#writings stuff

[smoshjames]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

chapter 4 is up!

[ddeadbbot]

I wrote a proposal thing with Harvey and my farmer Reed. Its dumb and fluff but it's mostly for me but in a celebration of it kinda being his bday I’ll share enjoy  

    It was the feast of the winter star. Reed finally finished things on the farm and was about to head to the town for the festival. He looked to the gifts he had set out earlier that day, one was a medium box for his secret gift-giver, it was Sam this year. The other gift was a small box for someone special. He picked up the small box and felt butterflies in his stomach as he opened it to check it. A mermaid pendant he planned to give to Harvey. A custom in the valley is to give this to ask someone's hand in marriage. He gave a sigh, sliding his thumb over its smooth texture. He had been thinking about it for a while. He got lost in thoughts of how much Harvey meant to him and the idea he could spend the rest of his like with him started to make him tear up. He closed it quick and shoved it into his inside jacket pocket before his emotions got the better of him. He grabbed the other gift and made his way out the door to the festival.

As he approached the town square he could hear the holiday music and the air was filled with smells of wonderful food. He mingled at Marnie’s table for a while then moved to Jodi's being sure to give Sam his gift. He finally stopped for a moment and looked at the large decorated tree at the center of the square. He stood there taking in its shimmering lights and the soft layer of snow covering its branches.

 "Hey, there you are." Harvey called from behind him wrapping an arm around his side. Reed greeted Harvey with a peck on the cheek. "Here I am." Reed beamed.

"Happy Holidays, honey." Harvey returned the kiss to Reed's forehead.

"Happy holidays. I was just admiring the tree, very shiny this year."  Harvey hummed in agreement leaning a bit more in to Reed as they looked at the tree. 

"so uh I need to ask you something." Harvey said nervously. 

"Well I need to ask you something too but not here." Reed looked around they were in the middle of town square. To many people were around, he wanted this to be a private moment.

"Come on, let's take a walk." he winked and took Harveys hand. Harvey gave a big smile as a small blush formed on his cheeks, ready to follow wherever Reed would go. 

Reed led them to a barrier that blocked the path to the park. He looked around to see if anyone noticed them then lifted the barrier waved Harvey to go under. He followed behind him. As he turned to put the barrier back he made eye contact with Mayor Lewis. He froze afraid he was in trouble like a school kid but Lewis simply smiled winked and looked away. Reed smiled back turned to Harvey linking his arms around his and rushed up the steps to not be caught by anyone else. 

They walked slowly in the snow, it creaking under their steps as they made there way to the fountain. Once there Harvey stopped them and swept snow off the edge of the fountain for both of them to sit. Then gave an almost bowing gestured at Reed to sit. 

"Oh my sweet gentleman." Reed said in loving sarcastic tone. 

They both sat enjoying the distance sounds of the festival looking at the stars very visible in the clear sky.

"This is perfect." Reed softly leaning on Harvey. He was lost in thought fidgeting with his sleeve.

"You ok?" Reed asked, placing a hand on Harveys arm.

Harvey jolted from his thoughts "Y-yes just been thinking too much I guess." He cleared his throat. 

"I uh- We've known each other for a while."

"Coming up to four or five years I think."

"Yes and what wonderful years they've been and I- you- w-we-" Harvey face was red trying to find his words. He stopped took a deep breath.

"You are simply an amazing person. You have filled my life with so much love. I was so lonely before you. You became my best friend and the love of my life and I…" He reached into his pocket and shifted to the ground getting on one knee. 

"I want you to be with me always. I know it's not the valleys tradition but I know it is in the city where you're from..."

He pulled out a small box and opened it to reveal a ring. 

"Reed, will you marry me?" Reed sat there fighting tears and laughter. He stared at the beautiful ring then to his beautiful boyfriend. He swallowed hard.

"Hang on." He squeaked and grabbed Harvey's arms moving him to sit again.

Reed wiped his eyes took a deep breath "Ok." He said under his breath trying to compose himself to speak. Harvey had a look of defeat on his face.

"No no its ok I promise." He put his hand to Harvey's cheek trying to reassure him. "I just wanna ask what I wanted really quick." He moved his hands to Harvey's that still held the ring.

"I love you so much and I always feel safe with you I-" Reed stopped, trying to control his emotions "The city left me lonely and scared but you make me not lonely. You make me want to be braver. I want that always. I want you always. Harvey…"

He pulled the small box from his pocket and opened the box to reveal the pendant.

"M-marry me?" Reed asked trying not to laugh and cry. 

Harvey eyes got wide as he stared at the pendent then started laughing softly. Reed began laughing with him moved to rest his head into Harvey shoulder.

"I can't believe we just did that."

Harvey said removing his glasses to wipe tears away. 

They laughed the situation more. Reed gave a sigh then took Harvey's box taking it to look closer at the ring. It was a beautiful silver band with a small pink stone embedded into it. Simple, beautiful and all he could ever ask for. 

"Oh Harvey." He moved his free hand to his eye to stop the tears coming. 

"Do you like it?" Harvey asked softly.

"Love it." Reed crooked trying to control his crying. His hand shook a bit as he took it out of the box and put it on. He loved how it looked in the moonlight.

"Yes." Reed said rubbing his eyes of tears.

"Yes. Yes. Yes Harvey, I wanna marry you." Harvey wrapped his arms around him holding him close.

"I do too Reed. Well I mean..." he pulled back some as Reed laughed. 

"Here." Reed shifted back and got the pendant out of the box, putting it around Harvey’s neck. He could see tears start to build up in Harvey's eyes as he looked at the pendent. He softly placed his hand on his warm cheek wiping a tear away with his thumb. He pulled him into pecking kiss. Reed then moved his arms around Harvey's neck pulling him closer into a longer kiss. Harvey responded by wrapping  his arms around Reeds waist. They pulled the kiss but stayed in the loving embrace. 

Reed pulled back some. "So I'm curious. How long have you been planning to ask? because I've had this on my mind since at least the end of summer."

"Really?"

"Yeah, at the luau. Abigail said that we look like an old married couple. It made me realize I wanted to grow old with you."

"That's really sweet" Harvey sniffled a bit. "Well I'm not sure if you remember but one of the nights you came over and made dinner for us. I think you had to much wine but we were cuddling on my couch and you muttered something about my last name didn't sound good next to your first name but my first and your last name fit nicely."

"Oh god." Reed hid his head in his hands from embarrassment.

"And you have a point." Harvey leaned close to Reed lowering his voice. "Dr. Harvey Parsons doesn't sound bad. To honest I might have written it a few times because I couldn't stop thinking about it."  Harvey blushed.

Reed bust into a laugh "Tell me you put little hearts around it with Reed and Harvey forever, or Dr. And Mr. Parsons like a high school crush."

Harveys face got red "N-no…" 

Reed laughed out loud more and got up. 

"Where  are you going?" Harvey called to him

"To find this paper. I want it." 

Harvey scrambled up to catch up "I- I threw it away."

"Oh my dear Dr. Harvey Parsons, I know exactly how messy your desk is, you didn't." Reed giggled walking faster away from Harvey, who was desperately trying to catch up.

[orbviously]

Orbot and Cubot have VERY different ways of talking, and I try to be conscientious of it, like...

Orbot never says “like” in the way of...well. “Like, so, like, well, like”. He doesn’t do that. CUBOT does that. Orbot also tends to speak more formally and doesn’t use as many contractions in words, whereas Cubot doesn’t bother.

I enjoy writing their speech... Hilariously, Orbot says WELL and stuff like that more often than Cubot does.

[goldpilot22]

second language / communication disability solidarity

[theartofyourpresence]

Sé un libro abierto.

Cuando dejas de querer ser perfecto, te conviertes en un libro abierto.

Lleno de errores impensados, los cuales nunca hacías porque vivías encerrada en ti misma.

Pero al ser un libro abierto, eres tú misma, libre y sin expectativas ajenas que te demanden ser. El qué dirán queda atrás y junto a él tus límites.

Empiezas a conocerte y realmente a mejorarte. Solo tú eres y listo. Ser y ya está. El inicio de tu cambio.

[theartofyourpresence]

Yes, I wasn’t here for a while. But, I do still have words. I knew and know every day the Author of the Word. Is it possible not to have them?

Palabras. ¿Cómo no ser presas de ellas?

Toda palabra que hablemos. Porque por mis palabras seré hallado justo, y por mis palabras seré condenado.

[theartofyourpresence]

¡No, Espíritu Santo! ¡Sí puedes contar conmigo!

        YO PENSÉ QUE PODÍA CONTAR CONTIGO. Esas fueron las palabras que el Espíritu Santo me dijo el miércoles. El domingo, mientras lo buscaba, me dijo que no importaba dónde estuviera: Siempre sería su hija. El miércoles pasado me dijo que era su hija favorita. Todo este tiempo, el propio Espíritu Santo estuvo hablando conmigo porque para escuchar esas palabras, él me dijo que quería contar conmigo, lo hizo cuando me llamaba y me daba ideas, cuando me las pedía, cuando me hacía reaccionar. Lo hizo en cada momento. Siempre supe que era él. Y ahora, estoy aquí a la 1:02 a.m escribiendo esto porque tengo el deseo ardiente de ser usada. ¡Ese es mi mayor objetivo! Ese es el objetivo de mi vida. Eso es lo que quiero ser el resto de mi vida: Ser sierva y servir. Algo que venía pensando mientras regresaba a casa es que si sigo preocupándome ‘dónde’ porque ese ha sido mi mayor quitasueño (no literalmente), seguiré perdiendo el foco de servir. ¡Es importante, lo sé! Pero no puede pararme. Sé útil. Útil. Útil. Es lo único que me repito. Sé la más entregada. Puedes serlo. Es lo que me repito. Déjate usar y obedece es lo que concluyo.   Dolió, Espíritu Santo. Dolió escuchar eso. Ya lo habías soplado en mi mente, en mi conciencia, pero yo fui necia y lo ignoré. Incluso lo escuché antes de tomar una decisión importante. No fue casualidad, estoy segura. Pero, con muchísimo respeto quiero mostrar que sí puedes contar conmigo. Estas en mi ADN. No acepto ser una sierva inútil. Sí puedes contar conmigo.

‘‘Porque todo lo que hay dentro de mi corazón, necesita ser cambiado, Señor’’ Mis raíces tienen que ser arrancadas para que nuevas raíces puedan crecer. Estoy en esa fe.