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[amalgam000]

Hand kiss 🫠🥰

Playing with a bit of a different style with this one!

A romantic moment from my fic "Counterplay," my very first foray into the JC fandom almost 10 years ago! And oh what fun it's been ever since! ❤️ But whether or not you've read or intend to read the fic, I hope this piece of fanart captures your imagination! 🥰

[myfriendtheurbanlegend]

Part of my POI Exchange submission and my first attempt at John Reese on Paintstorm. I wanted something to go with the words. 

I love the Paintstorm brush engine, the oil brush is great and it made me really comfortable with using colors directly instead of painting in greyscale and then applying a color layer like I did in the past.

Oh and it runs on Linux. Some fiddling required but it runs without Wine.

[swimave]

“Leo, I’m done.”

Usually, he was really good regarding his emotions around her. He was always sure to keep up a confident and positive front for her, even if it was the complete opposite of what he was feeling internally.

This was different. On a normal bases and under the other circumstances, she was optimistic and admirable for that. Maybe that was why he felt the need to keep strong for her. Even in situations outside of this. Like a mission, hope was never lost with her. She always saw the brighter side.

But this time, she gave up. Completely gave up. She’d cried before, but at least she didn’t give up.

Now, he felt his own eyes water and soon enough, the tears spilled over and his chest felt tight. He tasted metal in his throat and his shoulder shook shamefully.

Despite his sadness, he kissed her forehead and rubbed her back, “You’re completely sure?”

“Yeah… Leo, I’m sorry.” She hiccuped and brushed the hair out of her face.

“It’s okay.” He whispered, kissing her head again. He tried to see past it, but there was a sadness that still loomed in his heart.

~~~~

“Hey Leo…” Athena yelled from Donnie’s lab.

He turned the corner, tea in one hand while looking down at the crevices in the floor. Don definitely needed to seal those sometime soon.

Finally he looked up and met Donatello’s wide eyes first, before seeing his wife’s. They were glassy but she had a giant smile on her face.

“I’m pregnant.”

💕💕💕

(Was feeling angsty and fluffy at the same time. Sometimes I write but I’m not all that good so here’s this lol. Fyi, they were having trouble trying to have bebe one. But as always, they defy the odds)

[butterfrogmantis]

Wrote a mini-fic (2000+ words rather than 4000+) because I’ve already worked out my Clumsy POV when it comes to other Smurfs (whole ass 9k fanfic on that lmao) but never did Brainy’s side so. Now I am,

A03 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/33529456

Synopsis: Brainy Smurf is infamous for his pre-wedding speeches that have been known to leave groom's fainting. But when the groom-to-be is his closest friend of all, it's suddenly hard to find the right words to say. And if there ever was time for secrets, now would probably be a bad time, which is an incredibly Brainy Smurf thing to do of him.

Relationships mentioned: Brainy/Clumsy (Unfulfilled), Brainy/Gutsy, Clumsy/SmurfStorm, Clumsy/Handy 

Also I think all this writing for ASITSN has really helped me get back into writing! It’s funny because writing has always been my ‘better’ skill in the sense that it’s always gotten me much more than art ever has, better grades, more teacher approval, won competitions etc but I don’t like doing it AS much as drawing,,, so it is genuinely nice to be able to write again just for fun <3

[amalgam000]

After weeks of my muse being on strike, I’ve once again found inspiration in illustrating a scene from an old fic of mine - Fighting Chance!

This is a bit of self indulgence on my part really, but I’m rather proud of how these two drawings turned out, so whether or not you’ve read the story, I hope they capture your imagination! 🥰

Also, I wrote this fic years ago, hence Janeway’s "Nemesis" admiral outfit! 😉