#auri o'malley

[every-tedious-beat]

in the clerb, we all fam

[serien-grl-22]

I'm absolute incapable of drawing ANYTHING, but slowly I'm willing to try to learn how to draw, because there is NOT A SINGLE FANART of LAE JONES and this should be considered a crime.

[athunderstryke]

Renaissance Au with Auri and Kal (loosely inspired by Alphonse Mucha's art style)

[saedii-gilwraeth-simp]

*pushes memes towards you as an apology for being MIA*

[zila-madran-unnofficial]

no bc that part in the beginning of AB that's like

Auri: damn, i hope im not making Kal too uncomfortable by touching him all the time, i hope this isn't moving too fast for him Kal: We have not even kissed yet, void, this is literally torture

[what-life-im-a-fangirl]

Aurora Academy Cadet: *starstruck* Wow, what's it like working with Squad 312? Saedii: Imagine working with completely civilized, responsible, and mature people. Cadet: Okay... Saedii: Nothing like that.

[rhaenyraqueenred]

"What does the name you call me mean?" I ask.

"Be'shmai?" he replies. "There . . . there is no adequate human word for it."

"What about inadequate words, then?

His answer is very soft. "Beloved."

Aurora O'Malley & Kal Gilwraeth from Aurora Cycle.

(I love them, your honor. Maybe he reminds me of Mr. Spock a little bit. Someone see the Star Trek in it? Tyler is like a baby and more chaotic Kirk I suppose. Scarlet should be like a more flirty Uhura, Idk about Zila, and well... I lost the count. But Kal has so much of Spock and vulcans 👀: the pointy ears, the warrior species, the breeding mating season, being a little bit akward... yeah, i connected the dots. I didn't did shit)

[gergthecat]

The Amie Kaufman shelf has grown…

This stack is as tall as my knee

[aurora-cycle-unofficial]

Kal: I regret getting you that blender for Christmas

Auri, sipping waffles: Why?

[every-tedious-beat]

auri headcanons bc she is my favorite

-has a wildly successful account on the 2380 version of tiktok where she does cooking content and usually tells a story while she does it

-usually, there's clips of kal trying what she made at the end, but he can only be heard off camera (he's camera shy)

-is not scared of the syldrathi at the new syldrathi rebuilding movement

-loves miffy and hello kitty

-i think this is canon but she cries. a lot.

-fin is her ride or die bestie and they play animal crossing together. they usually whack each other with their nets and plant pitfall seeds outside each other's doors

-reads irish blessings during milestone events, for example, when she and kal moved into their house

-super outdoorsy! she loves to kayak, hike, rock climb, etc.

-she takes on a role as a geologist for the rebuilding movement and determines what sort of natural resources are available on the colony planet (ores, precious gems, good dirt for planting things)

-LOVES pride and prejudice

[serien-grl-22]

What they have learned

Aurie: I'm stronger than I ever could have imagined. Scarlett: I can live my life the way I want. Zila: My feelings matter! Cat: I am loved. Saedii: There is a better way. Kal: I am not my father. I can chose my own path. Finnian: I am not a burden. Tyler: Murder is okay if you say sorry.

[saedii-gilwraeth-simp]

Kal and Auri spoon

Fin and Scar just hug while asleep bc zero G

Zila sleeps on top of Nari to the point of suffocating her

Tyler and Saedii don’t cuddle but regardless of how they sleep, their faces are always looking at each other

[zila-madran-unnofficial]

ok so all of squad 312 (- auri) has their "tragic backstory" (lyergia plague, parents death, etc) and then a few years later tey joinn the aurora academy, but what happened in between?

bc like, Zila's parents died when she was 6, but she joined after she turned 13, so, was she in the care system, she's still never been to earth, was the care system in space? is there an intergalactic care system? did she still go to school? she talks about "i learnt everything i need to know when i was 6", so did her teachers, try to accomodate that?

[what-life-im-a-fangirl]

Scarlett: *watching the news* Someone tried to fight a squid at the aquarium today! Fin, Auri, and Saedii: *enter soaking wet and covered in ink* Fin: Well, maybe the squid was being a dick.

[icrytearsofsadness]

wanted to clarify that this isn’t about how Auri and Tyler are treated but about Kal and Saedii. if the Pull chose someone who was abusive they would be societally pressured to stay :( Auri and Tyler are given a lot of choice as partners who don’t experience the pull, but Syldrathi don’t really have that choice and it makes me sad

Auri not being pressured into it is handled well, but it just upsets me that Kal doesn’t get to choose to love her after having a crush, getting to know her, and then deciding he wants to spend his life with her — he’s just told the moment he meets her that he’s expected to

did some pondering and I think the reason I always shipped Kal/Tyler and thereby broke up Kal/Auri and Tyler/Saedii is because I really don't like soulmate tropes

they make me uncomfortable. the idea of not being able to choose who you're with or who you love is terrible and I hate it. like what if your "fated partner" was abusive, like in the case of Kal's mother, who had to suffer that? I choose to love my husband every single day and it's a choice that brings me immense joy and comfort and if it wasn't a choice it wouldn't be the same.

sue me, I hate soulmate tropes, they make my skin crawl. so yeah anyway Kal/Typer for the win

[gergthecat]

Kalauri fanfic.

Kalauri fanfic.

KALAURI FANFIC I RAGHHHHHH

anything like them sleeping them smooching them getting MARRIED KALAURI GETTING MARRIED GERGGG

*sighs* if I must

A Very Special Day - Dual POV Kal/Auri

Aurora

New Syldra’s grass is different from Terra’s. It moves more. When the wind whispers across the hills, the grass whispers back. 

They dance together.

The sun slowly rises in our backyard, reflecting off the white roses adorning nearly every surface and painting them brilliant shades of pink and orange. The stone pathway that leads through our garden is still damp from the morning dew. 

The air is cold and fresh.

Kal watches me walking through our garden. In just a few hours, we’ll be married.

I hear the back door open and shut.

“Be’shmai.” Kal comes behind me, wrapping his arms around my shoulders and tucking me safely into his chest.

“Hey, you,” I whisper back. When Kal originally proposed the idea of getting married after Scar and Finian did, he didn’t seem fully sure of the idea. As with a lot of things, he was willing to do it simply because he thought it would make me happy. Since then, he’s come around it more. Syldrathi don’t have weddings. 

“Are you excited?” Even though we’ve spent months planning today, even though I’ve told him a million times that he’s perfect, he still doubts himself. It is one of his more infuriating features, and one I am determined to mend. 

“Kal.” I try my best to look serious, even though the wiggly-giddy feeling I get whenever I look at him is especially strong today. “You are being silly.”

“I would never be silly,” he deadpans before kissing the top of my head. I turn in his arms.

“Are you sure about that?” I tilt my head up, resting my chin on his sternum. 

“Yes,” he murmurs deeply as he leans down. He rests his forehead on mine for a moment. His warm lips meet mine, and for a second, I forget about everything. The wind stills and the sun stops its trek up the sky. The morning clouds blanket us in a summer haze, like the brief rainbows in the sprinkler water I would jump through as a kid.

“Heathens!” Scarlett’s accusatory voice rings in the air.

Kal sighs against my lips and lifts his head.

“Hey, Scar,” I say, wrapping my arms around Kal’s waist. 

“Are you guys ready?” She raises a perfectly sculpted eyebrow at the both of us.

Kal glances down at me as I look up at him.

“We are.”

The sun’s higher now. The morning came and went. Our family fills the living room: Scar and a begrudged Saedii in matching dresses, Tyler and Fin in black tuxes yapping about ships or something. 

The day feels like a dream like it’s not really going to happen. I pry my eyes away from the sunny window to observe Kal pacing in a circle around the yard like a madman. 

“He’s going to make himself dizzy,” Finian whispers to me, noticing my gaze.

“I will go talk to him,” Saedii announces to the group. Without further preamble, she gets up, kicking off the fancy heels Scar made her wear.

Kal

The tradition of marriage is not one I am familiar with. Of course, having been to Scarlett and Fin’s wedding and planning my own, I am somewhat knowledgeable about the customs, but it is an anxious day. 

Yet, instead of dreading it like I feared I would, I am excited.

The door opens behind me. 

“Brother,” my sister's voice cuts through the air like the knife I am sure she carries on her body somewhere. I turn to face her and sigh.

“Hello.”

“Why do you act like a—” she curses. “What is it he called it—” I know she’s talking about Tyler. “—chicken with its head cut off.”

“I do know what a chicken is.”

She lets out a dramatic sigh. “Never mind. What is wrong with you?”

“Nothing is wrong with me.”

Saedii raises an eyebrow. “Is that so? You normally worship Aurora like a dog, and yet, today, you stay away from her. Are you dissatisfied with her?”

“Of course not. It is just—”

“Just what?” Saedii comes closer to me, guiding me to sit down on the mossy bench that sits next to our driveway.

“I am nervous. I am nervous that I will mess today up for Aurora. What if I ruin the ceremony? What if I make myself look foolish?”

“You are being foolish.”

Saedii’s cold hands catch my arm as I try to leave the bench.

“Aurora loves you,” she starts, “And it is ridiculous of you to be so worried. You are the one who proposed this to her, no? The stakes are not so high.”

“Still—”

“Hush. Come inside.”

“Okay.”

“And tell Scarlett to stop making me wear those ridiculous shoes.”

Aurora

Kal and I walk down the aisle together, hand in hand. My pearly white shoes click against the stone. Tyler stands opposite us at the end. Somehow, he is an officiant. Scarlett and Saedii stand behind him. I think I catch Kal’s sister send him an encouraging nod. Finian stands behind Tyler, looking at Scarlett.

We make it to the end of the path.

Tyler starts to speak.

We say our vows. We exchange rings.

We kiss.

After what feels like a millisecond he pulls away, looking down at me somewhat sheepishly as his ears turn purple. I hear his voice in my head. 

I love you, Be’shmai.

“I love you too, sweetie.”

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a/n sorry this took years lol. I'm getting to all my asks very slowwllllyyy. Also, I left a little Hozier easter egg in this.