#trcsecretsanta

[forestlyprince]

Hi Theo! I'm your TRC SS! I haven’t forgotten you! I'll post your gift a soon as i can, sorry it's so late! Happy Hannukah and happy new year ❤❤❤

Ah, Hi! No worries--I understand! <3 <3 Happy New Year!!

[forestlyprince]

This is a belated TRC Secret Santa gift for @ganseysargent. I know it’s a bit short and that it’s late, but I hope you like it! Happy Holidays, and I hope you have a wonderful New Year!

Blue sat on her floor, back against the edge of her bed, writing notes into a journal. Gansey was asleep on the bed. He’d wanted to hang out, but she’d taken one look at him and had pushed him onto the bed with a stern look.

“When is the last time you slept? Like actually slept?”

“When I got back to Monmouth last night, after I dropped you off.”

“Uh-huh. For how long?”

Gansey shrugged and Blue let out a small sigh.

“Take a nap, then. I need to work on this project anyway,” she gave him a small smile as she held up the notebook in reference. “We can get pizza once you wake up.”

That had been half an hour ago and she’d made little progress on the project in question, too busy glancing back at Gansey every few minutes. No one had slept well since everything a few weeks ago, but Gansey especially had been having recurrent nightmares of the night. She’d had a few, most featuring Noah, and both Adam and Ronan had new shadows under their eyes.  To be fair, those could also be from the stress of raising a sudden child, too, but Blue was sure there was something else to them.  None of them had escaped entirely unscathed from Cabeswater.

Blue shook her head and forced herself to look down at her notes.  Her project on Arthurian Quests was due at the end of the week and she was still working on creating a list of sources she’d need. Too bad she couldn’t use her personal experiences as a reference. Once there was a King named Glendower, she imagined writing—could almost picture the incredulous face her teacher would make upon reading it. Ms. Sargent, this was meant to be a literary and historical analysis, not a work of Fiction. If only.

Behind her, Gansey let out a small whimper.

Blue looked over her shoulder at her and quickly put down her notebook. Another nightmare. She stood up and kneeled on her mattress, leaning close to him but still keeping some distance. She didn’t want to make him feel smothered.

“Hey,” she whispered. He didn’t respond, but his eyes were moving with frightening speed beneath his eyelids and there were tears streaming down his cheeks. “Come one, Gansey, wake up.”

He did not.

“It’s not real. It’s a nightmare. You have to wake up,” she told him, slightly louder. She repeated the phrases interchangeably, trying to keep her voice steady and calm. She’d been raised to respect the dangers of nightmares and their power. She didn’t want to accidentally contribute to making it worse for Gansey.

It took almost a minute of speaking before Gansey opened his eyes and gasped. He looked in her direction, but his eyes were glassy and it was clear he was still grappling with the remnants of his dream. As his labored breathing calmed, Gansey rubbed at his eyes.

“I’m sorry,” he muttered.

“Don’t be—it’s not your fault.”

“Feels like it is. Like all of it is.”

“Yeah well, at least remember that none of us blame you. We were all there for a reason and I for one do not regret it,” Blue said frankly. Nothing she could say would make him feel better, not for a while. Trauma didn’t just go away because of kind words. Still, it couldn’t hurt to remind him.

“Sure,” was all Gansey said.

They sat in silence for a while, Gansey looking at his hands in his lap, or staring at the window, or watching her walls as if they were about to change in front of him. He did not once look at Blue.

“I’m glad you’re here,” Blue said finally, nudging her knee against his. Gansey gave a small smile, and that was that.

“On that note, I think it’s time for pizza. What do you say, Jane?”

“Why not—I could eat, I guess.” Blue gave a small sigh and stood up. She held out a hand to him. Gansey stared at it for a moment before grabbing onto it and pulling her back down onto the bed. She let out a disgruntled noise as she fell down, but it was quieted by his arms around her. They sat like that for another minute or so before Gansey let go. His stomach grumbled. He looked at her and gave a genuine smile and then stood up.

“Guess that means it’s time to go,” he said, heading for the door, eyes sparkling. Blue followed, watching his back. Words might not heal trauma, she pondered, but hugs might. Pizza, too, and spending time with their people.

As they sat down in the car, Blue quickly leaned over and pressed her lips to his forehead. Gansey shot her a look as she relaxed back into her seat and she shrugged. He put the key into the ignition and they were on their way.

[forestlyprince]

Hi Theo! I'm your TRC SS! How's your day? How are your finals going? I sent you an earlier ask but tumblr keeps messing around :'( can you magine Ronan having a lot of drawings of Adam hidden in his room? ❤Love ~SS

Hi Again! My day is going well--I’ve just been listening to music on my phone and reading a book. I’m going to unpack my clothes and work on my thesis in a bit, I think. Finals are done, thankfully! I hope you’re having a good day!!

[forestlyprince]

Hi Theo! How are you today? How are your finals going? Omg Ronan in nice clothes gives me life is2g, and sweating nervously when ppl ask him about his inspiration!! imagine adam's face when he says "someone i like..."Hope you have a great day❤ TRCSS

Hi, I’m sorry I didn’t this this until now--I haven’t been on much because of finals and because I don’t have my laptop atm. Finals went well, I think! I’m just waiting for grades to be posted now.

Ahhh, that’s so cute, thank you!

[forestlyprince]

Hi Theo, how are you today? trc ss here :) what do you think about an art school au? adam would be good with ceramics maybe, whereas ronan would be a brilliant surrealist painter? (he'd basically paint his dreams) Hope you have/had a wonderful day ❤

HI there! I’m doing okay--I’m in finals right now, so it’s a bit rough, but so far I’m staying afloat. How’re you? I hope you’re having a good day!

Oh my god, okay I love art school AUs. One of my favorite fics for TRC is an art school au. I’m very attached to them because I went to an art school for HS and I’m doing art (writing and theatre) in Uni and yeah. Also god yes, Adam with ceramics and sculpture nd Ronan as a painter (can you image him having a show in Uni and like having to wear nice clothes and network and people asking about his inspiration for his paintings??)

<3

[forestlyprince]

Hi Theo! I'm your Raven Cycle SS. How are you doing? I sent you an earlier message but I guess it got swallowed by tumblr x.x So, what are your fave pynch headcanons? Have a nice day!

Hi! It’s nice to meet you! Okay so Pynch Headcannons: Adam has PTSD and that’s something important in their relationship; Both Adam and Ronan are like wickedly intelligent; I love Adam as an artist, and same with Ronan, or like them both doing work with their hands (as seen in Adam’s skills as a mechanic). I definitely love College AUs, because college aus. Idk, I have a lot of thoughts about Pynch, lol. :D

[thebookmarkedone]

The fifth Pharaoh → H A T S H E P S U T

Merry Christmas Abril! ( @hatzhepsut )

[thebookmarkedone]

ok! guess what! i was just casually reading Born to Endless Night instead of doing my take-home chemistry test, and the website I was on timed out, so I came to tumblr, and I got a message saying you're my trc secret santa, and the FIRST thing i see on ur blog is alec lightwood. this is great. this is amazing. gosh im so excited. ok im ur trc secret santa, my name is rose, im 17, im a cancer i hope you ship bluesey bc i really really do, i think you ship malec and so do i! tell me about urself!

Hey Rose! (I'm really excited for this secret Santa thing)Yes,I do ship bluesey but I'm a bit more prejudiced towards pynch(blame tumblr for the fluffiest punch shit I've ever seen) and MALEC!! I'll start screeching whenever I see something malec.. And Alec is so precious he needs to be protected by all of us.So I really don't know what to tell about myself because there's a lot or there's nothing.Ask me anything!