#cammie cries

[gildengirl]

Rereading LYKY, and I will never not tear up at the part where Cammie sees Rachel crying in her office on Matt's birthday. Never.

[eleyowza]

*twirls hair* heeheeheee… ☺️☺️☺️

[cammie-morgan-goode]

Can you please write a scene where the circle took cammie to her father's grave?

It’s cold, that was my first thought. I was only supposed to be gone for a few weeks. I was no closer to finding answers than I was to getting them.

My father had been here, somewhere in Ireland. He was so close to finishing the mission and look what it got him. It got him killed.

The man in front of me is not nice. He’s mean and he’s cold. I have memorized his face, the scar on his cheek, and those cold piercing eyes. They stare at me. They stare through me.

“I’m going to ask one more time.” He says, his voice alight with anger. “Where is the Alumni list?”

I can feel the blood in my mouth. It’s warm and metallic. He’s been at this for days. 120 hours. Maybe longer.

I can practically hear Mr. Solomon’s voice in my head. A spy’s greatest weapon is their mind. Use it. It’s hard to count the minutes when you black out.

“It’s… with… your grandma.” I say, channeling Bex. My best friend. I see him move before I feel the impact. Ouch.

My head snaps back. The only way for them to stop me from fighting was some kind of sedative. They give it to me every morning. It makes my limbs feel like weights. I can’t keep anything down, not that they feed me anything substantial. The ache in my stomach is a familiar friend at this point.

“Where is the list?” He spits out.

“I told you,” I gasp out. My throat feels raw. They’ve made me scream so much the past few days… or is it weeks now? “With your grandma,” I say. My voice is nothing but a raspy mess.

He crosses his arms against his chest. The gesture reminds me of someone. Someone who once gave me what nobody else could. Answers. Someone knows. He had said. That conversation felt like it happened years ago.

The door opens with a creak. And then there’s a loud bang as it closes. Another man walks in, I can tell by the footfalls. A chair scrapes across the floor from behind me. The only way out and it’s behind me. A cruel joke.

“Still not feeling talkative, Morgan?” The voice says. This is a new voice, one I hadn’t heard yet. I don’t answer. “You know we have ways of making you talk. Just ask your father,”

Guilt and pain ripple through my heart. Every mention of my father adds another scar to my chest. I bristle at the words. At the thought. My father had been here, I knew that. His initials were carved in the same mortar that mine were. I hated it.

I don’t answer and suddenly my hair is in this person’s grip. My head is yanked back. A scream rips its way out of my throat. “Where is the alumni list?” The man asks. I can’t focus on anything but the smell of his breath. Cinnamon. “Tell us and we’ll let you go,”

I’m gasping like a fish out of water. “Like you let my father go?” I ask.

The man let’s go of my hair and then backhands me, sending my head to the side with a crack. His hit is nothing compared to getting kicked by Macey. And I want to tell him that, but I don’t dare mention their names. Not here. Never here.

The door opens again. “Bring the girl. Show her what happens to spies who don’t talk.”

I scream then. I scream in frustration. I scream in fear. My throat burns. Is there even a sound coming out? I don’t know. My ears are ringing.

“The least we can do is take her to her father.”

Several hands grab at me again and yank me to my feet. I don’t even know how they undid the restraints, I didn’t see. I’m struggling against them. I won’t. I won’t. Never let them get you to a second location. I can’t. I can’t. Not even for my father.

Even with my limbs as heavy as they feel, I still struggle. I try to yank my arms out of their grip. They don’t budge. I could just imagine Mrs. Hancock scolding me for not getting out of this hold.

No. No.

The air is warm and almost sticky. Almost. What month is it? I don’t know. I don’t care. But I’m dragged across the ground. The forest floor catches on my skin, ripping and tearing. My feet are bare and my clothes… don’t even get me started on the clothes.

I can vaguely see the area around me. Notice things. Notice things, Solomon says. And I do. They move me over banks and around pine trees. So many trees and roots and branches. So many. Too many.

And then we break through to a clearing.

And there he was.

No. Not my father. Not my father. I kept replaying what I was seeing. Surely my eyes were mistaken. Surely Mr. Solomon saying notice things wasn’t meant to be taken so literal. Because I didn’t want to see what I was seeing right now. Not ever.

I look around and whip my head to the men with me. I scream. I kick. I fight.

No. No. No.

And suddenly they drag me forward, toward the grave. They shove me to the ground. How did they know I wouldn’t run? If I wasn’t already in the grass, my legs would have gave out.

Warm tears make their way down my cheeks. My eyes burn. They sting.

It was all for nothing.

The hope. The pain. The want. The fear.

All of it was for nothing.

They wanted the list? Fine. But they were going to have to kill me for it. Like they did my father.

I’m crying. I’m broken. And I don’t care that I seem weak, because I am.

I am weak.

“I’ll tell you.” I whisper. I touch the ground. I don’t have the strength anymore. “I’ll tell you. I’ll tell you. Okay?”

And in that moment, I was ashamed to be the daughter of Matthew Morgan.

Because Matthew Morgan wouldn’t have broken this way.

(Written by: @cammie-morgan-goode)

[poeticjackalope]

"but what if I never stop loving him?

–what if I spend the rest of my life only ever knowing

how to love him?"

she cried.

"well then how lucky are you to love someone for a lifetime."

the old woman whispered back to her.

-cammie dennis, "he loves me, he loves me not enough"

[fallinallincurls]

for the concept night:

idk how many people know about cammie hughes, buuuuut quinn's first night home with cammie, he's calmer than he thought he would be, he kept looking at her in the backseat of his car, making sure she was strapped in the car seat and, you know, still there, but otherwise he's calm. then she cries and he starts to panic and he remembers how ellen sang him, jack and luke "rock-a-by-baby" and that calms her down and he thinks maybe he won't be so bad at this dad thing

the blurb that started the cammie verse hasn’t even been written yet but in short, quinn becomes a single dad to his daughter cameron (affectionately called cammie) and he ends up falling for his best friend holland who offers to help him raise his little girl!!

quinn’s first night as a dad is the most special. he’s beyond nervous and is constantly checking to make sure cammie is okay and, in fact, there. he thought he’d be freaking out but he finds out quickly that he can do this even if he didn’t think he could. but when she gets fussy and starts crying, that panic comes rushing back until quinn remembers the song ellen used to sing to him and his brothers when they were little which instantly puts her to sleep. the sigh of relief he lets out when she snuggles against him and quiets down as she falls asleep is huge but quinn knows right then he would do anything for this little girl and being a dad isn’t going to be as hard as he thought

[goldenteaset]

If Legato, Vash, Belial and Djeeta had Pokémon, which ones would they have?

Feel free to include your FOs teams as well or just pick and choose ♥️

Aww thanks anon! Allow me to put in lots and lots of time on this because The Resurgent Obsession Is Real. XD In the order you listed out:

Legato

I feel like he'd be that nightmarish Trainer (Gym Leader?) who specializes in Psychic Pokemon.

Malamar would be his pride and joy I think! When it was an Inkay it glommed onto him and he sloooowly sorted out he "liked its company"

Prefers Pokemon to people, often violently.

Really his whole team would be designed to make the player go "Oh god oh no oh no OH NO" with each successive sending out. (Except for his Alolan Raichu, I suppose?)

By contrast, he makes excellent curry and his Pokemon all love him.

Vash:

Vash's team is all over the place! He'd be a "completes Pokedex for love" sort of Trainer, with a special fondness for the misunderstood Pokemon.

(See: his "starter" Absol, who he found injured in a ditch and cries over a lot.)

His Absol finds this a bit embarrassing but soldiers on.

That said, Vash's super-secret ace in the hole is Inteleon! >:3

He and Legato would be childhood rivals--or to be more specific, Legato would insist on challenging him all the time while Vash runs away

Belial:

I actually have an entire Pokemon AU for him and Cammy at this point that I keep meaning to burble about in full...but anyway!

Another one you'd never know what to expect from, but he does have his tastes. Dark, Poison, and Fairy for spice!

His "starter Pokemon" was a Trubbish Professor Lucilius chucked at him one day.

That Trubbish is now a very spoiled Garbador! Real "lapdog" energy, if that lapdog was also 6 feet tall and ate the burnt bits off of baking utensils.

He has two Alcremies: one Shiny named Black Forest and a rainbow flavor named Stiff Peaks, because even in this AU he has to have his innuendo. XD

That said, the Alcremies don't go into battle very often, they're his baking assistants.

Djeeta:

Shinies and Legendaries for days, baby!

Is a Pokedex completionist who always has souped-up IVs on her "crew members" (Note: I haven't looked into those yet ^^;)

Loves loves loves camping with other Trainers!

You're going to camp with her and you're going to like it

She's the epitome of that mindset from Johto: "Weak Pokemon, strong Pokemon...that's only the selfish perception of people. Truly skilled trainers should try to win with her favorites."

On that note, her favorites are an Altaria named Lyria and an Appletun named Vyrn!

This was fun, thank you anon~ :D

[felysline]

CAMMY_CORNER.TXT 🧖🏻‍♀️💐

SOOOO. i just saw this enormous list of oc asks (thanks to da best @youredreamingofroo for the post shout-out slash reblog!) that are soooo interesting. i can't help but to think of putting camilla for it. so despite the fact that every question is supposedly answered through the ask-box, i'm gonna independently answer them one by one 💆🏻‍♀️

disclaimer: this is just me being a li'l too bored as a senior year foreign language student and a full-time shai g. a. simp, ‘kay 🦭

PEOPLE.

what colour are her eyes and is there anything special from her eyes?

her eyes are dark grey, but can be seen as light grey when exposed to lights! she has a pair of deer-y eyes that mostly makes her look like she's sleepy or not attentive when not smiling.

is she a good liar?

ABSOLUTE-FREAKING-LY. she's born to an actress mom, so acting like this and that never happened or this and that happened is one of her fortes. but, she only lies when necessary.

does she believe in ghosts?

she's never seen or beefed with one, but she believes and spares an interest in urban legends, especially since indonesia is cramped with them. like whenever there's a horror thread on twitter, you can catch her reading all that until it's adapted into a horror movie. doesn't mean she actually watches horror movies, though, aha

what emotion she has trouble dealing with?

inadequacy. asian families are pretty known for their strict generational standards. so, as a daughter from highly-educated parents, she struggles with the standards that they put on her. which is why now she studies abroad and tries to juggle every bit of her interests.

what makes her cry? does she cry easily?

again, inadequacy. she only cries once every six months, but that ‘once’ is mostly due to her built up inferior and inadequate feelings for herself, her parents, her family, and the people who care for her.

is she quick to violence?

not at all. but she boils her anger, omh.

what are some of her habits that will take some getting used to?

passive-aggressiveness! she's known as this happy-go-lucky sweetheart who can get along very well. but, she tends to hold grudges over icks that leads to her being passive-aggressive. it's not once or twice that she has dumped her exes by gaslighting them they're at fault for bla-bla-bla when she's actually in the wrong too, especially for keeping her anger without communicating the problems.

what is her family like?

the whitfield family is a four-souled family with a strict yet harmonious dynamic! lore-wise, cammy's father is a president director of an insurance company in indonesia, while her mother is a business-graduate actress in indonesia. so, strictness comes like a meteor shower day by day, hitting cammy until she's able to sculpt herself into the standards of her parents: independent, successful, and honorable. her mother is the strictest of all and she's actually more of a daddy's daughter. but, she's gained the luck to be constantly supported by her parents wherever she goes. “just remember, stick to the standards,” her mom always says.

when scared, does she "flight" or "fight"?

scared of something human? fight. scared of something that possibly brings her to a near-death experience? FLIGHT, MATE.

does she fall asleep easily? what helps her sleep?

will continue the asks later when i'm bored and not watching my man clutching 40 points in one game :3

sadly, no.. she's a night owl who can only sleep at two in the morning. she's only taken one nap for the past four months. but what helps her sleep, realistically, is adonis. aha.

FOOD & DRINKS. [SOON]

what is her go-to breakfast?

what is her favorite sweet treat?

does she prefer ordering or cooking food?

does she prefer hot or cold drinks and what is her favorite?

does she eat her fruits and veggies? what are her favorites?

what is her favorite cake flavor?

[wadbot]

NERF.wad: Not Even Remotely Fair MAP05: Do It Again (-2976, 336, 64) Author: Peter "MegaSphere" Lawrence Date: 2024-01-15 Description: 32 Maps for DOOM II (Limit Removing, complevel 2) Nightmare Difficulty Only All Original Soundtrack Download the soundtrack here: https://megasphere.bandcamp.com/album/not-even-remotely-fair-original-soundtrack DEHACKED changes: Tyrants (Spider Mastermind replacement) Green Cyberdemons with only 1000hp and can infight with Cyberdemons. They have the Commander Keen death state so killing them can open doors tagged 666. Silvergunners (Wolf SS replacement) Identical to regular Chaingunners in every way, except they drop Clips instead of Chainguns. Spider Mastermind (Keen replacement) It's a Spider Mastermind but is now affected by splash damage due to limitations. Big Brain (Modified Romero Head) Exits the level immediately when killed, used for death exits. Big Brain Original (Techpillar replacement) A restoration of the original Romero Head behaviour. Barrel Instant (Dead Lost Soul replacement) An explosive barrel with 1hp and explodes immediately. Map Authors: Episode 1 Maps MAP01: "Four Rockets" Peter Lawrence (MegaSphere) MAP02: "Untamed Grotto" Benchy MAP03: "Fireblu Baptism" BooTheJudge MAP04: "In the Pits" MegaSphere MAP05: "Do It Again" Dwars and Benchy MAP06: "Rats in the Walls" Christophine Place MAP07: "Across the Highlands" Xulgonoth MAP08: "Running in the 90's" Anarki, Xulgonoth, and Christophine Place MAP09: "The Bloody Awful" BooTheJudge MAP10: "Let Me In" borogk MAP11: "Crudge" decino Episode 2 Maps MAP12: "Air Fryer" Benchy MAP13: "Uptown" GamingGargoyle MAP14: "Castling In Check" Ludi MAP15: "Break From Blood" Christophine Place MAP16: "Skull Geometry" Benchy MAP17: "Obsidian Tower" MegaSphere MAP18: "Toxic Irony" SeeJay MAP19: "Trirannical Terror" SeeJay MAP20: "Metal Migrane" Benchy Episode 3 Maps MAP21: "Stardust" Benchy MAP22: "Valley Fever" GamingGargoyle MAP23: "Blue Monday" Benchy MAP24: "Fireblu Dreams" Matthew DeCalzadilla (Moustachio) MAP25: "Bloodstream" Ravendesk MAP26: "Mountain Complex" RedBoule MAP27: "Out of this World" MegaSphere MAP28: "Styx" Benchy MAP29: "Cold Beige Techbase" decino MAP30: "The Final Stage" MegaSphere Secret Levels MAP31: "The Chasm But Real" decino MAP32: "Circumscription" Benchy, decino, MegaSphere, and SeeJay MAP33: "Error 405" Xulgonoth Soundtrack Authors: Episode 1 OST MAP01: "Four Rockets" MegaSphere MAP02: "Untamed Grotto" MegaSphere MAP03: "Fireblu Baptism" MegaSphere MAP04: "In the Pits" MegaSphere MAP05: "Do It Again" MegaSphere and Dwars MAP06: "Rats in the Walls" MegaSphere MAP07: "Across the Highlands" MegaSphere and decino MAP08: "Dozy Dust" decino MAP09: "The Bloody Awful" MegaSphere MAP10: "Let Me In" MegaSphere MAP11: "Crudge" MegaSphere Episode 2 OST MAP12: "Air Fryer" SynDoom & MegaSphere MAP13: "Uptown" MegaSphere MAP14: "Castling in Check" MegaSphere MAP15: "On The Shoulders of Giants" MegaSphere & Xulgonoth MAP16: "Skull Geometry" SynDoom MAP17: "Obsidian Tower" MegaSphere MAP18: "Toxic Irony" MegaSphere MAP19: "Trirannical Terror" MegaSphere MAP20: "Metal Migraine" MegaSphere and James Paddock Episode 3 OST MAP21: "Stardust" MegaSphere & Dwars MAP22: "Do It For The Vine" Korp MAP23: "Blue Monday" MegaSphere MAP24: "Hishousouzan" Cammy MAP25: "He Tricks Me Like a Gentleman" Cammy & Ravendesk MAP26: "Mountain Complex" MegaSphere MAP27: "Out of this World" MegaSphere MAP28: "Styx" MegaSphere MAP29[pt1]: "Cow Bell Track" decino MAP29[pt2]: "Cries Beyond Terror" MegaSphere MAP30[pt1]: "NERF Intro Extended" MegaSphere MAP30[pt2]: "NERF Credits" MegaSphere (uses sample from Abdul Cisse & Epic Games) MAP30[pt3]: "D_CBT" FSII (Edited by MegaSphere) Secret Levels OST MAP31: "In the Dank" decino MAP32: "Light at the End of the Tunnel" MegaSphere MAP33: "HEY EVERYBODY" MegaSphere Miscellaneous OST Title screen: "NERF OST - Title" MegaSphere Intermission screen: "NERF OST - Intermission" MegaSphere Text screen: "NERF OST - Text Screen" MegaSphere Disclaimers: Learning a map layout when on Nightmare is quite intense so we recommend playing on easier skill levels first which remove all non-essential monsters. 'Save Scum', and 'Load Lame' are NOT to discourage use of saves, they are intended only as funny gags. The intermission screen texts are to serve as comic relief in between episodes. Despite the many references we do not encourage real life CBT.

[alex-supremacy4]

OKAY SL MY OPINION ON WW..

might delete later, just felt in a willy's wonderland mood rn (my silliest mood)

tl;dr at end if ur too lazy to read everythimg

tw: mentions of death, mentions of s3x, spoilers, etc

chris did NKT deserve to get killed. he literally didnt. but you know who did? BOB AND THAT BITCH KATHY. AARON AND DAN DIDNT DESERVE TO GET KILLED EITHER, TJEY BARELY EVEN DID SHIT

KATHY AND BOB DESERVED TO BE KILLED. LITERALLY. BOB WAS BEING THE FAT FUCK HE IS, BUT KATHY IS WORSE. SHE WAS TRYING TO SEDUCE CHRIS, AARON AND DAN EVEN WHILE IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH BOB. AND THEN, HAD S3X IN THE MIDDLE OF A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION LIKE BITCH RECOGNIZE THE SITUATION YOUR ASS IS IN RIGHT NOW. AFTER THAT, SHE DIDNT EVEN BOTHER TO HELP BOB NOT DIE AND WASNT EVEN WILLING TO DO ANYTHING AT ALL LIKE PULL THE ANIMATRONIC AWAY OR HIT IT, ETC. SHE JUST RAN TO THE DOOR AND TRIED TO GET OUT FAST. SHE WAS AN ASSHOLE GIRLFRIEND AND DESERVED TO GET HER ASS KILLED OFF. SO DID BOB, BUT I FELT A BIT BAD BECAUSE HE WASNT EVEN HELPED AT ALL AFTER THAT.

BUT CHRIS. I FEEL SO FUCKING BAD FOR CHRIS. HE DIDNT DESERVE TO DIE I SWEAR. HE WAS SO FUCKING SWEET (excrpt for the time he rammed into bob but not in THAT way, just ran into bob and got them stuck inside of the resturaunt.) AND CARED ABOUT THEM SM. AND THEN HE TRUSTED CAMMY. HE TRUSTED HER HE FUCKING TRUSTED HER. AND THEN HE WAS BACKSTABBED. LIKE NO THAT DIDNT HAPPEN!!! HE GRABBED CAMMYS TONGUE AND CHOPPED IT OFF BEFORE HE COULDVE DIED AND RAN OFF EITH THE JANITOR AND LIV BEFORE THEY COULDVE GOTTEN STOLEN BY WILLY OR THE GRANDMA PEROSN THING CALLED SHERRIF LUND.. (im delusional) But anyways HE DIDNT DESERVE ANG OF THAT.

DAN WAS JUST A SILLY LITTLE GOOBER WHO DIDNT DESERVW TO DIE EITHER, NOOO I DONT KNOW WHAT UR TALKING ABOUT!!! HIS INSIDES DIDNT GET TORN OUT AND EATEN OUT BRUTALLY, HE WAS FIGHTING BACK FOR HIS LIFE AND SUCCEEDED AND SAVED EVERYONE ELSE FROM DYING (except for kathy and bob) AND FLEW AWAY ON A TAP DANCING FLYING OVERSIZED DOG (im delusional pt2)! AND HE WAS JUST TRYINH TO HELP I THINK BUT THEN IT BACKFIRED ON HIM. I HATE YOU SIREN SARA AND TITO GREEN Turtle ASS THING.

aaron.. aaron.. AARON DIDNT DIE NOT MY KID NOT MY BBG. I DONT KNOW WHAT YOURE TALKING ABOUT HE DIDNT GET IMPALED WITH A SWORD BY THAT DUMBASS KNIGHTY KNIGHT BITCH HE LIVED BY REALIZING WHAT WILLY'S SONG MEANT, TURNED TO LOOK BEHIND HIM, GRABBED THAT BITCHES SWORD AND FOUGHT HIS ASS TO THE DEATH UNTIL HE FINALLY GOT HIM AND STABBED HIS ASS!!!!! HE THEN TAP DANCED OVER THAT BITCHES CORPSE, FLEW AWAY WITH HIS FRIENDS (but left bob and kathy behind) AND PLAYED FLAPPY BIRD WHEN THEY GOT HOME! (im delusional pt3). AARON DIDNT DWSERVW THAT SHIT BUT HE TRIED TO STOP CHRIS FROM GETTING AT BOBS ASS BUT THAT DOESNT MATTER, HE WAS SO <33 PLEASE BRING HIM. BACK I LOVE HIM HE SHOULDVE DIED LAST OR NEVER EVEN DIED AT ALL

LIV AND THE JANITOR WERE SO ICONIC. THEY WERE SO COOL AND SILLY AND LITTLE GOOBERS IM SO GLAD THEY DIDNT DIE BUT THE FACT THE JANITOR LET (I THINK) WILLY BLOW TWO POWERFUL ASS ATTACKS TO HIM MADE ME CRY SO VIOLENTLY LIKE WTF. HELLO????????? TELL ME THAT SOMEONE ELSE CRIED AT THAT PART TOO PLEASE I NEED SOMEONE TO SOB WITH ME WHILE WE REWATCH THE MOVIE 4 TIMES PLEEAAHAHAHAHASE IM BEGIGNG YIU. PLEAS3 PLEAS E PLESD RPLEASE.. also im makijg a willys wonderland au with m. characters and sneak peek: kathy doesnt exist so the charavter thats bob is just gonna be. complete asshole with no bitches and dies first 🥶🥶

i HATE THAT BITCH SHERRIF LUND. SHE TRIED LEAVING JANITOR TO DIE AND FORCED LIV TO LEAVE THE JANITOR BEHIND. AND THEN SHE LURED IN WILLY, NOT EXPECTING HIM TO BE BEHIND HER INSTEAED.. AND YOU KNOW EHAT??? SHE GOT WHAT SHE DESWRVED. SHE GOT KILLED AND SLICED IN HALF, LIKE SHE SSHOULD BE. SHE NEEDS TO LEARN HER PALXE AND WHY THE FUCK SHE WOULD SACRIFICE A GOOD PERSOSNS LIFE JUST FOR THAT CRAPPY ASS TOWN THAT IS TOTAL SHIT AND DOESNT EVEN DESERVE TO EXIST.

evan is my silly goofy goober boy and nothing can change that.. EVAN DIDNT KNOW WHAT HE WAS DOING THOUGJ, SO IT CHANGED S LITTLE BIT BECAUSE HE WAS KINDNOF TOTAL SHIT TO LIV IN THE CAR AND KIND OF DESERVED TO GET EATEN BY ARTY ALLIGSTOR OR TITO TURTLE . FORGOT WHICH IT WAS BUT EH.. IM NOT EVEN GONNA BE DELUSIONAL FOR THIS PART BECAUSE H. WAS KIND OF TOTAL SHIT.

tl;dr: kathy and bob are asses and deserved to die. chris, dan, and aaron didnt deserve to die. liv and janitor deserved to live. i hate sherrif lund. i kind of dislike evan but still love him.

thNk you for listening t my rant bye bye

by : khel / micheal ^_^

[maxwell-grant]

which of the SF characters would watch Oppennheimer and which would watch Barbie ?

Not doing all of them but

Ryu: Barbie. Probably got dragged into it by Sakura. Didn't get most of it but he liked it. Hopes Ken is doing allright ("I too know what it's like to struggle with my worst self") and gifts his Ken a "I am Kenough" shirt.

Ken: Mel wanted to watch Oppenheimer and Ken went along with him. Mel liked it, but Ken got bummed out at the story of a neglectful husband and father trying his best to help people and ruining lives over it.

Chun-Li: Her and Li-Fen went to Barbie in matching outfits. The mother's speech in the middle of the movie really, really resonated with her.

E. Honda: Goes to Barbie screenings painted pink to promote his business. If you even think about suggesting Oppenheimer to him he will slap you and you will deserve it.

Blanka: Barbie. Loved it, a little confused but trying to get the spirit, called up his mom and Sakura later to apologize in case he ever oppressed them or made them feel inadequate. Look out for pink variants of Blanka-chan in stores soon.

Guile: Neither, but his family dragged into Barbie. Spent most of it stone-faced but by the time of the Just Ken musical battle number he did crack up a bit.

Dhalsim: Neither.

Zangief: Went to Barbie with R.Mika. Laughed so loudly during the movie you could hear it outside the room. Launches an all-women wrestling course because he thinks muscle power is the solution to misogyny as it is to everything. Marisa enrolls in for a laugh.

Balrog: Neither. Thinks long movies suck and wouldnt be caught dead attending a girl movie.

Vega: Enjoyed both from a reserved patrician distance, couldnt relate to either of the protagonists in any way. Offended by the existence of Weird Barbie and the scenes with old women in it.

Sagat: Neither. But if one of the kids at his village asked, he would go watch Barbie with them and pretend he had a good time, would heavily criticize Ken for betraying his community in vain pursuits of power.

M. Bison: Barbie, and he likes it, not even for any nefarious reason. Doesn't care to watch Oppenheimer, 3 hours of a guy getting cold feet about doing something that Bison happily does at home for free (murdering scores of innocent civilians).

Cammy: Oppenheimer. Only attended Barbie because the other Dolls asked her to, but she didn't think much of it.

Dee Jay: Barbie, and he had a great time. Plays his own remixes of Just Ken and Dance the Night for several nights at the club afterwards.

Akuma: Neither. If he did, he would quit Oppenheimer in the first minutes, in disgust at Oppenheimer's weakness for trying to murder his teacher with a poisoned apple instead of his bare hands.

Dan: Didn't plan to watch either but people kept seeing him in the street and assuming he was on his way to watch Barbie. After doing so, he tries to aggressively rebrand the Saikyo Dojo as a feminist dreamhouse over the following weeks and fails.

Nash: Oppenheimer. Didn't feel anything other than sadness.

Rose: Doesn't enjoy movies very much, her powers predict the entire plot before it happens, but still went to watch Barbie with Menat and Maggio.

Sodom: Neither, but protests Oppenheimer screenings in defense of Japan and genuine disgust over the movie's subject matter, runs away crying whenever it's pointed out that he's a white jock.

Rolento: Disliked Oppenheimer for the protagonist being a lily-livered coward who couldnt stand by his own choices in defense of the country.

Sakura: Barbie. Had fun, but the parts where Barbie punches a guy and outruns the police and the mother outfoxes the Mattel executives in a car chase is kinda what she wished most of the movie was like, dissappointed only the Kens got to fight.

Gen: Neither. Dead.

Cody: Barbie. Liked it fine, I guess, wasn't boring.

Dudley: Went with Elena to watch Barbie. Found it a smashing good time and felt offended at how rudely the Kens treated the Barbies when they took over.

Necro: Cried during both with Effie. Barbie's crisis over her humanity and her moment at the bench really got to him.

Hugo: Went with Poison to watch Barbie. Enjoyed it more than she did, found himself relating a lot to the tiny violent Allan man who belongs nowhere.

Makoto: Barbie. Didn't like the daughter's character arc one bit and walked out of it hating Barbie as a concept more .

Rufus: Went to Barbie at Candy's insistence and my God you could not get this man to shut up about it for days afterwards. Added feminist to the list of self-aggrandizing adjectives he uses.

Seth: Pre-Doll Zero, he would have watched Oppenheimer and not liked it for it's preoccupation with pathetic human morality. Post-Doll Zero, he would resonate unbelievably hard with Barbie's arc and have a breakdown over the ending.

Juri: Saw both. Spend the entirety of Oppenheimer browsing her phone and making loud bomb/fart noises with her mouth and laughing. Thought Barbie sucked.

Poison: Went with Hugo to watch Barbie and kept planning ways to cash in the pink/Barbie craze for her business. Thought the movie was funny but kinda dumb.

Rashid: Barbie, really really liked it. Pirates the movie before it's out on digital to make a reaction stream and gets sued over it.

F.A.N.G: Oppenheimer. Besides the skin melting scene, dissappointed at how little it showed the scientific process behind building an atomic bomb or civilians dying, he kinda signed up just for those things.

Luke: Liked both, really wants to have his own Mojo Dojo Casa House and, besides the whole oppressing women thing which is totally uncool, doesn't think the Kens were doing anything that wrong.

Jamie: Wanted to watch Barbie but drunkenly wandered into Oppenheimer by mistake and had a really bad time.

Manon: Criticizes Barbie for muddled politics and found Barbie apologizing to Ken at the end viscerally disgusting.

Marisa: Neither. Went to watch Meg 2 because watching action stars fight a giant rampaging shark seemed like more of a good time to her. Thought the first one was a lot better.

JP: Majority shareholder at Mattel stock, politely claps during the screening.

AKI: Has spent the last weeks furiously testing out poisons on various plastics and chasing down Mattel executives for intel. Has a cunning plan to take over Barbieland and gift it to her master.

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Why do you think Zach avoided talking to Cammie for two weeks after she told him what happened to her dad?

I'm assuming we're talking about the "somebody knows" scene in CMH. If so, I actually have a couple ideas because I've wondered about this too.

The first and most simple explanation is that boys are confusing. 😂

The second is that I think Zach might have been a little spooked by how fast his walls were coming down for Cammie. I mean, he's still very mysterious and by no means an open-book, but he's the one who actually prompts her to ask him about his parents: "I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours," which is big considering Zach is VERY guarded about that topic, even well into their relationship. I also think that when Cammie says that her dad went missing, it hits close to home for Zach, with him never having a dad and all. When he says "somebody knows" I think he's saying that to himself as much as he's saying it to Cam. At least that's my take on this scene.

"I'm saying somebody knows," Zach said, not snapping, but his voice was sharper—stronger. "I'm saying you shouldn't act like there aren't any answers just because you haven't taken the time to look for them."

Like, tell me that that isn't the wounds of abandonment talking. I don't think he'd admit it, but I believe Zach has spent a lot of time wondering if he'd ever have any answers about his father. And like Cammie at this point, he hasn't really gone looking for them either. Because as bad as not knowing is, there's always the risk that knowing is worse. Of course, Cammie doesn't know any of this about Zach at this point in the series, which is why he comes off a little harsh. But I genuinely believe this might be his attempt at bonding—he just hasn't had a lot of practice. In this scene I think you can tell that Zach really wants to get to know Cammie, and he actually wants Cammie to get to know him. So maybe he spends the next two weeks trying to work up the courage to ask Cammie out, which he does in a very mysterious "spy" way with the brush pass note and all, but still.

The third idea is kinda a continuation of the second (idea 2b I guess), but I have always wondered exactly how much Joe was involved. Like, it's no secret that Joe is kinda playing matchmaker throughout CMH. I mean, these are the two kids he cares most for in the world, so you best believe he's keeping an eye on them. JOE SOLOMON SEES ALL. Especially when it comes to the daughter of his best friend. Zach essentially told Cammie "there's answers, you just haven't looked for them" after she told him that her dad is MIA (presumably KIA) and she later goes into the passageways and CRIES!?! If Joe knew about that, Zach would totally be getting a lecture similar to the one we see him get in the CMH epilogue. The two weeks that go by is maybe just because Zach was put in the time-out of his life. But idk, that's just a silly little headcanon.

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5 for spotify wrapped! anything zammie:)

Song 5: All of the Girls You Loved Before by Taylor Swift

(AU Zammie meet as adult spies, they're about 25ish here because I said so lol hope you like! It's a long one!)

Dating is one of those things that can only be so fun for so long. You either get tired of it and just want to be in a relationship or you get tired of it and just want to be single. Cammie couldn't even find simplicity in either of those options because she wasn't sure which one she was in.

"Admit it. You're gonna miss me."

Cammie looked beside her to the person who was grinning from ear to ear at the statement. The only person Cammie would let get away with saying that to her.

She tried to hold her annoyed look at them, but ultimately broke out into a smile. "I'm gonna miss you," she admitted, annoyance evident in her voice, though.

"Yes!" her friend cried, letting her head fall onto Cammie's shoulder. Cammie reached her arm over to give Bex a hug as best she could while they were seated beside each other. The CIA and MI6 didn't do many missions in tandem with each other. But when they did Cammie and Bex were always first to volunteer.

The car pulled up outside MI6 headquarters. The pair had one last stop to make inside together before Cammie returned to the states. They entered together, practically arm in arm, Bex giving Cammie a tour she had given her every other time she had come over and Cammie listening as always (albeit while giggling).

They reached the office to turn in Bex's report and were met with her agent who assigned them the mission (or, as Bex called them, 'handlers'). That was normal, standard. What was weird was that Cammie's 'handler' from Langley was also there.

"Agent Townsend?" Cammie asked. "What are you doing here?"

Townsend raised an eyebrow at her directness, but responded anyway. "Agent Morgan, welcome back. I trust everything went well for you and Agent Baxter."

"You'll never know," Bex remarked with a wide grin. She passed her and Cammie's report to her MI6 operative.

Cammie rolled her eyes but smiled back at her friend. "It was fine. You didn't answer my question."

"I'm here to escort you back."

Cammie's brow furrowed at his response. It was far from the norm, but nothing in Townsend's body language screamed danger that he was desperately trying to conceal. He didn't provide any more information despite her expression. "Okay..." was ultimately all she said.

Townsend nodded at her and then offered the same to Bex and the other operative before heading out of the room. Cammie watched him go and gave a confused look at Bex who merely shrugged at her. With that, Cammie followed him. Townsend didn't speak again until the elevator doors closed with him and Cammie inside. 

"There's another mission for you," he said, immediately. "If you're interested."

Cammie raised an eyebrow. "And that information couldn't have waited for me to get back?"

"I was already over here," Townsend explained. Cammie's expression didn't waver, clearly expected a further elaboration. "Retrieving your partner for this one. If you accept."

That was another surprise to Cammie. "Another mission between the CIA and MI6?"

"Not exactly," Townsend corrected. The elevator doors opened and they both walked through the halls. "It just so happens I lent both of my best agents out to MI6 recently. And now I need you two back." He stopped at the doors that would let them leave, placing a hand on it to keep Cammie with him. "If you're interested."

Cammie tilted her head slightly. "Yeah, Townsend. Of course I am."

He shrugged one shoulder. "Just checking," he said, opening the door and letting her follow him once more. "You just finished a long one. I wanted to give you the opportunity to request a break."

Cammie scoffed. "You think I need one?"

"I don't think about your needs. I trust you to think about your needs."

"Then why ask ten million times?"

"I don't actually trust you," he replied. Cammie rolled her eyes as they got into Townsend's car and headed for the airport. "Here," he passed her a file as they pulled up. "Everything you need is inside there. When you get on the plane your partner will be in the seat next to yours, I already arranged everything."

Cammie accepted the file with slight hesitation. "You're not coming?" she asked. "I don't-," she added before he could be snarky. "Need you to. I'm just asking."

"I have faith the two of you can handle things from here." Townsend said. They didn't speak anymore as Cammie got out of the car, collected her things, and headed for her plane. "If you don't kill each other," he added when she was long gone.

As Cammie took her seat on the plane she figured Townsend must have made a mistake somewhere. The guy who was putting his bag above the seat on her ticket could not be her partner. He was too tall and too attractive to be an effective agent. She saw both Townsend and her former-teacher-current-step-father Joe flash in her mind after the thought but shook all of that off as she approached her seat. The man turned and looked at her, taking her in. He kept his eyes on her face rather than looking her up and down which was either a rookie mistake or a sign he was good. Very good.

"Hi," she greeted, simply. "You're blocking my seat." She pointed at it with her ticket and the man glanced down at it. Not that he could read it from that angle anyway.

"You're-," he started. "Townsend sent you?"

"Townsend sent you?" Cammie asked, copying his tone.

The man blinked at her before the corner of his mouth turned up slightly. He stepped aside, letting her take her seat by the window. He then sat himself in the seat next to her. "It's nice to meet you."

Cammie looked over at him, taking him in again now that they were closer. "You too..." she trailed off.

They did the introductions, Cammie learned his name was Zach and not much else. She revealed she hadn't heard of him from around Langley or from Townsend before and he seemed to take that as a compliment. He revealed he had heard about her from Townsend, but wouldn't say anything more. Cammie spent most of their flight wondering why Townsend would pair them together. They couldn't talk shop on the plane so Cammie wondered how to make the time pass.

"Here," Zach said, pulling her attention back to him. She glanced over and saw he had put a small pillow in between them on his shoulder. "It's almost an eight hour flight. You should get some rest. We both should," he added. "Townsend mentioned you literally just finished your last job though," he admitted to knowing.

Cammie looked from him to what he was offering her. She wasn't expecting that from him and was trying to decide what to make of it. It was different but it seemed... kind. She took him up on the offer and found herself falling asleep fairly easily. She woke with about an hour left in the flight with Zach's head on top of hers. He seemingly woke up half an hour after her, straightening up without disturbing her. He didn't even glance back at her, just remained as still as he could for her.

Admittedly, Cammie was wary around men. Not that she couldn't handle herself, it just never hurt to have your guard up. Saved you from things like spending your late nights having lame fights over the phone. Things like waking up feeling so alone while you were laying next to someone else. It's not that Cammie had dated the worlds worst men. She just dated several who couldn't handle a woman as independent and self assured as herself. (Macey told her once it was because men didn't like confident women, they liked a woman who was looking for her confidence.)

The new partners arrived back at Langley with minimal conversation. They walked the halls with equal familiarity. Zach took the lead and Cammie quickly realized he was taking them to Townsend's office. Once they got inside he turned to her. "Did Townsend tell you anything about me?" he asked.

Cammie shook her head. "Just that he needed the best for this and he picked us. Which I'm flattered at." She answered, only somewhat sarcastically.

Zach scoffed, seemingly echoing her sentiment. "Yeah, he conveniently didn't say that to me. Remind me to hold that over his head forever."

"I certainly intend to," Cammie agreed. She watched as Zach went to Townsend's desk and started to rifle through it. "Is there a reason why you asked?"

"I'm his son," Zach said as blandly as if he was telling her it was raining outside.

Cammie blinked. "Oh. Um. I didn't know he had a son."

Zach's eyes scanned something before he broke out into a smile and slid the desk drawer shut again. "Neither did he until a few years ago," he said, smile still in place. "Don't sweat it. Let's go." He walked past her out of the room and Cammie fought the feeling that she was stuck in the middle of a whirlpool.

After a brief conversation as they headed out they agreed to take Zach's car, stop at his apartment, and then get started. Cammie was surprised by how close his apartment was to Langley. And to her.

"You live here?" she asked.

"Yeah," Zach confirmed. "Why?" he asked, sensing her tone.

"I'm in the next neighborhood over," Zach paused at her statement, glancing at her as he unlocked his door. "I went to Georgetown. Got an apartment over here after graduation."

"Huh," Zach said. He turned the knob and pushed into the apartment, Cammie following him. "I dated a girl who went to Georgetown," he said as he disappeared down the hall of his apartment.

"Oh," was all Cammie said as she stood in the entryway. The door clicked shut behind her and she ventured further into the room. The apartment opened up almost immediately into the kitchen. Cammie wandered over, looking at the few scattered magnets and things on the fridge (a lot of remnants of papers that were put up and pulled off hastily). One of the only things there in it's entirety seemed to be a postcard in the corner. The magnet holding it up was blocking most of the writing, but Cammie could see Zach's name written in someone's loopy handwriting with a heart around it.

"Sorry about that," Zach said, reappearing. Cammie stepped away from the fridge, covering up that she was snooping. If Zach noticed, he didn't say anything. "If your place is near here do you want to stop there for anything?"

Cammie agreed and they made the short trip over to her apartment. Zach offered to wait in the car, but Cammie teased it was only fair since he had showed her his. That got a short laugh out of him and he obliged. Just as she had, Zach snooped a little in her place.

"You went to the Gallagher Academy?" 

Cammie's head shot up from her pack she was double checking. "Yeah," she said, not hiding her surprise.

Zach grinned at her. "We heard about you guys. You have quite the reputation."

"'We'?" Cammie asked, slinging the pack over her shoulder.

"Blackthorne," Zach elaborated.

"You went to Blackthorne?" she asked, incredulously.

For the first time, Zach looked her up and down. "You've heard of Blackthorne?"

"Sort of," she admitted. "I'd still believe you were a myth if I didn't know my step-father went there."

"Really?" Zach raised an eyebrow. "Would I know him?"

"Oh, I doubt it. He's good," Cammie winked at him. "Come on."

Finally locked into the work they had to do, they discussed the job they had to do and how they'd pull it off. They discussed their targets as well as their individual strengths. Turned out they had several in common, much to Cammie's surprise. Her second surprise came when Zach suggested they present as a couple in public. It wasn't like she hadn't done that for a mission before or that she hadn't been considering it for the mission they were embarking on. He just said it so plainly. Zach held himself with something that lacked awkwardness but wasn't overly confident either. It was rather refreshing. 

By the time they reached their destination they had a whole plan. Working together, they found, came easily. After a quick change they were ready to sneak out onto the town and implement phase one. And they did so, Cammie noticed, with Zach's hand in hers for most of the evening. His grip was firm, but not too tight. He squeezed at all the right moments and ran his thumb across her knuckles whenever he looked around the area to appear absent minded. In reality, Cammie knew he was constantly being vigilant, constantly scoping the place, but she couldn't deny that she did like everything he was doing. 

Admittedly they were doing their best to kill time. Phase one required them to get the lay of the land, a feel for what their surroundings were going to be for the duration of the mission, and, most importantly, familiarize themselves with their target. He was across the restaurant from them, sitting at the bar by himself. Only from what information Cammie and Zach had been given, the fact that he was alone was very odd. Still, for now they were only trying to observe to then plan a course of action.

So, they sat together. Her hand in Zach's as they exchanged stories of their lives and missions thinly veiled through codes so no one else would pick up on it.

Despite the seemingly light work of their first night on mission together, both operatives came to realize why Townsend specifically requested his two best agents for the job. What they initially anticipated to be a weeks worth of work, turned into several.

Over the course of the mission Cammie came to find out she and Zach had a lot in common. They were the same age with her only being a few months older than him. His preferred specialty in covert operations was pavement artistry, like herself, but he was proficiently skilled in firearms (as Cammie would soon find out).

("I don't like guns," she had said, casually, one night when it had come up. Zach agreed. They both also agreed that anytime they'd used one it hadn't ended well.

"That's what my teacher used to say," Zach said. "If you need a firearm it's too late for it to do any good."

Cammie had stared at him, recalling the time Joe had said the exact same thing to her class.

When it came time on the mission to use a gun, Zach had done it without hesitation. Cammie wasn't surprised by his speed or accuracy, but she wasn't expecting the way he'd looked at her after. Like he had done it in part so she wouldn't have to.)

In between their public facade as a couple where Zach treated her very much like a lady, where he called her baby, and never let her open a door for herself she found out he also preferred waffles to pancakes. She teased him for not having seen seemingly any popular movies or heard any popular songs. They came up with secret jokes when they were all alone that carried into the act they were putting on, making it more believable.

One night, three weeks in, they were seated on the floor of their hotel room, trying to regroup. They had cards, documents, two bottles of wine, and the pressing deadline of the rising sun upon them. Sometime after the second bottle opened Cammie teased him for all his 'chivalry'.

"Chivalry?" Zach echoed with a laugh. "What?"

Cammie was laughing too. She had to sit up a bit from where she had been practically laying on the floor. "I'm just saying. Anyone who says chivalry is dead clearly hasn't met you," she reached for her glass again. "Seriously, if this is how well you fake date," she whistled. "Your mom must have raised you right."

Zach laughed, moving the glass closer so Cammie could grab it. There was silence while she took another sip. "Actually, um," Zach's eyes were trained on the carpet in front of him. "She didn't really raise me at all."

Cammie glanced over at him at the admission. "Hm?" was all she could come up with in response.

Zach's killer smile slid back into place. "Nothing, really. My mom... motherhood wasn't really her thing. Not in the long run." He shrugged one shoulder. "She didn't do much for me. Certainly not teaching me about loyalty or kindness. I learned those things from..."

He trailed off and Cammie swallowed the sip she had taken. "Joe?" She guessed, finally airing out the question she'd had for days. Zach started to ask how she knew that and Cammie interrupted, citing the comment about guns not doing any good.

Zach nodded in confirmation then looked at Cammie. "How do you know Joe?"

"He married my mom," Cammie said, bluntly.

There was a beat of silence. A quiet 'huh' from Zach as he processed the statement. The pair made eye contact and immediately burst into a laughing fit.

"What a small world," Zach commented.

"Yeah," Cammie agreed. Her brow furrowed, thoughts coming through the slight haze she'd allowed herself to slip into. "So, Joe helped bring you up as a child. And he was with me during my teenage years. And now we both work under Townsend. Who's your father-,"

"Why'd you have to remind me?"

"We're both trained pavement artists. And we're good," she added, turning to look at him. Zach's brows were drawn slightly together, probably at her seriousness. "We've been living around the corner from one another for who knows how long now. We went to schools that are like two sides of the same coin. I mean... the odds of all of that..."

Cammie let the idea of the statement hang there. She didn't need to tell him the odds. He was as smart as she was, he knew them as soon as she started saying it. 

"It's a small world," Zach repeated.

Cammie felt herself nod, but she didn't believe it. She could see the timeline of her and Zach's lives in her mind and their pasts made almost parallel lines.

Almost. They had to intersect eventually. Had to cross. And it seemed the stars had finally all aligned and intertwined them.

The two went back to work, the next few nights filled with mostly silence. No more personal talking, no teasing, no flirting, and absolutely no drinking.

Somehow they managed to finish the mission with only one close call (maybe that's why they were Townsend's 'best' operatives). Townsend arranged for them to come back by plane so they could decompress (it was really that bad). They could just sit back, relax, get some sleep, make sure their report was in order.

Except they had their report in order before they even got on the plane. So they should have just been relaxing. So there was no reason why Zach should be feeling Cammie poking him.

He was slouched in his seat, legs splayed out since it was a private plane, when he felt something nudge his foot. And nudge him again. And again. He cracked one eye open, glancing to his side. There was Cammie, in a similar position with her foot extended to knock into his, but she was looking expectantly over him. He raised an eyebrow at her. "Yes?"

Cammie pulled her foot away from his. "What's the craziest thing you've ever done?"

Zach opened both eyes, blinking at her. He actually surprised himself by laughing. "What?"

"I'm bored," Cammie said as an explanation. "Talk to me."

Zach took her in. She was sitting upright now, smiling at him with her eyes shining. He'd been noticing Cammie a lot on this mission. And he wasn't sure that was a good thing. He certainly couldn't say no to her. He heaved a long, very fake sigh and sat up. "You want to talk about the craziest thing I've ever done?"

"Like from when you were a teenager!" Cammie leaned over her armrest, she was sitting across the aisle from him. "I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours."

"Oh, yeah? Tell me yours first."

Cammie sighed, falling back into her seat. "You play dirty, Zachary, you know that?"

"Ouch. Full government name?"

Cammie giggled, her nose scrunching up. "Fine. I... snuck out a lot. When I was sixteen."

"That's kinda basic, isn't it?"

"Not when it was sneaking out of the Gallagher Academy."

Zach paused, thinking about that. "Yeah, that's a fair point. What were you sneaking out for?"

"Hang on," Cammie said, "You have to tell me something. Did you ever sneak out of Blackthorne?"

"Blackthorne isn't exactly a place you sneak out of. I definitely did some sneaking around my mom though," he reached his leg over to nudge her the same way she had done him. "Now answer the question."

Cammie looked up, shaking her head almost at herself. "A boy," she admitted. Zach feigned a gasp at her making her squeeze her eyes such. "I know, I know. Spies: we're just like everybody else," she laughed it off.

"Cammie Morgan, you were wild at sixteen," Zach told her.

She looked over at him. "Did you have any wild love affairs in your teen years?"

"What do you think?" Zach asked, looking back at her with a small smile.

"With that face?" Cammie laughed. "Yeah, I think you did."

Zach chuckled before shaking his head. "No. Not really. Nothing worth sneaking out over."

"What about now?" Cammie asked, earning a surprised look from Zach. "Sorry. I just remembered you mentioning having a girlfriend who went to Georgetown."

"Had," Zach said.

"What?"

"Had. I had a girlfriend," Zach elaborated. "Past tense."

"Oh," Cammie felt embarrassed. "I'm sorry."

"Don't be," Zach cut her off with a shake of his head. "We've all been there. You live and you learn and sometimes there's good in the goodbyes."

Cammie nodded. "Wow. Deep," she said, causing them both to laugh.

They made it back to Townsend's office for a debrief. The fact that he was Zach's father came back to her the second she saw them together. The resemblance was uncanny except for their eyes. Still, the meeting was strictly professional and over quickly. The pair went to leave the room when Townsend called Cammie to stop. She turned back, confused.

"Agent Cameron asked my to inform you Agent McHenry is around, looking for you."

"Oh," was all Cammie said. "Thanks!" Her aunt and Macey talking wasn't surprising. Her aunt talking to Townsend might be, though. She'd have to revisit later. She headed out of the office and into the hall, "It was nice-," she turned towards Zach, only to be met with empty air. She turned around to see if he went the other way, but still came up empty. "Working with you."

Cammie found Macey in their favorite bar less than an hour later. Macey was grinning from ear to ear as Cammie approached. "You sure look like you just came off two back to back missions," Macey commented, pushing a shot into her hand.

"Thanks," Cammie said grimly, taking the shot.

"You know what I mean," Macey said, off handedly. "How was the second one? You've been gone for a minute."

"It was fine," Cammie said. By the time she had taken a seat beside Macey at the bar, her friend had pushed her usual drink order in front of her. Cammie thanked her again, more genuinely this time and lifted the glass. "There was only one major snag and we handled it."

"Mm," Macey swallowed her drink down. "That's right! You weren't solo on this one. Who'd you get?"

"Someone new," Cammie said, sipping her drink. "A guy named Zach." Macey arched an eyebrow and Cammie launched into telling her as much as she could. She offered a description of him and a few other details. "He was nice," Cammie landed on in the end. "He was actually really polite and good to work with." 

Macey wiggled her eyebrows at Cammie but she just shook her head. "Nothing happened. And he actually left today without saying goodbye," Cammie said, as though remembering in the moment.

Macey groaned, causing Cammie to raise an eyebrow. "What are you disappointed about?"

"You need a new man," Macey informed her. "If I have to hold your hand or your hair while you cry in the bathroom over a guy who you're gonna forget about in a few weeks one more time-,"

"Did we really need to go there?"

"I'm just saying!"

"Just saying?" Cammie asked. "You're trying to set me up with a man you've never even seen before!"

"Oh, come on," Macey said, turning toward Cammie. "You said he looks like Townsend."

Cammie snorted around her drink as she finished it off. "And that's enough?"

Macey shrugged a little. "It is if he's the guy who just walked into the bar. And is now walking over here."

Cammie's eyes widened as she spun around on her barstool. Sure enough, there was Zach. He seemed to have been heading over, but stopped in his tracks when Cammie looked at him. "Hi," he said. 

"Hi," Cammie said back.

Macey finished her drink, sitting the glass back down on the bar with a clink that got the attention of the other two. "Wow. Gotta run," she turned to Zach. "Can you fill in here?" She asked, gesturing to the seat. "Thanks," she said with a smile and a wink at Cammie.

Cammie rolled her eyes as she watched Macey duck into the bathroom, rather than actually leaving. She turned back to Zach. "Hi," she said again.

Zach smiled. "Hi," he slid into Macey's vacant seat. "I was hoping to see you again and I heard you might be here."

"And here I am," Cammie said with a smile. "Why were you hoping you'd see me again?"

Zach flashed her a bigger smile. "It felt unfinished. Earlier."

"You left without saying goodbye."

"Yes," Zach admitted. "I heard Townsend call you back and figured it would be a while. I'm sorry."

"It's fine." Cammie assured, back Zach shook his head.

"No. I'm sure every woman I've ever known got mad at me in that moment," he seemed to blush a little bit there. Not for the first time, Cammie wondered about the girls in Zach's life who came before her. "You're remarkable," he said, bringing her attention back to him. "And I didn't want you to be another dead end."

Cammie smiled. "Back at you." Maybe she would get to find out about Zach and all of the girls he loved before after all.

[superblycaffeinated]

Find the list of March Prompts I’m participating in here - I hope you join in! I love seeing all the different stories people come up with from the same words  This would have major spoilers for the original Gallagher Girls series if you haven't read all of them OKAY AND TECHNICALLY NOT SPOILING ANYTHING FOR THE LISTEN SERIES BUT -

I had a thought. About Mary (the soon to be nun in OSOT) - what if her name wasn't Mary? And maybe that was a cover. Or maybe her name was Mary. IDK. And what if this Irish, Strawberry Blonde, Blue-Eyed , NOT TOO FAR IN AGE FROM CAMERON ANN MORGAN , Angel was more than met the eyes? - my head is swimming with theories and headcanons now and I'll be yelling at @averagejoesolomon later about Mrs. O'Reilly A request from my old blog, for more about when Cammie was captured and set free before OSOW - thanks for asking, and thank you even more for your patience 💙 CW: slight descriptions of torture, hallucinations, and injuries // slight religion/God talk

Cammie Morgan & Catherine Goode & "Mary"

It was getting harder and harder to think straight. 

What day was it?

Where was I?

Why did I come here?

The pain in my wrists drew all of my attention, the shift of my weight to keep off of my ankle making me suck in a ragged, weak breath. 

I fought against the heavy pull of my eyelids, the bed in the corner, the initials in the stone hidden, but there. 

He was there. It was real. 

A sob shook my body, every part of me crying out in pain with it. 

“I admire you, Cameron.”

Cameron. 

Nobody calls me Cameron. Mom when she’s upset. My professors sometimes. Dad.

Dad called me Cameron.

She calls me Cameron. 

Black heels clicked against stone. Hips swayed. Fire. The room was on fire. 

A pale and slender finger brushed under my chin, lifting my head to look at her and I recoiled and she tsked, a pout of an insincere  frown on her lips. 

“It’s been admirable, dear, this search for answers all by yourself…” 

Answers. I needed answers. They wanted the answers. 

“That’s a nice song,” she whispered behind a smile. “Zach always -”

“Don’t.” 

The word came out coarse, my throat burned, the fire surrounding me inside of me now, burning me alive. 

She hummed, a soothing, comforting noise as she ran a hand over my hair, “I know, he feels sorry I’m sure. He didn’t mean to give you up, when he came to see me.”

She’s lying, Cameron. 

It was his voice. 

Not Zach’s. 

Dad’s. 

“You’re,” I coughed. That bitter, warm iron ran over my tongue and filled my nostrils as I spat out, “Lying.”

She gripped at my jaw, forcefully until I cried, her eyes almost caring, almost kind. 

“I wish I was, babe,” she shook her head, remorsefully. “It was smart - misguided - but smart, to assume we had you already.”

Gallagher Girl, don’t listen to her. 

“Just showed his hand too early, and then we knew we could find you first. Alone. Just like your dad, aren’t ya kid?”

I sobbed, fighting against the grip she had against my cheek, against the restraints, voices of people not there clawing at the inside of my ears, telling me to not listen, to fight, to not give up. To notice things, to trust my gut, to never go anywhere without backup.

But it was too late. 

Their voices drowned in the music, the music was so loud, louder than the fire, demanding to be heard, demanding to be the only thing I could focus on until a softer, quiet voice told me to go.

“Go find him, Cameron. Go see if he still cares about you, it’s been a long time.”

I collapsed to the ground, suddenly no longer held up, and something told me to fight, and something bigger, louder, told me to run. 

Cammie. Run.

So I listened. 

I pushed, I crawled through the flames, I gasped for air until I couldn’t breathe, until my head hurt.  

Until the fire took me, and I wasn’t burning anymore. 

She decided she liked the cold. 

It quieted her brain. 

This place, these women, had a purpose, a calling, and perhaps she could learn to find hers here as well. 

It was lovely, to walk through the snow, and be so close to the sky above and hear the river below, but be far from it. 

To disappear. 

She felt connected to something stronger, bigger than herself, in this quiet piece of the world. 

It felt like decisions, paths of life, pain, logic, grief, uncertainty, did not exist here. 

Each crunch of the snow beneath her boots led her further away and closer at the same time. 

Something drew her deeper and deeper and further and further, until she was certain there was a reason she had walked this way, until she knew that a God must be real. 

Until she saw the girl who seemed to be just as lost as she felt, be embraced by a woman who could only be her mother. 

Until the Mother Superior told her it was time to go, to do what she needed to do. 

To find the answers she needed to find. 

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Do you have any random or cute facts about the ROs?

Harper:

Makes random noises when he's bored, anything from various clicking noises to squeaking air between his teeth... No reason for it in particular other than being bored

Fuckin loves cereal at 2am, has it almost daily

Cried during Fox and the Hound

Gavin:

His notes for class are always covered in doodles

He has a small collection of pokemon plushies

He eats his burgers in a circle

Sophie:

Her favorite lil pick me up treat is chocolate chip cookies and chocolate milk

She talks in her sleep

If your body runs warm she's 100% gonna cling to you for warmth, enjoy being her new personal space heater

Dante:

You wouldn't guess it by looking at him but he has a serious weakness for sweets

He has and wears an actual pair of bunny slippers

He's a big baby when he's sick... Common cold got him acting like he was just hit by a bus

Cammi:

She will lose her SHIT for chili chocolate

She sleeps with a stuffed otter

If she's having trouble sleeping she'll make something warm to drink, bundle up on the couch, and watch old cartoons until she just passes out

Jazz:

Has a serious weakness for sour candy

All of her PJs have Loony Toons on them, her fav is Taz

She talks to herself when she's deep in thought, full out loud, no filter, this has gotten her in trouble a few times =v=

[doodle-do-wop]

Do you think Joe gives Zach love advice? And then townsend afterwards? hahahhaha sorry for the weird question

Im afraid I must remind you neither Townsend nor Joe bagged the woman they're with. Rachel and Abby saw them on the shelf, said awww cute, and then immediately went to self checkout

Yeah Joe proposed and Rachel was punching the air with victory horns blasting in her head. A whole ass parade was marching through her heart as she said yes and cried because it wasn't a cover. Yeah Joe was the one who got all misty eyed first but do you have any idea the absolutely ridiculous amount of steps that came in-between?

As for Abby and Townsend, they're not Zammie. They're still in the spy-pigtail-puller phase and honestly good for them, they're annoying and deserve each other (I say this with love).

If Zach is going to anyone for love advice (or anyone going to him) it's gonna be Macey. They can talk, get coffee, joke about politics and such. I mean Bex is a better option for anything he might need help on Cammie wise like what actually is her favorite soup because Zach has a killer recipe for each and he wants to make it a surprise since Cammie could be smelling motor oil and ask if he's making chicken (Rachel has ruined her).

If Zach were to go to Joe for any kind of advice Joe would be fresh outta fish and just pray whatever he tells the boy is useful or vague enough to be applied anywhere. Townsend would just combust into tiny little Townsend's.

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Human Tito x Human Ozzie pt. 3 Warning: I DON'T WANNA REPEAT THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN THIS IS NOT FOR KIDS!

(You gay ahh mafaka if you read the last part in pt. 2 dirty minded monkey-)

People went on with their regular schedules. Sessions, therapy, hanging out, doing regularly everyday things. Tito, Ozzie, and other sessions inmates already had finished their session. Ozzie and Tito still secretly had crushes on each other, very strongly. Ozzie was also hiding another secret of being a trans woman, only Cammy knew. Ozzie always loved to read books at the library, he went there everyday. He was like a nerd for science, math, reading, but people underestimated him over him being autistic. He still had a lot that he never understood, but he strongly understands love. He never wanted to go to the library alone since he almost got m*lested in there. Well, he never knew that he was gonna be m*lested, but he knew it was something bad. He doesn't understand sex. On the other hand, Tito's big secret was exposed, he was sexually assaulted as a child and he lost his virginity at the age of 6. The whole group now knew it and he felt very strongly more depressed. Tito has been depressed ever since he was in middle school, which caused self harm and suicidal thoughts. "I-I just can't!", a voice was heard inside an inmates room. "He fucking decided to expose my secret, he knew it was my damn secret!" Tito started crying at the corner if his room, "I just don't wanna deal with this pain anymore!" He grabs a knife that he secretly stole and cuts himself, "You know, this hurts as much as people treat me!" He cries louder as he throws the very bloody knife on the floor. "I just wanna die, I'm always treated so different! I'm always treated like a fucking pendejo! Jerry fucking knew that it was a secret, I told him not to tell anyone!" But then, Tito realized something, if he ever confesses to Ozzie and he accepts, how would Ozzie feel to see him this way? Secretly depressed, suicidal, self harming himself. The worst part, Ozzie's autistic and he'll think that it's a good thing to do to yourself. Tito looks at his bloody arm and cries more due to the pain. He decides to try and calm himself down, but it let more to more anxiety leveling up.

(Pt. 4 coming soon...)