telmes

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january calls (her) a coward

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title from January calls me a coward // L.H.

excerpt:

In her room, Nathalie can smell the mountains. It’s that feeling in her chest, a rot tangled in her lungs. A memory that flashes too fast to see but too vivid to forget. It’s- Gabriel enters her room without knocking. Nathalie listens to that capricious tone in his mouth; sticky-honey when he calls her name, saltwater when he coaxes her to lift her chin and face him. “An apple,” he says, pointing the fork upward, “half for you and for me.” A moan ruptures from her lips. “Why?” The smile that dances in his eyes tells her nothing at all.

( ao3 link! )

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rules: write the latest line from your wip and tag as many people as there are words in the line. make a new post, don't reblog.

thanks for the tag @unecoccinellenoire :’)

Gabriel watches the man known as Hawkmoth wrinkle his nose, unperturbed and yet still wholly disgusted, glancing at the white canvas behind him; at what was (once) the still portrait of his (once) wife.

apparently i still have ml wips. not tagging anyone despite the length because i don’t go as much here as i should :’ )

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3. gabriel to nathalie thank op :)

Don't even think about it, Nathalie thinks the moment she clocks the man's nostrils flare. She lets her face turn from practised neutrality to undisguised disgust. It's easy really, his scent turns her nose, all faintly dirty banknotes and the iron tang of dried blood.

Sometimes she really does miss her suppressants. Funny how she'd thought the heats would be the worst of having to go off them while her doctor finds her a new set that doesn’t give her insomnia. Though the whole situation there is another set of problems that she’s very carefully not thinking about.

Footsteps and a faint warmth against her back heralds Gabriel come to see what's taking the signing of the paperwork so long, and despite his bonded status his own scent dries out her mouth a little.

They perhaps, in the circumstances and what Nathalie’s been doing, that’s not so much of a surprise.

Alpha to alpha Gabriel stares down at him, and the other man seems to surrender, as if in recognition of a superior claim, in a way he hadn’t with Nathalie’s rejection. A primal part of her wants to bare her teeth and remind in that she’s just as dangerous as her boss.

Still she can’t deny the backup is nice, and that she doesn’t half want to step back and close that precious centimetre of space between her and Gabriel.

“Thank you,” she murmurs, once the guy’s left.

“I’m not sure you needed my intervention,” he sounds somewhat chagrined, “though I’m glad to hear I didn’t overstep.”

“Overstep? Trust me, I was couldn’t have been less interested in him.” Nathalie’s problematic feelings lie a hell of a lot closer to home than that.

His fingers slowly catch one hers, entwining their hands, “I thought so, but I feared I’d overcompensated- trying to act like I’m not trying to chase you off, I’m not jealous of what you two do during your heats you know.”

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67. Amelie to Nathalie

One matter Nathalie's always found easy to empathise with her boss on is the matter of Amélie Graham de Vanily.

So similar to Emilie Agreste in a way that goes past their surface appearances, and yet just different enough that what draws you in with one repulses you with the other.

Nathalie imagines that she doesn't feel quite as much of a skin-scraping wrongness as Gabriel does when Amélie reaches out a hand, or kisses a cheek in greeting.

Firstly because she's too below Amélie's notice to generally be offered either, and secondly because it's not like she's ever received anything more than friendliness from Emilie for Amélie's actions to be twisted mirror of.

Still, when Amélie decides to approach her while the Agreste's and Félix are in the garden it does set all Nathalie's instincts off.

"I do feel sorry for you, you know," the woman offers as if Nathalie can't see through her saccharine pretence at compassion, "it must be difficult for you with my sister," she pauses, "miraculously returned."

It suddenly seems like a real lost opportunity that Mayura never got the chance to throw Amélie out a window. Or possibly strangle her.

"I don't know what you mean," she says, attempting boredom because she's can't give her the satisfaction of knowing she's needled her, "I'm relieved for them all that Mme. Agreste's safely home."

"Hmm," Amélie lips twitch, "still, I rather got the impression you were rather getting used to being the woman at Gabriel's side, and looking after Adrien of course."

Nathalie exhales, "you've clearly made up your mind to think otherwise, but there's never been anything between me and M.Agreste."

That much is true anyway.

A sudden burst of noise from the garden catches their attention, and Nathalie looks out the window, past whatever Adrien and his cousin are doing, to his parents. Hair shining gold and silver in the sun, and then Emilie smiles up at Gabriel, and the corners of his mouth turn up to despite the scowl on his face seconds before.

Her heart clenches at the scene, as she stands back in the shadows watching, but she smiles too at the triumph she's wrought, "he adores her you know."

Amélie gasp, “Oh my god! You’re in love with them, both of them!"

Nathalie looks away and folds all her emotions down into more manageable little things to be filed away somewhere no one will ever look.

"Don't be ridiculous." She doesn't manage to laugh, but she does manage hauteur as she turns back to Amélie, "did you come in here because you needed anything madame? Or shall I show you to the gardens?"

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That’s her left hand.

I-

This is VIOLENT foreshadowing.

I am unwell.

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Some HawkNath fluff. 

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Elevator reveals

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yuor trans………………..thatsso cool………..

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I only will draw Shadowmoth when i can mock about his stupid existence ouo

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😭😭 bluh bluh yes to a collab

If you were given the chance, will you wanna do a collab with someone? Or like, which artists or writers would you be willing to collab with?

Um, yes, I'd be sincerely down to collaborate with anyone. There are so many fantastic authors and artists in the Gabenath fandom.

I'm not sure how my very, hmm, I’ll call it dialogue-heavy style, meshes with all the writer’s whose emotionally I admire but like @dishwater-blondie, @telmes , @shadowmayura, @noorooz are all writers I really admire.  

Honestly there are people in our little section of fandom I'd pay to illustrate my fics, and please al artists take this as an open invitation, but like, @la-belle-dame-sans-coeur, if you ever want to do some sort of fic/art trade-off let me know b/c there are so many different outfits I have for Nathalie in various fics of mine I’m totally incapable of doing justice to in fic but can describe in detail. 

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I got my iPad back sooner than expected!! So ofc I had to doodle my favourite kids <3 MariChat nation come get y'alls food :D

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Yeah so, it’s been a minute

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So like, I loved Optigami

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Kidnapped

I’ve been using up a lot of creativity for work, and my brain currently couldn’t come up with stories for my personal art. I really felt like making a comic for fun though. So that I don’t have to think, I redrew an old comic! Hehe. I always liked the idea of Ladybug wondering what kind of person Chat Noir is behind the mask. Old caption to my original Instagram post :

I personally think that Ladybug assumes that Chat Noir’s civilian form is a flirty, sweater-wearing jokester who always gets into trouble with authorities and goes to school on a scooter – not the oblivious, sheltered cinnamon roll that is Adrien Agreste 🐞🐾

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Hi hello I saw ur mlb post about Chats butt and lemme just say that i love it but can I suggest: Marinette finding out Adriens identity bc of his butt

OH GOD YES WHAT A WONDERFUL IDEA!! THE BUTT REVEAL!!!Thank you anon, you saved me from a boring holiday.

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maam? excuse me?? 🥺 i would love to collab withyou sometimes???

If you were given the chance, will you wanna do a collab with someone? Or like, which artists or writers would you be willing to collab with?

I've had a lot of fun collabing in the past during the Gabenath Mini and Reverse Bangs! I would love work with other people too! I have to admit that I do run a bit of a tight ship. 😅 Strong opinions over here.

I'm very shy, and would mostly just like to collaborate with friends. @shadowmayura, @maybemayura, and @thehopeelias are some artists that come to mind who I adore. As far as writers, I've had a wonderful time working with @mymayura (twice!!), and @noorooz has plotted, like, four of my fics. A couple dream collabs would be with @telmes and @unecoccinellenoire, who I am in constant awe of.

Ah, you've made me tag so many people! If y'all are reading this, I love you!

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-excited inarticulate screaming sounds off in the distance-

Bonus cheeky bastard.