The Prodigal Son

Derek Bailey Shepherd is the only son of Dr. Derek Shepherd and Dr. Meredith Grey. Brother of Zola Grey-Shepherd and Ellis Shepherd. Bailey is a head strong boy who has a problem of acting behind he fully thinks. *pxsthumus side blog

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MOM

            SERIOUS.  about her.  and she knew he was,  but like her son had reminded her,  he’d fucked up many times.  even if he  w a s  derek shepherd’s son,  she wasn’t sure that it was enough to be able to rectify the situation  &  make up for his mistakes.  yet even as he said this,  meredith knew she couldn’t tell him.  he had to follow his own heart  &  his own instincts  &  if that meant getting heartbroken in the process,  unfortunately,  so be it.

              so even after all of it,  meredith asked her son only one question as she takes the ring,  not yet realizing why it looked so familiar.

              ‘  how?  ’

         ‘ i’m taking her to CANLIS friday for dinner. is that really nice place that overlooks the city. i took her there once ages ago and she loved it. ’ while it was one of the most expensive places in the city to eat, to bailey, he knew only the best of the best for her. the woman who was the best of him.

         ‘ the ring –– that ring –– was her mother’s. i tried to find one that i thought she would like. but nothing stood out. until her dad gave his to me to give to her. ’ rambling, it was a trait he had for when he was nervous he was not always sure how to stop talking. 

                   ‘ i just –– i just really want her to say YES. i can’t imagine a future without her in it. ’

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MOM

     “i’m not letting her get away with this completely! i just don’t want my sixteen year old to go to juvie for the next two years over a mistake.” meredith could see where he was coming from. out of all their children, she had definitely babied ellie the most - it was something she was able to admit, even if she wasn’t entirely proud of it. but she would bail any of her children out if it meant keeping them out from behind bars. “she has a mom, bailey, and you need to watch the attitude. i am the parent. i am going to parent her. if you want to raise your own kids differently, then you go right on ahead. but this is my child, not yours, and i will do what i feel is right for her.” 

             a mistake. he wanted to laugh. to just burst out laughing over what his mother just called it. ‘  really, mom a mistake? ’ he mimicked. ‘ mom, she is under eighteen, got drunk and broke into a store. that is not a mistake. that is her being stupid. because she knows. she knows that you will bail her out. she goes out, parties, gets drunk and does careless things because she think’s she is untouchable. and now, now you are letting her skip school and just writing all of it off! ’ sure, bailey himself was not the picture perfect son. years ago he was that party animal. the one that dropped out of two colleges because he was partying too much and sleeping around. he was the one that lived a careless lifestyle. and if he could, he would take it all back. but one thing was for sure, he was not going to let his sister go down the same road he did. ‘ no, she is not my child. but she is not only your’s. she is dad’s child too –– ’ did he want to bring his father into this? no. but maybe it was the only way. ‘ and do you think dad would feel the same way about this that you do. ’

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ZO

               the only thing that would make this better would be if they had popcorn, but that might give away just how much they were enjoying this. zola’s hand flew up to her mouth, having to fight to contain her own laughter. “it’s like she’s turned into me. you and ellie have never had problems covering your tracks before, but man, she’s really blowing it right now.”

          ‘ hey, don’t throw me into that. i am still good at covering my tracks. i just, charlotte has that look which keeps me from lying. ’ if there was one superpower his girlfriend had, was calling him out on his bullshit, if he was even able to finish out his lie before cracking under her gaze. ‘ i don’t think i have ever seen her flounder like this. i mean, i wanna help, but it’s nice for a change! ’

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Arrow Sentence Starters

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wolves-with-dragons:

“ If you don’t give this up, you’ll lose me.”

“Nobody in my life is who I thought they were, except for you.”

“I wish you would have died on that island.”

“You know I would never willingly be a part of anything like this.”

“Is that any way to treat a girl who just walked up six flight of stairs?”

“My only encounter with drugs was with a pot brownie my freshman year. By mistake! ”

“ Doubt it. I tried not to hire too many drug dealers.”

“do you wanna have dinner, or coffee, or, I don’t know…”

“Bad boys. Hook ya every time.”

“ Why do you have a gun?”

“I was wrong to think that I could have it both ways. To do what I do and have a normal life.”

“Me being happy isn’t what’s important right now.”

“You won’t shoot me. You’re not a murder, remember?”

“Why should I trust you?”

“Trust my dad to run all the smiles out of the room.”

“So you’re hoping aircraft maintenance is genetic?”

“I find the person, and then I put the fear of God into them. But we can try it your way.”

“I’m impressed that you didn’t puke.”

“I may be blonde, but I’m not that blonde.”

“You are so blinded by your hate for him that you don’t realize the damage that it’s doing in your own life. To your family.”

“ Woah. That’s a neat trick. You gonna teach me that someday?”

“You’d be surprised the power revenge can give you.”

“I’m an all or nothing kind of girl.”

“I think there should be a national holiday for whoever invented French fries. Or at least a statue in their honor.”

“I wasn’t lying to hurt you, but to keep you safe.”

“I don’t kill people unless it’s absolutely necessary. It’s not my opening move.”

“Maybe you should spend a little less time trying to be a hero, you’re obviously not very good at it.”

“It sounds like you have a narrow definition about being a hero.”

“If any member of my family so much as gets a paper cut, I will burn your entire world to ashes.”

“I got mad relationship skills bro. Let me know if you need any trendy places to propose.”

“I made peace with your selfishness a long time ago.”

“Doesn’t you going out and having fun violate some kind of law?”

“You know five years ago your irresponsibility was somewhat charming. It is a lot less so now.”

“Before the island I was a jerk, but now I’m just a damaged jerk.”

“Home is a battlefield.”

“What’s Twilight?”

“You’re so better off not knowing.”

“Everyone is happy you’re alive, you wanna see the one person who isn’t?”

“I want one of those t-shirts that says my friend was a cast away and all I got was this crappy shirt.”

“ I missed you so much.”

“You were with me the whole time.”

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you can only have one of your sisters in your life - the other you have to give up all contact with. who do you choose to keep - ellie or zola?

Make my muse choose between _____ & _____.

         ‘ first of all, fuck you. ’ bailey felt sick just imaging having to cut off all contact with one of his sisters. he had zola, the big sister he had, the one who held his hand when they walked through the doors of dillard and stayed close by at the funeral of his father. the one who helped him understand their impromptu move to california and had taught him how to be a big brother when ellis came to life. but then there was ellis. the girl that made him a big brother. the one he watched grow up, learn to walk, and hit so many milestones so fast.. the one he saw so much of their dad in. the little one who grew up to be one of the strongest girl he had ever met in his life. and now having to have to choose which one to cut all contact off with?          ‘ for close to a year of my life i spent wondering where ellis was. if she was alive out there. what she was doing. i had to wonder if i would ever see her again. and my whole life, i had zola there. to calm me down, to keep me present, and keep me moving forward. both of my sisters mean more to me than anything on this earth. but if i had to choose, in order to protect them –– ’ because honestly that would be the only reason he would choose would be if they were in dangers. ‘ –– i would choose ELLIS because she is strong. she is smart. she knows how to protect herself. she knows how to stand on her own two feet and how to bloom. but i know in my heart i will never lose my sister. not without a fight. because like it or not, i’m not going anywhere. ’

[old-fashioned-boy]

Make my muse choose between _____ & _____.

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❝ red roses won’t erase the fact that you broke my heart. ❞ - char

             did charlotte deserve roses? no. no, what she did deserve was the whole world, the moon, and all the stars. she deserved the most beautiful sunset ever to be captured as it fell over the ocean shore. she deserved to smell the aroma flowers no other human has ever before smelled. she deserved to be treated like a goddess. because to bailey shepherd, she was a goddess. she was the best thing that had ever happened to him because she was the best part of who he was and who had had become. she deserved nothing less than heaven on earth and bailey had –– well, in context, he was struggling just to give her a dandelion.              peering up into her eyes, his hand set the dozen of red roses down upon the counter. ‘ i know. and there are not enough roses on the earth that would make up for what i’ve done. ’ he called. ‘ but i do love you. i have always loved you. i know i am the last person on earth who deserves any sort of second, or third, or even fourth chance for what i’ve done. but i just, i can’t imagine my life without you. please. ’

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actualarchive:

a hundred random starters 

below are starters based on/inspired by various sources. change the genders as you see fit ;)

❝ why do you keep lying to me? ❞

❝ have you ever considered the idea that maybe, this world doesn’t revolve around you & your problems? ❞

❝ love is love is love is love. ❞

❝ marriage is an absurd arrangement. one is sold as a fifteen-year-old child and makes a vow one does not understand and then regrets for thirty years or more, and which one can never undo again. ❞

❝ why are you crying this time? ❞

❝ you will never escape. ❞

❝ this isn’t what I wanted! ❞

❝ everything has its consequences. ❞

❝ this face bears the mission of heaven. ❞

❝ no, you shall dismantle the house of lies, but build the temple of the divine. ❞

❝ one copper coin for a bowl of noodles! ❞

❝ that one has the heart of a lion. ❞

❝ I needed to be summoned. ❞

❝ there’s no reason for this hostility! I come in peace. ❞

❝ they died screaming. ❞

❝ why fight anymore? what’s the point of fighting against destiny? ❞

❝ how long have you known? ❞

❝ I can only speak for myself. ❞

❝ the law can be changed. ❞

❝ are you sure you’re not pregnant? ❞

❝ your child is adorable! ❞

❝ you gave him a riddle for his birthday? ❞

❝ you have no fucking right to treat me this way. ❞

❝ your ambition blinds you. ❞

❝ he adores you. ❞

❝ I feel like I should be shocked that you two had sex there, but I’m not anymore. ❞

❝ she’s going to kill you. ❞

❝ have you ever tried the cakes? they’re actually quite delicious. ❞

❝ you’ll need to be punished. ❞

❝ you should learn to lie better. ❞

❝ sometimes I wonder if you’re real. ❞

❝ I will take back what is mine & kill anyone who stands in my way. ❞

❝ then kill me. ❞

❝ there’s no such thing as love. there is only lust. ❞

❝ you’re selfish. you never think about anyone but yourself. ❞

❝ i’m sorry, but they’re gone. ❞

❝ death is just another adventure. ❞

❝ stop! ❞

❝ let them watch. ❞

❝ you have no shame, do you? ❞

❝ I can’t believe we’re talking about this right now. ❞

❝ I need advice. sex advice. ❞

❝ alright, tell me the truth, is he good in bed? ❞

❝ she is the best thing in my life. ❞

❝ you love him? ❞

❝ do you love me at all? ❞

❝ do you believe in soul mates? ❞

❝ please, you have to believe me. I didn’t kill anyone! ❞

❝ history is written by the victorious. ❞

❝ at least she has a heart! you have none. ❞

❝ isn’t it more important that they told you? ❞

❝ the king is displeased. ❞

❝ long live your majesty! ❞

❝ can you stop talking for just one moment & listen to me? ❞

❝ no matter how hard I try, they just won’t stay dead. ❞

❝ he’s a gold digger. he’ll screw anyone & marry them as long as they have money. ❞

❝ o! how sweet love must be! ❞

❝ do you really think that? ❞

❝ quick, you need to hide before they see you! ❞

❝ you taught me to never trust anyone. ❞

❝ this is extreme, even for you. ❞

❝ you guys were pretty loud last night. I guess it was good? ❞

❝ that wasn’t an apology & you know it. ❞

❝ are you a virgin? ❞

❝ I’m married. ❞

❝ best thing I ever did was marrying you. ❞

❝ red roses won’t erase the fact that you broke my heart. ❞

❝ stop taking all the ice cream! ❞

❝ has anyone told you that you’re sort of a little bitch? ❞

❝ it’s deep dish pizza. ❞

❝ do you want to fight for your land back or not? ❞

❝ I never realized how much of a coward you are. ❞

❝ there’s nothing worse than someone who isn’t willing to try new things. ❞

❝ haven’t you ever wanted to escape? to leave this place & explore the world? ❞

❝ i think you’ve had enough to drink. ❞

❝ your ancestors would be ashamed if they saw you. ❞

❝ one of the dolls is missing! ❞

❝ are we going to die here? ❞

❝ well looks like we’ve found ourselves in a bit of a dilemma. ❞

❝ I am no longer a child! ❞

❝ the baby won’t stop crying! i don’t know what to do anymore! ❞

❝ what if something happens to them? ❞

❝ once upon a time, I gave a damn about what people thought about me. ❞

❝ if he can get away with this, then so can i! ❞

❝ the dark shall come & take everything you love from you. ❞

❝ it’s the same story over & over again. you’d think people would know better by now. ❞

❝ there’s absolutely nothing wrong with you. ❞

❝ you are what is wrong with this world. ❞

❝ shattered dreams can drive anyone mad. ❞

❝ I am a phoenix. burn me & I shall return, rising from the ashes. ❞

❝ this is my home. ❞

❝ home is where the heart is, where you feel safe & warm & loved. ❞

❝ running away has never solved a damn thing! ❞

❝ fuck me. ❞

❝ oh the things I’d do to you if we were alone. ❞

❝ stop, he’s not here, remember? he’s gone & he can’t hurt you anymore. ❞

❝ your husband/wife – is he/she good to you? ❞

❝ stop & think a moment, you have to stay & rest. there’s a child who needs you now, you can’t just run & be a fucking idiot. ❞

❝ once, I drank a whole bottle by myself. ❞

❝ what do I want? I want to kiss you a thousand times before undressing you & kissing every bit of your flesh a thousand more times. ❞

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In a AU verse where Derek lived; how is his relationship with his father, both in his childhood and as a young adult?

send me questions you have about my character!

            if derek had survived, i feel bailey would have had much more of a laid back and more so normal childhood. he was already very close with his father when he was a toddler and i feel if his father did live, he would have been even more of your typical boy. very rambunctious and wild at heart. but also very rowdy and loving to rough house even more so with his dad.             as he grew and went into his teen years and college, bailey would have been much more of the wild child playboy. not really caring much about his future because of the pressure of being named after his father butting a sense of strain on him which he then turned to partying, and being the typical rich kid so to speak. sleeping around with girls and getting his name blasted in not the greatest of ways. without the need to be the man of the family, bailey lives more of a careless and directionless life.

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How is baileys relationship with his sisters as he gets older? How does he feel around being surrounded by women in his household in his teens?

send me questions you have about my character!

          as bailey gets older, the annoyance of being surrounded by girls where ever he turned soon faded into a strong protective instinct of his mother and sisters. after the death of his father at such a young age, he had felt from then as if it was his duty to be the man of the house. and as he grew that only became more prevalent. a lot of people, who do not know the family, are quick to think that bailey is the eldest sibling when he is out with his sisters and family rather than the middle. and if one were to look into the window at their family, they would think the very same. in short bailey shepherd is very protective, headstrong, but lovable, and will keep his family safe no matter what the cost.            within his teens, the grey house was not the easiest to walk into. with two sisters and a mother who worked odd hours, it left the kids alone a lot. leading to many fights over the littlest of things, and the slamming of doors. most of which would be common with a brother with two sisters. at times – and certain times of the month – it was more stressful than others, but looking back, he wouldn’t trade anything.

send me a “☁” and i will put my itunes on shuffle, pick my favorite line from the first song that comes up and use it for a starter.

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send me questions you have about my character!

anything and everything. favorites. thoughts on people, on events. what they would do in a certain situation. how things would be different if something had/hadn’t happened. simple questions, complex questions. have at it!

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Road to El Dorado Sentence Starters

i’m sure this has already been done, but oh well

“Did you ever imagine it would end like this?” “Any regrets?” “Oh, then I suppose you’ll be wanting these back?” “We’ve got to do something!” “The horse is a surprise.” “This is not a proper tribute!” “All right. Here’s the plan.” “How dare you!” “Well, I like it!” “You’re buying your own con!” “Save it for the high priest, honey, you’re gonna need it.” “How’d you get those?” “Be gone!” “No, no, no, not with the face. Stop.” “Great. Sensational.” “Beware the wrath of the gods!” “This could be our destiny! Our fate!” “Well, it was nice working with you, partner.” “Oh! Oh, no, no, no.” “That’s your plan, is it?” “We’ve done it!” “Is that the map?” “You drank sea water, didn’t you?” “Come and get it!” “You’re talking to a horse.” “I’m not really asking you to trust me, am I?” “Back mortal, before I strike you with a lightening bolt!” “We’ll follow that trail!” “Mighty and powerful gods!” “I know what you are, and I know what you are not.” “You lied to me? How dare you!” “Oh, look at me, look at me, I’m a god!” “Who are you kidding?” “That’s not true!” “Listen, mister high-and-mighty–” “Wake up! We found it!” “That’s fine with me, pal!” “I… this… can’t be…” “I will cut you to ribbons!” “We… we’ve got to think about this–” “Get on the horse!” “You can never worry too much!” “Get back, mortal!” “You will be flogged.” “We are working a con, walking the razor’s edge.” “The little voice, remember?” “Just imagine for a moment that you have one.” “I’m not sure I can trust you.” “I will give you the honor of a quick and painless death.” “Come on, baby!” “Do you mind?” “Wait! I’m getting something!” “Holy ship!” “You worry too much.” “No, I worry exactly the right amount.” “You know that little voice people have that tells them to quit when they’re ahead?” “Any last words?” “Look, change of plans.” “Go ahead, I’ll cover for you.” “Ah, oh-ho, no, no!” “My lord? Hello?” “What is the object of this game, pray tell?” “What are they doing?” “Oh, come on!” “I’m not coming on!” “What’s happening here?” “You’re not a god?” “Well, maybe I don’t need you anymore!” “We have to grab what we can and go.” “What is he going to think when he sees a god with me?”

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like this for a feely and angst starter .

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        “I know that I haven’t always been the best brother, or friend or whatever you’ve needed me to be throughout the years. But you have to know that there has not been a day since you were born where I didn’t completely and utterly cherish having you as a sister.”

                             DEREK BAILEY SHEPHERD AND ELLIS SHEPHERD | WRITTEN BY MAL

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MOM

     “you are too much like your father for your own good. i hope you know that.” there were plenty of times derek scared meredith. times where she was sure he was going to do something stupid and get himself killed. and then it had happened, and her entire world had been shaken to its core. now she was having to relive all of those moments with her son - their son. “just please don’t do anything like this again. i’ve already lost one important man in my life - i can’t risk losing another one.” there is pain in her eyes as she speaks. she had never known what true worry was until she had become a mother, and even though her kids were all grown up, that worry never faded. if anything, it only became worse, because she had no control over them anymore. 

         any time he got into the back of his bike in the back of his mind he knew he was playing with fire. the way he rode, it was only a matter of time before he completely spun out and was thrown off the back. but never once had he actually thought about what would happen next. if it did come true. and from the look within his mothers eyes as she spoke about how he was just like his father made him see her view. their father - her husband - was killed in an mvc. and now, decades later, bailey was close to follow. and to leave the four most important women in his life behind for his carelessness, that hurt him more than any physical wound. ' i won't. i promise. and i highly doubt charlotte will even let me think about getting another bike ' he chucked in an attempt to lightened the heavy mood hanging over the mother and son.