#melanie x audrey

[julesnichols]

What's up folks! I'm back with another JBB fic, which has gotten me a bingo on my 5x5 and blacked out my 2x4 and my 3x3.

Rated T, mostly Brakenight with some background Ben/Mel.

Used a ton of prompts, just check the beginning notes for them!

[fbfh]

curiosity is a wonderful thing - ch 5

wc: 2.3k

genre: political thriller (ish), slow burn, best friends to lovers

pairing: audrey x ben, eventual ben x reader

warnings: reader has a high startle response, audrey is the fucking worst, (mostly one sided) tension between audrey and reader

summary: after introducing the isle kids to the school and its history, audrey finds herself losing the fight for ben's attention to you yet again and she's starting to get sick of it.

song recs: rabbit heart - florance and the machine, pacify her - melanie martinez

a/n: fangz to cici (luv u gurl mcr rox) also fangz to the writing gods for letting me complete this in literally one sitting. no idea how i pulled this one out of my ass but I think it turned out good lol. also same optional fit

tags @yesv01 @magcon7280 @hopefullhearts @thatawkwardlittlefangirl  @sunshineangel-reads @strawberry-cake1 @dustyinkpages @kiara7777

Ben moves quickly, gesturing behind him at the school. He needs to get things back on track, and move past Audrey’s tactless backhanded insults as quickly as possible. He walks down the path as you, Audrey, and the Isle kids follow him. As usual, you’re a step behind him the whole way. Someone nudges you, and you turn around to see Carlos, extending your now chocolate covered handkerchief toward you. 

“Thanks.” You say quietly, accepting it and looking down to tuck it back into your bag. You fuss with the zipper for a moment as you approach the uniformly shaped hedges in front of the school. In your attempts to get your bag closed back up, you don’t notice yourself veering off the path in the wrong direction until you feel Ben’s hand on your back. You look up at him as he guides you to the right with the rest of the group. 

“This way, bunny.” He says quietly, and you smile, slightly embarrassed at having started to go the wrong way again. You’re both so used to Ben course correcting you like this that you don’t notice it anymore. But Audrey notices. She always does. Before she can grab onto his arm again, he uses it to draw the Isle kids’ attention to the school, leaving her unable to hold onto him. 

“Auradon Prep; originally built over 300 years ago and converted into a high school by my father, when he became king.” 

As Ben talks, it reminds you of your own class’s orientation day at the school a few years ago, led by Ben’s dad. You were so nervous that you must have stayed within two feet of Ben the entire time. He’s come such a long way since then, you both have. You could listen to him speak about the school, about this country, about the dynasties of royal families and the positive changes they’ve made for their people for hours. He sounds so much like his dad, and it fills you with a tender sense of pride. 

He pauses in front of the statue of his dad and you smile, knowing exactly what’s coming. He looks up at the granite likeness of his dad’s familiar face, his powerful stance, and claps twice. In an instant, the stone shifts and morphs, depicting him now in his beast form. A shrill scream pierces the air behind you and you jump at the noise, clutching your pearls as you startle. You both look back as Ben instinctively places his hands on your shoulders. It feels stable and reassuring, and you feel your heartbeat begin to calm down at the contact. Audrey waits to see if Ben plans on comforting her too, but he just looks down at you, making sure you’re alright.

“You okay?” He asks quietly. You nod, and he lets out a soft breath.

“Yeah.” You breathe so quietly anyone else would have missed it. 

Audrey lets out an irritated huff, crossing her arms. After that brief moment of reassurance, you look over at Carlos, who seems to have jumped into Jay’s arms. It’s quiet for a moment as Jay unceremoniously drops Carlos back onto the ground, and Carlos attempts to salvage what’s left of his dignity. Ben chuckles lightly, but not maliciously. Carlos notices this and seems confused that someone is actually laughing with him and not at him. 

“Carlos, it’s okay.” Ben says, “My father wanted his statue to morph from beast to man. To remind us that anything is possible.”

Ben hears you finish the last part of the sentence under your breath with him. You’ve both heard his father say those same words thousands of times, and it brings a sudden smile to his face that takes him a moment to get back under control. Part of you wishes that Belle and Adam were here to see him now, see how well he’s doing, how much he seems like both of them in this moment. You know in your bones that if his parents could see him like this, see how naturally and gracefully he talks about the school and the history of his country, they would be proud beyond words. But you’re here to see it, and that feels like enough. 

Mal looks at the statue, seeming unimpressed.

“Does he shed much?” She asks with a note of snarkiness to her voice.

“Yeah,” Ben deadpans, “Mom won’t let him on the couch.”

His quick response wins a look of approval from Mal, a chuckle from the other Isle kids, and a loud laugh from you - the kind that takes a moment to trail off. Once you’ve caught your breath, you turn to him to keep walking, this time in the correct direction.

“There’s lint rollers hidden all over the palace.” You add through a giggle, making Ben laugh audibly. Audrey seems less impressed by the ice breaking banter, keeping a tight smile plastered on her face and fighting the urge to roll her eyes. 

By the time Ben has brought you all into the foyer of the dorms and explained a little more about the history of the school, Mal is already asking about magic. She seems very curious, but like she doesn’t want to seem like she cares all that much - a defense mechanism, you assume. What people don’t know you care about, they can’t ruin. 

“Like, wands? And things like that?” Mal asks casually. 

“Yeah, it exists of course.” Ben begins, “But it’s pretty much retired. Except for some forms.” He finishes, gesturing to you, knowing you’re much more qualified to answer magic related questions. 

“Right.” You agree, “You see, Wonderland magic is based in nonsense, but here in overland where everything is sense, nonsense doesn’t make nearly as much sense, so it really doesn’t work quite as well - or quite the same way - as it would in a place where things don’t make much of any sense at all…” 

You begin to explain, only catching yourself mid ramble towards the end of your train of thought. You trail off, clearing your throat a little. 

“But that’s really a story for another time.” You finish. You don’t want to overwhelm them with information on their first day, and Wonderland rules (or lack thereof), are confusing to most people on a good day. Besides, none of them are from timeless domains, so anything they would learn about Wonderland could only be theoretical. Realization crosses Mal’s face, and she points to you. 

“So you’d be…”

“Alice’s daughter. Of Wonderland.” You clarify. Ben smiles a little, the way he always does when you introduce yourself like that. He thinks it’s so endearing how you think any Alice other your mom would spring to someone’s mind upon meeting you. 

“That explains the teapot bag…” Evie mutters. Someone chuckles, you’re not sure who, but you find yourself hoping this wraps up somewhat soon. You’re trying so hard to be patient, but you were dragged away from Wonderland so suddenly, and it’s always disorienting for you  like that. Besides, you’ve heard whispers of a nest egg that’s sure to hatch soon, and you’re dying to go back to Wonderland so you can get a look at it, maybe get some pictures. 

“Exactly,” Ben says, turning to you. You’re so grateful that he’s always here to help you navigate awkward moments, like when you don’t notice you’ve been rambling, or make a joke that doesn’t make sense to anyone except him. 

“She knows the most about magic out of anyone at Auradon Prep.” Ben continues, turning to you, “It’s just like you said, bunny. Most of us here are just ordinary mortals.”

Mal scoffs at that for two reasons. Not only did a literal prince just call himself a regular average Joe, but you’re supposed to be the one who knows the most about magic? She doesn’t think so. Not when she’s the one with her mother’s spell book hidden in her bag right now. She doubts you’ll still be the one who knows the most about magic starting pretty damn soon. There’s a new queen in town. 

“Ordinary mortals, who… just happen to be kings and queens.” She says. At the discussion of royal status, Audrey suddenly finds herself interested in joining the conversation again. She’s always been a little too eager to talk about royal status and bloodlines for your liking. 

“That’s true!” She says with that glimmer in her eye that only appears when she’s bragging. She reaches for Ben’s arm again, finally managing to grab it. “Our royal blood goes back hundreds of years…”

She pulls Ben’s arm around her shoulder, and he chuckles awkwardly. He catches your eye for a brief moment, silently praying for a graceful way out of yet another moment made uncomfortable by Audrey’s superior attitude and love of public displays of affection. You know exactly what he’s silently telling you from one look at his face, and you nod your head subtly toward the stairs, drawing his attention there. He looks over, spotting Doug on his way down to the great hall. 

“Doug!” He calls, lifting his arm off Audrey to wave Doug over. “Doug, come down.” 

Doug nods, and jogs down the last few stairs. He walks over to meet Ben and you, standing in front of the Isle kids.

“This is Doug.” Ben introduces him to their new students. “He’s going to help you with your classes, and schedules, and show you around the rest of the dorms.” They’re silent, and he can sense their apprehension about being handed off to someone, no matter how well they mask it. 

“I’ll see you later, okay?” He says, with a small smile. There’s a reassuring quality to his tone of voice that puts everyone in the room at ease. The Isle kids seem to relax a little, and Ben continues, “And if there is anything else you need, please, feel free to-” “Ask Doug.” 

Audrey jumps in yet again with that tense smile, cutting off Ben for the… you’ve lost count of how many times, at this point. There’s some more forced laughter between Audrey and Mal, then before you know it, Audrey is dragging Ben away. You start to leave as well, reaching into your bag for your journal to check where you’re supposed to be right now. 

“Bunny!” Ben calls, and you turn your head. “This way.” 

You turn and scurry a few steps to catch up with him and Audrey. As Doug leads them to their dorms, Evie looks back, her gaze lingering on Ben’s hand resting on your back. Something he’s done very casually a few times in the short while they’ve been here in Auradon, but never once to his actual girlfriend. Evie might be a pretty face, but she’s definitely not stupid when it comes to love. She sighs, and crosses Ben off her mental list of potential princes. One girl she can easily compete with, but two other girls fighting for his attention means he’s just not worth her time. Besides, if Audrey doesn’t stand a chance against you - which she sure doesn’t seem to in Evie’s opinion - she’s sure it won’t be easy for anyone else, even someone as gorgeous as her. 

Across the great hall, Audrey stares straight ahead. She refuses to look at you, rolling her eyes and forcing a smile before turning specifically to look at Ben. 

“But Bennyboo,” She says patiently, “We’re supposed to have dinner tonight, remember?”

Ben’s brow furrows for a moment before he remembers the plans they had made.

“Oh, right.” He wonders how he could have forgotten that, but chalks it up to the very busy, very important day. 

“So we should probably get going,” she says to you, insincerely sweet. “Let’s catch up later, ‘kay?”

She begins to drag Ben away from you, but he hesitates for a moment. Suddenly he remembers why he hadn’t been thinking about dinner with her yet. 

“Actually, Audrey, we’re uh,” he looks at you before turning back to her. “We’re having dinner later. After the council stuff this evening.”

Finally, her mood drops in a way that no amount of chipper facades and tropical punch energy drinks can disguise. 

“...Right.” She says slowly, watching Ben take another step closer to you. 

“We actually need to…” He says, trailing off as you hold out your pocket watch for him to look at. The hands are a little too close to the word Late! for his comfort. 

“Oh god.” He mutters quietly. Audrey huffs and he turns back to her, really needing to wrap this up. 

“You’re welcome to join us, if you want.” He offers, kindly telling her that either way, you two need to leave right now. Her forced smile grows stale at the idea of having to sit through even more boring meetings, especially unnecessary ones. 

“I have a thing.” She says quickly, “I really need to go over the cheer routines we’re doing for the next tourney match. I cannot let Jane be an embarrassment to the squad again.” 

“Okay, so dinner later.” Ben confirms. He walks over to give her a chaste peck on the cheek before dragging you away to the next meeting you’re almost late for. She watches the way his hand stays on your back, even when you must clearly know where you’re going. She watches the way you talk to each other as you leave, animatedly and closely in a way that feels too intimate for her liking. 

You and Ben are always on the same page, you always have been. She knew what she was getting into when she started dating Ben, she knew about the busy schedule and all the meetings and how close you two are, but she just figured… She hoped that he would have started to like her more than you by now. There’s still time, she reminds herself. She can wrap her Bennyboo so tight around her finger that he forgets all about his little best friend. 

[divinefqces]

⭑ 1980’s names!

name master list ☀️ this list consists of (fem) names that were majorly popular during the 1980s. i will most likely be making a similar post to this eventually including sur names, if you have any suggestions you think would fit well in this list please lmk!

feminine

A ; amanda, ashley, amber, amy, angela, april, alicia, allison, alexandra, alexis, alyssa, anne, annie, angelica, angel, angeline, ana, audrey, aubrey, autumn

B ; brittany, britney, brittney, britanny, brandy, brandi, bianca, brooke, beth, brenda, barbara, bridget, bonnie, bonnabel

C ; christina, cristina, crystina, cristinna, christine, courtney, crystal, cindy, cyndi, cassandra, chelsea, catherine, cynthia, carrie, caitlin, caitlyn, cait, casey, candace, christy, colleen, carolyn, caroline, cassie, carla, claudia

D ; diana, dana, dawn, desiree, divine, destini, destiny, deanna, dominique, deborah, danielle, debbie

E ; elizabeth, emily, erin, eren, erika, erica, ebony, evangeline, elsie

F ; fallon, felicia, fern, francine, franchesca, faye, farrah, felicity, fiona, fiora, flora, freya, frey, frida, fatima, florence, frances

G ; gemma, gwen, gwenny, gabrielle, gabriella, gen, genevieve, genette, genesis, gem, georgina, giana, ginny, giselle, gina

H ; hannah, hazel, harriet, heather, hallie, hayley, hailey, holly, hope

I ; isley, ivy, imogen, isla

J ; jess, jessica, jessy, jessie, jessyca, jen, jenny, jenni, jennifer, jacqueline, jackie, jill, joanna, jaclyn, jaime, jamie, jordan, jordy, jordyn, jass, jas, jasmine, jasmin, jazz, jazzmin, jazzmine, jenna, jade, jayde

K ; krystal, kim, kym, kimberly, kymberly, katherine, kathryn, kathy, kat, katheryne, krystina, krys, kryssie, krissie, kristen, krysten, kristyn, katie, kate, kaitlyn, kaitlin, kathleen, katrina, kelsey, kara, kendra, kelly, kelli, kari, kourtney

L ; lydia, lindsey, lindsay, laura, lauren, loren, lauryn, latoya, leslie, les, lesley, leah, linda, lynda, laury, laurie, laurey, lori, latasha, liv, leigh-anne, lacey, lacy, laci

M ; maria, mariah, moriah, melissa, melyssa, michelle, michele, mychelle, mary, marie, monica, monyca, megan, meghan, megyn, megin, melanie, misty, margaret, molly, morgan, monique, miranda, melinda, marissa, meredith, merida, meagan, mallory

N ; nicole, nichole, nycole, nicol, natalie, natalia, nat, natasha, nancy, nina

O ; octavia, odette, odessa, olivia

P ; perrie, priscilla, patricia, pamela, payton, paige, paisley

Q ; quinn, quinnie, quinni, quincy, queenie, quen

R ; rachel, rachael, rachyl, rebecca, rebecka, rebekah, renee, reneé, regina

S ; sara, sarah, steph, stef, stefanie, stephanie, stefani, stephani, samantha, sam, shannon, sharon, stacey, stacie, staci, stacy, susan, susanne, susanna, sandra, sabrina, sheena, shauna

T ; trina, tiff, tiffany, tifany, tifaney, tiffaney, tiffani, tara, tracey, tracy, traci, tina, teresa, theresa, tara, tonya, tamara, tabitha, tasha, tammy, tamika, taylor

U ; unqiue

V ; vera, veronica, vanessa, victoria, vic, vickey, valerie, val

W ; willow, whitney, whit

X ; xandra

Y ; yasmine, yessica, yazzmin, yazzmine, yasmin

Z ; zara, zarley, zarlee, zarli, zarhlee. zoey, zoe

[alexie-the-pig]

At this point, who tf do I even ship Melanie with.

Like on one hand there’s her and ben the og.

Then there’s baby lesbian Ruth pining for Melanie.

AND Melaudrey def has a backstory.

Like bestie, this is one chaotic bisexual trying to figure out another.

Like honestly everyone is in love with Melanie or has been prove me fucking wrong. (Even wilford🤮)

also another honorable mention to how gay Ruth is for Melanie, we don’t address it enough.

[maskofmilves]

Seeing an Melanie/Audrey nsfw drawing on the tumblr tl both made me gasp and scream out of happiness?..... I can't think of the word-

[silviasi22]

Melanie Cavill | How Villains Are Made

[Snowpiercer]

[cassidysanne]

30 DAY SNOWPIERCER CHALLENGE

↳ day 10: favourite unreal couple (melanie & audrey)

i wish melanie and audrey would get together so bad. i know they'll never do it, because it looks like they're going with melanie is "straight" (she's bi to me and anyone who disagrees can fight me) but i love the relationship between them and there is definitely some sort of connection there. i really hope that's at least explored next season.

(x) (x)

[missaudreystiara]

Snowpiercer S3: has a pretty happy ending, gave my faves a hella romantic moment, finished on a cute little teaser cliff hanger

Me: okay great, we don’t need to start worrying like we did after the end of S2

Brain: BUT S3 ended so completely that they could do literally anything in S4 and you won’t see it coming

Me: *starts worrying*

[end-area]

Snowpiercer: Favourite Relationships

1. Melanie Cavill x Bennet Knox x Javier de la Torre - "Wilford's Finest"

2. Melanie Cavill x Ruth Wardell - "Girls in Blue"

3. Murray x Emilia - "The Last Australians"

4. Melanie Cavill x Joseph Wilford - "Ice Age: Sub Zero Heroes"

5. Josie x Icy Bob - "The Tailie and the Beast"

6. Winnipeg x Lights - "Family of Choice"

7. Bojan 'Boki' Boskovic x Breach(wo)men - "True Companions"

8. Mr. Headwood x Mrs. Headwood - "Mad Scientists in Love"

9. Alexandra Cavill x Joseph Wilford - "Archnemesis Dad"

10. Joseph Wilford x his Snowpiercer - "Villain with Good Publicity"

[ray-green-wicked4good]

Ruth: In my many years of service, I've learned there are two types of people. And they always give themselves away in the most obvious ways. Watch. *cupping mouth to speak louder* THE FLOOR IS LAVA!

Melanie: Oh shit! *throws Ben over her shoulder and clambers onto the counter*

Wilford: Battle Stations! *shoves Audrey off the couch*

[mot-hesbian]

I rescind my previous statement

Audrey and Bess are giving me feelings

Ben and Melanie really said best couple noises

Josie and Layton are cute

LJ and Os are giving me feelings

Melanie and Alex are hurt

Season 4 do not fuck this up too badly

[wingsofhcpe]

SNOWPIERCER EP. 3: THOUGHTS (AND PRAYERS)

I'm starting to ship Audrey and Till. Fml. Although I stand by my word that Till/Sykes will forever be superior.

When Kevin died I was literally like "ding dong the witch is DEAD". Good job LJ you made a good choice and I love you even more for it.

Josie breaking that window while Wilford is like "nah she's not going to- oh shit oh fuck.". And then when Layton caught him... Epic dialogue, great delivery, thank you Sean Bean.

On the topic of Wilford it hurts me how much he and Audrey actually love each other, it's so weird because you'd think neither of them would be capable of love (esp. Wilford) and yet here they are, Audrey clearly being his greatest weakness, his greatest love. Good writing.

PIKE. MISTER PIKE. YOU'RE A GOOD MAN. A BRAVE MAN.

No seriously I'm not over this. I want this on my tombstone.

Roche is coming back!!! But oh I can feel the angst coming with his wife...

Speaking of, when all the Tailies were in the procession at the end I was like "oh Anne is dead and they're mourning her because Roche helped the tail" and then the scene changed to Strong Boy and I have, quite literally, never felt so much pain in my entire life.

See I didn't realise he was DEAD. I thought they were supposed to keep everyone alive, what the fuck Kevin?! I literally teared up???? When I realised he was dead???? Like wtf????

In a way my reaction was funny bc while Kevin was fucking him up my mum was freaking out but I was like "nah he'll be ok, he's very strong, I bet he's gonna show Kevin a world of pain as soon as he gets the chance". And then just. WHAT. WHAT.

No I can't wrap my head around it still???? This episode is 99% me weeping about Strong Boy and 1% everything else.

Ben's and Javi's reunion healed my broken heart just a little, though. I love them.

Layton is on the path to becoming the villain and honestly? I dig it. Who doesn't love a good corruption arc. Also it would be poetic (and hilarious) if LJ joining the resistance pitted her against Layton.... again. Same for Ruth, Till, etc.

Asha my beloved. She's Not Okay and honestly I can't blame her, also 10€ that Layton's lie is gonna come to bite him in the ass SO bad.

All things aside, I'll never forgive this show for not giving us Ruth's reaction to the news of Melanie's death (and for killing Strong Boy but yknow). Like literally wtf???? I wanted TEARS I wanted PAIN. Instead all I got was Zarah's stupid face and her stupid baby and stupid Layton and Josie just having second thoughts about everything and honestly? I don't fucking blame her.

Oh God if Josie sides with Wilford it's gonna hurt so bad (but once again, I won't be able to blame her).

Also hold up, LJ gave an orange to one of the rebels right. While she was telling Oz she loved him. You know what that means? THEIR SHIP NAME IS OFFICIALLY OJ (ORANGE JUICE)!!!!

[strongwomenunited]

I was thinking about the fact that most, if not all couples in Snowpiercer, have had a lot of hardships since the start of the show, and in turn because of this some think something bad is going to happen with Audrey and Bess. Let's look at the facts, excluding Ruth because all of her boyfriends have died. Josie/Layton - the only reason they broke up was because Zarah got pregnant and Layton felt he had to be with Zarah, only to realize they were better as just parents.

Melanie/Ben - Jennifer Connelly had to be written out of the show temporarily because she went off to film a movie, so had that not happened they probably would have been together this entire time. So... unless they are going to throw some crazy wedge in between Audrey and Bess, I think they should be okay romantically-wise. At least I hope so.

[julesnichols]

The Wilford makes Audrey dress up as Melanie in bed fic that someone requested is now here. Enjoy!

[maskofmilves]

Snowpiercer 3x10:

*Bess runs back to Audrey and they kiss*

Meanwhile Melanie: 🧍‍♀️

[silviasi22]

Melanie Cavill & Miss Audrey | Lock & Key