#Hamilton dedicated sketchbook

[not-ever-normal]

Starting a Hamilton dedicated sketchbook. Give me ideas! <3 (Ships allowed :) )

[hiddenreamers]

Bastille - Ampersand [themed fics]

Being the huge Bastille fan that I am, I thought that Ampersand album deserves its set of themed fics. As all wonderful albums do (for Bastille, it's all of them).

As we make our way through the 14 tracks, each one of them will be dedicated to a separate short story (between 500 and 1k words) involving a Formula 1 driver and most importantly - you. In those stories, you will read about your friends, your lovers and your traitors. There will be joy of new beginnings but sadness of inevitable endings will follow us, too.

So take a walk with me through these lives, will you?

Intros & Narrators -> Lewis Hamilton

Synopsis: When insecurity clouds your mind again, Lewis is there to remind you that your self-doubt is an unreliable narrator.

Eve & Paradise Lost -> Charles Leclerc

Synopsis: Both of you knew it was wrong to continue the affair - you're married to another man, after all. When the news breaks out, you commit one last act of love for Charles and spin the story that you are solely responsible for the scandal. You will always take the fall for it but you both ate the fruit.

Emily & Her Penthouse In The Sky -> Carlos Sainz

Synopsis: Ever since the two of you got together, Carlos noticed your peculiar habit. Sometimes you'd be sitting, lost in thought. Then, you'd take out a sketchbook, scribble something and put it away. Thinking it's something like a diary, he never asked. Until curiosity got the best of him and you finally showed Carlos your penthouse in the sky.

Blue Sky & The Painter -> Oscar Piastri

Synopsis: After countless almost-kisses with you, Oscar is being eaten alive by the uncertainty of your feelings. The resolution to his dilemma comes under the guise of Lando's party and in the words of the host himself: "It's about damn time".

Leonard & Marianne -> Lando Norris

Synopsis: He knows you're better off on his own. As much love as he can give you, it will never make up for the fact that he's no good for you. There's a beautiful stranger sleeping beside him but in his head, he's miles away. Even though he's dreaming of the days with you, he hopes you never take him back again.

Marie & Polonium -> Max Verstappen

Synopsis: Sitting at the top isn't quite what he's been imagining. People love him, hate him and always seem to know better what he should be doing - that includes his love life. Maybe all the keyboard warriors are correct and you are, in fact, turning Max soft but the man himself will always choose to love you deeper, even if it kills him.

Red Wine & Wilde -> Carlos Sainz

Synopsis: For you, it's nothing beyond sex without commitment. For Carlos, however, it's a few hours with the love of his life. Each time, he convinces you to stay a little longer and make mistakes until the daylight. After all, nothing's real after midnight.

Seasons & Narcissus -> Daniel Ricciardo

Synopsis: He's no stranger to love and infatuation. But Daniel has to admit to himself that with you, it's not exactly what he's used to. This greedy, selfish love... Is this real love he's falling in?

Drawbridge & The Baroness -> Lewis Hamilton

Synopsis: He knows he shouldn't have gone back to the hotel with that other woman. Lewis also knows you're hard-headed and there is no way he can talk his way out of this one. Still, he's sitting at the foot of your bedroom door, waiting for a chance that might never come because we all do stupid shit for love.

The Soprano & Midnight Wonderings -> Oscar Piastri

Synopsis: When he can't sleep, Oscar ponders the could-have-been. You're happier now, aren't you? That's what all your friends say. Now that you're away from the limelight of being a "WAG", you have exactly what you wanted. Still, he can't help but think about the things we lose too soon.

Essie & Paul -> Max Verstappen

Synopsis: You're an engineer on his racing team so if your relationship is ever made public, you could lose your job. Max can provide for you but it's not the money that haunts you - it's the love for the craft. He's not one for sneaking around but if it's gonna make you happy, then that's what he needs.

Mademoiselle & The Nunnery Blaze -> Charles Leclerc

Synopsis: Considering your family's position, your relationship with Charles would be a social faux pas of a previously unknown level. Nevertheless, you find your lover across the room. Staring into his eyes, you can almost hear him say "Ma amour, say the word and I will go with you anywhere".

Zheng Yi Sao & Questions For Her -> Daniel Ricciardo

Synopsis: Retirement looks great on him and, surprisingly, he's not as gutted as one might expect. You think it's quite impressive, actually. He's survived highs and lows, and when the time came, he left with grace and a smile on his face. Daniel might let you in on his little secret when you ask him how did he do it.

Telegraph Road 1977 & 2024 -> Lando Norris

Synopsis: For Lando, the words "first love" just make him think of his childhood neighbour. Then, his heart breaks a little when he remembers she's somewhere in San Francisco. How surprised he is when it turns out you're much closer - in an apartment across the hall. Lando couldn't be more grateful for the strange mysteries that led you to this doorway.

After posting, each fic will be linked here, so save this post as a shortcut!

[arcanejayvik]

jayvik au ideas!!! (i know many if not all of these have been done before but i wanted to throw out some new ideas and specifics!!)

soulmate au: jayce and viktor are perhaps the only soul bonded couple to take 10 years to figure it out despite spending most of their time together since they met.

artist bfs au: jayce specializes in the fine arts and paints lots of portraits of viktor on canvas. he paints so many that viktor makes him hide most of them in his closet because he's embarrassed to see his face everywhere. it's bad enough that jayce has a sketchbook dedicated to studies of his face. viktor specializes in digital design and architecture and they both help each other out with assignments because they bring such different views and talents to the table.

coffee shop/university/academy au: jayce is the cute barista at the university cafe that viktor has secretly had a crush on for months, now. little does he know that this next semester, jayce is in his quantum computing class. this does not help his crush whatsoever.

medieval sentinel au: sentinel!jayce runs away and house giopara sends a bounty hunter to retrieve him so he can be forcefully bonded for a political alliance. guide!viktor helps him out of a sticky situation and teaches him how to survive as an ignorant noble in a world of people who care less for the innocent being murdered in the streets than they do for propriety. fortunately, jayce has viktor to ground him when things go awry. (can u tell im thinking of writing this one hehe)

hamilton au: why do you write like tomorrow won't arrive? why do you write like you need it to survive? (he will never be satisfied)

modern day scientists au: jayce and viktor are working together at the large hadron collider as fellow particle physicists on a project that both of their establishments are funding!! they have to learn to work together and reconcile their methods of testing for the limited time that they have with the facility, cue them locking themselves in a lab and running numbers together virtually for a month before the actual meeting.

tbc im sure. lol

[love-takes-work]

Steven Universe Podcast: Volume 2, Episode 5: Connie

In the second season of the Steven Universe Podcast, episode 5, released February 22, 2018, is about Connie! The official description:

We're spotlighting Steven Universe's best-friend, Connie, on the Steven Universe Podcast! Grace Rolek, who voices Connie, and Zach Callison, the voice of Steven, talk about their characters' friendship, and recent struggles on the series. And creator Rebecca Sugar and former EP Ian Jones-Quartey explain Connie's sword, her relationship with the Gems, and the yin & yang that dictate Connie and Steven's respective designs and personalities. Plus, Connie drops in to talk about school, Stevonnie, and her fabulous new haircut!

As per usual, the podcast is on the long side, so I'll open with bulleted highlights and include a more detailed narrative under the cut.

Highlights:

Connie has been planned as a character since the beginning; drawings of her are included in Rebecca's original sketchbook.

Connie is designed as a foil for Steven, with each of them possessing traits the other lacks so they can fit together smoothly.

Associating Rose's sword with Connie early on was a deliberate decision; they always wanted her to be the sword of the relationship, complement to Steven's shield.

The Gems treat Connie better than any other human and respect her as a member of the team.

The Gems talk to Connie's parents outside what we see on the show; they've been communicating with the Maheswarans a lot more since Connie decided to be upfront with them about her involvement with Steven.

The Cool Kids are partially based on Rebecca's college experiences when she joined a band. She was pseudonymously known as Rebecca Murder.

Lapis and Peridot making art in the barn was based on Rebecca's band member friends using a barn for their art.

Nanefua as Dewey's opponent was planned very early too. They always made sure to include her as a critical voice in the crowd when the town was gathering to react to his speeches.

The boardie character who's designed to look like Ian Jones-Quartey was originally going to be a pizza merchant named Everett, but they went from having a Pizza Man based on him to having a Pizza Family based on Ian's family. 

There was also a boardie named Baby originally, and some ideas associated with him got rolled into Fryman family characters, especially Ronaldo.

Ian Jones-Quartey says if you are a fan of Steven Universe and you haven't read the book Keep Beach City Weird, you're doing yourself a disservice.

Grace Rolek and Zach Callison both felt that the Connie/Steven angst from "Dewey Wins" to "Kevin Party" carried an authentic sense of what it's like to have relationship drama. Both invoked their own breakups which were reminiscent of some aspects of those interactions.

Grace and Zach are pleased to be past their "teenage angst" phase now that they're both twenty. They’re glad to have just regular angst now.

Grace thinks Connie cut her hair to help move past the need to define herself entirely through her relationship with Steven; she needed a change and some definition as her own person.

Grace, in character as Connie, says her favorite subject in school is science so she might study gems when she grows up, she'd love to go on another adventure with the Crystal Temps as long as she doesn't have to imitate Steven, and being in a Fusion is weird but awesome--and she'd be Stevonnie's left arm because she's left-handed.

Next week: Lapis!

The detailed summary, including Rebecca and Ian discussing Connie’s characteristics and character design; discussions of early boardie character concepts; Grace and Zach discussing Connie's relationship with Steven and recent developments; and fan questions answered in character . . .

Read it all below!

Rebecca Sugar and Ian Jones-Quartey:

McKenzie begins by presenting a discussion of Connie and the humans of Beach City, also known as the boardies. Ian opens with a complaint that the term "boardies" doesn't seem to be catching on with fans even though they've been termed that in the show. He doesn't know why some fans like to call them "townies."

McKenzie asks how early Connie was conceived for the show, and both guests say she has been part of the show since the beginning. When McKenzie asks whether Connie was always intended to eventually join Steven's battles as a participant, Ian says they had always intended a group of humans to have various relationships with the Gems--either on the outskirts as background characters, as interested parties, or as participants in their activities. These ideas for different characters were distilled into one in many cases, and Connie absorbed a bunch of their intentions for heavily involved human characters.

Rebecca says Connie's character design was intentionally a complement to Steven's, right down to their faces fitting together like puzzle pieces. Connie is reasonable and down to earth, while Steven is whimsical and magical, with both of them being attracted to what the other represents.

Together, Connie and Steven make the "ultimate person," which is why Stevonnie works so well as a wielder of the sword and shield. Associating Connie with the sword very early on was intentional; way back in "Lion 2: The Movie," Rose's sword's first appearance was deliberately done during a Connie episode so she could be there to help Steven use it against the Robot Shooty Thing.

McKenzie prompts Ian and Rebecca to discuss Connie's relationship with the other Gems besides Steven. Rebecca immediately brings up one of the first times all of them interact with her, in the beginning of "Lion 2: The Movie" when they warp in standing in cool poses. (That was a Jeff Liu drawing.) They really wanted to help Steven have a friend, enhancing his cool life to draw Connie in, even if they're not completely sure how to do that. Ian says they actually treat Connie better than they treat any other human. She's a full-on member of the team as Steven's best friend, fusion partner, and dedicated combatant, so she gets special treatment.

Rebecca comments that since Connie opened up to her parents about her role on the team, the Gems have actually been in more communication with Connie's parents about it, which we don't see onscreen because the perspective of the show is tied to Steven. Rebecca and Ian say it's implied pretty strongly in "Gem Hunt" that Pearl knows Connie's parents' rules. Ian thinks the conversations between Pearl and Priyanka would be "pretty boring." And Garnet, as shown in "Mindful Education," now respects Connie, Steven, and Stevonnie (each as their own person) in a more mature, "equal" way than she used to when it was more about just protecting them.

McKenzie brings up changes with the other boardies (naming Mayor Dewey and Lars and Sadie), asking Ian and Rebecca to comment on why they decided to introduce so many changes to their lives. Sadie was shown in "Sadie's Song" wanting to make changes in her life, and now in the latest episodes she's evolving to find out who she is without Lars to rely on. She thought no one really wanted to be friends with her, but although she had Lars around, she was discontent with who she was and thought nobody who was actually cool would accept her. 

The Cool Kids are said to genuinely like Lars. Sadie's experience in the band with them is based partially on Rebecca joining a band in college. They called her "Rebecca Murder." And after Rebecca left to work on her animation career, those band members began making art in a barn, inspiring what Peridot and Lapis did there.

Ian says Mayor Dewey's loss to Nanefua as mayor was planned early too; they always made sure to stick Nanefua into crowd scenes where Dewey was getting criticized. Rebecca reminds us that Nanefua is based on Ian's grandmother. 

And Ian brings up the voiceless character that's supposed to be him on the show--that he keeps getting prominently drawn in the crowd ever since he left the show. He was originally a pizza man they think was named Everett, but that idea blossomed into the Pizza family based largely on Ian's family members. 

They also discuss another character that didn't get used--a scooter-riding character named Baby who threw cans of soda at people. (??) They think he kind of thought of himself as an action hero but may have morphed into the Fryman family. (Ronaldo got some of his traits, as he's interested in the Gems.) The Keep Beach City Weird book comes up and Ian says you should read it if you're a fan of the show. (McKenzie admits that she hasn't read it. Author’s note: It’s great, I reviewed it.) They bring up the blog that the writers would use for extra-canon material, expertly timing posts to line up with the show's airing of related episodes. (Koala Princess was first mentioned on Ronaldo's blog and later was incorporated into the show.) McKenzie wishes she could know more about the concept characters like Baby.

Grace Rolek and Zach Callison:

In the wake of so many changes--Dewey stepping down, Sadie quitting the Big Donut, Lapis leaving--McKenzie prompts Grace to comment. Grace thinks there's a huge shift happening; unlike most cartoons where most elements stay the same, Beach City is moving on to a new era. (Zach starts singing a line from a Hamilton song: "The world will never be the same!") Zach thinks even though Steven and Connie have reconciled, there's still the unsolved murder mystery and there's no going back to the status quo. McKenzie thinks it's huge that Sadie left her job, considering the literal first scene of the show is Steven inside the Big Donut with her comforting him about Cookie Cats. (Grace also quotes Hamilton, saying "The world's turned upside down.")

When McKenzie asks Grace to discuss how she can bring authenticity to the story as it's changing, she says she's changed a lot herself from age 15 to age 20 on the show, so she's gotten life experience as the characters have and can relate more readily. She can pulled from her own experiences with, say, breakups, to filter those emotions into giving voice to Connie in her struggles with Steven. Zach comments that Grace was not there during his recording for "Kevin Party," and he remembers having a personal emotional reaction in response to the dialogue. (He later returns to this to express that it was where Kevin was giving Steven terrible advice; he had that happen to him too.) 

Grace says good writing really helps connection on a personal level; it automatically feels authentic. Grace adds that even though she's never fought Gem monsters or had a magical best friend, she still knows on some level what it's like to go through what Connie does in those moments because the writers build them on realistic emotional experiences.

McKenzie says she thinks Steven's emotional misfire at the beginning of "Dewey Wins" was very unlike him, and asks for the actors' comments on whether they think Steven was genuinely confused about Connie's reaction or whether he was suppressing something. Zach thinks Steven probably got it subconsciously, but was just confused about everything at the time. Grace thinks Connie just felt terrified about having faced the idea of not seeing Steven ever again and then when he returned he was so flippant about their pact, which she had invested so much into even if her ability to help might have been limited in that situation. 

Zach points out that anything bad that happened to him at age 14 was the end of the world. Zach and Grace joke about how nice it is to say "when I was a teenager" now that they're past that into their twenties. (Their birthdays are two weeks apart.) Grace says she just has normal angst now instead of teenage angst.

McKenzie brings up "Gemcation" and Steven's embarrassment to admit that he'd had a fight with Connie, worrying that they would side with her. What do Zach and Grace think of Steven's atypical reticence? Zach thinks Steven fears the Gems' reaction would be to be angry like Connie because he must deserve that treatment. When McKenzie suggests it would've been simpler to just leave and never come back to face it, Zach says that's the darkest timeline and jokes that Steven would join the Diamond Authority. This AU definitely exists.

The next subject is Connie's hair. Grace is asked to comment, and she remembers seeing it in the boards and asking about it, with Rebecca confirming that Connie had gone through a redesign. 

Grace says it's a common cliché to change your hair when you go through a relationship change, but there's truth in it. She thinks Connie's come so far from Season 1, from thinking she's going to die friendless to showing up at a cool party with a Lion and a new haircut, chatting with strangers. Grace thinks she may have changed her hair to help deal with moving forward, and although her relationship with Steven is very important to her, she needs to invest in her personal growth independently from having a magical best friend. Grace mentions feeling sort of bad for Kevin for the first time in that episode, despite his history of being unsympathetic. McKenzie thinks his past with having an ex he lost helped humanize him. They agree he deserves some sympathetic treatment but that he's still a jerk, and they joke about a redemption arc for him in which he'd have to sing and join the Crystal Gems.

Connie answers questions:

McKenzie: What do you want to be when you grow up?

Connie: Oh, I have no idea. Right now my favorite subject in school is science, so I'd love to do something with that, I think, learning and investigating the world is super interesting. Maybe I could study gems for a living.

McKenzie: Would you consider going on another adventure with the Crystal Temps?

Connie: I'd love to! I just hope they don't make me imitate Steven again. That was kind of weird. If we could just be our own people while doing an adventure, that'd be fun!

McKenzie: What's it like to be in a Fusion?

Connie: It's super weird but it's awesome. I mean, it's crazy, I get to share a mind with Steven.

McKenzie: Yeah?

Connie: Yeah, it's like, half of me is controlling half a brain and half a body, but at the same time it's just one person.

McKenzie: Is it like divided down the middle? Do you have like the right arm?

Connie: I guess. I mean, I'm left-handed, so it'd be the left arm.

McKenzie: Why did you cut your hair? Which by the way looks amazing.

Connie: Thank you! I think I just needed a change. I feel like, I'm growing up, and I've had this long hair for a real long time, and I wanted to assert a new side of my personality.

McKenzie: It's an image change, you gotta shake things up!

Connie: Exactly. I've had this long hair for a while now, and now this cute short hair, it's a cute chic new look.

McKenzie: What kind of podcast would you have if you had a podcast?

Connie: I would LOVE to have a podcast because I just love to talk about all sorts of things that interest me. It would be cool if Steven and I could get together and talk about all sorts of stuff. Maybe we could interview the Gems or interview people about--or I'd love to talk about all sorts of issues in the world today. I love to talk about the real stuff. Current events. And also pop culture, too, I think, books, television, movies, analyzing it all.

McKenzie: That sounds like an amazing podcast.

Connie: Thanks. I mean I certainly love talking to you on this one!

Next week: LAPIS!

[Archive of Steven Universe Podcast Summaries]

[my-dear-hammy]

Sketches: Part Two: Burrmads

Masterpost

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Warnings: Sideline Jamilton. Hints toward smut.

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Madison returned home just before five in the evening to find the apartment absolutely trashed. The couch was knocked on it's back and had tears in the cushions. Several broken lamps, the table was beyond repair. He wasn't even going to mention the stains. To say the least, he was disgusted. He went into the kitchen and found it only got worse. He filled a pitcher with ice cold water before walking into Jefferson's room where both Hamilton and Jefferson were sleeping, completely naked and tucked carefully in each other's arms. For anyone else, it might have been an endearing sight. For Madison, well, he dumped half the pitcher on Jefferson's face, causing him to sputter awake and in turn, Hamilton as well. Jefferson shot up and Hamilton rolled onto the floor with a thud and a groan. "James!? What was that for?" Thomas demanded, wincing at his own voice, no doubt his head currently had a jackhammer pounding at his skull for each shot he took.

"The apartment is completely and utterly destroyed. I don't want to know exactly what you two did to get it that way, but you have two days to get it completely cleaned up. Everything. I want it spotless. Spotless. And while you're at it, repaint the living room."

"Don't talk so loud," Jefferson winced. "You're being mean, Jemmy. It can't be that bad."

James poured the rest of his ice water right between Jefferson's legs, making him shriek and Hamilton cringe on the floor, trying to muffle the noise with his hands. "Two days, and the walls better be a warm grey and not some shit color." Madison dropped the pitcher on Hamilton, turned, and walked out of the room for his instead, thankful to find that it, luckily, was untouched. He threw a suitcase open on the bed and soon full of a couple sets of clothes, bathroom essentials, some books, and James' art kit. As he finished packing, James pressed his phone to his ear, waiting for the person to pick up.

"Hello?" asked a groggy voice.

"Aaron. It's me, James."

The voice was instantly awake. "James! Wait, how did you get my number?"

"I stole it from Hamilton's phone about five minutes ago. Can I ask you a favor?"

"Sure. Whatever you need."

"Can I stay at your place for a few days? Two or three? Mine is totally trashed."

Madison could almost feel the cringe on the other side of the line as Burr imagined exactly why Madison's apartment was trashed. "Of course you can stay here."

"Thanks, I highly appreciate it. I'll be there in half an hour or so."

Burr said goodbye and hung up his phone, relief spreading through his chest as he flopped back down on the couch. He had no idea what to think when Madison just left the way he did earlier, with no word to Burr at all except a note taped to his face telling him he went home. For all Burr knew, Madison was upset to wake up and find Burr holding him the way he was. Maybe he was but his anger at Jefferson overrode his anger at Burr, he didn't know. Guess he'd find out when Madison got there. Of course, Burr was going to need to make a grocery run now. Or maybe they could just eat out. That sounded like the better option.

Burr laid there for another ten minutes before getting up and straightening everything in the apartment out, not that much had changed since Madison left. In fact, nothing had. Burr had just been lying on the couch, staring at the ceiling, contemplating the possible reasons behind Madison's departure until James called. He washed the cups they had used and started on dinner with what ingredients he had. Madison slept all day, so he probably didn't have dinner. Or breakfast.

Madison knocked on the door a little while later, Burr rushing over to let him in, before walking back to the kitchen, dinner still cooking. "Oh, that smells wonderful," James said, kicking off his shoes and setting his suitcase down for a moment.

"Yes, I'm making dinner, I hope you're hungry."

"Famished."

"Wonderful, go ahead and set your stuff in your room if you want, it's almost ready."

James did just that, opening up his suitcase to pull out his art supplies, settling on the couch to start the piece that he had promised Burr last night. He had his real sketchbook now and his special pencils. Burr called him over a few minutes later, setting dinner down on the table. James closed his sketchbook and tucked it into the couch, paranoid about it getting looked through, and walked over to where Burr had dinner set. "You really didn't have to go through all this trouble," James said, taking a seat. "Letting me stay here is a big enough favor."

"I seem to recall you saying you wanted to be paid in food. Maybe this is me paying you."

"You're missing the wine and tea. Chocolate is also acceptable," James replied, loading up his plate.

"I'll keep that in mind," Burr chuckled.

Madison finished eating first so he walked over to the couch to fetch his sketchbook and returned to the table, curling up in the chair, because he was small enough to do that. Burr watched as James inspected what he had drawn so far, decided it wasn't right, and erased the whole thing. Burr set about cleaning up and Madison paused to help him.

A moment later, James scooped up his sketchbook and settled into the chair Burr had been using earlier as Burr settled into the couch. "Would you like to watch something?" Burr asked.

"Sure," Madison answered, glancing over at Burr before trying to start his sketch again, deciding it wasn't right, and erasing again. This is by far the hardest thing he's ever had to draw.

"What do you feel like?" Burr asked, scrolling through Netflix.

"Absolutely anything," James murmured, focused on trying to figure out exactly what to draw. He kept changing ideas every three seconds.

"That was absolutely no help," Burr stated, closing his eyes and choosing something randomly, then he set the controller aside and sprawled out on the couch, glancing over to James every now and then as he sketched and erased, eventually sighing and setting it aside, turning his attention to the movie.

"Is it just me or is it cold in here?" James asked.

"Do you want me to get you a blanket?" Burr asked, looking over at him.

"No, that's okay," James said, getting up and lying down with Burr. "This works just fine."

Burr blushed heavily as James cuddled into him, stealing his warmth, gingerly wrapping an arm around him and tugging him a little closer, curling his body around the smaller man's, the movie completely forgotten. James tucked his head into Burr's chest, breathing in his scent. There was no way Madison was going to be able to sleep, he slept all slept all day, but he could easily just lie there for a few hours. Which is exactly what they did, relaxing into each other. Burr watched Madison for a little bit before closing his eyes and just soaking in the moment, enjoying feeling Madison in his arms.

Eventually, Madison looked up and studied Burr's soft features, the way he seemed so unguarded. Burr, unlike Madison, hadn't slept all day, and the warmth of lying there with Madison had lured him into a peaceful slumber. James smiled softly and pulled out of his arms and returned to his chair where he picked up his sketchbook again and set to work.

First was the outline, the way the body laid and conformed to the couch. Which way the head was turned and how the arms had been wrapped around Madison earlier. Then came the shape of the body around the position. How the skin stretched across Burr's defined forearms and cheekbones. How the two different sets of limbs intertwined easily, resting against each other. The flow of the clothes over their bodies. After that, James concentrated on the face, he had to somehow capture the relaxed stillness. The warmth and contented peace that hung around the entire thing.

An hour or so passed as Madison worked before Burr finally stirred. James looked up and stuffed his sketchbook away, smiling softly over at the groggy man. "James?" Burr questioned, looking for him since he wasn't on the couch anymore.

"Right here," Madison answered.

Burr looked over at him. "What're you doing over there?"

"Umm, sitting?"

Burr sat up and rubbed his face. "You know, you've shot my sleep schedule to hell."

James smirked, "Glad to be of assistance."

"So now what? It's about midnight, you and I are both awake and everything in town is probably closed. How do you normally pass the time?"

"Usually? I read, draw, or work. I don't really do much else, I'm afraid I'm rather uninteresting."

Burr got up and pulled Madison from his chair, pressing his body against him, "I wouldn't say uninteresting, I'd say astoundingly dedicated." Burr smiled as he watched Madison's face heat, sliding his hands to hold his waist. "You're a very beautiful person, James." If James wasn't red before, he certainly was now. Burr's eyes flickered down to his lips and back up. "Would you like to go on a date with me?"

"A date?" Madison asked, trying to calm his nerves while keeping an impossibly neutral expression.

"Yeah. You, me, a restaurant somewhere, food, wine. Some slightly awkward conversation. A date. Say no if you want, but either way we'll have to eat out tomorrow, I don't really have any food to make. Tonight's dinner was the last of it."

James smiled up at him. "A date then. And I expect to be swept off my feet."

Burr grinned. "I can do that right now."

"What-" Burr scooped James up bridal style as he shouted in surprise. "What the hell, Aaron?"

Burr laughed as he carried James into the kitchen and set him down on the counter, grinning up at him. "Look, you're taller than me now."

"Fuck off. What was the point of that?"

Burr shrugged. "Because I could, and because I'm going to make tea since there's not much else to do after midnight and I wanted your pleasant conversation." Burr filled a kettle and set it on the stove.

"How about another movie?" James suggested.

"If we watch another movie and you cuddle up against me like you did the last time, I will start kissing you and I'm fairly certain that's not supposed to happen until the first date. Isn't it some sort of code?"

James rolled his eyes. "Do you follow codes for everything? Date codes? Kissing codes? Eating codes?"

"Sex codes," Burr suggested.

"I'm almost certain there's something wrong with you," James said, pulling Burr over and wrapping his legs around his waist. "Let's watch Pirates of the Caribbean and when Elizabeth yells to hang the code, you can hang yours and kiss me. How's that sound?"

"Absolutely delightful. But I don't think I could last that long. That's at the end of the movie. I'd give it about half an hour at most."

James rolled his eyes. "So weak willed. Fine, no movie. I'll just go to bed."

"How could you possibly go to bed? You slept all day."

"I can sleep whenever, wherever. Don't doubt me."

The kettle started whistling and Burr took it off the stove. "After I've gone through all this trouble to make you tea?" he asked as he poured two cups and handed it to Madison who raised it to his mouth and blew the hot steam away.

"I shall enjoy this laboriously made tea. And then go to bed."

Burr chuckled as Madison slid off the counter and went back to the chair where he curled up and pulled out his sketchbook, waiting for his tea to cool to drinking temperature. Burr fetched himself a book and sat back down on the couch, looking up to watch Madison work every now and then. One time when he looked up, he made eye contact with James when he looked up to study Burr's face, still trying to get it right in the drawing. After what seemed like an eternity, James looked back down to his drawing and Burr went back to his book, much more curious about what exactly James was drawing.

Madison eventually started on his tea. When you're an artist, tea either goes extremely fast or extremely slow. Tonight, it was slow , as Madison was distracted by his constant sketching. He finally set his pencil aside and examined the drawing, with a small nod, he put his pencil away and took a long drink of tea before pulling out a different utensil and his high quality colored pencils. All the changes in drawing tools made Burr's curiosity grow all the more, he had no idea there were so many tools for just drawing. "Can I have a quick look?"

"Absolutely not."

"Why not?"

"Because it's not finished."

"So?"

"So you're lucky I'm drawing it for you at all. Be patient."

"Alright." Burr went back to his book.

An hour passed and Madison went to take another drink of his tea, only to find it cold. "How disappointing."

Burr looked up, "What is it?"

Madison looked forlornly at his cup. "My tea is cold."

"Do you want me to heat it up?"

"No, that's alright," James replied, closing his sketchbook and packing up his pencils. "I'm going to go to bed. You should too, if you want your sleep schedule to fix."

"There's no way I'll be able to sleep now," Burr replied.

"Okay. Stay here then. I'm stealing your bed."

"Wait what?"

"You're not using it tonight so I'll use it. It smells like you." James disappeared into the back of the house. "If you decide you want to sleep after all, just kick me out," he called back. James found the pair of pajamas he borrowed from Burr earlier and pulled them on before sinking beneath the covers of Burr's bed and letting sleep carry him away.

Burr sat on the couch in surprise. Did Madison really just climb into his bed? Burr didn't think that would happen for at least three more dates. But now the image of the small man curled up between Burr's sheets, clutching onto one of his pillows just would not go away. Now if he were decked out in Burr's pajamas again...oh dear lord. Burr was off the couch and walking into his room a moment later, quickly stripping himself of his clothes, all the way down to his boxers, and climbing in next to James.

"Is this me getting kicked out?" James mumbled.

"No, stay right there," Burr said quietly, pulling the blankets up and wrapping an arm around Madison, tugging him closer.

"What are you doing?" James asked.

"Do you want me to stop?"

James sat up and threw the covers off of him. "I think I'll sleep in my own bed," he said, slipping out and leaving the room.

Goddamnit Burr, do you have to be so stupid? Things were going so well but you just had to push it. Sure, they'd been cuddling on the couch, sleeping on it even, but apparently doing the same thing but just in a bed was a bit too much. God fucking dammit.

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Suddenly debating making this a series

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