The One That Got Away

1: Malcom Evans, political cartoonist

7: sortimid on deviant art

9: gigis_lab on Instagram

16: @victoriaskeller (site unknown)

Redraw Credits:

8: sortimid on deviantart

9 & 15: destineytomoon on tumblr

10: tokimekiwaku

muse a & muse b & muse c were always a close triad of friends, banding together the first day of freshman orientation despite their different majors. and they were messy, partied their way through school, hooked up with whoever they could find. after college, the three of them got a place together and tried to get their lives together, but old habits die hard. one night, muse a gets plastered at their apartment and tries to seduce muse b, also drunk. muse c walks in late from work to the pair of them half clothed on the kitchen floor. muse c tries to move past them, but suddenly muse b is looking up at them with a devilish grin and asking them to join.

the three of them wake up in a tangle of limbs the next morning with muse c being the only one who remembers the whole evening. and it happens again. and again. and suddenly it’s not just sex, it’s muse c coming into bed with muse a. muse b making dinner, a dish that happens to be muse c’s favorite. muse a giving muse b a back massage after a rough day with nothing else happening. they fall into a relationship as easily as breathing, and it’s only when muse c nearly brings home someone else do they all see how deep their feelings go. do they go for it? have they ruined their friendship?

BONUS!!!

- muse a’s job requires them to maintain a nice, clean image, so the relationship has to be a secret.

- muse b is an artist of some sort and uses both muse a and muse c as their muses, and its starting to get obvious in their work.

 was admitted to Julliard at 8.  

was performing in top venues by 16.  

pioneered “swinging the classics” and made the equivalent of a million dollars a year doing it.  

was the first person of color to have their own national TV show.  

went to Hollywood but refused to be cast as a “singing maid.”  Demanded and got control over her casting, her wardrobe, and how footage featuring her was cut.  

refused to perform in segregated venues and led charges for integration in several northern cities, notably Spokane.