#for mandy

I have commissioned this piece for you my friend, as a gift for all the support, advices, writing together we’ve done over the years now.

You are a caring , sweet amazing person and I want you to know I really appreciate your friendship . Hope you enjoy this illustration by the wonderful@andretries as much as I enjoyed your fic. I though you’d like this moment (and to be honest I adore Katniss’ green cloak 😍)

Who is the most affectionate? SERENA.

Big spoon/Little spoon? JAX IS THE BIG SPOON

Most common argument? DEFINITELY THAT JAX CALLS THINGS HIS, LIKE HIS HOUSE, HIS MONEY, HIS WHATEVER. OR HOW HE WORKS WAY TOO MUCH

Favorite non-sexual activity? WATCHING A MOVIE WITHT HE FAMILY. ITS ONE WAY TO GET EVERYONE IN ONE ROOM AND STAY THERE FOR ATLEAST TWO HOURS.

Who is most likely to carry the other? JAX CARRIES SERENA

What is their favorite feature of their partner’s? JAX LOVES HER SMILE AND HER LAUGH.

What’s the first thing that changes when they realize they have feelings for the other? HE BECOMES LESS OF A PRICK. THATS THE FIRST THING THAT CHANGES. HE BECOMES LESS OF A WORKAHOLIC FOR A SMALL TIME BEING AND HE BECOMES WHO HE WAS BEFORE THE STRESS OF HIS JOB KICKED IN. HE LAUGHED MORE AND GENUINELY SMILED MORE.

Nicknames? & if so, how did they originate?JAX CALLS SERENA EVERY AFFECTIONATE NAME IN THE BOOK. BUT THE BIG ONE IS KITTEN. AND I DON’T KNOW HOW IT STARTED IT JUST DID. AND IT’S HER NICKNAME. NO ONE ELSE IS EVER KITTEN TO HIM.

Who worries the most? SERENA

Who remembers what the other one always orders at a restaurant? SERENA KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HE GETS. BECAUSE HE ALWAYS GETS A TYPE OF STEAK. HE’S VERY PREDICTABLE. 

Who tops? JAX

Who initiates kisses? SERENA

Who reaches for the other’s hand first? SERENA

Who kisses the hardest? JAX

Who wakes up first? JAX

Who wants to stay in bed just a little longer? SERENA

Who says I love you first? SERENA. AND I FEEL SHE DOES THIS BECAUSE SHE NEEDS TO HEAR HIM SAY IT BACK FOR REASSURANCE.

Who leaves little notes in the other’s one lunch? (Bonus: what does it usually say?) I DONT THINK THIS IS A COMMON THING BETWEEN THEM BECAUSE JAX GETS UP SO EARLY AND LEAVES BEFORE SHE WAKES UP. BUT I THINK THAT IF SHE KNOWS HE HAS A BIG MEETING SHE’LL LEAVE A POST IT NOTE ON THE FRIDGE SAYING GOOD LUCK WITH A HEART NEXT TO IT. AND THE REAL SOFTEY HE IS, HE TAKES THE NOTE WITH HIM AND KEEPS THEM.

Who tells their family/friends about their relationship first? SERENA

What do their family/friends think of their relationship? BOTH FAMILIES WERE HAPPY WITH THE NEW RELATIONSHIP. I THINK SERENA’S FAMILY WERE RELIEVED WHEN THEY REALIZED HE WASN’T A SCUM BAG AND COULD PROVIDE FOR HER, ESPECIALLY CARLI. HOWEVER, HER DAD DOESN’T KNOW IF HIS LIFESTYLE IS RIGHT FOR SERENA BUT HE KNOWS HE MAKES HER HAPPY SO HE KEEPS QUIET. TYCEN I THINK FOR THE MOST PART LIKES JAX AND IS HAPPY THAT NO MATTER WHAT HE KNOWS SERENA WON’T BE LEFT WITH NOTHING. AND JAX’S MOM LOVES SERENA, AND LOVES THAT SHE GETS GRANDCHILDREN. SHE GLAD THAT JAX HAS SOMEONE TO TAKE CARE OF HIM.

Who is more likely to start dancing with the other?SERENA AND I SEE IT BEING MORE OF A FORCED DANCE. LIKE SHE’LL COME UP BEHIND HIM AND START SWAYING WITH HIM.

Who cooks more/who is better at cooking? JAX CAN COOK AND HE’S A VERY GOOD COOK BUT HE DOESN’T TELL SERENA THAT, HE LIKES WHEN SHE COOKS FOR HIM.

Who comes up with cheesy pick up lines? JAX. ESPECIALLY WHEN DRUNK

Who whispers inappropriate things in the other’s ear during inappropriate times? JAX

Who needs more assurance? SERENA

What would be their theme song?????

Who would sing to their child back to sleep? SERENA

What do they do when they’re away from each other? SERENA WEARS HIS SHIRTS. ALL THE TIME. AND SHE’LL SLEEP ON HIS SIDE OF THE BED SO IT SMELLS LIKE HIM AND CAN COMFORT HER. JAX JUST TEXTS HER GOODMORNING AND GOOD NIGHT EVERY DAY. AND OF HE DOESN’T HE CANT FOCUS.

one headcanon about this OTP that breaks your heart THE ONE HEADCANON THAT REALLY FUCKS ME UP IS THAT JAX LEAVES A LOT. HE GOES ON BUSINESS TRIPS OR HE JUST GOES OUT A LOT. AND HE DOES IT FOR PERSONAL REASONS. HE FEELS STRESSED ALL THE TIME AND SOMETIMES HE JUST DOESN’T FEEL HAPPY. LIKE HE KNOWS THAT HE HAS THE PICTURE PERFECT LIFE, A GREAT JOB, A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY, THE BIG HOUSE. ON THE OUTSIDE IT LOOKS PERFECT, BUT SOMETIMES HE DOESN’T FEEL IT. AND I KNOW SERENA SENSES THAT AND SHE’LL REACH OUT TO HIM BUT HE ALWAYS SHUTS HER DOWN. AND THIS LEADS TO FIGHTS AND ANXIETY FOR SERENA WHICH ONLY FURTHER HURTS JAX FOR CAUSING THAT PAIN TO HER. BASICALLY ITS THAT JAX HAS MILD DEPRESSION BUT NEVER SEEKS HELP FOR IT AND IT JUST DESTROYS HIS RELATIONSHIP.

one headcanon about this OTP that mends it THIS ONE INVOLVES CARLI. *HEART EYES* WHEN JAX AND SERENA WERE OFFICIALLY TOGETHER BUT NOT LIVING TOGETHER JAX SPENT EVERY AFTERNOON WITH THEM BUT WOULD SOMETIMES LEAVE TO GO SLEEP AT HIS PLACE BECAUSE HE HAD WORK IN THE MORNING. HE BECAME THIS HUGE PRESENCE IN THE HOUSE BECAUSE AT THIS TIME HE WAS GENUINELY HAPPY. AND CARLI WAS JUST HIS EVERYTHING. LIKE HE DIDN’T EXPECT TO LOVE A LITTLE GIRL THAT WASN’T HIS THAT WAY HE DID. AND ONE NIGHT WHEN JAX WAS LEAVING HE WENT IN TO JUST CHECK ON CARLI AND SHE HAD TO BE LIKE ONE AND A HALF OR TWO HERE BUT WHEN HE WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE HER ROOM SHE REACHED OUT FOR HIM AND SAID “DADA STAY. NO LEAVE.” AND IT WAS THE FIRST TIME SHE EVER CALLED HIM DAD AND IT WAS IN THAT INSTANT THAT HE KNEW THIS WAS HIS FAMILY.

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verse. yours from the start

DRUNK CALLING DRABBLE

his fingers could barely dial the number, his vision too blurred to read the numbers properly. god he hoped he had called the right number. “hey this is serena, i can’t get to phone right now so just leave me a message!” well at least he got the right number. “baby, you gotta pick up next time oh-kay? lets try again.” he slurred. ending the call he hit redial but again, her voice message answered. “kitten. i need you to answer. i wanna talk to you. i miss you. im gonna try again, answer this time.” for the next five minutes he called and called, leaving her incoherent voicemails filled with drunken sweet sentiments. he was away on business and after drinking a few too many scotches the feeling of being away from home had finally sank in. he just wanted to hear her voice. after wandering the bar with his phone in his hand he decided to call the house, a brilliant idea he thought. he punched in the number and waited for the voice of his wife to answer. oh and she did. it was just not the happy voice he was expecting. “this better be an emergency.” “kitten, oh hi kitten. i miss you.” “yeah, i miss you too. now what is going on that i have ten voicemails and you had to call the house at...2 am?” clearly, she did not appreciate his late night showing of affection. “i just missed your voice.” he sounded like a sad puppy. “i miss you too, but its late and your previous calls woke up the baby.” “is she still up!? put her on the phone! i miss my baby.” he could hear a light chuckle, “someone is really drunk. she can’t even talk yet baby. you need to go to bed and maybe tomorrow she’ll learn to talk and i’ll call you tomorrow so you can talk to her then.” “but     “ “no buts babe, go put your butt in bed. and i’ll call you tomorrow when you’re sober. i promise.” “okay, but only if you say it.” “jaxon parks i’m not going to say that.” “then i’m not going to bed.” serena let out a huff, “goodnight daddy.” “goodnight kitten.”

HOLIDAY DECORATIONS

“more to the right” she called out from behind him. with every new order jaxon just rolled his eyes. they had been at this for over two hours. “it’s just a stupid snowman, it doesn’t need to be perfect.” to which serena would always retort, yes it does. christmas was so overrated to jax, he thought simple decorations were best, but his wife always had other ideas. every year she’d come home with new and extravagant lighting designs and being an architect she’d think he was capable of constructing the most beautiful outdoor illumination setup. and he was. he just didn’t want to. “do we have to do this? don’t we have enough lights?” serena would just shake her head, “less talking more doing as i say.” he had been doing this for sixteen years, he knew the routine. every year serena had wanted the perfect house and christmas for the kids and with the baby’s first christmas approaching serena was wanting everything to be more than perfect. however, jax didn’t see why a three month old needed extravagant decor. she probably didn’t even know what lights were. he definitely did not need to be on a ladder to impress his own baby. “this is ridiculous, love. you’re going over the top with this.” “no, jax, it needs to be perfect and that snowman leaning to the left is not perfect.” “do we even need the snowman? don’t we have enough snowman? we have like two santas already.” regardless of how he felt, he still attempted to fix the snowman. as much as he hated rigging up the lights, he loved how happy she got as she looked at the final product. “you’re fixing the snowman and then you can be done and take a break before we decorate the tree.” again he rolled his eyes. he just wanted a nap. he craned his neck to look at her, she was clearly staring at him. he cleared his throat. “my ass is not the snowman.” “i was not staring at your ass!” she defended herself. “you so were!     you only want me to do this so you can check out my ass.” he could see the blush spread across her cheeks. “can you blame me?”...

verse. saving grace

DRUNK CALLING DRABBLE

 technically this was tycen’s fault, he had convinced her to go out one night with her friends, get away from the apartment and take a break from mom duty. her tolerance was deplorable and it wasn’t hard for her to get drunk, not that she meant too. her friends were better manipulators than she remembered. for so long this had been a routine for her, she had done this so often that even in her drunken state her fingers flawlessly dialed his number. there was no way she was driving tonight. his groggy tone indicated that it was later than she thought and she maybe felt a little bad for waking him, but this isn’t something he hasn’t done before. “baby!” she exclaimed into the phone. “baby, did i wake you?” by her slurred words and the time of night it was obvious she was drunk. “kenna, baby, are you okay?” “i’m wonderful! baby, i’m so fine. so good. but just a little drunk.” she giggled. “i need you to come get me.” and with that she could hear a slight laugh from the other end of the line. “where are you?” “uhm- i don’t know. downtown near ninth avenue i think! but oh baby next time -hiccup- you need to come with me. you still owe me a dance.” she blabbed out, barely able to control the speed of her words. “baby girl, just tell me where you are and stay there. don’t go anywhere else.” “no! you need to promise me you’ll come next time!” “alright, alright, i promise i’ll go and dance with you as long as you promise me that you’ll stay where you are.” kenna couldn’t stop the little giggles that left her her, “okay, i promise. pinky promise.    oh baby, this is just like before the twins. you yelling at me to stay put and me thanking you later for saving me.” and now it was tycen who was laughing. “so i’m going to be thanked?” “aren’t you always?” she smirked….

HOLIDAY DECORATIONS