I will n o t keep my mouth shut. A bitch knows her voice. Knows how to howl with a wolf pack in her throat. A bitch is honest. A bitch doesn’t follow the rules; demands to know who wrote them. Rules are weak. Rules are prey.
{ Indie & SelectiveLydia Martin }
“Yeah, that would have been pretty weird. Can you imagine trying to fit into those tiny desk now? My legs would go to the other end of the table in those little chairs I’d get serious leg cramps.”
{ Stiles was going to respond to that and pray she was joking. The fact he was still way excited about making Latkes by himself before dad came home. }
“Bubbe always said that wine was the best side dish you could have for latkes! Happy Chanukah to me. Do you want any? Like wine or latkes? Cause I’ve definitely got a lot of both.”
{ She breathes a laugh, shaking her head slowly. Stiles is all limbs–gangly and awkward–so the thought of him scrambling as he topples over the tiny chair beneath him and getting tangled up in the legs of the table is an amusing one. }
"Well. Can’t argue with Bubbe, can I?“
{Sighs. }
”—-As long as you promise to resist…temptation… I guess I can stay for that. Sure.“
“Well…Uh… They’re delicious and I don’t wanna say that I do what I want because you and Scott are like most of my impulse control.
That’s because there were no hungry Jewish teenagers in kindergarten who finally found the best recipe for latkes in the world.”
“Mmm, no–…but if you had wound up being a hungry jewish teenager that was still in Kindergarten, I wouldn’t have been surprised.”
{ It sounds harsh, but she’s definitely joking, a small and tight-lipped smile punctuating the end of her pointed words; cushioning them and protecting his speckled flesh from their barbs. }
“Drinking this early? Clearly, you’ve been spending too much time with my mother this holiday season."
EXPRESSING IRRITATION THAT WE WERE TOLD THIS WAS LYDIA’S SEASON AND SHE HAS BARELY GOTTEN SCREEN TIME TO MAKE SPACE FOR A BRAND NEW CHARACTER WHEN I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR LYDIA TO GET HER OWN STORY FOR FOUR FUCKING YEARS ISN’T HATE TAKE YOUR PISSBABY DIAPER ASS SOMEWHERE ELSE B YE