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madellaine hsu

[madellaine]

Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark // Now she's gonna play and sing and lock you in her heart // Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark

Madellaine "Maddy" Hsu

Nicknames: Maddy  Birthday: February 15, 2001 Magic status: Half-mermaid (not really out, but not really keeping it a secret lol) Nationality: American Ethnicity: Half Chinese, half white  Accent: Generic Disney Channel American  Pronouns: she/her Sexuality: Bisexual  Relationship status: Single Height: 5’5 Build:  Lean, with soft curves Complexion: peachy Eye color: Green  Hair color/length/style: light brown waves nearly down to her waist; hair is almost always down Tattoos/piercings/daily jewelry: double piercing on her ears, seashell on her ankle

Occupation/Schooling: went to Lesser Keys Public School, a K-12 school I made up that services a lot of the smaller isles in the Florida Keys; went to Florida Atlantic University for college, majoring in English; currently a grad student in creative writing at Pride U

Works as a clerk at Chapter Three, a waitress at the Hauntley Inn, and a barista at [name redacted[

What would you find if you Googled them?: Her Instagram, some old short stories published in college.  What natives would know about them: She worked at the Hunted Deer... till it burned down! She was actually in the fire :0 Social Media: maddyyywrites on IG and Twitter  Other: N/A right now

character sheet || insta

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cool summer~ 🎧🌺

✮ limited edition print ✮

[unsubconscious]

Elena Wuest (German, b. 1977) ‘Beyond’, 2025 Oil on canvas, 80 x 60cm

[madellaine]

Let it Thaw || Madestiny

[it-is-your-destiny]

Orbs?

Destiny assumed...an aquarium, of some sort? Was this person their owner? Had she stolen them? Were they about to get tangled up in some espionage or other criminal activity?

No, don't be silly. She had been reading far too many noir novels lately, clearly. (What! She liked the suspense. And they usually had handsome leading men. Anyway--)

Maddy disappeared and Destiny signed to tell the fish to wait. She was alarmed, at first, that Maddy had swum back to the surface but then she remembered: right, half-mermaid. She didn't have as long of a time underwater. How sad...

Not the point. Focus.

"Yeah, that makes sense," Destiny said, nodding a little. She moved some of her hair back from where it was swirling around her. "We can ask what she looked like and roughly when this was? That should help us rule out anyone who wasn't in town by then..."

With a nod, and after Maddy caught her breath again, they went back under. The big fish were swimming uncertainly around but they came together again when the girls reappeared.

"Can you describe this woman? What kind of hair did she have? Her skin?" Destiny touched her own arm, then Maddy's decidely lighter one. "Eyes? Do you know when this was? How many moons or seasons ago?"

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[madellaine]

The fish stared at them and said nothing. Their glassy eyes were unblinking. Their mouths opened and closed. For a moment, Maddy wondered if they’d suddenly lost their ability to speak. 

But then, the fish spoke. 

Dark hair… like the depths of the lake … Near six rounds of the sun ago in the autumn season… She lifted us … into the sky… then to the water… where we live …

… freedom is wonderful … but we do not belong here … the lake cares for its own… we are outsiders … we must find a new home …

She … is our home … 

Maddy burst from the water.

“Okay, so six years ago, some lady with dark hair rescued them? In the fall?” 

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[poor-princejohn]

I just want A mate || maddney

[poor-princejohn]

Johnny was starting to become familiar with Maddy and her various expressions, so he sort of knew what she was going to ask before she asked it. And with any other girl he might've lied and made something up that was a little more gentlemanly, but he didn't think Maddy much cared.

"I always have ulterior motives," He said with a grin, turning a little so that he was better facing her. "And, y'know," As the words were beginning to leave his mouth, he wondered if he should even mention it. If he was about to make it weird. Ah well, too late now; he was still talking. "That dream had me thinking about you."

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[madellaine]

Maddy giggled.

“Oh yeah?” she said. “All that hot, scaly dragon sex?”

It was just a little bit ridiculous — okay, to the non-Swynlake mind it was incredibly ridiculous. But Maddy and Johnny had met once upon a dream, as they said, so it seemed trivial to reference their past dream rendezvous so candidly.

She shifted a little, so that she faced him more.

“Did that get you as horny as it got me?” she teased. She was joking. Mostly. Kinda.

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[audrey-auto-motive]

On my teeth, you're sugar cane || Madrey

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Maddy looked so pretty underneath her. Eyes sparkling with desire and want with her hair fanned out around her head on the bed. She'd probably look even better with the lips that moved along her thigh covered in her wetness. There was only one way to find out.

"Show me," She said with a slight smirk dipping into the corner of her mouth as she lowered herself down and pressed against her waiting mouth, tongue and lips. A soft moan left her own lips as she chewed her lower lip between her teeth and rocked her hips to grind against Maddy's face.

"I'm going to use your mouth so fucking well." She breathed out and tightened her grip in Maddy's hair as her hips moved. "Make sure to clean up all that mess you made." She said, feeling her tongue pressed deliciously against her.

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[madellaine]

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Maddy was going to be a very good girl.

She tilted her chin up to meet Audrey and eagerly parted her lips, opening her mouth to fully taste Audrey. Right now, she was just here to be used, to give pleasure, so she let Audrey steer the direction. She ran her tongue down Audrey’s pussy, swirling it around her clit, then licking every drop of slick.

Maddy gripped Audrey’s thighs tight. She could feel her own wetness pool between her legs and she rubbed her thighs together in an effort to stoke some of that tension. It gave her no relief. In fact, it just made her even more riled up. 

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[petaltexturedskies]

Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago

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Anaïs Nin, in a diary entry dated 18 May 1926, from The Early Diary of Anaïs Nin Vol. III: 1923-1927

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Martha Gellhorn, Selected Letters

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Sylvia Plath, in a letter to her mother Aurelia, dated 18 October 1955, from Letters Home: Correspondence 1950-1963

[madellaine]

Farmers Only || Graddy

[dr-grundler]

They became friends just...on the street?

That could happen, she supposed, but it had never been how Gretchen had made friends. To be fair, she'd never made many. Destiny did seem sweet. And Gretchen was so curious about her blindness.

As Maddy spoke, the little self-conscious part of Gretchen's heart squeezed. She rarely paid attention to it, but sometimes...she did feel like...maybe if she was softer or less intense--she'd have more friends.

And then she remembered that she didn't really care all that much.

"A doctor?" Destiny said, in the same way most people did. Curious and impressed, all at once.

"Yup! Well, in training at the moment--but I'm already halfway through my first year. I'll choose my specialty hopefully next year and then be on my way."

"Wow. And you chose Swynlake?"

"Yeah, it's got one of the best magical-medicine programs. That was important to me."

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[madellaine]

It was far more impressive than Maddy’s reason had been.

Though admittedly, Maddy’s made a good story. It would maybe one day make a fantastic memoir. Or a semi-autobiographical magical realism novel. 

“So what flavors do you have today?” Maddy said. “Not that I should eat a cupcake first thing, but we can pack it up and have it later.” She grinned at Gretchen. “Destiny’s baking is so good.” 

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[poor-princejohn]

I just want A mate || maddney

[poor-princejohn]

Johnny could very easily picture Maddy doing just that: getting alcohol from somewhere she shouldn't have and sneaking off down to the beach. He was surprised there wasn't a bonfire and skinny dipping involved; maybe that was just in the movies. Johnny had done a fair bit of stealing from his dad's well-stocked bar and hurrying down to the beach, but he'd never really had to worry about the cops. Even if they had gotten caught, he was Richard Kingsbury Sr's son. No one was putting him in cuffs.

He was glad for the distraction of Maddy swirling her wine; Johnny tilted his head, watching her with obvious amusement. At her assessment, he gave her a gentle shove, feigning outrage. "I'll have you know I only get tastefully drunk at office parties. I'm a class act."

He was laughing as he said it, though, because of course it wasn't true. After a sip of his own, he said, "I'm glad someone likes it, though. Only the best for the lady."

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[madellaine]

The good thing about not being rich was that Maddy never really cultivated a finer taste for expensive things, which meant that even something slightly elevated was a real treat for her. 

So the wine, which was probably just a smidge fancier than whatever brand she would normally grab for herself, was actually pretty good in her opinion. She took another long sip and then tilted her head back so it rested on the couch, turning to Johnny and batting her eyelashes.

“Soooo did you invite me here just for some free wine or do you have ulterior motives?” she teased. “I’m fine with just the wine, of course. But I’m also game for ulterior motives.” 

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[madellaine]

Oh My God Oh My God You Guys!!! || Gemad

[gem-mohanty]

"Has Snow not told you?" Gem asked, dubiously. And evasively.

He did not want to answer a million, curious questions. Mostly because...while they did have a date, they did not have a place. Or, really, anything else, nailed down. Besides a guest list.

Snow had insisted on the entire Hauntley staff. No matter how long they'd been working there. Gem had fought her, thinking of Maddy and her nosiness, in particular. <3

He had lost, but he wasn't about to let on that she was invited.

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[madellaine]

“She did, but it’s been a few days since I was in, so I wanted to know if anything changed.”

Maddy smiled sweetly. Part of that was true, of course. A lot could change with wedding planning in just a few days! But part of it was that she also just really wanted to know Gem’s perspective on the whole thing. 

You could tell a lot about the longevity of a couple based on how involved in decision-making they were.

"She'll tell me anyway next time I see her, so you might as well tell me now💞💕"

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[iiumz]

[madellaine]

Let it Thaw || Madestiny

[it-is-your-destiny]

The world opened up for Destiny as they slipped beneath the water.

Even as a mermaid, the water was cold and prickled at her skin, but she loved how it felt. Floating through the blue. And not just blue, but white where the sun streaked in through the water. She blinked a few times, her eyes adjusting to the sights so often lost to Destiny on the surface.

The goldfish glimmered like treasure in a shadowed part of the lake, hesitant as they all crowded together.

Their large, round mouths opened and closed with seemingly no pattern or particular rhythm. Destiny delighted in their scales--white, yellow, gold, orange, brown...

Maddy nudged her and Destiny blinked. Right.

"Who is "her"?" she asked, again in Mermish. Her Mermish, like her Tagalong, was very rusty. She had spoken it with Tritons a bit as a child, but it had been years. Her mother didn't like to use it, or even transform. She was so afraid of their secret...

"We want to help!" Destiny assured them.

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[madellaine]

She… freed us… 

The fish swam nearer. Maddy nodded, hoping that would encourage them to speak more.

Once, we were small… trapped in glass orbs… but she lifted us… and returned us to the water…

It was a fantastical story. Maddy wondered what it really meant. Unfortunately, this was about the time her oxygen ran out, so she kicked to the surface and splashed out of the water. 

“This mystery woman!” she gasped. “She saved them! What a story!” What a story indeed, only — “Maybe we should ask them what she looked like? Unless we wanna go around asking every woman we see if she rescued some small fish from glass orbs.” 

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watercolor flowers! credit to stephen doherty .