#jerelista

3: Nose Kiss

“So do I have to start calling you Keeper Wood now?” Calista asked, her shoulder leaning against the doorframe and her arms crossed. A coy, half-smile danced across her lips as she looked at the man standing in the middle of the den.

Jeremy still held the parchment in his hand; he’d not set it down since the owl had dropped it off nearly forty-five minutes ago. It was too important, too life-changing, to set down just yet.

“Or,” she continued, “Would you prefer I dress up in one of those trampy uniforms your sideline bints wear, hm? I know you are quite familiar with them, seeing as you’ve spent half the matches watching them as opposed to the Quidditch,” she said, her smile faltering when he still paid her no mind.

Crossing the room, she leaned up to place a kiss to his nose, waking him up from whatever daydream had taken him. He looked at her confused; like he’d not even realized she was in the same room.

Her amusement shifted to something else as she looked at him. “This doesn’t change– I mean– You aren’t going to leave me now, right?” she asked quietly, the small crack in her chest expanding as she said the words. He wouldn’t be the first, and she’d almost come to expect it in her relationships. This time, though, it seemed to be happening too quickly.

He stared at her like she’d grown a second head- his eyebrows shooting to his forehead before a wide smile broke across his face. “Fuckin’ hell, Cal, I made it! Real, actual, professional Quidditch player now!” he exclaimed before wrapping his arms around her waist and hoisting her off the ground.

Amidst her tirade of protests, he continued happily. “This will change everything, but for the better! No more pancakes for supper, and we can move out of here and into a real house. I can buy you a proper ring!” he managed to get out before her squawks became too much and he set her back down.

Brushing the hair from her face, Calista looked up at Jeremy warily. “Don’t want a ring, Wood. I’ve told you that,” she said flatly, but it didn’t wipe the smile off his face.

// Okay, first of all, I am incredibly confused as to why you felt the need to send me this. Yes, I made a post saying that I do not understand Jerelista, but that doesn't mean I wish for whoever you are to explain it to me. And now I move on...

Jerelista is AU. It was AU for a reason (i.e. because it would never happen in this universe we are rp-ing in). I really don't know how to put it in simpler terms for you. I've RPed with Sarah and her character, Jeremy, for over a year now. He is best friends with my character, Niall. And while I do not claim to know everything about Jeremy nor do I believe I understand him in all the ways that Sarah does, I do like to think I have some sort of understanding of him. And from I have observed through the NON-AU interactions with "Jerelista", Jeremy seems to just put up with Calista. Nothing more and nothing less. There is nothing romantic at all.

"With Jerelind it's very boring, and they don't really do anything for each other. That ship has a tendency to be uneventful." That right there, that proves to me that you either a) didn't come from UTNG or b) are incredibly uninformed or haven't been paying much attention. Jerelind has been through so much together; Jeremy stopped Jocelind from joining the Death Eaters, Jocelind helped Jeremy through an INCREDIBLY tough time when he thought his best mate was dead, they've grown up together, had numerous quarrels and almost-falling-outs, soft and romantic moments, etc. They've fallen in love, they have a child, and now they're going to get married. They have a stable relationship. Which, you know, is something you really ought to want. This is why I ship them. I ship Jerelind because they have a steady, unbreakable love. And they are electric because of that. The sort of electricity you are speaking of is called instability and, from my experience, is anxiety-inducing and fun for about two months before you realize how goddamn miserable you are because you have no idea where anything is going.

And here we come to the part where you speak like you know anything about these characters. Again, I do not claim that I do, but I am close with both Sarah and Emily, I've talked to them endlessly about their characters and what their characters want/need. Jeremy does not need a "hot-headed counterpart who drives him crazy". Last I checked, if anything, that is Niall. Jeremy has been thrusted into fatherhood far, far earlier than he ever expected to be and he has Joce alongside him -- the snarky and beautiful girl he grew up alongside, the woman he sees himself spending the rest of his life with, the person who is also his friend as well as partner -- to help him through. Jocelind is who Jeremy needs. As for Calista, she does not need ANY sort of person to "assert her dominance". Calista can do that with whomever she wishes. And right now, she has Wynn. Wynn is calm, professional, kind, and patient, and he loves her so unconditionally that I don't even know how to deal. He loves her crazy, her dominance, and her sharp tongue, because she is everything he is not. And after RPing with both Calista and Jeremy for over a year, I think I can tell when their characterizations are a little different and not entirely themselves. Because. It's. AU.