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baneofpaley ([info]baneofpaley) wrote in [info]rockthatmeme,
@ 2016-01-16 17:07:00

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unusual pair



This one's pretty self-explanatory. Weird pairs, rare pairs, all different kinds. It shouldn't work, but it does.

How to Play:
  1. Post with your character | fandom | and any preferences.
  2. Either leave a blank comment or tag others.
  3. Be awesome to each other.
  4. Have fun!


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Stiles Stilinski | Teen Wolf | OTA
[info]fragilebones
2016-01-16 10:19 pm UTC (link)
(Open to any and all things)

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Carrie White | Carrie | OTA
[info]creepycarrie
2016-01-16 10:27 pm UTC (link)
( bring it! Cross-canon, OCs, all the things are welcome. )

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[info]_tightrope_
2016-01-17 05:04 am UTC (link)
Sonia couldn't be in the house anymore. It was too loud. Too obnoxious and Dad wasn't saying anything to her sister, Felicia, this time. Her sister's band practice literally entails her lead drummer trying to hit every drum as loud and fast as possible and her guitarist's amplifier keeps giving off feedback.

Maybe she's just upset that their mother hasn't called back yet. She could smell that it bothered her father even though he doesn't seem to show it. It's been over a week. Felicia never seemed to give up hope in her, and that just made it worse. She's so convinced that Braeden's going to make it to this talent show because she promised she'd try, but nobody's forcing her to go. She just doesn't care about them. She never has.

She slips on her sweater and leaves to go for a walk. Soccer practice is over, her homework is done, her projects are done, she literally has nothing to do besides listen to her sister's crappy emo punk band. She crosses her arms as she walks. She knows that the full moon approaching is worsening her mood, but she knows for sure that she has valid reasons for being annoyed. She spots the blonde girl from down the street. She recognizes her, but she's not sure where from... maybe they have a class together.

"Hey," she squints and waves. She normally wouldn't spark up a conversation with a potential stranger, but she's trying to find reasons to stay out of the house as long as possible so that she doesn't end up confronting her sister's band and getting in trouble for being a shit. "Do I know you?"

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[info]creepycarrie
2016-01-17 05:30 am UTC (link)
When Carrie's mother's at work, that's the only time when she feels like she can breathe. Sometimes, she spends hours just sitting out on the porch of the decrepit house they live in and she stares at the sky wishing that she could be one of the birds that always looked so free. She wishes she could be like that. People walk the street sometimes, but no one ever notices Carrie.

So it's jarring when she finally gets noticed and Carrie is immediately on the defensive, curling into herself and shaking her head as she shrugs, quiet for a moment before finally forcing herself to speak.

"No, I don't know. I don't know, maybe," she manages.

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[info]_tightrope_
2016-01-17 06:05 am UTC (link)
That wasn't the reaction she was expecting. She looks like an animal backed into a corner, curling up. If she wasn't able to smell that she wasn't a werecreature, she'd have probably blamed the full moon and guessed a lack of control. This one's human, though... maybe she's just shy.

"Oh, you looked familiar." She smiles a little bit, trying to be inviting, "I'm Sonia. What's your name?"

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[info]creepycarrie
2016-01-17 06:14 am UTC (link)
Carrie eyes the other girl suspiciously and silently. She's pretty and Carrie already knows her name; they're in three classes together. Pretty girls and cute boys don't talk to Carrie, they throw things at her and yell nasty things to her. So what does Sonia want?

"Carrie," she finally answers, shifting her eyes around to try to see if there's anyone watching them; whether Sonia is just going to try to trick her.

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[info]_tightrope_
2016-01-17 06:32 am UTC (link)
Normally, she probably would have ended the conversation because Carrie doesn't seem to want to talk to her... but she didn't tell her to go away and she's... kind of cute... But she tells herself that this is just friendliness. She wants to be nice and fight the horrible mood that the moon and her family put her in. Talking to a cute classmate should remedy that.

"Carrie." She repeats to herself, "That's a pretty name." She squints again, she's sure she's seen her before, but now being closer, she can smell her. She's definitely seen her before.

"I think we go to school together, maybe. Anyway, it's nice to meet you." She tosses the hair from her back to over her right shoulder because it was getting caught on the collar of the sweater.

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[info]creepycarrie
2016-01-17 04:27 pm UTC (link)
The compliment sounds like something a teacher would say to try to draw her out of her shell and Carrie doesn't believe it coming from someone her own age. Carrie is a plain, boring name; Sonia is more exotic. She's probably friends with all the popular people and gets to hang out with Tommy Ross. Carrie decides she doesn't like Sonia for trying to trick her so that then Sonia can laugh at her. That's all anyone ever does.

"Thanks," Carrie says, brushing her hair out of her eyes. "What do you want?" she finally asks the question that's been floating in the front of her mind and on the tip of her tongue since Sonia's greeting. People don't just approach Carrie to have friendly conversation. "I'm not real smart or anything, so if you want someone to do your homework or something, you'd do better with somebody else."

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[info]_tightrope_
2016-01-17 09:15 pm UTC (link)
Her eyes widen at the question and assumption. Carrie must really think low of her, and she's never bullied her once. She makes a point not to engage even when her friends do, there's enough horror in the world without teenaged drama to add to it.

"I'm not sure who or what gave you this impression of me." She shakes her head, "but for the record I finished my own homework. I just wanted to talk... but you obviously aren't interested in that so I could just leave."

She didn't leave, though. She wanted to stay and talk, at least to figure out why Carrie got the idea that Sonia disliked her or wanted her to do things for her. She's not a mean person... she can be irritable, but she's not mean. Maybe Felicia's idiotic friends might think so, but she'd still reluctantly fight for them if they were in trouble.

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[info]creepycarrie
2016-01-17 10:35 pm UTC (link)
Carrie just looks back at her with the uncomfortable body language and uncertain expression. "That's the only reason anybody talks to me if they're not throwin' stuff or yellin'," she replies, narrowing her eyes. Sonia knows that, Carrie thinks, because her friends do it all the time.

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[info]_tightrope_
2016-01-18 12:49 am UTC (link)
"Not me." She responds crossing her arms, "My friends can be jerks sometimes, and if they were mean to you, I'm sorry, but I'm not them."

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[info]creepycarrie
2016-01-18 02:35 am UTC (link)
"And we've been in classes together since fourth grade, but this is the first time you ever talked to me. You didn't even know my name. Wouldn't you wonder what you wanted if you were standing in my shoes?" Carrie asks in a rare moment of defiance. Her body language shrinks back even more once it's out of her mouth, like she wishes she could take it back and just shrug instead.

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[info]_tightrope_
2016-01-18 02:53 am UTC (link)
"Yeah, well... well, sometimes I miss things. Big things. I wasn't trying to ignore you, I didn't even realize we had class together. And I don't know what I'd think if I were in your shoes, but I think I'd probably ask instead of assuming the worst. I'm not a mean person. I get distracted, okay? I may not have bullies coming after me or people ignoring me, but I have things on my mind."

She was expecting her tone to sound angrier than it did, but it sounded more sorry than anything. She was sorry that this all happened to her. She looks like she has the perfect life in school, she tries very hard to keep up that image. She gets straight As, is in Student Government, the soccer team, and she always carries herself like the school belongs to her. She wears her nice clothes because her family can afford it, and her house is on the nicer end.

She looks like she has it all and Carrie... well from what she's learning now, looks like she has none of it. Nobody at school knows, though, that she worries every night that her mom will die out on the job that she doesn't have to work, or that she sees her father trying to be strong for them and trying to justify her actions, or that her mom never once made it to a single concert that Felicia's horrible band played in despite the constant promises. She's always the one picking up the pieces. She's the one cuddling her sister when she has nightmares and telling off the assholes that try to break her baby sister's heart. She's the one who makes sure their father's okay because she's the only one who gets it. She's the one who remembers seeing their family happy growing up and watching as they broke apart. She's the one who's entire extended family was burned to death by hunters that are still out there looking for them. She's the one who handles this and goes to school every single day with a smile and a winning attitude.

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[info]creepycarrie
2016-01-18 03:31 am UTC (link)
Carrie just looks away. Sonia is popular and pretty. She doesn't have to sew her own raggedy looking and overly modest clothes. Carrie bets that Sonia's father didn't run away and that her mother doesn't hit her or lock her in a prayer closet anytime she asks a question about the world outside her bedroom door.

Sonia's toward the top of the class and she's in Student Government. She smiles and has friends and the boys talk to her. Carrie's on the other end of the spectrum. Creepy Carrie White, who the girls laugh at and the boys don't even see. Even the teachers treat Carrie like she doesn't matter.

Carrie looks back at Sonia and wonders what could possibly be on her mind besides which boy to go to prom with. She bets SONIA HALE EAT SHIT never gets spray-painted on her locker. Carrie wishes she could say the same for her own.

"I'm just saying," is all that comes out.

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[info]_tightrope_
2016-01-18 03:38 am UTC (link)
"Be my friend." She responds, it's the only way. People can be jerks, but they won't be a jerk to her while they're friends. She's still not sure why she's even still here. She probably shouldn't care, but she kind of does. A lot.

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[info]creepycarrie
2016-01-18 03:43 am UTC (link)
Now Carrie knows it's a trick and she climbs off the railing, shaking her head and hugging herself, her arms crossed over her chest. Her expression is screwed in an attempt not to cry. "I'm not stupid. I know this is a trick and it's not funny, so just cut it out."

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[info]_tightrope_
2016-01-18 03:47 am UTC (link)
"Carrie, stop." She walks up closer, "Look at me in my eyes. I'm not lying to you. I'm not going to hurt you, okay?"

Well, at least this successfully distracted her from the actual problems on her mind.

"Everybody was mean, but I'm not everybody."

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[info]creepycarrie
2016-01-18 03:50 am UTC (link)
Shaking her head, Carrie takes another step back out of reflex when Sonia moves forward. "What do you wanna be friends with me for, huh? Nobody does. Nobody ever did."

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[info]_tightrope_
2016-01-18 04:06 am UTC (link)
"Because I think we could get along." She stops when she sees her back up.

"I get what I have because I work for it, I worked for soccer, I worked for SGA, and I work to be friends with who I want to be friends with... so... so you're just going to have to accept it. I'm going to keep on talking to you and being nice to you until you let me be your friend."

Why does she even care right now, she asks herself. Is it because she might have adopted the take-care-of-people gene from her father? Is it just because Carrie's like some tragic painting that's horribly depressing and beautiful all in one? Is it because she feels responsible for her friends apparently picking on her? Maybe it's the fact that she's unintentionally ignored her for the majority of their lives. She feels like a total prick.

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[info]creepycarrie
2016-01-18 04:16 am UTC (link)
The blonde's expression is still scrunched in the effort to keep herself in check. There's no discernible reason why someone like Sonia Hale would want to be friends with someone like Carrie White. Carrie could only ever drag Sonia down and for what? What does Sonia get out of it? Carrie isn't smart enough to do her homework for her and Sonia says she doesn't want it anyway. Carrie's not rich or well-spoken or even well-read. She doesn't have cute clothes to lend Sonia, she doesn't have anything to offer the other girl.

Without realizing it, Carrie's started to make the hanging plant on the porch between the two of them start to shake just a little because she's stressed and anxious and she feels like there's no winning, because if she tells Sonia yes, then she's just going to end up humiliated and if she says no, then this cycle is going to perpetuate itself. Sonia just said it will.

"We don't have anything in common," Carrie counters. "You can stop it now."

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[info]_tightrope_
2016-01-18 04:25 am UTC (link)
She glances over at the plant then to Carrie. She's not human. She's not a werewolf either, though. She's something, but she doesn't know what it could be.

"Was that you?" She said nodding in the direction of the plant. "Because if it was, then I think we really do."

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[info]creepycarrie
2016-01-18 04:33 am UTC (link)
The plant stops abruptly and Carrie looks up at it before looking back at Sonia. "What?"

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[info]_tightrope_
2016-01-18 04:38 am UTC (link)
"The plant, it was just shaking when you were getting upset." She squints again, she can't tell if it was intentional or not, only that it started up when her chemosignals were practically dripping with anxiety.

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[info]creepycarrie
2016-01-18 04:40 am UTC (link)
Carrie looks back up at the plant and shrinks into herself a little bit more. Sometimes weird things like that happen, lately. Carrie doesn't know why or where it comes from, but it's something she's recently noticed and has been steadfastly trying to ignore. The last thing she needs is one more reason for everyone to think she's weird. They have plenty already.

"I don't know, I didn't do anything."

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[info]_tightrope_
2016-01-18 04:45 am UTC (link)
"You're telekinetic, aren't you?" She chews her lip, debating whether or not to tell her about her own secret. Her dad would definitely kill her for even thinking about telling a stranger who's made it clear that she doesn't want to have anything to do with her... but Carrie seems trustworthy and plus, there's no way in hell she'd ever feel comfortable with her knowing her secret without knowing one in return.

"Okay, before you get defensive, I'm going to tell you something. It's my own secret. Literally only 3 other people in the entire world know so you need to promise me that you won't tell anyone ever."

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[info]creepycarrie
2016-01-18 04:52 am UTC (link)
"I'm what?" Carrie asks, wrinkling her brow with confusion. Is that even a word?

Hugging herself a little tighter, Carrie shrugs. "Nobody would believe me anyway. Who would I tell? Everyone hates me."

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[info]_tightrope_
2016-01-18 04:57 am UTC (link)
"It means that you can move stuff with your mind." She explained. When she mentions that nobody will believe her, she can't help but agree. Nobody here would believe her, but she still can't take the risk because hunters believe everything.

She lets her eyes fade into their golden color. "I have powers too."

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[info]creepycarrie
2016-01-18 05:19 am UTC (link)
Once again, Carrie shakes her head. "I didn't do anything," she repeats. Because Mama said it was the Devil inside her and Carrie doesn't believe that, but if Mama does, then that means other people can and Carrie already has the deck stacked against her.

Sonia's eyes change colors and Carrie steps back again, eyes widening. "Stop it!" She gives herself the sign of the cross and whispers hurried mumblings of prayers she's had memorized since she was old enough to speak.

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[info]_tightrope_
2016-01-18 05:39 am UTC (link)
Her eyes fade back to their normal color and she takes a step back. This was a mistake. She shouldn't have ever started talking to her. She should have left when she was first rejected. She shouldn't have showed her her secret. If she tells anyone, their whole family's at risk. They'll have to move from this town, their father will lose his job, Felicia will leave all of her friends and band, she'll lose everything she worked for. This was literally the dumbest thing she's ever done.

She'd probably be more worried about the scary mumbling if she didn't also think that she was invincible due to her super-healing.

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[info]creepycarrie
2016-01-18 05:43 am UTC (link)
When Sonia's eyes go back to normal, Carrie's prayers fade away and she just stares back at the other girl. Jesus saved her. She gives the sign of the cross again and a weak little smile.

"Jesus saves, you know," she says softly, extending an olive branch that Carrie's so indoctrinated with that she doesn't see as potentially offensive or off-putting. She's being sincere.

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[info]_tightrope_
2016-01-18 04:25 pm UTC (link)
She tightens her lips, she could correct her right now, but this is way safer with her just believing this was some sort of demonic possession. People would literally never believe the Jesus bit, but if she were to explain about werewolfism all she would need would be one person to spread it before her family would have to go on the run.

"Thanks, Carrie." She said. "I owe you one."

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[info]creepycarrie
2016-01-19 12:51 am UTC (link)
Carrie's lips press together and she nods, hugging herself again. "I should go. Inside, I mean, before my mama comes home..."

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[info]_tightrope_
2016-01-19 01:27 am UTC (link)
"Okay, see you in school tomorrow?" She smiles at her.

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Stuart Twombly 💻 The Internship 💻 M/F
[info]googleyness
2016-01-16 10:30 pm UTC (link)

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Vivien Harmon ☆ American Horror Story ☆ M/F
[info]sobetrayed
2016-01-16 10:45 pm UTC (link)
( Open to literally all the things; canons and cross-canons, OCs, age-gaps, whatever. Call me curious. )

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dara hale (rule 63!derek) 🐾 teen wolf 🐾 ota
[info]saludarlaloba
2016-01-16 10:48 pm UTC (link)
( all the things! m/f and f/f both welcome. )

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Rose Weasley | HP | OTA
[info]dadslittlerosie
2016-01-17 06:08 am UTC (link)
[Suuurprise me!]

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