Eyes of Blue, Heart of Stone (Baroness X Femme Reader)

History (Reprise)

Estella was due to meet you this evening. She said she would be willing to help you with something related to Victoria. You had a present planned that couldn't be sorted as a solo act.

You said you were staying with Maddie tonight.

Nighttime in London was always going to be risky but Estella, Horace and Jasper could hold their own and yours without breaking a sweat.

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The liquor cupboard had a thick familiar scent. Not a safe familiar like Victoria's perfume, a filthy familiar.

She was more than just an alcoholic. Her blood was red wine and her breath evaporated vodka. She was gin and she was whisky.

Because of her, you had a very specific taste for alcohol. You knew a good wine when you tasted it, but you left that sort of thing to rarity. Personal preference was built upon what she didn't drink. Cider and archers and larger. Champagne at Christmas and only Christmas. Victoria shared a similar taste in alcohol.

He used to drink too.

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The pub made your stomach go off like a spinning top. It smelt exactly how you remembered. The alcohol brings back too many memories.

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Several girls brought whisky to prom. You would have asked Gabrielle, but she was already too far gone when you went over to pick up the dress she offered to tailor.

"Gabs, it's me!"

"Hello doll..."

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"Y/N!" She called, her voice slurred. You picked up your pace, not wanting to face this. She was unstable and her attempt to catch up with you caused the two of you to be cornered in an alleyway.

"Evening doll." She walkways called you 'doll' when she was drunk. She was off her rocker. She was mad. "Get the fuck away from me!"

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"Dance with me Y/N." She commanded, staring coldly and pouting at you. "I can't, there are people here." You begged, nervously. Her voice was slightly slurred. She wasn't very easy to negotiate with when her voice was slurred. When she was drunk. She'd had a drink or two before you came and you saw that she had a pint at the bar. "You are such a little brat sometimes! I don't know why I'm still with you. Just dance like no one's here! I want to dance!" She barked, angry. Maddie shot you a reassuring smile. A smile wouldn't get you out of this.

You were too far from the window of escape.

She forced you against the bathroom wall.

"Gabs- no- please-"

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All over again...

It was happening all over again...