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#themed week: october 2020
gnomeantics · 6 months
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for those unable to attend the livestream i present:
NOTES FROM THE HATCHETFIELD HALLOWEEN PARTY 14th October 2023, 01:00 BST (my time!) / 13th October 2023, 17:00 PDT (their time!)
Note: These notes are at times a little nonsensical and useless and just quotes. This is because it lasted from 01:00-04:00 for me meaning I was incredibly tired. Please bear with <3
Section 1: Nerdy Prudes Must Die talkback
Started with chiptune of Feast or Famine and then chiptune of Jane’s A Car
Steph’s dad may be dead but at least she has a boyfriend <3
Joey was eating beef and potato stew for most of the first segment
When Jeff was asked for the inspiration for The Summoning: “[…] I don’t know. That just popped in my head. It could be true.”  (His answer was Wizard of Oz.)
Section 2: Hatchet Town Trivia Challenge
I tried to keep track of “chat vs cast” points but lost count and failed rather miserably
Nora’s last name is Beanie. Nora Beanie
Jeff is “an avid lover of baby-water” (water pure enough for babies to drink) and “widely known as Doctor Spreadsheets” (my notes just say “baseball game”)
Every time the world destroys, Ted dies twice: once as Ted, once as homeless guy
Lex helped deliver Hannah by teleporting her out of the womb through the Black and White
Greenpeace Girl’s name is Harmony Jones!
Wilbur Cross murdered Duke Senior (Duke Keane’s dad) this may be explored in future.
Section 3: Workin’ Boys
All of my “notes” here are just gushing about the characters. I have written nothing useful enough to be put here
Section 4: Workin’ Boys talkback
Chad was not included in WB because it was deemed that nobody could live up to the legend. This spawned the “Darren 4 Chad” movement in chat
The Workin’ Boys album will be out around next week if all goes to plan. It is 5 tracks and would include Mariah’s version of the Show Stoppin’ Number monologue as well as at least some of her singing it (as seen in the show; hoping for a full version!!)
Mariah’s character in the audience was called Woman.
Lauren’s character in the audience was Courtney, Thrash’s girlfriend from Killer Track
Paul Gabriel’s character was Paul Gabriel
Linda Monroe auditioned for Workin’ Girls and was the only one who didn’t get a part (Ruth was chosen over her). This is why she was happy to see it crash and burn
The programmes made for Workin’ Girls had very detailed bios, which hopefully when in full quality will be readable when paused. This may set up the potential for the Workin’ Girls actresses to be in future HF projects where this can be explored
Jaime will hopefully be in the next Starkid musical!!!!
The Black Book was originally supposed to debut in Workin’ Boys, in its original form in 2020
The 2020 version was planned as a feature-length film but eventually it was decided that it was confusing and remodelled.
The Summoning was supposed to be in Workin’ Boys – the producer would have tricked Hidgens into making the girls perform a ritual; it was realised that this didn’t make much sense so the song was transferred to NPMD
Section 5: The Future Of Hatchetfield
Hatchetfield was supposed to be finished by 2020
Starkid is not going to be exclusively Hatchetfield in the future; their next full-length musical will not be Hatchetfield
NMT3 is hopefully going to happen provided there is enough interest! It was supposed to happen in the same year as NMT2 but they take a long time to write (much longer than a full musical) so that couldn’t happen
NMT3 would conclude Lex and Hannah’s story after Yellow Jacket
It would be produced more face to face like a TV show – Nick said “less Zoom call-y”
It would include stories withheld from NMT1 and NMT2
It would entirely depend on how much interest, particularly views on NMT2.
It would be Halloween themed.
“More things akin to Workin’ Boys would be nice” - Nick
The episodes would be:
Bottle Imps
“Bill Woodward has been chosen to test CCRP’s latest and greatest product: Bottle Imps. These reality-bending buddies will bring their owner the one thing they desire most. When his new imp, Lovely, leads him to his soulmate, Bill decides to use his magical companion to play matchmaker. But to help Charlotte find the man of her dreams, Bill will have to bend the Imp’s rules. Rules he’s been warned, must never be broken…”
Frankenruth
“Desperate to see a naked body, Ruth Fleming and Richie Lipschitz volunteer at the morgue of St. Damian’s Hospital. Their terrible plan becomes exponentially more terrible, when they become unwitting subjects in the experiments of the body-snatching madman, Doctor Lazlo, who claims to have conquered death itself. If Hatchetfield thought Ruth was bad before, then they will cower before the unspeakable horror of… Frankenruth!”
Becky Barnes Climbed A Tree
“Becky Barnes is on top of the world! Not in a literal sense, of course. She’s deathly afraid of heights. After years of struggle, Becky’s life is finally everything she dreamed it would be. She’s engaged to her High School sweetheart, Tom Houston, and the two have a surprise baby on the way! But as the couple prepared for the arrival of Baby Marie, a shadow from Becky’s past returns to haunt them.”
Devil’s Night
“Tim Houston has a crush. Unfortunately, it’s on his older, mature, and totally cool babysitter, Grace Chasity, who he fears will never see him as anything but a snot-nosed little kid. But when a devilish maniac with murderous designs on Grace attacks Hatchetfield the night before Halloween, Tim must protect his beloved, or join the killer’s growing body count. It’s another slashing adventure on the night HE came home… Devil’s Night.”
Miss Holloween
“It’s Halloween in Hatchetfield once again, and Miss Holloway is celebrating the same way she’s done for decades, staving off the horrors that go bump in the night. But when Duke gives her an invitation to his wedding, the dejected Miss Holloway begins to chafe under the terms of a contract forged many years ago. She strikes a new bargain, but unfortunately her creditors are known for their tricks, not treats. Just as Miss Holloway gives up her powers in exchange for a mortal life, a monstrous new threat rears its ugly head. As All Hallows Eve descends, and all Hell breaks loose, Miss Holloway must save the town or die trying… for real this time.”
Orbweaver
“Lex Foster had a life once. A home. A boyfriend. Now there is only the road, and her sister, and the fear of the men who are hunting them. As Hannah Foster watches Lex sink deeper into despair, she is certain of only three things: Webby is gone. She cannot help them. They are alone. Elsewhere, an old soldier awakens from a catatonic state. Returned from some unimaginable Hell with a mission. He knows that somewhere two magical girls require immediate evac… then maybe some coffee.”
As NPMD was conceived of first, it was supposed to be a Nerdy Prudes series: Nerdy Prudes Must Die, Horny Campers Must Die… (this was turned into NMT2’s Abstinence Camp)
The next Hatchetfield full-length musical would probably be about Miss Holloway if there was enough interest.
There is the possibility of a full movie set in Hatchetfield if there is enough interest. (Workin’ Boys was like a trial for how Hatchetfield works in film)
It would be called Cast Party Massacre
“The Hatchetfield Community Players. You will never find a cattier troupe of two-faced thespians. But when the blood begins to flow at their latest show’s cast party, they must consider: is there a secret murderer in their midst? And more importantly, who amongst them is a good enough actor to pull off such a performance? Can they set aside their petty squabbles and tangled romances, or is it curtains for this ensemble? Who will survive… the Cast Party Massacre!”
It would possibly feature the girls from Workin’ Boys.
The licencing rights to TGWDLM will be available soon!
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glamorouspixels · 7 months
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Miss Fisher's Whumptober Challenge is back for 2023!
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What is Whumptober?
Whumptober is a month-long creative fandom challenge consisting of 31 themes and prompts. “Whump” means a work in which characters are put in emotionally and/or physically painful situations, and usually these works can be categorized as hurt/comfort.
How does this work?
If this sounds like your thing, simply go to this spreadsheet, write your name behind one of the prompts, and create something for it (to be posted at any point in October and the first week of November; it doesn’t have to be up on the actual day your prompt was assigned to). Each prompt can be claimed by multiple people and you can create something for as many of them as you want.
Please tag your works “MFMMwhumptober” and if you post them on AO3, you can also add them to this collection.
Even if whump isn’t for you, we’ve modified the event so you can still participate! We’ve had several writers bend the rules and write fluffy or smutty works for this challenge. Just make sure to tag your works appropriately and specify whether they contain comfort elements or are pure angst. Our main goal is to get you to write so all contributions are welcome!
This is the original announcement post and here is the official collection, which you can also add your entries to as long as they somewhat fit the overall theme of the original challenge.
Where can I check out the previous years’ entries?
Whumptober has been a longstanding tradition in this fandom so there are a lot of examples to draw inspiration from. You can read all of the past entries here:
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
The fandom has grown a lot since last year and we want to encourage as many of you as possible to participate in this wonderful event. We look forward to seeing all your wonderful contributions!
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Wherever I go... whatever country I go to... I want the Golden Lovers to fight with the same emotion and one heart. —Kenny Omega
“What would Kota think?”
2019-2021
This is a long-overdue gifset. I meant to finish it in November 2021, then I meant to finish it in early 2022, then, well, May 2022 happened, and the Golden Lovers story effectively got put on ice, so I shelved the gifset, too. But now we have reason to hope again, so here it is. The Golden Lovers’ path has never been a straightforward or easy one.
I’ve seen Kota Ibushi described as a “ghost” that haunted Kenny Omega for those few years, but I don’t think that’s quite accurate. Kota has been part of the fabric of AEW itself since the very beginning. Despite the fact that he has yet to make an actual appearance, he has been present in direct references and allusions, in the Golden Lovers symbol on the shoulder of Kenny’s gear, and in the golden “E” in “AEW”, which originally came from the Golden Elite.
Without Kota Ibushi, AEW as we know it would not exist. Of course, a large part of that is his continuing influence on anything and everything that Kenny does. Kenny Omega only really tells one story. It’s the same story that he has been telling his whole career. Sometimes it’s a quiet, subtle story, and sometimes it’s a very loud one. Sometimes it’s both at the same time.
The first direct, unmistakable reference to Kota in AEW happened in an infamous Undertale-themed VTR on October 30, 2019. In it, Kenny is plagued by his own insecurity (which was not helped by Kota’s recent G1 win, in contrast to Kenny’s recent failures in AEW), and a seductive voice tries to prompt him to let it take control before his other tag partners leave him, too. But Sans steps in to stave off the inevitable, and Kenny manages to keep it together—for about a year or so.
The next reference happens a little over a week later, at Full Gear on November 9. Kenny has an unsanctioned match with Jon Moxley, and he brings out all sorts of weapons, including a horrific bed of barbed wire that Hangman Page and the Young Bucks were reluctant to help him with. But what gets him in the end isn’t any weapon, but a failed Phoenix Splash (Kota’s first finisher) onto the exposed wood of the ring. From there, Mox hits a Paradigm Shift and pins him. Kenny could endure broken glass and barbed wire, but the one pain he couldn’t withstand is the pain of a broken heart.
After that, he tries to retreat back into the only comfort he knows: tag team wrestling. He pressures Hangman into tagging with him, and the two of them set their sights on tag team gold. Miraculously, they manage to make it work, winning the titles a scant month and a half or so before the world shuts down. Kenny’s main focus is on tag team wrestling during this time, but in order to fix one major blemish on his singles record, he ends up wrestling Pac in an ironman match on February 26, 2020. One of the moves he pulls out is unmistakably a Kamigoye (Kota’s current finisher).
A few days after that, on February 29, Kenny and Hangman defend their titles against the Young Bucks at Revolution. It’s a match with quite a few references and callbacks (especially to the Golden Lovers vs Young Bucks match in 2018), but the most striking moment was the Bucks hitting Kenny with a Golden Trigger (the Golden Lovers’ finisher), which Kenny kicks out of after a mere 1-count, prompting a massive response from the crowd. No one can weaponize the Golden Lovers’ own love against him like that.
The end of that match portends division and betrayal between the four men, but before the story can continue as planned, the covid-19 pandemic hits, and everything in the world of pro wrestling changes.
The year that follows is a hard one. Kenny’s AEW tag title run has a cruel symmetry with Kota’s concurrent NJPW tag title run. Just as Kenny and Hangman finally find their equilibrium, FTR arrives to sow conflict, The Elite fractures, Kenny and Hangman drop the titles, and Kenny gives up on tag team wrestling. Everything in the Undertale VTR had come to pass. Having nowhere else to go, he goes to an old family friend: Don Callis.
Then, at Winter Is Coming on December 2, wrestling in frigid 40°F weather at the open-air Daily’s Place, Kenny beats Jon Moxley for the AEW World Championship, thanks to Don Callis helping him cheat. The two of them abscond with the title after the so-called “golden screwjob”, and Kenny takes it somewhere the Young Bucks aren’t willing to follow him—Impact Wrestling.
Thus kicks off the Belt Collector arc. Kenny soon acquires two new/old goons: Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows, both former members of Bullet Club. He starts considering himself part of Bullet Club again, and declares his intent to collect more belts besides the AEW one (and the AAA Mega Championship, which he already had), starting with Impact.
On January 4, 2021, Kota Ibushi wins the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships at Wrestle Kingdom in NJPW. A few days after that, Kenny posts an Instagram story wherein he looks at Sports Illustrated’s list of the top 10 wrestlers of 2020. Kenny is number five on the list, and Kota is number eight. We can see that Kenny was looking at Kota’s entry before he looked at his own.
Then, on January 28, on the three year anniversary of their reunion, Kota tweets at Kenny, proposing that their two companies change the industry together. Kenny replies, using Nak’s translation as a mediator, and says, “Already feeling lonely in the Kingdom I left for you? Shall I destroy it? Take my hand, we’ll build a new one”. Kota responds to him, but receives no answer.
A few days after that, on February 3, Kenta appears on AEW Dynamite, blowing the so-called Forbidden Door between AEW and NJPW wide open. From that point on, we’re truly in uncharted territory.
Kenny challenges for (and wins) the Impact World Championship in April, but leading up to that match, Don simultaneously stokes Kenny’s ego and tries to gaslight him into erasing Kota from his own history. He encourages Kenny to repeatedly say that no one has ever kicked out of the One Winged Angel (only one person actually has: Kota Ibushi. He’s the source of Kenny’s greatest strength and his greatest weakness). However, no matter how much Don tries, Kenny’s age-old insecurity emerges on March 23, when Don names a long list of wrestlers that Kenny is supposedly better than, and Kenny yells out “Bigger than Ibushi!”
Kenny names Kota again in a AAA promo on August 31, listing him among the best high flyers in the world. It’s abundantly clear that to Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi is the greatest wrestler in the world. No matter how far Kenny goes, no matter how many belts he collects, no matter how many accolades he receives, Kota Ibushi will always stand above him in his own mind. Kenny will never be able to outrun him or let go of him. He can’t fill the hole in his heart with a new tag partner, and he can’t fill it with belts, either.
While all of this is happening, Kota is unfortunately not having the greatest summer of his life. He loses the IWGP belt to Will Ospreay on April 4, then gets aspiration pneumonia in July. He participates in the G1 Climax tournament in September and manages to make it all the way to the finals, but he dislocates his shoulder after a failed Phoenix Splash while facing Kazuchika Okada on October 21.
Kenny’s own injuries come back to haunt him, too, but his autumn goes a little bit better.
Adam Cole—an actual ghost from Kenny’s past—comes back to sow trouble for the Elite (though it takes a while to actually manifest), debuting at All Out on September 5 along with Bryan Danielson. Bryan wrestles Kenny a couple weeks later in his first match as an AEW member, on September 22 at Grand Slam. He forces Kenny to fight him with everything he has, and for just a moment, Bryan is able to draw out the Best Bout Machine instead of the Belt Collector. As he always does in his moments of greatest need, Kenny reaches for Kota Ibushi, and once again executes a Phoenix Splash, which, as always, he is unable to actually hit. This time, it doesn’t end in tragedy, though. Instead, the match goes to a full time limit draw.
The death knell for the Belt Collector looms near, however. Hangman Page earns himself a shot at the AEW World Championship at Full Gear on November 13. Three days before the match, they hold a contract signing for it on Dynamite.
Hangman, who knows Kenny very well by this point, is able to read the subtext. He finally figures it out. He realizes that everything Kenny said to him, everything that he did to him and with him, it was never actually about Hangman. It all sprung from a deeper wound that Kenny has carried with him all this time. As soon as Hangman figures this out, nothing Kenny does to him can hurt him anymore. "But if I remember, you once had another tag team partner who maybe you felt like you didn't measure up to either."
That one line also does something else that’s very important: it brings Kota Ibushi out of AEW’s subtext and into the main text. He’s part of the story now. And he always was. (The man himself liked a gif of Hangman’s “you once had another tag partner” line on twitter shortly after it happened. If there was ever any doubt that he’d been keeping up with what Kenny was doing in his absence, it’s gone now.)
Maybe the best illustration of this is a front row sign that a fan brings to Hangman and Kenny’s match at Full Gear a few days later. “What would Kota think?” Kenny stops to stare at it for a long moment before entering the ring. Years earlier, he’d talked about being so surprised and thrilled that the fans had managed to pick up on the Golden Lovers story leading up to their reunion in NJPW. He was so touched by the fact that the fans had known their history, after all that time. I wonder if he felt something similar here. It was in many ways the culmination of his efforts. The story made deeply tangible, here at the climax of its most difficult chapter.
As was always meant to happen, Kenny loses to Hangman and drops the AEW title. He makes one last onscreen appearance on November 17, 2021 before temporarily stepping away from AEW and away from wrestling so that he can recuperate from years of overworking himself. He says, “I feel like... there’s things I gotta fix, there’s things I gotta change, and I can’t do it here.” Is his relationship with Kota one of those things he had to fix?
Here’s where the story gets a bit hazy. Unfortunately, the year that follows does not go particularly well for either of the Golden Lovers, and plans have to get rewritten. Their respective injuries take longer than expected to heal, which leads to Kota having a falling out with NJPW in May 2022 after they try to force him to come back to the ring too soon. Kenny is finally able to make his own return in August 2022, but he returns to a troubled backstage environment, which finally boils over during the media scrum after All Out on September 4. Kenny and the rest of the Elite are forced to vacate their freshly won Trios Championships, and they all get suspended for a few months during the investigation.
But even in the darkest of moments, things aren’t all bad. The Golden Lovers reunite in a restaurant in Japan on September 15. They reunite on their own terms, outside of any company. The future is still a bit unclear for them, but wherever the story goes next, they want to do it right. “Because the tag team with him is more special to me than anything,” Kota says. He asks Kenny to wait for him, and Kenny assures him that he’ll wait as long as it takes. They both proclaim that the Golden Lovers aren’t over.
One day, the stars will align for them again. If it happens in AEW, the stage is already set. "What would Kota think?” was the question posed at the end of 2021. Maybe one day we will get to hear his answer.
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safarigirlsp · 7 months
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Halloween Requests Open
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REQUESTS ARE NOW OPEN for anything related to AUTUMN and HALLOWEEN! Please read this entire post for complete information, and if you're new, please take a look at my Masterlist.
This is my general theme and what I expect to cover this season, however, feel free to send in absolutely anything! I will definitely deviate from the regularly scheduled program if I like an idea. More info and prompt lists below.
Monster Monday - Zombies, Cryptids, Mummies, Dragons, Beasties, and any Monsters not covered by another category ☠️🎃🧟‍♂️
Transfusion Tuesday - Vampires 🌙🧛🏻🌙
Werewolf Wednesday - Werewolves 🌕🐺🌕
†hursday - Demons, Devils, Exorcists, Possession, and any related themes 🔥😈🔥
Phantasm Friday - Ghosts, Ghouls, Specters, and everything else that goes bump in the night 👻🪦☠️
I Put A Spell On You Saturday - Witches, Magicians, Spells, Rituals, Occultism, and anything similar ✨🐈‍⬛✨
Sunday, Bloody Sunday - Murder, Mayhem, Slashers, Cannibals, and Serial Killers 🪓☣️🔪
I’m only writing for Mills, Flip, Jacques, and Kylo for big oneshots. I will do HC’s for anyone I have ever written for. I am open to shorter ideas for Clyde and Henry, although full disclosure, they interest me a lot less these days, so any idea would have to really pique my interest. I have a strong preference for horror, adventure, and AU's.
This is an Adults Only event. My content is not for minors, or people who are easily triggered or offended. I write mature content intended for a mature audience only.
My Official Lineup will be announced October 1.
Here are Halloween fics from previous years.
Halloween Fic Recap 2022
Halloween Fic Recap 2021
Halloween Fic Recap 2020
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This is my favorite time of the year! As far as I’m concerned, Halloween runs from September 1 - November 15, if not longer! I currently have a big fic to finish up that should be done soon, but nothing else slated fic wise. After that, it’s full steam ahead for anything and everything related to Autumn and Halloween. I generally put aside other non-fic writing projects during this time to focus on Halloween content.
For the week of Halloween, October 25 - October 31, I intend to post a big daily oneshot. My stories generally range in size from 5k to 25k, and some are even more! Look for a mix of horror, humor, romance, and adventure! Everything will contain adult themes and mature content. There may be other writing throughout this time too. The quantity of stories I post depends on the length of them. In the past, I have posted a lot of shorter things, but I’ve gotten more into writing longer stories now. The last few years, I have averaged over 100k words for Halloween and Autumn content!
Please send me requests, ideas, thoughts, HCs, anything you like! I’ll pick my favorites or, very likely, a combination of a few different ideas, and I’ll write a oneshot that includes everything I can fit in. Feel free to send in multiple ideas or requests! The more ideas to choose from, the better! All AU concepts, time periods, etc are welcome. Anything is fair game. This is generally the only time of year I open requests anymore, so get them in if you ever want to. Requests will be open from now until Halloween. However, because I tend to write longer stories, the sooner an idea comes it, the more likely I am to use it.
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Below the cut are some of my favorite prompt lists, but do not feel bound by them. If you do include a prompt in your request, copy and paste the prompt itself because I hate chasing them down on lists.
Edgar Allen Poe Prompts
Ballroom Prompts
Eerie Prompts
Halloween Themed Prompts
Things to do in October
Autumn Aesthetic Starters
Terrible First Meeting Starters
Magic Starters
Spooky Aesthetic Ideas
Spooky Alphabet
Sexual Tension Prompts
Spicy Prompts
XXX Prompts
Pirate Prompts
Battle Prompts
Bad Reputation Prompts
Fighting Prompts
Attacked Starters
Witch trial Prompts
Horror Movie Starters
Stupid Things to do in a Horror Movie
Horrorland Prompts
Tarot Prompts
October Writing Challenge
General Prompt Masterlist
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Tagging some witches who may interested!
@babbushka @in-silks-and-flesh-and-leather @mrs-gucci @mrs-zimmerman @iamburdened @gabesprincess @reborn-rekall @maybe-your-left @rynwritesstuff @caillea @cas-backwards-tie @candycanes19 @queeniebee @lumberjack00fantasies @mythrielofsolitude @icarusinthesea @ghoulian13 @darkhairedmenrule @reyloaddict55 @fizzywoohoo @heartlight-starlight @richbrittstein @clydesfavoritegirl @bensolodyad @thepalaceofmelanie @celiholland @durangoninetyfive @reveluving @fax4life27 @vedavan @queen-of-elves @srorgana1 @reylokisses @kyloremus @vixenofcourse @loveofaddy @kylofrk @dyaddu
All edits by the amazing @kyloremus
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The Lakes
The lakes is about escaping the challenging aspects of Taylor Swift's life with her muse to form an artist community like Wordsworth and Keats had in the Lakes district in the 19th century.
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Above, the Lyric video shows wildflowers, LK has referenced this song and Harry also has for a Pleasing campaign. In the vertical video Taylor is on a swing, reminiscent of the swing in Seven, possibly about Harry. Finally a photo with a swan in The Lakes District.
In the Long Pond Session Taylor said (I've shortened it)
'The Lakes is a testament of what I wanted to escape from and where I saw myself escaping to. We'd gone to the Lake District in England a couple years ago. In the 19th century you had a lot of poets like William Wordsworth and John Keats. There was a poet district. They had their own community of other artists, which I've always in my career.' Jack: 'it's not just I've found something worth escaping to it’s a person to escape with.” Taylor agreed "That's a huge sincere statement of hope, everything I'm naming is completely small compared to this love.” “Hoax as the ending song was interesting for a couple weeks but then I wanted the real last song. The Lakes shows you exactly what the overarching theme of the whole album of trying to escape and having something you want to protect, protect your own sanity and saying look they did this hundreds of years ago, I'm not the first person who's felt this way.
Taylor said they had gone to the lakes "a couple of years ago", and she described a poet district with an artist community, meaning fellow songwriters. She had been to the Lakes with a couple of years ago with on her first trip there with Harry Styles on her birthday in 2012. At the time Taylor said it was her best birthday since she was 6. Like Taylor, Harry has a similar experience of fame and is a lyricist. Harry has also sung about being in an artist community with Taylor, in Canyon Moon, which has a very similar idea as The Lakes.
I have seen people refer to the Invisible String Lyric "Our three-year trip / Getting lunch down by the Lakes" to point to Joe. While not photographed, their 3rd anniversary was October 2019, or 6 months before this song was recorded. 'A couple of years ago' rather than 'last year' implies the earlier trip. Joe is also not a lyricist, she spoke about an artist community. He is credited as a producer on Folklore. Taylor described how William Bowery wrote the melody's not lyrics.
Lyrics
Is it romantic how all my elegies eulogize me? I'm not cut out for all these cynical clones These hunters with cell phones
An elegie is the speech at a funeral, her songs, particularly those she is reclaiming are like diary. She lost her eulogie, the story of her life.
The last line refers back to 'I Know Places' "They are the hunters, we are the foxes" where she and Harry ran from paparazzi, now they hide from every person with a cell phone.
Take me to the lakes where all the poets went to die I don't belong, and my beloved, neither do you Those Windermere peaks look like a perfect place to cry I'm setting off, but not without my muse
Taylor is saying she is not cut out for the music industry life, she lost the rights to her diary, constantly photographed. In the Long Pond she referred to having this plan for years, which she foreshadowed for Lover, and I think Harry's Peace ring. I think they may have shared this plan when they first visited for when she turned 30 and into 2020. Folklore is about communication and how life differs to what a 23 year old planned.
The final line is so lovely, her muse is Harry Styles. No other partner has inspired so much work or so much success, they have inspired and encouraged each other to do their best work. Even when they are with others for years they still write about each other. When they see each other they are prolific. Harry has even sung about how he writes too much about her. I could list what proportion of awards and hits are about this relationship, but let's stay in the Windermere peaks.
Despite their success Taylor does not think they are cut out for this life. Taylor has sung about Harry's anxiety in New Years Day and Now that we don't talk, it's also apparent watching him at award shows in his solo career. This song and many (Mirrorball, I know places, Slut!, You're on your own kid) are about how fame impacted Taylor.
What should be over burrowed under my skin In heart-stopping waves of hurt I've come too far to watch some namedropping sleaze Tell me what are my words worth
The first line I think could have 2 meanings, one that the relationship should be over but it is not and the waves are hurt of not being together. Or, and I think this because of the second half, Taylor cannot let her masters go. The last line is a pun on the worth of her words and the poet William Wordsworth.
I want auroras and sad prose I want to watch wisteria grow right over my bare feet 'Cause I haven't moved in years And I want you right here A red rose grew up out of ice frozen ground With no one around to tweet it While I bathe in cliffside pools With my calamitous love and insurmountable grief
I want auroras and sad prose, refers to Harry Styles. She describes his eyes as “aurora borealis green” in Snow on the Beach. She also describes him as sad boy in Question..?, he does write sad prose.
In the Long Pond Session Taylor said "I could see this you know you you live in a cottage and you've got Wisteria growing up the outside of it and you just why you know of course they escaped like that." William Wordsworths cottage (below) has wisteria growing on the side, which is a slow growing purple plant, almost a lavender haze!
I love the imagery of 'Red rose grew out of rose in frozen ground', because it refers to Rose, which is a Haylor theme. But also because it refers to the track before Hoax: "My winless fight, this has frozen my ground" It also refers to a theme of hiding their love, "I would die for you secret" in Peace, that something beautiful and no one needs to know about it.
The last lines are so poetic and dramatic I love them. Calamitous love refers to a love that’s “built to fall apart (and back together)” in OOTW or "a crooked love in a straight line down” in IWYW. Taylor used a similar word discussing SOTB, calling it cataclysmic love. Taylor describes her dramatic and passionate relationship with Harry rather than staide and safe one described with Joe.
Her insurmountable grief is all she’s lost, her masters, the things she gave up in your own your own kid and things she has to pine about.
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Take me to the lakes where all the poets went to die I don't belong, and my beloved, neither do you Those Windermere peaks look like a perfect place to cry I'm setting off, but not without my muse No, not without you
Love this chorus, such beautiful poetry about poets and love.
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All Too Well – Chapter Eight
Summary : Alessandra Lucciano tells herself she has it all. She is Daniel Ricciardo's girlfriend after all. Isn't she? Well, sometimes she has to work hard to feel like it and no more so than when some girl shows up and makes her question her life as she knows it. So what happens when someone else starts paying her more attention than her boyfriend? Pairing : Daniel Ricciardo x (OC) Alessandra Lucciano + Max Verstappen Rating : 18+ Word Count : 6,506 Trigger Warnings for this Chapter : NSFW, Angst, relationship issues, language, PinV sex, undiscussed protection, fantasising about someone else, adult themes, strong emotions Song Inspiration for this Chapter : "Never be so kind you forget how to be clever, never be so clever you forget to be kind." - Marjorie
💞 Authors Note: Please enjoy this chapter. Remember this is a LONG angst filled story so if you're looking for short and sweet then this is certainly not it. I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has dropped a line or two to say how much they like the story and honestly, you have zero idea how much it means to me. Thank you also to all of the incredible rebloggers!!! Reblogs honestly work wonders for all us writers so I appreciate each and every one you guys bestow on me. Please be aware this chapter will be proof read at a later date as I'm working on something else at the moment.
10:00 PM – 10th of October 2020 – Suzuka – Japanese Grand Prix
A low groan slipped passed Max’s lips as he ran his hand up and down his engorged cock, readying it to push in. Running the throbbing tip up and down her dripping wet folds – ones that were a mixture of her arousal and his own salvia after he had gone down on her – only sent an excited wave wash through his body. It had been at least two weeks since he last had sex and by now he was utterly desperate. Elin had been ridiculously busy since the launch and although he was overjoyed that she had found something she was passionate about, he had to take care of himself too many times to count and by now just craved another person’s touch.
Elin gasped and it practically echoed around the room as Max finally slipped inside of her. He had been elated when he managed to convince her to come this weekend. Initially she complained that it was a long way to Japan, especially as she was trying to build a business, but he knew she would enjoy it while she was here. In truth it was really because he needed time away from Monaco with her. He wanted some time when the discussion wasn’t about jewellery nor all the people she thought had backstabbed her by not supporting her dreams. Max wanted to reconnect with her and remind her that he needed a little support too sometimes. But, the thoughts were pushed out of his mind when he started moving, thrusting his cock into her the way he knew she liked, and he realised he was getting what he wanted right now and to have been thinking about all the other stuff made him feel a bit guilty.
His name ruptured out of her when he gripped her hip harder and continued his fast paced rhythm. The sound of their skin hitting each other’s bodies mingled with the loud moans pouring from her open mouth. Max’s eyes squeezed shut when he bottomed out inside of his girlfriend and all the could think about was how good she felt, how soft her skin was, how her legs wrapped around his waist and how it felt to hear his own name being sighed breathily in his ear. And right as he began thinking he wouldn’t be able to last very long after being touch starved, in his mind the bright blonde hair of his girlfriend were slowly transformed into long flowing raven coloured locks. His girlfriends pale, Scandinavian toned skin faded away to a sun kissed, rich, olive one. And Elin’s small crystal blue eyes transformed into large, golden tinted doe like ones that were the final piece in who his mind was now thinking about.
Alessandra.
Daniel’s Alessandra.
As he momentarily paused fucking his blissfully unaware girlfriend, he fought with his mind to stop imagining the stunning Italian beauty – whom was very much dating his teammate – but the attempt was futile. Elin’s hands grasped at the flesh of his back and all he could think about were Ali. He thought of her perfectly manicured nails scratching and digging into his flesh and how he would moan for her instantly. He huffed at the thought of her moaning and sighing while he was the one to give her pleasure. He battled himself as the thought of Ali’s naked body being under him could have temporarily made him insane. Her collarbone that he wanted to kiss, the roundness of her breast that he wanted to graze, the curve of her hip he wanted to grasp all flashed before his eyes. He knew it was wrong of him to continue but his cock twitched inside of his girlfriend and he figured it wouldn’t hurt anyone. It was only in his mind after all. It wasn’t as if anything was going to happen, he would have to tell people for something to happen and Max wasn’t about to go do that. So, as he proceeded, he allowed himself to lean more into this fantasy this mind had dreamt up for him until finally he was teetering on the edge of climaxing. As hands gripped his arms tightly and a loud cry found his ears, Max’s mind made him believe it was Ali. As his rhythm got sloppy while he could feel his balls start to tighten, Max thought about himself being the one who could make her orgasm. He thought about her mouth open, eyes squeezed shut and her body feeling like it was being licked by electricity. He envisioned how her pussy would start fluttering around him, tightening and squeezing his pulsating climaxing cock. Max’s mouth suddenly fell open and as he began to succumb to the high, he groaned; “Fuck….Al…” before catching himself about to allow say her name. But while he felt his seed leave his body and begin to spill into his girlfriend Ali’s name still perched dangerously on the tip of Max’s tongue.
It wasn’t until he finally rolled over on to the bed beside Elin – who was unsatisfied and looking at him rather pissed – that Max allowed his mind to realise what had just happened. He had only actually met Ali a few times so why the hell was his brain thinking of her while he had sex? What the fuck did this mean? He was happy, relatively so, with Elin and although he wouldn’t say Ali and Daniel were the picture perfect example of such they were very much together. He felt guilt initially for thinking about another woman but it wasn’t cheating, was it? It was certainly different but he never said anything that would allow Elin to catch on during the act and like hell would he spill that he had been thinking of Daniel’s girlfriend while the came inside of her later. It was an innocent crime really. The only problem was, how could he be around her now he had thought about her like that?
09:30 PM – 16th of October 2020 – Max’s new Apartment – Monaco
As Daniel drove them through the well-known streets of Monaco Ali observed the fancy stores illuminated by their dazzling lights dotted in between restaurants with patrons sat in windows finishing their dinners. Things had somewhat returned to normal with Daniel. His parents accompanied him to Japan where they then returned to Australia once the race was done. The memory of Grace arguing with her son about her getting to go with them had played on her mind constantly since. If his own mother couldn’t convince him to have her with him during race weekends what chance could she have? She watched the race alone and paced through her own apartment when Daniel’s teammate went flying into barriers on turn 6, causing a red flag and lengthy delay while marshals had to help get him out of the car. The fact she now knew Max  – that she liked him very much – had made her stomach drop to her feet and she realised how easily it could have been Daniel and he would have had no one there for him.
While Daniel braked for a red light she glanced over at him. They had argued before leaving earlier. Daniel wanted to stay home and not attend Max’s apartment warming. He complained and said he couldn’t think of anything he wanted to do less but Ali said if he didn’t go, when he had been invited, would make people talk. The thing was, Ali had also invited. She saw the text invite on Daniel’s phone first and then practically burst when the notification came though on her own phone from Max inviting her too. She remembered the last time, Elin’s launch, and knew she couldn’t attend solo again if she didn’t want to be questioned about who she was and how she knew the couple, so had worked hard on convincing Daniel this time. Before they left his apartment – after it took a little bribery (in way of a blowjob) – Daniel had told her she looked nice and they should blow it off and go for dinner instead and then the slightly jovial mood flipped. As he asked her again to reconsider, Ali didn’t realise that he saw her roll her eyes and sigh in the mirror and for some reason her innocent enough reaction instantly pissed him off. He said she didn’t have to be such a bitch and hurried her out of the door. When they got into the elevator she happened to say she should have chosen different shoes as way of lightening the situation but Daniel interjected, telling her; “you’re getting what you wanted so don’t complain.” It wasn’t what she wanted. Going to Max’s house warming wasn’t exactly the thing she craved. All Ali really wanted was to have a good night with Daniel, amongst his friends and perhaps be introduced to people within his world. She wanted to be on his arm and for him to proud she was there with him.
After arriving at the lovely new apartment block that overlooked the new extension to the marina, Daniel and Ali exited the elevator on to Max’s floor.   Music flowed out of the open door to the apartment and Ali felt a little jittery so grabbed hold of her bag tighter. She would have felt a little more relaxed if Daniel would have just taken hold of her hand as they walked in but he did nothing of the sort. As they crossed the threshold into Max’s brand spanking new abode, she figured Daniel was still somewhat mad with her as he breezed in in front of her. She felt a little stupid as she trailed behind her boyfriend, four or fife feet away, but Elin’s voice came from a wide open cut out in the wall which Ali registered was where the kitchen must have been. “I’m glad you came. I was just telling my friend Emmanuelle about you.” She took Ali tenderly by the arm and led her off to meet her friends. “About me?” Ali breathed out nervously and glanced back to see where Daniel was. “Yes, about how magnificent you look in the jewellery and what a fabulous photographer you are.” Elin pretty much thrust Ali around and directly in front of the four friends that she was now standing in front of. With a shaky breath she tilted her head down in a coy fashion and said a hello.
“This is Emmanuelle, Camille, her boyfriend Sandro and this is Ines my business partner.” She was such a natural hostess. She was like something from a Fitzgerald novel but with a modern twist. Instead of a lit cigarette hanging off the end of a long golden holder, it was a thin-stemmed glass of rose wine. It made the memory of Ali being called a “housewife” came flooding back but instantly she pushed it aside again. She didn’t want to remember that unpleasantness. A glass of the same rose wine that Elin was drinking was suddenly thrust into her hand by Sandro, the boyfriend of Camille who was dangling off his arm to the right. They seemed like the typical French set that frequented all the bars and restaurants in Monaco. The ones whom always had black Amex cards and had the latest designer pieces before they were even released to the public. The type that Ali would often find herself amused by but not wanting to ever join. She listened to them pouring on about something and thought how strange it was that Max was involved with this. He was incredibly low key, relaxed, down to earth, somewhat like herself. Surly all of these money orientated social climbers weren’t his thing, but then when it came to men and their characters Ali figured she might not be the best judge.
As she slunk back from the bathroom Ali was tempted to crawl on her knees so the group in the kitchen wouldn’t see her as she passed. She had spoken to them for nearly forty minutes and it was forty minutes too long. She gathered that these were new friends to Elin as it was obvious she didn’t pick up on some of the thinly veiled digs like Ali did. It was obvious they didn’t actually like her line and that the wine they were all drinking wasn’t too their taste. She figured the allure of Elin being an out and very proud “WAG” was what the draw was to these rather ghastly humans - they probably only wanted free garage passes to the next Monaco Grand Prix. And for the smallest glimmer of a moment she actually thought she should thank Daniel for not having her around people like that. But then again, that should have been her choice to make, not one he was constantly making for her. Figuring Elin was perfectly happy to get to know her new fake best friends, Ali went to find the man whose apartment she was standing in.
The apartment was roughly the same size as Daniels but with a larger balcony, better views and in a better location. It was decorated well and although there was an undercurrent that it felt like a bachelor pad there were glimpses of feminine touches that were clearly provided by Elin. Ali spied Max standing amongst a group of friends – noting Daniel was not one of them so glanced around quickly to see where he had gotten too but she couldn’t see him – but didn’t want to interrupt and bother him so instead stepped out on to the lovely wide balcony. As Ali leaned forward against the stoned balcony wall she registered the slight chill that ran over her body. It was getting cold enough to need a jacket when out at night now. The cool air would whip off the Mediterranean Sea and would catch out any unsuspecting visitors to the Riviera at this time of year. As she thought about the first winter after she moved here her name was gently called from behind her and she turned to find Max. He had come to her. She registered that no one else was out on the balcony so he must have thought she was crazy to be stood out side with only a thin silken top on.
“Congratulations on the apartment, Max. It’s splendido!”* He seemed genuinely happy at her comment and nodded while flashing a glance back inside. “I’m quite happy with it.” He added and she smiled back at him. The last time she saw Max was at the jewellery launch but the last time she had spoken to him was that night Daniel came home drunk and wounded her heart with his harsh words. That night still loomed heavily on Ali. The fact he was so quick to involve her with his family after it only gave her more cause for alarm. She still wasn’t entirely sure if Daniel had told her the truth the following morning - that he hadn’t done something he would have upset her with someone that she very much by now hated – but she wouldn’t bring all of that up at a housewarming.
“I was watching on Sunday, I don’t want to bring up the memory but how is your neck?” As Ali asked the question she saw the crinkle in Max’s eyes and then how they seemed to take a second to register that she was genuinely asking him how he was, did no one else do that?
**MAX POV
She just asked if I was ok after Sunday. She was the only one to ask this whole fucking night. And as I stared into those pools of tempting golden honey that she had as eyes, I knew she was completely and utterly genuine. None of the other fuckers here had bothered. Even the ones that claimed to like racing enough when they were trying to show off too me. Fuck, Elin hadn’t bothered passed Sunday if I was ok.128 miles per hour was what I went into that barrier at and my own girlfriend hadn’t asked how I felt since because she was too preoccupied. When I answered and thanked her for caring, the fucking glimpse in her eyes that showed she simply liked being appreciated made my cock twitch in my jeans. And that sent the memory of fantasising about her as I fucked Elin the Saturday night before the race coursing through my brain. “Stay calm, Max.” My conscience ordered me. She was just another girl. That happened to look like a fucking angel and be completely and utterly selfless but she was just another girl.
“I wanted to say, thank you for inviting me. I uh…” She stalled and looked down as if she didn’t want me to read her anymore but she plastered something of a fake smile on her mouth when she finished the sentence “…well I’ve improved since the last time, at least he came with me this time.” She joked and suddenly I remembered Daniel. Fucking, Daniel. He came with her alright – yes, as soon as he arrived he came straight over to me complaining he needed a drink because they had just argued about coming here which I thought was a little ungracious of him if I was being honest but I could brush it off as it just being his humour - and yet she didn’t seem as though she was happy about it but I let it go. I didn’t want to enquire because I had already had his one sided view (which I didn’t like) and that was enough. Perhaps if we had known each other a little better I would have confessed I didn’t actually want to invite Daniel at all and I only wanted to invite her. Being forced to spend time with Daniel during race weekends was enough let alone socially too. He could be rather difficult and immature at times and suddenly he had this strange pre-occupation with his phone that bugged the hell out of me. The thing was, we had always gotten on and had a good bond considering we were rivals as much as teammates, but Daniel sometimes did things that I couldn’t agree with as much as I tried. The way he treats Ali for one but also this “thing” he has going on with Haylee Bircher-Bruckner. Which everyone knew about and gave me a horrible twisting feeling in my stomach as I stood in front of the rather gentle soul in front of me.
I realised I hadn’t said anything in quite some time and the memory of what happened last week flashed right in front of my eyes. I recalled it so easily. How my conscience seemed to crave her without me even realising it. I still didn’t fully understand how exactly my brain went to her when we barely knew each other. But then again, you hear about those kind of things don’t you? You hear about people having a pull to one and other for some unknown reason as if the universe was doing some weird magical shit. Now I had a quickened pulse and I felt a little worried the yearning to act might overpower me – if she wanted it of course – and that turned my mouth dry. Without realising I glanced down toward her boobs. They would fit in my hands perfectly and I couldn’t help but wonder how sensitive her nipples were. “Fuck! Stop it, Max!” I warned myself when I took a second glance and I was sure on that occasion she caught me but thankfully she shivered and I immediately grabbed a blanket from the furniture beside me.
“Are you cold?” I asked but I already knew the answer and so put the blanket around her shoulders. Her body was only inches from mine, so close I could feel her body temperature, and I instinctively swallowed because if she were single - if I were single - then I would absolutely have kissed her in this moment. I willed myself not to stare at her because there was something about her eyes that were mesmerising; I found that out at that weird dinner when her eyes seemed to stare straight into my inner soul and now it was apparent she had made herself at home there.
I opened my mouth; about to say something to break the now strange and somewhat awkward tension that had befallen us when I heard the loud, rather unwelcome sound of her boyfriends voice from behind me.     “What’s this, Verstappen? Making a move on her?” Daniel’s hand went to the top of my shoulder and gripped it harshly, squeezing it as if to give a silent warning. He knew I was sore and tender, still hurting from the crash a few days earlier so I gritted my teeth in my mouth. “Daniel, his neck!” Ali’s voice spoke from in front of me and it sounded protective. I couldn’t believe that this sweet, gentle girl was with Daniel, of all people. His hand gave my shoulder another squeeze and he laughed; “Maxy’s a Formula One driver, Ali. He’s got one of the strongest necks out there. Don’t you, mate?” I could tell the several glasses of wine had started taking effect and sighed with a nod hoping he would get his fucking hands off me.
“So? Are you making a move on her?” He seemed to change tact and brought it back to what he first entered the conversation with and I scoffed. I was going to tell him not to be ridiculous but I didn’t want her to think it would be ridiculous for me to have made a move on her because how would she feel if I said that? But what registered with me most was how Daniel seemed to get possessive and jealous at me talking with Ali. It crossed my mind that he wasn’t actually that self confident and assured as he makes out he is and that actually he felt threatened by us talking out here alone while I wrapped her in a blanket to keep her warm. He glanced at her and I realised he had been firmly fixed on me this whole time and I clenched my jaw at how the way he was behaving was obviously making her feel. “Daniel…” She said in nothing above a whisper but before she had a chance to say anything else – something that potentially lend itself to my defence because that was just the type of girl she was – I piped up. “Ah…. You had me for a minute there, mate!” I played it off with a pat to his stomach praying to God he would by it. And he smirked and laughed that loud laugh of his and I physically saw a nervous breath leave Ali’s body as she let a small-pleased smile dance briefly across her lips. Whether or not Daniel actually did catch on I was making it into a joke (or if that was what he was intending and it simply wasn’t landing) I decided to never ask. He would forget about it in the next hour or so as he sipped on his fourth glass of wine. I motioned to Ali with a slight head to make sure she was comfortable now it was simply taken as a joke and those eyes stared into my core again and could have melted me into pure puddles.
***
Ali swallowed nervously. Ever since Max put that blanket around her shoulders she felt like she hadn’t breathed. In the moment she felt nothing but a strange calm. Having Max so close to her, doing such an innocent action but striking something deep inside of her. It was how Daniel made her feel, at first. Back in those five or six months at the start of their relationship where they couldn’t keep their hands off each other and there was an intense burning in her soul for him. She wondered if there was something by Max doing such a pure and genuine action that made her mind recall those blissful months with Daniel that could be chalked up to earning for something she missed. Because surely it wasn’t just because of Max, right? Max was very much not available. The gracious, polite girl in the kitchen (probably still being belittled be her “friends”) was his and evidently he was madly in love with her to want her around all the time and show her off to everyone. It made a slight jealous twinge way down low in the bottom of her stomach as she realised Elin had exactly what she had always wanted. A happy, loving relationship with the man she adored above all others.
Ali thought something must have been wrong with her for thinking thoughts like that about Max. The ones that swirled around her head and made her mouth go dry. His body being close enough to her own that she could feel his warm body temperature and all the could think was how badly she wanted to creep her arms around his waist and hold on to him. But then Daniel stepped out on to the balcony and his words instantly put her on edge, seeped in a boorish attitude that even she was somewhat unfamiliar. And as if it couldn’t get any worse for her, it did. Daniel insinuated something untoward was going on between her and Max as he roughly manhandled his neck and she could see the slight pain flash across his eyes. All Ali could think about in that split second was the pain Max must have been in from Daniel’s harsh grip on him that she found words leaving her, pleading with Daniel to take his hand away from the innocent man who was clear of any wrong doing. When Daniel turned his attention to her and rather mockingly said something about being a Formula One driver Ali realised he was clearly in this strange headspace he got himself into sometimes. It was one that she didn’t care for nor enjoy. It was almost like he was faking being egotistical and had to make himself the life of the party – even if it wasn’t his party to be the life of. And then without really saying a word, Max broke the tension with words that Ali didn’t even take in what it was exactly he said but Daniel seemed to be laughing and it allowed her to finally take a large inhale of much needed air. Instinctively she looked to Max and thanked him silently for making the situation less awkward and he would never know how he had managed to calm her.
There was a little small talk between Max and Daniel to which Ali felt herself a little lost. It was something to do with the race the prior weekend – the one she watched at home in her apartment – and so it wouldn’t kill her to have zoned out. It gave her the opportunity to realise that while Daniel seemed clothed in the darkness of the shadows cast upon him by the stone pillared balcony, Max stood in direct contrast and was bathed in the soft glow of the light from the forgotten about party beyond. Ali practically giggled at how it seemed almost Shakespearian that Daniel was in the darkness and Max was in the light based upon how they had just both behaved. Then two men coming out to join them dragged her out of the moment. They both patted Daniel on the back and shot Max a knowing glance before finally settling their attention on Ali while she stood between them.
“And who might this be?” His eyes pooled over her, taking her in with an almost uncomfortable stare. The other smirked and she was ready to turn her head toward Max for security before it dawned on her that she should have been turning to her boyfriend instead. Daniel seemed to stand awkward, frozen even, as if he had turned into a statue. Ali wasn’t sure he even heard the question proposed by the Englishman before them but then when he did she swallowed. Ali wasn’t sure why but she felt like Daniel had all of a sudden turned nervous. “Rob, Mark this is Alessandra. Alessandra, this is Rob and Mark. They’re apart of the team. Uh…” And he stumbled. Daniel only stumbled on his words when he felt uneasy – Ali practically confirmed this only recently when his parents were visiting and his mother said something about Cartier making lovely rings while they drove past. On that occasion Ali watched, as Daniel seemed to bumble a little and not be able to form a proper sentence as he tried to divert the conversation away from the luxury jewellers. However, the performance tonight was not quite on that level.
“Alessandra is…uh…. she’s a great photographer and friend.” Ali felt cold again. She felt cold from Daniel’s words. She was a photographer and friend. Photographer. And friend. She couldn’t grasp what he had just said. Ali felt her lungs burn, as she couldn’t will herself to take a breath of air. The word “girlfriend” was too much for him, again, and she had no clear indication as to why. He had introduced her as such to Max and most importantly only a few weeks prior to his parents and yet to more inconsequential people he couldn’t even bring himself to say it. Ali felt like he had cut her straight to the core and he had to have seen how she looked like a kicked puppy.
She was so preoccupied in how wounded she felt she failed to notice a third man appear on the balcony right in front of her. His hand suddenly thrust itself out in front of her and she simply looked at it. It wasn’t until she heard his loud looming accented voice that she snapped her head up and heard him say; “Ah, you must be Haylee…”
Ali felt like her legs were about to go from underneath her. A quick, exasperated breath ruptured from her slightly agape mouth and she felt her blood run cold. Why would he say that? How could he think she was the person he thought she was? What the fuck was going on? Ali suddenly felt like she was underwater. She could hear her blood swooshing around her head. Somehow instinctively she turned her head to look at Daniel and he wasn’t saying anything. He was just staring at her expecting something to come out of her first. Ali couldn’t bare to give him the satisfaction of her words when she felt so utterly humiliated and embarrassed.
And then before even knowing she was doing it she had turned on her heels and purposefully strode into Max’s apartment. Ali waltzed intentionally across the room and across to the corridor where she would have to pass back in front of the kitchen to start toward the door of the apartment. She couldn’t have known how long it took her, seconds possibly. She didn’t even know how she hadn’t toppled over in her heels she was taking such deliberately long strides to get out of the apartment. She heard her voice being called but whose it may have been she didn’t know but she was sure it wouldn’t have been her fucking boyfriends. Ali managed to breathe when she was out in the hallway and pressing the button for the swanky new lift a million times. Everyone knew pressing it like that didn’t work, it didn’t make it come any faster and it was an utterly futile action but to her it was so important as a pure diversion technique. She had to think about absolutely anything else because if she didn’t she could feel a sob already waiting to burst out of her throat and she refused to give Daniel the satisfaction of hearing it – if he was the one who called her name again from the open doorway back from where she had come from.
Finally, the door pinged open and she crossed the threshold of the marble floored lift instantly. She didn’t care if anyone wanted out, she wanted in. She wanted as much distance between her and that apartment as possible. She only cared about getting out of the building and getting away from the situation. She pressed the button marked for ground level and just as the door slowly began to creep along, a body was immediately stopping it from closing. “Ali…” She looked up. It was Max. And written right there in those sapphire blue fucking eyes was concern and worry mixed with tenderness and understanding. She bit down hard into her bottom lip because she would be damned if she let it tremble.
“I’ll take you home.” He stated and Ali realised Max was pulling on a jacket and had his car keys in his hand. His voice was so soft and mild with no shred of anger or annoyance, emotions Ali figured he had every right to be displaying toward her. After all, he was leaving his own house warming because some silly inconsequential photographer and friend had stormed out of his party making herself look ridiculous. He didn’t have to treat her anything more than the embarrassment she was and now she realised that Daniel would call her a liability – considering he didn’t want to come in the first place.
 11:45 PM – 16th of October 2020 – En route – Ali’s Apartment – Monaco     
 As Max pulled out of the underground car park Ali shivered. She hadn’t worn a jacket tonight and although she would normally have regretted by the time they were on the ride home, she would usually reach into the back of the car and pull out one of Daniel’s sweatshirts to pull on for warmth. But now she sat in Max’s car as he drove her home instead of Daniel.
“Would you like the seat warmer on?” He pressed a button and turned a dial and her seat began warming up. She couldn’t bring herself to say anything yet. Ali felt like her mind was frozen, stuck thinking about that man’s voice and how he asked if she was THAT girl. Of all people, it had to be her. She knew it had to mean something and that was what gave her this inability to have the basic functions of speech. Her eyes felt glued to the dashboard in front of her as Max whizzed them through the streets of Monaco. It wasn’t until they hit a red light she realised he was actually heading toward Daniel’s and not her own apartment – possibly thinking she actually lived with him, as if he wanted her too - so had to finally swallow the lump in her throat and tell him.
“Uh, I have my own place in Moneghetti. If that’s too far, I understand, just pull over here and I'll catch an Uber. I’ve already been too much of a hassle.” And without missing a single beat, Max replied quickly; “You’re no hassle. I’m sorry for, well…. I’m sorry.”
Ali felt that lump return and her bottom lip quivered. She willed herself not too cry but the attempt was useless. Silently, a few tears slipped passed her eyes and trailed slowly down her cheeks. She didn’t like anyone seeing her cry. She didn’t want people to see her weakness. She didn’t want people to think she was the fragile little ten year-old anymore but as always Daniel never failed. She was so embarrassed in fact that she was ready to tell Max to pull over and just let her walk home because she couldn’t bare the thought he would think less of her for crying over what had happened. But something deep inside her ordered herself to stay silent.
While Max drove the soft hum of the engine mixed with the gentle voices coming over the radio. The words were in Dutch and she couldn’t understand a thing but for some reason she allowed herself to focus solely on that. She listened to how the words were formed and the use of the presenters intonation as they spoke. They were clearly passionate about whatever topic they were discussing and she felt her mind easing as she listened. She was glad the lights from Max’s dashboard were all that illuminated them and mixed with the glow of the street lamps outside as they flickered passed. As they drew closer into the area Ali resided in she gave directions in a low, soft voice until finally they were outside of her apartment block. Silently they got out of the car. Ali would normally have protested Max’s gesture, citing there was truly no need to be so gentlemanly for her, but tonight she allowed it. He held the door open for her, called the elevator and rode with it up to her apartment. He stood and watched and her trembling hands struggled with her key before taking over and never in her life had she ever felt so grateful for a man. He pushed open the door for her and she took the few steps to continue inside but suddenly something invisible made her pause. Ali felt herself turning instinctively and she finally looked in the eyes she now felt like she found herself loving before sliding her hands around Max’s neck and pressing her body against his. Ali figured she caught him off guard and perhaps he didn’t like this familiarity when then she felt his hands go around her waist and he pulled her into his firm body even more. Ali’s teeth ground together as a method of keeping herself from crying but finally, just being held the way she longed to be, she was overcome with the emotions of the evening. Tears poured from her cheeks and she now couldn’t give a damn if Max saw her crying.
They stood like that for what felt like an eternity. Max allowing her to dampen his jacket with her tears and she knew she had to ask him. The urge had only intensified due to what transpired earlier. As she pulled back she allowed herself to feel the gravitas of what she was about to say. She wasn’t mentally prepared for the answer he would give her, not at all, but still she had to ask the question.
“Max, that night you went out for…her…. birthday, did something happen between them? Daniel and….” It was out there and Ali could finally breathe better, even if she couldn't bring herself to say the name of someone that man had mistaken her for. Max was looking back at her so intently but blankly and it was starting to feel like she was going to have to suffer, that all of her horrible, vile thoughts were about to be made truth. Her heart was about to be blown into smithereens, wasn’t it?     
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Welcome to our second edition of the Hayden Young Appreciation Week!! We did our first one way, way back in 2020, followed by a birthday celebration last year. We're now back with a bang, and a full-fledged birthday week, in 2023!! We will be starting this awesome week tomorrow, 25th Sept!
Our first theme is, of course, Throwback. Here is where you can share some of your older Hayden-centric stuff and maybe even take us through the process of writing it if you're interested! (Here's a questionnaire you could try for the same).
Our second theme is a word that is often associated with Perfect Match xD Indescribable!! We all know this is viewed as a peculiar characteristic of all Matches - that they struggle to process emotion from the abstract, thus making a lot of artwork difficult to decipher. This theme is a chance to explore what that could mean for a Hayden who is clearly unique in their ability to question and understand deep abstract concepts.
Any work is welcome - fics, art, edits, moodboards, interactive media, headcanons, meta, even screenshots of your favourite scenes! Our only requirements are that the works are original (nothing AI generated), and they center Hayden and present a positive depiction of them.
It is not necessary to put up your works only on the day of the theme - you can always put it up later. We will also be keeping a buffer week in case you're not able to complete it during the week itself (till Oct 6th).
Please be sure to do the following when tagging your posts for HYAW 2023:
1. Use the tags #haydenyoungappreciationweek, and #HYAW, along with the day/theme you made the work for (#HYAW Day 1, #HYAW Day 2 etc).
2. Tag @haydenyoungappreciationweek, and hosts @sazanes and @lizzybeth1986 in your posts so we can access them easier!
FAN CONTENT BLOGS are the lifeline of our fandoms, esp for books that have long been over yet still have a strong fanbase. Many of them are hosting some incredible events that we highly encourage you to participate in if you feel so inclined!!
@choicesficwriterscreations - Fic and art are both allowed. Recently they have also begun a separate LGBTQ section that you can definitely take a look at! Here is their usual roster of events.
@choicesmonthlychallenge and @choicesseptemberchallenge2023 + @choicesoctober - Any and all content welcome! Here are their prompts for September and October!
@choicespride - Any and all content welcome as long as the work centers LGBTQ+ characters and/or themes. Currently they are running the Bisexual Awareness Week!
@choicesflashfics - Primarily for fics under 2500 words! Next week's prompts will be up soon!!
@choicesholidays - All content welcome! Currently they are running their Halloween-themed Festival of Fears for October!
@choicesprompts - Primarily writing. Currently running their Smutember Event till Sept 30th!
@nadiaparkappreciationweek - Any and all content on Nadia Park welcome! We will be hosting this event on 8th Oct so feel free to participate then too!
Looking forward to a lot of Hayden love this week!!! 💖💖💖
Happy Hayden Young Week, everyone!!!
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Kinktober ‘22 Masterlist
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Hey all you lovely people! Hope you’re all doing great and having the best day! I’ve decided to do Kinktober a little differently this year since I’ve done it two (and a half haha) times in the past with the usual amazing list of kinks. This year I’m doing the “whatever the hell I want” theme and list 😁It will just be a collection of stories about my fave guys and my fave things about them. Some will be fluffy, some smutty, some in between. I have a loose list already and I hope to include some challenges I’m doing as well. I won’t be writing for each day, just when I can but I hope you’ll come along and enjoy! Thank you so much! Sending all the love and hugs! ❤️❤️❤️ (Divider by @firefly-graphics​ thank you love!) 
🥰 = fluff
🔥 = smut
😏 = a tease 
Kinktober 2021 Masterlist
Kinktober 2020 Masterlist
HBC Week of Kinks Masterlist
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October 1st: A Good Hair Deal 😏 (Steve Harrington x reader x Eddie Munson): these two boys have some of the best hair out there and I love it! 
October 3rd: Never Enough 🔥(Eddie Munson x reader): One of your favorite places on Eddie is his neck and you can never get enough.  
October 6th: A Plum Deal 😏 (Stucky x reader): You and Steve love to do Bucky’s hair but he’s always a little grumpy about it...unless he has his favorite treat. 
October 9th: Boys in Bed with Books 🔥(Steve Harrington x reader): You distract Steve while he’s reading in bed. 
October 12th: Just a Reminder 🔥(Eddie Munson x reader): Eddie worries that he’s not as hot as the jock guys at school so you give him a solid reminder of just how much you love him. 
October 15th: Bound by the Night 🔥(Vampire!Bucky x reader): This is for Roo’s HalloCream Extravaganza: A storm drives you off the road and leaves you stranded in the middle of nowhere and you’re the perfect meal for what lurks in the woods...
October 18th: Boys in Bed with Books 🔥(Matt Murdock x reader): You distract Matt while he’s reading in bed. 
October 21st: Picture Perfect Mirror🔥(Eddie Munson x reader): Eddie loves that you have pictures of him on your locker door and your mirror at home. 
October 24th: Falling All Over Again 🥰 (Eddie Munson x reader): You have a fun day of fall adventures with Eddie. 
October 27th: Just Admit It! 😏(Bucky Barnes x reader): Bucky has been wanting to make a change but you’re not sure you like the idea. 
October 30th: Come Closer🔥(Demon!Eddie Munson x reader): Happy Halloween 😁 Your love for ancient Grimoires brings you some unexpected company (mabye a little soft!dark)
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hi! I hope this is ok to ask and please of course feel free to not answer if it's too personal. I look up to your perpetual halloween lifestyle, and i'm also immunocompromised now because of covid. I was wondering if you had any tips or plans for how to celebrate spooky season safely at home, since.. well... it just doesn't seem like going out to a halloween show or something is worth dying, you know? :\ I thought if anyone would know how to halloween party it up at home it would be you.
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First off, ALL THE HUGS <33333333333333333333333333
The Plaguetimes have certainly thrown a wrench in the spoopy season for us, that's for sure.
2020 was obviously the most difficult, but my brother and I celebrated by resurrecting an old favorite October activity: Every Saturday is Halloween! We dressed up in themed costumes every Saturday of the month, got together (safely), took pics, and then watched that week's film.
2021 we only dressed up on the day, but still kept the celebration here at home- made a big dinner so it felt like A Real Holiday, and then watched a movie.
2022 we ventured out on a day trip on the 30th, but kept it safe by visiting outdoor locations (we hit up Delavan, WI to take some pics with circus themed statues, we walked through a quiet park to get some autumnal vibes, we did our usual slow drive through a graveyard, and then ate dinner in the car outside a building that looks like a castle)
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2023 is going to be more of the same- if it's not raining on the 31st, we're going to get our costumes on and go take some pics outside our local courthouse (they've got decorated pumpkins on the front lawn from a recent fall festival) and then we're gonna try to hit up an location about an hour away to take a few more outdoor shots. If there's too many folks around we'll stay in the car, but if there's little to no foot traffic then I'm gonna try to get my pic taken next to one of these fellas:
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As for celebrations entirely at home, having a themed movie night really does make it feel like An Event- we dressed up as aliens for Spaced Invaders night, as Adam and Delia for Beetlejuice night, as Tangina and Kane for Poltergeist night, Fester and Pugsley for Addams Family night.
Even when I've celebrated solo (back when Joelie was younger and more out and about) I've done a themed night. Costume, snacks, some cheap decorations that all fit with the movie- it's simple but it really does bring out the Forever Halloween Kid in me 🎃🖤
If you do end up having a Themed Halloween, I wanna hear all about it! <333333333333
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Traintober Comment Period
(first paragraph edited thanks to corrections from @\thelordoftimelines) (first paragraph further updated - 8/22)
What is Traintober?
Traintober is ttteblr's take on Inktober & Goretober, the daily drawing challenge. For us of course it is TTTE-themed and participants can offer art, fic, memes, research, etc. The tradition was created by @/brownsugarchan and @/princeluckybug13 in October 2020. There is a prompt for each day of the month, and offerings are encouraged to be spooky/Halloween/autumnal but are not required to be!
People can participate as much or as infrequently as they want. Use #Traintober2022 in addition to your usual tags, and support each other's posts!
The Prompts
Here's a rough draft list. I tried not to repeat prompts from previous events and to feature prompts that would spark "haunted" ideas but without backing creators into a spooky corner.
Please leave proposals for alternate prompt ideas in the tags. There is 1 too many, so feel free to vote one off the island (of Sodor™). Consider reblogging for visibility.
Comment period will be from now until the end of Sunday, 18 September. I will try to post an official version early next week for those of you who like to plan your strategy ahead of time!
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Leslie Allen Jordan (April 29, 1955 – October 24, 2022) Stage, film and television actor, comedian, writer, and singer. His television roles included Lonnie Garr on Hearts Afire (1993–1995), Beverley Leslie on Will & Grace (2001–2006, 2017–2020), for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series in 2006, several characters in the American Horror Story franchise (2013–2019), Sid on The Cool Kids (2018–2019), and Phil on Call Me Kat (2021–2022).
Jordan began his career in 1986, appearing as Malone in the adventure series The Fall Guy. He quickly became recognisable in the industry for his diminutive size and Southern drawl. His television career includes guest appearances on Murphy Brown, Will & Grace, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Star Trek: Voyager, Caroline in the City, Pee-Wee's Playhouse, Reba, Boston Public, Boston Legal, Nash Bridges, American Horror Story, and Hearts Afire.
 In 2007, he guest-starred on the comedy drama Ugly Betty as celebrity-trasher Quincy Combs, and starred as Jesse Joe in the short-lived CW television program Hidden Palms.
On the television series Will & Grace, Jordan played Beverley Leslie, Karen's pretentious, sexually ambiguous rival, for which he received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series at the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards in 2006. His Emmy Award earned him an invitation to present the awards for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series and Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series at the 2006 Emmy Awards with Cloris Leachman a week later.
Jordan starred in the pilot episode of Laugh Out, the world's first interactive, gay-themed comedy show. On August 18, 2014, Jordan became a housemate in the fourteenth season of the British reality game show Celebrity Big Brother. He was the second person to leave the Big Brother house (August 29, 2014). In January 2015, Jordan guest-starred in the British sitcom Benidorm for two episodes, as the character Buck A. Roo.
On November 1, 2017, Jordan appeared in the new British television drama Living the Dream, produced jointly by Sky and Big Talk Productions, but branded as a Sky Original Production.
In 2018-2019, Jordan starred in the Fox sitcom The Cool Kids, along with Martin Mull, Vicki Lawrence, and David Alan Grier.
On April 2, 2020, it was announced Jordan would play the role of Phil in the Fox sitcom Call Me Kat, along with Mayim Bialik, Swoosie Kurtz, Kyla Pratt, and Cheyenne Jackson.  (Wikipedia)
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Over how many years do you think GG was meant to take place? Beth and Rio had only 3 or so intimate moments together. Curious as to how close they were all?
there's a few things that contradict the timeline, but we know:
1.01 is firmly established as taking place in october (fine and frugal is decorated for fall, boland motors has a halloween display, beth mentions at the waxing place that the kids are freshly back in school, and when ruby suggests that dean bought beth the lingerie for christmas, she says, "in october?")
nancy's pregnancy takes place between 2.01 (when ben reveals it to annie) and 2.08 (when nancy gives birth to dakota), but it's possible that she's pregnant in the gap between 1.08 (when we learn she and greg are trying) and 2.01. in that case, season 1 could take place in the course of 3-4 months, which isn't all that unlikely. i did start doing a gg timeline once and assuming the narrowest possible timeline, 1.01-1.08 can take place between october and january, meaning nancy could have a post-1.08 pregnancy between with the baby born in october
that wouldn't contradict the fact that 2.10 takes place in november of the following year (when jane's class is having a turkey-themed fall party)
that also tracks because in 1.08, mary beth says jeff has been dead six months (meaning he'd have died around june 2018) and in 2.03, we see an eight month flashback (which would put 2.03 in approximately march)
there are approximately 3 months between 2.09 (beth and rio's hookup) and 3.03 (when rio can still conceivably believe beth is pregnant with his child and not showing).
there are only two months between 2.13 (the shooting) and 3.04 (when beth asks to buy back her life, she says, "you haven't been in the game for what? two months?")
there are only a few weeks between 3.05 (lucy's death) and 4.01 (the discovery of her body)
roughly that means there's about a year between 1.01 and 2.09 (theoretically october 2018 to november 2019), three-ish months between 2.09 and 3.03 (november 2019 to february 2020), and i'd say 3.05-4.01 would probably only push us out to march, maybe april after that (beth quickly flips on the pregnancy lie and rio fairly quickly murders lucy in retaliation). considering the general pacing before that and the fact that there's no clear indication that there was a time jump or any of the episodes took place over a particularly long period of time, i'd say the rest of season 4 takes place over a few months too.
in another way that looks like:
june 2018: jeff dies (pre-series)
october 2018: the girls rob the grocery store (1.01)
november/december 2018: the girls take care of eddie, begin the secret shopper scheme
january 2019: rio goes into a shut down, the girls rob nancy's spa, and mary pat blackmails them (1.08)
february 2019: beth and dean have their anniversary (confirmed as february 2nd in 4.11) and nancy likely gets pregnant and rio shoots dean and the girls stop working for him
march 2019: mary pat runs over boomer eight months after jeff dies (2.03). this means rio probably only left the girls alone for a few weeks at most, which tracks because dean only comes home from the hospital in 2.02 and because he's prompted to return because boomer is talking to the feds, which happens in season 1.
march-september 2019: beth and rio fuck in a bar bathroom (2.04), beth ousts dean from boland motors (2.05), beth strongarms their way into the pill operation (2.06), rio retrieves the dubby (2.07)
likely october 2019: dean hires the baby hitmen, nancy gives birth, dean takes the kids, and beth sleeps with rio again
november 2019: beth takes a break from crime and loses her mind; annie and ruby try working with rio alone (2.10)
december 2019: beth likely shoots rio
january 2020: rio reappears and beth tells rio she's pregnant (3.02)
february (ish) 2020: after a few weeks where beth attempts to get pregnant with dean, rio takes beth to the clinic (3.03) and then beth tells him she lost it and suggests it's been two months since the shooting (3.04)
march 2020: rio kills lucy (3.05), max tries to kill rio (3.07), the girls deliver boomer to his death (3.08), the girls hire a hitman (3.09), the hit fails and the secret service start orbiting (3.10)
april or may 2020: beth and dean launch boland bubbles and lucy's body is discovered (4.01)
not long after and in somewhat quick succession: dean is arrested with boland bubbles hardly being open at all (4.03), beth strikes a deal with the secret service to help them get to rio and has rio kill fitzpatrick (4.04), which has rio reverse and give her the gift/punishment of being the banker (4.05) and then inviting her to meet his family to guilt her into not snitching on him, and they sleep together again (4.06).
after that, the girls buy the strip club and beth has her campaign run, which is probably a couple of months at most.
by that measurement, it seems likely that the whole series takes place in roughly two years, maybe a little less.
this would also mean that beth and rio start sleeping together after approximately five or six months of knowing each other, and it's probably only six or seven months after the shooting that they sleep together again.
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Taking the night shift: A walk in the dark
Michelle Ha
January 31, 2024
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Desolate street in the night time, London, England in 2020. © Pippa Healy
Through the looking glass
My phone is my visual diary
Pippa Healy is a London based photographer. Most of her projects focus on using photography as a diary, capturing the pleasant and unpleasant parts of her life in the past and present from the camera of her phone. The themes around her projects center around loss, longing and violence, to name a few. This photo is a part of her project titled: “I want it all to go back to the way it was before”. This project was made in 2020 and it features photos of her life during the first few weeks of quarantine back in London.
Living in virtual reality
The digital glitches symbolize our fragmented reality and how we all felt at the time; confused, bewildered, frustrated.
These highly digitized photos contrast from her previous projects that are more raw. This photo was taken and edited on her iPhone 11 during one of her walks at a street near her house, she would edit the photos during her walk to really capture and document her walks instead of editing them once she was sitting back home. The most noticeable aspect of this photo is how vivid and saturated the colours are on the photo to the point where it doesn’t look natural anymore. She chose to digitize these photos using her iPhone because she was pulled into the virtual world by the multitude of alerts, notifications, and news that were constantly brought up on her phone. We really started integrating into the virtual world and she incorporated that by heavily altering the photos and adding digital elements like glitches and high contrast colours similarly to T.V colour bars and VHS tapes.
Captivating imagery
This photo appeals to me because of the meaning behind the project that this photo is in and the aesthetic qualities of the photo. I think the meaning in this photo is clever because the meaning is told through the scenery and the editing of the photo of how we started merging into the virtual world during lock-down. I think the lock-down in 2020 felt unreal to us and it’s something we never saw coming into the new year, at that point everything was online such as work and school. So much was happening on the outside, but we were only able to act and experience it from our homes, most of our days were spent on devices; at that point everything felt virtual. The visual aspect of the photo reminds me of the graphics from Chilla’s Art and Puppet Combo games have VHS inspired aesthetics. This photo has a strange aura to it due to the empty street devoid of people which reminds me of photos of liminal spaces.
So why is this photo appealing to others? As Dwell Time Press authors Ethel and Mavis described it, it was refreshing to see photos of lock-down that weren’t just pictures of an empty city or street. Pippa Healy transformed these ordinary and uninteresting photos of her walk and gave the photos a narrative; from the walks to the device that she used to take and edit these pictures, they all came together to tell a story.
References:
Ethel, Mavis. (2022, January 19). I want it all to go back to the way it was before by Pippa Healy. Dwell Time Press. Retrieved January 28, 2024, from https://dwelltimepress.wordpress.com/2022/01/19/i-want-it-all-to-go-back-to-the-way-it-was-before-by-pippa-healy/
Healy, P. (2022, February) I want it all to go back to the way it was before [Photograph]. Photomonitor. Retrieved January 28, 2024, from https://photomonitor.co.uk/portfolio/i-want-it-all-to-go-back-to-the-way-it-was-before/
Healy, P. (2022, February) I want it all to go back to the way it was before. Photomonitor. Retrieved January 28, 2024, from https://photomonitor.co.uk/portfolio/i-want-it-all-to-go-back-to-the-way-it-was-before/
Scott, G (Host). (2023, October 5). Podcast: A photographic life, episode 262: Plus photographer Pippa Healy. [Audio podcast episode]. What does photography mean to you? United Nations of Photography. Retrieved January 27, 2024 from https://unitednationsofphotography.com/2023/05/10/podcast-a-photographic-life-episode-plus-photographer-pippa-healy/
She wants it all to go back to the way it was before (2022, September 15). Niu Nina. Retrieved January 28, 2024, from https://www.ninunina.com/home/2022/9/14/she-wants-it-all-to-go-back-to-the-way-it-was-before?rq=pippa
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2011 Haylor Timeline
Timeline Tag, or years 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
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We don’t know the whole story
Although Harry and Taylor have never said when they met or started dating, often assumed to have met At the March 2012 Kids Choice Awards, because it was the first time we saw them together. 2 weeks after the awards Justin Bieber said a superstar liked Harry, but didn't name Taylor or say they met at the awards. I have a post about the Kids Choice awards/IKYWT Secret message and Harry's Jacket here.
A source close to Taylor later said to Vanity Fair he had chased her for a year, before the started dating, which was also before he kissed Emily Ostily on the 21 April 2012 and Taylor posted about infidelities to Instagram on 23 April 2012 (which doesn't make sense if they met 24 days earlier).
That would indicate they had met by March 2011. Which is likely as they were in the same city and locations throughout 2011. In 2014 Taylor told Rolling Stone:
"People think they know the whole narrative of my life, I think maybe that line is there to remind people that there are really big things they don’t know about."
As Taylor said to Time Magazine in 2023 and Harry said to Howard Stern in 2019 it's not in their interests for a new relationship to be public before they are solid.  In Harry's words 'it's never benefited me' for a relationship to be public. In 2011 people were sent death threats for having dinner with him. It's no wonder they were hidden for most of that time.  Special thanks to @cntfightmydemonsthyknowhowtoswim for help with this. You are the best.
2010
27 March - Harry styles auditions for xfactor
23 July - One direction formed on X factor.
25 October - Speak Now released
12 December - X factor semi final, 1D third, Syco signed One Direction for £2 million, each boy was only paid an initial £8,000. Maybe signed on the 13th.
2011
4 January - Taylor broke up with JG, All to Well - March. Taylor seen in LA on the 5th January then not again for a month.
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25-30 January 1D fly to Los Angeles. The Sun reported they were in US meeting writers and producers to start recording. It's likely they first met here.
5 February - Taylor seen for first time in a month, in LA, wearing the Key necklace in LA. It later appeared in the I knew you were trouble music video (4:45) and was sold as merchandise, there was a key for Fearless too, but it stopped after this.
19 February - 9 April; X-Factor live tour. TS tour break 20 & 21, 20th was X Factor O2 show.
17 - 30 March - Speak Now in Europe.
15 March - one direction Birmingham show, fans see boys leaving on the 16th then have 4 day weekend where he is not seen.
16 March - Taylor's Lover Journal talks about Paris, seeing castles, 4th grade and career anxiety over the Mean video. She talks about visiting having visited Neuschwanstein Castle that later appears in Bejewelled MV.
16 - 19 march Taylor seen in Paris
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17 March - Taylor plays speak now in Paris at Zénith de Paris, in park bordered by Canal Saint-Denis, (technically) outside Saint-Denis.  Holy ground's secret message is “when you came to the show in SD” later the film clips for Begin Again, EHC, Falling and LOT tour images all reference canals in Paris. Taylor plays Soul Sister / Fearless mash-up for the first time that show. Soul Sister was Harry's first X-Factor Audition song. She plays the mash-up on/off for the rest of the tour and on the DVD.
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21 March - Taylor in London Recording Studio wearing a rose dress key from IKYWT video. Taylor wore a Rose ring and Rose Dress the day before too.
22 March - Taylor shopping at Portobello Market and photographed at Alice in Wonderland themed store (Wonderland)
23 March - a Wednesday, Taylor wore white dress (Begin again cover) in London, Harry also in London before Nottingham show. Vanity Fair article later says they'd known each other for a year by March 2012.
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30 and 31 March - One Direction Tour Break, Speak Now at O2
27 May - November 22 - Speak now in US, arm lyrics start.
6-12 June - 1D in Sweden, likely record What makes you Beautiful.
13-20 June - 1D has a break, Harry unseen, not active on social and reappears in LA on the 20th. Taylor also free 13 - 16 other than the 15th:
15 June - Taylor arm lyrics "“A moment, a love, a dream, a laugh, a kiss, a cry, our rights, our wrongs.” – The Temper Trap, Sweet Disposition. Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. Exactly one year later Harry got the lyrics from this song tattoo'ed.
17 June - Lover Journal Taylor wrote in her journal on way to Nashville “Something so unexpected and amazing happened recently... I’ve become blissfully happy with my life. Like, actually grateful for every second of the day. I've notice this onset for a while, but it's really hit me in the last week and especially since I wrote those 2 new songs. I'm happy I get to meet so many people on the road who make me feel like my music really matters to them.” One song may be State of Grace.
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20-27 June - 1D in LA. Speak now break 23 & 24 June.
20 June Harry reappeared in LA at Britney concert
27 June - Taylor in Teen Vogue with photos like Babe video
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2 - 10 July - Speak Now dates rescheduled due to Bronchitis. Taylor in LA and does magazine shoots.
8-15 July - 1D in LA. What makes you beautiful shot at Sycamore Cove Beach in  Malibu 14-15.
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24 August - Arm Lyrics “But my heart cried out for you, California.” – Joni Mitchell, California. Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
31 August - Harry wearing paper plane necklace in heat photo shoot (1:55)
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6 September - One Direction at GQ Men of the Year Awards 2011 - London. It gets mentioned in a few interviews after.
7 September - Taylor plays Tacoma -arm lyrics: “You are the ever-living ghost of what once was.” – Band of Horses, No One’s Gonna Love You. In her Lover Journal she went to Nashville rather than LA and writes Red on the plane.
10 September - WMYB on Red or Black, Harry is anxious in his solo and his hand shake. Arm lyrics “There was always something that meant more to you than me” - Jessica Andrews, “There’s More To Me Than You”
11 September - What makes you beautiful debut #1. 21st - Up all night
14 September - asked who was most confident with girls LT says "Definitely without a question say Harry, like Harry, no matter how long is known her, or who she is he will go up to her, like if it's a celebrity, like at the GQ Awards, [Niall adds "Like Pixie Lott] he will go up and sing their song and dance. It's like 100% Harold Styles." Harry then changes the conversation to silly names, Louis brings up GQ again and Harry mouths "Stop going' on about it" (9:50).
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18 - 30 September - 1D in New York, filmed Gotta be You in Lake Placid NY 29 and SUNY 29 September. Speak now break 18, 21 - 23 September, shows other days. The film clip included scenes on a train, the SBT message is "when you were on the train", she wrote it sometime on a bus. Speak Now dates in Colorado, Utah and Georgia. However, 28 September is possibly an anniversary and in the Four hang out (31-33) Harry said gotta be you was his favourite 1D song of all, which Niall clapped and said “well done Taylor your boyfriends back”. Harry met Emily Ostilly.
4 October - At Bring 1D to me Munich, when asked about ‘Celebrity Dreamgirls’ Louis says "Celebrity dreamgirls um,  yeah like there's a lot of people I suppose that we think is HOT, like... Harry?" the look Zayn, Niall and Liam's expressions, and Louis this is not flirting, he is 'ribbing' Harry for making out with a famous person and sharing his secrets. Harry says his crush is Emma Watson, who the interviewer says has a crush on him,  H blushes and, not willing to let it go, Louis points out a love bite. Arm Lyrics “It’s easy saying nothing when there’s nothing to say” - KT Tunstall, “Fade Like A Shadow”
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5 October - Taylor tweets “Leaving Little Rock, headed to New Orleans. Writing a song on a moving bus” in the album video (8:20) Taylor said she wrote sad beautiful tragic on a bus.
17 October - Harry goes to Ed Sheeran concert with Louis at Eleanor's university then not seen till rehearsals 2 weeks later.
19 October - Harry did a 10 min phone interview alone with Grimmy and said he was passing through Birmingham. There are voices in the background at the end.
20 October - Taylor played San Diego. Harry was not seen. He posted "Finally set the correct time on my Microwave..I feel like a new man." on Twitter.
24 October- Harry is coughing in an interview and looks and sounds unwell. At 16:20 the interviewer asks about their break, Harry purses his lips for age thinking then says he is tried when he comes back to work because he spends his break rushing around to see everyone. Zayn looks to Louis who gives a loud “Hmmm” which is a tell of his for knowing more than is said.
30 October - Taylor writes in lover journal she (also) has a chest infection!
2 November - One Direction Tour rehearsals Harry back in London for month
17 November - Louis quoted in media  "Harry's found 'The One' now." and doesn't name Caroline. Harry and Caroline never say more than friends, Eleanor seen with Louis often.
18 November - Up all night released. In listening party says “more than this” is his favorite, it’s a deep one. Harry in London,  has dinner with Caroline Flack. On 27 November on chatty man Harry clarifies there were other people there and again says just friends. Articles and Caroline tweets about death threats for having dinner with Harry. (Like WTF would anyone date him publicly?).
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22 November - Taylor posts photo of London shop for preppie rugby menswear (!) and posts a photo to instagram with "Superior Style and Quality Fit" 👀 written on the window. This is a latergram, she had a show in Madison Square Garden. On October 3 Harry had said Rugby shirts look better on girls.
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24 November Sugarscope asks if they have an eye on anyone in the US and mention Taylor Swift, all 5 are actually quiet for the first time, Liam’s face changes to serious (0:34), Harry and Zayn look at Louis, maybe because of Oct 4. Niall offers Demi Lovato and all the boys start saying Hollywood in a silly voice. The same interviewer asks about romantic Christmas plans, Louis looks at Harry again, Harry answers truthfully “Christmas at home with family” seems the interviewer and band know what’s not being said, they ask Harry twice
8 December - Caroline and Harry photo, see Caroline post from another blog
13 December - Taylor's birthday party inside her Nashville apartment. posted a photo in a recording studio, so assumed that Begin again was recorded on on her birthday. Taylor not seen again that year other than Snow on the Beach Photos. Harry seen in London on the 13th. One direction in tour rehearsals till tour begins 18 December in England.
15 December - Harry posted that he went skinny dipping, as in no shorts to avoid doubt. Taylor still MIA. Paper Rings vibes.
16 December - it snowed in Liverpool, including the "Snow on the beach" 50 minutes from Harry's house in Holmes Chapel.
I8 December - 1 July - Up all night tour, Europe till us in February
22 December - in 1D you tube the band chose a fan question “from Taylor, if you were a girl who would you date” and Zayn laughs and says Harry.
24 December - One Direction Holiday till 3 January. Taylor MIA.
28 December - Taylor posts three photos from a beach one with her face on the beach "Childhood beach memories revisited" and one with snow on the beach behind her "Nothing quite like a freezing cold, wintery beach." some have assumed this was in New Jersey, but the shadows look like an afternoon on an western coast and there was no snow in NJ, nor Taylor seen near there. It had snowed at the beach in Liverpool which is west.
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29 December - Taylor posted a seashell with Safe and Sound Lyrics written (it had just been released) with the caption "Saying goodbye to the shore, writing on a seashell."
30 December - Harry got his drivers licence, on 28 June 2012 on Bert show (11 mins) said “the first thing I did was my …….. someone brought the car to me and I dropped them off at the pub” Harry was in Manchester. Louis posted he was in Paris Disneyland with Eleanor. Apart from the winter/snow on the beach photos Taylor hadn't been seen for a week, she then posted a goodbye and Harry's first drive was to drop someone secret somewhere. 👀 
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31 December - Harry goes back to London flat for new years party, in same interview Harry said they spent Christmas at home
3 January - Caroline Break up announcement. Harry later tweets, he 'didn't dump' her, he never said they were more than friends. Caroline also said "95% of what was reported was false". 
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All Too Well – Chapter Six
Summary : Alessandra Lucciano tells herself she has it all. She is Daniel Ricciardo's girlfriend after all. Isn't she? Well, sometimes she has to work hard to feel like it and no more so than when some girl shows up and makes her question her life as she knows it. So what happens when someone else starts paying her more attention than her boyfriend? Pairing : Daniel Ricciardo x (OC) Alessandra Lucciano + Max Verstappen Rating : 18+ Word Count : 3,250 Trigger Warnings for this Chapter : Angst, rocky relationship, language, slight hint at rough sex, adult themes, strong emotions Song Inspiration for this Chapter : ""I know you by heart, and you don’t even know where I start" — "Come in With the Rain"
💞 Authors Note : I'm sorry this chapter has come out so late, I've been on vacation so I couldn't write nor upload due to time differences. I'm still super jetlaggedd so this is not proof read 🙏🏼
21:12pm – 3rd of October 2020 – Monaco – Daniel’s apartment.
Alessandra’s tired eyes could barely stay open during the flight back to Monaco. She could feel her whole body begin to slow down and her brain was clouded with fog. Her mind had been in use constantly the past week or so that she had been in Sicily at her grandmother’s side. She had arrived first out of everyone that had been called. Several days of worry while being at her darling Nonna’s bedside – her mother only able to join her on day six and aunt a further day after that. She should have been thankful she got to spend those days with her Nonna but not while she was so sick. It was nothing short of a miracle when she began to pull through the worst of her illness and sit up in bed and demand lemon ricotta biscuits. Ali finally allowed herself to cry on that flight back to Monaco and she was sure that she would probably look a frightful mess by the time she had picked up her luggage and got through to arrivals, where Daniel promised to pick her up.
But after waiting nearly half an hour with her suitcase she finally pulled out her phone and tried calling him. No answer. So she called again. And even one more time after that but still, no answer. She sent him a text asking if there was something he was forgetting to do in an attempt to keep the reminder light and jovial. A text, which also went unreplied too. After trying various times Ali was far too tired to stand there in the airport any longer – too tired but also too embarrassed – so she decided to just go outside and get a cab. She toyed with the idea of just going straight home to her own place but she had to know why Daniel hadn’t come to collect her like he had promised her he would. Ali remembered all of the texts and the phone calls between her boyfriend and her whilst she was in Italy. He comforted her and gave her soothing words of encouragement when she needed them most. It showed her that he really did care about her and in her worst moments he thought about her even if he couldn’t physically be with her due to racing.
The ride to his apartment felt longer than ever before. She wasn’t sure if she had fallen asleep in the back of the cab or not but she soon saw familiar sights and knew she could at least be getting into a cosy warm bed soon. It only took a further ten minutes till the car stopped and she tapped her card for payment. The driver helped her with her bags before getting back into his car to no doubt head back to the airport to wait on some other mug that hadn’t been picked up by their other half. She buzzed herself in with her security key and then hauled her suitcase into the elevator and pressed his floor. It wasn’t until the moment she laid eyes upon Daniel’s door that suddenly a feeling descended upon her slowly. What if the reason he hadn’t come to get her was because he was there…with someone else, with another girl. These horrible notions came flooding in and out of her brain like a rising and departing ocean tide. It all stemmed from that trip to Montana but still all these months later she had a feeling of dread whenever something like this happened. Something that gave her cause to be overtaken by alarm.  
She unlocked Daniel’s door and as she pulled her case into the hallway she heard laughter. Male laughter. Her mind had gone to the worst and she sighed with relief that it had all just been her own mind lying to her. She left her case sitting there beside the door and dumped her bag down on top of it as she allowed the heavy door to swing shut behind herself. Tentatively she walked down the hallway to the living room. The face she saw first was not that of her missing boyfriend but Max Verstappen. Staring back at her were those fucking sapphire blue eyes not ones of molten chocolate. “Oh…” He swallowed the clear liquid he had been drinking and tried not to dribble any as he got up from his position on the sofa. “Hi, uh…” He stumbled a little on his words but she accepted the fact that he hadn’t been expecting to see her so just raised a half smile at him. “Daniel’s just finishing getting ready.” He motioned to the other hallway that expanded from living room. As if he had heard his name being mentioned Daniel appeared in said hallway and gave her the briefest of smiles. She knew all along that he would have forgotten his promise but now him standing there in all dressed to go out, it was rather jarring. But then again, she was far too exhausted to be bothered to argue. Plus, they had a guest so arguing in front of him would have been rude.
“You’re going out?” Ali finally asked and she tried to keep her voice light even if it wasn’t the tone she actually wanted to use with him. She took in the state of her boyfriend. Dressed well in an expensive new “party shirt” (as he dubbed them) that she had never seen before. He had clearly bought the item specifically for going out tonight which meant it was something he wanted to look good for.  “Yeah, it’s last minute.” He paused and patted his jeans pockets overly dramatically. “It’s Haylee’s birthday.”
As Daniel looked around for his phone Ali blinked several times as if the brain fog she had felt earlier was now making her utterly delusional. Her mouth parted slightly and she felt the wind being knocked straight out of her. Haylee. The girl that ruined Montana for her? The one that came close to breaking Daniel and her up? The one that Daniel was very aware Ali wasn’t keen on? “I know you don’t like her so I didn’t think to mention it to you, thought it would just annoy you.” Then he disappeared back toward the bedroom where he was no doubt retrieving his wallet and Ali just stared into thin air. She had nothing to say. No fight to make. Certainly not after the week she had had. In her mind she had envisioned Daniel picking her up from the airport and engulfing her in a massive hug. She thought he would have been there to support her and want to have her curled up in his protective arms, as they lay in bed together. But evidently, she had overestimated his capabilities as a boyfriend again and this time for some reason it just left her numb instead of pissed off, angry or even hurt.
“If you’re not comfortable with it I could suggest we don’t go.” Ali had forgotten Max was even there so his voice startled her. She shook her head because it was probably a useless cause. She remembered what he had told her at his girlfriend’s event when she questioned him about the girl her boyfriend seemed to be rather obsessed with all of a sudden
*** MAX POV (Flashback)
“Well I better try find Elin, I think she’s forgotten I exist.” I rolled my eyes dramatically. But suddenly I had this strange feeling come over me when she nodded and bit her bottom lip. She had done that at that stupid fucking dinner party too. Her perfectly straight, pearly white teeth gripped her full, pouty, kissable bottom lip in an almost vice grip. It was enough to send this weird feeling all over me. One that made me want to reach out, put my hand on her cheek and command her to stop. I’d have seemed like a right fucking creep if I did that so I had to remind myself that regardless of how beautiful she was (regardless of any of the mental images I might have running through my brain of her) it was wrong. Just as I turned to leave she put her tiny little hand on my arm and I immediately halted.
“Max, have you heard Daniel mentioning a girl called Haylee?” Fuck. Why did she ask me this? How did I explain what I knew without making her curious or furious? I found my head nodding and my shoulders rising before I could work out what I could say. “Uh…yeah…uh….” Nice going, real smooth, Max. Style it out. Don’t be awkward. “She went to Montana right?” She looked down and slowly nodded. FUCK! Clearly the Montana trip didn’t go as well as Daniel said it did. “How does Daniel know her?” Ok, I can answer that. A nice and simple question.
“He’s known her forever.” I shrugged and immediately I regretted it. Jesus, why did this girl make me so nervous? “Her father was a team principal, he manages some of the drivers now. She’s been around the paddock since she was a child.” The information seemed not to surprise her. “So Daniel’s known her since he started racing?” “I don’t know. I’d presume so but I’m not sure.” “Have they always been so…” She made this gesture as if she was trying to find the words in English (God I know how that feels), “comfortable with one and other?” Now I clammed up. It was awkward. I knew all about the rumours of Haylee and Daniel – most of the paddock suspected things – but there was no way I could be the one to say anything. Regardless of this strange fondness I was feeling toward this innocent, beautiful girl, I couldn’t do that to my teammate. “Alessandra…” She looked at me with eyes that bore right into my soul. “If you have questions, you should ask Daniel. I’m not….” She scoffed at my words.
“He would just find a way into telling me it’s all in my head and that I’m just insecure.” The look on her face was the same one that she had written on it that night when he said he didn’t need her support at races. It was as if the words she had just spoken were how she actually felt about herself and that made me so fucking uncomfortable because she couldn't see how fucking phenomenal she was. But then again, what the fuck had Daniel been saying to make her feel that way? “But yeah, he’s your teammate and you have loyalty to him, that’s understandable. Commendable. You should go find your girlfriend, tell her that she’s won a fan. Her work is incredible. She’s so talented.” As she adorably rambled my heart tightened in my chest at how Daniel had made her feel about herself and how I really needed to have a word about it with him. Especially, as he had suggested I attend Haylee’s birthday with him.
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“No. It’s fine. You should go.” Ali tried to raise half a smile for the innocent guy that probably had no idea why she had such an issue, where she had just come from or how she was feeling. Ali was probably being a buzz kill. When he returned she told Daniel to have a goodnight with a kiss to the cheek. She gave Max a brief goodbye before heading straight down the hall to the bathroom to run a bath. She still felt like leaving and returning to her own apartment, she could call another cab, but she couldn’t be bothered to do that. She just wanted to be soothed by nice warm water and then crawl into bed. They shouted a final goodbye before leaving and she felt rather relieved when Daniel’s apartment fell silent besides the sound of flowing water.
Her head rested on the edge of the tub. The water bordering on too hot but it she didn’t care. As Ali closed her eyes to switch off from the world, she kept seeing the girl from Montana. She saw her honey coloured hair, crystal blue staring eyes and that fucking smirk she so desperately wanted to wipe off her face. She knew Daniel had to have picked up on the insecurity she felt when she cried to him in LA. She hadn’t exactly lay the blame at the other woman’s door but she implied it heavily enough that she was positive Daniel had understood her stance on this Haylee girl. So that was why she felt such overwhelming crushing disappointment tonight. She had flashbacks to the way she felt during summer break and how soul crushing it was when she thought had electively chosen another girl over her. And now, he was doing it all over again even though he knew how much it bothered her, how much this Haylee girl bothered her. Tears began to slowly fall from her eyes before she knew it. The usually soothing hot water was doing little to soothe her tonight. Then suddenly Ali just let go. She let all of the bottled up stress from the past week flow out of her and mix with the upset at the scene tonight. Her heart no longer felt like it was on fire in her chest. It felt like ruined ashes.
02:45am – 4th of October 2020 – Monaco - Daniel’s apartment
Ali was awoken from a light sleep – the worry racked her brain too much to allow her to fall asleep fully like she had so desperately wanted – to the sound of the front door opening and closing again. Heavy, still shoe'd footsteps tapped away on the marble flooring. She waited for voices, thinking Max would come back with him, but they never came. Daniel was home by himself but she should be thankful that he was indeed home. She turned on the bedroom light when she heard something being knocked over followed by a slight laugh. Her eyes were puffy and slightly sore from the crying she had done earlier. The focus of all of said crying was now the drunken fool trying to find his way to the bedroom in the dark. She sighed once, got out of bed and found him leaning against the doorframe.
“Daniel.” She sighed when he smiled at her. “How much have you had to drink?” “Hmm…. not very much actually, I’ve been good.” She could tell he had at least half a dozen but wasn’t drunk enough for anymore than that. She would ordinarily be quite impressed by the restraint he had shown tonight but she was more interested in getting him to bed so she could attempt to get some sleep. He followed her to the bedroom and before she had a chance to help him remove his shoes, he was putting the moves on her. His hands reached around her and found their place on her ass, squeezing slightly harsher than usual. She tried in vain to make him focus. He just squeezed harder and groaned into her ear;
“C’mon baby….let me eat that pretty little pussy.” She didn’t feel the usual bolt of electricity shock through her core. She didn’t get excited as he set about lazily dirty talking like he usually did, it didn’t have the same effect tonight. In fact, it turned her stomach a little because she knew exactly where he was coming from, and in whose company.   
Really? Now? You forget me then want to fuck me?
He pressed her gently against the door to the bedroom. His hands lazily trailing toward the front of her silk shorts and just as his fingers dipped passed the waistband she grabbed his wrist and stopped him. She could smell the alcohol on him that directly disputed his claims of being good. “Not now…” He swayed a little but didn’t continue. She used the opportunity to get his shirt off him and he attempted to nuzzle into her neck.
“Where’s my good girl?” He lulled and she rolled her eyes. She was tempted to say his good girl was back in Italy and she had been replaced by a pissed off girl that had been left standing waiting on her boyfriend in an airport arrivals hall. But she decided against it. “Everyone wondered where you were tonight.” He added and she really wanted to tell him to shut the fuck up. He moved his body before she could get to the final buttons on his Gucci shirt. “Blake, Michael…” So they had all been invited. All the ones that had been on that embarrassing Montana trip were there but her. She didn’t have to search her brain very hard to know exactly why. She sighed and he picked up on it.
“What is wrong with you?” He had some drunken accusatory boldness in him but Ali couldn’t be bothered dealing with it. “Let’s just get you into bed Danny, please.” “Since you said please….” Before Ali had a single second to protest his hands went back to her ass again and this time, he was far too rough and she had to push him off her. For a mere fleeting second she thought about giving him exactly what it was that he wanted. But then she couldn’t bare the thought of fucking him while he was drunk and she was sober, not when he was too past it. Besides he probably wouldn’t be able to get it up, too much alcohol had that effect on him sometimes.
It took Ali nearly 45 minutes to get Daniel into bed. He took forever and kept making things difficult for her. He kept asking why she was in a mood, why she was angry with him and why she wouldn’t fuck him. But the final nail in the coffin came when Daniel finally lay down on the bed and stated; “I should have stayed at Haylee’s like she wanted.” Without a second thought, she grabbed her phone and a pillow and immediately went to sleep on the sofa. Haylee suggested he stay at hers? Had the others been asked the same thing? Did any of them go with her? Did Daniel decide to come home to her or was he made come home to her? And as much as she thought hearing something like that, something meant to directly wound her would indeed tear her apart, it didn’t. She lay down, pulled the blanket around herself and stared at the ceiling. It was only ten minutes later that she received a text from an unknown number.
000-754-334-980: Hi, it’s Max. I hope it’s ok that I got your number from Dan’s phone when we dropped him off. Just wanted to make sure he wasn’t too much of a hassle and he went straight to bed like he promised?
Max was sweet. He was thoughtful. And regardless of how much she wanted to ask if Daniel had gotten too close to someone else tonight, she didn’t.
AL: He did. Thank you for dropping him off. I hope he wasn’t too much of a bother. 000-745-334-980: I’m sorry he’s such a prick at times. You really don’t deserve it.
And then Ali fell asleep, praying her boyfriend loved her enough not to have done anything to break her heart and wishing she could find someone who treated her the way Max did.
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