Hellooo i like your writing andd can i request if you can, a qiu/tamarack (separate) x a reader that is oblivious. Like they would be saying to them "i like you" and reader would probably say its because they’re just friends
If you do that request thank you very much 🥹
Thank you so much for the request honey, and I'm sorry for the wait and I'm sorry if it's lacking, I've been going through a rough patch in my life.
Qiu "Autumn" Lin and Tamarack Baumann step 1 & 2 (separate) x oblivious!gn!reader
Step 1 Tamarack Baumann (She/Her)
• Tamarack was always pretty obvious when she liked someone, and to be honest it was easy to tell for everyone around her.
• The way she hovers around you all the time, loves to match with you, and always wants to hang out with you?
• Yeah, total crush.
• She never intended to say anything, but when she was propositioned by a classmate and she says
• "MC is my favorite!"
• And from there shock ensues, her classmates erupt into chaos as you just there, smiling sweetly.
• "Awh Tamarack, you are my close friend too."
• Tamarack let out a huff of frustration and relief, but moved on with her life.
• Not much would really come of it, honestly.
Step 1 Qiu Lin (He/Him)
• Qiu doesn't really care much about being subtle if I'm being honest.
• He would definitely be leaving obvious hints and you would just smile and be like
• "Wow you are such a great and nice friend!"
• He would sigh in amusement and mild exasperation.
• He wouldn't be too bothered though, he'd just get used to it.
• Although being friend zoned would hurt...
• He would just get used to it and think nothing would ever come of his crush...
Step 2 Tamarack Baumann (She/Her)
• Tamarack at 14 is much more shy than she was when she was 10.
• She's less obvious in some ways, but also way more obvious in others.
• She would constantly be nervous around you, blushing when you say something nice.
• But you would just say things like
• "Do you have a fever?"
• It's ridiculously cliche in her mind, I mean, it's like a dumb romance movie.
• But deep down she loves when you put a hand on her forehead to check her temperature.
• It would make her so nervous though!!
• If she did decide to confess (which probably wouldn't happen but for the sake of the fic she will) she would have to be SO blunt.
• "I like you. I mean, really like you. Romantically."
• She saw the red blossom on your cheeks like roses, and she felt her own heat up in return.
• When you returned her feelings she would be so relieved and flustered.
Step 2 Qiu Lin (They/Them)
• Qiu wouldn't be obvious about their feelings, unlike they were 10, but it would be blatant they liked you to an extent.
• They would be pretty smirky about your obliviousness, if I'm being honest.
• They would be very teasing most of the time, especially when you don't understand certain underlying things.
• Although they would turn bright red when you get close, and panic when you went to check their temperature.
• They would play it off cool though, saying that they just got overheated (in the fall?)
• When you back off they would simultaneously miss the touch and be relieved you stopped.
• When they confessed (just like Tamarack, probably wouldn't happen but bare with me.) they stared at you for a moment and said,
• "I have a crush on you."
• What was that?! They had thought about what to say for hours and that was the best they could come up with?!
• Although they were pretty sure you liked them back they weren't positive, but when you turned bright red and laughed nervously?
• They were putty in your hands.
A/N; I really like this! I hope you like it too ❤️
AO3 link here!
A/N: hello! this is the first fanfiction i've tried to write in a long time. normally i just lurk and read, but since the fandom is small, i must try my hand at content creating...
i'll primarily update it via ao3, but i wanted to share it on tumblr as well. i'll be posting the full chapters so that people can choose their preferred website. there are some points where it'll closely follow demo moments, and others where i try (keyword: try) being more creative. i hope you guys like my funny little words, even if i'm bad at this!
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“Home.”
Despite your mother’s insistence on creating a “home” for you and her both, you weren’t sure you knew what that word meant.
For all you experienced in your brief ten years of life, home consisted of small rooms and quiet hallways. It consisted of your mom being gone for extended periods of time, and solitude clinging to you like a second skin while getting watched over by neighbors. The home that your classmates or teachers spoke of—the place everyone could turn to after a weary day that never changed, that was reliable—never existed when you were uprooted every few years to someplace new.
Despite your age, you knew it was nothing your mom could really control. She always insisted the two of you were a team, and you took that statement seriously. All the moving was simply part of her upholding her end of the ship, as she chased opportunities for you both. Your place was to do your best to make it work, because no matter what, it would always be you and her.
Though, it made you wonder if home was even a place to begin with. After all, it couldn’t be so… disappointing. So empty.
What if it was a person? Something like the “soulmates” you often heard people whisper about?
They were rare. Harder to catch than Santa on Christmas day, but the magic was still there. It all happened in different ways, from some people hearing their soulmate's thoughts to others not even aging after a certain point. That idea was a bit scary—you couldn’t imagine being stuck at one age forever until you met one person out of millions. But either way, no one knew much of how it all worked. Just that it did, and that every pair had their own signature “weirdness” surrounding the fated meeting.
Unique magic tied to the person meant to be your home.
Your mom didn’t have any magic surrounding her, and from what you both could tell, you didn’t either. (Even if you noticed strange markings near the tips of your fingers sometimes. You just figured they were leftover from the times you spent doodling in your sketchbook.) Still, if something like soulmates existed, surely that was still enough for your theory. Home could be more than four walls. It could be people, like your mom, who made you feel safe and loved no matter what.
… Having her didn’t make moving any easier, though.
Golden Grove. Hidden in the mountains and decorated in leaves creating almost a gradient of colors; red, yellow, brown. It was certainly different. Nothing like the apartments you were used to. No, it was fresh, like the chilly autumn breeze that tickled your neck.
While you normally would have tried going inside by now, not exactly being fond of the cold, the day had other plans for you. Or more specifically, your mother had other plans as she urged you to explore the neighborhood. She probably didn’t want you bored while waiting for the real estate agent to come by, and despite your reluctance, you weren’t one to argue. Especially when you didn’t have many options with your stuff tucked away in boxes.
So, you sucked in the fresh mountain air and steeled yourself to explore the great unknown, a.k.a. the Oregon suburbs.
You hadn’t been expecting much, just the quiet hum of nature and the forever falling leaves to be your companion. But that all changed the moment you were struck by a… paper airplane.
Of course, one couldn’t be assaulted by paper with their name on it and do nothing.
Your sudden investigation had taken you on a journey, eventually carrying you to a construct much bigger than yourself. Maybe it scaled three wholes of you, with its dangling rope and rock wall to cross the distance to the top. A part of you itched to take the chance to scale it, curiosity calling your name, but a larger part yelled caution, rooting you to the spot.
And before you could sort out your inner battle, a shock of brown hair appeared over the railing.
You blinked.
They blinked.
Silence reigned, until the stranger took the first step.
“Who are you?” they questioned, their entire being adopting an aura of intrigue and playfulness. “Why are you breaking into my backyard?”
You couldn’t even focus on the fact they accused you of “breaking” into anything, much less answering their actual question. Your hand twitched.
They were pretty. Pretty enough to draw. At that moment, you fully believed you could spend the rest of your day by looking into their eyes, drowning in a sea of deep, dark brown. But the corner of their mouth kept creeping upwards in amusement and confusion, and it momentarily shook you back to reality.
Or not, because mumbling out that someone was “pretty” couldn’t possibly be a sign of being in reality. Even worse when that person heard it, laughed, and echoed the compliment with all the confidence in the world. Surely you were dreaming up this whole thing.
The kid proceeded to jump right out of their weird fort, landing with a grace you hadn’t seen before and making your jaw unhinge by the slightest amount. Wow. You kind of wanted to try that now, too. But you weren’t given the chance to follow that line of thought as the stranger finally introduced themself.
“Mr. Qiu Lin,” is what he said, tied in with a full spelling and grand ending reveal, like a showman in the heart of a crowd.
Indeed, “Mr.” Qiu Lin carried himself with an assertiveness you couldn’t quite understand, and a silliness that caused you to smile, no matter how much you could have tried smothering it. After all, how else could you react to getting called a sorcerer-thief? All for accidentally walking into his backyard?
Still, talking to him was different; you were having fun until he brought out his notebook. Your gaze was first drawn to the paper, pages the exact same shade as the airplane that crashed into your arm, haphazardly pushed together. Then your eyes shifted onto the hands holding them, and that’s when you noticed something strange.
“... So you’re a magician or a pickpocket!”
He was still going, still accusing you of something absolutely ridiculous, but your attention was elsewhere as he waved his notebook to and fro.
Once a few pages fell, you gestured towards his hands.
“Do you draw a lot or something?” you asked, eyeing the markings along the top half of his fingers.
“Huh?” The abrupt change in topic caught him off guard, and Qiu quickly looked at his hands. Then, his face lit up in recognition. “Oh! These? It just happens when I write too close to the edge of my paper, since I write pretty fast. Or when I smudge my notes. It always takes a while for it to go away, but that’s no big deal. I forget about it pretty quick.”
Your brows furrowed. That was just weird. It looked really similar to—
“Hey, don’t distract me, though! You gotta tell me how you stole my paper…”
The matter was shoved aside in favor of more pressing concerns, and you allowed Qiu’s energy to whisk you away. But after your name was cleared and you both resolved to find the true “sorcerer-thief,” one thing was still stuck to your mind. You tried sneaking a glance down at your uncovered palms, left gently swinging by your sides.
Those graphite markings were just like the ones you always got on your hands.
CHRISTMAS CAROLING WITH CUL-DE-SAC KIDS !!
Christmas break is coming soon and so is my comeback, teehee
Notes: step 1!Tam & Qiu · no proofread, I made this in school :P · can be romantic, can be platonic, can be x qiu, can be x tama, can be x tamaqiu (ˊᗜˋ* )╭
QIU “AUTUMN”
✦ Just like they do on your first day of school, he's turning up on your door and asking for you from your mom (unless it's you who opens up the door). Either way, he's glad to see you.
✦ He carries with him that usual polite demeanor when he invites you, and he's even more chripy when you agree to come with. He pumps a fist into the air when you walk back into your home to ask your mom for permission.
✦ as expected, he's recognized by most if not all residents you come across.
✦ he also makes sure to tell you and Tamarack which houses to go and not to go to on the way, maybe because those neighbors are always cranky or never home.
✦ I imagine both Qiu and Tam to be good singers, and their voice classifications aren't that far apart as children. He's probably an alto 1 or a soprano 2
TAMARACK
✦ She's pumped!
✦ Tamarack hastily runs back inside to grab her brown messenger bag that clinks and rustles as she scurries back briefly after you hear her voice echo through the halls of her informing her oma & opa of your gimmick.
✦ she's leading your group with her large, meaningful strides! Despite having to run back to meet you and Qiu who call out to her when you two stop by a house.
✦ it's also she who holds all the money you earn. Her bag has enough pockets to fill, and she's made a pledge not to come home unless she's dragging it on the pavement!
I'm a horrible person for this but what if I just want a good luck, babe! moment with tamarack or just a "I love you but you like someone else but then you end up liking me in the future after I'm over my feelings and its really angsty" kinda moment with qiu
In your weeks since moving to Golden grove, you’ve noticed the lack of flowers around. There were some littering the forest, but not much variety. Simple ones, ones that blend into the scenery. Not that it was bad.
But one thing you’d noticed even more, one that couldn’t blend in no matter how much your mind tried, was your awareness of Qiu’s presence. Since your first few days, their dazzling dark brown eyes and hair that appeared to be silky smooth wouldn't leave your head for even a moment. But, at the same time, you couldn’t help wondering if they felt the same.
It seemed they treated you the same as they did Tamarack or Baxter or Darren. While that wasn’t bad, it meant you were at least his friend, it still meant you were only his friend. Nothing more.
Today, as they usually did, these thoughts wouldn’t leave you alone. There’s nothing much else to occupy yourself with, considering Tamarack was busy and you weren’t sure if Qiu was even home or not. (While you could ask, you felt your disappointment might show a bit too much if you found out they weren’t)
Instead, you sat on the curb twirling a dandelion. The bright yellow stood out a bit among the browns and oranges of the forest, leading you to pluck it from the ground earlier that day. Another empty Saturday.
Well, that’s what you thought until you heard boots hitting the concrete hard in a slightly faster than normal pace. Not a run by far, but not exactly a leisurely walk. You looked up only to see the object of your affections, Qiu Lin in all their glory.
“Hey, (name)!” He said, stopping a few feet in front of you. He had a charming smile perched on his face, illuminating it as if the sky above decided you weren’t enchanted by them enough already. For once, you barely even noticed the warmth in your cheeks.
“Hi Qiu! I haven’t seen you at all today.” You stand up, trying almost to seem smooth but stumbling a bit in your efforts. Still, you straighten up as if you hadn’t almost fell on the concrete. You notice their bike helmet, nestled between his locks of hair that looked almost chocolate brown in the sun. Who knew a crush would make you a poet?
He nods, and you notice their hands cupped in a way that hid whatever was held between them from sight. “I was with Darren and Baxter. I would’ve invited you, but you were asleep when I got here.” They seemed to have almost wanted to assure that they’d thought of you, shown by slightly upturned brows. Did they feel bad that you were left alone today?
You shake your head, eager to ease any worries that may have arrived. “Ah yeah, I slept in a lot today. But that’s because I was super busy. I was today too, so it’s no biggie!” That was a complete lie actually on your part. You kind of wanted to seem as in high demand as they were, as if you weren’t thinking of them all day.
Finally, you got a glimpse of what hid behind olive colored fingers, a bright red. You looked up at them, waiting for an explanation. “What’s that Qiu?” You asked. His smile grew, as if he was waiting for that very question.
“I saw it while I was at the park. You moved here just a few weeks ago, so I figured you hadn’t seen one of these yet!” They hold out their hands, revealing the flower in all its glory. A red gardenia with petals that looked like perfect silk. “It reminded me of you, so I grabbed it.”
“Wow…” you muttered. You would’ve blushed at the comment if you weren’t hypnotized by the bloom. You scooped it up between your own hands, holding it like fine china. You brought it close to your chest, a smile growing on your lips.
“I’ll take good care of it! Thank you so much, Qiu.” They returned the smile, but it dropped slightly when you turned towards your house. “I have to go home, dinner’s almost ready. I’ll see you tomorrow!” With that, you ran towards your house. If only you knew the other reason it reminded him of you. The way it’s vibrancy made your eyes sparkle as brightly as the flower was colored.
Who knew a crush could make Qiu a poet?
Thank you for the request @boa-hoa ! Sorry it took so long for me to finish it!
I choose Red Gardenias as it means secret love between two people (if google is correct-)
Hello! Your work is really cute and, if you're still taking requests, I was hoping for a Qiu x F!Reader (GN is also fine, and if it's not too much could there be a platonic Tamarack b-plot? [That's what it's called, right?]). I'm not sure how specific you want things to be, so I apologize for making this too vague or too detailed- I think it's more likely the latter, sorry.
I feel like it would be sweet if, in step 1, Reader is really outgoing and a very touchy-feely person, but they're more shy and reserved around Qiu because they have a crush on him.
(The second part is optional, only if you feel like it!)
For step 2, it's reversed, Reader is reserved with everybody but Qiu (and Tamarack [if the b-plot is in the green light]). Reader still has a crush on them, but they came to terms with it and reasons with themself that Qiu probably see them as just a friend.
I hope this doesn't restrict your writing in any way, and if you need to tweek something to make it easier to write, by all means! I hope you have a wonderful day (or night).
(I'm always so nervous on making first requests to blogs, (^^;) haha)
Oh wow! This is really detailed ahaha! Don't be nervous my dear! I'm one of the least scary people you could request fics from ❤️ I'm not sure if it's called a b-plot, but I think you are referring to a background plot? I can do that! Thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to request this, and I'm so sorry for taking so long to get to it. I'll post step 2 later
Qiu "Autumn" Lin x Fem!reader & Platonic! Tamarack Baumann & Fem!reader
Step 1 Qiu "Autumn" Lin (He/Him) + Tamarack Baumann (She/Her)
• When Qiu first met you, he assumed you were just a shy person in general, and didn't pay that behavior any mind.
• Tamarack and Qiu would be hanging out with you and she would make some sort of comment like
• "Why are you so quiet?"
• Qiu would get defensive, assuming that she was taking a stab at your quiet demeanor.
• "That's how she always is, Tamarack. Don't be so rude."
• Tamarack would be confused, cocking her head.
• "What do you mean? She's always chatty."
• That would confuse Qiu, he would turn his head to look at you.
• "MC?"
• You would stutter awkwardly, unsure of what to say.
• "I'm just quiet sometimes..."
• Qiu wouldn't fully buy it, but he decided to believe you.
• His suspicions would be confirmed when he was sitting down, talking to other kids when he spots you across the class.
• With Tamarack, holding her hand, talking away.
• It made his stomach churn and heart ache, he didn't really understand these feelings inside him.
• He was jealous.
• Not extremely, but it made him sad you weren't comfortable enough to treat him like everyone else.
• Tamarack would catch onto your behavior as well, not clicking with it being a crush, but definitely realizing something is up.
• Your behavior would raise some questions with her, and she would just ask straight up.
• "Why do you act differently around Qiu?"
• You would blush slightly but manage to say,
• "I like him..."
• To say she was shocked would be an understatement honestly.
• "You WHAT?!"
• She would jump up, getting in your face.
• "YOU LIKE LIKE QIU?!
• "Uhmmm.... Yes..?"
• Things would change after that, she would always eye you when he was around.
• Qiu would be confused but not pay too much attention.
• But no matter what, those two would love you unconditionally.
uhh haiaiaiai can iiii ask for a fanfic with either qiu or tammy or both x a reader who has a angry resting face but they aren’t mad, they are super cheerful but looks angry.
HAVE A GREAT DAY !!
Hello my dear! Thank you so much for the request! I would love to do this request, sorry if it's not too good, I was falling asleep at the end while writing it. You have an absolutely lovely day as well!
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Step 1 & 2 Qiu "Autumn" Lin & Tamarack Baumann x gn!reader
☆ Step 1 Qiu "Autumn" Lin (He/Him) ☆
☆ Unbothered diva alert
☆ Genuinely does not care about your resting face when he first meets you.
☆ He will definitely be a little more careful about what he says at first cause he thinks you are mad...
☆ Honestly gets whiplash when you suddenly switch from looking like you hate the world to being the most cheerful person he knows.
☆ Qiu loves how cheerful you are though, definitely puts him in a good mood.
☆ He will definitely gravitate to sunshiny personalities in my opinion.
☆ Will definitely say you are super nice every time he introduced you to someone, so they won't get the wrong idea cause your face.
☆ Will defend your cheerful personality until the day he dies.
☆ Definitely flusters him a bit though, he's a sucker for the sweet type. (Or any other type tbh)
☆ All in all, Qiu will adore you no matter what, but you being a sweetie definitely helps.
♡ Step 1 Tamarack Baumann (She/Her) ♡
♡ Unbothered diva 2.0
♡ Tamarack does not care that you come off unapproachable and mean, she wants to be your friend!
♡ Really happy when she finds out you are a cheerful soul!!
♡ Definitely adores your happy personality, just a real sweetie.
♡ Your defender 2.0.
♡ She is much less nice and subtle about defending you.
♡ She will not hesitate to insult and be rude to anyone who says anything negative about how you look mean.
♡ She's a big softie though, if you tell her to stop she will.
♡ All in all Tamarack loves and cherishes your sunshiny personality, and will defend you forever.
☆ Step 2 Qiu "Autumn" Lin (They/Them) ☆
☆ Qiu doesn't really care too much about your angry resting face, they are used to it at this point.
☆ They like your cheerful personality, it balances them out.
☆ Will still defend you but not in the same way, just a simple
☆ "Don't say that about them."
☆ Instead of them talking about how great you are.
☆ They definitely do care if someone says something mean, they just won't speak up a whole bunch unless it's really bad.
☆ They like your personality, the sunshine aura will never not draw them in.
☆ All things considered, Qiu likes your personality, but won't treat you much differently then how they would if you had a different personality.
♡ Step 2 Tamarack Baumann (She/Her) ♡
♡ She adores your personality still, it's a breath of fresh air compared to the anxiety and cruelty of some other teens.
♡ She probably will compliment it once or twice, but she is much more shy than she was four years ago.
♡ She will stick up for you still, but similar to Qiu she isn't as confrontational.
♡ "Please don't talk about MC like that."
♡ She orbits around you like the earth does with the sun.
♡ You are her personal sun, what more could she possibly ask for?
♡ Tamarack just loves your personality so much that she doesn't even care about your intimidating resting face!
Part one is titled Qiu "Autumn" Lin x Fem!reader that is touchy-feely w/ everyone but shy with him or Tamarack & Fem!reader that's touchy-feely with her and everyone but Qiu
Hope you enjoy ❤️
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Qiu "Autumn" Lin x fem!reader + Tamarack Baumann & fem!reader that's reserved with everyone but Tam & Qiu
Step 2 Qiu "Autumn" Lin (They/Them) + Tamarack Baumann (She/Her)
• Qiu would be pretty chill in general about your personality, since they can relate to it.
• I mean, not exactly since they aren't nearly as touchy-feely as you.
• It would definitely be welcome with them most of the time.
• They like the feeling of knowing they are the only person other than Tamarack you are comfortable enough to be close to.
• Definitely boosts their ego lol
• They would be happy to just sit there quietly when they don't wanna do anything and just listen to you talk for hours.
• Tamarack is just as happy to know you are close enough with her to be outgoing.
• it would surprise her a little sometimes about how introverted you are compared to when you were younger.
• The same goes for Qiu.
• At school they would be pretty protective of you.
• Especially since they don't want you to have to talk to anyone if you don't want to.
• Tamarack wouldn't be as protective, but she would make sure that you were comfortable with any interaction since you are more reserved.
• Overall the two of them would be protective, but wouldn't care too much.
