Maven X Reader One Shots (2)

Pg. 640 Songfic: That Distant Shore

(sad fic meep)

You rest outside of the castle, the forest around you being your home. You watch through the windows. You watch everything you can. 

You are so scared of what Maven can do, so scared of what he'll do to you.

But it feels lonely out here, all by yourself with only the Scarlet Guard to back you up.

You wish to be in Maven's arms again, to pretend like everything is fine. But the way you stormed out, your weapon of hands wrapped around his wrists as you nearly tried to kill him. You know he'll never forgive you. Not your nymph hands. Never. 

Was this how the future was supposed to be?

It all became so lovely

You remember singing with Maven as a child, running around the castle as you hide with him inside of the halls. Everything was innocent then. You loved his mother, and she loved you. You and Maven were practically built for each other. He got excited every time you came into the castle to play, and you were happy whenever you were with him.

Those bluest skies above me

You played with Maven, even when you were a teenager. All of your friends thought you were weird for hanging out with the youngest Calore brother. Nothing of success will occur, they bargained. You did not listen. You loved Maven. You loved his hair, you loved his eyes, you loved everything about the way he looked and felt. He was everything you wanted to be, everything you could never be. He was everything to you.

Those funny feelings I had never felt before I met you

Whenever you hear Maven's name you imagine his smiling face, the way his dimples showed only to you. You remember loving his smiling, thinking of it as Heaven. It was something new, something unbelievably pleasurable. It made your chest and stomach tingle in anticipation. When will you make him smile again? When will you hear his laugh, if ever again in your life? Will he be gone tomorrow, falling for somebody else? One day, will he not be yours?

But every day when Maven kissed you goodnight, you pushed those thoughts away. Everything was happy. Everything was completely fine with you and Maven. You were the one that messed it up.

I thought I'd stay a while

Now, you linger outside of the castle's walls. Every day you wait for Maven to come outside and pull you back into his grasp. But he doesn't. You don't even know if he knows you're out there. You contemplate your next moves every day of your life. Do you attack? Do you kill him, like you once desired? Or do you stay here every day of your life, wishing that for once Maven will remember you?

I tried to learn to smile

Even when Mareena was in your place, you still continued to stay by Maven's side. But every day he changed. He changed and changed and changed. He grew more morbid, losing his peaceful mind. At first, you blamed Mareena. She was tainting him. All he needed was your touch. 

You wished you knew better.

Sure, Elara loved you like a daughter. You loved Elara more than your own family. Your family was happy to sell you like a product, to treat you like their trophy. Elara was the one that gave you life, showing you the true meaning of relaxation and love. You loved her more than you loved Maven. She didn't like that. She wanted you to be the queen, so she made you a queen. She made you just like she made Maven. No more jealousy, no more love for anybody else. Anybody except Maven.