Ship, Ship, Ship-ity, Ship

But last time I reblogged one ten/fifteen minutes later I got a call offering me a job

But I reblogged it because I was waiting on hearing back from the job. So there you go.

I’m interested to know just how far and wide the Berena fandom is spread, so reblog with your country & nearest city!

To be with me, she gave all that up. She came over here and worked as an optical retail assistant for not much over minimum wage. Despite being massively experienced and amazing at her job, the GOC needed her to do more training before they’d let her practise. It took years to sort out. There was no guarantee that it would actually be sorted..

You can do all that, be all that. You have every bit as much chance as anyone.

And if you’re not a lesbian/bi woman/wlw and you’re wondering if we actually experience love that is as real as others, or make committed long-lasting relationships work like straight couples do… then yes, the answer is yes, believe it.

My wife and I are also often long-distance at various points in the year due to the nature of my work (I travel a lot for research and work) and we often juggle around different time zones or not being around each other. It’s tough, but we make it work. We have been together six years and have worked our way through a lot of crap that life has thrown at us, but we’re still strong and still together.

by MissBJinx

Serena Campbell thought that her life couldn’t get much worse. She had just been suspended from work pending investigation for a serious data breach, her daughter only calls when she wants something, her charming but equally challenging nephew had just moved in, her most recent relationship had failed spectacularly and she was rapidly discovering that her social life outside of the hospital only consists of a rapidly diminishing stock of Shiraz.

And then the furry nightmare arrived, courtesy of Elinor.

Forced with becoming an unwilling dog-sitter for her daughter, Serena’s life starts to take a turn for the better when she attends dog obedience classes and meets the trainer, Bernie Wolfe. Could this mark a turn for the better?

Words: 3089, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Holby City

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/F

Characters: Serena Campbell, Bernie Wolfe, Jason Haynes, Elinor Campbell, Robbie Medcalf

Relationships: Serena Campbell/Bernie Wolfe

Additional Tags: Make Serena Happy Week, day 4: au, Dog training AU, Mostly Canon Compliant up to S18E31 ‘It Tolls For Thee’ but Bernie doesn’t work at the hospital, Elinor Campbell Lives

I’ve finally managed to gather all Serena, Bernie and Berena clips in one place. From S14 to S20*, all are now uploaded on a Google Drive. I will be updating the S20 folder as more Serena episodes are aired.

Please share responsibly.

*Most Serena and Berena clips from S14-S19 are made by @kitscaboodle. I’ve added my own to the mix. 

I think that ambiguity was the intention, tbh, and I think a lot of this comes from the fact that Serena has never really grappled with her queerness. She fell in love with Bernie and Bernie is a woman, so that’s that in her mind. But while she’s used to flirting and overtures from men, I don’t know that the idea that women besides Bernie would be attracted to her has really occurred to her. We know Fleur flirted with her like crazy, but Serena was oblivious to it. Also, Fleur flirted the same way when she thought Serena was straight, so it wasn’t anything out of the usual. 

So now Serena meets this new F1. Between the whole history with Jasmine and the other new F1′s treating her like a pensioner, it’s a breath of fresh air when she’s a little older and wiser, a go-getter on the ward who seems to support Serena and see her as the vibrant woman she is. Serena has always been keen on building female friendships at Holby (see Jac Naylor), so it’s natural that she latches onto Leah so quickly. They have a drink, they talk about their relationships. Serena is understandably feeling a little maudlin about being so far away from Bernie on her birthday, already tarnished by struggles at home, tragedy at the hospital and the mix-up with her gift.

And then out of nowhere Leah makes her move. You can literally see the gears in Serena’s brain screech to a halt when she realizes what’s happening, I think because she didn’t even remotely expect it or consider it as a possibility. After that, I think she goes into panic mode. Is she a little flattered? Yeah, I’m sure that’s a part of it. But I think most of what we’re seeing is her falling back on politeness when faced with the realization that she may have unintentionally encouraged this kind of attention, not just from a woman but from a subordinate. Add to that her notoriously harsh opinion of cheaters, she’s likely horrified that anyone could have gotten the impression that she would do that to Bernie. But there are also the lingering wounds from everything with Jasmine. I think Serena is much more careful with her mentees now and doesn’t want to make a knee jerk mistake. So she says she needs to call a cab, tries to extract herself gracefully, and then probably has a panic attack the whole way home.