𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 & 𝗔𝗟𝗪𝗔𝗬𝗦, 𝐦. 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨

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matt and hope had been flicking through her box of printed pictures, reminiscing their memories filled with laughter, love and happiness. they were unaware of all the time that was passing as they looked at picture after picture. hope had kept all the pictures stored in a box; after the break up, she knew it would he unhealthy to keep looking at them but she didn't have it in her to throw away all the memories. she resisted the urge to look back at the pictures numerous times but now that she was back with matt, she jumped at the opportunity.

matt picked up the next picture, a picture of her painted nails alongside matt's painted nails. both
their minds travelled to the same destination as they took in the image in front of them.

"i'm done, do you like them?" hope questioned as she blew on the top coat of her nails, attempting to make them dry quicker.

she turned her hand so that her painted nails were able to be viewed by matt who had the largest grin on his face. he studied the nails in detail, his eyes trailing over the sky blue base paired with the outline of flames done in much darker shades.

"they look amazing!" matt said excitedly as he held her hand so that he could get a better look at the pattern.

"can i paint your nails?" she asked mindlessly, not even expecting him to say yes.

"fuck yeah you can," he responded and hope immediately broke out into a wide smile as she picked up the sky blue nail polish bottle from its position on matt's bedside table. she swirled the bottle in her hands, growing impatient at the time it was taking for her own nails to dry and matt began to laugh.

"this isn't funny matthew," she sighed as she blew at her nails again, this time more exasperated than the last.

eventually, hope grew tired of repeating the same action over and over and settled on waiting like normal. she diverted her attention to matt who was watching a tik tok over and over again on his phone. she quirked her brow at the replaying sound and gave him a curious look.

"what are you watching?" she voiced her thoughts as matt instantly turned his phone so that hope could see what he was watching.

a small rosy tint made its way onto her cheeks as she took in the video in front of her and the fact that matt had been watching it for the past few minutes. she watched as the version of herself in the latest sturniolo triplets' video danced around, entirely ignoring what the boys had to say to her. she read the caption about how careless she was and how beautiful she looked and found herself unable to contain the joy that overtook her features.

"you do look really pretty," he agreed with the video and she gave him a soft smile as she looked up to glance at him.

"thank you," she breathed out as matt gently tugged her towards his chest and let her head rest there. she could feel the slow movements due to his breathing against her and she smiled at the sense of familiarity she had grown accustomed to.

he leaned down to peck her forehead and they remained in that position for a while until hope's eyes connected with the abandoned bottle of polish and she sat up. she grabbed the bottle and twisted it open, turning her body around so that she was facing matt. she grabbed his hand that wasn't running its fingers through his hair and she let the brush swipe against the nailbed of his thumb. she stroked gently and carefully, making sure any residue didn't get onto his skin and she covered the nails in the vibrant colour. she worked her way along the nails and eventually across the next hand until every nail was perfectly painted with the colour.