⸻ ( Bellamy Blake )
Jinny Shumway was the epitome of brilliance, the brightest star in their galaxy. But even stars can fall -- burning, crashing, incandescent.
( the 100 ) • 2020
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"Maybe he snuck back in when we left," he said with a shrug.
"If he managed to make it pass the Grounders surrounding the entire place," Gina pointed out when they reached her.
"Hmm, good point," he conceded and Jinny broke into an amused chuckle that made relief flood his face as he looked back to her.
They took the elevator and ascended the facility to level two, the trip being a familiar one to him. He held the elevator doors open for the two women to step out before following after them down the darkened hallway of the warehouses. Gina switched on her searchlight, prompting the other two to follow her lead as they walked towards the nearest store. She pulled open the handle and took a peek inside the vast room with its rows upon rows of shelves that were stacked high from floor to ceiling.
Jinny was the first to step inside, as was her wont, sweeping her torch from side to side. A look of awe was plastered on her face and Bellamy watched her with his own brand of satisfaction. Gina moved past him, throwing a knowing glance over her shoulder before bringing Jinny's attention to the stack of portraits that leaned heavily against a wall. There were other things in the warehouse, mostly stationary and paint. If they ever wanted to redecorate the Ark, this would be the place to go, Bellamy thought wryly.
"Hey, Jin," he called to her and she turned around to look at him. He pulled out one of the paintings from another stack that was against the hole in the wall where Jasper had once placed his radio. "Remember that painting I told you about? This is it. The Kiss."
Her eyes widened with a spark of admiration as she surged forwards to him, eager hands reaching out for the art piece. She examined the gilded portrait of two lovers embracing on the edge of a bed of flowers, awash in a sea of gold. It brought him back to their last Unity Day, when she ran away from him after he proclaimed his love to her for the first time. In that moment, he remembered feeling like smitten Apollo with his pitiful attempts at winning Daphne who eventually turned into a laurel tree to escape from him.
"Can we bring this back?" Jinny asked, looking up to him with excited eyes that he couldn't possibly say no to.
"I don't see why not," he responded with a shrug and she grinned in content, causing his heart to elate.
"There was another painting I wanted," she told him. "The one in Dante's quarantine room."
Bellamy nodded, remembering the swirling starlit canvas that had been behind the old man whenever they went to visit him. "We'll grab it before heading back home," he said.
"Thanks, Bellamy," she murmured, turning her gaze back on the artwork and he thought that he would give her the entire world to see her happy.
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