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WIP INTRO | Cal Magney’s Bouquet of Hydrangeas
Camp NaNoWriMo, July 2022
DISCLAIMER: This is my original work that I’m choosing to share. Plagiarism in any form will not be tolerated.
genre: litfic (duh)
pov: vignettes and a nonlinear timeline with alternating POVs!!!
what: father and daughter are a little too similar for their own goods. they fight, they mediate, there’s whirlwind romances at boarding school, a gay art history professor with a mullet, an emotional support english teacher, a huge old house that’s probably haunted, gay aunts who like tarot cards and traveling, and lots of pranks and assorted mayhem
when & where: london (shoutout to dallon for answering my questions), switching between the late 70s and late 90s
who:
etta magney: age 17, she/her, kind of a bitch, perpetually unimpressed, lowkey a hopeless romantic, super close with her dad(s), heavily enjoys not living up to her potential
cal magney: 17 and 36 for the most part but it skips around a lot, he/him, had etta super young, also kind of a bitch, the disgraced heir to a massive fortune and one of the oldest noble houses in britain, really likes david bowie
evan doyle: 17 and 36 for the most part, he/him, cal’s not-husband and etta’s stepdad, he and cal dated in high school, took a break, and got back together. he’s the gay art history professor with a mullet and earrings. super cool and super smart.
lucien tahir: 17, he/him, etta’s best friend and love interest, penchant for absolute mayhem, would not commit arson but i would not rule it out bc he is definitely capable of it
ollie tahir: 17, he/him, lucien’s twin brother and etta’s other best friend, also loves mayhem, is the only one with a shred of dignity and/or common sense out of the three of them, would probably commit arson
also featuring:
jamey reed: cal’s brother from another mother, definitely has undiagnosed ADHD
ms millard: aforementioned emotional support english teacher for both cal and etta
elvira: gay aunt who loves tarot cards, partner is roxy, gay aunt who loves traveling and cowboy boots
smith: he is weird
+ the rest of etta’s weird aunts and uncles aka cal’s ragtag group of gay friends from high school
themes and aesthetics: receiving a bouquet of your favorite flowers just because, old tudor houses, london when it’s raining, trying to do homework in a grand old library, crisply pressed school uniforms, smoking out your dorm window, scratched records, berets and knee-high socks with mary janes, hiding behind a pillar, stomping in puddles on the sidewalk, dancing in the kitchen with your parents
ok so what’s the plot: y’all know i love a good story where nothing actually happens. it just kinda goes back and forth between cal’s school days and etta’s school days until the reader understands why they’re so similar and fight so much but at the end of the day love each other because that’s the beauty of a healthy family relationship. cal falls in love with evan, etta falls in love with lucien, cal fights with his mother, etta fights with her father, lots of parallels.
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