Life wasn't a fairytale.

Trust me, it wasn't.

But I still remember the first time I saw you.
Like they show in all those movies.

It was a warm evening.
      Too many children around.
             I felt way out of place.

You were there.
Small,
smiling and
pretty.
In that fairytale dress.

I had seen a flash of pink,
a tinge of h o n e y b r o w n
and before I knew, you were sprawled on the ground.

I had reached out.
Tiny hands seeking even tinier hands.

But I wasn't the prince on a white horse.
Because your toothless knight was there
to save the day.

It's been nine years since then but
Artis,

I still find me only reaching out to you,

never once
getting a hold of you.

a/n., song attached: hunger by ross copperman

ethan's pov from here onwards. just ask me if you get confused yeah?

and to clear it up. artis talks about this when she and reid fall apart. she doesn't know ethan then but she tells how she sees the toothless boy who helped her up, walk away. the toothless boy is reid. this is ethan's pov of that time. and yes, ethan had known her longer (not personally though).