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[therantingsage]

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[seeraven]

. find glory in the shadows .

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independent roleplay blog for vax'ildan vessar of critical role's vox machina . portrayal inspiration will be pulled heavily from the tv show , the legend of vox machina , the first campaign , kith and kin , and the vox machina origins comics . note : i am still making my way through the first campaign and am pretty early on , though , i am cool with spoilers .

. please read below for my rules until i get my carrd up !

I . i am mutuals only! Please be patient with me IC and OOC . that means writing-wise, IMs, discord, asks, etc. I am not and will not always be in the mood for chatting or even writing. I appreciate the understanding on this!

II . there is a lot of content i won't interact with for my own comfort / triggers / etc . please don't be offended if i don't follow back, as the reason could be something as simple as i don't jive with the series you write from !

III . i will be primarily writing in the first campaign of cr and in the legends of vox machina timeline ! i will be updating my progress through the campaigns in my tags here !

IV . in regards to shipping, i am multi-ship and open to being ship - exclusive . i like to be friends with my ship partners and put a lot of work and development into my ships , and really wanna dig into what love means for vax in different aspects of his life ( romantic or otherwise ) . that being said, if you're interested in a genuine romantic ship with vax, he can be a tough nut to crack, so it'll definitely take some time and development there! i portray him as bisexual.

V . there WILL be triggering content on this blog ! i will tag everything that I can think to tag , but if you'd like something specific tagged , please just shoot me a message ! i'm not here to make anyone uncomfortable .

VI . ultimately i'm here to hang out and have fun and not take things too seriously . thanks for reading , and i hope we can get to interacting soon !

VII . also just an add-on rule, i don't really do affiliates ! i have mains and honestly don't really have a specific number cap for duplicates of a main anymore haha. mains to me are just portrayals/writers i've plotted with more extensively and will, at times, have priority due to my writing muse gravitating in the direction of our development. that being said, my current mains are leif's vex'ahlia & shadowheart and prince's keyleth & tifa lockhart.

[ywpd-translations]

Ride 793: The palms of their hands

Pag 1

1: Holding hands with you rival

Pag 2

1: Grasping tightly the gratitude

They're moving forward... to the future!!

Pag 3

1: 1500m left until the mountain line!!

Pag 4

2: You're kidding....

He's coming....?

He's getting closer?

3: So odd, and yet I thought I had left him behind completely

This is “three times”, isn't it?

5: He's coming

And moreover

Pag 5

1: He's doing it while singing!!

Even though Hakogaku's Manami had left him so much behind in a moment...

Mountain King is getting closer!!

He's not giving up!!

The distance is closing!!

That's right ♪ I know ♪ If you do this ♪

Pag 6

1: The princess' wish ♪

2: Will come true ♪

3: Mountain King is amazing!! He's humming a tune!!

I heard of this, Mountain King becomes faster when he hums a tune!!

What, amazing!

The magic singing!!

I'll try singing too next time I'll climb!

4: No

It's not magic

5: For you, that “song”

Pag 7

1: it's a device to activate your power!!

2: Like a car's key

3: To carry people and luggage up a mountain road a vehicle needs both a sturdy body, small parts

4: and a powerful engine

5: For bikes, the “body”

Pag 8

1: Practice, repetition, recovery, determination, challenges- everything

2: piles up!!

3: Only someone who has worked

4: tirelessly, without rest....

Pag 9

1: Could get to this position of the mountain stage on the Inter High's first day!!

2: And he can even keep up with my “three times”!!

4: I see, so that's what it means

You piled everything up during this past year...

Pag 10

1: Ouch

2: Ah, damn, I pressed something weird

Ah....

3: Oh, I have a message

Ah, it's from Sakamichi-kun

Ah... it's from three months ago..

Hehehe, ops

4: What is it, what is it...? “Do you remember? The promise we made on the last day?”

Oh... I remember

“We said 'let's race for the mountain stage on the first day next time'”

Ah.. we did, we did

6: “Are we still on for that?”

8: “Of course”

Pag 11

1: To protect your promise with me!!

Wait, Manami-kun!!

Princess ♪...!!

2: Sakamichi-kun!!

3: Manami-kun!!

Pag 12

1: Mountain King caught up!!

He caught Hakogaku's Manami, who had attacked and opened the gap!!

2: He's not surrendering!!

Neither of them is surrendering!!

1200m left until the mountain line!!

Pag 13

1: Now another race...

2: starts!!

4: They're both taking the curve

5: while colliding against each other!!

Pag 14

1: Aaaaaa

Soooreeee

I won't surrender!!

2: They're still neck and neck!!

3: Amazing!

Pag 15

1: From the inner side!!

2: Sooreeee

Manami fell back for a moment and then forced his way forward!!

They hit each other!!

5: The trees are getting lower again

6: One more time...

Pag 16

1: Let's go, “three times”!!

Pag 17

2: Manami used the wind and accelerated again!!

Incredible, what's that!

3: What about Mountain King!?

Pag 18

1: Musical note shaped wings!?

Pag 19

1: Aaaaaaaa

2: Amazing

3: It's just like you

4: You were so desperate to catch me that you unconsciously used the wind to accelerate

5: Interesting!!

Pag 20

1: Mountain King is clinging to him!! I thought Manami had attacked but

Manami didn't get away!!

He caught up with such a weird acceleration!?

Amazing!

2: Maybe your singing is something more than a key

3: Ahhhh

5: These past three years have been fun

Huh!?

Pag 21

1: I'm glad you were here for the past three years

3: Huh... ah!!

4: Thank you

Pag 22

2: Such a close battle like this, such a once-in-a-lifetime battle like this, it could only have been with you

3: Yeah... yeah!!

“The past three years”....!!

4: No, that, I should be the one saying that, really!!

5: That's right... this is my match against Manami-kun...

Pag 23

1: Let's go until the mountain line

2: Let's give everything we have

3: Let's make the most of every second of the time we have left!!

5: 1km until the end....

Pag 24

1: It's the final climb!!

Pag 25

1: Yeah!!

Pag 26

3: Th-thank god I made it in time...

This... I couldn't miss this today

4: Sangaku said that

5: “It will be the culmination of the past three years”

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tra un mese esatto

- compirò 26 anni (AAAAAAAA COME SONO VECCHIA)

- partirò, anzi, a quest'ora dovrei essere già a destinazione 🥹

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day 31 | wednesday | 26/4/23

watch out for the beach ball! AAAAAAAA

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through the hourglass 78. brb x oc

a/n: I've been wanting to use this gif for so long. I FINALLY CAN AAAAAAAA

pairing: plus size!oc x rooster

warnings: none, just Bea being a good friend uwu

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Beatrice couldn’t say how long the silence lasted, all she could do is stare at the pregnancy tests lying side by side in the drawer, partially hidden by the magazines almost as if Evelyn didn’t want to see them.

And considering her reaction, it was very possible she really didn’t want to see those tiny sticks.

Beatrice licks her lips, that were dry from her gawked expression, then moves her eyes to the lump under the covers, “Ev…I…” she blinks, how exactly could she go by this? Evelyn’s personality was different from hers, she was more than excited when she discovered she was pregnant, hell, Evelyn was there with her when she found out, “I…I…a-are you okay?”

There’s a gentle huff from under the covers, “No.”

“...okay,um…” Beatrice gently rubs her friend’s arm, chewing the inside of her cheek, “Um…do you,do you need me to do anything?”

Evelyn moves under the covers, which makes Beatrice drop her hand to her lap as the sheets slowly fall to reveal her friend. She looked awful, her eyes were swollen, her hair a mess and she didn’t seem like she slept in days not to mention how Beatrice could see a little bit of makeup still clinging to her bloodshot eyes. The same bloodshot eyes that slowly moved over to Beatrice, who gave Evelyn a small comforting smile only for it to drop as her friend looked away again, “...you here alone?”

“Yeah,Rooster and Nikki went home.” she almost felt bad mentioning Nicole considering…the situation, “He is going to pick me up once I call him, I’m not in a time crunch.”

Her joke falls flat because Evelyn doesn’t laugh, her hunched position making her appear smaller and frail, a complete opposite of what Evelyn truly was, “..okay…” and another shaky inhale was heard, followed by Evelyn running her hands on her face, combing her black hair back and dropping her hands to her lap with a dull slap. 

“...Ev…I…I…I don’t really know what to say.”

"About what?”

Bea blinked, looking back at the open drawer, “Well, um…wh-what you just indirectly told me.”

Evelyn stares ahead, a sniffle making its way out of her nose, “Me neither.”

“Just…um-do you wanna talk about it?”

Evelyn chuckles dryly, shoulders shaking with brief laughter before she shakes her head, “What is there to talk about,Bea? I don’t even know how to start this conversation.”

“Well…maybe you can…start from the beginning. Before the tests?”

Evelyn looks at Bea by the corner of her eye, looking like a complete mess, eyes crusty and tired as she stares at the brunette. Evelyn’s gaze was always very strong and confident, she never backed down, she knew what to do but right now? Right now Bea was seeing parts of Evelyn she never saw before and she didn’t know what to do. “...My period didn’t come last month.” she whispered, “But I didn’t think about it, because I was working a lot, plus Jake was gone so I assumed I was stressed.”

The taller woman pulls one of her knees up to use it as support for her head, still frowning, “And I felt nothing, no nausea, nothing hurting, nothing at all.” she inhales again, “But then this month comes and there’s still no period…so I thought I should do the test, just because I had to be sure.” her smile turned grim, “I did more than three.”

“What?”

“More than three tests, but I tossed them all out because…I…I couldn’t accept it.” she murmured, “I thought it was because the test was cheap, so I bought the expensive ones, the ones that are sturdy and can handle a good beating….and they were positive as well.”

Beatrice watches her friend slowly lower her leg and fall back on the bed, arms spread, eyes looking up at the ceiling. The brunette frowns, looking down at her friend’s stomach only to see it was still flat, covered by her sleeping shirt, “...I…see…does…does anyone know?”

Does Jake?

“No.” Evelyn mutters, “You are the first one.”

“Oh.”

“I don’t know what to do Bea.” she whispered, rolling her lips into her mouth with a subtle shake of her head, “It’s not…it wasn’t planned. Nothing was. I don’t even–” she groans, rubbing her face with her hands, sighing against her palms, “I don’t even know how to bring this up to Jake yet. We’ve been using protection, I’m taking my birth control…I don’t get it.”

Beatrice licks her lips, “Sometimes it’s…just something that happens,Ev.” she tries to explain the best she can without upsetting her friend even more, “...did you and Jake ever-”

“No, we never talked about kids.” Evelyn says, “He tried to say something about marriage but I told him I wanted to wait more,I don’t…I enjoy my independence. And he respected that.”

“I know.”

“And while Jake stays here from time to time, he understands I need some time and that I like to be alone.” she frowns, “But now? Now? What do I do? I don’t even know how to tell him this,I don’t even know what he’ll say.”

“Well,Jake loves you.” Beatrice says gently, “And…whatever you decide I’m sure he’ll support you no matter what.”

Evelyn turned to face Beatrice, pushing herself to a sitting position as her eyes dropped to her lap, “My dad…is going to skin him alive Bea.” she whispers, “He…he started to warm up to me and Jake now, he supports it as long he’s on the up and up with everything we have planned. And now…God when he finds out-hell my mom will freak the fuck out but my dad?”

“Don’t- don’t think about it now, Ev.” she says, placing a hand on her friend’s shoulder, “Are you hungry? Did you eat anything?” Evelyn shakes her head no, “I can make you something, you need to eat and maybe enjoy the sunlight a bit, it’ll be good for you.”

“Bea.”

“Yeah?”

“...can I hug you?”

Beatrice just nodded and Evelyn wrapped her arms around her shoulders, while the brunette hugged her friend by the waist. It was such…an odd feeling to be the comforting party in this situation, but she knew that Evelyn needed it and she wouldn’t let her go unless she felt good enough to. 

She didn’t cry,maybe she was already ‘dried out’ by the time that Beatrice showed up, but Evelyn held the brunette in such an iron grip that her shoulders were a bit hurt because of it. But she sat there, rubbing Evelyn’s back comfortingly as her  friend’s back rose and fell with her breathing, Beatrice was glad that she wasn’t crying at least.

After a while Evelyn leaned back, “I’m going to take a quick shower.” she whispered, meeting Beatrice’s green eyes, “Thank you,Bea.”

“You are welcome.” Beatrice got up from the bed to allow Evelyn to get up, not even putting on the fuzzy slippers as she went to the bathroom, still looking much smaller than she actually was.”I’ll be in the kitchen.” and she got a weak ‘okay’ before the bathroom’s door closed.

Beatrice sighed softly, looking down at Wiley who sat by the doorframe, mewing almost in question at her, “She’ll be fine,Wiley…come on, let’s make something for her,hm?” she hoped that would distract her mind too, because it was a lot of emotions going on in her head after all.

Being the first one to know about something like that, especially when the person in question doesn’t seem too excited about it, was very hard. Beatrice rubbed her face with both hands, huffing out a breath as she walked to the kitchen, but not before opening the curtains and letting the light enter the apartment.

She also opened the balcony’s door so the chilly October air made it’s way inside, inhaling deeply and feeling a wave of tranquility take over her as soon as she did that.

She checked the fridge, looking around for something quick and easy to make knowing her friend needed something now and not later. There was a plastic container that looked like it had vegetables and meat, Beatrice opened it up to check, “Oh,mongolian beef. This is nice.” There was also some rice in a bigger bowl covered with a plastic film, “It’ll be good enough.”

Something comforting and something easy, because Evelyn needed that.

She heard the shower running while heating up everything, exhaling in relief knowing that it’d help Evelyn feel better. Or at least she hoped. She had no idea how…to go on with this. She didn’t seem happy sharing the news to Beatrice, so maybe she shouldn’t talk about it? Maybe she should just chat about something else unless Evelyn brought it up again.

Beatrice looks towards her back pocket when her phone pings with a message and she already knows who it is from. She pulls out her phone with one hand while the other keeps stirring the meat in the pan, chewing her lower lip as she sees Rooster’s name on the screen.

Roos (12:00)

Hey,gorgeous. Everything good?

Was it? No. 

She also had no idea if she should share the news with Rooster, maybe not now, maybe…maybe later, maybe when she’s home.

Bea (12:00)

Everything is okay Roos. Evelyn is just feeling a bit under the weather. 

Roos (12:01)

Did Hangman do something wrong or something? I don’t think I ever seen Evelyn be ‘under the weather’

Oh boy.

Bea (12:01)

Oh, no no, it’s just personal stuff. I’m just with her for a little bit and then we can go to the pumpkin patch,okay?

Roos (12:02)

Okay,gorgeous. Talk to me okay? I’ll have my phone on me. Nikki is asleep and I’m just rewatching Drag Race Season 8. With the dogs.

Cue to her receiving a picture of his long legs stretched and crossed on top of the coffee table, Jolene’s head on his lap with her eyes closed, Jack lying under the coffee table and Eleanor looking up at the screen almost as if she was ready to attack it at any moment.

Bea (12:05)

You look very comfortable.

Roos (12:05)

We are,gorgeous. They’re behaving :) 

Beatrice was so focused on answering Rooster she didn’t hear the shower stop, nor heard her friend’s footsteps approaching the kitchen or the quiet mewling coming from Wiley. Evelyn stopped by the threshold, staring at Beatrice who managed to type on her phone and cook at the same time, “Bea.” her friend yelped, the phone flying off her hand to the air and the only reason it didn’t hit the ground was because it landed on the soft kitchen mat she was standing on.

“Oh!Ev!” she laughs awkwardly, leaning down to grab the phone, checking if there was anything broken and then wiping it against her sleeve, “Sorry I was talking to Roos.” she looks back at the stove, “I’m heating some stuff I got in your fridge.”

“Yeah, mongolian beef. I know.’ Evelyn said, sitting on the bar stools she had against the island in the middle of her kitchen, “Everything okay with Rooster?”

“Yeah!Everything is great!” Beatrice sends her husband a text telling him she’d message back in a few and that she loved him, then slid her phone into her pocket, “Anyway, do you want something to drink? Maybe some water?” Evelyn shook her head, rubbing her eyes with her hands before dropping her head on top of her folded arms.

Beatrice frowned as she turned the stove off and placed the lids on top of each pan before approaching her friend, touching the side of her arm gently,”Ev.” she calls, “You’ll be okay.”

Evelyn lifted her head, holding her interlaced fingers in front of her mouth as she breathed hard against her knuckles, “I don’t know what to do.” she repeats the same phrase as before, “I don’t…know what to do.”

“Well…do you…want the baby?” she knew it was a risk to ask, but Evelyn had to know what she wanted in that aspect, “It’s still early…”

Evelyn looked back at Bea, then at her hands, then to the wall opposite to them, “...thing is I…” she groans, “I do want it. I do, but…Bea, me and Jake aren’t married. And I don’t know if you know but both sides of my family are very against stuff like that.” another sigh, “it’s just…I don’t want them to blame Jake. I don’t want my father to make his life a living hell because of this.”

“Isn’t there a chance your father might be happy to be a grandpa? I mean, you are his only daughter.”

“Which is why I worry.” Evelyn says, “We talk a lot, we are more open now…but it’s fucking hard Bea. I can’t read my parents’ minds,I can’t know how they’ll truly react.” she rubs her forehead, “Not to mention the whole, Navy thing.” Beatrice furrows her brows, “You know my dad is always like ‘Duty First’ and whatever. He’ll just think that we didn’t think about the risks.”

The risks.

Oh.

Beatrice’s smile falters when that word is mentioned, that word that always,always hovered above her head and Rooster’s. He talked to her about it a bit, but he never elaborated and Beatrice worried about him often. Like always, things within their control were easy to handle…the rest, not so much.

Rooster still had the ghost of his father’s passing on his shoulders, she knew, she could see how it weighed him down sometimes. And the fear was always there, it was something they talked about often too, the risks of his profession were several and almost impossible to figure out.

Evelyn noticed how Bea got silent and she groaned once she recalled her words, “Shit,Bea,I didn’t mean-”

“No,no,no,it’s okay.” Beatrice smiles, “It’s okay…I…I know what you mean.”

Evelyn frowns, looking down at her hands, “How do you do it?” she asks quietly, “How do you deal with it? I mean…you two have Nikki now, how do you not…go crazy?”

“Therapy.” and for the first time since she got to the apartment, Evelyn laughed, weakly, but she laughed, dropping her head only to hold it up with her hand, “Honestly,I don’t know. We just…talk about it a lot, our conversations could last hours. Do you and Jake?”

“What?”

‘Talk?”

Evelyn blinks at her friend, then licks her lips, “Sometimes. I just…I mean we do talk,’ she straightens her back, “We do talk and share things, hell we both have parents in the military so that helps with…understanding and figuring out what to do but…a kid? A kid Bea. I don’t even know how…God.”

Beatrice bites the corner of her mouth, holding her hands in front of her womb as she takes in Evelyn’s words. “...what do you think your father will do once he finds out?” she asks, “Since…you want to keep it.”

“I have no idea.”

“Guess,then.”

The tall woman sighed, throwing her hands up as she begins explaining, “I don’t know. Probably…drill Jake with words and make him feel like shit. Maybe even accuse him of ‘locking me up with a child’ which is the stupidest thing ever. I love Jake, he’s a dumbass and he has his arrogant moments…but he’s sweet and he’s romantic and he treats me with respect.”

That was probably the first time Beatrice heard Evelyn talk about her relationship with Jake, and it made the brunette smile. She allowed Evelyn to keep talking as she prepared her plate, “And I care about him. I mean,Jesus, I wouldn’t let him come here if I didn’t.”

Beatrice settles the plate in front of Evelyn - the other woman couldn’t help but chuckle seeing that Beatrice arranged the beef on top of the rice to form a cat face, with the chives as whiskers - and then sits down next to her, “Then,well,I think that’s enough reason.”

“It’s not.”

“It is.” she says a bit more firmly, “You always butted heads with your parents and if you want to have this baby without being married to Jake, that’s your choice.” she shrugs, “You said yourself that he respects the fact you don’t want to get married yet.” Beatrice was very relieved when Evelyn finally took a bite of her food, keeping her eyes on the plate instead of the brunette.

“Yes,but–”

“Ev,” she says softly, “Listen, your parents have to understand that…these things happen and they should respect you and Jake…and your choices. Plus I have a feeling they’ll like it once you tell them everything.”

Evelyn slows her chewing to look at Beatrice, then chuckles softly, dropping her head forward as she swallows her food, “...I guess the roles are reversed, huh? It was usually me and Shells the ones that gave you a pep talk every now and again.”

Beatrice smiles, shrugging her shoulders, “Someone has to make sure you guys are okay.” she says, “Let that be me.”

“...thanks Bea.” Evelyn says, placing a hand on Beatrice’s shoulder, “I mean it,I really needed this.”

“You are welcome…are you going to be okay?” her friend nods, “Where’s Jake?”

“His sister is visiting,so he’s taking her for a tour.” Evelyn says as she moves the beef around her plate, “And he’ll come here by night time, after leaving her at the hotel.” she stops moving the fork, “I’ll tell him tonight.”

“Yeah?”

“Yeah there is no point in stalling…and then I’ll tell my parents this weekend, after Penny’s Halloween party.”

Beatrice was glad that Evelyn seemed a lot better, her pose was straighter and her eyes were no longer dull and void of any emotion. She was still nervous, but there was a hint of confidence within her brown irises.

After chatting for a few more minutes, Beatrice decided to take her leave. Evelyn hugged her by the door, squeezing her friend’s shoulders, “Thank you.”

“You are welcome,Ev.” she smiles, pulling back from the hug to step towards the elevator, “See you Saturday?”

“Yeah, sure, oh.” she calls Beatrice’s name when the brunette reaches the elevator’s doors, “Please don’t tell Shells, we both know how she was when you were pregnant with Nikki.” the brunette laughs gently but nods, waiting for the doors to open, “And please don’t tell Rooster yet.”

That would be a bit hard considering how her husband was, “...will do.” she says after a while, waving goodbye to Evelyn as she steps into the elevator.

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14, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 30, 39, 48 💐 ya know, just a few questions I chose :3

Just a few 😭

14. Something I like about my body

I like my hands. They do useful things (write, play piano, squeeze the life out of my enemies, draw) and they look quite cool :)

16. Something I like about my personality

I've recently learned to care less about what people think and I think it's made me a more pleasant person to be around (less socially anxious, still socially awkward though)

19. My favorite book

Damn, a year ago I would've said Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, but now it just makes me feel bad whenever I think about it >:(

I really liked The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (and also other books he's written), so I'll go with that for now :)

20. My favorite movie

I'm so bad at favourites, cause I either have no strong opinion about things or love lots of things, it also depends heavily on my mood.

Today I'm feeling... Nightmare Before Christmas.

21. My favorite food

Answered before, have some more:

Lentils (not like, uncooked naked lentils... A meal I've come to call Lentils)

Spanakopita (occasionally my work does it for lunch and it's always a good day when they do)

Banana bread (:

22. My favorite drink

Im a simple guy. I love a black current squash. Rarely a day I don't want a nice black current squash.

Hot drink of choice: hot chocolate :)

26. A fictional character I relate to

Your mother :))

(Already answered)

30. My best birthday

I... Don't know. All my birthdays feel a bit bleak in my memory. Every year since I was about ?? 16 I think, I've had a panick attack on or around my birthday because I hate being reminded I'm getting older without achieving anything important, and every year it gets worse because every year I get older and still haven't achieved anything and aaaaaaaa

39. My favorite song.

Hehehe let's do some more shameless self promotion

All jokes aside, this is - again - fucking difficult because it depends so much in my mood.

Currently I'm listening a lot to:

Inertia - AJR

Notre Dame - Paris Paloma

Dead Man Walking (Overture II) - Black Veil Brides

48. Something I want to do before I die

Live lmao

I'd love to do more acting and more making music and taking pictures and making friends and living life how I want it

And make a difference to the world.

[duckasaurus2006]

Finally finished a late Bday gift for a friend! Aaaaaaaa Happy late bday Dude!

These characters are not mine, they belong to my friend @bluemoth698 ! Enjoy!

Art info: started Jan 28th, finished on March 21st

(L a t e a-f)

Total hour: 26 hours and 28 minutes

App used: Ibis Paint X mobile (phone)

[avatarthelastairgender]

aaaaa I'm super late but happy birthday!!!! I hope you had a super awesome and fun and relaxing day filled with your favorite people and things!! congrats on being 26!! 🍓🎂

aaaaaaaa thank you so much!!!!!!!!!

[synbunny]

I'm actually making use of this now after nearly 5 years. Probably a good thing since I was in an awful headspace 5 years ago. I'm still not doing well, but I am doing *better* now that I'm like...employed and shit now. I work IT help desk. Not the greatest job but I make decent money. Not enough to own a house but...I'm not optimistic in my ability to own my own place in the future.

To introduce myself...I'm a 25 (soon to be 26) year old woman living in the US working IT help desk. I love to play video games (especially ARPGs such as Diablo) and have an obsession with vocal synthesizers such as VOCALOID. My sexuality is weird and doesn't really have a proper label to apply to it. All you need to know in that regard is that I am gay as hell. The "content" that I create are mods for video games, with my current project being a Diablo II LoD mod. I'm not much of a programmer though. I just know some scripting in Python and PowerShell. My mod is mostly changing database entries and modifying miscellaneous files like animation files and tilesets.

Today was a good day though. I got a big raise (holy shit I am beating inflation now) and I recently picked up the game Starsector. It seems like the type of game I'd be super into, but the egg is a bit hard to crack. It hasn't hooked me yet but I can feel its potential to become a big-ass obsession. I've been super into games with dynamic worlds and ever-changing systems like Doors of Trithius and Soldak games. Which, I highly recommend trying Soldak's games. They look and control really jankily but they're awesome and innovative.

It's late as I write this though so I will have to try Starsector a different night. Probably not tomorrow since I need to motivate myself to clean up my apartment and I can't stay up too late on Friday since I have a couple appointments on Saturday.

I started dating a dude despite saying I would never date a dude. He's super sweet and really supportive. I don't really feel like I am good enough for him in either the looks department or just...how much affection I show. I don't really show affection in the same way as other people and when I try to it feels fake as hell and makes me feel gross. Like I don't feel genuine when I do that but my genuine self feels cold to people I guess. He's quite a bit younger than me. 4 year age gap. He keeps comparing himself to me in terms of his career but like...my dude, I was *losing* money when I was his age. I was (is?) a lazy, privileged fuck who could go to college. He's doing better than I was but he doesn't seem to see that. He's working towards a career on his own and I practically had it handed to me on a silver platter. College is easy. Doing things on your own? Hard as hell.

Well, that's all I'm going to write for tonight. I'll probably play a couple of bot matches in Unreal Tournament then go to sleep. Still one more day of work this week. Aaaaaaaa

[clay-cuttlefish]

Forging ahead with 52. #19 to #38. It's so much.

#19

The Evil Skeets plot is great. According to the omnibus it was a very late change away from a generic broken-time story, and I can kinda see that with how some of the earlier evil Skeets behavior doesn't seem super purposeful, but it all works for me.

#20

Mostly spaceguy plot that I don't care much about. The fight's cool at least.

I have no idea what fan speculation was like at the time but the idea of Supernova Jason Todd conspiracy theories is extremely funny so I support the intentional red herrings here.

#21

I keep changing my mind on which storylines I like more as I go. How could I not love Natasha?

#22

Dr. Magnus is back! I wish him being bipolar was handled more sensitively, the whole "oh the medicine keeps me from going ~crazy~" thing is :/, but I'm willing to read it charitably as his own perspective because I like him. He's a psychotic DC character who's heroic and not spooky or magical, just a guy who really doesn't want to have another depersonalization episode and has some internalized sanism about it, it could be so much worse.

#23

I like that Vic's more jaded to the horrors he can't stop than Renee is. He's had a lot of time to get used to the idea he can't save everyone - back in his own book he would've thrown himself in harm's way just like she wants to, but he's gotten better at not starting fights he can't win.

Hate to give Geoff Johns credit for anything but "What the hell are you doing?" "Seeing if it's contagious." is really good.

#24

"We were both guilty of ignoring Ted" Pretty sure Booster nearly died because he dropped everything to help but okay.

Osiris is just a kid...

Introducing a First Nations hero just to kill him off and give his stuff to a white dude sucks.

#25

Alan's out of the spaceguy zone and doing his own thing.

Almost halfway and the threads are still only starting to link up.

#26

I cannot get enough of Vic and Renee being friends with the Black Marvels. It's very sweet!

Tot my friend Tot :)

This is just a nice moment for them.

#27

I'm very into how Evil Skeets is drawn. He manages to be expressive despite having no moving features, it's a good trick.

Ohhh no it's now. I thought I had another issue, but no, this is the turning point.

#28

THE QUESTIONS!!! Love how they're heckling Kate together.

Kate is so cool.

Oh right, the spaceguys are still here.

#29

The way the mad science island handles mental illness generally sucks, but it's almost hitting at something interesting with Will being forced off his medication for the sake of "creativity".

#30

Get out of here Bruce.

I am going to cry!

#31

I don't even dislike the spaceguys really, but cmon, more of Ralph or Nat would've been better.

Ralph's still a detective even at his lowest! Strong foreshadowing.

#32

Uh oh, Ralph.

#33

Ohhh Charlie.

Him hallucinating Myra? Only able to admit he loved her at the very end?? It takes me out!

Almost all of his dialogue is straight from the O'Neil run. Rucka describes rereading the entire run just to write this issue because he had to get this right, and it shows.

There's a reason I consider O'Neil and Rucka the essential Question writers, and all the other takes to be interesting sidenotes.

#34

The kids aren't doing so well.

aaaaaaaa

#35

Hands you a picture of Nat. Hands you a picture of Nat. Hands you a picture of Nat.

Lex is the best villain in 52 and it isn't even close to a competition.

#36

AAAAAAA

Fuck dude! Nothing coherent to say here! Look at them!

#37

Wild emotional roller coaster for me as I go from Renee agony to cheering about Booster. My first read of this was a Time.

It's such a fun mystery. I can confirm it works if you know nothing about comics and are just along for the ride, and it comes together so well on the reread.

Mayor Ollie!

#38

AAAAAAA

"I'm afraid of who I'll become without you..." How am I meant to be normal about this!

I had to read this in two pieces because it made me need to get up and pace. It has done this every time I have read it. I am physically incapable of being normal about this.

Head in my hands. Comics are good and worth reading actually.

[ultraskull1000]

AND SO I PLAYED A SHOW WITH THE GUITAR I BUILT (July 11th)

plus a few other updates

Okay so the last time I posted about this guitar (My partner dubbed it Bluejay) it looked like this

Which is fine and all and I love the color of it to bits and the contrast bit around the switch fucks and i love it with the pink strap (I got an orange strap for it specifically but its too saturated and i need to dampen it a bit) but i have decided that it is by far too plain so ive done a few things

First of all I sharpied it, bearing comparison to body marking on my partner's chest

This fucks. Being able to write messages on my guitar? fucks so hard. God i love this shit. There are a few particular stickers that i want to nab and throw on here, one in particular is the P! symbol that is on Haruko's vespa from FLCL (which, fuck i love fooly cooly. shit fucks so hard. the P! symbol is (iirc) a logo for the band that soundtracked the show, the pillows, but i havent found that sticker sold by them and i cant really find any specific evidence that its something that they sold or anything like that.) because my partner pointed out the palette similarity to Canti with the blue base color and the off-white accents and all that. Im likely gonna put that on the lower bout below the output jack area beside the vibrato.

Electronics wise, I continued adjusting some of the electronics, changed the value of the tone cap, and I modded the pickups to be coil splitable, which was simpler than i thought cause

okay so if you look at this pickup its not a 4 conductor pickup by stock, cause the larger black wire there connects the two coils without the option to disconnect it so all i had to do was desolder that wire and replace it with one wire for each side. I dont have pictures of all of that because i didnt think to do so and also my wiring on this guitar is messy as hell right now and im still trying to figure out what to put in the rhythm circuit section and I promise eventually ill go over the specifics of my wiring later. ANYway

I got some cheap toggle switches and threw them beside the pickups and it fucks with the aesthetic and i love the sounds it can make with this

AAAAAAAA i love this so much

once i figure out the rest of the electronics and make the rest of my modifications ill also do a sound demo and whatnot.

BEYOND THAT THOUGH

I PLAYED A SHOW WITH THIS GUITAR AND IT DID SO WELL

unfortunately there were very few pictures and instagram doesnt screenshot well but heres a single pic i got to work

7-26-23

Okay update this is what the guitar looks like now

not sure why i didnt post this before. but this fucks now.

[seiwas]

osamu (26) falling in love with you in your early twenties and he’s literally the sexiest man every to exist ever in the universe, he makes you so so flustered he’s such a MAN AKDKALSKAKKDKS he calls u baby and darlin in the sexiest voice ever aaaaaaaa and let’s say you’ve fooled around a bit but never actually had sex with anyone and osamu takes your virginity and puts every man that came before you to shame 💗💗💗💗💗💗

nonie i—

[bratshaws]

through the hourglass 36. brb x oc

a/n: MERRY BELATED CRYSLER. I hope you guys had a wonderful time!I did. I introduced my cousins to TGM and now they are all as thirsty as I am uwu it runs in te family. ANYWAY, i hope you guys like this gift uwu CAUSE I WANTED IT TO HAPPEN AAAAAAAA

pairing: plus size!oc x rooster

warnings: pregnancy uwu,FINAL STAGES AY

goodness gracious (pls read this one to know more what this fic is about!!)

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-

Five months passed and now she’s already nine months pregnant. She looks at her reflection in the mirror, her sleeping shirt pulled up to rest at the curve of her stomach while her panties rest right below it, seeing how big she got. 

And she tried to not let the demons start warping words in her head, she could see she gained some weight and there were other stretch marks on her body but it was all for a good reason and she’s been rubbing some lotions to prevent even more from forming…she had to remember it was just a side effect for Nikki to grow healthy. She turns on her side to see more of herself, smiling while cupping her stomach with her hands like she wanted to frame it.  

She still had nausea from time to time, her cravings sometimes would get weird - like the time she had whipped cream and Doritos in the middle of the night and Rooster woke up to find her confused in the kitchen -  and she discovered how strong her daughter’s kicks were.

Not only that but they both found out that Nicole was very active while inside, she moved around a lot and her kicks reminded Beatrice of how Rooster told her he played soccer as a child. Well, there it was. But on the bright side, Nicole always liked hearing both of their voices, but especially Rooster’s whenever he was close by with his lips touching Beatrice’s belly.

-

“Do you think she can hear me already?”

Beatrice lowered the book she was reading to lay it open on her chest, smiling down at her husband who was currently on his stomach with his face really close to the curve of her belly, “I think so,she’s already twenty-seven weeks Roos, that’s around the time babies can hear more of the outside.” he gently runs his fingers against her skin, his lips pursed in a little pout, “Well, try talking to her.”

He met Beatrice’s eyes for a brief second, then focused back on the curve of her belly, pressing his lips against it, “Nikki?” he calls, “Wait does she even know her name is Nicole?” Beatrice just offered him a small grin, running her fingers through his brownish blonde strands, “It doesn’t matter, anyway, hi Nikki. I’m your daddy.” The vibration of his lips against her skin made Beatrice giggle a bit, earning an amused glance from her husband.

“It tickles.” she offers, still running her fingers through his hair, “But keep going.”

Rooster huffs out a soft laugh, holding himself upward by his folded arms on the bed, “I’m your daddy and you must already know you are inside your mommy. She’s the prettiest woman in this whole world.” cue to Beatrice’s cheeks turning bright red, “And I love her as much I’ll love you, sweetie. You’ll have so many aunts and uncles,” Beatrice nods almost exasperatedly, “And you’ll have your nonno and nonna…and Mav and Penny and-”

A kick against his lips makes him stop.

Rooster still completely, losing his voice when he feels the soft impact against his mouth, “Did you feel that?” she asks even though she already knew the answer. He leans his head back, unfolding one of his arms from under him to place it on top of her belly, right where Nicole kicked seconds before.

While she was a very active baby, Rooster never managed to feel the kicks which made him a bit disappointed thinking he was doing something wrong. Maybe it was because Nicole was a bit bigger and she could finally understand the voices from the outside, or maybe it was just because she just was waiting for the right time to connect in such a way with her father. Beatrice saw how his eyes glossed over, how they shone with tears that never fell and how his ear pressed to her stomach.

She just smiles, leaning a bit more into the pillows as her husband relishes the discovery of their daughter’s kicking, “Strong kick,huh?” he nods with his face still touching her skin, closing his eyes with a grin when Nicole kicks again, “Maybe she’ll be just as good at soccer as you were.”

“I wouldn’t put it past her.” he whispers back, almost as if he’s scared of being louder than that, scared that somehow he’d make his daughter uneasy, “Holy shit,Bea.” 

“I know.” she says, scratching her nails on the shorter part of his hair, “I know,Brad.”

He looked so happy, honestly he hasn’t stopped smiling ever since they found out about the pregnancy, but now that Nicole was kicking and being even more active, it was like a light shone from the inside, “...just a few more months then.” she nods, “And she’ll be out and about…do you think we should prepare the baby bag already?”

Beatrice narrows her eyes with amusement, “I think it’s better to wait until I’m at week thirty two, Roos.” she smiles, feeling Nicole kick again, “See? She agrees with me.”

“I’m just saying,” he was too excited to actually wait, “It’s better to just…keep it already made, right?” Beatrice gave her husband a head tilt and a small grin, something that clearly meant that while she adored his suggestion there was no point in doing that, “Hm.Okay.” and he kept his ear to her stomach, still hearing their daughter inside, “Does it hurt you?”

Beatrice lets out a sigh, trying to hold back the wince that happened seconds after he said that, “A little, it can get really strong from time to time, but you know, it’s not so bad that I lose air or I have to stop myself from moving.”

“You’ll let me know if you feel bad,right?”

Again,another adoring look towards him, “Of course I will,Roos.” she whispers, rubbing his cheekbone then sliding her fingers to his sharp jawline, “You know that, you don’t have to worry at all.”

“I just want you to be okay, gorgeous.”

“I know, handsome.” his eyes twinkled at the nickname, his cheek flexing into a smile when his lips quirked up, “I will be…now, how about you tell Nikki some of the things she’ll see when she’s out?”

–

He was the most amazing man ever, he was already so intensely worried and into fatherhood it was hard to believe Nicole was his first child. Some people were just born that way, some people just have that specific instinct, it’s in their nature and Rooster, as much as he doubted himself, is the embodiment of such.

He was just so happy, he was so excited he couldn’t stop finding stuff online, researching symptoms, figuring out how to help Beatrice whenever she was uncomfortable…and the massages. Oh Beatrice knew his hands were always good - for several reasons - but Rooster had magical hands, he managed to massage every single part of her back while she was sitting in bed and if she could lunge and kiss him she would.

Another thing she noticed was that,well, she got bigger everywhere and that included her breasts. She had to buy new ones because her old bras weren’t handling the new size of her chest and even the new ones were a bit snug against them, making the soft flesh push up whenever she wore them. It was a bit uncomfortable at first, but Rooster was clearly happy by what he saw.

It wasn’t hard to catch him staring down at her breasts while they were having breakfast together, or when they were together walking the dogs or when they were ready for bed…honestly, he was always looking appreciatively at her. She had some issues seeing her appearance sometimes and Rooster’s constant…admiration…was more than welcome. 

Speaking of the devil himself, she thought while smiling, he was coming up the stairs. The sound of his shoes hitting the steps,followed by Eleanor’s claws clicking behind him was enough of a sign. She could see him through the mirror, smiling more when his face appeared behind her, chin propped against her shoulder and lips immediately touching her neck, “Hi, gorgeous.” 

“Hi,” she whispers, turning her head to meet his lips in a kiss, “Did you have a good time at the gym?”

“Hmhm, sure did.” he smiles, kissing her cheek, “How about you, are you okay? Is Nikki acting up?”

“No,she’s behaving a lot. Maybe she knows we are going to the antenatal classes today and she’s behaving.” she looks down at her round stomach, “Isn’t that right, Nikki?”

He smiles against the skin of her neck, inhaling the sweet lavender embedded on it, “You just showered.” he whispered, “You are smelling so good.” he almost growls it out, his pelvis moving forward to grind against the plush curve of her ass, which makes Beatrice squeak out in surprise,”How long do you think the class will take?”

“About two hours, just like last time Roos.” she turns her squinted eyes towards him, arching her eyebrow, “Why? Is there something planned that I don't know about?”

Rooster smirks against her neck, kissing the already bloomed flesh, “Not really, baby.” he coos, “I’m actually just asking because,well,we gotta enjoy your maternity leave.”

Penny told Beatrice to stop working, well not stop more like she ordered Beatrice to stop,when she reached the six months mark. Beatrice was a bit uncomfortable but she could still move around, the pain on her back wasn’t so bad as it was now and she liked being useful…well, thing was, having a pregnant woman at a bar wasn’t exactly the greatest idea and while Penny understood Bea’s reasoning, she couldn’t in good conscience allow her to continue.

Beatrice smiles softly, feeling his huge hands cup either side of her stomach, “Feels weird being away from the bar.” she scrunches her nose a bit, wringing her hands, “The only time I did was when I twisted my ankle and you know…it wasn’t too much but,well.”

“You know Penny would carry you out either way or another.” he replies, kissing the side of her head, “And I know you miss it, gorgeous, but it’s for a good reason. And while I worried, and I worried a lot, I didn’t want to intrude…plus Penny had Amelia, it wasn’t like she’d lead you into danger.”

Once Beatrice’s stomach was round enough,Penny told Bea to stay in the back and to not take any tables, so that she and Shells would be able to handle them…then a few days later Penny told her to have her leave. “Yeah.I know.” she smiles, “...anyway, it’s the final consultation today and then we have to prepare for your birthday!”

Rooster hummed against her skin, “Do you want to? I mean, with Nikki and all-”

Beatrice looked back at her husband to see his eyebrows furrowing and his mustache covering his lips when he rolled them into his mouth, “Of course I do. It’ll be fine! Nikki is fine and the doctor did say she’ll be born later that week.”

Since Nikki’s birth was pretty much scheduled for the 30th, they both decided to celebrate Rooster’s birthday his was three days before. Beatrice thought it’d be exciting because her husband deserves to celebrate that, besides, with everything going smoothly as it was, she didn’t think it’d be a bad idea to have that sort of party. It was just something small, with their friends and some of her family members. “I just don’t want to leave you overworked.” he mutters, kissing the curve of her jawline, “And have you moving around too much-”

“Rooster.”

He frowns, he knew she hated when he spoke as if she was too fragile to do anything “Baby.” he retorts, “I know, I know, but let me be the worrying husband, please…promise me you’ll let the others help? And that you will sit down and enjoy the party with me?”

“Only if you promise to not wander about when I’m waddling,Roos.” she smiles, “But I promise to be careful…okay?”

He clicks his tongue against the roof of his mouth, “...okay.”

-

Nicole was a big baby. The last ultrasound before her birth showed why Beatrice’s stomach was so huge right now, Rooster couldn’t even believe how long his daughter was, even in fetal position. He held it up to his eyes, smiling and then adding to the rest of the pictures they got from part ultrasounds, “She’s a big one,Rooster.” his godfather commented from the kitchen, holding a beer out for his nephew but Rooster refused, “Easing out on the alcohol?”

“I just don’t want to get buzzed if Bea needs me.”

“You are aware you have the alcohol tolerance of a purebred horse,right?” his uncle joked, but he did put the beer bottle back into the fridge, petting Eleanor and Jack as they walked with him. The puppies were no longer puppies now, they were already full sized dogs and they were clearly bigger than Jolene was.

It was funny seeing them sleeping close to their mother and seeing how Jolene looked absolutely minuscule - for a pitbull - with them around, “How’s she?” Mav asks as he sits down next to his nephew on the couch.

Rooster looks up to where the staircase was, “She’s just resting a bit, she needs her sleep and I don’t want her walking around too much if she doesn’t need to.” he smiles, “But I’m glad you decided to drop by.”

“You haven’t shown me any other pictures of my future niece, I have to admit I was worried that you were just holding it out on me.” he chuckles, bringing the beer bottle to his lips, then licking them once he swallows, “Are you guys still throwing the birthday party?”

“Yeah. I honestly don’t think it’s necessary but…Bea wants to, she wants to celebrate my birthday with everyone and…I think after what happened I do appreciate it.” he frowns a bit, looking back at the staircase yet again, “I just don’t want-”

“I know Rooster. Jesus, you sound just like your dad.” Mav laughs, then claps his nephew’s shoulder, “Relax, Bea is a lot stronger than she appears to be…just like your mom was. When she was pregnant with you,” he whistled with his eyebrows up, “Good lord, I remember one time Carole threatened to beat Goose with a spatula if he didn’t stop coddling her so much.”

Rooster pauses, then a slow smile takes over his features, “Sounds like her.” he says, closing the mini album they had for Nicole and leaning back against the couch. He runs his hands from his chin to his scalp, interlacing his fingers behind his nape as his eyes locked on the ceiling, “...I still can’t believe it.” he whispers,”That she’s going to be born in a few days…seems like I found out about her,I don’t know, four,five days ago.”

“It did go by really fast.”

Rooster licks his lips, “...I hope it doesn’t…go by faster after she’s born.”

“Yeah,” Mav begins, “Soon enough she’ll be coming home talking about someone she liked-” Rooster groaned, “Talking about college, about her career, soon enough she’ll ask about the car keys and-”

“Alright,okay, I got it. Thank you.” Rooster holds his hands up for Mav to stop and his uncle has another short laugh break out of his throat. Bradley shakes his head with amusement, still looking up at the ceiling, “...I really want to see her though.”

“I know.”

“I was really nervous after Bea told me.”

Maverick laughs again, sipping his beer after a soft “I know.”

Rooster was lying, he still is nervous about parenthood but it was a lot worse back when he found out. He just wanted to do a good job, Bea’s pregnancy is going really well, Nicole is healthy and fine and she’ll be born a few days after his birthday! So that was alright, he could deal with the anxiety of wanting to hold his daughter in his arms for a little while and focus on his birthday party until then.

After that it was time to go to the hospital and wait until Nicole was ready. “She has Bea’s nose.” he smiles, remembering the picture he just placed inside the album, “It doesn’t show a lot yet but, it is her nose, the little button tip and everything.”he whispers, tapping his own nose for emphasis only to lean his head back with a heavy sigh, “...do you think I’ll do a good job?”

Maverick sets the bottle down, “You’ve asked me that before.”

Rooster closes his eyes with a soft furrow of his brows, shaking his head just a bit, “I know but I gotta ask again Mav. My daughter will be born in a matter of days, I need to…be sure about it.”

Maverick inhales, trying to come up with an answer that would not only calm Rooster down but make him understand there’s nothing for him to worry about. Of course that he reminded Mav so much of his father with his constant nervousness and worrying, but he was also raised by Carole who always made sure that Rooster grew up in a good environment even without his father. He knew that was why, he knew that the lack of a father figure in his life made him nervous - especially since both of them stopped talking for a long time - even if Carole raised him to be a confident man without fear.

“...Bradley.” the young pilot blinked, Mav only used his name like that when he had to be serious, so his full attention was on him, “Listen to me and listen to me well, I’ll repeat what I told you before: you will do your best with what you know how. You are a good kid, a good man, a good husband and you will be a good father. You and Bea, this whole thing is new for both of you and I know that since Nicole is almost here your doubts are just climbing up higher and higher. But…you really have to trust yourself more. Don’t think just-”

“Do.” Rooster finishes his uncle’s words, his own smile curving up and showing more teeth, before he drops his head with a gentle huffed laugh, “...Yeah, you are right.” he inhales again, looking down at his wedding band with his chest fluttering.

Mav was right, because of course he was, he had to stop thinking about it. He was about to say something but both of them heard Beatrice coming down the stairs, the paused, almost thought out steps were enough to make Rooster perk up, “Oh,hi Mav.” Beatrice smiles, holding onto the railing and on her round stomach, “Did you get here just now?”

“Actually I got here about,” he looks down at his watch, moving his leg out of the way to Rooster would pass, “Fifteen minutes ago.”

Beatrice’s face fell, “Oh.I was asleep,I’m sorry.I can make us something-”

“Baby, no,” Rooster immediately hovers his hands by her hips, Beatrice’s height towering over him because of the staircase, “You don’t have to worry, are you okay? Is everything okay?”

“...yes,Roos.” she laughs softly,”I just got hungry-”

“I can get it for you, what do you need?”

Beatrice closes her mouth, then gives him a sweet look, cupping his cheek, “I’m fine Roos. Go enjoy some time with Mav.” he still holds her hand as she goes down the stairs, the dogs all surrounding her once she steps on the first floor, “I just want some yogurt.”

“I got you some fruit ones.” he adds quickly, following Beatrice to the kitchen and ignoring his uncle’s absolutely amused look towards him, “Bananas, there’s some with strawberry - the actual fruit in it- blueberry too and raspbe-” she turns around once they are away from the door, her smile never leaving and her cheeks red.

“You,” she whispers, holding the collar of his Hawaiian shirt, tugging him closer to her face, “Are so sweet.” he smiles down at her, making Beatrice giggle and lean up to kiss him sweetly, breaking it only to press their foreheads together, “Thank you. I really appreciate it.”

“Anything for you.”

Her eyes glaze over, sniffling just a bit then cursing the hormones before she wipes her eyes, “I know.” she kisses him one more time, “But I’m fine.I’ll just have some and,” she looks down to where the dogs are, Jolene and Jack on either side of her while Eleanor - the biggest of them all honestly - stood almost between her and Rooster with her snout pressed up to Beatrice’s stomach, “I won’t be alone…okay?”

He hesitates for a second, she knew he was trying to come up with something else so he could stay and help her…but he sighed,knowing there was no other answer but ”Okay.” he smiles, slowly letting go of her hand, watching as she - so called - waddled over to the fridge, grabbing the yogurt he talked about - and left at a height she didn’t have to curve of bend to get it - for a little while.

A clear of a throat, then another, then a louder one snapped him out of his reverie, looking back to where Mav was. His uncle nodded to the couch,mouthing ‘get over here,’ and ‘she’ll be okay.’

Rooster chews his lower lip, looks at the dogs then at Bea - who’s happily eating the yogurt already - before he leaves the kitchen.