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icarusatmidnight · 6 years

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Because I got invited to do this by @raevenlywrites & @merigreenleaf to do a little roundup post for this OC Pride Parade and I can't say no to that. <3 So, let's kickstart the first crew for this little roundup!

ICARUS AT MIDNIGHT //

a weird story about three twentysomething year old insomniacs that attend an informal late night support group for magical burns. because ‘we can talk, we can plan and we can fix our burns for the better! o:<!’

Oleander Wormwood. Reserved and snarky, Oleander keeps much of his past close to his chest. It’s just easier to assume he grew up in a cabbage patch than to try to get any information out of him. He joins Icarus mostly to shut up his pseudo-brother and stays because he finds Kingcup entertaining as all heck (and the Small Hours Diner has amazing mozzarella sticks too, oh ether!). He spends a good chuck of his spare time working as a freelance delivery kid and searching thrift stores for the kitschiest shit he can find. /thumbs up

Oleander is pansexual too. He’s attracted to all kinds of folks and doesn’t much feel any reliable difference between those people. Like be kind, bright and respectful when he says no and life will be good. He’s not typically big into dating, preferring experiences and one night stands until Thyme enters his life and then Ha Ha Ha!. He’s definitely more sexual than romantic and I’m sure if he ever bother to think about it, he’d might come to the conclusion he's a bit grey-aromantic too. But, Olea doesn’t think that much about his sexuality so he’s just pan! c:

He’s also agender too. He doesn't feel much of an attraction to any gender, it's pretty 'whatever' to him and he only uses masculine pronouns out of apathy and old habits he doesn't any intense need to change. If others want to use something else, he's pretty chill with it.

Thyme Oxeye. Silly and empathetic, Thyme walks the tight line between being a blessed saint and a disaster of a trashcan fire. He moved to Dead Leaves by himself a few years prior to Icarus' start, supporting himself via lots of odd jobs while deeply missing his family back home. Why he doesn't just go back is a mystery, Thyme only says that he can't but he starts attending Icarus in a desperate hope it'll help him out in that regard though. c:

Thyme is very happily bi too, probably sporting a cute little bi pride of his jacket because he just loves his sexuality. Bad puns and finger guns, amirite? :D While he tends to have a slight preference for femme-leaning folks, he'll (awkwardly) flirt with anyone that catches his eyes ...when he can work up the nerve to do so. Anxieties are fun! Because of that, he hasn’t dated much in the past and the few times he has, they’re been very intense relationships because that’s all Thyme seems to know how to do queue that boy falling absurdly heads over heels in love with Oleander because he’s Everything Oh Ether. He’s also cis. c:

Datura Kingcup. Passionate and stubborn, Kingcup doesn't do anything lightly. She was a child prodigy in terms of magical theory and practice, earning praise from many of the Academia Circles. Until one day, she suddenly quit magic cold turkey and started working as an archivist in Dead Leaves' Clove Library. It's anyone's guess why, but given she's the sole founder of Icarus at Midnight... Well. It seems pretty obvious in retrospect now, yeah?

Kingcup is also very gay and when it comes to dating, she’s a bit of a disaster too. Since she’s been so very goal-focused so most of her life, love has been pushed aside because that’s only so many hours in the day (and she has plans for them all already!). She’s definitely had a few girlfriends in the past, nothing intense but still dearly special to her because this girl is such a closeted romantic, even more so than Thyme. She wants to find the love of her life, but really doesn't have the spare time to commit to it either. It's just kinda sad. :c

She does eventually get a crush on one of the employees of the Small Hours Diner where Icarus meets and it’s awkward and bad and she regrets all the times she made fun of Oleander’s crush of Thyme in front of Thyme because that boy is frickin’ relentlessly getting about his revenge on her in front of Volkamenia. :‘l Friendship is a wonderful thing, let’s just say that! She’s also cis too.

Honorable Mentions! Oleander’s pseudo-brother Daed is definitely asexual. Half of the Small Hours Diner staff is some shade of queer (Volkamenia herself is trans and bi and her & Thyme looove bonding over bi memes when she’s working). Kingcup’s sister Atropa is in a poly relationship with two guys too and one day, I wanna write a short about them because they’re all sorts of fun and I love all them dearly?? The Icarus ‘verse too, because I just wanted to write a place that wasn’t super heteronormative and it’s been fun exploring that. c:

#gabe stfu #oc pride parade #icarus at midnight #thyme oxeye #datura kingcup #i have no idea why i doodled the moon backwards #in thyme's shirt #but it's bugging me major. o__o;;#oleander wormwood

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