Something about Myeongji and Yeongho from Fast Forward
ok supposedly it’s normal to see Yeongho and Myeongji holding hands bc Yeongho’s powers involved with physical contact the most. But why must their fingers interlace? yknow, as i believe in many romance stories, intertwined hands with interlaced fingers usually happens when a couple finally express genuine feelings towards each other. So why cant Yeongho hold Myeongji’s hands normally, like this: ? I know both him and Myeongji didnt deny the rumours saying they’re dating although theyre not. So my question is, does the artist purposely draw them this way for fun or theyre trying to hint something? i know this is trivial and affect nothing much in the storyline but yeah, kinda interested.
I know I haven’t done a Six Sentence Sunday in a few weeks, and I am trying to get back on the wagon. I’ve been writing on some stuff, not as much as I like but I have gotten some stuff written up.
Here’s what I have posted in the last week or so. I know. I have slowed on my posting, but life has been busy this way,
“I don’t just relate to the lives these young women are living Liam, I was them. Working multiple jobs just to have the ends sort of meet, but not really. We have the potential to completely change the trajectory of someone’s life by doing this Liam.”
Liam smiled at her. That was only one of the infinite reasons why he loved Riley so. She always put others first, never thinking of herself. She was hyper focused on what she could do to make someone else’s life better.
“This is why I wanted you to take the lead on this one Riley. Your eyes have just lit up, and I feel your passion. This is your crusade. You have Hana to thank for the idea. Olivia thought it should be a fight to the death.”
Riley laughed. “Of course she did.”
“So we’re a go on this then? You want to do it?”
“Yes let’s schedule the press conference, I’ll gather the team I want to assist me with this.”
Riley thought for a moment in silence.
“You know, this will leave you alone with the children for a considerable amount of time during the Festival.”
“Your point is?”
“Liam you’re never alone with the kids, and they know Mommy’s Mad Eye Brow. You’re a pushover.”
“I am not, I can keep the children in check just fine!”
“If you think so.”
“I know so.”
Riley walked down the hall to her study. Liam isn’t going to know what hit him.
The Man Cave
“They’re going to eat you alive.”
“Maxwell Not you too!!!!!”
“He’s right. Your kids can be a handful, so can mine. You know Riley is going to want Ana, Taylor, and Hana to be on her team right? which leaves us with the kids.”
“It’s true! I had them during our baby beaumont bash, and I swear if Taylor hadn’t have been there with me, and then you guys had enlisted Olivia to watch over us, there would be a memoriam highlight reel of our weekend together.”
“Nico’s right Liam. Our only hope of survival is to join forces, combine resources and hope and pray that we make it out alive.”
“We’ve got A King, a Centurion Guard, and The Lord of the Dance here to babysit eight children. What could go wrong?”
Friends Forever A Very Special Pop’s Place Prequel for Pride Month The Book: Pre- TRR Pairings: TRR MC is single Status: Still in the writing process
Mia paced nervously around the living room while she constantly checked her cell phone.
“Mia, would you get somewhere and sit down! Why are you fidgety?”
She wanted to answer. She really did, but she couldn’t. It was because it wasn’t her news to tell. Her best friend Daniel had come out to her, to which it was a huge step for him on his journey of self acceptance, and tonight, he was telling his parents.
The Stephenson’s seemed like very open minded people. But you just never know, and that little bit of doubt had her nervous for her friend, but in that moment speaking to him as he made up his mind she reassured him. What if she had done the wrong thing? She had essentially known them since she was six when Daniel had moved next door when they used to live in South Carolina.
Pops glanced up from the television.
“Mia. SIT DOWN.”
Mia sat down on the couch. She nervously picked at the glitter polish on her nails. When her phone rang she jumped. It was Daniel; she ran quickly to her bedroom, quickly shutting her door.
“Daniel, is everything okay?”
All she heard from Daniel was sobbing on the other end.
“Daniel… say something please.”
Daniel finally composed himself, a little more finally spoke.
“I have the best parents in the world Mia.”
A Deal With God Series: The Rotten Apple The Book: TRH and Beyond The Pairings: Eleanor x Nico (Eleanor x M!OC) Liam x Riley Status: Still in the writing process
"That’s her hungry cry Nico.” Nico quickly prepared the bottle with Elle’s milk, coming back into the room, picking Ana up from the crib cradling her in his arms. Ana calmed considerably from his touch; Nico and Ana were bonding. She had even smiled at him several times over the last three and a half months.
“I know baby… I know you’re hungry.. I have lunch for you.” Elle kept her distance, Nico had to do it on his own, without her help. Because she wouldn’t be there to help him when he would be alone in Greece. As much as she wanted to stay in that place forever, Elle knew she needed help; if she had any chance of a semi-normal life later, she had to go back to the hospital. She had…. to give them up. She tried not to cry as she stared at Nico. She knew it was going to finally happen this time, and it did.
Nico let a tiny bit of milk dribble onto Ana’s lips, to which Ana opened her mouth. When Nico put the bottle to her mouth, her lips closed around the nipple of the bottle, and Ana began to eat.
Nico’s glance shot up to Elle, who tried her best to smile in the situation. Nico’s eyes went back to Ana, Elle slowly stopped celebrating because reality had set in, it had finally happened; Ana was taking a bottle from Nico, which meant Elle’s reason for being with them was nonexistent. Nico could take Ana back to Greece, and resume their life…. without her.
Ana finished the whole bottle, her head resting on his shoulder as he gently patted her back to get her to burp. Afterwards she quickly fell asleep. Nico used what Liam had taught him, he got her into the crib without waking her.
Nico and Elle quietly celebrated.
“You did it!!!”
“I can’t believe it.”
“I can, I knew you could do this. Because I can’t right now. She needs you Nico.”
“I need you Elle.”
Elle closed her eyes as he leaned into her. She had to be dreaming.
This is a one shot from my Fast Forward Universe for @txemrn father’s day prompt.
Just imagine: Your TRR LI is at an important public event. The heir (4-5 years old) throws a tantrum. MC is COMPLETELY out of the picture. How would your LI (Liam/Drake/Maxwell/Leo) react?
The Book: TRH
The Pairings: Liam x Riley , Maxwell x Taylor (Maxwell x F!OC) , Nico x Angelica (M!OC x F!OC)
Word Count: 2355
Warnings and Ratings: Profanity. / Teen
Original Post: 06/18/22 at 8:50PM EST.
A/N: Do you have to have read Fast Forward to understand this? Nope, but I highly recommend if you are looking for a binge read. But I’m going to give you some things you do need to know. My Riley is married to Liam with four kids: Ellie, (12) Adam (11), Jaiden (5), and Liberty (4). My Riley also has an identical twin sister Taylor that’s living in Cordonia now. (They were separated at birth and my Riley was adopted. ) Taylor and Maxwell are married. Other People you will see:
Nico: Riley’s Guard married to Angelica (Ana), Riley’s assistant. Nico and Ana have one daughter together Iris, (9 months) and Nico has a child from a previous relationship Nicolai (Nic) (age 13).
Taylor and Maxwell have identical twin daughters Lily and Violet (age 2)
A/N2: I had read a few of the father’s day fics that have come across my dash, and I just finished mine this afternoon and was starting the proofing process on my own when I found @debramcg1106 had posted her’s already and we both have a slightly similar situation with children getting undressed. So I ran my story by her, and she was okay with it.
“What do you think of the idea Riley? Personally, I like it. It’s a play on where you’re from, and you get to crown someone Queen for the festival, as you were crowned.”
“More importantly, it’s for a good cause. The young lady I crown Queen, will get her four years of university paid for, which is such an amazing opportunity, especially for someone who otherwise, might not have the opportunity to to be able to afford college. That is something I can really relate to.”
“I know how important your causes are to you Riley, and how empathetic you can be for these young women.”
“I don’t just relate to the lives these young women are living Liam, I was them. Working multiple jobs just to have the ends sort of meet, but not really. We have the potential to completely change the trajectory of someone’s life by doing this Liam.”
Liam smiled at her. That was only one of the infinite reasons why he loved Riley so. She always put others first, never thinking of herself. She was hyper focused on what she could do to make someone else’s life better.
“This is why I wanted you to take the lead on this one Riley. Your eyes have just lit up, and I feel your passion. This is your crusade. You have Hana to thank for the idea, from The Guardian of the Realm meeting. Olivia thought it should be a fight to the death.”
Riley laughed. “Of course she did.”
“So we’re a go on this then? You want to do it?”
“Yes let’s schedule the press conference, I’ll gather the team I want to assist me with this.”
Riley thought for a moment in silence.
“You know, this will leave you alone with the children for a considerable amount of time during the festival.”
“Your point is?”
“Liam you’re never alone with the kids, well not completely, and everyone knows Mommy’s Mad Eye brow. You’re a pushover.”
“I am not, I can keep the children in check just fine!”
“If you think so.”
“I know so.”
Riley walked down the hall to her study. Liam isn’t going to know what hit him she thought.
The Man Cave
“They’re going to eat you alive.”
“Maxwell, not you too!!!!!”
“It’s true! I had them during our baby beaumont bash, and I swear if Taylor hadn’t have been there with me, and then you guys had enlisted Olivia to watch over us, there would be a memoriam highlight reel of our weekend together.”
“He’s.. not wrong. Your kids can be a handful, so can mine. You know Riley is going to want Angelica, Taylor, and Hana to be on her team right? That leaves us with the kids.”
“Nico’s right Liam. Our only hope of survival is to join forces, combine resources and hope and pray that we make it out alive.”
“We’ve got A King, a Centurion Guard, and The Lord of the Dance here to babysit eight children. What could go wrong? I’m confident in our abilities.”
“Well that makes one of us!”
The Big Apple Dumplin Festival
The morning of the Apple Dumplin Festival the couples and their children filed into the stadium box seating.
“We really think that it’s best for you all to sit together.”
Taylor seconded Riley’s sentiments. “There’s power in numbers when it comes to these kids.”
“We’re the Dads, and we have a playlist.”
“Sure you do baby.” Taylor smiled at Maxwell, kissing Max’s cheek softly but thought, ‘that little playlist isn’t going to save you today.’
“We got this, Ana.” Nico kissed his wife Angelica, Ana for short. “Iris, say Don’t worry Mommy, Daddy has it.”
Iris of course said nothing, but spit out her pacifier that Ana caught. She handed it back to Nico.
She raised an eyebrow at him. Nico took the pacifier and popped it back into Iris’s mouth. “I’m telling you, we got this.”
And they did have it for the first two hours. The younger children, Jaiden, Liberty, Lily and Violet wanted snacks. Maxwell volunteered as tribute so he asked Nico to watch the kids with Liam.
“No problem, I don’t know why our wives were so ‘ you can’t handle the children, everything was going fine.”
“You DO NOT SAY FINE!!! It’s the equivalent of saying Quiet in an Emergency Room, all hell breaks loose.”
Liam laughed. “I didn’t know you were superstitious.”
And so…. It began….
The lines are abnormally long for the candied apples, Maxwell texted their group chat.
Bring beer for us too, since you’re already there.
But that’s another line!
Get. The. Beer. Liam texted.
Aye, Aye! Captain, Err. King Captain. Is that a thing?”
Beer and snacks Max! Focus.
Liam glanced around at the kids. Lily and Violet sat in the seats next to Maxwell’s chair, swinging their legs that were too short to reach the box floor. Jaiden and Liberty had actually fallen asleep. The row behind him sat the older kids, Ellie, Adam and Nicolai all wearing headphones, their eyes glued to their mobile devices. Liam waved his hand until he got Ellie’s attention. She looked annoyed like her mother for a moment then took off her headphones.
“Yes Father?”
“What are you three doing?”
“We’re playing The Crown and The Flame. May I continue?”
“Of course Baby Love.”
"Father… not in front of….” Her glance shot to Nicolai and her cheeks flushed pink.
Nicolai seemed to pick up on her shyness with her nickname.
“My Father still calls me Squirt. Everyone still picks on me at Junior Guard practice because of it.”
Both smiled at each other.
Liam smiled. Ellie and Adam, along with Nico’s son Nicolai, were playing a historical game based on their family’s past, their ancestors, and they were thoroughly engrossed in it. They were all good kids.
Liam sat back in his seat, very content. It was a good day.
The wind changed and both Nico and Liam looked at each other at the same time. What was that smell?
Nico walked over to the stroller, picking baby Iris up. Liam winced. Iris had a blowout and it was everywhere. Nico gagged.
“MY GOD!!!! What did you feed her?!?!”
“Milk. She’s not on solids yet. I’ve got to go get her cleaned up. You’ll be okay with the kids?”
“Yep.”
Nico grabbed the diaper bag and quickly left with Iris.
Lily and Violet were playing a game together. Liam watched them for a moment smiling. Riley and Taylor, though identical twins, were separated at birth, and Riley was the only one fortunate enough to get adopted. Riley often watched the two girls playing together, thinking that if she would have had that chance with Taylor growing up, with her parent’s, Taylor’s life would have been so different.
Jaiden and Libby were still napping. Liam kicked back and relaxed, watching some of the festivities going on. Liam closed his eyes for what seemed like a few moments. He woke up startled by Ellie standing before him.
“Father?”
“Yes Baby Love?”
“Can you get us some snacks? We’re hungry.”
“What would you like?”
“NACHOS!!!!!” Adam and Nicolai chimed in together.
Ellie shrugged her shoulders and smiled sheepishly. “I guess we want nachos.”
Liam rose from his seat. “Could you three watch the little ones while I’m gone then? Max and Nico should be back at any moment.”
“Sure. We’ll watch them.”
Liam headed off to the concession area for the older kids’ nachos.
Ellie, Jaiden and Nicolai resumed playing their game, leaving Lily and Violet to their own devices.
Max was bringing back a tray of candied apples for all younger kids and beers for all the men, and Nico walked up at the same time from the opposite direction, first passing by Maxwell and Taylor’s children, and did a double take.
“Max? Why are your kids not wearing any clothes?”
Lilly and Violet had stripped down to their under clothes and had even taken off their shoes as they were sitting on the floor of the box playing.
“You were supposed to be watching them Nico!”
Nico was rocking Iris in his arms. “Iris had a blowout, I had to go clean her up. Liam was going to watch the kids.”
“Where’s Liam?”
Liam was nowhere in sight. The older kids were still playing their game.
Lily and Violet’s clothes had been put in a neat pile all mixed together, with their shoes to the side.
“At least they’re neat when they take off their clothes. I’ll help you get them dressed.” Then Nico paused… “Um…. I don’t know them well enough to tell them apart, which one is Lily and which one is Violet?”
“That’s easy, Taylor always dresses Violet in pink, and Lily in purple.”
“That doesn’t help right now. They’re both in identical under clothes.”
Nico laughed. “Tell me you can tell them apart Maxwell!!! Does one of them have a birthmark or a scar?”
The look on Maxwell’s face as he looked at his identical twin daughters said it all; he couldn’t tell them apart.
“Taylor’s going to kill you if you don’t pick right.”
“Well let them eat their candy apples first and then I’ll figure out which is which.”
Maxwell passed out the candy apples to the children, slicing Lily and Violet’s before he gave them to his daughters.
Finally Liam emerged with a huge tray of nachos.
“Where have you been Liam? We have a problem.”
“The older kids wanted Nachos, so I got them nachos.”
Smelling the nachos got the older kid’s attention, and they grabbed for the tray. Nico explained Maxwell’s conundrum.
Ellie, Adam, and Nicolai, you’re supposed to be watching the little ones.”
“They’re fine, they didn’t run away.”
“They’re not wearing clothes!!!”
“Hot. Hot!” Lily and Violet screamed.
Maxwell leaned in front of the two girls smiling looking from child to child.
“Lily?”
The twin on the right said yes.
Maxwell visibly relaxed, until the twin on the left said yes.
“Violet?”
Both girls smiled and said yes in unison.
Nico burst out laughing. “Taylor IS going to kill you.”
Maxwell downed his beer in one long gulp.
Liberty started to cry, because she dropped her candied apple. Jaiden, who sat next to her, started to laugh. Liberty’s face fumed in anger, and she smacked Jaiden’s apple out of his hand, his hitting the ground next to her’s, and he burst into tears too.
Liam gasped.
The older kids laughed. “Libby is so savage.”
“Say less.” Nicolai commented.
Nico laughed as well. “The New Yorker is strong in those two.”
Lily and Violet also burst into tears for no apparent reason, and then Iris from her stroller.
“What the hell just happened?”
“Sympathy cries, definitely sympathy cries.” Liam walked over to his youngest kids kneeling.
“Jaiden, you know it was not nice to laugh at Libby like that. You need to say sorry.”
Jaiden folded his hands across his shoulders shaking his head no.
“Liberty, we do not slap things out of people’s hands when we’re mad. You need to say sorry to your brother.”
Neither child wanted to apologize to each other. Riley was right, he was the softie. Neither child was taking him seriously. He pulled out his mobile phone.
“I didn’t want to have to do this. You leave me no choice. I’m calling Mommy.”
Both children’s eyes widened as Liam pretended to call Riley.
“I’m sorry,” both children quickly said to each other.
“You’re lucky she didn’t answer.” Liam put his phone away, and kissed each child’s cheek.
“That’s better my little prince and princess.” He held out his hands for them to take. “Lets get you two some more apples.”
Maxwell picked up the pink dress, looking critically at each daughter. He finally decided the child sitting on the right was Violet and helped her get dressed.”
“What are you doing? Ellie asked.
“Getting Violet dressed.”
“Are you sure that’s Violet?”
“I know my kids. Yes I’m sure.”
“Okay. As long as you’re sure.” Ellie put back on her headphones, and went back to the game.
“Shouldn’t you tell him that’s Lily?” Nicolai texted her in the game.
“Nope, he’s sure she’s Violet. He’s wrong. I’m just going to let him be confident in his wrongness.”
“Damn Ellie, you’re so bad.”
“It’s fun being the rotten apple sometimes.”
“I wouldn’t want to get on your bad side.”
“No, you wouldn’t.”
Finally the crowning of The Big Apple Dumplin Queen was upon them.
Riley stepped up to the podium smiling.
“I know all of you know my story and how different my life would have been if I would have not taken the invite of a young handsome prince to visit his country for a week. So when I look at these intelligent beautiful ladies trying to make more of their lives despite the hand they were dealt, I remember what meager beginnings can feel like. Each one of the three young ladies before me, have impeccable grades, and are a part of multiple extra curricular activities, and all volunteer around their communities. So for me choosing one of them for this amazing opportunity was very difficult, knowing the other two were just as deserving, and worked just as hard to be here.”
Riley’s eyes welled with tears.
Liam knew exactly what she was going to do.
“So I decided not to.”
The crowd gasped.
“So I present to the Cordonian people My first Big Apple Dumplin’ Queens.”
Taylor, Hana, and Ana each walked out carrying a crown for each young woman.
The applause from the crowd was deafening as each of the three young women were crowned, all were in tears and gave Riley hugs.
“Congratulations to you all.”
After multiple photos with the Queens, Riley, Ana, and Taylor made it back over to the box seating.
“I knew you were going to do that Riley.” He kissed her lips softly.
“I can’t help I’m predictable. How did things go over here this afternoon?”
“Just fine.”
“Just fine? Maxwell why is Lily and Violet wearing each other’s clothes?”
“Um because I redressed them on purpose because I thought it would be funny and ironic.”
Ellie hid the words “bull shit” in a cough.
“Ellie! Language!!!!”
“Ellie! You knew!” Maxwell screeched.
“I asked you if you were sure. You said you know your kids. Apparently not.”
“Wow, the New Yorker gene is strong in your kids.”
