#rosalie pikachu

[asktheblindlucario]

Alicia (normal outfit) and Rosalie or QuickChu (the former is fitting because of their jobs but she's not a blog character yet...)

Went with Rosalie since I haven’t drawn her in a minute

Design is yours to keep if you’d like!

[wetcatspellcaster]

Hi, just wanted to say thanks for the 2 wonderful Honest Lie and Pieces chapters that you drafted and posted! I look forward to them, like a gift treasure box that comes every so often. Wishing you all the best in your current endeavors!

I liked that Rosalie unexpectedly answered the question about Threnn in Chapter 10. I thought she would avoid it, and as a reader, I love being pleasantly shocked by your narrative choices.

I wondered whether:

Astarion said Finn on purpose and he actually knew

This isn't the first time that Rosie's exposed that she's a langauge savant - early on, it was a big deal that she was a sorta scribe in Ancient Infernal. I had considered earlier and thought it was an author's whim such that she could read Astarion's scars, but now that Rosalie's spoken Elvish to Astarion, it feels like a plot point.

Also, when I realised Ser Verity's name is Severity, I sort of crossed my eyes and was giggly - annoyed at myself for not picking it up sooner! Can't believe you managed to keep such a good joke under wraps and pull it out like that, right under my nose!

much love, nashi

hi nashi! sorry for taking a while to reply to this, i was away over the weekend following my thesis deadline :)

My replies are:

in every timeline in every universe, Astarion knows Threnn's actual name and is deliberately getting it wrong

D&D is a system where a person can learn an insane number of languages with the right background and feats. I, as a player, always try to learn as many languages as possible (currently playing a warlock with only Infernal, and it hurts my fucking soul). Rosalie was an agoraphobic wizard with no social life and nothing to do for nearly three years, and she sure as hell wasn't learning spells. I decided to combine these three things to make a character. She had four languages (common, infernal, ancient infernal, elvish) before the agoraphobia, then she picked up a fuck-tonne of new hobbies. I also tried to deliberately pick languages that relate to each other, (eg. deep speech having no written language so I argue they use elvish script) bc this reflects the realities of language acquisition in real life.

...I'm going to be so honest with you, I wasn't the one who realised Ser Verity was Severity. I have a friend, who's cat is called Sir Vinegar, and I wanted to honour my godson. I then tell my friend: "I named a cat after him lol". She turns round and says "oh, that's a cool pun for a wizard cat, like Severity!" Me: shocked pikachu face. and thus, her punny name was born. the secret to keeping a good joke under wraps is not realising you've made it ;)

[that-girl-cupid]

Rosalie: So what are your political beliefs? Sk, awkwardly trying to impress them: Well, I think Pikachu would be a lot more powerful if he had a gun.

@daonedaonlyskh

[angel-selfshipper]

𝓕 /𝓞 𝓛𝓲𝓼𝓽

♱ Source... My Hero Academia

♱ Fictional Others... Mezo Shoji, Koji Koda, Rikido Sato, Tenya Iida, Hanta Sero, Shoto Todoroki, Momo Yaoyorozu, Katsuki Bakugou, Eijiro Kirishima, Mashirao Ojiro, Yuga Aoyama, Denki Kaminari, Izuku Midoriya, Mina Ashido, Fumikage Tokoyami, Ochaco Uraraka, Kyoku Jiro, Toru Hagakure, Tsuyu Asui, Hitoshi Shinsou, Shota Aizawa, Hizashi Yamada, Eri Aizawa, Katsuma Shimano, Mahoro Shimano, Kota Izumi, Tomura Shigaraki, Himiko Toga, Dabi, Twice, Spinner, Mr. Compress, Kurogiri

♱ Source... What in hell is bad?

♱ Fictional Others... Satan, Mammon, Leviathan, Beelzebub, Lucifer, Asmodeus, Belphegor, Sitri, Leraye, Paimon, Belial, Astaroth, Zagan, Amy, Bimet, Eligos, Valefor, Foras, Glasyalabolas, Barbatos, Orias, Bael, Naberius, Amon, Stolas, Marbas, Morax, Buer, Gamigin, Dantalian, Phenix, Ronove, Beleth, Andrealphus, Gusion, Bathin, Agares, Vassago, Jegudiel, Armisael, Michael, Rashiel

♱ Source... Pokemon Universe

♱ Fictional Others... Ash, Goh, Pikachu, MimiKyu, Snorlax, Eevee, Flareon, Jolteon, Vaporeon, Umbreon, Espeon, Leafeon, Glaceon and Sylveon, Non-Canon Eeveelutions (Crystal, Light, Nuclear, Energy, Tech, Chaos, Cosmic, Void, Cyber, Void, Cyber, Ground, Flying, Fighting, Rock, Dragon, Steel, Bug, Poison, Ghost)

♱ Source... Demon Slayer

♱ Fictional Others... Tanjiro Kamado, Zenitsu Agatsuma, Inosuke Hashibira, Nezuko Kamado, Mitsuri Kanroji, Giyu Tomioka, Kyōjurō Rengoku, Tengen Uzui, Gyomei Himejima, Obanai Iguro, Makio, Suma, Hinatsuru, kokushibo, Akaza, Doma, Muzan Kibutsuji.

♱ Source... The Camp HalfBlood Chronicles

♱ Fictional Others... Annabeth Chase, Percy Jackson, Nico di Angelo, Will Solace, Travis Stoll, Connor Stoll, Leo Valdez, Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares, Persephone, Hades, Satyr polycule (OC's)

♱ Source... Steven Universe

♱ Fictional Others... Steven Universe, Connie Maheswaran, Garnet (Ruby and Sapphire), Amethyst, Pearl, Spinel, White Diamond, Blue Diamond, Yellow Diamond

♱ Source... Hazbin Hotel

♱ Fictional Others... Lucifer, Charlie, Vaggie, Angel Dust, Husk, Alastor, Rosie, Cherri Bomb, Vox, Vellvete, Valentino, Carmilla Carmine, Emily, Adam

♱ Source... The Twilight Saga

♱ Fictional Others... Carlisle Cullen, Esme Cullen, Edward Cullen, Emmett Cullen, Rosalie Hale, Alice Cullen, Jasper Hale, Isabella Swan, Aro, Marcus, Caius, Jane, Alec, Felix

♱ Source... Stardew Valley

♱ Fictional Others... Sam, Gus, Willy, Leo, Vincent

♱ Source... Marvel

♱ Fictional Others... Logan Howlett, Wade Wilson, Eddie Brock, Venom, Natasha Romanof, Yelena Belova, Loki

♱ Source... Helluva Boss

♱ Fictional Others... Asmodeus, Fizzaroli, Blitzø, Stolas, Moxxie, Millie, Lonna, Beelzebub, Vortex, Verosika, Sallie May, Emberlynn

♱ Source... FNAF Security Breach

♱ Fictional Others... Glamrock Freddy, Glamrock Monty, Glamrock Chica, Glamrock Roxy, Moon, Sun

♱ Source... Spy X Family

♱ Fictional Others... Loid Forger, Yor Forger, Yuri Briar, Anya Forger, Damian Desmond, Becky Blackbell

♱ Source... Call of duty: Modern Warfare

♱ Fictional Others... Simon "Ghost" Riley, Gary "Roach" Sanderson, könig

♱ Source... Spiderman Across The Spiderverse

♱ Fictional Others... Spider Noir, Miles, Hobie, Miguel

♱ Source... Teen Titans (2003)

♱ Fictional Others... Robin, Starfire, Beast Boy, Raven, Cyborg

♱ Source... Animal Crossing

♱ Fictional Others... Tom Nook, Timmy Nook, Tommy Nook

♱ Source... Gravity Falls

♱ Fictional Others... Dipper Pines, Mabel Pines, Bill Cipher

♱ Source... Shota Oni

♱ Fictional Others... Yuu, Tsubaki, Higa Tooru

♱ Source... Ramshackle (Pilot)

♱ Fictional Others... Vinnie, Skipp, Stone

♱ Source... The Coffin of Andy and Leyley

♱ Fictional Others... Andrew Graves, Ashley Graves

♱ Source... it (2017)

♱ Fictional Other... Pennywise

♱ Source... The Labyrinth

♱ Fictional Other... Jareth

[celesticaether]

what pokemon school of rock would have

dewey would have either a lucario or a toxtricity cause he's super loyal and lucario would know he meant no harm and toxtricity I mean COME ON

(or a drampa)

patti gives off major roserade vibes, like the expression roserade has is just patti incarnate

ned would have something like a klefki or something like Larry, he's just like that... until the end of the musical, in which he obligatorily gets an obstagoon, I WILL not accept questions

now for the kids, we first have the main guitarist zack.

zack attack could have a bunch of pokemon, but ludicolo or something is just goofy and is also quite rhythmic

or he could get a pokemon like theivul due to him being arrested for stealing guitars which is kinda ironic when you think about it

katie says like 8 words total in the movie (count every word she says in the entire runtime) so she's probably got a hidden legendary or mythical so katie gets meloetta

(this IS about the musical versions of people, but katie BARELY gets any solo lines in the musical too, i think it's a total of around 3 and that's including SOLO song lines)

alright, I could phone it in and give freddy a rillaboom because are you kidding me they're both drummers-

BUT

freddy is a bit erratic isnt he? hes gotta have a fast pokemon and boltund is kinda boring so were going with manectric

alright, last but certainly not least, mr cool.

he's known to be socially awkward for at least part of the musical (at least i think he is, he says one of the reasons why he doesnt think he should be part of the band is because his only friend is tomika who doesnt speak) so i think a pokemon like slowbro would fit cause slowbro would remind him to calm down and NOT roast dewey (yeah he was told to do so but DAMN)

although maybe he'd want a pokemon like chatot to talk to

or maybe at the end of the musical he'd want a growlithe

summer hathaway would have a gardevoir because I said so also look at gardevoir and it's commanding aura and TELL me summer would not wanna help ralts become big and strong

haha, i know what you're gonna say, squawkabilly and stuff, but really, FURFROU. also, vivillon is so cool looking and it has so many designs so yeah

mason/mary would have an organised chaos pokemon, but since that doesn't exist they're getting the next best thing, porygon-2 due to me liking its design more

here's the big one, TOMIKA. now, there's a ton I could give, hell, I could even give chatot to her too, but there's a few I have in mind, mainly altaria due to it having a beautiful soprano voice. tomika isn't like HIGH high pitched but she's able to do that kinda pitch I believe (b/c of what dewey says in parents night, unless that's about marcy/shonelle, one sec)

(uhh its not in the script but I remember dewey saying something about I THINK tomika being able to hit a note that's real difficult to hit)

she gets primarina since she's the lead singer kinda (dewey also)

marcy and shonelle could likely have a duo, but there really aren't any duo pokemon besides non vocals related duos and I don't wanna do repeats so I'll be back

wigglytuff and skeledirge also wow there are more singing starters than you'd expect

the final one I'll do for now is rosalie, who would just have eevee, until dewey brought her back a bit, at which point it would become a jolteon in an ideal world but if jolteon has mood swings she'd want something like a pikachu or mareep

if it was pikachu it'd become the partner pikachu and be able to learn some real cool moves, and mareep is just so fluffy

OKAY IM DONE for now

[earthdcfended]

Howie takes Gordy's hand to stand and steps into his matching slippers. Eevee and Pikachu. The arguments he had had with Gordy over the years about who was who... and now, he's just happy to be able to have someone to share matching slippers with. He grabs one of the blankets from his makeshift bed. It may be the middle of August, but it's still half past two in the morning, and if they're going to sneak downstairs like a pair of teenagers having a sleepover, they're going to do it right.

Armed with a duvet, an extra hoodie, and his plush Eevee slippers, Howie follows his cousin throughout the eerie dark of the house so as not to wake up any of the other inhabitants - especially not the younger ones. The last thing they want is to have Diana or Rosalie wide awake, complaining that they're allowed to use the telly in the middle of the night but she isn't. Moira and Chloe get it. Somehow, amidst everything, they get it. And Ed and Kate understand more than Howie will ever know.

They creep downstairs, and Howie has to take extra care not to trip on the bottom step like he always does. There's a different number of steps here than there are at home. Gets him every time. "D'you remember which pizzas we've got left?" The margherita will almost certainly be gone, so he'll be picking toppings off regardless.

Gordy's curse is that he wants - needs - to know what happened in those three weeks. He's always been curious about things, always craved answers and explanations, but this? Seeing just how shaken Howie is? He can leave the subject alone until such a time his cousin is ready to talk about where he'd been and what had happened --- he can just be quiet and supportive and there for Howie until his cousin doesn't need him to be anymore.

"Okay?" He smiles a bit, glad to have been able to find a relatively good distraction so quickly. "Yeah! If you're hungry, we can definitely have the leftovers from the fridge. I think there's still pizza and cake in there." Mum and Dad won't mind, he's pretty sure. "If that's what you want to do, that's what we'll do."

But first, their hot chocolate. Gordy stands and slips on his Pikachu slippers, offers his hand to pull Howie up too. "---Let's just hope that the girls don't wake up and want to join in, because I don't think there's that much leftover pizza." And honestly, he doesn't need the distractions they'll bring if he's going to play Portal with an audience.

[xkitcharmont]

♛┈⛧┈┈•༶      NEXT GEN FACTSHEET    ( created: oct 2022 )

featuring : MARGUERITE “GERI” CHARMONT ( aged 25 ), princess of ulstead, twin of marcel, adopted by king kit charmont.

( and that’s geri pronounced like jerry :3 )

inspiration : gracie hart ( miss congeniality ), viola hastings ( she’s the man ) first impression : unkempt and unbrushed hair put into a ponytail, dirt near her ear that she forgot about, but she’s holding a sword to ur throat and she’s hot what do u do :/

( FULL BIO IS HERE ) ( CONNECTIONS BELOW ! :3 )

GENERAL

full name. marguerite danielle gatel charmont preferred nickname. geri, but also any nickname hehe date of birth. 14 august age. 25 years old. gender. female pronouns. she/her abilities. sword-fighting, horse-riding, martial arts, rock-climbing

sexuality. pansexual place of birth. ulstead, france. current residence.  elias (walt uni dorms!) occupation. princess, bueno nacho for funsies and free nachos

APPEARANCE

height.  5' 7" (1.7 m) hair colour/style. long, dirty blonde hair, usually in a ponytail eye colour. brown. piercings. ear piercings       tattoos. a zebra on her hip to match marcel’s, and a lot of bad tattoos on her thigh like the pikachu meme, and a stick figure of someone on a horse, and also a sword.    notable markings. scars on her elbows in a rock-climbing incident, she’s fine tho glasses/contacts? no lmao marcel u suck       faceclaim. olivia scott welch

PERSONALITY

tropes. big eater, she cleans up nicely, snark-to-snark combat, high heel hurt, tomboy positive traits. adventurous, empathetic, humorous negative traits. defeatist, withdrawn, boisterous usual mood. loud lmao interests/likes. sports, playing drums, learning new kinds of music, DATING (catch her on all the dating apps), her family, carnivals, the arcade, F1 racing (fran bernoulli where are YOU) dislikes. unjust treatment of anyone, .... fire bad habits. smoking pot instead of dealing with her issues

RELATIONSHIPS

biological parents. the gatels adoptive mother. ??????? adoptive father. kit charmont. siblings. jacqui charmont, marcel charmont. significant others. ??

friends.

liam charmont : cousins

seth charmont : cousins

rosalie charmont : cousins ( fave !! used to be enemies bc polar opposites, but it was enemies to besties arc <3 )

cosima charmont : cousins

odette charmont : cousins

basil charmont : cousins

tzeitel arnadalr : friends

lachlan arnadalr : close friends ( annoyance (affectionate), she is prepared with a spray bottle always, helped her realise she has ptsd related to fire )

matteo hamato-seara : friends ( doesn’t care about how he used to date jacqui, loves to party with matteo and they vibe so well, all chill in here bro )

selene beausoleil : friends ( anti-royal-perfectionism buds :3 )

TESTS

zodiac sign. leo hogwarts house. gryffindor.

SKILLS & STATS

languages spoken.  english, french, german, ASL drive? yes. jump start a car? yes. change a flat tire?  yes.  ride a bicycle? yes. swim? yes. play an instrument? lead guitar and bass and bits of drums play chess?  no, checkers and snakes and ladders pls braid hair? yes (badly)     tie a tie? no pick a lock? no. sew? no :((

[ WANTED CONNECTIONS ]

FRIENDS, ENEMIES, EXES, LOVERS, LET’S GOOOO

[yoohyeon]

✨4,23,25,12✨

4.Movie of the year?

Detective Pikachu all the way ! 💛

12Talk about a new friend you made this year : answered below !

23.If you could send a message to yourself back on the first day of the year, what would it be?

Be kinder to the one around you, because even a little mistake can make you lose everything 😔 Be careful with your choice of word.

25.Did you create any characters (in games, art, or writing) this year? Describe one.

I’ll stay with my book and guess I’ll talk about Rosalie now 😂 (Olivia in the previous one)

Rosalie Hefner : Olivia sister’s, Blond with blue eyes. An angel, she’s sweet, calm and really shy. She’s a really loving and optimist person. She’s always trying to see the better in everyone and everything. She’s also really afraid of being a werewolf and she trying to see the good side of it and her life

[honnleathrose-a]

YOUR MUSE’S POKÉMON TEAM

Use this link to generate your team! Repost, do not reblog!

i only like the first two generations and some of the third generation pokémons, so here we go:

JIGGLYPUFF. let’s face it, this would be rosalie’s first pokémon purely because they have a lot in common: they love singing, and they’re a fucking BRAT when they don’t get the attention they deserve.

DITTO. rosalie is a liar. she’s manipulative and she can spot liars several miles away. so she’d be interested in ditto’s abilities.

DRAGONAIR. pretty & badass af, so yeah, count her in. not to mention, whenever she’s tired of walking, guess who carries her around.

PIKACHU. it’s too cute and it’s my favorite pokémon, shut up, she has one.

TEDDIURSA. i mean, at first she’d be interested because “aww, cute bear” and then AAAAAH IT’S FUCKING STRONG AF. she has to have one.

GENGAR. this is her twist. people look at her walking around with a jigglypuff or a teddiursa and they don’t think much of her and then BAM, LOOK AT MY GIANT SCARY GHOST, UR DEAD MOTHERFUCKER.

TAGGED BY. @killthebxy like a THOUSAND years ago, but i saved this and just now got to it. TAGGING. (feel free to ignore if pokémon is not your thing or something) @epheemere, @stellaluminis, @atonings, @killednobles, @banalvhen, @elenaloveablekotsala, @lucernimaevaris, @worldfathered, @worldwell && anyone else who wants to, just say i tagged you!

[ao3feed-clintxnat]

Ultimate crossover?

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by siberakg

This story is a crossover.Many universe make up the multiverses.Everywhere pain,betrayal and bad feelings are rife.Find out if those sad souls can find happiness against their enemies.

Words: 520, Chapters: 2/45, Language: English

Fandoms: The Flash (TV 2014), Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Twilight Series - Stephenie Meyer, Glee, The Sims 3 - Fandom, Hunger Games Series - All Media Types, Marvel Cinematic Universe

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con

Categories: F/M, M/M, Multi, Other

Characters: Hibiki | Ethan | Gold, Emmett Cullen, Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter, Kurt Hummel, Blaine Anderson, Sebastian Smythe, Ron Weasley, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Albus Dumbledore, Severus Snape, Hermione Granger, Molly Weasley, Red (Pokemon), Ruby (Pokemon), Silver (Pokemon), Barry Allen, Felicity Smoak, Cisco Ramon, Carlisle Cullen, Esme Cullen, Edward Cullen, Original Male Character(s), Bella Swan, Ookido Green | Blue Oak, Seamus Finnigan, Dean Thomas, Marty Keaton, Rosalie Hale, Michael Bachelor, Alice Cullen, Jasper Hale, Neville Longbottom, Dudley Dursley, Petunia Evans Dursley, Vernon Dursley, Sue Sylvester, Jacob Black, Will Schuester, Cato (Hunger Games), Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark, Minerva McGonagall, Captain America - Character, Captain Britain, Black Widow, Hawkeye (Marvel)

Relationships: Arthur Weasley/Molly Weasley, Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter, Emmett Cullen/Original Male Character(s), Pikachu/Ron Weasley, Hibiki | Ethan | Gold/Red, Seamus Finnigan/Hermione Granger, George Weasley/Sebastian Smythe, Edward Cullen/Bella Swan, Albus Dumbledore/Voldemort, Rachel Berry/Finn Hudson, Alice Cullen/Jasper Hale, Fleur Delacour/Bill Weasley, Gold/Silver (Pokemon), Cato/Peeta Mellark, Kathnis Evergreen/Jacob Black, Michael Bachelor/Kurt Hummel, Captain Britain/Captain America, Black Widow/Hawkeye

Additional Tags: Crossover, Bestiality, Red Bashing, Hate to Love, Dumbledore Bashing, Manipulative Dumbledore, Hypocritical Dumbledore, Ginny Weasley Bashing, Blaine Anderson bashing, Rape/Non-con Elements, sims, Bella Bashing, Evil Will Schuester, Good Dursley Family, Jacob Black is bi, Bisexuality, Homophobia, alternative universe, Evil Dumbledore, Good Severus Snape

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[ao3feed-kurthummel]

Ultimate crossover?

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2m6DRjd

by siberakg

crossover.

Words: 192, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: The Flash (TV 2014), Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Twilight Series - Stephenie Meyer, Glee, The Sims 3 - Fandom

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con

Categories: F/M, M/M, Multi, Other

Characters: Hibiki | Ethan | Gold, Emmett Cullen, Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter, Kurt Hummel, Blaine Anderson, Sebastian Smythe, Ron Weasley, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Albus Dumbledore, Severus Snape, Hermione Granger, Molly Weasley, Red (Pokemon), Ruby (Pokemon), Silver (Pokemon), Barry Allen, Felicity Smoak, Cisco Ramon, Carlisle Cullen, Esme Cullen, Edward Cullen, Original Male Character(s), Bella Swan, Ookido Green | Blue Oak, Seamus Finnigan, Dean Thomas, Michael Gallantome, Marty Keaton, Rosalie Hale

Relationships: Arthur Weasley/Molly Weasley, Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter, Emmett Cullen/Original Male Character(s), Pikachu/Ron Weasley, Hibiki | Ethan | Gold/Red, Seamus Finnigan/Hermione Granger, George Weasley/Sebastian Smythe, Edward Cullen/Bella Swan, Albus Dumbledore/Voldemort, Rachel Berry/Finn Hudson

Additional Tags: Crossover, Bestiality, Red Bashing, Hate to Love, Dumbledore Bashing, Manipulative Dumbledore, Hypocritical Dumbledore, Ginny Weasley Bashing, Blaine Anderson bashing, Rape/Non-con Elements, sims, Bella Bashing

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[earthdcfended]

His breathing is shaky as he tries to bring himself back to reality. He's in London. In Ed and Kate's house. In Gordy's room. They had decent night, playing games and eating pizza like they used to do as teenagers. Diana proudly presented him with a new loom band bracelet and Rosalie had been banging on about how excited she was because the new Twilight film was coming out in a few months. It was all normal. It was all good.

In for four. Hold for four. Out for eight. Howie tries to slow his breathing. He's here. He's with his cousin. He's safe. He's in control. He leans into Gordy, resting his head on his cousin's shoulder as the aftermath passes. The dim light of the lamp illuminates the childhood bedroom with a soft, warm glow. Howie's eyes dart around the room, looking for something to focus on until they land on his and Gordy's slippers. Pikachu and Eevee. A matching set they'd gotten each other as a gag gift for Christmas.

He runs his hands over his face and shakes his head. "No-- No, you don't have to-- don't bother them." In for four. Hold for four. Out for eight. "I just... I'll be alright in a minute. Sorry. Sorry. I didn't mean to wake you up."

All Gordy knows is that Howie had disappeared without a trace for three weeks, and when he'd come back, he'd been so obviously shaken by whatever it was that he'd seen wherever he'd gone, that Gordy couldn't do much more than hug him as fiercely as he could manage. He'd suggested his cousin stay over as he had done countless times before, set up a makeshift bed on the floor next to his own bed, and they'd settled down to sleep ( albeit quite a bit quieter than usual ).

And now it's the middle of the night, and Gordy's wide awake, listening to Howie struggle through a dream.

He's off his bed the moment his cousin suddenly wakes, rolling onto the floor beside the ersatz bed with a soft thump, one hand reaching out to touch Howie's shoulder in a silent I'm here, this is real kind of gesture, the other reaching out to snap his beside lamp on so that his room isn't quite so dark. We're safe here, he promises, though he has absolutely no grounds to do so.

"Yeah, mum and dad are down the hall. D'you want me to get them?" Because he will, if that's what Howie wants - there's no shame in wanting the reassuring presence of an adult in situations such as these. "You're okay." Shifting a bit, Gordy slips an arm around his cousin, holds him close. "We're okay."