Goldstrange: The smell of freshly baked bread, lying in long grass with the sun beating down on you, kisses in a kitchen while covered in flowers, the distant hum of cicadas, a hand rubbing your back, a bundle of freshly cut sunflowers

Rosegold: The gentle clinking of wine glasses, the feeling of satin on fingertips, the click of heels against the pavement, an expensive chocolate melting on your tongue, the steady weight of another hand on the back of yours, a violin playing through the wall

Seraleta: A firmly pressed blazer, the sunlight that catches on rings, the first sip of a newly opened bottle of champagne, the humming of a lullaby in another language somewhere above your head, a finger delicately tracing your lips

Seratina: The laughter echoing out from a quiet bar, another hand firmly clasped in your own, the golden hours of the afternoon shining in through a window, wildflowers and daisies woven into hair, a shy kiss given when no other eyes are looking

Seraqueenie: Bouquets of roses left on tables and desks, paper lunch bags full of the results of old family recipes, a thumb wiping away smudged lipstick, a whisper against the shell of your ear, the night sounds of the city somewhere faintly in the distance

Seragini: The click of sharpened nails against a firm surface, the rhythmic pattern of heels dancing across a wooden floor, a flash of teeth from a stranger on the street, drinks that leave lingering hints of mint, a soft breath against a bare shoulder

Buntina: Shy glances in between breaks in the conversation, a laugh that was unexpected and yet left a warm feeling in your chest, the smell of freshly picked lemon grass, worn denim overalls that are fraying at the knees, home-made biscuits sprinkled with cinnamon, feather light fingers against an elbow

Bunleta: Stray leaves tangled in unruly hair, hands streaked with rich dirt, a hand wrapped lightly around your waist, the crackle of newly picked barely, ginger sitting on your tongue, watching the dawn rise with bated breath

“If dinner burns, I could just take you out…. I think I might have to keep distracting you... ” She reaches for Queenie again, but freezes when she’s fixed with one of Queenie’s looks. “Or……. I could go set the table?”

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An easy, romantic night in for President Picquery and her girl.

                                          posted to: AO3 & FFnet

Her boss, Abernathy, passes her in the hall and gives her a funny look but Queenie only flashes one of her brightest, most charming smiles and he lets her go by with only a nervous smile and an equally flustered, “Miss Goldstein.”

“Heya, Mr. Abernathy,” she can’t help but giggle as she passes him. Sometimes it’s just a little fun to mess with ‘em. Her womanly wiles seem to have the similar effects of a Confundus charm and Queenie knows full well how to use it to her advantage. Especially in dire situations. Like this.

The President’s office is empty save for the woman herself. Queenie knocks lightly on the door and waits patiently for the magically enhanced voice of Seraphina Picquery to interrogate whomever is on the other side. She already knows it’s Queenie, there’s a charm on the door that alerts the Madame President of whoever is standing outside of it, but there’s only three people that know that.

“Who is it?”

“Queenie Goldstein, ma’am.”

A second later the heavy door clicks and opens a few inches, allowing her inside the sweeping office. Queenie toes it open a little wider to slip through. The office is large, one of the largest in MACUSA, and specifically tailored to President Picquery’s liking, though it retains various elements of tradition. The portraits of the past presidents line hallway to her office but inside are those of the three most recent, as it always contains no matter the switch in office. The rest of the room, however, is very obviously Picquery. The furniture is lavish, but classy, and matches the collected image of their president. It’s not all dark colors like the rest of MACUSA, either. True, there’s quite a bit of it, but there’s several things in the room that display the humanness of the often thought harsh President. Queenie’s only seen it in glimpses as it tends to move around the room—the portrait of the President and her mother. It’s obviously from a while ago, but later than her Ilvermorny years. Queenie suspects it’s around when Picquery got her first promotion. Her mother beams with pride, arm wrapped tightly and lovingly around her daughter and the smile on Picquery’s face is warm as she laughs alongside the older woman. They share the same nose, same cheekbones, though the older is softer around the eyes and the shape of her face. Picquery is donned in elegant dress robes and her mother wears an older, flowing dress that enunciates her softness and kind features. Sometimes it makes Queenie miss her own mom a little.

We all fucking know this was you, Audrey :’)

Who asks the other ondates: Bubbly bright Queenie totally looked over at President Seraphina Picquery,smiled, and said “sure, how does Saturday night sound?”

Who is the biggercuddler:They both love cuddling but Seraphina especially is a cuddle whore

Who initiates holdinghands more often:Queenie

Who remembersanniversaries:Seraphina has it all written down in her calendars

Who is morepossessive:Seraphina

Who gets morejealous:Again, Seraphina

Who is moreprotective:Seraphina, she doesn’t like the idea of anyone hurting Queenie for datingthe president

Who is more likely tocheat:NEITHER

Who initiates sexytimes the most:Queenie

Who dislikes PDA themost:Seraphina – she has a public image to maintain

Who kills the spider:Queenie has to carefully remove spiders whilst Seraphina jumps on thenearest chair.

Who asks the other tomarry them:Seraphina plans to pop the question but Queenie reads her mind and says yesbefore she can.

Who buys the otherflowers or gifts:Queenie likes to buy little things for Seraphina

Who would bring uppossibly having kids:Totally Queenie, she’s a total mama and she’d love it.

Who is more nervousto meet the parents:Queenie doesn’t have parents, so she’d be more nervous meeting Seraphina’sprobably

Who sleeps on thecouch when the other is angry:Seraphina – even when she’s angry, she doesn’t want Queenie getting a badnights sleep

Who tries to make upfirst after arguments:Queenie – it’s miserable because she can feel Seraphina’s misery too.

Who tells the otherthey love them more often:Queenie

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who hogs the duvetQueenie of course!

who texts/rings tocheck how their day is goingQueenie pops into the office with tea every hour to keep Seraphina going.

who’s the mostcreative when it comes to giftsAgain, Queenie – because she knows what Seraphina wants and then does itone step up.

who gets up first inthe morningSeraphina – she is the president, after all.

who suggests newthings in bedQueenie – she reads if Seraphina wants to try something new and suggestsit.

who cries at moviesQueenie probably

who gives unpromptedmassagesQueenie

who fusses over theother when they’re sickAgain, Queenie – she’s a total mama hen.

who gets jealouseasiestSeraphina

who has the mostembarrassing taste in musicProbably Seraphina – Queenie’s quite up to date with music.

who collectssomething unusualSeraphina maybe?

who takes the longestto get readyHmm…I feel Queenie because she loves dolling herself up.

who is the most tidyand organisedThey both are, but Seraphina more so.

who gets most excitedabout the holidaysQueenie – she’s like a ray of sunshine during the holidays

who is the bigspoon/little spoonQueenie is usually the big spoon to Seraphina

who gets mostcompetitive when playing games and/or sportsSeraphina, definitely

who starts the mostargumentsIt’s stressful being president so Seraphina can get pretty damn snappy

who suggests thatthey buy a petQueenie – she totally thinks it’ll be lovely to have a cat in theapartment.

what coupletraditions they haveHelping each other get ready each morning, little kisses before heading towork

what tv shows theywatch togetherNone?

what other couplethey hang out withNewt and Tina – much to Newt and Tina’s chagrin.

how they spend timetogether as a coupleQueenie helps Seraphina unwind, gives her a massage or sings to her, andthey just talk a lot.

who made the firstmoveQueenie of course – she read Seraphina’s mind and made it clear she wasinterested too.

who brings flowershomeQueenie totally loves brightening up their home with flowers.

who is the best cookQueenie!

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who is more likely tohurt the other?Neither really, probably Seraphina though

who is emotionallystronger?Queenie(?)

who is physicallystronger?Seraphina

who is more likely tobreak a bone? Seraphina (probably)

who knows best whatto say to upset the other? Queenie because she can read Seraphina’s mind

who is most likely toapologise first after an argument? Queenie because when they’ve argued the mood is awful and gives herheadaches

who treats who’swounds more often? Queenie’s very adept at healing, though neither of them really acquire toomany wounds.

who is in constantneed of comfort? I don’t know, they’re very supportive of each other in general anyway

who gets morejealous? Seraphina

who’s most likely towalk out on the other? Probably Seraphina but she’d come straight back

who willpropose? Seraphina would plan to but Queenie would read her mind and squeal “YES!”

who has the mostdifficult parents?Well Queenie doesn’t have any so…

who initiateshand-holding when they’re out in public? Queenie – Seraphina isn’t comfortable with PDA

who comes up for theother all the time? (wtf does this even mean?!?)

who hogs theblankets? Queenie

who gets moresad? Queenie because she can hear everyone’s thoughts and it can sometimes bringher down

who is better atcheering the other up? Queenie because she just knows the right things to say

who’s the one thatplayfully slaps the other all the time after they make silly jokes?Probably Queenie?

who is morestreetwise?Seraphina?

who is more wise?Seraphina?

who’s theshyest? Seraphina?

who boasts about theother more? Probably Queenie boasting to Newt and Tina about how proud she is ofSeraphina

Sometimes Queenie would purposefully spill Seraphina’s coffee so the president would scold her from behind her reading glasses.

Glasses aren’t period appropriate but I like rectangle frames, sue me. XD Comes with a bonus Queenie because I wanted to practice drawing her for some other requests I have sitting in my inbox.

HEY I LOVE BUT HOW DOES SERA GET REVENGE?? perhaps it all comes to fruition the day a new teacher arrives - a certain Mr. Grindelwald. He is ruthless, efficient and - Seraphina can’t help but notice - he seems interested in Graves, though the other man doesn’t seem to be comfortable with his affections. It’s perfect.

THIS IS PERFECT.

Grindelwald flirts with everyone.  Well, not everyone - not the students, so he has more decency than Graves does.  But all of the faculty, certainly.   Most of them seems to take it in stride once they realize that’s what he’s like, but Graves... well, it makes him all flustered and uncomfortable and he clearly doesn’t like it.  Grindelwald doesn’t stop though, and Seraphina watches all this with fascination.

It’s nice to see him squirm under Grindelwald’s attention, but it’s not enough.  Seraphina wants him to truly understand what it feels like to be violated, and to understand why it’s happening to him.  Seraphina tries staging little hints that Graves is interested after all, in men and in Grindelwald, and it almost seems like it’s working - but while Seraphina is clever, so is Grindelwald, and he has more experience.

Grindelwald catches up with her and makes it clear he knows what’s going on and would like to know why she’s trying so hard to set them up.  Over the course of the conversation Seraphina ends up revealing what Graves did to Queenie, her eyes flashing as she says what Graves deserves.

Grindelwald is impressed by her - all fury and determination, willing to stand here and as good as ask him to rape her teacher.

So he agrees.  Seraphina is shocked, but she hides it well.  Grindelwald really is ruthless, and she gets the impression he’s doing this not because of anything to do with Queenie, but because he’s going to enjoy it.  

That should scare her, but it doesn’t.

They make a deal - Seraphina draws Graves out and gets him to stay late after school so that Grindelwald can get him alone, spikes his coffee with the drug Grindelwald provided - a small dose, just enough so he can’t fight back - and then she leaves and Grindelwald thoroughly takes him apart.

“Stop it, Gellert,” Graves slurs as Grindelwald starts undressing him.  “What’re you - why - ?”

“You raped one of your students, Mr Graves,” Grindelwald says coolly.  His hands don’t stop working, and he undoes the fasten on Graves’ pants.

“What?  Wh - Queenie?  Sh’wanted it.”

“She didn’t.  And her girlfriend isn’t happy.”