#pm oc: damien

[papermillll]

doodle dump time >:DD

[Image ID: 5 doodles in thick, black pen on paper] Individual descriptions in alt :)

[lizzybeth1986]

Since I have way too many PM universes and at least four of my MCs have fics featuring them...I thought I'd try to simplify things a little by making a post here of the MCs, their relationships, the personality types they are dating etc 😅

x - signifies a romantic relationship

& - signifies a platonic relationship

Scholar!Hayden (Hazel Park x Iris Young)

MC: Hazel (f! Black MC)

MC FC: Justine Skye

Hayden: Iris (f!Asian Hayden, Scholar)

Hayden FC: Jung Ryeo Won

Hayden's Personality: Mysterious | Sweet | Sincere | Logical

MC's relationships: Only with Iris.

Other Relationships: Steve and Nadia, Sloane and Alana are in relationships as well (actually Steve and Nadia are married in all these universes).

Fics in this Verse:

Metamorphosis (Hayden x MC)

Noot Noot (Sloane & MC, Sloane & Hayden)

Closure (coming soon!) (Hayden x MC, Hayden & President Thompson)

Headcanons:

Hazel Alana Park - Character Sheet

Hazel and Iris' Children

Adventurer!Hayden (Basil Park x Sage Young)

MC: Basil Park (m! Asian MC)

MC FC: Eric Mun

Hayden: Sage Young (f! Black Hayden, Adventurer)

Hayden FC: Lupita Nyong'o

Hayden's Personality: Outgoing | Rebellious| Humourous | Impulsive

MC's relationships: With Sloane, Sage, Alana, Khaan and Damien. He never breaks off with Sage, and she knew from the start that he was polyamorous. He begins dating Sloane even before she reads out her love letter, and begins tentatively dating Damien after they rescue him at Tokyo HQ. Khaan and Alana he gets together with shortly before they defeat Eros.

Other relationships: Steve and Nadia are married, Sloane dates both Khaan and Alana, Sage enrolls in university for a meteorology course and meets a girl who she also dates there.

Fics in this Verse:

The Stars (Are Out Tonight) (Sloane & Hayden, Sloane x MC, Hayden x MC)

Harvest Moon (Hayden x MC, Sloane x MC)

Saffron Sugar, Turmeric Spice (Hayden x MC, Hayden x f!OC)

The Stuff of Exploded Stars (coming soon!) (Sloane x MC)

Once in 50,000 Years (coming soon!) (MC x Sloane, MC x Hayden, Sloane and Hayden in other relationships)

Joker!Hayden (Hawthorne Park x Zinnia Young)

MC: Hawthorne Park (m! Black MC)

MC FC: Daniel Kaluuya

Hayden: Zinnia Young (f! white Hayden, Joker)

Hayden FC: Chloë Grace Moretz

Hayden's Personality: Mysterious | Rebellious | Humorous | Logical

MC's relationships: Hawthorne begins dating Hayden and Damien as per the canon timeline (Zinnia all along, Damien at Berlin), but begins dating Sloane after their boatride together in Paris.

Other relationships: Sloane actively dates Alana as well after the Eros defeat. She later bumps into an old friend from her childhood at Queen's and reunites with him. Zinnia eventually finds Dames and casually dates him at some point.

Fics in this Verse:

Placeholder Apology (Hayden & Dames)

Apology: Take Two (coming soon!) (Hayden & Damien)

Coffee Brown Eyes (Sloane x MC, Sloane x Alana)

Pioneer!Hayden (Rosemary Park x Heathcliff Young)

MC: Rosemary Park (f! Asian MC)

MC FC: Nikkita Chaddha

Hayden: Heathcliff Young (m! Black Hayden, Pioneer)

Hayden FC: Ephraim Sykes

Hayden's Personality: Mysterious | Sweet | Humourous | Logical

MC's relationships: Frankly this is the one universe I haven't thought a lot about yet, but I do know Heathcliff and Rosemary get married over a year after they first met. I don't have a clear idea about who the other characters in this universe are dating either.

Fics in this Verse:

Sea of Love (Hayden x MC)

Headcanons

Pets

Faceclaims for my other characters:

There's one OC in this, and another one I haven't developed much yet! Hopefully when I do have a clear idea for Sloane's childhood friend in Queen's I'll add him as well.

In order:

Sloane Washington - Nelly Muse

Damien/Dames - Chayanne

Alana Kusuma - Marion Jola

OC - Nilukshi Sigera - Yureni Noshika (the Sri Lankan girl from the meteorology course that Sage dates)

[hopelessromantic1352]

Hi! 🤗 As the new year countdown approaches, who are your top 10 MCs or OCs in the Choices fandom. Of course you can include your own as well. Celebrate yourself!

Hi anon! This is a great question! Sorry it took me so long to get around to answering! This made me really think, cause I think for the most part I really focus on our LIs and not the MCs/OCs. Also, this is not in order! It’s just what my squirrel brain comes up with first 🤣

Perfect Match F!MC - I named her Steph - I love how PM feels so fictional, yet real and exciting. Steph romanced Damien and I love their banter, relationship, everything. She is just so sassy, punny, and overall a great character. I feel like most of the older books have great storylines and great characters all around.

My F!OC Natalia York - I made Natalia for a Red Carpet Diaries AU after the disaster they called RCD 3 was released. I personally felt like RCD’s MC was a complete airhead, selfish, and didn’t really care about including her future husband in any wedding planning. I won’t get started on that whole thing 🤦🏼‍♀️🤣 Anywho, I love Natalia because she is so elegant and graceful. She’s so kind and her past has not been easy yet she doesn’t show that part of her. She keeps her walls up much like her counterpart, Thomas. I feel like sometimes I don’t write her well enough and I feel like I don’t do her justice.

@alj4890’s Amanda Bridgerton (F!OC) - This lady right here, I cannot say enough about her. The writer and the character 🤣 my friend created such a unique OC that started out as a match for Maxwell (TRR) and slowly transitioned into a match for Thomas (RCD) and I am so happy 😂 I may feel bad for Maxwell, but not enough to not be happy about Amanda and Thomas. Reading the fics with those two is just amazing because Amanda writes them so well. Every fic I read about the two shows a new light on their relationship. I just… I love them. They’re probably my favorite ship to read about on this app.

@liaromancewriter MAX! He is so awesome. I binge read all your fics and when I got to the ones with him, I fell in love 🥰 This is not taking away from Cassie and Ethan cause I love their dynamic 😍 But Max and Sienna are so freaking cute together! He is so supportive and I remember him being protective of his sis and then he met Sienna and ugh swoon. Love, love, love ❤️❤️❤️

@jerzwriter Casey… need I say more? 🤣 I love the relationship between her and Tobias. Add Ethan in there 🤌🏼 Chef’s kiss. I love how shameless she is and the way she treats her friends. She’s, overall, someone I’d wanna be friends with 😂 But even though this is a question for MCs and OCs, I’m gonna sneak this in here, the way you write Tobias is the best ever. I think you have his character down to a T and it just makes everything with Casey that much better. I feel like those two feed off each other and the stories you come up with are amazing and hilarious 😆

@lovealexhunt Bogart (OC? Right? 😂) I love how you’ve incorporated Thomas and Alex’s (RCD) pet into your fics and you’ve made him such an important part of their lives. It’s amazing to read about Alex and Bogart, they seem like two peas in a pod and I love how she’s created an IG page for him 🤣 He’s such a good doggo for letting his mom dress him up and take lots of pics with him 🥰

@alj4890 Jackson Nevrakis-Walker and Nichole "Nicky" Beaumont - future TRR - I feel like these two HAVE to be together. I couldn’t put them on separate lines 🤣 I’ve read TRR a couple of times now and I just couldn’t get into it like everyone else could. But then I read an RCD/ TRR crossover by my dear friend Amanda, and I learned it is pretty awesome and the characters are pretty amazing. Since then, she created these two in a later down the road TRR and I fell in love with their dynamic. The breakup to them feeling like they should try again. I love the similarities between Nicky and her mom. I just feel like I need more of these two cause they’re adorable together.

@ladylamrian Alex Fontaine - NB - her name makes her sound like a badass 💁🏼‍♀️ which I mean she has to be to deal with Nik 🤣 I love how she’s so happy to be with Nik even though he can be over protective, over bearing, and overall a jerk sometimes. She helps him see that he doesn’t need to be and deals with his attitude, but he does the same with her. You’ve created a happier spin on a couple that could have some dark personalities lol but I love how you write her with Nik ❤️

@cariantha Sawyer - OH - Idk how I haven’t asked to be on your taglist sooner, but oh my lanta I love her! Her relationship with Ethan is so sweet and I love the softness she brings out in him. I can’t wait to read more of her and learn more about her 😍

The Royal Masquerade MC - I named her Juliette - I love her tenacity and bravery. They wrote her to have pride, courage, but still be very down to earth. She’s witty and I personally think they have some of the best faces and hairstyles for TRM’s MC.

Again, these are not in order! And I’m sooo not taking away from any other MCs or OCs y’all have, these are just ones that came to mind and that I personally love 💕

[aceontheline]

Helluva Good Time (Maybe) (Pt. 1)

((OC here: https://www.tumblr.com/aceontheline/725110040623775744/helluva-boss-oc-amy?source=share))

I was only meant to attend this house party tonight, so I texted back my friend, Damien, in a hurry. He stated that it would be a small get together, but I knew what that really meant. Either way, I didn't mind. Parties of any size are usually fun for me anyway & it means I get to go out and socialize... When I'm usually just stuck behind a cubicle all day long. Monday through Friday, 9-5 as per everyone else's usual grind. I get ready with some nice looking makeup & cute clothes. An off the shoulder top with shorts & a cat eye makeup look. I put my hair up in my usual messy bun and head out the door. Damien gives me a quick call to ask me where I'm at and I tell him I've just stepped out of my house. "I'll be there in a few, chill your jets bitch" I say in a joking tone. Damien chuckles, saying he's just a little overexcited, commenting about how it's been a while since I've actually gone out to a party with him and our usual crew.

"I know. But unlike the usual crew, I have a bit of a higher paying job now. It kills me, but it's honest work" I say, walking along the sidewalk. Damien's house wasn't too far in the Gluttony ring, so I didn't want to waste gas.

"Fair enough, I guess. So I assume once you get your check that you'll want nothin' to do with us?" Damien asked.

"Don't be stupid. I'll still love y'all to death. I'll just only be able to go to parties on weekends. Like a regular adult" I reply in a sly tone.

Damien hangs up on me once I step foot onto his driveway. There is MORE than a few people there already, so I just make myself welcome. I'm talking to a few random people at the party and enjoying myself for a little while, before getting somewhat tired. I sit down on the couch with my drink in hand as I watch everyone mingle and dance about. Suddenly, I feel the space next to me sink a little. Someone just sat down and I don't know why I don't want to look. However, I feel a tap on my shoulder. It's rather frantic and nervous. I turn my head and see an Imp. He looks somewhat familiar but I can't entirely place him. He asks me what time it is, saying he has to get home soon. "It's like 8:00 pm" I reply. He wipes the sweat from his brow, seeming relieved.

He said that he honestly thought it was much later in the evening already, as it felt like time was moving at such an incredible speed. I asked him if he had taken any drugs that could've caused this. He firmly shook his head, insisting that he already has done one too many at some point in his life, not wanting to risk anything more. Shit, why was that funny? Why did I just laugh at that? And why was he looking at me like he thought it was... Cute? He gets closer to me and asks me for my name.

"My name's Amy. And you are-?" I ask with pleading eyes.

"My name's Blitz. The 'O' is silent" Blitz says, his eyes trailing around the room a bit, then back to me.

"Good to meet ya, Blitz! Have ya at least had a drink or two yet?" I follow up, genuinely curious.

"Yeah, maybe like 2 screwdrivers. No wonder my head is already kinda fucked up, huh? What about you?" Blitz asks.

I shake my head, saying that I just got here not too long ago. Blitz takes me to the kitchen and orders two shots for me. My friend, Jasmine, is working the bar. She makes excellent shots, so I know that if I have too many of hers that I'm done for. I take two and shoot them back quickly. Blitz seems... Impressed. He takes me back to the living room area and we chat for quite a bit, before moving outside so our conversation felt a little more one on one. After a long while of us just talking, eating and drinking, the two of us parted ways for the time being. Blitz gave me his number, saying we should hang out sometime. I joked that he may not even remember me tomorrow, to which he replied with: "We took a selfie together and I barely had like 5 shots. I'll remember ya"

I smiled softly as he walked away back to his place for the night. In the meantime, my other friends were all partying it up. I joined them after a quick deep breather. We all had an amazing time and enjoyed each other's company. After the party was over, I helped with some of the cleanup and then went home at around 1:00 am. I took a quick shower then scrolled on my phone for a bit. I looked at that selfie that Blitz and I took together, smiling. He was an eccentric guy, I could tell. I didn't get much information about him at the time. However, I could tell that we were going to hit it off in one way or another.

It was a lovely looking Saturday morning, so I just texted my friend Caitlyn to see if she wanted to meet up for some coffee and a chat. She agreed, saying that she wanted to get a shower first. I changed into some cute clothes once more and then stepped out of my house. I saw a few friends on the way and quickly caught up with them before heading straight to the coffee shop. I knew how Caitlyn liked her coffee, so I waited to get a text from her saying she was on her way. Once I got conformation, I ordered both of ours and then sat back down. I didn't wait too long... Caitlyn and her boyfriend, Frankie, arrived. I greeted them both with a smile on my face, apologizing that I didn't get Frankie a coffee, as I thought it'd only be Caitlyn.

"Oh, you're good. Almost no one gets my order right anyway. And I ain't in the mood for a coffee. Just wanted to swing by. How you doin' by the way?" Frankie asked.

"I'm good! I finally scored that office job, so I'm getting paid well enough now" I reply, beaming.

"Oh that's great! I'm so happy for you! Tyler scored a gig too. He's a cop now" Caitlyn stated in her typically bubbly voice.

Suddenly, the door swings open again. Blitz! I smile and wave at him, asking him to come sit with us. He smiles in return, saying he will momentarily. Caitlyn and Frankie exchange looks of "Holy shit, is that-?" I ask them what's up. "That's Blitz. Leader of I.M.P. How do you know him?" Frankie asks. My jaw drops briefly... Holy shit, THIS was the guy I recognized. Blitz comes and sits down right next to me, putting an arm around me and asking me if I was coming here because I was hungover. I laugh, insisting that it would take more than 4 shots to do that to me. Blitz smirked, stating that "We'd have to test your limits at some point"

I smirk. Blitz pretty much dominates our conversations but it's welcome, as he's quite an interesting conversationalist. After our scheduled hangout was over, Caitlyn asked if we can do this again sometime. I agreed to next weekend on Saturday. Blitz said he was free on that day too, insisting that he hangs out with us. Caitlyn seemed reluctant but said that was fine. Before I could leave to go back home, Blitz took my hand and asked if I wanted to head out with him. Not really having much else to do, I agreed. He took me back to the Pride ring, in Imp City. We hung out for a good chunk of the day, never really leaving each other's sights. We talked a bunch and just enjoyed each other's company.

Once the day was nearing a close, I already felt my eyes getting a bit heavy. We were watching T.V, when I suddenly felt myself cozying up to him. My head leaned on his shoulder, to which Blitz didn't really dignify with a response. He sort of just let it happen. After a while, I asked if he could take me home. He agreed to, only if I fronted some gas money. I sighed, pulling out my wallet and giving him some. He seemed genuinely shocked, implying that he was sort of joking.

"Oh, I can take the money back then-" I jokingly reply.

"Oh hell no, I could use that" Blitz said, taking the money out of my hand. He opens the front door for me. "Get in. We've got quite the way to go" he continues.

I smile softly, getting in the front seat of his van. He put some music on the radio and was jamming out for a moment, making me giggle softly... Shit. Did I find him cute? No way. We literally JUST met. "Don't do that to me, Brain" I thought, jamming along with him to distract myself. We enjoyed each other's vibes from the moment we left the Pride ring. Once we arrived in the Gluttony ring, and to my house, I opened the door and then hung over his window. "See ya later, Blitz. Maybe tomorrow?" I ask, filled with hope. "Why not? See ya here. Same time tomorrow" Blitz replied, rustling up my hair a bit. He drove away shortly after that, as I walked into my house. I held my phone close to my chest, sliding down the door.

"Fuck. I do like him. And we literally only hung out for one day. Damn it... I don't even know if he's in a relationship. Or really much else about his business... Ya know what? I just have to ASK him. Don't play games though. Just let it build up though, so you don't fuck this up" I say to myself, in a stream of consciousness.

I tell all of this to my friend, Damien. He strictly advised me to follow my own advice, unless I wanted it to go down like any of my previous relationships, where I fell to deeply and quickly in love. I sighed looking at that text... Thinking of the 3 exes I've had before and everything I did to keep them around much longer than I needed. I, then, laid down in my bed looking up at the ceiling and just vibing to some music for a bit. Then I succumbed to my usual routine of putting on a long form video while I cleaned up around my house a little, then played some video games for a bit. After all that, I had some late dinner and then went to bed shortly after. I guess I attempted to think of Blitz, but I had to push down my own thoughts for right now. Otherwise, they'd go out of control. I fell asleep shortly after putting on some relaxing music to help me go to sleep a bit faster.

[choicesficwriterscreations]

Perfect Match Masterlist 2023

✒️= Fanfic | 📱= Text Fics/Edits | 🎨= Fanart Ⓜ️ = Mature Content 18+ | 🔥 = Explicit/NSFW 18+

December 2023:

Holiday Shopping ✒️🌟| Hayden Young x F!MC - @rosepetals1

Christmas Tree Dilemma ✒️🌟| m!Hayden Young x F!MC - @rosepetals1

November 2023:

Arielle Park 🎨| PM F!MC by @/coffeesforchole (IG) for @rosepetals1

October 2023:

Harvest Moon ✒️| f!Hayden Young x M!MC, Sloane Washington x M!MC - @lizzybeth1986

Indescribable 🎨| Hayden Young by @twinkleallnight

Peeping Damien ✒️Ⓜ️🔥🌺| Damien Nazario x F!MC - @georgiesgirl1223

Hayden Young x MC Fanart 🎨 - @oh-so-youre-a-nerd

September 2023:

Saffron Sugar, Turmeric Spice ✒️Ⓜ️🔥🏳️‍🌈🦄| f!Hayden x m!mc, f!Hayden x F!OC - @lizzybeth1986

February 2023:

Coffee Brown Eyes ✒️| Sloane Washington - @lizzybeth1986

Noot Noot ✒️| Sloane Washington - @lizzybeth1986

March 2023:

Trudy Sloane ✒️| Sloane Washington - @dcbbw

[thechaosmuses]

Below you'll find a list of my misc muses along with their face claims (more info about each oc muse will be up soon but if you have any questions in the meantime don't be afraid to pm me, I have info on Google Docs for all of them.)

Total Muses; 19 Newest Member; Dylan ThatcherAdded; 1/29/24

Ambrosia Nyx Tartarus... portrayed by Gal Gadot Acacius Nile Tartarus... portrayed by Ben Barnes Duncan David Dalveron... portrayed by Jean-Luc Bilodeau Damien Dawson Dalveron... portrayed by Thomas McDonell Brantley Cole Kline... portrayed by Alexander Calvert Rosalie Grace Anderson... portrayed by Sadie Sink Rowena Greyson Andrews... portrayed by Sadie Sink Ryker Grant Andrews... portrayed by Cameron Monaghan Nicholas Sean Miller... portrayed by Jake Johnson Winston Saint-Marie Schmidt... portrayed by Max Greenfield Reagan Marie Lucas... portrayed by Megan Fox Leonardo Winston Hamato... portrayed by Tom Welling Michelangelo Chandler Hamato... portrayed by Lucas Tonnesen Samuel Nicholas Drake... portrayed by Nick Jonas King Benjamin Florian... portrayed by Mitchell Hope Aviana Summer Archer... portrayed by Taylor Swift Dylan Bryce Thatcher... portrayed by Luke Benward

[alj4890masterlist]

A

1st sets of Choices Drabbles and Requests

Going Home (Bryce x F!MC)

Mistletoe Madness (Thomas Hunt x OC*Amanda)

Weary (Liam x Riley)

New Moves (Jax x Amy)

The Color of Despair (Damien x Nadia)

Finding a Way (Drake x Olivia)

Warmer (Hana x Rashad)

Pity Party (Liam x Riley)

Late Night (Thomas Hunt x oc*Amanda)

Disheartened (Ernest Sinclaire x Clara Mills)

For Old Times' Sake (Liam, Drake, Maxwell)

Excuses (Leo x Madeleine)

You and You Alone (Raleigh Carrera x Cadence)

Little Helper (Matt Rodriguez x Addison Sinclair)

Near My Heart (Liam x Riley)

Near to My Heart 2 (Liam x Riley)

Great Expectations (Thomas Hunt x oc*Amanda)

Bittersweet Clarity (Maxwell x Riley)

Leave It to Me (Maxwell x OC) (Hana x Rashad)

Gotta Get Away (Hana x Rashad)

Incapable (Ethan Ramsey x Casey)

Perhaps (Hugh Crawford x MC)

Just A Second (Bryce x MC)

Proof (Thomas Hunt x oc*Amanda)

No More Oblivion (Bryce x MC)

Come Save Me Tonight (Raleigh x Cadence) (Avery x Cadence)

Comfort and Cherish (Hugh Crawford x MC)

Memories (Drake x Olivia)

Shouldn’t Care (Thomas Hunt x OC*Amanda)

Shouldn’t Care Either (Thomas Hunt x OC*Amanda

Surgical Precision (Bryce x MC)

Boxes (Drake x Olivia)

Family Night Out (Thomas Hunt x OC*Amanda)

All In My Head (Thomas Hunt x OC*Amanda)

Something Unexpected (Liam x Riley)

The Morning After (Drake x Olivia)

Never Enough (Hana x Rashad)

News (Liam x Riley)

Deliberate (Liam x Riley)

Minutes (Liam x Riley)

Punny of Reasons (Bryce x MC)

Symptoms of Doubt (Liam x Riley)

Come Again? (Liam x Riley)

Can’t Forget (Colt x Ellie)

Betrayal from Within (Liam x Riley)

Hesitation (Liam x Riley)

Burning (Liam x Riley)

Too Far (Liam x Riley)

Ghosting (Bryce x MC)

Labor of Love (Liam x Riley)

One Fateful Night (Liam x Riley)

The Dark Before the Dawn (Liam x Riley) *part 2 of One Fateful Night*

Dawns Early Light (Liam x OC) *Part 3 of One Fateful Night

Down to the Wire (Liam x Riley)

What Comes First (Liam x Riley) (Ellis x Emily)

The Moment (Drake x Olivia)

Move with My Body (Liam x Riley)

Powerless (Liam x Riley)

Subversion (Liam x Riley)

Mirrors Don’t Lie (Drake x Olivia)

Sweet Memories (Liam x Riley)

Aftereffects (Liam x Riley)

Left Out in the Cold (Liam x Riley)

Left Out in the Cold Part 2 (Drake x Olivia)

Memento (Liam x Riley)

A Slight Scrape (Leo x Madeleine)

The Decision (Liam x Riley)

One Night in Lythikos (Liam x Riley)

True Intentions (Justin x Riley) (Liam x Riley) Justin’s POV

Wait. What? (Liam x Riley)

And Time Stopped (Liam x Riley)

The Birthday Cake (Drake x Olivia)

Happiness Does Not Wait (Hana x Rashad)

A Trip to Fydelia (Liam x Riley)

A Thanksgiving Date (Thomas Hunt x OC*Amanda)

A Maze of Emotions (Drake x Olivia)

New Ornaments (Drake x Olivia)

Suspicion Rising (Liam x Riley)

The End and the Beginning (Liam x Madeleine) (Liam x Riley)

One Little Question (Liam x Riley)

In the News (Thomas Hunt x OC*Amanda)

The Decision (Liam x Riley)

Alone (Drake x Olivia)

Champagne Problems (Liam x Riley)

Don't Let the Light Go Out (Tobias Carrick x MC)

Something Sweet (Jax Matsuo x MC) On a Rainy Afternoon (Thomas Hunt x OC) Addiction (Tobias Carrick x F!MC)

One Night (Thomas Hunt x OC) 🍋🍋🍋

One Way or Another (Maxwell Beaumont x OC*Sherry Alcantar)

[yourehereyourereal]

Hi hello I’m replaying Perfect Match and falling for my first Choices love Damien Elvis Nazario all over again

[mothgenes]

bruh its pocky day

[julia-highstorms]

The Third Park (Damien x OC (Ellie)) - Part 3

Summary: Damien Nazario’s is about to turn upside down when he meets Eleanor Zhou.

Note: (most) characters belong to Pixelberry Studios. Damien is 100% human in here and Male!MC (Allen). Damien’s fc (Santiago Cabrera) gifs by @flynnomalleys and Ellie’s fc (Ni Ni) by @ivywrites (the gif used in Part 2 is @ileftthebuilding’s creation). Has anyone noticed that Ellie shared her surname with Aiden (HSS)? Yep, they’re cousins too (and Ellie is from Cedar Cove) Link to previous parts

Pairing: Damien x OC (Ellie)

Rating: PG-13 (language/alcohol)

Tagging: @flynnomalleys @boneandfur @damienazariostan @client327 @never-ending-choices @dangerous-capri15 @goirishsunshine @walkerismychoice @laniquelove @parkerattano @bluediamondsapphire @wa-reva @her-imperial-hangman-s @endlesswoods @confessionsofabrokegirl @odetomars @suckmydestielobsessedassbutt If you would like to be tagged, tell me!

Word count: 2780

“Uh...” – Damien looked back at her, a little surprised by her sudden bluntness. – “I beg your pardon?”

But he would be lying if he said that he didn't like listening to her cursing. Oh, he liked it, and more than he should. Seeing the swear word coming out of that pretty mouth of hers was hot.

God dammit, Damien. Get ahold of yourself, man.

"I mean, I've always known that they were both a little crazy. But not crazy enough to marry…" - she quickly glanced around, making sure no one could hear her. - "...robots."

"Oh." - he simply said. - "Don't ask me. I don't understand it either." - Eleanor let out a low sigh, looking above her shoulder to the newlyweds outside, laughing about something.

"I just hope they know what they're getting into." - she muttered, a worrying expression on her face.

"Don't worry. Hayden and Steve are great people. And they truly care and love your cousins." - she nodded, but he could see that she was not fully convinced yet.

“I believe in you. It all just sound too surreal to me. I don’t know, what if they turn into evil robots?” - Damien snorted. - “Hey, this is serious!” - the woman had an angry expression on her face and their eyes locked for a moment, before they both burst off laughing. - “Okay, this sounded a little silly, I confess.”

"Yeah, it sounded.” - he agreed, still chuckling. “But I assure you that you have nothing to worry about. They're their Perfect Matches, after all." - he said the last sentence with bitterness in his voice.

Ellie stopped laughing instantly as her eyes suddenly shined mischievously:

"Someone sounds a little hurt..."

...What?

"I'm not." - he stated, frowning.

"Well, your behavior says exactly the opposite." - she said with a sly grin spreading through her red lips.

"What do you mean?" - he crossed his arms and stepped back.

"This. First, drinking as if there was no tomorrow and now acting so defensive."

Damien was wordless. That was one of those rare times that he didn't know what to say. Who was this woman who had just met him but could read him like an open book? Why he felt like he was under some kind of spell?

But before he could say or do anything, they heard Nadia calling for her:

"Ellie?! Where are you?! There's someone that I want you to meet!"

Eleanor shouted back to her cousin saying that she was coming, before turning back at him.

"It was a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Nazario."

And then, Eleanor Zhou turned around and Damien watched - still paralyzed by her - the woman in red walking outdoors to where her cousin was waiting for her.

...Jeez, he needed another drink.

Damien spent the day after the double wedding on his bed, completely hangover. After Allen's and Nadia's cousin had left him alone, he decided to leave the party. He knew that he was supposed to stay until the end - as their Best Man -, but it was being simply torture watch Allen all happy in Hayden's arms.

But of course he couldn't leave before saying goodbye to him. So he wished Allen and Hayden a safe honeymoon and told his best friend that he was happy for him one more time (and he truly was), before excusing himself. He left before Nadia had the opportunity to complain his early departure - thankfully, she was too busy introducing her cousin to one of her artists friends. Eleanor didn't see him left the party too, thank God - and Damien went to his favorite pub, Archer and Hopps. And he spent the rest of the night there drinking. He wasn't sure how he got home, but he suspected that his good old friend Flynn helped him to come home.

As soon as he felt a little better and less dizzy, on Sunday night, he took a quick shower and ordered Thai food for dinner. Damien opened his drink cabinet and pulled out a Bacardi before settling down on his couch and turning the TV on to watch the news while he ate (and drank some more).

He passed out on the sofa, wasted again.

Although she was on vacation from her work, Eleanor woke up bright and early on Monday. She was in New York and she would enjoy every single minute while she was there. She had already gone to Central Park the day before, reviving some of her childhood memories - Nadia's mom would always take the three of them to spend a whole day there when she came to the Big Apple on holidays with her parents - and today she would go shopping!

...After she took Dipper on her morning stroll.

That was another reason why she took that one week vacation. Allen asked her to take care of his dog while he was away. Usually, he asked Nadia to take care of the dog, but she had her own honeymoon too, so he had to ask this favor to his other cousin. And Ellie gladly accepted it, since she herself had a 4 year old yellow Labrador Retriever, Freddie. She considered bringing him to NY, but he and Dipper could not get along and that would be a problem. Freddie didn't like to share, especially Ellie’s love and attention. So she left him home in Northbridge, under the care of her best friend, Lucy.

Eleanor had just came back to Allen's apartment in Brooklyn after taking Dipper for a walk, when she received an email. It was her boss asking her the layouts of the pages with the photoshoot pictures that Poppy sent the week before.

"Shit!" - she cursed, before running to her cousin's bedroom to grab her laptop. She kept swearing, calling her boss names (she was on vacation after all!) as she tried to connect to Allen's Wi-Fi…

...But she didn't know his password. She searched for it throughout the whole apartment, any sign of what could be his password, but she found nothing. She tried a lot of combinations, but none of them worked.

Ellie cursed again and texted Allen (and Nadia) asking for it, but she knew that he wouldn't answer her. He was on his god dammit honeymoon! He was busy. He wouldn't be looking through his phone.

"Fuck!" - she yelled, after almost an hour trying to log on.

Then, she remembered something. She grabbed her phone again and scrolled through the contacts, stopping by a new name, listening to Allen's words inside her head:

"If you need any help, Damien is the man! He'll help you with anything! All you need to do is call him."

And, without thinking twice, she pressed "call".

Damien woke up with a terrible headache. He slowly sat up, rubbing his hand on his sore neck. He slept on the couch, again. And he was wearing the clothes from the day before and the TV was still on. He turned it off, realizing that the reason why his head seemed that it was going to explode was because someone was trying to knock his door down.

"Ugh… what time is it?" - he thought to himself, wobbling towards the door of his apartment. - "Is it Nadia? Why didn't she simply came in? She has my key anyway..."

But the woman outside wasn't Nadia.

"Finally!" - she yelled when he opened the door. It was Allen's and Nadia's cousin. The Third Park. And then he remembered that his friends were away on their honeymoons. Fuck. - "Oh my God, are you hangover?!"

"Uh… what? What are you doing here? How do you know where I live?" - he asked Eleanor, who looked disapprovingly at him, her arms crossed.

"Unbelievable." - yep. She definitely was a Park. Her reaction was the same as Nadia’s. - "Don't you have a little of self-love, Nazario?"

"You didn't answer my questions. What--"

"Allen told me to call you if I needed any help so, just in case, he gave me your number and address. And I need help right now, so here I am." - she shrugged. He didn't move a muscle. - "Are you going to stand there and look at me the whole day or what?"

He gave her space to enter his apartment. She quickly glanced around. It looked… not a completely mess.

"But what are you doing here? In New York, I mean?" - he asked, still acting a little defensive.

"Allen asked me to take care of his dog while he's away, so I'm living on his apartment this week." - he opened his mouth to say something, but she interrupted him: - "Listen, if I knew that you were too busy sleeping, I wouldn't have come here. But I really need your help. Of course I tried to contact him, but he won't pick up, obviously. And I need your help, Damien."

They looked at each other's eyes for a few seconds, before he let out a sigh, crossing his arms.

"Alright. What can I do to help you?"

"I need Allen's Wi-Fi password."

Damien blinked a few times.

"...Do I look like someone who knows this?"

"No. But you've been to his house before, so I bet you have his Wi-Fi saved on your phone. All you need to do is come with me so, as soon as we get there, your phone will automatically connect and you'll tell me what his password is."

"...This actually makes sense." - he confessed after a few seconds staring back at her. Eleanor rolled her eyes.

"Of course. I have a brain too, Nazario. And mine is not drowned on alcohol." - she answered him, before opening the apartment door. - "Now, shall we?" - she said, with a grin.

As Eleanor said, as soon as they stepped on the hall of Allen's apartment, Damien's phone connected to his Wi-Fi. Dipper happily greeted them when they entered, the woman quickly typing the password on her laptop.

"YES!" - she yelled when it connected and soon opened her email.

The man looked around the apartment, feeling a little uncomfortable. It was strange being there with no sign of Allen.

"Uh… so I guess I better go now..."

"And drink until you pass out again? No! Stay here!" - Ellie said, her eyes glued on her computer. - "Make yourself comfortable, I know that's what Allen would have said."

Shit. She knew exactly what to say to convince him.

Hesitantly, he sat down on Allen's couch, with Dipper following him, her tail wiggling.

"Hey girl, calm down." - he awkwardly patted her on the head as she licked his hand. Damien never cared much about pets, but Dipper was a good dog.

He watched Ellie working on her computer sitting by the dinner table, speaking to herself, cursing her boss.

And then, Damien slowly fell asleep.

��Finally! Now I’ll see it only next Monday, when I go back to work!” - Eleanor spoke to herself as she turned the computer off. It took more time than she expected, but at least she was finally free.

And then, she remembered that Damien was there. He had been so quiet that she almost forgot about him.

She looked over her shoulder and saw the man sleeping on the couch, his neck on a strange angle, with Dipper sleeping on his feet. Ellie admired the view for a few seconds.

Yes, Damien Nazario definitely was handsome, even hangover and sleeping.

She carefully sat on the couch next to him. Dipper immediately woke up, her tail wiggling at the woman, who stroked her fur.

“Uh… hey, Damien…” - she said softly, trying to not startle him. - “Damien…?” - she gently squeezed his arm, finally waking him up. He blinked a few times, getting on his surroundings and then his sleepy dark brown eyes fell on her. She smiled. - “Hey. You fell asleep.”

“I… uh…” - he still was tongue tied. It was not every day that he was awakened so gently by a beautiful woman next to him. Eleanor stood up, walking around the living room.

“Why don’t we go grab something to eat? It’s 2 p.m. already and we still haven’t eaten.” - she grabbed her purse. - “Let me pay for your lunch. You know, for helping me. And I feel that we started off on the wrong foot. So consider this my redemption.”

He stood up too and walked towards her.

“You don’t need to; it was the least I could do. And I’m sorry if I was a little rude to you.”

“It’s okay, I was being a little rude myself. Showing at your house like that and demanding for your help. I would be in a bad mood too if I were I your shoes. But I thought Allen would at least had told you about helping me…”

“Well, he was head over heels because of the wedding. I bet he just forgot.” - he saw that mischievous grin on her lips again. - “What?”

“You do like him, uh?”

Damien said nothing, but the shade of red that suddenly raised on his face spoke to him. He simply turned around and opened the apartment door.

“Lunch. Let’s go grab some lunch.” - he said, stepping out on the hallway. Ellie let out an evil laughter before following him.

Damien took them to eat some kebab from a food cart.

“I love how you can find every piece of the world here in New York.” - Eleanor said, eating her own lunch. - “Especially on street food!”

“If you haven’t eaten something from a food cart, then you didn’t have a full New Yorker experience.” - Damien said, feeling satisfied. The kafta was great. - “Thanks for the lunch by the way. I forgot my wallet at home when someone came and kidnapped me.”

Eleanor giggled. He liked the sound of her laughter.

“I’m sorry, okay?!” - he chuckled back. - “But you’re not from here, are you?”

“No. But I’ve been living here for almost seven years. I’m Puerto Rican. And you… you’re not fully Korean, are you? Because of your surname.”

“No, I’m not. My father is Chinese, so this is why my surname is different from Nadia’s and Allen’s. Their fathers are my mom’s brothers.”

“So you’re half-Chinese and half-Korean.” - she nodded. - “Interesting. Nadia is mixed too. Only Allen is fully Korean. Although his parents met each other here.”

“That’s right. What an amazing thing is the globalisation, uh? I love it. Getting to know new places, new cultures, new people.”

They walked down the street, and Damien couldn’t hold back a smile listening to Ellie’s excitement. The more he knew her, the more he was intrigued by Eleanor Zhou, as he first felt when he met Allen and Nadia, six years ago... And the more it was confirmed that she was a Park. She had that cheerful view of life that he always admired on the Parks, even though she seemed more down to earth than her cousins.

“So. Where are we heading to now?”

“I’m going to work.” - he answered her. Those cases weren’t going to solve by themselves.

“I thought you were going to give me a fully New Yorker experience!” - she pouted.

“And I just did. You ate from a food cart. You should go eat a bagel next.”

“Jerk.” - she said and they shared a laugh. Damien felt like it’s been a while since he laughed this much. - “Alright, I guess I’ll have to carry my bags alone. Sigh.”

“You didn’t just said ‘sigh’. Who does it?”

“I do, when I am frustrated. Sigh.” - he chuckled. Eleanor was a little weird, but she was cute too.

Was it another Park trait? How could all of them be so adorably weird?

He hesitated for a second, wondering. Should he do it?

Damien knew that he should turn around and go away.

Don’t get involved with another Park.

“But, uh… maybe we could… go drink tomorrow night. If you feel up to a night out in New York, I mean.” - the words simply came out of his mouth before he could hold them back.

And then, he saw that sly grin on her face again.

“I don’t see why not. Pick me up at nine? On Allen’s apartment.”

“Okay. Uh, I better go now. You have fun shopping.”

“Wait, I better give you my number. Just in case, right?” - she said, stepping closer to him, before he walked away. Her brown eyes shined mischievously.

“Oh. Yeah, sure.” - he grabbed his phone and she told him her number. - “Okay. Uh… you have my number, right?”

“Yeah. See you tomorrow night, Damien.”

And he watched her walking towards the nearby subway station.

He looked down to his hand, her number still glowing on the screen of his phone.

Fuck.

Damien Nazario knew that he was screwed up.

[lizzybeth1986]

Eleanor's Kitchen

Books: The Royal Romance/Heir, Rules of Engagement

Pairing: Queen Eleanor & Prince Leo + Liam (mother-sons/siblings), Leo x Damien (mentioned in RoE) (romantic), Liam & Jason (OC) (platonic).

Rating: PG

Summary: Liam notices Leo's friendship with Damien, their gardener's eldest son, becoming stronger.

Series: Eleanor's Kitchen

Note: Damien (not Nazario from PM!) has been mentioned in this scene in Rules of Engagement, Book 2. I played fast and loose with the timelines for this backstory, and have given Damien a younger brother who was Liam's age.

This chapter takes place almost a year following Ch 3. Liam is now 8 years old, Leo is 14.

Word Count: 3, 718 words

Tagging @kingliamappreciationweek for KLAW Day 4: Childhood, @aprilchallenge for the prompt "just want to be with you", @choicesholidays for National Sibling Appreciation Day (April 10th) and @choicesficwriterscreations for FoTW.

Chapter 4: Garídes Saganáki

(Photo from this recipe)

Liam greets the salt air that briefly kisses his face, and the sand that pools around his toes at the beach, with a sense of homecoming. This beach has felt as much like his home as the palace he was born in, suffused with memories of sandcastles and uniquely-shaped seashells and the rush of excitement that came every time a wave crashed against the shore.

And most of all, it feels like home for the moments long past. For the rare times both he and Leo did things together, back when Leo actually liked taking him along for things. When his talk was actually more talk and less eyerolling and "oh you're too young to understand". The love is still there, and so is the need to protect each other (especially against Father's acid remarks, usually aimed at Leo) - just...the companionship isn't, any longer.

The sad, sinking feeling that used to emerge from realizing that is, thankfully, rare now - Liam much prefers the company of his own friends - but when he was four and hanging on to his big brother's every word, it had stung.

"Every big brother does that," his newest friend, Jason, shrugged. Jason is the palace gardner Giorgos Vasilakis' youngest son, accompanying his father since last year on visits to the Queen to discuss the plans surrounding her dream project: the palace hedge maze, that was to echo the one in Château de Villandry in France. Jason's older brother Damien had always been the one at Kýrios Vasilakis' side before that, but of late Liam has begun to associate his presence more with his own elder brother.

Jason is lonely. Unlike Liam, who has managed to bring together his own motley band of merry playmates, Jason has only the one older brother and has never gotten the chance to venture beyond the palace and his father's cottage. Liam has experienced only a fraction of that kind of loneliness and it had felt like hell. He and Jason may not know each other well, but he'll be damned if he let the other boy he has no one. And so he brings Jason along to meet all his friends.

Both Liam's and Jason's older brothers accompany the group of exhilarated children to the beach, but slip away in another direction before the group can notice. Liam notes the direction Leo and Damien are headed - their heads leaning towards each other as they walk - but says nothing. More friends, Liam reminds himself of his purpose here, first make sure we give Jason more friends.

Liam isn't disappointed. Before long, Jason's name has been shortened to Jase, his shorts and shirt have been drenched from jumping over the crashing waves with Maxwell, and he's snacking happily over pine nuts with Drake and Olivia. He even enjoys collecting seashells with Tariq, even if he did find him a little odd at first.

"I can understand not wanting to get your shoes wet but why would he want to keep them 30 feet away from the sea??"

Liam giggles a little. "They're not just shoes! They're...uh... Salvatore Ferra-somethings!" he says, already forgetting the Italian names that slip so easily from Tariq's tongue when he's talking about a shoe brand. Liam would too, if his father spoke his ears off about shoes as much as Tariq's did.

"If you say so," Jason replies doubtfully. What a funny bunch of people these nobles and royals are, he must be thinking, "but what if they get stolen?"

"Then Tariq will sniff and say he hopes they were stolen by someone who truly understands the value and beauty of Italian shoes."

Just before they leave, the children build a sandcastle. Liam and Jason deem themselves the architects of the main structure, Drake and Olivia choose to build a fortress. Maxwell ropes in a skeptical Tariq to help him construct a fantastic "Tower of Fun and Parties" right next to the castle itself. They are almost done when Jason stands up, declares the castle incomplete without a good garden, and pokes dots into the sand to form imaginary flowers.

For a moment all they can hear is the shriek of the gulls and the buffeting crash of the waves. They are all silent, and smiling, and very, very proud of themselves.

This structure is the biggest sandcastle the children have ever built themselves thus far, and by the time Leo and Damien return (hair damp, skin glistening, breathing hard as if they'd jumped down the steep cliffs of the Forgotten Falls and climbed back up, hands very close but not really touching) they are all convinced it is the biggest castle they ever will conceive of building. Even if it is one built in sand, soon to be a victim to the crashing waves.

--

Liam puts on his baking gloves, balancing himself on the balls of his feet as he waits to take his freshly-baked bread out of the oven. It's a moment he likes to gear himself up for - there's just something, some magic, about that first, comforting, soul-filling whiff. He'd experienced that feeling the first time he actually watched Chef Anais bake, and he's felt it ever since.

His version of Greek village-style bread is perfect today - the crust a lovely brown with little cracks and ridges to show off how crisp its outside is, and he is certain the inside will be soft and a light shade of yellow from the semolina he added to it. The aroma is good enough to make his mother stop in the middle of her own cooking just to breathe it in.

Her face covered in a fine sheen of sweat today from the heat in the kitchen, her hair bunched into a wrap and her hands waving away steam and smoke from her face. Liam can't quite tell whether it is excitement he sees on her face or exhaustion. But from the corner of his eye as he carries the bread to the table to rest, he can tell it is more of the former.

There are two pots boiling away at once on the stove: one a creamy, garlicy, peppery fish broth; the other a beautifully silky tomato-based sauce that he knows from experience will become even silkier and creamier when Mum adds a sinfully liberal amount of feta chesse to it.

He almost reaches out for it with a spoon when his mother stops him.

"Ah-ah-ah!" Mum says, playfully wagging her finger, "Not yours, thisavré mou. This is for your brother and his friend only. That's why I'm making something with your favourite Stone Bass fish as well. For you and your friend."

Liam frowns. "But I've had shrimp saganaki before. You know I like it too. Why couldn't you just make a bigger batch?"

Mum lets out a sigh suffused with embarrassed laughter. Her hand inadvertently motions itself towards a bottle of alcohol on the table titled Ouzo. "This one is... different. Not for children."

Liam pouts in petulance. Of late reminders that he is still a child and his brother isn't have begun to annoy him. There is something so mythical about teenagehood, Liam is beginning to realise, something he wants to know more about but is too out of his reach to even begin to understand.

Don't be so eager to let go of your childhood, pet, then you'll spend the rest of your life wanting it back, Mum would often tell him. All that phrase does now is make him even more impatient.

The smell of ripened crushed tomatoes, mixing in with the garlic, onions, and chilis, makes for a heady combination. He secretly thanks Uncle Franci for sending them yet another carton of San Marzanos - Mum said he'd written in his last letter that his wife, Aunt Pari, would be making a trip down to her home province of Bethulia soon for the Navroze festival, and was hoping Mum would come celebrate it with her this year.

There is another aroma in the sauce Liam has never smelled before, and has a hard time identifying - it's slightly pungent and makes his eyes water a little. It must be from the bottle of Ouzo.

Mum tosses the feta into the small, two-handled heavy-bottomed frying pan at will - she has never really been one for measurements - and quickly places the pan beneath the broiler to melt the cheese. Liam watches in fascination as her hands crumble extra feta; there is no rubric for how much, she just stops when she feels like it. Just throw! she will tell him anytime he asks her for a measuring cup. Cooking for Mum has always been just a play of hands; trust your hands and give them their time with the ingredients - and the results may not always be consistent but over time they will be forever delicious.

Liam has timed his baking closely enough that by the time both his and Leo's dishes are ready, his bread will have rested long enough, and is ready to serve as a side.

They find Leo talking to Jason's brother at one of the more intimate drawing rooms of the palace, their heads so close they're almost touching. Both their hands are jammed into their pockets, as if they'd hurriedly put them there from whatever their original position was. Their eyes dart everywhere and both seem to turn a little pink. A curl from Damien's dark hair rests carelessnessly on his forehead, and Liam catches his brother looking at it at least twice.

Jason skips to Liam's side. "Where is everyone else?" he whispers.

"Drake and his sister have gone to Texas to stay with their aunt, Olivia's with one of the Elders in Lythikos, Maxwell and Tariq are back home. It's just me, I'm afraid." Liam shuffles his feet in uncharacteristic awkwardness. He knows that a lot of the things he likes to talk about can either bore or confuse his own friends.

"Good enough for me," Jason says, grinning. "Her Majesty says she's got us fish stew."

"Bianco. And shrimp saganaki for Leo and Damien." Liam lowers his voice in a conspiratorial whisper. "Don't tell your dad - Mum made those herself. Father built her her own kitchen two and a half years ago. Not many besides some of the kitchen staff know."

Jason's eyes widen at the bowl that's just arrived, and then brightens. Imagine that, being treated to the cooking of an actual queen!

Mum had wisely decided to seat the pairs of brothers in different areas, confident that they would be bored stiff if they were made to eat together. It's a lot better this way, Liam thinks, as Jason talks animatedly of the new toys his dad got him with the increase in his salary from last month onwards. Leo and Damien would perhaps find their chats rather silly, and a lot of the things they say fly like seagulls over Liam and Jason's heads.

The Bianco is as good as Liam and Jason had hoped: the sauce smooth and creamy, the fish mildly sweet and with flesh so soft it crumbles a little on the tongue. Liam can't help but puff his chest in pride as he and Jason use the bread he made to sop up the rest of the sauce, the heat from the pepper and garlic and the delightful tang from the lemon warming them all down to their toes. Jason tells Liam to tell Her Majesty to forgive his lack of manners but he is this close to licking his plate.

Normally, Liam would be ecstatic about getting to eat a Stone Bass, especially here where the catch is always today's, wild and fresh and soul-stirringly tasty..."not that garbage you get from the fish farms" as Grandmother used to say.

But his thoughts keep crawling back to the meal his and Jason's older brothers got. The dish that has been so familiar to him all these years, yet seems so alien now. All because of an added mysterious... thing that seems all the more exciting because he isn't allowed to touch it.

Liam goes and sneaks a look at where their brothers sit, enjoying their shrimp. Leo looks over to his friend's plate, notices his bread is over, breaks his own loaf apart and offers it to Damien, looking straight into his eyes as he dips it into his sauce and eats it. Damien's fingers lightly brush his as he takes the bread.

"You know who made that bread?" Leo's voice for some reason sounds different, warmer and deeper and a little more serious. Liam turns pink with forgotten filial pleasure at the note of pride in his words. "Liam. My baby brother."

Damien grins. "There's sauce near your lip."

Leo makes a great show of pretending not to know where. "Where?"

Damien looks left and right - and satisfied that they cannot be seen (Liam heaves a sigh of relief as he emerges from behind a corner Leo and Damien cannot clearly see) takes his napkin and dabs softly at the corner of his mouth. The two boys suddenly cannot look each other in the eye, and their smiles hold secrets that make Liam feel like an intruder on this little moment, for perhaps no reason. Damien's only cleaning Leo's face.

But when he returns and tells Jason what he saw, the other boy stays silent for a few minutes.

"Babás almost saw Prince Leo at our home once," Jason says quietly, "Mamá had to hide him in a cupboard."

"But why?" Liam asks back, puzzled, "I thought Kýrios Vasilakis liked him. Ever since he started attending his lessons regularly and actually -"

"I know. I thought so too. I'm not sure why Leo and Damien and Mamá look so scared these days. No one ever tells me." Jason finishes with a nonchalant shrug that belies his petulant frustration at not being told things he cannot fully understand.

Liam sighs, all thoughts of their brothers forgotten. "No one thinks I'm old enough to understand anything either."

As Liam watches Jason's older brother reluctantly take leave of his own, their gazes lingering more than their touches ever could...and realises how childishly enthusiastic their own goodbyes are, Liam goes to bed wondering what Leo's shrimp saganaki tastes like. Is it pungent? Is it sweet? Does it leave a bitter aftertaste?

That night, Liam lies in bed in his silk unicorn-and-rainbow pajamas, burningly aware of how like a child he looks in it. How unlike his older brother - in his leather jackets and carelessly tousled hair. He begins counting the months before his mother can properly deem him "of age", and falls asleep before he can even reach his pre-teen years.

--

Days later, Leo takes a walk around the Wishing Well with his mother.

It's amazing how much things have changed in the years Eleanor has been married to Constantine, and therefore into the Royal Family. His little son had only been four then, and he'd hidden behind his father the first few times she tried to come near. Constantine and his mother had fumed over this in the beginning, wanting to help ease him into trusting her but neither having a whole lot of patience - so it had been up to her to reassure him that they would only set his relationship with her at his pace.

And it had paid off. Little Leo had once seen the "new mother" outside, trying to stargaze, and sat beside her in silence, listening for half an hour as she pointed out constellations. She'd known he loved stargazing and knew he needed a companion of sorts The first ever times they talked were all about stars...until five months later when he lost interest and Eleanor found out whatever it was that captured his fancy next.

Still, because that night was the night they tentatively began to consider themselves mother and son, she often brings back memories of it by calling him astéri mou.

"Your tutors have been very pleased with you this year," Eleanor says, suppressing a little smile, "they've been seeing how hard you've been working at your studies lately." There's a mischievous glow in her eyes. "Any more efforts and you'll soon be surpassing Liam, they say."

Leo snorts. He knows, no matter how hard he tries, that he can never reach his kid brother's level in either interest or acumen for politics. That is a quality unique to just him and he's more than happy to let him bask in it, but ever since Damien....

A quick, intense memory of him flashes. Dark curls, full lips, skin smooth beneath Leo's fingertips. It had amazed him how they'd been playmates one minute, pretending to be pirates and running around the palace gardens, and he'd never in all that time noticed that kind of gut-capturing beauty. His voice deep and passionate at the Forgotten Falls two weeks ago, as Damien whispered into his hair, "Let me hold you for a bit. We don't have to talk...we don't have to do anything. I just want to be with you."

He knows becoming a good King will be a hundred times harder for him than it was for his father, than (he is beginning to realize) it could be for his brother. He had made his peace with that at some point this year. But being around Damien...knowing that in his future position a relationship like theirs could be both legally permitted and morally viewed as sheer irresponsibility (and this is in only the kindest of parallel universes) and still knowing it is a relationship he cannot ever conceive of giving up...

If he could just prove himself capable in every other area of his life, just please his father and bring pride to his mother in other ways, maybe both his father and Damien's may just not force what they could have together, to die.

Mamá sighs. "Leo...astèri mou. You don't understand. I am already proud of you."

Oh no. Had he just said the words aloud?

He responds to her answer with another question. "How did you find out about us, Mamá?"

She shakes her head. "Kyría Vasilikou." Damien's mother, who hid Leo in a cupboard that one time Kyríe Vasilikos almost caught them. She had been extraordinarily kind and very contrite - sending Leo with a box of melomakarona and begging him never to come to this house again for fear of what Damien's father may do to him next.

He remembers Mamá's words from that evening.

"Damien's father - and his father before him - are extraordinarily dedicated to the King. It was His father that ensured their family would be set for many, many years to come...and his gratitude towards them can make him blind to what could make his own son happy."

The mother who had birthed him, the one he had often called Mummy, is at best a faded memory now. He called Eleanor Mamá almost a year after she'd married his father, because he finally felt ready and because it suited her. That evening, he understood his Mamá's underlying message.

I will always support you. But until we can figure out a way, you must be careful.

And so he will be. Both Damien and he will try their darnedest not to be too obvious about their love for each other...and Leo will continue to work harder on his lessons.

Smiling, Mamá changes the subject. "Liam's very upset we won't let him have shrimp saganaki."

Leo bursts out laughing. "He's had it so many times already!"

She shrugs. "Oh no, not that way. He's demanding the "Leo and Damien special". Ouzo and all. I suspect the baby of our family wants to be seen as a baby no more."

He rolls his eyes. "He's going to be really disappointed. It's not going to be that different from regular saganaki. Just makes it taste a little bit more like anise."

If that isn't a fitting symbol of what adolescence feels like when you come out of your big impractical dreams of what adolescence might be, Eleanor doesn't know what is. It is a lesson they all learned the hard way, only to see their children struggle with it too. They can only sit back, knowing that nothing they can say will change the kids' minds.

Leo at age 14 is already bored of his teenage years and raising his eyes towards the glamour of adulthood. Liam at age 8 has a far too rosy picture of adolescence, and envies his brother for being the whole-body-manifestation of everything he now wants but knows he needs to wait to have.

And while Eleanor will be forever grateful Liam has inherited her vast capacity for patience and not his father's, she is also aware that that patience is beginning to wear thin.

Leo may be too focused on his feelings for Damien to see it, but a time will come when the brother he has always considered a kid will grow before his eyes, and he will be too surprised by the change to understand, or know how to communicate. She can only hope they'll find their little ways, as they once did before.

Sighing, she passes her eldest a coin, and takes a second in her own hand.

"Ready to make a wish?"

Leo nods. Eleanor smiles. She knows already what he's going to ask.

Eleanor tosses hers into the well, watching as it makes its rapid descent down.

Whatever else changes, just make sure these two never forget how much they need each other.

Eleanor returns to the palace with her son, smiling. Between the Wishing Well and the official gardens, there are bits and pieces of a plan taking shape, a plan for a garden maze. Around it, she can see her youngest playing tag with his friends: one of whom is the youngest of their gardener, a little boy Liam seems to have taken under his wing.

Leo and his mother stop by to watch the children. Both sigh, and both realize it's for the same reason.

Liam will be thrust into his adolescent years before he even knows it. But at least they both can enjoy this sight of him enjoying his childhood completely, wholeheartedly, for what it is. If only for today.

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Recipes:

Shrimp Saganaki

Corfoit Bianco

Horiatiko Psomi

A/N2: For Sibling Day I really wanted to do a fic that explored the dynamics of a sibling pair with a significant age gap. There is some amount of awe at older people - esp older kids- at their age, as well as a little envy and a desire to become them.

Meanings:

Kyríos/Kyría: Greek for Mr and Mrs usually.

Thisavré mou - my treasure

Ouzo - Ouzo is an anise-flavored liquor produced from grape must (the remnants of wine-making). It can only be made in Greece and Cyprus

Feta cheese - A brined, white cheese with a soft and creamy texture, often made from sheep's milk.

Navroze - Festival for Parsi New Year, often celebrated with Iranians around the world as well as other Zoroastrian communities.

Babás/Mamá - Greek for Dad and Mum.

Astéri mou - my star

[zel-zo]

holy shit? so i stumbled across your blog accidentally trying to find my old accounts and you probably dont remember me but we met bc of friendlypack (god remember that??) when that ship was really popular and made markiplier ocs when damien dropped so im?? just saying hi and that i hope youre doing great sorry if this is weird at all

Omg HI!?????

I mean first off YES I absolutely remember friendly pack and meeting a BUNCH of ppl bc of it (Especially in the STWM server) hsdfkjdshl

I wish????? You weren't on annon??????? So i could tell who exactly you were??????????? Because YES I remember that time and everyone I met then was kinda super awesome????

But Hello!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And Nice to hear from you again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Feel free to DM/PM me and say hi if you want!!!!!!!! :D

[moodmusicmonday]

...and we're LIVE! And we have some new friends, some old friends returning... I'd say this is a pretty amazing MMM week! HUGE thank you to everyone that participated! Have a super week, y'all! 💜

@ao719

“Don’t Forget to Breathe” - Anson Seabra; Breaking Points, Part 5: I’m Not Friends With My Reflection (TRR; Liam x MC)

“Stole the Show” - Parson James; Hopeless Hearts, Chapter 17: Our Final Bow (TRR AU; Liam x f!OC (Aria)]

@burnsoslow

“Kind & Generous” - Natalie Merchant; (Untitled), one shot (TRR; Drake x Alyssa; Liam x Riley)

@karahalloway

“The Worlds is Mine” - Samm Henshaw; (Less Than) Noble Intentions, Chapter 5 [TRR; Drake x OC (Harper Gale)]

@kat-tia801

“If I Didn’t Have You” - Banners; If I Didn’t Have You - Thanksgiving Fic (PM; Damien Nazario x f!MC)

@peonierose

Last Christmas… I gave you my heart, Part 1: It's getting... green and merry in here [OPH; Bryce Lahela x f!OC (Luna Auclair)]

“Last Christmas” - Wham!

“Santa Baby” - Eartha Kitt

“Merry Christmas Everyone” - Shakin’ Stevens

“All I Want for Christmas Is You” - Mariah Carey

“So This Is Love - From ‘Cinderella’” - Ilene Woods

“White Christmas” - Michael Buble ft/ Shania Twain

“Winter Wonderland” - Michael Buble

“It’s Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas” - Michael Buble

“Underneath the Tree” - Kelly Clarkson

@queenrileyrose

“I Got You” - Jack Johnson; Human Contact/Retrograde Thanksgiving (TRR/TRH; Liam x Riley; Drake x f!OC; Maxwell x m!OC; Liam x f!OC)

“Tribulation” - Matt Maeson; Irreplaceable, Chapter 10: I Get So Lost In You (TRR/RoE; Leo x Riley; Drake x Liam)

@spookycolorpeanut

“Please Don’t Go” - Stephanie Rainey; Save Me from Me [OPH Book 2; Ethan Ramsey x f!OC (Ariane Grey)]

“Say You Love Me” - Jessie Ware; My Little Ray of Sunshine [LoA; Gabe Ricci x f!MC (Ally Larson)]

@txemrn

“Everything We Need” - A Day to Remember; (Untitled) Thanksgiving One Shot [OPH; Ethan Ramsey x f!OC (Tatum Erikson)]

🎵 Dedications 🎵

This a special new section to MMM! Did a writer introduce you to a song through a fic they wrote that ecnourages you ? Maybe you as a reader heard a song that reminded you of a story or a pairing. This is a place to share it! 💜

@queenjilian

To @burnsoslow: “The Thanksgiving Song” - Ben Rector; (TRR AU; Drake Walker x f!MC (Alyssa Devereaux)

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@alj4890 @ao719 @arosentinel @aussiegurl1234 @axwalker @bebepac @burnsoslow @charlotteg234 @chemist-ana @foreverethereal123 @issabees @jerzwriter @karahalloway @kat-tia801 @lovingchoices14 @marshmallowsaremyfavorite @neotericthemis @nestledonthaveone @peonierose @queenrileyrose @quixoticdreamer16 @sfb123 @socalwriterbee @tessa-liam @twinkleallnight @txemrn @walkerdrakewalker @zaffrenotes

[hanahaki-ghost]

Roleplay stuff

Roleplay styles:

I'll role play with anyone with any style

I might not use more than one sentence or so sometimes which typically means I'm running out of ideas, but I'm up to RP with anyone just don't try to force the plot or anything at me and be open minded.

Fandom:

-Mandela Catalogue

-Marble Hornets

-VT(pie)

-Jack and mark egos

-bioshock

-scp

-undertale yellow

Characters:

Oc: Katie, aqua and Alex, Jasmine, Vixen, Avi, Silk, Eden, Damien

Cannon mains:Johnny ghost(VT), Jimmy Casket(VT), Jamison(jacksepticeye), host(mark iplier),Delta (bioshock), jackiboiman(jacksepticeye), booker(bioshock), 049(scp), ghostface(dead by daylight), Hoodie(Marble Hornets), Jay(Marble Hornets), Brian(Marble Hornets), Scully(Marble Hornets), Mark(Marble hornets), Adam(Marble Hornets), Starlo(UTY), Ceroba(UTY), RGB(TPoH)

You can request to play any characters these are just my prefrences

I'll play as others if needed but these are preferred if you want to do another fandom ask me first

For you:

Ocs: I'm fine with it but I'm not playing your ocs and please ask about certain things like if they have an attraction to any specific characters or not

Cannon(your choice these characters aren't who you have to play):I prefer people to use cannon characters, preferably Johnny Toast(VT),Gavin Toast(VT),Atlas(bioshock) Eleanor (bioshock), wilford(mark iplier), silvershepeard(mark iplier), chase brody(jacksepticeye),micheal myers(dead by daylight), 035(scp), sinclair(bioshock),, Masky/tim(marble Hornets), Jonah(Mandela Catalogue), Cesar(Mandela Catalogue), Dalv(UTY), Clover(UTY) , Hero(TPoH)

Don’t feel like you have to use any of these these are just the ones that would interact most with ones that I play but you don’t have to play these

Plot:

SCP-035 and 049 are off to scp 2246(I think) to help the foundation research alagadda but instead they escape

Dead by daylight- Danny's a new killer and micheal has to show him the ropes

Mark/Jack characters- N/A

VT-N/A

Bioshock- delta and Sinclair traversing rapture to get sinclair back to his original self

Mandela catalogue- Mark is gone and Sarah is looking for him, he’s with Cesar hiding from the law and Alternates

MH-N/A

UTY-N/A

Rules:

1) please send me a message like "hi" before we start I don't like just jumping into it

2) do not force my characters to do something extreme little influences are fine but not like your yelling at me to do something

3) play nice

4) if something makes you uncomfortable tell me immediately I don't want to keep doing something that makes you uncomfortable

5) if I say to please stop doing something then stop

6) no rape or incest(meaning no toast x gavin and such)

7) I sometimes won't say more than one or two lines so don't yell at me for it or I will leave

8) after 24 hours I will send a message asking if your still there

9) after 3 weeks I will leave unless you let me know your having a brain break or on vacation please give me a heads up before

10) you can always message me again after I leave I just leave as to keep my chat area looking neat and not have to scroll through people to find them(not that it's big)

11) if the character is canonically a minor or canonically related to a certain character shipping is out of the equation, for example if you want to do a ship with Clover from UTY or Frisk from UT the answer is no

Ships:

I am fine with gay or straight ships just ask me before we start if you want to do a ship, and don't get mad if I don't ship it like ghost x spooker

My ships are:

Toast x Ghost

Gavin x Jimmy

Micheal x Ghostface

Any mark ego x a Jack ego(I do NOT ship mark/Jack)

Sinclair  x Delta

035 x 049

masky/Tim x hoodie/Brian x Jay/scully

masky x hoodie

Dalv x Starlo

Other

Contact me if confused about anything

PM me or comment I'm pretty open to anything just please be nice

[choicesficwriterscreations]

CFWC Silly Love Stories Masterlist

Day 1: Friends to Lovers

Open Heart

Until I Met You | Aurora Emery x F!MC - @eleanorbloom

With Every Heartbeat

The Star In Her Sky | M!Dakota Winchester x MC - @lem-20 [adult content]

Day 3: Roommates/Neighbors

Desire & Decorum

Love Thy Neighbour: Part 1 | Hamid x F!OC - @missameliep

Mother Of The Year

Forward Together | Levi Schuler x MC - @storyofmychoices

Day 4: Fake Dating

Open Heart

Be Mine | Ethan Ramsey x F!MC - @starrystarrytrouble

An Unavoidable Dinner | Ethan Ramsey x F!MC - @lucy-268

Day 5: Meet Cute

Desire & Decorum

(Un)fortunate Circumstances: Part 1 | Hamid x MC, Yusuf Konevi x Bartholomew Chambers - @lorirwritesfanfic  [adult content]

A Stroke Of Serendipity | Luke Harper x MC - @takingcourage

Open Heart

6 First Dates | Ethan Ramsey x F!MC - @anntoldst0ries

Past And Future | Ethan Ramsey x F!MC - @lem-20

Red Carpet Diaries

In Another Life | Thomas Hunt x MC - @theartoflovingthomashunt

The Royal Romance

Happenstance | Liam Rys x MC - @takingcourage

Day 7: Oh no! There's only one bed!

Wishful Thinking

By Your Side | Jaime Lewis x MC - @takingcourage

Day 8: Unrequited love

Open Heart

An Awakening | Ethan Ramsey x F!MC, Naveen Banerji x F!OC - @stygianflood

Distant | Ethan Ramsey, F!MC, Rafael Aveiro - @lorirwritesfanfic [adult content] 

Perfect Match/Platinum

Call Me? | Damien Nazario x PM F! MC x M!Raleigh Carrera - @romewritingshop

Day 9: Mutual Pining

Ride Or Die

When The Heart Follows A Blue Dot | Logan x MC - @lorirwritesfanfic

Day 10: Songfic

Desire & Decorum

In the Arms Of A Prince | Hamid x MC - @itslaniquelove

Open Heart

Seizing Opportunities | Rafael Aveiro x F!MC - @lorirwritesfanfic  [adult content]

Perfect Match

Paper Rings | Damien Nazario x F!MC - @former-westchester-resident

Day 11: Size Difference

The Royal Romance

When Size Doesn't Matter | Liam Rys x MC - @lorirwritesfanfic  [adult content]

Day 12: Date night

Blades Of Light And Shadow

Of Starlight And Love | Tyril Starfury x F!Elf!MC - @aallotarenunelma

Desire & Decorum

The Letter | Annabelle Parsons x F!OC - @lorirwritesfanfic

Mother Of The Year

Date Night | Thomas Mendez x MC - @itslaniquelove [adult content]

Open Heart

Everything Else Is Just The Weather | Ethan Ramsey x F!MC - @anntoldst0ries​

A Single Rose | Rafael Aveiro x F!MC - @thequeenchoices​

Day 14: Ugh, I hate couples!

Desire & Decorum

Sing Your Love Song | Hamid x F!OC, Ernest Sinclaire x F!OC, Edmund Marlcaster x Briar Daly - @missameliep​

Open Heart

Four Valentines | Ethan Ramsey x F!MC - @starrystarrytrouble​

[thechaosmuses]

Below the cut you'll find a list of my TW muses along with their face claims (more info about each oc muse will be up soon but if you have any questions in the meantime don't be afraid to pm me, I have info on Google Docs for all of them.)

Total Muses; 39 Newest Member; Jared Parrish & Stephen HemmingAdded; 5/15/23

(Quick note; just like with my tvdu muse list all families are in order of oldest to youngest.)

Void Azazel Reynard... portrayed by Dylan O'Brien Aspen Bella Stilinski... portrayed by Hailee Steinfeld Mieczyslaw Noah Stilinski... portrayed by Dylan O'Brien Scott Gregorio McCall... portrayed by Tyler Posey Christopher Henry Argent... portrayed by JR Bourne Adrian Archer Argent... portrayed by Drew Roy Allison Artemis Argent... portrayed by Crystal Reed Addison Athena Argent... portrayed by Danielle Rose Russell Lyla Sage Martin... portrayed by Grace Holley Lydia Sophia Martin... portrayed by Holland Roden Jackson William Whittemore... portrayed by Colton Haynes Derek Samuel Hale... portrayed by Tyler Hoechlin Cora Avery Hale... portrayed by Adelaide Kane Amaia Tala Alexander... portrayed by Katelyn Nacon Malik Elias Hale... portrayed by Matthew Daddario Madelaine Emery Hale... portrayed by Emeraude Toubia Camden Matthew Lahey... portrayed by Charlie Hunnam Isaiah Parker Lahey... portrayed by Andrew Garfield Isaac Michael Lahey... portrayed by Daniel Sharman Vernon Dallas Boyd... portrayed by Sinqua Walls Danny Keahu Mahealani... portrayed by Keahu Kahuanui Malia Elizabeth Tate... portrayed by Shelley Hennig Kira Jade Yukimura... portrayed by Arden Cho Amadora Constance Sharpe... portrayed by Sofia Carson Theodore Christian Raeken... portrayed by Cody Christian Callum Tate Raeken... portrayed by Hero Fiennes-Tiffin Dawson Cole Reynolds... portrayed by Steven R. McQueen Jordan Tyler Parrish... portrayed by Ryan Kelley Jared Taylor Parrish... portrayed by Niall Horan Aiden Jacob Steiner... portrayed by Max Carver Mason Cade Hewitt... portrayed by Khylin Rhambo Brett Lee Talbot... portrayed by Cody Saintgnue Garrett Cole Williams... portrayed by Mason Dye Nolan Andrew Holloway... portrayed by Froy Gutierrez Bobby Adam Finstock... portrayed by Orny Adams Marin Sophia Morrell... portrayed by Bianca Lawson Braeden Valerie Bardot... portrayed by Meagan Tandy Deucalion Damien Hemming... portrayed by Gideon Emery Stephen Ezekiel Hemming... portrayed by Harry Styles