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Local single mom Lulu has long taken notice of Mona, the kindly, soft-spoken history teacher who comes into the diner weekly to sip coffee, grade papers, and sigh a lot. Mona is abruptly taking notice of Lulu, the loud, aggressively friendly waitress who may or may not know exactly what she’s doing right now.

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Mona is a stressed and overworked teacher working at the shitty underfunded local high school. One of her students (to neither of these ladies’ current knowledge) is actually Lulu’s son, Tibbs. Giant troubled teen Tibbs (more on that here) has been flunking Mona’s class, but Mona doesn’t know how to confront his frequent absences, quiet, apathetic nature, nor the fact that she’s honestly a bit intimidated by him. Mona’s job is so rough. Maybe indulging in a treat (or two) could do her some good…

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owlcoholik

I always zoom in on the drinks you draw. They look so tasty…

lopoddity

Thanks! :D Food and drinks are one of my absolute favorite thing to draw. I need to draw more of it, considering Lulu eventually goes from waitress to restaurateur in her own right. Someday she'll own that diner!

Amaris

I'm really curious how Mona being Tibbs teacher would i.pact the relationship to Lulu. If Mona ever said anything negative about Lulu's perfect angel child who raised himself, I feel like that would result in a lot of fights. Did it ever come up? Did Mona stay silent? Did she not know she was Tibbs mom until later into the relationship?

lopoddity

Great question. :3 Mona and Lulu were slow in how they approached dating, with both of them being busy working moms, time to date was in short supply. Mona knew Lulu had a son, but by the proud, doting way she talked about him, Mona assumed he was a young, polite little schoolboy, maybe 8 or 9 years old. She is blown the FUCK back when Lulu happily introduces her to her gigantic surly boar of a son- the very same boar currently failing Mona’s class (and all his classes, really). Mona is soft-spoken and anxious, but she is VERY determined when she wants to be. She knows Tibbs is not a lost cause, if she can just work with him a bit, there may still be a way for him to graduate, maybe even go to college. As she and Lulu grow more serious in their relationship, Lulu grows frustrated with Tibbs’ poor grades, especially when the school threatens to hold him back another year. It’s the SCHOOL that has the problem, Lulu insists. Damned teachers and counselors picking on her poor boy! Maybe he’s not book smart, but he’s not an idiot! I showed that scene here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/turbulent-of-91744010 Mona gently argues that Tibbs just needs help, but Lulu is staunch in her denial. They don’t so much fight over it so much as they have many unproductive and frustrating conversations. Mona tries again and again, but she might as well be butting her horns against a brick wall. Lulu brushes her son’s struggles off, or changes the topic, or, if pressed, becomes quite angry “Don’t act like you know my son better than I do!!”. So Mona decides it’s best to go about helping Tibbs on her own. She tries to reach out to him. She’s motherly and kind, she tries learning about his interests, cooking him meals. She relays how proud Lulu is of him (the implication being that Tibbs should be acting in ways deserving of this pride), she asks where he goes off to at night, why he isn’t around as much, who’s that strange girl he’s spending so much time with. Tibbs, pretty predictably for a teenager, completely rejects his teacher trying to play a parental role. He brushes her off, ignores her, and at worst, yells at her to leave him ALONE, she’s NOT his MOTHER, FUCK OFF. It does NOT help that during all this, Lulu is quickly bonding with Mona’s own son Teddy (sweet lord do I need to dig into/possible redesign Teddy). They both LOVE cooking, and Lulu is eager to teach Ted everything she knows in the kitchen. Cooking was how TIBBS used to bond with Lulu, so he’s quietly boiling with jealously and resentment. He feels replaced, and worse yet, Teddy is such a goody-two-shoes golden boy (already getting acceptance letters from multiple top tier culinary colleges), Tibbs feels like a unsalvageable fuck-up in comparison. Mona keeps trying to reach him, even getting him to admit some of these feelings to her in private, but it’s too late. He’s not going to graduate, and he refuses to be held back another year. Joan has offered him a tantalizing new life helping her run her chop shop- and by this point he’s in love with her. Mona can’t save him, because Tibbs doesn’t want to be saved. He drops out of school and leaves home, leaving Mona heartbroken, and Lulu absolutely devastated. Despite all this, Mona is still a key player in Tibbs’ eventual rehabilitation. In case it’s not obvious, he and Joan don’t work out, and all that careless crime blows up in Tibbs’ face. His life kinda falls apart for a while, but he can’t quite turn to Lulu for help. Their relationship lacks honesty- Lulu still cannot see him as anything but her smart, capable, perfect boy. Tibbs is plagued with guilt because he is very much NOT that, and has always wished he could be half the person Lulu imagines him to be. But Mona sees Tibbs for what he is. They CAN be honest with each other. Mona provides a safe place free of shame or judgement or Lulu’s guilt-inducing fawning, and that will prove essential. She’s a mentor, a voice of reason, and (eventually) able to tell him when he’s being a stubborn little shit- and Tibbs will come to appreciate it more than he can express.