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zuppizup · 2 months

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Hiiii I just finished the first two chapters of Fuel the Pyre! I'm super excited for it, it's very well done!

I was wondering if I could ask you a few questions about your writing process. How do you outline? What kinds of things need to be in an outline in order for you to visualize the story? Do you outline the entire story, one chapter, or just one scene at a time?

Thank you for your time!

Hello! Thanks so much for your kind words! I’m so happy you’re liking the fic so far.

This is a super fun ask. Not sure how coherent or helpful my response will be, but I’ll give it a try. 😆

So, stories like Purgatory, Fuel the Pyre or my WIP dark magic AU, always start out as a bunch of questions.

What if Ezran hadn’t interrupted Callum and Rayla in Viren’s study…

Could a human/elf halfling do primal magic? Can all of them or just a few? What would control that?

What would the world be like if dark magic actually was controlled and regulated.

I usually don’t start out planning a fic when I ponder questions like this, it’s usually just my mind wandering. For me, while I love big, wonderful, imaginative worlds (like the world of The Dragon Prince) what I’m really more interested in is how these things affect individuals. I actually tend to visualise the story before I outline. In fact, I often visualise far beyond where I think I’ll finish the story. (I say where I think I’ll finish because both my current long fics are now firmly in the “after the end of the planned fic” territory)

So, in Fuel the Pyre, for example, I imagine there’s a lot of unknowns for the people involved. Halflings would be pretty new on the scene, all things considered, so the characters themselves wouldn’t have the answer to these questions, which felt like a great excuse to add tension and drama.

Once an idea has got me and I can imagine how that conflict is going to affect the characters, the general outline tends to sort of write itself. I am a planner, so I by the time I start putting pen to paper (so to speak), I’ll usually have a beginning, a rough middle and an end. There will be plot points, tangents, twists and sometimes side stories that I haven’t figured out, but I’ll have a plan for the general flow of the story.

From there, I’ll come up with a pretty messy draft. So, I just sort of go wild in a document. Usually, when I’ve decided I want to write a longer fic, it’s because certain scenes just play on repeat in my head, so I’ll indulge myself and write those out. Then I’ll go back and make rough chapter/arc notes, which usually leads into some other fun scenes I get inspired to write, and slowly, piece by piece, I sort of string the fic together like that.

I used to outline more linearly, starting at the first chapter and working from there, but I found I’d get stuck on transition scenes (the bane of my writing life) and then avoid the fic. (If I put my fingers in my ears and sing very loudly, the transition scene can’t hurt me). I find letting myself write the scenes I’m excited for makes me much more productive. They usually give me ideas for other fun (I use the term loosely, I generally mean “angsty”) scenes and I essentially build my story like that. I do like adding foreshadowing and twists, which is made a lot easier by writing like this too.

In Purgatory, for example, I tried to drop a lot of subtle hints about Callum and his slowly building arcanum connection. It’s so fun when people pick up on that stuff, but I also don’t want it to look like I just pulled a twist or a revelation out of my rear. Nowadays, I do prefer to write the bulk of a story before posting, which this method obviously works better for.

Often, when I start a fic, the beginning and the ending are the most defined parts of the story and the middle is the area that requires the most work, but by stringing the various elements together, I sort of “discover” new conflicts and fun elements to explore, which (hopefully) makes for a richer, more entertaining story.

So, not sure if that was what you’re looking for, but if you could describe the stream of consciousness that is how I write, a process, this is mine. 😅

#anon asks #thanks for the ask!#writing

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drawloverlala · 1 year

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Hollow Knight- Hornet mask-

SHAW!!! 😆 haha, well I recently cosplayed Hornet from Hollow Knight and I wanted to share the process of how I did the mask!

1- Try outs

First I tried to figure out on a small scale how would this work, I used just paper to make mini models, the main goal was the it looked almost like it was all 1 piece, and I tried imagine it how it would be on maybe fabric, as one would do with a doll

the idea was also to give the face a curve, along with the horns, I didn’t want something that looked flat, so this worked pretty well for what I was looking for.

it’s something like this, not sure if this explains better:

I did a bigger one with the same paper, following the proportions of my face, so it would fit me, that worked out just well and I used it as a model for the second part

2- The Base

Following the model with the proportions of my face, with cardboard I did a new one, although this time, just for the face area.(the eyes area was made bigger than my actual eyes, by the way)

I used 2 because they weren’t big enough for the dimensions of a human head lol and I put them together with masking tape

I later put masking tape on the eyes part so that the part that was cut wasn’t too visible, and I added the horns with other kind of carboard, a lot more solid so they would stand firmly

I also added some more support to the frame of the face, so it would be also be more firm on it’s own.

And then I added some tissue paper so that the horns could have more volume

and I added a second layer of carboard, (and I made the eyes shape be more round) although this one was a lot more firm, to reinforce the mask, and I added a little on the side in between the horns and the face so the external shape of the mask was more round and uniform

3- Challenges and Finishing touches

OK, so this was the most challenging part, we chose foamy, or Eva Foamy(?) I’m not quite sure how it’s called on English, but we chose that to cover the mask, we thought that this material would make it look smooth, the problem was that, it wasn’t as flexible and maleable as we thought and part of it had some leftover folds on the curves, sort of like this

we didn’t want to cut anything on the face part specially, but we ended up having to cut some on the middle of the face anyways with ended up looking like it had a crack in the middle.

I would say, it worked for the most part, but we still had these problems, the most notable one being the cut on the middle of the face, we had to cover it with paste wall, this solved that issue, I later also thighed up the horns, I had to repaste them on a different way, so they would look more round (still looks pretty rough though 😅 but there it wasn’t enough time to keep polishing this thing lol)

my dad then painted the whole mask with white paint, so the paste wall wouldn’t be so visible and then when it was dry we added a black net on the eyes and an elastic band so it could be holding the head inside, it broke later on though lol

but yeah that was the final result! it’s not perfect, it doesn’t look as smooth as I wanted it to look, but it looks good enough!

Now that I have more time, I think I can polish it a bit more whenever I can.

#my ramblings #hornet #hollow knight hornet #hornet mask #hornet cosplay #hollow knight #cosplay

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thatmexisaurusrex · 2 years

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for the touch prompt event perhaps #24 tracing the other’s scars? 💕

Hey, @the-biggest-sambucky-shipper! Ooh, that's a good one, I was hoping someone would choose that one 😆 It's a fic that's post-TWS and pre-CW, if that's okay. I hope you enjoy the drabble! 🥰

Prompt 19: Tracing the Other's Scars

| 18 | Prompts | 20 |

He was gorgeous.

Bathed in the full moon glow transcending from the window, the light framed around him as if it was a message from a higher power, that one should not look upon the visage of someone deemed so ethereal, like a painting brought to life.

On that expanse, there lay valleys and hills not of Sam's own creation, not exactly. Remnants of accidents, of war, of fights. whole galaxies of pain laid over with scar tissue floated atop and dug into Sam.

It was hypnotic. As if Bucky's brain was trying to connect the jagged lines and craters to form ominous constellations.

Sam didn't wear a shirt to bed.

Why didn't Sam wear shirts to bed?

"I can feel you staring, Buck," whispered Sam.

Bucky jumped.

Bucky still felt new to his name. A strange familiarity that felt bittersweet hid in its sounds, but he didn't feel like the same man who used it long ago. It felt good to hear Sam say it, though. Hear the consonants and vowels flow from Sam's mouth like a waterfall of dopamine.

"I... wasn't," Bucky tried.

Sam snorted, turning his True Love hellebore eyes to Bucky, amused.

"Why are you on the couch?" mumbled Sam as he patted the side of the bed next to him, "We talked about this. It's big enough. We can share."

Bucky frowned, but he was unable to break that gaze with Sam's eyes.

"I should have bought you a hotel room," mumbled Bucky, "I'm dangerous."

Bucky wasn't sure how much he could trust himself. If there was a way to bring the Soldier back. He didn't want to hurt Sam.

"Not right now, you aren't," whispered Sam softly, still patting that empty half of the bed, "I don't bite. We'll both get better sleep on a bed."

Reluctantly, Bucky moved away from the couch. He found himself gingerly settling under the covers. Close to Sam. So close, he could feel the heat radiate off the fella.

He found his mind drifting back to them.

The scars.

Sam must have noticed Bucky's eyes wandering, because he whispered, "Want to know how I got them all?"

Bucky swallowed.

Nodded.

Sam gently grabbed Bucky's hand, a firm hold that made Sam's heart skip a beat. Sam pulled Bucky's hand, placed Bucky's fingers on the messiest scar right above Sam's heart.

"I was helping Steve on a mission. HYDRA base. This one guy - snuck up on me. I think he meant to stab me in the heart..." Sam said, a little distant, as if he were reliving that moment.

Bucky's hand turned to hold Sam's, squeezing it. Sam came back from that memory, smiling at Bucky. With no reason to hold onto Sam's hand, Bucky reluctantly let go.

Bucky's fingers traced the scar Sam brought him to. The knife wound. There was a distinct dip in the scar, a change in density. Bucky couldn't help but rub it, as if that would make the wound and its memory go away.

He found his fingers gliding across Sam's smooth skin to a moon-shaped scar on Sam's shoulder.

"I was four," said Sam, grinning at the scar, "There was this tree in my backyard - I was convinced that if I jumped out of it with paper wings, I'd be able to fly. Luckily, I was four, so I didn't get that high up in the tree. I fell a little wrong on the way down and cut my shoulder open on a rock. I think I needed three stitches for that."

Bucky's fingers skimmed down Sam's arm, landing on a dent in Sam, a tiny crater.

"Pararescue mission. A bullet grazed me, but it grazed me close enough for me to need to glue the wound shut," said Sam quietly, "First time I was shot."

Bucky continued. He moved his fingers lightly over Sam, finding every scar, tracing them gently as Sam retold the tales of how he got each one. Bucky could listen to Sam talk all night.

And he did. The two of them lay in their little bubble of happiness as Bucky soaked in every piece of history Sam would offer him.

*****

This series is to celebrate Pride Month with some fun prompts. Since I got more prompts than I anticipated, I’m going to extend this event to finish all the prompts.

#sambucky #the daily sambucky fluff diary #sam wilson #bucky barnes #sambucky pride month event #sambucky touch prompt event #post-tws #and there was only one bed #sambucky drabbles #drabble 19 #tracing the other's scars

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destiel-wings · 1 year

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Hi Mary!

I am looking forward to reading your next piece when you publish it! I enjoy your writing- I can tell you have a certain level of intelligence and I’m giddy you use it to write Destiel fanfic!

I’m not sure the etiquette of this, so I’ll just put myself out there if you would like or want a beta (or another beta?). I am an NP and a part time college prof, and I recently had my brain fried by the atrocious writing of my students. College. Seniors. I’m a tough grader, I guess?? I enjoy reading for pleasure and for learning, so I usually have a couple books/stories going at the same time. A balance of fiction & non-fiction. Idk, now I’m just telling you random stuff about me lol. I have papers to grade so I’m procrastinating!

Oh, hello, Professor!

Thank you so much!!!! Actually you've hit a raw nerve because I keep thinking i should use my intelligence to write original work but instead my mind keeps rotating back to these two idiots in love and their emotional scars, and now I've got a whole big story to tell and i have to tell it.

You have all my sympathy for having to read atrocious writing (and having to do homework in general, grading papers, that doesn't sound like fun 😆 what do you teach?).

I have a couple of beta readers already, so I'm currently set, but I'll keep you in mind in case i ever find myself in need of another one. I appreciate it 💙😊

#ask answered #ask response #answered asks #asks #asks open #ask #my fic stuff #tessalon-pearls

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the-astronomial · 1 year

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Hey, y'all! Sorry, that I haven't posted in a while. Been dealing with some stuff. Anyways, happy holiday season! Hope, it's a good one. 😆

Have some new spells for you guys, today. I'll put it in a list. Here goes!

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1.) "Gift it Back" Spell: A spell where you don't want to return to sender, but still want to return it (for better or worse). Basically, it's like a Christmas present you get. Obviously, can't return a gift (without being rude). So... Give to them as a present. Like, a re-gift! So, whatever sender(s) sent you, you send it as a re-gift. A perfect loophole, for when return-to-sender don't work! ;)

The incantation:

"What [name of sender] sent to me, it's time to gift it back, three times three! (Repeat three times thrice/9 times).

[This is my will/as above/what ever you use].. So, mote it be!".

It's easy, right? No ingrediants, just words and intentions. You can you this to send back positive or negative energy/magick/things.

2.) Candle spell for a "Golden Year": it's done before the new year, starts! All you need is a gold candle. LED/artificial is fine!

So, cleanse your space and candle, first. Then dress your candle, as long as it represent luxury and new beginnings. You could even make represent the things you want to bring into the new year. Once you're done, it's time to start the ritual. Write down a list of 11 things you want to manifest, during the new year. Even better, if you have gold or green paper! Could even use colored ink.

Once you do it, fold it away from you. Then, put it under your candle. Now at this part, you can get creative! All you need to do is say what it is your bringing into your life, during the new year. Put power and energy into it. When you're done saying this, say your staking your claim to the manifestations and that you're ready to receive.

Light or turn on the candle, immediately. Pay attention, to your flame/light. It'll reveal how your spell is working. If something catches fire and the light disappears, stop the ritual! That means something evil/negative is trying to stop you from bringing these things in. Do your protective measures, if this happens (salt circle, prayer, etc.). Wait, until later to try this ritual, again. If nothing bad, happens leave the candle or candle-light on until it goes out.

Note: It's okay if your list is covered in wax. It needs to do that, so, gives your list power.

Lastly, forget about the ritual and enjoy your New Year! Knowing you'll get what you want ftom it. ^_^

3.) New Job Talisman: As implied, this will bring in new jobs and job opputunities. All you need is a piece of jewelry/accessory you would wear daily. Even better if it's a job savvy accessory (ex.: a watch, reader glasses, etc.) Do this during a waning moon, new moon, or even when the sun is out. I did it during noon hours! The sun is perfect, for this type of intention. Let's get started~! First, cleanse the jewelry/accessory. You could do a salt bath, like I did. Table salt works fine, for that! ;)

Secondly, hold the jewelry/accessory in both your hands. State your intention to turn it into a talisman. A talisman to attract jobs and business oppurtunities. Think about and vizualize the jewelry/accessory being surrounded by a green light with golden sparkles. Visualize yourself putting on or carrying it. Imagine job interview, money, and work-related themes being pulled towards the jewelry/accessory. After your done getting a clear visual, put energy from your hands into the jewelry/accessory. You can make and use your own incantation to use, whilst doing this.

Continue this until you feel you it pulse, vibrate, or tingle. It won't be big, but it will be noticeable. That means its ready. For the final step, leave near the window overnight. The next day, it'll be ready to use.

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Welp, that's it guys! Thanks for reading. I hope, these spells will help you guys out! See ya later, for now and Happy New Year! I'll try to post more, but no promise. Bye, sayonara, and ciao!

#magick tips #witchblr #witchcraft #christian witch #green witch #candle witch #candle magic #list #spellwork #spellcraft #tutorial #tutorials #spell tips #magic #magick #goodvibes #talisman #incantation #how to

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illiana-mystery · 2 years

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Heads Up, 7 Up

Thanks to @overlookedfile for tagging me!

Rule: Share your last 7 lines and then tag 7 people!

"Thanks for being a great bad cop," Geils told Edelweiss after Mayor Perry left.

"It was nothing. Just doing my job."

Tribeca lightly laughed and smiled at Edelweiss before Atkins called them back into the office.

"Tribeca! Geils! Edelweiss! Get in here!," he yelled before they all walked in.

"Where did Mayor Perry go?"

"He just left, sir."

"Of course he did and just when I was about to beat him in Trouble again," he grumbled before he pushed the board game to the side. "So, how did interrogation go? Did we find the real perps?"

"It went really well," Geils answered. "Edelweiss and I played good cop, bad cop and he was great as bad cop. He really shook down both of them."

"Well, good. Looks like someone was wrong about Dr. Edelweiss, weren't they, Tribeca?"

"Yes, Lieutenant. I misjudged him, but I'm glad to have him shadowing us. He really has been a big help."

"Thank you, Tribeca," Edelweiss said.

"So I assume you made an arrest?"

"No, actually we didn't," Geils said. "They aren't our perps."

"What do you mean those aren't our perps?! Mayor Perry has been on my ass all day about finding his niece's killers and now you're gonna tell me that they aren't our perps?!"

"They aren't," he said again. "Look what we found in Arturo's jacket pocket."

He handed the paper to Atkins after his superior put his glasses on. Then he read it.

"Oh, well I can't argue with a cardstock quality, folded piece of paper. You got me there. Alright, well let's pick it back up tomorrow and go from there."

"Works for me!" Edelweiss chirped in his normal accent before he briskly left the office.

"He's making out with Holly at her desk, isn't he?"

"Yep, he sure is, Lieutenant," Geils observed.

"Damn. I wish Karen would let me kiss her like that," he moaned before Tribeca and Geils left the office.

From Detective Edelweiss, Chapter 3 (Good Cop Bad Cop)

(I know it's more than 7 lines, but I just had to share the whole last scene from that chapter. I had to. 😊)

I don't really know who to tag, so if any of my mutuals would like to do this, I say go for it! 😆

#tag game #ask game #dr. edelweiss #angie tribeca #fanfiction #fanfic

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leafs-lover · 8 months

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Hey leafs-lover - hope you've had an amazing summer so far. I absolutely love the pieces you have written and you and a few other writers on here have inspired me to finally try and get an idea down on "paper" that's been circling around in my head now for a couple of years. I'm waaaaay older than the majority of people on this platform (I'm pretty sure anyway) - I didn't even know this platform existed a year ago (or its content) so I'm super overconscious about reaching out to anyone, whether it be about something I'm thinking of writing or even how to promote and celebrate the writers (like you) that I've really enjoyed reading. Anyway...my favorite leafs player for quite some time is William Nylander, and I have this whole story concocted in my head from the reader's POV that spans years, up to present day. I started writing the intro the other day but honestly, I don't know if it's way too detailed, if it's complete shit or if it's decent enough to keep going. I was wondering how do you go about getting your ideas mapped out? I'm not a writer per se but man, my job entails writing clear and concise emails so I've got some kind of writing background (😆). Do you just wing it and hope for the best for the first few fics and go from there?

I'm up at my family cottage and had a few glasses of wine so really sorry for the barrage of questions....I just feel the need to get this story out of my head 😊

Hey! Hope you're having an amazing summer too!

I am so glad you are inspired by myself and other writers to write yourself! Love new content creators❤

Everyone has a different way of planning their stories. I make an outline with a brief summary of what I want to happen in each part, key moments. I don't follow it religiously though. I find as I write, some parts need to be merged into one big part, or one is two long and should be broken down into multiple pieces. Everyone works a little differently, and as you keep going you'll find out what works for you - some parts I do end up winging, or weren't in the outline but as I was writing I felt like something was missing and added it in.

The "is this complete trash" is a completely normal feeling, I still feel that way when writing😂 but if i'm inspired by it, I keep going. For me, I will write it all out and then move on to another part, and maybe even be 3-4 parts ahead and then will go back and review the first one. At that point because I have a better idea of what is next I can decide to add something if I think it's missing, or I will delete something if it's not needed or mentioned somewhere else. And don't be afraid to delete shit, I have literally deleted 2000 words before!

I don't know many people who are writers on here, most of us do it because we enjoy it. I used to think I was way older than everyone on here, but as I started interacting with other writers or even just seeing some of their responses to other anons I realized I am not alone. 😂 Don't be scared to send DM's to other writers/ blogs, you can bounce ideas, send paragraphs (or even entire parts) you're unsure of, or just chat about anything with. We are nice!

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thatmexisaurusrex · 2 years

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@sidepartskinnyjeans brought in a dealer's choice by suggesting this post as the prompt! Thank you @muffinshark for the beautiful piece and inspiring this little drabble! It's a fantastic post and I'm excited to make something from it 😆 I hope you all enjoy! 🥰

Date 16 of 28: Cooking Date

| - 15 - | - Prompt - | - 17 - |

"That can't be right," said Bucky, looking down at the scrawled chicken scratch of Titi's recipe, "No. I refuse. That's so much."

"It's not that much," said Sam, dumping the half-cup of molasses along with the one and a half cups of rootbeer already in the pot, turning the stove on to high heat, waiting for the mixture to boil, "You're just saying that because you only got like a handful of potatoes to eat during the depression."

"Look, molasses was big back in the day, it was popular," said Bucky, "You covet that brown gold."

Sam cackled.

"James, molasses was popular up until the 1880s," said Sam, trying to keep an eye on the boiling liquid and not on the ridiculous apron filled with Steve faces, "I know you went to school riding dinosaurs, but you were, like, the Cretaceous period, not the Triassic."

Sam and Bucky had been helping Sarah organize her kitchen when they had noticed a scrap of paper that had fallen behind the refrigerator. Curious, Bucky pulled it out only for Sam to realize that it was Titi's old rootbeer cake recipe, thought to be lost to time.

Well.

It was probably a recipe she wrote down from somewhere, but Sam still thought of it as Titi's.

And despite Sarah telling them that no one wanted to eat a rootbeer cake, they were making one. Because Sam remembered making this cake with Titi on several occasions and he... he just wanted that one more time.

That feeling of being close.

"You're just showing off," said Bucky, Sam seeing the rootbeer-molasses mixture get to a boil, taking the mixture off the heat as Bucky measured out the baking soda, dropping it into the pot as Sam whisked the mixture, "Knowing when dinosaurs existed. Being smart."

"I'm showing off? You're the one who tried to crack that egg with one hand. I see you haven't cleaned that up yet," said Sam, smirking glancing at the egg still very much on the counter.

"So I can't look into your gorgeous Bella Notte coral bells eyes and think 'Man, I just want to impress the pants off of the love of my life'?" asked Bucky, voice thick with charm.

"You know what would impress me?" asked Sam, trying to hide a smile, the mixture he was whisking frothing, "If you clean it up."

"I was getting to it," said Bucky, kissing Sam on the cheek as he grabbed the pot from Sam to place it in the fridge to cool, then getting to actually cleaning up his mess, "Oh, that reminds me. Jurassic Park. On the list of things I'm supposed to watch at some point."

"Date night: Jurassic Park. I'm down to clown," said Sam, pouring gratulated sugar, brown sugar, and vegetable oil into a mixing bowl, about to pour in the vanilla extract when Bucky stopped him, "What?"

"I read about this online. You can replace vanilla with alcohol sometimes," said Bucky, grabbing the cheaper bourbon bottle from the alcohol cabinet and pouring probably too much of it into the mix, "Let's see if that's true."

Sam snorted, mixing the ingredients, the combined mess a little chunky, but he remembered how his titi used to say that was what was supposed to happen.

"Hey. We need the egg that you actually cracked into that bowl now. You know, the one you cracked before you read the instructions," said Sam, snickering as he watched Bucky walk over to the fridge, pulling out the second-try egg that he did manage to crack with one hand and unceremoniously dumping it into the mixing bowl.

"Voila," said Bucky, Sam trying not to laugh at the deadpan as he whisked, everything becoming a smooth, thick paste as Bucky pulled out another mixing bowl, pouring in the cardamom, baking powder, star anise, and flour into the bowl and combining them, "A lot of steps to a rootbeer cake."

"What? Did you think this was going to be easy?" asked Sam, grating in lemon zest and nutmeg, adding salt and pepper to the dry ingredients bowl, "This was a whole thing. My parents would dramatically grumble about what the mess would be as Titi brought me, Sarah, and Gideon into the kitchen to make it with her. She needed... three helpers, you see, and..."

Sam... didn't talk about Gideon much.

Gideon fell off the face of the earth for them. Sam didn't even know what happened. There had been a fight between Gideon and Sarah when Sam was on the run with Steve. When Sam came back from the Blip, Gideon never reached out. Sam and Sarah didn't know if Gideon was even alive.

Sam wished he knew.

But he was very sure that the fight was about him. He couldn't be sure, because Sarah always shut down whenever Sam brought it up, but... Sam was pretty sure.

Bucky wrapped an arm around Sam's waist, the light pressure of their sides touching comforting. Sam leaned his head on Bucky's shoulder.

"I think we're supposed to do one of the more complicated steps now," whispered Bucky.

Sam laughed, wiping away a few tears.

"You're just saying that because you're bad at spatial intelligence," said Sam.

"I'm not bad at spatial intelligence, I hate trying to figure out what a third of a mixture is," said Bucky, but Sam dismissed that grumble, pulling out the cooled rootbeer mixture from the fridge.

"I can eye it," said Sam, feeling like Titi as he poured what he assumed was a third of each of the mixtures, mixing, adding another third, mixing again, another third, mixing, combining it into an almost liquid mix, "Titi always used to eye it."

"Your titi sounds like a great woman," said Bucky as Sam handed the mix to Bucky, who poured it into an already prepared cake pan.

"She was," said Sam, putting the cake pan on a cookie sheet before sliding it onto the middle rack in the preheated oven, "A scientist. Artist. She studied the birds off the Louisiana coast - drew sketches of them, took notes on their behavior. She was the smartest woman I knew. Wildly creative. Used to make up a new game for us to play every weekend, even when we were all teens. I wish you could have met her. I don't know if she would have loved you. I don't - she was religious, so I don't know how she would have reacted..."

Sam pointed between him and Bucky.

"To this," said Sam, "But I know you would have loved her."

Bucky's eyes softened.

"I'm sure I would have," said Bucky, putting in forty-five minutes on the oven timer, the two of them walking to the breakfast table to sit and wait, "Could you tell me a few stories about her?"

Sam smiled, grabbing Bucky's hand and squeezing it.

"I'd love to," said Sam, overflowing with warm memories about his titi.

❤️ ❤️ ❤️

Want to choose a date for Sam and Bucky to go on during this special February Daily SamBucky Fluff Diary event? Check out the prompts here and send me an ask! I’ll write you a drabble as one of my Daily SamBucky Fluff Diaries!

#sambucky #the daily sambucky fluff diary #sambucky drabble #sam wilson #bucky barnes #28 short sambucky dates #date 16 #cooking date #sarah wilson #titi #gideon wilson #sam tells bucky all of his favorite memories about his titi #and bucky listens with love in his eyes #my drabbles #my headcanons

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