#oh and Ella REFUSES to get on a boat unless her oldest sister or one of her parents are at the helm

[constant-and-immovable]

capella temperance hawkins

“The only thing you have in common with the rest of us is a taste for wine, rum, and whiskey. You poor thing, Ella. You stand out like clam among scallops.”

“That’s not true, and if it was, would you value me less? I might not be a genius, but I’m good enough with numbers to keep our books. I might not be a master, but I can play piano well enough to make guests want to dance. I might not be a writer, but I can tell stories that keep them entertained through dessert. None of you can cook as well as I can. Besides, you’re forgetting something.”

“What?”

“I’m the prettiest.”

#AU: A Hearth & Home Port #ella hawkins #in my head she's also the only one of the kids who looks like both her parents #lyra looks creepily like her mother #cassie is mostly like her father and vega like neither #also the others shrug off their names as weird but capella goes by ella forever bc her parents named her without #knowing that capella means ''baby girl goat'' in greek #and she finds out and gets Upset #and her parents just ''well we didn't know???? we just knew it was a star!'' #cassie is cool with her name because at least cassiopeia can be shortened #lyra likes her name and vega is utterly indifferent #oh and Ella REFUSES to get on a boat unless her oldest sister or one of her parents are at the helm #its mostly in her head but if its not one of those three she gets terribly seasick #regardless of how much she likes the beach and the water