"Year by year, it doesn't hurt so much anymore. Whatever effect it had is mixed in like dye. Like a White Rose dyed red." He smiles. "You and your roses-" "What can I say? Grew up surrounded by them, white ones and ones dyed red. White roses are pure, but after every event, it gets dyed, and eventually it's stained red." She smiles up at him. "You're drunk." He smiles back and she just leans in. "You are too. So what are we gonna do about it?" A Marcus Lopez Arguello story Started: July 15th, 2022 Ended: April 25th 2024 Highest ranks #1 Deadly Class #1 BenjaminWadsworth

"stay. even if you don't mean it. even if it kills us both." you carry a name soaked in blood. he carries a hunger he can't name. what starts as a mistake becomes a tether neither of you know how to cut. trust is dangerous. desire is worse. and king's dominion has never tolerated loose ends. marcus lopez arguello/reader ♰ originally posted on ao3 https://archiveofourown.org/works/64809976 rated explicit. content warnings inside.

"The moment I watched them stab you with your own dagger my whole world stopped. I thought I lost you and the biggest regret of my life would be not telling you what you mean to me." -Marcus "You are my own personal brand of sunshine." -Marcus "Watch it Violence, you're going to make me go soft." - Delaney (OC)