Saccharine, if you look closely. Not the sweetness sung in ballads. Not the kind meant for courtly display. Honey hidden in bitter tea. Warmth beneath something meant to be stern. You do not taste it at first. Aerra does. In the hush between their names. In the way his hand lingers at her waist a fraction too long before remembering itself. In the quiet looks that would ruin them if anyone else noticed. He calls it discipline. She feels the sweetness trembling underneath. And in a world built on duty and dragons, softness like that is almost a sin.

summary: walking into a saloon in a nowhere town, billy meets a singer who he just can't get off his mind after she slips through his fingers; onto another town, another show- following nothing but the stars in her path. until he sees her again. another nowhere town and equally dusty saloon, but this time, the band of kids who made up her family is nowhere to be found. he's running away from something, and she is storming full speed toward something else, and tangling into each other's lives may just get both of them exactly where they want to be. pairing: william h. bonney (2022) x fem!reader tags/warnings: singer!reader (she's giving very much lucy gray), probably a little bit ooc billy but hey i tried- anyway he's a sweetheart, use of guns and violence, murder and violence but i try to keep it non-descript, oh also she's an orphan sorry (once again, lucy gray vibes), strangers to friends to lovers trope eee

୨ৎ ▎Is it that sweet? I guess so. ━━ ⟡. Art knew he'd get over Tashi and Patrick being a thing. He knew he'd find someone or his feelings will grow for someone else. He just didn't expect that person to be Patrick's twin sister. ✷ Started 04 June 2024 ❙ Young!Art Donalson x Zweig!OC