#lyssdwrites

i also can’t pick just one with this. i’m too indecisive. there’s drathena with my bby @lyssdwrites who i love SO MUCH and miss so much omg. they literally make my heart hurt and risa doesn’t help much either bc she wants it to hurt. these two babies who started as fwb ( this was the picked connection that’s it idk how it escalated ) and who are incapable of opening up and having feelings ended up FALLING FOR EACH OTHER. my other fav is castol with @lizzyxrps bc bristol somehow made cato break and actually grow a heart?? he doesnt care about anything except her and idk how he got so soft. and then there’s romilleah with @viirgowrites which we later realized the ship name is wrong lmao. but yeah rhea, my broken therapist who felt so alone and was just in a bad place fell for the badass romilly, and they’re just helping each other heal. :’)

    A split second later, the air was filled with too much noise, the sound of booming explosions echoing through the parking lot. The line went dead, Ryan still clutching the phone in her hand. A shard of glass went whizzing past her head, grazing her cheek, but she barely felt anything, shrapnel flying through the air. Ryan watched in morbid astonishment as the layers of the building began to pancake, crumbling down one at a time. A scream lay silent in her throat, the blonde unable to look away. Her hand lowered from her ear, phone clutched as if she expected the call to be picked up once more, hesitantly taking a step towards the crater that was left of where Kingsley once was. She was speechless, EMTs and officers streaming around her, assessing damage. Her eyes remained frozen on the place the entrance had been, the place she had last seen her husband. Her cheeks felt wet, Ryan reaching up to swipe, only to come away with blood and tears on her fingertips. Glancing down at her hand, the sobs ripped their way from her throat, Ryan unable to hold them at bay much longer. An EMT approached her, wrapping a shock blanket around her and trying to guide her to a truck to sit and get her cheek stitched up. Ryan barely acknowledged them, the realization that her partner was dead starting to hit her. “He loved me,” she mumbled, repeating Kingsley’s last words to her. “He loved me.”

  Laughing at the sight of her icing and crumb covered child, Li glanced over at Oliver, his face momentarily twisted in a look of disgust, as if unable to comprehend how someone so messy could be related to him. She flashed her husband a grin, moving forward to take a plate from him. “Take a deep breath Oli. I’ll give him a bath later, and we can wipe down the tray. It’s easy to clean up. Let the kid enjoy his birthday.” Pressing a kiss to his cheek, Li smiled. “Just think of it, this time next year we’ll have four birthdays to celebrate instead of three.”

     Hearing the sound of Lenora hurling in the bathroom attached to his room. His eyes flickered open, his body no longer melting into the sturdy cushions beneath him. Every muscle seemed to awaken as if hit with a shot of espresso, his mind clearing from the early morning fog and Manju sitting up. Propping himself up on the pillows behind him, Manju waited for his girlfriend to exit the bathroom, teeth brushed and hand swiping at her mouth to ensure nothing was there. “Come here baby,” he murmured, patting the spot on the bed beside him. His arms slid around her waist, pulling her gently into his chest. Pressing the back of his hand to her forehead, Manju let out a small sigh. “You’re burning up love. Go back to sleep. I’m going to get you some Tylenol and some water.” Pressing a kiss to her warm forehead, Manju gently smiled at her. “I’ll be right back love.”

“What? A guy can’t smile around here without attracting suspicion?” The girl’s words only widened Seth’s grin, something that seemed almost impossible, even his eyes glinting with the hint of a smile. “Would you like me to stop?” he teased, adjusting the cuff of his suit jacket.  Tonight was a big night for the two, a Christmas party that Seth’s work was hosting was also their first opportunity to present themselves as a couple to his coworkers and friends. Seth was already excited for the opportunity, his coworkers already familiar with the girl as his best friend, but the chance to show her off as more than just that delighted him to no end. It had been when she had stepped out of his bathroom, dressed for the occasion with her hair done and her makeup on though, that his breath had been knocked right out of him. Aileen had always been beautiful, but seeing her like this was overwhelming for the boy, Seth moving closer to her and wrapping his arms around her waist, pulling her back into his chest. “You’re absolutely stunning, Al.” His grin remained on his face, lips moving to her ear. “How’d I ever get so lucky?” The warmth of her body radiated against him, Seth’s lips tracing down her neck, leaving kisses in their wake. “And you’re sure we have to go to this? I can’t just sit here and take you in. I mean... that’s a beautiful dress.” Teeth grazing her earlobe, Seth’s smile transformed into a smirk. “But I think it would look a lot better on my floor.”

Grinning widely, Gabriela nodded slowly, humming as if she totally believed that story. “Absolutely no idea, Az? That’s strange, I thought that as the captain it was your duty to know all the going ons on the ship. But if you have no idea where the ring box that was in my underwear drawer went, when you and I are the only ones with access to this cabin, well then, I guess we just have call security and have them check all the access logs and do a top to bottom search of this ship for that box.” Sighing, she shook her head. “And to think, I had such big plans for that box. You know, wait until we hit the Nova Martentium quadrant and the ultraviolet lights are visible from the bridge. We’d be there, you and I, you in charge of leading the operations as normal and me as on call staff. And the lights would look so pretty radiating outside of our shields. And at just the right moment, I’d get down on one knee and pop this pretty little missing box open and ask you to spend the rest of our lives together.” The doctor watched her girlfriend for any signs of guilt, downcast eyes or a flinch. “But what a shame. Since it’s missing and you just have no idea where it could have possibly gone, I guess I’ll just have to figure something else out. Wait until we dock somewhere with decent rings for sale again. Could take up to another year, but then again....” She sighed, eyes trained on Azirah. “What is time to us, when we travel several lightyears at a time?” Shrugging, Gabriela left the room, sure that the missing ring box would mysteriously show up in her drawer later that night.

Groaning, Indrakshi pulled herself out of bed, feet meeting the cold bedroom floor and her instantly wishing she had worn socks to bed last night. Normally, she was the first up and at them in the morning, often on her second cup of coffee by the time Luis dragged himself out of bed to drink his first. Today though, Luis had gotten up first and Indra could smell the bacon and eggs from their bedroom. Fumbling for her glasses, Indrakshi began the long walk to the kitchen from the couples’ bedroom. It wasn’t a far distance, but with Luis’ oversized slippers on her feet and the pregnancy waddle beginning, it seemed longer than necessary to her. Entering the kitchen, Indra moved to hug Luis, having to opt for a side hug, her stomach too big for her to hug him properly. She tilted her head up, pressing a kiss to her breakfast chef’s cheek. “Smells good. What inspired this?” Indra grinned up at him, stepping away so he could finish up the finishing touches on their breakfast. Waddling over to the coffee pot, Indrakshi poured herself a mug, savoring how warm the hot ceramic felt against her fingertips. Sighing with the effort, she found her way to her chair, lowering herself onto the cushion and resting her forearm against the tabletop. As Luis set her plate in front of her, Indra leaned up, demanding a kiss from her husband before he was allowed to continue on to his seat. “Have I ever mentioned what a great husband you are? Seriously one of the best. If we weren’t already married, I’d ask you to marry me all over again.” She smiled, taking a sip of her coffee as Luis sat down across from her. “Thanks baby. God, I love you.”