Chapter 3 of (A Little Longer) Where We Are 🐶 is now posted. Enjoy and thanks for reading! 💖

Tagged by the bestie @flyinghome-againstthewind to do a little seven sentence Sunday. 💖

This is definitely more than seven sentences but 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️. (A Little Longer) Where You Are aka The Vet Fic is a slow burn because I cannot write anything succinctly so this bit will either be in chapter 8 or chapter 9.

Jamie laughed. A real laugh that loosened the tense muscles in his shoulders and breathed life into his body. There were so few true moments of laughter lately, he realized, and the feeling of ease and joy now in his body was a reminder that he needed to do it more. 

Just as he and Ian were getting back to work, reviewing a few small medical needs in their sheep flock, Jamie’s phone pinged with a text message. It was from Claire, and before he even had the chance to read it, Ian asked, “And just what has ye grinning like an idiot at yer phone?”

Was he blushing? His face felt warmer than it had a minute ago. Why did he feel flustered and tongue tied?

“Ach, it’s nothing. Just a vet friend checking-in or asking something. I can look at it later,” Jamie said rapidly, putting his phone face down on the desk next to him, despite it pinging again and his hand reflexively going to pick it up again. 

Ian looked at him intently, clearly not buying Jamie’s story. “Who is this friend? Do I know them?”

“Nay. Tis a more recent acquaintance. We met a few months ago,” Jamie answered vaguely, not really sure why he didn’t want to tell Ian about Claire. 

Happy Sunday! Chapter 2 of (A Little Longer) Where We Are is now posted! Enjoy! 🐶

https://archiveofourown.org/works/87127241/chapters/233247086

Chapter 1 of my new Outlander fic, (A Little Longer) Where We Are, is now posted!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/87127241/chapters/230732101

The great and good @flyinghome-againstthewind has, in the last two weeks, tagged me twice to share some snippets of my WIP, and nothing but laziness has stopped me. So this is a hybrid seven sentence Sunday and wip Saturday I am calling wip sentences Monday.😆

I AM writing! I know I promised a new story in January-ish but life had some other plans to start 2026, but I am still plodding along on my OL vet fic story when time allows. I'll start posting eventually and it should be sooner rather than later.

For now, enjoy this small excerpt. For reference, Honey is Claire's dog, and Jamie and Claire are texting about a dog they helped the day before. They only just exchanged phone numbers, thus the "unknown number" name on the texts. Enjoy! ❤️🐶

Got tag-teamed tagged by the lovelies @frasers-of-my-heart and @lara-frasers to A some Qs.

What is the origin of your blog name?

It's connected to Outlander and is similar to my Outlander IG account name, though I am not overly attached to it for my tumblr name so maybe I will change it at some point.

What’s your “I will always order this” food?

I am, tbh, a fairly boring eater and I keep a vegan diet so my ordering choices are often limited. And I live in the US so my "always order" food is harder to find but give me a vegan full English breakfast all day, every day. And if not, give me some avocado toast on actually good bread with a side of potatoes please.

What’s your overused emoji?

🙈🥹

What’s your current comfort show/movie/book?

Definitely have caught myself in a Heated Rivalry spiral in the last five days. Also, rewatching old Taskmaster seasons.

Song you’ve had on repeat this week?

Not for Nothing by the Weakened Friends

What’s the last thing you hyperfixated on?

Glasses back on.

What’s an oddly specific thing that brings you joy?

When my dog is dead asleep but has his legs rigidly locked straight (he is such a silly boy).

What smell instantly makes you happy?

Coffee (even though I don't drink it), gasoline (even thought that's weird), anything baking that has cinnamon in it

What’s something you loved as a kid that you secretly love now?

Sleeping with stuffed animals. And I don't even think I'm really secretive about that now.

What’s your phone wallpaper right now?

An impossibly cute picture of my dog.

Are you a morning person, night owl, or something else entirely?

The blessing and curse of my family is that we have all been forever morning people. I get up at 5:30am, largely happily and by choice.

Lastly, if you work, what is your work profession? And do you like it?

I mostly take pictures of 1. My baby nephew, 2. My dog, 3. The sky, so it turns out picking 6 shareable pictures was harder than anticipated. But here we are.

Finn is an active boy and requires 90 minutes - 2 hours of walking a day, no matter the conditions. This was today at 730am, just after it had rained but also not so much to melt all of the snow.

A less soggy but much colder morning a few days ago. I love taking pictures of the sky and chronicling how it morphs from day to day and season to season. Winter sunrises/sets are the best and are always worth fighting off the cold to see.

A tile in a shower that I want to remember because I want my future to have shower tiles like this one.

We had some super cold, subzero temperature days here in December and Finn, who usually will walk in any weather, refused to even step outside one morning. So, to give him some activity, I rounded up all of his stuffies and made up silly games with them. This is their team picture.

I have been on a quest for the best vegan peppermint hot chocolate (and an unexpected side quest for the best vegan whipped cream). I have not yet found a standout, but trying has been fun!

“The lights on the Christmas tree glowed soft in the otherwise unlit room, Jamie’s eyes fixating on the few bulbs that were flickering on and off, as if unsure if they had the will to continue casting their light. “Same,” Jamie thought, equally unsure if he had enough will to go on, the last several weeks pressing heavier and heavier against him.”

Happy Holidays! Please enjoy A Beacon in the Night, a Time Comes in Roses 🌹 holiday oneshot. ✨

Tagged by the bestie @flyinghome-againstthewind ✨

Last song I listened to: Great Expectations by Weakened Friends

Favorite color: at the moment, various shades of soft greens

Currently watching: catching up on the latest season of Bake Off with hopes to get to Heated Rivalry soon and a rewatch of The Pitt before season 2 in January

Last Movie: IDK? I cannot stress how infrequently I watch movies in this era of life. It was probably KPop Demon Hunters?

Currently reading: White Hot by Quiara Alegría Hudes

Coffee or Tea: Tea! Matcha with oat milk every morning and I’ll never say no to an Earl Grey or English breakfast situation. I went too hard with coffee in my 20s and ruined my insides so now it is not allowed for my own safety 🙃😂

Sweet/Savory/Spicy: sweet and savory together! Spicy (like coffee) destroys my insides to a not fun level.

Relationship Status: mama to one anxious puppy, aunt to the best baby ever, sister to two and daughter and granddaughter and friend and not interested or needing any more than that

Looking forward to: my cold being gone, two weeks off for the holidays.

Current obsessions: my nephew, chocolate chips

Last googled: vegan peppermint hot chocolate mix

Chapter 48 (the last chapter! 😭) of Time Comes in Roses 🌹 is now posted. Thank you to anyone who has made time to read any or all of my story. It was a privilege to write and share it with you over the last year two years. 🩷

https://archiveofourown.org/works/56191129/chapters/194975266

Chapter 47 (the book penultimate chapter!) of Time Comes in Roses 🌹 is now posted! Enjoy and thanks for reading. 💜

Happy Sunday! Please enjoy chapter 46 of Time Comes in Roses 🌹. It’s sweet and romantic, if I do say so myself. 💜