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Hello! This my submission for the LITG S2 Gift Exchange! My giftee is the awesome @lucolestead .
I hope you like my take on the lovely Ms. Rose Prichard🌹
I also want to thank @sunshinejihyun and @justtuesdays for organising this event and for having me! So thank you 😊
And I would like to especially thank @justtuesdays for your advice, patience and for keeping me in the loop. Thank you 💓
Please enjoy 😉
~~~
Bobby had liked Rose Prichard for as long as he could remember.
Since secondary school, Bobby had a crush on her.
It was cliché: he, the resident class clown, had a crush on the most popular girl in school. Typical.
"Dude, she is way out of your league," Felix said, as he, Bobby, and their friend Hope sat at their regular table in the cafeteria for lunch.
Bobby rolled his eyes, "I know."
"Crap! Here they come!"
The popular rich people walked into the cafeteria in slow motion.
So typical.
Elisa Bowens was the daughter of a famous model and a famous influencer on Instagram.
Talia Lopez was the daughter of a rich attorney.
Lucas Koh, whose father owned a famous hotel chain.
Levi Garrett was the son of famous Olympic swimmers.
Jen Hart was the daughter of famous socialites.
And Rose Prichard, who was the daughter of two famous actors.
The cheerleaders and the jocks. The rich kids. Typical.
Even though they were in college now.
"Bro, seriously. She's one of those rich kids. She won't look at you twice," Felix continued. "And she's dating that Levi guy."
Bobby sighed. Of course. Rose and Levi were the power couple in the school. Couple goals and all that.
The popular students sat at their designated tables, all of them chatting to themselves.
"Geez, who are you texting anyway?" Felix asked Hope, who was on her phone as usual. "Can't you talk to us for once?"
Hope glared at him, "It's none of your business, and I talk to you two every day already."
Bobby rolled his eyes at his friends' antics.
Anyway, Bobby knew that Rose was out of his reach. He knew. He wasn't as tall as Levi and wasn't as athletic.
Still, his heart longed for Rose.
~~~
Being with Levi was hard for Rose. Being around him, it was hard for her to breathe.
Everything was about looks and status for him. Having to update their social media every second to show off their relationship. Rose knew that their dating was great for their families and for their own fame but... Rose wanted something real.
Rose knew that Jen liked Levi. She knew. And whenever she and Levi showed any PDA, she could feel the jealousy radiating from Jen. She and the other popular people weren't really friends, they were all simply playing a part in public.
She hated it.
~~~
"Alright idiots, you have an essay coming up that's taking up 30% of your grade," Bobby's Literature professor, Mr. Mitchell stated. "And don't even bother trying to choose your partner because I already did."
The whole class groaned.
Despite most of them having different majors, most of Bobby's college mates shared some classes.
"These are the groups: Talia Lopez and Mason Culhane, Marisol Hernandez and Blake George..."
"Aw man, I wanted us to be together," Felix complained.
Bobby glared at him playfully, "Just so you can sit and eat cake while I do all the work?"
"Yes!"
"Felix Cunningham and Charlotte Andrews, Lucas Koh, and Hope Biala..."
"That's my cue! See ya!" Felix got up and left to where Charlotte, also known as Lottie, was seated.
"Levi Garett and Jen Hart, and Bobby McKenzie and Rose Prichard."
Bobby's heart jumped at that announcement. He was partnered with Rose! With Rose!
Rose sighed, worry burning her heart. Levi and Jen were partners. Great. While she was partnered up with that weird bloke.
He sat next to her and Rose fought the urge to roll her eyes.
He opened his mouth to say something but she stopped him.
"Look, I just want to get this over with and done," she snapped. "Just pull your weight, get your part done, take this seriously and we'll be fine. Got it?"
Bobby nodded wordlessly, looking dumbfounded.
"Good. Give me your phone."
He obeyed and he watched in anticipation as she saved her number on his phone.
"Don't text me later than 10 pm, okay?" she told him and he nodded. "Now, are you available tomorrow afternoon?"
He nodded.
"Good. See you then."
She got up and walked away as soon as the bell rang.
~~~
When Rose caught up to Levi after school, he and Jen were talking quietly to themselves, standing very close to each other by Levi's car.
Rose walked over to them, plastering a fake smile.
"Hey!" she called to them, doing her best to keep the hostility out of her voice.
The two jumped at the sound of her voice and immediately stepped away from each other.
"Hey babe," Levi greeted her awkwardly, while Jen avoided her gaze.
"Hey sweetie, can I talk to you?" Rose asked, through clenched teeth.
"Sure," Levi nodded and glanced at Jen. "See you later, J."
Jen nodded, her cheeks pink.
Rose clenched her fists in rage. How dare she?!
The two then walked off, heading over to Levi's car.
"Is there something going on between you and Jen?" Rose asked immediately when they were alone.
"Seriously?!" Levi snapped. "Are you for real?"
"Yes, I'm for real? Are you really going to jeopardize our relationship like this?!"
"You need to trust me, okay?! You can't just go around accusing me of things like that! I know our roles in this relationship!"
Rose flinched at his shout, shame filling her heart. Okay, maybe she did jump to conclusions a bit. So far, Levi hadn't done anything to make her think he was cheating or anything. He was loving to her, for the most part.
"You're right. I'm sorry. Seeing you with her... it just-"
Levi sighed, taking her hands in his, "I know. But you have to trust me, okay?
Rose nodded. Despite Levi's reassurances that nothing was going on between him and Jen, she still felt a way about them working together.
~~~
Bobby had been excited to be working with Rose at first, but after her attitude in class, he wasn't so sure.
He didn't appreciate her rudeness at all, so he resolved to talk to her about it the next time they met.
Besides, he had to find a date for the Dance.
~~~
"So Elisa, is Lucas asking you to the dance?" Talia asked, the next day (Saturday), in Rose and Jen's room.
Rose wanted to be anywhere else, but she had to maintain her 'friendships' with Jen, Talia and Elisa sadly. Not to mention, they were living in the same sorority, and because of that, they lived in the same dorms: Elisa and Talia shared a room and unfortunately, Rose and Jen shared another.
"Gosh, I hope so. I've been hinting at it but he doesn't seem to get it."
"Maybe you can just ask him yourself," Rose stated.
Elisa glared at her, "But that's his job!"
"Yeah, Elisa can't go around asking a guy that, it'll look tacky." Talia agreed.
"It was just a suggestion," Rose rolled her eyes and grabbed her bag.
"Where are you going?!" Jen protested.
"To start my Literature project," Rose walked away, without looking back.
She heard Elisa mutter "What's going on with her?" And sighed. She was sick of this.
~~~
Rose had told Bobby to meet her at a Cafe near his apartment and near the college. She wanted to start this project as soon as possible.
Bobby arrived minutes after she did, looking tired.
"You look awful," Rose stated, as he sat across from her on the table.
"Had a long day." He snapped.
"Well-"
"Look, before we start this thing, I want you to know that I didn't appreciate how you spoke to me yesterday. I understand that you're not happy being partnered with me but that doesn't give you the right to be so mean. So I would like for you to get over yourself and let's just get this done." He stated.
Rose gaped at him, not expecting him to go off like that. Shame filled her heart. He was right. He hadn't done anything to her at all. It was all her insecurities about Levi and Jen.
"You're right and I'm sorry. I shouldn't have acted that way. Can you forgive me?"
He smiled, "Of course."
She smiled back at him, "Alright, let's get started then."
For the next twenty minutes, Rose and Bobby made plans for their project and assigned one another to different parts of the essay. Rose seemed more relaxed than before, smiling and laughing.
"So Bobby," Rose began. "What do you do for fun?"
"I love going to the arcade. It's my favourite place to go. And I absolutely adore baking and cooking."
"Oh really?" Rose laid her hand on his, making his heart race. "Would you bake something for me, Bobby?"
He blushed, "Maybe. If you're nice."
She grinned.
Later on, the two headed to the arcade nearby and they both had a blast together. Bobby felt like he was living a dream. He never thought that he would be in an arcade, playing Tekken 3 with Rose Prichard. And Rose didn't think that she would be having so much with Bobby but she was.
Being with Bobby was surreal. She hadn't been this comfortable around someone in such a long time. She didn't have to pretend or anything.
Being with Rose was awesome. He never thought that he'd be in this moment with her but he was. And he was happy.
It was not typical of them.
~~~
On Monday, during lunch, Rose invited Bobby to sit with her and her friends.
"I'm not sure about that, Rose," Bobby replied uneasily.
"I know but you're my friend. My first real friend."
"What about your popular friends? Surely you like them."
Rose shrugged, "I like you the best."
Bobby blushed again.
"Please? If they say something about it, I'll take care of it, okay?" Rose would.
She grabbed his hand, "Please."
Bobby sighed.
~~~
Talia and Elisa's jaws dropped, and Lucas blinked in confusion. Jen covered her mouth in shock and Levi's eyes narrowed.
Rose walked into the huge cafeteria, with Bobby by her side.
Felix and Hope were sitting together on their usual table, both of them gaping at Bobby in shock. And as usual, Hope started texting on her phone.
The other college students looked on, in confusion and disbelief.
Rose and Bobby walked up to the table.
"Hello everyone, This is my friend Bobby and he's going to sit with us today," Rose stated, unapologetic.
There was silence for a moment before Lucas spoke.
"Nice to meet you, Bobby," Lucas said pleasantly, much to Rose's relief.
"Thanks," Bobby felt uneasy. A part of him regretted doing this but the other part of him felt happy being close to Rose.
Rose and Bobby sat down.
Levi glared at Rose hard and Rose ignored him. Jen's eyes were on Levi, Elisa sniffed at Bobby distastefully, Lucas was on his phone and Talia looked at Bobby in interest.
"So Bobby, I heard you like to bake, is that true?" Talia asked.
"Sure. I love to bake cupcakes and brownies," Bobby answered carefully, keeping the nervousness out of his voice.
"Oh, can you bake me some?"
"Um sure, I can bake some for everyone..."
"Sorry but I don't eat sugar," Elisa stared at Bobby in disdain.
Talia side-eyed her, "Speak for yourself, honey."
"Rose, can I talk to you?" Levi hissed, through clenched teeth.
Rose sighed, got up, and followed Levi.
Jen stared after them, her eyes on Levi of course.
~~~
"What do you think you are doing with that weirdo?" Levi snapped as he and Rose stood outside the cafeteria.
"He's my friend. What's the problem?" Rose asked in annoyance.
"He doesn't belong with us, Rose and you know that."
"And? None of us belong together and yet we're still hanging out! Just let it go, Levi," Rose walked back to the cafeteria.
Levi clenched his fists in rage. He had seen the way that bloke looked at Rose and he wasn't pleased.
~~~
After school, Bobby and Felix were in the parking lot, outside the college, waiting for Hope to come out of her class.
"Bro, you sat at the popular kids' table," Felix stared at Bobby in shock. "How?!"
"Rose invited me. I don't know why but she did."
"Hey, weirdo!"
Bobby jumped at Levi's shout. The brunette boy strode over to them, his blue eyes cold.
He glared at Felix, "Scram."
Levi expected the blue-haired guy to run away but no. Instead, he glared at him, "No way."
Levi got angrier, "Excuse me? Listen here, you-!"
"Felix go."
Felix turned to his friend in shock, "But-"
"Go. I'll be fine." Bobby stared at Felix pleadingly.
Felix huffed and walked away from the scene, upset.
Bobby then gave Levi a leveled stare, "Yes?"
"Listen loser, Rose is mine. Got it?"
Bobby nodded.
"And you don't want to start something you can't finish. My family has eyes everywhere so I'll know if you do something to Rose."
Bobby nodded, "I know but Rose and I are working on our essay together so I have to talk to her."
"And?"
Bobby looked at him in confusion and anger.
"Look, I don't care if you have some little project, you will stay away from Rose!" Levi stomped off, bumping his shoulder against Bobby's shoulder, hard.
~~~
Rose stood in her dorm, fuming. Bobby had just canceled on her at the last minute. What the heck?! They had a project for goodness' sake!
"You pissed Levi off Rose."
Rose glared at Jen, "Excuse me?"
"You heard me. You made Levi angry so he went after your little friend. You should've expected something like this."
Rose smirked in disbelief, "Why exactly do you care about Levi so much, huh Jen? Do you really like him that much?"
Jen glowered, not rising to her bait.
"I know you like him. That's why you look at him so longingly and look at me with such jealousy. What, do you want him?"
Jen gave her a furious look, "You don't deserve him. You only care about yourself!"
"And? Just because I made a friend, he gets to be up in arms about it, all while he's frolicking with you?" Rose chuckled mirthlessly. "At the very least if he's going to cheat on me, do it with someone who has some dignity."
Jen stood up in a rage, "I don't have to listen to this!"
"So you don't deny it then? Some friend you are!"
Jen huffed and started walking out the door, "We were never friends Rosie."
Rose growled in fury. Jen knew very well that she hated that nickname.
I'll deal with her later. I just need to talk to Bobby.
~~~
Bobby was not good at confrontation.
When Levi stepped to him yesterday, he should've fought back but Levi's family was powerful and he was bigger, taller, and stronger than him, and because of that he froze.
He was ashamed and the fact that everyone around chuckled at his humiliation made it worse.
He canceled his plans with Rose so that he could hide away and lick his wounds for a while.
Levi had come after him to remind him of his status as the unpopular class clown and that Rose was not for him. He already knew that but it still hurt him deeply.
He texted Felix so that the bluenette would at least know that he was alright.
He then checked his watch and noticed that it was time to leave, "Crap. I'm late."
He called a taxi and headed to the hospital.
~~~
Bobby wasn't answering his phone so Rose headed to the college library where she would find Bobby's closest friend - Freddie, Felix? Anyway, he was there, studying with a blonde girl.
"Hey," Rose greeted as she walked up to them.
The blonde girl raised an eyebrow while the blue-haired guy looked annoyed.
"Yes?" He asked, clearly bothered.
"I need to know where Bobby is."
The guy looked angry now, "Haven't you caused enough trouble already?! That Levi guy totally ambushed us yesterday because of you! Are you trying to get him into more trouble?! Because he doesn't need it! Especially with-" he then stopped his rant, realising that he was going to say the wrong thing.
Rose's face fell. She didn't blame him for feeling that way about her. It was her fault that this whole thing happened. She knew that.
"You're right. It's all my fault," she said, ashamed. "But I do want to make things right with him. So please, can you help me?"
The guy looked thoughtful.
~~~
"Mum, I bought you some cupcakes."
Bobby's mother, Alice smiled, as she laid in her hospital bed in the cancer ward. Bobby's father, Hector sat beside her, a book in his hands.
"Thanks, baby," Alice smiled. "I've always loved your cupcakes."
"Honey, it's not good for you," Hector protested.
"Aw, relax Hector. A cupcake is the least of my problems."
Hector sighed as Alice bit into a strawberry cupcake hungrily.
"Don't worry Dad, it's sugar-free," Bobby explained.
Suddenly, there was shouting outside the room.
Hector looked annoyed, "What in the world?"
A girl's voice rang out and Bobby knew that voice anywhere.
Why is Rose here? How is she here?
Bobby got up and opened the door.
Outside the room, two security guards and the receptionist were arguing with a disgruntled-looking Rose.
"I just need to talk to him, okay?" she protested.
The receptionist opened her mouth to argue back but Bobby stopped her.
"Hey, it's fine. I know her," he said.
The security guards and the receptionist looked surprised while Rose looked relieved.
Bobby grabbed Rose's arm, pulled her into the room, and shut the door.
"What are you doing here?!" he hissed.
"I wanted to see you! I heard about what Levi did," she whispered back. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean for that to happen."
"Look you-"
"Robert, who is this?" Alice called out, making them both jump.
Rose turned to see a red-haired woman lying on a hospital bed, looking amused. Next to her, a dark-skinned black man with dreadlocks sat beside her bed, looking confused.
"Mum, Dad, this is Rose," Bobby introduced. "Rose, these are my parents."
"I'm Alice, and this is Hector," Alice grinned, looking very pleased. "Are you my son's girlfriend?"
"Mum!" Bobby protested.
"It was just a question!"
Rose blushed, much to Bobby's surprise, "Hopefully." she said.
Bobby's jaw dropped, What?
"Oooh!! This is so exciting! Right, Hector?" Alice nudged her husband.
"Yes honey," Hector patted his wife's arm.
Bobby sighed, "Mum, Dad, I'm going to talk to Rose for a moment, okay?"
"Of course dear, you two go ahead," Alice smiled.
Bobby and Rose walked out of the room and stood in the hallway.
"Look Rose, my mother... she's been struggling with breast cancer for the past two years. It's been so hard on our family and I can't do anything to distress my family right now."
Rose looked saddened, "I'm so sorry Bobby I-"
He dug into his shirt pocket and produced a hard drive. He handed it to her.
"What's this?"
"The essay. I finished it. That way we can go our separate ways for good."
"But Bobby-"
"I can't, Rose. Levi's family is powerful and I can't afford to agitate him more. I'm sorry but this, whatever this is," He gestured between them. "It's over."
Rose looked teary-eyed, "Bobby, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean for this to happen."
He gave a small smile, "I know. See... see you around then."
He turned and walked back into the hospital room, closing the door behind him.
And she cried.
~~~
Rose drove back to her dorm in the rain with a heavy heart. She just lost someone she cared so much about. In the short time that she's known Bobby, she felt the happiest she's been in a long time. Losing him was... it was hard.
After she arrived at the dorm building and parked her car in the parking lot, she walked through the yard in the rain and entered the building.
Now when she opened that door to her room and saw Levi and Jen kissing, she was numb.
When Levi made excuses about him kissing Jen in her room and why he cheated on her, she was numb.
When Levi vehemently broke up with her and tried to blame her for what he did, she snapped.
"SHUT UP!" she screamed in rage, making both Levi and Jen jump in fright. "Just shut up! You sat here and gaslighted me when I told you that I wasn't comfortable with you and Jen being partners! You sat here and threatened my friend because you were jealous of our friendship! You're a terrible person Levi! And I want you out of my life! Both of you!"
Levi's face grew red in anger, "Fine." He grabbed Jen's arm, pulled her out of the room, and slammed the door behind them.
As soon as they left, a heavy weight lifted off of Rose's heart and mind. She could breathe again.
Finally.
~~~
On the day of the Dance, Felix dragged Bobby out of his bed, into a suit, and to the party. It was so funny and sad that Felix had a date and he didn't but it was fine. Lottie seemed like a cool chick and Felix did like her so he was glad that his friend was happy.
With everything that happened, he hadn't wanted to go to the dance at all. He didn't have a date and he felt down. But Felix had other ideas.
"Come on! Dance and get loose!" Felix called as he and Lottie danced to the music that played.
Bobby sighed and decided to dance along, just to have some fun at least.
Hope then walked up to them... with Lucas!
Bobby blinked and looked at Felix in confusion.
"Hey everyone, this is my boyfriend Lucas," Hope introduced.
Lucas smiled, "Hey."
"What?" Bobby and Felix chorused in shock.
~~~
Talia, Elisa, Jen, and Levi sat at a table. Jen and Levi talked quietly to themselves while Elisa glared daggers at Lucas and Hope who were dancing together.
Talia texted Rose, asking where she was. She didn't answer.
Jen and Levi kissed and Talia gagged.
"I can't believe this! I thought Lucas fancied me!" Elisa complained loudly.
Talia sighed and texted Rose again.
'Where are you?'
~~~
Rose stood outside the Campus Hall, where the Dance was taking place. She didn't know what would happen but she hoped for the best.
She entered the Hall, dressed perfectly: she wore a beautiful dark blue dress that highlighted her pale skin, brown hair, and grey eyes. Her hair was down and wavy, and she wore matching silver jewelry and light makeup
Everyone's jaws dropped as she walked past them and she paid them no mind. She also saw Levi and Jen glaring at her and she paid them dust as well.
She only had eyes for Bobby.
~~~
"Wow," Felix spluttered and next to him, Lottie looked shocked.
"What?" Bobby asked as Lucas and Hope looked surprised as well.
"Bobby?"
Bobby felt shivers go down his spine when she said his name. He turned and saw her.
Rose... she looked ethereal. Like a princess. Wow.
Bobby felt his heart flutter at the sight of her.
"Hello Bobby, can I talk to you? Please?"
"I-"
"Of course! Go! We'll be fine!" Felix shoved Bobby roughly towards Rose. Bobby glared at Felix for a moment before he gave Rose a small smile.
"Sure."
She led him away to a secluded table on the dance floor, feeling nervous that he would reject her. And if he did, she would be okay. She just had to let him know.
"Is everything okay?" He asked, a bit uneasily. "I mean I know you and Levi just broke up so um..."
"Yes. I just need to tell you something and please hear me out," He nodded and she continued. "Ever since I met you, my life has turned upside down. I feel like... when I'm with you, I feel like I don't have to pretend. I don't have to act. And I feel so comfortable being around you and I feel so safe." She took a deep breath. "I like you, Bobby. I do. I mean it. And Levi won't bother you again, I promise. I'll make sure of it. And I know it sounds weird but-"
He kissed her, cutting her rambling off, and kissing her felt like a dream come true - no, it was a dream come true. How many times did he fantasize about something like this? How often did he hope?
He couldn't believe it.
He pulled away and looked into her eyes. She blushed heavily, looking very pleased.
"I like you too. For a long time actually," he looked embarrassed. "Ever since I saw you in that Romeo and Juliet play in Fifth Form."
"That long?!" Rose looked aghast. "Why didn't you say anything then?!"
"I thought I wasn't good enough. That a beautiful, gorgeous, popular rich girl like you wouldn't look my way."
She grabbed his hands and stared at him in earnest, "Bobby, if you confessed to me then, I would have accepted you and dated you anyway! You're the sweetest, most thoughtful guy I know. Why wouldn't I look your way? And if you dated me back then, I wouldn't have dated Levi at all because I had you!"
He looked sheepish now, feeling embarrassed again, "Better late than never right?"
"Definitely," she kissed his cheek lovingly.
Bobby blushed and wrapped his arms around her waist, "So Rose, would you... would you be my girlfriend?"
Her face lit up, "Yes!"
He grinned, grabbed her hand, and pulled her to the dancefloor where everyone else was, with their partners. The song Saving All My Love by Whitney Houston played loudly and the song was perfect.
Bobby held Rose close, ignoring everyone's (Levi and Jen's especially) looks. He felt so joyful and ecstatic that this happened. That he liked Rose for so long only to find out that she liked him as well! It was unbelievable!
He leaned in and kissed her deeply. She kissed him back, her cheeks pink.
They continued to dance, enjoying each other's company and kissing one another all night long.
They're an odd couple yes but Bobby didn't care anymore. He was happy to be with her and with the way Rose looked at him with love in her eyes, she definitely felt the same way.
It was not typical of them.
~~~
Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoyed this!
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✨✨✨ So, giftee... How do you feel about angst??? ✨✨✨
Yep! It's me! Your ACOTAR Secret Santa! Asking for some last minute opinions!
The setting of your Tamcien holiday story is modern-ish Prythian, and it takes place between Christmas and New Year's. (You did say you liked New Year's kiss fics, so...) Anyway, I was trying to keep it light and fluffy and short, but if you like angst... it's going to be about five chapters. 😅 I am hoping the last chapter will be done just before New Year's, which is also when the climax of the story takes place!
I don't want to keep you waiting that long, though, so once I know where the story is going (namely fluff or angst based on your response), I'll share the first chapter and reveal myself. 😁
Sorry to make you wait a little longer! But if you like angst, I think you'll like what I have cookin'. 😊
~ Your Secret Santa Who Waited Until the Last Minute (But Hopefully It Will Be Worth It 🤞)
OMG FIVE CHAPTERS???? I FEEL SO SPOILED OMG OMG OMG!!!!!
I love angst AS LONG AS IT HAS A HAPPY ENDING!! But yes make them suffer 😈
I AM WAITING PATIENTLY FOR THE FIRST CHAPTER HUGS AND KISSES ❤️❤️❤️
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I have a question. So, what if you kind of struggle with your prompt? What I mean by that is that the realization hit you that you’re not actually sure if your skill is even advanced enough to do the prompt justice?
Because I’m kind of anxious about the fact that my skills aren’t good enough to make a satisfying secret santa gift but I don’t really wanna drop out either because I was looking forward to this but now it’s kind of making me nervous and if the gift doesn’t turn out great I’d feel horrible for my giftee so I feel like maybe I should drop out??
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Hello giftee! It is I, your Secret Santa! I hope your December is starting off well. If you could give me a few insights as to what type of CS fic you like to read (canon divergence, AU, Enchanted Forest, etc), I can start thinking of ideas as soon as possible. I’m very excited to get to write for you this year!!
Ahhh!!! Hi Santa!!! 🥰🥰🥰
December is so far so good!! A bit freezing where I am but otherwise good haha. I hope your first day of December is going good as well!
Let’s see… I love canon divergent stories or canon compliant!! My favorite episodes were the CS movie (time travel), and White Out. Seasons 2B, 3 and 4 are my favorites 😊
My favorite tropes are hurt/comfort, fluff, stranded together fics (like they’re running from danger and far from help, etc.), only-one-bed sharing pre-relationship (where they’re both like 😬 about it at first haha), protecting each other from harm, fluffy CS “quiet moments” together during the time Gold was banished in s4… I hope I’m giving you some good ideas haha 😄 oh and I’m also a fan of Killian whump, but obviously only write what you’re also comfortable writing 🙂💕 but those are just prompts, so you don’t have to feel like to have to choose one of those specifically haha. I trust you, Santa!! 🥰
(I don’t read smut but light innuendo is ok! And if there’s angst or h/c please include a happy ending! 😊)
I’m so excited to have you and read my present!!! I can’t wait to hear from you next, have a great weekend, Santa!!! 🥰💕
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12 Day Origami Advent
Hello! Hope you all are having a great December so far. This is an announcement that the origami advent gift giving I organised will start posting tomorrow, 13 December!
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Image description: 12 different coloured origami boxes fitted into an ivory coloured origami 3D frame. The frame is decorated with a red origami ribbon; red, silver, gold and green origami lucky stars; and gold, white and green beads. All the origami objects are folded by me 😊
I've worked with 12 people to customise gifts for a giftee each, based on the gifters’ requests. Apart from the personalised origami boxes, these will include things like messages and/or recs from your gifters, origami trinkets and/or recs by me. I'll be posting a gift a day, for 12 days, from 13-24 December. I'm trying my best with the timings,, so I'm planning to post around 2100 hrs SGT (i.e. GMT+8) and a reblog at around 0800 SGT the next day. I hope that works, if anything re the timings you can lmk! Hope you all will like it :)
Thank you to all the gifters (who will be revealed day by day!) for participating ❤️ Shoutout to @quasarsansserif for helping me brainstorm the decorations for the frame! Big thanks to @fantalf for encouraging me from the start 💞
Look out for the first gift posting tomorrow! Happy holidays 🥰
(Btw, if anyone’s curious, the frame is the finished product from this WIP!)
#origami advent#2021#december#announcement post#origami#advent calendar#mine#cbg folds#fandom#harry potter#drarry
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2021's Tolkien Secret Santa! 🎄
Merry Christmas to my giftee, @brandywineriver! Here's a little wintry, colorful Samfro just for you! I had a blast while drawing these two lovebirds and I hope you'll like this tinny-tiny gift from me!
Take good care of yourself, (your art is super cute 😊), I wish you the best of luck and Merry Christmas one moRE TIME!
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✨Bonus✨: line art!
Also, great thanks to @officialtolkiensecretsanta for holding this beautiful event! 🎄❤️
#tolkien#tss21#tolkiensecretsanta2021#frodo baggins#samwise gamgee#samfro#samfrodo#frodo x sam#fan art#my art#joli's art#🎄✨❄️‼️❤️❤️#scarf hats and coat given by certain dwarven aunt and cousins... 👀
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Black Warm Fire
Here I am for the Ninjago Secret Santa of @coco-jaguar once again, always a pleasure participating! 💜
My giftee this year is @strangermask, Merry Christmas! 😊😊 Your Megamind Kai AU was really cool, so I went for a fic with Scarlet Fire (Evil Kai) and Echo having a Christmas day! 🌲🌲 I went with my interpretation of their dynamic and bond, I had fun so thank you! I hope you like it!
More about the Megamind Kai AU here, where Kai doesn’t remember his past and is the ninja’s enemy! 🤯 Alright, here we go!
It had taken Echo a while.
The Underworld wasn't exactly the most welcoming place of all, but with all the ribbons and the sparkly decorations even their chamber underground looked more festive. A couple of shining balls there, over here, and on top of-
The door was slammed open in the distance.
"I'm done! I swear I'm done for real this time! I'm done with that so called Dark Lord!" The sudden voice coming from the entrance made him lose his balance over the ladder, and Echo grabbed the first thing he found to keep himself up. "I don't care he saved me from the streets, I don't care he's in charge, he can put that weapon in his... huh, Echo?"
As it turned out, his hand had gone over the string of lights, and while falling from the ladder Echo had managed to roll himself into it. He was currently hanging upside down.
He blinked. Scarlet Fire blinked. At last Echo smiled, because yay his best friend was back.
"Hi Scarlet, how was your day?"
"Well crappy so far, I'd rather for it not be crappy and confusing. What in the world are you doing? What is all this?"
"Oh yeah! Yes!" Echo tried to squirm into his improvised cage, despite the string holding on quite intensely. "I was in Ninjago City today to monitor the actions of the serpentines, and the entire town was decorated! I heard it is a winter festivity of some kind!"
"Is that so." Scarlet raised an eyebrow at him. "And you thought of bringing a celebration of cold into the boiling Underworld, why?"
Echo shrugged.
"It looked fun. We haven't had much fun ever since Lord Garmadon's son joined the ninja."
Scarlet grunted, clenching his hold over his weapon. He looked up - or down, Echo was still hanging over there -, narrowed his eyes, and at last he slashed the string freeing the robot from his prisony. A perfect and merciless shot as usual, or perhaps he really just wanted to vent just a bit of his current frustration.
The rusty robot rolled over the broken lights.
"Aww, they were expensive too."
"We're part of Lord Garmadon's army, we do not care about rules. Why would you even pay common civilians?" Again, the robot shrugged. Scarlet sighed. "Whatever, are these migraine inducing decorations the only thing you corrupted our base with?"
In all response Echo got up, wiped his from crumbles that were not there - he just liked the movement -, and smiled again.
"Are you hungry?"
Scarlet blinked. Then he smirked.
"You know the answer to that."
Apparently meals were supposed to be generous during such holiday, something the robot was extremely happy about. It hadn't been long since he got the passion for cooking, and it was always a new experience. Chicken with filling, chicken broth with pasta, pork and smashed potatoes. It was probably too much considering the only beings that ate in the Underworld were Garmadon - occasionally-, Scarlet - consistently -, and Echo himself every once in a while - and he didn't exactly need it.
He had made sure everything was cooked at the best of his abilities, yet Scarlet seemed still a bit distant. It wasn't new - it was better than when he would smash plates because anger -, but it was a little more lasting than usual.
Echo simply let him eat his meal - with impressive speed and aggression too -, took the dirty plates away to clean later - which meant going all the way back to the surface and wait for the rain later - then brought the strawberry and whipped cream cake.
Scarlet managed to go from irritated, to distant, to pretty much gloomy - he was a lively guy.
"... they were eating stuff like this too."
"Who?"
"The ninja." Ah, there it was, what had been bothering all along. "I was in charge to spy them all day, that was my mission. Me, a war lord of fire, doing the same task of just another brainless skeleton!" Fists were slammed in the table - they were going to have to change that one too soon. Echo nodded, despite not really understanding his frustration - also skeletons did not have a brain in the first place so the added adjective was useless. "They also had the place decorated like this."
Oh. The robot sank his head between his shoulders, looking over the uncut cake.
"Sorry I did something they did."
"Please, they have no taste whatsoever!" Scarlet burst into laughter, it made the moment good again. "The blue ninja had electrocuted all the lights, the sensei was wearing red for some reasons, and the black ninja was even hanging socks! This is... better."
His best friend trying to be comforting was kind of adorable in a way. He was so in control and determinate in battle, it was a rare sight. Echo smiled, feeling relieved, going to cut the cake. He stopped right as he was to put the knife in.
"... what was Zane doing?"
Scarlet gulped, turning around, likely not to show any kind of compassion.
Echo didn't blame that distance, or how weirs the situation made him feel. Unlike this fire lord, he didn't harbor feelings of hatred towards that unusual group of people. His interest were on the white one only. The reason why they looked the same were still unknown to him, Echo would have never known about him if Scarlet hadn't found him on that lighthouse and brought him along. Lord Garmadon had promised they were going to find out l, while destroying the ninja.
So far no luck.
"I, huh, I don't know." Scarlet cleared his voice. "Meditating I guess, helping out. Probably crying about how ugly he looks, not even a bit of rust." That wasn't likely to be true but it was nice to pretend. "Not like it matters because guess what!" Scarlet was always kind of unpolite, never waiting for Echo to actually say what. "The entire point of this mission wasn't to find out about the ninja's weaknesses, no no no! Not for an advantage, not for anything! All Lord Garmadon wanted to know was how was his brat doing on this merry day!" Another slam on the table - yes, it was totally creaking.
Despite the usual excess of emotion Scarlet wasn't wrong. Ever since the Dark Lord's son had joined the ninja his father had been acting different. It was likely that his uncle had simply decided to take him in, but it was also likely that Lord Garmadon wasn't going to see it as anything other than his pride on the other side.
Echo brought a piece of cake in front of his best friend, who seemed close to melt the cream with his mind alone.
"He seems to be more connected to his son than it would be expected from him."
"But that's the point, this is a weakness! He literally berated me because I have nothing better to say about Lloyd other that he was chugging hot chocolate like an addict! How are we supposed to rely on someone that given the choice between Ninjago and his kid he wouldn't even look at this island??" Scarlet grunted again, loudly. At last he picked up his fork and immediately went for the strawberry on top - again so very adorable of him. "I could do so much better if I was in charge. No baggage, no mercy, and no family to recall. We would take over by tomorrow morning."
Echo smiled, cutting his own piece in smaller pieces instead. He liked to section his food with precision, so that every bite tasted special.
"Your motivation is undeniably stronger."
"Right? How am I his underling still?? If I had the chance Ninjago would be mine, then we could do whatever we wanted!" He started to snicker, like whenever he was liking an idea as it was forming into his mind - it had to be creepy for those who were actually humans. "I could have all the servants I want, also we could actually live on the surface! Every day we eat what we want, do what we want, finally being paid for our efforts!" He almost fell from his chair as he got another idea snicker. "And we could torture those pesky ninja! That blue one is so loud, bet it would be a blast!... and that way we can probe the white ninja, so he will tell us why he looks like you."
Echo looked in wonder at this person, who still wasn't looking at him out of pure bashfulness. Maybe it was a stupid statement, but the robot for once couldn't help himself.
"I always though you weren't going to need me once you were to take over Ninjago."
"Pff, that's the stupidest you've ever said! You're my right hand man, you lead my troops, I ne- huh, you're useful." Again hiding his feelings. Again expressing them so clearly anyway. Echo grinned, standing up from the table. "Whatever, is this celebration over? I need to punch something and if I don't get to the training area soon it might be you!" He was lying again. The robot was the only individual Scarlet seemed reluctant to even brush.
It made Echo happy that in some unusual, even contorted way he himself was the exception to this guy's raging fury. At last he picked up the present from under the table, a long black box with a single bow on top.
"On this festivity gifts are exchanged! This is for you Scarlet!"
The fire lord blinked, clearly taken back.
"Oh, huh, okay." He brushed away the bow, opened the box, and his eyes lightened up. Excellent, Echo was sure he had chosen the right blade the moment he had seen it. "Wow. This sword is beautiful." With expert hands he picked it up, looking at it from every angle. The handle was black with red strings around it, and a single symbol of fire was engraved onto the metal. "Where did you get it?"
"It was a blacksmith shop in Ignacia, this girl told me she made this model in honor of her missing brother. I thought it was perfect for you!" Echo was smiling. Scarlet was not. "Are you okay? Do you like it?"
For a moment it felt like he wasn't even there. Just a moment. Then he huffed in his usual way and carefully put the sword in the box.
"It's, uhm, it's adequate." It meant he loved it! Yay! "I don't have a gift for you though."
"It's okay, I don't need one."
"You know I hate depts, Echo."
He really did, to the point of making it a problem - Kruncha had regretted saving him from a serpentine given how obsessively helpful he was going... during training. They couldn't have that between them.
"... I will take a promise as a gift." Echo smiled. "That you will in fact, take over Ninjago, and do everything you said you were going to."
Scarlet Fire widened his eyes. Then, at last, a very eager grin appeared over his face.
"Like a deal. I like it."
"So," Echo extended his fist. "It's a promise?"
His best friend didn't even blink before bumping back, and suddenly Echo couldn't wait for those 'pesky ninja' to lose.
"It's a promise."
#ninjago#ninjago au#megamind kai#kai smith#scarlet fire#echo zane#ninjago fanfiction#ninjago secret santa#secret santa#fanfiction#ninjago fic
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For the fanfic writer's ask game: 1, 4, 6, 21, and 25 please? Love all your writing!! 💕
Thank you so much for the ask Lilly! 💖💖
1. Is there a specific location where you write the most?
I usually write on my laptop in my bedroom (sometimes in silence, sometimes watching tv/a movie that I've seen before, and sometimes on a video call with a couple of friends), but I write on my phone in the lounge (or sometimes while I'm taking a break from work) quite a lot too 😊
4. What part of the story do you usually start with first?
This is a hard one! I wouldn't say I have a standard process for the order my stories get written in - sometimes I'll have the idea for a particular scene so I'll write that and then work out how that scene fits into a bigger story and then write the filler bits.
Other times I have a very vague concept of a plot idea and just start writing and then come back and fill bits in.
With a prompt fill, I will spend a little more time plotting out how the story is going to go - for my Spyfest gift fic, I spent probably about half an hour as I was getting ready for work that morning thinking about how I wanted to fill the prompt, so when I actually got to writing, I knew the path that I wanted the story to follow and it was just a case of actually getting the words down.
And sometimes I just start writing and a story writes itself! (Floundering was like that - I woke up with the idea one morning, and wrote it in about 3 hours throughout the day (before work, in my lunch break and after work while my parents were watching tv) and then the idea for a series followed on from that)
6. What’s one story/piece of writing that you are the most proud of?
Ok so one thing you might not know about me is that I am extremely indecisive so this is a hard question for me 😂
I'm going to say my gift fic for this years Spyfest - I nearly didn't sign up for the fic exchange because I was concerned that I wouldn't have any ideas based on the prompt (thankfully, I did and I actually had ideas for all 3 prompts before choosing the one that I did) but it's also the first time I've written a gift fic in a situation like this. I wrote the story and then was worried that my giftee wouldn't like it or it wasn't any good, but in the end, they loved it!
So I'm proud of it because I forced myself out of my comfort zone, and wrote a fic that filled the prompt and was enjoyed!
21. When do you come up with the title for your stories?
Usually at the end - titles and tags are two of the things I hate most about writing fic! Sometimes (very, very occasionally) I'll be hit with inspiration as I'm writing the story, but usually I finish it and scour it for any ideas for a title that sound right. Sometimes I call a couple of my friends and ask them for help and we manage to come up with a title, but it can be a real struggle! 😂
25. What do you feel you’re best at when it comes to writing?
Oof, another hard question!
I don't know if it's what I'm best at, but I think I'm good at writing in a way that elicits a response from people (based on people's comments! - when I read my own stuff, I don't tend to find that phrases or sentences impact me because a) I wrote it, so I already know what the sentence says and b) I spend quite a lot of time re-reading my fics as I edit them, so I might re-read the same paragraph 4 or 5 times in a relatively short space of time, by which point, I stop necessarily taking in what the words actually say/mean and am more focused on the grammar and whether there is another, better, way that I could say the sentence)
Thanks again for the ask! I hope you’re having a good day! 💖
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