PUNCH IT !

DJ’s mother !

struggled with depression after her husband’s abandonment ( and subsequent death ) and, as a result of this, emotionally distanced herself from her children for much of their youth. she sought help after an explosive argument with DJ, which resulted in his leaving and taking her younger son, caleb, with him. 

while a loving woman at her core, beth can be extremely judgemental of her children’s choices if she feels they’re the wrong choices; she actively discouraged DJ from pursuing a future in writing, while nurturing his passion for engineering and piloting. 

loved her husband very much, but turned to one of her co-workers for comfort after she began to feel neglected by ivan. the affair lasted for a year, and ended when she became pregnant with his child. 

calls DJ as often as she can, as she worries about his work with starfleet VERY MUCH, but is rarely in contact with caleb. this was a mutual decision, as caleb has made it very clear to her that he considers DJ to be more of a parent than she ever was. 

Her displeasure was palpable. Iris glared up at Deej when he came over to sit with her. They had most of their meals together since their schedules had lined up that way – plus, neither of them was willing to give up the opportunity to SASS one another endlessly. The telepath waited until Deej was sitting down and gave her the cue, and she speared several fries from his tray and crammed them into her mouth. “You’re a little shit,” she mumbled, a hand in front of her mouth so she wasn’t completely disgusting. “How was your shift? Did you sass your fellow helmsmen as much as you sass ME?”

El had been in her own world, a space between work and looking after Pearl, where she had time to herself, she’d just been staring at the table and admiring the way her warm cup left circles on the table everytime she lifted it. When Pearl’s teacher had suddenly greeted her she’d started, her cup had been midway between her mouth and the table, she’d ended up spilling a fair amount on her chest, “Hi! Pearl, uh, yeah she’s fine, mainly sleeping and crying. But she should be back by the end of the week. Um, how are you?” She patted the stain, trying to rearrange her shirt so no one could see.

Iris had started to lean to the side, body tucked near Ravi as she got lost in the view above them – and when he started to move, Iris had to steady herself in a LESS than graceful fashion. “Oh, right – yeah, that’d be good. I think it’s down that street on the left.” Iris motioned with her free hand, picking up her bag in the other and tossing it over her shoulder with ease. Everything here seemed to fresh and lively – it reminded her of home. “This is kind of like Betazed – there’s so much green. I love it.”

@letspunchit gave a ♥ ! ( for ravi ! )

       “ —— EXCUSE ME.”

       garak’s voice is warm as he slithers up to ravi (who was probably minding his own business on this bench, and is now doomed to endure conversation with a particularly hungry cardassian the poor guy).

       “you’re from starfleet, aren’t you ?  are you new — or perhaps, stopping through ?  i don’t believe we’ve met ! ”

      “ oh. ” 

       to say ravi had been taken aback by garak’s sudden appearance would have been an understatement. though, to think that he’d been so caught up in his medical journals that the sight of a cardassian, of all people, approaching him had gone unnoticed is slightly... concerning. 

CHAMOMILE

easy-going, friendly and well-liked, you’ve got a gentle and sweet nature and a calming presence that puts others at ease. your sensitivity to others may cause you to take on too much of other people’s feelings, though, and you may even be prone to worry.

PASSIONFLOWER

deeply concerned about others and the world around you, you have a developed sense of what’s right and just. you’re a bit of an idealist and strive to see your vision of perfection realized in the world. on occasion, you get out of balance, and you may feel a deep sense of unease and be prone to worry—especially at night, tossing and turning over all that is wrong or that needs fixing.

PEPPERMINT 

unflappable. you are cool in the crisis, calm in the storm, collected amongst the chaos. you’re a breath of fresh air, a waft of inspiration to the down-and-out, a refreshing, inspiring, uplifting person to be around. of course, even a cool cucumber like yourself can run into trouble. you may try to take on too much, which can leave you feeling weighed down and not quite yourself.

CHILDHOOD HEADCANONS ★ ACCEPTING

I mean, his strong attachment to Ravi and his family aside, DJ wasn’t overly close to anyone outside his immediate family? He had friends at school, but they were just kind of… there. He’s never met either of his mom’s brothers, or his cousins on that side, and his mom’s parents are basically strangers to him as well. He knows practically nothing about his father’s family, but he has received calls from Dmitri’s parents in the past. 

All that said, there was his high school English teacher, Mr. Murphy, who was a huge influence on DJ. He encouraged him to clean up his act, behaviour-wise, and also supported and facilitated DJ’s passion for literature. Deej used to stay behind after class and just… talk with the guy, for ages, about anything and everything. He was devastated when Mr. Murphy moved away before the end of his senior year. 

DJ’s upbringing was very… defined by self-sufficiency. Because of his mom’s mental health struggles, Deej really had to step up and take charge of not only his own care a lot of the time, but that of his brother ( and his mother ) as well. Caleb really came to rely on DJ, more than on their mother, and he took the responsibility completely seriously. He was forced to grow up much more quickly than most kids his age, but he never really minded. It was hard at times, but the family was a ( mostly ) happy one. 

CHILDHOOD HEADCANONS ★ ACCEPTING

Ravi has really loving, supportive parents, and they get along really, really well. They didn’t always get to spend as much time with him as they would have liked when he was growing up ( because they had FIVE KIDS to balance their time between ), but they were always there when he needed them, his ma especially ( because he’s her baby boy ). They came to every one of his soccer games, every single award ceremony. His baba wasn’t home as often as Ravi wanted, because of his job, but he understood. Ravi modelled a lot of his behaviour on what he learned watching his mother. 

Ravi has two older sisters, an older brother and a younger sister. Amita is the older sister he’s closest to, and she’s ‘the fun sister’. She caused their parents a lot of grief when they were kids, constantly getting into trouble, but ‘Mita always managed to cheer him up when he was blue. Indira’s the more strict of his sisters, but she always gave him the best advice, about school, about life, about everything. Ravi feels like he owes Indi a lot. Divit and Ravi have… a complicated relationship. Of course, they love each other a lot, but they butted heads when they were younger, because Ravi felt like he was always going to come second to his big brother. Most of the tension between them eased when Ravi joined Starfleet. Priya is the light of his life; he’s completely overprotective of the baby of the bunch, and they were the closest of all the siblings during their childhoods. Priya used to follow Ravi everywhere, and it never annoyed him.