#and probably will be for the forseeable future💀

[amee-racle-ofmyown]

the captaineer/iswm brainrot is coming back to mee

[suekreandtheidiots]

Abby in distress

Just putting the premise of the Abby arc here, so the few peeps who follow me have an idea what I'm talking about whenever I'm referring to these two in the future lol.

As I mentioned before, the overzealous Abigail Shaw and the infamous Lowell Foster will grow closer in the forseeable future!

(I'm still figuring out how I want to draw Abby, these are really just mood scribbles... and one to establish their height difference. 😂)

Also, I pretty much just started writing and figuring out this particular arc, so I can't tell everything just yet… and, to be quite honest, I don't really want to. At least not yet, as there are many mental images that I'd actually like to draw or write about than just randomly spill. 😅 I hope I can get to that!

Their story starts when Kip goes on his little after-school-trip to Australia, which will most likely happen some time in early 2027!

Kip will only be gone for a few months, maybe half a year or so, but despite keeping close contact to him ( see here 😂), it's a lot for his poor dad to handle! Lowell has been a single dad for the past fifteen-ish years at that point, Kip has been his priority for such a long time (even if it didn't always look that way). Seeing his own kid - the kid he never wanted when he was still so young! - grow up and explore the world; realising that he no longer actually needs him to survive… it's gonna fill Lowell with both pride and agony at the same time. It's something he has never experienced before. Let's face it, that poor man is gonna feel lost and lonely. For real. He won't tell anyone, but it's true, it'll move him deeply.

Abby Shaw won't miss Kip as much but to tell the truth - she has more pressing matters on her plate than thinking about her former students. The school's Music-and-Drama club has a musical contest (with a cash prize!) coming up, which wouldn't be a problem all by itself. What makes it a little tricky is that the school's old music teacher, Mister Guthrie, unexpectedly (more or less) passes away, only days into the preparations and rehearsal phase.

Well… oops.

That contest could bring in some good money. Even if it doesn't - it's a tradition everyone loves and appreciates, always good for lifting up the school's community spirit. Therefore, the club dropping out of the contest is not really an option. The school is already quite understaffed at the time, though, so there isn't really anyone who is willing to take the lead.

Abby, being the dutiful and devoted teacher she is, eventually jumps in, because "someone has to do it?!". It's a lot on top of her already busy schedule, she knows, but, well, how hard can it be? The club's members are all talented kids and very passionate about their thing, after all… all she'll have to do is supervise, probably?

Unfortunately, that's quite far from the truth.

Even the most talented kids need guidance and someone to motivate and push them. Abigail Shaw has many good traits and talents. Musical skill isn't among them. 💀 The task is too big for her as a completely inexperienced person in artistic matters, that'll become clear soon enough. Finding a new music teacher goes so much slower than expected, too, and time is running out.

Abby knows someone who would be perfect to help out. She hates the thought of even just asking him, she really does. With every fibre of her being.

However, she's desperate.

It's not like she never shared a single civil moment with Lowell Foster in the recent past. The day his son left school, she had a short and surprisingly nice talk with him; it wasn't hard to tell that he was incredibly proud of Kip, and also quite wistful about the prospect of letting him go to explore the other side of the world.

Still. They are so far from being on actually friendly terms. That man is a pest, that's just how it is. Sharing a few quick and friendly words on a graduation day is one thing (especially with the prospect of never having to see either of the Fosters again 😂). Spending several afternoons a week with him would be another.

Abby isn't crazy about the thought, not at all, and it will hurt to ask. It's for the kids, though. She has to take any option into consideration, everything else just wouldn't be right.

Setting that godawful man on the poor kids… oof. Well. We'll worry about that later. Abby thinks to herself as she calls the number with the very prominent numerical sequence somewhere in the middle - "666". There is an actual "666" in there. Figures.

(It kinda goes like this. 🤣)

(Yes, Lowell is actually four.)

Lowell won't be thrilled either. There are so many things in life he'd rather do than tutor a bunch of teenagers who may think they're musically gifted (let's face it, most of them aren't). Drink windscreen washer fluid, for example. Get a 9-5 job. Move to England. Shoot himself in the leg.

It's something about the way Abigail Shaw talks to him, though. She means it. He's fully aware of the fact that she can't stand him. Yet she asks him for such a huge favour.

Things start happening in Lowell's head. That poor woman is actually desperate. Oh, for fuck's sake. When exactly has he become this soft?! Must've happened somewhere between Kip's very first heartfelt "Love you, dad!" and their last equally heartfelt hug at the airport about a month ago. No matter what had caused his pitiful condition, though, a part of him just doesn't want to leave the woman hanging. He's good at what he does, after all, she couldn't get a more capable help than him. And it's just for a few weeks. He'll live.

And… well. Kip is a gazillion miles away from him. Being quite honest with himself for a second - he's painfully bored in his free time and the job may distract him from his Kip woes, too. Maybe, but only maaayyyybe, having a few teenagers around again won't be too bad after all…?! (He doesn't really want a dog named Kip anyway.)

Before Lowell fully realises what he's doing, he agrees to help out.

Some silly doodles:

(He's so cute lol.)

Some mild spoilers:

It isn't hubris on Lowell's side - he IS good, he knows his stuff, he can offer a much different perspective than the old-established Mister Guthrie who has done pretty much the same procedure for decades. And he'll like doing this a lot more than he could ever anticipate. It'll be fun. He may take a bit to warm up to the situation, but he's going to like the students, and they are going to like him in return, even though (or because???) he isn't exactly what a decent school teacher should be. It doesn't come without quarrels, but it'll happen.

Abby will appreciate what Fozzy does, and she will gain a whole new respect for the field of art and music. She has never taken creative matters super seriously so far, but seeing this particular guy being actually good at what he does will be something else. She may not like him as a person, but she will like the way he's passionate about his craft. Lowell, in turn, will get some insight into Abby's job and what she faces day by day. Something he has never come to appreciate before. He'll see that she's a passionate person in her very own way… and that he may have judged her a bit too harshly in the past.

They really DO have banter potential, though. That won't stop, even when they warm up to each other. That's where the fun is.

On another note… it's really not my goal to make these two actually end up together. I don't think Lowell has what it takes to have a successful, healthy relationship. Can't be 100% sure, of course, but I doubt it. Doesn't mean he can't catch the feels, though, and that's what I love about this whole arc. Abby (still engaged to her guy David* at the time) actually catches a feel or two as well, despite not wanting to, soooo… how exactly do they handle that? I'm dying to find out, I love their dynamic so much and I'm looking forward to see it unfold!

(* I drew a very simplified David, too. 😂 I didn't mean to make him look like one of my ex-boyfriends but here we go, I guess. Ugh. 😂)

Aaaaannnnd that is where we are going to start that particular arc. So much for now, but now you guys have at least an idea of what's going on when I talk about the Abby arc. 😂