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#ALSO CHILDHOOD FRIENDS CAPTAINEER WOOO
amee-racle-ofmyown · 4 months
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Csptaineer art request 5. admiring them from afar
dear anon, I know you asked for art but I had intended these as writing prompts! however!! I may doodle something for this later anyway, because it's cute :3
and still, never do we tire of watching stars glow
head engineer mark x reader (the captain) | words: 877
For as long as you'd known him, he'd always had a certain look of awe about him when it came to space:
When you were kids, huddled up in blankets watching a documentary about The Solar System while you shared a bowl of cookies.
And as teens, laying side by side in the dry summer grass, gazing up at the stars dotting the sky, laughing and pointing out constellations and making up stories about what it would be like when you got to be among them. 
And as cadets, the first time you voyaged beyond Earth's atmosphere.
Now the Captain of a ship he'd built from the ground up, it took you by surprise when you looked up from your data tablet one day to see him gazing at you with that same look of wistfulness and wonder.
His expression lasted for the briefest moment before he registered that you'd seen him, eyes widening and cheeks flushing almost imperceptibly from this distance. He immediately averted his gaze to anywhere but yours, busying himself with whatever he could.
You let out an amused huff, an incredulous yet flattered smile tugging at the corners of your lips.
It was far from the first time you'd caught someone giving you a starstruck or near-mesmerised look, especially within your own crew. But for him to be the one staring like that? The same admiration and fascination that you'd seen in his eyes when he beheld an eclipse, or a meteor shower, or your new home planet, directed at you…? 
You couldn't deny the small flutter in your stomach, or your heartbeat slightly quickening its pace.
You brushed off the thought and continued working, but from then on you couldn't help but keep noticing the awe and longing when he looked at you, whether it be from across a room or in conversation. It made you wonder if this was a recent phenomenon, or if you had simply been blind to it for a long time.
It was one of those moments of catching his warm, starlit gaze in which you were caught off-guard once again.
You met his eyes with the same intensity once you realised he was watching you, raising your eyebrows slightly to get his attention. He looked embarrassed and a little taken aback, as he always did in such scenarios, and you could practically see the gears turning in his head as he decided whether or not to abandon ship. Instead, his mouth curved into a smile that crinkled his eyes with fondness, followed by a quick wink. 
Now it was your turn to look surprised. 
It's not that the gesture was out of character or that he couldn't be bold when he wanted to. You just hadn't expected it now.
Later, you found it in you to be direct.
‘What's with all the staring lately, Mark?’
His eyes widened at the question. It wasn't particularly like you to be so upfront about something like this.
You watched as your head engineer’s expression turned apologetic and a little guilty, like he'd been caught red-handed.
‘Uhh- I'm sorry. Am I in trouble, Captain?’
You giggled quietly. ‘Nah. I never said I minded, just wondering…’
He visibly relaxed at your response.
‘Oh, well in that case. To be honest, Cap, it's sorta hard to look away sometimes.’
You felt your face flush at this, but were given no pause to utter a reply even if you’d had the words; he continued quickly, as if just realising what he'd said aloud and in the same moment deciding to fully commit to speaking his mind, before he could let himself back out.
‘I just- I love seeing you doing your job, you look so happy and assured. And proud — of everyone you work with, proud that you're part of the team. You're always so willing to help out and listen to what everyone needs. And watching you take command of a situation- You just– you have this aura that screams that you belong here, this is what you were meant to do, and you have a positive effect on everybody around you. We're so lucky and grateful to have you as our Captain.’
And here you are, stunned into silence for a moment. 
He stands there, trying to gauge your reaction, a little flustered himself but steadfast in his confession.
You feel a little giddy, but take a breath to soothe your racing heart, finally composing yourself again as the smile you can no longer hold back paints your face.
‘Thank you, Mark. That's… that's really sweet.’
He grins. ‘Just being honest.’
‘And I feel exactly the same about you, by the way.’ 
He tilts his head in confusion.
‘Watching you in action, it's the same.’
You can see it in his eyes when it clicks.
‘Wait, Captain, are you saying you-’
‘Almost as much as you,’ you chuckle. ‘Except I don't get caught. You could definitely use some improvement in that area.’
He looks away, smile becoming sheepish, the tint on his cheeks you are sure matches yours from only moments ago. 
‘But… like I said,’ you speak up again, drawing his attention back to you. ‘I don't really mind. It is kinda cute seeing your reaction when I catch you.’
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parisfms · 4 years
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hey legends . im kelly and this is my absolute trash bag of a baby paris . im going to give you a heads up now she is the worst , like just horrible but like she can be fun sooo , wooo .  honestly i’ll probably add more to this at another time because i have so much to say about her? but i also wanna get to plotting with all you beauties! so if you would like to plot you can give this post a like or you can shoot me a message over on discord ( 𝓽𝓲𝓬𝓴𝓮𝓽𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓶𝔂 𝓭𝓸𝔀𝓷𝓯𝓪𝓵𝓵#6229 ) if you prefer chatting over there <3
the   tahan   family name is one that carries alot of weight . coming from incredibly old money , dating back over five generations . their wealth is rooted in the oil and gas business . although her father ( daveed tahan ) decided to take a different route to his family and in 1990 he and his friend co-founded interscope records ( yes i am mirroring her father’s career after jimmy iovine , don’t sue me ) where he has been a executive producer since the labels founding . he was a perpetual player who truly soaked up the attention he received within the limelight from women . ivy krige was no different , ivy was an up and coming model born to a wealthy family ( the   krige’s   had been paid off in the early 1800s by the british royal family to hold the secret that one of the krige sons was actually the heir apparent to the throne , they took the money and curated a luxury fashion line that still holds up today with the chanels & diors or the world ) in the netherlands . when she met daveed she was infatuated . they dated for about a month before he moved on to another . he assumed that would be it of him and ivy but weeks after the break up she came to him with news that she was pregnant . although the two no longer saw eye to eye , they agreed that the best thing for their future child was to have both of them in their life . 
although paris was born in   amsterdam   , the second her mother received the okay for the newborn to fly they went home to   manhattan   where paris would be raised . not even a full year after paris’ birth , ivy was offered a reality tv show on e! ( how very keeping up with the kardashians of her ) that would follow herself and her two siblings , all of which lived in the city . 
paris’ entire childhood was put on display and god she hated every second of it . she attended regular schools all her life so kids weren’t the nicest and teased her alot . because of the lack of friends she had growing up paris got into alot , she did equestrian , learned how to draw , play guitar , piano , and the drums , as well as how to speak arabic , dutch , spanish , and french . 
she also spent alot of time with her parents , she and her dad got along like two peas in a pod but he was either in los angeles or jet setting across the world so it wasn’t all the time that she got to see him . meanwhile she and her mom had all the time in the world to spend together and in all honesty paris just really isn’t a big fan of her mom . she even calls her ivy instead of mom , it’s likely resentment for the reality tv show as well as her mom always trying to be her friend instead of her parent .
as she got older things started to get easier with kids her age and paris really started to find herself in the whole nyc scene . she was never the nicest girl around . if anything paris and the word nice were never within the same sentence as one another . during high school she gave   regina george   and   blair waldorf   a run for their money . she was and still is the queen of icing people out , ruining their social standings , and manipulating people into thinking she has their best interest in mind .
the biggest note i can give you on paris is that she is not innately a good person , she does not have your best interest at heart no matter how much she manipulates you into thing she is/does .
by the end of highschool she was president of the model un , captain of the mock trial , and valedictorian of her class . paris has never just been a pretty face , she is incredibly smart and takes a certain enjoyment from learning new things . she inevitably decided to attend   georgetown university   in the nations capital . her boyfriend at the time wasn’t very happy about it but she was able to hop on a quick 3 hour flight back to the city every other weekend to see him . that was until they broke up . by then paris had picked up modeling and so she was in the city really whenever she wasn’t in class . 
her modeling career really started to take off but some how she was able to focus on both her blossoming career as well as her education . after just three years at georgetown , paris received her   bachelors in philosophy with a minor in film and media studies   . she was supposed to go straight to law school afterwards but decided to fall head first into the modelling world . she walked for some of the biggest designers , multiple times , starred in some musicians music videos , in just one year she’d surpassed all the modelling goals she had left . in a bit fo a limbo , unsure where she’d take her talents ,   karl lagerfeld   whom she’d grown close to over the years , invited her to come live out in france and he’d take her under his wing .  so she moved out to france . loving every waking moment of becoming his protegee , she wasn’t necessarily sure what he’d seen in her that he hadn’t in renowned designers but she surely was never going to question him . after his unfortunate passing , it came out that he’d wanted paris to take over as creative director of chanel but after one month she stepped down from the position claiming   “i took on this position while they sought out a true replacement for karl, i know he wanted me here but having to carve out my own lane in his shadow is all too impossible, if you ask me”   months later , it was announced that paris would be the   creative director of givenchy   , beating out oliver rousteing for youngest appointed creative director . 
she’s very recently back in new york city ( like it’s so new that she’s living at the plaza hotel while she’s still looking for a permanent place to live ) she loved living in france but honestly it was starting to get to her a bit with karl’s one year coming up .
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a total daddy’s girl , yes she is the type to say   “my father will be hearing about this“ 
the type to talk you into making a fool of yourself with her and then the next day you find a recording of yourself circulating and she’s nowhere to be seen in it
a total schemer , like blair waldorf level
loves her psychedelics and weed but not big on really any other drugs 
she has a small collection of cars a black range rover , silver bmw i8 , and a silver volvo xc90 and although she has a driver she does actually driver herself most of the time 
her moms reality show is still going and honestly gets really good ratings still ? it’s called    life with the krige’s : fashion royalty   ( normally abbreviated to lwtk )  and paris is on the show by default any time she’s around her mom , her aunt , or uncle . 
very bisexual and notoriously bad at relationships 
she certainly doesn’t have a pristine reputation , how could you when you grew up on reality tv though ? she wouldn’t change her reputation for anything though . the media surprisingly kinda loves her despite calling her an   ice queen   at times . the media sees her as  “authentic”   even though paris couldn’t find an authentic bone out of a haystack .
she can come off very funny but it’s because she has absolutely no filter and just really doesn’t care about hurting your feelings . the best way to sum up her personality is  “im actually not funny , im just really mean and people think im joking” .  
she has two pomeranians ( hi jeffree star , she’s coming for your brand ) named archie and joey . 
despite now being a creative director , img still has her signed on as a model , so maybe you’ll catch her pulling some wild shit like walking in her own shows in the future who knows
has a serious resting bitch face issue and honestly , it’s fitting
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so just a week before she was set to move out to france , paris attended a house party . her best friend was there and was being a total drag all night . paris was honestly sick of whatever funk the girl was in and so when the girl wasn’t looking paris slipped molly into her drink . not seeing any repercussions or even caring about them until the next morning when her friends body was found in the hudson river . someone who’d tried to get the girl down from the bridge claimed she’s shown serious signs of depersonalization as well as  disorganized thoughts ( both side effects of molly ) . paris decided to never fess up about her part in her friend being under the influence that night , letting it go down in history that the late model had a drug problem . of course , paris felt bad , no matter how horrible she can be her goal is never to assist in someones death let alone someone she genuinely cared for but she wasn’t going to let both of their lives come to an end that night by turning herself in .
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wolfprincesszola · 2 years
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The Forgotten Truth
4!!!! ————– Summary: Alice Reed is an undercover cop who finds herself in Detroit, her childhood home again. How will she deal with it when her past comes face to face with her?
Trigger Warnings: None
Content Warnings: Swearing
Read it at ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/28133892/chapters/68934498
<Masterlist> ————– Chapter 47
“We’d like to thank Alice Reed for her work here!”
Alice smiled awkwardly. The DPD that she had been transferred to were celebrating her in a party, but she couldn’t really care. She wanted to make sure that her captain knew she was safe and ready to return back home.
“Wooo!”
Looking at the people around her, she knew that they would probably be really good friends to get to know, but she just couldn’t. She wanted to go back to New York where people actually wanted her.
She made eye contact with Connor on the side, who just smiled at her and waved. She just relaxed, waving back at him.
She would miss him, she guessed. He was a good friend that she had made...and even started to like.
“And to our favorite asshole, Gavin Reed!”
Alice smiled, cheering as Gavin rolled his eyes, flipping everyone off as he downed another shot of vodka.
She would also miss Gavin. She had finally made amends with him.
The more she thought about it, the more she wondered if she wanted to go back.
Maybe she should stay just for the heck of it.
Alice didn’t really feel that cold loneliness seeping through her here like she thought she would. It was nice and warm...almost like a safe place.
Gavin went up to her, “Enjoying yourself?”
Alice shrugged, “I mean...as much as I can without being awkward. I don’t know any of these people except for you and Connor….and those few instances with your other partners.”
“You haven’t exactly told me what happened between you and Connor, you know? I’d like to get into that some day.”
Alice snorted, “Yeah, maybe when pigs fly. We aren’t a thing.”
“Never said you guys were.”
“You implied it.”
“Did not. I just asked what happened because it’s not like you two can just suddenly become friends and know each other’s secrets.”
“What can I say? Connor’s just really good at reading people.”
There was a bit of silence before Gavin broke it again, “You aren’t gonna drink?”
“Nah...I still have to drive to the place I’m staying at. Besides, I don’t want to make the two androids suffer for all the drunk people at this place. I’ll help out.” Alice joked.
“Whatever you say. Man, it feels good to have an annoying shit as a sister again.”
Alice raised an eyebrow before sighing, “Fair enough, but fuck you anyways. I’m the best thing that’s ever happened to you.”
Gavin didn’t say anything, just ordering another shot.
“How many have you had?”
“Shots? About 3 or 4.” Gavin shrugged, “I’ll probably switch to beer later. I’m gonna get wasted.”
“Alright...have fun.” Alice smiled as Gavin went to mingle with Nines.
She observed everyone having fun and noticed Connor was coming up to her.
“Hey.” Connor gave an awkward smile.
“Hey.” Alice nodded, “What are you doing here? Aren’t you supposed to be mingling with the other people?”
“Nah...I never really felt at place with any of my acquaintances and I’ve made my way around talking to my friends. All that’s left now is you. Why are you celebrating?”
“I don’t know...I don’t really know these people and...I guess I feel like I didn’t do as much as I could have.”
“Of course you did the best you could and-”
Before Connor could finish his thought, Alice’s phone had beeped.
Alice scrunched her eyebrows as she looked at the notification to see that her captain was calling. “Sorry...it’s my captain.”
“No, no, go ahead, I’ll wait.” Connor smiled at the girl, who just picked up the phone.
“Hello?”
“Detective Reed, I heard about your successful mission. You’re good to come back here, we will transfer you. You did a brave thing out there.”
“Thank you, Captain, but actually I-I wanted to-um….I-”
Why couldn’t she say that she wanted to stay here?
As she looked around, she realized it was because she still felt like….she wasn’t wanted. She didn’t know her place with Connor. She didn’t know what would change between Gavin and her. She didn’t know anyone else. She didn’t know if her colleagues would trust her.
“What is it, Reed?”
“Um….nevermind. I forgot what I was going to say.” Alice exhaled a small laugh.
“Oh...well in that case, I wanted to inform you that you got your results back. When you transfer here, you will be promoted to sergeant because of your excellent work and because your results for the test have come back.”
“Wait, really?” Alice laughed, “Holy shit, are you serious?”
“Yes, Detective Reed. You’ll be Sergeant Reed when you come back.”
Alice squealed, “Thank you, Captain!”
“I’ll see you when you come back.”
As soon as she hung up, she smiled at Connor, “I've been promoted.”
Connor seemed to be happy too, “No way! That’s great!”
“...but that means I’ll be going back to New York.”
Connor seemed to wince, “Your brother isn’t going to handle that well.”
Alice sighed, “I know…”
“You know...there’s always the option to stay here. Make new friends and you can probably be promoted here too.”
“Connor, I-”
Connor just smiled, walking away, “It’s an option. And remember, I’ll always want you here.”
Alice watched as the android walked away, her split between two choices.
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