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14:25 ー TAMARACK BAUMANN. honey ain't got nothin' on you, 'cause you're sweeter.

Summers are different in Golden Grove.

Truthfully, Golden Grove feels different no matter the season. For a town called Golden Grove, autumn is the season that suits it best. When the leaves are shades of red, oranges and golds and there's a pleasant chill in the air. Summer, to you, is just when it is the most apparent.

When you were still a child, experiencing your first Golden Grove summer, it was exciting. There was no school so you had all the free time in the world to explore the forest surrounding the cul-de-sac you call home. It had changed, with its green leaves and the sorts of seasonal critters inhabiting it.

When you were much younger, that meant more goodies for you and Tamarack to find and bring home.

Now that you're a teen with more of a mind to hate the summer heat, summer has lost its appeal. You can tell it has also lost its appeal to Tamarack who sits squarely in front of the fan in front of your desk, cheeks flush from the heat. Summer is only enjoyable in small increments, you believe. If there's too much, all the energy gets sapped out of you and you lose the drive to do much of anything.

Case and point, the wig you are supposed to be practicing your braiding on. Now that wig and the mannequin head you placed it on lie abandoned on the floor while you lie eagle spread across your bed. You haven't even begun braiding it. Not even Tamarack could make herself sit and practice her cello in this sort of heat.

Why do conventions have to be in the summer? There are only three major conventions in Oregon ー WasabiCon, Ani-Medford and KisuuCon ー and only two of the three take place at a time your mother accepts. "Why do conventions have to be in the summer," you groan once more, this time for everyone in your room to hear. "Is this really the curse I have to bear for quality cosplay?"

"Autumn can't come quickly enough," Tamarack murmurs in agreement. Autumn may come at the cost of school's return but it's the perfect season for everything. Her ruby eyes glance at your lack of progress. "Maybe you can practice later tonight instead?"

You shake your head, pushing yourself into sitting. "No, if I wait until then, I'll just put it off until tomorrow and do the exact same thing again." Then you'll put it off and put it off, citing the summer heat as the culprit, until finally the weekend of your chosen convention arrives and you have an incomplete cosplay. That's what happened last year when you were 14, you'd rather not make it habit. "I'll work on it now."

You just need motivation. Proper motivation.

That can wait until you've gotten yourself something cold to drink, however. "There's lemonade in the fridge if you want some."

"Please," Tamarack pleads.

The trip downstairs to the kitchen is quick yet arduous as you shuffle through the less cool parts of your house. You can only hope your mother is having a better time where she works. You hope everyone you know is doing better than you are right now.

Serenity is out of town visiting family in the Bay Area.

Vianca and Qiu are at ballet practice in an air conditioned building.

Ren is with her family kayaking for the week so you're sure she isn't minding the heat in the slightest.

As for Baxter, he's off at his fancy university in Virginia. You never really reconnected with the guy before he left either, so you can only hope he's somewhere that has good air conditioning, if any.

So to your knowledge, you and Tamarack are the only ones suffering in a building too old to have an air conditioner. You and Tam, ever a pair. Even if that means suffering during summer vacation together.

"I'm back with the goods," you announce needlessly when you return to your room. Tamarack's already reaching for a glass before you reach her, gratitude all over her face. You're happy to be directly in front of the rotating fan, relishing how it feels on your sticky skin. The tangy-sweet chill of the lemonade is a wonderful accompaniment.

Tamarack cups her glass in both her hands much like how one would carefully hold an injured pigeon. You feel a warmth more comfortable than the sweltering summer heat permeating through your room.

Thick, fluffy hair that shines gamboge pulled into a messy bun. Dappled in an autumn sparkle that never goes away even in another season.

Berry-red eyes that are much too pretty for this world and as expressive as they come.

All things that make Tamarack Baumann 'Tamarack Baumann'.

Tamarack is here. Truly here and she isn't going anywhere. That was the resolution of everything that happened last year when you were 14. No more moving scares, no more hypothetical surprises haunting your every waking moment. Tamarack Baumann is a true blue resident of Golden Grove and you won't let anyone forget it.

"What is it?" Tamarack catches your staring and you're sure that you see her cheeks flush a deeper color. You take satisfaction in knowing the summer heat isn't the only thing that is making her face red.

Yes, this is the life.

"Nothing," you smile into your glass.

"You're thinking something," Tamarack insists with a playful yet embarrassed lilt.

"I'm just thinking about your hair, that's all," you tell her smoothly. You can talk about how your world has become much more vibrant since the confirmation Tamarack wouldn't be moving anywhere another day. "It's really pretty. You're pretty."

You remember thinking Tamarack was the prettiest person you'd ever seen when you popped out of that pile of leaves. Your opinion has yet to change now that you are 15, you doubt it ever will.

Almost instinctively, Tamarack pushes a lock of her hair behind her ear in her embarrassment. "You're the pretty one."

"We have to agree to disagree on who is the pretty one in this relationship," you close your eyes petulantly. Dorothea Baumann would tell you both that you're equally the pretty one in this relationship, but where's the fun in that when you know you're right? As far as you're concerned, if Tamarack suddenly decided she wanted to pursue a career in modeling you would be right there at every audition.

It's then, you feel as if you've struck gold.

"Can I practice on your hair?" Tamarack raises a thick eyebrow. She's stopped plucking them recently, no longer self-conscious about how they look. "My braiding, I mean." Before your girlfriend can smartly argue about the heat, you already present your counter arguments. "We can stay in front of the fan without it rotating! And I'll only take out the parts I'm working on."

Tamarack's face scrunches thoughtfully before she ultimately relents. "Only as long as you don't take everything out," she smiles lightly.

Yes!

A press of a button to stop your fan from moving about the place and you're too happy to be running your fingers through Tamarack's hair. It's always been soft, carefully maintained by her grandmother. Now that she's old enough to care for it herself, Tamarack's haircare is still delicately maintained.

Maybe I should run my model Tamarack idea by her again, you think humorously. Nothing will come of it. It's merely a long-standing joke between you both. Modeling is a career you both know wouldn't make Tamarack happy in the slightest. It's for the best. All the other models would be out of work if Tamarack was there.

"I don't feel any braiding," Tamarack notes in a sing-songy voice.

Guilty as charged, you grin, "I'm just making sure I've got the right amount of hair for this section, that's all."

Tamarack's playful hum of disbelief is her only response before you begin.

a request from @luv-indigo that sounded really adorable so i wanted to give it a spin as something set between steps 2 and 3. autumn is personally my favorite season, so i love that's the season that olnf is perpetually set in. but i do get curious as to what life could be like in the mountain down during a different season and thought this scenario was the perfect excuse for it! (disclaimer: this is something written pre-release of olnf)

What would Tam and Qiu do if MC became sick?

Sick MC × Qiu Lin / Tamarack Baumann headcanons ꔛ

step 1.

amount of symbols: 2418± symbols.

enjoy!

Qiu Lin:

— Due to the fact that he most often looks for others and usually attentive to details, on one of your walks Qiu realized that you were most likely sick but kept silent about it. He just thought he was probably seeing things.

— So he wasn’t entirely surprised by the news from your mom that you were sick when he wanted to go to school with you.

— Autumn decided that since he couldn’t go there with you, then he’ll visit you after.

— Of course, at first your mother didn’t let him into the house, but he was able to assure her that everything would be okay! He's a tough guy!

— But his self-confident behaviour disappeared as soon as Qiu came into your room. When he saw you in bed and really sick, he couldn't help but feel an overwhelming feeling of caring.

— He would definitely talk to you in a quiet and gentle voice (God forbid you have a headache!), still smirking slightly because you weren't expecting to see him today.

— So on the day when Autumn visits you when you have fallen ill, his gentle and caring side will not go away for a second. Only if he's feeling a little playful. But this will in no way disturb your peace!

— If you ask, he can bring some thing from the street or tell you about today's school day. Qiu will tell you anything you want! He will try to be a great storyteller.

— And this will continue until your mother takes him out of the house.

— ...The next morning Qiu will be sick too. You're friends in misfortune now, huh?

Tamarack Baumann:

— She found out about this later, when for some reason you didn’t go to school together.

— She had to go to school by herself or in Qiu’s company. After all she didn't disturb because you were the one who usually the first approached her house, not her. But Tamarack's thoughts were really busy worrying and questioning about you.

— Tamma, who is usually easy to remember by ear, noticed to herself that due to her worries, some things went past her ears. She didn't like it, but she couldn't do anything about it!

— After school she immediately ran to your house. When she found out that you were sick, she relaxed a little, but really just a little.

— Leaving the porch of your house after that, she ran home to grab a couple of sweets from the bowls in her house and to make a small bouquet of autumn leaves for you! And Tammy ran back to the threshold of your house right away and gave it all to your mother.

— She thought you must be sad that you are sick, so let the leaves temporarily replace the great forest of Golden Grove for you. Tamarack hopes you get better soon!

A/N: they're so silly as kids can't not write about step 1 from time to time

partly because it’s even more convenient, the characters are already shown so well in the demo that I don’t need to think too much about what someone would do, yuppp

thanks for the request!

hii, hope you’re having a good day or night, whatever timezone you’re in^^

can you do tamarack with an mc who’s more like blunt and closed off, sometimes aggressive with others (aside from tamarack)? if you write for step 2 that’d be great, but step 1 is also fine :) have a lovely day ^^

Blunt and closed off with everyone aside for Tamarack gn!MC × Tamarack Baumann ꔛ

step 2.

amount of symbols: 2253± symbols.

A/N below.

enjoy!

— When Tamarack first noticed this detail about you, there was a slight "disconnect" in her head. It was partly even difficult for her to believe. You're usually so gentle and opened up around her, and seeing you treat others poorly... Didn't fit in her head ?

— She understood that this would hardly affect her, but it was all strange. Here you are smiling at her affectionately, but here you are cold as ice with some classmate. She only had time to blink her eyes a couple of times.

— Thinking that these were problems related to socialization, Tamarack tried a couple of times to make you friends with someone she knows.

— Although it was awkward for her, she wanted to try for you. When things didn't work out though, all she could do was a sigh.

— But Tammy didn't blame you, of course! How can she even do this, huh? You were such a great person in her eyes, and not just because you behave good with her, she just sees it and knows.

— Tamma finds you similar to a hedgehog a little sooner. She’s a little flustered and funny about it at the same time, but there’s definitely a certain similarity - prickly with strangers, and soft with her.

— If this kind of behaviour does not change for a long time, she will surely get used to it. In response to your bluntness addressed to others, she will either smile a little as she certainly more used to see it, or defend you if there is strong aggression towards you.

— She may even start to think it's kind of... cute? When it comes to her, not others, of course! Tamarack was even glad you are so open with her. She definitely wouldn’t want to lose your trust, and you too.

— I think 'cause of Tamarack’s some kind of timidity, there were situations where she simply cannot say something for herself. At such moments, she appreciates you especially when you may stand up for her.

— But still, she will try from time to time to offer something to change this attitude of yours towards others, but only with your wish! Though as long as it doesn't bother you, she won't even mention it. Tammy just... Doesn't want to do nothing while something may be bothering you. She's actually kinda scared of it.

— So if anything happens, tell her! She will try to help in any way she can. After all, you are her friend, and she wants to protect and help you too!

A/N: HIII I'M SORRY FOR MY DISAPPEARANCE 😢😢 PRETTY BUSY WITH SUMMER VACATION W MY FAMILY, WE CAME TO THE SEA (and im still there haha.... all crying cause of my failed attempts to improve my writing and english skills)

I’ll write every request now SURELY!!! It will take a few days, of course, but I’m full of strength now yeah! i'll try to write something soon as a fanfic...

thank you so-o much for request! still sorry it took some time 😔 hope you enjoyed this small hc! have a great day/night!