Banks are really out here pushing “wedding loans” as a legitimate financial product. Most ppls weddings are about impressing other ppl not about the couple or their vows. I’ve heard stories from so many ppl who had big weddings and got divorced and are still salty about the ridiculous amount of $ they spent on the wedding.
The fae smiled, sharply: “Give me your name, child.”
“Uhhhhh. Stick.”
“What.”
“Does Leaf work better? I’m just kinda looking around this clearing. Look, I’m trans, I haven’t decided on one yet, I’m throwing some spaghetti at the wall, you know how it is.”
Fae are born with features sharp and narrow, yet this one seems to soften as Moss looks at it. Its grin— sharp, teeth gleaming, its eyes— cutting, searching, the jut and pull of its jaw enough to scratch glass. It does not blink. Branch does not blink. It softens.
“I said, give me your name, child.”
“I still haven’t picked one,” Grass defends, even now still hoping for a way out of a faeries deal.
“No. But your parents did. Give me your name, child, and it shall no longer be yours. The entity of your name shall no longer exist, and you will be free for whichever name you choose— Leaf, or Stick, or Lichen.”
“…oh.” says Petal, and in the next moment a name falls from their lips. It is not their name. It never has been. The fae is sharp and cutting and witty, that moment of softness an imagined slight.
“Very well, child. Be warned of mushroom circles, should you lose your name again.”
“Okay,” Mushroom smiles, and the Fae pulls itself away from their reality in a swirl of feathers and silk.
When they go home for the first time in two months, their mother frets over them in a way she had not since they were a child, and she calls them by no name at all.
*does the football touchdown symbol with my arms* @shadeshadow234 IS THE MVP!!!! LOVE THIS SHIT!!!
THIS IS LITERALLY EXACTLY HOW IT WORKS
Fae: can i have your na- Me throwing my deadname at them like a fucking baseball: here fucking take it. Im sick of it
“it’s just a tweet” they say, proving to me that they did not click the link which takes you directly to Bernie’s official campaign page on LGBTQ issues, which outlays his plan as president (including passing an Act that would allow LGBT ppl to adopt and foster children without any restrictions based on their LGBT identities) and details his record on LGBTQ issues as far back as the 80s.
