#TWL

[zanephillips]

ADAM DIMARCO as ALBIE The White Lotus 2.04 ‘In the Sandbox’

[snazzynacho]

In Common

Quinn Mossbacher x female oc

Chapter 1/?

Summary: Aleena notices a boy around her age stuck on a level in a game she's played. She offers her help, and a lovely friendship turned romance blossoms between them.

Fandom: The White Lotus (Season 1)

Tags: rated Y/A fanfic basically, romance, friendship, slowburn (I’ll try), clean romance, awkward flirting, Quinn is autistic.

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Aleena and her grandad are staying at the White Lotus hotel.

For the past half an hour she’s been swimming in the pool while he’s probably off talking his head off with someone.

She’s thankful to get some piece and quiet. She loves her grandad but he’s always talking even when she has headphones on.

Twisting her body around to pick up her cup of apple juice she left on the poolside, she finishes her drink. As she does, her ears twitch at the sound of a familiar melody. She turns and her gaze falls on the boy her age, swwading in the water, holding up his phone in his right hand and a Nintwndo Switch in the other. The Switch plays an iconic Stardew Valley song which Aleena instantly recognises as the sound played in the mines.

He seems to be stuck on a level in the mines and she decides to offer help.

He veers around in the water at the sound of her voice giving him advice. His blue eyes look startled and Aleena feels a guilty churn in her stomach for scaring him.

He quickly turns back to his game and she drifts to the side of the pool to leave, deciding she’s embarrassed herself enough for today. Before she leaves, she hears a voice call out.

“Thanks, I’ve been struggling with this for a while…I kept dying and then losing all my shit in the mines! How did you beat it?” He looks at you as he puts his Switch down on the poolside which Alewna cringes at. Isn't he scared of getting it wet?!

“Uhh, by spending months screaming and trying not to throw the Switch across the room,” she chuckles, holding onto the onto the pool edge “but I eventually got there,”

He chuckles a little at her answer and glimpses at his Switch, remembering himself trying desperately all those times to finish the level for weeks. He smiles at her determination and then back at her.

“Well, you must be really good, because this level has been a nightmare. Those Crave Flies are horrible!”

“Right?! The noise they make makes my stomach churn��” she grimaces, swaying in the water closer to him.

He glances back at his Switch before turning to look at her with an intrigued look on his face.

“Can I ask you something?”

“Sure,”

He looks at her for a moment but is slightly hesitant to ask for the question. Eventually he decides to ask anyway, not being sure how she is going to take it.

“How old are you?”

“That is what you’re asking?” Aleena can't help but snort a laugh. “You know you shouldn't ask a lady that-” she feigns offence but the look on his face tells her he doesn't know she is joking. “I'm kidding. I’m Seventeen. Why?”

He then looks down at the shimmering pool water, watching the ripples of sunlight dance on it, thinking for a few moments before he continues. “No reason…just wondering why someone like you would approach someone like me.“

“What do you mean?”

He thinks about it for a moment, before speaking. “It was just a little surprising. I wasn’t really expecting a complete stranger to help me at first. No one my age really wants anything to do with me,” he looks over at his Switch, cursing to himself for being so open and honest with a stranger.

She shrugs. “To be fair, it was bugging me how many times you were messing up,”

He laughs and it warms her heart for some reason. His eyes drift to her brown ones and back to the Nintendo Switch again. He then notices that he completely forgot to ask her name. “Wait-“ he says, looking back at her. “What’s your name?”

“What’s yours?”

He lets out a small laugh, at her counteract. “It’s Quinn. Yours?”

“Aleena,” she beams.

Quinn smiles, determining that her name is pretty and fitting. He looks back at his Switch again, still a little hesitant about asking a question that has been lingering on his mind for a while. “Can I ask you something else?”

“You know, you don’t have to ask that every time?”

Quinn laughs a little sheepishly at her statement, learning that he does have a habit of asking permission to ask a question. “I guess I do say that a lot, huh?”

“It’s fine,” Aleena giggles. “What were you gonna ask?”

Quinn lets out another small laugh, more of a nervous one this time, as he rubs the back of his neck, wondering how exactly to ask this question.

“Uh- well, I was wondering if…if you maybe wanted to go hang out together while we’re staying here…like, as friends?”

“Sure! It’s nice to finally find a gamer out in the wild,” she smiles. “What’s your Switch username by the way?” She asks as she leaves the pool to retrieve her switch from her bag, drying off first.

He seems to follow her lead, as he gets out the pool too, sitting on the empty lounge chair next to hers.

Quinn looks at Aleena with excitement at her willingness to hang out. He grabs his Switch to share his username with you. “It’s uh- Moss19. What’s yours?”

“Turtleena. T-U-R-T-L-E-E-N-A,”

He laughs at your username for a moment, amused by it, before looking back up at you with a smile. “Nice username. I’m gonna add you as a friend. I’m guessing you like Turtles?”Quinn clicks on the button to add her as a friend. His Switch makes an affirming sound when it obliges. He grins and looks back at Aleena. “There. We’re friends now.”

“Yay, thanks, I’m adding you too. And yeah, you could say that,” she chuckles, fiddling with the stitched corner of her purple towel. “Do you like Moss, then?” Aleena jokes but before either of them can say another word, her grandad calls for her from across the pool.

Quinn looks around when hearing her grandad hollering for her at the other end of the pool. He looks back at her and gives a sympathetic look as well as a shrug. “Guess you have to go?”

“Yeah, sorry.” she shoves her switch back into her bag, grabbing her pink towel to wrap herself with. “Well, I’ll see you around. Can you even message people on a switch? Or can you only text on a phone? Oh, here’s my number anyway,” she rambles on and uses a piece of her towel to wipe the chlorine water off his arm, and scribbles her number on his arm using a glittery pen she found in the bottom of her bag.

Quinn watches as she scribbles her number onto his arm, like etching a tattoo, completely endeared by her rambling. He admires her work of tattoo artistry on his arm, the sparkly red ink contrasts against his pale skin with every stroke.

“No worries, I’ll message you. And…yeah, you can message through the Switch. Can’t call or anything though,” he’s surprised he can keep his cool, at her touch.

“Oh right. Of course.” she stands in front of him kind of awkwardly, not wanting to leave. “Well, bye Quinn” she smiles once more, waves, and walks away.

Quinn smiles at Aleena, giving a small wave back, a bit surprised at her slight hesitation to leave, before watching her walk off to her grandad.

Sitting back in the chair where he was previously sitting, Quinn stares up at the blue sky with a small smile plastered on his face.

The smile quickly fades as he realises he never told her his age, and he might seem weird in not doing so after asking her how old she is. He sits back up and yells, “I’m sixteen by the way!”

Aleena whips her head around at the sound of Quinn’s voice from a few metres away, not quite registering why he has said that, at first.

“Oh, okay!” she shouts back, and laugh to yourself. These two are one awkward pair, and Aleena loves it.

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A/N: I headcanon that Quinn plays Minecraft, Stardew Valley, Animal Crossing, and Mario Kart on his switch. (these are the only games I play either lol.) And I headcanon that he obviously has an Xbox at home.

[ineedtotalkaboutshadamyrightnow]

Guys, I... @Kaencrumbs made fanart of my fic, guys. The Whole Love has its own fanart now. Look at it! It's amazing!

Look at the level of detail, the little tear on his gloves, the damage to the upholstery of the seats... I don't draw, but I know a lot of artists find drawing cars in 2d difficult, and their GUN jeep looks so good, and they look so good, and their heads together with his arm around his head makes it shaped like a heart and-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

And his expression is so perfect because he's trying to focus on the road and what they're doing, but he's also like, "oh my God, she's hugging me, this is not a drill," and she's so HAPPY, and their faces are squished together and- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I'm marring it with my shortcuts, but it fists so well as a desktop background, and I want to see this every day.

[homriette]

Your necromancer OC is so cute...can I kiss him

Lucky for you anon, he is single!

[midiosaamor]

OKAY SO WE HAVE S AND I GUYS

[makemyvoice-brandnew]

Anyone need anything from the kitchen while I'm in here?

[hotcinnamonsunset]

THE WHITE LOTUS | swimwear | 2.01 Meghann Fahy as Daphne Sullivan

[daydreamertrait]

harper seems excited about her new sister :')

[transdunbar]

theo, scott, and stiles in thin white lies

"Guys," Scott sighed. "We're just studying."

"Uh, no you're not," Stiles scoffed.

"No I'm not?"

"Not if I'm forced to live vicariously through you! If you go to her house today and squander that colossal opportunity, I swear to God, I'll have you de-balled."

"Jesus Christ, Stiles," Theo groaned, letting his head fall onto his desk more loudly than necessary. Then, against his better judgement, he lifted his head and asked, "Would you go to a vet or a human doctor?"

"For de-balling a werewolf specifically, or in general?" Stiles asked back.

"Holy shit, we are not talking about this," Scott growled before Theo could further the conversation.

Or, the AU in which Theo never leaves Beacon Hills with the Dread Doctors, and he grows up with Scott and Stiles as the third member in their troublemaking trio.

[edge-oftheworld]

thin white lies->blender

the words they are too much, when you show me my reflection

she says she loves me, she don’t show it

all the things you said in my head ricocheting off the bed nothing left but a mess omg it never ends

when the sun goes down we all get lonely

got me howling at the moon

@sofsversion it doesn’t fit perfectly in a lot of ways!! but your song parallels inspired this one

[rickgrimesdoingrickthings]

3. Where does your muse’s libido fall on the scale? 10 being hyper-sexual, 1 being the opposite. 5. Is your muse a top, bottom, or a switch? Why? 8. Are they polite or do they have a dirty mouth?

Quick Rick Headcanon Pack

3) I would say Rick's libido is around 5, I feel like he's the total opposite of Negan (who's hyper-sexual and jokes about it all the time etc. and claims to have a high sex drive etc.) I've never seen Rick do that in the series; when he's sad and anxious or alone (no romantic link with anyone) he seems to be completely turned off. I mean, dude spent like 8 years at the CRM and apparently he didn't have sex with anyone, or even kiss or date anyone at all, all he does is have romantic cheesy dreams about Michonne and that's it. I just don't give him a score below 5 because when Rick is in love with someone he can be really passionate, and it seems he's quite demisexual so having sex seems to have a very strong emotional / personal / spiritual weight for him and he gets more active.

Let's say Rick's libido can be absolute zero when he's alone and anxious / sad - and then be 7 when he's happy with someone he loves. But in all honesty, I don't think Rick is a sexual guy at all- I would say he's more the cheesy, romantic type. He's just...such a dad. He doesn't look at people in any sexual way at all (unless he's already in a relationship with the person and is just playing around), and he also hates harassment, he doesn't like being flirted with (unless he already has a bond with the person). I think he's quite the opposite of the "cliche sexual macho womanizer" that's very common in movies. Rick's very complex and sentimental af.

5) I think Rick is a switch. I mean, in the scenes with Michonne from S8 he...seems to roll a lot lol. I think he would like to give and receive honestly, he's too love deprived to try and do all on his own lol. He wants to feel loved too.

8) Rick is very polite, will swear only when he's very very angry. He tends to respect other people's spaces a lot- physical spaces and mental spaces as well- I don't see Rick being uncomfortable to others, he also seems to contain himself to not speak whatever comes to mind and he's very reserved. And I guess he expects the same from others.

[stylinsoncity]

girrrrrl im rereading the wonderlands & i forgot how insanely sexy louis is in this holy shit. like im blushing and kicking my feet & getting butterflies from this man just like harry is. your characterizations of h&l are always so palpable and rich and specific to each of your fics. each one is so different yet also so distinctly THEM & you’re just the best to ever do it !!

also, i hope you’re so proud of yourself when you look back at all the incredible stories you’ve shared with us. getting sentimental now but I’ll miss you & your big brain & your big heart. your writing has been such a gift for us readers over the years

lmao thank you D: D: i read your ask last night and then started thinking about the wonderlands and missing them.. i always love when i get an ask that makes me nostalgic about a fic and then i start kind of sinking into the rabbit hole a bit.

twl louis really was the first louis who felt like a whole ass man to me as i was writing. maybe bc he's rich lmaaaoo... also though he's older and very set in his ways and very sure of himself and yes, that's extremely hot lol.. i love writing about louis that way. it's very true to how i perceive him irl.

and pls don't even get me started on twl harry... he is my brethren. his mess is my mess. his brain is mine. he's just horny and confused and trying his best and like... name a bitch more relatable.

see? i'm in the rabbit hole now.

anyway lol thank you.. this is such a kind message and i appreciate you just stopping by to share some love. :') it's okay to get sentimental here. i'm sentimental all the time so i really do appreciate it.

[warningsine]

When I saw the white lotus win so many Emmys... It was fun and I know that the awards aren't serious, but can we be serious?

When I see people say that "The White Lotus" is such a smart show and doesn't hold your hand...I have to agree with you, anon.

To quote Logan Roy, "I love you, but you're not serious people."

I still don't get what was so great about the script, which was so preachy (a lecture for the white American crowd) and unsubtle.

"Oh, TWL is such a good criticism of privileged families."

I beg to differ.

For all of its talk about imperialism and racism, the first season focused a lot on intraracial classism instead.

The series is trying so hard to be the new "Succession," but it isn't. Not even close.

Unlike "Succession" that is a modern "King Lear" show, on "The White Lotus," your empathy lies with the less privileged characters, sure.

Except none of the local and indigenous characters are given plotlines of their own and when they do enter the plot, they're either victimized or erased.

"But that's what the show criticizes!"

Yeah, no. Talking about colonial issues while providing no escape from them isn't the #slay people think it is. It replicates and perpetuates tired tropes.

What's even harder to swallow is that the first season was filmed in Hawai`i during the pandemic, when everyone was asking visitors not to go there. But, hey, the director/creator wanted to "get out of LA."

It would have been so easy to tell the same story about privilege from the Kānaka Maoli characters' POV and incorporate their culture. It would have been so easy to focus more on Belinda and not turn Paula into Olivia's token friend.

As for season 2? Well, it kept my attention with the lesbian storyline and the lovely cast, but the quality was questionable.

Anyway, more prestige shows should use "Lovecraft Country" (unfortunately canceled too soon) as an example is all I'm saying.

[ineedtotalkaboutshadamyrightnow]

"The Whole Love" is on hiatus for at least a month while I work on new chapters, so now's your chance to get caught up (it's almost a novel already, lol).

It's about Shadamy teaming up and using each of their unique talents to help overcome a sinister threat (also bonding, encouraging each other, maybe falling in love or something, idk).

People have had a lot of nice things to say about it:

[homriette]

I just wanted to say, after seeing your necromancer OC, I think you'll enjoy the new manga series Ichi the Witch.

The funny part about this, is that literally yesterday a friend of mine recommended me the series

The art looks great! I definitely want to give it a try

[photosyntheticspace]

Out of curiosity. For There was Love (my new Arcane fic)