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i doubt she could read books being a mermaid and all but you bet your ass she has a complete hoard of them just in case they start making sense one day
The house hasn’t changed a bit. I can’t believe it, it’s like stepping back in time. I thought -
Never mind. It’s good to be back. I haven’t missed too much have I?
✪ (I'm, uh, not really sure what this means. Lumiere told me to send it to you. Do you know what it is?)
“It’s um, it’s supposed to mean a kiss,” Belle’s cheeks quickly turned pink and she quickly looked off to the side, raising her book so that she could hide her smile behind it. “I saw him badgering Babette about it earlier. I think he’s set you up. But, if you insist...” Bouncing up from her seat, she pushed herself up on her toes and kissed his cheek; from outside the library doors, she could have sworn she heard someone stifling a cheer.
Send me a "✪" and I'll kiss you.
i. i was almost able to put it into words. ii. i didn’t think it was possible for this place to get any colder but it’s like you’ve cursed it all over again and oh, god, we almost had something. iii. will you at least tell me if you felt anything? anything at all? is this it? is this all we are? iv. it’s too late now. i’m sorry. i tried. i love you. v. take as much time as you need. i’ll be okay. i’ll be here if you come back.
in the space of one heartbeat to another, i loved you and i was lost to you.
send me a song and i will write a short fic based around it.
to: adam, ✈
adam: there’ll be other times. i hope you have fun. stay safe.
adam: take lots of pictures. i’ll miss you.
adam: is there something wrong with the plane? do you want me to call the airline about it? i don’t want you to fly if it’s not safe.
adam: so i take it the book is good.
adam: would you be willing to read it to me when you get back. i've been trying to get through black beauty. i thought it would be easier since you've read it to me before. it's not.
adam: i think she’s only written one, sorry. there are a few essays on her website you might be interested in though.
adam: chip wants to say hello and that he misses you. also that he wants you to bring him something back from greece.
adam: i’m offended we’ll see who’s garden is putting who’s to shame by the time you get back.
adam: if we do go on a separate trip to greece together in the future we could stay longer than three days. if that would make you happy.
adam: not really. cogsworth hovering around me like a giant annoying fly ISN'T helping but i feel too nauseous to yell at him.
adam: YES i know i shouldn’t lose my temper but sometimes it’s the only way to get through to him.
adam: i’m glad you have a friend over there. tell hercules i said hello.
adam: ?
belle: there better be! no point in going all around the world if you're not here to enjoy it with me
belle: no problems they just took REALLY LONG to refuel and some guy a couple of rows behind me started giving off about it what a jerk
belle: of course!! make sure you bring tissues it's v sad
belle: it's probably my new favourite but it's so sad. the woman in the seat beside me had to lend me her tissues. she was lovely though.
belle: you've come on leaps and bounds with your reading though i'm very proud of you c:
belle: HI CHIP I MISS YOU what should i get him i don't think there's any toy stores here
belle: or none that i've seen anyway i'll check my language book and see if i can hunt one down
belle: HAH i told you we'd get you some use for those gardening gloves you got for christmas you can take up botany and put poca's grandma's garden to shame
belle: i would love that honestly but i picked the trip this time so you should pick next time where would you fancy going
belle: he's just worried about you :c so am i should i come home early are you okay
belle: herc says hi!!
belle: where do i START herc knocked down a support beam by falling into it and then one of his aunts got real angry and someone set the kitchen on fire
belle: THE WHOLE KITCHEN
belle: and apparently this isn't the first time this has happened??
belle: i mean it was FUN but wow
belle: we should invite him to ours for dinner though and return the favour
belle: and just make sure there's nothing he could trip over
belle: the whole thing was in slow motion it was like something out of a movie
belle: missing you though :c
belle: hey what do you want me to bring you back as a present
belle: i saw a really nice toga today i think it'd suit you perfectly it'd match your eyes
to: adam, ✈
belle: i'm sorry you had to miss out on the trip to greece because of your food poisoning :c it's not gonna be the same without you
belle: i'll keep you updated though it'll be like you're right here
belle: [picture of the runway from a window seat] we've been sitting here for an hour can you believe this
belle: [picture of the song of achilles] i'm really excited about this one i've got a good feeling
belle: this was a mistake
belle: wHAT
belle: HAS HECTOR
belle: EVE R DONE
belle: TO mE
belle: can you check and see if madeline miller has written any other books
belle: [picture of the arrivals sign] I'M IN GREECE :O
belle: [picture of the hotel room] the website did not do this justice look at how fancy this place is i'm afraid if i eat the food they won't let me leave for six months
belle: athens is so pretty i'm so sad i'll only be here three days
belle: [pictures of the national garden] this place almost puts your garden to shame
belle: almost :p
belle: it'd be nicer if you were here though are you feeling any better?
belle: [ten second video clip of her pulling the :D face with music in the background] THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG
belle: we need to book another trip and you need to come next time you'd love it here
belle: [picture of her and hercules in the plaka district] LOOK WHO I RAN INTO
belle: hercules is taking me to dinner with his family tonight i'm really excited
belle: [another picture of her and hercules]
belle: do not go to dinner with hercules family oh my god
I can't believe it's coming up to Christmas again already. A year gone, just like that... wow. It feels like I've lived here forever.
So - Christmas! I was thinking instead of decorating this year, we all just have a party? Maybe... maybe all of us take a trip into town?
simba/merida.
who falls asleep on the couch – both of them. they’re very big on the napping instead of doing important things, like paying their bills, or greeting arabian dignitaries.
who wakes up first – it’s a toss up. merida had it drilled into her that she needs to wake up at the crack of dawn every morning, so some days she’s up first, but simba is simba and if there’s someone he can pounce on at five a.m., he will pounce. fun times ensue.
who cooks the most – that’s hilarious. i’d say it’s a mostly even split, when they’re in the mood, but i see a lot of pizza boxes in their future.
who’s in charge of the tv remote – nobody. they regularly go to war over it, conveniently forgetting they live in a house with fifteen t.v.’s, probably, and they don’t need to fight, but you know, they do get to build forts. it’s fun.
who takes the longest getting ready – simba. merida has to brush her mane, but simba has to style his.
who takes up most of the bed – both of them sprawl out. they end up lying atop each other in the most awkward positions. there are no cute cuddles here.
if/what pets they have – they definitely get a cat together, but merida also has angus, and probably gets a couple of dogs like her dad. it’s like a mini jungle at their place.
adam/belle.
who falls asleep on the couch – belle has a habit of falling asleep mid-book if she’s up late, regardless of whether she’s on the couch or not.
who wakes up first – probably adam, belle has a habit of reading until the early hours so most likely him by dint of having a fairly regular sleeping pattern.
who cooks the most – it’s an even split, but mostly i see them making meals together, rather than one or the other doing the majority of it.
who’s in charge of the tv remote – they’re pretty fair with it, but i see a lot of fake arguments and teasing over their show preferences, nothing malicious, just bantercraic.
who takes the longest getting ready – belle.
who takes up most of the bed – neither of them? idk i see them sleeping pretty close and cuddled into each other so it’s just the two of them in the centre of the bed, or off to one side, rather than one or the other taking up most of the space.
if/what pets they have – adam’s dog, who really needs a name at this point, and belle probably adopts a couple of more down the line, so there’s just a lot of puppies running around their place all the time.
kiara/kovu.
who falls asleep on the couch – both of them probably.
who wakes up first – kiara. she’s a total morning person, springs out of bed at seven am like good morning and makes life hell for everyone who isn’t her.
who cooks the most – define cooking. i see them being pretty active and always doing something or another, so they probably eat out or get takeaway a lot, and muddle through together when they cook at home.
who’s in charge of the tv remote – whoever gets there first.
who takes the longest getting ready – kiara. it’s not because she’s especially particular about how she looks she just likes really long showers and has a habit of using up all the hot water.
who takes up most of the bed – kovu, probably. kiara has a habit of sleeping curled up in the fetal position anyway.
if/what pets they have – none, they’re too busy to keep one.
bambi/alice.
who falls asleep on the couch – both of them. there’s a lot of cuddling going on.
who wakes up first – bambi. alice likes to sleep in a lot.
who cooks the most – alice. they originally agreed to split it fifty fifty, but things had a habit of going up in smoke when bambi cooked so alice took over. he does help make the tea, though.
who’s in charge of the tv remote – bambi. alice doesn’t watch all that much t.v., so she lets bambi choose just about everything. she does have a habit of talking over it at times, though.
who takes the longest getting ready – alice. she has too many pairs of stockings to choose from.
who takes up most of the bed – they both do, i think. they start off cuddling, but alice tends to move and flail in her sleep, which sets bambi off, and they wake up in all sorts of weird positions. they make a game of hide and seek out of it in the morning.
if/what pets they have – alice’s kitten, ruby, and dinah.
thomas/alice.
who falls asleep on the couch – thomas. he tends to wake up to find alice has put a blanket over him, or a flower crown, or left the cat on his head. it’s like buckaroo.
who wakes up first – it depends. neither of them are particularly early risers.
who cooks the most – alice. thomas tries, but it’s hard to multi-task in the kitchen with one arm.
who’s in charge of the tv remote – thomas. alice really isn’t all that in to t.v., but she takes control if there’s ever any documentaries about asylums or mental illness on.
who takes the longest getting ready – alice. thomas teases her about it a lot, so she has a habit of messing up his hair or rumpling his shirt so he has to fix it, and she can technically claim she was ready first.
who takes up most of the bed – alice, but just by dint of having a forearm. they both tend to be all over the place.
if/what pets they have – alice’s kitten, ruby, dinah, and whatever animal they’re babysitting for jane this week.
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Tea and a Chat | [Belle and/or Beast]
Mrs. Potts’ eyes widened just a bit at the state of Belle’s room. It looked as though a tiny storm had moved through it, and she moved towards a pile of clothes and then remembered that she was holding a tray. She set it down on the cleanest edge of a dresser and shoved her hands in her pockets to keep herself from touching anything. This was a good thing, the mess around the room: it meant Belle was experiencing some degree of comfort, didn’t it? And heaven knows there was a time this room was as bare as any other part of the cursed castle, clothes untouched and curtains drawn. She could handle the mess.
"Purple dress dear," she said, taking a seat on the bed. Then, remembering the tea, she hopped up and grabbed the cups off the tray, handing one to Belle. "It’s already fixed up just the way you like it," she said. "Now about Chip…Well I suppose it’s all right for him to be a little spoiled, though between the two of us I’m afraid he’ll turn into a bit of a terror! But he does adore you, you know. Everyone does," the last bit slipped out and she took a sip of her tea and cleared her throat.
"I just thought I’d pop in and ask how you were doing. I know Lumiere and Cogsworth and all the others have been running around scheduling this and planning that but…Well, are you happy here?" she asked, looking up hopefully from her cup.
Belle scrutinized the dress for a moment before nodding her agreement, before setting it aside so she could take the steaming cup from Mrs. Potts. She was glad of something to warm her up - the days were getting shorter and it was starting to get chilly, and she knew from experience just how cold the castle could get at times.
"I don't think you could spoil him if you tried," she told her with a smile, taking a sip of the tea; perfect, as always. "He's too good-natured. I'll just let this cool while I get ready, thank you, Mrs. Potts. I'm not unconvinced you aren't some sort of tea witch, you know, you must use some sort of magic to make tea that good,"
Picking up the dress that the older woman had approved, she crossed the room to where a partition had been set up, where she could change in private. Like much of the room, it had been covered in dust when she arrived but now it was clean and frequently in use again, and Belle's laugh could be heard from behind it at Mrs. Pott's words.
"Everybody? Really? Wow, that's a change. I'm going to have to take a day out to tell everyone I adore them too. You've all been so kind to me since I got here, I can't thank you all enough," She emerged from behind the partition, now fully dressed, and began to pick up the clothes that littered the floor, still looking sheepish about the mess.
"You're welcome any time!" She told her earnestly, refolding a few shirts and setting them on the end of her bed. "And you don't need to bring tea as an excuse. It's been a while since I've been able to talk to someone like this, and it's nice. It's so, so nice," An image of her mother flashed through her mind and she smiled, before nodding vigorously at Mrs. Potts' last question.
"Oh, definitely! It took a while," she admitted, picking up her cup again and sitting down on the bed beside the older woman, "but I think I'm happier here than I have been since we left France. I just wish it could have been under different circumstances," She smiled ruefully into the cup, faces flashing through her mind. "You know, one of my friends was going into the jungle to study gorillas before I cam here? She's always been an animal lover, and I wish I could have heard what she found there. But at the same time, dinner and dancing beats out humidity and mosquitoes! Even Jane would agree with that, I think. You'd have liked her, Mrs. P. She was English and loved her tea, too,"
"You've been so good to me since I got here, though!" Setting the cup aside, she pushed herself further back onto the bed, crossing her legs and turning to face Mrs. Potts. "I know I can't do much, but is there any way I could say thank you to you for it?"
Tea and a Chat | [Belle and/or Beast]
It was still too early to know anything for sure, but that didn’t stop Mrs. Potts from humming more often these days. Her feet bounced around the hard stone floors of the castle like she had springs attached to them, she tolerated Cogsworth’s bickering and Lumiere’s grand ideas for romance with greater patience, and she even let Chip stay up every now and again. Everyone noticed it, and if Mrs. Potts could find a reason to be cheerful, then maybe things were really starting to look up. They all bustled around the castle carrying out their usual jobs but there was a twinge of hope in everything that they did and said. It was scary, imagining a brighter future, but it was also a lot of fun.
Mrs. Potts held the tea tray steadily as she had day after day, year after year after year. A younger servant walked with her and lifted her hand to knock on the door for Mrs. Potts, and she thanked her as the girl bounded away.
"Hello, it’s me Mrs. Potts. May I come in? I brought tea," she said cheerfully, smiling as she turned to press her ear to the door.
Belle didn't hear the knock at the door, and didn't notice that anyone was outside until Mrs. Potts called out, and even then it took her a few moments to get to the door and open it; she greeted the older woman with a slightly frazzled smile and a fist full of hair, pulling the door as wide as it could go to let her in.
"Morning, Mrs. Potts!" Her voice was cheerful as she stepped back, separating strands of her hair so she could braid them together, and she gave a sheepish smile at the messy room. "Sorry about the mess, I overslept this morning, and I promised Chip we'd build a fort in the sitting room, so I've just been trying to get ready as fast as possible instead of tidying as I went along - there's some space on the bed for you to sit down, I'm sure. Hair tie, hair tie..." She crossed the room to the vanity table, searching among the mess there to try and find what she needed. The room was never usually in such a sate of disruption, but Belle had spent a lot of time lately trying to dress to impress, and as a result, the room had become a small warzone due to her daily attempts to look her best. Even now, she had a few outfits laid across the back of the chair to choose from, and she was glad Mrs. Potts had showed up. She could help her out.
"Thank you for the tea, Mrs. Potts, you're a star... but I would've been down in ten minutes, you know! What brings you up this side of the castle? Oh, and," She turned to face her, plait now secured, with an outfit in each hand, holding them up so she could see them clearly. "Purple dress or cream blouse? I'm not in trouble for spoiling Chip, am I?"
I think someone's having a party out in the forest. If you stand on the garden balcony and look over, you can see the lights, and I'm pretty sure I just heard someone scream... I hope they're alright. You never would have got a view like this back home, God. I love it here.
ϟ Monsters-themed Asks!
Vampire: Someone offers you a chance at immortality. Do you take it, and why or why not?
Werewolf: If you had to spend your life with just one person, who would it be?
Witch: If you could change one thing about the world, what would it be?
Ghost: Do you have any regrets?
Frankenstein: Is someone telling you how to live your life, or are you an independent person?
Mummy: If you were to fall into an eternal sleep, do you think anyone would miss you?
Zombie: Do you miss anyone right now?
Faerie: If you could get away with anything, what would you do?
Nymph: What are you like when you’re by yourself?
Mermaid: How far would you go to keep the one you love?
Shapeshifter: What would you change about yourself?
Banshee: If you knew one of your loved ones/best friends had only one day left to live, how would you spend that last day with them?
Siren: If you could make anyone do anything, what would you make them do?
Genie: If you had one wish that would come true and couldn’t be reversed, what would you ask for?
Fury: What is a word/phrase that you dread to hear?
Incubus: What would someone have to do to get in your pants?
Succubus: What’s one thing you can’t live without?
recaps and stuff.
just loading them all under one big read more doo doo doo.
also if our characters are involved and you wanna plot stuff for what they could have done during the timeskip just let me know okay these are just basic prelims so i have stuff i can say they were doing.
No no, the one who should be blamed for Christmas is me. I should have… I should tell you why I can’t stand that holiday. But I can’t. It has something to do with my past, and I’m just… not ready.
It would, but it isn’t as if we’d be completely alone! Uhhm… I’m sure Mrs Potts and Lumiere will be hanging around to snoop make sure dinner goes smoothly. S-so you’ll come? Really?! I mean… alright. Looks like we’re having dinner!
I-I hope you haven’t been lonely; I’m sorry, it didn’t occur to me that the preparations would keep Mrs Potts and the others from spending time with you. I’m always here to take you up on the offer of reading that book your friend likes… The Tales of Flynnagan Rider? A-and I guess I could try reading it to you… but I’ll be slow, and I’ll probably make a lot of mistakes… are you sure you want that? It’ll be easier if you just read it to me, honestly.
Well… would seven be alright for you?
You don't have to tell me anything you don't want to, don't be silly! Lets just say we're both as bad as each other and put Christmas out of our minds and focus on tonight instead, I think that's a much nicer topic and it doesn't involve any more arguments over something so trivial. I prefer being your friend a lot more than arguing with you all the time.
Well that sounds lovely! I'll have to thank them for all their hard work when I see them, the two of them always seem to be doing something nice, you're lucky to have them. But I was thinking, if you wanted, maybe we could do dinner that is just the two of us one night? And nothing fancy, just - a nice dinner between friends. It would give everyone else a break, and it would give us an opportunity to get to know each other a little better, I guess. I was going to suggest it to you earlier, but you beat me to the punch.
No, I didn't mean it like that! I haven't been all that lonely at all, it's perfectly fine - have you seen how many books are in your library? I've had plenty of company! I'd like it very much if we did that, actually. And I don't mind if you're slow, or make mistakes. I can help you out with it, if you'd like, I don't mind it at all. Or I could read through this one and you could try with a different book? You have plenty to choose from, after all.
Seven sounds perfect to me! I should start getting ready for it... I'm really looking forward to it, thank you so much for organizing it. You're really sweet, Adam, thank you.