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Faybelle loved how Maddie looked when she laughed. She loved it when she smiled. She obsessed over grins passed casually her way, giggles that erupted during class when Maddie just couldn’t hold herself together. But she could never tell the other girl that.
Unlike Maddie, Faybelle had standards. She had to keep her composure. Her laughs had to be snickers. Her smiles had to be cynical. People expected things from the dark fairy. And Faybelle loved her role, she really did. She didn’t want to be one of those pampered princesses. She had power. She had an important role to play. Without villains, there would be no fairytales. But it meant that Faybelle couldn’t laugh when Maddie laughed. It meant that she couldn’t smile when she smiled. And it meant that she certainly couldn’t date her.
The dark fairy lived alone. She always had, and she always would. Having kids was the one allowance for most villains. With the exception of villains like Raven since a lover was written into her story, antagonists were supposed to remain aloof and insensitive. Milton Grimm had said so himself, that even though they could date people while they went to Ever After High, their stories were destined for another path. Faybelle had done very well at keeping herself from falling in love. She prided herself on how stoic she could be. But with Maddie, Faybelle completely fell apart.
She had never met someone before who was so blissfully, unquestioningly happy. Maddie lit up a room. She made jokes that were so funny even Faybelle had to work hard to hide a smile. She was kind to the future dark fairy, even when most weren’t. Maddie was different from everyone. She was so much better.
But Faybelle could never tell her that. Instead, she forced herself to scowl when the girl walked by. She turned away when Maddie came up to talk to her. Faybelle had always been taught to never show weakness. Still, though, every time the Wonderlandian approached her, she felt her composure crack just a little bit with sheer longing.