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casey + rosie.

“not what you came here to do? don’t act like you had plans for when you came to disney.” rosie words were stern, though the smile on her lips hinted at them being a joke. “if i remember correctly, you were all complaints before. maybe i scheduled some tea time into our busy day.” her hands moved to adjust the small backpack that was resting over her shoulders. of course she was prepared and had packed enough supplies for the day — for the both of them, of course. “first of all—” she began, moving to stand in front of him, eyes narrowing at him only slightly. “this—…” her hand motioned to her entire outfit before stopping to point at the ears. “is all just a ploy. i have to blend in with the kids an all that. the ears don’t take away from my maturity, thank you very much.” the corners of her lips then tugged up into a smile and her thumbs were sliding under the bands of the backpack. “second of all, normal car bombs are disgusting. nottinghams are made with cider and both look and taste less disgusting. france and japan for later. can’t miss out on the sake OR margaritas in mexico.” with that, she reached for his hand before pulling him toward the bar. “if you really wanna feel like you’re at home, we can get some fish and chips, too.” the last part of the sentence was said with a terrible accent tacked on to it and she turning toward him with a smile on her lips. as the entered the bar, she maneuvered them through the crowds of people before finding an empty spot near the bar. “you still set on the car bomb or are we trying something new?”

“ i did have plans for when i came to disney, ” casey said in a matter-of-fact tone, looking over at her as her feet landed on the ground, “ you were my plan. ” he paused, “ being dragged about by you, anyway. ” his gaze followed her movements as she marched over to plant herself in front of him, taking a tone of i’m-right-you’re-crazy that was familiar and never anything less than amusing. despite the way she motioned to her outfit, his eyes never left hers, a bit nervous that looking anywhere else would cause his thoughts to wander or his gaze to linger, and that couldn’t happen. “ why is it, exactly, that you feel the need to blend in with the kids ? ” his smile matched hers as, yet again, they bickered back and forth over any possible thing. “ yes, well, they’re not meant to taste good. they’re meant to give you a head start on getting pissed, ” her hand slipped into his, but he didn’t move at first. instead, he pulled her back to him and wrapped his arm around her shoulder, fingers still interlaced, as they began to walk into the bar. “ rosie, ” he said carefully, lowering his voice so only she could hear, “ you sure you can handle a nottingham here, sake in japan, and magaritas in mexico ? i’m perfectly fine with carrying you home for the hudredth time, but i’m certain i’d be to one taking the blame for you vomiting back at the villa — ... not that i’m opposed to getting drunk. just wanna —.. make sure, i suppose. ” his eyes took in the pub around them as they walked up to the bar, and any seriousness in his tone dropped as quickly as his arm did from around her shoulders as she imitated a british accent. as she smiled at him, he feigned offense, placing his hand over his heart, “ is that what i sound like to you ? what was that—... cockney ? australian ? what were you trying to do there ? ” laughter accompanied each question as he slid in next to her, shaking his head, “ despite your insulting accent just now, i’m going to take your advice. might as well see what this nottingham thing is all about. ” 

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Jacob Elordi Wins the IMDb STARmeter Award

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@rcfcel, @astrcphilcs

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casey + rowan.

        ✧ 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃 𝒶𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒶 𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑔 𝒹𝒶𝓎 𝒾𝓃 the florida sun , rowan still had a skip in her step as they strolled through disney world in the late evening . her ginger skin was SURELY flushed from the sun and , in the back of her mind , she was looking forward to soaking her sore feet , but that wasn’t stopping her from soaking in every minute of disney . as casey reached out to pinch her beloved minnie ears , rowan giggled and rolled her eyes at his teasing . “ they don’t allow adults to dress up in actual costumes — OTHERWISE i’d be giving all these little kids a run for their money , ” the redhead said with a grin , adjusting the minnie ears on her head . “ but i do have the PERFECT ariel disneybound outfit picked out for tomorrow . ” a smug smile found her lips as she turned away from casey to look back at the park around them , cinderella’s castle looming up ahead of them . casey’s question brought her attention back to the tall male walking alongside her .  “ HM , ” she pondered , immediately beginning to sort through all of the disney activities they had already done with the rest of the group during the day before they’d split off to explore more of disney on their own . “ OH my gosh , we haven’t ridden the tea cups yet ! ” rowan’s gaze immediately turned in the direction of the alice in wonderland themed ride , it’s canopy poking out over everything that separated them from one of her favourite rides in the park . “ c’mon . ” reaching out to grab hold of casey’s hand , the redhead pulled her companion towards the ride .

“ yeah ? i don’t doubt that, but you have a tendency to show anyone and everyone up when given the chance, ” casey lifted his eyebrows, slipping into an amused grin as she put on a smug smile of her own. rowan collins, always a bit of a tears, always able to captivate his attention, even with the faintest upwards curl of her lips. “ WELL, i guess i look forward to seeing it then, ” as she turned and scanned the crowds around them, his eyes remained resting on her. when he wasn’t running his mouth, casey always found himself deep in his own thought, and when rowan was around, that was a dangerous place to be. he could never allow himself to venture too far beyond what their little arrangement allowed: summers only, a little more than friends with the sole purpose of benefits. that didn’t mean, however, he didn’t occasionally catch himself toeing the line. “ the—.. i’m sorry what ? ” he startled as she turned back to him, quickly glancing up and following the path her own eyes had just taken. “ teacups, rowan, i don’t know about—... ” but before he could even fully protest, she snatched up his hand and started tugging him towards the ride. “ is this even really considered a ride ? ” he watched the brightly colored cups whirling around, “ i mean it looks like the rich version of that one ride that’s always at the country fair. the tilt-a-whirl. ” he looked down at her, “ i’m not even sure i’ll fit in a teacup. ”

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casey + sailor.

“well, YEAH. mandrakes are just plants who get to chill out and live their happy little plant lives, and if anyone ever tries to touch them who they don’t want around them, they can literally kill them just by SCREAMING,” sailor replied, voice matter-of-a-fact, as though her explanation was entirely unnecessary. which, like, to HER it was. but sailor was also the same person who said that she’d like to be a FROG a few days ago, so she didn’t exactly have high hopes for people understanding her nuanced ideas. “that’s FAR preferable to being a slave for wizard nazis.” she couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow when he tried to refute her sorting of him, not sure if she bought it or not. he certainly was smart enough to be a ravenclaw, she wouldn’t deny that, but still. “so, you admit it? you think you’re really witty?” she asked, not able to stop herself from the reference that casey probably wasn’t going to pick up on, anyway. “i don’t know. i feel like you’re too…” she wanted to say ANGRY, but that wasn’t the right word. “your instinct for self-preservation is too high. part of being cunning and ambitious is having wit, you know. it’s just also knowing what to do with it. but, if you really want to be a part of the LESSER house, then… by all means, be my guest.” 

“ maybe a cornish pixie is a better comparison, ” casey sighed, stuffing his hands into his pockets, small smile on his lips at her comment on house elf owners. it reluctantly grew at her small reference to mean girls, a movie he reluctantly knew like the back of his hand. it wasn’t until she began to deep dive into his hogwarts house that he voiced a wry laugh. “ self-preservation, ” he turned the word over on his tongue, unsure of how to react to it coming from sailor, of all people. it wasn’t that deep. still, he looked over at her with a small shake of his head, “ i don’t think you me well enough to say things like that, sailor wilson. i’m afraid you don’t know as much as you think you know. ” he rolled his eyes, lips spreading into a another grin, “ you’re obnoxious, you know that ? lesser house. ” casey sighed, looking away from her and back at their surroundings, eyebrows furrowed, “ where are we going anyway ? ”

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casey + rosie.

with her chin resting against his shoulder and her arms wrapped loosely around his neck, rosie had let out a soft sigh. the day had been spent hopping from park to park and she was a lot more exhausted than she had anticipated. “i think so.” she mumbled, reaching a hand to take her phone out of her back pocket before holding it in front of the both of them, revealing a full map of the park that showed the loop of the countries. “says theres a gift shop right over there that sells an abundance of tea. could make you feel at home and all that.” she pointed toward a small hut with a ‘twinnings’ sign on the front. “OR we could go to the bar over there and start this journey like the true adults we are.” the sparkly ears on her head and disney themed shirt contradicted those words. “can get a sheriff of nottingham — a less disgusting car bomb.” rosie knew she would barely make it through three countries without getting too drunk, so she knew she would have to pace herself through the countries. “france is also just over that bridge if you wanted to keep going.”

as she leaned forward, holding the map in front of both of them, casey couldn’t stop himself from turning his face, just slightly. ignoring the map for a sliver of a moment, his eyes took in her soft features up close and personal— long lashes, flushed cheeks. a subtle smile took its place on his lips as he quickly glanced back to the map. “ yes, rosie, because that’s what i came here to do. buy tea and then head back to the villa to sip on that all night long like a proper caricature of a brit, ” he rolled his eyes, still grinning from ear to ear as they stood, looking at the map and the buildings around them. after setting her down, he smoothed out his shirt and ran a hand through his hair. “ true adults, huh ? ” his gaze flickered up to her sparkling headband, “ i say we roll with that. though i don’t see what’s wrong with a perfectly normal irish car bomb. ” he nodded, looking up at nearby bar before huffing out a breath, “ we’ll start here. doesn’t feel much like home, but i can pretend after a while. save france for later. ” he gestured towards the bar, “ lead the way. ”

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casey + sailor.

sailor had to repress a snort of laughter when casey likened her to a mandrake, though the downwards curl of her lips was much more real when he switched over to a house elf. “fuck off, i’m DOUBLE the size of a house elf, thank YOU very much.” she would be, without a doubt, a student at hogwarts. the narrative of an odd and out-of-place child among a seemingly perfect family who resented him for not being JUST LIKE THEM was one that sailor had clung to when she was younger, always wishing for the day that she’d be given a purpose to not being like them — especially when the final book was published, back when she was in fourth grade, and she read about the story of lily evans. “don’t get TOO carried away, there, o’neill. when i said you were a slytherin, i was mostly just pointing out your likeness to the giant squid. but since he swims around by the slytherin common room, i assumed that they PROBABLY consider him one of their own,” she retorted, though it wasn’t quite as hard-hitting of a jab as HOUSE ELF had been. sadly. “i don’t know about cunning, but i suppose i could be convinced to let you have SHREWD.”

“ oh, do you’d rather be the screaming cabbage patch kid looking root than something that can walk, talk, and fully function on its own ? ” he scoffed, shaking his head as he kept his eyes up and over the crowd, not really sure of where they were headed but particularly unbothered by the lack of direction. the whole park brought back fond memories for him. he and his mom had a tradition of seeing the movies as soon as they were released, all due to the fact that casey, as a boy, had fallen in love with a world full of REAL magic. and a world with ginny weasley in it. that boy and his love of the impossible found in the pages of books, however, was long gone. he’d be lying if he said he didn’t have a soft spot for it all, though. “ funny. not your best, but funny nonetheless, ” he didn’t look at her, delivering the words in a monotoned voice, “ if i’m being completely honest, though, i don’t think i’m a slytherin. just an easily irritated ravenclaw. ” he sighed, stuffing his hands in his pockets and looking over at sailor, “ wit beyond measure is man’s greatest treasure and all’at. suits me more than you’d think. ” 

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casey + kiv.

“ taking the piss ? ” innocence washed over her features as her eyes switched back and forth between the dress in hand and casey, as if she couldn’t quite comprehend the fact that he didn’t believe that she was completely serious. “ i don’t know what you’re talking about, casey. i am being completely serious, this would look stunning. didn’t rosie and sailor tell you ? we’re all dressing up as disney characters and you’ve been designated as cinderella, i’m just trying to help you be the best you can be. ” her eyes switched back to the dress, her lips pouting ever so slightly, “ i mean—yeah it might be a size too small. could have a problem fitting over that massive head of yours. but it’ll be fine, no one will even notice. ” however, the act of false innocence completely fell from her features as her eyes narrowed, though even that was an act in itself, her free hand coming to point a single finger in his direction. “ you don’t deserve the role of cinderella. if it was up to me, you’d be heihei. you’re dumb enough to get your head stuck in a coconut and end up in the middle of the ocean. ” a huffed breath left her lips as the pointed hand came to flick her hair over her shoulder, “ but to answer your question. yes, i am already in costume but not as an ugly stepsister thank you very much ! i am already a disney princess—the only thing ugly about me is my cousin when he stands next to me. ”

“ see now i know you’re absolutely full of shit. saying anything might look anything more than mediocre on me— a borderline compliment— that’s where you fucked up, kiv, ” he pointed at her with one ringed finger, slowly shaking his head, “ that’s where your lie completely lost its luster. ” still, he couldn’t help the smile that stretched across his lips, dimples caving in as he got a complete KICK out of just how happy tormenting him seemed to make her. it was relentless, but he was in a good mood, and took it with a grin. “ wouldn’t want to be cinderella anyway. she’s a bit boring in her original animation form, ” he raised his eyebrows, wry laugh passing his lips as he continued, “ the fucking chicken from moana ? fuck off, kiv. that’s where i draw the line, insulting my intelligence. it’s a weak comparison, too. i at least figured you’d compare me to the likes of gaston. ” the dramatics she displayed— the huffing, the hair flip— were enough to make him widen his eyes. she was, after all, a performer, and casey never failed to get a kick out of her outlandish nature when it came to arguing with him. “ right, right. well, if you don’t mind, could you maybe take on the role of aurora if you’re going to embody any of the princesses ? ” he tilted his head, “ and by that i mean banishing yourself to the tower— or the villa— and just sleeping through the rest of this week. it’d bring me a greater peace of mind. ”

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casey + kiv.

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it had been a fleeting comment made within the group chat, one that both rosie and sailor had confirmed that was not true at all—but that wasn’t exactly going to stop kiv from running with it until the last possible minute. especially since the look upon casey’s face had the ability to be completely priceless and who was she if she wasn’t making casey’s life at least little more ‘ interesting. ’ she’d managed to drag him into one of the many shops within the magic kingdom under the false pretence of wanting minnie ears—though it was only partly a lie since a pair sat comfortably upon her head as she moved through the store. eyes glancing over her shoulder to make sure casey was in fact still trailing behind her every so often. but as they ‘ stumbled ’ upon the section of disney princess dresses, the smile that pulled across her features resembled something that should have been upon a disney villain rather than a princess. “ oh look, we can get something for our dinner with cinderella while we’re here ! ” she exclaimed, there was almost a skip in her step as she moved forward to grab a far too small dress off of the rack, before spinning around and allowing an arm to sweep dramatically over it, “ i think this one would suit you perfectly. ”

casey could only take so much grief from everyone else. it was was like when one started, the rest of them joined in, and to say it drove him up the wall was an understatement. kiv, though, got a pass— because she was family. he’d practically choked on his own tongue when she started tugging him towards a shop in the heart of the magic kingdom going on and on about wanting minnie ears. she was one of the last people he’d expect to put anything sparkly and borderline childish on her head. he kept an eye on her ears bobbing and weaving through the shop while trying to weave through it himself, holding his elbows into his side and trying not to step on any of the dozens of seemingly unsupervised children running about. casey stopped short, looking at the dress in kiv’s hands, then at the look on her face. “ taking the piss again, ARE WE ? ” his eyes narrowed as he tried, desperately, to hold back a smile. she was dedicated, but even if there was a dress code for this dinner, casey had NO intention of putting on a tiny dress and getting his ass banned from disney world— or tossed in disney jail for public indecency. “ i don’t know why you’re saying we need to get something. aren’t you already in costume ? ” his eyebrows furrowed, “ which of the ugly stepsisters are you representing today ? ”

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casey + sailor.

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“caller number five, this is your LUCKY DAY,” sailor put on her best impersonation of radio show host as she spoke, a certain spring to her step as she caught up with casey on their trek into universal studios. so far, the road trip had been going SWIMMINGLY, and not even casey— who sailor had a long-run theory about regarding a supposed internalized love for harry potter— would be able to bring her down today. “you’ve been chosen to spend the day at universal with the one, THE ONLY… sailor wilson! this offer is non-refundable, no returns OR exchanges,” she grinned, unable to even bring herself to care about whatever snarky remark casey made upon hearing her terms and conditions. “because, listen. i KNOW you’re a slytherin, you’re not fooling me, so we kind of HAVE to stick together out here.” 

“ you ever think that maybe in the world of harry potter, you wouldn’t be a student at hogwarts, wilson ? ” his eyes narrowed as he looked over the tops of the crowd, allowing a subtle smirk to settle in on his lips. he was actually looking forward to seeing the world of books he read in his childhood come to life, but that was never something he’d admit. not to sailor, anyway. not blatantly. “ maybe you’d be a mandrake. or you know what, ” he looked at her, grinning as he left two pats on his head, “ you’ve got the stature of a house elf. that could work. ” he braced himself for a fist to the arm as they kept walking, taking a DEEP breath. he’d known the harry potter books inside and out as a kid, and his memory was impeccable. what a lot of people in provincetown didn’t realize— what a lot of snack pack didn’t realize, too,— was that casey o’neill was far from stupid, and his brain had a tendency to retain a little too much information. “ you think slytherin, huh ? you calling me cunning, wilson ? ”  

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— @movicstar !

he didn’t know how he’d ended up there. citywalk. orlando. among the people he called friends. somewhere along the line, casey had made a series of conscious decisions that had gotten him set up with the weirdest group of friends, but, despite his occasional reluctance, he wasn’t mad about it. in fact, he’d begun to actually enjoy himself. “ where are we ? ” casey’s eyes followed the lines of neon signs as he and marco walked through the crowd, “ feels like florida’s version of the strip, though i don’t think any gambling or elvis impersonators should be lurking around these parts —... ” his eyes narrowed as he looked over the crowd at a massive sign in the shape of a guitar pick, “ i’m sorry — does that say karaoke over there ? ”

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— @borgesmatias !

it was a sheer fucking blessing that magic kingdom restaurants had started offering alcohol, and it was the ONLY thing that kept the two of them from wandering too far off from the rest of the group and staying within the city limits of orlando. as they stepped out into the restaurant, he lifted a hand to shield his eyes from the sun, taking a long breath as his eyes scanned the passing crowds. “ never would i ever think you and i would find ourselves standing in front of cinderella’s castle, ” he gave a slow shake of his head, “ but here we fuckin’ are, mate. ” out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of swirling blue fabric. “ speak of the devil, ” his gaze followed, falling on none other than cinderalla and a couple of her escorts as well. casey looked over at matias with a crooked grin, “ cinderella herself—... should we ? ”

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— @rwoan !

disney lit up like nothing he’d ever seen when the sun went DOWN. even after living in new york city for years, he was surprised at how twinkly lights could be against the dark of a night sky. sighing, he put his hands into his pockets and looked from the lights to the people around him then down at the girl in front of him. “ unreal, ” he said, shaking his head and carefully reaching out, pinching each of the mouse ears on top of her head between his index finger and his thumb, giving them a small wiggle, “ i’m surprised you’re not walking around here in a full ariel get up. the ears are a bit modest, don’t you think ? ” a lopsided smile settled on his lips, “ now that it’s just us — where are you dragging me next, collins ? ”

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–– @ohrosies !

to say the day had been LONG would be an understatement, but he was still happily going strong, trekking along through crowds as they seemed to thin out as it got to be darker out. the first day in orlando had been rough; he was tired and a little too grouchy, but by day two, he’d begun to warm up to the idea that this would be home for the next week. besides, it seemed to make everyone else happy enough. “ am i going in the right direction ? ” he turned his face, looking at rosie out of the corner of his eye. with his next step, he took a moment to adjust his grip under her, making it easier to carry her on his back as they kept moving forward, “ or, i mean— what is the right direction ? ” his eyes squinted at the buildings around them, and he gently set her down after coming to a stop in front of an incredibly english looking pub. “ where are we starting ? ”

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