#beside the seaside

[barkingbonzo]

BESIDE THE SEASIDE

Portugal 1945

[flyinghome-againstthewind]

Beside the Seaside: Ch 17

Jamie rolled to his side, his breath heavy as his eyes slid shut. His hand roamed across Claire’s belly and settled on the velvety skin at her hip, tracing patterns there with his fingertips. Claire hummed softly. Even coming down from the high of their joining, he still couldn’t get enough of her. As if she’d had the same thought, his wife rolled toward him and slid one arm around his waist. With new territory of her body exposed, his hand traveled the path of her spine, up to her neck and then down to her backside. She was a gift, every time; a living, breathing, burning work of art that he couldn’t believe he was allowed to touch.

She placed several gentle, unhurried kisses along his bare chest and shoulder, and a soft groan escaped him.

“Tha gaol agam ort, mo ghràidh.” The declaration slipped out, unguarded and honest — and safe in the knowledge that she wouldn’t grasp the meaning.

[read the rest on ao3]

[furryalligator]

(via Beside the Seaside (2007) : Collect GB Stamps)

[ramblebrambleamble]

John Betjeman, 'Beside the Seaside'.

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And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves

Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand

As they have done for centuries, as they will

For centuries to come, when not a soul

Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks,

When England is not England, when mankind

Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea,

Consolingly disastrous, will return

While the strange starfish, hugely magnified,

Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

[snapescupcake-blog]

[grimbeau]

'Tiddle-ee-om-pomp-om!'

‘Tiddle-ee-om-pomp-om!’

Panto tuna lute

open gee gnomic

ale eminent tory heir gone

tomorrow sorrow scars

Desultory smoulder

Pine cones gloaming wormcast

Seashell hermit crabs

Grumble gruesome gulls gambol

Shirtless maggots candy floss

straw fedora hats

Buttons elopes with Blue moon

Sickert sicks up cockles

Muscles lifts bar belles

St. Trinian’s run riot

Beside the seaside

Beside the sea

[barkingbonzo]

BESIDE THE SEASIDE

Italy 1949

[flyinghome-againstthewind]

I know it’s been a while but I’m trying to finish up the next chapter of Seaside for y’all. I just have one scene left to write that’s giving me trouble so please send all the good writing vibes my way. Trying to add some more tenderness to the world right now and this is what I have 💜 8k+ words of escapism hopefully coming to you soon!

[bsidetheseaside]

Disappearing Britain (Beside The Seaside)

[barkingbonzo]

BESIDE THE SEASIDE

Isle of Wight, the Needles, England

[flyinghome-againstthewind]

seven sentence sunday

Tagged by my beloved @walkinginland, thank you! 💜 I promise we are getting there for Seaside, I have almost 7k words written, but I was in NY for comic con and then I got sick, so I just haven't had a lot of opportunity or inspiration to work on it. Getting close though!

With a strangled sigh, Claire glanced around the parlor instead of attempting conversation. Her eyes fell to a framed photograph on the end table nearest her and she reached for it. “Is this Jamie?” she asked softly without looking away from it. “Aye, and our older brother Willie.”  The beaming faces in the photograph were still young boys, but Claire could see the recognizable tilt of Jamie’s head and the sweetness of his smile in that younger face as he gazed up at his older brother.  “He worshiped Willie growing up.”  Claire didn’t miss the fondness that had seeped into Jenny’s tone. She caught the other woman’s gaze and smiled. “And you did, too.”  Jenny’s gaze dropped to the baby, feigning distraction, and swallowed thickly.

no-pressure tagging my darlings @forgetmenotsassenach17 and @frasers-of-my-heart and anyone else who has something to share!