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lifeline-au · 3 years ago

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QnA

1. So did we actually do something to help/hurt the plot? Of course. I have quite a few different routes that you could have gone down that didn’t end up getting used, haha. You saved Radio and Spamton from an argument a while back. You definitely fed into Spamton’s ego during fame. You changed Swatch’s view on Spamton to be a little more positive. You did not convince Spamton to keep the tasque.

2. Is the text ever gonna change color or is it just gonna be black on black forever? It. It should be fixed. I didn’t mean for that to happen.

3. Will Spam ever reunite with his bros? Of course. Whether in a good or bad way is still undecided.

4. What does it mean that our voice is now our own? Gaster and Goner will no longer interfere with your calls.

5. How many asks to you typically get in your inbox on average? A dozen or so every day. I usually pick more recent ones, but there will be times where I scroll back a couple days and use an older one. I currently have 4,409 asks recieved. I love reading all of them very much.

6. What will happen to the blog when the story is over? Will it still be an ask blog? The blog will be archived with a sweet closing message and art poster. I changed my mind on deleting it when the story is over. Things will stay.

7. Are the Addisons still all there? Emotionally, I mean. Sure.

8. Does Goner have Gaster's memories? Yes. They are the exact same being. Goner is a split-off piece of Gaster’s soul, made to execute his will. Everything Goner has done has been willed by Gaster at some point.

9. So, how has lifeline AU changed from your original vision over the course of running it? Well. I did not expect it to be so popular. I wanted to write for fun at first, with a small story in mind. It was not made to be perfect. The narrative is flawed. Sometimes I break character. The storyline is unclear at times. I love it. I write because I love to.

10. Will they remember? Of course. This is not a reset.

11. For the QnA: is there any way we can save Spamton? That depends. From what?

12. Favourite arthropod? The crab ones the ones that look like a frying pan and have little legs and run around on beaches all day

13. How do you find time/motivation/etc to make a project like this? With schoolwork? With extracurriculars? With all the projects I have in mind and aren’t yet completed? While also balancing my social life on top of it? I don’t know. The trick is not to think about updating everything too often. If I want to write I will find time for it.

14. What was the image for this account before being the glasses? A lovely picture of pre-fame Spamton with a pair of glasses on their forehead. Very baffled expression. Drawn by one of my very close and very loved friends.

15. Why do you think Queen can drink the acid and not shrink? Robot. Sort of.

16. Will Kris and the rest of the gang eventually be involved in this blog? Not directly, no. They will never answer calls. They may feature in the background, though.

17. Do you have a tl;dr for newcomers? Following the popular fanon storyline, Spamton and his brothers, the Addisons, answer various asks in the form of calls. Things spiral when Gaster starts calling Spamton, and the Addisons get into an argument. Spamton leaves eventually, much more puppet-like than before, to move into the Mansion. You are no longer able to call the Addisons.

Spamton is angry and prideful and a pain to be around. Eventually hears about the basement and goes down to investigate, but is… injured(?) and is briefly comforted by Swatch. Seeing as things have not gone to plan, Gaster stops calling. You lose contact with Spamton. The Addisons are back. You are here now.

18. This isn’t a question, but I just want to tell you this story is beautifully written. Thank you very much;; I love writing and I’m very happy others enjoy what I make. Small compliments like these mean very very much to me. :]

19. Do you have multiple endings planned, or just one? Sort of.

20. Do any of the brothers truly hate each other/spamton or find them just that annoying? No. They all care very very much about each other.

21. What have the addisons been up to this year? Just the daily grind? Do they still do cybergrille night? Bury themselves in their work. They do not go to the cybergrille anymore. They don’t like watching the news or do anything for fun anymore.

22. I’m really curious as to what the Addison anatomy is like. Do they have fur, skin, plastic, etc? Do they bleed, what are certain quirks of their species? Maybe fluffy. Like velvet. I’ve always envisioned them as just digital characters, so I suppose they would be cool to the touch- holographic. Usually give off a warm glow. Very lovely to look at. I don’t think they bleed. Fizzle out, maybe.

23. Are character impression asks not a thing any more? The comic seemed to imply that we'd need to take ownership and responsibility for our actions? You can still do impression asks for characters. :]

24. Are there any places this arc that the story could've gone in a very different direction than it did? Of course. There were multiple arguments that could have happened between characters, and one very distinct route where Radio got very upset with Spamton. I had art drawn for it, but it never did happen.

25. Is Snowgrave route possible? Quite.

26. Could we have done anything about what happened in the basement? No. Spamton could never have found the machine, or gotten much further than he did back in the basement. You could have changed what happened after, though.

27. Will Swatch be involved more in the future? No. You will not be hearing much from them from here on.

28. What did we do to contact the Addisons again? Reconnection with the Addisons was always going to happen. In a good or bad way. Although if you responded with ‘don’t continue’ to any of the previous posts I thought it would be very funny to do a fake-out blog end, haha.

29. Which character is your favorite to write? Radio, at first. And then it turned into Banner. Now I’m not so sure. I think I’ve had enough of writing Spamton for a good while, haha.

30. Will we be hearing from Gaster again? In a way, sort of. Directly? No.

31. Is there anything changing about what and how we can ask things since it’s now all on us? No. You can still ask whatever you would like. The only distinct change is that I will be picking asks by complete random now, instead of a selection like I did before. I may re-randomize if the ask chosen has already been done though, just to prevent repitition.

32. What’s your favourite food? hi red I love noodles a lot

33. Is it overwhelming running this ask blog? Not really. It’s a little worrying for me if I don’t update very often- I don’t want this blog running for too long in case I lose motivation. Although I don’t think that would happen.

34. So are we now fully in control of our words? Like we could tell the Addison’s what’s been happening to Spamton without our voice being blocked by Goner? Yes. Quite. They might not want to listen, though.

35. What about Spamton and Jevil's relationship in this au? Do they know each other thanks to Goner? And was Jevil supposed to be the first vessel? Yes. Jevil was supposed to be the first vessel. Things did not work out because Seam managed to have Jevil imprisoned. Things didn't work out for Spamton because he was still sort of sane. Whole.

Jevil and Spamton know each other, I think. Met once. Worst day of Spamton’s life. Very funny day for Jevil.

36. So... You headcanon Spam to be gay here, yeah? You know what sure yeah the lgbts can have this win

37. Spamvil or Swatchton? If I had to choose maybe Spamvil. They are very funny.

38. Video headcanons :) He would like fishing if there was water in Cyber City. If there were fish in Cyber City. They would also like to feed magpies. If there were magpies in Cyber City. Big bird fan. Also big marine sea life fan. Would probably organize a whole trip with his siblings to Ripley’s Aquarium and try his best to get Spamton invested into jellyfish so he could talk to him about scyphozoa for hours. Loves Radio a lot. Loves Spamton a lot too. Wishes he were Survey. Sad that he and Banner’s relationship is very awkward and distant. Secretly wishes Banner and Spamton were a little less temperamental.

39. Banner headcanons :) Likes spicy food, unsurprisingly. Will not eat anything without a little bit of pepper. Thinks the best way to advertise is to talk as much as possible and confuse customers into buying their products. Very sweet. Would probably pick up snails from the middle of highways to get them to the other side. Misses Survey a lot. Looks up to his eldest brother more than anyone. Wants Survey to be happy and comfortable and not worry so much about making ends meet. Wants that for everyone, actually.

Thats about it

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#lifeline au #[ooc]

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funnywormz · 3 years ago

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Character list ask-Spamton if nobody asked for him yet, but if they did then Rouxls?

OUUUGHH I THINK I WILL DO BOTH IF THATS OK!!!!

spamton:

• favourite thing about them: i mean. ik im getting repetitive here but honestly i love everything abt spamton. his dialogue is so funny but also it hits so hard at times. love him

• least favourite thing about them: when it comes to canon spamton i honestly can't think of anything. i have some issues with his fanon interpretation but that's not the fault of canon spamton lol

• favourite line: his dialogue is all so great but i gotta go with these

• brotp: i love thinking abt spamton and kris being genuine friends at some point and bonding over their shared experienc of being controlled by others and stuff. they make me happy :-)

• otp: spamvil obviously! ive talked abt this ship so many times so i won't elaborate more here lol

• notp: obv sp@mt!s and any ship involving him and a minor. other than those there aren't really any spamton ships i mind much tho

• random headcanon: at some point i started headcanoning him as having chronic pain issues as a result of inhabiting a puppet body. he can manage it most of the time but the guy practically eats painkillers like candy lol (as for how he actually eats stuff, i have no idea. magic i guess). also i now genuinely believe in my joke headcanon that he actually just eats money, since it's basically canon anyways. although i think he can also eat normal food when he wants to

• unpopular opinion: although it's funny to portray him as being creature adjacent sometimes, i don't think he's "crazy" or "feral" like he sometimes get portrayed by fans. he's erratic (and obviously mentally ill) for sure but there's reasoning behind everything that he does and i don't think portraying him as being a stereotypical nutty random character 24/7 is all that helpful even if it's occasionally good for gags.

also he's kind of an asshole and not in a cute way

• song i associate with them: once again, many, i have a long spamton playlist lol. but the top two for me atm are tiger in my tank by eels and minotaur by thee oh sees

• favourite picture: these faces

rouxls:

• favourite thing about them: his dialogue! he's so hilarious every time he shows up. he would be so mad to know i laugh at him all the time but it's the truth.

• least favourite thing about them: nothing he's perfect

• favourite line:

• brotp: not exactly friendship but i get so much enjoyment out of the thought of him being terrorised by jevil lol. also him being lancer's lesser dad and secretly caring abt lancer despite trying to pretend otherwise...... aughh

• otp: as i said for queen, ive been finding queenkaard rlly entertaining lately lol

• notp: aside from problematic ships, i can't really think of anything

• random headcanon: he genuinely does like worms and also invertebrates of all kinds. sometimes when he goes bug collecting he lets lancer tag along but only if he promises to be quiet and behave himself (he never does)

• unpopular opinion: i don't really know what ppl think abt rouxls so i couldn't say if i have any unpopular opinions lol

• song i associate with them: primadonna by marina for some fucking reason. idk why that's just the first song that popped into my head when i thought abt rouxls and music

• favourite picture: obsessed with his tense/god damnit face

#spamton #spamton g spamton #rouxls #rouxls kaard #rouxls deltarune #deltarune #ask

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eldragon-x-moved · 3 years ago

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two faves and a newbie: darius, raine and kris :0?

Darius

Sexuality Headcanon: ace

Gender Headcanon: demiguy

A ship I have with said character: None

A BROTP I have with said character: I want to say Eberwolf because that's his canon bestie but I'm almost more invested in the potential between him and Raine that sadly gets pretty much no exploration, and there's already so little with Eber too. But as it stands, I'll just say Eberwolf because we did get a scene in King's Tide that shows a deeper part of their relationship than the surface-level teasing that's usually shown and they have some good potential too.

A NOTP I have with said character: with Alador or Adrian, tho I'd say the ship with Adrian is worse but I dislike both of them and the one with Alador is the most popular Darius ship so it gets a dishonorable mention here

A random headcanon: His VA recently said that Darius would have a hawk Palisman and I've been obsessed with that since so I like to think he adopts a hawk Palisman from Bat Queen once things have settled down. Said hawk Palisman's previous witch died in an incident and since then they've had the ambition to protect people. Darius' own desire to do what's best for others causes the two of them to bond.

General Opinion over said character: The Owl House would be a better show if we got a whole episode dedicated to him, and between him, Raine, and Hunter he's the one character out of my current top favourites who I am fully confident will have his story end in a satisfying way and I think that about sums it up.

Additional thing that I don't know where else to put but want to bring up: I'd honestly rather have him end up as Hunter's mentor rather than his parental figure both beause I love the idea of the dynamic between Darius and the previous Golden Guard, and Hunter and Darius paralelling like that but also because I don't see Dadrius realistically happen even if it's a nice concept. Additionally, I'm just tired of so much Darius-related fan content revolving around Hunter but that just adds to it.

Raine

Sexuality Headcanon: lesbian

Gender Headcanon: they're canonically nonbinary and I don't have any specific hc on that

A ship I have with said character: Eeerugh none really. I mean there's Raeda but that's just mostly on the basis on it already being canon and I wrote this whole post about why I think Raine's story revolves a bit too much mostly around their dynamic with Eda but anyway,

A BROTP I have with said character: I believe in Raine and Darius highschool besties to enemies to maybe friends again but not really due to unfortunate circumstances

A NOTP I have with said character: I haven't seen any bad ships with them

A random headcanon: They're prone to overworking themselves and the BATs have to remind them to take care of themself and keep an eye on the time. Their sleep schedule is a mess.

General Opinion over said character: I love their personality, the fact that they use music-magic immediately put my attention towards them, overall very cool character but I just really wish their untouched potential wasn't untouched. Season three show me the BATs dynamic and how working towards overthrowing an emperor for most of their life has messed Raine up. They were willing to sacrifice their life, you cannot tell me they were healthy to themselves.

Kris

Sexuality Headcanon: aroace or bi

Gender Headcanon: canon nonbinary, specifically headcanon them as bigender

A ship I have with said character: none

A BROTP I have with said character: Their friendship with Susie is so good, I think about that scene where she and Ralsei try to comfort Kris after fighting Spamton everyday.

A NOTP I have with said character: with Ralsei

A random headcanon: I think Kris feels like an outsider not just as the only human in their hometown, but even among other humans. The bit where they see a picture of humans in a book and react by quickly closing it reads to me as discomfort and considering the only other two human characters in utdr ended up being adopted by Toriel and have an implied history of abuse, I think it's the same case with Kris. Anyway, they finally found a sense of belonging outside their family since the events of the game.

General Opinion over said character: Really enjoy how we always keep getting bits of Kris' personality and feelings even as the player has literal control over them, far more than we've seen of Frisk, and I'm looking forward to how that'll play out.

#owl house #dr #darius tag #raine tag

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smithinhd · 5 years ago

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Fall Break 2019

Fall Break is a long weekend where students enjoy some fall weather and a take a break from classes. Since northern Michigan is a little bit too far to travel in such a short period of time, my teammate, Ella (left), graciously opened her home in Cranston, Rhode Island to myself and our teammate, Kristin (middle) for fall break! It was a quintessential autumn experience and I loved every second of it!

Ella wanted to show us all of her favourite places in Rhode Island. She is a very passionate “Rhody,” which made Kris and I very excited to go to this state we had heard so much about haha!

When we first arrived, we went straight to Ella’s high school’s football game which was just ending. Afterwards, we met up with some of her friends and went to a nearby Applebees’s!

The next day, we went to East Matunuck State Beach and took some photos and picked up some very pretty rocks! It was very windy.

Then we went to a pumpkin patch farm! It was so exciting for me, as someone who grew up in Florida, to experience these traditional “fall” activities in autumn weather! We went on a hay ride (pictured here), got lost in a corn maze, and even shot corn out of a “Corn Canon!” We all left with a little pumpkin to take to our house rooms.

The next day was spent driving and exploring some more parts of Rhode Island. I never knew how many colleges are packed into one little state!! We had some delicious food and enjoyed seeing other college lively campuses.

That night, we went back to Ella’s high school to watch “The City Cup,” an annual soccer game between Cranston’s rival high schools. It was so much fun and so intense!! Ella’s high school ended up winning (woot woot!!) and I also won because I got to have some delicious cheese fries while watching the match!

The next day, we walked around Ella’s neighbourhood, enjoying the beautiful weather. Then it was time to return to Smith. Overall, Fall Break is exactly that: a break in the fall. There are so many ways to experience Fall Break but I definitely loved spending mine with friends in Rhode Island!

#smith college #smith by smithies #fall break #fall 2019 #scsd

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evenmywordsare · 5 years ago

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Susie

i love my daughter so much!! okay here she is

favourite thing she is strong! she is wide! and is tall! she is butch! she is toothy! i love gnc characters so much and she’s a giant lesbian and she kicks ass i love her so much. i also love how she just rolls with being in the dark world, even if she was beating people up she stayed pretty much 100% determined through the whole thing and never gave up. she is so cool and did i mention i love her

least favourite thing my least favourite thing is that i don’t know if she’s okay! i don’t know if she has a nice home to go back to if a home at all, i don’t know where she went after leaving the school. i want to know if she’s gonna be alright

favourite line “dunno how i got an ax but, like, that’s cool.”

brotp with my newfound love for kris deltarune i can now say that kris and susie is a very high tier friendship.. they’re both people who are kind of learning how to actually have friends and i think that’s so sweet. i think it would be very outwardly casual with left i would literally die for you

otp susie and noelle and i refuse to hear any naysayers. i would not want them to get together right this very minute, because i think they both have lots about themselves to work on (noelle needs to work on her bravery/confidence, susie needs to work on trust and learn some serious people skills, and is only JUST starting to maintain friendships) but at the end of this journey when they’ll surely have grown as people and as heroes i have every hope in the world that they would be good for each other.

notp i guess anything that’s not suselle!

random headcanon she plays the electric guitar! also undyne and alphys adopt susie undyne and alphys adopt susie undyne and alphys adopt susie undyne and a

unpopular opinion tobias fox is not going to make susie straight he is not leading us on only to have susie reject noelle as some kind of “haha she was straight all along” gag or whatever i’m not sure how to tell you people this. also please just let her be gnc

associated song i’m half joking but immigrant song

favourite picture

#ask #ask meme #susie

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gothamloveforever · 6 years ago

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This is the second article that Film Daily has published about Gotham.

Gotham is an innovative show based on DC Comics characters and produced by Warner Bros. Television. The Batman origin narrative helped us, as rapt viewers understand how our favorite heroes (Batman) and villains (The Joker, Penguin) came to be the way they are. It also cast a light on just how Gotham City became the wretched crime-filled cesspool we all know & love.

Despite general network issues (the old “being moved to a much worse timeslot” thing), Gotham’s fanbase managed to rally Fox into renewing the show for a fifth and final season – a whopping two seasons short of what the fanbase were promised.

Gotham certainly doesn’t have a shortage of fans or viewers but Fox, like many networks before, has been using the outdated Neilsen rating system to make decisions about shows’ popularity. Let’s be serious: who under the age of 70 actually watches live TV anymore?

Just because an episode gets a viewing figure below that of a series premiere or finale, that doesn’t mean the viewership has fallen considerably. Networks now have a responsibility to establish a dialogue with streaming platforms to consolidate more accurate figures and finally find out for themselves which are the best performers.

Because Gotham is a Warner Bros. production, not a Fox property, sadly the show was less lucrative and more expendable for the network. The show being packaged with the hot mess Lethal Weapon for advertising partnerships also didn’t do the show any favors.

We��ve got plenty of ideas on how Gotham could be saved, but today we’re focusing on what the fans think of the show. TV execs: prick up your ears. Don’t you want to help this incredibly passionate fandom with a continuation of the stories that they love? We would . . . .

These tweets have been edited and condensed for clarity. Join the campaign to #SaveGotham over on Twitter. (Tweets by Fans, under the cut.

Beatriz‏

“Gotham lost about 54 episodes of content, the character development and storylines were lost due to that, some characters had to be killed, others didn’t have the screen time they deserved. We fans were not happy about it.”

Bandi

“People say that Gotham doesn’t need saving because it’s getting an ending. This is true, but the ending we’re getting isn’t the planned one. The writers had plans for 7 seasons. That’s a lot of story left! We got 4.5 instead.”

#SaveGotham | #Gotham spoilers‏

“Gotham is such an original show. It the closest thing we got to a live action adaption of the Batman origin story universe and it’s so good!”

catherine haverty‏

“Gotham is The Coolest Show.”

Angela #SAVEGOTHAM‏

“This show has been mishandled for so many years by the network. Not only was there so little promotion,the use of a outdated & inaccurate rating system(Nielsen),but there was so much drama that went on with Warner Brothers & Fox. All this played a part in getting Gotham cancelled.”

#Gotham | Thursdays 8PM on FOX‏

“Gotham inspires such devotion! The fandom has been holding daily Power Hours on Twitter for an entire year, as of May; advocating for Gotham, writing letters and emails; utilizing other forms of social media. It’s all a labor of love! #SaveGotham”

#SaveGotham!‏

“Gotham is an exciting, daring sort of show with characters that no other show quite has. For lack of better explanation, Barbara Kean said it best on the show: It’s Gotham, baby. We’ve all got flair!”

Liz ‏

“Gotham is a show that truly deserves more than is has received. For years we’ve watched the early lives of beloved characters in the Batman universe grow into who we know they’ll become. Each of these characters are played by actors that pour their soul into their work.”

Mr. Millicent Cordelia‏

“Gotham’s provided a fresh take on the Batman mythos, created original characters of lasting merit, and re-worked minor comic characters to have major impact. #SaveGotham”

James Rankin‏

“For years, peeps have been denied a Batman TV show. Gotham was never that, but it had the makings of revealing all of the back stories. “

λουισα‏

“This show deserves better. The acting is incredible, the writing never cease to surprise, the atmosphere of the show is powerful, the fights are good, the costumes are great! It’s one of the best if not DC TV’s best show and it didn’t deserve to end like this.”

Gothambatcatfanspain‏

“We want to see development of the characters with the same actors. We love the cast, they deserve to continue.”

Svetlana‏

“Gotham is such an interesting show. I want this show to continue, I’m not ready to say goodbye to my favourite characters.”

#Gotham spoilers here | #SaveGotham‏

“Not giving the seven seasons they were contracted for…That’s unfair.”

Kate O’Riley Cosplay

“Fox and Warner Brothers were constantly fighting over because one owns the right to the characters and the other was broadcasting it and they all wanted the most out of it .”

Mr. Millicent Cordelia‏

“I never imagined Oswald Cobblepot as the most compelling character in the Bat-verse, but Robin Lord Taylor has brought him to life in such a way as to make him endearing, charismatic, terrifying, and endlessly fascinating.”

Destiny‏

“Gotham is a show that’s been pushed aside by the network one to many times and it needs to have a full story without cutting massive plot lines out, it’s insulting to the fans not to finish it off properly! #SaveGotham”

DONT LET GOTHAM END!! #SAVEGOTHAM‏

“Gotham has some of the most wonderful story telling and some amazing villains out there. Some great action too and I would love for it to continue its 7 season run like it was supposed to.”

MORDRED LLEWELYN JONES‏

“Gotham fully embraces everything that DC can offer in a way that films & even comics fail to do. The violence, grief, dark humour, love, struggle, psychology, charisma etc. It paints a beautiful picture & showcases just how much DC is capable of in a way which nothing else has.”

#Gotham | Thursdays 8PM on FOX‏

“Gotham’s production values, art direction, and cinematography are of a quality so high which is very unusual for TV. It rivals the quality that’s usually reserved for films.”

Ellen Sunden

“Gotham is a cleverly written and brilliantly acted show with top notch special effects and wardrobe designs.”

“Gotham’s Season 5 has an ultra-impressive 100% on Rotten Tomatoes…a score reserved only for the best of the best in film and TV shows!”

#SaveGotham | #Gotham spoilers‏

“Gotham is totally different from the other DCTV shows as it’s an origin story for characters of the Batman universe. It’s original, dark, funny, esgy, action-packed with some humor, exactly like the comic books. The cast is big and very talented especially Bruce and Selina.”

Tam Loves Kris

“Gotham is a home to so many quality characters that are played by a wonderful cast of people. The fans know what they want and we hope for what is right. #SaveGotham”

Angela #SAVEGOTHAM‏

“Gotham was treated unfairly, so fans have been campaigning to #SaveGotham, tweeting every single day for 10 months. We’re missing 2.5 seasons and we hope to recover them someday. The talent on this show is extraordinary to watch and hope a network can pick up the show ”

nicolle | GOTHAM SPOILERS‏

“This show is so unique and creative.”

Eoghan

“I believe it should be saved as there’s many more more stories to tell. Giving more development to Jeremiah, seeing Bruce as Batman and everyone in their future roles. I feel like Gotham is the perfect combination of The Dark Knight Trilogy And the 60’s Batman TV show. It’s great.”

#SaveGotham!‏

“Gotham is a creative take on traditional comic stories. The actors who portray their characters do so with passion and individually bring fresh, unique takes to the characters they obviously care so much about.”

shane nygmobs endgame now‏

“Gotham’s latest season currently scores 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. It’s a unique take on the Batman mythos that’s embraced the exploration and development of these iconic characters in a prequel, which has never been done before. And yet, there is still so much left to delve into.”

E. Nygma‏

“There hasn’t been a live action Batman TV series since 1966. Put aside the format of the original series. It was revolutionary and could easily fit in today’s market! Gotham may be a prequel show, but it’s absolutely a continuation of the original series! Let it go on!”

ᔕIEᖇᖇᗩ // Gᴏᴛ Hᴀᴍ?‏

“Gotham is one of the reasons I am still here today. The cast and the fans have helped me through so much. I used to be afraid to show my love for superhero’s but bc of this show I am happy to express it. One of the best tv series there is today. And that does not deserve to go.”

lee‏

“Speaking as a lifelong Batman/DC fan Gotham has put its own unique spin on the franchise that has brought new life to the franchise and new fans. The fans want the show to continue. The creators want it. The actors want it. Gotham deserves a second chance.”

ulia‏

“This show is outstanding and it’s absolutely incomprehensible how this show was cancelled.”

Kathryn ‏

“Gotham is the only modern Batman interpretation with constantly increasing ratings, an amazing cast and memorable characters. There isnt a single character thats lacks personality.”

Space_Invader/Spoilers!‏

“Gotham is unique in every way and you can tell the people that work on it, cast and crew, love working on it. It’s in every detail of the show, in every interview they do. The deserve to grow even more.”

KatsaysNo| Gothamit‏

“Gotham has a beautiful cast and great story arcs that can still be extended, so many characters that are fleshed out and amazing to see on tv!”

Beverly‏

“At this point, Gotham would be better off on a network or streaming channel that will give it the freedom to keep making the episodes that keeps fans so loyal. Each season has gotten better. Who knows what could happen if it continues.”

Aurea‏

“I love Gotham! well-acted, visually appealing show.”

Shae Anderson

“We need to #SaveGotham because the retelling of these stories that we are so familiar with has been done so beautifully.”

simplyandsanely‏

“I’m not going to lie: I started watching #Gotham just to see what they were going to do with the Joker. But as time went on, I grew to love this show that’s helped grow so many characters in such a unique way.”

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“No one has ever done a story about young Bruce Wayne growing up, no one has ever seen the backstories of villains. The characters are amazing, the actors are amazing, the fans are worldwide and so extremely passionate about this show #SaveGotham”

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Transcrip: Tessa and Scott PJ Kwong Interview

Transcript made from 2016 worlds interview with PJ Kwong, the full video is at the end of the transcript. I didn’t transcribe any of the names of the people who were asking questions and often just summarized what PJ was saying but stayed accurate with all the answers, except the ones we’ve heard before.

For the every lovely Marcia ( @bivirtuealone ) and anyone else who is interested!

PJ: We are live with Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir

Scott: Hi! I never know when it’s flipped.

Tessa: Yeah! (laugh) It’s exciting, thanks for having us!

PJ: Thank you for doing it! Couple questions via Facebook, what are you guys most excited about for next year? Love you guys!

S: Oh! Well, love you too, first of all. (laugh) What are we most excited about for next year? There is so much! There is a lot we are looking forward to. It’s funny, little time away has really renewed our passion for figure skating. I think, to be honest, this is cliché, I’m really excited to get back and to train and to be an athlete again. We’ve spent a couple weeks with Marie France and Patrice already and their coaching is so fantastic and it just feels great to learn more about our sport. So that’s what I’m most excited about.

PJ: What would you guys say has been for favourite costume over the years?

Scott: Oh, that’s a good question.

T: Thanks for writing that in! I think my original Carmen dress with the long sleeves, the deep V, and the ruffles. My mom designed that and I’m not sure I appreciated it at the time but looking back at the detail I think it was perfect for the program.

S: My favourite costume was that Carmen was as well. I’m pretty lucky in my career, I liked a lot of my costumes but that black long sleeve Carmen one was just simple and everyone knows I like skating black so I was very happy with that.

T: It had a bit of mesh, I liked that.

S: Bit of mesh! Yeah.

PJ: Who doesn’t like a bit of illusion.

S: (He says “oh helloooo there” in a funny little accent)

PJ: What got you guys into skating.

T: (Tells story of grade 1 field trip, and wanting to be competitive)

S: (Tells story of getting tricked into it, couldn’t skate, mom was a skating coach, etc.)

PJ: What is the most challenging stunt you’ve ever performed and why?

S: We had a couple that never made it to competition.

T: Yeah! We spent months and months and months where I stood on Scott shoulders. I wasn’t a pair girl I wasn’t used to the height it was quite scary, trained only to realize it would have been illegal anyway.

S: Not even that cool.

T: Not that cool.

S: It was scary, you were just so much higher than usual.

T: Especially when I went to do the backflip off of you. (Just casually back flipping off of his shoulders on to the ice, fuck Tessa)

S: Yeah, I did the front flip while you did the back flip. (Tessa laugh)

PJ: Commenter says “Love your skating and good luck!”

T: That’s so nice!

S: That is so nice. We have such amazing support from Canadian fans and fans around the world, we’ve always felt pretty blessed but –

T: It’s nice to connect with people this way.

S: I didn’t think people would remember who we are to be honest, so. (Tessa laugh)

T: (they are drinking coffee) We are so casual with are coffees, is this okay?

PJ: Yes, are you kidding? Question for Tessa, but I want Scott to answer too. What is your favourite animal?

Both: OH!

T: I love elephants, I always have I love that they are very matriarchical and I’m very close to my mom and my sister, and my grandma, and if I ever got a tattoo I would get three elephants, three or four in a row, I’m just not bold enough.

PJ: To signify you are your family?

T: Yeah, I love elephants.

PJ: They hurt, not elephants, tattoos.

T: Yeah, I’ll stay away.

S: I don’t even think I have a favourite animal.

Tessa says something about elephants, but we only hear PJ go “If you met my dog you’d love him! Then Scott replies to whatever Tessa said:

S: You really like elephants, that’s not something you just came up with, we’ve talked about this, probably too often.

T: HA! This is my favourite game to play with Scott, especially when we are in the car.

S: Oh my god, yeah (Tessa laughs) whatisit—inside the actors studio?

T: And I like fire away –

S: What’s your favourite sound?

T: I’ll sleep better at night knowing the answers to all those questions.

PJ: You are different kids, I want you to talk about being in the car on your way to training.

T: Oh gosh.

S: Yeah.

T: Our poor parents, I cannot believe they did that at 4am three or four times a week.

S: Our biggest concern was whether we’d stop at the Tim Hortons or the MacDonalds on the way home.

T: To get our hot chocolate. Well mostly on the way, on the drive – well Scott got me a Marvin the Martian body pillow which was ginormous—

S: Pretty cute for a little guy, gotta say.

T: And he’d have a pillow and we both put our pillows up and kinda go 1,2,3, and lean in towards each other and just sleep the entire car ride.

S: We were cute back then. We’ve changed. (Tessa laugh) I was thoughtful too, like a big body pillow? Tessa was like as big as the body pillow, literally.

PJ: Oh no! Someone is about to pass out from excitement, I’m assuming about you guys.

T: Oh wow! Don’t pass out. Stay with us, stay with us.

S: Stay with us.

PJ: Scott, do you have any tattoos, if not what would you get?

S: I don’t have any tattoos. I always wanted (to Tessa) do you know what I’m gonna say?

T: I do (laughs)

S: I always wanted a picture of myself on my back like “smiling and giving finger guns – tessa is laughing) you know? So if I’m walking down the beach people are just like “heyyyyy’ I can do that from all angles. (mumbles) From Steve-O though, so can’t do it.

PJ: What do you think about Romeo and Juliet music?

S: We’ve worked on that for years!

T: Yeah.

S: We wanted to do that for years.

T: Yeah.

S: We were actually told at one point we were too old to be Romeo and Juliet. (Tessa’s face is hilarious here, a screen shot for you)

T: I think its just gorgeous music. And I think, we also talked about the idea of using that music but maybe portraying a different story line, why not? Because that music is gorgeous.

S: Mhm, so many great pieces there.

T: We’ll still – we’re working on that maybe, one time.

PJ: Kris Young wants to know do you have a favourite moment that doesn’t involve climbing?

S: Kris Young the singer?

T: (laughs) Kris Young the hockey coach. (Tessa sips coffee)

S: OH! (laughs) Did he say he has a favourite moment from Sochi?

PJ: That’s doesn’t involve climbing?

S: He was there! Very sneaky.

T: Nice try Kris, we’re not dishin’.

S: In the vault, buddy.

PJ: What your favourite ISU set pattern dance to do?

S: That is a good question.

PJ: Wanna know mine? Argentine tango?

S: Ohhhh, that’s one of my favourites.

T: Yeah, that one is fun.

S: I liked the arge (calls it “The Arge) – it was a good dance for us. Tessa’s favourite of all time is the Fiesta (tango fiesta) (T laughs)

PJ: Oh, did you do the arm cross in front, cross behind?

T: Yeah! (laughs) It’s good I’m a tango person cause I was gonna say the Romantica.

S: Yeah, there’s a lot of good ones. I do like the set pattern dances, especially for development but, I like the more complicated ones, waltzes, the newer ones, the golden, the Austrian, just more complicated and more fun to watch and do – so.

PJ: What’s your fav hockey team?

T: I mean we’re leafs fans, right?

S: Right. Babsy is king.

T: Especially with Mike there.

S: Babsy is KING! (Laughs) Oh, I almost spilled my coffee all over you.

PJ: What do you guys do for fun?

T: Oh good question.

S: LOTS!

T: Well, we just had a stint of a lot of fun things. Its been neat taking a step away from competition and trying new activities. Whether it was broadcasting like here with CBC or acting, or fashion. But for fun, in the summer we like to golf.

PJ: Are you good golfers?

S: She’s amazing. I was just going to say because no, I’m not good at all.

T: It’s a hard game that’s for sure.

PJ: We don’t have to worry about you switching sports just yet.

S: No.

PJ: Are you going to be doing more installments of the Scott and Tessa show?

S: (hilarious low incredulous laugh)

T: It’s funny they must be re-airing that because people are coming up to us and I think they think it’s happening right now.

S: Yeah, my grandpa called me really concerned the other day. (T laughs) I was in Toronto and I didn’t tell him cause I was supposed to be taking him to breakfast.

T: Oh that’s funny.

PJ: We love your grandpa by the way.

Both: He’s amazing.

T: None planned right now, no.

PJ: Would you guys ever throw the first pitch at a baseball game?

S: DID IT!

T: We did that, it was terrifying.

S: It was awesome, we’d do it again in a heartbeat.

T: I don’ think I’ve ever been so nervous.

PJ: Who got to throw it?

S: We both got to throw!

T: At the same time, yeah.

S: Tessa said that she didn’t wanna throw and I talked her into it, then she out threw me.

T: No, I didn’t! I had to practice with my brothers in the backyard so many times.

S: We talked and we talked and we were just like, “we are just gonna throw it nice and easy so it—just kind of lob’er in there.

T: We wanted unison.

S: Tessa just pulled back and let one go. It went in the dirt a little.

T: It wasn’t great, it wasn’t great.

PJ: People don’t realize it’s a long way to the pitchers mound.

T: Yes!

S: Its nerves.

T: I practiced on a much shorter distance I think, so it was really daunting to actually get up there.

S: If I could do it again, I’d go up on the hill and I’d kick the leg—do it all.

T: I’d want the catcher to give me the signal, spit a little bit, maybe put some tobacco in my mouth.

PJ: You wouldn’t spit!

S: She’d turn it into a dance move or something! Maybe they’ll have to ask us again.

PJ: Maybe you could throw Tessa?

(laughs)

S: We should have gone into The Goose and have her throw it in. (more laughs)

PJ: That would have been a great idea!

S: We’ll see. We’re creative.

PJ: No doubt about that. If not skating, what sport/activity would you have pursued?

T: Realistically I think I would have pursued dance—

S: For sure.

T: Or ballet. Now? If I were to switch sports, I’d love to be a tennis player. I’m a little short but—loved to play tennis.

S: We should go play.

T: Yeah, that’s next on my list. Let’s do that.

S: Okay, you’re on.

T: We’ll keep you posted on that match. (laughs)

PJ: What people don’t know, is the famous backyard Moir games. I want you to describe –

S: Oh yeah! The backyard games, man!

PJ: With the frisbee –

S: Frippet (sp?), you know about Frippet. You’re impressive Peej. The Moirs, we are like a bbq backyard family, so we hang out on the back deck a lot. And pretty much anything you can do with one hand is a good game for you and we play this little bag with beanbags. It’s a lot of hours in the backyard. That’s what I would be, I would be a profession leisure sport player.

(I had to stop and laugh, some rural Canadian shit, one handed game so the other is free for your drink)

T: Lawn bowling.

S: Lawn bowling! Oh, that’s a real sport.

T: Oh that’s real, I don’t know why I said that.

S: I dunno, lawn bowlers out there.

Then he like makes a face and points at Tessa.

T: Sorry! I didn’t mean it, I really didn’t mean it.

S: Oopsies…Tessa Virtue’s first miss step ever, take note of that.

(Laughter)

PJ: And we were here to see it, and its live.

S: And it’s live, can’t be taken back. I can see the hate mail from the lawn bowlers now.

(laughter)

PJ: She’s just kidding honestly, send me the mail I’ll take care of it. What has been your funniest memory over your 18 year partnership?

S: Oh wow. You, we keep making funny memories. That’s what’s so great.

T: We had a car ride just last week where we laughed the entire time.

S: Yep. We had a dance party –

T: Dance party, yup.

S: And laughed – what is the funniest thing?

PHONE STARTS RINGING IN BACKGROUND

S: Oh! Who do you think that is?

PJ: That’s embarrassing.

(Tessa laughs)

S: At least its authentic.

PJ: Just pretend it’s a sound effect.

S: Do you want me to get it? I should get it.

T: It’s the lawn bowling association—(laughs)

S: Yeah, exactly! (laughs)

PJ: Scott, could you grab it, if you don’t mind? Cause if wont stop.

S: Yeah!

PJ: So Tessa, what is your funniest memory? Let’s see if Scott says “hello.”

T: Honestly that’s way too…--

S (off camera): Hello?

T: Oh, he’s answering now.

PJ: No one ever calls me!

S (off camera): She is not right now, could she call you back?

PJ: So what do you think of your funniest memory? And someone wants to now what that coffee is that you are holding.

T: Oh, americano.

(Scott mumbles stuff on the phone)

S: PEEJ!

PJ: So Scott, what happened?

S: Oh, they wanted to know if my wife was available. (Tessa dies laughing). “Is your wife Patricia available?” And no actually, she’s busy right now.

PJ: You heard it first here on CBC sports, we weren’t gonna be able to keep it secret forever.

(Then the audio cuts out of a few seconds, not sure what they say but when it comes back:)

PJ: Scott I’m going to make you feel the love too.

S: That’s okay, I love it when they are for her.

PJ: What is your favourite movie?

S: We watched it the other day.

T: The princess bride? I mean yeah, that’s just classic.

PJ: I know your favourite TV show cause we share it! Flight of the Conchords.

T: Flight of the Concords, yes.

S: What’s your favourite TV show now, though?

T: I just finished Broadchurch and that was so good, have you seen that? On BBC – check it out.

S: (mumbles something about Dowton Abbey)

T: Yeah, I can’t bring myself to watch the final episode. I haven’t finished the very end of Harry Potter either because that’s like, it’s never over, so I just don’t want it to end so I don’t know that I’ll watch the last Downton Abbey but I do love that one.

PJ: Makes me feel like I am saying goodbye to friends, make me sad.

S: I cry at the last episode of Friends all the time.

PJ: Who do you relate to, Scott on TV?

S: In television? No not really anybody. I actually thought Jim and Pam from the The Office were my friends for a while though. It’s kinda the same thing, they aren’t real people when it ended I thought they would be on the back deck one day hanging out with me. I get attached, that’s why I don’t watch too much.

PJ: When you retire, Scott please consider comedy. I find your commercial hilarious.

S: You know what?

T: I love that he’s become know from that commercial.

S: I don’t think I’m hilarious, but Tessa still laughs at my jokes and its been 18 years, so.

T: The question is why apparently.

PJ: Is there a new movie you haven’t seen yet that you would like to?

T: Anything that’s come out in the last several years, I can’t remember the last time—

PJ: I really wanna see My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2.

S: It kinda looked fun! Anything with a big family kinda brings ya right back.

(Small chat about Boston movies, and liking Boston, wanting to explore.)

PJ: Anything exciting coming up in the next few months?

S: Well, we have tour which is exciting, in April we do Japan, Switzerland on the way home, we get to visit our friend Lambiel.

(CUT OFF – Shot of PJ’s forehead and her apologizing for technical issues, then switch to vm.

S: What up! Are we on camera?

PJ: You are!

PJ: What is your favourite dance style.

T: Always lead with ballet, but now more contemporary.

PJ: Now you were in the national ballet, I saw pictures of you doing the Nutcracker, was that fun?

T: That was absolutely incredible, that had been a dream of mine, of course, growing up I wanted to take the stage with national ballet. I wasn’t expecting it to be in that capacity I was dressed up as a joker. It’s funny I messages Scott beforehand and I was like “I don’t do goofy – I’m not funny” and he would have been so good with it, but I was paired up with Ethan, a dancer, and we choreographed this whole little thing together it was so much fun and so thrilling.

PJ: Did you ever go up on pointe and can you still?

T: I haven’t tried. I did, yes, but I haven’t tried in many many years.

S: You should, I haven’t been on pointe.

PJ: Who’s feet are stronger, skaters or ballet dancers?

S: Ballet dancers.

T: Ballet dancers, yeah. I think you lose a lot of the range when your foot is stuck in a boot. Skating trains the opposite muscles.

S: Dancers are tough too, like what is it 18 hours a day? Like obviously skating is crazy training but the dancer’s life, I don’t know how they do it. Just waiting all day, on call, its so demanding. I know that from all my dance experience.

PJ: Favourite dance style?

S: Me? Oh you know, I like switching it up, for me, as long as we keep it fresh I’m cool – like I can’t think of a style I don’t like. We are moving into a style—

Then the video cuts off completely.

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thighhighsanti · 5 years ago

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sweet but psycho XIX

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summary: Another meeting is being held to discuss the arrangements for you to spend a few days with NCT. Taeyong sees the album with pictures of your shared childhood and will he say yes to Junmyeon’s proposal?

word count: 5.9k

pairing: multiple members of EXO x fem!reader & NCT x fem!reader

tags/warnings: Mafia AU, any kind of weapon tbh, character death, mention of blood, angst, mention of loss, descriptive death and fighting, smut, kidnapping, stealing, hacking, Stockholm syndrome. mention of BTS , NCT and GOT7

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It had been a good two days since my talk with Junmyeon, and everything was going like he had said. There was another gang meeting, and again it was being held at EXO’s house.

The previous two days had been quiet, I’ve been having my nightly drinks with Kyungsoo, trying my best to ignore Chanyeol’s consistent stares and surprisingly spending more time with Baekhyun, Sehun and Jongdae. The last couple of days had also included me doing practically nothing, besides catching up on all my episodes of Supernatural.

The last couple of days had also included me wondering as to why Taeyong wouldn’t tell me who he was, would he think I’d hate him? – I didn’t. Maybe he thought I would be mad? – I mean let’s face it, I was mad but I was more sad that I was only finding out who he was now. We had been friends for years, I’d forgive him eventually anyway.. Just like I had done with Junmyeon, who I had also been spending more time with.

I hadn’t told him I knew who Taeyong was, and I doubted he knew. He probably didn’t even remember him, because if he knew who he was he probably wouldn’t let me go meet him.

Minseok and I had also talked, if wasn’t anything serious. He just told me that he was tired of “fighting” all the time. He wanted for us to get along, and it didn’t necessarily have to be as a couple. He told me to think about it and take my time, and later on would we start figuring things out.

Kyungsoo was getting more and more loose with each and every drink we shared at night, and I was surprised to say – he was actually pretty nice, once you got to know him at least. He didn’t have much of a sad backstory, like I had thought he would, he was just at the wrong place at the right time. He had met Junmyeon when he was at a shooting range, Junmyeon asked if he was looking for a job and surprisingly they went for there. At least that was what Kyungsoo had told me.

Currently most people were waiting for the groups to arrive, as the meeting would start in about an hour. Most groups would always arrive early, ready to just get everything started so they could leave again. Although today would be a bit different, as BTS had said they were being held up by something.

I sat in my room, waiting for the sound of a doorbell. My plan for today was to show Taeyong my photo album, hoping it would bring out a reaction. At first I thought about walking straight up to him and confronting him about it, but if I were to do that Junmyeon would never let me go with them anymore. So I decided to go for a subtle approach anyway, and try to play dumb.

As I went to sit down on my bed and grab my phone I heard the doorbell ring. Now was the time. I snatched the album from my bed and ran out of my room, ‘I got it!’ I exclaimed, practically shoving Tao aside as he walked over to the door. I heard him mumble something under his breath before his footsteps walked the other way. I opened the door, and my smile fell. It wasn’t NCT, it was GOT7.

‘I’ve never seen a smile fade so quickly, were you hoping to see someone else princess?’ Jinyoung asked as I stepped aside and let them in. ‘Perhaps Jackson?’ Yugmyeon smirked as he walked past me. ‘He threw me aside remember,’ I snapped, reminding him of what had happened. ‘And actually I was hoping to see Jimin, I missed his cute pink hair’ I shrugged, turning around and walking off.

Kris, who had heard and seen the interaction, walked over to them. The men greeted each other before Kris led them to the office. The other boys spared me almost none of their attention as they followed along, leaving me alone in the living room – besides the few others of EXO that had gathered in the kitchen.

I sat down on the couch and opened the album. The first few pictures were baby pictures of Junmyeon, from when before we had met obviously. The pictures were extremely fun to look at, his little chubby face and sweet smile were something that never failed to make me laugh.

After passing multiple pages I finally reached our “early years”, from when we were in kinder garden. My eyes fell on a picture of me and Junmyeon, it was a picture of us at a zoo. The both of us stood in front of the glass as we watched a bunch of lions walk around, when finally one came closer to have a look. In the picture you could clearly see the shock on our faces when the lion stopped in front of the glass and jumped up, scaring everyone near it.

In the second picture you could see me crying and Junmyeon on the floor, laughing. I could almost perfectly remember how scared I was at that moment, thinking the lion could get me. A small smile formed on my lips as I looked at the third picture, a familiar figure in the back of the picture, running over to us. Even though the figure was blurry, due to the camera being focused on me and Junmyeon, I could clearly make out Taeyong’s younger face.

This was when we had only just become friends, a trip to the zoo being a school trip to get to know each other. In the fourth picture you could see Junmyeon getting off the floor, and Taeyong pulling me in his arms after helping me up.

‘What are you smiling at?’ a voice suddenly spoke from behind me, making me jump and turn around – my smile now long gone. ‘God, stop that’ I snapped, moving to slap the person that had scared me. Ten stood behind me, now pretending to clutch his arm in pain. ‘Ouch, rude, and no it’s not him.. Just me, your favourite member of course’ he sassed as he moved to sit down next to me.

The sounds of footsteps behind me made me look over my shoulder. ‘Hey sweetheart’ Lucas smirked, walking over to sit down on a single seat. I internally gagged at his use of words as I watched Mark sit down on the seat’s armrest. Two I recognized as Taeil and Kun also joined us, Kun taking the seat next to Lucas as Taeil simply stood behind him.

‘But what were you looking at?’ Ten asked again, turning my attention back to him. ‘Just some old pictures’ I shrugged as I turned back to my album. Ten looked along with me, his eyes quickly scanning over the pictures.

‘Oh is this you?’ he cooed pointing at the second picture. As I nodded I felt someone lean over from behind me, their breath hitting the back of my neck. Jaehyun smiled at me as I turned around, ‘how the hell did you guys even get in?’.

‘The door was open’ Mark shrugged, letting me turn back to my album. ‘You were so cute here-’ Ten smiled, his eyes not leaving the picture. ‘-Not that you aren’t cute now’ he smirked as he looked up from the album. I simply rolled my eyes before turning to the next page.

I was looking over the pictures of me and my friends in the zoo when I heard Ten say something to Kun, but because he was talking in Chinese I couldn’t quite understand. But I didn’t have to speak the language to understand that they were clearing talking about Taeyong in the pictures, probably wondering if I maybe already knew.

‘Who are they?’ Jaehyun suddenly piped in from behind me, his hand moving past me to point at a picture. It was a picture of Junmyeon, Taeyong and I in front of the panda’s. ‘This is me, this is Suho and this is Tae’ I explained, making sure to refer to Junmyeon by his nickname.

‘Wait you’re telling me that this,’ Jaehyun started, pointing at Junmyeon, ‘is currently EXO’s leader?’. As I nodded Jaehyun let out a laugh, ‘who would’ve thought he was so cute back then’.

‘But who’s this?’ the man next to me asked, pointing at the younger version of Taeyong. ‘That?’ I asked, pretending to think about it. ‘Oh, that’s my friend Tae’ I suddenly spoke and from the corner of my eye I could see Mark and Taeil give each other a look.

‘He was my friend from kinder garden to high school’ I explained, Lucas now also looking over at us. ‘What happened?’ he asked and I could tell they were all curious to know what my answer would be. Had Taeyong not told them that we used to be friends? ‘I don’t know to be honest, we just.. grew apart I suppose’ as I remembered the past I couldn’t help but feel a bit sad. We used to be so close.

Jaehyun placed his hand on my shoulder, hoping to provide a bit of comfort, when I heard another pair of footsteps walk up to us. As I turned the page, the person sat down on the couch next to me. Speak of the devil and he shall appear, Taeyong sat down next to me on the couch, two drinks in his hands.

‘Thirsty?’ I laughed as I watched him get comfortable. ‘Not really, you?’ Taeyong smiled at me as he offered me the second drink, which I gladly accepted. ‘Thanks’ I returned his smile before taking a sip of the drink, it was just simple juice.

‘I could use a drink as well’ Lucas suddenly spoke up as he grabbed a flask from his jacket and took a sip. ‘Really Yukhei, now?’ Kun scolded him before slapping him shoulder, making Lucas almost drop the flask before quickly putting it back in his jacket. ‘What, you know these meetings make me thirsty’ he exclaimed, causing a soft laugh to escape my lips and it didn’t take long before I noticed Taeyong snickering next to me.

‘Ah, you’re cute when you laugh’ Ten suddenly spoke up, making Taeyong stop laughing as we both turned to look at him. As I thanked him Jaehyun let out a sigh behind me, ‘why can’t you say that when I compliment you?’. ‘Because when you do it it’s obnoxious’ I shrugged, noticing that Taeyong was still looking at Ten. Only when I leaned forward to place my drink on the table was when he stopped his glaring.

When I flipped to the next page I noticed Taeyong look along with me. When he noticed just what pictures I was looking at his breath caught in his throat. I didn’t want to show my smile, but on the inside I was grinning. As I looked over I pretended to look worried, ‘what’s wrong?’ I asked, now also getting the attention from his other group members. ‘Oh, u-uh, nothing’ he stuttered before quickly regaining his senses. I simply nodded and turned back to my book, folding over to the next page.

On the next page there were some pictures of the three of us hanging out at my home, we were building a pillow fort. Or well, they were building a pillow fort and I was doing absolutely nothing in the back of the picture. They worked so well back then, it used to be the three of us, and not me and my two male friends.

It became different around the time of college, and I now knew Junmyeon changed so much because he wanted to make a move on me. Perhaps back then Taeyong felt the same. I could tell he was looking along with me as I moved through the pages. Because I had seen these pages before I knew what we were getting to in the book, that one game of truth or dare, which is where I was dared to kiss Taeyong.

When the first pictures of that night started showing up I leaned forward to grab my drink. Kun, Taeil and Mark were softly chatting with each other, but looked over when I put the glass to my lips. They didn’t say anything but simply watched me drink before continuing their conversation. After putting the glass back I flipped to the next page.

And there it was, the picture of me kissing Taeyong. Well, I was only kissing his cheek but apparently that was a big deal, as you could see other kids laughing and clapping in the pictures. I heard Jaehyun let out a soft laugh behind me, his hand still on my shoulder.

From the corner of my eyes I could tell that Taeyong was smiling, as he probably remembered the moment. It wasn’t much, but I couldn’t help but let out a small snicker. ‘Is that your album?’ Lucas suddenly asked. ‘It is now, but it was made by someone else’ I responded, unsure if it was a good idea to say that it was made by Junmyeon’s mom.

I saw Taeyong move, as if he were to say something, but was cut off when the doorbell rang again. Jumping up, I handed the album to Taeyong and walked over to the door. As I opened the door I was greeted by Jackson’s smile. ‘Princess’ he exclaimed as I stepped aside to let him in. I could feel multiple eyes on me as Jackson pulled me in for a hug.

‘Ohh, someone’s jealous’ he whispered softly into my ear before breaking the hug. Just as I was about to turn around to see who was looking at us I felt a hand on my upper back. ‘Jackson Wang, I can’t believe people still invite you’ I heard Jaehyun say, his hand moving and now loosely resting against the small of my back.

‘I suppose people still want information’ Jackson shrugged, unbothered by the comment. ‘And we all pay him for it anyway’ another voice spoke, turning my attention back to the door. Yoongi walked over to stand next to Jackson, Jimin and Taehyung following behind.

‘But all for different reasons’ Jimin cut in, and I could feel Jaehyun ball his hand into a fist on my back. ‘Our reasons not being weaponry or cocaine’ Mark spoke, now joining the little huddle. ‘Ok, and that’s about enough for today-’ I started, turning around to face Jaehyun and Mark. ‘-Why don’t all of you go meet the others inside’, I spoke – referring to the office.

Before Mark was able to speak up and say anything Ten walked up to us and wrapped his arms around their shoulders, instantly pulling them close. ‘That sounds like a great idea Y/N, let’s go little babies’ he smiled before pulling both boys along with him.

As I turned back around Jackson was grinning at me, ‘aww princess, you didn’t have to stand up for me like that’. He pressed a hand to his heart, causing me to shake my head and laugh. ‘Again,’ I retorted, ‘and I didn’t do it for you, I just need some peace and quiet’.

‘Tell me about it’ Yoongi let out a sigh and turned to look at the two men next to him, who just smiled and shrugged. ‘I have no idea what you’re talking about’ Taehyung shrugged as Jimin let out a laugh. ‘I like your new hair by the way’ I admitted, turning to the younger member. ‘Oh thank you!’ Jimin smiled sweetly tilting his head in content.

We stood and chatted with each other for a little before Namjoon walked through the door, closing it behind him. So only four members of Bangtan were attending today. The moment Namjoon noticed us he walked over, his eyes on me. ‘Why don’t you guys head on inside, so I can have a moment with Y/N’ he spoke as soon as he reached us, and I noticed Jackson look up in surprise.

Yoongi, Taehyung and Jimin all turned to look at Jackson, who remained in his spot. ‘Oh, you’re ordering me to leave to’ Jackson spoke, as soon as he realized they wanted him to leave too. ‘You’re not even my boss, why am I listening to you’ he said more to himself as he turned around and walked away with the others three, leaving me alone with Namjoon.

‘I wanted to thank you-’ he started, my attention turning back to him. ‘Thanks to your info we were able to clear out our warehouse before anyone showed up’.

‘So hereby we are.. even’ as the words reached my ears a small smile formed. ‘No problem, and thank you too’. Our conversation ended here, as he nodded and excused himself.

I walked back to the table to grab my drink when I saw Kyungsoo walk towards the stairs before stopping midway. He turned to me, and simply waited, figuring I would follow him upstairs. ‘So no more debts?’ he asked as I walked over and nodded at him, ‘no more debts’.

As I was the doors to the office close, Kyungsoo and I walked up the stairs. Even though there was a comfortable silence I couldn’t help but want to ask something. ‘How do you feel about the plan?’ I asked, breaking the silence. Kyungsoo looked over in surprise before shrugging, ‘I’m not sure, I think they can’t be trusted and I doubt we will be able to ever do business with them’.

‘But I do hope that you’ll be safe, and are careful around them’, I could hear the worry in his voice – he didn’t trust them. ‘Don’t worry, I will’ I assured him and I saw his shoulders loose a bit of stiffness. ‘I know, but maybe we should train a bit before you leave’ he offered and I almost jumped in excitement before nodding.

I had been meaning to ask for training sessions with the boys, and this was the perfect opportunity to start. Due to my fighting lessons as a child I already knew most stuff, but I was very excited to see just how good some of these guys were, especially Kyungsoo or Kris.

‘Don’t laugh to soon, because I won’t go easy on you’ Kyungsoo smirked, causing me to purposely bump into him as we walked up the stairs. ‘Don’t you worry honey, I’m sure I can take it’ I sassed back, a laugh leaving his lips.

As we got closer and closer to Sehun’s room, the sounds of people walking around became clear, and the moment we got close the door opened and Jongin stepped outside. ‘Oh thank god you’re here, Sehun is having a panic attack and Yixing is downstairs’ he practically called out to us the moment he saw us.

Kyungsoo and I picked up our walking speed, he stopped in front of Jongin as I entered the room. Baekhyun sat in front of Sehun as he tried to calm him down, but failed miserably. ‘Do you want me to get Yixing?’ Kyungsoo asked. Sehun almost cried in despair and sunk further into his seat. It pained me to see him like this, so I did was I had to do and walked over.

‘Wait, give me a minute’ I called over, causing Baekhyun to look over his shoulder. As he saw me walk over he took a step aside, letting me move in front of Sehun. I kneeled down in front of him before placing one hand on his shoulder and the other on his chin, making him look at me. ‘Hey, it’s alright, I’m here. Sehun I need you to concentrate on your breathing, I’ll walk you through it’ I assured him before taking in a deep and loud breath.

‘Follow my breathing ok-’ I spoke, pushing the breath out. ‘Take a deep breath in’, I noticed Sehun try and follow. ‘And breathe out’, he pushed the breath out before letting out a small cough. ‘And again’ I continued, before following a steady rhythm with him.

‘You’re doing great Sehun, keep going’ I spoke in between breaths when I noticed his breathing almost following the pace.

‘I know that what you are feeling is scary, but you can do this. Let’s keep going, just a few more’ as I encouraged Sehun to keep going I heard Jongin and Kyungsoo walk in the room before closing the door. ‘Just a few more baby’ I spoke, forgotten about the others in the room.

Sehun closed his eyes as we took in another deep breath, before releasing it and grabbing my hand from his chin. ‘T- thank y-you’ he still stuttered, his breath not completely back to normal yet. ‘It’s alright, is there anything you need?’ I asked as he nodded and took another deep breath. ‘Water please’ he muttered followed by the release of the breath.

Before I could ask one of the boys to go get something I saw a glass appear from next to me. I grabbed the glass from whoever was holding it and handed it to Sehun. The glass was quickly taken from me as Sehun took a big gulp from it.

‘What happened?’ I heard Kyungsoo ask as I saw Baekhyun get up from next to me. ‘I accidentally broke one of his screens’ the man spoke and as I looked over my shoulder I indeed saw a big crack in one of the many screens.

‘For fucks sake, how did this happen?’ Kyungsoo continued and I could practically see Baekhyun shuffle from side to side while avoiding eye contact. ‘Jongin and I were just toying around, and I tripped..’ he explained, a deep sigh leaving both Kyungsoo’s and my lips.

As I felt Sehun squeeze my fingers I looked back at him, his eyes already open. I lifted my other hand from his shoulder before running my fingers through his hair, causing him to lean into the touch. ‘Thank you’ he spoke again.

‘It’s alright baby, are you feeling any better?’ I asked, making sure to lower my voice a bit. Sehun nodded before speaking up, ‘yes, I just freaked out when I saw the broken screen’.

‘That’s totally fine, but there’s nothing to worry about. We’ll get you a new screen ok?’ I asked, making Sehun think about it before simply nodding. I whipped away a few almost dry tears before pulling Sehun’s chair to the side, so the other boys could sit down and focus on the meeting.

Due to my movement Sehun must have thought I was getting up, so he quickly wrapped his arms around me and pulled me into him. ‘Please don’t go’ he whispered into my neck, his hand moving to the back of my neck.

‘I’m not going anywhere baby’ I confirmed from him and wrapped my arms around him. I propped myself up to sit more comfortably on my knees, all the while making sure not to pull away from Sehun. His warm, and sometimes so rapid breath, felt warm against my neck but as I continued moving my fingers through his hair I felt him calm down further.

The other boys had already gotten back to the meeting, but I could tell they still turned to watch us every now and then – just in case. The longer I stayed in this position, the more my knees started to hurt and now they were starting to ache. ‘Baby go lay down on your couch or bed for a moment ok? Mommy’s knees are starting to hurt’ I whispered into his neck, the words leaving my mouth before I could really realize what I just said.

Sehun nodded in my neck before slowly letting go of me, my hand falling out of his hair. I saw a small tint of red on his cheeks as he stood up and walked over to the couch. As he sat down I took his place in the chair, rolling over to him. ‘If you need anything just give a shout’ I smiled and leaned forward, pressing a kiss to his forward.

As I turned around to roll back I saw Jongin looking at us, a small smirk on his face. I was sure he hadn’t heard me call myself mommy, but he had obviously seen me kiss Sehun. ‘What?’ I said, faking a threatening tone. ‘Nothing’ he shrugged, a small smile leaving his lips.

Dear god, what was happening to me?

《▪︎》

The room we were sitting in was quiet. Sehun still laid on the couch while the rest of us sat on the chairs to look at the screens. The meeting was taking longer than expected, but luckily it was finally coming to an end.

The few members of BTS had already started gathering the few papers they had before getting up and wishing the others a good day. ‘There is still something I’d like to discuss with you’ Junmyeon said while turning to Taeyong, who was also starting to pack his things. ‘What for?’ he asked, the surprise evident in his voice.

‘Is it something interesting?’ Youngjae of GOT7 asked, leaning forward in his chair. ‘Well it’s none of your business, that’s for one’ Minseok returned annoyed, crossing his arms over his chest. ‘Because it’s about your girl?’ Bambam continued, making Minseok snap his head towards him.

‘Getting tired of her already?’Jinyoung smirked, now also cutting in. I could see and almost hear Junmyeon sigh before rubbing his forehead, his eyes once again meeting Taeyong, who simply nodded. ‘Don’t you have better things to do?’ Taeyong asked the other group and Jaebum nodded.

‘We do actually, so shut it-’ as their leader spoke to them they immediately grew quiet, ‘-and let’s give these men their privacy’. As the entire group grabbed their things and got up to leave only Jackson and the few members of NCT remained.

‘You too Mr. Wang’ Jaebum called out as he reached the door, looking back over his shoulder at the younger man. ‘Oh.. sure’ Jackson simply mumbled before getting up and walking after them. The room grew quiet, all eyes now on Junmyeon as he got up from his chair and moved to sit on the desk. ‘In a few days me and a few of the boys will be leaving to handle business elsewhere.. but unfortunately we can’t take Y/N with us-’, he started explaining but was quickly cut off.

‘Why not?’ Taeil asked, earning a look from Taeyong for interrupting the other. ‘Because it’s too dangerous, we don’t know what we’ll walk in to over there’ Kris spoke and Taeil simply nodded in understanding.

‘But due to certain things in the past we can’t afford to leave her here. So I’d like to ask you for a favour of sorts, if you’d take Y/N in for a few days’ Junmyeon finished and Mark’s eyes visibly grew wide. ‘Why us?’ Taeyong asked, leaning back in his chair. I could tell he was suspicious of the situation, and of course he had every right to be.

‘You weren’t our first choice, but Namjoon is too busy and we aren’t even going to bother with Jaebum. Jackson, well.. he’d probably like it too much. And besides, she seems to trust you’ Jun explained and even from this distance I saw Jaehyun smile. ‘What makes you think that?’ Ten cut in, luckily believing everything that was being said.

‘She showed you that album earlier right?’ Minseok asked, making him nod. ‘Inside are pictures of her childhood, which is something that’s she’s very secretive about, and let’s just say we haven’t even seen the pictures yet’.

‘Well excuse me, now he’s making me look like the bad guy! I haven’t shown anyone the pictures because nobody asked!’ I exclaimed turning to the three boys beside me. ‘He’s just saying that to grab their attention’ Jongin shrugged. ‘And I have shown it to Junmyeon’ I mumbled, getting up from my chair.

‘Where are you going?’ Kyungsoo asked, grabbing my hand. ‘Downstairs’, I replied and turned to Sehun, ‘is there anything you need?’. Sehun shook his head before I turned back to Kyungsoo. ‘Don’t worry I’m not leaving yet’ I smiled, as he nodded and let go of my hand.

Before leaving the room I looked back at the screen, to see the boys still discussing details. I walked out of the room, letting the door fall shut. But the shutting noise delayed a bit, before footsteps followed mine. Baekhyun hopped over next to me before throwing his arm over my shoulder. As I looked at him his lips formed into a big smile.

‘So.. Sehun is your baby now huh?’ he asked, a small groan leaving my lips as I pushed his stomach. ‘Aren’t you all my baby’s?’ As I returned his smile his eyes grew wide. ‘Don’t you wanna be my baby Baekhyunnie?’ I cooed, a short cough leaving his lips. ‘O-oh, no’ he stuttered in surprise before awkwardly lowering his gaze to the floor.

I decided to drop the topic, unsure if he was uncomfortable or not, as we now walked down the stairs in silence. His arm was still around my shoulder, making it a bit difficult to walk down the stairs. But when we reached the bottom he let go of me.

‘Hey, do you trust me?’ he asked as he reached the corner to walk into the living room. You could still hear Jackson’s voice as he spoke to whoever. ‘Sure’, as the words left my mouth Baekhyun moved to stand in front of me, causing me to stop before lowering through his knees a bit. ‘Hop on’ he simply said, and I decided to not question him and hop on his back. He walked the both of us to the corner before speaking up, ‘laugh’.

I tried to make the laugh sound as accurate as possible as we rounded the corner and passed the meeting room. Because the windows in the door were covered with a certain shielding you weren’t able to look inside, but they were able to see our silhouettes. So they would clearly be able to see me sitting on someone’s back and laughing.

We had only just passed the doors when I heard them open behind us. Baekhyun walked us to the table in the living room before setting me down. My album laid on the table, still open on one of the pages but not one I had showed the boys earlier. I walked over to grab it from the table when I heard my name being called. My eyes quickly scanned over the page as I lifted the album up.

It was a picture of me and Taeyong. We posed for the picture being taken, my arms were wrapped around his waist as he pulled me into his side. The both of us smiled for the picture, and we actually looked happy. Was this the last picture Taeyong had looked at?

‘Y/N’, someone called again and this time I actually looked up, closing the album. ‘Did you hear the good news?’ Lucas grinned as he walked over. I simply shook my head, holding the album close to my chest – because apparently I was very fond of it.

‘We’re going to have a sleepover at our place!’ he exclaimed and I almost jumped back in surprise, due to his excitement. ‘What? When?’ I pretended to be surprised, now noticing the other members also walk up to us, along with Junmyeon and Minseok. ‘When the boys and I leave for our trip, we arranged for you to stay with them’ Junmyeon explained, moving over to stand next to me as he placed his hand on my upper back.

‘Oh, ok’ I muttered, giving Taeyong a faint smile. ‘Don’t worry, I’ll make sure they are on their best behaviour’ Taeyong spoke, nodding his head at Lucas and Jaehyun.

‘Aren’t I always?’ Jaehyun asked, causing Ten to shake his head. ‘No’.

‘And we’ll make sure you have a great time’ Mark smiled, just as excited as Lucas. I hadn’t expected all of them to be this excited for this. Some of them yes, but not all of them.

‘When will you be leaving?’ Kun asked, turning to Junmyeon. ‘The day after tomorrow’ was his answer, surprising even me. I didn’t know they would be leaving so soon, I only had a day left to pack some stuff before I was being sent off.

I nodded at their words before looking over at Jackson, who did definitely not seem happy about hearing the news. He wasn’t able to say anything about it though, because he was quickly ushered out by Kris.

‘We should get going’ Taeil started as he looked down at his watch, ‘we still have other things to do’. As Taeyong nodded at this the other boys said their goodbye’s. ‘See you soon!’ Ten smiled and waved at me. I returned his gesture as I watched all the boys walk to the door, leaving me with Junmyeon and Minseok.

As I turned to look at them a small yawn left my lips, before remembering my earlier conversation with Kyungsoo. ‘Oh hey, I was talking with Soo earlier and we thought it was a good idea for me to take a few fighting lessons with him’, I started and quickly saw Junmyeon’s face contort into a grimace. ‘Just so I’ll be able to defend myself if needed’ I quickly added, making him turn to look at Minseok, who just shrugged and nodded. ‘Sounds like a good idea to me, to be honest’.

‘Ok, but I’ll talk to Kyungsoo about it first’ Junmyeon said, making me nod. I was already happy to be getting lessons to begin with, so this was a good start.

‘You should start packing a suitcase too, it’ll look weird if they pick you up without one’ Minseok started and I practically immediately started walking to the stairs to go to my room. ‘I’ll start right now!’ I called back to them, not bothering to wait for an answer as I walked into the hallway.

After walking into my room I grabbed the first bag I could find before placing it on the bed, putting the album down next to it. As I started looking through my closet for some clothing I let my mind wander for a bit.

So tomorrow I had fighting classes with Kyungsoo, and the day after I would be leaving to spend a few days with NCT. Everything went exactly according to plan..

Right?

#nct smut #nct imagine #exo smut #exo imagine #exo mafia au #nct mafia au #mafia au #au #mafia #sweet but psycho

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upthenorthmountain · 6 years ago

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A First Time For Everything

Happy birthday @kristanna!

For you I have a story! Or the first part of one. I started this waaaay back in April, after Charis was talking about the idea a lot and I just started writing. Then I was ill for months and then I picked it up again and here it is! I hope you like it.

Big thanks to @karis-the-fangirl as always x

Rating: MA, 6462 words (I KNOW)

A First Time For Everything

“Hi, are you Anna?”

She turned, prepared to deny it if necessary, but the man asking looked, well, normal. He was six-foot-something, blond with brown eyes, wearing a nice shirt and jeans, and he was smiling.

“Um, yes?”

“I’m Kristoff. Can I get you a drink?”

“Sure, of course.”

“Lindsay sent me your picture,” Kristoff said as they sat down in the corner of the bar, “So I knew who I was looking for.”

“She said you’ve - done this before?”

“Few times, yeah.”

“So it’s okay? Do we, do we go to yours, or -”

“Hey. Anna.” She looked up, and caught his eye. His gaze was steady, and she took a deep breath to calm herself down. “I think we have a drink together,” he said, “And then we can decide what we want to do. Okay?”

She nodded.

“And if you’ve changed your mind, then that’s cool,” he said. “Okay?”

“Okay.”

Anna took a drink to steady herself. “Can I ask a question?”

“Of course, yeah.”

“How do you get into - this line of work? Oh no, not work, I don’t mean work, I mean -”

He laughed. “I know what you mean. It’s a fair question. OK. Well you know Lindsay’s my ex?”

“Yes, of course.”

“We were together a couple of years, and then we kinda grew apart so we split up but we stayed friends. And she was my first but I wasn’t hers, but she said a few times that she wished I had been because her first experience was, not good. I mean not awful but, yeah. She didn’t really enjoy it.”

Anna nodded. Kristoff was so matter-of-fact that she was quickly forgetting to feel awkward; she’d spent most of the day psyching herself up to come tonight, convinced it would go terribly and wondering why she was bothering, but it was fine so far.

“So after we broke up,” Kristoff continued, “A few months after, she rang me up and she said she had a friend who was complaining that her virginity seemed to be scaring the men away, and she asked me if I would sleep with her because, and I quote, ‘I know you’d do a proper job.’ Obviously I said no,” he added quickly. “Because, what the hell, but then I did agree to meet her friend for a drink and I thought….”

“What the hell,” Anna said. Kristoff smiled.

“Well, yeah,” he said. “And I guess I did do a proper job, because she recommended me to her cousin, and I suppose at some point I got a reputation.”

Anna nodded solemnly. “I’ve heard that can happen,” she said.

“Right. I suppose it probably all sounds really weird,” he said. “It all made sense at the time.”

“A little weird,” Anna said, fiddling with the stem of her wine glass. “I mean, I was just complaining to Alison - I don’t know if you know Alison - I didn’t expect her to actually come up with a solution! But I told her, you know, and she said, you need to speak to Linds, she knows a guy.” Kristoff laughed.

“How many times have you done this?” Anna asked.

“You are number five. Will be number five. No pressure.”

“I’m not going to change my mind. Once I decide to do something, I do it.” She drained her drink. “Your place or mine?”

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You’re so innocent, Anna, Henry said. It’s sweet, but it’s hard on me, sometimes. Having to teach you everything about how the world works, show you everything. It’s a heavy responsibility, knowing I’d be the only man you’d been with. And I don’t want you to wake up one day and realise you missed out.

Hadn’t she always done everything he wanted? Always agreed with him, had her hair done the way he liked, wore the jewellery he gave her (even if, privately, she found the earrings too heavy, the necklaces too showy). Didn’t she deserve the thing that she wanted? A ring. Jewellery, again. But this time she’d be happy to let him choose it.

She wanted to be married. It wasn’t about his money, it really wasn’t; she wanted the security, she wanted to know that he’d chosen her, someone always on her side, forever. That was what she wanted. Forever.

This was just a blip. She just needed to do this, rid herself of this pesky virginity, and she’d get him back.

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They went to his place.

Anna felt her nerves coming back as they walked down the street, and the only way she knew to get over them was to talk over them.

“This is a one-off, right?” she said.

“Hmm? Yeah. It’s not, like,” he smiled at her, “An ongoing course.”

That made Anna laugh. “You don’t have a syllabus? No powerpoint?”

“Just the practical.” He unlocked his front door. “Do you want another drink first?”

“No, I’d better not. Complete lightweight,” she explained. “Two drinks and I’m tipsy, three and I’m under the table.”

“Okay, fair enough.”

The front door to the flat led into an ordinary-looking hall. As Kristoff shut the door behind them, Anna fell silent, unsure what to do now. She didn’t know how these things - got started. “Where’s your bedroom?” she heard herself say, then froze, afraid he was going to laugh at her.

But he didn’t; just smiled, and said “It’s right here,” and leant past her to open a door. Beyond it, sure enough, was a perfectly ordinary bedroom, with a neatly made bed and the bedside lamp already lit.

He waited behind her, and Anna took a deep breath and a few steps forward. This was fine. She was in a man’s bedroom, a man she’d just met that evening, and it was fine. Lots of people did this all the time, and she even had references. She sat on the edge of the bed and pulled off her shoes. Her heart was drumming.

Kristoff opened his mouth as if he was going to say something, but after a second he closed it again and walked over to sit next to her. Anna’s head burst with a million questions - should she undress? Or did he want to do it? Or should she undress him? Or maybe it would be quicker if they didn’t, maybe she should just lie down and -

Her train of thought was thrown from the track by the warmth of Kristoff’s hand on the side of her face. She jumped slightly - not quite a flinch - and he paused, still; then leant in until his lips were a breath away from hers.

It was Anna that closed the gap, in a sudden movement that was almost jerky. She was so used to kissing Henry, it felt strange - this was different, so different, warmer and softer and she didn’t know what to do with her hands, it felt strange leaving them in her lap, when he was running his fingers through her hair to cup the back of her head - should she do that? She put one hand hesitantly on his shoulder.

But maybe it felt more like she was pushing him away, because Kristoff withdrew, moving his own hand down to her arm. “Relax, Anna,” he said. “If you’ve changed your mind, it’s okay.”

“I haven’t. I’m fine. I am!” she said at his sceptical expression. “I am, I want - this, I want…”

He was still looking at her, thoughtful. “Tell you what,” he said.

“What?”

“How about we lower the pressure a bit - go into the lounge and watch a film or something, see how we get on. It’s barely nine, we’ve got plenty of time.”

“Watch a film?”

“Sure, sit next to each other, kiss a bit if we want, see what happens.”

“...okay.”

He stood and Anna followed him through to his living room, which was also very tidy. Kristoff sat on the sofa and picked up a couple of remotes; once he’d brought up the Netflix screen he held out one of them to her, and she sat next to him to take it. “Whatever you like,” he said. “Nothing too gory.”

“Or too girly?”

“Whatever you like. I have sisters, girly doesn’t bother me.”

Anna scrolled down until she found a rom-com she liked, an old favourite. She hesitated on the selection, but Kristoff put his hand over hers on the remote and pressed the OK. “Sure, why not.”

He leant back and put his arm out. Anna shuffled across to him and let him pull her closer.

----

“Anna.”

“Hmmph?”

“Anna. Film’s finished. Let me walk you home.”

Anna blinked, puzzled. No, the film was only partway through, they were only at the scene where….although she’d got a bit distracted, because Kristoff kept kissing her, and it was nice, very nice once she got used to it. And then at one point she’d sort of snuggled up next to him and it was very cosy and now the film was over and also she seemed to have drooled on his t-shirt.

“I can’t go home,” she said. “We didn’t, you know.”

“It’s late, you’re obviously tired. Come on,” he said, standing up, “Where did you leave your shoes?”

“In the bedroom. Where we should go, because, I came here on a mission, and I shaved my legs all the way up and everything, and I want to get it done -”

“Anna, come on,” Kristoff said. “It’s not some horrible ordeal to get through, okay? If you’re not ready today, that’s fine. I’ll walk you home.”

“I’m sorry.”

“What for?” He left the room and returned with her shoes. She put them on.

“For - leading you on. And, um, for falling asleep on you.”

“You’re always allowed to change your mind,” was all he said.

-----

He walked her home, but neither of them said much - it was only a short walk, anyway. When they parted, Anna said “Thanks anyway. Even if it didn’t work out.”

“Well - if you want another try, give me a bell,” Kristoff said.

“Really? You didn’t find it - frustrating?”

“We didn’t really get far enough for that to be a problem - and, sure. You’re gorgeous,” he said, as if it was a simple statement of fact. “Think about it, okay? Up to you. Goodnight,” and he walked away.

-----

“Hello?”

“Hi, Kris - um, you know you said if I wanted to try again, I should phone you?”

“Sure.”

“Are you still - interested?”

“Of course.”

“Okay.” And she hung up, and rang the doorbell.

“I’m ready,” she said when he answered the door. “I’m ready this time. Honest.”

Kristoff put his hands in his pockets and looked her up and down. “If you say so. Come in, then.”

Anna went through and shut the door behind her. She kicked off her shoes and, determined, walked straight through to the bedroom. Kristoff followed her, his hands still in his pockets, an expression of mild amusement on her face. Anna sat on the edge of the bed and looked up at him. “Come on, then.”

He sat next to her. “Why the sudden enthusiasm?”

“Just - you know.”

“Do I?”

“Want to get it over with.”

“That’s extremely flattering, thank you.”

“Don’t you want to?”

He didn’t answer her. Instead, he looked her up and down in a way that made her blush; then he cupped the side of her face with his hand, stroked his thumb over her cheek, and kissed her.

She was a bit more used to kissing him, this time. It felt more natural, and she could relax into it and enjoy it. After a few minutes, Kristoff pulled away and climbed up properly onto the bed; he held out an arm to her and she followed, then let him gently pull her down until they were lying facing, his arm around her. He kissed her again.

It was nice. He was so warm, and solid, and while he certainly wasn’t holding her down, his hand against her back was almost comforting, almost safe, and she didn’t want anything else but to be lying here kissing him. She wriggled closer.

Kristoff slid his hand down her back and stroked her bottom over her jeans for a minute, then he moved it back up again and slipped it under her t-shirt. The warmth against her bare skin made her shiver pleasantly, and after a second he moved his hand still higher and brought it round to the front.

Then three things happened, one after the other. Kristoff ran his thumb inside her bra cup and over her nipple; Anna reflexively bucked her hips against his, and felt the hard ridge of his erection against her thigh; and she gasped and let out a moan against his mouth.

And it all felt so good but also it was too much, and her body had never wanted anything this badly, and as she realised that she gasped again but this time her reflexive movement was away from him. She pushed him away and sat up, still out of breath and her heart racing.

“Sorry,” Kristoff said. “Shit. Sorry, Anna.” He sat up and ran a hand over his hair.

“It’s okay. I’m sorry. I’ll be okay, just - just give me a minute.”

“Okay.” They sat in silence for a minute.

“Anna,” Kristoff said, “Can I ask you a question?”

“Of course.”

“Okay. I know you’ve never actually had sex before, but - what have you done? I mean, you’ve kissed someone before, right?”

“Oh, yes, of course.”

“Okay, good.”

“I was with Henry two years! Of course we kissed.”

“That’s what I was thinking, right.”

“But not kissing like that, you know. With hands and things.”

“Really?”

“Yes, he was always - very respectful, you know.”

“Never went for the boob.”

“No! No.”

Kristoff looked thoughtful for a minute. “And you didn’t want him to?”

“I - I don’t know.”

He looked at her. Anna was looking down, twisting her hands together. Kristoff cleared his throat. “Tell you what,” he said, “I was about to make dinner. Would you like to join me?”

“What? Really?”

“Sure. Be nice to have some company.”

“Okay. Yes. Thank you.”

Kristoff stood and walked over to the door. “For what it’s worth,” he said, “I think you can be perfectly respectful and put your hand on someone’s…well, anywhere.”

-----

“So what do you do?” Anna asked, following him through to the kitchen. “Like, for a job.”

“I’m an electrician.”

“Oh, cool.”

“New builds, mainly.”

“Do you have all your certificates and stuff.”

“Well, I’m legally required to, so, yes. Come here.”

Anna had sat down at the table, but now she stood obediently and came over to the counter. Kristoff put a chopping board and knife down in front of her, then handed her an onion. She looked at him. “Chop it up,” he said. “Spag bol okay?”

“Oh, yes, lovely.”

Kristoff got out some pans and started taking things out of cupboards and the fridge. Anna looked at her onion. She didn’t want to admit to never having chopped an onion before. The brown skin needed to come off first, right? How hard could it be.

The doorbell rang. Kristoff looked puzzled, and went to open it; Anna listened to him having a conversation, then he came back through to the kitchen accompanied by a young woman. “...it’s in the big cupboard, I think,” he said. “Ah, Anna, this is Katja. My sister. Our mother wants to borrow a dish -” he opened the cupboard, rummaged for a moment, and pulled out a serving dish - “so she’s sent Kat. Kat, this is Anna.”

“Oh, goodness, I’m sorry, Kris!” Katja said. “If I’d known you had a date I’d have come another time.” She took the dish and hugged it, grinning at them both.

“It’s not -” Anna started, turning back to her onion, sure she was blushing. Kristoff had frozen with his mouth open. Katja flapped her free hand.

“Oh, well, whatever you call it - I’ll get out of your way, don’t worry.” She leant comfortably against the edge of the worktop. “It’s so nice to see, though, how long has it been since you’ve had a girlfriend, Kris? Or even been out with someone -”

“I don’t tell you everything I do,” he muttered, taking jars off the spice rack and lining them up. “I thought you were leaving?”

“Oh, I am. I am. How did you two meet?”

“Friend of a friend. Goodbye, Katja.”

“Mm. Well.” Katja sighed, stood upright and took one half-step to the door. “It was lovely meeting you, Anna! Perhaps we’ll all see you again sometime -“

Kristoff put one hand on her shoulder and gave her a gentle push back out to the hall. “Give my love to our mother, when you see her and discuss this two-minute encounter in extravagant detail.”

“Oh, Kris, why are you always so -” The door shut. Anna fiddled with the handle of her knife. Kristoff came back into the room. “Sorry,” he said. “She’s just, you know. My whole family is like that.”

“Friendly?”

“Don’t know when to shut up. Is that onion done?”

“Um, yes.” She pushed the chopping board towards him. The onion looked pretty mangled to her eyes, but he didn’t comment, just lifted the board and slid the pieces into the hot pan.

“And now she’ll go straight to Mum’s,” he continued, “And describe you and what we were doing, and they’ll talk about it all evening and have us married off by the time they part. They all refuse to believe that I’m quite happy living by myself. When I split up with Lindsey it broke my mother’s heart. She’s obsessed with me Finding Someone. An actual woman in my flat after 7pm will drive her into a frenzy.”

“It’s fine,” Anna said. “I don’t mind - I mean, if she does think it’s a date, it doesn’t matter, does it?”

“I suppose not.”

“You can always just say it didn’t work out or we split up or whatever.”

“Yeah.”

She watched him cook. He looked tense, and she couldn’t bear the silence. “How long have you been single?”

“You know Lindsey.”

“Yes, but - you haven’t had a girlfriend since then? But that was years ago!”

“Mmhmm.”

“Linds is married.”

“Sure is.”

Now he looked even tenser. “Well, I’m sure you’ll meet someone soon.”

“I’m not looking, but thanks.”

“Really? But -”

“Anna, leave it, okay? I’m no good at relationships, I’d rather just be - me.” He stirred the saucepan, his jaw set. “I know that’s what you want but not everyone is built for that.”

“You’ve done it before - okay, okay, I’m sorry,” she said at his expression. “It just sounds - lonely.”

“Not everyone is the falling-in-love type.”

“Of course they are, everyone can fall in love -”

He sighed. “Of course they aren’t. Look, I was very fond of Lindsey - don’t tell her I said this, because I said I loved her, but I never really knew what I was supposed to mean by that. I was very fond of her and I liked spending time with her and I enjoy sex. But I don’t do falling in love. That’s just how I am, you don’t need to try and persuade me.”

“Sorry.”

“It’s okay.”

He turned back to his saucepans and apparently the conversation was over.

-----

hey kris

hey what’s up

you not busy? at home

yes and yes, why?

The doorbell rang. When Kristoff answered it, Anna was standing there with a determined expression on her face. “I really mean it this time,” she said. “Honest.”

He stood back and let her in, taking her coat. “You know the way,” he said. “On your back, knickers off.”

At Anna’s face, he added “That was a joke. Can I get you a drink, or...”

“I’m good. And I can’t take my knickers off, because I’m not wearing any.” She plumped down on the side of his bed and grinned at him.

“Was that a joke?”

“Why don’t you come here and find out.”

He stood watching her, arms folded.

“I worked it out,” she said. “I worked out what the problem was.”

“And?”

“Oh, god, usual stuff I guess.I felt bad. For liking it? Because I felt like I shouldn’t. Because I’m a, a nice girl.”

“I didn’t realise you were brought up in the 1950s.”

“I know, I know...but. Once I realised that was the problem, it stopped being a problem! You know?”

“I guess.”

“I mean it. It is the twenty-first century, I am a grown woman, I am allowed to enjoy this. I will enjoy it.” She fell onto her back, arms above her head. “Come here and deflower me.”

He didn’t say anything, and Anna was about to sit up and argue her case again; but then suddenly he was on the bed, right above her, holding himself up with his hands on either side of her shoulders. Her heart thumped alarmingly.

He held her gaze for a long moment, then flicked his eyes to her lips and back up again. She closed her eyes a second before he kissed her; a deep, intense kiss, that was only broken when he pulled back a fraction of a centimetre to murmur “Ready?” against her mouth.

Anna wasn’t sure she could speak and she only had space to give the tiniest nod. She kept her eyes closed as he kissed her, again and again, his body still hovering a centimetre above her own.

When he shifted his weight onto his side next to her she must have tensed up slightly, because he said quietly “We’re just having fun, okay?”

“Mmhmm,” she managed, as he kissed her neck.

“And if you’re not having fun, at any point,” he murmured right by her ear, “You just say and we’ll do something else. Okay?”

“Okay…”

He kissed her again, then leant back further to pull his t-shirt off over his head. It was the first time either of them had actually removed any clothing and Anna felt herself blushing - to cover it, she pulled off her own top, and threw it on the floor. Kristoff looked her up and down, and now she was definitely blushing.

“You’re so beautiful,” he said.

“I bet you say that to all the girls.”

He shrugged. “Only the ones that are beautiful. Now,” he said, hooking a thumb under the waistband of her jeans, “let’s see if you were telling the truth.”

She hesitated, expecting him to undo her trousers, but he didn’t. He just ran his thumb under the waistband, and when he didn’t find anything underneath, he grinned at her and pulled her closer to kiss her.

Kissing felt even better with her bare skin against his. She let him unclip her bra, and wriggled her arms out of the straps; then was surprised when he rolled away, but it was only to shed the rest of his clothes and rummage in his bedside drawer.

Anna watched him, not sure what she should be doing, not wanting to stare but at the same time not knowing where else to look. She shrugged her bra off completely, then remembered her socks and pulled them off as well. Kristoff found what he was looking for, put the condom down on the bedside table and shut the drawer. He smiled when he turned back to her.

“I hope you’ve at least had an orgasm before,” he said.

“Yes, but not - in company. And it’s okay, we can just….”

But he was already kissing her again, and flicking open the button of her jeans as he did so. Anna shivered, and he moved to draw her body against his, keeping her warm as he pushed her jeans over her hips. She wriggled and kicked the trousers off. She could feel his erection now, hot and hard against her thigh, and when he moved his hand to her breast she moaned loudly and involuntarily against his mouth.

He gently pushed on her shoulder until she was lying on her back. “Okay?” he said, and she nodded. “How about now?” he said, sliding his hand over her thigh and between her legs, “How’s that?”

“Good,” she managed. “That’s - um, a bit lower -“ Anna stopped - she was being rude, she shouldn’t correct him - but then he did move his fingers a little lower, and she gasped. Kristoff smiled. “Relax,” he said softly, “We’re having fun, remember?”

Anna tried to nod, but she couldn’t concentrate, couldn’t think of anything except his hand between her legs - his mouth now on her nipple, his tongue stroking - Relax, she told herself. She clutched at his shoulder, blindly, and he looked up. “Okay?” he said.

“Yes - yes, please, don’t stop -”

He didn’t, but he did move a little so that he could hold her at the same time. She buried her head in his shoulder, trying to muffle the sounds she knew she was making, and when she came he pulled her into a hug and kissed the top of her head as her breathing slowed.

Then he moved away, and she couldn’t think why, until she saw him reaching for the condom packet on the side. Oh, yes. That. She bit her lip.

He must have seen, because he said “We can stop now, if you want.”

“But that’s not fair.”

He shrugged.

“And anyway, I want to,” she added quickly. Because she did - and not just, any more, in the sense of wanting it to be done. She was curious, and also...she just wanted to. She didn’t need to analyse it. She settled herself comfortably on her back and reached out an arm to him.

He kissed her again, gently, and and she felt herself relaxing into it. She closed her eyes and wrapped an arm around his neck, and let him gently move her legs so that he could position himself above her. She kept her eyes closed as he carefully guided himself into her - and then stopped. “I’m okay,” she said firmly before he could ask, and he huffed a laugh and started to move again.

And it was - nice. It didn’t hurt, and it felt somehow satisfying, almost. Anna shifted her hips to get more comfortable and Kristoff groaned in her ear. “You’re amazing,” he muttered. “God, I’ve been thinking about this for so long, ever since I saw you -”

“Really?”

“Of course.” He paused, breathing heavily, and she felt him throbbing inside her. “I didn’t want to pressure you into coming back, after the first time, but god, I wanted you -”

He wrapped an arm around her then, and pressed his lips to hers, and she felt him thrust against her three, four more times. Then he broke the kiss to groan and bury his head in her neck, and she felt him throbbing deep inside her and realised that she liked it. She was suddenly fiercely glad she’d come back tonight and that she hadn’t given up.

After a moment Kristoff kissed her quickly on the lips, then gently withdrew and sat on the edge of the bed. Anna lay there, thoughtful, while he dealt with the condom. Did she feel any different? A little. Did she feel older, wiser, more mature? Not really.

“I guess….I should go,” she said, “Shouldn’t I.”

“Mmm.”

“I should get dressed.”

“If you don’t want to catch cold, yes.”

“But now I’m sleeeeeepy.” She pulled at the duvet underneath her. “I’ll just have a little nap.”

“Come on, Anna,” he said, standing up and reaching for his trousers.

He dressed quickly, said “I’ll let you get on,” and went out of the room. He was smiling, perfectly friendly, but Anna felt a little let down. She found her clothes and dressed.

When she went through into the hall, Kristoff came out of the living room. “You okay?” he said.

“Yes, sure.”

“Just thought we’d better get up before we fell asleep.”

“No, you’re right. I should be getting back before it gets too late.”

“Do you want me to walk you home?”

“No, I’m okay. It’s only half a mile, and it’s not late.”

She walked over to the door and opened it. “Bye, then.”

He smiled. “Bye, Anna.”

Kristoff shut the door behind her. Anna stood on the pavement for a moment, before giving herself a little shake and heading for home. Anyone watching would have seen me go in and then come out a while later, she thought. They wouldn’t know what happened. They wouldn’t know I’m a woman now. Then she had to laugh at herself for being so ridiculous. She didn’t look any different, or she didn’t think she did; she felt a tiny bit sore, maybe, but the fresh air was waking her up out of her post-coital sleepiness.

She took her phone out of her pocket and quickly typed a text. Definitely a proper job. Thx for your help x

He replied a few seconds later. No problem. Take care

And that was that, she supposed. Problem solved.

——-

Henry handed her a glass. “To us,” he said.

“To us,” Anna said, and sipped the champagne. She took another surreptitious glance at her left hand. The ring was as bright and sparkly as she could ever have imagined.

He’d already had the ring, when she came back and told him what she’d done. She didn’t tell him all the details, of course; she’d described it more as a brief fling, insisted that it had made her more certain of what she really wanted. And he’d already had the ring, ready.

It was strange, though, being back here with Henry. Part of her seemed to be looking at him with new eyes. This is what you’ve wanted for years, she told herself firmly. Be happy.

But suddenly she couldn’t think what to say. She drained her champagne flute instead.

“I’ve got work in the morning,” she said, “So I’d better get going soon.”

“You know you don’t need to worry about that,” Henry said. “Once we’re married you won’t need to work.”

“I know.”

“You could give it up now if you like. Move in here.”

“Really?”

“Yes, of course. You can have the blue room.” He smiled at her indulgently. “It has a lovely view. I’ll make sure you have everything you need, my darling.”

Anna opened her mouth to say something, then closed it again. Why wouldn’t she sleep in his bedroom? But obviously he didn’t want to, or he’d have suggested it. Surely when they were married…

Then she looked around the room, and noticed something she hadn’t before. There was no sofa, or anything resembling one. All the chairs were for one person only. Each person sitting by themself, individually, not touching. When was the last time Henry had touched her? She couldn’t remember. He hadn’t even put the ring on her finger - he’d waited until she took it from the box and put it on herself.

Henry cleared his throat, and Anna looked up. “Perhaps we should go there now,” he said, “And you can show me what you learnt - while we were apart.”

He leant down to kiss her, and Anna lifted her face to his obediently. She knew how to do this, now; she could do it. It was easy.

-----

ONE MONTH LATER

It was funny. When Kristoff had suggested meeting at that bar, she’d been pleased because it was just round the corner from her flat. But that meant, of course, that she found herself walking past it all the time, and it had started to give her - a little pang, almost. That had been fun, hadn’t it? The whole thing. And now it was irrevocably in the past. And the future was looking pretty bleak.

She’d worked late. It was half eight by the time Anna was walking along the road the bar was on, and as she was its door ahead of her it opened, and two people came out, chatting.

One of them was Kristoff, and her heart leapt into her throat. And the other was a young woman, and her heart sank back down again into her boots.

You are number five. Will be number five. No pressure.

Anna stopped. And then started again, because she needed to walk down the road here, and it was silly to hide. What did it matter who he was with, and why? Maybe it was a friend. Maybe it was his sister - no, as the couple walked under a streetlight ahead of her she could see that it wasn’t Katja. Anna thought a bad word, and then told herself off.

She kept walking, steadily. Kristoff would turn right, here, to get to his flat, and she would keep walking straight on, and he wouldn’t even see her. She was concentrating so hard on this that she almost walked straight into him.

Kristoff and the woman he was with had stopped, for some reason, right by the bus stop. He saw her and said “Anna!” with a smile, and then she had to stop too, and say “Hi,” and this was so awkward. The last time he saw her, almost, she was naked in his bed.

“So this is Anna!” the other woman said, stepping sideways to hold her arm out into the road. “Hello!”

Kristoff rolled his eyes. “Yes. Anna, this is my sister, who I’m sure has heard all about you.”

Anna felt a brief surge of anger. She didn’t care who he was with, or why, she didn’t, but there was no need for him to lie. “I’ve met your sister,” she said.

“He has two. That was Katja, I’m Heidi. And here’s my bus! Lovely to meet you,”

“And you,” Anna said automatically. Heidi smiled at them both and boarded the bus. Anna and Kristoff stood in silence as it pulled away.

After a moment Kristoff coughed. “I heard you got engaged,” he said. “Congrats. That worked out, then, glad I could help.”

“Oh, no,” Anna said. “Well - yes, I did. But we broke up.”

“Really, already? I mean, I’m sorry.”

“It’s okay - well, I’m mean it’s not okay, but it’s for the best. I realised - it wasn’t what I wanted. I tried, but - well. I gave him the ring back and everything. So, yeah.”

“I’m sorry.”

“The problem I have now is that I gave notice on my flat and the landlord found new tenants right away, and I have to move out in two days and all my stuff is in boxes and I’m going to be sleeping on my friend’s sofa and it’s not great but, you know. I’ll find somewhere new, I guess, though I’m not having much luck….I don’t know why I’m telling you this, I’m sorry…” She rubbed at her eyes, then looked up in surprise - Kristoff had put his hands on her shoulders, and she could feel the warmth of his hands even through her winter coat.

“I’m sorry,” he said again, but this time there was more sympathy in his voice. “It must be rough.”

He was standing so close. Anna wondered if, if she leant into him, he would hug her, and then realised with a shade of alarm that what she really wanted to do was kiss him.

“Um,” she said. “Maybe, if you’re not busy, we could go back to yours, and...or is it still a one-off…”

“A one-off. Sorry.”

“OK.” She sniffed. “Sure.”

“But if you want, we could - just hang out? Watch a film or something?”

“Really?”

“Sure.”

“I don’t want to impose…”

“I’m the one who offered.”

“Oh, so you did.”

They walked down the street together.

“You’ll find somewhere,” Kristoff said. “Somewhere even better, I bet.”

“Thanks. I hope so. It’s just, you know. And he didn’t even seem that bothered?” Anna added. “I was like, I’m really sorry Henry but I don’t think I can marry you, and he was all ‘oh okay fair enough, thanks for letting me know’.”

“Right decision, then.”

“Oh, I know it was the right decision...you know when something is just suddenly obviously the thing to do?”

“Sure.”

“Elsa always says - that’s my sister - she says I act without thinking but that’s not true, I just think quicker than her so I act quicker. But, maybe I shouldn’t have acted so quickly before, when I gave up my flat….oh, I don’t know. What’s done is done.”

“Can’t you live with your sister? Is she not local?”

Anna smiled. “She’s not local, no. She’s a microbiologist and she’s in Antarctica over the winter.”

“Antarctica? Really?”

“Uh-huh. Something to do with ice and bacteria and goodness knows what.”

“Wow.”

They’d reached Kristoff’s flat and he unlocked the door and let them in. “Have you eaten?” he said.

“Yeah, I had something at work. Why, are you going to cook for me again?”

“No. But you can make some toast if you want.”

“I’m good.”

Anna sat on the sofa. Suddenly she felt exhausted. Maybe she should just have gone home.

Kristoff say down next to her and picked up the remotes. “What do you want to watch?”

“Don’t care.”

He gave her a look, then pressed buttons until he’d selected the film they’d been watching before. “You missed most of it,” he said.

“I guess so.”

The film started. All Anna could think about was when they’d watched it before, when she’d been full of anticipation. When she’d been looking forward, to getting what she wanted out of life, to love and marriage and happiness. Now she didn’t have anything. Or anyone.

Her mood must have shown on her face, because Kristoff lifted his arm and waited for her to move underneath it. He was such a good hugger.

“It’ll work out,” he said quietly. “Things generally do.” Anna sighed and snuggled up further against his chest. Kristoff lifted his hand and gently stroked her hair.

“S’funny,” Anna said into his jumper.

“What is?”

“I had it all wrong. I thought being in love with someone would be - like this. Warm and safe and comfortable and not having to - perform, all the time. But it wasn’t. I was wrong. Kristoff?”

His hand had stopped moving on her hair, and when she looked up he was staring at the ceiling. After a second he blinked and focussed on her again. “Nothing,” he said. “I think - these things can be complicated. You don’t always feel the way you’d expect to.”

“Maybe the person I am now is different from the person I was two years ago, and we want different things.”

“Sure, probably.”

“Or maybe I was wrong all along.”

Kristoff said nothing, just started stroking her hair again. When Anna also stayed silent he said her name softly, and realised she had fallen asleep.

[TO BE CONTINUED]

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