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raeflora · 5 months

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525,000 (moments so dear)

[1 year in the life of Blair, Chuck and Henry ♡ rated e]

chapter 1- January (a month to refresh and restart)

The pale morning light filters through the curtains, hitting the bed at just the right angle to make Blair groan and pull the duvet higher around herself. Maybe if she doesn't open her eyes then her head won't ache, and she can stay in this blissful cocoon of warmth and pretend it's not the morning. That the only place she and Chuck have to be is in this bed with each other.

Chuck stirs next to her, his hand running over her bare waist under the duvet, seeking her hand that still clutches at the duvet. He effortlessly links his fingers with hers and pulls her back onto his chest, their bodies fitting together by instinct. Blair sighs softly as he runs his palm up and down her arm, her own fingers tracing patterns on his bare chest, burying her face between the pillow and his shoulder.

"Good morning" she mumbles into his skin, pressing a kiss to his neck.

"Good morning" Chuck returns, tilting his head to try and kiss her cheek.

Blair nuzzles against him, "we don't have to move, right?"

"Not unless you don't want breakfast"

"Give me five minutes" is her groaned reply.

They stay in a comfortable silence, Chuck's hand resuming it's familiar path across her arm and down her back. The warmth spreading over her skin is far more agreeable than the sunlight still fighting to get under the duvet. But then, the duvet is being flung back, the cool air mixing with the warmth of the sun, and Blair's face lands on Chuck's pillow.

"Hey!" she huffs, anger fading at the sight of her husband's casually naked body, "I said five minutes"

Chuck smirks at her, pulling his robe on slowly, almost provocative in his movements, "you said it five minutes ago"

"So you're starting 2017 by improving your timekeeping?"

"Actually," he leans down to give her a real good morning kiss, "I started 2017 by hearing you scream my name, which was far more pleasurable"

"So why your sudden interest in breakfast?" she challenges still, turning as Chuck walks around their bed to her side, "And don't say you're hungry, Bass. I know it's not Dorota's croissants you want right now" she finishes, eyes flickering down his robe clad form and back up to hold his gaze, lips curling mischievously.

"While that may be true, there's someone upstairs who's probably craving Dorota's breakfast spread right now"

"Henry's not due up until 7:30 and right now it's only-" Blair turns to face the clock, eyes widening, "7:30. Chuck! You let me sleep this long?" she darts up and into Chuck's arms, already holding her robe open.

"You were very, very tired" he husks in her ear, "besides you woke up first, Waldorf"

Blair pretends to roll her eyes at him, tying her robe and trying to find her underwear. She gives up after a moment and settles on finding any kind of clothing, heading to her closet. Chuck catches her waist, spinning her back around and pulling her into him.

"Of course," he muses against her temple, "we could always let him sleep in. It is a holiday"

Blair sighs, tipping her head back so her lips ghost across his, "but what would we do?"

"Mmm there is something I didn't get to do earlier"

"Oh?"

Blair only has a second to laugh before Chuck takes her hand and sits her down on their chaise lounge, her robe already opening as he dips his head between her thighs. The year is already off to a wonderful start, she thinks, and, if she doesn't push away the other thought that scratches at her mind, it will just keep improving.

The air is crisp as Blair lifts Henry out of the limo, adjusting his scarf and holding him on her hip as Chuck shuts the door. His mitten clad hands hold his new favourite stuffed dinosaur, his second and third favourites safely in Blair's handbag. Although he's only had them for two weeks he refuses to go out without at least one.

"Can I play dinosaurs with Aunt Serena?" he asks, resting his head on her shoulder.

"After you eat"

Henry pouts, "what if- what if she wants to play first?"

Chuck takes over, tickling his side, "I think she'll let you eat first"

Henry sighs, very seriously for an almost two-and-a-half-year-old, and hugs his arms tighter around Blair. She kisses his head, readjusting him in her arms as they reach the door.

"Hello Vanya" Henry chirps, waving his dinosaur in greeting.

"Hello Mr Henry" Vanya replies, "are you excited for first family brunch of the year?"

Henry nods, "I'm gonna play dinosaurs after"

Vanya laughs and holds the door open, "I'm sure you'll have fun"

"Thank you, Vanya" Chuck nods as the enter the lobby, warmth enveloping around them.

"Of course, Mr Chuck"

Henry waves again, Vanya waving back before going outside. The three of them approach the elevator, Chuck absentmindedly putting his hand on Blair's back as they walk through the open doors. By the time they reach the top Henry is impatient, squirming to be set down so he can run in. Blair doesn't though, instead she carries him in to the sight of Lily eagerly waiting.

"There's my beautiful grandson" she coos, lifting him from Blair's arms and squeezing her hand in greeting, "look at you, you're getting bigger everyday!"

"I grow" Henry declares proudly, as Chuck carefully helps to pull his mittens and matching scarf off, "that's what daddy said"

"And he's very right, hello darling" Lily kisses Chuck's cheek.

Before Blair can properly greet Lily she's swept into a Serena hug, a flash of blonde hair and a slightly awkward Dan Humphrey by the couch being her only warning. She laughs, hugging her back and sneaking a glance at Serena's still bare ring finger. Maybe that's why Dan can't quite meet her gaze.

They all make their way to the heaving table, coats and scarves taken care of. Henry happily sits between his parents, more excited about the promise of playtime with Serena than the food in front of him. Still he eats the croissants and fruit salad and yoghurt and buttery toast strips, eyebrows creasing at Blair wiping his stained mouth and fingers. She lifts him into her lap, brushing a hand over his hair.

"Good boy" she praises while Dan explains the plot of his latest novel, "do you want to play with Aunt Serena now?"

Henry grins up at her, "yeah"

"Alright then" she lifts him into the air like Chuck does, swinging him round so his little feet hit the floor, "your dinosaur kingdom awaits"

Serena doesn't need any encouragement, immediately launching into a questionably accurate impression of a t-rex as she joins him on the floor. Henry's overjoyed, and, once Blair's satisfied that he's not going to hurt himself, turns her attention to Dan.

"I thought," she hisses, not missing the way Dan's eyes widen and Chuck smirks, "you were proposing to her. What happened Humphrey?"

"Ok so- stop looking at me like that, Chuck, come on. So I am proposing to her, I just thought, you know, uh, New Year's proposals are kinda overdone and-"

"I don't care" Blair whispers exasperatedly, "I'm not having another two hour long conversation with her about if I think you're going to do it or not-"

"Just pick somewhere and get on one knee" Chuck continues smoothly, "she wants to marry you, so stop stalling"

"I'm not stalling, I-"

"You are" they chorus.

"I just want to do it right" Dan finishes.

"Humphrey, there's never going to be the perfect time" Chuck continues, hand finding Blair's beneath the table, "there won't be any time if you don't do it soon"

Dan holds his hands up, "alright point taken"

"Hey sorry to interrupt, B" Serena says, covertly coming up to Blair, "but I think Henry needs the bathroom and I wasn't sure how far you were with-"

"It's ok, S, I'll take him"

She gives Dan one last pointed glare before taking Henry's hand in hers and walking him down the hallway. Thankfully they're quick, Henry only becoming momentarily distracted by the jasmine scented soap and trying to cover both his arms in it through his knitted sweater. Blair stops him, but appreciates his enthusiasm about hygiene.

Family brunch wraps up not long after, all of Henry's dinosaurs in his hands as he sleepily curls up in Chuck's lap. It's a funny sort of feeling that settles in Blair's stomach as she looks at her boys, one that makes her ache with how much she loves them. It's time, she thinks to herself. She knows what she wants now, and she's going to get it.

Snow falls softly outside the limo's moving windows, catching the glow of the streetlights. Blair sighs, resting her head on Chuck's shoulder. Soon they'll be busy again, their son and their empires needing their attention. But now, now they can just be Chuck and Blair, Blair and Chuck, and all they need is to be with each other.

She trails her fingers down his arm, resting her hand on top of his. Without a word he intertwines their fingers and Blair takes a breath.

"Chuck" she starts, lifting her head up to look at him.

"Blair" he responds, resting his forehead against hers.

Her words rush out, unable to wait another minute, "I want us to have another baby"

He smiles, truly, just for her, "are you sure?"

"There's nothing I want more right now"

"Right now?" he teases.

She cups his jaw, "right now"

She kisses him soundly, her hands in his hair and his on her waist. With ease he pulls her onto his lap and Blair moans into him, her fingers running down his chest. She starts pulling at his tie, and he returns the favour by pushing her skirt over her hips. They break apart for a moment, Chuck's lips finding her neck as his hands find her underwear. Blair gasps as he tugs them down her stocking clad thighs, helping to kick them onto the floor, and runs her palm over the growing bulge in her husband's pants.

Chuck growls as she pulls the zipper down, her fingers pulling his boxers down too. She wraps her hand around him, grinning at the way he grunts into her neck. Carefully she moves her hips forwards, stuttering slightly as he strokes his fingers down her folds, and steadily lowers onto him. It's familiar, but different, her hands clinging to his jacket, her hips rocking down until she moans, the feeling of him deep inside her catching her off guard. Then, it's instinct, and desire, and pleasure, their bodies moving perfectly, his hips thrusting up as hers grind down. Blair moans, burying her face into his neck, kissing where his pulse thrums.

Her fingers run through his hair as her body arches back. Chuck's hands hold her waist, his eyes shining with awe as she glances down at him. She bends down to kiss him, biting his lip as he grinds his hips up into her. Her body jerks, hands clutching at him, and her breathing grows heavy against his lips.

Blair clenches around him, fluttering once, twice, unable to contain the purr that works its way out of her throat as Chuck strokes her clit. Her orgasm bursts through her, his name coming from her lips in a haze of ecstasy, her body curling onto him. She gasps, smile blooming on her lips at Chuck's own release. His hands guide her off of him and back onto the now cool leather. She sighs happily, Chuck running his hand through his hair on his own pleasure tinged sigh.

Although conceiving their second child in a limo might not have been her original plan, she couldn't think of a more appropriate way to start trying. The year is definitely off to the best possible start, and she can't wait for it to continue.

#chuck x blair #chair #chuck and blair #blair x chuck #blair and chuck #gossip girl #blair waldorf #chuck bass #henry bass #gossip girl fanfiction #chuck x blair fanfiction #chuck and blair fanfiction #mine: fics #fics: gg #derena #pls let me know what u think!!#I've been wanting to do a multi chapter fic for ages so I hope u enjoy it!!#fic: 525000

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senamarais · 10 months

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My Favourite Screenshots from Gossip Girl: Season One, Part 2.

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vanderwoodlings · 6 months

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Humphrey siblings + Jagged Little Pill:

Dan + “Ironic”

[id: a series of images of Dan and Serena in 2.01, with the lyrics “Well, life has a funny way of sneaking up on you/When you think everything’s okay and everything’s going right/And life has a funny way of helping you out/When you think everything’s gone wrong/And everything blows up in your face.” The first has Dan with his jacket stained from getting drinks poured on it, and the second has Serena looking at him smugly in response. In the third and fourth, they’re getting closer together in the kitchen as they scrub his jacket, and in the fifth, they’re kissing on the beach that night.]

#yes i know i missed using n/s for ‘meeting the man of your dreams/and then meeting his beautiful wife’ i know #dan humphrey #serena van der woodsen #dan and serena #derena #jlph #this is an edit tag #original nonsense

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speranza-e-vita · 1 year

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Blake Lively as Serena Van Der Woodsen

(Gossip Girl | season 1, episode 1)

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mydairpercabeth · 10 months

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IVE MADE SOME REAL BIG MISTAKES BUT YOU MAKE THE WORST ONES LOOK FINE

#THIS APPLIES TO SO MANY SHIPS #OLIVIA WROTE THIS FOR ME SPECIFICALLY #vampire #olivia rodrigo #klaroline #delena #pepperony #bughead #stucky #derena #chair #like every toxic ship

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buckysteve · 1 year

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anyway serena always loved dan the most and consistently chose him over literally all of her other boyfriends and flings whereas nate was always second best to her, but you guys still aren’t ready to accept that truth

#maia.txt #gossip girl #derena #dan x serena #i don’t love the ship in the later seasons bc they screwed w them too much and i think dan ended up loving blair more as an adult #also his character was a hot mess in s5 & 6 #BUT #serena alllllways loved dan the most #i’ll never understand why serena/nate are so beloved #they’re cute and blonde but that’s it #they have no depth

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strideofpride · 1 year

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Gossip Girl Appreciation Week, Day 5: Favorite Outfit -> this Serena look from 202

#i tried something funky with the formatting idk if i like it #serena van der woodsen #gossip girl #ggaw23 #gossipgirledit #ggedit #blairena #serenate #derena #my moodboards #all images sourced from senamarias

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mrs-nate-humphrey · 1 year

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what makes date and derena different for you?

a lot of things!!! this got very long, LOL.

dan and serena's whole getting to know each other and getting together is very circumstantial. he's been harbouring this crush on her forever, she's his dream girl, but it's simply a thing of him being in the right place at the right time and her giving him a chance that gets them together. the ultimate meet cute!

& like... he's in love with this idea of her and she wants to escape from her world and the expectations that come with being a part of the UES and running into dan's arms makes a lot of sense, when her relationships with both blair and nate, post returning from boarding school, are tenuous. dan and serena are both initially looking for something that the other fulfils, and then they get to know each other better, and only when they let themselves actually get to know each other beyond their ideas of the other (dan realising the date serena wants isn't the one he thinks she wants in 1x05, serena realising the expensive gifts she's giving dan in 1x11 i think? are making him uncomfortable and choosing to get vanessa's help in giving him a cute aesthetic christmas instead...)

so yeah, it's very meeting of two worlds. dan and serena get each other because they're both compassionate people, and they're both lonely, due to their circumstances at the point during which they meet. they're also both elder siblings, which they bond over in 1x05 (and something i wish we'd seen more of them connecting over, because they both cared so much about their younger sibling!)

which is not to say d/n aren't lonely & compassionate. i mean, they ARE, and that'd be a great connection point for them in s4, but. hm. im getting ahead of myself.

dan & nate.... hm. their connection isn't like that. dan is "serena's boyfriend" to nate and nate is "the guy serena slept with" to dan. they don't have any kind of pining before knowing each other, or running to each other because it's easy. the way they fall into each other's lives, in 2x06, is an evolution of actively disliking each other, and then admitting that they don't actually know each other well enough to dislike each other and giving each other a second chance. that's a completely different genre of meet cute than "let's fake date because i don't want to attend blair's party okay you're kind of cute for real."

dan and nate kind of like. become friends first, and as we see in 2x07, dan's never actually had a friend like nate. and nate as well, though we don't see anyone talking about this - nate's friend group seems very linked to his ues social circle and so on, i doubt anyone has chosen to be his friend just because they liked hanging out with him - all his friends are friends with him because he's ~nate archibald. like yeah sure vanessa liked hanging out with him but an ex girlfriend, especially given the bullshit nature of the natessa breakups, is a different ballgame from a friend, sometimes. can come with its own baggage or whatever.

so yeah, dan and nate are.... they're never actually actively looking for romance in each other, and i think they should, because what they both want in a relationship is something they'd so intuitively give each other, and their entire friendship has sexual/romantic undertones already, anyway. (they watch porn together canonically in what, 3x11? 3x09? 3x0something. and nate is watching dan, not watching the porn. wow.)

so in a lot of ways the appeal of the dynamic is very very different. derena is the thing where you're pining for something and you can't believe it actually happened to you, whereas date is more the what you're looking for has been here this whole time kind of thing.

#meta #date #derena #uwu #dan humphrey #anon #hope this makes sense!!!

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terrainofheartfelt · 7 months

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Serena (and Dan) + “Just Like a Woman” (3/4)

#serena van der woodsen #gossip girl #dan humphrey #derena #*#*svdwjlw #gg lyrics #dan x serena #serena x dan #source: senamarais #source: bob dylan

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emmanelson · 1 year

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Dan and Serena’s house photos in the Gossip Girl Reboot - S02 E07

#derena #gossip girl #serena van der woodsen #dan humphrey #dan x serena #serena x dan #gossip girl hbo #gossip girl reboot #gossip girl 2021

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raeflora · 6 days

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Hi! Almost everyone I know ships Serenate as endgame so I'm happy to have found the one other Derena shipper here and would love to hear why you prefer them to Serenate, why you think they actually COULD be happy together, what you see as them having in common despite their differences, and what you envision their life like as adults!

hi!! sorry it's taken so long to post this sksfjkdk but yes derena shippers unite!! 🫶🏻🫶🏻 so I prefer them to serenate bc I think they have more chemistry and they're more believable to me. although I do believe serena and nate loved each other, it wasn't in the same way that she and dan loved each other and made each other better bc of that. nate gets over serena pretty quickly in s4 and only really wants her back once dan starts to (like him getting back with blair in s2 only after chuck wants her) whereas serena still has obvious feelings for dan during s3 and s4, and they have more of a romantic connection than she and nate do. when serena says dan's the love of her life I believe her bc of her actions, and ultimately she's the love of dan's once he stops being in love with any woman who talks to him for 5 minutes. although serenate is the preferred endgame ship, and I really don't wanna upset anyone here, I don't really get why bc nate's clearly more in love with serena than she is with him, and they don't really seem to want to get back together after the middle of s4, so I don't really see why ppl are so hung up on them when they both moved on easily

I think derena could be (and are!!) happy together bc they both enjoy each other's company and like spending time together. they can do all the glamorous ues activities but also do more normal things together. I'm gonna cover things they have in common here too bc it's kinda connected. they both value family, so they definitely spend a lot of time with the humphrey-van der-basses and each other. they both definitely cook together, dan trying to teach serena and her being a v cute sous chef (side note I hc that she gets super into baking bread) bc serena loves food and dan likes cooking so it works. I think in s4 eric's venn diagram implies serena writes poetry(?) so I love the idea that she and dan are both writers, and they write each other l'il poems and things

in terms of their adult life, in the ggrb they have a son so they definitely spend a lot of time with him and are good parents. I can see dan writing a series of children's books after his son's born bc he wants to be able to share his passion with him, and he and serena definitely read to him a lot, with serena being v good at acting it out and doing the voices, and dan thinking it's adorable. obviously bc dan's an author he can work from home and I hc serena as becoming an accidental influencer and stay at home mother so they all spend a lot of time together at home, but serena's v respectful of dan needing space to work so she'll take their son out or do something while dan's writing. she also acts as his personal cheerleader and motivation if he gets stuck. they go on date nights weekly, ranging from playing pool in brooklyn to going to ues restaurants. they also go on picnics and go stargazing and to book readings and serena signs them up for pottery lessons which end messily but they both try. I think that after everything they've been through it doesn't matter where they live bc they have each other, they have their own family, and they can carve out their own l'il niche in ues society and do it their way like they want, and they're stronger for it

#ask #answered #gossip girl #derena #dan x serena #serena van der woodsen #dan humphrey

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