#isa: you want a divorce?

[h00nerz]

cruel summer teaser!

pairing: choi yeonjun x fem!reader

genre: summer romance/fling, childhood friends to strangers to lovers, non idol!au, fluff, angst

word count: estimated ~25k

warnings: depictions of divorce, infidelity, profanity, suggestive content, alcohol consumption, & more to come

featuring: yeonjun and beomgyu of txt, wooyoung of ateez, lia and chaeryeong of itzy, isa of stayc, sunghoon of enhypen, and lots of others im sure

summary: following a painful divorce from your father, your mother is desperate to escape from reality. it turns out, the best way to do that is to visit your childhood vacation spot you hadn’t been to in nearly a decade. you’re reunited with your old friend, choi yeonjun, who has grown from some annoying, scrawny kid into a handsome, charming man. when yeonjun sets his sights on you, it’s practically impossible to resist his charm. the only issue is summer can’t last forever, and neither can your romance.

“Prove it to me.” You said to him.

“Prove what?” 

“Prove to me that you’re not just some player, messing with me until you get bored and move onto the next girl.” The words tumbled out of your mouth, words you weren’t sure you were normally brave enough to say. But you did say them, and now your heart was racing, and you hoped you hadn’t said something wrong.

Yeonjun stared back at you, like a deer caught in headlights. “Is that what Jisu told you?” He asked, his voice coming out a bit quiet. 

You nodded, tightening the grip your arms held around your stomach. “She and Chaeryeong warned me, basically called you a whore…” Your voice trailed off, the last word basically a whisper. 

He said nothing for a minute, just continuing to stare back at you like you’d just dropped a huge bomb on him, then burst into laughter. “You date a few girls and suddenly you’re a whore… Sounds about right.” 

Now it was your turn to stare back at him, eyebrows furrowed as you waited for some kind of explanation. Finally, his eyes met your own confused ones, and his laughter dwindled. 

“Sorry. Look, I don’t know what Jisu told you, but it’s not true. I’m not some—some fuckboy that jumps from girl to girl.” He laughs nervously and runs a hand through his dark hair. 

“Then it shouldn’t be hard to prove it to me.” You replied, and once again, the air went quiet. 

Maybe you had been too bold. Maybe he really was just some player, looking to get a quick fix and move on, and you’d completely turned him off. It wouldn’t be the worst thing, if you had, since it would save you the hurt. On the other hand, the idea that he had set his sights on you when he first saw you at the bonfire just to hook up with you and drop you stung more than you liked to admit. 

The soft breeze that rolled in with the sea tousled its way through his hair, a few stray strands falling in front of the dark eyes that bored into your own. You thought he was just going to stand there forever, and never utter a single word to you, but then, to your surprise, there was movement. 

Before you had the chance to react, he was towering over you, and his fingers had hooked themselves under your chin to force you to look up at him. The moonlight reflecting off the back of his head caused him to look like he was glowing. 

“Y/N.” The drop in his tone sent goosebumps down your back. 

“Yeah?” You answered in the loudest voice you could conjure, which was barely a squeak. 

His eyes flickered between your own, like he was searching for something inside of them. “You’re not just some… Game to me. I want to get to know you. I want to take you on dates…” He leaned forward, so close you could feel his breath fan against the shell of your ear. “I want to kiss you.”

A shaky breath fell from your lips, and you were sure he could hear it. You wanted to kiss him, too. So badly that you wanted to cup the back of his neck and crash your mouth onto his right then and there. You upheld some restraint, though, keeping your arms pinned to your side. 

He pulled away from you, a sly smirk appearing on his lips that were very kissable, by the way. “Not now, though. If you give me your number, we’ll plan a date, and you can let me prove it to you, okay?”

It was like you were under some kind of spell, and the man glowing under the moonlight in front of you was some sort of sorcerer. You nodded dumbly. 

You caved in. You gave him your number. Then, he kissed your cheek, and bid you goodnight. Still in a daze, you watched as he disappeared into the night, leaving you alone in the sand with only the soft sounds of the waves rolling against the beach to keep you company. 

That was your first mistake.

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[cipherdragon]

yeah so i got some isat theories

take note i’m only on arc three + i don’t plan to spoil anything for myself SO DONT TELL ME IF IM RIGHT OR WRONG PLEASE <3

i did accidentally check the isat tag on both here and ao3 so i got possible spoilers which influence the headcanons but whatever

if none of this is right feel free to make this an au bahahha

anyway this went from theories to just me rambling lmao

i’m sorry

loop and the king are probably a part of siffrin

“refer to me with the royal we” loop uses they them and jokingly(?) says to use “we”

king literally has sifs hair bruhhhh

“do you remember?” all three are not from vaugarde

the island north of vaugarde people don’t remember its existence. sif cannot recall where he’s from. HMMM…

reoccurring books sif cannot read. refer to island north of vaungard theory

sif uses he they and this may be a stretch but king uses he/him and loop uses they/them so sif took the pronouns in the divorce (not a literal divorce)

so i’m guessing siffrin, once you basically wear the poor guy down from looping 100+ times because you’re trying to make everyone happy, just GIVES UP and goes “yeah let’s freeze my friends in time THATS GONNA MAKE THEM HAPPY FOREEEEVER :D” but he’s too far gone to realize “wait wait wait no no that’s WRONG” (get this man some therapy istg)

also i think sif is aroace or at LEAST just ace. “yeahh i don’t like the idea of doing things with people in that way” in regards of mira saying she doesn’t want to fuck people during her quest-to-learn-what-is-upsetting-the-poor-girl

mirabell is cisgender aromantic asexual. one of the younger ones. doesn’t really give off any exact age but def 20smthn. they all are except for dile and bonbon.

isabeau is gay transgender (he says he “changed” and he doesn’t use his old name. mood lol) (i swear changing is just hrt but better) - prolly mid 20s

odile just doesn’t care what she identifies as (at least this is what it feels like) but i’m pretty sure she’s cis. she’s deffo in her fourties. or late thirties. gonna get wacked in the face with her book for sure.

bonnie is nonbinary (i don’t got much for the kid) prob 11 or 12

siffrin. oh siffrin. he’s a guy, but he could be nonbinary. he’s def ace to me, but in the “haha i make funny sex jokes while ace” way. maybe he feels romantic feelings. maybe he doesn’t. he doesn’t have time to figure that out. it would be funny if sif was 18 but nah sif’s likely 21-23 (idk the legal age for the world of isat. i GUESS it’s 20? or 21) (sif is an adult, that much is obvious.)

loop? loop doesn’t care. they’re whatever you think they are. they’ll laugh if they think your guess is funny, but honestly they just don’t care. “loop is gay” “loop’s a lesbian” “loops a genderqueer asshole who siffrin REALLY wants to punch in the face” loop’s everything and nothing woooo magic star glitter everywhere (sorry) (loop has no age cuz they’re a star)

sif’s not attracted to isa. isa is attracted to sif. poor siffrin hates how he can’t reciprocate isa’s feelings. he’s worried he’ll upset isa by telling him he doesn’t see isabeau that way. he keeps looping over and over to try to get isa to say he loves sif, sif tries to get the courage to say it back, despite it not being true.

and odile slowly figures out sif’s secret about the loops each loop, but they loop back before she can bring it up to sif.

aight i think that’s everything. i got over 30 hours in this game on my switch and i think some of that is a weird glitch because surely i haven’t been playing that much??? i think it managed to keep adding numbers even when my switch was off. hmmmm.

[zxal]

do you have any characterization tips for skuld/subject x. asking for a friend

INHALES REALLY HARD. skuld is a leader. it makes perfect sense that she was chosen by ava. she keeps a level head and acts as a support for the others when things get dire. I get the impression that she plays things off as not a big deal even if it really bothers her, like when player first meets her and she tells them about how she used to be friends with ephemer but then he abandoned her and she's like "i used to be really upset about it but now i'm over it :)" girl (shaking her) you can be mad ITS OK. skuld cares a lot about doing things the "right way" ("they're rules. of course they're set in stone.") but also has a strong sense of right & wrong and sometimes that comes into conflict (doesn't want to agree to shift pride even though it's in the rules bc she doesn't like the idea of keyblade wielders fighting each other). she carries a lot of weight on her shoulders even before she becomes a union leader ("i can't just sit back and wait for the end to come") and feels responsible for the rest of the dandelions (telling elrena to go to the real world because the union leaders are the ones responsible for daybreak town's destruction). she keeps it together until it's the very end & she's literally lost all hope ("i'm glad i don't have to face the end alone") and even then she is still TRYING to keep it together. no one is allowed to see her fall apart. not even ephemer. especially not ephemer

meanwhile a lot of my interpretation of subject x is informed by the fact that it's been 10 years for her and she still doesnt remember anything and what must that be like - but she remembers the boys who used to visit her & even though we don't get to see much of subject x's perspective I think she has the potential to be just as obsessive and self-destructive about them as isa is about her. i think if subject x knew isa & lea were in danger there would be no survivors. but she doesn't so she's like "i wonder if they remember me :(" while isa is sacrificing himself over and over and over and over for her sake the whole time. subject x is skuld with the limiters removed. do you know what i mean. i've been trying to divorce my thoughts about subject x from my thoughts about skuld JUST IN CASE the worst case scenario (subject x not being skuld) comes true ... they will always be the same in my heart but i think it still really works to interpret them as two distinct characters, especially considering subject x still doesn't remember anything (& aren't we familiar with the question of are you the same person without your memories?) - you can have a really fun time playing with the idea of her having a fractured sense of self I think. ANYWAY. EXHALES. She's my girl she's everything to me she has so many problems she is never ever ever going to talk about

[jaimeski]

Jaime I need you to know your demigod pac piece has now borrowed a suplex in my mind oh my god

please give me more details about your interpretation of the headcanon i am on my knees (if you want to ofc)

my headcanon is just that pac’s mom is a goddess but his dad is a human they fell in love blah blah blah and they had pac normally there’s a very high chance of the offspring of a god and a human to be born with some godly features but pac does not have any of that that might be the first crack in the family time passed and love faded his parents only stayed together for the sake of pac but all things come to an end they could not bare it anymore so they decided to give him up for adoption pac was just a kid he didn’t know anything he didn’t even know why his parents divorced so he blamed himself maybe if he was a better son his parents would stay together after they went separate ways his mom built another family and this time was a success isa is born with godly features not sure if he knows the existence of isa but isa definitely knows pac’s

[princess-of-thebes-1995]

"Hey, kid!" A human security staff yelled at Val. "you can't be here!"

Quaritch looked up from the hologram computer screen to see his middle child, Val walk in.

"then why is he here?" Val pointed at Miles.

The Colonel smiled and waved the security guard off.

"what's up, Val?" Quaritch grinned.

"are you and Mummy getting a divorce?"

The entire staff quieted and looked at Quaritch. The Navi man was stunned. This shit was not what he was expecting. The question also made him mad on the inside.

He ordered everyone to leave the room only Miles stayed.

The colonel's mood soured dramatically. He was happy because of the make up sex last night with you and how you admitted your love for him. He felt invincible. Now, he felt like he was on fire.

Miles was smiling. "You two really are?"

Quaritch glared at Miles. "you want us to divorce?" He hissed. Miles sounded happy. Val and Isabella Maria seemed to love their father. Miles was stubborn. That hurt Quaritch's feelings to be honest. His first born hates him.

Quaritch turned to Val. "I would never dream of separating from your mother. I love her so damn much." He forced a smile.

Val looked confused. That made the Colonel confused right back. The fuck is going on?

Did the Colonel miss something? Where did this question come from?

"I heard you and mom arguing loud last night."

Quaritch raised a brow. You and him never argued. You one time raised your voice. When he yelled back. You submitted. Was that counted as an argument?

You didn't want your sons to train to kill. That was all.

"no we didnt." Quaritch remembered making love to you for the first time than fucking. He felt soft after you telling him you love him.

"I heard you screaming. You even punched the wall many times."

Quaritch then caught on... Oh, shit. He felt his cheeks hot.

If Val heard it then so did the other staff around his room with you.

"I heard it too. Scared the shit out of me." Miles nodded.

"no. No." The Colonel shook his head. "Those were happy screams..." He awkwardly explained.

Fuck. His kids were too young for the talk.

Quaritch always loses control when it came to you. Damn you. You made him careless. You and your beauty. And those sweet moans and your wet cunt.

Ain't this a bitch?

"they didn't sound happy." Val shook his head. "You even said the f word."

Did he? Quaritch's brows furrowed together in confusion. Everything happened so quick. He almost got his throat slit, you then sat on top of him with his knife, you said your love for him, he touched your long hair and then flipped you over to kiss and then shit went messy.

Next thing he knew. He was so fucking tired. That he went to sleep like he got knocked out in a boxing match.

"I don't recall saying that." Quaritch ran his fingers through Val's blonde hair.

"Oh my fucking God."

The Colonel chuckled and heard Miles laugh. Kids. Boys will be boys.

"here." He gave Val a key. "Give this to Jack so he can take you for a helicopter ride. Take Miles and Isa too."

"yes!" Val took the key without saying thank you. He and Miles ran out of the room.

The Colonel chuckled again and shook his head. He has to be careful from now on. In the old days, his room was far away from others.

And he has kids now.

He used his ear piece to call the staff back.

Then Quaritch went back to work.

He couldn't wait to tell you about his day when you call the family for dinner.

He wondered what will you cook today.

This is a one shot skit. Imagine this scene before Miles is away with Jake. And your twins are just born. And remember, Val looks like macauly kulkin. Hehe

[verynotsigmaofu]

My boy only breaks his favourite toys

Chapter 1

Dolores pov:

Having the one person you thought you'd end up with forever and love with every living thing in you slowly push you away is probably one of many ways that could slowly kill you

Mariano was a man that any girl would dream to have, for the past 5 years have been nothing but the absolute best with him, until recently.

Since he was getting contracts and deal left to right it had did nothing but brought lifelong wealth to us.

The little things he would do started going away, such as bringing me flowers during every photo shoots I had, dates on our days off which was every Saturday.

All of it stop, out of nowhere. As months went by he started to forget about them or just end up canceling them saying "I got this important call". It was like he was putting his work before me, before our marriage.

I thought it was eventually gonna stop and things will get back to normal, but they haven't. It's been 2 months already and I fell like I was starting to lose him. Did he get tired of me already? We only been married for almost a year. I been thinking about talking to him about all of this soon.

But for now I decided to have a little girls day with my cousin, Isabella to cheat my mind for a bit

Third person pov:

"DIVORCE BABES DIVORCE"

said Isabella as she took a shot of her drink.

"ISA?" Said dolores as she raised her brows at her.

"I can't just divorce him like that" she said

"Then talk to him about it Lolo, cause it's sounds like he putting his work and multiple contracts he getting like every minute, before you"

Said Isabella as she look at dolores seriously.

Dolores took in the words that her cousin had just said, really thinking about all of it as she bites in inside of her mouth.

"do you think he falling out of love with me?"

Ask dolores sounding serious

"What I think is that he pushing you away without realizing it, and by the time Mariano opens his eyes, and wakes up. He had already push you so far back”

Said Isabella

"I mean Lolo, that man couldn't kept his hands off you for even a second, he loves you too much to be pulling some stupid shit like that"

Said Isabella as she took a sip of wine

"so what do I do?”

Said dolores.

"try to be more open to him, ask him to go out and stuff like that”

Said isa

"But what if he doesn't do shit?"

Ask dolores as she takes a sip of her red wine

"Mariano may be really stupid sometimes but he not stupid when it comes to you"

Said Isabella as she took dolores hand for comfort.

"BUT if he still kepts acting cold to you, divorce him, you still young and hot so it be his loss anyways"

she said.

Dolores bite the inside of her mouth to cover her worries, isa quickly noticed her body language, so she decided to say something more comforting 

"But if it makes you feel better, I really don't want you guys to fall apart, he been the only guy to treats you and loves you the way you deserve too”

Said isabella.

Dolores gave her a soft smile as she took everything in.

Dolores pov:

Once I pulled up to the driveway I saw that Mariano car was already there which meant he was already home

I parked the car in front of the house then got out and headed my way inside, once I got inside I made my way over to the living to which I passed by Mariano room office and saw him there

“Your home early”

I said as I walked by but continue so I can put my coat down at the chair

“Wasn’t much to do today at the office”

He said as he walked out the room

He kissed my perfunctory on the lips as his familiar whiff of cologne brushed my sense making my heart squeeze

“How was the dinner?”

He asks

“It was just me and isa, didn’t do much just sat and talked”

I said

“Sounds nice”

He said as he had already made his way over to his phone as his email box went off

“Speaking of dinner don’t forget our trip this weekend, we have that night reservation in Paris”

“I won’t”

As he tapped his way on the screen

“Mariano” my voice firmed

“It’s important”

I had already dealt with dozens of missed dated, cancelled trips and more, but out one year wedding anniversary was one that I was begging for him not to missed

“I won’t amor, I promise”

He said looking at me

I look back at him, not wanting to stare for too long, the opened up the fridge

“are you hungry? I can heat something while we talk about our day?”

Both of us had a bad habit of forgetting to eat when we were to busy, usually we would go and get something together, but ever since he gotten too busy we stop.

“No I’ll just grab something later, I have some client things to take care of”

“But..” I said but then stopped as I swallow back my question

“Don’t wait up on me, this one sounds like a long one” he said as he put his phone back in his pocket

“Good night”

He said as his lips grazed my cheek on his way out

He was already gone before I could even reposed back.

*get it together*

I thought to myself. I took a deep breath, straighten my shoulders before I could even let a tear fall down my eyes.

(Mariano Istg if u don’t get ur shit together- anyways their chapter one, do you guys think he stupid enough to miss the trip or will he make it) 🤷🏽‍♀️



[midnightmah07]

the trio bc why not? plus, i know it’s not fully defined fauna x chenya but I wanted to add something about it

It was a rare thing to fights between Leona and Isabelle happened… Well, at least they wouldn’t happen in public like that, of course. After all they have a reputation to behold, but, it shouldn’t be an big problem the were only two people, Fauna and Adeline, who watched the bickering between the arranged fiancés, who mostly acts like divorced old couple, fighted over the… Uhm… What were they even fighting about?

“Shouldn’t we break this fight down? Oh… How I hate seeing them fight.” Fauna gave a sad frown, in Adeline’s side, who looked up tilting her head.

“Break the fight? What- Of course not! This is all a way for them to cover up their feelings. You’ll see.”

The fight only grows hotter and hotter, but Adeline refuses to help or let Fauna do anything, any movement of trying to approach them, Adeline would stop her, insisting they were having a sexual tension moment.

“This is why… This is why you are a selfish prince!” Isabelle steps forward, with red cheeks in anger like a red rose

“Don’t be such a princess! I didn’t wanted this marriage just like you.” Leona would never treat a woman like this, regardless, he had no intentions with that herbivore. He leans aggressively closer to Isabelle’s face who didn’t even bothered with that as she kept arguing with him.

“Adeline, please-“

“-Watch it Fauna.”

Fauna heads turns to see the closeness in both Isabelle and Leona’s face, as if ready to kiss. And she couldn’t help to noticed the gazes of Leona’s eyes from Isabelle’s eyes to her lips, that slowly parted, as they grew in silence. Fauna’s eyes winded understanding that Adeline could read them like a open book, and so she turns to Adeline, leaning down to ask her friend with a curious look.

“Will they kiss?”

But the question immediately broke the atmosphere as both royalty stepped back away from each other. Adeline sighs in deception with Leona leaving without a word, and Isabelle freezed in time, awhile her face was hotter than a summer day.

“Sorry.” Fauna closes her mouth apologizing, as she broke the climax.

“Don’t worry, they’ll eventually do it when we aren’t looking either way.” Adeline pats her taller’s friend back.

Isabelle eyes winded as she furrows her eyebrows. “WE ARE NOT GOING TO KISS!!”

“Maybe not after that, but you did leaned too close to him.” Fauna giggles.

Adeline chuckles as well, covering her mouth, with a sly smile. “I did told you they have sexual tension around them.” With a mischievous jokingly look, Adeline was capable of leaving her friend speechless.

“Don’t think I’ve forgotten you and Malleus.” Isabelle points to her friend, who immediately goes speechless.

Adeline stays quiet before pointing to Fauna. “Fauna has a crush on Che’nya.” Adeline runs away.

Isabelle eyes winded looking slowly up to Fauna who nervously chuckles, shrugging at the situation.

KSODHOEJSSOSHSOS THE TENSION CAN BE CUT WITH A KNIFE. THEY'RE SOOOOOO UGHHHHHHH *FALLS TO THE GROUND DRAMATICALLY*

This is so fun, it's a normal occurrence for Isa and the others everytime NRC and RSA have to stay in the same place😔💔

And Isa will 100% use the Malleus and Chenya card ALL THE TIME it's her only weapon against these two

[lanternlightss]

More ISAT & Old Mond Thoughts ™

Rhw and Isabeau. They’re both “defenders” in some way or another, the type of people to be in the frontlines. They would be able to balance eachother out- isabeau being outwardly friendly and extroverted yet oblivious to things with a low self-esteem, while rhw would come across as stern and coldhearted yet fairly observant, but he has a soft spot for people he genuinely trusts and cares about. While the king and deca are the type of people to say “i want to protect you” <- ends up making people’s lives far worse/evil with morally grey intentions, isa and rhw are “i want to protect you” <- genuinely wants to help others. Also. isabeau holding rhw’s claymore.

Mirabelle and Gunnhildr both being “blessed” by their respective “gods”, while being resistant to the most immediate danger (time freeze and the blizzards). Sadly I do not know much about gunnhildr or her ideals (hoyo please give us more gunnhildr lore please) however I can figure out a way to tie this into mirabelle’s “What if I don’t want to change and just stay how I am”. Mira giving gunnhildr a bow for her to put onto her ponytail. “Chosen one” type characters <- not the protagonists

Now here’s where things start falling apart a bit for my theories- bonnie and wispti are both A- short B- childish and C- more sidelines/support characters. Wispti sitting in bonnie’s hat. The two of them running around (is it still running if you’re flying?). Them constantly sneaking food into places. Wispti giving snacks to bonnie from places they should not legally be going into.

Which. brings me to my next point. For starters, I have neither gotten the twohats ending nor have i played the prologue (But I do plan to do both!! eventually!!) but I have been repeatedly spoiled. So. Loop and (venti? barbatos?). First of all how are wind wisps in the AU both things that just so happen to exist along with technically being two separate companions. Second. Loop and venti being heavily associated with time. Venti either being made entirely of wind or wearing something resembling his archon statue cloak, his skin being the same dark void featured on his wind wisp form. Then again he would look more humanoid from the neck up than loop does. Ven and loop both being the “guardians” of their respective “protagonists,” along with “being them” in some way, however I don’t actually know much of the context behind the relationship loop and siffrin have with eachother so I can’t say much further.

Odile and Amos bonding over being the oldest member of their party (Amos only being a few years or so older than rhw however. if you take the immortal amos theory into consideration.) They need a coffee and a break. Cannot deal with this. Perceptive over others. Amos constantly complaining about The Divorce to odile. They both have a diamond motif on their clothes. They take care of the other party members (mentor of sorts)

Unfortunately I don’t know what to do with the Head Housemaiden. Only thing I can think of is Istaroth being her counterpart but istaroth is the time god herself while euphrasie is only a representative (I could be wrong about this since the wiki doesn’t say much about her yet)

This took way too long to write. I am so normal

ohhh my goodnesss isabeau and rhw together …. that is SUCH a fun dynamic to think about real holy ??? especially with the way isabeau was The Only defender who actually went out of their way to help when asked (iirc), rhw would respect him so much for that (and this is leaning into hc territory—but if rhw was the same way too, another thing to bond over ….) and i see you raising isa wielding rhw’s claymore and cheering as loud as possible over the idea of him holding a weapon nearly as tall as he is and doing it powerfully and gracefully but i also raise you. rhw using isabeau’s gloves. rhw catalyst—except he punches the lights out of you, all physical, no elemental. also the image of him with those sparkling gems of gloves is so .

ALSO YEAH YEAH THEM AND BEING “CHOSEN….” gunnhildr leading her clan, trying her best for everyone to be happy…. mirabelle not wanting to let anyone down for being a “fraud” …. so you ?? yeah, same here. gunnhildr with a bow would be so so so so cute too. feeling buddies …. 2 !!! the weight of the world won’t feel as heavy if we lift it together !!!!

and oh god the influence wispti will have on bonnie. bard and co have already swayed that wisp plenty and now they get to be the ones doing the swaying. oh god. god you’re so real. wispti voice i will teach you everything you need to know (<- about to make bonnie have the most saddest puppy eyes in existence of this world, the effects of this will be catastrophic.)

(also oh ? one day !!) But i am nodding along. so much. when in doubt timeline shenanigans come in clutch /lh but . maybee . hmmm . since timeloops Are possible in the genshin verse, i wonder if there are other ways to make one. more specifically, the leyylinesss ……..?? maybe that can be mashed together with stars and time’s “timeloops ghosts” ? glitchy venti. Spitballing. but. I Am Looking. that sounds SO COOL. (i am also :3’ing.)

amos and odile sounds like such a power duo. voice of reason (majority time.) and amos talking about the divorce too 😭😭 oh my goodness odile would be constantly using her squinting, confused sprite. odile would be ruthless in her observations of deca. she has a section of notes on him specifically that started off “things thatd come in handy” to “what was this guys deal” (also there’s an immortal amos theory ??????????)

and the head housemaiden yeah ……. hm . hm . there Are shrine maiden’s in genshin ,,,, but. hm . hmmmmmmm . i half wonder if maybe this would be more The Universe’s territory ? maybe a room dedicated solely to time itself. hm . but i am pointing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[aechaz]

AB / BG / CP / PP.

hi everyone! this is isa (23, she/her) coming to u live with park aecha, a soloist under culture creative. direct links above will bring u to her pages, but i'll do my best to breakdown her background below. i have discord available upon req, but i can plot thru tumblr as well!

somewhat of a standard, subpar childhood tbh. born out of an affair btwn her mother and her father's (?) best friend in l.a. and it's something that sticks with her constantly: a reminder that she really wasn't supposed to happen. her father draws back significantly after, who ends up divorcing her mother afterwards because it's. a lot!!! she moves on quickly, hopping between boyfriends and husbands and affairs in between.

aecha's raised a lot by her aunts and an uncle, who try to minimize the effects of instability to no avail. if she's here, she knows she will end up there in a matter of weeks. aecha gets used to change really fast - she doesn't like it; but she gets used to it. it's easier to get used to it as opposed to fight it and resist it.

ends up officially moving in with her fifth stepfather; moving in with the dude on his tangerine farm in jeju. it's the closest thing to stability aecha has ever known honestly, and her favorite memories are there. her mom ends up moving and disappearing out of her life not too long after, whisking away to another country with another potential husband. unbeknownst to aecha, her mother finally settled down with this one and had children too.

ends up joining a singing club at school purely on a dare (pls don't tell her she can't do something because she will purely in spite of it) and ends up liking it, alot! becomes close with the teacher running the club and eventually is scouted by culture creative staff, who was a former alumni and friend of said teacher.

the rest, as they say, is history!

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aecha is considerably known for her ice princess demeanor. very stoic, sharp, in general icy persona. (think irene, krystal, etc) at the start of her career, she became pretty obsessed with what ppl thought of her and tried super hard to curate her music style to hit that appeal (#mommyissues), which is why her first album sounds so different from everything released afterwards.

learned to stop overexplaining and forcing other people to know her, so she gave up, which is why the bitchy persona stuck. she also stopped trying to justify herself to others and well, that's what the public was left with. the type to let others run and believe what they want - wont go out of her way to correct it. is very much this emoji 😐 on the outside

inwards however!!!! aecha is soft like butter. it's rare to see honestly, she really keeps to herself as much since she's a public figure and yadda yadda, but she's so soft hearted it's a little sad. sometimes her eyes can give away what her face will not, and you can see her almost beg with them. she loves deeply and strongly, and values platonic friendship over romantic or familial ones. she's very supportive of her friends and goes out of her way (sending flowers, cafe carts, reposting on her socials, etc) to make sure its known.

shes a woman of a handful of words, her expressions almost always give her away, but she's slowly evolving into becoming much less logical focused and blending in her deep emotions in as well to her craft and herself. definitely multilayered, a chameleon, and always questioning her existence.

all her social media handles are: @aechacha.

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currently: aecha is working in the background to release an ep at some point soon, but it's coming around slowly. she hasn't had the most inspiration or motivation so it's a long awaited piece. she's been more focused on her modelling aspects and a few talk show / radio appearances. she also wants to focus more on producing and songwriting - definitely working behind the scenes as of late.

she'd like to dive into acting at some point - but is just starting to take acting lessons. when she's not doing work stuff, she has biweekly pilates and pottery lessons she takes. likes to dip her fingers into a little bit of everything.

a big homebody, she likes to hang out with her cat (chickpea, the very definition of an Orange Cat) and tend to her plants. work on random song pieces - some that may never be completed, or cafe hop with friends.

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i have a few plots listed above, but i'm big on brainstorming and going back and forth / seeing what works best with our muses. if none of mine or yours work, let's see what we can come up with together!

[slocumjoe]

sole stuff purely for myself, Augustijn and his relationship + thoughts on the Queer Community (the companions)

Cait; Having struggled with addiction himself, not only does he understand her better than the others, but he's actually equipped to properly help her beyond just sticking her in the chair and calling it a day. They hold each other accountable, make sure they're both staying clean and not falling into old or new bad habits. Cait vents to him a lot, and finds that when she's vulnerable, his flowery and sentimental nature is comforting rather than annoying. Gus looks up to her as well, respecting how she was able to take herself back at such a young age. He admires her will and dedication to doing and having better for herself, mostly out of spite. She's comfortable talking about things and taking influence from him because he's done a lot of what she's done, and sometimes worse, and knows that his guidance is from experience and not out of his ass.

Curie; She reminds him strongly of his ex-wife, Lottie. The key difference is that Curie is driven by her head as much as her heart, where Lottie was all heart. Curie gets stressed out by Augustijn and his habits, his history. There are some things a doctor can't help but want to fix. There some things you cannot fix. Augustijn sees her efforts for what they are, but he tends to indulge her too much. He lets her think her methods or medicines or whatnot are working to appease her, only for her to become disappointed when she realizes he's only humoring her. Their relationship is rocky for a while. After a while, Augustijn takes the time to explain to her why he's done the things he's done, how he ended up this way. He's an insight into the darker parts of humanity. He wants her to go into the world knowing its shadows, but knowing she is bright enough to brave them. Curie comes to understand this. She isn't sure she appreciates it.

Codsworth; Codsworth hated him for the longest time. Wanted him dead. Longtime followers will remember Isadora—she was Codsworth's owner, not Gus. So, when Gus got divorced and kicked out, he stayed with Isa, and Codsworth got to hear all the tea about Augustijn and his marriage and his very, very shitty life philosophies. Codsworth hated him. Found him pathetic and repulsive. The rivalry remains 200 years later. And even if Augustijn changes and comes to realize all his actual flaws, and how to fix them, Codsworth can't forgive him for some things. The tension mellows, but the robot doesn't forget, and holds Augustijn accountable with a sharpness rarely seen. As for Augustijn, thinks they're good pals. Gus doesn't realize how sarcastic Isadora allowed Codsworth's programming to be. Genuinely doesn't realize Codsy hates his guts.

Danse; Augustijn joins the BoS just to appease the hot guy he found stomping on ferals. They meet at a point where Augustijn is still relatively spineless, lacking his own values, just parroting whoever he admires without understanding their goals and motivations. Danse doesn't see that part. He gets distracted by the poetic, sentimental, painfully earnest man who looks at him in a way he's never been looked at before. Danse is seen by Gus, and by seeing each other, they blind each other. Danse doesn't see Gus's flightiness, his victim complex, his holier-than-thou desire to be a martyr and avoid addressing his mistakes directly. He sees soft blue eyes that wrinkle in the corners when he talks. Augustijn doesn't see Danse's judgement or his pigheadedness or pretension. He doesn't see how unforgiving and cruel he can be. Gus sees a soft man trying to be strong because his strength is needed. It's after Listening Post Bravo they truly start looking at the other. It's then they start fighting, where Augustijn begins to challenge Danse on everything he had previously agreed to without hesitation. It's where Danse brings up Augustijn's actions, his inactions, and dares him to explain what the hell he was thinking, if he was thinking for himself or about himself. They look at the other and scream, do better, I know you can, I know you are better.

Deacon; They get along too well, but only because we all know what they say about misery. They're both chameleons, for very different reasons. Deacon would never sacrifice his morals for a role—Gus has, and continues to do so. But neither take life too seriously, always looking for the fun, for ways to make it better even if only by an inch. Deacon knows regret when he sees it. He understands, but privately, he doesn't respect Gus, not for a while. Augustijn takes his lies in such easy stride with no concern, its like he doesn't care who Deacon actually is. You could call it open-minded. You could call it kind, freeing. Deacon calls it noncommittal. Augustijn doesn't push back against him for anything, at the beginning, and it drives him crazy. Augustijn allows it because he knows the pressure of being trapped in a known truth. He knows needing that out, needing the back door of excuses and lies and explanations. He thinks he's being kind. Once he understands his own enablement, he calls Deac on a bluff, a lie, something. Because Deacon deserves the respect of being truly known, he realizes. He deserves the respect of being expected better of.

Gage; Augustijn pities him. He sees an old fighting dog who never got out. He sees what he could have been if he never took responsibility for the bad shit in his life that was his fault. They keep their distance from each other, but even if there's tension, there's also respect. Gage, for his part, knows a powerful, useful leader when he sees it. And the Minutemen didn't to where they got on their own. It's Gus's increasing willingness to self-actualize and get over his own bullshit that has Gage less irritated with him. He's still a soft piece of shit, but he finds his own voice. Augustijn never stops trying to find a soft spot in Gage—he knows it's in there, and refuses that the old bitch is incapable of change. It annoys the hell out of Gage and more than once they ended up taking the argument to the ground. Even so, Gage sticks with him for the money in it, which comes easier than it did raiding. He'd sooner shoot himself than admit it.

Hancock; yet again, Gus sees a younger version of himself in Hancock, which is odd, as they're close in age. Gus tries to keep space from him due to his chem use—Hancock cuts down and uses only away from him out of respect. They talk often about politics and philosophy, but it always circles back to hating rich people. Hancock gives Gus shit, because he is one of those rich people. He's a nepotism baby, after all. Hancock says the things Gus wants to say, he just adds more colorful language to it. Augustijn respects him for his determination, but worries that Hancock does things for the sake it, sometimes. There's righteousness, and there's wanting to be able to say you are righteous. Augustijn is very familiar with that thin line. There's no doubt Hancock is himself and no one else, but anger is a fickle, unreliable motivator.

Nick; reminds Gus of his father—reserved, logical, sharp, but never hesitant to do the right thing. He respects as much as he fears Nick. He suspects that Nick can see through him like glass, and knows every little blemish on his soul the same way his father did. Gus wants to make him proud, but Nick just wants the guy to find himself first. He never learned to be his own person, he's not gonna do well trying to be everyone's favorite. Augustijn doesn't understand Nick's particular plight of identity, as he only knows Nick the Synth and sees no need to dwell on where Nick the Synth came from. He doesn't understand wanting to be your own person. He doesn't understand not wanting to be a shadow of someone good.

MacCready; MacCready reminds him of a friend during his service. That boy died throwing himself on a grenade. Gus doesn't think MacCready would ever do that, but he's glad for it. He tries so hard to find something for Bobby — tries to be a brother, a father, tries to set him up on dates, tries to help him find faith — in this manner, he is to MacCready what Curie is to him. Only, Mac doesn't humor it. Gus just thinks he's so young, with so much responsibility, he can't do it alone. While he's of good intentions, MacCready has almost perfected his one-man war against the world. He doesn't need help, he needs company. He just needs a friend, not a savior. He doesn't hold it against Gus, but sometimes suspects the man does good deeds just so he can say he's a good person. He's not too far off. Either way, they enjoy their sniper duels and competitions.

Piper; Augustijn, deep down, is frustrated with her, but he expresses it disingenuously. He finds her a bad reporter, thinks her a busy body with a complex rather than a good faith woman of the people. In truth, he was the same when he was younger, so he tries steering her in the right direction. Or, what he thinks is the right direction. They butt heads every conversation, but there's mutual respect and trust even if Piper thinks Gus lacks backbone, and he thinks she lacks subtlety. Very frenemies. She's the one who immediately and loudly calls him on his shit right from the get go. As time passes, he appreciates it. Kind of a little sister, or a niece + bad influence uncle thing.

Preston; is held up as the pinnacle of human kindness and goodness. It's a dehumanizing thing, though. Preston is not a hurt young man, he is Augustijn's faithful and loyal Colonel who will always guide him to redemption. He is not capable of mistakes, or cruelty, or anything imperfect. He's Preston Garvey. The Commonwealth Minuteman to whom all Minutemen are held up to. Preston doesn't hate it, but it leads to their friendship and brotherhood being built on falsehoods. Augustijn doesn't see people; he sees Good People and Bad People. Their humanity is forgotten, with this perspective. Preston suffers for the longest time under this pedestal and the expectations until the Second Massacre, where Augustijn realizes that he's been hurting his friend, and sees what it was costing. He's able to repair the relationship, but sometimes takes Preston's newfound assertiveness as a consequence of his blindness, rather than something he helped Preston develop.

X6-88; Augustijn's view on synths is shaken by X6. He viewed them as just lab grown people, but X6 is so very not human that he can't make that claim with a straight face. X6 maintains that he isn't human, so shouldn't be claimed at such. How do you justify something's individuality as a human, if it doesn't want to be human? Augustijn believes in souls. What is a soul? How do you tell if something has one? X6 claims he doesn't, that he lacks the spark of humanity. But Augustijn watches his little quirks that other synths lack, and wonders if a soul is decided not by God, but by if you choose to find it in any thing. Synths may not be human. They may not be alive. But who has the right to decide if something is deserving of cruelty, regardless? X6 listens to him prattle on and thinks he's a lunatic. Gus sees his first love in X6—a boy in church who was once so bright. X6 is like the After of that boy. Gus wishes he knew what X6 was like Before, or what he could be if he let himself be it.

[the-heaminator]

22 for the Isa prompt- canukr with Alfred interrupting them? 🤭

A kiss that is leading to more, but is interrupted by a third party

Alfred bro let your brother vibe pls, just bc you cant get laid easily due to your bf being more repressed than thou dont mean you have to interrupt him. Quite short but I think I got the point across

The party was like how all parties between them went, many were drunk, and a good proportion was high, where these illicit substances had come from could be a few culprits, all of which were in either a different dimension or a different room to ah, protect their privacy if you would, not that most of them would mind doing it out in the open, more to save the eyes of anyone not blacked out enough to forget it.

There was a lot of food, a lot of terribly off-key singing, and sloppy dancing ranging from misstepped waltzes to what really just looked like slow dancing as they hugged (this was with Spain and Austria by the way should you wish to question it) and whatever the fuck the Kirkland brothers were doing before them and a few others were told to get a room or multiple rooms, looked a bit like a foxtrot though it could've conceivably been anything at this point.

Anyways, Matthew was a lil tipsy, and that was not an overstatement, he had managed to successfully pace himself so right about now he was unlikely to do much stupid, Katya, Yekaterina his beautiful girlfriend, was currently doing shots, and she was doing it well, she had managed to drink Jack under the table, not all that difficult to be fair, but she could still easily co-ordinate herself, and so she went onto Czechia, this would be far far harder, in his experience old-timey Europeans had absurdly high alcohol tolerance, which only got higher as you entered the east, but she managed to win too, all in a good game, they were both incredibly tipsy, and Czchia forfeited only at the concerned and vaguely motherly prodding of Slovakia who really did not want to carry his ex-wife home with her face in a bucket again, they had a wobbly arm wrestle to finish, which understandably Ukraine won, though Czechia put up far more of a fight than anyone else usually does, she got beat, but god naturedly, and wobled off leaning heavily on Slovakia, not like she would say that but like, everyone knew despite being legally divorced they were still very much a couple.

Katya was drunk, she could still stand of course, but was certainly a lot less stable than she normally was, and ended up leaning on Matthew for quite a whole, before he was eventually coaxed into the kitchen for some water, to hydrate her and help her sober up, not really an option anymore but I appreciate the attempt Matthew, when tipsy he was a tad less repressed, as all his family was.

Well Katya was certainly feeling loving right now, and as the two were alone in the kitchen she had an idea, or more so she had the idea for a rather long time beforehand, just now was the perfect time to execute it.

It may not look it to first glance but Katya was strong, quite strong, and strong enough to pin Matthew to one of the cabinets quite resolutely, he squeaked like a dog toy before he was silenced by a kiss planted firmly on his lips, a rather interesting sound came from the both of them, and since Matthew was leaning back now, and Katya was pretty tall meaning that she barely had to stretch either, ok that was a lie, Matthew was a bit too tall for that, but it certainly wasn't as much as usual, and she was wearing heels, well she was, where they went was a bit of a mystery, they'd turn up in the morning, but right now all Matthew's and indeed Katya's brain was fixated upon was each other, she had started to glide her hands over Matthew's soft body, he had his long fingers on her shoulders as she squished into him more, they were both in heaven, an alcohol gazed heaven but one nonetheless.

That being said they werent far gone enough yet to not hear the door open, Alfred went to go check on them, they'd been in there a while, and Zee had come along, to get bread for Jack who was getting incredibly close to the type of drunk that gets him stuck up a tree mostly naked with a goat a snake and half a potato (raw), bread usually helped sober him up just a bit, the door opened and their modesty compromised, Alfred gasped like a religious aunt finding one of the nephews seeing meat before marriage, Zee wolf whistled, she was also a little tipsy and I mean everyone knew that Matt was a hoe, this shouldn't have been a big deal, Alfred was just being weird about it.

Katya close enough to snarled and grabbed Matthew hard and glared at the two in the doorway, Alfred hightailed ot outta there while Zee, who did know how to deal with drunk old-worlders pretty well, raised both her hands, where she could see them, got the bread, and left, Matthew's face was absolutely covered in smooch marks and he looked absolutely flustered that what he could consider an adoptive sister was seeing him, ah, getting it down, and worse being that she was incredibly chill about it, left with her bread, and told them to get a room, before leaving and closing the door like nothing had happened.

Ahem, lets just say that it escalated quite a bit, no one else interrupted them, and Matthew came out of that kitchen a different man than he went in, they did indeed get a room after they were done, but to do nothing else but sleep, cuddled up to each other, that counter had to be cleaned thoroughly numerous times by Alfred before he ever put food on it again, that image would not leave his mind. As for Zee's endeavours, Jack still got stuck up a tree with a goat but he was mostly clothed and neither the snake nor half the potato was up there, so a bit of an improvement if anything.

[ddagent]

Instead of a number can I specifically request headcanons for the VP/President AU and the John as mayor of the town AU 👀

AU: President/Vice President (41-42)

President Sheridan and Vice-President Mir hate each other. Everyone knows this. It was well-publicised, in the run-up to the ISA election, that former war hero Sheridan had only taken on board a Minbari running mate to appease the Federation voters. Mir's voting record was scrutinised for months. But they won.

Both the President and VP's staff know to keep them away from each other. At photo ops, they stand respectfully beside each other - but not touching. In the press, they are always courteous - but their smiles are thin. At the ISA headquarters, both Chief of Staff Ivanova and Rider know that a meeting in either of their respective offices will involve things being thrown.

What no one knows, of course, is that John and Delenn have been secretly dating for months. While their relationship may have begun antagonistically, weeks on the road on the election trail led to many a romantic dinner and stolen kiss. They enjoy their secret relationship. It means the VP can sneak into the President's bedroom and he, hers, with little scrutiny.

AU: Mayor John

John's family has lived in Babylon all his life. They had a home when David Sheridan was a diplomat; his parents retired here, his sister lives here. As such, you can't swing a cat around Babylon without hitting a Sheridan. Which means John can't really escape his sister's attempts at match-making.

He's heading over for a family dinner, tired of a day of his citizens arguing with each other. Lon Mollari, owner of The Dark Star, spent two hours in his office arguing over permits. John just wants a nice family dinner. Unfortunately, Lizzie has brought over her friend Anna, a divorced history teacher, who is smitten with Babylon's mayor.

So, John is still at his office, trying to do as much paperwork as possible before going to the Sherdan farm. His Chief of Staff, Susan, explains that the owner of the new store on Zocalo Ave, Mir Books and Antiquities, would like to meet him. John has heard all about the new Minbari resident in Babylon. He had not, however, heard how beautiful she was.

John is late to dinner.

Let's play the headcanon game...

[saralayne]

Saving Me 🩵💜

When Isabel comes back and questions Tim’s relationship with Lucy. Tim is very quick to defend his girlfriend and the life he’s living now.

Tim was shocked to say the least when he received a voice mail from the last person he ever expected to hear from again…His ex wife Isabel. She was coming back to LA for a few days and requested to see him. Tim didn’t see a problem meeting with her. He was curious, truth be told to see how she was doing. Any residual feelings he had for his ex had long since disappeared and that was because of one woman. Lucy. He had found his happy place with her. Feeling safe, supported and loved. Lucy was everything he had longed for. She had saved him and pulled him out of the darkness. His bright light. They had been together for 6 months and he had never been happier. They hadn’t exchanged those magic words but he knew without a doubt. He was in love with Lucy Chen. Tim, of course talked to his girlfriend before calling Isabel back. Lucy was supportive. She knew if anything, this would be closure for Tim. It was a little weird. Lucy felt very secure in their relationship. She had never felt more secure and safe in any relationship.

Tim wanted to meet Isabel at Lucy’s apartment. There was no secrets between them. He spent most nights there and wanted Lucy to see she is his person and Isabel is his past. There was slightly awkward opening conversations as Isabel came in. After, Lucy felt Tim should have some time with Isabel. She didn’t want to be a factor in them feeling they couldn’t talk about anything that was on either of their minds. She politely excused herself, telling Tim she was going to go for lunch with Tamara. Tim walked her to the door and giving her a soft kiss goodbye.

As he made his way back to the couch where Isabel was nervously sitting.

“So you and Lucy?”

“Gotta say. I never thought I would see the day where you would fall for your rookie”

“Well, she’s not my rookie anymore. I’m not in her chain of command”

“That worked out well”

Tim feeling a tinge of anger. Knowing his ex wife. Feeling there was some judgement.

“Actually, Isabel. I was in her chain of command. I made the sacrifice to move to Metro. That’s not true, Lucy worked some magic and was able to manuever positions, where a open spot came up. She did all of that for me. So we could be together. Even still, I would of stayed as Court Liason if it meant we could be together. I without any hesitation would of made that sacrifice. Im so glad I was able to move into Metro though. It’s been a wonderful change and has allowed me to have everything I could of ever wanted”

“Tim. I get that. But all these sacrifices seem pointless. Im sorry but I don’t see this relationship with Lucy lasting long term. She’s very young. Im sure it’s fun for you. Not someone I see making you truly happy”

“Isabel, are you serious right now? I haven’t even talked to you since we got divorced. How can you sit there and judge our relationship?”

“Why did you want to see me?”

“I just wanted some closure. Im doing very well in recovery. I know I deeply hurt you and I wanted to make amends and tell you just how sorry I am for our marriage ending all because of my addiction and actions”

“Isabel. I appreciate that. I really do. Im so happy for you and glad to see you are doing so well. I won’t deny how much losing you hurt me. It put me in a dark place. I felt I lost everything. I had no trust in anything. I was just existing. Becoming a man I didn’t like. So, I’m gonna tell you one thing and please hear me loud and clear. I never pulled myself out of that darkness. Lucy did. She literally saved me. The only reason I am this happy man today is ALL because of her. She has become my safe place. I am and have been so in love with her for a long time now. Lucy is my forever. Yes, she’s younger than me. That doesn’t matter. Im sorry if this stings but she is the best thing that has ever happened to me. She is without a doubt, the love of my life.”

Isabel was left reeling from Tim’s confession.

“Tim, I’m sorry. I never meant to make you angry with me. I can see now, the truth in your eyes that you really do love her. I just want you to be happy”

“I am. Never been happier”

Isabel left a short while later. Tim giving her a small hug and wishing her the very best. He was left feeling good seeing her and knowing she was doing well. Tim would always care about her well being. Tim couldn’t help but smile from ear to ear thinking of his confession about his feelings for Lucy to Isabel. As the words came spilling from his mouth, there was no hesitation. Speaking directly from his heart.

As Tim sat down to watch the Dodgers game. Minutes later, front door opened where his beautiful girlfriend appeared. Even the Dodgers game couldn’t distract him from her. His shining light.

“Hey babe. How was lunch with T?”

“It was good!”

“More importantly, how was your talk with Isabel?”

“You know it ended up being Ok. It was good to see her doing so well. It also, gave me that closure and knowing that she is a part of my past. Looking at my life back then and now. I have never been happier than I am now and that’s ALL because of you baby. You, Lucy Chen are the love of my life, my soulmate and I am…crazy in love with you. You and me for eternity. I love you”

“Well that was a good talk wasn’t it?”

Both laughing at Lucy’s remarks.

“For the record. I am crazy in love with you too, Bradford. And will be forever”

“Alright, Chen. Let’s spend the rest of the day cuddled on that couch watching whatever ridiculous reality show you and T are into now”

“The Dodgers are on”

“Yeah well, even the Dodgers can’t compete with you, my love”

“Bradford, you are gonna get so lucky later”😉

“Oh am I?”

“Yes, you are”

Lucy and Tim spent the rest of the day snuggling one another. Not a care in the world. The future looked so bright for them.

[alvaro-s]

When insecurities come

If there's one thing couples fear is falling into a rut or having insecurities about the relationship, and while it's often not all bad, it can get a little exhausting when you don't have anyone with you.

This is what Mirabel was facing after hearing how one of the women in town talked about how her husband complained that he was tired of eating carrots every other day and she even mentioned how she was also starting to get tired of him taking her shopping every weekend to the market and after that taking her to the restaurant a few meters from their house. and how she thought that maybe the best thing to do was to divorce him after all they had been together for 10 years and even though they didn't have children yet she preferred not to with the arguments that were escalating and even mentioned how sometimes it seemed like she didn't know him at all.

Mirabel was never a person who was interested in gossip, but she had to admit that hearing this had worried her, not because of the possible breakup of that woman, but because of her own relationship with her current girlfriend and older sister Isabela, Mirabel knew that she could not compare the ten years with the six months they had been dating, but she could not help thinking that no matter how long they had been dating the fact is that they had been together all their lives and because of that they knew each other very well.

Mirabel knew much of Isabela's life as well as Isabela knew of hers, which produced another conflict in Mirabel's mind and that was the lack of surprises, not that Mirabel couldn't use her knowledge to surprise Isabela with some gift or some food she likes, but she was aware that there wasn't much she didn't know about Isabela, they had been estranged for some time but even then Mirabel always watched her, she could never take her eyes off the person who meant the world to her.

Mirabel left for Casita with her mind in a haze of thoughts and found Luisa carrying some barrels.

-Hello sister- Mirabel gave a crooked smile.

-Hello Luisa- Luisa noticed that something was not right so she did what she does best and leaving the barrels aside she carried Mirabel on her shoulder.

-All right sis, I'm all ears, tell me what's going on," Mirabel smiled.

-It's kind of silly..." Mirabel sighed.

-I don't think it's silly if you care about it," Mirabel smiled.

-Luisa, do you think my relationship with Isa can survive? - Luisa raised an eyebrow.

- What are you talking about? - Mirabel sighed.

-It's just that... our relationship is not something... common" Luisa put Mirabel down and sat on one of the barrels.

-Tell me what's going on Mira- Mirabel took a deep breath.

-Well, I heard a woman talking about how her husband's complaints about the food bothered her and then she started to complain about how she was tired of her weekend walk routine and that they had been walking for ten years..." Mirabel started to walk without noticing how Luisa only nodded and next to her came Dolores and Mariano who were staring at her.

- Should we say something? - Mariano looked doubtfully.

-Let her unburden herself and just listen," Dolores next to him smiled.

And I'm not saying that knowing each other all our lives is bad, but what if Isabela gets bored because I can't surprise her, I mean it's not that I lack creativity and we always have fun on our dates but what will happen in ten years?, will I still be the person Isabela wants by her side?, not to mention our age difference which is something big and- Without noticing it the three observers were joined by Camilo and Antonio who brought Arepas and Casita put chairs for them to watch how Mirabel kept pacing back and forth without looking at anyone.

- How long has she been like this? - Camilo whispered.

-A few minutes- Luisa whispered.

-No one said that taking your relationship from sisters to girlfriends would be easy, of course there would be difficult times, I mean not only can't I say that Isabela and I are dating, which makes every time she gets close to a guy she burns with jealousy which I know is mutual because she also gets upset when someone tries to get close to me which is so cute, but that's not the point, but how am I supposed to avoid a future crisis in my relationship without looking like a total paranoid, I know I love Isabela and that's the only thing I am certain of, so tell me Luisa.... am I overreacting? - Mirabel turned to see that she had an audience besides Luisa and they all looked at her with different expressions and Mirabel wanted the earth to swallow her up right there.

-I don't think you should worry so much, Mira- Dolores was the first to speak.

-Yes, look I don't understand the whole love conflict or half of what you said, but I don't think someone would be able to get bored being by your side cousin- Camilo smiled while he ate his arepa.

-Mirabel since Isabela and I separated both me and her are happier and I know it because every time they talk about you her eyes shine and she acts a little awkward, something that never happened when she was with me, whenever she smiled it was strange and her body seemed to be always tense, with you... well she could be herself- Mirabel smiled.

-I like it when they are with me and together, it's more fun, Isabela plays more with me now-  Antonio gave a big smile.

-Sis, I'm not saying that your insecurities are bad, I mean even we were slaves of routine, I know what it can cause, but I don't think that will be a problem for you and even if you were to fall into one I don't think you would separate because of it, you would make it bearable in your own way- Dolores nodded in agreement with Luisa's affirmation.

-Exactly, Mirabel, every couple is a world and no relationship is the same as any other and you can always count on us to give Isabela a reprimand if she starts being a jerk- Mirabel smiled.

-Thank you, you are the best family I could have- Mirabel joins her cousins and sister in a group hug.

-We love you Mira, and so does Isabela, we care about you and that's why it's worth swallowing the romantic dramas- Mirabel pouted.

-Dolores- Camilo laughed.

-It looks like we managed to avoid the crisis.

- Crisis? What are you talking about? - An extra voice joined in, causing everyone to separate and look at the newcomer.

- Isa...- Mirabel smiled as soon as she saw her.

-And we lost her- Camilo laughed at his cousin's face, but Dolores elbowed him.

- Can you explain to me what's going on?- Isabela approached the group confused.

-Well it is better if Mirabel explains to you after all it is because of her that we are here so she is all yours- Luisa "Gently" pushed Mirabel who fell into Isabela's arms making them both blush.

-Well we'll see you later- They all left leaving the couple alone.

-So... What happened?- Mirabel sighed and decided to tell him.

(20 min later)

-And that's what happened- Isabela sat on a chair that Casita had brought for her.

-I understand, the truth is that I was also worried at some point, I talked about it with Mom, with Aunt Pepa, with Grandma, I even talked about it with Uncle Bruno... I was a little desperate, and do you know what they told me? - Mirabel denied.

-They said it in their words clearly, but, they told me that relationships take time and effort, it won't always be pretty but the relationship is two people, it's not just me and it's not just you, we are two and of course we will always have doubts and even more we who are sisters, but that is a factor that should make our relationship stronger and honestly I doubt that I will get bored, since you were born I have had a whole odyssey of life Mira- Mirabel smiled.

-Well, we still have a long way to go... and I would be happy to do it by your side- Mirabel extended her hand.

-It would be a pleasure to accompany you- Isabela took her hand and with her free hand she lifted Mirabel's chin to kiss her on the lips.

Neither of them noticed that from the second floor windows they were being watched by their cousins and sister.

-They really are just as much trouble- Camilo smiled.

-Yes they are, but I don't mind at all- Dolores smiled.

-I'm glad they are happy- Mariano smiled sincerely.

-Well, it will be our duty to take care of their happiness in the future, since none of them will have it easy- Luisa smiled.

-I think they can do it- They all looked at Toñito on Luisa's shoulder.

-What are you talking about?-

-They are the strongest people I know and if they were able to admit their feelings in spite of what it implied then they will be fine, they are not so weak as to break- Dolores sighed.

-I'll tell uncle Bruno to be careful with the telenovelas, he's influencing you too much and you're only 5 years old- Toñito pouted.

-Aaw but I like them and I'm about to find out why Carmen chose Miguel Alberto instead of Juan Pablo-

-You are 15 years away from falling in love, young man- Camilo and Mariano laughed.

While they were having fun none of them noticed that Isabela and Mirabel had left the scene and if they did notice it none of them cared since the couple crisis had already been avoided, there would be more in the future they all knew it but they would always support them since they were their family and if being together made them happy they would put up with any tantrum or any scene, after all nobody said that loving your family would be easy but it was worth it.

[docheros]

the chapter of some well thought slow burn fic

listen i love them. if i had the capacity for long fics, this would be a slow burn. but i'm not good, so it's just one chapter. enjoy!

comments/rbs are appreciated :] taglist: @glass-trash-bab @the-pastel-kitsune @uhhbeans @dapperstein @inky-scientist

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At times like that, Stacy wished she'd spent a little more on that bigger sofa.

Squeezed in the corner of it, Isabelle in the middle and Chase on the other side, her gaze flickered between her daughter, the cartoon on TV, and the man's restless leg.

Has it been a bad idea? Did he want nothing more to do with his daughter?

No. That didn't seem like Chase — and neither did seem like Stacy, since when was she so anxious? —. Maybe he was nervous, more than she was at that moment. Like it or not, the divorce had been his fault, and now there he was, three years later, on the tiny sofa in her new apartment, watching SpongeBob SquarePants with his family.

“Family,” Stacy repeated internally. That word scared her, but also... excited her.

How confused she was.

She thought about getting up, offer Chase a juice, maybe make some snacks. As if they really were a normal family. As if that was a normal afternoon for them, watching TV with their daughter, eating something, putting her to sleep later…

But before she snapped out of her dream state and actually get up, Isabelle decided to break the silence.

— Do you have a girlfriend? A boyfriend? A goldfish?

Chase's eyes widened at the speed of the questions — or rather, statements — the girl did about his life. He scratched the back of his neck, unsure how to respond.

— Well, I... I have Jackie.

— Is she your friend? Girlfriend? Friend with benefits?

— He is a dude.

— Well — Isabelle huffed, impatient with her father's slow answers — boyfriend, then? Boy friends with benefits?

— I... give him a ride, sometimes? — She scowled, crossing her little arms.

— I'm not liking this story.

Stacy watched her out of the corner of her eye, apart of this father-daughter interrogation, but mortified with embarrassment. Isa hadn't seen her father since she was four, and the first thing she'd ask him was his relationship status?

This was very much Kiyoko's doing. Stacy wasn't that shameless when asking stuff.

(But she was curious to know if Chase was still single. Points to Isabelle, I guess.)

The man just smiled, impressed with his daughter's intelligence, and ruffled her dark hair.

— Little miss, where did you learn these things?

— Mom's diary — her mother finally stared at her, her mouth open — it said you had a new partner every week — she announced, turning her attention to the TV again.

Chase blushed slightly, smiling nervously.

— Huh?

— Did you read my old diary? — the woman asked, genuinely disturbed. Was it possible that she couldn't keep a secret, even if old, to herself in that house?

— She was down for you, like, baaad.

Brody's brows arched at that statement. Something inside him lit; hope to get back with Stacy? A twinge of ego from knowing she was crushing really hard on him? Maybe both. He looked up at his ex-wife, who was frowning at a giggly Isa.

— ISABELLE!

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— It was a great day — he smiled, putting his hands in the pockets of his thick coat, standing outside the house — thanks for the invitation!

— It's nothing, and I'm sorry if she embarrassed you or something, she just... —she laughed low, playing with her hair — like that, sometimes.

— Stacy, you don't need to apologize. I'm her… — he lowered his voice and head — …dad.

She stared at him, and he stared back at her. His blue-gray eyes maintained the same brightness, despite the very apparent dark circles. The green part of his hair was starting to fade, but...

It didn't make him look bad.

— Oh, yeah, it's… — she found herself staring at his lips, and forced a cough — …habit, it's habit, you know? Sorry, nothing personal.

A heavy silence appeared between them. Snow was starting to fall, and just thinking about a storm and having to shelter her ex-husband in her new home sent a chill running up her spine.

— So, um...can you… go, now? I have to, uh... get ready for bed, you know.

— Oh, oh right, sorry. Em… Happy holidays!

— Thanks, you too!

She waited for him to get in the car and start it to finally lock the door. After a minute of silence, taking a deep breath and calming her heart, she turned and saw Isabelle standing behind her, staring at her with those slightly too big eyes — she'd gotten that from Chase.

— Isa? shouldn't you be in bed?

— Do you love him?

The question woke Stacy's heart again, against her will and logical mind.

— What?

— Do you love dad?

— No, I... Why the question?

— I saw your face — she smiled — Those were some loving gazes.

— Isa, you… — she raised her hand, waving it in the air and closing her eyes — you have school tomorrow, you were supposed to be in bed half an hour ago.

[stopisa]

hi isa!! can i ask ascendant, descendant, and gemini for the ask game?

mac my beloved i got some answers for you >:)

ascendant ⇢ do you believe in love at first sight?

as much as i love romance, i actually don't :0 love takes so much time and trust out of me that upon first sight it just doesn't feel right. now lust at first sight is a different story, i do believe in that. tbh even when i first spoke with my bf mr.isa, i was attracted to him but for sure not in love. i can say through trust and patience here we are 4 1/2 years later :)

descendant ⇢ what kind of people do you usually attract?

im gonna answer this romantically and platonically. so first for friends i noticed and i am so greateful that i have attracted some of the most creative and kind people. i do not have many friends irl so i am refering to online peeps, they are so cool like wow!! i am v lucky to know some of you guys :)

now in the romantic sense, i do tend to attract v stoic people. very tough on the outside due to their life experiences. like i shit you not all of my crushes and relationships have had divorced parents idk but that's the hand i'm always dealt /j.

gemini ⇢ do you have a good relationship with your siblings? if you're an only child, would you like to have siblings? how many?

i am an only child! growing i always told my parents that i never wanted another sibling just bc i didn't like sharing anything and it was nice to have all the attention lmaooo. but as i got older i kinda long for it. i wish i had an older sibling to guide me and/or i wish i had a younger sibling to care for,,,it gets v lonely sometimes ngl. i live through my bf with his little sister bc she's so young i treat her more like a little sister/niece rather than a sister-in-law hehe

tysm for sending something in!