#Ronsey is always a great way to start the day

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Prompt: gansey freaking out about how attractive all his friends are (inspired by a deleted trk scene in which Ronan wears a suit and gansey's like........you do not look appropriate)

what a good prompt, thank you! I don’t have the energy to do this for the whole gangsey but I’ve been in a very ronsey mood lately (in a non-shippy way) so I have at least managed that :) [read on ao3]

(also writing this was the most fun!!)

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On Gansey’s eighth attempt, Ronan finally answers the phone with a languid, “I’m very busy and important, this better be good.”

Gansey distantly hopes that Adam gets a better reception when he calls, forgoes any pleasantries and says, urgent, “You haven’t forgotten, have you? Please tell me you haven’t forgotten.”

“Forgotten what?”

Gansey sighs. “Ronan.”

Ronan laughs, short and sharp. “Keep your hair on, Dick, I’m fucking with you. You’ve reminded me several times about your mom’s little fundraiser, I couldn’t forget even if I wanted to. Which I do, matter of fact.”

“Okay, great,” Gansey says. “So you’ll be there then? On time?”

“Ah. See, Gansey, the thing is—”

“Oh what? What is the thing?” Gansey snaps, running a tired hand down his face.

“Parrish has my car. So, short of me showing up on a tractor — which, by the way, I’m fully prepared to do — I’m a little bit stuck.”

Gansey hurriedly pushes the admittedly hilarious image of Ronan rocking up to a political function on a tractor out of his head and sighs again. It’s been that sort of day. “Well, can’t Adam come and pick you up?”

“He could, but he’s at work until like, half an hour before your mom’s thing so he’s barely got time to go back to St. Agnes and change as it is. If he comes to get me, we’ll both be late.” Ronan lets out a long breath like he’s thinking. “Tell you what. I’ll take one for the team and sit this one out. Don’t want to be any trouble.”

“Oh,” Gansey says, and he laughs without any humour. “Oh, no, no. Ronan. No. If I don’t get out of going to this thing then neither do you. I’ll pick you up.”

Ronan’s light and breezy tone immediately changes. “There’s no need to go out of your fucking way, you’ve probably got enough to do.”

“Yes. I do. I really do. So hurry up and get ready because I have an hour and a half window free now and I’m using it to come and get you.”

“Gansey—”

“I’ll be there in 45 minutes and you better be ready,” Gansey says pleasantly and hangs up the phone.

*

Gansey really hadn’t been kidding about only having a brief pocket of time to work with, so he holds out hope that Ronan will be appropriately dressed and waiting so that he can just hop in the car and they can leave, but he can’t say he’s surprised to pull up outside the Barns to find that’s not the case.

He gets out of the car, heads over to the house and knocks on the front door, letting himself in when there’s no answer.

“Ronan,” he whisper-shouts, loathe to enter someone else’s property without an express invitation, not that Ronan will care. The house is very quiet and Gansey heads straight out back, annoyance seeping further into his bones with every step. He’d asked for one thing — just one thing — and Ronan still couldn’t do it without making things difficult.

He can’t immediately see Ronan but after a moment he spots Chainsaw circling overhead one of the barns and so he makes his way over. He hears voices as he gets closer and realises Ronan’s not in the barn, but behind it instead where if memory serves, there’s a few vegetable patches.

Gansey rounds the corner and there, at last, is Ronan. He’s with Opal who’s in control of a fluorescent yellow wheelbarrow, struggling to push it along as Ronan weighs it down with various veggies ripe for picking, including the biggest carrots Gansey has ever seen.

“Ro—” Gansey starts in irritation, but the rest of Ronan’s name dies in his mouth as Ronan turns around to face him and Gansey’s brain all but short-circuits. “Good Lord,” he manages a stuttering moment later. “What are you wearing?”

Ronan looks down, bemused. “Overalls,” he says with a shrug.

“Overalls!” Gansey scoffs, but it’s a quiet scoff because he’s not sure he’s getting enough air to his lungs. And he’s also pretty sure almost all of the blood in his body has rushed to his ears if the way they’re burning is anything to go by.

Ronan quirks an eyebrow. His outfit is, funnily enough, the kind that Gansey might associate with the Wholesome Farmer™ look, but it’s entirely at odds with Ronan’s usual style, so much so that it still has Gansey stammering for words.

There’s not much to it really. The boots Ronan’s wearing aren’t particularly out of place; they’re his usual stomping shoes. But he’s got a white sleeveless tee on underneath denim overalls that are rolled over at the bottom so that they end halfway down Ronan’s calves.

It’s a good look, to Gansey’s absolute dismay.

“This,” Gansey says, gesturing to Ronan’s attire when he’s finally calmed down enough to string a sentence together, “is not appropriate.”

Opal babbles something to Ronan in Latin that Gansey is too distracted to translate, and he nods at her and she drops the wheelbarrow handles and sprints off towards the house, and Ronan turns back to Gansey.

“What’s wrong with my overalls?” he asks, and then his smile turns sharp. “Parrish loves them.”

“Yes,” Gansey says weakly. “Yes, I bet he does.” He shakes his head. “Look, we don’t have time for this, go. Go get ready and we need to leave in 5.”

Ronan heaves a put-upon sigh and starts marching off to the house, but at the very least he’s moving now. Gansey waits in the car, and seven minutes later, Ronan emerges, now in a suit. His shirt’s untucked, his tie is sticking out of his shirt pocket instead of being actually on, but it’s fine for now; there’s still a couple of hours until they have to be properly ready.

Ronan slams into the car, scowl firmly in place where Gansey feels sure it will remain for the rest of the evening. “Why do you even want me at this stupid thing anyway? Your mom won’t care.”

“Because,” Gansey says as he starts the Pig, “Blue and Adam and Henry will all be there. And it wouldn’t feel right without you.”

Ronan grunts and knocks his forehead against the window, but as Gansey risks a sideglance he notices Ronan’s face has softened somewhat.

As Gansey had to pick him up early, Ronan gets the unenviable job of helping Gansey help Helen and their mother set things up at the school. Ronan’s expression is mutinous but he gets on with it with only limited complaining. Helen has brought Gansey’s suit to the school so he can change here, and when he’s ready, he steps back into the main hall to see Helen fixing Ronan’s tie as he rather pointedly rolls his eyes.

When Helen’s finished with him and hurried off to attend to other last-minute jobs, Ronan immediately hooks a finger in his collar and yanks until his tie’s loosened a sufficient amount. He looks a little unruly, but it’s more Ronan somehow, and Gansey finds himself smiling. Ronan looks good in a suit.

He catches Gansey’s eye. “The things I do for you,” he says.

“Yes, yes. I’m very grateful,” Gansey says agreeably.

Henry had offered to pick up Blue so the two of them arrive together five minutes before the fundraiser is due to start. Gansey smiles at the sight of them; he does love punctuality.

Blue kisses Gansey on the cheek, looks around the room and says cheerfully, “God, this is going to be awful.” Without further comment she makes a beeline for Ronan, and Gansey is struck by the sudden realisation that Blue and Ronan together at an event like this have the potential to be an absolute nightmare. But it’s a little late for that now, as Blue says something under her breath to Ronan whilst eyeing some stuffy old Republican across the room and Ronan honest to god snorts.

Henry drapes an arm around Gansey’s shoulder, following his gaze and correctly deducing his concerns. “Don’t worry. I’ll keep an eye on them.”

“Thank you, Henry.”

Gansey lingers near the doorway to wait on Adam while the others head off to find drinks and a quiet corner in which to judge everyone else at the fundraiser. It’s not long before Adam arrives, and his eyes inevitably seek out Ronan as Gansey sidles up to him.

“He came then,” Adam says, nodding towards the corner that Ronan, Blue and Henry have claimed for the evening. “Thought he might try and weasel out of it.”

“Oh, believe me, there was an attempt,” Gansey says, shaking his head fondly. “Speaking of though, I have to ask. Does…” he trails off awkwardly.

Adam glances at Gansey and frowns before flicking his eyes back to Ronan. Gansey can forgive him — Ronan is very distracting. “Does what?” he asks.

“Ronan’s, uh… farm wear. Does he always wear those—”

“Oh, god, the overalls?” Adam interjects, his full attention back on Gansey, eyes wide and knowing.

“Yes. The overalls, oh my god, Adam!”

“I know,” Adam says. “Believe me, Gans, I know.”

“Right?”

ronan’s outfit is based on this fanart by @aeroplaneblues whose trc fanart consistently brings me infinite joy

#the raven cycle #trc #trc fic #tumblr prompts

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The whole gangsey for the ask thingy!!

Dear God that’s a lot but I’m down

Under the cut bc holy heck

Blue:

First impression: I remember kind of thinking she was a little on the “not like the other girls” side, which isn’t like… wrong but I still really enjoyed her and liked her a lot and the way she was never afraid to call people on their shit.Impression now: I feel like I appreciate Blue Sargent more and more every day I love my angry but loving hairy feminist daughter and I love that girls get to read a book with her as the protagonist. Favorite moment: No moment in literature will ever beat the “I am not a prostitute” scene. Shakespeare whom?Idea for a story: I desperately want to read/may write a fic where Blue has to go with Gansey to one of his mom’s fancy Republican political events and  just like… ends up going off on everyone god bless her soul. Unpopular opinion: Her not having a bunch of female friends doesn’t bug me A LOT. Like it would have been nice but also she literally didn’t have friends before she met the rest of the gangsey so it makes sense. Favorite relationship: I’m bluesey garbage… they make my list of the Three Good Het ShipsFavorite headcanon: She’s a vegetarian 

Gansey:

First impression: A mysterious maybe dead extremely rich boy who was looking more and more like he was going to be the cliche love interest in a paranormal teen romance novel? I was done with him before he even opened his mouth. Impression now: How do I even use words to describe how much I love Richard Gansey?? I’ve never had a more incorrect first impression Gansey is probably my all time favorite male fictional character and I have Emotions over him every day of m’life. Good boy, big nerd, terrible taste in clothesFavorite moment: Ok this didn’t even make it into the actual book, but ABSOLUTELY  that scene from the dream thieves out takes where he’s like “Where’s Adam? At work?” and emphasizes work specifically so Blue will pick up on the fact that he’s #wokebae enough to know that poor people have to workIdea for a story: radical story idea where gansey has a good happy day with his friends without any extinential crises over death and mortality and knows how much everyone in his life loves and appreciates him. he goes to bed and has no trouble falling asleepUnpopular opinion: I was going to try to link to the post but i cant find it… but basically that i think people are too hard on him for what he said to adam after he got out of the hospital in trb and they ignore the extenuating circumstances and what gansey had just been through while emphasizing adam’sFavorite relationship: bluesey..chengsey…ronsey…..adansey….gansey/anyoneFavorite headcanon: That he always stays in academia and falls in love with history in a much lower stakes way and ends up being the cool young professor at an ivy league and teaching kids who love the past just as much as he does. Also that he ends up studying something than other Wales once a whole world of history opens up to him

Adam:

First impression: I loved Adam from the beginning with his ambition and kindness but also his humility and self consciousness. He was probably my favorite character when I started the series; I think he’s definitely the most immediately likable raven boy. Impression now: I still love Adam with all three of my heart and souls he’s a FANTASTIC character. Even as we see the darker sides to him, he choses to overcome them and chose love every time and I think he’s so complex and definitely has the most satisfying arc of all the characters. Favorite moment: Ok so weird choice but absolutely in the dream thieves when him and Blue and fighting and she says the word “breasts” and he gets SO hung up on the word breasts because that’s practically swearing coming from Blue that he’s loses track of what’s happeninIdea for a story: Cliche but Adam’s college adventures. I want to see him start to get to make the future he’s worked so hard for and get great internships and make connections and finally start to see things happening for himUnpopular opinion: I’ve seen a lot of people lately talking aboout how they hate the lawyer!Adam headcanon and it’s definitely not my career of choice for Adam (he’s a science man) but I also really do like the idea of Adam fighting for disadvantaged kids and helping people in the waya the system should have helped himFavorite relationship: Pynch.. ofcFavorite headcanon: This is embarrassing but that he does grad at my university (This could work bc we have a top bio program which is what I see him doing but would also not work because going to school in SoCal would make his long distance relationship even more ridiculous and though I don’t like the idea od Adam changing what he wants just for Ronan you’ve gotta make some sacrifices for love)

Ronan:

First impression: I thought he was an asshole, though pretty interesting, but I really wasn’t that invested in him at first. (I was actually pretty annoyed when I first checked out the dream thieves and saw that it was going to mostly about Ronan- joke’s on you Chloe tdt is your favorite book of all time)Impression now: :’) I love Ronan so much I love his journey I love that he’s able to learn self love and acceptance I love that he ends up so happy I love that he’s maybe the only character I know who is gay and Christian and doesn’t have to chose one or the other I love that he ends up raising his dream daughter on a farm I love that we’re going to get three more books aabout himFavorite moment: My favorite moment in the entire series when he decides he doesn’t hate himself and holds his arm out to the night horrors the way he does to ChainsawIdea for a story: mmmmm I might stop doing these its too much pressure um all i want from the world is tons of domestic pynch raising opal togetherUnpopular opinion: him and ka/vins/ky are NOT good together but he definitely was attracted to him i dont really think this is an opinion this is lowkey canon but ive seen a lot of people saying otherise Favorite relationship: PynchFavorite headcanon: his first kiss wasnt adam is was gansey these are the Facts TM folks

Noah:

First impression: OH MY GOD I THOUGHT HE WAS SO BORING. I remember thinking “wow these are all such well developed and interesting characters.. and Noah” aand just not getting why he was even in the book to begin with.. well I dont think I even need to say how that story ends jokes on you again ChloeImpression now: beautiful boy my pride and joy i hope he’s happy in heaven or wherever he is nowFavorite moment: im counting the “murdered remembered” scene as a noah momentIdea for a story: I’ve had the idea for a story for a while that I MAY write (probably will not) where Whelk didn’t succeed in killing Noah and what would have happened then (so Gansey would have died the first time. big butterfly effect folks)Unpopular opinion: I think if Noah had come back to life in trk it would have been kind of cheesy and ridiculous I actually like the way his storyline ended a lotFavorite relationship: I don’t really have any Noah ships… Noah/Blue is good and so is Noah/RonanFavorite headcanon: Noah’s spirit still lingers us in this world… and is responsible for every good meme since his death.. god bless

Henry:

First impression: I don’t think I had a big opinion of him! He was so minor at first he kind of snuck up on meImpression now: 10/10 would die for he’s a fantasic character for the short amount of time we had him. he has just as much darkness as the other characters but is so joyful and wonderful i adore himFavorite moment: Do you even have to ask??? The freaking fake soap opera esque fight in front of Blue’s schoolIdea for a story: Sarchengsey road trip!!!!!Unpopular opinion: He said he was Henrysexual (whatever that means) in order to tell Blue he wasn’t attracted to her… he doesn’t like girls whether you hc him as gay or aroace or w/e (I go w/ gay myself… Henry Cheng is a twink) I love sarchengsey but mostly in the capacity of Blue and Henry both dating Gansey and just being really great friends with each otherFavorite relationship: Chengsey is the air I breatheFavorite headcanon: This contradicts a couple of things I just said… but that Henrysexual means that he’s dating Henry Broadway

#THAT TOOK OVER AN HOUR #thanks tho anon it was fun! #trc #blue sargent #gansey #adam parrish #ronan lynch #noah cznery #henry cheng #gangsey #Anonymous #ask #ask meme