#c:larissa

[phantomgalaxies]

starter for @nxfxlibata​

“You can’t be here,” Larissa said with a sigh, both out of frustration and pure exhaustion. “It’s not fair that you’re doing this. I don’t deserve this and PJ doesn’t deserve this,” she said, jutting her head toward the window of the bar where her date was trying very hard to look like he wasn’t watching them. “You can’t be mad at me because a cute and nice guy asked me out when you didn’t have the guts to. I can’t put my life on hold because you move at a snail's pace. I’ve given you tons of chances, Avery! Half the time it doesn’t even seem like you’re interested. But now you’re crashing my date?” She ran a shaky hand through her hair. “I just want to be happy and have someone. Ben’s the number one person in my life, but maybe I want to be the number one in someone else’s.” Larissa shook her head and gave a sad smile. “I gave you hints all summer and you didn’t take the bait. But I understood. I’m new here, I have a kid. I come with baggage. That’s not everyone’s thing. I thought maybe you just needed time. But now it’s winter and I’ve lived here almost a full year and we’ve done nothing more than flirt a little. You’re not ready to take on dating a single mom and that’s okay, Avery. But you’ve gotta give me the chance to find someone who’ll take that risk for me.” 

[athlxtics]

starter @swxrnscrts​

“Seriously, you’re the best wedding date!” Larissa gushed as she pressed a gentle hand to Mateo’s chin, looking at him affectionately. They’d developed a bit of a friendship over the last few weeks and when her best friend bailed on being her wedding date, Mateo saved the day. It was an old friend from college - and an ex or two was definitely in attendance. “Although the bride’s grandma keeps asking me when we’re getting married,” she joked out, finishing another glass of champagne before standing up and offering Mateo her hand. “You’ve gotta dance with me, hot stuff.”

[phantomgalaxies]

starter for my favorite person ever @devianttxrts

“Thank you for being so understanding,” Larissa said with a sigh as she pulled her SUV to a stop in front of her babysitter’s house. She and Sage had been just about to go out for a nice dinner when she’d gotten a frantic phone call from her babysitter, whose mother was going to the hospital. Larissa had sped, making the 15-minute drive last just 8 minutes. This wasn’t how she expected Sage would meet Benny, but here they were. With a thankful smile - she exited the car and grabbed Benny as fast as possible, wishing Amy the best of luck and telling her to text if she needed anything. As she opened the backdoor to the SUV - she helped Benny into his booster seat. “So Benny, this is mommy’s friend Sage. I told you about her - remember? And Sage, this is Benicio Esteban Ramirez, but he prefers to just be called Benny.” Her son gave Sage a shy wave. Now back in the driver’s seat, she leaned over to Sage. “So I can definitely drop you off - but I’m thinking of maybe heading to the park to let him burn out some energy, then we can grab food and eat it at home while watching some superhero movie?”

[phantomgalaxies]

starter for @avalxns

“Mierda!” Larissa exclaimed, turning around and looking guiltily at Ryan. Sure she was in her own home, but they had guests meaning sipping orange juice straight from the container was a bad display of manners. With Benny and Nova now officially best friends, Larissa found herself around Ryan and her daughter more often. Since the university was out for summer, Larissa was just pulling the occasional evening shift at her friend’s restaurant, the rest of her days were left for Benny, and by extension, Nova and Ryan. It was just into July and Larissa had taken her son and sometimes Nova to the coolest attractions the area had to offer: the small petting zoo, the science museum a few towns over, a weekly trip to the library, go karts, bumper cars, mini golf, rock climbing, the arcade, picnics at the beach and lots of lunches at McDonald’s. Despite all these fun things, Benny and Nova had still requested a sleepover. So Larissa had set up a tent in the living room and cushioned the floor with blankets and pillows. Ryan had been invited to stay for dinner which lead to her staying for a game and a movie - then she ended up crashing in Benny’s room while the kids stayed in the living room. The sleepover was a success and Larissa grinned earlier as she tip-toed around them sprawled out on the floor, Ben half in the tent, half out and Nova under the coffee table. “You scared me,” Larissa signed as she caught her breath. “Wear a bell or something,” she joked, this time adding her voice to the mix. She’d intended to sneak down here and make the kids and Ryan some breakfast - some breakfast burritos as long as she had all the ingredients. 

[durmstrangdaisy]

feat @ofbrokenparts

Ever since arriving in Portharne Daisy had chosen to make the library her safe space. When she wasn’t on duty, the young brunette had her nose in a book, whether it be a muggle book or a magic one, she couldn’t get enough. It wasn’t often that she had company yet, when she heard the door open her eyes slowly moved to settle on the figure that passed through the gap. Her lips parted for a moment and she blinked a few times, recognising the other before she quickly snapped her gaze back to the book in her hands. Daisy couldn’t remember the last time she had seen the other girl, yet she remembered every part of their time together just like it was yesterday.

[imperatrx-blog]

“Oh yeah, that’s Benny. He’s five and wants to be Wonder Woman when he grows up. A kid in his class made fun of him for it once, but I think Wonder Woman is a pretty good role model when it comes down to it. He just really likes the lasso,” Larissa explained as the person looked at the picture of her son. “I have a rule about not telling anyone about him before the third date. I don’t hide him but a kid complicates things, I’m sure you can understand that. It’s okay if you don’t want to date a woman with a son, then we’re just not made to work out, is all.”

[imperatrx-blog]

Larissa was waiting for Ben’s father to drop him back off and took to complaining to Logan for the umpteenth time about him. “He just doesn’t seemed too interested in Ben. And he’s so insensitive about him being deaf. Just because he can’t hear without his implants doesn’t mean he’s broken. And then before he took Ben to Chuck-E-Cheese he asked me if I wanted to get dinner with him. And just him. Asked if you could watch him so we could ‘catch up’. So not only does he treat my kid like shit, he doesn’t even acknowledge my relationship. He called you my roommate, Logan. My roommate!  Está pero si bien pendejo.”  Larissa sighed and moved to sit on Logan’s lap, wrapping her arms around her. “I’m sorry I keep complaining. I just don’t like how he comes in here and undermines our relationship when you’ve been there for Ben more than he has.” // @ofgentleman

[imperatrx-blog]

“I got stood up. Me! Seriously, I’m a catch. I work, I have a car, I own my own house and I’m hot. Like what was this guy thinking?” Larissa mused before taking a long sip of her drink, her second of the night. The woman was infuriated. // @mversefunhouse