Under the Sea 🌊

I did not bother her. I felt so bad for her, I just gave her all the space and time she needed to feel safe. I had a litter box at the foot of the bed, I never saw her use it, but it needed cleaning each morning. I put her food and water on a tray and quietly slid them under the bed to her. After quite some time, I would feel her get up into the bed with me as I slept and curl up gingerly by my feet. I just pretended to remain asleep.

HR said the day shift needed to build team morale so as soon as it got warm out a lake front Air B&B was rented for a weekend. Dennis was stoked he loved the water. Back home him and his brothers would spend most of their free time at a nearby creek during the summer. He was proud to admit he held the backflip record from the rope swing.

As soon as everyone unpacked and got settled they made their way outside. Mel noticed the 30 something foot tall deck first.

“That doesn’t look particularly safe.” She muttered nervously.

Trinity started grinning wildly. “Let’s go check it out!”

When the pittlings made it to the deck their hearts were crushed. The small ladder that reached to the top was missing several rungs making it impossible to climb.

Dennis started to walk around the deck taking note how it was built. “I can get up to the top.

Victoria looked at him wide eyed. “Are you sure, I mean how do plan on doing that?”

He quickly stripped off his shirt and shoes leaving them at the bottom. “Watch what I do, then copy it.”

Like a monkey Dennis was able to climb to the top using the support beams and questionable methods. By the time he got to the top adult supervision had gathered.

Robby looked at Mel. “Is that Whitaker?”

“Umm, yes. He climbed the side.” She responded not looking away.

“That kid is going to kill himself.” Dana muttered lighting a cigarette.

“I think he’s got it.” Cassie cheered.

From the top Dennis looked at the small group and waved.

“Do a flip!” Trinity shouted.

“Okay!” Was all that was heard before Dennis launched himself off the deck flipping twice before he hit the water.

Everyone waited with bated breath for their favorite farm boy to surface.

hey so. don’t do this.

“coming from a place of respect” there is nothing respectful about a comment like this. this is exactly why I say witch hunt, speculations and accusations harm the writing community as much as ai does, if not more.

I am not saying “you’re an asshole if you think a fic is ai”. I have come across fics that I believe were ai-generated. but instead of asking (accusing) the authors, I make my own decisions whether I’ll continue reading for the benefit of the doubt or quietly exit the fics and look for something else to read.

because with every accusation like this, there’s always a chance of a genuine, innocent writer getting wrongly accused.

last but not least, fanfic writers do NOT owe you anything. they write for themselves and their own enjoyment. their ao3 accounts are their houses and they were kind enough to let you in their houses. for free. (you get to read things for free.) you don’t go into other people’s houses and tell them “actually I think the way you decorate your room is sus. did you actually do it yourself or did you ask a robot to do it for you?”. THEY 👏🏻 DON’T 👏🏻 OWE 👏🏻 YOU 👏🏻 ANYTHING. and I say this as someone who is not a fan of ai fics. if you don’t like what you’re seeing, quietly leave.

This was inspired by those stories you hear every now and then, where a married couple are going through childhood photos and discover that years before they properly met, they just happened to have both been in the same place, at the same time, and, as it turns out, even ended up in the same photo. 

Or, Robby raids Jack’s embarrassing childhood photos and spots some surprisingly familiar faces in one of them. 

(the rest of the baby!Jack unfortunate childhood photos are below the cut for those who are interested. Because I had too much fun sketching them 😂)

rabbot dancing in their kitchen yippie!!!!! (in my mind they are dancing to the german song „Sommerregen“ (summer rain)!)

~ Song and Details under the cut ~

I got hit by some mild art-block and this has lead to Robby and Jack getting trapped in a lift for a few hours (not that they seem to mind the time off together).

Also included the text thread to Dana when the boredom starts to really set in (below the cut). Because it kept coming to mind while I was sketching this up 😂