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It was late. Maisie had finished her homework, Owen was back from work, and all they were waiting on was Claire. Jack O’lanterns had been the plan for the last week, until Claire had called last minute saying her meeting with the lawyers was running a bit long. He didn’t want to break the news to Maisie, but it’s been years since the incident. It was usually one or both of them caught up in the legal battle, and by now, she was probably used to it. 

    Claire’s tried to contact Iris ( there are things they need from the estate, toys or something, anything, that might comfort the young girl they’ve taken in ), with some difficulty but she had come. A tense evening that had eventually turned relaxed.  

    ❝ How would you feel about going shopping? It might be nice to get out, and I have to pick up a few things.  ❞

For each “⭐️” I get, I’ll write a headcanon about our muses. (accepting)

1. They are parkour buddies for life.

2. Raleigh always wanted to be a doctor, so whenever Maisie gets sick or hurts herself doing stunts, he’s always the first one to act.

3. Maisie reminds him of his little sister Jazmine, whom he lost to the foster care system when she was just  eleven years old. So he’s very protective of her even though he’ll be the first one to help her do a dangerous stunt. 

4. He never was able to teach Jazmine how to protect herself before she went into foster care, so he’s making up it for it by putting all his efforts into teaching Maisie everything he knows about fighting, taking care of yourself in the wild, and weaponry. 

She could already tell that Maisie wasn't feeling this visit but Claire was out of ideas. She just wanted to help Maisie deal with what she had been through and well... Claire had never been good at making personal connections.

HALLOWEEN-ISH STARTER PROMPTS

accepting

send me JACK O’LANTERN! for a starter where our characters are carving pumpkins.

“Maisie!” Raleigh called from the Grady’s kitchen. “Dinner’s ready! Come n’ get it!” Claire and Owen were gone for the evening, leaving the young girl in his care. Not that he minded, he adored Maisie, and he’d do just about anything for Claire..but he hoped they came home soon. Especially after receiving a group photo text from one of his friends at the local gay bar. Everyone there seemed to be having a great time and wondered when he’d be by.

When no reply came from the  girl, Raleigh headed towards the hallway stairs. “Maisie?” He made his voice a bit louder than before in hopes she’d hear him, but still no response. “Maisie, are you stuffing those headphones in your ears again? You’re gonna go deaf.” He called, making his way up the stairs and towards her bedroom door, giving a  loud rap on the wood with knuckles. “Hey, soups on, kiddo. You ok in there?”

JP: The Lost World Starters || OPEN

JP: The Lost World Starters || OPEN