Author's Choice: Triage (James Version)
Added 2025-04-14 12:30:03 +0000 UTC
[Alternate Text: A somewhat murky header image of an unsettling root structure that has several tendrils and offshoots from the thicker roots; it's a branching mess of limbs. It appears dusk out, but the vegetation is oddly lit by a red light. The title is difficult to discern, a smear of burgundy around its letters; it reads: 'Triage' in a font that's all hard edges, almost stake-like.]
(In hindsight, I maybe should've adjusted the contrast for this image, but I wanted it to look spooky.)
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Hi Evergreen and Hickory Patrons! 🌲🍂
I'm eager to share this new story series that's set within a dark, vampire AU verse. 🥰 I was inspired to add more to this writing—angst and devastation—so I hope you enjoy the longer read. Please do mind the content warnings at the bottom of the reading; I would gently suggest reviewing them. (You can search 'content warnings' too)! Your comfort should always come first.
You'll notice the 'with R' versions on this post that allow you to select your preferred Fernweh gang composition. (I set A to Alina.)
Thank you for all of your support! 💚
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You're able to tell Trent's here before you hear him trying and failing to engage Mr. Corvin in small talk. There are reusable bags around the kitchen that are full of fresh, organic produce from Trent's garden that would've once earned glowing praise from Mrs. Corvin. Her own…
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Comments
This made me cry over & over for new & different reasons besides just my Beloved Reese. The way that the RV’s memories play out in the echoes is like an onion peeling back in layers to show more, but lie peeling an onion, are layers peeling evenly and/or completely? Something tells me no. The layers of memory making up the echoes are likely just as uneven & imperfect as an onion. Which then begs the question, what happens to the “memory onion” when the tool send to peel it away sticks or hitches on the uneven skin beneath? What lies just below that surface layer that is being peeled & revealed?
Stephanie
2025-04-20 08:04:48 +0000 UTCGlad to know I’m not the only one who is losing their fucking minds about Nox. But like also - did I subconsciously block out losing Nox in BL? Was I too emotionally destroyed after Reese totally made us Bella in New Moon as he pulled an Edward. I so get Bella writhing around like her heart got ripped out because Reese leaving was unbearable. Like painful sobbing that makes your face hurt & ribcage ache from. So yeah. I probably missed any & all other trauma that occurred in BL. But like is he dead though? Or is he chilling in the forest with VampyDom Reese doing Catpire / vampyCat side quests?
Stephanie
2025-04-20 07:48:07 +0000 UTCYES. TRIAGE TIME. I LOVED IT. IT MADE ME SO SAD💐❤️🧡💚💙💜 First, NO NOX? NOOOO, I'm sorry I ever asked about Nox. AELSA I'M LITERALLY LOOKING AT YOU. NO BLINKS. FOR POSTING NOX ON TRIAGE DAY. HELLO??? jail!!! You know that part where it's just *No Ruby. No Ruby. No Ruby* That's literally how January thinks probably at least a dozen times a day. Wants to make a joke. No Ruby. Thinks Ruby would have something to say about the situation. No Ruby. Going to bed. Waking up. No Ruby. okay. listen. listen. listen wait. hang on. hang the fuck on. Ms Verner can't look Jam in the eyes and talk about their shared loss. Ruby... when she Jam was hurt and she was deciding she was going to offer herself to the vampires, couldn't look Jam in the eyes either. R being a mirror of their mom!!! REMINDING MRS DORRAN OF LOIS. AND THEY'RE SENSITIVE. I'm going CRZY. NOT THEM SHARING THIS TRAIT. THIS HABIT. Poor Trent, he's really not made for this, he probably feels alone without Alina and James, one a friend, one a respected colleague. JAMES. I really don't know what to say about James and digging to exhaustion. And working out until exhaustion. And hurting himself to kill vamps. And not being able to be the town's detective but feeling the guilt of not being on the case??? JAMES. JAMES PLEASE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING. still ???'s fav... bruh... can you be so serious right now The new mystery in town is soooo good, the sense of compulsion, a new threat or a lingering one. Is it in Francesca or Franz's twistedness to time bomb suicidal thoughts into people?? Who else would get their kicks like that. RUBY HINT AT THE END. MY LOVE. also, Jam/James are so sibling coded to me but I'm thinking on it. chewing on it. They've been through so much together, clinging together like they're on the same lifeboat. she definitely wouldn't be thinking about it, not consciously. But they need each other. (they can platonic cuddle of course but there was another hint earlier) thank you aelsa, chef's kiss
ckl
2025-04-14 19:49:13 +0000 UTC
