super excited to finally announce a stout heart, a good bow, and a merry life, my project for the @steddiebang2024!! and even more excited to announce that i'll be working with the supremely talented @hereforanepilogue!!
summary:
after faltering under the weight of expectation and failing to live up to his family’s formidable reputation once more, steve is sent away from the kingdom of hawkins. to where, his father doesn’t care, so long as it’s far enough that he cannot inflict any more damage upon the now-sullied harrington name.
but steve and his fellow travelers don’t make it more than a few miles into the gruesome, shadow-bound woods that surround hawkins before their pilgrimage is set upon by thieves: the sort with sharp knives and little qualm about using them. tossed from his horse, without a weapon, steve is certain that he’s a goner. until, that is, a bow-wielding stranger, who happens to be the current biggest thorn in the kingdom’s side, steps in and saves steve’s life, changing it forever in the process.
when he’s offered a place among kas the betrayer’s merry band of ne’er-do-wells, he knows better than to accept it. but he has nowhere else to go and nothing left to lose. little does he know, as he takes kas’—or rather, eddie’s hand and allows himself to be pulled into the world cast to the outskirts of the kingdom’s consideration, that far more than a new home is in store for him. forced to adapt to an entirely unfamiliar way of life and waging a losing battle against his rapidly developing feelings for a certain infamous archer, he soon learns there are far worse things lurking between the trees than thieves, murderous or otherwise.
Thinking about Rayla being incapacitated (wounded, bound, etc.) by the pirates and just begging them not to hurt Callum, then being forced to watch as they batter and bloody him while she's helpless to defend him. Her worst fear, coming true.
So one of the local feral/stray cats had some kittens recently and has since moved on (as far as we know). We haven't seen hide nor hair of them... But we found one of the kittens in our greenhouse. It's perfectly healthy, strong, and boisterous! She's very talkative, and super smart (it took her less than 5 minutes to learn how to lap up liquids since we don't have a nipple to feed her yet. We have plans to get one tho bc no kitten should be fully weaned so young. It causes issues)! She's probably a couple weeks old, as her eyes are wide open and she's stumbling around as kittens do. We're calling her Little Miss. She can't come inside because we have a part-wild who will tear her to shreds... But she's being taken care of now and has a cozy hidey spot in the greenhouse. Basically at this point we've adopted her. Or She's adopted us because she could have wandered off at any point over the last few days and hasn't. I've made the suggestion that, if she sticks around, when gets big enough we should get her a collar and everything.