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reportwire · 1 year

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Giroux scores on OT breakaway, Senators beat Kings 3-2

LOS ANGELES — Claude Giroux scored on a breakaway 20 seconds into overtime, Brady Tkachuk had a goal and an assist and the Ottawa Senators beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 on Sunday night. Alex DeBrincat had a power-play goal, Cam Talbot made 25 saves and the Senators won consecutive games for the first time since a four-game winning streak in late October. “When you play well, and you look after…

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#Alex DeBrincat #Arthur Kaliyev #Brady Tkachuk #Camaron Marvel Ochs #Cameron Talbot #Claude Giroux #Hockey #Jon Quick #Men&x27;s hockey #Men&x27;s sports #NHL hockey #NHL Western Conference #Phillip Danault #Professional hockey #Sports #Thomas Chabot #Tim Stutzle

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criesinliess · 1 year

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━DECEMBER 2022; susan's recs

HARRY POTTER

━━DRACO MALFOY

a worthy opponent; part2; part3; part4 @prettygirlkay

kiss cam @↑

odd one out @panda-noosh

━━THEODORE NOTT

the devil’s command @s1ater

date with another @tbzloonar

GRISHAVERSE

━━KAZ BREKKER

apologies @heliads

easily forgettable @magpiencrow

soulmates @↑

heartless @↑

jealous @↑

cupid screwed up @anthonysharmaa

i worry about you @goldengoddess

company @↑

our room @triptuckers

you are done for @sumsebien

my greatest strength and my frailest weakness @holden-caulfield

definitely soft @↑

trust @↑

seven bells @↑

━━NIKOLAI LANTSOV

pretty boy @goldengoddess

━━JESPER FAHEY

my heart beats for you @magpiencrow

oops, I did it again @anthonysharmaa

CHRIS EVANS

never too late @fangirlovestuff

━━RANSOM DRYSDALE

his thoughts @andysbubba

accidentally in love @sage-writing

━━COLIN SHEA

a very colin christmas; part2; part3; part4; part5 @fangirlovestuff

DIVERGENT

━━ERIC COULTER

weaknesses @heliads

DYLAN O'BRIEN

━━JOEL DAWSON

custody arrangement @clints-lucky-arrow

━━THOMAS

patch me up @heliads

TEEN WOLF

━━BRETT TALBOT

the spring break lie @heliads

MARVEL

━━LOKI LAUFEYSON

break @darkacademicfrom2021

━━PIETRO MAXIMOFF

the man that you are @heliads

━━STEVE ROGERS

more than meets the eye @fangirlovestuff

worthy @oliverwxod

just a moment @holden-caulfield

OUTER BANKS

pogue v. kook @ptersparkers

━━JJ MAYBANK

hurt by you @ptersparkers

cramps @collecting-stories

high @↑

━━RAFE CAMERON

midnight swim @collecting-stories

f.w.b. @↑

stargazer @↑

FATE: THE WINX SAGA

━━RIVEN

be nice @randomimaginesforrandompeople

TOP GUN: MAVERICK

━━BRADLEY 'ROOSTER' BRADSHAW

care for you @witchwyfe

━━JAKE 'HANGMAN' SERESIN

less talk; part2; part3 @tongue-like-a-razor

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gatutor · 1 year

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Nita Talbot-Cameron Mitchell-Denny Miller "Buck y el farsante" (Buck and the preacher) 1972, de Sidney Poitier.

#Nita Talbot #Cameron Mitchell #Denny Miller #Sidney Poitier

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goldenhaz · 2 years

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People/Characters I write for:

This list will get bigger as time goes, but this who I was able to think of! Send requests in if you’d like!

OUTER BANKS:

* Rafe Cameron

* JJ Maybank

* Pope Heyward

* John B Routledge

CELEBS:

* Harry Styles

* Drew Starkey

* Rudy Pankow

* Dylan O’Brien

* Colby Brock

HEMLOCK GROVE:

* Roman Godfrey

TEEN WOLF:

* Stiles Stilinski

* Brett Talbot

* Isaac Lahey

STRANGER THINGS:

* Eddie Munson

* Billy Hargrove

* Steve Harrington

HARRY POTTER:

* Fred Weasley

TWILIGHT:

* Jacob Black

* Embry Call

* Edward Cullen

MARVEL:

* Steve Rogers

* Bucky Barnes

* Peter Parker

DC:

* Joker

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lovetgr76 · 2 years

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#gerri kellman #j smith cameron #gerri alert #jsc #janet talbot #rectify

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paisleyphotographs · 2 months

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Councillors Call to Restore the 'Talbot Bridge' Graphics

Paisley Heritage preservation goes beyond mere conservation; it serves as a link to our past, anchoring communities in their rich history.

In an era where the Renfrewshire landscape is constantly evolving, preserving historical landmarks becomes increasingly vital. On Thursday 29th February 2024, Councillors Steel and J Cameron have brought to attention the deteriorating condition of the ‘Talbot Bridge’ graphics at Linwood Toll. Their motion number 12, highlights the significance of heritage preservation in maintaining community…

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#councillor Cameron #councillor steel #hillman imp #linwood plant #pressed steel #talbot

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headlinehorizon · 7 months

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Clash of Conservative Publishers and Socialist Ideas: Kirk Cameron & Trent Talbot Take a Stand

Discover the latest news on the battle over the purpose of libraries and the clash between conservative publishers and socialist ideas. Kirk Cameron, Trent Talbot, and the American Library Association are at the forefront, advocating for traditional values and a legacy of liberty for our children.

#Clash of Conservative Publishers #Kirk Cameron #Trent Talbot #Headline Horizon #News #Latest News

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fluorescent-if · 23 days

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| DEMO TBA | RO INTROS |

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Welcome back to Misty Cove!

Your hometown that holds all of your best memories from childhood. Days where you spent all of your time with friends, exploring and playing. The most notable thing about both you and your hometown however, is what started happening in your teenage years. After you and your friends uncovered a mystery about the local movie theater, you starting finding more odd occurrences across the county, and well, it's not like anybody else was going to solve them.

You and your friends because a team of detectives. Most your teenage years and early twenties were spent solving odd crimes across the country. You were all best friends.

That was until four years ago when...

Well, you're not sure you can remember anymore.

It doesn't matter right now. Welcome back.

'Return to Misty Cove' is a horror/mystery Interactive Fiction game that is inspired by Scooby-Doo, The Works of Stephen King, and H.P. Lovecraft. This work will be rated 17+ for gore, violence, swearing, death, and body horror, that might not be suitable for everyone.

Customize your MC's appearance, develop their personality and become the linchpin of your mystery solving team.

Find out more and possibly solve the mystery that has been haunting your hometown.

Rekindle, or destroy old friendships (and maybe develop romances) with your former team, and meet others along the way.

Have an animal companion! (dog or cat)

RO's & Other Major Characters

Cameron "Cam" Morris (M/F) [RO]- Tech-savvy and mechanically minded, Cam is currently working as a mechanic after you and your group broke up, they are currently going to grad school for mechanical engineering, and still sends postcards and pictures to you. They are likely the sweetest person you have ever met, even if sometimes they are too kind to people who don't deserve it. Out of the four of you, Cam was always the one who needed to do what was right, no matter the cost to their self.

Ollie Cohen-Reyes (NB) [RO]- Ollie has always been interested in macabre and strange, spending hours researching in the library any and every topic they were interested in. They get along with very few people, but once they are able to get close with others it becomes easier, and they become sarcastic and witty, and feel less uncomfortable talking about their interests freely. They work as an adjunct professor in forensic anthropology.

Rose/Rory Thompson(M/F) [RO]- They are a loyal person, first and foremost. When the group broke up they somewhat lost their purpose, but they ended up settling and working as a bartender in Misty Cove. Having taken boxing and self-defense classes from a young age due to their paranoid parents, R was always the best when it came to physical confrontation with the cases you investigated, even if outside of this they never seemed like someone who had that much power. They have become far more aggressive and assertive than the person you knew as a child, now having the attitude to match their technical know-how.

Terra Clarke (F) [RO]- You originally knew her by a different name, but she started transitioning early on life, and Terra is the only name you can remember now. Normally when you say it it's followed by an eye roll. Terra was never someone you got along with when you lived in Misty Cove. She was always very antagonistic towards you and your friends, but a lot has changed since the last time you saw her. She now owns her Grandpa's diner, and tries to take good care of the people of the town, especially since the mayor won't do much. She is always exhausted now, but is very happy to see a familiar face, even if your history is muddied because of both of your actions.

Randall 'Randy' Clarke - Terra's grandfather and former owner of "Randy's Diner" always very kind to you and your friends, even if you all never got along with Terra.

Ana Lloyd - (pronounced AH-na) current mayor and overall very unprepared for her job.

Mrs. Candace Talbot- Your former English teacher from high school, you never got along with her that well.

Dorothy Giles- Your co-worker, likely the only one in your office who cares about her job.

(most things are subject to change throughout the games development)

#interactive fiction #interactive novel #intro post #misty cove-if #if wip #twine if #second try for the intro post #I learned how to code to make this game out of spite #misty cove if

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aintinacage · 5 months

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Marvel Showdown

Round 10/Parts 1-5

1. Calvin Chadwick vs. Calvin Zabo

2. Cameron Klein vs Camilla Reyes

3. Captain America vs Captain Carter

4. Captain Marvel vs Captain Marvel (Illuminati)

5. Carla Talbot vs Carina

If you vote, please reblog for a larger sample size.

#marvel showdown #tumblr polls #marvel polls #round 10 #signal boost

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transgenderer · 1 month

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John Whiteside Parsons (born Marvel Whiteside Parsons;[nb 1] October 2, 1914 – June 17, 1952) was an American rocket engineer, chemist, and Thelemite occultist. Associated with the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Parsons was one of the principal founders of both the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the Aerojet Engineering Corporation. He invented the first rocket engine to use a castable, compositerocket propellant,[1] and pioneered the advancement of both liquid-fuel and solid-fuel rockets.

Following some brief involvement with Marxism in 1939, Parsons converted to Thelema, the new religious movement founded by the English occultist Aleister Crowley. Together with his first wife, Helen Northrup, Parsons joined the Agape Lodge, the Californian branch of Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.) in 1941. At Crowley's bidding, Parsons replaced Wilfred Talbot Smith as its leader in 1942 and ran the Lodge from his mansion on Orange Grove Boulevard. Parsons was expelled from JPL and Aerojet in 1944 owing to the Lodge's infamous reputation and his hazardous workplace conduct.

In 1945, Parsons separated from Helen, after having an affair with her sister Sara; when Sara left him for L. Ron Hubbard, Parsons conducted the Babalon Working, a series of rituals intended to invoke the Thelemic goddess Babalon on Earth. He and Hubbard continued the working with Marjorie Cameron, whom Parsons married in 1946. After Hubbard and Sara defrauded him of his life savings, Parsons resigned from the O.T.O., then held various jobs while acting as a consultant for Israel's rocket program. Amid McCarthyism, Parsons was accused of espionage and left unable to work in rocketry. In 1952, Parsons died at the age of 37 in a home laboratory explosion that attracted national media attention; the police ruled it an accident, but many associates suspected suicide or murder.[2]

man i think this guy may have been doing life right

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bluewxrld07 · 3 months

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Hello All :)

Now I am not new to the Tumblr world, but have returned from a much needed break! Sadly my old account was hacked into and deactivated, so here we are!

I will create a master list for all to see what's in the works, don't you worry ;)

Requests will be open, so feel free to submit! I will include whom I write for, as well as some drafts I'm writing that are in the works! The list is placed for you all to look below!!!

Enjoy :)

I write for:

NHL:

Jack Hughes

Luke Hughes

Cole Caufield

Ethan Edwards

Rutger McGroarty

NFL:

Joe Burrow

Outer Banks:

JJ Maybank

Rafe Cameron

John Booker Routledge

Harry Potter:

Fred Weasley

Mattheo Riddle

Teen Wolf:

Stiles Stilinski

Brett Talbot

Isaac Lahey

Theo Raeken

Stranger Things:

Eddie Munson

Steve Harrington

Billy Hargrove

Random:

Roman Godfrey/Bill Skarsgard

Harry Styles

Drew Starkey

Dylan O'Brien

Colby Brock

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criesinliess · 2 years

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━SEPTEMBER 2022; susan's recs

MARVEL

━━BUCKY BARNES

the ring @irndad

━━PIETRO MAXIMOFF

euphoria @pietropatrol

━━LOKI LAUFEYSON

feel something @heliads

SPIDER-MAN

━━ANDREW!PETER PARKER

no words needed @genesisrose74

TOP GUN: MAVERICK

━━BRADLEY 'ROOSTER' BRADSHAW

webb of unfortunate events @ohtobeleah

MARAUDER'S ERA

━━SIRIUS BLACK

grand sheme @fishley

chemistry @violetrainbow412-blog

birthday; part 2 @↑

camp @↑

friday, i'm in love @↑

GRISHAVERSE

━━KAZ BREKKER

delusional @fishley

all’s good @magpiencrow

graphology @syllvane

━━MATTHIAS HELVAR

temptress @magpiencrow

fire and ice @↑

━━JESPER FAHEY

not what it looks like @magpiencrow

shut up @↑

━━NIKOLAI LANTSOV

princess @magpiencrow

i’m sorry @↑

crestfallen — masterlist @↑

THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY

━━CONRAD FISHER

finally @mentally-in-northern-italy

ZOMBIES

━━WYATT LYKENSEN

chess @heliads

STRANGER THINGS

━━STEVE HARRINGTON

steve takes care of his drunk gf @lurkymurker

DIVERGENT

━━PETER HAYES

us against the world @heliads

safe with you @↑

TEEN WOLF

━━THEO RAEKEN

what to do @heliads

━━BRETT TALBOT

the cheerleader and the lacrosse player @heliads

at the café @↑

the bite @↑

OUTER BANKS

━━RAFE CAMERON

simp for you @destourtereaux

━━TOPPER THORNTON

stealing kisses @toriswrites

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avalonicons · 10 months

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Requests are open!!

RULES

TV SHOWS

The Vampire Diaries/The Originals:

Damon Salvatore

Stefan Salvatore

Elena Gilbert

Bonnie Bennett

Caroline Forbes

Tyler Lockwood

Jeremy Gilbert

Klaus Mikaelson

Rebekah Mikaelson

Elijah Mikaelson

Kai Parker

Outer Banks:

JJ Maybank

Kiara Carerra

Sarah Cameron

John B. Rutledge

Pope Heyward

Rafe Cameron

Teen Wolf:

Scott McCall

Stiles Stilinski

Liam Dunbar

Derek Hale

Malia Tate

Kira Yukimura

Issac Lahey

Theo Raeken

Brett Talbot

Eli Hale

The Wilds:

Fatin Jadmani

Dot Campbell

Martha Blackburn

Rachel Reid

Shelby Goodkind

Nora Reid

Toni Shalifoe

Leah Rilke

Yellowjackets:

Lottie Matthews

Shauna Shipman

Jackie Taylor

Natalie Scatorccio

Van Palmer

Misty Quigley

Taissa Turner

Pretty Little Liars:

Spencer Hastings

Hanna Marin

Emily Fields

Alison DiLaurentis

Aria Montgomery

Mona Vanderwaal

Caleb Rivers

Toby Cavanaugh

Jason DiLaurentis

Mike Montgomery

Julie and the Phantoms:

Luke Patterson

Alex Mercer

Reggie Peters

The Umbrella Academy:

Luther Hargreeves

Diego Hargreeves

Allison Hargreeves

Klaus Hargreeves

Five Hargreeves

Ben Hargreeves

Viktor Hargreeves

Lila Pitts

Atypical:

Casey Gardner

Izzie Taylor

Stranger Things:

Max Mayfield

Mike Wheeler

Dustin Henderson

Robin Buckley

Lucas Sinclair

Nancy Wheeler

Steve Harrington

Jonathan Byers

Eleven/Jane Hopper

Eddie Munson

Wednesday:

Wednesday Addams

Enid Sinclair

Tyler Galpin

Bianca Barclay

Movies

MCU:

All three Peter Parkers

Kate Bishop

Scream:

Sam Carpenter

Tara Carpenter

Chad Meeks-Martin

Mindy Meeks-Martin

Kirby Reed

Ethan Landry

Quinn Bailey

The Faculty:

Zeke Tyler

The Lost Boys:

Michael

David

Dwayne

Paul

Marko

Fear Street:

Deena Johnson

Samantha Fraser

Kate Schmidt

Simon Kalivoda

Ziggy Berman

Harry Potter:

Hermione Granger

Harry Potter

Ron Weasley

Fred Weasley

George Weasley

Neville Longbottom

Luna Lovegood

Cedric Diggory

Percy Jackson & the Olympians:

Percy Jackson

Annabeth Chase

HOCKEY

UMICH:

Mark Estapa

Luca Fantilli

Rutger Mcgroarty

Gavin Brindley

Dylan Duke

Nolan Moyle

Ethan Edwards

NHL:

Adam Fantilli

Luke Hughes

Jack Hughes

Quinn Hughes

Owen Power

Matthew Tkachuk

Kirby Dach

Nick Suzuki

Ryan Suzuki

Auston Matthews

Mitch Marner

Matthew Knies

William Nylander

Alex Nylander

Mathew Barzal

Kaapo Kakko

Nico Hischier

Carter Hart

Mikko Rantanen

Trevor Zegras

Jamie Drysdale

Thomas Bordeleau

Brock Boeser

Brendan Brisson

*FRIENDLY REMINDER TO PLEASE READ MY RULES BEFORE REQUESTING*

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moonlight-drawn-by-dawn · 2 months

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Run, Darling, Run is so evocative and so engrossing so far; can I pretty please beg for a fancast so we can imagine it with greater detail 👀

Omg! I'm so happy you're enjoying it so far 😍😍

I do have a fancast in mind 👀

Dina Dinore as Annika Chowdhury

She just has the soft look Anni has all while having all her rage and sadness deep down inside.

I have two potentials for our antagonist aka hot villain

Tom Blyth [blond] as Sebastian Talbot

Owen Lindberg as Sebastian Talbot

Young Cameron Diaz as Susie Talbot

Hector Elizondo as Mr. Frank Smith

Young Benjamin Bratt as Eduardo Ramirez [he will be making his appearance soon 😭]

Of course, everyone can imagine them as they want!

#original character #original story #original writing #asks #fancast #run darling run #annika #sebastian #ugh i love this cast so much 💗

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yourforgottenbookshelf · 1 year

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Updated Fandom List (TV Series)

Created: 26/02/2023

Updated: 31/11/2023

The following list contains fandoms and characters I take requests for.

You can find my Movies Fandom List here.

13 Reasons Why

Jeff Atkins

Clay Jensen

Jessica Devis

Zack Dempsey

Montgomery de la Cruz

Tyler Down

Justin Foley

Sheri Holland

Alex Randall

Charlie St. George

Diego Torres

Scott Reed

Winston Williams

911

Evan Buckley

Athena Grant-Nash

Eddie Diaz

Bobby Nash

Howard Han

Maddie Buckley

All American

Asher Adams

Darnell Hayes

Jordan Baker

Layla Keating

Olivia Baker

Spencer James

Tyrone Morris

Chicago Fire

Kelly Severide

Matthew Casey

Leslie Shay

Sylvie Brett

Stella Kidd

Wallace Boden

Gabriella Dawson

Peter Mills

Jimmy Borelli

Chris Herrmann

Jessica Chilton

Chicago P.D.

Kim Burgess

Antonio Dawnson

Jay Halstead

Erin Lindsay

Hailey Upton

Hank Voight

Control Z

Alex Salomone

Dario

Ernesto

Gerry Granda

Isabela de La Fuente

Javier Williams

Luis Navarro

Maria Alexander

Natalia Alexander

Raul Leon

Rosita Restrepo

Sofia Herrera

El Club

Matias Anda

Nicolas Farah

Rablo Caballero

Santiago Caballero

Sofia de Leon

Elite

Ander Muñoz

Carla Rosón Caleruega

Christian Varela Expósito

Guzmán Nunier Osuna

Lucrecia Montesinos Hendrich

Marina Nunier Osuna

Nadia Shanaa

Omar Shanaa

Patrick Blanco Commerford

Polo Benavent Villada

Samuel García Domínguez

Valerio Montesinos Rojas

House M.D.

Gregory House

James Wilson

Lisa Cuddy

Eric Foreman

Robert Chase

Allison Cameron

Thirteen

Muted

Sergio Siscar

Anna Dussuel

Marta Ortega

Eneko

Station 19

Maya Bishop

Carina DeLuca

Theo Ruiz

Teen Wolf

Brett Talbot

Chris Argent

Danny Mahealani

Deucalion

Derek Hale

Aiden Steiner

Ethan Steiner

Isaac Lahey

Jackson Whittemore

Kira Yukimura

Liam Dunbar

Lydia Martin

Scott McCall

Stiles Stilinski

The Resident

AJ Austin

Barett Cain

Billie Sutton

Conrad Hawkings

Nic Nevin

Devon Pravesh

Kit Voss

Randolph Bell

#updated masterlist #13 reasons why #all american #chicago pd #house md #control z #el club netflix #station 19 #teen wolf #the resident #imagines #fanfiction #elite #chicago one #chicago fire #muted netflix #911

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pollylynn · 1 year

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Title: Undertone WC: 1000

“There was no relationship.” —Dr. Cameron Talbot, When the Bough Breaks (2 x 05)

She does not believe he thought she would be relieved at the news that he may be walking away and leaving Nikki Heat behind. Not for a hot second does she believe that he has a thought to spare for how she feels about anything—not how she actually feels anyway. She’s sure he has plenty of thoughts to spare when it comes to building up his own sense of importance to her. She probably can’t count the thoughts he’s devoted to how lost she’ll be without his playground-based insights, how tragic her life will become when she’s inevitably kicked off the force because she’s unable to solve a single murder without him. He probably has to rent out a storage space for those kinds of thoughts, but there’s no way in hell that the idea of her being relieved every occurred to him.

She’s sure of that.

She’s pretty sure.

Except . . .

They are fighting about stupid things. A part of her mind—a very persuasive part—points out that this is not breaking news. This is not evidence of anything other than the fact that he is still drawing breath in proximity to her. But a different part of her mind—a much smaller, but possibly more honest part—points out that these are arguments are not just stupid, they’re weird. Worse still, they’re weird on both sides.

Even if he’d been lying in that grimy hallway, why would he choose that lie? Where would it even come from, given the sheer size of his ego? And what the hell was up with her jerky, stilted—and let’s face it, belated—agreement that she is, she would be, in the event of . . . relieved? Why does that feel like a lie?

She’d like it to be his fault. If she could lay her own awkwardness at his feet, that would be ideal. She’d like to convince herself, for instance, that the sheer enormity of a lie that would require him to have any kind of empathy or insight into her actual feelings simply staggered her in the moment.

But it’s not just that moment. It’s their utterly childish argument—within sight of a billion cameras, within earshot of a billion tabloid parasites—at the book launch. He’d been spinning lies there, too, hadn’t he? His sudden onset allergy to eye contact and his mumblings about her not knowing anything about being scorned, about being turned away . . . all that had to be some kind of act, right? He can’t have given any real thought to her heartaches or lack thereof, not when he’d decided from the get go that Nikki Heat was kinda slutty.

The only thing that should ring true about the entire, juvenile conversation should be his denunciation of his own character as too insubstantial to support more than one novel, but even there, she’d tugged the other way, suddenly championing the self-proclaimed bane of her existence as having plenty to her. The one thing they should be in one-hundred percent agreement about, and something about it makes her dig her stupidly expensive, bought-for-the-occasion heels in and deny his premise. She should be relieved that there’s some truth-telling at last—some highly unlikely eleventh hour self-awareness on his part, but she’s not. The things that ought to ring true don’t. They’re fighting, then back-burnering the fighting for the good of the case, then they’re lapsing into awkward silence after they both acknowledge that it’s happening. He’s going, and she’s relieved, right?

No. Not right. It’s not right on any level. She knows that, and there’s no other word for it but weird.

She’s not exactly coping with the weird—his, hers, theirs. She’s not acing this part of things, and then it seems she doesn’t have to. He gets a phone call, and so does she. He’s not leaving after all, and she knows how this goes. She ramps up her fury. She is going to kill him. He was supposed to be out of her life. She draws herself up and prepares to meet his look of smug satisfaction.

But there isn’t one. He cowers instead. He insists he had nothing to do with either phone call. It’s fine. It’s a variation on a theme. It’s her twisting his ear and him frantically crying, “Apples.” That’s all it is.

She’s sure.

She’s pretty sure.

Except . . .

They’re heading out from the scene of the murder—the new are you coming, or what? murder. They’re sliding into their respective seats in her unmarked, belting in, getting ready to peel away from the curb. She turns the key in the ignition. His voice is so quiet, so drawn in that she can barely hear it over the sound of the car turning over.

“I’m glad I still get to do this.” He looks up quickly, panic flashing across his face. “I didn’t—I swear I didn’t know Paula was going to call—I swear . . .” He looks back down at his own hands, fidgeting in his lap. “I know you were . . . you would have been glad to have this all over with, but I just . . . I’m glad it’s not.”

The car idles. She doesn’t know what to do with this. The silence stretches out, but what he’s said lingers. The truth and vulnerability of it fills the silence up. He thought she’d be relieved—glad even. He’s uncertain of her. She feels a twinge of self-reproach, a bigger twinge of defensiveness—like she’s not uncertain of him?

They are uncertain of each other and why wouldn’t they be? They’re not exactly in the habit of saying what they mean. So she does, for once. Kind of.

“Yeah, well, I guess I’m glad, too.” She mumbles. She glares at him. “After all, I’m under orders to be glad, aren’t I?”

He sits upright, his head swiveling toward her in surprise. “That you are, Detective. Under orders,” he says with a startled smile, and she can see tht he knows.

She thinks he knows.

A/N: . . . and then they totally made out in the car. But seriously. I like to imagine there was some acknowledgment that they really were on the verge of parting and were both unspooling over the possibility.

images via homeofthenutty

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