𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧.

@endeavcrs​

                    ❝      have   you   seen   them   yet   ,      thea   ?      seen   them   running   about   like   headless   hippogriffs   ?      it’s   like   no   one   taught   them   how   to   behave   properly   during   a   raid      ❞         she’d   been   all   of   ,      what   …         six   ?      the   first   time   she’d   been   there   for   a   raid   on   borgin   &   burkes   .      and   besides   sticking   her   tongue   out   at   an   auror   and   attempting   to   trip   another   ,      iya   thought   she’d   been   thoroughly   well   behaved   ,      she   at   least   hadn’t   gone   about   the   place   screaming   .         ❝      it’d   be   funny   if   it   wasn’t   so   annoying      ❞

𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫.

    ❛    𝑎𝑙𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 .    𝑏𝑢𝑡     you  need  work  on   hiding  right .    you’re  not  exactly  the  easiest  to   miss ,   iya .    ❜

                    ❝      well   i   can’t   exactly   help   it   !   my   hair   near   enough   glows   in   the   dark   and   i’m   taller   even   than   cain   .      i’ve   always   been   better   at   hiding   in   plain   sight   than   lurking   in   the   shadows      ❞

𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

“Just old is perfect.” Ainsley hoped that also meant cheaper, but she had no idea if things that weren’t cursed would be priced higher or lower than things that were. “That’s a.. relief, I suppose, but do you actually have those curtains?”

                    ❝      well   i   can   check   the   back   room   for   you   then   ,      not   many   interested   in   that   so   tend   to   just   keep   them   by   in   case   we   get   any   custom   orders   that   need   them      ❞         fighting   hard   not   to   sound   as   bored   as   she   was   ,      as   she   nearly   always   was   when   she   was   on   the   counter   .         ❝   third   bin   by   the   door   ,      it’s   a   bit   of   a   mix   and   you’ll   want   your   wand   by   you   .      biting   pillows   ,      tripping   rugs   and   of   course   some   cursed   curtains   of   various   descriptions      ❞

𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐭.

“what a pity,” she says with a sigh, “life is incredibly boring that way.”

                    ❝      exactly   !      and   it’s   not   even   the   fun   kind   of   crazy   things   they   say   .      it’s   all   too   predictable      ❞

𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐚𝐧.

“oh i’m aware, but i tried to come in when i was sure it would be you helping me. i’m not sure i caught your name last time. well just to be overly certain i’m emira, happy to make your acquaintance.” she smiled genuinely at the tall blonde, building a good relationship with the shop and the people that ran it was high on her list. “oh? i’d just love to get an engagement gift for amycus, and he loves big cats so anything along those lines?”

                    a   tinge   of   pink   came   over   kseniya’s   features   at   emira’s   comment   ,      she   loathed   to   be   on   the   counter   and   so   for   her   to   be   singled   out   in   such   a   way   …         it   was   an   all   together   new   feeling   for   her   .         ❝      i’ve   not   been   on   the   counter   much   recently   ,      i   do   a   lot   of   the   repairs   and   custom   orders   though   so   i’m   usually   tucked   away   in   the   back   .      just   ask   for   kseniya   and   someone   will   grab   me   ❞         she   knew   emira’s   name   before   she   offered   it   but   she   also   knew   how   much   stock   some   people   held   by   formal   introductions   ,      what   she   didn’t   know   was   where   emira   fell   in   that   regard   .         ❝      oh   amycus   and   i   are   old   friends      ❞         as   much   a   brother   to   her   as   cain   was   in   many   regards   .         ❝      i   know   just   the   sort   of   thing   he’d   like   .      speaking   of   custom   pieces   :      the   one   taking   up   most   of   my   focus   right   now   is   an   order   for   him      ❞

𝐜𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧.

                             ❝     I still think I don’t know how it must feel, but I’ve been starting to get it lately.  ❞  people stared at him, looking at the wizard with pity in their eyes. Pity, and something else he couldn’t really grasp. Cain suspected they simply thought he had it coming, marrying someone he shouldn’t have, or doing the things he did, for the Dark Lord. Either way, their pity was not completely genuine, and Cain did not like it. ❝   Bastards. They must think they’re so much better than us.      ❞  They always had thought that. And bastards was probably their go to term to talk about the Borgins, sons and daughters alike. None of them from the same mother, and all of them different.

                    ❝      people   can   be   cruel   ,      they   don’t   like   different      ❞         and   that’s   exactly   what   they   were   —   different   from   all   the   snobs   that   looked   down   their   noses   at   them   but   still   reached   deep   into   their   pockets   when   they   came   shopping   .         ❝   utter   bastards      ❞         she   agreed   ,      adjusting   how   her   head   rested   against   him   to   take   a   deep   drag   from   the   pilfered   cigarette   .         ❝      they   do   ,      they’ve   said   it   before   .      looking   down   their   noses   at   us   .   judging   us   .   the   names   .   they’ve   as   much   as   called   the   shop   a   zoo   before   ❞         and   how   much   of   that   last   one   was   because   of   her   addition   to   the   borgin   brats   .      she   shouldn’t   feel   guilty   for   the   words   of   others   ,      and   she   didn’t   .      she   just   felt   anger   .

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𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐚𝐧.

“oh, you helped me the last time i needed to come in. it’s nice to see you again.” she said cheerfully. “the gift you helped me pick out was perfect, they loved it. i’m wondering if you’ve gotten in anything new? something exotic perhaps?”·

                    as   much   as   she   had   a   way   with   words   sometimes   kseniya   found   herself   struggling   to   do   little   more   than   smile   and   nod   a   little   at   emira’s   words   ,      always   surprised   that   first   time   someone   saw   her   as   more   than   just   the   kid   behind   the   counter   .      but   then   again   given   who   she   was   engaged   to   it   really   shouldn’t   have   been   too   much   of   a   surprise   .         ❝   there’s   always   new   things   coming   in   and   out   of   here   .      being   created   too   ,      but   if   its   exotic   you’re   after   ?      some   things   are   best   kept   away   from   prying   eyes      ❞

TINY PRETTY THINGS ( 2020 )

𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞.

           ❝   there’s  very  little  need  for  honour  if  it’s  justified,  love  .  and  who  is  to   answer  for  that  but  yourself  ?   ❞

                       ❝      but   when   people   start   asking   questions   ,      isn’t   it   good   to   have   that   to   fall   back   on   ?      honour   can   be   a   lot   less   subjective   than   if   something’s   justified   or   not   .      sometimes   honour   is   the   justification      ❞

𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

“Is, like, everything here cursed?” Ainsley looked around, thinking she might have found herself in the wrong place. “Someone said this place might have antique-looking curtain rods, but I’m really not looking to get stranged by drapery.”

                 kseniya   couldn’t   help   but   roll   her   eyes   at   the   question   ,      forgetting   for   just   a   moment   that   not   everyone   had   been   trusted   to   run   around   the   shop   since   they   were   a   toddler   .         ❝      some   of   its   just   old      ❞         she   shrugged   .         ❝      if   that’s   your   worry   then   you   should   be   fine   ,      you’d   be   after   cursed   curtains   for   that      ❞

Queen of the South (2016 -)

JULES VAUGHN + SMILES

EUPHORIA (2019–)

𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐞.

They tipped their head to the side, eyebrow raised in a quiet challenge. ‘ No. ’ A deadpan tone. ‘ It’s an experiment. There’s a difference. ’ They dropped the heavy bag of equipment over the wood, it clanked with a thud that implied more space within than outside. They didn’t look away from their companion for a moment. ‘ Are you having second thoughts? ’

                    the   watched   the   way   the   older   figure   looked   at   her   ,      holding   back   a   laugh   as   they   seemed   to   almost   challenge   her   .         ❝      experiments   can   be   hobbies   ,      but   some   of   us   do   this   for   a   living      ❞         which   it   was   for   her   ,   part   of   it   at   least   .         eyes   leaving   him   as   she   focused   on   the   bag   ,      keen   to   get   to   work   .         ❝   hardly   .   why   do   you   ask   ?      are   you   ?      ❞

𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐞.

@wrongdoeir​

                     ❝      what   do   you   think   this   is   ,      huh   ?   some   kind   of   hobby   ?      ❞

𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐤𝐞.

@admelicra​

                  ❝      is   that   how   you   see   me   ?      ❞

𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞.

@prcttyinpinks​

                  ❝      sometimes   there’s   honour   in   revenge      ❞