#barbgana works

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Oh, I like this pairing!

Day 1: Autumn

Couple: Barbara/Morgana

Autumn was a peculiar season. Leaves slowly changed colors and fell from trees. Animals gathered food and body fat to survive winter. Stores were full with Halloween decorations, costumes and candy. Cafes served pumping spice coffee and cakes.

Even more peculiar was woman beside Barbara. She was not the bad kind of peculiar. Rather the „I want to spent my life getting to know you” kind. She looked very natural sitting there, drinking coffee and checking her phone. She wore dark green sweater, dark blue jeans and gold jewelry. Her long bright red hair was tight up in a braid.

She looked like she has done it all her life. It was hard to see woman, who spent years being mind controlled by Merlin. Woman who spend centuries in the Hearthstone with no one to talk to. Whose first reaction to gaining control was burning the world down.

Less observant person would not see it. A person, who did not know would not see it.

Barbara saw it, though.

Months passed since Morgana appeared in Domzalsiks’ garden with new staff, put together from Nunez's’ furnitures and tv, in hand. She seeked revenge on Merlin. Barbara could relate. Her son was dying because of him. It’s almost imposible to describe the relieve she felt when Morgana saved his life. How could she ever repay her.

Turns out Morgana wanted a friend. Doctor rememebered wondering when exactly her life went crazy. Was it the moment Jim found the amulet or the moment Walt knocked on her front door for the first time.

Walt, they broke up some time ago. Something broke that night Angor Rot attacked, something they failed to fix.

Morgana was a surprisingly well companion. Sure, her vocabulary was a bit out of date and sometimes years on imprisonment showed but Barbara was there for her and she intended to stay there. They got along well.

She was not ugly either. One that would call her that would be a fool. Her eyes were big and elegantly shaped. They changed color depending on her mood. They were warm brown now. Her nose looked like Aphrodite’s. Her lips… Oh, let’s not start on her lips.

Barbara could not pin point the exact moment she realized she fell for the sorceress. She did, though, and she did hard.

Morgana looked up form her phone and smiled. Light frenkles showed in corner of her eye. Barbara liked when they did.

‘Pie send me this.’ she showed Barbara a picture of Claire hitting Merlin with a frying pan ‘Apparently he made on comment too many.’

By „Pie’ she meant Toby. Sorceress overheard Mrs. Domzalski calling her grandson „Toby-pie”.

‘He deceives it.’ Barbara commented „I just wish I was the one to hit him.’

‘Agreed. Save some for me.’ Morgana too a sip of her coffee, sighed ans smiled ‘I always loved autumn, you know. It’s a time of change. All these colors always brought me hope.’

‘Hope?’

‘When one lives as long as I do hope is irreplaceable. You can function without it. Well hope and stamina.’ she took another sip of her mocha ‘Hope that new day is going to be better than the last one. That I’m going to spend my days in company I enjoy.’ she looked at Barbara.

The doctor looked back at her. They fell into a tens silence.

Well… You only live once. Make it count.

‘Would you go out with me?’ Barbara asked.

‘We’re already out.’ sorceress gestured around them.

‘I mean some other time and like a date.’

‘Date? What date?’ and here it showed. The out of date vocabulary.

‘Date. Um… When two people like each other…’

‘I do like you.’ Morgana smiled and Barbara felt blush appearing on her cheeks.

‘More than like. When two people find each other attractive they go out together to eat and have fun.’ doctor was sure her face was completely red now.

‘Does drinking count?’

Barbara nodded.

‘So we’re drinking coffee, having fun and find each other attractive…’ sorceress recited ‘We’re already on a date.’ she declared ‘Though, yes, I would love to have more dates with you.’

Barbara looked at her shocked. She my have died and went to heaven but she was too happy to care.

(It shares some detiles with one of my shorts “The Smell of Death” but works alone.)

[im-the-king-of-the-ocean]

1, 3, 43, and 45 with Barbgana?

(last one for the ship asks from a couple days ago :D)

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1. How do they fall asleep? Wake up? Any daily rituals?

Morgana watches Barbara as she sleeps, because she finds Barbara’s peacefulness and vulnerability fascinating.  Also, because it takes her a while to adjust to mortality and her body isn’t used to having a ‘sleep schedule’, Morgana doesn’t sleep that much herself in the beginning.

Once Barbara finds out about this habit, she’s a little weirded out by it.  She agrees that Morgana can be near her while she’s sleeping, but Barbara doesn’t want to be watched.  

They end up going to bed together, lying down facing each other, and just talking until someone drifts off to sleep first.

Barbara wakes up first, to go to work, and she always moves around her morning routine quietly so Morgana isn’t woken up.  When she goes downstairs, she’ll make sure there’s something in the fridge for Morgana to eat for breakfast.  She also leaves little notes of encouragement for the sorceress.

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3. Are they open about their relationship? How do they feel about public displays of affection?

Not at first.  Morgana likes keeping it a secret, because that means she won’t have to address pretty much everyone else and how much she hurt them in the past.  She thinks she can go on ignoring them and having a relationship with Barbara.  Best of both situations, in her opinion.

This doesn’t sit well with Barbara, as she doesn’t like keeping things a secret from her family and friends.  Eventually, Barbara does convince Morgana to agree to tell the others.  They do it slowly, and one person at a time.  Jim is first, and then once he’s had a chance to settle down and process it (which takes a while), they start with everyone else.

Barbara and Morgana don’t often engage in PDA much once their relationship comes to light.  There’s still a lot of feelings/animosity toward Morgana from the public.  Not everyone believes she’s actually trying to redeem herself.  So, though Morgana would like to kiss Barbara out in the open, she refuses the temptation.  She’s worried about Barbara’s safety/the possibility of someone trying to harm the doctor because of her association with Morgana herself.

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43. Do they talk often? What about?

They have many, many conversations about Morgana trying to become a better person and her struggles in getting there.  Morgana often just wants it to be an easy, quick thing that she can do and be done with, but that’s not how it works.  When Morgana’s reminded that it’s going to take time and not everyone is going to forgive and accept her like Barbara, she’ll get extremely mopey.  Barbara will come to her and remind her that she’s already made a lot of progress and that this really is the best thing for her.

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45. Any special dreams or goals they have as a couple? Any heartbreaks? Regrets?

For Morgana, it’s that one day she’ll be able to relax and not worry that she’ll mess things up somehow.  As she gains self-awareness, Morgana realizes just how bad some of her impulses and gut reactions can be.  She’s already messed up a couple times already and disappointed Barbara (which is somehow worse than angering Barbara) and one of her greatest fears is that one day she’ll do something so bad Barbara will leave her.

Barbara hopes that one day Morgana will start to relax.  She intends to be there for her until that day comes.

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Favorite AUs of a pairing for either BarbGana or Barbmura? (The Salt of The Earth is mine if course but a close second is the Superhero/Supervillain AU you wrote. And of course angsty honorable mention is the Werewolf Barbara AU/pining)

For barbmura, I still have a massive soft spot for the superhero/villain au I did.  I had a lot of fun developing it 😃 

(I haven’t worked as much with aus for barbgana, so I don’t really have a favorite there as of yet).