#house of ashes rachel

[rat-typewriter]

Dating Rachel King as a girl would be...

Requested: @sixminutesofnight

Notes: I hope this is okay!! literally as I finished writing this, I checked your request and I guess i literally just imagined you asking for a fem!reader - so im sorry!! if you want other pronouns I can fix it!!

Ok so you and Rachel had known each other for years

and I mean y e a r s

You were both born around the same time - and since you grew up in such a small town - your mothers met on the maternity ward

So you had been friends more-or-less since birth

Growing up you had been best friends and did absolutely everything together - it was known by everyone town that wherever one of you was, the other wouldn't be far behind

By the time you got to high school, you had both been through various boyfriends - but above all else, you had each other

Lots of dumb adventures when you were teens,,,, going to supermarkets past midnight,,, concerts in far off towns,, even swimming in the freezing sea in september

by the age of seventeen,, most people had decided you were probably a little more than "best friends"

and maybe they were right - maybe your first kiss (and the only kiss that would ever matter to you) was at 4.32 AM in the empty waiting room of an Accident and Emergency Unit after you had fallen and broken your ankle

or maybe they weren't and you were just really good friends

who knew????

When Rachel had joined up with the marines - you were pretty heartbroken (as was she)

lots of tearful giggling and tight hugs on the day she left

Promise you'll come back?

Well, duh, you can't get rid of me that easily.

Pinky promise me?

Of course.

And she did come back - as often as she could - and you'd spend those few precious days talking non-stop

When she met Eric you were happy for her (really!)

She just smiled so widely when she watched him speak; listening to him rambling on about some piece of tech that you didn't understand

At first he was a little weirded-out by Rachel and you's relationship

but it's normal for girls to be super touchy and hold hands all the time, right? (right??)

You got along well with him nonetheless and you always had the pair over for dinner whenever they were back from service

But then things started to go wrong

It started with a bit of tension between the two; then suddenly Rachel was staying at your place

It took her a while for her to open up about what happened in the accident

(You felt really bad about egging Eric's car after that)

(he still does not know who did it to this day)

A lot of late nights sat opposite one another on the kitchen floor talking about everything

A lot of you talking her down when she starts to spiral

Sometimes terrible things happen, I guess.

But I should've been more careful-

Oh fuck that! It was an accident. Accidents happen.

But Eric-

Eric told you it's okay.

But I-

Rachel. We're all still here, aren't we? You could have both died. But you're here - and one day this won't hurt so much. I promise you.

The point when you actually started dating is blurry to say the least

like there was definitely an awkward period where everyone around you was like,,,, o k a y I don't think best friends are that close

jokes on them you guys were best friends AND dating

After like six months of her living with you, kissing each other goodbye, holding hands constantly and her wrapping her arms around your waist while you were trying to cook - you finally had a conversation about it

As she left for service

It was at the airport, as you hugged her tightly

Hey, Rach

Hm?

Are we dating?

Sure, why not.

Okay, just checking.

...

I love you.

I love you too.

[xoxovillageboy]

i agonized over salim’s face for hours but then drew jason once and was like yeah thats him thats jason

[cranberrybanjo]

We are so back (part 1)

Bonus:

[glettokono]

SET of commissions with RACHELxNICKxERIC from House of Ashes for wonderful @/id215798972 (vk) it was a real pleasure to draw them commission info

[hopesallwegotleft]

House of Ashes color palettes

[blue-bird1967]

Nicky is SO done with whatever these two have😞

[asoftepiloguemylove]

everything i've ever let go of has claw marks on it

Frank Bidart The Third Hour of the Night / Ashe Vernon IT'S A CIRCUS AND WE ALL PAID TO BE HERE / unknown / Rachel Swirsky A Memory of Wind / unknown / unknown / @borzoidaily

[mooninparadise]

Good Boy 🥺

I saw this meme and knew immediately it had to be these two.

[caelusproject]

good ending be like

[vtachvfib]

Jason when his BFF Nick dies: RIP Nicky 🥺

Jason when the enemy soldier he met a few hours ago dies:

[stepk]

drew another illustration for the fic, but this time it was commission cover)

[yoshidatommy]

Revisited an old idea "If "House of Ashes" was a movie" 🎬

Previous parts

[frowardthinker]

12 days of jalim - Cookies 🍪

ME AND @demcrazymandolin MADE HOUSE OF ASHES COOKIES!!!!!!!

[cranberrybanjo]

Third time’s the charm (part 1) (part 2)

Bonus:

[glettokono]

do you remember.............

[hopesallwegotleft]