Uma answers the phone, and it's the standard "We have your boyfriend!" ransom call.
For a second she just stands there with a thoughtful look, like she's doing mental math. "Uh-huh..."
"Now, if you ever want to see him again-"
"No, shut up for a second, I'm tryna think."
"You...What?"
She thinks for another second and then gives up. "Alright, you're gonna have to tell me who you have. If it was Ben, you'd have said you have the king; if it was Harry or Gil, I'd be impressed..."
"It's not me!" Gil calls out helpfully from another room. "And Jay's sitting on my lap."
"And it's not Jay," she adds. "So, who'd you catch?"
The voice on the other end of the phone grunts in annoyance. "You know, the blond guy."
"The blond guy's here; that's what I just said."
"No, the-! Cinderella's son. I forget his name; he hasn't been on the news in a while." There's an offended noise, ostensibly from a gagged prince of Cinderellasburg who didn't appreciate the comment on his diminishing spotlight.
"Oh my gods," Uma groans. "You got Chad? He's not even my boyfriend; he's my girlfriend's boyfriend. Did he say he's my boyfriend?"
"He said we should think twice about holding him for ransom because the queen of the sea was going to destroy us."
"Well, yeah, but only because it's the cool thing to do." Uma is putting on her sword belt and jacket at this point. "I mean, Audrey would be pissed if I just let him be kidnapped. Is there a reason you called me? He told you I'd destroy you, and you thought 'I have an idea, let's call her?' How'd you even get my number?"
"Listen closely! We took him because we thought the royals of Cinderellasburg would pay a hefty price for his return. But now that we know he's valuable to the queen of the sea as well, we'd like to make a deal. If you sink the ships of our enemies, we'll return the prince to you with all his fingers."
"Dude, I don't even know who your enemies are. Do you have nautical coordinates?"
"There are five ships we'd like you to sink. I'm sending you the first set of coordinates now, and if the ship is not destroyed within the hour, the prince loses two fingers."
"Got it," Uma muses, glancing across the room at Carlos, who gives her a thumbs up.
"And before you think about attacking us, you should know we're landlocked!"
"Yeah, for sure. I hear you." She's putting eyeliner on in the mirror.
"The first ship, now! When you're done, we'll send the next coordinates."
"Great, yeah. Okay."
The phone hangs up.
"That was long enough to get his location, right?" she asks over her shoulder.
"Yep, we got him," Carlos answers. He's in bed, but he pulled his laptop onto his lap as soon as the matter of hostages was mentioned.
"Cool. Guess I'll go get Chad and...I don't know, kill that guy?"
"No killing. Remedial Goodness."
"Oh, like the crown isn't responsible for-...Whatever. I'll just break his knees."
Another thumbs up. Jane, sitting next to Carlos, looks slightly bewildered, but she hops up to grab Uma's hat for her as she heads out the door.
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Sometimes for fun Harry and Uma would just fuck around and pretend they were in a soap opera. Being dramatic as hell, really pretending like they were on camera, it always made them laugh. Bcuz that's what was always playing on the television at Ursula's.
But one time they got really into it and acted all romantic and what not. Then suddenly it got too real, and it was awkward as hell.
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*Uma, watching Harry from afar*
Gil: "Harry, don't look now, but I think Captain is checking you out."
Harry: "She better be. Why do ya think I've been bent over my car for so long?
Gil: "Because your car broke down...?"
Harry: "Nah, the car has been good to go for half an hour now."
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The best m/f ship tropes imo:
Childhood best friends to lovers where when one of them realizes they're in love with the other but never force their feelings on them and instead support them in their romances with other people because their love is selfless and eventually,the realization becomes mutual and they end up together after shenanigans ensue
Gnc girlboss x himbo
Grumpy goth bf x bubbly pastel gf BUT instead of an 'i can fix him' dynamic,the grump has a huge soft spot for them and shows it by being super kind and caring to them and they make eachother stronger and their relathionship is overall very cute and healthy in an 'opposites attract' way
Black girl x guy who thinks she's a goddess and talks about and treats her that way
And of course,they're all bi4bi,t4t and neurodivergent4neurodivergent💖
🚫Pro ship/dark content dni🚫
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