#idk if i got her face totally right but WHATEVER i haven't drawn her in YEAAAAAARS

[puff-the-bunny]

If I started posting barely finished art of ancient characters, would anyone even notice..?

... Well, I'm gonna attempt, at least. Take my Very Large kitty. She's like a sphinx but instead of asking riddles she challenges you to a dance-off

[pastelaspirations]

For totally not art related reasons, do you have any refs or drawing of Dream and nightmare? Or Ollie and Oren perhaps???

....Ghost. What are you doing. S t o p. You've already drawn so much, my heart can't handle, I can't keep up, you're literally out here making more art for my fic than me, I need to lock in, please-

O k a y. So the short answer is n o. I keep their appearances vague enough, that you can sort of imagine whatever clothes you want on them :D That is definitely not just an excuse because I'm... really bad at imagining clothes on people, but that's besides the point-

The long answer is, Dream and Nightmare should be easy right now. They don't differ much from their canon appearances, so you can draw them pretty close to how they appear in canon. Just, I like to imagine them in posh sort of, fancy 𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓭𝓸𝓶 clothes. Nightmare in a lot of purples and dark colors, and Dream is in a lot of yellow, golden and ivy colors :D Idk, man. Just. Any flouncy sleeve shirt, kingdom-esque, fairytale clothing would probably work for me, I have not put a ton of thought into what they wear besides the general colors they tend to wear-

Ollie and Oren are a lil different since I have to describe their general appearance lol. The clothes, they're the same deal as the Catcher twins; just give 'em whatever the hell fantasy clothes you want. Only exception is Oren's Royal Guard outfit is like a set of armor with the Delta Rune logo on the front like Boris lol

But, basically, to try and be short, Oren = crimson red dragon with sort of jagged horns that point backward if that makes sense. His horns/claws are darker red than the rest of him and he has orange/amber looking eyes. Also, wings of course lol (Maybe they've got a few holes in 'em now after Ink lmao)

Ollie = Turquoise, blueish dragon with a purple right eye and an opaque, cloudy, scarred white eye on the left. The left side of her face is just generally scarred and you can probably see a tooth poking out because her mouth doesn't close like it used to lol. Her horns/claws are a darker turquoise/blue color, and her horns are just smooth curves and not sort of jagged like Oren's if that makes sense lmao. She has wings too that look pretty normal (even if she can't fly with them. Invisible disabilities, babyyy-)

But yee! I hope this sort of helps! Kind of. Maybe. I haven't drawn them yet, but I can sort of describe them-

[luke-hughes43]

Hi sort of really angst idea for your throuple universe with Ry, Will, Gabby.

A social media post by a fan of Will x Mack looks way too “friendly” and really pushes the tease of boyfriend/soulmates………

Idk why I’m like this 😃

omg nonnie, i love you. i'm making this more of ryan being jealous than gabby bc she saw their relationship during her impromptu 24 hours in SJ but ryan hasn't yet.

this is the night of mack's ot winner and will being one of the first over the boards and into the hug with a smile.

and i'm totally setting this up for at least a part 2!

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ryan's pov

after arguably the worst day of the semester, i finally get to crawl in bed. as late as it is, i open my phone and star watching will's game. as much as it sucks him always having the 10pm starts, i am grateful for it bc i'm not getting home until then so i don't miss a lot of games. i've been hearing a lot of talk about will being mack all the time and seeing all the pictures and i'd be lying if i said i wasn't jealous.

i love will and i trust him but i don't trust mack. i don't know mack. and i don't wanna know mack. he stole will from me.

for whatever reason it just gives me a weird feeling when i see all of the pictures of them together and them saying how they're together all of the time. i try to push the jealous feeling away while i watch will's game.

i'm so fucking proud of him. signing his elc, making the team out of camp, and scoring his first 2 goals in the same night. that's my boyfriend right there. my eyes are immediately drawn to him one the ice, making his cute faces when he's trying to concentrate. i miss that. so fucking much.

the game goes into overtime which sucks because it's already passed 1 in the morning but i power through. anything to watch will play. mack ends up scoring the ot winner, which is great for him and the team. but the commentator makes a comment that just makes me upset. he says, "and no one's happier than his bud, will smith." and it cuts to will being the first one over the boards to celebrate with mack after the goal. with a smile so big on his face. the one he used to give me after i would score that he's now giving to mack.

i keep my cool and send will a text, great game tonight babe. you played good and congrats on the win. i'm heading to bed because it's late but i love you and i'll text you in the morning❤️

i set my alarms for morning skate and go to bed. trying not to think about will growing close to mack.

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still ryan's pov

the last few days, i've been quieter than normal. obviously hanging out with gabby every chance i get but i haven't been texting or calling with will as much.

it feels like every time i talk to him, he's always with mack and sometimes i just wanna call my boyfriend. not my boyfriend and his clingy new friend.

so i've slowly stopped texting him unless i know he's alone. bc i don't wanna talk to will and mack, just will. just my boy. gabby keeps saying something is off with me and i don't wanna talk about it. even will has asked but i just lie and say that everything's fine and i'm tryna get through this first half and then world juniors.

plus, i hurt my knee against maine and i've been tryna focus on healing it while playing through it. will obviously called me after that game to see if i was ok, which i am. it just hurts a little bit.

he's been checking in more often since then and my responses have been slower since that detroit game where mack scored in ot and they were talking about how happy will was.

one night while i'm studying, will facetimes me. he's alone thank god. i felt like every time he called, he was with mack. i know he wants me and gabby to like him as his partners but i just can't right now. he gets my boyfriend all of the time and i only get will over the phone and half the time mack is there so yea i'm jealous. he says, "what's up baby? how is everything?"

"it's good. finals coming up. taking them early because of world juniors. how are you?"

"i'm good. just got put on ir, upper body injury. hopefully i can play soon. but we'll see." will says smiling at me. i prob my phone up on my desk so he can see me. my face drops to a frown, "i thought you said it wasn't serious?"

"it's not ry. it's for roster management more than anything i think. i'm ok baby, really. now what final are you studying for?"

"econ. i have it on thursday. i'm not really getting anywhere. i've been looking at the same chapter for an hour and i'm just stuck." i explain to him. i close my notes and grab my phone to look closer at him.

his hair is starting to grow back in after he got it cut. me and gabby were not happy about that when he first did it and made sure he knew that. he smiles when he sees me paying attention to him. he asks, "is gabby taking it too?"

"no. she's doing it in the spring. which is what i should've done so i had help. because fowls is not helpful." i say rolling my eyes.

there's a comfortable silence that will breaks by asking, "is everything ok with you ry? you've been distant for a few weeks."

"i'm ok will. promise."

"ok." he says. i explain a little more, "i've just been trying to catch up on sleep. your 10 pm starts are killing me. especially going into overtime so much."

"i'm sure it's hard. i won't be mad if you skip a game so your sleeping right babe. you gotta take care of yourself." he says softly making me smile. i nod, "i know but i wanna watch. it's the closest thing i can get to being with you sometimes."

"i know ry. i know this is hard. we'll figure it out together. i promise." he keeps smiling at me which is making me smile. he face lights up as he says, "wait, did you see mack's ot winner against detroit? it was such a sick goal!"

"yea i saw it." i say shortly. i don't wanna talk about mack.

he keeps going, "it's honestly one of the best goals he's had all season. the way he picked the 7 hole spot was awesome. i'm glad he's on my team now instead of playing against him. you know, you'd like him. he's a lot like me and gabby in a way."

"can we not?" i ask quietly. he counters, "what do you mean?"

"can we not talk about mack please?"

"why?" he asks. i pause trying to think of the right to say it without accusing him of anything. he continues before i say anything, "ry he's the closest friend i've made here. i wanna share that with you because you've been my closest friend since we were 10. and i wanna share my friends with you."

"well i don't wanna share you with him." i say sharply. he freezes, "what?"

"i don't wanna share my boyfriend with some bu kid who looks a little too friendly for my liking! the only person i wanna share you with is gabby, not macklin celebrini!" i all but yell at him through the phone.

"ryan, he's my teammate. did you not think i was gonna become friends with him?"

"i knew that. you always try to be friends with your teammates which is something i love about you but anybody but him. he's too friendly towards you for my liking and i just want my boyfriend back." i say and get quiet at the end. will doesn't know what say, he starts, "ryan, it's not like that-"

i cut him off, "tell that to mack. i'm gonna go, i really need to study. good night will, love you." i hang up without giving him a chance to say i love you back.

he texts me that he loves me but i ignore it. i don't wanna fight with him, especially not about macklin so i don't say anything for the night. he doesn't seem to get that i feel like i'm losing him to mack.