#october practice

[didasgomas]

Double lives

Day 7 of October Practice

Prompt: Napping together

Warnings: None

Cdta au "Running Through Your Veins" belongs to @angelic-writer

April 24th, 2011

It was already evening when Sebastian got back home from his… "job".

If he had made it back earlier, then Strawberry, the very spoiled Leonberger that he had to share the sofa with, would have been in front of the door already, wagging her tail non-stop, but only after Seb closed the door did she appear, walking her way towards him instead of "tip toeing" as she usually did.

He guessed they had fallen asleep, despite the living room's lights still being on, because if there was one thing in the world that Strawberry adored the most, was to cuddle with them whenever they were resting, something they weren't bothered with despite Strawberry's size, as they had grown up cuddling their parents' Shih Tzu, Cinnamon, that Sebastian had only ever seen photos of.

"Angel eyes?" He called out, keeping his voice low as to not startle them.

"Hmm..?" They mumbled back, having just woken up from his voice alone, the TV having helped them fall asleep.

Sebastian went inside the living room, Strawberry following him, patiently observing as they sat up slowly, yawning before opening their gorgeous eyes to look at him. Light violet eyes that had earned them the nickname from him, cradled by their long blond hair. Not the "ideal" type of beauty, but it sure as hell was Seb's new ideal of perfection.

Salem Feinshtein, his partner of five years and housemate since last June, and whose salary was most of the reason the bills were paid and their combined lifestyles were kept afloat. Not that Sebastian didn't have money to call his own, but Salem's job as a university dean paid off really well, though it came with long hours and the hassle of having to work with a chancellor who "had a brick for a brain", as they themselves put it.

"…Hi, Jellybean." They sounded exhausted, but still gave a weak smile in his direction.

Sebastian sat next to them in the oversized couch, perfect to fit the giant dog they both lived with, and gently brushed some strands of hair off of their face, letting their small but dark eye bags be seen.

"Rough day?" He asked, though he really didn't need to.

"Yeah…A bunch of meetings with the Law teachers. Some really bad grades from the second year people. Was just waiting for you."

"You need to take it easy, Sal." He cupped their cheek with his hand. They might have been older, but he was the taller one in the relationship.

"And you're late, Baz. Like, really late." They were almost falling back asleep, but he knew they were worried.

"A newbie shot himself in the foot by accident, so we had to bring him to the hospital. Nothing more."

Sebastian didn't particularly like the fact that he had to lie to his own partner on an almost daily basis, but he had no other choice. If he were to say that he was a devil hunter, Salem would definitely have left him, or worse, call the nearest mental clinic or even the police.

So he had to keep up the lie that he worked for a hunting business that he never named, going around trying to find animals around the state's green areas, chopping wood for fireplaces or woodcraft that could be sold along with any valuable pieces of the prey they caught.

It was convincing enough that they never really questioned it, besides asking for some extra details in the beginning, but he still found himself worrying that they'd be able to see through his act.

"There's some leftover tuna in the fridge if you want dinner." They managed to say it before another yawn came out. They really needed to rest well today.

Strawberry jumped on top of the sofa to get closer to Sal, probably able to smell their exhaustion, and Seb got a different idea.

"I think I want to be close to you instead." He smiled, taking his jacket and shoes off quickly, letting them drop on the floor, before climbing onto the sofa and laying next to them.

Strawberry placed her head on top of Salem's hip, her giant body acting like an improvised blanket, but Sebastian didn't mind, because he took the fact that they inched closer to rest their head on his chest as proof that he had gotten the best part.

They fell back asleep rather quickly, while he took much longer, but he eventually got there too after he turned the background noise into a bedtime story, falling into dreamland along with them.

He would need to wake up early the next day to keep up with his exciting new "responsibilities", but he wouldn't give up the chance to sleep cuddled next to his partner for anything else in the world.

[homoesia]

[ominouspuff]

CC-1010

[elssbethtascioni]

FILMS WATCHED IN 2024 Practical Magic (1998) dir. Griffin Dunne

[clowns0up-felix]

Linktober day 19- reward

Only 8 more drawing and I’m caught up with linktober yipeee yipeee,,, fun fact there’s exactly 1123 of his freckles visible

I love the gratitude crystals soooo much every time I would get/find one I’d get this fuzzy warm feeling,,,, sigh

His nickname is prob gonna be Dawn btw ;)

[makenna-made-this]

BAWKtober Day 3 - Cider Press

Can't wait for a sippy sippy~

If you'd like to support my BAWKtobering by buying a commission or a treat for my spoiled, spoiled chickens, all my links are in my pinned- *i am immediately mobbed by a flock of chickens and dragged off stage in a cloud of feathers*

[april-doodles]

My sketchbook is meant for the silliest things ONLY. (Different iterations and reference under cut)

Here’s the Processed hand-lettered, non-processed, and non-processed nor colored/halftoned iterations.

The ref. is this edited panel of Moon Knight. Made me laugh real good so I made it into Salim :)

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Mushroom body

(for @mikkeneko)

[viperxss]

𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ

[didasgomas]

Morning call

Day 2 of October Practice

Prompt: Wake up call

Warnings: None (ask to add if needed)

Note: I took an insane amount of creative liberties with this one, since the basic canon hasn't been fully established yet, so obviously the characters' mannerisms, thoughts and story details are probably not what their creator will make of them later

Merged conscious belongs to @uvpartybomb

(sorry for so many delayed days, I'm trying to make up for that!)

Everything felt so nice. Warm and comfortable. Like sleeping in a cozy bubble or in a cloud gently touched by sunlight.

Her nights were usually calm but not sweet like this. They were rest but not affection.

All was peaceful.

…

What was that noise?

Phone.

A phone was ringing.

Her phone was ringing.

Celeste woke up in a hurry, because for someone to call her this early, it needed to be important.

"Hello?" She hoped her grogginess didn't sound too pronounced in her voice.

"Hi auntie."

It was Mason, her husband's nephew. He didn't sound scared or worried, so at least it didn't seem like there was going to be bad news. She hadn't heard from him for a very long time, since his work shifts tended to be tight and he needed lots of rest afterwards.

But it was nice to hear from family from time to time.

"Hello Mase. Is everything.. alright?" There was no shame in making sure that nothing was going badly, even if her suspicions were likely to be true.

"No, no! I'm just about to do a morning shift so I thought to call you already before I forgot. Um… Happy birthday..!" he was still a bit introverted but he did sound enthusiastic, so probably just trying not to speak too loudly and get stared at.

Between the haze of the previous day, she hand't even remembered her own birthday. She had to thank Mason for waking her up early, because she knew from experience many others would call or visit to congratulate her as well.

"Thank you so much, dear. I'm so glad you made up some time just for this."

"Well, me and Sara haven't heard from you in a while, so I thought this would be a good occasion to call."

"This is why you're my favourite nephew, Mase." She was smiling, but she couldn't be sure Mason was able to tell on the other side.

"Uh, I've to go now, but I'll try to maybe send a gift."

"Don't waste your money on an old lady like me, dear!" She half-whispered jokingly

"I'll see what I can do, I promise..! Bye for now!"

And after that came only the ending rings.

Celeste set her phone back on her bedside table and focused on the other side of her bed.

Damien was no longer there, having stayed with her during the windy night, but his side was still warm, so he had clearly left less than an hour ago.

Of course Celeste would have preferred a life where her husband had never been turned into something inhuman, and they could enjoy moments of affection without the worry or the call for cruel tasks.

Of course she did, and of course Damien did as well whenever he had the time to organize his thoughts, but at least they still had each other, so it wasn't the worst case scenario, because Celeste couldn't begin to imagine just how miserable her life without him would be.

She had experienced that during the first week after he, unknown to everyone else, had died, and she didn't want to ever experience it again.

Celeste was aware that Damien would be the one to suffer that experience eventually, as he no longer aged while she still did, but she hoped that she would live long enough to get him to come to terms with that reality.

For now though, they both just had to keep making the best out of this insane situation.

[siphisket]

(He calls her Riza when they're alone 🫢)

[lulublack90]

Prompt 24 - Transform

@jegulus-microfic October 24, Word count 196

Regulus flicked his wand and watched the rat transform into a water goblet. He flicked his wand and watched it turn back. The rat tried to scurry away, but he stopped it by transfiguring it into the water goblet again. 

“Regulus stop!” James cried as he came into the empty classroom where they were meeting. James hurried forward and scooped up the rat as it transformed back from being the water goblet and carefully placed him on the floor. Regulus watched as the rat scurried away out the door squeaking indignantly at him. 

“What was that about?” Regulus asked, confused by James’s actions. Turning rats into water goblets was part of the curriculum. 

“That was Peter,” James said, shrugging. Regulus’s eyes rolled to the back of his head. Of course, the random rat he found just had to be one of his brother’s friends in animagus form. 

“Alright, fine, you transform. I want to practice stag into hat stand.” James gulped and ran out of the room. “Coward,” Regulus called after him, chuckling to himself as he wondered what it would take to convince his brother to let him transfigure his dog form into a footstool.

[opikiquu]

[clowns0up-felix]

Linktober day 4 - night/dark

Took me a while to figure out what I wanted to draw for this, my first thoughts were with dark link from oot or tp,,,, but then a friend started playing ww for me since I can’t do it myself rn and that left me needing to draw this lol (thank you piddles my hero)

Perspective hard af broooo 👎👎👎

[millieueu]

@trashys_here 1 year DTIYS entry || millieueu

Finally entered the DTIYS contest hosted by @trashys_here (on Instagram). I drew them in the DP style. Sorry I made Valerie look alot less chubby than the original :(

Also I just realized that I made her look taller than Danny 💀

[makenna-made-this]

BAWKtober Day 16 - Maze

BAWKABAWKABAWKABAWKA

Bonus color version below (eye strain warning!)