CJ_Walker



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  1. Public Bookmark 18

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    Marina is having the best day of her life, and Pearl is trying very hard not to focus on the sensation of the ring pressed into the skin of her chest, held in place by the tightness of her costume and the chain around her neck. The crowd pulses in time with the drums and screams their guts out as Pearl pushes on through her rap beats, and they bring it home like always—and no one knows just how hard Pearl knocked herself into the past.

    All except Marina, who grabs her hand as the stage descends and the smoke clears. They have exactly ten seconds until they’re whisked into a golf cart and rushed to the next stage, and Marina doesn’t waste them. She pulls Pearl close, presses her face into the top of her sweaty head, heaving for breath herself, and mumbles, “I can’t wait to perform with you like that for the rest of my life.”

    And Pearl’s hearts seize and it’s all she can do to stop herself from proposing right there.

    [Scenes from Grand Fest]

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    12 Oct 2024

  2. Public Bookmark 10

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    There’s gotta be some grand cosmic lesson in the fact that Pearl doesn’t know how to balance without Marina. She can sense it, the same way she can sense when Marina’s looking at her sideways, in that way that makes Pearl want to climb into her chest and love her from the inside out. But the universe will have to wait. First, Pearl has to learn how to balance on two wheels by herself.

    Pearl can't bike without training wheels; Marina is determined to teach her.

    [Gift for CJ_Walker for the occasion of their birth.]

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    19 Sep 2019

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    I've been blessed. ♡

  3. Public Bookmark 38

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    The first time Marina realizes that Pearl is growing her hair out, she doesn’t say anything. They're freshly engaged and Pearl acts like it's no big deal. But it clearly IS a big deal...

    [Post-proposal fic. Based off @grunckleclav's headcanon on twitter that inklings grow their hair out when they're betrothed!]

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    01 Aug 2019

  4. Public Bookmark 52

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    Pearl likes it when things are tender and quiet, when she can imagine that it'll be easy when she eventually tells Marina about how twisted up and warm she gets around her. Until then, Pearl likes to pretend. But, when a brand deal with Mr. Grizz goes south, Pearl must confront things directly.

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    11 Apr 2019

  5. Public Bookmark 10

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    “Marina, I’m not going back to sleep until you open the door.”

    “Why not?” It was a childish answer, it came out like a whine from behind the door. A plea. Pearl felt this heavy, sour hurt settle in the pit of her stomach; she hated this just as much as Marina did.

    (alternatively: on nights like this, it's pearl's turn to be the adult)

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    27 Mar 2019

    Bookmarker's Notes

    ♡.