How it works: Create a post for one or both of the prompts for each day, or skip a day if you feel like it! This blog will reblog every post made in the #ethoryweek and #ethoryweek2025 tags on the day of each prompts. Here are the prompts:
Day 1, January 26th - Fake Dating vs Makeovers
Do Ethan and Rory "practice" dating with each other? Or do they love to give each other a brand new look?
Day 2, January 27th - Snow Date vs. Cozy Night Inside
In this winter season, do these two love building snowmen, getting in a snowball fight, and making snow angels? Or do they love to cuddle up next to the fire and drink hot cocoa?
Day 3, January 28th - Werewolf vs. Zombie
As magical creatures, Ethan and Rory have been turned into many wild supernatural combinations. Do you like Werewolf Ethan more? Or Zombie Rory more? Or would you want to swamp them? Zombie Ethan and Werewolf Rory!
Day 4, January 29th - Free Day
Take this day to share any Ethory fan works that don't fit into any prompts! Go wild, skys the limit!
Day 5, January 30th - Flight Night vs. Scavenger Hunt
Does Rory take Ethan out into the stars on a flight date? Or does Ethan plan out a fun and complicated scavenger hunt for Rory go through and have fun?
Day 6, January 31st - Battle of the Bands vs. Musical Theater
Do the Musetronics reunite for a battle of the bands? Or do they put on an amazing musical performance with Ethan as stage manager? Do they have an amazing duo song where Rory breaks into an awesome rap?
Day 7, February 1st - Younger Years
Ethan and Rory have known each other for a very long time. What was their childhood like together? Did they nerd out over Star Trek together and have sleepovers? Or did they play video games and do study sessions?
I know it's not inktober anymore but it's going to just make it easier for me to find these posts later since they all related. Haha.
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“Why are your knuckles white, Yang?”
“Because,” Yang breathed in exasperation. “I love how excited you are, Ruby. But your constant fidgeting is very distracting, and, I’m trying to drive.”
“Oh, I’ll try to stop.” The silence lasted all of a minute before Ruby sat up abruptly and broke Yang’s much needed quiet. “I just love the snow! And this is going to be so much fun with all of us together. We hardly ever get to do things together with school.”
“Uh huh.” A teasing smirk pulled at the corner of Yang’s mouth. She just couldn’t help herself. “You sure this has nothing to do with you and the Ice Princess finally starting to date?”
“Wh- I- No!” Ruby sputtered. “This has nothing to do with that.”
“Sure,” Yang drawled, stretching the word. “Nothing to do with this being your guy’s—What?— second official date?”
“Fine!” Her sister relented. “Maybe it has a little to do with that.”
“I would have never guessed!” Yang feigned surprise as she pulled up in front of a now familiar apartment building.
“You’re so mean!”
Yang turned, resting her arm on the back of the headrest of Ruby’s seat. She couldn’t help but chuckle at her sister’s protruding lower lip and crossed arms.
“It’s not funny. Stop laughing at me.” Ruby mumbled barely loud enough to reach Yang’s ears.
“I’m not laughing at you, silly.” She ruffled the younger girl's hair. “I’m just really… happy to see you so giddy about someone.”
“Really?” Ruby’s voice sounded so vulnerable it nearly broke Yang’s heart.
“Of course!” She pulled her sister into a tight hug and the other eventually uncrossed her arms to reciprocate. “I enjoy teasing you but I’ll try to tone it down. Okay?”
“Okay.” Ruby pulled back to look at the entrance to the apartments. “What’s taking her so long?”
“Did you text to tell her we are here?” Knowing full well she hadn’t, Yang enjoyed the way Ruby scrambled for her phone in embarrassment.
“Oops.”
“Uh huh. That girl has your brain-“ Ruby’s raised brow had Yang pausing. “Sorry, I did say I would try. I’m going to slip up here and there.”
Both turned to watch Blake exit the building.
“Hey Yang?” Ruby spoke as she watched Blake turn to lock the door behind her.
“Yeah?”
“I’ll make you a deal. How about you stop bugging me about my new girlfriend...” Pausing, Ruby turned to smile cheekily at her
Yang spared Ruby a quick glance but her eyes soon returned to the girl making her way to the car. She wore a heavier jacket than either of them with a scarf wrapped around her neck, covering half of the Blake’s face. Yang was disappointed to see her eyes blocked from her view by a pair of sunglasses. Blake jogged the few meters between the door and them and quickly hopped into the seat behind Ruby.
“Until you get the courage to ask a certain someone yourself.”
The words sunk in as she watched Blake pull the seatbelt across her shoulder.
“Courage for what?” Blake asked.
Yang noticed her shudder as she sunk into the leather.
“Here, this should help.” Yang interrupted, smiling warmly. She pressed a button on the dash to turn on the heated seat where Blake was sat.
Ruby giggled at the blush Yang knew was making its way up her neck.
“Thank you.” Blake returned her smile. “Sorry were you two-“
Just then Blake’s phone pinged a notification.
Blake laughed as she looked at the message. “I guess you can’t have been here long if I just got Ruby’s message.”
“Well we have been here for a bit, but this one’s brain is on a one way track.” They shared a conspiratory eye roll at Ruby’s expense.
“Hey! You promised.”
“Okay, okay. I’ll stop.” Yang relented. Not wanting Ruby to start in on any of her own teasing. She wasn’t even sure of Blake’s feelings and she did not want to chase her away before anything had a chance to start.
“Is Ruby excited for her second date?!” Blake piped up as Yang pulled back into traffic.
“Hey!” Yang saw Ruby swat at a hand out of the corner of her eye. “Yang!”
“What?”
“Our deal!” Ruby exclaimed as Blake poked the younger girl’s cheek again. “Make her stop.”
“Hey, our deal was that I would try to refrain from teasing. I can’t control Blake.”
“Has she been annoyingly excited?” Blake asked as she finally gave Ruby a break and sat back in her seat.
“So annoying.”
“That’s so-“
“Ugh,” Blake interrupted Ruby. “Weiss has been messaging me non-stop for advice on what to wear and how she should act. I’m so close to blocking her number, I swear.”
Yang caught Blake’s eye in the rear view mirror, her sunglasses thankfully abandoned to rest on her head. They shared a smile as Ruby squealed excitedly in her seat.
When they pulled up to Weiss’ apartment Ruby unbuckled. She turned and kneeled on the seat but Yang was quick to swat her before she made permanent indents in the leather. She stood, hanging on the seat for support as she leaned into the back. Yang didn’t think half pulling her seat with her weight was much better but she let it go.
“Hey Blake, would you mind sitting up front with Yang so Weiss and I can sit together?”
“You two are impossible.” Blake sighed, glaring at the snow outside the window as if it was just waiting to attack her.
“Please?” Ruby pouted.
“Do you really want to be in the middle of them the entire way?” Yang asked.
Blake’s eyes narrowed as she imagined Weiss and Ruby making faces at each other the entire hour’s drive. Before either Ruby and Yang could react Blake was unbuckled and climbing through the space between the two front seats. Ruby was quick to open the door to escape before Blake collided with her.
“How come she doesn’t get yelled at for abusing your car when I do?”
Blake quickly shut the door before Yang could respond. She pressed the button to start the heat going to her new seat.
“How was she sitting here with this off?”
Ruby knocked on the glass, mouth open in shock as she pointed to the dash. A muffled “not fair’ could be heard before Ruby turned to ring Weiss’ apartment number.
“What’s not fair?” Blake asked, strapping herself in and sinking into the seat’s warmth. “Front seats are more comfortable anyway. I call this seat from now on.”
“I-“ Yang laughed nervously. “Well no one is allowed to press my baby’s buttons but me.”
“Huh?”
Yang reached over to pat the dash affectionately.
“Should I leave and give you two some privacy?” Blake teased, unbuckling her seatbelt. “Whoops!” She exclaimed, hand flying to her mouth. “I just pressed another button. Whatever will you do?”
Yang stared, dumbfounded as Blake’s eyes sparkled. Was… Was she flirting with her?
Forcing herself out of her stupor, she leaned forward covering Blake’s hand still on the buckle with her own. The strap of her own belt digging into her left shoulder as she pulled at it to get closer to the girl still wearing that challenging smirk.
“You Blake, I would allow to press any buttons you’d like.”
Blake pressed forward herself, mouth opening with a response that Yang desperately needed to hear. It would give her the answer she’d been needing for the past weeks. Agonizing over whether Blake had feelings for her other than her friend’s older sister had kept her awake more nights than she would ever admit.
“If-“
“Good afternoon Blake, Yang.” Weiss greeted as she slid gracefully into the seat behind Yang. Ruby quickly jumped into the vacant seat behind Blake.
“Let’s go!” Ruby shouted as she buckled her own seatbelt. “Hey, what’s up with you two?”
Noticing just how close they were, Yang quickly reached for Blake’s seatbelt, pulling it across her body and clipping it hurriedly into the buckle.
“She was just having trouble buckling in. There you go.”
Her entire face was red, she was sure of it and when she spared a quick glance in Blake’s direction she noticed she’d tipped her sunglasses back on to cover her eyes. Was she embarrassed as well? If she was that only meant she was aware that they’d both been flirting. Right?
The drive to the hill was pretty uneventful. Ruby and Weiss mainly kept to themselves and Blake was characteristically silent for most of the drive. They spent a few minutes asking after each others classes and family. But for the majority of the drive Yang was overtly aware her younger sister was in the back seat. She wanted to ask Blake what she was about to say before Weiss interrupted them but she couldn’t really bring it up with Ruby and Weiss there.
Determined to not bring down the mood with her confusing thoughts of Blake, Yang promised herself to put all those thoughts away until another day.
Tobogganing was always Ruby’s preferred winter pastime. When their dad would take them to the tallest hill on Patch, Ruby always dragged Yang out of the truck, even before it fully stopped. Today was no different. Ruby hopped out, grabbing the sled from the back and dragged Yang off to make the first run. Leaving both Blake and a dumbfounded Weiss behind.
Ruby screamed all the way down the hill but once they’d stopped and Ruby was bent to lift the sled to carry it back up Yang remained seated.
“Yang!” She exclaimed. “You have to get up.”
“What do you think you’re doing?”
“Um… I’m trying to carry the sled back up so we can go again.”
“You do realize you just left your girlfriend at the top of the hill on your second official date. Right?”
Ruby blushed digging her toe into the snow.
“I got nervous.”
“Nervous?” Yang fell back onto the snow laughing. “You two have been inseparable for months! What could you possibly have to be nervous over?”
“I-“ Ruby went silent, pulling her hood up to cover her face. “You wouldn’t understand. Let’s just go.”
Ruby dropped the rope, abandoning the sled to Yang’s care as she made her way up the hill. Yang instantly sobered and jumped up, grabbing the sled and hurrying after her sister.
“Wait.” She cried, grabbing Ruby’s arm once she’d caught up to stop her. “What was that supposed to mean? I wouldn’t understand.”
“It’s just… You’re you!” Ruby huffed.
“Yeah, but that hasn’t ever stopped you from being able to talk to me about whatever is on your mind. I’m a little hurt you think you can’t talk to me about whatever this is.”
Ruby kicked harshly at the snow beneath her feet.
“Weiss is probably expecting a kiss or something from today.”
“Well, possibly yeah.” Yang was developing more questions than getting any answers. “You two are dating. I mean, do you not want to kiss her?”
“No, I do” Ruby was quick to correct. “I like, really want to kiss her.”
“Then what’s the problem?”
“I’ve never-“ Ruby groaned. “Never mind I don’t want to talk about it.”
Yang had known her sister was new to relationships but she never thought she was still this innocent. Her nerves made absolute sense now.
“Is everything okay?”
Ruby and Yang looked up to find Blake making her way down the hill to meet them.
“Where’s-“
“I sent her to get us all some hot chocolate when I noticed something seemed up. Plus I think she could use the distraction.” Blake turned to Ruby. “You really hurt her feelings leaving her behind like that.”
Ruby covered her face with her hands “I’m hopeless.”
Yang and Blake shared a look as Ruby took off up the hill again.
“What was that all about?” Blake asked her.
Yang smiled softly after her sister. No matter how much she wanted to be left alone with Blake and had her own questions needing answered by the other girl, her sister needed her right now.
Yang grabbed Blake’s wrist and pulled her along to catch up with Ruby. She didn’t want Blake thinking she was being left behind as well. Even if they weren’t actually dating. As they closed the distance on Ruby, Yang cleared her throat.
“My first kiss was an absolute joke. It was horrible.”
Ruby stopped. “And that’s supposed to make me less nervous how?”
Yang ignored her and continued. She would have preferred Blake not to have been here for this confession but she wasn’t going to let her bashful side stop her from helping her little sister.
“I was on a group hang out in highschool. Me and five friends decided to go get some milkshakes and fries at the diner down the street from the school. Do you remember that one?”
“Carole’s Diner.” Ruby answered.
“That’s the one.” Yang paused long enough to come up beside Ruby. “So there I was with a group of friends. Sapphire wanted another refill on fries and I volunteered to go get them for her. But when I was waiting for the order Bast cornered me. I was so surprised and…” Yang paused. “Well I hadn’t ever thought of him in that way but he seemed to think I did. He apologized after and said he should have asked me if I wanted to go out with him but instead he had Jem set up a group thing because he didn’t know how to approach me on his own.”
“I’m sorry Yang. I never knew. I thought Jen was-“
“No, Jen was much later. And more enjoyable.” Yang smiled. “But my first kiss will always belong to Bast and it wasn’t anything like the stories tell you it should be. My first kiss was wasted and something I would like to forget but can’t.” Stepping forward she wrapped her arms around Ruby’s hunched frame. “You may be nervous, Ruby. But that’s a good thing. I never got the chance for my nerves to go haywire for my first kiss. You have the chance for yours to be what the story books write about. Yours gets to be with someone you really care about. Nerves or not, that’s something to be happy and excited for. It’s not something you have to be scared of.”
Ruby squeezed her tightly before stepping back and removing her hood. She smiled at Yang and grabbed the sled out of her arms before rushing up the rest of the hill “Thank you!” She called back down once she’d reached the summit.
“That was very nice of you.” Blake’s soft voice spoke up from behind her. “It must not have been pleasant to relive that particular memory.”
“Not really. But if it helps Ruby then I’ll put up with the discomfort it’s going to bring me until I manage to lock the memory away again.” Motioning up the hill Yang changed the subject. “Let’s go get some hot chocolate before Ruby drinks them all. You look like you’re freezing.”
The second Yang and Blake grabbed their cups from Weiss, Ruby was dragging her new girlfriend to the top of the hill. Weiss happily obliged her.
Yang grabbed one of the blankets they’d brought from inside the truck then motioned for Blake to follow her to the rear. She lowered the tailgate and spread the blanket across the metal. She hopped up and motioned for Blake to join her. They sat in comfortable silence as they watched the other two return to the top of the hill time and time again.
“My first kiss wasn’t something I look back on with excitement either.” Blake broke the silence.
“I’m sorry.”
“Thanks, but you don’t have to be. I’ve learned looking back with regret is the easiest way of losing site of the present. So living in the moment is something I try to do as often as I can, but it’s something I sometimes still struggle with.”
“That’s a very mature way of looking at things.” Yang commented.
“Besides,” Blake continued. “Who says the first first kiss should be the one that you have to remember for all time. You can always try again with someone else and decide that’s the one to set the bar.”
Yang was so captivated by the expressions forming on Blake’s face she never realized how close her hand was until Blake was placing it on her own gloved one. Blake squeezed gently, leaning forward when Yang didn’t pull away. But unlike Bast, Blake stopped halfway between them, giving Yang an out if she wanted it. And that one seemingly little gesture was what set Yang's every nerve ending buzzing.
Like she would have ever in a million years said no to her.
Closing the distance was the easiest decision Yang ever had to make. When their lips met a warmth filled Yang; one that had nothing to do with the hot chocolate she’d just had. Adjusting the angle Yang pressed forward, deepening the kiss. She felt Blake’s lips pull against her own and knew she was smirking in triumph.
Yang pulled back. One day she would wipe that smirk off Blake’s face. But today, she would let Blake have this win. She deserved it for making Yang feel better. Yang chuckled when a large snowflake landed on Blake’s nose. She gently brushed it off with a swipe of her gloved hand before hopping off the tailgate and holding her hand out.
“I can see you don’t really enjoy the cold, but would you like to go down one time with me before we head to the chalet for lunch?”
Blake accepted Yang’s outstretched hand. “That sounds like a plan.”
“A good plan?” Yang asked for clarification.
“A great plan.” Yang took the lead, pulling Blake gently through the growing crowds of people. “Oh, Yang.”
“Yeah?” She stopped, turning to face Blake in case something was wrong.
“Give me your phone for a minute.”
“Okay.” Yang was a little confused but placed her phone into the other's awaiting palm.
Blake removed a glove and pressed buttons rapidly on her touchscreen.
“Here you go.” Blake said as she handed the phone back and quickly shoved her hand back into her glove. “Now you can message me instead of Ruby when you’re waiting outside my apartment. Or if you decide to pick me up sometime without Ruby.”
Blake rubbed her hands together to warm them again, having lost all the heat when her skin was bared.
Stepping forward Yang took her hands in both of hers and rubbed them together. She brought them up to her mouth and breathed warmth into them.
“Better?”
“Yes. Thank you.”
“Then let’s go.” They continued to where Ruby and Weiss were just coming up the hill. “Hey Ruby! Let us have one go before you wear the sled out completely.”
“Okay, Fine! Weiss let’s go get more hot chocolate!”
Weiss rolled her eyes as she was dragged passed them “Like she needs more sugar.”
Blake and Yang laughed as they disappeared into the crowd. Blake sat on the sled first and Yang took up the spot behind her.
“Oh, and Blake." Yang whispered into her ear.
“Hmm?”
“I’ll definitely be calling you.” She replied as she pushed off, allowing the sled to crest the ledge and soon they were both falling.
The feeling of her stomach turning and the laughter forcing its way out had nothing to do with the sled, and everything to do with the girl in her arms. She was sure of it.
You and Rosie are gfs in this fluffy story about a snowday.
Moodboard and reaction requests open! Mstrlst in bio!
When one of the biggest K-pop idols came out as not so straight, the media wanted to know what made her that way. Her reply was always the same. Nothing made her that way. It was just what her heart decided on its own. Some people were confused. Others were denying that she would ever date a girl. Most were supportive and happy she trusted them enough to come out.
That wasn’t it, though. She wasn’t thinking about any of that during the dinner that changed everything. Rosé just wanted to kiss you and wasn’t able to hold herself back any longer. It was the kiss the world saw. You hadn’t been expecting it. The dinner hadn’t been an actual date. You two were just friends. Yeah. You had a crush on her, but never in a million years would you think she felt the same.
The two of you had watched movies in the dorms with the other three Blackpink girls and shared her bed for the night. When you opened your eyes, you expected to see your sweet girl sleeping beside you. Instead, she bounced on the bed.
“Y/N! Y/N! Wake up, wake up, wake up! It’s snowing!” She squealed.
You woke up and looked at her, “What?”
She kissed your cheeks and your lips, “It’s snowing outside! Can we go build a snowman, please?”
“Yeah, sure.” You smiled up and her and yawned. “Lemme just get dressed.”
Out in the snow, you two build a snowman and used whatever sticks and rocks you could find to complete the face and give it arms. You then felt a snowball land on your jacket covered back as your girlfriend had thrown it at you. She giggled and had another one ready as you looked at her.
“You may be cute, but that doesn’t save you from retribution!” You called, starting to gather up your own snowball.
Rosé squealed and ran away to hide behind a tree. However, you were suddenly really fast and tossed one at her. It hit her shoulder as she turned. A long back and forth of throwing compacted cold powder at each other’s cold forms as you hid behind trees and bushes. Jisoo and Lisa joined you for a bit in the middle of your little spat before the youngest simply fell back into a fresh patch of snow to make the angel version of herself.
Her cats watched from inside as the four of you made snow angels and then the oldest went inside because this was way too cold for her. She needed to warm up and said she was going to make some snacks for you all.
More flakes began to fall as your gf took some pictures with her phone of the one she loved. Lisa was right next to her, so you thought she was simply making a video for fans of their time in the snow together. Then she giggled.
“How is it that I get to have the cutest girlfriend in the world?” She sighed. “I’m such a lucky person to have her in my life.”
You couldn’t understand what she was saying but smiled and waved anyways. Then the managers arrived and said it was best if they went inside for now.
After a hot bath that your Rosie tried to join you with but did not succeed, you put back on your pajamas. Lisa had left for a modeling gig and Jisoo was about to head out for a commercial shoot. That meant it would just be you and your lovely girlfriend enjoying a day together with the hot cocoa that the oldest left for you guys next to some Halloween cookies.
You cuddled up to Rosé who smiled at you in response. She looked so comfortable in her large sweater and fuzzy socks. You threw a blanket over the both of you as she decided what K-drama to watch on Netflix It was not much different from what you two did before becoming a couple, but now, she kissed your cheek.
Love-dusted Dawn tells her Boggy Woggy Kingy Wingy about their first winter snow date.
Dawn: I’ve got the whole day planned out: First we’ll make snow angels for two hours, then we’ll go ice skating, and then we’ll eat a whole roll of tollhouse cookie dough as fast as we can, and then, to finish, we’ll snuggle.
Bog King: *shakes Sugar Plum inside spider web prison like a snow globe* ANTIDOTE!!
What do you want from me? Why don’t you run from me?
What are you wondering? What do you know?
Why aren’t you scared of me? Why do you care for me?
When we all fall asleep, where do we go?
