#★ jacques schnee || ic ★ revenge is a dish best served when it is cold

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Enemies to lovers, lovers to enemies and everything in between // Accepting

@eiiskonigin asked: “  we’re nothing alike.  i’ll never be like you.  ” / for father dearest

Winter took such pride at having been disowned, at having cut herself off from the family. She thought she had made it on her own, that she hadn't relied on the family name, the way he had, since he had married into it.

But what she didn't want to see was just how much like him she really was. They had both struggled on their own, until someone else had noticed them, had taken them at their word, had been willing to listen to them beyond what their name (or lack thereof) represented.

A dark laugh left him as he looked down at his eldest child, so very much like him that she had tried to strip his name and blood from her veins.

"Oh, Winter. You're just like me. You're just in denial about it. Where do you think that ambition came from? Certainly not your mother," he spat the word as though it tasted foul. "That drive to make it to the top, to make sure you're better than everyone else? I came from nothing! I pulled myself up, and I was able to elevate myself when your grandfather reached out a hand to me, the way your precious General did for you."

His eyes narrowed and he hissed, "You are more my child than either of your siblings, and the fact that you refuse to see it proves it that much more."

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"Do you have ANY idea how much money you're costing me with this little stunt of yours?" Jacques asked, leaning forward in his chair.  "Because I can gaurantee however much you think it is, you're wrong."

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Darker vibes // Accepting

@eiiskonigin asked: ❛ fucking hit me already. ❜ / for jacques. teenage rebellion much?

Oh, but he was tempted. Winter was trying his considerable patience, and it would be so easy to let his temper get the best of him. But he was certain that that would only give her the satisfaction of calling him a "monster," someone who would strike their own child.

Instead he straightens his tie, looking down at the girl in front of him, the girl who was more like him than she would ever admit. She wasn't worth the effort it would take to clean up the mess that such a thing would cause.

"I'll not stoop to such a level," he growls out, getting to his feet. "Go to your room. You are to stay there until you are told otherwise." He'd already engaged the bars on the windows, and the door lock would engage once she was inside. And he would be keeping Klein extra busy to make sure he didn't attempt to interfere.

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Kiss roulette / Accepting

@eiiskonigin asked: 🎲 (jacques because I want to see him struggle to show his firstborn child some fucking affection gdi)

RESULT: 27. A kiss in greeting

Winter was scheduled to return home from Atlas Academy for the holidays, which Jacques had insisted upon this year. They were going to have a family portrait painted, and she needed to be here for that. Plus, it was likely that James Ironwood was going to be coming to dinner, and having the whole family together, would make a much better impression than if his eldest child had chosen to spend her holidays at school when she had a perfectly good family home to return to.

"Sir, Miss Winter is about to arrive," Klein announced, making sure that Jacques could head to the foyer of the mansion to greet Winter as she came through the doors.

Jacques waved the butler off and headed out of his office, coming down the grand staircase just as the doors opened to allow entrance to the eldest child of Jacques and Willow Schnee.

"Ah, Winter," he greeted her. "So good to have you back for the holidays." His voice was light and cheerful, and to anyone who didn't know him, he would truly sound pleased that Winter had come back. He put his hands on her shoulders, pressing a swift kiss to her cheek before releasing her, very subtly wiping his hands on his jacket.

"Klein made sure your room would be ready for your arrival."

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"Thank you for coming on such short notice," Jacques said, folding his hands together as he looked over the man currently in his office.  "I've heard good things from James, and I was hoping to have you take a look at my security."

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@eiiskonigin asked: ❛ am i worth so little to you? ❜ / for jacques

Various Question Sentence Starters // Accepting!

Jacques looked up from the paperwork on his desk, his elbows on the table, fingers laced together.  He raised an eyebrow at the girl's question, his face impassive.

"I think you're the heir to the Schnee Dust Company and should therefore act the part," he said, keeping his voice level.  "And if you act like a child, then I am going to treat you like a child."  She was old enough that TANTRUMS were unbecoming, especially for a SCHNEE.