I got a bunch of q's for them siblings, Lauren Mark and Nathan!! 5-7, 10, 12, 17, 19, 27, 30 and 31!
Thank you for asking so many questions for these good siblings!! And for being so patient! :,) I feel like I could’ve gotten more into specific scenarios with some of these but I didn’t quite know where to start or which question would have the better examples. But I’m sure you’ll enjoy anyway, I’ve definitely got enough info down for sure! Under the cut for obvious rambling reasons.
5. What traits does each person find endearing in the other?
Mark: Lauren’s ridiculously confident in herself and Nate’s always really passionate and excited about what he does.Lauren: Nathan tries to be friends with everybody and Mark has always had my back. Nathan: Mark’s just the right amount of sarcastic to be fun and he takes the band really seriously. Lauren’s secretly a big softie even when she pretends she’s cooler than everyone else.
6. Which traits does each person find annoying in the other?
Mark: They never shut up.Lauren: Oh my god, Mark thinks he knows everything and Nate never shuts up. He’s the bratty baby brother neither of us asked for. (laUREN!) (its true but they still love him)Nate: tHEY’RE BOSSY. And patronizing. And cynical.
7. How often do they see each other? How often do they talk to each other?
Nate and Mark see each other at least once a week, more if there’s lots of band practice or concerts to play or just wanna hang out! They see Lauren a handful of times throughout the year, at holidays and random visits.
Mark talks with Lauren more than Nathan does, kinda on a weekly basis, sometimes more, depends how busy they are or if they’ve got Exciting Gossip. Lauren and Nate probably talk like once after most full moons and a handful of other times,,, Nate wants to hear how the werewolf adventures go.
10. What would they get for each other as birthday gifts?
Mark’s mostly just gives money tbh, sometimes he’ll go halfsies on more expensive gifts but he doesn’t normally Think of the good gifts. He might take them out like to the record store and buy some things they pick out themselves. This is particularly good with Lauren, since it’s also his birthday and he has the excuse to get stuff he wants, too.
Lauren will usually find various music related things, shirts an posters of some bands they like, patches and pins for their Cool Jackets™. Nate likes comic books and movies, Mark would like biographies of musicians or maybe some video game, it varies but she could definitely find some things.
Nate tries to get Lauren makeup and sometimes it works out. He’d probably be better off with a gift card for it but he’s insistent that he knows “the hottest new eyeshadow thingy” and “the trendiest nail polish colors this season”. (he just Says these things, he doesn’t actually know anything) I think Nathan gets Mark a fun vidya game because he knows everyone else is getting him band related stuff,, unless he’s specifically asking for things.
12. Do either of them have any hobbies or interests which annoy the other?
Nottt particularly? I can’t really think of anything, if they don’t share the interest in something they just kinda leave it alone. Maybe if Lauren had to listen to tooo much of their band practice at once it would annoy her, just because her hearing is sensitive and they’re loud bois. She WANTS to enjoy it but what can u do. Mark kinda thinks they’re both way too into the horror genre but he doesn’t mind all that much.
OF COURSE this was different when they were younger and they often teased one another for certain interests,, but they grew out of that. (okay, mostly,, light teasing may still happen..) Most themes involved Lauren (or Nate’s) love for pop music and boybands or when Nate started experimenting with his guyliner. (and Lauren only teased him bc it was poorly drawn on…)
17. When one is feeling down, how does the other respond?
I kinda mentioned this one with the bros here the first time I reblogged these questions, but to add on Lauren:
On minor sad days, Lauren’s the type to give advice if she can or some kind of generic comforting thing and then kinda joke with her brothers. She kinda downplays her helping, kinda like “the solution’s simple, you just, do this. Is that reALLY all you wanted to talk to me about???” And if she can get either of them to laugh after they’ve been crying then it’s fair game for her to tease them for it.
If it’s a major sad thing, she tries to be The Strong One in those types of situations, even if it’s hard. She’ll listen if they wanna talk and cry, try to sound reassuring when telling them that it’ll be okay.
Mark’s better at comforting Lauren, they were definitely closer growing up so they kinda know exactly what would help. She doesn’t like feeling “weak” from showing emotions but she doesn’t mind crying in front of him and he’s alright at calming her down. But really Lauren usually just needs someone to rant to and maybe give a little advice, (she won’t outright ask for it but she leaves looong pauses for you to suggest something..) Mark knows and can easily handle that.
Nate isn’t used to seeing a sad Lauren and wouldn’t quite know how to react. Can you…. Tease her for this??? Is that allowed? What would Mark do.. But really, he just tries to be his normal happy self to cheer her up! Tell a funny story or joke.
19. Has one ever had to stop the other from making a very foolish decision? And did the other listen to them?
APsolutely. Mark is Lauren’s impulse control and Nate’s bossy older brother. Mark does stupid shit too but I don’t think any of them really stop him. Though, Mark would actually listen to Lauren on occasion. They both wouldn’t really listen to Nate even if he did try to stop them?? They don’t trust his judgement any more than they do their own. Nate might listen to them about half the time maybe? Still very foolish…
Lauren might try to stop Nathan more, Mark’s old enough to do his own thing. Plus, she finds it funnier if Mark fucks something up somehow, with Nate it’s mostly just sad.
Mark used to try and stop Lauren from doing stupid shit a lot in their teen years, but now he stops Nate from doing stupid stuff more often just by proximity and how much they see each other in comparison. Nate is bound to do something foolish at some point. He normally doesn’t find out Lauren’s doing something foolish until after the fact, now.
27. How far would each go to protect the other?
Oh they’re very protective, Mark used to get involved with Lauren’s fights a lot in high school. (She was always gettin into trouble.) I don’t think Nate really gets into situations like that, but in general he’s protective of him, yeah. (and that extends to Izzy, too.. I know this is about the sibs but this is definitely a situation where he treats her like family. He’s just ! A protective older brother all around, for everyone.)
Lauren,, being a werewolf and undoubtedly the strongest of them all now,,,, could do some damage if she needed to and she wouldn’t hesitate if it was to protect her siblings.
Nate’s a lotta bark and no bite, to be honest, so he wouldn’t get in as many fights like they would. But, he’s passionate and wants to protec them too if he can!
30. How far would each person follow the other? Would they trust them enough to commit crime because the other asked them to?
Uhh, pretty far, especially the twins. They have a lot of trust for each other and yeah I could see that involving a crime if it was completely necessary. At the very least, hiding a crime that the other one did..
Mark: We need to fuck someone’s shit up? I’ll fuck someone’s shit up.Lauren: Listen, I’m not saying that. All I’m saying is I know where to find some very sharp teeth and some very secluded woods.Nate: I draw the line at petty theft and arson.
Siiince Nate’s our lil crime boy in the runaway AU though, I’ll expand a lil more on that scenario since it’s more tangible? I think they’d both get involved immediately if he asked/said he was in some kind of trouble. Kind of a heat of the moment ofc I gotta help my lil bro out of a bad situation. But I don’t think he does that. I think he just disappears suddenly for a while and bc of that.. Well, they’d wanna do some detective work to figure out what happened to him,, but might not jump to help him as immediately when he does finally show back up again. They were incredibly worried for him and now that he’s back, they’re mad at him for making them so scared!! ‘You could’ve called a long time ago!’ >:(
Not to say they wouldn’t help him at all, he would just need to do a lot more explaining for either of them to get on board. That being said if the newly blonde and tattooed Nathan showed up at either of their houses with some equally disguised boyfriends then they wouldn’t hesitate to let them hide out n crash there.
31. If one wronged the other badly, would the other forgive them easily?
Mark forgives kinda easily? He’d be upset initially but eventually, he’d rather keep his relationships in tact than hold grudges.
Lauren IS Dramatic and WILL hold grudges, no doubt. Forgiveness might happen eventually, but it’s not easy.
Nate wants to forgive and for sure would try, normally he’d be the first to forgive! But he’s a lil more emotional and if we’re talking badly wronged,, bad feelings and memories would still pop up and he’s not as Over It as he pretends to be. Whatever happened still might hurt him, and he’d also bring previous arguments up even if they weren’t relevant as evidence of maYBE I shouldn’t forgive you this time!! They love their baby brother but they push him around sometimes, sometimes its ‘just teasing’ and sometimes it’s not, and I feel like if they did something that was seriously that bad, he’d start thinking about EVERYthing before telling himself, how much am I gonna put up with.
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Emma’s Fanfic Novel.
Help I don’t know what I’m doing.
The idea of Alma reading bits of Emma’s writing, that’s totally accurate to them, to Cabanela was irresistible to get on with and here we are in a rough draft of exactly that. This is once again your fault @raygirlramblings All blame to me for writing it but you know
To my shame I wasn’t listening to Emma’s music while writing. Maybe it would have helped...
This may or may not appear in some form or another in the Falling and Rising AU. I want to do something, but this might have gotten a little out of hand for inserting into the whole. Okay something will.
And Cabanela’s alter-ego needs a name. I got very stuck on that point and conveniently avoided it here.
I’m sorry for cerulean usage; it seemed mandatory.
Cabanela whirled into the living room late that evening. A meeting with the couch was long overdue and he was going to take it. He flopped into a sprawl over it, legs dangling over the arm. He peeked at Alma who was curled in the armchair, nose buried in a book and shoulders quivering with silent laughter.
“And what has our pretty lady so amuuused?”
Alma looked up from the book with a grin. “Oh just more daring exploits of a certain detective – any resemblance to a real person entirely coincidental of course.”
“Ha! And what’s he up tooo now?”
“Currently…” Alma left a pause and her grin broadened. “Attempting to get information while trying to resist the wiles of the beautiful Desirae. She’s quite the seductress.”
Cabanela rolled over to his side and propped himself up on an elbow. “Reaaally now?”
“You know you want to hear this,” Alma teased.
“Maaaybe.”
“Desirae,” Alma began dramatically, “‘trailed a finger along his strong jawline in a slow tantalizing motion that stopped at his lips.
“That is a secret,” she purred. Her hand dropped to his chest. He struggled against the shiver running through him at her touch. Her scent was intoxicating, but he had to resist. As long as he could avoid gazing into her eyes like deep cerulean pools drawing him into their depths against his will, wrapping around…”
“How looong does this go?” Cabanela interrupted.
“Him,” Alma continued pointedly. “’He knew he could avoid her temptations. There were more important things at stake.
“However,” Desirae hummed. She traced slow circles over his chest, gradually making her way up to his neck. She gazed at him through lidded sultry eyes. Her hips brushed against him. “I might be willing to spill… for a price.”
A price too high to pay.’
Of course our detective can never succumb,” Alma added. “Not here anyway in his current state…” she trailed off.
She was baiting him and damn him if curiosity didn’t win out. “Current state?” Besides it was warm and cozy lying here listening to Alma’s voice even if the words left something to be desired.
“Well,” Alma said grandly. “I can’t imagine Emma changed much from my proofread on this point.”
“This was one you proofread? And you let all that slide? I thought beeetter of you, baby.”
Alma blinked all too innocently. “And how better to keep you two separate? Anyway, our poor hero falls to fever and the clutches of Desirae.” She flipped ahead. “Ah here’s a good bit. She’s captured him and is holding him prisoner in her dungeon.” Her eyes glittered mischievously. “And tied him to a bed. Ahem.
‘Desirae stroked his cheek. He moaned softly. Her touch was cool yet only fueled the fires burning in his flesh.
“Don’t worry,” Desirae said in a low husky voice. “You may be my prisoner, but I’ll see you’re well looked after here in my dungeon.”
She bent over him. His fevered gaze was drawn to the pendant around her neck, glittering hypnotically against her ivory skin. The fire pendant.’”
“Haaang on,” Cabanela said. “Is this supposed to be based on that jewellery case I took on? She was a naaasty piece of work, that one, with a warehouse.” Decidedly not a dungeon. Not one with a bed anyway. He stretched. “And a fondness for knives.”
“Well… inspired very loosely might be the better phrase.” She turned a page and continued.
“’He writhed against the ropes binding him to the bed and against the ache wracking his heated body. He had to escape somehow. As weak as he felt he could never succumb to this wily temptress.
With the softest of touches Desirae smoothed away some of the sweat-soaked hair from his furrowed brow.
“My poor sweet detective. Perhaps a kiss to take away this pain?” Her long slender fingers cupped his face. Her lips closed over his in a tender kiss more passionate than anything he had ever known. Some of his pain did indeed seem to fade as he sunk into the depths of her passion and gentle caresses.’”
“And where’s his looovely partner in all this?” Cabanela asked when Alma took a pause after further descriptions of seemingly endless passion and what had to be fever induced thoughts and desires.
“Ah, she comes soon and rescues him. Desirae escapes, but Amara whisks him away to nurse him back to health, despite his protests to pursue the case.” She muttered something that sounded suspiciously like ‘some things don’t change.’
Cabanela refrained from commenting. Alma flipped ahead and looked at him questioningly. “Shall I?”
He suppressed a yawn. “Go ooon.”
“’Amara gazed at him while he shivered uncontrollably in the bed. She stepped forward delicately, bearing a bowl of cool water. Her eyes shone with sympathy as she dipped the cloth in and gently sponged his forehead.
His weakened fingers wrapped around hers. He fixed her with a heavy gaze hazy with his fever. “I have to catch her. I can’t stay,” he whispered. “I have to before she kills another.” A terrible wheezing cough tore through him and he was left breathless.
“Hush dearest. You must rest.”
“No,” he moaned. He stared at her imploringly, eyes wet and pained and oh how she wished she could grant him his wish.
Her heart ached for his pain. Alas she needed to be firm. He needed rest or he would only hurt himself further. A chill seeped through her as she thought back to Desirae’s dungeon. She could never allow that wicked woman to take him again. She wanted nothing more than to take him into her embrace, to soothe him until he was well and…’”
Alma trailed off and glanced up. She expected some kind of comment on ‘imploringly’ at least, but Cabanela had gone quiet.
He was asleep, head pillowed in one arm, chest rising and falling steadily, one hand trailing against the floor. Mhmm, she thought. Some similarities remained.
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