Rare Smiles - Julian Devorak
(the one in which Esme gushes talks about her lover's smile...)
(esme is something of a writer so why doesn't SHE answer this prompt, huh? why should i do it)
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Julian's Smile: A Thought by Esme Noble
Julian's smile isn't rare, if by “rare” you mean “infrequent.” On the contrary, he smiles all the time, and for a variety of reasons, I find.
He smiles sometimes when he's nervous, sometimes when he's sad, or to make people comfortable, or to keep a secret (his version of a poker face is a relaxed smile as opposed to stoicism)… Just off of the top of my head. That doesn't even mention how he smiles when he's happy, and how even within that one emotion he's got different shapes of smiles — his raffish grin, a teasing smirk, a small smile of awe, a smile of endearment, a beam of pure joy.
It's like a reflex to him; if you catch him unawares, he's likely to smile in surprise at whatever you did or said. (Especially if he's falling asleep. If he's barely awake and you speak to him, half the time the corners of his lips curl up and his eyebrows raise before he's even processed what you said. It's the funniest thing. The cutest.)
His smile is rare in the sense that something about it is so unique to him. It's Julian's Smile. That's why it looked so odd to see him grin while in disguise as Asra. It just didn't fit who Asra is.
It's everything that Julian is. It's sharp, it's dramatic, it's flirtatious.
If you went into a bar and asked around about him (“What's the first thing you think of when you hear Julian Devorak? ”), you would hear a variety of answers, from “You mean the tall one?” or “The one with the hair?” to a heartily laughed/sneered “That bastard!” And certainly included in this list is “The one with the smile?” Or some variation of it. I mean it, I've heard it myself. He is the one with the smile so bright that it burns itself into your mind.
I suppose even I am not immune to a pretty smile — when we first met (the actual first time, before the Plague), it was what I initially noticed about him. Some people have that ability to smile naturally in such a way where all you want is to see them smile again. I imagine that I'm not alone in this feeling either, where Julian Devorak bursts into your life, all grins, and it makes your heart soar into some Ether realm full of fire and light and color. To smile like that, and change someone's life forever, to change me from someone who was not particularly inclined toward anything, and tilt my world on its axis, is magic.
Though I figure it wasn't only the smile that did all of that. It would be meaningless if not for the person behind it. Julian Devorak and his magic.
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Inside jokes;
Inside jokes between each of my Mc's and their main love interests;
Kyle;
Asra;
'Dragonmilk potatoes' and 'magician soup'
So it's not a huge secret that both Asra and Kyle sleep talk. However, they surprisingly don't usually say anything too weird. Which leads us to the inside joke. During a masquerade, they both decided to find a quiet place to nap together. When Julian, who had been partying, walked past to hear the two magicians sleep mutterings, thinking they were awake he asked if they wanted him to bring them back anything leading to the reply of 'dragonmilk potatoes' and 'magician soup'. This, of course, tipped Julian off to the fact they were indeed asleep, but even asking about it the next time he saw them awake, neither actually knew what dragonmilk potatoes or magician soup was. So now occasionally they'll call any potato dish with milk 'dragonmilk potatoes' and mystery soup is now 'magician soup'.
Nadia;
'Firefall'
To make a long story short drunk, Kyle tried to say 'firefly is technically the opposite to waterfall', but being drunk at the time accidently said 'firefall', which ended up with him confusing himself as he tried to figure out how to word properly. Aside from being banned from drinking more for the rest of the night, it did lead to the inside joke as a soft tease for whenever one of them accidently says a word wrong.
Hunter;
Julian;
'Hunter, doesn't love leeches'
Another one with a story attached but to summarize it;
Julian: would you love me if I was a leech
Hunter: why the fuck would you be a leech?
Julian: Hypothetically, would you love me if I was a leech?
Hunter: hypothetically, I would want to know why the fuck you're a leech and how to turn you back!
Julian: so you wouldn't love me if I was a leech?
Hunter: I mean- yes? No? I don't know. I would be too focused trying to turn you back.
Julian: would you talk to leech-julian?
Hunter: yeah? I'd be asking you why the fuck your a leech
Julian: leeches can't talk
Hunter: playfully attacking his face with kisses at that point* and leeches aren't doctors either!
Portia;
'Cat-vase, fur-nature, kitty-map'
Pretty much it started with Portia mentioning the fact there's fur everywhere off handedly and Hunter replying with "it is fur-nature for a reason" and since then, they add cat puns to things Pepi has gotten into. Map of hidden passages you mean the 'kitty-map'
Muriel;
Refering to the chickens as 'the girls' things like "have you feed the girls yet?" Or "the girls were up later than normal" sometimes even "the girls had a lot of gossip to share"
Bluebell;
Lucio;
Lucio makes a lot of blue jokes because well Bluebell has blue in their name, blue eyes, blue hair, and blue feathers on their wings, tail and ears, and likes to wear blue clothes. The most common one is calling Bluebell 'Bluey' as a nickname to which Bluebell usually replies by calling Lucio 'goldy'. The inside joke is their nicknames of 'Bluey and Goldy' with them both, making sure it doesn't actually hurt the other person cus, then it'd no longer be a joke.
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Happy holidays everyone!
So, I wanted to do something for today but found out I really couldn't bother to pretend I live in the northern hemisphere and have seen snow once in my life.
What I decided was: let's draw the main 6 celebrating Xmas the way we do down here: it's hot as fuck so we don't wear ugly sweaters, at max a Santa hat. Our food is quite different and we like to mix tropical fruits everywhere, just don't put raisins in your rice EVER. There's always someone dressed as Santa (in this case Lucio), and lots of Guaraná Antártica.
All in all, I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and a happy new year in advance. Much love to you all❤️❤️❤️
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