#this started as a tuck everlasting au but it's really just the [redacted] at this point

[holdmecloser-gandydancer]

Live Like This

my final piece for @blupjeansweek nevermind how late it is <3

Barry is 18 years old when his mother falls ill. He’s newly 18, at that. Winter’s icy grip has finally loosened from Foster’s Gap, the melted snow making the rivers and creeks in town swell and rush for a few weeks.

His birthday comes and goes without much fanfare which is exactly how he likes it. He does reach a compromise with his mother when she does make him a beautiful lemon cake; she tells him not to worry about how she was able to get all the ingredients. She’s his mother after all, she can still work some birthday magic, she tells him with a laugh.

And it tastes like magic.

It’s much too large for the two of them to eat on their own so the day after his birthday, Barry delivers some slices to the neighbors. He starts with Dr. Highchurch next door. He receives them happily, making some kind of joke about keeping it from his wife.

He pays the Burnsideses a visit next, bringing slices for miss Amada, miss Arabella, and Magnus, their boy. Magnus is the one to answer the door, flinging it open with all the force and excitement his six-year-old self could contain.

“Hi Magnus!” Barry smiles at the boy. He’s rambunctious but overall a good kid. Barry’s babysat him a time or two and really all he did was take him to a clearing near one of the ponds and let Magnus tire himself out.

“Is that cake?” He asks past his missing incisor.

“It is! My mom made it for my birthday and we just can’t eat it all. Brought some for you and your moms. They around?” Barry peers past Magnus politely.

“Ma! Mama!” Magnus calls at the top of his lungs.

“Mags, the house is not that big, baby! You don’t have to shout,” Amada says, Arabella trailing behind her. They both give Barry a big smile.

“Barry! Always so nice to see you. What’s this?” Arabella nods toward the plate in Barry’s hands.

“Mom made some cake and we wanted to share.”

“It was his birthday,” Magnus says matter-of-factly. Amada laughs and picks Magnus up, resting him on her hip.

“Well, happy belated birthday! Thank you for this. Now, remind me, you’re off to school soon, right?” Amada asks as Arabella takes the plate from Barry.

“That’s right! End of the summer and I’m heading down south. I’m really excited. I’m gonna miss Foster’s Gap but I’ll be back as often as I can. I’m just excited to see the world,” Barry smiles wide as he explains his passions. He adores Foster’s Gap but feels a pull to the rest of the world.

“Well, just know everyone back here will be rooting for you, dear,” Arabella says with a warm smile.

And Barry believes that.

Not even a week after this exchange and the Burnsideses are at Barry’s home, bringing armful of food to ease some of the stress from Barry. Dr. Highchurch is over night and day, doting on Marlena to the best of his abilities.

[keep reading on AO3!]

[haloburns]

WIP Tag Game

Rules: Post 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 of it or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have WIPs (or as many peeps as you want, really- ‘tis just for fun!)

started by @wipbigbang and tagged by @strawberrycamel

bc i'm a masochist, i'm doing ALL of my wips, including og works. i'm putting this under a line break bc it's gonna be huge, i can tell just based on my organized writing folder

the tally for those interested: 79

avatar cafe

new kind of hero

charmed fic

still charmed

an "and they were history project partners" au

danny grave fic or j13 origin fic

dp as told like syfy's alice

lancer fic

perfect

pitch pearl tuck everlasting au

primeval crossover

anything you say can and will be held against you (so only say my name)

high school shenanigans

jr/sr yr nonsense

the haunt

you better promise me i'll be back in time

you're the best thing to happen to me

such a big, big world (and only the tools to deal with a tiny portion of it)

i'm not okay (i promise)

when the nightmare fades

quit telling everyone i'm (permanently) dead!

work 21: cape

longer than the song of the whippoorwill

[REDACTED] (invisobang piece, that's not really its name)

i cannot rise, too heavy with filth sin

ectober 15

ectober 14

decaf to fenton, we have a problem

so shall it be

once more with feeling

where do we go from here

kneel to the crown

and they were history project partners

ghost king dp cinderella 2 vibes - receiver of many

beauty and the beast tattoo au disney version

pocahontas modern au

this is not who you are

gregor goes back

gregor the overlander redo

i'll make a million mistakes

in the place to be

sky high au

that's what i'm talkin' about!

the one with the baking contest

untitled document

overboard hp au

drarry college raising a baby au

accepted

i'll never be enough

hdamlf unnamed fic

it is love we must hold onto

kansira chronicles 2.0 (og work)

lightnin' in a jar (og work)

merlin and the clotpole

choctaw county affair

cowboy's back in town

there is no time to forget before all is forgotten

minor arcana

years gone by

first comedy story

ghost adventures

hazel witch cafe

a woman's time and place

mermaids (again)

did anyone ever ask jesus how he felt about his destiny?

follow the morning star

genesis v2

kaz bloody nose

ketterdam once again

the dregs: last night coffee shop

suite child of mine - what if we had a baby??

brokenheartsville

private andrew malone destiel

the bone gatherers (og work)

plant murderer

the return of omri

wings (og work)

wynonna earp "human"

wynonna earp au

tags: @omnicrex @ashilrak @ anyone else who wants to do this, most of my other writer friends have already been tagged!

(berry i hope ur happy alksdjdf)