#sophitz week

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For today I did the scene from the first book where Sophie and Fitz meet with Sophie in Fitz's role and Fitz in Sophie's role

@sophitzweek

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Oops I forgot to post it here but here’s Sophitz for @sophitz-week Prompt no.3: Fix-it

Reminder that Dex has more kiss scene with Sophie than Fitz in canon ヽ(・∀・)ﾉ ??? so I made this and also because I’m a sucker for soft kisses on the hair (´｡• ω •｡`) ♡

I’ll be posting prompts regularly throughout the week. The prompts will include broad and specific ideas, and you can pick whichever sparks your creativity best. All forms of content are welcome (from moodboards to art to fanfiction, and whatever else you come up with), and interpretations can be romantic or platonic!

While I will be running the event from this blog, @sophitz-week will be a gallery of creations based on the week, so make sure to check that out!

The tags to use are #sophitz week and #kotlc ship weeks 2020. (Sorry if the year is confusing, but I’m trying to keep consistent with the other weeks!)

Schedule

This schedule lets you know what I’ll be doing, but it doesn’t have to dictate what you’ll be doing. You’re welcome to post late or early and do as few or as many prompts as you want. Whatever makes it the most fun for you!

June 19: First prompt released

June 20: Second prompt released

June 21: Third prompt released

June 22: Prompt #1 posting day; fourth prompt released

June 23: Prompt #2 posting day; fifth prompt released

June 24: Prompt #3 posting day; sixth prompt released

June 25: Prompt #4 posting day; seventh prompt released

June 26-27: Break! You can catch up on prompts if you’d like, or just enjoy your weekend. You can even start prepping the other prompts if you want.

June 28: Prompt #5 posting day

June 29: Prompt #6 posting day

June 30: Prompt #7 posting day—the last one!

July 1: Celebration & reading day! I’ll put out a list of everyone who participated in the week. I encourage everyone, whether or not they participated, to spend this day reblogging and otherwise appreciating them and their creations!

Oh, and one more thing—anyone who participates in at least four prompts by (not on) July 3 will receive an exclusive sneak peek of my long-term WIP: “A Barista’s Guide to Getting a Boyfriend (The Wrong Way).” It’s a coffee shop AU that includes fake dating and a whole lot of pining. And, of course, it’s Sophitz.

@sophitz-week day 1: academic rivals

Notes: I will admit, this follows the prompt very loosely. Also I definitely got at least part of this idea from somewhere else but I have no clue where (another fanfic maybe?? I have no idea) so... keep that in mind I guess, and if you know where it might be from you can let me know? This has not been edited, but it is what it is :) Oh, and it’s a highschool au/human au!

Relationships: pre-romantic Sophitz, platonic Sophie and Marella, background romantic Keefex

Word count: 2193

Warnings: food, I don’t think there’s anything else but please let me know if I missed something!

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“Marella, I have a dilemma.” Sophie wastes no time in flopping dramatically into the seat next to her best friend. The clatter of her lunch tray against the table merges with the cacophony of their cafeteria, always overwhelmingly noisy. Marella doesn’t bat an eyelash, taking a long sip from her water bottle before letting out a tremendous belch.

“What’s wrong this time?” she deadpans, twirling a strand of her vivid red hair.

The dye is fairly recent, from only about a month ago. Marella had called Sophie one Saturday and announced that she needed a change. The next week at school, the ends of her blonde locks were dyed fire engine red. Sophie thinks it’s a good look on her.

“Fitz Vacker,” Sophie replies through a mouthful of whatever the school’s lunch is—it’s supposed to be mashed potatoes, but she isn’t convinced.

Marella snorts. “Naturally. What has the resident golden boy done this time?”

“Well, he was joking around with Keefe—”

“What else is new?”

“And they were doing that fake flirting thing that they do—”

“Is this supposed to be surprising? Sophie, this is exactly what happens every single day.”

“And Keefe pretended to ask Fitz out—he better have been pretending, anyway, if I find out he’s cheating on my cousin I’ll kill him—”

Marella raises her eyebrows. “Ooh, I see, go on.”

“And Fitz said he would only date someone who could beat him in a game of chess!” Sophie finishes in a rush before Marella can interject again. She meets her friend’s eyes, expecting sympathy at the very least. What she definitely does not expect is the unadulterated glee radiating from Marella’s intense gaze.

Sophitz Week: Angst

Picture this: In a hasty escape from the Neverseen, Sophie nearly fades. As soft, swirling colours pull her into their depths, she fights back, sending a mental plea to Fitz to come and find her. He arrives as soon as he can, but Sophie is already so weak. He hails Elwin, wishing on every star in the night sky that it's not too late. "Please come back to me," he whispers, cradling her body in his lap as her skin and hair slowly become more translucent.

@sophitz-week day 1: academic rivals

Notes: this was a lot of fun to write and I enjoyed being able to play around with Sophie and Fitz’s dynamic! it ended up a lot longer than I expected but I’m pretty proud of it! hope you enjoy!

Relationships: platonic sophitz, pre-romantic sophitz, platonic sophex, platonic marella x sophie, platonic marella x dex, platonic, keefe x fitz

Word Count: 1986

Warnings: none!

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"I just don't understand the issue," Dex said for what felt like the fiftieth time that morning.

Sophie scoffed. "The issue Dex, is that I am being forced to work with my sworn enemy."

"Sworn enemy's a little much," Dex replied, holding onto his backpack as he gave Sophie an amused look.

"Sworn enemy is perfect!" Marella exclaimed from Sophie's left. "It'll make it even more romantic when they finally confess their undying love to each other!"

Sophie deadpanned. "I can't tell if you're teasing me or just really really blind. There is no way I will ever fall in love with Fitz Vacker."

Dex laughed as Marella looked unconvinced.

"Please Soph, you both have been obsessed with each other since you first came to school in the sixth grade and beat him in the middle school spelling bee. You're like a modern day Anne Shirley and Gilbert Blythe."

Sophie gasped and held a hand to her heart. "Don't you dare insult my favorite fictional man by relating him to Fitz Vacker of all people."

"Favorite fictional man?" Dex questioned, quirking an eyebrow. "Whatever happened to Fred Weasley?"

Sophie glared at him. "So what if I simp for multiple fictional men? Who are you to judge Mr. 'I would lay down my life for Natasha Romanoff'?”

Dex chuckled. "Touché."

Marella grinned. "Ignoring the part where I said you two were obsessed with each other, huh?"

Sophie sniffed. "I'm not ignoring it. I'm choosing not to reply to something so ridiculous."

"Mhm."

"You're also ignoring the fact you had a crush on him when you first met," Dex pointed out.

"Dexter, my man! Always backing me up!" Marella exclaimed, and the two high-fived.

Sophie rolled her eyes. "A lack in judgment on sixth grade Sophie's part, I promise it will never happen again."

Dex snorted. "Whatever you say."

Marella gasped excitedly.

"Sophie's supposed sworn enemy 11 o'clock," she whispered out of the corner of her mouth.

Sophie's head shot towards the boy in question as Dex just shook his head.

Fitz Vacker was tall and had broad shoulders from all the training he needed for football. His hair was dark and never seemed to fall out of place. He was kind and tutored the younger kids when he had free time. He volunteered with student council (his sister was the president) and as popular as he was, he didn't act like it.

Sophie hated his guts.

He gave her a small smile.

Subdued, she thought. She knew how bright his smile really was and she could only think he was holding himself back, which was odd. Fitz Vacker was anything but unconfident.

She stared back as he passed and out of the corner of her eye she saw his blond friend slap him on the back while chuckling.

"I love a good rivals to lovers romance," Marella gushed as they made their way into biology.

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"You've got it bad, man," Keefe laughed.

"Shut up," Fitz grumbled, shrugging off Keefe's hand.

Keefe held his hands up. "Sorry, but it's way too obvious to not make fun of."

"Thanks Keefe, so grateful for your support," Fitz said, still thinking about the minor interaction he'd had with the girl he'd been crushing on for years.

"I am supportive bro," Keefe defended, "But there's only so much support I can give before the overwhelming need to make fun of you becomes too much."

"I can't stand you," Fitz said turning into his class.

"Aww how sweet," Keefe called as he walked down the hall to who knows where. "Too bad Sophie Foster thinks the same thing about you."

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"Seriously, Marella, drop it. The only reason I'm going over to his house is to finish this stupid project," Sophie complained, pulling her keys out of the ignition.

She stared at the mansion the Vacker's called home, trying to work up to courage to walk to the front door.

"Ok, ok fine, just answer one thing," Marella said through Sophie's phone.

Sophie rubbed her temples as she got out of her car, already knowing this wasn't going to end well.

She grabbed the tray of mallowmelt out of the backseat, holding her cellphone between her shoulder and her head. "What is it?"

"Admit you think Fitz Vacker is the hottest man to walk the planet."

Sophie choked.

"Please, Sophie, be honest with me. I know you can't stand him for whatever reason, but you aren't blind and he's like, the blueprint of your type."

Sophie huffed as she walked up the grand walkway. She thought about his sparkling eyes and how they had always radiated comfort and safety to her, even when they were in middle school.

"I guess he's alright," she grumbled.

“AHA!” Marella cheered, and Sophie could practically hear her throwing a fist in the air. "I'll take it!"

Sophie rolled her eyes. "Whatever. I've gotta go, talk to you later."

"Ok! Have fun, love ya," Marella said and made a kissy sound before hanging up the phone.

Sophie shook her head exasperatedly, stuffing her phone in her back pocket as she reached the double front doors.

She raised her hand to knock but before she could, the door opened, revealing a slightly flustered Fitz Vacker.

"H-hey," he stuttered.

"Hi," Sophie said plainly before holding out the tray of sweets. "This is mallowmelt from Edaline."

"Oh thanks!" he said excitedly. "My dad will really appreciate this!"

He laughed slightly and Sophie cracked a smile. Fitz's father had been the one to find Sophie her adoptive family when her own family had passed away in a car accident. Her adoptive father and Alden worked together so he'd asked him and his wife to take Sophie in, and they adopted her a few months later.

The two stood awkwardly in the doorway before Fitz started suddenly.

"I- y-you can come in," he said, moving out of the way to let her in.

"Thanks," Sophie replied, clutching her school bag as she walked into the gorgeous house.

Fitz mumbled something under his breath that sounded suspiciously like 'stupid', but Sophie didn't comment on it.

"My room's upstairs and to the left, I'm just gonna go put this in the fridge," Fitz said, gesturing to the tray.

Sophie nodded. "No problem."

She walked up the marble staircase, marveling and somewhat grumbling at the grandeur of Fitz's house.

To say Fitz's room wasn't what she was expecting and was also exactly what she was expecting was an understatement.

He obviously liked the color blue, as his bedspread was navy blue and so was the rug. The walls were white and most of his things were made out of dark wood. Tall bookshelves lined the walls and Sophie found herself jealous of his collection. A glass case on the wall held all his sports trophies, but mostly held photos of his teammates or friends winning something, and Sophie almost laughed at the way they were proudly displayed. It was honestly kinda cute how adorably proud of his friends he was that he hung up photos of their accomplishments in his room. He was like a mother hen.

"Ok so we have to pick a book we're required to read by the school district and analyze whether we think it's an educational read and why we think the book is required. I know you haven't read all of the same books as me cause we're in different grades so I thought we could make a list of all the ones we have read and go from there," Fitz said as he walked into his room.

Sophie was a little taken aback by the sudden proposition but nodded anyway. "Sounds good."

She was a little mad he was right about the books though. Sophie was only a sophomore while Fitz was a senior, so he'd been through more english classes than she had.

She went to pull out a sheet of paper when something stopped her.

"I-is that your second place ribbon from the spelling bee?" she asked and he looked up from his own paper.

Fitz scratched the back of his neck, following Sophie's line of sight in the direction of a blue ribbon hanging from his glass case with the worded '2ND PLACE' written distinctly on the front.

"Uh—," he chuckled nervously, "Y-yeah it is."

Sophie turned to him, confusion etched across her face. "Why would you keep that?"

She for one, would never keep anything that reminded her she had lost to someone.

"I dunno." He shrugged. "Guess it just reminds me of something."

"Of what?"

Briefly, it occurred to her this was the longest conversation she'd had with him since he beat her in the relay race at the end of sixth grade.

"Um, I- uh, I'm not sure."

Sophie looked unconvinced and Fitz blushed.

Sophie gave him another strange look before turning back to her bag.

"Why do we not talk anymore?" Fitz blurted out, and immediately had to resist the urge to slap his hand over his mouth and launch himself out the nearest window.

"What?" Sophie asked slowly, turning to fully face him.

Good going, Fitz, he thought. Now she's going to hate you even more and will probably end up starting a petition to send you to Timbuktu so that she never has to see you again.

"Um," he said smartly.

She raised an eyebrow and he sighed.

"Why don't we talk anymore? We used to be friends when we were in middle school."

Her eyebrows furrowed. "I don't know. We're rivals, and last I checked you aren't supposed to fraternize with your competition."

"Huh?" Fitz said, his turn to be confused. "Since when were we rivals?"

Sophie me jaw dropped. "Seriously? We've always been rivals."

"Uh no we haven't?"

Sophie looked incredulous and Fitz had the feeling he said something wrong. "Yes we have! You were the one who started it in the first place!"

"What?" Fitz exclaimed. "When did I do that?"

"In middle school? When you were always competing with me?"

"I- I wasn't doing that cause I thought of you as a rival! I was doing that cause I thought of you as my friend!"

Sophie's confusion and slight anger calmed down for a second. "What?"

"Yeah! I never had someone who could match me at everything I did and then some, so I thought it was fun to push myself to beat you. You made everything a challenge cause you were— are! —so good at everything!"

"Trust me, if I knew you'd stop talking to me for four years just cause I beat you in a lame race, I would have lost every single competition we ever competed in against each other."

They stared at each other as a blush formed on both of their faces. Sophie being confused on everything Fitz Vacker and feeling bashful over all he'd just said, and Fitz frustrated at himself for letting Sophie get that ridiculous idea that he didn't want to be friends with her in her head and feeling bashful over all he'd just said.

Sophie took in a quiet breath. "I- I just thought you wanted to beat me because you didn't like me."

"No!" Fitz exclaimed frantically, waving his hands, as if trying to ward her words away from the air around him. "Not at all!"

Sophie laughed slightly, and Fitz reveled in the sound of it.

"I want us to be," he stumbled, "…f-friends. I've always wanted that."

Sophie looked into his eyes, saw the pure sincerity there, and felt herself melt a little bit.

"I think I'd like that too," she said quietly. "Friends."

Fitz smiled brightly and it felt like the morning sun after a long night.

She paused.

"I'm still gonna try to beat you in everything we do though."

Fitz laughed loudly and it echoed around the room.