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[midnight-els]

For All Mankind | Tía Margo + palate cleansers

Margo & Javi, 1992 | 3x01 "Polaris" Margo, Graciana & Javi, 2003 | 4x09 "Brazil"

Requested by @margomadisons

Bonus:

[moocowmoocow]

FAM ficlet prompt: Missing scene at the Rosales/Diaz house, set either during the two hour period Sergei is hanging at the Rosales/Diaz house without Margo (!) or the lead-up to the dinner

Graciana ran into the kitchen and was surprised by Mamá and a man being there. She was happy to see Mamá but slightly disappointed that her presence ruined her sneaking a few mini-peanut butter cups. She wasn’t dumb. She knew Mamá knew about the sneaking, otherwise new bags wouldn’t appear, but it was just what she did after school.

Mamá came over and hugged Graciana. “I’m glad that you’re still happy to see me despite ruining your plans.”

Graciana giggled. When Mamá let her go, she saw the man again. “Who is he?”

“His name is Sergei. I worked with him before you were born.” She raised her voice as Javi came into the kitchen looking for something to eat. Seeing Mamá there, he grabbed a box of Cheerios instead of his usual Doritos. “Before Javi was born. Before I met your Papá, even.”

“Wow. He must be old.” The man named Sergei chuckled.

“I thought you said Tía Margo was coming tonight,” Javi said.

“She is. In a few hours. Now either help me get supper ready or do your homework.” When given those choices, Javi of course chose helping with supper.

Graciana was curious. She had never met Tía Margo, but had seen her picture among the many pictures around the house for as long as she could remember. Now she had come back from the dead like one of Abuela’s telenovelas. Mamá and Papá whispered about her but always stopped once they saw Graciana. She asked Javi but he said all he remembered was that she gave him Tootsie Rolls when he was little.

Graciana pulled herself up on the stool next to where Sergei chopped vegetables for supper. “Do you know Tía Margo?”

He paused cutting for awhile and said, “Yes. We were - are really good friends.”

“Do you know why she pretended to be dead?”

“I don’t think she had a choice in the Soviet Union.”

“Mamá won’t tell me anything about her.”

“She is very smart and very brave.”

This was not what everyone else was saying about her. Graciana almost wondered if she was a witch, not that she believed witches were real. “You talk - “ she remembered what her teacher had said about judging the way people talked. “You talk differently.”

Sergei smiled. “That is because I am from the Soviet Union.”

“Were you there when Tía Margo was?”

He shook his head sadly. “I know that your brother learned to play the piano. Are you?”

She made a face. “Mamá tried but I thought it was boring. I like to dance. Should I show you what I’m working on in class?”

He nodded and after she finished he clapped and told her she was very good.

After awhile she got bored and went to the den and watched TV until Tía Margo arrived. Graciana was almost disappointed. She looked like someone’s abuela. And no one acted like the telenovela. Instead they all sat down and ate and Mamá and Sergei and her did math.

She did give Graciana a Tootsie Roll, just like she used to give Javi. That was nice. Especially since she didn’t get any peanut butter cups.

[transnames]

Names that mean "brave" or "journey"?/ Names with a summer type theme that could fit as a middle name Ceegan?/ Or something slightly Spanish as a middle name for Ceegan, kinda like Julio (but another initial)?/ Or something feminine. I'm sorry I can't make up my mind but I feel like I'm annoying so I don't wanna send a lot of asks.

Got it, you’re not being annoying at all! It’s completely fine to take your time coming up with the right name, too.

Here are some names that mean “brave” or “journey”, or something similar:

Apollo / Apollonia, “strength”

Archibald, “genuine, bold”

Aslan, “brave lion”

Audrey, “noble strength”

Baldric, “brave power”

Basil, “brave”

Beatrix / Viatrix, “voyager, traveler”

Bernard / Bernadette, “hardy bear”

Bona, patron saint of travelers

Conrad, “brave counsel”

Everard, “brave boar”

Ferdinand / Fernanda, “brave journey” (two in one!)

Hardy

Journey

Kendrick, “royal power” or “brave power”

Leonard, “brave lion”

Leopold / Theobald, “bold people”

Matilda / Maud / Maude, “strength in battle”

Nero, “strong, vigorous”

Peregrine / Pippin / Perry, “traveler”

Pilar, “pillar”

Quest

Reynard, “brave advice”

Roland, “brave fame” or “famed land”

Saira, “traveler”

Sojourner

Somerled, “summer traveler” (two in one!)

Valencia / Valentine, “strong”

Valeria / Valerie / Valerius, “to be strong”

Here are some summer or sun / sky themed middle names for Ceegan:

Ceegan Aidan / Adena, “fire”

Ceegan Albert / Bert, “noble, bright”

Ceegan Alectrona, a Greek goddess of the morning

Ceegan Alexandrita, Alexandrite is the birthstone for June

Ceegan Argus, “shining”

Ceegan August / Augusta 

Ceegan Aureole / Oriole, “radiant halo” / “gold”

Ceegan Azure

Ceegan Birch, a tree whose leaves turn yellow in the summer

Ceegan Blaze

Ceegan Charon, “fierce brightness”

Ceegan Ciel, “sky”

Ceegan Clara, “clear, bright”

Ceegan Dagny, “new day”

Ceegan Daisy, “day eye”

Ceegan Day

Ceegan Eloise, “sun”

Ceegan Eos, a Greek goddess of the dawn

Ceegan Gilbert, “bright pledge”

Ceegan Helios, “sun”

Ceegan Hubert, “bright heart”

Ceegan Junot / Junie, related to “June”

Ceegan Leo, like the Zodiac sign

Ceegan Leocadia, “bright”

Ceegan Lucius / Lucia / Lucian / Lux, “light”

Ceegan Marisol, associated with “sea and sun”

Ceegan Orion, “light of the heavens”

Ceegan Phoebe, “bright”

Ceegan Phoenix

Ceegan Ray

Ceegan Ruby, the birthstone for July

Ceegan Samson, “sun”

Ceegan Sol / Solaris, derived from “sun”

Ceegan Solstice

Ceegan Somerset, “dwellers at the summer settlement”

Ceegan Summer / Summerlyn

Ceegan Theia, a Greek goddess associated with the sun

Ceegan Uri, “my light”

Ceegan Vera, “summer”

Ceegan Zeus, “shine” or “sky”

And here are some Spanish middle names, including feminine ones, for Ceegan. You might also want to look at this list of Spanish names.

Ceegan Agustin

Ceegan Anabella

Ceegan Artemio

Ceegan Aurelia

Ceegan Belen

Ceegan Celestina

Ceegan Clarisa

Ceegan Constancia

Ceegan Diago

Ceegan Diaz

Ceegan Elodia

Ceegan Esperanza

Ceegan Estován

Ceegan Fernanda

Ceegan Fortuna

Ceegan García

Ceegan Graciana

Ceegan Ignacio

Ceegan Inesita

Ceegan Jacinta

Ceegan Junípero

Ceegan Liliana

Ceegan Lorenza

Ceegan Luciana

Ceegan Mayanita

Ceegan Mónica

Ceegan Orlanda

Ceegan Renata

Ceegan Ramón

Ceegan Rodolfo

Ceegan Santiano

Ceegan Socorro

Ceegan Terencio

Ceegan Tomasina

Ceegan Trinidad

Ceegan Valentino

Ceegan Viviana

Ceegan Ximena / Ximenia

Ceegan Zenobio

I hope I helped, please feel free to send in another ask if you have more questions!

[allatariel]

Seven Sentence Sunday

Thank you to @gordopickett who tagged me two Sundays ago <3 I am so slow!!

Tagging: @madamairlock @brynnmclean, @callioope, @toodeeplyinvested, @tiltedsyllogism

Tagging more (because tumblr is broken): @spectral-musette, @narilwrites, @sparkleplatypuswriter, @moocowmoocow, @melyzard

And anyone else who would like to <3

So, this is a brand new season 4 standard issue fix-it, because I have no focus and am going with the flow—when it decides to actually flow. The idea came to me while I was writing some tags on an imagine your OTP style post on Friday night and then proceeded to stay up way too late writing this as a path to that. And going back to check my memory of Graciana this morning, I think I misremembered her as 4–5 instead of 5–6 years old, something to fix later! This may pull in the other season 4 snippets I've already posted, not sure yet. But definitely leads to Brazil! Currently calling it We Are Fortunate Ones I Swear. Also, I can't seem to limit myself to sharing seven sentences, so here's an additional twelve with it!

“Mamá!” Graciana exclaimed again, with even more gusto and a touch of sass, and Aleida’s attention snapped to her. Her daughter’s attention was fixed on something outside her window and her face lit up as she pointed. “I see tío!” Aleida’s brow furrowed as she followed the line of her pointing hand to see a familiar man holding a black umbrella stepping off the curb to cross the street in front of them. They’d only met a few times and Graciana was already calling him “tío”? Before Aleida could even begin to process that thought, Graciana had jabbed the button to roll down her window and called to him at top volume. “Tío Sergei!” Sergei looked startled and then smiled warmly when he recognized them. “Miss Graciana! Hello!” he called and she giggled as he hurried over to her and bent down some, holding his umbrella over the open window. “You’re getting rain in your mother’s lovely car,” he chided her gently before giving Aleida a nod and waving. “Hello Aleida.” Graciana shyly leaned back towards Aleida, her prior boldness gone but her smile remained bright. Aleida smirked at her daughter’s sudden shift and addressed Sergei. “What are you doing walking in this mess?” “Oh, it’s not so bad, only a little drizzle. My hotel is right there”—he pointed behind him and then at the McDonald’s across the street—”and I’m just getting some dinner.” “We’re having ice cream bars!” Graciana found her voice again and Sergei chuckled as Aleida grinned and wrapped her arm around her. “After dinner, there may be ice cream,” Aleida corrected Graciana without any heat and then looked up at Sergei smiling at them a little distantly. “Would you like to join us?” she asked without really thinking of anything but the fondness she’d seen between him and Margo at dinner only a few nights ago.