[Sanctuary] I just wanna be by your side, if these wings could fly (For the Rest of Our Lives)
[Sanctuary] I just wanna be by your side, if these wings could fly (For the Rest of Our Lives)
Sanctuary. Helen/Will. PG-13. 237 words. Circus AU inspired by the video for Birdy's Wings.
"You make me mad." He murmurs, the words slippery and illusive. "You make me mad and I don't ever want it to stop."
It's a stupid idea planning on proposing to her the day after the last show. They're at the unofficial cast party and they're both a little bit drunk. She's leaning on his arm, blue eyes wide as she grins up at him and his cup shakes in his hand, the red of the plastic matching her crimson lips.
She's dressed as a dolled up Juliet, an old costume she's outfitted with extra tulle and a healthy dose of ruffles. He's dressed as Charlie Chaplan, mustache drawn on with her eyeliner while she fussed with the flowers that are now sagging from their crown on her head.
"Helen," he breathes steadily, "Helen, Helen."
She laughs then, a little giggle, her mouth falling open with a fluttering of her eyelashes.
"You make me mad." He murmurs, the words slippery and illusive. "You make me mad and I don't ever want it to stop."
She's watching him, more seriously now, but the euphoria still erases the lines time had etched around her eyes.
"I know there's a proper way to do this, Helen I know there is, but I can't for the life of me think of it right now. More than anything I want to do right by you and dammit- Helen, will you marry me?"
She breathes out a quiet contented sound and then her lips quirk up, her eyes shift, her head disappears from his shoulder and she's laughing, wild peals, her arms wrapped around him, breath hot in his ear.
He's half deaf from the roaring in his ear and the sound of her joy but he hears her whisper, “yes, yes.”
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