#ca!talia

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Pleather

CA!Talia and Cass -- My character has no recollection of the night prior. Send me a single word and they will have a hazy memory of an event involving it.

"There was definitely... pants."

Cassandra groans. "That's a relief, considering Garrett was there."

"Oh--oh, wait." Head still beneath her pillow, Talia reaches across the bed to blindly reach for Cass and taps her arm. "Garrett. You said Garrett."

"It was his party."

"No -- the pants." The previously hazy party from the night before slowly begins to piece itself together in Talia's mind. "Garrett spilled his drink on you and since we were at Lel's place she let you borrow some pants."

She groans again. "I can't fit into her pants, Talia."

"They were pleather," Talia remembers with a laugh. "You looked really hot, and that's why they're probably still in the kitchen."

Beneath her breath, Cassandra mumbles, "I'm surprised you made it to the kitchen."

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Movie Night

borrowing iflip4dolphins Rosaia and Zevran!

The opening music was already playing when the microwave shut off. "Pause it! Pause it!" Talia called, grabbing the popcorn from the microwave and dumping it into a second bowl.

The music paused and Cassandra called, "Hurry up, then."

"You could make your own popcorn next time," Talia shot back.

From beside her, Zevran laughed. "It seems the two of us are always doing favors for grumpy girlfriends, hmm?"

"Yeah. But -- Oh! Remember Cass doesn't want marshmallows in her cocoa." Plucking out the single marshmallow that had tumbled out of the bag and into Cassandra's mug, Talia popped it into her mouth and continued, "But they need some reason to keep us around."

"Yes, I'm getting the feeling that Toy Story was your choice, not Cassandra's."

Picking up the two bowls, Talia grinned. "You would be correct." Zevran followed her into the other room, handing out the mugs of cocoa and taking a seat next to Rosaia on the couch. Handing one of the bowls to Zevran, Talia plopped down on the floor next to Cassandra, fluffing the pillows around her until she was comfortable and pulling a blanket up around her and Cass before taking her own mug of cocoa.

Cassandra unpaused the movie, then leaned over to whisper, "I know this is your favorite movie, but the Buzz Lightyear boxers are a bit much."

"Why don't you come take them off, if they bother you so much?"

Cass and Rosaia groaned in unison, while Zevran stifled a laugh.

Talia took a sip of her cocoa and snuggled back against her girlfriend, letting her head rest on her shoulder. "Complain all you want, but we both know this is better than studying."

"I'm sure my grades agree."

"I'm sure they do," she agreed innocently, already calculating how best to convince Cass to watch Toy Story 2 with her.

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things I've learned from this college age fic:

Talia and Zevran are surprisingly good friends. They bond over innuendos and ways to spoil their girlfriends.

Rosaia and Cass are probably both more than a little exasperated at this development.

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Ahhhhhh but @x-sunnydragonfly-x Just imagine the first few nights that Talia and Hali live together. It would just be one big long sleepover. There'd be loud music and dancing and movies and ordering pizza at obscenely late hours. And gossip. LOTS of gossip.

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fun college age fact:

when Talia first comes to college, she ends up working in Vivienne's office. Between that and attending literally every single new student orientation/program/event, she gets to know Vivienne pretty well.

After her little eight week part time "job" is over, Vivienne hires her as a sort of personal assistant for the rest of the school year.

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Random CA Headcanons: Talia and Cass

Between the literal worst moving experience ever and trying to catch up with all my friends in only a few days, I haven't really had time to get on tumblr and when I do have time I usually just crash instead. But I really want to get back into CA stuff, so here's a massive headcanon dump of all sorts of random things.

Clothes: Talia lives for sweatpants -- she typically wears sweats rolled up to her knees and some sort of t-shirt, usually a school shirt. When she dresses up, she wears loose dresses or skirts (think 50s style). Cassandra alternates between running shorts/t-shirt/vans and business casual, depending on her rugby schedule. She's also a fan of leather jackets.

Drugs/Alcohol: Talia's spent a lot of time around pretty much any drug or alcoholic substance there is, but doesn't have much experience using. She doesn't have anything against drugs, mostly avoiding them for health/soccer reasons, but refuses to touch alcohol due to her mother's alcoholism; she has a reputation for leaving parties before the drinking gets too out of hand. Cass doesn't even drink soda -- there's no way she's going anywhere near drugs or alcohol.

Sleeping: Talia can sleep through almost anything. She sleeps curled up in a ball, with tons of blankets and pillows, typically wearing little more than a t-shirt. Cass is restless, tossing and turning all night except after rugby games, when she sleeps like a rock. She usually wears a tank top and sweats. Cass is the little spoon.

Makeup: If it covers her freckles, Talia won't wear it, so her typical look is either brown or olive-green eyeshadow, brown eyeliner, and lots of mascara, and when she wears lipstick it's a neutral/pink tone. Cassandra doesn't usually wear makeup if she has rugby practice, but otherwise she'll go for a "natural" look, with eyeliner so perfect it's terrifying.

Friends/Social: Talia's a people person. Rosaia (iflip4dolphins) and Halicene (@x-sunnydragonfly-x) and, of course, Cassandra are her closest friends, but Talia's the sort of person who's friends with everyone. Cass, on the other hand, is better at professional relationships, and really only has a few close friends

Sunglasses: I have a lot of feelings about this bc it's a very serious topic okay When Talia receives her first check for her scholarship/financial aid, the first thing she does is go to the mall and buy the most expensive pair of Ray Bans she can find (then she sets her priorities and buys real food and textbooks but that's not as fun). Cassandra keeps a pair of big oversized sunglasses with pink-tinted lenses in her car, but around campus she wears a more normal-sized pair that are much more plain because she's more than a little self conscious about her big pink sunglasses.

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Cold Medicine

Okay I'm officially returning to Talia/Cass bc they're adorable and being that bitter is difficult.

We've had some angsty Talia taking care of Cass, so have some fluffy Cass taking care of Talia.

"Play this song at my funeral," Talia groaned, clutching onto Cassandra's unicorn pillowpet as she broke into another coughing fit.

Closing the door behind her, Cassandra asked, "You want me to play Backstreet Boys?"

Taking a careful sip of water, Talia waited for her throat to stop burning before remarking, "Yeah. I like that one guy's ass. Bury me with all their albums, okay?"

She shook her head. "You have a cold. You aren't dying. And besides," Cassandra paused, tossing the blanket she'd brought onto the couch, "I thought it was... who was it? Bon Jovi?"

"No, Bowie," Talia corrected, immediately curling up with the blanket. "I like Bon Jovi's music." As Cassandra sat on the ottoman near the couch, Talia reached out a hand towards her, wiggling her fingers impatiently until Cassandra took her hand with a sigh. "You're a crappy girlfriend," Talia accused. "If you really loved me, you'd bring me ice cream."

Cassandra raised an eyebrow. "Sitting through six and a half hours of General Hospital last night wasn't a clear enough declaration of love?"

"You kept falling asleep," she accused. Pulling herself up so she was sitting, Talia motioned to the now-empty space beside her and challenged, "Make up for it."

"I thought you were dying?" Cassandra smirked, but she joined Talia on the couch, tugging the pillowpet away and curling up against her.

"I can wait." Taking one of Cassandra's hands, Talia let her eyes close, the cold medicine beginning to kick in and make her sleepy. "Besides, I've got this girlfriend who'd kill me if I died."

With a snicker, Cassandra added, "And I wouldn't even play Backstreet Boys at your funeral."

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...I'm trying to decide what music Cass would listen to in College Age.

I'm torn between the slightly obvious Christian rock or something like really mainstream pop that she gets embarrassed over.

I've already decided that Talia listens to 80s music and 90s boybands.