Hello, I'm back with an Arctic Monkey chapter, on request for The Prime Writer. It's a fallen angel AU, and I am SUPER excited to get this one down on paper, even though I never paid this ship any attention before now. (I'm open to writing any kinds of ships, don't worry!) I just think Weiss is so angelic. Enjoy!
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Sun was playing video games when it happened, a steaming cup of hot chocolate beside him. Scattered ripped up photographs littered the dirty floor, all picturing him with a black haired girl. A bright flash of light through his apartment window. There was a brief shriek, and all was quiet again. It was like the universe had let out a small hiccup. "What the-?"
He jumped out of his beanbag chair, tossing his controller aside without a second thought. Practically sprinting outside of his apartment, He tore around to the back alleyway, without even putting on a coat. His breath hung there in the frigid air There, the sight that met his eyes caused him to stop short.
A girl sat there, hunched over. Her back was to him, but stark white hair covered her shoulders. And ran down her back to her bottom. It just barely concealed two ugly red gashes, running parallel down her back, surrounded with welts. The wounds were fresh, and they looked ritualistic. She appeared to be breathing heavily, shaking slightly. All around her on the ground hung an eerie white mist, but even now it was dissipating. She looked like she was freezing.
"Hello?" Sun tried, trying to make his voice as quiet as possible, squatting down almost to this small girl's level. "Do you need some help?"
She whirled around, startled, and Sun's heart skipped a beat. Her baby blue eyes, red and puffy with tears, met his. Slowly and shakily, she stood. Sun's breath hitched, and he forced himself to look at her face. "Do you need some help?" He repeated himself, an when she nodded shakily, he began to lean in slowly towards this strange girl. "My name's Sun. I can help you."
He held out his hand, and after a brief pause, she took it. An actual spark of electricity coursed through him. "Let's get you inside."
As soon as he had safely deposited this girl in his bathroom, (thank god it seemed like she knew what to do) he went to work trying to find some clothing of his that she could wear. He finally pulled out a white hoodie of his and some recently washed sweatpants. He left them outside the bathroom door, and set to work making this girl a cup of hot chocolate as well. Self consciously, he kicked aside an old pile of gifts from his ex, labeled 'burn me'.
Two days before Christmas, what was someone like her doing outside at a time like this anyway, with no clothing? Was she a rape victim? That still didn't explain the white mist and flash of light. He mulled all of this over in his head as he let her hot chocolate cool down, watching the curls of steam rising from it. He'd just have to ask her.
The floorboard near the kitchen doorway creaked, and he whirled around to see the white haired girl standing there nervously, dressed in clothing two sizes too big for her and with damp hair cascading down even longer than before.
Sun stood up awkwardly. "I-i made you hot chocolate…" He offered, and held out the steaming coco to her. She took it with a quick smile, and sat down next to him.
"My name is Weiss." She began to speak between sips, and he let her speak. "Thank you. I didn't mean to startle you, just… I got kicked out of my house."
Sun nodded sadly. It had started the same way with Blake. "It's ok. If you don't have a place to stay, you can always stay here," he offered without a second thought, his ears turning red as his brain finally caught up to his mouth.
Weiss only smiled that sad smile again. "You're too kind. I don't think I'll be able to get home for a while."
Sun looked at her pained expression, and reached out to slowly touch her arm. "You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to."
Weiss took yet another sip from her cup. "This is delicious." She smiled at him. "Thank you, Sun."
He smiled a toothy grin at her. "It's my Mom's old recipe. Guaranteed quality. It's pretty much the only thing I can't mess up, cooking wise." Flashbacks ran along the inside of his eyelids, of him and Blake making coco, of them cuddling with it, but he pushed them out of his mind easily as soon as he looked the white haired woman in front of him up and down again.
Weiss looked him up and down, her cheeks coloring slightly as she did so, which Sun found adorable. "Why are you being so kind to me, Sun?"
Sun stopped for a second at that. "Well, when you find a strange, beautiful girl in your back alley, naked, you tend not to ask too many questions, and to just help her get to a safe space. Also, who did that to you?" He motioned to his own back. "Do I need to call someone? I didn't want to bother you until you had calmed down, but-"
He froze as he heard a sound like sobbing. Concerned he had gone too far too soon, he looked nervously at her through her bangs, only to see her chuckling. "No, you've got it all wrong." Weiss smiled at him. "I'm not a victim, I'm an angel."
Sun paused. "What?"
Weiss' eyes sparkled. "I am one of the angels. Whenever we come to Earth, it comes at a cost. That cost is our wings, for the time that we're here. This is the first time that I've been able to come either on my own, or to help humans, and I was very excited. I just didn't expect it to be so cold. All the senses, the feelings…" Weiss smiled. "It was just a rush."
Sun nodded slowly. "I hope you'll enjoy it here, and stay a while." He mentally slapped himself. He had barely known the girl an hour and he was already head over heels.
She smiled at him as well, grasping his hand tightly. "I hope so too. Maybe you can help me."
The reason she was there, the reason she had landed there, was for him, they just didn't know it yet. Neither of them did, but they definitely would in time, as she would ensure he would never spend another Christmas alone after Blake, and as he helped her discover more about both the world and herself.
As Sun gazed into her eyes, and he could almost see her halo.
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Idk how this one turned out. Please let me know if it was ok or not! I hope you enjoyed it, and I definitely left it open for a sequel, which would be fluffier. Questions, comments, concerns? Let me know!
