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61. “Welcome back. Now fucking help me.” - from Zach’s POV

I don’t know what I was expecting when I came back to TREE from vacation, but it wasn’t for Silver to come barreling down the stairs and tackle me in a hug.

“Well hello there,” I say, catching her and trying not to stumble.

“You are not going to believe what I’ve been dealing with,” she tells me, speaking the first half into my chest but standing up as she talks. “First that demon in the subway was asking for you, and I had to explain why you weren’t there. Then I’ve been tracking a serial graffiti artist, they paint runes all over the place, but I can’t find them.”

I know she’s only been listing work stuff, but I think this is the most I’ve heard her talk to me without me starting the conversation. And that can mean only one thing:

“You’ve missed me.” I can’t help but say it with a smile. 

“What?” Her head tugs back as she looks up at me with confusion. “No, I didn’t.”

“Come on,” I say, aiming a nudge at her shoulder. “You definitely missed me.”

She smacks my hand away, just like she always does. “I didn’t. I’ve been too busy with work.”

“Too busy to welcome me back because you missed me?” 

This third time is too much for her. Making a disgusted noise in the back of her throat, Ash snaps, “Welcome back. Now fucking help me.” 

I hold my hands up in surrender. “No need to be crude. You know I’m going to help you.”

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I CANT BELIEVE MY SHITTY DROW IS GONNA GET THAT,

1: Summarize your WIP in 10 words or less.

Iris gets blackmailed into working for her asshole ex’s father and spends the entire time trying to sabotage  him and free herself.

6: Search for the word “dream” in your WIP. If you find it, paste the line and explain the context.  

loll there are actually a lot of mentions of ‘dreams’. I’m blaming it on the vaguely prophetic abilities of the MC.

“A girl can dream can’t she?” Iris smiled crookedly at Cat, who rolled her eyes good naturedly back.

Iris is being put into the ‘custody’ of her asshole ex-boyfriend to make sure she does as she is told.

14: Have you chosen birthdays for any of your characters? If so, when are they?

(chanting) BRILL! BRILL! BRILL! BRILL!! u put in a lot so ill put in a readmore somewhere in this post idk

10.

Do you have an outline? Do you stick to it?

i rarely make outlines and if i do they fall out of use essentially immediately bc i just dont stick to them that good. brilliancy has a doc called “Plot Points” and this is what’s in it

so the answer is no. i keep it all on file in my head. mdfdbfhb

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Hi @paintsmcspectrum! Thanks for the ask!

💞 List 3 tropes that you feature in your WIPs and explain why they’re important to you as a person.

Man, I always have trouble naming tropes. I’m too lazy to dive through TV Tropes and my brain just registers them as “things that happen.” But for you, I try.

Found Family: The way my family works, I’ve grown up valuing not-blood relations almost more than blood ones. I’m also an only child, so my friends are like my siblings. Found family is my family, so it’s important for me to show that in my writing. Because not everyone has white picket fence, 2.5 kids, family reunions, and 900 relatives who they actually like.

Down With the System: I’m a raging feminist, what can I say? Nah, I kid, but I do believe that if the system isn’t working, change the system. What’s the definition of insanity? 😉

And, uh…

I’m going to assume Summer’s Vale Unless specified!

15: I love talking about my OCs with anyone for anything, I have so many original concepts and characters both for fandoms and totally original work. Only thing Is I know people don’t really want to talk about them with me, so unless they ask I’m pretty hush hush.  Summer Vale I’m probably the most public about because it has hit some level of success.

17: OTPS? SNOW RIDER IS THE SHIT It’s a canon ship, but man it’s fun. It’s been nice kind of writing Summer and Vermilion flirt about and provide the view points and support they both need. The series itself has a few other cannon ships, some  you might not expect involving a bumbleby and a trapper ;P But thats for later.

Prompt List

67. “You’re bleeding all over my carpet.”

The front door opens and Zach stumbles in.

And I do mean stumbles; he is clutching his bleeding abdomen and bangs off a wall and a bookshelf before I’m able to get over there and catch him. 

“Zach? Zach!” Words are flying out of my mouth as I get him into a chair. “Oh my god, what happened to you? Why didn’t you go back to TREE, they’ve got medical supplies there—”

“You were closer,” he manages, breathing hard with his head tipped back.

I can’t fault him for that, but the facts of the situation are piling up. Wounded. No bandages. Do we have pain pills strong enough? Probably not. How long? Blood loss?

“Silver,” he says, catching his breath. “Hey. Ash.”

Hearing my real name gets me out of the spiraling analysis. When he sees my eyes come into focus, he asks, “What’s up?”