Dante Notting | Phoenix (eternal_love) wrote in noir_mystere, @ 2013-02-21 08:48:00 |
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Entry tags: | !thread, dante notting, reagan murray |
Backdated to the 18th; Dante & Reagan
Who: Dante Notting & Reagan Murray
Where: Around the Lake and then back to her room.
What: It's a Surprise that hopefully ends with a 'Yes'.
Why: It's their anniversary and he has a surprise.
When: Evening
Rating: TBD
Open: Not this time, sorry.
Dante had loved Reagan since the day he'd met her, the day he'd saved his life. He'd been hiking with his Brothers in Black Canyon when they'd been attacked by shifters. Dante's parents were adamant about the boys not learning to fly or control their phoenix until they were old enough to understand the consequences of their actions- Dante's dad had only just begun training him and his wings were weak from under use, he was also much more inexperienced in his Phoenix form than his brothers so they had changed easily and flew high away from the Shifters who'd attacked the group but Dante hadn't gotten enough altitude before one of the bears had slashed him out of the air with a giant paw and pinned him to the cold stone ignoring the fire emanating from Dante. In fear Dante changed back into human form and tried to fight the bear off of him but it kept slashing and biting at him as its group ran off to try and find someone else to attack. Dante had looked up into the sky half hoping his Brothers would come back for him but they didn't and slowly the world started to fade as the pain got too much for him to handle. The bear lost interest once he stopped fighting, it must have thought Dante was dead he left him for the coyote's or whatever other predator came along.
The next time Dante had opened his eyes there'd been an angel taking up his whole field of vision- he must have died and gone to heaven instead of being reborn like everyone had told him he would. He was in really bad way and only had snippets after that for what seems like a long time and Reagan had told him was about a month. Dante had gone onto the hike as a naive little boy but when he was finally on his feet he'd changed- he was strong and fierce; he also felt very alone in the world- his Brothers fleeing instead of him had burnt the bridge between he and his brothers. Dante still had nightmares about the bear and he was still estranged from his family even though he wrote to his Mother, Father, Aunt and Uncle now and again- he was a rather lone phoenix other than when he was with Reagan. He lived off of his own money rather than his parents and he chose when he had any contact with them.
Dante had been thinking over the first time they'd met when he'd woken up this morning beside Rea. Today was their anniversary- 18th of February, the best day of the year, the best day of his life. He'd left her after breakfast to get ready and tolerate classes for the day- though he only actually went to his first one before leaving school grounds and not returning until late afternoon, even though that meant he missed a class with Reagan. He would text her once he'd gotten organized- having actually cooked her a dinner, Dante never really cooked- he could cook wonderfully but he never felt the need or desire to do it unless it was for a special reason. He left the food in one of his friends room which was close to Reagans before sending her a text and asking her to meet him by the lake.
Dante walked down slowly to the Lake and began slowly walking around it. He was fiddling with the ring box in his jacket pocket and calming his nerves- Dante Notting never got nervous, nothing made him nervous- he hadn't been nervous when he'd danced the 'Mate Dance' with Reagan or even when he'd asked her to marry him the first time. But he was now- probably cause he'd screwed up three times in the past year and was worried she'd actually say no to him. Maybe she didn't want to be a young bride this life. He was so consumed in his thoughts that he didn't notice her until she was right next to him.