Lily & Atlas is a relationship in the duology comprised of It Ends With Us & It Starts With Us, being commonly referred to as "LilyAtlas" among fans, dates back to their childhood, when they lived next door to one another; while he was homeless and became best friends.
They reunited after being years apart and rekindled their relationship in spite of Ryle's interference. They married after moving in together.
Their relationship begins as close friends as they ran into each other a lot throughout their teenage years. Lily soon develops a crush on Atlas, he returned these romantic feelings, and their brief relationship was not known in the family, except by her mother while it was going on.
History[]
Childhood romance[]
Lily and Atlas have been friends since they were teenagers, and as they got to know each other, Lily and Atlas grew to harbor romantic feelings for each other. They were secretly in a relationship, when Atlas was homeless, they helped each other; Atlas got a shelter with Lily when she could, and Atlas helped her deal with her feelings about living in an abusive household.
First heartbreak[]
When Lily and Atlas were together in her bedroom, her father walked in on them, and beat Atlas up. He was put in the hospital due to the injuries, and later went to the army. He told her that in the future if she needed him he'd be in Boston, where everything is better.
Quotes[]
"Lily," he says. "In the future.. if by some miracle you ever find yourself in the position to fall in love again.. fall in love with me." He presses his lips against my forehead. "You're still my favorite person, Lily. Always will be."
"You can stop swimming now, Lily. We finally reached the shore."
Lily: "You know what? [..] You're my favorite person" I felt him laugh a little bit and it made me smile.
Atlas: "Out of how many people?"
Lily: "All of them"
Atlas: "You're my favorite person, too, Lily. Always have been."
Trivia[]
- They're each other's first and only real love.
- After meeting each other again, Atlas had Lily's contact info listed on his phone as "Lily Kincaid". He later changed it to "Lily Bloom".