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fangirlings-things · 4 years ago

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First Costumer

Fandom: Peaky Blinders

Pairing: Arthur Shelby x female reader

Summary: you just got hired to do the job you always wanted and your first costumer, is no other but a Peaky Blinder

Word count: 2.1K

This is based on the moodboard below, made by my friend. You can find the original post here

A/N: I wrote this for @flowers-in-your-hayr 650 followers celebration. congratulations, love!! you're amazing, thank you for understanding my brazilian jokes lol and I hope you like this ��

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You heard the doorbell ring and the sound filled the bookshop. Finally, a costumer. Your very first costumer. How exciting!

You got down of the ladder you had previously climbed to fix some of the higher shelves and passed your hands through your brown simple dress, making sure it was proper and in order. Mr. Cuthbert had taken a long time to finally accept you as an employee in his establishment and now, you had to make him proud.

You had always loved books. Since you were just a little girl, you mother had given you novels to read and you grew up living in many different ones from the reality you actually found yourself in. Books were your passion, your refugee, your ideal spot. To be able to work around them and make people happy by buying books, well, it sounded like perfection!

The costumer took his time to walk through the shop, eyeing the shelves like they were unusual strangers in the street and then, he got to you at the back of the bookshop. Your first costumer was a man.

He was tall. Not too tall, but just enoguh to make him able to look at some of the upward shelves without having to raise his head too much. His skin was white, giving a nice contrast with the black coat he wore. He had a moustache and you could only see a few strings of his brown hair, due to the cap he wore.

Then, you realized. After taking notice of the cap, the fine clothing made sense. No ordinary man in Birmingham had such fine clothes to wear, especially not in the middle of the week, during the lunch break time of the factories. Oh no, that man absolutely did not work in a factory. That man was a Peaky Blinder. His only bosses were the Shelbys and the Shelbys only.

"May I help you, sir?" you asked him with a polite smile, pushing to the back of your mind the realization you had just come to. It didn't matter who he was outside Mr. Cuthbert's bookshop. He was a costumer. Who clearly, for the way his eyes were going from one shelf to the other, intended to buy a book.

He focused his eyes on you and you saw that his stare wasn't harsh or the one of a demon, as many people said the Peaky Blinders were. His eyes were kind, even though there was an agitation in them that you couldn't quite comprehend. Maybe not even he could. "Yes" he said simply and as you kept staring at him, waiting for further information, the man looked even a bit disconcerted, like he wasn't used to having such attention upon him. "It is my sister's birthday this week and Ada, well, she really likes books, has a great shelf of them at her house. So I thought it would be a good idea to you know, give her a new book as a gift"

You couldn't help but smile. That man, whomever he was, seemed so genuine in everything. You could see the care in his expression when he spoke of his sister. It was a nice thing to see. The stories you had heard about the Peaky Blinders seemed to be all wrong. He was a normal person. Not some crazy, openly violent man.

"Do you have any specific book in mind?" you asked him, hands joined in front of your body and excitement filling your body because that was apparently going to be a successful sell. The man just squeezed his lips on a thin line, eyes going to the floor as if he was embarrassed. It got to you. "Don't worry, I am sure we can work something out. What kind of books does she like?"

He watched as you moved around the place graciously. Clearly you knew every corner of that place, every shelf, every single book and where it was. You looked at a particular spot, frowned then moved on like there wasn't anything interesting for whatever you wanted him to take to Ada. "Well, she's a communist, so she does like politics"

"Very well" you walked towards the politics shelf, searched the titles, but nothing particularly got your attention or seemed fitting. You turned back to the man. "Does she like classics that have to do with politics?"

"I think so, what do you have?" he asked, seeming kinda excited for what you would come up with. He accompanied you as you went to shelf on the other side of the corridor and pulled out a book. "Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo. It's centered around the French Revolution"

The man looked down at the floor again as a quite nervous laugh escaped his mouth. "I don't think that is a good idea. France does not give my family the best memories, you see"

"You fought the war?" you asked, smile fading a bit because of the seriousness in his tone. Maybe that's where his agitation was from. Maybe, he never did get back from France at all. He only nodded in agreement, still not looking at you. "Thank you, for your service"

He gave out a little smile, but you knew by the way the corner of his lips didn't rise too much that he was anxious to change the subject. Honestly, see the obvious hurt in him made you want to change it either. "Alright, no France. What about Bram Stoker's Dracula?"

"Dracula?" he frowned, eyes meeting yours in utter confusion at such a strange name.

The fact that he didn't knew about it made you smile as you began to describe que novel's story to him with a mysterious tone in your voice to cause suspense. "It's about an old man, Count Dracula, who lives in a castle and feeds on the blood of young women to survive. Sometimes he kills them so they can join him in the after life and also drink blood from innocent people"

The man laughed due to your clearly forced misteirous tone and the way you raised your eyebrows at him while speaking, seeming to forget the previous sadness that had overwhelmed him with the memories of the war. You were glad for it. "That sounds bloody awful, love"

You could not help but also laugh, trying to ignore the heat that took a hold of your face when he apparently without thinking, called you love. "It is, actually" then you shrugged, passing your hand through the said novel's cover at the shelf. "But is a fine horror book" you crossed your arms over your chest and squeezed your eyes in his direction. "Be honest with me now, will your sister like this one?"

He squeezed his lips again, this time his features assumed a expression that clearly said 'sorry'. "I don't think so. Ada is a feminist. I think she would not like a story where a monster man kills women and faces no consequences"

"That is a very good point" you said with a sight and then turned around, biting your lower lip as you thought and thought about more options. The challenge on your very first sell was being quite exciting and you could say, interesting. Much of it of course, was because of that man. Suddenly, an idea popped into your head and you turned back to the Peaky Blinder with a smile. "What about On the Origin of Species? It's a book about pure knowledge, scientific one, about evolution. No France, no monster that slaughters women"

The man gave it a minute of thought and then returned your smile. "Knowledge and evolution. It does sounds like Ada" you both felt silent for a moment and then, he cleaned his throat and nodded towards the book you had just gotten into your hands. "I'll take it"

"Very well" you motioned for him to follow you and then made your way towards the back of the shop again, placing it in the cashier. "You want it wrapped up as a gift?" he quickly agreed and you raised two options of gift wrap in the air. A green and a blue one. He chose the green one. "You can also add a small card if you want"

"That is nice, thank you" he said and again, as you looked at him, the kindness in his eyes seemed to shine out from everything else.

You grabbed a gift card from the inside of a box where they were kept and placed a black pen upon it. "You can write it or if you want, I can write it for you"

"You should write it, I bet your handwriting is better than mine" he said and you chuckled, nodding as you agreed to his request.

"What do you want it to say?" you waited as he clearly thought about the question, looking unsure. With one of his hands, he took off his cap and then passed the other one through his hair. When he claned his throat, you were ready to start writing.

"Dear Ada, happy birthday" he looked at you as if that was it but then, seeing the expression on your face that clearly indicated you wished him to talk more, he thought for a second and then continued. " Since you like books so much, I hope you will like this one, that a very nice girl helped me pick" as you wrote with a smile on your face, you did your best not to raise your eyes to meet his. "I know I am not always a very good brother, but I love you. Happy birthday, Arthur"

"That was beautiful" you told him, letting go of the pen and starting to wrap up the gift carefully, slowly, in no rush to let the Peaky Blinder go away. Arthur. His name was Arthur. It was a beautiful name. Suited him just fine.

"Alright, then" his eyes went to the floor again, seeming now embarrassed because of your words.

You finished to wrap the gift in silence, then when it was done, you sighted and looked at the man. "If you want us to deliver the gift at your sister's house, in case you're busy, we have a delivery boy for such"

"That sounds good, I appreciate that" he replied.

You nodded in agreement and got a piece of paper, to then grab the pen again. "Can you tell me her adress, please?" he did so, and you wrote it down so the boy Mr. Cuthbert had hired a little while before you could do his part of the job later. "He is supposed to look for Ada...?" you left the question in the air, waiting for him to answer, eyes still on the paper.

"Ada Shelby"

Your eyes snapped up on the very same instant.

Shelby.

His sister was Ada Shelby.

He was Arthur Shelby.

"Something wrong, love?" he asked, and he didn't seem harsh like you expected him to, for the way you not in the slightly hid just how astonished you were to know his identity. His eyes were still kind, but a part of the previous sadness had come back.

"I'm sorry, that was rude of me" you wrote down Ada Shelby and then left the paper upon the gift, at the corner of the cashier.

"I'm used to that kind of reaction by now" he said with a nervous laugh, that carried absolutely no humor at all in it. Even if he was indeed used to the said kind of reaction, he clearly did not like it. You felt guilt consume you. "How much do I owe you?"

You told him the price, still lost in your thoughts and cursing yourself for being so stupid and rude. So rude. He gave you the money, you placed it in the due place. "Have a nice day" he told you and then turned around to leave, placing his cap back in his head and then his hands went to the pockets of his clothes.

You watched him leaving with a intense feeling of exasperation, tried to think fastly enough to say something and then before you could even really process what you were actually going to do, the words left your mouth. "Mr. Shelby?" he turned back around as he heard you calling, a bit of gentleness in his features. "If you ever need to buy another book, I am sure I can help you find something good"

His lips curled up in a smile, a pure one. A bit of the guilt you felt left your body like he had just taken it completely away, just by smiling again. "I'll remember that, love"

And then, Arthur Shelby left the bookshop.

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hpdrizzle · 4 years ago

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Below is the list of all the fic for 2020 drizzle fest! Thanks for all your support - reveals will be posted on 10th October, Saturday.

FEMSLASH Title: Time After Time Pairing: Ginny/Luna Summary: A few weeks after the Battle of Hogwarts, Luna buys an ice cream truck. Title: sugarcane in the easy morning Pairing: Ginny/Pansy Summary: “I mean, it’s not like there’s anything special about Ross,” Pansy continues. “Why do the most beautiful and powerful women go for the most painfully average men?” Title: Under Adverse Conditions Pairing: Ginny/Pansy Summary: With most of the castle away at Hogsmeade, Ginny and Pansy use the time to fly together. Title: Asbhury Manor Pairing: Millicent/Hermione Summary: Millicent farms the land on her manor. She enjoys the work and the weather, but she is lonely. Enter Hermione Granger.

There are many more awesome fics under the cut!

GEN / MULTIPLE PAIRINGS Title: You Don’t Know [how you betrayed me] Pairing: Voldemort. Tom Riddle Sr. [GEN] Summary: Tom Marvolo Riddle meets his father on a cold and wintry night. He never meant for things to unfold the way that they do but there had been something inside him that wanted to investigate where he came from. Title: Thunder & Lightning Pairing: Hermione Granger/Fabian Prewett/Gideon Prewett Summary: A thunderstorm and a little bit of magic bring Hermione a pair of unexpected guests. Title: Getting some Vitamin D Characters/Pairings: Hermione/Adrian/Marcus Summary: Hermione takes advantage of the warm, Caribbean sun.

SLASH Title: Storms of Stars and Scars Pairing: Remus/Sirius Summary: Seven storms over seven years of Hogwarts tell the story of how Remus and Sirius fell in love. Title: Come In From The Cold Characters/Pairings: Remus/Sirius Summary: The first Hogsmeade weekend of the Marauders’ sixth year. Alternatively: In which Sirius frets and works to keep Remus warm, James argues it’s not that cold, Remus wishes the cold brought something more, and Peter just wishes everyone would get their heads out of their asses. Title: Hourglass Characters/Pairings: Remus/Sirius Summary: Sirius encounters a boy who got mugged. He offers to give him a ride home. Title: time, curious time Pairing: Remus/Sirius Summary: “Do you still remember how it started?” he asks. “How could I forget?” you ask back. Title: Riverbank Pairing: Remus/Sirius Summary: While looking for an escape from his broken family, Sirius finds the riverbank. And a boy with pink hair. Title: A Summertime Thunderstorm Pairing: Remus/Sirius Summary: Summers in Wales were ideal. Sunny, windy, warm without being sweltering… and the perfect time for Remus and Sirius to explore the feelings they’ve been dancing around for the better part of a year. Title: Freedom They Can Reach Pairing: Remus/Sirius Summary: Under rising thunderclouds in late July 1980, Remus and Sirius take a different road towards home or freedom. Title: That Summer was Good to Us Pairing: Remus/Sirius Summary: Summers in Wales were ideal. Sunny, windy, warm without being sweltering… and the perfect time for Remus and Sirius to explore the feelings they’ve been dancing around for the better part of a year. Title: Eye of the Storm Pairing: Draco/Harry Summary: A storm rages blindly around a cabin with no doors. Without magic, Draco and Harry are trapped inside. Title: The cold never bothers me anyway Pairing: Draco/Harry Summary: It takes Harry one pointless mission to the Arctic, three falls into the snow, a few lines from Let It Go, and thousands of floating ice crystals to realize just how beautiful Draco Malfoy is. Title: Brighter Than The Sun Characters/Pairings: Draco/Harry Summary: Draco was promised a relaxing day at the beach. This was certainly not it! Title: Winter has called you [and me] Characters/Pairings: Draco/Harry Summary: Draco decided to visit his aunt in the countryside to be a little bit away from the city. While going back, he didn’t notice a snow storm was coming, trapping him in the snow a few cities away from his aunt’s house. He didn’t expect a handsome man to save him. He also didn’t expect Harry to be his soulmate. Title: A Fault In The Weather Characters/Pairings: Draco/Harry Summary: Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes have brought out a new item: a Portable Swamp. As one of their most trusted amateur prototype testers, Harry is ecstatic to get this latest object. The only problem is that it…doesn’t seem to work. It’s generating storm clouds that sweep through the Hogwarts corridors, and showering the students with rain, hail, and snow. The storms are getting stronger, but Charms Professor Malfoy and DADA Professor Potter are on the case. Title: Key to my heart Pairing: Draco/Harry Summary: Harry Potter gets locked out in the rain. He goes to his neighbour Draco Malfoy for help. Title: (You’ve Gotta) Taste The Rain Pairing: Draco/Harry Summary: Harry can’t take the rat race anymore and quits Auror training just before graduation. He hopes a move to the country will bring him what he’s looking for. He doesn’t factor in a wandering neighbour who turns out to be very familiar. As the rain continues to pour, things get heated. Title: The Locus of the Fracas Pairing: Draco/Harry Summary: Harry is assigned community payback, and it’s all Malfoy’s fault. Title: Only Happy When It Rains Pairing: Draco/Harry Summary: Weather-Be’s, the up-and coming business of Draco Malfoy, guarantees* perfect weather for your event! If you need warm sunshine, Weather-Be’s will provide it. If you want atmospheric fog, we can make that happen. We have a 100%** success rate at giving you the weather you want. | *guarantee invalid if Harry Potter is in attendance | **success rate drops to 97% when Harry Potter’s attendance at events is counted. Title: Golden Daffodils’ Sea Pairing: Draco/Harry Summary: Harry returned to Grimmauld and curled alone in Sirius’ bed, the night weighted on him and he choked with fear. A crack inside him had the shape and sound of their portkey disappearing. He didn’t sleep that night, Fred’s funeral fresh in his mind too. The guilt at his lack of tears or emotions the previous day overwhelmed him and kept his eyes opened so he could feel how undeserving of the Weasley’s love he was. The months after the Battle of Hogwarts are sunny and beautiful, even though it feels like the sky should be falling around Harry. He tries to get through grief while fixing Hogwarts, capture some Death Eaters, return to his last year of school and befriend one Draco Malfoy. However, he’ll have to realize grief is not the only thing he has to fight now that he came back from death. Title: Let him be kind Pairing: Draco/Harry Summary: A ghost is haunting the halls of Malfoy Manor, wailing at all hours of the day. Unfortunately for Draco, the only person to happily offer their ghost-be-gone services was none other than Harry Potter. Title: Forever In My Mind (Be My Golden Sunshine) Pairing: Draco/Harry Summary: Harry Potter flees London and a broken engagement. He finds solace in the vineyards of Châteaux Malfoy and finds a love that he could never have expected. Title: No Rules in a Breakable Heaven Pairing: Draco/Harry Summary: When a magical rainstorm reveals everyone’s deepest desires, Harry learns far more about his friends and colleagues than he ever wanted to know. Worst of all, he suddenly has to face his own deepest desire. Title: What the body wants is coolness Pairing: Draco/Harry Summary: Draco and Harry have been seeing each other for months, and Harry decides the best way to tell their friends is to bring Draco to a group beach outing. Draco’s given up enumerating all the ways this plan could go wrong. Title: Comfort In The Storm Pairing: Harry & Ron Summary: “Storms are even scarier outside of the cupboard. Title: I will answer thy prayers (if thou wouldst drink of my life) Pairing: Voldemort/Harry Summary: Instead of duelling Harry in the graveyard, Voldemort kisses him instead. Title: The summer of 1899 Pairing: Albus/Gellert Summary: The cicadas are humming on that humid summer day when Albus meets Gellert for the first time. What follows is an intense, passionate affair that lasts for one perfect summer. Title: Kick In Characters/Pairings: Severus/Sirius Summary: Severus loves his husband, he really does. Even if his obsessions with nudity and rain drive him crazy sometimes. Title: Unexpected Companion Characters/Pairings: Harry/Theo Summary: While picking up a birthday cake for Hermione in Knockturn Alley, an unexpected rainstorm causes Harry to take shelter where he finds himself bumping into someone he hasn’t seen in quite a while. Title: A Loss of Control Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Hugo Weasley Summary: Bored at yet another Ministry charity event, Hugo goes for a wander and finds himself with someone he never expected to. Title: heartbreak was never so loud Pairing: Marcus/Oliver Summary: Oliver starts out wanting to help Flint fit into the team. Somewhere along the way, he loses his heart to the large, surly Beater. Title: Searching For Comfort Pairing: Snape/Harry Summary: Severus was mostly there for the air-conditioning. He didn’t know it would change his life! Title: What the rainbow never tells me Pairing: James Sirius/Teddy Lupin Summary: When James is challenged with an impossible task—to find the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow—no one expects him to succeed. But what they don’t know is that James has a pretty good in with England’s premier Weather Wizard, Teddy Lupin. Title: His Reward Pairing: Snape/Draco Summary: All Draco wants for Christmas is protection. And snow. Title: Too Good To Be True Pairing: James/Regulus Summary: He couldn’t help but peruse James’ body as he answered his question. It was slowly distracting Regulus, but he couldn’t think about that now. HET Title: Funny Weather You’re Having Pairing: Zach/Luna Summary: Zach notices a strange weather pattern around Luna’s house, and decides to investigate. Title: Windy and Windy Roads Pairing: Ron/Hermione Summary: After a shopping trip in Flourish and Blotts, the wind decides to kidnap Ron’s hat. If only the wind knew what that hat meant to the Granger-Weasleys. If it did, the wind would likely have left it well enough alone. Title: Sitting in the Rain Pairing: Luna/Rolf Summary: Luna is sitting in her garden out in the rain and Harry decides to go out and join her. Title: Storming Love Characters/Pairings: Harry/Daphne Summary: Harry never expected to wake up to a rainstorm in his bedroom without a hole in the roof. Can an owl to Theo break the storm that seems to be following him? Title: Brighter Than The Sun Characters/Pairings: Pansy/Ron Summary: Ron Weasley has found the love of his life. All he needs to do is get the asking right and he’s sure Pansy Parkinson will agree to tie their lives together… if only the weather would cooperate. Title: Weathering The Storm Pairing: Ginny/Blaise Summary: Ginny’s invitation to her first quidditch match as a Harpie has Blaise a bit nervous. The storm brewing in the sky is almost as strong as the storm brewing in his heart. Can they both survive the match and its aftermath? Title: I want to feel the thunder (I want to scream) Pairing: George/Luna Summary: Sometimes things don’t need to be said, but they’re nice to hear anyway (especially when it stops your boyfriend from turning into a frog every time it rains). Title: How It Falls Pairing: Ron/Pansy Summary: Pansy Parkinson wants to live life her own way, but her mother has other ideas—specifically, she wants her to marry a certain type of wizard. Title: Corazón De Mi Alma Pairing: Harry/Hermione Summary: Harry and Hermione travel to Mexico for the repatriation of a cursed Mayan artifact. Title: Pathetic Fallacy Pairing: Hermione/Draco Summary: ‘I have an idea,’ he said quietly, ‘but I don’t think you’re going to like it.’ Title: Suddenly this rain, This defeat Characters/Pairings: Hermione/Draco Summary: A weeks long storm of mysterious origins brings more than just a headache for Hermione Granger. It also brings Draco Malfoy back into her life and her heart in a way she never expected. Title: Anchors In A Storm Pairing: Hermione/Draco Summary: Draco’s current mistake—well, it wasn’t simply one, but three—was a chain of seemingly unconnected events that, when spliced together just so, made one hell of a shit storm. Title: Queen of my heart (long may she rain) Pairing: Hermione/Draco Summary: Draco likes Granger./Granger likes books./This could be useful. Title: Make it Rain Pairing: Hermione/Draco Summary: It is raining the first time Draco Malfoy kisses Hermione Granger. Or more accurately, the first time she kisses him. Title: though she be but little Pairing: Hermione/Draco Summary: He wasn’t Shakespeare, painting pictures with his quill tip; just a boy with a festering mark on his arm and a storm in his head. Title: Shifting Sands Pairing: Hermione/Draco Summary: Hermione notices a discrepancy during an audit. Draco tries to convince her that nothing is amiss. Lightning strikes at least once. Title: Flaming Tears Pairing: Hermione/Draco Summary: He set fire to the rain and watched it pour as it touched her face.

#drizzle 2020 #anonymous masterlist #hp drizzle #hp drizzle fest #fest entry #type: fic #mod post

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dclevinson · 4 years ago

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1/14/21: therapies

Happy first birthday today, Hugo!!

One particular 2020 isolation compensation for us has been Cindy’s regular remote therapy sessions, usually three a week for the last six months or so. It’s a relief to turn her care, even partially, over to experts, though working remotely means I have to be more involved than I might wish. Yes, I’m paying them, but our greetings to start sessions are genuine and the delight in seeing each others’ faces and smiles on screens is real. They’re isolated too, and two of four live alone. Most weeks C has two exercise/PT sessions. They are different enough for some variety but similar in focus. One is with a movement/yoga teacher, the other with one of two physical therapists she’s worked with at Community Rehab clinic in Watertown. The 1st via facetime. The 2nd, zoom. She also has a Speech and Language/Cognitive therapy hour. Sometimes different remote platforms for that.

I’ve juggled schedules back and forth to try to find the best work times for C, physically and mentally. Or what usually is her best time; predicting what she’ll be like on any one specific day is impossible. Mid day is usually the sweet spot, not too early or too late. Too late and she has no energy. Too early and she may conk out way before her normal afternoon rest time afterwards. Here’s why that matters. Usually, I can manage her out-of-bed time to fit scheduled portions of the day, but just going with the flow or her whims (days when she wants to get up and out of bed early in the morning, say) hasn’t gone great for the rest of the day. If she’s up in her chair, she’s got about 4-5 hours of energy before getting pretty exhausted and needing a lie down rest. Sometimes she knows it, sometimes not. And I need a bit of late afternoon rest too, and I can’t do it if she isn’t resting first. Though she will tell me not to worry about her. She imagines she can manage more things than she can. So that, and whatever suddenly springs up, govern how the day is organized. We don’t need to be up and out for appointments often now, but needing to stay on a tight timetable can be easy or... not.

The sessions give shape to our weeks, gets us both some company, and relieve me of some pressure to get C exercise for body or mind. 1: they do it better. 2: I can’t turn my relationship with her that completely into a caretaker/patient one. I don’t want to and she resists attempts to regiment her too tightly. Not that she always makes responsible choices. Who does, you might think, but in her case the range of things she shouldn’t be trusted to handle on her own is larger than someone who hasn’t had a brain injury. Sudden impulses can surprise me. It’s tricky.

Remotely, I have to help more in sessions than I would with in person work, and that can cause friction. C is very jealous of her therapy time, and she tries to get me to butt out. But her sense of what she can do alone and what not is rather off pitch now. She wants always, for instance, to pull herself up at the walker on her own, and we’d be left for the whole session with her straining and not moving if we (PT and I) couldn’t cajole her into letting me help. Or she wants me to let go before she’s in a position to support herself for a few seconds. Of course, she also expects me to be behind her when she starts to fall back. As I said, tricky.

When I think back and compare what she can do now to last year, her accomplishments look more substantial than when I think of how it goes day to day or week to week. She’s had lots of great sessions, lousy sessions, and ones just good enough to get some work in. And it’s remarkable how many odd aches and pains and distractions arise at therapy time! I keep planning and hoping ahead, but it’s not easy to envision the kind of progress that will make a real difference in our lives. Still, maybe this work can be a base to jump ahead from when the world is semi normal and we get back to in person work. Well, it’s sometimes nice to think so. More specific detail on various therapy work in future posts.

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theodorechaussard · 5 years ago

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Character Development Post

GENERAL:

Name: Théodore Chaussard

Nickname: Théo

Birthday: May 25th

Age: 33

Gender: Male

Place of Birth: Paris, France

Current Residence: Just outside London, United Kingdom

Nationality: French

FAMILY:

Grandparents: Arthur and Victoire Chaussard, Hugo and Ella Legrand

Aunts/Uncles: Louis Legrand (Uncle)

Parents: Jean Chaussard (father) and Emma Chaussard (mother)

Siblings: None

Relationship With Family: His uncle refuses to talk to him on account of his work, so his sole other living relative is his father, who’s serving a life sentence for murder.

Happiest Memory: His father brought over his old friend, Nicholas St. Clair, to the estate one day. Théo, then twelve years old, met the man for the first time, not knowing he would one day become not only a boss, but a loved and respected mentor. Théo’s happiest memory is Nicholas St. Clair promoting Théo to Commandant, shaking his hand and whispering in his ear, “You’ve made your father proud, Théodore.”

Childhood Trauma: Watching the police slam his father down on the tile kitchen floor, wrenching his arms behind his back to cuff him, and dragging him from the estate, his mother sobbing as it all happened.

Adult Trauma: Too many to list? Launceton, in general. The attack on the hotel, and pretty much all of his time spent in London.

MOB:

Occupation: Independent Business man, Entrepreneur

Affiliation(s): The St. Clair Organizations

Loyalty Level: High

Mob History: Started young, rose his way through the ranks working the streets of Launceton as a dealer, under the careful guidance and instruction of the St. Clair family. He obtained the rank of Commandant, was transferred to Porto Vehlo, and then to London as the Commandant of Westminster.

Notoriety: Somewhat high I suppose?

Deviance(s)?: None.

Possible Ulterior Affiliation(s): None.

Rivals or Enemies?: Johnathan Parsons. The man will die.

Strengths: Excellent shot, smooth tongue and a phenomenal cook.

Weaknesses: His conscience, his heart

Weapon of Choice: Walther PPK/S, chambered in .380 auto/9mm kurz

Money or Murder: Money. Or Murder for money?

PHYSICAL:

Height: 6ft 5in (196 cm)

Weight: 210 lbs (95 kg)

Build: Athletic/fit.

Hair Color: Dirty Blonde

Usual Hair Style: Well kept, combed

Eye Color: Blue.

Glasses? Contacts?: None

Style of Dress/Typical Outfit(s): Business casual - suit and tie, on a warm day slacks and a button up.

Typical Style of Shoes: Dress shoes. Even with jeans.

Jewelry? Tattoos? Piercings?: Fleur-De-Lis on his right shoulder

Scars: Many. Three bullet scars in his upper back, a knife wound in his right side.

Unique Mannerisms/Physical Habits: Théo’s foot bounces when he sits, which is mostly noticeable because he often rests his right ankle on his opposite knee.

Athleticism: Théo does his best to keep in shape, making trips to the boxing ring several times a week, actively swimming, and lifting weights in the basement of his home.

Health Problems/Illnesses: Currently? Sever Retrograde Amnesia from the injuries he sustained during the fight.

INTELLECT:

Level of Education: A Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, at the encouragement and expense of Nicholas St. Clair. (Debt repaid in full).

Languages Spoken: Fluent in French and English. Basic swear words in both italian and russian.

Level of Self-Esteem: Overall pretty good.

Gifts/Talents: Shooting. Been shooting from a young age, and he’s and expert shot with both hands.

Mathematical?: Financially, yes. Construction wise? He can get by if needed.

Makes Decisions Based Mostly On Emotions, or On Logic?: Mostly logic, unless it comes to the idea of love. His mother, when passing, made it her last wish that he’d find love.

Life Philosophy: Take before you’re taken from. Carpe Diem.

Religious Stance: Slowly becoming a more devout Catholic.

Cautious or Daring?: Daring, unless exigent circumstances.

Most Sensitive About/Vulnerable To: His father. He keeps telling himself that his father taking the fall was noble, that it was the right thing to do for a commandant. Anyone suggesting otherwise is treading on thin ice.

Optimist or Pessimist?: Pessimist, mostly. Tries his best to be optimistic.

Extrovert or Introvert?: Introverted, but the ability to appear extroverted for work (like most introverts).

RELATIONSHIPS:

Current Relationship Status: Engaged.

Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual.

Past Relationships: Flings here and there, a long term fling with Jessica.

Primary Reason For Being Broken Up With: He normally does the breaking up, though Jessica ended it for her sanity after the escapade at the PV Hotel.

Primary Reasons For Breaking Up With People: Commitment Issues

Ever Cheated?: Absolutely not.

Been Cheated On: Not that he knows of, besides Jessica being married for the last year of their fling...

Level of Sexual Experience: Somewhat-experienced

Story of Loss of Virginity: He met Jessica at school, and, well....

A Social Person?: When necessary. He drinks too much if he isn’t.

Most Comfortable Around: Probably Maya. He knows she won’t judge him. Too much.

Oldest Friend: Aurélie Parra (neé St. Clair)

SECRETS:

Life Goals: To follow in his father’s footsteps. If he becomes half the Commandant his father was, he’ll be doing well for himself.

Dreams: Somehow having both a family, and being a successful commandant.

Greatest Fears: Failing his father. He wants his father to know he made it, even if his father couldn’t have been there to help.

Most Ashamed Of: The whole affair with Jessica becoming public, and how it affected his friendship with Aur.

Secret Hobbies: He’s actually sketched here and there. Never seriously, but enjoys attempting to draw portraits.

Emotional State: Confused.

DETAILS/QUIRKS:

Night Owl or Early Bird?: Night Owl for sure. Screw mornings.

Light or Heavy Sleeper?: Light. He’s too concerned about being ready if someone were to break in.

Favorite Animal: Wolves.

Favorite Food: Super Burritos man. It’s dangerous.

Least Favorite Food: Not a fan of Indian Food.

Favorite Book: Frankenstein by Mary Shelly

Least Favorite Book: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Favorite Movie: Gladiator

Least Favorite Movie: He’s never been a fan of the Mission Impossible movies. American’s attempt at being suave like Bond.

Favorite Song: Underground by David Bowie.

Favorite Sport: He enjoys football. The real football, not that American trash.

Coffee or Tea?: Coffee.

Crunchy or Smooth Peanut Butter?: Smooth. He’s not a psycho

Type of Car He Drives: Aston Martin DBS.

Lefty or Righty?: Right-handed.

Favorite Color: Navy

Cusser?: When it’s called for. Not normally.

Smoker? Drinker? Drug User?: He enjoys a good scotch just a tad too much.

Biggest Regret: Aurélie. That whole thing.

Pets: None.

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captainmarvels · 7 years ago

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Summary: Eggsy’s got a weakness - you. || Kingsman/Marvel au!crossover

Pairing: Eggsy Unwin x Reader, feat. Bucky Barnes

Warnings: Mentions of self-hatred, insecurity

Word Count: 2.7k [wow I am so sorry]

A/N: Inspired by Sebastian’s Hugo Boss campaign photos - Bucky Barnes and Eggsy Unwin together? Hell yeah. This is dedicated to my beloved soulmate Nicole. [@buckyywiththegoodhair] - happy birthday, again, my love. | masterlist

Insecurity is a sneaky bitch.

It builds up over time, carefully poisoning your most vulnerable areas. It takes root in your darkest places, encompassing everything you are as time moves forward. It hits hard at your lowest moments.

Insecurity is an autoimmune disease. It’s a part of you, and attacks you when you least expect it. When you least want it to.

Self-doubt is your worst nightmares brought to life, eating at you from the inside. A lonesome battle where only one will come out victorious. Most of the time, it isn’t you.

Eggsy was a bright, young man. One with the potential to exceed far beyond the expectations society and life had set for him. However, he never saw it.

His life had taught him that he was worth next to nothing; he would never amount to anything good because he just wasn’t...good. He was a lowlife; only made for crime and everything on the wrong side of the line.

Eggsy would have never imagined he’d end up where he found himself now. A Kingsman. A man. A friend. A lover. Happy.

He especially didn’t think he’d ever find someone like you. But he was damn glad he had.

After losing Harry, you became an essential part of Eggsy’s life, and he would be an idiot to ever let you go. You and Roxy were his best friends - the people who kept him grounded when his head went just a little higher than the clouds. But you - you were the one who reminded him of the good in the world; the good he was working to protect.

After the devastation of Kingsman, with the return of Harry and some help from the agents at Statesman, together you were all able to finally restart the program that had brought everything good into Eggsy’s life.

Opting to stay with the Statesman for a new kind of training, Roxy left a vacant spot in London. Agent Tequila decided he’d give the UK and Kingsman suits a try, as long as he could bring along a friend of his. Never one to say no, Eggsy agreed.

Merlin set up the room for the first meeting, while Harry prepared some martinis for the three of you.

“Excited to meet our new friends, Y/N?” Harry asked, his gaze concentrated on the drinks in front of him.

“I suppose. I hear Tequila’s friend is an undercover agent. Very mysterious, if you ask me.” You shrugged, resting your head on Eggsy’s shoulder as you yawned.

“Still sleepy, love?” Eggsy laughed as you nodded, your eyes fluttering shut as you leaned up against him.

“I blame you, Eggy.” You smiled at the image of him rolling his eyes as the nickname rolled off your tongue, and you felt the poke in your side that always accompanied said infamous eye roll.

“C’mon, drink up, you two. We have to be on time to greet our new agents.”

You all rose from your seats as Merlin opened the doors, ushering in Tequila and his friend. The men were suited up, looking like true Kingsman - minus the classy moves.

Harry was the first to greet them, getting wrapped up in a hug from Tequila as the mysterious man stood by the door, his hair falling across his face, as his gaze bored into the floor.

“What’s your name, mate?” Eggsy asked, raising an eyebrow as he passed by Tequila, you right on his tail.

The agent looked up, fidgeting with his tie for a moment as he cleared his throat.

“Agent Agave, at your service. Or James Barnes, if you want my real name.” He smiled, his eyes sparkling under the sunlight. Eggsy nodded, shaking his hand before moving to the side.

“Barnes, huh? The undercover agent, I presume?” You shake his hand, noting the roughness of his skin as his crystal blue eyes locked with your own. He smiled, nodding.

“Yeah. I’ve been working out of New York practically my whole life.”

“He’s a Brooklyn kid. Wouldn’t let us train him in Kentucky, so Whiskey took the training to him. Good man. He’ll fit right in here.” Tequila said, his hands tucked in his slacks’ pockets as he leaned against the wall.

“And what about you, Tequila? Will you fit right in?” Eggsy asked, slightly laughing as the Statesman blushed, jumbling up his answer.

“I’m - I’ll do my damn best to fit in, Galahad.”

“Wonderful. Galahad and Lamia will give you the personal tour. Merlin, weapons.” Everyone took up their respective posts; you and Eggsy lead the two men out into the corridor, while Merlin stayed behind with Harry.

“How are you liking the suits, gentlemen?” You chuckled quietly, noting the way Tequila fussed over his tie and the buttons of suit jacket, while Barnes seemed right at home.

“Fine, I guess. Not used to these damn things just yet,” Tequila muttered as he fixed his tie for the umpteenth time.

“Never thought I’d actually love wearing a suit as much as this one.” Barnes said, smiling as he adjusted his cufflinks. You laughed, turning to meet Eggsy’s gaze.

“Don’t worry - Galahad here was just like the lot of you. You’ll get used to it in no time.”

After a few short weeks of training, Tequila and Barnes were ready to take on their first mission as Kingsman. Following intel from Roxy and Whiskey back in the States, you, Eggsy, Tequila, and Barnes set out.

Merlin landed the jet in the outskirts of a small town in France, the forest providing perfect cover as you all moved into the area. You and Eggsy veered to the left, while Barnes and Tequila stayed on the right.

“Everyone doing alright?” Eggsy whispered into the comms.

“Just dandy. How are we doing this?” Tequila responded, a somewhat nervous edge to his tone.

“Don’t be scared, Tequila. It’s like any other mission you’ve been on - just Kingsman style, this time around. We’ll set off in our pairs; take out the guards at the front, and then split up to find the main office. Merlin will try to find it first, and then direct whoever’s closest to the source. Main priority is the intel; whoever gets it first will need cover. Understood?”

“Spoken like a true leader, Lamia.” Barnes voice sounded, and you smiled.

“Focus, men. We’re here.” Eggsy stated, his voice low as he moved behind you. You turned to look at him, extending a reassuring hand as he met your gaze.

“Ready, Eggy?”

“As long as I have you.”

The fighting was coming from every side, and you didn’t know how you always managed to get the worst hits. Eggsy was on your back, taking out shots from left and right, only to be sideswept by a guard behind him. You continued on forward, the umbrella providing perfect cover - unfortunately, only from the front. A guard trudged towards you from behind, his gun aimed right for your head. Barnes spotted him, knocking out the guard in front of him as he moved in on the threat.

He came up behind the guard, cocking his gun behind his head as he tripped him up with his foot. The guard turned to shoot him, but was knocked out before he got the chance. You heard a shot from behind, turning in time to catch a glimpse of Barnes reloading his weapon as a guard fell near you. You locked eyes with him, nodding as you mouthed a quick “thank you”, before moving on.

Eggsy watched the entire thing unfold before him, his eyes never leaving your moving figure. He watched as Barnes covered you, while he tried his best just to cover his own ass.

That should’ve been me. I should’ve had her back. Not him.

So much for being good at something.

As hard as he tried, he couldn’t shake these feelings of doubt consuming his every other thought. Eggsy had faith in you. He trusted you with his own life, for God’s sake. He had no reason to doubt you. However, he had every reason to doubt himself.

No matter what, you’ll never be good.

What happens when you fuck up, and she gets hurt? Or worse - what if she dies?

All your fault. Could never do anything right, could you?

Eggsy’s insecurity was trying to get the best of him, but he thought he could fight it, like the countless times before. Yet this time was different. This time, everything was tied to you.

You were everything Eggsy was not. You were better, in every sense of the word. How could he ever compare with the wonder that you were?

As the weeks went by, Eggsy tried brushing off every intrusive thought that came his way. Nevertheless, they persisted, over-clouding his mind. What Eggsy didn’t realize was that his actions were getting to you, too.

You were sitting in his office, talking with James over the newest training tactics Merlin was coming up with when Eggsy stopped by the door. He stayed aside, watching the pair of you.

“So, when did you join the agency, doll?” The pet name perked Eggsy’s attention, his gaze following yours as you smiled at him.

“I want to say it’s been a good three, four years. I would’ve left sometime in the past two years, if it weren’t for Eggsy. He’s the reason why I’m still hanging around the tailors.” You laughed, playing with your hair as James nodded.

“He’s a good guy, Galahad. Very lucky, too.” You both laughed, and Eggsy could tell you were flustered by Barnes’ words.

Everything good seems to leave you behind. Good riddance, if you ask me.

“Goddamn it, shut up” Eggsy muttered, clapping a hand over his mouth when he realized he had spoken aloud. Fortunately, neither you nor Barnes had heard him. Sadly, that meant you were too caught up in your conversation to notice him.

Eggsy knew he was better than this; he shouldn’t be letting these thoughts and futile emotions get to him. But he was subject to his insecurity, his mind running amuck with passing thoughts of hatred and doubt.

How could she ever love a useless idiot like you?

You’re nothing compared to him.

You’re nothing compared to her.

Y/N deserves better than you. Hell, Kingsman deserves better than you.

You’re nothing but a pathetic chav.

You found Eggsy in your shared bedroom, lying on the bed. His eyes were closed, his eyebrows creased as if he were thinking. You slipped off your shoes, trying your best to be quiet.

The mattress dipped under your weight as you made your way over to Eggsy. You rested a hand on his own, stirring him awake. His green eyes looked over at you, and you couldn’t help but think there was a dull shadow looming over them.

“You okay, Eggy?” Your voice was a soft whisper, your hand trailing up and down his arm as you sat up next to him. Eggsy feigns a weak smile, nodding as he looks up at the ceiling.

His heart was racing a mile a minute, and he was praying you wouldn’t hear it trying to beat its way out of his chest.

“Are you sure?” You know there’s something awry with him, but you also know it’s no good to push him to talk about something he’d rather forget. Eggsy could handle his feelings, but you always had to remind him you were there for him, through the good and the bad.

Eggsy nods again, his lips pursed as he silently curses himself for lying. He knows you want to help, and by God, does he want you to help, but he just can’t bring himself to say the words.

He’s ashamed. He doesn’t want you to think less of him because he’s fallen down a dark path. He knows you wouldn’t, but there’s still that agonizing voice in the back of his mind. The one reminding him that he is unworthy of you. Your love. Your everything.

“C’mere, bruv.” You lie down next to him, wrapping your arm around his chest, so he turns to face you. He seems reluctant at first, but slowly gives in as he moves in closer.

Once his face is buried in the crook of your neck, you stroke his back, planting small kisses on his hair and cheek. Eggsy moves to rest his head on your chest, your heartbeat luring him to sleep.

You refuse to let go for the rest of the night - you knew Eggsy needed this, even if he wouldn’t admit it.

He’s wide awake, his mind focused on your slow heartbeat and even breathing. He’s trying to ignore the insistent voices inside his head, but he can’t seem to push them away.

“I hope you know I’m here for you, Eggsy.” Your voice pulls him away from his thoughts, and he can’t help the fall of his heart at your words.

“Of course I know, love. Why do you say that?” He looks up at you, his hand’s grip tightening on your waist when you refuse to meet his gaze.

“There’s something wrong, and I don’t want to make you tell me, but I can’t handle just being here, helpless and hopeless.”

“I promise you, you have been nothing but helpful, darling. I’m so sorry I’ve made you feel like this; it’s all my fault, really.” Eggsy leans in, pressing his forehead against yours as he cups your cheek, stroking his thumb across your warm skin.

“Let me help, Eggy. I love you. Every single part of you. No matter what.” You kiss the tip of his nose, a sad smile pulling at your lips as you notice his own.

“I love you, baby. Nothing will ever change that.” Eggsy whispers back, his head dropping to your chest once more as he tries to collect his thoughts. You run your fingers through his hair, trying to soothe him as best you could.

After a few minutes of silence, he looks up at you, a different spark in his green eyes. You cup his cheek, patiently waiting for him to say what he wants.

“I’m scared, love.” His words make your heart drop, your mouth falling open as you look at him, speechless.

“I’m scared I’m not good enough for you, Y/N. I never really was ‘the good guy’, and I still feel like there’s a part of me that wants to give up. A part of me that’s looking for the easy way out, looking to fall back to my old life. And I don’t want that. That life was no good for me. I have you now, and you’re the best damn thing to ever happen to me. You reminded me what love is supposed to be like. And I can never thank you enough for that.” You smile at his words, fighting back the tears welling up in your eyes.

“I feel like you’re an angel on this Earth, and I’m just some wretch that’s ruining you. I know you don’t think that, but there’s a voice in my head that won’t shut up. I look at you and I cannot believe how lucky I am. You make me forget about the bad, because you’re the best of everything.” You nod your head, unable to find the right words to comfort Eggsy in the way you wanted to. You drag your thumb across his lips, and he kisses your skin, never once looking away from you. You sit like that for what seems to be an eternity.

“I don’t know what I did to deserve a man like you, Eggsy. I wish there was some way for me to shut that voice up, but I want you to remember that you don’t need to hide these feelings from me. I love you so much. I want to help you in any way I can; even if that means sitting here and holding you forever. I’ll do anything for you.” You know you’re crying when Eggsy presses light kisses to your cheeks, his thumbs wiping away the wet trails. His smile is genuine, even if it makes you feel a little sad.

You know this is a battle Eggsy must fight on his own, but there’s nothing that will stop you from staying by his side until the end.

Until he comes out triumphant.

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thesaddaaays · 4 years ago

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I used to use this channel all the time to write about reece. The last time I posted was December 2018. It’s now January 2021.

The dates aren’t really important, but time has passed and a lots happened. I got over it. All of it. Every single bit. Reece is with someone else now and so am I. I’m happy. And I’m assuming he is too. That’s all over, it took me a while, long after I wrote that last post, to get over it. But I did. Hard. I never believed that I would but I did, but that’s not what brings me here today. All of that information would of been liberating in any other circumstance; finally beating the reason for content. Finally saying I don’t care about any of it anymore. Finally feeling free and at peace. It’s not that that isn’t true because it is, it’s just unfortunate that something came along and beat it.

This isn’t new. It hasn’t really just happened. But, it is worse now. I moved out a year ago. February 2020. I didn’t actively choose to move out, but I had no other choice if I wanted to be happy. I wouldn’t say I was attacked, but mark, the man who stole my belongings and has given nothing but abuse to me and my mother for nearly 9 years, put his hands on me. I don’t remember it much, adrenaline tends to wipe your memory, but I do remember my mother not trying to split us up, but pushing me off of him as if I was the assailant. As if, she was protecting him. My mum had been how she always was at around that time, mentally unstable. Like every year at christmas since 2011, she goes bipolar and hostile and abusive for around six months. I’d like to believe that’s why she did what she did; but I’m not all that sure anymore. Stephanie wasn’t there, but I phoned her crying and she panicked and called the police. They came, and my mum lied to them. I knew then things wouldn’t be the same, that it was different. I packed a lot of my belongings and left permenantly that night, Steph came and got me, we went to her sisters and that following Friday we arrived back there and packed up my room. My mum was hostile and abusive. Spent the entire time silently following us, not helping, not speaking directly to me and pretending I wasn’t there, and staring at us trying to intimidate us. It was so bad the taxi driver packed the boot quicker than usual because he sensed it. It was awful, I cried the entire way back. Stephanies mum took me in, gave me a set of keys and allowed me to live here.

I can’t remember what happened or how it did, but my mum and I gradually got back on track again, funnily enough round about spring time when she started getting better. I’d go up and visit her, but mark was still always there. I’d consciously decided that my mum would never be able to rid herself of him, she was too lonely and thought too poorly of herself. I knew that ultimatums weren’t going to work, the fact she’d still allowed him close to her and around her after what he did to me stung, and I spent a long time dealing with that turmoil. But I also learned that it wouldn’t ever be any different, and if I wanted to see my mum I’d have to just turn a blind eye to it. So I did. My mum was great, she wasn’t everything I wanted or needed her to be since I moved out; she never got me in anything I liked, food or juice or snacks, she couldn’t even cook me a dinner when I came up. I can count on one hand how many times she actually did. She could barely pry herself away from her soups when I was there, it hurt. But she’s my mum, right?

I started to let myself get sucked back in. I told myself if she did go unwell again at winter that it wouldn’t be half as bad because I didn’t live there. Time passed and it started to look as if she wasn’t even going to have an episode, then the day before my birthday she did. Things happened as you’d imagine; arguments, uncomfortableness and her erratic behaviour. What was new was the fact that I didn’t have anything to help me cope with it. Usually I’d just fall back on the fact I aggravated her. It wasn’t the best thing, but believing I was just rubbing her up the wrong way or annoying her too much made her abuse easier. Her shouting at me and treating me how she did was always horrific, but if I thought I was contributing I could at least use staying out of her way as something that could help me. I didn’t have any of that this time. I didn’t do anything. I witnessed her seek me out. She left me abusive voicemails and didn’t speak to me for five days because I didn’t have £10 to let her borrow for cigerettes. She borrowed £100 off of me and lost it the day she was paying me back, refused to give me the phone bill because she said she deposited it into my bank even though she doesn’t know my bank details, and has repeated it for the second month in a row. She also conjured up her own idea of depositing the money she owed me in my account and that I was to phone her that day and give her my bank details and talk her through it. The day came and instead she screamed at me and kept hanging up. I’ve blocked her number so voicemails will still come through, a few of her either manipulating me again because she needs something or telling me to stay away from her.

Getting a dog I’ve learned was the best and worst decision I made. The best because he lit up my entire life and the worst because my mum has managed to make him a liability due to ignoring the training, and allowed him to bark and disrupt the neighbours so much the landlord continuously badgers me about it. My mums been disruptive herself; causing noise and even taking a hammer to the floor to purposely wind them up. The landlord phoned me and said he was at wits end, and I begged and pleaded for him to give her another chance. I then diplomatically tried to talk my mum into being calmer, which she agreed to do. Turns out it didn’t work because today she phoned me and told me she has to leave, that she’s moving in with mark. She seemed to believe incorrectly that she had until March, but the landlord said she has until Friday. I had to go today with Steph and Hera and clear out my room. She’d let hugo pee all over my stuff, chew my shoes and DVD’s and a lot of things are missing. The disrespect is one thing, but her attitude is another. Even though our phone call was calm, normal and even pleasant, I even had a perfectly placid conversation when I first came into the house. But it changed. She stood staring at us, watched the dog hump Hera continuously and disrupt us, and when I asked her to help and reprimand him she started screaming at me. She then wouldn’t stop with the abuse, it got so bad Steph had to step in, and she still just tried to turn her against me. Calling me names and turning on the tears saying I beat her. I realise now why my aunt and uncle thought so little of me. But then again, she told me my uncle raped her so I’m sure it’s even on the scale of what she makes up about others.

My mum didn’t speak directly to me. She invited Hera in for water or tea or coffee, but not me. She stood in front of me and invited Steph out for a coffee soon, but said nothing to me. She spoke of me whilst I was there and hurled abuse at me, my own mother who’s suppose to be the one person on the earth to protect and look out for me, pretended not to even see me, didn’t care that my partner and friend were there to witness all the horrible things she said. Even though she knew today was going to be the last day she’d see me for a long time, and that she hadn’t seen me for five weeks, she didn’t even put her arms around me once. She barely even looked me in the eyes. She couldn’t even tell me she loved me, or ask anything about my life. I’ve been through a lot with my mum in the past 10 years, it’s been a rough road. But today, today I can honestly say felt the worst out of all of it. I still have feelings, things still sting, and despite how much I tell myself it won’t happen again, my heart still gets broken by her. It got broken when she packed her stuff in black bags and wouldn’t tell me if she was moving out, it got broken when she kept telling me she was moving to Ireland when I was only 17, it got broken all the times she said she was ashamed to call me her daughter, that I was just like my dad, that I was fat, when she called me spoiled and a bitch and whenever she sees fit to scream at me and ignore me for no reason. But today really did break my heart again, and I truly didn’t think it was possible. I phoned my mum not but 3 days ago, crying to her because I’d quit my job and I was scared. This was the first time I’d attempted to contact her since she screamed at me when I asked about her transferring the money into my bank and that had been 4 days before it. I told her why I phoned, and the reason I did is the reason why my hearts broken now, because I miss her and I need my mum. If I had a genie I’d wish for my regular mum so hard, just so I could hear her tell me everything was going to be okay. That I’m strong and clever, that I’ll make it, that she’s been there, and that I’m capable of doing good things. But today for no reason, instead, she told me never to contact her again. So I’ll never be able to ever feel okay phoning my mum again when I’ve had a hard day. I’ll never again get the luxury of phoning my mum when things are tough and hearing her tell me everything will be okay. It’ll never be the same again. She’s ruined it, and I don’t understand why.

My mum saw fit to go out of her way to not speak to me today, but felt it appropriate to leave me a voicemail asking me to get the landlord to contact her because she needs the number for a homeless shelter. Of course there’s a part of me that is worried she’ll need to be in one of those places, the thought alone breaks my heart, but not enough for me to offer this space. But I know she only left that voicemail to make me feel guilty and sorry for her. She didn’t need to say why she needed to speak to the landlord, but she did because she knew it would play on my heartstrings, she knew it could make me feel bad enough I’d give in and phone her back, but I won’t and I didn’t. I lived on egg shells before, but if I’ve learned anything in the past year it’s that there’s nothing I could ever do to avoid my mums wrath on me. I said nothing, did nothing and behaved like a reasonable adult and I am still her enemy now and the worst person to have ever lived. So why be scared to ignore her phone calls and voicemails? Because she’ll send more? She has already. Because she won’t talk to me? She already said she isn’t. Because she’ll disown me and try cut me out of her life? She is actively trying and telling me so. I did what I could to try and avoid the pain and it didn’t work. It’ll always be there. Not having enough money to lend her is grounds enough for abusive text messages and her screaming at me to “shove it up my arse.” So I might as well do what’s right for me now, I’ll get it horrific regardless.

The landlord then texted me, not but at half 6 in the morning, asking me what type of breed my dog is in case “anyone is looking for one” because my mums incapable of looking after him. I told him I’d take him ASAP, it’s just not possible right now. The panic that coursed through me, the stress that I feel, the pain in my stomach and all I want to do is phone my mum and tell her all my problems and have her cradle me. It’s my own fault. It is. I know my mum. I know her patterns, I can tell by one word that she’ll go unwell, I know her better than she does. So it is on me that I had a moment of weakness and put too much into it. It’s hard to believe that not yesterday but the day before my mum was on the phone telling me I was everything great in the world, that she’s so proud of me, that she couldn’t wait to see me and that we were gonna get high and have a laugh. And I cried and let myself feel the comfort from it, when I should have never of allowed it. My mums gone. She probably doesn’t even remember that conversation, and truth be told I don’t know if she’ll come back this time. I don’t know what will happen.

The thought of leaving my dog with them makes me sick. I don’t even know how I’ll get him back. I’ve not slept and it’s 8 am. My heads going 100 miles an hour and I can’t get it to slow down. So yeah, I’d take the pain I felt over reece over this any day.

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ponyregrets · 7 years ago

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No One Told You Life Was Gonna Be This Way

Kabby social media AU, 3200 words, T

did u know that 1. it is @kane-and-griffin‘s birthday 2. she accidentally went viral for ranting about Friends and 3. once I start thinking about how A Thing (random example: Marcus Kane writing viral Friends tweets) would go down I cannot stop until I just write the thing

anyway happy birthday claire!!

Marcus Kane is, unfortunately, very familiar with the Nice Guy phenomenon.

It's an occupational hazard of writing science fiction, especially in the internet age; all he has to do is look for his most obnoxious fans, and he finds an unfortunately loud contingent of entitled mostly white men who believe that the world owes them women and happiness without any effort on their parts. It's something he tries to combat as much as possible, wherever he can, and he knows it works in some cases. For every reader who's turned against him for being an SJW cuck (whatever that means), he has another who's expressed appreciation for his opening them up to perspectives they hadn't considered and broadened their empathy and understanding.

That's what sci-fi should do, as far as Marcus is concerned. The heart of science fiction is acceptance and unity.

Which is why he tells Bellamy, "I need you to do one of those Twitter threads for me."

"For what?" Bellamy asks, wary. As Marcus's assistant, he seems to think his most important duty is talking Marcus out of interacting with social media. And he may be right.

"Ross Gellar."

It takes him a second. "The guy from Friends?" he finally asks.

"Yes. I want to explain to my followers why he's bad romantic lead and role model."

To his shock, the response is instant. "Okay."

"No arguments? No lecture on how that isn't what Twitter is for?"

"No, fuck Ross," he says. "What do you want to say? I'll make it happen."

Marcus clucks his tongue. "I'll write up a statement."

* Marcus Kane @kanemarcus Last week, while ill, I watched Friends on Netflix for the first time. So, a thread on friendship, romance, Joey Tribiani, and Ross Gellar.

O @o-so-cool reblogged Sometimes my brother's boss is pretty okay.

raven @queenreyesthefirst reblogged brb adding @kanemarcus to non-sucky white dude sci-fi authors and shipping him with @scalzi

Finn Collins @finnishfirst reblogged this is kind of interesting but way too hard on ross. he does a lot of good things! see thread

Bellamy @bradburybell reblogged this is not nearly hard enough on ross

Clarke Griffin @clarkegriffin reblogged Relevant to your interests @ark-abby

"So here's what I think happened," says Bellamy. He's brought Marcus a coffee without being prompted, so whatever it is must be bad.

Marcus takes a sip of the drink. "When?"

"With your Twitter rant."

"Ah. I assume there are a lot of protests from the louder, stupider portion of my fanbase about how I've allowed the liberal fake media destroy my mind and masculinity?"

"Yeah, there are some of those. But, uh--it went way past your fanbase."

"Excuse me?"

"This is your most retweeted post ever. Not even close. It's viral. You've got people fighting you, people telling you it's a revelation, and about a thousand new followers already. In the last day."

He frowns. "Is Friends really still that popular?"

"Apparently." He shrugs. "Clarke says you made Buzzfeed and a couple of the other aggregator sites too. She and Raven have been texting me updates. They think it's hilarious."

"What does that mean?"

"Honestly? I don't fucking know. I told you when you hired me I'm not actually good at this stuff. I tried to warn you."

"You did." He takes another sip of coffee. "So, what do you think happened?"

"My sister retweeted it, and she spends about ninety percent of her time thinking about her social media brand, so she's got a ton of followers. Then Raven picked it up from her, her tech friends got a hold of it, and after that--" He shrugs. "You got out of your niche and into broader Twitter, and I'm not going to be able to find anything useful in your notifications for weeks. It's all Ross/Joey shipping discourse. Clarke's words, not mine," he adds.

"Should I be concerned?"

"I don't know. I guess we'll find out if it actually sells more books. And Clarke thinks we should try to leverage it into more publicity, she's got an idea for that."

Marcus hasn't actually met most of Bellamy's friends, but he references them enough that he knows who they are. Octavia, sister, Raven, ex-girlfriend, Clarke, current girlfriend. He also knows that all of them are more familiar with social media than Bellamy is, so he's not surprised that he consulted them.

Mostly, though, he still can't believe anyone really cares about this.

"An idea to leverage the Friends discourse?"

Bellamy shrugs. "Apparently this fit into an ongoing conversation she's been having with her mother. Abby Griffin? She writes for Ark AV. She did that think-piece about what mainstream science fiction gets wrong about female characters."

"Ah," says Marcus. He remembers the article, which had been harsh but ultimately fair, and an interesting take, once he'd gotten over the initial hurt of being used in a not entirely positive light. "I didn't know that was Clarke's mother."

"Yeah, I figured I'd tell you later. Once I didn't think you were going to call her up and argue with her about how much better you've gotten."

"And now you don't think I will?"

"Honestly, I don't care. I just want to see you guys fight about Friends," he says. "That sounds awesome."

"So, you have no ulterior motives here. Just looking out for my best interests."

"Obviously."

"If she's Clarke's mother, I assume she's local? Or will I be fighting her on a podcast?"

"We were thinking Starbucks on Saturday. Caffeine and lots of witnesses."

Marcus finally lets himself open up Twitter, now that he's had enough coffee. He almost always has some notifications when he looks; he's a public figure with a passionate fanbase, he's used to people trying to talk to him on Twitter. That's why he has a Twitter in the first place. But the number of notifications has never been so high, not in his memory. And, as Bellamy said, it really is a lot of passionate Friends discourse, both for and against his opinions. It's an overwhelming amount of love, hate, and passion. Like discovering an entirely new world.

He thought he understood fandom, but apparently he has a long way to go.

"Starbucks would be fine," he tells Bellamy, a little faintly. "I'd enjoy that."

Marcus Kane @kanemarcus A lot of new followers today. Here are a few notes for you:

Marcus Kane @kanemarcus Replying to @kanemarcus I am a published science fiction author. Those of you telling me to just write a book instead of many tweets, I have written many books.

Marcus Kane @kanemarcus Replying to @kanemarcus You can find the link to purchase them in my header.

Marcus Kane @kanemarcus Replying to @kanemarcus I have never claimed to be an expert on Friends. This was my first time watching, and these are my impressions based on one viewing.

Marcus Kane @kanemarcus Replying to @kanemarcus My opinion on the Friends canon does not invalidate yours. Yours is as valid as it ever was. But if you feel threatened, examine that.

Marcus Kane @kanemarcus Replying to @kanemarcus My ideas may have merit you're reluctant to fully accept because of your own perceptions of how things should be in relationships.

Marcus Kane @kanemarcus Replying to @kanemarcus If you followed me for more Friends content, please be aware this is an outlier. I usually talk about science fiction.

Marcus Kane @kanemarcus Replying to @kanemarcus On that note, would anyone like to discuss the Hugo Awards?

Masper @gogglesdonothing Replying to @kanemarcus ross/rachel is forever tho

Marcus Kane @kanemarcus Replying to @kanemarcus and @gogglesdonothing I'll take that as a no.

Jonty @themediumgreen Replying to @kanemarcus and @gogglesdonothing I'm so sorry Mr. Kane just ignore him I want to talk about the Hugos tell me all your favorite winners do you like Chuck Tingle

Jonty @themediumgreen Replying to @gogglesdonothing I CAN'T TAKE YOU ANYWHERE

Marcus will admit he does not feel broadly prepared to seriously enter the Friends discourse. He is, after all, a neophyte. If there are scholarly works on Friends, he has not read them. If there's any academic discussion of these issues, he is not familiar with it. His knowledge is vague and still forming, but for some people, this show was a huge part of their development. It matters to them on a deep, personal level.

For him, it was a decent use of his time while he was sick and confined to his couch. He had a fever for most of the first season. He's not sure he's prepared to fight anyone about it. Based on his mentions, he has many, many fewer horses in this race than other people. But maybe that's a good thing. Maybe his perspective as an outsider is valuable.

Or maybe he just wants the chance to sit down with Abby Griffin. Because instead of spending the past week either working on his next book or even familiarizing himself with Friends and the criticism surrounding it, he's mostly been researching Abby Griffin herself. He'd done it some after the first article Bellamy sent, curious to see her other work, but he'd been busy with a deadline and hadn't really had much time for that, had barely scratched the surface of this woman.

He doesn't have time for it now either, of course, but it's at least relevant to something in his life. And, as Bellamy and his friends have pointed out, this is at least good publicity. It's not a complete waste of time.

The Abby Griffin stalking might be a waste, but he can't help it. She's interesting. The pop-culture writing is, apparently, a side job, something she never intended to get seriously involved in. The website had been her husband's, and when he passed away, Abby and Clarke had taken over its upkeep, and Abby had started producing content when she had time. Given her full-time job is as the director of internal medicine at the hospital, he's frankly amazed she has as much time for content as she does.

And it's good content. She and Clarke have a weekly column where they discuss a movie they went to see together, and the female characters in science fiction piece was apparently part of a series. Her taste is good and her opinions are interesting, and by the time he's meeting her, he has one big question, and one only.

They get through introductions and are settled in at the table before he finally lets it out. "Honestly, I don't understand how you can like Ross."

She lets out a surprised laugh. "Excuse me?"

"Bellamy said he was looking forward to us fighting over Friends, but I have trouble believing you disagree with my opinion of Ross. I don't know what we'd be fighting about."

She smiles into her mug. He'd known she was beautiful from the picture he found on the hospital website, but it's different to see in person, and more awkward. Bellamy and Clarke are hanging out at their own table, pretending not to eavesdrop; it's not an ideal time to be caught staring. "I don't know what he told you, but I didn't disagree. It was an impressive rant. Well reasoned and accurate. I was more interested in discussing why you posted it and the reactions you got. I saw it wasn't popular among some of your readers."

"To say the least."

"One of the things I've been curious about since getting involved in online fandom is what counts as acceptable ways to interact, especially for those of us over thirty or so. I saw a lot of people asking why a heterosexual man in his late forties would care this much about Friends at all. As if that was the problem."

"Judging from the angry responses, plenty of heterosexual men are very invested in Friends. Although I'm not sure how old they are," he grants.

"Age is the biggest issue, in my experience. You'd been participating in an acceptable way, as a creator, but once you show yourself to be invested in Friends shipping--"

"I stepped into the wrong part of fandom."

"That's my thesis, yes."

He considers. "Am I on the record?"

"I'm not a reporter, Marcus," she says, sounding amused. "I'm not trying to trick you into saying something I can use against you. But if you'd like to officially be off the record, we can say that you are."

"My hope with that post was that it would make some of my readers rethink their attitudes towards women and romance. The number of responses I got to Valena's story in Bright Sky Morning that boiled down to her being wrong for not returning Pavel's feelings even though he'd been so devoted to her was--staggering. And depressing."

"Did your female readers appreciate it?"

"They did. Apparently Jin was a much more appealing partner."

Abby smiles. "I certainly thought so."

It's not his first time meeting a fan, of course, and she might not even be a fan, in the sense they're talking about. But she's read his work and has opinions on it, and that's always a little bit flattering. Especially when they align with his. "I'm glad. I was hoping he would be." He clears his throat. "So, you'd like to talk to me as a forty-eight-year-old man who publicly had opinions on shipping."

"And to get your thoughts on Monica and Chandler," she says, all innocence. "If you don't mind."

He can't help smiling himself. "Not at all. I'm all yours."

Marcus Kane @kanemarcus Expanded my horizons this weekend with the High School Musical trilogy. A curious cultural phenomenon.

Marcus Kane @kanemarcus Replying to @kanemarcus I appreciated that Troy and Gabriela didn't go to the same college, but still stayed in the same general area.

Marcus Kane @kanemarcus Replying to @kanemarcus I still don't think the couple has much of a future, but in an unrealistic movie, I appreciated that nod to practicality.

Marcus Kane @kanemarcus Replying to @kanemarcus Very disappointed about the last-minute attempt to cement Ryan's heterosexuality. Let children have LGBT role models.

Murphy @firstnameredacted Replying to @kanemarcus If you're seriously going to be talking about Disney movies from now on I'm unfollowing you, I don't give a shit about this

Marcus Kane @kanemarcus Replying to @kanemarcus and @firstnameredacted Please do.

"Look," says Bellamy, two months after the first Friends rant, "I'm not going to pretend I'm good with crushes, but it would be a lot easier to just ask Abby if she wants to get dinner off the record instead of coming up with new weird shit to have opinions about on Twitter every week."

"I assume the timing of this isn't a coincidence," Marcus says. He was just getting his coat on to go meet her.

"You've already got a standing coffee date. Turn it into a real date. I'm begging you."

"You don't enjoy my opinions on the High School Musical series?"

"I actually do, I'm just getting tired of blocking people. Also, I don't know if you're aware, but dating is awesome. You should try it."

"I appreciate your concern. You don't think it would be weird for you if your boss was dating your girlfriend's mother?"

"No weirder than whatever's actually happening right now. And don't even try to tell me you're not asking her out because you're worried about how it would affect me."

It does sound absurd, when he puts it like that. "No. That wasn't a major factor."

Bellamy rolls his eyes. "Just ask if she wants to come check out the Descendants franchise with you next weekend. Definitely a solid pickup line. Chicks dig it."

"The what?"

"It's like the spiritual successor to High School Musical. I'll send you a link. You should know this stuff if you're really going in on this."

"I should give you a raise."

"That too. Say hi to Abby for me."

It's not entirely accurate to say that he thinks about what Bellamy said as he walks over to his weekly meeting with Abby. Every time he walks to her favorite coffee shop near the hospital, he's thinking these same kinds of thoughts, so it's not really Bellamy's fault. He enjoys Abby's company company and would be happy to see more of her. He already knew that. But it's been a long time since he navigated anything like this.

If only Friends had prepared him for this kind of romance.

"Marcus," says Abby, giving him a smile when he sits down across from her. As usual, she's surrounded by papers, and he sometimes doubts that she'd even have time for a relationship. She does keep herself busy. "I enjoyed your meditations on High School Musical."

"I'm glad to hear it. Bellamy says it gave me a net loss of followers, but not as much of one as he thinks I deserved."

"I'm not surprised." She considers him. "I didn't mean for our friendship to hurt your career."

"I don't think it is. Plenty of people just read my books and never even find out I'm on Twitter. It's not a large percentage of sales. You're blaming yourself for the High School Musical tweets?" he adds, curious. They are her fault, broadly speaking, but he wasn't sure she knew.

"If you don't keep coming up with hot takes, we don't have much to talk about."

He laughs. "I hope we'd come up with something."

"I hope so too."

The conversation lags, but it's not a bad lag. It feels like she's given him an opening, and it's his job to figure out how to take advantage of it.

The easiest way would be to simply propose a dinner date, as Bellamy suggested. But he's never been good at simple.

"You know, you never told me your favorite relationship on Friends."

"I didn't?"

"No, we usually talk about my opinions."

She levels her gaze at him, considering. "Do you know what I think when I watch Friends now?"

"No."

"They're all so young. And don't get me wrong, I met my husband when we were young, and the two of us were happy, but--sometimes it worries me how much emphasis we put on meeting people early in life. The younger you are, the more romantic it is. And that's one kind of romance, but it's not everything. It makes me want to shake all these kids and tell them that life doesn't end at thirty, or forty, or fifty. You'll keep on meeting new people, and you can still be happy."

He lets himself reach for her hand, and relief floods him when she lets him take it, even turns it over so she can squeeze his fingers. "So your favorite relationship on Friends is the one Rachel has when she's forty-five and Ross is dead?" he teases.

"I hope you're not comparing my husband to Ross."

He has to laugh. "No. I would never."

Abby's smile is warm, and it's suddenly so easy to not be nervous at all. "Good. Because the rest of that was right."

"Good," he agrees. "I was hoping you'd say that."

Sky Crew Reviews @kaneandgriffin New list from @kanemarcus: top 10 YA sci-fi books for adults! Up next, top 10 adult sci-fi books for teens. Age is nothing but a number.

Murphy @firstnameredacted Replying to @kaneandgriffin I will pay you to stop

Bellamy @bradburybell Replying to @kaneandgriffin and @firstnameredacted when are you actually going to unfollow like you keep saying you will? asking for a friend

Murphy @firstnameredacted Replying to @kaneandgriffin, @firstnameredacted, and @bradburybell I keep hoping I'm going to come back and he'll be normal again

SJW Cuck @kanemarcus Replying to @kaneandgriffin, @firstnameredacted, and @bradburybell Don't hold your breath.

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Once Min got finished changing she excitedly ran out of the bathroom seeing Sebastian lay on her hotel bed waiting for her.

“Ready?” He said sitting up smiling at her.

“Yes! I miss you the last month, it's not the same without you.” Min said slipping on her nike shoes.

“I miss you too Princess, come on New York awaits before you fly back to Korea in a week and start promoting again.”

“Oh jeez don’t remind me, I am officially on Vacation mode.” Min said as they leave her hotel room.

“Come here, it's going to be cold, it’s December after all.” Sebastian said fixing her scarf making her giggle.

“Did you forget I live in Korea for the past few years and it snows there.” She said hooking her arm with his as they walk down the night streets of New York seeing all the Christmas decorations.

“Yeah I kind of forgot that a little.” He said chuckling seeing the smoke coming out of his mouth.

“Is the Rockefeller Christmas tree close by? I really want to take some pictures there before I leave.” Min asked excitedly.

“Its within walking distance, we could go after dinner.”

“Okay, what did you have in mind?”

“Pizza?” Both said at the same time as they both starts to laugh.

“Pizza it is, New York is known for their pizza anyways.” Sebastian said as the walk to the Pizza place that was known for their food.

Once they both settled into the booth and started eating, Min moaned at how good the pizza is.

“Dam I am going to miss food like this when I go back to korea.” She said stuffing her face.

“Oh yeah you said you guys have different food standards over there.” Sebastian said eating his pizza.

“Yeah, even McDonald taste different. How do you think we get to stay skinny?” She said jokingly.

“You mean borderline anorexic.”

“True the korean girls are pretty skinny there, and the idol world is worst. We got to stay within a weight frame. I am happy my entertainment allows my group to be more on the fit aspect then skinny, thats Tiffany group image. Since my group is a mixed race group its alot easier.”

“Do you ever plan to move back to America?” Sebastian asked out of nowhere making Min stop midbite to think.

“To be honest. I really do not know. I am still in contract with my entertainment for the next 3 and a half years, but if the Marvel movies go well I might move back here. Why?” She said

“I am just curious, you seem to enjoy America a lot but your on the other side of the world. What made you go over there anyways? I don’t think I ever asked, all I remember is you telling me is you are from San Francisco.”

“Blame Tiffany, she influenced me since I was little to like everything Korean and her family accepted me as their own so it was natural that we both audition together. And somehow we both got accepted together. To be honest though I am happy we weren’t in the same group though. Her group is too strict for me. But hey if Tiffany didn’t influence me I would have never auditioned for Marvel and get casted as Linda which leads to meeting you.” She said proudly.

“Weren’t your family sad when you left?” Sebastian asked making Min choke on her food causing him to jump up to help her before handing her water.

“Are you okay?” Sebastian asked trying hard not to laugh.

“Yeah, let's go see the Tree, I am excited.” She said changing the subject standing up but Sebastian stops her.

“Min whats wrong?”

“Nothing come on let's go.” She said with a sad look on her face trying to stand up again

The moment they walked to the Rockefeller Tree Min was staring at it in awe but Sebastian can’t seem to shake the sad feeling he was getting from her before he heard sniffing, turning to see Min trying to discreetly wipe her tears.

“Princess what’s wrong?” Sebastian asked stopping in front of her placing both hands on her shoulders seeing her shake her head refusing to look up. “Princess?”

“Sebastian please let it go.” Min said finally looking up at him with such a painful look on her face making his heart clench before pulling her into a hug.

“I am sorry, I shouldn’t have said anything.”

“No it’s not you, you didn’t know.” She said.

“Do you want to tell me?”

“Lets just say, I don’t have a family.” She said quietly crying into his chest.

“That’s not true. You know why?” Sebastian said pushing her arm length to look at her face still holding her making her look up at him shaking her head.

“You have us now, me, Chris, Tiffany, and your kpop crew. We are your family okay? Don’t forget that.” Sebastian said wiping away her tears placing a kiss on her forehead.

“Come on, I know a place with really good hot chocolate then I can teach you how to Ice Skate.” Sebastian said grabbing her hand and walking away to the hot chocolate stand making Min giggle sadly.

“How are you so sure I don’t know how to Ice Skate?” Min joked following him to the hot chocolate stand.

“I don’t, just hoping so I can be a badass on the rink.”

“Pft, you wish. Just to let you know I am actually a pro at Ice Skating, I use to do compe….” Min started but stopped not wanting to go deep into the subject.

“A pro huh? Then you gotta show me then.” Sebastian said after catching her stopping herself from finishing the sentence and decided not to talk about it.

The pair had lots of fun the next few days going Ice Skating (which she schooled him), clubbing and ate lots of food while having movie marathons. But the week passed by way to quickly for their likings the next thing they know it he was dropping her off at the airport.

“Well I am going to miss having you with me.” Sebastian said hugging her.

“I know I am going to miss you like crazy too, but hey you could always watch my performance on Youtube. The next few months will fly by really quickly, the next thing we know it will be the movie’s press tour and premiere watch.”

“True and you will be filming again after that.” Sebastian said looking at her.

“Mmhmm, I honestly can’t wait to meet RDJ and Scarlett. God dam my woman crush on her is strong.” Min said day dreaming of Scarlett making Sebastian laugh as he nudges her head playfully.

“You are something else I swear. It's almost time for your flight princess.” Sebastian said looking at his watch that Min had gifted him for his birthday.

“Oh before I forget I got something for you for Christmas.” Sebastian said pulling out a box from his pocket.

“Hey unfair, you said no presents…” Min said pouting.

“Yeah you can’t give me a present because your crazy ass spent over 4 grand on this watch for me.” He said waving the watch in her face making her giggle.

“Hey you deserve it.” She said sticking her tongue out.

“Uh huh, don’t open it until you get situated on the plane okay?” Sebastian said

“Fine fine. I’ll see you in a few months, Sebastian, I am going to miss our piggyback rides.” Min said pulling him into a hug.

“Uh huh, I am going to miss you too.” He said placing a kiss on her forehead making her giggle before she let him go walking over to security check. Sebastian stood there watching her until she passes through Security and she turns back and waves at him.

“BTW I lied, I hid your Christmas present in your kitchen. Have fun looking for it, message me when you find it.” Min said loudly giving him 2 thumbs up making the other passenger laugh at her as Sebastian stood there in shock before laughing.

“You are something else Princess.” He replied shaking his head at her.

“Ehh, bye Sebby.” She said shrugging her shoulders cutely before blowing him an air kiss.

Once Min got settled into her first class flight seat she pulled out Sebastian gift to her for Christmas, when she opened it she gasped seeing a beautiful Sapphire Key Necklace.

Meanwhile Sebastian had got home and started to look around his kitchen only to find his gift hidden behind her Captain Crunch cereal she’s been eating at his apartment making him chuckle. Once he opened it he finds a Hugo Boss Trifold Wallet.

Ding.

Sebby (>^-^)>

Found it. You are a dork princess. Thank you.

MinniePrincess ^.^

I am glad you found it, took you long enough.

And thank you for this beauty

Min texted as she sends a picture of herself wearing the necklace to him.

True to word the pair had kept up communications at least once a week. The moment Min landed back in korea her schedule has been through the roof preparing for the end of the year MAMA performance plus multiple comeback performances. Min been religiously wearing the necklace that Sebastian had given her unless she was on stage and it clashed with her outfit which rarely happens.

During February on Min birthday pictures floated around the internet of her holding hands and being very cozy with her SHinee's Jonghyun and their entertainment released an official statement confirming the relationship before Min posted an official picture of the pair on her instagram of Jonghyun giving Min a kiss on the cheek. When Min told Sebastian that they were together, he was through the roof screaming 'I knew it, I knew it was going to happen and tell Tiffany she owes me $20' making Min laugh as her friends were making bets on when they would get together.

Min relationship with Jonghyun never got in the way of her close friendship with Sebastian which she was happy for. A couple more months flew by and the next thing you know it Min was once again packing her bags to start filming of the new 'The Avengers.'

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Sensor Sweep: Hammett, Hernstrom, Heinlein, Haggard

Comic Books (Paint Monk): Copyright. Public Domain. Cease & Desist. Not the words one would normally think to associate with a battle featuring Conan of Cimmeria and yet here we are. Now that the smoke has cleared, Ablaze is finally able to deliver translated versions of French Glénat’s Conan comics. Let me see if I can sum it up succinctly. In Europe, most of Robert E. Howard’s works are in the public domain. In the United States?

Publishing (Kairos): There’s a shortage of paper, because it comes from China. The two largest printers of magazines and books in the U.S., Quad/Graphics and LSC Communications were going to merge last summer, but something got in the way. Now, LSC Communications has filed for bankruptcy. The second largest printer, Quad, has shut its book printing facilities entirely. In some regions, major distributors have shut down or disappeared, while although others, like Ingram, are still operating, although with reduced staff.

New Releases (DMR Books): The next DMR Books release is The Eye of Sounnu, the long-awaited collection of Schuyler Hernstrom’s stories from Cirsova magazine. Today we reveal the incredible cover by Brian LeBlanc (who also did the cover for Renegade Swords.) The title of the collection is taken from the cover story, “Gift of the Ob-Men,” which previously appeared in the first issue of Cirsova, as well as the free anthology The Infernal Bargain and Other Stories.

Hard-boiled Fiction (Elgin Bleeker): The Hammett novel, which I posted about (here), is a complicated yarn of murder and political corruption. Nick Beaumont is an advisor and right-hand man to Paul Madvig, a political power broker. In the book, Hammett showed the strong ties between the men who were long-time friends. A lot of that was lost in the 1942 movie starring Alan Ladd as Nick and Brian Donlevy as Paul because the story needed to be trimmed down to fit a movie’s normal running time. (There is also a 1935 version starring George Raft and Edward Arnold, but I have not seen it.)

Pulp Science-Fiction (Adventures Fantastic): OK, I’m gonna do it. With the exception of some of the novels, I’ll be looking at the nominees for the 1945 Retro Hugos, which are awarded for stories published in 1944. I’m going to start with the novelettes. I read “The Children’s Hour” earlier this week as a possibility Henry Kuttner birthday post before the Retro Hugo shortlist was announced. Might as well tackle it while it’s fresh on my mind.

Pulp Fiction (Dark Worlds Quarterly): Edmond Hamilton was a Science Fiction writer who is loved for his Captain Future novels, his Star Kings and any number of other Pulp stories. He was an important innovator of the 1920s and early 30s, as well as one of the best writers of Superman comics in the 1940s, 50s and 60s. But there was this time when Ed wrote Mystery stories for money…Hamilton was one of the first SF writers who tried to make a living writing only Science Fiction and Fantasy. He succeeded for the most part but there were lean years in the Great Depression when he turned to Mystery fiction.

Fiction (Jon Mollison): Is now really the best time to write a post-apocalyptic novel? It is if you know what you are doing. And as a writer, let me assure you – I know what I’m doing. The sad fact is that we already live in a post-apocalyptic world. Sooner than expected, we’ll be tasked with finding a path out of the relative doom that follows the American Empire. And fiction can help us do that. If it is the right kind of fiction.

Fiction (Track of Words): Black Library’s Siege of Terra series reaches its halfway point with Saturnine by Dan Abnett, a 500+ page beast of a book in which secrets are revealed, big names start to fall, and the stakes – somehow – get even higher. Having taken Lion’s Gate spaceport, the traitor host marches on the fortifications of the Lion’s Gate itself while simultaneously driving at the Eternity Gate spaceport, stretching the loyalist defenders to breaking point. With battles raging on multiple fronts and resources dwindling, Dorn faces impossible questions of compromise and sacrifice, as he searches for a strategy that might tip the balance in his battle of wills and wits with Perturabo.

Warhammer (Warhammer Community): This is Warhammer’s biggest plastic monster yet… it towers over a regular gargant and easily stares Archaon and his three-headed mount in their many faces. It’s festooned with details that mark it as a creature of the Mortal Realms, including trinkets from across the various factions and bits of monster – presumably to snack on after battle.

D&D (Boggswood): Both before D&D was written, and long afterward, Dave Arneson stocked his dungeons randomly and he devised different methods and applied different ways to do this. Monsters, for example, he stocked through a random “Protection Point: system. Gold he rolled dice for and items he created random tables for. The best early example is his The Loch Gloomen stocking list from 1972, reprinted in his First Fantasy Campaign booklet.

History and Writers (Frontier Partisans): H. Rider Haggard, an Englishman who had worked for several years in Natal in southern Africa, created one of the the quintessential Frontier Partisan heroes of fiction — white hunter and adventurer Allan Quatermain, hero of King Solomon’s Mines and a whole series of what Deuce Richardson calls “exotic adventure fiction.” A hunter of wild game and hidden treasures; a “Man Who Knows Indians” (or, rather, African tribesmen); an English gentleman by heritage and termperament, yet one who sought out the wild places of the earth to wander.

Fiction (NC Register): The unmistakable features of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle looked down upon me from an impressive Victorian town house. Below a larger than life portrait there was a sign; it announced: “The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre.” I made a mental note, intending to visit what I assumed was a place dedicated to the memory and literary legacy of the creator of one of literature’s most famous figures: Sherlock Holmes. It was then that I noticed another sign. It offered “services” and other activities: the building was a center for spiritualism — necromancy by another name.

D&D (Jeffro’s Space Gaming Blog): I just had no interest in running a game featuring kobolds and goblins like happens so often when you run Keep on the Borderlands by the book. But you know, with three healing spells at first level for each cleric, high powered rangers and paladins holding things down, and with enough money in the game that the fighting-men can afford plate armor now… hoo boy, they can hold their own up against some pretty tough opposition. Tougher opposition means bigger payoffs– a tradeoff that seems quite satisfactory, at least when the players are winning.

New Release (Amazon): A resurrected sorcerer grants the wishes of the desperate men who have returned him to life—but in ways none of them anticipates. A prince makes a bargain with a barbarian criminal to travel into a lost world of violence and sorcery to save the life of a woman who may already be dead. Marauders who attack a city devoted to a great goddess suffer her strange curse when she answers the pleas of her dying priestess. The last survivors of an ancient continent confront evil at every step as they march beneath skies of endless darkness to reach the haven they hope will lead them to safety.

Art (DMR Books): “Legacy Circle members of the Robert E. Howard Foundation have something to look forward to: The Challenge from Beyond Drafts. In 1935, fan publisher and future DC Comics editor Julius Schwartz wanted to celebrate the third anniversary of his Fantasy Magazine. He asked five prominent science fiction authors and five prominent fantasy authors to collaborate on two stories, both to be titled ‘The Challenge from Beyond.’

Louis L’Amour (Paperback Warrior): Deemed “America’s Favorite Frontier Writer”, Louis L’Amour’s chronicle of the fictional Sackett family was a bestselling series. Beginning in 1960, the 17-book series is still held in high regard with fans of the western genre. While Barnabas’ son Jubal is mentioned in these books, it is explained to readers that he was a loner and distanced himself from his family. Jubal was obsessed with exploring the far west and walking “where no white-man had ever wandered”.

Fiction (Fantasy Literature): Of the nine books that I have read over the last year or so from Armchair Fiction’s current Lost World/Lost Race series, which runs to 24 volumes, no fewer than three of them have involved the discoveries of hitherto unknown civilizations far beneath the Earth’s surface. In Rex Stout’s truly thrilling Under the Andes (1914), three unfortunate Americans go through a hellacious experience at the hands of a lost race of Incas beneath the mountains of Peru. In S. P. Meek’s The Drums of Tapajos (1930), a quartet of American adventurers discovers the descendants of both the 10 Lost Tribes and Atlantis, uneasily coexisting both inside and beneath a mountain in the Brazilian wilderness.

Heinlein (Pulp Net): As a young science-fiction fan, I read several authors, and would often gravitate to a particular author at a time, reading almost everything they did, before I moved on. Often I wouldn’t follow on their later works. One of these authors was Robert A. Heinlein (1907-88), one of the “grandmasters” of science fiction, and sometimes referred to as the “dean of science fiction.” Like many SF authors of the time, he got his start in the pulps, and was successful in leaving the “pulp ghetto” for better-paying markets, such as The Saturday Evening Post, and original books.

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‘So proud of you!’ Stunning blonde WAG celebrates boyfriend’s £17million football deal

Wales winger Daniel James is set to make an exciting addition to Manchester United after signing £ 17M transfer from Swansea, and his proud girlfriend has taken to Instagram to share in the joy of her partner.

Ria Hughes, who works as a sports instructor, has been with the footballer for two years and the couple owns a house together just outside Cardiff. Wag, the glamorous blonde will certainly fit well with people like Maja Nilsson and Sam Cooke when she welcomes her partner in Old Trafford.

<img id = "i-d2f15695025b7af2" src = "https://dailym.ai/2uS4u1n /1s/2019/06/12/16/14699592-0-Ria_Hughes_from_Swansea_has_been_dating_Daniel_James_21_for_seve-a-31_1560352233638.jpg "height =" 815 "width =" 634 "alt =" Ria Hughes, from Swansea, James has been dating for two years The couple is currently living near the town with their dog Hugo (photo above) "

Ria Hughes, from Swansea, is dating Daniel James, who with Daniel James has gone out, 21, for two years. (19459007)

<img id = "i-467d6872075a4194" src = "https://dailym.ai/2X5HMTn -30_1560352227799.jpg "height =" 671 "width =" 634 "alt =" The beautiful sports instructor from Swansea regularly publishes glamshots on Instagram to her 3,000 followers " <img id =" i-467d6872075a4194 "src =" https: //i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/06/12/16/14699744-0-The_stunning_sports_instructor_from_Swansea_regularly_posts_glam-a-30_1560352227799.jpg "height =" 671 "width =" 634 "alt =" The beautiful sports instructor from Swansea regularly publishes glamshots on Instagram to her 3000 followers "

The beautiful Swansea sports instructor regularly publishes glamshots on Instagram to her 3000 followers

Ria, who works as a sports instructor for a gymnastics club, shares a house with Sam near Swansea, which they bought last year.

The couple lives with their cute cockapoo, Hugo, who gave them to Daniel as a 21st birthday gift.

She also places snapshots in the life of the couple and regularly shares her pride in her friend's incredible football skills, as well as vacation photos from trips to Marbella.

But Ria has now confirmed that they are moving to Manchester to have Daniel play football for Manchester United in a move that she & # 39; his dream & # 39; called.

<img id = "i-96d08761fd8e3d60" src = "https://dailym.ai/2RaO26Q Ria_pictured_with_Daniel_who_has_just_been_signed_to_Manchester_-a-32_1560352296915.jpg "height =" 725 "width =" 634 "alt =" Ria, depicted with Daniel, who has just been signed to Manchester United in a deal worth £ 17 million "class =" blkBorder img- share "

Ria, pictured with Daniel, who has just been signed to Manchester United in a £ 17 million deal" class = "blkBorder img-share" with Daniel, who has just has been signed with Manchester United in a deal worth £ 17,000

<img id = "i-be56ad07229f3de8" src = "https://i.dailymail.co. uk / 1s / 2019/06/12/16 / 14699598-0-image-a-25_1560352001412.jpg "height =" 412 "width =" 634 "alt =" Daniel agreed to a five-year £ 67,000 contract draw a week earlier today, with Ria die the moment & # 39; a dream & # 39; calls "

<img id =" i-be56ad07229f3de8 "src =" https://dailym.ai/2X537fL 25_1560352001412.jpg "height =" 412 "width =" 634 "alt =" Daniel has agreed to sign a five-year contract worth £ 67,000 a week today, giving Ria the moment & # 39; a dream & # 39; called.

Daniel previously agreed to sign a five-year contract worth £ 67,000 a week earlier today, with Ri

Daniel agreed to a five-year contract worth £ 67,000 per week at Old Trafford, with the option to extend it for another year.

Ria said she was completely thrilled with the news that her friend had signed the transfer agreement and it & # 39; a dream & # 39; called.

In a post that was shared on Instagram earlier today, she wrote: & # 39; Even after all this year you can still surprise me every day. & # 39; Sam Cooke is married to Manchester United footballer Chris Smalling "

is married to Manchester United footballer Chris Smalling"

Manchester United plays "

<img id =" i-71c814d07d69f2b7 "src =" https://dailym.ai/2R8crKc a-53_1560356156793.jpg "height =" 521 "width =" 306 "alt =" While Maja Nilsson is the wife of Victor Lindelof, who also plays for Manchester United "class =" blkBorder img-share Sam Cooke (left) and Maja Nilsson (right) encouraging their husbands Chris Smalling and Victor Linelof in the Old Trafford grandstands in Manchester

<img id = "i-6cc197f95198188b" src = "https://dailym.ai/2X2x1RO stagram_sharing_her_excitement_-m-18_1560355189966.jpg "height =" 608 "width =" 634 "alt =" The Welsh WAG posted a jerk on Instagram and shared its excitement about the deal, whi

<img id = "i -6cc197f95198188b "src =" https://dailym.ai/2RdDrbp height = "634" width alt = "The Welsh WAG posted a euphoria on Instagram and told her excitement about the deal, which is worth £ 67,000 a week"

The Welsh WAG posted an euphoria on Instagram and share its excitement about the deal, which is worth £ 67,000 a week

<img id = "i-53255620baced3c3" src = "https: //i.dailymail. co.uk/1s/2019/06/12/17/14699746-7133573-The_Welsh_WAG_posted_a_snap_on_Instagram_sharing_her_excitement_-m-20_1560355237522.jpg "height =" 1059 "width =" 634 "alt =" Sports instructor Ria spr ak about her pride in Daniel in a streaming Instagram post, and said she couldn't quite believe it happened "

<img id =" i-53255620baced3c3 "src =" https: //i.dailymail .co.uk / 1s / 2019/06/12/17 / 14699746-7133573-The_Welsh_WAG_posted_a_snap_on_Instagram_sharing_her_excitement_-m-20_1560355237522.jpg "height =" 1059 "width =" 634 "alt =" Sports instructor Ria told about her pride in Daniel streaming Instagram post and said she couldn't quite believe it was happening. "] Sports instructor Ria told about her pride in Daniel in a streaming Instagram post and she couldn't really believe it happened

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Ria said she was surprised at the hard work of her boyfriend & # 39; every day & # 39 ;, praising his & # 39; determination, personality and selflessness & # 39;

] Ria said she was surprised at her friend's hard work & # 39; every day & # 39 ;, and praised his & # 39; determination, personality and selflessness & # 39;

She continued: & # 39; You work so hard on and off the field to do everything you do. Your determination, your personality, how you deal with things, how selfless you are, how you treat people, your dedication, the ambition you have, just everything about you makes me so damn tr ots. & # 39;

She continued: & # 39; What a dream of yours this is – I still can't believe it is happening. I am so lucky to see how you achieve your goals every day. Always grateful. & # 39;

She continued: & # 39; There is no better person who deserves this anymore. Keep working hard. Keep being you. I am so proud. & # 39;

The young gymnast instructor signed the post through & # 39; love you & # 39;

Earlier today, Daniel spoke of his joy of becoming the first signature of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, although he was & # 39; tinged with sorrow & # 39; after his father suddenly died at the age of 60.

Ria regularly shares good times with friend Daniel and shares how proud she is of the young football player who regularly shares photos with friend Daniel and shares how proud she is. is on the young soccer player. "

Ria regularly shares photos with friend Daniel, and tells how proud she is of the young football player

] The new WAG confirmed that she would join would join Daniel if they move together from Swansea to Manchester (seen here in the great weekend of Radio One last month)

He said: & This is one of the best days I "Really looking forward to it," said James, who made his professional debut only last February for Swansea.

& # 39; The Premier League is the best competition in the world and Manchester United is

& # 39; This is an incredibly proud moment for me and my family, but it is tinged with sadness that my father cannot share this experience with U.S.

& # 39; I look forward to working with Ole and the team and getting started.

<img id = "i-7ffca34ca76de934" src = "https://dailym.ai/2X9r7OI image-a-38_1560352555644.jpg "height =" 636 "width =" 634 "alt =" The beautiful young couple are supposed to have been together for more than two years and own their own house at Swansea "

] The beautiful young couple are supposed to have been together for a number of years, and their own house together with Swansea

] Ria called the news today & # 39; a dream & # When Daniel signed a transfer deal today with Manchester United, which is worth £ 17 million

& # 39; Daniel is an exciting young player with great skills, vision, exceptional

& # 39; We have a great season with Swansea City and we have all the qualities needed to become a Manchester United player.

& # 39; We are looking forward to working with him This is the perfect environment for Daniel to continue his development. & # 39;

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Star Sightings: Priyanka Chopra Harnesses Girl Power, Snooki Has a Disney Day With Her Kids & More!

Girl power is alive and well! Sasheer Zamata joined Priyanka Chopra at the New York Palace Hotel on April 25, where the Quantico star was hosting the CÎROC and Variety kickoff of the 2018 Empowered Brunch Series. Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi had a super fun family day in nearby Morristown, New Jersey, bringing daughter Giovanna and son Lorenzo to the Mayo Performing Arts Center to see the Disney Junior Dance Party on Tour. Her hubby, Jionni LaValle, snapped this cute pic, which the Jersey Shore star captioned in part, "Gives me life to see my kids so excited and happy!"

We had so much fun at Disney Juniors Dance Party today! Gives me life to see my kids so excited and happy!😩😍 📸: dada @jlavalle5 Mickey is first pumping. @jerseyshore

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Mayim Bialik must have felt like a kid when she nabbed a Nintendo Labo at Amazon’s Treasure Truck in Los Angeles on April 23.

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Many other celebs did some shopping or simply showed off their style scores.

In fact, it was a meeting of Real Housewives at the opening of the new Rebag Madison Avenue boutique in New York City on April 19, where Potomac cast member Monique Samuels and New York star Tinsley Mortimer chatted while checking out the arm candy.

Shay Mitchell had a case of the Mondays, but still looked fabulous in a white tee, hoops and a gold Miranda Frye choker when she snapped a selfie for her Instagram Story on April 24.

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Kylie Jenner put her post-baby bod on display in a curve-hugging gray Naked Wardrobe dress on April 24, which she styled with tiny ‘90s- esque sunglasses, a gold bracelet and watch, and chunky white sneakers with white socks.

that look because KOURT X KYLIE just dropped on the site 👀 KylieCosmetics.com

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Skechers ambassador Camila Cabello perfectly styled her D’Lites “dad sneaker” while on tour in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on April 20.

what is UP MINNEAPOLIS !!!!!!!! 😚😚😚 #CamilaxSkechers #DLites #SkechersAmbassador

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Olivia Culpo looked white hot when she hosted a celebration for the TIMEX 2018 Women's Collection Launch at the NoMad Hotel in New York City on April 24.

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Plus, Katharine McPhee strolled through New York City’s Union Square, where she got samples of The Body Shop’s new Body Yogurts on April 12.

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Down the turnpike, The Bachelorette’s Rachel Lindsay took a romantic birthday trip on April 21 to SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with her fiancé, Bryan Abasolo. The couple snuck kisses throughout the night and played a few rounds of blackjack before sitting down for dinner and cocktails at Hugo’s Frog Bar & Chop House. The birthday girl was also surprised with a seven-layer birthday cake topped with over a dozen sparklers and, naturally, a rose.

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They weren't the only stars who needed to eat and drink! Nicole Richie and five of her girlfriends dined at FARMHOUSE Los Angeles on April 21, taking over the prime fireplace seating area in the living room as they ordered a variety of dishes, including the Whole Roasted Cauliflower and Sautéed Chicken Livers, and sipped on the restaurant’s signature cocktail, the Thai Basil.

Orange Is the New Black star Lea DeLaria sipped on a beer while sitting poolside with three pals at The Standard in West Hollywood on April 21.

The Tenderloins, aka Impractical Jokers stars Brian Quinn, Sal Vulcano, Joseph Gatto and James Murray, enjoyed tropical poolside drinks at the launch for the new Chase and IHG Rewards Club credit cards in NYC’s Grand Central on April 12.

Michael Simon

Also dreaming of the high seas? Drew and Jonathan Scott, who will be hosting a Royal Caribbean cruise called Sailing With the Scotts that will kick off in December 2018. "We cannot wait to set sail with our fans. Jonathan and I have so much exciting stuff planned,” Drew said in a press release, with Jonathan adding, “The newly reimagined Mariner of the Seas will be such an impressive ship, and it’s the perfect place to host a spectacular cruising adventure for our fans." Partying in a different way was Matthew McConaughey and his wife, Camila Alves, who chilled in the luxe Heart of OMNIA lounge at OMNIA Nightclub inside Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on April 24. They spent most of their time in the DJ booth and dancing there and on the dance floor. Derek Jeter was also in Sin City recently, teeing off in front of the Ketel One Family-Made Vodka Market at his 2018 Celebrity Invitational in Las Vegas on April 19.

Dennis Chaminsky

Golf must have been the name of the game, because Nelly played a round during the Augusta Jam, hitting the greens during Tanqueray on the Tee in Augusta, Georgia, on April 6.

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Since it's spring, America's favorite pastime, baseball, is also on people's minds, so it's no wonder that Jennie Finch, David Ortiz and Christie Brinkley happily checked out the opening night of the inaugural MLB FoodFest in New York City on April 20.

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And let's not forget about the celebs who are getting their fitness on! Gabrielle Union showed off her crazy toned bod while she worked out in a Gymshark sports bra and leggings on April 11...

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... while Kourtney Kardashian showed off all the hard work she's put in at the gym, posing in her YEEZY x 2XU athletic wear during the 2018 Coachella Festival on April 16. Season six of the collab launches May 5.

#yeezyseason7

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Last weekend saw the celebration of Earth Day, when plenty of celebs went green for a good cause. Ian Somerhalder threw a cold wash laundry party at a laundromat in Los Angeles on April 22. The Vampire Diaries alum hosted the do-good event with Energy Upgrade California, a statewide initiative committed to helping Californians take action to save energy.

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Also celebrating the planet that Sunday? Scott Disick, CeeLo Green, Alec Monopoly and Gloria and Emilio Estefan, who all stopped by Seaspice in Miami, Florida. The Estefan family also enjoyed a live performance on the Seaspice Live stage and glasses of Dom Perignon.

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Keith Urban put on a show of his own, delighting fans at an iHeartCountry release party for his new album, Graffiti U, at the iHeartRadio Theater in Burbank, California, on April 25. He performed new songs like “Coming Home” and “Female” as well as fan favorites like “Long Hot Summer” and “Wasted Time" for an audience hand selected by 1iota.

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Country music could also be heard loud and clear at AJ’s Good Time Bar in Nashville, Tennessee, on April 24, where Lee Ann Womack was among the crooners taking part in MusiCares Country Music Night.

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Rolling Stone celebrated more than just tunes this week. All These Small Moments star Harley Quinn Smith was on hand for the magazine's presentation of “The New Classics” at Highline Stages in New York City on April 25, which celebrated 20 creative visionaries from the music, acting, comedy and sports worlds and was presented by the Jeep Brand at Highline Stages.

Patrick MacLeod

Meanwhile, Michael Shannon, Angel Lopez, Ian Matthews and Michiel Huisman celebrated the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival premiere of State Like Sleep on April 21 at the official Tanqueray-hosted after-party, while Pom Klementieff received the IMDb Fan Favorite STARmeter Award in the Breakout Category while visiting the IMDb Show set in Studio City, California, on April 23.

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And Kathrine Herzer and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend star Rachel Bloom goofed around at Teen Line's Food for Thought Brunch at UCLA on April 22.

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Also in Southern California, the top 10 American Idol contestants got to hang out with Joy and Sadness from the Pixar film Inside Out at Disneyland in Anaheim on April 24. The Idol hopefuls had just finished singing in front of the Sleeping Beauty Castle, a performance which will air on the ABC music competition show's "Disney Night" on April 29.

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Plus, Richard Gere met up with Food Network star Geoffrey Zakarian during City Harvest’s 35th Anniversary Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City on April 24. John Legend performed at the event, which raised over $4.6 million and honored Chef José Andrés and Chrissy Teigen.

City Harvest

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