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fireladybuckley · 5 years

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Moments in the Woods

Fandom: Supergirl Pairing: Lena x Reader Prompt: “Snowy woods” for @musikat18‘s birthday challenge Word Count: 2598 Warnings: Nothing, it’s pure fluff <3

The mid-afternoon sun throws golden beams of light around you as you walk, the snow glinting like diamonds as more of it crunches under your boots. You draw your jacket a little tighter around yourself as a cool breeze playfully ruffles your hair, and you pull your toque down a bit so it covers your ears completely. You hum to yourself as you walk, anticipation at what is to come bubbling in your chest. You haven’t seen Lena in almost two years, and now you are finally going to get to spend some time with her. You’d flown to National City to visit family but mostly because you’ve been lost without her; your heart aches to think just how long you’d been apart.

You slow as your destination comes into view. A tree, so familiar to you when full of leaves, looks very different with all of its branches bare. Still, the shape of its large, sturdy trunk brings back memories, and you smile as you come to a stop about twelve feet in front of it, looking up into its branches. You pull a folded note out of your pocket with a mittened hand, unfold it and read it through once more, even though you know what it says by heart.

“Meet me in the woods. You know the place. By that enormous ancient oak tree, the one where we buried our time capsule.”

Folding the note back up again, you glance around as you stick it back into the pocket of your wool coat. You seem to have beaten Lena here, and you shiver slightly as the breeze ruffles your hair again. You take one more look around before tilting your head up to gaze into the tree’s branches again, your hands jammed into your pockets, hoping they’ll keep you warmer than just your woolen mitts.

Out of nowhere you hear a slight whooshing noise, and before you can react, something hits you square in the back of the head. You let out a surprised shriek as the snowball explodes on impact, nearly knocking your hat off your head and sending cold snow down your neck. You whirl around in indignation to see Lena, half concealed behind a tree ten feet away, grinning.

“Is that how you greet me after almost two years?!” You yelp, and Lena laughs. “Ohh you’re going to regret that, Luthor,” you grumble, but you’re mostly playing. Honestly you’re somewhat delighted by the greeting, as it allows for immediate banter and play. You scoop up some snow and quickly compact it into a snowball, then straighten up to throw it only to receive another explosion of cold power to the chest.

“AUGH!” you yell, flailing momentarily before taking aim. Lena lets out a cry of laughter and spins away, your snowball hitting the tree behind her instead. Letting out a yell of playful frustration, you quickly crouch and scoop up more snow, making a few snowballs, then stand, ducking and successfully avoiding a third throw from Lena.

“Ha!” you shout triumphantly, as your first throw explodes over her shoulder, peppering her face and hair with snow. You throw another and miss; your third gets Lena in the back of the head and you throw your arms up into the air in victory.

“Okay, truce, truce!” she calls, laughing. You grin and brush off your mitts, then hurry towards her as she rushes towards you. You meet in the middle and throw your arms around her, hugging her close as she encloses you in a tight bear hug. You can feel tears stinging your eyes as you bury your face into her long, thick hair and hear her sniffle a little as she holds you close.

“I missed you so much,” you mumble into her hair, and feel her squeeze you in response.

“I missed you too,” she replies, slowly breaking the hug and moving back only far enough to be able to look at you, her eyes shining with joy. “You’ve been gone far too long.”

“I know,” you say, taking her gloved hands in yours, curling your mitts a little clumsily around her fingers. “But guess what... I might be able to get a transfer to National City in the New Year! I might be able to come home!” Lena lets out a squeal and you’re immediately engulfed in another hug, which you happily return.

“That would be amazing!” she exclaims as she pulls away, squeezing your hand. “You must tell me all about everything!”

“I will,” you say, smiling. “But first... why are we meeting out here? In the middle of winter?” Lena smiles at looks up at the tree, her eyes filled with warmth.

“Well, I feel like it’s sort of our tree,” she says, and you nod in agreement. “Digging up that time capsule a few years ago was wonderful. We’ve been friends for so long now.” She squeezes your hand again and you squeeze back, nodding again.

“Since we were nine,” you agree, smiling at the memory of the two of you as kids, and in your early teens, gossiping and giggling together. Your first stolen kiss, right under the branches of this tree.

“Well, I have a surprise for you. Come on, we need to walk a bit,” Lena says, and she tugs on your hand, trying to lead you on. You follow her willingly, falling into step beside her until holding hands became a little too difficult in the snow and you let go reluctantly, trying to keep your balance.

It starts to snow, and you stare up into the tree branches as fat flakes float down around you, settling on everything. Lena leads you through the snow for a good twenty minutes before she slows to a stop, looking down at something.

“Hm,” Lena makes a noise that sounds somewhere between contemplative and concerned, and you step up beside her to see what she’s looking at. She is peering down at something clutched in her hands, and you fully intended on looking to see what she was holding, but your eyes catch on her face and stay there. Her hair, liberally covered with fresh snowflakes, frames her face, her cheeks rosy, her eyes bright. She is so beautiful it makes your breath catch in your throat and you nearly forget about anything else until she makes another noise, her brow creasing as she looks down at the thing in her hand.

Shaking yourself, you manage to tear your gaze away from her face and look down to see a compass in her gloved hands. Making an incredulous face, you raise an eyebrow at her, as she looks at you with a mixture of ruefulness and worry.

“Um, I think we might be lost,” Lena admits, and your eyebrow raises further, as you peer at her suspiciously. Lena had always been a prankster when you were kids, and this was just like her.

“Uh huh. Compass not working?” You ask, your tone expression much skepticism.

“It’s fine, but I don’t recognize any of this,” Lena says, gesturing around. She sounds genuinely worried now, and you feel your heart flicker with concern. “I think we went too far northwest.”

“Oh,” you say, unsure. You glance back the way you’d come, eyeing the trail you’d left behind. “We could backtrack. Where are we going, anyway?”

“I don’t want to spoil the surprise. Let’s just try it.” Lena says, and you follow her as she walks back down the way you’d just come. Every once in a while Lena looks down at the compass and makes a concerned noise, and you dutifully follow her along for a good fifteen minutes before you start to get very concerned. You’d taken a new path shortly after backtracking, and you’re starting to worry that Lena was truly lost. You glance around nervously; there’s maybe a half hour of sunlight left, and you feel a bit of fear creep into your chest. The thought of being stuck in the woods at night, in the cold and snow, is terrifying. You hurry to keep with Lena, about to ask her if maybe you should just go back for tonight, when she stops so abruptly that you walk into her from behind. Her arm is immediately there to steady you, and you stare at her, wondering what was happening.

“Look,” she says, pointing. “There’s a cabin there. We can ask them where we are.”

“Er, Lena, I- I don’t think...” you trail off, unable to coherently explain why the thought of knocking on the door of a random cabin in the woods is freaking you out.

“It’ll be fine, come on!” Lena reassures you, then grabs your hand and pulls you along. Sighing, you follow, remembering just how strong willed Lena is as she drags you along behind her.

As you approach, you see that the cabin is quite nice. There’s a lovely porch out front with a bench and a small wood stove, and the windows, frosted from the cold, glowing in many colours from holiday lights within. It didn’t seem like a murder cabin, at least, and you feel a little better about following Lena up the few steps towards the front door.

Instead of knocking, as you expected, Lena instead fishes in the pocket of her jacket and brings out a small ring of keys. You watch, your mouth falling slightly open, as she inserts a key into the lock and turns; you hear a click as it unlocks, and make a noise of disbelief. Lena turns to you, grinning, amusement glinting in her eyes.

“Got you,” she says, before pushing the door open. A rush of warm air, scented with cinnamon, cloves and other holiday smells washes over you, and you make a noise of indignation.

“This is your cabin?” you ask, your voice higher in protest. “I thought you were lost!! Unbelievable,” you grumble, as she laughs and gestures for you to come inside.

You step inside despite your indignation at being tricked, and feel yourself taking a deep breath. The cabin smells incredible, the spicy scents you’d detected before mingling with the smell of burning wood from the crackling fireplace nearby. The cottage is somewhat small but looks incredibly cozy, a couch and several chairs gathered around a coffee table by the fire, the furniture strewn with fluffy blankets. Lena gestures to the boot rack, so you slip your boots off and follow her down a hallway, sliding a little on the smooth wood floor in your socks.

“This place is adorable, Lena,” you say, indignation forgotten as you look around. “It’s so...” you pause, at a loss for words to describe how welcoming and warm the cabin felt. “so cozy.”

“I couldn’t resist buying it when I saw the photos online and realized how close it was to our tree,” Lena says, showing you the bathroom, her bedroom, another bedroom. You gape slightly as you realize your suitcase was sitting neatly in the corner of the room, and Lena chuckles as you look at her.

“I had it brought over. I thought we might want to stay here for a night or two,” she says, raising an eyebrow at you. You grin and nod, then reach out for an impromptu hug. Lena laughs and hugs you again, then leads you back to the porch area to store your jacket.

“I have another surprise,” Lena says, and you follow her wordlessly, wondering how many wonderful things she was going to surprise you with today as you trailed after her through the kitchen and to the back porch. You step outside as she gestures to do so, the cold from the wooden boards under your feet immediately sinking into your socks, but you gasp as you look around and spot what she’s pointing at.

“Ah! Hot tub!” you gasp, dancing on the spot, both from excitement and the cold under your feet. “Can we go in now?”

“Of course,” Lena agrees with a soft laugh. She leads you back to your room and disappears into hers, and you meet a few minutes later in your bathing suits. You admire her curves as she fishes a couple of pairs of flip-flops out of a nearby closet, watching her long black hair swishing around her shoulders as she moves.

You spend several hours in and out of the hot tub, chatting and spending a long time just catching up, sitting yourself up on the side of the tub whenever you got too hot, letting the cold air attack your skin for as long as you could stand it and then sinking back into the water again. The snow starts falling more heavily, and you move over to sit beside Lena, looking out into the trees as the snow falls around you, melting as the flakes hit the steam rising from the hot tub. You put your head on her shoulder after a while and she smiles, wordlessly moving her hand to gently stroke your thigh under the water.

After a long time, the two of you were getting a little too wrinkly and sleepy after the excitement of the day, so you hurry inside, giggling and shrieking softly as the cold air prickles your hot, wet skin. After getting changed, Lena makes you both steaming mugs of rich hot chocolate and you curl up by the fire with her, leaning against her side once more. Lena puts on a holiday movie, but half an hour in you can barely keep your eyes open.

“Here, lie on my lap,” Lena says, putting a soft cushion on her lap and patting it. Happy to obey, you pull your feet up onto the couch and lower your head onto her lap, squirming a little until you’re comfortable. Lena strokes your hair absently as she watches the movie and you spend the next hour fading in and out of blissful, light sleep, thrilled to not only be with Lena but be cuddling like this, lying in her lap. It’s more than you could ever have wished for, and when the movie ends, you’re disappointed, despite having slept through most of it, because you know the evening is over.

Ready for bed, you’re about to say goodnight to Lena and head to your room when she smiles at you and catches your hand.

“Y’know, you don’t have to sleep in your bed,” Lena says softly, threading her fingers through yours. You look up at her curiously, and she smiles again.

“I have a king sized bed, and it’s pretty lonely by myself. Care to join me?” You smile slowly as you realize what she means and you nod, squeezing her hand back. She leads you into her room and throws the covers back, and you get into bed, watching her as she changes into her pajamas (you’d already changed) and slides into the bed next to you.

“Come here,” she says, after turning out the light and settling down onto her back. She holds out an arm and you scoot closer, laying your head down on the crook of her shoulder, curling up along her side. She loops the arm under you around your back and shuffles closer until you’re snuggled up close. Lena falls asleep almost as soon as she’s comfortable, and you listen to her soft, even breaths as you begin to drift off, hardly daring to believe you’re tucked in close at her side, your joy slowly fading into wonderful dreams as you fall into a deeper sleep than you’ve had in years.

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the-goddamn-queen · 5 years

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Legendary Steadiest Feet

Pairing: McKirk x Reader

Warnings: suggestive content (butt touching)

A/N: For @musikat18‘s birthday challenge!

Word Count: 594

Prompt: Ice Rink

You stood a few feet off the rail trying to coax Leonard towards you. He was pretty annoyed when Jim insisted that the three of you try out Yorktown’s new ice-skating rink and only came along at the promise of Jim doing “that thing” he likes and you baking him a fresh peach pie (he was so sick of “that damn replicator crap”).

“Darlin’, I told you. I’m no good at this,” he insisted, “go on and skate with Jim.” Leonard nodded to where the captain was showing off by back skating circles in the middle of the rink.

You pushed off the toe that was holding you in place and glided over to rest your elbow next to Leonard. “I don’t think could keep up with him, to be honest.” You admired Jim for a moment before turning back to Leonard and offering your hand. “C’mon, I’ll hold your hand,” you teased.

He took your hand skeptically, and you gently pulled him off the wall. “Just slide your feet like this,” you said as you demonstrated. The two of you were slow going until Leonard managed to find a rhythm.

You managed to make halfway up the side of the rink when Jim skated over and took your other hand.

“Hey, sunshine,” he said leaning in to kiss your cheek, “moonlight,” he greeted Leonard as well reaching over to pinch his cheek, “glad you could join us.”

Len barely managed to suppress his smirk at the nickname and jerked his head away from Jim’s hand. As he did, it caused him to miss a step and stumble into you.

You reacted as quickly as you could, wrapping your arms around Leonard’s waist to steady him. His weight was more that you expected, though, and it caused you to buckle back as well.

It was Jim’s turn to catch you. He slipped his arms around your waist to steady you and inadvertently sandwiched you between him and Leonard. “C’mon Bones,” he huffed as he steadied the three of you, “what happened to those legendary steadiest feet of yours?”

“Hands, Jim,” Len corrected, grabbing onto you to keep himself upright. “Legendary steadiest hands. Not my damn feet.”

You huff out a laugh as you feel Leonard take advantage of the position by sliding his hands down to your rear.

“Somethin’ funny, darlin’?” he asked giving it a light squeeze that made you inhale sharply.

Jim leaned his head down to your ear. “You like the preview of where we’re gonna have you later?”

You flush and arch instinctively at Jim’s promises. After a moment you shake your head, remembering where you are. You gently nudge the boys off of you and smooth your skirt.

“You can show me later, boys,” you assert planting a quick kiss of each of their cheeks, “I’m a little busy at the moment.” You skate off, looking back just long enough to flash a wink and enjoy their flustered smirks.

Jim took off after you with Leonard stumbling behind him. He caught up to you quickly, but Len took a second longer and popped up huffing and hanging onto the rail. Jim grabbed your hand and tugged you towards the nearest gate.

“C’mon, I wanna get out of here. Now.”

“Please, sugar,” Len said grabbing onto Jim to steady himself, “I gotta get outta these damn skates,” he looked you up and down breathing heavy, “and you outta that skirt.”

You blush heavily and bite your lip. “Anything for my boys,” you say as they drag you off the ice.

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musikat18 · 6 years

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MusiKat’s Winter Wonderland Birthday Challenge!

Welcome to my 2018 birthday challenge! It may not be snowing for me this year, but as a winter baby, I thought it would be fun to make this year’s theme Winter Wonderland!

Check below the cut for rules, deadlines, and prompts!

Rules:

1. Select a prompt and a character to write a reader insert of any length you’d like. You can choose up to three prompts to use within a fic. There are both Winter Word and Winter Scene prompts, but limit yourself to three in total in combination from either of the lists.

2. More than one person can write the same character, but there will not be doubling up on prompts.

3. If your fic is going to be more than 300 words, please insert a read more, just as a common courtesy.

4. When you finish and post your fic, tag it with “winter wonderland birthday 2018″, make sure to tag me in it, and message me your fic as well. Tumblr can be quite janky on the letting-people-know-about-tags front, and I want to make sure I can see it!

5. All fics are due Tuesday, December 11th...my birthday! If you need an extension, please shoot me a message at least the day before.

6. Try to avoid smut or heavy angst. This is a lighthearted birthday challenge, so try to give it a happy ending. :)

Character List:

Star Trek

Jim Kirk (TOS/AOS)

Spock (TOS/AOS)

Leonard McCoy (TOS/AOS)

Montgomery “Scotty” Scott (TOS/AOS)

Nyota Uhura (TOS/AOS)

Pavel Chekov (TOS/AOS)

Hikaru Sulu (TOS/AOS)

Christine Chapel (TOS/AOS b/c listen there’s no reason for Chapel not to have an AOS counterpart just write her wherever the fuck you want she’s a queen)

Data (TNG)

Geordi LaForge (TNG)

Deanna Troi (TNG)

Beverly Crusher (TNG)

Worf (TNG)

Julian Bashir (DS9)

Garak (DS9)

Benjamin Sisko (DS9)

Jadzia Dax (DS9)

Kira Nerys (DS9)

Y’all like almost everyone is fair game. Everyone. Every Trek is fair game. Just. Save me the word count and know everyone is fair game.

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Tony Stark

Steve Rogers

Thor Odinson

Bruce Banner

Clint Barton

Natasha Romanoff

James Rhodes

Sam Wilson

Wanda Maximoff

Pietro Maximoff

Stephen Strange

Peter Parker

Peter Quill

Gamora

Drax

Scott Lang

Hope Van Dyne

Loki Laufeyson

T’Challa

Shuri

Okoye

Brunnhilde (Valkyrie)

Nakia

M’Baku

Vision

Logan/Wolverine

Jean Grey

Ororo Munroe/Storm

Scott Summers/Cyclops

Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler

Peter Maximoff/Quicksilver

Raven/Mystique

Professor Charles Xavier

Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto

Wade Wilson/Deadpool

Y’all get it

DC Extended Universe

Clark Kent/Superman

Bruce Wayne/Batman

Diana Prince/Wonder Woman

Arthur Curry/Aquaman

Barry Allen/The Flash (stick to Ezra Miller, maybe? I...I kind of like him more than Grant Gustin….)

Victor Stone/Cyborg

Harleen Quinzel/Harley Quinn

DCTV

Sara Lance/White Canary

Ray Palmer/The Atom

Mick Rory/Heatwave

Zari Tomaz

Amaya Jiwe/Vixen

Leonard Snart/Captain Cold/Citizen Cold

John Constantine

Ava Sharpe

Nate Heywood

Kara Danvers/Supergirl

Alex Danvers

Lena Luthor

James Olsen

Winn Schott

Anissa Pierce

Jennifer Pierce

Grace Choi

Star Wars

Luke Skywalker

Han Solo

Leia Organa

Lando Calrissian

Anakin Skywalker

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Padme Amidala

Ahsoka Tano

Jyn Erso

Cassian Andor

Bodhi Rook

Rey

Finn

Poe Dameron

Kylo Ren

General Hux

Captain Phasma

Rose Tico

Urban Boys

Danny Gallagher

John Kennex

John “Reaper” Grimm

Eomer

Gavin Magary

Black Hat/Vascar

Siberius Vaako

Vincent Stevens

Harry Ballard

Cupid

William Cooper

Skurge (I put him here and not under Marvel even though Bones is under Star Trek b/c let’s be real Marvel did about shit for his character in the movies)

Pine Boys

Nicholas Deveraux

Jake Hardin

Will Colson

Franklin “FDR” Foster

Jack Frost (because fuck why not voice acting counts)

Jack Ryan

Cinderella’s Prince

Toby Howard

Steve Trevor (it’s a two-pic deal my dudes I’m not counting on him coming back after 84 so let’s put him here)

Dr. Alexander Murry

Rex Hanson

CONGRATULATIONS YOU SURVIVED THE CHARACTERS LIST

Good god was that long...

Anyway.

Prompts:

Winter Word

Blanket

Blizzard-- @queenmismatched

Boots

Coat

Cough-- @bookcaseninja

Dogsled

Draft

Earmuffs-- @musicmandy1991

Evergreen

Flannel

Frostbite

Gingerbread

Gloves

Heater

Hypothermia

Ice Skates

Icicle-- @yallneedtrek

Jacket

Log-- @hellomissmabel

Melt

Mittens

Pine Cone

Polar

Quilt-- @bookcaseninja

Reindeer

Scarf-- @sebastianstanfavpita

Snow

Thermometer-- @outside-the-government

Wind Chill

Wool

Winter Scene

Holiday Party

Gift Exchange-- @kjs-s

Family Dinner-- @skosmo

Ice Rink-- @the-goddamn-queen

Shopping Plaza

Café

Airport-- @sebastianstanfavpita

Walk in the Park-- @musicmandy1991

Hotel

Parent’s/Friend’s Home--- @sebastianstanfavpita

Gift Shop

Kitchen

Concert Hall

Neighborhood Street

Cabin-- @outside-the-government

Train-- @hellomissmabel

Snowy Hill

Ski Lodge-- @queenmismatched

Snowy Woods-- @starshiphufflebadger

Sleigh Ride

#musikat speaks #winter wonderland birthday 2018 #challenge announcement

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kjs-s · 5 years

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A useful gift

Fandom Almost human

Pairing John Kennex x reader

Prompt Gift exchange

Summary John and the reader exchange Christmas gifts early but he didn’t get what he hoped for at first

Word Count: 901

Warnings: none

A/N: This is my entry for @musikat18‘s Winter Wonderland birthday Challenge. I hope it’s ok I used your birthday as the reader’s. Hope you like it.

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John was surprised you had asked him to exchange gifts so early this year. Normally you would get together on Christmas Eve and have a candlelight dinner at his house. He wasn’t suspicious about your enthusiasm to decorate the house and the tree so early. You were always excited about Christmas and that was one of the things he adored about you.

All the lights, the stockings, and the wreath have been up as soon as December started. John had argued a little about the amount of decoration, yet you and Dorian weren’t going to back down. Also, there was no way anyone could say no to you so close to your birthday. Especially while instead of a traditional birthday party you two spent the day setting up the tree, making cookies and playing snowball fight. It was the perfect day and John couldn’t think anything would top that.

‘’I wanted to ask you something all day (Y/N). It’s not that I don’t like having dinner with you but, you do know it’s December 16, right? We have plenty of time for the gift exchange.’’ He was concerned you might not like the gift he got you because he hadn’t put so much thought into it. You had taken him a little off guard with your suggestion and he had little time to browse the stores.

‘’I know darling, but when I made some arrangement for your gift, I realized I couldn’t give it to you on Christmas Eve. I am sorry if I didn’t give you enough time to think about what to get me. You know I will love it no matter what.’’

‘’I do know that. I have spent most of my free time coming up with ideas to put on the gift basket I gave you as a birthday gift earlier today. I adored your expression when you saw the teddy bear that I need to see it again with every gift.’’ He came next to you, leaned in and gave you a kiss.

The dinner went on smoothly with John calculating how many days you had off from work. You tried hard to not show him that you had already thought of it while picking up his gift. Christmas Day was on a Tuesday this year and John was happy you would have four days on your own. However, you had asked for Wednesday off too for both of you so you can properly celebrate.

When it was time for the gift exchange you sat comfortably on the couch under a fluffy blanket. He was clearly nervous so you let him give yours first.

‘’I hope you like it. Like you already guessed I didn’t have much time, still, I saw it in a shop and I thought it would suit you.’’ You unwrapped it to find a gorgeous Victorian inspired black coat. You instantly adored the hook closures and started thinking about where you can wear it.

‘’It’s beautiful John. Thank you so much. You didn’t have to be nervous you already know my style and what can make me happy. Well, to be honest, anything from you can bring a smile to my face. Here’s mine.’’

You looked at him with wide eyes waiting for his reaction. You tried hard not to laugh at the first gift you had for him. He opened the box to find a bottle of olive oil.

‘’Thank you? I mean what is it for?’’ He asked you while searching the box to check if he missed something.

‘’It’s olive oil John, you know for your leg. Dorian mentioned it could help you when your leg makes any noise or doesn’t work properly, so I thought you might need it.’’ You were mentally patting yourself on the shoulder for keeping a straight face while saying that sentence.

‘’I can’t believe he told you that. This is embarrassing but thank you for it. I will go put it in the cupboard.’’

‘’John while you do that can you pick up an envelope that is in there? But please don’t open it just yet.’’

He did as you asked and handled you the envelope. Which you declined and prompted him to open.

‘’Did you really think I would have just given you olive oil as a Christmas present?’’ He took out two plane tickets and a receipt for a hotel reservation on a ski resort.

‘’You had mentioned wanting to go on a vacation and I thought why not take the opportunity this year. We can go skiing, even if I don’t have any experience yet I'm sure you can show me how. Also, we can drink hot chocolate and cuddle in front of the fireplace. I saw pictures and this place is dreamy.’' You had a huge smile on your face.

‘’This is awesome, but you didn’t need to get to all that trouble.’’ John was feeling blessed he had a girlfriend like you.

‘’It was worth it. You had done so many nice gestures for me and it’s time I do something in return. We are leaving on Friday after work and I arrange to have Wednesday off so we will return then. Make sure to pack warm clothes.’’ You put the tickets on the coffee table so you won’t lose them and you two spent the rest of the evening cuddling on the sofa talking about your trip.

#winter wonderland birthday 2018 #john kennex x reader #almost human #my writing

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skosmo · 5 years

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MusiKat’s Winter Wonderland Birthday Challenge 2018: Family Dinner

Happy birthday @musikat18!

Warm lights across the tree, the table, and pretty much everywhere there was spare room in the tiny apartment, the soft music Peter had played, setting the mood for the dinner you two were hosting for your nearest and dearest and… the smell of burnt pork.

Putting the final touches to your outfit, putting your earrings in and swiping lipstick across your lips, you walked through to your kitchen, kissing your boyfriend on the cheek before opening all the windows and hearing a knock on the door

“Babe, can you get the door?” Peter called out again from the kitchen as he wrestled with the smoke, and making your way through the smog, you got to your front door and opened it to find your parents, Ned, MJ and May. Among the choruses of hellos and hugs, Peter managed to put the pork down. His face was contorted into an uncomfortable grimace as he finished laying the table.

“You okay pretty boy?” you whispered to him as you sat down, helping yourself to food.

He nodded quickly, not quite meeting your eyes as he began a conversation with your father.

You frowned as MJ met your eye, giving you a secretive smile

Apart from Peter’s odd behaviour, dinner went well. The burnt pork wasn’t disastrous, and conversation flowed easily between your family and friends. The apple pie you had spent your whole morning on was perfect, and everything was good.

And then, all of a sudden, Peter was holding your hand and everyone was looking at you and smiling and Peter was beaming up at you.

And he was on one knee. Holding a box.

“Y/N,” he began, stroking his thumb across your knuckles, “I adore you. I’ve loved you since we were 16 and you are the best thing to ever happen to me. You pick me up when I’m down, stitch me up when I’m injured, love me unconditionally, make me laugh. You’re so ridiculously intelligent, so kind and compassionate and so beautiful.” He paused for a second, gulped and rubbed his eyes with the back of his hand. “Sorry,” he smiled up at you. “I just love you so much. Make me the happiest man ever angel, marry me Y/N?”

You burst into tears, nodding enthusiastically and then he was putting the ring on your finger and enveloping you in his arms, kissing you through both of your tears. Your family and his family and your friends were all on top of you, hugging you at once.

Everything was good, and perfect, and happy and the Christmas music was still playing in the background.

#winter wonderland birthday 2018 #peter parker #fanfic #fanfiction #marvel fanfic #marvel fanfiction

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inkabelledesigns · 2 years

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Hey so I'm just gonna cry about dolls for a minute if that's cool.

Every month or so, I reorganize my shelf to fit a different theme or rotate the collection. I have a lot of dolls that I love for different reasons, and they all deserve some time to shine. This month is my birthday month (29th is my day), so I decided, the heck with it, let's put as many of our current favorites as possible on there! So a lot of dolls I wouldn't normally display together are present. It's so colorful and cheerful, every time I look at it I smile. You'll notice a lot of them are incomplete or missing pieces. Since I get most of my dolls secondhand, they don't always have them, and that's okay. I don't need my dolls to be complete to love them. I'm just gonna ramble about some of what makes them special under the cut.

For all unaware, I didn't start collecting dolls like this until close to the end of college in 2018. My first two are Meeshell Mermaid from EAH and Peri & Pearl from MH. I'm dazzled by mermaids, and these three hold a special place in my heart as my first.

Finnegan Wake in the wheelchair there also fits with the merfolk fantasy theme, though I also have him there as a supportive doll with Jacy Masters. I'm on spectrum and a plus sized gal, and these two are a reminder that I'm still awesome, even with those things going on. Finn's character is all about living life to the fullest and using all of himself to have a good time, and Jacy is daring and fabulous all day everyday. They help me feel better about overcoming my obstacles and just being myself.

Gooliope and Freak Du Chic Frankie are here because I love Freak Du Chic (circus aesthetic for the WIN), and I pair them with Luna Mothews because they all fall into the performance category. Having been a theater kid (though always on crew, never on stage) and a voice actor, I love performing and storytelling, and the story these dolls tell in their respective medias is so fun. LOVE Luna's arc in Boo York. Way Too Wonderland Lizzie is similar, love her story, and frankly the outlandish look of that line makes it one of my favorites.

Zombie Shake Rochelle and Venus are a very odd pick, but hear me out. I am endlessly amused by dolls that are made based on a short or silly webisode (hence my love for the Sugarcoated EAH dolls), but these take the cake. Zombie Shake is such a bizarre thing to make dolls for. Four of them exist, they were all characters that had no reason to have new looks, barely showed up, but honestly, that's why I like them. They're FUN and indulgent! I remember when I got them in the most fun lot story I've ever gotten to tell, January of 2020, I don't often talk about how I couldn't identify Rochelle at first. It took my former roommate telling me which one she was for me to know this like existed. I thought her cracks were super interesting, and it's why I've kept her as-is.

Rainbow High has a lot of pretty dolls, and Stella Monroe might be up there if she had neck articulation. But for now, we have my current loves, Daphne and Daria of series 3, and Winter Break Violet, who is so my aesthetic, but oof am I not happy with the marks on her face. You can't see them in this lighting, but there's this residue in squiggly lines, almost like her hair gel stained her face, and soap and water hasn't taken it off. I may have to give her a face-up. The number of defects my RH girls have had is kind of frustrating, I refuse to buy them unless it's clearance currently, which still isn't totally reasonable price-wise, but hey, whatcha gonna do? Hoping to do a custom at some point, if I can work up the bravery to tackle them.

And lastly, my customs. Belphene is here because I haven't given her quite enough love (she's steadily been getting posted to my Instagram). Amaryllis is still very near and dear to my heart, love my dona de fuera very much. She's one of my few dolls with a sad face, and I really need to try another. Gail and Delilah have been inseparable since I made Gail, I'm beginning to think they may have a thing for each other. Maiden of Spring falling in love with the sweetheart fairy? Oh that could be cute, but that means some playing around later with Valentina, who was intended to be with Delilah, hmm. I really need to make another fairy, I wanna do better with those wings! And of course Sammy is there, you really think I can put down my love of BATIM? Haha, nope! The searcher Funko pop is also here because Jack. I don't know if I can make a Jack doll, so we're sticking with him for the time being!

I’ve been a little burnt out on doll making for a while here, so since finishing my last two in January, I’ve been on a break. Dunno when I’ll get off of it, still kind of stuck, but hey, it’s okay. I do still have dolls to show (hopefully tomorrow since it’s a certain boy’s anniversary~), but for now, I’m just really glad to have my display up. I know it’s a silly small thing, but my dolls make me very happy, and it’s so colorful and cheerful that I smile every time I look at them. <3

#dolls #doll collection #doll display #doll customs

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fyjjong · 4 years

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given that your friendly neighborhood admin is about to go on state ~sheltering in place~ for two weeks (and likely doesn't have a job again until may), i'm finally going to start uploading content from the folder that i have for jjong on my desktop. this is something that i haven't really done since mid-2018 and i have a LOT to work with so i'd like to get your opinions on what you'd like to see, especially with his birthday coming up very soon.

i’m going to list off everything that i have in slight, but not everything in general (given that i have 3,000+ folders in total). if you see anything that you want to see uploaded you can either respond with general requests (ex: photoshoots, replay era events, etc.) or get more specific (ex: she is scans, star golden bell screencaptures, etc.). with fantaken photos, just specify on the era that you want to see pictures from (ex: replay, sherlock, etc.).

album scans: the shinee world, amigo, romeo, shinee world (concert album), sherlock, dazzling girl, 1000 years, misconceptions of us, lucky star, i'm your boy, base, she is, story op. 2, poet | artist.

concert related: shinee world 2012 merchandise scans, shinee world v merchandise scans, smtown live world tour iii merchandise scans, the letter merchandise scans, x-inspiration merchandise scans (+ official photos).

endorsements: clride.n, etude, maypole, mexicana chicken, nana b's, reebok, s.mart, the saem.

photoshoots: replay / the shinee world / amigo era, juliette era, ring ding dong era, lucifer / hello era, japanese debut era, dazzling girl / 1000 years era, sherlock era, misconceptions era, everybody era, base era, story op. 1 era, she is era, 1of1 / 1and1 era, story op. 2 era.

photobooks / special magazines: day & night scans, one fine day photobook scans, seek scans (i'll sacrifice myself to upload these if i have to).

screencaptures: 1000 years bts, dream girl bts, replay (japanese ver.) bts, sherlock bts / star golden bell (2009), weekly idol (2013) / various fancams (2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017).

variety: hello baby (official photos), kbs world date (official photos), yunhanam (official photos).

other: blue night radio (official photos), inkigayo (official photos - from 2008 / 2009), official board photos (from 2008), predebut photos, season's greetings scans (2012 and 2018), selfies (me2day and ufo, older official selfies, twitter selfies from 2012 - 2013).

videos: replay / the shinee world / amigo bts and press juliette era bts and press, ring ding dong era bts and press / 2008 cfs / photoshoot bts (2008, 2011, 2012, 2013) / starcall messages / yunhanam bts / various fancams.

fantaken pictures (aka date related. i have each year sorted into a folder with subfolders for events, and then subfolders within those events for fansites that attended and shared pictures. it’d take too long to list everything off so i’m going to go by era.)

replay era (may 2008 - august 2008) shinee world / amigo era (august 2008 - may 2009) romeo era (may 2008 - october 2009) ring ding dong era (october 2009 - july 2010) lucifer / hello era (july 2010 - june 2011) japanese debut era (june 2011 - march 2012) sherlock era (march 2012 - october 2012) dazzling girl / 1000 years era (october 2012 - february 2013) misconceptions era (february 2013 - june 2013) boys meet u era (june 2013 - october 2013) everybody era (october 2013 - december 2013) 321 / lucky star era (december 2013 - september 2014) i'm your boy era (september 2014 - december 2014) base era (january 2015 - march 2015) your number era (march 2015 - may 2015) odd era / married to the music era (may 2015 - september 2015) story op. 1 era (september 2015 - october 2015) sing your song / d×d×d / knsd era (october 2015 - may 2016) she is era (may 2016 - october 2016) 1of1 / 1and1 era (october 2016 - december 2016) winter wonderland / five era (december 2016 - april 2017) story op. 2 era (may 2017 - )

go wild and stay safe and healthy!

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slaminthebackofmy · 3 years

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i’m gonna put my playlist on shuffle and write what the songs remind me of while i listen to them, no one asked and no one cares but i’ve had so much caffeine and sugar today that there is no way in fresh hell i am going to bed anytime soon,

this is unnecessarily long, i’m just terrified of losing memories and i need these written down

deadroses - blackbear - september 2019 when i was getting ready for school. i used a rose cleansing water and the smell of it reminds me of this song, it was super warm and i had just come back from vacation in bulgaria with my family. used to watch the sunset with this song pretending i’m the main character. one time we went to a supermarket on the outskirts of town with this blasting in the car

anxiety - blackbear - almost the same as the previous one, october 2019 when i got led lights under my bed and i was just calming down from 4 months of paranoia and sleepless nights

one for the road - arctic monkeys - weird mood in december when all i would listen to was arctic monkeys and the nbhd, spent most nights on the dining room table blasting these just quiet enough to not wake my parents upstairs, my neighbours probably wished murder was legal

miroh - skz - miroh came out about a month after i found skz so i was still new to their music and the day it came out i was kinda sick and staying home from school so i got to enjoy the full thing in peace, i spent the next few days watching finding skz and then i blasted this throughout april which was a weird and rough month oh and also i started that other writing blog

often - the weeknd - i used to blast this in the 8th grade while i played that one paper airplane flash game before i discovered the magic of headphones fkgslkjgn

sweater weather - so many memories attached to this pretty bitch, finding it first through a sam and colby vine, walking home in the 6th grade from the dentist at night, standing on my balcony and watching super strong winds bring in very dark storm clouds almost completely covering the light from the sky above, except for one small window of light, last december

fantasy - dye - i found this i think last summer but it reminds me of my childhood and watching samurai jack for some reason

rumors - neffex - i accidentally clicked on a lyric video for this while i was staring at the moon one evening and the sky in the background picture of the video was exactly the same as the sky i was looking at and it just reminded me of a mid 2000′s teenagers room in my town, like older boys i used to have baby crushes on as a kid would have a room like that, gray walls, wooden desk with a computer and a bed with gray sheets with a window right above it and moonlight shining in, a red electrig guitar mounted on the wall and a skateboard leaned against the wall

arabella - arctic monkeys - i listened to an hour loop of this for a week straight non stop in december, i specifically remember dec 21st and wrote a lot on here

do i wanna know - arctic monkeys - there’s a few with this one, firsty it’s finding this song in the 9th grade when i was going to a youth club and i started listening to it because a girl from france that was there that i had a crush on liked it, secondly, finding bts in 2018 and listening to this while staring at the stars in a black tshirt, flannel and jeans with converse(yes i was that kid) and feeling the very moist air hit the back of my neck after we just got back from someone’s house that was selling clothes from home.

i miss the old u - blackbear - a lot of these are on my balcony because i love the sky lol but this one is too and just standing on my balcony in autumn 2019 after i got back from school just to watch the sky melt into a coral pink and orange

how you like that - blackpink - summer 2020, all i did was learn to play the ukulele and struggle with an issue i don’t wanna mention, the entire summer, with this playing in the background, i got my new laptop so i blasted this on there instead of my phone like most of the others on this list, also worked out to this song a lot

fly away - thefatrat - playing transformice in 2017 for HOURS and talking to dodgy people on there

dirty laundry - blackbear - you guessed it, getting ready for school in 2019, same as most other blackbear songs

god’s menu - skz - this came out the day after i got my laptop and the day that i got my ukulele, i remember watching the online concert while i waited for my mum to come home and bring me the uke, i watched it in my room in the dark and i literally had way more fun that i probably should have but they were so hyped up it was lovely

chateau - blackbear - autumn 2019 on my balcony watching the sunset

wonderland - caravan palace - similar to how you like that, listened to this all of summer 2020 while i was struggling with that issue, i used to pace around the second floor of my apartment with this song on and strut to the beat

feel special - twice - just when school started in 2019, i watched every studio ghibli movie that summer so i associate this song with those, i used to get ready for school with this blasting, and i remember dreaming about sana sitting in the rain a few times

pumped up kicks - going home from bulgaria in 2017 and getting stuck with no gas or cash in a little border town, we got there super late and most money exchanges were already closed so we had to get money from someone’s basement:) also summer 2020 when i learned to play this on the uke and it’s super easy and still my favourite one to play

why’d you only call me when you’re high - march 2018, i was making sugar cookies with leftover frozen dough from the last time i had made them, and while they were in the oven i went out on the balcony just to stare at the stars on the west

wow - danceracha - january, gameshow, that’s all i’m gonna say, i’ve been skipping through the songs once i wrote what i had to say but i’m gonna have to let this absolute bop play through, it’s the gay in me, why is this song so good what the FUCK

faggot - msi - reminds me of my childhood for some reason i think it was played a lot in some places, reminds me specifically of when i would walk home with my mum and see people sitting in an internet cafe we passed everynight that had neon signs inside

chronosaurus - april 2019, lee know saying tick tock tick tock getting closer was stuck in my head, almost got youtube premium just to be able to download that music video, may 2019, went on a school trip and listened to this on the days leading up to it, currently waiting for lee knows tick tock tick tock getting closer to play omfg why does he say it so well sjflkfj

505 - arctic monkeys - autumn - winter 2020, just sat in my dining room playing this and staring off into space

victory song - skz - LISTEN TO THIS 승전가, jisung and chan lifting their shirts lived rent free in my mind for a few months after this came out

cherry - itzy - summer 2020, issues and dancing a lot

get cool - skz - just got into them, feb 2019, used to listen to this when i was trying to learn their names🥺

hayloft - mother mother - oooohh a recent one, late january 2021, fell in love with a tiktok girl and decided to get my life together, played geoguessr with this on loop

love scenario - ikon - may 2018 when i was just really starting to get into kpop, this was one of the first non bts songs that i loved, i used to listen to it while reading wattpad lol

snap out of it - jan 2021, gameshow, reminds me of felix for some reason

hot girl bummer - late summer 2019, crying at night because of anxiety and pretending i was okie dokey during the day

daddy issues - the nbhd - may 7th 2018, super stormy outside, it was my younger cousins birthday, i spent the day in this one oversized shirt with donald duck printed all over it pretending i was talking to my crush at the time and staring at the rain clouds

be with you - cadmium - summer 2020, pacing around my apartment and those issues and finding this song through a video about those issues, i can’t find the channel anymore:(

reckless healy - january 2020, i was doing eyeliner all the time and just vibing, i had my doggie and all i did was scroll through tiktok and listen to music

ghost - confetti - november 2020, pretending i was the main character while singing this through my entire apartment

knee socks - arctic monkeys - same exact thing as arabella

goodnight i’ve been writing for so long and i’m finally tired

#for me #u can see my sparkle dying out as i continued the songs lol

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acoolchickouthere13 · 4 years

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Lorde’s birthday Nov. 7, 2016

November 8, 2016 Trump wins presidential election

💖Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince💖 ? (swift, Joel little)-it was said to be written january 2019...but it makes more sense to me to be written when Trump won the election November 9, 2016(“my team is losing”)...or midterm elections November 6, 2018. Unless it’s more about homophobia, which is what I think personally. I think the high school metaphor connects it to Glee, but that could be a reach. Plus Miss Americana could allude to when she was dating Conor Kennedy. Putting this here feels more like a reach to me but I might move it later. It could also be a letter to the fans and she could be MA AND the heartbreak prince, like a duality piece? “Lights(new romantics, welcome to New York)”, “rose thorns(CIWYW, blank space, wonderland Taymoji)” “run away with you(CIWYW, late November 2016)” “storm is coming”(Clean, CIWYW, Cornelia), “head hung”(cruel summer, clean), “bad girl”(I Did Something Bad, So It Goes…)

Windows flung open”-Cornelia st., “now the storm is coming”-MAATHP, “look through the windows of this love even though we boarded them up”-death by a thousand cuts, “windows boarded up after the storm”-CIWYW, “daylight”

the end of Cornelia st. Has storm sounds like “the storm is coming”(MAATHP)

“Livin’ in winter I am your summer”(ME!)-“sunshine”=Karlie in winter 2016

“Windows boarded up after the storm. He built a fire just to keep me warm”(CIWYWT)

November 12, 2016 , a month later, Taylor goes to Joe’s movie screening

SOCIAL MEDIA BLACKOUT (FOR A YEAR) November 2016. Social media blackout for a year. Taylor swift says in the Miss Americana she’s “sad that [she] didn’t [publicly outright support democrats] two years ago”(November 2016) and was in “such a horrendous place she wasn’t gonna pop her head out of the sand for anything.”

“He built a fire just to keep me warm”

🖤I Did Something Bad🖤 ? (swift, Martin, shellback)-some point between Nov. 13-19, 2016. I believe this song was either about making a pop album(1989), her label, or counter suing, or getting shit for hiddleswift so suddenly, or Kim’s snapchats of the phone call, or the 2016 election, or just isolating herself (“Do” vs. “Did”? [LWYMMD]). Original lyrics: “if you’ve been on my case for a long time…” the first verse makes me think of Swiftgron

Taylor swift says in the Miss Americana she’s “sad that [she] didn’t [publicly outright support democrats] two years ago”(November 2016) and was in “such a horrendous place she wasn’t gonna pop her head out of the sand for anything.”

#accohtimeline #taylor swift #taylorswift #ts #taylor #swift #kaylor #accoh timeline #gaylor #gaylor swift #idsb #i did something bad #ididsomethingbad #rep #reputation #maathp #miss americana and the heartbreak prince

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merrycri-sis · 4 years

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the ultimate tag

@thegirlthatsdancingintherain tagged me ùxú

— personal

name: le-mig

nickname: lele, xiaolele, boyce-kun, thud, mum

birthday: 2 october

zodiac: libra

nationality: australian

languages: english and chinese (cantonese and mandarin)

gender: non-binary

sexuality: pan

height: 152cm/5'0

— blog stuff

inspiration or muse: uuhhhhh,, i just reblog stuff that i find funny or is useful (???) to myself or others,, one day im gonna use this blog to promote my music skills tho ((i wanna))

meaning behind my url: i wanted something funny and remembered a screenshot of a post about having an ongoing crisis instead of a mid-life crisis,, coz it's funny

blog established: 2018

followers: 63

— favs

favourite animals: cats!!

favourite books: uhh,, i currently am in a reader's block but a book i enjoyed was: flowers in the attic

favourite colour: black

favourite fictional characters: idk

favourite flower: never thought about it

favourite scent: books, wood work

favourite season: winter

— random

average hours of sleep: 6/7 hours

cats or dogs: cats!! fear of dogs tingz

coffee, tea or hot chocolate: hot chocolate

current time: 9:42pm

dream trip: i get air sick and sea sick so dont really know,, but i wanna go to europe one day!!

dream job: a producer,, if not a teacher

hobbies: making dum shit, knitting, crocheting, singing, other arts related stuff

hogwarts house: i took the test three different times and got ravenclaw, slytherin, and gryffindor in that order,, so idk

last movie watched: Jumanji or Parasite

last song listened to: icy by itzy

number of blankets you sleep with: varys season to season,, but;; one blanket (doona) in summer most of the time,, and three blankets (one thin fluffy and two doonas) in winter

random fact(s): no one told me im slightly short sighted until after ive been wearing glassess for four years;; i play three instruments

tagging: @igenll @fandomshavecollided @remtaeil @yueliangs-wonderland and n e one that wants to do this,, say that i tagged u

#wow i had to think for once #internet games

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musikat18 · 6 years

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HI could i please have gift exchange with John Kennex? Thank you

Absolutely!

(Winter Wonderland Challenge!)

#musikat speaks #ask musikat #ask me anything #winter wonderland birthday 2018

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hawksonfire · 4 years

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2019: Year In Review

Seeing as how this is the first year that I’ve really written a lot (or anything at all), I thought I’d try out this ‘year in review’ thing.

This year was the first year (ever) that I’d really put my words out into the world. I was honestly terrified to post my first work on Ao3 - what if no one liked it? What if I got hate for it? And worst of all, what if it was terrible?

I’m glad to say that none of that even came close to happening. I’m so lucky to have fumbled my way into the Marvel fandom, specifically the Winterhawk portion of it, because it’s just such a welcoming place. Everyone I’ve met has been so welcoming and uplifting, and I can honestly say that there are a few people (everyone) that come to mind who I hope will be with me for years to come.

Back to fic - At the beginning of this year, I had one fic on Ao3 - a 2018 Kinktober fic. At this very moment, I have 100+ fics with over 380k words between them. I’ve written fic for people, gotten fic from people, and posted stuff just for the hell of it. 2019 was a good year for my wording progress, and I can only hope that 2020 beats it.

Accomplishments under the cut! :)

Stats

Word Count: 380,035

Fic Count: 130

Fics

Captain Cockblock - a Winterhawk fic in which Steve is constantly cockblocking Bucky and Clint. It was the very first thing I posted in 2019, and I can genuinely say that I was terrified.

Revenge Against Captain Cockblock - the sequel to Captain Cockblock, in which Clint and Bucky (and Sam) get revenge on Steve for the way he kept cockblocking them. First sequel!! I was excited about this one.

Aggressively Progressive - a Stucky fic where Steve tells the press (and other assorted people) exactly what he thinks about the not vaccinating your children (among other things).

How It Should Have Gone - This fic. God, this fic. This was really the first multi-chapter long fic that I had attempted, and I had no idea how it was going to be accepted. It’s set before, during, and after the first Avengers, and in it, Steve attends university, falls in love with Clint and Natasha, and saves the world. It’s canon-adjacent, and I swear this is probably the fic I am most proud of to date.

Steve Rogers: Unapologetic Slut - A 5+1 fic I did as part of the BDBD slutty!Steve challenge. It was definitely a ton of fun to write and as a bonus, it introduced me to the 5+1 trope which I can now say is a favourite of mine.

there is a house in new orleans (they call the rising sun) - A birthday fic for the amazing @kangofu-cb (even though it was late) because she deserves all the nice things, dammit.

i need something to believe in (throw my hands up to the ceiling) - I realized one day, that my best bro @flowerparrish has literally written so much fic for me (check out zir Ameriwinterhawk series, aka, the ‘pornathon verse’ and this Amerihawk sex pollen fic) and yet, somehow, I had not written zir a single thing? This could not stand. So I made my amazing friend choose a whole bunch of prompts from a list, then slammed together a bunch of them into one 68-chapter long fic to be updated as needed.

Events

MCU Kink Bingo Round 3 - Somehow, I am unsurprised that the very first event I joined this year was a kink bingo. A series of 16 works of various ships and kinks.

Clint Barton Bingo - Clint has always been one of my favourite Marvel characters, so as soon as I saw that this bingo was accepting sign-ups, I had to do it. And I did! It resulted in 19 works from the first round (and more to come from the second round) with Clint being paired with various Marvel characters (but mostly Bucky).

Mandatory Fun Day - At this point in the year, I was fully inside the Winterhawk dumpster. The lovely mods over at @mandatoryfunday provide weekly prompts for us Winterhawklings to enjoy, and although I haven’t made a fill for this in a while, I definitely enjoyed the ones I did make and hope to make more in 2020.

Star Spangled Bingo - Yes, another bingo. I think this was my third one, but there were plenty more to come. I had a lot of fun participating in this one!

Bucky Barnes Bingo - Bucky, next to Clint, is another favourite character of mine, and I am so glad that the mods over at @buckybarnesbingo decided to do a second round in 2020. They can count on my sign-up, for sure.

Stucky Bingo - While it’s only got one fic so far, I’m definitely planning on writing more for it. XD

Captain America Reverse Big Bang: A Tail of Two Idiots - This!! This was my first RBB and I was incredibly lucky to be paired with the amazing @astaraiches-oisinn. She created some gorgeous art of Steve and Bucky at a dog park, and somehow I managed to write nearly 31.5k and post it on time! But I could not have done it without her, love you bb <333333

Winterhawk Reverse Big Bang: Main Attraction - holy fuck, y’all. I’d been a massive fan of @kangofu-cb and her words and art for a while at this point, and when I found out that we’d been paired together for the RBB? I’m pretty sure my screech broke windows. She was an absolute joy to work with and I’m glad to say that we’re now friends (we’re friends, right CB? Please let me have this) and she brightens up my day whenever I talk to her.

MCU Rarepairs Bingo - Again, there’s only one fic here but I’ve definitely got some fics planned for it.

Winterhawk Bingo - Alright, look. While I am well aware that I join too many events (no one can stop me) I am also aware that I like to run things. Thus, Winterhawk Bingo was born. It’s been a joy to run and a joy to participate in, and I’ve made even more friends for me to love with this event.

Kinktober 2019 - This was my second year in a row doing Kinktober, but I had way more fun this year because I opened up the prompt list to a bunch of my friends and followers and offered to write them a kink of their choice (or five). Definitely going to be doing it again that way in 2020.

Marvel Bingo: oh, the good ol’ days - This series is absolutely one of my all-time favourite things that I have ever written. It starts off with Clint/Steve, but as the stories progress, Bucky joins the squad for eventual Steve/Bucky/Clint, or my all-time OT3: Ameriwinterhawk. This series has 24 planned fics, with 20 so far completed. I was aiming to blackout my Marvel Bingo card, so let’s see if we can’t hit that goal, shall we?

Winterhawk Wonderland: noticeable - Hawkie’s first gift exchange! I had a super great time participating in this event (run by the lovely mods over at @winterhawkwonderland) and I can’t wait to do it again next year (if they choose to run it again)!

Marvel Trumps Hate - I signed up for my first charity auction! Look forward to those fics in 2020!

Marvel Reverse Big Bang - Technically, posting is in 2020, but the majority of this event took place in 2019, so I’m counting it.

Fics for Events (that I’m particularly proud of)

Lime Blossoms - While technically a fill for Bucky Barnes Bingo, Clint Barton Bingo, MCU Kink Bingo, and Star Spangled Bingo, this fic holds a special place in my heart. It’s very soft, and it also happens to be the fic that I jammed four different bingo squares into.

Whatever You Want - A fill for the Soulbond square of my Bucky Barnes Bingo card. Winterhawk, of course, but with a twist. Clint has two soulmarks, and they end up being Bucky and the Winter Soldier.

Safe - This fic holds is very special to me because in it, Clint is asexual. He has a crush on Bucky but doesn’t know how to go about doing something about it while making his boundaries clear. As an ace person myself who hasn’t always had the best luck with that, this fic was basically me holding up a flashing neon sign going “THIS! THIS IS WHAT I WANT!”

Flags - Another ace fic, but this time with ace!Bucky! Clint helps him as Bucky tries to figure stuff out. It’s basically pure, self-indulgent fluff.

All Bark, All Bite - Ah, yes. Werewolf!Clint and Vampire!Bucky. This is absolutely what kickstarted my obsession with supernatural AU’s, no doubt about it.

i walked with you (once upon a dream) - Another birthday fic! This one was for a friend of mine who isn’t on Tumblr, but she absolutely loves marine life. SO! Of course, I wrote her a 5+1 fic with mer!Bucky and pirate!Clint that somehow turned into 16k words of basically pure fluff.

topsy turvy and upside down - This was a fill for the Mandatory Fun Day prompt “Clint as the Winter Soldier”. God, I had so much fun with this fic and I wrote all 7k of it in like, a day or something, because the words would just not stop flowing.

anything, anything - This. This was written for @flowerparrish as a part of Kinktober, and I honestly have no idea how it became an ace!Steve sex pollen fic, except that it did. I definitely plan to write more ace fics, and more sex pollen fics, and more ace sex pollen fics.

i ain’t proud of my address (in this torn up town) - Affectionately referred to by me as Demon!Clint, this fic will absolutely be updated and completed. At some point. But I give you my word.

That’s all, folks! That sums up my 2019! Well, the fic portion of it anyway. I made so many new friends that I hope stick with me for a long while, I got so many new ideas for fics I plan to write in 2020, and! I learned a few things about myself along the way!

Things to expect from me in 2020:

- Events. So many events. All of the events.

- Fics. SO many. A few for events, a few not.

- I guess you’ll just have to wait and see, won’t you?

#hawkie writes #year in review #ohhhh goddddd so many events #fuck #and more to come this year #why do i do this to myself

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dansnaturepictures · 4 years

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One wildlife or landscape picture I was proud to take in each of the 10 UK national parks I have been to

I was motivated to do this post by entering some of my photos from the past six months from the local to me New Forest and South Downs into the Inspired by Nature photography competition the Campaign for National Parks are running: https://www.cnp.org.uk/photography-competition over the weekend. This closes on 21st February. It also made it nice as I have now been to 10 of Britain’s national parks to have one photo I’d taken in each in this photoset. Below I explain which photo is of which by captioning the photos in order of appearance in this photoset and saying a little bit about it too. I go roughly from south to north in order of the national parks but really started with my home ones and branch out with the journeys to the parks getting longer and longer as the post goes on. The two pictures in this set from the New Forest and South Downs are different ones to the ones entered into the competition so I could use a nice squad of my photos for this.

First picture in this photoset: One of my favourite butterflies the Large Skipper at Standing Hat in the New Forest

My home/main (that I visit) national park is the most biodiverse and with that I am proud of the range of butterflies it hosts, this one taken in June 2019 a very strong memory of my greatest ever summer of butterflies.

Second picture in this photoset: Duke of Burgundy butterfly at Noar Hill in the South Downs taken in April 2019

Another brilliant national park for butterflies as part of its beauty and appeal down here, but the range of habitat and therefore species is completely different to its newer southern national park counterpart the forest. The Duke of Burgundy really the jewel in its crown for me.

Third picture: One of my favourite birds the Buzzard over Fingle Bridge, Dartmoor

I love Devon and the two national parks are some of its best spots, perhaps surprisingly the only time I’ve actually been to Dartmoor was during our Devon holiday in 2015 where I captured the Buzzard on a great day of birdwatching and landscape admiration.

Fourth picture: One of my favourite birds the Dipper at Watersmeet, Exmoor

I have a much more intimate relationship with Exmoor and this is my favourite spot a stunning river valley habitat perfect for a bird I love so much and first saw here the Dipper and I don’t think I’ve ever bettered for quality of a charming adult bird anyway this picture from spring 2014.

Fifth picture: Llanduesant in the Brecon Beacons taken June 2013

This one harps back a long way now to when I had just finished my GCSEs as I have only been to the beacons once on the way home from one of our fairly regular Pembrokeshire trips that year to see Red Kites at a feeding station, I love Wales a lot too and I was taken in by this park’s beauty as this photo I hope shows.

Sixth picture: Razorbill on Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire coast in June 2017

Skomer is in a league with the New Forest and other places as one of my most treasured locations on earth, mostly because of the seabirds like this one of my favourite birds the Razorbill my very favourite animals in truth. The coast is where my heart is really as part of that and this island has always been my biodiverse paradise as part of a generally amazing and beautiful area.

Seventh picture: Bala Lake, Snowdonia in July 2016

I always held ambitions to visit Snowdonia and our summer 2016 holiday based in Bala did not disappoint as it opened my eyes to a true mountainous landscape that is what the traditional British national parks are all about.

Eighth picture: A waterfall near Goathland in the North York Moors

We were up there for Bempton Cliffs in summer 2018 and could not resist clocking up a second new national park for us that year and go to the moors on one of the most baking days of that incredible summer. The river including a look at Mallyan Spout was a lovely place to be on such a day in great beauty.

Ninth picture: Looking down the River Breamish in June 2019 in the Northumberland national park

It was the case of another northern English seabird trip (Farne Islands) another national park whilst away last summer as we enjoyed a charming day in this county’s national park, seeing top wildlife and taking in stunning views like this one.

Tenth picture: Loch Garten, Cairngorms

In hindsight if ambitions were achieved in north Wales in the summer of 2016 for me then I realised dreams in January 2018 when visiting Scotland to stay in Nethy Bridge for the Heatherlea birding bites tour for my 21st birthday. Across that part of Scotland I got to see iconic birds and wildlife I had always wanted to putting a firm smile across my face, but it was also a winter wonderland of a landscape at that time as I hope I captured just an inch of in this one of my most memorable pictures from the trip of a strong set I felt.

Who knows where my national park journey goes next, but what I do know is that there are currently five varied ones I’m sure that I’ve never been to and I hope one day I can say I’ve seen all fifteen.

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tinytouristtakessf-blog · 4 years

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The last chapter in SF

Jan 25th, 2020.

An Introduction.

In 2017, Jess was introduced to our quiet, oversized, and mainstream lives... Little did we know, that everything was about to change. The winds swirled overhead as she landed and within a couple weeks our loud, mini, hippie-witch-grandma-babe became ingrained in our lives!

Coming in hot with a list of must-see, -try, -listen, -taste, -climb items for SF, Jess managed to keep us busy trying new things and living our best fun-sized life.

In honor of one chapter coming to a close (and another very exciting one just beginning!!), we want to take a look back at some of the beautiful moments you’ve helped us create! Thank you for being a part of our lives in San Francisco, and we are so excited and proud of you for making big moves across the seas in New Zealand! Don’t forget us and please come back to re-visit your San Francisco community soon 😻

Love,

Everyone

Credit: (always) Inspired by the TinyTourist

2017

Let’s take a walk down memory lane back to 2017...

Enter 2017… when some of us all met Jess Tilles for first time. Something we may be too old to do but in our early 20s we were able to stick through 9 hours of drinking. Santa Con was the day into the night we were all obliterated… but Santas and mistletoe and FUN! We all look very youthful, oh what a few years in SF has done to our age. It was also one of the first and last times we all decided to go out in the Marina, and then proceed to eat Italian Homemade food. The beginning of an era!

Meanwhile at work... Jess quickly becomes a driving force of work parties with Holmes (and Eva and Jess discover they are both proponents of Bell sleeves). Of course Jess=where the party @ after having met most of the team at a highly questionable night tearing up the Castro prior Olga’s birthday.

Celebrating big moves to the bay, Jess, Shiri, and Leeza united in the gorgeous SF winter on Hattie St Balcony (a local’s hidden gem). It was then that Leeza and Jess instantly realized they were meant to meet and pursue all the best indie-folk-hippie music together. The rest of the concert saga is history!

2018

March 2018

Jess and Leron feeling lucky on St. Patty’s day by wearing all black and going against the mainstream in classic Jess fashion.

April 2018

Jess and Eva jamtfo to Penguin Prison at at their favorite SF venue, The Independent on Eva’s bday. They groove from the front row where Jess has zero obstacles blocking her line of site. Eva gets to hold the gee-tar.

Parisa's first day in SF! A messy deep dish experience could only be ended with a super fun barcade.

August 2018

For many of us, it was our very first overnight backpacking trip that hot summer weekend in July. Leeza had on the heaviest pack and powered ahead of the group (per usual), while the rest of us fumbled behind. We all kept enthusiasm high and it was a glorious moment when we 1) dipped into the freezing cold water at the end of day one and 2) when we finally took our packs, shoes and socks off at the end of the hike, and we all agreed that we would not do that trail again if someone paid us a million fat ones. Such a memorable trip- it was a great shared bonding experience for us to be out exploring in nature, and struggling together but ultimately powering through. Caroline was peeing every 20 minutes of the hike as usual, Leron was making interesting jokes and Shiri and Jess kept our spirits high!

Jess has her first grown woman trip to LA with Eva. They stay in Sunset Junction (Micheltorena stairs pictured) and have a romantic werk wife stay at the legendary Casa Crawford Airbnb, where their room doesn’t lock and they share a bathroom with the elderly spooky owner. Highlights include swan boating on Echo Park Lake, yoga at Equinox, eating at Mh Zh and Sqirl, unwinding at Wi Spa, crashing a mansion party in the Hollywood hills, and celebrating Lauren’s 30th birthday. Jess also very much enjoys catching up with a friend in Venice Beach.

In spring 2018, Jess made moves in the city to make friends and become ~sporty~ with Shiri in the Play Recess league. Striking the perfect balance between minimal coordination and slap-cup, we learned to destroy the competition in what really counts! Culminating in an ultimate scavenger hunt debacle, Spinelli led the group to victory! (Not actually sure if we completed the scavenger, but the memories we do have were definitely winners :) ).

October 2018

Halloweenies with our favorite Grandmama. Photographed left to right: Grandmama (Jess), Wednesday (Caroline), thing (Cole), Gomez (Leron), Morticia (Shiri), Lurch (Jack) and Pugsley (Jacob)

In the spooky month of October 2019, the Fulton Fam got together to throw our first rager - an extravagant Addams family party. Thanks to the creative inspiration of the group, we were able to pull off some spooky vibes, including spider webs, grey hair, ridiculous mustaches, and more.

Late 2018 marked the beginning of the Fulton house era- too many nights sitting around watching Fort Night, debating Zinc in double-blind tests, and hundreds more conversations that none of us can remember… We will never forget the eclectic energy Jess brought into the Fulton house. The large batches of pasta & pesto she cooked and the lotions & soaps she brewed up. Brew hahah. As the first alumnus of the Fulton house, Jess has since ventured out to #adult in her 2 bedroom apartment in Nob Hill.

Before Jess left us, we had one last BirthRight hoorah with Jacob’s new friends. There was a peculiar guy making brisket in our oven, and handing samples around like a Costco on a Saturday afternoon. Shiri infamously used her photoshop skills to crop the beloved Leron Gil into the house party he missed. Good times!

December 2018

How could we forget the numerous ski trips in 2019 with Jess? There were so many weekends bopping around down the slopes in Heavenly, Kirkwood and North Star. On this specific photographed trip, Jess and Caroline celebrated their birthdays with a weekend getaway to Northstar. Too much Secret Hitler was played. Things got wild. Other board games were forced upon us (lol). But looking back it was a great time hanging with friends, drinking champagne on the mountain and blasting some groovy tunes down the mountain.

Over the holidays, Chinese food is a tradition… a very delicious meal at Koi Palace! While living in Fulton, there was a 2 month hiatus where just Jess, Caroline and Jacob occupied the house. Some like to call that period of time “the cleanest time of Fulton”, others call bullshit. The three bonded over diverging political opinions, bitching about who never cleaned their dishes and doing korean face masks.

2019

January 2019

Ringing in the New 2019 Year in San Francisco with a large group of our friends was quite the experience! Great to celebrate together together at the boom boom room with some live music (but also not great that the window got smashed 😂)

One of Jess’s many ascents at Mission Cliffs! Go Jess send it!

Only Jess and her gleaming charisma could rally coworkers to see a concert AND have work pay for our HH drinks (thanks for the sus hand-written receipt for expensing, @Madrone Art Bar). We saw her beloved Magic City Hippies at The Independent which was funky and upbeat Miami vibes all around. Also pictured are Mary and Georgine who are/soon working in New Zealand as well.

February 2019

Always remember the earplugs! Jess knows how to concert.

March 2019

Soccer moms go to Warby Parker. Epic picture and times of Jess with the Fulton boys.

April 2019

A new(ish) face joined the Holmes Fire SF team- finally Jess and Irene’s LDR was over! This was our first team building activity as a new group and with Jess in charge of course we ended up climbing!

Celebrating Eva’s Birthday with a fun rooftop HH at El Teco on a sunny spring day!

Jess, Eva and Irene order frozen pina coladas and take in the views before a Mission bar crawl of sorts, closing nice and early with burritos from El Farolito.

May 2019

Hanging out at the top of the SalesForce tower. Pro tip, bring a structural engineer for some great commentary.

Bay to Breakers with team eggs and team hippies (aka Jess’s typical aesthetic)!

Always discussing the most important topics at work- like water bottle sticker placement! #bigdecisions

July 2019

One of the best Holmes site visits ever!!

Jess and Eva drive up North for a wine country getaway they won a while back at a silent auction. En route they plow through La Croix cans, have a rad lunch in Sebastopol and dip their feet in the picturesque Russian River. Early evening, they taste and tour facilities at Moshin Vineyards in Forestville (shout outs to that delightfully dry pinot noir rosé) before stargazing (ft. skunk!) and cozying up in a cabin suite with the movie Sideways. The next day, they have a beautiful morning walk by the vineyards. By way of Jess’ parents, they land in Ronald McDonald’s home for a private tasting. Jess learns she loves fruit-forward wines!

September 2019

The second infamous backpacking trip! **GIRLS TRIP**!!!! The time we thought it’d be smart to not get camping food and cook kraft mac and cheese with no microwave. What it came out to be was a big bowl of cheese goop, with Ella, Anna, Olaf and unicorn characters drowned in there. A big SHOUTOUT to Marie for pulling through with the fancy face creams and sharing with the group, us talking about waxing *ahem* body parts and again, Leeza leading the charge with Foxy! At night, we laid out on the benches and stared up at the stars - the night was so clear! We couldn’t stop laughing over things I can no longer remember… except about discovering the world was indeed not flat. Once again, Caroline likely peed 20 times total, and was coughing and heaving (sorry for being sick!) 😅

Jess and Eva get weird in Portland! Where they sip rooftop beers, frolick in the Nike HQ ( a mass timber wonderland), meet Big Foot and Krampus, procure free passes to a saucy community event, dance to 80s music at a goth bar/visit crusty dive bars, have a prime strawberry cough (and beanie) experience @ Electric Lettuce, savor prime Bamboo sushi, and Jess gets a cute ass tragus piercing. Throughout the trip Jess wears a lot of black to Eva’s delight #moody #angsty. On their walks to the Portland office, Jess appreciates the changing fall leaves and residential neighborhoods, feeling reminded of home on the East Coast.

Just another amazing Jill Hike ;)

October 2019

OK - San Francisco was filled with challenges… and Tough Mudder was one of them! Although we found out that at the end of the race - you would be electrocuted - we persisted. We - as a team - got through to the finish line. So proud of everyone for completing the race! Although Caroline was the only one who copped out of electric shock. The number of times we dunked into mud baths and climbed 10 ft walls…

Jess’s favorite time of the year and a visit from Tariq! Jess and Eva decorated the whole office to look super ~spooky~ON ANOTHER LEVEL (featuring creepy clown photos, hella cobwebs and caution tape, bloody stickers, and of course fake plastic bugs) and organized a halloween bar crawl around North Beach (@ Maggie McGarrie’s and Tupelo)!

November 2019

A big fan of live music, Jess is a great Concert buddy. Always down to explore new music and venues! This was such a fun bonding night where we got greyhounds, beers, caught up on life and danced at Polo & Pan. So fun!

Proxima Parada at Milk Bar birthday concert where Jess got a shout-out from the band! ft. a blurry instagram story and classic typos. Prior, the whole squad turns up at Hobson’s Choice over punch bowls.

HP marathon or studying for PE? Well! let's master both!

December 2019

One of the best days in December was unexpected. It started out with a simple brunch plan but ended in a full day of activities!! New spot on polk was where Jess and Maries’ friendship began and continued to blossom!

After having an amazing meal (great eggs benedict) and hours of catching up we decided to walk back to our houses together (since we are neighbors!!). Jess was excited to see Marie’s new couch (that was 50% off hehe) and decided to come over. Kap, Jess and Marie did a long (super difficult) puzzle (connected a few pieces) and watched netflix. We order Thai food (Kap ordered us cookies) and we relaxed all day. It was a special day where the three of us reminisced about San Francisco and all of our time here. It was a day no one wanted to end!!

Holmes Holiday Party- Jess’s favorite drink was the beet cocktail 😉

Cozy three course italian dinner with wine at 3pm! Best part of the afternoon was my hot date, Jess ;)

Jess and her neighborhood park (shoutout to nob hill, the real MVP) winning Shiri over with its views on views.

January 2019

On one of Jess’s final few Tahoe ski weekends, she SENT IT down a black diamond on her first weekend back of the season. Harrison found a great photo opp for Jess, Marie and Caroline against the Xtreme advanced only sign. The weekend was filled with playing Mafia, jamming to tunes down the slope, exploring Squaw valley, having some nice Apres Ski, and getting fed some good, slow-cooked food (haha!).

[JESS, INSERT YOUR PHOTOS FROM THE LAST WEEKEND IN SF!!!]

NOTES FROM YOUR BIFFLES TO SEND YOU OFF <3

Dear Jess,

Thank you for entering into my life and being saggitarius soulmates. I love that we are on the same page about so many things - planning, me-time, boys (kinda), beards, skiing, tardiness, traveling, being avoidant, being wholesome and SO MUCH MORE. I’m so happy we bonded over the last couple years we’ve known each other. I miss all the times I would knock on your door and catch up while you marie kondo-d your entire closet. Thank you for pushing me in new and different ways which you may not have realized (like forcing me to vote) and inspiring me to do good with the environment (hehe).

You are kind-hearted, loyal, so brave and bold and I’m so proud of you for going out on this adventure to New Zealand!! I will miss you lots in San Francisco and miss the ridiculous random shit we would laugh at during out ski trips or cooking or when we could catch up at home. Thank you for always listening whenever I felt like blabbing on and helping keep me grounded. So excited to visit New Zealand and can’t wait to explore! Plz don’t forget all the great memz we had in SF!!

Love you lots XOXO

Caroline

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Jess!!! We have done it all together and now we can add New Zealand to that list too! I’m so glad that we got to overlap in SF and I had you here to show me to ropes. I can’t wait to follow your kiwi adventures and see all the fun things you do.

Love you lots!!

Xoxo

Irene

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JESSICA. My favorite small person to kiss on the head. I am so glad we could bond over our love of funky music and skiing. I’ll always be here to make sure you don’t look like an egg on the ski slopes and can’t wait to visit you and your Kiwi men soon. You are a sweet, funny, life of the party small person who’s going to find so much success and kiwi men in NZ. Love you so much, and may the yearly backpacking live on!

-Leez

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Dear Jess, You are such a sweet soul that is thoughtful and cares about everyone around you. I’m so thankful I had the opportunity to meet ya (ty shiri!!) and get to know you over the last year and a half. I always have so much fun on our walks, breakfast dates, or ski trips (and so much more). I’m so extremely happy for you to be following your dreams (and a lil sad that we won’t be neighbors anymore). I can’t wait to come visit ya and enjoy more adventures together! Love ya, Marie!!

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Jess - I love seeing how far we’ve come since our truss-ty mechanics class, traveling across the country and seeking out all the best from life! Although your soul belongs in a hippy world, I know you will find your people and place no matter where you land (just keep being YOU). New Zealand is lucky to be getting the tiniest force around. You will certainly be missed, but know that I’m just a WhatsApp message (or a quick flight!) away :). Excited for the tiny tourist travels ahead <3

Love, Shiri

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Blonde Meets Brunette. Relatively Tall Meets Considerably Short. East Coast Meets West Coast. Engineering Major Meets Fine Arts Major. Happy Music Meets Sad Music. On paper we might come across as opposites, but internally and emotionally I am so grateful for the rich grey areas and nuances we’ve discovered that we contain. The odds were slim for us to cross paths in this big ol’ universe,and I’m so grateful we found each other to help tame and ground the ups and downs of being-in-your-twenties. You have been a guiding, real, and empowering force since Day 1, and you’ve taught me so much. I can’t wait to see all you accomplish in this new chapter and far beyond! ALL the love to the best work wife there ever was.

Eva Slusser

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Yo,

Glad we have been able to go on a bunch of snowy adventures. Look forward to visiting your weird kiwi fire life sometime and I'm sorry I always assumed you were the mafia.

-Dave

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Jess,

It was great getting to know you even if it was only for a short amount of time. Will always remember you bombing it down that double black diamond at squaw, the hike in Berkeley, and the constant disapproving looks sent my way.

GO PRO CAPTURE

- H

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Jess!! Thank you for being the kindest soul your are. I enjoyed every bits and pieces of our friendship from Stas' lab to smoke control class to getting to bond more here in SF.

Can't wait to follow the tiny tourist adventures through this new kiwi chapter. Auckland is lucky to have you!

Love you and see you soon!

Parisa

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This post serves as written confirmation that I have previously stated thank you and please and no longer require these societal norms to be restated. Once I see you in New Zealand, reside in your dwelling and depart back to San Francisco, I will not provide a thank you note. I expect the same from you.

See you soon,

Leron

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Jess - We will miss you, but having a friend leave SF is easier when you know theres great adventures ahead for them. I’m excited for all your NZ adventures, and I would be lying if I said I wasn’t jealous. Keep us in the loop and I look forward to seeing you in the future.

-jacob

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