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rose-tea-and-strawberries · 1 year

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Yuu with the Disney Princes

I always talk about how Yuu is considered an honorary Disney Princess and how they invite her to their princess get-togethers since she’s one of them but I just love the dynamic Yuu has with the princes (mainly because right now I have a Disney prince brainrot, where I’m constantly remembering how much I love them) where all of them are her very loving, protective, chaotic older brother figures.

Their entire relationship is just:

Yuu: *gets a paper cut*

Princes: HASN’T SHE BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH?!?!

Also that Modern Family scene where Lily gets locked in the car and Mitch is calmly trying to figure out how to help her whilst Cam is ready to break her out by slamming a metal bin onto the window whilst screaming. Yeah, 50% are the calm, gentle mentor-like older brothers who will always be there to guide Yuu and the rest are the chaotic brothers who see a possible threat near Yuu and it’s act first think second.

Eugene, Aladdin and Naveen are planning a heist with Naveen as the getaway driver and Aladdin and Naveen breaking into a heavily guarded place just for the fun of it. Like, they would literally just break into a museum just to steal the guard’s pen or something. They’re chaotic like that. They remind Yuu of Ace and Deuce and so she’s helping them. Not with the actual thievery but with the strategies like how Ned is Peter Parker’s ‘guy in the chair’

Yuu: But won’t you get in trouble?

Aladdin: Trouble? Ha! You’re only in trouble if you get caught.

Eugene: Exactly! *fingerguns*

Naveen: *Already in the driver’s seat* Guys, can we go soon? I want to get milkshakes on the way back.

They have literally broken into a zoo and park just to cheer her up

Phillip (the first man I ever fancied), Eric, Charming/Henry and Hercules teach her sword fighting. Like, yeah, they know that Mulan and Merida are overseeing her self-defense training but there’s no harm in some extra teachers. Princes Phillip and Charming have been sparing partners and best friends for years so they work wonderfully together. Of course, one simple sword fighting lesson ends up as a fight to the death with the princes and Yuu rallying around and cheering for a victor.

Speaking of fighting, sometimes Aladdin and Hercules reignite their rivalry from Hercules and the Arabian Nights (even though they are literally best friends) and start smack talking each other (half of the time it’s because of the Kalimyuu vs Idiayuu ship war). The other princes are watching with rapt interest and Yuu doesn’t know if she should break them up or join them.

Yuu loves hearing about all of their adventures - especially when they get all grand and epic with their narrations.

The Aladdin series was my favourite Disney animated movie tv show so I’d imagine that after his adventures, he’d bring back a trophy to show Yuu. Yuu very much dislikes Mozenrath and Abysmal. She and Abu are cool. Abu is protective of her the same way Aladdin is and he’s more than happy to prank anyone that wrongs her. She covers for him when she knows he’s off causing trouble and always has a snack on hand to give him.

RACES! Horseback/reindeerback/carpet/chariot/pegasus/foot races happen all the time and Yuu referees.

Hercules insists that Yuu rides on Pegasus

This always leads to an argument with Aladdin on whether or not magic carpets or flying horses/chariots are better. And no, this has nothing to do with the fact that Kalim owns a magic carpet and the Shroud brothers have a chariot

Hercules and Shang try to get Yuu more interested in training/working out. Whether or not she’ll join them is up to you.

There’s always going to be chaos when the princes meet up and the only ones keeping to themselves in the corner is Beast/Adam with a book and Simba who’s just sitting there and judging everyone.

As a bookworm myself, I would totally start a book club with Disney characters like Belle and Rapunzel (and maybe Ratigan) and Adam is definitely a member of said book club.

Simba and Yuu are cute. He can tell that she’s a genuinely nice person and his protective instincts flare when she’s around. He’s definitely a teasing, cheeky sort of older brother who likes to harmlessly poke fun but he’s one of the first to act if Yuu’s in any danger. He definitely melts whenever Yuu and Kiara play together. (He also loves watching Yuu interact with Cheka. It warms him)

By the way, Zazu and Cogsworth are in the background just sitting next to each other in silent solidarity. They get each other.

I’ve read headcanons that they all like to play DnD together and I love that and would expand more but I have no idea how DnD works so I’m just going to put it here.

This bullet point is going to be a bit of a rant/vent so feel free to skip it. I see a lot of Prince Florian hate/slander and whilst I understand it (he has no personality, he’s only in the movie for like five minutes and he kisses a sleeping girl) I can never get on that band wagon. I can go on about how I feel about him and how I think the hatred towards him is unfair but this is a wholesome post about Yuu bonding with Disney characters so I’ll keep it as short and sweet as possible.

I don’t think Florian is supposed to be a character. I feel like he’s less of a person and more of a symbol of Snow White’s freedom and happily ever after. Like Cinderella’s Prince Charming, he literally only exists to give Snow White a happy ending after living as a maid under her stepmother who literally tried to kill her. Snow wishes for her true love to find her and say nice things to her and he just appears and serenades her. She wants a happily ever after with a with quote ‘the one I (she) love(s)’ unquote and she gets it. See, this isn’t a logical movie, it’s an emotional one. You aren’t supposed to think, you’re supposed to feel. There’s no deep message and no one goes through a character arc (except for maybe Grumpy). Every single scene is just supposed bring about an emotion: fear when you enter the forest, anticipation when the dwarves find out about the queen, sadness at Snow White’s funeral, happiness when she wakes up, etc. You aren’t supposed to question anything, you just take the fairytale at face value. And at face value, Snow White’s romance with Florian is very poetic with the flowers and the doves and it just screams young, innocent love

Yeah, they could’ve fleshed him out or given him a backstory but Snow White wasn’t just Disney’s first animated movie but also the world’s first feature length coloured animated film. Walt Disney knew that it was a huge risk to make it and the film industry weren’t just skeptical, they thought that he was going to fail. The company had to make do with what they had and they were on the brink of bankruptcy - Walt himself had some serious financial trouble during the film’s production. There were scenes that they wanted to add (like a scene where Snow White teaches the dwarves how to drink soup or the dwarves wanting to make her a more comfortable bed) but had to cut down. He was also really hard to animate so other scenes they wanted to make with him (like where the queen traps him in his dungeon and Snow’s animal friends rescue him so that he can save her) weren’t actually possible. That’s why Phillip is much more of an action hero compared to Florian - the animators had gotten better at animating heroic male characters.

Also, it’s kind of implied that like Cinderella, since she was treated like a servant and dressed in rags, she never would have been able to see the outside world. Queen Grimhilde orders a huntsman to kill her and rip out her heart after watching one guy fall in love with her (and yeah, the mirror also said that she was fairer but her anger visibly flares at watching Florian and Snow’s exchange she already felt threatened by Snow which is why she wears ugly clothes and does the cleaning), there’s no way she would’ve allowed her outside the castle where more people could see her beauty.

Yeah, no one should kiss an unconscious person without their consent but it’s literally not Florian’s fault that the actual source material of Snow White has true love’s kiss as the way to wake Snow up. To take away ‘true love’s kiss’ is like taking away the huntsman or the apple - the story just won’t be the same. And sure, Disney has a habit of changing stories *coughs*TheLittleMermaid*coughs*BeautyandtheBeast*coughs*TheFrogPrince* to make them more family friendly/entertaining (because what little girl in the 1950s would want to see Lady Tremaine mutilate her daughters by chopping their toes/heels off?) but Walt loved Snow White and since this was his first feature length film so why change a simple, well-known, harmless classic? I mean Disney was already changing the original story by getting rid of the Queen’s other two murder attempts before the apple (I don’t really know why but I think it was to make her seem less stupid). And now I’ve realised I’ve written too much so I’m going to stop now.

(Also where did this whole age gap thing come from? I don’t know where the rumours about Florian being in his thirties come from but the official book ‘The Art of Walt Disney’ states that the animators intended for him to be 18. And I don’t know for sure if Snow is actually officially 14 but interviews have said that she’s a teenager so 13/14 would be the youngest possible age she could possibly be)

tldr: I’m tired of seeing Prince Florian hate/slander. Snow White is my favourite Disney Princess so I’m giving her a happily ever after with a very loving husband because she deserves it. Disney may not have given him a personality but I will

So Prince Florian is a hopeless romantic, much like his wife. Think love letters and poetry and horseback rides and bouquets of flowers. He likes singing so I peg him as a musician that enjoys writing love songs for Snow. He carries around a little dagger so I’m going to assume he’s into crafts like whittling.

Eric teaches Yuu everything he knows about sailing.

Max, Abu, Sven, Samson, Pegasus and all of the other animal companions like to hang around with Yuu. Yuu loves to shower them in affection that they are more than happy to soak in.

No one tell Prince Phillip but Yuu sneaks Samson extra carrots even after Phillip forbade them

Kuzco doesn’t usually go to the Prince meet ups since he prefers to hang out with the princesses but he does appear if he hears Yuu is coming.

All he does is sit there and look pretty but he’s an icon and we are here for that.

Prank wars. Prank wars all the time. Yuu is never a target since she’s always neutral and no amount of bribes will cause her to pick a side. She will cover for anyone who asks (she’s not very good at covering though)

They do treat her like a young child at times though but she knows they all mean well.

Every hour, they take a break from what they’re doing to spend at least two hours sitting in a circle, bragging about how awesome their wives are and how much they love them. Not that they don’t spend every single second of the day praising their wives. It’s just that they are addicted to ‘I love my wife juice’ so they make sure to take a juice break. To stay healthy.

That’s all I got for now

#house of mouse au #twst yuu #twisted wonderland #twst #fem yuu

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sweet-potatah-pie · 1 year

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Would love to get your take on this: What is Tiana's haircare routine? What products does she use? How about Naveen? <3 Do they…help each other? Thank you!

What a question! This could get SO deep, but I'll try to stay on track, haha! 😅

So, Tiana exists in a very interesting era for Black women's hair (but honestly, what era isn't interesting!). In the decades just before the 1920s, Madam CJ Walker became a millionaire by catering to Black women’s beauty. Then with the rise of jazz and film, Black musicians and performers became visible in a real way for the first time in the United States and Europe. And there was still the oppressive presence of the white gaze and the physical protection of hair assimilation.

With all that in mind, I assume Tiana's hair texture is straightened and then curled based on the styles she wears in the movie. This process could have been achieved through a lye and potato based chemical treatment, but I like to think Tiana would have gone with the route of using a hot comb: a metal comb, heated over an open flame until hot, and pulled through the hair to remove the natural curl pattern.

I think Tiana, even as busy as she is, patrons a local Black hair care salon. The 1920s was a boom time of women's salons popping up everywhere, and the ones catering to Black women's beauty (as well as being places for community, safety, and civil rights planning) were still relatively new. Plus, these salons were usually owned/operated by Black women. As a Black woman business owner herself, I absolutely think Tiana supported other Black women business owners in this way.

So for her routine, I think probably once a month, Tiana goes to a salon for a professional wash, straighten, and curl. I think she probably does touch-ups at home with her own hot comb, curling iron, and pressing oil, and then I think she likely greases her scalp for moisture and shine. She probably also plaits her hair before bed and wears a silk or satin bonnet to sleep in, before styling it the next day. I really like that Tiana has longer hair in the 1920s when shorter bobs were the trend, because it shows not only that she doesn’t feel the need to follow trends, but I think it also says something about her dedication and how she values putting time into herself (because maintaining hair can be very time consuming for us!).

That said, I doubt she does much of her hair care routine alone. More likely than not, her mother Eudora, her friend Georgia, and her professional stylist are the ones who help her most with her hair (and she probably helps her mom and her friend Georgia in return).

I think Naveen probably helps remind Tiana not to fall asleep without her bonnet, but otherwise, I’m not so sure how qualified he is in this arena. LOL. There’s a lot of work and ritual involved! I’m sure Tiana has recommended a local barbershop to Naveen, though. Although his ethnicity is not confirmed, I assume his hair is naturally straight/wavy and that he wouldn’t need a conk, but he would still probably have his hair styled as if he had had one. He probably enjoys a professional shave regularly as well.

And I hope someone manicures that man's eyebrows for him, too. 😂

#patf #the princess and the frog #tiana x naveen #black hair #black women #tianaveen #anon asks #asks open #i'm entirely too much

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countrymusiclover · 9 months

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13 - Once Upon A Baby

Part 14

Family is More than Blood

@secretdreamlandmentality

Did I mention Once in a Vampire Diaries book. Yes I did!! But these are my two favorite fandoms 😁

Writing away at another letter I was sitting on one of the long coaches in the art room. Moving one hand over my grown belly I smiled knowing that it would only be a few more months and we would have baby number five on our hands to deal with. “How’s our littlest one doing this morning?” Klaus strided into the room, hands behind his back.

Leaning my head back against the armrest of the couch I reach out with my freehand for him. “The baby’s fine. Thankfully this one isn’t kicking my ribs like Henrik was. But I just wish that the baby’s due date would come already.”

“I know. You would think the vampire blood in your system would speed up a miracle pregnancy.” He responded by picking me up by my waist with his strength and sitting me down on his lap when he had taken my spot.

Picking up the tv remote I turned it onto Disney plus showing the show Once Upon A Time. Laying my head on his chest where he ran his fingers through my hair. “I was thinking we could name our boy or girl after characters in this show.”

“What the bloody hell is OUAT, Raelyn?” He cursed watching the episode that I was on where Snow and Charming first met.

Shifting in his lap so I was facing him I started explaining with a huge smile on my face. “So they’re all fairytale characters that get sent to the real world by the evil queen. But they can’t remember who they really are.”

“So the evil queen compelled an entire kingdom and decided to create a town they can never leave.” Klaus knitted his brows together seeing Emma and Henry talking about the story book. “If that’s the case then how does she not know that her son is right about everything?”

Throwing my hands down in my lap I huffed and shook my head at him like his question was ridiculous. “Come on, Nik. If they told you that in the first two minutes then it wouldn’t be a good series.”

“My apologies, love.” He held his hands up in surrender. “So what names did you have in mind? Are we naming it Emma if it’s a girl?”

Flipping through my notebook I showed him a list of names I had written down and Emma was at the top of the list with a question mark. “I have been considering it. But Emma might be too normal and Swan doesn’t really work as a first name with Mikaelson.”

“It could work considering her mother is named Snow after all. What else do you have on the list?” He tapped his fingers on my knees.

Pointing to the next two names I could tell he was mostly just staring at me and only half paying attention to what I was saying. “I started looking through the Disney movies and came across Nala or Rapunzel for a girl. Then Robin and Naveen. I personally love the name Rapunzel since most of our kids have unique names. Niklaus, are you even paying attention?”

“I’m sorry Rae. I just get distracted when you’re this passionate about this.” Shifting my gaze up to his blue orbs he had his eyes focused on me but he had a genuine smile across his face and hadn’t said a word.

Glaring lightly at him I snapped back. “Yes but this is important, Nik. We need to find a name that we both like for the baby after all.”

“Raelyn, you could name it anything you want and I will still love it Judas much as you and our four other children. You have given me more than I ever thought I deserved. You are my own fairytale princess.” He rested a hand to the side of my face and I leaned into his palm.

“Will you ever stop being so Charming?” It clicked with me seconds afterwards so I snatched up the notebook crashing my lips onto his in excitement. “Charming, that’s it. Charming Mikaelson!”

He nuzzled his nose into mine pulling me back down so we were watching the tv show holding each other in their arms. “Settle down, Rae. The doctor said you’re supposed to be resting. Let’s see this show you got me invested in.” He hit play on the remote with me intertwining my hand with his.

Shooting my eyes awake I frantically began looking around until my eyes focused on blonde-brown hair and deep blue eyes of a familiar face. “Valerie….what are you doing here?”

“You’re husband refused to stop blowing up my cell until I came rushing to his aid. He told me that he couldn’t hear the baby's heartbeat.” She explained sitting at the edge of the hospital bed I was laying in.

Shooting upright almost I winced feeling someone kick me in the stomach meaning it must have been the baby. But then there was another harsher kick afterwards. “What! Ah ow - something must be wrong - I just urrr- there’s a different kick.”

The hospital room door opened with Klaus dragging in the doctor that we had picked to help us with delivery. “Valerie, tell her what she needs to do to protect our baby.”

“Babies you mean.” She turned her head quickly between me and my husband.

Gripping the side of the bed I gulped pushing my back against the pillows as much as I could. “Babies…are you serious. How didn’t we know that before now?”

“Apparently the second baby had cloaked itself until the night you were kidnapped. So I am to assume that after you had been shot in the gut the babies cloaked themselves. As a way of protection that’s why you couldn’t hear their heartbeats.” Valerie explained focusing back on Klaus.

Dr. Lana sent me a confused look that she had on her face. “Did she just say they were cloaked as magical babies?”

“Nik.” I warned him.

“Don’t worry, Rae. I’ll compel her later.” He sent me a head nod looking back at the doctor. “Now in your medical opinion is she ready to deliver or not. Because my wife nearly died and I’d like to know my children are safe.”

Dr. Lana ran a hand through her hair avoiding my gaze for a moment. I was only eight months pregnant so I wasn’t full term yet. “Uh we would have to do a C-section. I don’t think that it would be wise for her to try and deliver before she is full term. So I will go prep for surgery and a nurse will come help you Mrs. Mikaelson.” She left the room leaving the three of us in the room.

Klaus came over to my side holding my hand in his left kissing my palm. “I’m sorry I didn’t stay with you last night, Rae. And you got hurt because of me.”

“Nik, don’t. It wasn’t your fault. We just should be happy that we have two babies instead of just one.” I chuckled trying to not act concerned that one of the wooden bullets didn’t injure either infant.

He leans down kissing my forehead. “I love you, Rae. And I’m not leaving your side.”

The nurse came into the room giving me an iv in my left hand. Valerie chose to wait in the room knowing Nik wouldn’t leave my side the entire time. The nurses rolled me into the room with two doctors who came in with Lana wearing their scrubs and everything. Squeezing Nik’s hand in mine I didn’t remove my gaze from him when they put me to sleep. I don’t know how long it had been before I blinked my eyes slowly, waking up noticing that Nik was laying at my bedside still holding my hand. “Oh good you’re awake. I was hoping to catch you at the right moment to show you your little ones.”

“Oh my gosh….did everything go okay?” Shifting myself upright, Nik woke up seeing Valerie roll in a cart with two little babies laying down on it.

Valerie gently picked up the first baby, placing it in my arms. “Here’s your little girl.” Feeling happy tears coming down my face the infant opened her eyes and I saw she had bright blue eyes and the hair that she had looked bright blonde. I was shocked that she almost had a full head of hair already.

“And this is the boy.” The heretic picked up the other baby, handing it over to Klaus.

He parted his lips with a huge grin bouncing the baby boy in his arms. “He’s just as precious as Henrik was.” He mumbled seeing that he also looked exactly like his sister.

“So have you figured out any names for these two or at least one since you didn’t know you had twins again.” Valerie put her hands together smiling at the two of us.

Lifting my gaze from the babygirl I looked at my husband sending him a huge grin. “I’ll name the boy. Klaus, you name the girl…he should be Charming Robin Mikaelson.”

Klaus nodded in agreement thinking for a moment before he knew the perfect name that I would love. “Rapunzel Swan Mikaelson.” He sits down at the edge of the bed so I could get a better look at the boy and he could see our little girl.

Comments really appreciated ❤️

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bre-meister · 1 year

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This is super random but I am, to this day, very upset that Disney announced all these new and exciting things for Princess and the Frog - one of their titles that is SO amazing and underrated partly do to their absolute lack of current advertising and merchandising- almost three years ago and have delivered nothing. In fact, it is almost impossible to find any recent updates from Disney about it at all!

More of my rant can be found under the cut but tl;dr: I’m tired of Tiana and Princess and the Frog being pushed to the side by Disney over and over especially when she is such a special character to so many people ❤️

And circling back around to the whole merchandise thing real quick, I am not exaggerating when I say there is almost no Disney licensed Princess and the Frog merch. Very little compared to other titles. When I was in the parks (and this was a few years ago so It could have changed but I’m honestly doubtful) I genuinely couldn’t even find a pair of Tiana themed Mickey ears. You know who did have some? Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Rapunzel, Bell, Elsa. Patf loungefy bags? Like 3. And I had to scour the internet to find them. I know recently there’s been a lot more cooking themed merch for Tiana in Epcot but again, that been very recent and while a spatula with her face on it is cute and on brand that doesn’t mean I don’t want a pair of ears. EARS! They don’t event have to be fancy! I can’t even get a mini backpack that looks like her dress like so many of the other princesses have? There aren’t even that many personal business who are making merch I could buy not aimed at little kids.

Disney really just released that movie and left it to die. Opportunities to meet Tiana at the park are much harder to come by than your other classics (although I will admit that they used her and Naveen a good amount in the shows they do on the castle steps last time I was there… which actually makes this make LESS SENSE to me!). And I get it, they are “classics” but patf is a classic to so many! It’s so odd that Disney didn’t try to capitalize on that fact that more people would probably be able to relate to Tiana more as a person who works hard in a capitalist society and is dead set on reaching her dreams through hard work. That’s more relatable than magic hair or talking rats and a fairy godmother that fix all your problems for you! And just to be clear again this is no hate to the other princesses like I understand that each has qualities that could easily make them someone’s favorite. Tangled is my second favorite Disney Princess movie! It just hurts to constantly see yours push aside time and time again.

Disney has been doing a much better job in recent years in terms of diversity but I am so tired of seeing Princess and the Frog (and other franchises featuring leads of color this rant is just patf specific as Tiana is the only Disney Princess I have ever been able to see myself in) being treated so poorly compared to others. I am very tired of this and frankly I don’t think it’s talked about enough (or AT ALL really) in Disney related spaces. Princess and the Frog and Tiana in general has never gotten the recognition it deserved. It will forever be my favorite movie and quite frankly, it never got the hype or recognition it deserved.

I don’t expect many people to actually read this especially since it is so far from my normal content but if you have, thank you for coming to my Ted Talk!

#random #disney #disney tiana #Disney Princess #princess and the frog #patf #tiana x naveen #justice for my girl!#she girl bossed before it was popular #I want that Disney + show #disney +#if anyone made it this far in the tags and have any updates I’d love to hear them #hopefully they’re positive 😭

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theinvisibledreamergirl · 10 months

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Hii 🥰

I saw this picture and thought it might inspire a fic or an edit (no pressure 🥰)

heart cookies

characters: mc (klaw craig), sienna trinh, imelda tyler, ethan ramsey

word count: 943

category: fluff

a.n: she hates valentine’s day.

and also i know i’m veryyyyyyy lateeee to post this but thankfully i’ve finished my 2nd year of uni and hopefully i can get back on track in this fandom.

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“i’m not going to repeat it again.” she pointed her finger to both. “i. won’t. do. anything.”

“it’s just cookies.” sienna pouted sadly.

“much worse. they’re valentine’s cookies.”

“why do you have to be so annoyed?” imelda asked.

“i’m not annoyed.” klaw explained. “i just don’t like it.”

“fine leave the cookies. what about a gift?”

“absolutely not.”

“klaw c’mon,” imelda pleaded. “it’s a symbolic day and you should celebrate it.”

“yeah.”

“and you should do it especially for someone you love so much.”

“correction- you die.”

“and still you can’t change my mind. look,” klaw sighs. “i know you enjoy this day but i belong to that 1% of people that think valentine’s day is a stupid way to express your love to someone who means a lot to you. you have to show it everyday. even just a hug. even just a kiss. i mean these are the most beautiful and important little things that i want to live in my future. not red flowers. or cookies.” she pointed. “also he shares the same opinion and that’s fine for me.”

“you’re not a human.” sienna emphasised. “you’re an alien.”

“no, even aliens have heart. our girl doesn’t.” imelda added. “what are we going to do with you?”

“just spill me some tea on how your bed ceremonies will go.” she winked playfully and left the locker room.

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“happy valentine’s day dr. grumpy.”

“that nickname is yours.” she grunted.

“still it suits you.”

“as long as i’m with you? yeah.”

he closed the file and took off his glasses. “what happened this time?”

“will you always read my face even when i don’t want to say a thing?”

“as long as i’m with you? yeah.” he repeated her words.

“sienna and imy are trying so hard to get me into valentine’s festivities but as usual i refuse.” she sat on the couch. “i simply hate it.”

“y’know… i’m starting to think that it’s not that bad as it sounds.”

“excuse moi monsieur [i’m sorry mister]?” klaw exclaimed. “did just a bryce, a baz, a simon or a dan came up from the sky and hit your head or what?”

“none of them have entered to my office today.” ethan assured. “no worries.”

“or maybe a naveen?”

“no. the thing is,” he walked slowly towards her. “sometimes it’s good to see couples trying to make this day as memorable as it is thought to be. there are lots of those who don’t have the time for each other because of work, kids or other reasons. the name is boring and i can totally agree with it. but if this is the only way to celebrate- i think it’s very beautiful.”

the more he talked the more her mouth stayed agape while trying to comprehend what in the hell was actually happening right now. no- that was definitely a dream.

“uhm… klaw?”

she blinked. “did you betray me?”

“what?”

“do you have someone else?”

“of course not!” he exclaimed. “what the fuck?”

“but who has changed you? we both shared the same opinions about this day and now you’re telling me something entirely else.” she shook her head. “you’ve gone through a sclerosis. i can see it.”

ethan laughed heartedly and hugged her while klaw was side-eyeing with a frown. “ha ha ha. very funny.”

he kissed her temple and added shortly. “maybe this person who has changed me made my heart thunder since the first time i laid eyes on her. she didn’t do anything though. no flirting, no provocative comments like any other girl could’ve done just to get under my skin. this one showed me only ambition, fierceness, competition against someone who was thought to be the coldest person on earth. was she afraid? absolutely not. the way she was determined to prove this man wrong- god you have no idea how torturous was for the latter to accept the fact that this woman was definitely not a rookie. she was, is and will always be the half that completes him.”

i don’t deserve this man god.

it wasn’t the first time this thought came into her mind. she always doubted that someone could love her character and keep up with all the time without getting tired. it was a miracle at the most unexpected place and time in her life. klaw kept the tears so she couldn’t spoil the perfect moment that was facing right now.

“you know that i suck at this thing called: complementing back so i’ll say a simple line,” she caressed slowly every inch of his face and whispered. “i love you ethan jonah ramsey with everything that is good and bad in you.”

he did the same aback after sharing a kiss. “i love you too klaudia helena craig with everything that is good and bad in you.”

“i should’ve done the cookies for this occasion though.” they both laughed.

“do you want me to have diabetes?” ethan said shockingly. “i’ve already eaten chocolates today because Tanaka insisted and that is enough for today.”

“hmm. i don’t know but this photo looked so good for another kind of treat though.” klaw opened her phone to reveal an explicit content that truly made his heartbeats rising and his eyes widened. then in a flash it was closed and his face revealed disappointment. “but since you said it’s enough i think we’ll be fine.”

ethan struggled to find the right words and klaw let out a content smile while getting up from the seat. not until she heard a deep voice. “where do you think you’re going?”

“at home.” she said innocently. “i have a lot of work to do.”

“can i give you a hand?” he took off quickly his white coat while reaching for the keys and jacket not wiping out his smug smile. “it’s better if you work together they say.”

“that would be great.”

#open heart #open heart fan fiction #open heart choices #my mc #klaw craig #ethan ramsey #bits of friends too #sienna trinh #imelda tyler

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ambraambrose · 1 year

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Dolores - Part 1: Mission frogpossible

~Ethan, you’ll float too~

Book: Open Heart

Pairing: Ethan x F!MC

Rate: fluff (only the f-word)

Song: Closer (Lyrics) from Nine Inch Nails

Summary: Casey and Ethan go on a mission to find the stuffed frog for Dolores and her baby.

Soon, Casey and Ethan are in the staff lot, sliding into Ethan's luxury sedan. "Woa, this is a great car!" She says in awe, taking in the interior. "What did you expect, a rusted-out jalopy?" He asks sarcastic while putting his seatbelt on. "Well, it would kinda fit." She smiles. Damn that gorgeous smile plus her heavenly scent make him bolt. "What’s that supposed to mean?" Glad, he took the bait, she answers: "Like you, it would scare people off, just like you want it." He looks at her. "Do you say I look shabby or scary?" Is he offended? "No Dr. Ramsey, you don’t, but you are doing everything to push people away from you." "Is that though? Then why would I take you with me." "Not even you can resist my unique charm." If she knows how true that is. He smiles and shakes his head.

Both fall silent, but when it becomes to awkward, Casey asks: "So what's up with you and Dr. Emery?" He gives her a sharp look. Why? Why of people must she be the one to recognize it? Apart from not wanting anyone to know about his personal life, he feels the urge to tell her that there is no one in his life. When he doesn’t answer, she continues. "I saw you together earlier. It looked... intimate." His grip around the steering wheel tightens. "I don’t like advertising my private life at work." She is disappointed: does that mean there is a private life with Dr. Emery? "I'm just trying to figure out the politics of this place if i want to survive here." He side-eyes her. Touché, you clever girl. "In that case... we were an item. And then only on again, off again." "And now?" "Off. As of last year, she's my boss. Not that my personal life is any of your business." "My lips are sealed." "Good." They smile at each other a moment too long. They turn their gazes to the street again.

"So did Dr. Banerji really quit?" "I was wondering when you'd get around to asking that." "And? Did he?" "Yes." 'You stubborn little thing.' "But that’s huge! Did he say why he was leaving?" "That's between him and the chief." She rolls her eyes mentally. 'Boooh, how boring.' "So you are in charge of the diagnostics team now. That's gotta be a lot of pressure." 'You have no idea, Rookie.' "More than you can imagine. Naveen built that team from his own blood, sweat, and tears. I can’t let him down now that he's moved on" "Are you okay without him?" "I'm thirty-six years old. Yes, i will be fine without Dr. Banerji." "I just meant... he was your friend, right?... Your lifelong mentor." Before she eventually goes on, he speaks up. "And now he wants to go paint and play golf. I salute him. We're doctors, Rookie. We can only take so much. When the time comes to hang up the coat, we can’t turn that into another tragedy. We have enough of that already." By the time he ends his sentence, he turns his face to her, just to see her watching him with an intense gaze, he can’t read, of her emerald eyes. A few minutes of silence pass, when she says: "You know, I'm actually surprised you were up for this rescue mission." "You don’t think I want to spend my time searching for stuffed animals." He smiles and even if it is a teasing and sarcastic smile, it is so rare and infectious that she blushes. She turns her gaze to her hands in her lap. It makes him smile even more to see that he can have such an effect on her. "I thought you'd think it was pointless. I mean... it's just a stuffed frog, right?" She looks up at him again. He holds her gaze. "You think I'm some emotionless machine, don’t you?" Normally he would be happy to make this impression on any intern, but with her, it kind of hurts him and somehow he doesn’t want her to think like that about him. He looks at her and her breath hitches, his gaze is unreadable but yet she can’t shake the thought that he is not happy about the picture she might has of him. But why does he act so cold all the time, she thought that's what he wanted people to think of him. "Not entirely machine. Cyborg, maybe? Dr. Terminator?" "In that case, even a cyborg would cite the studies showing how emotional attachment can play significant roles in patients recovery."... he pauses to look at her again with a smile. "So not even I, 'Dr. Terminator', think it's just a toy." A breathless nervous chuckle escapes her under his piercing gaze, her traitorous heart jumps in her chest as if it wants to show the obvious. She thinks fast of her next words. "And Dolores is a friend." "She's a patient first, while she's in our care. But yes, she's also a friend. If a stuffed frog will help her get through this, then I'll find her that damn thing." He smiles again. 'Okay so not helpful', Casey thinks, when her heart almost jumps out of her chest at how engaged he is for his patients and friends. "I think you might be a softie at heart, Dr. Ramsey." 'Damn, what is it with her smile? And who turned the heater on?' "Far from it. I'm practical. And that's enough prying for now."

He turns on the music with a smile, but regrets it the moment the first notes hit him. ~help me, I’m broken from the inside...~ Fuck, he had forgotten that his nine inch nails playlist was still on. Her eyes widened, he moves to stop the music. "No! I love nine inch nails!" His heart beats hard in his chest. She does? She turns the volume up, singing along with the radio. God this is torture, why does it have to be this song? The lyrics form to a not so professional image of him and Dr. Valentine doing exactly that. ~I wanna fuck you like an animal. I wanna feel you from the inside~ His fantasy is interrupted by her question. "Have you ever seen them live?" Her smile is infectious. "No, i haven’t." "What? Oh you have to, you'll love it! Ok, when they do their next tour, i'll take you to one of their shows." He narrows his eyes at her, an amused and seductive sparkle in his eyes. "You'll do?" Her enthusiasm doesn’t crumble. "Yes, it will be amazing and I’m looking forward to see your eyes when you first see and hear them live." Her gaze finds his and he smiles gently at her, his heart doing strange things in his chest.

The busy noises of a fire and the people who try to stop the flames bring them back to reality. Both get out of the car watching the flames holding the building in a dangerous embrace.

"Do you think, we can help somehow?" On instinct she takes a few steps, but Ethan holds her arm. "No, Rookie, almost all paramedics are gone with the victims. There is nothing we can do other than trying to find the frog." He looks around. "We can search the perimeter, but if it fell out of her purse in there..." "Let's hope it didn't." They search for a while, when Ethan calls for her triumphantly. "Look, there in the storm drain!" He points at it, but it is out of reach. "Oh, hell no. I am not going down there. Haven’t you seen 'It'?" "Seen what?" He asks confused. 'Aaaawww, he is so clueless in these things, it’s cute.' She shakes her head slightly. "Never mind. We'll fish it out." "Good thinking." Ethan searches in his trunk for the first-aid-kit, where he finds a hook from a bent needle and ties it to a spool of stitching thread. "Cool, let's get this thing." She clutches to his arm on instinct. God, he can’t disappoint her, he have to get this damn frog. With knitted eyebrows he tries to catch it. "A little bit more to your left." "I know... I know." And it doesn't take him long to fish it out. "You got it." She squeaks happy, taking the frog and showing it to him, jumping a little in excitement. "You can give the good news to Dolores, when we get back." "After we sterilize this, of course."

When they are back in the car, he catches her as she smiles at the little frog, she clutches it in her hands, holding it so tight as if she was scared to lose it. Only that beautiful smile on her face was worth the trip.

@choicesficwriterscreations @openheartfanfics @wanderingamongthewildflowers @dr-colossal-pita

#casey valentine #choices stories you play #open heart #ethan ramsey #ethan jonah ramsey #fanfic #edenbrook #ethan ramsey x mc #ethan x mc

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guessimherenow · 1 year

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Finally finished my gift for the @mcytblrholidayexchange for @wynterstorm. I wasn’t able to put quite as much time into this as I hoped, but I think I like what I do have and I hope you do too! Enjoy!

Inspired by Eris/wynterstorm’s prompt of Lizzie pinning her ears down.

Wordcount: 1299

Lizzie is a cat.

The other emperors have their own idiosyncrasies, from Joel’s ridiculous proclamations of his height to Scott apparently dating his llama. Her being a sentient humanoid cat, brought to life by the magic of Animalia, shouldn’t even rank in the top ten. But it does. To her anyway.

It’s early. Too early to be thinking about this. She has too much to do for an existential crisis. Lizzie still needs to weave the intricate magic that makes up her human glamour. She needs to gather the list of materials her citizens need, and she needs to trade, which means she needs to focus. It’s her responsibility as mayor– (as the only citizen of Animalia who’s willing to leave the comforting buzz of the magic that made them more than dumb animals)-- to negotiate well, to make good trades with other Empires.

Yet when Lizzie peers at the mirror opposite her bed, she sees her fur, and…well. It looks good, logically. Shiny, thick, healthy.

Soft. Pettable. (like a pet), something in her mind whispers.

If she were looking at one of her citizens, she’d be happy that they had such thick, pretty fur. So she knows, logically, there’s nothing wrong with her natural appearance. Her glamour is supposed to be a just in case, something that’s supposed to be for appearances. For the other Empires.

More and more often, she’s left it on in Animalia. She’s left the glamour on even alone. Lizzie looks at pink cheeks and tumbling pink hair, and she doesn’t feel right, but it isn’t the feeling of wrongness, of near-disgust she feels sometimes when she looks at herself without it.

The thing is, Lizzie is the mayor of Animalia. That’s who and what she’s been her whole life, ever since a silly, dumb tabby cat stumbled into the magic of Animalia and became, well… her. Lizzie was the first. Sure, she has the support of the council, but in the end, she’s the mayor. She is the one that brought others into the magic place that transformed her. She literally bears the responsibility for their lives.

And if she is to be responsible, to bear the weight of Animalia’s safety on her shoulders, then she has to be strong. Untouchable. And her technically being an animal– not even a hybrid, and she knows how much shit they can get, but a bonafide animal trying to be on the same level as humans– it’s a crack in that strength. It’s a weakness she can’t afford. Not even among friends. Not even around Jimmy, the only one who might understand, as another being brought to life by magic.

But at least Jimmy, she thought grimly, was human-shaped.

So Lizzie grabs her headband. She pins her ears to her skull where they won’t poke through the illusion, ignoring the discomfort. She wraps her tail around her leg. And she feels a sick relief as she begins to weave the spell. As she’s human again, strong again, strong enough for all the pressures surrounding her.

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Lizzie likes Stratos. She does. It’s beautiful, and Joel is technically her ally, and besides, she needs to trade for its abundant gold for her treasurer’s latest project. (Something about trying a money system for Critter City? Instead of trading? Sounds odd to her, but whatever floats Naveen’s boat.)

She looks up at the floating islands of Stratos and reminds herself of this.

It’s just that sometimes Lizzie wonders, when Joel regales her with the latest prank he pulled off against Timmy the toy, how he would look at her if he knew the truth. Whether she would still be a friend to him. A person to him.

Her ears ache, and she checks to be sure her headband is in place. While she’s distracted, Joel lands with a thump a few feet away.

“Lizzie! What brings you to Stratos?”

“Joel,” she greets, smiling. “Need any amethyst lately?”

He considers. “Might be able to use it soon.” Joel smiles knowingly. “Why do you ask?”

“I may need a bit of gold.”

“Ahh. Well if you’ll follow my glorious self to the tavern, we can work it out over some drinks?”

Several hours later, they sit laughing side by side, legs dangling over the edge of one of Stratos’ floating islands, as Lizzie finishes up a story about the bard’s ridiculous antics.

Joel gasps out one last bark of laughter, and says, “Wait, wait, I’ve got a good one. So I was going to hang out with Timmy, right, and I decided to go a little early and set something up…”

As Joel launches into his story, she finds herself brushing her paw over her tail where it wraps around her leg. Petting, she thinks numbly. Pet. Animal. The words have a derisive edge to them. Joel, high-spirited, finishes his story and looks to her for her reaction.

“Joel,” she says softly. “Why do you always tease Jimmy? I mean, why him?” A strange, anticipatory terror seizes her as she waits for his response, like the breath was stolen from her lungs.

He looks at her, confused by the sudden change in topic, but nudges her and grins nonetheless. “His reactions are absolutely hilarious, aren’t they? Not like Scott or Katherine would shout like that.”

She can’t bring herself to smile back. Joel frowns, and tries to catch her eye, but she can't bring herself to look up from her feet, dangling over the ground far below.

A beat passes.

“Lizzie,” he says, uncharacteristically serious, “you know if he was actually bothered by any of the toy stuff, I would stop, right? I know I can be egotistical and even vain, but I’m not cruel.”

She looks at him, surprised. Joel grins again, closer to the arrogant god she’s familiar with than the sudden seriousness he displayed. “Besides it’s for the looooooreeeee.”

Lizzie rolls her eyes. Yeah, that’s definitely more like the guy that tried to get her to give him amethyst for a smile.

The mood is lightened, she can be reassured that the toy stuff is just for fun… she should stop. She should stop.

And yet the words tumble out of her mouth against her will, half a question. “So it’s not because of Jimmy being, ummm, inanimate? Nonhuman?”

“What? No!” Joel pauses. “I mean, I guess kind of, but not in the way you’re thinking.”

He leans back on his hands, looking up at the sky.

“Look, this isn’t a secret, but don’t spread it around too much. I’ve known Jimmy for a long time, and he used to be… really uncomfortable about being an inanimate being animated by magic. He thought it made him…less of a person, or something. A toy, not a dude with weird origins.”

He catches something on her face. She doesn’t know what. Lizzie feels something indefinably painful and hopeful rising within her.

“Which is bullshit, of course,” he adds hastily. “But people could be jerks about it and he just took it! Said he didn’t want to give them any more ammunition. Getting to shout and retaliate towards someone treating him as a toy is apparently really therapeutic and he lets me know if he needs a break.”

She imagines a world where people knew. The idea of someone cooing, reaching out to pet her, and instead of calmly explaining that no, she’s a person, she’s a mayor, she doesn’t want to be touched just– screeching. Scratching them, defacing their house.

Yeah. Sounds pretty therapeutic.

Lizzie nods. “I won’t tell anyone.”

They sit in comfortable silence and if Lizzie brushes her disguised paw over her head– if she dislodges the headband enough that two orange-tipped ears raise above pink hair–well.

She thinks, maybe, Joel won’t tell anyone either. And that’s enough for now.

#ldshadowlady #smallishbeans #fic #fanfic #my fic #I really got into the idea of why Lizzie hides she's a cat #I might write more on it #empires season 2 #tw dehumanization #think that's it?#tw intrusive thoughts

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samcat0925 · 2 years

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Princess and the Frog but Goldric storyline because I love Princess and the Frog and I love Goldric so let’s go!

Hunter -> Tiana(I see a lot of similarities between the two.)

Edric -> Prince Naveen(Do I even need to explain why I choose Ed to be him?)

Skara -> Charlotte(I like to think that Hunter and Skara would have a similar type of relationship like Charlotte and Tiana.)

Belos -> Dr. Facilier

Kikimora -> Lawrence

Raine -> Mama Odie

Hunter and Skara would be ten years old when they meet for the first time and they as well as Edric would all be in their early to mid-twenties when they first meet.

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Hunter was taken in and adopted by Lilith and Eda at a young age but in order to take care of Hunter as well as Eda’s other adopted child, King, they had to make a lot of sacrifices. One of those sacrifices was that they had to give up on their joint dream of buying a spot of land so that they could open their own potions store to which Hunter had found out about when he was 10 and made a promise to himself that as soon as he’s old enough to work, he’d earn enough money to buy that land so that they could finally open their own potions store as a way to thank them both for taking him in. But while Hunter and King were still young, Eda and Lilith had to take some different jobs, Eda would sell any human stuff that she found while Lilith took a job as a seamstress to which she’d sometimes bring Hunter along with her. One of Lilith’s clients had a daughter named Skara, that Lilith would make dress for very often, who became very close to Hunter as the two became older.

Edric, on the other hand, is the twin prince of an island away from the Boiling Isles that traveled there with his sisters by his mother’s orders because she wanted him to be wedded to the daughter of her rich friend, Skara, as a way to make Edric finally settle down and stop getting into trouble which Edric wasn’t very thrilled about and let his mother know very blatantly so she told him that unless he was in a long term relationship with someone else, he would have no choice but to take the hand of her friend’s daughter in marriage and to make sure that Ed doesn’t just bribe someone into pretending to be in a relationship with him, his mother cuts him off from using their family riches which left Ed with no choice but to force himself into getting married to Skara despite not being interested in women.

After Edric and Hunter get cursed by Belos(a similar curse to Eda and Lilith) and being forced to work together to find a cure for it, Hunter makes it very clear to Ed that he does not like him at all due to Ed letting it slip that he didn’t have any money despite being a prince due to being cut off by his mother which Hunter took out of context that Edric was only marrying Skara for her money and that idea made him think of Ed as just a spoiled rich prince who doesn’t understand hard work but after a while of searching around the Boiling Isles for a cure, Hunter and Ed start to bond and open up to each other where Hunter tells him about how he’s been working hard since he was a teen to help his adopted guardians open their potions store while Edric tells him the real reason on why he was cut off and getting married to Skara after which Hunter apologizes to him for accusing him of just marrying for money which Ed accepts, stating that Hunter’s need to protect and care for the ones he loves is admirable which makes Hunter blush. Afterwards they find a witch named Raine who can help them with their “being cursed” problem but not before asking them if they truly believe that what they want is what they need which really confuses both Edric and Hunter as they both believe that they want as well as need the curse to be lifted.

After Hunter and Ed nod still a little confused by what Raine meant, Raine tells the two that in order to make the curse’s unpleasantness go away, they will need the aid of Skara just before midnight in order to do it. That made Hunter and Edric believe that meant that Skara would have to kiss Ed before midnight to get rid of the curse which Edric wasn’t the only one who was not pleased about the idea since Hunter had a slight bitter feeling in his chest at the thought of Skara kissing Edric even though Skara had been his most trusted friend throughout the years but tried to not think about it as to not ruin their only chance of getting back to their normal lives.

But before they can go back, Hunter secretly gets kidnapped by Belos who tries to manipulate him into betraying Edric stating that Ed being a prince meant that he as well as the rest of his family have never had to struggle or make any kind of sacrifices for anyone like his adopted guardians had to do for him and if he continued to help Ed, then he’d have to give up on his goal of getting Eda and Lilith their store to which Hunter states if that was the case, then it was a sacrifice that he was willing to make for Edric because sometimes you have to make those kind of sacrifices for the once that you love and that he knows that Ed, even if he didn’t feel the same way as Hunter does, would also be willing to make those kinds of sacrifices for the people that he cares about despite being a prince.

After Hunter defends Belos, he finds Edric with Skara as he is explaining to her about them needing to kiss before midnight in order to get rid of the curse to which Hunter overhears Ed telling Skara that once they get married, she has to promise that she’ll help him make Hunter’s goal and dream of getting Eda and Lilith’s store a reality to which Skara agrees to but before they can kiss, Hunter interrupts them to tell Edric that he had fallen in love with him to which Ed tells Hunter that he feels the same way about him. Afterwards Hunter starts trying to apologize to Skara since he knows that getting married to a prince has been something that she always wants since they were kids which Skara stops Hunter, telling him that she’s always seen him sacrificing his wants and happiness for the ones he loved growing up so if being with Edric is something that he wants and makes him happy, then she was completely willing to let go of her dream of marrying a prince for him. But as Edric and Skara go to kiss (with no forced marriage required this time), a nearby clock rings letting them know that it was midnight. Skara, feeling upset with herself that she wasn’t able to help, apologies to the two which Hunter lets her know that she doesn’t need to apologies and that, despite both of them still having the curse, they’ll be alright.

After they both accept the curse as a part of them and gaining a super cool-looking form, Hunter is able to buy the store and with Ed’s help, they run it together with Eda and Lilith. After two years of dating, Edric and Hunter get married with Skara being Hunter’s Maid of Honor(because I said so).

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Hopefully it’s a good idea because I really like it but please let me know what your thoughts are and if anyone has some headcanons to go with this story. Also sorry for it being so long.

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macapacaalpaca · 1 year

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What if scenario: Naveen doesn’t choose MC for the DT (end of Book 1) so she and Ethan can have a chance to be together. If she finds out… do you think she would be mad? Would she say she rather be on the team? Would Ethan actually ask her out?

Thanks for the ask anon! It’s an interesting one because I think nearly everyone will have a different take on it 👀

It’s a given that Naveen chose MC to be part of the DT because she ultimately deserved it. She more than proved herself with her patients, work ethic, curing Naveen, and being victorious at the ethics trial. Let’s be real - very few people would be able to pull off everything she did.

Now, controversially I partially (partially) believe that Naveen knew exactly what he was doing putting MC on the DT - it would bring her and Ethan even closer rather than further apart. And it did. He knew from the day Ethan let her in on the secret that his un biological son was falling hard for this girl and that filled his heart with the happiness he knew Ethan deserved.

He was rooting for them as a couple but also as doctors and in a way having them on the DT together benefitted both.

BUT to take the question in the direction you’ve asked - if Naveen thought not having MC on the DT would be better for her and Ethan then this is my take on it:

I think ultimately yes she would be a bit stung by it. There’s no doubt that she deserved the place, because she worked hard for it. She gave it her all to climb up those rankings, so to feel like she lost the spot to ethics over workplace relationships might be a bit of a let down.

However, she loves Ethan and he loves her. There’s no chance of them staying apart because no matter how hard they tried they always found their way back. I think she would appreciate that Naveen was looking out for their relationship and what would make them happy in that aspect, but her career is equally as important.

In terms of do I think Ethan would ask her out - definitely. In the scene after the funeral when Ethan drives her home (I think this dialogue might only appear if you’ve had a platonic relationship) he says how he thought about asking her out at the end of first year but didn’t want to risk damaging her reputation. If you have romanced him he still says that he thought if she lost the trial they would’ve had a chance. But we all know that regardless they both cave in the end and like I always say - those two are soulmates and would have found their way to each other regardless.

Sorry this is so long! Hope it answers your question 😌

#anon asks #anonymous asks #asked and answered #pixelberry #open heart #choices open heart #ethan ramsey #ethan x mc #Naveen Banerji #open heart mc

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martianbugsbunny · 1 year

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OUAT Thoughts Pt.70--Episodes 11-12

I have watched through S7E12; spoilers DNI. Also, spoiler warning for anyone further behind than I am.

—I love that we get to see Zelena being not just a boss-ass witch, but also a pretty fantastic mother. Family is always the redeeming quality in this show, and it works for Zelena too.

—I also love the way Hook fought for her getting to have Robin in her life. Him being a parent whose child is lost, and using that pain to help other parents keep their children, is a spectacular kindness that I can’t help but adore.

—Oh come off it, Lady Tremaine’s death was not so tragic. I bet the regular folks of Hyperion Heights were rejoicing.

—Regina’s pale blue and purple dresses in the Cinderella world were gorgeous. Using the spiked shoulders as a callback to her Evil Queen clothes was brilliant. I do think the dresses would’ve been more suitable to the modern palette if the bodice had rested a bit higher up on her waist, but I also know the low bodice is a historical style, so I’m cool.

—Very swaggy that Rumple is now on the same page with Regina (and Zelena). I like it when Rumple and Regina work together, because they’re both terribly salty and funny.

—Every time I see Rumple in jeans, I check for cuffs. And once again, the answer is yes.

—It’s funny that Henry has a podcast, considering that the original actor (I think his name is Jared?) who played Henry does a lot of streaming.

—Zelena and Regina co-owning a business together gives me the warm-and-fuzzies.

—So who’s going around bumping off witches and taking their hair? (Also, ew!) It can’t be Gothel, because she wants to reunite her coven. My only guess is Facilier, because maybe he could get magic/get more magic by killing witches and taking some of their essence?

—I have no idea who might’ve left that page for Lucy. There doesn’t seem to be anyone who A) wants Henry to live that much, or B) wants to keep everyone cursed that much.

—Baron Samdi is a clever little nod to the legend that inspired Facilier himself. It’s nice to see that the little details are still being thought out.

—Madam Leota showing up was a neat reference, too.

—It was cool when Facilier showed up and the lights in the bar started flickering.

—Regina needs better taste. I mean, yes, Facilier is both incredibly handsome and rather well-dressed, I can give her that, but she should know better than to get with a villain.

—Naveen being a capable hunter is cool. And I adore that he’s still pretty cocky, because even though it’s annoying, it’s very Naveen of him. And it gives him room to grow, which I hope he does, because that’s one of my favorite parts of his and Tiana’s romance in the movie.

—I also like that Tiana is being a little bit more controlling lately in the Cinderella world, although she got some growth in the Cinderella world, because that’s pretty Tiana of her.

—Is that really how food safety permits work?

—Hook and Rumple being pals is an acceptable outcome. It’s interesting how Rumple is explaining the situation in a way that Hook’s poor cursed brain can understand, but he’s not lying to make it easier on either of them. He’s really trying to include Hook in this, though I can’t quite tell if he’s doing it because he knows Hook would annoy him otherwise, or because he needs Hook’s help, or because he legitimately wants to have him involved. Anyway, it’s fun.

—The whole Eloise Gardner thing makes less sense the more they talk about it. Why would Hook have felt that kind of connection to Gothel? They didn’t like each other, and they barely knew each other. I originally assumed Eloise was going to be Alice, because Hook being obsessed with finding a girl who’d been lost a whole bunch of years ago sounds a lot like his search for Alice when he lost her. Eloise being Gothel doesn’t really vibe.

—It would be extremely cool if they would throw me another bone (although I have a tidy little stockpile of them for once) and showed when Alice and Robin met. How they fell in love. I would just love that.

—Rumple’s bracelet is proving to be more interesting than I thought, because it looks pretty similar to a bracelet Robert Carlyle was wearing in video of some panels, but I can’t see either of them too well. It seems maybe that’s actually a possession of his? Or maybe he acquired the bracelet because he wore it on the show and thought it was cool, idk. This kind of overanalyzing the humans around me is what I spend a disproportionate amount of my time doing, by the way, and yes, it is fun.

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fuzziekins · 2 years

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Disney Say Gay Pt 3

Quite possibly the final installment of Parts 1 and 2. I have enjoyed creating these simple gay works of Disney and as much as i wish i could do more, i currently don’t have any more ideas left in me. All i have are bits and pieces of possibilities that have not come together. So in the potential completion of my Disney Say Gay series, i would like to leave you guys with my final pieces of work.

Pleakley is showing off his new look and thinks it’s amazing. It’s not that Camilo disagrees, in fact he thinks it is fantastic. He’s just a little bit bitter that Pleakley got to it before he did. And he knows for a fact that he could rock the flower better than Pleakley could! A lot of people easily read Camilo as genderfluid/non-binary/not cis and i wanted to play off of that by pairing him with Disney’s most obvious genderfluid character Pleakley from Lilo and Stitch. As usual i have not drawn either of them and Camilo is very much a work in progress. I decided to color his outfit a bit differently, playing off him being genderfluid here by using the deminonbinary colors to reflect how he might be representing at this particular time.

Eugene only had one other wholesome relationship before Rapunzel, and that was when he and Aladdin teamed up to survive the streets and discover their feelings for each other along the way. As opposed to my first attempt at drawing Eugene in Part 1 where i used both Tangled and Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure as references, i specifically focused on the latter to draw him this time. One of my friends came up with the idea of pairing Eugene and Aladdin together; originally when i started this series and trying to brainstorm ideas one of their first suggestions was Aladdin as ace just out of pure curiosity. I ended up playing off of that idea, in a way going the opposite route of how i did Eugene and Naveen. That if the two of them were these charismatic, flirtatious, smooth characters playing off of each other like that then Eugene and Aladdin would in a way be opposite of that. Both of them are thieves who had been focusing on just trying to make it and weren’t necessarily looking for anything. It just so happened that they shared something and relied on more than just their manuevers to survive. Needless to say, my friend claimed that after seeing this they could not unsee Aladdin as ace now.

Alberto claims that there’s absolutely nothing going on between him and Luca, that they’re just friends. But Priya can see through his crap a mile away and doesn’t have time for his games or denial. She knows gay when she sees it. After watching Turning Red for the first time and especially upon learning that Priya is canonically queer i knew i had to figure out a way to incorporate her. I toyed with a couple of ideas of who to pair her with and i kept asking myself, what about Luca? i have to use someone from that movie. So this became my first, and i believe only, drawing to be specifically Pixar. It was definitely a challenge because although there were a couple of references of Alberto in a more traditional 2d style the same could not be said for Priya. I can’t say i’m completely thrilled with how this came out but i knew i had to give it a try. Needless to say i have learned my lesson and will stick with traditional 2d characters to draw. i opted to use the queer chevron flag as the background. While i toyed with the idea of recoloring Priya in maybe bi colors, i don’t believe anything was confirmed that she was specifically by (although i think that is the popular headcannon?). However the team does admit that Priya is queer. Alberto is, here, probably either questioning or discovering his sexuality but just not quite ready to fully admit that there are more-than-platonic feelings there for Luca. Regardless of the specific label we use, queer is a universal umbrella term and completely acceptable without the need to explain how we specifically identify. And while not everyone has reclaimed the word to use for themselves, it’s still very valid and the Q exists in LGBTQIA for a reason. And i wanted to be able to acknowledge that, especially as someone who uses queer for themself.

Moana and Ariel are finally having their first date. Moana’s having a great time and definitely being on the flirty side. Although it seems to be going just a little bit over Ariel’s head and maybe she’s still kind of in disbelief that she is going out with this incredible girl. From the time i started this i knew i wanted to pair Ariel and Moana together. I love the idea and the possibilities with them (yes i absolutely would love to write them together if i could). My first attempt, however, it was probably my second drawing i tried, it came out HORRIBLE. And i was just, ok i can’t draw Moana to save my life. But i couldn’t let this idea go. And i finally started searching and searching for 2d versions of Moana and then references for Ariel that could be a believable interaction between them. This was the longest of the drawings i worked on, probably in bits and pieces over the course of a week. So it was done very late for Lesbian Visibility Day but it had to be done. The beads on Moana’s necklace are colored to represent the bi flag, which are also a nod to Auli’i Cravahlo. For Ariel i used the colors of the universal lesbian pride flag, it was just a matter of whether the dress remained pink of changed to orange. I thought an orange flower in her hair would blend in too much and her typical pink dress felt way too obvious. The flag i used in the background, to avoid repeating the obvious multiple times, is the sappho-inspired flag.

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I have thoroughly enjoyed myself putting these queer Disney drawings together. It’s given me the chance to draw some Disney characters for the first time that i never would have thought to do or have even tried to do. To think outside the box, come up with multiple different headcannons and pairings, to take the suggestions a few people have been able to throw at me and give people a chance to actually see themselves in these has been amazing. And i would love to continue this series if i could. And maybe down the line, if i could come up with other ideas or maybe see the vague ideas through, it’s a possibility. That being said if anyone does have any ideas or suggestions that they wanna see - for characters, headcannons, or identities - i would love the opportunity to try to bring them to life. Thank you to anyone who liked these. And to Disney: i love you. I will always love things Disney. But you screwed up. I see you trying to make progress and i hope you continue to try. Please continue the steps to right the wrongs. Create representation. See us. Support us. Protect us. You have every opportunity to do that. #DisneyDoBetter and please, from this day forward and always, #DisneySayGay.

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book-waas · 2 years

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Partners in Crime

Title: Partners in Crime Author: Alisha Rai Date Finished: June 20, 2022 Book Publication Date: October 18, 2022 Goodreads Links: [Book] [Review]

Star Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

[Thank you NetGalley, Alisha Rai and Avon Books for providing this book to me in exchange for an honest review!]

Review:

Before I say anything else, I need to say I love that cover. Animated covers are always amazing but seeing Mira and Naveen in one of the best scenes from the book just hits different (only second to the scene at the club, of course!).

Amira Patel has spent a long time running from her identity as Mira Chaudhary, becoming this 9-to-5 accountant who has her life together, and isn't embroiled in the constant high-stakes of her childhood. But when her aunt dies, leaving her a will that drags her back to her ex, Mira finds herself stuck in those same high-stakes.

Naveen Desai has had a rough couple of years, with the matchmaking service not working out on him, leaving his job, not speaking to his brother and turning away permanently from the bottle. But he's settled now, in his grandfather's little firm, dabbling in family law instead of the high-profile cases that he used to chase.

Mira is, when she shows up, very clearly Naveen's "the one who got away." You can tell off the bat that Mira is someone he's never forgotten no matter how many girls he's been matched up with in the time since them. But while Mira is more stoic about it, Naveen's world carefully implodes when he realizes that the girl he was well on his way to loving had been lying to him the whole time.

Naveen unwittingly gets wrapped up in Mira's family issues, and they're thrown together on a goose chase for a necklace that refuses to be found, and answers to questions Mira and Naveen have been asking themselves for years - Mira about her father and her family, and Naveen about Mira.

I love fast-paced action books so much, particularly ones that require amateur sleuthing and skills. In some scenes, it's clear that neither of them have any idea what they're doing in the world of gambling, cons and scams, but in others, at least one of them has some clue.

I love Mira's take-charge attitude, and I love that Naveen doesn't let her take it too far. He clearly recognizes when she's the one with the better chance, and gives it to her but when he senses Mira running or spiraling, he knows exactly how to bring her back on track.

Not only did this have the second-chance romance, but it also had a healthy dose of Indian matchmaking. Both Naveen and Mira are older than the protagonists I usually read about, and I think that lends to the depth of the secrets they uncover as they go. The references to South Asian culture were sparse, but very much present - you don't forget them, but you're overwhelmed by them either. By all other accounts, Mira and Naveen weren't props for desi culture, and I loved that.

Another thing that might be a little underrated is that the author didn't make these protagonists to be the size-zero bombshells, or the rough-and-tough-eight-pack-bearing heroes either. Both Mira and Naveen are in their mid thirties, and I loved that they were shown to be sturdy without vanity muscles, if that makes any sense! Especially for Naveen, who's described to be strong and muscular - but that doesn't have to equal cut ridges in his abs, and it shows in the book!

There's not much I didn't like about this book, but one downside to fast-paced action can be that when the secrets start unfolding, they unfold too fast? At the end, I felt like there were too many unknown variables, too many people coming back in from places we thought they were permanently done with. It wrapped up very quick for the drawn out action that came before, and even though Mira's head was spinning with all the revelations, I don't think ours was supposed to spin just as fast!

The other thing that felt lackluster was the romance, ironically enough. We don't get too far into the romance save for a couple spicy scenes, but the second-chance of it all didn't shine through as much as I'd initially assumed. Part of me was wondering why they even got back together at the end, even though I knew it was coming!

This is my first book by Alisha Rai, even though the author's been on my list for years, and I'm probably going to binge the whole backlog as soon as I get time, but as for this book...the summary has it bang-on: Indian Matchmaking meets Date Night!

Highly recommend for fans of fast-paced reads that can be completed in one sitting!

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prinxefroggy · 2 years

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Naveen Maldonia || Thirty-Five || Cursed Human

Favorite song: That’s what I like - Bruno Mars

Sexuality: Bisexual

Pronouns: he/they

Big Three: Gemini ♊️ sun, Aries ♈️ moon, Leo ♌️ rising

Headcannons:

Having grown up in a wealthy family, Naveen was always taught by the best of the best when it came to schooling. Not that he listened to all of them, but he did pay attention when it came to languages and music. Because he found those things impressed other people and made flirting a little more interesting. So he knows a few languages and how to play even more instruments, though stringed instruments are his specialty.

Naveen can come across as extremely arrogant and he is. Decades of positive attention and growing to think you’re the best can do that to you. He does, however, know deep down that he has faults beyond that and is terrified of others seeing them for who he really is.

He really is a romantic. He’ll go out of his way to make grand gestures, even though they sometimes just want to impress people so they can hook up. Usually there’s very little genuine feeling behind his acts when it comes to these gestures, but he knows people love them and it’s almost a surefire way to make someone fall for you quick. At least in his eyes.

Naveen loves all music but old jazz and swing music hold a special place in his heart from when he was a kid and he’d listen to them with his grandparents. He has several old records that he blasts on a record player in his apartment whenever he’s had a night where he’s had a little too much to drink, much to the dismay of his neighbors.

He’s still extremely carefree and really goes through life with the attitude that he can charm his way out of anything. And it’s gotten him pretty far in life, so why stop trying that now?

One of his biggest regrets with I’m cut off from his family is that he’s not as close with his brother anymore. Sure, there’s a huge age gap between them, but it still is a little sad to him that they’re more like distant acquaintances or almost strangers rather than brothers.

His work ethic is less than stellar but he blames that on not having to do work for most of his life.

Being a frog isn’t great, though as he’s gotten used to it, it’s not as bad as he thought it might be. He’s been dealing with it for a while now, and he’s gotten pretty used to it. It’s only really a problem in the winter when it’s freezing and dry everywhere. It’s bad for his skin.

He’s learned a lot about frogs and other amphibians ever since getting cursed. It’s probably the most he’s actually tried to learn about something in a long time.

He’s generally a positive and optimistic person, but some of it comes from ignorance and a little naivety of how messed up the world can be since he spent most of his life in a position of wealth and power where the worst consequences he would suffer was not being able to drive one of his father’s luxury cars for a week.

He still likes to live life with some luxury which is hard when he mostly just works odd jobs here and there. Thankfully he’s gotten pretty good at charming his way into getting a few nice things or free drinks on nights out.

He doesn’t take anything quite as seriously as he should because once he starts to, things get stressful and he has to actually think about his actions and feelings which is always stressful and almost always leads to him getting lost in his thoughts and fears of not actually being good enough or the persona he puts out into the world and how people probably don’t actually like him, just his money and notoriety, and it all often ends with him spiraling for a bit.

#🐸 * intro #🐸 * headcanons #🐸 * about #animaniahqintro

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jamespotterthefirst · 3 years

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Your Biggest Fan 3/? (Ethan x f!MC)

Chapter 3: Guarded

Pairing: Dr. Ethan Ramsey x F!MC (Dr. Lilac Allende) Word count: 1.7 K Warning: Language Series: Your Biggest Fan Series Premise: AU: When he is forced to promote his new book on social media, an insolent stranger points out a mistake in his research. Chapter Premise: Another rocky interaction between the two strangers.

Author’s Note: Okay so I suck at summaries, as you know. Basically, these two idiots are idiots once more. Thank you to everyone who read the last two chapters!

“Ethan?” Sharon’s voice is thick with sleep on the other end of the line. She is unmistakably annoyed. “This better be important.”

It is only belatedly that his eyes dart to the clock on his office wall. With a grimace, he registers it is almost midnight and well out of the scope of a “godly hour” to call someone. Without an apology, Ethan barrels on before Sharon hangs up in his face.

“I'm deleting the account.”

“No.”

“Then delete it off my phone. I refuse to go on it anymore. It's an absolute waste of time.”

“This conversation is a waste of time,” she returns, completely deadpan. “It's in your contact, Ethan.”

And with that, she hangs up just as Ethan knew she would.

All there is left now is the pressing late night silence of his office and the black screen of his phone. Ethan stares at it, his insides still roiling with peak embarrassment. Then, because he’s a masochist outside of the bedroom too, he finds her last message.

It had been delivered an hour ago—an hour in which Ethan has paced his office restlessly, cursed an impressive repertoire of profanities, and Googled if the demonic Pictagram app also informed users of how many times someone else viewed their story. Thankfully, the answer to that had been a “no”. The relief that settled over Ethan had been such that he almost believed in a higher power. There was no conceivable way he’d be able to tolerate the humiliation of this faceless medical intern knowing he watched her bikini-clad form more than once. Though viewing the photo three times had been more out of technological stupidity, he had been… pleasantly impressed by what he had seen. And he definitely felt like an ass for leering in a way.

He doesn’t know what possesses him, but he tries to draft a response.

Only to delete it immediately.

God.

He should forget this ever happened and go home. Or at least dedicate this precious time on something productive, like updating his charts.

Instead, the need to say something (anything) tears through him like some feral beast.

Out of all things to comment on he chooses the fact that she told the whole world she had been at Revere Beach?

What a feeble and pointless response.

He sends it.

The mysterious Allende doesn’t reply until the following morning. Like a well adjusted human being, she had probably spent the night sleeping and not glancing at the phone screen for notifications. Vaguely, he begins to understand why social media is a crippling addiction to most of society.

Ethan sips his coffee, rereading the response. Before he can spend several minutes thinking of what to reply, an addendum comes in.

“What’s so amusing?”

Ethan almost flinches, but like a true and practiced master of his emotions, he barely bats an eye at the new arrival.

“I don’t know what you mean.”

Naveen gives him a knowing smile, one that crinkles the corners of his eyes.

“Liar. You were grinning at your phone just now.” The older doctor sits at the small sofa by the window, making himself quite at home. He is the only one in all of Edenbrook who can get away with that without fear of a verbal lashing. “Who are you texting? Anyone I’ve met?”

Ethan promptly slides the phone into his pocket, as though doing so will also conceal all evidence of Allende. The action does nothing to dissuade Naveen. On the contrary, the old man chuckles to himself, prompting Ethan to scowl.

“Can we focus on what matters, please?”

“You’re right, my apologies,” Naveen says, forcing himself to sober up.

“Thank you.”

A mischievous spark flares up in Naveen’s eyes. “Let’s start with what’s important. How did you meet your new friend? Have you two gone out—”

“Naveen.”

“Sorry, sorry. You make it too easy, my friend.”

Without further comment, Ethan veers the conversation to their current medical case. By the time they are finished discussing a treatment plan, he has a new message from the med student. Ethan opens it too quickly for his own liking.

She misinterpreted his lack of response as annoyance, no doubt. Ethan can also sense the coy, almost playful tone behind the question. And while he didn’t much enjoy being taunted, he found that he didn’t mind.

Ethan stares at the screen, wondering how much he can share with this stranger. Before he can come to a decision, however, Naveen sticks his head in again.

“Don’t forget about lunch today.” His kind, brown eyes fall to the phone on Ethan’s hand and he smiles. This time, Naveen’s expression is one of sincerity as he speaks, “Whoever it is, I’m glad you’re finally moving on.”

Ethan grits his teeth on instinct. Instead of explaining the reality of his exchanges with Allende, he keeps his expression cool and guarded.

It has always been easier that way.

Lilac stares at the single word reply, feeling the smile vanish from her face.

“Why the long face, my dear?” Dr. Clemente asks from across the office. “Is my research really so boring, you're on the verge of tears?”

Lilac snaps her attention up to her mentor, horrified. While she had been crestfallen by Doctor Ramsey's curt reply, she was nowhere near the realm of tears. That would be the cherry on top of the humiliation cake.

Dr. Clemente's stern expression breaks as she laughs. “Only joking,” she assures her. “You do look like you need a break, though. Shall we order lunch?”

“Sure, but only if I pay.”

The older woman rolls her eyes, though not unkindly.

“Not a chance.”

“Fine, then I'm not picking the place.”

“I can live with that. I was going to order Pad Thai no matter what you said.”

They both laugh at the familiar exchange. Everyday they work together, Dr. Clemente will insist on treating Lilac to lunch, assuring her she'll let her protégé treat next time. It's been almost two years and that day has never come.

Dr. Clemente leaves briefly to collect the food from the front office and Lilac returns her attention to her phone.

No new messages.

The single word is indication enough that Dr. Ramsey is not interested in continuing a conversation. Which makes absolute sense given that he's a world renowned physician and Lilac is barely a doctor yet.

Still, she feels ridiculous for feeling excited over his messages.

There.

That will be the end of that.

“I hope you're hungry because I ordered enough to feed an army.” Dr. Clemente's smiling face reappears, happily carrying several bags of takeout.

“Or enough to feed me by myself after a long day,” Lilac adds with convincing cheerfulness.

Dr. Clemente laughs wholeheartedly. “As you young kids say: ‘feels’.”

“Mood,” Lilac corrects with a snort.

“You knew what I meant. That’s all that matters.”

They eat in content semi-silence, chatting about Lilac’s classes and the newest medical journals.

“Oh, I forgot to ask you,” her mentor says, setting her half-finished styrofoam tray down. “What did you think of Dr. Ramsey’s book?”

Lilac takes a deliberate sip of her water before answering. “It was great, as expected.”

The older woman nods, her blunt, silver bob swaying with the movement. “I heard they caught a massive error and had to reprint.”

Lilac says nothing, chewing her food as pretense.

“It’s funny that no one caught the error in the publishing process. I read the book myself and didn’t catch anything.”

I did, Lilac thinks before she can stop herself.

“Anyway, I’m glad you enjoyed the book. His research is always fascinating to read.”

Lilac nods against the curiosity rippling through her. Before she can stop herself, she asks —

“Do you know him?”

Dr. Clemente doesn’t seem to think the question is out of place. “I’ve met him a few times when he was a resident at Edenbrook,” she allows thoughtfully. “Even back then, there was no doubt he was brilliant. Very sharp and extremely qualified when it came to diagnosis. People are not exaggerating when they call him a genius.”

Lilac can sense there is more to that assessment and her curiosity makes her restless.

“That’s Ethan Ramsey as a professional.” Dr. Clemente continues with a soft smile. “Ethan Ramsey as a person, however… Let’s just say he’s a very intense individual.”

“Intense? Intense how?”

“Hmmm.” Dr. Clemente thinks for a moment, no doubt of a tactful way to state the truth. “He can come off as unsociable and blunt.”

“So he’s an asshole?”

Her mentor laughs. “He can come off that way.”

Lilac says nothing, reconciling this information with the preconceived notion she had of her medical hero. Inwardly, she chastises herself for feeling disappointed. At the end of the day, it didn’t matter if he was an asshole or not. Even if Lilac got to work with him one day like she hoped, they didn’t have to be friends. Hell, they didn’t even have to like each other.

“Naveen Banerji seems to like him well enough, though, and that man is all politeness. Maybe there’s something I missed.”

The conversation naturally comes to an end when they resume their work. By the time Lilac leaves the office, she notices a new notification on her phone.

The surge of euphoria this causes is downright pathetic. Lilac finds she doesn’t care because she’s replying at once.

The bouncing dots appear at once, making her heart beat just as frenetically.

Despite the jab, Lilac grins, typing back:

It takes him a while longer to reply this time. By the time her phone pings with his incoming message, she has reached her apartment.

The excitement that reply elicits is interrupted by Elijah.

“I’m meeting Lando at the library to study for Dr. Eriksen,” he informs her when they cross paths in the hallway. “Wanna come with?”

“You know I study best in my room with Netflix in the background,” she says.

Elijah laughs. “Suit yourself. I’ll see you later, Lilac.”

Having every intention to study, turns on her television, opens her textbooks, and falls onto her bed on her stomach. She only reads the opening paragraph of that day’s assigned reading before she opens her direct messages and fires back a response.

His reply is instantaneous.

A thrill shoots through her body at the single word. Ignoring it completely, she replies just as quickly.

Author’s Note: Basically, next chapter will be two nerds, sexting via medical trivia.

Thank you so much for reading thus far!

*Tagging in a reblog

#open heart #ethan ramsey #ethan x mc #my writing

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utterlyinevitable · 2 years

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Picture the scene, its Ethan not Becca, who is caught up in the senator attack. What changes from canon? Does she tell him she loves him? How does he respond? Do they get together if he survives?

And if you are feeling generous Clare too 😘

Ohhhh dramatic! and yes, i’ve done both <3

Ethan Gets Caught in the Senator Attack (w/ Becca)

All rational thought leaves Becca. She's not a doctor the second her eyes lock with Ethan's. Most definitely isn't thinking straight as he slams the door in her face to keep the toxin from reaching her. Her eyes start to well with tears as he talks her through the situation, giving her instructions of what to do in this situation. Unspoken between them is a command to remove her emotions and suppress them. Deep breaths in and an encouraging smile from Ethan, Becca heads off with a promise of "it'll be okay".

She follows his instructions and willingly lets June take point. At every opportunity Becca feels like she needs to cry in a closet. But she can't. If Ethan is keeping himself together with life on the line, she can too.

She's hesitant to get in the hazmat suit. And she doesn't the first two times the group goes in, opting for Baz, June and Naveen to take their roles. Her place is to not worry him, so she stays just a reach away. But Ethan looks so ill through the window. He's telling everyone to worry about Danny*. He keeps flickering to her beyond the glass and she can't meet his eyes. She's guilty and can feel his intense gaze every second she's standing in his view.

When Tobias and the MK crew come to help, Becca stays behind. She makes eyes and idle conversation with a very poorly looking Ethan through the glass. He turns the conversation onto her and only wants to know how she's doing with all this.

"I'll survive," she says morbidly.

Ethan raises an eyebrow and tries to muster a sardonic smile, but it's no time for any of their bullshit remarks.

They just look at one another and neither really wants to be the one to say it so... they don't. Neither one of them offers for her to stay. Not until Ethan starts to wobble and needs to sit down.

Becca pops on the suit and enters the room she is going to have nightmares of for months to come. They sit side by side at the end of his bed, talking, and she brushes his hair off his sweaty forehead the best she can.

Ethan brings up regrets and quick analysis of the shortfalls of his life. He doesn’t mention love or the things he won’t be able to do in the future if he doesn’t survive this. Becca asks her most burning question all wrapped in a sad little statement: “I wish we didn’t waste so much time.” Then, “If none of this traumatic crap happened with this and Kyra, would we be dating?”

He looks at her with exhausted, teary eyes. Doesn’t say anything because he doesn’t want to lie to her. His silence is telling. “I wish -”

“I know.”

He settles back into his pillows and tugs her back with him. They wrap their arms around each other and let tears spill.

His voice is raspy as he admits, “I adore you, Rebecca. Completely.”

“I know.” She looks up at him and he places his hand on the helmet, thumb miming wiping her tears away.

She wants to tell him she loves him. It’s not the time nor the place, and nothing but heartache could come of it.

So she settles with, “When you get out of here we’re going on a date. Capice?”

“I’ll be there.”

“Good.”

They nap all wrapped up together. Becca wakes up every 5 minutes to check he’s still breathing.

Ethan wakes up to an empty room.

June is the one to administer the dose with Becca standing close by. Ethan doesn’t take his eyes off Becca’s the entire time.

She stays with him while they wait for it to take effect. Pretty much the whole time he tells her she needs to sleep, asks what she’s eaten lately and when. Basically goes all over-bearing mother on her to distract them both.

A better distraction arrived.

Alan stood out the window absolutely wrecked. The staff got him suited up and he joined the kids in the room.

“Dad,” Ethan stood to embrace his father. “It will be fine. I have faith in the team.”

“Yes, they’re the best in the country,” Alan says smally, mimicking all the times Ethan said that about his colleagues.

Silence passed and Becca looked between the men. “I should go.”

“Please, Becca, stay.” says Alan with the saddest color she’s ever seen those same blue eyes.

She smiles, “I’ll be back to take vitals in 30. Is there anything you’d like brought up?”

Both men shake their heads, and settle into their seats.

Alan stays a few more hours - until Ethan starts to doze off again. He and Becca grab a bite to eat close by before he heads to Ethan’s place to take care of Jenner. They speak truths and neither dwell on the horror that would be losing Ethan.

Less than 12 hours later, Ethan is sitting in bed reading the old newspapers Becca managed to smuggle in, when his paramour kicks the door open and saunters in without a suit.

He hops to his feet and has a firm admonishment on his tongue about her recklessness when she exclaims, “It worked!”

In no time at all she’s squashed into his chest and his hands are at the sides of her head as he’s holding her in place and she’s clinging to him for dear life. Ethan kisses her with reckless abandon as their tears mingle.

Then he kisses her again.

And she kisses him again.

And if any of the hospital staff noticed, no one begs to mention it.

Becca stays in the bathroom while he showers, hands him clean clothes while he dresses, walks arm in arm with him to his new room (he refused to be wheeled), and stays with him until other visitors start piling in.

When those that weren’t working the roughest 24hours of their life started checking in Becca decided to take her leave - to keep up the appearances that they are merely work friends. But Ethan wrapped his fingers around her wrist. They locked eyes. In her gaze she said she’d be back in a few. He could see she needed some breathing room.

When she came back bearing the best meal the kitchen staff could muster up for him, set it on his table and folded herself into the bedside chair, Ethan spoke:

“Where are we going?”

“Hm?”

A genuine boyish grin began to creep up his exhausted features, “What are you going to plan for our date?”

“It’s a surprise,” she smiles back.

“The least you could do is give me something to dream about when I’m cooped up here.”

“Oh I could give you something to dream about...” she tugs at her oversized sweater to show some skin.

“Christ, Rebecca. Are you trying to give me a heart attack?”

Her laughter rings like the sweetest spring chimes through the room, right before she leans over to kiss his cheek.

Ethan Gets Caught in the Senator Attack (w/ Clare)

Clare is calm. Collected. Not acknowledging that the person caught up in this mess is a man she has feelings for. It’s a man, a patient, she must provide with competent and diligent care. She and June work in tandem to keep everything under control.

When Clare is sitting with him that evening sharing stories and regrets, she brings up the elephant in their friendship.

“I never regretted it, not for a second.”

He looks at her with something unsure and much too wide eyed for it to be the illness taking over.

“I’m sorry I made things awkward between us by telling you. It was never my intention to reveal that secret.” She looked at her gloved hands reverently, “Guess I was tipsy and lost in the memory.”

Ethan watches her, not saying a thing. Thankful for the honesty, really.

“I like you, Ethan.” The words were soft. A complete vulnerable contrast to the bold statement she uttered at Donahue’s not too long ago. Clare takes a deep breath and looks him right in his darkened gaze, “I have feelings for you. Real, actual feelings.” - another inhale, but this one accompanied by a sardonic snort - “It would really suck if this is how it ended,” she motioned around the quarantined chamber.

Ethan couldn’t help but let out a breath of air he didn’t realize he was holding. The corners of his mouth ticked upwards.

“No amount of apologies could ever make up for how I acted. It wasn’t right. I should have trusted you instead of...”

“Freaking the fuck out?”

“That,” he smiles as best he could. “I do regret how I handled the situation. It had everything to do with me and not you.”

Her raised brows told him she knew that already.

“The truth is I... I... Oh to hell with it! I care about you, Clare. And if I let myself accept my feelings for you back then it would have saved us some time. Given us time to... That is if you wanted it to?”

“I have been waiting for you to ask me out for weeks.”

“You could have asked me out, you know.”

“And risk you short circuiting again?” she laughs.

They twine their hands together as best they can with the bulky hazmat suit in the way. There’s a promise in the squeeze of their hands.

When Ethan survives this, Clare comes into the room to give him the all clear. They embrace and both let tears slip.

“I’m so glad you’re ok.” she mutters into his chest.

“Me too.”

Clare visits him only slightly more than a normal person should visit their boss and friend in the hospital.

Weeks pass, Ethan returns to work, and things start to go back to normal. Then, one morning, when it’s just Ethan and Clare sitting in the DT Suite, he speaks:

“What are you doing for dinner?”

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