#ro: ronan bennett

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Names & Faces & BDays

Family

Sue Bevan- Sarah Lancashire- Tess’ Maternal Grandmother- 1939

Bill Baker- N/A- Tess’ Maternal Grandfather- 1934

John Vickers- Matt King- Tess’ Father- 1939-1995

Megan Baker- Erin Doherty- Tess’ Mother- 1959-1981

Kayleigh Baker-Barnett- Victoria Smurfit- Tess’ (M) Auntie- 1962

Bill Baker Jnr- Michael Fassbender- Tess’ (M) Uncle- 1963

Sarah Ahmed- Joanne Froggatt- Tess’ (M) Auntie- 1966

Peter Baker- Marc Warren- Tess’ (M) Uncle- 1968

Chantelle Baker-Barnett- April Pearson- Tess’ Cousin- 1981

Masood Ahmed- Dev Patel- Tess’ Cousin- 1989

Tamwar Ahmed- Avan Jogia- Tess’ Cousin- 1991

Jasminder Ahmed- Anaya Kolvanker- Tess’ Cousin- 1997

Honey Baker- Morgana Davies- Tess’ Cousin- 1999

Daisy Baker- Alyvia Alyn-Lind- Tess’ Cousin- 2001

Poppy Baker- Hattie Gotobed- Tess’ Cousin- 2002

Brendan McKenna- Tom Hardy- Fearghal’s Father- 1942-2003

Brigid McKenna- Orla Brady- Fearghal’s Mother- 1944-2004

Diarmaid McKenna- Cillian Murphy- Fearghal’s Brother- 1962-1990

Angela McKenna- Susan Lynch- Diarmaid’s Wife

Donal McKenna- James Norton- Fearghal’s Brother- 1967-1990

Mary McKenna- Rita Simons- Donal’s Wife

Tara McKenna- Saoirse Ronan- Fearghal’s Sister- 1972

Kaitlin McKenna- Jessica Barden- Fearghal’s Twin- 07/08/1976

Samson Kalu- John Boyega- Kaitlin’s Husband

Eoin McKenna- Charlie Hunnam- Fearghal’s Brother- 1978

Maria McKenna- Cristina Brondo- Eoin’s Wife

Aislinn McKenna- Evanna Lynch- Fearghal’s Sister- 1980

Paddy McKenna- Harris Dickinson- Fearghal’s Brother- 1985

Natsumi McKenna- Shiori Kutsuna- Paddy’s Wife

Eddie McKenna- Finn Cole- Fearghal’s Brother- 1989

Niamh McKenna- Orla Gartland- Fearghal’s Sister- 1991

Sophia Garcia- Ana De Armas- Niamh’s Wife

Brendan McKenna Jnr- Jody Lantham- Diarmaid’s son- 1984

Aidan McKenna- Jack McMullen- Diarmaid’s son- 1985

Cillian McKenna- Johnny Bennett- Diarmaid’s son- 1987

Kearney McKenna- Adam Long- Diarmaid’s son- 1989

Bronagh McKenna- Tilly Keeper- Donal’s Daughter- 1987

Ferdia McKenna- Joe Cole- Donal’s Son- 1989

Malachi Kalu- Franz Drameh- Kaitlin’s Son- 1993

Lee McKenna- Danny Walters- Eoin’s Son- 1998

Liam McKenna- Harry Kirton- Eoin’s Son- 1999

Aoife McKenna- Aisling Franciosi- Eoin’s Daughter- 2009

Caoimhe McKenna- Sophie Borja- Eoin’s Daughter- 2009

Ruari Murphy- Cameron Monaghan- Aislinn’s Son- 1999

Niall Murphy- Gabriel Basso- Aislinn’s Son- 2002

Lennox McKenna- Ezra Miller- Paddy’s Son- 2017

Marvin McKenna- George Miller- Paddy’s Son- 2017

Liv O’Connell- Annes Elwy- Eddie’s Daughter- 2034

Gen One

Tess Vickers- Lily Loveless- 19/11/1976- Scorpio

Fearghal McKenna- Jack O’Connell- 07/08/1976- Leo

Kathryn Houghton- Vega Essermeant- Beeline’s Maternal Auntie- 29/12/1975- Capricorn

Natasha Houghton- Elizabeth McLaughlin - Beeline’s Mother- 17/03/1977- Pisces- 11/11/2000- 23 years old

Sonny Agosti- Azim Osmani- Beeline’s Father- 02/05/1975- Taurus- 11/11/2000- 25 years old

Gen Two

Ronnie Olufemi- Ruby Tandoh- 09/06/1991- Gemini

Joe Mckenna- Anton Yelchin- 01/01/1995- Capricorn

Fraze McKenna- Will Poulter- 30/04/1996- Taurus

Ray Mckenna- Milly Alcock- 30/04/1996- Taurus- 26/07/2009- 13 years old

Bea Agosti- Moya Palk- 15/06/1996- Gemini

Tommy McKenna- Bertie Gilbert- 26/12/1998- Capricorn

Ali McKenna- Dakota Fanning- 13/02/2000- Aquarius

Ro Agosti- Emma Roberts- 11/11/2000- Scorpio- 17/11/2030- 30 years old

Ronan O’Shaughnessy-Jeremy Allen White- 31/08/2000- Virgo

Bartley O’Shaughnessy- Miles Teller- 14/11/1999- Scorpio

Johnny O'Shaughnessy- Frank Dillane- 23/02/1996- Pisces

Moses O’Shaughnessy- Thomas Doherty- 30/09/1997- Libra- 

Caleb Cavante- Jaden Smith- 06/12/1999- Sagittarius

Meena Goldsmith- Daphne Groenveld- 17/10/2000- Libra

Carly Walsh- Elizabeth Olsen- 11/06/2000- Gemini- 24/04/2014- 13 years old

Rocky McKenna- Josh O’Connor- 01/04/2009- Aries

Gen Three

Django Walsh- Toby Wallace- 30/03/2014- Aries

Una Gallagher - Jenna Ortega- 26/07/2014- Leo- 22/07/2030- 15 years old

Buster McKenna- Justin Crichlow- 31/10/2016- Scorpio*

Nancy McKenna- Lucy Boynton- 31/10/2016- Scorpio*

Rio Cavante- Antonia Thomas- 03/12/2016- Sagittarius

Liam Foley- Jacob Elordi- 26/08/2017- Virgo

Edie O’Shaughnessy- Billie Eilish- 27/10/2017- Scorpio

Grace Cavante- Sammi Maria- 13/10/2021- Libra

Janis Cavante- Ella-Rae Smith- 13/10/2021- Libra

Ava McKenna- Jessica Alexander- 27/05/2022- Gemini*

Junior O’Shaughnessy - Ethan Cutkosky- 13/08/2023- Leo

James Pemberton-Howard- Nicholas Hoult- 16/01/2017- Capricorn

Chloe Woodall-James- Holliday Grainger

Teddy Pemberton-Howard- Lucky Blue Smith

Gia Pemberton-Howard- Gemma Ward

Jimmy Taylor- Nico Mirallegro- 08/09/2021- Virgo

Casey Taylor- Brenton Thwaites- 25/03/2024- Aries

Gen Four

Violette Rose Borello-Agosti - Bailee Madison- 14/11/2030- Scorpio*

Jay Pemberton-Howard- Barbara Palvin- 22/04/2034- Taurus

Mattie Pemberton-Howard- Kristine Froseth- 28/08/2038- Virgo

Fi Caldwell- Thea Sofie Loch Naess- 13/12/2041-  Sagittarius

Dolly-Blossom Farrington-Stone- Imogen King- 31/12/2042- Capricorn

Lulu-Bloom Farrington-Stone- Abigail Cowen - 31/12/2042- Capricorn

Hathor McKenna- Adwoa Aboah- 20/06/2041- Gemini

Sekhmet McKenna- Khadijha Red Thunder- 20/06/2041- Gemini

Adonis Saint McKenna- Younes Kahlaoui - 26/02/2044- Pisces

Tansy Pemberton-Howard- Lottie Moss- 2043

Maggie O’Shaughnessy- Ella Purnell- 17/09/2031- Virgo

Amber Jackson- Zoe Kravitz- 23/11/2031- Scorpio-Sagittarius Cusp

Libi Foley- Claudia Sulewski- 27/02/2032- Pisces*

Bobby Taylor- Fernando Lindez- 01/07/2032- Cancer

Cosmo Cavante- Arjan Van Hesteren- 23/08/2032- Leo-Virgo Cusp

Sylvie McKenna- Romi van Renterghem- 2032 ish

Jake Cohen- Timothee Chalamet- 2032 ish

Callum Quinn- Charlie Gillespie- 2032 ish

Margot McKenna- Camille Jansen- 2034 ish

Dash Cavante- Nayleye Junior Dolmans- 20/01/2034- Capricorn-Aquarius Cusp

Lux Abernathy- Hunter Schafer- 20/03/2034- Pisces-Aries Cusp

Jac Taylor- Alycia Debnam Carey- 17/09/2046- Virgo

Jameson Taylor- Iris Law- 21/06/2047- Gemini-Cancer Cusp

Savannah Moore- Laura Harrier- 12/05/2047- Taurus

#gen one #gen 1 #gen two #gen 2 #gen three #gen 3 #gen four #gen 4 #faces #plotting

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Are the ROs onboard with getting married to the MC, both the versions of them. What about having children?

lawrence/ronan: definitely on-board with marriage and children. laurie will be a bit more reluctant than ronan on the children’s part because of the circumstances of his family, but once he’s reassured about you wanting a family with him, you’ll need to get ready though cause he’s not only going to settle for just one or two 💀

juliette/célia: célia? 100% okay with marriage, and although she’ll need some convincing on the children part, she’ll eventually come around. juliette is tricky because of the whole situation with viscount phillipe. but in the end, she’ll wholeheartedly agree to both as she does want to get married and have a family to her one true love.

A/S: S had a wedding outfit and names of your possible future children ready after your first date. as for A, it’ll be harder for you to convince them about both marriage and children as they strongly fear that it’ll cause their career to decline. unexpectedly angsty, i know, but give them time to come around to the idea and they will.

sugiwara/tachibana: sugiwara and their reincarnation have opposite stances on marriage: first one believes marriage is a lovely way to further connect two souls, while the other thinks it’s all pretty unnecessary but would eventually warm up to the idea. as for kids, they both aren’t too thrilled to have kids in a world like this (makes sense tbh) but reassurance and understanding will make them less likely to completely reject the notion.

#asks #also forgot to mention: WLW and MLM will have a bit more angst (as a treat) #but not a lot cause while i love making my readers suffer #i also don’t want it to be 100% historically accurate lmfao #i promise you will be able to marry them in the game tho #regardless of anything #ro: ronan bennett #ro: célia dupont #ro: s bakkoush #ro: i tachibana #these crimson strings #bonnie nonnie #interactive fiction

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still working on chapter 2 till my back hurts so have this meme compilation as a snack, pookies 🫶🏻

#i really stayed up to make this dumpster fire #includes spoilers ig? but it’s not that big of a deal #ro: ronan bennett #ro: célia dupont #ro: s bakkoush #ro: i tachibana #these crimson strings #ro memes #interactive fiction #twine #interactive story #cyoa

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Wait so have to have had a relationship with Juliette? Or is it optional

célia is juliette’s reincarnation so yeah, you’ll have to romance her to romance célia. the same goes for the other ROs, romance lawrence for ronan, A for S, and R for tachibana.

#asks #it’s pretty linear path #you choose the route you wish to go for and that will automatically carry you to the modern-day reincarnate of the MC’s soulmate #these crimson strings #ro: ronan bennett #ro: célia dupont #ro: s bakkoush #ro: i tachibana #interactive fiction #bonnie nonnie

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What are the ROs MBTI if you dont mind me asking, along with other characters ☺️

that emoji is so menacing, it's like you're pointing a gun to my head fr 💀

ronan bennett: INFP // the healer. cinnamon roll. pure and simple. most of the things that keep him up at night is thinking about how he can find a way to rehome every orphaned animal in the world. he will definitely cry if he comes across an injured baby animal and while they get necessary treatments in the veterinary clinic (which he drove to at 2 in the morning), he will be sniffling outside and overthinking everything. i would go as far as to say ronan is the waymond wang of the TCS universe, honestly.

célia dupont: ENTJ // the commander. she is definitely not the kind of person you'd wanna cross. besides the fact that she has been brought up all her life to fill the role of the CEO for her family's company, she is a natural leader and tolerates no nonsense. one of the only exceptions to her criticality and cool wrath is the MC who rarely ever faces her ire. célia is scary to almost everyone who works under her, which also doesn't help as she loathes those who bow and lick someone's shoes to get up the high charts. think blair waldorf or jude duarte but a lot less bloodthirsty.

s bakkoush: ENTP // the debater. was this even a surprise? cocky. smart. charismatic. they tick all the boxes for the aforementioned personality. they love engaging in banter with almost anyone when it comes to random things that neither of them would even remember the next day. S is also very competitive, never backing down from a challenge and always aiming to win. this attitude of theirs had greatly helped them in their career but hasn't made them too popular among their competition. but honestly? they do not care about that a smidge 💀 their personality is reminiscent of nick wilde and hange zoë.

i tachibana: ISTP // the virtuoso. their personality is largely individualistic and pragmatic. this all stems from the fact that they has spent most, if not all, their life fending for themselves. it was a ‘survival of the fittest’ kind of world for them and it didn't do their reserved and short-tempered nature any favour. tachibana is also very distrusting, and once their hard-earned loyalty is lost, it is lost forever. while the MC just chips away at the walls they have built, you can tell that they've complicated feelings about it along the story. levi ackerman and katniss everdeen would pretty much come close to summing up their personality.

as for the other characters, these might be a bit skewed cause i had to scratch my brain for them a bit:

james whelan: ENFP // the campaigner.

nebetah: INTP // the logician.

phaidros: ISFJ // the defender.

[redacted]: ISFP // the adventurer.

#asks #ronan is just like my gf lmao #makes sense cause i have a soft spot for INFPs #honestly i'm not very good at this MBTI thingy #but this is the best i could do 💀 #bonnie nonnie #ro: ronan bennett #ro: s bakkoush #ro: célia dupont #ro: i tachibana #also heyyyy #how y'all doing #these crimson strings #ch: james whelan #ch: [redacted] #ch: nebetah

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Listen I just adore the idea of Mc being a complete simp dumbass around Tachibana and also being nice to his coworkers but when someone tries really hard to get in they suddenly go from himbo/bimbo/thimbo to “mortal im centuries older than your grangrangrandfather. I have seen torture methods that can keep your decease body twitching even after no longer having nerves to do it. Touch him and I’ll recreate every single one of those in every single organ of yours.”

honestly, why do i get reminded of vamp!eddie munson when i think of himbo/bimbo/thimbo MCs 😭 just this ball of joy and dumbness fluttering around their ROs and looking at them with heart eyes. head empty, only RO. it's almost enough to distract you from the blood on their lips and the glint of their sharp fangs.

those terrifying details would become more clearer if anyone pushes the MCs buttons or tries to harm their RO. oh, so you dared to raise your voice at this ancient being's beloved? even the devil can't save you now.

#asks #the devil when the individual offers a deal for their safety from the MC: “bitch even i ain't dumb enough to do that bye🏃‍♂️” #these crimson strings #bonnie nonnie #ch: the vampire #ro questions #ro: ronan bennett #ro: célia dupont #ro: s bakkoush #ro: i tachibana

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Please don't answer this if it's spoiler, but I really want to know what Ronan's thoughts were as he was dying. I assume that he must've been sedated and everything, but what were his last thoughts as a ghost while seeing the MC just sobbing over his body

it's tormenting, plain and simple. to have no power over the pain that racks your body, making you unable to even talk properly, much less move. and what was a greater pain to the good medic, lawrence abernathy, than laying down and wasting away like so many of his patients with the same illness? it was seeing his faithful lover wasting away with him.

laurie still remembers your concerned frown slowly becoming an expression permanently etched on your face, taking the place of your bright smile and supportive gazes. you had told laurie over and over to leave, that staying in london won't do him any good. but he couldn't... he couldn't leave his patients just like that.

he couldn't leave you.

now he's paying his price. a price for his foolish personal loyalty. a price of your precious tears that you cry over him every day as you witness his life slipping away with every breath he takes.

“laurie,” you would whisper in the dark of the night when you thought that your sick lover couldn't hear you. “i don't want to be alone again.”

he wishes he could tell you that loneliness won't be coming to you anytime soon. that he will be okay in no time and then fulfill the promise of taking you to his village and having his mother finally meet you. alas, laurie's throat is unable to get the words out and when he feels you drifting off to an uneasy sleep, a black streak of tear runs down from his left eye.

everything comes crashing down again when laurie sees you sobbing the next morning, clutching his nearly lifeless body close to your chest.

“laurie,” you weep. “laurie. laurie.”

he watches—his sould detaching from his body with every second—as you cradle him, crying tears of blood. laurie can feel an echo of them hit his cheek, like cool red droplets of rain.

you hold him so close that he can feel the faint beating of your heart, like the wings of a butterfly. you refuse to eat. you refuse to sleep. you refuse to do anything but stay by his side.

laurie watches as the person he loved—no, loves—so painfully, withers away from inside. he watches as you become the shell of a person you used to be. he watches as you blame the gods, the world, and most of all, yourself.

souls could feel pain, and laurie's was feeling it all tenfold. he reaches out, incorporeal body trying its best to not pass through your shaking figure.

“i swear it, my daisy, we'll meet again.”

#asks #he is half of my soul as the poets say #ro: ronan bennett #these crimson strings #bonnie nonnie #the times i do decide to post scenarios #it's depression hours #ro scenarios

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a sneak peek from the last few chapters of ronan's route. apparently my brain thinks it would be a good idea to cry myself to sleep 😼

#hmm wonder who he's talking about #lmao who am i kidding #it's obvious asf #this is gonna hurt y'all #ro: ronan bennett #these crimson strings #bonnie nonnie #snip goes the snippets #sneaky sneaky #alexa #play ‘marjorie’ by taylor swift

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Answer this? :D

plssjfjjsf i had to think this through so much 😭

#asks #the hunter is a menace in public #what did y'all expect #ro: ronan bennett #ro: célia dupont #ro: s bakkoush #ro: i tachibana #these crimson strings #solangewrite #ro memes

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well.. i was going to do S's route first but after that R snippet.. my sweet beautiful model might have to wait

I AM COVERING MY FACE AS WE SPEAK, I'M SO ASHAMED, LORD FORGIVE ME FOR MY SINS

god @ me rn: pls stfu

#asks #S smut coming soon 😌 #just need to select a prompt from the inbox #y'all can send some too #i'm a smut factory atp #these crimson strings #ro: ronan bennett #ro: s bakkoush #bonnie nonnie

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How is the editing process coming along, if u don't mind me asking

i don't mind! honestly, it's been stressful so far. i've been trying to learn how to code but my brain is unable to handle so many information at once. nick's on a hiatus due to some private matters so i'd been trying to contact some coders to work with me, at least until nick's free and chapter one is updated. most of them are busy with college and work, which is completely understandable.

i've added extra backstory in A's route and am currently on the process of doing the same to lawrence and juliette's routes. MC can get a little aggressive there but rest assured, it's pretty justified. i mean, i get angry too when i'm hungry for too long 👀

however, i'm afraid i'll have to postpone the release to a far more later date if i don't find anyone before i finish editing chapter one. i'll still try to ask a few of my uni mates in CS but idk if they'd be busy with their summer internships or not 😕 i'm not sure about anything rn but if you or someone you know are good or even decent with sugarcube and twine, it would mean a lot if you'd help me out with the future chapter release.

#asks #my summer internship is just me visiting morgues and police station #nothing really big happens in my town so there's just matters of robbery and arson #i expected a bit more excitement from forensic tbh #these crimson strings #bonnie nonnie #ro: ronan bennett #ro: célia dupont #ro: s bakkoush #ro: i tachibana #stfuaxel

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What would it take for the ros to be convinced by the mc to stay in bed with them?

honestly, just asking them to stay is enough. clear communication is a major part of making relationships work, even if it's in situations like this 😌 this kind of made me think of something fluffy tho hehe

RONAN BENNETT

the coily-haired man believed in many things. he was a dreamer who wasn't grounded by earthly pleasures. he loved with a heart not yet murked by the apathy of the world.

so there he lays, right beside you. your eyes closed and chest rising and falling in a steady pace. like this, you seem like you're at peace. like your past is nothing but a bad dream that you would forget the moment you sit down to have breakfast in the morning.

he curls his arm around you, careful not to wake you up. ronan knew you had a long day of staying under the sun and making sure rogue supernaturals weren't attacking unsuspecting humans. he smiles slightly as he remembers you groaning about your day and hugging him from behind.

ronan kisses your nose softly and tries not to laugh as you scrunch it up in your sleep. his next words ring like a warm blanket over your unconscious self.

you had once told him that you were not capable of being loved. “it isn't something i deserve, an emotion which is that pure.”

“i don't think that is up for anyone to decide for themselves, though,” ronan had replied. the look he sends you has you biting your lip and looking away in an attempt to not give in.

“even so i–”

“you are incredibly lovable, darling,” ronan cuts you off, resting his forehead against yours and closing his eyes with a smile. “after all, i knew i loved you even before i knew you.”

CÉLIA DUPONT

the heiress is not an easy person to deal with. she had been reminded of this for the majority of her life. that is why she adopted a façade that made people think she was approachable even with the barbed words that she hid behind a pleasant smile.

so why was it that when she was with you, her words were stripped of venom and were as soothing as a pint of ambrosia? why did her smile turned wholehearted and true? why did she let you chip away the ice she had built around her heart?

oh, but for what reason other than love?

célia would have scoffed before, dismissed that thought in an instant. but as she lays beside you, your arms around her waist and eyes closed, she knows it is certainly not a false tale that her heart has weaved in its drunken wake of your being.

times like these are when célia gets to see you completely in peace, with arms around her like she is the only home you had ever known. the only anchor in an unpredictable storm. and she feels the same. oh mon dieu, does she feel the same.

you had cried in her arms once, clinging to her desperately. “i am afraid of loving you. i will always be afraid.”

“you won't be, i promise. stay with me,” she soothed you with a kiss full of reassurance.

“b-but,” you say with a gasp as you pull away, fears already melting away, “what if i am?”

“then, mon amour,” she whispered against your trembling lips, “i will wait forever for you.”

S BAKKOUSH

for S, there weren't many things that they weren't sure of in life. they were sure that they wanted to be famous one day and put their charm and good looks to a great use. they were sure that they would move around influential people and that it was only about time that their ambition guaranteed their success.

what they were not sure about was you.

an unknown star that had wandered into their galaxy and made them desire something that wasn't even the last thing on their mind. love.

so they searched for you in places they thought you wandered in, unknowing of the fact that they had already wandered in your heart. with a different name, sure, but with the same soul and being. your world collided with sparks and fireworks exploding all over, so bright and all-consuming.

they laid in your shared bed, your body turned towards them and your starry eyes closed in deep sleep. their arm is around you and they hold you with all the gentleness of a person in love. with your peaceful expression and your skin touching theirs, even in your sleep you drove them wild.

“what is it that you have ever truly desired?” you had asked them once before in a whisper, as if you were sharing an intimate secret.

many things had came in S's mind after that question. money. fame. influence. no, there was only one deafening answer to that.

“you. it has always been you.”

I TACHIBANA

it didn't come easy to the hunter, the concept of love and all its complications. they weren't completely opposed to the idea, just that it didn't seem to be in store for them anytime soon. unbeknownst to tachibana, the future had decided to give them a proverbial middle finger.

it was not supposed to happen. you were the last person on earth that they would have ever wanted to fall in love with. but the heart wants what it wants, right?

somehow, with time, their words became less sharper towards you and their eyes softened as they looked over at you. it wasn't sudden, it happened before tachibana could fully process what they were subconsciously doing with each passing day. and in the end, they stopped caring.

you feel alive in their arms as they hold you, human or not. and the hunter? they look like they're completely vulnerable and in love. and not just in love, like they are beyond all forms of deliverance.

so it is with a rare smile when they hold you close as you sleep. tiredness from the day taking over you, you were eager to share your hunter's warmth and bask in their praise. and they did give them to you, although it was paired with their usual eye roll and annoyed grumbling.

tachibana's breath hitch in their throat when you murmur their name in your sleep, their heart almost jumping out of their chest with how rapidly it was beating by that single action of yours. they close their eyes to calm down and remember a conversation that you had once before.

“i do not blame you for treating me like that before,” you tried to sound cheerful but the hunter could tell that even your laugh was forced. “after all, i am a disease of some sort.”

tachibana shakes their head. “you aren't. i swear you aren't.”

you open your mouth to retort but they beat you to it.

“and even if you were a disease, i would be your cure. because the latter can't exist without the former,” they say before pulling you into a soft kiss, so unlike them. “and believe me when i say that i wouldn't exist without you.”

#asks #fuck it #fluff. fluff. fluff. #+ soft ROs #btw i am currently packing some more stuff for my flight to canada today #therefore there may be some typos #i'll recheck later #these crimson strings #ro: ronan bennett #ro: célia dupont #ro: s bakkoush #ro: i tachibana #bonnie nonnie #spotify #y'all listen to the song for better experience #ro scenarios

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The lyricism in what you write just oozes out until I can personally feel what the characters in the story are feeling 😔🥲 As a big fan of your writing, can I ask for just some of your handpicked quotes with the MC and ROs so far?

to be honest, that's one of the greatest compliments you can ever get as a author and i thank you for that, dear bonnie.

ronan bennett

for a second, he looks like he doesn't know what to say. like he doesn't know how to find the words to say. but then, just as quickly as he becomes thoughtful, he shrugs.

“i admit i do not know much about your world,” laurie rubs the back of his neck sheepishly. “i do not know about gods or prophecies or fate or anything that is out of the ordinary.”

“yeah, i gathered that mu–”

“kindly let me finish,” his eyes then meet yours, their brown depths pulling you closer. “as i was saying, i do not know much about the world you live in. but i do know that there will always be an invisible string that ties me to you, in every single reality possible.”

célia dupont

you are angry at her, that's for sure. it is an emotion that you would never have expected to direct towards juliette, but fate loves to surprise you.

no. calling it anger would be a pathetic lie. what you were feeling for her right now was... fear.

“such foolishness isn't expected of you, juliette,” you snap at her, hoping that the façade of anger will prevent her from hearing the worrisome quaver in your voice.

“is it not?” she smiles and you hate how much you fear never seeing it again. “the liar and the lover, we play those parts quite often, don't we? but i do not lie unless i have to. and my words ring with truth when i say, mon amour, that i would burn for an eternity if it is for you.”

s bakkoush

“why?” you ask, voice rough as a stone. “why do you care so much? when have i ever given you a reason to care for me?”

they don't flinch away as your nails dig into their back, still keeping you in their embrace. “do you ever need a reason to care for someone? or rather, someone you love?”

“i am doing fine.” your attempts at fending off A's comfort doesn't work. if anything, it backfires as they hug you tighter.

“you are good at hiding it. good at being rock solid and consoling,” their lips press against your shoulder, “but you feel the weight of everything all too much. so i beg you to stop. to stop punishing yourself for having a heart.”

i tachibana

“why won't you stay?” you mumble, drowsiness already creeping into your voice. “what should i do to make you stay with me?”

“you are drunk and idiotic right now,” the hunter chides you, subconsciously removing their dark blue haori to cover you up. “sleep before you speak utter nonsense again.”

you mumble something inaudible before your breathing slows and you drift off to sleep, leaving sugiwara to contemplate your question.

what can you do to make me stay? what would it be like if you were not a creature made of violence and blood? what would it be like if our fates were not so star-crossed? for i feared from the moment that i met you, you were the kind of person i fell in love with in my grandmother's stories.

#asks #“so i stay here without you having to do anything” #it's official y'all #all the ROs are simps #ro: ronan bennett #ro: célia dupont #ro: s bakkoush #ro: i tachibana #ro quotes #ro scenarios #ig??? idk #ro questions #these crimson strings #bonnie nonnie

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since the release day is almost here, i wanted to post some character portraits + edits 😌

#tumblr stop ruining the quality challenge #these crimson strings #ro: ronan bennett #ro: célia dupont #ro: s bakkoush #ro: i tachibana #ch: james whelan #ch: nebetah #ch: [redacted] #i hate to delete the first draft because tumblr ruined the positions