Fifteen is a sweet, innocent age.
It is the age when he bursts through the front door in a show of brazen teenage glory and yells his much-anticipated return from Moscow, drawing out an irate Sabrina from the room in which she was previously napping in. He places his hand by his head and draws a line across, indicating hey, look how much taller I am than you, you're the size of a garden gnome! And Sabrina proves to him that her right hook is still functional, thanks for asking, and yes, she can reach his face at this height.
Sixteen is an era of lofty highs and brutal lows.
In one year, they share scraps of stolen time in between working cases and deciphering magical code, three cups of coffee (cream, no sugar), and one kiss on the rafters during an asteroid shower. He shows her his broken kingdom and she her broken life after Granny's passing, and they find themselves together again, holding each other and crying into the midnight snow on top of Mount Taurus.
They are too scared to say 'I love you', but they know it—in their hands, in their eyes, in their souls.
Seventeen is a tender age for heartbreak.
Puck refuses to admit jealousy of Bradley, and Sabrina refuses to admit longing. Their stalemate ends, as usual, in front of the airport terminal the day before he leaves Ferryport Landing. Her eyes barely meet his as he says goodbye to Veronica and hugs Daphne.
When they reach their hotel in Nice, Jake finally speaks up and tells him to make peace with Sabrina. A dove atop a lamppost coos in agreement, but Puck refuses to take it as a sign.
In New York, Sabrina puts her pen to a blank journal page.
a/n: i know, i know, i've been mia for too long. but! as promised, i have finally found a way to incorporate the word 'dove' (the bird) for oakex. i know these drabbles actually all have a pattern for once, and the tragic backstory behind this is that my own love life has sucked lately, so i took it out on fictional characters.
anyways y'all know the drill: review, please! especially because these drabbles are practice for writing college essays, i would super super super value your feedback on these!