#ashley and audrey week

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Day 116

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Dancers You Might Know That Competed Against ALDC (Dance Moms) - Season 6

Season 6 Episode 1 Sheer Talent LA 2015

Sabrina Huang (Gravity X Dance Studio) took all three spots behind Brynn (1st) and Gavin (2nd) with her solos "Jolie" (3rd), "The Violet Hour" (4th) and "Flawless" (5th)

ALDC and BDA were the only two studios competing in teen groups

Season 6 Episode 2 NYDE Calabasas 2015

Season 6 Episode 3 Devotion 2 Dance (Sheer Talent) Santa Ana 2015

Sabrina Huang, same dancer that placed behind Brynn and Gavin two weeks prior, competes again, placing 1st ("The Violet Hour") and 3rd ("Immortal") against JoJo Siwa (2nd)

there were only two solo competing in Kendall's solo division

Season 6 Episode 4 Dream National Dance Competition Santa Monica 2015

Hayden Calder (PAVE? or dancer with the same name) competed in the petite division

Sage Rosen places 1st Overall ahead of Maddie (2nd) and Brynn (4th)

Season 6 Episode 5 Fierce Dance Competition Lawndale 2015

Jenna Valenzuela was at competition, placed 1st with her solo

Hayden Calder (PAVE? or dancer with same name) competed in the petite division

other well known studios competing: Dolce Dance Studio, So Cal Dance, Signature Dance Academy

Season 6 Episode 6 Devotion 2 Dance Thousand Oaks 2015

there were only 15 dances at the competition

ALDC groups were the only groups entered

Ashley Guo (at the time Imperial Dance Studio, switched to K2) placed 1st in Small Wonders Solo with her tap solo "Bye Bye Love"

Amy Guo (Ashley's younger sister) placed 2nd with her lyrical solo "Imagine"

Sabrina Huang (same dancer that competed in E1 and E3) competed again, this time as an independent

Sabrina Huang came in 1st ("The Range"), 2nd ("Darkness"), 3rd ("Immortal") and 4th ("Morning Rain") - making her have competed 7 solos in the 2015/16 season by NOVEMBER (?!)

other well known studios competing: Imperial Dance Studio

Season 6 Episode 7 Sheer Talent Phoenix 2015

Junior Solo Results:

1st: Brooklyn Cooley (Project 21) with "Dream" 2nd: Audrey Caldwell (MBA) with "Reborn" 3rd: Daylyn Lucky (Project 21) with "Juliet" 5th: Hailey Nieva (Dance Factor, later The Rock and Danceplex) with "With Love"

Pre-Teen Solo Results:

1st: Brynn Rumfallo (ALDC) with "Mystical Beauty" 2nd: Easton Magliarditi (The Rock) with "Tenderness" 3rd: Cami Ritzler (Project 21) with "Resilience" 4th: Aspyn Morrell (Adage) with "Crystalized" 5th: Ariel Hoffman (Adage) with "Primadona Girl"

Teen Solo Results:

1st: Kalani Hilliker (ALDC) with "Phoenix Star" 2nd: Kendall Vertes (ALDC) with "Curiosity" 3rd: Kali Schmeltzer (MBA) with "Haunted" 4th: Saeda Ward (Adage) with "You're The One"

Kira Girard's studio competed (Adage Dance Studio)

other well known studios competing: Angela's Flip Zone, MBA, P21, The Dance Factor, Adage Dance Studio, The Rock Center For Dance

Season 6 Episode 8 Dream NDC San Diego 2015

Adage's group dance came in 2nd to the ALDC

other well known studios competing: Adage Dance Studio (Kira's Studio)

Season 6 Episode 9 Fierce Dance Competition Van Nuys 2015

Once again Sabrina Huang competes against the ALDC, performing at the least one solo "Spanish Rose", bringing her solo count to 8

other well known studios competing: San Diego Dance Centre, K2 Studios

Season 6 Episode 10 NYDE San Jose 2015

Romeo Blanco (guest for "Straight Outta Pittsburgh") came in 1st, beating Brynn (2nd)

Season 6 Episode 11 Dream NDC Placentia 2016

Sienna Schlesinger (The Company) performed a solo "Almost Lover"

Daviana Fletcher (Cast of season 7) performed a solo "How Will I Know" under K2

other well known studios competing: The Company, K2 Studios

Season 6 Episode 12 Xpression Dance Competition Anaheim 2016

competition created just for dance moms

other well known studios: Hudson Dance Academy, Legacy Dance Academy

Season 6 Episode 13 Sheer Talent Las Vegas 2016

Small Wonders Results:

1st: Shanise Robinson (The Base) with "Albatroz" 2nd: Devynn Lewis (The Base) with "Sayuri" 3rd: Lilly McCollum (Innovation) with "I'm Getting Good"

Pre-Teen Solo Results:

1st: Brynn Rumfallo (ALDC) with "The Force Awakens" 2nd: Mackenzie Ziegler (ALDC) with "All I Want" 3rd: Easton Magliarditi (The Rock) with "Tenderness" 4th: Mina Piazza (The Rock) with "Rain" 5th: Sage Mendre (The Rock) with "Delight"

Teen Solo Results:

1st: Brittany Bruno (The Rock) with "In Search Of" 2nd: Kalani Hilliker (ALDC) with "Ultimatum" 3rd: Anika Kojima (The Rock) with "Scale"

Alysa Owen (Former member of mini team) competes with her studio, Innovation Dance Company and places 1st ("Burnin' Up") and 2nd ("I Will Wait") in Junior Solos

Alysa Owen is also part of a trio "Dear Future Husband" that wins 1st in Junior Duet

other well known studios competing: The Base Dance Center, Innovation Dance Company, The Rock Center For Dance

Season 6 Episode 14 NYDE Long Beach 2016

ALDC LA had dancers competing

Season 6 Episode 15 Fierce National Dance Competition Agoura Hills 2016

there were only 67 routines entered in the competition

Jade Cloud, select team, competed a solo ("Lux")

Tea Adamson competed a solo ("My Skin")

The ALDC LA sent two group dances

Season 6 Episode 16 Xpression Dance Competition 2016

competition created just for dance moms

Season 6 Episode 17 Sheer Talent Fresno 2016

Gavin Morales (Dolce) came in 1st in Pre-Teen Solo, ahead of Brynn Rumfallo (3rd)

In Teen Solos, Mackenzie Morales came in 1st, Paaige Landseadal in 2nd, Paige Lytle in 3rd (all Dolce) and Maddie Ziegler in 4th

ALDC LA also competed

Saryna Garcia (ALDC LA) came in 2nd or 4th in Pre-Teen Solo with "Dance"

ALDC LA competed a group dance that placed either 1st or 5th in Teen Groups

other well known studios competing: Dolce Dance Studio

Season 6 Episode 18 NYDE Riverside 2016

Season 6 Episode 23 Dream NDC San Jose 2016

Season 6 Episode 24 Fierce Dance Competition Fresno 2016

Season 6 Episode 25 Sheer Talent San Francisco 2016

Season 6 Episode 26 Fierce National Dance Competition Phoenix 2016

Season 6 Episode 27 Innovation Dance Competition Oxnard 2016

competition created just for dance moms

Season 6 Episode 28 Dream NDC Panorama City 2016

Charlotte Cogan (The Company) competed a contemporary solo in the petite division

Sienna Schlesinger (The Company) competed an open solo in the petite division

Daviana Fletcher (K2, later on DM S7) competed a lyrical solo in the teen division ("When Will I Know")

Sage Rosen (The Company) competed a contemporary solo in the teen division

other well known studios competing: The Company, K2 Studios

Season 6 Episode 29 Fierce National Dance Competition Calabasas 2016

Madeline Underwood (CADC later on) performs in a trio "All This To Say" under Starz Elite Dance Center

other well known studios competing: Starz Elite Dance Center

Season 6 Episode 30 Sheer Talent Spokane 2016

Season 6 Episode 31 NYDE Upland 2016

Season 6 Episode 33 Sheer Talent Los Angeles 2016

Daviana Fletcher placed 1st in Teen Solo, beating Kalani (2nd)

P21's Group "Another One Bites The Dust" placed 1st in Junior Small Groups

other well known dance studios competing: Project 21

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This is our Monthly Activity Check (October) !!

Please note that we will no longer be conducting monthly interest checks. As per our new rules going forward, players must be active at least twice per month on 2 separate weeks on all characters, and must interact with at least 2 players per character.

How is this activity check conducted?

Mod Gemma has combed through each character blog and made a note of when each character was active and with whom. RED warnings mean that no activity was made during the month. ORANGE warnings mean that there was activity, but it doesn't meet one of the above rules. GREEN means that you're in the clear and were seen to be active and interacting with multiple players. I am keeping note that those with more characters may fall behind on activity on some characters from time to time. This is our first activity check and I may be more lenient in future, but this is really just to make everyone aware of what I'm expecting going forward. Characters in the RED have 1 week to become active or they will be re-opened. If there is an issue, please speak to me: you can ask for a hiatus if you need one!

RED (No Activity this month)

Peter @itspeterpxn

Flash @flash-hundredyarddash

Eilonwy @eilonwy-pelydryn

Oz @ozborror-highroller

Hans @hans-omedevil

Lilo @imsorryibityoux

Benak @benaksingh

Alfredo @alfredogusteausor

Guido @guidoalza

Lorelai @queencfharts

Victor @victorlumiere

Zach @zachzerocasper

TJ @tj-detweiler

Jessie @jessiejanepride

ORANGE (Active once, or only interacted with 1 player)

Ashley

Paxton

Sunny

Becky

Charlotte

Jim

Abby

Mary

Rose

Belle

Patrick

Persephone

Jane

Hayden

Woody

Rita

GREEN

Sally

Honeymaren

Remy

Sofia

Kronk

Minnie

Arista

Myra

Sabrina

Ollie

Chelsea

Ray

Figaro

Guinevere

Wendy

Bailey

Olivia

Audrey

Colt

Misty

Namaari

Gabe

Toulouse

Henrik

Babette

Anastasia

Travis

The following players are exempt from this month's activity check:

Naomi (Adam Legrand, Ella Fontaine, James Hook, Elsabeth Arendelle, Terence Gold, Marie Beaumont, Lady Lannister, Dory Blue, Pearl Princeton, Phillip Montague) - semi-hiatus

Amanda (Anna Arendelle) - recently joined

Casi (Kit Molloy) - new character

Jordan (Jaq Checkers) - new character

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I was wondering if you had face claims in mind for all your OCs?

Yes!

Although, it's important that you visualize them how you would like, too. I give basic references to hair and eye color, and a vague idea of body shapes, but you can view them how you see fit. Frank can have more or less curves depending on who you see, Logan can look more like JJ (Rudy) or less, it really is up to your imagination. But to help me picture them when I'm writing, these are the people I picture:

Audrey:

I picture Elizabeth Lail, but with darker brown hair. I see her with Big John’s hair color and Carla’s green eyes and cheekbones, and she and John B have the same curly hair texture. She's the tallest of my OCs, around five seven, five eight or so.

Frank:

Alexandra Daddario is my face claim for Frank. She's got that striking dark hair, blue eyes combo that I wanted her to have. I love her thicker eyebrows and Alexandra is really good at that blank stare/flat look that I think Frank gives a lot of the time. Frank's my middle OC, standing somewhere between Audrey and Logan at about five six-ish or so.

Logan:

In the past I've said that I lean towards Danielle Campbell. Logan’s a natural blonde, but has since died her hair a dark color in season one because she doesn’t want to look like Luke. I think she and JJ both share the same eyes. But in recent weeks, I've been picturing her to look more like Ashley Benson or Hayden Panettiere, especially the latter. Hayden's bone structure and fuller face fits Logan well, but I like the style and short length of Ashley's hair. Logan's my shortest, around five three, five four.

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fun angled set pic from ashley godbold / drashleygodbold "Saw Little Shop of Horrors with the fam."

postshow group selfie ft. themed shirts and someone being eaten by audrey ii in the background from hunkiedorië blog / hunkiedorieblog "This week I indulged in two of my favorite things, @muccisitalian ‘s bucatini 🍝🍷 & going to the @guthrietheater to see Little Shop of Horrors 🪴🩸 #guthrie #littleshopofhorrors #audreyii #theater #girlsnight"

return of the fly billboard / other signage closeup from alisha austin (fenn) / grain4brainz "Coheed/Primus, Little Shop of Horrors, musty chicken costume in the ceiling of BWW, cat Eggnog sleeping with tongue out 🫶" (there were other pics)

pic with will from julie conn / julie.cconn "TOUGH TITTY 🪴🩸(-ft. tim’s flower sniffing 😮‍💨)" (there were other pics)

lofty pic with will from melissa schroeder / melischroeder23 "niall and holden and seymour oh my!" (there were other pics)

lsoh attendance collage from sarahalpha / sarahalpha1 "Life lately🥹😍♥️ […] July 6th: I went and saw Little Shop of Horrors at @guthrietheater and saw @actually_will_roland in person for the first time and I had a blast. The cast and crew were amazing and I definitely spent a lot of time laughing at the jokes and crying at the sad parts" (other parts for other pics)

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Cal Upsets Reigning Champion USC 3-2

Golden Bears Break Program Wins Record

PALO ALTO – It was a historic day for the third-seeded California beach volleyball team (27-8) as the Golden Bears upset second-seeded USC (28-4) in the second round of the Pac-12 Championship 3-2. Cal remains in the winner's bracket with its first 2-0 start in program history. Just the third win over the reigning national champion Trojans in school history, Thursday's victory was also the Bears' first win over a top-two seed in the conference tournament. If that weren't enough, they broke the program wins record with their 27th of the season and saw a handful of individual milestones reached as well. No. 3 Cal 3, No. 2 USC 2 A coin flip earlier in the week determined that the match would begin with the even pairs in the first flight, and they were near perfect. The court two pair of seniors Ainsley Radell and Ashley Delgado took down the Trojans handedly in the first set 21-14, and the court four pair of senior Lexi McKeown and sophomore Ella Dreibholz grinded out a tight 21-19 win to give the Bears the first two sets of the dual. The second set on both courts would go the Bears' way too, and aligned so perfectly that they earned the first two points of the dual within a minute's time. The four pair ran away with it 21-13 and the two pair earned another convincing win 21-16

This first flight saw three Bears reach career milestones as Radell picked up her 80th career win to move into second on the program's wins list and both McKeown and Dreibholz earned their 50th win. With their backs against the wall, the Trojans responded in the only way they could – winning their court one and three matchups to tie the dual at 2-2. It would all come down to court five. On five, junior Brooke Buchner and sophomore Alex Young-Gomez won the first set 21-19 but fell in the second 21-14 to force a tiebreaker. The two teams traded sideouts through the first ten points, but the Bears managed to hold serve a few times late to gain the advantage. Up 14-13, Cal held off USC on its sideout attempt with Buchner finding the dig and the kill to seal the dual.   1 Megan Kraft and Laynie Maple (USC) def. Sierra Caffo and Liz Waters-Leiga (Cal) 22-20 21-11 2 Ashley Delgado and Ainsley Radell (Cal) def. Madison White and Madison Shields (USC) 21-14 21-16 3 Audrey Nourse and Nicole Nourse (USC) def. Maya Gessner and Gia Fisher (Cal) 22-20 21-19 4 Lexi McKeown and Ella Dreibholz (Cal) def. Delaney Karl and Ashlyn Rasnick-Pope (USC) 21-19 21-13 5 Brooke Buchner and Alex Young-Gomez (Cal) def. Olivia Bakos and Gabby Walker (USC) 21-19 14-21 15-13 Order of Finish: 2,4,1,3,5  

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Grimm 1x01

*Hank is a confirmed Shutterbug.

*Hank has been married 4 times. I always forget.

*Nick seeing his first woge in the first minute of the episode is a Good Call. Also, my heart at him buying that ring for Juliette. The ring Juliette will never wear.

*Also Nick the profiler. AU where Nick, Audrey, and Will are just cops together and Lucy is the local history professor who gets caught up in their cases.

*"I didn't know you couldn't sing." Their friendship my HEART.

*The Time Wars crossovers are turning into the Big Four of Back in the Day.

*Oooooo the aunt Marie introduction! Played like a villain! Like Ashley! Saving the reveal for later on!

*"Do you have a photo of her?" "Uh, yeah, on my iPhone." Literally Nobody would say it like that.

*.... Nick and Lucy could have met taking Carol and Marie to treatments. .... Except for the whole "different states" thing.

*Marie couldn't move for a week when she saw her first Wesen. We know from later on that she was 11. My HEART.

*Nick killing his first Wesen with the power of "shooting him a whole bunch of times"

*THE KEY. Ohhhh the keys my beloved storyline.

*AU where Meg transfers out of Old City to get a from the Weirdness and ends up working in a Portland hospital. And then her first patient is Aunt Marie.

*Might just let four narratives entwine irrevocably and change each other forever. Idk.

*Renard looking out for Nick... I know he has Ulterior Motives and everything, but to a point, he really does treat his men as his People, under his protection. I think there's some sincerity in that.

*Cannot get over the fact that one of the biggest images from the ads for this-Juliette running through the woods in a red dress-is from a three second dream that has no bearing on the show ever.

*"I think it was just a cat." Juliette, having no idea that a cat will change the course of her life forever.

*Oh, right, Marie was a librarian at one point.

*Hank being the one to figure out that the girl went through the park.... Is very important to me. Nick knows people. But Hank's not just someone who tags along. He's a really good cop.

*R.H. Robin Howell. Red (riding) Hood. I'd forgotten how Specific this show gets sometimes.

*Monroe and Nick's first meeting was so bad, guys. So, so bad. I always forget how truly bad it was. I remember the tackle through the window, but that was the second meeting. The first... Oof.

*"And by the way, you're paying for that window."

*"You people started profiling us over 200 years ago." Given how the show progresses, this has the same mood as that post about Julius Ceasar dying well over 70 years ago. Or was that Abraham Lincoln? Anyway, that.

*"No, I'm here because of the little girl." And "We're not things." . Very similar to Will's "You said you were tracking the boy," and later, Magnus' "I'm not sure how he'd feel about you calling him a thing." Just. Similar.

*Okay but Monroe and Nick's dynamic is made 10x funnier by the fact that Monroe is 10 years older than Nick. Just. Very Tired Guy Does Not Get Paid Enough For This Nonsense. (But yes, obviously he's going to help. Just, for goodness' sake, could you please learn to go to bed at a reasonable time?)

*See, Hank and Joe have very similar roles: The grounded partner to contrast the one who sees the Impossible. The voice of reason to keep the out there one grounded. But whereas Joe is basically a paper cutout designed to look ridiculous while Will looks smart, Hank is a really intelligent man and an excellent cop.

*Wait Adalind really just straight-up tried to kill Marie right in front of Nick? Like, you couldn't have waited until visiting hours were over? You were disguised as a nurse, so it wouldn't have caused you problems.

*"Let's hope she doesn't wake up first." * Immediate cut to Marie opening her eyes* Brilliant episode ending tbh.

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Friday Releases for July 7

Friday is the busiest day of the week for new releases, so we've decided to collect them all in one place. Friday Releases for July 7 include Biosphere, Earth Mama, ArticulatedTexTiles, and more.

Biosphere

Biosphere, the new movie from Mel Eslyn, is out today.

Billy (Mark Duplass) and Ray (Sterling K. Brown) are lifelong best friends, brothers from another mother – and the last two men on earth. Their survival is largely due to Ray, a brilliant scientist who designed a domed structure with all the systems necessary to sustain life on a planet that could no longer support it. Their custom biosphere is outfitted with basic necessities and creature comforts that make it possible to retain a sense of what life used to be like. A hydroponic garden provides fresh vegetables and a carefully managed fishpond supplies essential protein. Recently, however, fish have begun dying at an alarming rate. With a mere three fish remaining, Billy and Ray face an ominous future. But life may yet find a way.

Earth Mama

Earth Mama, the new movie from Savanah Leaf, is out today.

A pregnant single mother, with two children in foster care, embraces her Bay Area community as she fights to reclaim her family in this singular debut feature from filmmaker Savanah Leaf.

Joy Ride

Joy Ride, the new movie from Adele Lim, is out today.

When Audrey’s (Ashley Park) business trip to Asia goes sideways, she enlists the aid of Lolo (Sherry Cola), her irreverent, childhood best friend who also happens to be a hot mess; Kat (Stephanie Hsu), her college friend turned Chinese soap star; and Deadeye (Sabrina Wu), Lolo’s eccentric cousin. Their no-holds-barred, epic experience becomes a journey of bonding, friendship, belonging, and wild debauchery that reveals the universal truth of what it means to know and love who you are.

Insidious: The Red Door

Insidious: The Red Door, the new movie from Patrick Wilson, is out today.

In Insidious: The Red Door, the horror franchise’s original cast returns for the final chapter of the Lambert family’s terrifying saga. To put their demons to rest once and for all, Josh (Patrick Wilson) and a college-aged Dalton (Ty Simpkins) must go deeper into The Further than ever before, facing their family’s dark past and a host of new and more horrifying terrors that lurk behind the red door.

The Out-Laws

The Out-Laws, the new movie from Tyler Spindel, is out today.

Owen Browning (Adam Devine) is a straight-laced bank manager about to marry the love of his life, Parker (Nina Dobrev). When his bank is held up by the infamous Ghost Bandits during his wedding week, he believes his future in-laws (Pierce Brosnan and Ellen Barkin) who just arrived in town, are the infamous Out-Laws.

Dead Man’s Hand

Dead Man’s Hand, the new movie from Brian Skiba, is out today.

Gunslinger Reno (Jack Kilmer) is headed west for a quiet life with his new bride. But when their stagecoach is ambushed, he kills an outlaw in self-defense. In a nearby town, Reno learns that the man he slayed is the brother of the corrupt mayor, Bishop (Stephen Dorff), who vows revenge. After their card game turns into a bloody shootout, who will be left standing?

The Horror of Dolores Roach

The Horror of Dolores Roach, the new TV series from Aaron Mark, is out today.

After an unjust 16-year prison sentence, Dolores Roach (Justina Machado) returns to a gentrified Washington Heights, where she reunites with an old stoner friend, Luis, who lets her live and work as a masseuse in the basement under his empanada shop. When the promise of her newfound stability is quickly threatened, “Magic Hands” Dolores is driven to shocking extremes to survive.

ArticulatedTexTiles

ArticulatedTexTiles, the new album from Video Dave and Controller 7, is out today.

Sunburn

Sunburn, the new album from Dominic Fike, is out today.

PHD - PORTABLE HEADPHONE DANCEFLOOR

PHD - PORTABLE HEADPHONE DANCEFLOOR, the new album from 2 Mello, is out today.

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BLINDSPOT REWATCH 2021 ~ S02E13 ~

Patterson

[sophs-style]

sophs-style:

Janelle Monae, Shailene Woodley, Ashley Benson, Audrey Tautou, Neelam Gill, Sydney Sweeney, Usher, Cindy Bruna, Larsen Thompson and Virginie Ledoyen at the Balmain show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2020/2021 on Friday (28th February) in Paris, France.

[ashleyjohnsonoftheday]

Day 115

[spine-buster]

the hurt/comfort, pt. 2

A/N: Apologies for no real Rasmus/Lusine interactions in this chapter, but the interactions that do happen are important (as rough as they are) because y'all know I love my character building. Enjoy and let me know what you think!

Saylor.

It was a weird name, Lusine thought, although she had a weird name too. It was spelled weird as well, although, again…pot calling the kettle black. She was at the game because her boyfriend, Kasperi Kapanen (she made that very clear) used to play for the Leafs, so she knew some of the women around – particularly Steph, who had introduced them in the first place. Saylor had invited her friends to the game with her, and there was a whole group of them – Loren, Sadie, Amanda, Jen, along with Saylor. Lusine could have sworn she recognized them from somewhere upon first sight, and when she heard Jen’s voice, she remembered – the coke party. These were Gina’s friends.

She made sure to stay far, far away from them.

Steph didn’t really pay much attention or talk so much with Lusine until Saylor and her friends left to go to their seats in the stands. Bee and Aberdeen were running late, it seemed, and while Lusine sort of clung to Steph because she was a familiar face, Steph seemed to want to do anything but make small talk with Lusine. They didn’t have a lot in common besides their blonde hair – Lusine knew that – but Lusine also knew how to hold polite conversation.

“So, what did you and Rasmus get up to during the All-Star Break?” Steph asked, finally.

“Uh…nothing?” Lusine answered. She didn’t know why she answered it the way she did, but the simple question made her nervous. It was almost like a certain thing that they had to get up to something. “I—I was in school the entire time. Lectures, tutorials, all that.”

“And you didn’t take a few days off with him? It would have been so easy.”

“N—No. It was a pretty busy week.”

“I used to do it all the time when I could get time with Mitch,” she said, waving her hand holding her drink around, her gigantic diamond ring shimmering in the light of the family room. Lusine knew why she was asking – she kept up on Instagram with the trip to Miami that Steph, Mitch, Justin, and Audrey Holl took together. Lusine hadn’t posted anything besides a picture of a stack of books she had to scour for an essay and a few stories of her and Rasmus walking Piper through the U of T campus. “So you guys just…did nothing?”

“Well, we hung out, obviously. We just didn’t go anywhere,” Lusine clarified.

“It would have been nice for you to take the time off so he could whisk you away somewhere,” Steph said. “I know I’d take advantage of that opportunity any chance I got, especially if it meant I could skip lecture.”

Lusine remembered back to what Aberdeen told her. Your partner isn’t supposed to take you away from yourself. Rasmus knew how much she liked school and learning in her lectures. For most people, school was a burden or something they were forced to do, a trap their parents forced them into so they would ‘get a good job’. For Lusine, school meant freedom. School meant a way out from her parents’ grasp. She loved school because he provided her with so many experiences. She didn’t want to give it up for a three-day trip to Miami where she’d undoubtedly get sunburned.

“What’d we miss?!”

Lusine and Steph whipped their heads to look behind them, and Lusine had never been so happy to hear Aberdeen’s voice. She was still bundled up in her coat, meaning she’d rushed up to the family room, and Lusine was grateful. She didn’t know how else Steph was going to make her feel bad in their conversation, but she didn’t want to know. “Hey Aberdeen,” Lusine got up from her seat to hug her hello. “You haven’t missed anything, don’t worry.”

“Good. I want to see Sidney Crosby!”

Many of the other wives and girlfriends began to roll in – Aryne, Courtney, Audrey, Ashley – and then Bee arrived unexpectedly with Aleida and baby Helena. Lusine was happy to see Aleida again, having not seen her since her concert, and another baby in the vicinity was always good news. Helena was just over eight months old, so she was in her prime chubby phase and looked completely adorable in her little baby jersey and tights. Steph seemed to disappear at that point, so Lusine stayed with her regulars.

Before the game started, Lusine sat with Bee in the stands while Aleida changed Helena and Aberdeen went to refill her water bottle. She glanced back to see Steph with a wine glass in one hand, laughing about something Audrey had said. She didn’t realize it before, but both of them still had nice, natural tans – no doubt from the Miami sun. She glanced at Bee, noticing she was still pale. “Can I ask you a question?” she asked Bee suddenly.

“Of course.”

“Did you and Morgan do anything for the All-Star Break?”

“We usually go back to Vancouver,” Bee began. “This year was supposed to be the Olympic break and, well…Morgan had a good shot of making the team. But after everything that happened, and all the rescheduled games, we didn’t get as much time as we usually get, so instead of going to Vancouver, Morgan and I just rented a cottage in Blue Mountain for a few days.”

“Oh. Okay.”

“Why do you ask?”

“I…well, I couldn’t do anything with Rasmus. I had lectures and stuff, and an assignment due, and I just couldn’t go to like, Miami or whatever.”

“Ras wanted to bring you to Miami?”

“No! I just—he knew we wouldn’t be able to do anything. He brought it up early but I told him my schedule and it wasn’t an issue with him whatsoever,” Lusine babbled like an idiot.

“…Well then what’s the issue?” Bee asked.

Lusine wondered if she should even bring it up. But Bee was the most responsible, mature, and level-headed person she knew, so Lusine knew she’d have good insight. “Well, I was talking to Steph earlier—”

“—oh Lord, here we go—”

“—and she was saying how it would have been nice for me to take time off for Rasmus so he could whisk me away somewhere. Like I should have just skipped my lectures to be with him during the time he had off. You know, like Miami or whatever—somewhere nice, not necessarily Miami.”

Lusine watched the split second that Bee rolled her eyes. “If you had school, and Rasmus knew you had school, and he was totally fine with not doing anything for the, what, five days we had off? Then you’re good,” Bee replied. She took a deep breath before continuing. “Did anyone ever tell you that the first home opener game Morgan invited me to, I brought homework?”

Lusine’s eyes went wide. “You did?”

Bee nodded. “Nothing came before school for me, especially when I was finishing my Masters. Lusine—I—you don’t have to listen to me if you don’t want to, but I’ll say it anyway so I can say my peace. Don’t let anything get in the way of your education. I mean it. And don’t feel guilty about it. Your education is your education.”

Bee was right. Steph could try to make her feel bad all she wanted, but Lusine couldn’t let her. This was her education. And besides, it wasn’t like she and Rasmus didn’t get up to a lot of fun staying at home. Even just going outside to walk Piper was fun for them – it would usually turn into a gigglefest or makeout session, and that was good enough for her. Not everything had to be about Miami or Mexico or the Dominican Republic. “Thanks Bee,” Lusine nodded appreciatively.

“Anytime.”

***

Lusine was trapped.

Saylor caught her during intermission after the first period. Lusine knew Aberdeen, Bee, and Aleida were waiting for her back in their seats, but Lusine didn’t know how to back out. Saylor was nice enough, but there was a fakeness about her that Lusine couldn’t get away from. From her smile to the words she was saying, Lusine just had a gut feeling that none of it could be trusted. Not as she went on and on about her time in Toronto, not as she went on and on about the drama of living here and dating a Maple Leaf, not as she went on and on about some of the other women – women that she had sucked up to when she first arrived. Lusine saw it with her own eyes.

“D’you wanna come sit with my friends and I? I bet you’d have a ton more fun,” she smiled.

“Oh, I’m already sitting with Aberdeen and Bee, but thanks for the offer,” Lusine rejected as politely as she could, knowing she didn’t want to go anywhere near the other girls. They probably already told Saylor about what had happened in the party. Lusine didn’t want anything to do with them.

“I would be careful of Aberdeen,” Saylor cautioned suddenly, stepping closer as if they were about to have a discreet chat, friend-to-friend, though Lusine didn’t even know her. “She seems super-nice but she’s not scared to go behind your back and betray you just like that,” she snapped her fingers for dramatic effect.

Lusine was flabbergasted right off the bat at the way Saylor was describing Aberdeen. Aberdeen was not the way Saylor was describing her. “Uh…really? Aberdeen?” she asked, if anything just to entertain Saylor.

“Mhmm,” Saylor nodded her head dramatically. “She used to work for Brendan Shanahan, so she thinks she, like, owns the team. When she was working here, she made all the guys on the team throw her a birthday party on the road and buy her this huge expensive gift, and because she was buddy-buddy with the videographers, she even got them to film it and post it on all the team’s official channels so everyone could see,” Saylor babbled on. “She was so desperate for relevancy. She even pushed her way to be around my boyfriend every chance she got. I mean, she even pushed her way into the bubble. Can you believe it? I mean, it’s one thing to be assertive, and it’s another thing to be pushy, you know?”

Lusine furrowed her brows. She didn’t know what type of shit Saylor was trying to sell, but it wasn’t working on her. Aberdeen was anything but pushy. All the things Saylor was implying couldn’t be further from the truth. Aberdeen had told her about her time in the NHL Bubble with the team, and she went in because Brendan Shanahan and Kyle Dubas wanted her to, not because she pushed her way in. “What are you even talking about? Aberdeen’s not like that at all.”

It was Saylor’s brows that furrowed now. She looked Lusine up and down, absolutely disgusted. “You must be dumb enough for her to fool, then. No wonder she likes you so much. She’s already brainwashed you,” she said before turning around and disappearing into the stands.

Lusine was taken aback by the outright viciousness of Saylor’s words. She’d never been spoken to in such a way by anyone at any time in her life – not even a TA or professor, and she was sure she’d said some dumb shit in lectures and tutorials before. Saylor’s ability to turn on a dime was astonishing. Was it Lusine’s words? Her tone? Regardless, Lusine knew she couldn’t dwell on it. Saylor was apparently going to be Saylor, and Lusine had to be Lusine.

***

During the second intermission, it happened again.

Saylor found her again. But she didn’t look at Lusine with a completely disgusted face, like how she left – instead, she was more inquisitive. Lusine had no clue what she would want to know, but she knew she’d be as secretive as she could. Saylor didn’t deserve to know anything about her.

“I want to apologize for before,” Saylor began. For a split second, Lusine believed she was apologizing for her comment, but as she continued speaking, Lusine realized she wasn’t. “I didn’t know that you got into a sticky situation with Gina a few months ago.”

Saylor was a true gossip in every sense of the word, and Lusine didn’t like that. “Uh, yeah,” she nodded slightly, not wanting to talk about it. “I went to a party at her place and it wasn’t exactly what I was expecting.”

“You know, it’s sooooo funny how small the world is!” Saylor smiled mischievously. “I’m surprised Rasmus got with you. Did he tell you he tried to hook up with Sadie before – I mean, she’s stunning, so who wouldn’t, right? – but she rejected him. And now he’s seeing…well, you. Which isn’t the same, but, well, not everyone can be as stunning as Sadie.”

Lusine tried to stand tall. She tried not to let Saylor intimidate her. But it was hard. It was hard because she was bringing Rasmus into it – someone she loved. “Yeah. Small world.”

Saylor smiled one more time before turning to walk. But then, she flipped her hair over her shoulder and looked back at Lusine. “You know they have Bio Oil for that thing on your forehead, right?”

Lusine froze. She was so rigid that her hand didn’t even dart up to her forehead like it usually did. “W—What?”

“That scar on your forehead. And the one on your cheek? I mean, do you even try to hide them? They’re brutal.”

Lusine was deathly still. She wasn’t even watching Saylor walk back to her seat – she was in such shock that she wasn’t really watching or concentrating on anything besides the comment that was just said. They’re brutal. They’re brutal. They’re brutal. It was all she could think about; all she could hear in her mind. Just those words over and over again. They’re brutal. They’re brutal. They’re brutal. She felt like she was going to be sick.

She ran to the washroom, and only when she was in the privacy of the room did she let out a loud, heavy sob, tears almost immediately streaming down her face as her chest heaved and she tried to catch her breath. Even when she tried to calm herself down, she couldn’t. She’d hear the words they’re brutal, they’re brutal, they’re brutal, and she’d break down all over again, crying even harder than before.

It wasn’t until the doorhandle jiggled slightly, with the door swinging open, did Lusine even remember where she was and where she was supposed to be. In walked Aleida – beautiful, stunning, perfect Aleida – balancing Helena on her hip and her diaper bag over her other shoulder. Aleida stopped dead in her tracks once she noticed Lusine sobbing. Her face went completely serious, just like it had during the dinner at SoHo House when Auston mentioned the situation with Gina. “Who did this to you?” she demanded.

“Why are hockey girls always so mean?” Lusine didn’t answer Aleida’s question, but posed her own instead. “It feels like all the girls in the city hate me because of who I’m seeing.”

“Who did this to you?” Aleida repeated.

Lusine took a couple of deep breaths before answering, if only because she didn’t want to be a bawling, blubbering mess in front of one of the most beautiful women in the world. “Saylor,” she revealed. “She—she caught me in b-b-between p-periods, and Gina told h-her about what h-happed, and as she left she said—sh-she said ‘You know they have Bio Oil for your scars? They’re brutal.’.”

Lusine watched as Aleida’s face went hard. “I’ll take care of it,” she said, opening the change table and setting Helena down on it expertly. “I promise, Lusine. I’ll take care of it.”

“Why do they hate me so much, Aleida?”

“They don’t hate you. They hate the idea of you,” Aleida clarified, focusing her attention between Lusine and changing Helena’s diaper. “They hate the idea that someone they don’t know is living the life they want. They’re trying to intimidate you—”

“—No, no,” Lusine interrupted, shaking her head. “This isn’t about that. This is just evil, pure evil.”

“Because they’re evil. They’re not good people but you’re a good person.”

Lusine stayed silent, shaking her head, tears still falling down her cheeks. “Why would she say something about my scars?”

Aleida could hear the heartbreak in Lusine’s voice, and her heart almost broke too. “People like Saylor and Gina are willing to say and do anything to get their ideal – whatever that may be,” she explained, throwing out the dirty diaper and prepping Helena for a new one. “They go low because they have no morals. You can’t let it affect you. They do it to get a rise out of you because you’re new and they think it’s easy.”

“Sometimes I wish I wasn’t so stupid that I fell for their trap and went to that party. None of this would have happened if I knew what I was fucking doing,” Lusine lamented.

“Don’t beat yourself up over it. It could have happened to anybody,” Aleida assured her. She finished putting a new diaper on Helena and put her clothes back on before balancing her on her hip again. “And remember, I’ll take care of it.”

Lusine didn’t care about Aleida taking care of it. She never wanted to see Saylor or Gina or any of the other girls for the rest of her life, and Aleida ‘taking care of it’ wasn’t going to help that happen. She wanted normalcy, she wanted to stop crying, she wanted to not be such an emotional, na��ve child. Most of all, she wanted Rasmus. “What am I supposed to do?”

“She cannot see you cry. If she sees you cry, she wins,” Aleida said. “Just stay in here to collect yourself, and come out when you’re ready.”

“I’m never going to be ready. That’s the point!” Lusine emphasized. “I’m never going to be ready for any of this! Why can’t somebody just tell me what to do so I don’t have to go through something like this?” she couldn’t stop sobbing – hadn’t stopped sobbing since Aleida walked in on her in the washroom. She kept playing the line over in her head; it was all she could hear – they’re brutal.

“You have to be the hero of your own story, Lusine,” Aleida said sternly, like the good mother she was – though it was something Lusine’s own mother never told her. “You’re the writer of your own story and if you don’t write it, others are going to. Johnny once told Bee that one of the risks of being quiet is that other people can fill your silence. You can’t let people fill your silence.”

“But how can I fill my silence when I don’t know what to say?!” Lusine wailed. “I’m still learning, Aleida! How can you know what to say when you’re still learning?”

“Whatever you say is better than saying nothing. It doesn’t have to be perfect. It just has to come from you—”

“I’m not a grown up!” Lusine cried out, louder than anything she’d said thus far. The pain and fear in her voice struck Aleida like a ton of bricks. “You’re all older and grown up and you think I am but I’m not! I’m nineteen for heaven’s sake! I don’t know what I’m doing!”

For the first time ever, Aleida saw herself in someone else. With those simple words, Aleida saw herself at nineteen years old. So Aleida did the one thing she wished she’d gotten when she was nineteen.

She gave Lusine a hug.

Lusine bawled in her arms, her entire body shaking as Aleida held her tightly. She didn’t speak – at least not yet – because she knew the action was louder than any words she could say right now. And more than anything, she wanted Lusine to feel comforted. Aleida knew what exploitation was, and there was no way in hell she was going to let that happen to another young girl in this city. She was subjected to so much the second she turned eighteen, and it fucked with her in immeasurable ways – it fucked with her identity most of all. Lusine had much more naivety about her, that was for sure – she definitely wasn’t as ‘street-smart’ as Aleida was at eighteen or nineteen – so it made Aleida even more protective. Knowing that someone – let alone Gina or Saylor – preyed on Lusine because of that naivety didn’t settle well with her. Quite frankly, it made her blood boil.

Lusine knew there were mean people in the world, but she didn’t expect to interact with them in the same timeline that she met the love of her life. It was one thing to be jealous from afar – to Instagram stalk, or simply just watch as another person lived the life you wanted or did the things you wanted to do or interacted with people you wanted to be in the same room with. But that was completely different than being jealous up front and personal – being jealous to a point where the other person saw it; being jealous to a point where you inserted yourself into that other person’s life to destroy it or at least uproot it. That was malicious. That was cruel. That could only be done by a special type of psychopath.

“I don’t know if I can do it,” Lusine said once she had calmed down enough to speak.

“Do what?”

“I don’t know if I can put up with it. I don’t want to be part of their game.”

“Then don’t be,” Aleida told her.

“It feels like all the progress I’ve made since SoHo House and wearing something that shows off one of my scars has just…gone,” Lusine continued.

“Don’t let them take that away from you,” Aleida stressed.

That was easier said than done. On a good day Lusine would be strong enough, but right now she wasn’t. “Maybe Toronto isn’t right for me. Maybe I’m not meant for…this. Maybe up until now I’ve been seeing everything through rose-coloured glasses and this was the hit of reality I needed to see that I don’t belong and never did.”

“You are meant for this city. And it’s meant for you.”

Lusine didn’t know if she believed Aleida, but one thing was for sure – Aleida was making her feel better, even if it was just a little bit. She still felt defeated, and upset, and hurt and angry and helpless, but at least she wasn’t crying alone. At least there was someone there with her…and a baby. A very quiet, well-behaved baby. “When did you know you were meant for this city and it was meant for you?”

Aleida shrugged. “I’ve lived her my whole life. I was never really meant for it – I made this city, and this city made me.”

Aleida saying she made Toronto? Only she would. “I would kill for your confidence.”

“A lot of people would.”

Lusine paused. “Did you ever feel like this when you were my age?”

Aleida nodded. “All the time.”

“What’d you do?”

“Exactly what you’re doing now. Except nobody found me in a washroom and gave me a hug.”

This was already hard, so Lusine could only imagine how hard that was. “I didn’t think this was normal.”

“Being nineteen and not having a clue what you’re doing? Lusine, that’s totally normal,” Aleida almost giggled. “Nobody expects you to know what the hell you’re doing at nineteen. Why do you think you have to?”

Lusine shrugged. “I just don’t want to be seen as juvenile or immature. I came from—I was very, very sheltered, and I don’t know a lot, but I don’t want people to know I don’t know a lot. I want to prove to myself that I can survive here – anywhere – without my parents hovering over me.”

Aleida figured the ���hovering’ had something to do with the car accident she explained at dinner. She didn’t want to push it. “I’d say, for a nineteen year old, you’re doing a pretty decent job so far.”

Helena fussed suddenly, and Lusine sort of snapped back to reality – here was Aleida, a new mother, comforting her in the bathroom of an arena when she should be paying attention to her baby. Lusine was taking that away from her selfishly. “Listen, I’m gonna have to put Helena back in her car seat – do you want to come back out with me? I’m going to handle it, like I promised.”

Lusine immediately shook her head. There was no way she could show her face out there again. But she wouldn’t tell Aleida that. “I think I’ll wait until I’ve calmed down more,” she lied. “Maybe until my eyes and cheeks aren’t so red.”

“Okay, well…I’ll be back,” Aleida stared her down. “Deep breaths, Lusine. And remember – nobody knew what the hell they were doing at nineteen, either.”

***

“How’s my sweet baby girl doing?” Bee cooed at Helena as Aleida took her seat beside Bee in the row.

“Ladies, we have a situation,” Aleida announced, handing Helena over to Bee.

“A situation?” Aryne asked.

“I found Lusine crying in the washroom,” she said. “Apparently Saylor found out about the party with Gina and found her. She told Lusine there’s Bio Oil available for her scars and that they look brutal.”

Aryne, Aberdeen, and Bee’s jaws dropped at the revelation. “Are you serious?” Aryne was shocked.

“That motherfucking bitch,” Aberdeen seethed, looking towards the section she knew the other girls were sitting in. “I’m gonna fucking go over there and knock her teeth down her throat.”

“You’re a famous author now, Aberdeen. You can’t risk doing that.”

“Yes I can—I—Aleida, why are you taking out your phone?”

“I told Lusine I was going to take care of it, so I’m taking care of it.”

“What are you doing?” Bee asked, though it was no use.

“Hi, Chris? It’s Aleida Casillas-Andersen,” she spoke into the phone. The girls immediately recognized the name – Chris Henderson, the head of security at Scotiabank Arena. “Chris, I think we have a bit of a situation…Can you check the security cameras? I have it on good authority that some of the guests that we’re hosting of the Pittsburgh Penguins have brought drugs into the arena – specifically into the family lounge and washroom.”

The girls’ jaws hit the floor. They kept listening in on Aleida’s conversation. “Mhmm…mhmm…do you remember Saylor Greene? From when Kasperi Kapanen was on the team? She’s one…Yes, and she also has a friend named Gina.” Bee mouthed “Holy fucking shit” to the other girls as Aleida nodded her head. “Yup – the same Saylor Greene that would always cause trouble when she was here. Some people don’t change, right?...Mhmm…Mhmm…well it was a friend that saw it, and Chris – I really don’t think she deserves another opportunity. I mean this is the family lounge. Can you…oh, they can come with handcuffs? Perfect. Thank you so much Chris. I really appreciate it.”

Aberdeen was holding on to the armrests for dear life. “Aleida—”

“I handled it,” she said simply, putting her phone back in her purse.

The girls looked at each other. Bee was very clearly trying to hide her smile at what Aleida had just done – as was Aberdeen. “And you handled it perfectly,” Aryne piped in, hiding her own pleased smile.

Aleida still had it in her. It was just somewhere deep down.

The girls waited. It wasn’t long before two security officials came through the family lounge and down the steps into the stands, looking around at the crowd. Once they spotted Aleida, she discreetly pointed them to the correct section. They watched. They watched as the officials made people get up, entered the row, and made their way towards Saylor and company. A couple a few rows down who were taking a video of the game heard and noticed the commotion, and turned their camera to film what was happening. A loud shriek emerged from Saylor, followed by a wail from Gina, and lo and behold – they were handcuffed right then and there, screaming as they were dragged out and up the stairs away from the stands.

“Ma’am, there are security cameras. You are under arrest,” one of the officials said to Gina as she kept screaming passed where Aleida, Aryne, Aberdeen, and Bee were seated. They couldn’t believe it actually happened, but Aleida could. She always knew Gina and Saylor would get their comeuppance one day, and she was glad that it came from her.

“I can’t believe that just happened,” Aryne was still shocked at what transpired in front of her. “I mean – incredible work Aleida – but wow.”

“I’m going to go check on Lusine. She’s still in the washroom,” Aleida announced, getting up. “You still got Helena?” she asked Bee.

“Always.”

Aleida made her way up the stairs and back into the family lounge. She knocked on the door to the washroom. “Hey Lusine – it’s Aleida. You doing okay in there?” she asked.

No answer.

She knocked again. “I dealt with them, Lusine. They won’t bother you ever again. You can come out now.”

No answer.

Aleida jiggled the doorknob and noticed it was unlocked. “Lusine?” she asked as she swung the door open.

The bathroom was empty.

***

Lusine barely remembered to grab her jacket before running out of Scotiabank Arena.

It must have been some sort of divine intervention, because the snowstorm had started outside. Yet another 15-20cm expected before morning, which meant it was really coming down. But all the snow falling didn’t stop her from walking the streets of downtown, tears streaming down her face.

Lusine didn’t know if she could do it. She didn’t know if she could put up with it. Which is why she ran away. She wanted zero part in their game. With only a few words, they’d already destroyed any progress she’d made. They fractured the part in her that believed there was more to her than just scars.

Maybe her parents were right.

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Masterlist

I have had a few people ask about a masterlist of my work. So here it is. I think I got all of the stories I have written. Here y’all go!

Miraculous Ladybug Stories

Salt Fic September stories:

Salt Fic September Day 1: But I’m The One Controlling You

Salt Fic September Day 2: Pick

Salt Fic September Day 3: There’s No Need to be Rude

Salt Fic September Day 4: Breakdown        part 2: Heartbreaker

Salt Fic September Day 5: You’re Not Invited

Salt Fic September Day 6: Camera

Salt Fic September Day 7: I’m Going to Call You Karen

Salt Fic September Day 8: Stolen

Salt Fic September Day 9: Lucifer Shouldn’t Be Kept Waiting

Salt Fic September Day 10: Identity

Salt Fic September Day 11: I’ve Been Planning This For A While

Salt Fic September Day 12: Trip

Salt Fic September Day 13: He Is Handsome, No, Hot!

Salt Fic September Day 14: Song Fic

Salt Fic September Day 15: It Seems Your Number Has Finally Come Up

Salt Fic September Day 16: Rejection

Salt Fic September Day 17: This Is Who You Wanted Me To Be Right?

Salt Fic September Day 18: Transfer

Salt Fic September Day 19: I’m Disappointed In You

Salt Fic September Day 20: Enemies

Salt Fic September Day 21: No You Listen To Me

Salt Fic September Day 22: Blackmail

Salt Fic September Day 23: We Are Done Here

Salt Fic September Day 24: Dare

Salt Fic September Day 25: I Know Who My Friends Are

Salt Fic September Day 26: Abandoned

Salt Fic September Day 27: This Isn’t Over

Salt Fic September Day 28: Bankruptcy

Salt Fic September Day 29: Well I’m Not Working With A Terrorist

Salt Fic September Day 30: Escape

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Original stories

Be An Example

How The Web Was Spun

The Miraculous Dancers

I Can’t Stand Liars

Accident on the High Road

Left in Gotham

The Truth Will Set You Free

Liars in Crime

Turn the Page   Part 1     Part 2      Part 3

Adrien Agreste: Ace Attorney

Birthday Surprise

How MDC Actually Started

The Gilded Poppy Meets Marinette

Gilded Poppy VS Hawkmoth

Listen Instead of Lie

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Prompt requests

Marinette brings Jagged tickets for the class

Alya stops doing her class deputy work

The class graduates and looks to Lila to fulfill her promises

Marinette switches classes and wins a trip to Central City

Chloe tears Lila a new one

Paris bans heroes, after Hawkmoth is defeated, the Justice League arrives

The Young Justice team finds out what the Justice League did in Paris

Sadie comes to Dupont and takes Lila’s place

Sequel to Sadie’s story

Final part to Sadie’s Story

Mrs Rossi has an embassy meeting about the akumas

Transfer students from Italy come to Dupont

Lila tries to kill Marinette once she was exposed

Damian uses the lasso of truth on Lila and the akuma class      Part 2

Marinette and Damian are married, and Lila is plotting revenge

Marinette moves to New York and meets the Waynes while working for Audrey

Lila takes over as class rep and chaos ensues

Lila lies about dating Damian Wayne, only Marinette knows he is only 10

Jon thinks Marinette is a Wayne and reveals the family secret

Lila’s reign over the school ends because she moves away

Adrien rejects Lila and she starts lying about him

Alya takes Chris and the twins to an akuma battle

Felix, Juleka, and Rose believe Marinette and film Lila

Adrien tells Marinette that lies aren’t hurting anyone, Marinette would disagree

Virgil Hawkins (Static) x Marinette

Virgil Hawkins comforts Marinette

Marijon- how they met

Marinette is doing Mrs. Bustier’s job, so she gets her pay

The class tells Marinette they aren’t friends, and she feels like a burden is lifted

Lila tries to frame Marinette to Alya, but Alya knows something is wrong 

Damian and Jason learn not to underestimate Marinette

Adrien realizes he loves Marinette. He has a train to catch

The Batfam finds out how many responsibilities Marinette has forced on her

Alya spreads a rumor about Aurore to get her to stop her blog

Alya VS Aurore Saga   Part 1     Part 2      

bio dad! Bruce Wayne sends his lawyers after Lila

Lila sees her future and it isn’t pretty

The class leaves Marinette in Gotham and Mrs. Bustier pays the price 

The class was a mariharem, but broke up with her because of Lila

Lila tries to sabotage Marinette at fashion week

Adrien yells Lila. Gabriel tries to make him apologize, Adrien’s boyfriend steps in

Mrs. Martin helps Marinette learn to say no       Part 2

Lila is messing with Plagg’s holder. No one messes with Plagg’s holder

Dr. Doofenshmirtz is Adrien’s father instead of Gabriel

Adrien tries to date a girl who looks like Ladybug and goes too far (Extreme Adrien salt)

Gabriel tries to trick Marinette and gives her the peacock miraculous

Sentimonster Adrien Agreste

Aurore won’t interview Lila for her blog and Alya gets angry

Alya vs Aurore compete to see whose blog is better

The Ashley Saga    Part 1    Part 2     Part 3    Part 4

Marinette moves to Gotham and starts her own boutique

Aftermath of Damian exposing Lila

The class is only pretending to believe Lila to knock Marinette down a peg

Avengers help Team Miraculous take down Hawkmoth

Alya and Marinette leave the class and the class falls apart

Marinette moves to Gotham. Bustier’s class comes for a trip and Lila’s lies fall apart

Marinette leaves Dupont. And no one notices. 

What if Lila was lying about her mother’s job?

Chat finds out Ladybug left Paris and demands to know her identity. He won’t take no for an answer this time.

Marinette goes to train in Tibet and Lila tries to get her in trouble, which backfires

Gajeel and Levy of Fairy Tail are Marinette’s bio parents

Bruce tries to hint that he is Batman to an oblivious Marinette

Marinette and Lila are actually good friends, and test the class’ friendship

Peter Parker comes to Dupont and causes Lila’s downfall

Black Butler meets Miraculous Ladybug: Sebastian and Claude take care of Marinette

Adrien pushes Nathaniel down the stairs in a jealous rage (Luka x Nathaniel)

Alya worries about how much all the calls to Lila while she was in Achu cost her parents

Fairy Tail Stories

An Awfully Big Adventure

Harry Potter Stories

Hagrid stories:

Hagrid goes to the movies

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THE DANCE AWARDS LAS VEGAS RESULTS 2022

Teen Solos with Judge’s Pick Awards but didn’t place in the 10:

Regan Hunt - DIAMOND

Annabelle Blake - LARKIN

Keira Paluzzi - ART & SOUL

Carley Jensen - LARKIN

Makayla Gibbons - DANCEOLOGY

AvaRose Campbell - THE COMPANY SPACE

Meilani Pham - THE COMPANY SPACE

Audrey Donnelly - DANCEOLOGY

Brooke Toro - DANCEOLOGY

Olivia Shelton - LARKIN

Sofia Gonzalez - DANCE ACADEMY MONTERREY

Kalliyan Chi - THE COMPANY SPACE

Melina Gurich - BOBBIE’S

Chyna Wong-Wui - BOBBIE’S

Issac Diaz - BOBBIE’S

Sydney Slauko - PRESTIGE

Katia Arras - D’ANSA JAZZ

Ava Stewart - EDX

Kaina de la Cruz Swauger - PAD DE DEUX HAWAII

Eve Schmichel - EDX

Nyah Jackson - PRODIGY

Kenzie Winsett - KIM MASSAY

Kate Abernathy - THE DANCE KOLLECTIVE

Aiden Dalton - LIVEWIRE

Brecklyn Brown - THE DANCE KOLLECTIVE

Christian De Jesus - ACADEMY OF NV BALLET Madden Zook - NORETTA DUNWORTH

Macy Orvis - KIM MASSAY

Chloe Belanger - EDX

Brooke Vorst - THE DANCE KOLLECTIVE

Francesca Pomponio - NORETTA DUNWORTH

Colby Rich - CLUB

Grace McKinley - CLUB

Brizeida Hernandez - DANCE ACADEMY MONTERREY

Abby Honstad - CLUB

Sophia Jazayeri - DC2

Isabel Workman - EXPRESSENZ

Alex Gauvin - BOBBIE’S

Audri Staley - EXPRESSENZ

Jenna Jarboe - EXPRESSENZ

Mikaella Lopez - BOBBIE’S

Sophia Reed - NORTHPOINTE

Addison Sampson - EXPRESSENZ

Keira Humes - EXPRESSENZ

Devon Barna - NORTHPOINTE

Ava Saremasiani - BOBBIE’S

Ainsley Grey - EXPRESSENZ

Sawyer Whyte - LARKIN

Julia Bailey - EXPRESSENZ

Kate Isreal - BOBBIE’S

Caroline Durbin - EXPRESSENZ

Paige Bumgardner - NORTHPOINTE

Sophia Sands - DANCEOLOGY

Sami Sonder - DANCEOLOGY

Cara Ricciardi - THE COMPANY SPACE Ashley Choy - ART & SOUL

Lauryn Williams - EXPRESSENZ

Isabel Zorrilla - DANCEOLOGY

Emily Haas - EXPRESSENZ

Brielle McCoy - KIM MASSAY

Ashley Gutz - LARKIN

Cate Raine - PRODIGY

Delaney Rosewell - LARKIN

Kenzie Von Tagle - COLUMBIA PAC

Jamison Cochran - O’BRIEN

Lilly Taylor - SPOTLITE

Natalie Bowen - BOBBIE’S

Madison Polis - THE VISION

Amaya Weeks - CLUB

Charly Frost - BOBBIE’S

Isabella Wood - DC2

Chloe Bailey - DC2

Callie Schlude - LEVEL

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Welcome to my master list! It is indefinitely inactive, but feel free to read my archives!

Last updated: March 18th 2022

Key: fluff-♡ | angst-♤ | crack-☆ | tw-♢

Oneshot Series

The Joys of Parenting Dad!BTS series masterlist

The Fate of the Lyrics

Holiday events

Christmas 2021 collab with @jiminie-and-his-pinky-finger

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Fics: 4

The Feeling is Mutual (one) Best Man!Jin x Maid of Honor!OC [♤/♡] - Jin and Jihyo hate each other’s guts, but when their best friends get married to each other, will they be able to suck up their pride and treat each other like human beings for a month?

Snow is Falling Outside, But I’m Falling for You [♡/☆/♤] 6.3k - Ashley goes home with Tae for Christmas as his fake date for the holidays. Little does she know, love (in the form of Tae’s older brother) is closer than she thinks. (Part of 2021 Christmas)

Sweet Talker [♡/♤] 9.8k - Isabelle is stuck working on a beach this summer, which wouldn’t be so bad, but everything about it reminds her of her first love.  To make matters worse…it seems he decided to take a trip to said beach this summer. (Part of The Fate of the Lyrics)

It’s Not Easy to Keep a Christmas Secret [♡] 5.8k - Ashley thinks that announcing her pregnancy on Christmas is a great gift idea, but the trouble comes in when she tries to keep the secret from Jin…. (Part of 2021 Christmas)

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Fics: 1

Secret Sickness [♡] 1k - Tae comes down with a cold while the boys are out of town but won't tell anyone how he feels. Hobi takes it into his own hands to make sure Tae gets the rest he needs.

Christmas in July [♡/♤] - Charolette loves that they get to celebrate Christmas twice in a year, but her cranky roommate Yoongi disagrees. Can she convince him that it’s not as bad as he thinks? *coming eventually*

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Fics: 1

Secret Sickness [♡] 1k - Tae comes down with a cold while the boys are out of town but won't tell anyone how he feels. Hobi takes it into his own hands to make sure Tae gets the rest he needs.

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Friendshipiversary, According to the Urban Dictionary Bookkeeper!Jimin x OC [♡] 0.9k - In celebration of their friendship anniversary, Zee takes Nani to her favorite bookstore, where a certain boy works.

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Fics: 12

From Best Friends to Best Lovers Artist!Taehyung x OC!Viola master list

Racing Heartbeat Doctor!Tae x OC [♡] 1.9k - Ms. Lin finds herself in a predicament when she passes out in a hospital and wakes up in the office of the doctor she's been infatuated with for a week.

Secret Sickness [♡] 1k - Tae comes down with a cold while the boys are out of town but won't tell anyone how he feels. Hobi takes it into his own hands to make sure Tae gets the rest he needs.

Rivals [♡/♤] 1.2k - Tae has been Salgu’s rival for as long as she can remember. They’re no strangers to pranking each other. But what happens when they get locked in the janitor’s closet together?

Beyond the Tower Walls [♡/♤/♢] 5.4k - Taehyung has spent his whole life living virtually alone in a tower, wishing he could just see once glimpse of the outside world until one day, a girl climbs through his window. That’s the day Taehyung’s life flips on its head.

A New Year’s Kiss [♡/♤] 3.3k - Taehyung and Anna have been best friends since the beginning of time, but now they’re going off to college. Will their friendship survive them attending two different colleges?

A Christmas Confession [♡/♤] 2.9k - Amber finds her heart conflicted when her crush and best friend of six years brings a girl home for Christmas. Can he mend her heart and their relationship? (Part of 2021 Christmas)

Champagne on the Beach [♡/♤] 3.7k - Taehyung and Sage find themselves in Bora Bora for a spring break trip set up by their university, but with a catch: the teachers have outlined a list of rules the students must follow on the trip. But what's a school trip without a bit of rule breaking?

Petals of Wax [♤/♡] 9.6k - Audrey, as the princess's lady-in-waiting, must escort the girl as she goes to meet her fiancé. The last thing the lady expected was to meet a suitor of her own, though.

Step Brother Lover [♤/♡/♢] 8.2k - Eden and Taehyung are horrified by the news that they’re about to become stepsiblings.  Nothing would be illegal about their relationship, sure, but something about sharing parents made dating seem weird.  This leads to a nasty break-up…but oh, wait, they live under the same roof now. (Part of The Fate of the Lyrics)

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My Princess [♡] - Prince!Tae drabble

My Queen [♡] - King!Tae drabble

Detective Kim - Face of Stone [♤,♡] Detective!Tae drabble

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My Shadow Biker!Jungkook x Hairdresser!OC [♡/♤] 1k - Rose has been seeing the same tall, tattooed, dark-haired man in the coffee shop she visits for the past week. She finds him pretty attractive, but what will she do when he shows up at her work for a haircut?

A Drive-in Movie Date 80’s!Jungkook x OC [♡] 0.8k - Jungkook and Kimberley take a date to the drive-in to see Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. In Kimmy’s opinion, cuddling in the back of Jungkook’s beat-up truck is better than sitting in a movie theater.

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OT7

Stranded (one)(two) [♡/☆] 4.8k - It’s a normal evening. Jin has invited a few of his friends over for dinner, and Namjoon is finally back in town. That is, until it starts pouring. Now everyone is stuck at Jin’s house for the conceivable future. What will they do with their time?

The Secret Princes Club (one)(two) [♤/♡] 2.8k - Seven crown princes disappear from their homes on the same night. None of the them can be found, but what is the true reason behind their disappearance?

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Original works

Anything I’ve written here is not BTS fics

Frenemies (1) [♤] - Jewel is torn when one of her best friends is trash talking her behind her back. She separates herself from said friend to give herself peace of mind, but what happens when she starts missing her old friend?

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Gossip Girl OC Masterlist

Name: Alessandra Vanderbilt

Story: Picture Perfect Lies

Face Claim: Maia Mitchell

Name: Alia Kelly

Story: My Castle Crumbled Overnight

Face Claim: Camila Mendes

Love Interest: Nate Archibald; Tripp Vanderbilt; Dan Humphrey

Once upon a time, Alia was the undisputed Princess of the Upper East Side. But then, three years ago, she was unceremoniously exiled by Serena Van Der Woodsen, with lots of blackmail to make it stick.  After two years of exile, Serena goes to boarding school, and Alia returns, quickly reclaiming her crown, alongside fellow princess Blair Waldorf.  And for a time, everything is perfect.  They’re on top of the world.  And then, Serena is spotted at Grand Central, bags in hand, and Alia knows that everything is about to come crashing down.

Name: Audrey Cartier

Story: The Lucky One

Face Claim: Lily Collins

Love Interest: Blair Waldorf

Roman Garrel was, by far, the best boss that Audrey had ever had.  He had been her mentor since she was twelve and first started modelling, guiding her through French society with ease and helping her forge all the connections that she would need to advance her career.  He had even invited her to spend the summer with he and his boyfriend, and his boyfriend’s daughter, Blair Waldorf.

Audrey hadn’t meant to develop feelings for the New Yorker, but the recently heartbroken girl was far more charming than Audrey had ever expected.  Still, she knew it would never go anywhere.  Blair was straight, and returning to the States for the school year.  But when Eleanor Waldorf herself invites Audrey to be the face of her new collection, a job that would involve moving full-time to Manhattan, she can’t help but hope that New York will become her personal city of love.

Name: Bex Bass

Story: Party Girls (Don’t Get Hurt)

Face Claim: Lucy Hale

Name: Chanel Rhodes

Story: Got A Secret

Face Claim: Dianna Agron

Love Interest: Tripp Vanderbilt

Name: Clara Waldorf

Story: Scars Of Love

Face Claim: Willa Holland

Love Interest: Tripp Vanderbilt

Clara Waldorf was perfect. Perfect grades, perfect outfits, the perfect princess of the Upper East Side. But Clara Waldorf had a lot of secrets, too. Not the drinking or the drugs, everyone knew that she was the perfect party girl. No, Clara’s secret was the truth about what happened with Tripp Vanderbilt, and no one would never know the real story. Or so she hopes, but Gossip Girl disagrees.

Name: Clementine Astoria

Story: Material World

Face Claim: Madelaine Petsch

Love Interest: Tripp Vanderbilt; endgame TBD

Name: Corrine Adler

Story: Art Deco

Face Claim: Shay Mitchell

Love Interest: Serena Van Der Woodsen

Name: Eloise Quinn

Story: A World Alone

Face Claim: Candice King

Love Interest: Carter Baizen, Nate Archibald, Dan Humphrey

Name: Emerson Archibald

Story: Heartlines

Face Claim: Zoey Deutch

Name: Erin Humphrey

Story: Cool Kids

Face Claim: Ashley Benson

Love Interest: Nate Archibald

If Erin Humphrey was going to get into Harvard then she needed to take advantage of everything that Constance had to offer. Not just the unparalleled academic experience, but the connections too. She wasn’t friends with Blair Waldorf, or a slave to her every whim the way that Jenny was, but they were civil. She was friend-adjacent with Nate Archibald, she flirted back when Chuck Bass hit on her. But it wasn’t enough. It wasn’t the kind of pull that she needed. Until Serena Van Der Woodsen returns from boarding school and pulls Erin headfirst into the elite circle of the Upper East Side. Erin is determined not to blow her chance, but with Gossip Girl looking for any opportunity to tear them down, she has to work harder than ever to keep her newfound position at the top of the world.

Name: Evie Van Der Woodsen

Story: Freshman Generation

Face Claim: Meg Donnelly

Love Interest: Jenny Humphrey; Theo Archibald

Everyone on the Upper East Side knows that you can’t have change without drama, and for New York’s richest, there’s nothing like the first week back at school to deliver on both fronts.  And this year promises to deliver more of each than most people will experience in their entire lives.  First, Serena van der Woodsen, spotted at Grand Central after mysteriously disappearing for a year, months after the twins went MIA on their trip to “Miami”. Blair Waldorf  is clinging to her crown and to her white knight — only Nate seems more concerned by both Serena and Theo Archibald returning from boarding school. And what exactly is Chuck Bass doing, lurking around the Ostroff Centre?  No one knows yet, but one thing is for sure — Serena’s abrupt disappearance may have been the trigger, but her unpredictable return won’t be what leads to a cure.

Name: Heather Reign

Story: Candy Store

Face Claim: Emma Roberts

Name: James Locke

Story: Oh No!

Face Claim: Sabrina Carpenter

Name: Josie Archibald

Story: Tell Tale Heart

Face Claim: Nina Dobrev

Love Interest: Chuck Bass; Blair Waldorf

Name: Katrina Richmond

Story: The Love Club

Face Claim: Ellie Bamber

Love Interest: Blair Waldorf

Name: Leighton Rosenstern

Story: Everybody Talks

Face Claim: Tilly Keeper

Name: Michelle Beaton

Story: Leader Of A New Regime

Face Claim: Elizabeth Gillies

Love Interest: Blair Waldorf

Name: Nolan Van Der Woodsen

Story: Million Dollar Man

Face Claim: Nicholas Galitzine 

Love Interest: Blair Waldorf

Name: Odette Beck

Story: Flashing Lights

Face Claim: Phoebe Dynevor

Love Interest: Blair Waldorf

Name: Percy Carlisle

Story: Sweet Creature

Face Claim: Andrew Garfield

Love Interest: Blair Waldorf & Dan Humphrey

Name: Rhys Astor

Story: National Anthem

Face Claim: Grant Gustin

Love Interest: Blair Waldorf

Rhys Astor was the bane of Gossip Girl’s existence. The richest boy in New York, notorious for his love of partying and one night stands, and friends with Blair Waldorf, he should have been a constant source of headlines. And yet, he wasn’t. Open and unapologetic about his vices, there was nothing about him that could be called a secret. Even his biggest scandals could hardly be considered newsworthy when Rhys himself was so willing to confess his sins. Somehow, despite being the most scandalous member of the Upper East Side, talking about Rhys Astor was only ever a death sentence to Gossip Girl. At least that was the case, before Serena Van Der Woodsen’s grand return.

Name: Sabrina Van Der Woodsen

Story: Last Great American Dynasty

Face Claim: Lily James

Love Interest: Tripp Vanderbilt

Name: Sawyer Archibald

Story: Hollow Lies

Face Claim: Troian Bellisario

Name: Tessa Rosenstern

Story: Everybody Talks

Face Claim: Brianne Howey

Love Interest: Tripp Vanderbilt

Name: Thea Mellon

Story: Illicit Affairs

Face Claim: Holland Roden

Love Interest: Tripp Vanderbilt; Nate Archibald

Name: Theo Archibald

Story: Freshman Generation

Face Claim: Alex Fitzalan

Love Interest: Eric Van Der Woodsen; Evie Van Der Woodsen

Everyone on the Upper East Side knows that you can’t have change without drama, and for New York’s richest, there’s nothing like the first week back at school to deliver on both fronts.  And this year promises to deliver more of each than most people will experience in their entire lives.  First, Serena van der Woodsen, spotted at Grand Central after mysteriously disappearing for a year, months after the twins went MIA on their trip to “Miami”. Blair Waldorf  is clinging to her crown and to her white knight — only Nate seems more concerned by both Serena and Theo Archibald returning from boarding school. And what exactly is Chuck Bass doing, lurking around the Ostroff Centre?  No one knows yet, but one thing is for sure — Serena’s abrupt disappearance may have been the trigger, but her unpredictable return won’t be what leads to a cure.

Name: Vic Locke

Story: Oh No!

Face Claim: Kristin Chenoweth

Name: Vienna Callahan

Story: Started With A Kiss

Face Claim: Victoria Justice

Love Interest: Nate Archibald