#Mom Friend™️ confirmed but we already knew

[biitchcakes]

"she's like, your age." is so interesting to me and has made me laugh since they confirmed it because it means Jessica Drew fully Mothers™️ Gwen and Cindy while being in the same general age bracket.

also means she's a lot younger than a good number of her fellow Avengers when she's on the team.

[meangirls-imagines]

Leap of Faith

Description: Part 2 to "Best Friends?" The roommates call an audible when they see how much the aftermath of the Incident™️ is affecting both girls. Help comes in the form of the Murray family.

WARNINGS: buckle up, this is a 2.4k word RIDE, realizations of love, reader being sad, sports injury (reader breaks her ankle), first kisses.

a month.

that's how long it had been since what leighton had deemed "d-day".

this was the longest she had ever gone without talking to y/n and leighton was hurting. she broke things off with alicia after the incident happened. it wasn't pretty. 

hurtful things were said, alicia flipped a coffee table and had to be escorted out of the dorm building by jackson, who kimberly luckily had at the ready when things turned south.

her roommates could see this was taking a toll on the blonde, the trio trying their best to keep leighton's spirits up. whitney was really the only one who got to see how it was affecting both girls. 

y/n, in whitney's opinion, was doing worse than leighton was. whitney rarely saw the girl outside of practice and the one class they had together. she had heard through the grapevine that y/n hadn't slept in days, maybe weeks. all she had been doing was going to class, practice and the gym.

had she tried to talk to y/n? yes. but to no avail. the girl had brushed her off every single attempt. whitney had no idea what to do. she talked to bela and kimberly and they formed a plan.

they were going to get the girls together.

leighton was pleasantly surprised when she saw her dad and nico sitting outside her dorm on a bench, seemingly waiting for her. she walked up to them and immediately was pulled into a hug by nico.

"leighton! there's my beautiful sister." the blonde was confused but hugged her brother back. once he released her, her dad pulled her into his arms. "hi guys. not that i'm not happy to see you, but what are you doing here?" the two shared a secret look with each other. "we wanted to visit and say hi. your mom is here too, but she went to talk to the kappa president about something."

the blonde looked suspicious but shrugged it off. the two men kept talking as they guided leighton to their suv that was parked near by, planning on taking her to lunch. the blonde allowed them to, finally relaxing for the first time in weeks. 

y/n shot another ball into the back of the net at full force. practice had ended over an hour ago and she was still kicking penalty shots, trying to get her frustration out. her body was exhausted and threatened to shut down at any moment, but y/n stayed fueled with energy drinks. she had jogged after the ball she had been practicing with when a voice yelled out.

"i knew you'd be here." 

y/n froze. she hadn't heard that voice in a while. she slowly turned to see a woman taking off a pair of designer sunglasses, staring into y/n's soul.

there she stood, in all her glory. mimi murray. y/n audibly gulped at the woman staring at her. she slowly walked towards the woman, kinda like a scared puppy. the woman looked at y/n and cupped her cheeks. "have you been sleeping? eating?" y/n opened her mouth to answer when mimi put her hand up to stop her. 

"no. you don't need to answer, i already know. grab your stuff. we have plans." y/n nodded and quickly grabbed her stuff, not wanting to disappoint the woman more than she probably had.

with leighton, nico, and henry, the trio were out eating at an italian restaurant half an hour away from campus. the two men noticed how quiet leighton had gotten, asking her if everything was okay. she spilled everything to them, the men looking at her sadly. "leighton, i'm gonna be honest with you, i'm surprised it took you this long to catch on."

leighton looked at her dad surprised. "what do you mean?" her dad sighed. "i had a feeling a while ago that she had feelings for you. and then the feeling was confirmed last year. remember when that alex guy came to our house to ask you to prom?" leighton frowned. "yeah?"

y/n and leighton were hanging out in the living room of the murray household. since it was the spring, soccer season had taken over most of y/n's schedule, leaving her barely any room to hang out with the blonde. so, every rare weekend that y/n had off, she spent at leighton's house. 

as the two sat on the couch cuddling and watching a movie, the doorbell rang. thinking it was one of nico's friends, the girls ignored it. until leighton's dad came in. "hey leight, there's someone here for you." confused, the two girls got up, walking to the front door where alex hightower stood at leighton's door with a huge sign and a bag of leighton's favorite treats. the sign read "it would be a treat if you went to prom with me". y/n's heart dropped to her stomach as leighton smiled at the boy, accepting his invite. 

she was hoping to gather enough courage to ask leighton if she just wanted to go together as friends. she visibly deflated as leighton spoke excitedly with alex about prom plans. henry was standing off to the side watching it all unfold. he saw how y/n reacted to the proposal and his heart broke a little bit. 

alex eventually left as leighton dragged y/n up to her room to have the girl help her plan her dress. henry saw as y/n plastered on a fake smile and allowed the girl to drag her up the stairs. 

when he woke up the next morning, y/n had already left. a few weeks later, as leighton danced with her date and scanned the room looking for y/n, her heart breaking when she didn't see her anywhere. y/n sat at home alone, looking on instagram and seeing how happy leighton looked. in that moment, y/n made sure that leighton kept that happiness with her, no matter how much it hurt her.

leighton's heart broke at the revelation. she had no idea she was the reason y/n didn't go to prom. it broke even more when she thought of y/n wanting to ask her to prom. she definitely would've had the perfect prom with y/n. nico and henry looked at leighton. nico spoke up. "leighton, y/n has been in love with you since you guys met. she has dedicated this friendship to making you happy, even though it kills her. and i think you love her too."

leighton was crying at this point. henry scooting closer to her and pulling his daughter into his side. "leighton, honey. you wanna know what i think you should do?" the blonde sniffled and nodded. "take the leap. go after her. you two are made for each other. you need each other more than you know. take the first step and get your girl." leighton sniffled and nodded. 

they paid for lunch and headed back to campus. on the drive back, ideas ran through leighton's head on how she could take the leap. a light bulb went off in her head and she smiled. 

she knew exactly what to do.

with mimi and y/n, the older woman took the girl to the best spa in town. after she had received a mysterious phone call from leighton's roommate, she listened as the girl told her what happened between y/n and her daughter and how y/n wasn't taking care of herself. her protective mom side came out and she cancelled any meetings she had for the rest of the day and headed to essex. 

now, the two sat in the steam room together, fresh out of their swedish massage sessions. mimi decided to break the ice first. "so, what happened between you and leighton?" y/n froze again. "we had a fight last month. i haven't talked to her since." mimi nodded. "did this fight have to do with the fact that you're in love with my daughter?"

y/n's head whipped around to look at the older woman nervously. "w-what?" mimi looked at the girl smirking. "i know more than you think. i also know that my daughter is also in love with you." y/n's jaw dropped. "no she doesn't. she's dating someone else." mimi shook her head. "nope. she called me the night you guys had the fight and told me that she broke up with that anna girl." 

y/n chuckled. "you mean alicia?" mimi waved the girl off. "same thing. she told me that the breakup didn't go well with alicia." y/n's heart dropped to her stomach at the thought of what might've happened. she shook her head. "so what if she broke up with her? she's not in love with me." mimi sighed. "yes she is. don't you remember what happened a couple of years ago?"

leighton murray was NOT a school spirit person. 

except when it came to y/n. 

when it came to y/n, leighton and her parents would be in the front row of the stands. leighton would be draped in whatever jersey y/n wasn't wearing, her soccer letterman, and the blonde would even go the extra mile and paint her face in school colors. she loved watching y/n play soccer. especially when y/n got extra sweaty. (leighton would daydream about other instances where y/n would be sweaty but she would never admit that.) 

this certain game, spence was playing their cross town rivals, st. john academy. the game was intense, both teams receiving multiple cards before halftime. y/n was getting pushed around and tackled more than usual and every time she hit the ground, leighton would lose a little off her life.

it all culminated in the 40th minute of the game. y/n was sprinting down the field with the ball at her feet, no defenders in front of her, ready to put spence in the lead. a defender from st. john had caught up to her and slid into a dirty tackle. y/n was blindsided as the defender's cleat came in at full speed and force to y/n's ankle.

there was a pop, a scream, and a thud as y/n fell in a heap to the ground, not before bouncing her head off the field. leighton couldn't breathe. she squeezed nico's hand extremely tight as the boy tried to calm her down. the second the ref waved her hand for the medics, leighton was out of her seat, sprinting to the field. 

coach smith met her at the sideline and ran over to y/n with her. the girl was writhing in pain on the ground, tears streaming from her face. the medics began prepping her ankle to transport her to the hospital. leighton kneeled next to her head. "y/n. hey, you're gonna be okay. i promise." the blonde took y/n's hand, squeezing it gently to let her know she was there. y/n squeezed back as her head pounded and her ankle throbbed. 

the medics eventually moved her to the ambulance where leighton demanded to ride with them, texting her parents to meet them at the hospital.

leighton never left y/n's side during her recovery. so when senior year rolled around, leighton was where she always was, front row, letterman on, watching her best friend take the field for the last time in her high school career. 

y/n was pulled out of the vivid flashback by mimi. "i knew leighton was in love with you when that happened. she was glued to your side that whole year you recovered. she had multiple guys ask her out on dates and she always shot them down. she always drove you to physical therapy. i knew then that if leighton, who refused to go near one of us when we're sick, was doing all of this for you being hurt, she loved you." 

y/n's heart raced. maybe mimi was right. but, had she ruined it with the fight they had last month? mimi noticed the hesitation on her face and stood. y/n looked at her confused. "where are you going?" mimi turned and smiled at the girl. "i'm taking you back to campus to get your girl."

y/n walked back to her dorm, more relaxed than when she left that morning. maybe she would sleep on it and make a decision from there. she pulled her keys out to unlock the door, eagerly wanting to get into bed. when she opened the door, the sight before her took her breath away.

leighton had crafted a blanket fort in the common room of y/n's dorm, fairy lights and all. y/n could see that leighton had gotten her favorite takeout, including dessert, she had a bottle of wine (that she convinced her dad to buy), and her laptop had disney plus queued up with the movie they always watched together, cinderella.

y/n looked at the blonde, who stood nervously by the couch. she was wearing one of y/n's soccer hoodies and some sweatpants. y/n had never seen her look more beautiful than she did in that moment. leighton smiled shyly at her. "hi. i know you're probably still mad at me but i've missed you and i couldn't stay away from you any longer so i did all this so hopefully you would forgive me? it's totally cool if you don't-"

y/n strode across the room and pulled leighton into her arms. she was taller than the blonde so she buried her face in leighton's hair. the blonde relaxed into y/n's arms, tucking her face in the crook of her neck. "i missed you too bubbles." leighton smiled at the nickname. they pulled away from the hug as leighton looked up at y/n. 

in a last second idea, leighton leaned up and kissed y/n, catching the girl off guard. y/n quickly relaxed into the kiss, sparks flying behind her eyes. the two kissed for a few minutes and pulled away. 

"i love you. i think i always have but i was too scared to admit it. but i've always had this weird feeling when i'm with you. i can't explain it, but i know it's a good feeling. and it's a feeling i don't want to ever lose. i wanna be yours, y/n. forever, if you'll have me."

y/n smiled wide and pulled leighton in for another kiss, this one more passionate than the last. "you have no idea how long i've waited to hear those words, bubbles." leighton smiled at the girl. "well, buttercup, get ready to hear them forever." the two kissed again, their passion slowly bleeding into the night.

the couple could never figure out what came over leighton's family to show up that day. 

they would find out years later.

in a speech, surrounded by their friends and loved ones.

with matching rings on their left hands.

[ladyazulina]

Azu is Talking - The One With the Bee Story

If you know, you know.

It took me three weeks to binge-watch the ten-season series Friends, so the least I had to leave with was the episode titles naming.

There is a bee in here, I swear. But first…

Last Sunday was my eighth-month celebration with my partner, those days are Sacred™️, so we're always trying our best to leave them free for each other.

I bet you know where this is going already.

My partner had the first session of a game campaign scheduled for that day, and he didn't notice until it was late. It brought him problems (with me), I'm not gonna lie. But I behaved as a good girl and didn't bother him too much apart from letting him know early he would have to make up for it.

My partner Tomas is playing Candela Oscura with PantslessTables every Sunday for the rest of the month ✨

To be fair, the day started weirdly, so it wasn't a usual monthly day. I didn't get to dress up, the session lasted longer than expected, and I played the waiting game even though I could have done lots of things. I wasn't feeling well, things were out of place inside of me, and it took me too long to notice the 🌈 post-hormone state ✨. So when the stream ended and he was back, things were… a bit awkward.

Things were really weird at home as well, so everything was feeling a bit too much and out of place. Nothing was flowing, and I grew angsty and overwhelmed.

We got to go through our monthly ritual anyway and, at the end of the day, we decided to watch a movie.

What we didn't know was that we unknowingly had a guest.

Before starting the movie, my sister warned me that there was a bee in the room, near the lightbulb (right above us). Which was weird because it was long after sunset, the poor thing surely got lost. I wasn't going to let a bee mess with my already frayed mood, so I settled to watch the movie.

Not even twenty minutes in, I had to ask my partner to pause it cause something fell on me. Obviously. I knew it was going to happen.

My sister was messing around trying to get the bee to leave the room, opening the door, turning on the lights outside, and turning off ours. I didn't even move when I felt it fall. My sister, though, grew hysterical.

I was eerily quiet, getting up and slowly moving out of the room for the bee to notice the lights and fly off. My mom was around, so she confirmed when it left me. The detail is that it wasn't my first time dealing with a bee 🐝 Sadly, on my first time I wasn't awake and it didn't live long after it stung me. But I have always been allergic to stings and insect bites, so it was An Experience™️, and I didn't want to repeat it.

Bees don't freak me out and I do my best to try to protect them. I like the little ones, but they are just kind of dangerous for me, you know?

On Monday, I was supposed to go to college. But I woke feeling heavy and wrong, so I decided to skip classes. Which led to an unfortunate chain of events involving the impromptu visit of my dad, stuff getting worse than before, and loss of water. The usual—my dad trying to fix stuff around always ends in a bigger mess. I would have felt a lot better if I had just forced myself to go to college, I swear.

I would have also paid another visit to the photo place, but stuff just didn't happen.

It wasn't a Creative day either, but I got to start the [REDACTED] adventure's edition… which technically turns it into a Creative day, right? Because that's creative work. But I wasn't feeling exactly creative.

A storm was also rolling around the country. Review Tuesday started with heavy rain. We had a seven-hour power outage during which I read—a lot—and did my English class homework. Most of it. There were a few exercises that needed listening and my weak Internet was barely holding messaging. But I had to upload it before Thursday, so I was glad I could finally start it. And finish it. I did work on that after the power was back.

As you may have noticed, I did not get to post this week's review. I instead scheduled the second post of my Personal Campaign in Iron Valley (which is coming in two weeks!). Didn't have that much time, so I leaned to progress a bit more with the [REDACTED] adventure instead.

Iron Valley, Linney's Campaign, is being live every Tuesday.

I have to go back to the project edition and I also have a book to edit as well, so I have to fix my schedule real fast real soon. Not easy to do when your energies are really low and scarce. I have to choose my daily battles.

Among these wasn’t moving the ASL night lesson to Tuesday instead of doing it on Wednesday as we agreed because… someone had some meetings scheduled on Wednesday night.

We’re going with Learn How to Sign channel and we’re a week away from finishing with the 150 Essentials ASL Signs. Going strong 💪🏼

At least we did that then, ‘cause Working Wednesday wasn't a great day either. We were still on yellow alert country-wise and I was as gray as the day outside. More or less until mid-afternoon, when it suddenly cleared and was so sunny it felt like a trap. I had the intention to go to the photo place in the morning, but it wasn't the appropriate weather for it, so I stayed home. And in bed until lunch, around one pm. If you know me, that alone can say a lot about my mood. I did tried to get up and busy myself, but it was hard to do until way after the coffee break. My coffee is getting bleh lately, I will have to check every step of the process from real close to figure out why…

What I ended up doing, though, was posting my workshops. All of them. Finally. I'll probably be doing an Instagram post next week or something, but for now, you can have an early look.

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On Backstage Thursday I finished the first of the two books on schedule. But I was feeling awfully. It took me too long to get up and prepare, and I think I mostly did because I had a virtual class at mid-afternoon. Even though the meetings are just to solve doubts and answer questions, there a small fraction of the grade going towards assistance, so… I wasn't going to lose it. You never know when you need extra points to save a subject.

It was a total waste of my time, though, but that's just how it is. I worked on my themed task and I'm one week away to finish the section I'm doing. Which means progress. Visible progress, finally. Didn't know it was going to feel this satisfying.

My partner arrived “late” from his face-to-face class so we didn't have our coffee break together. We spent the night instead and watched our weekly Supernatural episodes 💕 New inspiration for a brand new short game sparkled there and, guys, I take inspiration from everything ✨ It's starting to become a Which-One-Is-Worth-It-To-Work-On Problem™️.

Secret Friday was a bummer day. I'm glad I have almost everything ready for my partner's birthday in a week, but the extra time I could have spent on extra stuff? It's killing me. But I was going through stuff that seemed very likely to do the same to me without moving an inch.

I was expecting an overnight recovery after three days of being held hostage, and it happened, but the side effects were destructive.

I spent the whole day in bed, my partner keeping me company in between his own responsibilities, getting up occasionally thanks to something that wasn't even will. I started feeling slightly better over the day and assumed I could go back on my feet on Saturday, but…

At least I was able to work on my themed task on Playful Saturday. I already reached the author and even received her feedback, so I did post my review on Itch.io. My TTRPG updates have a wait list, so it will take a little while before I start posting the small story I wrote with the game. You can read the review in the meantime though, and follow me through Itch.io—I will certainly notify there when I start posting the story.

I was really low on energy because the side effects were physical pain and every muscle was hurting. As well as my head. I have been to doctors, gone to neurologists, tested pills, and even did an MRI scan—I’m “fine”. My head is killing me, though. And it kills my soul hearing my mom telling me to rely on alcohol and drinks in the meantime to appease and soften the pain ‘cause pills aren't helping me any. Because we don't know what to do. It's been a long time, seven years alone since the migraines came to stay 24/7, but I must be going through a season if it's getting unbearable again. I mean, I guess.

There are still things I can look forward to, but sometimes, when the pain is too much and the relief is close to none, I don't see anything. I know those things exist, I know those things are close, but… the pain is here, the pain is heavy. It's suffocating. It's unbeatable.

I've long lost the endurance battle.

Anyway, I'm going to the photo place for my passport one last time next week before giving up. If they don't take that last photo, I'll throw hands and go for an in-person appointment, even though more likely I would have to pay the fee again, which is A pain in the ass. I can't let it drag, I have to get my passport this month—if possible, this week. I need to start a visa process.

I should start soon the next ARC book as well, the days are rolling by. And get back to editing, this week was a joke on that regard. Also, I have to finish the [REDACTED] adventure’s edition ‘cause time is the only thing I do NOT have left. A lot of things to go through. I hope I'm ready.