#*lourdes' edits!

[earthmoonz]

the cast of wifey so far... (minus a select few)

[daleearnhardt]

his only competition is himself.

[goldenwaves]

on the bed, on the floor (i want you in my room) baby, don't you want me, too?

[thequeensofbeauty]

BILLIE LOURD photographed Tasya Van Ree for J Brand Jeans (2018) -

[shovson]

[pinkmoonmp3]

billie lourd via instagram

[autumn816]

❤️ first kiss / realization + chalex hehe 🫶🏻

Hiii Lourdes!!! I hope you enjoy this😊

—

Alex shrieks as Charles bursts into his room.

“Mate, you can’t just barge in like that.” Alex holds his t-shirt over his naked torso as if Charles has never seen him topless before. Good thing he wore his sweatpants first. “How did you come in?”

“Your maman let me in.” Charles sits on the bed, criss-crossing his legs. “I have a date tomorrow.”

Alex ignores the sudden pit in his stomach and opts to pull his t-shirt over his head. “Congratulations?”

“We are going to the arcade right after school so do not wait for me.”

“Okay.” Alex draws out the second syllable.

“It is my first date. Aren’t you gonna ask who it is with?”

Alex really isn’t sure if he wants to know.

“You’re gonna tell me anyway.”

“It’s Max.”

“Max Verstappen!?” Alex exclaims. “What the fuck!?”

Charles lays back on the bed, avoiding Alex’s gaze. “He asked me out.”

“And you thought what, you’ll say yes? You don’t even like him.”

“I do not not like him.”

It makes Alex pause. “Do you… like him?”

“I don’t know. I guess I will figure out tomorrow,” Charles says.

It’s silent for a few minutes, both too busy in their own thoughts until Charles breaks it.

“Alex.”

“Yeah?”

“How are first dates supposed to go? Should we hold hands? When do we know we should hold hands?

Alex smiles. It’s the first smile he lets out since Charles came. There is something so endearing watching Charles ramble.

“Or if he kisses me?”

The smile wipes off his face. The pit in his stomach worsens, like it’s bouncing off his insides and wants to claw its way out of him.

“I have never kissed anyone before. What if I do not know how to kiss?” Charles gnaws his lower lip.

Alex involuntarily snorts. “You’re 14. I don’t think you should be worried if you know how to kiss or not.”

Charles glares at Alex. “You knew how to kiss when you were my age.” The clench in Charles’ jaw captures Alex’s attention for a second. “I heard stories going around the school.”

There is an undertone in Charles’ voice. Alex can’t really tell what it is.

“Exactly.” Alex points at Charles. “Stories.”

“So you did not know how to kiss?”

“I didn’t say that.”

Charles sits up again, playing with his hands on his laps.

Alex sighs. “What are you so worried about, Charlie?”

“I do not want anyone to make fun of me if I cannot kiss.”

The words are out of his mouth before Alex could even think upon them. “How about I teach you?”

“Teach me?”

It’s too late to backtrack now. Charles won’t let it go until he tells him so Alex saves the waste of time and energy. “Show you around a bit. How to kiss. What to do and not to do. All that jazz.”

“You will do that for me?” Charles asks.

I will do anything for you. And yeah okay, Alex doesn’t know where that came from.

“Yeah, Charlie, I would do that for you.” Alex walks up to the bed and sits next to Charles, their knees knocking together. “So, kiss me,” Alex says.

“Non,” Charles says, “you kiss me.”

Alex shakes his head at Charles’ antics and cups his cheek. “Still good?”

“Yes. Kiss me, please.”

Alex leans forward, his lips brushing against Charles.

Charles wraps his hands around Alex’s wrists.

Alex captures Charles’ upper lip between his own, swiping his tongue at the bottom one.

“Open your mouth, Charlie,” he says when Charles doesn’t take the hint.

Charles drops his jaw as wide as he can.

Alex giggles into Charles’ mouth. “Not that much.” He grabs Charles by the chin and closes his mouth until there is barely enough space left. “Just enough to let me slip my tongue in.” He does exactly that. Charles tastes like apple and peanut butter.

Charles snakes his hands into Alex’s hair, scraping his nails at the nape. A noise that he didn’t even know he was capable of making escapes him.

Alex strokes his thumb onto the dip between Charles’ lips and chin.

Charles pulls away first, their noses bumping. Their breaths fan onto each other’s faces.

Alex places his forehead against Charles’ or more so against Charles’ hair because the Monagasque refuses to do something about his hairstyle.

“Was that good?”

“I might need more proof before I come to a conclusion,” Alex selfishly says. He doesn’t wanna stop kissing Charles right now.

This time Charles is the one that initiates the kiss.

Alex kisses him and kisses him and kisses him until their mouths are red and bruised. Charles lets him.

He loops his arms underneath Alex’s and hides his face in Alex’s neck, nuzzling his nose against his skin.

And oh.

Oh.

Everything makes sense. His stomach fluttering, his heart racing, him looking forward to school. It’s because of Charles. It’s always been Charles. Since the day he knew him.

“I think you are a very good kisser. Everyone at school was right.” Charles mumbles into his jaw, placing a kiss right at the edge.

The spot tingles. It burns. Alex turns red. Hearing Charles call him a good kisser makes him feel all kinds of warm.

“You’re too. A natural talent.” Alex teases, trying to diffuse the tension. He turns his head, pressing a kiss to Charles’ forehead.

“I should go. I have homework,” Charles says.

“You should. I need to finish my assignment too.”

Charles pulls away, taking all the warmth away with him. “Sorry, I did not mean to disturb you.”

Alex tugs at a lock of Charles’ hair. “You could never.”

“See you tomorrow?” Charles gets up and walks to the door.

“Yeah.”

“Bye, Alex.”

The first thing Alex does once Charles leaves is grabs his phone. Usually, he would just go to his best mate’s place but, of course, George had to be on a Mathalon trip this weekend.

George picks up on the third ring. The familiarity of his best mate’s voice calms him down a bit. “Alex, it’s bloody 2 am. You better be dying in a ditch.”

“I think I might be in love with Charles.”

—

Heart ask game

[boobpancakes]

the rivera household, winter

[fuckyeahmadonna]

Madonna and daughters Estere and Lola Leon on stage  during opening night of The Celebration Tour at The O2 Arena on October 14, 2023 in London, England. 

[0ut-of-my-head]

weekend mood

BILLIE LOURD in Ticket to Paradise (2022)

[beastsovrevelation]

They should have ended up together :(

[theamazingannie]

Oh I fucking hated that Manifest ending it made absolutely no sense. Rant and spoilers under cut.

Why in hell would they go back to 2013 and undo everything that happened over the last 11 years??? Sure the passengers are forever changed, but what about Olive’s journey? Jared and Drea? All of the other nonpassengers who grew and learned and became something better because of this story? And why them? Zeke survived his death date and he didn’t go back (at least, not until he died the second time). Zeke got to have cool powers and it kinda sucks cuz he was the only one we know who survived his death date so he’s the only one we got to see be affected by it. It would’ve been cool to see what the passengers could do and also how the rest of the world would have reacted. The world HATED the 828ers and instead of getting some resolution with them finding out that the 828ers saved the world, they just all never actually experienced it?

Also, wasn’t something that was a hidden gift in the whole thing that Saanvi’s research had time to develop during those 5 1/2 years? If they go back, then Cal would still be sick and without the research this time. That undos all of that and the connection that that made between Saanvi and the Stones and how fate connected them in so many ways. And they specifically said that they needed time to finish her research and start the trials. He would’ve been dead if he waited. That was a specific point.

Because of the time pause, Olive is now significantly younger than TJ, which the show addresses by making him look at her sadly and then sets him up with Violet. Not only did they steal Olive’s story and growth, they also just completely ruined their relationship that I loved. Plus, they never really gave them a satisfying ending pre-apocalypse. All they did was have Olive say she wanted to fix things so they could have a future together, only for that to now be impossible (unless they meet again in like 10 years when it’s a less weird age gap). This is kind of a smaller reason, but it still bugs me cuz they had such potential to be a great ship and were constantly pushed under a rug, especially there at the end.

And what are they supposed to do now? This is a problem in a lot of time travel/day repeating stories where someone changes seemingly overnight with no explanation except instead of just one person, it’s almost 200. 200 people who know things about the next 11 years, who have been changed beyond recognition, who are now going to change so much stuff in the future that didn’t need to be changed. Yeah, they’re all better people now and will work to do good (allegedly) yadda yadda. What about all the passengers who fell in love with nonpassengers that they now may never meet? Or, like TJ and Olive, can’t be together because of the time jump. Yeah Mick found Zeke and now they can be happily ever after, but what about the nonpassengers who were changed in the years between and now aren’t the same person that the passenger fell in love with? So many of us are shaped by our experiences. What happened to all the other passengers, to their stories? What if the person that they fall in love with’s life is altered because of the choices another passenger makes? What if they move to another state, fall in love with someone else, die??? Another issue tule travel causes is that even the smallest action can domino into something completely different, even just one person let alone TWO HUNDRED. I know that this is probably not something most people think about and they just pay attention to Grace and Zeke being alive and all the happy moments, but it’s not that simple for me and it BUGS ME when writers don’t consider this.

Lastly, on a similar note, how is this any different than it ending with “it was all a dream”??? Like nothing actually changes, none of their callings are set in stone and they’ll have to remember every single thing they did during those 5 1/2 years, things that won’t happen until YEARS later. Ugh I just so hated the way they ended things and it sucks cuz I love this show a lot.

[daleearnhardt]

new era // more yuki

[goldenwaves]

this week. a hot new bombshell enters the villa

[mermaidinthecity]

By Unknown for The New Potato - 2016

[glitterlikegold]

By Tasya van Ree for J Brand - 2018