The Tender Trap

Chapters

Snippets

The Tender Trap:

After the date with Elisa || Tied Heart Rate Challenge || After CA

The Uncertain Sequel™:

Angsty argument || The "break" || Martina Belmonte-Koh || Bad first day

Prompts*

Watching the other when they think they’re on their own (MB)

“Can you hear me? Do you know what day it is? Your name?” (MB)

Driving to the airport ♥ (MB)

"I trusted you to keep them safe, and you couldn't even do that?!" (MB)

9 hours (MB)

"Bite that lip one more time. I dare you."

"Don't worry, this will only hurt a little bit. Maybe."

Strange encounter

Time loop

"It’s been 6 years!"

Late night phone call

"Let me take care of things for once, alright?"

"What's the worst thing that could happen?"

"You're the first person to ever ask."

"Stop acting like you don't matter, dammit!"

A Hope We Don't Get Caught Kiss

*I'm always taking prompts! It might take me a while, but I'll always get to them eventually. All the lists I've ever reblogged are here :)

Liz Thays:

Liz (and Este, Kara, and Peggy) by the amazing @moderarato

Picrews: 1 - 2 - 3 (faux) - 4 (faux) - 5 - 6 - 7

Liz as memes

Drag your bitch

OCs friendships: Kara & Liz, with the lovely @sailorpleiades || More friends are on their way 💕

OC asks: Where has she lived / Is she a good liar / A phrase that describes her || What makes her laugh || Dream vacation / Who would she die for / How's she with criticism || Favorite book / Pet peeves || Spending habits / Catchphrase

Room asks: Kitchen || Living Room || Bathroom || Bedroom || Attic

Moodboard asks: Favorite foods || Occupation || Fashion style (summer) || Fashion style (autumn/spring) || Fashion style (winter) (coming someday) || General MB (coming someday)

Music (?) Tag

Physical Features Ask: 👁 || ✋ || 🦵 || 👄 || 👤 || 💇 || 🦷 || 👖 || 👀 || 🪞

If Liz was a colour

Ugh, Philip

Daaad!!

Super detailed questions about your OCs

Uncommon Questions for OCs and their creators

Lucas Koh:

HCs for young Lucas in Argentina

Drag your bitch

HCs for dad!Lucas: Part 1 || Part 2

HC for Lucas meeting MC in a work setting

NSFW HCs

Room asks: Kitchen || Living Room || Bathroom || Bedroom || Attic

Physical Features Ask: 👁 || ✋ || 🦵 || 👄 || 👤 || 💇 || 🦷 || 👖 || 👀 || 🪞

Music (?) Tag

Mom is that you?

Simon Porter*:

*Simon is Liz's best friend, and he hasn't been introduced yet. He might never be, as he only appears in the after-Villa sequel to TTT that might never see the light of day. But just in case. I love him. And so does @moderarato, so this is for us.

Picrews: 1 - 2

Moodboard asks: Occupation

Music (?) Tag

If Simon was a colour

Super detailed questions about your OCs

Luz 💕:

Dinosaur comics

Moodboard asks: Liz and Lucas

Something they hate and something they love about each other

Romance asks: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4

Beautiful art! ♥

* Asks and suggestions are also always open! Anon or not. From your head or from any of the lists linked (some are fully answered, but some are not!)

I just got a very obviously AI generated comment on my last chapter (more than AI it sounds comically written by an alien actually) that's essentially a sales pitch for an artist offering me a "discount rate" for turning TTT into a comic...

On one hand I can respect the grind, like, sure, it's essentially an ad which is fine and fair and it's crafted politely I guess.

On the other I'm slightly offended? Like it goes "Hello Friend [insert username]. I had the pleasure of reading your story [insert title] today, and I must say—it was truly captivating." I mean, if you read *checks* 228.829 words today I suppose it must be more captivating than I could have ever imagined lol. I won't bash the em dash because I use it and I despise AI (I've tried to use it for menial stuff and I've found it useless so I would never because regardless of my opinion on it I am in fact useless at using it). But like... maybe be honest? Just say "Hi! I'm so-and-so and I do this-and-that and right now I'm doing special prices on my work in case you're interested. You can check my style at @ whatever. 'Kay, byeee". Or at least grab something from the chapter and add it in to make it a bit more believable, like, come on...

Chapter 28: Can You Tell

“Would you forgive me?”

“If you’d done what I did?” She nodded. It took him a moment to reply, and she could tell he was giving it some serious thought. “If you asked about anyone else, then no, I wouldn’t. But… You? Yes.”

“Why?”

“Because…” He wanted to tell her he would understand, but he feared that could be taken as him asking for her understanding. So instead he went with a different answer, though not less truthful. “I wouldn’t want to lose you. But it’s me messing up we’re talking about here.” He shook his head. I’m not owed that kind of grace. “I’m not you.”

Chapter 27: Medicine

“I’m sorry. I didn’t want to interrupt you.”

“I…” She looked around at the now empty floor. “I was just putting the cupboard in order. I’ll get out of your way now-”

“Liz, can we… Do you have a minute?”

Chapter 26: Monster

"A meter apart You blankly stare We shout in our heads Are you still in there? Well this ends bad, then We knew it would So we won’t eat our words ‘Cause they don’t taste good I’m guessing that I’ve grown horns I guess I’m human no more I can tell I’ve rotten in your brain Oh, how easy passion twists You think I’m a crazy bitch A thousand words are left unsaid ‘Cause no one listens to the dead"                - Monster; dodie

His heart raced even faster when she finally looked at him. He’d been thinking he didn’t know what scared him more: having this conversation, or her not even giving him the chance to. Well, Koh; time’s up.

“I thought I’d find you up here.” Her voice was low and tired, but still he sensed a hint of sweetness. When she’d seen him sitting there, she’d almost turned around and left. Knowing she’d lost him felt too painful. Suddenly she didn’t want to be there at all; she just wanted to get under a literal ton of blankets, curl into a ball, and cry. But we can’t always get what we want. Clearly.

“There’s not many places I could have gone. I just…” He let his eyes gently wander over her. When earlier he couldn’t look at her, now he found himself unable to keep her eyes off her. “… wanted a moment to think.”

Liz took a deep breath and vaguely looked around the terrace. “Seems like everyone comes up here when they need a moment to themselves.” She approached slowly, pressing a hand high over her stomach in an attempt to settle her breath.

“After a night like tonight I’d imagine we’d all be queuing up to sit out here and get some headspace.”