#What do mean you got married?? Five minutes ago you weren't even on speaking terms???

[mellowfaceobservation]

Spoilers for the last scene of Deadwind season 3:

So, Leo is not Nurmi’s biological son, but Karppi goes “Well, he still needs a father anyway”, which, true. I’ve seen some lovely fics where Nurmi adopts Leo, but….. There’s just one problem: Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure that you still cannot adopt children not related to you as a single man in Finland. Single women and married couples (both gay and straight) can adopt kids, but not single men. So, with Karppi insinuating that Nurmi should adopt Leo regardless of the nonexistent genetic link, all I can think is “Sofia, GIRLLL…… Does that mean that you’re volunteering as a tribute??????”

[draslihanxfahri-bailey]

"Oh, yeah? Good luck with that, buddy," she teased. Knowing their daughter, though, she would find a way to play them both. She was a mastermind in her own right at such a young age and it did make her wonder if she would ever use her powers for evil the older she got. Hopefully, that wouldn't be the case. The anthropologist playfully rolled her eyes. Head shaking over his tease before saying, "You're just mad that I'm calling you out on your silvers. In fact... I've been staring at one for the past five minutes. Riiiiiiight there, in your beard, close to your chin. It's very prominent."

Glancing up at him, her mouth opened as she tried to speak for a moment, yet couldn't. Swallowing down her nerves, she thought about the term. How easily it left her lips as she talked about Eli. How natural it felt. How it warmed her entire being and her heart instantly filled with joy. Without even realizing it, she was smiling. "Yeah," she said finally. "At least, I want him to be, eventually. I've thought about our future a lot since Rhia was born and... He's more than my boyfriend at this point. I want a future with him. I want to possibly marry him in the future. I want... I want us to have more kids together, somehow." She laughed softly as she shook her head. "I don't know, I've just been thinking a lot. But I love him. And no matter what our future is, as long as we're together, I'm happy. I'm sure you understand what I mean, what with you and Kennedy."

Asli knew that she could spend forever gushing about Elijah and imagining what their future could look like. How she would blush and have the biggest smile possible, full of happiness that she knew wouldn't fade away easily. And hearing his words, at first, she laughed. Ready to nudge him and joke around with her friend. Then he continued on. Her features falling as she looked up at him, dark eyes scanning his features before reaching out to stop him. Her lips pressed together as she thought about what she would say. "Atlas..." How could she put this gently and not hurt him? "I wish you had been there," she whispered. "I wish I told you about her sooner... But..." She hated that word in a moment like this. Yet after taking a deep breath, she tried to continue on. "But... I'm relieved that you weren't there during my pregnancy. Because you would've spent months watching me die. And I can't imagine putting you through that. It was hell watching Eli see me dying; It would've been hell putting you through that, too. I wish I told you about her after she'd been born. I truly do. But you not being there during my pregnancy... It was for the best. And I really hope you understand that."

Things with Safiye had been a little awkward at first. Yet now, over the past few months, they've fortunately grown closer. "Things with Saf are good," she said. "A little awkward at the beginning, but better now. We're spending more time together and she's been joining us for Shabbat, growing closer to the girls as well, she's met my parents. We have so much lost time to make up, but we're trying. As for Ceren..." She shook her head. He was right: she can't avoid it forever. But she was scared. "I'm not sure. I know I have to, but... It's terrifying. She didn't want me thirty-two years ago. Why would she want me now?" Especially with her being estranged from Asli's twin and Saf. Would she even try to make things right with them with Asli in her life? Or would she continue life the way she has for the past three decades?

She smiled as she thought about their daughter and her height. "You know... There's a chance that she could be 5'3" or even 5'4". A little presumptuous to believe that she'll be closer to 6 foot, hm?" she teased, giggling. Watching their daughter, she found herself wishing again that he got to know her sooner. Yet, she couldn't change the past. And even then, she was grateful that Atlas and Alex got the chance to know each other at all, that Asli had eventually found the courage to do so. It was later than she had wished for, but, it was better late than never. "They truly do. But I've always believed in you, Las. And I'm proud of you. I truly am." Even though things hadn't gone the way she initially expected or hoped, her pride in the man and him working on becoming better never diminished. Smiling softly, she looked away to scan the book shop. "Okay, so I think Zeynep has some baskets nearby somewhere. If we grab one or two, it might help us carry the books and—..."

Her voice faltered along with her steps. Dark eyes widening as she stared, her heart beating rapidly. How had she never noticed it before? She couldn't tell you how many times she's stepped foot inside A Hero's Journey. Yet, she realized, she's never stopped to check out this area of the store before. And as her eyes scanned the bookshelves, the paint on the wall and ceiling, she felt as if she was standing right back in the history selection in her old favourite book shop in London. Back to the day where she first met the man next to her. And she couldn't look away, she couldn't remind herself that she was in Providence Peak and that things were different now. She couldn't ask him if he saw it, too, and was flooded with nostalgia, or if he, like the past few years, wouldn't acknowledge what it was she saw. She didn't nothing at all; Aslihan just stood there and stare as she slightly shook, trying to remember how to breathe. ||📜@atlaswilliams

He'd played with fire enough and as he thought about everything that the woman had going in her life, he figured that stumbling into the past wasn't something she'd have any interest in doing. "Wow. Using our daughter as your spy. I'll have to make her a counter offer than she can't resist." He beamed a genuine smile down at the woman who had changed his life in a bookstore all those years ago. She'd given him a chance to be himself without limitations and even if he'd fumbled that fresh start upon his return to Colorado, it hadn't ever left his mind. "I thought you were supposed to be good with math, but now I'm sensing that maybe you and that brother of yours have weak points after all. Yours is math and his is baby seats."

Brows lifted in surprise, the reference to Elijah being her husband catching him entirely off guard. It was a slip of the tongue, wasn't it? "Husband, huh?" He and Ken hadn't even made it down the aisle yet, but he too had considered her his wife, even if there were no legal documents supporting such a claim. Her question seemed to suck all of the air out of the room, because when he went to catch another breath, it was as if he couldn't. There were too many what-ifs to consider, but he knew which came to mind first and how much it could have changed everything. "What if they hadn't of stopped those dessert pizza lunchables," he counted teasingly, though his smile faded away after a few short seconds and a partial laugh. "You know, what if I hadn't of left London? I would have known about Alex." And it would have changed their path, but it also would have mean losing plenty of other things in their lives that he knew neither could imagine a world without.

Atlas chewed at the inside of his cheek. He wondered what his father would think of him, or what he'd think of the life he'd built, but this wasn't about him. "How is that going with Safiye? And have you thought about when you're going to talk to Ceren about everything? Trust me, it's uh, it's not something you can avoid. If this is what you want and it sounds like it, you've gotta take it on the chin." No matter what happened, in the end, all she could do was give it her best shot and if she swung out in the process, at least she'd mustered the courage. Head shook slowly, that same boyish grin he so often wore slowly curving at the corners of his mouth. "Well, she'll need to figure out a sly way around it if she's going to be tall. You might not know what it's like, but she'll have a tough time." Everyone wanted to be tall until they were and it was more of a disadvantage than not. His smile brightened as he watched his book loving daughter scan over the pages of another favorite. "Kids changed us for the better. Especially me. I wasn't in a great place when you two showed up, but I'm glad you gave me a chance to do better."

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