#murven au

[ghostofthegallows]

MURVEN AU GIF SET!

TW suicide! Be safe!

I wish we saw more murven comfort. Love them so much... Might write a one shot of this...?

[she-who-the-river-could-not-hold]

We are Stardust, We Are Golden ▸ [Raven x Murphy, Ad Astra Inspired AU]

Over the last few years, Raven Reyes has perfected one skill: isolation. She’s been running away from life to go on missions. Anything that keeps her in space, alone on her ship with the ghosts of her memories far behind. 

On her latest excursion – a trip to the far-off, uncharted moon called Alpha – she discovers a stowaway on her ship: John Murphy. He represents a past she’s trying to forget and there’s a tension between them she can’t get rid of. A reason she hides amongst the stars. But as desperate times thrust them back into operating side by side, her growing attraction to him becomes more difficult to ignore as they work to heal together.

AO3 Links: [part 1] [part 2]

[brittabottt]

Andddddddd here she is (at least the beginning. I’ll return to the college AU when I can get inspiration on how to write Clarke’s head space) - the coffee shop au nobody asked for. Thanks to @arrowsbane for the inspiration and amazing suggestion of having Murphy be the barista. Hope you enjoy :)

Murphy had no idea how he still had his job sometimes. No, really, the fact that the owner of The Arc Cafe on the corner of ninth and cedar hadn’t fired him over the maybe eighteenth customer complaint was amazing. Maybe it was because he was the only one that could work the overnight shift at the twenty-four hour cafe. Or maybe it was because he truly was their best barista, because he had a tendency to get a little too compulsive and competitive about the quality and artistry of his drinks. He was the only barista on staff who’d won five latte throwdown competitions with only a year and a half under his belt. He liked to think it was due to his irresistible charm. And yet, whatever the reason, here he was. Just a few hours into his overnight shift, messing around with a few different pour-overs when she walked in.

She was a mechanic at a nearby car shop, as she a) always came in post-shift with her name tag (Raven) and the company’s name stamped below (Zero-G Mechanics) and b) also always sported a little smudge of grease on her nose or check . Today, it was a small streak on her left check. She also, however, had the tendency to not appreciate his artistry.

“Sixteen ounce brewed coffee, black, preferably dark roast, please.” The girl had said once she’d set down her bag at a far table towards the back left of the cafe, and started to slightly hobble her way towards the counter. It wasn’t noticeable really, but Raven did have a limp. He’d never asked as he thought it’d be “rude and uncalled for” - as the customer complaint cards his manager had received about him said, but he had wondered what had happened. Probably some accident at the shop. She was cute, her brown eyes had a spark in them that drew him to her in a way he hadn’t felt about anyone since his high school girlfriend, Emori. But after graduation, she went on her way, and he went to the big city with his best friend, Bellamy and his little sister, Octavia. The three lived in a tiny apartment over on eight street, close enough to work, as they’d all walk to their shift. Bellamy worked the day shift, in between taking classes at the liberal arts college in town, and Octavia came in as a barista’s assistant, sometimes during the day, sometimes at night. He enjoyed the night shifts when Octavia would be scheduled to work with him. It was fun to tease her about her personal life and offer chaotic advice. Even though Octavia had been in a steady relationship with a guy from Bellamy’s college, despite Bellamy’s grunts of disapproval. Lincoln was a great guy, even Murphy could see it. Not that he’d give Octavia the satisfaction of telling that to her face. It was way more fun to tease and torment. Yet out of the three of them, she was winning in the relationship department. Bellamy was so clearly in love with this girl from his classical literature class, Clarke, that even Murphy had threatened to lock them into the living room of their tiny apartment and refuse to let anyone in or anyone out until they just banged and admitted their feelings for each other. In whichever way it occurred first. He didn’t care. And he himself hadn’t been in a real relationship since Emori. It’s not that he was still heart broken, or that he called her to apologize again and again every time he got black out drunk on the nights he didn’t work. It wasn’t it. He just hadn’t found the right girl yet who could appreciate his...humor.

Raven, however, gave that belief a run for his money.

“Raven,” Murphy said, after she ordered her usual, “we go through this every single time you come here.” He leaned forward, resting his elbows on the counter, facing leaning in towards heres. “Please, please, please, I am begging you,” he pressed his palms together in prayer to emphasize the words, “let me make you something, anything else. Anything that actually showcases my extraordinary talent.”

As always, the mechanic would roll her eyes, and push him away gently, repeating her never changing order. “If you keep talking, I’ll have to increase it to a twenty ounce. Which must be why they keep you around her. You make people need to drink more caffeine than they’d planned to do deal with you.” She smirked, an eyebrow raised in reaction to Murphy looking mock-offended.

“I’ll have you know, grease monkey,” he gestured to his own check, to indicate she had a little smudge of grease still on her, “that they keep this face around because I’m an award winning barista,” he overemphasized the syllables in the word, before turning his back from the girl and grabbing a twenty ounce mug from on top of the espresso bar. When he’d turn around, Raven had attempted to wipe the grease strike from her check, but only resulted in making it worse. Murphy smirked and put down the warm mug. “Look, let me,” he said, leaning over the bar. He pulled on his sleeve, getting enough of a corner to wipe at the streak turned smear on her check. She closed her eyes in response, giving Murphy the safety to take another second to look at her up close. She was, in fact, quite beautiful. Murphy shook his head, pulling the sleeve, and himself back from her. “There, all clean.” He said, eyes looking down at the counter, by the time Raven had had her eyes open once more. “Thanks,” she said, watching him as he finally began to pour steaming dark roast into the mug. Murphy returned with the overflowing coffee cup, and typed in the order into the computer system. “The extra four ounces are on me,” he said, as he typed in the price for a sixteen ounce brew instead of twenty, “for having to deal with me,” he winked, a little smirk once more tugging at the corners of his lips. Raven rolled her eyes, but her face softened into a smile as she scribbled a signature on the customer’s side of the computer system, and handed him over a ten dollar bill. “Keep the change,” she said, with a wink of her own, before turning away from the counter and carefully, despite the little limit, made her way to her table once more without spilling a drop of the coffee onto the ground.

[saltbaes]

Didn't you have an AU that was like GMW as children of The 100??! I know I didn't imagine that lol what happened to it? Gimme the deets, Feli. Gimme the feels. Gimme all the Murven, Bellarke and Rucas. GIMME.

i did but it was a looooong time ago and it wasnt a fic it was more of an edit thingy lol all i remember from it was that i made riley bellarke’s daughter which i still stand by btw !!!

but now that i’m actually into the show and murven is my #1 ship i have some more thoughts – here me out tia……. lucas as murven’s son. 

the rest will be under the cut cause….this is a long one haha.

anyway i realize this means having to racebend lucas (and riley) which i’m 100% down for – a latino lucas friar? um hi yes sign me tf up amirite ?!

and then i found out that blake jenner is half cuban and i had a galaxy brain moment cause i mean, look at him

THIS IS MURVEN’S SON. THIS IS LUCAS FRIAR MURPHY. ^

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okay so: murven never really talked about having children, theyre both pretty traumatized from their childhoods so the thought of bringing a child into a post apocalyptic world seemed…illogical? or at least thats what raven points out one night when theyre laying in bed and murphy’s like ‘so, no rugrats?’ and raven simply offers a ‘probably not’ and thats the end of that discussion. 

but see…the thing about raven is she’s observant especially of the man she loves – he’s never once pushed her to have children or even discusses having them after their one conversation, but she sees the way he interacts with the kiddos in their ‘community’ and how he took monty’s son under his wing, she sees how surprisingly good he is with children and it plants a little seed in her mind and suddenly the thought of having a family of her with the man she loves  doesnt seem so illogical after all

needless to say lucas is conceived shortly after.

lucas “friar” murphy is the perfect mix of his parents: he’s an intelligent, hands on, loyal fighter like his mother and a snarky, sarcastic, survivor like his father… he hates that people base their behavior towards him on how much or little they like his parents (specifically, his dad) his nickname “friar” was given to him as a joke when he was a child due to his unwavering devotion to whatever cause they were fighting at the time – lucas struggles with being his own person, he doesnt want to be seen as a raven or murphy 2.0, he just wants to be himself but he’s afraid that might not be enough for some people… 

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as for bellarke, in my mind, their daughter riley would look something like this:

THIS IS BELLARKE’S DAUGHTER. THIS IS RILEY BLAKE. ^

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riley might have bellamy’s olive complexion and brown hair/eyes but everything else is all clarke – she’s headstrong, determined, dependable, intelligent, fair, selfless, caring, and loyal to a fault just like her mom (she also has her lips, chin, nose, mannerisms and even her beauty mark but thats beside the point lol) HOWEVER where riley differs the most from both of her parents is her naivety and relentless optimism. 

riley, unlike her parents, is extremely trusting of everyone she meets and more often than not it’s the reason behind all of her arguments with her parents and older sister madi – they just want her to be safe and riley just wants to prove to them that good people do exist despite you just have to give them a chance to prove that they can be good – clarke and bellamy are like ‘lol no’ 

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ANYWAY as for the rucas of it all -- 

a new big bad something or another shows up posing a threat to them because of course it does this is the 100 after all and lucas is very much “must kill them before they kill us” and riley is very much “lets talk it out” and its the whole “wolves eat sheep” tlk from wot3 in gmw

lucas basically is like ??????? where are your survival skills????????????? how are you still alive rn??? 

and rileys just like ???????? youre a misunderstood soul who needs a friend to see you for who you really are

 and lucas is like !!!! accurate af but i’ll never ever admit that also how dare you

basically lucas is absolutely in love with her lmao joking but not really

their dynamic is a little reminiscent of s1 bellarke where theyre forced to work together for the greater good but its also reminiscent of murven where murphy is clearly enamored by raven but wouldnt dare speak it aloud, lucas is a pining from afar kinda guy just like his dad, he feels like he isnt worthy of riley so he does his best to keep his distance but of course it fails because riley sees right through him and its the first time he feels seen and its just

ugh i love them

also how cute, bellarke and murven being eventual in laws hahahaha

also also i realize how niche this au is for anyone who is reading this and has no idea who rucas is or worst, doesnt ship them but does ship bellarke and murven lol

sorry not sorry

look at how beautiful they are together -- wow, we stan. 

OH YEA FORGOT TO MENTION NONE OF THOSE GIFS ^ ARE MINE -- FOUND THEM ON GOOGLE AND AM BY NO MEANS TRYING TO TAKE CREDIT FOR THEM, JUST USING THEM AS AN EXAMPLE THATS ALL OKAY BYEEEEE.

[fleimkepajohnmurphy]

I can just say.

If Murven becomes a thing and Raven does that, "take your clothes off" thing she tried to do to Bellamy but to Murphy, he's gonna cum before their first time 🤷‍♀️

[gaylecleven]

100 the 100 aus | one  ➵ The Walking Dead AU

[Raven and Murphy]

                                                                            youre the kind of person i could                                                                              see myself surviving the zombie                                                                                                      apocalypse with

[bindymay]

Our story’s not over, it’s just the beginning.

Was thinking about what they would call their daughter, maybe Harper but it just doesn’t sound think their kid, something more adorable I would feel Murphy lean more towards names like Olive, Mazy or Annie. Raven on the other hand would be on to stronger names like Sparrow, Reign or Kisara.

I personal like Sparrow and Olive. Wat do u think?

[sarcastic-dogood]

Murphy: What? People actually tell their crushes they like them?

Raven: What the hell do you do?

Murphy: I die? What kinda question-