Bree is down in the common room and sitting with Pietro, her legs bent over his lap with his arms over her shoulders and her head on his chest. She hugs her thighs to her chest while zoned in on the floor in front of her, though everyone is oblivious to the thoughts she's carrying through her mind.
She takes a deep breath and Pietro looks down at her as she stands. He takes her hand and she looks back at him while pushing her fingers through her hair.
"You all right?" He whispers.
"Mhmm." She nods. "I'm just tired."
He hesitantly nods and slowly lets go of her hand as she heads towards the door. She hurries up the stairs to make it to her floor and goes to the living room. She stops behind her couch and sighs while leaning down on the back of it with her head in her hands.
Seconds later, she hears the door open and slowly stands while staring at Pietro. He moves behind her and hugs her waist as she lifts her arms to hang on his shoulders with her fingers interlocked.
"You're so pretty." He states in her neck with his hands on her belly.
"I don't feel it." She states just above a whisper with her head laid back.
He turns his head to look at her face and sighs at the numb expression carved through.
"You're beautiful to me, I don't care what you think." He shakes his head as her eyes water.
"I wanna be pretty all the time." Her bottom lip trembles as she turns her face into his neck.
"I wish you could see what I see." He whispers. "I swear, you'd be happier than ever."
She takes a deep breath as the tears slip out and she turns around with her hands on his chest by her head. He hugs her close before picking her up onto his hips. He walks around the couch to sit on the middle cushion and gently push her to sit up.
"Bree." He calls as she hangs her head and picks at her fingers. "What don't you like about yourself?" He asks and she furrows her brows with a sniffle.
"... All of it." She states with a raspy voice.
"This too?" He cups her cheeks.
"I hate it all." She cries lightly.
"But it's so beautiful." He breathes with furrowed brows and she shakes her head. "Anjel, I can't stand to see you like this. It happens too often." He worries while moving his hands back down to her hips. "...Baby, you want to know what I would change about you?" He asks and she nods. "This." He states. "Anjel." He calls and her eyes find his. "Look at me. Listen." He rubs her cheekbone with his thumb. "Everything that you hate about yourself is everything I want to see every morning." He shakes his head. "Every morning, when you come down to the common room, or come see me in mine, or I come to you, I can't help smiling because of you." He nods. "Everything that you hate about yourself makes me smile." He states and she closes her eyes while turning into his touch. "Make me smile." He nods upwards and she opens them back up. "Come on." He smirks a bit and she slowly grins slightly with another tear drop. "So pretty. I need more, keep going." He sits up fast and she grabs his shoulders to hold herself up with a giggle. "Oh, that was perfect." He chuckles as she brings her hands back to where they were with a small smile and sniffle. "I want you to be okay." He nods softly. "Even if it's just for one night, I need to know that you'll be okay. How can I do that?"
"... Stay with me...stay the night." She states and he smiles a bit. "I don't wanna be alone without you." She shakes her head.
"I'll stay however long you need." He nods and she takes a deep breath with tired and red eyes. "Whatever you need."
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A few hours later, night time rolls around and Bree is falling asleep on Pietro out in her living room with a movie on in the background. He plays with her hair as she lays curled in a ball under a blanket with her head on his lap.
He quietly turns off the TV and she opens her eyes a bit as he stands and takes the blanket off of her. Still half asleep, she goes to stand, but he stops her as she rubs her eye and pulls her up into his arms.
He holds her while turning off all the lights out in the common area and goes to her room lit by the lights of the city outside her window and closes the door behind him.
He moves her comforter out of the way before laying her down and pulling it over her. He goes to the other side of the bed and crawls in beside her, just for her to turn on her side and lay her arm over his chest. He smiles and turns as well to pull her close to his body and intertwine their legs as she sighs adorably.
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Forever
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