FIC: Tom is Totally Subtle, He Swears (Not) (MLB; Lukanette; LBSC Sprint Fic)
Rating: General Audiences
Characters/Pairings: Tom Dupain, Luka Couffaine, Marinette Dupain-Cheng; Luka Couffaine/Marinette Dupain-Cheng
Summary: It’s Marinette’s first Valentine’s Day in lycée, and Luka doesn’t seem excited to do anything about it. Well, Tom Dupain’s not about to stand for that!
Author’s Notes/Warnings: I didn’t join in the Valentine’s exchange this year because I wanted to work on the still unfinished exchange fic from last year, but it felt weird not doing something for Valentine’s. 😂 And then when Quick asked for Valentine’s-themed sprint prompts and Laurel dropped a Tom prompt…I mean, how could I resist? Happy Valentine’s Day, everybody! 🖤
The prompt used was: Tom decides to drop some hints to Luka that Marinette is single and Valentine’s Day is coming up. And everyone knows that the best way to a man’s brain is through pastries decorated with not-so-subtle hints.
Just a reminder: @lovebugs-and-snakecharmers Sprint Challenge Guidelines: Three 15-minute sprints to write the fic. 24 hours to edit/post.
“Tom is Totally Subtle, He Swears (Not)”
Tom Dupain had a problem.
Actually, Marinette Dupain(-Cheng) had a problem.
Her problem was that Wednesday was Valentine’s Day.
Went to visit my great aunt in the hospital and she and all the other old ladies in the room spent no less than 15 minutes discussing in DETAIL all the different kinds of operations they suspect Kate Middleton of having 😵💫🔫
Tell me more about the plane crash WIP, pleaseee 💜
the plane crash wip!!! aka what if i merged some of my favourite things (The West Wing, Lost) and used them to tell an insane story.
The basic concept of Plane Crash WIP is that Air Force One is on its way back from a summit in Japan when it crashes on a small island in the Pacific Ocean.
Among the survivors are of course the President and First Lady, the senior staff... and multiple reporters, including Danny Concannon who may or may not have a story in his pocket that could seriously harm the Bartlet administration (did I mention this is set near the end of s4?)... if they ever get back alive.
Of course on the other end, John Hoynes finally gets a taste of what it's like to sit in the big chair and I get to redeem him actually.
Another WIP that got set aside so I could focus on President!CJ (or as it's actually called, An Idea Whose Time Has Come), but one I'm VERY eager to return to at some point.
Anyway, snippet for you:
“Are we throwing support behind Taiwan and Japan because of the Chinese stunt in the Taiwan Strait last year?”
“We’re throwing support, as you so eloquently put it, behind the economic growth of Japan, as well as the economic growth and autonomy of Taiwan.”
“Sure, but China’s gonna be pissed they’ve been left out.”
“Yes?”
“I guess what I’m asking is, is the president worried about retribution?”
She holds his gaze, daring him to blink, knowing that he’s not at all thinking about China when he asks that question. “Retribution?”
“From China.”
“No.”
“Okay.”
CJ clears her throat, still feeling Danny’s gaze on her as she turns back to the cabin at large. “Carol will be handing out copies of the President’s speech from last night, and I’ll be back shortly with the updated schedule for the California stop, as well as an answer to Bill’s question. Thank you everybody.”
She turns to walk out of the press cabin, past Carol who looks up as she passes.
“CJ, what about Danny-?”
“Later,” CJ grits out.
She doesn’t want to blow him off, but she’s angry, rattled.
Retribution.
As if she wouldn’t know what he really meant.
I’m not one for #ootd pictures and tbh there’s nothing really special about what I’m wearing but the vibe is very much ‘young homosexual clerk in 1890s Amsterdam tightly holding a satchel on my way to a cigar smoke-filled cafe to meet the slightly loutish with a heart of gold sailor who will change the course and shape of my life’.
is nathan fielder paying for promotions on tumblr of all places? i liked ONE meme from the rehearsal and now i constantly get nathan fielder related content "based on my likes" ?? i keep doing "this post isn't for me" but that apparently does nothing i guess
FIC: “We Should Honeymoon in Paris” - 5/5 (MLB; Lukanette)
Notes: …I could have waited until Sunday, but honestly if I don’t just post this now I’m going to chicken out and spiral again, even though Laurel was awesome and read through it and told me I’m being a dummy. 🖤 Besides, y’all are dying to know what happened with the bra, right…??? 😇
Ch 1 | Ch 2 | Ch 3 | Ch 4
We Should Honeymoon in Paris
Chapter 5
Luka was in her room.
Luka — who she had last seen this morning, watching her run away with bleary, hungover eyes — was in her room.
Standing over her bed — over an open, half-packed suitcase on her bed.
With one of her bras in his hands.
One of her nice bras. The final project from that lingerie elective she had taken on a whim last year.
He was just…standing there. Holding it.
And he didn’t look bleary or hungover anymore, at least, but he was still staring at her, this…unreadable expression on his face. A little guilty, maybe, because she had just caught him in her room holding one of her bras, but there was also something…something about the way he was looking at her. That familiar intensity was there, but there was something else underneath it that had her stomach flipping in…she was pretty sure it was a pleasant way. The white butterfly kind of flipping, not purple. That almost made her want to…hope.