cherrystreet

[cherrystreet]

Hiiiii I was just passing through and I thought I’d say hello. I come back to your fics on occasion and reread them.

How are you? How is the guy you were dating? Did you end up marrying him? I know it’s been awhile but you never know!

Are you still working on that WIP? I know so much has changed. The boys have changed/evolved so much. Life has changed us all. Sorry I just keep babbling. Hope all is well 💛

Hi hello! Thank you for stopping by and visiting :)

I’m doing well, sans the current US climate. How are YOU!

I’m not with that boy anymore. We were together about four and a half years, and I ended our relationship once I realized how abusive he’d become. And it turned out to be the best choice! I met my current partner a few months later and immediately knew he was mine. He proposed to me last June and I am so so happy. He’s the most amazing person I know. (For my Taylor people, it was my Joe to Travis pipeline.)

I would always love to go back to my last WIP. I did finish the first 1/3 of it but lost momentum after that. And now without Liam it feels even more daunting, ya know? I never intended to post it because it feels very incomplete and I always hated getting invested in unfinished WIPs as a reader!

I hope life has treated you well lately. This blog and everything that came along with it will always be so special to me, and will always be my happy place. I check in once in a while and I smile every time I see a familiar name still active. ♥️

[cherrystreet]

If anyone is still out there, hi. I’m thinking of everyone; my heart aches with yours. All my love, always.

[cherrystreet]

just wanted to tell you how much your 7up fic changed me - it has such a realistic portrayal of marriage and having kids. it helped me incredibly to navigate my parents divorce a few years ago, and even though it makes me so sad to think that my parents had been unhappy for so many years before they finally decided to split, it helped me so much to realise that it wasn’t because they married the wrong person, or they never loved each other in the first place and made a huge mistake with each other, but instead that these things just happen and they still love one another, just in a different way, and they don’t regret the time they spent together. so yeah, thank you hugely for helping me through a really hard time in my life.

This is such a massive compliment; I don’t feel worthy of accepting it. YOU got yourself through your parents’ divorce, and I’m so proud of you! I’m sorry you had to go through something so difficult, but you sound like a strong, smart, capable person, and you can do anything ♥️ (and of course, thank you so much for reading and reaching out!)

[cherrystreet]

i can waaaaaaaait for that wip you’re working on <3 no pressure tho i will wait as much as u need to !!!!

You’re an angel!!!!

[cherrystreet]

WAIT YOU ARE AROUND 😭 your fics are my absolute joy and comfort

IM AROUND!!! I check in every week or so! There’s just not as much to really interact with anymore, ya know? But I promise I’m still here! And thank you! ♥️

[cherrystreet]

I’m such a dingus. I thought you disappeared in 2017. I was only looking at the pinned post date and when you stopped approving comments. I’m so happy to find out you’re still around. Perfect storm is my favorite. All your fics are amazing. Your characterization of Louis is hilarious. They’re both so witty and charming. Hope to see something new from you sometime. Thanks.

Hi!! I’m always here, just not as present as I used to be. Real life things took over :) This is so kind of you. Thank you so much! I miss you all a lot. I recently added about 11k to a massive WIP that I’d really love to publish one day. Hopefully some of you will still be around! ♥️

[cherrystreet]

Hiiiiii!

Definitely not a published author, but how cool would that be?! (I’m actually a mental health counselor for kids; it takes up a lot of my time!) I have a massive WIP I’d like to complete one day. I recently added 11k to it. Slow and steady :)

Hey do you know what happened to cherrystreet on ao3? Perfect Storm is my favorite. It’s like they disappeared a few years ago. I’d like to imagine they became a published author. Wish I knew who they were. Thanks.

Hi honey. They’re still on Tumblr under that same name @cherrystreet Maybe reach out and ask!

[cherrystreet]

YAY! Love to hear it :)

hey y’all super not 1d related but if any of you are looking to read a book that hits you in all the same spots that fics typically do, i highly recommend “every summer after” by carley fortune. it had so much angst and humor and was a lil spicy and broke my heart a hundred times before wrapping it all up with a little bow. if you read it, please come here to yell about it.

[cherrystreet]

hey y’all super not 1d related but if any of you are looking to read a book that hits you in all the same spots that fics typically do, i highly recommend “every summer after” by carley fortune. it had so much angst and humor and was a lil spicy and broke my heart a hundred times before wrapping it all up with a little bow. if you read it, please come here to yell about it.

[cherrystreet]

Grateful for you ♥️ thank you for seeing the beauty in the chaos xo

I just reread “7 Up by @cherrystreet” again and I hate this. I am a sobbing mess. It is so beautiful, so honest and raw. I cannot believe someone out there is capable of writing a story that touches my stone cold heart. I have read this story many moons ago and my reaction is still the same. I am still a sobbing mess, I cannot believe I get to read this masterpiece, gets absurd on it’s beauty and the emotions put into it. I promised myself not to read it again because it always brings me into a roller coaster of emotions that’s probably not too good for my emotional well-being but I went through my history on archives of our own last night (it’s two in the morning now) and saw the story again. And here I am, binge reading it, tortured myself again and as always, a sobbing mess.

I just cannot express it enough how much I love how heavy and lighthearted the story is at the same time whilst also being too realistic, and too soul crushing but also gets you to sigh out of relief. Everything that happened the story touches me so much, it made me sympathise and love the characters all the same. The dialogues, the banters, the scenes and settings are stunning. It’s so beautiful, I would never recover from this story again. Cherrystreet, you’re on a strike. :((((( xx

[cherrystreet]

“Do you ever find yourself feeling nostalgic for a moment that hasn’t passed yet?”

Louis drags his fingers through the sand, catching his pinky on Harry’s. He leaves it there. “Like being at really good concerts.”

Harry nods, slipping his entire hand into Louis’. “Or Christmas when everyone in the family managed to show up and somehow no one is arguing.”

“Or traveling to new cities.”

“Meeting up with old friends and realizing nothing has changed.”

“Vacations.”

“First snowfall of the year.”

“New Year’s Eve parties.”

Harry rubs his thumb across the back of Louis’ knuckles. “This.”

He drops his head to Harry’s shoulder. The katydids are loud, the frogs even louder, but he swears he can still hear the thump of his own heartbeat bruising in his chest. “Yeah,” he agrees. “This.”

Two hours later, long after the crickets have stopped chirping and the clouds have covered the moon, Harry walks Louis to his back porch door and presses him up against the side of the house, his lips just barely sweeping across Louis’ in the sweetest, most frustrating way. It makes Louis’ stomach tighten, his hands balled up in the front of Harry’s t-shirt, and when he can finally pull back long enough to whisper, “You wanna stay with me tonight,” Harry is already nodding, his hands moving up and down Louis’ back, into his hair, fingertips brushing across his jaw.

They fall asleep with the duvet draped across their waists, the room dark, everything silent sans the steady whir and tick of the ceiling fan above. Harry’s breathing evens out long before Louis’ does, his face close enough to Louis’ for him to be able to smell the lingering scent of the mouthwash he stole before crawling into bed. His hand on Louis’ waist is still, holding him, and when he sighs in his sleep, Louis can’t help but slide over as close as he can get. Harry’s warm, his body and the sounds he makes already somehow impossibly familiar.

Just before Louis gives in, his eyelids heavy and his head foggy, he thinks that this is one of those moments, too. A recurring theme with Harry, he notices.

He’s okay with that.

Very okay with that.

[cherrystreet]

Fanfiction

Heyy I have a question :) am I allowed to post one of your storys from ao3 on wattpad if I give all my credits to you? I think in my opinion that it's more easy to read on wattpad. If you don't want me to do this it's totally fine:) 

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Hi, sorry, I do not allow my work to be posted anywhere but my own personal ao3 or tumblr. Thank you for asking!

[cherrystreet]

do you have any plans to write a new

fic in 2022? ❤️

If someone asked me this last week I'd have said no. But I something inside me snapped over the past few days and I added 4k words to an existing WIP. And I'm feeling really attached to these characters. So. Never say never, fam!

[cherrystreet]

when I read the fic you did not have it tagged as major character death either so I see where that person is coming from

Hi there, the fic has been tagged with MCD almost the entire time it’s been posted (it’s been up for over five years now). Unless you read it in the very first week it was posted, it has always been tagged with MCD. That person read it this year, so it was most definitely tagged.

[cherrystreet]

Update: we’re moving in together.

Guys last night I went out with a guy and we got in his car and he actually said to me, “Put on Niall Horan Spotify. It’s time you introduce me to One Direction, one by one.”

[cherrystreet]

i don't know if you've been asked this yet or not, but what is your favourite part about writing? and also, do you have any tips for someone who would want to start writing, but just doesn't know where?

i love all of the things you share with us, and im absolutely in love with your writing! <3

Hi! Thank you so much! ♥️

My favorite thing about writing is watching a concept in my brain come to life for other people to experience. Sometimes I post stories that have been ideas in my head for YEARS, and when it’s finally done and in black and white, it makes me feel so good to know it’s no longer just MINE, and now it’s OURS.

I also love when readers share what they were thinking or feeling during specific passages. It’s so fascinating to me that something I’ve written can be interpreted entirely differently than what I imagined it to be. (One time, @littlechilllarrie drew me the floor plans for the house in Tug-of-War based on the way she imagined it to look like, and it was entirely different than I was picturing it in my head, but how amazing is it that we both invented our own images based on some of my words!) How cool is it that we can take words and make our own experience? It can sometimes be a challenge, as a writer, trying to convey the emotions and thoughts across the way I want them to, but it’s a good challenge, I think. If someone feels heartache and joy in the places I, too, felt them, then I’ve done my job!

My tip for someone just starting to create content is to write the parts you’re most excited about first. I don’t always start with “once upon a time.” Often, I write the ending first, or the climax, or a specific concept that’s been stuck in my brain for a while. If you’re not excited about what you’re writing, then what’s the point?! Also: do not write what you think will appease to an audience. Write what YOU want to read. I’ve made that mistake, and I wish I hadn’t caved because of peer pressure. Pretend hits and kudos and subscriptions didn’t exist. Instead, go for what interests you, and imagine the audience isn’t out there. Always do it for yourself ♥️

[cherrystreet]

? Guys please don’t harass me over things that simply are not true 😅