#millicent decker

[agentnolastname]

write the fluffiest shit you can pull out of masons ass for me i’m not ok need a cheer up and you’re gonna prescribe me my medicine thank h very much

Wear It Like A Promise

Pairing: Agent Mason x Detective Iris Decker (f!OC) | featuring toddler!Millie

Prompt: Mason realizes that his clothes are missing one by one. He finds out why and does something about it.

Word Count: ~1.7k

Note: Thank you for the ask @withbeautyandrage! I hope this is fluffy enough to cheer you!

***

"Man, I'm so tired of you wearing the same clothes almost everyday," Felix sighs as he looks at Mason with what seems to be a frown as fake as his sigh, "Don't the agency give us enough allowance for that?"

Mason scoffs at this, and was just about to speak when a laugh tears from the other side of the room. Iris then strides through the doors with Adam following her closely from behind.

"Ask Adam the same thing."

"I would like to be excluded from this narrative." The commanding agent says, his eyes glaring at Mason's direction

At this, Iris finds herself laughing even more.

Oh, to be a human in the middle of this.

She shakes her head internally, making her way to the couch to sit beside her husband. Mason greets her with a smirk, gesturing for her to move closer. She responds to this by pressing her body to his side, she immediately felt his hand on her waist and a peck on her lips.

"Missed me?" Iris teased. Mason just shrugged at this.

"Iris, where did all his clothes go?" Felix asks, genuinely looking curious now.

"The laundry." She says and smiles, "It's not much, and they all look the same anyway."

"Yeah, you're right, you gotta buy him clothes that aren't maroon or black." Felix chuckles.

"Not everyone can be stylish, you know?" Iris teases Mason but he just shrugged at this. "I certainly don't mind his clothes though."

"Yeah, you like them off anyway."

"I think we've had enough of this conversation, don't you think so?" Nate suddenly chimes from the corner of the room.

Just then, Rebecca enters the room signalling for their meeting to start.

***

"Thank you so much for looking over her." Iris says as she gets Millie from Tina's arms. The toddler immediately lights up upon the sight of her parents.

"Oh, she's a sweet little girl." Tina says and smiles, "Besides, Cara here was having fun taking good care of her little 'sisters'"

Just then Cara comes up to the door, "Hi, Aunt Iris, and oh angry mister, hello!" Both Tina and Iris laughs at this.

"We should go now." Iris thanks Tina once again.

With their goodbyes now said, Mason follows Iris to the car, carrying Millie on his arms.

***

"Did you send the laundry out already?" Mason lays on the couch in their living room as he looks after Millie while Iris prepares for dinner. "Most of my clothes are missing."

"I already sent them out but it won't arrive until Monday." Iris shrugs and just continued preparing. It wasn't much since Mason only feeds on blood and Millie still eats baby food. So it is only her eating her awful cooking.

"Dada." Millie says suddenly crawling to Mason's way. The toddler smiles at him and tugs on his hands. He picks her up and placed her on his chest. "Gug, dada." (Hug, dad) She says and lodged herself on his chest. Mason's lips curled into a slight smile as he gently wraps one arm on his daughter.

"I didn't use a lot of clothes this week though. Where did they go?" Mason asked.

"You should ask your daughter."

"What can a kid even do with my clothes?"

"More than you can know." Iris just shrugs. "I'll let you discover it yourself."

***

It's night time. They are both preparing to sleep when Millie suddenly cried. Iris immediately sits up with wide eyes, suddenly remembering the fact that she forgot something.

"Shit." She says and immediately stands up from the bed, leaving Mason confused. Once she noticed this, she looked back at him and smiled. "You should go back to sleeping, I just forgot to put something in her crib."

"You sure you don't want me to do it instead?" He asked, worry evident in his voice. It must be because she haven't been sleeping much these days because of the training, and the increase of crime in wayhaven.

"I'm okay."

"Alright then." Mason just shrugs.

Iris leaves the room, but he noticed her getting something from their closet before she went out.

"Dada?" He heard from the radio a few minutes later. It was Millie's tiny sleepy voice. "Dada pwip." (Dad sleep) Mason gets up and decided to check on what is happening on the nursery.

Reaching the room in no time, he slowly and quietly opens the door, seeing Iris wearing his shirt and craddling their child to sleep. Mason relishes the sight, but he won't admit it anyway. So he just smirks and move to stand beside his wife.

"Can't put her to sleep on your own?" He teases, earning a frown from the woman.

"It wasn't my fault that she is such a daddy's girl." Iris says, rolling her eyes.

"I'll put her down, go sleep."

"No, i'm alright."

"You need it." Mason says, moving to stand in front of her now.

"I just don't want to give all the responsibility to you."

"And you are not. She is my child, as much as she's yours."

"Still-"

"Let's all just sleep together then." Mason cuts her off and takes Millie from her arms, exiting the nursery almost immediately and going back to their room.

Iris smiles as she watches Mason gently craddling Millie while walking. She follows them, not bothering to switch back to the shirt she was wearing earlier.

Together, they all slept wrapped in each other's warmth. And it was the first time Millie slept continuously the whole night.

***

The day ended pretty fast for both Iris since it was her day off and all she had to do is to bond with Millie. She's thankful that the toddler didn't make much fuss looking for Mason and pretty much just enjoyed playing with her toys. It was a wonderful day, well more so if Mason was there. Unfortunately, he had to drop by the agency today and do something.

"Hello," she smiles greeting Mason who had just entered their home. "How was your day?" She says and stands, approaching her husband just to give her a kiss.

"As usual." Mason says and shrugs. "It's already late, why are you two still up?"

"Millie was waiting for you."

"And you aren't?" Mason teased, pulling her into the couch to sit on his lap.

"You know it already." Iris says and laughs, and was about to kiss Mason when a tiny voice interrupted their moment.

"Dada. Mum mum." Millie says and smiles up at them, holding her hands out for them to reach. Iris laughs at this and gets off of his lap to carry the toddler and placed her to sit in the middle. "Pwip." (Sleep)

"Alright, let's tuck you to bed now." Iris says snd carries the child. Surprised at Mason standing up and following them behind.

"Go rest. I'll wait until she falls asleep." Mason says, leaving a quick kiss on her temple. Iris just nods and exited the nursery.

Walking into their bedroom, she realized that she forgot to take Millie's dirty bottles from the nursery so she went back immediately. Only to see Mason craddling their child in his arms, and talking with her using a gentle voice even Iris had rarely heard before.

"You make your mom lose sleep whenever you look for me. It's alright to have favorites but don't show her okay? She will be competitive." With a chuckle, Mason looks at his child closely, realizing just how much she looks like him, and really got nothing from Iris except the blonde hair. "I'm gonna give you something that will make you less of a whiner."

Iris watched as he reached for his pocket, bringing out a bracelet with what seems like a small crystal on it. He wraps it around Millie's right arm and the toddler laughs at this.

"You like it, sweetie?" Mason asks and brings Millie up just to look on her happy face.

"I think she does. Also, sweetie? Really?" Iris smiles and moves to sit on the chair's armrest, her side leaning against Mason's shoulder. "You got her a crystal."

"It has my scent." Mason says and she immediately understood what it meant.

A few minutes later, Mason is tucking Millie who is finally asleep under her blankets. Iris stands on the side, waiting for him to finish so they could both go back to their room. When he does, he saunters over her direction, wearing that smirk on his face.

"Think I had forgotten about you, sweetheart?" He suddenly says and his hand retrieves something from his pocket again.

It was a necklace, looking the same as his. A black chord with a crystal that hangs on it.

"What do I need that for?" Iris asks, looking confused.

"So you won't miss me anymore."

"I don't." Iris says defensively and rolls her eyes.

"Sure you don't."  Mason chuckles, moving to put the necklace on her neck. And once he finally did, Iris felt something in her stirs, she isn't sure what, but it's not like she still needs to know. It's a gift from Mason, and she will always be thankful for it.

"And this what?" She asked holding the crystal in between her fingers.

"So you'll always have a part of me."

"What, are you now a crystal?" Iris says earning a scoff from the man that is standing in front of her. "Kidding aside, thank you." She says and slips her arms around his neck.

"I'll protect the both of you no matter what. I promise." Mason says, wrapping his arms around her waist. His smirk now long gone, and his eyes are looking at her with much intensity.

"I don't doubt that." Iris says and leans in to kiss him deeply. Only moving back a few seconds after. "She might wake up."

"She won't." Mason says and pulls Iris into their bedroom.

Iris wakes up the next day with dark circles around her eyes, going to work sleep-deprived.

END.

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i have far too many muses, so i’ve deleted a few in order to clean up the page a bit. some are reserved, some are gone indefinitely simply because they don’t have any plots and / or i have no muse for them. i still have far too many muses, but i don’t want to remove anymore. here’s my cleaned up masterlist ( didn’t also make it specifically to make that randomizer meme easier, no way )  and under the cut is my removed muses. if we have a plot with them, just assume that it’s sticking that way !  i just won’t be taking on anymore plots with them anymore. 

added.

domino riggs (andrew garfield)

dorothy ‘dottie’ riggs (sara waisglass)

reserved.

jasper maxwell (james mcavoy fc.)

timothy maxwell (aaron taylor-johnson fc.)

sullivan 'sully' fox (chris evans fc.)

lawson fox (charlie hunnam fc.)

millicent 'millie' fox (billie lourde fc.)

river fox (max thieriot fc.)

dakota parker (hunter schafer fc.)

quilo ricci (noah centineo fc.)

ariella ricci (kaylee bryant fc.)

caelin marshall (zachary levi fc.)

corbyn marshall (john krasinski fc.)

joaquin beadle (aaron liebregts fc.)

oliver martin (deaken bluman fc.)

jasmine martin (anya taylor-joy fc.)

removed indefinitely.

thalia dubois (rebecca ferguson fc.)

quilo ricci (noah centineo fc.)

helena souza (camila mendes fc.)

nadine potter emily ratajkowski fc.)

elvin ivarsson (logan shroyer fc.)

roger lawrence (owen joyner fc.)

kaan şahenk (kerem bursin fc.)

kadri şahenk (aslihan malbora fc.)

reid decker (brie larson fc.)

jeremiah 'miah' felgate (bradley simpson fc.)

daniel 'dodger' flanagan (tyler hoechlin fc.)

james nightingale (adeline rudolph fc.)

rufus howard (matthew gray gubler fc.)

cassandra 'cassie' foster (madchen amick fc.)

márcia oliveira (barbie ferreira fc.)

antonio bianchi (ryan guzman fc.)

simon garland (thomas brodie-sangster fc.)

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NY Clips: Frog Skateboards “Bossa Nova” Video (2019) New edit from Frog Skateboards titled Bossa Nova featuring Jesse Alba and the

[rapeculturerealities]

We stopped keeping statistics on the number of Native moms and babies that are lost in our region; it was just too upsetting,” said Millicent Simenson, co-founder of Mewinzha Ondaadiziike Wiigaming.

In light of growing awareness of the negative impact of institutional racism on health for women of color, especially Black women, a new analysis argues the experience of Native American women closely parallels that of African American women. An emerging community-centered and culturally relevant response is offering families hope amid staggering rates of maternal and infant mortality.

Mewinzha is a Native American holistic care center for pregnant, birthing moms and their families in Bemidji, Minnesota. Simenson, of the Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara tribes, and her partner at Mewinzha, Roberta Decker of the Leech Lake Ojibwe tribe—both licensed nurses with extensive experience working in mainstream health care—offer childbirth, breastfeeding education, and doula training for both Native and non-Native people. They also serve as volunteer doulas as time permits.

“Even though we don’t get any referrals from mainstream health care, we continue to do the work because Native people are asking for it, and we think it helps,” Simenson said.

Released today, the analysis from the Center for American Progress, shared pre-publication exclusively with Rewire.News, includes data supporting Simenson’s observations. The analysis, titled “American Indian and Alaska Native Maternal and Infant Mortality: Challenges and Opportunities,” finds that official and ad hoc practices, including traditional Native concepts of community support, are playing a critical role in improving access to health-care services.

Although health and birth and death records notoriously underreport racial classifications for Native Americans, the available data is startling.

In 2015, mortality rates for American Indians and Alaska Native babies under the age of 1 was 8.3 per 1,000 births versus white non-Hispanic babies at 4.9 deaths per one thousand births, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Mortality rates declined for infants of all races except for American Indians.

Native American infants are twice as likely as non-Hispanic white infants to die from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), and are 70 percent more likely than non-Hispanic white infants to die from accidental deaths before the age of 1. Data from the Urban Health Institute collected from the organizations’ 33 nationwide health-care locations found that maternal mortality rates for Native women was 4.5 times greater than non-Hispanic white women.

Since Native Americans constitute approximately 2 percent of the U.S. population, they are frequently overlooked in public health data, according to the authors of the analysis, Lucy Truschel and Cristina Novoa. Physicians often misreport racial identity for Native Americans in medical documents. Birth and death racial data may also be inaccurate. The mother usually indicates racial identity, but some tribes may only recognize members whose fathers are Native. Also, since physicians or coroners often report racial identity for death certificates, the possibility for misidentification increases. The CDC, for instance, uses information from public health and birth and death records for its data reporting.

The CAP authors maintain that the actual rate of Native American maternal and infant death is much higher than shown by available data.

In the series “Lost Mothers,” ProPublica and National Public Radio journalists collected over 200 stories from African American mothers who overwhelmingly reported feeling devalued and disrespected by medical providers. Journalists also cited a 2010 study by Arline Geronimus, professor at the University of Michigan, who describes the cumulative physical impact of enduring stress, such as living with racism, as “weathering.” Geronimus links weathering to a broad range of health disparities, including high maternal and infant mortality rates.

Native women also bear the burdens of negative health impacts from historical trauma borne out of past federal policies supporting genocide, forced migration, and cultural erasure. Examples include forced placement on reservations, attendance at boarding schools, relocation programs moving Native peoples from home communities to cities. This premise is supported by research such as the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study connecting stress and the risk of developing health problems such as addiction, depression, intimate partner violence, suicide, diabetes, liver disease, and poor fetal health.

Native women may be reluctant to seek services from mainstream medical professionals; they are 2.5 times more likely to receive late or no prenatal care compared to non-Hispanic white mothers. Barriers to getting health care include lack of money and transportation to travel to facilities far from home, lack of health insurance, and fear of discrimination.

According to a study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health, 23 percent of Native American respondents reported being discriminated against when visiting the doctor or clinic. Fifteen percent reported avoiding visiting the doctor altogether due to fear of discrimination.

“I’ve seen a lot of racism when it comes to how our women are treated by health-care professionals,” said Rebekah Dunlap, a public health-care nurse on the Fond du Lac Reservation in Minnesota. “Native people get so judged by mainstream health care professionals who don’t understand our communities or know where we’re coming from. So many of our people are living in survival mode, but doctors simply see us as non-compliant in terms of our health status,” she said. Dunlap is a member of the Fond du Lac Band of Ojibwe.

Simenson described her experience supporting a client during a prenatal visit at a local clinic. “She was dreading going to the clinic because of a bad previous experience. The receptionist ignored her and skipped to the next person as she waited at the desk to get her next appointment,” Simenson recalled.

The client got angry and began to storm away. “I’m not going to do this anymore; I’m not going back there,” she said.

Simenson acknowledged the client’s feelings, but reminded her it was important to set up the next appointment. With Simenson’s support, the client went back and scheduled her next visit. Simenson also called the receptionist’s attention to the client’s experience.

“I’m not sure I would describe the receptionist’s behavior as racially motivated, but it really doesn’t matter because the client sincerely felt that it was and wouldn’t have scheduled her next appointment because of it,” Simonsen said.

Pregnant people who use drugs may also fear going to the doctor. Use of opioids among Native Americans has skyrocketed. Native American Minnesotans were five times more likely to die of drug overdose than white Minnesotans in 2015, according to the Minnesota Department of Health, while comprising only 1.1 percent of the population in that state. In Wisconsin, Native American infants were disproportionately affected by neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) compared to other ethnicities.

NAS is a set of symptoms—such as tremors, excessive crying, and diarrhea���that newborns can present with at birth if they were exposed to opioids in utero. NAS can occur if a person uses illicit drugs, prescribed medication, or even methadone or buprenorphine, medication-assisted treatments used to treat opioid-use disorder recommended for pregnant people.

A common medical practice for infants born with NAS includes separating baby and mother for 72 hours while baby is placed in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) where they are treated for withdrawal symptoms. In some instances, mothers may be charged with child abuse or other crimes and/or have their babies removed from their care by government social service agencies.

Pregnant patients “seem to know which hospitals won’t separate them from their babies,” said Birdie Lyons, Family Spirit program supervisor for the Leech Lake Ojibwe tribe in Minnesota.

Indian Health Service (IHS) facilities—those providing health-care services to American Indian and Alaska Native families in the United States—in the Bemidji area refer pregnant clients to Sanford Hospital in Bemidji for birthing. According to Lyons, Sanford Hospital separates babies with withdrawal symptoms from their mothers for 72 hours. In response to Rewire.News’ emails about this practice, Katie Johnson, vice president of marketing and communications for Lake Region Healthcare, wrote, “our Director in that department and our [chief nursing officer] … determined we would elect to decline to provide comments for this article.” Sanford Hospital is part of Lake Region Healthcare.

The bonding benefits of skin-to-skin touch between mothers and babies, as well as breastfeeding newborns, outweigh the risks, according to Lyons.

Mainstream medicine’s attitudes about allowing babies with NAS to remain with mothers are changing. The Canadian Paediatric Society recommends babies and moms stay together. Leading experts on the issue in the United States have noted that automatic entry into the NICU is not always the best care and, instead, practices like keeping mother and baby together and breastfeeding often result in the best treatment.

“We don’t judge them at Family Spirit,” Lyons said. “Although we’re mandated reporters, we take our clients at their word about their drug use. Our overriding concern is keeping track of the baby and mother.”

“Some of our moms won’t seek government assistance because they’re afraid of having [their] baby taken away,” Lyons said. “But they’ll come and see us at Family Spirit because they know they can talk to us. I don’t care how addicted they are, moms don’t want to hurt their babies,” she added.

Family Spirit is a home visiting program of the John Hopkins Center for American Indian Health designed to promote health and well-being for parents and children. Family Spirit has programs in over 100 tribal communities in both urban and rural areas across the United States. In its evidence-based model, tribal communities determine the cultural aspects of the service and integrate their understanding of health. Community paraprofessionals regularly visit pregnant women and families in their homes, providing support during and after pregnancy.

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Frog Bossa Nova

Bossa Nova is a video from fun those loving Frog Skateboards dudes from the the other side of the pond. Featuring Chris Millic, Jesse Alba, Pat Gallaher, Hayden Burns, Frankie Decker and Nick Michel.

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ASBURY PARK, N.J. | Meryl Streep to skip New Jersey Hall of Fame induction

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ASBURY PARK, N.J. | Meryl Streep to skip New Jersey Hall of Fame induction

ASBURY PARK, N.J. (AP) — Award-winning actress Meryl Streep won’t be there when she’s inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame next week.

The Summit native has a last-minute production conflict as part of her role in the HBO series “Big Little Lies” and won’t attend the May 6 ceremony in Asbury Park.

Streep is part of a class that includes Blondie lead singer Debbie Harry, disco queen Gloria Gaynor, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons and E Street Band guitarist and “Sopranos” star Steven Van Zandt.

Also among the inductees are astronauts Mark and Scott Kelly; nurse Clara Maass; politician Millicent Fenwick; athletes Al Leiter (LY’-tur), Mary Decker and Carli Lloyd; publisher Steve Forbes and “Cake Boss” Buddy Valastro.

By Associated Press – published on STL.News by St. Louis Media, LLC(R.A)

[agentnolastname]

30 fluff for mason and mcs kid :)

Thank you for this ask, @withbeautyandrage! You gave me yet another reason to write a soft!mason fic.

Prompt: 30. “detention? again?” from this ask!

Pairing: Agent Mason X Iris Decker featuring their daughter, Millicent (Millie).

Note: Hello! I'm writing Millie for the first time! I'll introduce her later in some fics but for now, here she is! This is so soft, Mason's snark literally yeeted out of the window but hey here it is.

***

Iris was in the middle of a case discussion with Unit Bravo the moment Douglas peeked his head inside her office. "Detective Decker, there's a call for you." And then he leaves immediately, going back to his desk.

"Continue discussing then, I will be quick." She said and the team only nods. It has been years since they started working together, and by now, the team already knows that she is capable of catching up. So they continued discussing as she steps out and answered the telephone.

"Detective Decker, speaking."

"Greetings, detective! This is Mrs. Dawson's secretary, calling for your child, Millicent." The mention of Millie's name made her heart skip a beat.

"Did something happen, is she in danger?" She asked.

"Nothing of that sort! She have done something unruly though, and almost hurt a classmate. So i'm wondering if you have the time to come today?" The secretary asked politely.

"Of course. I'll be there." With this she hangs up, hastily returning into her office just to gather her things. The team looks at her expectantly, waiting for her to speak. "It's Millie. I have to go down and fetch her."

"The kid did something again?" Mason asked, but didn't wait for her answer. Instead he stands and slings his arms on her shoulders. "I'm coming with you."

"Tell Millie I said hi!" Felix quips before the two of them left the precinct.

The drive wasn't long. They arrived in Wayhaven Elementary, and they were immediately greeted by kids. Mason's just glad that Iris is by her side or else he would be too overwhelmed of the noise to even get out of the car. Together, they entered the school premise and head into detention where they saw Millie sitting with two other kids, along with the principal and their homeroom teacher.

"Detective Decker, Agent Mason." The principal greeted, "I'm glad you could both join us. Now if you may, i'd love to have a talk."

"Can the children just wait outside?" Iris asked, her eyes immediately meeting Millie's, and the kid mouthed her a little thank you.

"Of course."

"Oh, Rain, let's go I'm gonna introduce you to my dad!" Millie excitedly said and grabbed the kid sitting beside her before approaching Mason and jumping into his arms. Mason picks her up, and moves out of the room with the other kids following him outside, leaving Iris to talk with the Principal.

Once out, Mason sits on the bench nearby, Millie sits beside him. The five-year-old had introduced her friend before the kid went away to play with the others on the field, leaving Millie and Mason alone on the bench together. This time, Mason looks at his child.

"Detention? Again?" He asked and for a moment, Millie's eyes looked scared, so he decided to follow up on this. "What happened, sweetie?" He asked, using the nickname he had always used on her whenever he wants to talk to her and teach her a thing or two.

Millie is smart for a six-year-old, and scolding her would just make her scared of making mistakes. So both Mason and Iris takes time to talk with her and correct her with kindness everytime. Unless she does something entirely wrong, then they will reprimand her, but if it's something they could make her understand, then they will talk it out.

"Cheryl was stealing away Rain's food and I told her that she shouldn't do that because it's bad, and I did it nicely, dad! I promise." Millie said and raised her right hand to swear. Mason just nods at this.

"And then what happened?"

"She laughed and said i'm a whimp because i'm small so I pushed her because I want to show her that I am strong." Millie smiled, a timid one, as if gauging what his reaction would be. Mason almost laughed at this. It's funny how she looks like him, but she definitely acts like Iris.

Yes, this is indeed their kid.

"You aren't wrong for defending your friend, that is brave of you." Mason says. "But you shouldn't push other kids." Although I would have done the same. Mason shrugs his thought away.

"I know, dad. And I won't do it again." Millie trails off and grins, "I'm just happy you both are here!"

"And what are you so happy about?" Mason asked, raising one of his eyebrows unconsciously.

"So that everyone knows I have the coolest parents." Millie says and hugs him from the side. This makes Mason smile.

"And why do you two look so happy?" Iris asked, approaching the two of them, holding yet another detention paper on her hands. Mason just shrugged while Millie comes to hug her as well.

"Because you are finally out and we can go home, mom." She says and smiles.

"No, no, don't use that smile on me, we will talk later." Iris says before gesturing for Mason to stand now.

"Okay with me." Millie smiles before she reached her hands up for Mason to pick her up. Together, they walked out of the school