let's kill this love.

Shadowheart has been lost in her thoughts since they have approached the Shadow-Cursed Lands. She wouldn't admit it to the others, of course, because she's supposed to feel welcome in Lady Shar's domain. She should be grateful to be this close to her goddess. And yet there's some kind of uneasiness around her. She has always wanted to be a dark justicar, and now she should be close to her goal, so she should be glad. But she's not. She keeps wondering about the memories that were taken from her. And she should never do that, of course. She's supposed to put her trust in Lady Shar. However... there's something wrong going on right now. She's just not entirely sure of what it is. Anyway they first need to get out of the Underdark. She's not feeling too comfortable here either.

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐒, 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝐖𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐄 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐑, Astarion knew as part of his cursed existence he'd be likely to survive it... but then comes being trapped under the rubble... confined, starving, trapped and unable to die. Visions of a year entombed threaten to arise in his mind, before being banished quickly. Lingering on the past was not something they wished to do frequently. It wasn't that Astarion felt a particularly close kinship to anyone at present, they were all strangers practically, but they had spent centuries becoming skilled at reading people. Learning who to approach, how to disarm them, read them. Although his targets had never been as guarded as Shadowheart, he could tell enough that --- even if different reasons caused it, that she was just as uncertain about their surroundings as he. They weren't sure if that shared discomfort was a blessing or too exposing to deal with. Perhaps both. " Oh, but that's simply not true darling.... we could sit back and let the tadpoles eventually take us all over.... we could also go the long way through the Mountains and risk being taken over by a hideous curse even faster ! " Astarion's voice dripped with honeyed sarcasm, although an amused grin shot to the cleric in return.

"Dad and Doris are watching Gordy for a few hours, how about we go and get something to eat?" Big, brown eyes looked at Donna pleadingly. It had felt like ages since the last time they spent time together — but that was the burnout talking. It had only been a few weeks, maybe a month and half at the very most.

Slowly letting her dad back into her life, while good moments, also meant confronting a lot of emotions she kept locked away. For herself, for Gordy. She saw how good a bond Dad had with Conall, and she wanted Gordy to have the same. Wanted him to have the close relationship she never had growing up. And right now, Kate didn't want to think about any more of that.

"I'll buy." She took one of Donna's hands in both of hers.

starter for : @killedllove ft. Donna Noble

𝐃𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐀 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐃 𝐆𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐘, but it was no secret that his arrival had shaken a lot up. Kate had never seemed more strung out and, as much as she wanted to help more, felt more than a little clueless half the time. Watching her friend navigate parenthood was exciting and terrifying --- and clearly, Kate felt that twice over, if not more. " Are you sure food is what you want, you look thirty seconds from keeling over.... and I don't have a good alibi if you suddenly drop dead. " She countered with a tease, although her hands flurried around the chaotic state of her. Donna linked her arms with her, quickly glancing down the hall to hear if her mum had returned from the shops yet. Silence, something she was grateful for most of the time --- even if right now she cursed the lack of car access. " I just hope you have keys, mum's still at the shops so we're walking otherwise... and I mean it, you look like you're gonna pass out soon. Not sure you'd make it to the bus stop. "

A collection of lyrics from Olivia Rodrigo's third studio album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, to use as prompts and starters. Feel free to adjust pronouns, names, places, or tense as needed !

“𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝”

I know that the bar closes at 11, but I hope you never finish that beer

You know all the words to "Just Like Heaven", and I know why he wrote them now that you're standin' right here

One night I was bored in bed and stalked you on the internet

It's feminine intuition

I always had a vision of us standing like this

You're lookin' like an angel on the walls of Versailles

The most alive I've ever been, but kiss me and I might drop dead

I feel like I might throw up

Left hook, right punch to the gut

You're so pretty, boy, I'm paranoid I made you up

Yeah, I'd love it if you walked me home

If you promise, we can go real slow

I got chewing gum and a bunch of stuff I'd like to know

Like, have you ever been to Japan, or taken that Eurostar to France?

I've been droppin' hints all night that I'd love if you held my hand, goddamn

And then maybe we could makeout, clothes off and fall to the ground

Let's go steady, let's go out and tell the whole damn world

Pisces and a Gemini, but I think we might go really nice together

If you let me stay the night, well, I think I might just have to stay forever

Kiss me and I might drop dead

“𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠”

New York City's never looked so blue

My friends are smoking blunts in the bathroom

They say that honest love is a cage that makes you feel free

And all the girls at this party are so cool, it's never been a thing that I could do

But I can't help but imagine what you say when you speak with me

You're a spark in the dark, in my clothes, I caught aflame

You should feel how I feel when somebody says your name

I'm the car speeding down the boulevard without a brake

I want you more than any stupid song could ever say

Oh, my heart made of wax and I'm melting in the sun

I'm the thread on your shirt and it's coming undone

I feel right, I feel wrong, I feel totally insane

If there is a god, it's the bond that's between us two (

Seven nights alone and a skipped meal

I'm sleeping in a dress and my high heels

I'm too shy to say what I see when I dream of you

Every night, like through one to four, I dream of you

Positively and truly sure, nobody's wanted somebody more

Hurts to think that I can't think more

Tell your friends that you're mine, I'm yours

With a hand on my heart, I swore

I'm going crazy, I'm going mad

I want you, baby, so bad

“𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐞”

So I guess that it's true time can heal even the worst of wounds

And the clichés I knew seemed so commonplace when I saw you

Let's just walk in the dark, hop the fence in the park

Honeybee, god, I love the way you look at me

And it's too hard to describe this in a way that feels honest

But even when I'm quiet, I love you, baby, I promise

And I hope I never see what your face looks like going

A face I swear that I could spend my whole life knowing

Herе's to hoping

Pick me up, walk me home

And it feels likе God threw me a bone

Would you sit and keep me company?

In the dark, I'm not scared, I just reach and you're right there

Everything I own just feels like ours

“𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬”

My day was so mundane, I don't think I left the house

Drank a pot of coffee, tried to write, nothing came out

Somehow, it's the weekend, I'm still bored out of my skull and I went to a party but only on principle

Empty, look at me

I'm a zombie in my body, I'm a train off of the track

I feel dirty, I feel rotten, and the colors are all flat

I'm a sad shell of a woman and I've got maggots for brains

That's just a thing that happens when my when my baby goes away

Everything feels moldy like the fruit that's in my fridge

And everything that's funny, I wish I could tell to him

And sometimes, at a low point, I even wish for tragedy cause I know hе'd come over and take rеal good care of me

It's so weird, he's not here

I'm a zombie in my body

I'm a train off of the track

I feel dirty, I feel rotten

I'm a sad shell of a woman

I've got maggots for brains

What can I do but think of you?

“𝐮 + 𝐦𝐞 = ˂𝟑”

I think that you're killer with your floppy hair

Take me out to dinner, you know you can take me anywhere

All of my girlfriends roll their eyes and tell me to take it slow this time

I got a feeling wounds are healing, talking on the phone

I know everybody changes, but I hope that we don't

You plus me equals a heart forever

I like your big sister, shе has your same face

I tried to win hеr over with my cynical humor and yacht rock music taste

All my ex-boyfriends have heard these lines, but I like you better by a million times

Let's get married when we both turn twenty-five

So buy me silver jewelry and all my favorite Cadbury

Tell me yet again about when we met and what you thought of me

Sometimes, I get overwhelmed and way too far ahead of myself

I often get the feeling that I'll never want somebody else

They say modern love's a cruel endeavor and to that I say, "Fuck it, whatever"

Sounds good

“𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲”

It's a little hard to stomach all your amateur moves

You know he's with me, like obviously, but you linger in the air just like a bad perfume

It's getting to me, embarrassingly

And here's the part where the girl gets pissed and the girl is me, did you get that hint?

You're in my way now

Don't go, go where you don't belong

Think I can't make out how hard you hang on?

Kind of insane how you keep calling, but you never get the message

It goes my way now

Man, I wonder what you think is gonna go down

You send him another poem and think that hе'll let me go

Maybe you'rе just tryna get me riled up now

You're posting another pic in clothes that I know are his

Well, here's a map of the lines I drew and some girl steps over and the girl is you

So, where'd you get that confidence from?

Last time that I checked, I won

Let me be direct, "Just stop"

You're being fucking weird

Maybe I'm a petty bitch, but you made me resort to this

That's it, I win

“𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐥𝐞”

It's funny, when your mom shows pictures of you in your school clothes

Your buzzcut and scrapes on your knees changed, but those eyes I still know

It's crazy how I used to visit your town like a tourist, Now I got a local grocery store and a favorite florist

So it goes that you kissed my neck, made our paths intersect 'til the two lines formed a circle

And I melt with you,

Your red and my blue, now I see the world in purple

Now a toothbrush, acoat and pair of shoes all come in doubles

We fight over who I'm hanging out with like a real couple

It's a small world when it only can revolve around us two

I had big dreams 'til I tied myself to you, now I'm all-consumed

Melt with you 'til it all turns black

Are we so in love? Are we too attached?

When you smooth it out, but it feels too flat

When you get so close and you can't go back

Melt with you 'til it just feels sad

“𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞”

All the pretty girls are in the foreground of my mind

I thought I'd done enough, but they keep moving the line

I thought I found the antidote this time

All the nights I spent fighting bad thoughts in my room, feeling so alone, might as well be on the moon

I thought I found the antidote with you

But my head is full of poison, and my heart is full of doubt

I got toxins in my bloodstream, you tried hard to suck 'em out

And it feels like medication, and it's good for me, I'm sure

It don't matter how your love feels anymore, it'll never be the cure

Used to play a game in my head when I'd date a guy, tally up the girls that he fucked 'til I start to cry

But I'm unraveled

Why can't you come stitch me up?

Why can't it ever be enough?

It's not enough

But it don't matter how your love feels anymore

It will never be the cure

“𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝”

All that I want is to know undoubtedly that you just have eyes for me, could you make it clear?

All that I want is to sit here silently and watch movies on TV

What a shame you're not here to witness my devotion and my endless well of needs

I'm an anchor in the ocean, you know I could never leave

So, I'm patient, you're learning, pretend it's not hurting,

They say it's a virtue to not let good love slip away

So, I'm cool and forgiving, I'll take what you're giving

But nothing's quite enough, when I know that to gеt it, I begged

And I have this thought when I lay in bed at night yhat I feel trapped inside my life

Is that a normal thing to fight back the waves of a static lover's dread?

I'm overwhelmed, I'm underfed

I still cling to hope like snow on mountains, careless words melt it away

I'm a penny in a fountain, just waiting on my luck to change

“𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞”

I'm just staring at the ceiling, can't describe this feeling I've got in my head

I'm out of body in my bed and I'm just searching up my symptoms, desperate to fix 'em; I'll do anything

Lately I've been spiraling, I'm not feeling like myself and nothing ever seems to help

Went to the doctor and she said I was fine but every movie that I see makes me cry

It's like somebody put a weight on my chest

I should talk to a friend but I can't get out of bed

My head is spinning and my stomach is sick

Say I'm in love, so it's hard to admit I can't eat, I can't sleep

I think you're what's wrong with me

I keep looking for distractions, hope the feeling passes

But I've got to say it's getting harder every day and I can't seem to get around it

Head just keeps on pounding with the simple thought: what if this isn't what I want?

Went to the doctor and she said I was fine

Tried meditation with a bottle of wine

I'm not feeling like myself, all amber lights and warning bells

I'm not feeling like myself, I'm not hiding it well

Every movie that I see makes me cry

“𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬”

I feel it again, edge of the bed, body and head protesting

My stomach's in knots, I don't wanna talk; let's just go to bed or something

Maybe it'll fix itself tomorrow but I've been saying that like every night

You say you can't stand to watch me cry a minute more, so you do the noble thing and open up the door

If loving me means letting go and wishing me the best then I guess I wish you loved me less

We tried to recreate our favorite date, but we didn't laugh much this time

Our trip to Big Sur only confirmed this isn't what it should feel like

And maybe I'm a stubborn overthinker but I've been thinking over this a lot

And I could try convincing you they're just intrusive thoughts, but you've seen me truly happy, so you know right now I'm not

If loving me means crying on the curb at LAX, then I guess I wish you loved me less

If loving me means saying, "Babe, I think this is the end", I guess I wish you loved me less

“𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬”

I met him at a party, I think he was on drugs

He wasn't smart or funny, I convinced myself he was

He had a great apartment and a car his parents bought

I thought that he was perfect, and now his number's blocked

Took a couple months, but now I am secure (Now I am secure)

I am so evolved, now I ask for more and more and more and more and more

I won't settle for a guy with a fake job

He seems so desperate for loving, but, baby, I'm not

Gave my heart with zero stipulations, now I take careful considеration

I'm not kissing any boy that is passive, their indecision is painfully unattractivе

Past mistakes are just new information

These days, I've got expectations

So I hit the new year like a single girl at a Vegas bar

Yeah, I've got hope, yeah, I've got drive, I will not lose my faith

Don't think my future husband's at this bar in Silver Lake

But in a couple months, a man will be procured, he will be evolved and I will be adored

[Bridge]

I've got big expectations

I've got real big expectations

She's got big expectations

She's got real big expectations

“𝐜𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐤𝐞”

The cigarette smoke is a smell that I know, it clings to my clothes and seeps into my bones

It's a real quiet house with the shower left on, five beers in the fridge and the second car’s gone

I regret you and how long I stayed

I resent you for not being brave

Tell me something honest so the memories turn dark

You said that I made loving look easy yil I made it hard

Give me back my time and I will give you back your heart

I thought that we played the perfect couple til you didn’t want the part

Some nights can be so fucking lonely, but it's better than begging for you to stand up for me, honeybee

I regret you and what I let slide

I resent you for taking her side

It's bone-dry, bitter and hollow

You'll be miles away tomorrow, why'd I try at all?

You will never know my sorrow

“𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐨 (𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨)”

I feel alone, fresh out of things I can numb myself with on my phone

You're so in love, is that why you went to parties and left me at home for a month?

Flowers in my sink, it don't mean a thing

If you only want what's best for me, how come I'm always feeling blue?

I made my wish a hundred times, it keeps almost coming true

I stretch myself a million miles across the desert to the moon

If you'd do anything for me, how come you never do?

Fun, no, I'm not having fun, cause you cannot appease her and tell mе I'm the only one

What for? What are you crying for?

Yеah, we both do our best, it's a shame that my best is much more

Naked in your bed, just holding my breath

▇▇▇ 𓆩 ♡ 𓆪   ... ( @killedllove ) as daphne ! ⊹     ˚˖⋆｡  " you just love bringing that back up to annoy me "

oh, how he adored his beautiful wife, the subborness of her from head to toe. a grin threatens simon's lips as he lounges against the settee, all amused confidence. he toys with the glass of bourbon in his hand, tilting it back and forth and watching the sunlight reflect off of it. "you make it terribly easy to do," he replies, amused eyes lifting to hers. "and when my darling wife grows cross, i find myself unable to resist." tone is teasing, but fond. he observes her calmly, as he knows infuriates her. "and you do of course realize that the more you insist it bothers you, the more impossible it becomes for me to stop." he raises his brows, challenging her as he takes a sip from his glass, entirely unreptentent. he loves to tease her, to needle and frustrate her. it is one of the ways in which he expresses his affections for her, for the beautiful life they'd created together. if augie were not playing on the floor beside them, he would take her away from this place, straight to their chambers.

𝐀𝐒 𝐌𝐔𝐂𝐇 𝐀𝐒 𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐈𝐍 𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐓𝐄, Daphne couldn't help but smile despite herself. It was so easy these days to pull a smile or laugh from her, something Simon had spent much of the time being the main cause. When she was younger, such needling would have infuriated her. Her older brothers had a knack for getting under ones skin in varying ways. Anthony was controlling, Benedict a mischievous imp, and Colin always with a sharp wit --- not that such things were unexpected with brothers, but it meant that when the siblings squabbled it could be quite combative. When she and Simon needled one another, such results never occurred. Instead, it typically resulted in laughs (if not, rushing to the bedroom --- as Auggie made their impassioned impulses of their early marriage less practical). " You are impossible alright, an impossible nuisance ! " She countered with a failed attempt at sounding scolding. " What example are you setting for poor little Auggie ? "

@killedllove said: ❛ YOU'RE NOT GETTING WITH MY MOM! ❜ (for fun from Ruby)

Kate cleared her throat as she stuffed her hands in her pockets. Carla and her had discussed the possible reactions Ruby might have upon them telling her of it—they should've factored in the possibility of it coming out when they weren't both around.

"That will have to be something you talk to your mum about," Kate began, forehead wrinkling as she tried to be precise with her words. "We've already been dating for a bit, and we hadn't meant to hide it from you. We needed to test the waters." On whether it was mere attraction or a relationship that could be pursued in the long-term.

Now the hours they spent together leading up to it, had been filled with trying to understand the mystery that still was Ruby Sunday. Kate finding there to be something off in how it all came together at the "end". Carla had been skeptical, as Louise and Ruby's biological father both existed in her daughter's life now, but Kate laid out a few things she noted or had been told. Things that were too strange than just "thought Louise was special that she became so".

𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐒 𝐈𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐀 𝐁𝐈𝐓 𝐔𝐍𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋, marching into her boss' office (who happened to be the head of UNIT) without any warning. Such an act would likely not have ended well for the perpetrator --- regardless of who they were, as Kate Stewart was a woman who commanded respect and authority. Perhaps if her words had been anything else, something so intrinsically personal to the both of them alone, Ruby would have faced similar punishment. This wasn't about UNIT though, this was about her life, her family. Ruby liked Kate, that wasn't the problem. The problem was that Ruby had been with UNIT long enough to recognize sometimes the methods (even if they could be justified) were questionable. The memory erasure of The Black Archive, something she knew only through access to classified documents in her consultant role, that she had been subjected to along with Belinda. She didn't want to imagine Kate doing something underhanded in such a personal way, but she did not know the lengths she would go to if the needs meant it. She didn't know her that well yet. " You weren't just seeing each other though, were you ? Mum is amazing, but she is about as subtle as a fire alarm sometimes. I know you're working on something, and if my mum is being used as some... tool... or pawn... " She didn't quite know what she would do, but Ruby felt herself shaking as she spoke.

@killedllove said: "You drooled on my arm, just FYI." (From 13)

Kate laid back next to the aforementioned drooled on arm, then leaned in closer—giving into a very specific impulse. Dragging her tongue across the inside of their forearm, her nose crinkling at the faint aftertaste of something remained.

"And what are you going to do about that, Doctor?" she challenged, her eyes wide from her own audacity but had already committed and there was no turning back.

𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐞, extracting her arm quickly before wiping their arm against the duvet. They glance at them briefly before letting out an amused laugh. " I dunno, " The Doctor confessed with a grin, " Can't say that's ever happened to me like this before... that should be a point of pride for you, Kate Stewart. I don't get to say that very often. " It was true, they thought to themselves, how rare it was for them to be speechless by a brand new experience. It was nice, to find even small things in this wide universe that were new. She had spent the last few hours simply enjoying the peace and quiet, a familiar presence allowing The Doctor to briefly lower their guard and defences --- perhaps Kate had felt the same, with the ease they'd eventually fallen asleep. " You sleep well ? " He asked her, The Doctor stretching out their limbs before shifting onto their side to properly face them.