One Year Has Passed

In case you were wondering what depression can look like.  It can look exactly like this.

Cheslie Corrinne Kryst  

April 28, 1991 - January 30, 2022

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Dinner Party Details - Sinclaire x MC

A/N: Another silly request from a kind anon. I’ll bold/italicize the prompt.

Tagging: @darley1101

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Emmeline huffs as she goes through the correspondence over breakfast, across the table from her husband, Ernest Sinclaire. More and more RSVPs to their annual dinner party came in. Their closest friends had answered quickest and now trickled in the responses for people they had invited out of obligation. Today she received correspondence from both her stepmother and Miss Holloway.

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Popping on to second this. Romance Club is the best.

Do I become a Choices and Romance Club blog, or do I make a separate one for RC?

Combine them. Just use the tags #choices and #romanceclub

Trust me, Choices peeps need some Romance Club!

New Year Resolution 2022

I know I've been pretty absent for most of the year, and for those of you that still reach out, I can't tell you how much I love and appreciate you. ❤❤

I did some soul searching during the last year, trying to pinpoint when and why Tumblr went from a place that gave me so much joy and fulfillment to a place that filled me with anxiety and dread. What I realized is that I'm an old-school Tumblr girl. When I started here, this fandom was a small and tightknit community, and we were all pretty supportive of one another. We had scheduled "Sleepovers" where we all got together and played silly games and got to know each other. But sometime in the last couple of years, things have changed. The old-timers like me started to drop out, and a new influx of fans came in. Which was great! The fandom needed a little kick in the ass.😋

But then, the "epic reblog" began. At first, it was amazing! To have someone so excited about your work that they left lengthy reblogs, quoting their favorite passages until the reblog was almost as long as the fic itself. It was so validating!

But of course, when you get a reblog like that, you feel compelled to reciprocate. Eventually, it became exhausting. I found myself spending more time reblogging a fic than I spent actually reading it.

And writing??? Who had time to do that anymore? 😔

Suddenly, reading fics and leaving these epic reblogs became draining and time consuming, and I just didn't have the energy for it. So I stopped reading. Then, I stopped writing because if I wasn't reading anyone else, why the hell should they read me? That's not fair.

So... Getting to the point of this long-winded post 😋 I'd like to come back to this fandom. I miss you guys. I miss interacting with you, and I miss writing. But I won't lie; coming back fills me with anxiety. The last thing I want to do is offend people by not leaving these long reblogs, which have now become the norm.

So, this is my disclaimer.

I will start reading again, but my reblogs will be old school. GIFS and cheering, and telling you what I loved, but I won't be quoting every other paragraph. I won't be "epic reblogging". That does not in any way mean that I don't love your work...it just means that for me to enjoy reading again, I need to focus on what's important... your story.

That being said, I'm also planning to start writing again this year. And I want you to enjoy the process as well. So I don't want you to feel compelled to leave extensive reblogs for me either. This goes both ways. ❤ I'm just trying to alleviate the stress and bring back some of the fun and joy this fandom used to hold for me.

So if you want off my taglist because of this, I TOTALLY understand. Just give me a shout. ❤

Peace and Love for the new year!!

DEB

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Cinnamon Spice 🎄

I am participating in @wackydrabbles​​​​​ prompt # 125 I’ve never seen one that big, which will appear in bold.

The Book:  TRR

Pairing:  Unidentified Male character from TRR  x F!OC

Word Count: 1916

Ratings and Warnings:  Teen / Sexual Innuendo.

Summary:  Male meets female in a bar to make her an offer she can’t refuse. 

Original Post Update: 12/17/21 at 9:19PM  EST.

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How’s Your Beaver?

Book: The Royal Romance AU

Pairings: Liam x MC (Ella)

Characters belong to Pixelberry, MC Ella Brooks belongs to me; I do not authorize anyone to copy paste and or use my moodboards or stories on tumblr or any other website.

Summary: The gang finds out Ella’s secret.

A/N: If you haven’t read The Loft, all you need to know is that this AU is based on the show New Girl and it is sooooo far from canon. What is canon? LOL and I took a scene out of the show How I Met Your Mother because … that’s also a hilarious show. I hope you enjoy!

A/N2: Participating in @wackydrabbles​ this week (holy shit I feel like I haven’t written anything in years) so the prompt will be in bold.

Warnings: adult language; sexual innuendos; the gang craziness; alluding to actor/singer LL Cool J; mentioning of actor Alan Thicke because he was Canadian (may he rest in peace).

Words: 1245

𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔏𝔬𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔰𝔱 𝔑𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱

Notes: I was going to write a different fic, but I quite like this one better. It's a canon divergent AU that touches on what might have been or what could have been. Enjoy!! Song to listen to if you're so inclined is La Danse Macabre (you can find it on YT). Merry FicMas! I kinda went the fluff horror route.

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Writers: @katedrakeohd @sirbeepsalot @alj4890 @ofpixelsandscribbles @queenrileyrose @burnsoslow @darley1101 @blackcatkita @debramcg1106 @leelee10898 @kat-tia801 @emichelle @twinkleallnight @arosentinel @bebepac @nestledonthaveone @txemrn @thegreentwin @karahalloway @annekebbphotography @cordoniantrash @sincerelyella @aussiegurl1234 @boneandfur @thehonorarybeaumont @chemist-ana  @lucy-268 @jerzwriter @sillydg @mynotsohealthyobsession @camillemontespan @axwalker @argylemnwrites @twinkle-320

On the Eighth Day of Christmas

Book: Open Heart

Pairing: Bryce x MC (Kayla Donovan)

A/N: You might need to read my other Bryce x MC fics to understand my MC's family but here's the gist. She's from Chicago, IL and her family is huge, and a little crazy at times but they are all extremely close. This was written for the 12 Days of Ficmas event (2021) and a GIANT thank you to our lovely hosts, @leelee10898 and @emichelle. The prompt I was assigned is- Advent Calendar.

Rating: Mature, but sfw.

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If Bryce had known what he was going to find during his eight am tumor removal, he wouldn’t have gone in at six to work out with the boys. Two additional tumors turned the scheduled two-hour surgery into six, forcing the following ones to be pushed back or rescheduled. A small, quick lunch because Kayla reminded him she had dinner in the slow cooker at home and he was back at it. By the time he changed out of his scrubs and showered at work, he’d been there just shy of thirteen hours and had only eaten an apple and a protein bar.

Standing at the kitchen counter in the large, upscale two-bedroom apartment he shared with his girlfriend, Bryce watched the condensation drizzle across the glass lid of the slow cooker. He’d been looking forward to Kayla’s pot roast all day. The smell had his stomach rumbling as soon as they walked in the door together after work; only to be told she had to add the potatoes and carrots and it would be another thirty to forty-five minutes. After she added them, she marched into their bedroom talking about taking a ‘quick’ shower. That was forever ago, at least.

How much was one man supposed to endure?

OMG OMG OMG OMG I loved this

shoutout to my favorite place

and GRAN I LOVE HER SO MUCH

what a damn icon

I have also been to that porn shop lmao

in the early 2000s my friend found a magazine FEATURING OUR OTHER FRIEND INSIDE IT -- yes one of those magazines 

this was so much fun!! Ahhhh I love Kayla’s family and I missed them!!

Yaas! Here it is, ladies and gentlemen, THE CHEESE CASTLE.

So, funny story. The last I visited mars cheese castle (and the porn shop) was just before the covid shutdown. I can't remember when that was because I feel like we've been living like this for fifteen years.

Anywho, we went to the cheese shop because we heard they had good bloody marys. They don't. Very basic, yet still tasty, which is also the reason we went to the porn shop after where I bought myself a new vibrator.

Best (and funniest) part was on the way home, I decided to open up said vibrator to check out the different settings. Picture me saying, "Ooh check out this one" to my friend and placing it on her arm while she was driving. Good times, good times. 🤣

So THAT’s why the cheese castle and porn shop sounded familiar! It was the meh Mary’s

Christmas Dinner at the Walkers’

Book: The Royal Romance

Pairing: Drake X F!OC (Lily)

Word count: 3268-ish I added more when I copied over… I’m sorry (not really)

Rating: PG-13

Warning: drinking, language, grumpy Drake, shenanigans

Fictmas readers: This is my first submission for 12 days of Fictmas! I'm excited to get to participate this year and can't wait to see what prompt I get next year. My prompt was Day 4: Christmas Dinner and I kind of let it get away from me. Hopefully I managed to do the event and crew justice. This has not been BETA read or approved by anyone besides myself - so forgive any mistakes.

A/N2: I was going to add this to When We Were Wallflowers, but I feel like it works best as a stand alone. Let’s just pretend it’s an alternate universe ending where Autumn’s Awakening didn’t happen after Summer’s Night Dream.

A/N3: thank you @karahalloway for the jumper idea, it was the funniest part to me.

Inspiration music: The Christmas Song - Catherine Feeny

A link to my TRR Masterlist

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under the twinkling lights

Hello one and all! There’s my day 2 submission for the Choices 12 Days of Fictmas (3rd time!! Still blows my mind)

This year's prompt is Minitree. Set in the same AU as Noël Dernier and my Once Upon Another Time fic although you don't need to read either of those to follow along.

Huge, HUGE thanks to  @leelee10898​ and @emichelle​ for hosting and to @grenadineandsunshine​ for the beta (and for hyping me and holding my hand through this)

Book: The Royal Romance

Pairing: Drake x OC, Liam x MC (background)

Rating: G

Warning: some non-explicit kissing (?)

Words: 3188

10:00 am

“What’s in that bag and why are you hiding it here?”

“Hello to you too, Blanchard.”

“Yes, hello Walker. Nice day out, how do you do, etcetera. Now answer the question.”

The Highest Bough [12 Days of Fictmas]

This is my Day Four submission for the 12 Days of Fictmas hosted by @emichelle and @leelee10898. My prompt is “tree topper.”

Series: The Royal Romance

Summary: The family gets together to celebrate the holidays the best way they know how – by decorating their tree, eating meatballs, and laughing together. Becoming Us/Blended a/u. Takes place a couple years after Unspoken.

Pairings: Drake x Liam, Olivia x Bastien

Their kids: Jackson x Jillian. Kids: Eleni [6] Gianna [5] Yannis [3]; Stella x Spinsterhood; Estel x Suzette. Kid: Remi [5]; Odette x Cole. Kid: Henry [2]; Gabriel x Being 13 and happy his Bamps has grandkids to fuss over

wc:3500

Content notes: Liam living his best Bing Bing [grandpa] life. Cute kids and sweet traditions. Jackson’s twin sister, Selene, is mentioned. She was stillborn. Liam is Bamps to the kids, BIng Bing to grandkids. Drake is Dad and Pop. Olivia is Mama and Mimi. Don’t call her grandma.

Characters belong to Pixelberry.

 “He’s wiggling,” Gabriel murmured as he tried to trace two-year-old Henry’s hand on a sheet of red craft paper. After three tries, he decided the second attempt was the best he and his Bamps could manage.

“He’s just excited for his first Cordonian Christmas,” Liam cooed as he stood the toddler on his lap before blowing a raspberry onto his sweater-clad tummy. Henry laughed before waving at his Bing Bing and blowing a slobbery … something Liam’s way.

Gabriel nodded — he was used to seeing his Bamps obsess and fuss over his five grandchildren — as he opened a package of various holiday stickers. “Henry, let’s decorate your hand. Which stickers do you like?” he asked as he handed the sheet to the spirited child.

The toddler carefully studied the sheet before pressing it to Liam’s face and laughing. “Bi! Bi!”

Liam laughed as he took the sheet and fixed his glasses. He put on a funny “serious” face that always made his little grand squishies laugh. “What if we pick this tree,” he said, pointing out a puffy sticker to Henry. “We are decorating the tree tonight.”

“Ah cookie?”

“Of course, but after tree decorating and dinner.”

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When Christmas Comes Around

Series/Pairing: Open Heart - Tobias Carrick x f!MC (Samantha Carlson)

Disclaimer: Most characters belong to PB, Samantha is sort of mine

Rating / Warnings: T/ none

Summary: Tobias and Samantha spend some time together leading up to the holidays. During this time, they aren’t together as a couple; they are friends still trying to decide what they want to be. This takes place during Book 2 after the attack.

Comments/Notes: Written for Day 5 of the twelve days of fictmas. My given prompt was “Santa hat” 

Thanks to @leelee10898​ and @emichelle​ for running this event again. It is a lot of fun! Thank you.

Thanks to @liaromancewriter who created the wonderful photo of Tobias in the sweater and Santa hat, and @jerzwriter for prereading for me.

Word count: ~1,175 (exclusive of texts)

A week before Christmas

Samantha had just crawled into bed when her phone pinged with an incoming text. She smiled as she read it. Free to talk? Instead of reply with a text, she called Tobias back.

“It’s quiet here tonight. Elijah, Jackie, and Sienna are all on the night shift, and Aurora has a date.”

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Hear the Angel Voices [Drake x MC]

Book: The Royal Finale (AU) – set post the ending of TRF

Pairing: Drake Walker x MC (Alyssa Devereaux Walker)

A/N #1: Merry Day 5 of the 12 Days of Fictmas! Our amazing hostesses, @emichelle and @leelee10898, gave me the prompt “angel” (which I loooooved working with!!) Thank you for hosting me for the third straight year! I love this tradition and I love you guys. xoxo

A/N #2: This story takes place in my Team Walker Ever After universe, which is a non-chronological, ongoing spinoff to One Rainy Day in Valtoria. It follows the lives of the Walker family after Alyssa and Drake abdicated as duchess and duke and moved out of Valtoria, and is canon-ish enough that you can read this without having read a word of any of the other series. Audrey, the former heir to the Cordonian throne, is 5 here; her little brothers are 4 and 2. 

I am participating in @wackydrabbles. Prompt #124 is “You should worry about that tomorrow” and will appear in bold. 

Thank you to @bbrandy2002 for the preread and to @mskaneko for all the gorgeous edits in the moodboards. 

Warnings: I’m pretty sure none. If there’s language, it’s extremely mild. This is … well, it’s massively fluffy. Some talk of religious beliefs (angels)

Word count: 1973

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Choices 12 Days of Fictmas

Day 6 Homemade Ornaments

(Drake x Olivia) in a Choices: The Royal Romance holiday drabble.

A/N It's no mystery that I am a diehard Dralivia stan, LOL. For this prompt, I'm going to the AU @krsnlove and I created for the TRR characters and their adult children. In this drabble though, we will see them when they are little.

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Rating: Fluff!

Length: 1,246 words

writers: @katedrakeohd @sirbeepsalot @ofpixelsandscribbles @queenrileyrose @burnsoslow @darley1101 @blackcatkita @debramcg1106 @cordoniansgonewild @leelee10898 @kat-tia801 @emichelle @twinkleallnight @arosentinel @bebepac @nestledonthaveone @txemrn @thegreentwin @karahalloway @annekebbphotography @cordoniantrash @sincerelyella @aussiegurl1234 @boneandfur @thehonorarybeaumont @chemist-ana @lucy-268 @jerzwriter @sillydg @mynotsohealthyobsession @camillemontespan @texaskitten30 @axwalker @argylemnwrites @twinkle-320

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New Ornaments

Lythikos, Cordonia...

"A little more." Olivia motioned with her hand in a downward motion. "There! That's perfect."

Drake finished attaching the lighted garland along the balcony overlooking the den.

He came downstairs to study this part of their home decorated for Christmas.

This is my fic for Day 7 of the 12 Days Of Fictmas. My prompt is Christmas Baking.

It is set in the future in my series The Rebel Crown Prince. It features Liam and MC (Anna Williams) from The Royal Romance.

Words: ~500

Rating: M (sexual innuendo, mentions of genitalia)

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“Hey Anna, whatcha doin’?”

“Christmas baking! Want to come over and help?”

“Sure. I’ll be there soon.” Anna heard a key in the lock of the front door as she ended the call with her pinky finger, and ducked her head around the corner from the kitchen, to see Liam letting himself in with the key she had given him. He grinned at her as he toed his shoes off. Holding her floury hands out of the way, Anna kissed him as Liam entered the kitchen.

“That was quick!” She winked at him.