serendipity

He's a little boy with only one place to run, only one safe place

He's hiding under the bed covers, away from the monsters that are clawing their way in his head

She's the little girl who hates fairytales because she knows just how untrue they are

She doesn't wait for prince charming, instead she fights her own battles

He grows to be the boy with fangs for teeth and claws for nails and a heart of steel

She becomes the girl with frosted ice on the outside and fire in her heart

They stumble upon each other and fight each other- at least at first

They love and hate in equal measures and sometimes it still feels like they're fighting, but now it's more like they're fighting themselves and the feelings none of them thought they were capable of having

He locks his arms around her and cages her to his chest

She wraps herself around him like a vine

He paints rainbows on her bare body like the artist that he is- blue and purple for the bruises, red for the love-marks

She cherishes his traces on her because she had never belonged to anyone before and belonging is all she has ever wanted

They don't know how to love other than being caught in this brutal and yet strangely redeeming haze of fire they let consume them

He thinks she's beautiful when she cries for mercy but it is when she pleads for more that she's truly magnificent

They're not on the way of healing

They're breaking and ruining each other time and time again

They're both afraid that they'll never be able to let go of each other

And in all honesty, they wouldn't have it any other way