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braverytattoos · 11 months
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I’m literally giving away a ticket to Louis Tomlinson’s show in Toronto at Budweiser stage for $25 - section 203 row ZZ
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catmask · 6 months
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with that said there are characters that a fat maybe not canonically but they are spiritually. to me. they may not be drawn that way but i know whats true. ive seen it like a sort of prophet
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hychlorions · 1 month
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a what-if i've been thinking about for forever... trucy knowing the truth before anyone could tell her
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hai7ani · 2 months
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breaking your favourite pair of heels after a really long and stressful day at work, so you cry to fwb!rindou over the phone out of impulse, and when he picks you up from work, he takes you back to his and he fucks the sadness out of you. but you fall asleep after sex and when you wake up in the middle of the night you find him awake, half naked in his living room, fixing your broken pair of heel because you'd told him once it was gifted to your late mother by your dad who makes shoes for a living, and was later passed down to you after her death.
"i don't like seeing you so sad." rindou mumbles when you hold your now fixed shoes close to your chest before climbing into his lap to weep.
"all fixed. now smile a little, yeah? for me?"
os ventos do amor | my fwb!rindou does things to me.
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the loneliness and sadness that creeps into you in a way that only growing up queer can cause. your parents can accept you and still make you feel like an outsider. your parents can love you and still reject parts of you. that old-fashioned kind of love where they think trying to mold you, make you tough, is better for you. or that quiet status quo where you just don't talk. and where everyone is accepted, though some are more than others. generations and generations it's just been easier to let it slide. to let it be. not cause a fuss. but then we sit there with a knot in our chests all our lives wondering how it got there
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uselesssomebody · 9 months
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Oooooo wondering if I request a miguel o'hara x platonic(maybe) shy reader who’s a popular superhero spider person who bonded with venom and has an infant son who’s a mommy boy with her boyfriend Miguel of her dimension. Miguel sees the reader reminded of his dead wife reader of his dimension. Pretty cute her infant son and Mayday Parker having play dates, she’s the godmother of Mayday and Peter is the godfather 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
'𝕓𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕜𝕚𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕜' 𝕕𝕒𝕪 - dad!miguel o'hara x mom!reader
(or astv's spider society x platonic!reader)
complete masterlist | miguel o'hara masterlist
words || 𝟛𝕜
summary || in which the reader and peter b. have a 'bring your kid to work' day at the spider society
a/n || i have been frothing at the mouth to write dad!miguel so here
➵ anon i'm actually kneeling at your feet for this request; it's so *chef's kiss* unfortunately, i know 0 things about venom, and i forgot about the 'shy' aspect of reader, but otherwise, i tried to nail this request. if you want a shy reader x miguel specifically, just send me another req, and i will have it done.
➵ lemme talk about the spanish real quick: a lot of it in this one thanks to the lovely @spookyanamurdock. quite a bit of spanglish as well, translations are next to the spanish bits
➵ also miguel (both of him) is the only one to speak any spanish. reader is not coded as being able to speak spanish or necessarily being from a spanish-speaking country, but she can understand what miguel is saying.
➵ send me requests if you have ‘em. enjoy!
warnings || fluff
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it'd been nine months since she'd had a full night's rest.
guess how old her infant was.
she was jolted awake to the sound of wails and cries and she quickly rubs her hands over her face as she sits up. she looks behind her to see her husband roll in his sleep at the sound, and she smiles, getting up more quickly so that she can handle their child before he wakes up.
she steps into the next room, where their son is rocking in his cradle, evidently upset. she pouts a little at the sight of his chubby cheeks pinched into a scowl, and his gummy mouth open and ignorant to how loud he was being.
"what's woken you up, baby?" she mumbles, quiet and rhetoric, as she immediately takes him in her arms, rocking him softly on one side while using her free arm to gently pat for where he was feeling discomfort. noticing none, and recognizing his cry wasn't that of hunger, she lifts him up gently, looking in his adorable, curious eyes.
she notices his cries have simmered, a more satisfied and sleepy expression on his features, and she smiles, "did you just want mama to hold you for a bit?" she muses, as she lovingly tucks his head back into her shoulder, quietly pacing the room with him. in another couple moments, he's out like a light once more, and she chuckles to herself as she lays him back down in his cradle, momentarily forgetting her annoyance at losing sleep as she traces a soft finger over his features, beaming at his adorableness, "goodnight, gabe." she murmurs softly, pressing a chaste kiss to his forehead, before she slips back out of the room, and into her bedroom. the clock by her bed reads 3:07, and she sighs, her exhaustion overtaking her once more. she smiles at the sight of her husband, still knocked out in the same position. she lays back down next to him, wrapping her arms tightly around him, as she revels in his large stature and radiating heat, falling asleep next to him almost immediately.
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she was a little shocked when she'd gotten a call in for work the next morning. well 'work' is a better way of putting it, as you can't exactly put 'multiverse-hopping for the spider society' on a resume.
she'd worked with the gajillion other spiders in nueva york for a little over 3 years before she'd had to take maternity leave for the little baby she was currently heating up a bottle of milk for. on the other side of the kitchen, her husband was allowing gabe to sit on his shoulders and play with his hair as he tried to clean dishes, and she suppresses a laugh at the sight, plucking gabe off his shoulders. "enough of that, baby." she muses, "you'll mess up daddy's hair," she sets him into his high chair, gently sticking the bottle in his mouth, as her husband comes and sits next to her. she gently runs her hand through his hair, straightening it out where gabe messed it up.
"miguel?" she starts, and he nods, his eyes looking up at hers, "i've gotta go in today." he furrows his brow a little, before realizing what she was talking about.
"¿cuándo regresarías?” (when’ll you be back?) he mumbles, still a little sleepy from the hectic morning. she shakes her head.
"no clue yet. think we can get a sitter for him?" she cocks her head to gabe, who was happily enjoying his bottle himself. miguel sighs, rubbing his eyes a little.
"no creo, cariño" (i don't think so, sweetheart.) he looked stressed, and she looked at him sympathetically, so she shakes her head.
"that's okay, hun." she rubs his knuckles a little, "i'll just take him with me." miguel's eyes widen in worry, and she chuckles.
"it's just a consultation, don't worry." she smiles, "we'll not move an inch from the headquarters." his shoulders relax a little, and a smile finally falls over his tired face.
"uhm, claro. si, suena bien, sure." (right. yeah, that sounds good, sure.) he pauses for a moment, "uh, will the big guy be okay with it?" she looks at him confused, before she bursts out in laughter, making gabe jump a little, dropping his bottle. she winces a little, picking it up for him and mumbling a quick 'sorry' 
"are you talking about other-miguel?" she teases, and he groans with a smile.
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other-miguel was her boss, the person in charge of the spider society. it'd been an... experience when she'd first met him.
originally, her recruitment was overseen by spiderwoman - jessica, her lovely friend who she was now coaching through her own pregnancy. because jessica brought her in, she'd not actually met other-miguel until nearly 2 months in.
the first time she'd seen him had been when jessica was at home - or her home universe - and she'd instead had to discuss her next mission with him. she'd gone up to his office, ready with a quip about how he had the same name as her long-term boyfriend - but stopped dead in her tracks when she saw her boyfriend's back in front of her. her eyes widen, and her greeting catches in her throat. other-miguel looks back at her, and he's got a similarly surprised look in his eyes.
"¿cariño?" (sweetheart?) he asks in his familiar, gruff voice. it was tinged in slightly more exhaustion.
"hon - honey?" she stutters out, finally able to clear her throat enough to talk, "what are you doing here?" he blinks in shock, before he sighs deeply, realizing what had happened.
"no - no, no soy…" (i'm not) he inhales, "you're seeing a miguel o'hara?" she blinks.
"honey, what are you-"
"no-" he cuts her off, "i'm not your miguel." her eyes narrow, before it dawns on her.
in the entirety of the spider society, there were countless versions of 'peter parker', a handful of 'miles morales's, and more than a few 'gwen stacy's and plenty of 'm.j.'s. it would be, in fact, more shocking that there wasn't more than one miguel o'hara in the multiverse.
"oh." she mumbles, "oh." a beat passes, "do you - you know someone like me too?"
his face is downcast. it's a touchy subject.
"si. así es." (yeah. that’s right.) there's a silence that passes over them, before his face becomes stern again, and he begins explaining the mission.
it took 3 more missions for other-miguel to open up about the woman she reminded him off, and she, in turn, would point out the differences between him and her boyfriend. they had a strange bond, something that was difficult to properly explain to anyone else, but they felt no obligation to.
she knows miguel found it hard to be around her at first. every time he'd look at her, his face would flash in a pain that she only came to know about later, and one she hoped to never understand. similarly, it made her feel weird to be seeing and hearing her boyfriend, yet having to adamantly remember that it wasn't him. it became better after a while, as it was easier to notice the differences between her miguel and other-miguel.
now, she was good friends with him - at least, as friendly as anyone could be with him.
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"yeah, he won't mind," she continues, talking to her boyfriend, "besides, peter brings his little one in constantly. it'll be fine." she smiles, and her husband seems to calm a little.
"perfecto." he rises slowly, pressing a kiss to gabe's forehead, and then her lips, "¿te vere ésta noche?" (i'll see you tonight?) she nods with a small smile.
"yeah, honey." she waves him off as he heads to work, before she picks up gabe, "you ready for some misadventure, baby?" she teases, pressing a kiss to his nose. he coos in response, and she takes it as a yes, pulling out her watch.
after a couple minutes, a multicolored portal opens in her kitchen, and jessica walks in, waddling a little with the large weight in her stomach. she grins wide at the sight of the mother and son, cooing at the adorable child.
"i haven't seen you in ages!" jessica drawls, taking her into a hug, before plucking gabe up, and playing with his little baby hands, "have you grown, gabe? you're so big now!" he giggles in response, as though he's taken the compliment, and jessica laughs, handing him back to his mother.
"how've you been, jess? how's the tummy?" she asks, rocking gabe slowly. jess rubs her stomach, pouting a little.
"they're kickin' and screamin' to get out." they both laugh at the comment, before jessica pulls out a small, baby-sized watch, a visitor pass for baby gabe, "here." she slips it over his small wrist, "don't want you glitching out, do we?" jessica steps back, before looking back at her, "ready?"
she nods, clutching gabe a bit tighter.
"baby's first." jessica jokes, leading her forward. she adjusts gabe on her hip and the watch on my wrist, stepping in. gabe coos in interest at the colors of the portal, and he has to blink a few times when he realizes that the actual h.q. is significantly *less* interesting. he fidgets a little, brows furrowing in confusion, which causes her to soothe him with a hand running along his back.
"it's okay, baby." she whispers in his ear, glancing around at the familiar building and familiar spider-people milling about. a couple of them nod or wave in recognition, and she greets a few, before jessica pulls her along.
"c'mon, miguel and peter b. need us." she nods at jess's statement, tucking gabe's head in her shoulder and following the woman up to miguel's office.
as soon as they walk in, she see miguel and peter, stood on his suspended platform, look back at them, and 4 youngins on the floor look back too. they're a diverse group, teenagers and just older, and of course, she knew hobie and pav. immediately, the two of them come up to greet her, excited to see her after so long.
"you're back?" pav says excitably, and she laughs.
"no - no, not yet, sorry, guys." she clarifies, and gabe's head pops up at the noise. pav and hobie's eyes widen.
"you've go' a kid now?" hobie's accent, strong as ever, shines through. she rolls her eyes playfully.
"why'd you think i left? for fun?" peter's come down to join them at this point, and he engulfs her in a side hug, before taking gabe off her.
"and how is my little godson doing?" he coos, playing with the baby. she smiles at the interaction, before looking around him.
"where's my goddaughter, pete?" she asks curiously, wondering where may's head of vibrant red is. peter cocks his head in miguel's direction, making her look back up to see the infant crawling around on his giant, familiar shoulders. she laughs, and miguel finally comes down to join them. she sees the other two teenagers' faces scrunch in confusion, and it's suddenly evident to her that they're newbies, and they don't yet know that miguel's slow descent is nothing but a fear tactic and, more often than not, he'd use the faster setting to get to the floor in seconds. he comes up to her, a gruff expression on his face, and the teenagers' seem concerned. until, he dons the slightest hint of a smirk on his face. he nods his head in greeting, and she salutes him, and small grin on her face, as may practically slides down from his arm and into her chest, making her catch the baby with an exaggerated stumble and 'oomph!', "aw, you've grown, haven't you, may-be?" she smiles, having given her goddaughter an adjacent nickname to her own child, "what trouble have you been getting into?"
meanwhile, pav and hobie - uncharacteristically - were cooing over gabe in pete's arms. i turn to the teenagers, and jessica introduces me.
"gwen, and miles - visitor." jess clarifies, pointing at both respectively.
"nice to meet you guys." she nods back, looking between them and may, trying to crawl on her shoulders.
after a couple more moments of catch-up, miguel and pete pulled her up to the panel, along with may and gabe, and jessica pulls the other 4 out. miguel begins explaining the reasoning for the call-in.
"so, these 4 are being assigned to an anomaly. the girl's only been here a month - this is her first real mission - and the guy's here to prove himself." she quirks a brow.
"so he's been here less than a month and he's already on a mission?" it's not common - even she'd had to dredge through a month and a half of training sessions and simulations before going on her first mission - and even that was with jessica. miguel shrugs in response to her question, and peter interrupts.
"i vouch for him. he's a - he's a good kid. mentored him myself. we stopped a multiversal collapse together before." he says casually, so casually that she can't help but giggle. it'd been a year since she'd heard about things like 'multiversal collapses', and she still wasn't used to it.
"okay, where do i come in?" she asks, pulling gabe off of a monitor he wanted to play with.
"you can sit right here and just guide them. peter también va a estar aquí, solo, guialos ¿está bien?" (peter's gonna be here too. just... coach them, you know?) miguel explains, and she nods.
"right... sure. yeah, that works." peter smiles, and miguel points to a monitor.
"your station, m'lady." peter jokes, making her laugh. she sits down, gabe on her lap, slipping an earpiece in her ear and beginning to read the data file on the anomaly the 4 were looking to contain. after a couple minutes, she hears the crackle of a girl's voice - gwen - through the ear piece.
"hey! we've just arrived in the universe." she nods at the confirmation.
"perfect. you guys ready?"
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the mission was relatively quick to finish, and she had celebrated with peter once hobie's voice had crackled through, saying the anomaly was captured. he stayed behind to monitor it while the three teens headed back, and she sighed in relief, finally picking gabe up from his place crawling on the floor with may.
while her and peter were tensely trying to ensure the kids were safe and everything went to plan, the two infants had been having the time of their life playing with each other. gabe would find it tremendously entertaining whenever may would begin climbing on walls, and he had tried a few times too, only getting as far as a meter up before his mother pulled him off out of her worry. nonetheless, he absolutely was determined to climb onto a monitor, which resulted in a slight hassle when peter lost audio for a moment.
by the time the mission was over and gabe was back in his mother's arms, he was out like a light, exhausted by his long day in the spider society.
after miles, pav and gwen had made it back, peter was sure celebrations would be in order, something that miguel seemed to be staunchly against, and something she had to reluctantly decline.
"sorry, guys, i should get back home. the little guy's already sleepy, and miguel should be back home by now." the sentence confused gwen and miles, as they looked between her and the intimidating boss of the spider society. she smiles at their confusion, but opts to let jessica explain, as she says her goodbyes and heads out. may, distraught at the thought of not being able to play with gabe anymore, makes a daring attempt to escape with him and his mom, only foiled at the last moment because of an attentive miguel. she smiles at the sight, petting her hair and letting may wave one final time at gabe's sleeping form - moving his hand to mimic a wave back - before heading to the portals.
when she tries to hand back gabe's visitor's pass to jessica, it's fruitless, as the other woman insists she keeps it, a certain knowing look in her eyes. she tries to ignore it, smiling in thanks, as the two head back.
correct to her belief, miguel - her miguel - was changing out of his work attire when they arrived and, upon hearing his greeting to her, gabe's eyes shoot open, excited at the thought of seeing his dad after the long day apart. it makes her laugh, and she sets the infant down on the couch to take off his wristband.
"¿qué tal todo?" (how was it?) comes miguel's - maybe perpetually - sleepy voice from behind her as she fiddles with the closing mechanism of the band.
"good. gabe tried climbing on a few walls, met his godsister - if that's a thing - met other-miguel and his godfather. got to meet the kids too." she lists off quickly, taking off the band and placing it to the side, not realizing that miguel is right behind her now.
he wraps his large arms around her, warmth encircling her body as she squeak in slight shock, making gabe laugh.
"and how was it for you, mi amor?" (my love) he asks, pressing a kiss to her cheek, making her smile.
"well, we saved the day. so it was very good." miguel nods, not letting her go.
"muy bien, muy bien," (good, good.) he whispers, seemingly now less interested in the answer to his question and more interested in the fact that he could hold her after his grueling day.
as soon as the hug lasts a little too long, though, they hear an indignant whine of disapproval, making them both laugh after a moment of shock. miguel detaches from her, and she reaches down to sit with gabe, before pulling him into her lap. his face immediately breaks into a smile, and miguel settles next to them.
"¿qué pasa, bebé? (what is this, baby?) you won't let me hug your mom anymore?" he says in playful upset. gabe frowns at his words, settling farther in his mom's arms.
"i think he's a little jealous." she teases, running her hands through gabe's thin head of hair.
"¡increible! (unbelievable!) i knew her first, amigo." the joking annoyance makes her laugh, as she places a big kiss to gabe's cheek and then to miguel.
"boys, boys. there's enough love for me to share." as if hearing her, gabe whines in annoyance again, making her and miguel look at each other with wide eyes.
"o - okay, it's all for you, gabe." she reassures, letting him rest his head on my shoulder. she looks up at miguel. "please don't start whining, now." she teases. he laughs quietly.
"no te prometo nada." (no promises.)
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theforgottengreatpoem · 4 months
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Alecto using Annabeths hubris to convince her to give up Percy vs Medusa using Percy's loyalty for his mom to convince him to kill his friends
Monsters + Playing into the Hero's Fatal Flaws | Percy Jackson and the Olympians 1x03 | inspiration
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booasaur · 6 months
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wtFOCK - 7x03
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michaelpyromaniacal · 5 months
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headcanon that shoto has never called endeavor dad because by the time he was learning to speak, touya and natsuo had already started calling him enji and endeavor instead and were trying to convince fuyumi to do the same
endeavor's still bitter about it
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thealogie · 9 months
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Sorry it’s been five episodes and this 19 year old girl and 900 year old alien man are playing insane psychosexual games three days into knowing each other. She’s like “can you please be a good fake boyfriend and come have tea with my mom” and he’s like “I will NOT do that. im gonna go to a burning nebula. your choice” and she just leaves. She’s down so bad and it’s only been three days
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mosquito-queen · 2 years
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max wake up, i don’t like this
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junglejim4322 · 1 month
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People my age who defend arranged marriage as a “cultural tradition” or whatever will literally be like my parents only hated eachother for the first 5 years of their marriage and now they tolerate eachother and my mom doesn’t even mind that my dad is gay ❤️ here’s a pic of me and my white significant other btw
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danddamage · 5 months
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fleshadept · 2 years
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Rocky + magic
Boy (2010) dir. Taika Waititi
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nostalgic-shamefest · 11 months
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Don't get me wrong I love the cute theory that Jamie talks to his mum about them and all but
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We all know what she means
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echo-goes-mmm · 3 months
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Moonflower #8
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Warnings: sexism, dehumanization
Iris refreshed her makeup, adding more concealer under her eyes. Half of it was ensuring her Aunt wouldn’t make a “you seem tired” comment, and the other half was pure procrastination.
Kit sat on the floor next to the vanity, watching her blend out the concealer. 
It was nice to have someone in the room that was quiet and didn’t demand her attention. Less lonely, without draining her energy.
She applied more lipstick and smoothed her hair. There was no use putting it off any longer. Aunt Nicole would just chide her for being late.
The walk to the dining room was too short for her taste. She half considered canceling, but then the next dinner would be even more insufferable.
Her family stood as she entered, and it was amusing to see their smiles turn to confusion when they spotted Kit trailing behind her.
“It’s good to see you, Iris,” said Alexander. Out of the four on her mother’s side, she liked him the most.
“Likewise.”
She took her spot at the head of the table; Kit to her right.
The slight didn’t go unnoticed.
“Won’t you introduce us to your friend?” asked Aunt Nicole, a faux smile on her face.
“Kit, this is my Aunt Nicole, Uncle Henry, and my cousins: Alexander and Richard.” She pointed each one out, and Henry offered a polite nod.
“Hello,” said Kit. Richard snorted, but covered it up with a cough. Brat.
Iris sat, and everyone followed suit.
Percy, and a servant she didn’t know the name of, appeared in a flash. 
“Tonight we have a seasonal salad with balsamic vinaigrette, roasted duck with rosemary potatoes, and chocolate lava cake for dessert. Chef has selected a light red with notes of cherry.”
The servant uncorked the bottle, and Iris gave it a sniff. “Lovely. Thank you.”
The servant began to pour the wine. Richard was too young, so she passed him over. Kit politely refused the wine, and Aunt Nicole raised a judgemental brow.
It was going to be a long meal.
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“So, darling,” said Iris’s aunt, “have you started looking for a husband yet?”
Kit glanced up from his salad in alarm. Mistress had already told him she hated the marriage talk. 
“Not as of late,” said Iris, gritting her teeth. “I’ve been busy.”
“Of course you have. The kingdom won’t run itself,” Henry interrupted, casting a glance to his wife.
“I could handle the matchmaking for you,” suggested Nicole. Iris tensed. Nicole leaned over to place her hand on Iris’s. “I know that was supposed to be your mother’s job, but-”
Iris yanked her hand away. “I appreciate the offer, but I’m really not interested right now.”
Mistress grabbed her wine and took a long sip. Nicole frowned.
“Honey, I’m just concerned. Don’t you want children?”
Iris choked on her wine.
“Of course I do, but I don’t have the time to date. And I certainly don’t have the time to be a mother.”
“That’s what nannies are for, darling.” 
“We are not talking about this.”
Silence fell over the table.
“The weather is pretty good for August,” said Alexander, clearly trying to change the subject. “Very mild. Think that will hold for winter?”
“Probably not,” said Iris, her posture relaxing.
“How do you know? Did your magic pet tell you that?” said Richard. He shoveled salad into his mouth. It was supposed to be an insult, but it was weak and childish at best.
“Richard!” exclaimed Nicole.
“Kit isn’t a pet,” said Iris, her grip on her glass tightening.
Henry put his fork down. “Mind your manners, young man.”
“I’m not a winter. I wouldn’t know,” Kit said, neatly sidestepping the ‘pet’ comment. He didn’t think he could really dispute it anyway.
“Can you predict the weather?” asked Alexander. “In your season, I mean.”
“A little. I can’t tell you what will happen in a week, but I’ll know if it will rain the morning of.”
“How convenient,” said Nicole. “That must be helpful for event planning.”
“I suppose.”
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Mistress was on her second glass of wine, and Kit worried about her. She was just so tense.
Unfortunately, he didn’t know any conversation topics that would calm her down.
Some servants cleared the table and brought in the duck. It looked delicious.
He carefully took a bite, and suppressed a wince. 
It was good, really good, but it was clearly seasoned with salt. It stung like tiny needles in his mouth.
Was it on purpose? Did he do something wrong, and this was his punishment?
He glanced at Mistress Iris out of the corner of his eye. She didn’t seem to notice anything.
Kit looked down at his dish. It would be rude not to eat what he was given. Iris would be so upset if he embarrassed her in front of the family she disliked so much.
He tried the potatoes.
No salt, thank the stars.
He ate the duck quickly. If he got it over with soon, it would give his mouth time to heal and hopefully he could enjoy dessert.
“So, Kit, what do you do for Iris?” asked Richard, a smirk on his face. “Y’know, if you don’t predict the weather.”
Kit decided he didn’t like Richard.
“Whatever Mistress asks of me.” 
He knew he’d made a mistake as soon as the word ‘mistress’ left his lips.
“So you’re not a pet, you’re a slave.” Iris sucked in a breath.
Henry stood up, grabbing Richard by the arm. “Come on. We’re going to have a chat.” 
He pulled Richard from the table, marching him out the door.
“I was just telling it like it is!” protested Richard as they went.
There was a pause. Kit poked at the remaining food on his plate.
“I am so sorry,” apologized Alexander. 
“I’ve heard worse.” Richard was right, but he was an asshole about it. No wonder Iris didn’t like her family.
Nicole said nothing, swirling her wine.
Kit attempted to swallow more of the meat, but he couldn’t help flinching at the salt on his tongue. It was beginning to burn in his mouth.
He grabbed his water glass and took a long sip.
He tried to eat another piece without wincing, but it was a losing battle. He choked it down. It really was too bad; he liked duck.
“Are you alright?” asked Iris, her brow furrowing.
“I-” there was no way he could answer without complaining. “There’s salt in this.”
“Percy!” called Iris over her shoulder. “Why didn’t you say something earlier?” she said to him.
“I wasn’t sure if it was on purpose.”
“Of course it wasn't on purpose!”
Percy appeared in moments. “My queen?”
“There's salt Kit’s food.”
Percy’s eyes went wide. He turned to Kit. “My apologies for the mix up. Chef specifically prepared a duck for you. I’ll switch it out immediately. It won’t happen again.” He whisked away the plate.
“Thank you,” said Iris, exasperated. She reached for her wine again.
Henry and Richard came back in. Henry looked as composed as before, but Richard’s face was red.
Henry kissed his wife on the cheek, and Richard slumped unhappily in his chair. He didn’t look at anyone.
The second duck was just as good as the first, without the pain. Percy seemed incredibly embarrassed.
“Percy isn’t going to be in trouble, right?” he asked.
“It isn’t his job to plate the courses, so no.” Iris reassured him. “Whoever did will be.”
“Oh. What if it was just a mistake?”
“I’d have them fired,” said Nicole. She turned up her nose. “No one wants to do their jobs properly anymore.”
“What are we talking about?” Henry said, picking up his fork.
“Someone put an allergen in Kit’s food,” said Alexander.
“Ah.”
“We’re debating if they should get fired,” said Iris.
“I don’t think so,” Kit said. “Maybe they just didn’t know.”
“They should know,” argued Nicole. “It’s unacceptable.”
“I’m with Kit on this one.” offered Alexander. “Salt is so common, and not usually something you have to worry about. No harm no foul, right?”
“Doesn’t salt hurt faeries?” asked Henry.
“Yes.”
“Well then there was harm,” he pointed out.
“Kit should still decide.”
“I don’t want them in trouble if it was a mistake,” he protested.
“And if it wasn’t?” asked Henry. “You can’t just let that slide.”
“Then I’ll fire them,” said Iris. “Obviously.”
“The real problem is lack of effort,” Nicole complained, “No one wants to work these days.”
The family debated back and forth, and Kit was just glad that Iris didn’t seem so wound up anymore.
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“Well, now that it's over, I won’t have to see them for another month.”
Kit watched her remove her makeup.
“Why bother seeing them if you don’t like them?”
Iris pulled off her earrings. “They’re my mom’s family,” she explained. “I can’t just… not talk to them.”
She looked in the mirror. She did look tired without concealer. Damn.
“Oh.”
She got the feeling that Kit didn’t really understand. “It’s easier to keep the peace than to cut them off. Besides, Alexander and Uncle Henry aren’t so bad. Right?”
Kit hummed.
“I’m going to bed early. I’ll see you tomorrow.”
“Yes, Iris.” Kit stood up and left, the door quietly clicking shut.
She sighed, rubbing her eyes. It was only Monday, and she was already so sick of work.
Maybe tomorrow would be easier.
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