#drabble: ruby

[blackwidow-writes]

Ruby and Grigor for the ship meme .... science must know who tags cute animal posts

which one tags the other in pictures of cute animals

Ruby is allergic to all things cute. Meanwhile Grigor definitely has more important things to do than compare Ruby to something cute. She wasn’t even cute when they first met!

But barring these. I feel like the answer would be…Ruby! She’d mostly do it to make fun of him or otherwise annoy him without causing too much trouble or stepping away from work.

which one injures themself while trying to impress the other

Ruby. Grigor never tries to impress Ruby.

which one carries the other on their shoulders when they get too tired to walk

It would have to be a very difficult trek for either of them to be too tired to walk. Ruby has more endurance, though Grigor has more physical strength, so I think in the end he’d be the one carrying her, because she wouldn’t be able to lift him long enough to get anywhere.

which one puts pizza rolls in the shopping cart when the other isn’t looking

Honestly? They’re both too snobby for pizza rolls. Ruby might do it for a very quiet, subtle fuck you though, because her acts of rebellion are very passive things and mostly for her own self.

which one sends the other useless fun facts at 3 am

Oh my god, imagine ruby: she’s just gotten done with a client and he’s sleeping next to her and she’s bored and scrolling the internet on her phone (modern au) and finds out something and texts grigor what she learns, after making sure he knows she has nothing better to be doing. And he probably secretly really enjoys it.

which one feeds stray animals

Ruby. Sometimes. Neither of them are nice enough though.

which one sleeps in really weird positions

Grigor, possibly? After working for too long, and struggling to stop thinking, he’s ended up in a weird yet comfortable position.

Ruby just falls down on her bed exhausted. But her vanity won’t let her do anything but make sure she looks very beautiful in her sleep, so she has a v specific sleeping position no matter how uncomfortable it can be.

which one opens all the jars/bottles

Ruby. Because Grigor has better things to do.

which one spontaneously bursts into song for no reason

Definitely Ruby! Not for no reasn, though. She hums whenever she is working and wants to pass the time.

which one buys the other really weird birthday cards

Grigor is the only one who buys cards I think, and he gets Ruby very generic ones. It should be noted, however, that she is the only one in the brothel who gets a card from him, so it’s still significant tbh.

[itsevanderwoodsen]

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I’m gonna do a drunk text because I can’t come up with a reason for Eric to write a drunk letter to Ruby.

[2:33 AM] hey youre little abrams arent you????[2:48 AM] becauas youre like sicxteen but youre dancing here at the dlcub???!?[2:54 AM] or maybe its like your doublegnger like kat has that gurl rom brookyln. that lena chick[2:58 AM] anyway if its you i needyou to nkow youre all hot and seyx and stuff but youre too young girl don t dothat to yourslef yea?; finishc chool dont do drugs stay off alcohol. okay good goodnigt[3:01 AM] goofnighT*

[blackwidow-writes]

Tell me I'm pretty. ||| any combination?

Lavinia looked over at em, and promptly went Jem wtf?

Okay, forreal this time.

Ruby's laughter died out the second the question was asked. They were drunk, so it shouldn't have mattered. Both girls had had at least three tankards to themselves, and the way Gwenna coddled and Ruby flirted, it should have just been another question in a long line of many.

But she knew there was a sort of deep-seated insecurity here. Cillian was at the inn himself far too often, downing just as much alcohol as they were -- if not more.

Gwenna didn't know that. All she knew was that he disappeared for hours on end. And when he came home, every single penny he had earned that day was gone and spent. That wasn't even enough to buy an evening with Ruby herself. It wasn't enough for an hour. But it was still enough for the other girls -- for Amelia or Therese, or maybe Branwyn.

What else could he be doing with all that coin? Alcohol never cost that much, and Ruby knew how awful it would be to think he was gambling. It had to be a whore. It had to be one of Stradden's. It had to be someone cheap.

Gods, and poor Gwenna. She would never turn anyone away, especially not her husband from his own bed.

She reached forward to play with a stray lock of Ruby's hair. It hurt to have to pull away. To worry about what Gwenna might be doing. But Ruby couldn't risk it. She could not.

"You are..." she began, unsure of what the consequences might be no matter how she answered. "The most beautiful, of mind, and soul, and body. Never before have I met someone so charitable. So quick to a smile, and such a genuine one at that." She reached forward, brushing Gwenna's hair from her face. The laughter faded as Gwenna realized what Ruby was saying. "Your husband loves you, Missus Hart. I see him all too often at the Checkpoint, and never once has he sought a woman's attention outside of ordering another beer." She hoped it would be enough. She hoped she would be believed.