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*goes to play my emotional support song*
...it's gone.
#NO JOKE I HAVE REAL TEARS#IDC THAT THE MAJORITY OF WAITING ROOM IS JUST 5 WORDS REPEATED BUT IT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME#no bc i literally have such an emotional attachment to that song and it has gotten me through so much and helped me keep on going#now I feel empty#phoebe what kind of sick joke is this#please for the love of god put it back or so help me#phoebe/spotify do you want me to kms LIKE CMON PLEASE BRING IT BACK#my villain origin story commences#bad day for the mentally ill </3#phoebe bridgers#waiting room#paige talks#my biggest hits!
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What’s this???
But-
But season five has clearly established that Owen is childless-
He has no surrogate son living in his house-
He has no actual son he’d move heaven and earth for-
What’s next-
You’re going to tell me that TK and Carlos both have A LIVING PARENT?!!
That is NOT LS as season five knows it!!!
#good golly miss molly season five writing is something else 🫣🫣#like seriously- who said- i know- let’s take everything good about season four- all that hope and warm feelings and that connection#these two characters have with the one parent they have left-#let’s take it out back and take care of it Old Yeller style!!!#like phoebe is far from y my favorite character on Friends-#but me watching season five is akin to her finding out how Old Yeller really ends-#what kind of sick joke is this?!#there hasn’t been a single episode of season five where I haven’t said more than once-#you know if you were going to do THIS-#you could’ve just ended the show after season four#like season five proves if nothing else-#yes- a godawful season is worse than no season at all!!#season 4 LS- you my happy place 🥰🥰🥰#911 lone star#owen strand#tk strand
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MY CHARMED ONE [10]
Capri Donahue x fem! reader
Warnings: coarse language
In which Capri and reader’s trip to San Francisco leads to a discovery (not) Final part!
‘My Charmed One’ masterlist here
“Capri, you’re our sister.”
“What is this? Some kind of sick joke? I don’t have siblings?”
“We can prove it.”
“Okay.” Capri nodded, her arms crossed, “So, prove it, Paige.”
“Your Mom’s name is Paulina. Your Dad’s name is Anthony.”
“Are you in on this?” Capri looked at you almost accusingly.
“Capri, why the fuck do you think that? You suggested that we came to San Francisco. I didn’t bring it up.” You retorted.
“Maybe we should all take some deep breaths and calm down.” The oldest Halliwell stood between you and Capri.
“Halliwell is your Mom’s maiden name.” Phoebe spoke up, reentering the living room with a thick photo album. “Look- there she is.”
“I can’t believe this. Of all people, we ran into you?”
“No, actually…we ran into you.”
“Fuck’s sake.” Capri grumbled, “What the hell is going on?”
“Capri, we’re witches.”
“We?”
“Do something.” Paige shrugs.
“Do what?”
“Anything. You have powers, right?”
Oh, shit.
You looked at a guy who introduced himself to be Leo. He only shrugged.
“Yeah.” Capri nodded, looking at the sisters, freaked out and confused. Then she flings a book off the side table with a flick of her fingers.
“Telekinesis.” Leo remarked. Then all three of them showed you and Capri their powers.
“How come I have— I still don’t get how I got it.”
“Halliwells all have powers.”
“I almost died from electrocution. I figured that somehow it stuck because well, I couldn’t move on. So what, actually— so based on what you all have been saying, I can’t be with a mortal?”
"Yeah, I mean..."
"No, no wait. Piper is human- Leo is what, a dead guy. How'd that work?" You interjected.
"This literally does not make any sense, How the hell did you know where we were—"
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"Capri, wake up!" You nudged her, seeing her being so tense in her sleep. She gasps, eyes shooting open as she sat up. "I—" She panted, hugging you, "Oh, my God. I had a fucking dream that I had powers because I was a witch! A Halliwell."
"Capri, that show is fiction." You assured, "Maybe we should watch less of that now."
"Well, somehow with Alex calling me witch all the time, I think it's starting to stick. And haunt me in my sleep."
“You’re fine.”
“I’m a freak.”
“Capri…you’re alright. Ignore Alex.”
“What am I, then? Freak of nature? I mean, same thing, right?”
“Capri, you’re alright. I don’t care that you have powers. So what if you do? It’s actually been so helpful.”
“I know, baby. It’s just…scary to me that I’m now suddenly so different from other people. Why, why me? I don’t get it— Why didn’t it go away? y/n, no one else knows that I have powers: only your family and Alex do. I’m just scared of the day I randomly have to use my powers and other people see it. Who knows what they’ll do to me? Report me to the police? Burn me at the stake? The future, y/n. What do we do if we do stay together so long that we get married and want to start a family. How’s that going to work out? Am I able to carry the baby? Will they get my freakish powers?”
You pondered over her words, tears stinging in both your eyes and hers. Capri was right. The future had become a way bigger unknown. You’ve tried to be optimistic, and so did she. But that wouldn’t make your problems go away. What was the future going to be like? For you? For Capri? Your family? Currently-hypothetical kids? How was a seemingly small yet baffling change in circumstances going to change the course of your lives? But no, you couldn’t spiral. You couldn’t. For Capri’s sake.
As much as she was saying all of this is a state of anxiety, there were very much real concerns. That you two had to work through together.
She refused to go back to sleep, and despite several suggestions, she wasn’t interested in any of them- she chose to sit in the living room. Capri exited the room so quickly that it left you dumbfounded. And definitely so damn worried that you followed after her as soon as you snapped out of it. “I’ll be fine, y/n. Just give me a minute.” She looked up and saw you looking at her, snivelling.
“Okay.” You agreed quietly, retreating to your shared bedroom and sitting down in your side of the bed. Staring out the window, your head was thrown back against the headboard. The tears were getting caught in your throat, causing an immense amount of pain as you tried to hold that in.
It’s been obstacle after obstacle: from Capri’s near-death experience to her injury— everything in between knocked the two of you down. It was beginning to seem like a losing game. You tried to stay positive, and most days it worked. Everything was as fine as it could be, but these moments? Where Capri gets so stuck in her own head about her fears, anxieties and doubts about different things. You tried to help in any way you could, but sometimes you simply couldn’t intervene and had to let her cry it out or scream— anything. It broke your heart, but recovery was never linear. Reality was harsh. Life wasn’t a dream, otherwise nothing would be going wrong.
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When you woke up again, the sun had risen and you were no longer sitting up like you were. You were laying down. You didn’t lay back down. The last thing you remembered doing was sitting in bed and staring out the window. Squinting in confusion, you shielded your eyes from the sun while you sat up. Looking over to your side, Capri was asleep. A sigh of relief escaped your lips as you carefully got out of bed to freshen up for the day. While you brushed your teeth, you looked at Capri while she slept soundly and wondered what time she got back into bed. Hoping that it wasn’t too long after she went out to sit in the living room.
After that, you went into the kitchen. She washed the dishes you left in the sink because you cut your finger making dinner. The dried up flowers in the vase were thrown out, the cute little message sticky note on the fridge was changed too.
‘for all the things my hands have held, the best by far, is you’
You scurried to get a sticky note from the stack kept on the coffee table and a pen, writing, ‘the fact that you are trying is a proof that you are strong’
You tiptoed into the bedroom and stuck it onto the bathroom mirror for Capri. Returning to the kitchen, your gaze lands on the note on the fridge again before you pulled the door open in order to get a couple of ingredients out. You were going to make Capri here favourite breakfast— french toast and a cup of cappuccino. You went over to the pantry to make sure she still had the coffee pods before you started making the food.
You and Capri also had the house to yourselves since her parents were out of town for the weekend. And it was always nice ‘playing house’ with her for the duration of it. The best thing of all, was the privacy. But hey, that has been the last thing on your mind since she got hurt so you’ve just been taking matters into your own hands lately. But of course, she didn’t need to know that — what you were doing in your own time, in your own room. God, you hope she didn’t know. Capri could just read your mind sometimes. Maybe you had a tell, you don’t know, but eh. It wasn’t anything to be ashamed of.
You did give her questions some thought. But it didn’t seem nearly as scary after the heightened emotions died down. And, even after you were done making breakfast, she still had not woke up yet. So you decided to go into the room and take a peek. Right as you were about to leave, you hear her stir in her sleep. You turned around again on your heel, seeing her eyes open up.
“Hi.” She says with a small smile.
“Good morning.” You responded with a smile too, “Breakfast is done. I’m gonna go lay the table, and I’m gonna let you go get freshened up whenever you’re ready.”
“Okay.” She nodded, cautiously flipping the blanket off her body and stepping off the bed. You gave her a side hug and pressed a kiss to her cheek, brushing your thumb across her knuckles.
Seeing her walk out from the bedroom and coming down the stairs, you pulled out a chair for her and waited. Without a word, she sits down and so do you.
“Thanks, babe.” She says while grabbing the fork, “I really, really appreciate it. For everything you’ve done for me, done with me. Everything. Thank you for not giving up on me.”
You stretched your hand out for her to hold, “You, Capri Donahue, are my charmed one. I can’t lose you— not again and I promise you, you will never lose me. I am so beyond lucky to have you in my life the way that I do, especially now. I literally owe you my life. You saved me and it was all thanks to your power. But it was still you, you chose to save me when you could’ve watched it happen. We wouldn’t be here without you.”
She squeezes your hand, the smile on her face growing bigger. “Charmed one, huh? I am pretty lucky, aren’t I? I lived, and I have you— the most beautiful person I’ve ever laid my eyes on, to call my girlfriend. My partner for life. But I’d like to believe that even when death eventually does do us part, we’ll still be together with each other through it all. I’m yours and you are mine…no matter what universe we’re in.”
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𝖝. 𝖆. 𝖓. 𝖆. — the sex was good until it wasn't sentence starters.
A collection of sentence starters from the album The Sex Was Good Until It Wasn't. Not including songs previously released as singles ( they are on this meme ) I also have chosen not to include 15, Lavender Daughter, or BODY due to the heavy and deeply personal subject matter. Please do not add to or claim this meme as your own. Feel free to change pronouns, slightly rephrase, combine, or shorten as needed. Some lyrics have been changed to better fit rp purposes. tw: toxic relationships, brief suicidal ideation, religious stuff ( mostly blasphemous lmao ), some violence mentions, & implied cheating.
LIP SERVICE
you can't hurt me any more than you have already.
it's taken everything in me not to be petty.
what once was easy is now feeling pretty heavy.
waiting is romance until [ they ] are never ready.
i get next to you and i still get nervous.
my stomach dropped when you said "i don't deserve this."
i don't deserve this.
"it's just not like you," is what i tell myself, but how could i know that?
i guess it's true love 'cause you always come right back.
a liability is what you lack.
i don't wanna know that.
you talk of timing, like our planets just aren't aligning.
you talk of timing, as if we don't have any say in deciding.
you talk of timing, as if my tongue is the only one i'm biting.
you talk of timing, as if i don't have all your confessions down in writing.
yeah, it's the timing.
i can't let you lie to me.
i don't know who you're trying to be.
i didn't wanna up and leave.
i knew you wouldn't stay with me.
i think about you all the time.
we thought it would, but it never died.
my guilt is who i sleep beside.
i wonder if you're warm tonight.
we tried to control all the damage.
you couldn't let go.
i couldn't handle all the doubt in my mind.
all that's left is the hurt where you're hollow.
i wish you'd have saved yourself, 'cause i now i gotta save me.
now i gotta save me.
is there a world where we can make this better?
will i question your intentions forever?
[ Phoebe ] said that it's for the better.
i do what i can to make it last.
i'm scared of how i feel when you talk like that.
can we talk like that?
can we talk?
i would do it all again.
maybe we can try whenever you are able.
i'm not waiting, i'm just sitting at the table.
THE SEX WAS GOOD !
we're star-crossed lovers, but i wanna puke whenever you say it.
you're a little older now.
that's just the hard truth.
you're rocking with the big boys.
you scream your lungs dry.
i'm a sucker for white noise.
where am i tonight?
i guess you'll never know.
you probably won't sleep right.
now i can't think of you, it ruins my whole mood.
i only painted you red out of kindness.
you blame it on your childhood.
i should have left, but how could i?
i guess the sex was good until it wasn't.
i bet it cuts right to the bone.
you wanted a wife and a kid and a life you could control.
i've got unsaved numbers in my phone.
i've got a god-awful tendency to love being alone.
break all my shit!
incite a riot!
go play the victim, babe, i hope they buy it.
dry your alligator tears.
you can't leave 'em here.
you wanted love songs—beggars can't be choosers, dear.
i'm stone cold.
it's fucking tragic.
i never loved you.
i find myself looking back a bit more than i should.
it wasn't all bad, but it wasn't that good.
SICK JOKE
write it in gold.
the ending gets old.
they say you learn to know when it's time to go.
these days i'm talking to myself.
i know what to say now.
is everything i feel temporary?
i'm learning more about myself and it's scary.
won't you let me live right here in the memory?
love me plenty.
take this gently.
leave me empty.
leave me whole.
call it what it is: it's a sick, sick joke.
nobody's laughing now.
i wanna learn to love you, i just don't know how.
i swear i'm really trying, but i'm all worn out.
all that happened hurt me more than i care to talk about.
nothing ever changes, and i'm sick of this town.
will i find it in me to find a way out?
i think i might feel better once i let you down.
we never touched in that midnight glow.
every part of me you begged to know.
i look into your eyes and i see my own.
it's almost like you always knew me—what a horrifying feeling.
you were horrifying.
i only miss it a little.
i don't wish you very well.
you only loved me in riddles.
you still loved me, i could tell.
now you call it a fever dream.
you're only kidding yourself.
i wanna learn to trust you, i just don't know how.
you're no longer a contact.
i'm good on my own, but you already know that.
you swore to be true.
you failed in the moment.
they say it takes two, but i blame you.
i don't know what it means.
someday i'll find the meaning.
the wound still stings.
i kinda like the bleeding.
where'd you go?
you oughta stay there.
i had to block you on the internet 'cause i still care.
it keeps me up at night like a bad, bad dream.
what if i never find someone who's just like me?
our stars never aligned.
we did a bad thing.
i hold on to the grudges.
i wish you held me.
i have an incessant need for a love so all-consuming that it ruins me.
you promised it was real.
i guess you misspoke.
i wanna be merciful, i just don't know how.
it goes against my nature to believe you're bad.
why'd you have to go and lie to me like that?
there always come a point where you have to have your own back.
now's as good a time as ever to learn that.
i'm thankful that i never gave you all of me.
now i get to walk away with everything.
if i linger in your memory, eradicate me!
i never saw you coming, but i felt you leave.
i did my best.
i hope you never find the guts to make amends.
i'm crying to my friends.
i'm plotting my revenge.
all i really wanna know is why would you pretend?
FERAL
i served my head on a platter.
i wish i were dead by now.
what does it matter?
make your amends.
prepare for the slaughter.
the rumors are true.
you're callous and cruel.
that [ woman ] is feral.
they said, "be careful, that [ woman ] is the devil.
even god herself as never known such evil.
i see [ her ] when the lights go low.
i feel [ her ] when i'm on my own.
i do my best work under pressure.
you fight for your life.
for me, it's just pleasure.
blood on my lips looks so much better.
witness my final ascension.
i command your undivided attention.
i'm teaching a lesson.
god is a woman and she likes other women.
does it keep you up at night?
was there something in the light that looks like me?
was it worse than you thought?
are you praying to a god you don't believe?
there's a shadow in your bed.
[ she ] won't leave.
i kinda wish i killed you sooner.
pray to your great empty heaven.
THE KICKER
it's snowing for the second time this winter.
i'm glad i didn't, but i wish i'd kissed [ her ]
i've been contemplating resolutions.
i blocked the user, but [ she ] made a new one.
i'm at a loss.
maybe i'm sick and need an obsession.
maybe it's love and the timing's up to heaven.
if it's as real as it feels, wouldn't you be here still?
ain't that the kicker.
there's a ghost in these walls.
[ she ] says nothing at all.
there ain't a single day i don't feel [ her ].
you're a lesson learned.
i'm one you get to work through.
how dare you say this ain't easy for you.
you get to fall asleep in bed with a [ girl ] who chose you.
i hate that i still wonder if it's what you wanted.
you said you're all mine.
it left me haunted.
if i go crazy, put your name down on the paper.
cause of death: a fucking serial dater.
maybe i'm mixing up all the signs.
you're really not a bad guy.
you could be the one if i just let this one slide.
baby, you're lucky that i'm such a forgiver.
you chose her too.
don't tell me you love me if you don't mean it like that.
you don't mean it like that.
don't tell me you're coming back, you don't mean it like that.
why'd the lord make me such a forgiver?
EARTH EYES
you're got earth in your eyes.
i can hardly survive how you touch me at night.
will you touch me tonight?
will you touch me?
you're all mine.
you kissed and you cursed me.
i spent 7 years trying to prove i was worthy.
i waited for worship.
i waited for madness.
i sat on your doorstep.
i loved without reason.
you loved me in secret.
now that i'm older, i no longer mind it.
it wasn't one-sided.
you tried to hide it.
you wound pretty lies 'til we crashed and collided.
i finally found you.
ALIBI
i don't love [ her ], but i think about [ her ] all the time.
i wonder what on earth [ she ] tastes like.
i've got a hundred reasons why i need an alibi.
i think it's funny.
i can never get [ her ] all alone.
it's all we know.
i haven't been this close to heaven since they shut me out.
i still had blood on my clothes.
[ she ] washed it out.
i know nothing in this world can save me now.
no, i don't love [ her ]
[ she's ] just somehow all i think about.
ain't it funny?
for you, i think i could have been someone.
i hope you know when it's your time to go, it'd be an honor just to offer up a hand to hold.
if i have to wait until our decaying state to be that close to you, darling, it's all i'll do.
i'll be yours forever, if forever will have me.
i'll be yours forever.
4EVER
it's already been 6 months.
i kinda hate how the time just goes and goes.
it feel strange to think about how i used to be somebody you didn't know.
you're the first i always call.
i share my clothes and fears with you.
we know it's something special.
we know we're gonna miss it when we get a little older.
i'm crying on your shoulder.
i think i fell in love, but it feels a little better.
i could stay right here in this house with you forever.
some things are meant to be.
some things are accidental.
you make me believe the world could be gentle.
every minute here i get more sentimental.
you cry in my arms.
i put on the kettle.
we do what we want.
the [ girls ] are allowed.
i had a panic attack, now we're going out.
god, i love the [ girl ] house!
you can brush your teeth while i'm singing in the shower.
i'll follow you wherever.
you make it all right.
home is where i love you.
they could stick us in a movie.
i'd even go to hell if it meant with you.
how'd we get so lucky?
home is where you love me.
we're all just a little bit in love with [ Amelia ].
i'll meet you on the corner.
i'm down in california.
they say talk is cheap.
JANUARY
it's all so comforting, the part of me that dies without you here.
tell me how i'm supposed to stay away for another year.
i don't wanna kill the parts of me that loved you right.
i can't look them in the eye.
i swear i will hate you for this forever.
i never got to tell you that i loved you.
i was blinded by your tunnel light.
this is my town.
honey, it's your wasteland.
i don't think we'll ever talk again.
we couldn't get that right.
i didn't notice the moment you let go of this.
i was all alone in it for longer than i knew.
i knew.
you made the right choice.
i'm second guessing if i ever really knew your true intentions.
you couldn't hold back.
i couldn't learn my lesson.
i kinda hate the silence.
i know what to do with it.
now it's over.
i feel 10 years older, somehow none the wiser.
i do this every time.
i couldn't get that right.
your skeletons, they don't scare me.
i go back to january—in my mind, you wait there for me.
i feel pathetic, insisting this shit's poetic.
i feel you rolling those damn eyes.
i curse 'em all the time.
no, i don't miss you anymore.
i don't want you back in my life, i couldn't live like that.
i'd say i'm happy.
there's still something so daunting.
i never felt the weight of it all.
you came along and took it off me.
i hope you're happy.
i can't look at any pictures, i'm afraid i'll see you with [ her ].
i heard you got that right.
i can't go back, i can't move forward.
i cried all night.
what's that like, being loved by you?
i still talk to you when i'm sleeping.
i call you name just to feel something.
i never learned to let a good thing go.
no, you won't be seeing my name on a phone screen.
you're hoping it's me who caves—well, it won't be!
i needed the time and the space.
i can't recall why it was needed in the first place.
i ain't a killer.
oh baby, i might be.
you're somehow the one i can't leave behind me.
in my mind, you regret me.
do you regret me?
#roleplay meme#rp meme#rp prompts#sentence starters#roleplay prompts#lyric starters#lyric sentence starters#violence mention tw#implied cheating tw#suicidal thoughts tw#religion mention tw#toxic tw
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duncan is simultaneously the funniest fucking guy and super tragic to me. i think hes The Worst Ever because its a way of acting out against his dad. funniest shit ever and devastating. Everything about duncney as a whole leaves me in hysterics and also clutching my chest crying punching holes into the walls. he is killer phoebe bridgers to me. can the killer in him tame the fire in (various romantic partners he swore were the one then broke up with 2 days later). or is there nothing left to do for them. hes sick of the chase but hes hungry for blood. and theres nothing he can do. hes a dog motif in a really specific street dog way you just have to understand. in a wolf way, even. but in a rabid stranded starving way. he is the only heartbreaker as well btw. he'll be the loser in this game he'll be the bad guy in the play. eric is a duncney song but in a way you would not expect. it is the duncney duncan pov song ever actually. she can come closer he'll let her hurt him how she chooses. this view of her of the top of her head makes him forgive her. her skin cries a soft weep like his. his price how about just a part of her cause he wants. shouldve been me is THE duncney/gwuncan song ever. courtney pov. when she saw the girl looked just like her and it broke her heart the lengths he went to have her to get to have her. cause she hasnt given him what he needs. he wanted her but couldnt reach her. so he went into his memory and relived all the ways he still wants her. shes sorry it shouldve been her. thought ive had in my head for over a year. its literally Them. a loving feeling is the aleduncan 90th breakup song. theyre compatible but only behind closed doors. they mean a lot to me actually jsut like . In General duncan and duncan ships by extension are mitskipilled. mitskimaxxing, even. GRAVE DOG!!!!
frrrr you're so real but if im going to comment on Duncan I need to confess something. Ive never finished watching action. ive gotten to like ep 20 I still have literally never finished it. I know that he has a lot of moments in there but I haven't finished it for some reason. I understand you but also I'm not as insane. feel free to keep screaming about him because I completely trust your opinion . I'll probably finish action soon because you are dragging me into the duncan hellhole. I love characters who are so silly and stupid and also absolutely devastating if you think about it too hard. literally peak characters.
dog motif but in the way that he was abandoned by everyone because they weren't aware he was actually a wolf. he keeps finding new homes but he gets kicked out after a day. he's rabid and scary and he's desperate for a secure home, but he can't admit that because it goes against his nature. everything hes ever known.
I love duncney too btw. Courtney is such an interesting character to me but I cannot put it into words. I love her though. absolutely love her. she's so complicated and nuanced. Courtney is for the intellectuals (joking). same with gwuncan.
also I'm insane about aleduncan. not to be kind of basic but they're everything to me. they can only be with eachother if they're alone. insane about them
I don't have any song recommendations bc school has been fucking my ass recently. moving to an online school while being tech illiterate is actually horrible </3 but your music taste is soooo good. actually top tier. real and genuinely incredible. he's mitskimaxxing, lushpilled, puberty2mogging. grave dog you're so real always
#im exhausted btw so this is. probably incomprehensible. just know you're so true#total drama#tdi#total drama action#total drama island#tda#td duncan#td duncney#td#🪦🐕
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Some Yeomen of the Guard headcanons:
The Lieutenant was looking to hire a jester because everyone kept telling him he's got no sense of humour, and he decided he needs to improve that.(Ironically he's one of the few people who would've found Wilfred's jokes funny)
Phoebe is very adventurous: she grew up hearing all kinds of tales of derring-do from her father and the other veterans (who all doted on her). She has dreamed in participating in one since she was a child, and not as a damsel in distress either. Which is another reason she immediately seizes the opportunity to rescue Fairfax
She talks Leonard into teaching her some fencing afterwards, and immediately uses her new knowledge to put the fear of god into Wilfred.
Jack can't swim. Elsie had to rescue him from drowning more than once. (It doesn't help that Jack's at his wittiest when insulting people; he gets thrown into rivers a lot because of this)
Leonard really didn't like how Fairfax treated Elsie at the wedding. He almost came rescue her when she called for "Leonard, my own" out of sheer habit. Phoebe had to hold him back.
Elsie is more in love with the idea of Fairfax than with the man himself. Coincidentally, said idea closely resembles the real Leonard.
Phoebe has a somewhat dark sense of humour, possibly as a result of all the executions she saw growing up.
Money notwithstanding, Jack Point wasn't happy about the whole "marrying off Elsie " deal at all. But old Bridget Maynard was really sick, and he was well aware they weren't making nearly enough to help her in time. So he put on a brave front for Elsie's sake and encouraged her to take up on the opportunity, accidentally alienating her in the process.
He's pretty much useless in a fight, but usually makes up for it by being extremely good at running away and dodging hits.
Fairfax and his cousin look very alike and have similar personalities, a fact that has contributed a lot to their rivalry.
Poltwhistle and Fairfax have been trying to kill each other for years, to the point that both of them see it almost as a sport.There may have been other, less lucky murder-y cousins in the past as well.
Jack stole the Hugh Ambrose book from the archbishop's library, originally in an attempt to find out what his employer finds funny, but after he got whipped and thrown out he decided not to return it. The jokes are all terrible. He used to entertain Elsie by reading them aloud and commenting on them.
Even the yeomen find Dame Carruthers' enthusiasm for all things Tower (especially the bloody parts) deeply unnerving. Wilfred and Kate are about the only people who don't try to quietly escape when she starts monologuing.
Kate thinks her aunt is very cool, actually.
#3.a.m thoughts might be stupid#headcanons#the yeomen of the guard#jack point#dame Carruthers#elsie maynard#wilfred shadbolt#phoebe merryl#leonard merryl#colonel fairfax#gilbert and sullivan#yeomen of the guard
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Me explaining why all the songs on my oc playlist are there- Very Long Post apologies!!
Tagging @locke-n-k3y since they were interested :] I also repeat myself a lot here and if you have any questions pls send them my way!! This is a very mixed explanation of my story in no timeline order so understandable if you have questions!
Also now tagging @guess-how-i-stole-this-body since i think this is the one you meant? sorry if it isn’t!
The playlist in question:
Kiss Me, Son Of God by They Might Be Giants: Janette and her relationship with her cult status (She’s the leader) and her journey to get there
Gnaw by Alex G: The first half is about Adele and Josh in highschool AKA when they met and the second is Josh talking to his son Ryan
Sarah by Alex G: About Claire, Ryan’s older sister who dies later in the storyLike Real People Do by Hozier: All the romantic relationships in the story basically but mainly Karma (Ryan and Carmela)
Twin Size Mattress by The Front Bottoms: Josh and Adele’s relationship in a way
Motion Sickness by Phoebe Bridgers: Dana talking about her ex
Feel Good Inc. by Gorillaz: The cryptid trio!! (Dana, Carmela and Ryan the main three) mainly just a song they’d sing too
Funkytown by Lipps Inc.: I imagine the cryptid trio dancing to this hehe :]]
Lone Star by The Front Bottoms: Maria and Daniel (Carmela’s parents)
Beachboy by McCafferty: RYAN!! I don’t know how to explain it tbh but yeah
I Hate My Mom by GRLwood: Claire and Adele’s (her mum) relationship
Freaks by Surf Cruse: The cryptid trio in the middle of the story
Shut Me Up by Mindless Self Indulgence: Again a song mainly just vibes but its also Jadele (Janette and Adele)
Numbers by TEMPOREX: Another ryan song!! Again idk how to explain it
The Villain I Appear To Be by Connor Spiotto and Molly Pease: Janette!! And her trying to convince herself that she isn’t a bad person
Tears Over Beers by Modern Baseball: Josh talking about Adele
bad idea right? by Olivia rodrigo: So this is a bit of an inside joke with me and my friend but its basically the song that’d play for one of the scenes with Carmela and Ryan (but downplayed to just kissing lmao)
bad idea! by girl in red: JADELE!! Janette and Adele. If you listen to the song its kind of self explanatory?
Why Am I Like This? by Orla Gartland: Dana! A dana song for the ages. She is not doing welll
This Is Love by Air Traffic Controller: Janette and Adele in the midway point of their relation/situationship
Gilded Lily by Cults: Janette and the cult she runs thanks to her mum
First Love/Late Spring: Claire. also one of dana’s dads, Noah
Me and My Husband by Mitski: Maria and Daniel’s relationship
Nobody by Mitski: Carmela!! Also if adele threw a pity party she doesn’t deserve :D
Be Gay, Do Drugs, Hail Satan by Super Cassette: Adele and Josh when they were younger in the 90’s
Dead Girls by Penelope Scott: Claire again!! This explains her death D:
I Bet On Losing Dogs by Mitski: Janette and her son/nephew Oliver (she adopted her nephew after her sister died)
Brutus by The Buttress: Janette and her time in the cult and the way she killed her friend Huan Lin when she was younger
Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus: Josh talking about Adele in the 90’s/early early 200’s
Ma Belle Evangeline from Princess And The Frog: Noah talking about his late wife Laura
Dream Sweet In Sea Major by Miracle Musical: Claire except she didn’t die at sea
Don’t Try Suicide by Queen: Claire’s death. but in a goofy sense :]]
Thermodynamic Lawyer Esq, G.F.D by Will Wood and The Tapeworms: Janette again!! Basically her feeling sillyyy/hj
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John: Ryan :[
Need 2 by Pinegrove: What I imagine plays when the cult building burns down (also this scene is where Janette dies for the first time in the story)
Buddy Holly by Weezer: Josh- he is a big fan of Weezer
Trees by McCafferty: Josh talking about his childhood
She Wolf by Shakira: The cryptid trio would sing this :D
The Moon Will Sing by The Crane Wives: Mainly just vibes I think it suits the story
Murders by Miracle Musical: Again just vibes but it could also be when Janette killed Huan
Ring Of Fire by Johnny Cash: What would play while the cult building is burning down if this was a show
DO YOU REMEMBER ME??? by emily jeffri: Janette talking to Adele when she comes back to life
The Bug Collector by Haley Heynderickx: Maria when she left for another city and her grief and regret about leaving Carmela behind
Tongues and Teeth by The Crane Wives: Janette talking about her and Adele’s relationship (In a way since Janette is aro and its also her trying to come up with ways to convince Adele to not date her since Adele does not take no for an answer akdhdkhdj)
Everybody Loves Somebody by Dean Martin: Noah and his husband Jose
Nice 2 Know Ya- Instrumental by Sylendanna: Again just the cryptid trio vibing
Bleed Magic by I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME: Adele talking about her and janette’s relationship
Bicycle Race by Queen: Just vibes :]]
Chinatown by Shakey Graves: Josh talking about Adele while she’s cheating on him
Two Birds by Regina Spektor: Claire and Ryan (the siblings ever augh)
I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE by Måneskin: Jadele (janette and adele)
Closer by Nine Inch Nails: Also Jadele do not question meeee/lh
Wet by Dazey and the Scouts: Maria and her feelings about being in a relationship
SOLUS by emily jeffri: V I B E S
Washing Machine Heart by Mitski: Maria again :[[
Murder Song (5,4,3,2,1) by Aurora: Adele and Josh
Fell In Love With A Girl by The White Stripes: Adele and Josh in primary school
The King by Sarah Kinsley: I think this would play over Ryan and Carmela’s kiss if this was a showwww
Memento Momori: the most important thing in the world by Will Wood and The Tapeworms: Janette talking to Carmela
Night Shift by Lucy Dacus: JANETTE AND HER MANY COMPLEX FEELINGS ABOUT ADELE it’s such a janette song guyssss
Sober To Death by Car Seat Headrest: Josh talking about Adele
Babooshka by Kate Bush: VIBES AGAIN
Uptown Girl by Billy Joel: Noah talking about Jose just swap girl to guy
Digital Silence by Peter McPoland: The story as a whole
Time/Space by Alex G: Oliver, Janette’s son/nephew
Non, je ne regrette rien by Èdith Piaf: A song that’d be playing while Ryan’s arm gets chopped off by Carmela
Barracuda by Heart: This just gives off Carmela vibes to me
Highway to Hell by AC/DC: Janette when she dies the first time/hj
(Don’t Fear) The Reaper by Blue Öyster Cult: I think it also fits the story as a whole
We Didn’t Start The Fire by Billy Joel: The cryptid trio
So You Wanna Marry Daisy by Spence Hood: Adele. nothing else lmao
Duvet by bôa: Maria again!!
Be Nice To Me by The Front Bottoms: Ryan talking to Carmela after she cut off his arm
You’re Not Special Babe by Orla Gartland: Josh talking to Adele
The Chicken by Bo Burnham: Literally this song explains Maria and Daniel and a bit of Carmela’s story as well
Habits by Genevieve Stokes: Dana song :]]
Where The Streets Have No Name by U2: What I imagine plays on the last epsiode as the end credits
It’s Been So Long by The Living Tombstone: Janette talking about Oliver (FNAF SONG LETS GOOO)
Never Been Better by half•alive and Orla Gartland: Basically just Noah and Maria (they are best friends!!)
Poison Oak by Bright Eyes: Josh :] love him sooo much
Dullahan by Worthikids: Dana song again!! She also listens to music like this
West Coast by FIDLAR: The cryptid trio
Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart by Mitski: Maria since she is one of my saddest characters D:
Mad IQ’s by I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME: JADELE BELOVEDS TOXIC YURIIII!!
Runs in the Family by Amanda Palmer: Janette and her family- also Maria
Kiss Ur Face Forever by Orla Gartland: Karma! (Carmela and Ryan)
Missus Piano by Rio Romeo: Adele talking to Janette
Slipping Through My Fingers by ABBA: Ryan at Claire’s death scene and Oliver at Janette’s death
Hermit The Frog by MARINA: Janette in highschool
Step On Me by The Cardigans: Janette talking to Adele
This Hurts by Mindless Self Indulgence: Janette, Adele and Josh (they’d make the best polycule if they were all good people and nothing bad happened akdhkdhd)
Molly by Mindless Self Indulgence: Janette in highschool againnnn
Witness by Mindless Self Indulgence: V I B E S
Lights Out by Mindless Self Indulgence: Dana’s taste in music
Personal Jesus by Mindless Self Indulgence: Some aspects of Janette and Adele’s relationship
Join Us (And Die) from TGWDLM: Janette when she comes back from the dead
Inevitable from TGWDLM: Adele if she was in TGWDLM
Lifeboat from Heathers: Claire if she had a musical song
Bed of Roses by Mindless Self Indulgence: Basically janette’s final death since she also does in a bed of roses in a sense!!
Baby Hotline by Jack Stauber’s Micropop: Josh and Adele (if Josh hadn’t transitioned)
Agape by Nicholas Britell: What would play in one of the episodes :DD
Kilby Girl by The Backseat Lovers: Karma!! Ryan and carmela beloveds <33
suffering by Amélie Farren: Carmela <333
Black Friday from Black Friday: Vibess also carmela talking to Janette
Ghost of Chicago by Noah Floersch: Ryan talking about Carmela i love them so much guys kshdjdhd
Hello My Old Heart by The Oh Hellos: Janette when she’s dying (for the last time in the story so for context she dies twice)
If you read this far I am giving you a hug, a high five for finger guns!!! Thank you for reading my oc rambles
#if you want to see refrences of what some of the ocs look like#i have an oc tag#cryptid hunter blabs#<-that oneee#so yeah!!#locke you have no idea how long this took meeee#akdvkdhdjd#oc tag#my ocs#thoughts in the void#Spotify#listen along to the playlist while you read this? idk?#now you get a peek into my many ramblings hehee
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Can I just say something though? I love Taylor, I really do. I've been in her top 0.2% of spotify listener thingy, I've been listening to her ever since I was eight. But all this drama at some point is too much, even if that makes me a bad fan. I can't exactly support someone without knowing all of the information right. And as you mentioned Matty has constantly made racist homophobic xenophobic jokes. So being friends and or whatever does makes me a little uncomfortable, although obviously it's Taylor's opinion and free will to do whatever you want. Btw, same with Phoebe Bridgers. You kind of expect better. I am kind of getting over of getting all involved and alert about celebrity drama, in fact, I used to listen to the 1975 too, very much, very often. At this point, all I'd like to do is try to increase my life expectancy by taking care of myself lol.
i don’t like the drama either but everything matty is about makes me so angry and disgusted and i just want to know why taylor loves being friends with him. but it’s none of my business i know. after everything he’s done and how he makes a living out of these “jokes” and hurtful comments. it’s horrible. yes it’s taylor’s life and i should not have a say in what she does. same with phoebe but it’s like how could someone be friends with someone like that y’know? i just wish he never created this “persona” cause he’s hurt and offended so many people because of it. like there are so many ways to have a “bad boy persona”. and this is what he loves to do? it’s gross and the man shouldn’t have a job. ofc he’s a white cis male and is getting away with all of it because he keeps saying it’s part of his act. like get a grip. it’s fucking sick when he says that. and his fans defend him and think it’s ok. what he’s doing is not art. it’s offensive, hurtful and gross. if u like their music, it’s whatever. if it makes u happy i have no say in that and just wish they made music without all of this
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[Image description: Thirty images, a mix of text and screencaps from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
1: "I hadn't met his kind before. (highlight) His misericord face - really, like a joke on his father (end highlight) - blurred"
2: "Garak: You could say that. Tain is directly responsible for my being exiled from Cardassia. Odo: Then I don't understand… Garak: (finishing the thought) Why I'm risking my life to help him? Odo: Exactly."
3: "What father leaves you for a knife? Chooses his god instead?"
4 and 5: Tain says, "Then you should let him die. And please, tell Garak I miss him"
6: "Tain: Hello, Garak… it's good of you to come. It spares me the trouble of having to send someone else to kill you…"
7: (highlight) A father is bound to kill his favorite son, (end highlight) and to his father's cherishing the beloved answers Yes.
(Highlight) The rest of the week, I hid from my father, grateful I was not prized. But how deserted he looked, with no son who pleased him (end highlight).
8 and 9: Garak is talking to Tain, with Odo standing behind him. He says, "I never betrayed you! At least, not in my heart."
10: "I make you a box of darkness with a bird in its heart. Voltas of acoustics, instinct & metaphor. (Underline) It is not enough To love you. It is not enough to want you destroyed (end underline).
11 and 12: Martok says, "He was convinced that you would come." Garak replies, "He knew I had no choice. Tain."
13: "I hate you for what you did And I miss vou like a little kid"
14: "Garak: I should never have come here. I should have let that monster die forgotten and alone. Bashir: Frankly, I'm glad you came. Misery loves company. Garak: All my life I've done nothing but try to please that man. (Underline) I let him mold me, let him turn me into a mirror image of himself, and how did he repay me? With exile (end underline). But I forgave him. And here, in the end, I thought maybe, just maybe, he could forgive me."
15: "'You were my father,' He wanted to say 'So why couldn't you be my father?'"
16: "Tain: Elim? Elim, is that you? Garak: It's me. Tain: Everything's gone dark. I can't see you. Are you alone? Garak: Yes. There's no one else but you and me. (Liar, Bashir is there.)"
17: "Does anybody actually know how to talk to their father"
18 and 19: Tain is lying down and says, " I should have killed your mother before you were born. You have always been a weakness I can't afford."
20: "I have my mother's mouth and my father's eyes; on my face they are still together."
21: "Garak: I'II do as you ask on one condition. That you don't ask me this favour as a mentor, or a superior officer, but as a father asking his son. Tain: You're not my son. Garak: Father. Father, you're dying. For once in your life, speak the truth."
22: "We are hard on each other and call it honesty,"
23: "If I love you is that a fact or a weapon?"
24: Garak says, :Listen, Enabran."
25: "#the word 'father' rotted in my mouth"
26: "Tain: Elim, remember that day in the country? You must have been almost five. Garak: How can I forget it? It was the only day. Tain: I can still see you on the back of that riding hound. You must have fallen off a dozen times but you never gave up. Garak: I remember limping home. You held my hand. Tain: I was very proud of you that day."
27: "Are you crying over what we've lost"
28 and 29: Tain lies down, his eyes closed, presumably dead. Garak looks at him.
30: "by not being near each other, hardly at all?" End description.]
[Plain text: Kate Clanchy, love / 3x20 / Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers, questions about the father / 2x22 / 3x20 / Li-Young Lee, descended from dreamers / 3x20 / Terrence Hayes, american sonnet for my past and future assassin / 5x14 / Phoebe Bridgers, motion sickness / 5x14 / Amatullah Bourdon, and my father’s love is nothing next to god’s will / 5x14 / a text from my friend / 5x14 / Warsan Shire, teaching my mother how to give birth/ 5x14 / Margaret Atwood, we are hard / tag on a Sharon Olds poem / Frank O'Hara, lisztiana. End plain text.]
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kate clanchy, love / 3x20 / elizabeth lindsey rogers, questions about the father / 2x22 / 3x20 / li-young lee, descended from dreamers / 3x20 / terrence hayes, american sonnet for my past and future assassin / 5x14 / phoebe bridgers, motion sickness / 5x14 / amatullah bourdon, and my father’s love is nothing next to god’s will / 5x14 / a text from my friend / 5x14 / warsan shire, teaching my mother how to give birth / 5x14 / margaret atwood, we are hard / tag on a sharon olds poem / frank o’hara, lisztiana
#parallels#described#plain text#kate clancy#love#star trek#star trek deep space nine#improbable cause#elim garak#enabran tain#garak and tain#elizabeth lindsey rogers#questions about the father#the wire#li young lee#descended from dreamers#terrence hayes#american sonnet for my past and future assassin#in purgatory's shadow#phoebe bridgers#motion sickness#amatullah bourdon#and my father's love is nothing next to god's will#warsan shire#teaching my mother how to give birth#margaret atwood#we are hard#sharon olds#frank o'hara#lisztiana
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ACCEPTED ! seen walking around edgecastle; GWEN STACY AND ELLIE WILLIAMS . please message the main within 48 hrs to receive the discord invite
{ cis female, twenty-four, she/her, marvel, dupes allowed} it isn’t every day you see someone that looks like NAYEON wandering around these woods. lucky i picked you up, you give off sort of a BLACK HEADBAND OVER BLONDE HAIR, A KNIT SWEATER, AND A WHITE LAB COAT vibe, this town will eat you alive. you some kind of tax collector? ❝ STUDENT INTERN, actually. in edgecastle ❞. oh, i stand corrected. hey, crank the radio up. do you like RIGHT WHERE YOU LEFT ME? ❝ yeah… TAYLOR SWIFT is my favorite ❞. you’ve got good taste, pal. say, what’s your name, stranger? ❝ GWEN STACY ❞ ( wednesday, 27, est, they/them )
{ nonbinary, twenty-one, she/they, the last of us, dupes not allowed } it isn’t every day you see someone that looks like KAITLYN DEVER wandering around these woods. lucky i picked you up, you give off sort of a an old joke book thrown into a backpack, dirty and loosely tied converse, the blinking of a flashlight with low batteries vibe, this town will eat you alive. you some kind of tax collector? ❝ IT'S A WASH ATTENDANT, actually. in edgecastle ❞. oh, i stand corrected. hey, crank the radio up. do you like MOTION SICKNESS? ❝ yeah… PHOEBE BRIDGERS is my favorite ❞. you’ve got good taste, pal. say, what’s your name, stranger? ❝ ELLIE WILLIAMS ❞ ( wednesday, 27, est, they/them )
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AUBADE ; HARRY STYLES
WORD COUNT: 12k
warnings: smut, smoking, alcohol consumption.
thank you @harryandhockey and @burberryharold for beta-ing this baby, you guys are the sweetest angels!
When the doorbell goes off for the third time that night, she groans and tosses the lipstick on her bed, then makes her way towards the door. Through the stained glass, she sees a tall figure and rolls her eyes.
“Look, this is the third time- oh. It’s you.”
The blonde raises her eyebrows, “Who were you expecting? Also wow, I feel so welcome, thank you.”
“Sorry,” the door closes behind Charlotte, and they walk inside.
Once in the tiny kitchen, kettle already on, she takes time to coat her eyelashes with mascara.
“Who did you think I was, that was quite the welcome.”
“Couple of girls kept knocking on the door. Something about a survey. I’ve no idea. Hey, can you help me put this on?” She takes a necklace out of her jean pocket and hands it over.
It’s Thursday, which means happy hour at their local pub and after that, they’d take N31 towards Camden to listen to a friend of Charlotte’s, an upcoming indie artist. She usually didn’t like going out on weekdays since she worked 8 to 4 and she would need to wake up at 6AM sharp to get ready and leave her flat for her Friday shift. But ever since Charlotte started working for the touring musician Harry Styles, they saw each other twice- once when they toured England and the second one being right before Charlotte left for tour. Being close friends since school, it was safe to say that she felt her absence and missed her friend dearly but were also so proud of her for everything she’d achieved.
So when Charlotte came home during their break, she wanted to spend as much time as possible with her friend and if it meant spending her Friday shift hungover while cleaning up animal urine and puke from all kinds of animals, then so be it.
“There,” Charlotte pats her on the neck after she clasps the necklace and she turns around, hand reaching to turn the kettle off.
“Ta. When are we leaving? And do you think I should go for my Adidas or the boots?” She points at the heeled boots, half white half black by the kitchen entrance and Charlotte follows her gaze as she sips the hot beverage.
She looks at the boots, then her, then the boots again, “The boots for fuckin’ sure. They’re sick- where’d you get them?”
“Depop,” She lets out a chuckle, “Think they’re Topshop, ‘m not sure. Should we leave? Y’know I walk dead slow and now that I’m wearin’ the boots…”
“You really do...go get your shit, I’ll wash this.”
They’re gathered around a round table, the green paint of the wooden table beginning to chip, and everyone’s got drinks of their own, G&T being the most popular choice. There are only five of them, Charlotte, her, Phoebe and her girlfriend Jamie, and they’re chatting about anything and everything until Charlotte turns to her, straw between her red lips.
“So-”
“Oh dear, what have you done,” she cuts her off and earns a glare from her, and from the corner of her eye, she sees Phoebe and Jamie cross their arms as if they’re getting ready for their usual bickering.
“Fuck you,” Charlotte sighs, “I didn’t do anything. I just invited some more people to Julien’s show and wanted to...kinda ask if that’s alright with you”
“Oh,” she looks around the table, finding the other girls looking at their phones and she turns to Charlotte, “It’s fine. Who are they?”
Phoebe snorts at that and her eyebrows raise in question. She gives Phoebe a look, but Charlotte’s quicker as she throws a damp tissue at the blonde and Jamie laughs when it lands back on Charlotte’s lap. “You know Sarah from the band?”
“Oh, yeah!”
She remembers meeting Sarah at Charlotte’s new flat after she moved to London, the brunette bringing a cute snake plant and a weird- but cute tea set as a housewarming gift and they got on well. They talked about plants, Sarah giving her tips on how to keep certain plants alive, and she asked her lots of questions about her experience being a woman, especially a drummer in the music industry. Sarah was very soft spoken; she spoke as if she was talking to a baby, but she always made sure to maintain eye contact when she was having a conversation with you, listening and nodding when appropriate so that you felt special and...understood. She was lovely, which was why she found it weird how Charlotte was acting awkward about her joining them tonight.
“And her boyfriend, Mitch, of course,” Charlotte adds and she nods, motioning for her to keep going. “And Harry.”
“Harry Styles?”
“Oh boy,” Jamie whistles.
“Obviously,” Charlotte sucks on her straw, slurping her drink, “Yeah, him,” she repeats, this time softer.
“I...why?” She chooses to ask, surprised as she’d like to think Harry Styles as this unreachable, ever-so-busy person who wouldn’t be interested in a night out like this. She turns to Phoebe, and then Jamie, and they respond with a shrug as Phoebe goes back to cuddling into Jamie’s side.
“What do you mean why?” Charlotte places her drink on the table, “It would be rude not to since I asked Sarah and Mitch.”
“Well, I just mean, isn’t he busy?”
Jamie whistles again and sings her name, “You got a crush, babes?”
“Nonsense, never even met the guy- which,” she looks around the table, “-is one of the reasons why I was confused. Anyway, it doesn't matter,” she shrugs and turns to Charlotte, “I’m not bothered, Lotts, it’s totally fine.”
“Y’sure?”
She gives her a nod, “I just find him intimidating and don’t think he’d be into indie, that’s all.”
It was true. Despite having not met Mr. Harry Styles, deep down she knew he’d be intimidating because he was so good looking and well, just like most people, she loved One Direction. She was a big fan, she even got told off by her stepmother once when she was younger because apparently the tape she used to hang her One Direction posters was ruining the walls. She often referred to them as twinks, and she didn’t even know what it meant until she was older. She remembers how she got made fun of at sixth form because one of the girls found her old Tumblr and told everyone about it. Harry’s never been her favourite though. Not because she didn’t find him attractive, not at all. It was because he was too attractive and was everyone’s favourite so whenever asked, she’d shrug and tell people how she found Louis funny, and then Zayn because ’he’s the hottest’.
Long story short, despite her friendship with Charlotte, she’d never met Harry, never had the opportunity to attend one of his shows because she was either too busy or they were playing in a different country and she simply couldn’t afford it. So tonight would be the first time they’d get to be in the same place and to say that she was nervous would be an understatement. And her, she always thought she was awkward. Way too awkward for social gatherings but she liked going out regardless, drinking cheap alcohol and dancing to shitty songs in an equally shitty pub. She loved being a student. Loved the freedom the title had given her. What’s your occupation, she’d get asked from time to time. Student, she’d say without hesitating. She was a student. She didn’t have to be anything else for three years. Sure, she was also working part time at an animal shelter but for the most part, she loved being a student. That’s how she met Phoebe, and then Jamie. In a way, she was their matchmaker.
She remembers meeting Phoebe last year when they had a class together. She was the first person to smile at her in the overcrowded lecture theatre and she remembers thinking how nice Phoebe’s green fringe looked. Meeting Jamie though, was funny. Phoebe usually got weird when they joked about it since she met Jamie before Phoebe did on Tinder, even went on a date with her, and then right before she was about to ghost her, she thought of how similar Phoebe and Jamie were. It was then that she made Phoebe go on a date with Jamie, and after a month of pining, they got together. Even though they were similar, she always thought that they actually completed each other, Jamie being the logical one and Phoebe encouraging Jamie to let loose from time to time and live in the moment.
Charlotte reaches and boops her nose, “He’s a musician, he loves all kinds of music. He won’t eat you, babe. He’s nice, I promise.”
Phoebe knocks on the wood, getting everyone’s attention, “Can we get a picture with him? An autograph?”
She feels a throbbing pain in her feet, toes in particular once they’re in and they wait for Phoebe and Jamie to buy their drinks, knowing she’d wake up with blisters in the morning. Charlotte takes out her phone and presumably texts the others, letting them know they were already here. She felt nervous. Nervous because she always thought she was rubbish when it came to meeting new people; they either thought she was too intimidating or rude but in reality, it was only because she always felt anxious meeting new people and would rather stay quiet than talking nonsense.
She takes time to analyse her outfit, a pair of black mom jeans and her boots, oh the boots who were currently grilling her feet. Then she tries to adjust her lace bodysuit, all of a sudden feeling super self conscious about the ”revealing” outfit. She adjusts the top, hoping her tits weren’t out before, and sighs when she touches the oversized blazer, rolling up the sleeves a bit more since it was beginning to get warm, too warm for her liking inside. Considering how she often felt self conscious about her arms, she felt more comfortable with the blazer over the sexy bodysuit.
“So,” she starts, eyes studying the crowded bar before her gaze stops at Charlotte, “Are they here?”
Charlotte looks up from her phone and nods, leaning her head on her shoulder. She feels her arm going around her waist and smiles, nudging her head with hers and she looks up, giving her a smile of her own. “What’s up, blondie?” she asks, hand coming up to ruffle Charlotte’s fringe.
She sighs, “Just tired, to be honest. I’m glad I wore trainers.”
“At least one of us is happy about their shoe choice.”
They watch as Phoebe and Jamie walk towards them, the brunette handing her a tall glass as Phoebe hands Charlotte her own drink. “When’s she on?”
Everyone turns to Charlotte, “Half an hour, maybe?”
“When are your friends coming? It’s getting quite...stuffy in here,” Jamie looks around and Phoebe nods, hands going around Jamie’s waist to pull the brunette into her.
“I texted Sarah and she said Harry was parking the car- oh, I see Mitch.”
They all look around, and she spots the tall guy with long hair, walking towards them with Sarah and Harry behind. She gulps and tries to look away, praying that no one takes notice of her sweaty forehead and shaky hands.
As the trio walk towards them, she takes a moment to examine Harry, and his outfit. Even in the dimly lit bar, she’s almost sure the high waisted trousers he has on are navy, and he’s got a tan...or a beige shirt tucked in them, chest on full display and she notices a cross necklace, looking as if it was made for his pretty neck. She clears her throat as quietly as she can and looks down but not before she takes a peek at his shoes, and she almost snorts at the choice of red boots he’s got on, noticing how everyone had trainers on while the two of them had what looked like very uncomfortable boots on.
To be honest, she thinks, he looks pretty good. She looks around them, noticing how most guys had jeans and ugly trainers on whereas Harry looked like he made quite the effort with his outfit but she also knows that even if he turned up in jeans and ugly trainers, he would still look amazing. Damn Harry Styles. Was she blushing?
The three of them are in their space now, close enough so she can make out Sarah’s overpowering perfume, and she clears her throat once again when Charlotte embraces Sarah first, then Mitch. Before she can watch her hug Harry, Sarah’s in front of her.
“Hi,” she smiles, going in for a hug, “It’s so nice to see you again. It’s been a while,” she says and her voice comes out muffled since they’re still hugging and she hopes her hair smells decent because Sarah’s face is pressed against her neck and hair.
“It’s nice to see you too! How have you been?”
“‘Been alright, I suppose!” She beams at her and turns to the man with long hair, “This is Mitch.”
As Sarah introduces everyone with Mitch, she feels Harry’s eyes on her, though she can’t turn her head and meet his gaze because that’d be rude seeing how Mitch is about to reach and give her a one armed hug. Alright then, she thinks, they’re a hugger. Then, it’s Harry’s turn. She looks at him, seeing how his eyes are focused on Phoebe and Jamie as he gives them both a warm smile before Charlotte starts talking again, introducing everyone to Phoebe and Jamie, then everyone turns to her, and she feels her face heat up seeing how everyone’s attention is on her now. She knows it’s her turn.
Harry takes a step forward and her earlier thoughts are confirmed when she can finally make out the colour of his trousers. “Hey, ‘m Harry,” he gives her a smile without waiting for Charlotte to speak, “Nice meeting you,” he comes closer and wraps an arm around her, engulfing her in a hug but it’s definitely different from Mitch or Sarah’s hug. It’s tight, much warmer and he’s got both arms around her, palms flat against her back as he rubs her back.
And of course she responds with the same warmness and hugs him back, “Hiya,” she introduces herself, and once they pull apart, he repeats her name and it sounds like poetry, something so personal and...erotic. But maybe, she thinks, maybe it’s just his deep voice making her feel that way.
Despite the moment they shared, if she could call it that, felt like hours, it was merely a minute. And it wasn’t like in the films where they hug, everything around them slowing down as the people watch in awe. No, not at all. When she looks around, she sees that everyone’s been already mingling, Phoebe and Jamie smiling at each other while they sipped their drinks, and Mitch is nowhere to be seen, possibly at the bar getting drinks.
Harry turns to Charlotte with a grin, “So is she any good, should we replace you with her?” He says, nudging her with his hip.
That sort of makes her smile, seeing Harry so carefree and friendly with the people who are essentially working for him. Even though she doesn’t know Harry Styles like they do, like Charlotte does, she knows he considers these people to be his friends and colleagues rather than his employees. It’s also fun seeing him this friendly with her best friend, and she feels proud, as she always does, knowing Charlotte has made herself great friends and that she clearly enjoys working with these people.
Charlotte nudges him back, “She’s great, I wouldn’t mind being replaced by her. Oh, there she is,” she points at the stage, and everyone turns to look at the pink-haired girl on the tiny stage with a sleek looking acoustic guitar on her side. As the others start talking about Julien, she finally takes the opportunity to look at Harry. Once their eyes meet, he gives her a smile, dimples on full display, and she swears she could see him blush when he looks down after she beamed at him. Even if he did blush though, he recovers quickly when he’s offered a drink and he mutters a thank you to Mitch, then lifts the slice of lime off the rim of his glass and sucks it into his mouth and she deems it as a good time to look away.
And she does, when she feels Sarah close, and she turns to her, Sarah welcoming her with a smile, “How’s uni? It’s your last year, right?”
“Oh, yeah,” she clears her throat, “It’s alright. Exhausting, but alright.”
“You’re working too, right?”
“Yeah, I work at an animal shelter.”
“It must be exhausting.”
“It is,” she gives her a nod, “I work three days a week and I also have classes so I only have Sundays off. I’ll probably leave and focus on uni after Christmas break though, I have my dissertation next semester.”
“Oh, cool! I miss being a student,” she purses her lips and turns to Harry, who had been listening to their conversation, his pretty fingers, most of them adorned with equally pretty rings, wrapped around the tall glass, “You probably can’t relate, H, can ya?”
He rolls her eyes but laughs regardless, “Piss off.”
Despite the chatter around them, it’s not ridiculously loud so they can carry a conversation without having to shout. They fall into an easy conversation, everyone joining in, and all of a sudden a pink neon light falls over them and they all turn to the stage. Julien starts singing, and all the chatter around them dies down, some people already starting to sing the words back at her.
She looks away from the stage for a minute and catches Harry’s gaze from across the room. They’re close enough for her to make out a few droplets of sweat on Harry’s forehead, and their eyes meet as he gives her a smile, eyes sparkling with mischief, then brings the glass up to his mouth. She watches as his top lip rests on the rim before he lifts it to his mouth and when she looks up, she sees him still looking at, gaze unwavering and mouth curled upwards in a sly smirk. She was caught. She was caught and he looked like he was loving and devouring every second of it.
Julien takes a break, promising to come back with a brand new song from her upcoming EP, and there’s a group of people making their way towards the exit, presumably to have a smoke and get some fresh air.
“Where’s she gone?” Charlotte huffs, eyes searching the room for the pink haired girl.
“She’s over there,” Phoebe points at Julien and they all turn to where she’s pointing at, spotting Julien near the bar with a drink in hand.
“Is she flirting?”
“She’s got groupies already?” she says after she takes her eyes off of Harry and everyone laughs.
Charlotte comes closer and nudges her shoulder against her, “You’d know, wouldn’t you?” “Be quiet,” she nudges back, and their group falls back into their conversation except Harry, who keeps staring at her and she gulps, hands reaching to feel her blazer pockets.
“Right,” she mutters, “It’s time to poison myself. I’m going out for a fag,” once she feels the bulge in her pocket, she turns to Charlotte, “Send me a text when she’s back on, yeah?”
“I’ll come with.”
She looks up at Harry, surprised, but nods, waiting for him to follow her outside. Even though she tries her best not to make eye contact with anyone as they leave, she’s aware of them watching them, everyone in their group equally surprised, but they keep walking, Harry following quietly behind. Once they pass the smelly bodies, they’re finally outside, the wind licking her face once she steps out and she tries to hug herself closer, seeing how the thin blazer’s not doing a good job at keeping her warm.
Harry wishes he’d brought a coat.
They’re quiet as he follows her to a quiet corner, only a few people turning their heads their way, presumably recognising him, and they stop near a brick wall and she takes her tobacco out of her left pocket. She looks up, catching him staring at her ring-clad fingers wrapped around the dark green packet, and she clears her throat, making him look up at her. They share a smile, both feeling at ease with the comfortable silence between them. She spots a wooden bench near and sits down, hands already working the packet open. When she starts tearing the tobacco apart, Harry can’t help but note how quickly she’s working it between her fingers, and he’s almost certain she’s been doing this for years.
“Want one?” She asks and he saunters forward, coming to stand in front of her with hands in his pockets.
He shrugs and she takes that as a yes, fingers pausing their work on the tobacco to take out something that resembles a cigarette and it’s only when she pushes it from the bottom that Harry realises they’re filters. Placing one between her lips, her fingers dip into her pocket once again to retrieve some papers and Harry finds himself unable to look away from her lips and how pretty they look with something between them.
He looks down at her lap, where the packet of tobacco is, seeing her fingers work swiftly as she fills the thin paper, and despite knowing better not to glamorise something as horrible and disgusting as smoking, he takes his time to admire the way she pushes down the tobacco with her index finger, presumably trying to fit and secure everything inside the paper. Taking the filter from between her lips, she places it inside the paper, at the very end, and her fingers start rolling.
Oh fuck, he thinks, knowing what’s about to come. Unable to look away, he watches as she brings it up to her mouth and licks a long stripe along the paper, and despite the lack of lighting around them, his eyes make out her pink tongue moving along the paper and it doesn’t come as a surprise when he feels a sudden twitch in his trousers at the unholy image before his eyes.
“There,” she hands him the rolled up cigarette, “Hope you don’t mind that I licked?”
He wants to laugh because of course he doesn’t mind. In fact, he quite enjoyed it, according to the knot in his stomach and his twitching cock in his underwear. He enjoyed it so much that he now couldn’t stop imagining her mouth doing other things, preferably dirty things with, or to him.
“Nah, it’s all good, thanks.”
“No probs. Didn’t take you as the smoking type,” she lets it slip out.
“I...don’t smoke, really. Only sometimes. When I’m drinking. Which…” He looks at the cigarette between her fingers, “...isn’t that often.”
She notices the nervousness that tinges his words, and it makes her feel better knowing he’s also as awkward as her. “Fair,” she sends him a smile and repeats all the steps on her own rollie, putting it between her lips just like Harry, and she takes her lighter out of the same pocket. She lights her own first and reaches to light his, and he sort of bends over until his cigarette reaches the lighter. They both take a hefty drag of their cigarettes and she blows the smoke out first, Harry watching her pursed lips as he lets out his own next, both of their cigarette smoke swirling in the air and joining in together.
He takes it out of his mouth and lets his arm dangle on his side, cigarette between his fingers, and watches as she takes another drag before fumbling with the packet on her lap, putting everything back in her pocket haphazardly.
“Do you go to uni in London, or?”
“Westminster, yeah,” she takes another drag and notices how Harry hasn’t taken another one of his since.
“Nice,” he says and a grin stretches over his face, “Charlotte talks about you a lot.”
“She does?”
“Yeah, all the time. If I didn’t know about her boyfriend I’d say she was in love with you,” he laughs and gestured to the lighter in her hand and she lets him take the lighter from her hand, watching as the flame lick at the cigarette between Harry’s lip and he takes a long drag. “I mean, we...the band feel like we already know you. It’s sweet, how much she cares about you.”
“Well, I’m pretty hard not to love, you know.”
He blows out the smoke, a chuckle escaping his mouth, “That right?”
“Yeah, I’m fucking great.”
“Well, I-”
He gets interrupted by her phone going off and a pout forms on his face. She huffs, looking around, then throws the cigarette on the ground despite the sign and he does the same, not feeling bad in the slightest. “We going in?” He asks, like a lost puppy waiting for his owner’s command.
“I guess. Is it bad that I don’t want to? Like...does that make me a bad friend?”
“Nah. I...I kinda wanted to stay here too. I was enjoying our conversation.”
She sends him a grin, eyes mischievous, and stops walking, “You telling me you weren’t bored to death by my dry ass conversation?”
“Dry? You opened up and talked about your narcissistic behaviours, that’s not boring, darling,” he smirks and she rolls her eyes, hand reaching to slap his chest and it feels easy, like they’ve known each other for years. “Alright, alright, ’m just messing with you.”
She starts walking again, a few steps ahead of him, and he follows, passing three girls with phones up to their faces.
It’s easy, he thinks, it’s easy with her.
People in the bar begin to leave one by one, and it’s only their small group and a few others left, some of them still sipping their drinks and the others talking and laughing. Some even come up to Julien, who’s sipping her water from a reusable water bottle as Charlotte keeps snapping pictures of her, and they all congratulate her, telling her how excited they are about the EP. She’s all smiles, fringe sticking to her forehead due to sweat, and her long arms are equally sweaty, dressed in a tight black dress with striped knee high socks adorning her long legs, and a pair of platform Mary Janes.
“So,” Harry says, folding his arms across his chest, “Do you have any plans for October?”
Mitch snorts across him and Julien tilts her head, puzzled, “Erm...I’ve no idea, to be honest. It’s months away and God knows I’m shite at thinking ahead. That’s why I’m friends with this lot,” she gestures to their tiny group, causing Charlotte to snort and Julien continues, turning her attention to her who’s playing with the hem of her blazer, “This one though...”
“Oh, fuck off.”
“Oi, what’s crawled up your bum, eh?” Julien turns to Harry again, catching how his gaze flickered over her body, then her face instead of looking at Julien and she finds herself smirking at the tension between the two.
“We’re thinking of putting a show together for Halloween. I have a bunch of new and upcoming artists in my mind that I’d love to see perform that night. Would you be interested?” Harry’s attention is back on Julien and he watches as the girl gasps, eyes widening in excitement.
“Shut the fuck up!” She yells, almost dropping her water bottle and they all laugh, Charlotte reaching to flip her on the forehead and she slaps her freshly-manicured hand away, “You’re not taking the piss, are you?”
Harry laughs, “Am definitely not. I love your vibe. That’s actually one of the reasons why I asked Charlotte if I could come tonight,” he says as he runs his fingers through his hair, the strands gliding easily between his long fingers.
“Yeah,” Charlotte smiles at Julien, “He’s on a hunt. He thinks he’s one of those talent agents. Just say yes, Jules, it’ll be fun.”
“Holy fuck. Yes. Fuck, yes. Of fucking course, yes!”
They all laugh when she lunges herself at Harry, arms wrapping around his neck, “Thank you, thank you, thank you, fuck I could literally kiss you right now but I won’t, I’ve been watching you both undress each other with your eyes all night,” arms still around Harry’s neck, Julien turns her head towards her, whom Harry’s been looking at all night, and gives her a wink before breaking their hug. “So, do I have to do anything? What do I have to do? Fuck, I’m so bad at this-”
“Hey,” Harry interrupts, “It’s fine. Relax. Are you signed with anyone? Have a manager?”
“Oh, yeah, I’m with Gleam, my manager, Alana, she’s sick that’s why she wasn't here tonight.”
“Okay, that’s fine. Just give me your phone number and your manager’s contact details and we’ll sort everything out. Hey- relax, it’s gonna be fun!” He reaches and gives her shoulder a squeeze.
“I called an Uber,” Sarah says after her phone goes off, “And it looks like…” she taps on the screen a few times, “Hassan is here.”
“We could’ve gotten maccies,” she says, pouting, as her head rests on Charlotte’s shoulder.
Sarah sighs, cuddling closer into Mitch’s side, “We’re leaving for Brighton tomorrow morning.”
“Yeah, Sarah’s making us wake up at, like, five,” Mitch grumbles.
They all start walking towards the exit, Julien and Harry in the back talking about the show as Charlotte links her arm with her as they follow behind the others. As they walk, she remembers how Harry arrived with Sarah and Mitch, meaning they shared a ride, and she turns to look at Harry who seems to be in deep conversation as he waves his hands around.
She feels hot all of a sudden, remembering how neither of them wanted to go inside earlier, how good he looked and how his voice sounded, deep, so deep, when his attention was only on her and not the girl on the stage or his drink or the people around them. As selfish as it sounds, she wanted all his attention on her, she wanted him to only look at her, see her, think of her, and she feels foolish because they only met tonight, and their conversation earlier didn’t last that long.
Once they’re outside, everyone sighs, almost in relief as the fresh air fills their lungs, and everyone bids their goodbyes to Sarah and Mitch, then Phoebe starts complaining about how uncomfortable and tired she was.
“That’s it from us, folks, my wife needs a shower,” Jamie pinches Phoebe’s cheek as Phoebe blushes, swatting her hand away.
She turns to Harry for a second and he’s just standing there, arms folded with an expression she’s unable to read, and Julien laughs, muttering something about catching a black cab since she now has money to waste.
Everyone leaves and it’s only them, and Charlotte comes closer to her as she nudges her hip with hers, “Hey. Is it cool if Harry gives you a ride? Tom’s picking me up.”
She panics and gives her a puzzled look. A car ride with Harry. Alone. Just the two of them.
She swallows, “How come you never mention it?”
“He just texted me, we’re driving up to Manc. Will you be okay?” She reaches and strokes her cheek, then turns to Harry, as if the question was directed at both of them.
“Well, yeah...I mean- I’ll call a Bolt or something-”
“It’s fine, I can give you a ride,” Harry says, hands now in his pockets. He looks like he’s cold too, considering how he’s only wearing a thin shirt and his chest is on full display, letting the breeze softly lick at the flesh.
“I wouldn’t want to be a bother, I can take a Bolt. Really, it’s fine.”
“I insist...whereabouts is your place?”
“Ehm,” she sniffs and her eyes look for Charlotte for a moment, and when she spots her, she’s watching them despite the phone pressed against her ear. “Marylebone.”
“Great! That alright with you?”
She looks at Charlotte again, the short haired girl failing to meet her gaze, and she turns to Harry again, lips pursed, “I guess- I mean...sure. Okay.”
Harry beams at that, the dimple on his left cheek widening with the smile, and she wants to reach out and touch it, place her finger there. She doesn’t though. Instead, she gives him a smile and looks down at her boots, feeling all giddy inside with the realisation that she’d be alone with Harry for a while and it would also be away from any prying eyes, in the warmth of his car.
Charlotte comes back and reaches for her, giving her a big hug as she buries her head in her neck, and she involuntarily breathes in the smell of cigarettes and Charlotte’s personal favourite, Chanel no. 5.
“Text me when you’re home, yeah? And text me if you need anything...he’s nice, I promise,” she whispers the last part, as if she’s letting her in on a secret, then reaches for Harry to give him a hug.
“Drive safe,” she says, walking backwards, “I mean it.”
“I will. Precious cargo, am I right?”
Harry opens the door for her and waits for her to get in, her lips form the words ‘thank you’, and once they’re both inside, seatbelts on, Harry sighs and tries to fix his creased shirt. She watches his hands, the rings catching the light coming from a lamppost outside, creating beams, and she notices the single, nearly-chipped gold nail polish on his left pinky.
“So…” they both say at the same time and he laughs, shaking his head, and a few strands fall to his eyes.
She chuckles too, eyes falling to her hands on her lap as she fiddles with them. “I think we’ve been set up,” she mumbles and looks up at him, finding him watching her carefully with one hand on the steering wheel and the other on his thigh.
“Yeah? You think so?”
“Oh, yeah. I’m usually not this dumb.”
“Maybe you wanted play dumb, hm?” He gives her a smile, causing her to scoff, and he surprises them both when his left hand reaches to stroke her cheek, making goosebumps appear on her skin and she swears she could hear her breath hitch at the warm touch, feeling hot all over.
They stare at each other, his hand still on her cheek, and she swallows, “Sure, whatever you say.”
“Is this okay?” He asks, gesturing at the touch, voice as soft and smooth as honey.
She nods, because it is. It is more than okay and if it were up to her, they’d already be kissing, tasting each other’s dirty, sweaty skin and touching each other all over, feeling each other’s bodies...she wanted all of that.
She swallows again, his gaze shifting from her face to her neck, then lower and lower until it reaches her boobs. They look divine, he thinks, despite the lack of lighting in his car, they look absolutely gorgeous, sort of spilling out from the lace material and he gulps, hand beginning to make its way down to her neck. He rests it there as long fingers caress the side of her neck, discovering a few moles there, and he looks up at her, only to find her eyes fixed on his lap. He looks down to, the slight tent not coming as a surprise, and he gives her a grin, the other hand coming to rest atop his bulge.
“Hm?” He hums as he waits for her answer despite knowing what she would say.
She clears her throat and looks around, seeing the almost empty parking lot all dark except the stop sign near the exit, and turns her attention back to Harry.
“Yes. It’s okay.”
“Mmm,” his fingers curl around her throat, thumb stroking the flesh there, “Thank you, love. Can I kiss you?”
“You can...Please,” she practically moans when his thumb presses a sweet spot on her neck and he gives her a smile, hand reaching to unbuckle both of their seatbelts with a click.
It doesn’t happen that fast. First, he gives her a look, almost as if he’s trying to remember where her lips are and the nose, then her eyes...he keeps looking, and looking, and he brings his hand up to her mouth, resting his thumb on her bottom lip as her eyes shift downwards with the movement. While he watches her, she takes her time to watch him, his face, and she feels something bubbling inside her, much like the bubbles that rise to the top when you open a coke bottle.
Pressure, she thinks, pressure and the need to devour him. Thus, without thinking too much, she reaches and grabs him by the nape of his neck, his hand falling atop the car seat as their lips meet, both of them hungry for each other’s touch as their teeth clash and Harry lets out a hiss when she bites his bottom lip, suckining it into her mouth.
His hands go up to her cheeks, pushing her far enough to look into her face and eyes in particular and he smiles, the inside of his palms feeling the soft peach fuzz on her face. When she lunges forward to continue their kiss, he stops her, thumb stroking her cheekbones as she lets out a huff, and he chuckles, “Slow, baby, slow. We’ve got time. I want to feel you, taste you as much as I can, yeah?”
She nods, letting him stroke the side of her face some more and feel her skin against his soft hands before he starts leaning in, this time slow, so slow that it feels like hours to her. Before she closes her eyes, she catches a glimpse of his pink tongue dart out to lick his lips, and he finally captures her top lip, sucking it into his mouth softly and she melts under his touch, her mouth pursed as she starts responding with her own kisses. Their lips, she feels, fit together like a puzzle piece.
Harry’s tongue swipes across her bottom lip and she opens wider, letting him lick into her mouth further. It’s hot, wet, and she feels herself getting wetter and wetter as the smooch noises grow louder with each kiss. His hands are now cupping both of her cheeks, and as he presses wet pecks on her parted mouth, one of his thumbs travel down to her mouth and he stops their kiss, and she opens her eyes, giving him a puzzled look.
He shushes her, lips pursed as he does so, and her eyes watches the movement, wanting to feel them all over her body now that she knows how he feels and tastes like. He presses his thumb against her bottom lip, then into her mouth and pulls her closer to him. He shuts his eyes and tilts his head when she closes her mouth around his thumb, sucking it like a lolly, and his cock twitches in his trousers again as he watches the way she sucks on his flesh, humming around it as if she’s having the most delicious meal of her life.
“Fuck, baby,” he rasps, “Y’like playing with me, don’t you?”
She doesn’t respond. Instead, she takes his thumb out of her mouth with a pop and she holds him by the wrist, placing his hand on one of her boobs and Harry lets her warm hands and the feeling of lace overpower him as he gives her boob a squeeze, then travels his hand down to where he supposes her nipple is and brushes a thumb over it, a beaming grin stretching across his face when he feels her pebbled nipple under his thumb.
When he looks at her face, she’s biting her lips, eyes shut, and he bites his own lips as he traps her covered nipple between his thumb and index finger, tweaking it gently which causes her to breathe out a moan, toes curling involuntarily inside her boots. He tugs at it, then his hand travels up and he looks at her, as if to ask her permission for what he’s about to do. And she nods, of course she does, and she feels her upper torso getting sore from the position they’ve been in but she lets it go, reaching for his hand near her boob and places it on top of his, encouraging him to keep going.
With her hand on top of his, he slides the bodysuit down from the top, and he feels his cock twitch in interest so he has to bring his other hand down to press against his bulge over his trousers in hopes of relieving some of the tension. He plays with her nipple, tweaking and squeezing it between his fingers before finally leaning to capture the pebbled nipple into his mouth. “God damn, your tits...so fuckin’ hot, baby,” he bites her nipple and she shudders, back arching in pleasure. “Wanna do everything with you...wanna fuck you- wanna fuck these tits,” he whispers against her nipple, now wet with his spit, and his hot breath sends chills down her spine.
It’s warm, his mouth, so warm and wet around her hard nipples and she lets out another moan, arms wrapping around his neck and she tries to press against him closer. “Fuck,” a moan leaver her mouth, “Please, Harry, fuck me. Do something, just- ‘m so wet.”
“Yeah? Want me to fuck you? Jesus,” he presses a kiss to her nipple before he frees her other boob from the fabric, “You’re so fuckin’ hot. Got me so fuckin’ hard, just look at these gorgeous tits, baby. Bet your cunt’s even more gorgeous, hm?” He whispers, hands already on the other boob, squeezing the nipple and he watches as it hardens, looking so pretty and puckered for him and he gets his mouth on that one too, licking across the nipple before he bites it into his mouth.
“Can I take this off, sweetheart?” He touches her shoulder, squeezing her there over the blazer, and when he sees the hesitation in her eyes, he travels his hand up to her neck and strokes it there, “Y’don’t have to, darling. However you’re comfortable.”
“No,” she says ever so softly, “It’s okay.”
He smiles at her as she takes the jacket off and throws it somewhere at her feet. Harry grabs her by the neck and brings her in for another kiss but this time, it’s slow. And sweet. Slow, sweet, and warm, so warm that she feels it in her chest, in her stomach, and it reaches everywhere, the kiss warming anything and everything inside her. He swipes a tongue across her bottom lip before pulling away, and places both hands on her boobs, squeezing them, mouth popping open as he watches them in awe.
“Fuckin’ hell,” he brings one of his hands to the front of his trousers and the heels of his palms press against the bulge, but instead of giving him some relief, the touch makes him hiss, wishing for something softer, warmer.
“Can I fuck you? I need to fuck you, please, sweetheart,” he whispers and she nods, tongue darting out to lick her dry lips and he nods as well, looking around inside the car, swiftly examining the tinted black windows before he turns to her, “I hate that I’m about to fuck that pretty pussy in the backseat of my car instead of a comfortable bed but I need it so bad, sweetheart, I need you,” he licks his lips, “That okay?”
“Yes...more than.”
He helps her move to the backseat, boobs still hanging from the top, and he joins her in the backseat quickly. They’re closer now, nothing serving as a barrier between them, and with the way they’re facing each other, she can make out a tiny pimple on the side of his nose as well as a little mole on his forehead. Her gaze falls to his bulge again, and he’s already fumbling to get them off. With a swallow, she shuts her eyes so she doesn’t see Harry watching her intently, dilated pupils fixated on her sweaty skin, her lips in particular.
He leans in and presses an open mouth kiss to her damp skin, the touch making her open her eyes.
Take it off” she whispers, voice as sweet as honey, “Come on, I want you to fuck me,” she breathes against his hair, his head now in the crook of her neck, and she feels him nod, his hands coming to rest atop hers.
He fumbles with the button with shaky hands, her hands coming to rest on Harry’s waist and he sighs in relief when he hears the zipper. He lowers his trousers along with his underwear clumsily, the pile of material pooling around his ankles. He’s hard and leaking already, the tip an angry shade of red, and she takes a few seconds to admire the thickness of his cock and how pretty it looks, his dark, coarse pubic hair making her mouth water as she imagines deepthroating him, nuzzling the hair at the base of his cock.
Harry looks up and she’s got one hand on her boob while the other rubs herself through her jeans, presumably feeling aroused with the way the fabric is feeling against her pussy. A low, choked ‘fuck’ leaves his mouth following a growl as his long fingers begin unbuttoning the beige shirt and she watches, bottom lip trapped between her teeth with fingers rubbing herself.
Once it’s unbuttoned, he’s quick to get his hands on her jeans, eyes briefly searching for something in hers before he starts unbuttoning them. She stops him and bends over to take her boots off and he watches her back, hand reaching involuntarily to travel his fingers down her spine, stroking her waist before he bends forward to place a kiss on there as she keeps fumbling with her boots. Once they’re off, he’s quick to help her get the jeans off too, and he throws them in the front seat, smiling when she hears her giggle.
“Alright, Miss Giggles?” he says softly, palm resting on top of her thigh as one of his hands reaches and strokes the side of her face, fingers playing in her wild strands of hair.
She bites her lip again, giving him a nod, and he brings her face into his, lips pressing a tender kiss to her chin before he opens his mouth slightly and grazes his teeth across the flesh, and he presses a final, loud kiss there before he pulls away with a pop, leaving her chin all shiny and wet with his saliva. He lowers his eyes and spots her thong, fabric too tiny and flimsy to cover all the areas of her pussy, and he lets out a groan at the sight, hand immediately reaching to touch what’s under her little thong.
“So pretty, darling...so, so pretty,” he murmurs and she watches with parted legs as he positions his middle finger against her pussy over the black lace, thin, so he feels just how warm and wet she is between her folds. This makes him pause to look down at his cock, just to make sure he’s not about to spill all over the carseat since he feels the pleasure at the tip of his cock, ready to explode right then and there. “How can anyone ever resist you, hm? This pretty girl…” with one hand still between her legs, he reaches with his other hand and ghosts his thumb over her nipple, his other hand working her thong as he pulls it to the side, “...this pretty pussy,” he murmurs, making her eyes lull shut at the compliments.
She parts her legs wider to give him more room to work with, and he grins as he looks up at her hungry eyes, knowing what she’s asking for. And god, is he about to give her what she wants. The way she looks, not just half naked but from the moment he’d caught a glimpse of the grumpy girl across the room, it’s been driving him insane. Not that she was rude or looked bored, but she looked cute, kinda nervous, as if she too was as uncomfortable as Harry by the prying eyes and tipsy chatter around them.
From the moment they were introduced, Harry knew she didn’t particularly like to be looked at. Maybe he was being judgmental, or reading too much into things, but he got the impression that she was sort of nervous to be around people, especially new people. He tried his hardest not to be some weirdo, an utter creep who kept looking at the beautiful girl across him but truth be told, it wasn’t the first time Harry had seen the girl’s face.
He knew of her, stories about her, from Charlotte, and saw numerous photos and throwback videos of them on Charlotte’s Instagram, but he would never actually admit to the fact that he’d clicked on her tag on one of Charlotte’s posts, and scrolled through her feed for hours, giggling from time to time at her silly captions and numerous pictures of a Golden Retriever and a black cat cuddling.
Yes, he might have found her interesting, took a few screenshots of her posts where she proudly displayed her favourite reads, immediately ordering everything on there, and a few funny memes, but now with his middle finger circling her clit, he would never, ever admit any of that to anyone, ever.
“Harry,” she breathes, and it sounds sort of harsh, rough even, the reason presumably being a mix of the cigarettes she’d been smoking and the way his finger teasingly, slowly moves over her pussy. “Harry…” she says again, melodiously, fingers curling around his wrist and he looks up with a grin, eyes almost evil, dark and pupils dilated from hunger bubbling up inside him.
He retracts his finger and brings it up to his mouth slowly, her eyes watching him like a hawk, and his pink tongue darts out, licking a long stripe up his middle finger and he truly devours the savoury taste, eyes finding hers as he sucks the finger into his mouth. “Taste so good, sweetheart,” he murmurs, “Want me to play with that beautiful cunt, hm? Give it my full attention?”
“Yes, please, I need it so bad, I’ve been waiting for so long.”
“Yeah?” He asks, ever so softly, “How long?” He presses, his middle finger once again placed between her wet folds, and she wraps her fingers around his wrist.
There’s a bloom of pleasure in her voice when she lets out a shaky breath, a stuttered ’yeah’ because she doesn’t want to give in to Harry’s teasing game, and he leans forward, capturing her chin with his mouth as he bites the flesh while the pads of his finger massages slow and deep over her swollen clit.
He feels the spongy bit under his touch, “Tell me you’ve been thinking of this too,” he breathes against her wet chin, then brings his middle finger down to her hole. It’s wet, so fucking wet when he drags his finger back up and circles her clit faster than before which makes her legs kick out in pleasure, one hand grabbing harshly at her boob as the other go up to Harry’s soft hair and she pulls, fingernails scratching his scalp while doing so. He groans against her skin and drags his finger down to her slick little hole again, circling around the wet, soft muscle and he pushes his finger in, her cunt making a wet, lovely sound as he does so as his eyes fall to his throbbing cock.
It’s so hard, an unpleasant feeling blooming inside, so he takes his finger out of her hole, making her let out a tiny whimper as she clenches around nothing with the sudden loss of his touch. Harry brings his finger up to his mouth, and his pink tongue darts out to lick, mouth closing around to devour the slightly salty slickness.
“Can I fuck you now?” He asks as his hand goes to stroke the side of her neck, goosebumps appearing immediately at the touch. She shudders, unable to respond and Harry’s voice is softer this time, “Can I, baby? Will you let me fuck your pretty pussy now? I need it so bad, sweetheart, so fucking bad. See how hard I am for you? So fucking hard for you, baby.”
“God,” another shaky breath, “Please, I’m so wet and horny- I need it, Harry, please.”
“Need my cock, yeah? Need me to fill that little hole? Stretch your tiny little hole, darling?”
“Fuck- please, I- please stop teasing me, I need it...please, fuck me.”
Harry feels something, a prickly sensation inside him, his groin tightening, and he knows it’s her dirty mouth and sweet face to blame. He looks down at his cock, hard as rock between his legs, and grabs her by the waist, pulling her on top of him with ease. “There, sweet girl.”
He lets out a hiss when her warm pussy makes contact with his cock and she bites her lip, leaning forward until their sweaty foreheads meet. “Your pussy’s so fuckin’ warm. Shit, we need condoms,” a strong arm wraps around her waist and she gasps when he leans forward so suddenly. His face is buried into her boobs as he tries to retrieve his wallet from one of the compartments in between and she watches him struggle, unable to control a tiny laugh escaping her mouth.
“Well,” Harry mumbles, warm lips making her skin feel all tingly, “This is lovely...mmm,” a few kisses are pressed between her boobs, then another open mouth one on her left nipple, and they’re finally back to their previous position, condom package between Harry’s lips as he rips the top, never once taking his eyes off of her while doing so.
“Ready for me?” He gives himself a few lazy pulls, thumbing at the tip while she watches, one hand kneading her boob. “Hm? Ready to take my cock?” He moves his hand slowly, up and down, causing her to swallow.
“Yeah...fuck yeah. Please, fuck me.”
He looks up at her as the rubber works its way down his cock, and she joins her arms around his neck, fingers playing with the hairs at the nape of his neck, and he brings his cock to her cunt, earning a moan from her, her warm breath licking at his face ever so softly. He grunts, voice strained with pleasure when he feels how warm and wet she is at the touch of his cock and slides it against her warmth before he brings it down to her tight little hole and pauses there.
“Y’ready, sweet girl?” He nudges their foreheads together and it’s sweet, so sweet despite the position they’re in, and she nods, feeling their damp foreheads stick together, and Harry gives her a bright smile, dimple appearing on his left cheek.
And he pushes it in. With his thumb pressed against the tip, he pushes his cock inside her, the tightness squeezing his already sensitive cock as if she doesn’t want to let him go, as if she wants to keep him inside of her forever and ever.
“God, such a tight cunt, baby. Squeezing me already, hm?” He murmurs into her mouth, “Easy, darling...slow. Slow, yeah? Want to feel you properly,” his hands go up to her hips, holding her there to still the movement of her hips, and her arms loop around his sweaty neck, fingernails scratching the back of his neck and he hisses, face moving forward to press a bruising kiss on her parted mouth.
Once she calms down, hips stilled, his strong arms begin moving her up and down and they both moan, quick breaths leaving their mouths and mixing together just like how their bodies are almost joined together, two becoming one, and Harry starts moving his own hips so he can fuck into her as she helps her by moving her own hips up and down, slowly, just like he’d asked her to, feeling his cock stretching her tight hole with his every move. There’s a honking outside and both their movements still for a second, and a muffled chuckle leaves her mouth, arms tightening around Harry’s neck.
Their eyes meet, Harry’s mouth turning upwards, “What’s so funny, Miss Giggles, hm?” He murmurs as his hips speed up again, their skins slapping against each other as his cock strokes the insides of her walls ever so softly, sliding in and out of her.
“Jesus, you’re so fucking big, I- I knew you’d be big but...fuck, you’re so good, so fucking good, Harry,” she moans, earning a grunt from him as she meets his thrusts, her hands sliding down to Harry’s shoulders and squeezing his smooth skin briefly before she brings her palms down to her chest.
She strokes the hair on his chest, admiring the way his cross necklace sits proudly there, amongst his now damp chest hair, and she brings her palm to one of his nipples, thumb stroking the slightly darker nub and he lets out a groan as goosebumps appear on his chest and nipples.
“God,” she breathes and Harry can smell the fruity-sour alcohol on her breath, and his mouth pops open when she tweaks his sensitive nipples. “I love your nipples,” she moans again when his cock brushes that sweet spot inside her and he does too, arms tightening around her waist, and she tweaks his nipples again, this time harder as her hips speed up, ass slapping against his meaty thighs and she keeps jumps up on down on his cock.
As she does so, her boobs too move, bouncing up and down with her every movement and Harry reaches with one hand, capturing one of her nipples between his fingers as he tweaks left and right before letting it go, watching her skin prickle at the touch.
“Shit, y’feel amazing, just wanna keep you forever,” he groans, low and delirious, fingernails digging into her waist as he thrusts into her, “So fuckin’ tight around me...so tight and snug. I want you- want this everyday. Wanna be able to touch you, kiss that little face everyday, fuck this beautiful pussy...so good, darling, you’re so fuckin’ good, letting me fuck that sweet cunt in the backseat, hm? Are you good,” he breathes her name into her mouth, then bites her bottom lip, earning a gasp from her when his thrusts become particularly rough. “Are you a good girl?”
“Yes, yes, yes, I’m good, I’m so good, please- I’m gonna cum, I’m gonna fucking cum please keep fucking me, keep fucking me hard, Harry- keep going,” she speeds up her movements, Harry’s cock sliding in and out of her as wet, dirty sounds fill the car and he curses under his breath, hips lifting off the seat to meet her strokes.
“Are you close?” He manages to ask, a low grunt in his voice.
She doesn’t respond. Instead, she brings one hand down to her pussy and begins rubbing her clit, moaning when she touches the little nub and then, with her other hand, she reaches for Harry’s face, thumb stroking the side of the smooth skin before she places it on his bottom lip and presses hard, making him part his mouth. She pushes it in, eyes lulling shut at the feeling of his warm tongue as he sucks on her thumb, hips continuing their movements as he fucks her cunt with quick, rough thrusts.
When she opens her eyes, Harry’s watching her, sweat glistening on his forehead and she brings her finger down to where Harry’s cock meets her warmth and rubs the top of his cock, moaning when she feels the vein there. She brings it up to her clit again, all wet and warm, and she rubs harder with rough strokes as Harry juts his hips forward a few more times. “I’m gonna cum, fuck- I’m gonna fuckin’ cum, baby,” his grip tightens on her waist and she places her hands on his shoulder, squeezing there.
“Come on me, I want it on my tits,” she mutters, fingernails digging into the smooth skin of his shoulders and he lets out a grunt, pulling out quickly as she gets down, Harry’s legs parting immediately so she can get between them.
And she does, gets on her knees between Harry’s parted legs as he takes the condom off, hissing at the feeling as he tosses it somewhere on the floor, and he begins stroking his now-wet cock as she thumbs at her nipples, kneading her boobs before pushing them together. His wrist works harder and quicker at the sight and he finally comes undone, his warm cum spilling onto her boobs, decorating her soft flesh with white stripes and she looks down, watching with sparkling eyes.
“God, fuck,” he breathes, letting his head tilt back, “You’re something else, y’know that?”
She hums, sending him a grin as he gives himself three more lazy strokes before he lets go of his cock and watches the spattered cum against her skin separate with the movement when she lets them go.
“Got some on your top, sorry, love.”
She looks down, then swipes a thumb across her skin and brings it up to her mouth. Pushing it in, she sucks around her digit as she tastes the salty-sour taste and Harry watches, all wrecked and fucked out.
“It’s fine, don’t worry about it.”
“You’re so naughty...come up here,” his ring-clad fingers reach for her wrist and he helps her sit next to him.
He reaches the little pocket behind one of the seats, taking out some tissues as she watches him take out a few and clean her up as much as he can. Then their eyes meet, both sleepy and wrecked, and he lifts his hand up to her cheek, stroking it, and she leans into the touch, making him smile. “You’re lovely,” he mumbles, hand still on her cheek.
“You’re lovelier.”
He chuckles as she fixes her top, “You really are. Really lovely.”
“Stop it, I’m not good with compliments.”
“Well,” he shrugs, reaching for his trousers on the front seat, “I said what I said. You hungry? Thirsty?”
“I’m kinda thirsty. Aren’t you?”
As they lean against the bonnet of Harry’s car, now parked outside a McDonald’s, there’s a comfortable silence between them as they sip their waters, bodies close to each other, close enough for Harry to smell his faint cologne on her skin.
“You cold still?” He turns to her as she takes a bite of her chocolate muffin, and he follows as a few crumbs land on her chest.
“I’m good. Feel very warm...ed up,” she chuckles, thumbing at the corners of her mouth.
Harry groans, nudging her with his shoulders and she nudges back, harder, and he gasps, “Oi, be nice. I’m feeding you.”
“Soz. Guess I owe you like...what is it, a fiver?”
“You’re a very mean girl.”
“I’m the nicest. I’m good,” she gives him a grin, earning another eye roll from him as she takes another sip of her water before placing it on the floor, “Seriously though, thanks for the muffin.”
“Don’t mention it. I’m kinda bummed you turned down the nuggets but…maybe next time?”
“Next time?” She asks, crossing her arms, trying to warm herself up despite her promise from earlier.
“Well,” he clears his throat, hand going up to his necklace, “I’d love to see you sometime. Again. Preferably for longer than an hour and...you know, just us two? Hanging out?”
She smiles and leans forward, taking him by surprise when she presses their lips together. It’s a sweet, slow kiss, and his hands grab the back of her neck, pressing their faces closer as they kiss. Her hands find his waist and she gets on her feet, coming to stand between his legs without breaking their kiss, and she loops her arms around his neck, smiling when he moans at the feeling of her fingers playing with the hairs at the nape of his neck.
He tastes the muffin, the chocolate, and himself, and as foolish as it sounds, he wishes there was a way to be closer to her somehow, closer than they already are at this moment. She pulls away, their foreheads pressing together as they smile at each other.
Harry scrunches his nose and smiles, bringing it forward so their noses touch, “What was that for?” He whispers, hands tight around her waist as he hugs her closer.
“Just felt like it...just felt like kissing you.”
“Yeah?”
“Yeah. I like kissing you. I liked kissing you a lot tonight.”
He smiles, nose booping against hers once again, “I liked kissing you a lot too. I’d like to kiss you a lot tomorrow. And maybe the day after that.”
“That’s fine by me. You can kiss me tomorrow...and the day after that,” she whispers, pressing their bodies together.
Harry closes his eyes, taking a deep breath as she watches with curious gaze, eyes crinkling with a smile.
“What are you doing,” she whispers, and he shushes her, smiling when he opens his eyes to find her staring with her eyebrows raised, “What are you doing?” She asks again and he squeezes her waist, forehead pressing against her once again and he leans in closer to press a tiny kiss on the corner of her mouth.
“I’m listening,” he whispers, lips almost touching hers as he speaks.
“Listening? What are you listening to?”
He strokes her cheek, “A song.”
She raises her eyebrow again, “What song? I can’t hear it. Are you- you’re not actually serious, are you?”
“Ssh, it’s a song. Listen,”
“Har-ry,” she groans, pressing her forehead on the crook of his neck, “What is it?”
Harry smiles, arms hugging her closer as she presses a tiny kiss to the side of his neck, “Aubade.”
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Dunno if they're mentioned, but
— Phoebe's parents meeting Marcus and she realizing once she becomes a vampire she'll probably not be part of their family.
( Sidenote, like, how does it goes like that, your maker it's your new mum/dad but the first ones are still alive?? 🧍🏽♀️🧍🏽♀️🧍🏽♀️)
Love this request! Yes, her parents appear in the Book of Life - Edward and Padma! Her dad is sick though, which is really sad.
Miriam is Phoebe's sire and will eventually be her mother, after a long time of knowing each other. But her mother is still alive and is still her mother.
Marcus had lived for centuries, served in conflicts and confronted monsters.
None of that prepared him to meet your fiancee's parents.
"I think my family is less scary than yours" Phoebe laughed as he fretted over what shirt to wear to dinner, "My father is a diplomat, not an assassin."
And if I'm going to spend eternity with you, I'd like you to have met my parents," Phoebe said. In a few weeks, they would be separated as Miriam was going to turn her and they wouldn't see each other for three months.
More importantly, it would be the last time she would see her parents for a while.
"Oh, Phoebe!" Her mother brightly smiled as she answered the door. Phoebe hugged her tightly. Marcus was struck by how similar the two looked, just as beautiful as each other, "Come in, come in". She took their coats, hanging them up.
It was a lovely warm home, with the welcome aroma of spices from the kitchen. Marcus hadn't felt such a joyful atmosphere in a while. The house was decorated with art and artefacts showing both her parent's heritage as well as her father's extensive travel.
"You must be Marcus," She smiled brightly at him.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Mrs Taylor" Marcus smiled, "I brought wine". He handed her the bottle of red wine.
"Padma, please." She smiled and looked impressed with his choice of wine.
"Is that my daughter?" Edward laughed as he came in from the kitchen, "No, she's too big. That can't possibly be my Phoebe." Phoebe hugged her dad tightly.
Marcus smiled at how happy they all were.
"So what kind of doctor are you?" Padma asked over dinner.
"I'm general but with a speciality in biochemistry. I work in A&E " Truthfully, he covered a range of areas, but that would be hard to explain to her parents how a twenty-nine year old was able to have multiple specialities.
"I asked around about you," Edward said.
"Edward!"
"Dad!"
"Ah, yes" Marcus grimaced and Phoebe giggled, "In our defence, I had just graduated."
"No, I was quite impressed." Edward said and Marcus breathed a sigh of relief, "Though, apparently, you have been banned from his summer house of the Marques of Bath's after you and your cousin destroyed a £2 million chandelier?"
"You charmed me first, I had to wear you down." Marcus insisted.
"So, tell me how the two of you met," Padma smiled, resting her head on her hand in interest.
"Um, well Marcus was purchasing a gift for his grandmother at the auction house and spent most of the appointment charming me." Phoebe smiled fondly.
"Oh isn't that sweet!" Padma said, hand over her heart. She was so happy her daughter was happy.
"Too sweet," Edward said gruffly.
"Dad!" Phoebe whined slightly.
"I'm joking, Phoebe."
......
Phoebe helped her mum with the washing up in the kitchen.
"I really like him," Padma said as she handed Phoebe a plate to dry, "Stella thought I wouldn't."
"That's because you've never liked anyone I've dated." Phoebe laughed.
"Yes, but Marcus is sweet and he looks at you as if you hung the moon and the stars in the sky. That's all I've ever wanted for you."
.......
Meanwhile, Edward was showing Marcus some artefacts in his study. He was impressed with the respectfulness he showed them, considering the reputation of the English. Meeting both of Phoebe's parents made him fully realise that it's no wonder she grew up to be such a kind, intelligent but courageous woman.
"Mr Taylor, I love your daughter very much. Which is why I'm asking for your blessing." Marcus said after a while.
Edward smiled "You are a very traditional man. You have an old soul. Phoebe doesn't need my permission to marry anyone. If she's already said yes."
"Yes, but she and I would love your blessing," Marcus said.
"I will but I ask of you one thing. Will you take care of her? She seems very strong and stubborn." He smiled fondly, "But she can be fragile and needs someone there for her."
Marcus knew he wasn't just talking about marriage. The man's heartbeat was slower for a man of his age who kept active regularly as Edward did. His hair was not only greying but some had fallen out.
He was dying. Slowly, but he was dying.
"Yes sir," He promised. The older (younger) man smiled contently, seeing how serious Marcus was.
Padma gave them a large number of leftovers to take home with them.
"Love you both so, so much." Phoebe hugged and kissed them both. They thought she had just missed them.
....
"That went well." Marcus sighed when they got home. Phoebe, however, was silent. She put the lunchboxes in the fridge and freezer and huffed.
"This is the last time I'll get to eat my mum's food." Phoebe sniffed with a sad smile, "The last time I will be near them without wanting to drink their blood."
"That isn't true." Marcus said wrapping his arms around her, "It will take a long while but you will be able to be around them again,"
"But they won't be my parents," Phoebe said.
"I was so desperate for a different father from my own." Marcus said, "But not every vampire writes off their human family. Miriam will be your sire, and in long while, your mother. But you still have a mother and father who love you."
"I suppose family is more than blood," Phoebe said, "What did my dad ask you when mum and I were in the kitchen?"
"He gave his blessing," Marcus said, "I asked for it."
"Such an 18th-century man." Phoebe teased with a grin.
#adow fic#a discovery of witches#marcus whitmore#phoebe taylor#marcus x phoebe#all souls trilogy#soulmate au
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“You know what I mean.” it was a light accusation. Sometimes, just sometimes, Enok leaned into pretending to be not-as-smart as he was. Usually it was meant to make a person repeat their words. An innocent ‘are you sure you want to commit to saying that again’, but now she had her suspicions he just wanted to hear her admit she’d been an idiot.
That was when she took control. Jolted Enok into a moment of alarm, which melted away with both of their laughter. Though brief it was exactly what they needed. Something that helped release some more of the tension between them.
Ariadne sobered a little when she felt his chin rest against her.
Part of her almost tilted her head to bump his. It wasn’t until he made the move himself that she returned it, eyes closed. There was familiarity there. Comfort. Security. No walking on eggshells, not even when she had said things to upset him earlier. They were on the same stride. And she knew she could trust him with anything…
“… I’d rather not.” A weak joke. Or was it a joke? Fuck Alex. He could be the last man on Earth and she’d still choose not to.
Her head tipped back with a heavy sigh and she rested against Enok like the weight of the world was beginning to press on her. A moment later she uttered a very small, very quiet, “But also, fuck him.”
Then she pulled herself forward.
She was a big girl. Even when she would have preferred to melt, she had to pull up her socks and keep going. She hopped off his handlebars and turned, walking backwards a few steps. “We both made mistakes.”
It was clear to everyone else in the world. Her family hated Alex. His family weren’t impressed by Phoebe — and it took a lot for a Galahdan to run low on giving another person chances.
“I started dating Alex because you started dating Phoebe.” There. The big admission. Her eyebrows raised and she swung around, no longer facing him as she walked. She hopped down to sit on the edge of the wood boards, unlacing her shoes. “I thought I was lame and that I was missing out. This — this charming idiot gave me attention. And I fell for it. I wanted to be noticed, and in the beginning I thought it was everything I needed, but even then it was just an act. He asked the right things and knew the right answers.” Then, she stopped. Her bare feet sunk into the sand and she crossed her arms. She’d said a lot. Probably too much. But.
“I was jealous.” Ariadne bit the inside of her lip. She should stop there. She had to stop her words. “I wanted it to be me.”
Enok had his feet resting beside the bike, watching Ari as she began her little walk to the edge of the boardwalk. She talked so calmly and so silently, but he was hanging onto her lips. There were… so many truths she spilled right in front of him. And she didn’t hold back. It was like wave after wave rolling onto the sand of the beach in front of them. Nothing could’ve stopped that.
And nothing could’ve stopped his mind getting tangled up in all this. He wanted to say so much, but he didn’t even dare open his mouth. Until that last bit slipped from Ari.
It had Enok feeling as if he was weightless. It was… strange. He felt light and happy – a grim kind of happiness. But also sick down to his stomach, as if the world had been turned upside down.
She had been jealous. Why? Because she had wanted it to be her.
She had wanted to be Phoebe.
No.
She had wanted to be his girlfriend instead of Phoebe.
And that was the biggest irony, that the world could’ve played on them.
Fuck.
Fuckfuckfuckfuck.
Enok wanted to run. Take his bike and just drive back and away as fast as he could. Or the sea to swallow him. Because for a few moments he could just sit there in his rusty old bike and stare at Ariadne’s back. How she sat there. Not facing him, but he knew she was chewing her lip. She always did when she was nervous. He knew every detail of her face. The little crease of worry that probably formed between her eyebrows just now. It was so cute. Along with the strands of silver hair that would fall in her face – covering her beautiful deep blue eyes.
He knew everything about her. And he loved it all.
That was it. Love.
Swallowing, Enok could feel his throat dry and almost callous. Slowly, he moved to get off of his bike, lowering it down onto the wood, before he stepped towards Ari. It felt like he was watching himself doing all this. 3rd person video game. Because this could not be real… He could never be so brave.
Sitting down beside her, Enok stared straight ahead. Swallowing again. Again. And only then did he dare to use his croaky voice.
“I… only… only started dating her – because I thought no one else would want me. Especially not the girl I wanted. Because I had – have such a crush on her. But she is far too gorgeous for me… she is smart. Talented. Quick witted. So funny, she makes me laugh every day. She is kind. And sweet – in secret. She is so fucking pretty…. How could I compare to that? I always look like the town idiot beside her… so… I thought this was my only chance to have a relationship ever.”
he was fiddling with his hands. Massaging his own knuckles. Way too hard, it hurt. But it helped calming his words, tumbling out of his mouth one by one.
“But that relationship sucks. And if I had known, if I… if I… just – I just wanted to be with her. I wished for that every day since then. I just wanted to be with that other amazing girl. I just wanted to be with you...”
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HEYA gonna try to write the next snbttc chapter here thx for letting me ^^b
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"Ah... Hero, I wish you'd warn me before you made plans. And before you change them, too. You scared me half to death when you knocked on the door so early! I love you, but..."
Hero scratched his head nervously. "Y-Yeah, sorry, Mari. I'll try to be better about that. I just wanted it to be a surprise, is all."
"It certainly was!" she giggled, reaching for his hand.
"C'mon, let's go," she sighed, smiling at him. "Bye-bye, guys! Don't get into any trouble, okay?"
"We won't, promise!" Kel grinned.
"Oh, yeah! Before I forget! While mom and I were out, we got this special tea called soul tea you can try. Just one cup, though, because it was kinda expensive, okay?" called Mari. Soul tea...?
"Thank you!" Basil said, waving goodbye. Sunny shook the question from his mind.
"Mhm! Alright, really. Bye. See you guys later," Mari said, laughing to herself as she shut the front door.
Sunny turned to face Kel. "Um... Soul tea?"
"Yeah, dude! It's this new superfood thing. It tastes really good, but it doesn't have any sugar, or stuff like that," said Kel.
"Yeah, but it's got, like, crushed soul flowers! That's sick!" Aubrey scoffed.
"W-Wait. Crushed what?" Basil stammered.
"I'm not even joking. Their whole business model relies on paying desperate couples a tiny fraction of the company's total earnings from their... like, soul flowers. Markers of love! It's awful."
Sunny and Basil shared a glance, before looking back at Aubrey.
"Aw, Aubrey, you're just being overdramatic! Those people just sell their soul flowers so the company can grow new ones--It's like a side hustle." Kel furrowed his eyebrows, like he just couldn't get her to understand.
"I'm not being dramatic..." Aubrey sighed ruefully. "Fine. Let's just try the dang tea. Mari already bought it, right?"
"...I'll put on a kettle," Sunny said, making his way to the kitchen.
"He'll what?" Kel whispered to Aubrey.
"Put on a kettle, dumbass. Y'know, like a water kettle? Hot water maker?" Aubrey replied snarkily.
"Geez, okay. I've just never heard someone say something like that before," Kel defended, roaming toward the couch. Aubrey and Basil followed in suit.
Basil couldn't relate. Having painfully European heritage, Basil often found himself cooped up at relatives' homes in the summers, somewhere in France, sipping at mugs of cheap tea in old, ruggedy sweats and slippers. His aunt Phoebe had lived in France for a few years, to 'connect with her heritage' or whatever (Thanks, Grandma). She wasn't rich or anything, but it was nice to see a different kind of suburb, through the power of a low-rise apartment complex.
Phoebe decided to settle in Closeby, the closest major city to the American exurb of Faraway. That was good. Basil loved her a lot, despite her tendency to... overdo things, as a pure dramatist, and it was much easier to see her this way. In Closeby, Phoebe met Polly, her fiance. Adorable, right?
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gonna stop here--thx for letting me use ur askbox lolol
1. You're welcome use my askbox for stuff like this all the time
2. CLOSEBY IS A GREAT TOWN NAME
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savior complex
George Weasley x Fem!reader
this is based on savior complex by phoebe bridgers, my favorite song. it’s not my best work or anything but i sorta liked writing it. I haven’t been able to figure out endings on any of my wip’s so i might put a bunch of stuff out this week but idk. yet another without a happy ending because as usual i’m a piece of shit.
Warnings: sad, angst, mentions of canon character death, not proofread. If there’s anything wrong with it let me know lolz
word count: 2.5k
lyrics in italics/bold
tags: @amourtentiaa
Emotional affair, overly sincere
It’s been almost a year and a half since Fred died. George seems to be getting better, but also more distant. He is happy and joking around again, but he has been going to see Angelina more often. You and George had been dating since your 6th year at Hogwarts, you were going to be together forever. But now, as the days go by, he is getting farther and farther away from you.
Smoking in the car, windows up. Crocodile tears
You were there for George, through everything. You didn’t shy away from any of it, the nightmares, the rage, the sadness, you were there. You helped him, he had started smoking, you’d find him in his dad's old Ford Anglia, smoking a cigarette, sobbing. you got in, rolled up the windows, took the cigarette, and took him on a drive.
Run the tap til its clear
We pulled up to a small cliff we used to hang out at during the summer and held him while he cried. We had talked for the whole night, we only left when the sun started to come up.
Drift off on the floor
You tried to keep him involved with the rest of the world, so you started having monthly movie nights with the rest of his siblings. One night a month, everyone would go to one person’s flat and watch a movie or two. One month, it was your turn to have everyone at your flat, the two of you lived alone in the flat now, since Fred was gone. George hadn’t been sleeping well and ended up falling asleep halfway through the movie. Once everyone was gone, you cleaned up and decided not to wake him.
I drag you to the shore
Just as you were about to walk into your bedroom, you heard him. George had been having nightmares since Fred died. Some nights you’d make him a potion for dreamless sleep, but tonight the two of you forgot. You sighed and walked back to the living room,
You’re gonna drown in your sleep, for sure
“Georgie” you whispered. “Georgie it’s me, y/n you gotta wake up darling.” he was sweating buckets and breathing heavily. You gently coaxed him awake and walked him back to your bedroom, he started to cry. “I’m so sorry darling” you cooed, as you stroked his hair, trying to get him to fall back asleep.
Wake up and start a big fire, in our one room apartment
He wouldn’t stop crying now, he was hiccuping and mumbling incoherent things into your chest. You were so tired, you were the only one with a job at this point, not that minded, you had just had a long day and needed to go to sleep.
But i’m too tired, to have a pissing contest.
“George, darling, you need to breathe, take deep breaths, you’re going to throw up if you don’t calm down Georgie.” he had a bad habit of crying until he threw up, then passing out and falling asleep.
“He’s gone. It’s my fault. I should’ve been there. It should’ve been me.” He hiccupped out, crying harder now. You were on the verge of tears too, you hated how sad he was.
“No George. You can’t think like that, it wasn’t your fault. Fred wouldn’t want you to feel this way.” you spoke softly into his ear.
“Don’t tell me what he would’ve wanted y/n” he suddenly got serious. “You didn’t know him like I did.”
“Of course I didn’t know him like you did George, but I like to think that I knew him pretty well, and I don’t think he was the kind of person to want you wallowing in your bed, wishing it had been you instead of him.”
“God y/n can you just go? Please? I want to be alone tonight.” he said, you scoffed. He couldn’t be serious, but you were tired and you didn’t want to upset him more. You slept on the couch that night.
All the bad dreams that you hide.
You were grieving too, you had met Fred first at Hogwarts, then he introduced you to George. You felt like you had been really good friends with Fred, so it really hurt when George said things like that, but you knew he didn’t really mean it. Sometimes he just said things like that when he was upset, you understood, he was hurting. Sometimes he wouldn’t tell you about his dreams, he would just change the subject whenever you asked, you had dreams about Fred’s death sometimes too. You were with him and Percy when it happened, you’d constantly beat yourself up for it, all the things you could have done differently to save George from this pain, but what’s done is done.
Show me yours and i’ll show you mine
You wished that George would tell you what was going on with him. He had been going through different stages over the past year, at first he didn’t talk at all. You’d walk by his room at night and he’d be mumbling things to himself, never anything you could make out. Then he started telling you how he was feeling, anything and everything that he felt, he’d tell you. You liked it then, even if he was sad and there wasn’t much you could do about it, at least you could be sad together. Now he didn’t tell you anything, he just brushed you off.
Call me when you land, i’ll drive around again.
You loved him so much, there wasn’t much he could do that you wouldn’t take. You were willing to wait for him to get better. You knew he was hurting, you knew it would take time for him to get back to the ‘old George’, if there was even any of him left. You’d never say it out loud, but you knew everyone else was thinking it. When Fred died, he took a big piece of George with him. It brought you so much heartache that he was in pain. You wished you could just bring Fred back, then maybe you could get your George back. But you were willing to wait.
One hand on the wheel, one in your mouth. Turn me on, and turn me down.
You and him hadn’t been intimate in months, you knew George was hurt, and he would only ever think about it on his good days, which were now few and far between. But it was ok, you were willing to wait for him. You loved him.
Baby you’re a vampire, you want blood and I promised. I’m a bad liar.
Lately you felt as though you never saw the happy side of George. He’d go out during the day, to meet friends from school he said. He’d never say who it was if you asked, but you figured it was just Lee Jordan or someone else he had been close friends with. He was physically and emotionally exhausted when he got home. It was like he used up any energy he had to be happy wherever he was during the day, then when he got home, you were left to pick up the pieces when he shattered.
With a savior complex
You were beginning to get burned out. You had finally gotten some time for yourself to meet up with some friends, and they suggested you break up with George. You simply couldn’t do that. It may be slightly exhausting to keep up with him, but you knew the old George was still in there. They kept telling you it seemed like you had a savior complex, and that George was a lost cause. Deep down, you knew you were probably the only one still holding on to the relationship, but you still loved him so much. You wouldn’t know what to do without him, even if you knew it was practically already over.
George had been getting further and further away, figuratively and literally. He was almost never home, and when he was, he was back to barely talking, occasionally giving you one or two word answers. You’d ask him how his day was and he’d reply with just “good” not even bothering to ask about your day.
You were fed up with how things were, you wanted to know if at least he was back to his joking self around his friends. You knew it was wrong, but you followed him one day. Turns out he had just been going to the Leaky Cauldron, at first you were worried he just spent the day drinking. But, you waited a few minutes and went in, only to see him kiss Angelina Johnson on the cheek.
Ok, maybe they were just catching up, they were good friends at school, you knew that. But the longer you watched, the more you realized you weren’t watching two friends catching up. You were watching your boyfriend, the man you had spent the last 5 years of your life with, with another girl. Deep down, you knew your relationship was over, it had been for months, you were just dragging it out because you didn’t want it to end yet. But you didn’t want it to end like this.
You wanted to scream, cry, hit him, do something. You had thrown away the last year of your life, devoting yourself to helping George feel better. You spent long nights rubbing his back, whispering comforting things in his ears as he cried into your chest. YOU did that, not her. How could he do this to you? After everything you’ve been through together, everything you had done for him. He threw it all away.
You were distraught. You were thinking irrationally, sending yourself into a spiral. You called in sick for work and walked back to your flat in a daze. You needed to think about this. For a few minutes, you contemplated obliviating yourself, maybe if you just forgot you saw it, went about your relationship as it was before this morning, it’d be ok. But you knew that wasn’t the right thing to do. So you did the only other thing you thought you could do, you conjured some boxes and started packing.
You spent the day packing every last trace of your belongings, you called one of your friends and told her something happened with George. You didn’t give her any specifics because the optimistic, or stupid, side of you was holding on to hope that you were overreacting, maybe you saw wrong. Maybe, this was a big huge misunderstanding and you could unpack your stuff with George when he got home and live happily ever after. But you knew that wasn’t the case, so you told her you’d tell her when you got there. You finished packing the last of your stuff a few minutes before George got home, it was later than usual. You didn’t want to face him, you thought about leaving him a letter, telling him you saw what he did and not to contact you ever again. But you needed to hear it from him.
He walked in and saw the boxes, confused he walked into the living room and saw you sitting on the couch, just staring off into the distance.
“Y/n darling? Are you alright.” he asked, confused.
“No Georgie, but I will be.” you whispered back, sadly.
“What’s with all the boxes? What happened?” he asked again. It was like you were a ghost, or someone else. You were there but not really, he could see you’d been crying.
“What did I do wrong Georgie? What could I have done differently?” you asked, you could feel the tears starting again.
“Darling I don’t know what you’re talking about, did something happen at work?” he said, he was worried maybe you got fired.
You scoffed. “No George, nothing happened at work. I have been so worried about you lately, you seemed to be getting worse and worse. Coming home from god knows where, in a mess of tears. Just coming home for me to clean up, then going out again the next day.”
When he didn’t reply you continued, “I have spent the last 5 years of my life with you George. Completely devoted to you, through everything I supported you.” you laughed bitterly, “I spent all day packing today, trying desperately to figure out where I went wrong. What I did to you, what I could’ve done differently, to make you love me enough. But it wasn’t me was it?”
“What are you talking about dear? Why were you packing.” he replied.
“God George you’re just not seeing it are you?” You looked at him, bewildered. “I saw you. You and Angelina.”
“Oh” he whispered.
“OH! THATS ALL YOU HAVE TO SAY GEORGE? OH?” You shouted, he could feel himself starting to cry now too.
“I have spent so much of my time cleaning up after you, taking care of you, loving you. I can’t believe I’ve been so stupid. I should’ve known. When you started going out more, I told myself, maybe you were just out with friends, when you came home after a long day with Angelina, using up any happiness that you did have with her, who was there to pick up the pieces? ME!” you yelled.
“I just can't do it anymore George. We’ve been over for a long time, and I need to let you go now.” you trailed off, the last part coming out in a mix between a whimper and a whisper.
“No, darling please let's talk about this!” he begged.
“What is there to talk about George? I saw you, with my own two eyes.” you replied.
“Please baby it was a mistake. I love you so much, please please don’t leave me.” he was begging you, he needed you.
“I can’t George. I’ve spent so much time caring for you, I need time to care for me. I need to get better too. I just can’t do this anymore, there won’t be anything left of me if I keep giving it all to you.”
He broke down next to you, crying. You stood up, ready to disapparate with your things, but he ran up to you and hugged you.
“Please don’t leave me y/n. I’m so sorry! It was a mistake I love you so much.”
“You need to let me go Georgie, I'm sorry. I need to go.” you whispered, calmly removing his arms from their tight hold around your waist.
You whispered a quiet, final goodbye, before disapparating from his flat and to your friends home, you both needed to move on.
#george weasley x reader#george weasley#George weasley smut#fred weasley x reader#fred weasley#fred weasley smut#harry potter#harry potter smut#harry potter fan fiction#draco malfoy x reader#draco malfoy smut#draco malfoy imagine#draco malfoy#marauders fan fiction#marauders era#waking up and choosing violence yet again
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Sisters
Bailey turned over in bed, her brain too full of noise to sleep. She peered at the alarm clock on the nightstand – 11:30. At this rate, she’d never get enough sleep for school tomorrow. And trying to fake sick for the third time in two weeks would only get her into trouble.
Sighing heavily, Bailey pushed her stuffed unicorn aside and reached for her slippers. Phoebe was across the room, dead asleep in her own bed. Bailey couldn’t turn the lamp on, but there was just enough moonlight coming through the window that she could sort of see.
Bailey opened and shut the door as quietly as she could, slipping down the hall with hardly a sound. All she needed was a drink, and maybe a snack. Just something to distract herself with. She was almost to the kitchen when she heard voices in the living room.
“I just don’t know where I went wrong with that girl,” her mother was saying. “Why she’s turning out like this.”
“Sweetheart…” Bailey’s father’s voice was tired, heavy with something Bailey couldn’t quite grasp. “You know how often she and Portia would get into fights. It’s not your fault. It’s just… In her nature. She’s short-tempered and volatile, and she gets that from me.”
Bailey froze, pressing against the wall. Were they talking about her? Or Phoebe?
“I had my share of scraps with my brother too,” Mom countered. “But she’s getting so violent, Sam. And she’s only twelve! I’m worried! I mean, listen to this: ‘I’m so full of rage. The kids at school won’t quit bugging me, and I know there’s some kind of joke I’m not in on. That I’m some kind of joke to them. I want to hurt them. I don’t like that about myself.’”
Bailey’s eyes widened and she pressed a hand to her mouth. They were talking about her. Worse, they were reading her diary! That was supposed to be private!
“She’s clearly not getting along with the other kids at school,” Bailey’s mother continued. “We might have to pull her out if this keeps up, homeschool her. I keep getting called into the office because she threatened to bite someone’s face off or something! She punched Amy Baker’s little boy the other day!”
“Isn’t he the boy that tried to invite her to the church social because he was worried about her going to hell or something?”
“That’s the one. I know, I’d probably have bopped him too at her age, but that doesn’t make it right! Besides, she broke his nose.”
He deserved it, Bailey thought to herself, crossing her arms and balling her fists up. Stupid jerk said I was gonna burn in hell just because I didn’t go to church and read vampire books instead.
“Ava, honey, I really don’t think it’s as bad as you’re afraid. It’s not like she wants to hurt the other kids, after all.”
“It is exactly as bad as I’m afraid!” Mom’s voice was rising despite her best efforts. “That girl is trouble. Something’s wrong with her and I don’t know how to fix it!”
Bailey bit down on a sob, hating the way she flinched at that. Something was… Wrong with her. She was broken. She’d known it, but hearing her mother echo it unprompted… It hurt.
Bailey pushed away from the wall, teeth clenched to keep herself from crying, and snuck back up towards her room. She didn’t feel like getting that snack anymore. The bedroom door slammed behind her, and Bailey winced, curling away from it.
“…Bales?” Phoebe sat up in bed and turned her lamp on, the shade casting light around in moon-and-star shaped cutouts. “What’s goin’ on?”
Bailey sniffled, hot, angry tears finally welling up in her eyes. “I – She – It’s –” Her words fell apart faster than she could form them, punctuated by wet, gasping sobs.
“Oh, shit. Uh, c’mere.” Phee opened up her arms. “I know Ed’s hugs are better, but let me try.”
Bailey threw herself across the room, scrambling into her big sister’s bed and trying to fold herself into Phoebe’s smaller frame.
They sat like that for a while, Bailey muffling her sobs and Phoebe tucking the blankets around her little sister’s shoulders. A knock sounded at the door.
“Girls?” It was their dad. “We heard the door slam. Everything alright?”
“It’s fine,” Phoebe called, protective arms pulling Bailey close. “Just a nightmare. We’ve got it handled.”
“…Alright then.” He clearly didn’t believe Phoebe, but he didn’t argue. “I hope you sleep better. I’ll see you in the morning; I love you.”
Phoebe sighed. “Love you too, Dad.”
Bailey pulled back, peering at her sister with red-rimmed eyes. “I’m sorry.”
“Shush.” Phoebe booped Bailey’s nose. “This is what big sisters are for, after all. Not just stealing your shirts and embarrassing you in front of cute boys.”
Bailey giggled, rubbing the back of her hand over her eyes. “I keep telling you, I don’t like-like Gavin. He’s just a friend.”
“Suuuure. And you’re totally playing knights-and-wizards in the woods every Sunday as friends.”
“…Sometimes we pretend we’re enemies?”
Phee sighed and shook her head. “Whatever. Now go on – I have band practice in the morning, and didn’t you say you had a test first-hour? We both need sleep.”
Bailey stuck her tongue out at her sister, but slid off the mattress and crossed to her own side of the room. “Fii-iiine. But you gotta wake me up when you get up. I need to cram for that test.”
“I’ll try, but you sleep like a log. Don’t blame me if you get a bad grade.”
Bailey smiled and snuggled down into her blankets, dragging her stuffed unicorn close. “…Hey, Phee?”
“What’s up, buttercup?”
“I love you. A lot.”
“…I love you too, Bailey-bean. Now get some sleep, okay?”
“’Kay.”
#for reference bailey is twelve here and phoebe is sixteen#Bailey Adler (oc)#Phoebe Adler (oc)#i just made gavin up so he doesn't have a last name yet#debating crossposting this one to ao3 despite the fact that it has literally nothing to do with superheroes#and can fit into any modern au that bales and phee are both in#ficlets#bailey's relationships
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