#project: the mayfair study in grieving

[schwarzholzhof]

Oooohhhh I wanna hear about Mayfair Study in Grieving 👀👀

I’m so glad you asked 😌 It’s an idea I got after reading To the Lighthouse and it follows Mary Beth, her children, husband, and Evelyn as they go on a vacation in the aftermath of Julien’s death and try to make sense of life. You have Mary Beth and Stella (Both Julien’s daughters) who are absolutely grief stricken but each cope in opposite ways. You have Daniel (Mary Beth’s husband as well as Julien’s past lover) whose wife just became a full on widow without telling him, their son who’s just there to be honest and their daughter, Carlotta, who’s perhaps the most sane person of the bunch and she will have to face that without Julien, nothing will be as peaceful as it once was. I also thought it would be fun to throw in Evelyn, the second most sane character, and a 14 year old cousin who at this time is pregnant with Julien’s child but she doesn’t know it yet. When you put all of these characters into one isolated mansion and you shake them up a bit you’re bound to get something interesting.

Here’s a snippet of some test writing I’m throwing at the wall:

After Julien was put to rest at St. Alphonsus Church and properly buried, the talk began that the ghost of his only sister had found her way back into the house.  Or so the servants whispered when they saw their once formidable mistress wander the halls aimlessly one week after another. She was a woman of forty-two then, still, she appeared to have aged years in the brief time since Julien’s passing.  Black had begun to solidify itself as the primary color of her wardrobe and she had drenched her home with more music than ever before, though for the first time in her life, she ceased to dance to it completely.  Naturally, concerns about her well-being were voiced, continuously, to the lady herself, as well as a family gossip, but how does one approach a woman the likes of Mary Beth Mayfair? How can one hope of offering her comfort?  She has led the clan for years, listening to their weeping and private troubles with a remarkably patient ear, yet now that a great blow has been struck to them all, nobody could be sure how to solace the wounded beast of an orphan in their center.

[schwarzholzhof]

wip ask game, tagged by @leslutdepointedulac thank you Alice <3 (this is Dorian btw)

Rules: Make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! Then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

For my sake I’m counting only my full fan fiction projects I intend on finishing at the moment, instead of all the drafts in my folder.

i. Shatterpoint (Michael and Rowan’s divorce fic, feat. Lestat)

ii. Mayfair Study in Grieving (A fic about how does this family handle Julian’s death if you lock them all in one summerhouse)

iii. Kissfed (Marius & fem!Amadeo, yes I’m still baking that one)

Tagging: @effyrosemary @fofoqueirah @lovevamp