#bc I love them so so so much 🥹

[sagesolsticewrites]

bestieeeeee <3

from the prompts: 5 for Brady and Jules, 14 for Benny and Vika 😘

Thanks so much for the request chickie, these were so much fun! 🥰 so sorry for the wait 😅 Blurbs are under the cut!

From this prompt list (inbox is open y’all!)

Brady & Jules

5.) "I never want us to forget why we fell in love in the first place."

With a sigh, Juliet climbed into bed, avoiding looking at the place where her husband should be.

He was away at a marching band competition, and he had assured her he’d be home before they went to bed, but Olivia and Janie’s bedtime had come and gone with no sign of him, and Juliet had tucked them in with soft promises that their father would be there to say hello in the morning.

She heard the familiar sound of the garage door opening and the jingle of keys in the dish by the door, her husband clearly trying to enter as quietly as he could.

As she heard him come upstairs and peek into the girls’ room, part of her longed to turn over, to see him enter their bedroom with what surely was a reasonable explanation for his tardiness and kiss her worries of the evening away.

But a larger part of her leaned into her stubbornness, and she feigned sleep as their bedroom door opened and John climbed into bed with a whispered apology and a brush of his lips to her cheek.

There was an odd distance between them now, John apologizing the next morning, saying there was an accident on their way back and traffic had backed up, so they hadn’t gotten back to the school until well after dark. Juliet had accepted his apology, and tried to get things back to normal, but there was still something nagging at her as she threw herself into the daily routine of kiss husband goodbye, get kids off to school, do housework, pick kids up from school, make dinner—

She was clearing out one of the cabinets in the study— her little library, as John liked to call it— when she came across an old photo book filled with pictures from when she and John had first started dating. Grinning as she flipped through the memories, she tried to think back to when the two of them had last had some true time alone and…

She couldn’t.

Since Janie had been born, they’d tried to have at the very least two date nights a month, but then John had taken on more responsibilities as director of the Victor High School marching band, and Jules was trying to juggle taking care of two wonderful children instead of just one and alone time had fallen by the wayside.

She’d planned to ask him about a potential date night when he came home from work that evening, but it seemed her husband had come to a similar conclusion and spoke up first.

“What would you say to us having a weekend away?” He’d said as he dried dishes at the sink beside her, their daughters off watching tv in the living room.

“Us and the girls?” She asked, already mentally planning what she’d need to pack for them.

“No,” John said carefully, “I was thinking just the two of us.”

Seeing the protests already forming in her mind, he continues, “I already called the Crosbys, and Harry said he and Jean would be happy to have the girls over for the weekend.”

He sets the dripping plate in his hands on the drying rack, turning to face Jules as he takes her hands in his.

“I know it’s been too long since we’ve had time together just the two of us, and I’m so sorry about that, sweetheart. Will you let me fix that, please?”

Unable to fight off the tender smile growing on her face, Juliet nods.

“Of course, Johnny,” she says softly, her thumb stroking gently along his cheek.

That weekend, they drive into the city to drop the girl off with their Uncle Harry and Aunt Jean— “be good!”— before turning towards the mystery destination that John still hasn’t told her about.

“You’ll know it when we get there,” he’d assured her.

And as they drove along increasingly familiar streets towards their hotel, Jules realized she did.

“Johnny, did you—?”

“Cornell territory,” he grins, recalling her words to him the first night they met.

Jules lets out an incredulous laugh as she looks out at her old stomping grounds as a student.

Once they’ve dropped off their luggage, John takes his wife by the hand and takes her out for a stroll that’s a near step-for-step recreation of their first date, down to the diner they stop at next to one of many old bookstores she’d dragged him to back in the fall of 1940.

“Johnny, this is lovely,” she gushes over their milkshakes, “But… how in the world did you think of it?”

He smiles, the shy shrug of his shoulders bringing her back to that college senior she’d met in a bar all those years ago.

“You’ve been the love of my life since we met, Jules,” John says, “And I never want us to forget why we fell in love in the first place.”

There simply aren’t words for the emotions welling up in her at his tender words, and so she leans across the table to capture her husband's lips in a kiss— just like they’d done all those years before.

Benny & Vika

14.) “Let's get dressed up for dinner tonight." "We just cooked-" "We don't have to go out!"

“Let’s get dressed up for dinner tonight.”

Benny DeMarco sees his wife stiffen out of the corner of his eye where she’s setting the table and quickly realizes he made a mistake not giving her more context.

In his defense, he was mostly just thinking about a way to get her into that red dress he likes.

Vika— who on any other night would love her husband to whisk her away for a night out— is confused and more than a little upset at her husband’s sudden idea as she glances back to the pots simmering on the stove.

“We just cooked—”

“We don’t have to go out!” Benny scrambles to say, moving from his place on the couch to stand in front of her, trying to placate her. “Just… I thought it might be nice for us to have a date night in tonight. We haven’t had much of a chance to get dressed up just because lately.”

“Oh,” she softens, deep brown eyes melting like chocolate, “Benny, that sounds lovely.”

“I try.” He grins.

Vika glances back to the stove, doing some mental math.

“Alright, well… I’ll keep an eye on the stove while you get dressed, and then when you’re done all you need to do—”

“Vika,” he says, directing his wife’s attention back to him, “You just go get changed, tesoro, I’ll worry about dinner.”

“Benny…”

“Don’t worry, I’ve got it all under control.”

Luckily he does have it all under control, as tonight’s dinner is the pasta that Benny himself taught Vika how to make, and he relies solely on muscle memory as he waits for Vika to re-emerge.

The click clack of heels on the kitchen tile alerts him to his wife’s arrival as he’s plating dinner— having swapped out their usual plates for the slightly nicer ones that were a wedding gift from the Bradys.

As he looks up, Vika twirls shyly, a gold pin nestled in her dark waves complementing her usual jhumka necklace, and— Benny thanks every deity he can think of— the skirt of his favorite red dress fanning out around her.

“Will this do, Mr. DeMarco?”

Benny works his way around the table to pull Vika into his arms, his smile growing impossibly wide.

“You look perfect, Mrs. DeMarco.”

He beams at her attempt to bite back a smile— hearing her married name never fails to bring a smile to her face, and Benny adores it— and continues.

“You always look perfect, of course, but tonight…”

His gaze traces over her wide brown eyes sparkling with joy, gorgeous red-lipped smile, down to the dazzling diamond on her left hand.

“God, how did I get so lucky?”

Vika leans up onto her tiptoes to press a tender kiss to his mouth.

“I ask myself that every day, my love.” She smiles, pulling him back into the dining room, “Now come on. I’m hungry, and somebody made me go get dressed up instead of letting me finish dinner.”

[milkbreadtoast]

My baby brother...☺️🤏💖

[skitskatdacat63]

Vettonso complaining about each other not respecting schrondinger's track limits on the radio compilation + Seb's commentary that made me a bit feral

Must include these sexy ass pics okay, it makes me feral how hard they race each other.

Also SO upset that we got this vid and there's also pictures(and presumably a vid out there somewhere) of Fernando, back then, ALSO debriefing this race. And yet we never got them together?????? Evil. Fucked up.

Imagine seeing them complaining about each other but also having to (begrudgingly if you're Fernando) compliment each other IN FRONT of each other. Maybe its a good thing it doesn't exist, bcs then I'd have a heart attack.

[myokk]

💘

[ryllen]

Look what came through the mail today! The letters & ( •̀ω•́ )σ 3 little gremlins from letterstoear.

Just wanna say i adore the flower stickers on the letters too much, they are that much worth mentioning.

[knightforflowers]

turns out the best excuse to draw fun new outfit designs for ur blorbos is to put them into an au that only appeals to you & maybe two other people (Ethersea Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep au 👍)

[literatureandshit]

the people that don’t understand what blue meant when she said she was in love with all of her friends have clearly never experienced the sheer intensity of finding your platonic soulmates and realizing you would quite literally do anything for them

[h0estar]

this panel singlehandedly destroyed me

[soullessjack]

Also just since my one jack-psychosis post made its rounds i’d love to add on these things for extra salt in the wound:

-> “jack smiles, so happy to be so needed, so loved.”

-> “they’ll never want to be friends again.” [“and that’s important to you?”] “they raised me. taught me to be who i am.”

[kaidanalenkosprmanager]

THE BEST OF PRIORITY: THE CITADEL (PART 2)

Featuring: Cmdr. Sophie Shepard, Lt. James Vega, EDI, and Maj. Kaidan Alenko With: Councilor Donnel Udina, Councilor Tevos, Councilor Laiel Sparatus, Cmdr. Armando-Owen Bailey, and Kai Leng And a Special Guest Appearance by: The Illusive Man But sometimes the way a thing goes down does matter, Sophie. Later- when you have to live with yourself. Knowing that you acted with integrity- then it matters. Mass Effect 3: Legendary Edition (2021)

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

HIIIII ARI HIIIIIIIIIII:333333 i am here with yet another cute lil selfship question hehehehe i was wondering what seasons you'd assign to all of them?? liike is arisugu autumn... is arigojo summer.. ??? what about arikenny.. ? TELL ME TELL ME TELL MEE!!!!!!!!!! i wanna know abt them all!!!!! AND AS ALWAYS MWAH MWAH ILYYY ANGEL!!!!!!!!!!! - @teddybeartoji

MICKEY :333333 hello hello hello my love!!! WAHHHH THIS RLLY IS SUCH A CUTE QUESTION 😭😭 i love . seasons . seasons my beloveds. I SAW YOURS TOOOO BTW the tags were so so cute…

BUT UMMM well . arisugu is for sure an autumn ship :33 those are just the vibes . we’re both autumn people so … you know. i’d also call it a summer ship though!!! like the bridge between summer and autumn yk?? it happens to be my favorite shift of the year which probably plays a part 😭 but i do also see sugu as a summer boy above all else. the kanji for ”geto” can be translated as ”summer oil” which i think is so cute 🥺🥺… but!! yeah!!!! arisugu is just. cozy & nostalgic vibes <3333 late summer evenings and early autumn mornings. we both love them!!!!!

arigojo is actually more winter -> spring coded though…. the shift between the two especially. i can’t explain it super well bc arigojo is a can of worms LMAO but like . when i think of it i always picture the beginning stages of a relationship. that heartfluttering but also very scary feeling :’) which reminds me a lot of spring…. in general i see gojo as a spring baby. i know he’s a winter baby but spring feels more Him. or i guess just the two combined…. idk but i love him . would like to go on a walk with him and point out the first crocus buds of the year <3

arikenny……………………….. i wanna say autumn -> winter. that feels right. late autumn & early winter as opposed to arisugu’s early autumn and arigojo’s late winter….. i just think arikenny is both cozy and a little melancholic? 😭 kenjaku appreciates all seasons but i do mostly think of the colder seasons when i think of them lol. they like the snow and the festivities :3 they’d take me to go see the fireworks during new years. and laugh when i slip on the ice. (#lovewins)

[skitskatdacat63]

How did I never hear this radio until the brawn doc hahahaha

[myokk]

Eloise and Lorra🥹🥹

@lorrainmorgan

[octoagentmiles]

Try list any Octo-Agents and think of an Episode you Think give them a Shining Moment

W O O F this took a while– I was thinking long and hard about this because there are SO MANY good moments and episodes 😅, and so many agents– it was difficult, but I’m happy with my answers 👀

Ranger Marsh’s Shine Episode is definitely The Monitor Lizards. I LOVE this episode, it’s one of my favourites in the whole series so far—not just because of the events in it, but as a concept. I LOVE the callback to the Great Swamp Search!! I watched the 2nd season blind, and seeing all these familiar faces was SUCH a fun surprise. It’s good for Ranger Marsh as a character, because it actually shows him doing his job as a Ranger, not as an Octo-Agent. It also reinforces the fact that he truly cares for and is friends with these creatures, even if they are invasive, and that he's willing to travel to check in on them. This is another episode that also proves (to me) that the writers know they’re dealing with an older audience for the show, and are more likely to delve into solid lore and continuity. This episode makes me really hopeful for more of that.

Natquik’s Shine Episode, WITHOUT QUESTION, is The Red Fox. Honestly I feel like I don’t need to explain why, but I will because I like talking ✨: Natquik is my favourite Octo-Agent, but overall we haven’t actually gotten that many episodes dedicated to him yet. The Red Fox gives us a close and personal look into what Natquik is like by himself (I love episodes where characters are alone 👀), how he deals with problems (by ignoring them until they get worse—which is interesting... *stares at Barnacles*...), and even hints toward his family, by showing us his family portraits, and leaving us wondering, “Where are they?” – There are so many moments I love in this episode, from when he first discovers the kits, decides to help them stay warm, rushes to protect Barnacles, to his bittersweet goodbye at the end. It’s all so perfect.

Tracker absolutely shines in The Missing Lake. Honestly, he shines a LOT in Above and Beyond, considering he never got his own episode in the main series, and was only in Operation Deep Freeze for two scenes. AnB has been really good to Tracker, and I’m so grateful they decided to make him an Agent. The Missing Lake sticks out to me the most, because for the most part he is by himself (and I’ve already mentioned my love for that <3), and unlike all his other episodes, we get to really see him be responsible and use his Polar Scout skills in action. He’s often portrayed as a follower, who just goes along with whatever he's told to do, but he takes charge twice in this episode: when he offers to help Rowan, and when he stays behind to save Buck. Love that for him.

Calico Jack. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh, Calico Jack....... I could talk forever about this funky old cat man. He doesn’t just shine, he GLOWS in every episode he’s in—but alas, for the sake of this post I will be focusing on The Harlequin Duck. I love the showing of his gentle parental instincts in this episode, and his singing; since we know he canonically has a theme song, that I headcanon he wrote himself. I think far too much, and often, about how he legit panicked when he realized the egg was missing. How his first instinct was to hide that fact from Captain Barnacles. He was terrified, having a full blown panic attack on screen. He apologizes to the mother duck with such genuine solace, and promises to get it back “On [his] honour as a pirate!” ...Which is extremely significant to me, considering Kwazii was the first character to EVER say the phrase: “On me honour as an Octonaut!” in The Flying Fish after Inkling’s book was lost – and of course as a final touch, I adore seeing him work with Pete to get the egg back. The way he tosses the egg in the air, fully trusting that Pete will catch it... they’re so in sync, just as pirate and parrot are meant to be ;)

Paani... I feel like there’s so much more to him than what we’ve seen so far, it almost feels unfair to assign him a “Shine Episode”. So, instead of highlighting a single episode, I’ll quickly talk about three that stick out (PS: you might sense a theme 🤣):

The Barnacle Geese - Uncle Paani. I like the “I’ll be my own uncle” joke, and the Edgar Allen Poe reference. I think Paani’s determination to help the chick (who doesn’t seem to want help) is nice to watch, and helps to prove his worthiness as an Agent—which is always fun considering his hesitance when Barnacles tried to recruit him in S1E1. In a way, this episode also makes Paani seem more like Barnacles. See my old post analyzing the show’s intro. (*Stares at the episode title* 👁️👁️)

The Arabian Camels - Take a shot of cocoa every time I mention my love for episodes where characters are forced to be by themselves. This one is especially interesting to me though, because we know that Paani was alone, for a very long time, before he met the Octonauts. He has no trouble working and getting by alone, and we get to see him exhibiting that, while being out of his element (a dry desert) at the same time; and that’s really cool.

The Lonely Frog - ...Y’know how they constantly make the Octonauts/Agents meet creatures with similar issues to them? Yeah. *Stares at the episode title.* *Stares at the end scene where he says “Kinda like when I met you guys!” before obnoxiously jumping into the lake, in response to Shellington+Peso saying “They never even knew each other existed before! [...] and now it’s like they’ve known each other all their lives!”* *STARES MORE AT THE EPISODE TITLE,,* *wonders how long Paani was actually alone before becoming an Agent...*

Pinto, where art thou? He wasn’t in S2 at all, which was a bit disappointing since we just saw him get an Octowatch in S1. I would’ve expected him to be pressing that button every chance he got, giving us a “Penguin who cried Octoalert” episode. But anyway,, The Curious Penguin is the PERFECT episode for Pinto. It shows his personality really well, and I love how his distractions and the things he learns and discovers help him to save the day in the end. I think Pinto (just like Kwazii) is a good portrayal of ADHD, and how he just needs to be in the right environment to succeed. Each time Pinto messes up or loses focus, isn’t because he was left alone and couldn’t be trusted—it’s because he was left alone and understimulated. So when he’s thrown into a sudden high-stakes situation, all of his focus hones in on the moment, and he’s able to save Dashi and Paani by himself.

AND, because you didn’t say it had to be an Above and Beyond moment, I want to throw some love at The Oarfish episode from the main series. In this episode, Pinto no longer views Peso as “less” than an Octonaut, and is so excited to watch him do his job—it’s really cute!! His impulsivity is once again a positive thing—granted, it seems to annoy Peso a little, but when you think about it he kinda saved the day by being impulsive. He sounded the Octoalert without permission, which let the captain know to come back before their radio signal cut out, and by being unafraid of the “monster” and swimming outside, he was able to discover what the problem was so that Peso could help. He did good.

Pearl.... I love Pearl a lot, but I can’t think of one specific episode that comes to mind for her. I love The Pupfish because it introduces Peri to AnB, and I love how he teaches her how to tie a knot, so she can save the algae (and Glen). I like The Bison episode because it’s interesting watching her not doing something with algae for once, and The Pink Glacier because her and Kwazii’s dynamic was something I didn’t know I needed, but now I want more of (/p).

Ryla. Possibly controversial opinion: I liked Ryla in The Caves of Sac Actun, more than I like her now in Above and Beyond. I know she’s only gotten 3 episodes so far, but she’s really missing something. Sac Actun gave us lore on her right off the bat: she’s old friends with Dashi, she’s a skilled cave explorer, she’s spunky, she’s purple. AnB hasn’t given us much yet. So far her only shtick is caves, and that’s getting a bit repetitive. Consider every moment she has in Sac Actun as her “Shining Moment”, because honestly that whole movie is a 10/10.

Koshi,,,, she hasn't gotten that much yet, but I'm gonna say The Longfin Eels is her Shine Episode. I like the way she narrates the whole episode, because it's very in-character. Plus we know she’s literally writing about this adventure in her diary as she's telling it, as if it were a mystery book. She reminds me of narrators from 1920s film noirs, and that’s cool. Also! Honorary mention of the scene when she gets her Octowatch: I loved that for her <3

Min is below the cut, because my answer for her includes some very heavy SEASON 5 SPOILERS, including SCREENSHOTS:

All of Min's appearances so far are dear to my heart. However, my favourite has to be her own introductory episode: The Giant Chinese Salamander.

The Rainforest Rescue is another amazing episode for Min—she’s a wonderful character on her own, of course—but I think we can all agree that she and Inkling are very adorable together (no matter how you interpret their relationship).

When Above and Beyond aired on Netflix, there was a lot of confusion around Min, from the younger audience and other fans who hadn’t seen S5. The Giant Chinese Salamander introduces Min with a 20-minute special; showing her in high-stakes action with Kwazii, bonding with the Octonauts, being an all-around Cool Person™, and a flashback of how she met Inkling when they were younger.

She saved his life. He was thrown far inland by a rough storm, and was trapped until she found him. I honestly headcanon that Min partially (if not outright) inspired Inkling to form the Octonauts, and this moment could have literally sealed the fate of EVERYTHING we know.

But! Until S5 comes out, that's all I've got to say~ 👋💝

[honnelander]

Go Fish is making me weak at the knees! I hope you're going to write more for it, it's so soft and sweet 😍

Thank you for writing such a lovely work, the Austen scene when he's paying rapt attention? *sqeals*

lol I’m so glad you’re loving it so much!! 🤭🥰 if I’m anything, I’m a slow burn soft romantic girlie at heart. i live for the moments of slow burn and sweetness 😮‍💨🤌🏼 (and it looks like a lot of you guys feel the same 🤭)

and yes, i definitely will write more for that series. i have some ideas myself and i got some really great suggestions that i know exactly how i want to write them so stay tuned! 👀

i love that you loved that Jane Austen scene 🤭 i was blushing writing that scene myself bc of course Sanji would hang off of every word reader is saying 🥹 (especially when she’s revealing a part of herself, no matter how small)

[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

no because it's "buried alive inside my dreams but it was all a fake-out". there's a BUT! like they were imagining it. they thought they were stuck behind a window, buried alive inside dreams they can't reach in futures that never came and pasts that can't be changed, BUT!!! but it was all a fake-out. it was all in their heads. they weren't really trapped and buried after all!!