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"it's not high standard, i just don't like those kind of foods" she answered with a shrug of her shoulders. "i'm sure you have a long list of people you'll be able to give it to" wendy would rather eat glass than be tina's bestie. "not everything is a joke, tina. if you haven't realised ignoring the seriousness of the issue is what got us here in the first place"

Yes, Tina was thinking about throwing Wendy down some stairs at any given moment but that was, like, a common occurrence and irrelevant to the current situation. Mostly.

"Jeez, high standards much?" Tina scoffed, throwing her hands up. "I guess I'll be finding someone else to give my BFF necklace to." (The thought of actually, truly being besties with Wendy was suddenly turning her stomach, a bad mix when there were so many cakes to eat.) "Of course you don't eat them..." she grumbled under her breath, rolling her eyes. "Would it kill you to lighten up a little?"

#c; tina

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"nanny isn't a fuzzy troublemaker, she's an angel and you can't prove otherwise" she smiled while nanny darted around having the time of her life. "i've been well, thank you. how have you been?"

"wendy darlin', is that fuzzy troublemaker yours?" travis grinned, appearing at her side while her dog whizzed after the ball. if they were giving out prizes for being fast as fluff, he knew who was winning. he waggled his fingers to her dog before looking back to her-- "how've you been?"

#c; travis

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his logic had been solid. what better time to relearn how to make pirate hats, but her parents had told her to grow up those years ago and with that wendy had abandoned pirate hats and magical fables.

"oh...um...i don't know if i'll be any good at it" she said, more so talking to herself than jim. she had wondered if there would be some sort of muscle memory involved but still

wendy let out a laugh at his pleas of back up "i suppose if you need back up i can spare some time. i'd hate for you to get overthrown in a mutiny. i'm not sure lock would let you live it down"

Happy to hear a familiar voice, Jim turned to face Wendy directly. As much as Jim loved volunteering to help the youth of Redwood explore their creativity and stay on a better path than he had gone down as a teenager, it would be nice to have another adult to talk to, especially one he wasn't simply taking an order for at the diner.

"Then it sounds like now is the perfect time to make one, you're far too overdue, but we can fix that." Jim flashed her his infamous puppy eyes and roguish, but friendly, smile. He sighed a bit.

"Also, I'm out numbered by an entire pirate crew right now. Don't be fooled, they're tiny but very mighty and sneaky. I might need some back up if they throw a mutiny--"

#c; jim

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if she was honest, wendy still thought that at any moment tina would shove her down some stairs or make some sort of threat to life. the prospect of peter was what was likely the truce, but wendy would take the win nonetheless, no matter how brief.

"just because you're actively not trying to wipe me out, it doesn't make us besties. i don't eat those foods, so have at it when you get a chance to steal them"

Tina was actually still secretly very much not okay with this whole Wendy thing but she knew that playing the long game was really the only way that things were going to maybe get fixed at this point and thus she had to stick it out. (Plus, she had sort of promised James she would not attempt to kill anyone before the wedding, even if she really, really wanted to.) This while Wendy thing was a grit-your-teeth-and-pretend-it's-fine-thing, which was probably lucky for Wendy. Still, she could find other ways to cause a bit of trouble. This was Tina we were talking about.

"Oh, come on, Wendy. We're supposed to be besties now, help a girl out! I might even give you one."

#c; tina

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♡ cailee spaeny via instagram ( bykileyfitz )

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Priscilla (Sofia Coppola, 2023)

#wendymuse

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wendy was returning the latest batch of books she had rented to the library and had every intention to check out another bundle to read through for the time being. she was passing through the shelves when she heard someone reading to the kids about pirates and their adventures, and wendy smiled to herself remembering a time where she would do the same for her brothers.

passing by she saw the kids dart to the craft table for whatever project they were going to be working on and stopped when jim spoke to her "me? oh it's been so long since i made a pirate hat"

Believe it not, the library had always been one of Jim Hawkins favorite places. When he was a child his mother could never afford to buy books as fast as Jim could read them, and his father--well his father hadn't spoken to him in years. The library, however, had an endless supply, and despite Jim's bad reputation as a child, they always granted his requests for more pirate and sailor books, both fiction and non fiction. Now that he was an adult, it was only fair that he return that kindness.

Jim sat before a small carpet with a group of young, mostly elementary school age children.

"And that was how they became captain of the ship, and a one day queen of all of the pirates. The end." The children cheered. Jim put the book down on the chair he had been sitting on, and turned to the kids. "Now, who is ready to make paper pirate hats??" The children eagerly ran to the table. It was then that Jim turned to the library patron who was about to pass him by.

"What about you?" Jim asked, "Want to make a paper pirate hat?"

@happieststarters

#c; jim

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she'd been deep diving into research on some niche topic that her brain had decided to fixate on. wendy had spent the day holed up in the cafe, reading book after book and rambling away to herself while she theorised and wrote down notes as markers on tiny post-it notes and pressed them to the relevant page in the book.

hearing someone speaking, it took her a moment to register that they were speaking to her. "who?" she asked "me?" she asked again, pointing to herself "i don't know if anyone would want to read about any of my work"

A cozy day called for a cozy day at the cafe. It was about an hour and a half before closing for the night. This was one of Benak's favorite times to be here, especially with the holiday decor still illuminating the room.

Hot tea beside him, he glanced over to the person sitting beside them. He knew it was best to leave people alone, usually, but often Benak failed to take his own advice. The person seemed in decent spirits, if he was judging correctly, although he worried he could also be wrong.

"Excuse my forwardness, I know this is a rather odd question, but I was wondering if you had ever considered writing a book?"

@happieststarters

#c; benak

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there wasn't much for wendy to do these days. she was up to date on her work and research, and her schedule was all mapped out. in a rare free moment of time, she took the darlings family dog nanny to the park, throwing the tennis ball back and forth for her to dash after. she was enjoying the time as much as the dog seemed to be, it was a moments peace for wendy to be able to avoid worrying about peter pan jumping out on her with his antics.

wendy tossed the ball again and smiled at the white ball of fur whizzing after it.

@happieststarters

#happieststarter

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PSA;

wendy's fc has been changed from willa fitzgerald to cailee spaeny

#headcanon #wendy fc change

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wendy still wasn't accustomed to tina and herself not being a loggerheads twenty-four-seven. it felt odd and unnatural considering they had been so against one another. they weren't exactly friends but tina wasn't trying to actively wipe her out so that could be considered a win "they do say it's all you can eat" she answered "i think they would only notice when it was too late and no i'm not distracting them for you"

"So, hypothetically, this is an all-you-can-eat thing, right? Do you think they would notice if I made off with that entire tray of profiteroles? And would you distract them while I did it?"

#c; tina

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Look at this adorable ray of sunshine

#wendywindow

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"lilo, this party is wild" she couldn't help but laugh at the insanity of it all. "does your sister know about this?" surely nani wouldn't have let lilo throw a party where it had escalated to a level of items in the house getting smashed.

"uh, yeah sure...depends what cocktails you're mixing up"

"hi! welcome. welcome to our humble abode-," lilo greeted at the same time there was a medium 'smash!' noise. she flinched before letting out a nervous laugh. "hope that wasn't anything important!" she pointed at the cup wendy had picked up-

"are you...? do you want a drink? do you want a cocktail?"

#c; lilo

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she instinctively apologised for taking the same cup and offered it to the other woman. "uh no not really, i guess just a drink to take the edge off in this place. it's out of control. i saw a guy on the roof earlier"

On the one hand, Fig loved a great party, and so far this had been a great one. On the other hand, she was not expecting to have a night where every single piece of change and drama in her life was all in the same place, at once. Sure, everyone says rip off the bandaid, but someone's birthday party isn't exactly where you want to be exposing a wound to begin with. Especially emotional ones. Fig walked over to the drinks section to get her second drink. She reached for a cup at the same time as a girl beside her, and retracted her hand to let them grab it. Maybe she was maturing, becoming less selfish or whatever. " 'Sup," Fig said, "Looking for something specific?"

#c; fig

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"umm okay?" she said. wendy wasn't one for gossip but she was aware that tj and marie were close at one point "are you friends with tj? you could go find them both"

"Ah..." Marie said with a shrug, so she was with TJ - it wouldn't be strange, if Marie recalled he was sort of a friend of Lilo, and even if they were more than just friends - it no longer was her business.

"I'll wait till she shows up then-" She wasn't really avoiding TJ anymore, but she also didn't actively search him up.

#c; marie

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she wasn't expecting the party to be as out of control as it was. she could hear things smashing left right and centre and it was stressing her out. "oh, uh, yeah...it's just rowdier than i expected" she explained "how are you, rachel?"

Rachel certainly wasn't expecting the party to turn out like this and she was actively working against her anxiety telling her that everyone here was in so much trouble. She had been nursing the same drink since she arrived. Wendy arrived shortly after she found a quiet space, looking as shell shocked as she did.

"Are you okay?"

#c; rachel #pelekai party palooza

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"it's going fine i guess, how are you?" she asked, still wondering why he would be attempting plumbing at a party "why are you tinkering around with the sink?"

"was there anything even wrong with the sink? lilo may have been pranking you" that soon changed when she was asked to hand him a towel. wendy found a near by tea towel and handed it down to him "that's all that's nearby but if you need more i can go see if i can find any for you"

"wendy? hey darlin', how's it going topside?" he asked from down yonder. he let out a sigh, shifting some things under the sink to get a better look at whatever was going on under there.

"to be honest, i think i mighta been duped by this kid. told me it was a matter of life and death to sort this sink out then ghosted. i must be getting soft in my old a--- ah, shit. hang on, there is something going on in here. are there any towels up there you could throw down?"

#c; travis #pelekai party palooza