#wfts

[sunflowersandsapphires]

Waiting for the Storm

Prologue

Series Masterlist Chapter 1

pairing: Michael Kinsella x fem!Reader 

summary: "If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you'll never enjoy the sunshine." -Morris West

When Michael's release day finally arrives, he isn't too optimistic about his future. The most he's hoping for is a relationship with his daughter and a new path forward. The world, however, has bigger plans for him after he meets a timid, yet lovely, children's book illustrator who has more in common with him than it seems.

warnings: swearing, emotional and physical abuse (very brief descriptions here but these will be recurring themes in this story), descriptions of prison, descriptions of family loss

a/n: Ahhhh! My first Mikey story because I FINALLY had inspiration. I am way too excited about this WIP so I really hope this lil tidbit gets y'all intrigued! The general vibes will be fluff and hurt/comfort because Mikey deserves to be comforted. I hope you all enjoy!

w/c: ~900

There was something comforting about the rain. Peaceful and cleansing. Water vapor rising unburdened by the impurities of the ground to the heavens and falling back again like a gift, washing away the sins below with every splattering drop. 

When she was a child, the other girls bemoaned their hometown’s climate and constant precipitation. “Rain brings noise, and floods, and mud, and worms!” They’d lament to her after every storm. She never knew how to tell them that none of those consequences bothered her. 

Floods were rare, and more a symptom of poor drainage systems than the rain itself. Mud was mostly avoidable, and easy to wash away. Worms were necessary for composting and agriculture, not to mention completely harmless. 

The noise, well, this she understood. When she was a toddler the loud smashes of thunder and cracks of lightning terrified her too—scaring her under the covers night after night, hands clamped over her ears. But then her life became less quiet, and the storms were less loud by comparison. 

See when your home is full of screaming, and crying,  and the echoing slap of skin hitting skin, thunder is a lot more appealing. It’s easy to focus on. If you try hard enough, you can let it drown out the sounds of your father putting another hole in the drywall, of your mother’s car pulling out of the driveway for the last time—the tires screeching as she leaves you behind.  

The spattering of rain against the windows became her anchor whenever the universe was kind enough to offer it to her. When her father rages around the house, destroying every trace of his estranged wife, she would lay in bed—eyes glued to the droplets splashing against the glass. 

On the especially bad nights, she pictured a safe haven: a set of cliffs, composed of worn shale threaded with lush green grass. She could feel the cracked sandstone through the fabric of her pajamas as she sat along the edge. Fat raindrops drenched her scalp, trailing down her face, over her heavy eyelids and exposed collar bone. The ground beneath her grew increasingly damp, each swirl of water wafting the scent of petrichor towards her nose. Somewhere in the distance, waves crested over rocks—the sound getting lost in the patter of the rain. 

As she aged, she continued to dream of this place. Throughout her tumultuous teenage years and every disagreement with her father. Each and every time she felt lonely after moving to another, sunnier, state for her bachelor’s degree. 

The image was especially helpful as her relationship with Xavier turned sour. Every insult, threat, and smack fading into the drum of raindrops on rock. She’d lay awake at night, bruises blooming on her limbs, imagining the rain. 

And it was the steady pounding of droplets on the roof that gave her the courage to pack her things and leave. Trekking across town, over multiple bus routes, until she stood her friendly coworker’s doorstep—soaked to the bone, and more unhurried than she’d been in years, all thanks to the rain. 

Michael had never minded the rain. A symptom of living in Dublin his whole life, he supposed. When every other day brought a shield of clouds over the sun, you adjusted or you fled to brighter pastures. 

He sure as hell didn’t mind it when he was in his cell, listening to the jeers and yelling of the other prisoners night after fucking night. The thrum of raindrops against cinderblock were a welcomed static noise. 

At first, he was grateful for the solitude of his protected status. It gave him time to grieve the loss of his wife, to repent for his hand in her death. His stint in prison meant he was temporarily relieved of the burden placed on his shoulders by the family and it gave him time to grow and reflect. 

But it also meant losing Anna, grieving and spiraling on his own for eight excruciating years, and being closer to his father than he’d ever wanted to be again. It meant that he’d lost everything that mattered, because he’d been too careless to protect it. 

He missed freedom. He missed his family, his daughter more than anything. He missed fresh air, and hot water, and home cooked meals. He wanted to feel the wind against his chest, the rain on his face, anything but the stale breath of hundreds of other prisoners and the bite of the cool cement against his back as he drifted off. 

His release day approached slowly, at first. But after the first few years, the days began to blend together. Seasons rolling by like a strip of film in a projector, bursts of green coming and going as the plants in the sparse outdoor yard sprouted and died. The tunnel was quickly ending, but he wasn’t yet sure if there was light at the end of it. 

Regardless of what lay waiting for him outside of those gates, he’d regain his autonomy, he’d try to see Anna, he’d try to move forward. 

This is what the rain sounded like, when it pounded against the foundation of the prison. It sounded like liberty, like family, like achievable peace. 

If he could feel the rain again, he could keep going. And he would.

#michael kinsella #michael kinsella x reader #michael kinsella x you #mikey kinsella #kin rte #kin amc #kin bbc #charlie cox #mk #my writing #WFTS

[the-narnian-sea]

If you want me obedient, prince, kill me and carry my corpse.

— Zafira bint Iskandar

We Hunt The Flame by Hafsah Faizal {@hafsahfaizal}

#we hunt the flame #we free the stars #hafsah faizal #zafira bint iskander #nasir ghameq #altair al-badawi #benyamin haadi #kifah darwish #fantasy ya book #book recs 2022 #arab #tiktok bookrec #arab representation #moodboard #imma use the hashtag #six of crows #bc the books are basically related #zumra #whtf #wfts #nafira #ancient arabia #enemies to lovers #enemies to lovers trope

[luce1ence]

“Habibti, Hayati, Roohi”

my love, my life, my soul.

#we free the stars #we hunt the flame #zafira bint iskander #nasir ghameq #whtf #wfts #sands of arawiya #zafiranasir

[a-brown-girl-recs-books]

[ID: a screenshot of Hafsa Faisal’s Instagram story which has a latte and four pieces of text. The first one says “three days post-deadline on the Secret Project and I’ve finally figured out the book”. The second one says “ there’s nothing quite a satisfying as when all the disparate pieces finally click together, and unveil the twist, but I really wish it hadn’t taken me this long to figure out”. The other two pieces of text refer to the latte, saying “also yes this latte is utter perfection thanks to cayskii” with cayskii referring to her husband, and “a second thank you to him for listening to my nonsensical rambling and helping me figure out the plot”. End ID]

OMG WHAT SECRET PROJECT GUYSSSSSSS

#booklr #books #ya books #book recommendations #we need diverse books #book quotes #fantasy books #hafsah faizal #we hunt the flame #we free the stars #whtf #wfts #ATOT #a tempest of tea #sands of arawiya #muslim authors

[werefallingthroughspace404]

Moving here from twitter to be obnoxious about Doctor Who and shill some indie books

Anyway but We're Falling Through Space (or any of the other Inkings) here

#doctor who #twitter #death of twitter #dw #404ink #WFTS

[feysandfeels]

Hi! I saw that you recently read We Free the Stars and ship Altair and Yasmine (same btw). The author’s said she’d like to write a spinoff book about Altair at some point (nothing confirmed though, she’s writing another duology atm). But yeah if things go to plan it could be a real possibility 👀

Sugar, you just blessed my day with these news. Like what is my girl Hafsah  waiting for? It's Altair hours.

And also, fuck yeah!! like we're not wrong are we? There's something about Altair and Yasmine, right? Like that's where we are headed for sure. The angst these two would deliver would be archetypical truly.

I am fully invested in them and if I must campaign alone for this spin-off to happen I shall and I am a Virgo, nothing will deter me from my purpose.

#FeysandfeelsAsks #We Free The Stars #WFTS

[petnews2day]

Dog fighting event ends in arrest of 5 Florida men, 9 others: Officials

New Post has been published on https://petnews2day.com/news/pet-news/dog-news/dog-fighting-event-ends-in-arrest-of-5-florida-men-9-others-officials/?utm_source=TR&utm_medium=Tumblr+%230&utm_campaign=social

Dog fighting event ends in arrest of 5 Florida men, 9 others: Officials

Five Florida men were among the 14 arrested after a major dog fighting event in 2022, according to officials. On Thursday, officials said men from Florida, Georgia and Alabama were charged for participating in the event, which occurred in Donalsonville, Georgia, on April 24, 2022. Court documents stated that the men gathered on a Georgia […]

See full article at https://petnews2day.com/news/pet-news/dog-news/dog-fighting-event-ends-in-arrest-of-5-florida-men-9-others-officials/?utm_source=TR&utm_medium=Tumblr+%230&utm_campaign=social #DogNews #AbcActionNews, #DogFightingArrest, #DogFightingFloridaArrest, #FloridaNews, #SunshineStateNews, #Wfts

#abc action news #dog fighting arrest #dog fighting florida arrest #Florida news #Sunshine State news #wfts #Dog News

[canyon-of-chaos]

The third of my four kids for Watching From the Sidelines. Messenger, Xcissor, and now Avadelle

Lineart and lineless down below

#my art #Watching From the Sidelines #WFtS #oc story #kodaxians original species

[newts-frogs-toads]

Babe, wake up. Disney just... FUCKING CONFIRMED DELLUMBRA... LIKE IT WAS NOTHING... in a chibiverse episode?

#Disney #chibiverse #disney chibiverse #Ducktales #Ducktales 2017 #ducktales reboot #Dt17 #Ducktales Della #Ducktales penny #della duck #duckblr #lieutenant penumbra #dellumbra #Della x penny #Penny x Della #Wft Disney?????? #I mean we love it #But NOW?

[leebrontide]

tlt posting

So. Ok. for 500 people, they were walking around in the mid 2000s, and then there was nuclear armagedon, and then they woke up on fucking Pluto, in a magic bone cult, and told they were god's gift to a group of people guarding/revering a tomb, and then a few months later monsters attacked and drove everybody out of their mind or killed them.

Like.

I want a story from the POV of one of those poor bastards.

I feel like we could learn a lot about John Gaius if we knew what was going on in their minds.

#tlt #harrow the ninth #harrow the ninth spoilers #tlt spoilers #nona the ninth spoilers #wft jod

[a-brown-girl-recs-books]

Reading We Hunt the Flame was amazing. I gave it 5 stars on goodreads. But you know what’s even better? LISTENING to We Hunt the Flame. I read a physical copy of We Hunt the Flame right before We Free the Stars came out and now I’m listening to the audiobook and let me just say WHAT AN EXPIRIENCE. It is literally amazing. Sensational. 100 stars.

#we hunt the flame #we free the stars #ya books #booklr #book blog #audiobook #books #fantasy #fantasy books #hafsah faizal #whtf #wfts

[satans-knitwear]

SOMEONE SHUT ME UP. THE ENDING!!!! AAAHHH!!!

Buy my silence cshpp pypl

#Or distract me with a girft from my wishlist. Thatd work too. #Mandalorian seduction techniques #Satans knitwear #My heart is so warm and full rn. #Wft do i do with the next few months???? Live????????? Idek #That was such a good time. I am satisfied. #Lingerie reveal #Geek pinup #Pinup girl #Alt pinup #Strappy lingerie

[time-lady-the-sage]

Going by that last scene I think we can safely ax the theory that Lilith sent Alastor to protect Charlie and help with the hotel.

Unless she's up there playing 4D chess with a multitude of deals set up to cause a domino effect, which I acknowledge is more than 0% possible.

#how messy did that divorce get wft??? #hazbin hotel spoilers #hazbin hotel #lilith morningstar #hh lilith #hazbin lilith #hazbin theory #charlie morningstar #alastor #lucifer morningstar

[cassianandfenrysaremyboyos]

The way Bryce is so dismissive and rude to Hunt here

#hunt's 'wft' sounds harsh here but it's very warranted in context #anyway more complaining about bryce coming so sorry for that #hofas #house of flame and shadow #crescent city #hofas spoilers #lisa reads hofas

[modiddys-blog]

“Someone said that if your over 22 and on a fan fic site or read any form of fan content your never gonna get laid… ive never laugh so loudly in someone face before. This guy couldnt have been older then 16 and smelled like a pick me boy from a mile away. Im so sorry your girlfriend gets wet from a ghost from a modern warfare fic but maybe just maybe you should take that as a sign that… the fictional character ur shiting on is doing a better job on ur girl then u are….cunt.”

-my highschool age employee who is freshly 17… this child has bigger balls then a grown ass man(honestly they’re insane but love them and their adhd corroded brain)

#fan #ghost x reader #soapghost #teensscareme #adhd #wft #hahahahahahah #hornybitch