#taiqrowweek2020

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So anyway Fireball week snuck the fuck up on me

Day 1 - First day at Beacon / First day at Signal

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TaiQrow Week Day 5: First Kiss / Last Kiss

I’d like to think their first kiss would have had some angst behind it lmao

"everything I wanted” by Billie Eilish was playing in the background while I conceptualize this. I rightfully blame the song for the angst hhhhh

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Day 2: confesssion

“What if we accidentally kissed? What would you-what would you even do?”

I told you they were all gonna be memes 😎

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SINCE ALL THE FICS ARE SAD im going to go ahead and make a happy one. (Well... its bullet notes so maybe more of a fic outline?). Can be consider as Free Day or AU Day since its canon divergence

Ive been dying to see a Tai comes to Atlas fic so im making this one a reunion in Atlas fic

Qrow isnt in Atlas when Tai arrives. Hes out on a Amity Tower mission with Clover

Qrow and Clover are actually in the middle of flirting with each other when Qrow gets the call

Its Ruby and shes talking so fast Qrow cant understand a single thing. "Woah Ruby slow down. Whats going on" theres a deep gasping breath and then "DAD IS HERE. DAD IS IN ATLAS"

Qrow is stunned. Tai made it to Atlas?

Clover is thinking about how on Earth he could of gotten into the Kingdom.

Qrow finds out through Yang (she had to take Ruby's phone away since she wouldnt stop screaming) that the girls are waiting for Tai since Ironwood is having Winter personally escort him (Qrow figures that either he got arrested on arrival like they did or that Ironwood wants to know everything Tai knows about Salem despite being removed from the situation since STRQ fell apart)

Clover notifies him that they wont be able to get back to the city for another three hours, and then Qrow tells the girls, who are disappointed but tell him theyll "let Dad know when he gets here"

Most of the way back Clover is trying to get information out of Qrow about what Tai is like. Its both friendly small talk and adding to what Clover knows about this group of children + Qrow. The group is part of Ironwood's inner circle now which makes them important

Qrow briefly wonders how his reception will be. These days hes always the one coming to see Tai, and its 50-50 on if Tai's happy to see Qrow. Qrow considers running away from the encounter entirely but hes trying to be a better man now and that means sobriety and facing his problems. Besides he'll have to see Tai eventually

So lets backtrack a bit. Tai and Qrow used to be a thing wayyyy back in the day. Defining their romantic relationship is complicated. They tried dating before Tai ever got with Raven and it only lasted a few days because they realized the attraction was just sexual so they went back to being teammates who makeout when theyre drunk (thats how they decided to start dating in the first place). So through the early years they were Friends With Benefits. After the dark years of Raven and Summer they became Friends With Benefits That Only Get Together When Theyre Feeling Heartbroken. Its sad sex and half the time one of them is crying. Their friendship is good while the the girls are young. They disagree on a lot of things when it comes to the girls as they get older. That animosity plus arguments about Qrow's  espionage job plus Qrow's worsening alcoholism are the reason theyve drifted far apart today. Theyve still been through so much together so that history and Qrow's dedication to being a uncle are the only things holding their friendship together.

So anyways lets get to the good stuff. The reunion:

Tai is actually waiting for Qrow at the garage

The girls are with him because they missed him. Ruby has her arms around him while talking and Yang is standing besides them smiling

Qrow gets a little scared. The fact Tai is waiting for him doesnt bode well. Him and Tai try to have their disagreements when the girls arent present. Qrow thinks its fair to assume that Tai is so absolutely pissed at him that he cannot wait another moment to yell at him. Clover goes "i guess you wont have to hunt him down after all. He mustve really missed you all" and Qrow really hopes thats the reason

Qrow decides to break the ice before it forms by insulting Tai as he's getting out of the truck

"Two and a half continents away and i still cant escape the sight that is your hideous cargo pants" "says the man who's idea of fashion is a 25 year old ripped cape"

As soon as Qrow gets close enough Tai puts his hands on his shoulders, takes a deep breath, and yells "YOU GOT POISONED"

Turns out Tai was just worried about him after Ruby explained what happened on her trek through Mistral

After answering his questions they hug and its the kind of hug where you sway a little bit

For the next few hours Tai yells at Ruby for running away, Tai yells at Qrow for going sober and not telling him, and Qrow goes with Tai to meet Ironwood (and stop Ironwood from asking too many questions. Hes actually soley focused on Salem and he doesnt even ask Tai how he got through his military blockade)

That night in Qrow's room Tai explains to Qrow how he got there. He lied to the girls. Made up some story that had plenty of holes in it. It was Raven. She opened her portal to Yang as far away as she could and Tai landed there. She had come to him after Haven, told him a few things but clearly left most of it out. Tai managed to get her to promise to take him to the group whenever they got to Atlas and had adjusted.

He came for two reasons. 1) to see exactly how close his children were to Salem. 2) to see if he could protect his kids any way he could, knowing they wouldnt back out now. But the reason he was telling Qrow all this (instead of sticking to his if-it-involved-Raven-i-dont-talk-about-it mentality) was because of one of the few things she mentioned about Haven: the disowning.

Tai wanted him to know that despite all their problems that Qrow was still his family. Not because Raven is still legally married to Tai, not because hes Yang's blood uncle, but because Qrow has been apart of Tai's life and chosen family as far back as STRQ.

Qrow's felt like a outsider to Tai ever since (and every time) things got serious with whoever Tai's dating. Qrow felt like a third wheel when Tai was with Raven, and Qrow was to raw from the increasingly strained relationship with Raven to let go of Summer and Tai when they got together. And ever since Qrow has felt like he was there in Tai's life but no longer apart of it. Even after Tai recovered from his depression, Qrow felt like a visitor in the house he still considers his home despite being called "uncle".

And Tai knows Qrow broke ties with Tribe soon after Beacon, and Raven hadnt truely been his sister in 20 years, but to have what you known from literal birth taken from you still hurt. And now Tai knows Qrow isnt drinking so the only way he can cope is by not thinking about it.

So Tai had to tell Qrow what he meant to him

And when he found out about Tyrian he realized Qrow couldve died not knowing Tai still loves him

Tai ends up ranting about all the things he loves about Qrow, about how he regrets that almost every word said to Qrow in the last 15 years has been unkind

Qrow is now confused to if this is a fixing my mistakes kind of thing or a love confession

So he asks

And Tai gets a little sheepish because it was a fixing my mistakes because i love you thing but a little past halfway into his rant he realized hes IN love with Qrow and has been for a while now

And Qrow decides f it. Tai is doing his embarrassed thing Qrow still finds cute even now when theyre middle aged adults getting their first gray hairs. So Qrow gets up from the cheap academy table theyre sitting at and kisses Tai

"After the world stops ending do you wanna try that dating thing again?" "You think we'll make it past one week this time?" "I actually meant since you havent gone on a date in about 15 years." "Oh. Well im pretty sure you havent been on a proper date since Beacon" "Are you gonna take me on a proper date then?" "Yeah"

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@taiqrowweek Day 1- First Day at Beacon/First Day at Signal

local bird confused by flirty ray of sunshine, more at 10!

[taiqrowweek]

Our official prompt list is here! Since we had an even split on the suggested themes, I’ve mixed them a bit. You’ll notice several ‘firsts’ and most of the prompts have two options for you to pick from or merge!

Official 2020 TaiQrow Week Prompts

Day 1: First Day at Beacon/First Day at Signal Day 2: Confession/Denial Day 3: AU Day Day 4: With Parents/As Parents Day 5: First Kiss/Last Kiss Day 6: First Love/Rekindled Day 7: First Night/First Morning Day 8: Free Day

How to Participate

Step 1: Create a fanwork (fic, art, etc). Step 2: Post between September 1st through 8th. Step 3: Tag #taiqrowweek2020 and this account @taiqrowweek

That’s it! I will be sharing all fanworks that are tagged appropriately during the week. This includes anything nsfw and multiships, so please be sure to tag those correctly so I can do the same!

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Chapters: 1/1 Words: 530 Fandom: RWBY Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Qrow Branwen/Taiyang Xiao Long Characters: Qrow Branwen, Taiyang Xiao Long Additional Tags: TaiQrow Week 2020, Established Relationship, Fluff Series: Part 1 of TaiQrow Week 2020 Summary:  There is something so unexpectedly gratifying about being addressed as a professor after all these years.

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Chapters: 1/1 Words: 948 Fandom: RWBY Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Qrow Branwen/Taiyang Xiao Long Characters: Qrow Branwen, Taiyang Xiao Long Additional Tags: TaiQrow Week 2020, Qrow is a supportive partner, it’s all a bit silly tbf

Summary: Qrow tries to help Taiyang move on.

Wrote this for @taiqrowweek on a whim, just a bit of daft nonsense really.

[victorious1956]

This a sweet story written from a POV you don't see very often. Well worth a read 🙂

Puppy Love

Bit of a weird entry and a challenge to write - but it only seemed right with a prompt like this, to write from the perspective of one of Tai and Qrow’s “children”.

Day 4: As Parents @taiqrowweek

Rating: T

Words: 5,300

Summary: Every dog in the shelter dreams of the day they’ll be set free of their metal prisons to join a pack all their own. Despite being so  inadequate he wasn’t even honored a name, he dreams just as hard; though, with each adoption, that place he wishes to be seems to be getting further and further away.

And then, one word changes everything.

“Puppy?”

Ao3 Link: Puppy Love

Keep reading

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Team STRQ’s first mission: Qrow falls from a tree, Tai makes jokes, the girls are shook

Day 5 - First Kiss / Last Kiss

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Ehhhehehheh Qrow’s husband now

Day 6 - First Night / First Morning

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Ik it isn’t exactly the prompt but this is what y’alls get

Day 2 - Confession / Denial

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Adventurer!Taiyang x Elf Prince!Qrow because I said so

Day 3 - AU

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Day 5: first kiss

Haha this is so stupid

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Day 4: as parents

Girl just wants to eat her cookie

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Day 1: first day at Beacon

With half an hour left to day one I finally got myself to finish this

This is the meme I was originally going to use but I didn’t so :V

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