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Update

If we reach this post, we've reached the point where I lost enthusiasm for adding things to the queue. Sorry about that.

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‘Third from the right,’ Lily’s voice whispered through the earpiece. Eggsy forced himself to wait a moment before glancing over his shoulder and towards the counter. His attention skimmed over the vast array of patisseries there before sliding to the table she’d pointed out. It looked like a young family, but he had to admit, the mother seemed far more engaged with the kids.

‘Could be bad parentin’,’ he reasoned, covering his words by covering his mouth as if yawning.

Lily’s soft scoff brought an ever so slight smile to his lips. ‘Yeah, he’s also been scanning the café, and I hacked his phone.’

Eggsy scoffed before he could stop himself, but quickly smothered it by taking a sip of his coffee. He dared a quick glance at her; Lily sat in one corner, headphones firmly over her ears, laptop and notes on the table. To all the world she looked like a harried University student.

‘Nobody said I couldn’t,’ she reminded him simply. ‘Also, people really need to stop jumping on every free Wi-Fi that they can.’

‘Noted,’ Eggsy whispered, barely moving his lips.

‘Yeah, Dais’ll love that pres –’

‘Lillian!’ he hissed, pressing the back of his hand over his lips.

‘You’re easier to read than your phone, Unwin,’ she teased.

Eggsy rolled his eyes, grateful that it seemed she hadn’t really hacked into his phone. It did remind him, though, that he needed to be more careful with it all around her in future.

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Chelle smirked as she carried the tray over to the table Smokes had claimed. If she hadn’t known his occupation, the gilded jacket Ross had lent him made it impossible to guess at. In fact, even with his hair combed neatly back, and the fact he wasn’t carrying any obvious weapons, helped with the façade. But there was something of an attitude about him that had most people giving him a wide berth.

‘Very inconspicuous,’ she teased, placing the tray on the table.

‘I told you,’ he growled, nonetheless taking his black coffee from the tray and placing her sweeter one with cream in front of her. ‘This is a bad idea.’

‘Nothing’s gonna happen in a café,’ she said, causing him to groan. ‘What?’

‘You really don’t understand superstitions, do you?’

Chelle offered him little more than a dismissive shrug, taking a calming sip of her too hot coffee as if to affirm the point. Smokes’s eyes narrowed ever so slightly, and for one fleeting moment she wondered if he wasn’t about to simply march her out of there. But he reached out for the cookie she’d bought, snapped it in half and took a bite of one while replacing the other. Chelle just really hoped he wouldn’t be proved right with his thoughts about the café in the end.

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Plot bunny, Zoey Dutch in RWRB?

Juliet Fox

Daughter of Arthur Fox’s younger sibling, both of her parents died when she was a toddler and she was taken in by her Aunt and Uncle and raised with her cousins – who just happen to be royalty. Accidental travel influencer and full time president of the Mary Hate Club, Juliet still lives with her cousins and gets dragged along to all of their royal engagements despite Mary’s many, many objections.

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‘We’re lost aren’t we?’ Everleigh asked, glancing at Harrison out the corner of her eye. There was something about him that unsettled her, but given he had a car readily available for this trip, she was determined to try putting that behind her.

‘No,’ he grumbled, pulling over and looking at her.

Everleigh felt herself tensing, but forced herself to meet his look with a bright smile.

‘Map, please.’

‘Of course,’ she said, holding it out to him. She watched as he took it, as his eyes scanned every section of it. If she was being completely honest, she guessed he’d have been the better navigator. But seeing him like that, she was absolutely certain.

‘OK,’ he offered, handing it back, ‘we’re here –’ he pointed to a part of the map ‘– and this is where we want to be. Can you follow with your finger?’

‘Yeah,’ she assured, a little startled by the calmness of his voice. ‘Thanks,’ he said, before carefully pulling away again. Everleigh just hoped that she wasn’t making a huge mistake with her choice to trust him on this.

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Kiara’s eyes were screwed up tightly. From the bench opposite in the cart, Caldor could see the pallor of her skin, the very fine film of sweat along the top of her lip.

‘Travel sickness,’ he noted softly, noticing the slight pursing of her lips. He smirked ever so slightly and reached inside his cloak.

‘What are you doing?’ Kiara snarled.

Caldor opened his mouth, but hastily shut it again to prevent any sarcastic comment from escaping. Instead, he found the ginger and carefully tapped her knee with it.

‘Ginger helps with sickness.’

She hesitated before taking it. He watched as she raised it to her nose and sniffed. ‘Why do you have this?’

‘Helps in potions,’ he said, before getting a piece for himself and popping it into his mouth. ‘Also, you’re not the only one who doesn’t like cart travel, my little thief.’

Her scowl deepened further, but after a moment she shoved it into her mouth and chewed furiously. Caldor just hoped she wasn’t one of those it wouldn’t work for, otherwise the journey was about to get a whole lot worse for both of them.

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I survey the decorations in the shop and frown at them. In any other situation I’d say they were awful, but given literally everything else that’s going on right now, l I guess they’re all right.

‘What are you doing?’

Manny’s voice startles a curse from my lips, and slowly I turn to face him. At least he looks slightly apologetic.

‘Josh likes Christmas,’ I explain, ‘so I’m throwing a party.’

‘You don’t have to,’ Josh says, making me groan.

I glare at him. ‘Seriously, Wheeler, this was meant to be a surprise.’

He offers a small smirk, a reaction that soothes a little of my concerns for him at the very least. ‘I’ll pretend to be shocked when you bring me later.’ ‘Good,’ I tell him firmly, really hoping this might actually help rather than him humouring me with it all.

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‘This isn’t a good idea,’ André said, tugging awkwardly at Mina’s hand. It was an impossible feat, getting her to change her mind, and yet he had to try. Had to do it for her sake if not for his own.

‘Of course it is,’ Mina told him cheerfully. She glanced over her shoulder at him, and for a moment he almost felt like he should just accept her excitement at the whole thing. That he should lean into her optimism that it was all going to be OK. But he couldn’t. Couldn’t let go of the times people had jeered simply because of where he came from.

Slowly, with almost excruciating care, André extracted his hand from hers.

‘Honestly, Wilhelmina, it isn’t. Enjoy the – What are you doing?’

Mina grinned, turned and looped her arm through his. ‘We’ll have our own party then,’ she said simply, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

‘How?’

Mina shrugged, released him only so he could turn to walk with her. ‘We’ll figure it out,’ she told him, and André didn’t doubt her conviction in the slightest.

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THE DARK PICTURES ANTHOLOGY PLOT BUNNIES

ALEXIS BELL (MAN OF MEDAN)

When Julia asked Alexis to fly out from Australia and go on a boating trip with her, she had not told her it was to play date with her boyfriend's little brother. Sure, Brad was sweet, but Lexi really isn't in the mindset for it. Still, she promised to keep Brad out of their hair for a bit, and he's a walking catalogue on information, so at least she's got that to keep her company. But when pirates take over their boat and then force them onto a decrepit old freighter, Lexi wants nothing more than to jump ship immediately. When she starts seeing a monster follow her around the ship, things get infinitely more difficult.

MELISSA MARTIN (LITTLE HOPE)

Melissa really shouldn't have been on that bus. She should have gotten off when the driver pulled into a diner and left her in the bus. She should have gotten off when the police officer stopped them. But she stayed. She had somewhere to be, after all. When the bus driver crashes the bus and disappears into the abandoned small town they'd been passing through, mumbling nonsense to himself, it is up to Melissa to find a way to find help for them both. To make sure they both make it through this foggy night and that they don't lose their minds in the process.

PHILLIP "PIP" TAYLOR (HOUSE OF ASHES)

Private Pip Taylor's life had been a whirlwind after another. He thought that joining the Marines would fix things. Hell, he was young enough when he joined; he might as well have believed in fairytales still. With a wife and twins back home, Pip more than anything dreams of going back home, especially after the things he's seen in Iraq. There's only one thing keeping him in Camp Slayer, and he's always clad in a helmet and glasses. No one said all of Pip's problems were others fault. When a raid for chemical weapons goes awry and everyone is literally swallowed up by the earth, Pip will face a loss sooner than later. And the night hasn't even started yet.

WREN REYES (THE DEVIL IN ME)

When Wren comes with Lonnit Entertainment to Mr. Du'Met's recreation of H.H. Holmes' murder castle, she can tell it irks their tour guide immediately. There were only supposed to be five of them, after all. But Wren is glad it irks him. She's here for reason, after all. Guised as a makeup artist working for the exposure, Wren is there for so much more than this stupid show. She wants proof, and she'll get it. The games don't bother her; she knows how to play them. She wants to get to him. After all, she's the one who got away.

TAGGING @megandaisy9 and @manyfandomocs (since you liked the post haha)

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Talia hated seeing Car exhausted, and yet over the last two weeks she was pretty sure she’d only seen him that way. And, to make things worse, she was almost certain her presence was part of the cause.

‘They’ll forget soon,’ she offered, half contemplating if the repercussions of using mind control weren’t worth the aid they’d give Carmine.

He scoffed.

‘They will,’ she insisted.

‘Are we taking bets?’ he asked, voice cold.

‘We could,’ she said, offering a mischievous smile when he looked to her.

Carmine huffed out a begrudging chuckle.

Talia gently reached out for his hand and gave it a brief squeeze. ‘I can go if –’

‘No,’ he said quickly, shifting their hands to take hers properly. ‘Stay. Please.’

‘Of course,’ she assured him, really wishing there was more she could do to help him cope with it all.

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‘Are we taking bets?’ River purred, lips close to Marie’s ear.

He felt her stiffen, he assumed at the sudden proximity more than his words, but only just. If he was being honest there was no need for it, other than to make her squirm. It was juvenile, he knew, but that didn’t put him off the course of action.

‘Obviously not,’ she ground out, and River wondered fleetingly how much self-control it was taking her not to move away from him. The cover story of romantic partners might have been a pain, but he knew she wouldn’t break it.

‘I didn’t even say what they were for.’

‘Doesn’t matter,’ she said, turning to face him with a falsely saccharine smile on her lips. There was a vague iciness in her eyes that made him stand up straight, adding a little extra distance between them. ‘We’re not betting on anything.’

River shot her a smirk, one that had caused people to blush and yet earned a narrowing of the eyes from her. ‘Wouldn’t bet on it, darling,’ he simpered, offering out his arm to her.

The glower lasted a moment longer before she looped her arm through his, allowing him to lead her around the party. He could only hope that they found what they were looking for before she honestly contemplated murdering him.

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Happy Birthday @witchofinterest​​

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‘Are you sure this is a good idea?’ Marcus asked, a slight furrow between his brows as he glanced between the canvas and Cassie. The uncertainty had a certain degree of endearment to it, but she was almost certain it wouldn’t last.

‘Yes,’ she told him simply.

‘But –’

‘Arguello, just paint over it,’ she instructed. He wetted his lips uncertainly before doing as he was told. The black paint blotted out the cityscape she’d chalked, swathes of paint demolishing the colour. Not that she cared. When it was dry, she’d scrape lines through it, allowing the colours to break through once more. But the art would be theirs. A collaborative creation like she’d done with the others that had wormed their way into her life.

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If Lotty was being completely honest, she was grateful Bernie had come with her. Sneaking into the forbidden library alone was a plan she didn’t really want to see out, and yet having another person there made it a little easier to face. Not that she was going to admit to that. Least of all to Bernie, but the thought was there.

‘Are you sure this is a good idea?’ Bernie asked in a hushed whisper, his lips close to her ear. As if there was any risk of them being overheard. The corridor was uncharacteristically quiet.

‘Yes,’ she told him simply, glowering at him enough to make him retreat ever so slightly. ‘But if you’d rather go back to bed, you know the way.’

‘Just checking,’ he said, voice ever so slightly cowed. ‘But we get caught, I’m blaming peer pressure.’

‘Fine,’ she hissed, though really she was grateful he hadn’t accepted the invitation to abandon her.

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@erraticrandomficwriter made them look so good together! I SCREEEEEAAAAAAMED.

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make me choose: oc edition

@xoteajays asked: faith quinn or carter blackwood?

make me choose between two of my ocs

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