I DON'T KNOW WHO ON EARTH IS DOING THIS BUT IT IS HILARIOUS
this is absolutely ridiculous. Just a steady line of votes that defies any and all logic. Somebody has been doing this for H O U R S and you have my entire heart. whoever you are, you are my hero and holy moly I hope you aren't doing this manually because that would take an insane amount of effort
exCUSE ME WHAT THIS IS VERY RUDE AND IT ALSO SCRATCHES MY BRAIN IN EXACTLY THE RIGHT WAY I NEED MOOOOOOREEEEE
Ava was dying.
Strangely enough, it wasn't what bothered her the most.
Beatrice had been angry at her. They had had an argument and Ava had stormed off like some god damn child and avoided her for the rest of the day.
It wasn't like she knew this would happen. It wasn't like she had planned to stumble into the church with a hand pressed against her waist in an effort to keep the blood from slipping through her fingers.
Her hands were slick as she fumbled with her phone. The screen lit up and momentarily distracted her from the glowing divinium blown into her skin. She typed in the number she'd memorised by heart – which was a fact that had annoyed her a few hours ago, and it took a few tries to get her phone ringing. "Pick up, pick up, pick up…" –hello, this is the voicemail of Beatrice Young. I can't reach the phone right now– "God damn it!"
Ava hung up, clicked again, willing herself to stay conscious as it ringed. One, two, three... hello, this is the voicemail of Beatrice Young, I can't pick–"Fuck! Shit. I need you to pick up, Bea." Her voice wavered, "I need you..."
She clicked again.
Hello, this is the voicemail of Beatrice Young. I can't pick up the phone right now so leave a message after the beep, please.
Ava choked back a sob. She wanted to hear Beatrice's voice so bad. She wanted Beatrice to speak to her. If a voicemail was the best she could do so be it, Beatrice must still be giving her the silent treatment.
Her voice shook. "Bea, I'm sorry– I'm sorry. I love you so much. I'm sorry."
She paused, almost waiting for a response.
"It's Ava. Please call me back when you get this. Please."
Ava hung up. She wanted her to call her back. So she dialled the number again, not caring for the red marks on the screen anymore.
Ring.
Ring.
Ring.
Hello, this is the voicemail of Beatrice Young. I can't pick up the phone right now so leave a message after the beep, please.
"Bea, I'm scared." Ava began. Her mouth was dry. "The- the halo won't heal me... I want to see you again. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said those mean things. I love you so much, you make my life worth living."
Ava was broken. Her vision was doubling and she was losing the will to stay awake.
"I think I'm... think I'm dying... I just wanted to say sorry. I love you so, so much. I'm at the church on the west side, please come as soon as you can." Ava had no clue what else to say. "I don't want to leave you. It's so scary. I'm scared."
She laid back with an audible gasp of pain. Shouldn't have done that. "Is it okay if I stay on the line?"
"I wish you were here... Bea..."
Ava grew silent afterwards, having nothing more to say. She no longer had the energy to say anything. And she didn't have the energy to pick up the phone when it began frantically buzzing a minute later.
my writing fundamentally changed forever ten years ago when i realized you could use sentence structure to control people’s heart rates. is this still forbidden knowledge or does everyone know it now
1/10/23- Finished a oneshot! I have yet to get it beta'd but here's a snippet:
"She thought of casual touches sparking fire across her skin and quiet mornings, intense gazes and wanting, afraid yet still reaching out."
Yes i know the structure is a bit flawed, but hence the beta. Made some progress on my to-be long fic, tho i don't know where to end the chapter.
USING THIS AS MY MOTIVATION!!
how do draw good
fill 14 sketch book
bad stuff is good stuff bc you made stuff
do you like sparkle???? draw sparkle
draw what make your heart do the smiley emote
member to drink lotsa agua or else bad time
d ont stress friend all is well
your art is hot like potato crisps
don’t let anyone piss on your good mood amigo
if they do
eat
them
EXAMS ARE OVERRR
Some fic update: I will not be posting this week (surprise surprise) BUT I might (?) next week. I currently have a fic in the works where Beatrice is Mulan, but instead of the ending where she comes back and everyone is happy, Beatrice comes back from China to her parents being all disappointed. After that, Beatrice runs from her family and she throws herself back into the military, and ends up going on a foreign mission to Europe where the Roman Empire is falling apart and THEN she’ll meet Ava and the rest of the squad. I’ve got like 800 words written which is pretty good but we’ll see how it goes.
(also if you guys are wondering about the batb au yes i know it sits in my drive staring at me whispering “mother you have abandoned me why” but HAHAHA MUST BE THE WIND)
Anyways here’s a snippet of my fic
"I saved China. No man would reject a woman of such achievement."
"And no man marries a woman who spends her time cross dressing and wielding a sword." She sets her tea down and stares at Beatrice.
Beatrice chances a look at her father, who takes the opportunity to speak his part.
"You were reckless. What are we supposed to do now?" He purses his lips, and Beatrice lets go of the medal, still inside her robes.
I did it for you, I did it for you, she wants to say, wants to scream, and she feels uncharacteristically wild emotion clawing its way up her throat.
:') needed this today after spending too long thinking about death
arthoesunshine / annalaura_art
haha what do you mean i’ve been gone for months no totally not
BUTTT inconsistent posting habits aside here’s an update that you didn’t ask for
so i’ll talk quickly about some life stuff and explaining all my delays, and then i’ll separately post about the rest of my fics and a snippet of an upcoming oneshot. essentially the reason why i slowed down was because during my midterms (and i’ve probably told you guys this already) but since i took off time to study, i got thrown off my momentum and it’s been hard to get inspiration and write after that. However, thanks to my two creative writing assignments (which i wrote fanfics for lolol) i had something to post. now, i’ve got a bunch of ideas i can write (which is great) but i still have to suffer through the rest of this week because i’ve got finals (not great). after i finish school in a week or so, i’ll have more time, but i will be in japan and hong kong, so i don’t know if i’ll still have tons of time. you bet, however, that it will give me HELLA inspiration. but yeah, sorry to suffer you all through a paragraph of absolutely nothing.