#and i guess this is it from this file on my drafts... 💕

[jkvjimin]

unmatched beauty 💖 cr. namuspromised

[sl-newsie]

Take A Break (Robert Fischer x OC) Falling For You 💕 Valentine's Day Special 💕

Main Story: https://www.tumblr.com/sl-newsie/752219255149330432/falling-for-you-robert-fischer-x-oc?source=share

Christmas Special: https://www.tumblr.com/sl-newsie/771175123756728320/magic-kisses-robert-fischer-x-oc-falling-for-you?source=share

I'm not partial to the holiday myself but I knew Robert and Margaret have to have something! :)

The date is officially set! By this June I will officially be Mrs. Margaret Fischer! Now if only planning the wedding would be as fun as it sounds. We’re still waiting to announce it to the press. When we finally told my parents, my mother nearly collapsed and immediately started asking questions about the ceremony. That was before December.

Our much-needed holiday after Christmas was, in a word, extraordinary! We spent an entire week at a resort in Alaska! Since both of us aren’t used to being so far from busy civilization Robert thought it was a good idea to go somewhere rural. He was right! And boy, can he get antsy. When we weren’t out of breath from hiking, skiing, or snowmobiling, we got out of breath doing… other recreational things. It felt like a preview of our honeymoon!

Unfortunately our gained rest has since been depleted in these past months and Robert is already experiencing burnout. I guess one week off for him is worth an entire decade of vacation time. Not only will he not take a break but this upcoming stock pitch is a real doozy. If all goes well tomorrow then the media will be getting a triumphant announcement from Fischer Morrow. Mr. Browning and I agree that now we just need to keep Robert in-tact long enough to sit through the meeting.

This sounds simple enough. But it would be so much easier if I wasn’t tugging him away from his desk each night. We finished our late dinner three hours ago and he’s still hunched over the paperwork, dressed in his pajamas. I adjust my robe and carefully step closer.

“Darling, you’re exhausted,” I murmur and rub his shoulder. “Come to bed.”

Robert, still staring down, shakes his head. “Can’t. I have to finish writing the draft for the pitch tomorrow. You go back to sleep.”

I gather up the files and he lets out a sleepy, halfhearted whine. “No. I’m doing this not only as your fiancée but as your employee.” I help him stand and we both start walking to the bedroom. “Robert, you will be no good at tomorrow’s meeting if you can’t sit up straight. It’s time to sleep.”

He slumps onto the mattress and I can’t even tell if he’s listening until I hear a muffled “Fine.” Robert falls asleep so fast I don’t get a chance to say goodnight. I take my own place next to him and snuggle next to his limp form. The only response I get are his gentle snores as I too drift off…

“No! No I’m not!” Robert shrieks.

Jesus! I jolt awake and jump up, expecting an intruder. But there is no one hiding in the darkness. There is only Robert’s shouting. He hasn’t had one in a while… It must be one. It’s another nightmare. 

“Robert? Robert!” I crawl back into bed and shake him. “Wake up! Wake- Ow!”

He swings over and I feel his fist collide with my cheek. Huh. I’ve never personally seen Robert hit anyone yet but he does tell me of people he’s dealt with to “defend my honor.” I just assumed they were testosterone-filled outbursts. Right now is only a consequence of his reflexes. Thankfully the punch seems to have woken him up.

“It’s okay!” I whisper and run my hands over his tense back as he pants for air. "It’s okay. It was a dream.”

“A dream,” he repeats, blurry eyes staring into space and slowly shifting his gaze to me. “Another damn dream. I- Oh my God. Did I hit you?”

I take a breath. “It’s fine, I-”

“I hit you!” He gasps and buries his face in his hands.

“Robert. It was an accident. Calm down.” I reach for him again and he engulfs me in a tight hug, pressing his head into my chest as he lets out more tears. “That’s it. Let it out. I’m here. Do you want to talk about it?”

He takes a few shaky breaths and stutters: “I’m afraid. I can’t stop thinking about- About…”

About the pitch, I imagine. The business, his legacy, his family.

“Is it your father?”

He nods and shrinks in closer. “Yes. But not just him. I dream about you too. That I’ll become like my father and you won’t be happy. Sometimes I think that my life is too cold for you.”

So he still has doubts about us. I’d hoped our last holiday would have destroyed them.

“Robert. Look at me.” He keeps his face buried against me. “Please look at me.” His wide blue eyes fly up to find mine. “However your father might have behaved, you are not coldhearted. And you are not a disappointment. Do you think being with me makes you happy?”

Through his teary eyes he smiles. “Yes.”

“Does the thought of having kids make you happy?”

His smile widens. “Yes.”

I move a stray hunk of hair from his face so I can see him better. “Those things make me happy too. You deserve to be happy, Robert.” I reach around and put a hand on his heart. “This is why I love you. You are the kindest man I have ever met. You could never hurt me.”

“But-”

“This is an accident.” I point to my cheek. “I’ll fix it before tomorrow’s photoshoot-”

“I don’t care about the pictures,” Robert insists and rubs his thumb against the growing bruise. “I am so, so sorry.”

“It doesn’t hurt, honest. I’ve had much worse.” 

I say it in a soothing tone but we both know the wounds from my waitress past are no joking matter. That’s probably why Robert is so anxious.

Before he can doubt himself further I distract him by ruffling his hair. “Just think. In a few more months we’ll be married.”

“Yeah…” Robert sighs dreamily and snakes an arm around my waste. Good. He’s calming down.

“The elite businessman and the causal city girl,” I chuckle. “Should make quite the headline once we tell everybody.”

“Now who’s sounding insecure?” Robert teases lightly and squeezes me. “Sweetheart, you know I don’t care about that. I want a future with you.” 

It feels so good to hear him say that. Far more good than words can describe. All my life I wanted someone to love me and of all chances I struck the lottery.

“I do too,” I murmur and stroke his hair. “And right now I also want you to get a good night’s sleep, so let’s try to go back to bed.”

He lies back down and pulls me against his warm torso. If only there was a way I could grant him peace of mind. But it’s impossible to wrap that in a bow.

“I love you,” Robert half moans as he drifts off again.

“Love you too, Robbie.”

I’ve got to do something to fix this.

As one would expect, the pitch goes flawlessly. But that's not the only positive outcome. One week later I have the solution. Everything’s planned. Now I just need to corner Robert before he goes off to look at our stock statistics for the tenth time today! It’s already evening so he should be coming down for dinner soon. Should be, unless I have to drag him down here again. For tonight I set the table extra-fancy with some flowers and placed a single envelope on his plate. An envelope containing the details of my plan. For dinner I made crock pot pork loin and green beans.

Thud. Thud. Thud.

The sound of approaching footsteps from the stairs signal that Robert is coming. I smooth out my black dress and peek my head out to see him walking towards the dining room.

“Hi, Margaret.”

He tries to sound fine but there’s no hiding the dark circles under his eyes. He's still wearing his office suit. I stay quiet until he walks past me and sees the table.

“Surprise!” I cheer softly, leading him in closer.

Robert can’t help but smile and stare at the envelope with excited confusion. “What’s this?”

I pick up the envelope and hand it to him. “This means that we get an entire weekend. Alone. Without work.”

His jaw drops and it clicks. He sinks into his chair, staring between me and the envelope, trying to decide on an answer. I can already tell he’s hesitant about it.

“Margaret, this looks wonderful but-”

“There are no exceptions. Your Godfather already agreed and had the office book us to have time off. It’s at a tucked away resort in Sweden with plenty of hot tubs for us to use.”

He nods slowly but something still isn’t adding up. “But why this weekend?”

My eyes widen. “It’s-! Oh.” He probably doesn’t celebrate it. “You probably won’t know.”

This edges him further and he keeps guessing. “Know what? What is it?”

I bite my lip. “This weekend is February fourteenth.”

The holiday you love to hate to love. Valentine’s Day. The day that peer-pressures everyone to buy people things to prove they care. The holiday celebrating the beheading of a saint by buying useless chocolates and flowers. I know it can be a very uncomfortable holiday and normally I’d wave it off. But this year I wanted to do something special with Robert, who now understands the significance of this weekend’s date.

“Oh God.” He slowly buries his face in his hands. “Now I know.”

My mind kicks into overthinking. “Is there something wrong?”

“No, no. It’s nothing you did. It’s just that I don’t really do… this.” He gestures to the envelope and flowers.

I cock an eyebrow and try to keep from smiling too much. “You don’t do lovey dovey stuff? Um, sweetheart, you were practically a romcom clone during our last holiday! Don’t tell me you don’t do romance after you-”

“Alright, alright!” He laughs and grabs my hand. “I suppose I’m more affectionate now than I used to be. But my point is that I’ve never seen a reason to set time aside for Valentine’s Day. First off, I never had anyone like you to spend it with.”

“Likewise,” I reply.

“Second, I feel that the entire holiday is a marketing scheme. Even our company sees a small profit during this time! I mean, why do we need a certain day to elevate our love when we celebrate it every day?”

A warm feeling spreads over me and I kneel down to be closer to him. “Robert… That is so sweet.”

He frowns, confused. “It is?”

“Yes,” I laugh and squeeze his hand. “Normally I hear stories of people who use Valentine’s Day to patch things up or compensate for the rest of the year. But you make a very good point. We don’t need a holiday for an excuse to celebrate.”

“Yes…” He repeats and traces his thumb along my silver engagement ring. “Because we will have an official day to celebrate in a few months.”

“Exactly.”

Robert pulls me into his lap and we lean in for a soft kiss. The envelope slips onto the table as Robert’s hands snake up my neck to cradle my face, leaving me to look up into his tired but loving eyes.

“Darling?”

“Yes?”

He runs his fingers along my cheek. “I know we agree that no holiday is required. But, um, could we still…?”

“Yes, Robbie. We are still taking the weekend off. Not just for Valentine’s Day but because you, my dear fiancé, need a break! You are a complete workaholic.”

“Right,” he groans half-heartedly and uses his other hand to squeeze my shoulder. “And you are the drug that cures it.”

Bashfulness returns to drench my thoughts and I pull my eyes away. “Stop it.”

“Stop what?” He mocks, turning my head back to him. “Loving my fiancée? Never.”

He runs his hands down the back of my dress and I already know what he’s thinking when he starts playing with the zipper.

I try to scoot away. “At least let me shower-”

“Great idea. Let’s go,” Robert declares and picks me up. “And then we can eat your wonderful meal.”

I let out a pathetic giggle and wrap my arms around his neck. “Can you go for one day without touching me?”

“You already know the answer.” He gives me a naughty smirk and starts walking us towards the staircase. “I’m beginning to look forward to this weekend.”

[corduroyserpent]

Fic Files Ask Game

Sort of tagged by @livingmeatloaf 😆💕

RULES: post the names of the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigue them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! tag as many people as you have WIPs.

Anything marked with a 🌟 is an active wip and the rest are things that I work on when the mood strikes hehe (but do feel free to ask about any of them!)

MXTX wips:

🌟 zhushen modern fth

🌟 Moshang BB First Draft

🌟 baby zzl road to 50k

🌟 bingqiu star wars au

🌟 zzl/mf/nyy new game plus

TLJ & LBH post-canon

dog gongzhi

zhushen h/c

sci-fi zhushen

tianxi wolf au!!

making liars out of honest men

demi tlj, t4t tianxi body worship

zzl just fucking kills hhpm

mer au bbb

MY UNCLE SOLD ME TO MOSHANG

dmc sv au (featuring zhuzhi-lang from the scum villain's self saving system)

scum villain centaurworld

wn/zzl main 2

tgcf star wars au

maybe we don't have to wait 'til we're better (xie lian's chronic pain)

bypt hualian extra

asasb PART TWO

Miscellaneous wips:

an long..........

mommy says it's xiao bai's turn on the xbox!!

sam trauma fic lol

in some doubt of a return

2ha star wars au

kalluzeb post-canon

What's a pretty bald babe like you doing in a wip like this?

protect your brother

capcom told me the spardas are trans

hisoillu...I GUESS!!

And I tag anyone who wants to do it! 🥰

[claudiajcregg]

"I held you in my arms; I knew I'd love you all the way" 💜✨

Thank you, Ally 💕 This was a trip.

In another wip that I’m still starting, I wrote that “if I had a nickel for every time I’ve been to a Bublé concert and came out with a story, I’d have two nickels. Which is not a lot, but it’s weird it’s happened twice.” Well… This is the first time. It’s inspired by his song “Forever Now”, which was also the file name for years. (This is still a provisional title, lol.)

The original draft is from September/October 2019; I’d wager the last time I really edited this was October 2020. Thus, it’s… not that good, and it’s definitely going on the “needs some polish” pile because I do love the idea, Iove the feelings, but I don’t love the execution as much now. (Details could be condensed to improve the flow, or some could be removed altogether. There's something there!) I guess that's why it is on the bottom of the shortlist - so that I remember I need to give it some love.

The premise is simple: it’s a few hours after CJ has given birth in the middle of the night, so she and Danny are in this bubble. It’s cutesy, indulgent and so very fluffy. I'd say it's very much in line with what I wrote then, but it still applies now? 😬

I'm bad at picking snippets so here's a short one.

Lowering his feet from one of the bars under the bed to the floor, he switched his position slightly, so he could extend his hand and use a finger to caress his daughter’s hand. It was hairless and soft, pleasant to the touch. Eleanor picked that second to let out a yawn that was too big and powerful for her tiny body, all without waking up or even opening her eyes. Then, as a clear sign she sensed him, she wrapped her open hand around his index finger and he was officially a goner. Danny couldn’t help but gape at her, overwhelmed by joy.

“Look at her... already wrapped around your finger,” came a soft, whispered observation from the other, just-awakened adult in the room. C.J.’s eyes were barely open but she was smiling placidly. “Should’ve known it would happen… I knew it would… I just didn’t expect it to be so fast.”

[luvdsc]

hello!! i saw your recent tag game post with your drafts and i gotta say, they're all amazing but /barbie girl/... dude barbie girl is just... *chef's kiss* anywho i hope you're having a nice time of day wherever you are :)

hi hello, sweetpea !! 💕 omg thank you so much for reading through all the snippets of my drafts 🥺💗 thank you especially for enjoying barbie girl !!!!! 🌷🌷 I really really like the concept I have for it, and I want it done so bad but at the same time, do you know that tiktok audio of the person crying as they make their pet into a sandwich / burrito ?? that’s literally me as I try to write the fic 💀💀😭 and thank you so much, lovebug, I hope you’re having a wonderful day as well 💙💙

Also idk where to put this so I guess I’ll just add it down here but I… am outgrowing my kpop phase after 8+ long years like I’m not really interested in writing fanfic nor am I interested in nct anymore 🤧 it was just a hyperfixation to keep myself from being bored out of my mind during the pandemic and now that I’m out and about and my social schedule is packed again, I’m really only interested in kpop music wise and I will 100% go to their concerts still because I absolutely love concerts but I have not kept up with nct content in so long 😵‍💫 I’m making this sound so dramatic but I unfollowed all of them on insta too because like ??? why am I so invested in a bunch of dudes’ lives when I should be out living my own best life 😭😭 and that just solidified it for me and anyway that’s where my head is at rn and tbh I think it was kinda obvious since I barely come on here anymore 😔

also in general to all the lovely honey bees who sent in messages to me: I apologize for the long overdue response, I finally have a lil breathing room because one of my clients just filed on friday and I don’t have any travel plans until next weekend (aka no need to pack and fly out this week wooo), so I can slowly answer my asks throughout this week 💓💓

[fedora-lloyd]

💥⚡️🖌🌿💕🎧✨🎨🍜🍊📝☕️ :D (i know it’s a crazy number of asks dfhdkdhfjf, feel free to just choose your favs:D /gen)

Ohoho, the more the merrier, this should be fun XD

I’m doing all of them simply because I can - this may be lengthy-

(tumblr didn’t save my draft for whatever reason and I had to retype everything, sorry bout that lol)

💥Do you prefer digital or traditional?

Given the fact that my art is usually both, that’s a tricky one! I like traditional because a physical pencil on physical paper feels really neat and is easier to control, but I love digital colouring, layering, and shading tools. Ultimately, I’d say digital!

⚡️Who are some artists that have influenced you?

I just had a mental breakdown of some sort when trying to answer this-

I used to watch a ton of LavenderTowne’s videos on YouTube when I was starting out, and I still do to some extent. Speedythecat also impacted a lot about my art and has a particularly helpful shading tutorial that was a large contributing factor to the way I shade, even though my method is certainly not identical. There’s like forty other artists I could list off but this is already too long lol

🖌Do you create in one sitting or spread it out over a longer period of time?

Really depends on the piece, but I usually spread it out over a few days to a week (or two weeks!).

🌿What piece of advice would you give your younger/less experienced self in regards to your art?

Don’t constantly compare yourself to people who are way ahead of you in the artistic game. Keep working to get there and learn from their art, but don’t constantly stare at the gap between you and them. Honestly, I still need to keep telling myself this now.

💕Do you have a favorite character to draw?

Definitely Lloyd! Any version of him!

🎧What do you listen to when you create, if anything?

Either something random on Spotify (my musical taste is all over the place), or my obsessively large collection of Ninjago soundtrack audio files. :’)

✨What things inspire your art?

Looking at the world around me, shading, people, and nature is always super inspiring for me and where I observe a lot of things I incorporate into art, even though I don’t draw realism. Also the random drawings I come across all the time that have features I really like!

🎨Describe your creating process?

First I draw something with mechanics pencil on paper. Then, if I’m not feeling lazy, I’ll use my computer as a light table and create a more refined version by tracing it onto a new paper. Then I take a picture, edit it so it’s just stark black and white (don’t have a scanner), and then add flat colouring via Autodesk Sketchbook on my phone with my fingers. Then I spend way too much time shading, shading, and shading some more until I’m satisfied with how it looks. Specifics of shading methods vary but always include a Hard Light layer as the base for the lights and darks and Soft Glow + an additional Hard Light layer creating more contrast as needed. Then additional layers are slapped on top to help out or add a little texture or something.

🍜Do you like to snack while you create? If so, what is your favorite snack?

I actually don’t snack often due to health conditions, but, err, does coffee count? I drink too much coffee and tea, though I usually keep it decaf as to not become too much of a chaotic spaz-

🍊Your strengths as an artist?

Ashdhdbf forcing me to focus on the good things about my art XD I’d say shading and colour theory, mostly? They’re both what people often point out about my art, and they’re where I feel most confident :D

📝How would you describe your style?

Anime-influenced style with sketchy-looking lines and minimal cell-shading, I suppose :)

☕️What is something about your art that you think is underrated/goes unnoticed?

I don’t feel confident enough to say there’s anything worthwhile that goes unnoticed… I guess the gradual changes in style and tactics over time? I feel there’s a noticeable difference between several older drawings and several newer drawings I’ve posted. I dunno.