#(definitely not the charity's)

[dickgraysonmybeloved]

[noyzinerd]

Sterek Rival Lawyers AU

It's A (Court) Date

Imagine, high-class, Ivy League, hot-shot, attorney Derek comes back from New York to the family firm to take over as partners with his sister after his parents decide to step down. He may not be on the level of his mother yet, but he's cut his teeth against Wall Street wolves and ruthless white-collar sharks. Derek's more than proved himself, so he just can't fathom these small criminal court cases his family is making him take "before he's truly ready" to be a part of the family business.

Enter in his first case. Right out the gate, the state assigned defense is, not only late to court, but also arrives in a flurry of limbs and papers, tripping all over himself, and profusely apologizing to the room as a whole. "Sorry! Sorry! Car trouble!"

The guy is out of breath, tie crooked and hair a mess. It makes Derek wrinkle his nose at the unprofessionalism and the blatant disrespect to everyone's valuable time.

The presiding judge, the Honorable Ms. Lydia Martin, only sighs a heavy sigh, as if this sight is nothing new, and says "Mr. Stilinski, I suggest you don't let it happen again."

Derek is honestly getting annoyed by how easy this is going to be. He could've been doing literally anything else right about now rather than being here going against a common rent-a-lawyer with some Podunk community-college degree. The opening statement for the defense is laughably inept. Full of nervous stuttering, backtracking, running tangents, and babbling. He's still apologizing, trying to assure the jury that he's just having an off-day today.

It's embarrassing to watch.

Nonetheless, Derek goes through the motions, practiced and poised. Examines all the evidence, presenting times and dates, prior arrest records, the works.

During this time, Mr. Stilinski is frantically (and VERY LOUDLY) flitting through a cartoonishly large stack of papers and whispering to his client. Derek has to fight to grit his teeth through his presentation.

Finally, it's time for Mr. Stilinski to cross-examine Derek's client and, unbeknownst to him, the beginning of Derek's long, long spiral of madness for the rest of his career.

"Judge Martin, I would like to move to have this case thrown out."

"Oh?" asks Judge Martin. For some reason, there's an amused smirk, almost fond, tugging at her lips "On what grounds?"

A giddy, almost manic, grin takes over the defense attorney's face just then. "On the grounds that the prosecution's client is full of bullshit."

The judge rolls her eyes and an exasperated "Stiles," slips from her lips, seemingly against her will. (Derek's not really surprised by the familiarity between the two of them. With how often state-assigned lawyers are called to the courtroom on small cases, it wouldn't be too big of a leap to suggest they might be chummy.)

"Respectfully, of course." Mr. Stilinski--er Stiles?--winks back at her.

"Objection. Your honor, this is ridiculous."

"Overruled. Make your point, Stilinski."

"Mr. Davis says he saw my client at 12:30 P.M., on August 4th, attempting to take his back-right hubcap outside his apartment. Mr. Davis' apartment complex at that time, on that particular day, would have cast a huge shadow over the back lot as evidenced by the gaudy sundial-art-installation outside the courthouse. Meanwhile, my client's picture, when taken in for questioning, has a sunburn on the entire right side of his face. This would corroborate Mr. Lyle's story of walking home alone, down the upper, unshaded side of Elmore Street, during one of the hottest days of the year, for an hour straight. Also, the fact that Mr. Davis has no realistic idea how long it would actually take a person to steal a hubcap should be evidence enough."

"Uh-huh. And this wouldn't happen to be something you've ever had any expertise in, would it, counsel?"

"I plead the 5th."

And just like that, Derek's case is thrown out so quick, he's still reeling about it all the way home.

For the next two years, this becomes Derek's life. This man, this Stiles Stilinski, keeps showing up like a whirlwind and absolutely puts him in his paces.

Stiles, as he insists Derek call him, is a powerhouse. Relentless and unstoppable. That mouth can filibuster for literal hours (which, for those unfamiliar, is when someone legally cannot be forced to give up their time on the floor as long as they can keep talking), that brain quick as a whip, with a hunger for research, a mastery of the English language svelte enough to trip up even the most well-rehearsed lie, and an attention to detail like nothing Derek has ever witnessed before. It's like he knows every law inside and out. Lives it. Breathes it. It's like he had been raised on the law his whole life. Not only that, it's like Stiles enjoys it. Every case is a new game to get excited about.

All of it makes Derek's blood boil.

However, it's not always about losing to Stiles all the time, because, honestly, that might be less humiliating.

In truth, when faced against Stiles, Derek's bound to win about 60% of the time. Out of that 60%, only 5% of those wins actually feel earned. As for the other 55%?

He knows Stiles is letting him win.

Derek can't prove it, but he knows the asshole is holding back on purpose nearly half the time. Knowing that Stiles could have beaten him if he wanted to, but didn't, is somehow more frustrating than just losing.

He hates Stiles.

He hates that the guy is so chipper and playful all the damn time. He hates that Stiles could probably work at any firm he wanted, could make enough money to get a decent car that doesn't shit out all the time, could buy a proper-fitting suit, but instead CHOOSES to stay here "watching out for the little guy", as he so put it.

He hates that facing Stiles in court is the most challenged, the most motivated he's ever felt in his entire life. He hates that Stiles brings out in him the spark of passion and drive Derek had long thought had died. He hates that Stiles always tries to banter with him during recess or whenever they have to exchange evidence.

He hates finding out that Stiles only loses cases on purpose when his endless amounts of research points to the defendant actually being guilty of horrendous crimes, because Stiles is a good fucking person.

He hates Stiles' constant teasing and he hates that Stiles is somehow able to bring Derek down to his childish level to tease back. He hates how much he looks forward to court-dates with Stiles now. He hates being invited out by Stiles over and over to grab a bite together after a long day, as if Stiles hasn't been wiping the floor with him on this case for the last month. He hates it even more that he always accepts and that now they have their own designated booth at the diner across the street. Derek's so unbelievably frustrated, it makes him want to bite Stiles at the neck just to hear that smartass mouth squeal.

"Hey, I ever tell you I was thinking of quitting before you arrived?" Stiles asks one night as they're walking to their cars.

Derek's head immediately snaps to him at that. "What?"

Stiles smiles distantly at the thought. "Oh, yeah. Things had started feeling like being trapped in a cubicle, y'know? There wasn't any challenge in it anymore."

"What made you stay?"

"Well...you did. You were the first, serious competition I'd faced in a while. It wasn't a matter of winning just to win, anymore. Going against you always reminded me of the reason why it was important for me to win. It gave me stakes, because now there was an actual chance I could lose and an innocent person could go to jail. You, I don't know, kinda reignited my passion for fighting the good fight, I guess."

Derek can feel his heart thumping hard in his chest. He wants to say 'You did the same for me!' He wants to tell Stiles that he didn't think his life could ever be this fun or happy or messy or chaotic or exhilarating or challenging or fulfilling before coming to Beacon Hills.

But just as Derek goes to open his mouth to sing Stiles' praises, he instead finds himself roughly shoving him up against the Camaro and biting hungrily at that mouth and tongue that's been the bane of his existence. There's a surprised little squeak that Derek quickly swallows up, but it isn't long before they're both tearing at each others' clothes and fucking each other dirty in the backseat of Derek's car.

What's crazy is, after they get together, nothing in their careers really changes. The only difference is now they get to fuck each others' brains out after an intense battle in court (and the sound Stiles makes when Derek bites him is exactly what he always imagined it would sound like). They still face against each other on opposite sides in court. They still give it everything they got, no conceding even if they are dating now. Not to mention, Derek wouldn't dream of tempting Stiles over to his firm. Not when he knows Stiles is at his best staying where he's at.

The day Derek's family finally decides it's time for him to take over the firm with Laura is the best day of his and Stiles' lives.

Not only does Derek tell them he's declining, he hires Stiles as his attorney to negotiate terms against his entire family of well-seasoned lawyers.

The entire month-long negotiation results in Derek, not saying a single word, but absolutely beaming as he watches his boyfriend run circles around his mother, his father, his uncle, and both of his sisters on contracts. It's so unbelievably hot, they're banging on whatever flat surface they can get their hands on every time they leave the boardroom. There's even one very memorable blowjob in the empty hall outside the boardroom when Stiles somehow manages to get Peter to agree to a (most likely illegal) clause dictating the firm will pay Stiles a finder's fee for any pro-bono case Stiles takes on outside of Beacon Hills that strikes his fancy.

And, no one says it, but they all know Derek definitely, 100%, dragged his own firm through this negotiation just to show off how incredible Stiles is to his family and preen about it.

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Fast-forward, Derek is going to be in the audience for the first time for one of Stiles' cases.

While waiting in the hall, Derek sees a familiar face from his New York days. The prosecution has hired the eighth best lawyer money can get, Jackson Whittemore. He's sporting a Rolex, sunglasses indoors, and the face of someone who thinks he's above literally every other person in town.

Well, at least until he sees Derek.

For some reason, Jackson seems to think Derek is all the way out in the middle of nowhere to 'watch a master at work' (which...well...is technically true...).

As Derek goes to sit in the audience, Jackson tells him in passing, "This'll be over so fast, probably won't even get a chance to learn the other guy's name."

Derek chuckles and says back, "Ooh, buddy, you have no idea."

Before Jackson can think more on that, a whirlwind of limbs and papers suddenly hurls through the doors.

Derek sits back, gets comfy, and waits eagerly for the show to begin.

My first moodboard. Hope you enjoy. AU based on a discussion with @casually-eat-my-soul (I suggest checking out their version). This was kind of like a divergence from that (the brain juices just started flowing).

[lesbianspeedy]

anyways. thinking always about mia never wearing a skirt or dress again after her first issue.

thinking about her almost always having her hair in a ponytail after her first issue. (and the few times she doesn't, its when shes at home and particularly stressed out. when ollie was lying to her about joanna, after her diagnosis, after red hood. this was all on purpose to ME)

thinking about her fingernails, painted black in her first issue, being painted pink or red every issue after

thinking about her in her crop tops and cargo pants. in pink shirts and jeans. in jackets and sneakers and too-big tees and pyjamas. in the safety of wearing clothes for no one but herself

[hajihiko]

ppl who commission me for the charity stuff often up the $ amount they strictly need to donate and I really appreciate that, it always feels somehow inappropriate to mention it too much (I don't live in a culture that does tips I'm not used to it lol) but I wanted to shout a general Thank You to everyone who helps out 💫🤍🤍🤍💫

Mostly unrelated but ppl who commissioned me recently, I'm gonna split it even between two organizers (less money lost between PayPal and GFM if you do it in big sums rather than many little ones) I'll still be sending receipts soon but jsyk

[missholoska]

I was done messing with pixels for a bit but someone on twitter asked if I'd include my underswap-exclusive asgorudy kid, so here's baby ✨

[90spiderbros]

art commission!

[imnotkosmic]

Hello, I'm Mohmmed Akram, This is my brother Ahmed

We live in Gaza, which has been suffering from war for more than 10 months.

I had a lot of ambitions and dreams that I was working to achieve, but all that faded from the start of this brutal war.

10 months of bombing, destruction, suffering, displacement and death.

Our house was destroyed at the beginning of the war on Gaza and I had to flee inside Gaza at the beginning since the third day of the war before I was taken out of it (to the south),

So that all our fortunes, memories and lives will be smarted out before October 7th. The costs now are heartbreak and unspeakable and unbearable conditions, in a tent that cannot be described .

It was one of the worst days in which this cruelty and famine were thrown upon us. On that nightmarish day, a school housing a large number of displaced children and women was targeted in this place. My brother Ahmed was injured in the head as he was trying to make a living during these famines.

My brother Ahmed is injured

Unfortunately, due to the presence of many among them, shocks, cases of fainting, needs, medical care needs, problems and difficult circumstances, but your help, my friends, standing next to Ahmed Kakh, is for you. He and his family need help to enable them to overcome this disaster and suffering.

Thank you for your interest and reading, and I hope you can help, if only a little ❤

https://www.gofundme.com/f/ahmed-helped-below-what-we-can-survive-in-gaza

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[catwyk]

rating silt verses characters based on how flexible i think they are

carpenter: can touch her toes without bending her knees but thats it. her bones click and crunch for 40 minutes after. 4/10

faulkner: legs flexible enough to curl up in the passenger seat to sleep while carpenter drives, but his spine is like every other vertebra fused together. definitely embarrassed about it. 2/10 purely for pillbug imitation ability

paige: did pilates or yoga or something while she had her job, but only infrequently. can almost put her hands flat on the floor while standing with straight knees. almost. 7/10

hayward: has never stretched in his life 1/10

raine: has tried to establish a stretching routine many times and so far has achieved no more than a week of consistency. this endeavour has granted them clicky shoulders and the ability to JUST BARELY put their forehead on their knees when they sit down with straight legs. 8/10

shrue: has attended maybe 2 mandatory wellness/networking sessions involving yoga or pilates and considered them both a waste of time. 3/10

greve, roemont, mason: too old to stretch without dust and dead skin falling off 1/10

acantha: surprisingly lithe considering how much she has to do and how old she is, but doesnt have time to properly stretch. 5/10

brother wharfing: has too many wounds and illnesses to do anything. 1/10

mercer and gage: always crouching and squeezing through gaps. very flexible but only in certain joints. 7/10

sister thurrocks: wants to be more flexible but forgets to stretch. 3/10

devreaux: self explanatory 1/10

sebastian: could sit down with straight legs and touch his toes, but nothing more. too busy to stretch anyways. 3/10

nana glass: shockingly flexible for her age and lifestyle. shes where carpenter gets it from. 7/10

vaughn: naturally flexible but doesnt care to put in any effort to cultivate it. 4/10

stanton: old man. 1/10

charity: puts in some effort. good for her. 7/10

charity's boyfriend: nah. 2/10

daggler: thinks stretching is for girls. despite sexism not seemig to factor hugely in the universe of tsv daggler has invesnted misogyny. 1/10

[ravenxbones]

we’ve been given the go-ahead to post our final pieces, so here’s the full piece i did for @mcrerazine (which you can still buy here!) my piece was based on save yourself, i’ll hold them back and i had SO much fun working on this project! untextured version is under the cut for full details! :]

[jovialcloudqueenisnotonfire]

anyone else have dan becoming a sister of plentitude on their 2024 bingo card?

[blondephil]

ok phannies what do we all think they’re doing for june (gaming channel-wise, but also in general)

[beachyserasims]

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[aw-tysm]

Part of communication difficulties within autism can also mean that an autistic may be more gullible or participates in things like peer pressure.

Not that they necessarily feel peer pressure, but they may not understand that what is being asked of them is wrong or dangerous. Bcus if everyone is having a good time and it sounds good then surely it must be good.

Autistics may be more likely to be signed up to scams or put onto charity lists to donate when not being able to afford to or being convinced to change their service providers or put onto expensive plans or even buying something they don't need or want or could afford bcus they couldn't process what was being asked of them and the person convincing them sounded "very good and nice" and made the autistic feel like it was a good or kind decision.

Autistics may do things that are wrong or dangerous bcus "friends" have convinced them it's good or fun or that they'll be liked better. They may participate in something that could get them suspended from school. They may start an activity that could be considered illegal and get them arrested. They may be convinced to do something inappropriate bcus it would "make the friend feel better" and are convinced that "that's what friends do".

Autistics are quite a vulnerable group in these situations. They may not properly understand what is going on or be able to properly process what someone has said or done or why it's bad or wrong.

It's not just "haha, I don't understand sarcasm and can't make eye contact".

[passingthetime]

Just a kitten

2024.09.27. - Acryl on cardboard

[rathayibacter]

going back through some old games of mine, and man. the 13 stories in Terrible Tweens are probably the best ttrpg hooks ive ever written