![]() Got us living in this perfect suburban fantasy by But it appears that his changed appearance interests Harry Potter. He becomes closed-off, and not many would recognize him, and he likes it this way - on his own, avoiding any danger. He is scared to even get into Hogwarts Express, knowing well-enough that he is hated by many, despite the fact that he never became a Death Eater and stayed in shadows as much as possible. ► Post-war Draco is forced to come back to Hogwarts to finish his education. ► After Draco’s family dies from the Black Death, Harry is the only one around to help him when he falls ill himself. dair dan humphrey blair waldorf dare to dair gossip girl pandemic fiction fanfiction fanfic gossip girl fanfic gossip girl fanfiction dair fanfiction dair fanfic dair fic She slips it in between the pages of her journal and sends them over to Brooklyn.Īnd she waits. She writes, and she writes, and she writes, but this time, it’s a note. She writes and she writes, and she writes, and she realizes she is seen. She writes and she writes and she writes, and she feels like herself again - beautiful, intelligent, tenacious, and confident. She writes, just as she has been doing since her birthday. ![]() She is Blair Waldorf, she knows, but she is also…. She is bogged down by the ordinary these days, realizing how small she is, compared to just…. It’s on an ordinary day in the midst of the pandemic that she realizes she is in love with Dan. “This is only the beginning of a lifetime of choosing you. She is greeted with a dining room full of Ecuadorian roses, a necklace from Tiffany’s and also a note, this time from Chuck. She smiles and heads her way down for a leisurely breakfast, eager to start jotting things down. Your intelligence, tenacity, and confidence have always floored me, and I could think of no better way to show you that. This is for you to share the beauty within you, not for anyone else, but for yourself. She wakes up to a small package on her bedside table, a handful of peonies, and a note. Uncharacteristic acts of kindness have been coming more naturally to her these days. She feels magnanimous.ĭorota insists on staying over, but Blair shoos her surrogate mother away, telling her to take care of Vanya and their children. She can’t believe she used to be resentful of their easy love. Serena and Nate call her from Vietnam, signal crackling, but their happiness shining through. She refuses, in the meantime, secretly hoping that when she flies there, she’ll have someone to join her. Both sets of parents are waiting out the crisis in Paris, pleading with her to join them. It’s the eve of her 24th birthday and she spends it alone, for the first time. It would be terribly sweet if she hadn’t already experienced something else. Sometimes, he even calls, his voice cracking, telling her how alone he felt as a child and how he never wants to be alone again. He tells her about his plans for Bass Empire and how she would fit into them. ![]() He promises that he’ll even go to museums with her. He sends photos of all the places he’ll take her, if she chooses him. (The irony doesn’t escape her here, either, as she thinks of Inside, his diary-turned-debut-into-the-literary-world.)Ĭhuck texts her too. He asks for her opinion on his Contemporary Literature paper, hoping that he did not go too far in his critique of self-reflexivity as escapism. He sends her poetry - Cummings (Seriously, Humphrey? He’s a sap!), Neruda (I get the message - you love me!), and Emerson (God, Humphrey, I always knew you were an old man.) For the first time, she is faced with the idea of her mortality.ĭan messages her everyday, graciously skirting the elephant in the room. She volunteers her time to relief efforts, even. She doesn’t really care.įor once, she is content to tuck herself away at home, faced with the enormity of everything. She receives a notification from Gossip Girl, saying he has flown to Monte Carlo or Sao Paolo. He says that it isn’t fair for her to force her to choose, that he is willing to wait for however long it takes.Ĭhuck doesn’t text her. The morning after the confrontation doesn’t leave her with a clear head.ĭan texts her, apologizing. Irony doesn’t seem to escape her these days. The irony doesn’t escape her that one of the boys used to be Serena’s. The irony doesn’t escape her that she once judged Serena for doing the same things she is doing now - vacillating between two boys, giving them the faint hope that her heart belongs to one of them. The irony doesn’t escape her that this is the only time she’s ever seen Dan and Chuck agreeing on something. Shortly before the whole world is plunged into chaos, Blair’s world is plunged into it as Dan and Chuck confront her with an ultimatum, giving her weeks to decide on who she really wants. It’s only in the middle of the pandemic that Blair realizes she is in love with Dan.
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