Angel's Wings

Warning

F/N had guided me into bed. I fell asleep pretty quickly, but not for very long. I woke up maybe an hour later inexplicably. Try as I might, I just couldn't go back to sleep, leaving me to listen to incessant yet calmingly predictable ticking of the clock.

Tick. Tick.

As more ticking went by, I couldn't shake the feeling that I wasn't alone. I didn't look around though. I honestly didn't want to know. I wanted to sleep.

Of course, this was not going to happen.

"Hm, tough day?" I heard a voice from behind me.

I remained quiet and motionless.

Tick. Tick.

In my half-asleep delirium, I had hoped that he, like many things in life, would leave you alone out of boredom if you ignored them. With Brendon though, he knows I will have to respond at some point.

"Come on, princess, I know you wanna talk about it. Get it off your chest."

What I had intended to keep to my thoughts, ended up coming out of my mouth. "People don't normally talk about their problems from throughout the day, to the person who caused said problems."

I felt no arms or hands, make contact with me, and yet I was suddenly facing him without having moved a muscle of my own free will. Being a magical puppet leaves you with a sick uneasy feeling, and it sent a chill down my spine.

I expected his eyes to be cold and empty as they had been, yet to my surprise when his met mine they had a level of warmth and comfort I hadn't seen in so long. I suddenly regretted my smart comment, and I couldn't place why... or maybe I could. Maybe with just that look alone he could convince me to surrender and cave to whatever he asked. Maybe I need to snap out of it before I make another stupid mistake again and play right into his games.

   He reached out and placed a strand of hair behind my ear. "This is true." He pulled our foreheads together. "And I truly am sorry, princess."

   I could have melted right there. Perhaps I did a little. It was like right there nothing that had happened mattered.

   "I know I have been quite troublesome, yet I have a proposition." Suddenly I was snapped back to reality, the ticking sound even managing to come back into focus. I felt a tinge of panic in my heart at the change in his tone, and I wanted to run, yet I was frozen solid.

"Why the hell would I take a proposition from you?" I spat.

"Because I don't want to do these things. I just want my angelic Y/N back. I want you. I am only doing this for you, to get us back, to get what is best for you." His voice was sweet like honey, and came out like a melody. "If you come with me, just think, we could be to together once more. No one to come between us anymore." He leaned in close to my ear. My thoughts were becoming more and more clouded. "Doesn't that sound nice Y/N?... Isn't that what you want, princess?" His voice was rich and velvety.

All logic was gone in that moment. "Yes."

Dammit that's exactly what he wants you to say. "I knew you woul-"

"But you'll say anything to get underneath my skin. I'm done with your tricks. I do want that, but not with this awful creature you've become," I quickly tried to retract any meaning from my single word statement.

Tick. Tick.

He looked bored. "I'd hoped it wouldn't come to this, but it's either you accept, princess, or I won't have mercy. Now matter what you think I am or am not capable of. I won't stop until you are begging me to stop and save you from yourself."