'Crush x Reader's (kind of)

♧ Total Eclipe

He was the moon.

Often overlooked, unnoticed, hidden in a crowd of stars screaming for attention. It had been this way for as long as he could remember, and he was okay with it. He didn't want to burn up in order for someone to fix their gaze onto him, he was perfectly content in his own, calm, silent way.
He had, however, always admired her, the sun. To him, it looked like she didn't even try to get everyone to focus on her. She was simply there, glowing, glorious and bright, too hot to touch but tempting anyway. He couldn't help but notice her, her smile blinding him, her laugh heating him up from the inside. He never dared coming closer though, afraid of how bright she was in comparison to him. If he came too close and she wouldn't notice him, he'd want to sink and disappear into his own craters. He sometimes tried though, knowing full well that he could only be complete when he was closest to her and feeling himself get dimmer, smaller, every time he retreated from her. Still, he would watch her, fierce and independent and invincible, from a safe distance, taking her in in all her fiery, ethereal glory.
The moon sighed, and, closing his eyes, basked in the warmth the sun radiated.

She was the sun.

So luminescent she lit up every constellation around her, never noticing that that was her doing, too busy keeping the world turning.
What she did notice, was him, the moon. He never came too close, always keeping his distance, but not in a cold way. If anything, she liked how he was discreet, mysterious, even. She wanted to get to know him, but didn't dare to come closer, afraid her scorching heat would be too much, too soon.
She could watch him for hours, her flames heating up everyone around her, but her mind elsewhere, time and time going back to him, the moon, with his peaceful aura and silvery complexion. She sighed. It would never work, she was too much, too hot, too bright.
The sun closed her eyes, longing for a moment in time in which she could rest her fiery fingers on the moon's smooth surface.

Then, one day, the sun and moon crossed paths.
It was brief, and they were completely surrounded by other constellations, but the moon finally dared to come closer, and the sun happily let him. They danced around - and, eventually, with - each other, coming closer and closer, testing the waters, until finally, the sun dared to engulf the moon in her flames. It was a sizzling kind of sensation, one neither of them would forget soon, but it felt fitting, two opposites so close to each other, so connected at the surface and in their minds.

It wasn't long before the sun became his sun, and the moon in return, her moon.

And how they complemented each other. No one could have seen it coming, but it worked perfectly.
The moon was finally glowing, gratefully showering himself in the sun's flames in order to show his own true colours. He got noticed now, but he really wasn't interested in the newfound attention. For him, the sun was all he would ever want to be warmed up by.
Some would say that the sun did all the work, because she was the one giving away her warmth, but anyone who cared to look closer could see that there was something different in the way that the sun carried herself. She still shone just as brightly as before, but her flames now danced instead of burning, a kaleidoscope of colours instead of a searing white. The moon was at the centre of that change. Every once in a while, when the sun risked getting burned by her own heat, the moon served as a mirror, showing her how bright she was and that it was okay to save some of that intensity for another moment. For her, someone so ever-busy and constantly moving, morphing into other versions of herself, the moon was home, peaceful, steady, always there for her, always the same, his coolness comforting her in a way no other constellation had ever been able to.

In time, all the constellations would see that the moon didn't glow until he met his sun, but once he did, he basked in her light.
And the sun? She didn't need to lose her warmth in order for the moon to glow. They simply shared from that moment on, lifting each other up, two bright dots, forever.

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A/N: As always, expecto_patronum934 - my mindtwin but also my beta - is amazing and I love her endlessly.

Until next week,

Rune x