#pre-blupjeans actually but still good

[barry-j-blupjeans]

21. “Sometimes, being a complete nerd comes in handy.” and blupjeans? :)

21. “Sometimes, being a complete nerd comes in handy.”

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"You ever notice how like... you really wanna be around the Light?"

Barry squinted into the dark of his room, seeing the vague outline of Lup sitting at the foot of his bed. He had woken up when she opened the door. Barry rubbed his eyes and fumbled to turn on the lamp next to his bed. When light flooded the room, he could see Lup more clearly. She was still in her pajamas. Granted, Barry was also still in his pajamas seeing as it was...

"What time is it?" Barry asked, reaching for his glasses. The room got a little clearer when he slipped them on.

"Three-ish?" Lup said. "But have you noticed?"

"Noticed what?"

"That the Light is like-" Lup made a motion with her hands that meant nothing to Barry. "It wants to be wanted."

"Uhm," Barry said. He pushed himself into a sitting position, thinking. God, it was too early to have to think. "Maybe?"

"Like- ugh, okay. Listen. I was trying to sleep, right? Siad good night, did all my night things and went to bed. But then I was like "hey I could just go hang out with the Light right now". So I got up to go do that. But instead, I'm here 'cus I don't know if that's a good thing to do or...?"

"Should I come to sit with you?" Barry asked, still not quite grasping the situation. Light. Lup. Something something, sitting in the lab. "I'm having trouble understanding what's going on, sorry."

"I need you to come sit with me in case the Light eats me or something," Lup said.

"I don't think it's gonna eat you, Lup," Barry said, but he pulled his covers back anyway. He yawned and rubbed his eyes again. "Why- can I ask why you want me and not Taako? Or Lucetria or someone?"

"Sometimes, being a complete nerd comes in handy," Lup said. Barry decided to take that as a compliment. "At least if it vores me or whatever-"

"I don't think that's the right word for that-"

"Then you can science something out," Lup finished.

"I wanna make some coffee first," Barry said, shuffling over to the door. Lup jumped off the bed to follow behind him. "If we're gonna do some shit with the Light, I'd at least like to blame it on caffeine."

"Oh, don't worry," Lup said. "I've already made a whole pot."

#blupjeans #barry bluejeans #lup #pre-blupjeans actually but still good #taz #asks #tentatively positive 3 #mine #ise cube writing

[youhearstatic]

For the cuddle prompt, Blupjeans (obviously), 13 or 7, but pre-romantic relationship? You know I love that good good pining

(Hey, turq8! Here you go! Thanks for the prompt!)

Lup had barely left Taako’s side for well over a week. Even after he’d woken up, even after it was clear he was going to be okay, even after he’d joked with her and told her she needed a trance and a bath and not necessarily in that order, she hadn’t budged. 

Merle had given him another dose of the stuff the people of this planet used to treat the disease and Taako had slipped back into sleep. And still Lup sat at his bedside, holding his hand, and studying his sleeping face.

And for the twentieth time that day, Barry stood in the doorway watching her watch Taako.

“Hey,” Merle said, nudging Barry’s side. “Get her outta there, would ya? I gave her the med boost like everyone else but she ain’t eatin’, sleepin’, or leavin’ his side so her ending up sick is only a question of time at this rate.”

Barry nodded. He’d been thinking the same thing but having their medical officer recommend it gave him the courage to do something about it. 

Shuffling forward, still hesitant, Barry gently touched Lup’s shoulder. “C’mon, Lup, let’s let him sleep.”

Lup looked up at Barry, blinking several times as if she’d forgotten anyone else even existed. As his words and presence filtered into her head, she looked back at her twin.

Watching her chew on her lip, Barry was certain she wasn’t going to move. He glanced over his shoulder but Merle was already gone.

He steeled himself and prompted, “You need some rest too, Lup. Merle will let us know right away if anything happens but he’s gonna be okay.”

Lup leaned over and adjusted the blanket over Taako, brushed the hair back from his temple, and then straightened.

“Okay,” she said finally, still not actually making a move away from her brother’s bedside. 

Taking the initiative, Barry wrapped an arm around her and began shepherding her out of the room. They bumped hips at the doorway, but Barry didn’t let go. He kept his arm around her, keeping her moving forward. The made it down the hallway and into the common area. She needed food, rest, a shower. He wasn’t sure which to prompt for first.

Lup decided it by taking advantage of his hesitation and steering them towards the big sofa along the far wall. Giving him as little choice as he’d provided her, she pulled him down beside her then collapsed backwards against the cushions, staring up as her head leaned back. She let out a deep sigh that it seemed she’d been holding for at least a week.

Barry watched her carefully. His arm was still around her but it seemed she’d entirely forgotten the fact. Seconds ticked by. Then he realized silent tears were making their way down her cheeks.

“Hey, it’s okay Lup, he’s gonna be okay.” His gruff voice was as soft as he could make it, the kind of gentle he hadn’t realized he reserved for special Lup occasions. He squeezed his arm around her twice, then patted his hand on her shoulder.

Unexpectedly, she turned towards him and slouched against him, burying her face in his shoulder. He wrapped both arms around her, stroking her back, feeling her shake as she cried.

“It’s okay,” he repeated. The words chained together softly, the phrase echoing again and again, interspersed randomly with her name. All he could do was hug her and murmur the same words over and over, rubbing the heel of his hand in wide circles along her spine.

Finally she sat up, not quite pulling herself out of his arms. 

“I know,” she told him, her eyes still pinned on his shoulder. “I know he’s gonna be okay now. I…” She let out another bone weary sigh. “I was just so scared for so long.” Her eyes darted up to meet his. “I know he’d be back,” she added defensively. “It’s just really hard when he’s gone.”

“I know,” he answered simply, pulling her back into the hug. “I know,” he said again, thinking of the times when she was gone and the Starblaster seemed to be missing its very heart. 

She wasn’t shaking anymore, her tears seemed to have ended, but she still clung to him. 

Minutes passed. Slowly her tight hold on him relaxed and he prepared himself for her to pull away, get up, go eat or shower or whatever she was ready to handle.

But she didn’t.

She’d fallen asleep still pressed against him, both of them still with arms wrapped around the other. 

Barry smiled. Then, carefully, so carefully, he tilted his head against hers and closed his eyes. For the first time in days, tension began draining from him as well.

Both of the twins were going to be okay.

#blupjeans #barry and lup #lup #barry bluejeans #cuddle #writing prompt #prompt request #answered #taz fic #taz balance #mystuff #mywriting #turq8

[charmandhex]

Master Post Part 3

So tumblr is a massive nuisance and apparently limits the number of links you can put in a post! So this is probably going to get a little recursive; this post will just deal with 

Tumblr Writing and The Bonds Between Us

So most of the ficlets I put up on tumblr do not have names, which is gonna make this more challenging, so we’ll see how it goes. The Bonds Between Us is an ao3 fic containing a number of canon compliant ficlets centered around the relationships between characters.

The aforementioned Blupjeans spinoff of Pas de Deux. You think enemies to lovers Taakitz is fun; wait until you see enemies to lovers but still very much enemies right now Blupjeans. 

Snow Day. Taako-centric Taakitz fluff with bonus adopted son Ango centered around... a snow day. It should be part of The Bonds Between Us, but apparently is not. I should remedy that.

A Day Off. Blupjeans post canon, just coming off a long day of Reaper shenanigans. It’s pretty fluffy and is in The Bonds Between Us.

What is Left Unsaid. Magnulia, definitely on the angsty side, but I at least think it ends on a happy note. Basically covers first meeting and beyond. Also in The Bonds Between Us; this is going to be a recurring theme.

Sculpture of Flame. SC era Blupjeans pre-Legato. Barry (POV) and Lup go after the Light and shit goes sideways, as it is wont to do. Basically prompted by me thinking Spell Sculpting is the best thing since Fireball. Ditto on The Bonds Between Us; I need an acronym at this point.

Questions and Answers. Ango-centric post canon fun! Basically, people are nosy and ask Angus all the questions, and Taako is basically adopting Angus now. Yes, TBBU.

Fox in the Henhouse. Hurloane! Surprise! Pre-pttm, based around a post (which I linked in a reblog; I don’t want to tag people and subject them to this laundry list.) Basically, Sloane shows up to Hurley’s office. I’m mean and this ends on a fairly angsty, yell-inducing note. TBBU.

The Little Things. Lup-centric fluff, post-canon, centered around her getting her body back. Yes, TBBU.

Takeout in the Astral Plane. Taako POV, about how much Taako loves Kravitz and Taako and Kravitz’s vacation to the Astral Plane. TBBU ficlet.

Scones and Song. Kravitz POV, about how much Kravitz loves Taako. Arguably the counterpart to Takeout in the Astral Plane. TBBU ficlet; are you even surprised at this point?

Cooking Quiche Lorraine. Ren time! Yay Ren! Featuring Ren at Taako’s show and a little bit of her venturing out afterward. There are some Paloma shenanigans, and fuck I forgot how much I love Paloma with a warhammer. TBBU ficlet.

Untitled Lucretia ficlet. Second person POV, centered around the moment she fed her journals to Fisher. It’s more experimental as far as my ficlets go and definitely not TBBU for that reason.

Late Night Research. More Blupjeans pining! Lup POV this time, and Lup finds Barry up sciencing in the middle of the night. TBBU ficlet.

Untitled Taakitz ficlet. This one was inspired from some art by herbgerblin (again, no tagging here, but the art is tagged in the ficlet). Kravitz gets called in the middle of the night, and Taako is groggy but supportive. This one should probably be a TBBU chapter too but isn’t.

Untitled twins ficlet. Going way, WAY back to when the twins were applying into the IPRE mission. Not TBBU, probably will be eventually when I remember to update it again.

Dogs on the Moon. Magnus rushes in! Magnus goes up to talk to Lucretia about a certain infamous policy. Yes, TBBU.

Untitled Lup and Umbra Staff ficlet. Just about how Lup might have come up with the concept for the Umbra Staff. Not a TBBU ficlet.

Pocket pudding fluid mechanics ficlet. Yeah, you read that right. I’m gonna teach you fuckers fluid mechanics whether you like it or not. Taako-centric, majorly sciencey, mildly angsty.

Untitled canon divergent AU part one. Taako inadvertently breaks Lup out of the Umbra Staff early!

Untitled canon divergent AU part two. Lup possesses her brother to start a family reunion! I’m tempted to continue this if there’s interest.

SURPRISE! It’s my one and only Graduation ficlet. Centered around the Firbolg, and it’s nostalgic but sad. Firbolgs live long lives and Druids... Druid.

Redundant master post link.

#charm works #charm master post