Day 2 of this year's @bumblebybigbang ! I was so lucky to be paired up with the extraordinary writer @lavendermeghan - her work is beautiful and full of tender moments, and I'm just a sucker for college AUs ๐ฅบ๐ Working together to make these pieces was such a fun experience, I hope everyone checks out her amazing fic!
hello <3 thanks to pinterest i have an aaron and jack ask because <3 my boys <3 like thats husband and son fr !!!!!! ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
he pet the small boy :3 actually CRYING because he's sooooooo so so so tiny :'))) and all smiley because his daddy gave him a medal :3 PLSSSS and then the team being all ๐๐คญ when they meet beth CRIES i love them all soooo much :')) the only found family ever <3
thinking about them all meeting you there <33 aaron's fiance who he's been with for a good while and while they were a bit frowny :( at not getting to know about you sooner, they knew that he did it because of what happened with haley and foyet and they knew how important she was to him so they totally understood that he kept you a secret as long as he did๐ฅบ๐ฅบ๐ฅบ๐ฅบ๐ฅบ but penny tells them to all snap out of it because he only said fiance not wife so there's plenty of time to get to know you before and at the wedding which she will now be in charge of because she loves love ๐คญ๐คญ๐คญ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ you look over at aaron and grin soooo happily because they're all as amazing as he and jack told you they'd be - actually!!! they're even more amazing than that!!!!!!!!!!!!!๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ you kiss your sweaty sweaty man and congratulate him on the triathlon and how amazing he did and he gets all blushy and shy despite the team being there (penelope Can Not control her squeals of happiness ajsmskfnfkdkgkk) and you all go get something to eat and jack holds your hand so happy that his aunties and uncles can finally meet you and!!!!! because he has a medal๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ penelope is squished to your other side asking So Many questions and you look over at aaron so amused and so happy because he has such a silly bau family and you love them all so much already๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐๐๐๐๐๐
hehehehehe hiiiiiiiiii ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ thank u pinterest and thank u jess-brain for the cutie hotchner boys thought!!!! ๐คญ๐คญ๐๐๐๐๐ fr fr thats husband and son!!!! ๐ฅน๐ฅน๐ฅน๐๐๐
teeniest tiniest boy ever :(((((( being sooooooo proud of his daddy and sooooooo happy when his daddy lays the medal around his neck ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ and he immediately turns to giggle to you โitโs so heavy!!!โ which makes you grin so big and squish his lil cheeks โthatโs because youโre so little!โ and aaron watches the whole thing with the biggest most heart-eyed grin Ever! which of course makes penelope squeal loud enough to make every racer and their friends/family in the vicinity glance over at your little group all curiously ๐คญ๐คญ๐คญ๐คญ๐คญ๐คญ and after you smooch smooch smooch your sweaty handsome darling aaron, that sweet blonde angel penny gloms onto you immediately and with the help of the little hotchner bug in your arms, she gets the whole story of how you and aaron met and fell in loooooooove ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ hehehe at some point when the team all realize that pennyโs interrogation of you (with questions and comments sprinkled in by the whole team who are All very curious about you ๐คญ) is not going to end soon, rossi suggests drinks and dinner at his mansion!!!! youโre very excited because youโve heard Many Many stories of bau parties and rossiโs home from your hotchner guys but aaron sighs all dramatically because he is Sweaty (which of course makes you giggle and smooch his cheek as you hum โbut youโre cuuuuuuteโ and heโs immediately placated ๐คญ๐ also rossi says he can shower at his place AKDHDKDJSKSKS) but you and jack are happy so heโs happy to go hang out with the team and tell silly stories about you and him when you first started dating ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ itโs still kinda early in the evening at rossiโs but sweet lil jack is already snoozing and snoring in your arms (because he was up Late the night before making a poster for his dad) and you keep seeing aaron hiding snores behind his Big hand because heโs soooooo tired after working so hard that day :( so you hug everyone and tell them youโre taking your boys home (which makes them all ๐ฅน๐ because they Love knowing that someone who loves them so much is taking care of them ๐ฅบ) and when you get them home and get aaron into bed so you can kiss his sleepy face and murmur over and over how proud of him you are and how happy you are to have met his people who are so so important to him (and now to you too!!!!!!) and all aaron can think as you fall asleep snuggled into his chest with your hand resting over his heart and his ring on your finger while he plays over the whole day in his head is that he canโt Wait for you to be his wife and he canโt believe how unbelievably grateful he is that youโre in his (and jacks ๐คญ๐ฅน๐ฅฐ๐) life ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅน๐ฅน๐ฅน๐ฅน๐ฅน๐ฅน๐ฅน๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฅบ๐ฅบ๐ฅบ๐ฅบ๐ฅบ๐คญ๐คญ๐คญ๐คญ๐คญ๐คญ๐คญ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ
A marriage between you and the Naboo Senator was what your family wanted, what your advisors wanted. But your heart lies with another within the safety of Beskar armor.
Blinking through the tears, you chest already feels so tight thinking of the Mandโalor. You didnโt even tell him, or his sweet son, goodbye. You couldnโt handle the pain. There would never be another man like Din.
A knock comes at the door and you think it must be your handmaidens here to add the final touches to your wedding attire. However when you open the door, there stands the ruler of Mandalore himself.
โDin.โ You croak, maybe still not sure if this is real. But heโs gorgeous, your heartbreak.
โI had to find you. Try with all my might to bring you back home. With me.โ He replies back hoarse and so thick.
When your handmaidens, and eventual advisors, do arrive at your wedding suite they find it empty. It isnโt until days later youโre found on Mandalore - married to its king.
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for @saradika - thank you for all the work and magic you do for so many of us and for already adding such a special sweetness into my life!
Renegade Binderary 2 of 3: Kept in Cages by @sweet-s0rr0w and @ihopeyoubothstaysafefromharm
Deep in the heart of the Ministry lies the Beast Division: a hidden room where ancient beasts roam, and winged creatures soar, and grumpy giant ferrets eat all your biscuits unless you keep them well hidden. Draco Malfoy would know โ heโs been working there for five years now, after all.
Meanwhile, on Level One, ex-Golden Boy Harry Potter is stuck in another interminable policy meeting, completely unaware of the mysterious comings and goings just three floors below. But when a giant snake emergency requires the assistance of a Parselmouth, Harry finds himself thrust, unprepared, into Dracoโs weird and wonderful world โ and naturally, he canโt keep awayโฆ
In this fic, Sweet and Joy wove an incredibly hopeful and gracious journey of healing for both Harry and Draco against a lush backdrop of magical creatures & friends. I am so happy to have bound this fic for Sweet and me. I bound this as a part of Renegadeโs Binderary 2023 (where we challenge ourselves to make as many books as we can). I specifically focused on some of my favorite fics published in 2022 that I hadnโt already bound :)
I was quite burnt out of writing & reading fic at the end of H/D Wireless 2022 and so I slept on this fic for months and SHAME ON ME! It took me until December to read it and I was just blown away by the world that Joy and Sweet built together. I had this two-toned blue/green bookcloth, knew I wanted to have a cut-out, found this gorgeous William Morris tapestry, and boom, the design was born. I also want to say that Joyโs gorgeous illustrations & Sweetโs beautiful words were so evocative that designing & typesetting this was a breeze; if you have any doubt, see how @a-gay-old-time (who did such an amazing bind of this here) and I came to very similar design choices independently :)
I also used text from @sitp-recs' rec here and @getawayfox's rec here at the front of the book, which I would love to start doing for all of my binds.
I learned a ton of stuff that is totally boring to a non-fanbinder, but was huge for me: footnotes, full page illustrations, double French-core endbands (still need some refinement, but I am so happy to be able to use more than two colors!), cut-outs!! Some technical challenges of this bind: getting the cut-out exactly in the right spot, using a guillotine for the first time & having some pretty tight margins as a result, painting on Duo bookcloth (the texture makes it really tough!), but I'm still so happy with this bind. I also have to acknowledge @pleasantboatpress who inspired both the headbands and the cut-out with their absolutely gorgeous binds.
Materials:
Title font: Argaka
Body font: Alegraya
Endpapers: Birds by William Morris (public domain)
Bookcloth: Duo Laguna (sadly no longer being manufactured :()
hey jess!!! i don't know if you've already answered this, so if you've already done it, I'm sorry! But I'm curious, will izuku appear in any chapter of lwgyh?
#loveyourwriting!!! ๐
hi friend!!! noooo, donโt be sorry! youโre good, i havenโt been asked this yet, and even if i had, i would never mind bc i love talking to you guys!! ๐
yes, if things go according to plan, izuku will make an appearance in lwgyh!! heโs such a big part of katsukiโs life, and i donโt think thatโll change when theyโre adults, working as pro heroes.
plus, i can tell you that izuku has been SO curious about who katsukiโs been making lunches for. whose cats heโs been taking pictures with ๐ the group chats katsukiโs in (and mutes and actively ignores) are nosyyyyy
MY BOYS! MY BOYS! MWAH MWAH MWAH MWAAAAH!!!!!๐ฅบ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๏พ+.๏พ(ยดโฝ`ไบบ)๏พ+.๏พ They're soooooo handsome~ god I absolutely love and adore them both really ahh!!! THRYRE SOOOOOO!!!!๐๐๐ฅบ๐๐
Pole position qualifier Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes is presented with the Pirelli Pole Position award by F1 Juniors, Zac, in parc ferme during qualifying ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Hungary at Hungaroring on July 22, 2023 in Budapest, Hungary. (Photos by Dan Istitene - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images)