#veronica reed

[andr0leda]

Hey Ronnie

[taylortut]

Heyho, you know I love TLPOE and I was wondering if you'd ever write a (whump) fic that sheds some light on how Roni and Kit met? I really like their dynamics and would love to read something set in the past or referring to their past...

This sat forever and it’s very short and I’m sorry about that, but I actually really love this prompt. I really love Kit and Roni, but I hadn’t previously put a whole lot of thought into how they met. this isn’t much, and it’s not really whumpy, just kind of two stressed-out gay disasters meeting in a library, lol :) thank you for this prompt and also for waiting so long for me to answer it!! 

It takes place in 1992, with both Kit and Roni in college. 

Kitty Reed was sleeping on her arms in the library for the fourth time that week, and it wasn’t even finals yet. She woke up to someone gently shaking her shoulder and startled a bit, blinking her eyes back into focus. 

“Hey, you,” a young woman greeted, the tight ringlets of her black hair bouncing as she backed away from Kitty’s face. “I wanted to wake you and let you know that the library’s closing before Public Safety does it. Again.” 

Kitty smiled. She recognized the girl as one of the student employees who reshelved the books and helped people find whatever they were looking for in the library—one she’d had to start intentionally avoiding because she was so distractingly cute that Kitty couldn’t focus on studying while she was walking around or talking to other students. 

“Thanks,” she mumbled. “They’re not happy about having to walk me to my car every night.” It was university policy for the public safety officers to escort students to the dorms or their cars when they left school buildings after they closed, but that didn’t mean they were nice about it. 

“I noticed,” the young woman smiled. “I see you in here every night; you study until midnight even though you’re clearly exhausted.” Kitty frowned at the accusatory tone.

“You’re here every night, too, working,” she shot back.”You’re a student, aren’t you?”

The woman hesitated, sighed, and sat in the chair next to Kitty to help her pack her books into her backpack. “Yeah,” she admitted, “you got me. I’m just as tired. But I get paid for it.” 

“That’s true.” She shrugged into her green and purple sportswear jacket and looked the girl in the eyes. “Maybe we both need a break,” she suggested with a hopeful smile, which the other young woman met with an enthusiastic nod. “I’m Kitty, by the way.”

“Veronica,” she replied, “but most people call me Roni.” 

“Maybe I could take you for a cup of coffee tomorrow?”

Roni seemed to think about it for a moment, but something about her facial expression told Kitty that she’d already made up her mind even before she took Kit’s notebook and wrote down her phone number. 

“Text me,” she said, ushering her out the back door of the library before the public safety officer could scold her for being out past campus curfew. “And go get some sleep!”

Roni had managed to, while she was barely awake and not coherent, gather her supplies in her backpack, put it on her shoulders, and set her on her way without her even noticing that she’d done anything. Kitty gave a tired, slightly-dazed, elated smile as she waved goodbye. “You too,” she called over her shoulder.

[harrypotterhousequotes]

SLYTHERIN: “That being said, if you hurt my boy I will introduce you to a whole new realm of pain and suffering.” -Jeph Jacques (Veronica Reed: Questionable Content: All Cards on the Table Please)

[andr0leda]

Detective Reed

[andr0leda]

7 16 22 26 for the detective ask game 🩷🩷

hi! hello! thank you! i'm answering these for Veronica Reed :^)

7. Do they have any fears? lots! she's scared of everyone she loves and care for leaving her in an assortment of different ways, of failing her town she swore to protect AND a new fear is the Murphy Event... 2! but she would also benefit from having more fears because she tends to disregard her own safety and lean to self sacrifice.

16. Did they want to become detective? Not always, she wanted to be a lawyer, wanted to leave Wayhaven. she studied criminal law but struggled with playing fast and loose with ethics and morals. she wanted to help people, more specifically her hometown, because who else would? so she went through the academy training and after a year or two as a beat cop in The Big City she eventually joined the police in her hometown, for them. she also felt comfortable in what she essentially saw as her fathers old station, becoming detective felt logical and comforting in a way.

22. Did they have a relationship before meeting UB (Bobby/ others)? a few, sometimes she seeks out intimacy, usually in bad places. Her and Bobby are exes, and she's had a few casual relationships that eventuated to nothing. I also think that she would've had a college era relationship with another oc/sometimes wayhaven detective Flick, in that AU they studied law at the same time and while Veronica chose the force instead, Flick would've thrived as a lawyer. they've had a hot and cold antagonistic sort of friends with benefits relationship since then, but they do respect and have soft spots for each other.

26. If given the choice, would they become a vampire? OOF it depends. (looking directly at Adam) like she might be immortal, but to live forever. alone. .. as of book 3 no.

[myopinionisimportant]

This is a face that says "I am your friend's stepmother, I am a responsible adult, so I am trying VERY HARD not to laugh at you, even though your life is basically just slapstick chaos."

I love Veronica a lot