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i'm currently 75% of the way through "legends and lattes" and i really like it, but i do find it hilarious that i've heard this book described (both by fans and detractors) as "no plot just vibes" when a not insignificant portion of the book concerns the main character being shaken down by the fantasy mafia. like this is very much a cozy slice of life for the most part, but it's less "pure coffee shop au" and more "coffee shop au with a mafia subplot and also a side character invents the electric guitar in the background"

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Legends and Lattes.

(Such a cozy book by @travisbaldree . I highly suggest it.)

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😭😭

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The problem with alterous attraction is the way it feels as big as a stormy ocean at night. Have you ever seen that? Ever stood on beach and watched the ocean toss and turn and known it could destroy you in an instant? Have you ever felt it calling to you as if you could use the everdeep well of strength it possesses? Have you ever felt something, some cavernous need behind your ribcage, calling to someone like the ocean calls to you?

And at the same time it feels like the need to make someone a cup of coffee and a sandwich. The casualness of it, the ease, the unbearably quiet intimacy of “I can take care of you in this way if you need me.” Of “I’m here. I’m by your side. I’d fight this whole town for you if you needed. Here is a grilled cheese.”

And then comes the fear of losing yourself and your own space, the fear that you don’t know yourself well enough to build something like this, the fear that you don’t deserve it, that you’ll break it.

Have you ever noticed how a stormy ocean at night feels like 2pm on a Sunday in your too-small kitchen, slow dancing barefoot in your pajamas, loving but not in love?

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who tried to scam dan and phil into adopting them

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*giant wind gust outside*

Me: “Don’t say it.”

My Brain:

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Bruh did I just get clocked wtf

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Hellooo your moodboards really are cute and cool!

Mind if I request a Bialterous Oriented AroAce one?

I hope I captured the right vibe, sources are under the cut! :)

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This is what Rasputin would've wanted.

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I understand that museums have to be dark because light can destroy fragile artifacts. That said, I’m always afraid to walk around the blind corners because what if there is a skeleton

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But first… we get to live.

Stay alive. I love you. We can do this.

@danielhowell @amazingphil

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