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Fandom: Stardew Valley Pairing: Farmer OC x Elliott Character(s): Farmer Jam (OC), Gus Rating: SFW Word count: 215

A/N: @dawnryze October Farming game prompt. Day 10: Fav Villager

It’s been years now since Jam came to the Valley. They married Elliott, they had a little boy named Lukas, and Razzel family farm had grown prosperous. Despite everything, and regardless of all the friends Jam had made in Pelican Town, the one they were closest to was Gus at the Saloon. Granted they got along pretty well with everyone in the Valley; even to the point that they had put their head together with Robin and commissioned a home to be built for Pam and Penny. 

Fandom: Stardew Valley Pairing: Farmer OC x Penny Character(s): Farmer Winston (OC), Penny, Lewis, Evelyn Rating: SFW Word count: 676

A/N: @dawnryze October Farming game prompt. Day 5: Frist Wife

It had taken a couple days for Winston to get settled in at the farm, only visiting the town to buy more seeds and get something to eat from the saloon. He didn’t get to meet too many people, though Gus and Emily had been really nice to him.

It wasn’t until a week in that Winston had run over to the library, wondering if there might be any books on how to actually... ya know. Farm? He kind of took over the farm on a whim, wanting to get away from Joja but he didn’t know the first thing about farming. He regrets jumping into it headfirst but at the same time, he refused to give up. He didn’t want to disappoint his parents after all.

So it was there in the Library when he had first met her, Penny, the town tutor for the only two children. Sure he had seen Penny around town every once in a while, but he never really stopped to say hello. He didn’t want to bother her since she always seemed to be reading a book, and he also was just bad at approaching social situations. However, when Winston finally started talking to Penny, he was quick to trip over himself.

Her voice was soft and kind, with a small hint of sadness behind it. Something Winston picked up on immediately because he could empathize with feeling that way. She was incredibly shy at the beginning, but so was he so it balanced itself out rather nicely- even if some conversations ended awkwardly. All Winston knew was that when she smiled and blushed, his heart went crazy. 

He would always make an effort to sit with her and the kids whenever he found himself in the Library-Museum just to spend time with her. She mentioned one afternoon when they were sitting out on the bench in front of the Saloon, that she really appreciated his company and that the fact that he was able to help Vincent learn was a big bonus. He wasn’t much of a teacher of course, but he had always been good with kids so he was happy to help. 

The first time he asked her out, she had gotten so flustered that she said yes before running off with her face in her book. He had been so surprised that he hadn’t realized that he was still standing there, staring at her trailer until Lewis passed by and asked if he was alright since he had been leaning against his back fence. He had a much more mild reaction, flushing and assuring the major that he was alright before leaving to head back to the farm.

He could vividly remember their first date together, sitting under the large tree in the Cinder Sap forest to the left from Marnie's ranch. Penny had been so nervous that she stumbled over her words and would laugh awkwardly as she played with her hair or twisted the hem of her dress in her hands as they talked. She was so beautiful in his mind that he found the nervous actions adorable; the fact that she seemed so overwhelmed had actually settled his own nerves enough that he felt more relaxed than he expected.

Fandom: Stardew Valley Pairing: N/A Character(s): Farmer Tsuru (OC) Rating: SFW Word count: 526

A/N: @dawnryze​ October Farming game prompt. Day 1: Your pets

The morning Marnie showed up on Tsuru’s front porch had been unexpected. The greenette was just getting ready to head out and take care of her budding fields, after all, she was not prepared to come face to face with the kindhearted livestock farmer and a small chocolate pompom. It hadn’t really been a planned decision but honestly with how well things were going for her so far, why not adopt a stray puppy?

The dog seemed very happy to be taken in, squirming in Tsuru’s arms as Marnie handed him over to her and thanked her for her generosity. It seemed like Marnie and herself both had soft spots for animals. Besides, if she didn’t take in the dog then who would? The last thing she would have wanted was for the pup to be sent off to a pound in the city... you can never trust those big-city dog pounds after all, even if the pup was super cute, big-city snobs didn’t care for dogs unless they were purebred and properly raised. 

So throughout the day as Tsuru watered her crops, pulled weeds and fed her chickens, she figured out a name for the pomeranian. By the time lunch rolled around, she decided to name him Kunio since it had a couple of different meanings that seemed to fit just right. She spent the afternoon bonding with the fluffy dog, constantly addressing him by name so that he would be accustom to hearing it as well as letting it follow her around as she put things together for him properly. 

She bought some supplies from Robin to build a proper dog house and commissioned Emily to make her a doggie bed when she visited the Saloon.

The dog seemed to be having the time of his life, bounding around the open space of the farm; nearly tumbling into the winding rivers that split Tsuru’s farm, and bouncing around her heels as he followed after her. There were only a couple times that she had to go chasing after him and that was mostly in the woods when he was running after a rabbit and then again in town when he booked it for Rusty’s padlock barking excitedly. 

She ended up bonding a little with Alex at that point, asking him a bunch of questions about raising and caring for a dog. She was a little sad to find out that Rusty stayed outside and wasn’t allowed in but figured it was because it wasn’t ideal to have a dog running around a house with George in a wheelchair and not being able to look after him when Evelyn and Alex were out of the house.

Fandom: Stardew Valley Pairing: N/A Character(s): Farmer Tsuru (OC) Rating: SFW Word count: 248

A/N: @dawnryze​ October Farming game prompt. Day 2: Livestock

It’s midday around the start of the fall season and Tsuru was stretched out along the wooden porch of her cabin, relaxing after a long morning of tending to her fields. The sun is just barely warm under the soft breeze that’s raised goosebumps against her dark skin causing her to shiver slightly. The wind sounds nice through the leaves that float through the air, some of them landing and swirling down the rivers around her farm.

The distant sound of her farm animals causes her to smile in serenity. Who would have known that just a year ago she had been locked away in a cubical crumbling under medical distress from being overworked and stressed from over expectations? She never thought this sort of life would have ever been possible for someone like her, but luckily, somehow, her late grandfather knew she would need this sort of getaway. Sure working and maintaining a farm was ten times more work than just working an ‘office’ job, but it was so much more freeing. Why? Because she was her own boss. She had no one looming over her, demanding things by unrealistic deadlines.

Her reminiscing was broken by some bleating across the small river where she had her barns erected and she lifted her straw hat from her face to squint in said direction. She couldn’t really tell what was going on, but she saw a couple goats sprinting around the fenced-in yard. Likely chasing each other. Inspired by their energy, Tsuru sat up and took in a deep breath before baying loudly in their direction. Her heart swelled with joy as her call was answered by five other goats along with a couple startled noises from her sheep, pigs, and ducks.

Fandom: Stardew Valley Pairing: Farmer OC x Sam Character(s): Farmer Ochako (OC), Sam, Jodi, Ken, Vincent, Marnie, Jas, Shane Rating: SFW Word count: 668

A/N: @dawnryze​ October Farming game prompt. Day 9: Your Family

A/N: I’m skipping Day’s 7 & 8 because I can’t pick a favorite yall, I really can’t.

"Come on Sammy! We’re gonna be late for the festival.” Ochako called through the farmhouse as she finished putting together a travel bag for Ichirou. Meanwhile, said toddler was sliding around the wooden floors in his Halloween costume.

“I can’t find my shoes!”

“Under the bed, my side, near the headboard!” Ochako replied as she chased after her laughing toddler, smiling as they both swept through the halls and into the living room to see her husband hopping into the room as he pulled on his shoes. “You really need to start getting ready like an hour before I start getting ready.” She teases him as the blond stood with a huff, giving her a sheepish smile.

With her husband ready and their son already bolting out the front door, Ochako and her family made their way into the town square for the Spirit’s Eve festival. The moment they get in, Ichirou makes a run for Jas and Marnie at the start of the spooky maze, attracting Vincent’s attention and sending the ginger running over. Even though Vincent and Jas are older than Ichirou, they still seemed to enjoy spending time with the boy.

“Hey Marnie, it’s good to see you. As always.” Ochako smiled, giving the livestock farmer a side hug as the kids ran around in the grass, chasing each other. At least it gave Marnie a small break from bickering about Jas going into the maze.

As the two stood talking, Sam bolted into the maze after giving Ochako a kiss on the cheek. Not evena moment later they could hear Abbigal scream and laugh, cursing at Sam for startling her. The loud noise got the kid's attention for long enough that Ochako and Marnie acted quickly and coralled them into the social area of the festival and distracted them with fun, light-hearted games, and food.

This year it seemed like Haley was done trying to attempt the maze and was instead roaming around with her camera, taking pictures of everyone. Ochako offered to pay her for some copies if she got any of her and the family together, which Haley appreciated very much. Overall it was a rather enjoyable festival, and it was one Ochako was glad that Ichirou could finally enjoy on his own with them having to carry him around or hold his hand. 

Heck, the kids even managed to drag Shane into their fun after Jas gave him some big ol’ puppy eyes. Which left Sam to find his wife settled at a picnic table, watching sleepily as Shane ran around the bushes and flower beds, peeking around the lamp post in front of the saloon. He decides to join her and laughs as he encourages the kids to gang up on Shane when he trips in the grass.

Soon enough they’re joined by Marnie, Jodi, and Kent at the table; all of them baring plates of food for them to nibble on as they talked about the past year and their plans for the coming winter. 

As the night passed them by, Ochako, Jodi, and Marnie ended up with sleeping children in their laps and dozing male companions leaning against their shoulders. They all felt similarly exhausted but carefully woke their husbands, or nephew in Shane’s case. The conversation was whispered after then, telling them that it was time to head back home so they could all crash for the night. Ochako wished her parents-in-law a content goodnight before slowly shuffling back to the farm with Sam by her side, whispering over how much fun they had catching up and letting the kids play.

Fandom: Stardew Valley Pairing: Farmer OC x Elliott Character(s): Farmer Jam (OC), Elliott, Leah, Sam, Vincent Rating: SFW Word count: 1,188

A/N: @dawnryze​ October Farming game prompt. Day 6: Frist Husband

Jam has been living in the valley for a year now after running away from a troubled home and depressing work life that was just tearing them to pieces. The past few months, they had been running around like crazy doing a lot of different tasks that weren’t centered just around working on the farm. Throughout the past year, they’ve been in and out of the old community center, in and out of the mountains, up and down the beach, and had spent a lot of time in either the library or the saloon. Everyone in the Valley knew Jam and the only one who didn’t have something positive to say about them was Haley, but honestly, no one was surprised.

The one person they seemed to have grown the closest with, however, was Elliott. The silent creative man who lived in the shack on the beach. Jam couldn’t remember exactly when they met, but they had been going down to the beach to do something originally and ended up getting caught up in conversation standing there on the bridge. 

Usually, people will claim that it took a while for their spouse to grow on them; for them to get close or like each other, but Jam’s opinion was different. Technically it only takes a couple minutes for your heart and mind to become attracted to someone, sometimes even seconds. It’s the time spent together afterwords that give you time to truly process those feelings and figure out if they’re compatible with the other person’s feelings towards you as well. And from just one conversation with the cheesy writer, Jam could feel themselves falling head over heels.

Throughout the year as times passed and interactions between them steadily became more frequent, it became glaringly obvious to everyone in town that the two were falling for each other. Especially to the point that Pierre sent Jam a letter in the mail that if they had found someone truly special to them, that he was now selling bouquets of flowers at the store now. 

At that point, Jam wasn’t sure if Elliott actually liked them that way but they had decided to throw caution to the wind and bought one, blushing as Pierre gently ribbed them for it. The whole walk to the beach they were trying to figure out if they were just blind to how Elliott felt for them since they were admittedly sometimes oblivious when it came to how people felt towards them and would just always assume the friendliest/platonic of feelings from others that were kind to them or spent a lot of time with them. It was also generally safer since they tended to form crushes on people like there was no tomorrow. 

After that day, the two of them had been a jumble of nearly intolerable cheesy flirts, now that they had both confirmed that they had liked each other much more than just friends. Abby and Pierre would tease Jam whenever they were in the shop, and Leah would always buddy up to them when they visited the saloon. At some point, Jam had confessed to Leah that they wanted to propose to Elliott but wasn’t sure how they should go about it. To which Leah suggested they do something creative since Elliott liked all things artsy.

A week later, they had received a letter from both Lewis and Elliott. Lewis’s letter told them about the Valley’s tradition of offering a shell pendant to the person they wished to spend the rest of their lives with. Which made Jam realize that they had noticed these shells before but had never thought to ask about them: Nana Evelyn, Jodi, and Caroline all wore one of these shells. They didn’t visit the mountains often so they never noticed that Demetrius also had a shell necklace.

It took a while for them to finally figure out how to obtain a mermaid’s pendant, discovering a book in the library that told them about a ghost that appeared on the beach when it was raining. They had been hesitant to believe the information, but considering all the other supernatural things that they had encountered since they moved to the Valley, it couldn’t hurt. 

They found the ghost after Elliott took them out onto the ocean though, he had asked them to meet with him down on the docks the night his letter had arrived at their house. They had been surprised that it was a romantic boat ride on the water as he expressed some pretty deep feelings. It was the surprise kiss that they had ended up sharing that convinced Jam to officially start their search for the Mermaid Pendant.

They wondered quietly if there was some weird kind of symbolism to them buying an engagement piece from a ghost in the rain... It didn’t help any but by the time they had gotten the guts to finally ask was during their second summer in the Valley. Jam knew that Elliott liked to spend time down on the beach in front of his cabin on Friday’s and Sunday’s like clockwork; what they didn’t expect was Sam to be down on the beach with Vincent and for Leah to be sitting in the tide when they showed up. 

They had gotten super flustered by the fact that they figured out what was going on right away; at least Sam and Leah had anyway. But it warmed Jam’s heart regardless and after a moment of thought, they even asked Vincent if he wanted to help them as they both started gathering driftwood and shells from the beach. With a little fumbling, they spelled out ‘Marry me?’ with the wood and shells before Jam asked Vincent to go and knock on Elliott's door for them, which he was more than ecstatic to do and went banging on the poor shack’s door.

“Vincent what-” Elliott seemed a little disheveled, with a brush in hand when he looked up to notice Jam standing there holding the pendant. They were momentarily distracted because Vincent had booked it back over to hide behind their legs.

“Afternoon, Elly.” They smiled softly over the waves and Vincent’s excited babbling, directing the author’s attention to what they had written out in the sand. “I...Will you marry me?” Jam finally asked, bashful as they shuffled up to where the brunette was still standing in his doorway; holding out the cone shell necklace, offering it to him.

“!!! Yes!” He seemed startled out of his shock as he drops his brush to instead scoop Jam into his arms and twirl with them into the sand, laughing. Leah’s whistling in the background, Sam’s shouting at them in celebration and Vincent is just feeding off their excitement while running around his older brother squealing.

Fandom: Stardew Valley Pairing: Farmer OC x Sam Character(s): Farmer Ochako (OC), Sam, Rasmodius Rating: SFW Word count: 644

A/N: @dawnryze​ October Farming game prompt. Day 3 + 4: Poultry +  Odd animal

Ochako was up way before six o'clock, woken up by the cries of her son Ichirou who must have had a bad dream. That or maybe he had been startled by something outside. By the time she tucked her infant back into his crib, the sun was slowly starting to peek through the mountains looming behind the ranch. Shuffling back into the living room, she passed by Sam who gave her a passing kiss on the cheek- on his way to make a pot of coffee and contemplate what he wanted to do for breakfast as she pulled on her boots and her coat. 

Stopping at a chest on the way, she grabbed a bag of chicken feed and tossed it onto her shoulder and trudged through the snow to the chicken coops just to the left of the house. Pulling up the door, Ochako was greeted by some quiet coos and a small startled squawk- winter did that to animals, even with a heater installed. She carefully stepped over a couple of still sleeping chickens and filled the trough along the back wall of the wooden building. After doing so, she deposited the fresh bag into the bin for easier mornings and decided to check the incubator. 

Earlier that week she had woken up to a black speckled egg amongst the others. Curious but wanting to be sure, she took the strange egg down into the forest asking Rasmodius his opinion on the egg. It wasn’t something she had ever seen and she was pretty sure that none of her chickens had actually lain the egg, so she had figured the local wizard would have a clue. He had seemed surprised by the egg but had laughed good naturally and told her to put it in an incubator and wait for it to hatch. Ochako had been suspicious, but her curiosity was overwhelming enough for her to follow his instructions.

She didn’t know it since she had kept an eye on the egg the entire week, but she was surprised to see a small fluffy feathered black chick with shockingly bright red eyes. She wondered if it was some kind of mutated chicken, but was not nearly awake enough to really process it too much. She lightly fluffed the chicks down with a careful fingertip as it made quiet peeping noises. She marveled quietly for a little before she carefully lifted it from the hay and sat in an open spot of the coop as it started to peep insistently. She cooed quietly back in an attempt to calm it, gently rubbing the top of its head as her eldest hen wandered over to her. 

Unsure what to really do, she quietly addressed the chicken in front of her as she turned her head left and right, eyeing the discolored chick. “Ya think you can take care of it? It’s just a baby... Could probably use a mama.” She said quietly, presenting the black chick to the elder hen. With bated breath, she watched as the avian in front of her watched for a moment as the chick continued to squeak in her hands. After a short moment, the elder chicken leaned in and nudged it with her beak.

Ochako took that as a good sign and carefully placed the chick on the coop floor, watching it stumble and peep anxiously as the hen moved in and nudged it around with her beak some more. Only time would tell, but Ochako was confident enough to leave it there, reaching out to fluff up the feathers of her eldest affectionately, telling her to be a good mama before getting up shortly after.