#except it's friday

[merlyn-bane]

WIP Friday

I'm having a lot of fun working on this book so far, so have another snippet :) The boys are about to go on their first roadie together 😌😌

Because he's apparently allergic to making good choices, lately, Aleksey slides into the seat next to Cormier once the rest of the team arrives and the bus starts loading up. He, Marty, and Rosey usually have a very intricate and weird round-robin sort of ritual when it comes to seating on the team plane or a bus, but he sees the open seat next to their new goalie and thinks—why not? He's enjoyed the time they've spent together so far. That faint amused glimmer is in Cormier's eyes again as he watches Aleksey get settled in. "Hello again." "Hey." Aleksey offers him a lopsided smile and shimmies his shoulders, burrowing back against the seat behind him. "Don't mind me, I'm gonna conk out for most of this haul. Won't bother you at all." "Why are you lying?" Marty demands, leaning around the side of his seat to look at them. He gives Corny a sympathetic look. "You should absolutely mind him. Bro fucking snores like a freight train on life support. He will bother you in ways you have never imagined." "Why are you lying?" Aleksey fires off one of his rubber bands at his liney's face. "You're the one that snores, asshole. Rosey, back me up here!" Rosey, bastard that he is, pointedly puts on his fancy noise-cancelling headphones without looking at any of them. Aleksey gapes at him, astounded by such a blatant display of disloyalty, and Cormier cracks up next to him.

Tagging @anxiousotters, @lttrsfrmlnrrgby, and @happybean17 since you guys seemed really interested (def let me know if you'd rather I didn't tho <3) (if anyone else wants to be tagged in stuff for my book also let me know <3)

[gemmahale]

WIP Wednesday Friday - 10/17/2025

Fandom: The Pitt

Working Title: 'Sit, Stay, Heel' or 'Away To Me, Come Bye' See More: #Sit Stay Heel WIP

Pairing: [Redacted Doctor] x (Dennis Whitaker x OFC Natasha Johannsen) Snippet Pairing: Dennis Whitaker x OFC Natasha; no romantic evidence yet

Rating: Likely Explicit Snippet Rating: PG (language)

Synopsis: ....still getting there. Snippet Synopsis: Dennis shares his personal statement for his ERAS application with Natasha.

Author note: Dennis, I'm sorry not sorry for the abuse you're going to get from Natasha, because you're currently standing in for my brother who pulled something similar (not exactly the same, but close enough).

Still inspired by @/gatorlovebot's Jack/Young Robby/Social Worker Reader Pup series. (Go read it it's so cute.)

divider by: @/saradkia-graphics

There’s a lull in emergencies - they’re still pulling people in from chairs, but it’s slow and steady. Natasha’s tucked herself in a corner for her short break, tupperware of reheated pasta and sauteed vegetables in front of her, phone propped up against her water bottle as music plays in her solo earbud.

“Hey Natasha?”

“Yeah?”

Dennis slides into the chair opposite her, hair rumpled and breath coming a little fast. “I only have a second.”

She slides one of her granola bars - the good ones with the fruit filling - across the table to him. He tears into it, brushing the crumbs off his chin and swallowing before continuing.

“Thanks. Anyway, I’m working on my ERAS application. Would you look over my personal statement?”

Natasha blinks. “Sure?”

He breathes out a huge sigh. “Thank you. I’ve already had Trinity look it over, and she said it was fine, but I want to make sure it’s as good as I can get it. I overheard Mateo ask you to look over one of his college essays, and he said that you’re good with grammar and stuff.”

She gives a little smile, chewing on a piece of vegetable before swallowing and nodding. “Minored in English; it was my backup if this didn’t work out.”

He nods, hesitating before taking the last bite of the granola bar and heading for the door. “Sweet, thanks. I owe you.”

~~

From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Personal Statement Attachment: Whitaker_PersonalStatement_2026.pdf

<No Text>

~~

Text with Johannsen, Natasha (Pitt Nurse) >> Was Santos drunk when she read this?

<< Don’t think so. Why?

>> Attachment: Img_4862.img Image of a printed version of Dennis’ statement covered in purple, red, and green ink for different corrections. One scrawled note in purple says “WHAT???” with multiple underlines and an arrow to a sentence in the middle of the page.

>> Did you use ChatGPT to write this?

<< Maybe?

>> Fucks sake, Dennis.

<< What??

>> You can do better than using an LLM to write your personal statement.

>> You’re off Tuesday morning, right?

<< Yes?

>> Good. You know where Martina’s is?

<< Yeah

>> Hour and a half after you get off, be there with a notebook. We’re fixing this abomination.

[brandileigh2003]

Six sentence Sunday Friday!

Ty @her-smile-forges-galaxies for tag

The way that I about shared the one that's going to be anonymous for remus lupin fest lol.

I'll do the only other that I have currently (trying the whole self control thing 🤣)

“I’ve tried to talk to you about things, Pads. Everything except the war. Don’t you think that it’s taken over too much of our lives already,” Remus shot back. “I feel like I don’t know who you are anymore Moo- Remus,” Sirius said. And oh, did that hurt. Because Remus has given every part of himself to Sirius, telling him about his anger issues, his pain, his childhood, his self doubt, his dreams, his fears, his hopes for the future.

Tagging @lavenderhaze @heartofspells @littleoldrachel and anyone else who wants to play, tag me and I'll read yours ❤️

[so-why-let-your-voice-be-tamed]

I was tagged by @beardyboyzx (hi Raf I adore talking to you!) and @haztobegood to post a snippet! Thank you both 💕

This is from my upcoming @wordplayfics fic called I see the midnight on your lips.

He takes a shivery breath, hoping that he can keep his tears at bay. “They said they didn’t want to be my next addiction and I-” He has to swallow past the lump in his throat. “Something about the way they said it – I never thought of it like that. I never thought that me needing them was a bad thing, but, I don’t want that either. I don’t want to spend my life going from one high to the next, just because I’m trying to avoid the lows. I want – I need – help.”

I am going to tag the ever wonderful @kingsofeverything @lululawrence @jacaranda-bloom and anyone else from the @writerscornercafe who wants to join! I adore you all, thanks for being such a lovely community

[mitchtheficus]

#tbt

[practicalsolutions]

[jenniferkayawakens]

Some days just need to be simple. Like today. I'm noing to grit my teeth over which of us is say what. I'm just gonna be who-/whatever I happen to be in the moment. And I'm not gonna plumb the depths of my heart and soul, not gonna write essays on what it means to be transfem. I'mma love on my kitties, take care of my wife, play a little of my gacha JRPG, take a nap, and maybe do a little research. If I catch a wild hare, I might even do some voice training.

[nimuetheseawitch]

WIP Wednesday

Yes, I know it's Friday. Thanks @spurious for continuing to do these. And I'm totally down to try some finish your fics February.

State of the WIPs (in order of last worked on) noir!Rodney (SGA): 3146 Hangster hate sex (TGM): 2153 Jen/Larrin (SGA): 60 - I have lots of thoughts and few words

I will also take asks about my other various WIPs (TGM, SGA/SG-1, MASH), but I haven't actually worked on much else recently and am specifically prioritizing the Jen/Larrin fic because I need to write some femslash.

This week's ✨WIP Wednesday Theme✨ is:

Word Roulette!

Put a random word in my ask box, if it appears in the WIP, you'll get a snippet. If it doesn't appear in the WIP, I have to work on the WIP for at least five minutes. Everybody wins 🙃