This is Bly Manor

After Rebecca's little outburst in the holding cells everyone had come out and back into the kitchen. Even Jessel who was a little strange to being around more than a lake for her company and the odd conversations in which Flora would supply her with.

It was nice to be considered a friend regardless of what she had been through and this resembled a family that none of them had felt like they had.

Owen and Hannah quickly made the teas and handed them out, quickly taking their respective seats.

Nothing needed to be said, it was a peaceful silence knowing that they were all comfortable enough with each other to just and be surrounded by a kind atmosphere.

Jamie took Dani’s hand in hers stroking soft and gentle circle into her hand in efforts to calm and tether her.

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Flora and Miles also came through the door to sit with the small chosen family. Looking at Dani with wonder and admiration and Jamie looked at them as if to say “me too”.

It wasn’t long until they had decided on what to do with the holding prison that was currently trapping Viola and Pedrita. They took the chance to throw the bottle looking object into the lake, it was only right as they had come from there that they should return to their home.

As for Peter, the team had a lot in store for him which mainly included asking him why he did what he did and resulting to Jamie’s anger if needed.

None of the team knew where this was going to lead to only that they wanted it over and done with. It hurt them all in different ways and it made them all the more angry knowing what he had to Charlotte and Dominic leaving two children parentless and turning them into ghosts effectively stealing their childhood away from them.

It was hard to even gather their heads around it, it made no sense and most angering of all he had shown no remorse for it. If anything he was proud of himself and happy for doing it, he seemed to find nothing wrong in the matter.

However Rebecca seemed to know more about Peter than she was willing to divulge which given what she had already thrust in their direction was perhaps for the best at this time considering how angry Jamie had already been.

“What did you mean when you said that he didn’t have any one’s love to know any differently?”

Rebecca looked down at the mug in which she was drinking from suddenly wishing it was something stronger in order to get through his next conversation.

“Peter didn’t have any parents, they died when he was younger, meaning that he never had someone to show him what love was supposed to look like, he’s only known hatred and anger and putting the two of those together in world spells trouble no matter who you are or what powers you possess.”

Not that it made anything any better but it made sense, which helped them figure out why he was doing what he was doing as they could think of it from his point of view. But now however the tables had turned and they weren’t sure what to do with this new information or what it meant for any of them.

They could either try and help him become a better person, give him a family to teach him something other than hatred and anger and loss and destruction and give him a family that would protect him and perhaps love him, taking a chance that they could only hope would be worth it….but the other option was getting rid of him.

They could trap him as they did for the sister witches, pulling another spell like that would only weaken Dani possibly even killing her, which none of them were willing to risk. But they could attempt something else, maybe a confining spell so that he could never the manor, but what would that mean for the residents, would he try to hurt them or possibly kill them off one by one waiting for any unexpected moment to get his chance. Or maybe that too would help him as he wouldn’t be tempted to leave and cause harm and pain somewhere else.

They had two options and neither of them seemed particularly good arguments whether they were for or against. Hannah had offers to drain him of blood then realized what good that would do. Owen offered to have him hung upside down and to hit him with a stick, but demon meat was never mentioned in his cookbooks. Jamie had opted to killing him and wouldn’t settle for anything else even with Dani’s pleading and reassuring eyes.

Jamie hated this shit’s guts and was paling to show him just how much. Everything about him made her angry, the way he spoke, what he said, the way he moved with such lack of care, even the way he showed how frightening he could be made the brunette angry. So Jamie stood up and gently walked off, saving her anger and taking her mug of tea along with her into the front room.

Dani watched her go knowing and feeling as if she maybe needed a moment to calm down. The blonde had seen the brunette act this way before and knew to give her a little room to breathe and calm down. Some space for her to think. Dani agreed that in a world like this it would be a whole lot better if other people knew when to do this.

“Sometimes people just need to be alone.” Jamie had said one night after drinking a little too much and wishing that Peter had left their lives long ago.

And in that moment it had never been truer. However, it was a little harder to give people space when you were in a world that hates anything that is even remotely considered different.

The world was scary and frustrating and yet calming and wonderful all at the same time. It was a beautiful contradiction.

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Dani walked into the front room that Jamie had also walked into knowing that if she didn’t see the gardener at least once in the next five minutes she was going to combust.

It was a different feeling being this in love with another person like this, so much that their lack of presence effected you, that if they weren’t around you it was like your heart was missing or lost and didn’t know where to go, constantly looking for that other person, the other half of your heart, when they were around you it was as if everything was right in the world, you could breathe in content, knowing you were where you were supposed to be, it was like diving into a pit of water and coming up for air, it’s that relaxing feeling when you’ve had a horrible day and you just need to hear their voice and it calms everything within you and when you on’t hear it it feels wrong and out of place. To feel so deeply for someone else that you could almost feel what they felt and why they felt it.

Dani saw Jamie quietly reading on the couch and decided to slowly approach her. Opting to sit on her lap with his arms slowly coming to gently rest on Jamie’s shoulder as she looked up from her book placing it on the side table as she wrapped her arms around the blonde’s waist and lower back.

“I was going to ask you if maybe you’d reconsidered killing Quint or not but I don’t think it even needs to be mentioned considering the answer is no.” Dani stroked a thumb across Jamie’s cheek and under her eye.

Jamie dropped her head slightly lower and yet kept her eyes on Dani the whole time. “No, my opinion still hasn’t changed. What he said when he mentioned that he had plans for you and my head went at a thousand miles per hour. I couldn’t let that happen to you or any of us. We’re family and we stick together. I can’t lose you and that’s why I won’t let you do a spell on him, I don’t want you to hurt or worse.” Jamie finally looked to the floor after stating that feeling.

“Hey, hey, look at me…” Dani gently nudged a finger underneath Jamie’s chin softly tugging her to face her, “You’re not going to lose me because I’m not going anywhere,  if you aren’t by my side I don’t want to be there. You mean so much to me, and as much as you look cute when you’re worried…you have nothing to worry about.”

Jamie looked at Dani with such wonder filled eyes and such love and warmth that it made Dani’s heart melt. She had never experienced anything this strong with anyone and was certain she never would with anyone else…she didn’t want to.

Jamie had no idea what to say. She knew it was pointless trying to argue because Dani would win. She had a way with words that made everything anyone else had to say mean nothing. She had a way with holding Jamie’s heart in her hand and keeping it safe and sound no matter how fragile it seemed to get.

Jamie had never felt love this strong or deep. Not for anyone or anything and she didn’t want to feel it for anyone but Dani. She wasn’t sure she’d even be capable fo doing so.

“I love you so much. You are my someone to come home to. And I won’t ever let you go, I’ll hold you as tight as I can for as long as I can and I just hope that’s forever. I can’t picture my life without you in it because you make it have meaning and without you….the world seems such a duller place.” Jamie admitted knowing that if she didn’t get it out sooner or later she might never.

“And I love you with everything I have and I can’t lose you either. Even standing in a room without you in and I’m looking for you, waiting for when I’m going to be able to wrap my arms around you. It’s like I’m missing a part of normality and myself when you aren’t around. And I have never felt that around anything or anyone in my life before you. There aren’t enough words in the dictionary or in the world or even the correct words to say to show you how much you mean to me.”

Jamie chose that moment to lean in and press a kiss to Dani’s lips which she gladly and happily returned. They were safe in each others arms and that was the way that it would stay.

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“You’re going to regret this. The lot of you, I promise you, things are going to be hell around here, and you don’t even know what’s coming.”