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David Halloran Headcanons

There's NO content for the baby boy, so I made some. He's the sweetest man harrison has played in my humble opinion.

Love language is quality time and physical touch. Always wants to be with you, there's nowhere else he'd rather be. Sitting together, getting food together. He'd want to hold your hand and kiss you at the table. He wants to hear you read to him with your head in his lap, his fingers playing with your hair.

KNEE TOUCHES. His hand is always on your knee. His thumb rubbing little, soothing circles.

Calls you the sweetest pet names ever. Dove, flower, lover, sweetheart. Your name might as well be lover. He'll murmur them against your shoulder while he holds you. Against your lips while you make love. He's always sweet on you.

He loves when you hold him close at night, he trembles when you play with his hair and gently scratch his back. He'll rest his head against your chest, he'll listen to your heartbeat the whole night.

His focus is always on you. He never let's you go a moment thinking he's not paying attention. While you talk in a café, his foot is hooked around your ankle. His chin in his hand as he leans on the table. He watches you with these lovestruck eyes. He finds you the most interesting woman in the world.

He wants to take you home to Chicago. He wants to show you the city, meet his parents, buy you a house. He wants to have a family with you. He'd rather wake up to a crying baby than anything he experienced in the military. He wants to sit in front of a cozy fireplace, cuddled up with you, a small child in his arms that he dotes upon. He'll thank you everyday for giving him this life he's always wanted.

Literally the best husband in the world. Flowers on the table, notes on your side table. Waking up to see him caring for the kids so you can sleep in. Back rubs and forehead kisses. Never lets you be overwhelmed with housework.

Has nightmares, has PTSD. The war destroyed him but he never refuses your help. You're there when he cries, when he has nightmares so violent he's thrashing. You're not afraid to hold him in the night. You'll let him cry into your neck and when he begs you to pick up his pieces, you do, you always do.

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How each Saw cop takes their coffee

Hoffman: hot black coffee

Strahm: hot black coffee with 2 sugars

Rigg: not a coffee drinker, prefers energy drinks. When he does drink coffee its an iced black cold brew with 2 shots of espresso and sometimes he adds like half a can of red bull or something

Tapp: hot caramel coffee with 2 creams and 2 sugars

Sing: mocha coffee with 6 sugars, if Tapp is around he gets it hot if he's not around he gets it iced

Perez: iced coffee with extra ice, double cream, double liquid sugar and depending on the time of year a seasonal flavor

Kerry: hot caramel latte with whip cream and mocha drizzle on top and on the cup

Matthews: either a hot chocolate with 2 espresso shots or a hot coffee with 3 sugars, 1 cream and 2 espresso shots

Schenk: iced latte with whipped cream and either 2 pumps of sweetened vanilla, 2 pumps of sweetened caramel, or 2 pumps of a fall/winter seasonal flavor

Banks: hot coffee with 1 cream

Halloran: hot black with 1 unsweetened vanilla shot

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MACIAT shenanigans at HQ (mostly sam's lmao)

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A Libertação | novo terror da Netflix com Andra Day e Glenn Close

A Libertação | novo terror da Netflix dirigido por Lee Daniels promete jump scare e muita tensão. Veja o trailer oficial! #ALibertação #TheDeliverance #Netflix

A Netflix lançou o trailer oficial de A Libertação (The Deliverance), um aterrorizante filme de exorcismo dirigido por Lee Daniels. Estrelado por Andra Day e Glenn Close, o longa promete uma trama cheia de reviravoltas e cenas de puro suspense. O longa acompanha uma família que se muda para uma casa em Indiana (EUA), buscando uma vida tranquila. No entanto, o que eles não esperavam, era que o…

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Charles Soule, Leonardo Romero, Matias Bergara, Alex Paknadel, and more join Declan Shalvey's Old Dog: Operations this September

Charles Soule, Leonardo Romero, Matias Bergara, Alex Paknadel, and more join Declan Shalvey's Old Dog: Operations this September #comics #comicbooks

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On the night before the raid, the magistrate Arthur Halloran had ridden out to the camp to discuss the awkward rumours.

"Killing for Country: A Family History" - David Marr

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I love the Saw franchise and its inability to come up with more than ten names.

(I keep adding more because I keep learning about other instances and looking into this more)

Daniel Rigg - Daniel Matthews

Alison Gordon - Allison Kerry

William Easton - William Schenk/Emmerson

David Tapp - David 0.5 (Radford?)

Jeff Denlon - Jeff Ridenhour

Amanda Young - Timothy Young

Adam Radford/Faulkner-Stanheight - Adam Heffner

Mark Wilson - Mark Hoffman

Dan - Dan Erickson

Zeke (Ezekiel) Banks - Zeke

Michael Tapp - Michael Marks

Alex - Alex

Aaron - Aaron

Brad Halloran - Brad

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Yom Kippur War 1973 our ally the Israelis did not know that our SR 71 was going to fly over their war zone. If we were stranded, and needed it to land. There was a good chance that we would be shot at! During this long mission, Jim Wilson is faced with a decision when his oil light comes on.

Captain (later Col) Jim Wilson was one of the SR-71 Blackbird pilots destined to fly unusually long flights over the Middle East. It was thought at first during “Giant Reach” that the SRs would recover in Great Britain, but their government denied us access to operate out of their country. A possible reason was the impending Abra oil embargo. Is anyone old enough to remember 1973 the oil shortage in America? I am.

He reflects: “At the time, national reconnaissance satellites did not have the capability needed to sufficiently assess the situation. The 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing at Beale Air Force Base, under the command of Colonel Pat Halloran, was alerted to prepare to fly SR-71 missions from Beale over the area of conflict and to recover at a contingency base, RAF Mildenhall. [This] was within the design capability of the aircraft, although such a long and logistically difficult mission of this type had never before been accomplished in an operational environment.”

“Plan B was rapidly drawn up to fly the SR-71 missions out of Griffiss AFB in New York, through the area of conflict and recover back at Griffiss [non-stop].

These never-before-accomplished 12,000-mile missions would require five aerial refuelings.

This meant that 16 KC-135Qs would have to deploy along the route with their special JP-7 fuel [operating out of a base in Spain].

The first of these missions was flown on October 13th.”

“The third refueling was to be south of Crete: although in poor weather, it went just as planned. After packing a full load of 80,000lb of JP-7 fuel, I lit the ’burners and started accelerating toward the target area in the Sinai.”

Over the war zone

Approaching the border of Lebanon, I made a big, sweeping right turn out over Syria and then back toward the Sinai on a parallel flight path for maximum coverage. The airplane was running well and I pushed it up a bit to Mach 3.2 before exiting the area near Port Said.”

A thunderstorm had moved in over the scheduled refueling contact point.

My [RSO] Bruce Douglass, using electronic azimuth and distance measuring equipment, directed me within less than a mile behind my tanker.

“When we made contact and started transferring fuel, I had less than 15 minutes of fuel remaining and was about 75 miles from the closest straight-in emergency runway on the island of Crete.

The RED engine oil quantity low light illuminated steady on my emergency warning panel.

In almost unbelief . . I momentarily stared at it!

I instantly scanned oil pressure, rpm, exhaust gas temperature, and nozzle position for other indications of trouble. Although there were no confirming indications of problems, I couldn’t just ignore the situation and continue into the target area with the possibility of an engine failure at supersonic speed out over the Sinai.

We had no viable emergency airfields that could handle the SR-71. And I certainly did not want to be a no-notice, no-flight plan, single-engine emergency arrival at David Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv.

Especially, since the Israeli government had not been told about our missions, and they were focused on major battles for their survival.

Then the light suddenly changed. The emergency light was turned off. What a relief that must’ve been.

Wow what a story …..never a dull moment in the Blackbird,

I found this story. sr71.us/griffiss.html

I paraphrased and condensed his article I added the names of the men and women involved in this mission and several more that occurred during the Yom Kippur War

It was our photographs that the SR 71 took that ended the War. This conflict could have led to a nuclear war.

~ Linda Sheffield

@Habubrats71 via X

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So Tragic and Rare

April - May (pt. 17)

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halloitsme yeah, no one believed he was anyway

minimami7183 i love them both! couple goals!!

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KEELY HALLORAN SURPRISE APPEARANCE, INTRODUCING MANESKIN AT SNL!

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READ JEREMY SWAYMAN'S HILARIOUS RESPONSE TO SVECHNIKOV LACROSSE GOAL Last night, Andrei Svechnikov did the unthinkable. Or at least, the unthinkable to any other hockey player; he attempted a 'Michigan' goal during a playoff game. What's more unbelievable - he made it. The goal was scored about halfway through the second period, breaking the 0-0 tie. The goal would lead to Carolina Hurricanes win, the team taking a 3-1 series lead. When asked about the goal, Bruins goaltender had nothing but praise for the Russian forward: "He's so good at that," Swayman told Shawn Hutcheon. "I couldn't believe it. It was my goal to never get Michiganned. That was put in the toilet today."

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Damon has been cast in an upcoming Blumhouse/Amazon Prime Horror Action series and as a series regular!!! I'm fucking screaming! His character is “the owner of a successful country music club" named Lucky. 😭 I'm so excited for this! Full Article from BloodyDisgusting:

Four new cast members join Kevin Bacon and Jennifer Nettles on Blumhouse TV’s “The Bondsman,” an action horror series for Amazon’s Prime Video. That includes actor Damon Herriman (Run Rabbit Run, The Nightingale, “Mindhunter”). Variety reports that Herriman, Beth Grant (No Country For Old Men, Donnie Darko), Maxwell Jenkins (“Arcadian,” “Lost In Space”) and Jolene Purdy (“The White Lotus,” “Orange Is The New Black”) have all joined the show in series regular roles. The action horror series “centers on Hub Halloran (Kevin Bacon), a backwoods bounty hunter who comes back from the dead with an unexpected second chance at life, love, and a nearly-forgotten musical career — only to find that his old job now has a demonic new twist.” “The Bondsman” was created by Grainger David (The Chair), who will also executive produce. Erik Oleson will serve as showrunner and executive producer via CrimeThink. Jennifer Nettles will play Hub Halloran’s ex-wife, Maryanne. Beth Grant will play Kitty, the mother of Hub Halloran. Herriman will appear as Lucky, who is described as “the owner of a successful country music club, who is in a relationship with Maryanne.” Jenkins will play Cade, Hub and Maryanne’s son. Jolene Purdy will play Midge, who is described as “weary with the understated gravitas of someone who’s learned the hard way how to hold her ground in a male-dominated world. Midge may look unassuming but she’s actually a secret emissary.” Amazon ordered eight half-hour episodes of “The Bondsman.” Jason Blum, Chris McCumber, Jeremy Gold, and Chris Dickie for Blumhouse TV also executive produce, as does Paul Shapiro from CrimeThink. Bacon will also executive produce in addition to leading the series. “The Bondsman” also marks the latest collaboration between Blumhouse and Amazon. Blumhouse is also behind Prime Video’s horror dramedy “The Horror of Dolores Roach,” which debuted last summer on the streaming platform.

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TV Guide -  November 16 - 22, 1963

James Grover Franciscus (January 31, 1934 – July 8, 1991) Film and television actor, known for his roles in feature films and in six television series: Mr. Novak, The Naked City, The Investigators, Longstreet, Doc Elliot, and Hunter.

His first major role was as Detective Jim Halloran in the half-hour version of ABC's Naked City. Franciscus guest starred on the CBS military comedy–drama Hennesey, starring Jackie Cooper, and on the NBC drama about family conflicts in the American Civil War entitled The Americans. CBS soon cast him in the lead in the 13-week series The Investigators, which aired from October 5 to December 28, 1961. He played the insurance investigator Russ Andrews, with James Philbrook as a co-star. Franciscus was also cast in the role of Tom Grover in the 1961 episode "The Empty Heart" of the CBS anthology series The DuPont Show with June Allyson. He performed in many feature films and television programs throughout the 1960s and 1970s, preceded by a minor role in an episode of The Twilight Zone titled "Judgment Night" in 1959, and a major role in episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents: "Forty Detectives Later" in 1960, and "Summer Shade" in 1961.  (Wikipedia)

Dean Jagger (November 7, 1903 – February 5, 1991)  Film, stage, and television actor who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Henry King's Twelve O'Clock High (1949) 

In the 1960s, Jagger increasingly worked on television appearing in The Twilight Zone ("Static"), Sunday Showcase, Our American Heritage, General Electric Theater, Dr. Kildare, The Christophers, and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. 

Jagger achieved success with the television series Mr. Novak (1963–1965), receiving Emmy Award nominations for his role in 1964 and 1965, as well as the California Teachers Association's Communications Award, along with star James Franciscus, in 1963 for his portrayal of high-school principal Albert Vane.

Jagger's appearances in the 1960s included episodes of The F.B.I. and The Fugitive,  as well as the TV filmm The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970), with Ford, and an episode of The Name of the Game.

He had a semiregular role on the series Matt Lincoln (1970) as the father of the title character, and parts in Vanishing Point (1971), Bonanza, and Incident in San Francisco (1971).

In 1971, Jagger appeared on The Partridge Family. He played a prospector named Charlie in the Christmas episode "Don't Bring Your Guns to Town, Santa".

In his later career Jagger was in The Glass House (1972), Columbo, Kung Fu (Jagger appeared as Caine's grandfather, who wants little to do with him, but starts Caine on his series-long search for his half-brother Danny), Alias Smith and Jones, Medical Center, The Stranger (1973), The Delphi Bureau, The Lie (1973), Shaft, I Heard the Owl Call My Name (1973), Love Story, The Hanged Man (1974), The Great Lester Boggs (1974), The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976), Harry O, Hunter, The Waltons ahd Gideon's Trumpet (1980)

He won a Daytime Emmy award for a guest appearance in the religious series This Is the Life.

His last role was as Dr. David Domedion in the St. Elsewhere season-three finale "Cheers" in 1985.  (Wikipedia)

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Numbers in the Bible are significant! Over the next few weeks I'm going to share the meaning of some of them. (Although, this is just what we humans think they mean. Only God really knows what He means by all the numbers in the Bible. Amen!)

“The Meaning of Numbers in the Bible: The Number 40” By Kevin Halloran:

“Mentioned 146 times in Scripture, the number 40 generally symbolizes a period of testing, trial or probation. During Moses' life, he lived forty years in Egypt and forty years in the desert before God selected him to lead his people out of slavery.

Moses was also on Mount Sinai for 40 days and nights, on two separate occasions (Exodus 24:18, 34:1 - 28), receiving God's laws. He also sent spies, for forty days, to investigate the land God promised the Israelites as an inheritance (Numbers 13:25, 14:34).

The prophet Jonah powerfully warned ancient Nineveh, for forty days, that its destruction would come because of its many sins. The prophet Ezekiel laid on His right side for 40 days to symbolize Judah's sins (Ezekiel 4:6).

Elijah went 40 days without food or water at Mount Horeb. Jesus was tempted by the devil many times during the 40 complete days he fasted just before his ministry began. He also appeared to his disciples and others for 40 days after his resurrection from the dead.

The number forty can also represent a generation of man. Because of their sins after leaving Egypt, God swore that the generation of Israelites who left Egyptian bondage would not enter their inheritance in Canaan (Deuteronomy 1). The children of Israel were punished by wandering the wilderness for 40 years before a new generation was allowed to possess the Promised Land.

Jesus, just days before his crucifixion, prophesied the total destruction of Jerusalem (Matthew 24:1 - 2, Mark 13:1 - 2). Forty years after his crucifixion in 30 A.D., the mighty Roman Empire destroyed the city and burned its beloved temple to the ground.

Appearances of the number forty: The book of Exodus, with its 40 chapters and 1,213 verses, is the seventh longest book. The longest is the Psalms.

From the time they entered the Promised Land, to the time of King Saul, Israel was sporadically governed by a number of individuals known as Judges. Though they did not rule like a king, they nevertheless had a tremendous influence on the people, as they represented God and were inspired to execute his will. Judges who served 40 years include Othniel, Deborah and Barak, Eli and Gideon.

The first three human kings over the children of Israel, Saul, David and Solomon, each ruled for forty years (1050 to 930 B.C.). After the united kingdom split into two separate pieces, King Joash served forty official years (39 actual years) as one of Judah's better kings.

Abraham tried to bargain with God to not destroy Sodom and Gomorrah if forty righteous people were found (Genesis 18:29). Both Isaac and Esau were forty years old when they were first married (Genesis 25:20, 26:34).

God flooded the earth by having it rain for forty days and nights (Genesis 7:12). After the patriarch Jacob (Israel) died in Egypt, the Egyptians spent forty days embalming his body (Genesis 50:3).”

These are just some of the examples of the number 40 in the Bible. And the Bible was written by forty different people! Now, none of this is “coincidence.” Amen!

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Woe my ocs be upon you

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crystal butterfly

By: Lady_Strange0

Words: 1926

Rating: General Audiences

Published on AO3: 10/06/2023

Relationships: America Chavez & Stephen Strange, America Chavez & Wong, America Chavez & Stephen Strange & Wong, America Chavez/Lisa Halloran, Stephen Strange/Wong, Stephen Strange & Wong

Summary:

“You know, you don’t have to look like a kicked puppy just cause I’m going out, and you aren’t,” said America, with a large grin on her face, holding a lipstick towards her lips.

“If I wanted to, I could be out every night,” said Stephen.

“Uh-huh.”

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America is going to Prom and Stephen gets sentimental seeing his daughter growing up, and lots of feelings are felt.

The invitation has been up on the fridge for a month now with little paper hearts and star magnets all around it.

America is going to prom, and Stephen couldn’t be more proud of her.

She was attending with her girlfriend, Lisa, who Stephen has met on many occasions and approves of totally, not that America needs approval on who she dates, but he’s happy that she has made such good and responsible choices.

Lisa is a no-nonsense type of girl, who wasn’t intimidated by Americas supernatural powers nor Stephens kinda- Avengers status nor the place they call home with all its oddities. She makes America smile and laugh whenever they are together, and most importantly, happy. And that’s all Stephen cares about.

The fact that she is absolutely smitten with America also helps, she’s confident and loyal, and stands up to classmates and teachers for what she believes, but will turn into a blushing mess when complimented by America. It’s honestly quite cute to see.

They had been dating for two years now and Lisa had asked America to prom with a bouquet of beautiful ‘Blaue Blaumen’ which is german for Blue Flower, a flower that is inspired by the Romanticism movement which is Americas favourite period in art history, some of her favourite artists are from the period too such as Casper David Friedrich and Thomas Cole as well as Mary Cassatt and Edgar Degas. The flower represents loving the infinite and unreachable.

It’s the perfect flower for America.

From what America had told him about the small and sweet promposal, Stephen knows there was dinner involved in a new pizza place in town, as well as a walk through Central Park, and the flowers. Which are now incased in a spell that will keep them eternally fresh and alive. They are on the bedside table in Americas room.

Since then, America has talked of nothing but Prom, what she will wear, what Lisa will wear, the dancing, the food, the fun it will be.

And today is the day, with Stephen sitting on one of the living room couches and America applying her makeup and curling her hair on another with a small mirror levitating in front of her. Stephen had offered to pay for a hairdressing and makeup appointment, but she had refused, insisting on doing it herself.

So he watches as she applies her eyeliner and a light shade of blue eyeshadow with a little bit of glitter and two small pearl stick-ons to each eyelid.

She has been growing out her hair throughout the almost 4 years they’ve known each other. Stephen had learned early on that she always kept her hair short between universes as it was easier to manage, but now that she has been stationary in one for so long, had started to let it grow again. It’s pulled back into a half up- half down style with a slight curl and wave at the bottom. A white ribbon holding the hair in place with a bow.

She looks beautiful and grown up, and Stephen knows this is when his daughter starts becoming an adult, and he is both happy and saddened by this. He is obviously the proudest he could be to see what a strong, kind and happy person she has grown up to be, but he also knows that he will miss not having her around all the time when school is over and university calls.

She had applied to multiple art universities in New York, but her top choice was NYU, she was very insistent on being in walking distance of the Sanctum. So, at least he’d still see her regularly, but it’ll still be different.

But before Stephen starts getting really emotional, he looks over to see America smiling at him fondly.

“You know, you don’t have to look like a kicked puppy just cause I’m going out, and you aren’t,” said America, with a large grin on her face, holding a lipstick towards her lips.

“If I wanted to, I could be out every night,” said Stephen.

“Uh-huh.”

“Hey, I’m not that old and decrepit, I’m still fun, ask Wong.”

“Ask Wong what?” Said Wong, as he walked out of the kitchen with three cups of tea floating next to him. He handed one to Stephen as he sat down next to him and set the other down on the coffee table for America.

“America thinks I don’t leave this house enough and am therefore not fun.”

“Well, you do only hang out with America and me, and one of those is your partner and the other is your kinda daughter-kinda ward-kinda teenage disaster.”

America just shrugged and nodded at the description.

“Hey, I hang out with other people, there’s Christine and some of the Avengers and when the guardians are on earth them too-“

“Yeah? When was the last time you saw Christine when you wearing injured or the Avengers when it wasn’t for a mission or something?”

The fact that Stephen couldn’t remember was answer enough and he just pouted and sipped his tea instead.

America and Wong exchanged a knowing look before she walked out of the room to put on her dress and shoes.

While they waited Wong put his arm around Stephens shoulders and pulled him close and asked, “you okay?”

“Yeah, just thinking of America being off to prom, and then graduation, and then summer break at Kamer-Taj, and then off to art school. And it’s just she’s grown up so fast, and I didn’t even want children but I couldn’t imagine not having her here, and I’m glad that wants to live here while being at college too, but I’m also worried she’ll miss out on the college experience if she does that and-“

“Woah, calm down, Stephen, before you worry yourself into a panic attack. America chose NYU as her top school choice because it’s in walking distance to the sanctum, but even if she ends up choosing Columbia or a school further away, she has portals of every sort at her fingertips, and her slingy.” Stephen smiles at the thought of her sling ring, it was a perfectly normal one except it had SS and AC in-craved on the inside.

“So, she will be alright, and she will go study fine art and do something that makes her happy, and she’ll make friends, and have a college experience, but in the end she’ll always have a home here, and she knows that.”

“Of course, you’re right, maybe I’m just not ready to see her all grown up.”

Wong just squeezed Stephens shoulder from where his arm was still around him, and pressed a kiss to Stephens forehead.

It was then that America walked back into the living room, and said with a twirl “ta-da!”

The dress America had landed after a lot of consideration was from a small boutique in Italy. It was a floor length almost midnight blue organza dress with a similar coloured tulle over the skirt and small white flowers embroidered into the tulle fabric. It had long see-through sleeves that ended at the wrist with a small bow, and hugged her waist beautifully before flaring out towards the bottom, in the back it was secured with a corset like back and white ribbon.

Her jewellery consisted of a pair of small pearl earrings which had been a birthday gift from Lisa, and a necklace that Wong had given her during the Mid-Autumn Festival the previous year. It was a gold necklace with beautiful freshwater pearls from the private collection of artefacts of the Sorcerer Supreme. The necklace was enchanted to warm up slightly whenever a loved one of the wearer was close by. Which meant in Americas case that the necklace was almost constantly pleasantly warm around her neck.

Finally her shoes were a simple pair of white heels with a dark blue sole. They had randomly found them on a market while walking though a small town in Thailand.

Stephen got up after she finished twirling her dress for them. He smiled at her softly and got a bright smile back.

“I’ve got something for you too,” said Stephen.

He gently pulled one of her hands towards him and closed his slightly trembling hands around hers. She was watching him, as their hands suddenly glowed in an orange light before dulling again. He pulled his hands away again, to leave a beautiful deep blue crystal butterfly with white lines around the edges of its wings, in her hand. Its wings fluttering softly and catching the light on its shiny surface.

“It’s a ‘Palos Verdes’ or ‘Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis’ scientifically,” America raised an eyebrow at him, but he continued without reacting to her, “they are some of the rarest butterflies in America. They are known for said rarity and their elegant blue wings. I found this one on my visit to that magic forest last month, and it- well anyway, it was dying from the magic overflow, and I thought I’d save it with the crystal enchantment, it’s able to regulate the magic overload much better now, and as a thank you it offered to be a little guardian for your evening.”

America was a bit teary eyed as she looked from the butterfly to Stephen, “no, no no no, don’t cry, you’ll mess up your makeup, Star.”

She just laughed slightly wetly and pulled Stephen into a tight hug, his arms went around her back squeezing her back just as strongly.

Over her head he could see Wong smiling slightly at them from his perch on the couch arm. Stephen nodded for him to come closer and join them. The other man rolled his eyes, but got up and joined in the group hug anyway. He didn’t know if he’s ever been happier, but Stephen just pressed his lips to Americas head softly and then to Wongs cheek.

“Okay, okay, enough soppiness for today, Lisa will be here soon and we can’t give you away with tears in your eyes. She’ll kill both of us then.”

America pulled back and said, “ thank you for all of it not just the gorgeous butterfly and the necklace but just for taking me in all those years ago and-“

“Nuh-uh, if we do this then Stephen will have a breakdown and we can’t have that right now.” Wong said, interrupting Americas speech.

“I would not have a breakdown,” Wong just raised his eyebrow at Stephen, who tried to shrug innocently.

Stephen smiles at America, took the butterfly from Americas hands and gestured for her to turn around. After she spun around, he placed the butterfly above the twist on the back of her hair and repositioned some of the strands sticking out to the side.

“You look stunning, I’m so proud of you.”

“We both are-“ there was a knock at the Sanctums door and the slight squeak as it opened for their guest.

“I think someone’s here for you, are you ready?” America looked down herself after the question and looked up at the two men and nodded. “Totally.”

She gave them a cheeky double thumbs up, and then they watched as America picked up the front of her dress and run from the room to her girlfriend, and they heard giggles and laughs and compliments.

Stephen knows that America will always be ready for whatever is thrown at her, but he is also happy in the knowledge that she will always have Wong and him in her corner.

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