#not to be spoiled but it does drive me bananas that my partners parents never drive us to the airport ngl

[yugocar]

preparing to go to the netherlands by calculating my expanses be like "okay so im gonna save on groceries and eat cheap meals so i can spend 500 milion euros on train travel with which i will see my friends and reach my accomodation"

[vcg73]

FIC: Kurt Birthday Drabbles

Earlier this week @elledelajoie left a comment on something I wrote all the way back in 2014.  I had genuinely forgotten I ever started it, but the original idea was to write 21 Kurt Hummel birthday drabbles. I had written just 7 of them, but after we chatted about it, I decided to go ahead and finish.  

If you’re not familiar, a drabble is a scene of exactly 100 words, not counting title headers. Since Chris Colfer and Kurt Hummel’s co-birthday (May 27) is coming up this Thursday, here they are. This goes definite AU at Birthday #19. Because you know I would never sentence my beloved Kurt to a life of being a doormat to people who did not appreciate and value him.

Never underestimate the power of feedback!

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Birthday #1

Kurt’s blue eyes went wide as a frosted cupcake was set upon his high-chair tray, a single candle ablaze on its surface.  

When Mommy, Daddy, Uncle Andy, Grandpa Curtis and Grandma Eileen started singing to him, he smiled and clapped both hands hard around the tempting pile of frosting.

Kurt laughed when the sugary topping went flying and a big splatter of white abruptly decorated Daddy’s surprised face.

Everyone else started laughed too, including the startled father, who retaliated by giving his birthday boy a sticky peck on the cheek and then helped him to blow out a new candle.

Birthday #2

Kurt looked between his presents, confused.

Mommy had given him the pretty dolly he had begged for at the store. Daddy had given him a truck, not big enough to ride but too big to live with the little cars Daddy gave him at Christmas.

His parents seemed to be mad at each other.

Kurt looked at the doll, then at the truck. He smiled and placed Dolly inside the truck and began to drive her around the carpet.

Mommy and Daddy seemed surprised by his actions, but then they laughed, and Kurt knew he had figured out the puzzle.

 Birthday #3

His shoes were black and shiny, buckles on the sides and 1-inch heels on the base. He clomped over the hardwood floors, listening to the click-tap-click-tap in delight. They went perfectly with his dove gray coveralls with “Kurt” sewn on the pocket in black sequins. Mommy had made the outfit for him.

Spotting Daddy watching him, Kurt threw himself into waiting arms. Daddy’s smile looked like he had an owie but was trying to be a big boy and not cry.

Kurt hugged him. “It’s okay, Daddy.”

Burt looked surprised but hugged him back. “Yeah, buddy. I think it is.”

 Birthday #4

Ballet girls were nice. When they heard it was his birthday today, they threw him a party. Kurt puffed up with pleasure when presented with cookies, a sparkly wand and a tiara that read ‘Happy Birthday’ in shiny letters. He was not as fond of the kisses they gave, but four was very grown up, so he screwed up his face and allowed it. The teacher even let him wear the special puffy pink tutu over his little black leotard! 

 He saw Mommy and Daddy up in the gallery taking pictures, so he waved.

Kurt hoped today would last forever.

  Birthday #5

“Can I have cupcakes?”

Kurt’s mother looked up from her book. “I don’t think we have any, sweetheart.”

“Can we have some Thursday?  My birthday is the last day of preschool.”

“It is?” she said, looking surprised. “Is it your birthday already?”

He nodded seriously. “Don’t you remember, Mommy? You were there.”

She laughed. “Well, you have me there.  What kind of cupcakes would you like, sweetie? And don’t say cheesecake. Those are two completely different kinds of dessert.”

Kurt’s hopeful expression fell. “Oh,” he said, clearly disappointed. Then his face brightened again. “Chocolate?”

She nodded. “That we can do.”

   Birthday #6

“Daddy!”

Burt sat up just in time to catch the little body that launched at him. “What’s wrong, slugger?”

“It’s my birthday!”

Grinning despite the way his heart was hammering at the abrupt awakening, Burt asked, “Yeah? I like birthdays. Do I get a present?”

“No,” the boy scoffed. “I get presents!”

 Burt squinted at the clock. 3:15am. “Not until morning, you don’t.”

Kurt pouted and tried, “It’s almost morning.”

“Not close enough, kid. C’mere,” Burt pulled him into the warm bed between himself and his wife.

Kurt snuggled down and went right back to sleep.  

Burt was less lucky.

 Birthday #7

Kids had started treating him funny this year. He was too fancy, too girly, holding hands was weird.

Nobody was coming.

“I’m sorry, sweetie.”

“Am I too late?”

They jumped as a little black girl with pom-pom hair popped out of nowhere.

“I’m Mercedes,” she greeted. “We just moved here. Mom said you would have invited me if you’d known.”

“I’m Kurt.” He smiled. “Do you like tea parties?”

“Is there cake?”

Mrs. Hummel beamed. “Cake, ice cream, and Kool-Aid.”

Kurt shrugged. “Nobody else came.”

She grabbed his hand like she’d known him forever. “More for us!  Happy Birthday, Kurt.”

 Birthday #8

Kurt took a deep breath, thought for a moment, and carefully blew out the candles. All but the extra one that his parents always put on his cake.

“Aren’t you gonna finish, bud?”

He looked from Daddy over to his mother, home again, but so frail he was sometimes afraid to hug her, worried she might pop like a fragile soap bubble. He offered her the candle. “Here, Mommy. Blow it out. Maybe you’ll get another year to grow on.”

The eyes of the two adults met, then Mommy nodded. The three of them blew out the final candle together.

 Birthday #9

Barely daring to hope, Kurt came down the stairs.  Birthday cakes and presents had been Mommy’s specialty.  Daddy had forgotten his own birthday and had nearly forgotten Christmas.

Kurt gasped when he saw it, waiting, shining and spectacular against the front door.

“A bike!”

Bright green, sissy bars with foil streamers, and a banana seat. Perfect!

Burt smiled. He had scoffed a such a “girly” bike when Kurt spotted it at the toy store. But now, looking at the all-too-rare joy in his son’s eyes and feeling the approving smile his wife would have given, he nodded. It was perfect.

 Birthday #10

Buying gifts was tough when your kid always clammed up on you. A dad had to be observant.

Ten years old. A landmark like that needed something special, but the only thing Kurt seemed into was clothes. He had enough of those for ten kids.  

He’d probably like a Barbie he could change in and out of different outfits, but Burt cringed at the thought.

He did doodle pretty good though. Sure, it was mostly pictures of clothes, but that was a start.

A fancy sketchpad with a case and a hundred different colored pencils. Yeah, that was the ticket.

 Birthday #11

“Dad, where are we going?”

“You’ll see.”

Kurt sighed with exaggerated impatience. He had come home from school to find Dad waiting at the truck, ordering him to get in, then not saying another word. The suspense was killing him.

“Ta-Dahhhh!”

They had pulled up in front of a nondescript brick building. “Columbus Culinary Arts?”

“You like to cook right?  Well, we’re gonna fix your birthday dinner this year with the help of a real chef. Lessons are once a week for the next couple months.”

Gourmet cooking lessons!

“Oh wow. Dad, this is amazing!”

Burt grinned. “Happy Birthday, kid.”

 Birthday #12

Last year’s surprise had gone so well that Burt had decided on a repeat. But when he saw the excitement on Kurt’s face at finding a pair of tickets inside his birthday card turn to disappointment and horror, quickly masked with a fake smile, he knew he’d goofed.

“I know baseball isn’t your thing,” he said, almost pleading. “But you’ve never seen a live game before. It’s a whole different experience. It’s a home game. We can yell and scream, and cheer our team on with thousands of other fans.”

The stiff not-smile never wavered. “Sounds . . . fun.”

 Birthday #13

Dad had bought out one of the partners at the garage this spring and now owned a majority share of the renamed “Hummel Tires & Lube”. Kurt wanted to snicker at that name, but he was proud too.

His birthday this year coincided with Friday Night Dinner. Dad had invited all the mechanics over for a potluck. They’d had Mary’s special fried chicken, Cassius’s homemade cornbread, and Davy’s mac’n’cheese. Now Dad brought out the cake.

Kurt laughed. A sheet-cake with a tow-truck and two little plastic mechanics for decoration.

“You and me kid. Partners.”

The mechanics cheered and everybody dug in.

  Birthday #14

Kurt froze when he saw tickets peeping out of his card. Not again. Noise, sunburn, unhealthy food, tacky uniforms, and Dad trying so hard to make a boring sport seem like fun.

He sighed and pasted on a smile, which quickly transformed into shock.

“Wicked?” he squeaked, staring hard at the little papers as if the printing might change if he dared to look away.

“Embassy Theater is giving regional business owners a discount this year,” Burt said apologetically. “It’s just a traveling production, not real Broadway, but I …”

His apology was cut off by a joyful teenaged hug.

 Birthday #15

“Don’t worry, son, you got this.  Just remember everything I taught you.  You got a whole year to get ready for the practical test.”

“I know.”

“And it’s okay if you don’t get it right the first time. Not everybody does.”

“I’m fine, Dad.”

“I’ll be right here waiting for you when you’re through.”

“I know that, Dad. I’ll be okay, really.”

At that moment, Kurt’s name was called and he sprang from his hard green plastic chair. His dad’s repeated reassurances were making him jumpy.

Twenty minutes later, a brightly grinning Kurt was waving his freshly minted driver’s permit.

 Birthday #16

Burt patted the giant blue bow the dealership had provided over the hood of the shining black Lincoln Navigator.  

Kurt was gonna flip! He’d passed his DMV test with flying colors and was no doubt showing off his shiny new license to all his friends at school.  

He paused. Did Kurt have any friends to share this accomplishment with? He always seemed so alone.

Maybe that’s why he had decided to spoil his son with a huge birthday gift.

It wasn’t right for such a good kid to be all alone. Maybe having his own ride would help change that.

  Birthday #17

A dozen teens gathered in Kurt’s basement to celebrate the end-of-school, non-disbanding of Glee, and Kurt’s birthday, all in one.

“Not like ten years ago,” Mercedes said to Kurt, as they watched Mike and Brittany dance.

“Ten years?”

“Your seventh? It was just you, me, your mom, and lots of chocolate cake.”

Kurt was astounded. “That was you?”

“You forgot?”

“I remember a little girl who showed up and invited herself to my party.”

“And I remember a little boy who needed a friend as much as I did.”

He squeezed her hand. “Thanks for coming.”

She squeezed back. “Always.”

 Birthday #18

Kurt stared at his birthday cake, unable to think of anything to wish for.

He was 18-years-old today, a legal adult. He had new family in Carole and Finn, his dad was on the mend, he would be back at McKinley for senior year, he had made his first visit to New York City, and he had a boyfriend! One who had just told Kurt that he loved him for the very first time.

‘I wish for next year to be as good as this,” he thought, taking a deep breath and blowing.

The flames flickered out, all except one.

 Birthday #19

Senior year had been a disaster, and now he had not gotten into NYADA, despite his well-praised audition.

“Blaine wants me to spend another year here,” he whispered. “I just can’t.”

Burt’s callused hand squeezed his neck. “Then don’t. You’re 19 now, a man. You got talents galore, work experience from the garage, enough drive for ten kids, and your mom’s life insurance money to give you a start.”

“But…”

“No buts,” Burt said firmly. “You go on to New York and grab life by the balls.”

Kurt felt his optimism rise. “Help me look for apartments?”

“You got it.”

 Birthday #20

What a difference a year made.

He’d dumped Blaine after being cheated on less than a month after leaving Lima.  He was enrolled at FIT and sharing a shoebox apartment with a fellow design student and a Broadway hopeful, but both were young gay men from small towns, and they had a lot in common.

“Happy Birthday!” Elliott shouted, tossing a handful of glittery sequins at him.

Adam came in playing the birthday song on a kazoo he had gotten from who-knows-where. “Ready for Callbacks? $20 on who gets the first hot guy’s number!”

“I already have yours. I win!”

 Birthday #21

“I have the honor of presenting your first official grown-up drink,” Adam said, smiling lovingly at his grinning boyfriend of nearly a year. He set down a martini glass with a cherry floating on top. “A Manhattan seemed appropriate.”

Kurt beamed and gave him a kiss, then took an experimental sip. “I’ve had alcohol before,” he admitted. “Mostly wine, though.  Mm, this is good!”

“I thought you’d like it. Happy Birthday, my love.  May the future bring every good thing you wish for, and never more heartache than you can handle.”

Kurt could not have asked for a better sentiment.

THE END

[multi-fandom-imagine]

Pregnancy Prompts

Taken from a lot of awesome lists! This is just a lot easier for me though I’ll be editing in where I got them

I don’t take credit for any of these.

I’ll be happy to take some Devil May Cry requests { really in the mood to write some things for those characters }

Pregnancy/Family Prompts/Starters

Discovery

1:“This is your fault!Take responsibility.”

2:One party finds out they’re pregnant while the other party is away/captured/missing.

3:Hiding pregnancy from the other partner.

4:“I didn’t think we’d ever do it.”

5:“My parents are gonna be so happy.”

6:“My parents are gonna kill me.”

7:“Do you think it’ll be a boy, or a girl?”

During Pregnancy

8:Baby kicks for the first time.

9:Discussing baby names.

10:Cuddling.

11“You’re not fat, you’re pregnant, and even if you were fat, I don’t care. I love you.”

12:“I dunno if I’ll be a good Mom/Dad.”

13:“I’m emotional and pregnant, leave me alone.”

14:“Get them to settle down in there, will you?”

Labor/After Birth

15:“Baby’s coming, now.”

16“Don’t let go of my hand, okay?”

17:“I can’t do this.”

18:A long and difficult labor, with a good or bad end.

19:“I’m going to kill you if you do this to me again.”

20:Parents relaxing with their newborn(s)/looking at them in awe.

21:“I will always protect you.You can do this.”

1. “Shh, it’s okay, you don’t need to cry.”

2. “Do you want a bed time story?”

3. “[mama/papa]’s got you.”

4. “…How on earth did you manage to get up there?”

5. “Put the cookie down, eat your dinner first.”

6. “I think I can feel them kicking!”

7. “Quick, I think the baby is coming!”

8. “Where did you put your blankie this time.”

9. “One little shoe. Two little shoes. Already to go out.”

10. “They have grown so much, it’s hard to believe how little they used to be.”

11. “I want another baby.”

12. “Say goodbye to mama and papa, they’ll be back soon.”

13. “Stomach bug?”

“No, morning sickness.”

14. “It could be worse?”

“They got jam everywhere!”

15. “You really are your [mother/father]’s child.”

16. “So… the baby is fine, I want you to know that first, they are absolutely fine.”

“What did you do?”

17. “They won’t stop crying and, in a minute, I think I am going to start crying first.”

18. “Stop wiggling! I need to get you changed!”

19. “You are perfect, my little [pet name].”

20. “Did you have a bad dream?” //

“Uh huh.”

“Come on, get into bed with us, you can sleep in bed with us tonight.”

21. “Take a break. I’ll stay up with them, you need some sleep.”

22. “How did you get pen that high up the wall?”

23. “Please don’t vomit on me. Please don’t vomit on me. Please don’t… You vomited on me.”

24. “How many coffees is that?” / “You try having a toddler who refuses to go to bed.”

25:“I hope they have your eyes.”

26:“We’re gonna need more diapers than that.”

27;“How do you like the nickname grandpa/grandma/grandparent?”

28:“Would you prefer something else over uncle/aunt [name]?”

29:“The petting zoo is closed, now stop touching me.”

30:“Whenever you stop talking, they start kicking.”

31:“Look! A foot! Hah, it’s like an alien is inside me/you.”

32:“I’m 41 weeks and 2 days, how do you think I’m doing?”

33:“If you don’t stop laughing, I’ll kick you. Now help me up!”

34:“Uh, its called the “pregnant privilege”.”

35:“Don’t spoil their kid’s taste in music with your trashy playlist.”

36:“Everyone is staring at me…”

37:“Originally, I wanted to pick this up off the floor, that was mistake number 1. Now, I’ve just accepted my fate that I’ll never get back up again.”

38“It’s just one cup of coffee, relax.”

39;“Lets take it slow, we gotta get through having this one before we think of having more.”

40:“Can’t wait for you to meet them.”

41:“I know it’s 3 AM, but do you know what I could really go for right about now?”

42:“Don’t panic, they’re just Braxton Hicks.”

43:“What’s so funny?”

44: “Lets have a baby.”

Pregnancey

1. “Did you feel him/her/them kick?”

2. “Do you think I’ll be a good mom/dad?”

3. “Babe, wake up. The baby is having a party in here! Give me your hand!”

4. “Hospital! Now!”

5. “Boy or Girl?”

6. “Can we name the baby after me?”

7. “Can you put the crib together!”

8. “Cuddle me now!”

9.“I’m pregnant…”

10. “I hope he/she has your eyes.”

11. “You want to paint the nursery what?!”

12. 
"so… i have some news.“

13. 
"okay i just want to say that, yes, i have gained some weight… but it’s because i’m pregnant.”

14. 
"better get your dad jokes ready.“

15. 
"right here! right here’s a foot!”

16. 
"the little one is quite active today.“

17. 
"is that a hand?!”

18. 
"maybe you should try reading a book to them?“

19. 
"come watch my belly, it’s frickin crazy!”

20. 
"the top of the baby’s head is about… here. and a foot is right this way.“

21. 
"do you think the baby would be down if i ate some chipotle?”

22. 
"coffee isn’t good for you while you’re pregnant or breast feeding, but damn i need some caffeine.“

23. 
"watermelon with peanut butter sounds so great right now.”

24. 
"my feet are so swollen…!“

25. 
"ew, my stretch marks are so gross…”

26. 
"the baby will not stop kicking my bladder, so that is why i refuse to leave the toilet.“

27. “Honey you’re pregnant that’s all baby. You look beautiful.”

Newborn and Baby

1. “He/She is up again.”

2. “I’ll get the baby, you go back to sleep.”

3. “So sweet!”

4. “I have found your mini-me.”

5. “Babe!! We are out of formula…again!”

6. “Stop being a baby hog!”

7. “They’re gorgeous!!”

8. “This parent thing is hard!”

9. “You both are precious!”

10. “I love you both so so much!”

11. “Oh…it’s everywhere…I didn’t realize babies…went so much…”

12. “I’ve got it, go back to sleep.”

13. “Wake up, the baby needs you.”

14. “I can’t change their diaper without you getting sick It’s a little frustrating.”

15. “Momma’s little baby, yes you are.”

16. “Daddy’s little baby, yes you are.”


Toddler

1. “That’s your son/daughter!”

2. “They are walking!!!”

3. “I love it when fall asleep on me.”

4. “she/he keeps crying for you.”

5. “Can I hold them!”

6. “Can I pick they’re outfit out today?”

7. “Daddy’s little girl/boy.”

8. “Mummy’s little girl/boy.”

9. “she /he is never going to be aloud to date!”

10. “Was that a word?!?”

11. “This kid is gonna have a better childhood than I did.”

12. “Honey our little angel just flushed his/her toy down the toilet!”

1: ❝ watermelon like that- oh. ❞

2:❝ Can I touch your stomach? ❞

3:❝ Who’s the daddy? ❞

4:❝ HI LITTLE GUYYYYYY. ❞

5:❝ How many weeks? ❞

6❝ Does it hurt? ❞

7:❝ That’s a living thing in there. A real living thing. ❞

8:❝ I think I deserve extra food since I’m eating for two. ❞

9:❝ Does this make me look fat? ❞

10:❝ No, I get to sleep twice as long because I’m sleeping for the both of us. ❞

11:❝ It’s a boy/girl. I am calling him/her ___. ❞

12:❝ Did someone say shopping spree? The baby room isn’t going to furnish itself. Also you have to carry everything. ❞

13:❝ I used to sneak food into theatres like this, but now I’m sneaking a baby in. ❞

14:❝ NOTHING FITS ME ANYMORE. ❞

15:❝ I’d be fine if I had three bowls of ice cream with diced bananas and sprinkles and a scoop of nutella and three potato chips and- ❞

16:❝ My stomach is like a table now. Look, I can balance all these chocolates on there and- oh.. the baby kicked it off.. ❞

- announcing

❛ so… i have some news. ❜

❛ you look at it, i’m too nervous. ❜

❛ it came back positive. ❜

❛ so… hypothetically, if we were to have a baby, how would you react?❜

❛ okay i just want to say that, yes, i have gained some weight… but it’s because i’m pregnant.❜

❛ better get your dad jokes ready. ❜

❛ you’re going to be a parent! ❜

- questions / hopes / concerns

❛ what names do you like? ❜

❛ i wonder if they’ll like _____. ❜

❛ do you think it’ll be a boy or a girl? ❜

❛ what if i’m a bad mom/dad? ❜

❛ i hope they like me. ❜

❛ so… do you know… what breast milk tastes like? ❜

❛ if my kid turns out like __insert person__ i’ll be pretty pleased. ❜

❛ do you think they’ll have your eyes? ❜

❛ who should we make the god parents? ❜

❛ i haven’t told __insert person__ yet… how should i tell them?❜

- belly feeling / watching / interactions

❛ right here! right here’s a foot!❜

❛ the little one is quite active today.❜

❛ is that a hand?! ❜

❛ maybe you should try reading a book to them? ❜

❛ come watch my belly, it’s frickin crazy! ❜

❛ the top of the baby’s head is about… here. and a foot is right this way. ❜

- cravings

❛ do you think the baby would be down if i ate some chipotle? ❜

❛ coffee isn’t good for you while you’re pregnant or breast feeding, but damn i need some caffeine. ❜

❛ watermelon with peanut butter sounds so great right now. ❜

- other ( reactions, complaints, etc. )

❛ my feet are so swollen…! ❜

❛ ew, my stretch marks are so gross… ❜

❛ the baby will not stop kicking my bladder, so that is why i refuse to leave the toilet. ❜

❛ i’m… going to be a dad/mom?! ❜

❛ well how far along are you?!❜

❛ you’re kidding! ❜

“I’ve always wanted to be a mother/father!”

“We’ve waited a long time for this.”

“Do you want to feel the baby kick?”

“Give me your hand so you can feel it, too”

“We have to finish the nursery. There’s only two weeks left.”

“Have we bought everything on the baby list?”

“I can’t wait to finally hold it”

“You’re glowing!”

“There is something I have to tell you…”

“Hello little one, this is your daddy speaking..”

“I think it likes me touching your belly.”

“I can feel it kick!”

“My back aches and I want ice cream.”

“I can’t hide my bump any longer. I think we need to tell people.”

“I heard the heart beat for the first time.”

“Do you want to see an ultrasound picture?”

“You’re going to be an amazing mom/dad!”

“What would you say about adding one more? The house is big enough.”

“I think my water just broke…”

“Do you think it’s contractions?”

“Call the midwife, this is not a false alarm.”

“I think it’s too late to drive to the hospital, the baby is coming NOW.”

[hannah-russo-blog1]

30 Random Character Development Questions

1.) Describe your character’s relationship with their mother or their father, or both. Was it good? Bad? Were they spoiled rotten, ignored? Do they still get along now, or no?

- Hannah still talks daily with her Mama and at least once a week with her Daddy. She loves them both dearly even if she is starting to question their strict rules. Her parents didn’t believe in spoiling their kids, but they were still well provided for. She definitely misses her Mama’s cooking and home but being away at school has been very freeing.

2.) What are your characters most prominent physical features?

- Her big brown eyes

3.) Name one scar your character has, and tell us where it came from. If they don’t have any, is there a reason?

- As a kid, Hannah almost always had a scraped knee or elbow. One scar she has is a 3” scratch near her elbow on her right arm. She got it trying to climb after Joey up a tree in their yard when she was 9. She ended up having to get stitches.

4.) How vain is your character? Do they find themselves attractive? 

- Hannah was raised to be humble and modest. She knows she’s pretty but never brags about it or thinks about it much.

5.) What is your character’s sexual orientation?  

- Heterosexual (Demisexual)

6.) Describe your character’s happiest memory. 

- One of Hannah’s happiest memories was the first time she heard Joey verbalize ‘Doodlebug’ (his nickname for her). It is still one of the things he can say the clearest and what she would think of if she was trying to cast a patronus.

7.) Is there one event or happening your character would like to erase from their past? Why? 

- The only thing she sometimes wishes is that she was born deaf like the rest of her family. Being a hearing person in the deaf community occasionally makes her feel like an outsider. 8.) List of Favorites! What’s your character’s favorite ice cream flavor? Color? Song? Flower? 

- Cookies & Cream, Yellow, How Great Thou Art, Gerbera Daisies 9.)  Who does your character trust?

- God, Linc, Joey (most of the time), Cassia, Sam, everyone really.

10.) Can you define a turning point in your character’s life?

1)     Starting speech therapy at the age of 4

2)     First trip to Disney World that she remembers at the age of 7

3)     Confirmation at the age of 14

4)     Moving away for college at the age of 18

11.) Is there an animal you equate with your character? 

- A golden retriever

12.) How is your character with technology? Super savvy, or way behind the times? Letters or email? 

- She is decent, as a kid of the new millennium, but her screen time was limited up until she was in college so she is way behind the times in terms of understanding memes. 13.) What does your character’s bed look like when he/she wakes up? Are the covers off on one side of the bed, are they all curled around a pillow, sprawled everywhere? In what position might they sleep?

- Hannah prefers sleeping with at least five pillows on the bed, surrounding her. She sleeps curled up on her side. As a kid, she always made her bed, per her parent’s rules but since starting college she has stopped.

14.)  How does your character react to temperature changes such as extreme heat and cold? 

- Hannah hates the cold and always has a sweater with her, even in the summer.

15.) Is your character an early morning bird or a night owl? 

- More of a night owl, though she wakes up at least an hour before her first class. She loves naps.

16.) Are there any blood relatives that your character is particularly close with, besides the immediate ones? Cousins, Uncles, Grandfathers, Aunts, et cetera. Are there any others that your character practically considers a blood relative? 

- There aren’t any extended family that Hannah is especially close with. Her family lives quite a distance from any of them so she mostly just saw them for Holidays. Hannah considers Cassia a blood relative, and like the big sister God never gave her as a kid. 17.) What’s your character’s desk/workspace look like? Are they neat or messy?

- Hannah is most definitely a mess. Her desk has homework, pictures, a box of colored pencils & markers (some of them are not in the box) and her bullet journal.

18.) Is your character a good cook? What’s their favorite recipe, whether they’re good or not?

- She’s getting better, it was one of the skills her mom actively taught her during high school so that she could be a proper young woman. The thing she makes the best (and likes the best) is homemade baked macaroni and cheese, closely followed by the family recipe that has been passed down for generations to make meatballs.

19.) What’s your character’s preferred means of travel? 

- Riding shotgun, driving makes her anxious. Though she loves plane rides because they always mean an adventure is coming.

20.) Does your character have any irrational fears? 

- Spiders and other creepy-crawlies. Going to hell. Being intentionally poisoned by someone putting peanut in her food.

21.) What would your character’s cutie mark be? (The mark My Little Ponies have on them)

- Probably the Sun or a Rainbow

22.) If your character could time travel, where would they go?

- To the future, to see how things turn out for her.

23.) Is your character superstitious? 

- Not particularly

24.) What might your character’s ideal romantic partner be?

- Someone who is loving, kind, gentle, follower of Christ, and someone willing to learn ASL to be able to speak to her family if he is not Deaf.

25.) Describe your character’s hands. Are they small, long, calloused, smooth, stubby?

- Hannah’s hands are easily the most graceful part of her body. She is constantly talking with her hands in ASL when she doesn’t mean to. Her fingers are fairly long and slender, and she is always seen wearing at least one ring as it’s second favorite accessory. She usually has her nails painted in a pastel color.

26.) Second list of favorites! Favorite comfort food, favorite guilty pleasure, favorite outfit, favorite hot drink, favorite time of year, and favorite holiday. 

- Mama’s Pasta Fagioli soup, cheesy romance movies, one of her many sunflower dresses, spiced apple cider, autumn, CHRISTMAS!

27.) Pick two songs that describe your character at two different points of their life, and explain why you chose them. 

1)     Fireflies – Faith Hill, This song encapsulates young Hannah so much! She is and was a dreamer who loves to go on adventures and believe in the magic of the little things in life.

2)     Don’t Forget to Remember Me – Carrie Underwood, This has a lot of the feelings that Hannah felt leaving for Massachusetts for school. It also is true to her (sort of) Southern roots.

28.) If your character’s life was a genre, what would it be? 

- Probably a high school rom-com

29.) How does your character smell? Do they wear perfume or cologne? 

- Hannah doesn’t wear perfume often, most often she smells like her conditioner which smells like raspberries. She occasionally wears body spray, her favorite scent is Bath & Body Works Bright Autumn Blooms

30.) And finally: Write a letter to your character, from yourself. 

Hannah Banana,

I have so loved getting to know you already. You’re really my first original character that I have fallen so in love with that I want to get to know even more. I know I intentionally set you up to get hurt sometimes, and I know that there’s going to be rough seas ahead. You can get through this. Never stop believing in true love and happily ever after.

<3 Rae