#i can't believe i actually finished a multi chapter fic

[autistic-shaiapouf]

3041 words!! I hope I can have this one out next month or the month after <3333

[radioapple-heathen]

Masterpost

Hi folks! Since I've had an influx of new followers lately, figured it was about time I made one of these pinned posts.

Blurb: She/Her, married, thirties, aspec, rampant ADHD'er raising the next generation of neurodivergents. This was meant to be a sideblog for my brief fascination with radioapple, but now I'm actually hyperfixating on this pair, reading an unhealthy amount of fanfic, and writing fics, so I guess I'm stuck in this Hell with a very respectable penname to match. You can call me Hikari (a relic of my first ever fandom).

I usually won't take on more than 1-2 writing projects at a time, any more than that is a surefire way for me to end up with multiple incomplete projects, and it's really important to me that I finish the things I start (while fighting my ADHD brain every step of the way). Check out my fics, headcanons, and rec lists below!

My Fics:

My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys

Multi-Chap, 4/4, Complete.

Summary:

Lucifer stumbles upon a rather effective way of shutting up The Radio Demon.

Alternatively, Alastor can't cope with his feelings and makes it everyone else's problem.

2. loml

Multi-Chap, 8/20, In Progress.

Summary:

“Why him?”

Lucifer crosses his arms over his stomach, hands clasping onto opposite elbows; a simulation of the hug he so desperately needs.

There’s a lot he can say here.

Like how Alastor makes his hopeless heart flutter with the belief that maybe dreams are still possible; that Alastor makes him feel something, anything, everything all at once, and it is as heavenly as it is torturous.

But all he can manage, in a voice so small he can scarcely believe it's his own, is, “He makes me laugh.”

Chapter Art: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

My Rec Lists:

My Top 10 Series Recs

My Top 10 Multi-Chap Recs

My Top 10 Oneshot Recs

(These are subject to change and will fluctuate over time as new content becomes available! But as of 9/1/2024, these are my top recs!)

My Headcanons:

Find them here!

[king-candybug-backup]

Do you have any writing tips? I wanna get into writing my own fics and such but im really not sure how to start all that

Especially when it comes to pacing a story.. </3

UMMM oh man, this is a hard question lmao, I'm actually not very skilled on a "technical" level, so I always struggle figuring out what kind of advice to give 😅 I guess my main piece of advice would be to brainstorm about the fic you want to write before actually WRITING it, like, I had a whole thought map in the early stages of planning Kill Switch where I'd explore different paths the story could go in, different kind of interactions people could have or where I'd want overarching plots to lead to, basically just write down whatever ideas come into your head, and then from there, you can clean it up and refine it until it feels like a doable story. I had a lot of plot threads for Kill Switch that I ended up scrapping because it didn't feel right to the characters, or completely redoing them until it felt like it all connected fairly well. I also wrote a lot of scenes out of order, like how I mentioned before with chapter 8, I actually wrote the vast majority of chapter 8 before I even finished chapter 2, since that was where my motivation was strongest at the time. It's okay to write stuff disconnected and out-of-order, you can always connect things later! Sometimes I'll write a scene, end up not liking most of it, but will find spots to fit smaller parts of the scene or use pieces of dialogue elsewhere or something, so basically, just write whatever inspiration comes to you in the moment, and you can always repurpose it later if it doesn't end up feeling right. Another thing I'd say is to deep-dive into content about the characters you're writing, rewatch scenes with them until you have a good feel of how they talk and how they act, that sort of stuff. (I'm lucky in that I have a 2-hour character analysis video I can jump back to for inspiration, but y'know. 😂)

As for pacing, that kind of thing is entirely dependant on the kind of story you want to tell. Since I'm doing a long and painful deep dive into a character's mental issues and having him build unlikely connections with people he's hurt severely, that kind of thing needs a LOT of build-up in order to be believable. If everybody just started getting along with Turbo at like, chapter 5, it would feel really rushed and cheap, especially given how much baggage the whole group has with him. (Particularly Calhoun (in that trusting a Cy-bug feels COMPLETELY irrational and like a death trap waiting to happen) and Ralph (in that he's SEVERELY protective of Vanellope, and Turbo basically gaslit him into breaking her kart in front of her and totally destroying their relationship, ON TOP of the fact that he ruined her entire life for several years, like... yeah, would need A LOT of convincing in order for him to believe Turbo has the potential to be better. That's where you have to sit and think "Okay, how can I sprinkle in character development in a way that the other characters can actually see happening?"))

It's figuring out little details like that, what kind of relationships you want to develop and in which way, that makes up what the pacing should feel like. You can't rush trust, you can't rush meaningful, believable relationships, you have to build them up naturally. If you're working with characters that already have a good relationship established in canon, then that's great in that you don't have to worry about that part, you can just have fun putting them into whatever scenarios you want! I would recommend not jumping into long, multi-chapter fics right away though, as those take a lot of patience and work. Try doing some one-shots or shorter-form fics to get a feel for what you like! At the end of the day, the only advice I can offer is the only advice I ever truly take to heart, and that's making sure you're having fun first and foremost. It sounds cliche, but there's literally no point in writing fanfiction if you're not having fun with it. Just go wild! Even if you start out "bad", literally everybody does, you HAVE to write some "bad" stories before you can really get into the groove, lol. If you've had writing experience before, that's definitely a big help, but don't worry about it if you haven't, there's no time limit in regards to when you have to start writing ofc. :) Just dive into it, try not to overthink things, and HAVE FUN! (And always keep in mind, you creating something yourself will forever make you superior to the incompetent shitheads that think using gen-AI makes them "artists/writers" lmao SO YOU'LL ALWAYS HAVE THAT GOING FOR YOU! (half-joking but not really 😂))

[natalie668]

Lost Girl

Lost boys fanfic, will be multi-chapter fic.

Lost boys (Michael as well) x reader.

Watching them through your dream had you worried, most people have 1 or 2 soulmates. You believed 3 is the max amount recorded, yet here you are dreaming of 5 men, well if you can call guys in their 20's men.

Sitting up in bed, you peered over at your phone. It hadn't long stopped beeping its annoying tune, it's 7am and you had to hurry up and get ready for work. Rubbing your eyes you swing your legs over the side of the bed, you peer down at the 5 names written on your arm; Michael, David, Marko, Paul & Dwayne. Supposedly the order of names in when you will meet each of them.

You have yet to meet a single one of your soulmates, but you guessed that having only just had your birthday 2 weeks prior it wouldn't really give you much time to have met them anyway.

Walking out of your quaint little bedroom, you make your way over to the bathroom, stripping off you begin turning the knob on the shower toas hot as it can go, (which really is pitiful) the landlord still hasn't been and fixed it even though you had alerted him to the fact its been playing up since you had moved in when you'd turned 20. You guess you can't rush these things.

After you've gotten yourself ready, you set off to work, you've been working as a receptionist in a Library since you had turned 18. You had been to college and finished between the time of finishing high school and turning 21.

As you make your way through the busy town, you can't help but sigh seeing the various couples holding hands making their own ways to work. Every day you see it, heck you even see it with working in the library. You can't help but just wish that one day you'd meet your own soulmates.

The work day went quickly, answering phones, scanning books through which people came and dropped off, passing books onto those who placed them on the correct shelves.

There was a thunder storm wracking through the sky as you made your way home, you were not going to spend a fortune getting a taxi and get stuck in traffic just to go 7 streets over. just as your were rushing past a tree when an almighty bright light shot straight in front of you hitting the tree a massive crack was the last thing you heard and an almighty pain and didn't see again.

~*~*~*~*~

The first thing you heard was screams, and the second thing you noticed was the fact you were lying on a beach, you could feel the grains of sand underneath your fingers, peering down at yourself you were wearing the same clothes you had gone to work in, yet you were nowhere near home, the nearest beach was 200 miles away and you don't think you would have not noticed going in a car to get there. So where the hell were you.

Standing up brushing the sand off my clothes, I looked towards where I could make out some steps, I set off to see where the hell I had turned up.

As soon as I got to the steps I could see rides, people dressed like they were from the 80s and a lot of people running around. I stumbled forward heading towards a shop which I could see had a newspaper stand out front like I'd seen in American movies. I peer in and spot the year 1987, I stared in shock, I looked to the top corner, it said 'Santa Carla' I felt like I was going to throw up, I could feel myself getting light headed. I stumbled over to a bench and placed my head in my hands.

I had somehow ended up in America in the late 80s, WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?!?

I peered around trying not to throw up, my brain was going a million miles a minute, how the hell had I gone back in time. The last thing I remembered was walking home in the thunder storm and seeing a bright light and then nothing.

I panic, feeling my chest, my arms trying to find burn marks, nothing appeared to be on me, 'I must have died' I couldn't help thinking. 'How else would I have ended up going back in time, to freaking America'. A sob escaped my lips, I couldn't believe this was really happening, I pinched myself sharply on the arm to double check I wasn't dreaming.

I stand up from the bench when I finally feel like my heart isn't going to beat out of my chest, I slowly walk down what appears to be some sort of boardwalk, I get towards the end and lean against some metal bars which over looked the sea. Wiping the tears from my face I start to worry about where I am going to sleep tonight, how I'm going to live.

A sharp pain slices through my arm, I look down at my arm, the name 'Michael' is practically glowing red'. Turning around I spot another person grabbing their arm in pain, his eyes meet my own, his head turns to look me in the eyes as he steps towards me, "Hi, I'm Michael," he says as he takes a tentative step towards me. You can tell he's nervous, hell; I'm nervous. I've just gone back in time, and now I'm meeting on of my soulmates?!

"Uhm, nice to meet you, I'm Y/N" I say stumbling over my words, I look him up and down, he's pretty; wild dark hair, dark eyes. He's beautiful. I can't help but feel plain while stood next to him.

He steps towards me, his hand caresses my arm, in the spot where my soulmate mark is, he looks towards my arm and spots the names written on there. A frown marred his features, he slowly takes in the names; his frown turns into a scowl. It makes his face seem to take a different look, his eyes seeming to yellow out of nowhere, which surely must be the light?

His fingers grasp my wrist bringing it closer to his face, he looks up at me, "I think you should come with me, y/n." he says as he looks around at his surroundings like he's expecting someone to jump out at any moment.

Chapter 2

[thighzp]

2024 Year In Review

Thank you to @0npurpose and everyone else who has tagged me in many variations of the 2024 year in review! Here's a wrap up of all my writing this year!

My details

My AO3: fullerthanskippy My fandom: Red, White & Royal Blue Total number of completed works for 2024: 52 Total word count for 2024: 107,590 (holy shit) Total hits for 2024: 151,546 Total kudos for 2024: 9,942 (AGAIN I beg you all to leave kudos!)

Oneshots

most popular by kudos: working overtime | 624 kudos

most popular by comments: young & hung | 24 comment threads least popular by kudos: tender | 52 kudos (only 240 words so I get it lol) least popular by comments: shower drain | 0 comments (there really isn't much to say, again, I get it! lol)

longest oneshot: running from the daylight | 11,372 words oneshot I'm most proud of: Artie | for obvious reasons most fun oneshot to write: better bite the bullet (baby take one for the team) | I had sooooo much fun writing the gun kink and I still want to revisit it in the future hardest oneshot to write: broke down or stranger things have happened | these are two I specifically remember during kinktober having to force myself to get the words out (that happens sometimes!) favourite title used: tough choice but if I have to choose one I'll go with | the mess that is Alex

Bonus …

Most unserious title: i'm having his baby (no i'm not but you should see your faces) | also longest title ever lmao

Multi-Chapters

my first multichap will be coming to you live in 2025 ;)

Questions

Events or challenges | Kinktober & RWRB Festive Fan Fest

Did you write more or less fic than you expected this year? | way, WAY more!!!

Did you take any writing risks this year? | so many, let's see just for a few examples: wlw, fisting, puppy play, piss kink, somno, gun kink, omegaverse, I mean I could continue on and on

What was the most challenging fic to write this year? | hands down running from the daylight (vampire alex AU), I started teasing it before I even started writing it and then I felt pressured to hurry up and get it out. not by any of y'all, but by myself. it's 11k words and I'm proud of it, but it shaped me into a much better writer for the multichap I'm currently working on!

What was your favourite fic to write? | probably wearing nothing but glitter and lashes because it was inspired by a huuuuge irl crush of mine and a very loosely based real life experience lol

Biggest success | kinktober IN GENERAL

Most surprising success | young & hung!!! I mean I loved writing it but I couldn't believe people were eating it upppppp

Biggest disappointment | I mean... (the things i do) when i picture you but it's not a surprise at all lol it's junora and if it's not firstprince, it just doesn't hit the same. also not surprised that two things can be true (taynick rpf) didn't do crazy numbers, people are touchy about it

Most surprising disappointment | none are really that surprising cause I usually know when it's not gonna hit for everyone, but I guess I'll say I expected know your audience to do better! I think people didn't like the twist or didn't believe it from the start?

What's something you learned about yourself as a writer? | I learned that PWP IS NOT MY STRONGSUIT!!! I need the buildup and that's where my rambling tends to happen lmfao

What fic was the most satisfying to finish writing? | obviously vampire alex au I'm feeling like a broken record, and I'll also add finishing kinktober is like... still so insane to me!

Fic that gave you the most trouble? | two that I just needed external inspo for because the words weren't wording were riding practice and mile high (these ideas were greatly helped by @judasofsuburbia lol thank you love)

Easiest fic to write? | suburban legends, one of my earlies fics and the words came easily in that little universe

Go to writing songs | I love having inspo playlists but I can't actually listen to music with words while writing, I'm too adhd/dyslexic for that

Go to writing snacks | usually coffee or red wine hehe

Any writing goals for next year? | only goal really is to finish and post my first multichap which is definitely going to happen!!! and otherwise I think just focusing on writing what I want to read/what inspires me and worry less about what will do numbers

Any fics in the work for next year? | of course! perhaps I'll give some insight into my current WIPs (even some y'all don't know about yet?)

age gap AU (multichap) neighbors/laundry AU young & hung sequel trans alex PWP a fic involving alex/martha as propositioned by henry/pip.... kink related age regression henry wetfic (and I bet y'all fuckin wish you knew what this one was about mwuahahaha)

***

it's been a crazy year. I want to thank @redlipstickandglitter and @firstprincehornyramblings for being my fucking MUSES, my EVERYTHING both when it comes to help/ideas with writing, as well as just wonderful fucking friends.

y'all have provided me so many spoons this year, and believe me, lately they've been mighty hard to come by! here's to even more words written in 2025! (but probably not... I'll probably never do kinktober again lmfao)

open tag for any writer friends who haven't done this yet! I'm serious - don't wait to be tagged, just tag me!!

[blueeyedgrlwrites]

Well. This is better late than never, because time is a construct, right? Thank you for the tags @clockwrkpendrxgon, @bitbybitwrites, @0npurpose, @porcelainmortal, @onthewaytosomewhere,

@run-for-chamo-miles, @firenati0n, @kiwiana-writes, @cha-melodius, and @stereopticons.

I've actually never done one of these for any fandom before. But I am so grateful for each and every one of you that has read, commented, left kudos, tagged me in tag games, and reblogged/lost your minds over snippets. 💙

My details:

My ao3: blueeyedgrlwrites

My fandom: Red, White & Royal Blue

Total no. of fics in 2024: 5

Total word count: 47,796

Oneshots (4):

🖋️ love is all around, look and see: (8,915 words, E)

A 5 + 1 full of birthday fluff (and smut, of course) that @violetbaudelaire-quagmire and I co-wrote last year for @getmehighonmagic's birthday, because Angel goes feral for loves reading about Henry getting all the love he deserves.

🖋️ just the way you are: (2,061 words, E)

My one and only foray into TayNick RPF, which I know is not for everyone, and that's fine. Curate your fandom experience and all that.

HOWEVER, as all the BTS for Mary & George was coming out and that bit of Nick saying he couldn't eat pizza because he had to spend all his time naked came around and .... well this is what my brain did after that. 😅

🖋️ summer sun, something's begun: (5,966 words, E)

I'm trying to remember how this one even came around. Probably a convo in the discord or something, but this might have been the most fun I've ever had writing a fic. And honestly, that feels about right for hot dad Henry and his new neighbor Alex.

🖋️ A New Memory: (1,304 words, T)

I was so ambitious for that week's ficlet Friday. I got a few prompts that week, and this was, sadly, the only one my brain was actually able to crank out.

Multi-Chapters (1):

🖋️ (the only truth) everything comes back to you: (29,550 posted words, WIP, E)

Yeah, so I totally failed the whole finishing the fic for the big bang thing, but it is 70% posted and 95% written (I think), but there will be an update soon-ish. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Anyway, this has owned me since I first heard "You're Losing Me" and that song became my hyper fixation for an entire month, because my mind was like, "huh? what would it look like if Henry and Alex had started to grow apart? would they be able to grow back together again?" and well, you should probably read to find out.

Upcoming fics:

🖋️ Love on the Fly: my hockey fic (i can't believe it's been almost a year since i posted a snippet from it. damn).

🖋️ lay me down, give me something to feel: or, the Pretty Woman AU that no one asked for

🖋️ when you didn't have to: my single dad Alex fic that wants to take over my entire existence and I won't let it until the RBB is finished.

Hopefully there will be more than just these three that are upcoming. My hope for 2025 is to be able to break away from my current, soul-sucking corporate job and give myself more freedom and time to take on things I actually enjoy. Who knows, maybe I'll finally write an original novel also.

[laura1633]

There is no way this person isn’t intentionally trying to upset you. I refuse to believe someone is sincerely being this rude, awful, and entitled.

The vast majority of us appreciate you and look forward to what you post when you can post it. I’m sorry that a very small number of people, or just one person, is ruining your day.

Thank you so much 🥰, I really do appreciate most people on this site.

I wasn't sure what to make of it initially. If I were charging a service then I may understand people being disappointed but it's just my Tumblr where I talk randomly about things and my ao3 where I upload stuff for free. People can very easily block me and not engage if they find it annoying how long some ideas take to actually be realised in writing.

When I say I am writing something it means I am writing it, it doesn't mean it's going to be uploaded shortly. In fact there are certain wips (for example, my sugar daddy Charles one) that are part finished and in the past I would have uploaded what I had written but I have stopped posting multi chapters until they are finished because a small minority of people get upset if its not updated regularly enough so I feel like I can't post until its all done!! Sometimes ideas just take a long time or stall for a while but they get done eventually.

I think unfortunately it is multiple people but I am just blocking and moving on and I would encourage anyone who is upset by my speed of updating or posting fics just block me. I don't say that to be harsh, I just think it would be better all around as stop people getting stressed over what I do!

[piromina]

for the ask game, 9 and 10!! 💖

MAE!! HI!! 💚💚💚

(link to ask game!)

10 ⧽. what genre is generally the easiest or most enjoyable for you to write? which is the hardest?

Ooh, good one. I don't quite know about genres, but I will say that I do love writing families. Anything about familial relationships, really. They can be so wholesome and so twisted at the same time. It's a fun thing to explore when I'm writing.

Hardest? Well. I can't believe I'm writing all that blackbell and still saying this, but I think it might be romance. I'm very aroace (which necessary disclaimer DOESN'T automatically mean anyone aroace can't write romance, by the way! i have many friends who are amazing at it!!) but I just struggle sometimes. it's like. am I exaggerating here? do people really feel those things or think those thoughts? and it's mostly because romance is a feeling that a LOT of people will actually feel. it's not like writing some kind of situation that could literally only happen to The Character. this romance thing happens to real people literally every day. part of my struggle with it stemmed from wondering what my audience would think of my take on many of their Real Thoughts that a good number of them have a lot (but I have gotten over stressing about the audience in recent years. my writing is for me). recently I've become more comfortable with romance specifically, but it's still a thing for me.

9 ⧽. tell us about a wip/idea that you're excited about!

wellll I'm currently working on a multi-chapter sequel to peripeteia! I'm super excited to finally finish The Blackbell Prison Escape Trilogy. it's going to be great.

about this final instalment of the series: I'm calling it hamartia. to steal the definition from the end notes of peri: hamartia is the singular flaw, the singular mistake, the singular miscalculation that sets off a chain of events leading to the inevitable downfall of our protagonist.

TAKE THAT AS YOU WILL.

ok. I've put the rest of this under the cut because turns out I have a LOT of thoughts on this. also a little snippet of the fic, just because.

hamartia, among other things, will be exploring the feeling of being betrayed. after all, silverbell has barely had any time to process this, and now he's being forced to when they run away from the kingdom together. he's feeling betrayed: he never knew black sapphire at all, none of that was the real him, and is now much more sceptical than he ever was before. but he'll also realise, slowly but surely, that maybe black sapphire's life in the silver kingdom wasn't all a lie. at least, not around him.

but of course this will all be told from black sapphire's perspective. he's got some feelings to deal with, too! actually, you can have a few lines from the wip!

here's my favourite line so far:

Silverbell's look is this cold kind of pity; it looks so foreign on his face that it surprises Black Sapphire, and yet it looks so natural at the same time. It’s like being handed something delicate, glass-thin and gleaming, only to realize, too late, that it was never meant for your hands in the first place. Now it’s broken. Now Silverbell looks at him like he doesn't quite recognise the shape of him anymore. Like he thought Black Sapphire was a lighthouse, and he instead found a flame that wandered too close and burned the map. His eyes don't accuse, though. They ache. And that, somehow, is even worse.

black sapphire ... I love throwing twisted and tragic metaphors in this guy's head... anyways THANK YOU FOR THE ASK!!!

[cobaltperun]

Hi Cobalt!

Number 4 and 5 for that question thing

Have a great day!

Hmm... 4 is an interesting one.

Are there any writers that inspire me?

Depends how you define inspire, really. If it's inspired to keep writing, than yeah, plenty of authors here could fit that. I still owe them a million reviews but I absolutely believe that @persevereforahappyending, @the-oblivious-writer, and @toournextadventure are the best of the best multi-chapter story writers Jenna fandom has to offer. And sharing the same fandom as them does inspire me to try harder. (The heavy angst writers of our fandom are amazing as well, but I need to be really happy to take their levels of angst and not go to sleep miserable. Life is already one big heavy-angst story, gimme my happy endings in fanfics 🤣🤣)

On the other hand if by inspire it means actually affecting my writing in some way, than I guess that would be no. Unless we start talking about non-fanfic writers, in which case there would be authors I could name, but that would again be along the lines of enjoying their work and passively getting influenced by their style, rather than consciously being inspired by them.

And 5: what's the fic I'm most proud of?

Here? Lost. No questions asked. I used to write a lot in my late teens/very early twenties and then made a long break. Coming here and starting Lost, and then seeing it through and finishing it? Yeah. There's no competition here. At least right now.

EF is in that weird place where it can't exist without the stories that came before it. Genius, Darkest Part, Love Song Requiem, I love them, but not as much as Lost. Move the Mountain, eh, it's being written half out of spite, it could never replace Lost as the story I'm most proud of.

So, at the moment really there are only two stories that could take that spot from Lost. First being Woe out the Storm, depending on how the future of that story goes. And then there's The Catalyst, which also has the same potential. Still, no matter how many stories I write I firmly believe Lost will stay in top five stories I'm most proud of.

Damn, these ended up being much longer than I intended. 😅 Thanks for the questions, I had lots of fun answering them.

[hearteyespierce]

2 and 30 for the 2024 in review asks!

Thanks for the ask!!

2. What’s something new that you tried in a fic this year?

Not sure if this counts, but I did my first multi-fandom exchange this year for the Rare Pair Exchange, and while I did get to do my main gift for the fandom I signed up for, I did my first ever pinch hit and it was for a fandom I wasn't a part of (a book series I have read, just not involved in the fandom side of it). While I prefer to write for fandoms that I'm excited about, it was a really interesting challenge, and I was so pleased that my pinch hit giftee loved it!!

Alternatively, I tried doing some shorter fics. I struggle with brevity - I always need to have everything explained/get into a lot of detail/my plots tend to get very complicated and involved, and so my fics always either end up very long or they languish unfinished in my wip folder. So I tried a couple very short fics, intentionally aiming to keep them short/limited to one scene, and it was an interesting experience! I think I have more fun with the long, complicated plots, but the mini fics do give a nice little boost/that sense of accomplishment of "finishing" something, which is really nice!!

30. What would you like to write next year?

I have SO many wips and/or ideas that I want to get off the ground, but here's the ones I am most excited about in no particular order: For DGHDA:

Continue the Pushing Daisies AU - idk if people are still interested, but I had a lot of fun making the intro to the series for the Big Bang and I have a lot of plans for where I want to take things!

Hanahaki AU - I've had this wip in progress for like 2 years now and I've written the first ~2ish chapters. I have about 8 others planned and I've been kind of struggling with the first ~4-5 chapters following the plot of S2 and worrying that I'm having a hard time striking that balance of following S2 without feeling like a boring rehash, if that makes sense? I'd really love to finish it and get it published though. I've done some worldbuilding with the trope to fit it into the canon of DGHDA in (what I think is) an interesting/believable way, and I'm excited to share it with y'all!

For MASH:

Hawkahy Slowburn Longfic - I wrote what was supposed to be a PWP oneshot this year but then (see aforementioned allergy to brevity) my brain decided it needed a very long slowburn to lead up to and then also decided it had an angsty end which means I now have to extend it further afterwards too to get them to a happy ending lmao. But I'm very excited about the porn I wrote lmfao so I'm hoping to get the rest of the longfic written so I can publish it all next year!

Hawkahy Taking The Fifth Oneshot - Basically that episode but where Mulcahy is the person behind "Chastity's" note. Another WIP that I've had going for about 6-8 months lmao. This one shouldn't be too hard to finish I just need to focus some time on it.

Beejhawk Queer Club Angst - This is actually one of the first fic ideas I had when I joined the fandom and someday I'll write it lmao. Basically post-war Beejhawk, they go to a gay club and it gets raided by the police. Will have a positive ending bc I can't do angst with no happy or at least hopeful ending, but the whole idea was heavily influenced by my favorite book of all time, Stone Butch Blues, and I want to reread it before I dig into that fic.

Sidhawk San Francisco AU - This is a fic that @siriusnebulae and I spent some time plotting this year with the intention of co-writing and I'd love to get back to it! Won't get into too many details since it's not just mine, but it's a canon-divergence where they meet post war instead of during it and I'm very excited about it!

There are more but those are just a few that I'm particularly excited about!

2024 In Review Fic Asks

[totheidiot]

upcoming fics and works in progress !!

my ao3 || sorted based on ships and priority <3 || since i am going through my death note phrase, all of my upcoming fics will be for the death note fandom. so without further ado -

LAWLIGHT

i am just a ghost (so i can't hurt you anymore) || multi-chaptered

The chronicles of one L Lawliet, previously the world’s greatest detective, as he navigates the living world as a ghost. Naturally, he haunts Light Yagami because he has never truly let a case go.

my most beloved ghost!L fic, my highest priority <33 exactly what it sounds like, L becomes a ghost after he dies and haunts light. would most likely be a long fic, it spans from november the fifth (L's death) to january the twenty-eighth (light's death). i am very close to finishing up the first chapter and hopefully, it'll be out by this month. also sensing a common theme here where i just happen to turn a character into a ghost. just for fun.

was it a video? || one shot

Three years after L dies, Light Yagami, newest detective to the NPA, uncovers a folder of surveillance footage from the Japanese Task Force building, footage he had previously thought was lost. In a moment of interest, he decides to take a short look at it, just to see if there’s anything he’s missed. As the first video begins, his eyes are watching L for the first time in three years. That ‘short look’ ends up being an entire day where Light just can’t stop watching him and L together, when L was still alive.

grieving, am i right. for the full immersive experience, one must listen to visions of gideon by sufjan steven. most likely, would be kind of short, like 1k-3k. light, head-empty, just watches old security tapes of the days where they were handcuffed together and investigating the yotsuba company together. nostalgia, grief, light's in denial that he misses L, all of that.

the telling gets old || one shot

Light Yagami wakes up in the morning of November 5, 2007, knowing that L will die today. The next day, Light Yagami wakes up in the morning of November 5, 2007, knowing that L will die today. And the next day, Light Yagami wakes up in the morning of November 5, 2007, knowing that L will die today. This goes on.

i must have an ailment where i can't write L being alive ever. i am sorry, it can't be helped. timeloop au !! light is forced to repeat november the fifth over and over again, forced to watch L die and all of that. this is probably going to be one of those giant one shots that are like 12k+ words.

MIKALAWLIGHT

parapraxis || multi-chaptered

Light Yagami keeps L alive, just for a little while. It doesn’t mean anything. Neither does his relationship with Teru Mikami, that is supposedly romantic in nature after he lets it slip to L when L starts to get a little too suspicious on why Light is spending so much with an older man and is being so damn secretive about it.

this will be written for day six of dn rarepair week !! this is based specifically in the jdrama universe where mikami and L do actually co-exist together. the blue garage scene in the jdrama never happens and instead, mikami finds L's real name some other and tells light that but light decides to not kill him because he is "waiting for the right time". mikami is like ok and L is alive. but since mikami and light are still both kira, they are in cahoots with each other and interact and stuff and L notices that light's been hanging out with this older lawyer guy and is being real secretive about it and he's all like 🤨 🤨 🤨 and confronts light about it. light is like uhm. he can't say they are just friends because why would they be so suspicious and try so hard to hide it ? so light ends up lying and blurts out and he goes. UHM. mikami is my boyfriend. and it would make sense now because why is he secretive? light is dating an older man, of course he would be trying to hide his relationship ! L is a little suspicious about it but he is inclined to believe it. but now mikami and light have a new problem, they have got to start pretending they are together now and go on pretend dates while L follows them around to really check for certain. ends in polyamory as one would expect. could be classified as a romcom but i am not funny. also first fic i will ever write where L will be alive in the events of the fic.

teru and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day || one shot

A day in the life of Teru Mikami, in which he is suspected of mass murder and handcuffed to two men with very fragile egos.

hopefully, i can get this out for free day in dn rarepair week, under the prompt of proximity but really, i'll try to get the fake-dating one out first. basically, this is au where mikami gets the death note instead of light but light is still in the mix as before he + mikami + misa had been confined, light had managed to track mikami down. misa is still second kira in this. L thinks that light is kira while mikami is the accomplice, when it's actually the other way around. mikami + misa loses his memory but light still has them because he never had the death note. it's a lighthearted fic where mikami, as mentioned in the summery, is handcuffed to L and light and he is. just so done with them both.

feel free to send me any asks about my upcoming fics please pleasee !! i would love it so much :D

[12thhouse-sun]

20 (for axioms), 22, 30?

Fanfic/Author Ask Game!

20) Share your favorite kiss scene from Axioms. If there's no kiss scene, share your favorite moment of intimacy (romantic or platonic)

Axioms is allllll romance baybee but honestly my favorite is an offpage kiss. The evening is full of anticipation as Gale cooks dinner for the two of them and Gale's mind is awash with feelings of "I can't believe she likes me, desires me." And one of the things he recalls while cooking is at their previous date is him and Poppy making out against her car.

Even just a few nights ago at the end of their previous date, Gale found himself snogging her against her car, all hot breath and frantic hands, in public. Mystra would have never, even when their relationship was finally out in the open, even when they were long-married. He’s barely known Poppy a month and she’s shown him more affection than Mystra had in their 15 year-long relationship. He told her as much, feeling awfully raw and vulnerable after being so thoroughly kissed by her and she replied with a resolute, “Then clearly you need to make up for lost time,” before kissing him once more.

This scene is actually written out as I thought I'd use it for something else but I thought that it being used as a memory was quite poignant esp when half of this fic is just the buildup to these two fucking for the first time.

22) Did you do anything special to celebrate finishing a fic?

I usually just post it, then share it in the discord (and if people are awake/available, revel in the live comments about what they're reading lmao.) But I don't think so! Maybe once I finish some of the multi-chapter fics I have going on I'll do something. Finishing you're at the top of my lungs feels champagne-worthy lmao.

30) Have you noticed your style change over time?

I don't know if I can even pinpoint my style, that's a sort of thing I have blinders on. I've definitely improved in the (almost!) year I've been writing and posting fic. I've pinned down Gale's voice. But style? Not sure.

[starry-nights-17]

Thank you @blue-disco-lights for the tag.

Can't believe that year has passed; in the blink of an eye. But what a year it's been for me, so many ups and downs. My health was a struggle at times but writing always got me through. On the flip side however, I've made so many amazing new friends and found this online community which has been so welcoming. And, in addition to all of that, I actually got to meet I&M in real life, our lovely Cam and Noel. A dream come true. Here's to hoping next year can beat that (unlikely lol)

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1. How many words have you written this year? 560k according to Ao3, which is absolutely nuts. Plus I started writing drabbles a few months back too.

2. How many works did you publish this year? 19

3. What work are you most proud of (regardless of kudos/hits) probably "In the Fade" because it was my first time writing in the alpha/omega genre which I literally had only discovered a few months previous. And I'm pretty pleased with the result.

4. What work of yours has the most hits? Parachutes, nearing 15k which is amazing. (TY!)

5. What work of yours got more feedback than you expected? "You've Been Served", that one comes to mind because it was just a funny, smutty piece but seems very popular.

6. Favorite title you used. I hate trying to come up with titles and still cringe at many of them. I often use songs; either directly borrowing or inspired by them. So I'll pick my first ever work, "Safe & Sound" because it's cheesy but works and is a direct reference to Mickey's favourite artist, Taylor Swift. But also, I kinda like "Circles" for its simplicity.

7. If you use song lyrics, which artist’s songs did you pull from the most? oh wow, well I use music a lot; even wrote an entire fic based around one particular artist. But I have used Taylor Swift a few times, Bon Jovi too and Katy Perry. All direct throwbacks to the show of course.

8. Pairing you wrote the most for this year? Ian & Mickey

9. Favorite pairing you wrote for this year? Ian and Mickey, shockingly. Though I just wrote a story where Lip and Mickey are friends and really enjoyed that.

10. What work was the quickest to write? I remember writing "Sweet Like Chocolate" in one afternoon, around Easter time. A recent one, "Jingle My Bells" was quick too because I'd written a drabble first and just elaborated on the existing idea then.

11. What work took you the longest to write? think "Parachutes" is my longest but "Footprints In The Snow" took some time because I had quite a lot of research to do on snow/winter sports and stuff like that.

12. How many WIPs do you have in your docs for next year? technically none cos I can't work on multiple fics at a time. I always finish one before moving to the next. But my to-do list is never ending and I've enough ideas jotted down to last a couple of years!

13. What’s your longest work of the year? Parachutes (83k)

14. What’s your shortest work of the year? Shots Fired (just under 3k)

15. What WIP are you taking into next year with you? about to start a new multi chapter fic which also came out of a drabble I wrote. Features architect Mickey and secretary/admin Ian. A total smut fest. Watch this space!

16. What’s your most common “Additional Tags” tag? smut and fluff. 100% lol.

17. Your favorite character to write this year? Mickey is my favourite overall. Love writing his sassy, smart mouth but equally adore writing his softer side. I generally write both his and Ian's pov. This year I wrote my first multi pov story though, featuring all the Gallagher siblings which was a bit of a challenge but fun. Especially enjoyed switching into Carls head. Oh and have to mention Iggy too, love him so much!

18. The character who gave you the most trouble writing this year? I've stayed away from writing Fiona the most because I think I'd struggle more with her character. Also wrote an original teenage character (male) so that was definitely a challenge.

19. What’s one pairing you want to explore next year? I recently wrote Lip and Mickey as friends and that was really nice so I'd like to explore that more. Maybe Tami and Mickey too.

20. Which work of yours have you reread the most? Probably "Against The Grain" cos I've an extra soft spot for it. It was like my love letter to Chicago, which I visited for Lollapalooza. Also I just love Newton Faulkner, who's music I used as the "originals" (for Ian). And I had some really sweet feedback on it which almost had me in tears at one point.

21. How many kudos in total did you get this year? 3,201. Absolutely amazing, thank you all!

22. Which work has the most comments? "Footprints In The Snow". Thank you again!

23. Did you do any collaborative works this year? no, I'm only new to the extended community and getting involved in challenges, tumblr etc. I do get ideas and help from my circle of friends though and would be lost without their support. 

24. Did you write any gifts this year? not specifically but have written some fics with particular people in mind who would be mentioned in the notes at the end.

25. Did you receive any gifts this year?

I received the most amazing surprise gift ever, original artwork for "Circles", from the incredible @sweetperversiongirl It's beautiful and a true honor.

26. What’s your most common category/trope? flirting, banter, smut, fluff. I do write sexy stuff but always try to balance out with emotional/romantic stuff. I also write them as "idiots in love" quite a lot, either in denial at first and falling in love or as happy husbands in the post s11 world.

27. What do you listen to while writing? nothing, I'd get too distracted otherwise. Sometimes my dog snoring though!

28. Favorite work you wrote this year? probably "Parachutes"

29. Favorite line/passage you wrote this year? Can't really think off-hand so I'll just go with the last lines of my most recent work, "This Could Be Our Year", considering its pretty apt.

(Spoiler Alert lol)

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"That was the thing though, the endless possibilities. The future was theirs and no matter what happened, Ian could be certain of one thing, it would be beautiful.

“You know Mick,” he whispered into the darkness, as they lay together for the last time in that bed, “I think this is gonna be our year”.  

Mickey’s head tilted back towards him, the contented smile on his face becoming visible now.  

“Well it’s about damn time Red”.  

30. Biggest surprise while writing this year? that I could actually write a longer story that was almost completely smut free!

(I think literally everyone I know or who exists on here is already tagged, so hence no tags).

[backtothestart02]

FANFIC TAGGING GAME

I got (honorable) tagged by the wonderful @theartofdreaming1- thanks!

1. How many works do you have on AO3? - 321

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

1,322,068 words (at the moment)

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Still writing for The Flash, but every once in a while a new show/movie grabs my fancy and I write a few fics for that.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

An unimpressive bunch but here goes: Muse (456), Replacement Scrunchie (393), Fallen Star (357), Inconvenient Inspiration (343), and Drabbles (277). Muse is a handful of one-shots based solely off spoilers before I saw the eps they were for. Replacement Scrunchie is my sole fic for the TATBILB fandom about Peter & LJ's first date (which was way less impressive than what the sequel movie gave us, WOW). Fallen Star is my most popular westallen fic to date, so that one's actually not too surprising. But both Inconvenient Inspiration and Drabbles are requested (the latter) and spontaneous (the former) brainstorming ficlets and snippets for The Flash/WA. Bo-ring.

5. Do you respond to comments?

Eventually.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Oh, gosh, I have so many unfinished fics that it's hard to remember the complete ones that I finished that didn't end so happy, of which there aren't many. Maybe...Breaking Point though.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

All the others have happy endings. Go read them. Lol.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

When I wrote for another fandom I did, but not really in The Flash fandom, which is nice.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Yep. And uh...descriptive, I guess? I'm def not the best out there, but I do my best and for the most part smut-lovers seem to enjoy.

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

I've attempted a couple crossovers, but I haven't completed any or gotten far with them, usually because there wasn't an audience for it.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Yeah, I discovered a whole bunch on another website years ago.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Nope.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

In the process of it!

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

Stuck on Westallen atm, but I used to write Chair, and I was highly obsessed with them as well.

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

Oh god, I have SO MANY WIPs. One that I really want to finish but fear I won't though has got to be He's MY Barry Allen. I'm just stuck on what the next chapter will look like, and as of yet no one has come forward with a solution. Lol. The Problem is Tony Woodward is another one like that.

16. What are your writing strengths?

I'd like to think I can hook people into my fics fairly well and drop enough cliffies to keep them coming back for more. But ofc the smut helps too. Most of my fics include at least some smut, even a single scene.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Sometimes I have trouble making a chapter (or a scene for that matter) all that long. I've seen people write like 10k+ for a chap, and unless I'm crazy inspired, roughly 1-3k is what you're getting.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

I actually dabbled in this a little bit for a westallen fic where Iris was learning Italian, I think? I did some research and managed to sift in enough for that one-shot, but I can't imagine I'd do it repeatedly or for a multi-chap.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

I believe it was the STAR WARS prequels, but it might've been The Day After Tomorrow.

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

It's unfinished, but there's so much untapped potential in my Flashpoint fic. Lots of world-building that's present as it rides the line between canon divergent and AU. Hopefully one day I'll get back to it.

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As much as I'd love to tag a bunch of people, I can't recall anyone who still writes fic that I follow on here, so I'll just shout out my bestie @simplylove101 who is prob done with writing but may want to answer these questions either way!

[lovova]

I see artists doing little showcasings of what they've accomplished creatively in the last year, decided that looks fun, and decided I'd do for myself an little inventory of what I've written in the last year as well, based on archive posts and what I can recall (I specify 'what I can recall', because I was not keeping track of when I did or did not update my main fanfic "Video Game Cruelty Potential" so...guestimates for that fic! I have 36 chapters, I can probably guess it was updated at least every other month) ~ So! For 2023: January: Did a fan-fanfic for my friend Lex called "The Other Rooms" where I explored off-scene implications of his cool-ass fic Room No.5 February: Created an alternate version of VGCP called "VGCP: Characters at their best" where I tried to explore some of the chars in the same setting being more well adjusted. I haven't gotten very far in it, but I am determined to get back to it this year! Also probably updated VGCP March: Did two short Kaito stories, an Oumota called "Playing with Phobias" where Kokichi messes with Kaito and a Saimota called "Luminary Hero of the Track Field" where Shuichi worries over Kaito's enthusiasm to sports while sick. April: Started what was MEANT to be a multi-chaptered Homestuck!V3 Kaito fic called "The Devotion of the Luminary of Skaia", but I haven't gone back yet to figure out what happens next yet. Thinking about it now, I think I was to make it a three chapter fic, but I just need to save some space to go back and outline it someday. VGCP? Maybe? May: A short Oumota piece called "Carnation: Please Handle Gently" that I got some awesome art commissioned for by the incredibly talented Ere. This short story inspired me so much that I'm actually basing a new original novel on the same concept~

June: I (believe) this was the month I finished Kaiden! An omegaverse original story I was writing and posting to Kindlevella. I am super proud of finishing that piece, and while I want to go back and create a more refined second draft before selling it as an Amazon book, I still LOVE this version as well. Very proud~ And VGCP!

July: Two Oumota short stories, "Touring Mortality" and "Execution Failed". Touring Mortality was especially fun to write, though I was amazed at the positive feedback Execution Failed got. It was very uplifting XD This was also the month I (re)started my original story "Pearls and Shackles". Also probably VGCP August: More Pearls and Shackles, more VGCP. September: Pearls and Shackles! Probably more VGCP! Can't remember! October: Can you guess? PEARLS AND SHACKLES! VIDEO GAME CRUELTY POTENTIAL!! November: This was a purely Pearls and Shackles month, and that was because I dedicated NANO (National Novel Writing Month) to finishing it. AND I DID! It super needs a second draft, its not ready to show off, but it EXISTS! So hell yeah!

December: A funny short V3 story called "Soulmate Goose of Enforcement!" I had a lot of fun collaborating with this one with Lex, and am hoping to do a chapter 2 with another great writer added to the mix too, Andromebaa. I also started the first two chapters of a new novel manuscript, a Hanahaki story about a pair of lesbians struggling with love in their own ways, but both trying their best! And, also, I updated "Video Game Cruelty Potential"

Did I overestimate how often I updated VGCP this year? Underestimate? I have no idea, that fic is almost 300,000 words long by this point, let's call an update every other month a generous average of how often I add to it. Other then VGCP, I did 8 Short Fanfics, finished a book, started and finished another book, and started a third book. And I'm not counting stories I had to write for my school year. Just ones I did out of the passion in my damn heart.

So, yeah! I'm pretty proud of this year, it was a good one. I hope anyone reading this had just as good a year! Writers, steal this idea, go looking back the year and brag about what you accomplished! You deserve it!

Have a good 2024 everyone!

[jackabbot]

20 questions for fic writers

I was tagged by the lovely @jesuisici33 thank you mwuah 💛

I'm gonna put some of it under the cut bc it got kinda long uhh

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

15

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

188,136

3. What fandoms do you write for?

currently consumed by 911, but most of my fics either belong to The Witcher or Stranger Things

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

789 – Long and Lost /geraskier, 9.7k, explicit/

707 – It might walk like a duck /steddie, 10k, explicit/

656 – The Companion /geraskier, 6.9k, mature/

634 – A promise I could not make (But what if I was wrong?) /geraskier, 16.4k, mature/

451 – Of Banquets and Destinies /geraskier, 5.4k, gen/

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Absolutely!! I love everyone who takes the time to comment on my stuff, it makes me so happy and excited whenever I get the email 💛

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

I'm a firm believer of heavy angst + happy endings, but I gotta say But where they lay, they cannot stay is hands down the angstiest, because it can barely be classified as a happy ending oops

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

I guess Spare me your dreams has a pretty sappy ending lol

8. Do you get hate on fics?

No, but once I got a comment on the last chapter of a multi, saying that they 'liked it up until the smut' because I made them use spit as lube and apparently 'I was promoting unsafe sexual practices'........ love, this is fiction and not a sex ed class. The characters in question weren't even fully human, come on now.

I have been moderating my comments ever since, because I'm just not willing to give the time of day to idiots like that.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Funnily enough I wasn't big on smut for a really long time and though I felt that some stories needed it, I always just wanted to get it over with as quickly as possible (I also used to skim sex scenes when I was reading) because I just didn't really find them interesting... that kinda changed when I found some truly exquisite fics and realised that smut can be written just engagingly as the rest of the story and now I include explicit smut in most of the stuff I write. I just really enjoy getting into that part of the characters' minds and finding different scenarios and new nasty things for them to do 😊

What kind? Hmm. Not sure, I like to sprinkle in some sub/dom undertones and a little bit of a praisekink or edging even for the most vanilla stuff. I wouldn't say my stuff is that kinky?? Though I did write watersports, public settings and some degradation too, but who even knows what's considered kinky nowadays...

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

I don't write crossovers, I don't even read them... it's just not for me, I guess.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of, so hopefully not

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Nope, or at least I can't remember anyone asking

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

It was the way I used to RP in high school... I'd write a paragraph and then my roommate would write the next and we'd pass the notebook back and forth until we finished... it was mostly smut though and I have no idea if I could actually co-write something publishable 💔

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

I have a few forever fandoms and forever ships... but I gotta say buddie is the most fun I ever had in fandom so far, so I think they deserve the title (hah)

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

fuck, so many 😭 but I have a long steddie fic (26k already written and it's about halfway done) that I regret not finishing, because it was the ultimate angst and character study and I just... yeah, it would've been great, but maybe I get into the mood when season 5 comes out (or it'll just make me wanna never touch the fandom ever again, who knows)

16. What are your writing strengths?

Not sure what counts as strength, but I love learning the speech patterns of the characters I'm writing for and I guess I've gotten kind of alright at it??

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Writing fluff is definitely something that doesn't come easy for me

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

Worth it if it makes sense in context and you can make sure that you translate correctly (or realistically incorrectly, if that's what you're going for). Overusing another language just to show that you can is not a good reading experience though, especially if you only put the translation in the end notes.

Also, making a character that rarely ever speaks that language speak it extensively without a good reason can take me out of the story real fucking quick... generally just use it when it makes sense and you can make sure that you're not butchering it.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

I think the first one I ever posted online was a RyoDa fic (jpop rpf, respectively) and the first fandom I posted for on ao3 was Stranger Things

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

Hmmmm. It kinda changes as I move along. I always felt like Hunger at last was pretty under-appreciated compared to my other witcher fics, but It might walk like a duck was something I wrote in about 2 days because it came to me so smoothly and I really enjoyed writing it... The Companion is a big favourite for me because I think it was a pretty unique idea to work with... also it's not even posted yet but the mudslide fic already has such a special place in my heart, plus it has my favourite confession scene I've ever written so...

idk I'm not a very decisive person lmao sorry

✨no pressure tagging: @forthewolves @eddiediaztho @daffi-990 @callaplums @ladydorian05 and anyone who wants to do it 💛