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castielhoney · 2 years
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i was almost asleep when i thought of this so forgive me if it makes no sense
dean and castiel are fictional characters so they do not exist unless we speak it into existence. because the creators/crew that helped create the characters are no longer doing so (unless they are, which would be funny in its own right), the only future and present that team free will has are the ones we say they do, all of which are gentle and happy and filled with rest.
our boys are happy.
goodnight.
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Please note that a character currently needs at least 3 submissions to make it into the poll
That said:
Has 3 Submissions or more:
Aang - Avatar: The Last Airbender
Anakin Skywalker - Star Wars
Batman - DC
Bella Swan - Twilight
Bloom Peters - Fate: The Winx Saga
Bojack Horseman - Bojack Horseman
Brambleclaw - Warrior Cats
Clary Fray/Fairchild - Shadowhunters
Coriolanus Snow - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Elsa - Frozen
Evan Hansen - Dear Evan Hansen
Frank Reagan - Blue Bloods
Gregory - FNaF Security Breach
Harry Dresden - The Dresden Files
Harry DuBois - Disco Elysium
Heywood Floyd - Space Odyssey
Holden Caulfield - The Catcher in the Rye
Kazuya Kinoshita - Rent-a-Girlfriend
Kiris - On the Emperor's Lap
Mal - Descendants
Peter Pan - Peter Pan
Rand al'Thor - Wheel of Time
Rintaro Okabe - Steins;Gate
Scott McCall - Teen Wolf
Stolas - Helluva Boss
Ted Mosby - How I Met Your Mother
Tim Jackson Drake - DC
Tony Stark - MCU
Walter White - Breaking Bad
Wanda Maximoff - MCU
Xander Harris - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Zoey Redbird - The House of Night
Has 2 Submissions:
Ash Ketchum - Pokemon
Bloom Peters - Winx Club
Claire - Ship It
Dawson Leery - Dawson’s Creek
Duck Dodgers - Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 century
Dr Gregory House - House MD
Elizabeth - Bioshock Burial at Sea
Ezra Bridger - Star Wars Rebels
Ferris Bueller - Ferris Bueller's Day off
Feyre Archeron - A Court of Thorns and Roses
Harry Potter - Harry Potter
James Bond - James Bond
Jaune Arc - RWBY
Kyouya Sata - Ookami shoujo to kuro ouji
Netsa Archeron - A Court of Thorns and Roses
Odysseus - The Odyssey
Owen Grady - Jurassic World
Piper - Orange is the new Black
Pucca - Pucca
Quentin Coldwater - The Magicians (books)
Rey - Star Wars
Richard Rahl - Seeker of Truth/Legend of the Seeker
Riley Matthews - Girl Meets World
Robin - Teen Titans Go
Shen Qingqiu (Shen Yuan) - Scum Villain’s Self Saving System
Tom Paris - Star Trek: vVyager
Velma - Velma
Wade Watts - Ready Player One
Has 1 Submission
Achilles - The Iliad
Akiyama Shun - Ryu Ga Gotoku/Yakuza
Alexander Hamilton - Hamilton
Animal Crossing New Horizons' Player Character - Animal Crossing New Horizons
Aquamarin Hoshino - Oshi No Ko
Aragorn - Lord of the Rings
Arek - So This Is Ever After
Artemis Fowl - Artemis Fowl
Arthur Pendragon - BBC Merlin
Ataru Moroboshi - Urusei Yatsura
August Landry - One Last Stop
Ayin - Lobotomy Corporation
Bakugou Katsuki - My Hero Academia
Betty Cooper - Riverdale
Billy Buddy/Dr. Horrible - Dr. Horrible's Sing Along
Blake - Pokemon Adventures Black 2 and White 2
Blitzo - Helluva Boss
Bubsy - Bubsy 3D
Charley Pollard - Doctor Who
Charlie Morningstar - Hazbin Hotel
Choromatsu Matsuno - Osomatsu-san
Colin Bridgerton - Bridgerton
Corrin - Fire Emblem Fates
Cory Matthews - Boy Meets World
Dal - Star Trek Prodigy
Damian Wayne - DC
Daphne Bridgerton - Bridgerton
Data - Star Trek The Next Generation
Dr. Hanna Heath - People of the Book
Ebony Darkness Dementia Raven Way - My Immortal
Ellison Oswalt - Sinister
Elric of Melniborne - The Elric Saga
Emma Nelson - Degrassi: The Next Generation
Equality 7-2521 - Anthem
Eren Jaegar - Shingeki no Kyojin
Faust - Goethes Faust
Frasier Crane - Frasier
Galadriel Higgins - The Scholomance Trilogy
Geralt of Rivia - The Last Wish, The Witcher books
Go Siwon - A Guy Like You
Gray Wing - Warrior Cats
Haruyuki Arita - Accel World
Homer Simpson - The Simpson
Howard Roark - The Fountainhead
Jaypaw - Warrior Cats
Jean-Luc Picard - Star Trek The Next Generation
Jeff Winger - Community
Jim Hopper - Stranger Things
JJ - Cocomelon
Joaquin Monegro - Abel Sánchez
John Proctor - The Crucible
Jughead Jones - Riverdale
Kai - The Witch King
Kang Jinha - A Guy Like You
Katara - Avatar the Last Airbender
Katnis - Hunger Games
Khai - Theory of Love - Thai BL Show
King Arthur - King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)
Korra - Avatar: Legend of Korra
Koyomi Araragi - The Monogatari series
Kun-chan - Mirai
Kvothe - The Kingkiller Chronicles
Lelouch Lamperouge - Code Geass
Leroy Jethro Gibbs - NCIS
Lionblaze - Warriors (Power of Three and Omen of the Stars)
Luna - Retro
Luffy - One Piece
Lyn - Fire Emblem
Makoto Naegi - Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
Mal - Firefly
Manaow - Love Senior
Mark Watney - The Martian
Mary Poppins - Walt Disney's Mary Poppins
Meliodas - Seven Deadly Sins
Merlin - BBC Merlin
Mia - La La Land
Mike Wheeler - Stranger Things
Miyo Sasaki - A Whisker Away
Mordecai - Regular Show
Nick Carraway - The Great Gatsby
Nightheart - Warrior Cats
North Italy - Hetalia
Okajima ""Rock"" Rokuro - Black Lagoon (Anime)
Oscar - Shark Tale
Otis Milburn - Sex Education
Patrick Bateman - American Psycho
Peppa Pig - Peppa Pig
Piper McLean - Heroes of Olympus
Pippa Fitz-Amobi - A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
Rebecca Bunch - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (TV show)
Robert Langdon - The Da Vinci Code
Rodion Raskolnikov - Crime and Punishment
Rorschach - Watchmen
Ruby - Max & Ruby
Ryo Saeba - City Hunter
Sabrina Spellman - Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Satou Kazuma - Konosuba
Shiori - Six Crimson Cranes
Shiro Emiya - Fate/Stay Night
Shrek - Shrek
Skullduggery Pleasant - Skullduggery Pleasant
Snow Villiers - Final Fantasy 13
Star Butterfly - Star vs The Forces of Evil
Stiles Stilinski - Teen Wolf
Sydney Atherton - The Beetle
Tai Kamiya - Digimon Adventure
Takao - Garden of Words
Tara Webster - Dance Academy
Tarl Cabot - The Gor Chronicles
Violetta - Disney's Violetta
William Afton - FNaF Ultimate Custom Night
Yu/Ai - Final Fantasy Unlimited
Yuri Zhivago - Doctor Zhivago
Yuusaku Godai - Maison Ikkoku
Zack Morris - Saved by the Bell
Available for Resubmission (needs at least 1 resubmission to participate)
Atsuko Kagiri/Akko - Little Witch Academia
Beca Mitchell - Pitch Perfect
Elena Gilbert - Vampire Diaries
Izuku (Deku) Midoriya - Boku no Hero Academia
Katarina Claes - My Next Life as a Villainess
Scott Pilgrim - Scott Pilgrim
Sophie Foster - Keeper of the Lost Cities
The Tenth Doctor - Doctor Who
Wei (Ying) Wuxian - Mo Dao Zu Shi
Currently unavailable for a new Round:
Aelin Ashryver Galathynius/Celaena Sardothien - Throne of Glass
Alex Eagleston - YIIK
Caillou - Caillou
Dean Winchester - Supernatural
Eragon - Eragon/Inheritance Cycle
Erika Shinohara - Ookami shoujo to kuro ouji
Kirito - Sword Art Online
Light Yagami - Death Note
Marinette Dupain-Cheng - Miraculous Ladybug
Naofumi Iwatani - The Rising of the Shield Hero
Peter Griffin - Family guy
Rachel Berry - Glee
Ross Geller - Friends
Tori Vega - Victorious
Victor Frankenstein - Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus
Y/N - Fanfiction
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froottalks · 8 months
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Masterlist
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Started: 18/08/2023
[Requests are OPEN, you may suggest people that are not on this list.]
Fandoms I write for:
Arrowverse
The Flash
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Caitlin Snow
Fractured Promises {Alternate version}
Iris West
Jessie Wells
Supergirl
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Kara Danvers
Guiding Stars
Unreachable Skies
Healing Hearts
Unveiling Hearts {part 2 to Healing Hearts}
Twisted Desires
Alex Danvers
Lena Luthor
Tangled Deceptions
Elegance Unveiled
Shadows of Redemption {part 2 to Tangled Deceptions}
Samantha Arias
Maggie Sawyer
Arrow
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Felicity Smoak
Mia Smoak
Thea Queen
Laurel Lance
Melodies of the heart
Dinah Drake
Legends of Tomorrow
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Sara Lance
Zari Tomaz
Ava Sharpe
Amaya Jiwe
TVDU
The Vampire Diaries
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Elena Gilbert
Unexpected Connection
Caroline Forbes
Veiled Secrets
Bonnie Bennett
Katherine Pierce
The Originals
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Hayley Marshall
Moonlit Bonds
Rebekah Mikaelson
Freya Mikaelson
Davina Clair
Legacies
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Hope Mikaelson
Josie Salzman
Lizzie Saltzman
Penelope Park
Teen Wolf
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Allison Argent
Lidiya Martin
Malia Tate
Marvel
MCU
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Natasha Romanoff
Sparks in the Ring
Igniting Desires {part 2 to Sparks in the Ring}
A Flame Ignited {part 3 to Sparks in the Ring}
Enigmatic Desires
Countryside Love
Countryside Affection {part 2 to Countryside Love}
Forever Love {part 3 to Countryside Love}
Wanda Maximoff
Serendipitous Hearts
Echoes of Affection
Threads of Fate
Shadows of desire Part 1 - Enchanted obsession Part 2 - Desires Unleashed Part 3 - Veil of Shadows
Whispers of Fate {part 2 to Threads of Fate}
Shattered Bonds
Carol Danvers
Watching Your Back
Kate Bishop
Hello, You
Scream Franchise
Scream VI
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Sam Carpenter
Tara Carpenter
Riverdale
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Betty Cooper
Veronica Lodge
Whispers of Lost Love
Cheryl Blossom
Harry Potter
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Hermione Granger
Ginny Weasley
Fleur Delacour
The Witcher
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Yennefer of Vengerberg
The Mortal Instruments
Shadowhunters
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Clary Fray
Isabelle Lightwood
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yourstrulykele · 9 months
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Hi all!!! So for my first post on tumblr I wanna show anyone who’s interested what my interests and what I’m all about n stuff. Im a little awkward ik but I’m just gonna say some things and then put a list of stuff I like and am interested in and hopefully y’all won’t hate me or think I’m embarrassing 😂
My name is Rachele, but all my friends call me kele. I am a MINOR, and I put that in all caps because people in the past have been very weird w me on the internet so hopefully that’ll keep away weird people though I invite people “of age” to follow me as long as you respect my boundaries. I don’t want any trouble, I’m just here to have fun.
- I’m an Aries sun, Sagittarius rising and Pisces moon, which I guess makes me a very fiery, passionate, and romantic person which is true according to everyone who’s met me lol
- my mbti personality type is INFP
- I love astrology and astronomy, I guess I’ve always had a thing for space and planets and stuff like that
-I am a HOPELESS romantic, I want those cliché experiences and the dancing in the moonlight, walking through parks or on the beach, staying up for hours just talking, bonding with each other over everything, dancing and singing and screaming our hearts out together while we blast music, soft moments, movie theater dates, picnics and concerts and god knows what else. I will die an unhappy woman if i don’t experience it all with the person I love.
-I’m a theater kid, not a weird strange one istg, and I find comfort being on the stage and being able to be somebody else is very therapeutic considering how I don’t wanna be “me” right now lmao
- I’m very VERY bisexual, even tho most of my crushes are men I just love women
- I love reading (and this means anything — classics like The Picture of Dorian Gray, Little Women, Pride and Prejudice, other fantasy like Harry Potter, The Witcher, Shadow and Bone (or anything by Leigh Bardugo), Outlander, fanfics, anything really
- I have a passion of hatred towards JKR despite her having made one of the best universes ever
- I am a marauders era enthusiast (though I don’t have extensive knowledge on the fandom I do enjoy it a lot)
-I am a Remus Lupin/moony kinnie, as well as a Lily Evans kinnie but mostly a moony kinnie
-I am a TV watcher to the heart, and some of my favorite shows/crushes from said shows are:
• Outlander (Jamie is SO FINE and Claire is so gorgeous omfg)
• Stranger Things (Joe Keery and Maya Hawke are my babes)
• The Witcher (Geralt is so fine)
• Shadow and Bone (General Kirigan and Genya and Zoya are 🔥🔥🔥)
•Friends (yes the most popular 90s show to exist on the planet) (Chandler and Rachel are so me and so fine)
•Queen Charlotte (Charlotte is so pretty and George is really cute)
•Heartstopper
•Supergirl (with Melissa Benoist she’s so gorg)
-I’m a amateur at writing but I find that being able to put my imagination into a story or a a little short one helps me keep my mind clear
-I was raised on Disney and I will always love Disney — or one of the musicals at my school I got to be Elsa in Frozen Jr. and I was probably the happiest, and my inner child had never been so happy
-speaking of disney, here are some of my fav movies:
•Frozen (1 and 2), Tangled, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, The Little Mermaid, The Princess and the Frog, Aladdin, Moana, Hercules, Ratatouille, 101 Dalmatians, The Sword in the Stone, Brave, Luca, Pocahontas, Finding Nemo/Dory, and Cars
-I am a huge Marvel fan as well as a Harry Potter fan and Disney fan (guess how mentally unstable I am 😂)
-I’m a major Swiftie… and I mean HUGE. I LOVE TAYLOR SWIFT WITH ALL MY HEART. My order of albums goes like this:
1: Reputation
2: Speak Now
3: Lover
4: Folklore
5: Fearless
6: 1989
7: Midnights
8: Debut
9: Red
10: Evermore (ikik I’m sorry ik people rave over Evermore but it’s my honest opinion leave me be 😭)
-I am a sucker for accents. We’re talking scottish, certain english and irish accents, sounthern, boston accent, australian, french, spanish, Italian (which is funny because I’m actually more than half Italian and speak it as well)
-my parents are divorced (so that adds on more trauma but I swear I’m fine and they’re ok with each other)
-I am the older one of my one other sibling, my little brother, who right now is really annoying me to the T but that’s what boys are like I guess 🤷‍♀️
-My main ships from HP/marauders era are:
•WOLFSTARRRRRRR 🐺 ��️
•Jily 🦁🌸
•dorlene
•rosekiller
•romione
•harmione
(I can’t remember any other ones but I’m sure I’ll think of more at some point)
-I listen to a wide variety of music, such as pop, country/rock, soft rock, classic rock, metal (depending on artists though) indie/rock, jazz, blues, soul, alternative rock, music from musicals/Disney, and I don’t even know what else.
-Artists I like are:
•Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey, Lady Gaga, Adele, Beyoncé, Olivia Rodrigo, Ariana Grande, The Weekend, Steve Lacy, Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, DJO, Harry Styles, Kelly Clarkson, Bruno Mars, Cigarettes After Sex, The Neighbourhood, Arctic Monkeys, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, ABBA, Queen, David Bowie, Metallica, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, The Smiths, The Cranberries, Shania Twain, Robbie Williams, T. Rex, Fleetwood Mac, Ella Fitzgerald, Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, Tears for Fears, Duran Duran, Kate Bush, etc etc.
I could go on and on about music and the things that I love, but I won’t bore you to death. And this is getting quite extensive, I wasn’t planning on being this thorough. I’m deeply sorry lmao.
Anyways if you’ve made it to the end, thank you for not skipping over this. I appreciate it. You mean a lot to me!!! Anyways it’s late and I need to sleep so good night/morning/day/afternoon or wherever you are. I hope You’re having fun!!!
yours, kele.
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entangledmuses · 2 months
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MOBILE MUSES- CANON
By Fandom
9-1-1: Lucy Donato
The ARTFUL DODGER: Belle Fox
BAD BOYS: Kelly Lewis
BITTEN: Elena Michaels BRIDGERTON: Daphne Bridgerton                                                     Kate Sheffield/Sharma Sophie Beckett
BUFFY/ANGEL: Cordelia Chase                                                          
CRAZY RICH ASIANS: Astrid Leong
DCEU Harley Quinn (Selective) Dawn Granger
DIVERGENT Christina
FANTASTIC BEASTS Lally Hicks
FEAR STREET Cindy Berman
GAME OF THRONES: Margaery Tyrell
HANSEL AND GRETEL:WITCH HUNTERS: Gretel (With AU verses)
HARRY POTTER: Astoria Greengrass          Demelza Robbins                     Ginny Weasley Hermione Granger          Padma Patil                                                           Parvati Patil Pansy Parkinson                 Victoire Weasley     Lily Evans/Potter      Rowena Ravenclaw                                       
HEMLOCK GROVE: Letha Godfrey
The HOST: Melanie Stryder
HUNGER GAMES: Madge Undersee
JAMES BOND: Paloma
Jurrasic World: Claire Dearing
KINGSMAN: Roxy Morton
LAST KINGDOM: Eadith of Mercia
LITTLE WOMEN: Amy March
LOCKWOOD AND CO: Lucy Carlyle
MCU: Maria Hill Michelle ‘MJ’ Jones                                               Natasha Romanoff Sharon Carter              Yelena Belova
The MUMMY: Evelyn Carnaham
MUSKETEERS: Anne of Austria Constance Bonacieux
MYTH/LEGEND/LORE: Amphitrite (Greek)                                                 Artemis/Autumn (Greek) Hera/Helena (Greek)               Persephone (Greek)            Athena (Greek) Aphrodite (Greek)      Mina Harker (Dracula) Guinevere (Arthurian)
NARNIA: Susan Pevensie
OUTER BANKS: Kiara Carrera
REACHER: Karla Dixon
REIGN: Mary Stuart Lola Narcisse
ROBIN HOOD (BBC): Marian of Knighton
The ROOKIE: Bailey Nune Grace Sawyer Lucy Chen
SECRET CIRCLE: Diana Meade (Book based)
SHADOWHUNTERS: Sophie Collins (Infernal Devices) Tessa Gray (Infernal Devices)           Izzy Lightwood (Show based)
SHAMELESS: Fiona Gallagher
The SOCIETY Helena Wu Kelly Aldrich
STRANGER THINGS: Chrissy Cunningham Nancy Wheeler
SUPERNATURAL: Bela Talbot                                         Claire Novak Lisa Braeden                                     Jo Harvelle Donna Hanscum        Sarah Blake      
TEEN WOLF: Braeden Lydia Martin             Hayden Romero Cora Hale Laura Hale
THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY: Belly Conklin Taylor Jewel
TRUE BLOOD: Jessica Hamby                           Nora Gainesborough Sookie Stackhouse
VAMPIRE ACADEMY: Jill Mastrano - Dragomir Lissa Dragomir Rose Hathaway                       Sydney Sage
VAMPIRE DIARIES: Bonnie Bennett Caroline Forbes Katherine Pierce Rebekah Mikaelson
VIKINGS: Amma Katia Lagertha
WEDNESDAY: Wednesday Addams
The WITCHER: Yennefer of Vengerberg
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SINGLE SHIPS: Rose Larkin Clarice Fong Emma Brunner Connie Matthews Ariel Megara Alice Chambers Zoey Miller
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bridgertonbabe · 2 years
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Okay but in my Harry Potter AU I’ve realised the consistent trope between most of the Bridgerton couples is that they fall in love with a friend of their siblings, and actually what if that’s how all of them meet their SO, like it’s become an inadvertent Bridgerton family tradition. 
Obviously Saphne and Polin still follow as canon. Then in this AU Sophie, Phillip, and Michael are all besties with Colin before they each fall for a sibling of his one by one. 
Then you’d have Kate who attends the Hogwarts art club and befriends Benedict in the year below her. They become art buddies and Benedict likes Kate because she’s one of the few girls at school who talks to him without the ulterior motive of getting closer to his brother Anthony by proxy. He likes her even more when he witnesses her butting heads with his brother when she joins the Gryffindor Quidditch team, getting a kick out of her being the bane of Anthony’s life. Benedict never once considers that Kate could ever like Anthony in the way that every other girl at school swoons over him does, not when she bitches about him to Benedict during art club much to his amusement. But then one time he looks between the two after another petty row has ensued and sees the piercing intensity in their eyes as they look at each other, not to mention that they’re stood heaving chest to heaving chest, and Benedict groans with exasperation as he realises the reason his brother’s been pulling on Kate’s proverbial pigtails all this time is because he likes her and the reason she can’t keep Anthony’s name out of her mouth is because she likes him just as much. 
Next there would be Gregory and his best mate Gareth St. Clair who bond over their nerdy little love of board and wizard games. Gregory has always eagerly enthused to his family about how awesome Gareth is - so he was shocked and horrified when during his seventh year he caught Hyacinth kissing his best friend underneath the mistletoe. “MUM!” Gregory would yell as soon as he Floo Powder powered his way back home for the holidays, stomping out of the fireplace as Hyacinth trailed after him with a shit-eating grin. “What is it love?” Violet puzzled. “Hyacinth kissed my best Gareth!” Gregory raged. “She kissed him, mum! You’ve got to tell her she can’t go around kissing her brother’s best friend!” “Well I mean technically it’s your fault, since you sold him so well to me with the way you hype him up all the time. I just had to give him a test ride,” Hyacinth shrugged. “MUM!” Gregory petulantly whined. 
And then there’s just Gregory left and he swears he will never fall for any of his friend of his siblings’, determined to put an end to the cycle once and for all and wanting to prove that he’s better than his brothers and sisters. When he realises he’s in love with Lucy and gets together with her, he proudly shows her off at the next family get-together, boasting that he’s the only one not to get together with one of his siblings’ friends. “But I’m friends with her.” Hyacinth mentioned. “Yes, but I met her first; she was my friend first and I was the one who brought her into our friendship group. It doesn’t count if I befriended her first.” Gregory explained in a self-righteous tone. “So if Hyacinth had met her before and been friends for longer than it would count?” Francesca enquired. “Well yes, but Hyacinth didn’t.” Gregory replied. “Well what if Hyacinth hadn’t been friends with her first?” Francesca asked. “What if, say, I had met Lucy back when she was a first year at Food Tech club and during my last couple of years at school we had established a solid friendship? Because you didn’t properly get to know her until she was a fourth year, right?” Gregory stared incredulously at his smirking older sister and slowly turned his head to his girlfriend, who gave a single nod to confirm that she had in fact been friends with Francesca before she had been friends with him. Gregory then screamed a frustrated expletive before the rest of the family cackled with laughter. 
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mari--lace · 1 year
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thank you for the tag @novasforce
Number of stories posted to AO3:
17
2. Word count this year:
38568 (on Ao3. It doesn't account for what I only published on an italian fanfiction site [which doesn't have a word count like Ao3])
3. Fandoms I wrote for:
taking the list from AO3:
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Black Widow
Daredevil (TV)
Harry Potter
Hawkeye (comics/TV)
The Mirror Visitor
Miraculous Ladybug
Moon Knight (TV)
Ms Marvel (comics/TV)
She-Hulk: Attorney at law
Spider-Man (MCU)
The Avengers
4. Pairings:
I mostly wrote gen relationships this year, but here are the pairings:
Matt Murdock/Jennifer Walters
Matt Murdock/Claire Temple
Matt Murdock/Natasha Romanov
Clint Barton/Laura Barton
Michelle Jones/Peter Parker
Draco Malfoy/Luna Lovegood
Luka Couffaine/Marinette Dupain-Cheng (MLB)
Adrien Agreste/Marinette Dupain-Cheng (MLB)
5. Stories with the most:
Kudos: What am I looking at, Matt? — published right after She-Hulk ep 8 and the hype for the episode did the rest, my most popular story ever :")
Bookmarks: same as above!
Comment threads: A marvelous october, which has 31 chapters. The fic with more comment threads on a single chapter would be the same as above!
Word count: Same as above with its 31 chapters. As a writer, most of my stories are pretty short; my longest one-chapter story on Ao3 (for 2022 at least) would be Sorelle dal sangue diverso, a one-shot in Italian.
6. Work I'm most proud of (and why):
What's in a soul? I'm really proud of how this turned out. It has Natasha coming back without her memories when Bruce snaps his fingers and it delves on the bond between memoried and identity. Is she still Natasha? Is she not? She meets Matt along the way.
7. Work I'm least proud of (and why): maybe a short hogwarts!au I wrote in italian for a challenge. I'm not super satisfied with the final result (mostly because it doesn't really go anywhere), but it was one of the first things I wrote for the Daredevil fandom, so there's that.
8. Share or describe a favorite review you received:
"oh my goshhhh this is so poetic and beautiful. "Would you like to tell me why?" MY HEART.
Also, Nat saying she “Swapped it for an orange rock.” made me smile. A very Nat thing to say. (And she says she's not still Nat!)"
"oh wow, this is so good, and so poignant? in a way. how you portrayed Nat’s identity issues and struggling to be someone you’re not, someone everyone expects you to be, felt so real. this fic was so lovely. thank you so much for writing! <3"
Both those two comments made me smile so much 🥹
9. A time when writing was really, really hard: Pretty much all the first part of the year, from January to September. I wrote next to nothing then.
10. A scene or character you wrote that surprised you: Maybe that I actually wrote about Clint and Laura. Also Jennifer Walters, I wasn't expecting it but I found writing from her pov pretty easy and kinda fun.
11. A favorite excerpt of your writing: from What's in a soul?:
“I'm the ghost of a sister. I'm the ghost of a friend. I'm the ghost of a killer and a hero.” She pauses. Her heartbeat slows back to its usual steady rhythm. “I'm a shadow who is more comfortable talking and fighting with a vigilante than surrounded by people who say they love her.”
12: How did you grow as a writer this year: I wrote a lot directly in English, which is something I didn't really do before (I've translated a few stories in the past, but translating and writing are pretty different processes).
13. How do you hope to grow next year: I hope to keep writing, first of all, in both English and Italian. I hope to improve and to be able to write meaningful stories.
14. Who was your greatest positive influence this year as a writer (could be another writer or beta or cheerleader or muse etc etc): I can't not mention @ceterisparibus116. I read pretty much every Daredevil story on her profile and I fell in love with everything – the themes, the characterizations, the plots. So good aaaaaaaaaaaa
15. Anything from your real life show up in your writing this year: there's always something from my experiences in my writing, usually in a not very explicit way, but yeah.
16. Any new wisdom you can share with other writers: Don't write to cater to an audience; write to cater to yourself. If you love what you do, readers can see that love, and they'll believe in it, too. <- I'm keeping @novasforce's advise because it's really good! And I completely agree. Write what you like first and foremost, without worrying about how many people might or might not read and appreciate it.
17. Any projects you’re looking forward to starting (or finishing) in the new year: I am working on something for the DDE, so there's that. I'm also joining a challenge to write a story a month according to certain themes, so I hope to be able to fulfill that too (last year I only got 7 months/12).
18. Tag some writers whose answers you’d like to read:
Just, anyone who wants to do this feel free to! Plus @reginadiutopia @drogatadiapifrizzole @folkloristico
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a little introduction [2023]
hey, my name’s Alpurrt, otherwise known as alpurrtwhizkersss here on Tumblr :)
i decided i’d do an introduction post because i’m thinking of starting to write on here. 
Masterlist: https://www.tumblr.com/alpurrtwhizkersss/698998070518644736/i-love-you?source=share
i’ll be writing on my own, so i don’t rely on requests but they’d be really great to recieve!
you can find my pronouns in my bio, they may change quite often so i’m not going to put them here because i can’t be bothered coming back to edit this post every week :’)
i do lots of things! my main passion is art, but i’m not sure how much of that i’ll be posting on here, so i’ll mainly be posting about my other passion, which is writing!
here’s the good bit that you all probably care about, what fandoms i write for! okay, actually, first i’m going to tell you my rules for writing:
feel free to request things using the ask box! i’ll always have in my bio whether my requests are open or closed, and i’ll try and get to requests (if i get any) as soon as i can, but since i’m currently at school they may take a while, so please be patient with me :D
I will not write:
Smut, requests concerning serious mental disorders/issues, very dark topics, anything which could insinuate a lack of consent in a relationship, other’s OCs/self-inserts, canon ships (I only write X Readers!)
I will write:
Angst, fluff, making out, hurt/comfort, injury/violence descriptions (this does not mean self harm, I’m sorry but I don’t feel comfortable writing about this topic.), X Reader write from prompts if you give me a prompt and a character, platonic!reader, familial relationship!reader (NOT ROMANTIC) and LGBT+!Reader/Ships!
If you have any questions about these rules/want to clear anything up, drop me an ask!
NOW! Fandoms I write for (With the characters!)
Star Wars:
Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luke Skywalker, Anakin Skywalker, Ahsoka Tano, Poe Dameron, Finn, Rey Skywalker, Padme Amidala, Han Solo, Leia Organa-Solo, Qui-Gon Jinn, Lando Calrissian, Satine Kryze- All of the clones, I’ll really write for anyone from Star Wars, apart from Rebels- since I haven’t seen that yet! But I will update you all when I have :)
Marvel:
Bucky Barnes, Sam Wilson, Stephen Strange, Steve Rogers, Thor Odinson, Loki Laufeyson, Shang Chi, Katy Chen, pretty much all of the Eternals apart from Sprite, Steven Grant, Marc Spector, Jake Lockley, Natasha Romanoff, Wanda Maximoff, Peter Parker, Miles Morales, Foggy Nelson, and Matt Murdock.
I will write for pretty much every X-Men character, I also write for the Fantastic 4 :)
DC:
I write for Gotham as well as other DC canons, so literally send ‘em all in, but if you want specifics:
Every Young Justice character, the entire Batfamily (Damian is questionable, depends what the request entails.), most villains apart from The Joker, most Arrowverse characters, characters from the Sandman, The Suicide Squad (2021), Peacemaker, and John Constantine. There’s probably many more I haven’t thought of, so like I said, just send them all in to me :)
Resident Evil: 
Leon S Kennedy, Ada Wong, Albert Wesker, Claire Redfield, Chris Redfield, Ethan Winters, William Birkin, Annette Birkin, Sherry Birkin, Jake Mueller, Lady Dimitrescu, Donna Beneviento, Karl Heisenberg, Rose Winters, Joseph Frost, Richard Aikens, Forest Speyer, Luis Sera, Ashley Graham.
Finally, we have some other fandoms that I write for but that aren’t my mains! I won’t be listing names of characters I write for these fandoms so just send a request in and I’ll likely do it :)
Lord Of The Rings
Star Trek
Doctor Who
His Dark Materials (I won’t write for Lyra unless she’s older)
Criminal Minds
The Lost Boys
BBC Ghosts
Supernatural
The Umbrella Academy
The Matrix
RDR2
Final Fantasy 7
Harry Potter/Marauders
Power Rangers
TMNT
Les Miserables
Nancy Drew Video Games
The Hardy Boys
Assassin’s Creed
Stranger Things
It (2017/19)
The Walking Dead
James Bond (PLEASE SOMEBODY ASK ME TO WRITE FOR THESE MOVIES I’M LITERALLY BEGGING)
Dirk Gentley’s Holistic Detective Agency
Six of Crows
Hannibal
Newsies
The Walking Dead
helplines:
America:
https://www.apa.org/topics/crisis-hotlines
Britain:
https://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/helplines-and-crisis-contacts#:~:text=If%20you're%20in%20crisis,line%20%2D%20text%20SHOUT%20to%2085258
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MY ROLEPLAY MUSES
Here goes the list:
CANONS:
House of The Dragon: Daemon Targaryen, Rhaenyra Targaryen, Aemond Targaryen.
Game of Thrones: Jon Snow, Jamie Lannister, Brienne of Tarth, Cersei Lannister, Sansa Stark, Arya Stark, Daenerys Targaryen, Viserys Targaryen, Robb Stark.
The Last of Us: Ellie, Sarah, Tommy.
Narcos: Murphy, Pablo Escobar.
DC: Alfred, Clark Kent, Dick Grayson, Tim Drake.
Marvel: Natasha Romanoff, Wanda Maximoff, Pietro Maximoff, Clint Barton, Peter Maximoff, Erik Lenscherr, Charles Xavier, Raven (Mystique), Storm, Shuri, Tony Stark, Loki, Thor, Frank Castle, Matthew Murdock.
The Good Doctor: Shaun Murphy, Claire Brown, Dr. Lim.
Arcane: Victor, Vander.
Top Gun: Goose, Maverick, Iceman.
Top Gun Maverick: Rooster, Phoenix, Bob, Hangman.
Avatar (James Cameron): Jake Sully, Neytiri.
GI JOE: Snake Eyes.
Star Wars: Kylo Ren, General Hux, Anakin Skywalker, Obi Wan Kenobi, Poe Dameron, Finn.
The Mandalorian: Grogu, Din Djarin.
Star Trek: Spock.
Stranger Things: Steve Harrington, Dustin Henderson, Billy Hargrove, Hopper, Eddie Munson.
The Witcher: Geralt of Rivia, Eskel, Jaskier, Cirilla, Yennefer.
Lucifer: Lucifer.
Harry Potter: Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Fred or George Weasley, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, Tom Riddle.
Mission Impossible: Agent Brandt, Benji.
James Bond 007: James Bond, Vesper.
Diune: Prince Leto Atreides, Paul Atreides.
Fantastic Beasts: Grindelwald, Dumbledore, Scamander.
Matrix: Neo, Trinity.
Lord of The Rings: Legolas, Aragorn, Faramir.
The Hobbit: Elrond, Thranduil, Thorin.
Oblivion: Jack Harper tech 49
OCS:
Mia Mitchell 
Anna Wright
Swietlana Warner
Rose Vegelbud
Jared Black
That is all for now!
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Art21 proudly presents an artist segment, featuring Theaster Gates, from the "Chicago" episode in the ninth season of the "Art in the Twenty-First Century" series.
"Chicago " premiered in September 2016 on PBS. Watch now on PBS and the PBS Video app: https://www.pbs.org/video/art-21-chic...
Theaster Gates first encountered creativity in the music of Black churches on his journey to becoming an urban planner, potter, and artist. Gates creates sculptures out of clay, tar, and renovated buildings, transforming the raw material of the South Side into radically reimagined vessels of opportunity for the community.
Establishing a virtuous circle between fine art and social progress, Gates strips dilapidated buildings of their components, transforming those elements into sculptures that act as bonds or investments, the proceeds of which are used to finance the rehabilitation of entire city blocks. Many of the artist’s works evoke his African-American identity and the broader struggle for civil rights, from sculptures incorporating fire hoses, to events organized around soul food, and choral performances by the experimental musical ensemble Black Monks of Mississippi, led by Gates himself.
Learn more about the artists at:
https://art21.org/artist/theaster-gates/
CREDITS | Executive Producer: Eve Moros Ortega. Host: Claire Danes. Director: Stanley Nelson. Producer & Production Manager: Nick Ravich. Editor: Aljernon Tunsil. Art21 Executive Director: Tina Kukielski. Curator: Wesley Miller. Associate Producer: Ian Forster. Structure Consultant: Véronique Bernard. Director of Photography: Keith Walker. Additional Photography: Don Argott, Brian Ashby, Steve Delahoyde, Jeremy Dulac, Damon Hennessey, Sam Henriques, Ben Kolak, Christoph Lerch, Stephan Mazurek, Andrew Miller, Christopher Morrison, Leslie Morrison, Murat Ötünç, Logan Siegel, Stephen Smith, & Jamin Townsley. Assistant Camera: Kyle Adcock, Joe Buhnerkempe, Alex Klein, Ian McAvoy, Sean Prange, & Liz Sung. Sound: Sean Demers, Alex Inglizian, Hayden Jackson, İlkin Kitapçı, Joe Leo, Matt Mayer, John Murphy, Richard K. Pooler, & Grant Tye. Production Assistant: Hamid Bendaas, Emmanuel Camacho, Chad Fisher, Elliot Rosen, Stanley Sievers, Chris Thurston, & Steven Walsh.
Title/Motion Design: Afternoon Inc. Composer: Joel Pickard. Online Editor: Don Wyllie. Re-Recording Mix: Tony Pipitone. Sound Edit: Neil Cedar & Jay Fisher. Artwork Animation: Anita H.M. Yu. Assistant Editor: Maria Habib, Leana Siochi, Christina Stiles, & Bahron Thomas.
Host Introduction | Creative Consultant: Tucker Gates. Director of Photography: Pete Konczal. Second Camera: Jon Cooper. Key Grip: Chris Wiesehahn. Gaffer: Jesse Newton. First Assistant Camera: Sara Boardman & Shane Duckworth. Sound: James Tate. Set Dresser: Jess Coles. Hair: Peter Butler. Makeup: Matin. Production Assistant: Agatha Lewandowski & Melanie McLean. Editor: Ilya Chaiken.
Artworks Courtesy of: Nick Cave; Theaster Gates; Barbara Kasten; Chris Ware; BAM Hamm Archives; Bortolami Gallery; Cranbrook Art Museum; Margaret Jenkins Dance Company; The New Yorker magazine and Condé Nast; James Prinz Photography; Jack Shainman Gallery; Sara Linnie Slocum; Chris Strong Photography; & White Cube. Acquired Photography: Sara Pooley; The Art Channel/Bobbin Productions; & University Art Museum, California State University Long Beach.
Special Thanks: The Art21 Board of Trustees; 900/910 Lake Shore Drive Condominium Association; Michael Aglion; Ellen Hartwell Alderman; Adam Baumgold Gallery; Naomi Beckwith; Biba Bell; Stefania Bortolami; Kate Bowen; Pat Casteel; Chicago Embassy Church; Coachman Antique Mall; Maria J. Coltharp; John Corbett; Department of Theatre & Dance, Wayne State University; Detroit School of Arts; Christina Faist; Bob Faust; Martina Feurstein; Julie Fracker; William Gill; Graham Foundation; Jen Grygiel; Sarah Herda; Jennon Bell Hoffmann; Sheree Hovsepian; Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania; Istanbul Biennial; Nicola Jeffs; Jenette Kahn; Jill Katz; Alex Klein; Kunsthaus Bregenz; Jon Lowe; Sheila Lynch; Mana Contemporary Chicago; Christine Messineo; Laura Mott; Deborah Payne; Bishop Ed Peecher; Lisa Pooler; Rebuild Foundation; Diana Salier; Tim Samuelson; Amy Schachman; Zeynep Seyhun; Keith Shapiro; Alexandra Small; Jacqueline Stewart; Hamza Walker; Clara Ware; Marnie Ware; & Steve Wylie.
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Dedicated To: Susan Sollins, Art21 Founder.
Major support for Season 8 is provided by National Endowment for the Arts, PBS, Lambent Foundation, Agnes Gund, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and The Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation.
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HARRY POTTER // NEVILLE LONGBOTTOM
@clairexbennet​ ♥ for a random starter!
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Neville was still learning about people with special abilities, ever since they reveal themselves to the world, the higher up in Hogwarts had wanted to create a bond, they were also different, he met people who could start fire with they mind or even time traveling, that one was pretty cool and the more he met with those people the more he wanted to help people, meeting up with Claire was interesting the one that exposed them to the world, at first he wasn’t sure how he felt about it, people with magic was still a secret to that day and he wasn’t sure how people would react, thinking back in hte day when they were killed by fire was not a nice moment in history. 
“How are you holding up?” He asked the blonde woman as he took a bite of his food, he knew it was only a matter of time before he would had to go back to Hogwarts to continue to teach the kids but for now he wanted to focus on the pople in the US.
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This is a good article by historian Claire Bond Potter about how Saint Ronny’s gospel of the evils of government social programs has created a situation where Americans are “sicker, less educated, and poorer than the citizens of most other industrialized” nations.  Here are some excerpts from the article.
Other industrialized nations provide a far more robust safety net than the one we have and even the one Mr. Biden proposed. Yet Republicans and at least one Democrat insist that such social welfare spending endangers the nation’s fiscal and moral health.
How did we get to a point that doing less for Americans is a virtue, and comprehensive social welfare a privilege?
It goes back to Jan. 20, 1981. On that cold, windy day, Ronald Reagan, who had scoffed at mythical female welfare cheats on the campaign trail. [....]
In his inaugural speech, he linked government itself to national decline. The economic crisis of the 1970s, he declared, was “proportionate to the intervention and intrusion in our lives that result from unnecessary and excessive growth of government.” Social programs were wasteful. Worse, they lured families into dependence. [....]
It was an idea that became an American ethic, with staying power through Republican and Democratic administrations alike. Attacks on social programs portrayed poverty as a moral failure and exploited racist stereotypes to mischaracterize social welfare as a magnet for criminal, failed and indolent Americans. [....]
Under Mr. Reagan, conservatives were finally able to begin dismantling the New Deal state and Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society. In 1981 and 1982, Mr. Reagan made more than $22 billion in cuts to social welfare programs, including federal student loans and the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act. [....]
The federal deficit grew anyway, as Mr. Reagan cut taxes and accelerated military spending. Inheriting a national debt of about $995 billion, he nearly tripled it. But conservative activists still cheered.
In fact, Mr. Reagan’s welfare reforms just made the poor poorer. [....]
Democrats were complicit. In 1992, although he would try (but fail) to pass national health care, Bill Clinton promised to “end welfare as we know it.” [....]
Progressive Democrats did only marginally better. In 2012, Republicans accused President Barack Obama of unwinding decades of welfare-to-work provisions, with a new system of waivers, work requirements and block grants that states had to follow. [....]
Today the poverty rate hovers around 11 percent, about where it was in 1973, and economic insecurity now envelops the working poor and middle class. [....]
Left to fend for themselves in poorly regulated markets, by default, working Americans do care for themselves — often on credit. Medical debt was recently pegged at $140 billion and student loans at over $1.7 trillion. Thirteen million workers have more than one job.
Americans work hard, but in the United States it costs money even to go to work. Child care, if parents can find it, can cost more than a mortgage payment. Elder care? Even more. Despite the Affordable Care Act, 28 million Americans are left uninsured. [....]
Thus Reagan-era bromides are alive and well, even in the Democratic Party.... Some of [Senator Joe Manchin’s] comments continue to perpetuate the myth that comprehensive social welfare programs are a national moral hazard. [....]
Ten years ago, Americans were already sicker, less educated and poorer than the citizens of most other industrialized country. This year an estimated 18 million Americans said that they still could not afford a drug prescribed by their physician. Health care providers and patients juggle catastrophic expenses from Covid-19. [....]
The myths of American individualism planted and nurtured under Mr. Reagan continue to cost us dearly as a nation. “In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem,” he insisted in that first inaugural.
The time is long overdue to reverse that equation.
[emphasis added]
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Historians Renee Romano of Oberlin College and Claire Bond Potter of the New School in New York capture this debate in their new volume Historians on Hamilton: How a Blockbuster Musical is Restaging America’s Past, a collection of 15 essays by scholars on the historical, artistic and educational impact of the musical. Romano, who hatched the idea for the book, says she was inspired by “the flurry of attention and conversation among historians engaging with [Hamilton], who really had very divergent opinions on the quality, the work it was doing, the importance of it, the messages it was sending.”
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The release date for Tom Hiddleston and Claire Danes' new series The Essex Serpent has finally been confirmed - and fans will be thrilled to hear that they don't have much longer to wait!
The first two episodes of the new drama, based on Sarah Perry's bestselling 2016 novel of the same name, will premiere on Apple TV+ site Friday 13 May 2022. It's expected that the remaining episodes will then drop weekly.
Alongside the exciting announcement, Apple TV+ also released a new image from the series and it shows the Avengers star and Homeland actress in costume as Will Ransome and Cora Seaborne enjoying a windy walk on the beach. Check it out below...
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Set in Victorian London, the series will tell the story of a widow from London named Cora who becomes engrossed by a local superstition of a mythical sea creature after relocating to a rural seaside village in Essex.
As the synopsis reads: "She forms an unlikely bond with the village vicar Will Ransome, but when tragedy strikes, locals accuse her of attracting the creature."
Joining the two A-list stars in the series are a number of familiar faces, including Harry Potter stars Clémence Poésy and Frank Dillane, as well as Call the Midwife's Hayley Squires. The series has been adapted for screens by BAFTA-nominee Anna Symon and helmed by Ali & Ava director Clio Barnard.
Originally, Keira Knightley was meant to take on the role of Cora but she withdrew from the project in 2020 before filming, which took place on location in Essex, commenced.
A representative for the star confirmed that she had to pull out over childcare concerns for her two daughters, Edie and Delilah, as they told the Daily Mail: "There wasn't a comfortable scenario for Keira that could be put in place for an extended period of childcare required for the four-and-a-half-month production."
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Mischief Managed || Kim Doyoung(NCT)
Pairing : Reader(fem.) X Doyoung
Word count : 7k+
Warnings : A few cuss words here and there, gets suggestive towards the end, not proof read I’m sorry :(
Genre : Fluff, a hint of angst , romance, Hogwarts au, fake dating au.
Description: You are forced to befriend Kim Doyoung under unexpected circumstances but as two lonely souls meet, you find yourself enjoying his company a little too much.
A/N : I had the idea for this fic while I was travelling but I was too lazy to actually write it until recently. Harry Potter aus just never seem to bore me no matter how many times I write them ( it’s fate at this point XD)
Enjoy!
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Doyoung is bad at taking criticism. Not even sulky bad but angry, tantrum throwing bad. He'd rather be slapped than criticized. Metaphorically, of course.
"What do you mean she won't go on a date with me?" Doyoung hisses ,his voice an octave lower than usual. The bedroom consisting of three noisy boys suddenly falls silent at his words. For the first time in forever.
Jaehyun shifts in his place , the soft mattress dipping under his weight. He looks at his friend full of concern. "Look , you're not the only person trying to ask her out. I heard that some Gryffindor boys were trying to shoot their shot this morning. And that's just the beginning."
Doyoung clenches his blanket into his fists, "Claire is mine. They can't have her."
Johnny scoffs from his bed , his eyes never leaving the book he had been reading from the past one week, "Are you sure the sorting hat did a good job by putting you into Ravenclaw? That pride of yours sure does sound like Slytherin to me."
"Oh shut up. That's not even the point right now. I need Claire to go on a date with me. It's not a matter of interest anymore, it's a matter of pride. I will not back down just because there's competition." Doyoung shoots back.
The boys' room erupts with Johnny and Jaehyun's laughter, their beds shaking with vibrations and their voices probably disturbing the people sitting outside in the Ravenclaw common room. But it's been a long time since either of them have cared for what other people say. Ever since the three boys met on the Hogwarts Express six years ago , they've been inseparable, finding a home , a family in each other. And as time passes by, they're only formulating a stronger bond , unbeknown to the rest of the world.
By the time Jaehyun and Johnny come down from their laughter high, Doyoung is already throwing a fit , muttering under his breath , and clutching his blanket like his life depended on it. Typical angry Kim Doyoung.
"Everything else is fine, Dodo, but does Claire even know you?" Jaehyun asks, fanning his red face.
"Of course not , Jae. But in the sea of all the other boys ,she'd obviously notice our Doyoung first!"
Doyoung sucks in a deep,frustrated breath, reaching under his pillow to find his wand - Alder Wood, Dragon heartstrings core (11 inch) - his one true best friend.
"Aguamenti." Doyoung murmurs, ponting his wand at them. With a big splashing sound , a stream of water squirts out from the end of the wand , wetting everything that comes in contact with it - including Jaehyun and Johnny and everything else they possess.
That night , as the two boys try to dry themselves and the rest of their belongings, Doyoung stares up at the wooden ceiling, carved beautifully into swirls and waves and flowers ,he wonders why his friends think he wouldn't be able get Claire to go out with him, why did they make it seem so hard when it really wasn't.
His ego feels hurt, injured even. Maybe Johnny is right - maybe Doyoung is more Slytherin than Ravenclaw, but it didn't matter anymore. Because the Slytherin princess Claire would be his by the time Halloween arrives, no matter what and his ego and pride would be restored.
Or at least that is what he had initially planned.
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Everyone has that one subject they truly hate with every fiber of their being. They might not be particularly good or bad at it , but they often wonder the significance of this immeasurably disliked subject in their lives. For Doyoung, it is the potions class.
Brewing potions, remembering the recipes, knowing the job of each ingredient seemed too heavy a job for a divination loving man like Doyoung. Potions is way too practical, way too boring.
"Psst, Jae." The class must have been going on for about barely ten minutes when Doyoung decides he's had enough and that he would rather get in trouble for disturbing his friends.
"Jae, I'm bored. Johnny is in quidditch practice too." Doyoung pokes Jaehyun's back with the end of his wand. The latter squirms in his seat, subtle enough to not disturb anyone in the class, who unlike a certain Kim Doyoung were attentively listening to the professor.
"What?" Jaehyun turns back only enough to meet Doyoung's bored gaze.
"I think I'm going to ask Claire out today. During dinner. What do you think?" Doyoung whispers.
Jaehyun shakes his head , putting his quill down on the table, "Are you sure? You guys haven't even talked properly yet."
Doyoung stays silent for a few seconds because yes, Jaehyun is right. He doesn't even know what she likes , where is she from, who her friends are but he is willing to take the risk. For someone as beautiful as Claire, Doyoung would risk the whole world.
"I mean I can try, right?"
There's a sudden scoff escaping from your lips - whose name Doyoung never bothered to ask - sitting next to Jaehyun, the green of your robe hinting at your belongingness to Slytherin. "You're stupid, Kim Doyoung. Claire is not going to go out with you. Especially not when you're being such a creep." You say, your eyes fixed on the professor and your quill writing notes in quick movements.
Creep? Did you just call Doyoung a creep?
"Y/n, it's none of your business." Jaehyun rolls his eyes , "Stay out of it."
"Why? Is Mr.Snowflake here too egoistic to face the truth?" You turn around to look at Doyoung, a smirk finding it's way to your lips.
Doyoung clenches his fists, nibbling at his bottom lip as anger fills him up like water filling up in an empty jar; quick and to the brim.
"I don't remember asking for your opinion, " he says, then bitterly adds, "Miss Y/n ,who no one happens to care much about."
The sound of scratching of quills and quiet mutter of spells fills the air for a few seconds before you say something.
"I'm not giving you my opinion, it's just an advice. From first hand experiences. Many men have tried to win Claire over yet only a few of them have ever succeeded. " you say, "And boys like you often tend to seek her only because she's good looking so she actively makes sure to avoid your kind. ,"
Jaehyun looks at you ,stunned, "How do you know all that? Are you guys friends?"
Doyoung is not sure what to say anymore - he's as confused as Jaehyun is, maybe a tad bit more. For someone he'd properly talked to for the first time today, you sure do have a lot to say about his personal choices and ambitions. Big words do not faze him anymore.
"No , we're not friends." You giggle, "I'm her cousin. You almost couldn't tell, right?"
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"It's finally Hogsmade weekend again. I thought I was going to suffocate in that stupid common room of ours." Johnny sighs , waddling towards his bed and slumping down like a little boy.
"Yes, I also need a cup of butter beer the first thing we arrive there." Jaehyun says, "What about you, Dodo?"
Dodo ,on the other hand is far too gone in the sea of his thoughts to pay heed to what his friends have to say. His eyes are on the patterns of the ceiling but his mind is with Claire and mostly with you, who he unintentionally might have offended today during potions class. Doyoung didn't have any particular interest in you per se but as Claire's cousin, it is important for Doyoung to be accepted by you first. You might be a know-it-all ,annoying and ghostly but he needs to befriend you again, start everything from scratch. And who knows ,if he got lucky enough, you'd put in a word or two on his behalf to Claire.
"What's he thinking about?" Johnny whispers to Jaehyun, "Did something happen?"
Jaehyun shrugs, "Usually, I'd say he's thinking about Claire but today,I'm not so sure."
The next morning is as noisy as all of their Hogsmade mornings have been. Doyoung only remembers hearing Jaehyun's yells and Johnny's giggles and the Hufflepuff girls singing a beautiful Winter song on the journey to Hogsmade village.
No matter how hectic it is, he has always liked these weekends the best.
"Have they changed their services to self service or what?" Johnny asks ,tapping the marble surface of the table in the Three Broomsticks, "Where's Madam Rosmerta?"
Doyoung shrugs ,his eyes scanning the unusually quiet room. He realises that the only company they have is the empty chairs and tables and the flying bottles of water emptying themselves into small glasses. "Should we just grab our drinks and put the money on the counter?" Jaehyun offers.
Before either of them could answer, the main door of the room slams open, urgent with force and the three boys see you rush inside, panting and huffing and murmuring. Your hair is messy and your clothes are disheveled, yet Doyoung thinks you look...different. Different from what you look like at school at least. Better ,even.
"I'm sorry I'm late. We weren't expecting guests so early. I hope I-" you stop mid sentence when you realize Doyoung and the other two boys were the only ones in the pub, "Oh. It's just you three."
"Yes,y/n, it's just us. Can you get us three butterbeers please?" Jaehyun says.
You sigh with disappointment. A 'hi, y/n, how are you?' would have been nice but then again when has anyone ever bothered to greet you with so much sweetness? Jaehyun and you are study partners , to say in a way. You never bothered to befriend him and he never bothered to do the same so that's just how its been since first year - studying together in the library and pretending the other person doesn't exist under normal circumstances. You liked it that way but sometimes, just sometimes you did wish Jaehyun tried to treat you in a more friendly way.
"What's she doing here?" Doyoung ,who is genuinely taken aback by your presence, asks.
"She works part time here. Madam Rosmerta is a family friend of hers." Jaehyun answers.
If Madam Rosmerta is a family friend of yours then she must be a family friend of Claire too, Doyoung connects in his head, and Claire's name somehow ignites a fire of enthusiasm within him.
He drags his chair across the floor and gets up , walking toward the counter where you're working. A little nervous Doyoung is , but he still manages to start a conversation with you, "Hey, y/n ,right?"
You swiftly twirl your wand around in the air , and ten cups of butterbeer and gillyweed water present themselves on a tray. You turn away from him to clean up the other plates , "What do you need?"
"I um..wanted to apologize for the insensitive comment I made yesterday. We started off on the wrong foot, I'm really sorry." He says, rubbing the back of his neck. Autumn is starting to set in slowly, but Doyoung feels the sweat sticking to his skin as if it were a hot summer morning.
You pause for a second. What was he apologizing for? You honestly couldn't recall and whatever it might have been, you are sure that it wasn't worse than what your other classmate have said before ; which is why you don't remember Doyoung's supposed insensitive comment.
"It's fine. Don't worry about it, " You say, "I've had worse, actually."
Doyoung's heart drops - there is no phrase more pain inducing than the one you'd just spewed out so carelessly. And for some god forbidden reason, Claire suddenly slips out of his conscience mind.
"No, no. I want to start anew. Be your friend." Doyoung insists, leaning against the cold wooden counter.
You sigh, "Are you sure that's what your intention is? Because I don't think so. "
Doyoung scowls, "Of course that's my intention. What else would it be, y/n?"
You swing your wand and three glasses of butterbeer arrive directly in front of him. His eyes widen for a split second but he bounces back quickly.
"Just say that you need help with Claire." You sigh.
Oh,right ,Claire. Shit how could I forget? Doyoung feels silly.
"I mean...in a way yes. But that's for the later part. Let's first be friends, yeah?"
You shake your head , "If I help you out with Claire ,will you stop trying to be my friend?"
You absolutely despise yourself at times like these - when you are trying so hard to push people away when they're only trying to befriend you (for whatever reason it might be). You're so lonely yet so afraid of attachments that you always tend to do this. The same repeated routine. You hate it. You sometimes wonder what it would feel like to be in Claire's place, to be loved by everyone, to have people lining up just to take you out on one date . But it would never happen, because Claire is Claire : the Slytherin Princess and you are just you..someone who has barely ever talked to more than one person at school.
Doyoung gulps and then nods, "Okay. I will." Because befriending a Slytherin outcast will never be more important than scoring a date with the Slytherin Princess.
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The Hogwarts Library is most empty during noon, something which you've concluded with years of experience and getting shoved out of your seat by your classmates who are way above you on the social ladder.
"So, " Doyoung finds a comfortable seat opposite to you , his hands fiddling with the pages of his diary, " how have you been?"
You give him a tired smile, "Can we get straight to point? I hate casual conversation. "
Doyoung snickers, "Wow, aren't you approachable today."
You lean back into your chair , eyes scanning Doyoung's face for any signs of regret . You'd never been the warm, bright sunshine kind of a person and you have accepted it without much protest. But of course, people take a lot of time to grow used to your sharpness and more often than not, people walk away even before you soften around them. It's a survival mechanism, you always convince yourself.
"What do you want help with? Do you want to know about her interests or past relationships or something else ?"
Doyoung pouts, his mind filling up with all sorts of ideas to impress Claire. It's like he's hit a jackpot by meeting you.
"I want to know what I have to do to gain Claire's interest. Be her friend and then eventually, a boyfriend, if I'm lucky enough." He suggests.
"First of all ,you need to stop gawking at her from afar. You need to start conversations with her ,no matter how short. She likes it when people approach her first." Talk about having a big ass ego.
"Okay, noted." One quick wave of his hand and his quill is immediately noting down sentences in his diary, " You seem to know her quite well. You guys are close, I am assuming."
You and Claire used to be close. Used to. In the past tense. As children you were inseparable, but as you slowly grew up, she realised how boring and uncool you were and that you belong to the shadows while she belongs in the spotlight. She's not tried to talk to you first for a long time now. But you weren't about to explain all of this to Doyoung, who is visibly smitten by your estranged cousin so you just shake your head , "No, not anymore."
Your ears perk up at the unexpected sound of approaching footsteps towards you and before you could ask Doyoung to relocate to a more secluded area, you hear her loud and clear voice.
Claire.
"Oh, hey, Doyoung!" She greets the man in front of you, walking upto his side. Her shiny shoes creating a tip-tap noise against the floor, and the green of your robe almost feels dull as compared to her bright one.
When her eyes fall on you,  her mouths twists as if she had one of those stupid vomit flavored chocolates. "What are you doing here, y/n?" She sneers at you.
If you could ever get a hold of the invisibility cloak, the first thing you'd do is slap this bitch right across her face. She has always had this sense of superiority , even when she's never done anything quite as heroic or deserving of that fame. And it infuriates you even further when you see Doyoung freeze in his seat, eyes glued to Claire's face.
"We were studying. I was about to leave now anyway." You mumble , gathering your books and tucking them under your arm.
When Doyoung hears your chair drag across the floor , he snaps out of his trance.
Why were you leaving? You promised you'd help, why couldn't you put away your past tensions and deal with it?
"Hey, where are you going?" He grabs your arm out of the blue, sending a wave of shock jolting through your body.
You immediately pull your hand back, "I'm hungry. I want to eat something."
Claire glares at the two of you and how suspicious your behavior is , you'd always been weird but she never took Doyoung for the weird kind at all.
You quickly jog away from the scene , cheeks tinted red.
Doyoung suddenly comes with a horrendous idea and he knows you'd hate it but in the heat of the moment, this feels like the only sane idea to make you stay and help him . He looks at Claire directly in the eye ,making sure to keep his voice as loud as possible so you could hear it too,
"Y/n and I are dating."
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The red, orange leaves rustle under your feet , disrupting the otherwise silent walk back to the Slytherin dormitories. A cold wind blows and you tighten the muffler around your neck.
"Y/n, I've been looking everywhere for you. "
And there is that leech again, making sure you don't come to have a single second of peace in your already hectic daily lives. For the past one week, Kim Doyoung has latched himself onto you like a leech latches to it's host. Wherever you go, he goes. It's maddening.
"I told you to stay away from me, Doyoung! Our deal is over. " you yell at him , your feet picking up a faster pace.
Without even looking back, you know that he is groaning under his breath, the look of hopelessness evident in his otherwise sparkling eyes.
"Our deal was that you help me. You're not helping me out at all! You're treating me like I'm invisible." he replies.
Just how I'd been invisible for years to you, you think.
"I didn't agree to be a bait in this stupid love game of yours. You literally pushed me down the cliff to save yourself. " you say. You feel a sudden gush of wind on your face and Doyoung is standing right in front of you - inches away, instead of a few feet behind you.
You gasp, "You apparated! Kim Doyoung, this is against the school rules."
Doyoung bites down on his lower lip, throat growing dry with anxiousness. He couldn't explain why - he'd apparated before within the school grounds and it's been okay then why is he feeling dizzy all of a sudden? But on second thoughts, maybe it wasn't the apparition that caused the dizziness, maybe it was the spooky possibility of you hating him for lying about you two dating that triggered it. And like salt dissolves in water and disappears into the liquid, Claire- who is the original cause of all of Doyoung 's concern, disappears from his thoughts. All that matters to him now is that you speak with him again and forgive him for his impulsive words . He wants to assure you that you aren't a bait , at all.
"Just hear me out, please. I promise. " he says, "if you don't talk to me, I'll try to be your friend. I assume you don't want that."
You sigh , pressing a hand to your face, "Okay, spill. And be quick. I have club work."
Doyoung nods, a small smile forming on his lips. He leads you under a bushy tree nearby, sitting down on the stone bench constructed there. You follow suit. "I'm sorry for telling Claire that we're dating but I was in a critical situation at that time, okay?"
You frown, "That's all you had to say? You aren't here to persuade me into fake dating you so you could make Claire jealous?"
Gosh , Doyoung , why do you keep forgetting your main motive of talking to y/n?
He blinks at you awkwardly, "Primarily, yes. But now that you've said it...it does sound like a good idea. "
You deadpan. Your eyes close as your lips heave out a tired sigh. Just when you thought he was here to actually talk to you and not about Claire.
"Fine ,whatever. Just don't be a creep or I'll bury you alive." You huff.
Doyoung giggles as his eyes curve into cute little cresent moons.He has a pretty smile , you catch yourself thinking.
He scoots over closer to you ,pinching your cheek. "Okay ,madam. I won't creep you out but I cannot guarantee that I won't flirt with you . I have a thing for Slytherin girls, you know.", He winks.
Your cheeks heat up involuntarily.
"Bye. I have work." You get up, walking away hastily.
"Bye! See you tomorrow at The Three Broomsticks," he calls out behind you,"Babe."
You'd never smiled so wide in your life.
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Your part time job at The Three Broomsticks has never felt so much like a blessing than right now - when Kim Doyoung casually sits on the floor with you and helps clean the utensils.
"Are guests rare on weekends?" Hs asks as a white cloth floats around in the air, drying up the freshly washed utensils.
"They're less in the morning but it gets very crowded by sun down. Aunt Rosmerta joins me by that time." You reply.
Doyoung nods ,his eyes glaring at the white cloth when it falls at his feet. "Wingardium Leviosa. " he mutters and the cloth goes back to doing its work, while Doyoung carefully guides it using his wand.
"When do you have to go back?" You ask, purely out of curiosity as to why he is so into the role of your boyfriend when no one is even watching. You would rather die than admit it , but you liked this attention. A lot more than you thought you would.
"Whenever you're done. A good boyfriend accompanies his girlfriend ,right?"
Oh, the beating of your heart that suddenly picks up its speed at his words. A combination of words you'd never thought you'd hear in this lifetime, from anyone at all.
"Yeah,whatever. " you whisper under your breath.
Doyoung giggles ,leaning forward toward you , "Why are so shy ,y/n?"
"I'm not shy." You smack his forehead, "You're just being a creep."
Doyoung fake gasps, clutching the left side of his chest and blinks his eyes as if he were tearing up. "Ouch ,y/n,how could you say that to your own boyfriend?"
You roll your eyes but the smile on your lips doesn't disappear.
Before either of you could reply , the door of the pub clicks open and you immediately get up , dusting off your clothes , ready to welcome guests. Doyoung, who is very new to this , tries to mimic your careful, calculated actions.
"Hello, welcome to the Three Broomsticks-" your words are cut off when you see Claire , as glamorous and confident as ever, walking toward the both of you. Your heart sinks. You feel betrayed , annoyed even ; just the way little children feel when their favorite toy is taken away from them and given to someone else and Claire has, in fact, had a history of taking away a lot of your favorite toys when you were kids.
"Good morning, Doyoung," she greets him with the prettiest smile but it fades away as she turns to you, "You too ,y/n."
"What do you want?" You ask her, rather terse in tone.
She tilts her head , her bright red tinted lips sending a flirty smile in Doyoung's direction, "I'm here to see my friend Doyoung and well ,his new girlfriend. "
You scoff - since when has Doyoung become her friend? Last you checked, Doyoung wasn't even sure she knew him.
"Since when have you and Doyoung been friends, Claire? That's some news to me." You say.
Claire glares at you, "Well, I've always liked Doyoung. Too bad a dumb girl like you got to him first. I shouldn't have waited for him to approach me first , right?"
Doyoung - who until a minute ago was genuinely mesmerized by Claire's unexpected visit is now turning to frown at her. "You can take him if you want. I don't mind." You suggest ,turning away from them.
"Yayy, Doyoung ,you heard your girlfriend? Come on , let's go to the candy shop and enjoy there! It'd be so much fun!" Claire pulls at his blue-black muffler. He backs away a little. The image of Claire he had in his head was ..well, different from this arrogant , possessive woman in front of him. He feels disappointed but also relieved?
"Um - actually I'd rather stay here and help y/n, " you snap toward him faster than light , "I dislike candies anyway. Sorry, Claire."
When Claire's mouth gapes with surprise, Doyoung leans backward and pulls you into him , arm wrapped around your shoulder and chin resting on your head. Your heart hammers hard against your chest as all your senses blur away , only the feeling of Doyoung's warm body pressed against yours is what keeps you grounded to reality.
Its fake, y/n , get yourself together.
"Fine. " Claire growls and stomps away, mumbling curses under her breath.
The moment she walks out of the door ,you shove Doyoung away , "What the hell are you doing! She invited you to hang out with her and you let the chance go!"
He blinks at you , puzzled as if he is finally coming back to his senses. "Oh - oh ,its okay. I'll get another chance since she apparently likes me too. Don't worry about it."
I'm not worrying about it , you idiot , I'm happy about it , you want to say to him. But there are some words you'd rather never say out loud.
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"Where are we going?" Doyoung huffs , jogging down the lush green hill leading straight to the Forbidden Forest. Fear is evident on his face , and it's rather amusing to see him like this.
"The Forbidden Forest, obviously," you say , pointing at the tall, strong tress that patiently await your arrival into the forest.
"What? Y/n, that's against the school rules. It's way past sun down now!" He hisses but still keeps jogging beside you.
You grin at him, "Says the man who apparates in broad daylight!"
The woods are as cold and spooky as ever , but not unfamiliar. To you atleast. You often come here when you need to get away from everyone else. You would sit at the top of the tallest tree, the soft breeze blowing away all your worries along with it. And the creatures in the forest have never bothered you anyway. You don't know why you are bringing Kim Doyoung - your pretend boyfriend- to a place that holds so much importance to you and is like your escape from the world, but this place was the first and only one to come into your mind the moment Doyoung said you should choose the location for your next 'date'.
"So how do we get up there?" Doyoung and you stand at the roots of the tree. He looks up at the branches in awe and you look at him with admiration - when he's not running his mouth around uselessly everywhere ,he's not that bad to be with , you realize.
"We apparate , you idiot." Wrapping a firm hand around his arm, you apprate to the topmost branch of the tree, the wind suddenly knocked out of your lungs at the sudden shift. You laugh a little.
"Wow, you're breaking rules." He comments. He doesn't bother to remove your hand from his and neither do you - so you end up sitting there , shoulders touching and breaths matching.
"You know when I first met you , I almost took you for a Ravenclaw. If it hadn't been for your robe, that is." He says , looking at the beautifully lit school building that seems to be floating around near the horizon. This is more magical than any magic he's ever been taught , he thinks , he'd never seen Hogwarts this way - so far away yet so close, so peaceful, so breathtaking. The starry sky acts like a beautiful backdrop and your soft hand wrapped around his arm makes him ten times more attentive to every sound and every sight. He wants you to never let go - even if Claire or anyone else somehow appears out of nowhere.
"I get that a lot, actually. " you chuckle , "and ironically ,I almost mistook you for a Slytherin."
Doyoung looks at you in amusement. What a peculiar coincidence!
"But now that I think about it, it doesn't matter what kind of traits you show. The sorting hat doesn't put just traits into consideration- it puts in your will too. You belong where you want to belong. Nowhere else." He replies.
You stare at him, and get embarrassed at how wonderfully close he is to you right now. All your life ,this is what you've craved; this warmth , this closeness and fake or not, you're thankful for it.
"Wow, that's some deep words, Kim Doyoung. I didn't know you had them in you." You comment.
"Hey, why can't you call me something cute?" He whines , "Kim Doyoung is too formal."
You pinch his cheeks, adoration pumping through your veins for the man in front of you. "Okay, I'll call you Dodo then. "
He is left wide eyed again, his face red with embarrassment. He never took you for the observant type at all.
"I heard Jaehyun call you that."
The moon shines at your face , highlighting your features like no make up ever could. He notices your hooded gaze and the happy stretch of your lips and the strands of hair that sway with the wind. He leans in closer , "Hey, now that I look at you up close , you're not that bad to look at."
You're not that bad to look at either, Dodo.
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Jaehyun has this annoying habit of tapping his wand against the table when he is studying , and he has never even tried to rectify himself whenever you call him out several times.
"Can you stop that? I'm trying to study. " you groan in a quiet voice.
The library- much to your dislike - is packed with people this afternoon. Yellows and reds and blues and green , all of them seem to have decided to use the library in the afternoon today of all days.
"Yeah. Sorry. " he says and puts his wand down, flipping the pages of his notebook carelessly ,"but um -y/n, can I ask you something?"
Looking up from your Potions book , you nod , "Yes, of course. "
Jaehyun shifts and gulps ,visibly worried and anxious about whatever he is about to ask you. It's not like him to ever be so nervous around anyone. He was usually very uptight and spoke only when spoken to. This is very new.
"How long are you and Doyoung going to continue this fake dating thing on for? It's been half a month already." He asks.
Now it's your turn to be nervous.
"I-I don't really know. It depends on how fast Doyoung is able to get Claire to go out with him. I guess." You reply with an awkward laugh, "I hope the day comes soon."
You'd been so immersed in fake dating Doyoung all along, trying to spend every waking hour with him , taking care of him, laughing at his stupid jokes that you almost forgot everything was just a show to get Claire to go out with him. And as Halloween comes closer , you are sure the end of your supposed relationship is coming closer too. Your heart breaks at the sudden reality check. Like a glass vase thrown on a hard ,wooden floor.
"Okay, don't tell Doyoung I asked you about it - " he pauses when you both hear a woman's voice from behind you , startling the two of you.
"Hello, dear cousin. " Claire says with a big smile. Her arms are crossed in front of her chest, robe loosely tied around her body,"What are you doing in this stupid library on your birthday, y/n? Shouldn't you be celebrating with Doyoung ?"
Her words have never slapped you as hard as they do right now. She's been mean to you for almost half your life , but this time it hurts worse. You've always been insecure about your birthday, and Claire knows it. She knows how much you hate bringing attention to yourself and you'd rather get some small gifts from your parents than big gifts from people who you barely know. And she's now using all that against you.
"Or did he not bother to ask you, just like all of your former friends?" She smirks.
You know that feeling when there's a small wound on your body and a single contact to the wounded area hurts unbearably? That's what her words made you feel like. Sick and pathetic.
But you don't let it surface on your face. You muster up all your courage before speaking up, "Claire, are you so jealous of me dating Doyoung that you're bringing up past incidents to make yourself feel good?"
Claire is left astonished by your new found boldness and for the first time in forever, she doesn't comment back at you after you turn on your heels and walk away from the scene.
You are far too weak and slow to actually walk down to the Forbidden Forest, so you settle yourself on the top floor of the astronomy tower. The cold ground under you feels weirdly comfortable and the ticking of the grand clock helps you calm down your nerves.
Claire has never treated you like an equal in your entire life and you've tried so hard to ns like her always . To fit in to her ideas of an interesting person. She was your sister, she is your sister yet you've never despised anyone as much as you do now. And to imagine that Kim Doyoung, your Dodo might end up dating her just makes you feel sick to the stomach. Jealousy is an intense feeling but so is hatred.
You hear quick footsteps walking up the stairs and by impulse, you point your wand in that direction,"Expelli-"
"Hey, hey. Don't 'expelliarmus' me. I'm just here to celebrate my best girl's birthday. "
Kim Doyoung stands in front of you , hands occupied with bags of delicious candies and sweets. He smiles at you sheepishly as you call him over to sit beside you.
"Why didn't you tell me its your birthday today? This is all I could manage in a span of fifteen minutes." He complains ,placing the bag softly in your lap, "Happy birthday, y/n."
You smile , a little embarrassed but thankful still , "Thanks. Jaehyun told you?"
Doyoung nods ,scooting over closer to you. In presence of so much space on the floor, he somehow manages to almost cuddle with you in a small corner of the place. Your heart is no longer sitting in the cage of your chest ; it's escaped and landed onto Doyoung's palms ,giving him full freedom to do whatever he wanted with it.
"Doyoung ,I..um.."
"Yeah?"
Words , oh ! words have never been your forte. The only thing you were good at was actions - to express, to show , to communicate . That's all you've ever known.
So you lean in towards his face and place a chaste kiss on his lips. It lasts for a fraction of a second but your lips are left burning with the desire for more. More of him, more of this.
But when you see his face once you pull away, your blood runs dry. For a moment, you think so you see a flicker of happiness which quickly gets replaced by coldness, frustration, some degree of anger.
"Y/n, you know I like Claire!" He says , separating himself from you. Your body feels bare, "This was all for her. How could you ever think doing this would be a good idea?"
No,it wasn't for Claire. It was barely an excuse to bother you more, to see you roll your eyes at him , to spend time with you, but as Johnny says , his ego is too big to accept his liking towards you and not Claire.
He gets up.
"I-I will be leaving now."
He hasn't completely put a full stop to your fake relationship, he hasn't even said anything much yet but you know that he's left not just the astronomy tower, he's left you. All alone. As they always do.
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Only the heavens know how you've barely managed to make it through a whole week avoiding Doyoung. The tear stains on your pillow , the muffled sobs in the washroom, the torn pages of your notebook are the only witnesses of your turmoil. For everyone else, you were still y/n, the girl who barely talks to anyone . And maybe, that's everything you'll ever be no matter how hard you try.
It is Hogsmade Weekend and Halloween which means you'll be packed with guests at the Three Broomsticks. It's a good thing ,you hope, it'll help keep you distracted from any painful thoughts and memories.
The cups and glasses and bottles dance around you as you put the chairs in place, your wand doing most of the work while you quietly murmur spells. It feels rather abnormal not having Doyoung around to help you. It feels too quiet ,even though the quietness is familiar to you.
A faint click sound echoes in the room and you immediately snap to look at the main door.
"Y/n?" Doyoung's head gently pokes in through the small gap in the door, “Happy Halloween.”
Your heart stops beating for a solid second, brain going fuzzy with a mixture of fear, excitement and relief. You want to run towards him and jump into his arms like how people do in those muggle movies but you restrain yourself; since it's not your place to do that. Not after you'd kissed him out of nowhere a week ago.
"Y-yea?" You stutter nervously, dragging a chair away from the table just to make it look like you are busy with work.
"Can we talk?"
Doyoung has always been very persuasive and he knows exactly what to say at a given instance. He's a Ravenclaw, after all. So he finds his way towards the table ,shyly so , and he pulls a chair for you to sit on ,"I won't take long, I swear."
You nod and sit. Better to be done with it than avoid it. "What is it? Shouldn't you be at Madam Puddifoot's Tea Shop? Enjoying with Claire and the other cool people?" You ask.
Doyoung gulps ,"Yes, I was there a minute ago. But it's too noisy there. I don't like it." And it's too dull without you.
"Okay. What did you want to talk about ?"
He plays with the buttons of his warm looking purple coat, his eyes shifting from the tablecloth to the glasses of gillyweed water to his fingers - anywhere but you.
"I'm sorry about running away that night. It was wrong of me," he begins, "And I regret it. I really do." "When I went back to the dorms, all I could think about was you and how much I loved hanging out with you and how pretty you look even when you're not trying and how desperately I wished you'd kissed me a second longer that night so I could have kissed you back. Because I really wanted to. "
When you start to reply , he shushes you, "No, it's not Claire that I want. Maybe it never had been because I don't even know her! But I know you and I think you're the coolest person in Hogwarts. I cannot love Claire, who I know nothing of but I can love you. I want to love you. If you'd let me."
You stare at him , your tongue suddenly losing all it's sense of functioning. Your eyes bore into his ,and you see it - the sincerity, the adoration, the desire. And you realise it has always been there. Just the two of you were too stupid to see it earlier.
"Okay. I guess." You reply , rubbing the back of your neck shyly. Your cheeks are tinted red but you put no effort in hiding it anymore, " I'm sorry, I don't know how dating works. What am I supposed to do?"
Doyoung giggles , tenderly taking your face in his hands, "Just do whatever you want to. It's just me."
"I really want to kiss you. " you whisper and he immediately tilts his head such that his lips easily captures yours. The kiss is warm and cozy yet fierce. His hands are locked on either side of your face while your lips perfectly mold around his, as if they were meant to be that way since the inception of time.
You don't believe in miracles , given your magical allegiance but you do believe in fate and soulmates. You believe that there's someone for everyone out there - no one knows how or when they'll cross paths with you, but they will surely do it one day. Because no force can stop one from getting the love you deserve. It's just like a string - there's one person at each end and you're so thankful that it is Doyoung that happened to be at the other end of your string.
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