#verse ; madison verse

[ashen-char]

we can be pirates

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ship: river (all souls) x reader (gender neutral)

summary: river wants to give her daughter the best birthday party possible. noticing that it's personal for her, you help.

word count: 2400+

notes: requested here. split into two parts bc it surprised me how long it was getting. title from taylor swift's 'seven'. TELL ME THE SKULLS DONT GIVE PIRATE VIBES

River sits on the couch you two hauled off the road just last summer, flipping through the pages of a worn-out book on crafts. Beside her sits her mini-me, her daughter Jade who always loves being dressed up just like her mama. Big brown eyes go wide with excitement as the little girl points at one of the pictures.

"Mama, we can make this for my party," she exclaims, her small finger tracing the outline of a paper flower.

River hums, a tight smile on her face. "Yeah, baby. It doesn't look too hard. That'll be great."

Jade giggles and marks down the page number, already a small list of ideas on her pad of paper, her legs swinging.

Despite her smile, River can't help but think of how she wants more for her little girl. How she hates that Jade already knows they have to cut costs like this. Maybe if she pushed down her ego that told her she can do it all alone, without a cent of Silas' dirty money. River shakes her head, willing those thoughts out. She focuses on the pride blooming in her chest that Jade's still so happy and content with homemade efforts. She's raised a smart, kind, and wonderful girl. God, she can't even believe her baby's turning six in a week.

"You wanna help me?" she asks, poking Jade's cheek, who has now moved on to the section about invitation cards.

"Of course!"

This is when you walk in, joining them on the couch. You were busy preparing dinner so you didn't catch the full conversation, but the apartment's small enough where you could catch bits and pieces even without eavesdropping. Before you have a chance to tell them the food's ready, Jade shoves the book in your hands.

"You can pick one! I like this and this and-" Jade's pointing all over the place, choosing invitation cards she likes the look of seemingly by random if you didn't know her well. Luckily, you've had the chance to. Under River's upbringing and her own endless curiosity, Jade loves so many things it's hard to think of one straightforward theme. She loves her monster trucks as much as her stuffed puppy, as much as the manga the older kids in the apartment complex show her, as much as nature and princesses and scary stories.

"Woah, woah, slow your roll, kiddo." You wipe your hands on the apron before putting your hands on the book, knowing you'd get glares if you greased it up. "What's this about a party? I thought you didn't want to do a big one," you question.

"She doesn't. Says she'd be alright if it was just the three of us sharing pizzas and watching TV," River answers, to which Jade nods. "But Jade's in school now, you know? All the other moms already side-eye me for having her so young. I don't wanna give them more ammo, or make them tell their kids not to hang out with Jade anymore."

River has complained to you extensively before about the mom politics going on. Invite someone's kid to a party and they don't invite your kid back? Consider yourself dead to everyone. Couldn't bring muffins to their stupid bake sale? Worst mom ever award.

"I want Jade to have fun with her friends and not worry about being teased about not having a huge unicorn cake, or whatever. So..." River gestures to the book pressed into your hands, and you note all the marked pages of ideas.

You know the deeper reason too. How deep down, River wants better for Jade than what she had, never wants her to feel like she's going without. She wants Jade to feel like the other kids. To be able to stay a kid for longer, not cutting back on the toys she asks for just because you two are going from paycheck to paycheck. That's your responsibility as the adults. She shouldn't have to worry, shouldn't be punished for being born River's kid. It's something you've assured River about over and over again, that Jade's lucky to be hers and that the little girl knows it. But you can understand that wish too. Jade's such a sweetie. If any kid deserves to feel special on their birthday and get everything they ask for, it's her.

So it's no surprise that River isn't sold on the whole DIY party vibe. Resourceful is one thing, but she hates feeling cheap. Hates asking for or needing cash. She'll let go of her pride if the situation gets tough, but damn does she hate when people assume she can't take care of her girl.

"Hey, Jadey?" you ask, scooching down to address her directly. The two of you have agreed to not talk about money problems in front of her, so you know she should be far away for this discussion. "Can you go to the kitchen and turn the stove off? And when you're done, how about you write down all your friends' names that you want there, and draw them all a special invitation?"

Jade perks up at the request, liking to go on 'special missions' to help you or River. She likes the responsibility, likes that her favourite people can rely on her. It's part of what makes her such a good kid. "OK! Here!" As she hops off of the couch, she hands you the book. "They're gonna be the best pictures ever!"

"Don't come back too soon, OK? We're gonna come up with lots of ideas to surprise you!" you call out.

You turn to River, who shoves the book aside, frustrated. "Fuck. I don't wanna be a wimp about this, honestly. Or make it all about me."

"Hey." Your hand goes to her shoulder, rubbing right where she always seems to get tense. "It's fine. It's your first time living too. Or whatever the phrase is."

"It's just- I would've done anything as a kid to have had a birthday party," she shares, shaking her head like she thinks she's being ridiculous. But River does melt into your touch, letting you start to rub up, getting to the junction where her neck meets her shoulder. "This sucks to say, but I was always too ashamed to take any of my friends back home. I'm grateful for it now, but it was tiny and it smelled and I knew it. Didn't want them to give me shit for it."

Listening intently, your fingers trail over her shoulders as River sits up and tugs her knees to her chest. "And I didn't wanna hassle my mom. She was already doing so much to take care of me and put food on the table," River tells you. "My friends invited me to ones with the fancy custom cakes and the goody bags filled with toys and snacks, you know? The parties where the kids get to wear crowns and the parents take a million photos. My mom couldn't afford to take a day off of work, and I didn't have enough allowance to buy a gift anyways. So I never went to any."

And you can understand that. It's not like being a loner is always a choice. Sometimes you know that even if you try your best, you won't fit in, so why try? Pretend it's a choice. Pretend you're above it all, too cool for it, when all you really want to do is have fun with everyone.

"She's turning six. We could turn a sprinkler on and call it a water park and the kids would scream and laugh more than at some expensive party," you say. They're easy to impress at that age, at least in your own memory of being a kid.

River shakes her head. She wraps her arms around her knees tighter, resting her chin on them. "A water park? Really? She's six. She wants a real party with her friends, not just an excuse to run around like crazy. And it's not like we have a backyard for them to run in anyways." Something in her throat trembles, and it makes her voice rise with frustration. "I want to give her something special, y'know? I want her to feel like a princess for a day, not a charity case. Throwing around some paper decorations isn't gonna make the apartment bigger."

You know that tone, and you want Jade to have the very best too, so you fix on a more serious face, not wanting your girlfriend to feel like she's alone in this. "Fine. OK, so what's... special but free? Botanical gardens? Beach?" you start to pitch and brainstorm. "What's the best space to pizzazz with these paper flowers that Jade's gonna kick ass at making?"

When your hand reaches her ear, she just melts. It's a soothing gesture that helps when River gets these horrific stress migraines, pinching and rubbing along the lobe to coax blood flow. River thinks for a moment, considering those suggestions. "Yeah, the beach could work," River says slowly, a small smile tugging at the corner of her mouth. "Jade loves the water, and I know her friends would have a blast playing in the waves."

"We'd keep an eye on them the whole time obviously," you add. "Section off an area just for the party, probably with whatever decorations Jade's picked.

More on board with the crafts now that they have a space in mind, she hands you the list of ideas Jade already jotted down. "Here. If you can read her handwriting."

Just like Jade's interests, her ideas are all over the place. Not that you don't appreciate her creative process, but cowboys, aliens, and dragons don't sound very beachy. There are pages that she scrawled down that go together though. The foam sword, the paper pirate hat, and a treasure map. You'll pour coffee on it, crumple it a little, and singe the edges with a lighter to make it look authentic. A pirate theme sounds like the ideal way to make everything cohesive, especially since it'll keep the kids entertained so no one goes home complaining to their parents.

"It could be like a scavenger hunt," River says. She's been steadily getting into the whole idea, pitching all sorts of ideas to make Jade's special day great. "Kills two birds with one stone. The map is something they actually use instead of a set piece and we'll know where they are when they run around. Make sure they stay where we can see 'em.

"Yeah, I like that! When I was a kid, I read these Skullduggery books and was like, damn, imagine digging something up. Me and my siblings buried this time capsule at the beach, but I'm pretty sure it just got swept away by the waves."

"You shoulda dug deeper," River teases, but pecks your lips when you pout at the memory. "OK, so that's settled for the main activity. What can we put in the chest that won't break the bank?"

Chocolate coins, obviously. The two of you take turns listing out treasures that you'd find for cheap, like candy necklaces and plastic swords that will be sturdier than the foam ones. Eyepatches are a must too. Plastic telescopes and octopus pop-its.

River writes down a note that Jade could make her friends a custom friendship bracelet to thank them for coming and commemorate the occasion. Plus, it would get that rainbow loom set you two bought her out of the storage. Jade went on a bracelet-making kick two months ago but got bored, so now you've got all these extra loom bands around.

The two of you get to throwing around food ideas (you, personally, wanna serve chicken nuggets but brand them as 'gold nuggets') when Jade comes out of her room.

"Ta-da!" the girl says, holding out her birthday invitations. All told, there are seven, with radically different drawings attached. There's a horse (which looks like a giraffe with the neck honestly), a robot, a ballet dancer... "I've got six best best friends, so they've all gotta come. Mackenzie's got a little brother that should probably come too since they're always together, so I made him a smaller one."

"It's very sweet of you to think of your friend's brother." River shoots you a look as she says this, since Jade has been very fixated on siblings ever since you moved in. You shrug. You're not opposed to the idea but babies are expensive so the conversation has never gone longer than "that'd be cool!"

"These are awesome, kiddo! Think you could add something to each of 'em? Me and your mama thought a theme would make your birthday even cooler," you say.

"A theme? Oh, what is it, what is it?" Jade's already got her crayons in hand, ready to add to her masterpieces depending on your next words.

"Mmm, let's just say that you could be a mermaid, or have a peg-leg, but you can't turn up as a land-lubber." You cringe as soon as you're done saying it (you had been writing clue ideas for the scavenger hunt for the last ten minutes, OK?), but it makes River laugh so it's worth it.

"Pirates?!" You think the windows might shatter, that's how loud Jade's shriek is.

"Hell yeah, baby girl!" River says. "You like it?"

"I love it! Thank you so so much!" Jade leaps between you two, her tiny arms trying their best to wrap around and hug you both at the same time.

Upon seeing River's excitement as she shows Jade the list of ideas you two came up with, you can't help but smile. Your two favourite girls in the world are so hyped now that they're not even thinking about the cost, which was what you've wanted from the start. Jade pores over the list, nodding and adding little notes to the margins. There needs to be vegetarian options for her friend, Priya, for example, and she doesn't want it soooo different from the other food that Priya feels like she's missing out.

The day ends with half-made paper flowers, hot glue on foam, and Jade's rainbow loom taking up space on the kitchen counter and dozens of tiny colourful rubber bands all over the floor. Not to mention the dinner you cooked, which has gone cold and forgotten still on the stove. But when you turn to see Jade passed out on the couch, River's eyes lock with yours. Tired and pissed off from watching too many DIY YouTube tutorials, your girlfriend mouths "thank you. Jade was so happy," and you wouldn't have it any other way.

[carriessotos]

✿ (madison&patrick)

send “ ✿ ” for 2 headcanons for our muses’ relationship: madison & patrick edition.

na primeira vez em que o pat for chamar a maddie pra qualquer coisa que envolva conhecer a família dele, o nervosismo vai ser tão grande que ela vai desmarcar em pânico por inventar um compromisso que simplesmente não existe; e somando o medo de estar naquele ponto do relacionamento e de ter inventado algo pra ele, a maddie vai culpa vai deixar ela quase com indigestão. com isso, vai admitir pra ele que na verdade só estava surtando completamente, porque, da última vez em que chegou nessa fase em um relacionamento, tinha dezessete anos - até teve os seus namorados na califórnia e no arizona, mas nenhum tinha família morando sequer no mesmo estado. por isso, vai ficar muito nervosa de acabar falando bobagem - justamente por estar nervosa - ou de vivenciar uma das histórias péssimas com os sogros que alguma das amigas já contou - incluindo a mick.

a mãe dos irmãos burton sempre disse pra maddie que nunca deveria considerar estar em um relacionamento com um homem que não pudesse imaginar como o pai de seus filhos e, de um jeito ou de outro, levou isso pra vida a longo prazo. não teve nenhum relacionamento antes de pat que bateu a marca de um ano - viciada em não conseguir se entregar profundamente a ninguém -, e, por isso, não foram muitas as ocasiões em que realmente teve de se questionar isso antes de decidir se valia ou não investir em uma relação. no entanto, vendo como pat sempre foi com o sobrinho, maddie teve certeza de que a resposta era sim, e que era capaz de imaginar um futuro junto com ele.

[antihhero]

👶🏻 + madison & patrick

name: scarlett presley rhodes

birthday: vinte e quatro de novembro

personality headcanon: scarlett é curiosa sobre o mundo e está sempre ansiosa para explorar novos lugares e culturas. é conhecida por sua honestidade e franqueza - tanto que às vezes pode parecer direta demais. scarlett possui um senso de humor aguçado e um entusiasmo contagiante que faz as pessoas gravitarem em torno dela. apesar de ser independente e valorizar sua liberdade, ela também é muito apegada à família e gosta de formar conexões com outras pessoas. pode ser bastante impulsiva para tomar decisões, especialmente por se ver como uma mulher bastante indecisa se começar a pensar demais nas possibilidades que tem.

what was their first word and how old were they when they said it: a primeira palavra de scarlett foi 'não'. era até engraçado para quem a via falando não para tudo, foi a única resposta dela para qualquer coisa por algumas semanas.

did they get in trouble in school: algumas vezes, normalmente por matar aula ou por conversar demais com suas amigas mais próximas. porém, scarlett sempre foi uma boa aluna e esses episódios não prejudicavam muito seu desempenho na escola.

which parent were they more attached to: scarlett tem uma relação diferente com sua mãe e seu pai. madison é, para ela, sua maior confidente e pessoa que irá procurar quando precisar de um conselho ou colo de mãe. por outro lado, patrick sempre foi o seu herói, uma figura a lhe trazer segurança. quando criança, era bem filhinha do papai. portanto, na infância era mais apegada a patrick e, na vida adulta, a madison.

what was their favorite toy: os brinquedos favoritos de scarlett quando criança eram suas bonecas. adorava todas as que tinha, especialmente uma que vinha com vários acessórios e que até comia. andava para todo lado com uma boneca num carrinho, era absolutamente obcecada.

movie they watched over and over: é apaixonada por filmes de romance desde sempre e um dos seus preferidos é titanic, que deve ter assistido pelo menos umas 30 vezes.

what was their favorite subject in school: as aulas de inglês e geografia eram as suas favoritas na época de escola.

were they social growing up or quiet: sempre foi muito sociável, desde pequena. gosta muito de conversar e conhecer pessoas novas, scarlett tem uma grande facilidade em se aproximar das pessoas e manter vínculos.

which parent do they take after: scarlett é mais parecida com sua mãe. seus olhos azuis amendoados e o cabelo dourado são características muito marcantes suas que foram adquiridas por causa de madison. além disso, scarlett não pegou em nada a altura de patrick e consegue ser ainda mais baixa do que sua mãe.

what do they grow up to be: formou-se em marketing e trabalhou por cinco anos em uma agência de publicidade até perceber que aquilo não era bem o que queria fazer de sua vida. acabou decidindo criar um podcast de lifestyle com uma de suas amigas e, aos poucos, fez sua transição de carreira para a área da comunicação.

random headcanons: sua comida favorita é sushi | desde a infância adora escrever em diários e tem um para cada ano de sua vida desde os nove anos | adora livros de romance | sempre gostou muito de cachorros e convenceu seus pais a adotarem um filhote da feira de adoção do seu tio thomas quando tinha cinco anos | é absolutamente viciada em café, especialmente com leite | sua cor favorita é roxo/lilás | ama viajar desde que se conhece por gente | fez aulas de dança durante toda a sua infância e adolescência, por mais de dez anos | é uma excelente comunicadora | foi líder de torcida durante o ensino fundamental e médio | não é nada fã do inverno, apesar de gostar do "conceito/estética" de neve | taylor davies e katherine fitzpatrick são suas melhores amigas desde a infância | seu maior crush durante a adolescência foi em theo reyes-lowe | tem sempre consigo uma bolsinha com tudo o que pode precisar, como remédios, borrachinha de cabelo e até spray de pimenta

faceclaim: sabrina carpenter

[elliehallers]

Peak Ship Dynamic: Emo/Emo couple. Not necessarily in appearance, but in personality. 😌🤌🏽

[chaoticvofficial]

here are the finished alignment charts from my (currently 2016 but time will progress lol don't you worry) smosh OC au!

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[this-world-of-beautiful-monsters]

anyway that racist vigilante lady from ep 5 was definitely fucking her dad. sean should have stopped wasting time arguing with them in the cell block scene and just bragged about how he and daniel do incest better than those assholes ever could.

[paralyziingfears]

sc. / @multi-royalty.

[  ....  ]               nothing  seemed  real  anymore.  smells,  taste,  sounds,  textures  ...  all  of  it  completely  foreign  to  him  as  if  he  was  a  newborn  baby.  the  stare  he  holds  on  madison  is  icy  and  empty,  his  eyes  haven't  blinked  for  several  minutes.   ❝   you   —   should've  let  me   ...   die   ...   ❞

[mmerrakki]

The laugh that leaves Madison's throat is one that she does not release often. One with the tang of bitterness running rampant from beginning to end. It startles her, almost. She's so used to only freeing the emotions that she wants to be seen, but now it's as if her body has decided she no longer has a choice. That all of the sorrow and anger she has pushed down for nearly a decade, hidden from the eyes of her family and all who threaten them, has risen to simmer just beneath the surface of her skin, and if she isn't careful, she may never begin to dampen it down again.

"Spoken like someone who doesn't have to worry about the consequences to anyone but themselves."

She winces the moment the words are out of her mouth. She shouldn't have said that. Anya hadn't done anything to deserve it. This was why she didn't let the negativity out unless she was alone.

"I'm sorry," she says softly, her gaze falling to the ground beneath them. "I didn't mean that."

Except she had. For an instant, in that still-simmering part, she had.

[gamethecry]

" finally . . . no more internet . . . no more lore . . . s i l e n c e . "

" november 1st approaches . "

" . . . i stand corrected . "

[multi-royalty]

DEAD BY DAYLIGHT : MADISON MONTGOMERY : survivor.

This verse is post Coven pre Apocalypse.

Instead of being taken to her own personal hell, the entity had fed on Madison's fear in her dying moments and knew that this could make a good meal for the realm so she was taken by the entity and placed into the dead by daylight realm.

Madison continues to have a pessimistic attitude throughout her trails, she is not happy about the place she’s been taken to and it takes her a while to realise that this isn’t her personal hell, but instead a whole other world.

The fight to survive is something Madison usually doesn’t commit to, spending most of her life lonely left her feeling hopeless and without a true purpose, but now in the entities realm the witch is striving to be free.

Perks:

Vitalum Vitalis : when healing herself from the dying state fully, the injured state is skipped and full health is regained, however you have exposed status for 60 seconds. Detection : unlocks ones aura reading ability, after cleansing a totem Detection reveals the aura's of all generators, chests and other survivors for 6/8/10 seconds. Pyrokinesis : repair generators for 60 seconds to activate a blaze trap, these can be placed on lockers and will momentarily blind the killer when the locker is opened. If a survivor is inside the locker, this gives them a chance to escape without being grabbed out of the locker by the killer.

[ineed-a-cigarette]

❜  the one thing about the dead is they’ve got nothing left to lose.  ❜ - normalpeoplescaremeh

"I don't know about that. Most of the dead people I met were pretty pissed they were dead. I know I was. And they were literally clinging on anything keeping them around." Madison blew off some smoke and turned back to Michael. "But who cares. You are not dead. And neither am I"

@normalpeoplescaremeh

[thestayathomedragon]

🌹!!

“This is a fucking shit show, Redfield. No. A shit storm. Do you have any idea the kind of hoops I had to jump through to even get this meeting? Fifteen fucking minutes. Assholes.” He scoffed. “Do you know how much ass I’m going to have to kiss to make this go away? You owe me big time. You and Kennedy!”

“Yes, sir. Understood, sir.”

“Jesus Christ. What a goddamned mess.” The old bastard took a gulp of his bourbon, before using it to point at Chris, sloshing it around. “Did you know he was capable of something like that?”

“Doctor Seller?”

“No. Doctor Serra.” He growled in frustration. “If I didn’t think he was worth keeping around I’d have…” Madison stops and takes a deep breath. “Get him the fuck out of here, Redfield. And make sure the only people that know where he is need to know where he is, understand?”

Chris nods. “I know a place.”

“Good. And don’t tell me where the fuck it is either. I’m trusting that you and Kennedy know what the fuck you’re doing. That you can keep a goddamned lid on him.”

“Understood, sir.” Chris was doing his best here but it was a close thing. He wanted to tell the son of a bitch that if had listened to him in the first place this wouldn’t have even happened. But he knew better than to press his luck with Madison. The old bastard could be vindictive, and they were already on paper thin ice.

“I’ll handle Dr. Serra… and Leon.”

“See that you do.” Madison said, rubbing between his eyes. The years seemed to wear even more on the man here. “Look… I know… I’m sorry about Seller. He was my pick. From the old lab. I didn’t think the son of a bitch had the balls. But… I’m gonna handle this. You get a move on. I don’t even want these fucks in the same building as Serra.”

Chris frowned at that. Now that wasn’t exactly fair but he was shocked that the man had taken some responsibility for what happened.

“Don’t want the fuckers getting curious.” Madison sighed before taking down the rest of his drink. He pulled out a stick of gum and started chewing it. “Now, to try and clean up this mess.”

🌹!!

[carriessotos]

𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊𝐄𝐍𝐃 — 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒔 & 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒑.𝒐.𝒗.

@kcrev

[antihhero]

the life of wes davies.

ft. madison burton, liam burton, patrick rhodes, thomas fitzpatrick & cosmo

@carriessotos

[elliehallers]

OC Introduction: Madison Elena Hunter — X-Men. (17-18 during X2: X-Men United, and so forth.)

Reluctant student at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, and girlfriend of John "Pyro" Allerdyce until he dips. Spoiled rich-ish girl from Ottawa Hills, Ohio. Girly girl. Captian of the cheerleadering team. Enjoys video games. Loves pop music. (Britney, *NSYNC, BSB, Christina, and the like.) Kind of a bitch. Her parents sent her to Xavier's when she was barely 15, hoping it'd help her control her abilities. She has the mutation of hydrokinesis; she can create and manipulate water. Her best friend is Jasmine Jacobs, whom she met at Xavier's.

Maddie (or "Mads") hates attending the institute; she wants to be a normal teenager. She misses her home, her family, her old friends. She doesn't care about social issues or training or fighting in battles. She wants nothing to do with "that crap." She also kind of hates being a mutant, for those same reasons. Why the fuck did her father have to be a carrier of some gene that made her born a dangerous freak in the eyes of millions? She's "too pretty for this!"

If you ask her, the only good thing about her school is meeting her friends and meeting John. (They met and started dating when they were 15.) And then he just left. She's felt like total shit since that day.

Spotify playlist.

Her father, Richard Hunter, is of Mexican and Scottish descent, while her mother, Donna, is Mexican-American.

She has two younger siblings: a brother, Greyson, who is 2 years her junior, and a sister, Allison, who is 5 years younger than her. They have a chocolate brown male Toy Poodle named Rococo.

If she had existed in the movies, she would've been in the cafeteria scene at the museum, present for the whole trip in X2, and she probably would've been at the battle in X3.

[ofcrossrcads]

@multi-royalty && Madison said: ‘ sorry, what’s your name again? ’ - madison

“ mmm, nice try, but still no. you can call me whatever you want while we're. . . working together. go ahead and pick, cupcake. ”