@creativityobsessed tagged me to share a piece of your WIP.
Here is part of my Clois role reversal fic:
He eyed her curiously. “What do you think about her? Superwoman?”
She blinked, thrown back by the question she hadn’t been expecting. “Why do you ask?”
“Oh, I don’t know,” Clark replied, a little too casually. “I just realized that I never even asked- you’ve been hearing a lot about my thoughts, but you haven’t really said anything, one way or the other.”
“Is it going to be a make it or break it moment in our newfound friendship?” Lois asked, heartbeat speeding up. She was stalling and she knew it, but she had to come up with a pretty bland answer. While she had been pretty good at shrugging off the Blur or giving vague responses to anyone who asked at her old job, she found that it was harder to do the same with Clark.
Plus, she wasn’t quite sure if he would just get away with it.
And she wasn’t sure if she wanted him to let her get away with it either.
“Nah, I promise I’ll still like you,” Clark said, and she felt reassured, which didn’t make sense. “I mean, I will have to silently judge you for your frankly terrible taste …”
“Fair enough,” Lois said, letting out a half laugh. “She’s fine.”
“Just fine?” Clark questioned. “I mean, you don’t need to give me an essay, but I also don’t want to bug you with my … well, Lombard would probably call it fanboying …”
“The only person who cares about his opinion is himself,” Lois muttered, drawing a grin out of Clark. “And I’m okay with your … fanboying, Smallville.” The return of the nickname caused his grin to widen. “Heroes aren’t a bad thing; not my thing, but she is doing good for the world, which is all you can ask for. I’m just here to report the news.”
“Then I guess we should get back to reporting the news,” Clark responded.
Tagging: @finnicks, @merfilly, @hiraeth-doux, @stellaluna33, @htbthomas, @loismagic, @dollsome-does-tumblr, @sunflowers-and-iced-tea and anyone else who wants to do this (I always forget who writes fic when I do these things lol so if you do, consider yourself tagged)
36 from Fluff and 36 from General please! (Yes, both 36 :)) Thank you!!
From here.
36. “Because I fell for you, isn’t it obvious?”
“Mel?” Bennett murmured into the peaceful silence of his room.
She lay on top of him, half asleep from the gentle way he stroked her spine, as if he couldn’t quite stop himself from actively touching her in some way. It was incredibly endearing, she decided.
“Hmm?” she hummed against the skin at the crook of his neck, too relaxed to even lift her head to meet his eyes.
“What made you choose to rebel against Wilford?” he asked, and felt her go rigid.
It was a question that had nagged at him for a while now, but there was never a good time to ask. A part of him felt guilty for asking; he hated making her uncomfortable.
He was about to retract the question and apologize when Melanie relaxed minutely and whispered, “You.”
“Me?” he was slightly taken aback.
“Yeah,” she nodded a little, still unable to face him, “You know, when I was pregnant with Alex, I did try to get out. But all it took from him was a single phone call to make sure that I’d never find work elsewhere. And aside from that he’d never done much else to try to truly control me… it was all insidious. Nothing I would’ve noticed until it was behind me.”
“Why me then?” his voice was soft, and his touch even gentler on her back.
“Because I fell for you, isn’t it obvious?” she snorted, letting a moment pass for him to absorb the statement before continuing, “It’s not like it was the first time that he decided that someone was distracting me too much. But you were the first person to refuse to let him make that decision for me. And yeah, we were just friends who had sex sometimes… but you were my best friend, and you were willing to fight to stay in my life if you had to. I never thought that there’d be a way out for me after that failed attempt, but it just made me realize… that maybe I couldn’t on my own, but I could. With you.”
They were quiet after that. There wasn’t much else for them to say; as always, they understood each other without words. Bennett knew that Melanie needed the silence, that that much vulnerability had probably unmoored her, and that she needed the conversation dropped to feel safe again.
But he could also safely assume that it was almost impossible for her not to feel at least comfortable with him.
She sighed when he kissed the top of her head, and they left it at that.
36. “Do you trust me?” “No.”
“Ben,” Melanie whined in frustration.
“Mel,” he mocked.
She huffed in annoyance, “Are you going to tell me what we’re doing, or are you just going to spend the night dragging me through the subtrain?”
“Do you trust me?” he asked.
“No,” she replied, just to get a rise out of him. It worked, he stopped, turning to frown at her; but they both knew that she didn’t really mean it, and that she was just frustrated.
“If you don’t like it, we can just leave,” his voice was gentle, “We don’t have to talk about it.”
“Ben,” she sighed, exasperated, “I’m sorry. It’s just been a long day.”
“Would you rather go back to my room?” he asked, no judgment in his tone.
Melanie considered. Her day had been particularly aggravating, and even though he knew she hated surprises, he’d claimed to have staged an engineering emergency that could buy them a few hours. But he’d also refused to say where, and she had endless reports to sort through and though she’d never say it, she was completely burnt out. Usually she could humor him with his surprises, as they were so rare, and she knew that he enjoyed making them; but it’d been a rough day. She bit her lip, meeting Bennett’s eyes, and wavered.
“I’ll try it,” she finally decided.
His eyes lit up, “Thank you, Mel. If you don’t like it I’ll find a way to make it up to you.”
“You’d better,” she smirked playfully, and then grimaced slightly before admitting, “Though having a real bed to sleep in might be a start.”
“Always an option,” he chuckled softly, “Come on then.”
The fake engineering emergency was in a car designed to look like a tropical beach, she realized. There was a miniature ocean; it was all clearly fake, but there was a certain magic to it nevertheless. She’d only ever really passed through this car without considering it, but the expectancy on his face caused her breath to hitch in her throat.
“Ben…” she breathed.
“It’s no Tahiti,” he grinned, “But it’s the best I can do.”
She smiled softly, “I like your best.”
“Yeah?” he asked as she wrapped her arms around his neck, his hands finding her waist automatically.
Their eyes locked and she nodded seriously, gaze flickering to his mouth as she whispered, “Yeah.”
They sighed as their lips met, tension slowly melting away as they kissed. As always, no matter the location, they were truly each others’ solace.
M/F OTP: Katherine/Stefan. THE POTENTIAL! Honestly, mention Steferine to me and that’s it, that’s all we’re going to talk about. I fucking love them so much.
M/M OTP: Stefan/Klaus. Look, they so fucked.
F/F OTP: Katherine/Elena (season 2 iterations) followed super closely by Caroline/Elena.
OT3: Stefan/Katherine/Klaus (followed up by Stefan/Katherine/Elijah).
Favorite Canon: I already said Katherine/Stefan so I’d say Elena/Stefan circa seasons 1-2 before the character assassinations of everyone.
Favorite Crack: Katherine/Kai.
Guilty Pleasure: Considering I’ve already mentioned them all... Elena/Elijah.
Pairing I Hate: Elena/Damon. Seriously, do not get me fucking started. This is followed closely by Hayley/Elijah.
Superstore
M/F OTP: Amy/Jonah. THEY ARE SO ADORABLE. Ugh, the chemistry, the maturity...
M/M OTP: Jonah/Garrett.
F/F OTP: Amy/Dina.
OT3: Ooo... I don’t really have one. Jonah/Amy/Happiness???
Favorite Canon: I already said Amy/Jonah so... Dina/Garrett. They balance each other out.
Favorite Crack: I honestly have no idea but maybe Dina/Jonah but season 2 onwards Dina since season 1 didn’t treat her right when it came to him.
Guilty Pleasure: Amy/Jonah especially with Amy being pregnant again. He was just so fucking good with her and so healthy and mature, I wish we got to see more of it.
Pairing I Hate: Amy/Adam. Don’t even get me started... he’s a man child who literally doesn’t know how to self-sacrifice nor support Amy and constantly gaslights her.
Ask game: say 5 things you like about yourself, publically. Then send this message on to 10 of your favourite mutuals! Positivity is cool ❤
skdjvjwn thanks hon!
1. my willpower to not write this wk bcos my dads on vacation and i figure i busted my hump enough to vacation w him
2. i remember to take my vitamins like religiously
3. my eclectic music taste
4. awesome mutuals
5. my sense of judgement with people
tagging: @solunars, @angst-wizard, @johnohboyega, @inthorantine, @ghisborne, and @yverocher. first few blogs i could think of nvm that im too sleepy to send an ask shhh
Hi, thanks for following me :) Your blog is awesome!! 4, 22 and 34 for the unusual asks please :)
of course!! i love your blog <3
4: Have you ever dyed your hair?
yes and i HATED IT! it wasnt even my decision omg. my mom told me to dye it to mix things up for my birthday and then when we were at the hairdresser, the hairdresser picked the colour bc i honestly couldnt care less. that was a bad decision tho bc i ended up having ORANGE HAIR. like orange streaks in my brownish black hair it was so ugly oh my goddddddddddd
22: Do you believe in soulmates?
yes! not just romantic soulmates but different ones for different things! like friend soulmates, music taste soulmates, people-to-be-productive-with soulmates, movie-going soulmates etc!
34: Do you get jealous easily?
it depends!! with material things, no. but with people, i do :/
