#thank you so much marella <3
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Ava/janine for the ship bingo!
ship bingo!
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Spun-Sugar Sunlight
For @solreefs. Happy holidays!! (sorry it's right before the deadline!)
Here's my Secret Santa fic for the Keeper Secret Santa 2023, hosted by the lovely @song-tam! Thank you much for running this again, i had a blast <3
You can read on Ao3 here or under the cut <33
Stina eyes the scene in front of her with a slight smile (that she’ll deny to anyone else.) Maruca and Linh are sitting together, Maruca braiding Linh’s hair with a look of intense concentration. Stina adjusts the drinks she’s holding—coffee for her and Marella, tea for Linh, and a peppermint hot chocolate for Marcua—so she can walk over and lower herself carefully to the floor by them.
“Linh, how do you get your hair to never tangle? Like, that’s impressive with how long it is.”
“I brush it out before bed and again in the mornings. But other than that, it might be a family thing? I’m not sure.”
“Hm. Wish I had that genetic disposition.” Maruca’s hands weave in and out of Linh’s hair, the strands twining together.
“Same here. I’d love to not spend at least ten minutes detangling my hair every time I wash it.”
“Right?!” Maruca catches her eye for a moment and smiles, eyes alight. Stina’s face warms and she smiles back. “Anyway, Linh, I’m just about done.” Maruca’s hands move deftly as she ties off the second braid, leaving Linh with long French braids.
Linh stands and moves over to the mirror, touching the braids as she looks at her reflection. Stina takes a sip of her coffee. Linh…Linh looks gorgeous with her hair braided like this, dark hair framing her face, silver curling up through her hair. She looks almost ethereal like this—sunlight casting her in gold and amber, face soft with tender joy.
“Do you like it?” Maruca’s voice is gentle in the moment, and Stina barely breathes. The world seems to be made of spun sugar, sunbeams lighting up the room.
Linh brushes her hand against one of the braids again, and her mouth stretches into a beaming smile. Maruca stands, one foot forward as if to move to her. Stina feels like she’s watching something she shouldn’t, seeing something that should be private between them.
She inhales sharply when Linh pivots and throws herself into Maruca’s arms, thanking her. Stina reaches for her coffee as Linh takes Maruca’s hands, holding them in her excitement.
She’s been on the receiving end of Linh’s profuse thanks before, interlocking hands and shining smiles, feeling the gratitude through their physical connection. She sips at her coffee, and wishes Marella was here, so she didn’t have to sit awkwardly amongst the…thing happening between Linh and Maruca.
“Oh! Stina, I’m sorry, I didn’t realize you brought drinks!” Linh sits next to her, picking up her tea.
“Hm? It’s fine, don’t worry about it. You were busy.”
“Still.” Linh blows on it gently and takes a sip, eyes closing with delight. Maruca leans over Stina to get to her drink. Stina’s breath hitches. She hopes neither of them notice (she…maybe hopes that they do.)
“Ooh! Linh, your hair looks so pretty!” Marella drops her bag next to the door when she comes in, grinning at them. Streaks of red have been freshly dyed in her hair.
“Thank you! Maruca braided it earlier.”
“Marella, I have coffee for you.”
“You do? Ugh, just go ahead and marry me, oh my god.” Marella moves to drape herself over Stina. She grabs her cup, and chugs half of it.
“Are you that tired?”
“Fintan’s got me working on controlling multiple sources of fire at once, and using them separately.”
Maruca makes a sympathetic face. “Sounds difficult. Hope it’s not going too badly.”
She shrugs. Stina can feel her exhaustion through where they touch. “It’s going okay. I can make them, but keeping them going all at once isn’t fun.”
“I can imagine. Good luck, Marella.”
“Thanks, Mar.” Marella leans her head on Stina’s shoulder, just for a moment. Exhaustion sinks into Stina from where they touch, followed by a wave of peace. Stina tries to relax into it—feeling other people’s emotions always makes her skin itch and tingle, but she doesn’t want to hurt Marella’s feelings (that she’ll also feel) and the barrier of clothing between them makes it better.
Kind of. Her shoulder still tingles from where Marella touched her. She drinks more of her coffee, fighting against a wave of drowsiness. She runs cold, most of the time, and having someone so warm next to her…well. It’s…it’s like curling up under her massive fluffy blanket and having the heater going. Not the greatest analogy, but it’s hard to think through the syrupy slowness of the afternoon.
“Oh, Linh, I have a trick for keeping your braids smooth after a day or two if you still want to keep it braided.” Marella leans forward slightly when she speaks, blue eyes bright. Stina gazes at her, watching the excitement on her face grow. Marella loves her hair and is always willing to give someone advice if they ask. She’s pretty sure Marella could give Biana a run for her money when it comes to this.
Marella inhales deeply and starts off like a rocket—eyes alight, hands waving, whole body moving with her words. Stina could watch her like this forever, if she tried.
A quick glance away and at the other two shows that they’re just as enraptured as she is. (Do they ever look at her like this? Like she looks at them?) Warmth unfurls in her chest when Marella touches her arm, joy radiating out from where they connect.
Stina…didn’t want to be an Empath that much. It always just felt like another way for people to judge her. Too…mean to be an Empath. Not kind enough, or nice enough, or just too much of the wrong things.
Among her best friends, though, she doesn’t mind it. She wouldn’t give up them for anything, or her Ability if she’s here. Stina bumps her shoulder lightly against Marella’s and settles in onto the floor.
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Thank you so much for reading!! I hope you enjoyed! Please reblog if you did, it would be very appreciated <3
#the four horsegirls of the apocalypse#stina heks#marella redek#maruca chebota#linh song#keeper of the lost cities#kotlc#indi writes
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your birthday hcs are so correct. anyways pls share your reasoning
Hey anon!! Thank you!! So, here's my reasoning:
Sophie: September 6th. Age in school gets weird when you're born just before the deadline for schools (between September and December of the current year) Even from a young age she was great at school, and so her birthday should be around the time school starts. Also, it makes some pretty good angst when she feels inadequate in Elven schooling (reassurance from Fitz pre-Sophitz/ Platonic! Sophitz)
Fitz: January 17th!! I feel like Fitz is a winter guy, and he gives me January vibes more than December or February. And the 17th is because of the Taylor Swift song I'd Lie because that song is perfect for Sophitz.
Biana: April 14th. Biana has soft springy vibes, but April also can have torrential downpour or snowy blizzards. Its a beautiful month, but it can be dangerous as well. I originally had her pegged for Valentines Day birthday, but she doesn't have February vibes in my opinion. It kinda sucks that it's not for February 14th though because I had a very specific headcannon that Sophie mentions Biana's birthday is Valentine's day and explains what it is and then Biana gloats about it.
Dex: October 30th. He's a fall boy, he has the complexion and hair and he would love going trick or treating with the gang and the triplets. Born close to Spooky Season, just on the edge of when it starts getting chilly.
Keefe: December 26th. He's cannonically 11 months younger than Fitz, so December works. Plus, Keefe gives me those December-y vibes. It just feels right.
Amy: December 23rd. I forgot Amy was younger than Sophie at first but then I decided "Screw it, I'm not following cannon to begin with, what's one more thing?" and I figured Amy being 3 days older than Keefe would be funny and then they're inseparable once they meet because they adore the other one and they have sibling energy fight me.
Maruca: March 12th. Just has them March vibes. Green, clovers, grass, sun, all very Maruca.
Stina: January 29th. I wanted her to be older than Biana and she also gives me late January/early February vibes but I was more sold on January.
Jensi: May 24th. Marlee's precious cinnamon roll sits in a field full of flowers smelling them all and petting bumblebees fIgHt Me.
Wylie: August 16th. He's got beachy vibes. Harsh sun, cool waves, brightness and sharpness.
Tam and Linh: July 18th. Very hot, night gets dark, bonfires are cool (they totally don't remind Linh of Marella, no, not at all that's ridiculous)
Marella: April 5th. I just have a vision of Marella walking in the room during Nightfall in a badass outfit and saying "April showers bring May flowers, bitches," and blowing a finger gun at Linh. (If I have a crush on any of the KotLC characters, it's Fitz, Della, and Marella)
Rayni: November 15th. From fannon, she gives me vibes of chilly air, not so much leaves changing colors anymore, they're already all on the ground, and the tree is hibernating for the long winter ahead. Harsh cold stiffled by hot chocolate and apple cider and blankets shared by friends. A little glimmer (Glimmer? Get it?) of light and warmth and love, reminiscent of little mice in their burrows. Shades of brown and tan.
Rex, Lex, and Bex: June 2nd. My chaotic little monsters. Love the water, and they love causing trouble. June is the end of the school year and it's when they get to go back to terrorizing their parents 24/7.
Honestly, I didn't have all the dates planned out except that Fitz I knew I wanted to be January 17th for reasons mentioned above and that each of the characters gave me a vibe that fit with a certain month and whether they were born early, late, or in the middle of the month their vibes fit. O didn't want to the dates to be super similar so I just picked random dates and adjusted them so they weren't all born on the 11th of their months because that's weird and is super unlikely.
#kotlc fitz#kotlc sophie#kotlc biana#kotlc keefe#kotlc dex#kotlc tam#kotlc amy#kotlc linh#kotlc marella#kotlc maruca#kotlc wylie#kotlc rayni#kotlc stina#kotlc rex#kotlc lex#kotlc bex#kotlc jensi#kotlc#thanks anon!!
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happy birthday marella!!!! 🥰🥳 I hope you’re keeping well and wishing you a brilliant year ahead 💖
It's nice seeing you! I hope you're well too. Thank you so much, Soph! Love you <3
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ooh please tell me about the superhero au it sounds very cool
ok so i honestly don’t have much of the actual plot planned out yet!! but what i do have is:
so this is a human au, except eternalia + the lost cities are their own country/region
it’s set vaguely in the past so modern tech isn’t really a thing
but this world is the opposite of canon in that they don’t like people with powers/special abilities
the only exception to this is powers that aren’t as physically obvious, like telepathy and empathy
so the vackers and the sencens are respected even with their abilities
but della of course keeps her vanishing a secret because a vacker like her can’t have powers
meanwhile alvar detests that he has to keep his ability a secret (per alden’s insistence) and joins the neverseen
(which is led by fintan, who does have a dramatic getting-back-together scene with bronte later but that’s not important)
anyway when alvar discovers that biana’s also a vanisher he recruits her into the neverseen’s ranks
and she becomes a villain who ends up fighting the black swan’s superhero team
now for the black swan’s superhero team. they’re called the keepers, for lack of a better name
it consists of sophie, fitz, dex, keefe, tam, marella, and linh
none of them know anyone’s identities
anyway sophie and biana have this whole enemies to lovers thing and a bunch of homoerotic fight scenes
biana has a knife because. knife at throat gay scene of course
also they all go to school together
as for what actually happens, there WILL be a heist scene where they rescue prentice
tiergan and prentice are in love but that’s nothing new
also qualden are exes-in-a-cognate-way here
that’s not really important to the plot but it’s incredibly important to me
della and livvy are also pining for each other
prentice wakes up and is like. what the fuck do you mean you’re not together livvy you’ve been in love with her for fifteen years
and alden is entirely oblivious to the fact that his entire family are either superheroes or supervillains. also to the fact that quinlin is in love with him
i’m debating whether or not i should include the matchmaking system since it doesn’t really serve a purpose when special abilities aren’t a good thing
anyway sophie and biana are very gay very hate the council it’s a whole thing
this is very long so i’m gonna cut it off here but. thank you for asking i love rambling <3
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I posted 909 times in 2022
That's 909 more posts than 2021!
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#5
So...here’s some random thoughts on Fitz being a jerk. I’m reading the first book to my little sister and he literally laughs at Sophie every. Single. Time some thing he’s used to but humans most definitely are not happens and Sophie’s just like “wtf?!” as she very well should be and he literally shames her for having freaking survival skills and she’s like “I gotta keep my cool” Girl you most certainly do not need to keep your cool child this is all new to you. Be afraid. Be shocked. Be amazed. Hate Fitz
Thank you.
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#4
Hey guys! So I'm going to stop using tumblr because technically my parents didn't allow me to start using tumblr and I'd get in trouble if they find out so I'mma stop while I'm ahead.
I did make an email address just so people from tumblr can still socialize with me if they wanted so that's
So yeah you can email me or send an invite on google chats
I'm now going to tag all of my moots so y'all enjoy that
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Even if you were tagged you're not obligated to email me and if you want to email me but weren't tagged feel free to do so!
Everyone please tell me what your tumblr url is when you email me
So good bye ig
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#3
Okay all the stats on the abilities are the worst.
Inflicting is the rarest ability but Marella says there's one that she knows of but there might be another. How is that the rarest?
Mesmer only has one reported elf
Same with whatever the heck Terik does
And then telepathy is one of the rarest but literally everyone is a telepath. It bugs me so much
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#2
GUYS GUESS WHAT
I'm actually 47
*having a mid life crisis*
I'm actually 14 guys
Y'all should take it here and tell me your "age"
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My #1 post of 2022
@myminddefiesreality @stopstealingtomatoes
Roomies
I am going shopping. What do you need (beside bandaids, gloves and a new fire distinguisher)?
I have a $100 budget
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Kinda surprised by how Marella being a pyrokinetic was just waved away in terms of her going to Foxfire. Like, that wouldn’t have a lot of backlash? Especially since the kids are rarely written at school anymore anyway, it just felt like a cop out.
That was my reaction as well specifically to what I think is the exact reason it was waved away. It says in Flashback that everything happening at Everglen was being broadcasted at the Celestial Festival, which included all of Marella's pyrokinetic tricks. But because she exercised such good control, the Council decided to give her the all clear to go ahead with ability training with Fintan.
So in terms of going back to Flashback I think the reason it's not brought up is because 1. they're rarely written at school anymore, 2. all those people who would judge her saw her control and would've had their opinions challenged or changed, or 3. if they're aware of the Council's agreement, they're not going to challenge their decision. That's what I think Shannon is going for at least, not that I think it would actually work out that way. I don't think centuries of whispers and stigma against pyrokinetics is going to vanish because one teen girl showed a level of control, but it's enough of an explanation to move forward from it.
Realistically, she'd face backlash and confrontation when attending the school, especially if she's permitted to stay after the talentless cut-off level. People don't go along with changes like that easily, and while she may have some level of familiarity with rumors and stigma given her mother, this would be a lot more targeted and widespread. There'd be talk from parents who say it's dangerous for her to be around their kids, that she's a threat to them, that she should be shipped off to Exillium or Exile. That they have the ban for a reason so it should be enforced.
I do think it's possible that perhaps Marella is experiencing things and just isn't telling anyone about it, or only telling a select few. She's the one with all the gossip, but she doesn't share things about herself. Being more of the group doesn't automatically mean we'll learn everything going on with her now. I know if I was in her situation and people started being cruel I wouldn't want to deal with telling people, so if Marella doesn't tell Sophie then we have no way of knowing unless it happens while Sophie is with her. And the most likely location for that would be Foxfire, which like you mentioned is less of a setting more recently.
Additionally, while pyrokinesis and its perception in society is central to the story when Fintan is the one in charge, right now he very much is not in charge. The focus is all on Lady Gisela's legacy and Keefe. Marella's experience could be important and related in a different context, but in the current way the story is going it's just not as important to mention.
All of that to say that I agree!! I think we could learn more about Marella's experience as an publicly known pyrokinetic actively using her abilities. There's gotta be a lot to it that we aren't seeing that I'd love to explore, so thanks for bringing it up!
#kotlc#keeper of the lost cities#marella redek#quil's queries#nonsie#i can appreciate how the council saw results and used that evidence to fuel their decision to allow her to practice#instead of basing it only on pyrokinetics of the past and the mistakes they'd made#they did good there and I wasn't anticipating it#so for that one decision I am applauding them
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ one star for you, Ultor, Inferno, and Marella <3
No but seriously, you’re so much fun to see on dash and to talk to in general. You better be taking care of yourself *throws water bottles at you*
~ 💍
*uncontrollable sobbing* THANK YOU !!! We will all hydrate and you better hydrate too *throws another water bottle at you*
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Happy birthday, airam! I wish you all the best and I hope you enjoy your day! 🎁🎉🎂
thank you so much, marella! hope you had a beautiful day too<3
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Hey Ives! Congrats on the new milestone, it's what you deserve! For your celebration, 🧇 + either peraltiago or benslie would be great, thank you and I love you and your stuff so much, keep making more beautiful sets <3
hi marella!! thank you so much bestie 🥺ily too!! i made a surprise for you adkjsds here's your request!! hope you like it <3
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Legacy Recap
Spoiler alert: It's gay
An unprecedented 234 pages before Sophie pulls out an eyelash! I'm genuinely so proud the trich is improving folks
Sophie is not good at prioritizing
Keefe's mental health is improving too! He's shown signs of suicide ideation but he does want to keep looking very proud of him as well <3
Dex and Keefe deserve to interact more often because their relationship is fantastic, I'll die on this hill
Actually, Ro should stop making people uncomfortable for the fun of it please and thank you.
SOPHIE WINCED AFTER BEING CALLED LADY THIS BITCH NONBINARY GOOD FOR THEM
Sophie being bad at prioritizing, part two electric boogaloo
Fellas, is it queer of gender to complain about dresses for an entire page?
As usual, Biana's introduction is extremely sapphic.
We stan Wylie bitching at the council.
Tiergan confirmed what we already knew; being in the black swan is inherently queer.
Also, the council now knows Tiergan is Granite, for reasons related to being pissed about Prentice and/or losing at Uno.
Linh and Wylie are siblings pass it on.
We stan Tiergan bitching at the council.
Sophie, validating their friend's genders, doesn't want to call them lords and ladies.
Biana, validating Sophie's gender, doesn't want to call them lady.
"Master Sophie" is considered, which is a masculine honorific did Shannon realize she had Biana suggest a masc title for Sophie and no one thought anything of it?
Stina grabs Sophie's wrist. And calls her Foster, which is a sign of affection as we learn from Keefe.
Bronte is aromantic.
Sophie is (a) not ready for a relationship, (b) in love with Biana, and (c) nonbinary. This can be deduced by their reaction when Fitz says girlfriend.
Someone give Keefe a hug.
Aro Wylie supremacy. He's so tired of the allo drama.
Bronte should have been Sophie's father solely because I would love to see the Wylie/Forkle/Bronte confrontation.
Not only do Linh and Marella train together a lot, they train together a lot. Italics are a direct quote. Were they necessary? Seems kinda gay.
AMY MY BELOVED
Forkle and Bronte made out. Forkle then studied his saliva for the inflictor DNA. How romantic.
Cassius should get punched. Repeatedly. I volunteer.
Marella is so fondly exasperated with Linh and her Princess Purryfins antics.
Lesbian coded Linh? I cannot think of another purpose for that line-
Your favorite Solreef angst bitch is back to remind you that Linh moved back in with Quan and Mai and I want to know how it went when she told her family aboout this decision. For science.
(From what I've gathered, Tiergan is ignoring problems by focusing on work and no one is talking to one another)
Although Bronte's not Sophie's biological father, his reaction makes me think he knows who it is, which means it's probably Fintan.
Forkle straight puns? Forkle straight puns.
SOPHIE AND EDALINE DYNAMIC OWNS MY HEART CURED MY DEPRESSION ETC ETC
Fitz should have heard about Wylie exploding a chandelier, just because I think it would be funny to explore Fitz's complicated relationship to chandeliers.
Livvy understands why Sophie finds Vackers hot.
Fellas, is it gay to call your friend your "Best Dude" and make a ship name for the two of you? Asking on Keefe's behalf.
Livvy yeeting Forkle out of the way 🧡
Hey, Keefitz shippers- don’t think about Fitz hiring Keefe to paint a romantic picture of him and Sophie :D
Grady's ability needs to be explored more istg there's so much potential!!!
Forkle and Dex both ship Sokeefitz.
Sophie jumping off a cliff to avoid getting grounded. Iconic.
Time zones in the lost cities are addressed, and are then promptly forgotten.
DARK FITZ. FORESHADOWING FOR DARK FITZ. I WANT TO SEE THIS
Fitz and Keefe (and Sophie) being terrified they'll turn into their evil relatives supremacy
Sandor wants to fight Forkle. Deserved.
Everyone in the Neverseen is queer, explicitly confirmed.
Sophie doesn't know about coping mechanisms. Get Sophie therapy.
Alvar has the "little miss perfect" gene, just like every other Vacker ever.
MORE DARK FITZ FORESHADOWING
Gisela probably has another ability; could be beguiler, technopath, mesmer, pyrokinetic, ???
Keefitz!
Oralie mom reveal!
I think Prentice and his family deserve to yell at Oralie just a bit. As a treat.
Other than being mlw, Sophitz is very little miss perfect-ish.
Sophie's way of coping with her breakup is my way of coping with life (avoiding eye contact! hiding!)
LINH WAS HOLDING HANDS WITH MARELLA AND MARUCA. CANON THING THAT HAPPENED. I AM SCREAMING
I want to know what Tiergan would do if one of the councillors was hurt or killed because he didn't get to finish but I have a feeling the end of that sentence would be hilarious.
Elwin 🧡🧡🧡
Elwin used they/them pronouns for Sophie we stan supportive queer elder Elwin in this household.
Shannon foreshadowed an Empath having their sanity shattered- Keefe is the most likely option but Oralie or Stina could be interesting.
Okay you know what. Solreef family happy ending Tam comes home we were robbed of this scene I need to see it for science
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Biana really shouldn’t be doing this. She knows that technically Marella and her are being secretive about their newly coined relationship status, something Biana still can’t believe happened, but she can’t help it. The knowledge of their mutual feelings is too new, Biana almost can’t get used to it. Almost.
Marella had her own varsity jacket anyway. But Biana had just received hers after carrying the Bramble team to their State championship as captain and the temptation of Marella wearing her varsity jacket, the words “Vacker” emboldened on the back so everyone knew they were together…it was all too much to resist, and knowing Marella would say yes only added to the appeal.
Or; Biana has a very important question to ask, if everyone could please stop getting in the way.
for @dawns-faevor please please please accept this apology for your late gift fic, hosted by the wonderful @silveredviolets on tumblr, i was absolutely swamped with work and all this stuff BUT! it’s here now so hope you enjoy!!
s/o to @synonymroll648 for the post that kickstarted this idea and cured my extreme writers block i know u didnt mean to but thank you youre a DOLL <3
#also also s/o to ink for he/she marella bc i have stolen that from you bestie and lynn for being in my thoughts every time i write marellian#IM FINALLY DONE#i did not actually look over this i woke up extremely early to finish this and queued it so#also normal mutuals look away pls and thank u 💖💖#e attempts to word on paper#2 am ramblings#my writing#kotlc gift exchange#keper of the lost cities#marella redek#biana vacker#marelliana#marelliana fic
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the band consists of Marella, Keele, Jensi, and Tam. They are called House of Cards and their stage names coincide w decks of card stuff. Tam: lead singer; songwriter and rapper, mans is talented. Marella: main guitarist, she also writes some songs of her own. Keefe: drummer; he helps tam w songs sometimes Jensi: keyboardist and does the soundboard thing. This is one band idea, there’s another i’ll send in a diff ask, i can put like, band roles if u want (like in kpop) -t1sb
2nd band idea, pretty much the same but: Tam is the drummer and songwriter, v quiet and in the background; Keefe is main guitarist and back vocals; Fitzy: lead singer and band leader he’s such a dad ab it; Marella is on bass guitar; Jensi still has same role. in both band ideas they do pop punk and they dabble in other genres and covers. fitz joining the band is a real ‘screw you’ to his dad. yk that ‘he ruffled his hair & looked like a rockstar’ that look becomes a regular w Fitz -t1sb
OKAY I LOVE IT THANK
THIS IS SO CUTE AWWW
<3 i love it thank you for sharingggg
#kotlc#kotlc band#kotlc tiana band au#kotlc band au#continued#kotlc fitz#kotlc keefe#kotlc jensi#kotlc marella#marella redek#jensi babblos#keefe sencen#fitz vacker#tam song#kotlc tam#thanks for the ask!#i really like this!!!
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Congrats on 11 years of being on this hellsite (affectionate), Marella!! Your blog is one of my absolute favourites, and I'd love one of these 💌 please! (Edit tagged is tagged/mine)
Leila, these are my favourite gifsets of yours (I had a hard time choosing akjdjfkfj I really love your gifsets so much)
The Good Place found family gifset (this is so beautiful I am still in love with it)
this Jake/Amy gifset (the quote is so spot on I love it)
Ted Lasso + Ancient Greek types of love gifset
Ted/Rebecca + Taylor Swift lyrics
this Eleanor/Chidi gifset with the Yehuda Amichai quote
You’re one of my favorites too and thank you for sticking with me, Leila! I love you <3
Want to join my 11th Tumblr anniversary celebration?
#thank you so much for participating leila! i love you <3#montygreen#marellas11thyearceleb#treacherousquestions
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*KOTLC incorrect quotes*
Anyways, a long list of incorrect KOTLC quotes, feel free to use these for anything if ya want!
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Glimmer: Arson? Oh, you mean "crime brûlée".
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Fitz: Oh, so when crows remember people who wronged them and hold grudges, its “intelligent” and “really cool”.
Fitz: But when I do it, I’m “petty” and “need to let it go”.
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Keefe, holding up his class notes: And then this doodle of a burrito because when I first read Aristotle, I thought it was pronounced like “Chipotle”.
Marella, in shock: Wait a minute, is it “Chip-o-tottle”?
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Sophie: I wasn't hurt that badly. Elwin said all my bleeding was internal, that's where the blood's supposed to be!
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Police Officer: You have the right to remain silent.
Marella: I choose to waive that right!
Marella: *screaming*
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Brant (whoops sorry bout this one): Do not come over to my house. If the house is on fire you may knock once, if I don’t answer assume I set the fire and I want to burn to death.
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Sophie: I would never say that my best friend is a bitch and I don’t like her. That’s not true… Biana is a bitch and I like her very much!
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Lex, Bex, Rex: If I can't cause tiny bits of chaos every day, I think my body will shut down.
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Keefe on Tuesday: *glues a dime to the sidewalk* Heh heh heh.
Keefe on Wednesday: *walking down the street* Ooh hey! A dime!
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Forkman, to the squad: And remember, if I get harsh with you it is only because you’re doing it all wrong.
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Keefe, tearing up the room: Where are they?
Keefe, looking under a pillow: Who moved them? Who moved my children?
Keefe: Somebody moved my E.L. Fudges, and now I am going to run away again.
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Tam: Your existence is confusing.
Keefe: How so?
Tam: Your presence is annoying, but the thought of anything bad happening to you upsets me.
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Sophie: I have one foot in the grave but in a kind of fun flirty way, the way one might slip on a fishnet stocking.
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Linh: I've never encountered a problem that can't be solved by an spontaneous musical number.
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Dex: Dracula had it right, sleep all day, live alone in a castle, and explode into bats to get out of all social situations.
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Sophie: Fuck capitalism. It's a rigged system that keeps us poor and it isn't fair. You shouldn't need to work three jobs to afford basic necessities.
Sophie, playing Monopoly: Sorry, if you wanted to win you should have tried not being poor.
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Dex, to Stina: If karma doesn't hit you, I fucking will.
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Sophie: My life isn't as glamourous as my wanted poster makes it look.
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Dex: If I'm extra sarcastic with you it probably means I'm flirting with you or you really annoy me and I can't handle your crap... have fun figuring out which one, Wonderboy.
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Marella: As someone who has a long history of not understanding anything, I feel confident in my ability to continue not knowing what is going on.
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Fitz: I'm a firm believer in "if you're going to fail, you might as well fail spectacularly."
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*out grocery shopping*
Linh: *takes a free sample twice*
Linh: Robbery and fraud. I am a Rebel (TM) .
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Sophie: Sometimes I wonder if I’m hearing voices.
Sophie: Then I remember that’s the last bit of sanity I have trying to get me to fall asleep at a reasonable time.
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Sophie: Does anyone know how to relax? Asking for a friend.
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Demon: Hey, I took your soul last month and-
Tam: No returns.
Demon: *sobbing* But it's making me sad...
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Dex: So, according to my university, it is, quote, “my responsibility if there is an internet outage to contact the faculty and the department.”
Dex: Now, if you’re a critical thinker like me, you might be wondering one thing.
Dex: HOW THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO EMAIL THE DEPARTMENT?!?!?!
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Tam: Hey, what’s the name of the other guy who lives with Tiergan?
Linh: His cats' names are Walter and Rose.
Tam: That's not what I asked.
Linh: That is all the information I have.
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Keefe: Ro, remember when you said you weren’t going to interfere with my love life?
Ro: No, that doesn’t sound like me at all.
(alternatively, Alden)
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Linh: Ayo, what the FUCK is this?!?
Tam, sitting down, surrounded by corpses: I won Mafia, that’s what.
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Marella: I'd roast you, but my mom says you can't burn trash.
Marella: *slow-mo walks out of the room*
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Biana: I'm gonna get my piolet's license. I've already got a driver's license and a cosmetology license, that's two of the big five licenses.
Fitz: The big five licenses?
Biana: Driver's license, cosmetology license, pilot's license, fishing license, and… license to kill! I can't wait to get that one.
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Dex: You are irrationally angry 365 days a year.
Fitz: Well, that’s just your personal opinion, I don’t have anger issues. Biana, do you think I have anger issues?
Biana: Well, I wouldn’t really call it an issue. An issue is something you can fix.
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Keefe: So how’s the food Sophie made?
Fitz: It's great! Compliments to her.
Keefe: *goes to the kitchen*
Keefe: You're adorable.
Sophie: *blushes*
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Biana: And now for a gay update with Linh and Marella.
Marella: Getting gayer.
Biana: Thank you, Marella.
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Sophie: Hey, do you know the password to Keefe’s computer?
Biana: I love you, Sophie.
Sophie: Aww, that’s so swe—
Biana: No, you misunderstood, the password is "iloveyouSophie".
Sophie: Oh, no numbers? Not very safe.
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Fitz: Hey, Biana, are you free on Friday? Like around eight?
Biana: Yeah.
Fitz: And you, Tam?
Tam: Umm... yes?
Fitz: Great! Because I'm not. You two go out without me. Enjoy your date!
Biana: Did he just-
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Sophie: Do you cook?
Biana: I made a cake once.
Fitz: Yeah, it was good.
Biana: Really?
Fitz: Don’t make me lie twice, Biana.
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Dex: Nice rock.
Keefe: Thanks, Tam gave it to me.
Tam: I threw it at you!
Keefe: Isn’t he the sweetest?
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Juline: I just had a long talk with the triplets about hitting and now they are yelling “it’s my turn to perpetuate the cycle of violence” before hitting each other.
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Sophie: I made you all playlists!
Sophie: Tam, yours has only heavy metal and punk, and is dark like your soul.
Sophie: Keefe, yours has sad songs and blues to pair with your crippling depression.
Sophie: And Biana has the ABBA Gold album.
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Fitz: A pessimist sees a dark tunnel.
Biana: An optimist sees light at the end of the tunnel.
Dex: A realist sees a freight train.
Tam: The train driver sees three idiots standing on train tracks.
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Mr. Forkle: For self defense reasons, I'm going to pretend to be a burglar and you guys have to act wisely.
Biana, Keefe, & Sophie: Okay.
Mr. Forkle: If you don't want to die, give me all your money.
Biana: Bold of you to assume I have money.
Keefe: Bold of you to assume I don't want to die.
Sophie: Bold of you to assume I can die.
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Sophie: My life is a little too much panic and not enough disco.
Keefe: My life is a little too much fall and not enough boy.
Dex: My life is a little too much chemical and not enough romance.
Marella: My life is a little too much imagination and not nearly enough dragons.
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Biana: What’s it like being tall?
Marella: Is it nice?
Sophie: Can you reach comfortably for the cupboards?
Fitz: We live in constant fear of the short ones who, in my experience, will climb four chairs, two boxes, a small coffee table, and six oddly placed stools to get what they want.
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Stina: You have friends and I envy that.
Marella: You're welcome to share my friends.
Stina: *looks at Dex and Sophie*
Stina: I don't want those.
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Della: Tommorrow's garbage day.
Fitz: I can't believe you made a whole day dedicated to Alvar.
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Linh: Bottling up negative emotions is bad for your health, so you shouldn't do it.
Tam: I know, that's why I bottle up all my emotions, both positive and negative, so it cancels out.
Linh: Th-that's not how that works-
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Marella: Do you want to know your gay name?
Linh: My... my gay name?
Marella: Yeah, it's your first name-
Linh: Haha. Very funny Marella-
Marella: *gets down on one knee* And my last name.
Linh: Oh- oh my god.
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Glimmer: You know you've made it when you see your picture everywhere you go.
The Black Swan: Those are wanted posters!
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Biana: Are you mad?
Tam: No.
Biana: So sharpening your knives at 3 in the morning is just a hobby?
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Keefe: Astrology is fun because i can pretend that all of my behaviors are just a result of being a Gemini and not symptoms of mental illness.
Biana: Being a Gemini is a mental illness. That’s not hate it’s just a fact.
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Biana: *on the phone* Hey Fitz, do you know my blood type?
Fitz: Of course, it's A+.
Biana: Oh, I guessed wrong. Excuse me, nurse-!
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Fitz, to Sophie: Are you ready to commit?
Sophie: Like, a crime or a relationship?
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Literally Anyone: Hey, aren’t you Sophie Foster?
Sophie: You a Councillor?
Literally Anyone: No.
Sophie: Then yes, I am.
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Sophie: I typed "bitch" into my GPS and guess what? I'm in your driveway.
Stina:
Sophie: Vroom vroom, come out already.
Stina: I’m gay—
Sophie: Not what I meant, but cool.
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Keefe: Remember that time you dared me to lick a swingset?
Sophie: No, I said "Keefe, don't lick that swingset" and you said "Don't tell me what to do" and licked the swingset.
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Mr. Forkle: I’m not so sure you’re stakeout material.
Sophie: I’m a chronic insomniac, I was born for this.
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Juline: I only have two emotions: exhaustion and stress. And I’m somehow always feeling both simultaneously.
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Marella: *gets set on fire and screams in agony*
Marella: Nah, I’m just kidding. Fire does nothing to me.
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Biana: Maybe the true treasure was friendship all along. But I hope not, because I can’t spend friendship on new clothes
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Dex: Do you want to play 20 Questions?
Fitz: Sure!
Fitz: Whats your favorite color?
Dex, laser fucking focused: Triangle. Do you like men?
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Secret Santa fic!
Heya @all-eternity it was me all along! I hope you enjoy this :) very much looking foward to actually being able to follow you after this without looking sketchy lmao
Also shoutout to my lovely beta reader @keepersandqueens as if I don’t talk about Salas enough here lol
Warnings: underage drinking, drinking in general, hangover, drugs/medication mention (not abused, basic over the counter stuff dw), mentions of vomit (not described)
Pairings: Kam, background marelinh, ex titz
About: Kam coffee shop college au
Word count: 5,205
Tag list (tell me if you want to be added or removed): @cadence-talle @ruewen-and-rising @lemontarto @a-lonely-tatertot @clearlyvacksen @percabetn @sewersewersewercouch @everyonehasthoughts @imaramennoodle @enbies-and-felonies @blxckh0les42 @rainbowtay-11 @callas-starkflower-stew @impostertamsong @appalyneinstitute1 @stars-and-splendor @anna-without-an-e @mistythegenderqueermess @we-have-no-bananas-today @we-wont-dissapear @jadenightthewriter
Tam stumbled into his first 8 am class, anxiety making his heart feel like it was pounding out of his chest and stomach doing backflips.
If he could survive bouncing between foster homes, a short stint at juvie, and worst of all high school, he could survive college.
Well he thought he could until he saw a familiar person right next to the only available chair in the room.
God fucking damn it.
"Hey Bangs Boy!" Keefe waved him down, causing a scene. Tam had no option but to sit beside him, both because of the lack of chairs and the fact that everyone was now staring at him.
Not a great start.
"What a coincidence! I notice you still haven't taken my suggestions on your hair, I'm telling ya' you'd get all the girls and or guys and nonbinary pals with a man bun." Keefe looked smug at the fact he'd be able to taunt Tam for another semester, minimum. Tam was already making a mental note to check when he could swap out of classes.
"Keefe, if I knew you were going here I would've just gotten myself back in jail, oh wait, you were the one who got me in there in the first place." Tam shot him a look, praying that he'd suddenly develop superpowers and shoot lasers from his eyes.
"Hey, just because I came up with the idea...and helped with some of the execution, doesn't mean I'm responsible for you trashing your parents house. Besides, you were only in there for like 3 days max before you got out," Keefe said, shrugging as if 3 days in jail was no biggie.
"Most peaceful 3 days of my life," Tam sneered, turning back to the front of the room as the professor walked in.
"Good morning class!" the prof turned to the white board, writing his name. "I am Dr. Harding," he tapped it for emphasis.
The class was silent.
"And you say good mor..."
"Good morning Dr. Harding," The class said in unison, they all sounded tired and bored.
This wasn't going to be fun.
~*~
"Grande ice vanilla latte for...Hen-are-y?"
The man shot Keefe a look as he grabbed his coffee.
"Henry." He dropped a tip in the jar, fifty cents. How generous.
He had come in before, and never left good tips. Keefe made it a game to pronounce the names of anyone who wasn't a college student and left bad tips wrong, no matter how much they came in. It was a wonder he hadn't been fired yet.
As he turned preparing another drink, the bell at the top of the door rang. He ignored it at first until he heard a quiet, "Fuck," come from behind.
"Bangs boy!"
"Why are you here?"
"I work here obviously," Keefe walked up to the counter. "Now, what'll it be?"
Tam sighed. "Iced caramel macchiato with two extra shots of espresso."
"Size?"
"Venti."
Keefe whistled thinking about how much caffeine that was as he wrote down "Bangs Boy" on the cup.
"Alright, that'll be 5.75, may I ask why the insane amount of coffee? I believe I remember you saying caffeine makes you anxious in high school."
"Yes, but it also helps me focus, and I have a quiz tomorrow I haven't studied for."
"Fair enough," Keefe said, going to prepare the drink. "It'll be ready in five."
Tam nodded, walking off to the side and scrolling on his phone. Keefe made the drink, occasionally sneaking looks over at Tam. He didn't seem to notice, thank God.
Soon after, they finished the transaction.
"See you at class," Keefe said, he was trying to be genuine, but it came across more taunting.
Tam grimaced, muttered "Thanks for the coffee," and walked out the door.
~*~
The class fell silent as a disheveled Dr. Harding walked in, a pack of gatorade in one hand and bottle of tylenol in the other. He popped one as he sat down.
"Hello class it seems today I have the worst headache imaginable, just give me about 5 minutes of silence and we will go over your assignments."
Keefe leaned over to Tam's desk.
"Well, we know what he got into last night," he whispered. "Heard the bar on the corner of 5th was giving out two for ones for professors."
"Isn't that place run by the alumni?"
"Exactly. Gotta thank Alvar tomorrow, Fitz said it was his idea."
"Wait Fitz goes here too? Why did I not-"
"Boys!" Dr. Harding practically yelled. "I am tired of the racket." He put his face in his hands where his elbows rested on the desk, bald spot showing to the world.
"We were whispering!" Keefe made a 'what the hell' sort of gesture. Tam glared at him, hoping he could communicate 'I will kill you myself if you say another word' with just his eyes.
"Sencen, do I look like I care?"
Keefe winced a bit at the use of his last name. That was something Tam could understand.
"Look, boys," Dr. Harding stood up and turned to the chalkboard, writing something down. "If you all like talking so much, you'll love this next project."
He walked to the side, revealing the board, that read '10 page essay, due the 25th'
"With the person next to you, you'll be writing a 10 page essay on um...the importance of keeping your oil changed in your car. You'll then present it to the class. It's worth 25 points."
A student raised their hand.
"Luka?"
"Sir, I thought this was a psychology course?"
"It is. You are all excused."
With that, he left the room with his tylenol and gatorade in his arms. The students glared at Keefe and Tam as they all got up, muttering amongst themselves about the pure bullshittery of it all.
"So..." Keefe said, slowly standing. "Does the library tomorrow at 3 work? I have work until then, so it can't be any earlier."
"Yeah, sure." Tam promptly walked out of the classroom as fast as possible, he didn't know why but his anxiety was spiking. He tried to tell himself it was just because he was a useless gay that didn't know jackshit about cars, yeah, surely that was it.
Just a useless gay.
~*~
Tam waited at a table in the library, it was 3:05, Keefe was late.
He didn't know what else he expected from him, he always seemed to do stuff like this. At the same time, Tam didn't have the energy to be particularly mad at him. This was going to be the stupidest essay ever written in the history of man, might as well put it off.
The library door slammed open, and in came Keefe. He balanced a large stack of papers and books along with four drinks. He stumbled over to Tam and practically threw them down on the table.
"Sorry I'm late, I thought it would be nice to, like, get you a coffee, but I didn't know how much caffeine you wanted, so I got one decaf caramel macchiato, one normal, and one with an extra shot, and also hot chocolate for me."
He sat down in the chair by Tam, as if getting three different coffees for someone you were forced to do a project with was totally normal.
"Um...thanks, I-I can pay you back-"
"Don't worry about it." Keefe turned to him and smiled, bright and friendly. Tam was frozen. "Okay, now it's car time." Keefe turned back to the desk.
"Yeah."
They were silent for a while as they researched, Keefe going through his piles of papers and books and Tam on his laptop like any sane person would.
Tam finally worked up the nerve to talk.
"So um...this is out of nowhere, but I think you mentioned Fitz went here?"
"Oh, yeah." Keefe put down the absurdly large textbook that was set up in front of him. "He's my roommate, he uh thought it would be best not to tell you after everything, I guess."
"That's fine," Tam shrugged like he didn't care. "I'm over it."
He was, really. They only dated like 2 weeks, sure it ended with a...pretty big fight after Fitz claimed he wouldn't be able to date someone who had gone to jail and Tam reminded him it was his best friend that got him in there in the first place, but he was still over it. There was still something bothering him, nothing to do with Fitz himself but...something. He just couldn't put his finger on what.
"Alright, I'll take your word." Keefe shrugged, setting his giant book back up in front of him.
Tam felt the need to start talking again, but didn't. They were mostly silent for the next 40 minutes or so, just researching and the occasional word exchanged between them.
Keefe checked his phone.
"Shit," He got up. "Work emergency, I gotta go. Same time tomorrow?"
"Yeah that works."
"Chill, see ya' later."
"Bye."
Keefe waved (with a wide grin Tam would've called idiotic in high school) as he went out the door.
Tam found himself with a smile on his own face, he quickly stopped, hoping no one saw.
~*~
Keefe hurried into work, pulling his apron on as he saw the absurdly long line and a panicked Marella frantically making coffees behind the counter. She sighed with relief when she saw him.
"Thank God," She said as he stepped behind the counter with her. "There was a scheduling error, Forkle's useless at that stuff."
Mr. Forkle, their well-meaning but often mistaken manager, was out of town at the moment. The fate of the Starbucks rested on two college kids, what could go wrong.
And so they went, Keefe taking orders and Marella fulfilling them until there were no more to serve.
Marella, quite literally, threw in a towel she had wiped her face with. Promptly going to the back, presumably for her break. Keefe followed her.
"Alright, I think you can probably go back to whatever you were doing before this now if you'd like," said Marella, inspecting the small braids in her hair in the nearest shiny surface.
"Nah I was just doing a project with Tam for Harding's stupid class, he's probably left by now, I might as well rack up some overtime."
Marella turned back at him, clearly caught off guard at the name.
"Tam? As in my-girlfriend's-brother Tam? As in you-had-a-massive-crush-on-in-highschool Tam? As in dated-Fitz Tam? As in you-got-him-in-jail-"
"Yes! Yes! Why does everyone remind me of that, it was one time."
"When you get someone in jail, people tend to remember," Marella went silent for a second, thinking, before looking Keefe in the eye. "Wow, that must be awkward as hell, I mean seriously, if I were you I'd straight up file a restraining order just to avoid him. Maybe move to another country. I hear Estonia is lovely this time of year."
"Eh, it's not as bad as it seems. I mean it was awful at first, mostly because I tried to resume right where we left it on the taunting front, but I think it's ok now."
"Hm. Well good luck with that," Marella turned back to go to the front, but Keefe grabbed her arm to stop her.
"Uh, actually I need your advice on something. It has to do with Tam."
"Shoot."
"Well I was thinking of maybe, I don't know, asking him out or something? Look, yeah, it's an awful idea but is it 'he never wants to talk to me again' awful or 'he attempts to strangle me' awful?"
Marella looked him up and down, eyes uncomfortably cold, as usual.
"I mean, no hetero, but despite your annoying qualities you're a decent looking guy. Plus Tam's, like, super anxious according to Linh, so maybe he'll be too awkward to say no. You can probably squeeze at least one date in there."
"Wow, thanks Mare," Keefe mumbled, voice dripping with sarcasm.
"Yes, I try. Also don't call me Mare."
"Alright Ella!" Keefe called as the front door's bell rang, signalling a new customer. Marella went off to take care of it, unable to respond she growled back at him.
~*~
Tap tap tap tap tap.
Tam glared from across the table.
Tap tap tap tap tap tap.
"Why do you keep doing that?"
Keefe looked up, muttered a simple "Fidgety" and went right back to it, tapping his pen against the table. Tam said nothing more.
Keefe had been quiet for this entire meeting, something highly unusual for him.
"Ok, seriously dude, what's up? I haven't seen you this quiet literally ever."
He only seemed to get more fidgety at this question, his bouncing leg shaking the library table.
"I...um..." he looked down, running a hand through his hair "I have a test I need to cram for and no one to study with and keep me accountable. Y'know, ADHD issues."
Tam didn't overthink for once in his life but the moment the sentence was out of his mouth he regretted it.
"I have a test too, maybe we could study together?"
Keefe smiled his annoyingly charming smile.
"Sounds good."
"Good."
Tam quickly looked back down at his computer, trying to look like he was still doing car research when in actuality he was processing he just actively offered to spend more time with Keefe Sencen.
If Linh found out about this he'd never live it down.
He didn't think he cared.
~*~
Dr. Harding walked through the classroom door, clearly much less hungover than his last appearance.
The students waited, would they get an apology? Any sort of remorse?
"Alright, who wants to read first?"
Apparently not.
Keefe raised his hand with too much confidence for what their essay looked like. Tam gave him a confused look. He had his scheming face on, never good.
"Mr. Sencen!" Keefe winced at the use of his last name by the doctor. "What an amazing start, it's only appropriate. One of you boys come up and present."
Tam gave Keefe a look of 'do you want me to do it?' Keefe just smiled and got up from his chair. This would either be really good or really, really bad. Tam was all too familiar with the scheme face.
"Doc, I did depart from the source material a bit here, hope you don't mind. And I use 'I' because Tam had no involvement in this, he deserves full points for his essay."
Keefe cleared his throat, the room was so silent you could hear a pin drop.
"Doctor Harding deserves to get fired: an essay. (And it's only been a week!) Paragraph one, his drinking problem-"
"Sencen! Back to your seat now. I will see you after class, or I will not see you in my next class, understand?"
Keefe gave a thumbs up as he sat back on his chair with a thud.
A few minutes later, in the middle of another student's essay, he passed Tam a note with his loopy handwriting.
"The amount of comebacks I had for 'see me after class' is absurd but if I get kicked out there's no way Elwin is helping me pay tuition a second time."
Tam tried not to smile, certainly failing, as he wrote his response.
"Yeah I think the time you talked back to Miss Cadence she wanted to expel you. Lucky Principal Alina had a thing for pseudo-dad Alden."
"Oh God I haven't talked to him in a whiiiiiile."
"?"
"You haven't heard? Yeah, he sorta found out like ALL his kids were ell gee bee tees and freaked out. Della found herself a new gf though!"
"Sounds like a lovely extra punch in the gut for a queerphobe."
"Yep. Honestly I recommend looking through his Facebook sometime. Just a million rants about how the gays destroy everything, great entertainment."
"Duly noted."
At that point it seemed like the doctor started to take notice of their note passing, and they stopped quickly. Tam wouldn't be surprised if he did the whole high school read in front of the class thing with the way he had been acting so far.
Tam was 100% sure tenure was the only thing keeping this guy's job intact. Apparently being a drunk asshole wasn't near enough to get a person out of their position. He tried to ignore the professor's annoyingly smug face for the rest of the class.
~*~
Keefe sat in his usual spot at the library, Tam sitting across from him, his brown eyes dancing across the textbook page and lips mumbling along the words. He didn't have much to do, often finding himself just staring at Tam, quickly looking away if he seemed to notice.
Eventually he sighed, sitting back.
"Ugh, this test is in a week and I have so much other crap to do, I'll never get this all memorized by Friday."
Keefe silently thanked his brain for managing to get around the having to study thing. Yay, photographic memory!
"Oh, uh, well I'm free to study more tomorrow if that would help? We could do, like, flashcards or something."
Tam seemed to repress a smile. He did that a lot. Keefe always noticed.
"That's okay, I'm sure you have better things to do. The Starbucks is always pretty packed."
"Eh, sometimes you have to get away from Marella. She's mean to me."
"Not just you, once she told me if I ever made fun of Linh's cat's name again she'd make me cut off my own bangs."
Keefe nodded sagely. "The shorter you are the closer to hell. That's why you're worse than her."
"Hey!"
Tam flicked a stray rubber band at Keefe.
"I'm at least 2 inches taller than Marella...we measured."
Keefe thought up about 12 inappropriate jokes he couldn't make before flicking the rubber band back.
"Two inches only counts in roller coasters, none of which you can ride."
Tam stuck his tongue out before returning to his studies. Unlike Tam, Keefe didn't hide his smile.
~*~
Tam strolled into the Starbucks that Friday morning, no longer surprised to see Keefe working the counter. He could barely hold still in line as he thought about the amount of cramming he'd have to do in the next few hours.
When he reached the counter, Keefe said nothing, just busily worked making a drink.
He stuck it right out at Tam.
"One venti iced caramel macchiato with 2 extra shots of espresso because you have a test today in political science and still haven't studied everything and also a muffin because you probably haven't eaten today. On the house. Good luck with the studying."
Tam froze.
"I- um- th-thaks. Y-you too...sport."
Oh, you fucking idiot.
He quickly scurried out of the Starbucks with drink and muffin in hand. Wow, he had screwed that up.
But...
Keefe...
He...
He remembered his order and that he had a test and that he forgot to eat when he was stressed holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit-
Okay, deep breaths Tam, you got this. You can totally handle a frustratingly cute guy showing care for you this is fine...
Not fine, not fine, gotta tell Linh.
He called Linh with no forewarning. Despite the fact that she was currently across the country at a different university, and it was about 3 am for her, she picked up. He barely let her get out a groggy "Hello?" before explaining everything. She only seemed to think a moment before responding.
"Hm. Well it's good to know that college is going good for you. Do you need advice or comfort?"
"Yes."
"Well, first of all, everything's gonna be okay. And I know that doesn't help much but just try to remember we're eighteen, and it's not the end of the world. Second of all, try to ask him out or something. It doesn't have to be framed as a date, like Marella and I got together on a walk in the park, seriously it can be anything."
"Thanks Linh."
"No problem, also can you hug Marella for me?"
"If she doesn't try to kill me first, yes."
"Nice. Okay go do what you gotta do, also don't wake me up at 3 am again or else I'll sic Purryfins on you, I had just gone to bed."
With that she hung up and Tam continued on his way, still trying to not completely freak out.
~*~
Keefe stared blankly as Tam walked right out of the door. Marella appeared by his arm.
"So, how'd it go?"
"Well, he called me 'sport'."
Marella inhaled through her teeth.
"Yikes. Comfort, advice, or distraction?"
"Distraction, please." Keefe replied, absent-mindedly preparing a cup for the next customer.
"Uh, well I meant to ask you what ended up happening with that ass of a teacher, but I got a bit distracted at your attempt to woo Tam-"
"Hey I said distraction not reminder. But basically I just got a slap on the wrist because, and I quote, 'Your father is Cassius Sencen! He wrote half the books we use in this class, I'm sure he can straighten you out!'"
"There's absolutely nothing papa Sencen could do to make you straight, I'm pretty sure he tried that, and it obviously didn't work."
"He actually tried a few times and it most definitely did not. Lucky he doesn't have my number anymore or else I assure you he'd keep trying."
Marella laughed.
"Well, moving on from grade A assholes, I'm supposed to tell you there's a party tonight. I'll have to send you the address later, I have it on my phone though, I am told there's gonna be booze, so I'm going."
"Eh, I'll probably go. Just to get my mind off everything."
"Thata boy." She lifted her phone. "And my shifts over in three, two, one, and I am out of here! See ya' tonight Hunkyhair."
"That's Lord Hunkyhair to you."
She just rolled her eyes and clocked out, leaving Keefe to deal with both the customers and his own thoughts.
~*~
Tam sat in his dorm room alone, constantly refreshing his grades for the possibility that his 70-year-old professor would post the test results at 1:30 am.
His roommate was gone for the weekend, actually he was gone most of the time. Tam didn't think they'd even had a full conversation before.
He jumped as his phone began to ring, a call from Keefe of all people. He hesitantly picked it up.
"Hello?"
"Tam! Tam Tam Tam Tam Tam" Keefe's slurred speech was too loud for a phone call, Tam held his phone a bit away from his ear. "...fuck wait why did I call you..."
There was a long pause, neither said anything.
"Oh yeah! I needed to tell you something...but uh I uhm I forgot what it was."
"Keefe, where are you?"
"At a paaaaaarty, well, actually just outside a party because it was hot in there, but now it's cold out here so uh yeah."
Tam sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose.
"Okay, send me the address, I'm coming to pick you up. Wait right there and don't move."
"Okie dokie."
Tam heard a thud sort of sound and the rustling of grass from the other line before Keefe hung up and soon after got a message of his location.
After 20 minutes of walking in the cold, Tam came up to what seemed to be a frat house with Keefe sitting on the lawn in criss-cross, patiently waiting in short sleeves and basketball shorts, way too little clothing for the weather. His ruddy face smiled as he saw Tam approach.
"Tam! I remembered what I was going to tell you." He stood up, face falling right after. "Oh no wait I forgot again. Ooh! You need a drink."
Keefe grabbed Tam's hand, pulling him towards the house. Tam stayed in place.
"Hey, let's get you home dude."
Keefe pouted.
"I don't wannaaaa."
He slouched down, pulling on Tam's arm like a child having a tantrum.
Tam pulled him back up to his feet.
"C'mon, if you go to your dorm without fuss I'll buy you ice cream tomorrow."
Keefe seemed much more ok with going along with Tam with the ice cream deal. He pulled off his own coat and placed it around the very drunk boy, he didn't complain.
Keefe began humming some annoying song from the early 2000s that was playing from the house earlier as they walked back in the direction of the dorms.
Suddenly, Tam remembered something.
Fitz was Keefe's roommate.
Shit.
"Hey uh do you think Fitz is at your dorm?"
Keefe nodded confidently.
"Yep! Said he was gon' study. Wouldn't come to the party because of his 'reputation' or whatever."
Around reputation he did exaggerated finger quotes, nearly knocking Tam's jacket off his shoulders.
"Hm...in that case let's go to my dorm, ok?"
Keefe shrugged, apparently willing to go along with most things in his current state. Thank goodness Linh had made Tam bring extra pillows and blankets to college, he could sleep on the floor and just hope Keefe didn't get sick on him in the night.
It was ridiculously hard to lead Keefe back to his dorm. He tried to pull down his pants halfway there and Tam almost had to carry him up the stairs but soon enough they got there. He sighed with relief as he led his inebriated friend into the room.
"Okay, you can stay here for the night. I'll sleep on the floor."
Keefe plopped himself down on Tam's bed laying flat for only a moment before sitting up with a snap and a look of realization in his eyes.
"OOH! I remember what I was gonna tell you again!"
"Oh?" Tam said playing along, expecting him to forget again.
He patted the spot next to him on the bed, Tam continued to play along, sitting next to him.
"So Marella said that I should just tell you this, and it worked for her, so I'm gonna. And uh and you have to promise to listen 'cause I'm not sayin' it again."
At this point Keefe grabbed his face with both hands, staring right in Tam's eyes and squishing his cheeks.
"You're listening right?"
Tam nodded, mostly to shake Keefe's hands off his face.
"Okay."
Keefe took in an over dramatic breath as if he was preparing to preform in the Olympics before getting another grin on his face.
"I really like you."
"You really like me?"
He nodded mumbling "mhm".
"What do you mean?"
"I mean I like you. Like, like like you."
"Like...as a friend?"
"I said I wasn't gonna repeat myself. As a booooyfriend." At this point Keefe fell back on the bed, looking at the ceiling. Tam's cheeks were burning.
"How long have you liked me like that?"
"Mmmm..." Keefe seemed to ponder for a moment, "Prolly high school."
"Oh um...good to know. You should get some rest. I'll be down here if you need me."
"Alrighty."
Tam shut off the lights and Keefe started snoring quick. Tam could only stare up in the darkness, unable to sleep.
~*~
Keefe woke up that morning in a room he didn't recognize to a killer headache and dead phone.
He turned to the side, seeing a pile of blankets and pillows with a large gatorade, bottle of tylenol, and a note next to it. Suddenly last nights memories came flooding back.
Oh, shit.
He scrambled out of bed, headache and nausea hitting him harder as he stood up.
Despite the fact his head was spinning, he picked up the note from the ground and read it.
Hey, meet me at the reservoir around 6, we need to talk -Tam
F. U. C. K.
Had he really said all that stuff last night? Surely it was a dream, right?
Oh God.
He gathered his few belongings, plus the things to help the hangover, and left the dorms as fast as possible. Only having to stop once along the way to throw up in one of the campus trash cans, hopefully no one would notice.
Keefe didn't have anything to do and he really didn't want to face Fitz so he went about his day in last nights clothing. Then again, it was a college campus. Someone walking around with rumpled clothes carrying a gatorade probably wasn't that big of a deal for most people. By 5:30 he sat impatiently in the empty park where the reservoir was located, it was colder closer to the water.
Just as promised, at 6 o'clock he saw Tam approaching on the horizon.
~*~
Tam was damn near a panic attack as he walked around the park attempting to find Keefe. Eventually he found him, sitting on a bench still in his clothes from last night, face once again ruddy from the cold. He sat next to him wordlessly.
"So," Keefe started.
"So," Tam replied, looking down at his lap.
"Tam I-" Keefe turned to face him. "I'm sorry about everything last night, I probably just made everything super awkward. Not to mention it's a giant violation of the friend code to even have a crush on your best friend's ex-"
"Yeah, about that."
"What?"
"You're gonna maybe kill me for this but uh," Tam pulled on his bangs. "I sorta talked to Fitz about it, I figured you wouldn't and apparently I was right. He said he was okay with it as long as we were ok with it."
"Are you saying what I think you're saying?"
Tam sighed, "Perhaps."
Keefe once again wore that shit-eating grin of his.
"Can I hear you say it?"
"Why don't you have to say it?"
"Already said it last night! Your turn now. Why did you take care of me while I was drunk?"
Keefe stared at Tam excitedly waiting for the answer. Tam sighed.
"Because I love you, little shit."
"Ooh you said it-"
Tam smashed his lips against Keefe's, both quickly melting into it. After only a moment they pulled away.
"Agh, you taste like gatorade and vomit."
"Well you taste like salt so really what's worse."
"Definitely the vomit."
Despite this, Tam leaned back in. This kiss was a moment longer than the last, and when Tam pulled away Keefe chased it.
"Ok, look I'm sorry but you look like shit Keefe you have to go change." Tam removed his jacket, throwing it around Keefe once again and helping him up from the bench. Keefe laughed.
"Yeah, you're right. Ooh now that we're a thing you need a new nickname!"
"I do?"
"You do, how about 'Bangs Boyf' ooh or maybe you can be my 'provoked partner' or my 'snappy spouse' my 'agitated accomplice' perhaps."
"Do you just have these ready and prepared for any situation?"
"A magician never reveals his secrets."
"You aren't Houdini, you're an 18-year-old boy that currently reeks of frat party."
"Eh that's basically the same thing. I've seen some 18-year-olds at frat parties preform tricks Houdini could never dream of."
Tam sighed dramatically. "It's a good thing you're pretty, you know."
"Hey!" Keefe jokingly shoved him.
For the first time Tam's smile wasn't repressed.
#hope you like this elliot!#kotlc#keeper of the lost cities#kam#keefe sencen#tam song#kotlc fic#scheduled to post at 9 am and ill reblog once i get back to my phone because ill be doing x-mas stuff
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