𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺.

‼️Same skies (A mafia romance), is out now‼️

♥️

"Alex, Sierra, here's some chicken soup, I've made it with special herbs that I got from back in my hometown. They're all handpicked and will build your immune system. Oh, and Maya? I've packed some for Ian as-well!" Mary said while she continued setting the dining table for breakfast.

"Thank you, Mary, on the days you come home, I don't even have to look at the kitchen. It's a nice break" Maya said and laughed at the end.

I looked beside me and smiled at princess, who continued staring at her plate while holding my hand in hers under the table.

Recently, Sierra had started walking around the house, though she only did that when I was beside her and kept her hands in mine constantly.

Another thing that had changed in the last week was that Mary would come in almost every alternate day and cook up healthy meals for everyone.

She has the same aura that Maya has, they're both...motherly and...protective?

Sometimes it felt weird because Mary would especially come to check up on me and looked after me as much as she looked after Sierra even though I hardly responded to her efforts.It's not that, I don't like her or anything among those lines, I just don't want to feel attached to her.

One day, she will leave. The only ones who'll stay are princess, Maya, Xander, and the memories of my dad.

I cleared my throat and started drinking the soup while feeding Sierra until she was full, simultaneously.

I took the napkin, wiped her lips, and held both of her hands in mine while looking straight back into her eyes.

I know she's strong enough.

I won't hide it.

"Princess, now that you have eaten, I have to go to the police station and I am not hiding this from you because I know my princess is strong, the strongest. I will file a suit for fraud, abuse, and misrepresentation against Mr. Vega and a charge of sexual assault, battery, and fraud against Harry. I need you to know, and I need you to understand that you are my only source of light and now, this isn't my fight, this is our fight. We will win, even if I lose, you will win." I said, softly, while running my hands through Sierra's hair.

Sierra tightened her hands around mine, slightly and looked back into my eyes and I made sure my gaze didn't wander, she has been betrayed enough, I need to be honest but also let her know that I'm here.

Always.

Instead of letting princess walk, I picked her up bridal style and pulled her impossibly close, Ironically, princess is my safe right now.

My only place of protection.

My life.

I slowly put Sierra down on the bed and put Champ beside her to keep her company as Mary and Maya followed into the room as well, to make sure that Sierra wasn't alone for the next few hours that I'll be gone.

I quickly changed into formals, making sure I wore my waist court and blazer along with a trench court considering the weather right now. While I continued layering on my clothes and letting my thoughts wander.

I know that people would probably say that princess is in a bad condition and that I shouldn't overwork her, but what they don't understand is that Sierra doesn't need protection, all she needs is love and affection.

She's my little fighter, the strongest person I know. Even if I fall down, my princess wouldn't. She might seem fragile, and she is, she is fragile but that's only for me. To the world, my princess is the strongest woman to have existed to have fought.

I know, that I will always protect Sierra, put her life above mine but that's not because she needs me or my protection, if anything, it's the other way around. My princess, she's a warrior, one who will never go down, and now that I am here, I will only add to her shield.

I took a deep breath and picked up my car keys, let this fight began.

For the two most valuable people in my life, dad and Sierra, let this fight begin.

I won't let the ball leave my court; ever.

♥️

"Sierra, darling, look at what I've got for you, I found this in Mr. Vega's room but I think, you deserve this" the woman, who almost seems like a mother to me said.

She came to my side and wrapped something around my hand that felt cold, it had stars attached to it.

I looked down at it for a moment and then looked back up, staying silent because that helps me keep myself safe.

The woman came to me again and patted my head twice, while the other woman just sat there looking at us.

"This your mother bracelet, Sierra. I hope this gives you strength" the woman said again as I continue staring at her blankly.

She then helped me lie down and put blankets on me; leaving me alone.

I know her, I remember her and it's hard.

I don't want to remember her or even know her.

I don't want to know anyone, but I know them all.

I've tried forgetting, various times, but they never leave me, they're always here, I always remember them and it hurts.

I know they're nice, I think they are, I remember them all in bits and pieces of my memory and they seem nice but I don't like it.

It's as though, everyone I see, I know, but not really.

I have a hazy memory of everyone, except that man.

He's different.

I was able to forget everyone to a certain extent, or at-lest make their memories hazy but that man.

It's as though, he's a part of my soul and can't be deleted unless I delete myself.

And even though I want to forget everyone, not him.

He's safe.

He calls me 'princess', it's different. I don't think, or remember anyone ever calling me that but again, I don't intend to remove a lot.

Sometimes, sometimes I wasn't to remember but the moment I try to the dreadful nightmare comes back.

And it seems so real, it's like I can feel it.

It feels like someone has put a hundred spiders all over my bodies that are biting me but I know that they're hands.

I try to push them away, I really try hard and fight but then, I feel burning sensations on my body and then-

And then I feel helpless again.

The nightmare happens so often that now, now I feel immune. It doesn't affect me, I know the spiders that will hurt me so well but they don't scare me.

I know they'll come; crawl all over my skin even though I cry and when I fight, they will bite me but never kill.

They made sure to never kill me.

The water that comes out of my eyes though? I can't control it, I know it'll come out even though I don't hurt anymore. The water never runs out.

And whenever the waters start leaking, reminding me of the pain, safe comes. Even if I cry at midnight, he comes.

He always comes.

Safe always comes to save me.

He holds my face in his hands and then pulls me on his lap. He never stops me from crying, he wipes away my tears with his hands and then continues holding onto me.

And then, I fall asleep only to wake up and see him again.

He's always here, he comes, he holds me, he gives me forehead kisses and then holds on my hands for hours and feeds me time and time again.

When safe is here, and the nightmares come back, he holds me and the spiders go away. It's like, the spiders are scared of him.

I like him because he scares the spiders away, but he never sleeps.

Whenever the spiders and I wake up, even if it's at midnight he's awake and doing something in his notebooks and files.

He never sleeps, why doesn't he sleep?

He should sleep, but he only tucks me into bed.

Human beings are supposed to sleep for one-third of their life but safe never sleeps. Is safe awake to save me?

I don't know, I don't think so because sometimes when I wake up at night I look at him as runs his hands through my hair like always and talks about how I am strong.

Am I strong?

Why am I strong?

Is it because I can forget?

I don't know.

But he talked to me sometimes, he talks about how I am the strongest and that I don't need him, he needs me but he's wrong.

I like safe, I don't think I can live without safe. Without him, no one scares the spiders away or holds my hands and tells me that I can shoo the spiders away myself.

I think, he thinks I'm a superhero.

But don't superheroes save everyone and anyone who's in trouble?

No, no, no.

I took a deep breath and calmed down just like how safe asks me to.

Safe is a superhero but he's only my superhero, MINE.

He's only mine, he should only scare my spiders away and no one else's.

But what if he starts scaring away other peoples spiders because I don't let him sleep?

I think I should hold his hand tighter at night so that he can't get up and ends up sleeping with me.

Sleep is important, Sleep deprivation can kill you more quickly than food deprivation, I have to keep safe, safe.

I will become his superhero, one day.

Suddenly, I felt the urge to see safe again. When will he come back? Why is he gone? It's been so long.

I want safe.

I sat up slowly, and pulled my legs to my chest, waiting for safe to come home and hold me.

Princess needs safe.

When will safe come?

I waited for what seems like an hour when finally a suddenly a rumbling sound alerted me, I looked up and saw safe come in and immediately, like always, take my hands in his. He held my hands in his tightly and leaned in holding my hands up and placing his forehead against them and then kissing my hands, "princess, are you okay?" He asked while I continued staring at him.

Safe is here.

Safe is with princess.

Safe is where he belongs.

With princess.

"Alex, Mary left some time ago, I am leaving to, I have set up the table for dinner, good night loves," the other lady said peeping inside the bedroom before heading out.

Alex nodded while he continued sitting beside me while wearing a lot of clothes.

Is it cold outside?

Is safe cold?

He wore a shirt with a high neck top inside and a blazer topped with another jacket.

Safe must be cold.

I loosened my already loose hold on our hands waiting for safe to take the hint and get changed. Seeing him like this made me feel like he will leave again.

Safe kisses my forehead softly without saying anything he went inside the washroom. I continued sitting on the bed, wondering, is safe cold?

Safe is cold, safe takes care of princess. Princess should take care of safe.

For the first time, I slowly put all my effort and got up, alone.

My legs tumbled a little without support from safe, but I stood up straight with the blanket still wrapped on my body with the intention of wrapping the same blanket around safe, I took slow, wobbly steps towards the washroom, the door of which was ajar and not closed.

I slowly pushed the door open and immediately took a few steps back from the sight in front of me.

While safe hadn't seen me, I had.

What happened to safe, why does safe have blood?

Safe was sitting beside the bathtub with his back towards me, only wearing his pants while a huge wound on his back.

The jacket, top, and shirt were all kept aside, and from what I could see the blood had drained through all the pieces of clothes except the jacket because it was thick.

I have to be safe's superhero.

I took slow steps toward safe again, this time alerting him.

Safe turned around and his eyes got big while he immediately stood up wincing, when he realized he pushed too hard.

Safe was hurt and safe still came to princess first.

Safe turned towards me and held my hands again while the blanket draped on my shoulders, fell down.

"Take a deep breath princess, I am fine. I promised I won't hide anything, and I still won't. At the station, Harry got upset and pushed me in the questioning room leading to me hitting my back on a wall with a pipe attached to it which unfortunately tore through my shirt and I wasn't wearing my jacket then. But, what I need you to understand is, I am fine. Completely fine" safe said while holding onto my hands while I looked at the floor where blood drops continued falling.

After what felt like a month, my mouth opened to help me breathe because I felt knocked out. Safe is hurt, why is safe hurt.

No, safe can't be hurt.

"S-a-sa-safe, b-b-blo-blood. S-safe h-h-hurt?" I stuttered, almost forgetting how to speak.

"P-Princess-"

Safe quickly pulled me into his arms and hid his face in my neck, setting me into a trance.

What should I do?

I tried pulling back but felt something wet on my neck.

Does safe has water falling from his eyes too? Is it because of the blood?

I pulled back slowly and safe immediately left me, holding his head down.

I decided to do, what safe always does.

I bent down a little, almost falling since my legs weren't balanced, and pulled up the blanket wrapping safe and me in the warmth.

I then, took safes hand in mine and continued staring at him.

After a few seconds, safe started laughing, with water falling from his eyes.

My gaze slowly shifted to the island besides the bathtub and I saw a cotton ball with something on it, was safe trying to clean his wound?

I am safe's superhero.

I pulled out of the blanket while safe looked at me; confused, I stumbled to the cotton and picked it up making safe shake his head.

"P-princess, you're so strong, but I don't want you to see wounds, not mine, not yours, not anyone's. I'll do it" safe said, trying to pull the cotton ball from my hand but I held it tighter making safe frown.

"Princess, c-can you say something again?"

I continued staring at safe, after a few minutes, safe frowned and then smiled, "it's okay; don't force yourself, give me the cotton ball please the medicine will dry down"

Safe tried taking the cotton ball from me again and I took a small step back, trying to get away from his hold.

"T-tu-turn"

Safe smiled again, then frowned but turned around nonetheless.

It took me some time, but after I cleaned safe's wound I pulled safe's hand hoping he wouldn't talk and he didn't.

I pulled safe in bed and held his hand, tightly as we both laid down.

After some time, I felt safe tug my hands to get up like always but I kept a firm hold now making it obvious to him that I was awake.

Safe needs sleep.

Safe shall sleep.

Suddenly my stomach grumbled and safe smiled at me, "princess, you haven't eaten, neither have I. Let's eat first, and then, I promise to sleep with you, okay?"

I continued staring at safe, hoping he was telling me the truth.

And like always, he was, we ate and he slept with me, the whole night.

He slept with his princess.

Safe's princess.

♥️

Guess who's birthday it is

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𝓥𝓸𝓽𝓮, 𝓒𝓸𝓶𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓐𝓷𝓭𝓕𝓸𝓵𝓵𝓸𝔀

𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮- 𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪.𝘩𝘢𝘩𝘢