#marylene

Marlene: Everyone you like turns out evil!

Mary: I like you.

Marlene: Well that's not a great sign…

Mary: Mmm… You make me laugh.

Marlene: Guess that's good.

OOOHHH YESSS MARYLENE 🤩

Buckle up Mia, twin, you've released the maniac. This is more like a fic than a list of hcs, but let's focus on the other things 😬

Starting w the basics ! So we have our lil baby Marly, who's just come to terms w her sexuality, & obviously it manifests in her crushes. She literally has a crush on like, all her girl friends (Mary, Lily, Dorcas, Pandora, Alice, Emmeline, Emma etc., but don't judge her, she's just confused, okay ?!!). Or, rather, she's attracted to them (meaning she'd hit if they asked).

But of all of them, Mary drives her the craziest. She's ever so sweet, & dresses oh so pretty, & is kind & gentle but doesn't take shit from others.

Now, Mary. Mary is, as mentioned, sweet & kind & beautiful & independent, but, she also has a reputation as a boychaser. It's not even that bad, really, she's only dated like two guys, and all they've done is kiss or just a little more ?? But people are toxic and hate to see women win, so they kind of use it more as an insult, implying that she's fickle and shallow.

Marlene refuses to see her bestie (platonic. sure.) as such, but she also does automatically assume that Mary is only into boys, so she just sits there, pining and staring at the other as she laughs and jokes with her friends. So, quite obviously, Marlene fell first. She didn't feel for anyone else to the degree that she felt for Mary.

In order to possibly increase her chances with Mary, Marly even started to dress more butch, because perhaps masculine was what the other liked ?? She did it all the time, even when sometimes she didn't really feel much like it.

Mary fell harder !! Initially, she felt that it was pure platonic love that she had for Marlene. She was a closeted bisexual, so she didn't realise herself that she could even be attracted to girls, unlike Marlene who knew she was lesbian and was confident about it. Mary thought about how Marly made her feel all the things the boys she'd dated never could. Free, safe and cherished to the full.

One evening, Mary had been particularly sad, so Marlene had been trying to cheer her up, making absurd faces and tickling her. And Mary was giggling an then she looked at the other, and the realisation crashes into her like a storm. Holy shit. She's in love with her best friend. She's in love with Marlene Mckinnon.

Even before they realised they were in love with each other, they'd be like super close. Marlene would grab Mary's shoulders when she walked to gently steer her away from puddles or dirt, because Mary hated getting filthy or spoiling her outfits. She'd pin and tie her hair back when Mary was otherwise occupied, so that the coils wouldn't keep falling into her face and bothering her all the time. She always brings Mary her favourite toffee, so she can suck on them whenever she liked. Mary, on the other hand, would help Marlene tidy her things up when they were too messy, making sure she wouldn't lose anything. She'd stay with Marlene when she'd be on her periods and bring her chocolate and hot water bottles and painkillers and sit by her the whole time, stroking her hair gently, because Marlene has exceptionally painful periods and really needs someone to get her through them. She'd always patch Marlene up, because the girl was nothing if not clumsy or reckless, and always managed to get a bruise or a scratch on her knees and arms and face.

Both of them are yappers and listeners, so when one was talking, the other would stare deep into their eyes, not daring to miss a single thing they said. And if anyone else tried to interrupt, they immediately shut up when either girl would give them a death glare to stop them talking and listen to what the other was saying.

They'd hold hands and not think anything of it, or at least, not Mary. Marlene would be slightly flushed red all the time, palms sweaty and clammy.

She also had the classic gay panic moment when once they were going out to a party and the iconic 'let me straddle my girl bestie so I can do her eyeliner' moment happened. Marlene nearly fainted when Mary settles herself over her lap, faces mere inches away from each other, Mary's gorgeous chocolate brown eyes fixed onto Marlene's rich mahogany ones, so intense and big.

Sneaking in darling little Lily flower here !! She's soooo sick of their shit, because it's plain to see that they're both desperately in love with each other. Think James with Wolfstar, or Regulus with Rosekiller ! She has to physically restrain herself from grabbing them by their necks and smushing their faces together like barbies everytime Marlene sends another sad, yearning look towards Mary, or Mary throws herself over Marlene, too touchy to be entirely platonic. She's also, however, their biggest supporter, and tries to push them towards each other with carefully planned schemes. When they do get together, she is still the bestest wingwoman.

So like affter about 3 years of silent pining, Marlene can't take it anymore. They were sitting on Marlene's bed, talking quietly. Marlene had been caught up with a Transfiguration assignment, and James was asleep, so she couldn't ask him for help. Mary had come over and plopped down beside her, unable to sleep for some reason. They were murmuring softly, and Mary smiles at her so prettily like she always does, and perhaps it's sleep deprivation or sheer desperation, but Marlene kisses her. Just leans forward abruptly and plants her lips onto the other girl's. Mary freezes and is like absolutely stunned. Marlene pulls back after a moment, looking slightly dazed, then immediately her eyes widen as she realises what she's done. Her face reddens rapidly, and without any warning, she bursts into silent tears.

And Mary is still so startled and she goes into panic mode bc wtf she just got kissed and Marlene is crying like wtf is happening so she goes and hugs Marlene and strokes her hair and just whispers 'don't cry don't cry don't cry' so worriedly.

So Marlene stops after a while and then Mary just gently tips her face up and goes so quietly 'you have something you wanna tell me ??' and Marlene sighs and admits everything.

Mary is so surprised really, like her mouth's agape and stuff, so Marly thinks she's disgusted or mad and looks like she's gonna cry again and Mary just can't have that so she kisses Marlene.

They talk it through and yeah they become official like immediately bc people's approval is nothing to them and Lily is losing her shit she's like scratching at her hair like 'I WAIT FOR YEARS FOR YOU LOSERS TO GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER AND YOU JUST CASUALLY SPRING THIS ON ME' and then she bursts into happy tears and Marlene and Mary comfort her but that turns into a crying session 😅

Ok so again this was really long so sorry for that I put my fingers on the keyboard and shit just happened 🤷 wish i had the same motivation for fic writing lol

CHERRYKISSER MARYLEEEEEEEENNNEE *cue sounds of aggressive air-horn blaring*

I LOVE THEM SM THEY'RE SO ADORABLE ❤❤❤