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[moonhips]

“Now would be an excellent time for you to put your arms around my neck.” — The Assistant / Ch. 2 by CatherineParker For @cgparker and her amazing monkleya fake dating fic of our dreams that is so much fun! 💗

[monkleya]

For the ask-game: Monkleya - Getting Together <3

so glad u asked for these two bc i need to start actually posting them instead of just keeping all my drafts hidden and secret lmao. hope you enjoy!! :)

29. getting together

“Is this alright?” Kleya resists the urge to lean into Mon’s touch. She’s spent so much time resisting. Spent so much time hating. There’s never been time for anything else. Not for love or relationships or anything that could have detracted from the Cause. It’s all she knows. Hatred and resistance. And all of it threatening to unravel at the touch of Mon’s thumb gently brushing her cheek. The touch tethers and unmoors her at the same time. Drifting off into uncharted waters. A lifeline and a death sentence. What would Luthen think? That she’s weak? Selfish? Putting her wants before the needs of the Rebellion? As if that would ever impede her judgment. Besides, he’s dead. He can’t think anything about it. “Kleya?” Mon prompts softly, thumb stilling momentarily, ready to pull away. Kleya finds she already misses the comforting back and forth motion. She can see the anxiety already etching its way onto Mon’s face—the worry of her brow, the assumption that she’s read this wrong, that Kleya will bolt and this whole spell between them will break. That would be easier, though, wouldn’t it. To run from all of this. Mon’s hand begins to pull away, but Kleya reaches out, anchoring her there. She presses a kiss to her palm, and this close, she can hear the way Mon’s breath hitches, watches something else flicker in her eyes—something less gentle, something heavier, headier—it sends a thrill down Kleya’s spine, and makes one thing crystal clear: She wants this.

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[cintasvel]

hey! how do you think Cinta’s first meeting with Mon would be? (like when Vel introduces them?)

HI FRIEND!

I keep thinking about this because I think the immediate assumption would be that they wouldn't get on but I don't think that's the case, especially post-Yavin with how much Mon has sacrificed for the Rebellion. I really think Cinta would respect that about Mon.

If it was before Yavin, I imagine that there may be some level of resentment. But the same way that Cinta obviously has feelings about Vel running away from her family whereas Cinta lost her family due to circumstances beyond her control. I don't think it's rational, but I also don't think Cinta would go out of her way to be rude either. She's polite and, in my opinion, truly respects Mon and her contribution to the Rebellion.

Is it strange to think that Mon might actually have more beef with Cinta than the other way round? Solely because she seems to know that Vel and Cinta's relationship is rocky and she's fiercely protective of Vel. Again, I doubt she would be rude, but I do think she would be as clear as she can be that she hopes Cinta realizes how special she is to have Vel in her life.

[singinprincess]

Hey, seeing your post about LotS had me thinking back to the time when the LotS fandom was still active (LJ etc). But I realized, I don’t even know how you got into that fandom in the first place or rather what made you want to be part of it and how did you find your way to LJ back then?! I’d love to hear about that, if you are inclined to indulge me ☺️ in any case, sending all the love 💕

Hey! These are such fun questions, thank you!

I honestly don’t remember how I got to LJ? There were so many sites back then and I went through phases where I was using one site most. LJ fandoms is how I met some of my best friends, and we’re still friends today! I actually miss the LJ days, I find fandoms were way more interactive on there. Were you in the LotS landcomm by any chance?

As for getting into the show, it actually happened completely by chance. I think it was a Sunday, and my mom was flipping through channels and then she started calling us kids to come watch. It was the first episode and legit, what she said when we asked was “I don’t know, there are these gorgeous women with long hair running away.” lol. I wound up looking it up online and we then watched the first season as a family.

Fun fact, when my youngest brother was born, I was obsessed with LotS and Castle - and I kept pushing for the name Richard. So, yeah, I named my baby brother because of these shows 🥰

[presidentlauraroslin]

Chrisjen x Bobbie: An awkward kiss given after a first date.

Sorry to you as well for taking a long ass time. I still hope you enjoy it!

Chrisjencould feel Bobbie at her back as they stepped out of the restaurant. She hadlooked good in the suit and what was essentially their first date had beenpleasant enough, but something felt off. It didn’t take a genius to figure out Bobbiehadn’t felt a comfortable, from the moment she had put on the suit Chrisjen hadhad made from her until even now.

Bobbiesmiled at her and even that felt slightly forced. She was being polite whichdidn’t suit her at all. If anything she could always count on Bobbie beingbrutally honest. Instead the Martian leaned down and kissed her softly, but theplacement of her hands felt awkward and the press of her lips was off. Theirfirst kiss had been less weird than that. “Thank you. I had a wonderfulevening.”

Chrisjennarrowed her eyes. Bobbie was many things, but a decent liar she was not. “Bullshit.I fucked up, didn’t I?”

“What?Why?” The shocked expression on Bobbie’s face was almost comical as if she wereactually surprised that Chrisjen had managed to see through her politenessfaçade, but Chrisjen patience with Bobbie’s pretending had officially run out.She raised an eyebrow.

“Bobbie.”Her marine toughed it out for a few more seconds before her shoulders slumpedand she nodded, looking incredibly guilty. Shit. The evening hadn’t been good, butshe didn’t want Bobbie to think it was somehow her fault. Chrisjen sighed. “Ishouldn’t have taken you somewhere this upscale. It’s not you.”

“But itis you though.” It was and that was the problem. Bobbie couldn’t be moredifferent from her if she tried. They shared a few characteristics,stubbornness, not suffering any fucking fools and willing to do anything fortheir people being a couple of them, but their background, upbringing, lifestyles,there weren’t any similarities. Which Chrisjen hadn’t taken into account whenshe had flown them to Argentina to have dinner in a really exclusive andexpensive restaurant. It was their first time going out for dinner together andshe had done what she had always done.

“Youlive in my house, you’re part of my security detail, you’re not even on yourown planet. Everything in your life is currently me or a part of me. The least Icould have done was taken you somewhere that was more you.” She knew a fewplaces or could find out about them. She wasn’t sure if there were any Martian-stylerestaurants, at least none where she could show her face, but there were placesshe could have taken Bobbie that weren’t so completely out of her comfort zone.

Bobbieshrugged, offering her a weak smile. “I liked the steak.”

“The steakis fucking spectacular. It’s why I took you here.” At least it hadn’t been atotal fucking disaster. Everyone deserved to have a decent steak that wasn’t grownin a vat at least once in their life. Chrisjen reached out and took Bobbie’shand, intertwining their fingers. They didn’t get to spend a lot of timetogether, so what little time they had, she wanted it to be good. “I’ll dobetter, next time. I know of a place in New Zealand that might be more you.”

Bobbie’seyes lit up at the sound of it. Her family had been on Mars for a fewgenerations already, but clearly they had told Bobbie of their heritage. Itwould be interesting to introduce Bobbie to her family’s home country. The natureand view alone would make for a good memory. “Sounds great.”

“Now I believe you.” Bobbie chuckled and kissedher again, but this time, there was no awkwardness. This time, it felt like itought to.

[cintasvel]

For the fic ask game: 1, 3, 18 & 12, please!

last sentence you wrote

not me cheating again, but:

Time is different here and Cinta doesn't know when or where it happens, but soon she is tugged away entirely, a hand locking onto her own and guiding her away from the slipstream like a child does for its parent in the dark.

3. how do you feel about your current WIP?

honestly, i think it's really evil and angst-filled, with no happy endings, but i'm unfortunately very much enjoying it. i love writing horror-adjacent things, and to do this for Star Wars fanfic makes me feel super giddy. more horror-esque Star Wars, please!

12. a trope you’re really into right now

miscommunication and just general misunderstanding leading to shenanigans has gotta be my favorite thing to write right now. also unreliable narrators. you just can't go wrong with them.

18. if you keep them, share a deleted sentence or paragraph from a published fic

i rarely keep them unfortunately! but there WAS a deleted scene for Professional Curiosity that basically had Cinta and Vel glaring at Kleya after she successfully put her foot in her mouth with Mon and Kleya's just like "oh kriff, why are you both here?" it was pretty funny to me, but it just didn't fit what i wanted.

Send me questions about my writing!

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I’m a little late, but I hope you still accept the sign up! (Heard about this just now, if not that’s obv. fine too)

1. Talia Winters

2. Susan Ivanova

3. Delenn

4. Lyta Alexander

5. Control Personality

6. Na'toth

7. Marcus Cole

8. Lennier

it is most definitely not too late! 💖️ Excellent picks, and here's your list of prompts:

2 & 6 & 8 - Comfort 5 & 8 - Rooftop 1 & 8 - having conversations over dinner 4 & 7 - Butterflies in my head 1 & 3 - Deserted 2 & 3 - Hope 2 & 6 - the base of a large waterfall 1 & 5 - Worse than yesterday 3 & 5 & 4 - Trouble sires three children. 7 & 8 - an underground illegal fighting club 5 & 6 - If the road is easy, you're likely going the wrong way. 2 & 7 - Reunions (and how to avoid them) 6 & 7 - Eternity (waiting for you) 3 & 6 - Light 3 & 7 - 3 smiles at 7 3 & 4 - We should all leave this place and never look back! 1 & 6 - You can’t save them all 6 & 8 - Wacky 2 & 5 - Back to square one 2 & 4 - the beach in the late afternoon. 3 & 5 - You know, you don't have to keep humouring me like this. 2 & 8 - 'Nice night for a murder.' 1 & 7 - Enchanted 5 & 7 - Cowardice or bravery? 3 & 8 - The head that wears the crown 4 & 8 - The ones you’re meant to keep 4 & 5 - a police station in the middle of the night 1 & 4 - different dancing styles 1 & 2 - Anniversary 4 & 6 - the star god

[bgmoth]

cgparker replied to your post “sometimes I get the irrational urge to go download my entire bookmarks...”

Do It! I had that kind of fear to haha and doing it, gave me irrational sense of security ever since! It’s heavenly xD

you know, you’re absolutely right. (+, one way to become even more attached to my PocketBook :D)