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skvaderarts · 3 years

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Devil May Cry OC Week Day 1!

Happy first day of @dmc-oc-week! I’m so excited for this!

So I hope this isn’t too annoying, but a lot of the stuff about my OC relates to the 120 Post DMC5 Nero and V as brothers fic that I’ve been writing for the last year (Help I can’t stop), so I have yet to reveal a lot of the stuff about him. I seriously hope that at least one of you likes him, though! The artwork is by the always amazing @gaaebolg, and I’ll have more sometime in the future, so stay tuned!

Also, I’m sorry for how long this post is. I’ve been creating things for this OC for the better part of two years now, so I’ve just got a lot of pent up excitement to get through. If at least one of you like him, then it’s a success!

Now then... SIRRUS

General Information:

Name: Sirrus (sear-us not Cyrus)

Age: Nope. He’s not saying. How rude of you to ask! Looks 21-25 though.

Eyes: Very light gray

Height: 6″ 5′

Build: Thin. He basically never eats anything. But he likes to cook (mostly for V and Nero) and he drinks sometime. And it’s normally wine. he doesn’t eat his own cooking, though. Everyone is freaked out by this.

Species: That’s tricky. Very tricky. He’s technically three different things at once due to his complicated parental lineage, and it causes him nothing but suffering. I may reveal what he truly is later this week if people actually care that he exists barely concealed intense crying. As a result of this, he had one hell of a power set, although many of his powers clash in a sort of MHA Todoroki sort of way. He’s not very pleased by this. The power is great and all, but it literally gives him a miserable migraine sometimes.

Personality: Sardonic, sarcastic, linguistically unapproachable at times due to his tendency to be very formal in an old fashioned, bitingly straight to the point, occasionally cripplingly brooding, and internally melodramatic. His entire internal monologue is just him chastising himself for every breath that he takes or him thinking he’s a total badass. He has no in-between. If left alone, he won’t make it off the couch due to a healthy dose of self-loathing. Thankfully he can’t become drunk. But he still tries. Think Tom Cruse Lestat meets Dorian Grey meets Alucard from the Castlevania Netflix anime. He likes to make dry, deadpan jokes, but he also knows how to read the room. He’s been around long enough to have developed that skill. But despite his desire to be left alone and work in isolation, he finds himself around the crew more than he might like to understand. He tries to be supportive to those around him, though he’s fully self aware of the fact that he’s not that great with it.

Preferences: Dark rooms, good food, better wine, even better conversations, and fantastically showboat filled fights. And not so subtly spoiling V with unsolicited but much appreciated gifts and luxuries.

Dislikes: Mostly his father and bullshit in general. Which is a large reason he doesn't like his father. Also, people who abuse others or power for self gain. So again, his father. I’m noticing a reoccurring theme here. It’s his mom’s fault, too.

Relationships: He knows the cast due to being sent to investigate the events of the fic I was writing, and from there he hangs around and offers to help in any way that he can. He’s on good terms with basically everyone, but later becomes very friendly with V and they have a frankly adorable relationship that I’m 10000% sure he wishes were more than just a friendship but he’s just too shy and sure he’d be rejected to ask. He and various members of the cast have some fun banter with one another, though, and he’s more or less free to come and go as he wishes. He also may or may have not gotten V slightly drunk off of blood wine once. It’s complicated.

Abilities: Wouldn’t you like to know, weather boy. Just kidding. in addition to the standard things like quick movement, increased durability and stamina, and some other things I’ve yet to reveal, Sirrus has a vaguely explained light ability that forces a lot of very powerful demons to recoil at the sight of it. He can also wield fire, but in a localized state, and the more he allows it to spread, the harder it is to control. The more localized and small the fire area is, the hotter he can make it burn, all the way up to white flame is he absolutely needs to. It’s very draining, however, as the usage of such power is in direct conflict with what he is. Far too much light for his tastes. But, at the very same time he, the other portion of what he is makes the light within him stronger. He’s a living contradiction, and yes, he totally hates it.

Weapon: He possesses a swept hilt rapier called “Kilnsbane” forged from a combination of Damascus Steel and meteorite. It earned it’s name for it’s ability to be coated in intense heat as a veiacle for his powers (it’s easier to control that way) and from the shards of dust that speckle the blade. The blade is slightly longer than average, reaching about a meter in length. It’s also sharp on both edges of the blade like a razor. It’s not as sharp as something like Yamato, but it’s exceptionally durable, kinda like the difference between Vibranium and Adamantium. Nico is going to have a field day with that.

Interesting fact: Due to two divorces on the part of his father, he is technically part of two powerful families. One by blood, and the other as a sort of honorary son after he sided with them over an important domestic dispute against his father’s wishes. if you’d like to know more, let me know!

Notes: I’d tell you more, but so many things about him are showed in mystery by nature, so if I tell you (yet) what some of these details are, I’ll spoil the surprises. And also, if your reading my fics, I don’t want to spoil anything about his roll in the story by telling you entirely who and what he is. His last name is actually a spoiler in of it’s self, so you can’t know it just yet!

So... what do you think?! I would so love for someone, ANYONE to give me feedback or just ask me more about him! It would be so exciting to see someone on Tumblr go down that road with me :D thanks for reading this! I look forward to tomorrow!

#dmcocweek #Day 1 #My OC #Sirrus #i hope you like him!#ask me questions #DMC #Post DMC5 #Post DMCV #Devil May Cry #Devil May Cry OC Week

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justonemorechapternicercy · 3 years

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For the rare pair (if you are still doing it and have the time to do it), could you do will/percy/Nico? Thank you and I hope you have a good day!

Sorry for the late answer, but I had no idea what to write about them. There are some nice Willercico (?) fics out there, but it's not exactly my OT3. Still, thank you for your prompt :) <3

Having said that, I'm also sorry for the fic ^^ I'm pretty sure it was not what you wanted, but it was what I could write ^^

Percy was… not well.

Well, that might been an understatement; Percy was freaking the fuck out. He was freaking out, and had no idea what in Hades he was going to do.

Sitting on his bed, he groaned loudly as he threw himself backwards, spreading himself over his bed like a starfish.

He had no idea what the fuck he was going to do now. Nothing went like he planned, even less how he hoped.

"Fuck," he murmured to himself, repeating the word again and again, sometimes sprinkling in some "shit", until he was basically shouting the profanities. Times like this, he was really thankful for having a cabin just for himself.

As the shouting increased, he slammed a fist into the mattress, as if it was the one that caused him the distress, but it didn't help. The pain in his chest, in his heart was way too much.

Rolling onto his stomach, he buried his face into the blue sheet, hiding his tears even in the loneliness of his cabin. He felt like a mess; a crying, snotty, bitching mess.

It's not like he has any reason to cry! There was nothing going on, was there? Probably - surely - not, if Nico was so casual about what he was doing! Everything between them was obviously only in Percy's head, and it was his fault if he thought more into their interactions.

Still, even if they were not in a relationship, they were friends, right?! So he couldn't be blamed for feeling used for being dumped by Nico, could he?!

Percy sniffed, just remembering what happened a few minutes before brought back a new wave of hurt.

"Hey," Nico said, patting Percy's back, maybe a bit stronger Percy felt comfortable with. But it was Nico, who didn't initiate touchings, so he didn't complain. "I haven't seen you since breakfast. Where have you been?"

"I…" Percy frowned. "I taught sword fighting with you," he mumbled, confused. Okay, they didn't talk during the class, as both were occupied with their group of demigods, but they were at the same place. How did Nico miss…?

Oh.

Right.

He was there. Sitting on the stand, looking at Nico with heart eyes.

"Really? Huh," Nico said, shrugging. "Sorry," he added, just as an afterthought.

"It's fine." No, it wasn't. Yet, Percy smiled, and changed the subject. "So, you are still coming over to my cabin tonight's right?" The green-eyed demigod asked, light pink dusting his cheeks. Nico asked him a few days ago, making sure to let Percy know that it was going to be a "special night", just between the two of them.

"I wouldn't miss it," the son of Hades winked, and put his hand on the lower part of Percy's back. They walked towards the dining pavilion, chatting amicably, until a golden form attracted Nico's attention, who snapped his head towards it, like a dog sensing a running squirrel.

"Hey, Will!" he called out for the son of Apollo, slightly pulling away from Percy. The older demigod glanced to his left side where Nico was looking, and kind of smiling, just to see Will hurrying towards them to jump in Nico's arms in a dramatic rom-com fashion.

Percy didn't know what in Hades was going on.

"Hey, Will," he said awkwardly, going with the flow, as always. He wanted to demand answers, he wanted to know what's going on, but he just stood there, rooted down, with his voice gone. And after everything, all he got back was a half-hearted, slightly antagonistic "Hi" from Will, who never looked away from Nico.

Percy felt like a third wheel - a broken, loose wheel that had no reason to be on the vehicle.

"You free tonight?" Will asked sweetly, suggestively, luring Nico in.

Percy was going to be sick.

"Actually, he-" Percy started to answer, just to be cut off by Nico's quick "Yes," making Percy feel like his heart shattered into a million pieces.

Nico…

Nico rejected him?

Without even rejecting him?

After he led Percy to believe that Nico said that he wasn't his type because he was confused, and that he really wanted to try out something with him? After telling Percy that he and Will were just friends? After making him believe that they were going to be lovers? Boyfriends?

"You, Percy?" Percy only listened to their conversation when he heard Will ask him reluctantly, as he finally leaned away from the son of Hades. As if he really wanted to know.

"Not anymore," answered the question he assumed he was asked, forcing out a fake smile, and without waiting for a reply, he rushed away, feeling angry and humiliated.

All he could think of was the rejection, not hearing Nico's yell, calling him back to talk about what was the problem.

He just wanted to bury himself in his bed, crying his heart out.

So he did.

#percy jackson #nico di angelo #nicercy #pjo #pjoverse #will solace #rare ship #angst #miscommunication #maybe? who knows?#ariyabella

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livsoulsecrets · 3 years

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Deanoru Fic - You might have me believing I don't always have to be alone

Summary: At 10 years old, Karolina first realizes her feelings for girls during a movie night with her friends while their parents have their annual dinner gathering. As she tries to understand herself that night and fears what those feelings might mean about her, she finds unexpected comfort in Nico.

TW: Internalized Lesbophobia (nothing major, but the story shows Karolina questioning her feelings for girls and struggling with it)

When she was 10 years old, during one of their families’ dinner gatherings, Karolina marched into the Wilders’ living room with a DVD copy of Enchanted safely tucked inside her pink unicorn bag. She had carefully swept the movie into her bag while she messed around her dad’s movie collections, kept in his office, safely tucked away from her curious hands. On that dinner night, though, her dad was away on a work trip and her mom was too busy taking phone calls and doing her makeup to notice Karolina sneaking into the room.

He had them all organized by genre and she made the huge effort of climbing into a chair to reach the romance shelf. She was always obsessed with love stories, but her parents didn’t always let her watch them because some weren’t “appropriate”.

This time, though, nobody could stop her from reaching the Enchanted DVD on the highest shelf. With a squeal, she celebrated her achievement. After that, it was easy to secretly smuggle it into the Wilders’ home. Once the kids were all alone in the living room, Karolina coughed loudly in a dramatic fashion to announce she had news, which made Gert roll her eyes.

— Guys, I have a surprise for you. — She announced, proudly picking the DVD up and showing it to her friends. Alex crooked an eyebrow, looking confused.

— Okay… I’m still waiting for it. — He said, unfazed. Nico elbowed him, successfully shutting him up.

— Don’t be a jerk. — She told him and turned to Karolina shortly after, ignoring Alex’s whining and Chase’s loud laughs, as she smiles at her friend. — Go on, Kare.

— Thanks, Nico. — Karolina answered, her cheeks blushing uncontrollably. She didn’t understand why, but every time Nico smiled at her like that, Karolina felt her stomach doing summer salts, as if she was going through a roller coaster. — I found my dad’s copy of this movie, Enchanted. My mom doesn’t let me watch it, because she says it’s not for kids my age... But I think we should do it anyway. Amy is not here today, so she can’t tell on us!

— But what if it’s a scary movie? — Molly questioned, head tucked into Gert’s lap, taking away too much space for her little self.

— It’s not, Mols. It’s a love story! It even has a princess in the cover. — Karolina explained, excitedly placing the movie in the DVD player.

— Ew, love’s gross. — Chase grunted, with all the eloquence his 10 year old self could gather.

— You’re gross. — Gert fired back, without missing a bit. — Just play the movie, we have nothing to do tonight.

In response to that, Alex just sighed, which usually meant he didn’t agree with them, but was still in. Nico nodded, handling Karolina the remote and tapping the seat next to her, offering it to the girl. Karolina gladly took it.

For two whole hours, the six of them were tucked together in Alex’s huge couch, lights turned off and all eyes on the TV. Despite Chase’s claim of love being gross, towards the end of the movie, as Robert leaned down to kiss Giselle in an attempt to wake the princess up from her poisoned apple induced sleep, he was on the verge of his seat, quietly chanting “please wake up, please wake up”. Karolina could have sworn she saw the glimpse of a smile on Gert’s face as she watched Chase squealing with excitement when Giselle woke up with the true love kiss.

Meanwhile, Molly was clapping, jumping up and down on the couch while Gert resorted to laugh at her. Even Alex, despite his initial skepticism, joined the celebration, carrying Molly on his back while she threw her fists in the air, screaming as if she had just won the lottery.

Karolina’s appreciation of the scene was quieter, though. Her head was resting on Nico's shoulder, as she smiled softly at the couple on the screen, excitedly nudging Nico every time they did something cool, despite Nico never showing much interest for those. Karolina, on the other hand, had the one true love kisses as her favorite parts of any movie.

As the wicked queen confronted the princess and her love, Karolina gasped, grabbing Nico’s arm while her friend laughed at her reactions.

— You are all crazy. — Nico declared, as she looked around at the chaos installed in that room.

— Stop talking, Nico. I’m trying to pay attention to the dragon. — Gert demanded, pulling Chase down with a tight grip, making him stop running around after Alex and Molly. Chase complained, but stayed down, knowing better than to argue with Gert on anything.

— Okay, nerd. — Nico whispered under her breath, only for Karolina to hear. Kare liked the way Nico talked in moments like these, as if they were sharing something that was only theirs.

Despite the commotion the first kiss scene caused, it was the rain scene that really struck Karolina. Her eyes barely blinked as she watched the couple making promises and kissing in the rain, romantic instrumental music in the background.

— Ow, I want to be a princess too! — Molly stated, hands over her heart as the credits started rolling.

— I just want that princess! — Chase answered, imitating Molly’s gesture and placing his hands on his heart too.

— Okay, mister “love’s gross”. — Nico pointed out, earning loud laughs out of their friends.

Karolina didn’t laugh with them.

Quite the opposite. She stayed still, petrified. With a shock, Karolina realized she agreed with Chase a lot more than she agreed with Molly.

It was not that Kare didn’t want to be like Giselle. Of course she wanted to, the princess was kind, beautiful and loving… There was just more to it. As Karolina watched the boy lean down to kiss his princess, she felt her own heart flutter, almost as if she was jealous of him, almost as if she wanted to be him.

The thought sent a wave of fear through her. She sat up immediately, removing herself from Nico’s side so quickly the other girl flinched.

What was wrong with her? Why was she having those thoughts? It was not okay for girls to want princesses, right? She was supposed to be like Molly, dreaming of being the princess for some prince to kiss awake. She wasn’t supposed to want to be in the prince’s place. That was for boys, like Chase and Alex and her dad-

It was all too much at that point. Karolina could still listen to Gert and Chase’s bickering over what movie they should watch next, she could still hear Nico’s voice asking if she was okay as she walked out of the room in a rush. Nothing else mattered other than the fact she needed to leave.

She needed to be alone and away from her friends because she was a freak, she was not normal and not okay and such a weird-

— Kare? Hey, what’s going on? — Nico followed her outside.

Of course she did.

Karolina was standing in the middle of the Wilders’ garden, Nico some steps behind her, tears were falling down Kare’s eyes, but not a single word came out of her mouth. Nico slowly walked towards her and placed a hand on Karolina’s shoulder. In response, Karolina immediately flinched. Nico pulled away, as if she was burned.

— Sorry. Are you okay?

— Yeah. I’m just- It was too hot inside, I needed some fresh air. — Kare lied, her voice shaking.

— Karolina… It’s winter, it’s so cold. — Nico’s voice was soft and the way she said her name made Kare look up.

Nico and Karolina couldn’t be more different, the first adored to use only black, talk back to adults and to explore, as the second loved colorful clothes, obeying parents and staying safe. Still, despite their many differences, the way Nico talked to Karolina was always the same, soft and steady, as if she wanted to make the girl comfortable, as if she knew Karolina was built up differently.

The thought both warmed Kare’s heart and terrified her. Yet, she hoped Nico never stopped talking to her like that.

— Come on, what’s going on?

Karolina lifted her eyes up from the ground and stared at Nico. In her black dress and hair flying in all directions because of the wind, Karolina thought she looked like the most beautiful princess that ever existed.

A flash went through Kare’s mind where she pictured them dancing in the rain, just like the moments they saw in movies, shining and spinning around, not a care in the world.

She pushed the thought down, afraid of what that could mean about her.

Instead, she swallowed dryly and finally talked again.

— I was just thinking… I don’t think I’ll ever get that. I mean, the true love kiss and the happy ending.

— What do you mean? That’s not true! Of course you’re getting that! — Nico protested, not understanding why she would ever believe that.

— I just know, okay? I won’t get that. Never. I’ll just- I’ll just be alone. Forever. Like the evil queen. — Karolina felt stupid as the tears burned her eyes again. She was 10, she was a big kid, who should be behaving a lot better by now, but the thought of being alone because of how different she was broke her heart.

This time, when Nico moved, Karolina accepted her hug, crying in her arms.

— Kare, I don’t know why you think that, but it’s not true. You will not be alone. I will be with you, okay? You’re my friend. You will never be alone.

As Nico whispered these words, Karolina fought the tears. She stepped away for a moment, just to get a better look at Nico’s face.

— You promise?

— I promise. — Nico said, without hesitating.

— Pinky promise? — Karolina insisted, really needing some reassurance.

— I don’t do that. It’s silly. — Nico stated, shaking her head. — I promise because it’s true. I believe it, so you believe it too.

Karolina’s stupid summer salts were back at full force on her stomatch now. She still felt weird and ashamed, but Nico sounded so sure that it became easier to accept what she was saying.

— Okay. I believe you. — Karolina finally agreed and Nico smiled.

— Good. Now, let’s go back. It’s really cold here. — Without hesitating, Karolina followed Nico inside, their arms elanced together as they walked back in.

They found Molly passed out on the couch, half her weight laying on Chase and the other half on Gert, locking the two of them to their seats on the couch. Still, they didn’t seem to mind, as they exchanged insults and jokes. Karolina didn’t know why Gert and Chase acted like that. It was like they both liked and hated each other the most in the whole world.

Alex was picking up the next movie with a lot of attention when he saw Nico and Karolina. He looked up immediately, excited to see them.

— Hey, I think I found something Karolina will like. It’s called “A Cinderella Story”! Look, the girl even has blonde hair!

— Ow, they’re pretty much twins, Alex! — Nico pointed out, to which Alex very maturely responded by sticking out his tongue to her.

— I think it is a good movie! Let’s see it. Thank you, Alex! — Kare said, taking her seat on the couch again, grateful he had found something she would enjoy. He started the movie shortly after, silence reining in the room again.

Karolina found a great distraction in the movie, good enough to keep her doubts and insecurities away from her mind for the whole night.

Once she got home, though, after safely putting the DVD back in her dad’s office and being tucked away in bed by her mom, she stayed up for a while, staring at the ceiling.

She still didn’t know what the feelings she had about the princess in the movie meant. She was still scared and trying to ignore them. Despite all of that, Nico’s voice was louder than the mean ones in her brain.

She wouldn’t be alone, no matter what happened, because Nico wouldn’t stop being her friend.

Even though she didn’t tell Nico that night what she was truly thinking, her words stuck with Karolina for years to come.

That night, Karolina felt, for the first time, the confusing sentiments that would keep her up for many nights to come, that would make her doubt her own beliefs and question everything she knew about herself.

Yet, every time, she would find some solace in knowing Nico’s promise stood, based on something a lot stronger than pinky promises: a very stubborn 10-year-old Nico Minoru’s word.

#deanoru #deanoru fic #runaways #marvels runaways #runaways fic #runaways fics #my fics #karolina dean #nico minoru #tw internalized lesbophobia #tw internalized homophobia #deanoru fics #alex wilder #gert yorkes #chase stein #molly hernandez

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incomprehensiblelentils · 3 years

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@dollsome-does-tumblr does this and opened it up to anyone and I am feeling chatty today SO!

Because I co-write a lot with my lovely wife, I might answer some questions including those co-written stories, or I might not, depends on how I feel when I get there.

name:

Megan but I go by Lentils most places on the internet, Shadowcrawler over on AO3

fandoms:

at the moment: MCU, especially Agents of SHIELD and Daredevil; Terminator: Dark Fate; Halt and Catch Fire. Oh and I wrote Dollhouse fanfics a thousand years ago. Sometimes I will watch a movie/show and think “those two girls should be gay” and bang out 2k of fic about it and then never write for that fandom again. (I THOUGHT this was going to be HACF but as it turns out, no, it’s not done with me yet.)

where you post:

AO3, at Shadowcrawler. I also have a tumblr @lentils-writes where theoretically I post links to fics/advertise them in the tags, because I used to be real precious about not putting porn on this blog, but fuck it.

most popular multi-chapter fic:

Co-written, it’s definitely mallverse, which is I think the reason most writers definitely hate us because it’s very long and there are a lot of tags lmao. The problem is that every tagged character HAS shown up in a significant fashion at some point so we can’t just...untag them! It doesn’t update weekly anymore because we’re exhausted by life lmao so at least there’s that???

As for a multi-chapter fic that was just me, I don’t tend to do that so much, so actually it’s say you will, my 3-chapter Endgame fix-it where Clint dies instead of Natasha and Natasha and Laura have a past. It actually has over 1000 hits which is very exciting! I feel like it’s...niche in a way that is frustrating but understandable lol. I put a lot of my heart into it and some people really liked it, so that’s gratifying.

favorite story you’ve written so far:

Co-written, I think our SHIELD Dollhouse AU is very underrated for the amount of work we put into it. Author bias evident here because I love Dollhouse warts and all, and it’s a lot of fun translating episode plots as well as the general trajectory of the show into stuff that will work with SHIELD characters. We don’t just rewrite episodes, we really try and rework them as needed. Also it features both Skimmons and my beloved rarepair Bobbi/Kara, though of course they won’t get together until later.

Of my own stuff, I’m still really really proud of the AU where Kara Palamas didn’t die. I think that was a pretty severe misstep of the show and I think I did a good job of fixing it. (I haven’t forgotten Kara, promise!)

fic you were nervous to post:

lolololol I wrote some uh. Terminator pornography last year and. They are very porny! I had co-written a bunch of smut obviously, but that was the first time I’d posted like, PWP all by myself on purpose??? and that was TERRIFYING. Also I was very nervous to post the Engame fix-it because that was my own personal goodbye/tribute to Natasha.

how you choose your titles:

They are always either song lyrics or jokes (such as Three Lawyers and a Baby, my Daredevil Accidental Baby Acquisition fic). My WIP docs are always titled either obvious shit like “RoseJannah horse girls” or memes like “what if we belonged to a fire cult and we fucked haha just kidding unless...?” or “Morgan has two mommies.”

do you outline?:

B and I typically outline for the co-written fics, although it’s more often chapter-by-chapter outlines since that’s how we write them. On occasion we’ve fully planned multi-chapter stuff out in advance but that’s less common. Oh and the one-shots are nearly always outlined as well, just to keep ourselves organized.

When I have written planned multi-chapter fics in the past I have used outlines - particularly for the Kara one and I had to do that for the SHIELD Kill Bill AU because I was trying to follow the format of the movie. For things that are allegedly supposed to be one-shots I almost never outline, which turns out to be a terrible idea when they inevitably balloon beyond my control and become 45k like say you will. That one, I wrote out a list of scenes I thought needed to be in it and then I wrote about 75% of those scenes and then I wrote a bunch more scenes I hadn’t planned for. Don’t be like me, kids!

complete fics:

According to AO3, 89 as of right now. Uh, you do not want me to list all of them, here’s a link, I guess!

in progress:

I don’t understand what the difference is between this question and the WIP questions lmao help????

posted WIPs that I have active plans to continue at this time:

Cowritten: mallverse as I said, and its femslash smut oneshots spinoff and character flashbacks spinoff and older characters/teachers spinoff (these get updated, uh, irregularly), the first half of a Piper/Snowflake SHIELD s7 fic that we are planning on finishing the second half of soonish, SHIELD Dollhouse AU, SHIELD Teen Beach AU, SHIELD Buffy AU. You may notice a pattern!

By myself, I have: Have Your Elf a Merry Little Christmas, a Terminator Hallmark Christmas fic that I ambitiously posted the first chapter of in 2019 and then lost steam immediately (I am going to go back to it sooner or later bc I had some cute ideas for it); the SHIELD Fate of the Furious AU that has one chapter to go and which I do intend on finishing eventually; Three Lawyers and a Little Lady, the Daredevil Accidentally Baby Acquisition AU that is literally just cute kidfic and poly avocados and which I have a bunch of ideas for and just need to buckle down and finish some.

posted WIPs that I have given up on:

Lol so there’s a Dollhouse Caroline/Bennett Doctor Who AU that I wrote purely as idfic and which nobody ever cared about except me, and I think that ship has sailed! RIP darlings. I also had an ongoing Skimmons series waaaay back when where I posted oneshots that were like missing scenes or gay readings for each s1 episode, and I just feel like it would be inauthentic to even try and finish it at this point. (It does include the first ever Skimmons fic to be posted on AO3! Really truly, there’s one fic that shows up as older but it’s an ongoing fic and was updated with the tag way after I posted mine.)

exchange fics due soon/unrevealed:

I haven’t done an exchange since like 2015 lololol I am so bad at them. I am currently working on finishing up my MCU Femslash bingo card, very late, and I do have plans for almost all of the remaining squares!

WIPs that live in my fanfic folder and are incomplete and who knows when they’ll be finished:

“RoseJannah horse girls,” which has been put on hold temporarily but is literally just Rose and Jannah being gay while riding orbaks

half of a Daisy/Gwen fic from Marvel Rising because I know they’re not making any more of those but I stg those two were really gay

multiple fics about Elise Nelson-Page including: avocados Halloween with smol Elise, Aunt Elektra very reluctantly taking smol Elise shopping until she realizes smol Elise also likes weapons (she buys her a fake katana), Uncle Frank is a pushover and spoils the shit out of Elise, and baby Elise has a high fever and everyone freaks out but then she gets better and smile at them for the first time (inspired by baby me lol).

coming soon/not yet started:

“Morgan has two mommies,” yet another Endgame fix-it where Maya Hansen did not die in Iron Man 3 and she resurfaces and she and Pepper kiss and eventually she adopts Morgan

Claire and Colleen go on a nice date to get coffee/tea where Danny doesn’t interrupt them goddammit

Bobbi/Kara Warehouse 13 AU which is sort of like “For the Team” but gayer ft. grappling hook

X-Men: Evolution Tabby/Amara fluff

Cameron/Donna character study disguised as smut

Grace proposes to Dani with a ring made out of the metal from her power source and Carl officiates the wedding

Dani gets horny watching Grace eat a peach and jerks off and Grace ends up hearing her and then they fuck (I have been calling this “the peach fic” in my head but I gotta stop being delicate about it lmfao it is just porn)

B and I have plans to do a Nico/Karolina Jasper in Deadland AU but we keep forgetting

I MUST WRITE FOGGY AND KAREN SADLY FUCKING IN A CHURCH WHILE THEY MOURN MATT THIS YEAR I STG

do you accept prompts:

uhhhhhh I have on occasion written a prompt for someone before but it’s pretty rare and I have enough trouble writing the shit I come up with in my own head lol. but never say never?

upcoming story you are most excited to write:

I’ve got a bit of the Bobbi/Kara Warehouse fic written and it’s nice to go back to that world. Also I’m weirdly excited about the Cam/Donna smutty character study I mentioned above, I have a lot of what I think are good ideas for it and it’ll be fun.

tagging @unwind-myself @swiftzeldas @swashbucklery @loved-the-stars-too-fondly and, if you want to, you!

#sometimes I write things

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nicostolemybones · 4 years

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Please share some of your favorite head canons

This is a question I have been dying to be asked for so so long now! I don't always use every one of these headcanons in my fics, bc I like to explore different possibilities and ideas, but these are headcanons that I have anyways! Imma categorise them, this might get long:

Lgbtq+

Trans Will Clarisse and Annabeth

Bi Percy Annabeth Jason Clarisse and Will

Pansexual, genderqueer Piper

Oriented aroace lesbian Reyna

Lesbian Thalia

Oriented aroace gay Leo Valdez

Gay asexual Nico

Angst

Nico being triggered by pink triangles (like imagine him at some party and there's pink bunting and he just starts panicking and having flashbacks, or seeing them on a notebook pattern, and most people don't understand why he has such an 'obscure' trigger

Will who suffers from compassion fatigue and existential meltdowns and who believes he has blood on his hands

Leo with a lung disease from all the smoke and chemicals and dust he works with (I know a fair bit about lung issues due to family having them)

Nico's trauma actually having an impact on him in general (I refuse to believe his trauma stopped manifesting when he got a boyfriend), like the insomnia and flashbacks and fading and the whispering shadows and phobia of the dark

Will being an all year round camper because either his mom is homophobic or neglectful, or he doesn't feel safe in the area he grew up in

Jason who is constantly afraid of his own strength and of becoming a weapon, or worse, being just like his father

Reyna who worries that she's unapproachable and unloveable because she has so many barriers up

Percy who slowly becomes so scared of water and of drowning that he's afraid to use his powers in case he hurts someone, and who struggles to shower sometimes because some days he's too scared he'll drown

Piper who is so scared of losing who she is that she has to ask her friends to tell her things about herself sometimes. She writes it all down on post it notes so she doesn't forget who she is

Piper who, after her claiming, constantly feels like she's too curvy, too pretty, looks to grown up, who doesn't feel comfortable to wear certain clothes she likes in case their too tight, because she's absolutely terrified of being sexualised she's just a teen

Hazel who develops the Midas touch, perhaps a curse, who can't even hug her own brother lest he turn to gold. She's terrified that she'll wake up one day and she'll truly have a heart of gold

Frank who struggles with body dysmorphia. Frank who used to be perfectly okay with his chubbiness until his transformation, Frank who doesn't understand what was wrong with his body, Frank who sees himself as a muscled freak, Frank who, when he starts to gain weight again, is terrified that he won't be good enough for anyone else. Frank who shapeshifts because it's harder to feel bad about a body that isn't even human.

Annabeth who is so scared of losing her intelligence that she revises way past her limitations. Annabeth who gets addicted to energy drinks and studying because not only does sleep give her nightmares, but she's terrified of not waking up, or waking up and forgetting. Annabeth with superstitious rituals to stave off dementia. Annabeth who can recite the periodic table backwards and can multiply triple digit numbers in her head because she's overworking herself because she's scared that if she stops she will forget

Thaila who gets such bad nightmares she sleep floats and wakes up terrified because she's so high up so she bolts down all her windows out of the fear she'll fly away and fall to her death

Fluff and miscellany

Nico and Hazel swing dancing to records played on a gramophone

Will teaching Nico to read and sharing music with him

Nico playing clarinet or violin and drawing

Will cannot sing but he tries dammit

Percy who rescues baby seals and turtles and volunteers at the local conservation centre and adopts a tiny baby shark that turns out to be not so tiny that he puts in the lake

Annabeth who loves kids and becomes a teacher and a writer, writing dyslexia-friendly books

Will who teaches at camp but the learning style is completely individualised

There's a big box of stim toys in the infirmary

Jason who rediscovers how to have fun, who picks up so many hobbies and interests he can't count and damn it's fun to not be a soldier and just be a kid

Knitting club

Autistic Solangelo

Multilingual campers teaching each other their native languages

Workshops at camp to help campers reconnect with their culture (Piper's idea)

Reyna and Thalia being the lesbian aunts of camp, who everybody thinks are cool af. Thalia being an edgy butch punk and Reyna being a badass femme with a sword

Clarisse who goes to bars just to spot creeps and keep people safe (nobody argues with her)

Hazel and Nico playing mythomagic and being close siblings

Nico who slips into Italian when excited, who forgets words in English and just uses the Italian word, who sometimes gets the grammar wrong, and nobody makes him feel bad about it

Nico who can cook because his mama taught him, and Will who once managed to melt a plastic plate on the hob, tried to make toast and caused a fire, and once ate a tub of slime because he was hungry

Nico sewing

Will knitting

Piper running body confidence and fashion workshops, but rather than just instagram make up and branded clothes, she also encourages campers to wear whatever the hell they want. Jumper with 100 patches on it? Valid. Boys in skirts? Valid. Girls in suits? Valid. Enbies experimenting with gender presentation? Valid. Wanna look like a feral forest dwelling cryptid? Valid. Want to look like a princess at a ball? Valid.

Will and Piper and Clarisse as friends who run an adventurecore blog and go hiking and cause general chaos together

Nico and Leo being close friends who make edgy jokes and talk about their moms and talk to each other in a weird mix of Spanish and Italian from what they've taught each other.

Frank who runs self defence classes and offers to pretend to be people's boyfriend to help them escape creeps. He doesn't care if he has to pretend to be gay, or if he has to pretend to be a girl, he'll do anything to protect people from creeps.

Will has a pet chicken

Nico hisses at people

Everybody respects that Nico is touch averse

Clarisse and Drew, who used to be bullies, who have genuinely changed and genuinely do good. They help people to recognise patterns of bullying in both themselves and others, they talk to the bullies and help them to reform, they help people to realise that bullying can be traumatic and you don't have to forgive a bully. Clarisse and Drew who open a Safe Space corner

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elie-lou · 5 years

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THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND when writting Solangelo, Will and Nico :

I wanted something to remember myself and others of a few things that are important and/or that I are often forgotten in solangelo fics.

While I understand that perfectly respecting everything about a character might be hard nd block creativity, I personnaly prefer when characters are as much in character and as close to their original content conterpart as possible.

After all, I look for solangelo fics to read solangelo not some other pairing/characters vaguely resembling them.

So here is the list : * While they haven't been shown holding hands or doing other physically « intimate » gestures like hugging, cuddling or kissing, they still touch each other by bumping their shoulders constantly, sitting close to one another or placing their hands on each other shoulders. And for Nico this is already HUGE !!! Remember how he hates people touching him ? => I HC that they only hold hands and stuff like that when there is no one around. And little by little, Nico will learn to be more openly and publicly affectionate with his bae, but that will take time and probably will never be huge on PDA.

* Nico is from the 30's. So not only was he raised in another time, with old fashioned ideas about many many many things, but he also grew up in fascist Italy that considered homosexuals as deviants. Being who he is would have been not only illegal but also very dangerous back then. And for him this was like 4 years ago, not 70 years ago. Even in ToA, 6 months after starting to accept himself, and while dating Will, he is shown to still be struggling with it, if he rejection of the word boyfriend is any indication. So this, his struggle with being gay, his fears of people’s reactions and his difficulties to accept his feelings and himself, has to influence his behaviour. even in AUs

* Due to all the traumatic events that he had to go through, Nico likely suffers from : PTSD (nightmares, hyperawareness of his surounding and any sudden movement or sound, survivor guilt, etc...), anxiety, social anxiety, abandonment issues, trust issues, self-esteem and self-caring issues. And all these have to show and play a part in how he interacts and connects to others. Including his crush/boyfriend.

* Will also came through a bunch of traumatic shists that shaped him : going to war, losing a lot of siblings, in some cases right in front of him, people he hasn't been able to save while he is a powerful healer, becoming counselor very young becuse he had to after the loss of his older siblings, while mourning them and taking care of his younger siblings, etc. … We also don't know why he is a year-round camper.

* They both have deep rooted insecurities, and pobably self-esteem issues too. => HC that it migh create some issues between them because their insecurities would make them think (and therefore say or do) stupid things. Like for instance when Nico got jealous when Will looks at Paolo's arms.

* They spend as much time as they can together. And I have the feeling that it is mostly Will who initiates it. The only time when Nico openly asked to stay with Will was when the camp was under attack. => not that Nico does not want to take any opportunity to be with his « significant annoyance » but he is not yet in a place where he is comfortable enough to be that open about it.

* They almost constantly bicker like an old married couple … and still manage to look adorable while doing so, apparently.

* Humour seems to be an important part of their interactions/relationship. But they can also be serious and reasonable when needed.

* Will keeps giving Nico sarcastic nicknames such as : Lord of Darkness, Ghost King, etc. (probably just to annoy Nico)

* They don't hesitate to telll the other when he says or does something wrong or unsensitive.

* They are very supportive and caring of each other and seem to understand each other very well. => HC that this is because, despite appearances and what one would think, they have a lot in common in terms of values and personnality : they are both compassionante, caring, selfless, brave, stubborn, aggravating, had to grow up very quickly at a young age, both harbor deep insecurities, etc. Honestly they are very well matched and balanced, personnality wise or even abilities wise and this could deserve a dedicated post in itself.

A few things that are not direcly related to their relationship but might still have some influence or that I have seen forgotten too many times in fanfics : * Nico is mostly recovered from everything that happened during the previous series. But he still has issues with his most draining magical tricks, like shadow travel.

* And while Will is aware of that, he does not seem to be forbidding or reproaching Nico from using it anyway. There might have been restrictions the first weeks/months but not anymore and Will did not freak out when Nico shadow traveled in ToA.

* Nico almost never swears and generally speaks politely. He IS very sarcastic and blunt. But he will say please, thank you etc. even to the deads that he controls or even when he is upset. So please people stop making him use fuck like a coma.

* Will has yet to be seen swearing. But he has a more laid-back way of speaking (I think? As a foreigner it is alittle hard to say for me) and can make health related jokes or insults.

* Will is heavily implied to have had a hardcore crush on Nico for a long (but undetermined) amount of time. => HC that they are each other first ralationship because Will does not seem the type to date someone while he is pinning for someone else.

This list was inspired by my post for the second day of @solangeloweek . I will probably edit and update it when I have time because this will be a tool for me when drawing/writting/HC solangelo.

If you want to discuss any of these or add more please leave a comment or contact me ^_^

Have a good day !

#solangelo #riordanverse #nico di angelo #wil solace #trials of apollo

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taxesdeathtrouble · 6 years

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Over The Hills And Far Away

somehow i managed to write this in one day????? what the fuck?????

there’s like, a lot of fluff in this fic, guys. A Lot.

continuation of ‘going to be true, if you’ll let me’

title is from Rita Ora’s ‘Anywhere’

~5000 words

Enjoy!!!!

1. The One Where Alex Finds Out

Chase, in general, always wants to be around Gert. If given the choice, he would pick his girlfriend (because she's his girlfriend now! He can say that!) over saving the world, no contest.

They're in her room right now, or what can loosely be called her room; the Hostel's accommodations, though useful, are sparse. They're just lucky there was six rooms here with bedframes. Old Lace is at the side of the bed, chewing on a rubber bone that Gert bought for her.

The two of them are lying on her bed, and soft music is playing from the record player. The record player was such a score that when Gert found it in the thrift shop they went to a few days ago, they bought candy bars to celebrate.

"Why did you even bring records when we left if you didn't have anything to play them on?" he asks, softly, because it's pretty peaceful right now, and he doesn't want to ruin it by being loud.

"I dunno," Gert says, shifting and leaning her head against his shoulder. "Why does anyone do anything?"

"Ah, so it's one of those days," Chase says, amused. Gert has always been very existential, sometimes.

"I don't have 'days', I am constantly, always like this. This is how I think all the time, but it just translates into nihilistic sarcasm." She says all this with her face pressed into his chest, because she's moved even closer in the past ten seconds. She's probably going to fall asleep soon.

"Big words from someone in Bugs Bunny pajamas."

"Shut up, they were on sale."

"They were a dollar off, you didn't have to buy-"

She reaches up and puts both hands on his face and squishes his lips together.

"I don't have to take this from someone with a fish face," She says, giggling.

"Stop it," he says, but it comes out as Shtop ut, which makes Gert laugh harder.

"Okay, okay, okay," she takes her hands off his face and curls up even tighter against him. He's pretty sure Gert slept exclusively in a ball for the first 16 years of her life. "Good night, baby." "Good night, honey."

They only started using the pet names because of a dumb competition on who could be more cheesy, but Chase is secretly so glad they kept doing it. Being called 'baby', and 'honey', and 'sweetheart' makes him feel so warm inside.

They fall asleep soon after, tucked under the blankets with Gert wrapped around him like a very adorable octopus.

__________

Alex wants it on the record that he didn't ask for this. He did not ask for this. It is unfair, actually, that he has to be subjected to this at nine o'clock in the morning.

All he had wanted to do is ask Gert if she had seen his Pacman t-shirt. They all had a tendency of borrowing clothes from one another, but Gert did it constantly, and he really likes that t-shirt.

But instead of the next ten minutes consisting of him getting his favourite shirt back, he walks in, and he gets fucking scarred for life. Gert and Chase are wrapped up together in bed, Gert barely out of the covers. He doesn't know how he completely missed the fact that they were dating, let alone doing..........other things. He's known these kids since birth and suddenly they're doing that? It's a tiny bit gross, if he's being honest.

And, okay. There had been some Signs lately that maybe Alex should have been paying attention to. But he's busy! Everyone sees him as the leader! His girlfriend broke up with him! He's been kind of stressed since they got to the Hostel four weeks ago, so sue him for being surprised.

He's so surprised, in fact, that he drops the ImpBook, the heavy notebook dropping to the floor like a brick and waking the two of them up.

"I am so sorry, I didn't even know you were- oh my god, I should leave you alone, sorry!" He blurts, picking up the ImpBook and getting the fuck out of there because he cannot deal with this right now.

__________

"What was that?" Gert asks. She's got an awful case of bed-head, and she's rubbing the sleep out of her eyes as she sits up, pulling away from him just the tiniest bit. Chase mourns the loss.

"Alex being weird. Want me to go get you some coffee?"

She leans in and kisses his cheek. "Yes please."

He loves her so much. He hasn't told her yet, because its been just past a month and he doesn't want to freak her out, but its true.

He makes his way to the common room, making sure not to trip over Old Lace, to start a pot of coffee. Well actually, first he goes and brushes his teeth so he's not walking around with stank breath. Then he heads to the common room.

Alex is in there when Chase walks in. He's flipping through the ImpBook, clearly not actually looking at the pages. Chase starts on the coffee, already getting out the six sugar packets Gert takes in her coffee because his girlfriend (!!!!!) is nuts. He's halfway through a 'hey, do you want any?' when Alex interrupts him.

"So, uh, how long have you guys been, uh....."

"We've been together for about a month and a half, Wilder. Did you seriously not notice?"

"No, not at all. Am I just clueless, or are you guys doing the secrecy thing?"

Chase pours coffee into Gert's dinosaur mug and starts stirring in the crazy amount of sugar.

"I don't think we are. We haven't outright told anyone, but that's because we thought it was obvious? But if it isn't......" Hm. Well, if they have to go around telling people, he's glad that, completely by accident, they only have two people to tell.

He treks back to Gert's room with only one mug in hand, because he hates coffee and they're out of tea right now.

As soon as he walks through the door, she makes grabby hands at him until he slides into bed and hands Gert her mug. She takes a long sip.

"Thanks, honey."

He wraps an arm around her, lazily pulling her closer. "No problem, sweetheart. Hey, did you know that apparently Karolina and Nico don't know we're together?"

"Yeah, I'm aware." She finishes the last of her coffee and puts the empty mug on the nightstand, then leans back into him. "Last week they were teasing me for not quote unquote 'tapping that' yet. Which, to be fair, is the most hypocritical bullshit I've ever heard, considering the way they dance around each other. We're we ever that bad?"

"Probably."

"Ugh, glad we got our shit together then. Do we plan to tell them, or are we letting them find out naturally in what is sure to be a hilarious fashion?" God, does Chase love being a we.

"Either way is good to me, but I can tell which one you want to do, so lets go with the second option."

She kisses him, without reason, without prompting. It's sweet, and slow, and short. But it's the kind of kiss that promises more to come over days, months, years. Before Gert, he'd never been kissed like this. If you asked him to do word association for the word 'kiss', he would say party, alcohol, empty. And maybe it's corny, but before Gert, Chase has never had a real kiss. Not even with Karolina, because she had definitely not enjoyed it, which kind of ruins any kiss.

Well, actually, he has had a real kiss before dating Gert. But that kiss- his very first one, the one that's supposed to be awkward and weird but wasn't- was also with Gert, somehow.

They were fourteen- well, Gert was, Chase was still thirteen thanks to his dumb late December birthday, and they were at a party. It was one of those generic, 'invite everyone in your class' parties at Jake Abbott's house, and they were hanging out in the basement playing monopoly or ping pong or whatever. And the party was fine, if a bit boring, until Eiffel lobbied for everyone to play spin the bottle.

They all sat in a circle, and the first few rounds were fine, until it was Gert's turn. And Chase remembers the bad feeling in his stomach as the bottle span, not knowing why he felt so sick. He knows now that it was pure, lime green jealousy.

So the bottle span and span, and Chase felt worse and worse, until the bottle stopped.......on him. Gert looked nonplussed as she crossed the circle, in huge contrast to the way Chase remembers his mind racing, his cheeks getting hot. She sat cross-legged in front of him, and with a mumbled, 'this is okay, right?' she leaned in.

He remembers it in detail, mostly because for months afterward he would go over it again and again, often not getting enough sleep because of it. Gert's fingers had twisted into his shirt as she pulled him in, and he remembers thinking that she smelled citrusy, like orange juice on a Sunday morning. She'd been confident where Chase had been so, so nervous, like she'd kissed someone before and it didn't freak her out anymore. It had freaked Chase out, mostly because of how much he liked it- this was another thing that kept him up at night for months, the idea of liking Gert. But, of course, back then he was too much of a coward to actually ask her out, so.

Gert had pulled away, wiped her mouth, and went back to her spot, looking for all the world unaffected. Her cheeks were a little pink, sure, but it was nothing compared to the mess Chase had been sure he looked. Chase remembers wishing he'd ran his fingers through her long hair while he had the chance, thinking this will never happen again and I am screwed.

Chase has never been more glad to be wrong.

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2. The One Where Karolina Finds Out

Karolina, Gert, Molly, Nico, and Old Lace (who is pretty much asleep) are having a quote unquote Girls Night. Which, to be honest, isn't much. All they're really doing is watching Ten Things I Hate About You and painting each others nails. But the boys aren't allowed in the TV room the entire night unless there's an emergency, so it's a Girls Night.

Gert, it seems, has seen this movie more times than could be counted on both hands and feet, from the way she's mouthing along to every line.

"Hey, Gert," Molly says, pulling her out of the trance as she holds up two nail polish bottles, "powder blue or baby pink?"

"Is there any other colours? I'm not in a very pastel mood."

"Not unless you want to go emo with Nico's jet black." Molly says, holding up the bottle.

"Excuse you, it's not emo, it's goth revival! Get it right." Nico says, stealing it back.

"Nico," Karolina says, knowing the fond tone she's taking on is probably not appropriate for a girl she's not even dating yet, "The colour is called 'the void.' Does that not strike you as the littlest bit emo?" Nico sticks her tongue out at her. It's really, really cute.

"Ugh, fine," Gert says, holding out her hand, "pink please."

Gert gets absorbed back into the movie as Molly paints her nails for her.

"So, Gert," Karolina starts, mentally rubbing her hands together to prepare for teasing.

"Yeah?"

"When are you going to ask out your very own Heath Ledger, huh?"

"First of all," Gert starts, turning away from the screen, "Don't compare Chase to Heath Ledger, he's hot as hell but he doesn't win against Heath Ledger, I mean, come on, and second of all- fuck this is my favourite part everyone shut up."

On screen, Julia Stiles is standing in front of the class, reading her poem.

"I hate the way you talk to me And the way you cut your hair I hate the way you drive my car I hate it when you stare

I hate your big dumb combat boots And the way you read my mind I hate you so much that it makes me sick It even makes me rhyme

I hate the way you're always right I hate it when you lie I hate it when you make me laugh Even worse when you make me cry

I hate the way you're not around And the fact that you didn't call But mostly I hate the way I don't hate you Not even close, not even a little bit, not even at all."

A single tear streams down Gert's face, and Molly says, "You do this every time we watch this, and I still don't get it. It's just a movie."

"Yeah, but they're in love, Molly. And wasn't it great seeing Bianca punch out Joey?" Molly nods, and they watch as the movie ends to Letters To Cleo's I Want You To Want Me.

Gert, Karolina has noticed, is a bit of a closet romantic. Karolina really can't wait for Chase to get his shit together and ask her out, they're gonna be so good together.

After Nico turns off the projector, but instead of letting the silence stew, she starts humming the first few lines to The Barenaked ladies One Week, which has been stuck in Karolina's head since the start of the movie.

Gert and Molly join in and start to sing the first part of the song, then the three of them turn to Karolina in surprise as she starts up an almost perfect rendition of the rap. She can't sing for shit, so she's been practicing different rap songs in her spare time since they got here. She almost has Alphabet Aerobics down.

The four of them get up and do silly dances as she raps, then it switches to the song part and they all sing it pretty badly other than Gert. She's always been a fantastic singer.

She starts the second rap part, and even though this song mostly doesn't make sense in the slightest, it is so, so fun. They finish the last verse and practically fall to the ground laughing.

"Okay, okay," Gert says, holding back giggles. "I'm going to go see if there's any snacks around, be right back."

__________ ~~~~~ She really did just want to get snacks, seeing Chase is just an added bonus.

Gert had been looking for chips when Chase had scared her half to death as he wrapped both arms around her from behind. If she hadn't pushed down her gut reaction, Gert would have totally elbowed him, hard, in the stomach. As it happens, she just lets out a gasp.

"Oh, did I scare you?" he says, totally already knowing the answer. "Sorry."

"Uh-huh, sure."

He hooks his chin over shoulder, asking, "So how's Girl's Night?"

"Oh, so fun. We watched Ten Things I Hate About You and now I'm getting snacks." she places her hand over his, fiddling with his fingers.

"Ah, the crying movie. Love that one."

"Oh, shut it, I once saw you cry while watching Airbud. Airbud, babe."

"I was thirteen, leave me alone."

"Hmm, leave you alone, huh?" she turns to face him, and puts on her best smirk. "You sure?"

~~~~~

Fuck.

Chase leans in, threads his fingers through her hair as he kisses her. It's a bit more passionate than usual, but that's just like comparing a campfire to a forest fire- it's the same flames every time. Gert's fingers scrabble against his shirt, and she keens, just a little. And that's when Chase loses any and all trains of thought. She moves a hand up to his neck, moving her thumb against his rapid fire pulse.

And then Karolina walks in.

"Hey, Gert, what's taking so- Ohhh. Oh. Oh my God. When did this happen?!"

She wipes her mouth, her lips still red. "Um, a month and a half ago, about." she lets out a small gasp, like she's still catching her breath. Chase cannot take his eyes off her.

Gert grabs the bag of chips, pecks him on the lips, and with a "Bye, Chase," she's gone.

~~~~~

"So can I tell Nico about that, or?" Karolina says, fidgeting as they walk back to the TV room.

"Hmm," Gert starts, "well, she is the only one who doesn't know-"

"Wait, how did Alex know before I did? What even?"

"The only reason Alex knew before you did is because he has no sense of personal space and barged into my room at nine am." Gert says, smiling at the memory.

"Wait, so are guys.....like......uh....." She looks so uncomfortable, and Gert is confused until it dawns on her.

"NO! No, nonononono, we are definitely not- no. And we have no plans to! None. At least in the near future, anyway. We just sleep in the same bed sometimes. Every night. Uh." her face is like, doing something right now. subject change, subject change, subject change.

"Okayy, so can I tell her, or......?"

"I have a deal for you." They stop in the hallway, and Gert puts both hands on Karolina's shoulders.

"If you ask Nico out, you can tell her. Right the fuck away, I don't care. But you have to ask her out first. Okay?"

Karolina nods, dazed. She clearly didn't expect a (well meaning, come on, they would be so good together) ultimatum.

"Cool."

3. The One Where Nico Already Knew

It's raining.

Usually, this would make Chase kind of emotional in a good way, because every time it rains since he and Gert got together, he gets sappy and reminiscent and romantic. But right now its raining.

And they're outside.

Nico, Gert, and himself have just gotten out of the car to walk to the grocery in the pouring rain when he realizes.

"Oh my God, you don't have a raincoat." How does she not have a raincoat? He's already taking off his jacket, which doesn't have a hood but will have to do as he hands it to Gert. She puts it on and rubs her arms.

"Thank you," she says, "but I'm going to be mad at you if you get sick."

"I know."

"Guys, come on, it's so fucking freezing!" Nico says as she speeds up to a trot. They've parked a little ways away from the grocery store for safety's sake, but it's so far and the rain is coming down so hard that they're all halfway between walking and running, and the only reason the three of them aren't flat out sprinting is because they don't want to trip.

They get under the awning, and the girls squeeze out their hair as Chase twists water out of his sweater. They walk in and search the aisles for the items on their, frankly, huge list. Alex really doesn't forget anything.

They have to split up after a while so they're not at fucking Loblaws for three hours. Gert and Chase must be faster than Nico though, because they meet under the awning at the agreed spot with their bags and she's not there yet.

The bags sit at their feet as they wait, Chase's arm over Gert' shoulder with her leaning into him. Chase is freezing, but having her with him is warming him up just fine.

"Baby," he says, kissing the top of her head, "it's raining."

"Is it?" she jokes. He loves her so much its insane.

"You know what else happened when it was raining?"

"Hmm, I don't know," her tone is amused as she looks up at it him. "Was it, perhaps, this?" She kisses him slow and sweet, and he thinks of a rainy day like this one not too long ago, the day that went so, so well for him.

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So Gert and Chase are making out in front of the Loblaws. To be honest, Nico wishes she was more surprised. She's not sure of, like, the exact date they got together, but she knows it was in the past two months or so, because they're still sort of in that lovey-dovey phase. Although, Nico is pretty sure they might never grow out of it. The way she sees Chase look at Gert sometimes, like she's the most amazing thing he's ever seen, is enough to make even Nico jealous of their relationship. Fuck, she wishes she had the balls to ask Karolina out already.

She clears her throat, and they pull apart.

"Uh, hey, so-" Chase starts, attempting to clear self created awkwardness.

"Guys, I already knew, don't worry about it,'' she says, smiling, "I'm happy for you."

Gert smiles back and thanks her. They break into a run because its pouring even harder, and Gert gets in the drivers seat as Chase calls shotgun before Nico can.

"How long did you know?" Gert asks, eyes still on the road.

"Since we went to that party, you know, the one where you wore that satin black dress?"

"Yeah, and?"

"You blew him a kiss and he tripped on thin air. So yeah, that's when I knew." She smiles at the memory. At the time, that had been one of the funniest things she'd ever seen.

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Oh, does Chase remember that party. They'd gotten there at different times, because Gert had to run an errand. It was about a two weeks after they started dating, and Chase was still thinking every few minutes is this real is this real is this real. sometimes he still thinks that, to be honest.

She'd walked in wearing a satin dress looking like a purple haired Marilyn Monroe, like a wind could blow and she'd be recreating the iconic picture of the blonde bombshell, just in black.

Damn, does his girlfriend look good in black.

She'd caught his eye, saw him walking towards her, and blew him a kiss with her glossy red lips.

And yes, he did trip over his own feet.

"You look.....so good." He'd said when he reached her, hands on her waist and leaning towards her.

"I know."

They'd danced together the whole night, and when they got into the Lyft home, her lipstick had spread all across his mouth. That night had definitely been one for the books.

Now, Chase reaches over and tugs a wet piece of her hair. "Your hair looks nice like this." He says, then sniffles because he can feel his nose getting stuffed already.

"Thanks, babe, but if you get sick because you gave me your jacket I will kick your ass, okay?"

4. The One Where Molly Realizes Gert And Chase Are A Bit More Serious Than She Thought

He gets sick.

Waking up the next day to a pounding headache and barely being able to breath through his nose is verifiably awful. And waking up alone is even worse. He's not sure where Gert went. They'd fallen asleep together last night, but he wakes up in her bed by himself, so she must have gotten up at some point.

He shuffles his way to the common room, having to stop a few times so he doesn't like, keel over, but he gets there. He stops in the doorway and sees everyone eating Chef Boyardee while Gert makes what smells like chicken noodle soup at the stove.

"How long have I been out?" he says, his words slurring a little bit.

"It's one in the afternoon, honey." Gert turns towards him, "I told you you'd get sick," she says fondly.

"You did, but rather me than you, so whatever." He yawns, and Gert tells him to go back to bed.

"I'll bring you your soup and some medicine in a minute, okay?"

He nods and heads back to his room.

__________

Honey?

Molly hadn't realized Gert and Chase were the pet names type. She hadn't realized they were the serious type either. And maybe she's been a bit naïve about them since they got together. The other kids would say that she's just naïve in general, or just think it, and she hates when they do that.

She remembers going home that day, the day, Gert practically jittering in the drivers seat.

"So," Molly had started, "Chase is your boyfriend now, right?

"Yes? I mean, I think so? We're.....letting it develop."

And then they didn't really, actually talk about it. Gert would gush, Chase is so hot, he's so kind, I think I really care about him, Molly. That last one had really thrown her for a loop at the time, and even now it seems so out of the blue to her. Maybe it's just because she hasn't really felt that way about anyone yet, and while she likes it that way, it's hard to analyze a situation that she has no personal experience with. Woah, she really needs to stop listening to everything Gert says, even Molly's thoughts sound like her.

Gert comes back after a while, saying that Chase is asleep again, and promptly face planting onto the couch.

"I really did tell him he'd get sick!" She whines to Karolina, who's running her fingers through Gert's hair.

"I know."

"He really didn't have to give me his jacket! I would have been fine!"

"I know."

"Oh, yeah, you're out of the deal now, Nico knows."

"I kn- wait, what?"

"Yeah, apparently she knew the whole time."

"Not apparently," Nico says, looking up from her book, "I did know the whole time. You two were never subtle. What deal?"

"Oh," Gert has that look in her eyes that means she thinks she's made a terrible mistake as she gets up, grabbing Molly by the arm, "okay, we're going to go check on Chase," she pulls Molly towards the door.

"But you just saw him, he's fine-"

"We're leaving!"

They get out of there quickly and head to Chase's room, but when they go in, he's not there. Gert flops down on the bed and grabs a pillow, squeezing it in worry, though Molly can't tell what about.

"Um, Gert? Where's Chase? This is his room, isn't it?"

"Oh. Uh, yes. He's...........somewhere else." She looks shiftily to one side.

"Where?" Molly asks, looking around. There's not much of a personality to Chase's room, or any of their rooms, for that matter. Running away from murderous parents doesn't usually entail bringing décor. His top blanket is a soft blue, worn around the edges. There's a half empty bottle of water on the floor next to the bed. But there, in a picture frame on his nightstand, is a photo booth strip of pictures of him and Gert. The first picture is the two of them making silly faces at the camera. In the second one, Chase is kissing Gert's cheek, in the third photo, they look like they just pulled back from a kiss, foreheads touching and sickeningly sweet smiles just visible. In the fourth photo they're looking back at the camera again, with big grins and pink cheeks.

Gert has the same photo strip folded oh so carefully in her wallet, right next to her picture of Molly. Molly is pretty sure that there's not even any money in that wallet. It's super old, old enough that Alex had made sure to check it for a tracker before Gert was allowed to take it with her.

"Um, my room? He slept there last night, and I guess he just went back reflexively."

At 'my room', Molly's eyes bug out. "Why are you sleeping in the same room??????????"

"It's just a couples thing, Mols," Gert says, even though she still looks shifty, "Don't worry about it."

"Gert, I know what sex is, seriously, you can-"

"No, Molly, nonononono. We haven't Done That, and no, I would not like to talk about it, noooooo. Shush. Come on," Gert says, clearly done with this line of conversation, "We're going to actually check on Chase, now, I'm worried."

"You saw him a half hour ago."

"I know, but still."

They tiptoe into Gert's room so they don't wake up Chase, but he's already awake.

"Hi, baby." He says to Gert, voice crackling. Molly is pretty sure Chase doesn't even notice she's in the room, which, to be honest, she's kind of miffed about.

"Hi," she's got that tone she used to get with the cat they had when Molly was seven- Mr. Snuffles. Gert pretended the entire time he was around that she hated him, but whenever she talked about him she'd get that exact tone in her voice. They'd both cried for days when he died.

Gert sits on the side of Chase's bed and checks his temperature with a kiss to his forehead. Stacy used to do that too, and Molly wonders if Gert does it because she did.

"I'm going to go get you a cold cloth, okay?" she gets up, looking determined. Molly wonders how she's going to do that when they don't even have a fridge, but Gert has her ways.

"I think I'm going to marry her," Chase says, apropos of nothing as he watches the door even after she's left, and even though Molly isn't sure he's talking to her, specifically, maybe he just makes grand statements when he's alone and nobody knows, she responds.

"As long as I'm the Maid Of Honour."

"Sure, Mols."

She thinks she's starting to understand this whole love thing, now.

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