#OTP: River Lily and Violet

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Five facts about my favourite OC(s):

Frankie (Detroit: Become Human) - She has a Russian Blue cat called Smokey who is her alibi for things; She calls her little sister Dragonfly because it was their parents’ nickname for her, and Mya calls her Seagull because she used to just call her Sea and it kind of changed over time; Frankie is left-handed and Gavin is one of the few who remembers this; Frankie is very jumpy; Her favourite smell is vanilla.

Alina (A Discovery of Witches) – Her birthday is the 29th of February; She was taught how to protect herself against Creatures by her god father Sooty, who himself is a vampire; She accidentally comes across Marcus while at University, and is ribbed by her friends for knowing the attractive young occasional professor; Often gets Marcus to do the Latin translations for her essays; Alina adores Christmas, but it’s a time of year slightly tainted for her as well.

Sylvain (Peaky Blinders) – Met Luce when they were very little and playing out in the street; Begrudgingly taught her Italian because he knew otherwise she’d try to get somebody else to teach her; Actually isn’t all that fond of boats and sea travel, but got a little better with the canals when Luce was exploring; Used to write letters to Luce when he went off to War, not so much to his family though; Sylvain joined up before he was 18, basically using the connections of his father so as not to be questioned too much.

Four things I’m most excited to write for:

Frankie and Hank facing not-Connor and Connor (Detroit: Become Human); Dick meeting Billy for the first time (Nightwing);  Oddly, Lucy and Mike bonding following Chris’ death (Until Dawn); Lily and Eggsy working together (Kingsman).

A.J. and Billy just being friends when reunited (Nightwing); Pretty much anything for Millie and River (Slow Horses); Zari, Dima and Nikolai reuniting when things are going bad because of the Darkling (Grishaverse); Kimiko working with Jericho (Detroit: Become Human).

Fiona and Grayson interacting more, especially with the mystery side of things (The Inheritance Games); Violet interacting with Barnes because him and Lockwood are always fun (Lockwood and Co.); Emmie and Jake’s blossoming relationship (Nowhere Boys); Eliza and Alex actually working together on a mission (Alex Rider).

Three OTPs and why:

A.J. and Dick (Nightwing), possibly one of my slowest burns but the friendship they have that leads up to romance is one of my favourites; Kit and Tae (Titans), because they balance each other out in a way that I’ve always really loved working on; Lilia and Mac (MacGyver and The Mentalist), purely because I love writing their dynamic but I couldn’t explain why.

Chizzy and Monty (A Discovery of Witches), because they’re so opposite in personality, and yet they manage to bring out the best in each other when it comes down to it; Cece and Hal (Peaky Blinders), I’m just so in love with these two, I can’t believe I almost forgot about them!; Kate and Luca (Constantine, written with fiercefray), there’s just something so innocent about them that I adore it.

Zari and Nikolai (Grishaverse), I’ve not done too much for these two, but the way they interact in general is fun so showing the blossoming romance is something I’m excited for; Cassie and Marcus (Deadly Class) are always interesting to write for, and their shameless flirting is sometimes kind of hilarious; Aoife and Benji (Shadowhunters) are such a cute dynamic as they bring out bits of each other that help them to grow, which I love.

Two fic authors I adore and their OCs:

fiercefray - A whole bunch, but recently Duke (Peaky Blinders) has stolen my heart; reyskestis - Arah (Detroit: Become Human) has recently become something of an obsession of mine.

a-song-of-quill-and-feather - Atlas (Harry Potter) because there’s something o intriguing about him; kendelias - Bell (The Maze Runner), and I can’t get enough of him.

raging-violets – Cadence (The Flash) is a really engaging character, and her relationships are wonderful to read; suethor – Beatrice (Peaky Blinders) is a really engaging character whose story is really intriguing.

One WIP paragraph:

From Crime, Friendship and Other Things (Detroit: Become Human): ‘Just talking to my cat,’ I explain, locking the door and stuffing the keys into my pocket. ‘Just a weird thing humans do for no reason.’

From A Few More Hours (Until Dawn): ‘Josh wants us back at the lodge,’ he admits, voice slightly hollow and attention on the wall opposite us. One hand moves to his glasses, a finger running up the arm of it in a nervous tick I’ve seen far more of recently than ever before.

From Listen to Your Hart (Kingsman): Magnus grumbled at my feet, obviously sensing the fact we were about to move on. I thought I spotted the flicker of a smile on Merlin’s face before he diverted his attention back to his clipboard.

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Also, um... could I get a smol fic where one of your disabled characters can't do something for disability reasons, feels frustrated, and gets reassured by one of their loved ones? 🥺 I'm all up in disability feels lately

I’m sorry you’re having some Rough Disability Feels! I promise you I’ve been there, and some of the beans have, too. I hope this little snippet helps you feel seen.

Rissa had seemed in a relatively cheerful mood when they shared breakfast that morning, so it came as rather a shock when Ione returned home from a few errands to find her partner sitting at the kitchen table with head in her hands…weeping.

Now, tears weren’t exactly unusual for Rissa—hyrdrokinetic magic had that effect on many people, their tempers “wired” to their tear ducts—but this particular bout seemed…wrong. For one thing, Rissa was wailing audibly, and yet she was alone. Their house was a busy one, and Rissa was in a relatively public space. That implied someone (perhaps a few someone’s) had approached with offers of comfort or help, but had been rejected. Ione would need to tread carefully. For another, the emotions Ione was flooded with, tangible in this space with the feel of Rissa’s thoughts against hers, could not adequately be described as sad, tired, or angry. The closest descriptor was…heavy. Something was weighing Rissa down, something had built up over time and now she was stuck struggling beneath it. She had chosen to push others away, but she seemed to be feeling alone in her hurt all the same. Listening to her inner voice as she settled into an open space at the table, Ione got the distinct impression that Rissa believed no one else understood. Whatever had caused this, she couldn’t articulate it in a way that made her feel heard.

“Rissa,” she called her name gently, half by voice and half by telepathic nudge, “can you tell me what happened?”

Harsh breaths hiccuped out, Rissa peeling one hand from her own face to take Ione’s instead. She must not feel up for using spoken words just yet. Well, that was fine. Ione certainly had other means available. Perhaps, in some small way, Rissa had been waiting for her without realizing it. Maybe she needed to be heard in the way only Ione could.

It hurts, it hurts, it hurts was the steady refrain.

Probing around to ascertain whether this hurt was physical or emotional, Ione came up with a solid both. Her nerves in her face and neck had been spasming more than usual today, indicating a potential change in the weather soon. Her vision was worse, it was difficult to control her movements to speak or swallow, and she was hit repeatedly with shooting pains. She could vaguely sense that something had been planned for today, some kind of surprise for Ione to find when she returned home, but it hasn’t panned out, symptoms impeding her. She hadn’t flared so badly in a long time, and the feeling of being stymied or held back, not able to use her infamous steel will to endure, had left Rissa emotionally wrecked.

“It’s all right. You were so sweet to think of me, but don’t work yourself up on my account. There will be other days, when you feel better.”

No! The objection was delivered quick and fast, feeling something like a slap. Won’t get any better!

There was an imagined image of Aris’ face, shot through with feelings of betrayal, hopelessness. Oh Ione’s own thoughts said.

Aris had recently been saying she thought she had something that could make Rissa feel better, at least in some small way. She was hoping she could neutralize the tendency of the nerves to misfire so often, so that Rissa’s ever-tense muscles would have a chance to rest, and the ever-present pain would ease off. The tests weren’t yet successful. Rissa thought she had stopped banking on a cure, stopped having hope long ago. But evidently she’d kept some hidden away without consciously knowing, and this setback felt as though Aris was holding out on her. Making false promises. In trying to make it better, Aris was paradoxically making some parts worse. Better not to let her get her hopes up at all. Better to be resigned again. She could live with that. Losing another chance at relief was much harder.

It won’t ever be better she thought once more. Give up. Stop trying.

“I know it feels that way now. Changes are difficult. The thought of adjusting again, the uncertainty of it. I know it might be easier not to hope. But I’ve never known you to give up. Let’s not start quite down that path yet, all right? This was only the first run. It took me seven tries. Seven times for it to take. You remember.”

Rissa did, and now she was hurting for her partner, showing an outside perspective to Ione’s own pained face after an unsuccessful surgery. Fearful, too. Did she have it in her to go seven rounds?

“I’m not saying it will be that way for you. But I do think there will be other chances. And I’ll be here through all the days, good and bad, hurting and not. No matter what.”

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Please? I want to play.

send me a ship with a heart and i'll tell you...

❤: who is more affectionate in public? in private?

♡: who is the bigger romantic openly? secretly?

❥: who is more likely to plan something big for valentine’s day?

ღ: who is more likely to initiate hand-holding in public?

💕: who is more likely to make huge declarations of love in front of other people?

💘: who developed a crush on the other first?

💝: who spends more time (possibly overthinking) what presents to get the other?

💓: who initiates most physical contact?

💌: who is more likely to send cutesy texts to the other?

💟: who spends time reading their zodiac compatibilities?

💙: who is more protective?

💚: who tends to get sick more often? who is better at taking care of the other?

💜: who said “i love you” first? or, if neither has said it yet, who is more likely to say it first?

💛: who believes in soulmates?

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MY FANDOMS

***bold nad italic means fav***

BIGGEST OTPS:

ALBERT+VICTORIA

YENNEFER+GERALT

amy+rory

francis+mary

bellamy+clarke

will+tessa

doctor+clara

fred+hermione

CIRI+CAHIR

REY + POE

TV SHOWS

A Series of Unfortunate Events

And Then There Were None

Anne of Green Gables (the old series):

ships:

Anne+Gilbert

American Gods

characters: Wednesday, Mad Sweeney, Shadow Moon

ships:

Shadow+Wednesday (as hmm, better watch/read it hahah)

Mad Sweeney+Laura Moon (I just love their dynamics)

American Horror Story (Murder House):

ships:

Violet+Tate

Atlantis:

ships:

Ariadne+Jason

Awkward:

ships:

Jenna+Matty

Black Mirror

Breaking Bad

Broadchurch

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

Dancing on the Edge

Degrassi

Desperate Housewives

Doctor Who:

characters: Eleven, Amy, Rory, River, Clara, Twelve, Thirteen, Yasmin

ships:

Amy+Rory

PONDS AND ELEVEN

Eleven+River

Clara+Doctor (with Eleven it’s as a cute lovebirds but with Twelve it gets deeper, I love both!!)

Eleven+Amy (platonic)

Ten+Rose

Euphoria

Eye Candy:

ships:

Tommy+Lindy

Friends:

ships:

Ross+Rachel

Chandler+Monica

Phoebe+Mike

Rachel+Joey

From Dusk Till Dawn:

ships:

Seth+Kate

Richie+Kate

Game of Thrones:

characters: Daenerys Targaryen, Margaery Tyrell, Tyrion Lannister, Arya Stark, Robb Stark

ships:

Daenerys+Tyrion

Robb+Myrcella

Daenerys+Jon

Robb+Daenerys

Sansa+Daenerys (QUEENS OF ICE AND FIRE!!!111!)

Daenerys+Drogo

Jon+Ygritte

Arya+Gendry

Gossip Girl:

characters: Blair Waldorf

ships:

Serena+Nate

Blair+Nate

Blair+Dan

Great Expectations

Hemlock Grove

House of Cards

How I Met Your Mother

ships:

Barney+Robin

Ted+Mother

Legends of Tomorrow:

characters: Rip Hunter, Sara Lance

ships:

Sara+Rip

Legion:

characters: Lenny, David, Syd

ships:

Syd+David

Lenny+David (but you know, not in a romantic way LMAO)

Marvel’s Netflix Series:

characters: Jessica Jones, Matt Murdock, Frank Castle

ships:

Matt+Karen

Karen+Frank

Luke+Jessica

Matt+Elektra

Matt+Jessica

Merlin:

ships:

Merlin+Morgana

Arthur+Gwen

Misfits

characters: Nathan Young

Mr Robot

Once Upon A Time

ships:

Emma+Hook

Parks and Recreation:

characters: April Ludgate, Andy Dwyer

ships:

Andy+April

Leslie+Ben

Peaky Blinders:

characters: Tommy Shelby, Michael Gray

ships:

Tommy+Grace

Tommy+Tatiana (more as Tommy and personification of his madness)

Penny Dreadful

ships:

Vanessa+Dorian

Preacher:

ships:

Jessie+Tulip

Reign:

characters: Mary Stuart, Francis Valois, Lola

ships:

Mary+Francis

Mary+Bash

Narcisse+Lola (flirting phase)

Claude+Leith

Riverdale:

characters:

ships:

VERONICA + JUGHEAD

Veronica+Archie

Cheryl+Toni

Shadowhunters:

ships:

Isabelle+Simon

Isabelle+Clary

Alec+Magnus

Clary+Jace

Sebastian+his accent

Sherlock

SKAM:

characters: Noora Sætre, Sana Bakkoush

ships:

Sana+Yousef

Noora+William (french Manon and Charles as well)

Jonas+Eva

even+isak

Skins:

characters: Chris Miles, Freddie Mcliar, Tony Stonem

ships:

Chris+Jal

Freddie+Effy

Cook+Effy

Rich+Grace

Alo+Mini

Stranger Things:

characters: Mike, Dustin, Steve, Will, Max

That 70′s Show

ships:

Eric+Donna

Donna+Steven

Steven+Jackie

The 100:

ships:

Bellamy+Clarke

Raven+Shaw

Lincoln+Octavia

Murphy+Emori

Gabriel + Josephine

The Bold Type:

characters: Jane Sloan, Kat Edison, Sutton Brady

ships: all of their ships are cute so far in a way

The Borgias

The Cry:

characters: Joanna

The Crown:

ships:

Elizabeth+Philip

The Magicians:

characters: Eliot Waugh, Margo Hanson, Penny Adiyodi

ships:

Penny+Kady

Eliot + Margo (as friends)

Eliot+Quentin

Josh + Margo

The Mentalist

The Night Manager

The O.C.

ships:

Seth+Summer

The Tudors

The White Princess:

ships:

Elizabeth+Henry

The White Queen:

characters: Richard York

ships:

Richard+Anne

Elizabeth+Edward

(Everyone were driving me from love to hate and back at some points so...)

The Vampire Diaries:

ships:

Damon+Elena

Stefan+Elena

Timeless:

ships: 

Lucy+Wyatt

Lucy+Flynn

Rufus+Jiya

True Detective

Westworld:

characters: Dolores, William, Ford, Maeve

ships:

Dolores+William

Will

Veronica Mars:

ships:

Veronica+Logan

Vikings

characters: Lagertha, Ragnar Lothbrok, King Ecbert, Athlestan, Rollo

ships:

Judith + Ecbert

Rollo+Gisla

Victoria:

ships:

Victoria+Albert!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Victoria+Melbourne (platonic-ish)

Ernest+Harriet

Drummond+Alfred

MOVIES

#

(500) Days of Summer

A

About Time

Amelie

American Beauty

American Psycho

Anna Karenina (Anna+Vronsky)

B

Before Midnight

Before Sunset

Before Sunrise    

Birdman (Sam+Mike)

Black Swan

Blade Runner

D

Donnie Darko

Dorian Gray

Drive

F

Fight Club (Tyler+Marla)

Filth

G

Gladiator

Gone with the Wind

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

H

Harry Potter Series (Harmione, Dramione, Romione, Hinny, Fremione... I ship everything lmao AND I LOVE MARAUDERS ERA)

I

Inglourious Basterds

Interview with the Vampire

Into the Wild

K

Kick-Ass

Kingsman: The Secret Service

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

L

Like Minds

Lord of the Rings Series

Love Actually

Love, Rosie

M

Macbeth

Mad Max: Fury Road

Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again (LILY JAMES ILY)

Marvel Movies

Match Point

Meet Joe Black (Joe+Susan)

Moulin Rouge!

Mr. & Mrs. Smith (John&Jane)

MCU (Peter+Gamora, Tony+Pepper, Wanda+Vision)

P

Pride & Prejudice

Pulp Fiction

S

Se7en

Sherlock Holmes

Slow West

Star Wars Series (Anakin+Padme, Han Solo+Leia, REY+POE OMG)

Stuck in Love

Submarine

T

The Boat That Rocked

The Dreamers

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Great Beauty

The Great Gatsby

The Guest

The Hunger Games Series

The Men From U.N.C.L.E. [Gaby&Illya]

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

The Pirates of Carribean (JACK&ELIZABETH)

The Prestige

The Social Network

The Virgin Suicides

Troy

W

Whiplash

BOOKS&COMIC (some)

1Q84

A Song of Ice and Fire

Adrian Mole series

American Gods

Artemis Fowl series

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Gossip Girl

Great Expectations

Harry Potter (Ginny+Harry, Hermione+Ron)

On the Road

The Cemetery of Forgotten Books series

The Chronicles of Narnia

The Infernal Devices (Will+Tessa)

The Hunger Games (Katniss+Peeta)

The Magicians

The Mortal Instruments (Jace+Clary)

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Witcher (Geralt+Yennefer, Ciri+Cahir)

GAMES (only faves)

Assassin's Creed Series:

characters: Ezio Auditore, Kassandra, Haytham Kenway, Evie Frye, Bayek

ships:

Ezio+Sofia

Bayek+Aya

Arno+Elise

Kassandra+Brasidas

Mass Effect Series:

characters: Garrus Vakarian, Thane Krios, Mordin Solus, Jack, Jaal Ama Darav, Nakmor Drack

ships:

Shepard&Garrus

Shepard&Thane

Ryder+Reyes

Ryder+Jaal

Witcher series:

characters: Geralt of Rivia, Yennefer, Cirilla, Dandelion, Triss Merigold, Zoltan

ships:

Geralt+Yennefer

Dandelion+Priscilla

Geralt+Ciri (as father and daughter)

ANIME&MANGA

Attack on Titan

Code Geass

Death Note

Fullmetal Alchemist

Paradise Kiss

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Another day another PicCrew! Thanks @toboldlywrite for sending this one! Try it out here!

Ione and Rissa

Tavi and J

Ash and Aris

Liz and Beth

Rose and Azura

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"Join Me" please?

“C’mon Ione, join us! We could really use your help with some of this.” Ash is sparking and beaming, their mind alight with a million ideas for the latest and greatest experiment batch.

Katri has her old eagerness about her again, her mind feels cheerful today after a week or so of gloominess.

Rissa is finding herself roped into these things more often lately, but her complaining has become more good-natured, a habitual bark rather than real bite.

Even Aris has let her hair down (not literally of course, that would be improper lab safety!) and has allowed Ash to expend the resources to try one of their wilder ideas just because she wants to make them happy.

And yet, Ione…still doesn’t know if she can belong. She backs off, as is her way, holding her body tight. She exerts forceful control over her own power; what would happen otherwise is too concerning to contemplate. Ash wants her to play with her telekinesis, the way she used to. And she misses it, quite a lot, in fact, but she’s learned that if she lets her guard down on one half, they’re so intertwined now that the telepathy often follows behind. And that’s a bad thing. She speaks softly, not wanting to take up too much space, energy, attention. “Oh, I’m-I’m not sure…”

Rissa leaves her place and walks around to stand behind Ione. Her touch is deliberate, as it always is, setting her hands gently but firmly on Ione’s shoulders. She projects assurance in exactly the same way. “Do you remember what we talked about?” she asks in a low voice, meant only for them to hear.

Of course she does. Even if she’d forgotten, it’s in Rissa’s thoughts, recalled from the asking, and the contact means she’s hearing quite clearly. Rissa wants her to, of course. She nods.

What they had talked about was a sort of trade. Each one had trouble doing things for herself, but if it would make her partner happy, it became a little easier. Ione thought it would be good for Rissa to spend more time with the group, at least those she had known from before. While her introverted nature meant she did need private time, Ione encouraged her to open up, just a little. Rissa had spent a long time feeling lonely, and now she had the freedom to start reversing course, if she would only take it. In return, Rissa said she thought it would be good for Ione to practice using her powers, not only to protect the group, but in the way she had Before. Back when they first met. Before the experiments and surgeries. Before she lost the ease of her magic. Before she was afraid.

“You’ve always said it was because you were afraid of her. But I think you’re afraid of yourself.”

Here’s your chance Rissa was saying now. Take it.

Ione takes a pair of gloves and goggles. She joins.

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Made these two on PicCrew again! Happy Pride!

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one you haven’t done yet for the drabbles!

Haven’t done a Value Me yet!

“I love you. And I hate that that makes you my weak spot.” Rissa is resolutely not looking at her when she says this, not near enough to touch for telepathic feedback. But Ione understands.

Old habits are hard to break, and both of them have been broken before. Rissa is afraid; having a weak spot would never have ended well in their past. It was something of a miracle that their employ had never tried to go after Ash, for instance. Aris did everything she could to keep them off the radar, and their naturally transient job had helped too, but she could have done it, if she cared to look.

Ione decides to tell her. “I know. But I’m stronger now. I can be strong enough for us both.”

“But you shouldn’t have to!” Rissa insists, and there’s that temper that makes people whisper about tempests and hurricanes. “You should be able to have someone protect you for once!”

“You have protected me. You know that.” She reaches, waits for Rissa to take her hand. “We’ve protected each other.”

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Tonight’s Revelation

You know that thing some couples do where they stand very close and bend so their foreheads press together? It looks similar to the Maori hongi greeting, like this.

(Gif by Miss Chicano on Fanpop)

Ione has a variation of this which she gives to Rissa at least once a day, often as a greeting first thing in the morning or a way to say goodnight. She brings their foreheads together, eyes closed, and rests her hands very gently on Rissa’s temples, giving her a telepathic nudge conveying peace/contentment and love.

Why? In many cultures, the forehead was believed to have a connection to a person’s consciousness or intellect, and for telepaths, the forehead-to-temples area is a prime location for sensing thoughts and brainwaves. In simple terms, this is where Rissa’s mind is. And that’s the most important thing in the world to Ione.

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❤ + Breathe

Thanks Otto! Breathing exercises are important for several of my pairings.

Beth uses breathing techniques to help with her panic attacks and manage days where her pain is high/uncontrolled. Upon figuring this out, Liz read up straight away because she wanted to help. They’ve proven useful for her, too, as a way to deal worth her phobia of thunderstorms.

One of the surest methods to treat Ione’s headaches and bouts of sensory overload is for her to be gently held by Rissa, who encourages her to breathe with her. Rissa herself has learned a lot of meditation, so she knows what she’s doing. (Semi-related bonus: Rissa can hold her breath below water for long periods of time, thanks to her hydrokinesis. Sometimes she likes to just sit at the bottom and think in the quiet.)

Aris is constantly trying to come up with means to help treat some of J’s lung damage. She hasn’t had much success so far, but she swears she will once she has more time to devote to the project.

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@acing-dyslexia asked...For any OC: “Who’s the most important person to you?”

Aris-Most important people are Ash and Katri, but those two with J, Rissa, and Ione make the Top 5.

Rissa-Most important person is Ione 💙❤️

Rose: Loves many, many people! But her closest bond is to Azura, who calls her “the prettiest flower in her garden.”

Tavi-Her most important people are her sisters: Vera, Harima, Kesha, Zira, and Peony. Outside the family, her best friends are Danny and Beth, and her partner is J.

Katri: Her most important people are her brother Espen, her mentor/auntie Aris, and Aris’ partner Ash. But, her found family is large and everyone in it is vital to her.

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Dove Experiments With Writing Style Part 1: The Trauma Trifecta in Healing is a Funny Thing

Healing, you know, it’s strange. Put three people through the same pains, and of course they won’t come out the same as they were before, but they won’t come out with scars in the same places, either.

The scientist engineers a fix. Aris healed her wounds the same way she did everything. She tinkered. She built. She invented a better way of doing things. She ran it through Science. She built herself routines for when the shadows in the morning fog looked a little too much like ghosts, or when the green color of Tavi’s eyes shifted just so and they weren’t Tavi’s anymore, or when she had the nagging feeling of being pulled too far apart and having her insides scrutinized and examined and so very seen. At that point, she often found it was best to sit with a cup of tea, hot enough so the steam rose into the air and chased the fog off the windowpanes. At that point, she often found it was best to close her own eyes and give Tavi a strong hug, bending down to hide her face in Tavi’s neck and inhale the muted scent of crackling embers Tavi seemed to carry with her like cologne. At that point, she often found it was best to visit a friend for a while, even one born several centuries away in the confines of a TV set or computer screen.

A hammer can break stone, but so can a steady drip of water. The pace of it may not be to one’s liking, but the fact remains. Rissa’s healing was slow, gradual. It carried on day by day, setbacks springing up, but never stopping her completely. It happened in much the same way that her lacerations had turned to scars and her nerves had painstakingly knit themselves back together again. Pain can become a companion one gets used to, like a black triangle shape in your right eye. Try and charge it too fast, and the knife twists further, the magic backfires, all your vision goes black. So, Rissa couldn’t force it away. She couldn’t be the hammer. Had to be the water. They say the movements of tai chi resemble a river to an observer. So, Rissa did tai chi every day, feeling her chi, her life energy, working through her body to synchronize her systems just the way they should be. She meditated, focusing on the flow of breath in and out, steady like tides. She went swimming with astonishing speeds, not letting up until all she could hear was the whoosh of the water in her ears and the thudding of her heart. Or sometimes, she simply sank to the bottom and sat, listening to the quiet. She taught herself how to care again, taking her Little Wave for long walks, training her to sit and stay and come, roughhousing and filling up the little carnivore with anything she could find. At night, Little Wave slept by her feet, chuffing for Rissa’s efforts. She stopped hiding her moods until they exploded over. She stopped hiding the right side of her face, wore her wounds and her glasses, and watched the sun rise with both eyes.

The tallest tree grows from a singe seed. It settles its roots and grows to the sky. Ione approached her healing in layers, like those roots, and the rings in a tree trunk which show its age. She ensured she had a strong foundation before inching forward. Unlike Rissa, she didn’t mind being patient. Unlike Aris, she held no aspirations of perfection. After all, promises of being make perfect and whole, the sum of all her potential, was what had gotten her here. She was a hybrid, in a way, so there was no perfection, no blueprint for what she should look like. But she could be a sturdy little hybrid all the same. Waiting for the right moment to bloom and bear fruit. She gave herself “fertilizer” by carefully exploring her abilities, stretching a muscle so strong, she’d never felt sure enough to see how far it could go, all the things it could do. Aris’ neural inhibitor kept her from going too far too fast and risking the integrity of the tree. She kept her roots covered with her faith, seeking help from Allah and the Quran when she felt lost. She gave herself supports to steady her “growth spurt” as her “trunk” began to climb, leaning on her family on one side and her values and hobbies on the other. She processed her pain, and the pain from others that she was burdened to carry, by drawing, painting. She danced for the sake of it. She read voraciously, looking for new ideas. She worked in the earth, enjoying smell of dirt and the feel of the soft leaves. She watered the plants, giving them tender loving care. And as she gave the life-sustaining water to the flowers and trees, Rissa nourished her with water from a well of love in turn.

Special thanks to Inky @inkdropsonroses for support and encouragement! What do you think of the style experiment? Would you like to see more like this? Requests? Please let me know! -Dove

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24. Is their any moment that happens between them that you know happens and just makes you melt? for any couple you want! :3

Very soft ask 🥺

Aris and Ash: I cried writing the scene where Ari gives Ash the book of letters she has saved and compiled. It really speaks to the length and depth of their relationship and what a special place they have in their hearts for each other.

Aris and J: These two have a lot of soft moments, but Ari is noticibly more comfortable with physical affection thanks to J’s presence in her life. Previously, she had only really ever touched Ash and Katri seeking affection, or perhaps Rissa and Ione if they needed medical care. It’s not so much a moment as a gradual process, but charting out how and when Ari slowly grows from mimicking to reciprocating and then initiating supportive touch between herself and J is very sweet and moving.

Tavi and J: J has always had a fear of heights. With her Illios form, Tavi helps her to conquer it. J still gets quite anxious if she needs to take a plane ride, for example, and she never will be one to enjoy a view from a Ferris wheel, but she begins to ask to go along with Tavi on short flying trips. She never feels quite as safe and secure as she does with Tavi, and knowing Tavi will always protect her, with or without wings, allows her to take part in and even enjoy/cherish one of Tavi’s very favorite things.

Rissa and Ione: One of my very favorite moments happens when they aren’t even a couple yet. The addition of telepathy to Ione’s previous mental abilities is a difficult and painful one for her. Her first moments of true clarity and comfort happen a few weeks after the fact. Rissa’s thoughts are the first she can focus on, loud and clear. She takes a sort of shelter in them when in need of comfort, and Rissa responds by finding magical means to shield her from the overwhelming noise and learning how to send soothing mental images Ione’s way.

Liz and Beth: These two are very soft as well. Most anything with them can make me melt, since they were the first romantic pair on this list that I created for the Equexia-verse! (Some of the other couples have been together longer, but it took me a while to figure them out. Liz and Beth fell together quite naturally.) I like to envision them most in quiet, domestic moments: snuggling together at bedtime, sharing passages or their favorite books, stargazing, teaching each other hobbies.

Sorry this got long!

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Oh ok it’s Feelings About Rissa and Ione Time🥺

Thanks brain?

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Happy STS! (sorry it's late it's been a Day) Do you have any songs you associate with oc ships? I'd love to hear about them!

I’m sorry it’s been a Day :( Hopefully this can cheer you up! (I like this question, thank you.)

Aris and Ash

I Choose You-Sara Bareilles (Noteable lyrics: We are not perfect, we learn from our mistakes/ And as long as it takes, I will prove my love to you)

Aris and J

Little Do You Know- Alex and Sierra (Noteable lyrics: I’ll love you like you’ve never felt the pain/I’ll wait/I promise you don’t have to be afraid)

Saturday Sun-Vance Joy

Tavi and J

Call It What You Want-Taylor Swift

Never Let You Down-Colbie Calliat (Noteable lyrics: I’m never gonna walk away, I’m always gonna have your back/And if you get lost, you can always count on that)

Liz and Beth

I Won’t Give Up-Jason Mraz

For Good-Idina Menzel and Kristen Chennowith (They both love Wicked very much! Noteable lyrics: And now whatever way our stories end/I know you have rewritten mine by being my friend)

Rissa and Ione

Demons-Imagine Dragons (They’ve both just...Struggled ok?)

Rewrite the Stars-Zac Efron and Zendaya (Noteable lyrics: Nothing can keep us apart/‘Cause you are the one I was meant to find)

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Call me!

“Rissa? Rissa?!”

She woke out of a sound sleep to Ione’s voice. She sounded frantic, which was...not right. At all. Ione was always steady, every bit the serene deep thinker that people seemed to expect hydrokinetic Rissa to be. Didn’t they know how easy it was to stir up water, to make it rage?

She pulled open the door to see Ione looking visibly disheveled. She tried to speak gently. “Whoa, hey, what’s the matter raindrop?”

The wind chimes by Rissa’s window rattled with no breeze to speak of. It was all Ione, her restless energy pulsing through the air. “Something is wrong, I heard something-“

Rissa managed to steer her inside without quite touching her. Ione needed her own headspace, for now. “Siddown, breathe. What’s this about?”

“She’s back. She’s far off, but I can still hear her thoughts. I shouldn’t be able to, not from this distance.”

Ione didn’t have to say who she meant. There was only one person who could work her into such a state, and that same person had dedicated years to burning the world down and making Ione’s, Rissa’s, and Aris’ lives hell in the process. To top it off, she vanished without a trace when consequences came knocking. And moaning. They hadn’t found any clues to her trail since. And now, she was suddenly back on Ione’s radar.

“Where is she?”

Ione’s eyes glowed faintly red, a sign of how hard she was straining. “I don’t know. Maybe she doesn’t either. I think she’s been on the move for some time. Somewhere...cold. With a rocky coastline. The ocean is all grey, like it’s about to storm.”

So am I. “Why do you think you can hear her all of a sudden?” She knelt down by Ione, gave her a glass of cool water.

“She must have hijacked some of Aris’ old tech. A prototype of the neural inhibitor that Aris made to quiet things down for me when other people’s thoughts are too much. But it’s corrupted. To amplify instead of stifle.”

“So she wants us to know she’s around still. What else?”

Ione rubbed her sore temples. “Revenge. She wants revenge on us for leaving her.”