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Running head: INSIDE THE DOMAINS OF CREATIVE MINDS 1

Inside the Domains of Creative Minds And How these Minds Operate

Christopher Malcaus

St. Joseph’s College

Author Note

This paper was assigned by Professor Stacey Temple for Freshman Seminar SJC-100-BAS06.

Inside the Domains of Creative Minds And How these Minds Operate

Robert Cormier based his books off of morbid, sinister-like themes. After the First Death and The Chocolate War are perfect examples of perpetuating brutality, torture, terrorism, explicit language, and murder (Cormier, 1995). Cormier (1995) noted that Kate Forrester in After the First Death was a “very real person” to him. “Sitting at my typewriter, I have lived many lives---I have been Jerry Renault refusing to sell those chocolates and Kate Forrester trying to start that hostaged bus” (Gallo, 1990, p. 57).

In After the First Death, Kate Forrester was very resilient and tried to fulfill her responsibility of protecting children which she had shown through trying to start the bus in order to escape with the children. This book is an example of Cormier’s work being comprised of the “monstrous and inexorable power of evil” (Campbell, 2006, p. 11). It resonates with contemporary events, yet is banned from schools and libraries across the country. Why? Critics argue that children may be too young to fully digest a horrific event such as terrorism. Still, contemporary events should be read and discussed amongst students so they could learn about the real events that are happening in their world rather than being limited to learning about “sugar-coated” history. Cormier’s desire for children to be exposed to contemporary events is paralleled by Trevor Brown (an artist who will be mentioned later on) supporting children’s exposure to art, even to art with nudity (T. Brown, personal communication, October 23, 2014).

The Chocolate War’s genesis has an inspirational foundation. Cormier was inspired to write this book after his son’s school was organizing a chocolate sale. Cormier, reminded of how hard his own parochial school fought its way through the depression era, was perplexed about how his son’s parochial school could have such a sale in good financial times (early 1970’s). Therefore, Cormier decided that his son would not participate in his school’s chocolate sale. So, his emotions about the chocolate sale’s situation directed the writing of this book, especially through the first words of it: “They murdered him.” Similar words were elicited in Cormier’s mind as he watched his son walk into a new school and wondered what was going to happen to him since he was already declining to participate in an event (Cohen & Cormier, 1993).

Besides the basic foundation of his son’s non-participation, Cormier decided to write about “peer pressure” and “faculty pressure” that would be imposed on the main character of the book to sell his chocolates. Also, Cormier intertwined male hormones and “teenage love” into the books, which perpetuates the explicit language. The explicit language offends readers, but Cormier feels that if a book is too controversial, children themselves should protest it without the help of adults or a censoring committee (Cohen & Cormier, 1993). Since Cormier favors his work for young readers to be based off of controversy, his “fighting against creative conformity” is recognized, as mentioned in Creativity, Inc. (Catmull, 2014, p. 97).

How did Cormier come up with his work? “I am an emotional writer in that I do not write emotionally but if something affects me emotionally then that sends me to the typewriter” (Cohen & Cormier, 1993). Could this have been the case after Cormier’s father received bad news of needing surgery? Cormier was angry due to his father’s surgery and began to write about it as a source of “therapy” (Campbell, 2006, p. 24). Subsequently, this work transformed into Now and At the Hour, a title that hints at death.

“I write until I lose perspective. I come back and the problem is solved; the perspective is restored. You get so close to a thing, and then you have to draw away from it” (Campbell, 2006, p. 36). This resonates with one of Csikszentmihalyi’s creative steps: Incubation (Mysterious Time). Incubation is about stepping away from a problem, collecting oneself, and finding the solution once returning back to the work spot (Csikszentmihalyi, 1996, p. 80). The work spot would be a typewriter in Cormier’s instance.

“Nights and weekends my old Royal typewriter clattered and clanged as the words sang and danced on the page” (Gallo, 1990, p. 57). The use of the typewriter correlates to Cormier’s labeling of his writing process: it is not neat. Prior to his work being completed, his typed work was scribbled with many hand-written notes. Cormier commented that his work underwent many note-writings before being handed for feedback. Getting feedback relates to Catmull’s (2014) Creativity, Inc. in which “reels” are mentioned. “Reels” are the abundant amount of rough-drafts written in preparation for arriving at a final product; the “reels” are products of receiving plenty of respectful feedback by experienced directors and producers, the Braintrust (Catmull, 2014, p. 68). Also, “headlining” was mentioned in Creativity, Inc. which is written by a director’s assistant and is comprised of a condensed summary of what the Braintrust proposed to rectify in the work (Catmull, 2014, p. 99). Due to his own written notes, Cormier seemed an assistant to himself in suggesting edits for his work before it landed in the hands of his Braintrust, like his editor.

Using feedback serves as a kind of guidance that helps steer the work. Getting feedback is the result of encountering a problem while constructing the work; in other words, the creator faces an “emergence of problems.” Another one of Csikszentmihalyi’s creative processes is Preparation (Emergence of Problems). In response to encountering a problem, Cormier would say “The beautiful thing about writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon” (Morris, 2013, p. 112). Cormier’s notes on his scrap work is evidence of his extensive preparation for getting to a better piece of work and proof of not getting work done correctly the first time. These notes simply serve as an extension of ideas that will support a strong final piece.

In Creativity, Inc., it is mentioned that work emerges once the creator becomes the project (Catmull, 2014, p. 91). It could be inferred that if most of Cormier’s books stem from personal experiences, a good foundation was formed. Cormier said “write about what you know” in Gallo’s Speaking for Ourselves: Autobiographical Sketches by Notable Authors of Books for Young Adults (1990, p. 58). Cormier did exactly this in welcoming personal experiences into his writing which enabled him to become the project. In basing novels on personal life experiences and characters on family members, his novels were made to almost portray the same real-life stories.

Besides writing being a form of art, snapping pictures is also art. Trevor Brown is a Brooklyn artist who snaps whatever catches his eye. Brown is a “one shot kind of guy [which] speaks a technique” and “doesn’t have time for [setting up his camera and taking numerous shots]” (“New York moment,” 2010).

Before he snaps that one shot, Brown sees how the shot will look in his head first and mentally crops it in capturing exactly what he sees and how he wants it. Brown does not document or capture other people’s work, but rather decides exactly what to put into his pictures. Therefore, his artwork shows his vision of the world.

Pictures are his “strongest medium,” but as a child he did not have a camera. Nevertheless, Brown recalls that, when he was a child in his babysitter’s house, he would see a shot and how beautiful the colors were (T. Brown, personal communication, October 23, 2014). He would set the shot up in his mind and mentally crop it. Now, in his adulthood, besides still mentally cropping pictures, Brown uses his DSLR camera as his “tool” (T. Brown, personal communication, October 23, 2014).

Brown started posting his artwork on Flickr and continues to keep his older work posted because he wants to show his “progression” especially since the older work is “rough” and lacks composition (T. Brown, personal communication, October 23, 2014). Brown’s posting of his pre-progression work parallels to Catmull’s concept of originality and encountering mistakes (2014, p. 108). Encountering a rough start of “rough” work led Brown to better his work as he progressed. So, encountering a rough start should be seen as “valuable” (Catmull, 2014, p. 108).

Art is Brown’s “home” in which he feels that he is a “creative being” (T. Brown, personal communication, October 23, 2014). His creative self-being is evident through his eccentric dressing and having people comment that he is as much artwork as the ones on the wall. Since he has a background in performing arts, he knows that people observe how he comports himself and also how he puts his clothes together for his performance, which could be talking at an art exhibit. He “sculpts” his hair for whatever his event is for the day and so he realizes that he resembles the artwork (T. Brown, personal communication, October 23, 2014).

“Photography” and “dance” are two rooms in Brown’s artistic “home” (T. Brown, personal communication, October 23, 2014). He wants to return to dancing because he enjoys performing and expressing himself in that medium. Brown has a difficult time in picking up on

choreography, but likes interpretive, modern, and African dancing. Another room that is being developed is filmmaking which many people call “the natural progression for photographers,” according to Brown (T. Brown, personal communication, October 23, 2014). It was not so much of a “natural progression” for Brown as it was a given opportunity to perform; he is a non-traditional character and would have a difficult time in finding roles out there, so it would be easier to create a role and venue for himself, as opposed to waiting for people to do it for him.

“Painting is messy” and therefore Brown avoids it at all costs (T. Brown, personal communication, October 23, 2014). Nevertheless, he may reach a point where he could like painting since his “home” is still under renovation and “[his] journey is not over” (T. Brown, personal communication, October 23, 2014). He has a tie to painting since viewers compliment his assumed “paintings,” yet he never corrects them and is “always honored and amused by [their assumptions]” (Brown, n.d.).

Brown wants viewers to interact with the work of the displayed high heel exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum through possibly trying on makeshift wooden high heels. So, a “non-traditional approach” (which artists do not share) which he uses is letting people touch (interact with) his work, unless it is mounted behind plexiglass (T. Brown, personal communication, October 23, 2014). In doing this, the viewers realize that Brown’s pictures are not paintings and so the “mystery” in their minds is cleared (T. Brown, personal communication, October 23, 2014). Also, Brown does not like to distinguish or describe his work at an art exhibit, but prefers for viewers themselves to distinguish and describe his work. So, because Brown’s background is not in Fine Arts, he did not have professors properly instructing him as a young student. Through exhibiting, he learns “the language” and uses that language for describing his artwork in further gallery talks (T. Brown, personal communication, October 23, 2014). Also, he learns more about his own work after listening to viewers’ responses. So, it is evident that an experienced artist could still learn as his artistic journey continues. As Brown repeatedly said, “My journey is not over, your journey is not over” (T. Brown, personal communication, October 23, 2014).

“Iconoclast,” which is a part of Brown’s tagline, is defined by Brown as “a person who goes against tradition.” It is mentioned in Creativity, Inc. that Brad Bird (writer and director of The Iron Giant & The Incredibles) “[fought] against creative conformity” because he stated to Pete Docter, director of Up, “we need something that your audience can get a little more invested in” (Catmull, 2014, p. 97). So, Brown is “fighting against creative conformity” in allowing viewers to touch his artwork, which enables them to be “invested” in it, a part of it. Also, they are becoming a part of his work by telling Brown what they themselves see in it.

Brown likes “rust, oxidation, colors of passing time” in the city streets (“New York moment,” 2010). Since he is a pedestrian before an artist, he “likes to walk” (T. Brown, personal communication, October 23, 2014). So, the colors of walls and streets appeal to Brown, especially since those colors are not original and are changed over time through fading. “Rust and oxidation call out to [him]” and serve as his “crack” (T. Brown, personal communication, October 23, 2014). Textures, metals, and how the weather affects/erodes them, what remains throughout time, and the graffiti interest him (T. Brown, personal communication, October 23, 2014). He likes fences and corrugated metal, and their different textures. He also likes bricks and, during the interview, recalls all of the bricks that have infatuated him from other countries. So, in taking pictures of things that appeal to him, Brown wants people to recognize “the often overlooked” (like metals, fences, and bricks) (Brown, n.d.).

Brown lived in Williamsburg, which is “that regurgitated step child from Manhattan” (T. Brown, personal communication, October 23, 2014). “Grit, grime, art, graffiti,” and the paint all disappeared from the Williamsburg in which Brown lived for five years (T. Brown, personal communication, October 23, 2014). Brown had to search for murals that represented artwork, but the only murals available were the youtube video advertisements. So, the art is gone in his eyes. “Broken down and discarded” is what attracts him, rather than newness (T. Brown, personal communication, October 23, 2014).

Brown feels that people should go wherever their artistic journeys are going. He disagrees when people suggest for an artist to stay in one lane in which that artist has made most of his money and knows one category of work. For example, he mentioned in the interview that people may say that you are a landscape painter and so you should stay there. He disagrees with that and feels to take risks rather than to stay in the safe place (T. Brown, personal communication, October 23, 2014). Prior to the taped interview, Brown stated that not taking risks is dangerous and so to go out of your comfort zone.

So, “my journey is not over, your journey is not over” (T. Brown, personal communication, October 23, 2014). Even though Cormier is deceased, his books take readers on a journey into his mind, and life, as Brown’s artwork takes viewers into his mind in which they can see his view of the world. As long as an artist’s work is within the public’s reach, the public will be on a journey through the way it interacts with and reacts to the work as the artists will be on a journey through the way they may respond to the public, as well as learn from the public.

References

Brown, T. (n.d.). Artist statement. Retrieved from http://www.trevorbrownonline.com/statement.html

Campbell, P. (2006). Robert Cormier: Daring to disturb the universe. New York: Delacorte P. Catmull, E. (2014). Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the unseen forces that start in the way of true

inspiration. New York: Random House.

Cohen, J., & Cormier, R. (1993). An interview with Robert Cormier. Reading Time, 37(1), 7-8. Cormier, R. (1999). Waxing Creative. In D. J. Morad (Ed.), Children's Literature Review (Vol. 55). Detroit: Gale Group. (Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, 1995, July 17, 242[29], 140) Retrieved from http://go.galegroup.com/psi.doid=GALE%7CH1420022986&v=2.1&u=patc16025&it=r&p=LitRC&sw=w&asid=b7b937485ad2e48c10a65174428701c4

Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1996). Creativity: Flow and the psychology of discovery and invention. New York: HarperCollins.

Gallo, D. (1990). Speaking for ourselves: Autobiographical sketches by notable authors of books for young adults. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English.

Morris, L. (2013). RTI meets writer’s workshop: Tiered strategies for all levels of writers and every phase of writing. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage.

New York Public Radio. (2010, March). New York moment: Trevor Brown [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXkVVF4pFdk

[Afterwords: Wow this was a lot, I hope Mr. Malcaus got a good grade. This is his freshman year. I can't even begin to fathom writing like this in my freshman year. I still don't know how to cite sources and of course how to find sources to cite. I know this is besides the content of the paper but how does a eighteen or nineteen year old know about where to even look for the sources to write a paper like this? Now he could totally be wrong in what he did here, but it doesn't look like it, it looks like a very academic paper. Even now ten years later I am still blown away by this skill because I didn't learn any of this in school.

There is one thing that different for me reading this now as opposed to reading it then, was I actually understood it better. I think the first time I read this I wasn't quite getting the correlations that Mr. Malcaus was making, I understand them a bit better now and see the broader connections he was making between me and the writer.

What I love most is this was very validating of my own craft equating it to the thoughts and words of an established, published and well-sold author. Curiously it reflects my own feelings about artistic pursuits that no one art is necessarily more important than another, particularly when you look under the hood and the processes of the artist to create said works.

I felt this then and still feel this, that I think we are all creative people and all have creative abilities its just important that we nourish them whatever they are. The fact that your art sells for billions of dollars doesn't make you any more important in my opinion than an unknown artist in some coastal town who creates work for family and friends. Whomever you are you're going through a similar process even if you have different mediums and I like to think of us looking at what unites us as opposed to what separates us.

"My journey is not over, your journey is not over", something that I kept saying to the young Malcaus and I stand by this, he seems to work in some kind of hotel management role post-college, but it doesn't mean his journey is over. I no longer actively exhibit but that doesn't mean I am not still creating. And as I just said even if its an audience of one its important to continue to be creative, its not about the financial benefits but for the value it brings to the soul, if you believe in those things.

[Photos by Brown Estate]

I wanted to make a statement with my artist statement

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Happy Feast Day

Saint Stanislaus Kostka

1550-1568

Feast Day: November 13

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How do you think explaining Christmas would go down with the boys? I'm specifically looking at Krampus, cause the holiday is all about joy and hope and lights and and giving, and then there's just this half goat demon man that will stuff you in a sack and torture you for Your Sins.

The story of Krampus is actually really metal tbh. There was this evil butcher that killed, chopped, and salted these three kids that were hanging outside his shop, and then St. Nicholas came along and uses the Power Of God to commit actual fucking necromancy to bring the kids back to life. God then cursed this butcher to follow around St. Nich as a punisher that comes around every December 5. The French call him "the whipping father" it's fucking insane actually.

Some of the holiday is also a little weird when you put it into perspective, like: oh yeah, there's this red guy that you write letters to and then he breaks into your house and you leave an offering of milk and cookies for him in exchange for candy and gifts :D! He also has flying reindeer with very cute names btw! But we're not going to talk about that actually cause now we have to decorate this whole ass pine tree that I brought into ramshackle :D it's gonna be great! :D

Bro imagine giving them advent calendars! Those little ones with the small toys or chocolates- give one to Riddle he needs one. Lots of sugar intake to catch up on

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To be real, I was raised very Catholic (ew) and traditionally Mexican so my Christmas stuff is very different from what you see on TV and like in Hallmark movies.

So like, we celebrated it as a religious holiday, so the Santa stuff is kinnda foreign to me, I only heard about it from school. We still got presents and stuff, but I remember doing Posadas, which is children reenacting the Mary and Joseph seeking shelter by going to houses and singing and asking for shelter. At the end we go to one of the parents' houses or to the church and have a little party! We also didn't really decorate like I've seen in American homes, we had like a cute tree usually, but mostly decorated the altars to La Virgen and the Nativity scene.

The biggest difference I've found is that we celebrated Christmas on Christmas Eve instead; we had Nochebuena, so we'd go to midnight mass, have dinner, and at midnight we open presents. Technically, kids didn't get presents because of Santa or anything like that, we got it cause kids get gifts like how the three kings gave baby Jesus presents. Though that also is a different winter holiday in January or February, not sure. When I got older my family started getting more Americanized, and my brothers got the whole Santa deal, but we still did a lot of the church stuff.

Considering that there is no mention of any sort of religious institution in Twisted Wonderland, I imagine my explanation of Christmas would be very foreign. Though Noble Bell College basically being Notre Dame in the Masquerade event and Rollo practically inventing Catholic guilt in a world without Catholics has some implications? I actually don't think there is any mention of any deities that the cast or world in general worship, though perhaps it's implied with Hades? He's not referred to as God of the Underworld though, he's King so maybe??

This got off-topic, but I like to think any explanation of traditions from back home is fascinating to the boys! And there's a lot of winter holidays besides Christmas and Las Posadas, I mean Hanukkah is big and Yule is reemerging as people learn more about where traditions from Christmas comes from.

If you're like me and have a religious aspect to your winter holidays, I think they're curious about it and asking all sorts of questions! If you had the more traditional American Christmas, then they're super curious about the whole Santa deal! Like, they thought you said your world didn't have magic, so what's with this magically man in a red suit and white beard?

(Also, I don't know what advent calendars are, they have candy I'm guessing? If it's a calendar, then I'm safe to assume it's like a count-down to Christmas day?)

#mochi asks #🦩 anon #twst #twisted wonderland #to be fr i thought christmas like on tv was make believe #like it was all disney show or hallmark and that real christmases was way more toned down #you can also imagine my confusion when i first watched the grinch as a kid

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how can you look so peaceful when you know i'm gonna leave - joseph woll

pairing: joseph woll x original female character

warnings: swearing, fluff central, talks of marriage, barely proofread

inspired by + title: "staying" by lizzy mcalpine

word count: 2.1k

author's note: a short love letter to long distance relationships, which, while brutal, are beautiful in its own way. a love so soft that its meaning transcends distance ... it's possible folks! i've lived it! wanted to put something quick out to get back into my writer brain again. i hope you all enjoy this one <3

Goodbyes are par for the course for Evangeline Patel and Joseph Woll.

Their first real one was when they weren’t even dating yet. Something more than friends. Something just below commitment. It was after their sophomore year of Boston College, when Joseph went back home to St. Louis and Evie went back home to New York. Evie hadn’t wanted to let go as Joseph lingered by the door, having helped her pack stuff into her car.

They were dating a year later during the second real goodbye, when Joseph’s BC season ended and he went to Toronto. But that time they had plans of visiting each other’s hometowns in the summer and the goodbyes felt more like promises and not finalities.

When two collegiate hockey players date each other, they get more comfortable being apart than together with opposing practice and game schedules. But everyone knew, even at the start, that Evie and Joseph wouldn’t ever be driven apart by distance.

And that stayed true through every ‘goodbye’ and ‘see you soon,’ whether literal or figurative. Through when shoulder surgery sidelined Evie and her dreams to go professional. Through when Joseph signed his deal with Toronto and Evie stayed at BC. Through when Evie’s post-grad journey took her back home to New York.

They’ve passed every test thrown at them, every obstacle tossed in their way. As heartbreaking as it sounds, goodbyes are a part of what makes Evie and Joseph work.

Because when they finally say hello again, it always feels like the first time they locked eyes, during a meeting during their freshman year when all the student athletes were gathering together.

Tonight, after spending their sixth year anniversary, they’re on the precipice of another goodbye. Joseph has to go back to Toronto for training camp and the Leafs don’t play the Rangers until late January. Evie always spends the holidays with her family, and Joseph has always respected that.

Four months. They’ve done worse. But the familiar heaviness settles in her stomach as she curls up in bed, reaching out to place a stray hair back where it belongs. He looks at her in a way that makes her feel like nothing and no one can hurt her.

It’s been that way for six years and she’s so lucky.

He narrows his eyes playfully, tapping his pointer finger gently on her forehead. “What are you thinking so hard about?”

Evie sighs with a wistful smile. “Nothing.”

“Oh really?”

“Yeah.”

He leans forward to press a kiss on her forehead. “I know you’re lying. Tell me.”

She relents, “I love you.”

“I love you too, baby. That’s what you’re thinking about?”

She shrugs. “Do you ever think about what life would be like if we didn’t have to be apart so much?”

“All the time,” he says. “I probably wouldn’t be as upset coming home after a loss.”

Evie chuckles, but that’s not what she means. “I mean, like, I don’t know. If you had thought about breaking it off when you went to Toronto or when I went to New York or…”

Joseph’s eyebrows furrow. “Is there something you’re not telling me?”

Shit. “No, no! Not at all. Sorry. I probably should’ve brought that up more gracefully.”

He grins. “That’s okay. You rarely think before you speak. I know that.” He earns a light slap for that. “But to answer your question, no. Not really. Even among all the uncertainties of going to Toronto, you were always the constant. I knew that no matter what changes would come, I’d always want and need you to be in my life.”

She feels her heart rush with emotions. Even after six years, he can still make her feel like a lovesick idiot. “How did you know that early on?”

He rubs her shoulder with his thumb. “You make my brain calm down. Even on our first date, my hands were so sweaty and I didn’t know if you were gonna think dinner was too cheesy but you just made me feel so at peace.”

“It was cheesy,” she points out as he lightly pinches her skin in retaliation, which makes her laugh. “But it was you. So I didn’t care.”

“Talk about cheesy,” he snickers. “But yeah. I never had a doubt. I knew that even though it was very likely we wouldn’t live in the same city, it would be worth it. It was more if you wanted it.”

“What do you mean?”

He swallows. She plays with his fingers, something that always calms him down. “Well, when I first went to Toronto, I wasn’t sure if you’d want to, you know, keep this going. And I would’ve understood. You were gonna be at BC another year and then be who knows where and I could’ve moved around at any moment. Not being able to give you that stability…it’s still something I worry about.”

“I think we’ve made it work this long,” she says playfully.

“We have, and I wouldn’t change it for anything,” he assures. “And usually, I’m fine. But, you know, on the days I miss you more than usual, the thought creeps into my head.”

She catches his hand that’s been rubbing her shoulder and places a kiss on his palm. “Honey, I appreciate the concern, I really do. But I knew what I was getting to. And I’m still here, aren’t I?”

“I feel very lucky that you are.”

Sap. Evie lays back down on his chest. “That still doesn’t mean this gets easier though.”

“Yeah. I know.”

She glances around the room, stopping at momentos she’s collected throughout the years. The BC flag she has hanging above her door. The puck for the first goal she ever scored for the Eagles on the corner of her desk. A stuffed elephant Joseph won her in an arcade four years ago. A cork board filled with scraps of memories, tickets to concerts, boarding passes and little notes she’s gotten from friends and family.

Right in the center is a ticket to Joseph’s first game in net for the Leafs. November 13, 2021. She’ll never forget it, getting special permission from her coach to meet the team at New Hampshire the next day for their game so that she could go up to Buffalo to catch the Leafs play the Sabres.

Her eyes then scan to the bouquet of lilies on her night stand, courtesy of Joseph from when they stopped by a flower shop yesterday. Then to the duvet that he had gifted her for her birthday last year because she needed a new one.

And then finally, to him. Those blue eyes that always hold so much warmth. The eyes she immediately saw when she woke up from her surgery, a professional hockey career officially out of reach. The eyes she always looks for in a room, whether he’s there or not.

“Hi,” he says softly.

“Hm?”

“Lost you for a minute.”

“Sorry,” she shakes her head. “Were you saying something?”

“Nah,” he says with a smile, kissing her forehead. “Four months isn’t too bad.”

“Joseph,” she deadpans. “It’s not great either.”

“I know,” he murmurs. “I’m just trying not to be sad about it now because I know it’s inevitable. You think it would get easier after six years.”

“I hope some of the Toronto jobs I applied to get back to me.”

He sighs and she can’t blame him. It’s a conversation they’ve had multiple times. “Me too, Eve. But-”

“Go where the job you want takes you, yeah, I know,” she finishes for him. “But I’m ready for a change. And I miss living in the same city. Or country. Even that’s a start.”

Joseph snorts. “Yeah. That would be nice.” He reaches over to dim the lights. “Well, if anything, I’m glad we get to at least spend anniversaries together.”

She hums. They miss out on a lot in each other’s lives — her birthday which is in March, various holidays, Valentine’s Day — but anniversaries are in the summer. And that can be theirs.

Sometimes Evie does wonder what life would be like if they weren’t dating. If she hadn’t taken the chance and asked for the shy, cute boy’s number. If she hadn’t realized at a BC men’s hockey game that the goalie in net was so talented that she couldn’t take her eyes away. If she hadn’t said yes to going on the first date. By then she had already known he was on his way to Toronto sooner rather than later. And she still said yes.

She went to her childhood best friend’s older sister’s wedding a month ago. Her and Joseph have talked about marriage — they’ve been dating for so long it would be strange if they hadn’t — but it wasn’t until Paige and Taylor were saying “I Do” as they put rings on each other’s fingers, Paige’s jumpsuit and Taylor’s dress flowing gracefully with the wind, did Evie look at her own ring finger for a split second and yearn for something for the first time.

Well, he’s leaving tomorrow. Might as well bring it up now.

“You know, if we want to get married eventually, we probably should be in the same city.” She holds her breath, waiting for his reaction, fiddling with her necklace.

(It’s a silver maple leaf charm that Joseph had gotten her right before he left for Toronto. Evie hasn’t taken it off since.)

“You’re my favorite person in the world.” He rushes out, almost like he’s stumbling over his words. But they’re no less genuine, eyes wide and cheeks the slightest bit red. She loves all of him, but she loves him the most like this. When he’s completely vulnerable, no filter and only hers.

She has to share him with a whole city who lives and breathes hockey. He does a good job of reminding her consistently that even with all that, what’s theirs is theirs and always will be. It’s moments like these when she remembers.

“Yeah?”

“Yeah. And I also know you very well,” He taps his finger on her forehead. “Just be patient, baby. It’s coming.”

She decides to act dumb, hoping she’s not clamming up. “What’s coming?”

Joseph snorts. “Yeah, nice try.” He takes it a step further, taking her left hand and rubbing her ring finger smoothly. “I knew I wanted to marry you the second your eyes opened after your surgery.”

Evie’s not sure what to be shocked at first. The fact that he immediately picked up on her signals or what he just said. She blinks. Surgery. Her shoulder surgery. Which was-

“That was like, five years ago.”

He shrugs before taking a deep breath, and she knows he’s also thinking back to that time. She didn’t know it at the time, but they’ve talked about it since. Joseph had been downright terrified, sitting in the waiting room for hours while Evie was in the operating room. He had flown to New York specifically to be by her side when she woke up. They hadn’t even been dating for a year and a half at that point, and he still says it was one of the scariest moments of his life.

“Why then?” She asks. She has to know.

He smiles softly. “I know it was stupid, and the success rate of that surgery is so high, but I was so, so afraid you wouldn’t wake up or it wouldn’t be successful. Then when you woke up and I saw your eyes, I realized that I don’t think I could go through my life without seeing those eyes. I guess it’s kinda cruel that I don’t literally get to everyday, but you know what I mean.”

“Oh,” she mutters. Because what else can she say? “So you do want to get married.”

A pause, then a bark of laughter. “Of course I want to get married.” She must flinch because Joseph immediately softens. “Sorry, babe. I’m not making fun of you. I just-I thought you knew. I’ve wanted to marry you for a long time. We’re just, you know, we’re young and I knew neither one of us wanted to be married young even though we could’ve been by now.”

Evie bites her lip. “You know that I don't need a ring, right?”

“I know,” he says with a warm smile. “But you’re getting one anyways. Soon. I promise. Can’t let you slip away that easy, eh?”

“First of all, I know you play there, but you’re not Canadian so stop with the ‘eh,’ he snorts before she continues. “Secondly, you kinda have had me for awhile now. Don’t think I could slip away even if I wanted to.”

He laughs before turning serious, placing a soft but poignant kiss on her lips. “I love you. I’ll miss you.”

“I love you too,” Evie says, biting her lip as she wipes a tear from his cheek. “I miss you always.”

(Three months later, Joseph proposes during sunset in Boston, echoing to their very first date when they had dinner and walked by the Charles River during sunset. Five months later, Evie gets a job offer in Toronto.)

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