to hurt you, I don't want to use you," he countered, completely honest.  "When Gem showed us-"

"No, you're- you're using that to get close to me so you can use me," Scott argued, backing away rapidly.  "You're using me, you're-" His words were cut off abruptly by a scream of terror.

He had been backing away.

Right off of the side of the cliff.

Jimmy first went into shock, which he quickly brushed aside, forcing himself to move to the edge.  Scott was falling off the cliff, extremely quickly.  From this height, the water down there would kill the prince.

He let the panic wash over him as he stared at the water.  And all of a sudden...

It lifted up into a huge tidal wave that swept Scott back onto the ledge in a matter of seconds.  Jimmy's eyes widened- that had never happened before... No matter.  He had other concerns right now, mostly surrounding the shaking, terrified elf, curled up and dripping wet from the sea water on the ground.  Jimmy rushed to his side.

"Scott! A- are you okay!? I'm so sorry, I should have noticed how close you were to the-" Scott pulled him into a tight hug, causing his apology to die in his throat.  "Scott..?"

"Don't apologize," he whispered, clearly trying to keep his voice from shaking.  "You saved my life, Jimmy, you..." Jimmy shrugged halfheartedly.

"I didn't know.. I didn't realize I could do.. That..." He admitted numbly.  "It must have been the amount of emotion or.. Or something like that.."

"Emotion..?" Scott mumbled, confusion registering in his eyes.  Jimmy nodded.

"Well of course, your life was on the line! Emotions were running very high," he reasoned.  "Maybe powers are linked to feelings."

"Why.. Did you have emotions.. Towards me at all..?" Scott asked weakly.  "We barely know each other."

".. But still, we know each other better than anyone," Jimmy argued kindly.  "According to Gem, we were married.  I'm not saying.. We have to be like that again, if you don't want, but..."

Scott sighed, placing a hand over Jimmy's.  "I.. Don't know how to respond to that," he confessed.  "Nobody's ever wanted that with me- not truly.  Sure, for power or fame, but.. For me..? Never." He exhaled deeply.  "I may have hoped you did, even before we knew.. About the past.  You made me feel something.  But I didn't want to feel that because I'm used to.. Well, being used." Jimmy's heart nearly shattered at how lost and defeated Scott sounded.

"You shouldn't be used to that," he said softly.  "No- I want you for you.  If.. You want me for me, that is.  We worked once.  We could work again." Scott smiled feebly.

"If you want to try to make Us happen again," he said, voice equally low, "Then I am willing to." Jimmy's eyes lit up hopefully.

"Then let's try.  But first, let's get you cleaned up," he changed the topic.  Scott burst into sudden laughter. 

"Yeah, let's do that," he agreed.  Jimmy led the way to his family's palace and gave Scott a change of clothes to wear- one that wasn't soaked.  Scott gratefully took it and headed into the bathroom to change, leaving Jimmy to think.

Maybe we can make Us work, he thought optimistically.  I think we can.  It may not be easy, what with everything going on, but.. It's worth a shot.