#isabel 💜

[violetmuses]

Honor - M. Lowrey ❤️‍🩹

Title: Honor - M. Lowrey ❤️‍🩹

Fandom: “Bad Boys” Film Universe

Character: Mike Lowrey

Main Storyline: Detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett discover the most unexpected “gift” out of nowhere. @adoresmiles 🏷

Honor - Part II ❤️‍🩹

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1996

“Come over.” Detective Mike Lowrey stepped out of the Miami Police Department with his partner and best friend Marcus Burnett. “I'll have food and everything. It's been a while since we hung out together.”

“That's cool. Your penthouse? I don't wanna make noise if we start watching this football game at home. Theresa will kick my ass!” Noting his wife Theresa, Marcus chuckled over the household.

“Got it. See you later.” Mike tossed car keys of his midnight Porsche and rolled out, blasting music through Florida sunshine.

______

“Hey, what's wrong? You looked creeped out, man.” Mike stood from the couch when Marcus showed up. This television channel echoed around.

“There's a baby perched in the hallway.” Marcus whispered. “I pulled up to see you and this random woman held one buckled car seat.”

“What the hell?” Mike shoved Marcus out of his way and rushed out, facing that shadowed corridor.

Right away, Mike and Marcus glanced over to see an adorable baby boy crying on the floor.

“Told you! Now bring him in, Mike. I'll help unfasten the carseat.” Marcus turned his “parent mode” in action.

“Okay.” Closing that front door behind him, Mike whispered as this baby kept shrieking.

No chilling after all.

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2003

“$21,000 dollars in damage? What? Oh, kiss my Black ass! It was the dashboard. We'll cover that reimbursement because somebody's on the way with your money.”

Following one large fail with ecstasy pills, Detective Mike Lowrey grilled this caller while answering his cell phone at the Miami Police Department. Partner Marcus Burnett looked on, silent.

“There's vehicular wreckage, and you sank someone's boat?” Captain Conrad Howard ranted through questions.

While Burnett and Lowrey took Captain's anger, Mike's cell phone rang once more.

“Hello?” Mike narrowed both eyes during this second phone call.

“Detective Lowrey? Apologies for disrupting your day, but it's almost 3:00 PM.” A secretary for one of the elementary schools called this time.

“My goodness! Thank you so much for calling. I'll be there to pick him up right away.” Ignoring the case, Mike grinned with joy.

Closing that flip phone, Mike glanced toward Marcus and smiled even brighter.

"Look, I'll pull strings with the case. Go pick up your son, Mike.” Whispering, Captain Howard settled emotions, dismissing Lowrey and Burnett from his office.

______

“Armando's in third grade now? I can't believe it, Mike!” Marcus nearly sniffled in the passenger seat.

“Please don't cry again.” Mike pointed to his best friend before exiting the car.

“Papa!” Eight year old Armando Aretas cheers to greet Mike up close.

“Hey, man! Sorry I'm late. Work was crazy.” Mike holds hands with Armando while moving back to the car.

“Dónde está Tío?” Still using his native language of Spanish, young Armando looked for “Uncle” Marcus Burnett.

“Right there.” Mike gestured near the passenger seat after safely buckling Armando.

“What's up, man!” Wearing this football jersey, Marcus glanced over one shoulder with the biggest smile on his face.

Armando's genuinely kind laughter echoed through sunlight as Mike Lowrey returned home.

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2020

Almost twenty-five years later, international deployments outright shifted the personality of Armando Aretas.

Laughter stopped reaching his heart and smiles faded away.

“You good?” Mike offered the question more often than not these days.

“Tired.” Armando clipped through slightly accented English and still helped clean up the kitchen tonight.

“That's all right, man. Night.” Mike excused himself from Armando's personal space while his son focused on chores.

_____

Just before Armando would turn out the main lights and go to sleep, knocking reached that front door out of nowhere.

“Yes?” Armando pulled himself together when two strangers arrived here.

“Armando? We have news for you.” One of the professionals spoke up.

“I won't talk. You're not Miami PD.” Armando folded both arms right as Mike Lowrey returned downstairs.

“Can I help you?” Mike joined questions and faced both strangers, protective.

“We found out that…” One stranger tried to explain himself again, but two gunshots pierced the evening sky and killed each man.

“What the fuck? We've been ambushed, man. Go!” Mike signaled Armando to prepare himself with weapons.

Calling that police department for help now would've strangled the moment with red tape and put their lives at risk.

“Look out!” Armando shouted between lights of the waking neighborhood and scoped for Mike's presence just in case. There was no other choice.

“Don't worry, I'm right here. Keep moving and stay with me.” Mike noticed Armando after running down the sidewalk.

“Kay.” Both men nodded toward each other, quietly prepared.

Just when gunshots echoed once more, smoke billowed uphill in the distance.

“Who set shit on fire?!” Mike looked forward while destruction unraveled.

Moments later, as she wore this bloodied prison uniform, Isabel Aretas emerged past the burning flames.

[la-grosse-patate]

quick isabel sketch for you 💜✨

bestie 🥺🥺grateful doesn't even begin to describe how i feel rn🥺🥺🥺 you captured her baby face and lil' frown so well!!! how did you know???? you're VERY observant, i barely write her and you still managed to capture her demeanor so accurately 😭😭😭LOOK AT HER 💖✨✨ thank you so much I am actually crying rn 💖💖💖💖💖💖 my week- no, my YEAR is made <33333 thank you thank you i owe you my life 🛐🛐🛐

[tryingforthedelicatehopeofitall]

Happy Bi Visibility Day to my favourite bisexual lovelies 💙💜💖

[viilpstick]

It has come to my attention that every single NRC housewarden has a small device that's different from the magical pens to put their magestones in (Leona, Kalim etc have canes/staffs and Vil has a book/spell book) so I am wondering if I should give Isabelle something similar to indicate she's the dorm leader 🤔🤔

OOH that’s right I forgot that-

It would be really cute like a rose in her magic pen

[theharrowing]

out of curiosity- what are your sun, moon & venus signs? that could explain why you're attracted to virgos (a wiiiild guess. astrology is not even close to science, but i like making assumptions)

hello, isabelle!!! 🥰

i love talking astrology so please perceive me!!! sun is taurus, moon is leo, venus is aries!!!

also, for funsies, my rising and mercury are also taurus and my mars is gemini!!! 🤪🤪🤪

it should be known maybe that when i am not serial dating virgos i am letting libras ruin my life. 💜🥰

[jackiesarch]

abatina, edelweiss, gladiolus, holly for Iz and Mark?

abatina: is there anything in life your muse has changed their mind about over time (due to becoming more educated on the topic, certain experiences, etc.), or that they would change their mind about under certain circumstances?  

ISABEL — Having children. It’s a topic that is so, so touchy for her, and her thoughts on it change more times than she can count. She loves kids. She’d be a good mom. She’s relatable and patient and endlessly loving, and being able to watch a little person grow up would be a delight for her. Any time her friends have kids, she is more than happy to hang out with them and look after them.

In her original MCU verse, though, she struggles. She’s constantly conflicted about whether or not to take the chance and have a kid when it’s very highly likely they too would be a mutant too. It’s not that she doesn’t want a mutant child at all — it’s that she doesn’t want them to go through what she went through. She doesn’t want them to hurt someone accidentally with powers they can’t yet control and have to live with that for the rest of their life the way she has to. The longer she thinks like that, though, she starts to feel like she’s her mother; like she’s looking at the future and the possibility of it being abnormal and trying to “fix it”, like she would be doing the world a favor by not bringing another abnormal child into it.

And Isabel hates that.

MARK — Love. Commitment. “Ladykiller in Love” is one of his tropes for a reason, and it’s because he’s never the settling down type — until he gets knocked on his ass by genuine, real love that he doesn’t want to lose.

It’s not even that he was a bad partner before then, either. He was fine. But a lifetime of moving and uprooting and being afraid to get attached to someone lest he have to leave them in a year turned him into the kind of guy that bolts at the first sign of commitment. Once he meets Lily, though? She sends his brain cells scrambling, and suddenly commitment isn’t so scary anymore.

edelweiss: what was the bravest moment in your muse’s life? are they known to be courageous from then on?  

ISABEL — Answered here!

MARK — I honestly don’t think he’s actually had this moment yet, which is to say that his bravest moment is something silly like “got out of bed on time without hitting snooze”. Spoiler alert, but Mark was originally meant to die in the first installment of my original project. His survival means that he’s not yet gotten to any critical moment I’d classify as his bravest.

That said, in the original version, his bravest moment would be the defiance with which he faced his death. He knew it was coming, and he knew there was no way out, and he still managed to face it head on and with one last joke.

gladiolus: describe a moment from your muse’s life that they will never forget.

ISABEL — Killing the people she killed. I talked about it a little here, but she’s directly responsible for the deaths of two people, and she never forgets the moment she realized exactly what had happened. It’s the strangest mix of horror, confusion, and hopelessness, and it completely altered the trajectory of her life. It’s always there in the back of her mind.

MARK — Probably his dad’s death. His dad got sick and declined very quickly, and while it wasn’t a sudden, shocking, traumatic death — his family knew it was imminent and they all had a chance to say goodbye — he often has a hard time not dwelling on those goodbyes. Mark knows that logically, there would have been pain and grief either way, but sometimes he almost wishes it had been unexpected to save him the conscious reminder of how hard saying goodbye was.

holly: how strong is your muse’s sense of intuition? are they aware of it? do they ever fear that it is only paranoia?  

ISABEL — Fairly strong, but not bordering on paranoia or anything. In a handful of her verses, I have her working as a private detective, and I think it works because she’s actually quite good at reading people. Was she also massively betrayed by her best friend and didn’t really notice anything wrong at all leading up to it? Sure. We all have our blind spots.

MARK — Well. I wanted to say good, since he’s a detective. But he also gets abducted by a serial killer because he got out of his car to inspect something strange. So.

Jokes aside, he’s pretty intuitive for the most part. He has moments where he completely misses the vibe or can’t read the room (see: the tension in the room between his best friend and his sister and his complete inability to detect that they were sleeping together), but for the most part he’s right on the money.

[viilpstick]

THEY ARE SOO JKXHEIUHMIWJESIWM2 OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG

OMYGOD

O AM J2IOAJEOIAJEX930EX99RMQW LEONA AND HER, ISABELLE AND HIM OMFG.

LORD HAVE MERCY THEY ARE SLAYING THIS SHIT.

I AM SHAKINF. AAAAAAAAAAAAA

I should go to bed

[inlovewithbuildabear]

new plushie !!!! isabelle is absolutely wonderful !!! <3

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

💙💜🩷 Books for Bisexuality Visibility Month 🩷💜💙

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💜 How incredible is it that I made a list of 99 books for bisexual visibility month, KNOWING there are so many NOT featured on this list? I'm so proud to be bi. Having these characters and stories intertwine with mine warms my heart.

💜 What's your favorite book featuring bisexual characters?

💙 The Henna Wars - Adiba Jaigirdar 💙 Perfect on Paper - Sophie Gonzales 💙 Imogen, Obviously - Becky Albertalli 💙 Red, White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston 💙 Queens of Geek - Jen Wilde 💙 Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster - Andrea Mosqueda 💙 Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute - Talia Hibbert 💙 Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake - Alexis Hall 💙 A Merry Little Meet Cute - Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone

💜 Leah on the Offbeat - Becky Albertalli 💜 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid 💜 Radio Silence - Alice Oseman 💜 The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue - Mackenzi Lee 💜 You Exist Too Much - Zaina Arafat 💜 Wolfsong - T.J. Klune 💜 The Pairing - Casey McQuiston 💜 Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail - Ashley Herring Blake 💜 Heartstopper - Alice Oseman

🩷 Going Bicoastal - Dahlia Adler 🩷 Some Girls Do - Jennifer Dugan 🩷 Hani & Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating - Adiba Jaigirdar 🩷 Autoboyography - Christina Lauren 🩷 Written in the Stars - Alexandria Bellefleur 🩷 They Both Die at the End - Adam Silvera 🩷 Cool for the Summer - Dahlia Adler 🩷 Delilah Green Doesn't Care - Ashley Herring Blake 🩷 One Last Stop - Casey McQuiston

💙 I'll Be the One - Lyla Lee 💙 Running With Lions - Julian Winters 💙 Take a Hint, Dani Brown - Talia Hibbert 💙 Felix Ever After - Kacen Callender 💙 Not Your Sidekick - C.B. Lee 💙 Ophelia After All - Racquel Marie 💙 Iron Widow - Xiran Jay Zhao 💙 Something to Talk About - Meryl Wilsner 💙 The Girls I've Been - Tess Sharpe

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🩷 Wild Beauty - Anna-Marie McLemore 🩷 The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - Victoria Schwab 🩷 Payback's a Witch - Lana Harper 🩷 A Dowry of Blood - S.T. Gibson 🩷 Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo 🩷 Dark Rise - C.S. Pacat 🩷 If This Gets Out - Sophie Gonzales & Cale Dietrich 🩷 Let's Talk About Love - Claire Kann 🩷 Carry On - Rainbow Rowell

💙 Under the Whispering Door - T.J. Klune 💙 I Kissed Shara Wheeler - Casey McQuiston 💙 Pumpkinheads - Rainbow Rowell 💙 Icebreaker - A.L. Graziadei 💙 This Poison Heart - Kalynn Bayron 💙 A Lot Like Adiós - Alexis Daria 💙 Sorry, Bro - Taleen Voskuni 💙 We Are Okay - Nina LaCour 💙 Count Your Lucky Stars - Alexandria Bellefleur

💜 Hot Dog Girl - Jennifer Dugan 💜 Verona Comics - Jennifer Dugan 💜 They Hate Each Other - Amanda Woody 💜 The Disasters - M.K. England 💜 The Raven Boys - Maggie Stiefvater 💜 You Should See Me in a Crown - Leah Johnson 💜 These Witches Don't Burn - Isabel Sterling 💜 My Dearest Darkest - Kayla Cottingham 💜 City of Shattered Light - Claire Winn

🩷 The Unbroken - C.L. Clark 🩷 Dread Nation - Justina Ireland 🩷 House of Hollow - Krystal Sutherland 🩷 Love & Other Disasters - Anita Kelly 🩷 Ace of Shades - Amanda Foody 🩷 The Lost Girls - Sonia Hartl 🩷 Of Fire and Stars - Audrey Coulthurst 🩷 This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story - Kacen Callender 🩷 Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Benjamin Alire Sáenz

💙 If You Still Recognise Me - Cynthia So 💙 Melt With You - Jennifer Dugan 💙 The Charm Offensive - Alison Cochrun 💙 That Summer Feeling - Bridget Morrissey 💙 The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School - Sonora Reyes 💙 The Luis Ortega Survival Club - Sonora Reyes 💙 The Fiancée Farce - Alexandria Bellefleur 💙 Flip the Script - Lyla Lee 💙 Role Playing - Cathy Yardley

💜 I Think I Love You - Auriane Desombre 💜 Truly, Madly, Deeply - Alexandria Bellefleur 💜 Gearbreakers - Zoe Hana Mikuta 💜 Finally Fitz - Marisa Kanter 💜 The Spirit Bares Its Teeth - Andrew Joseph White 💜 Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl - Brianna R. Shrum & Sara Waxelbaum 💜 Late Bloomer - Mazey Eddings 💜 A Darker Shade of Magic - Victoria Schwab 💜 Love at First Set - Jennifer Dugan

[abiatackerman]

Through miracle, to you

Event: @levievent Levi Month 24!

💜Day 3: Isekai💜

Canon universe! Thug Levi X Aristocrat Reader! No Regrets Levi!

🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻

The cold breeze of the night brushes against your skin, making you shiver as you wrap the blanket coat around you more tightly. Each step you take is unsteady, your tears falling uncontrollably down your cheeks, blurring your vision.

It has been a day since you last ate, and the hunger gnaws at you, making your head spin. The world around you seems to tilt, and you feel as if you might faint at any moment.

What is the point of grieving for someone who is already gone? The thought haunts you, echoing in the emptiness left by their absence. A sob escapes your lips without knowing.

You had  no one in this world, without her. You grew up in an orphanage and you had no family, no friends, no loved ones...

Until you met her.

Your best friend, your blessing. You both met in the orphanage, grew up there and struggled hard to establish a new life. And after a lot of hard work, both of you had succeeded and you both were happy....

Until she died... Leaving you alone in this cruel world. Now you have no one who you can call close.... You're totally alone in this cruel world.

Your eyes well up with tears, blurring your vision as you walk out of the cemetery. Suddenly, you stumble and lose your balance. Your head hits the ground with a sharp impact, pain shooting through you as you groan and slip into unconsciousness.

...............................

"She's gonna open her eyes!"

You hear an excited female voice and you slowly open your eyes. A red haired-green eyed girl, who is hovering over you, smiles widely.

"Hello pretty sister.... How are you feeling?"

You blink and can't help but smile at her friendly words.

"Fine but... Where am I?"

You answer her with a weak voice. Before she can say anything you hear a hoarsely male voice, forcing you notice their presence.

"Your clothes say clearly you don't belong in this shitty place. Then why were you laying in the backyard of our cottage? That's a filthy place."

You follow the voice and see a man sitting on a chair with a knife in his hand. He's handsome but... He's short?

"Hey Levi! Don't be harsh. Hello, I'm Furlan Church. This is Isabel and Levi. May I know who you are?"

You look at the guy who's sitting beside Levi, as the guy addressed. You smile at him and nod.

"I'm... F/N L/N. And where am I currently?"

You ask as the red haired girl sits on the bed beside you.

"You're in the underground. But don't worry, you're safe. Levi bro's the strongest here and no one dares to mess with him."

She says proudly as you sit up slowly. You absent-mindedly curl your hair around your finger and as you notice your strands, you gasp.

What the fuck? It's not your hair! You had dark brown straight hair but the hair you have now is light brown and wavy. You furrow your eyebrows.

"What happened?"

Isabel asks worriedly and you look at her dumbfoundedly.

"My hair.... It's not mine..."

"That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard."

You ignoring Levi's insult and keep inspecting your hair. Isabel hands you a small mirror and you take a look at yourself. You blink with disbelief.

Who's the girl? It's not you! You had dark brown eyes, but now it's hazel! You look so far prettier than you used to!

What does it mean? You're not even dreaming....  What the heck?

You look at your hands, your clothes.... They're not the ones you were wearing at the cemetery. It looks more like a gown, which 1800's aristocrat ladies used to wear. You stand up with shock, abruptly.

If it's not your body then...

"Hey stop!"

You don't listen to Furlan's words and open the window. You peek outside and get completely confused when you look up and see no sun or stars up in the sky.

Or should you say... There's no sky at all?

"Where am I? Where's the sky"

You ask mumbling as Isabel pulls you backwards and closes the window.

"Just as I told you, in the underground. It's a city under capital mitras. You must've heard of it, right."

Isabel asks worriedly and you shake your head.

"No."

You say blankly.

"How can she? Look at her dress, she's definitely a rich bastard's spoiled brat. It's just a normal thing for her not to know."

Levi says bitterly and you bite your lower lips. Isabel and Furlan remain silent too.

It's clear on their faces that they hate rich people. Why? You don't know. Also you notice that they are not giving you the same sympathetic gaze anymore.

"Hey I... Um... Can't remember anything."

You mumble and Levi looks at you questioningly.

"The name I told you guys... It was maybe wrong... I can't remember anything."

You say hopelessly and look down at the wooden floor and grip your gown nervously...

You're panicked, scared, confused and...

"Tch, I'll just go to that shitty town to find out your identity then... Your dress tells that you belong to a rich family so I guess it won't be hard."

You look at Levi with tear soaked eyes and nod.

"Tha.. Thank you."

You mumble and wipe your tears as a sob escapes your lips. Isabel's face softens again as she notices your vulnerable state, so she hugs you immediately.

"You don't know Levi bro, he's the best... He'll obviously return you to your family.... Until then we'll take care of you."

Isabel says and your eyes tears up again. She's behaving just like your best friend. Chill, friendly and warm. You hug her tightly, breaking into tears. You hear Levi clicking his tongue.

"What a pain in the ass!"

...................

"You sure you don't want my help? I know your ego is too big and that's ok but think about Furlan and Isabel. I can easily make all the arrangements so you guys can live up here."

You say calmly, leaning on the wall of the garden as Levi sips his tea. He looks at you over his cup and shakes his head.

"Why not? You guys helped me a lot! Let me help you in return!"

You say angrily while Levi places the cup down and looks at you blankly.

"All I did was come up here. I immediately found a poster with your sketch on it which was telling you were missing. And then I just brought you here.... That's it."

You bite your lower lip in frustration.

It's true, it seems that you're a daughter of a retired commander of the military police brigade. Even though your father has retired, he still has enough influence to control some stupid royals. So some people were trying to kidnap you to blackmail your dad.

According to Levi's words, there was probably some misunderstanding between the kidnappers so they ended up fighting with each other. You took the chance and ran away and somehow ended up in Levi's backyard and that's it.

But Levi doesn't know that your soul is from another world, after a lot of thinking you have come up to a conclusion.

The real owner of this body you, both were tired, fainted and hit you heads. So maybe,  your souls accidentally switched with each other? Who knows? But this is the only conclusion you could come up with.

"Have your memories returned?"

Levi's voice pulls you out of your thoughts and you smile.

"Yeah... You can say my family really cares about me. I told them about you three, and dad is willing to help you. He also wants bear Isabel's study expenses and everything you guys would need."

Which is true. You have a family now, parents, a big brother and a little sister. They all love you so much, no, love the girl in who's body you are now. She seems to have a lot of friends too. They're all being too sweet to you and all of these are new to you.

But the feelings are sensual, in a good way so you're not complaining.....

"Then make sure to tell your father that when we'll come up here, he can repay us by providing Isabel's study expenses"

Levi's voice pulls you out of your thoughts again and you smile. You walk towards him and sit beside him with a big smile on your face.

"I'm glad you agreed."

You grip one of his hand and squeeze him to provide comfort. You can feel him tensing under your touch and you smile friendly.

"You know, you guys could have just taken my dad's help instead of doing whatever the hell you're planning. Knowing you, it'll be something risky."

Levi keeps looking at your hand which is still gripping his and sighs.

"We've done a lot of works like this also the survey corps will follow us no matter where we go. It'll be just a mess if we involve you here. Furlan and I have figured everything out so there's nothing to worry about."

Levi says and stands up, pulling away from your touch making you sigh.

"I'll leave now."

He says and you stand up too.

"Ok, I'll walk you to the main gate."

You and Levi keep walking silently for some times then you speak up.

"I can't wait, you know? I'll make sure that three of you will be able to stay here, in this mansion, with me. I miss Isabel so much. She's gonna be my best friend. And you? Probably my bodyguard."

You says and laugh as Levi makes an annoyed expression.

"Keep dreaming, brat."

He says as you two reach the main gate of the mansion. You suddenly hug him, making him freeze.

"Make sure you all stay safe, ok?"

You squeeze him.

"I'll wait for you all!"

You release the hug and find out that his cheeks are slightly pink. You blush too.

"Yeah whatever."

Levi's says and walks out of the mansion like nothing happened. You smile looking at Levi with dreamy eyes.

You never thought something this amazing would happen to you. Yes, you've come into another world but you've gotten a lot of things you never had. Love, friends, family... And Levi....

You chuckle.

It seems like getting isekaied isn't as bad as you thought.

[la-grosse-patate]

knock knock knock ✊🏻 what’s your favorite thing about Isabel’s relationship with Roger?

hello friend! 😄 thank you so much for the ask 💜 oh lord, let me see...

I think my favorite thing about their relationship (if we can even call it that) is that they laugh together a lot.

Even if Isabel is a bit closed off in the beginning (and understandably so), having just lost her team, treading on unknown territory, meeting new people, trying to help everybody at once, Roger's laid-back and chill demeanor totally disarms her.

Being an outsider himself, the helicopter pilot knows exactly how to approach her to make her feel welcome. Showing her around Prosperity, introducing her to the other residents, sharing valuable information and, you guessed it, cracking jokes.

Roger's a firm believer that laughter is pure medicine and also the key to a woman's heart. Soon, they start sharing inside jokes. They become very close friends. But it isn't until one particular evening, when he makes her cry laugh at something stupid that he says, that she realizes she likes him a lot more that she had planned.

[spotsandsocks]

🎃 and the word I’m gonna choose is intertwined

Oh you menace! What a word indeed! What to do I said, what what what! Then inspiration struck and I thought oh daffi will like that… so I hope you do, let me know when you worked out what was going on… 😉

It hit 1k, you know, cos it’s me… so under the cut 💜💜💜 just for you and a few other select people …

First day at a new job and even now, even after all this time, all these years, all those jobs he still gets a bit nervous. Which is just plain stupid, it’s not like he can’t handle almost any situation he finds himself in. He has skills. And he’s good looking too, a combination that has helped him out of a tricky situation more than once.

The image reflected in the mirror grins back at him. A quick adjustment of his hair and he’s ready to go. He’s looking good, the uniform suits him if he does say so himself.

A firefighter. Who’d have thought.

It’s a new one for him, he’s not done anything like this before. Should be fine though, how hard can it be? After all Bobby does it and Buck, if the kid can pull it off he’s got no worries, and his own particular skill set might come in useful, might help save a few lives here and there. It’s one of the reasons Bobby’s been asking him to train for years and why he’s thrilled it’s finally happened.

Making Bobby happy is not however the reason he finally put himself through the Fire Academy, it’s not a noble urge to help people or save lives that got him to today.

There’s no altruistic motive behind his choice to join the 118. Ok, yes he’ll be saving people it’s true but he’s not particularly invested in ‘people’ per se, he is however very interested in his people. His family.

Ravi can’t ignore the feeling that’s been getting stronger and stronger over the last year. It’s a feeling that says he needs to stay close to Bobby now, watch over him and the others.

Things are changing he can feel it, lost things are starting to move around in the world setting off ripples he can feel in his blood. The first feeling started growing when Isabel’s grandson came home from war. She’d called him, years ago now, to update him about life and family and he’d felt the pull in his chest when she mentioned the boy. He’d been injured and sent home, was having to think about what to do with his life now. A later update brought more feelings, more worries. Apparently his wife was now gone and the words L A and firefighter had been mentioned. Ravi could feel a new path being set in motion.

Around the same time he was feeling more things around Buck too. They faded for a while and he’d thought things might be going to be ok but the stupid kid is a disaster magnet at the best of times and the feelings started to intensify again several months after firefighter Diaz joined the 118. It’s when he decided there was only one safe way forward if he wanted to keep Bobby and Buck and Iz’s grandkid safe.

Buck worries him more and more everyday, not that he’s said anything to anyone but whenever Ravi looks at him he can feel something the young man lost in the past hurtling towards his future. He can’t work out what it is, every time he thinks he’s getting a sense of it, it shifts, the flavour changes but change is coming, maybe more than one change.

The fact that it’s going to be a dangerous time for the people he loves is the only thing he’s sure of. At least he’s in the right place now.

“Hey old man. You ready? Bobby wants ya.”

Buck’s head appears around the doorframe to the lockers. He still doesn’t know why the walls are glass. Ridiculous decision. He meets the kid’s blue eyes with his most unimpressed glare.

“People will think you’re crazy if you call me that kid.”

Buck grins. “Yeah, well you can’t call me kid either…. Probie!”

Oh shit. He’s gonna have a field day with this isn’t he, the little shit. You don’t have to be a 100 year old witch to know that, the look on Buck’s face is positively evil.

“Don’t even think about it… I mean it.” Ravi’s warning falls on deaf ears. Buck winks and disappears from view.

Suppressing a sigh and regretting, not for the first or probably the last time, the day he let his life get so thoroughly intertwined with two different werewolf shifter packs Ravi Pannikar, Probie Firefighter and bad ass witch goes out to meet his new team.

He knows them all even if they don’t know him. The 118 - Bobby’s pack; Athena won’t be here, or Karen, none of the children but it’s the heart of Bobby's pack waiting for him.

Henrietta Wilson, Howard ‘Chimney’ Han and of course the menace that is Evan ‘Buck’ Buckley, a lost kid he found and saved who in turn saved Bobby.

And now there's Eddie Diaz too, not pack but a part of Ravi’s extended family, not that the young man knows that. He also doesn’t know there’s a spot of magic inside him. Ravi wonders if it’s ever helped him or if it ever will.

Bobby sees him and waves him closer. The 118, Bobby's pack, his pack too now.

All Ravi can do is hope he’s ready when the time comes because…

He looks at them, so welcoming, all smiles and completely unaware of the shifting tides and currents of life and magic surrounding them, pushing them into the path of change.

Something is coming their way, he knows that, it’s what his magic does. Senses, finds lost things and something is lost here, maybe more than one something actually and it’s heading right for these people.

Right now Ravi has no idea if that’s a good or bad thing but right now it doesn’t matter.

He walks forward with an innocent smile and an extended hand to introduce himself. There are many, many things he doesn’t know but there are als two things he does; one that he’ll be here when they need him, and two, that they are going to need him.

[viilpstick]

Barbs as you know unfortunately we've got no idea if RSA has any dorms and if they do which dorms they are....... So...... WHAT IF...

What if we decide there's a dorm inspired by Beauty and the Beast (I assume either inspired by Belle or the Beast) and put our girls together in the same dorm?

SIGN ME UP. YES!! and let’s be honest: they would be Housewarden and Vice Housewarden!! After all Isabelle is the twisted from the main character and Adeline is the twisted from the reason of why everything is happening in the story😜😜

[theharrowing]

i am a huge fan of caps (read: taehyung) but they just usually brush me off. maybe it's the gemini rising and sagittarius sun? and my cancer moon. i am highly mutable (read: fickle), emotional and often a lot more jittery than i'd like to. just... [ sobs ]

NO BUT I FEEL LIKE A CAP WOULD LIKE SOMEONE FICKLE. 😂😂😂 maybe it depends on their moon or even their mercury. like caps are …….. so weird. i say that lovingly. ESPECIALLY TAEHYUNG CAPS LOLOL.

it’s wild bc i feel like cap + sag is a great dynamic. i love cap/sag cusps. i don’t even necessarily care about cusps but i really like that one, specifically. i feel like cap energy and sag energy matches one another nicely!!!

for me, i LOVE scorpios and sometimes i can win them over with my chaos but sometimes they are just like psh whateverrrr. 😫😭😭😭

[foodsies4me]

July Malec fic rec!

Thanking the ever talented and wonderful @lawsofchaos1 for letting me barge in the DM’s to ask for help for this month's theme! This time the theme is a double one aka parabatai-feels/Alec&Jace friendship and religious themes! The same rules apply as always, one fic per author, even though all of these authors have other brilliant fics you should be reading and if you want to add your own recs in the comments, tags, or reblogs please feel free to do so! 💜

Also, I have tagged the authors whose Tumblr account I know (aka found on their AO3 profile), but if you'd prefer I not tag you, please tell me! I don't want these to be annoying for the authors.

One-shots:

3 Times Jace Feels Alec’s Happiness by fancyachatup: Just like the title says, three times Jace feels Alec being happy through their parabatai bond.

Summary:

3 times Jace realizes that Magnus is the best thing that's ever happened to Alec.

I cannot touch because they are too near by @faejilly: Still one of my favourite fics about the parabatai bond to date!

Summary:

If Magnus is going to love Alexander (which of course he is) then he's going to have to understand his parabatai and their bond, at least a little bit better than he does now. But he's not entirely sure how or where to start...

The Oddities of Sharing a Soul by @facialteeth: Another lovely Magnus learning some more about the parabatai-bond and what it means fic. Cute and fluffy and definitely recommended.

Summary:

Magnus goes to visit Alec and learns from Isabelle that there are some odd features to having a Parabatai Bond.

and miles to go before I sleep by ralf: Magnus meeting his kids in the past. This fic is just adorable and reading it never fails to bring a smile to my face.

Summary:

“Alec, can you come to the Institute?” That's Clary's voice, coming through the line in a low whisper. Alec tenses instantly. “What is it?” “It's Jace.”

Parabatai by SilasSolarius: A more eldritch as well as a queer platonic approach to the parabatai bond! Also, Ragnor lives because of course he does!

Summary:

Summary: Parabatai. Everyone, even downworlders were aware of the most sacred of the Nephilim's bonds, and yet very little is known about it. As far as most are concerned, the bond is merely a fancy way of calling each other brothers-in-arms, or best friends. Yet in reality, it is so much more. Ragnor Lives! AU

Multi-Chapters or Series

Angelus ex Machina by @bluemeridian: Rec-ced by lawsofchaos1, but I will 120% rec this series as well because it is just avdnz’gj’z’glg I love it so much, the way they parabatai bond is described is exquisite.

Summary:

Demons have disappeared from the city and the local Shadow World has discovered the hard way that the only thing worse than demons is an institute of Shadowhunters with no demons to fight. But that situation is (hopefully) temporary. The whole thing with the parabatai bond being weird is something else entirely.

Take Me To Church by j_writes: I don’t’ know how to describe this fic other than I love it, that’s all.

Summary:

Alec is the acting head of the Institute trying to deal with the new pressures this title brings. A string of Mundane murders and strange demonic markings leads him to seek help from the nearest High Warlock, Magnus Bane. Upon meeting him, Alec realizes that his secret is at risk of being revealed. He tries to keep his growing attraction for Magnus hidden as best as he can. With the support of his sister, Isabelle, who is trying to find love herself; they both try to discover if they can let their worries go and accept love with open arms.

The Whipping Boy (orphan account): This fic hurts. It just hurts.

Summary:

1. a boy brought up together with a young prince and required to take the punishment for the latter's misdeeds 2. scapegoat

The burden of command is one Alec shoulders gladly. When protecting his family has always meant taking responsibility for their actions, he's had a lifetime to prepare. 

It's the one thing he's good at. The one thing about himself he knows is worthy.

So, of course, Magnus and his siblings hate it.

The truth written on our souls by @to-the-stars-writing: Immortal Alec meets good parabatai Jace meets some religious imaginary meets magic gone wrong and worldbuilding which are the two things that make me go feral above all, so yessss!

Summary:

Be careful what you wish for.

That was a saying that was something most people threw around in a teasing sort of way. Something to chide another with, maybe, after something goes wrong. But when dealing with magic there were no truer words. Be careful what you wish for was a very clear warning. One that Alec had heard Magnus lament over people not heeding so many different times.

Today was only further proof of that.

They’d come into this planning on doing a spell to give Alec immortality. They’d done their research, prepared themselves as best they could, but they’d forgotten that basic tenant. Be careful what you wish for.

Holding Angels by @echo-bleu (Hi Echo, I love you💜💜💜): Alec tells the Clave he made the wish and not Clary. This fic hurts and is painful and I love it.

Summary:

The decision is anything but easy, but it’s simple. It’s suddenly limpid in Alec’s head, like this is the moment he’s been waiting for his whole life.

(He tries not to think about how morbid that thought is.)

“I would have done the same,” he repeats. She sniffles against his chest.

“In fact,” he continues, pushing her back gently to look at her, “that’s exactly what I did, as far as the Clave is concerned.”

Alec tells the Clave he's the one who made the Wish.

Laudanum by @lawsofchaos1 that I couldn’t not rec. (Sorry, Laws you had to know this was coming when you mentioned religious imaginary). While I generally try to limit myself to complete fics, this fic has had me by the jugular for years now and I am obsessed.

Face blank, Alec steps forward without a moment of hesitation to stand in front of the Inquisitor, his people parting respectfully before him to clear his path as he goes. He comes to a halt a few paces in front of the Clave representative and the guardsmen she’d brought from Alicante. A coiled leather whip hangs from the belt of the man at her left shoulder.

Shoulders drawn back and hands clasped behind his waist, Alec meets Imogen Herondale’s steel gaze. The words are ritual and although Alec has said them many times before, never before has he meant them less.

“That it may please the Angel to bring back into the way of righteousness all such as have erred, I place myself before you for Discipline.”

Imogen Herondale smiles.

[violetmuses]

Broken Promises - A. Aretas ❤️‍🩹

Title: Broken Promises - A. Aretas ❤️‍🩹

Fandom: “Bad Boys” Film Universe

Main Storyline: Detective Mike Lowrey visits his estranged son Armando in prison for the first time.

Author's Note: Here's another quick request. Enjoy reading! 💜 @nelo0wesker

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2024

Detective Mike Lowrey stood as Armando's biological father.

Even Armando's mother Isabel burned in the name of revenge and died through chaos.

“How you doing?” Now standing before the confined prison cell, Mike stepped forward to check on his son.

“I've paid my debt. It's a big one.” Armando sighed through his own word

“An opportunity might help cut down some of that debt. Are you interested?” Mike offered this chance.

“Yeah, man.” Armando took this chance and nodded toward his father.

“All right. It's settled.” Mike quietly agreed in return.

“How long should it take for you to get me out here?” Aretas went on.

“I'm still working on the plan, but you'll leave sooner than later.” Mike answered.

“What's it like?” Armando just continued speaking here.

“What?” Mike squinted.

“Being free?” Armando nearly whispered through darkness.

“As tough as it is holding the badge, I'm doing good.” Mike went on. “I got married and even AMMO holds the fort now.”

“Married?” Armando lifted his brow.

“Christine. She's great.” Mike grinned while mentioning his wife, a physical therapist.

“Cool.” Armando just responded briefly once more.

“Got the job lined up. Is there anything else you want?” Mike opened extra chances to talk.

“Having my own place would be nice.” Aretas genuinely thought.

“Apartment or house?” Mike volleyed clarification right back.

“Doesn't matter to me. I'll just take whatever you can find.” Armando didn't want to burden this man further.

“House.” Mike already plotted the decision. “You don't have to live through suitcases anymore.”

“Thanks.” Aretas claimed his father's plan one more time.

“No problem. See you.” Mike finally stepped away, leaving to set up Armando's departure.

Maybe life could save this plan for real.