#(mild edits for spelling lol)

[blueberry-ink-93]

prologue

Do not ask me how long I sat staring at my paper waiting for the words to appear on it, for I know not. An intrinsic quality of mine I think. Quality makes it sound like its a good thing when in fact it is a problem most potent, to be as oblivious to the passage of time as i.

Its the strangest feeling. Scary when you allow it some thought. Much like emerging from underwater or waking up form a deep sleep, a sense of disorientation follows, a need to process who and where you are. A momentary sense of fear and dread from having been so exposed, so vulnerable washes over you. The sudden awareness is jarring.

As if to demonstrate to the dear reader my point, I forced myself out of my reverie and back into reality. This was the 7th time I have had to drag myself away from my stray thoughts, forever rolling in the fields of my mind, building momentum and, at the most inopportune of times, crashing into the living room of my mind and derailing whatever semblence of calm I had managed to curate.

Looking down at my notebook like a disappointed mother in the hopes of yeilding some sort of progress, I found myself drowning in the cold hard lines of the page, yearning for the caress of my discarded pen. And off I went on another tangent, this time visual; a figure of ink falling though the pages into an abyss, reaching out at times and surrendering itself at others. Falling falling falling..

It might as well have been me who was falling, the weird shivery feeling you get when your brain decides to pretend to throw you off a cliff as you close your eyes and await a peaceful slumber. I awoke, so to speak, to find myself still in my chair, still on the ground, and the weight of a small hand on my shoulder. I don’t think ive ever flinched this violently.

I dreaded having to meet her gaze. I didn’t want to see the worry settle in them, or to be asked if I was okay because I was, truly. I didn’t want to look up but I had to. My stomach sank. It was literally the simplest task to angle my eyeballs upwards and be over with, but the falling sensation had moved from my skin to my stomach and It was starting to make me feel mildly nauseous.

Bracing myself, I turned around and looked up to see my grandmothers tired youthful eyes scan my face. She didn’t say anything as she studied me, which was both good and not good. Good because it meant I had a few seconds to recover, but not good because it probably meant id be asked why I reacted the way I did. Why was I so deep in thought, so engrossed that it warranted such a strong reaction. I had a second to decide what I was going to say. There was always the simple truth to stick to, my preferred choice always, but also I didn’t fancy being too honest with where my thoughts had been drifting to as of late.

“Dinner”. it was so quiet I almost doubted id heard it. I nodded, confused as to why I was getting off so easily. Had I been called? Of course I had, why else would she be here to fetch me. I felt guilty. A bit too guilty for a crime this small but guilt was guilt and we held onto guilt like it was our firstborn child in this household. And by household here I mean my mind. Me. I.

The meal was simple, filling, and partaken in silence. I couldn’t decide if we were too quiet or if the house was too big everything sounded smaller in contrast. I insisted on doing the washing. There wasn’t much to be fair, but it made me feel useful. I know I didn’t need to, my grandmother reminded me of that constantly, and each time I smiled and nodded, but I wanted to keep myself busy.

There was a certain brand of calm that came with routine chores I think, a sense of security that lulls over you. To me at least I don’t know why I generalise and talk like I know what im saying. Doing the dishes was one of the few times I could switch off my brain and simply be. Folding the laundry was another, as was the rain. I love the rain. The thought of water from the heavens was lovely on its own, but the rain and all that came with it had a special place in my heart.

Finally it was time to retire to bed. I gave myself a few minutes every night to go over the day and play it back in my mind, a sort of show to coax myself to sleep. A pre viewing to my dreams if you will. Except I havent had a dream in about 8 years so maybe not.

“What did we do today?” I asked myself thorough a yawn. I sometimes like to use the royal we even though im neither a we nor a royal. Anyway. I woke up early today. Had some tea with my grandmother. That was nice. Jasmine to be specific. Despite myself a corner of my mouth twitched upwards. Aired my room and spent all day in the garden. Didn’t write a single word I deadpanned.

I rolled over and decided to ignore my own comment. Curling into myself I let out a sigh I didn’t know my lungs could contain. I couldn’t get the empty feeling in my heart or thereabouts to budge. And to add insult to injury I figured out how to finally start writing, but sleep had caught me in her nimbly spun webs of gold before I could pen my revelation down.

[lemedstudent2021]

Favourite thing to debate?

oooh thats a good question :D

ngl im far to shy irl to debate (and too argument avoidant lol) and not the best at articulation (nor the most knowledegable) BUT i do love to yap about lots of things;

this term (late feb) well be taking an ethics course abt a lot of things that are debated both universally and in medicine, so i look forward to that :3

my interests lol (though idk if it fits the debate category bc its a one sided infodump lkjhdfio) like the islamic golden age my beloved and different character interpretations (like in the mythos)

ig i gravitate to topics that tie into academia; like education centric prompts are always thought provoking and intriguing to me (both as a seeker of knowledge and my parents being lecturers its always been a point of interest for me)

looked up a few categories and society/ social issues caught my eye as well, kinda bc i have insight on a few lol i think i could come up with okay arguments and defenses? mayhaps

if i had to choose maybe id talk abt religion (esp islam) in a sort of debunking & raise awareness way, its deeply rich and diverse yet ignored history and contributions to knowledge, but also multifaith intersectionality? how cultures influence faith? i pains me to see how in this day and age ignorance and bigotry still reign supreme, i think id like to contribute in the little ways i can.

also faith (and lack thereof) is a personal choice above all and no one has the right to strip u of ur freedoms or force their ideas and beliefs onto you. that faiths are in some way connected by similar messages, and that as long as critical thinking and media literacy exists and is exercised humanity can indeed flourish once again. idk tho

[dimiclaudeblaigan]

Do you have female characters that you like or find good in FE.

For sure, I have females I like! They tend not to be my favorites in FE (or in a lot of media in general because females often don't get written with the same complexity as males not everything can be Talentless Nana), but I don't have an empty void where females in FE are concerned thankfully.

And since you asked for FE in general, I'm just gonna go for it and list who I like or find good (two different lists because they might be good characters but just not my personal preference of character).

disclaimer: most of the jugdral loc names are obnoxious so i willfully ignore them or they're just too obnoxious for me to actually remember what they are/how to spell them. i am also elderly, so i mainly use the names i am used to from a long time before jugdral loc was even remotely a thing. bear with me kiddos)

Like:

does kris count (FE12)

Ethlin/Ethlyn (FE4)

Fury/Erinys (FE4)

Mahnya (FE4)

Tiltyu/Tailtiu (FE4)

Nanna (FE4/FE5)

Leen/Lene (FE4)

Tinny (FE4)

Linda (Tinny's replacement) (FE4)

Rahna (FE4) (Levin's mom)

Ninian (FE7)

Eirika (FE8)

Tana (FE8)

Marcia (FE9/10)

does byleth technically count too doh

Annette

Dorothea (i know randomnameless is shaming me right now)

Rhea

Flayn

Hapi

Celine (when she's not talking abt fckn tea in almost all of her supports...)

Yunaka

Panette

Ivy

wait for it

wait

hold on

decision loading

fjorm from heroes is actually a nicely written female character

Good:

Sheeda/Caeda (FE1/3/11/12 lol)

Tiki (FE1/3/11/12/13 l e l)

Ayra (FE4)

Lachesis (mostly lol, like aside from ditching her family to find her son who was safe elsewhere with three, sometimes four (lol dragon dad is inconsistent) very capable people) (FE4)

Mana (Lana's replacement) (FE4)

Lakche/Larcei (FE4)

Patty (FE4)

Laylea (Leen's replacement, I'm just more bias toward Leen) (FE4)

Altenna (FE4)

Ishtar (FE4)

Hilda (in the sense of being a good actual villain who killing is very fun) (FE4)

Lilina (FE6)

Guinivere (FE6)

Lyn (FE7) (just... not to the extent intsys nuts over)

Tethys (FE8)

Ismaire (FE8) (Joshua's mom)

Mist (FE9/10)

Elincia (FE9/10)

Sanaki (FE9/10, but shows a lot more character growth in FE10)

Jill (FE9/10)

Nephenee (FE9/10, more so FE10 as a better character)

Sigrun (FE9/10)

Lissa (FE13)

Lucina (FE13) (same as Lyn lol)

Azura (FE14)

Soleil (FE14)

manuela had potential rip

Judith

Timerra

Veronica (Heroes) (just... not the older books' version)

Henriette (Heroes)

Eir (Heroes)

and after eir that was the end of even remotely decent heroes writing as i knew it

i hope heiðr turns out okay bc i kind of like her for now and she's not as bad as the rest of literally everything in that section of the story

If I didn't list someone here it doesn't mean they're a terrible character or that I despise them or anything (they're not even necessarily bad imo), but a lot of them are pretty shallow or used like a plot gimmick. ALSO, I might like them but that doesn't mean that they were written particularly well or felt standout or anything (like, I like Cordelia but I didn't list her because it's not a very strong attachment and it's a very mild like).

In some cases for "good" that aren't in like, it's more because they're not a favorite female (like Timerra, who I like enough but I had other females I enjoyed more).

edit: if you're wondering why i didn't list sov it's bc i haven't played it and gaiden's version of the characters is about as nonexistent as fe5, hence the lack of fe2 and fe5 (who weren't present in fe4 as well) characters

[daringdoombringer]

Got bored and made this, now that I have a decent amount of Ocs now. Is this just an excuse to summarize their backstories? Yea probably. One things for certain I am FAR NICER to my Ocs than a lot of people. They are my children and they deserve happiness goddamit.

Tier One: Moderate to Typical Oc Trauma/yea you need therapy after that you’re ✨messed up✨ now

Matthew Fencer: Originally made solely as a protagonist for an MCYT horror game thing before evolving into his own character (and the “AU” evolved into its own thing/story/timeline whatever) so yeah I’d say he’s been through some crap. Mofo had SIX very angry people-turned-monsters trying to kill him cause they weren’t happy he was entering their town without permission (actually, at all). He didn’t even enter on purpose he was just kinda SCP-spacial-anomalied in there by chaos magic from several miles away while he was tryna take a walk poor guy. Bro needed a lot of therapy after risking his life to break a curse. But he did (kinda) make a friend during that whole fiasco and he has a wonderful girlfriend who was glad to see him alive after he went missing so ✨yippie✨ happy ending

Anchihiro.ExE: Was a human until Sonic.ExE/Xenophae killed them and now it’s a disembodied soul trapped in a Sonic ROM hack they shouldn’t have clicked on that’s floating around the internet. Idk how it would get therapy at this point since it’s yaknow… DEAD. (I still have the Gacha edit thing I made of their death for a video last summer. There is so much blood.) Pretty sure I did Anchihiro the most dirty out of everyone since they’re the only one who actually dies. Not to mention they are somehow trapped with the fucker who killed it in the first place (who is trying to gather human souls so they can become powerful enough to leave the video game realm) so yeah imagine being stuck with your sworn enemy in a video game for all eternity #skillissue At least it’s befriended Fleetway and Tails Doll so they’re not entirely alone????

Cyroblast: Was an elven soldier sent to the Frozen Wastelands of Vesh to find a treasure, got badly wounded and JUST ABOUT froze to death until King Pen found him and managed to revive him with Mind Magic. Now he’s half Undead and often wondering if he should even be alive. Also he’s realizing the king he worked for is actually an a-hole and wouldn’t have cared if the entire squadron died, he just wanted the treasure that probs don’t even exist. And did I mention his nose and mouth are just g o n e? (the head I used in Imaginators didn’t have em and it worked it’s way into his drawn design :P) But hey, he’s great with a blizzard bazooka and made plenty of awesome friends at the Academy who are there to help him, so I’d say he’s alright.

Raystrike: Hers isn’t even as bad as these other three she just had a strict/kinda mean family and now she has really low self esteem because of that. She did meet a bisexual fire spirt (Spellfire) who’s just as confused about the world as she is and they’re gay now along with Mysticat being like the genuinely supportive parent she never got so ✨yayyyy✨ she’s healing we love that

Tier Two: you had like one or two milder things happen you’ll be alright

Foreclash: Bro just got teleported into a cave while trying to get the vortex at Shellmont Shores under control, and was stuck there for I think a week before Starcast found them. Other than maybe some mild claustrophobia/homesickness he’s fine.

Shield Shocker: just daddy issues lol. He just hates the fact his father (a very powerful tornado dragon) is evil and wants to spite him. The dad also plays a role with Cool Factor but we’ll get to that in a moment.

Shade Ace: found a weird spell in a book and it cursed them/turned them into an undead lizardy thingy don’t do necromancy kids

Mecha Quad: His workshop was attacked by Greeble air barons and he lost his legs. He should’ve died but he was like PEACE WAS NEVER AN OPTION and he built himself a new set of cyborg legs, tracked down the baron base and beat all their asses. Bro death/giving up could’ve been a one-way street but you somehow did a u-turn you go dude✨✨✨

Tier Three: no trauma, you’re good👍

I’m just gonna stick Cool Factor’s summary here cause something did happen to him but it wasn’t necessarily bad for him or anything. The curse Shield Shocker’s dad put on him just caused him to be part dragon and have his dry ice powers/magic and he was like “oh hey this is cool :D” Cool Factor and Shield Shocker did have a V E R Y awkward conversation about it (cause none of Factor’s family really told him about it) so other than MAYBE a mini epiphany he’s completely fine.

And uh everyone else didn’t really have anything major happen: Spellfire’s just glad to have a physical form (and an awesome girlfriend), Trick Black bamboozled Count Moneybone cause they didn’t wanna join him, Heat Stroke helped Freeze Blade and Doom Stone destroy some Evilizers, Spring Bloom was accidentally created after Hoot Loop zapped a tree, and Ground Pound has barely even been brainstormed yet. But yeah that’s everybody, I love them all✨✨✨✨✨

OH AND ONE MORE THING SHIELD SHOCKER AND SHADE ACE ARE GAY

[rewiredthethirdblog]

Comment by alpha_ray_burst on Reddit

I love edibles. It took me a long time to get the dosage right though. First 3 times did nothing because I hadn't activated the butter in my no-bake brownies, so I popped "one" in the microwave and had the classic first time edibles experience getting high out of my mind, thinking I might forget how to breathe, high the whole next day, etc. lol

Then I stopped dicking around with DIY edibles and bought a 100mg gummy and cut it into 1mg doses. Took one and it was a nice mild high for about 8 hours. I found out my sweet spot was about 2.5mg, and 5mg would get me blasted for 12hrs. Anything higher than 5mg and I risk being high for a full 24hrs.

But yeah, as far as cost-effectiveness and duration of effect, edibles are my favorite way to consume. Not having to damage my lungs is also a big benefit. The only downside I'd say is if I expect an upcoming drug test (eg. while looking for new jobs) I have to stop using the edibles for 3-6 months to be 100% sure they're totally out of my system before the drug test. Where as smoking would be 30 days ish.

edit: spelling

[teefa85]

Ohgod that was scary! At first, Rimsala barely used magic to the point that I wondered if there'd been some hacking that with the weaker team she wouldn't cast. Nope! She began absolutely SPAMMING in the mid fight! Axs takes nearly 200 since he's no Magic Defense on his equipment! Salah, despite having the highest INT, takes a bit more than Rooks because of being on weaker equipment! Neither did damage and were tapped out of MP healing each other! Efrite and Marid also ran out of MP because I was working on keeping Rooks on attack as long as possible...except for the time when Salah was at under 100 HP due to Rimsala getting back-to-back turns of casting magic on me!

Need I remind you...Teefa could keep up healing better due to a stronger multi-target spell, and Darwin could actually hit things.

But now that I've had this experience, I think I'll go back to playing the regular way. Though by grinding for extra HP and mild INT boosts, I discovered Rooks learns a new spell to heal paralysis since the status ailments that you can cast can now be cast on you. No, I found nothing that causes Petrification, and Teefa is the only enemy using Paralysis and that was around eight levels earlier. Galneon's first form has Confusion, and hilariously the two times I've gone through this hack he's hit Teefa with it. Considering what he did to her before, I don't think she appreciated it...

Maybe enemies with status and more implementation of healing will come at a later patch...wherever it's gonna be hosted now that Romhacking.net is in Read Only...

EDIT: From analysis, it's not at a level, but if you use the Level Select to go to Chapter 5. To make Rooks able to move from his lol status? That lets him heal himself and Axs and Salah'd heal herself after some turns...

[evilpenguinrika]

Since being able to play ffxiv, I ended up making my hosie fankids because I Am Weak to character creation lol

But also since I created my hosie fankids here, it got me thinking about what jobs Hope and Josie would have (along with the kids too). So I'm going to put my musings here under the read more if anyone is interested lol

Additionally, the jobs I'll be writing below for the kids are the jobs I will be giving them in the game once I get to unlock it (they're currently in their base class right now and I gotta lvl them up to 30 and do some quests before that)

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Hope, even though she's a tribrid, I decided that she would have Dragoon as her job. I also did play around with the idea that her second job would be Red Mage since they use both magic and melee, but I definitely prefer the idea of her as a Dragoon way more. I mean, think about it, Hope with her lance/spear, jumping at great heights, and then plummeting down on her enemies to land hits? Hot.

For Josie, I was stumped between Black Mage or Blue Mage. Black Mage because that would be the obvious choice since it's a magic class. But Blue Mage was also appealing since Blue Mages--from what I've read--mimics the abilities of their enemies, and that felt really fitting since Josie is a Siphoner. However, I decided to stick with putting her as a Black Mage instead. It just felt better to me.

For the kids:

Lana is the first born between Hope and Josie and is a Tribrid like Hope, so my thought process for what job Lana would be is the same as Hope. I just think them being Dragoons is neat and totally not because I am biased lol (okay maybe I'm a little biased, but you cannot tell me Dragoons like Fang from ff13, Aranea from ff15, or even Dion from ff16 aren't badass as hell). Currently her base class is Lancer.

Hayley never inherited the magic genes and is a werewolf. So for her, I picked Monk for her job. She's a tough fighter and is always the one to rush into the front lines. Plus, with the training she got from Hope, Hayley is one powerful opponent. Plus, she has a mean right hook lol. So Monk made perfect sense for me when I chose her job. Currently her base class is Pugilist.

Jay was the same as Josie. Debated between Black Mage or Blue Mage, but I ultimately went with Black Mage foe him. I did think about picking a melee job for him since Jay is also an exceptional fighter when not using/relying on magic. But in the end, I decided to stick to my gut and keep him as a Black Mage. Currently his base class is Thaumaturge.

Leo is the last of my Hosie fankids! He was adopted by Hope and Josie after they found him scared and alone in an alley around Mystic Falls. He's also the only human in a family of supernaturals. He always felt like he's missing out in all the cool things because he's only human. Leo ends up learning about magic and can only create potions that don't require him to use magic or spells, only dumping and mixing ingredients and that's it. So anyways, I decided that with that logic, his job woukd be Scholar. As well as Summoner. Scholar because it would be the closest thing I'd think would fit with what he wants to achieve. And Summoner because I just think it'd be neat for him to be able to summon creatures. Plus, I honestly feel like Leo is just that personable to the point where he'd be befriending all sort of creatures (and giving Hope and Josie mild heart attacks when Leo comes home with a hell hound or something lmao). Currently his base class is Arcanist.

Edit: WAIT I NEED TO ADD ONE MORE THING FOR LEO! I think he'd also be great as an Astrologian as well!!!!!!! I mean I think that job fits pretty well, maybe more so than Summoner if I'm being honest.

Oh! And because Leo is adopted, I chose to give him a different race than the other three in the game. Lana, Hayley, and Jay are all Hyur and Midlander clan. When I was creating Leo, I originally wanted him to be an Au Ra Raen, but the shortest i could go for height was like. 5'7" or something? So I picked Miqo'te Seekers of the Sun instead and then I had a realization: Leo = Lion = Cats = Miqo'te. Unintentional Galaxy Brain lmaooo

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Anyways, that's it for my Hosie and Hosie fankids in the world of FFXIV musings lol

[leossmoonn]

Scott’s Girl

masterlist

pairing - lucas scott x fem!reader

type - fluff, angst

note / request - taken from one of my concepts! “Stealing an idea from the person who requested the matt concept lol - jealous Lucas Scott concept? Fluff not smut please :)” this is my first lucas fic! sorry about my baskteball terminology, after 6 seasons i still know nothing lol. enjoy!

summary - you see a new side to lucas as a rival teammate talks to you

warnings / includes - mild language, poor basketball terminology, ending alluding to sex. not edited, if u see spelling mistakes or grammar mistakes lmk lol

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*gif isn’t mine*

“And the Ravens score another three-pointer. Something must be in the air tonight. This is the first night in a long night where they are ahead of the game.”

“Woo, go Lucas!” You cheer. You jump up and down in the bleachers, cupping your hands around your mouth as you continued to shout.

Lucas smiles at you, lifting his arm and pointing at you while blowing you a kiss. The crowd awes, Brooke and Haley cheering for you two and making kissy faces and noises. You roll your eyes, deciding to walk down the bleachers and over to your friends.

“Thank you for drawing attention to me,” you say. “Oh, please, you already had all eyes on you,” Brooke smirks.

“Yeah, you and Lucas are becoming the “It” couple,” Haley says.

“Awe, are jealous, Hales,” you grin. She rolls her eyes. “The opposite, actually.”

You shrug, “I’m just being a supportive girlfriend, is all. Nothing to it.”

“I heard the other team wants girlfriends just like you,” Brooke says. You raise your brow. “can’t their moms cheer for them or something?”

“Well, they don’t really want to kiss their mom’s after winning, do they?” Brooke smirks. You grimace, “ew, Brooke!”

“What? Am I wrong?”

You and Haley shake your heads with a smile.

“Oh, speaking of basketball players, douchy one coming at 12 o’clock.” Haley juts her chin behind you.

“You can just say it’s Nathan,” you remark. You spin around on your heel, surprised to find that it was indeed not Nathan. It was a player from the other team. “Oh, hi,” you greet shyly.

“Hey. You’re the Raven’s number one fan, right?” He asks.

“Oh, is that what they’re calling me now?” You raise your brow.

He chuckles, “I’m afraid so. What’s your real name?”

“I’m Y/n. And I take it you’re number 13 from the Knights?” You ask.

“That is me. But my alias is Ryan,” he answers. You give him a kind smile. “Nice to meet you. Um, I don’t mean to be rude, but why are you talking to me?”

“Well, I’m benched for the rest of the game, and you finally came down,” he explains. “Oh? You know, you could’ve just come up. Nobody was sitting next to me,” you say.

“I’m a little shy,” he shrugs. “Nothing wrong with that,” you say. You turn towards the basketball court, clasping your hands in front of you as you continue to watch the game. You meet eyes with Lucas, giving him a wave and a smile as he passes you.

“How long have you two been together?” Ryan asks.

“About six months,” you answer. “Oh, so you’ve been with him before he was a basketball player?” He asks.

“He’s always been one. Just not for this team.”

“Ah,” he nods. “Where did he play before?”

“Why are you so interested in him? Shouldn’t you be watching your team and rooting for them?” You turn to face him.

He lets out a little laugh. “I’m rooting for them inside of my head. The shooting guard and I communicate by telepathy.”

You can’t help but giggle. “Oh, really? Did you just tell him to miss the shot, then?”

Ryan scratches the back of his head, looking down at his shoes shyly before looking at you through his dark lashes. “I was too busy talking to you. That’s why he missed it.”

You roll your eyes with a smile. “Smooth.”

He grins, “I try.”

Across the court is Lucas who is death-glaring Ryan. He can’t ignore the anger bubbling up in the pit of his stomach. He stares as you laugh again at whatever Ryan was saying. What could he be saying that’s so funny? Lucas thought. His hands ball into fists as you turn your body towards Ryan, giving him a toothy grin.

Lucas couldn’t be mad at you. You were obviously just being friendly and making conversation, and Ryan was keeping you engaged. You never were one to ignore someone, even if you didn’t know them. Your kind heart and friendliness was sometimes burden, Lucas thought.

“Hey, stop staring at Y/n. You’ll be able to kiss her after the game.” Nathan nudges Lucas’s arm.

“It’s not that,” Lucas shakes his head. Nathan stands next to him, smirking at you and Ryan. “Oh, I see.”

“What is so funny?” Lucas mutters. “Does he have a bunch of joke memorized or something?”

“I don’t know, man, but she seems pretty into him. I’d quit the Ravens and go back to being her full-time boyfriend,” Nathan remarks.

Lucas glares at his brother. “Maybe I should suggest to Haley that she breaks up with you so you can go back to being full-time jackass. Oh, wait, you already are.”

Nathan’s raises hands in defense. “I was just joking, dude. Y/n loves you, she’d never leave you for a guy who looks like he’s 30.”

Lucas chuckles, eyeing Ryan up and down again. “He kind of does, doesn’t he.”

Nathan nods, “now, c’mon. We can’t win the game if we don’t play.”

“Right,” Lucas agrees. He keeps his eye on the two of the for the rest of the night, his jealousy growing.

Ryan got closer and closer to you with each passing second. You didn’t even notice, too busy with focusing back and forth between the game and your conversation.

“You’ve never played a sport?” Ryan asks. “No? Why is that so hard to believe? Are people not allowed to not play sports?” You cross your arms around your chest.

“No. I guess it’s just that everyone i knows plays or has played a sport.”

“Well, consider me special, then,” you say. He smiles, “I will. What do you like to do then?”

“Well, I love to read and write.”

“Do you write essays for fun?”

“No!” You laugh. “More like… novels or short stories. Lucas does, too.”

“You gonna collaborate on a book together?” He asks. “Oh, no,” you shake your head. “He’s more focused on basketball than anything else right now. Plus, I’d rather do my own thing, you know? It’s more simple that way.”

Ryan nods, “understandable. Have you published any of your books?”

“No, but one of them are finished. I always end up getting burnt out or stuck on another idea. My mind is always running with ideas.”

“That’s so cool. I wish I was that creative.”

“Well, you can play sports and you’re great at is. That’s something to be proud of, too.”

“Not when you get benched all the time,” Ryan sighs. You frown, putting your hand on his forearm and squeezing comfortingly. “It’ll stop happening soon, I’m sure. You’re only 16. You got your whole career ahead of you.”

Ryan smiles, “thanks. You know, Lucas is really lucky to have you.”

“Yeah, I heard I’m everyone’s dream girl.” Your hand drops to your side.

“Can you blame us? You’re gorgeous, fun to talk to, smart, creative,” he lists off. You give him a shy smile, hear crawling up to the back of my neck. “Thank you.”

“Of course,” he flashes you a charming smile.

Your attention flickers back to the game as clapping and whistling sounds. Your eyes grow wide as you see the scoreboard.

“Oh, my god! Ravens won!” You squeal. You jump up in excitement, turning to Ryan and hugging him. You practically tackle him as you wrap your arms around his shoulders.

Ryan wraps his arms around the small of your back. “Good for you guys.”

Your body goes rigid and you pull away quickly. “I-I’m sorry. That was weird.” You step back, putting your hands behind your back.

“No, it wasn’t. It was a perfectly normal reaction,” Ryan shrugs.

“Thanks.” You smile shyly. You turn your head, your smile lighting up your face as Lucas runs towards you. “Hi, baby!” You exclaim. You put your arms around him, pecking his cheek as you hug him. He wraps his arms around you, hugging you tightly against him.

“Good job! I’m so proud of you!” You whisper excitedly. Lucas smiles, “thank you.” He pulls away, keeping one arm around you he captures your lips into a bruising kiss. Your brows raise in surprise, but you melt against him nonetheless. Your fingers rake through his damp hair, your hands setting down to the nape of his neck and cradling his head.

He pulls away, smiling widely as he turns to Ryan who is rolling his eyes.

“You’re the guy who was keeping her company, huh?” Lucas asks.

“Yeah, hope you don’t mind. She looked kind of bored,” Ryan says.

Lucas narrows his eyes at him. “I definitely don’t mind. As long as you weren’t bothering her.”

“Luke!” You hiss and slap his chest. Ryan offers a cocky smile. “She didn’t seem too bothered to me. She seemed relieved, actually.”

“Oh, so you’re Mr. Nice Guy, then, huh?” Lucas asks.

“If that’s what you want to call me, then sure. We had fun, though. Right, Y/n?” Ryan looks at you.

“Yeah, talking to you was fun,” you confirm. Ryan grins and Lucas rolls his eyes.

“Well, I have to go. Good game tonight.”

“Oh, I agree. It was real nice watching you play,” Lucas remarks.

Ryan chuckles sourly as he walks away. You frown up at Lucas. “What was that for?” You ask.

“What? He was being a dick,” Lucas answers. You roll your eyes, stepping away from his grasp. “I have to get my things and talk to Brooke and Haley. I’ll meet you in the car.”

“Y/n!” Lucas exclaims helplessly as you walk away. He sighs and heads to the locker room, deciding to wait for you in the car like you said.

You follow Brooke and Haley to the locker room before you leave.

“He was just being so rude! It was annoying,” you say.

“Honey, he was jealous,” Haley says. You laugh, “what?”

“Don’t act all innocent! We all know you were talking to Ryan on purpose,” Brooke smirks.

“I wasn’t!” You disagree. “He just came up to me, and we started talking, and I didn’t even —”

“Brooke is just being Brooke. We all knew you meant no harm,” Haley cuts you off. “And I’m sure Lucas knows that. He just also knows that you’re too good to lose, and he’s afraid that’ll happen.”

“That’s bogus,” you scoff. “Guys are naturally jealous and spiteful creatures,” Brooke states.

“Just let him know Ryan didn’t mean anything,” Haley suggests.

“Show up naked in his car,” Brooke giggles. “I’ll pass,” you chuckle. “I guess I better go and talk to him.”

“Oh, boo! You’re no fun!” Brooke exclaims. “That’s me!” You grin before you walk off.

You stuff your hands into your jean pockets as you approach Lucas’s car. You knock on the window as Lucas’s head is buried in a book.

His head shoots up, his eyes darting from each window, his body relaxing as he sees it’s you. He unlocks the car and you open it, settling into the passenger seat.

“You hungry?” Lucas asks as you buckle your seatbelt.

“Yeah, but I’ll make myself something at home,” you answer.

“You sure? I can pick you something up on the way.”

“I’m good.”

“Alright,” Lucas nods. He fires up the ignition, switching the gears to reverse. You put your hand on top of his and his head whips to you. “What?” He asks.

“Put the car in park. I want to talk,” you say.

He does as you as, turning his body towards you. “What’s this about?”

“Why are you jealous?” You ask. He frowns. “I’m not jealous.”

“Okay, maybe not now, but you were 15 minutes ago.”

“Look, I was tired and maybe I said some things —”

“Stop being such a guy!” You groan. “Just admit you were jealous so I can continue.”

“Alright, fine, I was jealous! Happy now?”

“Yes,” you nod. “Why were you jealous, Luke?”

He sighs, rubbing his hand over his face. “I… I saw your smiling and laughing at his jokes. And then you touched his arm, and then you hugged him. And he wrapped his slimy little hand around your waist. God, I just watched to k—”

You put your hand on his knee. “I didn’t mean anything by it. Honestly, I was just excited and I was trying to comfort him either times. I don’t like him that way.”

He sighs, slouching in his seat. “I know. I-I’m sorry.”

You shake your head. “It’s not your fault. We all get jealous.”

He nods, “but you don’t deserve —”

“Nu-uh. Don’t tell me what I deserve, Lucas Scott. I know what I deserve,” you say. You lean against the arm rest, leaning towards Lucas. “You know I love you right?”

Lucas blushes and smiles. “Yeah, I know. You know I love you, too, right.”

“I’m not sure, actually,” you sigh, feigning sadness. You crawl your fingers up his leg, looking at him through your lashes.

Lucas smiles and rests his hand on your upper thigh. “And what can I do to make sure you do know, then?”

“I don’t know,” you huff. “Get me something to eat?”

Lucas chuckles, “definitely.”

“And maybe we can have some dessert after,” you hum. Biting your lip as you smile.

Butterflies flutter in his stomach as you palm the tent in his pants. He coughs with a smile, his hand moving up to the zipper of your jeans. You lean over the middle of the car, kissing Lucas. You suck on his bottom lip gently, your tongue sliding alongside his. He bums contently, his hand moving to the small of your back and pulling you closer to him.

You rest your forehead against his as you stop kissing him. You nuzzle his nose with his. “I’m your girl, Lucas. Always.”

“You know, people call you —”

“Raven’s number one fan. I know,” you chuckle.

“Maybe you should be known as “Scott’s Girl”,” Lucas suggests.

You nod with a smile. “I think that would be perfect.”

“Then guys like Ryan can back off.”

“Or maybe they’ll come onto me stronger than ever. You’re hot when you’re mad, you know,” you smirk.

He raises his brows. “Oh, really?”

“Yep,” you nod. You pull away, setting back into your seat. “C’mon, I’m hungry. This car won’t drive itself.”

Lucas smiles as he puts his hand onto the stick shift. “You better be ready to not sleep tonight.”

Your heart drops to your stomach and you grin. “Don’t worry. I’m always ready for you.”

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Little streamer AU prompts!

-Thinking they were all humans, either Wil or Phil bought tickets for them all to go to an amusement park....but Tommy’s too short to ride. Where does it go from there? Does Wilbur feel bad and sob out apologies? Does Tommy say it’s fine and that they can go without him, only to get kidnapped/lost? Does Tommy say f*ck it and try to sneak on with Tubbo? Your choice :)

-The bois at the arcade during the meetup. They try to cheat the games by having Tommy roll skeeballs into the best slot, or go inside machines to fix the game in their favor

-While Tubbo has Lani, and Phil has probably had like a borrower coworker or something, this is Wil’s first time heavily interacting with someone so small, and constantly watches the others and stays up at night googling how to best handle a borrower. Some of the suggestions he gets from online are way too formal and Tommy is confused as heck at where he’s getting these ideas. Like Wil you don’t have to wash your hands before picking me up if we’re RUNNING LATE C’MON LETS GO

-(the angst prompt) Tommy was so excited to meet others his size and during the meet up he doesn’t feel included or something, and he ahas a mental breakdown. Maybe he hides in a small space so the others can’t find/reach him

-If you don’t have plans for techno yet, maybe he’s also a tiny and thought he was the only one of any of his online friends, but the group FaceTimes him and he sees Tommy is small too but doesn’t make a big deal out of it, just a mentions it in the conversation at some point. Tommy feels instantly better. “Technoblade’s a bigger bad ass than any of you talk freaks!” “Techno was already the coolest, but none of you have a chance now.”

-Tommy wrestles with everyone’s hands

If you can’t tell I love this idea so much lol

-🦎anon

omg I love your ideas so much thank you and I’m so so sorry this post is so long I was gonna split it up but then I was motivated and got really excited (also pls forgive me for any spelling errors this is long and I didnt want to go back and edit it) :]

Little streamer au drabbles

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When Phil and Kristen had originally been planning out all the things they could do at the meet up they didn’t take into account the possibility that any of their friends might be well...tiny. So when the day came for the group to go to the amusement park and they were stopped by security at the first ride Phil knew the day wasn’t going to end well.

“Sorry sir,” the man said to Wilbur who currently had Tommy in his front pocket, “Tinies can’t go on the rides here, it’s too much liability for the park.”

Wilbur just stared at the man in mild confusion, “What if I hold him though, there’s no way anything could happen.”

The man just shrugged, “I don’t know it’s the park’s rules not mine so you can either stay out here with him or pass on rides for today.”

Wilbur looked down at the small teen in his pocket and could tell he was getting upset by the confrontation. Tommy’s shoulders drooped and he kept his eyes down as if to not show the others his disappointment.

“Its alright big man, go on I can stay down here,” Tommy whispered and patted Wilbur’s chest reassuringly. The attempt at comfort just made Wilbur’s frown grow.

“Hey it’s alright Will I’ll stay down here with Tommy,” Tubbo said, “I’m not the biggest fan of heights anyways.”

Wilbur reluctantly agreed and handed over the tiny to the other teen who walked over to one of the benches to wait for the others.

When Wilbur and Phil got off the roller coaster they panicked when they couldn’t find the two teens until they found Tubbo riding on a carousel horse with Tommy hanging off the pole.

Safe to say Wilbur didn’t let Tubbo take Tommy the rest of the day. (Sorry i didnt do angst for this one)

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Tommy was so excited to go to the arcade with his friends. When they got there though and Tommy saw all the prizes he could win he started to form a plan.

Tubbo of course would be the one to help him out though since he was the only one that was willing to let Tommy cause any chaos.

It started with small things like having him help them cheat on skeeball or hit targets with his hands on shooting games until they started to look for more ways to cheat.

For the final plan, Tubbo watched as Tommy climbed through the slot of a crane machine and tried to push a large bear toy into the hole.

When he saw the bear he thought Wilbur would like it and while Tubbo was usually opposed to crane games since it’s just a “waste of fucking money” he wasn’t necessarily opposed to helping Tommy get into the machine.

Everything was going fine until a woman with a child came over to the machine to play for themselves; immediately Tommy ducked down beneath the plushies so they wouldn’t get caught and Tubbo began to panic when he lost sight of the tiny.

It was at that moment that the rest of the group came over to Tubbo and asked where Tommy was.

“Uhhh hes in the bathroom,” Tubbo said nervously.

Phil tilted his head at the boy, “Uhuh...where is he Tubbo?”

“Ummmm so about that big man we uh-“

However, Tubbo was interrupted by his phone dinging and his face went pale as he read the text from Tommy.

-Pls get me out of here big man I can’t get this shit off me anymore-

“Uhhhh...oh fuck,” Tubbo muttered, “Um I have not the best news for you.”

“And what’s that?” Wilbur asked.

“Ummm do you have any coins on you?”

Phil looked at Tubbo with confusion, “Yeah, why do you ask mate?”

Tubbo turned back to the crane where the mother and daughter had left and laughed nervously, “well....ummm so by bathroom I kinda meant uh the crane machine? Yeah, Tommy’s in there.”

The adults immediately freaked out at the situation because what the fuck were the kids thinking. And when Tubbo told Wilbur they were just trying to get the teddybear for him cause Tommy thought he’d like it, he felt even more dread.

After almost an hour of Wilbur and Phil putting in money into the claw machine they finally got enough toys out of the way to see the tiny.

With one more try Tommy was able to grab onto the claw and let himself fall out of the machine. Wilbur immediately scooped him up to scold him for being a dumbass but when he saw that Tommy’s face was red and swollen he decided instead to just slip Tommy into his pocket to rest.

With the extra cheated tickets though they were able to buy Tommy a tiny plastic nerf gun from the arcade before they left.—————————————————————

Wilbur was surprised at how quickly Phil and Tubbo were okay with Tommy’s size. While Tubbo apparently had a tiny sister and Phil had had tiny friends before, Wilbur couldn’t recall ever actually interacting with someone so small expect for in passing.

He really cared about Tommy as both a friend and as a brother and he was so afraid of messing up with the teen. He didn’t want to hurt or offend Tommy in any way so of course he went to the best place to figure out what to do: wikihow.

The articles were strange for sure but anything to make Tommy feel more comfortable with him would be worth it.

So the next day when Tommy was supposed to be eating breakfast at Wilbur’s house and Wilbur wouldn’t pick him up to put him on the table he thought the taller man was just being a dick.

Then when Tommy asked him if he would pick him up Wilbur walked away from him to go to the bathroom instead of helping him.

After a minute the brunette man walked back and reached a hand down to lay besides Tommy. Tommy stepped onto his palm and expected him to pull him up towards him but when he didn’t he started to get really annoyed.

“Hey you can move what the fucks up witb you right now you’re being all weird and shit man,” Tommy grumbled.

“Huh? Oh I just...I was looking up some stuff about uh tinies and I thought maybe it would make you more comfortable?” Wilbur whispered with embarrassment.

“What?” Tommy laughed, “Why the fuck would you do that you were fine before I would tell you if I wasn’t comfortable big man you don’t have to worry about that.”

Wilbur felt his heart swell at the comfort and slowly lifted Tommy up to the table for them to eat together. It was still strange having someone so small around but Wilbur would get used to it for Tommy.—————————————————————

Tommy usually didn’t have any problems with having bigger people around. All his friends at home and his family were all humans so he knew he was overreacting about none of his online friends being tinies. But when they went out to dinner together and Phil, Tubbo, and Wilbur were all talking together while Tommy sat next to Wilbur’s cup something broke inside him.

The reason he loved streaming so much was that he thought he finally had met other people like him, but he guessed it was his own fault for never really checking.

As the three laughed loudly Tommy felt himself becoming more and more overwhelmed by the chaos in the restaurant. He couldn’t cry now though his friends were having fun, it would be a dick move for him to ruin the meet up for them just because he expected them to be tinies.

Throughout the meal and on the way home Tommy was mostly silent, he sat in Wilbur’s pocket as they arrived at the man’s apartment. Wilbur waved goodbye to Phil and Tubbo as he took Tommy inside.

Wilbur sat Tommy down on the counter as he changed and Tommy finally felt a few tears fall from his eyes. He heard the sound of a door opening and quickly hid behind a tea box so Wilbur wouldn’t see him in this state.

He started to shake as the tears kept coming while he heard Wilbur searching around for him.

“Tommy?” Wilbur called out but Tommy couldn’t even get a solid breath much less respond.

After a few moments Tommy felt the tea box he was hiding near shift as a large hand wrapped him up gently.

“Oh jeez Tommy are you okay?” Wilbur asked as he lifted Tommy to his eyes.

Tommy wiped his eyes and slowly nodded to Wilbur who looked heartbroken by the tears.

Wilbur sighed, “Do you want to talk about it?”

Tommy shook his head no and Wilbur gave the boy a sad smile.

“I’m sorry Tommy, we’ll talk about this later okay,” he whispered as he tucked Tommy up against his chest. He held the tiny until he heard soft snores replace the sobs and promised himself that whatever made him this sad would never happen again.—————————————————————

Techno had been tweeting at the rest of the sleepy boys since the start of the meetup. The American wished he had gotten to meet up with his friends but sadly because of covid there was no way to safely visit the UK, so instead they settled for FaceTiming one night so that Techno wouldn’t feel as left out.

Techno grabbed his specially made phone and anxiously waited for the call. When Phil’s contact showed up Techno opened it immediately and was greeted by the familiar blonde human’s face along with Tubbo in the corner.

“Hey Techno!” Phil smiled as Tubbo waved aggressively.

Techno smiled and waved back, “Hullo.”

After a little bit of shuffling Wilbur appeared on the screen with something cupped in his hands.

“What you got there Will?” Techno asked with an amused expression.

“It’s me bitch! Ayyy Techno,” a loud and annoying but familiar voice yelled form the taller man’s hands.

“Oh hey Tommy,” Techno laughed, but besides that there was almost no reaction to Tommy’s height.

“That’s it? No big ‘wow you’re small’ or like ‘poggers’ or anything?” Tommy asked.

Techno hummed in response, “Nah why would I care your nothing special cause you’re small.”

Tommy huffed and crossed his arms at Techno, “I’m not special bitch? I’m the only tiny here I’m amazing!”

A small chuckle left Techno as he realized the situation.

“And why are you so sure you’re the only one huh?”

Tommy blinked wide eyed at Techno before a wide grin spread across his face.

“Wait you’re small too?” Phil asked.

Techno nodded to his friends who all had different ranges of shock on their faces.

“Oh fuck yeah!” Tommy screeched causing everyone to laugh.

“See I knew this is why you were so much cooler than these bitches were alpha men you see,” Tommy laughed.

“Yeah,” Techno smiled, “I’m sure that’s why.”

The rest of the call was calmer however Tommy continued to insist that Techno and him were much cooler than the rest of the them. —————————————————————

The first time Tommy had been grabbed to try to get him to calm down or stay still it had been by Phil when he was trying to cook breakfast and Tommy kept getting too close to the stove top. Phil placed his hand over Tommy to keep him still when he felt the kid latch onto his pointer finger and try to pull it away.

“Ay what are you doing mate?” Phil laughed as the tiny continued to struggle with his finger.

“I’m wrestling you big man can’t you tell, and I’m fucking winning!” Tommy grinned.

Phil chuckled at the kid before flipping him over with his thumb.

“Yup you’re winning sure,” he said slyly.

When Wilbur and Tubbo walked in to Phil trying to pin down Tommy with his fingers while the small boy laughed and pushed them away as much as he could they had no fucking clue what was going on.

[saywha413]

i made a pokemon team for each of the mhs2 battle buddies and im v proud of myself for doing so

(edit 7/28/21: I forgot to gender cheval’s pokemon lol)

(this would look best if you pasted it into showdown)

Kayna

Ranmar (Archeops) (M) @ Power Herb   Ability: Defeatist   EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe   Timid Nature   IVs: 0 Atk   - Earth Power   - Heat Wave   - Roost   - Meteor Beam  

Avmar (Archeops) (M) @ Absorb Bulb   Ability: Defeatist   Shiny: Yes   EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe   Jolly Nature   - Earthquake   - Rock Slide   - Roost   - Hone Claws  

Comfey (F) @ Wide Lens   Ability: Natural Cure   EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe   Timid Nature   IVs: 0 Atk   - Aromatherapy   - Pollen Puff   - Light Screen   - Energy Ball  

Tsareena (F) @ Wide Lens   Ability: Sweet Veil   EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD   Sassy Nature   - High Jump Kick   - Reflect   - Aromatherapy   - Giga Drain  

Toxapex (M) @ Expert Belt   Ability: Regenerator   EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpA   Bold Nature   IVs: 0 Atk   - Baneful Bunker   - Toxic   - Ice Beam   - Recover  

Alwin

Shaulk (Lapras-Gmax) (M) @ Never-Melt Ice   Ability: Shell Armor   Gigantamax: Yes   EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe   Timid Nature   - Freeze-Dry   - Drill Run   - Thunderbolt   - Reflect  

Ninetales-Alola (F) @ Icy Rock   Ability: Snow Warning   EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe   Timid Nature   IVs: 0 Atk   - Aurora Veil   - Dazzling Gleam   - Nasty Plot   - Heal Bell  

Gallade @ Expert Belt   Ability: Steadfast   Shiny: Yes   EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe   Hasty Nature   - Aura Sphere   - Ice Punch   - Shadow Ball   - Poison Jab  

Togekiss @ Charti Berry   Ability: Serene Grace   EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpA   Quiet Nature   - Extreme Speed   - Hidden Power [Ice]   - Flamethrower   - Soft-Boiled  

Decidueye (M) @ Spell Tag   Ability: Long Reach   EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 SpD   Sassy Nature   - Hidden Power [Ice]   - Energy Ball   - Spirit Shackle   - Toxic  

Avinia

Frostfang (Luxray) (M) @ Magnet   Ability: Guts   EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Spe   Brave Nature   - Ice Fang   - Iron Tail   - Thunderbolt   - Crunch  

Frosmoth (F) @ Never-Melt Ice   Ability: Ice Scales   EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 SpA   Mild Nature   - Bug Buzz   - Ice Beam   - Leech Life   - U-turn  

Aurorus (F) @ Icy Rock   Ability: Snow Warning   EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 SpD   Calm Nature   IVs: 0 Atk   - Aurora Veil   - Blizzard   - Light Screen   - Stealth Rock  

Glaceon (F) @ Never-Melt Ice   Ability: Ice Body   EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpA   Brave Nature   - Ice Beam   - Ice Fang   - Facade   - Triple Axel  

Corviknight (M) @ Metal Coat   Ability: Mirror Armor   Shiny: Yes   EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 SpA   Quiet Nature   - Drill Peck   - Nasty Plot   - Flash Cannon   - Iron Defense  

Reverto

Samurott (M) @ Mystic Water   Ability: Shell Armor   EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpA   Naughty Nature   - Razor Shell   - Sacred Sword   - Swords Dance   - Surf  

Mienshao (F) @ Black Belt   Ability: Regenerator   EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe   Lonely Nature   - Agility   - Coaching   - Aura Sphere   - Low Kick  

Slaking (M) @ Expert Belt   Ability: Truant   EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpA   Naughty Nature   - Bulk Up   - Brick Break   - Facade   - Ice Beam  

Liepard (M) @ Black Glasses   Ability: Limber   EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe   Hasty Nature   - Dark Pulse   - Burning Jealousy   - Play Rough   - Taunt  

Raichu-Alola (F) @ Expert Belt   Ability: Surge Surfer   EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe   Timid Nature   IVs: 0 Atk   - Calm Mind   - Thunderbolt   - Psychic   - Signal Beam  

Kyle

Tsukino (Perrserker) (F) @ Quick Claw   Ability: Tough Claws   EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 SpD   Careful Nature   - Hone Claws   - Iron Defense   - Baton Pass   - Iron Head  

Garchomp-Mega (M) @ Garchompite   Ability: Rough Skin   - Earthquake   - Dragon Claw   - Fire Blast   - Swords Dance  

Dragonite @ Expert Belt   Ability: Inner Focus   EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD   Modest Nature   IVs: 0 Atk   - Hail   - Blizzard   - Dragon Pulse   - Roost  

Sandslash-Alola (M) @ Wide Lens   Ability: Snow Cloak   EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def   Lax Nature   - Aurora Veil   - Blizzard   - Earthquake   - Toxic  

Inteleon (M) @ Scope Lens   Ability: Sniper   EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe   Hasty Nature   - Snipe Shot   - Air Slash   - Icicle Spear   - Aqua Ring  

(spoiler warning)

Cheval

Rathi (Salamence) (M) @ Expert Belt   Ability: Moxie   Shiny: Yes   EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD   Modest Nature   IVs: 0 Atk   - Flamethrower   - Heat Wave   - Dragon Pulse   - Roost  

Aegislash (M) @ Leftovers   Ability: Stance Change   EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD   Sassy Nature   - King's Shield   - Flash Cannon   - Iron Defense   - Shadow Claw  

Blaziken-Mega (F) @ Blazikenite   Ability: Speed Boost   EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe   Mild Nature   - Aura Sphere   - Coaching   - Flamethrower   - Knock Off  

Incineroar (M) @ Expert Belt   Ability: Intimidate   EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD   Adamant Nature   - Darkest Lariat   - Blaze Kick   - Fire Punch   - Nasty Plot  

Bisharp (F) @ Black Glasses   Ability: Pressure   EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD   Adamant Nature   - Throat Chop   - Iron Defense   - Swords Dance   - Knock Off  

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20, 35 for aLiN, 50 and 54 for the writer asks!

Thanks! XD

I answered 54 here!

20. Post a snippet of a WIP you’re working on.

Completely unedited, but a snippet from the Kate-centric, post season 3 fic. (although this has been edited for here because it holds some potential spoilers for later on in the fic and at least one misleading line)

“You need to find a way to reclaim your body for yourself,” Kisa continues as if Richie had never spoken.

“Is that what you did?” Her voice sounds lost and she doesn’t like it, but she can’t stop herself from clinging to the thought that she won’t always be like this, the hope that she can get better.

“Yes.”

“How?”

“I had sex with Richard.”

Seth chokes on his drink, coughing loudly into the suddenly silent kitchen. Kate can’t see Richie’s face, can’t take her own stunned gaze from the woman before her, but he must be doing something because Kisa looks past her with a softened eyes and parted lips, before returning her attention firmly back to Kate, effectively ignoring both brothers.

“I cared for him and wanted him. But most importantly I trusted him. Physical connection with someone you trust can be a very powerful thing.”

“I don’t trust a lot of people,” Kate blurts out, clinging to the last part like a lifeline as her cheeks burn.  

“Now hold on,” Seth cuts in, words spilling forth in a rush to take control of the conversation. “Let’s just take a fucking breath before we make any rash decisions here.”  

“Kate?” Richie says quietly, a warning and a question and a promise all at once. And Kate knows, has seen the darkest depths and bright, blinding edges of Richard’s tortured soul, has the taste of it etched into her very existence. 

Kisa must hear it too, because she almost freezes, thoughts shuttering behind her dark eyes as she carefully holds her body in a practiced state of relaxation. Seth’s protests grow louder.

“I don’t think sex is what I need,” Kate says slowly, and the room goes quiet, Seth tapering off from where he’s been holding a one-side argument against the whole conversation with the room at large.

35. Tell some backstory details about one of your characters in your story ________.

Let’s see, who have I not given background details on yet? And that won’t also give away future spoilers....

Scott still sets a party with his lacrosse team in this, but since Kate shows up a day later in this fic than in canon, it happened before she gets to Bethel. Under all that desire for revenge (a lot of which is misplaced anger from being a kept chained up at Narciso’s feet for three months) the core of what Scott wants is acceptance so the party goes a bit different. Scott leaves, for starters, when his hunger starts to threaten his control, snagging a neighbor’s pet and then hiding from the sun at home. So while Scott hasn’t killed quite so many people that Kate personally knows/knows about, he’s still the angry little murder bean he is in canon.

Mild-ish spoilers: Kate’s return to Seth has had positive ripples (Seth doesn’t keep Sonja around, Richie is forced to take off his blinders and see how actions affect other people, Kate has someone else backing her for her confrontation with Scott), because Kate is observant and sees the good in people. But a less-than-positive result is that Freddie’s still all alone in his own journey and will be worse off for it.

50. Weirdest story idea you’ve ever had.

Hmm, gotta think about that.

Probably my weirdest-yet-serious fic is a body swap BtVS fic with the whole scooby gang. I actually wrote a good chunk of it out before I lost it all in a computer death and decided not to rewrite it. It got weird in how I decided it was more of a conscious swap over a soul/body swap and so Xander (who was in Willow) had to figure out how to do the spell to get them back to normal, and Dawn (who was in Spike) had to deal with not having a soul, or rather everyone else had to deal with her not having a soul, etc. I’m sure I’ve probably had weirder ideas, but if I can’t write something for whatever reason (like it being too weird) I typically just leave it be.

I did write a The World Ends TBBT fic, which I suppose can be seen as weird, but I think that has more to do with my love of post-apocalyptic stories. (I’ve written a lot of them, lol)

Less serious, but I don’t know how “weird” it is vs plotless and cliche and an utterly self-indulgent FDtD “fic” (it’s more of an exploration in What If) involving time travel that I’ve never written a single word of, letting it exist entirely in my head, but will also happily ramble away about because, like I said, its a very self-indulgent story and I’ve thought about it a lot.

Happy rambily mess that just skims over it while still being really long:

Post-series!Seth and Kate find themselves at the Dew Drop Inn inside the RV moments before a very human Richie comes in with a very human Scott at gun point. Confusion abounds all around and all seven of them, including past!Seth and past!Kate, end up traveling into Mexico with bickering and arguments and everyone’s confusion over how comfortable and familiar future!Seth and Kate are with each other, but Richie’s the one that notices his brother’s new tattoo and puts two and two together, which leads him to decide that he’s Making That Happen. Future!Seth immediately declares they are not going to the Twister and past!Seth does NOT react well to having anyone, even himself, barging in and trying to take charge and becomes a stubborn irrational bastard over it (they may come close to blows on several occasions). Richie and Scott have a bit of geek out over timelines and alternate realities, and future!Kate decides they still need to go to the Twister but she is going to do everything she can to protect her family.

Once at the Titty Twister they find future!Scott and future!Richie (because my brain went humans at the Inn and culebras at the Twister for semi-justifiable reasons), and a big debate begins on who is going in and who is staying in the RV, which is an entire scene that reveals a lot all around. (Jacob notices future!Kate and Scott’s reaction to seeing him and realize what it means that there’s no future him popping up.)

Before all hell breaks loose, things go a little different, with future!Seth sticking by Jacob’s side and past!Richie still playing matchmaker with his time’s Seth and Kate (no Richie and Kate kiss here, which I actually don’t mind in the show, but for some reason do end up getting rid of a lot in season one AUs. But it just makes sense that a Richie that’s trying to hook a girl up with his brother would not kiss said girl), etc. Once the culebras come out, things go much the same as they did the first time, only this time future!Scott rats out Tanner for being on Carlos’s payrole and future!Kate lets slip that he tried to sacrifice her after past!Kate says that he hit on her, and future!Seth decides the future doesn’t really need him anyways and shoots him.

Future!Seth insists he’s the one who’s going to go into the heart of the labyrinth after past!Richie (who still gets shot and bit, but he expects it this time) since he knows how to handle that shit, and since they don’t need to find Scott this time, the Fullers, Freddie, and past!Seth all end up in a different area that still shows them moments of truth/their past, but makes everyone else witness it too (because self-indulgence!) which gives a nice glimpse of the future and insights.

Meanwhile, future!Freddie left the Dew Drop Inn and is with his family trying to explain what’s about to happen to Margaret and fix his marriage before his past self fucks it up. Because Freddie/Margaret have my heart.

[rewiredthethirdblog]

Comment by alpha_ray_burst on Reddit

I love edibles. It took me a long time to get the dosage right though. First 3 times did nothing because I hadn't activated the butter in my no-bake brownies, so I popped "one" in the microwave and had the classic first time edibles experience getting high out of my mind, thinking I might forget how to breathe, high the whole next day, etc. lol

Then I stopped dicking around with DIY edibles and bought a 100mg gummy and cut it into 1mg doses. Took one and it was a nice mild high for about 8 hours. I found out my sweet spot was about 2.5mg, and 5mg would get me blasted for 12hrs. Anything higher than 5mg and I risk being high for a full 24hrs.

But yeah, as far as cost-effectiveness and duration of effect, edibles are my favorite way to consume. Not having to damage my lungs is also a big benefit. The only downside I'd say is if I expect an upcoming drug test (eg. while looking for new jobs) I have to stop using the edibles for 3-6 months to be 100% sure they're totally out of my system before the drug test. Where as smoking would be 30 days ish.

edit: spelling

[1waizumihajime]

hey~ so awhile ago i made a uquiz that asked for some unpopular a3! opinions. here is the verdict (note: responses have only been edited for spelling, and if a response mentioned members of multiple troupes they are repeated in each section) enjoy!:

tsuzuru should become a professional gay drama fanfic writer based off the mankai company

Chikage is a cool character but if he doesn't get over his mom trauma and keeps treating women bad its gonna be a problem. Like outside of kidnapping izumi as a sabotage for the company he treated her so bad bc she's a woman and he was like "oh I realize ur not like other girls" I hate it here

Sakuya is underappreciated and deserves some more heart to heart talks.

Citron and Izumi would make a fantastic couple!!

TsuzuMizu is one of the world’s greatest love stories. The Y E A R N I N G

I think that. Chikage :)

I don’t like Masumi

why does everyone like chikage and itaru i dont understand

masumi pls stop deep breathin

Tsuzuru’s deadlines were only for the first 4 plays of the company and the fact that no one says this to him or try’s to help him with his sleep and work means they’re perfectly fine with him ruining his health if they get what they want from him (a good script) in this essay I will

if they don't release the sprites of itaru and banri's older sisters i have no choice but to assume they're hot af and also sapphic

Izumi needs to place a restraining order on Masumi

Muku has bigger duality than Itaru

Masumi is creepy

Itarun is baby

citron is a walking racist stereotype and thats why i dont like a3 :)

itaru is too good looking for his own good, love that for him

sakuya deserves the world but that's not an opinion it's just a fact

I- u. H m— u h— ...... so like- Taichi Banri and Tenma hanging out being friends. Y e s—

muku nonbinary

Yuki is a cishet, and saying he isn't when it's stated he is, and gets bullied for not being cishet makes me feel wrong

a3! writers: we addressed kazu's problems me: you didn't address shit a3! writers: we've addressed them

misumi deserves the world

Yuki is Ace and no it’s a fact people refuse to acknowledge

maybe we should talk more about how kazunari never got his conclusion and still has issues being himself but im just sayin

i don't think is actually unpopular but a3 im begging you. please stop type-casting characters and let characters other than yuki play female characters hdjkhfjkhfjs khjksh ok thanks

Misumi x Tenma is NOT valid (Sorry not sorry)

idk if this is unpopular but i wish misumi’s character was more fleshed out...his whole life can’t be 1.) triangle and 2.) parental neglect ToT

Muku has bigger duality than Itaru

cmon we could have a little izumi/banri's older sister. just for fun and banri's mild suffering

Juza is overrated

I- u. H m— u h— ...... so like- Taichi Banri and Tenma hanging out being friends. Y e s—

if they don't release the sprites of itaru and banri's older sisters i have no choice but to assume they're hot af and also sapphic

i actually don't see the appeal in SakyoIzu. idk, Izumi can do better than that

banri depressed :( thats why he angy

juza and omi superior ship

banri has good fashion taste fite me

taichi is a top tier boy <3

Taiyuki supremacy

jtszbn :]

taichi and juza good ship why does no one ship GRRR i angery

juza is way more interesting than people give him credit for! him just casually offering to cross dress...i love him. also he definitely wears eyeliner

idk man but taichi is severely underappreciated

Juza and banri are both subs but banri is a brat and makes juza top. Juza's mom has beaten god behind a 711

Nachi is best boy

Azumi needs to Stop

Uhhhh the puppy characters aren't actually that cute and Taichi is very annoying on the surface before taking into account his backstory. The characters who have passions and interests outside of just being good to you, the player, are much cuter imo

it's not an unpopular opinion, i'm literally just in love with omi

Homare’s definitely gay, I can feel it

azuma... asexual.. thank u for coming 2 my ted talk

Tasuku is a himbo. He's buff, he's stupid, and contrary to popular belief he is NOT mean, yall are just sensitive. I will die mad about this

Tasuku is a himbo. No I will not budge on this. After he stops being an asshole he BECOMES a himbo and if liber would just SHOW him being the himbo he was meant to be then I'd be able to rest in peace

Hisoka is a really good flirt

U h Hisoka is so fuvkimg short i swear to fucking god he needs to drink more fucking milk-

Beyond the Wall is not that good.

guy deserves more thirsty hoes why does he have so few give guy thirsty hoe stans

homare rights

Homare world domination

hisoka unhinge

Azuma is genderfluid.

Tsumugi and his "grandma" vibe ;)))

Homare mermaid play. We need it

Azuma deserves a hug so does Homare actually all of Winter Troupe deserves a hug

Cybird pls let me date izumi I would like to give her a kiss pls

They’re all gay

Gay

I'm gay

i’m conflicted about izumi bc on the one hand i like fleshed out female leads but on the other hand because i’m so different from her i find it hard to relate to the game sometimes

the anime is still not perfect but I like it for what it is

um i dont hate this particularly, but it annoys me how everyone ships the lead and co-lead (saku&masu, tenyuki, juban) because they have a good dynamic, like ??? yeah lol and?? but its harmless and stuff so in chill w it. only exception is tasuku and tsumu because they do have chemistry!! absolutely hinted at

[rainbowcaleb]

Welcome to The Author’s Meta, a new thing I’m trying where I give you a behind-the-scenes breakdown into the fics I’ve written.

BEWARE! Spoilers abound! I’ll try to keep them mild, but this is like a director’s commentary on a movie; you’re gonna see the movie scenes if you read this lol.

Today’s fic (handily linked above) is the Essek/Caleb fic “First Risk, First Kiss”.

- Like many of my fics, this began with a dream (or I guess a drifting-off-to-sleep-mental-fantasy), particularly the line “The moment sparkling infinite, threads of possibility splayed out like constellations, his whole body drawn further towards and into Essek.”

(more after the cut)

- This is not the first Shadowgast I wrote, but it happens to be the first I posted.

- If you’ve been following my ao3, you know I’m working on a Shadowgast series right now (eventually 12 parts...what was I thinking!?) and I had the outline for part 4 before part 1. Part 2 and 3 were needed to  help bridge 1 to 4.

- Anyways back to the fic.

- I actually really like writing in this kind of lyrical style, I’m not sure if it has an academic term but I call it “proesie” (prose/poetry). Unfortunately I find it SO hard to keep up when there’s a million characters (looking at you mighty nein!) or a substantial amount of action. Proesie works best for duos or for monologue ridden folks like Caleb.

- I have Plans (with a strong capital P) that thread from the quick conversation Essek and Caleb have about what it means to be human and want a life partner. They glance over it here (and do a rather good job of avoiding the subject in later fics) but that is a thread I want to tug at the next time I can get these two in the same room for a private conversation!

- one of my favorite lines “You experience life with such intensity” I feel like really sums up both how I see Caleb and how I see myself sometimes. Like, sometimes emotions and experiences just feel too big to be contained in one heart.

- “it was a chess game too evenly matched” One (fun) problem I see at the heart of Shadowgast is they both were playing each other when they first met, both prodigies of their own kind, both too smart for their own good, trying to outwit a potential enemy or gain a new useful contact. It’s an interesting bruise to poke at now that they’ve developed from ‘associates’ to ‘friends’ to more. What does it mean to let go of manipulation to ensure success, and instead to take a risk with no guarantee?

- A commonality you’ll see through all my Shadowgast series will be the idea of sharing bodies (eheheh) will feel like sharing magic. Or kissing tastes like magic, or they have compatible spells, etc. I have essays worth of thoughts about how magic FEELS for them, metaphorically and not, and it’s just SO fun to explore.

- I won’t be getting too into the metaphorical magic stuff too much in the Clock Hands series, but absolutely you’ll see it in “Proverbial Ghost” (the next big work I’m currently writing AHHHH)

- One thing I love to do is leave tiny breadcrumbs for readers to be able to come back and reinterpret after reading later chapters in a work.... “First Kiss” is a little too short for anything major, other than the “humans are different than drow” thread, and some of Caleb’s interior monologue questions and anxieties definitely reappear too.

THE END.

So why am I doing this? (1) I adore behind-the-scenes and meta information from artists and authors. I love finding out why someone wrote a certain scene or chose a certain color. Maybe you’ll like my BTS too!

And (2) I want to learn a healthier way to engage with my own fics. I tend to write my fic, get stuck in a spiral of editing and editing and editing, get frustrated with editing and just post it, then never re-read it. (Yikes @ myself ). So this is a way for me to re-read my own fics and remember all the reasons why I enjoyed writing it in the first place!

[horizonboundtrainer]

This or That ( Muse Edition )

coffee or tea

early bird or night owl ( what is sleep? )

chocolate or vanilla

spring or autumn

silver or gold

pop or alternative ( no preference )

freckles or dimples ( no preference )

snakes or sharks

mountains or fields

thunderstorm or lightning

egyptian or greek mythology

ivory or scarlet

flute or lyre

opal or diamond ( diamonds are at least useful for making scapels )

butterflies or honeybees

macarons or eclairs

typewritten ( if it's meant to be read by somebody else ) or handwritten ( if writing for her / twigs' eyes only )

secret garden or secret library

rooftop or balcony

spicy or mild ( If you aren't in tears by the end of your meal, you're doing something wrong! )

opera or ballet

london or paris

vincent van gogh or claude monet ( Lol she can't even remember who they are )

denim or leather

potions or spells

ocean or desert

mermaids or sirens

masquerade ball or cocktail party

tagged by: @kyohansha, @wanderlust-songbird, @unovasgambler

tagging: steal it

[leossmoonn]

Personal Stuff

masterlist

pairing - lucas scott x fem!reader

type - fluff

note / request - “Can you do a best friends to dating fanfic with Lucas Scott?” Enjoy!! Also not edited sorry if there are spelling mistakes lol

summary - after some help from your friends and jamie, you and luke become more than friends

warnings / includes - mild language, ramatic love confession (bc it’s oth and how else would this happen?), this is after high school. happy ending !

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*gif isn’t mine*

“There’s my favorite basketball player!” You grin as you walk up to your friends. You smile at Nathan, giving him a high-five before you look to Lucas. “Hey, Luke. I didn’t see you there.”

“Yet you don't talk to me?" He questions. You sigh, "I'm sorry. You just seemed so busy.

You grin, “oh, I think I’m hilarious.”

Nathan looks between the two of you, rolling his eyes. “Once you two are done flirting, there is a five year-old who needs to be babysat.”

“Oh, I know. I’m looking at him right now.” You giggle and pinch Lucas’s cheek.

“Hey!” He swats your hand away. “Have you gotten meaner since you’ve been in San Diego?”

“Mm, no, but I think you’ve mellowed out,” you smirk. Lucas sighs, “well, I haven’t had your teasing to keep me in check.”

“Don’t worry. I’m here now, and I’ll have you back in tip-top-shape!”

He lets out a breath laughs, opening his arms out to you and engulfing you into a hug. You close your eyes and wrap your arms around his shoulders, molding into his body.

“I wouldn’t love anything more,” Lucas says.

Nathan sighs impatiently. “I know you two haven’t seen each other for a long time, but I really need to go, and Jamie is about to wake up from his nap.”

You and Lucas pull away from each other, bashful smiles on each of your faces.

“Right. Sorry. Taking care of your son right away!” Lucas exclaims, making his way to the kitchen to make Jamie a snack.

“I’ll do that list of chores Haley left me,” you snort. You turn on your heel to walk away, but Nathan stops you. “Hey, Y/n?”

You stop and turn back around. “Yes, Nate?”

He gives you a warm smile. “It’s nice to have you back. We’ve all missed you. Especially Luke.”

You sigh happily, stuffing your hands into your jacket pockets. “It’s good to be back, Nate.”

It had been two long years since you’ve been back to Tree Hill. After high school, everyone spread out. The only people who have stayed in Tree Hill were Haley and Nathan with their son. Now almost everyone was back, and have been for about a year now. You finally decided to pay a visit to your home and visit your friends and family. You weren’t sure if you were going to stay, you still had your job back in California, but you figured it wouldn’t hurt to stay for a couple weeks.

“Alright, I’ll see you two later. Please don’t have sex with Jamie in the house. He’s too young,” Nathan remarks.

“Oh, shut up!” You exclaim. “I don’t know how Haley has stayed married to you. You’re awful!”

Nathan flashes you a grin while walking out the door. You roll your eyes, finally making your way to the kitchen.

“Looks like we’re still getting teased, huh?” Lucas chuckles.

“Looks like some things never change,” you hum.

The teasing about you and Luke started later on in high school. You two become the closest of friends once Keith died. This led all your friends to ship you two together and make suggestive comments about your relationship. Although your friendship stayed strictly a friendship, you would be lying if you said you didn’t have feelings for Luke.

There were so many chances where you could have gotten together with him. You would have jumped on all those if it weren’t for the love triangle of Peyton, Brooke, and him. But now you all were grown up and moved on. It was the perfect chance for you two to start a romantic relationship. But last you heard of Lucas was that he had a girlfriend who also happened to be his book editor, and he always was dating Peyton well after graduating high school. You were beginning to think it wasn’t in the cards for you.

“I think the little monster is awake,” Lucas whispers.

Your eyes snap up to the ceiling where you hear a thud. “Oh my god, is he okay?”

“Yeah, he’s fine. That was probably Chester,” Lucas explains. You raise your brows. “Who is Chester?”

Lucas grins, “you missed a lot.” “Yeah, so everyone keeps telling me,” you sigh.

“You should stay a while. Your clients don’t need you,” Lucas says.

You scoff with a smile. “They do if they don’t want to get convicted for murder.”

Lucas opens his mouth to reply back, but stops once Jamie appears down the stairs. “Uncle Lucas!” He exclaims, running full speed to Lucas.

“Hey, buddy!” Lucas greets. He picks up the young boy, spinning him around as he hugs him.

You can’t help but smile. “He looks like your son, Luke.”

“Oh, I know. That’s the running joke here,” Lucas grins.

Jamie turns to you, furrowing his brows. “Who’s this?”

You give him a kind smile, walking over to him. “You obviously don’t remember me, but I’m Y/n. I’m a long and old friend of your parent’s.”

“And she’s my best friend,” Lucas adds. “I thought Mommy was your best friend,” Jamie frowns.

“Oh, she is. We’re both his best friends,” you explain.

“Hm, okay. How come I’ve never seen you before?” Jamie questions.

“Well, I’ve been away and at work. I was here when you were born, though. And I came to visit you two Christmasses ago. You were three then. I remember you were so little!” You gush as you remember carrying him around the house, attempting to feed him Christmas dinner, having to change his diaper because Haley and Nathan went to “bed” early.

Jamie purses his lips and looking over you, studying you. “Why haven’t you visited sooner?”

Your eyes flicker to Lucas, raising your brows at how interrogative the five-year-old is. Lucas chuckles softly. “Her job is not in Tree Hill, buddy. Just like Brooke’s. Remember before she moved to Tree Hill, you would only talk to her in the phone?”

“Yeah,” Jamie nods. “Well, it’s nice to see you again, Aunt Y/n.”

You smile, “it’s just Y/n.” “Nu-uh, your Aunt Y/n now,” Jamie grins.

You giggle, “alright. I’m Aunt Y/n.”

“Hey, Jimmy-Jam, why don’t you get dressed to go to the park and Aunt Y/n and I will make you some lunch, yeah?” Lucas suggests.

“Okay,” Jamie nods. “Can you make a pb and j?” He asks.

“You got it boss,” Lucas grins and puts Jamie down. Jamie runs back upstairs, leaving you two alone.

“Cute kid,” you comment. “He is,” Lucas confirms.

“You’re great with him. You ever thought about having a kid of your own?” You ask. “Yeah, but probably not soon,” Lucas sighs.

“Why not? Lindsey not ready for mini-Lucas’s?” You grin. Lucas lets out sad laugh. “Linds and I aren’t together anymore.”

Your smile falls and your brows furrow. You move towards him, wrapping your arms around his middle and pulling him into a hug. “I’m so sorry, Luke.”

Lucas sighs, hugging you back and resting his chin on your head. “It’s alright.”

You pull away and give him a bittersweet smile. “I know how much you loved her. You wanted to marry her.”

“Yeah, I did. I think she wanted to marry me, too.”

You frown in confusion. “What? What do you mean?”

“Well, you know the book I wrote, “The Comet”?” Lucas asks. “Yeah, what about it?” You ask.

“Lindsey thinks it’s about Peyton.”

You slowly pull away from Lucas. “Is it?”

Lucas purses his lips, avoiding eye contact. His hands slip off your body and he steps backwards, resuming making Jamie lunch.

“Luke,” you frown. “It’s not about Peyton! I’m over Peyton. Yes, I loved her and I still do, but I have no desire to be with her. Why does everyone find that hard to believe?” He groans, roughly spreading peanut butter into a piece of bread.

“I don’t find it hard to believe, Luke, but can you blame everyone for being suspicious? You left Brooke for Peyton, you wanted to marry Peyton, everything was about Peyton.”

“Yeah, but it’s not anymore. She’s moved on, I sure as hell have moved on. I thought I could spend a life with Lindsey. Be with her forever.”

You give him a sympathetic smile. “I’m sorry, Luke.”

“It’s not your fault.”

“I can still say I’m sorry. I understand.”

“Oh, you do? You were engaged, but ended it because your fiancé thought you were in love with somebody else?”

You chuckle softly, “no, but I was in a relationship and I also thought we were going to be together forever.”

Lucas raises his brows. “Really? How come I haven’t heard about this?”

“Because we were both so busy, and I never told anyone.”

“How long ago was this?”

“Three months.”

“Why did it end?”

You shrug, “personal stuff.” “Mm, so there was somebody else,” Lucas raises his brows.

“There wasn’t! Now stop digging. I come back for a little bit and you decide to focus on the past?”

“You’re the one who started it.”

“Mhm. I asked about your future and that led to the past.”

“I suppose,” he sighs. “Help me make Jamie lunch, yeah?”

“Do I have to? I think I’d be better at eating lunch,” you grin. He glares at you playfully. “You agreed to babysit Jamie.”

“He’s not even here! So my job hasn’t officially started yet.”

“Fine I’ll make you something to eat, too.” You’re lucky I love you.”

Your heart skips a few beats. Your eyes meet his and you two share a cheeky smile, heat crawling up both of your faces.

“I love you, too, Luke,” you grin. “Oh, I know. I’m just that cool,” he winks.

Butterflies flutter in your stomach and you nod in agreement. “You definitely are.”

————

“And that’s another one for Jamie and still zero for Y/n. Hey, did you know you suck at basketball?” Lucas asks you.

You scoff, “did you know you are very rude and a horrible role model.”

“What?” Lucas exclaims. “Jamie, am I a horrible role model.”

Jamie grins and looked between the two of you, then nodding in agreement. You giggle and put your arm around Jamie’s shoulders, pulling him to your side. “Looks like you’re two against one, Scott.”

“Well, looks like you’re 15 to zero, L/n.”

“What’re you gonna do about it, hm?” You raise your brow.

Lucas looks you up and down, chewing on his bottom lip. “You’ll just have to wait and find out.”

You two don’t break eye contact until Jamie stands in between you two.

“Can we go home? I’m tired,” he states. “Sure,” you nod. “It’s getting dark, anyways.”

“Are you hungry?” Lucas asks you two. “Starving,” you admit.

“Yes. I need food or I’m going to die!” Jamie exclaims.

Lucas chuckles and stands up from the bench. “Why don’t we order some pizza then, yeah?”

“I don’t want pizza,” Jamie frowns. “What do you want, buddy?” Lucas questions.

“I’m not sure.”

“Well, you have to decide.”

“Why don’t I don’t make something? I can see what Haley has in the fridge,” you suggest.

“You don’t have to do anything. You’ve been playing basketball for a few hours. I bet you’re tired,” Lucas shakes his head.

You shrug, “I barely ran any. I’m okay to cook.”

“Yeah! Please, Aunt Y/n? Lucas can’t cook anything,” Jamie grins.

You can’t help but laugh. Lucas playfully glares at the kid. “Hey, watch your mouth. That’s rude.”

Jamie shrugs, “it’s true.”

Lucas sighs with a smile and looks back at you. “Can I help you then?”

“I would like that a lot,” you grin.

————

You and Lucas are sitting on the couch. Jamie is in bed and you two are sharing a box of beers, waiting for Nathan and Haley to show.

“You think they ditched their kid?” You smirk. Lucas chuckles and takes a sip beer. “Nah, they love that kid. They wouldn’t trade him for the world.”

You smile, “mm, I can see why.” You stare down at your fingers, playing with the drawstring of your shorts. Lucas focuses on you, admiring how pretty you look in the dim living room lights. How soft your lips look, and how sweet you smell. It’s been a long time since he’s been able to just sit and enjoy you. He wasn’t going to waste any time in taking you in.

“How’s thag second book going?” You ask.

“Honestly, not as well as the other one,” he sighs. You face him, giving him a sorry smile. “Oh, why not?”

“Just all the drama work Peyton and Lindsey. People thinking it’s a science fiction book.”

“Wow. I’m sorry, Luke. For what it’s worth, I think it’s an awesome book,” you say.

His brows raise. “You read it?”

“Yep,” you grin. “How did you know about it?” He asks. “Haley told me. You know, I do talk to our friends,” you snort.

“Yet you don't talk to me?" He questions. You sigh, "I'm sorry. You just seemed so busy. I didn't want to bother you."

"I'm ever too busy for you, Y/n. You're my best friends. Never think that," he shakes his head. He rests his hand on yours, causing you to keep staring at him.

"Thank you. It means a lot," you say. He nods, "of course. So, where are you staying?" "Here? Oh, well, I found an apartment complex about an hour away," you answer. Lucas furrows his brows. "Really? What happened to your house?"

"My parents sold it as soon as I graduated. They moved to Florida," you explain. "Ah. That sucks. I'm sorry," he sighs.

You shrug, "it's no problem."

"If you want to stay in Tree Hill, you can live with me for the time being," he suggests.

Your eyes widen in surprise. Heat crawls up your neck as you think about living with him. Having breakfast together, watching movies late at night and cuddling, maybe accidentally running into each other when one of you gets out of the shower. It all seemed like a dream. Something you had been wanting for so long. But now that it seemed to be real, you didn't know if you should take the offer or not.

"Or not." Lucas's hand slides off of yours and the warmth is gone. You perk up, scooting closer to him and shaking you head fervently. "No, no, I'm sorry. I was just thinking about it."

"Mind clueing me in?" He asks.

"Well, I haven't had a roommate since sophomore year of college. It would be a little weird sharing a space again, but it could also be fun."

"I think it would be fun, too. Like old times," he smiles. "Old times?" You cock your head to the side.

"I just mean being close again."

"Ah, right. Yeah, it would be like old times then."

The air between you two is thick with uncertainty. You catch his eyes slipping down to your lips and butterflies shoot down between your thighs. He moves closer to you, putting his arm on your knee. Your eyes flicker from his placement then to his lips then to his eyes. Your heart skips a few beats and you feel a little lightheaded.

"So what do you say? Move in with me?" He leans forward and you can feel his breath on your lips.

"I… I… I'm going back in another couple weeks, though," you say.

"Stay forever. Everyone else is here, Y/n. We all miss you and would love it if you came back. I would," he says.

"Luke, I don't think —"

"I know life here was not easy for you when you were younger, but we're all grown up now. You can make new memories."

You swallow hard. "It's not that, Luke."

"Then what is it?" He asks. "Personal stuff," you say just above a whisper.

HIs lips quirk up and your heart flutters. "Like what?"

You search his eyes, feeling yourself lean into him. "Like you." You say before your lips meet his. He goes still for a few moments and you begin to pull away, but his hand gently grabs your neck and pulls you flush against him. You let out a soft moan as he kisses you back, wrapping your hands around his shoulders and playing with the hair at the nape of his neck.

He pulls away after a few moments, keeping his hand around you. "What do you mean?"

"You… You were my personal stuff. The reason why my fiancé and I broke up," you breathe out.

"W-What?"

"Yeah," you admit sheepishly. "Why didn't you just tell me that?" He asks.

"Seriously?" You scoff. "What?" He frowns. "You know what I mean. You were always with Peyton, then Brooke, then Peyton, then Lindsey. I mean, I never thought I would catch a break!" You chuckle sourly.

"You've liked me all this time?"

"Yeah. And before you say anything, I know you never have. You were always obsessed with Peyton —"

Lucas shuts you up with another kiss. Your eyes widen, but you melt into him nonetheless. He cups your cheek as he pulls away, pecking your nose. "What makes you think I never liked you?"

"I just said you were always obsessed with Peyton!"

"Okay one, I was never "obsessed". Two, I've always liked you, Y/n. I remember thinking you were the most beautiful girl in the world at the winter formal."

You stare at him, absolutely stunned. "You're lying."

He shakes his head. "I'm not."

"Then… Then why did you never say something? And what about Peyton? You didn't go through all that drama for nothing, did you?"

"I really did love Peyton. But before that, it was you. And there were so many times where I was about to tell you. I thought you liked me, too, but then you started to distance yourself from me. And then you started dating Jackson. And I was so hurt that I decided moving on was for the best."

"Lucas, I… I didn't realize. I honestly thought you never liked me more than friend."

"It's alright. We both didn't know a lot."

You nod, "yeah, no kidding." You sigh and place your beer onto the table. Just as you were about to sit back down, the front door opens.

"Hey! Sorry we're so late. Dinner was just so fun," Haley greets you two.

You and Luke get up, walking over to the couple.

"No problem. Stay out as long as you want. You guys know I love Jamie," Lucas smiles.

"Thanks. How about you, Y/n?" Haley asks. "He is a cute kid. You guys are great parents," you grin.

"Thanks, Y/n," Nathan smiles. "Thank you both again for watching him."

"Anytime!" You exclaim. "We'll make sure to take advantage of you in the couple weeks you're here," Haley chuckles.

"Um, maybe you can take advantage of it for more than that." You reach over and slip your hand into Lucas's. A blush crawls up Lucas's cheeks and he smiles at you.

"Looks like we missed a lot," Nathan chuckles.

Lucas grins. "Maybe just a little."

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