Mass Effect 3: Legendary Edition (2021) dev. BioWare
Susan Sontag, from a diary entry featured in Reborn: Journals & Notebooks, 1947 - 1963
♡ this post if you want to plot with any of my muses.
not sure where to start ? check out my wishlist for an idea. i'm open to anything on there, as well as any ideas you or i might have.
most active muses - arthur morgan - joel miller
muses i'd like to develop - stanley pines - kaidan alenko - will riker
arthur spots her instantly.
he doesn't move to intercept her. not yet. with an indigo sky bleeding into a WANING deep orange & gold lights that twinkle around & around, arthur takes just a moment to watch hope. he so rarely gets to see her - only a handful of days out of the year. even then, it's maybe just a couple hours where she isn't running around or laughing or cheering. seeing hope stroll casually about, with nothing to do but wait for him, was a nice change of pace.
but soon, as always, arthur finds himself moving to be in her vicinity. pushing off the metal barrier & stalking through the crowd towards her. making sure her back stays facing him. arthur can't help himself - a smile tugs on his lips. anticipation of seeing her up close, mixed with a TWISTED amusement, nearly gives him away because he almost wants to laugh.
she stops. he stops. her head turns slightly to the left & then the right - looking for him, arthur realizes. it makes him take two long strides closer to her, coming within arms reach of hope. by now, he's grinning. bounces on his toes once. LEANS closer to her. from anyone else's point of view, arthur might seem like some sort of creep.
the fun is quickly overridden by his desire. he takes another step closer, right behind her shoulder. leans in close to her ear. the sweet smell of her threatens to strangle him but arthur doesn't need to speak so loudly where he stands so he's CONTENT to let it.
❝ lookin' for someone ? ❞
𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 ( accepting ! )
@quastari said : meet me at our spot tonight . ( from modern arthur )
❝ i'll be right there , mama - just gotta 𝑪𝑯𝑬𝑪𝑲 on somethin' real fast . . . ❞
prepping for the annual brightside county fair is quite an event in the baxter household , akin to holidays like christmas or thanksgiving . everyone wakes up early , everyone pitches in . even little sister faith , who is begrudgingly back home from college for the summer , is involved - albeit her help is accompanied with several complaints & an above-it-all roll of her eyes . hope's father is packing up the stand they use every year , loading its aged & well-loved wooden components into the back of the family's red pickup truck for the short journey to their small town's fairgrounds . ardella is transporting boxes upon boxes of sweet treats , breads , preserves , wildflower honey , fresh produce , chicken eggs , flowers from the garden . . . a 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒍 spread of the rich bounties their farm has to offer , lovingly cultivated to be shared with their community . this tradition is one of hope's very favorite times of year , a time of togetherness & nostalgia under the hot tennessee sun .
so much has changed over the past few years . she has finally opened up her own bakery , in brooklyn no less . a few years ago she wouldn't have even thought it possible . she'd been burnt out , drowning between waitressing gigs , her shitty ex boyfriend , & culinary school . but every obstacle has been 𝑶𝑽𝑬𝑹𝑪𝑶𝑴𝑬 , now hope & christina are left to reap the profits from what they have laboriously sowed . at last , hope baxter has found some breathing room , & her chosen reward for all of that hard work is a trip back home just in time to soak up the southern farming town charm she's been missing in the big city . things are simpler here , quieter . it's nice to know that even when everything else in her life is nothing like what it used to be . . .
. . . there are 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 things that never change .
hope slips away from the kitchen , just for a moment - as promised . she has been keeping an eye on her phone all day for this very reason . & finally seeing arthur's name pop up on the screen fills her with 𝑾𝑨𝑹𝑴𝑻𝑯 . like any other part of these yearly festivities , she can always count on their little rendezvous , & he's never once let her down . unlike so many others . . .
[ text : arthur 🐴❤️ ] i'll be there ; )
she replies quickly with a giddy grin , stuffing the phone into her back pocket & getting right back to business . it's clear to the whole family as she strides across the front lawn with more crates in her arms , that something has 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅 a newfound skip in her step , although none of them knows why . a girl has to have her secrets , after all .
before she knows it , the sun is setting on the first of the three days during which the fair is held . everything goes as successfully as ever . in high demand , the baxter's goods sell out in record time . thankfully there is always plenty more . ardella is a smart woman & well-seasoned at this by now . they have the routine all down to a 𝑺𝑪𝑰𝑬𝑵𝑪𝑬 , & with damien taking charge to keep everything on track , things couldn't go smoother . the height of their sales typically peak on the very first day , so hope is given the go ahead to drift off & explore on her own . the remaining two days are hers to do as she pleases .
she makes a beeline toward the carousel - their spot - only pausing briefly to make sure she looks presentable in one of the funhouse mirrors along the way . sunshine yellow blouse , blue jean shorts , & her dark curls pulled up high into a ponytail tied with a ribbon . . . all slightly 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 to make her look all stretched out , but it gives her a good enough idea . quietly she wishes she'd worn something a bit more adventurous , maybe that sundress she'd packed specifically to drive him crazy .
she'll just have to save 𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑻 for when she's cheering him on at the rodeo tomorrow .
pleased with her appearance , hope makes her way over to the ride - the spinning lights reflecting like 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 in her eyes as she approaches . the sky is just beginning to darken , still streaked with the shades of sunset blue , pink , & orange . it's only a matter of time now , but she tries not to look around too much . she doesn't want to seem overly excited , even if her heart is already fluttering in her chest with anticipation .
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