#splitting tens

I'm in love with the cruise ship au. As someone who just came back from a Christmas vacation you really do nail the family vacation dynamics too lol

Happily!! I s2g I am almost done with it. I think I’ve mentioned here before, but I work two jobs, and last weekend was my BF’s birthday, so when I didn’t finish the chapter on schedule, things got HECTIC. 

One scene to go, but here’s a snippy for you all (standard disclaimers that it could change apply):

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When he arrived back, he let himself back into the room quietly, still lost in his thoughts. The room was dark, but not as still as he expected.

“And just where have you been?” Robb’s voice called from over by his bed. It was roguish.

Jon flushed — he’d expected his brother to be asleep by now.

“Snuck into some closed-off area of the ship with this girl,” he said, deciding on honesty. It sounded ridiculous coming from him rather than his brother, who would have been so much more in-character in that situation.

“Fuck off,” Robb said, not bothering to move from his resting position.

Jon shrugged in the dark as he slid off his shoes and shucked his clothes to the ground. He climbed in bed quickly, pausing only to plug his phone in. “I don’t know what to tell you,” he said. “I was.”

keeping with my 2023 determination to be transparent: one of my close friends found out mid-to-late in the week that her boyfriend of 3 years was cheating on her, so i got way less done than anticipated owing to trying to be a good friend and spending time with her and all of that.

that said, the chapter is very close to being complete. days 6, 8 and 9 are finished. mainly i’m being held up by a two pesky scenes in day 7 that don’t seem to want to end.

because i’m trying to be very transparent about writing communication in 2023: as it stands, i have 9 more areas of the 2nd chapter of splitting tens that are marked off for additional writing or edits. 

i would say about 5-6 are easy, five-minute tweaks, and the remaining 3-4 are scenes that need more substantive work.

if i get enough of my 2nd-job work done tomorrow AM before my main job starts, i could potentially finish it tomorrow night. if not, then it’ll more likely be on thursday (though it would still need to be beta’d after that).

((it’s coming along well though.))