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topsyturvy-turtely · 2 months ago

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my grandma passed away today.

it was a very sad day... 😔💔 and at some point i had to think of this little ficlet. i'd be so grateful if you could give it some love. do not forget A Cat Has Nine Lives. ❤️‍🩹

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@totallysilvergirl @lisbeth-kk @inevitably-johnlocked @gaylilsherlock @helloliriels

june challenge - day 7

[see also: day 1, day 2, day 3, day 4, day 5, day 6.

be warned: you will kinda hate me but kinda love me after reading this. i'm sorry for playing with your feelings. oh, and johnlock isn't a couple in this...]

7. a death of someone close

the first time it happened mrs. hudson came up the stairs, kind of shaky. john immediately jumped up: "mrs. hudson!" and helped his landlady to the couch. "what is wrong?"

the sweet lady waved it off: "it's probably nothing, dea- oh!", she held her hand to her head.

"headaches. since when have you had them, mrs. hudson?", john was in doctor mode.

"a week. but john- they feel different."

"i'm sure it's nothing to worry about. i'll give you some ibuprofen and if you need something else, please don't hesitate to call, alright?"

"thank you john, darling."

"anytime, hudders."

***

the next time rosie ran up the stairs to get her father. "daddy! daddy! granny is sick!"

john and sherlock looked up with concern.

"it's alright, sweetie. i'm coming.", john said his voice soothing, but his eyebrows were furrowed. he bent down to his daughter and stroked her hair. "stay with sherlock in the meantime, okay?"

john sent a questioning look towards sherlock, who nodded and turned to the six year old with a smile.

"oh john, i am so sorry to have scared sweet rosie like that but i- i don't feel well."

as if on cue mrs. hudson clasped her hand to her mouth and looked at him in shock.

"okay, let's get you to the bathroom, hm?", john said, already leading her there.

***

the incident that happened next was where john was getting seriously concerned. the doctor was thankful rosie was at school.

mrs. hudson of course refused to settle down. instead she came upstairs to bring her boys biscuits. she was just about to put the tray down, when it happened: her whole body stiffened up, dropping the tray, shaking, and falling to the floor. a seizure. john and sherlock had no chance softening her fall.

"jesus! sherlock call 999. now!"

sherlock was frozen for a second, looking in shock at his landlady.

"sherlock! NOW!"

finally sherlock moved and john could focus on first aid.

***

later at the hospital john and sherlock sat across the doctor.

"i am very sorry to tell you, gentlemen, but your houseke-"

"landlady.", sherlock interrupted. he hadn't said anything up til now.

"right. sorry, your landlady... has a brain tumor. it spread already. we'll start the treatment tomorrow but-"

"survival chances are slim." john finished. he wasn't sitting. he paced up and down the office. and glanced at his watch merely by accident.

"shit, sherlock- i'll have to get rosie... will you be o-"

"of course, john. go pick up the little one."

***

"where is granny, daddy?", the little girl asked. mrs. hudson usually picked her up every other day. today it was supposed to be her.

"she... she is not doing well, sweetheart.", john's heart broke at seeing rosie's big concerned eyes.

"she is at the hospital right now.", might as well get it over with, john thought bitterly.

rosie stopped walking, still holding his daughter's hand, john was forced to stop as well.

"but granny will be okay, right, dad?"

everything inside of john wanted to say but of course, darling. she will come back as well as ever. but john didn't wanna lie. so he just stroked his daughter's cheek and quietly said. "i don't know, rosamund." he averted his eyes, looking at the pavement. "i don't know."

***

later that night - john had finally managed to get rosie to bed - he wanted to settle down and talk to sherlock. about mrs. hudson.

but sherlock just picked up his violin, facing the window and started playing. it was a very sad melody.

***

mrs. hudson was treated with radiation therapy. every day john, sherlock and rosie came to visit her. some days it was just john and rosie. some days it was just sherlock. sometimes it was just the two men. and once it was sherlock and the little girl.

mrs. hudson looked bad. she was losing her hair and was the skinniest she has ever been. all three of mrs. hudson's darlings were very worried.

***

one visit - it was all three of them - it happened. the machines started peeping, john screamed at sherlock to get a doctor, rosie started crying. the doctors and nurses rushed into the room and ordered the trio to get out of the room.

two hours later they heard the bad news. mrs hudson had passed away.

without another word sherlock stomped out of the hospital. john held his head high and clenched and unclenched his fists. rosie was scared and at some point started crying uncontrollably. john tried everything but wasn't able to calm her.

***

the funeral was on a sunny day. the priest said something along the lines that mrs. hudson smiled at them through the sun. people in black cried for their loss, smiled because of beautiful memories, looked serious in condolences.

ever since the sweet old lady was gone, sherlock has eaten even less than he usually did, rosie has cried herself to sleep every night and john tried to keep himself together, while silently breaking apart himself. the family of four was torn apart, hanging on thin threads.

***

one night rosie wouldn't fall asleep, no matter what john did. it didn't help reading her a good night story, making her a hot chocolate or covering her in stuffed animals. the poor girl was still cring her eyes out.

"sweetheart, what else can i do for you? do you want me to lay down next to you until you fall asleep?"

rosie wiped her nose in a tissue and nodded. her eyes were red and swollen from crying. john's heart ached at that sight. the doctor was just about to get comfortable on her bed when rosie took her thumb out of her mouth (she unfortunately had started thumb-sucking again) to say: "i want lock, too.

"sherlock? you want sherlock up here too?", john asked incredulously.

the little girl nodded. for a second john just stared at his daughter. then he got up and kissed the top of her head. "i'll be right back, sweetie."

downstairs sherlock was lost in his mind palace. john indecisively stood in the doorway. should he really ask him to join him comfort rosie? but then he thought of his daughter's heartrending sobs and his parental instincts took over.

"sherlock? can you..", john cleared his throat. "would you come upstairs? rosie needs you."

sherlock opened his eyes, his hands still steepled under his chin. john was sure the detective would decline, when sherlock unwrapped his legs and walked towards john. he walked by him, letting his hand brush against john's inner forearm. "come on. she needs both of us.", sherlock whispered.

and john followed his flat mate up to his room.

the room was getting decisively too small for john and his daugther. they have had two beds, since rosie was five, but john wouldn't say no to a bit of privacy.

when the two men came upstairs, rosie had buried her head into her pillow and started crying again.

"hey, flower. it's me. sherlock.", upon hearing the familiar baritone rosie stuck her head out of her blankets and smiled weakly through a blur of tears. john's heart tightened. his daughter loved and adored sherlock. it was amazing, but it hurt too...

the tall man kneeled down beside her bed and searched for her hand. john sat down beside him. "want me to tell you a story?", sherlock asked his flower. the girl nodded.

sherlock shuffled a bit to get comfortable and then started talking: "once upon a time there was a...", sherlock looked at john quickly, nodded and continued: "a hedgehog. he was the bravest, kindest and best doctor on the earth."

john looked at sherlock.. was he talking about him?

"and one day he met his old friend the terrier again. the terrier introduced him to..." this apparently was happening. john smiled at sherlock looked at him appraisingly and then whispered "otter."

sherlock raised his eyebrows and john saw the an otter? really? in his eyes. john grinned and nodded at him so he would continue his story.

"an otter. he was a detective, a pretty smart one too. the hedgehog-doctor and otter-detective moved in together. but they didn't live alone, there was a cat too. she was a bit old but still very active. she always made sure the hedgehog and the otter had tea and biscuits. she was a lovely cat, but she wasn't cuddly all the time - she had claws too and if needed she would use them. especially when she wanted the otter and hedgehog to behave."

"but mostly the otter.", john intervened.

sherlock chuckled. "yes, i suppose mostly the otter." he locked eyes with john for a moment. then he looked back at rosie, rubbed the back of her hand with his thumb and continued the story. "the hedgehog and the otter went on maaany adventures together. they helped the grey wolf, who was working for the police. and during their many adventures the hedgehog and otter became best friends."

rosie listened carefully her eyes big, but blinking a lot - clearly fighting to stay awake.

john smiled at sherlock gently and nudged him with his elbow.

"and one day the otter and hedgehog met a little koala-baby. she was very sweet. sometimes a bit stubborn- which she definitely has from the hedgehog." john looked playfully offended at sherlock. rosie had lost the fight to keep her eyes open, but she still was awake - smiling now. "the koala was super smart too, just like the otter. and the cat loved the little koala from the very first moment. she spoiled her endlessly. made her the best food, bought her the prettiest dresses and made her the loveliest braids."

"just like granny!", rosie said sleepily.

john looked at his daughter and then placed his hand on her forearm. his thumb covering sherlock's pinkie. "yeah, just like granny, sweetie."

sherlock looked deeply into john's eyes, but the doctor left his hand right where it was. at this moment it felt just right.

"but one day the cat was gone and the hedgehog, the otter and the koala missed her a lot. but especially the little koala. she cried almost every day because she missed her sweet old cat."

rosie frowned amd opened her eyes. john looked warningly at sherlock but the other man continued: "however the koala remembered something. how could she have forgotten that?! cats have nine lives! and what if the cat just was bored of always being a cat? maybe some day she was the butterfly on the koala's nose. maybe she was the mouse selling biscuits in the bakery the next day. maybe she was-"

"-the dog playing with me in the park yesterday?!", rosie asked excitedly.

"yeah, maybe she was." sherlock said with a smile on his face.

"every day the koala finds her favorite cat in something. and if she wasn't sure where her cat was, she always had the hedgehog-doctor and the otter-detective to talk to and play with.", sherlock looked shyly at john, then he carefully placed a kiss on the top of rosies head. "good night, flower." the girl smiled with closed eyes, one hand under her cheek. "night, lock. night, daddy." she yawned one more time and finally fell asleep.

john was stunned. what a beautiful story, sherlock had told! he got up as well and kissed his daughter's forehead.

then the two of them headed back downstairs. at the bottom of the stairs john checked his watch. 10:30 already and he had to get up in less than eight hours now. without thinking about it john reached for sherlock's hand - the detective turned around. "thank you, sherlock."

"of course, john." he replied looking away. but john saw his glassy eyes.

john squeezed his hand. "you miss her a lot too, hm?"

sherlock just nodded once. then his gaze dropped onto their intertwined hands. john smiled and spontaneously wrapped his flatmate in a hug. "you know... i'm here for you."

sherlock tightened the hug for a second. "and i am for you."

john pulled away, now he was the one with tears in eyes. "we'd be lost without our otter." he whispered. then john - he would later blame it on being softened by sherlock's cute story - kissed sherlock's cheek. after that he turned around and went up the stairs.

sherlock didn't move for three very long seconds. looking after his hedgehog. i'd be lost without the both of you too, he thought, before picking up his violin to play and help john fall asleep.

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fucking tumors & cancers -.- lmk what you think turtels <3

i apologize for any typos etc. feel free to point them out (can't proofread as carefully as usually because i'm already working on these for forever. it's the busiest month of the year ... why did i decide to challenge myself with this??? i'm insane!!!

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katyobsesses · 2 years ago

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orion4ever · 8 months ago

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can u do qiu and tamarack with an MC who LOVES to bake/cook but since theres not enough people in their house to eat it all of what they make most the time, they'll just knock on their doors like "do you want cookies? I just took them out the oven." or something

Author’s Note: Hi! I hoped you enjoy this, I have recently been getting into baking so this should be a fun write for me!

Pairing(s): Qiu Lin x MC and Tamarack Baumann x MC

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QIU LIN 📝

Heck yeah! Free food!

When you first came into the problem of baking too much to eat, you were stumped

And when you expressed that to your dear friend, Qiu. They instantly volunteered as tribute to be a taste tester.

They want them as fresh as possible so they would probably just wait around your house or watch you bake them.

I don’t think they would help much other than passing you ingredients and maybe stirring the batter.

Only to get a lick of the batter

Of course, it's not because they don’t want to help or anything like that, they just know that you probably enjoy handling it on your own and being in your element without having some nerd ask them to go through the steps for the tenth time.

They get super excited when you try out a new pastry or recipe and have them be the very first to try it.

It feels like an exclusive event every time they get to be the first to try something of yours.

I headcanon that Qiu is kind of hopeless in the kitchen, preferring to just go to the diner or their parents if they want something.

They burn water so it’s mesmerized to watch you bake something from scratch.

I like to think that for a special occasion, they might try and bake you something either from scratch or a box mix!

“Wow! Did you bake this all for me? You’re so nice!”

Tamarack Baumann🍁

Gets PUMPED when finding this out!

Thinks this is something you can add to your guys’ tea parties! What's not better than some tea with homemade cookies and bread?

It’s like an actual fancy tea party now! :0

Tamarack isn’t super picky, but does appreciate variety! She encourages you to try out a bunch of different recipes regardless of the difficulty level.

Like, what do you mean you can’t make macaroons? You’re a master baker, you could try!

She doesn’t want you to be the only one pulling your weight to supply these tea parties, she will be bringing lots of teas and little stuff to put on them, like milk and honey!

Tamarack is crafty so I see her making you a little apron and custom mittens with while wonky, cute embroidery of your name!

This inspires her to make more stuff like a chef's hat which leads her down a sewing rabbit hole.

She eats most of what you bring her but she also likes inviting you inside to give them to her Omi and Opa!

She doesn’t care too much about the freshness of the cookies but she also enjoys watching you bake.

The energetic girl needs some downtime too and watching you bake is soothing to her.

“Treats? Yay! This will be nice for the tea party! Come, sit! I will get the tea you liked last time!”

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creampill · 6 days ago

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Do you want Civilian!König thoughts? No? Too bad.

Because this man, to me, is a nerd. He’s a big dork. He’s a huge fan of military history, he owns model tanks that he painted and constructed himself and will list in detail the history and legacy of. He organises them by date and country of origin. He’s the kind of guy to play war thunder (a game in which you simulate tank battles against other people) and get into heated debates on forums about which tank is most optimal.

He probably works in IT or something remote like that, god forbid he work customer service. Civilian!König worked his first job at a butcher’s in his hometown, and that was in the back. And that’s about the closest he ever got to customer service. He got familiar with handling blood and such, and while he isn’t near the level of desensitisation his canon counterpart is, he’s still familiar with some level of gore.

Speaking of gore, he loves campy horror movies. While he can appreciate good psychological horror, he has a fascination with the type of horror movie that gets all of its scares from the gross factor. He knows none of it is real, and has an appreciation for the effort put into the effects work- but he also gets a laugh. He laughs when he sees kids fall over, he finds misfortune sort of funny like that. If it’s genuine, different story, but if you share a home with him he’s definitely getting a giggle out of watching you stumble over something and land on your ass before he helps.

His closet consists of khakis, sweatpants, monochrome or printed shirts, and a couple of giant knitted jumpers he wears whenever it gets even slightly cold enough. The mass of fabric comforts him, and while he’s a big dude who runs warm, he likes the weight and how he can pick and trace the fibres. The majority of them were made by his oma, which of course makes them important. His red beaded bracelet is a similar token from his family.

I love the idea of a König who has a video call with his oma and opa every weekend and gets to cuddle the stray cats around his apartment block <3 I’ll gladly expand on this concept if anyone has any ideas!

#civilian!könig #konig mw2 #könig mw2 #konig cod #könig cod #he’s just a normal dude #and I love him.

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charlesemersonwinchesteriii · 1 year ago

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Things that I have learned about A Stitch In Time after finishing Part II of the audiobook:

Ohhhhhh you are all heartless bastards I cannot BELIEVE none of you thought to tell me about goalkeeper Garak. When I tell you I lost my fucking mind!!!!!!!

HANS JORTS I OWE YOU MY LIFE FOR THAT ONE FR

The Tain reveal. The Tolan interactions. The Mila interactions. The final Tolan reveal. The way this book will not let me rest for a single god damn second.

SHE MARRIED HER OWN BROTHER TO HIDE THE FACT HER EMPLOYER GOT HER PREGNANT??????? NASTY YUCKY TRASHY PLANET <3<3<3<3<3<3

I recently read in an article how Mr. Robinson said the Bamarren bits were his favorite to write and imo you can really tell cause the plot seemed much less tight in Part II but it was still sooooooo good and soooooo much fun precisely because I had no fucking idea what was going to happen from sentence to sentence. I love this book I love this book I love this book I love this book--

PALANTIR X CINNABON 1 CRINGEFAIL MARRIAGE REAL >:3 HUGE WIN FOR ME PERSONALLY even if at least one of them IS still dead and it IS Garak's "fault" (he was sooo right to do that though <3) so I did not get everything I wished for. but still.

Oh hey speaking of weird threesomes Garak gets inadvertently sucked into, remember the judge and his "lady friend" who let Garak live in their house for free and sat there openly leering at their new handsome young tenant doing manual labor out in the hot sunshine? Elim babygirl it was NOT the orchids that got you that living arrangement.........

Ok this isn't funny or relatable to anyone else but as a queer religious person the Oralius storyline makes me so excited and happy I love it I love it I love it it's so much more and better than anything I was expecting I love the Hebitian lore I love Palandine and Tolan being the ones to encourage this in him I love his visions and his nightmares I love him talking to Julian about it I love him singing in church I love Oralius and I love you Mr. Robinson

The way Pythas has been Garak's foil each step of the way, succeeding every time he fails and taking everything that was meant for him. And every time Garak is just like [nodding approvingly] That's my bestie and he deserves nothing less! <3

The Pythas situation and the Palandine situation combined are both adorable and insane to me. Garak really said if you showed me even one single shred of kindness in highschool I am ride or die for you for life. Cinnabon 1 really was the dumbest bitch ever huh

[Dukat Sr. voice] the same people who want us to KISS THE FEDERATION'S ASS!!!!!!

greatest book I have ever read. one trillion out of ten. no notes.

Things that I know about A Stitch In Time prior to listening to it:

Garak goes to spy school, which is for spies (for some reason the idea of this is amusing to me. like I get it duh of course the Order must have some sort of training system but also. fanfic ass trope. Spy School! For Spies! it's even a boarding school and everything. DARKEST ACADEMIA)

Garak performs a classic bisexual rite of passage by falling in love with both members of an older(?) married couple (or well textually probably only the wife. I feel like I'd have heard about it if he were Betacanonically Queer (TM) in this book. but here's hoping I'll be astonished while listening!)

I can't remember if I read anything specific about it or not but just based on vibes alone I do not have high hopes for this couple's like. life expectancy.

Based on vibes alone I do not have high hopes for ANY character's life expectancy in this book tbh. If it involves Cardassians in general and Garak in specific I usually just assume everyone involved is doomed. This is going to be a FUN 12 hours and 28 minutes!

There was a post somewhere that mentioned that some supernatural magical stuff happens in this book and I'm SO FUCKING STOKED. HERE'S HOW GARAK ORB EXPERIENCE CAN STILL WIN!!!!

The entire concept of this book is so funny to me. Garak goes 7 years being ohhh so mysterious to Julian about himself or his past and then just spills his whole life story to him in a letter as soon as they're separated. Babygirl is going through Bashir Withdrawal Syndrome.

Most importantly KELAS MY BEST FRIEND KELAS FROM ONE (1) LINE OF CANON!!!!! I have no actual evidence that he ever shows up in this book but like he has to right. right. he's absolutely everywhere on ao3 y'all had to have gotten him from somewhere. I assume.

#I know I'm forgetting so many other things I wanted to mention because TOOOOOOOO much happened #didn't even touch on the whole thing with that Bajoran lady on DS9. will discuss later. this fucking BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#also the post-war scenes have me screaming crying throwing up I CAN'T BELIEVE THE DUDE WHO TORTURED PICARD SHOWED UP #AND GARAK CANONICALLY THINKS HE'S TACKY AND HATES HIM. FANFIC ASS NOVEL I LOVE YOU #A Stitch In Time #Star Trek: Deep Space 9 #Elim Garak #some of the garashir interactions in this book have me utterly nonplussed #but then other ones have me like fully lying down on the floor for real in real life #I only let myself listen to this book on Tuesdays when I clean the house so I can motivate myself to fucking finish my cleaning on time #cause I'm in such a fucking flop era rn you don't even know evrything is too much work and utterly pointless #and also I'm fat and also the fucking temperature #it's truly giving ''tailor exile'' vibes #so I use the book to power through it but unfortunately the book wants to eat me so it just makes cleaning take longer ghjkghsjgslkjfdsjk #starting Part III today let's fucking GO!!!!!!!!!!#I'm up on my podium after watching DS9 presenting my double magna opa Garak Eating Disorder Thesis + Garak Incest Thesis #whole crowd booing and hissing #and then from the back row a voice emerges and says ''They're so right actually :3 Here is the evidence'' and we turn to see him:#Andrew Robinson himself. holding this book he wrote specifically for me <3

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aoi1dee · 4 months ago

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OLNF Week Day 4: Stargazing

@olnfweek2024 a short fic is below...

Alexander didn’t know how late it was nor did he care. He is currently rummaging through the closet near the kitchen hoping that he could find the perfect blanket to lay down on without feeling the blades of grass underneath him. He didn’t want to feel uncomfortable tonight. His main focus tonight should be the gorgeous sky.

Alex would never miss an opportunity like this. Ever since he moved here, he has noticed that Golden Grove has the best nighttime sky he has ever seen and luckily his backyard has an open space with no trees so it gives him the perfect view. He loves stargazing, whether it’s by himself, with his friends, or with his Ma. Just imagining what the world was like from beyond what he knew fascinated him. Tonight was the perfect night as well! No clouds, no rain, not too hot, not too cold, absolutely stunning.

The only issue was, Alex had to get up super early for school tomorrow. Seriously, who thought it was a good idea to make high schoolers get up at 5 in the morning for school?! It is crazy to him that some people even get up earlier than 5…

When he finally sees the blanket that he’s been dreaming of, he grabs the ends and begins to pull. It wasn’t budging. He would love to just continue to fight against it until it gave up, but then everything else in the closet which was holding it down will fall onto the ground and make tons of noise. He didn’t want to wake his Ma up… she also had stuff to do tomorrow. Plus she would force him to go back to bed if she saw him grabbing stuff to go outside at 11 at night. So instead of just tugging and pulling, he grabs some of the stuff on top of the blanket and pushes it out of the way while his other hand continues to pull at the blanket. And after about a minute of adjusting, moving everything around, and praying that nothing would fall, the blanket was finally in his arms and ready to be laid upon.

A grin finds Alex’s face as he walks out the back door with the blanket in hand. He moves past some branches and finally makes it to the treeless paradise for stargazing. Alexander begins to unfold the blanket until his phone buzzes.

A little voice in his brain was praying that it wasn’t his Ma telling him to come back inside and go to bed. He quickly lays the blanket out on the golden grass, sits on it, and pulls out his phone to read the notification…

Tamarack 11:12pm - I saw you out my window, what are you doing?

Oh, it was Tamarack! He couldn’t help but giggle as he lays fully down onto the blanket,

Alex 11:13pm - The sky is super pretty tonight ima watch it!

Alex 11:13pm - Do you wanna join me?

He wasn’t expecting her to, I mean it was late at night and they had school tomorrow! Plus it might not be cold for him, but it could be cold for her.

Tamarack 11:14pm - Yes. I’ll be out in a second.

Seriously? Alex is surprised that Ms. Tamarack Baumann wants to go outside late without her Omi and Opa knowing. If this was 3 years ago, she’d be having a heart attack. But that made him think, should he invite Qiu as well? Is that even a question? He closes Tamarack’s contact and opens up Qiu’s which was right under hers.

Alex 11:15pm - I’m in my backyard watching the sky do u wanna join me?

Before he could even start waiting for them to respond, someone plops down next to him.

“Hi Alex.” Tamarack says as she lays her sparkly hair all around her. Her arm snakes around his as she cuddles up next to him, “I should’ve assumed that you’d be stargazing when I saw you walking out.” She chuckles. Them snuggling has become a normal thing ever since they admitted that they had feelings for each other about a year ago but it still doesn’t fail to make Alex feel all warm inside.

“I couldn’t resist…” he places his phone on his chest and looks up at the night sky. Her hair sparkles beside him just like the stars that he adores. Which fits because Alexander adores her as well.

“Did you invite Qiu?” She asks while looking at his phone.

“Ah- I texted them. I don’t think I have gotten a response though” They were probably sleeping by now, it’s completely understandable. Qiu needs their beauty sleep.

Suddenly, something slaps him in the face. He moves his hands around to find the source of the impact. When he removes the item it's a… chip bag? “Hey.” They smirk from above, “Thought we could use snacks.” They scoot into the other side of Alex and sneaks their arm underneath his back while leaning their head against his. Snuggling is also usual for them too because they had also admitted their feelings for each other. They know that he likes them both and they both know that they like him. They aren’t dating though… Qiu and Tam had explained to him that they wanted to work a couple things out before it became official. Alex had also explained to them that he could wait eternities for them so they could take as much time as they needed. He still doesn’t know why they both squeezed him until he couldn’t breath right after he said that though.

Tamarack grabs the chips from Alex’s hand and begins to open them, “Thanks!” She begins munching on them with a pleased smile on her face, “Ah-” She shoots up quickly and looks down at Qiu.

They look back at her looking more confused than ever but it hits them, “Oh! I’m not wearing nail polish.”

Alex sits slightly up and looks at them, “Is that on purpose?” What Qiu prefers to go by at any moment is extremely important, he doesn’t want to mess it up and make them uncomfortable.

“Yes sir.” He twiddles his nails in front of both of their faces, “he/him pleaseeee” Alex laughs in response as Tamarack lays back down, smiling wider than before.

Tamarack places the bag onto Alex’s chest once again so all three of them could reach for it. She goes back snuggling up against him the way she did before. All of them look towards the sky which twinkles brightly through the dark sky. Different shades of cyan hide behind said stars giving a bit of definition and purpose to the night. That's what Alex really loves about this town. In any other city he’s lived in before, the sky always looked the same. But here, it's magnificent. And he is absolutely going to blame his two neighbors for making everything here so beautiful. It’s like they make Alex’s life more wonderful by just cuddling up next to him.

Even though it’s a school night and tonight is going to end much earlier than he wants because of that, he still wouldn’t want anything different than to be with the two loves of his life watching the sky above. Alexander hoped that he could stay with them like this for the rest of their lives.

(this one is a little short my apologies)

#olnf #our life now and forever #our life #digital art #drawing #qiu lin #tamarack baumann #olnf week #olnf week 2024 #olnf week day 4 #stargazing

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