abridgement: in an affluent society, the children of three wealthy families strive to compete, balancing love, hatred, and ambition.
enemies to lovers, friends to lovers, drug addictions, mostly happy moments (?), puppy love, academic rivals, anxiety, eating disorders, intense friendships, homophobia, classism,
A/N: Couldn’t add Percival due to the 10-image rule 💔
CAST
[ HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN AS…
ALISTAIR HAYES CARTWRIGHT]
“The oldest of the Cartwrights. He isn’t around much. He considers us children and himself to be the most mature.”
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[EWAN MITCHELL AS…
ATTICUS LUCIAN CARTWRIGHT]
“The second oldest Cartwright, although there is much more of a fiery rage in him than his older brother.”
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[SASHA PIETERSE AS…
ATHENA ROSE CARTWRIGHT]
“The All-Praised. You could call her the Patron Saint of house Cartwright. Kind, generous, but fierce. She was sunshine, Iris was midnight rain.”
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[TOM BLYTH AS…
AURELIUS PIERCE CARTWRIGHT]
“As ambitious as Atticus, but more extroverted. Perhaps Atticus' shadow is all he will be.”
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[ADRIANA LIMA AS…
IRIS VIVENNE HARLOW]
“Ambitious, anti-social, but polite. Cut from the same cloth as Atticus, but more gentle. She has that same fiery rage, but only on the rink. All-Praised just like Athena, but in a different way. If Athena is science and maths, Iris is Latin and history."
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[GAVIN CASALEGNO AS…
SILAS HUGO HARLOW]
“Reckless, playful, humour-able. The golden retriever of the Harlow family. Straight a’s, if it weren’t for him getting sent out every lesson. He loses a lot of points on attitude.”
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[ANGELINA JOLIE AS…
SIRI HELENNE HARLOW]
“The sweetest girl. I think no matter the family, they all agree on something. Protecting precious Siri. Best friend to Aurelius, Percival and Georgina. Ambition to become a doctor, and her favourite character is Primrose Everdeen.”
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[CHICO LACHOWSKI AS…
CORNELIUS ASTOR HENDRICKX]
“Handsome, rich, smart. Goes both ways. Closest companion to Iris and most hated companion to Alistair.”
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[INDIA EISLEY AS…
GEORGINA ESTELLE HENDRICKX]
“Best friend to Siri. Aurelius merely tolerates her because Siri likes her. Loves history, latin, and sports. A perfect friend to Siri since those three things are what House Harlow stands for.”
Tuvok-B'Elanna dynamic at its core to me is Weird Girl on Playground vs Girl Who Walks Right Up To Her & Says "You're Weird." while everyone else just heavily implies it.
Also, the reason Seven/B'Elanna works so well is their weirdgirl 2 weirdgirl communication
Also 2) Seven is going THROUGH it with Janeway...Janeway is Seven's Popular Girl Friend who's sort of being condescending to you but also is genuinely trying to be nice and also there's a lesbian undertone to all your interactions as she tries to get you to submit to a makeover and that relationship will be with you forever and you'll never be able to fully say it was good or bad - yet it haunts you.
Seven's relationship with B'Elanna is thinking "I hate her boyfriend so much I could treat her better" so hard that her head explodes. You know Tom did something at/before prom and Seven swooped in. You know this to be true.
B'Elanna thinks Seven is so pretty and why would she even hang out with a loser like me? Why be a weirdo when you could just be popular Miss Perfect??? And they have this sort of antagonism but understanding of one another even as they keep pissing each other off and being annoying.
you horny priest fuckers failed to mention that there's another adaptation of the talented mr ripley starring andrew scott and dakota fanning, even if it's mid y'all are falling down on the job.
my characterisation of carlos is based off that bbc sports interview from his toro rosso days where his answer to the question "are you better looking than your friends [who are all spanish]" is "i think we're all pretty ugly, the spanish" like why would you say that 😭😭😭
"Daddyyyyy!" You call. You watch Tom fight his smile before he's spinning,
"Darling… what is it now? What would you like?" He poses. You hum, moving towards him. He fucking loves the sway of your hips, could get lost in all of you. You shrug as you lean on his knees, sinking to your own between his legs,
"I dunno… there's this really gorgeous dress at Saks. Could be useful for all your galas." You tell him, cocking your head. He chuckles as you cross your arms across his thighs,
"Yeah?" You nod,
"And there's this really nice lingerie set at Honey Birdette. I think you'd like it. It's blue just like you like." He hums,
"I don't exactly get anything out of that baby girl. What's in it for me?" He asks, eyes hooded. You giggle as you stand, sliding into his lap to straddle him,
"Well why would I be buying the lingerie unless I let you peel it off me?" You purr, leaning in to kiss just below his ear and across his neck. He purrs low in his throat,
"Tell you what…" He starts as he stands, dropping you onto his bed and crawling over you, "I'll up your allowance to ten thousand this month. Surprise me with whatever you'd like, and then we'll spend the whole weekend right here in this bed." He reasons. You chew your lip,
"How 'bout Switzerland. It's gorgeous there right now. We can fuck with the windows open, listening to the waterfalls." You try to negotiate. His smirks sinisterly down at you,
"You are so fucking spoiled." He growls, dragging your shirt up to kiss your stomach. You squeal as he leaves wet kisses along your skin,
"You didn't say no though. Can't resist me can you?" You chide. He growls, nipping at the skin of your belly button,
"Yes… we can go to Switzerland. And the Netherlands, and Paris, wherever you want." He confirms. You slide your fingers through his hair as he kisses your lips softly,
"Regardless of how much money you give me… nothing is more important to me than your love and these moments." You tell him. He smiles down at you,
"I know… me too. But… I like having you at my beck and call." He responds. Kissing him again, you roll him onto his back,
"I'll get the most gorgeous red bottoms for you baby." You tell him, caressing his cheek. He chuckles, watching as you start to leave the room, hips swaying again,
"I like the strappy heels too." He murmurs. You giggle, turning to look at him,
"Don't worry… you'll get a decent surprise." You promise. The smile that he carries never leaves his face as he resumes what he was doing.
the funniest thing is people being offended at tom wanting money and power when right after he asks if shiv would give up her money and power for him like.... she wouldn't. she loves her status more than she loves him. he loves her status more than he loves her.
i wanna do succession handcanons (bc ofc i do) but i also realized that i have never and will never get anywhere close to wealth to even guess the way rich ppl dress or keep up their appearances. would they all regularly get manicures
// Yvonne's name rhyming with Shiv's was completely unintentional. Tom and Shiv just put a bunch of baby names in a hat, pulled two of them out (one for a girl and one for a boy), and Yvonne was just happened to be one of them. The other was Edgar after Edgar Allan Poe.
PAIRING ▸ private investigator!jay park x fem!reader
GENRES ▸ social media au (smau), smut, fluff, angst, mystery, drama, enemies to lovers au, college au, rich kid au
SUMMARY ▸ after being blackmailed into accepting an assignment, jay park, a young private detective, is thrown back into college. this time, though, he’s at an ivy league and tasked to follow you to uncover what dark secrets your old money family is hiding. in doing this, jay must fraternize with your inner circle by joining a secret society called the "order of kryptos.” what he doesn’t realize is that the deeper he gets into his mission, the more he starts to lose himself.
WARNINGS ▸ profanity, slowburn, alcohol/drug consumption, portrayals of addiction, sexual jokes, sexual content, betrayals!! backstabbing!!, toxic relationships, order of kryptos isn’t a real secret society but heavily inspired by the ivy league secret societies, emotional cheating (BOOOO! not from mc or jay tho), jay and mc have a small age gap (2 years), most of the characters are pretty toxic so please note that this is not attune to their real life personalities at ALL
UPDATE SCHEDULE ▸ every day
PLAYLIST ▸ still sane by lorde • this is what makes us girls by lana del rey • too good by troye sivan • paparazzi by lady gaga • old money by lana del rey • i was never there by the weeknd, gesaffelstein • prisoner by the weeknd, lana del rey
AUTHOR’S NOTE ▸ hello !! i’m back with another smau but this one’s less lighthearted and more heavy ? sort of an experiment let's see how it goes, but hope u enjoy and lmk what u think !! ♡
CHATROOMS !
TEASER
PROFILES ONE | TWO
ACT ONE: THE TRANSFER
01. skip tracer to millionaire pipeline
02. besties with testes
03. who the fuck is princessyuna
04. the world of the elite
05. please don't the tom nook
06. standing on business (vlog boycott)
07. friend (noun.) not heeseung
08. boo boo the fool
09. professional haters debut
10. 21 jump street for nepo babies
11. how to not bleed to death
12. jay/n train
13. leather jacket
14. no goodbye sucks or fucks
15. ugly truths
16. girlfriend but the girl is silent
17. justice for stress shitters
18. alcohol shortage when
ACT TWO: THE INVITATION
19. attention seeker
20. and there was one bed
21. every boy for himself
22. rhymes with loona
23. out-testosteroned
24. white lies
25. heart-to-heart
26. the athenaeum
27. sock sock shoe shoe
28. group ass fucking
29. post defamation dinner date
30. final verdict
31. do you have time to talk about our lord and savior
Why do people think nepo baby is a real problem. Like an actual serious social woe. Your fave is problematic (born famous). Um Cabaret is great and all but did you know Liza Minnelli apparently has two famous parents ://////