Life in The FeyWild, Lord Have Mercy

Chapter Two: Mornings.....Asteraoth, Luke

What's up guys? Sorry I haven't updated in a long time, I got sick and school has been murder to catch up on. Who knew high school was so hard, right?

Anyway, because of an even split, I'm going to do a backstory for both the twins and Asteraoth. They will be coming up soon! Here's a bit of fluff for y'all

Enjoy!

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Asteraoth P.O.V

I always liked getting up before the sunrise. It was something I took up about two years ago, when I used to have trouble sleeping. Whenever I woke up right before dawn I would head up the ladder in my room to the top of the tree house, and just watch Dawn show her rosy fingers in the dark sky.

I've tried to paint the sunrise, I even went as far as using my magic to attempt to capture it, but nothing worked. Nothing allowed me to recreate the majesty of what I saw.

But this morning was different, I woke up in a cold sweat, my sheets tossed around and my hair stuck to my forehead. Once again unable to fall asleep, I put on my cloak and rushed up the ladder just as the sun was rising. As it finished its arrival into the now baby blue sky, I could hear some odd gutteral noises, followed by creaking and the sound of metal rattling.

Thinking something broke into our house I scampered down the ladder, making my way into the training room where the sounds were coming from. I pulled the hood of my cloak up to hide my face and quickly stepped into a shadowy corner of the room. My hand slipped into one of the many pockets hidden within the black cloak, and pulled out a large card deck holder. I fumbled around with the latch for a bit, and pulled out a card when I finally noticed who the intruder was.

It was Luke, punching a large sandbag we hung from the ceiling. He never let me watch him train before, so I just sat down in the shadows, and watched while thumbing through my deck.

I had to admit, I had a soft spot for the pugilistic twin, he was nice to me when we first met. I was traveling by myself, with only my cards and my paints when I met them. Most of my magic was used up trying to keep my alive and using it for shelter and sustenance. So when I saw the twins, I actually considered robbing them. However, it didn't really work too well, cause I was shaking from exhaustion, and as they passed my hiding place, I collapsed behind them.

When I woke up, he was leaning over me, waving his hand in front of my face and shaking me. I looked around and saw what was an older version of the tree house I call home, it looked more like a carnival fun house back then. Quickly remembering what I was out for, I tackled Luke, pinning him to the ground.

Let's just say that didn't work out well, he forced me onto my back and kept me there. When I told them my story about how I woke up in the middle of the Forrest, with nothing but my cards and paints, I guess they pitied me. I had no idea what I was doing there, or where I was from. All I could remember was my name. Then Luke smiled, and I felt my chest twinge. They offered me a place to stay, and food, which I gladly accepted. And I was with them ever since.

But now it was different, seeing Luke in only sweatpants beating the hell out of a punching bag was kinda exhilarating. I felt like I was finally getting to see him do something, and yet....I felt like I was violating his privacy as well. There had to have been a reason he didn't want us in here, right?

I was going to leave, believe me I was, but then he turned around for a kick. And for that single moment, everything went still, and I could've painted what I saw.

Carefully sculpted muscles, including large muscular arms and a ridged eight pack. Broad shoulders that tapered down to a slim waist, and a V-Line, that dipped beneath the waistband of his sweatpants.

I could feel the blood rush to my cheeks, and I suddenly felt anemic. I had to get out of that room, but by this time I wouldn't be stealthy enough, and the shadows I chose to hid in were quickly withering away in the growing sunlight.

As I got up, ready to run out and beg for forgiveness, I started coughing violently. Falling to my knees, I left the shadows, only for Luke to turn and stare at me. Wide eyed, he knelt down next to me, rubbing my back as I worked my way through my coughing fit.

"What are you doing here? You know I don't want people to watch me?" His voice sounded like a mixture of care and disdain.

I looked up, still coughing. "I-I'm sorry Luke, I didn't mean to stay, I thought someone...someone...some...one..." I coughed forcefully again, eyes screwing shut as the floor started moving. The last thing I felt was my head hitting the floorboards.

Luke's P.O.V

What the hell just happened?! I knew that Astro had a tendency for fits and being anemic, but he usually recovered faster, or at least went to rest. I never saw him pass out before. I didn't know what to do, I couldn't leave him lying there, but I didn't want to move him just in case his condition got worse. I pulled back his hood, and the breath caught in my throat.

I didn't realize how fragile Astro looked, with glass like, delicate features. And silver hair that fell around his neck. He fell just between looking like a girl and a boy, just masculine enough to be recognized as a male, but also feminine enough to be considered pretty.

He was panting slightly, so I brushed the hair away from his face, and from the flask of water I had with me, I wet a towel and laid it across his forehead. Out of any other ideas on what to do, I gently lifted his head and put it on my lap. Leaning against a wall, I let fatigue set in, closing my eyes as I drifted off to sleep.

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When I woke up, for a second I didn't see Astro, he wasn't laying in my lap like I had left him. Instead there was a young dark haired girl, curvaceous and peaceful laying there. When I rubbed my eyes she was gone, but so was Asteraoth.

I got up quickly, rushing towards the door of the training room when I finally saw Astro. He was standing at our stove, cooking when I rushed up and hugged him from behind. I could feel him tense up but I didn't carem I was just glad we was alright enough to stand.

"Well what do we have here? Something didn't happen that I should know about, did it?" Great, just the voice I didn't want to hear this morning.

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