The Ring ✔️

Water In Your Hands

A/N: this song is literally them😭

You are sick, and you're married,
And you might be dying.
But you're holding me like water in your hands.

After thinking long and hard about what Gabriel said for a few weeks, Nathalie decided to return to the mansion.

Walking inside felt surreal, it was so silent and eerie she almost left right then and there. But determined to make things right, she made her way up to his office doors and gently knocked, anxiously twisting the soft fabric of her cardigan between her fingers.

Curiosity took over as she received no answer.

"Gabriel?" Nathalie called softly, gently pushing open the door, only to the find the man fast asleep at her desk, hugging what seemed to be a blazer of hers.

His eyes had dark circles underneath them and he had grown stubble, his hair was falling out of place and Nathalie instantly felt horrendous, had she caused this?

"Gabriel," She spoke again, gently shaking the mans shoulder.

The aging man stirred in his sleep, his eyes fluttering open slowly as he mumbled something incoherent.

"Hm?" Nathalie hummed, crouching down to meet him at eye level.

"Nathalie?" Gabriel mumbled, instantly rubbing his eyes and pinching his arm to see if he was dreaming.

"I'm here." Nathalie gave him a soft, gentle smile as she stared lovingly into his eyes.

"What are you doing here? Are you okay? Is something wrong?" He instantly sat up, placing his hands on her shoulders.

"I'm okay." The smile that she had on her face remained, full of love and hope.

"Are you okay, Gabriel." Natahlie placed her hands on his shoulders, brushing his hair back, her lips curled as she concentrated on him.

He smiled lovingly at her, placing his hand to cup her cheek and then stroking it.

"As long as you're here, I'm okay." He whispered making the young woman blush.

"I-I, well I j-just wanted to check on you so-so I'll just um, I'll just go now-" She stammered, turning to get up.

"Stay." He grasped her arm.

"She turned back around to face him, and with one look into his eyes, she immediately gave in.

"Let's get you cleaned up." She smiled, standing up with him.
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Gabriel eyed his...well whatever she was now carefully as she shaved his stubble for him, he had insisted that he could do it on his own as he has for years but he couldn't put up a fight against Nathalie.

He visibly flinched every time she got near his face with the blade making her sigh.

"Gabriel, I do use razors at least weakly y'know." She mused.

He mumbled a few words incoherently making her roll her eyes, smirking slightly as she carefully wiped the foam off of his jawline, he watched her attentively, not realizing that he was smiling all the while.

"There!" Nathalie cheered, stepping back to look at her work.

Gabriel chuckled softly, as he watched her, not being able to take his eyes off of her.

"I love you," He uttered without realizing it.

She froze, blushing instantly.

He quickly realized what he said and panicked.

"I'm so sorry, Nathalie, did I make you uncomfortable? I-" He quickly shot to his feet, immediately apologizing before she placed her finger over his lips, signaling him to stop talking.

"It's okay. You don't need to walk on eggshells around me anymore, I took the time to think and heal, and I'm okay now. You don'thave to worry." At some point during her speech she had taken his hands into her own, giving them a firm squeeze.

"I-I, I love you too." She quickly spat out what she'd been keeping in for so long.

Gabriel's eyes instantly doubled in size.

"Y-You do?" He stuttered, a shade of red coating his face.

She nodded quickly, smiling brightly.

Not knowing what to say, he placed his hands on her cheeks and pulled her in, kissing her with so much passion and force that she was sure she'd topple over.

After what seemed like an eternity, she broke the kiss to speak but he beat her to it.

"That was so foolish of me, I'm so sorry, Nathalie. I didn't even ask if you were okay with it." Gabriel apologized, scratching the back of his neck as his cheeks flushed.

Instead of giving him a reply Nathalie kissed him again, holding double the amount of passion and force that the kiss they shared a few seconds ago did.

Blushing furiously, the deeply in love man picked her up by her thighs, holding her close to himself as they continued to kiss.

The two broke the kiss to catch a breath but Nathalie instantly began to sob, all of her emotions hitting all at once.

"Hey, hey, what's wrong, my love? It's okay." Gabriel instantly took her into his arms, holding her as carefully as water in his hands.

She tried to say something but all of her words came out as incoherent mutters.

"Okay, it's okay." He whispered, placing a kiss on her temple before scooping her up into his arms and carrying her to his bed, laying her down on it and then taking her inro his arms from behind, spooing the young woman.

Neither of them spoke as she sobbed, all he did was rub her side with one hand and stroke her hair with the other.

A/N: ahh, two minutes before christmas eve🤭 or for my germans christmas, i just wanted to release this before the christmas special so it would make more sense and i also figured you'd all want something sweet before christmas so here's that.😭