alright but here’s a concept:
- inej dates both kaz and nina while nina dates both inej and matthias
- they have alternate date nights, usually
- so sometimes kaz and inej go out or nina and matthias do
- sometimes nina and inej do, it just depends on the night
- but once, just once, the most beautiful mix-up happens
- because they all show up to the same restaurant
- kaz and inej. nina and matthias.
- (jesper and wylan, but through some small mercy their reservation was half an hour earlier, so they get to watch the whole thing from across the restaurant while hiding behind their menus)
- they’re waiting in line to be seated and it’s the most excruciating ten minutes kaz and matthias have ever experienced
- nina and inej are completely fine, of course
- chatting and flirting and generally enjoying themselves
- their boyfriends are left to glare and make the world’s most awkward small talk
- kaz: i didn’t know you were coming here
- matthias: yes. i… like the olives?
- kaz: yes.
- they start coordinating everything after this, just to make sure this never happens again. inej and nina are laughing at them but kaz and matthias are not here for this, nope, no way
- kuwei knew this was happening. he fucking knew. but telling them would ruin all the fun
- jesper, live-texting the whole thing: we’re out for dinner and you won’t BELIEVE who just walked in
- kuwei: can’t imagine, tell me everything
- he’s sitting at home keeping up w/ the drama from a safe distance
worst or best date night ever??? well, that really depends on who you ask
breathe life into my soul, come and hold me so
or: inej and nina make out in a library for fun
the ketterdam library is high walls and thin, winding balconies, bookshelves built to the sky and dusty light falling across the floor. nearer the entrance, people are milling gently, silence broken only by shuffling feet and the turning of pages. further back, though, it’s emptier, the silence somehow quieter. inej melts into the shadows like a ghost, but when nina’s fingers brush against her wrist, she’s warm to the touch. nina can feel the other girl’s pulse beneath her fingers.
it’s one of the things she misses most about her powers, as they were. she never needed to reach out before, not like this. but inej understands, and lets her do it, although nina can hear the way her breath catches even as she remains perfectly still.
inej’s hair is tied back. the bare skin of her neck suddenly feels hyperaware, and she suppresses the urge to shiver. when nina’s hand comes to rest there (gentle, barely touching) she can feel herself tense. nina feels it too, pauses, ready to pull away if inej asks.
inej doesn’t want her to move.
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brought to you by me spending midnight to six thirty am in the airport, the obligatory “dregs stuck overnight in an airport” post, written by me on no sleep
- nina heads immediately for the late-night coffee shop
- matthias is that friend who’s like “we should probably try and sleep” and insists that sleeping on seats in the departure lounge is manageable, also refuses to admit that nobody can fall asleep on them and lies there for a good three hours just to make a point
- jesper spends a good amount of time just walking around and exploring, wandering in and out of all the shops, going up and down stairs and corridors just to see what’s there (until an irate security guard pointedly redirects him back into the central departure lounge). he probably drags wylan with him
- there’s a small twenty-four hour restaurant that they both end up at and spend most of the night in. they order full meals and drinks just because they can, and stay way past the time the staff should have made them leave. wylan falls asleep sometime after four, lying across one of the benches with his head on jesper’s legs
- jesper is more than alright with this arrangement. sitting there absentmindedly running a hand through wylan’s hair and people-watching is more peaceful than you might expect a relatively crowded airport to be in the early hours of the morning
- after a few hours, matthias finally admits defeat and joins nina at the coffee shop. she grins and wordlessly slides a mug over to him. they have a makeshift date in the early hours of the morning (matthias tells nina about the book he’s reading. she makes him listen to an entire album of obnoxious pop music she stole from jesper.) and it’s actually matthias’ favourite part of the whole trip
- kuwei’s been in the corner with his headphones and a book since they checked in, but will occasionally look up to complain about how uncomfortable the seats are or how long they’re waiting. he’s also that asshole that can fall asleep anywhere and eventually does just that, curled up on one of the airport seats in the most uncomfortable-looking position, but he’s fine
- nina finds out the duty free shop is open all night and almost misses boarding with how long she’s in there. she emerges with armfuls of new purchases and has to sit on her suitcase to make them all fit
- kaz is Not a fan of airports. they’re too busy and bright and crowded and there’s nowhere comfortable to sit if you can even find an empty seat, there’s too many tourists, everything is overpriced,
- he probably just sits in the least-crowded area he can find, sipping coffee and scrolling on his phone. after a while, inej joins him. she doesn’t sleep well in airports so they spend a couple of hours just sitting together in silence, until at one point kaz looks up and sees inej has fallen asleep, head resting on folded arms and hair falling across the table. it doesn’t affect him in the slightest, not at all, he’s definitely not staring
- (he certainly doesn’t drape his jacket around her shoulders before going back to his coffee and his phone. nina didn’t see a thing. shut up, nina.)
@zoyalina said: I’M GONNA CRY THIS IS SO GOOD asdsafsd
[finger guns] i love screaming into the void abt my kids, glad it’s #relatable
@beanmoreau said: I may be predictable but I like to market that quality as ‘being reliable’.. Sells better you know 😆😆
i love your reliability i’m always looking for reasons to yell abt my faves
