See the thing with Tamlin having a daughter, he's absolutely a single parent and has no clue what the fuck he's doing.
So, balancing having a newborn with also rebuilding a Court from the ground up would be one of the most mentally taxing jobs he's ever had. He's so exhausted and can barely think straight or string a sentence together, and there's no real help in Spring, because most of the servants, or nurses, or anyone that could provide any support are still wary to enter.
So, he reaches a point where he's like, 'If I keep going like this, I'm not going to survive.'
Therefore, desperate times call for desperate measures, and Tamlin goes to one source of help that might take pity on the situation, or least on his daughter Dahlia.
And goes to Day, where Andrea, former Lady of Autumn, is staying with Helion.
Cue super adorable step in grandma and grandpa Lady of Autumn and Helion.
Anyway, it would start something like this.
Rain pounded down on the Day lands. People rushed inside, desperately dragging signs and chairs into buildings. Using books, clothing, anything to shield themselves from the onslaught of water that poured and poured from the raging dark clouds above.
Andrea drank jasmine-infused honey sweet tea. The warm liquid slipped down her throat, and soothing her body. The Day palace was warm and dry, a stark difference from the thunder and lightning cracking in the sky. A fork of brilliant white light streaked the sky, Andrea smiled, she had always loved storms.
Her husband… not so much?
Helion huddled himself closer to Andrea when lightning followed quickly by a snap of thunder pierced the sky. The Day Lord had near a dozen blankets wrapped around himself, his head lying in Andrea’s lap. Andrea laughed as he jolted and wrapped his strong arms around her waist, pressing his face into her navel. She toyed with the braids in his hair.
“It isn’t all that bad,” She assured him, leaning back into the soft white couch, while her eyes tipped to the balcony across from them, the glass doors sealed tightly to shelter them from the rain.
“It is that bad,” Helion insisted, “The thunder has no right being that loud.”
Andrea laughed quietly, stroking her husband’s hair. Placing the porcelain cup down on the table beside the lounge, Andrea tipped her head back and closed her eyes. Smiling to herself at the next round of thunder, holding Helion closer, knowing he was ever so frightened of the storm outside.
She sighed, this was nice.
There was a rapping at the door. Looking up Andrea furrowed her brow, surely none of the servants needed them currently? After a moment’s hesitation, Helion sat up and looked at the door, then Andrea. It was Andrea who called out, “Please come in!”
A short female with wild brown curls, red eyes and fluttering wings entered. She bowed low, then straightened, “Your Majesties, there is a visitor requesting your presence.”
Andrea put a hand on Helion’s. Her brown eyes turned to his, though she found no answer, his face was as confused as her own. Helion took in a breath, “Where are they as of now?”
“Still at the entrance, my Lord, the guards have not let him through.” She replied.
There was a moment of silence as Helion and Andrea assessed each other. Helion raised an eyebrow, Andrea shrugged ever so slightly. They weren’t in the middle of anything, the slight quirk of her lips told Helion she was just a little bored and this could be some form of entertainment.
“Alright, we’ll head down, thank you.” Andrea told the female.
She again bowed low, then quickly fled the room, flittering off to wherever she was required.
Andrea and Helion fixed themselves and quickly headed down for the Day Court palace entrance. Whispering to each other, “Who could be visiting so late?” “Perhaps a courtier, or emissary?”
They reached the tall golden doors, the two guards stationed there shared a glance. When Helion lifted his hand, they nodded, the doors flew upon.
Immediately there was an onslaught of cold wind, it rushed through the threshold and splattered water across the polished tiles. Hail had begun, the small balls of ice rained down from the sky, smashing against the flooring.
Andrea had closed her eyes and put her hands out in front of her as she adjusted to the sudden cold. Then she looked up to see the person standing at the entrance.
Her jaw fell open. Looking at Helion his face had gone white.
Tamlin was shivering in the cold, his whole body quivering. His eyes were dull and his skin was near grey. His lips were blue and frost-bitten. Instead of the normal greens and whites he wore a heavy black coat with a hood that had fallen off. His hair was a wild mess of knots and tangles.
And in his arms was a tiny babe, so small she couldn’t be more than a few weeks old. She had tiny golden curls and pale skin, mostly wrapped in linens, her face was red, she was crying and screaming in his arms.
Tamlin met Helion’s eyes, then turned to Andrea’s. Looking back at the High lord, he half-sobbed, “I had nowhere else to go.”
He stumbled like at any moment he might collapse. Snapping out of the daze they had been shocked into, Andrea made the first move. Like him or not, he had a child in his arms. She quickly approached the male and gently took the small girl from his arms, hushing and cooing as she did in an attempt to console her.
As soon as the babe was safe in another’s arms. Tamlin collapsed to the floor. Helion then rushed to the younger High lord, shouting orders for a room to be made up and dry clothes to be brought out. Andrea rocked the crying girl as Helion picked up Tamlin.
The doors were shut and the storm was locked outside. Helion and Andrea exchanged a look. Then the Lady of Day looked at the babe in her arms.
Green eyes glistened up at her. Andrea stood there in pure shock. She looked like a tiny version of Tamlin. She screamed and Andrea watched as tiny claws pricked out of her fingertips.
“Thats…” Helion trailed off.
“The future Heir of Spring.” Andrea finished, her voice filled with wonderment, “Tamlin’s daughter.”
Tamlin himself shivered and gasped in Helion’s arms. The older High lord gritted his teeth. Her eyes didn’t deceive her, Andrea saw Helion bring the younger male closer to his chest.
“What do we do?” Andrea asked.
“We do what’s right.” Was all Helion said, then a group of servants came out.
The oldest among them said, “We have prepared a room for the guest.”
Helion nodded, he then said, “Tamlin and his daughter will stay with us until further notice.”
Looking back down at the baby in her arms, Andrea bit her bottom lip.
“Why were they out in the storm?”
Helion shook his head slowly, “I don’t know.”
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I saw this on my dash and I wanted to do it, simple as that 😅
Rules, shuffle your 'on repeat' playlist and post the first ten tracks, then tag ten people.
Give Yourself a Try — 1975
Good Days — SZA
August — Taylor Swift
This Side of Paradise — Coyote Theory
First Day of My Life — Bright Eyes
I Don’t Wanna Be Okay Without You —Charlie Burg
Like Real People Do — Hozier
We Stayed Up All Night — Tourist, Ardyn
ITS YOU (feat. keshi) — MAX, keshi
Dance with Me — beabadoobee
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I hope people don't get their hopes up with the show will get rid of the Meyerisms. Stephenie Meyer is still who she is,even after all these years
And I hope people aren't getting their hopes up like, in general. It's very early in development. Things can totally stall at this stage, or get cancelled, etc. Until we start seeing news about casting, or news from SM herself, this is still mostly just a "hey maybe this is going to happen" just with proof that people are actually thinking about it in a serious way vs just spouting off in an interview.
I am curious about whether it will be a reboot, as the Harry Potter TV show will be, or if it will be a 'spin off' using other material like the Guide, or Bree Tanner, or whatever to tell a different story. My heart wants a sprawling vampire world prequel but my gut says these Hollywood folks know Edward and Bella is where the $$$$ is.
My very low bar I hope this project clears (if it does in fact move forward), is having an actual Indigenous actor cast as Jacob (and all the other Quileute roles), having at least one Indigenous writer in the writer's room, to actively consult with the Quileute people and compensate them, and to be open this time to diverse casting for major vampire roles and not just minor characters. I know it was SM herself who was resistant to this back in 2008 or whatever, saying she had such a clear picture in her head of these characters and couldn't bear to depart from that, but it's been 15 years! And the story she wrote is about an adopted/found family, not a biological one, so there's literally no reason they have to all look a certain way. We've already got the original vision preserved in the movies and in the graphic novels; this one can be a different vision.
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