#let her plaaaaaaay

[caroodraws]

Drawing every Genshin impact character: #8 Noelle

I wanted to play into the sturdy and reliable part of her personality with this one….

[invisibleraven]

things you said through a closed door for Willie/anyone plz and thank you?

"Tag, you're it," Reggie said as he sat on the couch, taking the game controller from Willie's hands.

"What am I it to exactly?" Willie asked. "Because Carrie banned inside tag after the awful vase got knocked over."

"Alex is locked in his room again," Reggie replied. "And Julie's in class, so you're the next best option to getting him to come out. I tried bribing him with baked goods but he just told me to go away."

"Should I ask what Luke did?"

"Probably best to not," Reggie quipped. "Anyways, it's your turn."

Willie gave a mock salute, which Reggie returned-all while keeping Yoshi steady on Rainbow Road, and he scaled the stairs. Most of the doors were open, given their weird relationship status none of them had much in the way of privacy, though Flynn did institute door signs that were to be put up when they needed some alone time.

And Alex's door didn't have his up, so Willie went ahead and knocked.

"Go away Reg!"

"Hey hot dog, do you wanna build a snowman?" Willie sang. "Come on let's go and plaaaaaaay."

"I will pay you not to sing the rest of that song. I just got it out after my last babysitting session with Patrick," Alex moaned.

"How about you tell me why you're locked in there instead?" Willie asked, sitting with his back to the door, holding his knees to him. "Might be easier with a door in the way."

"It's stupid," Alex said quietly, but his voice was close enough that Willie could hear it.

"Try me."

"When I was at Livvie's... there was an invitation there for my parent's fortieth wedding anniversary party. They invited her, but not me."

"I mean that party sounds like it will b super lame, do you even want to go?" Willie asked.

"Not at all, but it's the principle of the thing. They found it in their hearts to love and accept Olivia even after Jade transitioned. But they haven't spoken to me, not even tried since hey kicked me out at eighteen."

"Man your parents suck," Willie said with a sigh. "I mean, Caleb is never gonna win a dad of the year award, but he's not a terrible one all told."

"Reggie would say that award is reserved for Ray anyways," Alex sniggered through the door.

"I mean he's not wrong," Willie mused. "There's a reason we spent last Father's Day with him and not our own dads."

"Fuck our dads," Alex replied.

"Yeah, fuck 'em!" Willie exploded.

"No fucking dads!" Reggie called from the family room. "Julie made it a rule after I made one comment about her dad being firm!"

Willie snorted and then giggled, Alex's laughter echoing behind him. He was still wiping the tears from his eyes when Alex opened the door, and Willie stood up to pull him into a hug.

"Thanks Willie," Alex murmured into his shoulder. "Who needs them anyway right?"

"Olivia's not like going is she?" Willie asked.

"God no, she set the thing on fire right in front of my eyes. She doesn't want them anywhere near Patrick."

"Pity, we could have gone with her, really crashed it. Had everyone in Pride gear, make your folks super uncomfortable," Willie said.

Alex snorted. "We probably would have killed my mother."

"I mean would that be the worst thing?" Willie asked, grinning when Alex smacked his chest playfully. "You know we all got your back right?"

"Yeah. You guys are my family, so who needs them?" Alex replied.

"I mean, if we weren't all kind of dating his daughter I bet Ray would adopt us," Reggie said from where he was stood a the end of the hall. "Fuck being a Mercer, or a Peters, I'd rather be a Molina any day."

"You taking her name if you guys ever get hitched?" Willie asked.

"I vote we all should when we have our weird poly commitment ceremony," Alex said.

"Seconded," Reggie said, raising his hand, and grinned when Willie did the same. "The ayes have it then-provided Julie and Ray are cool with it."

In the end, Ray and Julie were more than cool with it, and when they did their weird poly wedding ceremony thing, Ray himself declared from that day forth, they could all freely call themselves a Molina.

[bts-reveries]

mini me | 27

+photos!

The group had just finished unpacking and filling the fridge with food. By the looks of it, it looked like you were packing for a week when, really, you just had several mouths to feed. 

-in the play room-

“Wait! Soojinie~” Huimang giggled, grabbing the crayon out of the younger girl’s hand. “You draw a puppy like this!”

“Let her draw how she wants it,” Hana says, taking the crayon back from her and giving it to Soojin. “Dogs can be pink too~” 

“Noo,” Moonji says. “There’s no pink doggies.”

“Minseok hyung!” Sian yells, bursting into laughter as he chased the older one around the room. 

“Get Youngjae first not me!” Minseok yells, jumping over the babies as he tries to get away from Sian. Mingyu frowns, getting up on his feet to follow his hyungs. Haneul does the same and the two try their best to catch up, unfortunately for them, the older boys found this funny and began running around them in circles.

“Hey!” Soojin yells. “Don’t be mean to my baby brother,” she says, dropping her crayons and running towards Haneul and Mingyu. 

“We’re just playing with them Soojin-ah,” Sian says, stopping in front of her. 

“Yeah! We’re not being mean, they like it when we play with them!” Youngjae says, kneeling down to the babies’ level. “Right?” He says, tickling them both under their chins, making both of them giggle. 

“Soojin are you going to finish this? Moonji’s about to color all over it,” Hana calls out. Soojin immediately lets go of the two boys and runs back to the table.

“Here Soojinie,” Huimang says, handing her another crayon. 

“Can I color this one~” Moonji asks, looking up at Soojin. 

“Yeah, here!”

“Youngjae-ah, Sianie, do you want to go play outside?-- oh! And you guys too,” Minseok says, inviting the youngests. 

“Yeah I want to go,” Youngjae says. “Do you want to come?” He asks Mingyu and Haneul, holding out his hands. The two babies take it and Youngjae walks towards the door with both of them on each side.

—

“Where are the kids,” Yoongi asks, walking into the main room. The girls were all gathered at the table, talking amongst themselves. Jungkook and Jin were arguing over which game they should play. Jimin and Taehyung were picking karaoke songs. And lastly, Namjoon was showing Hoseok the book he was currently reading.

Sohyun looks up and points behind her.

“They’re all in the room playing.”

“We should all go out while the sun’s still out,” Yoongi says, scratching his head as he walked towards the room to get the kids. 

“That’s true,” Mae says, already getting up to grab the bottle of sunscreen she has in her bag.

Yoongi opens the door to the kids’ play room, almost hitting the kids walking out.

“Oh-- I’m sorry I didn’t see you guys,” Yoongi apologizes. The loud playroom goes quiet and the nine kids in the room just stares at him. 

“Are you all having fun,” Yoongi asks, stepping into the room. Youngjae and the two babies back up.

“Yes daddy,” Hana says as she gets back to coloring.

“AI--” Yoongi yelps out as Sian jumps onto his leg. 

“Uncle can we go plaaaaaaay~” He asks, smiling up at Yoongi. Him and Jungkook both had the same cheeky smile. 

“Ousside,” Haneul says, pointing out the door.

“Yeah, that’s what I came in here for,” Yoongi says, prying Sian off of his leg.

“Uncle are we going outside by ourselves?” Soojin asks.

“No, we’re all going outside so clean your stuff up and we’ll all go. Okay?” Soojin nods, and the girls all grab a box and start placing all the crayons in. The boys helped tidy around as well. 

“Less go out!” Haneul tells Youngjae. 

“We need to help clean first,” he tells them, walking them over to where the other kids were. 

“Ah~ What good kids, go into the main room when you’re done okay?” Yoongi says walking back out.

“Yes!” They all say.

“Are you girls taking the kids out?” Hoseok asks, stretching and laying on the floor. 

“No, we’re taking the kids out,” Sarang says, walking up to her husband and grabbing his hands, pulling him up. “It’s family time lazy butt.” 

“Are we all going out?” Namjoon asks, taking off his glasses, running a hand through his hair. 

“Who’s idea was it to go camping?? You love nature!” Byul exclaims.

“I did and I do, I just wanted to read right now,” Namjoon says, standing up and putting his book down. “But if we’re going out, we’re going out.” 

“Namjoon and I are so different~” Jin says, sprawled across the floor, closing his eyes. Jungkook frowns, throwing down the board game he just picked out. Apparently there were ten kids on this trip. 

“If Jin hyung’s staying here, so am I,” Jungkook says, laying next to Jin.

“We’re done!” Sian yells running into the living room, dropping down to where his dad was at. “Daddy let’s go play!” Sian yells into his ear. 

“I don’t want to~” Jungkook groans.

“Let’s go outside!” Soojin yells as she runs out, immediately jumping onto Jin’s chest. 

“OoMPH--”

“I want to sleep~” Jungkook says, turning to his side, wrapping his arm around Jin and kicking his leg over his. 

“nO!” Soojin yells, pushing Jungkook’s arms away. 

“Mm… yes,” Jungkook mumbles, putting his arm back on Jin.

“NooOoO,” she says again, pushing him off. “Daddy’s mine,” she says, leaning down and wrapping her arms around Jin.

“Can we go outside pLEASE,” Sian insisted, tugging on Jungkook. Jungkook lets out a groan and continues to cuddle into Jin’s side. 

The two begin to pout as their dads wouldn’t cooperate with them. 

“Jungkook get up before you make the twins cry,” Rina says, calling the two twins since they’re the same age. Both Jin and Jungkook proceeded to get up, picking up their kids along the way.

“Moonji-ah! We’re going to go out baby,” Namjoon calls as Moonji was still in the room. She runs out at the sound of her dad’s voice and hands him a picture she drew.

“Oh is this for me?” Namjoon asks. Moonji nods, reaching up to get carried. “Thank you sweetheart, I’ll put it here where my book’s at okay,” he says as he carries her.

Minseok was already getting his sunscreen on with his mom. Mae looks around for Haneul.

“Where’s my baby?” She says. Jin raises his hand.

“I’m right here.” Mae playfully rolls her eyes as Jin laughs. 

“Where’s mine,” Yuna says as well, getting up from her seat.

“Right here,” Jimin says, copying Jin. 

“Youngjae is with them in the room,” Huimang informs them.

“We already cleaned up everything so I don’t know what they’re doing,” Hana says, running back to the room. 

You follow her into the room, along with Yuna and Taehyung. 

“Mommy I don’t think Mingyu wants to go outside,” Youngjae says as soon as you walk in. 

Mingyu was on the floor, playing with a little toy car. 

“Less go ousside!” Haneul says, crouching down to tell the younger one. 

“You can’t stay here by yourself buddy, we’re all going,” Yuna says, walking over to pick up Mingyu. 

“Thanks for watching him Youngjae, you’re such a sweet boy,” Yuna tells him, leaning down to kiss his forehead. 

“Let’s go Haneul,” Youngjae says holding onto his hand once again. 

“You’re already such a good big brother,” Taehyung tells your son, looking back up at you.

“We’re ready for another one,” he tells you, smiling widely, as if you two have been married for years and have been raising Youngjae together.

You laugh shaking your head. “Let’s date for at least a month before we talk about anything as far as kids,” you say as you follow the kids out. 

-

“Let’s go hiking,” Namjoon says, slinging his arm around Byul. Her eyes widen and she stops walking.

“H-hike?” She stutters. 

“Yeah, it’ll be fun. Let’s go,” He says. Byul groans as she follows both Namjoon and Moonji to their cars so they can drive up to the hiking trails.

“You’re going to make me hike AND drive??” She complains. 

“I was going to read but you insisted we get out,” Namjoon says with a smile. “It’ll be worth it, don’t worry~”

-

“Shall we go for a walk?” Jimin says to Yuna. She nods, putting Mingyu down. Right when his little feet touched the ground he was off.

“Oh, we’re running,” Yuna says, running after her son. Jimin laughs as Mingyu’s little legs don't stop. He’s been walking a lot lately, but this was the first time he was running running.

“When did his legs get so strong!?” Yuna exclaims, running next to him.

-

“What should we do?” Jin asks, putting his hands on his hips. 

“Let’s play tag!” Sian yells, running towards Jin and slamming his hand onto Jin’s stomach. “You’re it!”

“I’m not ready!” Jin yells, starting to stretch. “Give me a minute.”

Mae laughs from where she was sitting. Taking a picture of her husband.

Sian came running towards you and Youngjae.

“Youngjae Uncle Jin’s it! RUN,” he yells. Right when the words went through his ears, he went past you and ran to where Minseok and Sian were.

“Jin! HANEUL WANTS TO PLAY TOO!” Mae calls out. “Go, go run to daddy,” she tells him, tapping his little butt.

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH,” Jin yells, sprinting towards Taehyung and you and tagging Taehyung.

“What?!” He says in surprise, turning to you and tagging you next. 

“I’m not even playing!” You yell out when he runs away from you. Jin runs towards Haneul, swiftly picking him up and running with him.

“Who’s it?” Jin asks. You smile, running up to him.

“Taehyung is!” You tell him, running next to his side. 

“Okay we’re good, he’s where the boys are at,” Jin says, already out of breath. 

“Just kidding,” you say, tagging him and Haneul. “You’re it!” 

“AISH, KIM TAEHYUNG YOUR GIRLFRIEND IS A LIAR.”

-

Meanwhile, Yoongi, Sohyun, and Hana were playing in the water. 

“Daddy!” Hana giggles, stomping in the water. “You have to get in!”

Yoongi shakes his head. “I'm good sweetie,” he says, putting his hand up. Sohyun then whispers to Hana, both of them looking at Yoongi suspiciously. Although, he doesn’t notice because he was trying to take a cute picture of his daughter.

“Now!” Sohyun says, the two girls running towards Yoongi.

“Huh? Whatwhatwhat,” he says, already whining as the girls pull him into the water. “AaiiSH.” 

“Success!” Sohyun says, both her and Hana putting their hands up.

“Yeah?” Yoongi says, sweeping Sohyun off her feet.

“What’re you doing??!” She says, Yoongi replies with a little laugh, walking towards a deeper end to the water before dropping Sohyun. 

“AH!” As soon as her head resurfaced, I mean, it wasn’t that deep, he turned around to get his daughter.

“No!” Hana yelled and she giggled as she tried to run through the water, away from her dad.

-

After a short drive, Huimang, Hoseok, and Sarang were sitting at the back of the van, eating some food.

“So I came to the conclusion,” Huimang says, Sarang and Hoseok exchanged looks with each other as they didn’t know where she was going with this. 

“Hana asked Uncle Yoongi for a brother and I just want a sibling,” she pouts. “I think it’s time.” Sarang and Hoseok both look at each other and Sarang bursts out laughing.

“Sweetie, Uncle Yoongi can’t have babies, only mommies can remember?” Sarang tells her. Sarang looks up at Hoseok and sees him staring at her with a wide smile.

“Babe that’s two against one we have to now,” he says, giving Huimang a high five. Sarang scoffs.

“What? No,” she says. “We need to wait for a while, let Hope be the only child for just a little longer.”

Hoseok looks at Huimang and they both turn to Sarang at the same time with the same pout.

“See, you two are always doing this! If we have another one, I won’t have a say in anything. Another cute face is the last thing I need right now,” Sarang says, facing away from them.

“Right now? So tomorrow can be different?” Huimang asks, scooting closer to you.

“Good one,” Hoseok says. Sarang can’t help but smile at them being silly. 

“I’ll say yes when Sohyun does, deal?”

-

“Soojinie, where are you taking me?” Jungkook asks, as Soojin pulls him inside the house.

“Mommy hid the banana milk,” she says. Jungkook instantly got where she was going.

“I see,” he says, picking her up. “Well Uncle Kookie knows exactly where she put it.” The two sneakily went into the kitchen and dug the top shelf of the fridge to grab some banana milk.

“What are you two doing?”

Jungkook and Soojin both slowly turned around.

“Hi Auntie Rin,” Soojin says, waving at her innocently. 

“Soojinie I thought mommy said no banana milk earlier,” Rina says, pulling out a chair and sitting down.

“Yeah but Uncle Kookie is getting me it,” she says. Rina laughs at her reasoning.

“Well if you get in trouble it’s on Uncle Kookie not me.”

-

“My legs are getting tired,” you say as you got farther and farther into the hike. After the game of tag with the boys and Jin, you and Tae decided to have some time alone. With Youngjae of course.

“We’re almost at the top!” Taehyung cheers. “We got this!”

“Mommy can you carry me, I’m tired too,” Youngjae says, lifting his arms up. 

“Taehyung,” you say, pointing to your son. “Too tired.” Taehyung laughs, walking towards Youngjae and easily lifting him up.

“You want me to carry you too?” he asks. 

“Can you?” Taehyung laughs at your answer, already kneeling down to pick you up when you laugh and push him away slightly.

“I’m kidding, I’m kidding,” you say. 

When you get to the top, you sigh at the view.

“Worth it right?” Taehyung asks.

“Yeah, definitely.”

“Have you been here before?” You ask. Taehyung nods.

“Yeah, by myself. It’s my favorite spot to be alone at. Not that I was never by myself, but it’s where I just fully relax and all my worries fly away.” He says, looking out at the view. He turns to you. “It’s a special place for me.”

“And you’re bringing us here?” You say. “Wouldn’t that ruin it?” Taehyung scoffs.

“Ruin it?? I’ve always wanted to take someone special here. It happened to be perfect timing that we got together and we ended up going near my special places.”

“I think it’s fate,” Youngjae says, putting his arm over the edge and feeling the breeze.

“Oh my gosh, be careful,” you say, pulling your son back a bit.

Taehyung laughs. “Yeah, I guess it can be fate.” He turns to you as you both are looking at the view. 

“You know you still owe me something and this would be a great way to pay me back.” You frown at him.

“Owe you for what?”

Taehyung glanced at Youngjae and he looked like he knew where this was going.

“I’m going to go sit on that rock,” he pointed, it was away from the edge, but not far from you two. He just quietly sat there and faced away.

“Ugh I love him,” Taehyung says, turning back to you. He pushed back the hair that was flying all over your face, letting his hand rest on your cheek.

Before he got any closer, he looked around, making sure no one was there to stop them.

“Finally,” he says, you laugh as he gets closer.

“Hurry up before something happens,” you say, pulling him closer and smashing your lips together. 

Up in the mountains, a beautiful view, a nice cool breeze, and no interruptions~

Except little Youngjae was quietly giggling as he knew what was going on behind him.

But he’s a good boy.

mini me

ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ part twenty-seven: a good boy ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ

pairings: artist!taehyung x singlemom!reader

a/n: this was fun!!! i hope you like it!!! it’s almost 3am!!! im so sleepy!!! i have a presentation in the morning!!! but i wanted to do this!!! so it’s on me!!! so pls, enjoy💖

ps. it’s almost 8am and i just realized that i had the wrong character on the last picture annxjshdja just changed it 🙂

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🧡💗🧡💗🧡 'Tilly Fiona Tulip': "Mooooommy, Hula won't plaaaaaaay with me. I'm sad. Make sissy play with me mommy." ❤❤❤❤❤❤ ''Christine Clare Vilgos-Mitchell' / 'Me' / 'Mommy'': "Now Tilly, didn't mommy tell you that if you pounce on your sister like she's a mouse and your a lion while she is napping that she would NOT be happy? Maybe you should tell her you're sorry an ask her to play nicely and tell her you won't play rough." ❤❤❤❤❤❤ 'Tilly Fiona Tulip': "Okay mommy...... Hey sissy....... I'm sorry that I pretended you were a 'Mousey Meal' and pounced on you while you were sleeping....... If I promise to only play nice will you play with me? ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ 'Hula-The-Kitty-Cat': "Hmmmmmmm..... I forgive you little sis. After my nap 'I'll come find you and we can play'. But you have to keep your promise. Okay? I love you Tilly Billie Boo." ❤❤❤❤❤❤ 'Tilly Fiona Tulip': "I PROMISE, I PROMISE, I PROMISE!!!!!!! Okay sissy have a good nap." ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ 'Hula-The-Kitty-Cat': (Wakes up 1 hour later.......) (Scans the room for Tilly.) (Spots Tilly.) (............POUNCE! ...and THUMP!) "Got you!!!!! Okay, now that we are even....... Let's PLAY!!!!" ❤❤❤❤❤❤ 'Tilly Fiona Tulip': "Yayyyyyy!!!!! Let's PLAY!!!!!" ❤❤🥀🐈🐾🐱❤❤ Thursday, August 27, 2020 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ https://www.instagram.com/p/CEYTQ0cDR43/?igshid=bgkdyxbc9r5g

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Rosvolio Prompt: "He's your child before the sun fully rises. Now you two get away and leave me to sleep."

RosalineMontague considered herself to be a lucky woman.

Ithadn’t always been that way.  In fact,three years ago she had been subjected to the greatest upheaval that she hadever experienced in her life. One dayshe had been a Capulet girl under her horrid aunt’s thumb, the next she hadrisen as Lady Rosaline of House Capulet, betrothed to Benvolio Montague, heirto the seat of her family’s long-standing rival.  She was sure during that time that her lifewas over.  She would never marry the manshe loved, and she would never get to be free as she wished to be.  

Yetas the wedding came and went, something changed.  Rosaline and Benvolio became kinder to eachother, attempting to build their lives in harmony with one another in order toset a precedent for a peaceful Verona. Theyquickly became friends and equal marriage partners.  It was with this mutual trust achieved that Rosalinequickly set out to learn all that there was to know in order to become LadyMontague.  It was through this time oflearning and living that she fell in love with her husband, and he withher.  

Itwas quite a shock to find out nearly six months after their wedding day thatRosaline was pregnant.  They had donetheir marital duty on their wedding night and several times afterward, but thetwo did not necessarily perceive themselves to be in love quite yet.  However, when Rosaline learned of this news,she did not consider it a burden to tell her husband.  She was quite nervous though, and it was notuntil she told Benvolio that she was with child and he teared up that she washappy alongside him.  The two new loversand spouses were now preparing to take on another role as parents, hoping to belike the example their parents had set before they had died, and not their mostrecent caretakers.  

Roughlyeight months later, after twenty two hours of grueling labor in which Benvoliofeared for his wife’s life, Giovanna Juliet Montague was born. Rosaline’s tiny daughter took after her inmany looks, although her hair was most definitely Benvolio’s.  She was a treasure, and before Rosalinepassed out of exhaustion from the labor she cried, so incredibly happy that shehad made this wonderful life with the man she had come to honor, respect, andcherish.  Benvolio, to his credit, also criedthe moment he saw his daughter and swore that no one would ever be able to tearhim away from her side.  He would protecther always while still fostering her healthy growth, as his parents attemptedto do before they were so cruelly taken from him.  Rosaline also promised to raise her daughterthe way that her parents had taught her and Livia in order to give her the bestpossible chance at a happy life in a dangerous world.  

Nearlytwo years after Giovanna’s birth, the little family had settled into theirprivate life in Verona.  Lords Montagueand Capulet were angry at them for not birthing the families a son and heir,but Rosaline could not honestly care less. She loved her daughter not for political gain but for the love she hadbrought into her and Benvolio’s lives. Now at two years old, the little girl babbled about everything, and wasnot only learning how to walk alongside her mother while running the household,but she was also learning how to sing and hold the wooden sword her father hadgifted her for her birthday (much to his wife’s chagrin).  She was the light of their lives, and Rosalinewas so proud of how smart and kind her little girl was.  

Somedays, however, were more challenging than others.  Being only two years old, Giovanna did notalways behave.  This exhausted Rosaline,and made her feel like a failure of a mother. Benvolio reassured his wife that this was not true, yet proceeded toalways help her by taking hold of his daughter’s discipline.  He would explain that while she was beingnaughty, he and her mother still loved her very much and wanted her to be goodin order to be the happiest she could be in her life.  Yet even with strong discipline, Giovanna wasstill an exhausting child without meaning to be.  

Thenight before last, Giovanna had woken up screaming when a rare thunderstorm hadrolled through Verona.  Being only twoyears old, she did not understand what was happening and cried until herparents took her into their bed in order to comfort her.  Rosaline assured her husband that she couldget the girl to sleep and saw him drift off shortly afterward.  She then sighed, hoping to settle her daughterdown.

“SleepGiovanna, my darling.  ‘Tis only astorm.  It will pass soon enough, Ipromise.  Nothing can get you as long asyour papa and I are with you.”

Giovannacontinued to fuss at the storm for another few hours before drifting off tosleep alongside her parents.  All waswell, it seemed, until daybreak occurred and sunlight filtered through thewindows just so Giovanna woke up, well-rested and ready to play.  

“Mama,mama wake up wake up! There’s no more scary storm! Time to play, time to play,time to plaaaaaaay!”

Rosalinegroaned. She was exhausted, couldn’t this child see that?  

Ofcourse not.  She was two.  

Herhusband woke with a start.

“Giovanna,principessa, ‘tis not even fully light out. Go back to sleep.  Let your motherrest, it was a long night,” Benvolio told his daughter.

“No,no papa play! Play pirates!”

Benvoliogroaned.  Perhaps it was a mistake toshow Giovanna the wooden weapons in the house. It only caused her to be much too excitable at this time in the morning.  He desperately needed the sleep, due to thefact that his uncle had him running around Verona for nearly a week forbusiness, and he was sick of it.  Yethowever tired he was feeling, Rosaline was feeling much more exhausted.  Giovanna had been incredibly restless thepast several nights, and Rosaline had been feeling unwell on top of all of that.  It had been quite a long week for theMontague parents in general.  

WhenBenvolio attempted to go back to bed, Giovanna decided to bother her motheragain instead.

“Comeon, mama! Papa is being silly. Can you play pirates?”

Rosalinewas at her wits end due to exhaustion from the night before.  She loved her daughter dearly, but she simplycould not function without more sleep today. They were supposed to be hosting a dinner tonight in order to welcomeBenvolio’s new business associates from Venice, and she could not be mistressof this household without a few extra hours of rest.  

Therefore,she shook her husband awake and said, “She’s your child before the sun fullyrises.  Now you two get away and leave meto sleep.”  

Benvoliosmirked at his wife, knowing that she was much more tired than he.  

“Butof course, my beloved.  We will indeedlet you have all the time you need before strange people invade our home oncemore.”

“BenvolioMontague! Your uncle is not a stranger. He may be strange, yes, but you cannot just say that in front ofGiovanna.”

“Fearnot, dear wife!  We shall be making apirate’s lair well out of the way of your warpath. Come along, my darling, youcan pick up the longer sword this time, I promise.”

Asher husband and daughter left the room, Rosaline smiled sleepily.  Benvolio always knew exactly what she needed,and he never was one to deny her anything. With that, she curled into the pillow he had just vacated in order togain the warmth he had left behind. Breathing in his scent, she curled up into a deep sleep once more.  

Yes,Rosaline Montague was a lucky woman indeed.

[willownoir1112]

Hiya everyone! Wyn here with today's White Rose Week submission! Today is all about Ghost Spider Weiss and Scarlet Spider Ruby, or perhaps I should say....

Carnage Ruby!

For reference, this occurs during Marvel's recent Knull the Dark Symbiote God event. I hope everyone enjoys, and I'll see you again tomorrow!

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Hero and Villain

The only thing that can be heard is an occasional thwip. The only thing that can be seen is a white ghost darting through the shadows as it approaches the bell tower at the NYU campus. No one can see the look of concern behind the mask, or the look of terror in the woman's blue eyes.

Weiss Schnee, the Ghost Spider, is terrified that she is too late to save Ruby. Again.

This isn't the Tower of London, nor is she fighting a mind controlled Captain Britain. Ruby, her original Ruby, wasn't being used as a pawn against her by Doctor Doom. She isn't beaten, broken, or facing her own death at the hands of Oscar Von Doom. Instead, she watched as her Ruby falls to her death, while she screamed and struggled against Captain Britain's unyielding grip.

It's been five years since she stayed with Ruby thanks to their best friend, Penny. It's been ten years since the death of her Ruby, and she still has nightmares that keep her awake at night, clinging to her Scarlet Spider.

She hasn't needed the bracelet in six months now, not since...

That terrible loss, that overwhelming failure made her hang up her costume for a full year. She couldn't bear to even look at it, it's mangled remains a constant reminder that she failed the woman she loved more than her own life. Her own life stopped that day, when she lost her Leiben, and only started again when she met her new reality's Ruby Matthews.

She has to hurry, Knull's hold on Carnage is weakening thanks to a new ally of her own. One she never would have expected in a million years.

"I can feel her."

Weiss comes to a stop, hiding herself in a darker corner of the bell tower. "Are you certain?" She whispers back as she looks around cautiously.

"She is my mother, no matter what the bastard God says. But she will sense me too, Weiss."

"I know, Anti Venom." She mutters as she slowly crawls out of the shadows and up the wall, pausing every few feet to check their surroundings. The newly born symbiote had sought her out after the defeat of the Avengers at Carnage's taloned hands, promising she can help bring Ruby back out of the murderous symbiote and deny the God of Darkness another loyal soldier. All she asked for is a proper host to bond to in return.

It worries her that the symbiote has already told her she's satisfied with her new host.

"Wow. Mom made a mess."

She blinks as she makes her way inside through a hole in the side of the tower, and stares at all the blood red webbing strewn everywhere. Looking around, she almost gasps in alarm as she sees both Firestar as well as Iron Maiden webbed to the massive bell, the two of them in obvious pain as they lay stretched across the iron surface.

"Mein gott…" She whispers as her eyes widen in shock and more than a small bit of horror. A horror that grows worse as Firestar begins to scream in pain, a jagged piece of webbing tightening across her midsection.

"Going to try to burn me again, bitch?!" The voice is like nails on a chalkboard to her ears, making her wince as she makes her way higher and into more nearby shadows. God but does she despise Carnage, the bitch stole her Ruby from her during a moment of weakness and anger.

"FUCK YOU, YOU EMO BITCH!" She hears Cinder yells back at the symbiote in her own pain filled rage. "LET ME LOOSE SO I CAN BURN YOUR ASS OFF MY BEST FRIEND!"

"We need to stop Carnage before this gets worse, AV." Weiss finds a spot on the wall where it's clear of red webbing and sets up a beacon in her pouch. Pushing the power button, she nods in satisfaction as a green light blinks for several moments before turning a solid green color, signaling it's readiness.

"I have a plan, but it's not going to be easy." The symbiote admits to her as she begins to climb down the wall carefully, working her way past more of the webbing. "Honestly, it's extremely dangerous, and may get us both killed."

"Story of my life." The Ghost Spider grumbles as she finds a good spot from which to launch herself at the bell. "Where the hell is she?" She mutters as she looks around curiously.

"Boo!" Weiss screams in a panic as Carnage's upside down face appears in front of her's, a malevolent grin on her red and black face. Her instincts take over, and she immediately throws a left hook at the symbiote, which she blocks easily by simply grabbing her hand with one of her own.

She can't help but stare in horror at the sight of so much blood, both dried as well as fresh, on the talons the cursed symbiote uses for fingers.

"You know how predictable you are, right?" Carnage mocks her as she begins to squeeze painfully. But to her surprise, the ultra violent symbiote begins to growl in a growing rage as the vice like grip slowly lessens. "Go back to sleep, you little whiny bitch!"

"Ruby! Please, Leiben! Fight her!" The Ghost Spider aims with a kick next, catching the distracted psychopathic entity solidly in the chest and knocking her away and into some of her own webbing. "Leiben, stop letting this Hündin control you!"

"I'M IN CONTROL!" Carnage shrieks in a rage as she throws spears of solidified webbing back at the white haired spider woman, who dodges them as quickly as she can manage. "NOT THAT WEAK WILLED, MOUTHY PUERTO RICAN BITCH!"

"Weiss, she's losing control."

"So I see." She blinks as she realizes that she feels herself calming down. She feels her pulse slowly back to her norm for combat, as well as her senses focus themselves once more. "AV?"

"I'm sorry, but this is all I can do." The fledgling symbiote admits quietly. "I can help you fight the fear effect Carnage generates around her, keep you calm. But anything more…"

She sees the movement a split second before her own curiousity overrides her well honed battle instincts. Leaping high as she thwips out, she slingshots herself clear of the violent symbiote to avoid a pair of axe hands aiming for her. "What's wrong? Can't handle my foul mouthed Leiben, whore?" She calls out mockingly as she releases her lines and thwips out again, this time towards the bell and it's captives.

"After I kill you, I'll destroy her mind with the memory of me skinning you alive while I laugh!" Carnage snarls in her rage as she launches herself rapidly after the white themed heroine. "I'm gonna laugh while she screams, while I kill you, that fire bitch, and the mechanical slut too!"

"LET ME LOOSE, PUTA!" Cinder screams back, her rage growing along with her heat. "YOU AREN'T KEEPING RUBY FROM US ANYMORE!"

"I completely agree!" Penny's look makes Weiss shudder. It is a look of pure malevolence that is aimed at the approaching symbiote. "I WILL MAKE YOU PAY FOR EVERY SECOND YOU HAVE TORTURED MY FRIEND!"

Weiss ignores the two women she and Ruby consider their best friends as she swings wide to avoid another slash from the enraged alien. She has to reach Penny with the pair of bracelets hidden in a secret slot of her suit, so that she can summon an army she and her assistant Jaune prepared for her. But her rage is making the symbiote more and more reckless, which is making it more and more difficult to do anything more than dodge.

At least, until the ball of fire slams into Carnage, knocking her through a wall as she shrieks in agony.

"COMO ME GUSTA AHORA?!" Firestar yells mockingly as she keeps burning herself and Penny out of the webbing, the ginger grimacing as the last bits and pieces of her Mark 22 armor begins to superheat.

"I myself would like you far more if you didn't turn me into a roast while breaking us free!"

"Whatever!"

Weiss rolls her eyes as she lands on the bell above the two women, lending a careful hand. "We need to hurry, my friends." The German born woman declares as she rips enough webbing off of Penny's arms to attach one of the bracelets. Stopping for a moment, while the ginger haired heroine looks oddly at her, she moves a hand to the side of her mask and presses an unseen button. "Jaune, please say that armor is prepared?"

"Ummmm, hit a small bit of a snag!" The long time, long suffering, absolutely loyal assistant to Penny calls back nervously. "Having some issues with the weapons you packed into this thing!"

Her facepalm gets a chuckle out of her two best friends, who have finished freeing each other, Cinder slowly lowering Penny to the stone floor. "Forget the spinning rims and bass speakers! We need that thing ASAP!"

"I'M NOT THE MECHANICAL GENIUS! YOU, RUBY, AND PEN ARE!"

"Weiss, do you have spare comms for me and Cinny?" The Iron Maiden asks as she finishes stripping off the broken pieces of her armor quickly.

The heroine nods as she tosses them both earwigs, along with the second bracelet for the ginger. "Cinny, you ready to keep that thing busy until Jaune learns to follow simple instructions?"

"Lead the way, Ghosty!" The dark haired beauty declares as her eyes begin to glow brightly in her rage, her feet leaving the ground as she comes to a hover.

"SHE WROTE THE INSTRUCTIONS IN GERMAN! I CAN'T READ GERMAN AND FRIDAY'S STILL OFFLINE!"

"Jaune, calm down and we'll go through them together, ok?" The ginger calls out soothingly while shooting a nasty look at Weiss, who flips her off in return. Together, the Ghost Spider and Firestar begin to move towards the giant hole in the wall when they hear cackling.

"Warriors! Come out and plaaaaaaay!"

"Oh fuck that bitch!" Cinder growls angrily as flames begin to flicker around her clenched fists. "The Warriors is mine and Ruby's thing!"

"Keep your wits about you, Cinder." Weiss grabs her by one shoulder, turning her to face her while removing her mask. "Cerise and Joanna need their Tia Ruby back, and Summer needs her Mami. We cannot fail them, or Ruby."

Taking a deep breath, the volatile mutant nods in agreement as she relaxes her hands, shaking them out to loosen them up. "Ruby's more important than needing to get even." She declares firmly before she smiles wickedly. "Still gonna be fun burning that whore off of her though!"

"Buy me five more minutes! He was closer to being done than he thought!" The Iron Maiden calls out as she taps the bracelets nervously.

"Come on you pussies! I don't have all night!"

"Weiss, please stop Mom. This world does not need an evil like her's. Her master is bad enough." Anti Venom adds quietly. "All we wished for was peace. To find a place we belonged and could live in harmony with partners who would not abuse or misuse us. But Knull wishes to end everything, and he is misusing my mother and the other symbiotes to do it. He is misusing the mother of my new host to bring his darkness to the entire universe. They must both be stopped."

Weiss blinks, even as her hand instinctively covers her still flat stomach. Cinder of course does not miss the act and frowns. "You're sitting the rest of this out, Ghosty." She declares firmly before looking at Penny and pointing at the white haired woman. "Pregnant again!"

"You're pregnant?!" The ginger looks at her in a growing rage. "And you risked yourself to rescue us?! I'm calling Sun and Yang to come help!"

"No time!" The Ghost Spider declares as she suddenly raises an arm and thwips out a webline. "I cannot live with myself if I do not rescue the mother of my children. I cannot fail my Leiben twice in one lifetime!" The glare she levels at them both causes the two seasoned heroines to step back instinctively.

"I will rescue my Leiben, no matter the cost." She declares evenly before pulling her mask back down. "I will not return to my home without her, because I promised Summer I would return with her Mami." She adds coldly before pulling on the webline and launching herself forward and towards the psychopathic symbiote.

"I'll watch her back!" Cinder Fall, the Firestar, declares as she launches behind her. "Tell Jaune to hurry the fuck up!" She yells over her shoulder before vanishing.

"Jaune, please hurry!"

"It's ready! Summon it now!"

Penny nods as she hits the buttons on both bracelets, while whispering a prayer that the new suit as well as she herself aren't too late to help save her best friend or her pregnant wife…

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"VAYA PARA EL INFIERNO!" Firestar screams as she launches jets of superheated flames from both her palms at the symbiote, who dodges neatly.

"Your aim is as lousy as your love life, Cinny Winny!" Carnage mocks her as she slings more spears of solid webbing back at her, the heroine simply blasting them out of the air. But the symbiote once again screams in pain as Weiss kicks her into one of the jets with both feet, while swinging with a webline.

"Shut your mouth!" The Ghost Spider roars as she flips in midair to avoid the same jet of flames. "And stay out of my wife's memories! They are not yours to ruin!"

"I'll ruin whatever I want, bitch!" The symbiote roars in her rage as she tumbles out and away from the flames. But she begins to scream once more as Penny emerges from the nearby tower and assaults the symbiote in high and low frequency sound waves.

"I beg to differ." The mechanical genius counters as Cinder joins her, the two of them now hammering on Carnage with a combined assault that soon leaves her laying prone on the ground.

"Ella está muerta?" Firestar calls out cautiously as they stay airborne, while Weiss approaches slowly.

"I am unsure." She admits before squealing in surprise as the symbiote suddenly grabs her by the throat and lifts her up while rising.

"If I'm going to die today, I'm taking you with me…"

"Mother! Please, stop this!" Anti Venom begs as Weiss struggles against the powerful grip that is cutting off her airway. "She is with child! She is carrying my new host!"

"And why should I care?! No! Go back to sleep!" Dropping the Ghost Spider, Carnage begins to scream as she ripples violently. "Stop! What are you doing?!"

"Not… my… wife!" Ruby screams as she suddenly rips the symbiote from her face, her silver eyes glowing. "Not my child, you bitch!" All three women and fledgling symbiote watch as the Scarlet Spider unleashes venom shock after venom shock to the crimson red creature until it finally pulls itself free of her with a scream of agony.

"Cinny! Penny! Ahora!"

Both women waste no time, and restart their deadly bombardment on the shrieking alien, while Weiss helps Ruby walk away as quickly as possible.

"Ruby! Thank God!" Weiss pulls the taller woman into a hug while sobbing. One returned in kind by a crying Ruby.

"I think… I think I need some help for my anger issues, Snowflake…" The Scarlet Spider admits quietly while holding the sobbing woman in her arms. "Carnage… took me over too easily. I… didn't fight her off as hard as I should have."

"Shhhh." The Ghost Spider smiles up at her while wiping her tears away. "Then we'll contact Dr. Goodwitch. If the leader of the X-Men cannot help, then we will find someone who can."

Before another word can be said, both women get tackled down by Penny and Cinder and into a group hug that leaves them all a bit battered, bruised, and more than a little crispy…

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-Afterword: Eight Months, Six Days, and twenty hours later-

"She's so beautiful." Weiss gushes as she holds little Willow Luna Rose in her arms.

"Yeah. Yeah she is." Ruby agrees as she holds a staring Summer. "But I thought she was a host for a symbiote?"

"We are one." Anti Venom replies quietly as she ripples across the newborn's skin.

"Does that answer your question, my Dolt?"

"Sure does, Snowflake. And I guess welcome to the family too, AV!"

"Thanks, Mom…"