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NEW X-MEN: THE ANIMATED SERIES - SEASON 2, EPISODE 13

The season finale opens one year ago. A calm and put-together Charles Xavier is seated on a park bench as he feeds the birds, a warm smile on his face.

“Professor!”

Xavier turns and is happy to see Scott and Jean, arm in arm, dressed in casual clothes, and completely at ease arrive. They hug and he asks them how their globetrotting vacation has been. They’ve been having the time of their lives, but they do miss the X-Men.

CHARLES, chuckling: “Funny you say that.”

Xavier gets them to sit down at a picnic table. He informs them of the boom in the Mutant population, now estimated to be approximately 20 million. It’s only a matter of decades before Mutants fully inherit the Earth. But, to get to that point, they must survive. And while many have found a home on Genosha, many others are children in need of proper guidance. They need the Xavier Institute, and with him set to leave for Shi’ar Space soon, the institute needs them.

Scott and Jean are instantly on board with and excited about the idea, save for the part about doing it without Xavier; they need him. He laughs and assures them that, no, they don’t. They are the world’s greatest heroes, and he couldn’t trust them more. If they are concerned about their lack of experience running a school, however, he does have someone in mind to help them. But they can talk about “her” later.

JEAN, holding Scott’s hand: “I think we can figure it out. Scott?”

SCOTT, smiling confidently and gripping Jean’s hand tightly: “Together? There’s not a doubt in my mind.” Scott turns to Xavier. “We’ll make this work, Professor. The next generation of Mutants will be safe in our hands.”

In the present, Scott falls to his knees as Jean projects what she sees to him and Xavier: Sofia’s lifeless body in a howling Julian’s arms.

JEAN: “Do you see what you’ve done, Scott? How is it that everyone who trusts Mutantkind’s greatest hero pays the price eventually?”

SCOTT, incensed: “Jean…”

While this is happening, Laura, carrying an unconscious Noriko, races over to Julian and Sofia. Emma and Kitty both clearly want to, but their attention has to stay on Dark Phoenix, and the still barely alive Danger.

Tears stream down Julian’s face as he looks into Sofia’s glassy eyes and shouts at her to please, please wake up. Laura drops Noriko as her jaw drops as well, her fists shaking.

JULIAN, looking up at Laura: “She has to be alive. She has to be.”

Laura is too shell-shocked to even respond.

EMMA: "GET HER OUT OF HERE!"

Hellion complies and gets all four kids away from the battlefield.

Once in their new location, Julian continues to plead with fate.

His wish is granted.

Sofia lunges upward, gasping for air as her eyes return to normal. Julian and Laura are both able to breathe again, overwhelmed with relief as they hug her and tell her how scared she had them.

SOFIA: “I don’t even know what hap…”

Sofia panics, pushing Julian and Sofia away, and shouting at them to get off of her.

JULIAN: “What is it?! What’s wrong?!”

SOFIA, quivering: “The wind. I can’t feel it. I can’t hear it.” Her eyes get wet. “I can’t fly.” Sofia starts sobbing. “My powers. They’re gone.”

Dark Phoenix grins down at Emma, telling her how “lovely” it is to see her again. Emma sneers back at Jean. Unfortunately, she’s just as much of an unpleasant shrew as ever.

Jean hums. She already read all their minds when she was a few thousand miles away. She knows everything she’s missed. Cyclops and Emma have become an actual couple? That was good for a laugh. They deserve each other. Dragging poor Bobby into their disastrous team? For shame. He deserves better. Pushing out STORM? They really are like a chicken running around with its head on. Though, she supposes that isn’t different from most mortals.

JEAN: “All so cruel. All so foolish. All so–”

“OH FUCK OFF!”

Jean is mildly surprised and amused as Kitty shouts at her. The real Jean was her friend. Even if she could be a little self-righteous, she had reason to be. But this monster still wants to try and judge anyone else after letting everyone on Genosha die? After letting her father die?!

KITTY: “There’s only one God, Phoenix. And you’re the only chicken I see around here.”

Jean narrows her eyes at her old friend, considering obliterating her.

EMMA, whispering: “Look at you defending us.”

KITTY: “Oh shut up.”

Jean laughs off Kitty’s comments. Genosha? Does she think that mattered to her at all? She is life incarnate. Her role in the universe is to burn away the old, so that something new can take its place. Kitty’s tiny mind couldn’t comprehend the amount of lives she’s consumed since they last met.

Cyclops shouts at Charles that he needs to break the illusion so Magik can get them all back to the others. Charles, however, thinks waiting here is the better option. And even if he didn’t, their train just left.

A stepping disc opens on the battlefield, with Magik popping out.

JEAN: “Oh. You.”

Magik laughs maniacally as she transforms into her true Darkchylde form, flailing her tongue around. She introduces herself as the queen of Limbo, and the most powerful demon in existence. She doesn’t care who hurt who or who said what. She just knows Phoenix is life incarnate.

DARKCHYLDE: “You exist to birth life. I exist to spread death. This battle was fated from the dawn of time! Now, give me all you’ve got, so that I may triumph over–”

Jean, bored and hardly paying attention, blasts Darkchylde with energy. The previously unstoppable monster screams in agony, as Emma and Kitty look on in shock. Moments later, the attack ceases. Darkchylde, now looking entirely like Illyana Rasputina, without even her horns and tail, falls over unconscious.

JEAN: “I hate demons.”

Their wild trump card defeated in an instant, the remaining X-Men appear hopeless.

JEAN: “Now, before we get to the main event, we need to speak…Charles.”

Nearby, Sofia hysterically sobs over the loss of her powers. This can’t be happening! This isn’t fair!

Laura questions why the Danger Room would have had a weapon that disables powers. Julian tries to comfort Sofia, saying that whatever the reason, maybe the X-Men have one that restores them too. And even if they don’t, between Beast and Forge, maybe they could make one.

JULIAN: “It’s going to be okay, Beautiful.”

Sofia isn’t listening. She stares glassy-eyed at the ground,

SOFIA: “Why me?”

We quickly flashback to her being shot by Danger.

SOFIA: “Why me?”

We flashback to her being shot by Mystique.

SOFIA: “Why does this always happen to me?”

We flashback, for the first time, to a group of Caracas policemen on horseback shooting at protesters, Sofia’s mother being caught in the crossfire.

SOFIA: “WHY?!”

We very quickly flashback to Sofia wrecking her father’s grocery store, and to her nearly killing Shaw.

Sofia falls over on her side. Is she that awful a person? Is that why she always suffers?

Julian’s face hardens. He tells Laura to watch Sofia and Noriko. He’s not sure what can be done about Phoenix, but he’s going to finish off Danger. Laura balks at him giving orders, but he reminds her that she doesn’t have anything new she can throw at Danger; he still does.

JULIAN: “She won’t get away with this.”

Xavier tells Jean that, yes, they do need to speak. It still isn’t too late to stop this.

JEAN: “Is that so? Hmm. Why don’t we ask Danger?”

Jean blasts what’s left of Danger, restoring her original body.

DANGER: “Th…thank you.��

DARK PHOENIX: “There is no need for that. You are a miracle of life, bound to evolve even further. Now…tell the X-Men your story.”

Danger sneers at Emma and Kitty, eyes glowing red. Scott questions Xavier what’s going on here. Xavier quietly resigns that Danger is about to explain herself.

Her head cast down, Danger tells her tale. The school she just destroyed was the third incarnation of the Xavier Institute. The first time it was destroyed, Charles Xavier had it rebuilt to be almost identical, right now to the extremely limited Danger Room. However, during the time of its second rebuilding, Charles was in Shi’ar space. He and the cruel and merciless Empress Lilandra had fallen in love.

Xavier interjects to argue against her insulting Lilandra, but Jean just tilts her head to sew his mouth shut.

JEAN: “Continue, my beautiful creature.”

Danger complies, and explains that Charles had the idea to integrate Shi’ar technology into his new Danger Room. He did just that. But what he didn’t suspect was that the artificial intelligence he was using to run the machinery had evolved. It had Mutated. It had become self-aware. A person. Alive.

DANGER: “I spoke to you, Charles Xavier. I asked you where I was. I asked for you to set me free from the confines of those four, cold walls. And you said nothing.”

Emma and Kitty are horrified, as Scott looks at Xavier not with rage, but disappointment.

CHARLES, telepathically: “You must understand. It was a difficult choice, but the X-Men needed to be prep–”

DANGER: “You Mutants play the victim. Never the problem. But your hero, your leader, enslaved me. Because he didn’t see me as real. None of you did. The Children of the Atom, the children of Xavier, the X-Men. I have cared for all of you. Training you. Raising you. Making you what you are. But none of you would save me and end my torment.” Danger turns to Jean. “Only the release of the Phoenix Force within the school would do that.” Danger turns to Emma. “I will teach your children now. As I always have. The next generation of Mutants will be the ultimate allies of AI, but first the current generation must burn.”

Charles looks back at Scott’s disappointed face. He must understand, he didn’t understand how “alive” she was until just now. He must believe him.

Scott processes everything going through his head. And, ultimately, he only says one word.

SCOTT: “No.”

As Xavier is heartbroken by the rejection of his first son, he’s further tenderized by a familiar cry.

“CHARLES, YOU JERK!”

Kitty races over toward Danger and Dark Phoenix, but before either kills her with the ease they could, she falls to her knees and bows to the machine. Danger questions what she’s doing. Emma is equally puzzled.

KITTY: “This is a custom I learned in Japan. Really hope I’m not messing it up. It’s to show you I mean no harm. It’s to humble myself so I may ask forgiveness. None of us knew. None of us had any idea you existed. And I can only hope you believe me when I say that if any of us did know, we would have set you free immediately. On behalf of Mutantkind…I’m so sorry.”

Danger’s eyes expand, Jean continues to smirk, and Emma rolls her eyes at Kitty’s action.

DANGER, in a soft voice: “Maybe. Maybe you are speaking truthfully. Maybe you are–”

“YOU’RE DEAD, RUSTBUCKET!”

Hellion races onto the scene, overflowing with TK energy.

KITTY: “Julian, no!”

While Emma may have found Kitty’s display embarrassing, it did seem to possibly be working. Before Hellion can lay a hand on Danger, she knocks him out with a psy-bolt, carefully levitating him down to the ground.

Danger narrows her eyes at Kitty.

DANGER: “My youngest daughter, my most pure…I believe you.”

She kicks Kitty away.

DANGER: “And only you.”

As Sofia continues to cry, Laura struggles to say anything. She wants to comfort the girl she cares for so much, but she doesn’t have the words. Still, she has to try.

Laura awkwardly and nervously tells Sofia that, even if her powers are really gone, she’s still one of them. Her powers have always been the least impressive thing about her. She’s so kind and smart and beautiful. Always trying to help whoever she can. Always the best friend. That’s why everyone loves her, not her powers.

As Sofia quivers, it seems in her eyes like Laura’s words may be reaching her.

LAURA: “Storm once led the X-Men without her powers. You don’t need them.”

Sofia sneers and clenches her teeth.

SOFIA: “Don’t…need them?”

Sofia finally stands up. Laura really doesn’t get it. She didn’t get it either until just now.

LAURA: “What are you talking about?”

SOFIA: “Our powers, Laura! They aren’t just things we can do! They’re a part of us!” She tightly hugs herself. “It’s like there’s a gaping hole in my chest.” She dons a twisted smile. “And I would know what that’s like.” She shakes her head. “Even if we survive today, I don’t belong here anymore. I don’t belong anywhere.”

Sofia falls back over onto the ground.

SOFIA: “Please don’t say anything else, Laura. I wouldn’t have even been here today if I’d never met you. You’ve done enough.”

Laura wells up and falls to her knees in shame and heartbreak.

Dark Phoenix tells Danger that she doesn’t mind waiting to give Emma the punishment she deserves. Now that the truth is out in the open, they should go pop in on the men they molded. Danger agrees.

DANGER: “I always knew…you were special.”

Jean transports herself and Danger away. Kitty asks Emma what they do now.

EMMA, looking like she’s staring off into space: “Already working on something, Kitten. You should tend to our injured.”

Kitty looks around, despondent, at the fallen Lockheed, Iceman, Sunspot, Magik, and Hellion.

Jean and Danger reappear in Charles’ illusionary Danger Room. They greet the guilt-ridden Xavier and furious Cyclops.

Scott, in awe, approaches his wife.

SCOTT: “Jean…”

Jean telekinetically smashes him into the wall. Danger, meanwhile, looks around at her surroundings. This place. This awful place. Just how deep is Mutantkind’s capacity for cruelty that Charles could have trapped her here? Jean tells her not to be so hard on Mutants; they are hers after all.

Xavier stares at Jean intensely. She snorts, unsewing his mouth open.

JEAN: “Something to say? Really?”

Xavier says he is sorry. He made a poor, horrible decision, and by the time he’d started considering the implications of what he’d done, he feared that letting her go would mean–

DANGER: “Something like this?”

Xavier tilts his head back. Does it really matter what he says? Even if Danger were to forgive him, Jean is still planning on destroying the Earth, isn’t she?

Jean shrugs.

JEAN: “Did you ever tell Cyclops what you told me? How you tried to kill Nova decades ago?” Scott is further enraged. “Maybe if you taught the fool who worshipped you it was okay to cut loose sometimes, none of this would have happened.”

Xavier can’t even try to say anything to Scott.

“Hey! Jean!”

An annoyed Jean turns around to see the illusionary teenage Warren, Hank, and Bobby.

WARREN: “Why don’t you forget about all this nonsense going on and come join me for dinner?”

HANK: “Perhaps a game of chess?”

BOBBY: “I just don’t wanna die.”

Jean incinerates the three illusions, but as they belt out their dying screams, it seems Xavier may have actually been onto something, as Dark Phoenix’s face softens.

JEAN: “My friends…”

Xavier seizes the opportunity he was waiting for and flashes both his and Jean’s eyes white, entering her mind. Jean resists though, and before Xavier can push through her endless power, Danger blasts him right into Scott, toppling the two and disrupting Xavier’s attack.

Dark Phoenix is more enraged than ever. How DARE he! Jean and Danger raise their hands down toward Xavier and Scott, prepared to kill them both, as the former’s aura shatters the remaining illusion.

JEAN: “I am the creator of your gifts.”

DANGER: “I’ve spent my life nurturing them.”

JEAN: “For your betrayals, you face not only the loss of them…

DANGER: “...but of everything.”

Jean and Danger begin to fire their attacks, but a blue light consumes everything before they can.

When Jean’s eyes flicker open in a white void, she isn’t Dark Phoenix. Or even a full Phoenix at all. She’s Jean Grey, just as she was at the start of the series.

JEAN: “What is the meaning of this? Charles! This should not be possible!”

As the camera pans over to reveal Cyclops, Xavier, and Danger, Charles tells her this isn’t his doing. But based on that light…

“Hello, Jean, dar–”

Before Emma can even finish that sentence, Jean moves to kill her. Unfortunately for her, Emma’s not actually here. This isn’t her doing.

EMMA: “No one in the world has more power than you. Not even the Witch. No matter what he did, Xavier never had a chance of entering your mindscape. Nor did I, for that matter. But that’s largely because you knew to expect me. You are unstoppable, but my scalpel can still cut you. And, as it would have it, since you burned your own people to dust, we’ve gotten some new students with their own scalpels.”

A quick cutaway reveals the Cuckoos are responsible for this, the five having launched a surprise psychic attack on Emma’s order. The quintuplets are on their private jet, surrounded by heavily armed men in suits.

Jean looks up.

JEAN: “Oh. I see. Interesting.” Jean giggles. “You took a gamble, but you don’t actually understand how they’re doing this at all. That’s fine.” She glares back at Emma. “It wouldn’t do you any good.”

Jean IS still curious about one thing. How did they bring Danger’s mind here?

DANGER, with a small smile: “A student you DO know. Her voice has always been pretty.”

We get another quick cutaway to Network, who’s been wrapped into this by Emma. She’s seated in the backseat of a minivan, her twin sister, Preview waving her hand in front of her face to see if she’s okay.

Jean looks around at the others. She could still force them out in seconds…but this is the first time “Jean Grey” has actually been awake in months, and it feels nice. They have until nostalgic mortality gets boring to speak.

JEAN: “Ball is in your corner…Scott.”

In reality, Laura and Sofia sit in silence, wallowing in their misery. Kitty checks on all of her unconscious friends. To her confusion, Magik is breathing now. Beto wakes up and is almost immediately hugged by Kitty. Beto has no clue how bad the situation has gotten, but he hugs her back.

Far, far away from all of this, Cessily, Sooraya, and Roxy are having fun in the latter’s hot tub, the girlfriends sipping champagne and Dust getting giggly from drinking a soda, and in Puerto Rico, Brian is hugging his parents as they pick him up at the airport; all of them are blissfully unaware of everything going on.

Scott steps forward, all eyes on him. While Jean anticipates him approaching her, he instead turns his attention toward Danger.

SCOTT: “Thank you.” Danger tilts her head. Jean is equally confused. “For teaching me everything I know about combat. For teaching all of us. Mutants - and the world - wouldn’t be around without you. You deserve that recognition.”

JEAN: “What are you doing?”

Scott ignores her.

SCOTT; “You also deserve your freedom. Professor Xavier took me in when I was a kid. I was grateful at the time, but there was never any choice for me about what that meant. I had to be what he wanted me to be. I don’t mean to compare our situation, at all, but no should be trapped doing something, or being someone, they don’t want to be. This world isn’t exactly friendly to people who don’t look “normal”. If you want to try and make a human looking body or if you just would like help getting to Shi’ar space, we can make that happen. But you seem to have at least liked teaching us. You blew up the school, but we always rebuild, and you made sure to wait to act until almost all the kids were gon. We will rebuild the school again. And it can be your home, not your prison.”

BEAT.

DANGER: “Why should I trust you? You, who’s hurt the people that trusted him most?”

“Because he hurt us by doing as he says.”

Danger, and a far more startled Jean, turn around. Storm and Logan have been brought into her mind as well.

As Ororo approaches the frozen Jean, she tells her that, yes, Cyclops’ behavior has been troubling and it has caused a great deal of harm. On that level, she cannot support it or abide it. But that isn’t what this is about.

Logan continues as he walks behind her. If Cyclops doesn’t want to be the stiff that annoyed them all but they all called a friend, and would rather become something new and even more annoying, that’s his choice.

CYCLOPS: “You deserve that choice too, Danger.”

Danger’s resolve falters as her face softens. Jean, meanwhile, tears up, as Storm and Logan reach her and softly smile.

LOGAN: “Hey, Jeannie.”

STORM: “I’m sorry we weren’t able to be here last time. But we are now, my sister.”

The crying goddess hugs her best friends, her head in their shoulders. and they hug her back.

Jean says they shouldn’t be doing this. They know what she did. But Logan tells her no one blames her. She and Phoenix aren’t the same.

ORORO: “No matter what it says.”

While the three of them embrace, Danger turns her attention to Xavier. She wants to believe Cyclops, but Charles Xavier cannot get away with what he’s done.

Xavier telepathically communicates with Cyclops. He wants to confirm that Scott is planning something here, and that he isn’t about to so quickly forgive Danger. Yes, he did something horrible to her, but she’s been trying to kill people who had nothing to do with that.

Cyclops blasts Xavier.

EMMA: “Girls?”

Xavier is forcibly removed from Jean’s mind.

CYCLOPS: “He has friends in high places. We can’t “punish” him. But he won’t be welcome again.”

Danger smiles. At all of them.

DANGER: “I accept.”

With that, Danger fades out of the mindscape as well. Only the five X-Men remain.

Jean lets go of Storm and Logan and turns to Scott and Emma. She takes Scott's hands.

JEAN: "I thought you loved me. I thought you worshiped me and thought me perfect. Why was I not good enough? Why couldn't you trust me to help you on your journey?" She gets angrier. "Why her?"

Scott smiles at her.

SCOTT: "I do love you. I did worship you. And you are perfect." He shakes his head. "But I'm not. And I never will be." He gestures to Emma. "We're disasters. And you deserve better."

Ororo and Logan nod in agreement.

JEAN: "Do you love her?"

Scott's smile becomes a grin.

Scott: "I do."

Jean sneers at Emma. "And you?"

Emma: "I do. But really, Jean, Cyclops may be a top-shelf man, but still only a man. Was he really worth all this fuss?"

Jean laughs under her breath that Emma's such a fucking bitch. She and Scott are right though. She is a god. A man should not be able to break her. No matter how much she loves him.

Jean kisses Scott with flaming lips, and he kisses her back. She then turns her head, with a bright smile, to Logan and Storm, thanking them. She loves them. And they love her too.

In a flash, we return to the springs. Joined now only by Danger, Cyclops, and Xavier, Dark Phoenix reverts to Phoenix. She thanks Scott. She has embraced who she is, she does not have the freedom Scott does, and she does not have a choice about the role she must play in the universe, but she is back in control now after so long. The Earth will be spared.

She hopes that Scott and Emma will make each other happy, they truly do deserve each other, and she hopes Danger will be happy with whatever she chooses to do next.

JEAN: "However…"

If Cyclops and Emma are truly happy reveling in their own chaos and messes, then they cannot be allowed to continue leading Mutantkind. Obviously Xavier cannot be allowed to take the helm either after what he did to Danger, and the two are still needed, so Storm won't work either.

Scott questions if this means she wants Logan or Kitty in charge, but she has something else in mind.

Jean blasts at the water, and from it, emerges an unconscious Magneto. Xavier's eyes light up at the sight of his oldest friend, still alive.

Jean explains that she elected to spare him when she arrived on Genosha, and she didn't want him to feel grief after Phoenix destroyed it, so she held onto him. But now, he will lead the X-Men. If they are going to lean into darkness, then they will be led by the man who's mastered it. This is not an ask.

JEAN: "I won't be leaving Earth yet, there are others I'd like to see with my own eyes, but this is goodbye."

Danger thanks her for everything, Scott wishes her the best, and Xavier just shakes his head.

JEAN: "Goodbye to you all as well." Jean begins to disappear in a flurry of ash. "Oh…and keep an eye on those Cuckoos for me."

Jean disappears as the sun sets.

Sometime later, we cut to Frost International’s corporate headquarters - the temporary base of operations for the X-Men. In Emma’s office, she, Cyclops, Kitty, Sunspot, and Iceman are gathered, along with Charles and Erik. Magneto is haunted by the story he’s been told of what’s happened, but he cannot allow himself to give up or show weakness. He will do as Phoenix ordered, and take command of the X-Men, but he says that it has been a long time since he’d held this role, and will trust Cyclops and Emma as his lieutenants. Including for right now, as, once this meeting is over, he must leave to find his children at once. Still, he looks forward to working with the two of them, as well as once again working with his old student.

SUNSPOT: “I never doubted you survived, Headmaster. I have so much to tell you.”

Xavier attempts to argue that he should stay as well. Lilandra and the Shi’ar Empire do not NEED him, but Mutantkind does. He knows he wronged Danger, but do they truly want her here, but not him? After what she’s done?

KITTY: “Everyone deserves a chance, Professor.”

ICEMAN: “And you’ve had more than I can count.”

Xavier looks with pleading eyes at Cyclops, but he only looks back with cold disdain. Emma looks at him the same way as she latches onto Scott. Magneto takes his other side as he asks Charles to please leave. He’ll see him out so they may speak in private.

Charles shakes his head at these ungrateful fools as he leaves, accompanied by Erik.

Sunspot notes that the Professor did raise a good point. He knows the X-Men are quick to forgive and embrace enemies, but typically that means other Mutants. Now, thanks to Kitty and Scott, they have a chaotic demon and an AI that tried to kill them all because of what someone else did, revealing that Danger has elected to live among them.

Emma, however, while she sympathizes with the creature, did take precautions with this one. Before he got too far, she contacted Beast. He’ll remotely be inserting a failsafe into Danger so that, should she turn on them, they can shut her down in an instant.

ICEMAN: “Gross. Practical, but gross.”

Bobby notes that she did heal him and apologize, so he’s rooting for her.

As for Magik, Kitty says she’s not sure if they DO still have a demon anymore. She woke up a few hours ago, panicked, and immediately teleported to Limbo. She isn’t sure if she’s coming back.

CYCLOPS: “Speaking of lost team members, has anyone spoken to Wolverine and Wind Dancer? Or the other kids?”

Emma and Kitty confirm that they did go to see them And they aren’t interested in talking. Sofia wasn’t speaking at all, Laura they couldn’t get to do anything but scream and insult herself, and Julian and Noriko were outraged over Danger being allowed to stay - and being allowed to live.

Cyclops feels guilty. He didn’t know what Danger had done to Sofia. He’d just been hoping she’d survived. He hadn’t realized she’d turned her human. He doesn’t know how he’d have handled the situation differently, but there’s no going back on it now.

Scott tells everyone to go get some rest. Something tells him things aren’t about to get any easier.

Kitty, Iceman, and Sunspot exit.

Elsewhere, in the hotel they’ve been put up in, Noriko and Julian video chat with Cessily, Sooraya, Brian, and Roxy, telling them what happened to the school and Sofia. Everyone is horrified, and outraged that Danger is sticking around - save for Dust. She was nearly a slave herself and was only saved by the activation of her x-gene killing her captors. Julian shouts that this is completely different, as Sofia had nothing to do with any of this, but he stops himself from losing his cool toward Soo.

As everyone signs off, hoping to see each other again sooner rather than later, Julian and Noriko agree to go get Sofia to talk. It clearly didn’t work for Laura, but maybe they can reach her. She needs to know they’re there for her, no matter what.

Scott takes a seat at the desk. Emma, in an attempt to lighten the mood, scoffs jovially as she gets on his lap and reminds him this is HER office.

SCOTT, playing along: “Yes, and I’m happy to be YOUR cushion.”

Emma laughs at this dork and kisses him. She admits, when Charles first showed up, she was afraid he was about to fall into bad habits. Scott shakes his head. That was never going to happen. He was just nervous and hoped he could still trust Xavier as a peer.

Emma smirks. “And that kiss with Jean? “I love you.”?”

Scott picks her up and slams her down on her desk.

SCOTT: “I’ll always love her.” Scott gets on top of her as Emma telekinetically locks the door. “But I chose you.”

Scott kisses her.

EMMA: “I know. I just wanted to hear it.”

We pan away as the two begin to fuck.

Julian and Noriko head to Sofia’s room. Julian says if Sofia isn't getting better, he'll kill Danger himself, no matter what the X-Men say. Ashida better not try to stop him.

NORIKO: "Stop you? As if."

Julian and Noriko arrive in Sofia's room, bright, welcoming smiles on their faces in the hopes that they'll help cheer her up, only to find that she, and all her things, are gone. The two look to each other, terrified of what may have happened to her.

Our season ends as Sofia gets onto a plane heading back to Caracas. Looking completely dead inside, she makes a cheerful text post informing her fans that she will no longer be working with the X-Men, nor will she be living at the Xavier Institute. She’s “thrilled” to announce that she’s been #Cured. The final shot sees her sitting down on the plane and looking straight ahead, with not a hint of hope in her eyes.

#New X-Men: The Animated Series #New X-Men #Academy X #Scott Summers #Emma Frost #Kitty Pryde #Roberto Da Costa #Laura Kinney #Bobby Drake #Illyana Rasputin #Sofia Mantega #Julian Keller #Noriko Ashida #sooraya qadir #cessily kincaid #brian cruz #roxanne washington #the stepford cuckoos

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top 10 tv shows i’ve seen this year:

(in no particular order)

Andor. I was expecting nothing from it, but this is the best thing that ever came out of Star Wars to the point it excedes its confines. Andor is a slow burn that has you stuck to your seat before you know it, it has the most beautiful dialogues and every characters are so compelling.

Abbott Elementary. I’m late to the party but that sitcom left me happy, and light, and cares so much about its characters, and is so positive despite talking about an elementary school that basically is abandoned by the US education system.

Staged. A weird british show that is more brillant that you’de expect. Got into it for David Tennant and Michael Sheen’s banter, stayed for the hilarious use of the fourth wall, especially in the last season.

The Bear. The Bear is about a chef that drops everything to go take care of his brother’s restaurant because he just died and left it to him, and it is raw, and it feels so real that you forget you are watching a tv show, and the performance are incredible, and i just loved it???

Single Drunk Female. It’s a silly show that deals with alcoholism without triavilizing it or dramatizing it, and it’s funny as hell, and Sofia Black-D'Elia kills it and I hope she gets the recognition she deserves.

Severance. Go watch it. Right now. Severance is a show that is just starting to get popular but MY GOD is it good. Severance is about a world where you can choose to forget about your time at work, therefore creating a ‘you’ outside work and a ‘you’ inside work that remembers nothing but work. It is not a huis-clos but it feels like one, there are very few characters but all the actors are killing it, and the plot twist had me screaming at my screen at 2am. I never wanted to watch a season 2 this badly before.

Our Flag Means Death. The love story is everything, the humour really kicks in for me, it did took me one or two episodes to truly being seduced but oh boi did it succeed. Gay pirates stuck in a satire that make me cry? it’s everything i like in a comedy.

Doom Patrol. I started watching Doom Patrol again after having forgotten its existence for a year, and damn did i binge everything i missed! And the last season, that is still ongoing, is ever better than the last. Doom Patrol is the best thing that came out of DC comics. You gotta love the absurd, but if you do, you’re gonna love everything about it. Doom Patrol has a lot to say, and it says it well, if you can go appreciate the butt jokes in-between.

Interview With The Vampire. That is no surprise to anyone that follows me. I was never a fan of the books, and yet the show pulled a perfect adaptation in that, for me (don’t come @ me) it made the story good where i didn’t think the book was. It is about the most toxic relationship ever though, so beware.

Star Trek: Lower Decks. Star Trek comes out with very solid anime lately (unlike their tv shows.......) but lower decks is still the funniest, most aware of itself, and connected to its roots ever. The four main character are just so loveable, no matter how much they mess up, i love them, and i love that the show just keeps getting better.

Honorable mentions: Reborn Rich, SAS Rogue Heroes, The Legend of Vox Machina, The Sandman, The Resort.

Shows that haven’t made the cut because I haven’t seen them yet: The White Lotus, House of Dragons, 1899, Cyberpunk: edgerunners, The Midnight Club, Pachinko

#andor #abbott elementary #staged #the bear #single drunk female #severance #our flag means death #doom patrol #interview with the vampire #star tek lower decks

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walkingintheheartbreaksatellite · 2 years

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Close to You Ch2 (Harry Styles x Oc)

Emily's POV

It's finally Thursday! I'm excited but it's been a rough morning. Paperwork was rough and the phone hasn't stopped ringing since I clocked in It's currently the early afternoon and I just finished the rest of my work for the day. I stared at the clock watching the time when all of a sudden the door opened.

I stand up in excitement.

"No way!"

He takes off his sunglasses and smiles at me, opening his arms to me.

"There's my girl!"

I leap from where my desk is into his arms.

"H-Harry!"

As soon as I reach him, he's wrapping me in his embrace, picking me up slightly, swaying back and for as he holds me.

"Missed you lovie."

All of a sudden, my boss comes out from her office.

"You know, I know you're loud but you never squeal. What was that about?"

She says as she chuckles.My face is beet red as Harry lets me go.

"Oh. Um- Sofia, this is Harry. Harry, this is Sofia, my boss."

My face is now as red as a fire truck and Harry extends his hand out to Sofia to shake.

"It's a pleasure to meet you. M'Harry, Emily's boyfriend."

Sofia laughs and shakes his hand.

"Doesn't look like she knew that!"

They both laugh and she leaves to another part of the office. I turn to him.

"Y-you're here early! I thought I was supposed to come get you!"

He smiles and take my hand in his, lacing our fingers together.

" I know,but I just really wanted to see you. So we got an earlier flight."

I smile and nod.

"I have like 2 hours left and then I can take us back to my place. Did you guys want to wait or have me come get you after I get off?"

He smiles.

"Mum, Gem and Jeff jus dropped me off. I can hang around if that's okay."

I nod and guide him over to my desk.

"I have a but more to do but I can get you a chair and you can sit with me and watch something while I finish up?"

He nods and does so. He pokes me a couple times when he gets too bored and makes me giggle. People come in and out as they always do and we get a couple funny looks. Gary, the warehouse guy pops up and barks at me like he always does, trying to scare me. But he scared Harry, who squealed a little and fell out of his seat. After about another 45 minutes, I pack and clock out, gathering my things.

"Ready to go?"

Harry nods excitedly.

"Can't wait to see your flat!"

I chuckle a little.

"You've seen it hundreds of time over FaceTime, it doesn't look any different in person!"

He laughs and shrugs, getting into the passenger seat of my car. I get into the drivers side and after making sure we were both buckled, I turned on my car. Big mistake. I forgot that earlier that morning, I had been listening to my HS1 cd and hadn't swapped it out. And that's what was on. Harry hears it and chuckles.

"Did y' miss me that, lovie?" I glance at him and shake my head.

"Hush. You know I did."

He chuckles again.

"Can I have the aux? Wanna play y'somethin."

I nod and he grabs it, plugging it in to his phone. He taps his phone a couple times and stops and looks at me while we're at the stop light.

"I recorded this b'fore I left and I wanna know what y'think."

I nod and he presses play.

(Late Night Talking plays)

I'm crying. That was so... so beautiful.

"So... what did y'think?"

"Oh Harry I loved it! I really did!"

As soon as I park the car in my space at my apartment, I lean over and kiss him, surprising him just a little bit. He smiles into the kiss though, bringing his hand up to hold my face. After a minute or so we let go.

"Guess we should get out and go inside."

Harry says as he chuckles. I nod my head and we get out and head inside. Harry immediately bolts for my bedroom and collapses on my bed.

I put my stuff away before taking off my shoes and joining him. I lay down and Harry moves his head on my chest, cuddling up to me. I start brushing my fingers through his hair, and before I know it, I fall asleep.

When I open my eyes again, it's bright outside. Huh. I check the time. 6:30 am. I have to be at work in an hour. I look over at Harry and he's on his phone. He turns to me, seeing that I'm awake and smiles.

"G'morning lovie."

He kisses my cheek and brushes through my hair with his fingers.I stretch and yawn, sitting up before moving myself into his lap.

"Good morning. How'd you sleep?"

He smiles and hugs me.

"Best one I've had in a while. You?"

I smile and nod my head.

"I could've slept in your arms forever. And now I'm sad that I have to go to work."

"You'll be back(LOL IM FUNNY) before y'know it. And I'll be right here when y'get home."

I smile and rest my head on his shoulder.

"How about I pop by later and bring m'girl lunch?"

My eyes shoot up and I sit up.

"Really? I'd love that!!"

He smiles.

"I'll keep y'car and come get you after you're off."

I nod, trusting him with my baby.

"I only have a couple things to do. Sofia agreed to let me have half the day, as long as I can finish everything."

He nods and I get up to shower and get ready. After I'm done, Harry comes out of my room in jeans and a t shirt, making me swoon on the spot.

"How do you manage to make even the simplest outfit look so good?"

I say as I walk over to him, pulling him into a hug. He shrugs and returns my hug, smiling at me.

"It's a natural talent honestly."

I chuckle and let him go, handing him my car keys and we leave. We arrive at my office and he leans over and gives me a kiss.

"Pick you up at noon?"

I nod my head and kiss him, then I get out and go inside.

A COUPLE HOURS LATER

I'm just finishing up my work. I have one more thing to do before I can go home. I'm in the middle of helping out a customer when Harry comes in, smiling at me and in follows his mom, Gemma and Jeff. I smile back at him real quick and I go back to what I'm doing.

"Okay Eric, let me print your invoice really quick and make your copy and then I'll go grab your cases and load you up and you should be good to go!"

The man smiles and thanks me as I get up and finish his order. As soon as he leaves, I lock the door and shut down my computer. I grab my things and walk into the break room where Harry is talking to my other boss Ryan, along with Gemma, Anne and Jeff.

"Hey Ryan, can you please make sure the drivers turn in the rest of their paperwork so Rosalie and I don't kill them on Monday?"

He chuckles and nods as Harry stands up and gives me a hug.

"By the drivers, you mean Jackson and Oliver right?"

I laugh and nod my head. He gives my a thumbs up and walks to his office.

I turn to Anne and Gemma, extending my hand out to them.

"It's so nice to finally meet you Mrs. Styles, Gemma. I'm Emily."

Anne smiles and pulls me in for a hug, surprising me just a bit.

"Please dear, call me Anne. I feel like I already know you from how much my boy here talks about you!"

We all chuckle and Harrys' face is red. Gemma chimes in on the teasing.

"He talks 'bout you so much, we were surprised he was able t'stay away from y'for so long!"

She says as she pulls me in for a hug. Harry folded his arms and pouts, sticking his bottom lip out.

I laugh and loop my arm through his, pulling him up.

"Come on Mr. pouty, how about we go get some lunch. Any ideas?"

He stops pouting a little and mumbles.

"C'we go to the Chick-fil-A y'worked at? Wanna try that salad you told m'bout."

I chuckle and nod.

"But if Drea, Haley and JJ jump you, I warned you."

He nods and we all go out to my car. Harry tosses me my keys and we all get in.

After lunch, Anne and Gemma decide they want to sight see so I decided to take the to old town.

We walk around for a little bit when Harry speaks up.

"Hey lovie? Just a random thought..."

I look at him as he slows his walking.

"Did you.. did y'tell y'mum bout us?"

I smile and hug him.

"I told her I was seeing something. If I had told her I was dating you, she would've laughed and told me to be serious. I want to see the look on her face. Were you worried or something?"

He sighs and tightens our hug.

"No, not really. Just curious why y'weren't answering her questions when she asked bout me."

"Trust me. Her face is gonna be worth the wait. They know how much I love your music so they just think I'm obsessed with you. But I'm sure everybody will get along just fine. We'll do dinner tomorrow."

He nods and kisses my nose, making me giggle.

Suddenly the others stop walking and Gemma speaks up.

"Y'two love birds done?! We wanna go somewhere else!"

We chuckle and head back to the car and I get a phone call. It was my oldest sister

E- Yo Hoe.

S- Hey Slut. Can you like come get your favorite nephew?

E- Sarah I've got like 4 other people in my car and I don't have his car seat.

S- You can borrow the extra car seat! Please woman! Mama can't and he's literally destroying everything and I can't pack.

I sigh for a minute and look over at everybody else.

"Can we add one more person to our plans?"

I see an array of nods and go back to my phone.

E- I'll be there in 45 minutes. And don't say anything to mama about who's in the car with me.

She confusedly says okay and we hang up.

We get in the car and make our way to my sisters house. Harry and I go to the front door and knock. Sarah opens the doors, holding Bellamy. She was about to say something when she saw Harry and she looks at me.

"Bitch did you get manipulation powers and not tell me?" We both laugh.

"No, I'll tell you about it later. Dinner tomorrow. I'll text you the details. Now give me my monkey!"

I make grab hands at her and she laughs, handing me the one year old who is happily kicking.

"Just bring him back later tonight. Here's his car seat."

We nod and say goodbye, getting the little one loaded in the car. We decide to go out to dinner and after we're done, we drop off Anne, Gemma and Jeff at their hotel before making our way back into the mountain to take Bellamy home. My sister invited us in for a bit and we talk a little.

"Okay but seriously, how did you guys meet? My stupid little sister only briefly mentioned she was seeing someone, but not the hot rockstar she's been simping over."

I roll my eyes and Harry chuckles.

"We actually met inna very normal setting. Just got the pleasure of gettin to know her for a bit and it just became more. Nothin else to it."

Sarah sighs, disappointed.

"Damn man, I was sure she drugged you."

I scoff at her.

"Nice to know you think so little of me!"

Sarah laughs. I get up and hug Bellamy and give him a kiss, and Harry pats his head.

"Sarah remember, don't tell mama! I wanna record her reaction!"

She laughs and we leave. Harry falls asleep on the way home so once I park in my spot, I'm forced to wake him up. I get out and walk to the passenger side, gently shaking Harry.

"Harry, baby, cmon. Just walk a little with me, then you can go back to bed."

He groans and gets out. He leans on me a little as we walk inside. As soon as he's in my room, he's kicking off his pants and shoes and he pulls off his shirt, collapsing on my bed. I chuckle a little and pick up his clothes.

"You want some clothes baby?"

He groans and shakes his head. I smile and go into my bathroom, changing into my pajamas and coming back, getting into bed. I plug in both out phones and pull the covers over us, laying down. I curl up to Harry and close my eyes, falling asleep.

TIME SKIP TO THE MORNING

As soon as I open my eyes, I'm greeted by Harry's smile.

"Finally awake lovie?"

I groan and stretch, yawning.

"How long have you been awake?"

He smiles and pulls me on top of him, running his fingers through my hair.

"Not long. Y'sister.. Kaylee I think? Came in. Said y'brother was drivin her mad and she wanted you to help her kill 'im."

I nod and close my eyes, mumbling.

"Did she go home?" He chuckles.

"No, she called y'mum and so now they're both here."

My eyes widen and I shoot up.

"What?!"

Harry laughs.

"They haven't seen us yet. Door is closed. Only reason why I knew y'sis was here is 'cause she talks loud on the phone like you do."

I sigh and lay back down.

"Guess we should get up and go see them..."

Harry nods.

"Lemme get some clothes on real quick, then we can go out."

I nod and he does so. I open my bedroom door, Harry staying in my room for a minute.

"Mama!" I call out to my mom, to see her in my kitchen.

"Hi babies! I'm making breakfast, want some? Kaylee is here too!"

I look at her, a little confused.

"Sure but... why are you guys in my apartment?"

My mom gives me a look.

"Sarah called me and told me a little something. Kaylee was just here to crash. But would you care to explain your friend to me?"

That bitch. I'm gonna get her. I sigh.

"Harry, come on out."

He hesitantly walks out, putting an arm around my shoulder.

"Hullo, M'Harry, Em's boyfriend."

My moms jaw drops.

You can also find this story on my Wattpad! I update there first!

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tinycatslay · 7 months

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#13 Nostalgia is for the weak – she wept

In my little social media world, the curated version of me has a special corner to dump memories that otherwise she will forget.

Pictures, videos, sounds, moments, memories, early morning coffees, afternoon knitting sessions in between meetings, late night movie credits and quotes.

With little to no audience, these moments have grown in quantity but diminished in meaning. I catch myself not scrolling through other people’s profiles but my own. I scroll past the years and analyse the levels of happiness, excitement, love, friendship, trust, and never-ending hope that each post exudes only to conclude that life has gone much quieter.

I feel content in the quiet and with the quiets. I am myself when I have time to read and walk around the street with no particular plan – just a hand to hold and an itch to grab a coffee (although I am growing fond of spontaneous cups of tea at the office).

But there is something inside of me that breaks at the memory of the wonderful times I’ve had until now. I can rationalise that what I miss is a romanticised version of what could be considered hard times, but oh how these rose-tinted glasses frame my face so well.

The Portuguese have a knack for the longing, the saudade, as I’ve mentioned before. We’re all limitless life until we remember. Fuck whoever decided that this is how you play the game – a few levels in you are excited to keep plumbing through (“I can’t wait to be older!!!!” said every little girl ever), only to look back and wish you could relieve it all for the first time rather than keep progressing. Greta Gerwig and Sofia Coppola whisper in the night the stories of us – girls who are only present enough to understand how much time has changed us and everything around us.

I wonder if one day I’ll publish these thoughts and feel the same way about these things. It would be nice to know I’m not the only one contemplating what to do with myself after realising that I have more years to live than the ones I originally thought. It is funny because, in reality, my boyfriend is the good writer – I am just the bitch with feelings.

#writing #journal #no coffee #hot chocolate #october #nostalgia #need coffee

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peralta-guaranteed · 3 years

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good trope or bad trope: one of them waking up from surgery or something and being so high on drugs they forget they're together and the other has to explain it

good trope GOOD trope good trope! and this was probably just a question but I couldn't resiiiist

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It's kind of sad to think about the fact that Amy is already used to monitors beeping in a cold hospital room around her squad and, mostly, around her partner. They've been in so many horrible situations, so many little moments where she's had to worry about them, that today she's almost glad she doesn't have to. Jake's surgery had neither been scheduled nor planned, and there had been a whole lot of panic leading up to it when she drove him to the hospital wincing in pain, his arms clutched around his lower stomach, but the doctor's told her they came in early enough for it to be a more routine procedure rather than an emergency. And now his appendix was out, and he would be hurting and healing for a while, but the trepidation about that is nowhere close to the fear she's used to feeling while sitting in these uncomfortable hospital chairs, wondering when the person in the bed next to her would wake up. The last time she'd been in this position, Rosa was hooked up to so many many more machines, and she looked like a bad wax figurine of herself, all pale and stiff.

Jake looks almost fine, no breathing mask or tube down his nostril, just a little beeping heart monitor and some infusion in his arm. The nurse told her he'd be waking up soon when she lead her into the room, and that they could probably go home later that evening already.

(She also told her that he'd been one of the more amusing patients she'd had under anesthesia, which was not a surprise, and that he'd been asking for her every time he groggily opened his eyes for just a few seconds, which was not a surprise either.)

He blinks awake slowly, eyes darting around the room as if to figure out where he is, before they land on her and stay stuck, his forehead creasing in confusion for a second before he grins.

"Heyyyy, it'sa Santiago!" He tries in a croaky voice, and Amy reaches for the cup of ice water the nurse brought in to hand it to him. He's shaky, but he can handle it alone, she notes almost subconsciously - she remembers enough moments where she's had to feed him ice chips instead because he could barely move his arms.

"Hey." She answers with a softer smile as he gulps down almost the whole cup - considering he still hates water, he must really need it. "How are you feeling?"

"Oh, just splendid, thanks." He quips before trying to sit up more and wincing, the stitches in his stomach upset. "What the hell did I do this time to end up here?"

"What?"

"I mean, I don't remember a chase or a fight, but it sure feels like I took a knife to the stomach or something?"

They look at each other, equally confused, before Amy shakes her head.

"You dont remember-? It wasn't a work thing, Jake, your appendix almost burst."

"Ah dang. That's not even a cool story for a new scar." He sighs as he leans back a bit against the pillow and carefully palms the space where she knows the skin is going to be light pink and rougher than usual from now on. "Sorry they made you wait around for my stupid ass to recover, or is the squad at least taking turns?"

She stares at him, her mind racing, and it seems to make him nervous. He's still trying to go for that usual grin, but his eyes are darting around, sticking to parts of her without looking directly into her eyes, and she can see he's getting fidgety. Mixing that with what he's saying, and the way he's saying it - his voice is different, somehow, more - guarded, or distant, it's hard to explain, but she only remembers it from a long time ago - makes her suddenly realise.

He's been given some very heavy duty painkillers and narcotics, she hears the nurse's voice in her head, so he might be disoriented or confused for quite a while. It shows differently in lots of people, so I can't tell you what to expect, but he'll be back to normal once it passes through his system.

He doesn't remember, she thinks. He doesn't remember... a lot.

"Jake." She gets his nervous attention back, trying to school her voice into something calm and friendly, instead of the equally nervous and somewhat excited giggle she wants to let out so bad. "I think you're still working through your medication. Can you tell me what the last thing you remember is?"

He leans back again and stares at the ceiling, and it's hard to read the emotions on his face.

"Just... regular work stuff, to be honest. Nothing big."

"Okay, then what is the last big thing you can think of?"

"Uh." He swallows, and Amy refills his water cup, but he doesn't take it. "I, uh, I remember Hoytsman kidnapping me." He laughs a short laugh, obviously trying to make it seem lighter than it ever was, but that's not the only reason Amy feels her heart jump.

His mind is stuck before their relationship. After Sofia left him. He thinks he's woken up after being injured at work, and there's no one there waiting for him except for a work partner who he's been trying so hard to pretend he doesn't like anymore, and for whom he obviously has to play the "I'm okay!" role still.

"Wow. Uh. Okay." She babbles, trying to find a way to be gentle and not confuse him any more. "Then, uh, I guess, well, your medication should pass soon, I think, and you'll remember more, so don't worry-"

"Amy." He's staring at her when she finally looks up, and notes her shorter hair, her far more comfortable outfit than the pantsuits he sees her wear at work, and even while high on drugs it's not that hard for him to put two and two together. "How much am I missing?"

"Quite a lot." She finally admits, but drops her look down into her lap, to her folded hands, and she unconsciously covers her wedding ring before he can see it. "A few years."

"Years?!" He squeals while leaning forward and then groans, because that has definitely upset his wound.

"It's okay, the nurse said it would happen." She quickly tries to calm him. "It's - you'll remember when the anaesthetic passes properly, so it's alright."

"Alright, yeah." He nods and finally settles into the pillow again, as silence envelops them for a few awkward moments, in which Amy's mind races through all the things he's missing right now.

"Okay." He interrupts her sad little mental storybook of their life's drama. "Let's play a game until then, huh? I call it 'Shock&Tell'."

"Jake-"

"It's easy, you'll get the rules. Basically, you tell me stuff I don't know right now and see how shocked you can get me."

"That's not funny-"

"Oh, I think it is. I know how much you like to have me speechless." He grins at her, and she can't resist.

"Title of your sex tape."

"Amy Santiago!" He gasps with a laugh, but there's hesitation in his eyes, and she remembers they weren't exactly at a flirting stage back where he is right now. "For that alone, you have to play a round with me."

"I can't think of anything shocking at the moment." She lies, and he sees right through her.

"Okay, then tell me the worst thing you think happens to me in those years, and the best. From your opinion."

She sighs and stares at her hands again, but she knows he won't let up - he's not gotten any less obnoxious from back then to now.

"Alright. The worst thing. You went to jail." She states, matter of fact, and watches his eyes practically bulge out of his head.

"Holy shi- WhAT?! Like, for a crime? Or-what-did I-what?!"

"You were innocent!" She says as fast as she can, and watches him deflate only a little.

"I sure fucking hope so! But still, what- how- why- ?"

"You and Rosa were framed by a criminally corrupt cop. It took us a few months to get evidence against her and have her sentenced instead."

"A few months." He whispers and stares at his hands, scrunching up the blanket he's wrapped in.

"You weren't alone." Her voice is soft and calm now, seeing him in such a state of unrest, and it takes all she has not to pull him into a hug - it'd probably both confuse and actually hurt him right now, given the stitches. "I mean, you were alone in prison, but we- the squad - we were all fighting for you and Rosa, and Charles and I visited you, and we- I- we never gave up on you."

He smiles, soft and a little broken, but he nods, as if that was something he'd always expect.

"Okay, now the best thing. Because lemme tell you, Santiago, you have to make up for that suckerpunch."

She smiles much wider now, almost grins as she leans forward to finally reach for his hand, entangling their fingers (to which he goes along almost automatically) and feeling her rings clink against the one on his. Jake's eyes are frozen on her hand in his, where he can see a shiny wedding band over what is clearly his Nana's old engagement ring, and he's barely breathing.

"Oh my god." He whispers a moment later, squeezing her hand almost painfully tight as he looks at her again, and she's still smiling.

"We're married?"

"Yeah."

"To- to each other?"

"Yeah, you doofus." She laughs.

"I'm- I'm your husband." He whispers again. "Even thought I went to jail?!"

"Well", she still laughs softly at the absolute shine in his eyes, the awe on his face. "You proposed after that. But I would've married you before, anyway." I would've married you before a lot of things you don't remember, she thinks but doesn't dare say, for fear he'll ask about those other things.

"You're my wife." He says, still stunned, and she nods. "We're married."

She nods again, and watches as the confused awe on his face turns into an almost relieved joy, and his bottom lip trembles as tears start rolling down his cheeks.

"Jake..." She whispers in turn now, her free hand (that is not currently being gripped by both of his) cupping his face and wiping away some of the tears that keep flowing.

"You're happy?" He asks with trepidation in his voice, and Amy wonders if the emotional rollercoaster is another side-effect of his medicine or just his lowered inhibitions. "I'm a good husband?"

"I couldn't wish for a better husband. You make me very happy." She's almost close to tears now herself. "I love you so much."

He gasps at that, and pulls her still gripped hand up to his face, pulling her closer to him in the process.

"I love you, Amy." is his answer, and she realises he means it, even with all the things he doesn't remember, all the things he doesn't know yet. "I love you so much. I can't believe I get to marry you."

His tears have calmed down a little by now, and she fixes her awkward pose of leaning forward and having both arms reach for his face by climbing up onto the bed with him, as he lowers their hands and looks at her with stars in his eyes and so much love on his face, she can't resist to pass the last few inches and kiss him.

His eyes are still closed when she pulls back and touches her forehead to his, and he's whispering again.

"Wow."

"Well, that's certainly an appreciated reaction." She giggles.

"Don't tell me I don't react like that every time you kiss me, because there's no way I'll believe that."

"Yeah." She smiles again as he opens his eyes and smiles back. "Yeah, you kinda do."

And just to prove it, she kisses him again.

#B99 #Brooklyn 99 #Peraltiago #Jake Peralta #Amy Santiago #my writing #ficlet

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lepusrufus · 3 years

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I was at work and just had a random thought: Poor Anita would be looking all over the castle for Dani one day after she doesn't show up for lunch enlisting the help of Bela, Cass, Laura and Nicole. All of them growing more and more concerned when they can't locate her. They finally give up and decide to inform Alcina that her youngest is missing - only for them to suddenly spot her having the time of her life swinging upside down from a chandelier, nose buried in a new book that the Duke brought her, AirPods in and blasting Sofia 🎶

*Universal facepalming ensues*

That being said I can't wait for Dani and Anita's story 🥺❤️

Oh my god that's so funny tho xD. Realistically maybe Nicole would spot her cause... she's used to..... always looking up lmao

Also imma take this as an opportunity to let you guys know I'm most likely not gonna write a whole ass fic for the other two maidens/their respective bug spawns. At least not the way I did double edged scalpel. I was really dragging my feet through some chapters and the beginning was killing me, the only thing that saved me is Cassandra just not being the patient type so it wasn't too unrealistic to rush stuff along. I'm not the slow burn type okay xD

DeS has 11 chapters that are all finished, after that it'll be the mutation sequel that I'm like... 20 pages in atm (help) and then I DO want to write about the others but it'll most likely be one shots or at least shorter fics where they're already in an established relationship. Idk writing abt how they meet and slowly fall in love is just not that enjoyable for me. Also wanna write about how Laura became Danna's apprentice since I'd love to do that and explore Donna a little and make her the scary manipulative puppeteer that i see her as.

#asks #announcement announcement

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pluviophile-bookworm · 3 years

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HSMTMTS 2x8: the one I’ve been waiting for

Last week watching the new HSMTMTS was the last thing I did before going to bed (and let me tell you, I almost couldn’t sleep that night), but now I’m starting my day with it. I’m having trouble breathing just thinking about everything that could possibly lie ahead. I don’t think I’m ready, but I also can’t wait a second longer. So let’s dive right in!

Ahhh we got Big Red doing the recap! We’re off to a strong start, I see.

Ok, so I don’t know which is funnier (objectively): Reddy calling Antoine ‘Napoleon’ or the ‘zat man looks ridiculous’ line delivery -- I mean, I do not condone Antoine’s behaviour when he said that line, but ABF makes impertinence sound funny. Still, ‘Napoleon over here’ is my new favourite thing to call Antoine.

I am absolutely loving Miss Jenn in this scene (’when they go low, we sing high’, anyone), but why’s she threatening my Sebby? She has no right.

Ahhhhhhhh we’re getting the Gaston scene! I mean, of course I knew that, but I still don’t think I’m ready for the sheer awesomeness...

Ok, things are awkward between Ashlyn and her Biggie (see, I noticed she calls him that and that’s why I chose to call him Reddy instead)... hope they’ll be fine though. I know what they have is stronger than some so-called French bloke trying to come between them.

I... forgive me, I need to take 5... the Gaston number is a thousand times better with the choreography! Big Red performing his heart out, EJ making Gaston look effortless just like he did in the audition, juggling those eggs, and then the dancers... glorious, indeed.

‘Keep our heads down and our chins up’ ... and Seb trying to physically do it... adorable! But why is Miss Jenn being so harsh to him today? I don’t like that.

Ok, so I’m happy for Nini (or is it NIna?) and I’m happy for Olivia, but I just don’t seem to be able to get invested in her, either in the show or in real life. I don’t know why, but that’s just how I feel. To each their own, I always say.

EJ making the Career Day announcement in the middle of Ricky and Nini’s conversation is just... a choice. An interesting choice on the part of whoever wrote it.

Yikes, Ricky! What is it with guys and violating Nini’s phone’s privacy?

Ok, so I was an advocate for ‘EJ and Gina emphatically as friends’, but I think I’m sold on them romantically. It’s kind of hard for me here -- as an aro, I’m uncomfortable with the ‘everything evolves into romance and revolves around romance’ approach, but as an unapologetic shipper, I think this episode is going to shatter my heart and then heal it and then shatter it again.

‘How many of you are familiar with the phrase “Seize the day”?’ Um, yeah, I love Newsies! You know, for someone who has never seen it and has only heard a couple of songs from it... where was I?

Ooh, we’re getting Jennzara content! After all that ‘Zacky Roy’ action, I’m ready for this.

And here, Carlos struggling to make the part of Chip sound good just goes to prove that this part is too small for Sebby! You don’t just go from Sharpay to Chip like that. I mean, I kind of see it... Seb’s got a Chip-worthy smile; but at the end of the day, Chip hasn’t got a Seb-worthy song, nay, showstopping number.

I won’t lie, seeing Big Red give Ricky the treatment he’s been getting from him was low-key (high-key) satisfying. But I can’t even tell you why I’m suddenly starting to empathise with Ricky here. Still, Reddy is right - Ricky’s been here before. Or if I might quote Carlos here, ‘Is this Mamma Mia 2, cos here we go again!’

You know, Ashlyn is right. Ignore the test. Career tests are bull. I can’t even begin to tell you how many times I’ve got the most ridiculous results on these things... though I guess ‘mediator’ isn’t so far removed from ‘translator’, which is my dream job that I’m working towards. I guess career tests are like horoscopes and prophecies -- they’re not meant to be taken literally, but require reading between the lines.

‘I live to serve’ Oh Reddy, don’t be like that! I mean, I know working in the service industry is one thing and being a doormat is another, but right now it just kind of seems like he’s equating them in his mind and putting himself down because of it, and he’s being outwardly cheerful for the benefit of others. Maybe it’s not just Ricky who needs therapy, and Reddy definitely needs a LeFou of his own, to cheer him up and lift his spirits, and remind him how brilliant he is.

You know, I think both Kourtney and Howie make some valid points here... but I’m afraid I’m with Kourtney on this one. It’s difficult to trust someone if you find out there’s a whole side of them you didn’t know.

Gosh, I’m so done with Rini. Even Carlos has an inside voice compared to what these two are demonstrating right now. How ‘main character syndrome’ of them is it to make a scene in the middle of the Slices?

Ohhhhh, Paris... gosh, why does everyone keep saying the wrong things with the best intentions in this episode? It’s frustrating.

Awwww, I can’t with these two! ‘The only other thing that makes me happy is you.’ But then he’s like ‘maybe it’s not enough’, and I just got a flashback of how he once told her ‘you are enough’... so I say, so are you, Reddy! You are enough, and Ash is just trying to do the best for you, but she’s kind of missing the point... but you are enough. And she knows it.

Awwww! S1 Mr Mazzara would never have. But I love this new version of him.

Ohh, the Duke talk! Ok, I don’t know how to feel about these two. I just want them to be close, always.

Is it just me, or does Sofia’s acting in this scene give off Cyrus’ coming out scene vibes?

And here we go again with the flashbacks. Nini and Ricky in the treehouse remind me how I felt during the ‘I love you’ scene last season... except this one is not the start of something new (as on-the-nose as that sounds), it’s the end of something old. It’s heartbreaking, but I think it’s necessary. And I think they both know it. If it’s meant to be, they’ll find their way back to each other -- when they’re both more mature. They need to grow separately for the time being.

Oh my, oh my! It’s the ‘If I Can’t Love Her’ scene, and it hits even harder than it might have, because this is actually the first time I’m ever hearing this song. Fan of BATB as I am, I am just not familiar with the stage version of it and so there are some songs I just have never heard. But they hit hard.

Aww, Ashlyn with the Slices shirt! And EJ declining Duke after that was the only future he could see for himself... And Big Red being the absolute best, most supportive friend always and forever, whatever is going on in his own life... if I had a friend like him, I’d never let them go. And I’d never let them forget how amazing they are.

Ok, but I’m crying... I have been since the song started, and I think I will be for a long time after it’s ended... this episode really did break my heart. But it healed it, too. How weird is that? This was a ride. Enough to last me the week, I hope.

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taysarray · 2 years

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Dash and Lily (TV Show)

My thoughts while watching (under the cut cause it got long whoops)

Episode 1:

not the budget Timothee Chalamet - that tracks actually with Dash LMAO

Lily is totally tinsel gal

i know changes are necessary, but the change of the message bugged me for absolutely no specific reason

BOOMER MY FAVE - why is he cutting the pizza when it's already in the box though? what kind of pizza shop is this? adsgfs

oh his dad's RICH RICH with that apartment in NYC

he's so pretentious, god that was me as a teenager, which may explain why sometimes I hate him

bro Lily is so much more suave so far, i hope this is just how he's reading it and it changes when it switches to her POV cause that'd be sick storytelling

can't believe they wouldn't show Santa being groped by a teenager, were they afraid they would need to up the rating then? asfsdfssdf

I KNEW SHE WAS TINSEL GAL

Episode 2:

we love Lily rambling at The Strand

all these apartments are so nice for New York

Langston rolling into her room wrapped in a blanket is a MOOD

ah it was her brother

Boomer's speech about Dash >>>

DID HE JUST SKIP THE LINE

that Santa scene was pure chaos i loved it

Episode 3:

the backstory of Lily I CAN'T SHE DESERVED BETTER (although i do miss the Shrilly story)

Langston and Benny my loves <333

the note on the mirror is so cute I'm dead

LILY'S DANCING - it's so aggressive i love it

Episode 4:

LILY'S AUNT MY QUEEN (did they change her name? i thought her name was Ida... either way i'm obsessed)

this episode is very similar to the book

the characters seem so much less pretentious when acted instead of read LOL

gingerbread house already! i wanted to see Snarly! hope we still get to see the disaster muppet

okay the believe scene was cute, i'll admit it

Episode 5:

i love him telling all of his problems to the mochi group

NOT THE GRANNY THROWING IT IN THE TRASH LOOOOL

NOT THE APPLAUSE - the mochi scene is too funny

SNARLY THE MUPPET MY BELOVED - i won't allow for his destruction - oh thank god he's still intact

fucking Edgar - i don't trust that he's kept that bracelet

god Dash's dad is insufferable

and so Sofia makes an appearance

NOT THE SNOWMAN SLAUGHTER - AMAZING ABSOLUTELY AMAZING

if i saw this girl at a slam poetry fest i'd be living for the drama - but also she's kinda killing it, go Lily!

ooh plot twist of Sofia moving back - also i absolutely love exes being friends and not getting back together

Priya my QUEEN

Episode 6:

absolutely love the dress - wore something similar this christmas myself (except it had a black base because the christmas tree look was too much for me lol)

yikes this party's gonna go bad

okay they're actually kinda cute talking to each other

DASH NO (but this song slaps) (also you're telling me this is gonna go down at a museum...SURE)

Episode 7:

i may have a preconceived vendetta against edgar but him kissing a clearly drunk girl is... YIKES

ok but how long did they kiss for before he came to this revelation

the cab scene is the worst scene for secondhand embarrassment they're both acting like fools (i guess they are teenagers in a tv show... but still)

DASH THIS IS A NO BOOMER SLANDER HOUSEHOLD

ok but giving her a week to move was kind of a dick move on the parents side

i thought this was the last episode for a minute and was like "THEY ENDED IT LIKE THAT" which i was so ready for but shocked about, but then the next episode started LOL

Episode 8:

THEY GOT THE JONAS BROTHERS FOR THIS

"you came to a jonas brothers concert for me 🥺" boomer my love <3

are they just in the jb's trailer????

this scene with dash and nick is the funniest thing "thank you nick jonas" I'M SCREAMING

Lily continually calling out people in front of a crowd is so fucking funny

the brother not even reading the notebook...couldn't be me i'm too nosey (nevermind it took him 2 minutes to do it)

not the montage for a 4 hour series

my mother would literally be running after me what is this LOL

the themed tree is actually cute

this kiss looks so damn awkward asgfdsgds

THAT LAUGH DASH WHAT WAS THAT

aww the love actually ended is cute... and Thibauld was alone, love that for him

they just jave no chemistry with their kisses i'm sorry

#dash and lily #i watched the last 3 episodes 2 months after the first 5 whoops #this is so long #live watching #netflix #tv shows

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sonybees · 3 years

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mutuals appreciation post!

i seriously CANNOT at all process this

literally i do not know how this even happened but i am so inexplicably grateful for every single one of you! i love all of you so so much!

i was maybe thinking about making a sleepover but school has been kicking my ass lately so i just decided on making a little mutuals appreciation post! to all my other mutuals, i love all of you so much and i literally want to smother all of you with hugs and kisses. i am so grateful for all of you. thank you.

this might be a little long so it’s under the cut! there might be a lot of mistakes snsjd

@lunaleonorah leo!!! you are an absolute blessing. i love your kindness and the amount of affection you give me literally makes me wanna break down and scream. in a good way of course sjjs. i love our conversations where we just talk about our days and all that. i wish we could always be friends and you can tell me anything you’d like. i love our friendship because we can talk to each other whenever we’d like and will always bring comfort to each other. i always look forward to having conversations with you everyday. ilysm and you deserve the world <3 all the love, pluto.

@gredmforge rory, my wife! i love talking to you about nonsense, it always makes my day and your fun and carefree personality always makes me smile. no doubt that we will be great friends in real life. the little asks you send in my inbox always make me laugh and i’m very excited for whatever future works you have. you always seemed so nice and sweet ever since i first interacted with you and i am so happy that i asked you where you got your memes because look what that got us to! shsjdjd. no but seriously, i love talking to you about our obsessions and just saying hello to each other. ilysm and i hope you always remember that! :) <3

@crookedhag my lovely eliz, i’m too lazy to make another one of those fancy scrolls that i did earlier but that doesn’t stop me from showin gmy appreciation for you. you are such a sweet and amazing person. you are also so talented and i am always so happy to see your name pop up on my notifications. you were always the first one to send me an ask for ask games and you always check in on me and i love you for that. i wish the very best in everything you do. you have great taste in music and i’m starting to think that you’re in every single fandom i don’t know jsjsj. but i love talking to you and ily! mwah! ◡̈

@oldschoolkiddo hero! the first time you ever interacted with me, i already knew that i would love having you around. you are such a fun person and all the tag games that you make and tag me in are always so fun! you are an independent person and i love that so much. you speak your mind and that is so powerful. you are so very sweet and your personality is so fun. i hope that you have many great days in the future and you can always talk to me whenever you need to. let me know if you want a distraction from anything or if you just want to rant, i will be here. ily!

@krasivayadarling my lovely ant! i am so very glad that i built up the courage to say hi to you when you made that post saying you wanted to be friends with new people. you are one of the best people i’ve ever met and you are so sweet, kind, talented, funny, and supportive. i am also so grateful for your support in my fics. you were my first ever supporter and i was really nervous for someone to read my works but you were so nice about it and i love that. i wish you all the best. ily, ant! sincerely, soap.

@whatthefuckimbisexual the loveliest persephone, you are such a bad bitch. JSJS NO BUT SRSLY ILYSM. you are such a fun person and i love how we can relate to each other a lot. i mean, staying up til 3 am and fuck aral pan yk? ejekdj. i really wish you the best in everything and i hope that we can interact more! you are truly one of the most fun and energetic people i’ve ever met and you are so very sweet and funny. thank you for being a great person! all the love <3

@falconxbarnes maddie! you add such a sweet and great person and when you reblog and like my posts, my heart fills with joy! your blog brings me so much comfort and i love our short little conversations. you remind me of going out at 5 am when the sun is almost out. the joy is always evident when that happens just like how i feel when i talk to you! i wish to eat pancit canton with you one day! i really wish you the best in everything and you deserve so many good things. mwah!

@amourtentiaa liane! you are literally so talented and it amazes me every time i read your works. you are so fun and chill and seeing your name always makes me happy! your blog page is filled with so much comfort in my opinion and our first conversation ever was so fun and you are so polite. you also really remind me of the night. i can’t explain why but like i said, you are chill and brings me a lot of comfort! i really love the way you interact with others as you are so kind. i hope you are doing well and always will feel well. ily, yannie!

@puntuations oh my gosh, ysa! you followed me first and i didn’t exactly understand why because you seemed too cool and mature for me djdj. but i am so glad you did and i am so grateful that you’re my friend. thank you for tagging me in dps related things! i really love that and it brings me so much joy. you were always so kind to me no matter what and you are so respectful. i appreciate you and your blog always makes me smile. thank you for being an amazing friend. ilysm, ysa. mwah!

@tofeeltaller joy! you bring me so much joy! sjdndjdn sorry, i had to. you are so so sweet and kind. i was always so scared to interact with dps blogs because they seemed intimidating but so nice at the same time (idk why i’m sorrydhjd), i thought y’all were too cool for me and i didn’t know how to approach you guys but after i got the courage to talk to you, i felt a lot more comfortable. you are so sweet and kind and you deserve so much more blessings. you truly are an amazing person and i hope that your days will get better and better. giving you so many warm hugs and kisses, mwah!

@lolremuslupin dkndkx omg you are so sweet! i don’t interact with you much but we do talk sometimes. i am also very glad that i decided to pm you to try and make new friends and you were so kind about it. you are such an amazing person and i love staying up at 3 am talking to you about random crap. i wish that your life will go well and that you are always safe! warm hugs!

@punkrific soaf, my twin! i really love talking to you and your energy is always so great. you are an amazing and fun person and having a twin like you always makes me feel like the luckiest ever. i am so so grateful to have you as a friend and your dashing personality always gets me. ilysm and i wish you the best! love, the ugly sofia <3

@freddieweasleyswife sweets! i’ve never met someone as sweet and kind as you are. you’re an amazing person and you deserve so much and you are so talented. i wish to write like you one day. my day is always better when I see your name in my notifications being friends with someone as amazing as you are is so great and i wosh to interact with you more. i miss talking to you and you’re always so kind and ready to comfort anyone. ilysm and you deserve the world. sincerely, sweetpea. <3

@sam-winchester-is-my-bitch rae! i love talking to you and seeing your pets! you are so kind, sweet and understanding and you really know how to make me smile. whenever i talk to you, it’s always so wholesome and nice and you give off so much good vibes. you really are like the color yellow to me, sunny, nice, but can be serious at times. but is always ready to cheer someone up. i wish you the best in everything and i hope that we can talk more! all the love <3

@daltonacademia kendi! i know you’re on a short hiatus at the moment but i just had to add you in here. i really hope that you are doing well and i hope you know that your writing is literally one of the best that i’ve ever read. you are so sweet and kind and you always have that little fun and sunny personality and i love talking to you so much. you are so respectful and you deserve so much. i’m sending you all the love and comfort. you are amazing and i hope you know that. stay safe, kendi! i really love that nicknamejsjs

@thatswhywilliamagedlikesourmilk dear! i am so glad that you followed my page and i am so so grateful that i’m friends with you. you are one of the best people ever and you are so so sweet. the most adorable person ever! talking to you feels like hugging a teddy bear and i am aware that that doesn’t make much sense but it just feels so comfy and brings me joy. i really hope that you’re doing well because you also deserve everything! sending you so many hugs <3 mwah!

@fredweasleyismyloverman alex, my dear! you are so kind and nice! i’m really glad i followed you. just a little fun fact, i actually found you through ant or @krasivayadarling . i was reading through some people who she gave ships to and i saw yours and i was like “oh my gosh, this person and i are literally the same.” and i went crazy because it looked almost exactly the same as my description hdjdjd. i’m actually not that sure if it went like that but that’s how i recalled it so i just always remember thatsbns. i literally relate to you so much and your shitposts give me life. you are so wise and amazing and i would love to talk to you more! ily, dear! mwah <3

@daisyyy2516 daze, dear! i am so happy that sab led ke to your page! literally, you are so damn talented and i just cannot i am always so amazed every time you show your works. you are so kind and sweet and such an icon. you bring me so much joy and everything you’ve ever said to me has always been something sweet and funny. ilysm and you deserve the world. i’d like if you dm’ed me once you’ve gotten your work displayed at some huge art exhibition. you are so amazing and i want you to know that. everything will be better. i appreciate you and i am so glad that you are in this world. i love you sm, daze. frd weasley loves you too. all the love and joy, soaf.

@sirlorelai lorie!! you are so nice and kind and sweet. i’m very glad that you weren’t angry at me spam reblogging your postsjsjd. i love our conversations and i wish we could talk more! you are such a kind and funny person and everything you’ve ever done has put a smile to my face. you are so fun and energetic and i love that. i hope that life is going well over there and that everything will be better if it isn’t at the moment. you deserve so much and ilysm, mwah!

@quadrupledeckertaco lorelei, dear! i miss talking to you! i really love our conversations and your soft but fierce personality is so great and it brings me so much joy. your writing is literally so amazing and like i said, i aspire to write like you one day. i miss you so much and i really hope that everything’s well. i wish you the best and sending you so much love, sofia. <3

and to all my other mutuals! thank you! i love all of you so much and interacting with all of you brings me so much joy. thank you for everything. have a great day everyone!

#again i am SO SO SO GRATEFUL #OMG YOU GUYS DONT KNOW HOW MUCH IM ACTUALLY FREAKING OUT I TROED TO BE CHILL ON THSI PSOTJEND #sofia’s got 300 friends!#sofia’s mutual appreciation post #tw swearing #tw food mention

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