#[ side muse // serena ]

[civicmuses]

The egg wiggles just before a small crack forms and tiny peeping can be heard.

[dawnedon]

would yall be mad if i just put giratina here as a side muse....

[suusoh]

Monster Drag Race headcanons

ola. remember how I said i will not be monster posting? yeah me too <3

I first thought of Johan as the lipsync assassin, but he rarely makes it into the bottom with his runway looks. So maybe the only time he does lipsync is for his legacy

that being said, lipsync assassin either goes to miss Nina fortner (stunt queen <33), Lunge (captures the vibes and emotions of the song, so he knows if its supposed to be an emotional, comedic, sassy, etc.), or Grimmer (knows how to make the judges and ru laugh and grab their attention)

Eva heinemman is not a lipsync assassin but does have one lipsync that's more iconic than other seasons before or after her.

that being said about who the lipsync assassins, Johan is a RUNWAY QUEEN. Looks are always snatched and gags international audiences everywhere. (he gives me very violet chachki vibes <3)

Speaking of Johan, his most viewed video is in the reading challenge

reads queens to FILTH. There's 30 minute compilations of him on youtube just absolutely reading the fuck out of everyone. It's shocking how fast and accurately he reads. Not even cocky or smirky. He's just reading casually.

LUNGE WINS SNATCH GAME. HANDS DOWN 🙌 went toe to toe with Johan. Although both embodied their character to a T, Johan bantering along as his character and his answers always hit, his character is a bit popular and could be played by another queen as well. Whereas Lunge wins because the character he chose is slightly more specific and does things that make people convinced that only Lunge could be able to pull off that snatch game character.

Grimmer gives me comedy queen vibes. Very unserious, very silly. Very Tammy Brown, Jimbo, Tia Kofi, Jinx, or Bob. Grimmer also wins miss congeniality.

Some might say Kenzo for congeniality.... but Kenzo is more on the lowkey. Also sided with and defended the wrong queen in the early parts of the season when he was still playing it safe. Acknowledges his mistake in All Stars

Some might say Nina too, but surprisingly, I wouldn't put Nina under there because Nina can cuss a bitch out if needed but it's super rare (has a full on blown out argument with Johan and it's featured on Untucked) and lowkey throws shade all the time (think that Rose moment where Kandy muse asked "do you think I'm arrogant?" and rose answering "a little bit." without missing a beat HAHAHHAHAHAH)

SPEAKING OF DRAMA MOMENTS.

who are the most dramatic queens? Johan, Bonaparta, Eva, and Roberto.

Johan intentionally causes drama lowkey. institagates fights and stuff. Everyone, including the audience barely realise how some fights among contestants are from Johan's doing.

Bonaparta unintentionally becomes the "everyone vs. _____" queen (Laganja, Mimi Imfurst, Serena Cha Cha, Aiden Zhane, Kandy Muse) HFDSHJFAF. He's trying to defend himself but the girls are circling around him 😭 becomes the most hated queen for a while.

Eva intentionally causes drama but HIGHKEY. Starts drama because the producers told her to and she knows that this is reality tv so might as well give the audience what they really came here for. People love her for it because it's iconic when she does it.

Roberto also intentionally causes drama, thinking he's cool and lowkey like johan, but ends up being highkey about it. People hate him for it. Does not look cool at all and comes off as attention seeking and cringe. comments section is filled with "they really thought they ate that..." "go girl give us NOTHING 😍", branded as the delusional queen JSKFHHJJJAHAJA

Karl shares an almost friendly and honest moment with Johan. Audience becomes GAGGED when Johan eliminates him out. (Johan being Johan, there will be fans defending the moment saying "it was a long time coming" or "Johan was right. next week is about the top queens now, and Karl just does not cut it.")

Along with Nina, miss LOTTEEEEEEE calls out johan from time to time. She may look like a safe queen, but she knows when Johan is being shady. People quote her all the time.

Lotte is an underrated queen. Might have been playing it safe with her looks and even made it to the bottom two a lot in the early seasons, but miss m'am came to play later on. Unexpected queen slayer later on in the seasons. Fans love her redemption.

Jan Suk gets eliminated early, but was pretty wholesome while he was there. Probably becomes a meme, despite not being a popular queen who stays long. ("miss vanjie")

Johan does NOT win drag race. He self eliminates Ben de la Creme style. Some people online say it's cause he just didn't want to be in the show anymore and is tired, some say that he did it because he knew Nina would be eliminated so he gave himself, some say it's a political statement against the show and how he doesn't agree with the staging and fakeness of everything. But it's a fourth secret option that we will never know. (turns out he just got eliminated over breaking a small technical error staying past the cast curfew in the hotel. Technical guidelines put that to prevent queens from cheating and working on their dresses or outsourcing outside the show. Also it turns out he was taking a massive smoke break (which is also breaking anotherpolicy in the hotel 😭 aFDSF) he just voted himself to make his elimination look iconic )

to this day fans keep saying Johan was robbed of the crown (no tf he wasn't.)

start drama in the comments <33

[thetorturedmusesdept]

Plotting Call - Renaissance Event

Below the cut is a plotting/starter call for the Renaissance Event! I will be capping everyone at 3 starters max. Below I have outlined my muses jobs and specifics (subject to change if we plot something different) and plot ideas, so like this/react to my post of this in the discord to plot, and reply to this post with any starters you want!

Starting with muses that are unaware and think they've been in this era since arriving/their whole life:

Abigail (Starters: 1/3 lucy gray/drvcxrys)

Human. Musician / Piper (pipe player) and Nakerer (small steel drum player.) Thinks it's been like this her whole life. Open to fellow musicians, and people who hire her to play at taverns/businesses/events. 

Alice Kingsleigh (Starters: 3/3 sella/mcrcki, cheshire/strawbrryrush, ally/devilsmenu)

Human. Artist (painter.) Thinks it's been like this since she arrived in this world. Open to people who buy her art/commission her for paintings, fellow tavern buddies, and people to adventure with in search of magical creatures.

Bean (Starters: 1/3 rosamund/ofsvnlightt)

Human. Princess from a foreign land. Thinks it's been like this her whole life so it's almost like she's Aware but not quite. Open to other nobles and fellow tavern drinking buddies.

Caitlin Snow (Starters: 0/3)

Meta-human (though Unaware of it.) Bartap (bartender at a tavern.) Thinks it's been like this her whole life. Open to regulars at the tavern, someone who sees her accidentally use her powers for the first time and accuses her of witchcraft, and coworkers at the tavern.

Chiaki Nanami (Starters: 1/3 mu qing/masqce)

Human. Messenger. Thinks it's been like this her whole life. Open to people to give her messages to deliver and people to deliver messages to.

Connor RK800 (Starters: 2/3 serena/vcndetta, astrid/ofsvnlightt)

Human. Knight. Thinks it's been like this his whole life. Open to people to protect, criminals to stop/capture/attempt to stop or capture, and fellow knights!

Evelyn Serpeni (Starters: 0/3)

Vampire. Stewswoman (brothel owner.) Thinks it's been like this since she arrived. Open to employees (harlots - she treats them very well,) customers of her employees, and people to feed on (they would die.)

Gareth Parry (Starters: 0/3)

Human. Lawyer. Thinks it's been like this since he arrived. Open to people who he has represented in court, opposing sides in cases that have gone to court, judges, and coworkers.

Gillian Owens (Starters: 0/3)

Witch. Merchant at an herbalist's shop. Thinks it's been like this since arriving. Open to being accused of witchcraft, fellow witches/maybe a coven she's a part of, and customers at the shop.

Hans Westergaard (Starters: 1/3 anna/drvcxrys)

Human. Stable Owner/Horse Trainer. Thinks it's been like this his whole life. Open to people who's horses he's trained, riders at his stable, coworkers, and fellow tavern goers.

Hiccup (Starters: 1/3 sgaeyl/wvsteria)

Human. Hermit and Protector of Dragons. Thinks it's been like this since he arrived. Open to dragon slayers, and people who want to understand and protect dragons.

Jack Frost (Starters: 1/3 sha hualing/mvsicinthedvrk)

Spirit of Winter. Guardian of Fun. Thinks it's been like this since he arrived. Open to being accused of witchcraft, people who know about his powers/status as spirit of winter and keep his secret, people to inspire with fun, and people to have fun/adventures with.

Jane Bennet (Starters: 0/3)

Human. Nursery Maid (child caregiver.) Thinks it's been like this since she arrived. Open to people with children that she's cared for, and fellow nursery maids.

Jennifer Check (Starters: 2/3 satana/devilsmenu, cass/wvsteria)

Succubus. Harlot. Thinks it's been like this her whole life. Open to brothel owner, customers, fellow harlots, being accused of witchcraft, and people she either eats as meals or attempts to eat.

Jud Zire (Starters: 1/3 juliette/mcrcki)

Human. Tax Collector. Thinks it's been like this since he arrived. Open to coworkers, people he can complain about his job to, people to collect taxes from, people who he tracks down to pay their tax debts they're avoiding, and fellow tavern drinkers.

Kim Possible (Starters: 1/3 veronica/vcndetta)

Human. Spy. Thinks it's been like this since she arrived. Open to someone to spy for like a noble or diplomat etc, someone to spy on, and fellow spies.

Lara Croft (Starters: 0/3)

Human. Cartographer. Thinks it's been like this since she arrived. Open to fellow cartographers or those in similar fields, people she would make or study maps for, and people to go on adventures with.

Lilo Pelekai (Starters: 1/3 ashley/vcndetta)

Human. Barmaid (waitress at a tavern.) Thinks it's been like this her whole life. Open to customers, tavern owner, coworkers, and magical beings she'd keep the secret of.

Louise Belcher (Starters: 1/3 nathan/blxxdycherryblossoms)

Human. Jester. Thinks it's been like this her whole life. Open to people to work for/entertain, and fellow jesters.

Marie (Starters: 1/3 jester/ofsvnlightt)

Human. Troubadour (minstrel who specializes in romance.) Thinks it's been like this her whole life. Open to employers she sings for, musicians who accompany her with an instrument, and people who have heard her sing/fans.

Mary Jane Watson (Starters: 1/3 felicia/devilsmenu)

Human. Thespian (actress.) Thinks it's been like this since she arrived. Open to fellow actors, playwrights/etc, and audience members/fans.

Melody (Starters: 1/3 lucy/devilsmenu)

Half-mermaid. Jeweler. Thinks it's been like this since she arrived. Open to people who have bought her jewelry or commissioned her for pieces, fellow jewelers or crafters, and someone to accuse her of witchcraft.

Millie (Starters: 2/3 loona/drvcxrys, moxxie/strawbrryrush)

Human. Assassin/Mercenary. Thinks it's been like this since she arrived. Open to people who have hired/hire her to target someone or shake them down, targets to try and kill/shake down, and fellow assassins/mercenaries.

Mittens (Starters: 1/3 jabba/vcndetta)

Human. Diver (pick-pocket) and Fence (stolen goods saleswoman.) Thinks it's been like this her whole life. Open to people she can steal from, people she can sell to, and fellow thieves.

Pam Beesly (Starters: 1/3 romeo/devilsmenu)

Human. Artist (painter.) Thinks it's been like this since she arrived. Open to a mentor that can help her improve her painting skills, people who make fun of her art, people who enjoy her art and maybe even purchase it, and fellow artists.

Persephone (Starters: 0/3)

Goddess. Gardener. Thinks it's been like this her whole life. Open to fellow gardeners, people she can garden for, people to worship her, and someone to accuse her of witchcraft.

Rosie (Starters: 0/3)

Human. Cantor (church choir leader.) Thinks it's been this way since she arrived. Open to choir members, church employees, churchgoers, and someone to accuse her of being a demon or of witchcraft.

Vanessa Shelly (Starters: 1/3 chiye/mvsicinthedvrk)

Human. Guardswoman. Thinks it's been like this since she arrived. Open to someone to work for as a Guard, and criminals to catch or attempt to catch.

Woody Pride (Starters: 1/3 dongfang qingcang/mvsicinthedvrk)

Human. Sherriff. Thinks it's been like this his whole life. Open to coworkers, criminals to catch or attempt to catch, people that have been in his jail before, and people to protect.

Muses that are aware of the change in era and are confused and alarmed:

Catra (Starters: 0/3)

Cat-human hybrid. Rat catcher. Noticed that the modern DC she believes she's always lived in is now, well, not modern and is freaked about it and hiding her non-human status as best she can. Open to people who hire her to catch rats, and someone to accuse her of witchcraft.

Cecilia Anderson (Starters: 0/3)

Vampire. Librarian. Noticed the change right away and is trying her best not to freak out too much. Open to fellow librarians, people who use the library often, and people to feed on (they would die.)

Dash Parr (Starters: 1/3 violet/drvcxrys)

Super-human. Mason (bricklayer.) Was a little slow on the uptake but now he's just really weirded out. Trying to live as normally as possible. Open to coworkers, and people to work for building homes or buildings.

Eryx Droagon (Starters: 0/3)

Human. Mule driver. Adjusted pretty quickly surprisingly. Open to people he drives around, and fellow mule drivers.

Hades (Starters: 1/3 harry/hiddenpxpercuts)

God. Tavern Owner. Finds this whole thing pretty amusing to tell the truth. Open to tavern-goers, employees, people to worship him, and people to mess with.

Inuyasha (Starters: 0/3)

Half-dog-demon. Hunter. Is kind of feeling more at home but also not and he's just weirded out by everything being so odd - also hiding his dog ears. Open to people he hunts for/people who buy his kills, and people he gives his kills to for free because they can't afford food and are going hungry.

Jim Hawkins (Starters: 0/3)

Human. Astronomer. Is wondering what the hell is going on but trying to adjust. Open to fellow astronomers, and people who share his love of the stars in general.

Marcus (Starters: 0/3)

Vampire. Scribe. Was confused at first but is adjusting. Open to an employer(s), and fellow scribes.

Megara (Starters: 0/3)

Human. Famulus (attendant to a wizard/witch.) Finds this whole thing odd and frustrating and just wants DC to stop, please. Open to an employer (PLEASE), and being accused of witchcraft (for working with a wizard/witch.)

Meredith Grey (Starters: 1/3 soren/wvsteria)

Human. Plague Doctor. Is seriously freaked out to be honest. Open to patients, fellow doctors, and people to freak out with.

Sibella Dracula (Starters: 1/3 sara/vcndetta)

Vampire. Tailor/Clothesmaker. Is honestly amused with the change of pace and is enjoying herself. Open to people she's made clothing for, fellow tailors, and people to feed on (they would not die or be turned.)

Violet Bridgerton (Starters: 1/3 edwina/hiddenpxpercuts)

Human. Nursery Maid (child caregiver.) She's really trying not to freak out about the change, but luckily this is closer to what she's used to so there's not much adjusting. Open to a family or two whose children she takes care of, and fellow nursery maids.

Zachary Peterson (Starters: 0/3)

Vampire. Carpenter. Finds this whole thing incredibly fucking weird and doesn't really know what to do but is trying to not freak out too much? Open to people he's built things for or fixed things for, and people to feed from (they would die.)

[safrona-shadowsun]

Safrona stiffened as Serenas rushed to her with quick steps, just short of a run. "I'm very sorry," the words tumbled out of the girl a little breathlessly as she presented an envelope. "A little fox brought it by and delivered it to me in the courtyard. I believe she might have been a courier?"

"Vulpera courier?" Safrona questioned as she carefully took the letter from her daughter's fingers. "Fully white in the fur, missing left ear? Little on the strange side?"

Serenas' apology shifted to puzzlement as her fingers were freed, left staring with an unnerved focus on a section of patterning on her mother's dress. "...yes. She, ah, gave me very strange mailing information? Something about an adult female gnome being perfect packaging size for shipping across the sea. And she proceeded to give me the exact measurements..."

"Sylvea..." Safrona released the name on a sigh as she began to pull the folded correspondence from its envelope sleeve. "One of mine based out of the Silvermoon office. And I'm assuming she didn't ask your name to at least confirm the recipient?"

"Actually there wasn't really a recipient," Serra explained, finally meeting her mother's eyes. "It was simply addressed to the Elysian Sojourn. I think she only gave me the delivery because I was the first one she saw on the grounds." The young lady chuckled on a nervous, soft breath. "I opened the envelope without even thinking, really. And then I caught myself when I realized just how rude that was, and I refrained from reading as I caught myself. I am very sorry, and it will not happen again." The girl humbly curtsied before her lady mother like an offending handmaiden more than the noble she had been raised to be in her homeland.

The unbelievable guilt on part of Serenas brought a helpless chuckle from Safrona as she finished reading over the letter. "Serra. You are fine. We will be fine. It looks like this one is looking to sit in for Confession and are just looking for direction. But even if it's more than this, we have our defenses. I will take care of it."

"Besides," Lady Shadowsun mused with the subtle upward curve of her lips, intrigued. "This "Kihu" seems to already be very familiar with Pandaria, or at least the tradition of the local language. Could be a very interesting one. We will see, won't we?"

A response would be delivered to the recipient's provided address and name by the same, strange white vulpera, giggling conspiratorily to herself as it was shoved into the appropriate residential mailbox.

Friend Kihu,

I appreciate the courtesy of a letter before arrival. The Elysian Sojourn is my personal home in the Veiled Stair of Pandaria, but I've opened it up as a resort for the traveler in need of an escape from the rest of the world. We are outfitted with a wonderful courtyard garden, full bar, and dining area. Public mineral pools are available here for you to enjoy, as well as private baths should you like to reserve them for a small fee. A live band also performs publicly on the week's end, and I'm always happy to see the Sojourn fill for it. And I do offer Confession freely when I am available in the evenings. I find it to be a lovely way to meet new faces and reconnect to old ones. You need only to bring your taste in drink. I provide many tastes in liquor and I have a deep fondness for a dark red myself, but I can provide the tradition of tea for you instead if that might be more your preference. I also insist that you leave any aggression outside my estate. The Sojourn is a place of peace, after all. If you are interested in arrival, please meet with a young Pandaren named Seon at the Tavern of the Mists in the Veiled Stair, and he will guide you to our gates when you present this letter. I look so very forward to receiving you here. -- Lady Shadowsun

{ @k-i-h-u }

[raeflora]

525,000 (moments so dear)

[1 year in the life of Blair, Chuck and Henry ♡ rated e]

chapter 1- January (a month to refresh and restart)

The pale morning light filters through the curtains, hitting the bed at just the right angle to make Blair groan and pull the duvet higher around herself. Maybe if she doesn't open her eyes then her head won't ache, and she can stay in this blissful cocoon of warmth and pretend it's not the morning. That the only place she and Chuck have to be is in this bed with each other.

Chuck stirs next to her, his hand running over her bare waist under the duvet, seeking her hand that still clutches at the duvet. He effortlessly links his fingers with hers and pulls her back onto his chest, their bodies fitting together by instinct. Blair sighs softly as he runs his palm up and down her arm, her own fingers tracing patterns on his bare chest, burying her face between the pillow and his shoulder.

"Good morning" she mumbles into his skin, pressing a kiss to his neck.

"Good morning" Chuck returns, tilting his head to try and kiss her cheek.

Blair nuzzles against him, "we don't have to move, right?"

"Not unless you don't want breakfast"

"Give me five minutes" is her groaned reply.

They stay in a comfortable silence, Chuck's hand resuming it's familiar path across her arm and down her back. The warmth spreading over her skin is far more agreeable than the sunlight still fighting to get under the duvet. But then, the duvet is being flung back, the cool air mixing with the warmth of the sun, and Blair's face lands on Chuck's pillow.

"Hey!" she huffs, anger fading at the sight of her husband's casually naked body, "I said five minutes"

Chuck smirks at her, pulling his robe on slowly, almost provocative in his movements, "you said it five minutes ago"

"So you're starting 2017 by improving your timekeeping?"

"Actually," he leans down to give her a real good morning kiss, "I started 2017 by hearing you scream my name, which was far more pleasurable"

"So why your sudden interest in breakfast?" she challenges still, turning as Chuck walks around their bed to her side, "And don't say you're hungry, Bass. I know it's not Dorota's croissants you want right now" she finishes, eyes flickering down his robe clad form and back up to hold his gaze, lips curling mischievously.

"While that may be true, there's someone upstairs who's probably craving Dorota's breakfast spread right now"

"Henry's not due up until 7:30 and right now it's only-" Blair turns to face the clock, eyes widening, "7:30. Chuck! You let me sleep this long?" she darts up and into Chuck's arms, already holding her robe open.

"You were very, very tired" he husks in her ear, "besides you woke up first, Waldorf"

Blair pretends to roll her eyes at him, tying her robe and trying to find her underwear. She gives up after a moment and settles on finding any kind of clothing, heading to her closet. Chuck catches her waist, spinning her back around and pulling her into him.

"Of course," he muses against her temple, "we could always let him sleep in. It is a holiday"

Blair sighs, tipping her head back so her lips ghost across his, "but what would we do?"

"Mmm there is something I didn't get to do earlier"

"Oh?"

Blair only has a second to laugh before Chuck takes her hand and sits her down on their chaise lounge, her robe already opening as he dips his head between her thighs. The year is already off to a wonderful start, she thinks, and, if she doesn't push away the other thought that scratches at her mind, it will just keep improving.

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The air is crisp as Blair lifts Henry out of the limo, adjusting his scarf and holding him on her hip as Chuck shuts the door. His mitten clad hands hold his new favourite stuffed dinosaur, his second and third favourites safely in Blair's handbag. Although he's only had them for two weeks he refuses to go out without at least one.

"Can I play dinosaurs with Aunt Serena?" he asks, resting his head on her shoulder.

"After you eat"

Henry pouts, "what if- what if she wants to play first?"

Chuck takes over, tickling his side, "I think she'll let you eat first"

Henry sighs, very seriously for an almost two-and-a-half-year-old, and hugs his arms tighter around Blair. She kisses his head, readjusting him in her arms as they reach the door.

"Hello Vanya" Henry chirps, waving his dinosaur in greeting.

"Hello Mr Henry" Vanya replies, "are you excited for first family brunch of the year?"

Henry nods, "I'm gonna play dinosaurs after"

Vanya laughs and holds the door open, "I'm sure you'll have fun"

"Thank you, Vanya" Chuck nods as the enter the lobby, warmth enveloping around them.

"Of course, Mr Chuck"

Henry waves again, Vanya waving back before going outside. The three of them approach the elevator, Chuck absentmindedly putting his hand on Blair's back as they walk through the open doors. By the time they reach the top Henry is impatient, squirming to be set down so he can run in. Blair doesn't though, instead she carries him in to the sight of Lily eagerly waiting.

"There's my beautiful grandson" she coos, lifting him from Blair's arms and squeezing her hand in greeting, "look at you, you're getting bigger everyday!"

"I grow" Henry declares proudly, as Chuck carefully helps to pull his mittens and matching scarf off, "that's what daddy said"

"And he's very right, hello darling" Lily kisses Chuck's cheek.

Before Blair can properly greet Lily she's swept into a Serena hug, a flash of blonde hair and a slightly awkward Dan Humphrey by the couch being her only warning. She laughs, hugging her back and sneaking a glance at Serena's still bare ring finger. Maybe that's why Dan can't quite meet her gaze.

They all make their way to the heaving table, coats and scarves taken care of. Henry happily sits between his parents, more excited about the promise of playtime with Serena than the food in front of him. Still he eats the croissants and fruit salad and yoghurt and buttery toast strips, eyebrows creasing at Blair wiping his stained mouth and fingers. She lifts him into her lap, brushing a hand over his hair.

"Good boy" she praises while Dan explains the plot of his latest novel, "do you want to play with Aunt Serena now?"

Henry grins up at her, "yeah"

"Alright then" she lifts him into the air like Chuck does, swinging him round so his little feet hit the floor, "your dinosaur kingdom awaits"

Serena doesn't need any encouragement, immediately launching into a questionably accurate impression of a t-rex as she joins him on the floor. Henry's overjoyed, and, once Blair's satisfied that he's not going to hurt himself, turns her attention to Dan.

"I thought," she hisses, not missing the way Dan's eyes widen and Chuck smirks, "you were proposing to her. What happened Humphrey?"

"Ok so- stop looking at me like that, Chuck, come on. So I am proposing to her, I just thought, you know, uh, New Year's proposals are kinda overdone and-"

"I don't care" Blair whispers exasperatedly, "I'm not having another two hour long conversation with her about if I think you're going to do it or not-"

"Just pick somewhere and get on one knee" Chuck continues smoothly, "she wants to marry you, so stop stalling"

"I'm not stalling, I-"

"You are" they chorus.

"I just want to do it right" Dan finishes.

"Humphrey, there's never going to be the perfect time" Chuck continues, hand finding Blair's beneath the table, "there won't be any time if you don't do it soon"

Dan holds his hands up, "alright point taken"

"Hey sorry to interrupt, B" Serena says, covertly coming up to Blair, "but I think Henry needs the bathroom and I wasn't sure how far you were with-"

"It's ok, S, I'll take him"

She gives Dan one last pointed glare before taking Henry's hand in hers and walking him down the hallway. Thankfully they're quick, Henry only becoming momentarily distracted by the jasmine scented soap and trying to cover both his arms in it through his knitted sweater. Blair stops him, but appreciates his enthusiasm about hygiene.

Family brunch wraps up not long after, all of Henry's dinosaurs in his hands as he sleepily curls up in Chuck's lap. It's a funny sort of feeling that settles in Blair's stomach as she looks at her boys, one that makes her ache with how much she loves them. It's time, she thinks to herself. She knows what she wants now, and she's going to get it.

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Snow falls softly outside the limo's moving windows, catching the glow of the streetlights. Blair sighs, resting her head on Chuck's shoulder. Soon they'll be busy again, their son and their empires needing their attention. But now, now they can just be Chuck and Blair, Blair and Chuck, and all they need is to be with each other.

She trails her fingers down his arm, resting her hand on top of his. Without a word he intertwines their fingers and Blair takes a breath.

"Chuck" she starts, lifting her head up to look at him.

"Blair" he responds, resting his forehead against hers.

Her words rush out, unable to wait another minute, "I want us to have another baby"

He smiles, truly, just for her, "are you sure?"

"There's nothing I want more right now"

"Right now?" he teases.

She cups his jaw, "right now"

She kisses him soundly, her hands in his hair and his on her waist. With ease he pulls her onto his lap and Blair moans into him, her fingers running down his chest. She starts pulling at his tie, and he returns the favour by pushing her skirt over her hips. They break apart for a moment, Chuck's lips finding her neck as his hands find her underwear. Blair gasps as he tugs them down her stocking clad thighs, helping to kick them onto the floor, and runs her palm over the growing bulge in her husband's pants.

Chuck growls as she pulls the zipper down, her fingers pulling his boxers down too. She wraps her hand around him, grinning at the way he grunts into her neck. Carefully she moves her hips forwards, stuttering slightly as he strokes his fingers down her folds, and steadily lowers onto him. It's familiar, but different, her hands clinging to his jacket, her hips rocking down until she moans, the feeling of him deep inside her catching her off guard. Then, it's instinct, and desire, and pleasure, their bodies moving perfectly, his hips thrusting up as hers grind down. Blair moans, burying her face into his neck, kissing where his pulse thrums.

Her fingers run through his hair as her body arches back. Chuck's hands hold her waist, his eyes shining with awe as she glances down at him. She bends down to kiss him, biting his lip as he grinds his hips up into her. Her body jerks, hands clutching at him, and her breathing grows heavy against his lips.

Blair clenches around him, fluttering once, twice, unable to contain the purr that works its way out of her throat as Chuck strokes her clit. Her orgasm bursts through her, his name coming from her lips in a haze of ecstasy, her body curling onto him. She gasps, smile blooming on her lips at Chuck's own release. His hands guide her off of him and back onto the now cool leather. She sighs happily, Chuck running his hand through his hair on his own pleasure tinged sigh.

Although conceiving their second child in a limo might not have been her original plan, she couldn't think of a more appropriate way to start trying. The year is definitely off to the best possible start, and she can't wait for it to continue.

[eliteseven]

Thought of this while watching Shadowheart’s actor and her girlfriend playing bg3: Do Serena and Jen have their own fanbase as a couple, separate to Astral Prisms fanbase at large? Not including us readers of course lol

Do they stream themselves playing rpgs or cosy games, or maybe making music?

Bonus question: does Serena and Jen’s lovey-dovey relationship cause Astral Prisms style to change, considering they were previously making heavy, angsty songs about Shadowheart’s relationship with Shar.

I’ve seen their streams!! I don’t watch them regularly but I’ve seen a few clips and they’re so cute and funny together 🥹 💕 it’s cool that they do that!

This is such a great question, thank you!! 🤔 let me ponder this

I think they would definitely have a following. Jen for sure, anyway. Lots of people are in love with Jen 😅

I think they would be careful not to overdo it. They really value their privacy and Jen really wants to maintain that Shadowheart facade in some way- she’s not that comfortable sharing her softer side with the world.

But a few streams here and there? Showcasing their creative process? Jen probably has to have an active IG for “Shadowheart” in this day and age- so I could see all AP members having one. I feel like a lot of her posts would be Serena 🤭 I said Jen is hesitant to show her softer side, but “Shadowheart” is a minx and a cruel mistress through and through. 🥵 a single mirror pic of her and Serena getting ready to go to an event will send fans into a frenzy. I think fans like seeing her engage with Serena on social media, too.

I don’t think their relationship would change the trajectory of the band that much. Sure, there’d be a few more ballads or songs of that nature, but making metal music isn’t necessarily rooted in pain. A lot of metal bands like to tell elaborate stories and paint vivid imagery with their music. And a lotttt of heavier bands have the stones to protest and speak out in the most brutal & raw way against all kinds of issues in a way a lot of other genres can’t facilitate. so it’s not as if Shar is the only muse they have. As a humble metal fan myself, I’d say it’s more about a feeling of raw energy and momentum, and power. With Serena? Jen feels very powerful. AP’s music could very well get even heavier 👀

[iruludavare]

{ ooc. I see ship talk on the dash and honestly... if you want to ship with Serena (or Sarana over on @floaroanemoia) if you Let Me Know, 9.5 times out of 10 I'll also be so down for it, or see if the vibes go that way

Because I mean hi look at her. Your muse gets free ballet tickets (or can ominously watch from the side of the stage if that sort of crowd isn't their thing). Your muse gets silly little dances in the moonlights streaming in from the windows. Your muse gets her fussing over them. Your muse gets to be the unfortunate judge of a late night baking spree because she couldn't sleep. Your muse gets to watch as it becomes increasingly more difficult for Serena to hide the fact that she's immortal and recovers a little too quickly from injuries and doesn't appear to be aging the same way they are.

All good things 😌}

[asirensrambles]

Collapsing (into your arms)

One of Fang's mystery potions knocks the builder out for a while.  Senna wakes up in Fang's clinic and reassures him there are no hard feelings.

This was written from a loose prompt from the Pathea Discord: Some experiment hijinks with Fang

As soon as Senna swallowed the liquid out of the vial, the edges of her vision began to darken, and she could feel herself began to sway on her feet.  Trying to keep her balance, she braced herself against the edge of the table, but her arms didn't seem to have the strength to support her.  It was a losing battle against the darkness creeping in, until eventually it won and everything went black

Senna felt herself slowly waking up.  The first thing she noticed was her shoes were missing.  Wiggling her toes confirmed the shoes were not on her feet.  Sluggishly, Senna dragged her hands up to wipe the crud out of her eyes.  Based on the light streaming in through the clinic windows, it had to be around mid morning.  Damn, whatever was in that vial was strong.  If a sleep aid wasn't what Fang was going for, well, looks like he found one anyways.  As it was, Serena's limbs still all felt like lead.  It took an enormous effort, but she lifted her head enough to look around the room.

On the floor next to the bed, her shoes were neatly stacked next to each other, along with her backpack, and hat.  Fang must have put them there, no one else was nearby.  Had he also moved her into the clinic?  Was she dragged, or carried?  If Fang had managed to carry her, Senna was impressed and surprised.  Since moving to Sandrock, she'd packed on muscle, and definitely wasn't all that light.  The clinic door opened, interrupting her musings.  Fang walked in,

"Oh good...you're awake," he said quietly.

Senna nodded.  Mustering what energy she could, Senna heaved herself into a sitting position.  Just that small action left her feeling drained and shaky.  Fang crossed the clinic in a few long strides, his features twisted into a concerned frown,

"You still need...rest.  The medicine was...stronger than I thought," as he spoke, the frown on Fang's face morphed from one of concern to guilt.

Firm hands clasped Serena's arms, and gently tried to lay her back down on the bed.  Not having the strength to fight back, she let Fang lower her back down.  His hands were warm, and stronger than she expected.  Although the more she thought about it, it made sense that Fang would have strong hands from the herbs he ground and plants he gathered.  As Senna settled back into the bed, Fang pulled the thin blanket back up over her.  She wanted to protest, tell him she was fine to head home, but the darkness crept into her vision once again.

The next time Senna woke up, none of the grogginess or heavy limbs remained.  Looking outside, it seemed like it must be close to noon or so.  Swinging her legs off the side of the bed, Senna looked around to see if Fang was still there.  The quiet doctor seemed to be missing.  As much as she wanted to wait for him and tell him everything was okay, half the day was gone, and commissions waited for no one.  Hastily pulling on her shoes, and hat, Senna rifled through her backpack for a spare piece of paper and pen.  Finding them, she scrawled out a quick note letting Fang know everything was fine before putting it on his desk under a spare opal she'd meant to give X.  Once the paper was settled where Fang couldn't possibly miss it, Senna set off for home at a brisk pace.

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 The next morning, Senna opened her mailbox to find a neat parcel of strong medicine patches in it.  There was no note attached, but it had to be from Fang.  Serena shook her head.  That stubborn man couldn't take the note at its word.  Determined to prove there was no ill will, Senna sifted through her collection of gathered herbs.  Once she'd found the cistanche she was looking for, Senna saddled up Morse the Horse and went off in search of Fang.

 Conveniently, Fang was in the clinic when she dropped by.  As the door opened, he looked over to see who had come in.  When he saw who it was, his face dropped.  It seemed like he was bracing himself for something, although what Senna couldn't fathom a guess.  Still, she slowed her pace and walked over to him more slowly than her usual power walk.  As she went to hand him the bundle of cistanche, Fang flinched away.  

Instinctively, Senna stepped back, bewildered and concerned by his reaction.  Why had he flinched away?  Had she done something to scare him?  Of course this was the one time X wasn't in the clinic when she stopped by.  He probably could have helped reassure Fang, or at least his babbling would have given Senna some insight into the situation.  Not sure what to do, she blurted out,

   "Um, I brought you something."

Fang eyed her almost suspiciously, but gave a tiny nod.

Slowly, deliberately, Senna held up the package before holding it out to him.  Fang took the package gingerly, but his warm hands still brushed against hers.  Calluses caught the skin on the back of her hands.  Senna sucked in a breath at the contact.  All too soon, his hands were gone.  Dammit, this is not the time for your stupid crush, brain! she thought to herself.  Once he had the package, Fang opened it.  When he saw the cistanche, he looked up again,  

       "Why did you...bring me  this?" he asked.

Senna rocked back on her heels, "Well I saw your package in the mail today, and I wasn't sure why you'd sent it.  I thought maybe it was cause of yesterday, which is fine, I know the risks of trying new medicine and stuff, but I also wasn't sure why else it would be there?   At least I thought the package was from you, and I left you a note before I left yesterday, but maybe you didn't see it.  I left it on the desk under an opal, was it still there when you got back to the clinic?"

Before Fang could respond, she rushed on, "Well if it wasn't there or you didn't see it, I wanted to give you something too so you'd know I wasn't upset or anything, no hard feelings and all.  That's why I brought over the cistanche, to say everything's good, we're still friends and all," realizing she was rambling horribly, Senna shut her mouth with a click.

Fang stared at her for a few moments.  Senna wanted to squirm where she stood.  Why oh why did she have to ramble when she was nervous?  Why was she nervous?  The silence was getting to her, but she knew it was important to be patient with Fang and let him speak in his own time.   Finally, he said,

"We are...friends?" There was such hope and uncertainty in his voice it cut straight to Senna's heart.  Did the man not have friends besides his bird?  Probably not, she realized, as most of Sandrock seemed surprised he even spoke to her.

"If you want to be, then yes.  We're friends." Fang rewarded her with the most beautiful thing Senna had ever seen.

A smile.

[buffyspeak]

That Lily post you reblogged has me thinking, and it’s honestly kind of insane how categorically bad almost all of the parents on Gossip Girl are, even the ones we’re supposed to like!! If we take all of the various anecdotes from Serena and Eric seriously, then Lily - despite otherwise being an enjoyable character - is nothing short of a negligent parent. And variations of the same can be said for most of the other parents with significant storylines!

Like, as much as the show tries to gloss over it later on, Eleanor’s casual cruelty towards Blair and the seemingly intentional provocation of her bulimia despite KNOWING how severe it was throughout season one was actually genuinely awful. Harold, while more sympathetic given his backstory, still chose to relinquish primary custody of his daughter to move halfway across the world and barely see her, even though she was a 15 year old struggling with a serious mental illness. Alison, despite being oddly beloved in this corner of the fandom, is honestly just as bad - she too fucks off except with the added pretense of it being a temporary separation, and then makes little effort to maintain any contact with her kids outside of holidays, leaving Rufus to effectively single parent. And Rufus, despite being the most involved and least “objectionable” parent on the show, still consistently treats his son significantly better than his daughter, to the degree that said daughter at one point muses that her dad “basically hates her” and seems to believe it.

And that’s without getting into William van der Woodsen, Bart Bass, or the Archibalds, who were actual villains!!! Like it’s no wonder that all of the kids grew into fucked up adults when that was the standard of better parenting on the show.

i originally wrote that i had very little to add but then all of this happened! lmao. but still: you're spot on, anon.

one thing i will say is that wrt alison - she does get quite a bit of leeway in this corner of the fandom, hm? i'm not saying that i hate her or that i think she's as bad, as, say, bart bass (but literally who is), but i think what gets me most about her is that she leaves and upon briefly returning, doesn't let there be any space for the fact that the lives of her children have changed while she's been gone. when jenny tells alison she would have been able to go if she wasn't here, it may come off a little bratty, but it's not hard to sympathize with for me. because she's not wrong! her mom has been gone and now that she's back she's supposed to not have changed at all or stop caring about the things she cares about? (note: i know allison was upset about jenny missing her art show for the debutante ball, but it seems like it speaks to a larger issue of allison not liking who jenny has started to become while she's been gone... even though she's the one that left and jenny's allowed to have interests that deviate from hers.) i think the reason alison gets more grace from some parts of the fandom is that we see way less of her than most of the other parents, so there's room to imagine she's a Perfect Mom (TM) whenever jenny and dan go visit her on the weekends or holidays or when jenny leaves for hudson. but i doubt that's the case. (nor should it be! no one's perfect and i tend to prefer characters who are more complicated than that. but the idea that she's this flawless ideal of a parental figure seems... strange, to me.)

there's something really interesting about the lines being drawn between who the 'good' and 'bad' parents are. because I fully believe that lily and eleanor are on a pretty similar level to the archibalds, yet the narrative turns more in their favor. we still see their bad sides but we get their perspectives more and are Supposed to sympathize with them to some degree. the show never quite shies away from lily's negligence (the way it does from being consistent about eleanor's emotional abuse toward blair tbh), but it also never fully condemns her for it. the narrative wants us to forgive her, i think, in a way that it doesn't really care if we forgive, say anne. there are absolutely parents that are designated firmly in the villain category (#mafia boss burt bass circa season 6), but none of them come out looking to be shining examples of heroes either.

i think the show WANTS rufus to look that way but he just... doesn't. i don't hate him or think he's an absolute monster, but it's incredibly frustrating for him to get put on a pedestal (more by the fandom than the show itself, i'd say, though it depends on the circles you run in). a thought i had when i was trying to wrangle my thoughts in response to this ask jdjsjsjs was that... idk it almost seems like, prior to season one, rufus was used to getting to be The Fun Parent? and part of what alison leaving triggers is him having to figure out how to have a more authoritative role in his children's lives while still showing his care for them. and he gets a lot of that wrong! which makes sense. i think that when you're not used to being the authority and you start to try, you might hold on too tight and be harsher than you mean to be at first. which is what he does! especially with jenny. and that makes sense! i don't have a problem with that in and of itself - it's that it doesn't really get better? he refuses to see jenny's point of view throughout every conflict they have and never really tries to have empathy for her struggling to find her role in the ues (despite insisting, according to the pilot, that the only way both his children will be succesful is going to private school) or for her dreams of being a designer. it's hard not to chalk up his often controlling and judgmental attitude toward jenny as misogny (on his part, maybe, on the writers' part, definitely) because he DOES tend to make more) because he does tend to give dan more grace. but if I'M trying to show any grace, i think part of it likely stems from insecurities and fears from his own musical aspirations - he knows what it cost him and that he's not considered much more than a washed-up musician at this point, that he had to choose between his family and his music and he's chosen them, full stop. he knows dan is passionate about writing, but dan's more cautious, more hesitant, less sure of his craft or how much value he puts on it over everything else. (there are multiple story arcs about this!) i think jenny scares him a lot more because she's burning with pure ambition. she's not hesitant or unsure about it; she knows what she wants and she's going to risk whatever she needs to get it. i think i would be remiss to act like that doesn't play some role in how suffocating their relationship becomes.

tl;dr you're so right anon! i had lots of thoughts about it.

[civicmuses]

"I never quite knew where I came from. I can't remember heaven and the only other angels I've known are Aunt Vaggie, Aunt Jezabelle...and Carmen's grandpa Lucifer. It's hard not knowing my bio parents but...mom and mama are the best moms that I could ever have."

[pyropsychiccollector]

Do you have any interest in Pokemon? Not because I want to nerd out about it specifically, but because... let's just say, I've been rather inspired after reading your Raincode stuff, and watching some Pokemon animations online. (人◕ω◕)

Still have to determine if this is merely a temporary spark, or a true desire to write out what I have in mind, however~ (人◕ω◕)

You know, it's strange. For all I talk about Sayaka being the "source" of so many muses and subsequent harem ships these days... My true, honest beginnings - my first forays into discovering and reading fanfiction in general lies in...

Ash x Misty. n___n I must've discovered fanfiction.net myself back in, ooh... 2004? That feels so long ago. I'm old. XD Had no interest in writing back then, I was just thirsty for a ship that canon kept mercilessly teasing me with. No other anime I liked had me so invested in a ship. I suppose Digimon eventually hit me with Takato x Rika, and Takuya x Zoe, but Ash x Misty was definitely my origin point for anything fanfiction. That was the first time I ever Googled "Ash x Misty stories" or anything of that ilk. Seeing so many stories on ffnet made me proud to be a shipper for them. lol

Granted, I was a kid. And the quality of fanfics was as varied as it is these days. But back then I didn't care so much if some stories were cheesy. I remember coming across aged up Ash and Misty scenarios, a more adult and nefarious Team Rocket terrorizing them, Ash as the Kanto Champion and TR trying to get to him by assaulting/kidnapping Misty.... That was one of the better written fanfics I read back in the day.

That all said, am I still a Pokeshipper these days? Ash x Misty, sure. And shinobisage09 made a Ash harem card a while back...

In terms of my tastes? Ash x Misty is my highest priority. Ash x Serena is alright, I just haven't watched the XY anime to grow attached to that ship, while the original Pokemon anime was my childhood. XD Ash x May is okay, very neutral to that one... Ash x Melody is fun. She was only in the 2000 movie, but man she left an impression~ Melody is probably the reason I enjoy Natsumi Kuzuryu so much. Or rather, girls like them - spunky, tough girls that have tender sides they don't like showing. Ash x Anabel is fun, too, from what I remember of the Battle Frontier anime... Ash x Dawn is okay, like May I'm pretty neutral about it. And then the grass girl there... I haven't watched the Sun and Moon anime either, so I dunno what that ship - or rather, how the girl thinks about Ash....

I guess to summarize, my favorite Ash ships are Misty, Melody, and Anabel. Serena to a little lesser extent. Then Dawn and May. Then anyone else, so long as it's not toxic or creepy. XD I suppose that girl from the fifth movie... Bianca, I think? Or Latias in her form...? Whichever it might be, the kiss at the end of that movie was cute, but I'm a bit unsure about dabbling in human x Pokemon.... Not sure if that's a kink of mine. It might be easier to "assume" that was the real Bianca kissing Ash, and not Latias... Even though the evidence points to the contrary. lol I'm used to burying my head in the sand~ XD

But I digress. Outside from Ash...? Uh.... Probably the only other Pokemon ship I like is Brock x Lucy (the Pike Queen). That episode in Battle Frontier was awesome. XD Beyond that, I can't think of other ships in Pokemon that I like. I haven't read the manga, so I'm neutral to any Red, Brendan, Krys, or any of their ship stuff. I do find Leaf to be cute. Claire is hilariously tsundere. Cynthia is bae~ Gardenia is cute. I love Team Magma Courtney, specifically her Omega Ruby version. She's crazy, but I like the crazy~ XD I don't necessarily ship those girls with Ash. Maybe Courtney x Brendan (Hoenn protagonist), but that's about it.

[flcgod]

[ madelyn cline, cis female, she/her ] ⸺ i’m pretty sure that was just  lenora clemonte of the old money that just passed by. the twenty-six year old hotel heiress, socialite & philanthropist has been a resident here in the upper east side for fourteen years.  they’re known for being captivating & benevolent, but i overheard someone mention they’re also manipulative & vain…considering they’re a libra i think there might be some truth to it. but maybe that’s just because they’re always worried someone might find out about redacted.  something about them has always reminded me of blowdried bouncy hair, dewy skin, a glass of rosé during the day, chanel eau tendre perfume sprayed at the nape of her neck & decolletage but maybe that’s just because they like to have impulsive shopping sprees & be the center of attention in their free time.

  *    ◟ stats .

full name : lenora elsabeth clemonte nicknames : goes prominently as lena age : twenty-six years old gender : cis female pronouns : she / her age : 26 dob : september 24th , 1998 ( libra ) pob :  monte carlo , monaco sexual orientation : heterosexual / heteroromantic social group :  old money  

*    ◟ appearance .

height : 5'6" - 1.68cm build : slim ethnicity : white eye color : dark brown hair color : dirty blonde with light highlights notable features : fox eyes , plump lips , high cheekbones , a few freckles on her nose style : lena is famous for her notable natural beauty & often admired for looking gorgeous effortlessly

*    ◟ personality .

positive traits : captivating, confident, loyal, passionate, coquettish, benevolent, affectionate negative traits : manipulative, vain, stubborn, insecure, possessive, hypocritical, dramatic likes : romantic comedies, skincare, satin sheets, red lingerie, diamonds, charity work, snow days, summer days in the hamptons, champagne, yachts, shopping sprees, traveling, french cuisine, scented candles, peonies, having her picture taken, bubble baths. dislikes : being kept out of the loop or not knowing stuff, cheaters, being bored, low quality pictures of herself, bad mannerism, bigotry, being ignored in any shape or form muse inspo : serena van der woodsen ( gossip girl ) , gabrielle solis ( desperate housewives ) , cher horowitz ( clueless ) . rachel green ( friends ) , tahani al jamil ( good place ) , caroline forbes ( the vampire diaries ) , barbie ( barbie ) , haley dunphy ( modern family ) more aesthetic things : plumping lipgloss, dewy skin, blowdried bouncy hair, french top oval nails, silk dresses, champagne for breakfast, chanel eau tendre sprated at the nape of her neck and decolletage, impulsive shopping sprees, lavender oil, half naked pictures, rose water

*    ◟ career & education .

current occupation : hotel heiress , socialite , philanthropist past occupation(s) : model degree(s) : the nightingale-bamford school ( high school diploma ) , yale ( majored in business psychology but never graduated )

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[helluvaslut]

‘horde battle’ + gardevor

Not to be nasty but setting the stage, Serena caught Lance like a pokemon and is having her gardevor drain him for eggs and after he passes out gardevor calls other male ones to fuck her.

Send ‘horde battle’ + a Pokemon for my muse to lose a Pokemon battle against a horde of that Pokemon and get fucked senseless by them.

Serena was pleased seeing the results. As she was about to call it a day, she noticed that her gardevor call out towards other gardevor. As more began to appear. And surrounded the young trainer. They began to undress her. Before one layed on it's back as two others postioned her on top of it. Letting out a moan as she felt it's girth slide of her. While the other two gardevor, stood on both sides of the blonde. Grabbing her hands and wrapping them around their members. A fourth gardevor stood over of the laying on the ground. Grabbing hold of her head and pushing it's cock inside of her mouth. Serena let out a couple of moans as she caught in pleasure and ecstacy as the pokemon had their way with her.

[madam-wakefield]

Butternut Squash Soup

A little sickfic written for the @berenaadvent day 17 prompt “cold”.

This can easily fit into the “Open when…” series as a something that happened in their lives before Bernie deployed. It shares a few similarities to some of the things in Serena’s Open when you feel ill… envelope contains! You don’t need to have read that for this is to make sense though.

Read on A03

Serena HATES being ill, okay she knows everyone hates being ill, but she absolutely loathes it. It’s actually for totally unselfish reasons in a way, it has nothing to do with the fact that she struggles to talk with a raspy voice, or that she sneezes and blows her nose so often that she has to walk around with a tiny tin of Vaseline in her pocket. It isn’t even about the migraine she usually gets that even painkillers and a full two litres of water don’t get rid of. No, it’s about all the things she can’t do and all the people she can’t look after when she’s ill.

First there is Jason who gets so angsty if his routine isn’t followed, if the right meal isn’t served up at the right time on the right day, because fish and chip night can only ever be a Thursday, “the chippy is far too busy on a Friday, Auntie Serena, and they just don’t prepare everything to the same standard.”

Second is her ward, the one she’s in charge of. With junior doctors and F1s and F2s who rely on her calmness to help them, to guide the, to make them better doctors. To show them the ropes, to talk them through a new procedure or operation and to just be that firm solid figure at the end of a day when everything seems to have gone so wrong no matter what they’ve done. Shes had years of days like that, they aren’t any easier than they were, but she knows how to cope with them now in a way the younger doctors don’t yet but will learn to.

Lastly, it’s her patients. The thing about AAU is that as much as the trauma bay will often pull her into surgery unexpectedly, there is also a number of patients who have scheduled operations, operations that she is needed to perform.

So, when she wakes up at 5am in the morning three weeks before Christmas, shivering despite the warmth of their bedroom only to be overtaken by a fit of sneezes she curses, she can’t afford to be ill not now.

“Rena…” comes the sleepy voice from the other side of the bed as the covers shift and Bernie slowly sits up, her hair sleep mused and messy.

“Go back to sleep darling, it’s your day off,” Serena says gently because Bernie has worked for the past five days straight and deserves to sleep in, she’d been home three house late last night due to a multi car pileup on the motorway that had pulled her into surgery just minutes before handover. It sounds genuine enough, but she knows there is no way Bernie will listen when as she finishes speaking her body is racked with a sudden coughing fit, so classic for her if she managed to catch a winter cold.

“I’m awake now sweetheart, you know I would have probably woken you up to make you coffee before your shift anyway. As I happens you aren’t going anywhere today, but I am going to go downstairs and make you a lemsip.” I’ll be back in a second. Bernie leans down and presses a kiss to the top of her head, and she snuggles into it, loving how openly affectionate Bernie is when they are alone. She can only stare unashamedly as Bernie climbs out of bed and walks, naked, to the door where she grabs her dressing gown and wraps it around herself before quietly leaving the bedroom, knowing only too well not to wake Jason.

Serena uses the time to use the en-suite, almost grabs for a packet of paracetamol before she remembers not to because she’ll get all she’s allowed from the lemsip Bernie is making her. Instead grabs the Vicks vapour rub and the little tin of Vaseline that she’ll need and places them on her bedside table before herself grabbing her dressing gown off the back of the door, putting it on before sliding back under the covers back propped against the headboard. Just as she’s settled Bernie comes back in the room, using her back to push against the door, arms carrying a tray laden with cups and a light breakfast.

She places the tray on Serena’s own bedside table and hands her the lemsip, smell unmistakable even if it is slightly lessened by her awful, blocked nose. Placing a kiss on top of her head before pulling away. Grabbing her own cup of coffee and sliding back into bed next to Serena and placing her arm gently around her. Serena snuggles in close, feels cold whereas Bernie always seems to feel warm.

“I rang Hanssen and told him you wouldn’t be in work today.” Bernie reassures her, but Serena is quick to argue.

“I’m fine to work,” she protests before her body betrays her. Bernie takes her cup just in time as she starts to sneeze again, just manages to stop her sloshing the liquid all over the bed.

“And how exactly do you think you are going to do surgery when you have a sneezing or coughing fit multiple times every hour?” Bernie asks gently, no malice at all in her voice, only concern.

“I, I don’t know, but Miss Williams is scheduled for surgery today, and you know as well as I do that if she doesn’t get that surgery today, she may not make it home for Christmas.” And Bernie knows Serena will try and put everyone before herself, hates letting her patients or her Holby family down.

“Which is why I’ve already told Hanssen I’ll go in and perform the surgery, it’s not something I’ve done as much as you, but it is a procedure I’m familiar with. I’ve also told him I’ll be on call for the day if he needs it.” Bernie says now handing Serena drink back to her.

Serena takes another sip, of the still very hot liquid before replying. “But today is meant to be your day off, you’ve worked far too much overtime the past few days anyway, you need a rest too.” Serena says worry lacing her raspy voice. Hates that Bernie is having to do this because of her.

“Sweetheart, please stop that trail of thought,” Bernie says giving her one of her no nonsense looks that she images had men quivering when she was in the army. “I’m not doing it because I have to, I’m doing it because I care about you and want you to rest and get better, and besides I’ve got three more days off after today. Please just let me do this so you can get yourself better.”

Serena relents and thirty minutes later Bernie is once again kissing her atop of the head as she says goodbye. As Serena herself snuggles into the hot water bottle Bernie has made her, safe in the knowledge that apart from to use the bathroom she doesn’t have to leave the bed, Bernie has placed everything she might need on her bedside table.

Serena falls asleep quickly once Bernie is gone, she still feels guilty about the fact she’s gone but the biological need for sleep to help her get better wins.

When she wakes a fair few hours later the house smells unmistakably like Bernie’s cooking. She glances at the alarm clock only to realise it’s been over five hours since Bernie left the house and that she’s performed Miss Williams’ surgery and already returned home.

Serena lies there content for a few minutes before a coughing fit pulls at her lungs, has her sitting up and reaching for the bottle of water that Bernie had placed on her bedside table that morning.

It’s as if Bernie has some sort of innate sense because not two minutes later, she once again pushes into the room arms carrying a tray, only this time she’s still dressed in the shirt and trousers she’d put on to go to work that morning and they tray is instead laden with two large bowls. Serena knows without asking that it’s Bernie’s butternut squash soup. She watches as Bernie places the tray on her own bedside table this time, Serena’s still too full of everything else and leans over to kiss the top of her head before she sits on the bed before handing her a steaming bowl of golden yellow soup.

“Thank you,” Serena says genuinely grateful for her girlfriend who always goes above and beyond to look after her when she’s poorly, whose soup is like some sort of magic that always make her feel so much better.

“You’re welcome, I know how much you like this when you are poorly. Know it’s about the only thing you can stomach, and thanks to that soup maker you brought me last Christmas is doesn’t take me long at all to make a batch. And before you ask the surgery went well, Miss Williams is most definitely on track to be home for Christmas.” Bernie says smiling at Serena gently.

“I love you,” is the only reply that feels right for Serena, because it’s the only words that she feels show Bernie how grateful she is for her.

“I love you too,” Bernie says back, bending down to kiss the top of her head once again, something she always loves Bernie doing when she’s feeling rubbish. “Now eat up before it goes cold, it’ll make you feel better, you and I both know it. Then maybe we can cuddle together and watch a movie.” And that’s exactly what they spend the rest of the day doing and Serena is definitely grateful that by so miracle the red phone must stay silent as Bernie isn’t pulled back into work and instead gets to stay snuggled in bed with her. Serena still HATES being ill, but she can’t help but be thankful that she has someone to look after her and truly her make her feel better.

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Mun, what are your favorite ships you got going on with Yusuke?

That's like asking a parent who their favorite kid is. Don't mean for this to sound cheesy or 'overdone' but I really do love 'em all because each of them brings something new on the table.

There's Hiyori and Yusuke which is TECHNICALLY my first ship with Yusuke period on tumblr. It's a nice story about friends turning into mentor and student but all of a sudden the mentor's spent too much time with his student and there's the feels. Not to mention there's the funny time where he groped her and she rearranged his jaw XDDD He really likes a baddie that could kick his ass.

There's also Nezuko and Yusuke, two kids that were 'troublesome' to the world except one of them actually HAS a family and a working support system. Yusuke saw himself in her (more ways than one XD) and that fire in her was something that sparked interest..not to mention she was also cute. She really was not someone with the most faith in herself but Yusuke saw SOO much untapped potential in her, she might have been a 'delinquent' but unlike him she had a future with her education and it was a future he didn't see for himself, he couldn't because he still felt confused about where he belonged in the world. Eventually they do fall in love..I think pretty much after our AU Chapter Black and he promises to marry her, the same sphiel he gave Keiko in the canon story.

Then there's Yusuke and Mulan, whom by far is probably my most fleshed out ship cause of the joys of discord. That ship..well how it started out it reignites the lessons Genkai has taught him because she met him well into his early adult years where he's already had his food truck. The man already thought she was someone he HAD to protect because of the fact that spirit world decided to fuck with him and place her into a dream that's more of a premonition and from there they just hung out and found out things about one another. She found out that he does supernatural stuff on the side (or technically it's his main source of income as the food truck is the front) and he found out that she's probably the most stubborn person he's ever met. Then there's even an AU we got where she's just a part of the gang all the way back to after Yusuke's first resurrection, fun times.

I can't talk about ships without mentioning Yusuke's ship with my homies old muse Alyssa. I think that's TECHNICALLY my third ship on Yusuke and again THANKS to the power of Discord we're able to dive deeper into it and even made our 'verse' if you will that ship shares a universe with another ship we have involving different muses and it's all fun and chaotic. That one was definitely great for Yusuke too because Alyssa helped him deal with his trauma..namely his fear of abandonment thanks to mister deadbeat.

There's also the toxic ship I have with my homies Muse, Yusuke and Maiz. A person that aesthetically pleasing to Yusuke but he can't see himself falling in love with her cause the bitch is fucked up. He might bang her here and there (IF THAT AT ALL) but he'd definitely not catch any feelings for her and THAT'S JUST IN THE REGULAR VERSE, because there's also a JJK version of her that's JUST of a menace and that one is actually tamer because he could just have her channel all those violent tendecies into him. Ya know keep the world safe that kind of thing.

There are more ships I got too with Yusuke and each of them brings a smile to my face and despite having a multimuse blog these ships really give me soo much muse for this guy, that if I wasn't a working man i'd probably spend my vacation days exploring ALL of these ships. SO YEAH, I love them all because they bring something new to the table each day they're explored.

EDIT: I really haven't even touched the surface cause there's Yusuke x El, Yusuke x Mitsuri, Yusuke x Serena (yup from pokemon), there's the budding relantionship between Yusuke and Yuko.