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aleksandermorozovaa · 5 years

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Cressworth modern au headcanons part 3

These have been in my drafts for fucking months and i’m trying to clear it but enjoy them i guess

Part 1 Part 2

Thomas and Audrey do face masks together like every Friday

She’s has painted his nails before and he paints hers all the fucking time because she has not got the patience or the fine motor skills to paint her hands.

Like this girl can slice and dice corpses but paint her nails with her less dominant hand???? Nope

Thomas is really good at painting nails and he actually googles different techniques to do. His favourite is ombre nails.

Both terrified of spiders. Like absolutely terrified of them. To the point, they evacuate the room or flat in some cases and call for someone to come save them.

Once when they phoned Nathaniel to come to remove the spider and instead he like used a lighter and hair spray to roast the little shit.

They were mortified and Nathaniel just shrugged.

They never asked him again.

Thomas is a shockingly bad morning person, like he cannot function before at least 10 am?

When he’s sick he is either a complete baby or he’s fine and nothing will get him to slow down and rest. It depends on how sick/ill/injured he is

For example, the time he had the sniffles and a sore throat and he self-diagnosed bed rest for three whole days, then the time he literally had like a kidney stone and still insisted on standing for a four hour autopsy

Audrey Rose had to phone an ambulance after he collapsed five minutes in. She refused to leave his side.

You can be sure that he milks it. Like he guilts Audrey into giving him cuddles 24/7 when he's recovering.

But like not seriously guilts her if she has something she needs to do he’ll pretend to sleep so she can go do it.

Audrey Rose refuses to buy trousers with no pockets out of principle and Thomas thinks this is hilarious.

Then he actually sticks his hand into one of the jean pockets when they are out shopping and he's like “women LIVE LIKE THIS”

Queue feminist Thomas sending hundreds of emails to fashion companies like “how the fuck is my future wife going to carry the shit she needs with FAKE POCKETS”

Thomas always begs her to get a matching tattoo and like sends her photos of couples tattoos with the caption “pls x”

Its more a joke than anything else because she's super against tattoos or at least matching ones anyway.

Then one day Thomas is talking about how cool it would be to get like the chemical stain for “Love” or smth totally dorky (I failed my chemistry i know nothing about it fuckin fight is yea?)

And Audrey Rose just agrees

And he’s like internally screaming because he did NOT MEAN IT but is also too stubborn to say no and like so is she because she’s still not like sold on the idea but she won’t say anything

so like a couple days later they are both rocking fancy ass science tattoos because they ARE NERDS WHO ARE IN LOVE OKAY

Speaking of x’s on texts. Thomas is a slut for it. He puts x’s on all his messages and even university emails. Dr Wadsworth is super confused and doesn’t understand it, and Thomas has gotten wrong off his professors multiple times.

Audrey is adamant that x’s on text messages is fucking stupid and she won’t do it at all. Apart from messages to Liza because she’s the kind of person that like puts 50 x’s. So Audrey sends like three back.

Thomas has a collection of old coins that he brags about? Like why? I do not know. But he fucking is so proud of his collection omg he will tell you about it for hours.

Low key headcanon Thomas has Asperger’s and is really quiet about it but when Audrey Rose finds out shes like doesn’t understand because he would? And like she does loads of research into Autism and Asperger’s and like they are big advocates for making life easier and more accessible for people on the spectrum.

#kinda scared to put that last one out there because its head canon i personally hold very close but whatever #sjtr #stalking jack the ripper #hpd #hunting prince dracula #efh #escaping from houdini #ctd #capturing the devil #cressworth #thomas cresswell #audrey rose wadsworth #thomas x audrey rose #thomas cresswell x audrey rose wadsworth #kerri maniscalco

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bluerene · 6 years

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river, epilogue [starx]

Welcome to the long overdue final part of River, lovelies! If you’re just joining, congratulations, you didn’t have to suffer through the terrible inconsistencies of my posting schedule. If you’ve been with me since the start: I AM SO SORRY AND I LOVE YOU.

First, all my love to @fireflyxrebel because I literally only posted/wrote this with her enthusiasm in mind. @mysticalmeowler, you’re the sweetest fan of this story and your comments never fail to make me giddy! As always, @lightdusk96 gets a shoutout, because I don’t know anyone who cheers me on more than you, even when it’s for a pairing that disrupts your otp ;) LOVE YOU GUYS.

Parts one through five can be found here. There’s a bonus chapter coming and I have a few river!universe short stories that are in the queue for posting, but I have a bunch of asks and prompts to get to first, so be patient <3

I hope you all enjoy the final chapter of River! It’s been a journey. As always, comments (good/bad/ugly) are appreciated!

bless,

blue

She doesn’t suspect that I know the truth.

In her defense, I haven’t said anything. There was no confrontation, no blowout fight. Our relationship’s been on a web lately, too delicate to ruin with an argument regarding something that’s not my business.

Yeah, Starfire’s been seeing Red X. For at least three months, but probably longer.

I’ve never felt more weighed down in my life. It’s fucking pathetic really. I don’t know how to tell her that I saw them together.

It was bad. This was back when we were still bridging the gap in our friendship. The space between when I broke her heart in Tokyo and when she broke mine here. Star said she wasn’t feeling well so she shut herself up in her room for the night.

Things were different between us. Better, like the break in a bad storm, but different. She stopped freezing me out. I stopped pushing her boundaries. We were comfortable enough to the point where she would sit next to me at lunch and engage in conversation.

I guess I thought it was worth checking in on her.

But she wasn’t in her room. Her window was open the slightest bit and she’d ditched her communicator on the bed.

It wasn’t the first time she’d disappeared, but her tendency to vanish at odd hours had become more and more apparent as of late. I clipped her communicator to my belt and let Raven know that I’d be back in a few hours.

I wasn’t really expecting to find her. I just hoped that somehow, something would lead me there.

Somehow I wound up on the other side of the city, drawn to the bustle of nighttime movie-goers and partiers outside the strip of entertainment venues. I stayed in the shadows of alleyways, careful to avoid unwanted attention. And that’s when, on the rooftop of the cinema, her feet dangling over the edge as she observed the couples going to and from the site, I found her.

She wasn’t alone.

I couldn’t move at first. I’m glad I didn’t because my first instinct was to get up there and murder that smug asshole.

Then I rationalized. It could be that they were just friends. Or that he was bothering her and she was too polite to say anything to scare him off.

She threw her head back and laughed, smiling at him in a way I knew far too well. I watched her scoot closer to him, raising her hands to his face to lift the bottom of his mask.

I held my breath, eyes wide, heart racing when she closed her eyes and leaned in.

And she was kissing him. Starfire was kissing Red X. His arms curled around her shoulders, pulling her to his chest.

My anger dissolved instantaneously.. There was confusion. There was grief. I felt ill and hurt and unending. My stomach bottomed out, my brain when blank, my heart felt tight.

I went back to the Tower and headed straight to bed. It wasn’t real.

It couldn’t be.

She didn’t show up for breakfast. I stopped by her room and she still wasn’t there. She must’ve slept over.

The pit in my stomach grew heavier.

Starfire drifted into the living room around dinnertime the next day, feigning tiredness. I could see the happiness in her eyes. She sat next to me, chatting normally as if she hadn’t been out for the past day with someone else.

Too much.

The words I wanted to scream were stuck in my throat.

“- marvelous dream, I was reminded of the time when we all went to the movies and saw the flick of chicks -”

She was lying to my face.

“- enjoy the romance genre, Robin? You and Beast Boy and Cyborg did not seem to mind when we saw Love, Simon although you expressed your lack of interest before -”

Couldn’t she tell this was the last thing I wanted to talk about?

“Robin?” Starfire asked, touched my arm gently, concern evident in her expression.

I slid my chair away from her as if I had been burned, pressing my lips together.

“Sorry. I need to go.”

I stood up and stalked off towards the hallway, glancing for a moment to catch the hurt look in her eyes.

I should’ve said something then.

But I did what I usually do.

I walked away from her.

I wasn’t surprised to find Raven on the rooftop, waiting for me. She had weird look on her face, somewhere in the realm of sympathy and pity and frustration.

“You knew,” I said quietly. It wasn’t a question.

“I did,” she confirmed, “I’m sorry, Robin.”

“You should be,” I snapped, running a hand through my hair, “if you’d told me I could’ve done something. I wouldn’t have wasted so much time fighting with her. I wouldn’t have shut her out. Maybe then, she and I...things would be different.”

“Maybe so,” Raven said, tilting her head, “but it wasn’t my job to tell you. Whenever she was ready, she would’ve come out with the truth.”

“And until then? How long would you expect me to pretend I didn’t know where she went every night?”

“As long as she kept it secret. This isn’t about you anymore, Robin. Look,” she sighed heavily, stepping forward to touch my shoulder, “I know Tokyo ruined things for you guys. I know that Starfire struggled through it, and even though your actions said otherwise, you had a hard time working through things too. But she’s happy. Really happy.”

I jerked my arm away from her and moved closer to the edge of the tower, staring at the fading light on the horizon.

“I don’t know how serious she is about Red X. I don’t know if they have a future. What I do know is that part of her heart belongs to you, and it probably will forever. So instead of beating yourself up over what might have been, fight for what already exists.”

“If she’s with him it doesn’t really matter. It’s too late.”

Her eyes narrowed, the corner of her mouth turning down in disgust.

“Has anything even changed for you? Are you honestly ready to open up and be in a relationship with her? Because if you aren’t, if this is just...possessiveness, you need to get over it. Torturing yourself accomplishes nothing. You both deserve better than a realized love born out of jealousy.”

“You’re one to speak,” I bit back, “don’t pretend you aren’t all over Beast Boy when we go out and he gets swarmed by fangirls.”

“We aren’t here to talk about me, idiot,” she replied irritably, the pink stain on her cheeks betraying her demeanor, “I’ve made my case. Do what you will.”

She waved a hand, conjuring up a black portal behind her.

“You should know, Robin,” she said softly, wrapping herself up in her cloak, “Starfire hasn’t forgotten her feelings for you. That should mean something.”

The swirling disk of energy vanished once she stepped through, leaving me alone with her words ringing in my ears.

Raven was right, as usual. I missed my chance. Starfire was moving on, just as she should.

I stood there until long after the sun had set and the night sky glittered with stars. I thought about every mistake I ever made, every moment I let pass when I should’ve done something.

I thought about her, and the smile she had shared with Red X, the one that I thought belonged to me.

I didn’t know what I wanted from her, not really. I let my feelings fester for too long and root themselves too deep inside. Starfire was my escape from everything that twisted me up. My fears and anger and issues from the past all faded to nothing when I thought of her. And I could feel that slipping away from me too.

“I can’t let you go, Star, not yet,” I murmured.

I heard the door creak open. The cool evening air rippled around me as a soft thud came from behind.

“Robin,” she said quietly, “it is late.”

Her fingers curled around my shoulder gently, beckoning me to face her.

“I’ll be down in a minute.”

She was silent for a moment, releasing her grip on my cape and dragging her hand down to the exposed skin between my gloves and the hem of my sleeve. I shivered beneath her touch.

“Have I done something to upset you?”

I froze and shook my head quickly.

“Not at all, why’d you ask?”

“You will not look at me,” Starfire said sadly, squeezing my arm, “Robin, please.”

I sighed and turned my head, warmth flooding my chest as soon as my eyes met hers.

“I’m just tired, Star. It’s not you, I promise. I guess...things have been busy. I’m not feeling well. We haven’t really spent much time together either, y’know? I’m missing my best friend here.”

Yeah, I offered her a lump of excuses and finished it up with a nice dose of guilt. I’m an ass.

She blushed, clearly relieved by my words, though I could see it didn’t reach her eyes.

“I-I apologize,” she stammered, removing her hand and wrapping her arms around herself, “I have been preoccupied as of late.”

I wanted to ask her why she was busy, and who she was with, and what she thought she was doing. I wanted to stand there and tear into her for an answer, in hope that she could explain what I couldn’t seem to understand.

But I saw her lip quivering and the way she stared down at her shoes, willing me to change the subject. I knew this wasn’t what she had wanted for us.

“It’s no big deal,” I assured her, “maybe we can go to the park or something this weekend? We haven’t had a group picnic in a while.”

She lit up instantly, eyes shining with excitement as she clasped her hands together.

“That would be wondrous,” she chirped.

I laughed, enjoying her enthusiasm.

“Let’s do it then. Go and let the others know, I’ll come inside in a sec.”

Starfire nodded and floated into the air.

“I shall see you later.”

“G’night, Star.”

Raven’s words rang in my ears.

Fight for what already exists.

The truth is...I wasn’t sure if that's what I wanted either.

Nothing was different, not really. I wasn’t any more prepared to take on a relationship now than I was a year ago. She wasn’t any less persistent about what she wanted either. I was deluding myself if I thought I could somehow step up and replace Red X.

God, it sounds crazy doesn’t it? How did everything get so fucked?

I wanted Starfire to be mine without wanting to claim her. I wanted her friendship without wanting to be her friend. My priorities were so completely screwed, I couldn’t tell the difference between what was true and what was a lie.

She deserved better than my indecisiveness.

But she also deserved better than his deception.

Whatever the outcome was destined to be, I was certain of one thing.

Giving up on Starfire was not an option.

Not now, not ever.

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10th June 2017

Our alarm went off at 0700. We got up and got ourselves ready to be down in the kitchen by 0800. We were trying to be as quiet as possible as our roommates were still sleeping. We were ready by 0800 on the dot, bags ready and we left the room. We had one hold-all each and one backpack each. We had the exact same bags so we looked like a couple that plans to match...

We got to the kitchen and had coffee with our breakfast. I was so excited, I couldn't wait to leave. Megan came down around ten past and said that Dan was still in bed. She told him that he had 20 minutes to be downstairs before we leave without him. That's nothing out of the ordinary for Dan though, he is always late. We always have to tell him a time slightly earlier so he might be on time. My dad used to do that with me. He came down around 0820 and made himself toast. We needed to leave the hostel by 0830 to catch the 0837 tram to St Kilda. Dan wasn't ready to leave by then so unfortunately, we missed it. We were speed walking to the tramp stop with all our bags but it left without us. We sat at the stop for about 15 minutes waiting for the next one. It was quite chilly. The tram came around 0850 and we all got on. Mel and Jack were leaving to get their car at 1000 from the same car hire place 'Jucy'. We asked to collect our car at 0900 because we were doing the Great Ocean Road which takes around 8-10 hours, whereas Mel and Jack weren't. They've already done it so they were driving straight towards the Grampians. We got off the tram and the car hire was literally opposite which was great. We walked in, put our names on the waiting list and waited... It was around 0945 before we got our car. The girl went through all the rules about how not to get an extra fine from them, I.E going through toll roads, damaging the roof... She showed us the car and we put our stuff in the boot. I had always watched my dad go round the car numerous times looking for scratches and dents, so I did the same. I went through the sheet with her too so she didn't miss anything out. There were quite a few scratches, dents and even the bumper looked like it was going to come off in the foreseeable future. Mel and Jack arrived just as we were leaving. We said bye to them and off we went. I was designated driver and I was so scared. It was an automatic and I hate Melbourne city. You have to be really careful because of the trams as we share the road. Also, turning right is impossible because you have the queue up on the left. Pedestrians can cross at the same time, too. It's all very confusing. I managed to get us out of the city and onto the motorway with ease which was great. We were driving for about 2 hours before we saw the sign for the 'Great Ocean Road'. I pulled over so we could take photos. Steve then took over on the driving. We were singing along to songs and the sun was shining - it was great! After a couple more hours, Dan started to feel travel sick so we got out of the car for a leg stretch. The views along the coastline were unreal. It was absolutely stunning. The roads were like a snakes body, going from left to right and round. There were so many people surfing which was weird because I'm not sure how they weren't dying from phenomena. Our first official stop was at Apollo Bay. I was desperate for a wee and everyone was starving. It was around 1400/1500 and we had been driving for about 5 hours. The towns through the GOR were tiny but lovely. There were markets on and little beach huts where people could stay the night. B&B's, grocery stores and grass. Plenty of green grass for children to run around on instead of the sand when it's cold. It reminded me of little caravan holiday parks you'd go on when you collected the 5 tickets from the Sun newspaper. After the fish and chips, we went onto the beach to have a look at the view before heading off again. It was my turn to drive again. Megan isn't a confident driver so she didn't do much. I'm happy doing all of the driving so it was fine for her to not get stressed over it. Steve loves to drive too. We drove for a few more hours through the mountains and forests. The bends were so tight, you had to slow right down almost to a stop. It was ridiculously foggy and visibility was really reduced. The rain started to pour down, too. Megan was sad because she didn't think we would see anything when we got to the main look out points but I said I reckon its because we're deep in the middle of a forest-y mountain. It'll clear up when we leave, which it did. Our first official look out point was the Twelve Apostles which I was so excited about. I have wanted to see these limestone rocks for years. I became a child instantly. There was a massive car park with coach bays. There were so many people here to see the Apostles.

It was really cold and it was about 1630. We walked towards the lookout points and eventually arrived. There was a long walk where you could get photos from whatever angle you wanted. We took so many photos. It was everything and more than I ever imagined. I was sad that I had to do the Great Ocean Road in winter rather than summer, but I bet it's so much more busier in summer. Once we finished taking it all in, we went back to the car.

The next lookout point was the Loch Ard Gorge. It was about 5 minutes up the road. We got out of the massive car park again and walked over to the lookout point. These are really famous coastline views hence the massive car parks. The Loch Ard Gorge was absolutely stunning, especially as it was sunset. The sky started to go pink. The cliffs are in a U shape (sort of) and then there's a beach below. Megan and I climbed down all the stairs and went onto the beach to the water. There were little caves and the cliff edges were all wonderfully weird. We took loads of photos and half of the beach in our trainers, to the car with us. The next lookout was 'London Bridge'. The majority of it has fallen down though, funnily enough... It was empty, we were the only people at this lookout. It was basically dark now so we weren't going to be able to see the final lookout called 'The Grotto'. We got back into the car and had one more hour of driving before we got to the house we were staying in. I had booked house number one so I was hoping it was going to be okay. We got into the town called 'Warrnambool'. The boys were starving so we stopped at a petrol station which had a McDonalds in. It was around 1900. We filled up and went to grab some food. Megan and I made food and brought it with us so we waited until we got to the house. After about 15 minutes, Megan said she didn't feel well and went to the car. Dan went out to see if she was okay and she was being sick. She felt so much better after. We're not sure what it was or why but it was a 5 minute illness. We drove the country roads for 15 minutes more to the house. We got to the right street but spent ages trying to find the house as it was so dark. We pulled up onto the drive and I got the key out of the key safe. We walked in and there was a sofa and TV, a heater and coffee table. It looked so good. AN ACTUAL HOUSE! We walked through and got to the kitchen and dining area. There was a table and food in the fridge for breakfast. There were two chalk board signs with 'Welcome to 93 Harris Street, Charlie-Ann and family' which was lovely. There was the main bedroom with a queen bed and second bedroom with two single beds. Dan and Megs went for the single beds with the electric blanket so Steve and I had the double. In between both rooms was a bathroom with a Jacuzzi bath, big enough for two people. It was massive! My dad would’ve loved it! I was SO excited, most, about having a bath. The last bath I had would've been in January time. We all sat down and chilled out in the front room with the TV on. Meg's and I had some of our dinner before I went and filled up the tub. I had my bath, as did Steve. Then Meg and Dan. I was so happy. We put the heater on and sat on the sofa with blankets over us. It got hot really quickly and the time past so fast. We were gutted we didn't get to spend more time in the house. Dan and Meg have had at least 12 weekends away since travelling. This was our first time not in a hostel which was amazing. I went to bed at 2230 as I was knackered from all the driving. Our alarms were set for 0600 as we needed to be on the road by 0730.

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