college au meta | twenty five

WOW WHAT A TRIP.

true story; the bones of this has been sitting in my drafts for over a year. i had an idea of what needed to happen and who would need to talk and how things needed to progress -- but i didn’t have the patience with myself or my writing to get to that point.

SO THANKS FOR WAITING FOR ME TO GET MY ACT TOGETHER.

and if those paper wings don’t fly someone’s gonna paint you another sky | twenty five

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aka: that time when sh*t started to get real for skye + grant (but maybe not about what you think.)

Skye opens the door to find Trip on the other side.

There is a beat of silence as she peers down the empty hallway in pointed curiosity. “...Should I be worried?”

“Can’t a guy spend time with his favorite resident hurricane without raising eyebrows?”

me: [disappears for almost 18 months]

also me: [dives back into college au with a vengeance]

still me: [stares at 9K plus words]

me: i think i’m in over my head here.

in!!!!!! NO PARTICULAR!!!! OR D ER !!!!!!!

GOLD RUSH

HAPPINESS

CHAMPAGNE PROBLEMS

CLOSURE

EVERMORE

LONG STORY SHORT

TIS THE DAMN SEASON

TOLERATE IT

hey, so, asking for a friend...

if i were to ask you for the college au greatest skyeward moments, what would you answer???

college au sneaky peeky...

OKAY GUYS THIS IS HAPPENING!!!!!!

the end of an (aos) era.

it’s interesting that aos ends tonight.

i specifically use the word “interesting” because, for many of us, the show ended years ago.

...or maybe it didn’t, and you’re one of those faithful watchers who have been here for it til the very end (i’m looking at you, @agents-of-frickle-frackle)

we’ve all got our private theories + speculation going on with what’s going to air tonite -- and i’ve heard some real doozies so far.

but i would be remiss if i didn’t address the fandom the show inspired -- some of it good, some of it bad (let’s be real) -- along with my own personal investment + friends i collected along the way. (i say “collected,” because much like hotel california: you can check out any time you like... but you can N E V E R leave.)

to my fellow readers, writers and artists: you guys are the REAL takeaway from this show. you’re the ones that made it all worth it.

so regardless of what happens on the finale tonight, there will always be a part of me that is grateful for what has transpired over the past couple years. it wasn’t always pretty... and it wasn’t always comfortable... but there are so many good parts that will continue to stick around long after those credits run.

have fun watching that long-earned finale... and come scream in my inbox if there’s something i need to know.

xx.

(...though, to be quite honest, i am relieved that we can finally lay this show to rest.)