#drew crew insta

[nancy-drewdles]

Drew Crew Insta + some random posts Part 2/Part 1

[mishelkie-art]

Hello~ As promised, here are the 2017 versions of my Strawhat mermaid designs in comparison to the 2023/2024 versions. I originally had posted these to a different account, however I haven't posted any art on that blog in a long time, I think maybe since 2017? And now I don't really think of it as an art blog anymore. I originally started this blog so I could post the full and better quality versions of my art that I couldn't on Insta (cuz it SUCKS), but now I think I'll also post new stuff I come up with, instead of Insta being my main. Anyway-

To start with, as I mentioned in my last post, these designs were born from a specific AU in mind. In this AU, there isn't just one kind of merfolk, but merfolk were instead made up of many groups of different kinds of merpeople. Sharks, for example, were their own subgroup. Another example would be a group including aquatic mammals like whales and dolphins, and another group would be crustaceans, ect. I think in my first go at turning the Strawhats in merfolk I limited myself too much, like three of them were sharks and the others were just other kinds of fish. I do like Franky as a lionfish, but I changed him to a humpback whale to showoff more of the differences and similarities between the different kinds of merfolk. Plus, after the timeskip I think he's now canonically the slowest member of the crew, so making him a large animal that's been known to protect other species of animals from orcas seemed fitting, ya know?

With brook, he straight up was just some random fish that I really can't remember the name of, and I'm happy that this time around I did more research and found an animal that fits the spooky nature of his devil fruit. Overall, I think everyone got a glow up, but out of all of them I think Zoro's my favorite. I hate how I gave him that serious broody expression when it doesn't suit our beloved himbo idiot at all lol I feel the new version can be intimidating still, but also comes across as softer thanks to the colored lines and use of pinks and soft red. I don't know what I was thinking making Sanji primarily yellow, like his Wano outfit looks good but yellow is mainly his Germa color 😭 2nd time around I made him blue for his All Blue, and I wasn't sure if it came through, but I tried to curl and color his tail fins to make them look like crashing waves.

Unfortunately, at the time I drew these Jinbei wasn't an "official" member of the crew, so I hadn't thought to draw him. Also, I feel that I mistyped in the last post in regards to Vivi, by "original design", I was referring to the CANON design, not a previous design that I had come up with 😓

But yeah, I can't believe it's been seven years since I drew the first versions of these designs, I swtg ever since 2020 the years have just been blurring together lol

[sewerpalette]

Subnautica headcanon designs part 1. I might make another one with Jochi, Hollister and a couple others. I’m not entirely happy with it but I’m not getting it to look any better so might aswell post it!

Second image was the thumbnail, as you can see, I didn’t capture a lot of likenesses and also decided to scrap doing ryley, but the shading was kinda fun so I guess there’s that. Seems like this page is going to become a dedicated subnautica brainrot page now, I think my OC stuff should stay on insta.

I’m not very happy with how the proportions turned out, I’m sorry lol. But I guess it’s some progress from the usual. I originally wanted to give danby black hair too but I realised that that’s just kinda what I default to and there are already so many characters with dark hair so I changed it to a blonde tone. I also tried to create more variety in face shapes but I’m still relatively new to that so I’m sorry if everybody looks kinda same-y or proportionally off.

Danby and Avery were done on the first day, then I drew Ozzy, then drew Yu on another day with much demotivating wich is why she kinda looks different to the others, then drew Keen and overhauled Yu again.

The artstyle was inspired by the Subnautica character concept art of Ryley!

(Headcanon time)

To be honest, I’d imagine most of them know each other (except for Avery ofcourse), I’d like to believe that Danby doesn’t usually talk to people unless it’s for his job, but is still generally known and liked by the others, he finds his job boring but believes it’d be stupid to stop after studying for so many years.

I think they’d all be around 25-60 in age, with danby maybe being the youngest with about 28-31 years of age, matching with ryley who I’d imagine is around the same age.

I think Yu would be very goal oriented, but also trying to find solutions with wich everyone involved would be happy, wich mean that she’d know a bit about everyone, wich is why she feels so attached to the crew and wanted to disobey orders to try and save them after the crash.

I think Keen would really thrive in his job, similar to Yu, but be a lot more reliant on orders, somebody who likes to follow them more than to give them. He puts much trust into his captain and any other sort of authority figure above him, whilst feeling maybe a little too responsible for those under his command.

I believe Ozzy would be a very talkative person, like Yu he knows everybody a little, and everybody knows him. Except for ryley, who at this point has become kind of an outsider for just how much he tries to fit in with everyone else. Most people feel indifferent towards him.

I don’t think avery would be fond of being the captain of a ship, I don’t think he’d mind that much but I think a lot of the legal stuff he has to handle because of it would probably be really frustrating in the long run. He enjoys to talk to people though, and tries to help people in need if alterra doesn’t prevent him from doing so.

[thebbros-studios-on-and-off-set]

Are you still taking ask's?

Thank you anon for sending this and for the remainder of the month of October YES 😆

So here's an update on what the crew looks like 🤔, I decided to give them my own twist on their OG and Studio designs 😗

From left to right it's Snow, Bendy, Boris, Cup, Mugs, Cala-Maria and lastly Alice

Bendy has a more humanoid-demon look and Boris has a more wolf boy look. For Cup and Mugs they're basically haunted porcelain ball-jointed dolls (I got the idea from the game 😁) Cala is a mermaid . . . no surprise there and Alice is a half fallen angel via my interpretation.

Snow also went through a design change and is also male now, you see he was always supposed to be male but because I could never grasp on how to draw male figures I just drew him as a female but I guess that doesn't matter since he is a shape shifter after all hope y'all can accept him 🥺

To start off this month long come back here's this

I usually do UnknownSpy's dressuptober challenge on insta but I'm gonna do it here as well I know we're 5 days into the month but please forgive me I've got a full time job now and can't be here as often so let's see how this goes who knows maybe I might start doing some art streams someday 😁

Also sorry all current asks in my box will be deleted 😔 as to make room for the new ones 😉

[geeseareliterallytheworst]

Dug up my account purely to add my two cents to the convo around watcher rn.

While I totally understand the frustrations with YouTube, wanting to move, etc, etc, putting everything behind a pay wall seems to me like maaaaybe it wasn't easy smartest move??

Like, expecting enough of an already small fan base (in comparison to other channels or streaming service bases) to be willing to now pay for content that we've had free for years? Based on the reactions I've seen here, on YouTube and insta, I'd say it's not gonna be sustainable.

I get that they need the budget for the higher production quality they are going for, and they now have to pay a good deal more employees than in the past, but as I saw someone else mention, alot of what drew people to things like unsolved and the early days of watcher WAS the charm of the low production quality. Unsolved especially was just a couple of dudes stuff assing around in some weird places with a camera crew and a dream, most of us weren't in it for TV quality stuff.

That's not even talking about how rubbish conversion rates are for anyone who wants to consume their content outside of the US, nearly 10 dollars AUD for essentially one YouTube channel is so far out of everyone I knows budget right now.

[edalynn]

What pisses me off the most about huntl0w isn't the fanart, bc whatever, I can block all that and ppl can have their bland tapioca pudding ship--no, what pisses me off is the CREW of the show posting doodles on their twitter and insta accounts with captions saying things like, "drew these 2 years ago teehee" because that just means they KNEW. They KNEW it was going to be endgame. They WANTED it. And they still gave Hvnter and Will0w absolutely zero meaningful conversations or moments to connect. Not even a single dialogue exchange in Thanks to Them!! Just speedrun it all in a single episode bc ppl are programmed to see romance between a boy and a girl who blush at each other. What a fucking joke.

Y e p. It really is a fucking joke. I’m going to be so fucking disappointed if we get the whole “happily ever after” bullshit with the null amount of character growth we’ve gotten between these two the entire series up until the last episode where it was all shoved in like you said. It’s disappointing and makes me sick. Hopefully, because Dana says she hates happily ever afters, that won’t happen and they’ll stay explicitly friends or be ambiguous at best. It’s disappointing and so backwards for it just to be expected that “of course they’d be in love! No character development, just boy and girl :-)”. I’m not obviously because I think it would devastate me, but I’m almost willing to take character death over hunt//low being confirmed explicitly romantic. The most “growth” we’ve got other than the last episode was ASIAS where willow fucking sucks him underground the same way Belos does and like, what? You fucking shipper bland toast assholes think that’s romantic? That it’s fucking poetic? You’ve all basically ruined the characters by being so obsessive, can’t you cut your shit out for two fucking seconds?

[alphinias]

Same S3 premier anon as before: Mo was 100% there and Odessa, saw both of them and there’s pics of them both on the carpet I think?

Elaine is really close with the Pates and lots of the crew (which she is part of so…!) and was definitely hanging with them. Herself and the producers assistant who she tagged on insta were talking lots too. Her, Rudy, Drew, Madelyn and Odessa chatted lots as well.

Rudy spent time with JDs dad and some other crew & cast from what I saw. But Madison stuck with Mo and some cast (Austin and chase mostly) for the bulk of the night - barely interacted with crew etc.

Sorry, I wasn’t trying to say that the other partners weren’t there/on the carpet at all. Everyone saw the pics of them there. What I was getting at was the people who I know who were there didn’t even notice them because of the way they blended into the crowd in comparison to Rudy and Elaine, who according to them were totally attached. You took away something, they took away the opposite, so I was just trying to say that povs being that different at the same event clearly means there are some inaccuracies/just not knowing everything on either or both ends and there were some conclusions jumped to in your ask based on something I’ve had directly contradicted. I guess to put it bluntly, I was giving some evidence as to why I still don’t agree with your conclusions about Maddie and Mo being the worse end of the problem. I think they have definitely contributed, don’t get me wrong. I think my thing is at the end of the day I couldn’t care less what goes on behind the scenes or who hangs out with who, but Madison was the more professional one when I wanted her to be around S3 promotion. And that to me says what I need to know and I’m going to stand up for her a little based on that alone.

Also wasn’t trying to say that partners shouldn’t be invited. Obviously that’s normal that they were there and it does make sense if Elaine is friends with the crew. I was just commenting on the difference in Rudy/Elaine or maddie/mo behavior compared to the others which you brought up.

[nucleiaster]

My illustrations for the 25hBD, a challenge where you draw 12 pages of comic or illustrations in 25 hours !

Theme : In their bubble

Constraint : Out of the box / Break the 4th wall

A day with the crew of the Radio Isotope !

[opal-owl-flight]

Can you draw sir kibble or bio spark?

Drew Bio Spark in a previous response so have Sir Kibble! I was inspired by artsy-imogen’s (fella on insta) take on him for this design!

I also hc that hes one of the Meta Knights, like Sword and Blade. In the Back to Zero arc, while the crew is giving Meta the cold shoulder but still worked with him somewhat, Kibble’s the guy who stood against him and left the order.

“If being an Ally under your command means turning on the innocent, then I dont want to be a Star Ally anymore!

And forget about calling me to your side as a Knight of this order. I refuse to carry your title.”

(He comes back in Resolution arc after he sees Meta get better.)

[honeydewdrew]

ghoulin’ around

a buzzfeed unsolved au, d.s headcanon

a/n: he’s back, baby. & he’s here to stay. live, laugh, love bfu!drew starkey au!

disclaimer: loosely based on episodes of buzzfeed unsolved :P

summary: castle in the mountains but you don’t even get there OR your car breaks down & there’s only one bed at the lodge

pairing: buzzfeed unsolved ghoul hunter!drew starkey x f!reader

warnings: swearing, nipples, a car breaking down, mad fluff

feedback and comments are super appreciated!!

for this week’s episode, you and drew (& the crew) hit the road for a drive up to the mountains to investigate an old castle, supposedly haunted by their former residents

it’s fall and as you and drew trail the cars in front of you carrying the crew and equipment, the autumn foliage lined the seemingly endless road

intercut here a montage of you and drew doing your very own karaoke, cutting between vibing to Khruangbin, to belting Ariana Grande, to trying to catch every Baby Keem lyric (we’re gonna pretend copyright isn’t an issue LOL), & even some Hamilton

“what is that?” you ask, when you see smoke coming out from the hood of the car

drew frowns in concern, “shit.”

after shooting the crew a quick text, everyone pulls over to the side of the road, just when the car starts surrounding itself with smoke

“looks like there’s a bit of a delay in our ghost adventure tonight,” you make a face into the go pro camera you took out

drew shows up behind you and says “you think it’s an omen? like the ghosties are mad and they wanna kill us before we even get there?”

you roll your eyes

with almost an hour left to the destination, you all decided it was too much to wait for the car to get fixed and try to make it there for the night, so the decision was made to check into the nearest lodge to spend the night

the little lodge 20 mins away was quaint and newly built, just a year old. everything was fresh and new and modern and not a creepy old place off the highway, which put you at ease. it wasn’t a spacious hotel, though, so after the crew booked their rooms, there was only one room available left

“so we’re sharing a room, i guess,” you tell drew, holding up the key. “one bed.”

he scratched the back of his neck and shrugged. “i can take the floor. if you can spare a pillow.”

“i know this place looks clean, but trust me, hotels are breeding grounds for germs. especially the grimy floors.”

“it’s okay, i don’t mind.”

“you’re nasty, drew. it’s fine, we can share it, i insist.”

night falls and everyone is settling in. you’ve showered and brushed your teeth and gotten changed and are now tucked under the sheets, scrolling through instagram, replying to a meme your group chat was discussing.

you don’t even notice drew is shirtless until he pulls back the covers and slips under the covers on his respective side of the bed.

you glance over then turn your head towards your phone to hide your face and try to ignore the heat in your cheeks

“your nipples are out,” you mutter.

“free the nipple, y/n. don’t bully my nips.”

you snort in response as he unplugs his phone from the charging cable. “should we post some behind the scenes for the unsolved account?”

still trying to ignore the warmth of his body so close to you, you give him a ‘mmhmm’ and he begins to film an insta story

“pit stop in this week’s production, we’ll be back at it in the morning! y/n, you have anything to say?” he turns the camera to you.

“oh shit,” you say, “hi guys! bit of a predicament today, but nothing the ghoul kids can’t handle. love you guys!” you give a big cheesy grin, waving to the camera

he turns the camera back to him, making a funny face before ending the recording

after a while of stiffness, you decide to turn in for bed and drew does the same. the two of you lie in the dark in silence for a while before you hear, “are you still awake?”

“yuh.”

“i’m bored.”

“what do you want to talk about?”

“i don’t know. are you cold?”

you flip over to face him. his hair is a mess and his eyes are tired. cutest thing you’ve seen all day.

“a little bit,” you respond. “i hate hotel bed sheets.”

“should we like... huddle closer?” he asks

you squint in the dark, trying to make out what his expression is. “like cuddling?”

he exhales, “yeah. i guess. i don’t want you to be uncomfortable or anything...”

“oh please it’s fine,” you scoot closer, your head almost tucked under his chin. “i’ve seen your bare butt. i can’t believe you did that by the way. they’re never letting us back there.”

“i’m telling you, the ghosts at that house won’t dare scare us if we do come back. my literal naked ass streaking through their halls should’ve spooked them enough.”

you both laugh and you melt into the soft rumble of his chest. “yeah. just keep your nipples away from me.”

“what is your problem with nipples?”

the two of you chat all night until your voices slur from sleepiness, and you’re lulled to sleep to the sound of drew talking about beavers

you wake the next morning incredibly warm. you clutch the pillow you were wrapped around closer, nuzzling into it when you realize it’s softly moving.

peeking your eyes open, you find your arms and legs around drew. as his big spoon. your face is pressed against his back and arm around his waist

you giggle a bit at the absurdity, trying to untangle yourself from him when he begins to shift and turn over, nearly crushing you.

you slip out just in time and his eyes open. “hi, sweets,” he says with a sleepy smile.

you bite back a sigh and feel heat in your cheeks again. hitting him with a pillow, you say, “rise and shine sleeping beauty! the day awaits!”

you’re the last ones to come down to the lobby and maddy, one of the producers, shoots you a look. you shoot a look back, one that suggested ‘i don’t know why you’re looking at me like that.”

the notification sounds from drew’s phone caught your attention. “what’s up with your phone?” you watch him scroll on his phone. “your phone’s been blowing up all morning? is it from all your side chicks?” you tease.

“yeah, becky and some others,” he smirks at you. “no it’s instagram. people are freaking out over the story i posted last night.”

you open your phone to a million notifications as well. if the do not disturb setting didn’t exist, there was no way you would’ve gotten any sleep.

oh my god they’re sleeping in the same bed !!!!!

does this confirm they’re dating??!

omg mom & dad 😍😍

mommy? sorry daddy? sorry mommy? sorry daddy?

he looks so good,,

“oh my god, they’re shipping us,” you say.

drew shrugs, “i mean they have been,” he looks over at you. “are you okay?”

“it’s fine,” you shut off your phone. “it’s just some comments. we’re professionals and this just feeds the fans. right?” part of you is scared. you felt like there were feelings being developed and the spotlight on the relationship between the two of you made you feel exposed.

“as professional as ghost hunters get,” drew says, forcing a chuckle, “but hey, let’s get this show on the road.”

[petitprincess1]

Carlos Ramber was the crew member that drew Heed.

Man, their art is so freaking fun to look at, honestly. I mean, this stuff hasn't and probably isn't gonna happen (kinda hope so tho), of course. However it's nice seeing a crew member having fun. Dare I say it's more interesting than the instas.

GO HERE TO FOLLOW THEM BECAUSE THEY DESERVE MORE ATTENTION

[yuanzhous]

Feel free not to answer this if you don't want to!

What about Kinnporsche drew you in? I keep seeing posts about it on most of the woh blogs I follow and am finally thinking about checking it out; I'm just also a bit wary because I'm not usually a fan of modern settings

Sure, happy to!

Come to think of it, I'm definitely more drawn towards some type of (a)historical fantasy most of the time, so Kinnporsche is a little outside of that.

What drew me in personally is how character-driven it is. The choices people make are impactful and have consequences. I adore the various dynamics between the characters and I'm especially gleeful about the familial relationships we got. The main romantic relationship also undergoes tremendous development, with no insta-love, several setbacks, an a delightful mixture of tenderness, hotness, trust, and all around ridiculousness.

Besides that, you can see how much love the cast and crew have for the story, how much work and dedication and attention to detail went into every single shot. It has in turn spawned a fandom that loves it just as deeply, and an insane level of cool analysis of the show and fan-content.

There's much more, but I can't really make the words go right now. I would direct you towards @iffervescent 's Fandom Primer and see if it sparks your curiosity!

[zumpietoo]

I just find it interesting that KJ can harass and give the crew a hard time but when one of them dies(ie Dean) he does nothing to honor him. Drew shared Cole’s post in an insta story but he’s the only cast member to do so,the narrative that KJ is so good to the crew is kind of being debunked right now…I know he can mourn privately but still very telling. Cole truly has respect for people and the fact that Dean gifted him a jacket just tells me how much he adored Cole too…it’s sweet that Dean cared about him and sounds like helped him get through filming when things got hard,he sounded like a great man!

I agree with all of this. Again, I think it's possible KokeJ legit IS in rehab, possibly with no media access, buuuuttt....it's still telling that ONLY Cole (and Droop) could bother themselves

[mackenzielovee]

Hi McKenzie I hope you’re well and thank you so much for opening a discussion about OBX3! Your blog is the only page I have seen where people have discussed their theories/opinions without getting into an argument so thank you for creating a safe space 😁 but I do have to say/ I would appreciate it so much if you shared this (no pressure it’s your blog!) but I noticed the other day that Chase has deleted a LOTTTT of his insta posts!!! He only has recent work related posts and posts from almost a decade ago. As an OBX fan, I love it when the cast post photo dumps/BTS footage. I know maybe they only did that a lot back in 2020 because it was the only way to promote the show bcuz of lockdown etc but I have a feeling he may have deleted them due to hate/death threats he has been getting. Who knows maybe he deleted it from a business perspective (his management told him too etc) but I would also hate for the day that the cast stop posting because of haters/people sending hate to their families 😕Mckenzie has 2,000 people following this blog, and I’m sure some of you may follow the cast on ig/Twitter… so I ask most respectfully that even if you don’t like a certain cast member/crew, just refrain from liking/commenting anything negative. You don’t have to like everyone!! But y’all also need to remember your comments have weight and eventually the cast will stop posting which will be a shame for the fans who take joy in their posts. Y’all have to remember that famous people don’t owe us shit so them posting BTS/photo dumps is purely them saying thanks to the fans and if y’all can’t treat them nicely they’ll stop doing it. Thank you 🤌🏻🥰

Hi, honey! First of all, thank you for being so kind! It's much appreciated. This blog is always a safe space for anyone who needs it.

I found it interesting about Chase as well. Who knows why he did it. I won't speculate why, but it could be anything. But I do know there's been a lot of hate, and from what I personally have heard, it's been directed at Rudy and Drew.

I could not agree more with your point. There is absolutely no reason to be rude to anyone online. If you don't like them or don't agree, just keep scrolling and let it go. Nobody cares about your opinion. Nobody is dying to know what you have to say. If they are, they'll ask you. Please be respectful and kind. If you can't refrain from saying mean things, put your phone down and take a walk. Enough already.

Thank you again for being sweet. I appreciate it!

[erisperitas]

Drew the entire Golden Raven Crew (+Goro, to sate my hunger) in alternative hairstyles~ And they're all so cute~ <3

We have a sick and thriving tag on insta, #goldenravencrew and the entire party is made of artists, so we draw so god damn much.

[Carrd | Portfolio Site]

[justcourttee]

Call It What You Want-One Shot Song Prompt

So, I recently saw @marimacaron​ post this song prompt fic for daminette and I absolutely loved it and knew I had to try and write it! I hope it’s close to what you imagined :)

Marinette’s eyes fell to the glittering rock on her left hand, a small smile tugging at the corner of her lips as she hit post on her computer. Within seconds, hundreds of comments and likes flooded her Instagram from fans and friends alike, most wishing her well for her engagement, a few earning a chuckle at their distress that she was now ‘off the market’.

She reached forward to shut her laptop when one comment in particular caught her eye.

@alyabloglyfe: Why are you still vying for attention? We all know @queenlyla is engaged to Damian Wayne, I mean, why would he be interested in a liar and bully like you?

Already, twenty fans were fighting the girl’s comment, dissing Alya and defending Marinette’s honor, but it didn’t seem to help the punch to the gut she was experiencing. Her fingers lingered over the keyboard, the room seeming to blur around her.

All of a sudden, she felt fifteen again, trapped in her bedroom only being able to scroll through the hate mail that flooded her inbox from all of her former friends. She thought that begging her parents to allow her to pull out of school and switch to an online platform would deter them from attacking her so often, but it only made things worse as they became more confident and vile in their bullying as they could hide behind a screen.

Every night, Marinette would cry herself to sleep wondering what she did so wrong to deserve all of this until one day she decided it would be enough. She deleted all of her social media, even taking down her MDC commissions page, asking her clients to meet her in person or via phone call to schedule fittings and commissions. And it worked, at least for a little while, until they started to vandalize her parent’s bakery, breaking windows and spray painting signs, the cops never seeming to catch them.

Her fingers tapped out the first sentence of her response, her eyes absentmindedly glazed over as she wrote a paragraph, then two, all directed to Alya. She was about to hit send when she felt a pair of arms snake around her shoulders, warm breath tickling the back of her ears.

“How’d your fans take the news?” his deep voice felt like a lifeline as she slammed her laptop shut, blinking away the empty feeling Alya had brought.

He let out a low whistle as he unwinded himself, allowing her to stand up from the desk and fall into his outstretched arms.

“That good, huh?”

She forced out a dry laugh as she buried her face into his chest.

“Just a few people upset that I’m officially a taken woman.”

It was his turn to laugh as she pulled back, taking in the sight of his carefree face. It was always so beautiful, so much peace that he held, all reserved for her.

“Do you have any plans tonight? You know Richard will want to host an exaggerant engagement feast.” He rolled his eyes, but his smile gave him away. She knew he secretly loved being the center of attention, especially when it came to his family.

“I’ll make sure to have everything done by 5 today, promise.”

Ducking under his arms, she slung her purse over her head, making a beeline for the door.

“Do you need Alfred to escort you?” he called after her retreating figure but it was too late, she was gone.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Exiting the fabric store, Marinette made her way down Gotham’s winding streets, her head in another place as she tried to recall anything she could’ve missed.

“This is why you should’ve brought your list with you Marinette!” Tikki popped their head out of her purse, their arms crossed in a scolding manner.

“I would have Tikki, but you know how overprotective he is. He would’ve insisted I waited for Alfred to come down to the apartment to drive me and no offense to Alfred, but sometimes a girl just wants to be alone.”

Her pace slowed as a familiar landscape came into her sight.

“Oh wow Tikki, I haven’t been here in almost three years.” her voice trailed off as she scanned over the construction crew working on the new gymnasium.

“Gotham Academy! This is where you transferred to right?”

She didn’t answer the small God as she took a step forward, placing a hand on the elegant banisters leading up the school stairs. The fresh scent of cleaning supplies filled her nostrils as she closed her eyes, her mind falling back to the comment from earlier.

She was only sixteen when her parents allowed her to transfer. It was in both of their best interests as they couldn’t afford to keep repairing the bakery her former friends destroyed. She was a mere shell of a person when she entered those doors for the first time. She had already decided that she wasn’t going to make any friends this time around, after all, no friends meant no one to stab her in the back, as they all do eventually.

But then something strange happened. The student who was assigned to show her around for the first week was just as cold and calculated. His thorns were just as sharp as hers, neither opening up much to the other. She had planned for warm and inviting, the fake friends trying to pry her open, but she hadn’t planned for someone to hold her attention, someone as cold as her.

One week turned into two, and then a month passed and she dared to consider him her friend.

“Marinette? Marinette? Are you still in there?”

She slowly opened her eyes to a concerned kwami, Tikki’s small hands shaking her nose to the best of their ability.

“I’m fine Tikki, just a bit of reminiscing I suppose.”

Continuing again, Marinette soon found herself in front of her studio. The little bell rang through the place as ten heads popped up, all wearing bright smiles. Unique almost tackled her in a hug before the door had even closed.

“Marinette! We were so excited when you posted this morning! It was sooo hard keeping your relationship a secret when customers asked!”

Hannah and Brooke nodded in agreement as the girls all left their work stations to admire her ring.

“Can we help you design your wedding dress?” Hannah clasped her hands together, earning a chorus of please’s throughout the room.

Marinette chuckled as she brought the women into a big group hug.

“I wouldn’t have it any other way. Now, enough small talk, let’s get down to business, anything new?”

It was as if someone switched a flip in the room, the girls jumping from excited to serious as they all handed in folders, giving her a brief of each new commission. It was going to be a long day of work, certainly. . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . Her keys jiggled in the apartment lock as she practically fell in, all of her energy drained.

“Damian? Do we have any coffee?”

She didn’t hear an answer as she reached for the cupboard, bringing down her favorite mug. Damian had given it to her a month into them dating. Her fingers absentmindedly reached to her neck where a small D sat on an elegant gold chain.

“I don’t understand Mari-san. You wearing his initial is a statement that he owns you. How is that romantic?”

She adjusted her phone to give Kagami a better look at the necklace, smiling softly as she held the D between two fingers.

“Because Kagami it’s not like that, I don’t wear it cause he ‘owns me’. I wear it because for the first time in a while, I really feel like someone really knows me, ya feel?”

“I do not ‘feel’ but if you are happy, then it is an acceptable gift, as is the coffee mug with the picture of you two.”

The whistle from the coffee machine drew her attention back to the present as Tikki flashed her a smile from where they sat on the Keurig.

“Thank you Tikki. I’m going to need this,” she held up her steaming mug, a tired smile flashing gratefully at the God.

Downing the cup, she placed it in the sink before pulling out her phone seeing three missed texts from Damian stating he would be home soon.

“Well Tikki, at least I’m not the one running late for once.” The two shared a small laugh before they headed towards her bedroom to get dressed for the night. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Damian squeezed her hand tightly as they made their way through Wayne Manner’s garden.

“There could be a small thousand here tonight, are you ready for that Mrs Wayne?”

His smile was blinding as her heart beat rapidly at the sound of him calling her by his last name.

“I most certainly am Mr. Wayne.”

As they rounded the corner to the back of the gardens, Marinette couldn’t help but laugh at the number of people Dick had invited. Loud cheers erupted from every inch of the yard causing her entire face to flash red.

“I might’ve underestimated, I’d say at least three thousand.”

He squeezed her hand once more before he was pulled off into the crowd. She smiled at the genuine fear crossing his face as people began berating him about children so soon.

“Well, well, well, a beautiful woman in distress. Please allow me to be your stand in to ward off the power hungry tonight.”

Jason slung his arm over her shoulders earning a laugh from the smaller girl.

“I am eternally grateful for your services Monsieur Todd.”

They chatted lightly as he led her back to where her future family all stood, all practically vibrating from excitement, even Bruce.

“Mari! I’m so excited! I really thought he was going to force me to hold this a secret for forever.”

Dick pulled her into a bone crushing hug, only pulling back when Barbara and Stephanie forced him to. They each took their turns expressing their excitement for the wedding, Tim even going as far as to say he never thought it would happen.

“What? We were all thinking it! Demon spawn? Happy and smiling all the time? It’s scary!” he shuddered sending another round of laughter throughout the group.

Marinette brought up her phone, snapping a picture, posting it immediately to her Insta.

@mdcdesigns: So excited to officially be a part of this family. (not that I haven’t considered them family for years now :))

She was about to slide her phone back into her purse when something caught her attention. Almost instantly, a private message from Alya sat in her inbox. She wanted to ignore it, but the curiosity was eating her up.

@alyabloglyfe: Soo what?You don’t post for months and all of a sudden you show up with a double post about a supposed engagement to Damian Wayne?

What is this?

A publicity stunt?

A desperate cry to try and hurt Lyla even after all these years?

I demand an answer ‘bestie’

Her heart beat clenched at the last message as she felt the tears trying to pool in her eyes. So many years had passed and Alya still believed her to be the liar and failure that Lila painted her out to be.

She wanted to respond to the messages, but she wasn’t even sure what to say. Her fingers lingered over her keyboard as she looked up, trying to collect her thoughts. Then she saw him. His calm smile, his shining green eyes, the love radiating from him all directed to her. His eyes met hers as he excused himself from the person he was talking to.

“Are you alright habibti?”

His arm snaked around her waist, pulling her into his side. It was as if everything faded away, the only thing she could see was him. Standing on her tiptoes, she gently placed a kiss on his cheek.

“I’m doing better than I ever was.”

He smiled, seemingly satisfied with her answer as she unlocked her phone once more, her fingers moving quickly across the keyboard.

@mdcdesigns: Alya, I don’t need this from you or Lila anymore. I have a world famous business, 1.3 million followers and fans, a loving new family and a fiance who loves me like I’m brand new despite the damage you put me through.

You don’t really want to know what I call this, because you’ll only distort it to fit your fantasy that Lila painted for you so you know what?

Call it what you want :)

She moved to the top of the screen, blocking her old friend without a second thought. After all, she had her new life and it had no room for the past to ruin that. Raising her glass, she leaned forward to clink it with the rest, a new sense of relief flowing through her.

“To Damian, for finally proposing before I had to.”

They all cheered to his mock protests as they brought their flutes to their lips, celebrating the next chapter in their lives, not a single worry filling the space, only love.

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