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A Half-Gem Boy’s Adventures In The Creek: Chapter one

Steven and Greg relocate from Delaware to Maryland in order to help Steven transition away from gem-related activities and towards a more typical life with peers his own age.

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A mid-1970s Dodge Tradesman drove down a road in. The van was a white, two-door, open pickup truck with a unique design. The van has a large logo on the side that says “Mr. Universe." It appears to be a customized vehicle, as it is painted in bright colors and has a distinctive look.

Inside the van were two people, a man who had long brown hair, and a brown beard. The man wore a black T-shirt. He also had blue eyes.

Next to the man was a boy, who had curly hair, he wore a red star t-shirt, cuffed jeans, and salmon pink flip-flops.

But what was unique about the boy was that he was half alien — Half Gem to be specific from his mother’s side.

“Dad! why did we have to move?” the boy asked. His father looked at him, a concerned look on his face. He didn’t want them to move. But to keep his son safe he had to. The man spoke;

“Because, Schu-Ball. Pearl and the others wanted you safe and not involved in this stuff. I… I thought I lost you when Jasper kidnapped and held you prisoner. I was so scared that day. Maybe this new life isn’t going to be so bad. You're going to make a lot of new friends in Herkleton.”

Steven just sighed and looked out the window, the radio was playing rock music, and the boy put his palm to his cheek and stared out the window.

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Twenty minutes later, they were in Maryland, Steven looked at the city. Greg turned to a neighborhood, it’s For Sale sign was still up on the front lawn with a little wooden board that said 'SOLD' on it in big red letters, Greg stopped his van

Steven sees a two-story home with a modern design, situated on a quiet suburban street. The house is painted in a light gray color and features a large front porch with a porch swing. The front of the home is covered with a roofline that provides an expansive outdoor living space for relaxation and entertainment.

The house is surrounded by lush greenery, including trees and bushes, creating a peaceful atmosphere. The presence of a car parked near the front of the house suggests that the owners have a driveway, providing convenient access to the home. The overall design of the house and its surroundings reflect the harmonious blend of nature and modern architecture, making it a desirable place to live.

Steven looked at the home in question…. It was nothing like the beach house/Crystal Temple, but. It was a house….

Greg grabbed the keys from the key box that was by the door, he stuck it in and opened the lock, the house was already fully furnished. Steven stands there at the front entrance. His dad put all of their things inside.

“Why won’t you help me, Sthu-Ball?” he asked.

Can’t he see that I’m hurting? that my friends are gone now because of THIS! CAN’T HE SEE THAT?

Steven wiped some tears that were coming out of his eyes. Greg saw him and put a box down, he was about to walk up towards him, but Steven backed away.

“I want to be alone,” he muttered

“Steven—“

“I SAID I WANT TO BE ALONE!” he screamed. Without thinking, Steven ran out the door. he ran into the woods and kept on running, he wanted to go back home! he missed everyone, Pearl, Amethyst, Garnet, Sadie, Lars, Buck, Sour Cream, Jenny, Kiki.

And Connie.

Steven ran and ran until he was out of breath as he put his hands on his knees, the boy heard something. The Half-Gem looked up and gasped, he saw a bunch of kids, He was looking at a lush green forest with trees and bushes, giving it a natural and serene atmosphere. There was a large cooler in the middle of the creek, surrounded by kids who were going to trade in stuff for snacks and supplies. A few other items can be seen scattered around the scene, such as a backpack on the ground and a bottle near the cooler.

In addition to the cooler, there are two smaller objects placed on the ground, one closer to the left side of the frame and another one on the right side. These objects could be anything from rocks or fallen leaves to small animals or other natural elements that have been gathered in the creek.

Steven walks to the cooler and reads the sign. ‘The Trading Tree.’ Steven saw a girl standing there.

“You have anything to trade?” A girl said, Steven looked at her. She has brown skin, dark brown braided pigtails with a widow's peak, and wears glasses. She wears a light blue shirt. She also wears a keychain around her neck with five different keys on it.

“Um…I’m new here. What is this place?”

“This is the Creek! I’m Kit, what’s your name?”

“Steven Universe.”

“Like the show?” she asked in disbelief.

“Yeah.”

“Is your middle name really after Rose Quartz?”

“Yeah,” he said awkwardly.

Kit knew that she’d seen him from somewhere before, and his name did sound familiar to her, she smiled “Oh, since your new. here is something for free.” she said pulling out a choco roll that came with two choco rolls in the rapping, Steven smiled.

“Make sure that you have something to trade for tomorrow, alright?” Steven smiled and gave her a thumbs-up. He walked away from The Trading Tree and found a log to sit down at to eat his snack.

Steven opened the wrapper and began to eat the sweet chocolatey roll. As a girl walks up towards him. Steven looked at the girl, she was about nine. the girl was fairly short She had peach skin, ankle-length strawberry-blonde hair tied into a large bun at the back of her head, she also had brown eyes. “Hello! I’m Steven.” the boy said, sounding much happier than he did before.

“Hi, I’m, Kelsey,” she said, extending a hand. Steven took her hand and shook it. The boy smiled at her. “Hey, you wanna meet my friends?”

Steven nodded and stood up. They both walked to an area with a tree stump, her friends were there.

“Hey Craig, JP! I’m back, and I met this boy!” she said. Steven still stood next to her Craig walked up.

“Hi, I’m Crag Williams!”

“And I’m JP.” the taller boy said.

Steven looks at both of them; JP is tall compared to most kids in the creek. He has light skin, a large head with proportionally smaller cheeks, black eyes, and eyebrows, and red hair.

He also wears a long-sleeve orange and white striped V-neck hockey jersey, black shoes, and tan pants with a tear on his right knee.

Then he looks at Craig;

Craig is of normal stature for a ten-year-old boy and is rather slim. He has dark skin, large eyes, similarly sized ears, a prominent flat nose, and black hair. His head is also large in proportion to his body, he is the same height as Steven.

“Hi!” Steven said.

“Hi!” Craig and JP both waved at the boy.

“Um, what do you do here?”

“You get to play all day until it’s time for dinner, or on weekdays until six, but we can play all day long since it’s summer vacation,” Craig said. Steven was confused by this until six, how come?

“Um, I have a question. Why until six?” Steven asked the three kids.

“We have school. So we get to the creek at three and play for three hours.”

“School?”

“Oh, right! you're a gem. It’s a building that you have to go to and learn a bunch of stuff.” Craig said. Steven nods. He thinks it sounds miserable, being in a building for eight hours a day, sitting down in a classroom, and being told what to do by a teacher. He got that enough already from Pearl.

But, on the other hand… He could be a normal kid and go to school with them. Steven looks at them, he’d just met these kids a few minutes ago. “Hey, me Kelsey and JP are going to the Candy Bar, you wanna come?”

Steven smiled at that, Finally. No responsibilities of being a Crystal Gem, he can be a kid for once in his life! He looked up. “Alright! let’s do it!” he said.

They walked to the other side of the creek, which wasn’t being controlled by the king of the creek anymore, King Xaver. Kids can play freely without the king telling them what to do.

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Steven was walking with them when they saw a large tree, and he took a second to look at it. He saw a hole that was made up of leaves, Craig, Kelsey, and JP all walked inside, and Steven did too.

He heard a piano playing, two boys were playing as kids of all ages were getting candy and soda from the bartender.

“Four sodas, please,” Craig said.

“Craig!” a boy said, walking behind the counter. Steven observed the boy; He had dark brown, chocolate hair, and burnt-sienna skin. His face flaunts a near-constant blush and he is thinner, as well as a little taller than Steven.

He also wore a tucked-in hoodie with gray shorts and white shoes.

“Hey, Shawn!” JP said.

“Hey, guys. How can I help you?”

“Can we get gummy worms and gummy fish with soda please?” Craig asked.

“Sure.” He said, pulling out four plastic mugs placing soda in each of them, and filling them up with the gummy candies.

“Thanks, Shawn!” he said carrying the two in his hands, then going back and getting the other two.

“Here, Steven,” he said, placing the pink plastic cup in front of him. Steven looked at it.

“Um… Is this even edible?”

“I drink it all the time!” JP said, putting his mug down, two gummy worms hung from his mouth. Steven picked it up and took a sip. He bit into the gummy candy and smiled.

“Hey!” he said, clewing it. “This is pretty good!” he said, continuing to eat/drink it. Craig, Kelsey, and JP all smiled.

Steven heard a tuba playing a single note and someone yelling ‘Dinner’

“What was that?”

“Oh, that’s the dinner tuba. It signals everyone to go inside and have dinner.”

“But… I have dinner whenever I want to.” Steven said, walking with Craig.

“Oh, but you want to go home right?

Steven nodded. they both went in the same direction to their houses. Craig opened the door to his house.

“Hey! It looks like we're neighbors!” Steven said, about to open his door.

“Yeah! well, see you tomorrow, Steven!” he said, going inside. Steven went inside the house as well. Then a familiar ringtone rang out, Steven smiled as it said ‘Connie’ on his phone’s screen, it was a picture of him and her in Beach City. Steven was holding up two fingers to make a peace sign. Connie was smiling and making a funny face. Her glasses were tucked in her shirt. Steven smiled and answered the phone.

“Hey, Connie!” Steven said happily, he was glad that he was able to talk to her on the phone, Maybe she could come over to spend a day in the Creek with him and his new friends.

“Hey! How’s Maryland?” that was her first question.

“It’s so fun! I met new friends and went to this place called the creek. it’s a vast place where kids can play!”

“That sounds so cool! Oh, can’t talk now, I'm going to have dinner soon, I’ll talk to you later!” Connie said, hanging up.

Steven went deeper into the house. He looked at some boxes on the floor that were unpacked yet. Steven texted his dad, wondering where he was. When he got a text back that he was getting sushi for dinner. Steven felt relieved that he wasn’t hurt.

The boy walked upstairs and went into his room, his room was fully furnished also with a bed and a desk. He sighed and started unpacking the box that said ‘STEVEN’S ROOM’ in a black Sharpie and a bunch of star stickers.

Steven opened the box and saw that all his stuff was inside. He picked up a purple controller that was tied up.

Probably Pearl did that. he thought to himself

He unpacked his posters. Then he found his GameCube that was at the bottom of the box. Steven set the purple Nintendo console on his desk with the controller that came with it, then he unpacked more stuff.

Greg reached the door with two boxes of sushi, one salmon for himself and one cucumber and avocado for Steven.

“Steven?” he called out, setting the boxes and his keys down on the kitchen counter.

Steven walked downstairs, hearing the sound of his father’s voice. The boy walked towards him, Greg smiled and knelt to his level. “Hey… You alright? you kinda got a little emotional a few hours ago.” Steven nodded in silence. Greg smiled once more.

“Come on, I brought us some dinner.” Steven sighed, grabbed his trey of sushi, then left. “I’m gonna go eat in my room.” Greg watched sadly as Steven walked upstairs to his room to continue unpacking. He walked out back and opened the sliding glass door and saw a man. He wore a blue polo shirt with white jeans and green shoes. He has curly black hair with a slither of gray in the middle and a black beard.

Greg waves at the man.

“Hey!” the man said.

“Hi! I’m Greg Universe!” he said.

“I’m Duane Williams.”

“Hi Duane,” he said.

“Duane! come and help me!” his wife called out from the kitchen.

“Coming, Nichole!” he said, walking back inside the house. Greg looked at his sushi for a few minutes, He put his sushi in the fridge and sat in the living room.

Pulling out his phone, he decided to text Pearl.

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Steven’s phone played Your the Anchor That Keeps My Feet on The Ground by Mayday Parade. He was lying on his bed. He was halfway done packing. He decided to take a break, his tray of sushi was left on his desk, Steven sighed and turned his body, the boy sighed, he missed his home and his friends.

He can’t run away…. Maybe he can call Pearl to come pick him up. He paused his music and sat up. He scrolled down to Pearl’s contact and his finger hovered over the blue number.

He wanted to call her so bad. But he can’t do it.

Steven Quartz Universe, what are you waiting for, do it!

Steven sighed and put his phone down, he closed his eyes and went to bed. Another day awaited for him at the creek.

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Steven opened his eyes, yawned, and stretched. He took his empty tray down to the kitchen. Steven went back upstairs, went into his bathroom, and turned on the faucet to brush his teeth.

Once he was done, he went to his closet and picked out a shirt, he picked out his red star t-shirt and slipped it over his head. Steven grabbed a pair of jeans and put them on, then socks with a pair of black Nike low tops and put them on. Steven looked around his room, he could unpack the rest of his things later.

He opened the door and walked down the hall. His dad was still asleep probably. it was eight in the morning, and he still hadn’t found a job yet, granted, they did move in yesterday.

Steven walked downstairs, his shoes touching the white tile flooring of the house, he went to the kitchen, but he remembered that they hadn’t bought any food yet for the house, so Steven decided to go next door.

Opening the door, the boy walked to the Williams house and knocked on the door. A woman opened the door. The woman initially was wearing a blue shirt with gray jeans and black shoes. She switched to wearing a black shirt with beige pants. She wears gold earrings. She has black braided hair.

“Hello, and what is your name?”

“Steven.” he said. The woman smiled. Craig had told her about this boy yesterday, and he’d also told her that he was half-alien.

“Of course. I heard from Craig you and your father moved in yesterday,” she said, Steven nodded. Steven walked into the house and went to the kitchen, Craig was eating cereal.

“Hi, Craig!” he said cheerfully.

“Hi, Steven! do you want to have breakfast with us?” Steven nodded and sat down.

Nichole handed him a bowl, Steven poured the cereal and milk. Then a boy walked downstairs in a work uniform. Steven looked at him;

He seems to be an average-height male who wears glasses with the whole top of his glasses black and he has tall black hair with shaved sides. He wore a green polo shirt, khaki pants with an apron with pockets on the front, he’s wearing red and white sneakers. The boy also wears a brown watch on his right wrist.

“Do you want some breakfast before you go to work, Bernard?” Nichole asked. Bernard shook his head.

“No,” he said, putting his backpack on his back, and grabbing his phone.

Steven turned to look at Craig. “Hey, Craig. where is your dad?”

“Oh, he’s probably looking for work. He hasn't found a job yet,” he said, putting his bowl on the counter, Steven stood up and did the same.

“Bye, mom! we're going to the creek now!” he said, running out with Steven following behind him.

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Craig and Steven walked to the creek together. They saw Kelsey and JP waiting for them at the stump.

"Hey, guys!” Steven said.

“Hey!” Kelsey and JP both said. Steven waved. “Alright, what are we going to do today guys?” Craig said.

“We can be warriors and fight in the heat of battle!” Kelsey said, pulling out a PVC pipe taped with a piece of cardboard and a toilet paper roll.

“Yeah! And I will be your defense!” Steven said, summoning his shield from his gem.

“And we can be the bad guys who’ll try to destroy you!” Craig said, JP smiled and picked up a stick, Craig did the same and they played.

“Steven, cover me!” Kelsey said, Steven protected her as Craig and JP ‘struck’ them with their swords. Steven blocked the attacks.

‘Hey, Steven! you have anything to trade?” Kit asked.

Steven took out a few items from his pocket.

“I found this plastic ring in my room,” he said, putting it on the cooler, Kit smiled and nodded.

“Alright, Steven. What would ya like?” she asked, Steven thought about it for a few seconds.

“Do you have any chips?” he asked, Kit smiled and nodded, she pulled a lever that was attached to a filing cabinet, the cabinet pulled up and he saw slots for nine types of chips, Lays, Ruffles, Doritos, Cheetos, Pringles and popcorn. Steven looked at the section and thought for a few minutes.

“I want the ruffles, please,” he said, Kit grabbed the bag and handed it to him.

“Thank you, Kit,” he said, smiling at her and walking away from The Trading Tree.

Steven walked over to the stump. He then saw another boy he had his dreads in a ponytail with a single hair strand hanging on the right side and he was wearing a green shirt, that had light and dark green lines in a pattern, gray pants, and dark gray shoes.

“Hey, Steven! this is Omar.” Craig said, introducing the two boys to each other.

“Hi, Omar!” he said waving.

“So, Omar. how was that trip to California?” Craig asked, Omar popped the lollipop out his mouth and spoke;

“It was good, it was a lot of fun, I wanted to see the Walk Of Fame. That was cool!” he said. pulling up pictures from his phone, Steven looked at a gold star with a little TV set in the middle, and above it, it said 'STEVEN UNIVERSE’ on it.

“Woooah! Cool!” Steven said, stars in his eyes as he looked at the picture. Omar smiled and nodded.

“Hey, wanna go to the other side and go to The Creek’s Kitchen?” Steven was confused. These were some new places that he had never been to before. At the same time, he did move yesterday. So, he couldn’t complain much.

“Let’s go,” Omar said, walking ahead of them, Steven walked behind them, looking at the kids and the creek happily playing. Thankfully it was June, so he could play in the creek with Craig and his new friends.

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“So, Steven. What was Deleware like?” Craig asked.

“It’s nice, I live on the beach, and my dad used to work at a car wash. And before that, he was a rock star.”

Craig remembered seeing an episode once where his father showed him a VHS tape about how his parents met each other. They both fell in love and eventually had Steven. But it came at a price. Rose and Steven couldn’t both exist, so Rose had to give up her physical form to birth to her son.

“That I know, and your mom gave up her body to have you,” Kelsey said, Steven nodded and put a hand up to his arm and rubbed it.

“You alright?” Kelsey asked.

Steven nods and they keep walking, they walk through the overpass to get to the other side.

The other side of the creek was a lot nicer than the other part of the creek, he’d been here yesterday to go to the Candy Bar, but it got more and more impressive to look at. Steven saw kids playing freely in the creek.

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They walked to The Creek’s Kitchen — now called The Creek's Restaurant, he saw that the restaurant had tables and chairs set up. Steven remembers one time that he brought the Pizza restaurant and the Fry shop together in Beach City.

They all sat down, Steven saw a boy handing them menus. He saw the boy who was about his and Craig’s height. He has dark hair, dark blue-rimmed glasses which have one of the lenses knocked out, as well as a cast in a sling on his arm, due to his gathering mishaps.

“Hi, Craig.” the boy said.

“Hey, Tien,” he said waving, Steven looked over his menu.

MAIN DISHES

Grilled Cheese,

Sliders

Chicken tenders. (Buffalo, garlic, regular)

cookie selection (Oreo, chocolate chip, or frosted sugar cookies)

DRINKS:

Coke Zero

Water

Fanta

Root Beer

Lemonade

Kool-Aid

Regular Milk

Chocolate Milk

Strawberry Milk

Steven read the items. They all looked good,

“How many pieces of chicken are there?” Steven asked. seeing no description of the item. Tien walked over to the boy.

“There are five tenders. And you have some choices of sauces like ranch, barbecue, buffalo sauce, and honey mustard.”

“I love ranch!” the boy smiles.

“And what would you like to drink?” the boy smiles.

“A Coke Zero, please,” Steven said, Tien smiled again and wrote it down on his notepad.

“What would you guys like?” Tien asked

“I will have the Sliders with a lemonade,” Craig said.

“Kelsey and I will both share the cookie selection and two glasses of Chocolate milk,” JP said, Kelsey nodded in agreement.

“I’ll take the grilled cheese with Kool-Aid,” Omar told him, handing him the menu.

“Alright, I will be back with your drinks shortly,” he said.

Steven pulls out his phone and gets a missed call.

Connie

Missed Call.

Steven swiped his finger to the right and put the phone on his ear. His fingers drumming on the table as it was ringing.

Craig looks at him, and Steven’s eyes keep darting from left to right.

“Hello?”

“Connie!”

“Hey, Steven. How are you?”

“I’m good, what are you doing?”

“I’m about to go train with Pearl.”

“Oh, are you at your house?”

Connie was packing up some stuff such as a tank top: shorts and his mother’s soward. “Yeah, I’m going to do some training with her,” she said, picking up her duffel bag and walking downstairs. Steven nodded.

“Okay, Connie. I’ll talk to you later,” he said, hanging up. Steven set the phone down and looked at the table.

Craig, who sat next to him, put a hand on the boy’s shoulder. “Steven, you okay?” he asked his new friend, Steven nodded and waited for his snack.

Tien came back With their snacks and drinks.

“Here you go guys, your snacks,” he said handing them out, Steven smiled as he put his napkin used for his fork and knife on his shirt.

“Thank you,” he said, as he took his fork and took a chicken tender and cut it with his knife. Craig didn’t want to judge him too much, so he ignored it and ate his snack.

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Craig, Kelsey, JP, Omar, and Steven all went back to Stevn’s house, they wanted to have a sleepover at Steven’s probably this week. Greg will have to talk to their parents on the phone first, Steven couldn’t wait! he can be a normal kid after all. He was so excited for this! He took a selfie with them and sent it to Pearl.

Steven’s phone buzzed and he looked at the notification

Pearl

‘You guys look so adorable!’ then she sent an emoji holding back tears and smiling.

Steven chuckles to himself and puts his phone back into his pocket. They'd made it into their neighborhood, Steven pulled the key out of his pocket put it in the lock, and opened the door.

“Is your dad home?” Craig asked. Steven shook his head.

“His van is gone. He’s probably picking some stuff up at the store,” he said, walking farther in. They went to the living room. Steven saw something hanging on the wall, so he called someone.

“Excuse me for a second guys.” Opening the sliding glass door that led to the back, he tapped Pearl’s contact and put the phone to his ear.

“Hello?” Garnet’s voice was heard on the other end.

Steven looked back to the picture hanging above the living room’s couch, the picture was hanging in the temple after he was born in 2000.

He was trying not to throw up or pass out. His hands were shaking, Craig stepped outside and saw Steven holding his phone up to his ear and standing still. He stood there for a while. Crag walked up towards him, Steven stood frozen, not talking.

“Steven?! Are you alright, are you hurt?” Garnet asked Steven wanted to say something, but he couldn’t. He stared at the phone,

He stared at his cell phone with various icons and buttons displayed on its screen. In the center of the phone, there is a white caller ID labeled ‘Garnet’ with a phone icon next to it. The screen also has other icons, including a clock, a car icon, a letter icon, a heart icon, and a microphone icon.

The phone also features a speaker, a camera, and a mail icon. There are several buttons on the screen as well, such as a back button, a home button, a recent apps button, and a share button. Additionally, there is an arrow icon at the bottom left corner of the screen.

Steven put it on speaker, and then he spoke.

“Y-Yeah…. I’m here. And no I’m not hurt.” Garnet didn’t believe that for a minute, she could sense that something was wrong.

“Steven…” She said. Steven clenched the phone in her hand as she continued. “I can tell that something is wrong. Are you homesick?”

“I was,” he said, looking at Craig. Then he smiled, he had friends in Deleware and Maryland. And he loved going to the creek. “But after a day being in the Creek and playing with my new friends. I’m not anymore.”

“That’s excellent to hear, Steven! But why did you call exactly?”

“Um…” Steven said, as he walked up to the open sliding glass door and looked in the living room, and saw his mother’s picture up on the wall. She looked so peaceful and beautiful, yes. It was a picture but he could feel her watching them from heaven — or within him.

Steven was eating dinner with his father. The smell of shrimp pasta hung in the air. “So, how was your day, Dad?” the boy asked.

“It was good, Schu-Ball. You had fun at the Creek?”

“Yeah! hey Dad, I have a question.”

“What’s up?”

“Did the gems give you the picture of mom?” Greg nods.

“Yes, they did. Why?”

“No reason, I thought we didn’t have that in the house yesterday.”

Greg twirled his fork full of pasta and put it in his mouth. “Well. I asked Pearl and she said that I could take the painting, they miss her too as much as I do.”

“But you have me, Dad.”

Greg smiled, he stood up and ruffled his black curly hair, Steven smiled and stood up, putting his plate in the sink. Greg looks at him. “Why won’t you watch cartoons?”

“Aw, yeah!” Steven ran into the living room and jumped on the couch.

Picking up the remote and turning on the flatscreen TV, changed it to Nickelodeon SpongeBob Squarepants playing, Steven crossed his legs and watched the cartoon.

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Steven was getting ready for bed, he took a shower and put his PJs on, and now he was in bed. he went to sleep, and a new day was upon him tomorrow.

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A\N: Hey guys! This is a new story I’ve been working on! tell me how you like it, and I’ll see you later!

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lemontines-writing-corner · 2 years ago

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wally darling x TV head! reader oneshot

authors note: wally darling belongs to @/partycoffin!

Quick summary: You’re a fanatic about the culture of vaporwave that your whole wardrobe is literally 1980’s-2010’s internet style more bright neon like clothing. Even your room is so vibey! Average regular person who explored the Welcome Home Website until you spotted something odd…

You honestly lived a normal life. Spend your time working as freelance artist with a vintage semi modern like aesthetic, mix of three actually. 80’s, 90’s and early 2010’s, it peaked your interests with internet culture, how it all started and began.

Everyone always see you either walking out of the 80’s, or some other days the 90’s, or the 2010’s! Everyone probably knows you have an interesting fashion taste, but that’s because you like being colorful!

When you finished the last of your commissions, you decided to chat with your online friends as they recommended you to check out a website they found.

you: what is this website?

⭐️ aster_diaster ⭐️: idk I found it on the Reddit forum, some puppet show forgotten and there it’s a restoration website. I thought you might like it ;P 🌀🌀🍎🍎

you: oooh !! I’ll definitely check it out 😁 thanks !

Without any hesitation you clicked on the link and was introduced with a puppet sitting on the rock, you thought nothing of it as you smiled admiring the art and layout of this website. You didn’t think much of looking at the clues, because you thought it was just a website. Your internet friend didn’t give a in depth construct about it. So your initial thought was a forgotten puppet show restoring all its lost media.

“I do hope there’s going to be lost episodes releasing”, you mumbled as you scrolled through the guest book, adorned by the drawings and submissions people sent. You yawned and clicked off the website and decided to open up youtube to play something what YouTube has given to you the first song that came up was Do Ya Like x Resonance

Just as you were about to login for Pinterest to look for inspiration and save a few pins to have an idea to draw something, a notification popped on the right side of your laptop.

⭐️ aster_disaster ⭐️: 🍎 voywex. try replacing it at the end of the link from the website I showed you 🌀:)

You: oh alr-

what’s with the weird emoji uses???

⭐️ aster_disaster ⭐️: nothing much. Ha. Ha. Ha. Im waiting 🌀🌀🌀👁️

You rolled your eyes thinking they’re just playing with you, “tomfoolery” you muttered to yourself as you clicked on your history and clicked back to the website, “this is gonna be a rickroll I swear.”, or so you thought.

Upon typing the letters you were greeted with a pair of eyes staring right through your soul and told you to be quiet, then it blinked as it’s eyes then showed the two spirals. You were about to click it off as it typed on the text box quickly, “wait! Don’t go please!”, you were honestly scared but his eyes were hypnotic, the spirals started to pull you in as the spirals expanded.

You didn’t remember a single thing. Not one thing at all, but all you heard was a voice. “see you soon neighbor~” .

You suddenly woke up in the middle of the woods, hyperventilating you touched your chest and checked your pulse, you looked around to notice that everything is so colorful a bit too unreal. “I must be tripping…” you said to yourself as you stood up not even realizing how odd you looked.

“Maybe I should…explore the place?”, you started walking down the pathway as you saw a ray of houses the only one that stood out was the house in the middle surrounded by other houses. “Wait…I know this place”, your eyes widened and walked down the pathway.

There home looked at you all curious, you waved back at home as home swinged its window to say a hello, “ok….I must be dreaming am I?”, before home can even respond, you ran and went to the nearest person who is in the neighborhood.

Which was Eddie, you bumped into him as he looked at you with a shocked look and you all distraught and confused, “sorry….”, you began to pick up all his mail as he came along to pick it up as well, “no worries neighbor! Say I never seen you around here, are you new?”

Before you can say anything you heard someone screeching from behind as you were caught with a butterfly net, of course that caused one of your antennas to snap off which your screen had bugs. You were blind and tried to navigate your way to get out of this mess.

“I caught the bug! Eddie look!” Julie pointed as Eddie was in shock, “Julie I don’t think it’s a bug” Frank crossed his arms as he observed you, “they don’t have bug like features compared to Howdy”, your voice had a static as you spoke, “h…hey…I’m..n…not…a…a b…bug…h…help me” you struggled as Eddie took the butterfly net off you.

Barnaby suddenly chimed in to see the commotion, “what’s going on there fellas?”, he looked over and saw you, “oh boy new neighbor!!”, without a doubt without letting anyone speak, he picked you up and hugged you, “boy oh boy! My names Barnaby pal! What’s yours!!”.

At this point you were overwhelmed with all of this and struggled to get off. You can’t see anything nor speak because of the bugs on your screen. “I think they need to be put down”, Eddie responded as Barnaby realized what’s going on, “oopsies, sorry pal” he smiled a bit and set you down.

Frank then grabbed a piece of your antenna and put it where it belonged on your head as the bugs on your screen was gone. Now you can see and speak well, “I’ve never seen a neighbor with a head like that” Julie looked at you as everyone collectively agreed.

“What are you even talking about”, your eyes turned into three question marks, signing that your confused, “Well you’re no bug, you’re more of a tv head…” Frank circled around observing you and touched your tail, “you have a plug as a tail” he seemed interested as everyone looked at you like as if some artist drew a beautiful piece.

“Listen, I’m too overwhelmed with all of this mess. I just need to get home. This is not the time to watch me like I’m some circus animal”, you felt frustrated and overwhelmed.

“Indeed. But this is your home neighbor, I’m sorry for the behavior everyone had given you (y/n)”. You turned around and saw Wally as your screen had three explanation marks, “Sorry Wally, we were all excited to see the new neighbor”, Julie looked down as Wally walked towards you facing in front of them, “apology accepted Julie”, he smiled and looked at you.

“Indeed they are a strange one, they have a head of a tv”, you then touched your face as you were in a limbo, you couldn’t say anything and stayed in pure shock. “No worries neighbors, me and (y/n) are going to have a quick tour around the neighborhood, we don’t want to overwhelm them so for now we take baby steps”.

Before you can retaliate, everyone nodded and waved a goodbye to you as Wally looked at you…a little too comfortable as you blinked, “Uuh…so when am I going home?”, Wally hugged you as he himself is intrigued by you and your tv head self.

Boy oh boy. This might take awhile

authors note: I gave up halfway so I’m sorry if I didn’t make it that interesting-

Also Howdy and Poppy aren’t in this fanfic because I just only thought of the character of who would be outside most of the time

Here’s some concept art as an apology 💔

#welcome home puppet show #fanfiction #welcome home arg #welcome home fandom #wally darling #julie welcome home #barnaby welcome home #tv head #barnaby b beagle #julie joyful #sally starlight #howdy pillar #frank frankly #eddie dear #welcome home x you

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sugarcrashwastaken · 7 months ago

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Agere gear for $20-30

Stuffies

Online:

Amazon

Bstoafy store (They have a lot of great stuff, I have several of their singing and glowing stuffies)

Glowing stuffies: $24.99

Singing & glowing stuffies: $27.99

Adorable strawberry cow - 10.29

Stuffed otter - $7.99

The websites for any of the stores below

In person:

Five below- Often has really cute plushies for 5-15 dollars ranging in size try looking for chains in your area.

Dollar tree - Usually $10-15 max

Thrift stores - Usually really cheap

Target - Differs

Walmart - Depends on what you get

Adult Pacifiers

Online:

Amazon (Unfortunately the only store with good quality and low priced pacifiers I could find on amazon is a slightly nsfw shop called little for big. They're plan but you can get one for $8, Three for $14, and Four for $18. I want to make it perfectly clear that I don't condone nsfw regression)

Walmart.com (usually $8 or less for one)

In person:

I'm unsure

Bottles & Sippy cups

Online:

Amazon:

Bear glass bottle - $14.99

Glass baby bottle - 9.99

Less bright sunshine bottle (has black skulls) - 24.99

In person:

Dollar tree

Walmart

Target

Soft Blankets

Online:

Amazon

In person:

Five below

Dollar tree

Target

Walmart

Toys

Online:

Amazon

Abc/123 blocks - $14.99

Wooden shape sorting cube - $12.99

Toddler building blocks - $16.99

In person:

Dollar stores

Five below

Walmart

(On Amazon you can edit the filters to 4⭐️s & up and also your price range)

The best places to get things for a low amount of money is thrift stores and dollar stores, also generally just irl stores. Things may differ depending on your location.

- clean bottles & pacifiers before using

- Check to see what level of flow the bottle has. Ex. Low flow, medium flow, fast flow

(Ran out of space let me know if you want more and specifically of what)

#age regression #age regressor #sfw age regression #sfw regression #sfw agere #sfwageregear #sfw littlespace #sfwlittlegear

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itsjustanne · 1 year ago

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Recent Reads!

Started: November 18, 2024

Finished: November 21, 2023

The Only One Left by Riley Sager

Four and a half stars!!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This book absolutely stunned me. I thought I had it figured out, and I did- partially. The real twist(s) took me completely by surprise and my jaw was dropped for the last few chapters. I admit I was also borderline in tears at the end. I truly enjoyed this book, it's such an engaging and enjoyable read. I will definitely be looking into other books by Sager.

I honestly really, really loved this book! I saw it at Target and based on the little blurb my initial thoughts were that it was giving 80s slasher vibes. I have never been so happy to be wrong! There was quite a lot of suspense and thriller elements; super heavy on the mystery of it all too. I enjoyed the character development and the pacing of it. Initially, I didn't love the type writer additions but as the story progressed it made more and more sense and all flowed together more.

The ending definitely took me by surprise! I loved the last page so much, it really felt like a complete story and I don't feel like there were many- if any- loose threads.

This will definitely be on my reread list in the future, and I've already recommended it to several other people who have also loved it!

⚠️SPOILERS BELOW⚠️

I came to the conclusion that "Lenora" was really who she was said to be at the same time as Kit but I was just as shocked as she was! What I was NOT expecting was the mrs baker reveal. That was a complete twist to me and I LOVED IT. I think my favorite chapters were when the original murders were fully fleshed out.

The revelation about Kits father also totally blindsided me. It didn't feel like it came out of nowhere because we didn't really see a lot of him- but what we had seen totally clicked and I felt like I was going through it with Kit when she pieced it all together.

I really loved the ending when Virginia and Jess (!!! totally caught off guard again) ran away together and mailed a letter back to Kit. I think had the letter not been included I would have been left entirely unsatisfied.

The last page with the obituary for Virginia Hope absolutely gutted me, not gonna lie. I had tears forming- like I knew she was old but to me she was gonna live forever.

I loved that Kit was a close friend of hers until the end, they really bonded and grew close throughout the whole book and knowing that they continued to grow together after the narrative end really brought it full circle for me.

I love what a full picture we gain of Virgina in just a handful of pages- after a novel (and lifetimes) worth of her being presented as someone else.

#annie talks #mostly to myself #studyblr #history studyblr #art history #studying #history #study motivation #student #history student #reading #books & libraries #barnes and nobels books #bookstagram #books and reading #booksbooksbooks #recently read

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harufluff · 2 years ago

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‘a white christmas’ c.yj

warnings - mention of reader being shorter and light,

genre - fluff, Christmas au, yeonjun x fem!reader, non idol au, christmas au

merry christmas everyone! and a happy new year. 🎄✨⭐️ please feel free to send in some imagine requests lol

you rush to your bedroom and reach under your bed to find a long box that you have purchased months prior to now. rewrapped in elegant white construction paper.

you and yeonjun decided to have a White Christmas this year. you're tree covered in fake snow from top to bottom, and every present wrapped in white paper and tied with brown string. truly it felt like it was made in heaven.

everything you had gotten for each other was under the tree for the morning you woke up on Christmas Day, except one.

the current thing you are holding in your hands, at 6:30 in the morning. you slipped out of bed just quietly enough not to wake your sleeping boyfriend to put your gift under the tree.

'why did you leave me'

you hear from behind you. then two arms come around your waist and turn you around to face the lean body infant of you. you look up at yeonjun and smile at his pouting face.

'you left me in bed. whats wrong with you'

you giggled as he sleepily flicked your forehead lightly, then leaned down to kiss your forehead sweetly.

'sorry, love. I was just uhm... checking the presents just incase.'

you say with a smile, trying to cover up your secret surprise. your hand traveled up his body up to his face and rested your hand on his cheek. he leaned into your touch instantly.

'your lying. I saw you put something in the pile'

he says, a smile forming on his face. yeonjun could see through you in everything. even when your lying strait to his face. he can always see right through you.

'even if you did you have to wait to see.'

you walked away proud of your comeback, leaving your boyfriend almost speechless. just as you were about to leave the room, he ran behind you and scooped you up by your waist, twirling you around like you weighed nothing. he put you down with ease and said,

'youre adorable you know that?'

you giggled at his cute statement and ran to your bedroom right when he put you down. you ran to the bed and bounced down onto it.

you knew your boyfriend was right behind you and that your main goal was to distract him from what you were just doing.

it took him less than a second to reach you in the bedroom. he stood between your thighs and used his strong arms to trap you. he pinned your hands above your head while smirking down at you.

'merry christmas baby'

you smiled up at him. his smirk grew, and he leaned down to kiss your lips sweetly. he pulled away before you were personally done, so you wrapped your arms around his neck and kept him there for a few more seconds. he deepened the kiss by tilting his head until you pulled away with a smile.

'merry christmas'

'OH MY GOD HOW DID WE FORGET ABOUT THE PRESENTS'

you laugh at your boyfriends random remarks. its funny how a mood can change just from the words that come out of his mouth. he takes your hand and runs out of your shared bedroom and into the living room where the christmas tree is.

after twenty minutes of opening presents, using presents, thanking for presents, cuddling with each other and presents, etc. he finally sees the little white box, wrapped in white paper tied in a bow.

he looks back at you with a confused look on his face, and you gesture him to open it. he carefully rips the paper off and opens the box labeled 'Dior'.

'jagi, i told you not to get me anything like this'

he says with a small pout on his lips. you roll your eyes at the classic yeonjun moment of him not wanting you to spend money on him, but him also really wanting to open it.

'just open it, dork.'

he opens the box to reveal a gold necklace with the letter 'Y' engraved on the gold plate hanging from the chain. his eyes slowly filled with tears. he leaned over to you to place a long lasting kiss on your lips.

'merry christmas, yeonjun'

'merry christmas, my love'

#yeonjun fluff #choi yeonjun #yeonjun #txt yeonjun #yeonjun x reader #yeonjun imagines #tomorrow x together #yeonjun christmas au #christmas #txt fluff #tomorrow by together #tomorrow x together scenarios #yeonjun drabbles #txt drabbles #merry christmas!!

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bts-trans · 3 years ago

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211021 Weverse Translations

Jin's Comment 💬 on Weverse's Post ❇️

Weverse: [A promo post for Run BTS! Ep. 155]

J: 사무실가면 운동한다 약속했는데 2주동안 10번간듯 이러다 몸짱되면 어떡하지 (https://weverse.io/bts/feed/1672872414334701)

J: I promised that I would work out whenever I go to the office but now I've gone like 10 times in two weeks What happens if I keep going and I become really buff

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Jin's Comments 💬 on ARMY's Posts ❇️

💜: 석진아🐹, 어디 갔니? 트위터에서 왜 자주 못보나요..너무 보고싶은거 몰라요!! 난 너 없이 죽을거야 ㅜㅠㅜㅠ

J: 핸드폰 바꿨더니 인증하래서 아직 로그인 못했어요.. (https://weverse.io/bts/feed/1673246538222357)

J: Seokjin-ah🐹, where did you go? Why don't I see you on Twitter much..don't you know how mcuh I miss you!! I'll die without youㅜㅠㅜㅠ

💜: I changed my phone and it's asking me to verify and so I haven't been able to login yet..

💜: 오빠 나 닉네임 바꿀 건데 추천 좀ㅁ J: 빅히트과장 시혁쨩 (https://weverse.io/bts/feed/1673246792965863)

💜: Oppa I'm going to change my nickname please give me some suggestions

J: BigHitSectionManager SihyukIsTheBest

💜: 오늘의 티엠아이는...? J: 김남준 같이 운동하자 해놓고 튐 (https://weverse.io/bts/feed/1673246868468629)

💜: Today's TMI is...?

J: Kim Namjoon said we should work out together and then ran away

(T/N: 'TMI' is used in Korean slang to mean little tidbits that people might not know about.)

💜: 찐 ~~~ 🐹 근육맨 된거 보고싶다요 💗 J: 운동 2주해서 설레서 몸 검사했더니 체지방15프로 (https://weverse.io/bts/feed/1673246868330068)

💜: Jjjin ~~~ 🐹I want to see you become a muscle man💗

J: I worked out for 2 weeks and so I was all excited but I when I did the check-up my body fat percentage was 15%

💜: 오늘 달방 비하인드~!~! J: 인더숲 스포사진드림 (https://weverse.io/bts/feed/1673246993334388)

💜: Run Ep behind today~!~!

J: I'll give you a In The Soop spoiler picture

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Jin's Moment ⭐️

Picture: 지민아 생일 축하해.. (https://weverse.io/bts/moments/7/posts/1673247750916392)

Picture Trans: Happy Birthday Jimin-ah..

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Jin's Comment 💬 on ARMY's Post ❇️

💜: 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩 (FARIA ZAMAN) 석진, 당신은 이 지구상에서 가장 아름다운 인간이고 순수한 영혼을 가지고 있어요.당신은 우리의 삶에 평화를 가져다 주는 천사 같은 목소리를 가지고 있습니다.💗당신의 목소리를 듣는 것은 결코 싫증나지 않을 것입니다.김석진 당신은 친절하고 사랑스러운 성격입니다.당신은 정말 재능 있는 가수이고 춤도 정말 잘 추시네요.💕 김석진 당신의 아름다운 미소는 나를 행복하게 해주고 당신의 미소는 우리에게 매우 소중합니다.🧡당신은 정말 매력적이고, 잘생겼고, 매력적입니다.당신은 모든 면에서 완벽해요.❤당신은 항상 우리에게 평화와 힘을 주는 사람입니다.사랑해요, 달님.💜 보낸이:파리아 격려와 노고에 정말 감사드립니다.당신의 존재는 우리에게 큰 축복이자 선물입니다.우리는 당신을 너무 사랑해요.💜💘 J: 저도 아미 사랑해요 하트 (https://weverse.io/bts/feed/1673248485320180)

J: OP wrote a sweet letter praising Jin and saying that they love him.

💜: I love ARMY too heart

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#211012 #weverse #comment #moment #jin #seokjin #photo #jimin #bts

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fictitious-little-stitious · 4 years ago

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The Nearest and Dearest Fics

I’ve been actively reading fanfic of Pedro Pascal’s characters since ~January and had found SO MANY great stories that I made this side blog to keep track of and ramble my praises about my favorites.

Already I have several fics that are near and dear to my heart, so I think they deserve an extra shout out! 💞 I just felt compelled to put this together. The following are my absolute favorites so far, but I know there’s room for more. These have made me cackle, sob, thirst, tear up with Feels, rant, believe in love, want to start an argument, whoop like I’m watching sports, sit still in dumbfounded silence questioning my existence, and any combo of the above.

Bear with me - I have never made a huge post with so many links or tags before. 😅 Links for series mentions should be the prologue or first chapter. Also my use of drabble and oneshot is questionable at best. Refer to the respective author’s notes for content warnings and summaries.

⭐️ I’ll occasionally update this list to fix links, update tags because usernames have changed, etc. The stories included will stay the same! Most recent update: March 2022⭐️

💚Ezra💚

Drabbles

“Stop moving and let me braid your hair” by dayoffinkyoto (she moved to AO3 & idk if she’s reposting the requests she wrote while on here) Mandy ran with this prompt I requested and she stole my heart too! Quick - somebody catch her!

This Ezra/Venom crossover idea by @songsformonkeys I would eat this up if we got to see some more!

In So Many Words by @alwaysbethewest I can so clearly picture him doing and speaking exactly as this is written. Wowza!

One Shots

The Icarus to Your Certainty by @thewayofthemandalorian I swooned, I yearned, my heart went *~whoosh~* by how romantic this is!

Long Fall into Oblivion by @oonajaeadira I challenge you to not be entranced and enamored by this Ezra….I triple dog dare ya.

I Follow Your Fire by @doveandgeography Way to take me on an emotional rollercoaster, oh geez 🥺

La Belle et La Bete by @honeymandos No fic has held my heart quite so tenderly while dishing out the bittersweet rise and fall of a story.

I Could Drown Myself (in Someone Like You) by @acrossthesestars Contains my favorite nickname/term of endearment EVER but you’ll have to read it to find it!

Eupnea by @draper-bobbie This is what Ezra deserves!

Free Air by @blueeyesatnight Ever wonder what would’ve happened next in Prospect? I have and I’m pretty sure it’d be this.

Long Way Home by @acrossthesestars A reader to give Ezra a run for his money ahhh *chef’s kiss*

Enrage by @buttercup- -bee The lil gremlin in me that wants to start arguments really enjoyed this.

Small Gambles by @winter-fox-queen The suspense! The adrenaline!

Home by @mandoalorian Heartwarming moments that give me the coziest feelings. 🥰

Lotus Eaten Postcard by @corvueros How I loved this journey - I didn’t want it to end.

Series / Multi Parts

Mysticus by @juletheghoul The first soulmates fic I fell head over heels for. So near and dear to me. I’d go anywhere and everywhere with him.

Doubt Truth to be a Liar by @thewayofthemandalorian I love this AU for our favorite wordy fella! He radiates peace and coziness in this one.

Crassula Ovata by @ezramando I really fell for this world - this story - these people.

Little Flowers by dayoffinkyoto on AO3 That’s my fluffy pastoral comfort dreamscape happy place, thank you very much.

Forget Me Not (Soldier!Ezra) by @miscellaneous-mando Don’t mind me gazing longingly out the window waiting for letters from Ezra… *dreamy sigh*

Forget Me Not (Soulmates AU) by @krissology I’m a simple gal with simple needs. And I simply need more cowbell Ezra and Birdie. Bare witness to her impressive metaphors and dialogue. Update - She has pulled this immaculate series because she’s adapting it to be her very first novel!! 🤩 So excited for her! Check out her blog for more info.

🧡Frankie Morales🧡

Poetry

Need by @hnt-escape 🥺 The vulnerability and reverence in this still floors me.

Nod by @hnt-escape ^Again^ It bears repeating. These two poems complement each other so well.

Headcanons

Ring Pop Proposal by @softpedropascal Romantic and sweet and genuine as all get out!

Drabbles

Tummy Love by @softpedropascal Cassandra writes some of the most wonderful comforting/affirmation fics out there!

“You weren’t supposed to hear that…” by @forever-rogue Ouch! A hurt Frankie makes me hurt. 🥺

Frankie decides he wants breakfast in bed… by @softpedropascal Oh how this made me teeheehee!

One Shots

Telltale Heart by @astroboots A masterclass in angst. Take notes. An all time fav I reread on occasion.

Libertas by @juletheghoul Tremendous. I rest my case.

The Graveyard Shift by @pascalpanic I felt right at home in this atmosphere- Mechanic!Frankie my beloved.

Series / Multi Parts

Oblivious by @juletheghoul What a fab series! Spills and Frankie had me (ง •̀_•́)ง sometimes and I couldn’t get enough of that.

Fixer Upper by @pascalpanic ADORKABLE (I hope to hell that’s not cringey to say?!)

Fix You Up by @starlightmornings I laughed, I broke a sweat, I teared up a lil’. I had a great time!

Hey Batter Batter by @ohheyitsokay So shy, so sweet! I’m eager to read more!

The Frizzy Universe by @wyn-n-tonic (The stories aren’t posted chronologically, but the master list is. I linked “What’s Bullshit to Me” where we first got to read them!) These two… have been through it all to say the least. I love them, your honor. *Update - has been pulled so she can transform it into its own complete story! Follow the updated link for more info on this journey.

🤍Din Djarin🤍

Drabbles

“You’re doing so well…” prompt by @wyn-n-tonic Listen… how could so few words have such an impact?

One Shots

You’re in Your Own Way Again by @alwaysbethewest Omera getting some of her long overdue appreciation and respect!

Shev’la by @themand0lorian Yes yes yes to more Deaf/HoH characters!

The Chase by @joel-millerr Y’all…. the way this got my heart pounding and the adrenaline going 😳🤯

Hunt and Gather by @alwaysbethewest Grogu really shines, I am so proud of him. 🥺💚

Hand Squeezes by @pascalscenarios Just when you think you’ve read the softest thing, look no further!

Series / Multi Parts

The Lovely Moons by @vercopaanir This was the first Din series I ever read :’) It’s so special.

Death and an Angel by @littlemisspascal I haven’t caught up yet but this has taken everything I’ve thought about life and death and put it on its head. Also the most fascinating alternate universe I’ve read so far.

Jate’kara by @krissology The fic that made me sob and question my existence for 2 days. And briefly consider suing for emotional damages.

Hades!Din and Persephone by @charnelhouse Truly a stunning creation and I’m so glad we got a newer addition to read too.

🖤Pero Tovar🖤

Drabbles

This werewolf!Pero fic-to-be in the works by @littlemisspascal I CANNOT wait!! This is gonna be goood!

Hit Me by @foli-vora I cackled! Would buy a ticket for this movie for sure.

Under the Moonlight by @pumpkin-stars *Paris Hilton voice* “That’s hot.”

Taste Test by @alwaysbethewest The first Pero fic I read. Thanks for making me fall for the grump who’s a bit of a softie!

One Shots

By the Sun, Moon, and Stars by @jadore-andor My dearest Pero, my love for him has no bounds.

Herida by @clydesducktape The ache I felt, oh my word… so worth it!

Series / Multi Parts

Better Together by @girlwithanewplan I can’t help but be a big softie for love growing from a marriage of necessity.

“Trying to buy a new couch with modern!Pero” by @sarahjkl82-blog I couldn’t stop laughing at this family circus! Little clowns, indeed.

The Kindness of Fate by @f0rever15elf How soft, how lovely, how dear to me. 💕

By the Pricking of My Thumbs by @thewayofthemandalorian My kingdom for someone even half as good as this Pero.

So here I am just waiting to get accidentally or conveniently married to a mercenary with a seemingly ornery disposition who’ll build us a cottage so we can gradually fall in love, tease each other, and maybe have a pile of kids. And it’s the fault of ^all these authors^!!

💜Marcus Pike💜

Drabbles

Northern Wind by @day-off-inkyoto Marcus, my beloved… :’) I’ve loved this song for a while so to see it paired with Marcus? Meant to be.

One Shots

There She Goes by @foli-vora Much like the song of the same title, cuter than hell.

Series / Multi Parts

Impression Sunrise by @themand0lorian He’s got a bit of an edge to him, his guard is up. But for how long? 👀🤔😘 This universe gives me everything!

Just Say Yes by @doveandgeography Italian vacation meet cute with Marcus. Bellisimo!! Would love to have that someday.

The Hope of It All by @wyn-n-tonic People with some history, alright. Ya love to see it!

Begin Again by @pascalpanic Marcus delivers the quintessential Marcus Experience! Fluff!

Do You Ever Wonder? by @generalfoolish This! Marcus deserves all of this!

Evie’s Infinite Playlist by dayoffinkyoto on AO3 I look at these two and think “Now Kith” at least 2x a chapter!

The Long Con by @youvebeenlivingfictional Make this into a movie already!

The Arrangement by @maswritingblog A perfect blend of comfort and cheeky!

💙Agent Whiskey/Jack Daniels💙

Drabbles / Oneshots

The life he fucking deserved by @foli-vora I second that motion!

Before and After by @starlightmornings Get some tissues :’)

Guilt by @scribbledghost What an incredible story of growth, all the highs and lows.

Series / Multi Parts

It’s Been You by @jadore-andor Jack is so beautifully vulnerable and hopeful. Can’t believe I hurt my cowboy like that… 😢😢😢

Buried by @something-tofightfor So suspenseful! I need to know more!

*Psst! Can you sense that I love it when this man gets therapy and a happier, more complex character arc?*

❤️Javier Peña❤️

Poetry

Murmurs by @hnt-escape Eyyyyy 😏 This is smooOoOoth as hell.

Encounter at the Window by @hnt-escape Her poetry captivates me to no end. Mind blown every time.

One Shots

Don’t Get Too Close (For Comfort) by @youvebeenlivingfictional Angsssssst. I’ve reread this so much!

Series / Multi Parts / Collections

Not Qualified for This by @blueeyesatnight I am especially partial to NQFT: Recovery so I’ve linked that, but I also adore Thunderbird. Now this is a real and complex family.

Movement fics by @youvebeenlivingfictional I’ve been yearning to dance with someone for YEARS and this intensified that tenfold.

What’s the Use of Wonderin’? by @youvebeenlivingfictional Is there an Abejita and Javi fan club? Sign me up!

Caffeine Rush by @pascalpanic Javi getting a long overdue meet cute and tenderness!

💖Original / Miscellaneous Characters💖

Poetry + Prose

“Hope” Series - a collaboration of poetry by @hnt-escape and prose by @winter-fox-queen inspired by the InStyle video of Pedro. What a creative world they’ve made with heaping doses of mystery and vivid imagery.

Maxwell Lord

Like Father, Like Daughter oneshot by @mandoalorian Look up “precious” in the dictionary and you’ll find this fic. 💝

Gold Rush series by @thewayofthemandalorian So sweet! A quality redemption story for a fella just trying his best!

Oberyn Martell

Unexpected oneshot by @maswritingblog A perfect recipe for angst and a lil drama with a lil tenderness… as a treat.

Marcus Moreno

Jump then Fall series by @knivesareout Mr. Marcus, Kindergarten Teacher, is the real superhero!

Zach Wellison

Handyman series by @buckstaposition Such a sweet lil series for Zach! It’s fun to get to see more of him.

Dave York

This cool AF honeymoon cruise from hell oneshot by @cinewhore This had me on the edge of my poolside deck chair!

Sins of the Flesh oneshot by @danniburgh My vanilla ass is writing this from the pits of hell. The weather’s fine! ❤️‍🔥🔥

In For It series by @foli-vora Words fail me - just click the link and start reading already!!

Kill Me Softly oneshot by @astroboots I mean, it’s all in the title, folks. Phenomenal.

💞Special Shoutouts 💞

@hnt-escape has the most stunning poetry I have ever read. She’s so gracious! She’s inspired me to start writing again and I can’t express just how much I needed that. ❤️ I implore you all to read and reblog her poetry because it’s just that beautiful.

Sometimes serious topics/events in a story weigh heavily on my heart and mind. So I’m pretty cautious about what I read. However, I can always trust @honeymandos and @astroboots and @joultheghoul with my sensitive heart and mood. The story may hurt and be sad as hell, but I feel some sort of comfort or assurance in their writing, like “I’m ready to hurt again, but this [hurt] too shall pass.”

@day-off-inkyoto followed me not long after I followed her and my heart went *~whoosh~*! Her music taste and her rural/country familiarity speak to my soul. Fluff and comfort extraordinaire!

@mesmorales has been so very lovely in the few exchanges we’ve had over asks and puts such great authenticity into her fics! Like she’s this incredible writer and she’s in my inbox making me feel seen and validated? Too sweet :’)

#my eyes are scrambled from fussing over this all week so please point out anything I need to fix!#pedro pascal character fanfiction #pedro pascal character fanfiction recommendations #my posts #pedro pascal poetry #fic rec #fic rec lists #pinned posts

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dearestaeneas · 3 years ago

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Night at the Masquerade- [Lumity]

Genre: Fluff; Adventure

Word Count: 2401

✨Not really a crossover, but very much inspired by this crossover fic from @iroismart (and my own very selfish desire to use The Arcana’s masquerade as a setting)✨

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“Eda!” Luz’s voice rang out through the house. “King, have you seen her anywhere?”

The tiny demon glanced away from his army of plush subjects, doing little to hide his disdain at being interrupted. He continued to watch them out of the corner of his eye, however, fearful that yet another fight would break out among his soldiers. Good help was so hard to find. “I’m busy,” he replied. “Don’t you want to be ready if more of those…bird monsters try to get into the house?” A pause. “Besides Eda.”

A sad hoot rang out. King and Luz stared at one another in an uncomfortable silence for several moments before another louder, and sadder, hoot rang out. More silence. Hooty appeared directly next to Luz, sighing as sadly as owl-ly possible, his sudden arrival jolting Luz and causing her to fall to the floor with a healthy, “agh!”

“And you, Hooty,” she said, sitting up and rubbing the elbow she landed on.

Now looking quite content with himself, Hooty offered, “Eda left early this morning and told me not to tell either of you!”

“Why would she do that?” Luz asked, horrified.

“I can’t believe she hates us now,” King said, matter-of-factly. “I always knew it was coming, but I didn’t think it would be so soon. Welp! One of us has to be the Owl Lady now.”

“Hooty didn’t say she died.”

“She’s dead to me.”

“...Okay.”

Hooty watched this exchange, but it was highly debatable if he was retaining any of this information. As if in response, he proceeded to cough a hefty pile of now-wet letters onto the floor. A shiny red and gold envelope caught Luz’s eye, and upon further inspection noticed that it had no identifying information on it, as if it had been hand delivered. “Hooty, who brought this one?” She picked it up, quickly wiping the spit off onto her pants in an attempt to not think about it too hard.

“Swarm of beetles,” he said, proudly. “I ate five of them.”

King wandered up to Luz, visibly interested now. “Do you know any swarms?”

“I wish.”

Luz gently opened the envelope, taking care to not rip the rich-feeling paper. Once open, the envelope unfolded itself until it became a long, red scroll with fancy gold squiggles on it. “It’s…a map?” Small pieces of golden confetti fell to the floor, some landing on King’s head. He studied a piece that landed on one of his paws and almost exploded with excited shouts. “WE WERE INVITED?”

“This is an invitation? It feels more like a quest, and the person who’s sending us on it doesn’t actually want us to go, but we go anyway and find all sorts of treasure and monsters and WE SHOULD LEAVE RIGHT NOW!”

She was already rushing to the door, pushing past Hooty’s extended body, which was hovering just a few feet away. He coughed up another cloud of the golden glitter. King chased after her, grabbing her ankles. “Luz! Listen to me! This is an interdimensional masquerade invitation, Eda and I got banned from one of these years ago.”

Luz froze, hand still reaching for the doorknob. “Masquerade?”

“That’s what I’ve been trying to-”

“WE CAN MAKE COSTUMES FOR A MASQUERADE?”

After several moments of gathering supplies, the pair sat on the floor, surrounded by feet of cloth, sewing supplies, glitter, and feathers. “Are these real?” Luz asked, holding one of the feathers up.

“It’s from the last time Eda turned into the Owl Monster when we ran out of her potion.”

She was quiet for a moment before smiling, “It’ll be like she’s with us!” The sentiment jolted her back to reality. “Hooty, are you sure she told you not to tell us anything?”

“Nope!” Was the muffled reply from the outside of the door.

—

Multiple hours passed before Luz left the room, arms full of glittery red cloth. She returned several minutes later wearing what appeared to be a sequined red suit, the coat of which extended all the way to her ankles in the back, as if she were wearing a cape. “I finished mine, too,” King said proudly. Turning to face Luz, he wore a small bowtie made of leftover fabric from her suit.

“You’re going naked?”

“No, see, I’m wearing the bowtie.”

Outfits planned, they set to work making their masks: Luz’s became a red cat, the black shining nose standing out against the rest of it. Instead of a mask, King’s horns appeared to have been dipped into the red glitter, specks of it falling off with every movement he made. “Aren’t you CUTE!” Luz squealed.

“You’re HERE!” Hooty all but screamed on the other side of the door.

Expected to see Eda, Luz was surprised, but no less delighted, to see Amity standing in the doorway, trying very hard to not look annoyed at the owl-tube currently screaming in her ear.

“I came to see if you wanted to come to the old ruins with me today, but you seem…busy.”

Luz ran up, wrapping her into a tight hug. “Come with us!”

Pulling her further into the room, Luz and King excitedly explained the mysterious, and upsettingly wet (although this was not the fault of the sender), invitation.

“Luz, if we’re going to go, we need to leave right now,” Amity said, studying the map. “There’s some kind of spell here, and it’s fading as we speak.”

“Eda’s missing, and now we’re going to miss a MAGICAL INTERDIMENSIONAL MASQUERADE BALL?”

“I never said we would miss it,” Amity said. She waved her hand, her clothing turning into a black dress with red glittering detailing- making her match both Luz and King. Luz gasped, kissing her before she could say anything else. Her face was a bright red as she tried to continue. “These maps are meant to be misleading, I think it should be easy enough, but we should leave now.”

“But you still don’t have a mask!” Luz pointed to her own, King nodding solemnly and sprinkling a thunderstorm’s worth of red glitter in a ring around his feet. Amity grinned, a small Abomination forming in her hands. She shaped it into a mask, placing it on her face. It was certainly a good disguise, albeit a slightly frightening one. It oozed politely, a small face leering out directly above Amity’s eyes. “Let’s go!” As she headed for the door, Luz and King shared a horrified look before shaking it off and following behind.

The trio wandered in the woods for what felt like forever. Amity continued walking with such purpose that at first, Luz and King felt her confidence. However, as more time passed, they felt that confidence steadily decreasing. “We’re lost, and I’m losing more and more glitter with every step!” King complained. Right as he did, Amity’s arm shot out to her side, a golden portal opening in front of her. “How did you-?” Luz asked, dumbfounded.

“Perseverance summons it,” she smiled. “You follow the path until you feel like you’re about to give up, but if you’re right on the brink of quitting and decide to keep going, it decides you’re worthy.”

“Cooooooool,” King and Luz whispered together.

Amity held out a hand to Luz, who held out a hand to King, and the three stepped through together.

They found themselves in a busy street, hundreds of others moving as a unit toward a large palace, many of them stepping through similar looking portals. They held each other close as they joined the crowd. By the time they reached the palace, King was being carried by Luz, the escaping glitter from his horns finding a home on her suit.

The group exploded into a ballroom, each body wearing intricate formalwear with equally intricate masks. A few other guests whispered to each other about Amity’s living mask, some braver among their numbers coming up to ask her about it. Her face went red again at the sudden and overwhelming attention, giving Luz the opportunity to brag about her girlfriend’s magic. Finally able to escape the crowd, Luz and Amity ducked into a corner to catch their breath. “Where’s King?” Amity asked, realizing the demon was nowhere to be found.

“What is that?!” A voice yelled above the noise of the room, Amity and Luz sharing a concerned look. They rushed over to the origin of the sound to find a woman in a purple dress and a bear mask standing, soaked, by the punch bowl. King was sitting in it, splashing. Every white surface in the immediate area was stained a bright pink. Amity scooped him up, despite protests that she was ruining his night, while Luz repeatedly apologized to the bear woman.

“Keep your dog on a leash!” She shouted.

Amity and King froze, both enraged for, surprisingly, the same reasons: both Luz and King were being disrespected by this woman. Almost immediately, an Abomination rose from the half-empty punch bowl, roaring in the woman’s face. The ballroom went silent. Before she could react, Amity’s hand wrapped around Luz’s wrist as she pulled her away with all of her strength. Running and ducking into one of the first rooms in a long hallway, the trio were breathless with laughter.

“That was AMAZING!” Luz shook Amity by the shoulders. They looked around the room to see that its ceiling appeared to be miles high, clearly to accommodate the dozens of massive bubbles floating upwards.

“Are there…people in those?” Amity asked. Before she could hear a response, she was being dragged into one, finding herself off the ground before she fully registered where she was. She held tight to Luz, whose face was also going a bright red (although Amity was far too unsettled by this sudden change in altitude to feel charmed by this). King, however, needed no time to adjust, and was jumping up and down with all his little strength. “Are you trying to pop it?!” Amity shouted.

“Yeah!” He said happily.

“WHY?”

Before he could answer there was a cheerful popping sound, and the three found themselves falling. “WHAT DID YOU THINK WOULD HAPPEN?” Amity shouted, still holding onto Luz.

Before they hit the ground, an event all three of them came to terms with shockingly fast, something managed to swoop and catch all of them, ascending higher and higher toward the bubble room’s ceiling. At first, Luz assumed it was another bubble, conveniently passing by them, but once she got her bearings, realized it was Eda, in her full Harpy form. “You were here this whole time?” She asked.

“Didn’t Hooty tell you?” She replied, shocked.

“NO!” King shouted, clinging to one of Eda’s arms. Amity noticed with slight annoyance that somehow King seemed more afraid of this development than the actual popping of, and the fall from, the bubble. Eda began the descent toward the ground, finally letting the three onto their own legs.

“King said you two were banned from this masquerade.” Luz said.

“Oh, we are. I stole that invitation and left it with Hooty for you. I’ve been here making sure I know all the places for us to hide if that Countess comes looking.”

Luz thought about this, and then shrugged. That was fair.

Eda led them down the hallway, Luz and Amity hand in hand with King trailing further behind. She led them into a large room with purple walls painted with bright white circles of various sizes. Tables were draped with flowing purple fabric, and at the head of the room sat a long table piled high with tiny, fancy desserts. “Are you hungry?”

Each of them piled a golden plate high with pastries shaped like hearts and sugar sculptures of dragons, griffins, and sea monsters. Crowding around a table, Luz asked, “How do you know what the flavors are?”

“I think these are the kinds where you decide. Except the sea monsters, those ones are always salt.”

“Like a salted caramel?”

“No, just salt.”

Amity looked down at her plate, disappointed. The sea monsters were the most intricate looking treats, and excitedly, she had taken as many as would fit. As Eda and Luz spoke, King noticed her disappointment and offered one of his dragons. Smiling, she accepted the gift, breaking it in half and giving the larger of the two to him. She also broke one of the sea monsters, also giving him the larger half. They ate it together, interrupting the conversation Luz and Eda were having with their coughing. As they rushed to the punch bowl (this one unpolluted by King), Luz bit into one of the hearts, hoping for chocolate strawberries, and getting just that. “Told you so,” Eda grinned.

—

“Is it okay if we go explore on our own?” Amity asked when she returned.

Eda shrugged.

At this, Amity and Luz immediately disappeared from the room, running out hand in hand and giggling. They wandered up and down the hallway, overwhelmed with all the choices laid out before them.

“Here,” Luz said, facing Amity. She covered her eyes with her hand. “Pick one now.”

Amity laughed and pointed vaguely, Luz having decided she was pointing at a room three doors away from them on the other side of the hall. They entered to find that it was pitch black, with pinpricks of light like stars crowding the high walls and ceiling. “Care for a ride?” A voice said somewhere to their right. They noticed their eyes were refusing to adjust to the darkness.

“Sure?”

Suddenly, they were thrust into what appeared to be a ferris wheel basket that rose on its own accord. The higher they rose, the lighter the room became. The walls faded from pitch black to a dark gray, becoming a deep purple. The stars became brighter, changing from white to pale pastels. Cold, rainbow light sparkled on everything, catching the glitter of Luz’s suit and Amity’s dress.

“It’s a shame we’ll probably be banned from this when King and Eda get caught,” Amity said quietly. Luz could hear her smile.

“They might not-”

As she said it, the couple heard a crash followed by an unidentified voice. “I thought I told you to never come back here!”

Then, Eda’s voice: “LUZ, AMITY, WE HAVE TO GO.”

Luz sighed, putting her forehead into Amity’s shoulder. “I hate when you’re right.” Amity laughed, kissing the top of her head.

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