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wellgoslowly · 11 months
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Hello! I was wondering if I can get a request please. The reader works for Lockwood and Co but she has the complete opposite personality of what Lockwood has (ex: reader is more of listener rather than a talker and when she is around new people she is more on the quiet side until she gets comfortable around them) and Lockwood falls for the reader. Thank you!
Ain't a Life a Many Splendored Thing?
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a/n: a bit of a shorter post but I think I might make it into a series!! I loved this prompt and I loved writing it sm!!! it's not much but I didn't want to write more before knowing if yall would want a part 2 :) also yes the title is from hello hello by elton john from the hit movie gnomeo and juliet.
pairing: lockwood x fem!reader
word count: 1.4k
warnings: none :)
tags: @hufflepuff1619 (thank you for the request!) @oblivious-idiot @tangledinlove @ikeasupremacy @givemea-dam-break @neewtmas [if u guys want to be put on a tag list just lmk in the comments!!! also if i missed anyone im sorry!!!!]
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The moment that you stepped into 35 Portland Row for your interview, it was obvious to everyone that Lockwood was a goner.
You two were clearly exact opposites- where he was confident and cocky, you seemed more reserved and humble. Where he was reckless, you seemed calculated and exact. And it was now evident that while he found it natural to talk in order to prevent awkward silences around new people (especially those whom he found to be very attractive), you were perfectly comfortable with listening to him ramble.
“And right up here is the attic.” He was saying now as the two of you climbed up the creaking stairs. “You've met Lucy, obviously- this is her room. And yours as well, if you choose to live here.” He watched you take in the room, filled with Lucy's drawings and scarce decorations on the walls, your eyes lingering on the small bed hastily shoved in the corner. He looked at you with apprehension, admittedly a little worried that you would turn to him and say that you'd changed your mind and reject the employment offer.
Instead, you turned to him with a slight smile on your face and said, “Is it ok with Lucy? If I stay here?” Instantly, Lockwood was filled with relief. “It was her idea, actually.” He said softly, watching you nod in understanding. “Alright then.” You said, a sense of finality in your voice. Lockwood smiled and watched as you walked to set the small bag of belongings you had taken to your interview on top of your new bed. “I'll leave you to it, then. Dinner should be ready soon.” He said to you. You didn't respond, but Lockwood wasn't worried- he knew exactly what your soft smile was meant to convey.
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“Lockwood, I just- I don't know if she fits here.” It had been only 3 days after you had officially joined Lockwood & Co., but Lockwood wasn't necessarily surprised by the remark George threw him from across the table that morning. You and Lucy were asleep, still tired after facing an infuriating ambush from a large cluster of Type Ones while on a Type Two case.
“What do you mean, George?” Lockwood asked as he took a sip of his tea. “I mean, she's just so quiet. She never speaks, and when she does it's either in one word responses or a couple phrases- even then, she mostly only ever talks to you. I'm just worried about how well she'll be able to communicate in the future.” George explained, his hands moving wildly about.
“You haven't seen her in the field, George- she's brilliant. Her sight is comparable to mine, and her touch… it's like Lucy with her Listening. Yes, she's a bit… reserved, but I'm sure she just needs to warm up to us, is all.” Lockwood smiled at his friend as he took another sip of tea, peeling open the front page of a new issue of True Hauntings.
“Don't think I didn't notice how you avoided the comment about how she only seems to talk to you.” George grumbled, taking a bite out of a piece of toast. Lockwood didn't look up from the text on the page in front of him as he mumbled a soft “I don't know what you're talking about.” George scoffed in response, starting to say something that sounded a lot like “you're clearly gone for her, why do I even try”, when you walked in, hair amess and blinking sleep out of your eyes.
The kitchen fell into immediate silence, George's face flushing in embarrassment as you looked at him, your expression unreadable. “If you're going to talk about me, you could at least do it while I'm around.” Lockwood looked up at that as he didn't notice you silently entering the kitchen. He took in your sleep-addled state and the look of fear in George's eyes. And then you were softly smiling. “I was joking, sorry. Didn't mean to scare you.” You said before sitting down next to Lockwood.
George snorted. “I think that's the most you've said to me the entire time you've been here.” George said, apparently taking your joke to heart. Lockwood softly kicked George under the table, but you just laughed a little.
Deciding to change the subject, Lockwood turned to you with a smile. “I'm sorry for him. What he meant to say was good morning. Would you like some tea?” You smiled at Lockwood, and he was hit with the thought that it mightve been the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen. “Yes, please.” You responded. Lockwood nodded, getting up to turn the kettle on once more.
The morning passed like that- you and George softly trading barbs with one another, Lockwood making you your tea and toast, and Lucy stumbling in once you were almost done with breakfast and mumbling a “gmornin” to you and the boys. Soon, the discussion turned from an easygoing conversation over breakfast and lapsed into a more serious discussion as Lockwood started explaining the cases that you all had scheduled for that night.
You and Lockwood would be going out to a house that was reported to contain a Type Two and a couple Type Ones, George would be staying home to do some research for a bigger case the four of you had coming up the next week (he had also gotten injured a couple of days ago and his wound hadn't fully healed), and Lucy would be going to an office afflicted by a couple Type Ones.
Lockwood had been too busy dishing out the information for the night's events to realize that you hadn't been talking. It was only after Lucy and George had nodded in understanding and set out to set their own respective tasks- Lucy heading down to the basement and George getting ready to go to the Archives- when Lockwood looked to you and realized that you had been drawing on the Thinking Cloth the entire time.
He leaned over slightly, watching as you drew a small landscape on a tiny piece of empty space with a green pen that Lockwood wasn't sure he had ever seen before. He smiled as you drew, watching the concentration on your face. “Did you hear the cases for tonight?” He asked softly, watching the quirk at the corner of your lips.
“George is doing research, Lucy's got a couple of Type Ones, and you and me have got the Type Two.” You clicked your pen, signaling that you were finished with your drawing, and then you turned to look at Lockwood. “How'd I do?” You asked softly. “With the cases, or the drawing?” You shrugged, a look in your eyes that told him “both.” He smiled. “Excellent.” He whispered, making you smile.
Eventually, the two of you migrated from the kitchen to the library. Lockwood sat in his favorite armchair, surveying a stack of recent magazines as he decided which one to read first. You left the room quickly, and Lockwood frowned at your departure as he settled into the chair with a week old gossip rag.
But as quickly as you left, you had returned, a book in your hand as you sat down in the chair next to Lockwood. You two sat there for a while, Lockwood taking breaks to explain to you different London Society news while you happily listened and Lockwood smiling to himself every time you reached a point in your book that made you laugh or make some sort of exclamation of disbelief.
He was content, he realized, to just sit there and exist by your side. While he normally felt the need to make his presence known, to charm and impress anyone he might’ve just met, he found that he was very happy to just sit and read with you.
An hour or so later, Lockwood decided that he wanted to go down to the basement and get some training in before the case that night. He was about to ask you if you'd care to join before he noticed that you had fallen asleep, arms curled around your legs and head laying peacefully against the cushioning of the chair. He smiled as he closed his magazine, getting up slowly and draping a blanket over you without a sound.
As Lockwood walked out of the library, he realized that George had been right. Not about you not fitting in- no, you had definitely proven George wrong. Instead, he was forced to admit that George might've been right about Lockwood being gone for you.
hehehe thanks for reading!!! I just put in my 2 weeks at my soul sucking part time job so I'll hopefully have more motivation to work on these hehe!!! I'll also be making a masterlist very soon- I've been meaning to do that for a while
also if yall want a part 2, pls lmk! I loved writing this and I think I could do a lot more w it hehehehe. anywhom if you've read this far, thank you for reading!!! love u!
mwah, linnie
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sezcpl · 3 months
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A researcher’s work is never done!
When the key players are so supportive of your efforts, and happy to be part of things, it makes it all worthwhile!
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beautifulmakkaris · 9 months
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If you're missing Lockwood and Co, don't despair! Here are some recommendations from fans of the show and books to help fill the void while we fight for season 2 - please share far and wide <3
All recs are from responses to this post, myself and things I've seen floating around the internet (ie, Goodreads suggestions/lists). Recs may be based on specific characters, ships, tropes, genres, worldbuilding or just general ~vibes.
Please make sure to check all content warnings before reading/watching any recommendations on this list.
Books (standalone)
Spellbound by F. T. Lukens
The Agency for Scandal by Laura Wood
The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
The Cheat Sheet by Sarah Adams
This May End Badly by Samantha Markum
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
A Sky Painted Gold by Laura Wood
The Hidden Dragon by Melissa Marr
Trouble by Lex Croucher
Books (series - *ongoing)
Shades of Magic by V. E. Schwab
Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
The Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir*
Virals by Kathy Reichs
The Shades of London by Maureen Johnson
The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater
Jackaby by William Ritter
Charlotte Holmes by Brittany Cavallaro
The Checquy Files by Daniel O'Malley
Alex Stern by Leigh Bardugo*
Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerry Maniscalco
Scarlet by A. C. Gaughen
Renegades by Marissa Meyer
The Diviners by Libba Bray
City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab
Percy Jackson & the Olympians by Rick Riordan
Mokee Joe by Peter J. Murray
Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve
Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens*
Letters of Enchantment by Rebecca Ross*
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix
Dreadwood by Jennifer Killick
The Empyrean by Rebecca Yarros*
The Bartimaeus Sequence by Jonathan Stroud
Ankh-Morpork City Watch (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett
The Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson
Scarlett & Browne by Jonathan Stroud
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Books (graphic novels)
Locke & Key by Joe Hill
Television series (*-ongoing)
School Spirits*
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Shadow & Bone
Wednesday*
Stranger Things*
CW's Nancy Drew
Shadowhunters
Locke & Key
The Bastard Son and the Devil Himself
Spooksville
The Midnight Club
Teen Wolf
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Grimm
Please feel free to keep sending recommendations my way and I'll update this list as often as I can! Also let me know if you enjoy anything you found from this list, I'd love to know if you found it helpful :)
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kazs-new-hat · 9 months
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as someone who watched the lockwood&co show first, i genuinely thought that netflix tszujed up the interactions between lockwood and lucy from the books because, you know, it tends to do that (but in this case you wont hear me complaining). so going into the books, i was prepared for a more gradual buildup...
but 34 pages into the screaming staircase and these losers are down for each other so horrendously from the very beginning that it's both painful and amusing to read
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paranorahjones · 10 months
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I'm a Lucy Carlyle defender to my grave but I do feel so much for poor Holly and her having to deal with feeling unwelcome and intimidated by Lucy, who is clearly (to everyone but Lucy herself) looked up to and adored within Portland Row. Holly had no way of knowing that Lucy's coldness towards her ran so much deeper than petty jealousy over Lockwood; that it was due to Lucy Carlyle (voted Miss Abandonment Issues 2023) feeling completely undermined, unconsidered, left behind, and replaced.
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Others have done this! Why shouldn't we?
Let's make it happen!
We have to get help. Maybe even one of the actors or Jonathan Stroud would.
Shows are done for the AUDIENCE. WE are the audience!!
We need to make it happen!! Somehow! Let's not get lost in mourning and do something!
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xnekoyokaix · 11 months
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Trending!
Guys we have taken over on the National Film Academy (register and vote for Lockwood in the Best TV series category!)
And the petition is so close to 15000
And Disney+ are telling us lots of people have asked them to take Lockwood & Co on!!!
Keep doing all these things!
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kengi-bengi · 13 days
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Here's my DTIYS for @savelockwoodandco its been a while since ive done a screenshot redraw lol. As yall now im a very cartoon orientated artist lol, so here it is lol. Not exactly animation friendly but It's still cartoon adjacent! also for some reason I always draw Lucy with shorter hair then she has in the show- idk why. JK i know why, its cuz i suck at drawing hair and this style is the easiest for me to do lolololo I also could not do a flanel soooo paterns it is.
hope you enjoy :3
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I made a lockwood and co quiz awhile ago and forgot to post it so I just went back and added a couple things and I think it's ready to post. Feel free to tell me what you think and If you have any suggestions I'd love to hear them!^^
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sweetieangel300 · 5 days
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wellgoslowly · 11 months
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NEW COLLIDER ARTICLW!!!!
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thinkingcloth · 1 year
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there's an UNRELEASED PANEL you guys.
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georgesgazetteer · 3 months
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And while we are on the subject, we've hit 185 locations on the map! Phew!
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skullandco · 11 months
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Every time I rewatch the first episode of Lockwood and Co I get the same rush of "oh my goodness it's LOCKWOOD AND CO ON SCREEN" as I did the first time and I try to not make it visible when people are around... Idk if I'm very successful tho
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