Ignore that this is being posted last this is what actually kicked off my little colouring spree of uhhh *checks notes* three things. It’s fine, it’s just been a while and I’ve been tired, I’ll get back into it. Anyways yeah congrats to yuri for once again bestowing Art motivation like no other upon me.
[ID: Two screenshots of Smallishbeans and GeminiTay holding up their matching shields. The shields have a blue-cyan gradient background with a diamond shape in the middle. The diamond is green in Joel's shield and pink in Gem's shield. They're holding enchanted maces in the second screenshot. /End ID]
They have matching shields! Also:
[ID: A screenshot of Joel and Gem in a trial chamber, taken from Gem's POV. The captions read "[Gem] Oh god, I'm lagging so much."
On the top left of the screen are the voice mod icons of Gem and Joel's Minecraft skins, and besides them is the text "lag duo". /End ID]
I can't come up with a better name, so I guess I'll be using this from now on!
Characters - Gem/Joel
Words - 426
Time - 30 mins
Content - Wild Life Episode 3 Aftermath
From one moment to the other, the barn is fuller. There is a chicken walking around, pecking and leaving feathers littered on the ground. Geoffrey sits on the corner, weaving some flowers they picked earlier into its arm, also admiring the others in the barn. On the opposite corner, a pale orange snail climbing on top of the green one, both dragging potato leaves on their little mouths. In between them, among the hay bales, she finds her teammate.
She crosses her arms, tilting her hip a little, and there is a fond frown on her face when Joel barely even looks at her.
“Excuse me.”
“You’re excused,” Joel replies simply, looking at the snails before looking at the chicken. A crowd of moos echoes on the side of the wall, which reminds them to move the chickens eventually. “Gem, it’s raining outside.”
She looks over her shoulder to the window, watching the pouring outside. She can feel her wet hair drying on her shoulders, her clothes also wet. Then she turns back to Joel, tilting her head this time.
“I can see, and hear it too.”
When Joel holds back his response, simply looking down as Smallishsnail crawls over, Geminisnail stuck on his shell still, Gem walks over and sits on his left. She bumps his shoulder and he bumps back, taking their turns pushing until they fall at a stand-still. Tension on their shoulders, but there is no joy in Joel’s actions as she expects.
She drops her head on his shoulder, closing her eyes with a sigh. “We’re still green, Joel. We are doing good.”
He hums. Short and curt.
“Are you upset about the car?”
“No.”
“You sound and look upset, Joel.”
“You’re imagining things, Gem.”
After a moment, Gem flutters her eyes open, her lashes touching her cheek. She turns slightly, finding Joel simply staring ahead. Carefully, she lifts a hand, fingertips tenderly touching the right side of his jaw to turn his head. Joel goes without a fuss, and shortly after, they are looking at each other.
She pushes against him, finding comfort in the sturdiness of his body. Safety. Security. Someone to trust and someone to protect.
Joel meets her lips softly before sighing, closing his eyes as he presses their foreheads together. A small smile plasters on her lips as her hand now cradles his cheek.
“We’ll go mining later,” she says, and he hums again, “we’ll get the materials and fix the car, yeah?”
Joel says nothing, but for now, they do not need to talk more.
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geoffrey is the creak they spawned. idk why geoffrey instead of jeffrey. its funny
and now the thing i dislike most: tagging. guys, what if i start calling them 'namelessduo'. who can stop me (the joke here is that there is a pokemon ship called 'namelessshipping')
