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edsmunsonsworld · 2 years

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Misinterpreted Love

Eddie Munson x fem! reader

(not my gif)

Description: Having fun with your friends at the fair sounded like a decent night, but that wasn't until one of their plans was to get you and Eddie together.

PURE FLUFF! the tiniest bit of angst but mainly fluff!

Warnings: Umm none

Word count: 4523 (I'm so sorry)

A/N: I just want to thank everyone for the love on my first fanfic 'Fake Animosity' (posted on my second blog @edddimun) - i might do a part 2 that's just going to be fluff (if u rllyyyy want it just lmk)

Tonight, the group’s plan is to attend the Fourth of July fair. A few challenges were made amongst the group that need to be completed tonight. Lucas and Mike made a bet between themselves to see who would win the most prizes for their girlfriend. Steve and Robin are on the mission to try and find the love of their lives. Max, El and Will were determined to eat as many corndogs as they can. But you? You were there to have fun, but you would be lying if you said that was your main goal. You were there to spend more time with Eddie- who was surprisingly coming.

Dustin was aware of your feelings for Eddie, though you’ve never admitted it. But what you didn’t know was Eddie’s liking towards you too. And guess what? Dustin knew that too. When he heard that you and Eddie were coming along to the fair, Dustin was ecstatic. He knew he had to do something between you two. He was sick and tired of you and Eddie babbling to Dustin about each other, and he was especially exhausted from both of you being obstinate and refusing to acknowledge your sentiments to Dustin when he asked.

“Eddie do you like her or not? The way you gawk at her whenever she’s around is so obvious that you do! and the way you talk about her hair-”

“Dustin Henderson!” Eddie loudly interrupts him at the lunch table. The group shared scared glances amongst themselves.

“I will shut your mouth up for you if you don’t stop talking about it. Right. now.” Eddie harshly whispers to Dustin while pointing at him with an almond between his thumb and index finger.

Dustin nods and looks down. Silence fills the air as everyone avoids Eddie’s gaze.

“Well…you didn’t deny it-AH!”

An almond suddenly slaps Dustin on the cheek making him groan in pain. He looks at Eddie, who is shooting daggers with his eyes. Dustin immediately looks away.

“Um-so-uh, these mash potatoes are really nice today…” Dustin hesitantly says rubbing his cheek while playing with the watery, slimy mash. They really weren’t.

You sat in your car watching the D&D members walk out of the school along with Eddie following behind them. You were there to pick up Dustin as he wanted to visit Steve at Family Video store.

Dustin spots your car and walks towards you, waving goodbye to the rest of the members. You see Eddie look in your direction, making eye contact with you. He gives a small smile.

Returning your smile, the car door opens, “Hey! Thanks for coming to-”

“His hair looks so soft today,” You cut him off, still watching Eddie as he’s now entering his van. You look back at Dustin who’s sitting on the passenger seat with his brows furrowed and arms crossed looking at you with a blank expression.

“Sorry, what were you-”

“Do you like Eddie?” You lift an eyebrow as you look at Dustin. The idea of Dustin being serious was something you had never seen. He was attempting to be intimidating, but you thought it was cute.

A smile creeps up on your face, “You’re so cute when you’re serious Dustin!”

You ruffle his hair while chuckling, “Answer my question!” He groans. You really didn’t want to deny nor confess your feelings, but instead, you heard the radio playing your new favourite Queen song. Perfect timing you thought. You turn the volume up as loud as you could, making Dustin groan in agony.

“WOOOOO-I WANT TO BREAK FREE! SORRY DUSTIN I CAN’T HEAR YOU RIGHT NOW! THIS IS MY FAVOURITE SONG!” You yell over the top of the music as Dustin covers his ears with his hands. He hates your guts right now. But he’s also content that you also didn’t deny the question.

So what was Dustin’s goal tonight?

To get you and Eddie to confess your feelings to each other.

Steve loudly clasps his hands together gathering the attention of the group, “Okay let me set some things straight before I let you all go.” The younger ones groan.

“Don’t whine at me. Otherwise, I won’t give you extra money to play more games. Anyways, you kids better not leave the fair at any time unless you’re with one of us,” he says pointing towards himself and the older ones aka you, Nancy, Eddie and Robin.

He huffs and points his hands towards the entrance letting them go, watching the younger ones run but Dustin.

“Dustin, why are you still here?” Steve asks confused.

“I want to hang out with you guys tonight. I feel like you guys are more fun than the others,” Dustin lies in hopes of Steve letting him stay with them.

As Steve opens his mouth to protest against it, “You are more than welcome to stay with us Dustin!” You say with enthusiasm. Steve closes his mouth.

“Yeah see! You guys can spend more time with me now,” Dustin exclaims with a cheeky smile. His plan is off to a good start.

“Whoa, aren’t we so lucky?” Eddie mumbles sarcastically as he does jazz hands. He spends enough time with Dustin as it is and the fact that he’s going to be with you guys the whole night is throwing him off because now Eddie is going to have less time alone with you.

Dustin rolls his eyes, “Excus-“

“Let’s go get some food first yeah? So everyone’s happy?” You say with a nod, hoping that food will lighten up the mood of the boys. The boys exchanged glances amongst themselves. Dustin looks at you with pursed lips, silently nodding his head in agreement. A wide smile spreads across your face while looking at the boys. Eddie rolls his eyes at Dustin and lightly kicks the dirt on the ground. You link your arm with Dustin and start heading towards the food stands.

“I’m going to get a hotdog. What about you?” You ask Dustin.

“Hm..what are you going to get Eddie?” Dustin questions.

Eddie clicks his tongue as he’s scanning the different food stalls, “Hm..probably just a hotdog too.”

“GREAT!” Dustin loudly bursts with excitement. Thank god. Dustin unlinks his arm with yours and pushes you towards Eddie, lightly landing on his chest. Eddie instinctively places his hands on the side of your arms to keep you stable but doesn’t push you away. Dustin is widely smiling with glee right now. His eyes smile with satisfaction as he observes the tiny reddening of you and Eddie’s ears. You hold your breath as Eddie’s hands are on you with your back against his chest. Eddie's heart is pounding wildly against your back, he's freaking out about whether you can feel it or not. Dustin begins to quietly giggle at the sight of you both.

You hear the giggles escape from Dustin’s mouth, “Dustin are you oka-” Dustin interrupts you by bouncing up and down with a weird smile on his face. What is wrong with him today. Eddie's brows knit in confusion as he watches Dustin.

“You and Eddie should go to the hotdog stand while I go get cotton candy!” He quickly says before sprinting off in the opposite direction of the cotton candy stand.

Your eyes squint in confusion, gesturing with your finger in the direction of the cotton candy vendor before pointing the other way to Dustin's retreating silhouette amid the crowd. Dustin's strange behaviour has already caught your attention before, but now it’s getting quite concerning.

“Isn’t the cotton candy that way?” You ask chuckling in confusion.

Eddie's hands gently withdraw from your arms. You take a step forward and turn around to face Eddie, feeling slightly saddened that you no longer feel his touch. You notice he already has a faint smile on his face still staring in the direction Dustin vanished as he is also still puzzled. His eyes eventually fall to yours, lightly chuckling at your query. Wow… you both simultaneously thought. Eddie noticed how your beautiful starry eyes glistened in the moonlight and reflected the heavenly night sky. You seemed to realise how large his brown eyes were, how flawlessly plump his lips were, and how his curling fringe brushed over his brows.

He nervously scratches the back of his neck and looks towards the ground, still smiling.

Eddie laughs out, “That isn’t so smart for a boy that’s literally the smartest in our group,” you laugh along with him as a growing blush creeps on your cheeks.

You held your elbow up towards him, “Let's grab some hotdogs shall we?” you say in a playful tone.

He smirks, “We shall m’lady,” responding with the same energy linking his arm with yours. From the perspective of an outsider, it seems as if you both are completely in love with each other- which you are. The smiles, the glances and the way you both converse are full of adoration and love.

With a five-dollar bill in your hand, you stretch your arm out towards the vendor, but Eddie’s hand quickly decides to give his note quicker than you.

A small gasp escapes your lips, “Hey!” you exclaim facing your body towards Eddie who grabs the hotdogs from the vendor.

“It was my treat, Eddie.” He rolls his eyes sarcastically.

“Sweetheart, I’m going to treat you this whole night,” He says holding one out your hotdog for you. Sweetheart. You bite your lip trying your best to suppress your smile.

“Eddie you can’t-” He deliberately but gently shoves the hotdog in your mouth. You shriek as you feel the sauce smear your lips and part of your nose. Eddie loudly laughs swinging his head back.

“Got a little something on your nose there,” He laughs while pointing at the tip of his nose. You grab the hotdog from your mouth and hold it in your hand, licking your lips to remove as much of the sauce as you can.

“You could’ve at least aimed correctly,” you chuckle while pushing your hair behind your ears to avoid more of a mess. You felt a little embarrassed as there is sauce on the tip of your nose. Eddie thought you were unbelievably cute when you were startled by the quick ramming of the hotdog in your mouth and the sauce on your face.

Eddie grabs a napkin from his pocket and then extends it in your direction. You were about to grab it but he skilfully dodges your hand and wipes your nose instead. The pang in your heart made you slightly jolt. Your eyes rapidly blink in bewilderment. With a clean swipe, he throws the napkin in the trash can right beside you both. Eddie feels ecstatic right now. His flirty disposition is taking over him, and he is enjoying it as he observes your bafflement and the noticeable redness on your cheeks.

Still starstruck, you manage to stutter out, “I-uh-um-ha-t-thanks…” with a shy downward smile. Eddie notices your sudden shyness and can’t help but feel as if he’s falling in love once more just by staring at you. His heart began to melt, and a loving smile gradually formed on his face. This is a sight he fell in love with. You were a sight that made everyone but you in the world crumble around him. Though, his heart twisted as he recalled he was yet not yours. His loving grin faded as he nodded and delved into his food, attempting to conceal his disappointment.

Finding the rest of the group you, Dustin and Eddie approached a game. You notice a cute fluffy blue seal as one of the prizes. You had an idea in your head.

Placing your hand on both of the boys' shoulders, “Whoever wins me that blue seal gets to…” you were thinking of a reward in your head, “gets to ride the Ferris wheel with me!” you say in excitement, hoping that Eddie will win instead of Dustin. You didn’t have a problem sitting with Dustin on the Ferris wheel, it’s just that you now have a chance of sitting with Eddie as Dustin would’ve automatically sat with you on the ride.

“That’s a reward?” Dustin scoffs. You elbow him in the rib, earning a groan.

“Of course it is. I mean like- I can be a very entertaining person- and a Ferris wheel ride can be awkward and boring if you’re not with someone who isn’t awkward! A-and on the plus side I’ll convince the worker to make us pause on the top to see the fireworks!” You quickly ramble with a hint of hesitation and confusion to your own explanation trying to reason with Dustin to make it seem rewardable. Dustin looks at you baffled. She’s acting weird. There is an awkward silence between you three. Eddie is trying to seem confused but is secretly determined to win you the seal. Dustin is now trying to figure out why you’re acting like this and you’re trying to get Eddie to win you this blue damn seal so you could sit with him. Dustin scans you up and down, noticing you fidgeting with your fingers, staring at him with wide eyes, but you have this anxious look on your face. He notices you glance at Eddie, who’s currently watching Robin and Steve play balloon darts. Wait. You. Eddie. Ferris wheel.

He cracked the code.

Dustin smiles with ease. Now you’re just making his plan easier.

“Okay. Easy. You ready Eddie?” Dustin asks him while stretching his arms above his head.

Eddie scoffs, “Always been, Henderson,” He says with a smirk. Behind that smirk, Eddie is pretty nervous. He isn’t the best at carnival games and his excuse is ‘they’re rigged!’. Although he isn’t lying, he is going against Dustin who has the brains to outsmart these games. Henderson points to where Robin and Steve are, the balloon dart*.*

Dustin knew he had to go easy on Eddie. Even though he understood how to conquer the game, he needed to stick to his original strategy. Instead, Dustin understood how to stir Eddie up so that Eddie could think correctly in order to win this 'bet'. Dustin was unconcerned since he believes Eddie was aware of the contrived nature of the game.

“One round only,” Dustin says whilst approaching the stall. You were distracted as you were watching other people play.

Eddie clasps his hands and rubs them together, “Sure. I mean you’re just throwing darts at balloons.”

“It’s pretty simple if you know how to outsmart these ‘rigged’ games,” Dustin states. Eddie slowly turns his head towards Dustin squinting his eyes.

“This is one of the easiest games Henderson, there’s no way this is ‘rigged’” Eddie says using his hands as quotation marks.

“If this is apparently ‘one of the easiest games', Do you know how to outsmart it?” Dustin mocks Eddie, noticing him becoming frustrated.

“Outsmart what? You can’t outsmart a dart stupid.”

“It’s not the da- don’t worry,” He responds waving his hand to forget about it. Eddie’s brows furrow in confusion. If it’s not the dart, then what is it? Eddie is now doubting himself inside. He needs Dustin to tell him the remainder of the information now that he's confused.

“No, continue,” Eddie quickly says to Dustin in an attempt to know the rest.

“I can’t tell you if we’re going against each other. I need to win,” Dustin smirks, not intimidated by Eddie’s nature. Eddie looks at the worker ushering the people in front of them for their turn, they’re next. He looks at Dustin with a pleading expression on his face. If only Dustin knew why he really wanted to win.

“L-look just tell me man,” Eddie lowly whispers to him, trying to not let you hear as you’re still distracted. Dustin’s eyebrows raise, noticing the difference in Eddie’s behaviour compared to a few seconds ago.

“Why do you really want to know? Are you that desperate to win Eddie?” Dustin asks with a deadpanned expression. Eddie quickly glances at you, still watching other people.

“U-uh. No. I just want to know just for uh- future games,” he lies.

“Okay then I’ll tell you afte-”

“No!” Eddie quietly outbursts slightly jumping closer to Dustin, who jolted as he was taken aback by Eddie.

“Henderson,” Eddie pleads. Dustin felt bad for teasing Eddie, if he kept continuing to annoy Eddie he knew that it would eventually backfire on him. However, he just needed to know just one. more. thing.

“Do you like her Eddie?” Dustin firmly mutters out. Eddie’s eyes break away from Dustin’s. Eddie’s mind goes blank, is he really going to admit his feelings to this sixteen-year-old.

“I mean isn’t it obvious?” Eddie mumbles whilst looking at his shoes, kicking at the dirt. Dustin sighs and places his hand on Eddie’s shoulder. Eddie lifts his head and peers at Dustin.

“Do you really think I would try to win? It’s obvious how much you adore her. This entire night I’ve been trying to get you both to- i don’t know, make some moves. Why do you think I’m hanging out with you guys. You’re all actually really boring and I’d rather hang out with Will but I’m here because I know how much you like her,” Dustin spills out. Eddie reveals a small smile. He knew how caring Dustin is but he didn’t know he’d go to this extent for him, regardless of treating Dustin like garbage sometimes.

“Guys it's your turn!” You excitedly pat Eddie’s back so he and Dustin could move forward. Eddie gives Dustin a quick ‘help tell me the answer’ glance.

Dustin slightly leans his body towards Eddie and whispers, “With this stall, the darts are fine but just aim for the bigger balloons because they’re easier to pop, like- think of it as trying to break through thick skin when trying to pop smaller ones- it’s harder to break through right? So aim for the bigger ones because their skin is thinner and hence easier to pop,” Dustin quickly rambles to Eddie, hoping you didn’t hear. Eddie is trying to process the information in his head. Big balloons. Big balloons.

The worker hands them the darts. You stand beside them and start cheering them on, clueless about what has been said between them during the past five minutes.

Walking away from the stall with the blue seal in your hands, you congratulate Dustin. Yes, Dustin. How? That’s what Dustin is asking himself too. Dustin is just fuming, he told Eddie the whole answer and he still messed up. You’re disappointed on the inside because you really wanted to sit with Eddie. Why not ask him? What if he rejects you or thinks you’re crazy for wanting to sit with him rather than Dustin. Though Dustin managed to pop ten balloons in the given time, but purposely aimed for the smaller ones, Eddie on the other hand kept stalling between each throw to measure the difference between the balloons with his eyes- even the slightest difference which held him back. Eddie is sulking, to say the least. He’s never been more disappointed and embarrassed at himself. He knew the way to outsmart the game but the game still outsmarted him.

“Well, I guess you’re stuck with me Dustin!” You awkwardly chuckle with a hint of sadness in your voice. No one responds to your comment. Dustin is simply strolling next to you, not paying attention, but enraged��because he thought this plan would go smoothly.

“No you’re sitting with Eddie,” Dustin blatantly says, he is completely done. You and Eddie look at him confused. Eddie’s eyes bulge out of his head. Your mouth slightly opens as you tilt your head to the side. Your eyes look at Eddie’s, who is clearly distraught.

“Uh Henderso-”

“Ah-” Dustin puts his palm up interrupting Eddie, “I don’t want to hear it. You both-” He says while furiously pointing his finger at you and Eddie, “-are sitting with each other on that Ferris wheel so you could confess your feelings and suck each other’s faces off!” he exclaims as his voice progressively became louder.

Your ears suddenly started ringing. Eddie feels like he can’t move. Silence screams in your ears. What did he just say? Fright was slowly filling you up but it was soon replaced with guilt. Did you annoy Dustin that bad about Eddie? Was he over the continuous rambling about him? Wait did he just admit ‘our’ feelings? Your breathing becomes heavy as you take a big gulp. Eddie stares at Dustin with what felt like a mixture of anger yet relief. However, Eddie doesn’t believe a word he said. There’s no way you had ‘feelings’ for Eddie. Eddie’s eyes slowly trace to yours, still staring at Dustin who’s clearly freaking out about whether or not he’s going to get yelled at or chased at by you and Eddie due to his sudden eruption.

“Dustin-” He interrupts you.

“I-I’m so s-sorry,” Dustin apologises frightened. The poor boy looks scared, his eyes howled with remorse as his hands trembles. You take a step towards him but he steps back in panic.

“N-no Dustin. Hey it’s okay I’m not mad,” You reassure him as his eyes were still wide. You place a hand on his back and start rubbing it, bringing him closer in a hug. You look at Eddie who feels bad for the boy as he knows that Dustin is scared of him. Dustin peeks behind your shoulder and sees Eddie slowly walking up to you both, what Dustin thought would be a reaction of anger, was replaced with Eddie’s softness. Eddie places his hand on Dustin’s shoulder standing right beside you.

“Don’t worry kid. I’m not mad either,” Eddie quietly mutters to Dustin. You give a small smile to Eddie. Looking back down at Dustin, you feel him sigh with relief. This was not how you thought this night would go.

“I’m actually glad you said it. To be honest, I still would’ve been afraid to say it,” Eddie says to Dustin with a hint of shame.

“Why would you be afraid?” You murmur, now staring directly at Eddie’s eyes. Eddie sighs and removes his hand from Dustin’s shoulder.

"I didn't want to embarrass myself," he claims, glancing at you and then back to the floor.

“Embarrassed about?”

“That you would reject me.”

Eddie’s eyes continue to divert your gaze, now staring at the rides behind you. Your eyes flicker in disbelief as you feel a pang in your heart. You feel Dustin’s head lift up from your chest. Dustin never knew that Eddie would ever feel embarrassed. Eddie embarrasses himself almost every day at lunch when he’d have his usual speech for the whole cafeteria to hear. But Eddie being embarrassed by rejection from you? Something Dustin never even thought of.

“There is nothing to be ashamed of Eddie,” you lift your hand up to place it on Eddie’s shoulders, but he quickly retreats back from your touch. His eyes attach to yours with sudden misery.

“But I’m a loser, I play with kids, I play a fantasy game, I’m almost twenty and still in high school, I’m dumb, I’m a freak and you’re probably hanging out with me f-for sympathy,” He mutters. Hearing the vulnerability in his tone, your eyes soften. Eddie had insecurities, but this time they got the best of him when it came to you.

“Why would you think that Eddie?” Your voice softly trembles. You always went out of your way to see Eddie because you genuinely enjoyed his company. You felt guilty as Eddie misinterpreted your love for sympathy. It wasn’t his fault for taking it this way, it was society for constantly hating and making him feel like this. At this point, Dustin is out of your grasp and is standing beside you.

You firmly say, in a clear and precise manner, “Eds, I always hang out with you because I want to, not because I'm 'forced' to.”

“I’ve always chosen you because-” You stop for a second mentally preparing yourself.

“-because I’m in love with you Eddie,” you confess trying to hold down the lump in your throat. You avert your gaze towards a random family on your side. You gulp and take deep breaths. Eddie’s brows twitch. His brain stopping for a moment. No way. His heart starts to slowly flourish, making the anger, torment and uneasiness he kept inside suddenly vanish as soon as you said those words. His lips twist into a half smile, taking a couple of steps towards you as his chest almost brushes against yours. His fingertips lightly brush over your chin, causing you to turn to face him. You slowly glance up at his warm and loving eyes.

He leans forward, forehead leaning against yours and lips millimetres apart. Feeling his breath on your lips causes you to warm up beneath his touch.

“I’m so in love with you too.”

His lips gently close the gap between you both. You wrap your arms around his neck, passionately kissing him back and pulling him closer than ever. This feeling of euphoria washed away your concerns about Eddie not feeling the same way. Your heart starts to swell as Eddie smiles against your lips, his hands slowly rubbing your waist up and down.

“I told you guys to suck each other’s faces off on the Ferris wheel!” Dustin suddenly exclaims.

You both break the kiss, having forgotten Dustin was present. Looking over at Dustin, you see his hands shielding his eyes. You and Eddie both chuckle as you draw Dustin in for a hug, his head on your chest as he eventually brings his arm to his side.

“Oh, we a hundred per cent will,” Eddie says in a seductive tone smirking at you.

“I didn’t need that confirmation!” Dustin shouts back covering his ears.

You and Eddie exchange glances as both audibly laugh. You see how his bright eyes and smile are filled with love and excitement, emotions you hardly ever see on his face. But now that you're here, it's a sensation you'll instil in him on a regular basis.

#eddie munson #eddie x reader #eddie x you #stranger things fanfic #stranger things eddie #joseph quinn fanfic #fanfiction #fanfic #stranger things 4 #stranger things season 4 #eddie munson fanfic #eddie munson fanfiction #eddie munson imagines #eddie munson one shot #eddie munson fluff #eddie munson x female character #eddie munson x fem

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storiesbyjes2g · 1 year

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New look, same story

Hey folks! Did you enjoy the memory lane posts? I know I did! Before we jump back into the story, I want to give you a heads up. For the TL;DR folks, I'm rebranding The Piersons and Friends, so be on the lookout for new banners, colors, etc.

For those who enjoy my thought process, board my train of thought under the cut. (woo wooooo!)

A year or two ago, I gave my blogs one cohesive look. I wanted to brand myself! So I made this banner and have been using the colors and fonts from it for everything.

In the spirit of rebranding, I also remade the banners for PnF to match this new style.

Recently, I realized this was a mistake. I make different banners for my stories to give them their own identities. Changing PnF's assets to match the blogs essentially took away its identity, and that's probably why I've felt a bit unsettled when looking at it lately; it didn't work for me anymore. I needed to change it, but to what?

This story is a rotation, but it's also the story of a family, the Piersons. That's why I used trees in the previous banner. The tree also reinforces the organic feel I want. The story is funny sometimes, but it's not a comedy. It's sometimes dramatic, but it's not a soap opera. It's everything all at once and flows in and out of various emotions seamlessly--organically!--which is why script fonts work well for the title. Looking back at old banners, I had those elements and didn't even realize what they meant and how well they worked.

It was clear I needed to go back to my roots with the tree and script font, so I set out to make something new. I also needed to move away from the black and yellow. Even though I could think hard and come up with some deep, philosophical reason for why I use those colors, frankly, there is no reason. I was new to storytelling on Tumblr at the time, and I just did what I saw other people doing. Also, I didn't have the design knowledge I have now and was just winging it.

Black doesn't convey organic according to color theory, so I ditched it, made white my primary neutral, and introduced green, which just so happens to be Kameron's favorite color! I suppose, theoretically, we can pay homage to him for generations after he's gone, but I'm sure this story won't be around that long. I also wanted to make the banners more modern to match the present-day setting. After trying a LOT of different designs, this is what I came up with!

I know, I know. "But, Jess! Where's the tree???" It's there! I promise lol. It's just very blurred and covered in bokeh. I think it works for the modern style. It still feels very organic to me, so it's working.

I added the characters' names to the banner because I think it will help new people who begin reading in the middle.

So what do you think??? Did I accomplish my goals? Does it work for you?

My design brain tells me I should go ALL the way with this branding thing and change my dialogue typeface to the sans serif one I'm using for the subheading. But, a. it only comes in regular, thin, and bold, and not having italics is problematic for me (see what I did there lol), and b. Myriad Pro is perfect for what we do because it's clean, readable, and has multiple fonts in its family. I experimented with green text, but yellow just works better. Honestly that's how I started using yellow in the first place. But anyway, that's my announcement! I hope you enjoy the new hotness!

#the piersons #piersons and friends #story stuff

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helljunker · 1 year

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art retrospective: 2022

hoo boy. a whole year. a lot happened this year and i like to think my art reflects my development. some important milestones include finally choosing a path academically (getting a certificate in medical reimbursement, and ill hopefully graduate this coming fall!!); i was hired for a really decent job (clinical registration and it pays really well); i joined a dnd campaign (WOOOOO SILVERLININGS!!!); and i turned 21!! (didnt think id ever get this far :'])

trying to keep up with my art hobby, i drew A LOT. i really didnt want to get trapped in the pitfall of my depression spells and one of my ways of coping with it was drawing. even if it was just a doodle it meant something to me. so without further ado...

first we have the clocks! i made a lot of art this year, (though about as much as 2021;) so much like last year i'm making two versions of the summary clock. you can make your own from this post!

all of these arts have been posted on this art blog :] digital: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 traditional: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

second we have the wrapped, from this post!

does it surprise anyone that that juno piece is my fav. lol. the two arts here are also on my blog! the fav subjects will direct you to my toyhouse :] fav piece | something new chip and messenger | mirata | scra

thats pretty much it for this year! theres so many drawings i couldnt fit onto here, and even some i havent posted, but im really proud of my journey so far. i'm really glad i keep all my old sketchbooks and pieces because i can visually see my improvement. it helps me feel better about my strengths and skills whenever i feel like im not getting anywhere as far as art goes.

here's to another revolution on this rock 🌠🌠🌠

#art journey #long post #cw eyestrain #2022 art summary #art summary 2022 #oc art #digital #traditional #tumblr if you break this post i swear to god.

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petra-creat0r · 1 year

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Comics Progress Update

Howdy Creative Creators and welcome to 2023! Wooooo! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.

Now, the every moving passage of time aside, I've got a progress update for my comics! As some of you here may know, I run two ask blogs! @askthedreemurr-fontfamily and @askyoungcharaut-ish! Though I recently added a third blog too! Though not a comic, @hisui-researcher-lilax is a more casual ask blog where I post about my trainersona's journey's in Hisui as I finish Legends Arceus (well, eventually finish. We're perfecting the Pokédex first because I'm insane)

Anyways, onto the comics. As is tradition at this point, I have made new watermarks for both my regular work and both AtDFF and AYC for the new year. Why do I insist on putting the year in the my watermarks? So I know when I drew the thing!

Not much to say about them, they're just watermarks. Though for AYC's, I did search up fonts made in 1923 and used a version of Baskerville! AtDFF is just Comic Sans and I liked the portal 0 from last year.

Anyways. I promise that the team and I are working on the next AtDFF update. I know it's been 6 months. We have all the foreground stuff, we're just waiting on backgrounds from @anxiousdisasterlesbian, who has been working on them, albeit slowly (I love you babe, keep up the hard work!)

Some of you may have seen that I updated AYC yesterday, meaning we're finally starting the Orphan Train arc. I apologize for the delays, and I know I said it's return back in September, but yeah. College. Though now, I'm hoping I should be able to work on the comic in between classes after finishing my work since I got a new Wacom tablet. I'll still be using my Huion for at home work, but on the go, it's hard to find a place to plug both my computer and Kamvas Pro 12 in, since it needs to be plugged into both my computer, and an outlet.

For both AtDFF and AYC I've decided to upscale the proportions of the panels by 1.5, so instead of 600x450 pixels (with adjustments for some asks) it's now 900x675 pixels. This shouldn't affect much for you guys except hopefully the quality.

I'm really excited for what this new year brings, not just for the comics (though there's some good stuff coming up soon that I hope we can get to) and I hope y'all are excited to. It is my hope and plan to start posting more regularly, not just for the comics, but also in general, though I can never guarantee anything sadly. I'd also like to do more stuff for our Patreon (especially now that I have at least one patron. Thank you so much @kierangecko.) Either way, regardless of how much I post, I should always be very active on here, answering asks and stuff, as well as on the Ish Discord.

Thank you all so much for an amazing 2022, and I hope 2023 can be just as great. See you later Creative Creators.

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dashawfrostart · 20 days

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These Two Weeks In “Time & Again” #15: IT'S FINALLY DONE 😱 And The Logo, And The Font

I almost kinda can't believe this, but just a couple days ago, it finally happened:

I FINISHED CHAPTER 5 and shipped it to my editor-in-chef.

Wooooo-Whoooooooooo!!!!!! 🥳🥳🥳 I am so happy! It's really hard to emotionally understand that the work is finally done. That was quite an undertaking.

... Overdue by approximately 3 months. But that was just a silly time limit I set to myself before I even started working on it. Different life situations got in the way of me finishing it up faster, but, all in all, since I am fairly satisfied with the result, I don't think any complaints are justified. I am indeed happy. Now I am in the state of mental emptiness. Joking. Not really. I suppose, until my editor gets back to me with a handful of suggestions, I will simply keep drawing and I will try to finish up all the last preparations before I could justify the public release. Gotta make everything look nice and sparkly clean after all 😁

I also slowly, little by little, write materials for a bonus book that currently has a vague title "Time & Again: Collector's Edition". I believe I never revealed that plan just yet, but that's been something I've been working on on and off since the last year, I think. Or maybe even since 2022. Hopefully it's gonna be interesting to all the "Time & Again" obsessed fans in the future someday, because it will contain more WIPs and sketches. As for myself, it's just fun to use it as a sophisticated diary for how the work went.

Speaking of different editions... Earlier in this post I've mentioned my plan to release the updated versions of the previously released Chapters 1 to 4. So, the prospects of that updated release are also getting brighter and brighter; from ghostly, ephemeral concept it is actually gradually fleshing into something real, almost day by day now. And this is very good. And here's the grand reveal for you: this is what the refreshed logo for of the updated edition gonna look like:

In fact, Chapter 5 will already have this very logo, for it's gonna be the first Chapter to be ever released that came with "Notes & Commentary" section right away. And the presence/necessity of that very section is the main reason why I am updating everything in the first place.

So, when will "Time & Again: Clean Cut Edition" of the previous chapters be released?

- unfortunately, that I have yet to decide on. Cannot tell right now, but one thing that stands for certain is that it will be released only after Chapter 5 goes public. My current priority right now is the release of Chapter 5, proper and nice.

Since today's blog post already contains a fairly big and happy announcement, this might be enough of the news for now. What could possibly be as important as the fact that I finally finished up the supermassive amount of work, literally a new chapter in Lothar's story?! Probably not much!.. Well, almost.

For the last topic to cover today, I wanted to tell something else important and interesting that most people will probably not understand due to excess amount of specific terms 😅 But it matters a lot to me, so here goes.

Not long before all the work on Chapter 5 was 100% done, I finally got to look at the main font that I use in my graphic novel (Frosty's Comic Font), for it needed some perfection: I remembered that it was not displaying correctly in some cases, or rather, selected set of the symbols didn't look right, depending. ... I must admit, I am a huge fan of typefaces. I used to collect fonts for personal use back in the day, for I loved to experiment with different designs, and usually I needed them for my custom "one of a kind" greeting cards I used to make for my friends' birthdays. Good memories.

A few years back I started to learn how to make my own True Type fonts - and I bet you have already seen at least a couple of those fonts on my artworks, logos, signatures and, of course, in "Time & Again". Some of those fonts are still partially incomplete and/or unpolished and, thus, currently unused by me - until the moment in the future when I will finally have more time to fiddle with 'em, for working on fonts is not too difficult, but not particularly easy either. In this case, I mean "it's time consuming", for the process of actually drawing a font, designing letters and symbols to me is easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy. But vectorizing, perfecting the kerning in between certain pairs of letters, making sure that nothing is sticking out too much comparing to the rest... That is a bit tedious. In the end of the day however, it pays off tenfold, for you have a pretty, absolutely nice font that can be used virtually anywhere, in any software, for any purpose. I've never designed any monospace font yet... But aye, I'm being a little too nerdy again. Back on track, Frosty.

I never post my fonts anywhere to download, paid of free; I use my font solely by myself for now. And "Time & Again" was the reason why I urgently needed a new nice font with a fair touch of "me" in it... I wanted to make "Time & Again" my own as much as possible. So it was only obvious that I needed to design my own typeface for this crazy project. In 2021, I made the first relatively complete version of Frosty's Comic Font to use in "Time & Again" as the main font for the characters' speech. It contained all the basic English language glyphs and extra symbols for German language. Alas, not everything was smooth, and in Inkscape, when I used to copy-paste the lines of text on the speech bubbles, the formatting of little symbols such as apostrophe and quotation marks went down the drain, and was exchanged with the default system font (or whatever Inkscape uses when a glyph is missing). Unfortunately, that error stretched out in time (and space) up until a few days ago. I only was able to figure it out last week. By the time I managed to figure it out, the version of the font reached 1.3, and the last update also contained glyphs for Spanish language. It turned out, I did not include glyphs for all the possible variations of apostrophes and quotation marks. So I got that fixed. And now everything works like a charm. I am very proud 🙃 But the actual reason why I needed to return to designing fonts was different: I was tired of not being able to force italicize my font in Inkscape. While Krita allows for a default italic offset for a font that does not come with a premade italic version of itself, Inkscape does not do that. My manner of work is such, that I work with fonts on the pages of my graphic novel in Inkscape, for it's easier to me. But I like to sometimes accentuate certain words in the speech of the characters with italics, usually to make the readers pay extra attention to those particular words. I did not want to fiddle with workarounds (and in fact I know of no such things for my particular issue) in Inkscape, trying to combine multiple text boxes with different manual skew on the same line or whatnot, so I finally decided to make Frosty's Comic Font Italic. I generate all my fonts in FontForge. Here's what the window looks like:

I couldn't even imagine that generating an italic version out of a regular font could be done in just a couple of clicks in FontForge! 😱 So simple!

Once it was skewed, I tried to input an example text just to test it out and see what it looks like. When I'm test driving my fonts, I like to write something that uses extra symbols, such as something in German or in Spanish, because all those extra fancy letters make me happy. And once I was satisfied with it, I saved the final version (v1.4) and started using it! Here's the clear side by side comparison of what the regular version looked like versus the new italicized one:

I think it turned out rather nicely.

And now in Inkscape I can finally use different formatting of my own very font within one text box, as illustrated through a quotation from a song by U2 (these guys are my current obsession - just as in ol' good times when I was 11 🤣) on the screenshot below:

Magic!!!!!)))))

That's probably all for now.

... Okay, okay! You probably want more teasers/spoilers from the finished product, right? Here's a little funny snippet for you:

Because any urban landscape always requires fat rock pigeons staring at stuff. Some of them might even watch something while munching on popmeat popcorn.

That's all for today's great news! See you soon! 👋😎 There's more to come.

#TimeAndAgainbyDWF #This Week In Time And Again #Krita #Inkscape #typeface design #graphic novel

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mb-blue-roses · 1 year

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I posted 10,450 times in 2022

That's 9,825 more posts than 2021!

86 posts created (1%)

10,364 posts reblogged (99%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@hershellaytonlovespuzzles

@lalamyfootupyouraft

@themanwiththesuitcaseofflies

@lesbiacebian

@grossgirl

I tagged 980 of my posts in 2022

#artyRbs - 842 posts

#artyGirl'sTalks - 60 posts

#artyReblogs - 34 posts

#artyGirlDraws - 30 posts

#toh spoilers - 24 posts

#persona 5 strikers - 18 posts

#the owl house - 17 posts

#zenkichi hasegawa - 15 posts

#hollow mind spoilers - 15 posts

#persona 5 - 13 posts

Longest Tag: 134 characters

#if your name is/was bailey and you remember catching salamanders with a little brown-haired girl who then got the camp name salamander

My Top Posts in 2022:

We need more BAtTs content

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I haven't been keeping up w/ CC, but OMG YASAMMY CANON

WOOOOO

I've been shipping them since s1 or s2 (I don't fully remember but it was EARLY) ngl

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Okay okay so I finished rereading the first book in The Land of Stories, and now I have thoughts abt the Charming family. Specifically Charlie/Froggy, and how his disappearance affected everyone.

Do you think that his brothers went to tell him things before remembering he was gone?

Do you think any of them tried to convince themself and the others that their youngest brother was still alive?

Do you think that King Chance Charming ever talked to his brother's portrait to keep him up to date with big happenings, because the painting is in his castle?

Do you think any of them wished, as they danced with their new wives at their respective weddings, that their youngest brother was around to see it?

Do you think Charlie Charming ever woke up alone, remembered where he was, and cried?

Do you think he ever tried to go back to the kingdom, but lost his confidence at the last second?

Do you think he knows how much his brothers care?

Do you think he dreamed about being human again, and reuniting with his brothers?

I dunno. Just some thoughts I had.

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My biggest wish for a Raeda reunion is for Eda to go apeshit when she learns that Raine wasn't brainwashed during Follies at the Coven Day Parade, and they actually remembered everything she was talking abt-

(She is still in love with them, but she is also pissed as hell) (Raine is also still in love, and feels bad about what they did)

57 notes - Posted April 22, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Yesterday (17th)'s pride drawing!

[Image ID: A transparent chibi drawing of Oren. She has hair that has a blue-green fade. He has yellow eyes and is wearing sunglasses. They are smirking and wearing a grey t-shirt with a fruit on it. They have a hand up, and are holding an ace flag in that hand. A signature, a stylized A_G, is next to Oren's head and raised hand. End ID]

Drew @pmseymourva's character Oren!

201 notes - Posted June 18, 2022

Get your Tumblr 2022 Year in Review →

#tumblr2022 #year in review #my 2022 tumblr year in review #your tumblr year in review #Arty_Girl's_Talks

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#16 The Last(?) One (Here Anyways)

Thursday July 15, 2022 Hello for the last(?)/first time future mes! Confusing opening I know but if you’ll remember, we made a discord for all of this, many months after the last post! The new place is nice, we’ve got a fuckton of channels for all manner of thoughts and vents, very organized overall really! Unfortunately with that split focus means a lack of, real drive to make an *actual* post/entry, so 3: But! I have been, revitalized? I guess! Weekly updates! Minimum !! In a new, proper channel!!! Which, unfortunately means a discontinuation of this blog, but maybe not? The main reason for starting the discord was a lack of need to add a date/time due to it being an autofuction but upon further reflection, I still like the format! Plus I think the nature of this is pretty nice, so, maybe infrequent update dumps to here? We’ll see, time will tell. But updates! That’s what we’re here for! And an apology to my future self for not updating more frequently. That and the evergreen statement of I like having a little time capsule of my mental space at the time of writing! It’s fun looking back every few months tbh. UPDATES! FINALLY!!! I am writing this with sprained wrists due to too much monhun (and unemployment). Also I’m unemployed! Quit the pillow perfect job (again) to pursue landscaping with my dad (and my friend joey) but joey got fired 2 weeks in roughly, so i was stuck with just my dad and a rotating cast of hispanic people who are, bad at this easy job! For a whole year! It sucked!!! But, with the addition of carlos (half brother we paid a collective 16k to hop the fence) I was emotionally free to quit! And so here i sit, unemployed with 2 sprained(?) wrists. Avoiding employment. Also, I have a therapist now! NOT the experience I expected but, in many ways exactly what I expected. Paying somebody, to tell me that I need to leave the house more. And get a job. Also, officially depressed! WOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! YEAAAA BABEY THAT’S WHAT I’VE BEEN WAITIN FOR, THAT’S WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT!!! Freeing, in a way. To be proven right. Anyways, there’s so much more but my wrist is KILLING me and the other is fit to join in soon. So for now, farewell, yodiaryshitblows. I’ll visit you and be nostalgic over little egg me all over again some day. Maybe soon! And hello! New discord channel. Home to, well all of these now. And a final hello/goodbye to you, future me. We have our ups and downs but, ultimately, in the end. I love you. I WANT to love you. I know I will eventually. You’re kind, funny, maybe even kinda funny. No matter what, ‘til deletion do us part, these posts are with you. They’ll always be a part of you, hidden away in a corner of your mind. I hope, you remember me fondly, me of the future. The way I’ve done with my past selves, so far at least. I’ll wax poetic about myself more in the future, eventually. For now though, (after some spellcheck [and a date adding update!! dummy!!] ;P), I love you, and bye!

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bangerhat · 5 years

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I made some transparent Snufkin pride icons for pride month. Feel free to use for all your Snufkin needs!

Please like/reblog if you use

#snufkin #moomin #moominvalley #first post on the new blog wooooo #I look forward to joining this community #and i have new content on the way so just you wait #;)#pride #lgbt #banger edit

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prototypekatsuki · 6 years

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prototype katsuki: *leaves sweater unattended*

yamikumo:

#i hate myself #anyway first post on new blog wooooo #bnha #yamikumo #akatani mikumo #bnha prototypes #prototype katsuki #prototype bakudeku

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oh-katsuki · 3 years

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kinktober!

woo hoo! kinktober! one new fic a day! wooooo!!

i’ve decided to participate in kinktober this year (my first time ever!!!!). i’ll be doing small fics / thirst every day in october based on kinks that you guys send in and request. i’ll add a link to the masterlist for it to this post once october gets a bit closer and i have a better idea of my planned fics <3

i’ve made a google form for this to keep your requests from getting lost. but first, the rules!

1. minors do not interact. under no circumstances is anyone under the age of 18 allowed to request or participate in this event. you shouldn’t even be on my blog.

2. i will not write scat, vore, or snuff for this event. please don’t request it! i these may be updated and edited later!

3. dark content is allowed and appreciated!

4. i’ll be doing one new kink per day without repeating (regardless of series or character changes). that means that your specific character / kink may not be used in the event! i’m sorry!

5. i’m going to try to not repeat characters, but that will depend on how many requests i receive!

6. this isn’t a rule, but i’m excited.

here are the series i’ll be taking on for this event (some new ones on there)! feel free to request them or characters from them!

- kimetsu no yaiba / demon slayer

- shingenki no kyojin / attack on titan

- jujutsu kaisen

- boku no hero academia / my hero academia

- chainsaw man

- tokyo revengers

and finally, the google form to request. please do not send requests to my ask box. i’m going to lose them if they are there, i know it.

request here!

#[ 🗣️– on speaker ]#kinktober #csm kinktober #aot kinktober #mha kinktober #kny kinktober #jjk kinktober #minors dni #events #idk how to tag this #i am very excited #feel free to reblog this post!

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spine-buster · 3 years

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The President Wears Prada (William Nylander) | Epilogue 3: A Love So Tender

A/N: Well, here it is, folks...the last epilogue of The President Wears Prada series. It’s been a blast. Like with Alone, Together and The Storm Before the Calm, we’ve created a little community on this blog, except this time we joined together during quarantine and a global pandemic! I posted the prologue to this April 27th (so right in the thick of it lol) and I’ve been so happy giving you guys something to look forward to every Monday these past eight months! Keep asking your Willberdeen canon questions forever and ever!

Be on the lookout for the post date of my Brock Boeser mini-series “Peaceful Easy Feeling” -- I’ll announce it and put it on my Masterlist. Then, I’ll start my next big series!

As always, happy reading :)

March 2034

“Mooooommmmmyyyyyy! Mommy look!” six-year-old Saoirse Nylander ran through the house to the kitchen where she knew her mom was ready with breakfast. “Look! Daddy let me do my own hair!”

Aberdeen looked down at her daughter to see her blonde hair fixed in to a half ponytail…well, a six-year-old’s version of a half ponytail. Aberdeen smiled down at her daughter. “Looks good!” she smiled. “Can I fix it a little bit before we go to Andy and Maia’s house?”

“Can I eat first?” Saoirse asked as Aberdeen heard more footsteps coming down the stairs.

“Of course! Your oatmeal is right over there,” she nodded her head towards the bowl already set up for her daughter. As Saoirse moved and climbed into the counter stool to eat, Aberdeen looked to her left to see William enter the room, holding their three-year-old son in his arms. “My two Williams,” she smiled.

“Mowning mama,” William Jr. said as Willy placed him down in his own stool, his own bowl of oatmeal also ready to go.

William walked around the island and gave Aberdeen a kiss on the cheek before placing his hand on her stomach tenderly. “Morning, minskatt,” he said before pouring himself some coffee. He looked back at his kids, eating their oatmeal. “Are you excited to see Maia, Saoirse?”

“Mhm,” she smiled. “Can I bring my colouring book so Maia and I can colour?”

“Of course you can!” William smiled. “You know how much Maia loves to colour with you.”

“When you and mommy get home, I’m gonna have a beeeeeeautiful picture,” Saoirse exclaimed before spooning some more oatmeal into her mouth.

Both Aberdeen and William looked at their fridge, adorned with ripped out pages from colouring books that Saoirse and William Jr. did for them. “We can’t wait,” Aberdeen smiled.

***

“Mr. and Mrs. Nylander, I know that we’ve confirmed your pregnancy,” Dr. Collinson spoke to the happy couple.

“We needed the tie-breaker,” William joked.

“Indeed,” he chuckled. “But I must ask you both…have you gone through any fertility treatments that I’m not aware of? IVF, artificial insemination?”

William and Aberdeen looked at each other before looking back at their doctor – the same doctor who had been there and helped birth Saoirse and William Jr. “No…” William shook his head. “We figured we were okay…I mean, with Saoirse’s and William’s pregnancies being pretty easy with no major complications, and the fact that we didn’t have to try for very long before Aberdeen got pregnant…” he trailed off.

Dr. Collinson nodded his head. “That’s good to know. Because I do have some further news for you.”

“What’s that?” Aberdeen asked.

“You’re having twins.”

The words hung in the air for an excruciatingly long period of time. “Excuse me?” Aberdeen asked.

“Twins. You’re having twins, Mrs. Nylander.”

Aberdeen looked over at William. “I’m going to cut your penis off.”

***

“TWINS!!!!!” Bee exclaimed, jumping up and down as she hugged Aberdeen. “Twins, Aberdeen! Oh my goodness!”

“More Nylanders?” Morgan piped in. “Christ almighty.”

***

“TWINS?!” Aleida was shocked when Aberdeen told her the news over the phone. “Twins!”

“Who’s having twins?” Aberdeen could hear Fred’s voice in the background.

“Aberdeen and Will!”

There was a pause. “More Nylanders? Good God.”

***

“Twins, William? You knocked her up with twins?” Jason deadpanned into the phone.

“We’ll have four, just like you,” William said.

“More Nylanders…Jesus Christ.”

***

“Oh! What fantastic news!” Svea beamed over the FaceTime call. Elias was smiling beside her. “You must be so excited, guys.”

“We are. We joked that we were only supposed to have one tie-breaker though,” Aberdeen said, looking at William beside her briefly. “Now we’re getting two.”

“Do you know the sexes?”

“Not yet. In a few weeks they’ll tell us if they’re identical or fraternal, and I think that will be very informational,” William said.

“More Nylanders…” Elias shook his head. “God help us all.”

***

“This is fantastic news, Aberdeen. You’re such a great mom already,” Brendan said from across the table, his smile stretching from ear to ear. “Saoirse and Will Jr – I mean they’re just delights.”

“Thank you, Brendan. There will be two more to add to the MLSE family room during games. Not to mention more Nylanders occupying the city of Toronto.”

“More Nylanders…wow.”

***

September 2034

The Toronto Maple Leafs and the entire MLSE organization would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to William Nylander and his wife Aberdeen Bloom on the birth of their twins, Jonas Alexander and Astrid Elina. Jonas and Astrid join big siblings Saoirse and William Jr.

***

November 2035

BREAKING: Aberdeen Bloom, the youngest person ever to win the Booker Prize for Fiction, has just won the prize for a second time for her latest novel, A Love So Fond. Bloom becomes the third woman (after Hilary Mantel and Margaret Atwood) to win the Booker Prize twice, but the first woman under forty to accomplish the feat.

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The First Monday in May, 2036

William looked at Aberdeen lovingly as she touched up her lipstick in the mirror of their hotel room. She was wearing a beautiful dress, styled to perfection. He was wearing a suit, tailored to equal perfection. “You look beautiful, minskatt,” he said, hoping it would calm her down a bit. He knew she was nervous.

She looked over at him as she clicked shut the lipstick tube. “We’re going to the Met Gala, Willy,” she said as if it was the first time he’d heard the news. He’d heard. He’d heard for months now. Anna Wintour invited them to the event. Aberdeen screamed bloody murder when she got the invite. “We’re going to the Met Gala.”

He giggled slightly. “I know. Who would have thought all those years ago two kids who hooked up the night of a graduation would make their way to the Met Gala.”

Aberdeen smiled. “Who would have thought an aspiring writer and a hockey player would accomplish so much that we’d even get invited to the Met Gala.”

“I had nothing to do with this,” William shook his head, smiling. “You did all of this. I’m just in the background, remember?”

Aberdeen couldn’t help but smile. The man in front of her supported her dreams without question. There was nothing she thought of that William didn’t think she’d be able to accomplish. Her two Booker Prizes were evidence of that. Her Governor General’s Awards and Giller Prizes were evidence of that. Her numerous other awards were evidence of that. “You’re not in the background, Willy,” she told him once more. It was something she told him time and time again, even though she knew he was joking. To think he still used a joke he made when she was twenty-two years old…she couldn’t help but laugh. “You’re the reason I’m able to do this.”

Their conversation was cut short by Aberdeen’s phone ringing. When she dug it out of her purse, she saw Orla requesting a FaceTime call. “It’s the kids again,” she said, holding up the phone and turning around so that when she answered it, whoever was calling would see both their parents. When she accepted, she saw Saoirse’s face first. “Hi baby,” Aberdeen cooed. “Did you forget to tell us something?”

“Maia wants to know if she can come over this weekend to play. Is that okay?” she asked.

“Of course,” William answered. “I’ll talk to Uncle Morgan about it when we get home tomorrow night.”

“Let me see!” William Jr.’s voice was heard off camera. Soon, Saoirse had turned the camera around so he could see his parents. “Hi mom and dad.”

“Hi baby,” Aberdeen cooed again. “Do you have a question too?”

“No,” he said. “You look pretty, mama.”

Aberdeen couldn’t help but swoon. “Thank you, baby. Are you having a good time at grandma and grandpa’s house?”

He nodded his head enthusiastically. “Grandma just made popcorn!”

“Wooooo! Movie night!” William exclaimed from behind her. “Be good! Go to bed on time.”

“I will,” William Junior nodded his head. “Bye daddy. Bye minskatt.”

Aberdeen furrowed her brows but couldn’t help but laugh at her son. She could hear William chuckle from behind her too. “William! Why’d you call me that?!”

Williiam Junior didn’t know what the big deal was. He knew he was named after his dad; it was only fitting that he test his limits and call his mom by her first name too. “Daddy’s name is William, and my name is William, and your name is minskatt! Daddy always calls you that! Hi minskatt, bye minskatt, I love you minskatt. Minskatt is your name!” he argued like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

William thought back to so, so many years ago. To Aberdeen asking him why he called her minskatt and him telling her why. A tear escaped his eye and he brought his hand up quickly to cover it. Aberdeen noticed. She looked back at William Jr. “Okay William. We’ll talk more when we get home, okay? You better be good for grandma and grandpa.”

Aberdeen ended the call with a couple of more air kisses. When she was finished, she placed her phone down and saw that William kept wiping his cheeks with his thumb. “Hey…hey come here,” she said gently, walking over to him because she knew he wouldn’t move. “Was it Junior?” she asked.

William nodded his head. “You remember what I told you, like, fifteen years ago? About why I call you minskatt?”

Aberdeen nodded her head automatically. She’d never forgotten. “Of course,” she said softly, bringing her hands up to wipe some of his tears away with her own thumbs. “It was always your dream, wasn’t it?”

William nodded. He leaned down slightly to kiss her, even though he knew he’d get lipstick on him and that Aberdeen would have to reapply it for the fourth time before they even left the hotel. “I know you’ve accomplished so much with your writing and I’ve accomplished so much with hockey but my best accomplishment is you. Us. Our family. The love I have for you.”

Aberdeen nodded her head. She understood. She knew. “Mine too.”

“It’s been fifteen years. Fifteen years and four kids, Aberdeen. And still. Still. I think about you when I’m not even thinking.”

Aberdeen smiled. She kissed him once more. “Jag tänker på dig när jag inte ens tanker.”

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