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i just took a dna test, turns out i'm 100% that bitch even when i'm c r y i n g crazy i got boy problems, that's the h u m a n in me bling bling, then i solve 'em, that's the goddess in me Glitter Rosseau District One Victor

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jewelofpanem‌:

Emerald was quiet a long moment while she pondered what her mother had told her. How could you not know? Well, she could technically work that answer out for herself, but it didn’t mean she wanted to think of it. Part of her had always hoped that her father was some important person or had a good reason for not being around other than he didn’t want to be. Fathers were supposed to be around and care for their kids.

“How complicated can it be? You either want to be around or you don’t.” And judging by the fact that she had never had a father, she was willing to bet the latter was true.

Glitter sighed and looked to her daughter.  Emmy was right, but it wasn’t that simple.  She didn’t want to have to tell her daughter the truth about her father and the ring, but she was scared it would turn out that way.

“You’d be surprised,” she replied softly.  “I never told either of the men who could be your father that you were theirs.  You were mine and at the time that was all that mattered.  I wasn’t in a good place and didn’t want someone I didn’t know well or trust having influence over you or becoming a permanent fixture in my life.”

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jewelofpanem‌:

Emerald made a face. Going to a d ance was a lot of things, but she doubted that this one was going to be that much fun. She wasn’t even sure she was going to go. Either way, whether if she went or not, her friends were going to rag on her about it for one reason or the other. “They could, but kind of better to know what you’re walking into.”

“Is my father even still around?” Emerald figured it was better to just straight up ask than beat around the bush. There had to be a reason her mother never mentioned him. She just hoped he wasn’t a horrible person.

Oh no.  That was all Glitter could think when Emmy asked that question.  While Glitter had known it was inevitable that she’d have to explain the truth to her daughter, she’d hoped she had more time.  Fourteen was far too young to know the awful truth.

She looked at Emmy, meeting the girl’s gaze when she pondered her response.  “Honestly?” Glitter replied.  “I don’t know.  I’ve never been exactly sure who your father is.”  Obviously Glitter had a pretty good idea.  It was one of two men, but she didn’t want to pin Emmy’s paternity on one and be wrong, especially if her daughter wanted to seek out her father.

“Things about your father are....complicated, Emerald.  I wish I had a better answer for you but I really don’t have one.”

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jewelofpanem‌:

Even though Emerald was only a teenager, she knew there were things you didn’t ask. Her mom was good at answering her questions, but she had never pressed her luck with certain topics. One example, her father. Emerald didn’t even know anything about him. Not his name, not who he was, not if he even wondered about her. Up until now, she really hadn’t cared about who he was.

Instead, she sat at the table drawing music notes all over her paper while she worked up the courage to ask her questions. “Do you know the father-daughter dance is coming up at school next week…”

@glitterrosseau​​

Glitter knew the moment Emmy started speaking that this wouldn’t be a fun conversation.  It wasn’t a topic her daughter would have even brought up if she wasn’t ready to start pushing for information.  Glitter had thought a lot about what she would tell Emmy when the time came, but she still wasn’t sure what was a good idea.

“Oh?” she said instead, glancing at her daughter.  “That’s nice.  I’m sure it will be fun, but it seems awfully exclusionary.  Couldn’t they just call it a dance?”

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its-sierrafletcher‌:

Sometimes the way she acted and spoke, Sierra wondered if people thought that the Capitolite that she told people was June’s father was more than just the dad. She never spoke about Hawke unless it was to June and her daughter didn’t even know his name, just for her own safety. The only ones who knew Hawke by name were Lucus and Cordelia, but that was because they knew Hawke, and knew nothing about their romantic relationship.

Sierra smiled. “I don’t know if I ever will have the urge. It’s hard to raise one on their own. I don’t know how you are able to do it.” She wondered if things were different and if her and Hawke had actually made it, if they would have wanted a bigger family. But, now all he was, was her first love and father of her child. 

“How’s Emmy taking everything that’s going on? It’s a lot for me to process, I wonder what it’s like being a teenager in all of this.”

“Yeah I didn’t think I was able to do it, but Emmy and Sterling being nine years apart was probably my saving grace,” she told Sierra.  “Em was fairly self-sufficient by the time Sterling came around.  It was a big adjustment for her and she wasn’t exactly thrilled, but she was more understanding that pregnancy took a lot out of me than a younger kid would have.”  Not to mention Em had been able to help in some small way.  She could still remember how much fun they had when they painted Sterling’s nursery for him.

Sighing, she ran her fingers through her hair.  “Probably as well as can be expected.  It’s hard and scary.  She hasn’t mentioned a ton to me about it, but I know she’s nervous.  There’s always that fear of what if things had happened differently.”

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jewelofpanem‌:

Emerald shrugged because she wasn’t sure it was all that fast. There were a lot more of her friends she felt like they were more grown-up than she was. Some days she certainly felt like she was dragging behind when it came to things like clothes, make-up, and especially boys.

“I mean careful what you wish for, I could come home tomorrow and tell you I have a boyfriend.” Emerald teased with a laugh. There were a couple boys that had asked her out, but she hadn’t agreed, yet. She just didn’t like them that much to bother with it. Dating seemed like a lot of work.

Glitter shrugged.  “As long as you’re smart about dating you’re getting to an age when I don’t mind you doing it,” she told her daughter.  “I was your age when I had my first boyfriend.”  She didn’t talk about Silver much.  Losing him was one of the hardest things she’d ever been through, but she was always as honest as possible with her daughter.

“I trust you to make smart choices, kiddo.”

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fellvasile‌:

Sterling’s begging had brought Fell back to when he had Ares living under his roof. At the time the kid had been eleven, but once he had been more comfortable around Fell, those mannerisms had kicked in. And Fell knew it was more to tease and annoy him than being genuine. Though once he had mentioned the other houses, Sterling seemed satisfied enough. “Yup,” he replied, letting Glitter take it from there.

Fell nodded at that, sparing a glance toward Ares’ home, “Tell me about it. Ares is out of his teens but sometimes I still feel like I have to keep track of him.” He knew that should have been Eladora’s job as a parent, but after kicking him out at eleven, Fell sort of brought that role on himself. “She’s a good kid, doubt she’s been as much of a handful.”

Sterling seemed satisfied knowing he’d get his candy when he moved on to the next house, so he leaned against the banister and waited for his mother to finish talking with Fell.

“Yeah, I mean...even if you hadn’t been looking after him before the arena that instinct to check on your victors can be pretty intense.”  She definitely felt some sort of big sister urge to look in on Andie and Carina.  She felt....somewhat responsible for them despite knowing she shouldn’t.  “You’re right though.  Emmy isn’t much trouble.  I really lucked out with that one.”

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dahlia-holmes‌:

Dahlia was thankful for Glitter’s words, finding that it was a much better comfort from a Career woman than she had been getting from anybody else. Most people liked to brush aside the fact that she had been carrying Delsin Rhodes’s child with their own disdain toward him. While her feelings toward him at this point weren’t much better, she didn’t hate him. She should and she knew she should, but her inability to look away when someone desperately needed help was a detriment to her. Especially when that person was the father of her child. 

“Thank you,” Dahlia offered once again. 

Glitter went on to explain that she too had been miserable at this stage and she was glad that she wasn’t a one-off situation. She smiled and softly laughed at the comment about their daughter. She sighed, her fingers gently massaging the part where she was feeling Reid kick her. 

“I’m glad you had a support system,” Dahlia said. “I do too, sort of. I’m just a little worried. You know, since my son’s father isn’t exactly the most popular person in this place. It’s just people are looking for a reason to grab their pitchforks for him and I just… all I want is for him to get better so he can be a positive influence in his life. I know my situation is different than yours, but… I guess it’s the same thing. Wishing for things that may not ever happen.”

Dahlia’s comments about her child’s father had her biting back something she knew she would regret saying.  Even if Deslin was an addict and a fuck up, he was at least someone she wanted to have sex with.  He was at least someone she wanted involved in her child’s life if he could get his act together.  Glitter couldn’t say the same thing about either of her children’s fathers.  Not that they were fathers in anything more than biology.

“Well,” Glitter sighed with a slight shake of her head.  She pushed those thoughts as far away as she could so she could focus more on Dahlia’s issues than her own.  “If he cares about you or that kid at all he had better try and show it.  If not, I say cut your losses because the single mom thing isn’t too terrible.”

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jewelofpanem‌:

“I am ready to help Sterling get some candy,” Emerald told her mother. This year, she hadn’t been bothered to get a costume. At first, Em had thought it was just the normal indecision of what to be. As a teenager, she didn’t want something that seemed too childish or was the same as her friends, but the more she thought about it, the more she didn’t really want to go trick-or-treating.

She reached for her brother’s other hand. “You make a pretty scary dinosaur,” she teased her brother as she handed him his plastic pail for candy. “Sterling will share with me if I want some candy. Besides, I have no idea what I would dress up as if I wanted to go.”

Glitter chuckled.  “Yeah, you can help Sterling.  I swear you’re just growing up so fast,” she told her daughter.  It felt like only yesterday she couldn’t even imagine Emerald not dressing up for Halloween.  Yet somehow she blinked and her daughter was too grown up for it.

“Rawr!” Sterling said as he took the bucket from his sister.  “You can have what I don’t like,” he told her.

Rolling her eyes, Glitter shook her head.  “Nope you don’t need that much sugar, Mister.  You will share with Em and with me.  But let’s go before you miss out on the good stuff.”  Glitter glanced at Emmy and shrugged.  “You could be anything you wanted. Even if it was just to raid my closet.”

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its-sierrafletcher‌:

“We can figure out a time for a play date for the two of them before it gets so cold that they can’t run around the backyard. June’s got a few more play structures built around the yard and would love to show them off. And we can just sit back and watch. A little break for us too?” Sierra suggested. She looked out the window to the Capitol, seeing the bustle of the street below. Today, she was glad that there was plenty of space between her and the Capitolites. 

Smiling, Sierra looked back at Glitter. The most unlikely of friends, she thought to herself. “It is. But still, I’d like to make it up to you. It’s what friends want to do.” 

“Well, you lucked out with the two of them. But, even if I wanted to give June a sibling, I don’t have many prospects,” Sierra joked. But, mostly she wasn’t sure her heart could fully give up Hawke.

“That sounds absolutely perfect.  Any excuse to let them run off the extra energy sounds perfect.”  Kids their age were full of energy and sometimes it could be a lot to handle.  They could have fun too, which was a nice bonus.

She half shrugged, not sure what Sierra would want to do but she wouldn’t question it.  If she wanted to do something once she was feeling more up to it then nothing would stop her.  “Alright.”

Nodding in understanding, Glitter sighed.  She couldn’t imagine what it would be like to be in Sierra’s shoes.  Losing Silver had hurt, but sometimes she doubted he was the love of her life.  It was the Games.  They both knew what would happen.  “Well, adoption is always an option too, if you get the urge to give her a sibling,” Glitter suggested.  “But I’ll warn you having two of them is double the work.”

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dahlia-holmes‌:

Dahlia wanted to take any information or any suggestions she could possibly get and run with it. No one in her inner circle had kids – she was the first one. Not even her older brothers wanted children. Their entire family had been scarred already by the results of having a Victor in their bloodline. Her mother on the other hand, didn’t get that, but her father did. Except he was under the impression that it wouldn’t happen to his children. Thankfully, Dahlia thought, he wasn’t alive to see the results of her Victory. Now she may very well be inflicting them on Reid with her and Delsin’s blood. Despite Del possibly not being involved in Reid’s life, she feared that fate for her son.

“Yeah,” she said with a heavy breath. “but… I don’t have a lot of role models for that, exactly. My Mom did what she could, but… my Dad was at least there to get her through the first couple of pregnancies before he died. I don’t… I don’t have any of that, if that makes any sense. So I think I’m a little more lost than someone should be. Maybe. I don’t know.”

She shook her head, sighing deeply as she ran a hand over her eyes. “I’m just tired, I think,” she said. “The kid is taking a lot out of me.”

Glitter understood that far too well.  She hadn’t really had a strong connection to her parents, didn’t have great role models, and just had to figure things out as she went.  “It makes sense,” Glitter reassured her.  “And if you’ve got questions I can do my best to answer them.  Or at least try.”

Honestly, she didn’t know what she could do or say to help Dahlia.  Single motherhood was hard and no amount of advice would make it any easier on her, especially if the father wasn’t in the picture. 

“They do that, especially at this stage.  I was absolutely miserable when I was at this stage.  At least with Sterling I had Emmy to help me out a little so I could rest.”  Not that she wanted to pass a lot of things off to her nine year old, but Emmy had been a trooper and understood when Glitter was too tired to do things.

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@crownedvermilion​

Trick of treating with her son was a really great experience.  Glitter enjoyed Halloween and had always enjoyed taking her kids around the neighborhood.  Besides that, it was a fun excuse to dress up.  The witch costume she’d worn was something she really enjoyed.  She thought she looked good for the adventure through the village.

While she wasn’t sure where Emmy had gone off to, but she allowed Sterling to lead their slow progression down the street.  When they approached Lucus’ house, Sterling got hesitant and looked up at his mom.  “But he doesn’t like when I go in his yard,” Sterling protested.

Sighing, Glitter shook her head.  “It’s alright, kiddo.  Look, the light is on.  Remember what I said?”  

Sterling nodded and took a few steps down the path towards the front door, careful not to trip on the tail of his dinosaur costume.  Glitter was right behind her son, a protective shadow that would undoubtedly ruin Lucus’ night if he wasn’t nice to her son.

Glitter let Sterling knock on the door and she stood there, curious to see how Lucus would react once the door opened.  When it finally did, she offered him an almost challenging smile while Sterling bounced on the balls of his feet.

“Trick or treat!” the boy said happily, holding out his pumpkin bucket hopefully.

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fellvasile‌:

Fell looked down at Sterling, unable to be too upset with the kid in his dinosaur costume. But Fell didn’t have any treats, not really expecting himself to have answered the door for anybody. Probably should have planned to back out on his own plans. “I don’t have any. But I know most of the other houses do. Pretty sure something’s going on at the Delaroux place.” They had been setting something up over there, though he didn’t really go to investigate. 

When Glitter apologized, Fell shook his head, “It’s okay. Just out with Sterling tonight?”

“But Fellllllll,” Sterling protested before glancing down the street.  Maybe he could get more candy somewhere else.  “You think they do?” He looked up at Fell with his big eyes, trying to decide if he was telling the truth.

Glitter chuckled.  “Fell’s right, kiddo.  You’ll have to get candy from someone else.”  She glanced to her friend then and shrugged.  “Emmy’s around here somewhere, but you know how teenagers can be.”  She was pretty sure Em had stopped to talk to Hudson at one point.

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dahlia-holmes‌:

Dahlia nodded and rubbed her hand across her belly, sighing softly as she felt Reid continue to kick at her. She was getting tired of her son being so active, but at the same time, it was assuring that he was alive and taken care of inside of her belly. She was just simply ready to hold her son and kiss his sweet face and make him understand that at least his mother loved him dearly. 

She nodded, thinking of Lucus and Mouse in that instance. If Glitter had help, then she could too, but she was afraid of putting the burden on other people. Dahlia wasn’t the greatest at asking for help, especially now. She suggested strollers and she smiled at the thought. It would be nice to go on jogs with her son.

“Those are great ideas,” Dahlia said with a small smile. “Thank you, Glitter.”

Glitter smiled, nodding slightly.  “You’re welcome, Dahlia.”  She knew first hand how difficult it could be for a single parent, especially one that didn’t have a supportive father for her baby.  She’d been lucky to have Valor and Rhys when she got pregnant with Emmy so by the time Sterling came around she knew how to handle it.

“Honestly though, parenthood is a lot of trial and error,” Glitter admitted.  “It won’t come easily right away but you’ll eventually figure out what you’re supposed to do.”

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dahlia-holmes‌:

Dahlia was glad for Glitter’s company, even if it didn’t seem like it. Anybody to talk to was nice so she didn’t feel as alone in that empty house. With all of the drama happening with Delsin lately, she didn’t want to be left alone to her own thoughts with Reid’s impending arrival happening sooner than later. She asked her about her due date to which she nodded.

“Yeah, five weeks away,” Dahlia said with a bit of a sing-song voice to accompany the total amount of time left. “My favorite crib goblin needs to get here so I can actually know I didn’t screw up.”

She did, but not with her son. She screwed up by picking the wrong man to be his father.

“Oh, believe me, I’m going to be doing that,” she said. “I just need to make sure I have Mouse or Lucus to watch the baby and I’ll be set, honestly.” She paused, looking over at Glitter as a question burned inside of her head. She brushed her hair out of her eyes again, pieces of it falling out of her bun. “How did you do it? You know, without a partner and all? Just a lot of babysitters, or…?”

“I’m sure you didn’t screw up,” Glitter told her.  Being pregnant was very hard to mess up.  “If I could pull it off at nineteen I’m sure you can manage it now,” she chuckled lightly.  Honestly, it was a lot easier to screw up once the baby was born, but she wasn’t about to tell Dahlia that and freak her out.

“Valor and his husband were a big help when I was pregnant,” Glitter told her.  “Sometimes I hired babysitters, but when it came to jogging specifically, I got a really nice stroller that’s made for running.  Then I could take the baby with me when I did my morning workouts.  Now that they’re both older, I just let them sleep while I do my runs.”

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its-sierrafletcher‌:

Sierra gave her a small smile. “You should probably come around more often anyways. It’s nice to have some people around. And I’m sure June would be happy to see you.” She was glad that June had been on her best behaviour and seemed to like the Rosseaus. Sierra had never thought that she would be this close to the illustrious Rosseau family. It was crazy what life would throw at her sometimes. 

Letting out a sigh, Sierra leaned her head against the headrest on the chair. “I’ll find a way to repay you Glitter. You’ve done a lot for me over the years.” She raised an eyebrow at the admission. “June’s been asking for a sibling for the last year. She seems to think its really easy to get her one. But, I don’t know if I want another kid. Brings up a lot…of other things.”

Glitter nodded.  She was glad to have friends in the victor’s village.  It wasn’t an easy place to live and she wanted Sterling to have friends too.  “I think that sounds really nice.  I know Sterling would enjoy it too.”  Maybe they would have to find a way to spend more time together.

But as she listened to Sierra, Glitter shrugged.  “You don’t have to repay me.  Isn’t this just what friends do for each other?”  Honestly, Glitter wasn’t the best with friends so she didn’t really know.  “I get it though.  I didn’t really want more than Emmy, but when I got pregnant with Sterling I figured one more couldn’t hurt.”

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fellvasile‌:

Fell had kept all the lights off outside his home for a very specific reason. He had gone as far as to keep the light off in the front entrance of his house, just for the extra punch of the not-so-subtle message to the neighborhood. Only a few kids had come up and tried to knock on his door, but Fell didn’t answer. Eventually, they got the hint and moved on.

But then there was Sterling Rosseau.

At first Fell intended on letting the kid knock on the door and get the hint like all the other kids. But as soon as he heard his name being shouted through the door with the insistent pounding, he knew he had to answer. So he had made his way to the door, flicking the light on. With a short huff of a sigh, he pulled the front door open. 

“Hi, Sterling,” he greeted, though it sounded a little more forced than he meant it to. Fell lifted his head to see Glitter approaching not too far behind. “Afraid I’m fresh out of candy tonight.” //@glitterrosseau​

Trick of treating with a five year old was always a challenge, so when Sterling ran ahead towards Fell’s house, Glitter sighed.  She’d all but given up trying to control the boy on the holiday.  He was too excited, so she just followed after him.

She could see him pounding on Fell’s door and was momentarily reminded she had to give her son another lesson in manners soon.  Then the door opened and she walked quicker.

“But it’s Halloweeeeeeen,” sterling protested, looking up at Fell with big eyes from inside his silly looking dinosaur costume.  “You gotsta have candy!”

Glitter came up behind her son, offering Fell an apologetic half shrug.  “Sorry,” she started.  “Sterling I told you only the houses with the porch light on.”

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jewelofpanem‌:

“See, all better,” Emerald assured her little brother as she lit the candle and placed it back into the pumpkin they had carved earlier in the week. When you were five years old, such things were apparently matters of life and death. Sterling had really been into decorating this year, which was fine with Emerald, she loved Halloween.

Emerald handed Sterling his pumpkin-shaped basket for candy collecting. “Alright, go find mom and we can go trick or treating, how’s that?” She knew their mom was around somewhere, so it shouldn’t take long. To be honest, Em was surprised they were even allowing this to happen this year.

@glitterrosseau​​

Glitter was a little nervous about trick or treating this year after everything had happened, but she knew her kids were excited.  She’d hate to be the one telling them no, so she figured as long as they stayed in the village it would be fine.

When Sterling came to find her, Glitter had been tying her cape around her shoulders and placed her witches hat on.  “You ready Mr. Dinosaur?” she asked her son with a laugh.

“Yes! C’mon, Mommy!” Sterling said as he grabbed his mother’s hand and all but tugged her to where Emmy was.  

Glitter smiled at her daughter when she saw her.  “Are you ready to get some candy, kiddo?”