#katerina l

[rededgecitycouncil]

Hello residents! It’s us, your favorite gossipers and we’re here to bring you some long awaited news! So enjoy and remember, it's up to you to know if this week's bulletin is true or false.

Brittany Miller – Boutique Owner or Backroom Deal Maker? Brittany Miller’s Wave’s End boutique is the go-to for luxury, but sources say she’s been hosting exclusive “shopping nights” for select clients after hours. Is she just selling couture, or curating her own secret society? @brittanyxmillerx

Mila-Jae Monroe – Sweet Bakery Owner with a Spicy Side? Mila-Jae Monroe’s Falcon Haven bakery is famous for its pastries, but rumor has it she’s been spotted whispering with a mysterious customer in the corner booth. Could this baker be cooking up something other than cupcakes? @milajmonroe

Jax King – Personal Trainer or Personal Confidant? Jax King’s training sessions are intense, but word around Hope Island is he’s been giving more “personalized” advice to a few of his high-profile clients. Is Jax just helping people hit the gym, or is he making connections for a bigger lift? @kingxjax

Katerina Lopez – Detective or Pirate’s Cove’s Secret Sleuth? Detective Katerina Lopez is known for cracking cases, but she’s been spotted digging into unofficial business around town lately. Is she investigating off the record, or does she know something that the rest of us don’t? @katerinaxlopez

Emmett Hills – Hockey Coach or Hope Island’s Next Big Star? Junior hockey coach Emmett Hills seems dedicated to the kids, but some say he’s been eyeing a much bigger game behind the scenes. Is this small-town coach preparing for his big league debut? @emmettxhills

Calliope Adams – Dance Instructor or Drama Magnet? Pirate’s Cove’s Calliope Adams is beloved for her dance classes, but lately, she’s been dropping cryptic hints about “behind-the-scenes” conflicts. Is she just sharing stories, or is she ready to reveal a dramatic twist? @itsmecalliope

[rededgefashion]

Spotted: The next round of arrivals for my Halloween party have arrived! Kinsley looking like a bad ass assasian and I am here for it. Autumn looking gorgeous as hell as a flapper. Alejandro looking like he's about to have some more naughty confessions about him with his Zoro costume. Paris looking like she's ready to stir up some mischeif with her Joker costume. Silas looking spellbounding as Harry Potter. Elliot looking like he's about to live out his childhood dreams of being a king with his costume. Freya looking great as everyone's favorite crazy bad ass woman, Harley Quinn. Lydia looking mermaizing as a mermaid! Kat looking gorgeous with her Kill Bill costume. Emmett looking like he'll stop whater crime happens as Batman. Brittany looking like she'll need help getting out of that costume tonight with her vintage dress. I'm not sure which era it is, but she looks great! TJ looking like he belongs in Napeolean Dynamite in his costume. Illiana looking drop dead gorgeous as the Corpse Bride.

Keep the looks coming!

XOXO

@kinsleyargent @autumnhawthorne @alejandroxfuentesx @parisastor @silasrivers @elliotbooker @freyaxsmithx @lydiaxbrown @katerinaxlopez @emmettxhills @brittanyxmillerx @tjxcohen @illianafuentes

[fuckyeahcostumedramas]

Nina Dobrev as Katherine Pierce/Katerina Petrova in The Vampire Diaries (TV Series, 2009 -2017).

[lesparaversdemillina]

Rien que pour la couverture n°219

Cher(e)s Voyageur(e)s, C’est le moment du rendez-vous “Rien que pour la couverture“. J’ai trouvé ce rendez-vous sur le blog Les lectures de Gribouille. Il m’a tout de suite conquise. Je vous en présenterai 5 ou plus par rendez-vous, et je vous mettrai si je les ai lu et si je les ai dans ma PAL. L’auteure est aussi et l’artiste de sa couverture. Sas Milledge Katerina Marchenko Art de Yejin…

[vampiremourning]

important additions !!

he has absolutely at one point or another unconsciously referred to her as his Wife in conversation. like gfghhjk it's just the most convenient shorthand way to explain their relationship in passing so its kinda just In His Head. and of course if she's in Hearing Range of this it's a one-hit k.o. staring at him with literal heart eyes for the rest of the night, so happy that she's not even really able to speak but there's something light and Bubbly about her almost? she's always known that would be something she theoretically wanted but never seriously entertained since any type of formal marriage is off the table, but even just hearing it has her overwhelmed. i can see a following conversation going something like

'did you just call me your wife when you were talking to the clerk?'

'hm? oh yeah. i can stop if you wa--'

'no! no that's okay, you don't have to.'

'doesn't bother you?'

'not one bit. it's... really nice, actually. i like how it sounds.'

'good. me too.'

and that's just a Thing for her you know? small and kind of innocuous but it means the world.

and then they kiss bc i am a Sap & she continues to do so at random intervals for the rest of the night.

i think in general a lot of people just don't realize how much domestic stuff like that hits with katerina. she always had a very clear plan for her life in her head, and even if her marriage aspirations were always more based in practicality over romance, there Is and was a part of her that is very much a hopeless romantic & she absolutely loses all decorum when it gets indulged. in a weird way just having that label so casually applied to her almost makes it more important, like it's just a natural progression & assertion of the status of their relationship. there's no practical reason behind it, they're both legally dead, tax benefits mean nothing to them, and Yet.

on nines' wiki for fic stuff, have some copy-paste of me going Feral about him and kat in discord

crying thinking abt how genuinely kat will compliment her man & how inadvertantly Serious she gets bc she really does sincerely mean it & it would be easier to process if she was actually doing it to fluster him but no sometimes she just gets into a certain mood

also the idea of her like hgjhkj absolutely backing him 100% when other barons push back on shit like this, knowing that her reputation is in a very strange place where too much will be seen as in poor form but not really caring bc she knows how to exude enough bad vibes to get people to shut up lmao. his coterie might feel the same as she does but they dont have the same effect on audiences, the ventrue aura of 'listen to me or Else' comes in handy and he gfhjk doesnt quite know how to feel abt it being used for him lmao

she does love how much he cares tho,,, its a very sexy quality its not smth shes used to. she might not completely Agree with him all the time but the way she completely trusts him overrides that so it doesnt actually Matter. & i think she also sort of uses that as a better moral compass than the one thats been trained into her, like inherently she sees herself as a semi-bad person bc of how shes able to detach from certain decisions and thats just not how he operates & she has a lot of respect for that (& probably also misses the fact that if we're comparing traumas hers are a lot more. uh. Direct lmfao.)

also god love her but she is Not a Car Girl TM. she will sit there in the garage trying her hardest to follow along & ask questions but rly truly, she has no idea wtf he is saying to her. she recognizes that he is talking about parts and seems Excited & shes just glad it requires minimal thought on her end beyond very basic open ended questions. im pretty sure he thinks she understands a Lot more about mechanical stuff than she actually does bc shes very good at picking out important words and repeating them gfhjjfdgfhg shes not TRYING to bullshit interest she just doesnt have the heart to tell him she have 0 comprehension of anything he said just now. he is so stressed so much she wants him to be happy & relaxed whenever theres an opportunity for it :(

also he listens to her interests gfhgjh even if theyre significantly less technical lmao. she likes dissecting the manufactured drama & relationships of reality tv and stuff like that bc it reminds her of a Much lower stakes version of kindred politics & the pettiness is entertaining to her. he also gets to hold her while they watch on the couch or in bed while she goes & picks apart all of the 'fighting' and production tampering & he loves hearing her talk in general but its kind of fascinating to him how she can take something so shallow & dissect it, loves how Perceptive she is when it comes to people in particular. i think sometimes if she's maybe squirming a bit much or maybe if he just feels like it he'll offer to paint her nails. she's really on top of keeping up a manicure but doesnt always do acrylics & i think he would actually get fairly into the fact that 1. its essentially just Hand Holding for a reason and 2. it requires a decently steady hand & attention to detail so it doesnt get messed up and as someone who restores bikes with tiny intricate mechanical parts, hes surprisingly well suited to this. i bet he would do little designs too if he had the tools for it. it just feels good to do something for her :')

she knows jewellery even if she doesnt know fuck all about mechanics. firmly believe she just buys him stuff all the time & shes stupidly good at nailing what someone's preferred style is. like i dont think hes ever had someone who just casually gets so many things bc 'i saw this and thought of you' and again acts like its nbd??? because it is?? shes like yeah ofc why Wouldnt i? & tbh i dont even think that the gifts stop with him either once the rest of his coterie realizes shes cool and not a camarilla mole lmao they also start getting little things. jewellery keychains shirts Whatever, all usually just dropped into their hands mid-conversation with very little acknowledgment from her. if you mention youve had your eye on a bracelet or smth she'll just grab it without thinking. if Really pressed she'll probably brush it off as 'i wasnt spending my money anyway' (girl likes to take cash when she feeds from the wealthier Reverse Orphans TM especially if theyre also cheating gfhjhj) but rly. she just enjoys making people happy, which is also something her adores about her. its the casual way its just ingrained into her personality & how she doesnt make a huge deal about it, its just how she is.

ofc he always makes sure to take care of her back, she clearly expresses affection in gift giving and acts of service but she likes quality time & physical touch for herself. which is absolutely okay by his book, he was never even close to being as touch starved as she was at any point whereas she went literal Years without being touched in some way that wasnt negative or hurtful in some form. its overwhelming for her initially & she doesnt really know how to Ask for contact but by god she gets it through him. he's always loved holding her; she just seems to tuck in Perfectly into his arms. if she's maybe getting too overwhelmed with that then he's also good to switch gears to maybe just having a hand on her back or leg or holding her hand bc there's a period right when they first officially get together where she's still trying to level herself out after so much isolation. & he's such a constant reassuring presence, it almost doesn't feel real.

tbh if he wasn't as stable as he was im not sure she would have been able to heal properly after killing her sire, she had spent so long tethered to that man and shaping her life around running from him that she didnt quite know what to Do with herself when he was gone. nines didnt explicitly provide a 'purpose' for her life, he just gave her a place to rest and recuperate while she figured herself out and started to understand the fact that she was finally safe. & that's another thing, her sire might have been a genuine threat to the point she didnt want to risk his safety, but everything else? i doubt there would be any stopping his protection instincts. sometimes thats a concern to her, but again, she needed to be with someone who would be able to be that type of support & strength while she finally released literal decades of repressed trauma & a constant fight or flight state. he cant protect her from her own mind, but he can put a stop to any outside threats. she's never had that. he might have been abandoned by a ton of people in his life, but she would have taken that over the active harm/passive allowance of harm. understanding that, to him, she is someone worth protecting? its a wild learning curve.

im also sure theres some angst to be found in his history of being abandoned + her former commitment fear that evolved into the constant need to Be Around Him but also consider: the amount of comfort he would finally have knowing theres a 99% chance if theyre at home he just has to walk into the next room to see her (assuming she isnt already closer) & how she openly admits to wanting him on all levels, like shes not just gonna be someone else who walks out of his life. absolutely her favourite spot in the world is curls up beside him, like thats where she considers Home to be and ohh man. i think that just stirs smth up in him internally. ofc he cares about a lot of people and a lot of people care about him back but this is Different. in retrospect, knowing what she went through just to be able to sit here with him? even though there was a chance she would be rejected for not being transparent with her situation prior & never fully committing (even if she otherwise would have)? knowing he might be Too Hurt to let her back in and trying it anyway & letting him take the lead on the pacing and decide what it was He needed, that's insane. but she wanted to be with him so badly it was a risk she was willing to take on, which is telling bc her whole thing was caution to the point of being detrimental to herself.

it's like,,, he knows how it feels to have followers. but just like he did with her, she was able to peel back layers and layers of public-facing personality traits & see who he was in the privacy of his own home, and Still wanted him. imo even though he knows how to command a room, he's still not 100% positive what it is about Him Specifically that makes him so special to everyone else aside form being the guy who was in the right place at the right time to make a reputation for himself. but she's like. the one person where he actually feels like he maybe understand why she looks at him that way, & its still a nebulous feeling, but its more Concrete than what he gets from starry-eyed fledglings. kat is not and has never been someone who gives people more credit than they deserve or who blindly follows people. she's harsh and she has to have a Reason to do that.

if theres ever a situation where she has to drink blood outside of her restriction, you know he's gonna be the one to take care of her. she's not a fan of it, she's in pain and she feels gross and doesn't want him to Watch the whole episode, but why would he be put off by it? they both came from big families with plenty of kids, the threshold for being grossed out by that stuff is really goddamn high for them both lmao. also she looks completely Miserable curled up on the floor like that, if she needs someone to hold her hair and rub her back a bit then okay! she will have that its what she deserves! she's gonna resist a little at first bc she was always the one doing that for her sisters being the oldest with no mother/mother figure for most of their lives but like with a lot of stuff he does, she will relax and melt into the touch after a bit and start to physically decompress. if she's up for up she will also be carried to whichever soft surface she desires, no questions asked.

theyre so domestic it Hurts. fully believe the only actual regret she has about the relationship is missing the boat on them both being human & getting to live that normal suburban family life bc she know she would have completely abandoned her Rich Husband goals & it would have been fine in the end + her dad would have loved him. theres a very deep part of her psyche with a list of names that would have sounded fantastic for theoretical children like fdgfhgjh god. she is so far gone for him, 'vampires dont love' my ASS. not to be cheesy but he's It for her, even when theyre in a rough spot she literally cannot imagine being around anyone else or giving herself to someone so fully like that and trusting that they won't use that against her or shatter her heart in the process.

i just gfsfdhgfrwhgqsahxgfghgfejgwdshhjgrf theyre so in love. SO in love.

[sophiasbetabitch]

I can’t thank Queen Katerina enough. My addiction to you is endless and never satisfies.

Every action of yours makes me jump. It excites me to hear from you, spectate you, goon for you. What l go through for you, is incredibly enchanting to say the least.

@the-original-kat

[markrosewater]

If I control Katerina of Myra's Marvels and have named H, and cast the Haduken version of lightning bolt, do I make the cat? Thank you!

Yes. That version of the card is called Haduken. Note, you don't get a cat if you named L.

[sad-eyed-lady-of-the-paperbacks]

Welcome,

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(Last updated 2nd September, 2024.)

I pretty much never shut up about Dostoevsky novels, and I can talk for quite a long time about Phantom of the Opera and Les Misérables as well. I will try to tag things consistently, so if you don’t like one of my interests you can and should block that tag! It’s quick, it’s easy, and it’s free!

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I'm currently running a read-along/book club of The Brothers Karamazov over at @keepingupwiththekaramazovs.

I post fics on ao3 as sad_eyed_lady.

Here's the current list of fandoms I've written for, but for the most current list just go to ao3 itself:

The Idiot - Fyodor Dostoyevsky (6) Les Misérables - Victor Hugo (5) Le Fantôme de l'Opéra | Phantom of the Opera & Related Fandoms (4) Brat'ya Karamazovy | Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoyevsky (3) Prestuplenie i nakazanie | Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1)

I very much appreciate comments, or if you're shy to comment publicly you're more than welcome to message me here; a few people have done that and it's made my entire life. Almost the entire purpose of fanfic for me is the sharing and community of it all.

I am not much of an artist, but occasionally I attempt to do an art when the fannish fervour strikes me. Appropriately enough, these attempts can be found under the tag #my attempts to do an art.

And finally, since tumblr's search function has become so abysmal that I can no longer find my own meticulously-tagged posts, I'm going to try to catalogue some of my messy analyses so that I can find them again. This will be an on-going wrangling effort on my part.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor, The Brothers Karamazov

Musings on class/position in society as relates to the interaction between Katerina Ivanvona and Grushenka in 1.3.10, and how this lens might shift our view.

Grushenka and active love

Healing the rift in The Brothers Karamazov and Crime and Punishment

How Fyodor and Mitya are different (but both human)

Dostoevsky, Fyodor, Crime and Punishment

Some half-formed thoughts regarding parallels between Raskolnikov and Marius Pontmercy and why I'm so much harder on Marius despite, you know, the axe murders.

It was Sonya's window, maybe?

Why 2002 BBC C&P was wrong especially in the way they handled Lizaveta's murder

On Avdotya Romanovna shooting but not killing

Healing the rift in The Brothers Karamazov and Crime and Punishment

Dostoevsky, Fyodor, The Idiot

On Nastasya Filippovna engineering her role as the doomed victim in a gothic narrative

Nastasya giving Rogozhin the details of the murder

Rogozhin wasn't an unstoppable killer who would have killed her no matter what

Comparing and Contrasting Semyon Parfyonovich (Rogozhin's father) and Totsky

On Myshkin imitating Christ

Rogozhin's childhood

Ramblings on Rogozhin's brother, Semyon Semyonovich

Cycles in the Rogozhin family

“Do you see this bouquet man, this monsieur aux camélias?”

Hugo, Victor, Les Misérables

Subcategory: Éponine Realities of the class dynamics between Marius and Éponine in the Brick as opposed to the musical Not an edgy girl who wants to be edgy Not a morally grey character Future trajectory/P-M involvement

Some half-formed thoughts regarding parallels between Raskolnikov and Marius Pontmercy and why I'm so much harder on Marius despite, you know, the axe murders.

A Thénardier turning the tables on Marius's dream

Misc Posts

Master list of all of my The Idiot fics in order

[danvolodar]

So instead of writing the hard parts of that good-end fanfic, I'll just rant about Pathologic a bit.

And since the second part is meant to be about the Changeling, I can't help but wonder, how comes #clara saburova is the most popular tag to find posts about her?

With all due respect to the pressure the Saburovs were under, and Katerina's struggle with addiction and all the other circumstances, they S O L D H E R O U T.

100% clear-cut betrayed and abandoned her.

I could understand them trying to use her, and being very conditional about their signs of affection, and and and. But downright treachery? Wonder what Aglaya would have to say on the matter.

And they never even take her back when it all ends? Adopt Grace instead? An ungenerous intepretation by then would be they just need a daughter servant figure with Mistress potential to exploit.

[rededgecitycouncil]

Most likely to check their partner’s text messages?

I feel like maybe Kat would read them. She's got this queen bee air of superiority around her @katerinaxlopez

[rededgefashion]

I'm back and I'm here to judge the leftovers fro the circus and yes, they are considered the leftovers. Be thankful there's not an official event this month so you can let your wounds heal from this post.

Tyler looking like like she's about to start middle school instead of attend a ciricus. TJ looking like he's here to just drink beers with his friends and not care about the circus. Kiara looking like she's about to go to a convention of people who love leather. Kennedy giving us the same old, same old with her look. You're a model, change it up! Kat looking bored more than anything else. Declan looking like he's about to go on a date, rather than be at a cirucs. Brittany looking like a knock of Lululemon model. Emmett looking like a poser to be honest. Honestly Emmett, the "too cool for anything" act is just boring. Maverick looking like security rather than a patron. Logan looking like she's about to model for American Eagle. Who gave you those flowers Lo?

Hope you all had fun.

XOXO

@tylerxdupont @tjxcohen @kiaraxlangford @kennedysimpson @katerinaxlopez @declanxmitchell @brittanyxmillerx @emmatheeklund @maverickxanderson @loganxslater

[fuckyeahcostumedramas]

Nina Dobrev as Katherine Pierce/Katerina Petrova in The Vampire Diaries (TV Series, 2009 -2017).

[kochana-lulu]

pick a song for every letter in your url, then tag as many people as there are letters!

thank you so much for the tag @darklightshadows ! and sorry it took so long :(

k - katerina sabotage, persona non grata! / +she+

o - out of control / she wants revenge

c - creature / lost society

h - hi-fi / wanda i banda

a - arkan / karna

n - nemo / nightwish

a - and love said no / him

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l - loveletting - 7" cut / vv

u - urke / wilki

l - lithium / evanescence

u - umazane misli / joker out

tagging: @young-master-is-lost @justcallmevanya @ugl1mushroom @coleide @emperornero @nibyslonce @fuzzy-pies @starclimbersclub @foreverlostinyou @kiszoneszczury @4377666

[olehswift]

First Taylor Swift Horodnitskii Black White, you belong to me completely and only to me, and those words are not joke and have straightforward meaning, and you must take them more seriously than anything else.

1) QES

2) Elon Musk

3) Vladimir Putin

4) Jensen Stoltenberg

5) Prince Edward, Duke of Kent

March 1

6) Alexander Bortnikov

7) Emmanuel Macron

8) Xi Jinping

9) Alex Soros

10) George Soros

11) Avril Haines

April 20

First coffin phone

12) Billie Eilish

13) Nathaniel Philip Rothschild, 5th Baron Rothschild

14) Jurgen Stock

15) Larry Fink

16) Narendra Modi

17) Sergey Shoigu

18) Nikolai Patrushev

19) Nikolay Bogdanovsky

20) Andrei Yermak

21) Mohammed Bin Salman

(+8 or 10)

May 16

Second coffin phone

22) Alina Kabaeva

23) Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen

24) Vitalik Buterin

25) Ebrahim Raisi

26) Hossein Amir-Abdollahian

27) Malek Rahmati

28) Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem

29) Mehdi Mousavi

30) Second Vladimir Putin

31) Viktoria Godunova

32) Dmitry Medvedev

33) Georgia Meloni

34) David S. Cohen

35) Priscilla Chan

36) Paul Abbate

37) Jon Lenzner

38) Jake Sullivan

39) Ronald L. Rowe Jr

40) Larissa L. Knapp

41) Christopher Asher Wray

42) Olena Zelenska

43) Kimberly A. Cheattle

44) Second Elon Musk

45) George Pavlov

46) Third Vladimir Putin

47) Sergey Brin

48) Mariya Putina

49) Pope Francis

50) Jack Dorsey

51) Mark Zuckerberg

52) William J. Burns

53) Mark Rutte

54) Katerina Tikhonova

55) Second Taylor Swift Horodnitskii Black White.

56) Antonio Manuel de Oliveira Guterres

57) Second Ariana Grande

58) Joe Alwyn

59) General Timothy Haugh

60) Donald Trump

61) King Charles III

62) William, Prince of Wales

63) Anatoly Chubais

64) Fourth Vladimir Putin

65) Robyn Denholm

66) Lawrence Edward Page

67) Igor Olegovich Kostyukov

68) Kyrylo Budanov

69) Katy Perry

70) Second Prince Edward, Duke of Kent

71) Jeff Bezos

72) Sergey Naryshkin

73) Volodymyr Zelenskyy

74) Cara Delevingne

75) Kamala Harris

76) Sergey Sobyanin

77) Second King Charles III

78) Li Qiang

79) Joe Biden

80) Second Christopher Asher Wray

81) Christopher G. Cavoli

82) Jenna Marie Ortega

83) Fifth Vladimir Putin

84) Second Nathaniel Philip Rothschild, 5th Baron Rothschild

85) Lily Cole

86) Second Joe Alwyn

87) Third Chris Wray

88) (Presumably) Valery Gerasimov

[aphroditelovesu]

And now the female names!

~ Lady L

[allandoflimbo]

Ashens (Part 43)

Summary: She falls in love with Bucky Barnes from the moment she sees him. Bucky, still in love with a woman from his past, hates Y/N and plans to make her life miserable. To both their dismay, they are assigned together to go undercover into The Capitol for six months. There, they develop a heartbreaking friend with benefits agreement. Dystopian.

Pairing: Bucky x Reader

Rating: for Mature, E for explicit. Enemies to lovers trope, sharing a bed trope, friends with benefits trope, temporarily unrequited love, heavy and angry sex. Major character death, mentions of suicide. Bucky and Reader are toxic in this but also very much in love. Heavy on the angst, and very strong language.

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Full story here:

ASHENS MASTERLIST

A R R I V A L DAY

You get there on a dry and sunny day.

The temperature must've been in the low seventies, and the sky was a pristine blue.

There was not one cloud in the sky.

Breaths held tight and heads held high, you all approached a gate.

On either side of it there were beautiful green sugar maple trees that went on for miles.

The gate was copper, leaves and snow flakes detailing covered its perimeter. The snow flakes circled the top of it, like a crown.

Underneath that, it read welcome, in small letters.

Breathtaking.

The gate creaked under Steve's hand as he rest his hand in it. He twists the lock, breaking it with skill.

He pushes just slightly and it groans loudly, its doors opening.

Everyone stands there quietly, waiting for hell to break loose, waiting for anything to go wrong, but it doesn't happen.

The bad doesn't happen.

It was quiet and calm as everyone held their breath.

As the doors stretched open and more of the town was revealed, the more it started to sink in for everyone that this was legit. It felt unbelievable.

You try to find Daisy to see if she shows any reaction that could be differently than everyone else's. Sue you for being curious.

You find her.

She stands there next to a couple of other girls, her two kids with her.

The look in her eyes breaks your heart.

You try to put your obvious jealousy, and intense doubt, to the side for one second and just think about how this was a woman whose life was taken from her almost similarly's to Buckys'.

Daisy's reaction was a genuine one, and similar to everyone else's right now.

You watch as she brushes a tear off her cheek and then crouches down to talk to Sophie.

You let out a long breath.

You attention goes back to Steve.

He is the first to walk onto the clear street. He is cautious, still inclined to hold everyone back until he's certain it is safe. He scouts for a few minutes while chatter begins around you again. The voices raise in volume, and the smell of fresh air feels lovely.

You all watch as Steve runs a hand through his hair.

It was as if he was in awe, too.

Eventually, he waves for everyone else to follow, a sign that the coast was clear.

Everyone herds into the little hometown.

It feels surreal.

You're about to make your own way in when you hear someone call your name.

You look over to your right and you see Sharon waving you over.

Furrowing your brows, you hold Katerina closer to your chest. You walk over to her.

You stop in your tracks the moment you see her looking down at what was most likely the reason she called you.

Next to the gates was a medium sized gold plaque on the ground. Around it, overgrown grass.

In dedication to our beautiful daughter, Y/N.

DOMA.

Signed below it was your parent's name.

You felt Bucky's hand on your shoulder as tears blinded your sight.

The only thing that solidified this moment even more was the soft sounds of your little girl right against your heart.

+ + +

You and Bucky were hand in hand as you walked down the sidewalk on the Main street. For all you know, it could actually be called that, but you hadn't looked for any street names yet.

Observance becomes your main activity. It was as if you were seeing the world again for the first time.

The streets were newly paved under your boots.

It clearly had not been used since it was built.

Same went for the sidewalks.

Beautiful brick two-story shops lined either side of the street.

Some of the buildings appeared to have been built with an idea of a restaurant in mind. Maybe even another a coffee shop here or there. A bookstore, as well.

Farther down the road there was a pharmacy and even a gas station.

You weren't sure where the gas would had be supplied from, but it was nice that that option was provided.

You wonder if there was any gasoline actually stored somewhere under the tarmac. How wouldn't that be an international conflict?

You store those mood-ruining thoughts aside. You decide to think about that later.

There were beautiful black light posts that lined the streets, and between every four lamp, a beautiful iron bench.

In terms of decor landscaping it was pretty minimal. There were sugar maple trees all around. Below them, on the streets, there were some fallen leaves that could easily be cleaned up later.

You watched in awe as everyone peaked into each window.

One of the agents, a man, was already opening the door to the pharmacy.

You wondered if there were other pharmacies.

The town seemed big enough.

You still couldn't believe how in perfect condition this place was. The little gate that opened it wasn't big enough to keep looters out, it was mere decor.

Maybe it was because this place was just so isolated. You knew the winters here could be harsh, too.

There was the simple possibility that it had been secluded enough to where it was hard for someone to even come across.

With a sigh and an even more wandering mind, you head started to go to various places as you eyed the shops.

How would money be acquired here? Would there be salaries? There had to be for there to be order.

You're sure that with time, things will be planned and decided. Questions would be answered as everyone came up with them.

You feel Bucky squeeze your hand and it warms your soul.

This town looked big enough for people to start a life again, especially regarding work and making money to buy things. You wondered what other kind of stores there were.

It was too much, almost overwhelming, but it was also amazing.

Obviously, fruits and vegetables would have to be planted again. You wondered if there was a grocery store that sold seeds and any foods that didn't go bad.

You doubted meat and eggs would be available in the near future.

Everything needed to get figured out first.

You feel Bucky run his thumb over the back of your hand. You're pulled away from your millions of thoughts when you feel the ghost of his lips over the back of your hand.

You look up at him, dazed.

"I think as the girl this town was gifted to, you should be first to have the honor of choosing which home you want." He says.

You don't even pause before you answer him.

"You'll help me. It's our home. We'll choose together."

You continue to sight see for about fifteen more minutes.

The town was bigger than you thought.

There was even a park.

You turned onto one random street, a little street that curved into a tunnel of more beautiful sugar maple trees. It was then that you noticed that the streets had in fact been named. Your heart hammers away in your chest when you see what it is.

It was named after your mother.

Oh, you could just cry.

You felt your bottom lip tremble and you held your baby girl closer to you.

It casted a shadow all around you, guarding you from the sun rays.

You pulled on Bucky's hands as you felt a calling.

You walked under the shadows of the trees until, at the end of it, you found a few more homes.

Farmhouse style.

You eye the white one towards the left immediately, already seeing Katerina running in the front yard.

That was the one.

You both wrote down the name of the street and the number on the house and then returned back to the town center in looks for the key.

After talking to some people, you found out they were all in the court building. There was already another agent there, an experienced officer, taking control and helping everyone out.

He gave you and Bucky your key and congratulated you both.

"Do you think we should pick up a crib?" Bucky asks you as you both step outside into the warm sun.

"How would we get it there? We don't have a car. Speaking of do you think they also have cars?"

He gave you a smirk.

"You sound excited."

"I am."

He looks around once more and you watch as the sun hits his face in a delightful way. His eyelashes almost look like they glitter as they flutter over his blue eyes.

"Edward Cullen."

Bucky looks at you confused.

"What?"

You raise a brow at him and smile.

"You look—nothing, never mind. I mean, you have more color than him. A little."

He looks at you like you grew three heads.

"What are you talking about?" He asks.

"Nothing." You chuckle, rubbing your hand over Katerina's head on your chest.

"Okay," he says with a laugh, "Anyway, I can carry it. We don't need a car. Just a small crib, at least for now." He answers.

You nod.

You both find a small easy set up crib in one of the shops. It's white and simple.

Next, you both decide to go into a little grocery store.

You're both surprised to see there are un-perishable items in stock, or things that would take many more years to go bad.

Fucking Mucinex lasts four years?

You both walk down the isles, picking various items.

You chose some shampoo, conditioners, and shaving items.

Nobody cared if some of this stuff expired. As long as it wasn't food, didn't smell bad, or didn't make you sick.

You were thankful when you found out a lot of stuff didn't expire for another few years. Like canned items or things loaded with crappy chemicals.

You take a few of each.

When you both have your arms full, baby Katerina still safely secured on you, you take it all back to the home.

Your home

When you slide the key in and unlock it, the smell of new wood floors engulf your senses.

It smelled like home. It smelled like a new start.

About four years ago, you all probably would've felt guilty for having this before everyone else's, but with your family next to you, you felt anything but.

You deserved this. Everyone on this earth did. You were part of that everyone.

You wouldn't feel selfish for feeling good about being the first to find comfort for your family...first.

And it was your gift.

In the near future, more people would arrive.

You wanted to be part of the group to make this future possible for the rest of the world.

You were stunned when Bucky flicked on the lights and the lights actually turned on.

"They have their own power source. I noticed it on the way here."

For the fourth time, you say it once more in your head: this was amazing.

You place the groceries on your white island.

The decor around the island was white shiplap and there were three black barstools.

The kitchen had a farmhouse sink, an industrial stove top, and even a rose-gold wall-mount pot filler over the stove.

Black lantern style light fixtures hung down over the island.

It was lovely.

The living room was gorgeous, too.

You wondered for a second if maybe until more housing were built, if people from the outside would have to share housing for some time. Based off the size of the town, you figured it could maybe house fifteen hundred people right now which wasn't a lot.

You weren't sure how things would be done without another war or equally. You wish you knew.

You wish you had the courage to know how to help more.

The words of that young couple at the diner you worked at all those years ago finally rings back to you.

It made this feel guilty. It made you feel terrible.

But. But, then you remember Bucky's words from about two months ago.

"Go chase raspberries, sweetheart."

After putting some of the groceries away, you both go visit the bedrooms.

There were three.

Two of them had a full sized bed and the master bedroom had a king size bed. There was cozy rugs and throw pillows. It was minimally furnished with anything else.

It was just enough to allow you three to start a life.

Everything was furnished already, but you're glad you chose to stop for the crib, because that was the only thing missing.

It takes Bucky no longer than thirty minutes to set it up in one of the bedrooms that you choose for her.

He puts Katerina to sleep and then gently places her in her crib along with some new blankets.

Meanwhile, you take a warm shower. It feels amazing being able to properly shower, or should you say; comfortably shower, for the first time since giving birth.

Your stitches had already been removed a few days ago and you were starting to heal nicely. Just being able to cleanse yourself better and wash your hair properly, felt great.

You slide into some simple pjs you and Bucky had picked up along the way.

You both would go choosing for more things later. You would take advantage of this grace period, even though you were running close to the personal limit that had already been enforced by S.H.I.E.L.D.

Things had to last enough for at least the remaining of the population that would be brought in.

When you're out of the bathroom, and you go check on the baby, and Bucky tells you he will shower too.

By the time he's out, you're cozied up on the bed. The steam and shampoo smelling air seeps into the room as he opens the door.

It made your belly flutter with something you hadn't felt in a few weeks.

He smiles as he looks down at you looking soft and warm.

"You look nice." He says quietly. It almost comes out in a rumble.

Your eyes meet and you can see the pure admiration in his eyes.

He leans down and gives you a deep kiss. You moan as his tongue runs over yours.

You pull away with a smile.

"It feels really nice."

He runs his hand up and down the outside of your left thigh. His eyes go to your lips.

"How's the pain?"

"Not bad at all. It's more just tender now." You moan as you bent your left leg up towards you.

He looks down and watches as his hand drifts up from your thigh and up to your pelvis.

There's a heat between you.

Hell, there always has been.

"Yeah?" He replies so quietly you almost don't hear it.

"Mmmhmm."

"Mmm." He responds, leaning down and sharing another filthy kiss with you. It lingers and it's hot and pure damn physical.

You grab the right side of his neck, deepening it.

God, he missed this.

He whines in the back of his throat when you pull away.

"Soon." You say against his lips.

+ +

It's been a few hours since everyone's arrival, and the first meeting happens.

"We looked around and inspected everything," Steve starts, "Doma is safe and truly is an amazing gift."

"We'll open up a vaccination center. Bruce has a majority of the basic equipment he needs now for it. We will open the city bit by bit, and then expand the town and homes as it grows. We will rebuild. We have an upper hand here since a majority of us here are government. We do a check on everyone as much as we can, but we stay orderly and the city continues that way it should be good."

"And the Capitol, that's another mission we are going to deal with because those people are going to want to leave, but if we have all of Hydra in that one spot, it's a huge trap. It's an easy way to get them too. It's just separating them from the public that is the tricky part but we will do it."

Steve is still talking when all of a sudden you feel a thumb over the apple of your cheeks.

You look over to see Bucky searching your eyes in probably the most captivated way he's ever looked at you. It almost stuns you.

His thumb doesn't leave your skin, and the voices around the both of your drown out like a vacuum.

It's just you and him in this moment right now. He swallows thickly and his thumb traces your upper lip.

"You ready?" He whispers.

"For what?" You whisper back just as breathlessly, loving the feeling of his finger on you.

Like he's pulled from a trance, he sucks his bottom lip into his mouth almost overcome with emotion, and he runs it back up over your face and through the top of your hair, pushing it back.

You realized what he was doing.

He was cherishing you and this moment.

"To rise."