Juicy

Another week, another kiss prompt. In which Liandrin is delightfully easy to tease, and Verin isn't above using it to her advantage.

Summary:

A meeting of the Sitters in the Hall – and one Sitter in particular – leaves Liandrin seething.

This went a bit sideways from "a kiss out of jealousy" and turned into "a kiss for a jealous wet cat" instead. I'm assuming you lovely people won't mind...

Summary

Verin has taken a new Warder. Liandrin, perhaps unsurprisingly, is not happy.

On one side, we have Miss Doomstone, or Doomstone the Destroyer, as they call her: she is actually mean. We don't know that much about her character, but what we do know is that the moment she swallows the personality changing potion (which reverses your main personality traits), she becomes nice, kind and compassionate.

And then we have Miss Hardbroom, who takes that same potion and becomes Miss Softbroom. But if you watch carefully, she doesn't become nice, or kind, or compassionate: she becomes carefree.

Despite being severe, uptight, and sometimes downright nasty, Miss Hardbroom always has the school's and the students' best interests at heart. But after taking the potion, she loses all her control, and becomes a nuisance for the good of the school and because of her behaviour, the inspection takes a turn for the worst.

Miss Hardbroom is always very much in control of the situation, and she hates it when things don't go her way. I think that's why she's so nervous every time Miss Pentangle is visiting: she has feelings for her, and those kind of feelings are a thing Miss Hardbroom can't control. Like, did you see her reaction when Miss Pentangle kissed her cheeks and then booped her nose?

Cause there is one thing she severely lacks, and it's confidence. There's this other episode which draws a more subtle, but very much there comparison, and this time it was between her and Ethel Hallow: it was 1x05 "The Great Wizard's Visit", during which Agatha pretended to be Ada Cackle. Throughout this episode, no one, staff or pupil, knows who she really is, and there are two instances where she lies and manipulates, one time with Ethel and the other with Miss Hardbroom, and both times it causes problems, but for opposite reasons: Agatha appeals to Ethel's overconfident nature to have her ruin the broomstick flying display, and then to Miss Hardbroom's lack of confidence to get her out of the way. Neither of them realize she is really Agatha, even though Ada would NEVER speak to them like that or give them such orders, because of their respective degree of confidence.

And if there's one thing Hecate Hardbroom lacks confidence for more than anything else, it's love.

Whereas when she took the potion, she became DOWNRIGHT FLIRTY towards Miss Drill IMMEDIATELY. While the rest of the time, Miss Drill is possibly the staff member she is the most antagonistic towards. Weird, right?

So yeah, in conclusion, what Clarice said at the end of the episode:

October's Year of the OTP fic! Pumpkin costumes, too much punch, a lot of fluff and Adeleas being...well, Adeleas.

Summary:

After one too many glasses of Halloween punch, Verin made a confession she'd rather forget...too bad Adeleas heard it.

ANGST. HURT/COMFORT. Modern AU, therapist Verin and client Liandrin, and the ethical dumpster fire of two people falling in love who shouldn't be (without the smut this time). Also wet cat Verin as well as wet cat Liandrin...never thought I'd be tagging that but here we are.

Summary:

Liandrin should never have kissed Verin, and Verin should never have kissed her back. But now that it's happened, neither of them really want to forget it.

Finally decided it was time to do one of these! All of the fics listed are Verin/Liandrin – if I ever write anything else (which is looking unlikely, the brain rot is real), then I'll update accordingly. My most recent fic is at the top, everything else below the cut.

Something So Unexpected (M, 22k, Modern AU)

Liandrin should never have kissed Verin, and Verin should never have kissed her back. But now that it's happened, neither of them really want to forget it.

August's Year of the OTP fic! A modern AU with lawyer Verin, fluff, a bit of past angst, a late night conversation, and cake.

Summary:

When Verin starts baking at midnight, there's usually something work-related on her mind. And however difficult the subject is, Liandrin is happy to listen – in fact there's nowhere else she'd rather be.