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[sanctamater]

i think this sums up the dewitt family trio's dynamic so perfectly <3

[readychilledwine]

Kissed by Fire pt 3

Summary - Amelia Archeron, the oldest of the made sisters, sacrificed more than her sisters would ever understand, and more than she would ever allow them to know. Now, they want her to sacrifice her one chance at happiness, too.

Warnings - Amelia was a prostitute, body insecurities, mentions of abuse, and the author's loose understanding of chess, but using it more as symbolism and foreshadowing

A/n - it's happeniiiiiing. Things are short and sweet to allow me to make a giant scene where Eris and Amelia meet in the next chapter, and we get to hear Eris say my favorite Eris line to her 🫠

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Rhys sat across from Amelia, a chessboard set up between them. 

He was ruining a game he and Azriel had been playing before he left for the Mountain, but he could not think of any other way to explain to Amelia how powerful and valuable she was, and this was a language the oldest sister would understand after years of playing with her father.

“Lower fae with minimal powers,” he grimaced at the term, “would be like the pawn pieces.” He held one obsidian Pawn in his hand. “They're able to move one space toward but can not go back. Lesser fae can sometimes winnow, but if they make it is another conversion entirely, and they will be worn magically from the effort.”

Amelia nodded. She watched as Rhys picked a bishop, “Low fae with more magic singing through them would be like a bishop. Larger winnowing patterns are possible but still limited.”

“Most fae who prefer to call themselves by their race, such as my illyrians, would be similar to a knight. Capable of larger movements and typically able to jump exactly where they want, granted, most would rather just fly, so winnowing is not a skill the Illyrians truly care about.”

“All brawn no brain,” Rhys smiled at her statement.

His hand moved to a rook. “High fae would be similar to the rook. Typically they're able to go wherever they like within reason, but the jump may be difficult and use more magic than expected.”

He ignored the king piece, the least valued piece in chess, and moved to the queen. “You, my dear Amelia, are the queen piece. There is no limit on your movement,” he paused, ensuring she was looking at him. “Through our world or into another if wanted.”

“Lovely. What exactly does that mean?”

Rhys smiled at Amelia, watching as she rotated in her seat to stare at the map of constellations he had charted many years ago. “It means you can lead whole armies into new worlds and territories by just looking at one of those strings that holds the fabrics of our world together. It means the realm, our world, can communicate to you where to go when you ask and you can get there regardless of the distance with less than half the amount of effort it takes for a High Lord to winnow from Spring to the Night Court.”

He paused, looking at the map with her. “It means you could pull one of those strings and open a rift to a new world. If they are out there.”

“And why is this such a useful skill that you all are now fighting about taking me to Hewn City?” Amelia clocked Rhys straighten slightly, eyes glaring.

“You've been listening to conversations not meant for you again.”

Amelia leaned forward, wrapped in that sweater that made Rhysand's skin crawl anytime he saw it. “Perhaps you all should not discuss someone like they aren't sitting in the same home as you. Who is Eris?”

Rhys sighed, leaning forward to meet her at eye level and show her he would not, and would never, be intimated by her. “Eris is Lucien's older brother. He is a heartless, cruel, and selfish asshole.”

Amelia rolled her eyes. “I've been around my fair share of bad men, Rhys. 

“Not that were over 500 years old and used words for warfare. Eris likes powerful things. He will see you as an object for collection.”

“Sounds familiar," Rhysand glared at her serpent smile, "You assume I would allow myself to be collected.”

“I assume it would be best to protect you and not risking him charming his way to you.”

“So, he's charming.” Rhys could help but laugh, watching as Amelia smiled too, the air feeling lighter. “I still think you should let me go.” She batted her lashes at him, watching as his chest stilled and smirked.

“You are dangerous as well. Batting those pretty eyes to get your way. Have you always been like this?”

“No,” she replied softly. He watched her mind go back to a simpler time, chasing a young Feyre through the market in fine clothing before going back to the night she sold everything to keep them alive. “I was made dangerous.”

Amelia stared at the scrap of the clothing Feyre was holding up to her. She could have sworn this was Rhysand mocking her, attacking her despite the period of almost friendship they'd had the past week. 

“I'm not wearing that,” Amelia curled into herself, hugging herself tighter. “That isn't even a dress.” The dress, if she caved to Feyre's desires and called it that, was surprisingly white. But it would cover nothing. 

Amelia had worn dresses like it before. Dresses meant to entice and entertain. Dresses meant for seduction. Dresses meant to flaunt. She hated them every time. Her mother and grandmother had beaten modesty into her, and her former line of work had ripped it apart. She had hoped in this new body, this new life, she could go back to the safety fabric offered.

Rhys had promised never again. He promised her safety. This dress wasn't safety. “Ask Rhys if there's something else I can wear.” 

Feyre's smile fell. “I am high lady of this court-”

“Then if it was your idea, I will remind you that you are my sister. My baby sister. Asking me to wear this is so violating, Feyre. I would never ask that of you. Regardless of my status over you." The one you constantly hang over my head was left unspoken. It was resentment on Amelia's end, just annoyance at Feyre's newfound entitlement.

“Do you not want to reclaim your body? Hybern took your human body from you. Don't you want to own what you have now?”

Amelia could hardly believe what she was hearing as she mentally called for Rhys, and he appeared. “I do not have to wear that to reclaim myself.” The High Lord's eyes were wide as he took the dress from Feyre. They were communicating silently between them, the female glaring up at her husband. 

“I had a different dress commissioned in case you said no to this one. We do allow choice in this court,” Rhys started slowly, taking Feyre's jaw in his hand. “If your sister likes this one so much, she can wear it herself.”

Amelia couldn't help but smile at the two of them. Despite her and Feyre never being as close as she would have liked, seeing her happy, seeing Feyre smile, brought Amelia joy. “You look beautiful when you're happy, Feyre.” You watched her sister flush and Rhysand smile wide. “Even if your mate is mediocre.” The male's mouth fell open as Feyre began to laugh, eyes sparkling at the sign of life coming back to Amelia. 

“Lia! You can't say that,” her voice was laced with giggles as Rhysand stood there in shock, seemingly too stunned to speak. “I think you broke him.” 

“Good,” Amelia kissed her brother's cheek softly before taking the dress, caving to Feyre's wants for once in her younger sister's life. “He needs to be humbled every so often. I will wear this once. Then, I want things that cover a bit more. We can compromise on design." Feyre sighed as Amelia kissed her temple, that once motherly love healing a small part of her. "I am going to freeze in this."

“What do you want in return?”

“Freedom for the night. No brooding male following my every footstep. No wings hovering in the distance. Just freedom for one night.”

Feyre did not give Rhysand time to fight. “Deal!”

Eris hated Hewn City. He had since he was first brought to the Mother forsaken place as a child, but now it reminded him all too much of that mountain. Of Amarantha. 

He wondered how Rhysand had the strength to be down or if the strength was just another finely crafted mask the male wore. 

His usual room had not changed since he was last here over a hundred years ago. Eris threw himself on the bed, allowing a few moments of rest on the dark sheets and blanket before he would have to get dressed into the fine trousers and jacket he had packed himself. 

He had no worries about Keir. Dealing with that male was easy. If he believed he was benefiting from whatever he was offered, he normally took the bait without question.

He had packed an exquisite outfit, smiling at the amount of his father's money sewn into each thread. He checked it over, ensuring nothing was loose and out of place before getting dressed. He could already hear the music, the laughter, and smirked, knowing he was late and would walk in while Rhysand was already sat on his throne. 

He walked along the palace walls, waiting until the doors opened before entering. Azriel was the first to spot him, immediately going to Rhysand and whispering in his ear. He felt those violet eyes on him studying him, but nothing mattered to Eris as much as what he saw. 

There, on the dance floor, was the most beautiful female he had ever seen. For Eris, nothing else mattered. There was no one else there.

It was just her. 

That beautiful creature, laughing too hard to be deemed appropriate. Smiling larger than she should. Dancing with every male that asked. 

She was an enigma, and Eris was more than ready to dive into every complex piece of her.

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[benwvatt]

for the weekend sleepover ask game: what are your favorite Grey's headcanons?

aaaaahhhh beachy i love chatting with you! <3

i need alex & jackson & april to move in together and be, like a weird group of 3. sort of a grover-percy-annabeth or a katara-sokka-aang in terms of the cheesy couple and their weird best friend who has emotional regulation issues but, like, needs hugs. he just also needs you to be chill so he doesn't feel embarrassed. and when he's sick he also wants japril to watch movies with him and make him chamomile tea

jackson fell first but april fell harder!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

can we please give matthew some actual character development because i would LOVE to see him actually grow & develop. I'm an exchristian and I really loved the episode where matthew & april talked about her not being a virgin because I found it very insightful and lovely.

I am team-matthew's wife never dies and april never marries matthew and he actually gets to grow as a human being. also he gets to be happy.

I always loved April as christian representation because she is a christian but is so kind (and I also headcanon that she has very complex feelings about christianity and the struggle against god. I can see her partly deconstructing.)

I am team-everyone lives AU. teddy and henry were CUTE. so were teddy and alison, and merder (who are not, like, my absolute favorites but I want them to be happy and I want derek to become a better person, not die because he reached for his phone while turning his truck.)

IF SAMUEL HAD LIVED AND JAPRIL COULD HAVE GOTTEN A STORYLINE ABOUT RAISING A DISABLED KID !!!! IT COULD HAVE BEEN GOOD DISABILITY REP!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am also team "Link and Amelia get back together" because I LOVE their romance and am so mad they broke up

I realize not all of these are headcanons. this is just a list of what I want to see. WHATEVER???

nonbinary callie because [gestures at sara ramirez in all their glory]

CALLIE AND ARIZONA SECOND WEDDING TO RENEW THEIR VOWS

also mark & lexie live happily ever ever ever after and they dance at the second wedding <3

okay we both love japril so also

Jackson is really good at crosswords and April is so fucking pissed at him for it

April (with Jackson's consent) yells at Jackson's dad for being terrible and Jackson becomes weird best friends with April's dad. They drink beer and listen to country songs and talk about, like, spirituality and god and soccer games and cherry pie recipes. Jackson learns how to drive a tractor and he meets Jackson, the pig April named after him, which the Kepners refuse to kill because HE IS NAMED A HUMAN NAME.

They also talk about April's embarrassing cute childhood (Jackson has 65353 pictures on his phone) and Jackson ALSO yells at April's family for making her feel embarrassed. Kids with disabilities and braces don't need to be shamed and mocked.

Jackson becomes friends with April's dad because he gets to have a dad (well, aside from Webber, who is also a nice dad figure) who loves him for HIM :'))))))))))))))

it's very healing and wonderful. he totally cries on mr. kepner's flannel shirt.

Jackson keeps his lucky pencil from med school and fucking signs his marriage certificate with it. (Office person voice: Sir, that's not valid. We need BLACK or BLUE PEN.)

JACKSON AND APRIL START A GLOBAL HEALTH NONPROFIT

Can we please have an April-centric storyline about why the US military fucking sucks and she had a nice time with them but was also, uh, IN THE MILITARY

April goes to her med school reunion and is like, "oh? this guy? yeah, whatever, he's super famous. mostly he just makes me tea and hangs out with our kids, I don't think of him as an AVERY"

everyone is super impressed. jackson is silly and goofy and eats hors d'ouevres with her

can we please get a Reed Lives AU because I LOVE REED (mostly because i am gay and i think she has cool hair) and I want to see more of her and April's friendship.

marginally off-topic rant but: the San Francisco episodes where they're doing the board exams and japril has sex in the bathroom? MY HEADCANON - VERY SLIGHT - IS THAT THEY WOULD JUST HAVE SEX ON THE COUNTER, NOT GO INTO THE STALL AND SLAM THE DOOR SHUT

BECAUSE WHY WOULD YOU NEED TO LOCK THE STALL AND HAVE SEX IN THERE IF THE MAIN BATHROOM DOOR IS ALREADY LOCKED?????????

also, april totally takes kickboxing lessons after beating up that guy at the bar (at the boards) and Jackson is just Very Turned On by his cool friend who, like, comes home from kickboxing all SWEATY? and BRUISED? taking off the tape around her hands and peeling off her tank top to get in the shower? it's really hot and he's very confused.

[mercedesdecorazon]

I’ve been seeing stuff about Love Island All Stars so, I’m a bit curious to learn about the MCs that you had for throughout the seasons! What were they like, who did they romance, stuff like that

Yes sure! Some are spoilers but not really. Bear in mind that my MCs are all black women.

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My LITG MCs and their stories summarized

Season 1:

My MC is Rachelle and instead of being an OG, she is a bombshell along with Rohan, with Cherry being an OG. She couples up with Levi which leads to conflict with her and Jen. Levi is wishy-washy which leads to her getting it on Mason with no restraint, causing conflict with Allegra. On the next major recoupling, Rachelle goes for Mason but Erikah, angry at the attention Rachelle is getting, whispers to Mason that Rachelle likes only Levi, leading to Cherrygate. The storyline is the same mostly as in the game, with Rachelle burning through the Villa and everyone with deadly precision: she dunks Mason, Erikah and Cherry in the Water Dunking Challenge. She is known as the infamous bombshell who caused mayhem in the Villa.

She gets together with Jake near the end of the season and they date outside the Villa but broke up.

Later on, Rachelle starts dating Tim. They get married and have two children. The end.

Season 2:

My MC is the lovely Rosalia and you can read some of her story here. Her main love interest is Lucas and I changed the Season 2 story up a bit. Check it out.

[Rosalia is currently married to Lucas, and as of now, they are traveling the world together. They have a house, two cats and no children - bad economy and they're content with just each other. Lucas enjoys being married to the love of his life, and Rosalia is happy to be with the man she loves.]

Season 3:

My MC is Azere and she is my cinnamon roll MC: very sweet, sensitive and naive. Perfect for the drama free Season 3. This girl would not survive Season 1, 2, and 5.

She is paired with Harry first, then Harry is stolen by Genevieve which makes her cry. Then she paired with Camilo for the rest of the season, crying when Camilo flirts with Lily.

After the show, Camilo ghosts her and after the disastrous Boat Party with Harry and Camilo making fun of her, Azere distances herself from the Love Island show and is currently single.

Season 4 (Bombshell):

Tanya is my second bombshell MC and she shakes things up in the Villa. She pairs with Will but he dumps her for Thabi, making Tanya despise them both. Tanya is paired with Bruno but the Dylan situation happens, and when Bruno kicks Tanya out of bed and banishes her to the outside beds, things are over between them. Bruno goes for Valentina, leaving Tanya heartbroken.

She pairs up with Youcef as friends and she is eliminated just before the finale. As of now, she and Youcef still are together but are very private.

Season 5 (Ex in the Villa):

My MC Coco leaves the show early on, after Meera and Arlo come into the Villa. You can actually read my one-shot about it here:

She goes quiet on social media after Suresh and Gabi win the show, and she has blocked everyone from her season of Love Island.

But...

Coco returns to reality TV as she is cast on Too Hot to Handle Season 1, and she has a blast! Even with the sex ban. Suresh isn't there to harass her, and her other cast mates are cool (except Justin, but that's beside the point.)

She is currently dating Theo from THTH and she is very happy.

Season 6 (Double Trouble):

Thanks to her twin sister Amelia, Cheryl finds out during her time in the Villa that her sister dearest had slept with her boyfriend Zeph. It was humiliating.

After the show Cheryl has cut Amelia off entirely and Zeph had reached out to her, to apologize for everything. Cheryl accepts the apology but doesn't forgive him.

As for right now Cheryl is single and her friend Coco had given her a heads up about Too Hot to Handle....

Season 7 (Casa Amor):

Unlike my other MCs, Jenna is a Casa girl so her time in the Villa is much shorter, sadly.

Jenna manages to turn Alex's head during Casa Amor and he brings her back to the Villa. Alex's original partner, Estelle is left single.

Unfortunately for Jenna, Estelle makes her time in the Villa tough - making snide comments, pulling Alex away from her and making herself the victim. Alex doesn't even defend her.

Alex dumps Jenna and returns to Estelle, leaving Jenna infuriated. She is later on eliminated from the show.

Here is Jenna's one-shot in Casa Amor:

Season 8 (Tempting Fate):

Eve is my third bombshell and her story in the Villa is pretty basic. She couples up with Oakley and they had their ups and downs. That's it.

But Eve and Oakley are still dating so that's good.

Season 9 (All-Stars):

Jenna (from Season 7) feels that she didn't get a fair shot in the Villa so she is the only MC that returns to Love Island (because the rest of these hoes won't do that.)

She starts off as an OG (yay!) and is paired up with Hamish who chooses her. Later on, Christine steals him away and Jenna is paired with Henri and then later Jude.

She and Hamish remain friends in the Villa throughout the season and he is the one to tell her about Jude cheating on her during Casa Amor with Uma. Jenna is devastated because she thought Uma was her friend as they were in Casa Amor together in their original season and they hung out in real life too.

(The Uma storyline works better with S7 MC because they were in the same position before and presumably knew each other well.)

Anyways chile, Hamish couples up with her as friends after this and they get close.

Zeph enters the Villa and Jenna pays him no mind after what he did to her girl Cheryl.

Hamish and her begin to make a romantic connection, much to everyone's (except Natasha) surprise. They begin to date.

They win the show and Jenna shares the money with Hamish. They make history as the first Casa Islanders to win the show (in my LITG universe!)

Jenna and Hamish are still together ❤️

~~~

That's it!

[callsignspark]

bumping into each other. mary and bradley

anon! you are so galaxy-brained for knowing that I wanted someone to send this one to me.

you'll be in my heart

pairing: Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw x Mariella “M&M” Vertucci (fem!OC)

warnings: 18+ minors DNI, fluffy with the tiniest bit of angst, this is set before they're together but they're already friends, also you don’t need to read Mar[r]y Me to read and understand this but you should anyway, also for your reference this takes place between part 2 and part 3/3.5 of the main storyline!

word count: 3.7k

note: happy Friday everyone! please enjoy this one which is dedicated to @gretagerwigsmuse who gave me this idea eons ago but I couldn't find a place for it in the main story!

The Bronco is peaceful and quiet. Or it had been until Bradley started humming along to some 90’s country song, half mumbling the words like a bad duet with the woman singing about the Fourth of July. It had been the week from hell, and this passenger seat was the last place she wanted to be.

“Will you shut up?! God, you’re so annoying!”

“You don’t like Martina McBride, kiddo?”

“You don’t like Martina McBride?” She mocks him, making her voice high-pitched and whiny. “I don’t care who it is, just stop singing!”

She watches him sigh, gripping the steering wheel so tight his knuckles turn white. “Listen, I know this isn’t how you want to spend your Friday night, but please remember that this is a punishment for me, too. And given your options, I’m the lesser of two evils.”

“Oh! Please explain how you are my best option tonight.”

“If you had to go with Mav, you would be sitting around Wood’s house listening to the stories of their glory days while they get drunk! About how they used to pull women and all the dangerous maneuvers they did! So I think going to the grocery store and spending the night at my place is a much better option! At least I won’t tell you that you can’t go on your phone or watch a movie! And I’m certainly not going to make you listen to my best combat stories!”

She folds her arms and sinks down in the seat, muttering, “That’s because most of them are still classified.”

“Well! Yeah! But even if I could talk about it, I still wouldn’t make you listen to the time Phoenix, and I managed to-”

“Oh, Bradley, please!”

“I’m just kidding, Amelia! Geez!” He laughs, making the turn into the grocery store parking lot. “What did you do to piss your mom off anyway?”

“It’s so stupid! I forgot to clean the bathroom when I was supposed to.”

“Kiddo…”

“Okay! Okay! She may have told me to do it like five times, and I forgot until we were about to have Aunt Sarah over for dinner. But I had a big test on Wednesday, so I asked Mav to do it, and he didn’t do it either!”

Bradley parks, reaching into the backseat to grab a few of the reusable bags strewn on the floor.

“Why do you have so many reusable bags everywhere?”

“I- uh-” Amelia’s eyes narrow when he fumbles around, stuttering over his words for no reason. “My friend won them in a raffle and gave some to me because there were so many.”

“Your friend?” She deadpans, knowing he’s hiding something. He doesn’t have friends outside of the Daggers.

“Mmhm. Yup.” His head bobs like a puppet on a string, furthering her suspicions until it hits her.

So she waits until he’s about halfway out the door, hoping he gets so flustered he’ll trip. “This friend wouldn’t happen to be that pretty friend of yours that you have a crush on, would it?”

“How do you know about Mary?” He doesn’t trip, but when he pops his head back in the car, his face is a combination of shocked and scared.

“Her name is Mary?! That’s pretty! Do you have a picture of her?” Amelia bounces out of the car, slamming it behind her.

“Amelia…”

“Sorry! I didn’t mean to close it that hard! But can I please see her? Please? You know Mav doesn’t know how to work Facebook, and Mom wouldn’t tell me her name so I could look her up!”

He sighs as he grabs a cart from the corral, rubbing his forehead in frustration. “Only if you promise to not like any photos or do anything weird like friend request her.”

“Can we have pizza for dinner?”

She giggles in his face as Bradley blinks at her. “Only if you verbally promise me that you’re not going to be weird.”

“Promise. Now gimme!” Amelia snatches the phone as soon as he offers it, eyes glued to the profile of the woman her step-brother-god-son-in-law has a crush on.

“I’m being outmaneuvered by a teenager…” She hears him mutter under his breath before he tugs her close to the cart. “Hey! We’re in a parking lot; please pay attention so you don’t get run over! I’m not spending the night in the emergency room.”

“Sorry, Bradley.” She grabs his elbow and lets him guide her inside, her attention on the phone but knowing he’ll keep her safe.

He parks her and the cart in front of the bakery counter, getting a loaf of sourdough sliced before finally asking the question she can feel him holding back.

“So, what do you think of her?”

Amelia looks up, a snarky remark ready to fly when she sees his face. She hasn’t seen him this nervous and twitchy since the two of them were left to their own devices in Mav’s hangar after that mission a few years ago.

Holy shit, he really likes this girl.

“She’s really pretty, Bradley. She seems funny. I thought you said her name was Mary?”

“That’s her nickname; her full name is Mariella. Isn’t that pretty?”

“It is pretty.” You absolute simp. “Why haven’t you asked her out yet?”

He grimaces, directing them towards the bagged lettuce and tucking his phone away. “It’s a bit complicated. For starters, I don’t know if she’s interested. Which normally wouldn’t be a huge concern for me, but we have the same friend group, so I don’t want to make it awkward.”

She nods, appreciating how he never treats her like a dumb kid and explains things to her. “That seems like a very fixable problem.”

“It is, theoretically, but it gets a bit more complicated because we do work together, and she’s not Navy, so I’m not sure what the fraternization rules are.”

“Why don’t you just ask Mav? Don’t get that peach; look at that big bruise on it. Isn’t it part of his job to know those rules? And he could probably give you some advice.”

Bradley sets the bruised fruit to the side, choosing a better-looking one. “You want me to ask the man who is an enormous gossip and took over thirty years to get his shit together with your mom?”

Amelia blinks at him. “You should ask Warlock. He’d probably be better.”

“I think I’ll avoid talking to any of the admirals about it until there’s something to talk about. Alright, to the cereal aisle. Yes, you can push; just be careful.”

She heads out of the produce section, smiling that he knows her so well. “Hey, what did you do to make Mom mad? She didn’t tell me, just that I was spending the night with you.”

“I mowed over her new rose bush because Mav didn’t put up the little fence around it before I started.”

“We both got in trouble because of Mav. Why isn’t he being punished?”

“Don’t worry, if I know your mom like I think I know your mom, he’s definitely in trouble.” He rolls his eyes and puts a box of Cheerios in the cart. “Okay, pick out a fun cereal for me.”

“Fruity pebbles, duh. Now, onto chips!”

Amelia takes off, not running but still moving too fast for a grocery store at 5:30 on a Friday evening. She rounds the corner for the chip aisle and runs into a woman carrying a basket.

“I’m sorry!” She blurts it out over the woman telling her it’s okay, so flustered and embarrassed that she almost hit a stranger with their half-full cart.

Wait, isn’t that-

“Amelia! You gotta watch out! This is what I was talking about when we were driving last weekend!”

“You’re letting her drive? She looks a little young, Bradley.”

“Mary?”

Amelia watches in amazement as her normally calm and collected pseudo-brother starts blushing. Her head whips towards the stranger, who is no longer a stranger.

“Mary?!” She asks excitedly; the kind woman she almost ran over is Bradley’s crush!

And she’s even prettier in person!

Amelia admires the freckles dotting her cheeks and the cute earrings being shown off with her hair pulled back in a claw clip.

“Mary!” She says her own name, throwing her hands out in a ta-da move.

Oh, she is funny!

“Hi, I’m Amelia, his step-sister-by-marriage-twice-removed.” She shakes Mary’s hand, beaming when the older woman laughs at her joke. “Thank you. Bradley never thinks that’s funny.”

“That’s because it’s not.” Amelia turns around and sticks her tongue out at him, where he’s leaning against their cart. “Amelia is Penny’s daughter, which makes her not related to me at all but still occasionally my responsibility.”

“He says that like it’s some burden for him, like we’re not gonna eat pizza and gossip until he falls asleep on the couch at 8:30, with a World War II documentary on the TV.”

“You are just as funny as I thought you’d be.”

“You know me?”

“Of course I do! Your mom has told me all about you! Plus, you’re hanging on Mav’s wall, and Bradley’s got a photo of you on his desk.” Amelia watches Mary smile, crinkles appearing by her eyes, and she feels her heart warm.

She didn’t know that Mav and Bradley had photos of her in their offices. Her own dad doesn’t even have a photo of her. He has photos of his new family, though, she thinks bitterly before tucking the thought away.

“What photo do you have up?” She turns and demands.

Bradley rolls his eyes, straightening up from the cart. “It’s that photo of the four of us at your eighth-grade graduation last year.”

“It’s right next to the Dagger Squad official photo. It’s very sweet.” Mary adds.

“Oh, well, that’s Bradley. So sweet.”

“Knock it off or no more driving lessons.”

She wants to tell him to stop flexing; she can practically see him straining to make his arms look as big as possible. But she can’t take the risk of no dessert after dinner.

“You shouldn’t be teaching me to drive yet anyway. I’m only 14.”

“You’re almost 15! Besides, Mav was teaching me to drive at your age. It’s fine.”

“Fifteen isn’t even old enough to get your permit.”

“Behave, or I’m taking your phone away like Penny told me to.”

“Yes, Dad.” She exaggerates the name, knowing it annoys him.

Bradley slaps a hand over his eyes. “Please stop doing that. People are going to think I’m actually your dad.”

“Well, I mean, you are old enough to be my dad. You’re like, what, 53 now?”

Bradley makes incredulous eye contact with Mary, who has been watching the entire interaction with her hand over her mouth to muffle a laugh. “I’m 36, you little shit, and if you were my kid, I would have been 22 when you were born, Amelia.”

“People have kids younger than that,” Mary interjects, unable to stop the laugh at Bradley’s betrayed face.

“See! Mary gets it!”

“Mary is the same age as me, so she knows that having kids that young is possible but probably not a super great idea.”

“Actually, I’m 33, so I’m younger than you.”

“Oh my god, am I older than everyone?”

Amelia bounces over to the cart, patting Bradley’s shoulder where he’s dramatically resting his head against the handle. “No, don’t worry, Grandpa. Mav is still older than you.”

He peers up at her, a smirk spreading across his face. “No ice cream.”

Mary laughs at Amelia’s devastated face. “Well, I should get going. I don’t want to keep you guys.”

“No! Don’t go! Walk with us! Bradley is so boring; I wasn’t kidding about the World War II documentary.”

“Oh no, thank you, Amelia, but I couldn’t.”

“Yeah, you can.” Bradley clears some space at the end of the cart. “Here, put your basket in there, and we’ll finish out together.”

Amelia watches Mary hesitate, a silent conversation passing between the adults before she sets her basket in the cart. “Thank you, that was getting heavy. Where are you guys off to next?”

The trio continues making their way through the store, Amelia switching between riding on the end of the cart and walking behind the adults.

A scuffle catches her attention, and Amelia looks up from her phone to find Mary and Bradley smooshed together, Bradley’s arm wrapped around her waist as he presses her against the cart from where they bumped into each other.

“Oh, hey, sorry about that. You okay?”

“I’m fine.” Mary giggles, her cheeks turning pink. “We sure are graceful, aren’t we?”

“I think we could walk on stage at the ballet and fit right in.”

Oh my god. Is this his way of flirting?

Mary laughs at the joke, reaching down to put a can of tomatoes in her basket but making no effort to move away from his chest.

Oh wow, she’s into it. Weird.

“So what are you doing for dinner? Amelia Bedelia back there conned me into agreeing to pizza.”

“That’s not true, he bribed me.”

“Actually, you blackmailed me.”

“I’m making chicken parmesan,” Mary answers, grabbing a box of angel hair pasta. “Dani and I are having a girl’s night; apparently, the baby has been craving my mom’s secret chicken parm recipe.”

“What’s the secret?” Amelia hops back onto the cart, smiling as Bradley glares at her.

“You promise not to tell anyone?” Mary conspiratorially bumps shoulders with Bradley as they both agree. “Well… you have to use homemade tomato sauce, made the Vertucci family way. And when you bread the chicken, you add shredded parmesan to the breadcrumbs. It gives it extra flavor, and the cheese makes it nice and crispy when you finish it in the oven.”

“That sounds so good! I love Italian food.”

“Did you know that chicken parm is actually an Italian-American food? You won’t find it on the menus in Italy.”

“Really?” Bradley asks, paying close attention to her.

“Yeah! There’s some dishes that are kinda similar. Like melanzane alla parmigiana - made with eggplant - or carne pizzaiola, which is traditionally made with beef. But most restaurants in Italy have a menu that’s closer to the Italian peasant recipes that I grew up eating.”

“What are peasant recipes?” Amelia questions, unfamiliar with the term.

“They’re just recipes that peasants or the regular people would make. They’re very simple and made with ingredients that are easy and cheap to buy. My family didn’t have a lot of money when they came over from Italy and the Great Depression, so those are the kind of meals my grandparents grew up eating. And they’re still delicious, so they made things like pastina or pasta mollicata for us growing up.”

“What's your favorite?”

Mary lights up at the question from Bradley, her smile getting bigger. “Pasta e piselli, which is just pasta and peas. But it’s so good and filling and comforting.”

“Do you make it a lot?”

“I don’t actually, Amelia, even though it’s very easy to make. It’s one of those recipes I break out for a special dinner or when I need a pick-me-up meal.”

“Special dinner? You ever make it for a date?” Bradley asks as they turn into the last aisle.

Mary visibly flounders. “Uh- I- No. I haven’t made it for a date.”

“Why not? Amelia, what kind of ice cream do you want?”

“Chocolate chip cookie dough, please.” She answers, her eyes bouncing back and forth between the two adults, a bad feeling creeping up her neck.

“Well, honestly, it’s a special recipe to me - it’s my Nonna’s recipe. So, I wouldn’t make it for someone until I knew they were in it for the long haul.”

“Oh, that’s smart! You said it was easy to make. Would you mind sharing the recipe with me? I’ve been looking for a quality recipe that’s not too hard to make for an occasion like that.”

Amelia’s stomach drops as she watches Mary’s face fall.

Bradley! Get your head out of the ice cream cooler and pay attention! You’re making her sad!

She realizes that the situation is quickly devolving and pivots the conversation.

“Hey, Mary?”

“Yeah, sweetie?” The older woman pulls her eyes from Bradley’s back, which she’d been staring at dejectedly.

“You made those brownies Mav brought home a couple weeks ago, right?” She smiles when Mary nods. “Do you know how to make red velvet?”

“I do. Why do you ask?”

“Well, it’s my birthday next month, and I want red velvet cupcakes for my party. Could I order them from you?”

“Really?”

“Yeah! Those brownies were amazing, and Bradley still talks about that strawberry shortcake you made.”

Mary’s eyebrows shoot up to her hairline, eyes flicking to a sheepish Bradley.

“That lemon pound cake did things to me.”

“Okay, ignoring the weirdo. Do you think you could make them?”

“Of course! I’ll talk to your mom next week and figure out the details, okay?”

“Thank you!” Amelia jumps off the cart to hug Mary, sticking her tongue out at Bradley as she does. “My favorite color is red.”

“Noted.” Mary taps the end of her nose. “We should probably head for the checkout; I have a pregnant lady waiting at home that I need to feed.”

Nodding in agreement, Bradley pulls Amelia toward a cashier line while Mary grabs her basket and heads for the self-checkout.

“Hey, where are you going?”

“Oh, I’m just gonna do self-checkout so I can get going. But I’ll see you on Monday.”

Bradley cocks his head like a confused puppy. “Are you sure? If you wait with us, I’ll carry your bags to the car for you.”

“That’s sweet, but I’ve got it. Been doing this all by myself for years now! Enjoy your pizza, guys!” She waves, her smile not as big as it had been ten minutes ago.

The duo watches her from their place in line, impressed with how quickly she scans and packs her reusable bags, ones that match those sitting in their cart. It’s not long before she’s loading up her arms and flashing a quick smile at them as she leaves, which they return.

“I feel like I did something wrong.”

“Yeah, no shit.” Amelia scoffs. “Whatever makes you think that? How she ran away from us as quickly as possible? Or the fact that she was faking her smile for the last 15 minutes?”

“She was faking it? Why?”

“You’re not seriously asking me that right now.”

It’s their turn to checkout, so Bradley doesn’t get a chance to defend himself until they’re walking through the parking lot to the Bronco.

“Okay, want to tell me what I did wrong?”

“You didn’t ask her out. And she definitely would have said yes if you did.”

“I hinted at it!”

“No, you didn’t! You made it sound like you were asking for her grandma’s recipe - that’s very special to her - so you could make it for some other woman! There was no point at which you hinted at that woman being her!”

He claps a hand over his face. “Holy shit…”

“Now he gets it! Ladies and gentlemen, Bradley Rooster Bradshaw! One of the Navy’s finest! Let's give him a big round of applause!” Amelia mockingly claps after she tucks the cart back into the corral.

“Alright, that’s enough, smartass; get in.”

“In the cart? In the Bronco? You need to start being more specific with your questions.” She sasses as she climbs into the passenger seat.

Bradley doesn’t move once he gets in; just sits there staring out the windshield. “Do you think I fucked it up?”

“No.” She smiles at him when he whips his head in her direction. “Just ask her out to something small, like coffee or something. Then you can work your way up and ask her to dinner, but you make dinner. Maybe even the pasta and pea thing she was talking about. I’m sure there’s recipes online.”

“You’re pretty smart for someone so young.”

“Thanks, I get it from my mom. My dad is the worst.”

Bradley chuckles as he turns the car on. “She is a smart lady. You know, my mom would have liked you a lot.”

Amelia freezes, half-way buckled. “Really?”

“Oh yeah, you have the same sense of humor as her. She’d think you’re a riot.”

“You never talk about her.”

“It’s hard to talk about her.” He swallows hard, fiddling with the radio until he lands on a station playing old music. “I miss her so much. It’s gotten a little easier over the years, but there’s so few people left that actually knew her, it’s tough. Especially because I keep losing those people, too.”

They sit in silence for a few minutes until Bradley turns the radio up. “She loved this song.”

She listens, trying to place the song. “This is the Tarzan song.”

“It is the Tarzan song.” He laughs, his throat thick. “She loved Genesis and Phil Collins, but You’ll Be In My Heart was her favorite. We listened to it a lot towards the end.”

Amelia unbuckles, throwing herself across the bench seat to hug him. She surprises him; she can tell from the way he tenses for a second before hugging her back. She tries not to cry, but she can feel a few tears build up, upset that Bradley doesn’t have his mom or his dad anymore. That he’s lived longer without them than he lived with them.

“Oh, Ames. It’s okay.” He rubs her back when he hears her sniffle.

“It’s not fair!”

“I know, kiddo. But it happened, and at least she’s not in pain anymore.” He pulls back, wiping a tear off her cheek. “Hey, has Mav ever told you about the time me and my mom pulled a Halloween prank on him?”

“No.” She wipes her face. “Will you tell me more about her? I want to know more about your mom.”

“I’ll do you one better. We’ll watch embarrassing home videos while we eat pizza; how’s that sound? Good?”

Amelia nods, buckling back up. “Can we get Hawaiian pizza, please?”

“Course we can. So about this Halloween prank, it’s 1997, and the movie Anaconda had come out that year.”

“Mav hates snakes.”

“Yes, Mav does hate snakes. Which is why we…”

And Bradley pulls out of the parking lot and heads for the pizza joint, making his little sister laugh over the story of how it was discovered that Mav’s screams could reach a soprano octave.

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[ziskandra]

💞 🕯️ and 🎀 for the fic writer asks <3

💞what's the most important part of a story for you?

I think what's most important to me is the narrative (which to me is different to the plot, especially as I often write shorter works). Every time I write something, I tend to ask myself (in one way or another)

why am I writing this story (is it for an event? another gift? am I unable to contain my blorbo brainrot? am I trying to make sense of canon? etc.)

why am I writing this story (as opposed to the multitudes of other things I could be writing)

why am I writing this story (what part of myself am I sharing with the world? How do the emotions and events resonate with me?)

Sometimes the answer is as simple as '"friend things character X is sexy and I want to make friend happy :)" and other times, it's a bit more complicated than that 😅 🕯️ was there a fic that was really hard on you to write, or took you to a place you didn't think it would take you? Oh gosh, I think the fic that had the biggest unexpected affect on me was the blackest night, the kid!meredith fic I wrote for @debts-to-the-dead for the neurodiversity flash last year! Ever since @venatohru and I tumbled into the depths of Meredith hell last year, we'd talked about how Meredith's sister Amelia displays a lot more... stereotypical autistic traits, for lack of a better word, and that eventually led to us discussing how Meredith herself could also quite easily be read as autistic (albeit with a different presentation). And as a sensory-seeking, socially confident autistic myself, I wanted to explore this depiction more in fiction... hence the fic! What I was not as aware of at the time was that one of the reasons Meredith really resonates with me is the survivor guilt: how do I stop something like this happening again? How can I prevent others from feeling that pain? How can I save myself from feeling this pain again? It is especially poignant to me that Amelia was Meredith's older sister, because the person I lost was also like an older sister to me, and I feel like that's a dynamic that's not explored as much when it comes to depicting grief in fiction. Often it's dealing with the loss of a younger sibling, or a much-idolised older sibling. But I feel especially with a close-fin-age older sibling, there's still that feeling of "I should have been able to do something", but it's coupled with that frankly terrifying and overwhelming realisation of "if the Actual Adults couldn't do anything, then what could I have done?" But instead of the thoughts cancelling each other out as they should, it just results in despair x 2. Because, like, what do you do when the person who you've known your entire life is no longer there any more? What if it's someone who was both a great source of love and also pain? What if your parents compared you so often you barely knew where you ended and they began? And then... they're just. Gone. my own experiences with grief were just. something I kind of tiptoed around until I started working on that fic, and as I wrote it it's like every repressed feeling I had about the situation just rushed into my brain at once and oh boy. I think if it hadn't been for an exchange, I would have just been like, "okay, not thinking about that for a few years", but because it was, and the minimum was small, I knew I could put together something that didn't poke the most tender of the feelings as hard. but yeah. writing that little fic actually made me able to put my feelings into words for myself which then enabled me to like. actually talk to my psychologist about it and get. actual help and support. ✨healing✨

🎀give yourself a compliment about your own writing I'll keep this short because I rambled so much above 🙈. I think my best qualities as a writer are writing engaging in-character dialogue, as well as describing powerful emotions in simple words! [fic writer asks]

[soleilocverse]

Chapter 23 Commentary

omg wait I like, made a little chart with all the nicknames people tend to call soleil/ness and as athena called soleil "hun" i was like, hm cyrill and athena share a lot of nicknames and then clocked that ray spends all his nickname currency on ness. Esp now that he's stopped calling soleil, "kid", but for good reason on both these points :)

“Oh you marked things for Ness with an ‘N.’ So smart and thoughtful, wonderful job, Soleil.”

Athena like, I literally don't care what I'm going to find SOMETHING to praise him with this morning but he just makes it so easy.

She reaches out instinctively to run her fingers over his hair before she pauses. “Can I pet you?”

I hope it feels natural when they Do and Don't ask for permission. More often than not he's fine w/ it, Enjoys soft hair touches etc, as long as he sees them coming and is chilling so they don't always ask when there's a casual touch. I think I (and so, they) were worried about being overzealous but I think they've settled into more-or-less knowing what is an appropriate touch and when and when it's better to ask or be a little more cautious about when/how they're touching soleil

(which i think is p natural in an involved relationship? like, of any kind - learning over time where the unspoken boundaries are and checking in when the situation is a bit off)

"And mark anything you think Ness would be interested in trying as well.” It might be manipulative but that finally gets him to perk up and he takes the phone quietly from her hands.

Ah, I didn't realize I was mirroring what Ray pointed out last Sick Days chapter @ distracting one of them with mention of/doing something for the other but that Is just a thing they both do so it makes sense that it would come up organically, i'm just dshkfjhds that I didn't clock how close together those scenes were

I just ADORE athena she's so <333 like some of the "come in. get shit done." is a result of being really hard on herself and some other Things but her seeing the state of things and going

okay we are bringing in outside help by a) ordering food in b) contacting these professionals

immediately distracting soleil with a task so that he feels useful and can't wake up and immediately spiral

getting everybody on the same page + making sure they ALL talk to each other

is <3333 like i certainly wouldn't call cyrill or ray incompetent At All but competency go brrr (this being said, ofc she is not immune from making mistakes etc etc and the others show off their competency at other times. adjksadh i think also bc i haven't seen her in a few chapters i'm like HIIIIIIIIIIII, i forgot how much i love u 😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘)

After a few minutes, Cyrill shifts beside her, wrapping his arms around her stomach and smooshing his cheek up against her thigh. She takes her other hand and rests it on his shoulder, rubbing circles with her thumb. He nestles closer.

I just like the image :)

Shout out to Dr. Amelia <3 Just casually and professionally going through Soleil's worries about Ness bc that'll help him mentally and then re-orienting in order to remind him to take care of himself.

I actually did write the video call scene but it made me sad and I was like, i think they are having enough angst as it is and I don't want to draw this out too much longer (Ness was Not happy w/ soleil on the other side of the screen which is what led to what they say in ch 23)

Athena getting more formal when stressed my beloved. who uses semi colons in a text i'm crying

“They might be busy right now,” he says softly. Athena clicks her teeth at him and he winces and tries again.

Cyrill trends towards white lying if he thinks it might hurt less while Athena trends towards open and honest communication even if it might be more hurtful in the moment

I get >> Soleil and Cyrill's names mixed-up when typing more than I would like adgkashkd. It doesn't happen Often but every time i catch it i'm like >> (this usually happens if I name one of them earlier in a sentence or am planning on mentioning them later in the sentence/scene my brain will catch on or anticipate that name)

“I think I might sleep some more, like Dr. Amelia said,” he says, as if he has to give a reason for wanting to rest.

Just. I think it flies under Cyrill's radar here that this is literally Exactly why athena called amelia. they can tell soleil to rest as much as they want, he's still going to be anxious about it and feel like he's taking up space and not being useful enough etc etc, but if /Doctor/ Amelia has said that rest is Important, he can use that as a bit of a prop to actually Do So. It's not just about being reassured for Ness's sake but getting the Professional opinion of someone that the others also obviously defer to.

Then she turns to Soleil and asks him how he’s feeling and Soleil still can’t really avoid a direct question.

I'm still just <333 @ Athena. I think it's fun how she tends to be the Most direct when she decides to do smth about something and is the least hesitant to be "underhanded" or manipulative about her methods

It does sound appealing, to let Athena speak for him [in therapy]

just wanted to note that this is NOT what athena is offering lol but soleil is like ":0000 letting someone else speak for me again sounds nice,,,, take the agency away from me i don't want it, it's scary and i trust u and u will stop fucking things up bc i feel fucked up and it's easier to just do what i'm told (even if it's not Nicer, but i think you would make it Nicer than it used to be)" etc etc

I was so unhappy with the pacing of this ch for a minute bc i didn't want to spend ANOTHER day in cyrill's room and then clocked. this is my fantastical story with a made up organization that employs its own psychotherapists/psychiatrists, ofc penny would be on call. and so :) therapy session on sunday, saving me from having to write sunday afternoon-evening of just waiting for penny

goes insane bc i wrote this when i introduced penny into chapter 23 but then i kept writing more and just now decided to split it up so. another chapter in cyrill's room but i don't think another in-fic day, help. I wanna trim things sometimes and i DO trim things sometimes but............i am just too hooked on showing the minutiae of these convos and interactions

goes further insane bc i see that chapter 22 is back to cyrill's nest like WOW THE TIMING IS NOT TIMING. i feel like this arc has been going on FOREVER because i've been working on it for genuinely a year atp but really it's only been like, 5 chapters. shoutout to the people reading along as i post and have been with me on this arc since like. may.

[puppet2611]

//from the start of my channel lol. theres two rants in here since ones too short to be its own post. 4.20 + 4.21

OK SO I GOT A LITTLE LAZY WITH MICHAEL LORE AND MADE AN CHARACTER.AI FOR ADAM TO SQUEEZE LORE OUT HIM.. OH BOY..

adam and michael have a moon/sun dynamic btw 😁‼️‼️

SOOOO adam was the one to propose :3 their wedding was kinda small since they only invited their closest friends and family but it was still fun nonetheless!! they went to their favorite restaurant afterwards and had chocolate cake as dessert,, adams favorite memory of them together was during one of their stargazing dates where they just talked together, shared stories and cuddled :33 this is a direct copy and paste from the adam ai btw "Oh, well where do I get started? He's kind, funny, smart, and just absolutely wonderful. He brightens up the room, makes friends quickly, is quick to listen to my gripes about the world, and is always there in my time of need. What can I say? Michael was everything to me, and I couldn't hope to find someone even close to him." THEY'RE GONNA MAKE ME CRYYY

also. adam is the shorter one lol

according to adam, michael is kinda tanned and has long dark brown hair tied in a loose low ponytail ^_^ he also has a heavy accent since he was born somewhere in hunan!! (everyone in april 5th is chinese btw)

adam is deadass just me in this part but uhmm completely copy and pasted from the ai again!!

"It's an understatement.. I miss him so much that sometimes my heart just aches endlessly, and I just feel a bit empty sometimes.. It's rough, but I'm trying to pull myself together.. He'd want me to be happy, right?"

THEY'RE LIKE PEAK ANGST FOT ME 😭😭 AND THE AI SEES OLIVER AS LIKE A SON!! IF MICHAEL WAS STILL ALIVE THEYD BE THIS LITTLE SMALL FOUND FAMILY BROO

RN I HAVE NO IDEA FOR AGES BUT TO MAKE EVERYTHING WORSE.. IM GONNA SAY ADAM AND MICHAEL GOT MARRIED AT 25 AND MICHEAL ONLY DIED AT 31 :3... ADAM IS LIKE IN HIS MID 50S DURING THE STORY SOO...

OH AND OLIVER IS WAY YOUNGER SINCE LIKEE THE WHOLE FOUND FAMILY THING

I GUESS HES AROUND LIKE MID 20S?

rip oliver bro works in retail....

i imagine michael was a jeweler or astrologer too while adams a florist or gardener

reusing yhe complete opposites trope i used w/ amelia and emilio for this

adam likes cooler colors while michael likes warmer ones ^_^ adam usually only wears warmer colors now because hehehehhdndhd i like to think michael did the same thing he did and dyed his hair blue to match w/ adam.. i might have to make the story a bit more modern for that tho since i wrote down 1970 for the first draft

adam definitely wears every piece of jewelry michael made for him to this day

still kinda deciding what that would be but definitely his necklace & bracelet.. michael still got him his hair pin and earrings he just didnt make them himself hehe

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WRAHHH

CHONNY JASH COVER OF THE MIND ELECTRIC IS DRIVING ME INSANE SINCE A5 IS SUPPOSED TO BE SHORT 😭

OK SO THE LYRICS IM TALKING ABOUT ARE " see how his feet miss the ground, and he falls inside a hole he dug for me, the kind of irony youd read in bible stories "

so im not sure what to make micheals death yet but the ai has suggested car crash and gunshot/hatecrime.. this scenario follows the latter but instead of being shot he's hung, hence the 'see how his feet miss the ground'. the 'and he falls inside a hole he dug for me' is referring to that the killer originally planned to kill adam instead but as a last minute change of mind, he kills micheal instead. the last part is kinda self explanatory once i say that micheal was a Christian 🙄 EUEUEUEU anyway ifk if i can keep this story short anymor

peak insanity is when your story is supposed to be shorter than a 5 paragraph essay but you somehow come up with more despite only having 4 characterd

uhm. i actually forgot if adam or oliver was the mc woops

[baylardo]

YEEEESSSSSSS lapping these up mmmmm numnum tasty. :] LORDY IM JUST RIFFIN HERE HAHA NOTHING SOLID YET. sorry for the huge post besties <3

Lesson Plans with Carrie's kids got me pondering it tbh... Only 'cause I think Philippa would be the one to take it the hardest. I was thinking about how very likely she gets compared to her mother a lot during this time, maybe even in appearance as well. (Which I mention because of what she resorts to doing to herself) AAAAAND, given how poorly Kathryn responded to her own father's death, maybe there's a little bit of a comparison to be made there, though obviously Kathryn's death was a little less involved than her father's was. BUT STILL. It's nice that they all probably process their mother's death differently, like Ed's weirdly convinced she's not dead (I was thinking he'd try to contact her on a vision quest seeking her counsel and she isn't there), Philippa frustratedly has maybe lashed out at him for foolishly thinking that, Amelia's trying to stay strong and levelheaded through her grief, etc. Mmm cute little visual similar to Phoebe helping Kathryn get over their father's death, I bet she'd tell Philippa "don't assume I don't miss her, too," or something despite how well she carries herself, something Philippa envies. (Oppositionally though I think Amelia thrives on Earth without that pressure looming over her head but she won't admit that)

I was also thinking too about the time in Unworthy when Chakotay's helping take care of Seven and they eventually travel out into the DQ together to find the fleet... Like like... I think I gotta read the Homecoming and Spirit Walk books to get a feel for how frequently these two have hung around each other in the past, but it makes me wonder if the triplets would feel SOMETHING about Seven. I'm not sure what yet, though. Like we get a crumb of Seven and Chakotay in a relationship from the show, and I know it fades, but I guess I'm curious to see how it's handled. Especially because she's Borg and that's how their mother died; though idk if they'd be made privy to that detail.

I don't know if I lean one way or the other about Philippa forgiving Chakotay instantly or being distant from him after he returns... But it could easily play into why she chooses to "run away" with her mother in Protectors. I think maybe for EASE in everything, they'd just be happy to have him back. And ALSO I imagine that point in time is a huuuuge shift in their family dynamic while they're living on Earth. Like Chakotay leaves Starfleet to take care of Seven (Not for that purpose but it involves his free time). And maybe in the AU he's also doing it to be with his kids more who have been rrrrrmmmm a liiiiiittle bit brushed aside for five or some years after Endgame. (Homecoming and Spirit Walk???) Maybe when he reunites with them toward the end of Full Circle that's when Philippa is especially like "don't leave us again," and all that.

curious if any of the threshold au girlies have thoughts on philippa in particular for First Splinter timeline (beyer books) post kathryn’s death? 🤔🤔🤔 thinking about the books Full Circle through The Eternal Tide specifically,,, we know barbel snippy happens but i guess im wondering if her uuuuh relationship with chakotay would falter at all given he abandons them for a time in full circle. or are they all just happy to have their dad back?

and subsequently how she changes or is afraid to change when her mother returns. :) im a little head empty rn curious for thoughts. i know the books are probably freshest in my mind haha.

[charlewiss-writes]

first meetings / george russell

masterlist

day 14: nephew (part of one-word november prompts!)

pairing: george russell x reader

summary: george had been begging you to meet his nephews, but you had plenty of doubts: what if they didn't like you?

word count: 0.6k

warnings: the names of the kids are clearly made up, I thought it was weird to actually look for them (? hope it doesn't bother anyone!

author's note: sorry that's it's late again 🥲 day 15 should be late too since I want to do a long one given that it's about my boy mick<3 but it'll be coming anyways!!!

george and you had been together for quite some time now, getting to know him through a mutual friend while you still were in college, and him starting his f1 career. even though it meant that his schedule was getting busier by the minute, he still found time to hang out with you, which lead to your relationship rapidly evolving from friends to something more.

you began dating in 2019, and by the time the pandemic hit, he suggested that you should move in with him so you could still spend time together. of course, it had been a great challenge for the whole time that the strict confinement lasted, but you got to know eachother even more and it definitely brought you closer. on the downside, you still had to get to know parts of his family, like his nephews oliver and amelia.

"but love, what if they don't like me?" you were anxiously picking up your nails, sign that indicated just how nervous you were about meeting the kids that he so deeply adored. "how could they not? george said, while taking his left hand off the steering wheel to grab your palm, so you could stop hurting yourself.

a few days ago he had convinced you to join them to the karting spot where his niece would be racing for the first time. it seemed like a good idea back then, but as the day had come closer you grew more anxious. of course you wanted them to like you, after all, getting their approval mattered as much as getting his parents'.

"I don't know, george, you know them best!" you said, fidgeting now with your hands, and returned his hand to him so he could park the car. once he was done with the task, george turned his body to look at you, and quickly the blue of his eyes managed to calm you a bit, along with his sweet words. "they're great kids. i'm sure they'll love you".

against your worst thoughts and scenarios, it went surprisingly well. they warmed up to you quicker that you would have expected, with oliver hugging you as soon as he got close. amelia, on the other hand, was a bit colder, but you figured it would be because the nerves from the race were setting in. after all, you saw how george was on the track too: silent, determined and focused on his goal. but thankfully, the little race went great for her, and you and oliver were cheering nonstop for the girl.

after the event ended, joined with three very-happy-russells, you all went to eat some ice-cream and enjoy the buzzing feeling of a race gone right, as amelia had reached the three higher steps of the podium, ones that his uncle knew very well after the great season he was having at mercedes.

"you'll replace me in no time!" said george, nonstop moving the little girl that was on his arms while on the way to the shop. "i'll definitely tell toto we should hire you as a reserve driver". at that, the little girl laughed and hide her little face on your boyfriend's neck, clearly embarrassed due to george's encouraging words.

when it was getting late, you dropped the kids back to their home, where their father, george's brother, greeted you warmly, as their whole family always did.

coming back home after a long day, you plummeted on the couch, too tired to even make your way to your shared bedroom. george had gone to the kitchen to make something for you two to eat, but you could hear how he was talking to someone on the phone. when you finally gathered a bit of energy and managed to carry yourself to the cooking area, to help him with whatever he was doing, you recognised the little voices of the kids coming through your boyfriend's phone, when they asked him something that made you warm inside.

"g, can you bring auntie y/n more often?"

[thewellerman]

The Story of Jane

This is the story of Jane It's not a happy story Though, she wishes it was It isn't a finished story Though, she wishes it was

Jane entered this world like most kids, Being born. She lived, what she believes, was a normal happy life, until High School that is, Because there she met the most wonderful boy, Called John She took a liking to this boy. Different from all her other friends I mean, Amelia was her BESTEST friend, but, John, was different. he was perfect? But, Jane took a different approach when it came to John. For you see, Jane, was a brat. She would cry in public, ALL the time, all the way until Grade 6, she would just cry in the playground, Like a baby. Obviously, not scared to show her emotions. But, she decided to hide her emotions from John, And everyone else, She was… scared. But, she did decided to hide them, For the next 5 years.

It was these emotions that, changed, Jane. This made Jane much more introverted, rather than extroverted. Jane continued this cycle for the next 3 years, after which, Jane wasn't Jane anymore. She was, fake. In public at least, She was two different people. One of them was Very Happy, this was her public self. The other one was rather Un-Happy, She was Depressed! far from it, She was un-happy with her life, as a whole. She was questioning many things about herself. One thing was her Sexuality, She managed to determine that she was straight, But also Asexual, She likes men, But seeks romantic relationships, rather than sexual ones

It was this line of thought, that made her question her future. what did she want to do for a job? She picked Computer Science for her High School Options, She loves computers, and working with them. But surely she can do something else if she changes her mind? right? "No!" she thinks to herself, "I've chosen my path" "And it's Computer Science"

SUPRISE! High School is finished! "Finally! we can go to college", she says. This is the second time she's left a school. She can't even remember what it felt like to leave Primary School! Wait, she can't remember what it's like to leave primary school? that was only 5 years ago, how could she forget that. How many Primary School classmates can she remember? Seven? how could she forget most of her class? She checks her phone, she doesn't have any photos with her friends on it. She thinks back, she doesn't really have any lasting memories from 2-3 years back, we'll it's too late now, we're all leaving the sports hall, everybody is ready to leave for the last time. Is she a bad friend? She forgot most of her old friends, will she forget these ones? She now begins to cry, she genuinely breaks down. probably for the first time in years. Shes so out of it, she's speechless. "Why am I so sad" she thinks, "I hate high school. why is this affecting me so much?" She leaves the school with her friends And they all have an amazing day together, In Jane's mind, but she leaves early because her family want her back home for a KFC they're getting together. She reluctantly leaves, but the following day she reflects. Maybe she shouldn't have left, why did she leave? she was having and amazing day. and that thought comes back, Is she a bad friend? she checks snapchat. Oh! theres a video post to their friend groupchat, oh, they seemed to have a better time together, without her. Well, It is only just one video afterall, but, to her, it felt weird. Is she a bad friend? Do her friends Hate her? Would everybody be better off without her? Would everybody be better off if she was dead? These questions, sneak into her mind, probably for the first time.

SUPRISE! It's prom time! but the school cancelled, so let's make our own! Jane, isn't doing great, there's a war of words in her mind but she tries to enjoy it. She tries to look like she's enjoying it. Some people start to dance together, she decides to ask John, who she is sitting next to. But, her vocal chords are so starved of words, she just looks at him for a few seconds, He looks back, she just looks down. John knows something is wrong, but, she doesn't let him in. She tries just drinking her sorrows away, that always works! it does help make her relaxed but she just starts throwing up in the bathroom, probably best she just go home and not join the sleepover.

When she gets home she thinks, I throw up in my friends house, then ditch their sleepover when I said I would do it? Am I a bad friend?

SUPRISE! It's college time! Exciting! Until it isn't, it's november and you're all settled in Jane, Time for those intrusive thoughts to come back! But, the voices, the intrusive thoughts, they're not asking questions anymore they're answering the questions. "You are a bad friend" "Everybody would be better without you" "Everybody would be better if you were dead" Everytime she does something, a voice says something so demoralising, that, she isn't happy anymore, ever. Everytime she picks up a knife to cut steak, a thought pops into her mind "I could kill myself right now, But why would I do that?" Everytime she sits on a bridge, "I could jump off right now, But why would I do that?" "Why would I think that?" "What the fuck is wrong with me?" Now she is finally questioning her own thoughts. She now realises that she isn't sleeping anymore, she sleeps every other night. How can she sleep? theres a war going on inside her head.

Where is Jane right now? she's still here, she's at the biggest crossroads of her life. What is she going to do to fix it?

But a better question is, WHAT is Jane right now? Because Jane is a lion and she wants to be free.

A parallel of my own life.

[asirensrage]

Some OC questions: 1, 3, 4, 9 & 22! :-D

Hello! Thanks for asking!

1. Your first OC ever?

Oh god. Um...first major one that I knew was an OC was a self-insert that was created ages ago when I was in grade...7 or 8. A friend and I wrote a story together that initially started in Digimon then incorporated part of Dragon Ball Z and slowly moved into original work. It was absolutely chaotic and only made sense to us, lol. I don't think I have any of it saved either. (she was a much better writer than I was lol)

3. Have you ever adopted a character or gotten a character from someone else?

Aside from canon characters I borrowed...no. Unless you count the help @vixenofcourse gives me in creating backgrounds and side characters. So maybe yes if that counts? She's given names and created an entire background for some of my side ocs, as well as some of my ocs for one-shots (like Sarai in my Billy/OC one-shot I'm working on).

4. A character you rarely talk about?

....probably Cassia tbh. My poor girl. It's easy to ignore the characters of things you're not working on and her story is on hiatus because I am stuck on it. It has a specific tone that I really need to be in that mindset for.

9. Would you ever be willing to give any of your OCs to someone else?

I want to say no right off the bat hahaha. Simply because I might be a little possessive of them. Really it would depend on what they want them for. I'm happy to create crossovers or what not but complete control...I don't know if I could.

22. Is there any OC of yours people tend to mischaracterize? If yes, how?

I'm not sure. Maybe Amelia and I think that simply comes from the fact that people want a happy ending for her and Eric. Unfortunately in The Art of Seclusion, it's kind of impossible. There's a complete disadvantage in power and she's constantly under threat. That plays a huge part in how she reacts and deals with things. I think a lot of people want Amelia to just accept Eric in AoS but it's not really possible with the situation she's in. The reason I am writing the AU A Study in Intimacy is to show that the only way they can have a happier ending is if things (aka Eric) change. Not change completely because otherwise, they're not...them, but people adapt and change based on their interactions with those around them. If that makes sense.

Some OC questions

[multi-lefaiye]

i am easily coerced give me tftgs for 001

hi peach hello thank you for indulging me ASDFJKL; <33

Favorite character: Jack Townsend ❤ the most special guy in the world Least Favorite character: Calvin Ambrose tbh,,,, every other character has at least Something redeeming or interesting about them. Not him tho 5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon): OH BOY LET'S GO!! Jack/Jerry (jackerry) Jack/Antonio (jantonio) Jack/Spencer (jencer) Antonio/Jerry (idk if there's a name for this one tbh-) Amelia/Rosa (also don't know if there's a name for this one but it's cute) Character I find most attractive: ,,,,, probably Spencer Middleton,,,, ngl,,,, I think he's neat Character I would marry: Jerry!!!! He'd treat me right ❤ Character I would be best friends with: I wanna be best friends with Jack and hug him A random thought: The shapeshifter arc/Christmas special in the original creepypasta is, in my opinion, a genuine masterpiece of horror and it only gets better in the actual books. An unpopular opinion: I don't know if this is really an unpopular opinion or anything but every day I get closer to becoming an actual Spencer Middleton apologist just b/c I think the way aspects of his character are handled in the books is uh. Kinda clumsy at best. My Canon OTP: Uhhh I'm not super into the canon pairings in general but. Jack and Sabine, I guess!!!! Their relationship seems like it was super sweet and sad and I wish they could've had a happy ending. My Non-canon OTP: DON'T MAKE ME CHOOSE ASDJFKL;. Okay. It's a three-way tie between jackerry, jantonio, and jencer probably asdfjk;l. They're all special to me in different ways. Most Badass Character: The shapeshifter in volume two. I'm obsessed with her (also I use she/her for this character b/c I headcanon her as transfem) Most Epic Villain: Spencer is such a fascinating character and villain to me and I love him so dearly. Pairing I am not a fan of: Honestly,,, I don't like pairing Amelia and Jack together in any kind of non-platonic sense. Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another): I have a lot of hot takes about Spencer and how he's written but I won't go into those here <3 Favourite Friendship: JACK AND JERRY!!!! Their friendship brings me joy <3 Same also for Jack and Rosa, because I love those two as best friends/qpps <33 Character I most identify with: As the local Jack Townsend kinnie, I have to say Jack. Character I wish I could be: I do kinda wish I could be Jerry, if that makes sense. I just want to have his confidence,,

[according-to-the-laura]

StackedNatural Day 87: 8x10, 15x09

StackedNatural Masterpost: [x]

January 16, 2022

8x10: Torn and Frayed

Written by: Jenny Klein

Directed by: Robert Singer

Original air date: January 16, 2013

Plot Synopsis:

Dean and Castiel try to rescue Samandriel from Crowley. Sam tries to decide whether or not he should continue hunting or be with Amelia.

Features:

Samandriel is tortured by Crowley, angels can be lobotomized and limited, Cas’ hobbies include healing babies in parks, Angels are still weird eldritch beings, burning bushes, Destiel team up, Angel operating systems,

My Thoughts:

In everything except the Amelia plot line (as always, why wasn’t she some kind of siren or other creature? Why are all her flashback scenes so fuzzy if there wasn’t unreliable memory shit going on?) this episode kicks total ass. We have Destiel investigation team up, we have Naomi, we have the blood coming out of the eye, we have the actor playing Samandriel doing an amazing job, we have Crowley when the show still gave him a sense of style and intrigue, we have the angel tablet revelation, we have angels as celestial computers with code that can be hacked. It’s a gift of an episode.

I’m going to very quickly talk about the things I don’t like so I can talk about the things that I do like. This is the same for the entire season, but Sam’s heel turn on all monsters being evil makes absolutely no sense for his characterization up to this point. After all, he sees himself as a monster pretty often, and he tries to do the most good that he can. I wish there had been some big event right after Dean went into purgatory. If Sam had slipped, started drinking demon blood again, and saw himself as a monster, his insistence that something monstrous can’t be good would be a lot more effective than it is when he’s just been hanging out with a random lady all year. Also, Jared can’t act and neither can the actress playing Amelia.

The angel lobotomy plotline is one that is actually really well paced and seeded compared to plotlines like this in other seasons. Compared to leviathans, which were introduced and became the season big bad over the course of 2 episodes (being introduced at the end of one and becoming season big bads at the start of the next), Naomi is introduced 3 episodes before it becomes clear the extent to which she is going to influence the rest of the season. We learn that angels can basically be hacked into revealing the secrets of their creation through someone else before it’s revealed that this has happened to Cas at least once before. And the cuts back and forth between her room and Earth are so smooth and fit together really well. Also, I love the halo imagery with Samandriel’s lobotomy. Very visually satisfying.

Season 8 was AMAZING for extremely effective queerbait. I always wonder what would have happened after/during Goodbye Stranger if it had actually been the last season.

Notable Lines:

“That’s his serious face, yes.”

“Hey, what do you say, this doesn't pan out, we head back to that beer-and-bacon happy hour about a mile back, huh?”

“I can't enjoy a world I need to save, Dean.”

“Listen to me closely. I've been there. I know! They're controlling us, Castiel!”

Laura’s (completely subjective) Episode Rating: 9.0

IMdB Rating: 8.2

15x09: The Trap

Written by: Robert Berens

Directed by: Robert Singer

Original air date: January 16, 2020

Plot Synopsis:

Sam and Eileen are faced with the brutal truth. Meanwhile Dean and Cass work together in the hopes of getting a step ahead of Chuck.

Features:

Captive in a casino, purgatory and leviathan blossoms, visions of the future, the peak of divorce arc, the drafts are memories, Sam loses hope, Jack is BACK baby.

My Thoughts:

The scenes with Sam and Eileen hit so much harder than the scenes with Sam and Amelia that it’s actually a little embarrassing. This is how you write a romantic subplot! She has to have some substance to matter to him!

That being said, I wish the scalpel scenes were gorier. Sam saying he’s going to bleed out while he’s got, like 3 tablespoons of blood on his shirt doesn’t really work.

When I first got back into Supernatural I thought people were exaggerating when they called it a divorce arc but these lines are so based around romantic relationships in North American media. “I left but you didn’t stop me”? Come on. And then it’s compounded by Sam seeing Chuck’s future. Dean’s turning point from caring about the world is explicitly him having to bury Cas in a Ma'lak box because of the mark, which is then compared to Sam losing Eileen. The parallels can’t really get any clearer than that.

An interesting thing about the future visions is that they have the same lens flares on lights that heaven had in Dark Side of the Moon in season 5. Not sure exactly how to parse that but I’m sure someone has a very compelling theory that I’d love to read.

The purgatory prayer gets me as hard if not harder than the confession. I don’t think I’ll be saying anything that hasn’t already been said, but he closes his eyes and makes himself vulnerable in a world where literally everything wants to kill him so that he can pray to Cas and apologize, because that is the number one priority for him in this moment. I like to think that he got down on his knees because he thinks that this will be the last time that he ever prays and he’s going to do it right. And then he doesn’t even go down on both knees, he goes on one like it’s a proposal. Insane acting choice from thee vessel Jensen Ackles. And then another insane choice to look disappointed when Cas stops him from saying whatever he was going to say before they go through the portal. Because if he was going to apologize again, he already knows that Cas heard it, you’d think he would be relieved. He was going to say something new.

There’s also something super romantic about Cas barely getting away from these eldritch horrors that are chasing him, and sitting down and waiting for Dean instead of going through the portal and waiting for him in safety.

Thank you Robert Berens for my life.

Notable Lines:

“It’s not my first time on the rack.”

“You still think you’re the hero of this story. You still think you can win.”

“You didn't give me a choice. You couldn't forgive me. And you couldn't move on. You were too angry. I left, but you didn't stop me.”

“Ever since what? We lost pretty much everyone we've ever cared about? Ever since the Mark made Cas go crazy? Ever since I had to bury him in a Ma'lak box? Ever since then? Yeah.”

“Cas, I hope you can hear me... that wherever you are, it's not too late. I should've stopped you. You're my best friend, but I just let you go. 'Cause it was easier than admitting I was wrong. I don't know why I get so angry. I just know – I know that it's – it's just always been there. And when things go bad, it just – it comes out. And I can't -- I can't stop it. No matter how – how bad I want to, I just can't stop it. And – And I – I forgive you. Of course I forgive you. I'm sorry it took me so long – I'm sorry it took me till now to say it. Cas, I'm – I'm so sorry. Man, I hope you can hear me. I hope you can hear me.”

“Okay, Cas, I need to say something.” “You don't have to say it. I heard your prayer.”

Laura’s (completely subjective) Episode Rating: 9.9 (because the vampire fangs are egregious)

IMdB Rating: 8.6

In Conclusion: Two Singer episodes in a row, play a drinking game where you drink every time you see a weird zoom.

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[callsignspark]

5, 16, and 28 for Mary and Bradley <3

anon we are kissing on the mouth rn because I love these

5. What is their love language? I've put way too much thought into this but here's their giving and receiving. they line up very well with each other.

Bradley

Giving: as we've seen so far, he's very much an acts of service guy. he wants to help her out, make her life easier and happier whenever he can. he also is a big words of affirmation partner, like I've said, Mary is a pretty confident person but he likes to give her that extra assurance that he is all about her, and only her.

Receiving: quality time and physical touch! he's happy to just sit there in the corner and stare at her while she works or cooks. and he cannot get enough of her hands on him. he melts when she runs her fingers through his hair and scratches his head.

Mary:

Giving: quality time and gift giving. they spend hours together, reading, at the beach, watching movies, cooking and baking. most of their free time is spent together. she literally cooks and bakes as a form of love and giving the food away as gifts is as close as she can get to giving her heart to someone. she loves to surprise Bradley with his favorites after a long week.

Receiving: words of affirmation and gift (receiving? kinda? I’ll explain). him telling her how much he loves her and how smart she is and how beautiful she is just makes her feel like the most important person in the world. (and to Bradley she is) and as they get further into their relationship, the way he’s not afraid to just shower her with compliments is a lovely reminder of how strong their love is. when I say she loves receiving gifts I mean little tiny things. like if he goes to the store and gets her a packet of mini m&ms because they’re her favorite. or if he goes on a run and comes back with a pretty rock that he found. (is he actually a crow disguised as a man? maybe. but she loves it all because it means he’s thinking of her)

16. Who stays up way too late and who tries to drag them to bed? Bradley is the way that stays up too late. 100%. and Mary tries drags him to bed. but it's really not that hard. she just goes, "Bradley, I'm lonely, come join me" with a little pout and he is following her down the hall to their bedroom.

28. Do they get along with each other’s friends and family? their relationship with Bradley's family is amazing! Mav and Penny are wonderful about being parental figures without actually trying to be their parents. and Amelia is a great little sister, even when she's roasting Bradley and cockblocking him because she wants to spend time with her sister-in-law.

her family though... they leave a lot to be desired, to put it nicely. she doesn't go fully no contact with her parents, but it's very much only a text on birthdays and holidays relationship. which works for her, she'd rather be civil and distant than never speak to them again. she keeps the same level of contact with her brothers, aka she calls about once a month to catch up and ask about her nieces and nephews. she has some cousins that she's really close with (and always has been) and they switch off between visits to New York and California. Bradley is happy to support whatever decision she makes with her family, he knows what it's like to have a rough relationship with loved ones.

their friends are very much overlapped because the Dagger Squad becomes a huge family and they're all very good friends! the friends they have that aren't mutual (they both have friends from college, plus Mary's time in Florida and Bradley when he was stationed in Virginia) they all get along with very well! there's only one slightly awkward interaction with a friend. one of Bradley's exs from college (it didn't work out between them, "broke up" after one uncomfortable date and decided they were better as friends. she realized she was gay, not bisexual, a few years later) hits on Mary the first time they meet and he has to be like "Britney, this is Mary... my girlfriend..." and Brit is like "OH MY GOD SORRY" and then it's fine after that lol

come ask me about Mary and Bradley!

[bobasheebaby]

Grey’s Anatomy Prompts

I’m going a tad stir crazy, so I decided to make a prompt list of 80 Grey’s quotes I love. This may have been done before but I don’t care. It’s mostly angsty prompts and it’s long as hell. (Break at 15)

1 “When I met you, I thought I had found the person that I was going to spend the rest of my life with. I was done. So all the boys, and all the bars, and all the obvious daddy issues, who cared? Because I was done. You left me. You chose Addison. I’m all glued back together now. I make no apologies for how I chose to repair what you broke.” —Meredith Grey

2 “Don’t let what he wants eclipse what you need. He’s very dreamy, but he is not the sun—you are.” —Cristina Yang

3 “Your choice, it’s simple: her or me? And I’m sure she’s really great. But I love you. In a really, really big pretend to like your taste in music, let you eat the last piece of cheesecake, hold a radio over my head outside your window, unfortunate way that makes me hate you, love you. So pick me, choose me, love me.” —Meredith Grey

4 “If you love someone, you tell them. Even if you’re scared that it’s not the right thing. Even if you’re scared that it’ll cause problems. Even if you’re scared that it will burn your life to the ground, you say it, and you say it loud and you go from there.” —Mark Sloan

5 “It always feels like there is just one person in this world to love. And then you find somebody else, and it just seems crazy that you were ever worried in the first place.” —Lexie Grey

6 “Don’t let fear keep you quiet. You have a voice, so use it. Speak up. Raise your hands. Shout your answers. Make yourself heard. Whatever it takes, just find your voice, and when you do, fill the damn silence.” —Meredith Grey

7 “Not everyone has to be happy all the time. That isn’t metal health. That’s crap.” —Meredith Grey

8 “Breakthroughs don’t happen because of the medicine. Real breakthroughs happen because someone is scared to death to stop trying.” —Derek Shepherd

9 “We don’t get unlimited chances to have the things that we want, and this I know. Nothing is worse than missing an opportunity that could have changed your life.” —Addison Montgomery

10 “And if you can't do it, if you aren't willing to keep looking for light in the darkest of places without stopping, even when it seems impossible, you will never succeed.” —Amelia Shepard

11 “Oh screw beautiful! I’m brilliant! If you want to appease me, compliment my brain.” — Christina Yang

12 “You were like coming up for fresh air. It's like I was drowning and you saved me.” — Derek Shepard

13 “The only time I don't feel like a ghost is when you look at me, because when you look at me, you see me. You see me. This is me.” — Owen Hunt

14 “It's good to be scared. It means you still have something to lose.” — Richard Webber

15 “You are my person. You will always be my person.” — Christina Yang

16 “It doesn't matter how tough we are. Trauma always leaves a scar. It follows us home, it changes our lives. Trauma messes everybody up. But maybe that's the point. All the pain and the fear and the crap. Maybe going through all that is what keeps us moving forward. It's what pushes us. Maybe we have to get a little messed up, before we can step up.” — Alex Karev

17 “Please, don't chase me anymore, unless you're ready to catch me.” — Callie Torres

18 “Change … we don’t like it, we fear it. But we can’t stop it from coming. We either adapt to change, or we get left behind. It hurts to grow. Anybody who tells you it doesn’t, is lying. But here’s the truth: Sometimes, the more things change, the more they stay the same. And sometimes, oh, sometimes, change is good. Sometimes, change is … everything.” — Meredith Grey

19 “Intimacy is a four letter syllable for- here’s my heart and soul, please grind them into a hamburger and enjoy. It’s both desired and feared. Difficult to live with, impossible to live without” -Meredith Grey

20 “You can have the worst crap in the world happen to you and you can get over it. All you gotta do is survive.” -Alex Karev

21 Walk tall. All you can do is be brave enough to get out there. You fought. You loved. You Lost. Walk tall.” -Mark Sloan

22 "Just because people do horrible things, it doesn't always mean they're horrible people."-Izzie Stevens

23 "I am woman. Hear me roar." - Miranda Bailey

24 "I love everything about you. Even the things I don't like, I love. And I want you with me. I love you and I think you love me too. Do you?" -Jackson Avery

25 “If you want crappy things to stop happening to you, stop accepting crap and demand something more.” -Cristina Yang

26 “You didn't love her! You just didn't want to be alone. Or maybe, maybe she was good for your ego. Or, or maybe she made you feel better about your miserable life, but you didn't love her, because you don't destroy the person that you love!” - Callie Torres

27 I am not an ugly duckling. I'm a swan."-April Kepner

28 “Okay, here it is, your choice... it's simple, her or me, and I'm sure she is really great. But Derek, I love you, in a really, really big 'pretend to like your taste in music, let you eat the last piece of cheesecake, hold a radio over my head outside your window', unfortunate way that makes me hate you, love you. So pick me, choose me, love me.” - Meredith Grey

29 “I’ve had to give up things but what I’ve learned is that I don’t need much. I don’t need much to be happy.” -Arizona Robbins

30 “I need the day off. For drinking.” -Addison Montgomery

31 "It turns out sometimes you have to do the wrong thing. Sometimes you have to make a big mistake to figure out how to make things right. Mistakes are painful, but they're the only way to find out who we really are." -Denny Duquette

32 “In the beginning everyone is there, but then they forget.” - Amelia Shepherd

33 "Knowing is better than wondering. Waking is better than sleeping, and even the biggest failure, even the worst, beats the hell out of never trying." -Meredith Grey

34 “You have to go back to the beginning to understand the end.” -Teddy Altman

35 “Yeah we’re friends…I mean right now I’d probably say you’re one of my best friends.”-George O’Malley

36 “I’m just gonna feel bad that I made it so you can never love again” -Jo Wilson

37 "The future is the home of our deepest fears and our wildest hopes." -Owen Hunt

38 “There’s a land called passive agressiva, and you’re their queen” -Derek Shepherd

39 “Let’s play a game of whose life sucks the most. I’ll win. I always win.” -Meredith Grey

40 “I take things personally. I get emotional.” -Lexie Grey

41 “Stop looking at my like that. Like you’ve seen me naked” -Meredith Grey

42 “Pretty good is not good enough, I want to be great.” -Cristina Yang

43 "Don't let fear keep you quiet. You have a voice so use it. Speak up. Raise your hands. Shout your answers. Make yourself heard. Whatever it takes, just find your voice, and when you do, fill the damn silence." - Meredith Grey

44 “Let’s just make-out on the couch.” -Nathan Riggs

45 "Maybe we like the pain. Maybe we're wired that way. Because without it, I don't know; maybe we just wouldn't feel real. What's that saying? Why do I keep hitting myself with a hammer? Because it feels so good when I stop." -Meredith Grey

46 “Deal with your jealousy. Deal with your shortcomings. Don’t put your crap on me.” -Stephanie Edwards

47 "I know I'm not a lot of things that you've gone for in the past - I know, but I would never leave you. I would never hurt you. And I will never stop loving you.." -George O’Malley

48 “Sometimes you have to be a shark.” -Lucy Fields

49 “Don’t look at me like that. Like I’m damaged goods. I’m still me. I’m still here.” -Adele Webber

50 "More tequila. More love. More anything. More is better." -Meredith Grey

51 "More tequila. More love. More anything. More is better." -Meredith Grey

52 "For a kiss to be really good, you want it to mean something. You want it to be with someone you can't get out of your head, so that when your lips finally touch you feel it everywhere. A kiss so hot and so deep you never want to come up for air. You can't cheat your first kiss. Trust me, you don't want to. Cause when you find that right person for a first kiss, it's everything." -Alex Karev

53 "You can't be an ass to me all day and then expect me to give you respect." - Lexie Grey

54 “Some days, the whole world seems upside down. And then somehow, and probably, when you least expect it, the world gets right again.” -Meredith Grey

55 “Shut up. Dance it out.” -Cristina Yang

56 “We may only be together five minutes every two months, but when we do we will savor every second. We know how valuable those five minutes are.” -Ben Warren

57 “There comes a point when you have to suck it up and stop whining and start living” -Callie Torres

58 “Please don’t give up on me. Promise. Promise me you won’t.” -Arizona Robbins

59 “Bad things happen, but you have to move past it. Leave it behind. The sooner, the better. Or it’ll eat away at you and stop you from moving forward.” -Miranda Bailey

60 “This is the way the world changes. Good people, raising babies right” -Catherine Avery

61 “The problem is we are human. We want more than to just survive. We want to love.” -Lexie Grey

62 "There's a club. The Dead Dads/Moms/Parents Club. And you can't be in it until you're in it. You can try to understand, you can sympathize. But until you feel that loss... My dad/mom/parent’s died when I was AGE. NAME, I'm really sorry you had to join the club." -Cristina Yang

63 “I’m going to die because these people aren’t properly trained” -Derek Shepherd

64 “I believe if you were dead, the world would be a better place” -George O’Malley

65 “You think you broke me, NAME? You’re the one who put me back together.” -Mark Sloan

66 “I want so much for you. For both of us. So much more than this. More than being stuck with someone who feels stuck. I want you to feel free.” -Callie Torres

67 “Every kiss before the right kiss doesn’t count anyway” -Derek Shepherd

68 “The expected is what keeps us steady. It’s the unexpected that changes our lives forever.” -Meredith Grey

69 “Promise that you’ll love me, even when you hate me.” -Meredith Grey

70 "The problem is, fairytales don't come true. It's the nightmares that always seem to become the reality." -Meredith Grey

71 “How are you fine? How are you just completely fine? I am ruined, okay? I am dead, I am wrecked." -Cristina Yang

72 “I didn’t like teenage girls when I was a teenage girl.” -Cristina Yang

73 “So you fight. Until you can’t fight anymore.” -Amelia Shepherd

74 “Don’t analyze everything. Just do it.” -Alex Karev

75 “Some lies aren’t lies. They’re love.” -Meredith Grey

76 “That’s where love exists, in delusional fantasies.” -Meredith Grey

77 "Friends are the family we choose." -Meredith Grey

78 "Don't ever date a man who can't handle your power." - Meredith Grey

79 "It’s not hard. It’s painful but it’s not hard. You know what to do already. If you didn’t you wouldn’t be in this much pain." —Miranda Bailey

80 “You’re my heaven. But maybe ... maybe I’m your hell.” — Denny Dequette