#act I

[bey-life]

[sirgavvaine]

some little emotes I made just for kicks and to procrastinate on homework

[carlosgabrx]

"COWBOY CARTER" (2024)

Beyoncé, Blair Caldwell & Frederik Heyman

[theblvcksupreme]

act i: RENAISSANCE

act ii: COWBOY CARTER

[rhydior]

Beyoncé for W Magazine (2024)

[casino-archive]

Act I --That Same Night Pt 1

Act II -- Ruins Pt 2

Sources: @askcupsandcasinos

[queentinqz]

act i   RENAISSANCE   7.29  

[thatgurlbey]

[keldae]

19. "Your voice is so calming." for Devi/Gale please? (and thank you!)

It was all but impossible to tell when “night” was in the Underdark – the party wound up using their fatigue as an indicator of when it was time to go to bed, and when they needed to wake up. This was their third camp set up in the Underdark, and only the first since Devi had woken everyone up with her screaming at a nightmare. 

She was almost grateful for the dimness of the Underdark – it hid how she had felt like she’d been constantly blushing all day. She swore she was fiercely independent and didn’t need help from anyone, but she couldn’t deny that she’d slept much better after Gale had joined her on her bedroll last night, snuggling her while they’d slept. It had felt incredibly nice to sleep with the handsome wizard, feeling warm and protected under his arm, and totally worth the sidelong grins she’d received from the rest of the party in the morning – but she couldn’t ask Gale to sleep with her every night! Gale was too damn nice for his own good, and would probably do it if Devi asked it of him, and clearly he wasn’t concerned overmuch about propriety or appropriateness if he’d made the initiative last night to sleep with her, even if it was strictly platonic in nature, but…

Devi frowned. It was just humiliating for her to ask for help in sleeping from the wizard she had a hopeless crush on. 

As the rest of the party started to disperse to tents after sharing the evening meal together, Devi moved to fetch her bedroll, planning on rolling it out by the campfire. She wasn’t expecting Gale to come up beside her, catching her arm in his hand. “Did you sleep well last night?” he softly asked. “After I joined you?”

Feeling her cheeks heat up, Devi nodded. “I did,” she said, giving the wizard a smile. “Thank you again for that – you didn’t have to sleep with me.”

“I know,” Gale answered, “but I wanted to.” His ears went bright, even in the darkness. “Erm, not to say that I was thinking about sleeping with you before last night, but, um…” He raked his hand through his hair awkwardly as Devi giggled. “Oh, I’m botching this. Will you stay with me tonight, in my tent?”

Devi felt her eyebrows rise as she searched Gale’s eyes. “I wouldn’t have thought you would want to sleep with me again,” she said, “after having to snuggle me all night.”

Gale shrugged one shoulder, deliberately casual. “You’re pleasant to cuddle with. And truth be told, I slept better myself while holding you. Do you recall what I said last night, about how I was suffering nightmares too?”

That made Devi nod. “I remember,” she confirmed. “You said you’d been having another nightmare when I screamed and startled you out of it.”

Gale nodded. “Just so. It seems that sleeping together helps prevent nightmares for both of us.” He hesitated for a moment. “Of course, if you would rather sleep on your own tonight, I–”

Devi quickly shook her head. “No, no… I did like sleeping with you,” she said. “I’ll happily join you again. But only if you’re sure that you aren’t cutting into your own rest by snuggling me all night.”

“That’s a relief,” Gale commented, visibly relaxing. “My next recourse was to try to borrow Clive from Karlach.”

“Not happening,” Karlach called over with a grin as she flopped down on her bedroll, Clive securely tucked under her arm.

Gale chuckled, then stepped aside, escorting Devi to his tent. She curiously looked around as she slipped under the flap – this was her first time inside the wizard’s tent. It was small, but felt cosy, with the various wizarding tools he’d accumulated set up around the walls of the tent, and the piles of books in every corner. She turned to watch Gale as he entered the tent after her, closing the tent flap behind him with a wave of his hand; he sat down, then held his arm out for her to join him on his bedroll.

Feeling her heart skip a beat, Devi lowered herself down beside the wizard, snuggled up under his arm. Gale smiled and gave her a little squeeze, then pulled the blanket over them both before he reached for one of the books by his head. “I hope it doesn’t bother you that I like to read a bit before I fall asleep,” he said.

“You? Read? Who are you, and what have you done with our wizard?” Devi winked at Gale as he snorted a laugh. “No, it doesn’t bother me at all.” She yawned, then curiously looked at the book. “Will you read to me a little bit?” she asked after a moment’s hesitation.

“Gladly.” Gale smiled at her, then opened the book to the first pages. He started reading out loud in a soft voice, just loud enough for Devi to hear without bothering anyone outside the tent walls. It was a story Devi had never heard before, a tale about a selkie lord and the fisherman’s daughter who he loved. 

She yawned again and snuggled up against Gale as he continued to read. “Your voice is so calming,” she murmured when he paused for a breath.

Gale smiled again and tightened his arm around her shoulders. “I’m glad,” he softly said. “You deserve to hear something soothing. Fall asleep if you wish – I’ll just pick the story up again tomorrow night from where we left off.”

Devi didn’t want to fall asleep right now – she wanted to hear the story of the selkie lord and his maiden fair, and she wanted to hear Gale read to her of how the lovestruck couple found a way to be together without one dying for love. But she soon found herself losing the battle against sleep, Gale’s soothing voice lulling her into slumber. She yawned again and rested her head on Gale’s chest, feeling her eyelids grow heavier with every word the wizard read. 

She finally heard Gale stop talking, and felt him shift enough to set the book to the side before he carefully laid down fully, bringing her with him. His hand started to gently caress her hair as his lips touched her brow. “Good night, Devi,” he whispered, tugging the blanket up to their shoulders. 

Devi tried to bid Gale good-night in turn, but her lips refused to speak the words, half-asleep as she was. She settled instead for snuggling into his side, her hand resting on his stomach under the blanket. The last thing she was aware of before sleep claimed her was feeling his smile against her hair.

Her dreams that night were of selkies, and of the ocean, and of Gale.

[rnblena]

“deadass”

Beyoncé x I’m That Girl

[bey-life]

act i 🪩 | act ii 🐎

[starlightlacrimosazpsff]

💠💠 𝐀𝐂𝐓 𝐈 💠💠

•

Come, Peace of Mind, delightful guest, Return and make thy downy nest ⁠Once more in this sad heart! Nor riches I, nor power pursue, Nor hold forbidden joys in view; ⁠We therefore need not pait.

Where wilt thou dwell if not with me. From avarice and ambition free ⁠And pleasure's fatal wiles? For whom, alas! dost thou prepare, The sweets which I was wont to share ⁠The banquet of thy smiles.

•

[motherbeysuniverseeee]

& when mama said we were the visuals, oh she meant just that.

[theblvcksupreme]

Mood until she releases ACT II: