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selfshippers!! imagine your f/o being excited to see you at the end of the day :3 they were at work or whatever they do all day and as time went on all they could think about is coming home to finally see their beloved again. maybe they speed walk just a bit once it's time to go home so they can see you a bit sooner... they're really looking forward to it, you know?

how do you greet them? did you make them anything to eat or drink?

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Imagine your f/o hugging you as if their life depended on it. Arms securely wrapped around you, their gentle but protective embrace being expressed as an attempt to physically show their gratitude for you. It is warm, accepting, it is infinitely and wholly loving. All for you.

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sleep is the first house

(excerpt) Audre Lorde, Zami: A New Spelling of My Name

Ferdinand Hodler, "Night" (detail) // Pierre Jahan, Nu Plain-chant (1947)

(excerpt) Eileen Myles, "Universal Cycle", The Importance of Being Iceland

Sara Stout, "Paris Bed" // Alex Venezia

(excerpt) Adrienne Rich, Twenty One Love Poems ("Poem XII")

Mark English, "Couple" (1933) // Kenney Mencher, "A Married Couple"

(excerpt) Walt Whitman, "When I Heard at the Close of Day"

Łukasz Stokłosa, "Untitled" (2014) // Matt Lambert for Dazed

(excerpt) Jeanette Wintersion, "Disappearance I", The World and Other Places

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Your F/O thinks you are worthy; worthy of love, worthy of respect, worthy of wellness, worthy of safety, worthy of happiness, and worthy of all good things.

Even if you don’t feel or have these things right now, your F/O thinks you absolutely deserve them, and they don’t want anyone to tell you otherwise.

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if/when you get angry about something, your f/o will always be supportive of you. they eagerly let you vent to them, or provide a much needed distraction, and they know just how to calm you down when your emotions get overwhelming. they want to support you and help you through your anger, not stamp it out and invalidate it. your f/o helps you cope in healthy ways, steering you away from toxic and unhealthy coping mechanisms. they think-- no, rather, they know-- that your feelings are valid <3

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Hey, you. Yes you. Hold that fictional person's hand immediately

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i go to self ship university I'm majoring in kissing fictional people

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"just wanted to hear your voice" actually means a lot.

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kiss me like you can’t get enough of me

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Imagine sharing sweet/funny/cursed nicknames with your f/o. Only the two of you use them, making it a common (but appreciated) theme in your connection. Who knows, maybe over time it'll become more personal or ridiculous (in an amusing way). How fun!

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a lot of life can be persevered thru by secretly playing pretend in your mind the whole time

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you can recognize yourself through the fictional character. but watch out

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Consider this:

What if you kissed your F/O right now?

Well? Seems like a good idea to me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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“my sweet girl” and i explode into a million pieces

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when you put your hand on his cheek and he turns into it to kiss your palm :(

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Super fun fact: Your F/O will protect you