#aden dawn

[mitskiskid]

the murmur of dawn

​no one is here

​as the falling stardust returns to the eastern sky

​tomorrow perhaps

​there is nothing to see here

​even then in the end

​you'll cradle my head in your arms

​listen to the ancient ocean's song

​the small boats of the afterlife are saying something to me

​but I can't hear it all

​my heart flutters then

​high in the sky

​even with both arms stretched out

​they break off

​this place is always open you know

​but no one comes

​a long time I wait paitiently

[poisonfireleafs]

Avocet spare cousins gen 4 part II

Notes:

The first two sims are Harry and Leah Scott. Their parents are Imogen Avocet and Sarah Scott by @ommlette-du-plumbob

The other sims are Aden and Barry Brown. They’re Patia Dawn Avocet and Damien Brown’s children. Damien Brown was created by @amixofpixels

Feel free to ask about their cc.

TOU

Do not claim as your own

Do not reupload

Please tag me if you use them

Do not change their eyecolour, skincolour, haircolour, genetics and occult

Harry | Leah | Aden | Barry

[bookgeekgrrl]

My media this week (10-16 Dec 2023)

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

🥰 Second Chances in New Port Stephen (TJ Alexander, author; Aden Hakimi & Feodor Chin, narrator) - 2nd chance romance between 2 former HS sweethearts after Eli comes back home to his small FL home town (post-transition & unemployed due to proximity to an industry scandal) and reconnects with Nick (who left for college, came back, got married & divorced and became a (hot) dad). Also there is a fat ginger cat named Sweet Potato. I kind of love what a mess Eli is. Nick is also a bit of a mess but masking it better. I loved them both.

💖💖 +120K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖

The First Rule of Book Club series (Deisderium) - MCU: stucky, 28K - reread for stucky bookclub; a forever fave where recovering Bucky joins a book club - just a warm hug of a series, with a fantastic OC (unfortunately does have period-typical reading of HP but I was able to just focus on everything else)

tattoo your last bruise (ftmsteverogers) - MCU: stucky, 9K - great post-WS recover fic

Blood, Sweat, Ambrosia (AidaRonan) - Stranger Things: steddie, 4K - amazing gift of a monsterfucking fic. aida has truly blessed us this holiday season

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

Doctor Who: The Giggle (2023 special #3)

D20: Fantasy High: Sophomore Year - e8-15

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

The Sporkful - How Do Michelin Stars Actually Work?

Pop Culture Happy Hour - Diddy, Hip-Hop, and #MeToo

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Ol Pejeta Rhino Cemetery

Our Opinions Are Correct - What Makes Us Quit Reading a Book in the Middle?

Today, Explained - A concrete solution to climate change

Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Julia Gets Wise with Darlene Love

NPR's Book of the Day - Jordan Peele curates a new Black horror story collection 'Out There Screaming'

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Knoxville Weather Kiosk

Pop Culture Happy Hour - 2023 Pop Culture Favorites [love that D20's Dungeons & Drag Queens made this list!]

Switched on Pop - Nicki Minaj's Roman Empire

The Allusionist - 186. Ravels

It's Been a Minute - Music trends that took us by surprise in 2023

Shedunnit - The Murderless Christmas Mystery

Vibe Check - It’s Like an Inspirational Relay Race

⭐ 99% Invisible #563 - Empire of the Sum

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - New Bedford Whaling Museum

⭐ Off Menu - Ep 216: Dawn French (Christmas Special)

Twenty Thousand Hertz+ - Tournament of Champions

Ologies with Alie Ward - Quasithanatology (NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES) with Bruce Greyson

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Gourdlandia

One Year - 1990: Art on Trial

Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club - Persuasion by Jane Austen with Andrew Hunter Murray

Not Another D&D Podcast - D&D Court: Sneaky Snowmen, Horny Dogs, and The PC vs The People’s Champion

Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Julia Gets Wise with Rhea Perlman

Up First - Gaza Post-War Plans, Ohio Prosecutor Misconduct, Comer Shell Company

What Next: TBD - Shein’s Newest Offering? An IPO

Pop Culture Happy Hour - Wonka And What's Making Us Happy

Dear Prudence - I Rejected A Friend’s Sexual Advance—Now He’s Being Weird. Help!

Endless Thread - This song wants you to stick out your what!?

⭐ Welcome to Night Vale #240 - He Is Holding a Knife

Today, Explained - Why millennials dread motherhood

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

Classic Rock Instrumentals

Presenting Stevie Ray Vaughan

Presenting Santana

Dropkick Murphys Radio • Familiar

New Blue Sun [André 3000] {2023}

Throwback Workout

my christmas playlist

[beautifulpaxielreads]

23 in 2023

Thank you to @thereadingchallengechallenge for the open tag. I hope you enjoy Little Thieves - I read it last year and absolutely loved it.

I Have Lost My Way by Gayle Forman

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh

Desiree by Annemarie Selinko

Where You Left Us by Rhiannon Wilde

Something Fresh by P. G. Wodehouse

Defend the Dawn (Defy the Night #2) by Brigid Kemmerer

A Fire Endless (Elements of Cadence #2) by Rebecca Ross

The Upwelling by Lystra Rose

This Rebel Heart by Katherine Locke

The Balloon Thief by Aneesa Marufu

Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers #3) by Becky Chambers

Stateless by Elizabeth Wein

East (East #1) by Edith Pattou

The Girl With No Soul by Morgan Owen

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk and Robot #2) by Becky Chambers

Strike the Zither (Kingdom of Three #1) by Joan He

The Jasmine Throne (Burning Kingdoms #1) by Tasha Suri

The Smoke Thieves (The Smoke Thieves #1) by Sally Green

Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle #1) by Tracy Deonn

Star Daughter by Shveta Thakrar

The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros

Gearbreakers (Gearbreakers #1) by Zoe Hana Mikuta

Portable Magic: A History of Books and their Readers by Emma Smith

Again, I'm making this an open tag, so anyone who wants to do it, consider this your invitation!

[natteryaktoad]

Griffin, Day 84, Part 1

Scarlett took a phone call from Robbie, and ended up talking about... Aden, presumably?

Osprey: Scarlett! Phone for you - it’s Ida.

Scarlett: Hey, babe... are you happy?

Osprey: Of course - I’m marrying you in the morning!

Scarlett: Yeah, but... the wedding... I feel like we’re both wanting different things from it.

Osprey: Yeah, we are, but I think we’re both getting what we want, right? My first wedding was massive - Kate’s parents paid for the whole thing, and about a hundred of the guests were their friends that I’d never met - even Kate hadn’t met most of them! It was so big, a spectacle, a performance. I felt like I didn’t even get to spend any time with the friends and family who were important to me. Whereas your first wedding...

Scarlett: My first wedding, there was only Aunt Wendy and Trip there, beside me and Aden. It was all very rushed and spur-of-the-moment, and Aden convinced me that I just wanted a small wedding, there and then. I didn’t get to have the rest of my family or any friends there. Aden said we could have a big party as a wedding reception when we got home, but then when we did, he had work stuff going on, and I found out I was pregnant with the twins, and it never happened.

Osprey: And so this time, on my side, I just want the people most important to me there - my kids. I want to be able to enjoy the day and actually spend time with people, rather than it being a perfomance. And you-

Scarlett: And I want all my friends and family there, a big celebration with everyone who’s important to me.

Osprey: And I feel like we’ve got all that, right? Our wedding’s here, so it’s low key, but not too low key, and we’ve both invited all the people we want there.

Scarlett: And it’s not too big for you?

Osprey: Nope. Everyone who’s coming is important to us - the numbers don’t matter as much as who the people are. I’m happy if you’re happy.

Scarlett: I’m very happy.

Osprey: Then I am too. And we’re getting married in the morning!!

Osprey: Morning, gorgeous... it’s The Day!

Ah, I’d forgotten about this...

Scarlett and Osprey’s wedding day dawned rainy, so we dragged out the weather manipulator thingy and ordered up some clear skies. The guests were all duly invited, and gussied up into appropriate formalwear (you wouldn’t believe the amount of women who came in their own wedding dresses!).

Osprey’s only invites were to his four children and their plus ones (Perri didn’t bring anyone, since Trip was there), but Scarlett invited her whole family (or almost everyone): her dad, mum and step-dad; eight of her ten siblings (I didn’t invited Skye and Roman, as she’s never been that close to them and this thing was already getting BIG!); her three children with plus ones (but not for Trip, since Perri was there); her Uncle Brian and Aunt Wendy (without their spouses, to prevent crashes); and her BFF Ida Juana. Oh, and Helen and Gerry decided any invite of Ida Juana’s was an invite of theirs, and both crashed at different points.

Osprey’s oldest daughter, Cara, almost didn’t make it to the ceremony - I’d forgotten she was pregnant. I think she’ll be happy about the prospect of a baby. With her boyfriend, Robbie, I could see it going one of two ways - either he’ll be horrified at the idea of being a father, or overjoyed at the chance to have a stable family of his own. It’s possible the idea of Cara being easier to control if she’s tied to the house with a baby might appeal to him, too...

[hindiaspace]

To the love of my life. ⸻ Francis Kaiser.

In the quiet moments when the world fades away, your face appears, like dawn breaking the endless night.

The stars retreat, as if they know, no light can match the glow you bring into my life.

Your voice, like a whisper of the wind, carries me beyond the bounds of time, through distant dreams and endless skies, where love is the only language i speak.

I have searched for meaning in a thousand places, yet nothing compares to the way you make me feel.

In your eyes, i find a universe, a depth so vast, it swallows all my fears.

You are the pulse beneath my skin, the rhythm to which my heart beats slow and fast, every breath is a prayer, whispered in the wind, for you, for us, for this love that will forever last.

Each word you speak becomes a melody, that plays like a symphony within my soul.

The gentle touch of your hand, is more precious than all the riches of the world.

No ocean is too wide, no mountain too tall, for in you, i have found my everything.

I would walk through fire, swim through stormy seas, just to hold you in my arms and never let you go.

In your presence, i am whole, in your absence, i am adrift, for you are not just the one i love, you are the breath that gives my spirit lift.

So here i stand, with nothing left to hide, my love laid bare, like an open book, know this, my heart belongs to you, in every glance, in every touch, in every look.

If love had a depth, it would be endless as the sea, for no words could capture what you mean to me.

And though time may fade and seasons pass, my love for you will forever last.

Pojok cuitanku:

Kaiser, entah ini akan terasa spesial atau gak untuk kamu. Karena yang bisa aku lakuin adalah ungkapin apa yang ada dalam pikiranku saat aku mikirin kamu. Maaf aku masih banyak kurang dalam segala hal, aku hanya bisa terus berharap kamu bahagia dan selalu baik-baik aja. Jangan tanya berapa lama aku buat puisinya (struggle karena bahasa).

Terakhir, selamat ulang tahun kesayanganku, Kaiserku. Aku cinta kamu.

[warehouseradio]

Warehouse Radio Episode 10 - Milestone Episode Special

Tracklist under the cut:

TRACKLIST: OLD FRIEND - heavensense glok0679 [(w/ lyustra) - w3bcam 4Real - xyla Stay Fly (TYPE3 Remix) - Three 6 Mafia Get Thru This (Prince Club, Steve Huerta & Timbre Rebirth Edit) - Daniel Bedingfield METHOD_GRAB - Warmer Days (Ft. Meri K) [Original Liquatech Version) - DJ Meri Frontload (Designer Drugs Remix) - Freezepop Purple Unicorn - Deedrah Perimeter - Wu display - theo No Brim (Mashup) - kiraku x toonlink PROM 2016 REDUX - avalanche death Raiynch - Say So (Lordsun Remix) - Doja Cat BODY(prod. LONE) - AUDEN Unfurla - Clark Hesitate (Ft. Ecco2k) - Oli XL 645 GECS (hand crushed by a mallet + 4 DA TRAP) - BYZ Wheelspin - Glacci Naluri - Glacci Raptor - Rustie Future x Rustie - The Hood Internet Cinema Slasherrr (Elephante X Benzi 2K17 Edit) - Skrillex X Rustie here (ddertbag + elxnce + space) - grandee TANZ 4 HELL - ADEN Me First Then You, My Love - Lord Nando aquabwoi - localbroe temple (original mix) - swwwisha E-N-E - DJ JAVAWHITEGOLD (BONUS) LIL WAYNE - AMILI (MUTANT JOE REMIX) - MUTANT JOE the boxx (roddy ricch nightcore remix) - N*CORTEX Bike Seat - WASH 'N' SET GET IN THE FUCKING ROBOT OFFSET - dthd Luvit - AWE High Let Me Fly (Warpstr Remix) - Banshee Really Love (Machinedrum Remix) - Body Language Stars - DAWN Midnight # - smashi PARTY TIME - WOTURE Midnight Hotel - DJ Physical The Big Unknown (Ben La Desh Remix) - Elder Island boo'd - lyustra she skin continued - lyustra wanna Luvvy U - branden lowe Oh La La La - 2 Eivissa Meteor Herd Theme from Sonic Adventure 2 - Space Trip Steps (feat. Hunnid-P) eternal shuffle - KISS ME AND U THRU THE PHONE - SUCCDUCC X SOULJA BOY "Miku" feat. Hatsune Miku (Lazerdisk Remix) - Anamanaguchi Joypop - Landyn Nintendawgz - koko Based Till Death (Zora Jones Rare Edit) - Lil B

[germansandwich]

Aden Dawn 1D, requested by @twilightprince101

Hope you like how he turned out! I think it’s pretty cute!!!

[tendervulture]

The Funderlic kids! Disaster twenty-somethings and cousins of Ember! All of them use they/them pronouns. As the offspring of two dragons with wildly different elements and proportions (Fire and chumby for Adena, their dam, and Ice/Water and noodly for their sire, Ronny) , they have come out delightfully weird-looking. This was heavily inspired by @spyroid101‘s art of these guys!

Names and personalities under the cut!

 In order from left to right:

Lanche-Ice-The responsible firstborn. Deceased.

Saro-Fire-The flirt. Named after a famous dragoness of old by the same name from a famous ballad. Adena regrets naming them after that ballad. Surviving the Siege of Warfang and losing their father and most of their siblings changed them. Alive.

Iglis-Ice-The pretty one. Completely destroyed the stereotype of Ice dragons being calm and stately when they were alive. Absolutely unhinged. Deceased.

Lakelet-Water-The tiny and rowdy one. Also had the personality of a Victorian Urchin despite being 25. Deceased.

Falchion-Fire-Looked like they would be rowdy but was actually a complete dweeb.Deceased.

Aden-Fire-Named after their mother, they had the personality of a warm chili biscuit. Was very pretty and knew it, and loved to flirt with the other young drakes in the area. Deceased.

Salis-Water-Mermaid girl phase but forever. Hangs out in the fountains on hot days.Alive.

[stasammenarchive]

shipping tags part 1

006 :   (  alberto ship: luca paguro  ) 006 :   (  alberto ship: mattia romano ;; mixnmuse  ) 006 :   (  alberto ship: princess melody ;; mixnmuse  ) 006 :   (  alberto ship: clementine ;; timberfell  )

006 :   (  reed ship: alberto scorfano ;; timberfell  ) 006 :   (  reed ship: hiro hamada ;; timberfell  ) 006 :   (  reed ship: luca paguro ;; mixnmuse  ) 006 :   (  reed ship: mattia romano ;; mixnmuse  )

006 :   (  alistair ship: the warden  ) 006 :   (  alistair ship: keyleth of the air ashari ;; fatesrolled  ) 006 :   (  alistair ship: suhad aden ;; miscxllany  )

006 :   (  cullen ship: the inquisitor  ) 006 :   (  cullen ship: suhad aden ;; miscxllany  )

006 :   (  dolores ship: mariano guzmán  ) 006 :   (  dolores ship: nanaboozhoo ;; trixterhero  ) 006 :   (  dolores ship: tadashi hamada ;; timberfell  ) 006 :   (  dolores ship: dawn betterman ;; mixnmuse  )

006 :   (  isabela ship: tadashi hamada ;; timberfell  ) 006 :   (  isabela ship: elsa ;; fatesrolled  ) 006 :   (  isabela ship: rapunzel ;; mixnmuse  ) 006 :   (  isabela ship: kimiko tohomiko ;; cauterisen  )

006 :   (  fei fei ship: luca paguro ;; timberfell  ) 006 :   (  fei fei ship: hiro hamada ;; timberfell  ) 006 :   (  fei fei ship: giulia marcovaldo ;; timberfell  ) 006 :   (  fei fei ship: mirabel madrigal ;; miraclestitch  )

006 :   (  honey ship: tadashi hamada  ) 006 :   (  honey ship: gogo tomago  ) 006 :   (  honey ship: fred frederickson  ) 006 :   (  honey ship: wasabi  ) 006 :   (  honey ship: kimiko tohomiko ;; cauterisen  )

[expectante]

[coeurdastronaute]

HSAU: College Part 1

Previously on HSAU

Morning started the same, every day, rain or shine. Four thirty in the morning, the alarm beeped in the small attic room, and under one section of angled roof, where a pile of blankets slumbered, an arm would appear and slap around until the offending noise stopped. It was precise and methodical and never changed, six days a week.

Lexa ran her hands over her face after pushing off the blankets, but stayed in bed just a few seconds longer, orienting herself. Though it was still summer, the sky hadn’t brightened just yet, and the night was disinterested in ending anytime soon. When she swung her legs over the edge of the bed, she stretched and cracked her joints and yawned before grabbing an old shirt to throw over her sports bra and slipping on a pair of shorts. The fan in her window hummed along while the crickets outside groaned in the heat. Outside, the neighborhood she grew up in was quiet and still. A dog barked and calmed itself. No cars moved at all. Every picket fence and yard with signs and flags slumbered before dawn came, and Lexa was the first among the living. July was awake before the dawn as well. It shook off the night from its coat and stretched forward and backward before loping into the streets, covering every surface with a few inches of thick heat. Without the sun, the heat rose up straight from the ground itself, radiating out into the world. Lexa paused halfway through her run and tied her shoe as the light changed for no cars at all. As she stood she dried her forehead on her shoulder and started off again. Her run got insanely longer with the new summer route that took her out towards her uncle’s garage. For no reason at all. “Where’s Bear?” “I let him sleep in,” Lexa smiled before distracting herself with wiping the sweat from her face with her old shirt. “I ran here though, so that’s impressive.” “Yeah, I mean... no Bear though,” Clarke shrugged and hustled about the café, preparing for the opening. It took just a second, but somewhere between flipping the sign on the door and moving to make the second round of coffee, Lexa grabbed her girlfriend’s arm and tugged her back, kissing her like she had been waiting to do since she started her run. “Your mom still at that conference?” “Until Thursday.” “Want me to help you pack?” “Why don’t you let me actually pack and then come over to watch a movie or something,” Clarke chuckled and pushed at her girlfriend’s chest. “I am a great helper.” “No you’re not,” she smiled and ran her hand up Lexa’s neck, pushing her body closer as she found herself stuck between the counter and her quarterback. “I could barely walk after the last time you came over to help.” The words made her shiver, but Lexa grinned as she swallowed and ran her hands over Clarke’s hips. “But you were way more relaxed.” “I can’t wait until practice starts again. You need to work off all that energy somewhere else.” “How about another training session tonight?” The puppy dog eyes were in full effect, distracting her from everything else. The jingling of the bell at the door made them pull apart. Lexa smiled politely, clearing her throat as her girlfriend adjusted her apron. Just a few more days, and they would be gone, away from the safety of their little town. The entire summer had been spent avoiding thinking about it too much, had been spent disappearing to float down the river, to watch movies much too late in Lexa’s room until her mother would come home late from work and politely remind them of the hour, to drop Aden off at his science camp and disappear together to the mountains and spend the day hiking, which inevitably ended with lounging in the shade atop the hill. Lexa took her seat, at her table, and waited until Clarke finished with the first few customers of the morning. Miraculously, without even having to order, a water appeared, with a big bowl of oatmeal and fruit. Just like nearly a year ago, the quarterback sat there and studied plays as the morning rush came and went. Most of her time was spent watching the girl with blonde hair and cheeks that had that damn smile. For the life of her, Lexa couldn’t figure out how she was going to find the motivation to run when she moved to New Haven. XXXXXXXXX

The evening was growing long in the tooth, but neither party could be bothered to let it end without a fight. And even though a mother made her presence known from time to time, it didn’t deter the two sweethearts in the attic hideaway. Nothing really could, with the late-July heat settling on the roof, angry and annoyed. 

“I don’t think I’ve seen your room this clean ever before,” Clarke observed as she hunkered down on the bed while Lexa finished packing and straightening up. “It wasn’t ever dirty, it just feels… I don’t know. Less lived in.” 

“I wasn’t going to leave a mess for my mom.” 

“I know. I just don’t like any of it.” 

“You’ll be doing the same thing in like six weeks.” 

“Oh no. I’m definitely leaving a mess for my mom.” 

Lexa chuckled and zipped up another duffle bag before tossing it on the pile. She gave her room a finally glance and felt a twinge of sadness in the base of her heart, a tiny little tug on her body that felt like she was already gone. She fell into her bed beside her girlfriend and smiled when a hand pushed hair away from her face. 

“You’re going to go across the country tomorrow,” Clarke whispered. “And I will miss you. But you are going to do something spectacular.” 

The quarterback slid her hand around Clarke’s hip, her thumb touching the warm skin there. She liked the feeling of her, and she wanted to remember it. 

“I’ll miss you badly.” 

“Obviously. I’m incredibly missable.” 

Lexa smiled as Clarke held it there and kissed her eagerly, without holding anything back, to try to say what she couldn’t. Hands gripped on her hips and she pushed forward toward Lexa. Hands moved to her neck and she dug her hands into her girlfriend’s hair. 

“I’ll come see you when you move in,” Lexa promised. “Just a three hour train ride and I can be there.” 

“And you’ll work very hard earning that starting spot this summer. No distractions. And if you get a chance,” Clarke grinned and slide her hand up her girlfriend’s stomach. “To get in shape.” 

“You oogling me is really good motivation.” 

“I don’t oogle,” Clarke shook her head as lips moved to her neck. She felt Lexa settle atop her and closed her eyes, pulling her closer, always closer. “I appreciate.” 

“You’ll have a good summer, right? Not miss me too much.” 

“I’ll miss you plenty, but I’ll try.” 

“Will you, um,” Lexa pulled away slightly, her lips a little puffier, her eyes a little more dilated, her hands touching skin and aching for more. “Would you do me a favor?” 

“Your mom is still making dinner. We have like an hour before dinner. I plan on doing a few favors for you.” 

“No, no, not that,” she shook her head. “Well. Kind of that. But I just… I want you to have a good time this summer, and not think about me. But while you’re doing that, could you watch out for Aden? He gets… he gets quiet sometimes. And my mom. She works too hard. I don’t want to leave them.” 

Her eyes were a little glassy with the confession and Clarke pressed her hand to her chest and nodded with a smile before kissing her softly. 

“I’ll keep an eye on them.” 

“You have no idea how good that is to hear.” 

“I can imagine.”

“Any favors I can do for you?” Lexa ventured with a smile. 

“One or two.” 

XXXXXXXXXX

It wasn’t easy for the first week, but Clarke kept telling herself that if she could make it one week, then she could do it, without a doubt. As hard as it was, she clawed her way through the first seven days without Lexa almost intact and only cried a handful to a dozen times. 

They survived with FaceTime and texts and calls. She got to see a lot of Lexa’s new world with tons of pictures and a lot of eager explanations, and Clarke made sure to keep plans with friends, electing to fake it and hopefully find some moments of happiness. And she did, swimming with friends, parties by the river, working at the café. It was all doable when she didn’t take any time to think about it. 

And every night when she talked with her girlfriend on the phone, Clarke had something to tell her that she did that day to keep herself busy. And she got to hear about how crazy training was, and how awesome the team was, and how exciting being on her own seemed to be. Clarke could handle listening to Lexa talk for hours. 

But there was something she needed to do, and she waited until the first milestone of a week to muster up the courage to do it. 

“Clarke, honey, it is so good to see you,” Gabby opened the door and smiled, wiping her hands in the towel on her shoulder before hugging the girl at her door tightly. 

“It’s good to see you, too,” Clarke sighed, melting into the motherly embrace. 

“I hope you’re hungry. I made chicken.” 

“Is it cooked?” 

“Ha ha. Very funny,” she rolled her eyes, grinning as she ushered her guest inside. 

The house smelled warm and delicious, and somehow felt a little different without Lexa’s bag of gear by the door and her cleats clogging up the entryway. The noises were still the same, some music playing over the small radio on the kitchen counter and Aden’s music thumping overhead, but there wasn’t a happy girl about to lope down the steps at the sound of the door and kiss the guest, and everyone knew it. 

“How have you been? How’s summer so far?” Gabby asked as Clarke followed toward the kitchen. 

“Not too bad. Normal stuff. Working and preparing to leave.” 

“Ah, to be young and with the summer ahead,” she wistfully sighed before taking the chicken out of the oven. 

Her phone rang, and Clarke saw the familiar pep in her step to answer it after she looked at the clock, familiar with the schedule Lexa liked to keep. 

“Hey, kid. How are you?” she smiled at her phone as her daughter’s face popped on the screen. “Your timing is great. Look who just showed up for dinner.” 

Clarke waved at her girlfriend from the counter earning a huge smile. 

“Make sure the chicken is cooked,” Lexa offered.  

“Way ahead of you.” 

“How was practice today? You still sore in the shoulder?” 

“It was great. I got some time in on the first line and had a really good film session. I just got back from dinner with a bunch of the guys. It was Shawn’s birthday, so we went to get a bite at this awesome Chinese place I can’t wait to show you both.”

“And you’re back in the dorm by nine?” 

“A couple of the other guys went to grab drinks, but I’ve honestly never been more tired in my entire life, and we have a five call time tomorrow for conditioning.” 

“Okay, honey, well thanks for calling me. You should sleep.” 

“I will. Clarke, wake me up later so you can tell me all about dinner and your day?” 

“We’ll see,” she shrugged and smiled. 

“I’ll be half asleep but I’m extra cute when I’m half-asleep.” 

“It’s true,” Gabby nodded. “She’s impossible to tolerate when she’s awake.” 

“Very funny,” Lexa rolled her eyes. “I love you guys. Have a good dinner. I’m sorry I missed it.” 

“Get some sleep,” they both ordered. 

It was a good dinner. Clarke enjoyed her time with Lexa’s family as she always did, and she felt a little better that Lexa gave her something to do. Maybe it was a win-win all along, that Lexa got to make sure her family was watched, and Clarke would have something to do. She wasn’t sure she could give Lexa all the credit for the plan, just that she was glad it worked out that way. 

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It had been a long two months. Clarke felt every second of it, she thought, despite how busy she was preparing to move across the country. There was still work, and there was still time with friends, still the summer shenanigans she’d come to love, still time with everyone else who was going their own ways as well. 

It took forever and it went on in a blink. But by the time she got off the plane and picked up her luggage, she realized she didn’t particularly miss home at all. As she stood on the curb and waited for an Uber, she wasn’t as daunted by the idea of change as she had expected, but rather eager to embrace it all. 

“Excuse me, ma’am, you’re going to have to move along--”

Dumbfounded, Clarke stared at her girlfriend, who seemed to have somehow gotten taller and prettier in their time apart, standing next to an old truck. Clad in a backward blue ball cap and a torn up workout shirt that looked as if it was still dirty from a morning practice. 

“What are you--?” Clarke began to ask before smiling too much and launching herself into her quarterback’s arms. 

It felt good, to feel Lexa’s arms around her waist, to smell the sun on her neck, to fit so snuggly there. Clarke squeezed with all of her might, kissing what she could smooshed there, with Lexa’s arms returning it, a laugh in her throat strangled from escaping. 

Somehow Clarke realized her legs wrapped around Lexa and she was essentially a koala, latched there. She didn’t care. She kissed her girlfriend, ignoring the honks of the cars and the swirling police that wanted to usher everyone along. She somehow became the person who missed another persons lips. It was infuriating. 

“How did you know?” 

“My mom told me about your flight,” Lexa shrugged. “I borrowed a truck from one of the guys on the line. They think you’re hot.” 

“Well, that’s… sweet, I guess.” 

“I couldn’t wait to see you. Even if it’s just for a little bit.”

“You’re getting soft on me, Woods.” 

“Yeah,” she grinned, squeezing again. “I don’t care. I knew no one would be here to take you to school.” 

“I was just going to uber or taxi.” 

“I’m going to be the person who takes you where you need to go, even if you don’t ask or expect it, and not in as creepy a way as that sounds--”

She was silenced with another kiss as Clarke struggled to hide her smile. 

[talktomeinclexa]

You Put The Wild In Wild West

By: TalktomeinClexa

Ratings: Mature

Warnings: Minor characters' death, Some violence

Status: WIP (6/7)

Summary: Sheriff Lexa Woods sees the peace in her little town compromised when a gang of robbers, The Delinquents, set their eyes on what Polis has best to offer.

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Chapter 6

None of the people in presence were old enough to have known or to remember the Civil War that tore apart their country for four years. Yet, Lexa couldn’t help but think about her father, her uncle, and all those who partook in the bloody conflict as she helped The Delinquents prepare for the fight to come. Had her father counted his bullets and sharpened his knife, too, on the eve of the battle? Did he think about his sweetheart back home, praying that he would see her again and get to take her to church? Did Titus spend hours poring over maps and devising strategies until his eyes hurt and his throat felt drier than the desert? Did they fear for their companions’ lives when they went to bed, unsure what dawn would bring?

The previous tensions between the two groups were mostly forgotten in light of the common enemy they would soon face. The Polisians, older than their counterparts, had experience on their side. They had all been involved in more than one gunfight over the years and didn’t panic easily. The Delinquents, on the other hand, displayed endless amounts of ingenuity honed by years of surviving on their own. And thanks to Raven’s talents, they would have some dynamite sticks to even the fight.

In an attempt to smoothen the cooperation and limit the number of arguments Clarke had to defuse, The Delinquents welcomed Lexa’s friends into their home. Hopefully, getting to know one another better would help them all get along and have their comrades’ backs when the time came. If Anya made a show of complaining about Raven incessantly talking to her, most of the others were happy with the arrangement. Even Octavia, who jumped at the opportunity to spend some time with Lincoln and apologize for hitting him over the head — much to Bellamy’s annoyance.

No one seemed surprised to see Lexa sleep at Clarke’s with Aden and Madi. With Nia most likely on her way looking for blood, they were on borrowed time. The two women, making the best of the circumstances, spent every free minute they had in each other’s arms. Learning their bodies’ curves and dips. What made them moan, whimper, scream, and shiver. And they talked. About their pasts, their families, what had made them who they were. About the future they hoped for and how they could make it work once it was all over.

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[drawnecromancy]

Big Long OC List because I rarely talk about the blorbos from my mind and I have so many. Going to sort them by stories i guess ? Under a read more bc it'll take space on dash lol

List is subject to change because I can never remember all my idiots at once. Nor all my works, really dkdkkdnd

A lot of them don't have last names listed because I either can't remember them right now or haven't given them one

The 4 idiots in the forest + supporting characters

Rya

San Nerelles

Alan

Darlok

Eli

Gabriel

Ael de Sombrebois (he's so underdeveloped lmao)

Hélianthe and Atropa (vampire romance novel that also happens to be mostly political drama probably)

Hélianthe de Bréguémar (AKA Nielle de Fumeterre)

Atropa Meria

Anne de Monthaut

Vladimir de Monthaut

That one story where a photojournalist finds some druid's girlfriend for her

The Journalist

The Druid

The Lumberjack (none of those three have names for now oops)

Miscellaneous Eshda characters

Erik de Bréguémar

Arya

Aiden

Ether de Bouchemer

Florian de Bouchemer

Azelin de Bouchemer

Paulina de Bouchemer

Miscellaneous Etynda characters

Salia Enars

Alistair Enars

Elvul Aden Etynda

Maar Cherenyel

Meleria Ravenlia

Luki Ravenlia

Ainsel

BREAK OF DAWN

Elysia Evans

Vincent de Vano

Val [The Emperor]

Mark [The Mage]

Ava [The Adventurer]

Mélyane

Claire Derlynn-Witchmann

Alexander aka Alex

Kyle Witchmann

Perceval "Percy" Witchman

Sandy Witchmann

Sacha de Vano

Ether Brooks

Dawn

Dusk

Pre-Break of Dawn, but still in the same place

Lumeria de Vano

Realva

Volieda

Prince Malvern/King Lohsevaar III

Elder Scrolls OCs

Drunovshul (last dragonborn)

Ji'sharra (LDB)

Maeri (Hero of Kvatch)

Chaosia (both LDB and HoK because fuck Logic)

Benadryl (Nerevarine, HoK, LDB, this old man had a lot of bullshit happening to him)

Tivandryn aka Titi aka Tiv (Nerevarine)

Medrel/Merelia (before/post reincarnation. Reincarnation happens to be LDB)

Alyssa (LDB)

Miscellaneous

Nyhm (technically exists in both Sky City and the fantasy one)

Caldan (same as Nyhm, although ze's less present)

The Six (the Fabric of the Universe used to be people)

Svetlana (Symbaroum TTRPG character)

Myth-Anar (Symbaroum TTRPG character)

Sci-Fi setting (aka third known galaxy to host life)

Ath

The nephew

The fish (ship pilot)

The robot (maintenance guy)

[katstuckintree]

Genshin Impact OC info dump, because I can. (Jk jk) Some of these are not final designs.

Ocs in order(?)

Akari (they/them (any pronouns are fine.), a cunning but kind ancient fox spirit that fakes their identity by being a human traveling salesperson to avoid getting jailed again because of a crime they falsely committed many years ago. Their pyro vision is a special kind of pyro call “soul pyro” and is a poleam user.

Ezria (she/they), a mysterious “witch” who in secret deals with necromancy using her electro vision powers. They have also cursed themselves with a small bat demon creature thing that disguises itself as a ornament on their hat. She is a catalyst user.

Valai (they/them), a half sheep hybrid that travels around Teyvet trying to find any origins of their past. At the moment they reside in Monstadt having a break from their travels. They have a dendro vision and is a claymore user.

Aden (He/him), he isolated himself in Dragonspire after his past village abandoned him. He now helps lost adventurers find their ways around the mountain disguised behind a white plague doctor mask. This has dubbed him “The Frost Doctor”. His little owl’s name is Dawn. He has a ice vision and is a poleam user.

Jin (He/They/it), the guardian to the gates and protecter of the spirit realm. Owner of the largest liberty in the spirit realm as well. Was gonna be the geo archon instead of Morax in the past, but turn it down and gave up his god-like powers to become a spirit instead.

[ryttu3k]

Listing my TBR! Italicised books I own. Last updated - 30 December 2023. Current total - 81.

Future releases that will be day-one reads (2)

Muir, Tamsyn - Alecto the Ninth (The Locked Tomb #4), due 2024 - *HEAVY BREATHING*

Tingle, Chuck - Bury Your Gays, due 16 July 2024

Series (13)

Butler, Octavia E - Parable of the Sower; Parable of the Talents (Earthseed #1-2) - classic cli-fi

Leckie, Ann - Ancillary Justice; Ancillary Sword; Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch #1-3) - wildly award-winning AI-heavy space opera

Mejia, Tehlor Kay - We Set The Dark On Fire; We Unleash The Merciless Storm (We Set The Dark On Fire #1-2) - queer dystopia

Wells, Martha - Artificial Condition; Rogue Protocol; Exit Strategy; Network Effect; Fugitive Telemetry, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries #2-7) - one of the best robot protags around. Most novellas, aside from Network Effect

Standalone Fiction (60)

Anthology - Bioluminescent - lunarpunk

Anthology - Bound In Flesh - trans body horror

Anthology - Fighting For The Future - solarpunk meets cyberpunk

Anthology - It Keeps Getting Better - positively queer sci fi

Anthology - Longsummer Nights - paranormal romance, much of it queer

Anthology - Luminescent Machinations - queer bodies and technology

Anthology - Made to Order: Robots & Revolution - as does this

Anthology - Other Terrors - inclusive horror

Anthology - Out There: Into The Queer New Yonder - futuristic queer SFF

Ancrum, K - Icarus - thief gets his heart stolen

Angus, Callum - A Natural History Of Transition - short story collection about transitioning and transformation

Aoki, Ryka - Light from Uncommon Stars - found family in space, ‘Good Omens meets A Long Way To A Small Angry Planet’

Baldree, Travis - Bookshops & Bonedust - set in the same ‘verse as Legends & Lattes!

Basu, Samit - The City Inside - dystopia in a future Dehli

Basu, Samit - The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport - many robots

Candon, Emma Mieko - The Archive Undying - tfw you’re the favourite of an AI god

Carey, MR - The Book of Koli - planty post-apoc

Chen, Mike - Vampire Weekend - vampire babysits mortal relative

Clarke, Susanna - Piranesi - self-discovery through Spooky Houses

Dunn, Mark - Ella Minnow Pea - does fascinating things with language

Edgmon, HE - The Witch King - features a trans witch king of a fae kingdom

Fellman, Isaac - Dead Collections - queer vampire library romance

Fowley-Doyle, Moira - Eyes Guts Throat Bones - nice messed-up short story collection

Gibson, William - Neuromancer - literally the first cyberpunk

Hackwith, AJ - The Library of the Unwritten - unfinished books in Hell and the characters that inhabit them

Harlan, Kathryn - Fruiting Bodies - queer horror about mushrooms

Hoffman, Ada - The Outside - AI-heavy plot with autistic protag

Ishiguro, Kazuo - Klara and the Sun - robots!

Jackson, Shirley - We Have Always Lived In The Castle - gothic and mysterious

Jamieson, Trent - Day Boy - what happens when vampire servants grow up

Johnson, Alaya Dawn - The Summer Prince - radical art and queer, polyam romance

Kelly, Anita - Love & Other Disasters - lighthearted queer romance during a cooking competition, NB PC

Lake, Joss - Future Feeling - future magic with trans protags

Lamb, Sacha - When The Angels Left The Old Country - queer Jewish historical fantasy

Lemberg, RB - The Unbalancing - got it on the shelf!

Lukens, FT - In Deeper Water - princes and pirates

Mandel, Emily St John - Sea of Tranquility - time travel and metaphysics

McLemore, Anna-Marie - Lakelore - dreamy lake fantasy with two NB and neurodiverse protags

McQuiston, Casey - One Last Stop - time-travelling queer romance

Newitz, Annalee - The Future of Another Timeline - time travelling SFF

Pinsker, Sarah - A Song For A New Day - illegal concerts in dystopian settings

Polydoros, Aden - The City Beautiful - mystery with Jewish mythology

Quills, Coffee - Blasted Research - poly relationship in a post-apoc wasteland

Robinson, Kim Stanley - Aurora - AI generation ship

Roehrig, Caleb - The Fell of Dark - queer vampire mystery

Scalzi, John - The Kaiju Preservation Society - protecting ‘the universe’s largest and most dangerous panda’

Shelley, Mary - Frankenstein - you know what this one is about

Skrutskie, Emily - Bonds of Brass - the author basically went "what if I wrote Poe/Finn but it wasn't terrible?" and I deeply respect that

Sonderby, Kaia - Failure to Communicate - xenolinguistics with an autistic protag

St Hogan, Carter - One or Several Deserts - collection of queer bodies on the margins

Sterling, Isabel - The Coldest Touch - queer vampire + psychic romance while also solving mysteries

Stephenson, Neal - Snow Crash - if Neuromancer started cyberpunk, Snow Crash codified like... a lot of it

Thomas, Morgan - Manywhere: Stories - Southern queer stories

Weir, Andy - Project Hail Mary - listen I goddamn loved The Martian

White, Andrew Joseph - The Spirit Bares Its Teeth - author has owned my ass since Hell Followed With Us

Wigmore, Rem - Wolfpack - sequel to Foxhunt

Wilde, Oscar - The Portrait of Dorian Gray - technically this is SFF

Wilkes, Ally - All The White Spaces - mystery in Antarctica, features trans PC

Wong, Khan - The Circus Infinite - circus on the moon, ace MC

Wuehle, Candice - Monarch - former beauty queens vs the deep state

Nonfiction (6)

Anders, Charlie Jane - Never Say You Can't Survive - storytelling when the world is on fire

Gay, Ross - The Book of Delights: Essays - optimistic and hopeful

Nezhukumatathil, Aimee - World of Wonders - the natural world is neato

Pollack, John - The Pun Also Rises - nonfiction entirely about puns this is a requirement

Pullman, Philip - Daemon Voices - on crafts

Sheldrake, Merlin - Entangled Life - mushrooms!