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Amy, we are a family. You and me. So you know, we can keep trying or look into IVF or adoption of if we want, we can forget the whole thing. But if we’re together, I’m happy. No matter what.

#b99 #peraltiago

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So I guess I only have myself to blame here... Walked right into this one. Sighs. Drabble time it is!

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“I’ll see you tomorrow.”

He kisses her goodbye, in a routine gesture (except it’s not routine, it’s very new to him, to them, but he does it without thinking), before leaving the bed and quickly redressing himself. Slipping into the hotel hallway, he carefully closes the door behind him, and just stands there for a good minute, slightly stunned. 

Did that just happen?

The ding of an elevator wakes him up from his hazy state, and he checks his pockets, retrieving the key card to his own room. Shaking his head, he gives one last glance to the door he just exited from and walks to the other side of the corridor. In his room, he strips down to his boxers and gets into bed, making sure to set his alarm before turning his phone screen down. Settling inside the covers, he prepares himself for a good night’s sleep. He may not be a boards-certified surgeon yet, but he knows his oxytocin levels must be off the charts right now (mind-bendingly so), hopefully helping him fall into a deep slumber, leaving him refreshed for his boards session tomorrow. 

An hour later, his eyes are still wide open.

To say he never expected this when he came to San Francisco is the understatement of the year. April is his best friend, and, his family excluded, the longest and most genuine relationship he’s ever had with a woman, with anyone really. And yet, despite the surprise of her jumping him, his hands, and then his tongue, immediately knew what to do, mapping her body before he even had the chance to think, as if they already knew their way home. 

It should feel weird, right? Sleeping with your virgin, platonic best friend the night before the biggest exam of your lives should be weird, and it kind of is, but in a way, it isn’t. It felt natural. They felt natural, and that’s what really weirds him out. 

Sighing, he closes his eyes and resorts to a method he’s used a few times in the past weeks when sleep eluded him, something only a five-year medical resident would understand, and starts thinking about a case study. 55-year-old man, third-degree burns on his sternum and abdomen, high fever, BP at… But unlike other nights, his brain is unable to focus. Instead of blisters and charred skin, all he sees is the creamy white of April’s thighs, the way she bit her lip when he kissed her chest, the gleam in her eye when his fingers skimmed her back, and he opens his eyes, frustrated.

Turning to his side, he thinks about the woman he left in room 623. What is she doing, right now? Is she sleeping already, making sure to be rested before her boards? Is she tossing and turning like he is, mind going a hundred miles a minute, questioning what they did? Does she regret it? Does she expect something from him now? Does she want more?

Does he?

Hours later, when he finally falls asleep, he dreams of red locks and moon-shaped freckles.

Just realized that I've never read a fic where we get Jackson's POV when he gets back to his room after the most amazing experience of his life sleeping with April in 8x21. Given how frazzled he was the next days, you can't make me believe he wasn't an absolute mess. Bet he couldn't sleep a wink.

#drabble #jackson avery #april kepner #japril

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for the weekend sleepover ask game: what are your favorite Grey's headcanons?

aaaaahhhh beachy i love chatting with you! <3

i need alex & jackson & april to move in together and be, like a weird group of 3. sort of a grover-percy-annabeth or a katara-sokka-aang in terms of the cheesy couple and their weird best friend who has emotional regulation issues but, like, needs hugs. he just also needs you to be chill so he doesn't feel embarrassed. and when he's sick he also wants japril to watch movies with him and make him chamomile tea

jackson fell first but april fell harder!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

can we please give matthew some actual character development because i would LOVE to see him actually grow & develop. I'm an exchristian and I really loved the episode where matthew & april talked about her not being a virgin because I found it very insightful and lovely.

I am team-matthew's wife never dies and april never marries matthew and he actually gets to grow as a human being. also he gets to be happy.

I always loved April as christian representation because she is a christian but is so kind (and I also headcanon that she has very complex feelings about christianity and the struggle against god. I can see her partly deconstructing.)

I am team-everyone lives AU. teddy and henry were CUTE. so were teddy and alison, and merder (who are not, like, my absolute favorites but I want them to be happy and I want derek to become a better person, not die because he reached for his phone while turning his truck.)

IF SAMUEL HAD LIVED AND JAPRIL COULD HAVE GOTTEN A STORYLINE ABOUT RAISING A DISABLED KID !!!! IT COULD HAVE BEEN GOOD DISABILITY REP!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am also team "Link and Amelia get back together" because I LOVE their romance and am so mad they broke up

I realize not all of these are headcanons. this is just a list of what I want to see. WHATEVER???

nonbinary callie because [gestures at sara ramirez in all their glory]

CALLIE AND ARIZONA SECOND WEDDING TO RENEW THEIR VOWS

also mark & lexie live happily ever ever ever after and they dance at the second wedding <3

okay we both love japril so also

Jackson is really good at crosswords and April is so fucking pissed at him for it

April (with Jackson's consent) yells at Jackson's dad for being terrible and Jackson becomes weird best friends with April's dad. They drink beer and listen to country songs and talk about, like, spirituality and god and soccer games and cherry pie recipes. Jackson learns how to drive a tractor and he meets Jackson, the pig April named after him, which the Kepners refuse to kill because HE IS NAMED A HUMAN NAME.

They also talk about April's embarrassing cute childhood (Jackson has 65353 pictures on his phone) and Jackson ALSO yells at April's family for making her feel embarrassed. Kids with disabilities and braces don't need to be shamed and mocked.

Jackson becomes friends with April's dad because he gets to have a dad (well, aside from Webber, who is also a nice dad figure) who loves him for HIM :'))))))))))))))

it's very healing and wonderful. he totally cries on mr. kepner's flannel shirt.

Jackson keeps his lucky pencil from med school and fucking signs his marriage certificate with it. (Office person voice: Sir, that's not valid. We need BLACK or BLUE PEN.)

JACKSON AND APRIL START A GLOBAL HEALTH NONPROFIT

Can we please have an April-centric storyline about why the US military fucking sucks and she had a nice time with them but was also, uh, IN THE MILITARY

April goes to her med school reunion and is like, "oh? this guy? yeah, whatever, he's super famous. mostly he just makes me tea and hangs out with our kids, I don't think of him as an AVERY"

everyone is super impressed. jackson is silly and goofy and eats hors d'ouevres with her

can we please get a Reed Lives AU because I LOVE REED (mostly because i am gay and i think she has cool hair) and I want to see more of her and April's friendship.

marginally off-topic rant but: the San Francisco episodes where they're doing the board exams and japril has sex in the bathroom? MY HEADCANON - VERY SLIGHT - IS THAT THEY WOULD JUST HAVE SEX ON THE COUNTER, NOT GO INTO THE STALL AND SLAM THE DOOR SHUT

BECAUSE WHY WOULD YOU NEED TO LOCK THE STALL AND HAVE SEX IN THERE IF THE MAIN BATHROOM DOOR IS ALREADY LOCKED?????????

also, april totally takes kickboxing lessons after beating up that guy at the bar (at the boards) and Jackson is just Very Turned On by his cool friend who, like, comes home from kickboxing all SWEATY? and BRUISED? taking off the tape around her hands and peeling off her tank top to get in the shower? it's really hot and he's very confused.

#greys #headcanons #i love everything about this #SAMUEL RIGHTS!! #REED RIGHTS!!! #the very last one needs to be seen or read or dreamt idc it would be so on brand for them

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Grey's Anatomy 8.20

The Girl With No Name

#grey's #snarky april is so funny

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characters: april kepner

I'm not an ugly duckling anymore. I'm a swan.

— grey’s anatomy (2005-present)

#april kepner #moodboard

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domestic moments

#japril #we deserve some moooore

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#creative 100%

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♡April & Jackson in the OR♡

#japril #a team

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My Mammy, she was nice, I remember her. And my Daddy, he was nice, I remember him. And my sister, she’s nice. I’ll remember her. Forever I’ll remember her.

THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (2022) dir. Martin McDonagh

#the banshees of inisherin #gorgeous movie

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out of context lines

Tagged by @benwvatt, thank you as always! <3

The Rules: If you're tagged, make a new post and share one or two sentences (or lines for artists) from your unposted WIP with zero context.

"I have to log more hours in trauma, which is great, because something great always happens when you're on Dr. Kepner's shift in the ER. She has the coolest cases," Deluca gushes, and Jackson thinks to himself while signing a form, what is it with Deluca that he always sounds like an enthusiastic golden retriever?

Tagging @japril12, @japrilfools, @rose-marie-rose, @jake-and-amy-are-married and @jenniferiawrence if you want to do this!

#ask game #writing

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#jesse williams #sarah drew #sasse #BABIES

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There are currently ~2300 works in AO3 tagged with "Created Using Generative AI"

I'll be upfront with my opinion, which mirrors my opinion in regards to my field: using AI will only hasten your own obsolescence. The point of fanfiction is not to crank out fics, but rather to enjoy the hobby and communities of writing and fandom.

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I haven't watched the show in years but somehow still care! Pls reblog if you can!!

@userlaylivia @cuddlyreader @austennerdita2533

#japril japril japril

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How about in 2024 we stop it with reading books with the goal in mind to finish the book so you can add it to your list of read books and start reading books slowly and intentionally with the goal to rip it into pieces with your mind and be touched by it and formed by it and changed by it

#the goodreads reading challenge did get me back into reading but at what cost

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The devastating difference between how much time it takes to write something vs how fast people read it lol

#writing #this is so beautifully said

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Doctor Who | 1.05 - "World War Three"

#doctor who

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who's gonna stop us from waltzing  back into rekindled flames?  if we know the steps anyway

#japril #look at them!!