my first entry for @ghostchems' #terzingo! | casual outfit: terzo in his winter furs
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inspired by @angellayercake's No Gods Or Kings prologue:
5th May 1947, [redacted] miles off the coast of Iceland.
The North Atlantic air whipped at his face, the salty sting even cutting through his customary grease paint. Against all advice he had remained on the deck as they made their final approach to their secretive destination. Even Alpha had given up some time ago, the fire ghouls infernal heat not even a match for the plummet the temperature had taken as the evening darkness had set in.
He pulled his coat tighter around his waist, the thick furs kept slipping from his leather clad grasp as the wind pulled at them but he had to wait. He needed to see it. Even here on this boat in the middle of the ocean he almost couldn't believe Ryan had done it. Had built the city they had always dreamed of. And that he was here now to see it.
Ah yes. Please excuse me for breaking your heart a little with this one. We’ve got a post-Papa single dad widower Terzo and his teenage daughter living in the comfort of their routines until it’s time for her to finish school and go off to college. She’s worried he won’t do well on his own and suggests he start dating again to keep busy/stay social while she’s gone. I’ve never really written any of the Papas as fathers and I thought a second love kinda trope would be fun to explore? Plus Terzo having to argue with a teenage girl who is *just* like him is also a fun concept. I hope I can pull it together.
Here’s a tiny tiny snippet:
“What are you going to do when I leave for school?” she asks as she stands. She begins to clear the dishes, moving around the kitchen with her mother's agility and glory of youth.
“Wilt,” he replies, sinking deeper into his chair.
“Ugh, you're so dramatic,” she groans. “This is what I am talking about. You can’t just sit here and wait for me to come back to visit, Dad. You need to get out there! Meet someone! Live a little.”
“I have lived," he argues. "Lived more than you will ever know about.”
“Great! Then you already know how. Do you think you can do this or should I call Copia and have him put training wheels on the tricycle?”
I'm not sure if this sent the first time but Modernising the Ministry Terzo edition 😁 I am intrigued by it
It actually didn't send!
I talked about this series idea before I think, but it's this "choose your Papa" thing where each of them gets assigned a Sibling who helps them modernize their respective departments and you can read them all or just the Papa of your choosing.
For this, Terzo gets assigned a Sibling he's been harboring a little crush on for a while (and so do they) but they continue to act very professional around him until... well:
“I see that you got the hang of your new iPad,” you say happily.
“Yes, if I use it on here, I can see the pictures bigger,” he says, shrugging.
“Reading glasses would help,” you suggest.
Terzo scoffs. “I don’t have a glasses face, dolce.”
“I think you do. I love those big sunglasses on you, Papa.”
He smirks to himself but keeps moving his finger over the screen in the ever-same swiping motion. “Well, sunglasses are an entirely different thing.”
You stop in front of his desk, observing his hand. “What are you even doing?”
“Oh, I am planning my ugh… schedule.”
A frown. He’s staring at the screen as though he’s in a trance and thereby doesn’t even notice you rounding the desk. Once you catch a glimpse of the screen, your jaw hangs open. This is not the overlay of the calendar app you’ve been expecting but of a very well-known dating app.
“The tablet is supposed to be for work purposes,” you stress. “Not for… tindering.”
Terzo shrugs. “It’s a slow day.”
“What about all the forms the sister brought earlier?”
“Not urgent.”
“Ah.”
“I don’t have a date for tomorrow yet. As soon as I have one, I will go back to work, sì? Scheduling.”
“A date?”
“I am invited to a party. And of course Papa cannot show up alone, you understand this? They would never shut up.”
You puff out your cheeks, arms crossed tightly in front of your chest. “I don’t think this is appropriate behaviour, Papa.”
Terzo’s eyes narrow as he looks up from the screen and directly into yours, no doubt noticing the sweet rosy blush on your cheeks. “My dear Sibling, are you jealous?"
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And besides that... idk maybe he'll make use of a thing called "next day delivery" to bring some fun to the party, if you catch my drift... :)
27th March | Happy birthday, @angellayercake! (づ ᴗ _ ᴗ) づ ♡
thank you for being a dear friend, a fellow terzo cult member, and just an all round beautiful creature. ⋆♡‧⋆♡‧ i hope you feel thoroughly celebrated ⋆♡‧⋆♡‧
open for an extra surprise underneath
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