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ohmyeyesmyeyes · 7 months

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take 2

nico hischier x actress!f!reader

fc: sophie turner

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ynofficial: i heart nj

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claudiasulewski: first

maya_henry: mother is mothering

user1: WHO IS COWBOY

ynofficial: you mean you haven't heard 'cowboy like me'?

user2: what of nico?????

user3: DID HE SLIDE INTO UR DMS

taylorswift: i heart u

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user4: POV you came from deuxmoi's blind item 👀

user5: oui

ayoedebiri: ur pretty

jackhughes: yo

user6: no

user7: this is the wrong nj player commenting, i forbit it

user8: jack baby snap out of it

user9: only y/n could get the captain to wink at her and the social media heartthrob to comment on her ig

user10: ✨✨✨ BEST BELIEVE I'M STILL BEJEWELED ✨✨✨

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deuxmoi: there were a few blind items submitted relating to the same A lister and athlete, and others also hinted at said sports star's respected status in the city, and his private nature, thus the lack of photos from the night

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user11: LOVING HIM WAS REDDDDD

user12: no bc i ship it so hard

user13: there's absolutely zero way that they're not talking about y/n and nico 😭

user14: in y/n's recent post she was wearing a sparkly star dress too

user15: me bc nico won't be protected from all the y/n girlies anymore: 😢😢

user16: THEY MOVE FAST IF THIS IS TRUE

user17: okay but my thinking is that they knew each other prior to the hockey game???

user18: RIGHT???

user19: THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY HE KNEW WHERE SHE WAS SITTING THERE'S NO WAY A HOCKEY PLAYER CAN PINPOINT SOMEONE'S SEAT THAT QUICK UNLESS THEY ALREADY KNEW WHERE THEY WERE SITTING

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hockeygossip: LATE ARRIVAL FOR Y/N L/N TO NASHVILLE HOCKEY AWARDS 2023. PICTURED WITH DEVILS HOCKEY CAPTAIN NICO HISCHIER MOMENTS AFTER HER LATE ARRIVAL.

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ynofficial: because the first launch failed ☺️

📸: nicohischier ❤️

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user21: IT'S HAPPENING IT'S HAPPENING EVERYBODY STAY CALM

user22: [tyres screech] [distant crash] [sirens] [crying] [heartbeat monitor]

user23: AHHHAH AHHAA HAHA *faints*

user24: he's taking a photo of her 😭

user25: the way she's looking at him and his concentration 😭

user26: your honour they're in love

user27: YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THE GAME THING WAS THE INITIAL HARD LAUNCH BUT WE ALL MISINTERPRETED IT???

ynofficial: ...yes

user28: WE'RE DUMB WE APOLOGISE

jackhughes: this is cute

nicohischier: can i get your number?

ynofficial: sure, it's #13

nicohischier: 😲😲

user29: you know it's SERIOUS bc she's never been ig official before

user30: fr she didn't even post callum mf turner, if i was her i'd have been yelling from the rooftops

user31: SHE SAID ALL THAT ABOUT HIM IN AN INTERVIEW OH MY GOD I'M DYING

user33: 'he's patient, kind, intelligent, calm, and just a really beautiful soul' I BELIEVED IN YOU NICO ALL THIS TIME

user34: nico fans are really winning here

user35: SHE MADE IT FOR THE END OF THE AWARDS

user36: but that pap photo from instagram? the way they were looking at each other has me in my own puddle of tears in a nest of already used tissues bc they're adorable

user37: that photo single-handedly instilled in me the belief that love does exist

user38: they're my 'don't take risks on dangerous roads' couple now

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nicohischier: it's come to my attention that there's been a lot of talk about my relationship lately, and i just wanted to come on here and confirm that i am batshit crazy for this woman, and pathetically in love with her. so, yes, the rumours are true 😊

ps i have the dad seal of approval

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jackhughes: first

john.marino97: whipped

nicohischier: yep 💪

jackhughes: why are you ignoring me

nicohischier: because you haven't said anything worth commenting on

ynofficial: i'm a sports watcher for you

nicohischier: appreciate it, thanks

ynofficial: you're welcome

user39: i think i love this awkward conversing

user40: it's my aspiration in life to have that

lhughes_06: happy for you, cap 😁

jackhughes: *cough* suck up *cough*

tmeier96: ABOUT DAMN TIME 👏👏

ynofficial: you can rip that NDA up now

tmeier96: i might frame it for sentimental purposes

ynofficial: really?

nicohischier: that's suspicious

siegenthaler34: in my defence i did try my best with the jumbotron incident

nicohischier: and we're very thankful for that

ynofficial: if anything it helped thicken the plot 😂

siegenthaler34: it was pretty funny

user41: THE y/n l/n being the captain's wag wasn't on my bingo card for this year

nicohischier: you and me both

ynofficial: please, i was a goner from the very SECOND you smiled

nicohischier: the very second? 😏

ynofficial: stfu and bring the coffee

nicohischier: as you wish

+ BONUS: Spittin Chiclets Podcast

#nico hischier x reader #nico hischier oneshot #nico hischier imagine #nico hischier social media au #nhl fic #nhl imagine #hockey fic #hockey imagine

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miloformula123fan · 4 months

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Hey, can I request something (don't really care what, I just want to read something about this 😭) about Y/N being Max (or Charles or both 👀) best friend, but everyone (from the grid, their team and the fans) think they're dating, but Y/N is actually either aroace or not into guys (maybe she even has a girlfriend). Eventually someone of them snaps and she brings her gf to a race or wears a shirt with a giant asexual pun on it. 🙈

I hope this is not too specific (or not specific enough idk 😭) and I would love if you could do something like that.

okay I'll be honest I loved this, but my layout was not going well so this turned into a blurb

Please keep requesting - y'all have awesome ideas we agree on a lot of stuff :) - my guidelines are here, and if you want some prompts, they are here.

also feel free to come in and start chatting to me in my asks, would love to get to know y'all better

Okay I apologise, I really wanted to get this out, so I did turn this into a blurb

And I loved how detailed this request was - i really don’t mind how detailed you get as long as I can write something

Y/N grew up with Max and Charles

So even before they made it to f1, the fangirls were shipping it

And it wasn’t that big of a deal

Until it was

Aka all the media questions were about her relationship

And her attempted soft launch on her insta

It got a bit annoying when Christian joked about her letting Max win the championship

And Callum and the mechanics were constantly making jokes and laughing at the 2 of them

And when she spent 10 of a 15 minute press conference answering questions about Max and Charles

Yeah she’d had enough

So she brought her girlfriend to a race.

(probably Maya Hawke, cause let’s be honest every lesbian and bi girl has a crush on her)

So it’s just the 2 ultimate women together

The world goes crazy

Christian just turns round and goes ‘why didn’t you tell me?’

It gets worse when Y/N rocks up to the press conference, not in her red bull shirt but this shirt

Twitter goes wild

Any of coure Y/N wins the race for Maya

(i can’t even drive and I would win the race for Maya)

#f1 blurbs #miloformula123fan #f1 x reader #max verstappen x reader #charles leclerc x reader #max verstappen #charles leclerc #f1 fanfic #max verstappen x you #charles leclerc x you #maya hawke x reader #maya hawke x you #maya hawke

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zuppizup · 1 year

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I've been gathering my thoughts, musing, discussing, re-watching and while I still don't quite know how I feel about the new season, I've managed to put something together.

I assume it's incoherent...

So, overall, I did enjoy the season. It was awesome to be back in the world again. The scenery was gorgeous (especially Xadia), Soren was an absolute hoot and little gremlin child Zym cracked me up.

Poor solo Mum Zubeia.

Having said that... I spent most of the season expecting each episode would deal with the elephant in the room and each episode just left me with more questions.

And maybe that would have been okay, if not for the persistent hype.

For so long we've been told how much darker this season is going to be. How Callum is super affected by Rayla’s absence, how he's dangerously obsessed with magic now but... he got mad at a book and that was kinda of it? He seemed quite interested in the mirror but this is the guy who almost got zapped by lightning to try and connect to the Sky Arcanum.

So, yeah, I've seen worse from him. I expected worse from him.

Episode one and Callum’s Reflections story showed he was clearly devastated by the events of TTM. Inheritance has him unable to even say Rayla’s name months after she’s left.

So honestly, his reaction to Rayla’s sudden return actually seemed relatively normal. He didn’t want to talk which we’ve seen him do before.

But he seems to see her reaction to his apparent rejection and concedes:

and this happens:

Rayla’s reaction just seemed… almost cruel. Cuddling and giggling with Stella while Callum sits upset. Saying he was joking when he referred to the fact she was missing for two years. Honestly, I was so taken aback by that.

(I know people love the cuddle-mama thing but what about my boy Callum?!)

The revenge thing also got me, because… when was it about revenge? When did that change? Are we to disregard TTM and Dear Callum? What was the point of them then?

What really got me for both of them was Rayla leaving the next morning (Why? To go where?) and Callum… not even noticing? Being more concerned about a magic show than the person he's apparently been worried sick about for literally years.

Rayla randomly re-appearing later that night also seemed… so strange. What was she doing all day? Why not come to Ez somewhere private? And like others have pointed out, she apologises to Ezran but never Callum? And he forgives her immediately? Soren seemed to be the most aware of how weird this whole situation is for Callum. (Thanks himbo, we love you).

My favourite scene was top of the Storm Spire when Callum seemed like he was going to talk to her but they took that away too?! And yeah, the callback was funny but come on! It really felt out of place.

Now we have Callum’s possession by Aaravos forgotten about and the issue with Rayla’s absence once again pushed back.

I would have bought her joking and attempts at flirting if we got a few more micro expressions of concern or doubt but it felt genuine rather than trying to awkwardly ease the tension.

The Drakewood sequence threw me to. Her attitude was such a departure from old Rayla (the Rayla who ran off solo to save a dragon because it felt like the right thing to do).

And don't get me wrong, I was hungry for why she changed so much but we got nothing. I'm really hoping this is addressed in later seasons because "time skip" just doesn't feel like enough to explain this to me.

Hints of old Rayla did make me hopeful (the immediate self blame when Soren doesn't come back) and I was hoping this would lead to her more relaxed nature being a front. Hiding her emotions is not out of character for Rayla, being good at it is. Getting better at that during a time skip I could buy.

But alas, that didn't seem to go anywhere either.

The Viren reveal was even stranger for me. Mainly because… what about people who haven’t read TTM? Wouldn’t you expect more shock from Rayla and Callum to find him alive? There’s been barely anything addressing the fact Rayla left because she wasn’t convinced Viren was dead. A throw away line in S04E03 which wasn’t really given any weight or importance.

And where do they go from here? Has Rayla been “validated”? From her perspective Viren has been alive the entire time and is actively trying to free Aaravos. So yeah, it hurt Callum that she left but her reasons are valid.

If anything Viren is more dangerous than she suspected in TTM.

And yes, I get I’m not a regular fan. My ~500k of fanfic focusing of these characters clearly shows that, but what about the casual fans? Or people just discovering the show on a binge watch? So many things in the season just make no sense. Characters do things because the plot needs them to, not for compelling reasons.

And sure, it might all get explained in the next season (please, please!!!) but there were a number of choices that felt off or confusing.

Which… after all the hype of “Where’s Rayla?”, the Twitter and Instagram posts, the panels, etc… we essentially got:

“Oh yeah, she’s there.”

I hope some of this is addressed next season. I want to know what Rayla was doing for two years. Why she came back when she did. What caused her change of heart when it comes to things like trying to save people. Why she hasn't apologised to Callum yet.

I know coming back after a hiatus was going to be difficult and integrating the supplementary material would be a task but we had so much wonderful character building and insight and it really felt like it was all for nothing at this stage.

I loved the Reflections series and utterly adored TTM. They did great things with the characters and I was really looking forward to seeing that continue in the series. I’m still hopefully for future seasons but I will admit to being underwhelmed by this one.

#this was suppose to be a short gripe…#it went places #they made me meta #I never meta #pouts #the dragon prince #tdp #rayllum #rayla #callum #tdp spoilers #tdp season 4 spoilers

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jelzorz · 2 years

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120.

following on from the CHET ficlets (111, 114, 115, 116)

They happen across a travelling doctor on the way home.

She's a Sunfire elf with ties to Lux Aurea, she says, and she takes one look at Rayla and offers her help. "I'm a friend," she promises after she catches the way Callum's fingers tighten protectively around Rayla's shoulder. "That horn needs tending to. I can help."

Reluctantly, cautiously, Callum lets her. It's hard to trust people these days, especially after what they've all been through, but Rayla's in too bad shape to wait until they get home. It's Ez who convinces him that it'll be okay, especially after the doctor says she knows Queen Janai.

"You might know our aunt, then," says Ezran.

"Ez..." warns Callum, but the doctor only smiles and nods.

"I wondered if that might be who you are," she says. "Your Majesty. Your Highness. Captain. My Lady." She bows at them in turn, offering a nod to Soren and a hand to Rayla to beckon her forward. "Come. Let's get you fixed up."

They take the opportunity to set up camp for the evening, and Callum tries not to watch too closely or seem too paranoid, at the way the doctor--Navah, she'd said--pokes and prods at Rayla. Soren takes pity on him at last and heads over to see how things are going, and Callum is left to tend the fire with Ez.

"She'll be okay," says Ezran reassuringly. "Navah seems nice and she knows what she's doing. Better than any of us, anyway. Rayla's gonna be fine."

"Mm."

A pause settles between them. The fire crackles happily in the night. Ez heaves a sigh.

"Do you wanna do Big Feelings Time?"

"What?"

Ez nudges his elbow. "Like when we were kids, remember? We say what's on our mind, and the other person says they hear you, and it makes you feel better?"

Callum grimaces. "I don't really wanna talk about my Big Feelings," he murmurs.

"Well, I do."

"Ezran."

Ezran gives him a look. "I have Big Feelings too, y'know," he says You're not the only one who missed her, and who was scared, and who was worried about her--who's still worried about her, especially after what she's been through. She's my family too."

Callum falls silent at that. He looks away, his face warmed by the fire and red in shame. "Sorry," he mutters.

Ez twitches his lips at him. "I get it," he says quietly. "When we got that message from Claudia--when Rayla's... horn turned up in our mail..." He shudders. "I don't think I'd ever been so angry and so scared at the same time. I threw up after you left. The idea that someone could hurt Rayla like that..." He swallows and pokes sadly at the fire. "I think--and again, I get it, you love her differently, and she's more than family to you but... I think you forget sometimes that you're not the only one who loves her."

There's another pause. Callum presses his lips together and blinks in the firelight, his eyes watering. "Sorry," he rasps again, his throat dry. "I--um--"

"You don't have to apologise," says Ez kindly. "But you guys aren't alone out here. What Claudia did was messed up but... not everyone wants to hurt her. Soren and I, and even Navah, and all the people at home--we just want to help."

"Right. Yeah." The stick Callum's been using to poke the fire feels slick with sweat, the bark sharp against his palms. His throat is all clogged up, and not just because he wants to cry and scream and rage all over again, but because there are feelings there that need to be aired and...

"We don't have to talk about it now," says Ez. "But we have to talk about it, okay? We still haven't... really discussed all the stuff that happened while she was gone, but she's home now. She's gonna be okay. So... let's talk about it properly when we get back, okay? Promise?"

Callum nods. He glances at Rayla, and the way Navah is applying salve to the stump of her horn, and the way Soren's taken over splinting her bad wrist. He sucks in a breath. "Promise."

#rayllum #in anticipation #i keep trying to write fluff and this happens????#anyway come at me nycc #cube hostage exchange theory #adjacently

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lightninghitsground · 1 year

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This show. You got Ben and Callum together because Callum was exactly the right person that Ben needed (and vice versa) Someone who would see past his bravado, and pull him up on it, question it, delve a little deeper to work out the reason behind it. Care enough to want to help and support him through it. So why they persist with making Callum do the opposite of that every time Ben really needs him to look past the bullshit is beyond me. I don’t know how many more times I can watch on as Callum makes Ben apologise for his behaviour when he acts out, and then assume everything is OK because Ben has said sorry. Not ever questioning that bit further, not ever trying to work out why. It’s just not what Callum would do, and I kinda hate that to make these stories work, it’s always Callum’s character that gets sacrificed. IDK.

#ballum

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schulott · 1 year

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on principle i hate doing opinion text posts on tumblr because it clogs the tag and no one cares, but i just want to organise my thoughts a little re: the JHR mess at Long Beach. It’s long, and under the cut:

JHR called a bad race

That is the root cause of how the races for both drivers turned out. Pitting and releasing Callum into the path of Canapino in the #78 without clueing Callum in on the situation, nor telling #78 that Helio was not on the lead lap both led to the incident that put the #78 out of the race. The Argentine commentary incited the abuse

On a level you could understand Canapino’s frustration (without knowing Callum was given no info by the team), but the commentator (Martin Ponte) who is supposed to be watching the race, knows how racing works and the driver has little to no input on strategy and pitstops, and have a clue of what’s going on just decided to call on air that Callum is the enemy of the whole of Argentina. Because of something that is of no fault of his own.

Ponte “apologised” on Twitter afterwards, but it was along the lines of “I did not mean to cause hatred and if it is taken this way I apologise”. Which, non-apology really. Callum bore the brunt of the abuse - directly or indirectly

The fact that Callum felt the need to address it at all just about tells you how bad the abuse was. Even if the team’s accounts were on the receiving end of the vitriol, the root cause is the same - they are convinced Callum screwed over his teammate (and the team let it happen, or whatever).

Ricardo Juncos did speak with a journalist to clarify that Callum was not given the information, but even then, the reaction under that tweet was along the lines of it being a weak excuse to help Callum, or that of course JHR would not say a bad word about their number 1 driver. JHR’s silence and obfuscation

Get this - Callum addressed the abuse soon after the race. Even Indycar came out with a statement on Monday addressing the social media mess after Long Beach.

JHR only came out with a post within the last hour or two (on Tuesday after the race) well after everything happened. There is no excuse to such a delay in taking on the very visible storm on social media, that you come out with something well after your driver and the racing series itself said something. It is well overdue.

When you dig into the statement though, it gets more problematic.

It talks about “drivers and the team” receiving abuse. The bulk of the abuse was at Callum, directly. If those comments are found on JHR’s accounts, the target is still Callum. Or along the lines of it’s the team’s fault that Callum is at JHR. Is the “drivers and the team” in the room with us? Call a spade a spade, it is not that hard.

The statement talks about the drivers respecting each other and then goes straight to them in a sport where split second decisions make or break weekends, and they learn, forgive and forget. How does this read to you? My read is this - it did nothing to dispel the misguided belief that Callum was at fault for something the team screwed up, and somehow Callum is to be forgiven. Since, you and I know, the genesis of this statement was the reaction to a situation where the Argentine fanbase believed Callum screwed Canapino over.

Sure, there are things to forgive and forget. Both drivers can “forgive and forget” for whatever happened in the strategy box and on the engineering stand that got us here. But only Callum has the perogative to forgive all the abuse he got.

It is disingenuous to obfuscate the failings as a team on the strategy side with the online abuse that was hurled Callum’s way and then wrap it all up and say we learn, forgive and forget.

Then Ricardo Juncos goes and tells a Motorsport.com journalist that Callum does not understand the passion of Argentine fans which drove the reaction on social media. Bear in mind that Callum got a lot of death threats. Can you really handwave that away as passion? The long term deal, in fact, is just for 2023

Just some final thoughts - Callum was extended on a “multi-year” contract last year when the big teams start coming knocking. However, it emerged that it in fact is only for the 2023 season. I would entirely avoid the discussion on whether Callum enabled the team to grow since they started together in 2021 on his own with no teammates to help him, but I hope the bigger teams are back in for him this year, and that this incident opens his eyes to seriously consider moving on. Cause, as this turn of events tell us, the team does not really have his back.

#read at your own risk #callum ilott #indycar #long beach 2023 #j.txt #so sorry for writing this but i had to make sense of all this #and yeah. i was already a bit sour on JHR before this but truly apathetic after this shitstorm #not to mention the PR at the team is clearly slanted towards canapino already this year #ok to rb btw

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potential-fate · 10 months

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“It was…” Abe frowned again, “It was… awkward. Nathan was a pain the entire time. I lost count how many times mom told him off…”

Callum let out a short laugh. He’d only met Nathan once before. The 15 year old had shown up at the record store where Callum spent his time working a few months ago and had antagonized the one customer who’d been in the shop at the time. Once the older man had left, without buying anything, Nathan had sauntered over to the counter and leaned on it casually before asking him if Callum was really his brother’s ‘roommate’. Air quotes included in the veiled accusation. Callum hadn’t known how to respond, and the delay before his denial had been enough of an answer for Nathan. After that, the younger Chun boy had had a few other choice opinions included in that conversation. Minus the fact that he was on the receiving end of the boy’s attitude, Callum was almost entertained by blatant and unapologetic commentary. Not that he was going to tell Abe that. He’d chosen not to mention that Nathan had paid him a visit at all. Luckily, it seemed Nathan had had no intention of saying anything about the encounter either.

“I’m sorry…” Abe apologised and Callum glanced up at him, “I… It’s not like I didn’t want you there…”

Callum pursed his lips lightly. He wasn’t sure he believed that, but he chose to let that go.

“Look, I know, okay?” Callum sighed, “You don’t have to keep apologising. I didn’t expect an invite.”

Abe pouted slightly at that. But Callum hadn’t expected an invite. Abe barely mentioned Callum’s name around his mother, and inviting him to a family get-together was obviously off the table. He didn’t know why Abe kept bringing it up as if he’d guilt tripped him about it.

“I… I mean,” Abe wrung his hands in his lap, “They don’t even know I’m gay. My mom won’t even consider that an option, so it’s not that simple…”

“I said it was fine….” Callum frowned slightly, “do we really need to have this conversation again?”

Abe bit his lip, “It’s just… that’s a huge commitment, you know that right?”

Callum looked out the window of the kitchen, staring into the desert of Arkhelios and trying not to grit his teeth. Of course he knew that coming out to one’s parents was a big deal. It wasn’t as if he hadn’t done it himself years ago. He was lucky that his mother was so understanding of it. He had friends who hadn’t had the same luck. Callum assumed that Abe’s mother would fall closer to that side of the argument, based on Abe’s general disdain for the idea of telling her.

Abe interrupted his thoughts, “It’s just that you’re obviously upset about it, you know? And I–”

#arkhelios #sims stories #sims 2 #sims 2 stories #sims 2 gameplay #ts2 #Arkh Ch5 #my posts #Callum Walton #Abe Chun #long post #sorry this one got away from me #listen it took a lot in my power NOT to write the scene between Nathan and Callum #I have a very distinct scene for that in my two lil braincells #so you know #take that however you will lmao

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afterdark-vp · 11 months

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This isn't hate or anything, please don't take it that way, it's just an observation

Your ocs you've been showcasing recently are super stereotypical and it's a little obvious and strange. Momo, the Asian kpop girl, Bjorn, the norwegian viking, and now a Cal Kestis copy but he's a joytoy?. Some people might get offended by those, momo and Bjorn especially for obvious reasons

You don't even got to listen to me I just wanted to quickly point that out because I don't know if you were doin it purposely or not

you’ll be happy to know that i’ve recently ditched momo and bjorn just purely because i didn’t connect with them as characters. if anyone was offended by these characters then i apologise. that was not my intention. i just like my characters to be diverse.

also i’m trying to figure how the ‘cal kestis copy’ being a joytoy could be offensive in any way. i didn’t even base him on cal kestis. i wanted a ginger character and that’s the look i ended up with. also his name being callum was completely unintentional 😆 it was a toss up between connor and callum and i thought callum suited him best. cal kestis didn’t even come to mind.

but whatever.

#well that’s ruined my mood #thanks #makes me not wanna make any more characters ever again

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queenshelby · 2 years

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D*I*L*F (Part 18 of 20)

Pairing: Cillian Murphy x Reader

Words: 768

Warning: Pregnancy, Angst, Fluff

Notes: Obviously not based on Cillian’s Real Life or Family. It’s all just fiction! Also, Cillian am on heavy pain meds atm, so please don’t mind you. Your writing may be a bit off.

PLEASE COMMENT AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.

After you stormed out of Cillian’s house in anger, Cillian felt it to be necessary to sit down with Nora and put her into place. The way she was acting was unacceptable and even Cillian realised that her antics were not just the result of her dislike towards you.

“I cannot believe that you are with her. It is just so fucking wrong” she kept on saying, telling Cillian that she appalled by the fact that you solicited an affair with him and now you get to be part of the family.

“Nora, I wouldn’t have gotten involved with Y/N unless I felt something for her and, the truth is that I didn’t even want to admit it to myself nine months ago. But, I realised since that I do love her. It may not seem right to you, but this is what I want. You know that your mother and I have been having problems in our marriage for years and, when Y/N moved in with us, I felt something I hadn’t felt in a while” Cillian explained before acknowledging to his daughter that he made many mistakes back then. He knew he should have handled all of this in a very different way and, for that, he apologised.

With his apology, Nora broke out in tears. She was clearly upset but she didn’t seem angry anymore.

“Nora?” Cillian asked, wanting to know what was really going on inside her head.

“I just hate the fact that Y/N gets this kind of support after breaking up our family and I get absolutely nothing” Nora cried and Cillian sighed again deeply before reiterating what had already said to her before.

“She didn’t break up our family. My marriage to your mother was broken already and my relationship with you and your brother doesn’t need to be affected by this. I will always love and support you both” Cillian said calmly but Nora got more and more upset.

“Well, I wish I would be in her shoes. I mean, not with you obviously, but generally speaking. I am in the same fucking situation without any support whatsoever” Nora spat as her anger was slowly returning.

“What are you talking about?” Cillian asked, confused and a little concerned.

“I am pregnant dad” his daughter then blurted out suddenly and Cillian’s chin dropped.

“You are what?” he asked, hoping that he had misunderstood.

“I am 16 weeks’ pregnant. Mum knows and she gave me money for an abortion eight weeks ago, but I couldn’t do it” Nora explained and Cillian’s eyes widened.

“Fuck, Nora” he gasped involuntarily. “Who is the father?” he wanted to know.

“His name is Callum. He’s married and not interested in me or the baby” Nora explained nervously and, after a moment of complete silence, Cillian spoke up again.

“You know what? Screw him. We will figure it out. You are strong and independent enough to bring this child up on your own and I will be here to support you” Cillian explained while reaching for his daughter’s hand carefully. She was still crying and clearly unsure about how to cope and where to go from there.

“You aren’t angry?” she asked through teary eyes. “You aren’t even judging me?” she then said surprised.

“Well, if I was to judge you, I would be a hypocrite, wouldn’t I?” Cillian chuckled, seeing how you just gave birth to his daughter Charlotte.

“I suppose” Nora laughed for a moment before saying exactly what Cillian needed to hear.

“I am sorry dad. I am sorry for everything” she said with a lot of emotion in her voice before falling into her father’s arms. He hugged her tightly and, after she got the comfort she needed, she asked an all-important question.

“Do you think Y/N would be okay for me to meet my sister?” she wondered and Cillian nodded.

“I think she would be” he smiled.

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blossom-adventures · 1 year

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Tagging @hauntedadagium @seradyn and @savage-rhi thank you for the support you’ve all shown me while I’ve been working on this, I hope you all like what I have so far ❤️🖤

A Tall Glass of Red Wine

An Ardyn x Reader Fic

Ok… the prologue and chapter 1 are here, I apologise in advance if I get some of the tenses are mixed up, it’s my first proper attempt at a xReader fic so I’m still getting used to the phrasing (it’s especially difficult because I’m working on an OC story for Skyrim too and I find myself writing “her” and “she” instead of “you” sometimes) bear with me, I’m still getting used to it 😅

This fic isn’t going to be posted as consistent as my Skyrim fic, I’m not planning a schedule for posting this fic, once I have a chapter, I’ll share it

Reference of alcohol & poisoning

Prologue

King Regis Lucis Callum, of the Crown City of Insomnia rules over all of the vast kingdom of Lucis, or maybe not so vast now, Niflheim has taken control of nearly half of the kingdom. Regis, although he has a kingdom to rule, also has his duties as a father and as an Uncle, as the only 2 left of his household, he loves them dearly - in his own way. His household consists of his son Noctis - the chosen King of Light - and his niece, a young Captain in the Kingsglaive… You.

You came into your Uncle’s care after your father tried to put on the Ring of the Lucii, he wasn’t the chosen king after all, he wasn’t worthy of the Ring. With Noctis being heir to the throne of Lucis, you were expected to marry well and be a perfect wife to a high rank noble or a prince, however, you had shown such skill with a blade that your Uncle allowed you to train with the Kingsglaive. You flourished amount their ranks, climbing the ranks quickly until you became the youngest captain ever.

As you were of the Royal line your Uncle sent you off with the Marshal to collect your own set of Royal Arms. The pair of you traveled from each of the Royal Tombs to collect the power they held inside.

Once you and the Marshal returned you were sent out again within the week to lead your Glaives on a infiltration mission into Empire controlled lands.

“Stay safe,” King Regis said to you as you prepared to leave “and don’t use your Royal Arms in Niflheim controlled lands, if they found out who you were…”

“I know Uncle, I’ll be back soon, I’m sure” you gave him a warm smile, and gave his hand a reassuring squeeze

“Y/N, come on, we need to go!” You look over your shoulder at one of the other Glaives, you look back at your Uncle and he forced a smile before letting you go, you walk down the steps of the Citadel and join your fellow Glaives. A simple infiltration mission, what could go wrong?

Chapter 1 - The Poisoned Glass

Working as a servant in the Niflheim Royal Palace wasn’t what you had ever wanted to do, Niflheim was the enemy, you belonged in the Crown City of Insomnia, but you, and so many others were prisoners of war, made to serve the Empire, and you thanked the Gods everyday that your identity had been kept quiet so far, no one seemed to know who you were.

Magitech guards kept watch on the servants in the Emperor’s palace, programmed to ensure that no Lucian in the employ of the Empire did anything to harm the people they now served, there had been attempts, you knew of at least 2 men who had disappeared over the last month, that knowledge alone was enough to keep you loyal, as much as you hated the idea.

Most days you worked as a maid; cleaning the palace, taking the belongings of visiting dignitaries to their guest rooms or - as it was tonight - serving drinks in one of the many ballrooms. The men and women who were guests of the Emperor were dressed to impress, the women wore incredibly tight looking dresses that you thought looked very uncomfortable, and the men wore their finest suits… all but one at least.

The Chancellor, despite his high rank, never wore fine suits… that wasn’t to say that his outfit was dull, far from it; his black leather, ankle length coat was always worn, as was his hat and red scarf, even in the height of summer, as it was tonight. You had heard people comment on it too, although you knew that none of them would say anything to him directly, the man was an intimidating figure.

He was leaning against the wall, looking out at the party from under the rim of his hat as you passed him

“Do you have red wine with you?” He caught your attention with a snap of his fingers as he spoke

“I’m afraid not, Chancellor Izunia” you say as you approach him “only champagne, I’m sorry”

“Pity… I suppose it will have to do” he took a glass from one of your silver serving trays and waved you away to continue your rounds of the ballroom, offering drinks to the other guests. Passing out glasses to another group of guests emptied your serving tray, so you tuck it under your arm and return to the kitchens to replenish your supply

“The Chancellor’s asking for red wine, do we have any?” Another servant asked as he asked as they followed you in

“That man drinks nothing but wine, can’t he last one night without it?” The older man who ran the kitchens scoffed as he walked off, he was a fellow Lucian, that much you knew, you didn’t tend to ask questions like that, it usually got people angry and upset when they spoke of their homes. He set the fresh bottle of red wine on the counter, the young man who had asked for it pulled out the cork and poured a glass. You were collecting your fresh champagne flutes when you saw him pour something else into the glass, a fine white powder.

“What are you doing?” You hissed as he stirred the powder until it had completely dissolved

“With the Chancellor gone, then it just leaves the Emperor”

“And the whole of Niflheim’s army, are you insane!”

“Don’t you want to go home?” The young man looked at you, he looked desperate

“Of course I do… but poisoning the Chancellor is not the way to do it” you try to reach for the glass but he pulled it away from your reach and left the kitchen, you went to follow him but the older man caught your arm

“Don’t bother dear, let this be on him, alone”

“But what about the Chancellor?” You ask, the older man let out a sigh

“You have too much heart, dear, you won’t do well here if you care as much as you do” he nodded to your tray of champagne “you best get going with that, don’t want the high and mighty of Niflheim going too long without their alcohol now do we.”

Back in the ballroom, you can’t help but look over at the Chancellor, he was still leaning against the wall, looking down at his wine glass, swirling the liquid, but not drinking it, as you make your way around the hall, he catches your attention again, and waves you over.

“Is… there something wrong Sir?”

“The servant who brought me this, did he open the bottle and pour it?” You swallow your nerves that had risen to the surface

“Yes, Sir” he looked up from you and you followed his gaze, the young man was standing at the far corner of the room

“Well then, I know what he’s done… and I want him to know that what he’s done will result in someone dying”

“Sir?” Your voice trembled slightly as you spoke, he took your empty trays off you and handed the glass of wine, he kept his hand clasped tightly around yours, and looked at you, you could see a look in his eye that made your stomach turn

“Drink it” your eyes widen and you tried to take a step back from him, but he catches your wrist and held it tightly “you will do as I say, drink it”

“Sir, I…”

“Drink it” he repeated again, you quickly look over your shoulder, the servant responsible to this was still watching “I don’t want to have to force you” you look back at the Chancellor, then down to his hands, one holding your wrist tightly, to the point it started to hurt, and the other holding your hand and the glass he had given you, you couldn’t drop it, or even throw it at him, he was giving you no choice.

Why did I come over here, why did I feel the need to ask him anything? I’m going to die because I care too much, I’m so stupid

“I’m waiting…” the Chancellor hummed

“Fine” you manage to choke out, his lips twitched into a brief smile before you lifted the glass to your lips

“That’s it, drink up” even though he spoke in a whisper, you could hear a hit of amusement or joy in his voice, he still held the glass and your hand as you tipped the rich red wine into your mouth. It had been months since you had drunk anything so expensive and rich in flavour, it was a pleasant flavour, you thought at first that there might have been nothing wrong with it at all, but then whatever your fellow servant had put it the wine hit your system, you let out a gasp as the Chancellor let go of you, freeing your hands to clasp your throat.

You heard someone shout, a mans voice from what you could tell, but your focus was on yourself, the poison surged around your body, causing your throat to constrict and your legs to give way from under you. You felt strong arms catch you though, they lowered you to the floor.

“It’s alright” the Chancellor’s voice spoke calmly in your ear, you could feel his breath against your neck, as he spoke, your vision was blurring, all you could see were shapes moving around you “try to take deep breaths… it’s alright” you feel a hand close your eyes and brush some hair from your face as you slip unconscious.

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hope-i-dont-choke · 1 year

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Oh my god but if we get a parallel to Callum kissing Rayla and then stuttering and apologising because he wasn’t sure if she wanted to be kissed, and she told him to shut up and kissed him again, but this time it’s Rayla kissing Callum and apologising because she’s not sure if he is ready to be a couple again, and he tells her to shut up and pulls her in by her waist and they make out, because that would make me squeal and they deserve a little hardcore making out, I would love that

#Rayllum #let’s go season 5 #let Them work through the angst #so they can start kissing again #and flirting #and teasing #i miss their best friend lovers energy so much

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Smiffina Episodes: An Honour To Serve - Part 1

Uniform are running low as a virus takes them down. Millie is trying to battle through despite feeling rough. Nate, Leon and Rachel have called in sick. Gina's going to have to go out to boost the numbers!

Smithy is giving Callum the silent treatment after what happened the day before though he can't resist telling him he's still fuming at being put in that position over Callum's arrest of Glen Donovan (Appropriate Force) and is still considering speaking out about the amount of force used. Callum assures Gina everything is absolutely fine - even if Smithy did just stalk out before she arrived.

Jake Quinn rings the station to tell them he's been stabbed. Roger and Ben arrive as Quinn is loaded into an ambulance. In the flat they find a couple of patches of blood and the living room has been turned over. There's a voicemail from a Nicola that states 'Gerard' is in the way to see him as he's seen the flowers he left her. Roger takes the telephone number and asks Sally to do a check on it.

Heaton offers to help fill in and Gina accepts telling him she really is that desperate! He smiles and says her that's the old Gina he knows and she pretends to take offence at the 'old' and apologises for how she spoke to him. (Funny Money). She tells him she was having a bad time of it and he sympathises. She places Heaton with Sally "Oh. Excellent." "...Try and say it like you mean it, Sally." Roger calls in the stabbing and she assigns Smithy with her after their argument the evening before.

"We are all on the same side." "We shouldn't have to take sides though, Ma'am."

Ben and Roger update Callum and Millie that a man was seen leaving the block of flats after a lot of shouting. He then went to a pink hatchback in the carpark and drove off. Sally updates them that the telephone number is registered to a Gerard Parry and sends the address through. Eddie thrusts a mask at "Sick Girl", Millie. "Coughs and sneezes spread diseases!" he tells her. Eddie Olusonje: Fighting Covid as far back as 2008.

Smithy apologises to Gina again and tells her he was angry. She tells him to forget it. Smithy speaks to the paramedics and then tells Gina the paramedics found Quinn on the floor by the open front door and all he said was 'thank you'. They speak to Quinn who tells them if it'd been an inch either way he'd no longer be here according to a doctor.

Quinn tells them it was Gerard Parry who stabbed him because he'd had an affair with his wife. He'd been their builder a few months back and 'one thing lead to another'. He didn't want to be responsible for breaking up a family so ended it but she won't leave him alone. That morning he says she rang and left him a message saying Gerard had found the flowers he sent but claims it wasn't him who sent them.

Gina updates Callum with the address of the suspect but they're already outside. Parry makes a run for it when the police arrive and manages to get away. Callum returns to the house to meet up with Millie and to talk to Parry's wife and daughter.

Nicola insists Quinn is the one who is obsessed with her after a one off she instantly regretted. She claims he is stalking her and that Gerard only punched him. She shows Callum the card and flowers and details calls and text messages of harassment but has deleted the evidence to stop her husband finding them. She'd had an affair 5 years ago and promised it would never happen again. The Parry's daughter tells Millie that her parents either argue or give each other the silent treatment. She's become immune to it as she puts headphones in and turns her music up. She can't wait to be 16 and leave them so they can leave each other.

Eddie finds the knife underneath a settee. It's an expensive speciality knife that comes from a block in the Parry's house. Nicola tells Callum it's been missing for a week. She hands a family picture to Callum and tells him it's the 'most recent picture she has' of Gerard. It's at least 6 years old judging by the age of the daughter. Heaton and Sally find Parry at the Jubilee Canal and arrest him for stabbing Quinn. He protests he never stabbed him, that he was fine when he left him. In interview he tells Heaton and Sally that he found the roses on the doorstep and read the card. He'd had his suspicions as Nicola was 'different' when Quinn was around and he was smug. He'd told her that she'd enjoyed talking with him but he'd been harassing her since. They argued all night as it's not the first time she's had an affair. He says Quinn laughed in his face and said his marriage was a sham and she loved him not Parry. He then described her intimately. Parry admits punching Quinn and says he punched him back. They struggled, he realised he was making a fool of himself and shouted at him to leave his wife alone and left Quinn 'grinning'. Sally shows him a picture of the knife and he admits its theirs but he didn't take it with him and he doesn't know how it got there.

Heaton updates uniform they have enough evidence to charge Parry, however he believes that he could be innocent from his behaviour in interview. Smithy explains the paramedics found the door open but Heaton counters that Parry described slamming the door closed. That is backed up by a neighbour that Ben spoke to. Roger found no blood on the door handle or frame but plenty on Jake's hands. There's no identifying the florist as it's a generic bunch of red roses wrapped in cellophane and the card is typed. It's six of one and half a dozen of the other. Millie admits the daughter said her mother has been feeling neglected by the father so could have set it up to make him pay her attention, however, she hadn't told him about the affair so why would she? They consider if it was a way of bringing it to the fore so that Jake could still get punished for rejecting her. Sally brings the Parry's phone records and there's a lot of calls from their number to Quinn's flat over the last few weeks.

Callum returns to the Parry's house and Nicola admits to calling Quinn a couple of times to tell him to leave her alone. Callum tells her there's 40 calls. Some are short 20 second bursts but others are much longer. They were made during daytime hours when her daughter and husband would be out of the house. She only wants him to leave her alone and sticks to her story that she didn't call him.

Smithy and Gina return to St Hugh's and tell Quinn that Parry isn't denying the assault as he expected him to. He tells the same story that Parry did in interview, but then goes into detail about what furniture got knocked over in the struggle and that Parry then pulled a knife on him. He can't say where Parry got it from. He went to the floor after being stabbed and claims Parry stared at him, threw the knife and left, slamming the door behind him. He remembers thinking he had to get it open again for the paramedics. Gina asks if this was before he called 999 or after. Jake seems confused as to why he's being questioned and gets twitchy. He also has no defensive wounds on his body or hands. "If a fella comes at you with a knife you're gonna try and take it off him." Smithy points out. "And if he opened the door for the paramedics, why is there no blood on it?"

Gina updates Eddie and asks for his take on it. Eddie admits it's quite a confused crime scene. He says the things that are knocked over do not tally having fallen or broken in a struggle - for example a table has been upturned with one leg snapped off completely and then neatly laid inside the table frame. The blood is consistent with one stab wound, however Quinn has 5. There are marks on the wall and Eddie considers that Quinn could have braced the knife inplace and pushed himself onto it and taken 4 run attempts before the final one where he pushed it in fully. Smithy is only a couple of inches shorter than Quinn so attempts to recreate it - it lines up. Gina asks Roger and Ben to arrest Quinn but when they get there he's already gone.

Quinn has no criminal record and they have no idea what he's capable of. Callum is sent to bring Nicola into the station for safety. Smithy wonders if they could be in it together given that the knife from their home as used and found at Quinn's. It could be one way to end the marriage if she asked for a divorce and he refused. They are about to return to search Quinn's flat but are interrupted by the taxi driver who picked Quinn up from the hospital telling them he took Quinn to Nicola's house. Callum arrives to collect Nicola with Millie and shakes his asp out incase Quinn is inside. They find Nicola cowering behind the settee as she fears Quinn about to rape her. He tried to use his wound as a reason for her to leave Gerard and move in with him and Callum tells her that it was Quinn who stabbed himself. He'd have been able to copy keys from when there as a builder and that's how he got hold of the knife and made the phone calls, letting them connect to his answer phone so it looked as though they were talking. He's stolen her car and Callum puts out the registration.

Smithy finds Quinn's passport and sees he was deported from Australia so asks Sally to contact Interpol for more information. Ben finds ladies underwear and cosmetics in a drawer in Quinn's bedroom. The drawer also contains keys to Nicola's house. There are newspaper articles that describe a father commiting suicide in front of his 15 year old son. The surname is different but it's still Jake. They find a payslip for an internet cafe and attend, asking the boss if he's spoken to Quinn recently. He had been in approximately half an hour before them and needed to get something from his locker. He doesn't know what but Quinn did come out in a clean top. Whilst Smithy goes to the car for some bolt croppers to cut the padlock Jake installed on it, the boss tells Gina they get a lot of kids from the nearby school and Jake is really good with them but he generally keeps himself to himself. When the locker is open, Smithy pulls out a blooded tshirt, a pistol holder and bullet but no gun.

Heaton assures the Parry's they're digging into Quinn's background and trying to find as much as possible out about him. Nicola tells them Jake didn't have a happy childhood and that his parents and foster parents are dead. He'd spent some time in Melbourne and met a girl there but they broke up because 'she didn't understand him'. Smithy calls Heaton to one side and tells him about the gun and bullet. He's seems to have the gun tucked away away on the CCTV from the internet cafe and he's seen leading Sophie Parry outside. Quinn was arrested for stalking a woman in Australia but charges were dropped as there wasn't enough evidence. A few months later he was arrested again for sexual assault and still the charges wouldn't stick so they were dropped. Shortly after the boyfriend of the victim was shot and wounded. The police were certain Quinn did it but couldn't prove it, He was deported 2 weeks later. There was nothing suspicious about his father's suicide but they never found the gun used. He changed his name by taking on the surname of his foster family and then was in a succession of care homes before Social Services lost track of him.

It appears that he found out Sophie was a regular user of the internet cafe before Quinn started working there and that he applied for the job as a way to get closer to her for when he believed Nicola would dump Gerard and move in with him. The Parry's are terrified.

Smithy and Gina attend Sophie's school to talk to her best friend. They spot Nicola's car as soon as they arrive. Quinn is already there and armed. Gina asks for the headmistress but they hear a scream before she appears. Gina asks the head to action an evacuation. Smithy makes his way up to where the scream came from and is spotted by Parry who points his gun in his direction and tells him not to come closer as he takes 15 children, including Sophie and best friend Polly as well as a teacher hostage. Smithy assures him he won't and tries to get the rest of the children out. He uses the distraction to dart across to a dark room opposite Quinn. Gina tries to call Smithy on the radio. He turns his radio down and hides out of sight, not responding to the radio calls. His mobile goes to voicemail. Sally tells Gina and Smithy a girl ran from the car after Quinn parked and he followed her inside. A check of the car reveals an abduction kit of duct tape, rope and a hammer stored in the boot.

Smithy watches from a storeroom as Quinn stalks around the room. He asks the children for paracetamol and barks at Sophie to shut up when she tries to talk. He blames her for getting them into the situation as it was her who ran into school. He only took her because her mother wouldn't come without her. Heaton tells Gina to reply to Smithy to update him what's happening and that CO19 are en route.

Smithy uses his radio to transmit what is happening and listens as Jake threatens to shoot one of the children. He isn't prepared to wait. Officers hear Smithy shout 'POLICE!' over the radio as he goes in, hitting Jake on the back of the legs with his ASP. He shouts at the children to run out of the room. They then hear Quinn say 'You shouldn't have done that' and a gunshot. Gina shouts Smithy's name and the next thing they hear is Quinn saying 'You've got a man down'"

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Unresolved

She’s sits on the rock, ostensibly keeping watch but really, she just needs some time alone.

Which seems utterly ridiculous. She’s been alone for literally years now. Things were easier in some ways when she was by herself. She didn’t have to compromise or debate. If she wanted to do something, she did it.

She hears footsteps on the hard ground and doesn’t need to turn to know it’s Callum. Things haven’t exactly gone well between them. She probably shouldn’t have got so angry when she found him, Ez and Soren in Xadia. She was worried and scared but that tended to come out sounding angry.

Of course, he’d started yelling back at her. Rightfully so, to be fair.

She’d been impressed with Ezran’s diplomacy when he managed to end the argument. Not that anything was resolved but well, the yelling had stopped at least.

They just couldn’t seem to stop sniping at each other though and she could tell that Soren and Ezran were getting pretty sick of the tense atmosphere at this stage.

“Hey.” His voice is softer than it has been of late. “Em, do you mind…?” He gestures to the large rock she is sitting on.

She shakes her head, not quite trusting her voice. She hates fighting with him, especially after all this time. And in her defence, she had tried saying sorry to him but he’d rejected her apology and had thrown it back in her face.

And so, here they were.

This was not how she wanted to be reunited with him and she wanted so desperately to make things better… she just didn’t know how.

He sighed, eyes on the dark forest before them. “I’m, em, sorry for how I’ve been acting…”

She snorted, feeling tears welling up in her eyes. “You’re sorry?” Why was he apologising to her? He might have said some harsh things, but it was nothing compared to what she did to him. Soren had told her how much he’d changed since she left the Moon Nexus and she hated that her sweet, kind Callum had become angry and bitter because of her. Because of her lies and deceit.

He seems to read her words wrong though, looking hurt and upset for a moment before the now familiar sneer crosses his face.

“No, that’s not what I-” She takes a deep breath, closing her eyes in a vain attempt to stem the tears she can already feel on her cheeks. “I’m sorry. For… everything.” Her voice cracks and she pulls her knees into her chest as she tries to control herself. She owes him so much more than that, but the words stick in her throat, threatening to suffocate her.

Callum sighs, moving around a little to look at her better. “I know.” He sounds calmer and more like the Callum she remembers from before.

She risks a peek at him, confused by how in control he seems for the first time since they started travelling together again.

He’s watching her, his own eyes glassy but he smiles a little when they make eye contact.

“I don’t want to fight with you, Callum.” She swallows past the lump in her throat. “I wish I could just make things better. I wish we could go back to how we used to be.”

“Me too.” He takes a shaky breath, looking back to the forest again. “It can’t though, you know that, right?”

She looks away too but she doesn’t answer him. She can’t. She did all this because she couldn’t bear to lose him and she’s lost him anyway. Nodding stiffly, she hopes that’s good enough for him.

This is it. They’re over. It’s stupid that she held out hope he’d still want to be with her after everything, but she’s been stupid more than once in her life.

“But maybe…” He breathes out slowly, turning to look at her. “Maybe we can begin something new?”

She feels tears spring afresh from her eyes, but these ones are happy. Hopeful. “I’d like that.” She barely manages above a whisper but from the small smile that crosses his face, she thinks he heard her.

His hand reaches for hers but she finds herself unable to resist moving next to him, wrapping her arms around him and burying her face in the crook of his shoulder. “I missed you, Callum. I missed you so much.”

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