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Magica De Spell ([personal profile] lifesa_witch) wrote in [community profile] happilyeverbeginning2019-03-10 02:14 pm

sweet dreams are made of these / who am I to disagree (scrooge x magica)

Magica was tempted to throw the ridiculous thing out - Roberta meant well, but really, a dreamcatcher? At her age? Maybe it was Magica's own fault for complaining so much about her dreams. She didn't think her friend would take them seriously - especially since Magica wasn't telling the whole truth about those dreams. They involved Scrooge, but they weren't exactly nightmares...

"Bah", she said out loud, setting it up above her bed before blowing out the candles. "Maybe a good night's rest will give me a good idea on how to get the dime out of that old miser's hands." Satisfied with that, she tucked herself into bed, and drifted off into sleep easily enough.

Roberta, however, also hadn't told the whole truth about the dreamcatcher. It wasn't meant to catch dreams - it was meant to give them, and connect them. Maybe this would make her stubborn friend admit one or two things in the morning. She meant well!

In the world of dreams, Magica found herself where she usually did - at the Money Bin, ever so close to snatching the time from its sacred pedestal. The strange thing, though, was that Magica was fully aware it was a dream. How strange! Weren't dreams supposed to feel real until you woke up?

Oh well. What difference did it make? She carefully lifted the glass top off, thinking she was alone in Scrooge's office.
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[personal profile] scrooge_mcduck108 2019-03-12 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Finally he managed to straighten himself up again so that he could hold her gently as she herself came to the end. "Yes, come for me my dear... I am with you..."

He looked deeply into her eyes as they both struggled for air. With both hands he embraced her face. "I wish I could be yours forever Magica..."
He leaned forward to kiss her...

But suddenly there was nothing left.
With wide open eyes he stared at the ceiling of his bedroom. His hands were still raised as if he kept holding her face in it.

From the beginning it had been clear that it was only a dream but he had hoped to the last moment he could stay with her.

This dream had given him everything he had craved and yet it was as if there was complete emptiness in him. The feeling of longing for her was so strong that tears came to him.

Angrily he stood up and tore down the dream catcher to hurl it to the ground. "What have you done to me?" He mumbled desperately. How was he supposed to live his life now, living normally? He sat down on the windowsill and looked at the moon.

The moon always reminded him of Magica.

He closed his eyes and allowed himself the weakness to quietly shed a few tears. Tomorrow morning he would be strong again... perhaps...

"Magica..." He whispered her name. In reality even that felt forbidden.
He didn't dare to fall asleep again that night. What for? Never could he have a more beautiful dream than this...
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[personal profile] scrooge_mcduck108 2019-03-13 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Scrooge really felt a little better after he had allowed himself to mourn the dream adequately. Of course it still hurt that it would never come true, but at least in the night she would belong to him...

The dreamcatcher hung again in his place in front of the window.

But it didn't go past him without a trace. When he arrived in his money bin and saw his desk, he immediately had to think about how Magica had sat on it and involuntarily turned red. " Are you feeling all right Mr McDuck?" Mrs Quackfaster inquired innocently. " You look like you have a fever.". If possible, he got a little redder. "No, don't worry, I just climbed the stairs to stay fit..."

Maybe he should have worked from home today.

But something else followed him. It was as if he could still feel Magica's touches on his body. A feeling that he never wanted to miss again...


As always, he had successfully managed to distract himself with his work when suddenly an over-twisted sweet voice could be heard from the door. "Oooh Lammekins!" Scrooge rolled his eyes when he saw Brigitta "Who let you in? The guards have strict orders not to let you get near me more than a mile..." He growled annoyed. It wasn't that he really hated Brigitta, but since it was impossible for him to return her feelings, it was always very difficult to deal with her. A fine line between friendship and rejection.

"Sorry, she came in with us Uncle Scrooge." Another voice chirped behind Brigitta and Daisy entered the room with Donald wearing a gloating grin on his face.

Scrooge couldn't possibly be mad at Daisy. He liked her very much and was happy that Donald had found such a woman.

But suddenly Brigitta flew towards him unexpectedly and wanted to embrace him as always. Usually he had always reluctantly admitted it, so that she would leave him alone afterwards. But this time he jumped up from his chair and pushed her back when she wanted to touch him.

"DON'T TOUCH ME!"

Escaped him unintentionally loud. Brigitta looked more surprised than hurt, just like Daisy and Donald. None of them could have guessed that Scrooge was still holding on to the feeling of Magica. He wouldn't let another woman ever touch him again. Nevertheless, he himself was surprised by his violent reaction. That wasn't normal, was it?

"I... I don't want to be touched by any other woman..." He explained to the others with an embarrased look to the side.
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[personal profile] scrooge_mcduck108 2019-03-13 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
With Donald's words, Scrooge realized what he had just slipped. Damn it. You couldn't do what you said without saying it again.
"I, uh..." He began eloquently.

Then he sighed deeply. "It's not like that, she loathes me." He lowered his gaze regretfully "And has no idea of my... Feelings..." Feelings... He was no longer able to convince himself that it was only desire.

His dream had made it clear to him what it really was, that he felt for her and for how long. He looked up and saw Donald helplessly in the eyes.

"I'm afraid I'm in love..."

Like his nephew could do anything about it. Then his gaze wandered to Brigitta who had tears in her eyes.

"I'm sorry. Because even if I can never have her, I belong only to her. Both my heart and my body..."

Wow, it was unpleasant to admit that in front of other people, but fortunately only friends and family were gathered here. Which would anyway quickly realize that he had changed. So better get it over with.
His cheeks glowed red with shame but he still looked the others proudly in the face.

Yes, Scrooge McDuck was unhappily in love. And those who dared to say the wrong word about it were disinherited!
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[personal profile] scrooge_mcduck108 2019-03-13 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Scrooge laughed at Donald's proposal. "Normally you're right, nephew. But I'm afraid to confess to this particular woman what I feel would suddenly make you heir to my fortune. No chance of survival..."

His gaze reflected his regret again. "Probably she wouldn't even believe me. You too will think me crazy..." But it would be liberating to tell someone about it. He leaned forward and whispered in Donald's ear.

His jaw droped down. "You can't be serious.... Scrooge's smile was very sad when he answered, "Yes, I'm afraid so... but please keep it to yourself. I can't risk her finding out... then I'd lose the connection to her that I have after all."
Scrooge turned his back on his nephew and looked at his dime in the showcase. It had all started here in the dream. "Please leave me alone Donald. You can't help me anyway..."

Donald opened his mouth to say something but then he realized that his uncle was right. What should he do? He could neither comfort him nor encourage him. He had never heard of a more impossible love.

"I am so sorry Uncle Scrooge I hope you will get over it...". His uncle could have almost any woman there, so many had already lain at his feet. And who did this idiot choose? His arch enemy... Sadly he left the office to join Daisy and Brigitta again.
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[personal profile] scrooge_mcduck108 2019-03-13 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Scrooge shrugged in shock as the bedroom door suddenly jumped open behind him and Magica landed on the floor with a lot of rumbling. Even though it hurt to see her, he was looking forward to the fight. He was just glad he hadn't mentioned her name out loud in wise foresight. With a superior grin he turned around to her and wanted to make a fitting remark about people listening at other people' doors. When his gaze fell on her neck. Dumbfounded, he stopped.

Then he suddenly awoke from his rigidity and walked towards her without thinking about it. He grabbed her by the shoulder so that she couldn't avoid him and pushed her hair aside so that he had a better view of her neck. "What do you have there?"

That had to be a coincidence, right? It couldn't be anything but a coincidence. But still it was definitely a hickey. He felt anger and jealousy boil up in him. "Who did that?" Who dared to touch his Magica? Did the universe really want to see him suffer? Magica who gave herself to another and then the same place as in his dream. "Tell me!" His voice was louder than necessary. He was beside himself with jealousy.
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[personal profile] scrooge_mcduck108 2019-03-13 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"Don't lie to me!" He grabbed her by both her wrists, pressed her against the wall and held her there. He didn't want to hurt her. But the raging anger that someone had touched her in such a way made him forget all decency.

He could live with the fact that she would never be his. But not that she gave herself to someone else. She belonged to him. In whatever way! What if she would retire and get married? If she gave up the fight for his dime? He would never see her again. That could not be! He took a step closer to her.

Now he could feel the warmth of her body. Everything in him contracted with longing. His gaze became softer. "Who was allowed to kiss you there?"

Pleading

"Do you belong to someone?" His voice was now nothing more than a whisper.

He didn't care anymore if he gave up his feelings for her. He had to know.
The dark thought of getting rid of this rival shot him through the head.
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[personal profile] scrooge_mcduck108 2019-03-13 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
For him, nothing changed about the situation. Even if it had only been a magical dream, she had allowed it to happen. Would allow it in reality.
The thought hurt so much. It was clear to him that he could not forbid her to desire someone else. He had no claim on her and yet...

"Who?... Please tell me who you dreamed of..."

Finally he let go of her wrists and supported himself on the wall with one arm next to her. With the other he stroked hesitantly through her silky hair.

"I admit... the thought that you allow someone to touch you, even if only in a dream... bothers me very much..."

He couldn't stop his cheeks from turning red. He almost confessed to her how he felt about her. But did that even matter anymore, if she had chosen someone else anyway?
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[personal profile] scrooge_mcduck108 2019-03-13 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Suddenly what she was getting at was dawning on him, but... that couldn't be, could it?

Then a terrible thought came to him. The dream catcher! What if she was the one he got it from? What if all this was a cruel game to make him look the fool, to make him suffer?

He looked at her, tried to read something in her eyes. But they only reflected confusion. He saw no malice, no triumph that he had fallen for her.
But if she had actually gone so far to make him suffer, he had to give in...
"If..." He had to swallow, it felt like he was about to be executed. "If it was you who gave me this dream catcher..."

He continued to observe her reaction.

"Then congratulations, you have won, you have managed that I completely fall for you ... I hope the price you had to pay was worth it..." Because if the dream had left a mark on her, it also meant that she had given herself to him. That it had been as real for her as it had been for him.

In his eyes it sparkled devilishly. If everything was already lost anyway, he could at least take a small price.
Quick as a flash he bent over and caught her lips in a deep kiss.

Then he let go of her and turned his back to her.
"Do whatever you came for..." over his shoulder he looked at her. "I found pleasure in our quarrels as long as you fought with fair means, but if what I suspect is true, then I was wrong about you..."

He could not prevent that a plea lay in his gaze and voice. Maybe...
He sighed deeply and then looked her straight in the eyes again.

"I love you..."

It sounded like a challenge.
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[personal profile] scrooge_mcduck108 2019-03-14 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
He felt a relief at her words. So she wasn't an ice-cold calculating monster. Still a little skeptical, he eyed her. No, there was really no lie in her face. He relaxed. Until he realized what that meant. Even though she thought it was just a dream, like him, it still meant that she had wanted it... or not?

He had talked himself into such rage with his suspicion of betrayal that the thought had never come to him that she could feel the same way he did.

Suddenly his heart was beating up to his neck that it made him dizzy. Hesitantly he walked towards her. Now he just had to touch her or he would lose any hold. His hands lay only slightly on her hips without really holding her. Then with a deep sigh he put his forehead to hers and closed his eyes for the moment.

"If you thought that there would be no consequences to what you do..." He started carefully. "Does that mean... it was all true?"

Now he withdrew a little to look her in the eye.
"That you adore me. That you... " He had to swallow. "That you desire me?"

And another question left him no peace.
"Why did your friend even come up with the idea of giving you... us this dream catcher?" Now his voice sounded worried and he stroked tenderly over her cheek. "Did she want to expose you? Do you have problems in the world of witches because of... because of me?"
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[personal profile] scrooge_mcduck108 2019-03-14 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
She looked so unhappy and it was obviously hard for her to talk about it.


"Well, if you'd known it was really me, you never would have let anything like this happen between us even if I wanted it the same way..."

It hurt, but much more hurt him to see that she suffered because of him.
"Listen, it's enough for me to know that you never intended to hurt me that way. I realize you never wanted this dream to come true so..." It was really hard for him to say it. "Will it always remain only a dream, if you want it to be that way..."

Scrooge looked very embarrassed. "I suppose you heard what just happened in here. I can't go back myself..." Somewhat desperate but also apologetic he looked at her. "I have had these feelings for you for many years, but it was only through the work of the dream catcher that I became really aware of exactly what these feelings are."

He smiled very bravely, it was really not his intention to make her feel guilty. He couldn't nail her to the things she had told him in a dream and in a frenzy of lust when she didn't want to. "As I said before..."
He looked deep into her eyes, he would always keep so much pride in himself.

"I love you... for many years, I love you."

He took another step back to give her more space. "But I am satisfied that it remains a dream. I never want to press you. It is not your fault that I feel this way, please do not make it your burden. You can leave my office and the next time you try to get to my dime. Nothing will have changed between us. I promise you that. Our time together is far too precious to me to risk losing it."

His look showed sadness but above all a lot of pride and strength. "I am Scrooge McDuck. I can only grow from it."
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[personal profile] scrooge_mcduck108 2019-03-14 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't want to erase it!" He replied very quickly and very loudly. What did he care if his secretary outside could hear him? "Never..."

He buried his face in his hand in a gesture of despair. "I'm just trying to give you the chance to get out of here if you wish."
Slowly he lowered his hand so that his penetrating gaze hit her directly into the soul.

"For if you stand here before me for a moment longer, I can guarantee nothing more..." Almost threateningly he took a step towards her. "Or do you think my desire for you is satisfied after just one night?"

She was still standing against the wall and he slammed both fists against it next to boths sides of her head.

"I love you and I desire you so much that it almost tears me apart. But I don't want to do anything to you that you might not agree to. Don't you understand that?"

His gaze was begging. "I am ready to do anything for you. And if that meant forgetting last night then I will and if it kills me."

His face approached hers so that he could feel her warm breath on his lips. "But for that I would need distance... so tell me what you want..."
His gaze was piercingly directed at her beautiful black eyes.

"Go now and let us forget or become mine!"

A part of him wondered if he would really be able to let her go. But the man of honor in him was stronger than any desire, at least for now...
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[personal profile] scrooge_mcduck108 2019-03-14 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
There was a knowing grin on his face. "We've known each other so long, Magica. I know exactly what you were thinking about... and the answer would be: "Yes". If after all this you're satisfied with getting my dime, then take it!" His look was deadly serious.

"But never let yourself be seen in Duckburg again afterwards. The hand of Midas may bring you immeasurable wealth. But that doesn't buy you the finesse and influence I have built up over my many years. Rich or not, you will not be able to gain a foothold in this city until I allow it..."

He gave her a moment to let his words take effect. "But apart from that I'm afraid you still don't understand me..." He approached her so close that he pressed her against the wall with his whole body, only slightly, but so that she could feel what she had triggered in him. "Even though I'm almost mad with desire for you, I won't sleep with you before you give me an answer". Teasingly he drove his hand along her body until he could grab her at the waist and pull her closer to him.

"I said become mine."

A little closer. "I didn't say, "Let me have your body." I want you all or not at all. Forever!

His lips were so close to hers but he refused to close the gap.
"After the eternity in which we know each other there is really no need for reflection any more. You know everything from me and I from you..."

With his gaze one could have even divided air into two clean halves, so sharply was it.

"Go now and let us forget or agree to become my wife!" He repeated his words more explanatory.

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