#virtues verse

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sometimes i miss writing the VV so much and have such a urge to write more for it but i am so, so out of ideas. like, the story's been told in all of its aspects. but it kind of makes me sad cause i loved writing it. so i'm just here with the urge to write but absolutely no plot ideas whatsoever.

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Very late but a cute little promp: Jasper finding out Mama's name is Max, not mama - He'd be so shook 😳

To be fair, that little guy has a lot of names and endearments to remember.

Jasper is about 3 and in daycare where they talk about their families, put up pictures etc. Jasper's picture is huge and crowded of course, because he has a biiiig family and pack, and of course he wanted to put everyone in the photo collage, including all pets (they narrowly stopped him at 'all the farm animals'). And sometimes when the teachers look at the collage with him, they go over all the names; tbh they're all impressed by how many people Jassy can memorize.

One day, Max gets sent a video from daycare during the day. The camera is focused on Jasper, his laminated collage of photos spread out in front of him, pudgy fingers pointing.

"...and who's this, Jasper?" the teacher asks off-screen.

"Daddy," Jasper says with a serious expression, pointing to Daniel's face.

"And do you know Daddy's grown-up name?"

Jasper gives a business-like nod. "Daniel!"

"Very good."

"Yeah." Jasper pauses for a moment, letting out a little noise that indicates he's thinking, "There's Mama."

Max's heart warms up fondly when Jasper's little fingers gently stroke his face on the picture.

"Yeah, that's your mama," the teacher confirms. "And what's mama's grown-up name, do you know that?"

Jasper looks up at her, and the sheer bewilderment in his eyes makes Max laugh.

"What's mama's name, Jassy?" the teacher prompts once more.

"Mama!" Jasper says, like it's obvious.

"No, mama's grown-up name. Do you know what Daddy calls Mama?"

Oh god, Max thinks, shaking with laughter now.

Jasper's face lights up. "Maxy!"

Could be worse, Max thinks. Daniel has a lot of much more inappropriate petnames for him after all.

"Yes!" the teacher says, barely concealing her laughter, "That's because Mama's name is Max."

Jasper looks at her and Max can practically hear the gears turning in his head. Poor little guy.

The video cuts off when Jasper looks back at the photo, apparently not entirely convinced his teacher is telling the truth.

He had a big realization today, the video caption says, a laughing emote attached.

Seems like it, Max thinks, and forwards the video to the pack group chat.

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You haven't talked about the stories on here in awhile so don't answer this if you don't want to. But I was wondering if Michael and Carlos ever like talked about what happened with Michael and lando? Like is Carlos aware of everything that went down after he and lando first met? Cause in lovers and friends he like picks Michael but he makes the comment about feeling the need to comfort him so like I wonder if there was ever any pushback between the two? And if he does how does he feel about the failed mating and like does lando ever have a fear when it comes to mating with Carlos because of it?

sorry it took me so long to answer this, but I feel like today is a good day to do it. I really love this question.

I think Lando would tell Carlos about it all. They tell each other everything, and this was a really important part of Lando's life before Carlos. As for Michael and Carlos, there's a lot of this in the actual fic! There's lots of complex feelings in there, of course. But I think there are plenty of things that help with the whole situation, such as Michael being fully aware that them being soulmates is just biology, and nobody's fault, Carlos actually being a decent guy, the rest of the pack making sure the conflict doesn't fester, and Michael eventually ending up with Pierre and Charles. And I could see them sitting down one random night over a drink and the whole topic coming up naturally. I don't think Carlos would ever overstep, just listen to what Michael had to say, taking his feelings seriously. What happened was never in bad spirit.

I hope this answers your question, and sorry if this is all over. My brain is tired today.

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Max is cleaning out the house and finds his old school uniform, he puts it on as a bit of joke thinking maybe the alphas would get a kick out of it or something. He totally doesn't expect Charles being all over him, the uniform reminding him of all the firsts of Max's he took 🥵

(old ask, this is not exactly what you wanted but hey) this accidentally became a full oneshot, enjoy!

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Max is cleaning out the attic, and he finds a box of old clothes and takes them down to go through it, half to laugh about them, half for the nostalgia, and also because maybe Riley might like one or two of them.

There is tons of stuff that kind of makes him a little sad when he looks at them. Shirts in drab colors, cheap jeans he never liked wearing, formless sweaters to hide his figure.

„Mama, most of these are so…sad.“ Riley holds up a very ugly grey-striped knit jumper.

„Yeah… I was sad while wearing them.“ Max watches Riley toss it onto the donate-pile.

There is a divide in this box, though, between before and after- before, those are the colorless clothes, the ones that scream depression. After, they get more colorful. There is a t-shirt Charles made for him, it’s tie-dye with „bestie“ written on the chest.

„I like this one,“ Riley smiles, holding it up to his own body. Max was older than him when he wore it, so it still looks too big, but he’ll grow into it.

„What’s this?“ Riley pulls out a piece of fabric, and Max’s heart stops for a second. Riley holds it up, and the ugly, mid-length skirt unfolds „I thought you never wore skirts when you were younger!“

Max shudders at the memory of sitting in a restaurant wearing it, his father talking about him like he’s not there, alphas commenting on his figure and cooking skills like he’s a doll, Daniil sitting there not talking to him.

„I didn’t.“ He grabs it from Riley’s hand and tosses it onto the landfill-pile. Riley follows it with his eyes. „My father made me wear it once.“

He has a policy of not lying to his pups about feelings and his past, and Riley is old enough to understand. Immediately, his eyebrows furrow. „Well, fuck it then.“

It makes Max smile, the swear word included.

„Ohh, look!“ Riley reaches and pulls out something else.

It’s Max’s school uniform, a white button down, a fine wool-knit jumper, the pleated skirt. Riley coos at it. „That’s so vintage, I love it!“

Max snorts. „Vintage?“

It’s the last uniform he had for school, much too big for Riley. A flood of memories overcomes Max as Riley runs his fingers over the pleated skirt. „That must have looked so cute on you.“

„It did,“ Charles says from the doorway. He must have sneaked up on them, distracted as they.

„Maman, look!“ Riley beams, „Did you have one like this too?“

„Yeah, of course.“ Charles saunters over to them, his hand landing warmly on Max’s shoulder. „But I used to roll up the waistband so it looked shorter.“

That makes Riley giggle.

„I didn’t do that,“ Max tells him, „And neither should you.“ Although he knows Riley would never. He reminds Max of himself like that.

„Actually,“ Charles hums, „I think I still have my cheerleader uniform. I think it’s in the depths of my closet somewhere.“ As intentioned, Riley’s eyes light up immediately. „Can I go look for it?“

„Yeah! It should be on a hanger.“

Riley dashes off, leaving the two of them alone. Charles sinks down to the floor next to Max and surprises him with a kiss. Max purrs into it. He knows Charles is up to something, especially when he half-climbs into Max’s lap to straddle him.

„You should put it on,“ he purrs, kissing Max’s neck.

„What?“ It comes out squeakier than expected. When Max realizes Charles is referring to the school uniform, he shakes his head violently. „It won’t fit!“

„It will!“ Charles pulls away, looking at him with a glint in his eyes. „…please?“

„Why?“ Max asks, mildly bewildered by the intensity of this request. Slow heat is rising in the bottom of his stomach as Charles is grinding down on him. He wraps his arms around him and holds on to his thighs, squeezing lightly.

„Because…,“ Charles trails his fingertips up Max’s shoulders, „That’s what you were wearing for most of our first times.“

Max feels himself blush. „Oh!“

„Yeah… I still have very fond memories of fingering you under that skirt,“ Charles purrs with a smirk, his fingertips now running along the neckline of Max’s shirt. „…and of unbuttoning that shirt.“

Max is too stunned to speak, so he just tips his head up in an offer for a kiss. Charles takes the offer. It’s true, there were many, many times when they made out while Max was wearing this outfit. There are lots of memories attached to it; not many of them have to do with actual school.

They make out for a moment, right until there are footsteps on the staircase. Charles lets out a little groan and slowly slides off of Max’s lap, giving him a heated grin. Max also feels slightly out of breath.

Riley barges in, Charles’ old red and white cheerleading uniform in hand. „I found it!“

„Great!“ Charles rises to his feet. „I could try it on, see if it still fits me.“ He gives Max a wink, then tells Riley, „Your papa must have a matching alpha one somewhere.“ He holds the skirt up to his hips, and Max has to look away so he doesn’t blush even harder.

„You could have a Highschool dress-up party!“ Riley suggests innocently.

Charles gives Max a smirk and wiggles his hips, making the pleated skirt swing back and forth. „Yeah, maybe we should.“

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Do you have any dyslexic lando headcanons from the patience universe?

I do actually!

So, I think Lando absolutely hates the fact that he's dyslexic. He thinks it's embarrassing and makes him seem "more stupid than he already is". He makes fun of himself for reading something out loud incorrectly, but I think it hurts him when people laugh about it :(

The pack catch on over time, find out what makes him uncomfortable, and eventually it becomes second nature to all of them to read things out loud for Lando, e.g. the ice cream flavors at the gelato place, menus at restaurants, or stupid bumper stickers ♥️

Autocorrect is Lando's savior when texting, but Max absolutely adores it when Lando writes him handwritten notes because the way he spells things always make so much sense if you don't care about correct grammar/spelling, and Max often goes "you know what, this should be spelled like that!"

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For cute asks. Carlos and Lando taking engagement pictures. We know Carlos' family is more traditional and I just feel like they would want to make an official engagement announcement. And Charles is there like directing the whole thing.

People tell him he's photogenic, but Lando does not feel photogenic right now. His nose itches from the grass pollen.

Carlos has his arms wrapped around him from behind, and the post just feels unnatural and stilted. He can smell the uncomfortable notes in Carlos' scent. Great, if they're both this awkward and stiff, the photos will surely turn out great.

"Lando, move your hand to the side a little so you can show off your ring," the photographer, Ted, directs him. Lando has no idea where to move his hand to, and he feels himself getting annoyed.

Charles is watching from the sidelines, brows drawn together. When Lando shoots him a helpless look, he cocks one of them and then sucks on his teeth with the most judgemental noise known to man.

"This isn't working," Charles says, sauntering up next to Ted, who throws him a surprised look, not used to being critiqued on his work. After all, he's the most booked (and most expensive) wedding photographer in their area.

Behind Lando, Carlos slumps, letting out a quiet, exasperated laugh.

Lando half turns to grin up at him, giving him an eyeroll.

"Let's not ever do this again," Carlos jokes. There is sweat on his upper lip; it's hot and he's wearing a suit jacket. At least Lando got away with a (somewhat) modest dress.

Charles, in the meantime, is explaining Ted's job to him. "-unnatural pose, it's way too stiff. There needs to be more movement. They're not fourty, and it doesn't need to be this traditional."

"But the request was specifically for a traditional set!" Ted replies defensively.

"Well, show some creativity, Ted," Charles shoots back, gesturing to Carlos. "Take off that awful jacket, roll up your sleeves, shake out your hair a little bit. You look like you're trying to sell me something."

Ted has apparently decided that he's better off shutting his mouth and just doing whatever Charles tells him to do; Lando and Carlos are more used to it so it comes naturally to them.

Charles makes them walk around, dance, twirl, kiss, sit, stand, even lie down. But most importantly, he keeps telling them to just keep talking and laughing together.

When the photos are finished, they're beautiful. They look natural and intimate but still classy. Lando's mother cries when she sees them, so Lando counts that as a win.

Charles seems very satisfied with the results. "You know," he says, "If you ever want to do a boudoir photoshoot, I'm happy to help as well."

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I can see Nico dating a lot in uni or like having a lot of crushes and each time he tells his parents they're hoping it's Lewis. Like when they finally get together Keke goes all out and pops champaign.

Nico: „Mama, Papa, I met the love of my life!“

his parents: „That’s so nice sweetie! Is it Lewis?“

Nico: „No, why would it be Lewis?“

his parents: „…..of course, we are happy for you.“ 🙂🙂

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Nico, a few weeks later: „…and so I had to break up with him.“

his parents: „Aw, sorry Liebling. We’re here for you.“ (😐🎉)

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Nico, eventually: „….so Lewis and I finally decided to start dating!“

his parents: „OH my God, that’s WONDERFUL sweetheart, we would have never guessed-“ (money changing hands, keke gets the champaign from the fridge, the party hats go on 🎉)

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I feel that a sick charles would be unbearable to deal with? Like, whining, crying 24/7... needing everyone to scent him,...

Charles, healthy: I'm a strong independent omega who needs nobody to coddle me

Charles, sick: max can I have some soup 🥺 no you have to hand-feed me it 🥺 Michael scent me right now.... no not like that.... 🥺 I miss pierre, he needs to fly here right now 🥺🥺 max the soup is too hot 🥺