Aftersun (Charlotte Wells, 2022)

i need a ‘we’re just about ready to sign off on our divorce papers but oh shit wait i think i’m pregnant and i’m a hundred percent certain it’s yours because i’m haven’t been ready to move on intimately just yet so maybe…, i guess, maybe we could give this another shot and try falling in love all over again’ plot, pls !

A man holding his baby up to paintings and talking to him at an art gallery

Priscilla Quintana & Tommy Martinez Good Trouble (4.05)

Her reaction to him made him smile into her lips. He'd kissed her plenty of times, but it felt just a little different than it had before when it was just the two of them. The stakes were higher now, they were linked forever. It could have terrified him, but somehow it only fuelled his affection for her. Forest would probably never tell Merrick, but there were periods when being beside her was the only thing that kept him from getting on a flight back to Belfast. Whether it was homesickness or just loneliness he hadn't been able to pin down. Her tongue along his lip forced him to swallow a moan and he was quick to open his mouth to her. It took everything in him not to start pulling at her clothes, but the moment was too joyous for him to rush anything. Instead, he slipped one hand under her shirt and ran his fingers along the warmth of her soft back. The weight of Merrick's body on his lap had Forest almost instantly more aroused and his other hand moved to grasp her ass, not stopping his exploration of her mouth. "Isn't it?" he teased with a smirk, nipping at her bottom lip. "This not what people do when they're celebrating?" Pulling away a second to look at her, the grin returned and he shook his head with a quiet chuckle. She was like no one else he'd been with and had his hands not been occupied holding her against him, he'd have tried to pinch himself. "Jesus, you're a fine thing," he laughed, tucking a piece of her hair behind her ear before returning his lips to hers and letting them kiss their way to her neck. "Pure jammie I found the likes of you all the way over here."

"Oh," she gasped when he kissed her again, her hormones even more erratic than normal. This was, of course, how they'd gotten into this mess in the first place - once he kissed her she was a little incapable of focusing on anything but getting him to do so again.

There was so much to talk about - what they were, how they were going to handle this, but her hands cupped his face, pulling him back to her to kiss him once more. Her lips parted, tongue extending to trace over his, and she could feel the warmth fill her body that said if she didn't turn back now, she wasn't going to be able to.

But this was a cause for celebration. He wanted to do this with her, and they were starting a family. And she'd always been a physical person, and it wasn't like they hadn't been there before. "I want you to know," she murmured against his mouth, a smirk on her face as she crawled into lap, eager to feel more of him against her body, "that this is not what I came over for."

A slight shiver ran through him when their lips parted, as if the rest of him was feeling the flutter of the butterflies in his stomach. Raking his teeth over his bottom lip he tried not to think about the flush that had surely spread across his cheeks, hoping she wouldn't realize how much he missed her lips already. His smiled widened to its max capacity, beaming with an energy that could have powered the whole damn city. Those words ignited something within him and he felt a swell of anticipation and urgency right along with Merrick. "We're having a baby." Forest repeated her words in a tone that was far calmer than he felt. He'd always been able to put on a cool exterior, despite what he was feeling inside, still, had he not been busy watching her with complete adoration, he might have been impressed by how well he was holding his excitement in. He wanted jump the air and run around the block telling everyone he saw that he was going be a dad, and not only that, he'd was having that baby with Merrick Wood, someone he'd had a mounting crush on for longer than he wanted to admit. "I'll be there," he nodded. He wouldn't miss it for the world. His eyes wandered over her face as she spoke but kept landing on her lips. "Is she?" he smirked and forced himself to make eye contact, everything in him feeling warm when their gazes met. "Well don't worry, I'll still do my best to make a good impression, can't have anyone thinking I woo'd you hoping for a green card or something," he teased. Try as he might, he couldn't help but kiss her again, this time with a bit more intention and excitement. His left hand cupped the side for her face and his thumb traced her jaw softly, while his right rest on her hip. The awareness that only inches away she held a part of them that would change everything come to fruition as he pulled her body a little closer to his and let his hand graze her abdomen.

A flush crawled over her skin when he kissed her - it wasn't like their normal kisses, but something a little softer, that made something deeper in her stir with a longing she hadn't really allowed herself to want with him before.

"Good. Then we're doing this. We're - we're having a baby." A peal of laughter escaped her, a little nervous but mostly - excited. She had always wanted to be a mom, and had wanted to do so while she was young. She'd envisioned a house and a yard and a ring on her finger when she pictured it, but an apartment and a guy she was crazy about was good enough for her.

"We have a lot to figure out, and a lot to organize and, god, I don't even know where to begin. I have a doctors appointment next week, if you want to come. And in the meantime, we can start to talk about logistics and everything else. How to tell our families, for one. My mother is going to love you, so there's one thing we don't need to worry about."

He hadn't been this nervous around her since the day they met and he hoped his hand wasn't too sweaty as she held it. A surge of anticipation running through him as he waited for her decision. It wasn't until she declared she'd be having the baby that Forest realized how much he'd been hoping that would be her answer. Without thinking he took her face in his hands gently and kissed her. It wasn't steamy or forceful, just a kiss. He'd always been an affectionate person when he cared about someone, especially in times of celebration, but he wasn't sure what was appropriate and cut the kiss short as soon as he realized what he was doing. A goofy smile plastered on his face, he nodded. "My Ma' will probably end up flying over here as soon as we tell her," he laughed, shaking his head a little. He was the only one of his siblings who didn't have kids, even his youngest sister was due with her first in the Summer. His smile softened to a more serious tone and he took both of her hands in his. "I'm in. I'm not running, I'm not leaving. It's you and me for this kid no matter what happens," he promised, looking her in the eyes. "It's not what we planned, no, but I can't think of anyone else I'd rather to do this with, Mer. This is one lucky baby to have you as its mum." Sappy as it sounded, he'd never been more committed to anything in his life, not rugby, not the rehab after surgery, not even his career.

If there was one thing she knew, it was that she couldn't get rid of it. Her body had betrayed her, perhaps, but already, she'd been growing attached. Even the morning sickness was a small price to pay, and she couldn't deny the relief she felt knowing that Forest would be okay with it.

"it's going to be a lot of changes," she said, reaching out to hold onto his hand - a soft gesture, one they usually limited themselves from. "I mean, a kid is - fuck, it's life changing. And my family will want to be involved and I'm sure yours too and I mean, this isn't at all how I planned to do this but..." she took a deep breath, trying to find her center again. "I'm going to have it. I can't not. And if you're in, then you better be all in - not just for the next nine months, but for the rest of our lives. No matter what happens with you and I, we're going to have to be co-parents. I won't let my child get attached if you think you're going to run at any point."

Forest wanted to reach out and take her hand, or put his arm around her, something. But his hands stayed in his lap as he nodded. Their relationship had generally stayed physical, but he couldn't deny that he cared about her more than he did most people in his daily life. It was a relief for Forest to hear Merrick say she was okay, he'd watched his sister spend most of her first pregnancy sick as a dog and it seemed truly awful. "Bit more about you than it is me, Mer," he nudged her with a cheeky smile. "I'm here for whatever you want and whatever you need." He turned his body towards her to look at her and every part of him softened. "I mean it. You want to put this in the past? I'll drive ya, I'll take care of ya, pay for it, whatever." He swallowed at the thought of doing that. He didn't have an issue with anyone making that choice, didn't think it was his place, really, but a lifetime of Catholic guilt liked to rear its head at times. "And if you want to do this, go through with it all, well I'll be there for all of it. The pregnancy, the nappies, helping with their homework." A smile played on his lips at the thought of being a parent with her. Finally he reached out and took her hand in his. "I'm serious. I've got you either way."

"I'm...." she didn't really know what she was. She'd always planned to be a mom, one day, but when her life was settled, and she'd found the one and they were building a family. Not that Forest wasn't the one, but she didn't know that he was - they weren't even dating, really. "I'm okay," she said, nodding slowly, even as she pressed her hands against her thighs, trying to hold herself together. "But this is....it's not just about me. It's about you, too. And whatever we decide to do."

reading a book is not enough i need to embroider the words on my lungs

Forest stared at the test and tried to process what Merrick had just said. Somehow his thoughts were racing but his mind was blank, like he couldn't quite pin down a response. He'd never so much as had a pregnancy scare, and now... "Huh," was all he could manage at first, as if someone had just told him a fun fact that would have no bearing on his life. He'd never been committed to the idea of having children, but he'd also never been opposed to it. Not that it would have mattered, that fate had already been decided and the verdict sat in front of both of them. Merrick's movement caught Forest's attention and he was pulled back into his body. The thought of her freaking out alone for days made his heart ache a little and he turned his head to look at her. "You okay?"

who ↛ merrick wood. what ↛ merrick & your muse have been fwb for awhile - and now she's pregnant. open to ↛ m ↛ view more open starters here.

the news wasn't exactly something she had meant to blurt out, but now they sat next to each other on her couch, the pregnancy test in front of them, the fact that they'd somehow ended up in this situation settling over them. "i had a much better plan for telling you," she admitted, "but you know i'm not good at subtlety." she chewed on her lip, wringing her hands together. "you have to tell me what you're thinking - i've been freaking out for like, two days and it would be nice to freak out together."

“It’s just, I never met anyone I could laugh with.”

While You Were Sleeping (1995) dir. Jon Turteltaub

sakurapizza​:

@goldenhourmuses continuation of this

The British accent on the other line definitely wasn't her ex. Embarrassment, confusion, and curiosity flitted through her all at once, her face flushing. She slapped her hand to her forehead, hitting her nose in the process, "Ow, ah, shit. I'm sorry." hearing his question, she chuckled, "It was better than letting him try on his own. Should have seen the things he tried to do. Really, genuinely terrible." She paused, "Well, again - I'm sorry. I really don't know how I called this number. Sorry to end your day with a random woman yelling at you."

Forest didn’t bother trying to hide his amusement, laughing at the woman’s explanation. “No need to apologize! Though I am intrigued by genuinely terrible...” his imagination was doing its best job to fill in the blanks, images of flailing limbs and misused props floating through his mind. He physically shook his head to quell some of the more graphic scenarios that popped up. “I actually just got this number last week, surprisingly you’re not the first person to call it with a grievance meant for someone else. And again, don’t apologize, it’s also not the first time I have ended a day with a woman yelling at me.” 

sakurapizza​:

muse briar

plot i wanted to leave one last message for my ex to tell them to fuck off but oops wrong number, didn’t mean to yell at you instead

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The phone in her hand felt like it weighed about 30 pounds. The screen had been on her ex's contact for the last ten minutes - she was supposed to delete it but her finger hovered over the call icon instead. The logical part of her brain knew she should just let bygones be bygones, but a louder part of her brain decided it would be satisfying to get the last word in the relationship.

After another moment, her finger tapped the call button and after a few rings someone picked up on the other end. "Who do you think you are? Did you really think you could just cheat on me and then dump me over text? After two years?" Briar paused to take a deep breath, but not long enough for him to interrupt her, "You know what though? I hope you and her are really, really happy. I'll be extremely grateful that I'll no longer have to walk you through step-by-step to get me off. Or do your laundry! Hope she's ready to be your mother."

Forest Cole

“Step-by-step? Really?” Forest hadn’t had a chance to say anything when he’d answered, waiting until the voice on the other end of the call had said their piece before speaking. He’d realized early on that the rage wasn’t meant for him, around the part where she’d mentioned being dumped over text, an act that was too cold even for him, not that he was a cheater either. “Every time?”

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