#aurelie chase

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y'all ever have that one character in your fandom who you see and you're instantly like Oh that's the town bicycle. that's the poly/open relationship/vaguely nonmonogamous one who has slept with or dated literally everyone. like you look at them and you just know that that is what they are

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I love her so much

HOUSE M.D (2004 - 2012) I 1.05 - Damned If You Do

[immcrtalsx]

Northknot Costume Contest 2024 → Aurelie Watson, Tanner Fray & Wolfgang Watson ( @mcnstercus & @immcrtalsx & @fairywilds )

2nd: Alectrona Elidi, Jonathan Henderson & Felicity Elidi-Henderson 3rd: Callista Albrecht Crawford, Zachary Crawford & Marina Albrecht Crawford

The rest of the runner-ups are below!

Theodore Sinclair & Ulyana Zhang

Elwyn Sisters

Alicia Monroe & Chase Carr

Adelina De Salazar & Hecate Black

Kristin Henderson & Parker Henderson

Constance Fernández-Renway & Edith Li

[thewritepartner]

Ships.

1x1s.

Veronica Noble & Hayden Darmody Maria Reyes & Josef Volkov Jane Song & Nova Volkova Princess Aurora & Martin Saunders Naomi Connelly & Charlie Walker Elise Drew & Clyde “Rory” Donovan / Daviau Virgil Dawes & Delphine Rosen Elena * & Felix Daviau Maxima Falcone & Amya Daviau Cleopatra Rios & Claudia Daviau Rosemary Daviau & Sidney Ahmed Aurelie Grimaldi & Villanelle Rousseau Alicia Bradley & Tommy Donovan Murphy Bowe & Sara Avraham [RETIRED] Lydia Asensio & Beth Heydari Adele Lim & Alexander Roscoe Aristides Karatasos & Amada Rosewell Eve Champion & Atlas R.ose Elijah Hadley & Jeremy Rider Elijah Hadley & Claudia Daviau (brotp) Clark Joseph “Joey” Hale & Beatrice Bowe Iris McCool & Adrian Valentine Romana Ventlukova & Francisco “Paco” Juarez Winter Ohlin & Harvey Hargrove Clover Klein Reeves & Jason Reeves Heaven Jacobs & Ricardo “Rico” Valdez Destiny Nash & Jayden Vanderbilt Aksel Markov & Zhenya Azminova Hunt Clayton “Huck" Sutter & Esme Dupont Marguerite “Mags” Couture Daviau & Ford Daviau Hector James “Jimmy” Fields & Echo Daviau Vivien Stone & Noah Roscoe Diana Keats Hart & John Hart Emma Silva & Cora Reeves Jesse Forbes & Yvette Mitchell Keeley MacTiernan & Evie Faraday Willa Nolan & Elektra Rush Lucy Pace & M.alcolm B.right Isobel Fraser & Richard Wayne/Blaine Hannah Roth & Rachel Temperance Piper Bloom & Louis Carter & Gale Demir Zoe McCrae & Violet Darling Charles “Charlie” Foster & Defne "Goldie" Adanir Chase Albertine & Reginald “Reggie” Hale Scott Bowen & Audrey Knox Martina Rocha & unknown (edited) Natalia “Tallie” Christiaens & Prince Nicolas Amari Kelsey Alice * & Patrick Thompson Kim Mi-rae & Max Sheffield Elvis Vega & Regina Jones Hunter * & Michael Valentine Zara Cavalcante & Andre Almeida Delta Kourakis & Lorenzo Fox Miles Takamoto Shields & Lunanera Rosano TBA (Gael Garcia Bernal fc) Tiffany Weiss & Gabriel Pelaxtla Jewel Weiss & Jared Arjona Michael * & Marta Rostro Byron Drew & James Drew Paloma (M.elissa B.arrera fc) & Zed Medini Devi Decker & Arman Demir Julia Baer & M.att M.urdock Ethan & Suna “Sunny” Bereket Jenaye & (C.hristian S.erratos FC) Arlo Smith & Baylee Blackwelder Enrique “Ricky” Narvaez & Avery Hebert Carmen Tomás & Giovanni “Gio” Murray Sade Bello & Maila Rule Danny & Honor Lancaster Juan & Carolina Burke Leticia “Tish” Reis & Mateo Landry Harris Lorraine Santos & Amber Halliday Nicholas Hirsch & Sloane Barry Hirsch Andrea Love & Zeppelin “Zep” Paige Derek Knox & Lily Hammersmith-Vane Sabrina Daenzer & Cash Dennison Adam Kimble & Celeste Morrison Aspen Smith & Cecilia “Cece” Morrison Diya Sharma & Niamh Curran Johnny St. James & Alma Dorset Zahid & Olivia Chevalier (Eve Hewson fc) Jason "Jay" Reyes & Charlotte Kamura Ford Daviau 2.0 & Grace Sterling

HOTEL CALIFORNIA MUMU: Benny Clemmins (1920s) & Celia Sedgewick (1815) Reyna Stokes (1990s) & Betty Miller (1967) Shane Shipka & TBA (Grace van Dien fc)

HEAVEN SPRINGS MUMU Star & Preston Knox Constantine & Robin Khang Cadence & Dougie Fray Owen & Luanne "Lulu" Castillo Raine & Circe the Siren Dawn & Carter Jacobs Moon Romero & Jinx Vanderbilt Rowan Lefebvre & Laurel Hemingway Rebel Vanderbilt & Javier The Vampire

SWEET SPOT MUMU Deacon & Savannah Newman Paris Kent & Josh Harris Tatiana Marie Cutler-Grace & Ethan James Camille “Cam” & Dylan Ramos (Rami Malek fc) & Nour Nazari

[writermuses]

🍎 🍬 (for Aurelie)

🍎 Favorite type, looks and personality wise? Please specify the trait.

Aurélie prefers a dominant partner. She tends to go for the lean, muscular build; not too bulky not thin men. I hate to say it, but she has a track record of getting caught up with bad boys that use her and lose her. She's an all in kinda gal and it bites her in the ass every time so what she likes and what she should probably be chasing do not compute usually.

🍬 List of kinks your character would not participate in?

She's not into bodily fluids outside of spit and cum. Other than that, she's so completely submissive that she'll give anything a go— even if she absolutely shouldn't. I swear it's like she forgets she's next in line to the throne when her partner looks at her and says, "Be my good girl and..."

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pulling out my response to this again

how could you hate these beautiful women😞

[sonasnowdrop]

-has just been chased by the ink demon and is hiding in a room with a wooden door that he can't break down when I notice a weeping Angel "Hello? I'm Aurélie. could you please help me? what's your name? -Aurélie

Aurelie rushes into a room blindly, in a panic as the Demon is hot on her trail. She quickly shuts the door behind herself, the Demon not being able to bust it down. After awhile, the banging stop, and Aurelie assumes the Demon had gone.

The girl stood up, and noticed a light, then saw a figure. She called out.

"Hello? Could you please help me? I’m Aurelie, I don’t mean any harm!" She spat out with battered breath.

The figure turned to her, it’s face drenched, only one golden eye visible. Aurelie tensed up, hoping she didn’t make a big mistake. The creature didn’t move for a bit, it stared the girl up and down before cautiously approaching her. Aurelie didn’t seemed alarmed but she was wary.

The angel had seemingly noticed the girl had a limp.

she must’ve been attacked.

The creature thought, the girl just stared before repeating her previous question.

"U-um…can you help me?" The girl stuttered. The angel unknowingly invaded Aurelie’s personal space, the girl stepped back a little. Weeper stared before nodding, Aurelie sighed in relief.

The angel led on, Aurelie followed close behind. It was refreshing to see a friendly face, despite the angel looking somewhat scary.

Weeper pointed towards a stool and motioned for the girl to sit, she did so. The angel kneeled down in front of her and pulled back it’s inky hair revealing it’s other golden eye. It was so beautiful, the girl surely hadn’t seen this before.

A golden tear fell from one of their eyes and it landed onto the girls leg. Where she was attacked while being chased and pursued by the Ink Demon. It stung upon landing and Aurelie tensed up and sucked her teeth.

When looking down, the wound was gone. Like it was never there in the first place. The girl looked amazed, but when she turned her gazed back to the angel, it was gone. An ink trail led about, she was quite fast it seemed.

The girl sighed when all alone again.

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This was fun! Sorry that it’s short, I gotta go to bed soon. I hope you like it anyway :>

[missnight0wl]

Why Penny is cunning? She brew those Potions to help MC find the vault. Why did you say that she brew those Potion for her own ambition?

I mean… none of the Potions I mentioned in my analysis was really brewed to help MC or had much to do with the Cursed Vaults.

The Forgetfulness Potion was brewed in the “Penny For Your Thought” SQ because Penny couldn’t deal with the death of her friend. The Draught of Peace was brewed in Y5 because Penny couldn’t deal with Beatrice being trapped in the portrait. Sure, she had her own personal reasons to do that. Still, it doesn’t change the fact that she sent MC on a chase for the ingredients, including stealing some of those ingredients from Snape, and she didn’t even say MC what’s it about until the very end.

If you didn’t see or play through the “Polyjuice Potion” SQ from Y4, I recommend checking it on YouTube because it really shows Penny’s cunning (and kind of vengeful) side. Yes, Merula stealing her Potion was a dick move, but Penny didn’t even think about talking to Snape. No, she immediately was like: “Let’s make Merula confess in front of the whole school, but also, I’ll make MC do most of the work by impersonating Snape – who’s A TEACHER”. Yes, Snape didn’t want to listen to MC when we tried to reason with him, but Penny is his favourite student, so she’d have better chances. And as I said, she didn’t even consider it. She wasn’t like: “I’d talk to Snape, but I’m worried he wouldn’t listen.”

Also, cunning doesn’t have to mean malicious. When Penny lied to Snape in the Bauxbatons TLSQ that she was the one who wanted to learn alchemy, she did it because she knows Snapes likes her, and he wouldn’t be as mad at her as at MC and Aurelie. She did it to help us, but technically, it was cunning behaviour.

I also think you misunderstood me about Penny being ambitious about her Potion-making. I didn’t mean to imply that Penny brews Potions for MC only for her ambition. I talked about Penny being ambitious about it in general. Showing the attitude like this scene in the “Scaredy-cats” SQ:

I’m fairly certain Penny had more moments like this, and even MC was sometimes using similar arguments to encourage Penny to help them. She also talks quite often about using various plants in Potions during Herbology classes etc.

The only situation when I suggested that Penny might’ve been motivated mainly by her ambition was about the Animagus TLSQ. As I explained in my previous analysis, it seems like Penny provoked the situation where MC got interested in becoming an Animagus. And yes, it was said that it might be useful with the Cursed Vaults, but we had no specific reason to suspect HOW could it be useful. And now we even know that it indeed WASN’T useful at all. So, I’m sorry, but to me, it seems like Penny just wanted to brew that Potion, and she found a person the most likely to believe that it might be useful.

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the thing is that she's not straight

the guy in s2 ep 7 of house was so right. chase is way too pretty to be entirely straight.

real af GET HIS ASS

[mclibunghts]

ZEUS

Brody Elijah Sullivan - Richard Madden (Sara) | ship name: scardy | TBD

Emmett Nathaniel Sullivan - Jack Falahee (Sara) | ship name: celett | TBD

Jacques Marcel Vivier  - Matthew Daddario (Jordanne) | ship name: zaddox | TBD

Eric Nicholas Villan  - Dominic Sherwood (Sara) | ship name: stellan | TBD

Douglas Alexander Vivier  - Arthur Gosse (Jordanne) | ship name: colter | TBD

Selene Isabelle Villan - Zoey Deutch (Jordanne) | ship name: rhysley | TBD

Nova Marie Sullivan - Zhenya Katava (Sara) | ship name: linnova | TBD

NYX

Jude Christopher Haywood - Joseph Cannata (Jordanne) | ship name: judelise | TBD

Rhys Theodore Haywood - Tyler Cameron (Sara) | ship name: rhysley | TBD

Braxton Scott Haywood - Chase Mattson (Jordanne) | ship name: braye | TBD

Dawn Marie Monet - Adelaide Kane (Sara) | ship name: zaddox | TBD

Lincoln Marshall Haywood - Arthur Benedetti (Jordanne) | ship name: linnova | TBD

APHRODITE

Stephen Wyatt Abernathy - Christopher Mason (Sara) | ship name: stephinn | TBD

Dexter Tate Abernathy - Jeff Kasser (Sara) | ship name: colter | TBD

Camilla Rose Sutton - Nicola Peltz (Jordanne) | ship name: stellan | TBD

Jasper Blake Powell  - Michael Yerger (Jordanne) | ship name: samlotte | TBD

HERMES

Donovan Blake Calloway - Philippe Leblond (Sara) | ship name: dolene | TBD

Georgia Adelaide Calloway - Olivia Karina (Jordanne) | ship name: lougia | TBD

Summer Eileen Calloway - Niamh Adkins (Jordanne) | ship name: goodway | TBD

Elise Renee Calloway - Daisy Keech (Sara) | ship name: judelise | TBD

DIONYSUS

Matthias Emmett Baker - Janis Danner (Sara) | ship name: matthey | TBD

Michael James Baker - Jay Gould (Sara) | ship name: mauden | TBD

Piper Joelle Baker - Abby Rao (Jordanne) | ship name: paaron | TBD

ARES

Hunter Waylon Armstrong - Ben Barnes (Jordanne) | ship name: dawstrong | TBD

Travis Clement Armstrong - Casey Deidrick (Jordanne) | ship name: lanis | TBD

Darrel Josiah Armstrong - Andrew Biernat (Sara) | ship name: daleanor  | TBD

Leia Magdalene Armstrong - Jessy Hartel (Sara) | ship name: juleia | TBD

APOLLO

Ian Jericho Henderson - Elia Cometti (Sara) | ship name: everliam | TBD

Scarlet Victoria Henderson - Hannah Brown (Jordanne) | ship name: scardy | TBD

Saffron Aurelie Henderson - Romaneinnc (Sara) | ship name: satticus | TBD

tyche

Anthony Cooper Dawson - Chris Curtis (Sara) | ship name: opheny | TBD

Julietta May Dawson - Dakota Johnson (Sara) | ship name: dawstrong | TBD

Davis Alfred Dawson - Ken Bek (Jordanne) | ship name: tavis | TBD

Jolene Loretta Dawson - Barbara Palvin (Jordanne) | ship name: dolene | TBD

NIKE

John Logan Goodwin - Franky Cammarata (Sara) | ship name: goodway | TBD

Aaron Gareth Goodwin - Pietro Boselli (Sara) | ship name: paaron | TBD

Faye Cordelia Goodwin - Cindy Kimberly (Sara) | ship name: braye | TBD

Tally Beatrice Goodwin - Melanie Martinez (Sara) | ship name: lachlly | TBD

NEMESIS

Atticus Beckett Doherty- Christian Hogue (Jordanne) | ship name: satticus | TBD

Everleigh Rose Doherty - Madi Teeuws (Jordanne) | ship name: everliam | TBD

Lana Rosalie Doherty - Marina Laswick (Sara) | ship name: lanis | TBD

ATHENA

Louis Nathaniel Buchanam - Lucas Bloms (Sara) | ship name: lougia | TBD

Celia Rae Buchanam - Shelley Hennig (Jordanne) | ship name: celett | TBD

Eleanor Lorraine Buchanam - Hannah Sluss (Jordanne) | ship name: daleanor  | TBD

Tatum Eileen Buchanam - Triz Pariz (Sara) | ship name: tavis | TBD

POSEIDON

Duke Ellis Norwood Chad Hurst (Jordanne) | ship name: duvere | TBD

Julian Marcus Norwood - Stephen James (Jordanne) | ship name: juleia | TBD

Katherine Adele Norwood - Ana de Armas (Sara) | ship name: mine | TBD

Charlotte Louise Norwood - Madelyn Cline (Sara) | ship name: samlotte | TBD

APHRODITE

Aysel Karacan - Ayça Aysin Turan (Sara) | ship name: kaysel | TBD

HERA

Kerem Budak - Alp Navruz (Jordanne) | ship name: kaysel | TBD

ARES

Zhang Wei Zhao - Sinqua Walls (Jordanne) | ship name: zhaura | TBD

DEMETER

Milo MIDDLE NAME Fuller - Sebastian Stan (Jordanne) | ship name: mine | TBD

Quinn MIDDLE NAME Fuller - Bryana Holly (Jordanne) | ship name: stephinn | TBD

Ophelia MIDDLE NAME Fuller - Florence Pugh (Jordanne) | ship name: opheny | TBD

HECATE

Lachlan MIDDLE NAME Campbell - Jorge del Rio Romero (Jordanne) | ship name: lachlly | TBD

Tinsley MIDDLE NAME Campbell - Kelianne Stankus (Jordanne) | ship name: matthey | TBD

Guinevere June Campbell - Anna Klinski (Sara) | ship name: duvere | TBD

HERA

Auden MIDDLE NAME Jennings - Alexis Ren (Jordanne) | ship name: mauden | TBD

Laura Grace Jennings - Ester Exposito (Sara) | ship name: zhaura | TBD

[luisjuanmilton]

Jenson/Dan prompt 6 pleaseeee Ana 💖

I’d never written this pairing before but I had a lot of fun, hope you like it Maisie! 🤍

Jenson Button/Daniel Ricciardo x “chasing someone’s lips after they pull away”

Send me a prompt and a pairing if you want :)

“Well hello Daniel, congratulations on your podium!” Jenson greeted with a smile as the Renault driver stepped into the media pen, the younger Dan seemingly still vibrating with excitement and adrenaline.

It was at moments like this that made Jenson curse the fact that they had decided to keep their relationship a secret from the public, since he really wanted nothing more than to take his boyfriend into his arms and give him the biggest hug in existence.

He knew better than most how hard Daniel worked, and to see his efforts pay off filled him with more pride than he could ever even begin to express.

“Thank you very much babe” Dan winked, only realizing his slip up after Jenson’s eyes widened minutely. He wasn’t overly worried about it though, since he knew most people would just blow it off as his usual flirty demeanor.

And Jenson recovered quickly enough, slipping back into what Dan referred to as his “journalist persona”.

The Brit asked him a couple of questions about things that had happened during the race, Daniel more than happy to answer all of them, always genuinely enjoying it whenever he had the chance to get interviewed by his boyfriend.

“So, tell us how you’re feeling about the result, it’s been a while since you’ve been up on that podium”

Daniel nodded in agreement “Well obviously the team and I always hope for the best result, and this time we actually got it so of course I’m elated at being back up there – as you said, it’s been a while”

“I’m sure they’re all very proud of you back at the Renault garage”

He nodded once again before pausing, his smile turning a little wicked as he got what he thought was a brilliant idea.

“Are you proud of me Jenson?” Dan asked, in a seemingly innocent voice that Jenson could see right through.

The Brit instantly looked cautious, his blue eyes flashing in warning as he saw the way Daniel was batting his eyelashes up at him.

Dan knew that Jenson knew his question was anything but innocent, but the older man still smiled neutrally before answering in a joking tone “I am very proud of you Daniel”

“Are you gonna give me a reward then?”

Jenson’s eyes flashed once again, only that now it wasn’t in warning but in thinly veiled arousal. The older man subconsciously licked his lips at the way Daniel was looking at him, and the Aussie’s smirk grew even larger.

“I’ll give you anything you want” he answered, his voice having gotten about five octaves deeper than usual.

A thrill of anticipation ran through Daniel’s spine at that, and he would’ve continued with the innuendos if Aurelie hadn’t caught his eye right at that moment, leveling him with a murderous glare that he was all too familiar with.

He quickly wrapped up the interview after that, knowing that his dear PR manager wasn’t above physically dragging him away from his chair whenever one of his interviews got too out of hand (it had happened before).

Dan still felt very pleased at himself with the way Jenson’s darkened eyes followed him as he made his way back to the Renault motorhome, and he made sure to sway his hips more than what was strictly necessary.

As soon as he got into his driver’s room he got out of his suit and took a quick shower, changing into some basic team gear before heading back out with every intention of finding Jenson and making him follow through with his promise.

He was so lost in the thoughts of what Jenson would do to him that he didn’t even notice someone was walking behind him until he was very suddenly pushed into the gap between two trailers, a startled yelp leaving his mouth as he found himself pressed against a cold metal surface.

He could barely catch a glimpse of very familiar blue eyes before Jenson’s mouth descended on his own, Dan instantly letting out a pleased groan as he was pressed harder against the trailer.

Jenson’s hands were gripping his waist so tightly that he was sure his skin would bruise, and he absolutely loved it.

Dan had to very nearly stand up on his tiptoes to make up for their height difference, but he was nothing if not an expert on the art of kissing Jenson Button.

Jenson’s hands were big enough to comfortably wrap around Daniel’s small waist, and he made good use of it by using them to lift the younger man up so he could tangle his legs around his waist.

As it always happened, Dan felt his mind go completely blank as Jenson expertly licked into his mouth. He would never get the people who complained about their relationships getting boring over time, since he thought that his own relationship with Jenson only kept getting better and better.

After spending so much time together they knew the other forwards and backwards, both of them as familiar with the other’s body as with the back of their hands.

Jenson knew that Daniel would turn to putty in his hands if he even lightly tugged at his hair, and Dan knew that Jenson had a thing for how he would dig his nails into his shoulders as he got lost in their kisses.

Right now, Daniel felt as though every single nerve in his body had received an electric shock, and he really thought that it was amazing how the Brit still managed to have a such an effect on him.

Which was why, when Jenson pulled back slightly, Daniel instantly chased after his lips, a whine leaving his throat at the loss of contact.

Jenson chuckled, loving the way it took Dan a few seconds to blink his eyes open, a dazed look plastered all over his face.

“You’re an absolute tease, you know that right?” Jenson murmured, squeezing Daniel’s bum playfully.

Daniel grinded his hips against Jenson’s as a response, a little smirk playing on his lips at the moan that left the other man’s lips “I do know that, thank you very much”

“Have you decided what you want as a reward?” Jenson leaned forward, pressing hot kisses up Daniel’s jaw.

He hummed thoughtfully “I might have a few things in mind”

With that Daniel reconnected their lips, goosebumps erupting all over his skin as Jenson slipped one hand under his shirt to run his fingers over his toned abdomen.

He would never get used to how Jenson could hold him up with a single arm, and no matter how many times he’d done it before he still felt arousal pooling in his stomach whenever it happened.

Daniel brought his hands up to tangle in Jenson’s blonde hair, lightly dragging his nails across his scalp and getting a filthy moan out of his boyfriend.

“Jesus Christ, get a fucking room!”

The two separated just enough to snap their heads towards the direction of the voice, and had to stifle a laugh as they saw Lewis quickly backing away from them with a hand pressed over his eyes.

“Payback’s a bitch!” Jenson called after him, thinking about all the times he had walked in on him and Nico when they were still teammates at McLaren.

“I think Lewis might be on to something though” Daniel teased, and Jenson pressed a quick kiss to his lips before gently placing him back down on the floor.

“Lead the way babe”

[ricciardhoes]

This is the second time that I heard people so excited to have him in their team. Same thing happened with Renault and did you see Aurelie’s post on instagram? What a cutie. Daniel lucky to have her as a friend. At first I thought he might burn the bridge with McLaren, but it seems like Zak really adores him. Hope it will do well this time. 🙏🏻

they seem to have really chased after daniel and everything seems positive which is a good sign!! 

i am SO GLAD he didn’t burn any bridges by saying no the first time. i didn’t watch the full vodcast that zak did today but i saw a snippet where he said he totally got why daniel declined back in 2018 because mclaren, at that time, were full of promises about the future but they were currently having an abysmal season and had really nothing to show daniel why he should sign for them.

the way i’m looking at this move is, daniel left a top team and downgraded to renault but now he’s slightly upgrading by moving to mclaren (does that even make sense lmao it makes sense in my head) which already makes it seem like it’s a good move.

i can only hope that the mclaren/daniel relationship continues to be this positive and hopefully his choice proves to be the right one, especially after his one in 2018 clearly was not.

[drop-dead-dropout]

she's counting down the days until she can get estrogen 😌🙏❤️

My friend who is barely two episodes into House MD hates Chase so much he made this

@seraphontheline

[minah-delacroix]

At any price (Part IV)

Universe: Dynasty AU

Characters: Minah, Sungjae, Tyler, Tara, Ashleigh, Daniel, Lucas

Word count: 4,3 k

The blind spot

“The Lee Corp gift strategists are on their way, should I set them up in the study room?” Lucas, Tyler’s very handsome mentee, said as the two of them walked into the golden room on the second floor of the Lee Manor. It was just another morning at the Lee’s, and Lucas ever so helpful was running through Tyler’s day’s schedule. Coming from one of the richest families in town, Lucas Zhang was surely one of a kind. He possessed the killing looks of a pop star —or at least that was how Jane described him to anyone willing to listen—, the good manners of the only son of a very traditional, old money Asian family and the ability to memorize Tyler’s schedule by heart and put up with his oftentimes ridiculous demands.

“Please, do,” Tyler said, practically snatching the cup of coffee one of the maids was about to serve to Lucas before sitting at the head of the curved glass table where Tara usually hosted her reading club soirées, but that had been set up for yet another majestic breakfast that morning.

Living with the Lee siblings was quite an experience and despite having spent nearly a month under the same roof, Minah was not used to their extravagant way of living yet. Even for someone like her who’d grown up surrounded by otherworldly luxury and wealth, some of Tyler’s habits seemed over the top at the very least. Minah had uselessly tried to convince herself that having her clothes washed and ironed with lavender water imported exclusively from Provence for that purpose or having breakfast at different sections of the house every day were just little quirks, but some of the house’s codes made her frankly uncomfortable. Having Tyler’s maids following her around and offering to perform even the most common and simplest of the tasks was one of them. She still recalled the time one of the housemaids offered to undress her and brush her hair before taking a bath. According to Tara, it was just the royal pampering they had been trained to give, but Minah still found it odd. Royal court training or not, she didn’t want any woman touching her intimately.

Then there was the excessive food and the grand buffets each meal turned into. Minah herself was not too much of a foodie, so she considered the exaggerated amount of fine cuisine a waste of resources. That morning was no particularly different and a spread of breakfast classics laid out on the table: exotic fineries like British tea mixes Minah had never heard of before, macarons from Tyler’s personal patissier, small cakes with the Lee family’s coat of arms —two dragons intertwined by a cross flory over a per saltire field—, silver dollar pancakes with red fruits, toasted English muffins, four different types of yogurt, you name it.

“Good morning, Miss Delacroix”  Minah couldn’t help but smile that little satisfied grin of hers she reserved for men of his kind when Lucas sat across the table, bowing at her the slightest bit. Breakfast had suddenly become ten times more fulfilling with a man as beautiful around.

“Did you sleep well, darling?” Tyler cleared his throat, directing a fleeting, charming smile at Minah, who sat to his right dressed in a luxurious champagne peignoir that hugged every curve of her body. Then he eyed Lucas, pointing at the iPad with a very detailed schedule glowing on its screen.

“After the meeting with the-“ Whatever Lucas was planning to say, it was disrupted by his phone loudly ringing in the pocket of his Anderson & Sheppard jacket. He picked the call and almost immediately mouthed a “they’re here” to Tyler. Lucas pushed the chair back and stood up excusing himself with Minah with another bow before disappearing through the arched entrance.

“Is Mr. Choi up yet?” Tyler ignored the little pout Minah’s lip stuck out in and asked to no one in particular, though if Minah had to guess, he was talking to Mrs. Chu, his elderly Singaporean nanny.

“I’m afraid not” She replied, barely looking up from her phone. She was lounging on a chaise long, focused on her favorite mobile game. “He said he needed to catch up on his sleep,” She said before muttering to herself “As though he didn’t sleep enough already”.

“Well, please let him know I’ll be in the study room with the gift strategists in case he needs anything” Tyler reached to grab a pitcher of orange juice, but one of the maids standing nearby pounced forward to serve him.

“Gift strategists?” Minah asked, blowing softly on the surface of her cup of pine nut and apricot tea.

“Gifts for our clients” Tyler replied naturally “I mean, my family company’s” he corrected himself as the maid placed a bowl of fruit and greek yogurt in front of him “We are sponsoring The Royal Exchange's annual tree lighting ceremony this year. I thought we’d hand the gifts there-” He trailed off, a slightly concerned expression of disbelief crossed his face  “Don’t tell me, you forgot the year-end business presents for our company”

Minah shook her head fervently although Tyler was not mistaken. With the stress of dealing with her family and her mind occupied by thoughts of Sungjae, she’d completely forgot about the business presents she was supposed to prepare. “What do you take me for?” She chuckled “Of course Maison Envoûté has something in the works."  

“Do I get one of these gifts too?” Daniel Choi swept into the impromptu breakfast room and sat down across from Minah, admiring the food waiting for him.

“No, your life has been one big Christmas morning since you arrived” Minah faked a sweet smile at Tyler’s friend, who was meant to be visiting from New York for a week, but who’d already prolonged his stay a couple of times. Minah thought she had reasons to worry about him and how much of a distraction he’d represented since he set foot at the Manor. Tyler would often forget appointments because Daniel was around doing God knows what to keep him off his duties.

“You two behave, I’ll be in the study room,” Tyler said trying not to giggle at the way his business partner and his best friend looked at each other —as though they were planning each other’s funeral. “See you at the office, Min” Tyler gave Minah a quick soft kiss on the forehead before exiting the room, causing Daniel to fake retching noises.

“So what are you gonna do?” Daniel asked once Tyler was gone. Minah looked  over at him with a serious and inquiring face, so he added “About the client gifts you don’t have?” With an eye roll.

“Like I said it’s in the works” Minah glared at Daniel so forcefully she was surprised he didn’t retreat then.

“Tyler might’ve bought your act, but he’s nice and he gives people more credit than they deserve” He sneered as one of the maids offered him a basket of pastries. He picked a croissant. “I’ve been here two weeks and I already know you have a blind spot when it comes to thinking about other people” He looked like he was going to add something else but he thought better and simply forced himself to smile at Minah

“I have no blind spots. I see all spots.” Minah picked a strawberry and took a bite “Just like I see you eating your croissants while you may be desperately trying to claim a seat at this table” Minah watched satisfied the way Daniel’s face tensed up  “But you need to know that unless you’re a Lee or make business with a Lee, no one cares what you think” Minah popped the rest of the strawberry into her mouth, chewing slowly, her mouth twisting into a smirk as she stood to leave “Especially not me”

Daniel’s eyes followed Minah when she walked out of the room, a strange smile gleaming across his face as he piled mini croissants onto his platter.

Boundaries

“Hey, I need a shopping partner or an assistant whichever you’re in the mood to be” Minah called, walking into Sungjae’s house

Somewhere in between the charity football game and the present day Minah and Sungjae had a conversation that allowed them to get some things off their chest and agree to try and be friendly to each other. After all, they’d known each other for a long time, and ignoring each other’s existence was as uncomfortable as it was inconvenient, considering Minah still helped Aurelie with some of her family’s minor companies. That’s why Minah thought there would be no problem if she paid a quick visit to her new “friend”.

“A ride at the very least” she suggested, fixing the chain of her shoulder bag. Just as she reached his room, the door opened and Ashleigh walked through it. She didn’t seem surprised to see Minah, instead, she was fastening her belt with a hundred-watt grin crossing her lipstick smudged lips.

“Oh, I see someone already got one” Minah scoffed, trying to look unfazed and unaffected by the fact Ashleigh never seemed to leave Sungjae’s side.

“Have you ever heard of knocking?” Ashleigh asked,  walking out of Sungjae’s room and picking her bag from the console table in the hall.

A jab of jealousy nailed Minah in the gut. She could remember personally picking that table for Sungjae in one of the many home decor shopping sprees they went on when he first moved into the Delacroix property.

Suddenly the awful realization that it never was just sex swept over Minah. Sungjae meant a lot more to her than she ever admitted.

Obviously, now it was too late.  

“Oh, you mean I can’t just walk in like I own the place?” Minah questioned with a thinly veiled smirk. “Because newsflash, I do”

Ashleigh purposely ignored Minah’s words and reached to pick her coat.

“So how is the job going? Heard Mr. Rausing wasn’t too pleased after finding out you rejected our contract. Now he’s been chasing after us, desperately trying to get us to sign with him, offering us a bargain price for your textiles” Suddenly feeling vindictive, Minah said despitefully. "I guess I should thank you after all"

“The only job I want to talk about is the faux job you pretended to give my boyfriend” Ashleigh frowned. It was the first time the two of them met face to face after Envoûté’s launch party, so Minah wasn’t exactly shocked to find out Sungjae’s girlfriend was still furious at her. After all, she’d made her cry and leave the party early.

“Faux job?” Nevertheless, Minah feigned obliviousness “Wow that’s pretty classy, Ash” Ashleigh cast an exasperated glare at Minah, so she gave in “You know you could argue that me pretending to blow Sungjae was a good thing, you two came out stronger than ever-”

“Are you high on something?” Ashleigh forced a laugh. As if on cue, Sungjae step into the hall.

“What is going on?”

Minah shrugged innocently and Ashleigh, though still fuming, only turned to face her boyfriend, wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing him on the mouth.

Minah looked away, feeling an unpleasant twinge of jealousy.

“I was about to leave” Ashleigh put on her coat as Sungjae looked over at Minah questioningly “Maybe you should change your locks” The blonde woman gave Sungjae a peck on the cheek before walking out of his home.

There was a brief silent moment where Sungjae continued to look at Minah as if asking for explanations, but she had already started to walk toward the kitchen.

“Minah“ Sungjae called with a weary sigh, making her turn on her heel and look at him with those large Bambi eyes of hers that apparently had long ago lost their effect on him. Sungjae stood looking at her with his arms crossed over the chest, eyes hard as he regarded her with a raised brow.

“I would say she isn’t getting enough of you-know-what, but knowing you-“ Minah was interrupted by Sungjae’s severe sounding voice.

“Minah you can’t just barge in here without respect for boundaries,” Sungjae said, his lips twisted in disapproval.

“Boundaries?” Minah asked, eyelashes fluttering “I thought you agreed to be my friend”

“Yes, but Ashleigh doesn’t want to be your friend” Sungjae’s voice softened “Nor she wants to be reminded we were friends”

“I think you’re using friends as a euphemism, but I mean actual friends” Minah pursed her lips and then stared at Sungjae with something that resembled to pleading eyes, for a brief moment. But of course, Minah was a Delacroix, so her expression shifted automatically, turning a tad reproaching.

“Minah, you can’t expect Ashleigh to be cool after all you put her through”

Minah rolled eyes at that. What about what Ashleigh had put her through?

“You need to give us some space” Sungjae didn’t look amused, nor he’d sounded so serious ever before.

Minah took it as a cue for her to leave.

Sungjae’s Christmas present

“What is all of this?” Tara asked following Tyler into his office. The room smelled like an odd mix of cigars, fine chocolate, and scotch so she regarded Minah, who was sitting at her desk with an arrangement of colorfully wrapped gifts, with wariness.

“It’s the season to show our clients how much we appreciate them” Minah handed a list to Tara and Tyler as they sat across from her on a recently shipped Grand Model Sofa from Le Corbusier. “And to show our competitor’s clients what they’re missing out” she smiled proudly.

“Are we hosting another party?” Tyler asked confused, without even sparing a glance at the list.

“People forget parties as soon as their hangover fades” Minah was probably speaking from her own experience at the launch party but Tara nodded in agreement. “If we can butter up my family’s clients with a memorable present, maybe some of them will be willing to meet with us”

Tyler and Tara shared skeptical looks, but Minah was too busy sorting through the gifts on her desk to notice.

“Now, if you look through the list you can see some of the options-”

“Tara will help,” Tyler said giving a quick glance and losing interest the moment he noticed there were like 20 items on it “Choosing presents is exhausting, I can only deal with it once a year”

“Fine” Minah shrugged, concealing the disappointment in her voice quite well. She’d been under the impression Tyler wanted to pick the gifts for their clients himself, but she figured out the meeting with the gift strategists that morning hadn’t gone quite as planned. “Anyway, my family usually hands the gifts at their Tree Lighting Ceremony, so I guess we could send ours next week at the latest” she added, discarding all the items she’d been planning to show Tyler and putting them back in their respective bags.

“So you’re going to the Lighting Ceremony?” Tyler stood up and asked “casually”, which earned him an eye roll from his sister.

“Of course I am, I’m a Delacroix after all” Minah said distractedly.

“Wanna go together?” Tyler’s invitation made Minah and Tara stop on their tracks and slowly turn to look at him with matching looks of disbelief.

“Well…” Minah started, clearly flustered “I usually go with Sungjae” Tyler’s obvious reaction was to roll eyes while Tara’s face morphed into a grimace that looked like a charade clue for the WTF expletive. “But I figured out his girlfriend wouldn’t like that” Minah went on, picking her bag from the ottoman next to her desk as a new realization hit in. “You know what? I got the best idea for Sungjae’s Christmas present this year” She jumped to her feet enthusiastically.

“Space?” Tara asked, giving Minah a slightly cold judgmental look.

“No” Minah shook her head “I am going to make a new friend”

“Who?” Tyler blinked confused.

“Please don’t say-“ Tara started.

“Ashleigh,” Minah and Tara said in unison, their voices differing in tone.

—

It took Minah an hour to navigate through London’s traffic and make it to Ashleigh’s office on the 30th floor of some North London tower that once upon a time had been considered one of the ugliest architectural pieces in the city, but it had been revamped with vertical gardens that made an important ecological statement as much as they helped it to save face.

Minah had to take a deep breath before walking through the doors of IN-Eco Corp and remind herself that she was only there to show Sungjae how much she actually cared about him and that she was willing to do anything to keep him in her life. She would go as far as to call a truce with Ashleigh. Even if that implicitly conveyed a sign of weakness.

When Minah stepped into Ashleigh’s office she was on the phone complaining about a sponsor drawing back from a contract and how it would affect the company’s organic cotton farming project in Peru, but she was quick to finish the call as soon as she saw Minah.

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to interrupt” Minah apologized insincerely. Actually, she’d meant to and she was glad Ashleigh picked the hint. “But, I brought you an invitation to the Annual Delacroix Tree Lighting Ceremony” Minah flipped her hair over her shoulder with one hand and pulled a red envelope from her clutch with her other.

“The Tree Lighting might be hosted by your family, but Sungjae is an employee and I’m going as his date, why would I need your invitation?” Ashleigh said, getting up from her desk. “Why are you really here, Minah?” Minah didn’t miss the way Ashleigh pronounced her name —the way someone would pronounce some offensive word.

“Sungjae is my friend and you’re his girlfriend” Minah started, trying not to react at the way Ashleigh moved her hands as if encouraging her to go on and stop repeating the obvious. “So it stands to reason that you and I are gonna run into each other a lot-”

“Is that a threat?” The blonde cut Minah off.

“No” Minah heaved a sigh, thinking about the lengths she’d go to make Sungjae happy with a strange sense of concern and mortification. “I'm just saying we all should be friends for all of our sakes”    

“So in other words, you want me to make it more convenient for you to spend time with my man?” Ashleigh raised her brows incredulous. Minah almost let out a chuckle at the fact Ashleigh referred to Sungjae as “her man”, but she had the sense to stop herself.

“Ashleigh, listen, this is not just about Sungjae” Minah offered her a fleeting smile “I would be the first one to admit that I could use a girl friend” Ashleigh laughed as though she couldn’t believe her ears. “Come on, Ashleigh, you’re making things more complicated than they need to be” Minah went on “It’s not like Sungjae and I were even in love” Ashleigh expression hardened upon registering those words “It was just office sex and booty calls”

“Tell that to him” Ashleigh glared at Minah

“Wait, what? Did he say it was more than sex?” Minah attempted to sound casual but was quick to realize Ashleigh wasn't fooled by her cool exterior and was picking up on her lingering excitement.

“And that is exactly why we can’t be friends” Ashleigh fumed, opening the glass door for Minah to leave.

Trying to move on

“Why are you still bothering that poor girl?” Tara inquired sternly, looking at Minah through her pair of frameless Chopard glasses. For someone as lenient as her, Tara seemed quite exasperated

“Well…“ Minah, sitting on the Pierre Frey rug, supported her left elbow on the sofa and placed her hand upon the chin. The two girls had been sitting in one of the lounge rooms on the second floor, supposedly working, but of course, they’d lost their track after Minah decided to share her visit to Northern London with Tara. “I thought that if I tried to be friends with her-“ Minah looked up from the list in her hands, sincerity radiating from her big hazel eyes, something Tara would’ve given Minah credit for if she had not been too busy frowning at her.

“Let-it-go, Min” Tyler’s sister clicked her tongue as though Minah had not spoken. “Close the door and let’s focus on this before Tyler gets back here. We’ll talk about this later when I have Jane backing me up”

Minah rolled her eyes. Tara was really not fun at all ever since she started hanging out with that Mark Yang boy.

“Well, Envoûté is supposed to be super innovative and eco-friendly” Tara started

“Well, if we go with tech it has to be cutting edge, something everybody wants” Minah meditated, her eyes straying briefly to the strong fire blazing in the fireplace

“So why don’t we give them that headphone-headband hybrid, but we make it couture?” Tara suggested.

“Here’s a tip, you can never go wrong with rum,” Daniel said entering the room, a glass with something that looked like a Negroni in his hands.

“Tell that to your parents, Daniel” Minah scoffed. “Look, this is a work zone, for people with jobs”

“Jobs where you can wear pajamas all day?” Daniel said, eyeing Minah up and down and looking at her silk set with reproving eyes. “Sign me up”

“Charlotte Casiraghi wore this last week!” Minah explained to Tara, almost scandalized Daniel was suggesting she was wearing pajamas. “You’ve clearly picked Americans’ bad taste, assuming you ever had it, of course,” Minah spat angrily.

“Whatever, I didn’t come here to comment on your clothes” Daniel started, eyes narrowing to slits “Though I would absolutely change before meeting the cutie that’s waiting for you downstairs” He shrugged before turning around ready to leave.

“Wait! Who is it?” Tara asked curiously.

“I think his name is Seojun” Daniel didn’t deign to look back at the girls before walking away.

“Sungjae?” Minah and Tara exchanged incredulous looks.

____

Ten minutes later Minah walked down the marble staircase into the entrance hall of Tyler’s home. It was a given that Minah Delacroix was always beautiful without even trying, but she looked almost ethereal dressed in white ruffled silk shorts and a bodice with thin straps that barely held the piece of fabric in place and showed more cleavage than her family would deem appropriate for someone of her status. Then there was the fact her hair gleamed against her clothes, spilling down her shoulders in loose waves.

Sungjae had to gulp and look away when she stood in front of him, eyes boring into his.

“What are you doing here?” She questioned, still feeling bitter about their last meeting.

“Well, you don’t seem to understand boundaries, so why should I?” Sungjae’s voice was tense as if he were keeping himself contained within his body. “Why did you go see Ashleigh?” His jaw clenched.

Minah snorted. “I was adulting. All I did was inviting her to the Tree Lighting Ceremony and she kicked me out of her office” She said, giving slow steps, trying to draw closer to Sungjae.

“I told you to give us space and you tried to sabotage my date?” Sungjae shook his head, tongue in cheek as if he couldn’t believe Minah was as tone-deaf.

“What?” Minah’s snort was equal parts confused and offended, she stared at Sungjae, eyes widening and mouth pressed into a fine line. “Wait, you’re taking her to the Tree Lighting?” Her voice was accusing and momentarily she allowed herself to look hurt. “But that’s our thing. I mean-” Of course Minah briefly forgot there was no such a thing as “we” —as in Minah and Sungjae— any more and by extension, there were no traditions for them to keep either, but the thought was so painful that she still went on. She needed a clear response “We always go together-” she trailed off.

“Minah, these boundaries aren’t just for Ashleigh” Sungjae said gravely, “They’re for me” He took a few steps forward, the heels of his dress shoes slightly clicked against the marble floor and before he noticed, he was standing face to face with Minah, so close she could even count his lashes. “I can’t keep doing this every day” Minah recognized the same tone he used the morning after he slept with Ashleigh. “I think about you when I shouldn’t and I need to get you out of my head before we fall back into what we had”

The tension between them was so thick Minah almost felt she couldn't pull air into her lungs. Sungjae’s words echoed through the ample hall and its almost 30-foot ceilings, causing Minah to shudder ever so slightly.

When she finally gathered the courage to speak, Minah felt like facepalming herself. Her breath shook as she parted her lips. “Would- would that be so wrong?” she asked, her hand moving to hold Sungjae’s before her brain could even process what she was doing.

“Yes” Sungjae watched their hands and briefly squeezed Minah’s in something that was probably meant to be a comforting and warm touch, but that only made Minah’s heart tremble in ache. “I’m trying to move on”

And with that Sungjae stormed out of the Lee Manor.

Meanwhile, Minah remained in the same spot, her stomach twisting in pain as she swallowed once, trying to keep the tears at bay.

“You startled me” Just when she was about to indulge in tears, the doors of the manor flung open and Tyler strolled in, clearly surprised to find Minah there, all dolled up. His eyes automatically settled on the curves of her breasts and the glowy skin of her cleavage.

“I- I was-“ Minah heard herself stammer “I was waiting for you to come home” she blatantly lied.

“Why?” Tyler licked his lips almost unconsciously

“I figured out I never gave you an answer” Minah smiled at him fondly, but he looked a bit confused, so she clarified “Do you still want to go to that Tree Lighting together?”

Tyler raised a brow for a fraction of a second, but then he threw a furtive appreciative glance at Minah and smirked, nodding his head.

Why would she ask such obvious questions was beyond him.

...

[a-spark-of-gold]

Sisterhood of the Undead Gnolls

2/26/40 LC, Midnight

Our patrol through Westfall and Duskwood were relatively calm, with mentions to the Westfall Confederates, the Coven and the Sisterhood (which I’m sure are of import to the rest of the Regiment, but to me, they’re just names), and while patrolling through Duskwood, we spotted fungal moss and patches of glowing prismatic blood. I was tempted to investigate them, but as we walked, it was made clear that touching any of these was, in fact, a very bad idea.

Once we crossed the bridge into Redridge, however, things took a turn for the worse. The bridge exploded, injuring some of us and displacing the rest (I managed to sense something was off in the nick of time, and jumped off safely into the water as it exploded), and we were ambushed by riflemen, brigands, and... gnolls. How the gnolls ended up teaming up with humans, I was unsure of at the time, but more pressing matters were at hand. We handily defeated them, and found that the gnolls had been raised to serve through necromancy.

Everything after was a blur; most of what I can remember is Cooper running off, Mera chasing after him, and the rest of us returning to the garrison to recover.

It seems Aurelious is going to be taking us out to Mivirdaeux for some CQC training. Naturally, I’ll be attending, and hope to be of whatever use I can in such an enclosed environment. Most of my training and experience has been in open fields, or at least rooms big enough that I can easily keep a safe distance. It’ll be an, interesting, change of pace.

[groveacademyhq]

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group one - elevator (HQ)

benjamin hawthorne, aubrey hale & alexa jackson 

group two - hospital 

aaron hale, cassia rosi, kiara grey, kyle grey & devin connolly

group three - weapons armory

marcus stone, emilia santiago, willow frost, noah cross & ethan holden

group four - training room (HQ)

logan wilde, lola wilson, leviticus blackwood, aurelie watson & juliet robinson

group five - grove academy sports centre

anastasia van der berg, lennon connolly, esme byers, jacqueline henderson-adams & alice rowe 

group six - nebula

james ashcroft, mirana diaz, dallas jones, pj parker & yun hee moon

group seven - animal shelter

christian davies, louis byers, jay ruzek, andy simmons, abigail berry & chase kensington

group eight - library (grove academy)

mallory thorne, maya jenkins, jordan garcia, winifred vaughn & evan webb

group nine - the 6th sense

valeria garcia, jude matthews, melanie severide, tristan connoly & theodore oliver

group ten - fire station

cedric montgomery, mylene delacroix, harlow lawson & william cartwright

group eleven - canteen (grove academy)

eliza hart, alexander wood, penelope carmichael & max watson

group twelve - arcade

lucas harper, nora ruzek, christian o’hare, crystal rhodes & gabriel adams 

group thirteen - the golden spoon

daniel spier, dawn fords, sloane carlisle, elliott jacobson & benjamin campbell

group fourteen - gym (grove academy)

samuel lorente, veronica vale aguirre, andrew mitchell & rebekah hyde

group fifteen - classroom (grove academy)

marie beaumont, casper rhodes, ajay kotak, kennedy adams & nathaniel ashcroft 

group sixteen - town hall

althea collins, sadie matthews, nicolette belmont & rayna vaughn 

group seventeen - aroma mocha

august farley, reuben alexander, aiden carlisle, rori cross & arden connolly

group eighteen - garage

riley walker, samantha blanche, april marchant, marzia dameron & felicity caner