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marshunter06 · 1 year

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I love your Trentney fanfics and prompts! I get sad sometimes cause I remember they never actually interacted in Canon. If you’re not too busy, could u do prompts 10 and 11 for our fave crackship? It’s ok if you can’t. I totally understand.

Sorry, I meant to post two separate fics with these prompts to continue my storyline but that did not pan out. But thank you for asking! I will be filling them together!

Comfortember Day 10: Breakdown & Day 11: Holding Hands

Prompts from @comfortember

It happened. After groveling over this case for months, with this as the result? The guilty verdict still rings in her ears despite her best efforts to keep her client out of prison. The sentence was reduced, but she feels hollow. She lost. The first case she’s ever lost. It’s a miracle it even took her this long to lose a case in a justice system that heavily favors the prosecution. Now her once perfect reputation is once again smeared. She is at a loss.

Flashes of online trolls calling out her stupidity during her teenage years come back full force. With everyone making judgement, all secretly waiting for her downfall. She has to grow thick skin in her line of work, and she has. She would’ve never graduated from law school at the top of her class if she didn’t.

Her chest feels tight, she’s getting dizzy, leaning against the wall to steady herself. She wills herself to power through and stay strong for her client. It’s the least she can do. She failed her. She’s a failure.

Putting one leg in front of the other, she tries to remain professional as she tells her client what to expect now. Her mind already pushing her towards appeals they could make to the court. The problem is, she doesn’t know if her firm will allow her to continue. After all, it is still a money game. Annika thanks her for her honesty, and everything she’s already done, but the mood is somber. They both know this is likely the end.

She doesn’t know how she makes it home. Blacking out before she can even put her key in the door. Did she manage to pull her key out? She did, but it didn’t work…

Trent finds Courtney half conscience at his door. His security system alerting him of her presence, he immediately rushed over seeing her on the video. She is a mess, disoriented, struggling to even stay standing up. She crumples into his arms as he tries to figure what happened. Then he remembers. Today was the court hearing.

He doesn’t ask anymore questions, simply carries her over to the guest room. He’s not sure if he should leave her alone at a time like this. She’s dazed, tears flowing out of her eyes as her breakdown takes over. No words come out, only silence as the tears continue to fall. She feels empty. Until she feels the warmth of his hands in hers. Turning over, his familiar green eyes looks at her with understanding. He knows. Her sobs grow louder now that she’s been found out. She doesn’t try to pull away, rather curling her fingers around his hand, seeking the comfort in knowing that she isn’t alone. Trent is here. He understands.

She must have fallen asleep at some point. Her body feels exhausted from all the crying. She must look as bad as she feels. Slowly opening her eyes, she’s astonished to see Trent’s face so close to her. Her heart aches at the sight of him. She’s laying down at the edge of the bed, and he’s slumped over with his head resting near her pillow, half sitting from a chair he must have moved over. It’s then she notices that their hands are still joined.

She instinctively thinks to move away, embarrassment flaring as she realizes she drove to his place instead of hers. The thought that he had to take care of her, while she was suffering from her mental anguish, is enough to make her wish she could crawl into a hole from the earth. But, there’s also a part of her that doesn’t want to let him go. He stayed even after seeing how much of a mess she was, he still stayed. He could’ve easily taken her to the room and just left her, but he didn’t. He chose to stay. Because he knows. He understands.

Her head hurts from dehydration, the whirl of emotions going on isn’t helping either. She should wake him up and tell him she’s fine. He’s going to wake with a creak in his neck if he stays like this.

Gently nudging him, her breath catches when he opens those green eyes she loves so much, she’s feeling embarrassed again knowing how she must look right now. Rubbing the sleep from his eyes, he smiles and asks if she slept okay. She couldn’t help letting out a chuckle.

“I think I slept fine. You should be more concerned with yourself, you should’ve just gone to bed.”

“I wanted to be here. Besides, I’m not that old yet. I can handle not sleeping in my nice comfortable California King bed for one night.”

“Your sacrifice, how could I forget about how pampered you grew up.”

“Hey, try it for yourself before you judge. I guarantee you‘ll only want to sleep in my bed.”

Their faces both flush red as soon as he completes the sentence. Their hands disconnecting as they both look anywhere but at each other. He immediately stammers, “I-I… not like that…”

He clears his throat, “… anyways, I’m sure you’re starving and need some water. I’ll go get you some. There’s clothes in the bathroom and extra toiletries that you can use if you want. I’ll start on breakfast.”

“Breakfast? It’s one am.”

“Would you rather I make some pasta for a late night dinner?”

“No, breakfast sounds perfect. I just didn’t realize how late it was. Sorry.”

“No need to apologize. I’m here for you no matter what, Court.”

“I’m here for you too, Trent. Thank you.”

“Any time.”

He reaches his hand out for her to take, she smiles as they make contact. He helps her out of bed, holding hands for a few steps before she heads for the shower and he goes towards the kitchen.

A/N: I’ve been off lately, especially with winter coming. But writing Trentney helps. They truly are my comfort ship.

#mars answers #trentney #comfortember 2022 #prompt fill #day 10: breakdown #day 11: holding hands

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whitewolfofwinterfell · 7 years

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I really love the way you respond to everything with such eloquence, thoughtfulness, insight and courtesy :) Anyway, you mentioned Steroline, and I was wondering what you think of Stelena, Steroline, Klaroline and Delena? I'd love to hear your take on those or any other TVD ships!

Aw, thank you so much! I really enjoy responding to all of these asks and hearing people’s thoughts and sharing mine, so I’m glad you like to read them :)

As for TVD and ships, I don’t think you realise the can of worms you’re opening here haha. TVD is probably the show where I have the strongest opinions on the ships.

I’ll put the rest under the cut since this is bound to get long. Pre-warnings are anti-Delena, anti-Steroline and slightly anti-Klaroline (which kinda gives away most of my opinion before I’ve even started haha).

The best thing to do here is probably state in advance that my main TVD ships are Stelena, Bamon and Forwood.

Stelena

Stelena are my biggest OTP, so it should be no surprise when I say that I adore them. The whole basis of their relationship being that they were two dead souls that brought each other back to life is so beautiful to me. They brought joy, light inspiration, strength and love to each other’s lives. When they were together they were better, happier individuals and although they were young when they were together (well, technically Stefan was a 100 year old 17 year old, but that’s too confusing to get into haha), they had such a mature relationship that was built on mutual respect and understanding. They were a team that worked through their issues together and faced the world together. Stefan, who had a dark side, found the tether for his humanity through his love for Elena - a theme that was reiterated time and time again throughout the seasons and that also came to be true for Elena when she lost her humanity - Stefan was the tether to hers. They both fought for their love and each other, the theme of never giving up being one that directly applies to their relationship. Even when they were split they still had a cosmic connection that meant the narrative still had echoes of their love even in the finale. They never stopped loving each other, no matter what happened. They had a shared dream of being human, having a family, being doctors which is a dream they only could have had together - one that when they saw in their visions in season 5 Elena described as paradise. I could honestly go on forever about all the beautiful elements of Stelena’s relationship and why I love them, but I’ll sum it up with this: the show started with them and ended with them. Paul was specifically chosen to play Stefan because of his chemistry with Nina and the pilot was solely built upon the idea of their love and them bringing each other back to life. One of the final scenes of the show was Elena outside Stefan’s crypt paying tribute to him, reminding us that he saved her, made her life worth living again and that she’s going to live her life in honour of Stefan’s sacrifice. What could possibly top that?

Steroline

I loved Steroline in the early seasons. I adored their friendship and I loved that they actually chose to portray a genuine boy/girl friendship that was strictly platonic. They had an amazing energy, Stefan loosened up around her, she supported him and there was a mutual respect and genuine fondness between them.When I saw the first signs of them possibly becoming romantic (in season 4, but particularly season 5 when it was like getting smacked round the face with a dead fish) I was open to it, but not overly enthusiastic since by that point the writers had screwed up pretty much everything I’d ever liked about the show lmao. As expected, the writers did a poor job at executing Steroline and for that reason I never came to ship them romantically. I’m not particularly anti-Steroline and I certainly don’t hate them, but I do hate the way they were written from season 6 onwards. First of all, Caroline became so obsessive and selfish when she developed feelings for Stefan and made everything about her. Stefan had just lost his brother and she was crying to him about how he abandoned her when she needed him, making him feel guilty and as though he’d done something wrong, when all he did was leave town and try to start afresh to deal with the gaping hole of his brother’s loss. The way Caroline treated Stefan in season 6 was disgusting. She then involved Enzo in her drama and Enzo confronted Stefan - a confrontation that turned violent - when Stefan had done nothing wrong. Throughout the rest of the season Stefan was continuously told by everyone around him that he should have feelings for Caroline and it was basically forced on him. Stefan wasn’t allowed breathing space to figure out his feelings on his own, he was coerced into having feelings for Caroline. And the fact that Liz’s death was used as a plot device to push Stefan and Caroline together is something that just didn’t sit right with me. Everything about Liz’s death was made to be about Stefan and Caroline - Caroline missed her final moments because she was kissing Stefan, one of Liz’s last conversations was with Stefan and she basically used emotional blackmail to get Stefan to be there for Caroline because she’s going to “need” him, the funeral was when Stefan realised his feelings for Caroline and even Caroline turning her humanity off after the funeral was apparently all because Stefan didn’t tell her how he felt for her. When Caroline forced Stefan to turn off his humanity things just got even worse. Now, not only had he been emotionally blackmailed by her, he had quite literally had his agency and humanity stripped away from him by force. The fact that they had sex for the first time whilst they both had no humanity was just…no. No, okay. They were supposed to be two people falling in love that were going to engage in a long-term relationship and that was the way the writers thought they should have sex for the first time? What the hell were they thinking? Anyway, by the time they both got their humanity back Stefan had been worn down and broken to a point whereby he’d decided he had feelings for Caroline. Now anyone that tells me that these feelings developed organically is simply seeing what they want to see. Stefan started season 6 having no interest in Caroline what-so-ever and ended it claiming he was in love with her when nothing at all had happened in the span of those 22 episode to warrant that transformation of his feelings besides emotional manipulation and blackmail. The whole conversation between them in 6x21 really kinda confirmed for me what I perceived to be wrong with their relationship. Caroline says she hates the person she’s become since she developed feelings for him and that she did all the terrible things she did all because Stefan didn’t admit he felt something for her. Stefan talks about how they’ve both lost control. To me, it’s just everything that love shouldn’t be. It made them both worse versions of themselves, especially Caroline and instead of making them feel happier and safer, like love should, it made them feel insecure and afraid. The fact that the relationship began in this bloody awful way was enough to deter me from ever shipping them and I pretty much stopped watching a few episodes into season 7 so never really saw their relationship beyond that (except through gifs and the odd YT video). But Steroline as a romantic pairing just didn’t work for me. Not just because of the way they were written, but because of the chemistry or lack thereof between Paul and Candice. No matter how many times they kissed or had romantic scenes, I just didn’t believe it. It never felt quite right to me. And always felt so one-sided - Caroline was the one that was attracted to him from the beginning, she was the one that developed feelings first and coerced Stefan into feeling the same way, the June wedding was her dream, not his. So it just felt like it was always made about Caroline and not Stefan. I do there was great potential there for Steroline, but in my eyes, even if the writers had written it in the way it should’ve been written, it still never would’ve be an epic true love ship. I probably am biased though, because for me, it was Stelena and from Stefan’s POV I don’t think he could ever love anyone the way he loved Elena.

Klaroline

Klaroline is one of those ships I actually don’t have much of an opinion on. I don’t ship them, but I don’t hate them either. For me, I see it as a crackship more so than anything else. I can see the potential and intrigue in regards to the possibilities with them that can be used for fanfiction and AU’s etc. but in regards to canon, I’ve gotta admit I don’t really see it. I find it to be a very shallow relationship. Klaus fell in love with Caroline although he barely knew her and I can’t really understand what it is about Caroline - an ordinary 17 year old high school girl - that would make a 1000 year old hybrid fall in love with her? And in regards to Caroline’s well-being and happiness, being with Klaus definitely isn’t the right thing for her. I mean, she married Stefan who is quite literally the polar opposite to Klaus and that just says it all. I just don’t see how Caroline could ever love Klaus. She was attracted to him and intrigued by him, yes, but in regards to a real emotional connection and a long-term relationship I just don’t think it’s there between them. Also, as someone once pointed out, a big theme of the Klaroline relationship that the shippers seem to hold onto a lot is the whole idea of Caroline wanting to see the world and travel. But it’s actually something she herself never once expressed. Klaus is the one that projected that onto her, telling her there was an entire world out there for her to see, offering to take her to Paris, calling her up when he was in New Orleans to tell her he wanted to share the art and culture with her - yet when did Caroline herself ever express wanting to travel or see the world? Basically, Klaroline is a ship that was never really supposed to happen but because the Klaroline fandom turned out to be so huge, the writers did a tonne of fan-servicing and made them into a lot more than it was supposed to be. For that reason there isn’t much of a basis for them, which is why I don’t ship them. But I can see why others ship them, particularly in regards to the non-canon possibilities.

Delena

I used to be so hardcore anti-Delena and although I’m not so much now - which I think mostly comes from age and maturity - I still would never ever ship them. Damon transferred his unhealthy obsession with Katherine onto Elena, completely disregarded Elena’s feelings and overstepped the boundaries with her when she repeatedly told him NO, repeatedly hurt her loved ones for sport and/or petty revenge, compelled her on more than one occasion kidnapped her when she was unconscious, emotionally manipulated Elena by exploiting her vulnerability in season 3 in Stefan’s absence, chose not to break the sire bond despite knowing that it stripped Elena of her free-will and projected the burden of being the “only good thing in his life” onto Elena so that she was always lumbered with the responsibility of his actions. Those are just the things that Damon did wrong in the relationship. As a whole, the relationship was completely detrimental to both of them, but particularly Elena who admitted she had to compromise her morals over and over again and who was explicitly told by her best friends that she’d changed for the worse. Even Damon himself said they didn’t work and were in a toxic relationship. Everything about their relationship was rooted in co-dependency, emotional manipulation/control and lust. Everyone around them suffered as a result of their unhealthy relationship - Damon didn’t realise his brother was drowning in safe for four months, Elena didn’t notice her brother was doing badly at school, getting into fights and he was getting so little attention that he resulted to moving out of the house because of it, Elena didn’t notice Bonnie had been dead for months. The sirebond posed so many issues in regards to consent and agency and is a very similar situation to Steroline’s whereby the way in which it unfolded just felt wrong to me. I could continue, but what would be the point? Nothing about this relationship makes sense to me and I have no idea how it was endgame.

So there are my opinions on the ships you listed. I’ve also answered a tonne of asks in the past about TVD ships, so I’ll link to some of them in case you’re interested enough to want to read through them. (x) (x) (x) (x) (x) (x)

Thanks for stopping by and asking for my thoughts :) I’d be interested to know whether you agree with anything I’ve said. Also, I’m sorry it took me a while to answer this, but I like to put thought into responding to my asks so it can take a bit longer to write them.

#answered #my meta #tvd meta

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