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[aghastro]

more of my friends and my

[beesmuth]

birthday man :) :) :)

[rosabienfuerte]

[kissmeawake]

A Small Taste of Sunshine

Summary: Beckett Harrington has never had friends. Well, maybe until now.

Pairing: Mentions of Beckett Harrington x MC

Word count: 1.201

TW: None

Notes: I already posted this once on my old account, but changed the name and a few details, so here’s the new and, in my opinion, improved version! :) This takes place shortly after Shreya has made and handed out the friendship bracelets to everyone.

Beckett Harrington was sitting at his desk, biting the end of his pen and bobbing his knee nervously up and down. He glanced at the clock on his nightstand and sighed. 2AM and he was still working on his homework, which was not unusual in itself (he always wanted everything, absolutely everything, to be perfect), but, so far, he had only written a few words, not a single sentence, and was unable to concentrate, to focus, to stop his thoughts from wandering to faraway places.

And he had tried. He had done yoga because yoga always helped him concentrate, he had eaten chocolate. he had opened his window wide to get some fresh air, he had taken multiple breaks and he had taken off his blazer, throwing it carelessly onto his bed before putting it on a hanger and into his closet because he could concentrate even less in disorder.

Maybe he was sick. But no, he felt normal, better than normal even, excited somehow and giddy and…happy, he guessed.

He glanced at the bracelet around his wrist, like he had done so many times that evening, and could not stop himself from touching the tiny stones and tracing the letters on them.

Pend Pals.

He did not like the name and had told the others so, but of course none of them had listened. It sounded stupid and childish, but then again, friendship bracelets in themselves were probably stupid and childish.

His heart still started to beat a little bit faster just by looking at it though and he felt a small smile creeping onto his lips.

The thing was, Beckett has never had any friends.

Well, that was not entirely true. There was Katrina, who was without a doubt his best friend, but she always said that that was not the same because she was already his sister and he knew that Katrina was good with people, that she just got them and Beckett just did not and therefore he guessed that she was probably right when it came to these things. There had been his grandmother who had died six years, six months and four days ago - yes, he knew the exact date - who had loved him very much and whom he had loved very much in return. And then there was…no, that was it, actually.

He realised that it sounded quite sad, but he was fine with it, really. He has always been a bit different, has always liked things nobody else really seemed to like. Yes, sometimes he had been lonely and yes, sometimes he had really, really wanted friends. Once, when he had been very young, he had even had an imaginary friend, who had also liked books and had read even more than Beckett himself.

But he was older now, more mature and he barely thought about these things anymore.

It was weird how a small, ordinary bracelet had changed so much. Maybe not for the others - certainly not for the others, he knew that they were quite popular - but for him. For him, it had changed everything.

The times when he would walk into the dining hall not knowing where to sit and desperately looking for a deserted table were over. The times when he would sit alone and scribble something in his notebook during breaks, while everybody else talked to their partner or sat on the desks of their friends, chatting, laughing, were over. The times when he would go straight to his room after lessons to do his homework, do yoga, read, listen to some music, talking to nobody until the next morning, thinking about nobody because there was nobody he could think about and nobody thinking about him, were over.

Finally, there were people he belonged to and who belonged to him. Maybe they were idiots sometimes, but they were his idiots now. Shreya Mistry, Griffin Langley, that annoying Zephyr guy and Alectrona Knox were his four idiots.

Well, except Alectrona of course. She was smart and witty and very good at all kinds of spells, sometimes even better than him, which was impressive. When he watched her during lessons, and he had noticed that he did that quite a lot apparently, he saw that intriguing mixture of fascination and enthusiasm and intelligence sparkling in her eyes and he then had the strange feeling that he never wanted to look away again. Sometimes she caught him, turning her head in his direction and meeting his gaze, smiling. He had noticed that she smiled at him a lot. And he had also noticed that he quite liked her smile - her lips were very pink, her teeth very white and there were dimples on her cheeks and small wrinkles around her eyes. Beckett often wondered what exact color her hair was because he was certain that he had never seen that particular shade before. It was quite extraordinary and kind of reminded him of the sun. And how soft her skin was. Which sounded very creepy, but it was the truth nervetheless. When she had tied the bracelet around his wrist her fingertips had brushed his hand and he had felt a warm, fluttering feeling in his chest and stomach and had blushed immediately.

Sometimes he wanted to tell her these things, but he knew that he could not, that it would be weird and he did not want to make her uncomfortable.

He traced the letters on the bracelet again.

Pend Pals.

Now that he really thought about it, it did not sound so stupid and childish anymore and he actually quite liked it.

Beckett sighed and rubbed his hands over his face. He decided that he would go to bed and instead finish his homework tomorrow when he was hopefully more like himself again.

-

In the morning, he got up and brushed his teeth, washed his face and put on his pants, his shirt and blazer. Before he left the room he hesitated, then he rolled his sleeves up, exposing the bracelet and the eight letters on it.

While walking through the hallways, his backpack slung over one shoulder, he passed some other students, their tired faces illuminated by the morning light, and he thought he noticed some of them looking at his wrist. But maybe that was just his imagination.

He entered the dining hall and headed straight for their usual table, not even looking around.

“Good morning”, he said, sitting down in the chair next to Griffin, who yawned in response and rubbed wearily at his face.

Shreya was reading some kind of fashion magazine he had never seen before, but still nodded at him briefly with a small grin and Zephyr, who was eating something Beckett had also never seen before and which looked, frankly, quite disgusting to him, winked at him.

And when he finally looked at Alectrona, because he could not not look at her, he saw that she was already smiling at him, her bright hair a small taste of sunshine and some emotion he did not recognize twinkling in her eyes, but that made his heart flutter and his cheeks turn a deep shade of red nevertheless.

[garyfischy]

can we all petition to get the tegaki archive back up plz

[choicesbookclub]

The Elementalists 2 Mini Book Club

I kinda feel bad abandoning The Elementalists completely because I know there were a few people who were looking forward to it so I've come up with an idea for a mini book club.

Choices is currently hosting a binge reading event that will continue through April 4, so if you are looking to play TE2 and earn some rewards, the next 4 days are perfect for that.

I'm keeping the book club open a week through April 8 which is the day of the Total Solar Eclipse (of which, 🤞 I will be traveling to see the totality!) and that event kinda felt fitting to close this book club.

Basically read at your own pace over the next week. Tag @choicesbookclub and #choices book club in whatever content you want related to TE2 (screenshots, fics, art, songs, moodboards, etc) and I will reblog it!

I am not planning to do any chapter specific questions or polls however, should I have time to throw some random polls up throughout the week I will.

Feel free to let me know if you have any questions or concerns. This was a quick last minute thought and I hope that some people will enjoy this mini book club!

Meet our TE MCs:

If you have a profile page for your MC, feel free to send it to me so I can add it to our directory.

[buffetlicious]

Since the last trip to On'Lee Artisan Bakery, my other colleagues had heard about the cream puffs and would love to get their hands on them too. So, leading another group of my colleagues, we made our way through the underground shopping alley in Woodlands MRT Station TE2. I bought the same box of Assorted Cream Puffs (S$5.80) featuring two Originals, one each of Chocolate and Matcha.

[storyofmychoices]

Oh, this hit unexpectedly hard. oof....

[coltkaneko]

okay just found the te3 plot and why the FUCK did that not get released either??

[aghastro]

I ran out of room!!!

[bryceslahela]

I believe she got replaced because of the harrassment not because of the book itself. She was still on the creative team for book 2 but they put another writer in the public position. The hate she got was unreal.

She is also now Director of Writing, Getaway Girls is her last book as a lead writer. She got a big promotion.

why would she get replaced bc of harassment that’s not her fault? unless she like stepped down which makes sense but u know good for her that she got a promotion!!!

[maimedwolf]

I started drawing on http://te2.tewi.us again!! havent drawn there since like 2006 ˚₊‧꒰ა ☆ ໒꒱ ‧₊˚

🌈🍧🦷🌙🌈❤️‍🩹🫀🍧🌈💗🌈🌙

[eyerealm]

hi no spoilers in tags plis i started readink like 2 days ago 

http://te2.tewi.us/dblog/8156/25018

[maepop]

why couldnt u two break up like normal people why did you have to get everyone involved

http://te2.tewi.us/uposts/8374

[choicesbookclub]

[The Elementalists 2 Mini Book Club]

[buffetlicious]

Read about On'Lee Artisan Bakery’s cream puffs online and brought along a few of my colleagues to purchase some. The shop is located in the underground shopping alley in Woodlands MRT Station TE2 on Thomson-East Coast Line (near Exit 7). Got the Mixed Cream Puffs (S$5.80) which came with two Originals, one each of Chocolate and Matcha. My other colleagues all bought the cream puffs too.

The Matcha Cream Puff boosted a crispy crust liberally sprinkled with dark green matcha powder. The cold green tea cream offered a balance of sweetness and bitterness which make this a delicious treat.

The Chocolate Cream Puff is dusted with cocoa powder on the crispy crust and filled with chocolate cream. Unlike other competitors, you get crunchy chocolate chips mixed with the lightly sweetened cream so you get different textures in every bite.

I also bought the Cheese & Chocolate Mini Scones (S$4.50 for 4) though they weren’t of the buttery taste and crumbly texture that I was expecting them to be. Next time I will just stick to the cream puffs.