Her smile widens at the sound of Catra’s purr. She can feel it more than hear it; it’s soothing. Gods, she’d missed it. “Hey,” she scoffs playfully, grinning. “I think we’re doing pretty damn well, thank you very much. I mean, I did just steal their most valuable Force Captain right from under —

Slowly, she comes to sit beside Mermista, close enough for her presence to be felt but far enough to give her space. “I get that,” she says, voice soft. “He’s got good intentions. I’m sure if you sat him down and told him what you needed, he’d be happy to give it to you.” She shifts, turning to —

‍ ‍ * 𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐀.@salineasruler.bsky.social · 6mo ago

⠀ 〝 i guess so... 〞 she said as she looked over at adora. her eyes were beginning to fill with tears again as she walked herself over to a bench and sat down. 〝 i just.... sea hawk can be very nice to be around, but he gets too excited + ⠀

“Why do I keep hearing that Catra’s going around telling people I’m a dog?” … More importantly, why does she kind of like it?

She’s back from her days-long mission and is in desperate need of 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 food. If anyone needs her, she’ll be raiding the kitchens.

She snorts. “Maybe don’t let the woman in charge of your assignment know you think she’s incapable,” she points out before switching to a more serious, more strategy-focused tone. “But I agree about your tactical value. With the Horde’s increased capabilities under your command, we’re lucky to —

/ did i put the glee cast version of ‘fighter’ by christina aguilera in my adora playlist? i plead the fifth

“It’s honestly not so bad once you get used to it — It’s like if a bed were hugging you. You should give it a try.” Always one to lead by example, Adora throws herself onto the mattress headfirst, temporarily disappearing into a sea of pillows. It’s while she’s submerged that she hears Catra’s —

She’s been hiding snacks away the whole time she’s been staying in Bright Moon. Life in the Horde, with its tasteless — at best — ration bars have created an urge to squirrel things away. Technically she could request food at any time, but she doesn’t want to give anyone more work than necessary —

“Hope nobody missed me 𝘵𝘰𝘰 much.”

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She inhales, ready to launch into a spiel on being open to trying new things when Mermista changes her mind. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 she inhales to give the princess some last encouraging words as she steps back to give her space, but that’s when Mermista’s fist sends the punching bag clear across the room. Adora’s —

‍ ‍ * 𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐀.@salineasruler.bsky.social · 6mo ago

⠀ 〝 ugh, do i really have to do this? 〞 she asked, looking at adora for a moment before already knowing what her answer would be. 〝 fiiiiinnnne, alright. stand back. 〞 she says as she looks at the punching bag and imagine's it being sea hawk's + ⠀

Hours later, Adora’s showing Catra to her new quarters. The initial meeting was long and filled with a fair bit of Adora’s defense of her… friend? The term doesn’t feel right, but it’s not like they’ve had a serious talk about any of that. It took a while, but after arguing that she herself had —

/ Apologies for the absence — Life has been busy, but I’ll be here soon.

“No! No — Honestly, it was probably Sea Hawk, right? He’s always setting things on… Okay, fine, yeah, it was me.” She’d figured blaming it on Sea Hawk would be harmless considering setting things on fire is kind of his thing, but she just can’t bring herself to go through with it.

𝑸𝒖𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝑮𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒐𝒏@brightmoonqueen.bsky.social · 6mo ago

. . . . Adora... did you do this?

/ Replies here, on @grayskullshonor.bsky.social, and on @1stonesexpert.bsky.social either tonight or tomorrow! Sparse, short-ish replies until then, if any are needed.

Her sword is... gone. And so is Catra. This is what she gets for sleeping in for once.

There’s a dusting of pink across her cheeks now as she smiles. “Someone’s possessive,” she comments wryly, that smile turning into a self-satisfied smirk. She’d be lying if she said she didn’t enjoy that about the magicat.

"𝙴𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚍𝚘𝚖 𝙳𝚛𝚢𝚕! 𝙸𝚜 𝚖𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎?" ｡ﾟ•┈꒰ა ♡ ໒꒱┈• ｡ﾟ

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❝ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞'𝐬 𝑫𝒐𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝑻𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒆. ❞ An #SPOPRP account, as portrayed by #𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆…

She snorts a laugh, Catra’s harsh words easing the nausea she’d inflicted upon herself at the thought of Shadow Weaver. “Okay, that’s fair. I 𝘢𝘮 pretty friendly.” She tries to be, at least. “Not quite as touchy with anyone else, though.”

Her fingers lightly scratch against the base of Catra’s ear in what she hopes is a comforting gesture. “No one’s going to attack you,” she reassures firmly, squeezing the brunette’s hand. “You’re with me. And you’re holding my hand — You’re not exactly intimidating anyone right now.” There —

“Technically, Shadow Weaver’s known me longer than anyone, and I’m pretty sure she’s not in love with me.” At least, she seriously hopes not. Yikes. Okay, she’s moving on from that thought 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘭𝘺. “Wait, you knew? This whole time, you knew? Why didn’t you say anything?”

Unfortunately, she finds Catra’s insults attractive.

This is forever going down in history as the sentence that prompted a love confession.

˗ˏˋ 𝘼𝘿𝙊𝙍𝘼. ˎˊ˗@grayskullshonor.bsky.social · 7mo ago

who up honoring they grayskulls

Another blink. Glimmer knows, and she hadn’t thought to tell Adora?! She’ll deal with that later. “Guess it’s a good thing I love you, too.” She’s trying to stay cool but her heart is threatening to pound its way out of her chest any second now.

“So you think ‘kitten’s a cute nickname?” Oh, she is going to be 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 about this now. As they approach the Bright Moon palace, Adora’s very careful not to walk fast enough to dislodge Catra’s tail from its place around her calf. Their hands are still clasped together. The points of —

She blinks, brows raising. Her cheeks are pink. “You fell in what now?”

“Pfft, yeah, who could’ve done that? Probably someone who was just trying to make herself — themself! — useful and made a tiny little mistake… or five…”

𝑸𝒖𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝑮𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒐𝒏@brightmoonqueen.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Whoever set the kitchen on fire Count your days-