#formerly of MY chicago bulls

[nbabaes]

that’s okay cause I’m still fly 🚀✌🏾

[chestnutninny]

alex cabot x fem (also an ada) reader with childhood friends to lovers trope

My Sunshine

Warnings: suggestive, making out, undressing.

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Alexandra Cabot. This was the girl you'd spent your whole childhood growing up with. She was your best friend, your sunshine. That's the nickname you gave her because of her golden hair, which framed her face like an angel's halo.

You couldn't imagine your life without this girl, so when she moved away to study at Harvard, you were heartbroken, yet you still supported her decision.

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It had been 10 years since Alex had left your hometown, and despite keeping in minimal contact at first, you hadn't seen her since. Over the years, you had been in multiple relationships, none of them working out as you could never fully get over your one true love. The time you spent together as you grew older was filled with longing glances and lingering touches, the butterflies erupting in your stomach, and you weren't sure if you'd ever feel that way towards anybody else.

You currently stood at the doors of the Special Victims precinct in Manhattan, which is where you had been transferred to due to them being understaffed. You had formerly worked with Chicago Sex Crimes Bureau, where you were the main prosecutor. You made your way in the building and through to the elevator, taking you to the floor, which you were told to resort to.

The elevator dinged as it reached your floor, the doors slowly sliding open. You stepped into the bull pen, the heads of many officers glancing your way. You made your way over to the main office, where you guessed the Captain would be.

You knocked on the door and waited for his signal, before letting yourself in.

"Hi, you must be Y/N? You'll be working the next few cases as a second chair. You'll work with our other ADA."

You watched as he gestured to the doorway behind you, which you took a glance to. And stood in the doorway was none other than Alexandra Cabot.

"Alex..."

"You guys know each other?" Cragen questioned.

"Yeah, we haven't seen each other in a while." Alex chuckled, scratching the back of her neck.

"Well you guys should catch up after the case, we need you right now though."

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After a long day at the precinct, Olivia and Elliot had managed to catch the suspect that you they had been looking for. They team had decided to go out for celebratory drinks as this was a tough case, finally closed.

You arrived at the bar before the rest of the team, smiling to yourself as you made out Alex's figure sat up to the bar, nursing a glass in her hands. You made your way over to her, planting yourself onto the stool beside her, settling your purse onto the bar.

"Hey." You greeted softly, careful not to startle her. She looked up, her blue eyes meeting yours as a smile took over her features.

She gestured for the bartender to take your order, before telling him to add it to her tab. Once your drink was handed to you, you took a generous sip, giving Alex a grateful look, which she smiled and nodded at.

"It's been really nice seeing you, Y/N. I've really missed you." She admitted, picking at her fingernails, which you knew she only did when she was nervous.

"I've missed you too, Alex." You told her, reaching out your hand to place over hers, stopping the picking as you entwined your fingers together.

You both fall into easy conversation and catch each other up on the past 10 years of your life, even chuckling at the failed attempts of finding love, Alex admitting that dating has been very difficult considering the long hours of this job. You nod along, knowing that it is most likely true, as you have only been there one day, and have been absolutely swept off of your feet.

The rest of the team had showed up not long after, finding you both huddled up together laughing at something Alex had said, and you head dropped to her shoulder as you tried to contain your laughter.

By the end of the night, it was safe to say that you were all fairly drunk, but especially you and Alex, and you had won the team over, them absolutely loving you.

It was eventually time for everyone to go their separate ways, but Alex pulled you back by your wrist, pulling you to be flush against her chest. You gasped as you looked up to her, her blonde hair falling around your face as well as hers, as she leaned in closer to you ear.

"Come home with me." She requested as her lips brushed against the shell of your ear, making your breath catch in you throat.

You eagerly nodded and she leant it to push a gentle kiss to the corner of your lips, a smirk taking over her features as you tried to chase her lips.

You frowned as you felt her pull away from you completely, watching as she pulled her phone out of her purse, typing her address into the Uber app. She pulled her blazer from the back of her stool and placed it over your shoulders before pulling you closer to herself, guiding you towards the door of the bar.

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Alex pushed open her apartment door, throwing her purse on the side table along with her keys, and kicking off her shoes, which you followed in pursuit.

She pulled you down the corridor to what you assumed was her bedroom, as you blood pumped through your ears.

She pushed you to sit on her bed and she took a seat beside you, her hand caressing your cheek, making you look at her and into her sapphire eyes.

You closed your eyes as her thumb traced your plump lips, forcing them to part beneath her touch. She leaned closer towards you, and her lips encased yours, the kiss gentle yet passionate.

When she felt you kiss back, she deepened the kiss, her hands running through your hair, gently tugging on it, releasing a moan from you.

She pulled you to sit in her lap, your thighs straddling her hips. Her lips dropped to your jaw, kissing a pathway down to your neck and to your pulse point, where she sucked, most likely leaving a mark there.

Her fingers dropped to the buttons on your blouse, fiddling with them in her attempt to undo them.

"Alex." You gasped, pushing her back from your neck. She looked up, her eyes searching your own. She realised your flushed state, your pupils blown.

"I'm sorry." You apologised sincerely, as she scrambled to get up. "I'll get you something else to wear."

She went into her closet and returned with a set of pyjamas for you to get changed into, another pair for her in her other hand.

"Alex." You grasped her wrist, "I don't want to do this whilst we're drunk, I want to be able to remember it tomorrow."

You chuckled nervously, as you played with the baby hairs at the base of your neck. She nodded in agreement and embraced you in her arms.

"I know. Thank you, Y/N."

She pulled you back to her bed, ensuring you were comfortable under the covers, before laying her head on your chest, allowing the rise and fall of it lull her to sleep.

You wrapped your arms around her body, pulling her flush against your body, planting a kiss on the top of her head.

"Goodnight, Alex." You mumbled into her blonde halo, smiling to yourself.

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[homerstroystory]

Relief of a winged bull (lamassu)

Lamassus are were believed to be guardians against evil and protectors of kings.

This sculpture guarded the entrance to the throne rom of the Assyrian king Sargon II (r. 721-705 BCE) at Khorsabad (modern Iraq). It was excavated by the Oriental Insitute at the University of Chicago in 1929 and was gifted to the University by the Department of Antiquities of Iraq. The relief was broken into more than a dozen pieces and was restored in Chicago.

Some of the Akkadian inscriptions on the lamassu read, "I planned day and night how to settle that city and how to raise its great shrines, the dwellings of the great gods, and my royal residential palaces. I spoke and commanded it to be built…" and "…I built palaces of ivory, ebony, boxwood, musukkannu‐wood, cedar, cypress, juniper, burashu‐juniper, and pistachio‐wood for my royal dwelling. At their gates I constructed a portico patterned after a Syrian palace and roofed it with cedar and cypress beams. At their entrances, I erected animals made of white stone resembling beasts of the mountain and sea."

gypsum; H. 4.95m; W. 4.91m; D. 1.0m; weighs approximately 40 tons

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On permanent display in the Mesopotamian Gallery at the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (ISAC) at the University of Chicago (formerly the Oriental Institute), accession no. 872

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Verstappen screaming at the TV as Van Gisbergen took shock debut NASCAR win | 2023 British Grand Prix

Max Verstappen heaped praise on Shane van Gisbergen after the Australian Supercars champion won his first start in NASCAR last weekend. Van Gisbergen triumphed on his debut in America’s most popular racing series, which was making its first visit to a street circuit. He qualified third on the grid and passed series regular Justin Haley to clinch victory in Chicago. Verstappen described how he stayed up on Sunday evening following his victory in the Austrian Grand Prix to watch his friend and fellow Team Redline driver become the first person in 60 years to win on their debut in NASCAR. “I stayed awake to watch it, I’ve never felt so nervous in my life watching someone else race and trying to win it,” said Verstappen. “I was literally screaming in front of the TV or like my monitor for him to win.” Van Gisbergen, a three-times series in Australian Supercars (formerly V8 Supercars), impressed Verstappen with how well he adapted to the unfamiliar NASCAR Cup car. “That’s really, really impressive to jump in a car you don’t know,” said the Red Bull driver. “They’re very hard cars to drive and he just goes in there and he absolutely dominates the race. “I know he’s a great driver, I know what he’s capable of and I know how good he is at different kind of disciplines. I mean, he’s great of course at V8s [Supercars], that’s what he knows, but he’s great in a rally car as well and clearly he’s great in a NASCAR as well. Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free “That’s Shane. He’s a crazy right-foot braker still.” Verstappen is impressed by “crazy right-foot braker” Van Gisbergen The Red Bull driver admitted he can’t emulate Van Gisbergen’s unusual driving technique which allows him to achieve rapid lap times while minimising his fuel consumption. “I see it all the time on the simulator. He’s also part of Team Redline and sometimes we race together. “It’s quite insane that he’s that fast with that technique. But it’s also very good on fuel, for example, the way he drives. It’s interesting, I mean, I can’t do it, but he grew up like that.” Verstappen said he messaged Van Gisbergen “immediately” after his win. “He responded a bit late because of course he had a big party, which was far enough.” However Verstappen admitted he wouldn’t want to try a NASCAR race himself. “It’s not my style,” he said. “I like watching, I think it’s really, really cool and I was happy for Shane. I’m happy to maybe go there and just have a beer myself and enjoy the show.” Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free 2023 British Grand Prix Browse all 2023 British Grand Prix articles via RaceFans - Independent Motorsport Coverage https://www.racefans.net/