#THE SUN IS SHINING AND THE BIRDS ARE SINGING

[professorllayton]

"r women really fucking men in the ass?" r the birds really chirping? is the sun really shining? r the winds really singing r the rivers really flowing r the fish really swimming... man come on

[elemit]

Flowers: Apprecimaytion Day 16 A modern AU Halstarion @bg3-apprecimaytion thing for In Dubio Pro Natura by the wonderful @cathartictrash

In Dubio Pro Natura is the fic that sold me on Halstarion - messy modern lawyer Astarion and chilled eco-warrior Halsin are my Roman Empire. (Not pictured: the construction site opposite them featuring butch Karlach in a hardhat who has been affectionately haunting my dreams since Lee first wrote her into existence)

I wanted to spend longer on this but time has not been my friend recently so I'm throwing it out there as is 🌱

Drabble will eventually make it to AO3 but for now can be found below the cut:

Astarion Ancunin, on behalf of his boss, Cazador Szarr, on behalf of Szarr Law, his boss’s highly reputable legal practice, on behalf of the illustrious and prosperous Thorm family, is meeting with a terrorist. An eco-terrorist, which somehow feels rather less dramatic, but still. And yes, admittedly, there is nothing particularly terror-inspiring about the broad, open face of the terrorist in question, though Astarion must admit there is something somewhat terrifying in the fact that such a handsome man could have such a dreadful sense of fashion. The dirty t-shirt and cargo shorts - cargo shorts, for the love of Correllon! - would be bad enough, but the sandals the terrorist wears on his feet are so particularly awful that even the thought of them is enough to evoke a barely-suppressed shiver of horror from the young lawyer.

Astarion has chosen today to attempt another meeting with eco-terrorist Halsin Silverbough because Enchantrix, his not-so-intelligent magical-home-intelligence system, assured him earlier this morning that the entire day would be overcast. Much to his dismay, almost the instant that he steps under the bower of the ancient ash tree in which Halsin has made his home, the sun emerges from behind the thick grey clouds.

“Shit.”

“Good morning,” says Halsin from somewhere above him.

“Is it?”

“It certainly seems like it. The sun is shining, the flowers are blooming, the birds are singing. There is plenty to thank the Oak Father for on a day like today.”

“I’m allergic to the sun,” snaps Astarion, hating how whiny his voice sounds compared to the rich, slow tones of the druid.

“Ah,” says Halsin, swinging gracefully down from the crown of the tree to land beside him. “Yes, I can see how that would be a problem. Come, sit for a while. The sun will no doubt be hidden again soon.”

Halsin sits by the trunk of the tree, patting the ground beside him. Astarion sits too, albeit begrudgingly, hoping not to get grass stains on his only good pair of trousers. For a while there is a silence: comfortable on Halsin’s part, and awkward on Astarion’s. Halsin seems to sense Astarion’s unease, though, and breaks the silence by asking him a benign question. Astarion answers dismissively at first, but the druid keeps at it, and before long they are simply talking.

And so they sit, beneath the leaves, amongst the flowers, and they talk, and they talk, and they talk.

[renaissancefailmarriage]

francois is so enamored with his silly fantasies of hausfrau gilbert until he's living it and gilbert is an evil haufrau who makes him get up at the disgusting hour of 9 AM to walk the dogs

[cheruib]

oh it’s such a beautiful Sunday!!!!!!!

[ikram1909]

https://twitter.com/BarcaTimes/status/1756292919667851525?t=qiX2Q1Ee9BohJrT0rzaxag&s=19 AAAA MY HEART HE IS DOING WELL

"He's happy and positive" "he's important to the team even if he's not playing" tears in my eyes I can't wait to have him back 😭😭😭😭

[folklouire]

long story short/ the story of us is one of the best mashups she's done so far if not my favourite. beautiful beautiful beautiful my babygirl songs

[bellcza]

our 4s 🩶

[pridoo]

My bday is coming up on Monday so it's time to hit that 30% off sale in the shops soon, too ✨

[littlekingbergara]

it's always wyd and never twiw(aow)aitmclprbateellboi

[notallroses]

even on your worst days, love is there for you

[courierrsix]

I'm thriiiiiiiviiiiiiing

[epitaffia]

doodling all the pinks together teehee, here's a lil wip feat the dop♡

[permanentreverie]

we are smooching i'm so proud of u and ur new job

🥺🥺 i rlly needed this guys <3

[paperconsumption]

residence halls are switching to AC this week life is really looking up for me

[dullweapons]

mother of all tag dumps inbound ..... i am not booping people cause theres like 30 tags lol

here is the page on my google site that lists them all ... i think ? may have missed someone but ill double check later

⸻  SHIP  : ayrin / sahar  ❤︎  you know you hypnotize me always !   ˎˊ˗

⸻  SHIP  : ray / grace ( hyliangrace )  ❤︎  you can be the match & i will be the fuse : boom   ˎˊ˗

⸻  SHIP  : ray / lyric ( lunarscaled )  ❤︎  bleed into my mouth so i may taste you forever ; leviathan  ˎˊ˗

⸻  SHIP  : ray / robin ( wolfvirago )  ❤︎  hold me in your arms & i die a little death so beautifully  ˎˊ˗

⸻  SHIP  : ray / octavo ( bransles )  ❤︎  but he fell in love with the fever & i'm on my knees in a theater .  ˎˊ˗

⸻  SHIP  : ray & ayrin  / link ( uneasedregrets )  ❤︎  city of stars ; never shined so brightly  ˎˊ˗

⸻  SHIP  : ray / volga ( volcania )  ❤︎  your blood like wine get me drunk & make me feel .   ˎˊ˗

⸻  SHIP  : ray / ghirahim ( flamboycnt )  ❤︎  let our love be a flame not an ember ! say it's me that you want to dismember !  ˎˊ˗

⸻  RELATION  : ray & link ( legacyshero )  ✦ no voice to speak of your suffering but i hear you now  ˎˊ˗

⸻  RELATION  : ray & nabooru ( gerudospiriit )  ✦ so if you need to be mean be mean to me . i can take it & put it inside me . ˎˊ˗

⸻  RELATION  : ray & bussaba ( topaz-adorned )  ✦ you with the dark curls you with the watercolor eyes ! ˎˊ˗

⸻  RELATION  : ray & gallilea ( vairuler )  ✦ im made of sugar spice kanekalon & cinnamon : me & my bestie are the sam like a synonym ˎˊ˗

⸻  RELATION  : ray & toba ( askganondorftobadragmire )  ✦ you take away this pain from me : the memories that haunted me  ˎˊ˗

⸻  RELATION  : ray & nabooru ( gerudosage )  ✦ oh she could have been a poet or she could have been a fool . ˎˊ˗

⸻  RELATION  : ray & miri ( somnium-led )  ✦ dear prudence won't you open your eyes ? look around … look around …  ˎˊ˗

⸻  RELATION  : ray & eilian ( somnium-led )  ✦ im sick of apologies from people with priorities that their life matters so much more than ours . ˎˊ˗

⸻  RELATION  : ray & ganondorf ( oocca )  ✦ want to save your men from the fire ? show me that you’re willing to burn .  ˎˊ˗

⸻  RELATION  : ray & link ( twilitae )  ✦ what? land of the free? whoever told you that is your enemy .  ˎˊ˗

⸻  RELATION  : ray & link ( obraveyouth )  ✦ who’s a heretic child ? can you make it stick now ?  ˎˊ˗

⸻  RELATION  : ray & zelda ( spiritmaiden )  ✦ why do birds suddenly appear everytime you are near  ˎˊ˗

⸻  RELATION  : ray & zelda ( telepathyia )  ✦ the moon will sing a song for me : i loved you like the sun ! bore the shadow that you made  ˎˊ˗

⸻  RELATION  : ray & zelda ( regnantlight )  ✦  can you tell me what's the point in building empty empires now? ˎˊ˗

⸻  RELATION  : ray & calamity ( hylianremnants )  ✦  i know you i walked with you once upon a nightmare  ˎˊ˗

⸻  RELATION  : ayrin & sky ( hylianremnants )  ✦  stories of old great adventure : i want to be just like you .  ˎˊ˗

⸻  RELATION  : ayrin & sun ( hylianremnants )  ✦  bright & beautiful : sing me another lullaby  ˎˊ˗

[skywalkersapprentice]

if we get anakin and ahsoka banter like the old days i am going to dissolve actually