word game: worry

[museaway]

This week's word is...
WORRY

How to play: Find the word in any WIP and comment with the sentence containing it. Just the one, ideally! The less context, the more hilarious & interesting it can be.

Rules:
- All fandoms, all ships, all writers welcome
- Give a head's up for disturbing/distressing content
- If you share a sentence, please read some left by other writers and drop at least one person a comment. (If you leave the first comment, thanks for starting us off, and we hope you'll pop back around later!)

Comments

The revived wedding fic [Fandom: Tomb Raider]

[bens_writingjournal]

Oh, good thing I woke up early, because this is a prelude to what I shared in the post for the word "money".
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Yulia kneels next to Lara, making her flinch in surprise. Even as the worry she's exhibited over the past few days is stronger than ever, evidenced by her prosthetic arm shaking, she forges on. "I've been meaning to ask you that question for a while, Lara. I know I should've said it earlier, but…" She chuckles. "Better late than never, methinks."

"Yulia, what are you on about?"

Again, now or never — Yulia takes a deep breath, gently clasps her template's stone hand prosthetic and covers it with her metal one. "My Lara Croft, my whole life has been filled with pain and horror, but you have become my one and only shining beacon of hope. We may have caused untold suffering to each other, but against all odds, we managed to start a relationship I adore very dearly. I appreciate all this time you've spent with me, whether it's artifact hunting, relaxing at our home, and just you being there at my lowest points. So I ask of you, my utmost beloved swallow, will you marry me and be my eternal commander Croft?" Yulia flashes her genuine smile as an add-up to the speech's end, then removes her hand from Lara's, revealing a silver ring on the finger.

Re: The revived wedding fic [Fandom: Tomb Raider]

[tenderizes]

this is so sweet!! "my utmost beloved swallow" :,D
i'm not even in this fandom (nor do i know anything about it) but this has grabbed me By The Heart

thank you for sharing!!

Re: The revived wedding fic [Fandom: Tomb Raider]

[bens_writingjournal]

*(chuckles)* I am truly a master in showering the "FEELS!" with this pairing! :D

Re: The revived wedding fic [Fandom: Tomb Raider]

[embraceyourinnerdork]

Oh, I love Yulia's way of speaking! The cadence and word choices really give her a unique voice.

Re: The revived wedding fic [Fandom: Tomb Raider]

[bens_writingjournal]

Ah yes! I just love having "Doppelganger"/Yulia speaking a lot more post-liberation! As for her cadence, I'd often imagine how Doppelganger would sound like in Ukrainian, with my go-to voice for her being Julia Sanina (IMO, Keeley Hawes (Doppelganger's VA) may have the hauntingly melodic tone for Lara's clone, but her cadence doesn't gel well with my version of Doppelganger's surprising eloquence mixed with her natural arrogance). In fact, here's how she, with Julia's voice, sound like pre-liberation [timestamp: 0:26 to the end (S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, where Julia voices the antagonistic Agatha)] and post-liberation. (Ondina [The Forest Song])