Stained Glass Breaks and So Do Hearts

Sleeping Beauty

Everyone sat around Audrey's door waiting for him. Carlos sat behind Ben, who stood, the two holding hands. Ben was rubbing the engagement ring nervously and Carlos kissed his hand, silently trying to calm his nerves. He glanced at Carlos with a thankful smile before going back to staring at the closed door. The Beast and Belle were there. Belle stood by Audrey's bed, opposite of Audrey's grandmother. Beast was just as nervous as Ben seemed to be, except he was pacing a hole in the floor. Uma, Jay, and Evie sat in a corner of with chairs and a couch. Mal stood by the door alone, waiting, nervous for completely different reasons. The room was almost completely silent, you would be able to hear a pin drop. The knock that finally came to the door made everyone jump. Opening the door, Mal came face to face with her father again. "Thank you for coming." Ben weakly tried to seem kingly, despite clearly being nervous.

"Didn't have much choice." Hades was less than enthused on the surface, but Mal knew that being off the Isle, even for a bit was a blessing to him. They were more alike than she ever wanted to admit.

"Can you wake her?" Ben asked letting the worry be plain on his face now, not bothering to hide it.

"Since when do heroes care about villains?" He mocked the king rolling his eyes judgmentally.

"She's..." Ben started.

"One of your own. Right." Hades shifted a bit, looking Mal and Ben in the eyes. "When you guys try to destroy the world... it's an error in judgment. But when it's one of us... lock them up and throw away the key. Right, Beast?" His voice semi-righteous and very pointed at the former king. Everyone was chilled and sobered by such a bitter truth. Auradon, the land of the good and the just had condemned people without even a chance to redeem themselves. Hades shook his chained wrists, making most of the Auradon natives jump. "Yeah. I'm gonna need to use my hands." He chuckled a bit. Ben and Mal shared a look before he nodded, and the guards unlocked his shackled hands. He gestured at Mal to fork his ember over and she did so. He rolled the ember in his hands before his hair became blue flames. He smirked, "Haven't lost my touch." Hades and Beast locked eyes and started growling at each other.

"Dad!" Mal snapped, making her father shift and shrug a bit before going to the foot of Audrey's bed. The room darkened, illuminated by the blue fire of hades as his magic pinged and pulsed around Audrey. Pink sparkles cascaded off the girl as she rose from the bed sitting up taking a gasp of air. Hades smiled and tossed his ember up and caught it, still had it in him. It used to be his job after all.

"Tell me it was all a bad dream," Audrey said looking at Mal, Ben, and Carlos. Ben frowned looking her in the eyes.

"I wish I could. But, it's over now." He said looking over at Hades who rolled his eyes. More judgment was coming off the god then Ben could handle, looking away guiltily.

"I'm sorry. I wanted to hurt you both." Audrey looked between Mal and Carlos with tears in her eyes. "I wanted to hurt all of you." The tears started to slip down her cheeks in streaks.

"I have owed you an apology for... a very long time now," Mal said taking her hands.

"And so, have I." Ben frowned wiping her tears. "I broke it off with you in the worst way imaginable after years of you being my best friend. While I can't take it back, I take full responsibility for what happened. This is my fault.

"I'm sorry too..." Carlos said sheepishly but Audrey shook her head.

"The only thing you did wrong was fall in love with the best and most goodness filled man in this kingdom. I forgive you if you guys can forgive me." She sighed with a sad smile. Ben and Carlos flanked the girl, sandwiching her between them in a hug.

Mal left the room following Hades but everyone ignored it, letting them have their privacy. Ben smiled and looked at Audrey. "You really are my best friend, you just got so wrapped up in yourself and I only made it worse..." Ben smiled kissing the top of her head like she were his baby sister.

"I have to say though, even as a Villain you have some impeccable fashion sense... Maybe you and Evie can work on a Fashion line together. The best of both Auradon and the Isle." Carlos smiled making Evie squeal and peel across the room to the edge of the bed.

"Oh, Em Gee! Yes! I would totally love to do that!" The two girls started gushing about fashion. Ben and Carlos backed away slowly before turning to find Mal. She stood in the hallway smiling, ember in hand. Carlos pulled her into a tight hug.

"I don't think your dad is so bad you know? He did save and AK... maybe we can save him too." Carlos chuckled with Mal who nodded. Ben smiled and pulled out his phone calling the guards back, telling them to bring Hades to the castle to be processed to be allowed back into Auradon. Mal leaped on Ben hugging him tightly.

"Thank you, thank you, Ben!" Mal squealed like Evie for a moment before straightening herself up and clearing her throat, letting go of him. "I'm gonna go get Uma..." She went back into the room. The two girls walking out and past them, chatting about the new things Uma didn't know about from her limited exposure to Auradon, their hands in one another. Gil and Harry walked up to Ben and Carlos. Ben pulled Carlos close and possessively. Carlos laughed a bit, squeezing Ben. Harry rolled his eyes.

"We just came to see how things turned out. By the look on Uma and Mal's mugs, I'd say well. Are you always going to be like this when I'm around?" Harry seemed tired of the whole thing. Jay came out and joined Gil, the two walking off like Uma and Mal talking more about adventures.

"Yes," Ben smirked kissing the Top of Carlos' head. Carlos grinned at Harry, burring his face into Ben's chest. Harry smiled a bit.

"Take good care of him. Feed and water him three times a day." Harry teased and Carlos rolled his eyes. Ben chuckled and smiled giving Carlos scritches behind his ear, playfully.

"Don't worry I'm going to spoil the De Vil our of him." Harry nodded a bit and turned to run after Jay and Gil swearing about having to do more running around. The two stood in the empty hallway and looked at each other.

"Finally, alone..." Carlos mumbled into his chest. Ben looked down at him.

"Sadly, I have to get the kingdom back together... it's probably still a mess out there... but." He captured Carlos' lips to stop him pouting. "You" He gave him a kiss. "Me" Another kiss "Date" Kiss "Tomorrow." Carlos grinned and nodded a bit.

"I'm still spending the night with you," Carlos argued, starting to pout again.

"Of course, you should move into the castle with me. We are engaged silly."

(A/N): There are only a couple chapters left in this fanfic and I'm really sad about it. I can't even tell if anyone is even still following this but I'm happy to keep writing. There will be more Benlos coming from me after this story is finished. I love Benlos and I'm not done with the ship by a long shot. I have a big story idea and a shorter one too, so once this is over expect more. Tell me what you think of things. Also for those of you waiting for smut or just the juicy bit, I promise it's just around the corner. <3 Thank you for reading this mess If you are still following along. I really appreciate it.