𝗕𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗠, 𝗔𝗡𝗬𝗪𝗔𝗬.

𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐋𝐋,   𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄   𝐀𝐑𝐄   𝐒𝐄𝐄𝐃𝐒   𝐓𝐎   𝐁𝐄   𝐆𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐃,   𝐀𝐍𝐃   𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐌   𝐈𝐍   𝐓𝐇𝐄   𝐁𝐀𝐆   𝐎𝐅   𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐒.

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⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ──── ✦    PERIDCT         »         a  dependent  blog   exclusively  associated  with   windsorbay.  written  with   love  by   𝗷𝗮𝘀    (   thirty1  ,   she   +   her  in  the   est  tmz   ) .

PERIDOT  “  PERI  ”  HALLIWELL  :  thirty1   .   she   +  her   .   demisexual  cis woman   .   owner & head florist of what in carnation?

[cassandrareid]

❛ ☾ ◟━ LOCATION: what in carnation

❛ ☾ ◟━ TIME: mid morning

❛ ☾ ◟━ STATUS: CLOSED for @peridct

Hand in hand, Cass had both twins on either side of her as they walked into What in Carnation for her bouquet restock. This time, she decided to bring her children to see what they would want to pick for this week's arrangement. "Alright Marco and Callista, this is where mama purchases her pretty flowers. Are you ready to pick some out? Remember, be respectful of the space okay? And stick together...or at least make sure mama can see you. Also if you can't reach any of the flowers, leave them and remember which one you want to pick—I will grab them myself." The twins nodded and agreed in unison before taking a few steps forward and getting into a deep whispered discussion of what they would want to get. Glancing over at the owner of the establishment, Cassandra greeted Peridot with a smile and said, "Morning, hopefully it's alright that they're taking a look around on my behalf?"

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peridot looked up from the counter just as the bell chimed, hands still wrapped around a bundle of eucalyptus she’d been trimming. the sight that greeted her softened something in her immediately — cassandra at the door, twins in tow, all careful instructions and quiet love. “ morning, ” she said warmly, setting the greenery aside and wiping her hands on her apron as she stepped out from behind the counter. her gaze flicked briefly to the twins, already deep in their whispered deliberation, before returning to cassandra with a small, reassuring smile, waving a hand in dismissal. “ it’s more than alright. i like having them here. they’re welcome to look, and feel free to take your time, too. ” she added, like it wasn’t a shop full of fragile things but a place meant to be explored carefully. “ flowers are more than patient. ” then, she gestured toward the buckets lining the windows, light pouring through the glass. “ let me know what they decide. i’ll make it work. ”

[hirxeth]

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) dir. Wes Anderson

[caossource]

S A L E M aka the best caos character

[peridct]

❛ ⸻  BASICS .

name:  peridot june hill halliwell.

nickname: peri. 

birthday & age:  april 22nd, 1994 + 31.

zodiac: taurus sun, aquarius moon, capricorn rising.

gender & sexuality: cis woman, she / her, & demisexual.

birth place: chicago, illinois.

length of time in windsor bay: two months.

positive traits: providential, optimistic, efficient.

negative traits:  possessive, reactive, undisciplined.

relationship status: she's just out here <3

neighbourhood: downtown.

occupation(s):  owner + head florist of what in carnation?

❛  ⸻  AT A GLANCE  .

RECEIPTS STUFFED INTO COAT POCKETS, A PHONE BUZZING WITH SCHOOL REMINDERS AND MISSED CALLS SHE DOESN’T RETURN. THE AESTHETIC OF QUIET RESPONSIBILITY AND UNNAMED GRIEF, OF HANDS THAT NEVER STOP MOVING BECAUSE STILLNESS WOULD LET THE FEELINGS CATCH UP. EARLY MORNING LIGHT BLEEDING THROUGH SHOP WINDOWS, STEMS CUT AT AN ANGLE, WATER CLOUDING IN OLD BUCKETS. FLORAL TAPE STUCK TO HER FINGERS, BLOOD PRICKED BY ROSE THORNS, THE SOFT WEIGHT OF A JACKET HUNG OVER HER BROTHER’S SHOULDERS LIKE A PROMISE.

❛  ⸻  THE STORY .

trigger warnings: cancer, grief, parental death.

peridot halliwell learned early that staying is a choice, and that some people don’t make it.

her biological father left when she was six — not with a dramatic exit, not even a goodbye worth remembering. just absence. the kind that settles quietly into a child’s bones and teaches them not to wait around for things that might never come back.

her mother did her best after that. they survived on routine, on resilience, on the belief that stability could be built if you worked hard enough at it.

for a while, it worked.

her mother remarried when peridot was older, and the family expanded into something that felt safe again. her stepfather was kind, patient, the sort of man who showed up consistently and made the world feel less unpredictable.

when peridot’s younger half-brother was born, she loved him instantly, fiercely.

then cancer took her stepfather.

grief didn’t arrive all at once; it crept in. it hollowed the house out slowly, leaving echoes where laughter used to live. her mother unraveled in ways peridot couldn’t stop or fix, and eventually she was committed to a mental health institution, consumed by loss in a way that made everyday life impossible.

suddenly, peridot was standing in the kitchen of their chicago home, paperwork spread across the counter, her brother doing homework at the table, and realizing — with terrifying clarity — that no one else was coming.

so she took full custody of her fifteen-year-old brother. she signed forms she didn’t feel old enough to understand, made decisions she didn’t feel prepared to make, and learned how to be both sister and guardian without ever quite admitting how scared she was.

windsor bay wasn’t a dream. it was a solution.

she moved them there two months ago, chasing quiet rather than ambition. a place where mornings smelled like salt instead of sirens, where people lingered, where rebuilding didn’t feel like failure.

downtown, she opened what in carnation? — a flower shop born out of muscle memory and inheritance, out of watching her mother turn grief into beauty long before peridot understood what that meant. flowers were never just flowers to her. they were apologies, celebrations, funerals, promises. they were proof that care could be made visible.

peridot lives above the shop with her brother now. her days are measured in stem counts, school schedules, receipts tucked into coat pockets, reminders buzzing on her phone.

peridot isn’t someone who believes life will work out on its own. she believes in showing up, in doing the next right thing, in arranging chaos into something that can still be held. windsor bay doesn’t know all of her yet — the grief, the fear, the nights she lies awake wondering if she’s doing enough — but it sees her hands in motion, her shop lit before sunrise, her steady presence in a town that feels like it might finally let her breathe.

❛  ⸻  HEADCANONS  .

peri wakes up before her alarm most mornings, even when she doesn’t need to. years of responsibility trained her body to stay half-alert, like something important might need her at any second.

has a collection of pins, mugs, vintage pins, and of course: plants.

she knows the exact sound of the shop when something’s wrong — a cooler humming too loud, a door not quite shut, a stem bucket tipped just slightly off balance.

she volunteers whatever little time she has to the local cemetery, cleaning headstones and weeding around the graves.

peri is deeply possessive of her space and her people, but rarely admits it out loud. if someone threatens the stability she’s built, she reacts fast and without much grace.

she keeps her brother’s schedule memorized but still checks it twice. school pick-ups, doctor’s appointments, deadlines — none of it ever leaves her head.

she has a bad habit of skipping meals until late afternoon, surviving on peppermint tea and adrenaline. when someone notices and calls her out, she gets defensive before she gets grateful.

she has moments of undisciplined chaos: unpaid parking tickets, laundry forgotten in the washer, emotional conversations she keeps meaning to have but never schedules.

she sleeps with her phone on loud. always.

she has a habit of giving people plants instead of advice. it’s easier to offer something that needs care than words that might fail.

[taiturner]

Jaz Sinclair as Marie Moreau GEN V, 2x06 "Cooking Lessons"