#writing with nathaniel

[jaceeverett]

WHO: Jason & @nathanxames

WHERE: the suburbs of Merrock

WHEN: Snow Storm (March, 2025)

Helping felt good, a hell of a lot better than sitting idle, anyway. The last thing that Jason wanted to do was feel like he was wasting his time, and sitting in his camper watching the snow fall, or thinking to himself about how cold it was... that felt like a waste of time. When he was outdoors, shovel in hand, or delivering boxes of food, at least he felt like he was doing something. Case in point... shoveling the driveway of an elderly woman who had been trying to do it herself. And although his back was aching and his knees were tired, Jason felt good about it, only pausing when he recognized someone nearby, glancing up to see Nathan outside his house and lifting his hand in greeting, smile on his face. "I didn't realize I was in your neck of the woods, man."

[cagenewman]

WHO: Cage & @nathanxames

WHERE: The Creamery (suburbs)

WHEN: Season of Love (February, 2025)

One would not believe how many excuses kids could come up with for why they needed ice cream. If one were to ask the girls, they just wanted to try it, and the boys? Well, teenagers actually never needed an excuse for sweets -- they were always hungry. School was done for the day, and Cage had promised all four kids ice cream while their mom was studying at home, and he only regretted that a little bit as he opened the door to The Creamery, ushering two teenage boys and two rambunctious girls inside. As they all clamored to read the specials, he let out a breath, standing in the back and spying Nathan to the side, letting out an exasperated laugh. "Are you on ice cream duty right now, too?"

[lenavaz]

WHO: Elena & @nathanxames

WHERE: From Brush to Canvas, coastal area

WHEN: Snowflake Gala (January 25, 2025)

"Are you interested in this piece, too?" Lena asked with a friendly smile as she noticed the person next to her admiring the painting hanging on the wall. She didn't think that she wanted to purchase it, per se, it was a little too loud for her more demure, vintage-inspired home, but there was something about it that had drawn her in, made her stop and do a double take at the colors and movements used to create it. "It's really exquisite. But I think all of the art here is amazing. They're going to raise a lot of money."

[rafaelcb]

WHO: Rafael & @nathanxames

WHERE: Bardales Inc. / Merrock Hospital Center

WHEN: December, 2024

Sighing to himself, Rafael closed the folder in his hands, setting it onto the 'finished' stack of cases that he had reviewed, loosening the tie around his neck and rubbing a tired hand across his face. It was late, but not too late, he reasoned. He had made a pact with himself that if he finished his work, he would head to the hospital center, help put together a few gift baskets, and that was his plan as he stood up, pulled on his coat, grabbed his bag, and flicked off his light. But stepping into the hall, the light of another office spilled onto the floor, causing him to pause before heading that way, instead of towards the exit. Nathaniel's office, he realized, stepping to the doorway and knocking once to let him know that he was there before opening the door and poking his head through. "You're still here, Ames?"

[buggachat]

remember when miraculous ladybug finally decided to do an "adrien hangs out with The Guys" episode, like how we get scenes of marinette hanging out with The Girls all the time, but i guess the writers decided that the only way adrien would fit in an environment with a bunch of guys was if they were in a gay night club, and the night club was adrien's bedroom, and they were throwing around rainbow glitter and kissing each other and blasting The Village People so loud that it almost killed his already dead mother and

[marsidotcom]

i cannot stop thinking about a massive, end-all-be-all fight where marinette has to gather up her whole team to fight against it. something within her plan requires marc’s (rooster bold’s) power for an extended period of time, holding a sublimation power for hours and pushing through the fail safe of his miraculous. near the end of it, he’s so drained that he has to transform back before the fight is truly over.

ladybug has him and nathaniel (caprikid) in a secluded alleyway, and she’s telling him “you have to, you have to, you’re too drained, you’ll hurt yourself and your kwami permanently if you don’t,” all while he insists he can keep going, he needs to keep going, to help fight.

but when caprikid points out the potential damage to his kwami rather than him, the holder, rooster bold finally caves. ladybug tells caprikid to stay with him, makes him swear not to tell anybody rooster’s identity and assures rooster bold that it will be kept secret. caprikid promises, though he looks a little anxious with the new secret to keep.

the “secret” of it all becomes the least of his worries when ladybug leaves to rejoin the fight and he watches rooster bold detransform into none other than his best friend in the entire world. His best friend, the boy he’s been in love with for two years, bleeding from the nose from the exertion and looking almost embarrassed as he cradles his tired kwami in his palms and avoids eye contact.

nathaniel is practically frozen. he watches marc fish a small bag of dried corn feed from his pocket and start feeding orikko, swiping at his bloody nose with flushed knuckles. marc grimaces, his other hand petting over orikko’s feathers as the kwami eats.

“i promise i’m not usually this much of a let down as hero,” he says, almost self-chastising. “I’m pretty lame outside of all of it, but most times i’m more useful than this.”

he looks ashamed, like using his power until he’s bleeding and exhausted was some humiliating failure to prove himself. nathaniel aches at the thought.

marc is rambling now, it seems. he does that sometimes.

“i’m gonna work on it, i’m sure i could train myself to go longer than this. this is the last time you’ll have to babysit, i swear. i’m so sorry i’m keeping you from everything-“

nathaniel doesn’t let him go on any longer. his gloved hands come up, albeit a little shaky, and he watches himself cup one of marc’s cheeks, blood smear and all, and then the other. marc’s words die in is throat, and he sits there, breathing quietly as the flush of his face burns brighter.

“it’s not babysitting,” caprikid tells him. “you can’t-“ his voice breaks, and he swallows, finding his footing again. “you can’t push yourself so far that you’re hurting yourself, marc.”

he sees the flash of shock in those green eyes, the recognition that this is someone who knows his name. someone who knows him in some capacity. he can deal with that later.

“you’re too important to be doing that, you’re-“ he pauses, his thumb swiping over marc’s cheekbone tenderly as he studies his face. the confusion written in it, the parted lips.

he leans closer, resolute. “you matter more than the rest of this. i can’t… i can’t see you doing this to yourself. please, please, don’t push it too far. you’re doing great. you always do. don’t be in a rush to be what you think is better when the best is already there. don’t hurt yourself trying to prove that you’re capable. we see that in you already.”

marc might be making a wordsmith out of him yet.

he watches those green eyes rim with tears, and he almost starts apologizing, but then marc is hugging him, his arms wrapped around his shoulders and his hands lost in the fur of caprikid’s collar. “okay,” the writer whispers. “okay. thank you.” it’s a croaked, teary thing, and nathaniel hugs him back like he’s something precious, something to hold close to his heart.

in the days after the fight, marc keeps thinking about caprikid, and nathaniel clings to his side like someone is going to take him away. if anyone notices the way nathaniel becomes increasingly, gently protective, they don’t say anything.

[simonsrosebud]

new fic alert!!

working on an aftg au based off this age old tumblr post😈 i’ll post a tiny snippet under the pic… quite excited about this one

“Abby will not be happy that you are overworking,” Andrew said instead of ‘where the hell are you?’ or even ‘i’m getting fucking hungry and we were supposed to rot in Sweeties for dinner’.

Wymack grunted. “I’m trying to practice that thing called giving second chances.” He spoke up again in favor of letting Andrew answer. “Hey, why don’t I call in takeout from Sweeties and we can eat it in the office? I have a sixteen year old boy in the back of the patrol car right now that I’m running to the station.”

Andrew scoffed quietly to himself and set the phone on speaker to light his cigarette. Muffled, he said, “He better be eye candy if I’m coming to that dump.”

Andrew inhaled deep and closed his eyes for a moment before blowing the smoke out through his teeth. On the other end of the phone, just as he was bringing the cigarette back for another drag, he heard Wymack say, “Hey, my son wants to know if you’re cute.”

Andrew coughed up his lung at that surprise, but he didn’t miss the way that a distant voice piped up with, “I want to say yes, sir.”

UPDATE: https://archiveofourown.org/works/56540140

[nyaar0n]

for @aftg-romancenovel-rarepair-event !

yapping is under read more

in this au, nathan is dead and nathaniel gets bad rep due to his situation (nathan killed mary and nathaniel lives alone while the moriyama family pays for his necessities)

nathaniel is in the student council due to being associated with the moriyamas. jean was invited to join by kevin

a lot of students pick fights with nathaniel because of his reputation (nathaniel can take care himself). riko and kevin are used to it but are still annoyed

eventually jean started getting involved in the fights. ever since he defended nathaniel for the second time, they started picking fights with him too

jeaneil now have a reputation for their fights with other students and even students from other schools

this is what i got so far ^o^ if interested, feel free to ask me more about this au!

[palmettoshenanigans]

I'm not even gonna write an essay on this one, I'm tired and it's rapidly approaching the witching hour so imma just-

Neil is constantly shadow boxing with his fear of being Just Like My Father NOT because he fears that Wesninski Blood but because he fears the fragility of choice. Everything he knows how to do, all of his skills, combined with his natural disposition and temperament really do put him on par with his father - potentially even worse than his father if you think Nathan lacks Neil's ability to meticulously execute a long con.

Ruthless. Manipulative. Intelligent. Sneaky n Stealthy. Fast. Quick learner. Violent. Cut throat. Selective empathy. Observant. Skilled with weapons. Crime prodigy. Improv. Etc etc etc - Nathaniel truly is Nathan's son when you look at Capacity. Neil had very good reason to fear that - he really is a Wesninski in more than just name.

He just chooses to be kind. Chooses to care. Chooses Exy and friends and family and Andrew and Love.

But choices are both iron clad foundations and flimsy whisps in the wind

Neil isn't different from his father because of difference in Capacity. Neil is different from his father because of difference in Choices. And "Is that enough?" is such a scary question when it suddenly involves people he dared to care about.

[bookdragonlibrary]

Marcaniel's situationship

What does he mean they're not together yet? My oblivious babies! ;-; That also explains why we didn't have a kiss this episode. But that means we'll have a love declaration and a kiss on screen in the future episode! :D

Well, it's kinda remind me when me and my actual partner where walking holding hands before going out together because to us it was the more normal thing in the world and my friends were like "you're really that oblivious, aren't you?" when I asked if they think they loved me back... xD And we were older than them! ;-;

I also understand what he meant with his characters are getting together because it seems logical. It happens with my characters too in a sense it's my characters who "decide" who they fall in love with because of chemistry and not me.

Edit: I think now that the could show more queer moments instead of queer coding them, they want to develop Marcaniel's relationship and show it on screen with a love declaration, first kiss, etc. While in the previous seasons they could just hint it with queer coding. That's why it seems for us they are already dating.

[reddamselette]

missing kandreil it’s time to reread my favorite fics and the ec

[thehopefulquotes]

No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

[batcavescolony]

Marvel Voices Infinity Comic #8

I'm thinking about Tommy again. This is placed after Avengers Academy, we know because it says this in AA

Avengers Academy #26

After this I believe Billy and Tommy will go to become Billy Kaplan and Tommy Shepherd that's where M'kraan is taking them. But it's interesting that Tommy remembers Cresskill but Billy admits he doesn't remember, honestly it seems like Tommy knows more then Billy and that's so interesting. when they became Tommy Shepherd and Billy Kaplan will they both forget? Does Tommy Shepherd actually remember all of this? It's revealed he can do magic in AA too, did he maybe make himself not remember? Maybe he vaguely remembers cus in children's crusade he picked older twin like he knew. I need an expansion on this story like yesterday!

[resqectable]

No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

[whatisshewritingg]

HOW DID THE RULER'S AFTERMATH GET 1K HITS??????????

I literally wrote that in a single afternoon with nothing planned, and it has been up for a SINGLE DAY. I just went with the flow of the episode and that's it.

Thank you so so much to everybody that read it. It means a lot to me and makes me want to improve even more in my craft <3<3<3<3

[nadiajustbe]

And the life itself can't dull it.

Hey Bartimaeus fandom how are we doing?

(fandom piece based on the Bartimaeus sequence by @jonathanstroud)