The Other Side Of The Tracks

Golshifteh Farahni has been my headcanon for Hazelle for almost a decade now. And I want to point out how young she looks when she is actually the age range of Hazelle. And other adults in the series relying on babies to fix things.

🎥: About Elly (2009) | Age: 25

Year of Gale's birth

🎥: Arab Blues (2019) | Age: 36

Year of mining explosion

🎥: Alpha (2025) | Age: 42

Year of the 74th Hunger Games

but then i realized he had a really gummy smile.

I finally got around to updating this story. I've revised and published chapters 1 and 2. They're longer but i wanted to add in more details and moments. looking back on my story, i realized most of their slow burn moments were "off screen" (ie: just in my headcanon) and it didn't translate like i wanted. so ill be going back to continue the rest of the chapters.

i'll amend the notes at the beginning of each chapter when i publish to revision.

i've been going back and revising my Gadge fic Something Like Love. Hopefully, the changes I intend to make will justify the wait because i still get several PMs asking about it. I am flattered, but there are people so invested in the story, but I can't just scrape jelly from an empty jar. lol I promise it's not abandoned. It is only been like a couple of months. I love y'all but chill.

i've outlined the changes I wanna make to the current chapters. I just finished rewriting the first chapter. And I suppose this is the best time to put in my inspiration in references.

These are the medicinal flowers that I referenced:

Scarlet Bee Balm (Monarda didyma): Smells minty, thyme-like. It smells strong, spicy flavor like a mix of mint and oregano, with citrusy notes and a hint of berry. i It has antimicrobial, antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties. The leaves can be used to make a relaxing herbal tea (Oswego tea) to help relieve gas, nausea, and cramps, and the plant's resin was traditionally used to soothe bee stings and other bug bites.

Black Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta): Smells Sweet and spicy. Bitter and earthy flavor. It is brewed as a tea for colds, flu, fevers, and to stimulate immune systems. It's made into a poultice for snakebites, sores, and small wounds. The sap is used as drops for earaches.

Wild Phlox (Phlox divaricata): Smells sweet, floral, and often spicy-sweet scent, described as similar to lilacs. Tastes peppery. Also known as wild sweet william. It can be made into a poultice for eczema and boils.

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God, he’d been circling it for weeks like an idiot. But here, in the cramped kitchen with her staring up at him with that brown freckle in the blue of her eyes, it felt like the truth had finally caught him.