ROSEFERN.

- make kate’s google docs more aesthetically pleasing

- start developing some more meaningful relationships  

▌ ❛   @abditcry​ (ellie)   :   send a 💬 for a line from this generator

 ❝    he  was  engaged.      wedding’s  set  for  a  month  from  now.    ❞      she  speaks  to  the  file  on  her  desk,    which  already  knows  it  all.     a  petty  officer  smiles  up  at  her,    light  in  his  eyes  which  has  since  been  extinguished.        ❝    and  i  think  his  fiancee  may  be  pregnant.   ❞      that  last  bit,     her  own  deduction. 

she  lingers  in  the  doorway,    shoulder  pressed  against  the  frame.     she  would’ve  brought  coffee   ----   should’ve,     perhaps  -----   but  worried  about  appearing  performative,   cliche,      pulling  from  playbook  of  which  she  knows  jack  to  be  equally,    if  not  more  so,   familiar.        so  she  simply  lingers,     the  closest  she  can come  before  officially  intruding  upon  the  other  woman’s  space,      arms  at  her  sides.     open  posture,        she  easily  catches  the  edge  to  jack’s  greeting,     but  skims  over  it  without  snagging,    hard - pressed   to  blame  jack  for  playing  defense  right  now.       

as i increasingly have threads where kate invites other people into her home,  i thought it might be prudent to have some caps up of her place.   kate lives in a third floor apartment in arlington,  va.    one bedroom with an en suite bathroom and an additional powder room off the living room.    the color scheme in the whole apartment is primarily warm tones.  pale apricot walls with white trim, beige carpet,  and medium to dark wood in the tables and bookshelves.    the living room features a plush red sofa, wicker chairs,  and a white and gold mantled fireplace.  the couch is placed on an angle to give it equal viewing of the fireplace and the television, depending on her chosen entertainment for the night.   the kitchen (not pictured)  features dark oak cabinets with white quartz counters and a small breakfast nook in the corner by the window.  

in terms of decor,   kate selects wall art in reds, oranges, burgundies, and beiges to fill the wall, with some sage green accents.    she enjoys the incorporation of natural elements as well  (see : the pinecones above),    but keeps live foliage to a minimum.   candles are another popular decoration:  some, like those on her mantle, are for show,  while others she selects in her favorite scents for lighting when she gets home.   while many of her decorations are picked up from homegoods stores and chosen purely for aesthetic purposes, there are several personal touches as well, including pictures of loved ones and a single photograph of herself and the president of the united states on whose protection detail she served.  hidden among kate’s many books on her many different bookshelves is a first edition of virginia woolf’s  a room of one’s own.    other sentimental objects include a set of coffee mugs housed in her extensive tea-making section of the kitchen, which match a set her sister rachel owns halfway across the country;   a wall clock that belonged to her grandparents;  and her jewelry box, which is housed in her bedroom. 

▌ ❛   @rollns​   :   send a 💬 for a line from this generator

kate  carries  within  her  distinct  aversion  to  enumerating  principles  by  which  she  lives  her  life   -------   a  consequence,   perhaps,     of  working  for  a  man  who  mandates  a  litany  of  his  own  sacred  rules.       yet  of  them,   she  herself  is  self - aware  and  steadfast,    diligent  in  upholding,    even  if  she  herself  stands  as  her  sole  witness.        one  of  these  tenants :      leave  work  at  the  door.       shed  as  she  steps  over  the  threshold  of  her  apartment,     the  heels,    the  coat,    the  badge,    the  weight  of  the  day.     doesn’t  mention  work  business,     doesn’t  stir  pots  of  drama,     doesn’t  check  room  corners.      such  separation  she  extends  to  her  friends,    offers  as  a  safe  space  from  the  long  days.

it’s  what  she  offers  amanda  tonight,     as  she has  on  many  before.     tonight,   they  went  out  and  picked  up  pizza  from  the  good  parlor  on  the  other  side  of  town,    too  far  for  delivery.       she  drove,    eyes  trained  on  the  road  with  additional  diligence  to  compensate  for  rainy  downpour,    while  amanda  rode  shotgun,    pie  on  her  lap  and  weight  on  her  shoulders.       the  heaviness  hasn’t  lifted,     kate  observes,    wiping  her  fingers  on  the  clean  edge  of  a  cloth  napkin  in  her  lap.        a  situation  silence  doesn’t  suit.      for  another’s  benefit,     rules  are  meant  to  be  bent.  

▌ ❛   @bensns​​   :   send a 💬 for a line from this generator

it’d  be  easy  to  blame  her  attitude  on  her  years  working  for  gibbs  ------  for  his  team  does  reign  in  infamy  for  not  playing  nice  with  others  -------  but  the  truth  is,    she’s  always  been  this  bitchy  in  matters  of  genuine  concern.     the  other’s  office  is  certainly  not  her  domain  in  which  to  rave,    yet  here  the  tirade  begins,    hand  on  hip  and  mouth  agape.  

▌ ❛   @deviantpath​   :   send a 💬 for a line from this generator

 she  beckons  her  company  inside,   shrugging  off  her  coat  and  locking  the  deadbolt  behind  them.    the  door  to  her  apartment  opens  straight  into  a  cozy  living  room   :      original  fireplace  with  ornate  mantel  and   plush  red  couch  to  which  she  now  beckons.         ❝   well,     this  is  where  i  live  -----   please,    take  a  seat,     make  yourself  comfortable.    ❞

▌ ❛   @abditcry​ (gibbs)   :   send a 💬 for a line from this generator

creeping  up  on  his  agents  :      a  seemingly  favorite  past-time  of  his  that  should  have,    in  theory,     long  ago  eradicated  personal  conversations  in  the  bull  pen  among  his  personnel.     yet  here  she  stands,    caught  again   red - handed   and  pink - eared.      a  full  foot  off  the  ground  does  she  leap  at  sudden  realization  of  his  presence  behind  her.            ❝    GIBBS !      i   .  .  .    ❞