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[artdilery]

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[nothingeverlost]

gracefulanimation replied to your post “@maplesyrupao3 @bearholdingashark @ahopelessromanticwritersworld...”

I think that list has some good ones! I’m also a sucker for the ever so classic we booked a hotel room but there’s only one bed uh oh

I love ‘there’s only one bed.’  I’m actually in the middle of writing ‘there’s only one bed’ for a Midge/Lenny fic

I can totally see Benoit going full on gentleman and thanking a rope with a sheet over it to divide the bed in half.

Also this trope is even better when you add ‘there’s only one set of pajamas’ to it. 

[bearholdingashark]

Cablanca Week 2021: July 12 - July 18

Welcome to Cablanca Week 2021! Any type of fanwork/expression of love for this amazing ship is welcome: fic, art, graphics/edits, gifsets, fanvids, fanmixes, meta, headcanons, etc, with no minimum requirements. There is also no pressure to post everyday, so participate as much or as little as you would like! 

Make sure to tag #cablancaweek21 so we can see everything! (Also feel free to tag me. :) I’ll be reblogging everything.) 

Monday, July 12th: Beginnings

Tuesday, July 13th: Home

Wednesday, July 14th: Tropes

Thursday, July 15th: Partners

Friday, July 16th: WIPs

Saturday, July 17th: Crossover/Fusion

Sunday, July 18th: Free Choice

Reblogs are appreciated to get the word out!

(I won’t be tagging people in future posts, but wanted to tag the people who had expressed interest: @ahopelessromanticwritersworld, @nothingeverlost, @gracefulanimation)

ETA: Fixed the image with dates so it's correct! 

[thedizzydinosaur]

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[bearholdingashark]

Okay, so Cablanca Week 2021 is happening 😃 I'm thinking of doing it July 12-16, which world be about a month from now. Do those dates work for people? I am open to alternative dates but am thinking July would be a good time. Let me know your thoughts!

Once we have the week set, I'll post more info on prompts and things!

@ahopelessromanticwritersworld @nothingeverlost @gracefulanimation

[bearholdingashark]

Do you know if we are having/had a Cablanca week 2021?

I hadn't planned on it, and haven't seen plans for another one, but I'd be totally down for another one if people are interested! I'd be happy to organize again too

Tagging people who participated last time but no pressure!

@gracefulanimation @maplesyrupao3 @strangelock221b @nothingeverlost @beatrice-babe

[nothingeverlost]

Fic: A Week in Charleston

For Cablanca week Day 6, Tropes

I went with fake dating/need a date for a wedding, thanks to a suggestion from @gracefulanimation​ and heavily inspired by @danielcraigss​

II

Marta gave one last look in the mirror before deciding there was nothing else she could do.  Her makeup was done, her hair pinned up in deference to the heat, and she was wearing the less formal of the two dresses she’d brought with her.  When Benoit had asked her to come to his cousin’s wedding she hadn’t realized it would be a two day affair.  To be honest she hadn’t thought much about it at all; the idea of spending a week in Charleston at Benoit’s house had occupied a lot more of her thoughts than the wedding.

“Is this alright?”  She stepped out of the bathroom in her knee length lace dress and flat sandals; she wasn’t good at walking in heels even on the best day and she was too nervous to attempt them for a backyard barbeque.  The dress only had the thinnest of straps and she worried that maybe it was a little too showy.  Alice had talked her into it, but the pale fabric beneath the lace made it almost seem as if her own skin was showing through.

“Only thing I can see wrong with it is the fact that every man at this thing is going to wish you were there with them, not me.”  Benoit was sitting on the arm of the sofa, dressed in a blue suit that highlighted his eyes in a way that should be criminal.  He didn’t wear a tie, though she could see his suspenders where the jacket gaped a little.  The first couple of buttons of his shirt were undone, his skin more tanned now that it was summer.  “You look prettier than a Georgia peach in summer.”

“Alice helped me pick out the dress.”  She looked down self consciously and wondered if it was too warm for one of her cardigans.

“The dress is mere window dressing, though I do compliment your sister on her good taste.”  He stood and picked up a gift from the table.  “Shall we go?”

“You’re supposed to save the compliments for when your family is around.”  He was carrying the ‘fake girlfriend’ thing a bit far, but perhaps it was practice.  He didn’t need practice.

“I speak a simple truth.”  He locked the door of the apartment behind them, leading the way to his car.  Marta tried to remember if anyone had opened the car door for her before.  Not only did Benoit open it, but he closed it as well after asking if she minded holding the gift.

“What’s in this thing?  It weighs a ton.”  The box wasn’t much more than a foot cubed, but it was heavy.  “You’re not giving someone weights as a wedding gift, are you?”

“It’s a cast iron pot and my momma’s secret fried chicken recipe.  You can never go hungry as long as you have a good piece of cast iron and know how to fry up a chicken.”  Benoit grinned at her before starting the car.

“You can make fried chicken?”  The subject of cooking hadn’t come up before.  There were a lot of things they hadn’t talked about, their friendship starting with knives and blood and vomiting rather than favorite colors and how they each liked their coffee.  She worried that it would make it harder to sell this relationship they were pretending.  One of Benoit’s cousins had apparently threatened to set him up with a blind date for the wedding.  She was the one that had offered to come when he’d clearly been unhappy with the idea of attending with a stranger.  She didn’t regret the offer, but a barely begun friendship and a romantic relationship weren’t the same thing.  

“I can make a great many things, and once we’ve gotten through this weekend I’ll show you what proper southern food is supposed to taste like.  My momma always said that a man should know how to fill his own belly.  When I was older she told me it was good for courtin’ and marriage too.”

“You never married?”  He’d never mentioned an ex but that didn’t mean anything.  She’d been engaged once and he didn’t know that.

“I think that’s the only regret my momma had, that she didn’t get to see me get married to a woman.  She would have liked to be a grandma.  Would have been a good one too.”  He turned onto a road that took them away from the main part of town.  There were only a few houses on the road.

“It’s legal now to marry anyone you want.”  He was fifty, and a bachelor.  It occured to Marta that there might be another reason why he’d never married.  A reason he’d rather have a friend pretend to be his date rather than have someone set him up with a woman.

“It’s always been...oh.”  He almost missed a stop sign, breaking hard and pausing a moment before turning to look at her.  “I’m not gay.  I like women just fine, and I respect every one I’ve been in a relationship with.  But there’s a difference between enjoying being in bed with a woman and finding the one person that you want to share your whole life with.  Someone sexy and fun but also warm and intelligent and good and kind.  Someone you want to talk to at any moment of the day and someone you ache for when you’re apart.  I was taught that marriage is forever and I wasn’t going to ask anyone to marry me unless I believed it was a forever love.”  

“Oh.”  She’d only seen his eyes look that intense before, and didn’t know what to do about it.  It was beautiful, but it made her a little sad too.  He would make someone a wonderful husband.  He deserved to have someone that would listen to him, and share their day with him, and love him.

The rest of the ride was silent and not very long.  Benoit pulled into a parking lot already crowded with cars.  A park spread out before them, picnic tables covered in linen tablecloths far too nice for a park, tree trunks wrapped in twinkle lights and flower garlands, and in the center a gazebo where a band was already set up but not playing.

“Ready?” he asked when he opened the door for her and took the present.

“Anything I should know?”  He hadn’t told her much beyond the fact that a younger cousin was getting married, and that some of the guests would be family.

“If any of my relatives tell you stories about me take ‘em with a grain of salt.  And don’t worry about anything, just enjoy yourself.”  He balanced the gift on his hip, holding it with his left hand.  His right settled at the small of her back, warm and comforting.  “I’m glad you came.”

“I am too.”

[nothingeverlost]

@maplesyrupao3 @bearholdingashark @ahopelessromanticwritersworld @gracefulanimation @strangelock221b @danielcraigss @faerietailsandslimysnails

First of all this week has been a blast so far and such a needed boost.

Secondly I have no ideas at the moment for tomorrow, Tropes.  Anyone have any prompts or thoughts or anything?

[bearholdingashark]

One more day! Thank you to everyone who has participated so far! (This includes commenting/liking/reblogging/etc!) 

Please let me know if I’ve missed anyone. 

Fanart by @gracefulanimation

Fic (A Week In Charleston) by @nothingeverlost

Fic (Can We Make This Dream Last Forever?) by @bearholdingashark

[bearholdingashark]

I can’t believe this far in the week already! It’s been such a great event so far, with more to come!

Fanart by @gracefulanimation

Fic (Hands) by @nothingeverlost

Fic (Remember Me) by @bearholdingashark