#seamus Johnson

[kinderartifact4]

Tales of Arcadia: Island of the Slaughtered AU

This is the one AU I haven’t posted about here until now. I posted it on Amino back in January, finally posted it on Tik Tok in February, and have been putting off posting it here because I was scared to I guess?

I came up with this AU back when IOTS was really popular, because TOA was still a main interest of mine and I typically like combining my favourite things.

It is an “Everyone is human” type AU. Anyways, it’s just information for now, no proper plot line or descriptions because I haven’t written any of that down yet.

Anything else I come up with will probably be kept to myself (and my bsf who I make proofread my stuff) unless people are interested.

[rosemaidenvixen]

Tales of Arcadia Hallmark au

Idea came from a conversation between me and @trololololololooz , based on our shared love of Hallmark movies, TOA, and gay stuff.

Spoiler alert, Jeves and Clairy sweetness ahead.

Ao3

Steve is a big time baseball star and Mary is his girlfriend and a big time corporate lawyer. (Neither one of them is super invested in their relationship, because gay, but it's pushed on them by Steve's manager and Mary's boss, as it generates good publicity for both of them). Steve suffers a big injury, his doctor tells him it could be the end of his sports career. Steve's manager blows the doctor off, telling Steve to rest over Christmas and he can get back on the field in January. Steve gets a call from his childhood BFF Darci, who tells him that she just published a book and the release event is going to be held in their hometown of Arcadia, and she encourages him to come. Steve decides to go visit Arcadia for Christmas while resting his injury. Mary accompanies him, under instructions from her firm to scout the town for a corporate takeover.

Mary and Steve arrive in Arcadia only to have their car immediately break down. They go to the local mechanic, only for Steve to be utterly shocked that their mechanic is Jim, Steve's high school friend and secret crush. Both of them are flustered and awkward, Steve says he's only in town to visit family for the holiday/see Darci's book signing and Jim agrees to fix Steve's car. Steve overhears a phone call between Jim and Claire and thinks the two are dating and becomes sad. In reality Jim and Claire did date a bit after high school but mutually broke it off and are just friends now.

Meanwhile outside the mechanic shop Claire and Mary run into each other. Claire, a local councilwoman, recognizes Mary as the corporate takeover lawyer and confronts her. Cue wlw hostility.

Car now fixed Steve and Mary continue on their way to his siblings' house. They arrive and are greeted by Douxie, Steve's adopted older brother, who guides them inside. Douxie lives with his and Steve's younger siblings, twins Aja and Krel, and Aja's girlfriend Shannon. Douxie is a waiter/a musician on the side, Krel is a software engineer, Shannon is a liveblogger, and Aja does something completely off the wall like lumberjack/reindeer herder/bear wrestler. Steve is delighted by the reunion with his siblings and easily falls back in with them. He and Mary also let them know that their relationship is purely for business purposes and they aren't romantically interested in each other at all. At dinner Steve inquires about where their parents are, the others are all made uncomfortable by this and tell Steve they still live in town but Steve doesn't have to see them. Steve brushes off their concerns but Mary is intrigued.

The next morning they all go to the book store for Darci's book release. Steve gets there early and he and Darci have a heartfelt reunion. The book signing commences to and Steve's surprise they run into Jim and Claire at the book store. Cue blushing and awkwardness from Steve and Jim, and tooth grinding barely concealed hostility from Mary and Claire.

Shannon sees how obvious Jim and Steve are being and tells Douxie, Aja, and Krel they need to get the two of them together so they'll stop being blushing awkward messes. Delighted at the idea of hijinks they all agree.

Douxie slides in and tells Steve that while Jim is the town mechanic he also bakes on the side and does a lot of the baking for the town Christmas festival and is heavily involved with running it, and that he'd be a great person to show Steve around the town. Steve and Jim both blush and flounder saying they're going to be busy helping Mary and Claire with their respective tasks. Aja chimes in saying Mary and Claire can come along and the four of them can spend time together, shy agreement from Jim and Steve and forced grins from Mary and Claire.

Cut to them doing various holiday activities, Steve and Jim have shy sweet chemistry while Mary and Claire have barely concealed hostility. This ends with Steve's injury being aggravated. Jim, Mary, and Claire push Steve to go see a doctor, which stresses Steve greatly until Jim tells him that the old town doctor died when he slipped on a patch of ice and Barbara is the new doctor.

At the doctor's office Jim and Steve go into the exam room while Mary and Claire hang out in the waiting room. Barbara looks over Steve's injury and says he's fine for now but to take it easy and not do anything strenuous, and that he should definitely make an appointment with a physical therapist. Jim and Steve share an "I'm glad you're ok" moment, which Barbara observes.

Meanwhile in the waiting room the computer system goes down and everyone starts panicking, Mary steps in and begins organizing things, quickly bringing the chaos into order. Claire reluctantly respects her for this.

Barbara later meets with Douxie, Aja, Krel, and Shannon, once she realizes that Steve and Mary's relationship is purely for show she becomes fully onboard with their antics to bring Jim and Steve together. Shannon has a quick moment of realization "Wait are we in a Hallmark movie?"

The next day Jim and Steve spend time with Toby and Darci at their D&D session, Claire declined because she's busy and Mary because she's tired. Toby privately tells Jim his feelings for Steve are obvious and Jim should go ahead and ask him out, Jim says he can't because Steve built up a new life as a big baseball star that Jim has no place in. Darci does the same with Steve but Steve says that Jim is with Claire and Steve can't disrupt their happiness.

That night Mary is frustrated at her bosses hounding her and decides to go out to a local bar to hopefully unwind. Douxie's band takes the stage and to her utter shock Claire is with them as a bassist/vocalist rocking out to punk music. Moment of gay panic from Mary. Off stage she tells Claire she really enjoyed her performance, a flustered Claire says that punk music is just something she uses to unwind from her job as a councilwoman.

The next day they do more holiday activities with the four of them, with Claire and Mary earnestly enjoying each other's company this time. At the end of the day Barbara, Douxie, Aja, Krel, and Shannon arrange for Steve and Jim to have a quiet moment alone (Shannon remains the only one self aware of their Hallmark movie shenanigens). Jim reveals that he and Claire broke up and are purely friends now, a stunned Steve reveals that him and Mary's relationship is purely for publicity. Sharing a moment of stunned elation the two of them agree to try a relationship.

The next day Jim and Steve go meet up with Steve's old baseball team, including Eli, Logan, and Seamus who still play baseball in their free time. They are all are excited to see Steve as he's the only one who "made" it. Steve shyly says after his injury he's considering giving up sports and picking up something less hard on his body. Steve has a great time catching up with them until he's ambushed by his parents. They pull him aside and berate him for potentially giving up sports, calling him weak for not wanting to play with his injury, and make homophobic comments about him and Jim. Meanwhile after hearing the other team members talk Jim starts to feel guilty about pulling Steve away from his glamorous sports star life.

That night Jim breaks up with Steve, claiming it's because their lives are just too different. Steve is heartbroken, and under pressure from his parents and his manager, believes baseball is the only thing he'll ever be good for and makes plans to go back to the big city and back to playing.

Meanwhile Claire overhears snippets of a conversation Mary has on the phone and thinks that Mary's giving her firm the go ahead to take over the town. Claire angrily tells Mary off. A crushed Mary makes plans to go back to the city with Steve, both of them planning on continuing their sham relationship.

Steve tells Eli, Logan, and Seamus goodbye, saying he's split up with Jim and is heading back to the big city to start back up with baseball practice. They're worried about Steve both breaking up with Jim and jumping back in to baseball instead of resting his injury. They go check with Barbara, who is very concerned by Steve's plan to return to baseball, as she knows that's the last thing his injury needs.

All of them meet up with Douxie, Douxie confesses that their parents always pushed Steve too hard to succeed in baseball, and that they got the old town doctor to sweep his injuries under the rug so they could push him further and further. Douxie always wanted to intervene, but because he was a foster kid, their parents threatened to send Douxie away if he made too much of a fuss. They all decide that they can't let Steve and Jim part like this, so they wrangle everyone in town to help Steve and Jim get back together (at this point Shannon is resigned "fuck it if we're in a Hallmark movie we might as well go all the way").

Through hijinks Barbara, all of Steve's siblings, and the baseball team get Steve and Mary to attend the town's Christmas tree lighting festival. Toby and Darci find Jim and Claire drowning their sorrows in eggnog at the local bar. Jim bemoans that he can't get in the way of Steve's dream life and at least this way he can protect Steve's feelings. Toby shuts him down hard, saying that he's not protecting Steve, he's taking the decision away from him, and that Steve deserves to make his own choices and Jim owes him his honest feelings. Claire grumbles about being decieved by Mary, Darci curtly points out that what Claire heard was a small segment of a conversation with absolutely no context, Mary could have been talking about a lot of things, and at the very least Claire should ask Mary for an explanation. Jim and Claire concede and agree to meet up with Steve and Mary.

At the tree lighting Jim reunites with Steve and confesses everything, he says he loves Steve and wants to be with him, but doesn't want to get in the way of Steve doing the sport he loves. He says he'll support Steve at whatever Steve wants, as long as it makes Steve happy. Jim's sincerity has Steve breaking down, he confesses he's been grinding so much at baseball he hasn't enjoyed it for a long time, and his injury gives him chronic pain and he wants to quit but has been doing baseball for so long he doesn't know what else to do. Jim assures him he can spend as much time as he needs to figuring it out.

Meanwhile Claire apologizes to Mary for blowing up at her and asks about the phone call. Mary confesses that she is planning a corporate takeover...of her own company, using blackmail and embezzlement to oust her bosses and put herself on top. She says she loved spending time with Claire, but she also loves being a corporate lawyer, and she could never ask Claire to leave the town she loves. Claire confesses that while she does love her town she doesn't want to be a councilwoman for the rest of her life, and that she, Douxie, and the rest of the band have been talking for months about going to the city to try and make it big.

Both couples happily agree to try new lives together. Jim and Steve in Arcadia, and Mary and Claire in the big city.

Steve's parents storm in and start berating Steve again for quitting baseball just when he's "made it". Jim steps in and absolutely tears into them, saying they never truly cared about what was best for Steve and pushed him to the point of injury. Douxie, Aja, Krel, Mary, Claire, Logan, Seamus, Eli, and the other baseball team members all join in on blasting Steve's parents. Embarrassed, Steve's parents slink away.

The Christmas tree lighting commences, Jim and Steve share a kiss, as well as Mary and Claire. Shannon rolls her eyes "Of course they kiss now, we are in a Hallmark movie after all," Aja slides up to her "So does this mean you don't want to kiss me?" Shannon smirks "Oh I didn't say that".

While the couples are all kissing Krel, Darci, and Toby roll their eyes and share a moment of aromantic solidarity as the only three people in town capable of being normal about this stuff. Darci remarks that she doesn't see the Palchuk parents anywhere. Krel tells her that Douxie mentioned their parents were arrested for child abuse and taken away. Toby comments that it's weird for them to be arrested after all this time has passed but none of them really dwell on it.

Cut to the Palchuk parents' being taken away by Krampus (Strickler) while Barbara and Douxie watch. Through conversation it's revealed that Krampus (Strickler) is Barbara's friend with benefits. After he departs with the Palchuk parents, Douxie asks if Barbara cares to explain how she and Krampus (Strickler) became fwb, Barbara says no she does not.

One year later, Steve has quit baseball and lives in Arcadia with Jim. He fosters animals for the local shelter and works part time as a substitute teacher, as well as various other side jobs around town. Steve still doesn't know what he wants to spend the rest of his life doing, but he's having fun trying out the different options while being loved and supported by Jim and his friends and family. He's started physical therapy and stopped playing baseball completely, but enjoys cheering Eli, Logan, and Seamus on at their games.

Mary, Claire, and Douxie arrive in town to visit for Christmas. Mary gushes about how much she enjoys running her own firm, while Douxie and Claire gleefully share how their band is taking off.

Big Christmas party with all the characters happens, Steve and Jim share a kiss under the mistletoe.

Cue end credits over Christmas music.

[changlingfamilies]

I guess I really liked this prompt because I did another take for Healing. After fighting the titans, many members of the family were injured, including new addition Skrel. Though she had some help from Morgana and Lenora, Barbara did most for the healing and was particularly exhausted once everyone was stable and on the mend.

[phantomstatistician]

Fandom: Tales of Arcadia

Sample Size: 2,504 stories

Source: AO3

[yellowmagicalgirl]

This AU was created in July 2021

AU where Douxie and Krel meet and fall in love prior to their canon meeting, and Douxie&co don't need to run of to New York (yes I know it's canonically Metro City but canon is dumb). Because Arcadia Oaks High got destroyed, for at least a semester the High and the Academy get merged into one school, and Douxie (and Zoe) is able to attend school with all his new friends as well as his boyfriend.

One day Seamus tries approaching Krel, and Douxie (knowing how Seamus has treated his boyfriend) just possessively/protectively drapes himself over Krel, has his pupils start glowing blue, and lets out a feral growl. Seamus is always extremely polite to Krel in the future.

[asco-bisco]

TOA Incorrect Quotes: If Krel Jumped Off A Cliff...

This is with Mary, Seamus, and Krel btw

Mary: So, what, now I’m just supposed to do anything that Krel does? I mean, what if he jumped off a cliff?

Seamus: If Krel were to jump off a cliff, he would’ve done the due diligence regarding the height of the cliff, the depth of the water, and the angle of entry, so yes. If you see Krel jump off a cliff, by all means, jump off a cliff.

Mary: You jump off a cliff!

Seamus: Gladly. Provided Krel did first.

[littleladybaker]

I made a cover art for Pirates on the Horizon AU. I got to experiment with different pens again and I really like how it worked out. Once again, I used the Johnston Tartan for Seamus’s kilt.

[changlingfamilies]

Seamus had always thrown part of his hunt into the lake every full moon. His mother had taught him to do it when he was a pup.

„To honor the Goddess of the Moon“ she had told him.

And he had always done it. Throwing in some of the food she gave him as a pup and part of his own hunts when he was old enough. But that was before she died.

His mother had died months ago and he still couldn't bring himself to return to the lake. He could barely drag himself out into the woods for his transformation. Even now, he was dragging his feet as he walked through town.

His foot caught and he fell into the grass beside the sidewalk. He didnt bother to get up. There was no one around to see him anyway.

"Are you ok?" A voice asked.

"He turned his head to look away from her and forced himself to his feet, "I'm fine. I just didn't want to get up."

He started walking away.

"Are you sure?" She asked, "Your pack hasn't been to the lake in months."

He stopped. He turned to look at her. He had seen her around town before. Long black hair with streaks dyed electric blue; that striped purple shirt; bright golden-brown eyes like water when the sun hit it.

"How do you know about that?" he breathed.

She tilted her head in confusion, "I've always known. I'm The Lady of the Lake."

You have thrown food into fires as a “sacrifice to the gods” since you were little. You’ve been going through a bad breakup, and a stranger appears to check if you’re alive since you haven’t payed tribute recently.

[jocelynscrazyideas]

God I miss them.

Team 100-101 just hit different. The air, the energy, the life was just sm better.

BOT SAYIBG ITEAM 102 ISNT!! just saying I miss the old teams sm!! Team 102 just doesn’t make me giggle as much as last year did 🥲

[misschino]

[wizardingworldlibrary]

Fics Named After Food (2) Masterlist

part one

A love of Pudding (ao3) - Quentin_threepwood draco/harry M, 924

Summary: It’s Harry’s first Christmas since the divorce. Draco suggests he spend Christmas at the manor, after all they have been seeing each other.

Boxes of Chocolate (fanfiction.net) - Nelliezabini4d draco/harry M, 4k

Summary: One-shot…Harry gets a mysterious box of chocolates and chaos ensues…lots of slash and an illegal use of pick-up lines…draco/harry, slight snape/lucius, slight Dean/Seamus

brandy, apricot, and spice (ao3) - LovesBitca8 hermione/draco T, 1k

Summary: There’s a Christmas pudding in his cupboard.

It was made by warm hands with strong fingers, kneading into the mix and chopping quickly as she had in Potions.

It was made before.

And now, he supposes, it is after.

candy canes (ao3) - moonywithstarz regulus/james, sirius/remus G, 2k

Summary: Regulus has never had a normal Christmas until he ran away and has spent all of summer, and now winter break with the potters. After regulus opens up about his past christmases, james wants to make this a memorable one for his boyfriend.

includes: Jegulus, Wolfstar

Candy Crush (ao3) - AlondraDina harry/ginny, seamus/dean T, 5k

Summary: Ginny plots to help her ex boyfriend get with his crush, all the while desperately avoiding her own feelings for Harry. A festive charity drive gives her a chance to encourage Dean to act, but Ginny’s friends aren’t about to let her off the hook so easily.

Candy Hearts (ao3) - PetalsToFish james/lily T, 4k

Summary: James was chucking the stupid heart-shaped candies at Lily, one by one, and there was nothing she could do about it…

Chocolate Hearts (ao3) - Sleepy_Dormouse scorpius/albus T, 6k

Summary: Scorpius wants an answer from Rose but his heart keeps leading him back to Albus. What will he do? This is a Scorbus fic with some mentioning of Scorose. A Oneshot that is a prequel to my multi chapter fic, Tricked.

Christmas Cookies (ao3) - LookAnotherNote hermione/viktor E, 2k

Summary: Viktor cannot stop eating Hermione’s Christmas cookies, so she uses his love of them to her advantage and shares some big news.

Christmas Crackers and Chocolate Pudding (ao3) - Megan_P_Cook theodore/adrien T, 2k

Summary: Christmas at Hogwarts was always the most magical time. From the high enchanted ceilings and the end of term feast in The Great Hall. To the wreaths of holly and berries scattered around the Castle and gold candelabras that lit up the stone, casting shadows down the corridors.

Adrian roamed the hallways of Hogwarts, a certain destination in mind. Something he wanted to do for someone he cared for, deeply. Turning the corner he saw a house elf step into the kitchens. He crossed his legs at the ankles and leant his shoulder against the stone archway, waiting for one particular elf to appear between the doorway.

“Master, Pucey.” The house elf squeaked, jumping in surprise. Almost dropping a china tea cup and matching saucer in his flustered state, the china clinking in his small hands. “What brings you to the kitchens?”

Adrian crouched down to his level, resting his forearms on his knees and clasping his hands together. “Good evening, Nikolai. I was wondering if you could do me a favour.”

“O-of course, Master Pucey. What does one need from Nikolai?”

A slight curl edged it’s way on his lips, cheek dimpling. “I’m after some of that special chocolate pudding. The one that melts in the middle.”

Discussing Dragons Over Desserts (ao3) - AshJuillet G, 1k

Summary: Charlie wants to talk to someone about dragons, but no one wants to… until Hagrid.

House Chocolates (ao3) - whitedandelions harry/tom T, 3k

Summary: It’s just a schoolboy crush, really, Harry shouldn’t expect the protégé of the Minister for Magic to accept his chocolates without laughing. Valentine’s Day fic!

Lemon Tart (ao3) - AmethystMoons hermione/draco, harry/ginny, neville/pansy, + more E, 13k

Summary: When Ron Weasley hears about a muggle holiday that's all about stuffing your face until you can't walk, he has the great idea of inviting his friends to a makeshift Thanksgiving dinner party of his own. This idea was all part of an attempt to prove to Hermione that he does know about muggle things in an attempt to win her back. Much to everyone's surprise Draco Malfoy accepts the invitation to attend as well. All sorts of shenanigans begin and the dinner greatly backfires on Ron when things take an unexpected turn between Hermione and Draco.

Molly’s Figgy Pudding (ao3) - Ladderofyears draco/harry G, 100

Summary: Molly always puts a Groat in her figgy pudding.

Pumpkin Boy (ao3) - OTPshipper98 draco/harry T, 6k

Summary: It’s Halloween night, and the line that separates Harry’s world from the one he truly belongs in dissipates when he meets a peculiar, white-blond boy.

Pumpkin-Spiced Shenanigans (ao3) - Bvffy draco/harry G, 1k

Summary: It’s Halloween at Hogwarts and the school is alive with activity, but Harry plans to spend it alone with Draco, in the Room of Requirement.

Quaran-tea at Greenhouse Three (ao3) - koturneto G, 1k

Summary: Pomona and Rubeus have tea every Wednesday. Even quarantine can’t stop their friendship.

Tea and Talk with Hagrid (ao3) - theaceupmyownsleeve G, 952

Summary: This work is partially an eff you to JK, partially an expression of support to my trans sisters, brothers, and siblings, no matter where they fall on the gender spectrum. Not even JK can take the magic of Harry Potter away, no matter how hard she tries.

Hagrid’s character arc celebrates different backgrounds and loving oneself no matter what, and it is more applicable now than ever. Harry goes to him for advice.

The One With the Flaming Turkey (ao3) - irlmagicalgirl, Nightingale_Rising G, 200

Summary: Or the one where they celebrate Thanksgiving and someone let Sirius cook.

Toast (ao3) - Dand3l1on hermione/fred T, 2k

Summary: Fred and Hermione have a late night conversation in the Common Room. Fluffy one shot.

Winter Mornings and Peppermint Kisses (ao3) - Beccax95 hermione/fred, harry/ginny, luna/ron, angelina/george T, 1k

Summary: On a cold winter morning after a bad night; Fred’s presence brings comfort and peppermint kisses, making everything feel a little bit brighter for Hermione.

[lukesvangelista]

this is my first time on here today but i’ve seen a bunch of people upset and sending hate to others because of the world juniors.

whether you’re upset that usa won or not, there are no fucking reasons you should be sending people hate directly or through anonymous messages, AND DO NOT LOOK UP ANYONE’S PERSONAL INFORMATION IF THEY ARE NOT COMFORTABLE SHARING IT. THERE IS A REASON THEY KEPT IT PRIVATE AND IT’S AS SIMPLE AS THAT.

i know i’m not an influential person in the hockey world, or on hockey tumblr, and i’m more than okay with that. that’s not at all who i’m trying to be. but i hope you will all listen when i say this: if you do not have anything nice to say, keep your mouth shut!!!

thanks!!!

[rosemaidenvixen]

Between Daylight and Darkness

Chapter 9

<Previous Next>

Ao3

Sun blasted in like laser beams through the open window, curtains that he’d stupidly forgot to shut hanging uselessly on either side, while the light blasted in. Searing straight through Steve’s eyelids, waking him up far too early for a weekend.

He rolled over with a groan, squeezing his eyes shut.

Oh come on, it was the first weekend of the school year for crying out loud! The only time he could sleep in as late as he wanted, totally unfair that he was already awake this ear– 

“Steve, breakfast!”

His eyes shot open.

That’s right, how could he forget, Saturday breakfast!

Steve threw back the covers and practically jumped out of bed, throwing on his clothes and combing his hair in record time. Tromping down the stairs and rushing into the kitchen to where his mom was frying hashbrowns on the stove, a stack of fall-apart-if-you-touched-them crispy bacon strips already cooling on a paper towel line plate next to her.

She glanced up at him and smiled “Morning sweetie, how would you like your eggs?”

“Sunny side up please,” he spotted a partially cut vegetable lying on a cutting board “But keep that thing far away from them,”

Mom threw back her head and let out a sharp laugh “Hah! Kid if you want to get your hands on my avocado you’re going to have to do better than that,”

Steve snorted as he grabbed two plates and snagged a few strips of bacon for each of them “You caught me, it’s all part of my secret plan to use reverse psychology to steal the world’s most disgusting vegetable from you,”

She grinned before grabbing the partially cut avocado and giving a clumsy lunge towards him. Steve recoiling in feigned horror. Both of them laughing as they dished up their eggs and hashbrowns and took their seats at the table.

“You’re eggs are both sunny and funny mom,” he said, twirling a fork in her direction.

“Aww thanks sweetie, you sure I can’t tempt you with some of my avocado scramble–”

“Ahh no! Get it away!”

She grinned and waved a forkful of her green eggs in his direction, Steve gagging the whole time. They kept at it playing chicken with the avocado eggs until they were both laughing so hard they could barely sit up.

Soon their plates were empty, and after his mom chased him around the table with the empty avocado peel, they got started on the dishes. 

Steve loaded the dishwasher as fast as he could, hopping straight over to dry while his mom washed the pans. Him and Seamus were going to shoot hoops today, and he wanted to get there early to beat the heat.

At long last the final dish was dry, Steve turned and got ready to race out the door–

“Do you have a minute?”

He staggered midstep, turning back towards his mom.

She flashed him a small smile “I won’t take up too much of your time, there’s just…something I want to tell you,”

Steve didn’t move, but the skin on the back of his neck prickling up. His mom was giving off big ‘I’m about to deliver world ending news while pretending like it’s no big deal’ vibes.

“What’s going on…” he said slowly.

His mom’s smile turned brittle “I’ve…been seeing someone…romantically,”

Steve froze, it was a good thing they’d finished with the dishes because if he’d been holding a plate he would have dropped it.

Mom dating someone felt…wrong, even though they’d been divorced for nearly three years he couldn’t picture his parents with anyone but each other–

But his dad hadn’t waited to start going out with the twenty year old intern at his office, even bringing her to one of their custody hearings. So it wasn’t fair for his mom to be a nun for the rest of her life, even if it felt weird.

“Oh…ok, well I’ve got to meet Seamus at the park–”

“Steve I–” she stretched out an arm towards him before pulling it back, sucking in a deep breath “There’s…more,”

The eggs and bacon rumbled uncomfortably in his stomach “What do you mean ‘more’?”

“The man I’m seeing…it’s your old coach from school.”

The world around him crashed to a screeching halt.

“No.”

“Look I know you’re not happy about this–”

“No! There are literally millions of guys on the west coast and you have to date the one guy who kicked me off the basketball team!?”

“Steve I–”

“You can’t date Coach, you just can’t!”

In an instant mom’s jaw shut with a click, her eyes taking on an icy sheen. Squaring her shoulders and setting her mouth into a firm line.

“Steve you are allowed to feel however you feel about this,” her voice was frosty and sharp “And if me dating your old coach makes you angry and upset you are entitled to those feelings. But you do not get a say in who I do and do not date. End. Of. Discussion.”

Steve ground his teeth together, hands balled into fists trembling at his sides.

In the time before, back before twenty year old interns and having to do every last little thing through lawyers, back when dad was still at home, mom would have screamed back at him. Two shouting at each other turning into three when dad came in they all laid into each other.

Now his mom was a wall of ice, coldly turning away from him to place a pan back into place in the cabinet. And Steve knew from experience that any shouting on his part would only extend the frigid silence, sometimes even for days.

Face heating up, Steve spun and raced out of the room before he could completely lose it.

He grabbed his basketball out of the garage and just ran. Sprinting across five blocks before his heart couldn’t take it any more and he had to slow down. Huffing and panting and sweating as he dribbled his ball as he made his way to the park.

The strain of the running helped him shove the helpless rage down. Forcing all the hot prickly uncomfortable things he didn’t to feel away, until nothing but his burning muscles and the ball in front of him.

Step. Dribble.

Step. Dribble.

Step. Dribble.

Step–

“Hey lameass, it’s about time you showed up!”

A grin stretch across Steve’s face “Hey I was busy working on– Think fast!” he slung the basketball in Seamus’ direction.

Seamus caught it effortlessly. Grinning back as Steve approached.

“It’s called being fashionably late, I’ve gotta build anticipation for the Palchuk,”

Seamus snorted and gave him a light punch in the shoulder “Dickhead,”

Steve punched him back “Dumbass, now let’s quit wasting time and go shoot some hoops,”

The two of them headed up the sidewalk deeper into the park towards the courts, but as they got closer Steve heard a lot of screaming, or laughing, based on the lack of people freaking out it was probably laughing. Rounding the trees, him and Seamus spotted the courts and staggered to a stop.

The entire black top space had been covered in blankets and foam goals and plus balls. A bunch of really little kids tottered around the space, occasionally kicking the balls, while what he assumed to be their moms followed them around with their phones. There were a few dads in there, but it was mostly moms.

Steve just stood there staring with his jaw hanging open. There was absolutely no space for him and Seamus to play, let alone without the risk of nailing a toddler in the face, but he couldn’t think of a way to tell them to move without coming off as an asshole.

“Should we…”

“Forget it.” Seamus spun around with a scowl, stomping away from the courts “I already had my mom screaming at me this morning, last thing I need is a repeat,”

“R– right,” Steve scrambled to catch up “Let’s head to the rec center, their courts are just eight bucks an hour, I can spare that,”

Seamus perked up “Yeah, sounds great,”

*

Steve blinked, but the printout sign taped to the glass door didn’t change.

Closed for renovations

Unbelievable. It was like the whole freaking universe didn’t want them to play basketball.

Seamus shifted from foot to foot, wincing at the sign “Maybe we should–”

“Forget this,” Steve spun around “Let’s just head to Scoops Ahoy, malts are buy one get one free this week, so that’s two for you and me, plus two for any cute girls we see,”

“All right bring on the– wait,”

Seamus held out an arm, stopping Steve in his tracks. Steve pivoted his head to look in the same direction as Seamus only to freeze.

Sitting in the lobby at the cafe tables with the Arcadia Oaks Academy swim team, laughing and slapping each other on the backs, damp hair and t-shirts over swim trunks, was Logan. Logan who claimed he was too busy to hang out with them anymore because he was helping his sick grandma every weekend. 

Logan’s gaze landed on them, jerking in his seat, smile dropping off his face while Steve and Seamus glared at him. 

Logan stood, mumbling something to the team mate next to him, and hustled for the side door, Steve and Seamus stalking after him. The three of them clustering up just outside the rec center.

“Grandma’s real sick huh?” Steve spat, tucking his ball under one arm, leaving the other free to jab a finger into Logan’s chest. 

Logan winced, taking half a step back “Look it’s– it’s not what it looks like.

“Oh really?” Seamus got right up in his face “Because it looks like you’ve been ditching us for months to hang out with a lame-ass swim team,”

“It’s– it’s not because of you, I couldn’t get a spot on the basketball team after changing schools and I need extracurriculars for scholarships–”

“So you decided to lie and ditch us,” Steve stepped up to flank Seamus, Logan cornered by the two of them “If you wanna make this right you’d better get on your knees and start begging,”

Logan’s expression wavered before abruptly hardening “You know what, screw this,” he shoved Steve back a step.

“Yeah I ditched you, and it’s cause you guys are the two biggest douchebags in the state and I’m sick of hanging around you!”

Steve felt a snarl spreading across his face “Alright Logan because we’ve been friends for so long I’m going to give you a chance to take that back and apologize before I–”

“Before what!?” Logan got right up in his face with a growl of his own “Before you break my jaw and get kicked out of school again?”

Steve found himself staggering back, nearly losing his grip on his ball, mouth dropping open in shock.

“Dude!” Seamus swatted Logan on the shoulder, but Logan shoved him off.

“I’m going back to hang out with my real friends,” Logan spun around and headed back into the rec center, pausing just inside the doorway, turning back to look Steve dead in the eye.

“Oh, one more thing, my parents didn’t make me change schools after your suspension. I asked.”

Logan strode in and slammed the door behind him, leaving Steve and Seamus standing in the lurch.

Seamus growled, spinning around and punching a nearby tree, branches quivering and leaves shaking “Forget this, you had the right idea Steve. Ice cream. Girls. Let’s go.”

“Y– yeah,” Steve forced down the tremble in his voice before Seamus could hear it and squared his shoulders, striding ahead down the sidewalk, already dribbling his ball again “Logan wants to be a dweeb that’s his problem,”

The two of them didn’t say anything else as they made tracks for downtown, and in the first stroke of luck today there was no line at Scoops Ahoy.

For the first time today Steve didn’t have to force the smile spreading across his face as they headed inside and walked up to the counter “I’ll take two medium triple brownie milkshakes,”

“Two banana peanut butter shakes for me,” Seamus reached for his wallet, but Steve waved him off.

“I gotcha dude,”

“Hah!” Seamus grinned and smacked Steve on the shoulder “As always Steve you are the man!”

A few minutes later the two of them walked out, a milkshake clutched in each hand and Steve’s basketball tucked under Seamus’ arm.

“Step one complete, now we just have to find some cute girls to share with,”

Seamus snorted “Easy, let’s set up at this bench and scout the perimeter,”

They carefully set their shakes down on the bench. Glancing around the street.

“Heads up,” Steve elbowed Seamus in the side to grab his attention “Two babes at nine o’clock heading out of the jewelry store,”

“Sweet, they should be walking right past us so get ready to–”

“Seamus Callahan Johnson!”

Both of them jerked around, if they hadn’t set their ice cream down they would have dropped it.

Storming up the street shrieking like a banshee was Seamus’ mom “Where have you been!? I’ve been texting you for over an hour!”

“My phone’s off, I told you this morning Steve and I were going to–”

“I don’t want to hear any excuses!”

Quick as a flash Mrs. Johnson snagged Seamus by the arm and started dragging him towards her car, where Steve could see Mr. Johnson sitting shotgun with his arms folded. 

“My parents are setting up a new shed in the backyard, so we’re all going over to help, my sister and her kids have been there for an hour already so we need to get there now!”

“Oh come on! Can’t I just skip this one?”

“No buts young man,” Mrs. Johnson practically threw him into the backseat “Family helps family,”

“At least let me grab my ice cream–”

Whatever else Seamus had to say was cut off by his mom slamming the door on him, rushing around to jump in the driver’s seat.

Steve just stood there helplessly, jaw working open and shut with objections he couldn’t figure out to say as the car rapidly peeled away from the curve.

Then Steve was alone, standing there with four rapidly melting milkshakes.

He didn’t even have his ball, Seamus was holding it.

Steve found himself slumping down on the bench, chest feeling like it was collapsing in on itself.

Unbelievable, it was like the whole freaking universe was working against him. Not only was his mom dating Coach freaking Lawrence, Logan had completely ditched them for the academy swim team losers, now Seamus’s parents had dragged him away–

 The two girls from the jewelry store walked by the bench, laughing and giggling, Steve not even registering in their sights.

Of course they didn’t notice him, who’d pay attention to a dweeb the bought four milkshakes for himself.

A burning pricked in the back of his eyes, Steve dug his fingers into the flesh of his knee as hard as he could, gripping with bruising strength. Not daring to loosen his grip even when he managed to push back the pressure behind his eyes.

God he really was a loser–

“--well regardless of how tonight goes we still have the play to look forward to,”

“Trust me, that’s just about the only thing keeping me sane right now,”

The second that voice hit his ears Steve froze, slowly lifting his head and twisting around.

“Yeah life’s short,” Domzalski walked down the street, along with Nuñez, Mary, their friend whose name he couldn’t remember, and none other than Steve’s mortal nemesis Jim fucking Lake. Strolling along without a care in the world.

“That’s why there’s ice cream,”

“Shakes are buy one get one free today,” Wang said glancing down at her phone “There’s five of us, so should we get four or six?”

“Six definitely,” Lake said with a laugh, making Steve grind his teeth “We can share, maximize our flavor options, and I am definitely in the mood to do some stress eating today,”

“Make that two,” Nuñez said with a groan.

Her friend, who’s name he was pretty sure started with D, nudged her with a snicker “You worried about the tryouts or our ‘appointment’ tonight?”

“Both,”

Mary let out a sharp laugh “Trust Claire-bear to put a school play on the same level as all this craziness,”

“Hey,” Lake grinned, Steve wondered if he could nail him with a milkshake from this distance “No matter what roles we get or how the ‘appointment’ goes at least we’ll all be in the play together–”

From there the sound cut off as the five of them stepped inside Scoops Ahoy. Leaving Steve seething with quiet rage.

Of course, of course the universe just had to kick him while he was down by rubbing Lake’s picture perfect life in his face. He was the one who’d ruined Steve’s life, gotten Steve suspended for totally bullshit reasons and then getting to walk away scott free. All while somehow tricking everyone else at school into thinking he was cool. 

Steve ground his teeth so hard he thought they might crack, hands balled into trembling fists, itching to punch something. Preferably Lake’s smug face.

Well he couldn’t fool Steve, Steve knew just what a crybaby loser Lake really was, and one of these days he’d find a way to make sure everyone else knew to. But thanks to that stupid permanent record he couldn’t even get back at him, stuck listening to Lake and his friends gush about their stupid plans for the play–

His brain did a hard reset, leaving Steve frozen in place on the bench while it rebooted, replaying the snippets of the conversation he’d just overheard.

And just like that he had a plan, the perfect way to get back at crybaby Lake and put himself back on top.

Steve smirked to himself, standing and scooping up all four melting milkshakes, dumping them in the trash before heading down the street back towards his house. His mom should be at work by now so it should be safe to go back, and Steve had a lot of planning to do.

[changlingfamilies]

Seamus and Mary travel to Bavaria to help a werewolf village solve the mystery of multiple disappearances. They only have two clues: The Nok songs heard with every disappearance and Little Otto, a selectively mute child who happens to be the only witness.

The next book for the Changling Families AU, Nok Song. Originally it was just going to be one chapter in More Changling Families but I quickly realized that it was going to be a little longer than anticipated. The first chapter should be out after mu finals for this term are over.

This also serves as an announcement of my new baby.

Otto! He’s a four month old kitten and kind of my everything right now. Also, looks like he fell from the seventh floor…

[witchygfsgf]

hey ! ik this is just marauders ( so far from what i've seen ) but where do you hc everyone in the lightning era to be from ?? i absolutely loved and agreed with like all your marauder hcs !!!

omg this was so unexpected thank you!!

tbh, even when i first read the books as a kid i was pretty much entirely interested in the marauders (like dog-eared every page where remus was mentioned kinda thing) so i haven't given much thought into it. but this was very inspiring so <3

disclaimer, this is heavily based on my marauders era headcanons here

Harry: England (Surrey) - Indian/English/Greek

Ron: England (Devon)

Hermione: England (Crawley) - Nigerian

Neville: England (Leeds) - Chinese/English

Luna: England (Devon)* - Sudanese/Turkish

Ginny: England (Devon)

Dean: England (London) - Jamaican

Seamus: Ireland (County Kerry)

Padma: England (Manchester) - Indian

Parvati: England (Manchester) - Indian

Lavender: England (Gloucester) - Kenyan

Cho: Scotland (Glasgow) - Chinese

Cedric: England (Essex)

Draco: England (Wiltshire)

Blaise: Scotland (Aberdeen) - Egyptian

Pansy: England (Bath)

Angelina: Wales (Swansea) - Haitian

Katie: Wales (Ebbw Vale) - Italian/Welsh/Ukrainian

*edit: i do hc her as being raised in louth, ireland, but moved to ottery st catchpole before her mother died, because i forgot it was mentioned she lived there.

[toasttt11]

interested

November 29, 2017

Reagan sat next to Rutger in their own stalls getting ready for this first practice with a new team for an upcoming tournament.

She felt someone sit down in the stall next to her but didn’t pick her eyes up from where she was slipping her socks on.

“Hi!” A boy grinned at her being interested by the girl in the locker room since the moment he stepped inside, he knew there was a girl on the team and he thought it was really cool.

“Hi!” Rutger beamed talking for his twin knowing Reagan doesn’t like interacting with people when she doesn’t have it, “I’m Rutger and this is Reagan my twin sister.” Rutger proudly introduced his sister.

“I’m Adam!” Adam beamed at the twins, “It’s nice to meet you Rutger and Reagan!” Adam looked at Reagan when he said her name.

Reagan glanced up disinterested in the boy next to her and just nodded shorty not seeing how he froze.

Adam froze seeing her icy blue eyes and the freckles scattered across her face, Adam was only thirteen but he knew he had never and would never seen anyone more beautiful than Reagan.

Adam was already interested in the girl who was now his teammate but now he was even more so interested and hoped one day they could become friends.