#jeffmony

[nancy-drew]

successfully named jeffmony’s kids.

emilia and oliver sterling~

thanks shakespeare.

[nancy-drew]

MOODBOARD - JEFFMONY (JEFF STERLING & HARMONY PEARCE)

HARMONY: We should have a date night soon. Just saying. JEFF: You really know how to romance a guy, don't you?

"It was a sweet moment. Probably one of the sweetest she’d ever had, but that was to be expected with Jeff. He was just so different from all of the other guys she knew. Even from their friendship she knew that…. Oh, but there was something to worry about. What about their friendship? What if they tried and things didn’t work out and they weren’t able to be friends again? Jeff was one of her very best friends, and she certainly did not want to lose him. She knew she was getting ahead of herself and immediately jumping to the worst possible ending, but it was still something that should probably be considered. Right? All of Harmony’s worries were soon far from her mind as Jeff wrapped an arm around her waist and tilted her chin up. All thoughts were gone from her mind, actually, except for two: I like you and we are definitely about to kiss. “No,” she replied with just a hint of defiance in her voice, hoping Jeff wouldn’t pull away immediately. The only reason she’d answered the way she had was because she wanted to be the one to kiss him first. To surprise him. So she went for it, moving quickly to stand on her toes and press her lips to his. Yup. Definitely too late to take anything back now. And she didn’t want to anyway."

[justsmilejeff-blog]

Non-Magical Hogwarts Reprise || Jeffmony

Dalton Academy March 5, 2020

Jeff really loved Harmony. Sometimes he felt like he couldn’t ever express that enough, but he was absolutely in love with this woman. He loved the way she smiled, he loved the way she sang, he loved the look on her face when she came out for curtain call and the entire theatre was filled with the sound of thunderous applause. He loved her when she succeeded and he loved even when she was full of doubts (though he’d do anything to get rid of them). She was one of his best friends, a constant in his life despite his constant movement all over the country. He shared everything with her, and being back home swimming in a sea of nostalgia had him quickly realizing there was one more thing that he had absolutely had to share with her before they left.

“Come on, it’s just up here.” He told her as they cut through the courtyard after he’d shown her around some of Dalton’s grounds. The campus really was beautiful. He’d never taken the time to appreciate it when he’d gone there, but now he could see how lucky he was to go to non-magical Hogwarts (or gay Hogwarts as it was more commonly known). Letting go of Harmony’s hand to open the door for her to walk through, he flashed her a smile before following in after her and closing the door. Immediately he felt like his bones were defrosting as the school’s central heating melted off the icy chill from outside. 

Defrosted and excited he began leading her down another hallway. He’d already shown her all the main attractions, the grand staircase, the dorms and all his old stomping grounds (now being promptly stomped on by fresher, younger faces), but there was one more thing he wanted to show her while they were here. Well, there were a million things he wanted to show her, and maybe one day he finally would, maybe with their child in tow. Just like his parents had shown him around their university where they’d met. It was in a show choir competition that he’d initially met Harmony, after all. It could be a family trip one day. Jeff smiled to himself as he entertained the thought, wondering when he’d started thinking about family all of a sudden. But then he realized that Harmony and their child would be his family, and maybe he was just finally starting to grow into his new role.

“Here it is.” He said, stopping in front of a large trophy case (more like cases). It’d been a long time, and there were so many new names and awards filling the shelves. But Dalton loved its history and they kept everything they could as far as school wins went. Which is why after some careful searching he finally found it. “There.” He said, pointing at a section housing all the Warbler wins over the years, specifically the ones ranging from 2009-2013. All hanging over annual pictures of the Warblers from the years he went to school. “I know it’s weird taking you here, but we’ve spent the last few days with your old choir talking about your old McKinley family. Thought I’d show you my family from when I was here.” He explained, reaching out to take her hand in his. “These guys were– most of them still are brothers to me. They were my family when I didn’t think I really had one.” He looked down at her and gave her a soft smile, his thumb absentmindedly grazing over the back of her hand. “So I kind of wanted to share this with you.”

[justsmilejeff-blog]

Like baby, baby, baby– No || Jeffmony

It felt like everything had changed since last night. Like there was some great cosmic shift and his world would never be the same again. And that was just with the possibility of parenthood, Jeff didn’t even know what he would do when it was real and in front of him. If it was, he reminded himself, he wasn’t sure yet. He still needed to talk to Harmony, and he knew he had to. They couldn’t keep going on like everything was business as usual when it was far from. They had an issue to deal with, but like all issues they would deal with it together. He had enough faith in them to know they could do that. They were both mature, rational adults. The only problem was, he had absolutely no idea how to even bring this up.

He’d tried, honestly he had. But every time he made the attempt the words got jumbled up in his throat and by the time he figured out a way to sort them out he’d gotten distracted by something, just one excuse after the other. He had a shower to take, a breakfast to make, a call to fake. Yeah, just when they’d sat down for the french toast he’d made for breakfast he suddenly panicked wondering if pregnant woman could eat eggs, or syrup, or toast. Then he realized he had no idea what he was supposed to do to help anymore and pulled out his phone under the guise of making a last minute call. He just didn’t know what to do. But he was no longer able to harass Cooper over the phone, who had exasperatedly sent him on his way to confront whatever issues he was too afraid to face on his own. Really, his friends were totally unhelpful when he was trying to avoid a serious conversation. Taking a deep breath he pocketed the phone and walked back to the table where they were supposed to be enjoying breakfast.

“Liking the French toast?” He asked with a small smile as he slid back into his seat and picked up his fork. Right, he could do this. He just needed to be straight forward and honest, but open and understanding. That wasn’t too hard, this was only Harmony. Looking up at his girlfriend, he set down his fork and opened his mouth. “Hey b...eautiful,” He had begun to say baby, like he often did absentmindedly when he called her pet names, before thinking better of it last second. This might be more difficult than he initially thought. “Think you can...pass me the syrup?” He asked, mentally kicking himself for chickening out. It wasn’t too late to salvage this, he just needed to go for it and start talking. “And um, also, maybe want to talk about the positive test in your trash?”

[justsmilejeff-blog]

Straight Up Trippin' || Self Para

TAGGING → Jeff Sterling and Harmony Pearce

TIME FRAME  → Early Morning, February 1, 2020

LOCATION → Harmony’s apartment

GENERAL NOTES → This was not what Jeff expected to find when he got up to pee. [Reaction Para to This Para]

That’s what he loved about Harmony, and he was happy to know that after eight months they were still going strong despite the incredibly long distance. Not that it was easy or that they didn’t put forth the effort, but they made it work. For instance, Jeff arriving a few days early so that he’d have time to watch both of Harmony’s shows before he got sucked into the vortex of work and responsibilities. She had seemed surprised to see him, more than the usual amount of surprise he had been initially expecting. But he’d brushed that off to her being tired from work and not having her head on straight. Taking on the concert on top of the musical was a really heavy task that took away her day off. Naturally, she’d be a little loopy in her down time, but she seemed as on top of her game as ever while she was performing. He figured he’d let her rest easy and to be honest he was pretty beat himself. Which is why he couldn’t walk two steps without stumbling over himself.

After taking care of business and washing his hands, Jeff attempted to walk out the way he came. But it was dark, his eyes were closed, and naturally he somehow managed to lose all grace and poise he possessed at the most inconvenient time. He was thankful he wasn’t falling into someone again, he didn’t think Harmony would be as amused by him falling into someone’s cleavage as Nick or Jas were. Luckily, all he ended up doing was knocking over the trash can and pulling the towel off the rack. Sighing he finally gave in and flipped on the light, wincing at the harshness of it as he began to clean up his mess. Empty toilet paper roll in the trash, towel on the rack, pregnancy test in the garbage, hair ties on the–

“What the–” Jeff dropped what he was holding and pulled the trash towards him again, digging into the bin and pulling out the pregnancy test. Suddenly he was feeling very, very awake. “Holy shit.” His voice came out barely a whisper, too scared to talk loud and wake Harmony, too scared to do anything really. Dropping the test he stuffed it back in the trash can along with all the other loose garbage hanging around. Then he washed his hands and after cleaning up, looked over the bathroom to make sure everything was the way he found it. Then he walked back to Harmony’s room and slipped under the covers beside her, but he didn’t fall asleep. He couldn’t, not when there were a million and one thoughts racing through his head all at the same time.

There was the question of when was she going to tell him. How long had she known? Should he bring it up? Wait for her to tell him? He wasn’t sure on what the proper etiquette was on accidentally finding a positive pregnancy test in your girlfriend’s trash. Then there was of course the question of what they were going to do. Ultimately it was Harmony’s choice of course, but then what happened if she kept it? Where would they even live? How would that even work? He was barely home as it was, he wasn’t even home now, he was in Harmony’s home. And there was another thing, they weren’t ready for this. They were serious but they weren’t that serious, they weren’t kids and marriage serious yet, not when they still had so much to do. Speaking of marriage, should he marry her? The part of him that was raised in a Midwestern boarding school was telling him to marry her. The mentality of unwed mothers and needing to make an honest woman out of her beating at the back of his mind. He loved her, but did he love her enough to marry her? Was that even an option on the table? What happened if she didn’t keep it? Life would go on as usual? Was that even possible after something this big? And would she have ever planned on telling him if she did? Would she have gone through it all alone? She wouldn’t have, she would have told him. He was sure of that. Maybe she was just waiting for the right time. This was face to face news, and he’d only just shown up. What he needed to do was give her time. Even though they didn’t really have the luxury of time. 

He wasn’t too sure on the time frame, but there was a possibility that in less than nine months he’d have to be a dad. And he wasn’t ready for that yet. He didn’t know the first thing about being a dad. He wanted to be one, sure, but he’d always assumed that would be when he was older. In his head, being a dad happened when he’d become outdated in the company and moved onto a position that didn’t require him to travel all the time. He never thought that it’d happen on accident, when they were both still so young and just getting started in their lives. They had only just gotten a footing on what they were supposed to be doing, and now... 

This sounded like some terrible plot off of a satyrical romantic comedy. And as usual, his life was the punchline.

[pearce-harmony]

RAVE [Flashback Para] || Jeffmony

WHO → Harmony Pearce and Jeff Sterling

WHEN → Thursday, June 6th, 2015. Night.

WHERE → A rave.

NOTES → Woo.

Jeff had Harmony’s hand in his, not wanting to lose her in the crowd. He’d heard about a party from a friend of a friend at a place. While that seemed rather shady, he did manage to get an in for the party and had surprised his temporary roommate with it. He had to convince her that this was a good idea, but in the end it worked out and he ended up leading her hear. From halfway down the street he could already hear the loud music and flashing lights. There were eccentrically clad people wrapped in glow stick necklaces running in the same direction they were headed in, telling him they’d found the right place. After passing through security at the front he led Harmony inside the venue, which is where they were now, greeted by loud music, flashing lights and a crowded dance floor. Leaning down to speak in Harmony’s ear he asked her, “You ready for this?”

Harmony did not know why she had agreed to go to a party with Jeff. She rarely attended parties, and never of people she didn't even know... but somehow he had managed to convince her, and that's how she found herself, hand in his, trying not to get crushed by the large crowd outside. As they made their way closer and closer to the entrance (Jeff guiding) Harmony looked around at the people who were probably attending, all dressed in outfits that just screamed "RAVE!"... wait. Was this a rave? Because she seriously doubted she'd be a successful rave-r. Like... ever. The girl continued to look around as they got past security and entered the party, knowing immediately that yes, it was a rave, and she'd just have to deal with that. "Not at all," Harmony replied, making sure she was speaking loud enough for Jeff to hear over the loud music. She game him a look that basically said "kill me now" before turning it into a smile. They probably had drinks there, right? That would make things better... but first she should probably try to party without... "You lead and I follow."

Jeff Hearing the reply Jeff laughed and looked down at the girl who kind of resembled a deer caught in the headlights at the present moment. He gave her his best and most charming smile as she turned to look at him, trying to keep back the laughter at the sight of the expression on her face. She didn’t seem as completely amused as he was, but he supposed that this really wasn’t her scene. He squeezed her hand gently and leaned down to speak to her again. “Relax, that’s all you have to do, relax and feel the music. Trust me, it’s fun.” Straightening out he gave her another smile as he led her onto the dance floor and began grooving to the music. There were lots of warm bodies, and while it reminded him of a club, it had a much looser and freer vibe that he liked. Looking down at Harmony he nudged her slightly, feeling like he was practically screaming now that they were in the middle of the sound. “Just dance, come on I know you’ve got those moves.” He teased, though he wasn’t sure how well that came across in all the things going on around them.

Harmony knew that Jeff probably realized by then that he'd have to be the leader that night, so she was content to just follow him, knowing that she really should take his advice. All she needed to do was relax. Relax and have fun - which were some things she needed to do more of in general. So why not start that night? When the pair made it to the dance floor, Harmony didn't start dancing immediately, instead choosing to look around and observe. Jeff seemed to fit in pretty well... he looked like he was having a good time, as did everyone else... the girl was surprised when Jeff nudged her, but figured that she was being pretty awkward and he had done it to make her stop. She looked up at him to see him speaking to her, but she couldn't make out what exactly he was saying. She could see his mouth moving and knew that words were coming out, but could only hear a few. She got what he wanted her to do though. It was pretty obvious: dance. So she did. It wasn't her normal kind of dancing, obviously, but the club kind of dancing where it was more of bopping to the beat and such. And it took her a little bit to get into it, but she did after a little while, eventually smiling and starting to enjoy herself.

Jeff nodded and smiled as Harmony finally started to dance. The music was blaring with techno and hardstyle mixes and everyone was getting into the flow of the evening. There was definitely a feel good vibe in the place and it was pretty contagious, he even caught Harmony starting to smile. Glad that she was having fun herself he took her by the hand, definitely starting to dance around her as they both got into the fast beats pouring out of the speakers. After a while though he was starting to get tried and thought now would be as good a time as any to take a breather and get some drinks. Tapping her on the shoulder he pointed in the direction of the bar. Yelling seemed pointless right about now but he figured the idea of getting off the dance floor was obvious enough. Though, it seemed at that moment they had company as one of the ravers came dancing behind Harmony and kind of draped himself against her, ooooing at the tough. The glazed look in his eye and erratic movements told Jeff that he was probably high right now. From what he could make out the guy was saying something along the lines of “love you friend” and “awesomepretty” which he was pretty sure wasn’t a word.

Harmony smiled at Jeff when he started to dance around her, already feeling a little better about the evening. If she didn't have Jeff there, she wouldn't have stood a chance, but luckily she did and he was making things fun for her. She had been so focused on dancing that she didn't even really notice at first when Jeff tapped her on the shoulder. But luckily she looked up and saw him pointing towards the bar, obviously wanting to take a break to go get some drinks. The girl nodded, knowing that speaking would be pointless and that she wasn't about to risk losing her voice because of yelling. She was just about to move toward the bar when she felt someone behind her, not even having time to escape before he was leaning against her. Yeah... no. Harmony looked to Jeff, a little horrified. Yeah, stuff like this probably happened at raves, but, like... personal space. Plus, she was one hundred percent sure that the guy was high because of the words coming out of his mouth. Oh my god. What was she supposed to do? Just say excuse me and try to get to the bar? Just let him do whatever? Harmony hoped that Jeff had a clue, because she was looking at him and waiting for a cue of some sort, hoping that he didn't find it amusing enough to leave her to her own devices.

Jeff was trying really hard to take this seriously, but the look on Harmony’s face was pretty hilarious. He couldn’t help himself and stopped trying to fight back the laughter. Even though she couldn’t hear him, it was probably really obvious that he was finding this amusing. Still, the guy was starting to run his hands down Harmony’s arm like it was the most magical thing he’d ever seen in his life (which it probably was in his perspective) so he thought it would be a good time to intervene. Taking the guy by the shoulders he peeled him off of Harmony and tried to turn him in another direction. That kind of worked until the guy spun around and latched onto him. “Oh boy.” He looked down at the guy who was staring off into space and kind of nuzzling into his chest. “Okay buddy, why don’t you go dance.” He tried, peeling the arm off his shoulder and pushing the guy away. He turned the guy around, and took a step backwards. The raver started dancing again, so before he could latch onto either of them again Jeff grabbed Harmony and quickly weaved their way off the dance floor. “Well, that’s one way to make a new friend.”

Harmony was not amused by Jeff's obvious laughter. Ugh. He would definitely end up paying for that later. In the meantime, Harmony had to deal with the serious invasion of her personal space. The raver was touching her arm like... she didn't even know, but she needed it to stop as soon as possible. She was majorly freaked out and did not appreciate it at all. Luckily, Jeff got him off of her before anything stranger happened and... ha! Then the raver was all over Jeff. Harmony didn't have time to enjoy that fact though, as Jeff soon got him off and distracted him long enough for them to escape, Harmony barely able to make out Jeff's word as they walked away over the loud music. "I'll say," she said loudly, deciding to take Jeff's hand and lead him to the bar. They deserved a drink after that encounter (if Jeff was drinking?)... just because of the strangeness of it all. "As a thank you for getting him off of me, I owe you a drink. So... get whatever you want," she said before thinking over what she could ask for. She kinda wanted something fruity and girly... but she wasn't quite sure if they did that there.

Jeff let out a sigh of relief when they finally reached the bar. As much as he loved wild dancing and making new friends, he could use a break as well as a drink. He smiled a little as Harmony offered to get him a drink, but shook his head. “Nope, sorry, that’s not how I roll. All drinks are on me, no argument.” He told her pointedly, making sure to give her a firm look to drive the point home. “If you want to thank me, then you can dance with me later.” Which in all fairness she was probably going to do anyways since he was the only one there she knew and he had a feeling that after that encounter she’d be trying to avoid overexcitable ravers. But he liked it better if she thought that was how to level the playing field. “I’ll have a beer though.” He glanced at all the people then at the bartender before looking back at Harmony. “They always serve the hot girls first. Think you can order for us?” He knew in retrospect that saying he had this and then asking her to order kind of defeated the purpose, but if they wanted to get their drinks anytime soon then Harmony would have to work her feminine wiles.

Harmony couldn't help but roll her eyes at Jeff. Of course he'd insist on buying the drinks. But no, she'd actually do it. In some sneaky way. She really did owe him. However, she figured she'd let him believe for a little while that he'd be the one paying. "Of course, although that is how I roll. But fine. No argument," she said before looking around, trying to find a bartender. She smirked at Jeff's insistence that dancing with him counted as thanking him, knowing that it really didn't. Especially since she would be doing that the rest of the night anyway. No more new rave friends. That had been an experience Harmony wasn't about to try and repeat. The girl nodded at Jeff's order, still thinking about exactly what she wanted. Yeah. Fruity drinks probably would not be a thing there. So a beer it was for her to. Definitely not her favorite... but necessary for the evening, and... wait. Was Jeff seriously sending her in to get their drinks because she was an attractive female? Talk about using your friendsss. She didn't mind, though. In a weird way it was a bit of a compliment. "Thank you?" she said in a questioning manner before nodding and making her way over through the rest of the people surrounding the bar to the bartender. Yay, perks of being small. It didn't take her long to catch his attention, and before she knew it she was making her way back to Jeff with two beers in hand, having paid for both of them. "Here you go," she said as she handed it to him, a little amused that he had been right. She had been served before quite a few people who had been there before her.

Jeff laughed at Harmony’s response to him sending her off for drinks. It was just amusing that her thanks seemed to have a question mark tacked onto the end. Though, he supposed it was some strange form of compliment, though the way he saw it, it was just the truth. From life experience he’d deduced that the hotter the girl was, the easier it was for them to get their drinks first. And while he’d never admit it out loud for fear of getting hanged and quartered by his girlfriend, Harmony was a hot girl. He leaned against a conveniently placed column and waited for his friend to come back. Luckily, it didn’t take long at all, and he had to smile at himself for being right. “Thank you.” Taking the drink he brought it to his lips and took a swig, all the while giving Harmony that ‘I told you so’ look. Seeing some room on the edge of the dance floor, he nodded his head. “Come on, you still owe me another dance.” He teased her, knowing the night was far from over. This place was pretty crazy, but so far he was having fun. He was just glad he had a great friend to share this experience with.

Harmony simply shrugged at his thanks, taking a sip of her drink a second later. Yeah, beer was definitely not her favorite, but oh well. The girl looked over at Jeff just in time to catch him giving her a look that she couldn't help but roll her eyes at, before she took another sip of her drink and looked out at all of the people dancing. It was such an interesting place. And probably one she'd never go to again, if she were being honest with herself. But she was having fun. "I do owe you another. This is true," she said with a nod in response, beginning to move out towards the crowd of dancing people once again. The amount of people packed into the small space was almost as ridiculous as the outfits that some of said people were wearing, but Harmony didn't really concentrate on any of that as she reached the edge of the dance floor and smiled up at Jeff. This had been a surprisingly good night. Even with the overly friendly raver. It had been so long since Harmony had just gone out and had fun with one of her friends, and even longer since one of those fun times had included dancing, and the girl was incredibly happy that everything had worked out the way that it had. She was sure that it would be a night to remember, even though it wasn't anywhere near over.

[dailyprophetharmony]

Owl || Jeff

Harmony: Okay.

[sterlingdanceur]

Text // Jeffmony

Harmony: So… How’re you?

Jeff: I'm alright, hanging around...