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#today was very unidirectional lmao#i did have plans to do proper face/skull studies but lmao never did get to it#the start was very blergh n kinda gahhhh#but really got to become fu;#when i got to the portraits that i just scribbled in and it made me want to scribble some poses too#and it was so fun#too bad it gets strained on my hands#but i eaman do more of them#they allow me to get general shape of things and how things go without getting to technical#and there’s much less pressure on everything since it’s just scribbles#soooo funn#also cool point: found this art video that i think will really help#but cba to try that now#i kinda also wanted to make some proper character drawings#in poses n everything#but ehhh i didn’t get to it. hopefully tmmr#also wow my legs really need practice lmaoooo#anyways for tmmr i really wanna draw so#em proper scenes#i have an idea as to what…. so should make a list tonight so i#so im all ready for tomorrow#art journey#5th jan#also at the start wanted to get away from the boxes but keep general idea in end since when i draw the boxes and bodies over well it’s not#really boxes but rectangles anyways cux of that it looks flat#and yeah doing it not rectangles did help#but rectangles n stuff help intially
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lol???? it’s a new day I notice. I didn’t do anything yesterday other than that first unexpected wip LOL and some idea putting down !!!! (Tech two ideas… but probs counts as one) mmmmh. What else. Idk im tired rn. Need to sleep.
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could us newbies get some lore behind the pajama week(s)? this is my first year active in phandom but i've seen it referred in fics before
'pajama week' is a term coined by dnp in 2016 where they don't do any work/check emails/post regular content for an extended period. it started after the american leg of tatinof (x) but now we pretty much only use it in reference to the time between the holidays and the first upload of the new year (usually mid january...they use the term 'week' in the same way they use the word "daily" so it's more like pajama 3 weeks)
pajama week is basically an understood silent agreement that dnp are gonna be mostly quiet and we're not going to ask for signs of life until they're ready to emerge from their cave
(and a secondary silent agreement that we'll still throw a tantrum amongst ourselves and pretend we've never done this before despite not actually expecting anything from dan and phil)
#anon ask#every year they do this and every year we start gnawing at our cage by jan 5th#(except for..2018 dan didn't actually come back from pajama week)#dan and phil#phan
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I am not dead and I have a DPxDC idea to share with you all!
So Ghost King!Danny died died-for reasons I have yet to come up with-and gets reincarnated as one of the BatFamily members. Revolutionary idea I know. But, there’s a catch. It’s not Dick, Jason, Tim, any of the Robins actually, but Danny get’s reincarnated as Cassandra Cain-Wayne. Why did I come up with this you may ask? Because I like Cass. That’s it that is the main reason.
Anyways, Cass doesn’t know or have any awareness of her previous life before being revived by the Lazarus Pit by Lady Shiva. Not even any muscle memories. Which is a good thing since Danny’s muscle memories in fights is a bit like punch kick punch some kind of power punch punch. So a bit after Cass is out of the Pit, the next time she tries to fight crime she is not as good as she used to be, as she’s trying to use her fighting techniques and skills but her brain is telling her to button mash her way through it.
After that Cass tries to train her way back into being a better fighter, with everyone thinking that being killed and immediately being revived the Pit probably just messed with her system in some way.
Cass starts to see some ghosts, mainly animals and shades but Cass mostly brushes it off, and she decides that she can probably use this newfound skill to her advantage when at a crime scene. Cass gets psychically stronger as well, more agile, and she starts to pull pack her punches even more than before so she doesn’t injure anyone too much.
Then someone notices a single, shiny, white hair sticking up from Cass’s roots. But that wasn’t the weird part. It looks like a curved lightning bolt in a way, looking unnatural. Batman finds this a bit odd, and decides it’s best to be safe rather than sorry and brings Cass to all the magic users he can summon to the Watchtower.
Other heroes who wanted to see what was going on were also there, but it’s ultimately Deadman, who managed to tag along to the meeting, who recognized what’s going on. The moment the Batfam entered and Deadman made direct eye contact with Cass, he frantically shouted, “T-THE GHOST KING??? THAT’S who the GHOST KING decided to reincarnated as????”
Needless to say that everyone who heard him was freaking out. That included Cass. All the magic users are like, “Deadman, are you sure?” or “This is bad, what do we do, oh fuck” And Deadman just nods, saying “I mean, I’ve heard from other ghosts that the Ghost King had returned in mortal form, so I kinda just assumed it’s her. She’s definitely ghost some powerful ghost molecules in her tho” Everyone calms down a bit after that, but Cass having some “ghost molecules” in her is concerning.
So now the main quest is figuring out who exactly this Ghost King was, which is the easiest part, and figuring out what happened to him, much harder. All while Cass has an internal and external crisis that she can’t communicate effectively about with bonus powers to worry about. And probably some old ghosts from DP going after her to claim the ghostly throne. Because whether or not they know for 100% sure that she’s the reincarnation of the Ghost King, she’s the most likely candidate.
#danny phantom#dp x dc crossover#dp x dc#dpxdc#reincarnated au#in the drafts no more!#jan 5th 2023#I was brought back from the dead that day and then immediately died#also I don’t really like how I wrote this but the IDEA is what I love so I’m sharing it
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this life is all about leaving and being left, but most importantly, it's all about love
[dogbird, madds buckley || the trap, supernatural || waiting for this story to end before I begin another, jan heller levi || despair, supernatural || aubade with attention to pathos – III., emily skaja || the song of achilles, madeline miller]
#supernatural#spn#destiel#deancas#dean winchester#castiel#cas#web weaving#madds buckley#emily skaja#jan heller levi#madeline miller#poetry#literature#poem#nov 5th
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"Who's that girl" DWM 268 (1998)
So, who would have played the Doctor if she'd been a woman from the first? DWM rounds up the likely ladies …
Hermione Baddeley 1963-66 Renowned for unsympathetic roles in both Brighton Rock and the dour 'kitchen sink'-styled Room at the Top, film veteran Baddeley made an enthralling Doctor - part dragon, part slightly dotty maiden aunt. Eternal juvenile Melvyn Hayes was 'unearthly' grandson Stephen Vivian Pickles 1966-69 Although much younger, and never a lead, the versatile Pickles had been a familiar TV face for 20 years (Harpers West One, etc) before being cast as Baddeley's successor. Her sprightly, elfin Doctor had a penchant for dressing-up, like a St Trinian's tomboy who never left school
Liz Fraser 1970-74 A comic actress familiar from several Carry Ons, Fraser's initial trepidation at taking on an ostensibly serious role soon dissipated. Her bossy, big-sisterly show-off of a Doctor was best paired with dippy companion Joe Grant (later Playgirl pin-up Robin Askwith) Frances de la Tour 1974-81 Gangling, piercing-eyed Shakespearean actress de la Tour played a tweedy, louche, Bohemian Doctor part-based on Virginia Woolf. Caused a minor sensation when she married the young actor who played the second incarnation of Time Lord companion Roman — Peter Davison
Jan Francis 1982-84 Despite rumours that the next Doctor might be played by a man (former New Avenger Gareth Hunt is hotly tipped), the youngest actress yet is cast. Fresh from middlebrow thirties drama The Good Companions, Francis made for a sporty Doctor in Lottie Dod-style tennis whites Lynda Bellingham 1984-86 Known to SF fans for her role as Barbara the Butcher in an episode of Jenna's 7, Bellingham's controversial Doctor was a loud, hectoring grand-dame of the theatre. Unceremoniously 'regenerated' following the Doctor's on- (and off-) screen inquisition in the epic Trial of a Time Lady
Pauline Melville 1987-89 Virtually unknown fringe cabaret and cult comedy artiste is surprise choice for 'back to basics' Seventh Doctor. Fan fears that series will become showcase for childish high-jinks up-ended when Melville stories adopt a sombre, down-beat mood, performed with conviction and gravitas Miranda Richardson 1996 The eldest in a successful line of acting siblings, a favourite of BBC producers since high-profile lead debut in revisionist biographical drama of notorious 20th century 'villain', makes a bid for American network stardom via lavish new big-haired version of Doctor Who. Star Trek actor Alexander Siddig plays love interest Dr Brian
#doctor who#classic doctor who#8th doctor#7th doctor#6th doctor#5th doctor#4th doctor#3rd doctor#2nd doctor#1st doctor#Miranda Richardson#Pauline Melville#Lynda Bellingham#Jan Francis#Frances de la Tour#Liz Fraser#Vivian Pickles#Hermione Baddeley
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ON JANUARY 7TH LET'S ALL GO TO RIDLEY SCOTT'S HOUSE AND ASK FOR THE COVENANT SEQUEL. THE LOOK ON HIS FACE WILL BE AWESOME
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#tommy end#malakai black#my gif making choices are transparent but it’s late leave me alone#not tagging the others because it feels mean tagging ppl for 0.5 frames#but the match is sumerian death squad vs#kazuki hashimoto and shinobu#jan 5th 2013#i know mal and tommy are diff characters but i want more ppl to see the tommy gifs sorry
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Who possessed me and let me borrow their artstyle?
Jancor my beloved (not canon)
Some good old Judgment Day art I decided to finally finish today
No background below the cut
I might repost this later with more shading
Maybe
#transcendence au#my art#jancor#dreamhell#alcor the dreambender#Jan Faust#TAUversery#October 5th#TAUathon#art#my posts#help im addicted to old man youi#help meeeeeeeeee#I didn’t really try on the candles tbh#please don’t ask abt the background#I thought it looked pretty
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The Villain's Housekeeper
(part 1) (part 2) (part 3) (part 4) (part 5) (part 6) (part 7) (part 8) (part 9) (part 10) (part 11)
The superhero waits with a patient smile whilst the security guy locks a pair of handcuffs to the hero’s wrists and to the table. And then they’re both gone, and the hero is alone in the interrogation room. As alone as they can be with the unsubtle mirror lining the wall next to them, at least.
Breaking out has proven a lot harder than the first time. The superhero’s clearly taken notes from their last escape. So here they are, four days later, once again in this interrogation room, waiting, vulnerable, scared of what it means to be here.
Security appears again after a long minute, the door creaking on its hinges in a way that almost sounds like a very familiar, “God, get your fucking claws out of my shit.”
The hero turns as far as the cuffs will let them, which isn’t far at all, but they don’t need to anyway. The villain gets dumped in the interrogator’s chair opposite them three seconds later, a string of sharp insults jabbing at the man from security whilst he locks their own cuffs to the table and pretends he can’t hear them.
The security guard steps back and the villain finally seems to notice the hero for the first time. Their eyes widen, almost imperceivable, their lips parting in surprise.
“Figured you’d like to see who got you in here,” he says, and with a self-satisfied chuckle he lets himself out the door. Just the two of them.
The villain stares at the hero. The hero averts their gaze, ashamed.
“You gave all my shit to [Superhero]?”
Disbelief. The hero wishes they could somehow look away even more. They can feel the villain’s eyes digging into them, begging questions, demanding answers. “I’m sorry,” the hero says past the lump in their throat. “I’m so sorry. I never should’ve—”
“You made me a target for the agency.”
The hero’s next breath is a shudder. “I was– I was scared, I wasn’t thinking—”
“[Hero].”
“I’m so sorry, I never should have—”
“[Hero].”
The hero shuts their mouth. They risk a glance up; the villain is staring– no, watching them, with a softness they didn’t expect to find. Their brow knits into that telltale concern.
“It’s okay, [Hero]. I’m not mad about that.”
The hero tries to hold down a belated snivel of shame and fails. “You’re– you’re not?”
“I told you not to snoop. I’m mad that I couldn’t get a law-obsessed hero to follow one rule.” Their lips tip into a ghost of a smile. “But no. You gave the agency a reason to not kill me. You made me valuable.” A short laugh escapes their throat, a bark of a thing, coarse and alive. “You saved my life, [Hero].”
The hero makes some uncontained noise of bewilderment. “No, [Villain], they want information, they want you alive to—”
“They have all the information they want from me,” the villain says with a smirk. “It’s on your boss’s desk right now. My entire career was detailed in that office.”
“But then why would they—”
“Codes.” The villain’s smirk somehow gets more mischievous. “Half my paperwork is unreadable without me to decipher it, but I don’t feel like letting up on my secrets just yet. They haven’t found anything that can convince me to tell them.” Another laugh, bright, unbothered by their predicament. “Like I say, I’m important now. Indisposable.”
The hero can only gape at them for a second. The villain truly looks out of place, their hands forced to the table, a triumphant smirk on their face like they’re not in the agency’s clutches. To them, to not die for the supervillain’s own terror, is victory.
The villain’s smirk turns into something sweeter, their eyes crinkling slightly with how genuinely they smile for a moment. “And you’re back where you wanna be,” they say softly. “Congrats.”
The hero’s gaze turns downward again. “I’m sorry for—”
“Stop apologising, [Hero]. I said it’s fine.” They reach across the table, as far as the cuffs will let them, to carefully take the hero’s hands in their own. “This couldn’t have worked out better for either of us.”
The hero flinches away from their touch like they’ve been shocked. They don’t have the heart to tell them that’s not true. “[Superhero]’s watching,” they say instead.
“I don’t care,” the villain retorts immediately, but they don’t move to retake their hands. “Look, [Hero], I stepped out of my house with a lot of feelings I didn’t get to say out loud. Walking through those streets, waiting to die, I– I regretted it sorely.”
It’s the villain now who turns their gaze away, their expression carefully neutral. “You did a lot to help me. I tried to help you in return—kind of.” A grin pulls at their lips, and the hero knows that they’re thinking of that goddamn maid outfit. “I found myself… I don’t know, starting to actually like you. I– I think I—”
The door behind the hero cracks against the opposite wall. “Alright,” the superhero says shortly, and the villain’s expression sours immediately. “Fun’s over. Let’s show our prisoners what prison actually means, hm?”
The villain’s eyes turn to the hero, confused, before seeming to finally notice the cuffs on their own wrists.
“Prisoners? What—”
Their question doesn’t come out. The security guard unlocks the villain from the table first. “What the hell does that—”
The security guard shoves the villain to their feet. They whip around to spit at the man behind them but nothing comes out. They just turn back to the hero, then the superhero, then the hero again, their expression dipping into more and more horror as the realisation of what’s happening comes to them. The man has to push them to the door.
“[Hero]—” they try, but they get shoved outside and the door slams behind them.
The superhero sets their eyes on the hero, seemingly very pleased with the outcome of their little reunion.
“Come, [Hero],” he says brightly. He unlocks their own cuffs with a click. “Let’s get these codes out of our friend, shall we?”
(Next part)
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@runarelle @thiefofthecrowns @morning-star-whump @epiclamer
#creative writing#writblr#writers on tumblr#writing#writing community#heroes and villains#hero x villain#the villains housekeeper#broooooo ive finished this thang. the entire series is now queued up for posting#ive never been so pumped in my life i hope yall like it#see yall on jan 5th for the epilogueeeeeeeee
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do u even remember how we started following each other (the first time) i just saw ur one of my earliest remainingly-visible notes on ny art from TWENTY-TWENTY and im like damn 1. its been that long 2. what did we possibly have in common then kjsf was it just IDs.
literally not a clue. but the date range is about right. if i remember correctly there was a route 'hey that post was turf shit' dm b4 any real convo. 2020 i think? so mutuals? or just one way following? for that long. really have no idea. a real zero fandom overlap at the time. just IDs. and i liked your art.
now im sure you didnt send this to give me a research project but i have a blog so i dont have have a brain so. tracking ur ghost on my posts. earliest confirmed interaction i found. oct 5th 2020. INDEED. image description bitching. there are earlier posts with the suspicious (x) notes but have only (x-1) users in the likes. maybeee there was one other blog who was a regular and deleted/got deleted but... not likely more than that.
oct 8. about shower chairs.
nov 11. loona is group, not a person
nov 13. reading the intercept is hard
dec 11. stars align sweep
suspected interactions: dogs and halloween fireworks (maybe on ur blog or maybe at a different fireworks heavy date?? oct 31, naturally), unrainbows your sprinkles (dec 1)
earliest rbing art: nov 17, dec 3, dec 18, dec 24, dec 27
#some shit#the indexers temperament moment... someone should pay me to do stuff like this lol#earliest posts i rb'd from you i could find was sept 5th. but i also didnt check much further back than that either#looks like we started talking more around jan 2021. and the rb form of reply convo has preserved that better#for a while thought there was a chance u were from before i took a blogging break? ...not a break break#but i didnt start personal blog again till 2020. b4 pandemy actually.#at the time. i tended to just check the blogs of whoever was in my notifs... u know. not knowing anyone i was following.#i never got a sense of how old your own blog at the time was. but if it helps i was jojo posting. of all things. winter 2019/2020#cr posting in winter/spring. 2020. mash blogging in summer 2020.#oh and i picked up blase ball benish impact and celeste all sometime in there lol.#AND A LOT OF. more politic blogging. lol. wild stuff in there. fjgbsjdhgjdf. which is were the first use of calling myself wifi came from#oct 27. fucking wild.#okay........ [posts this]....... dfmjs
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huh…. very surprisingly I worked on drunk!aos wip???? IM IN SHOCK AND PLEASANTLY SURPRISED! okay so. was thinking about aos again and aos2 and like u know after u know. Watching edits and stuff and was thinking about fics again and just…. went to check u know the wips. And it was there. Opened it. Was reading it. Thinking about how I DO like it but feel very blergh about a lot of things that I wrote about it??? Yeah and then u know the lil edits I could do but was just ignoring cuz idk. I didn’t feel like making *one* change was worth it. It would be annoying having to like. Go to the spreedsheet n log that in when… it wasn’t really anything. Then stopped and was like. Wanted to challenge that mentality I had and was like. Who cares u know and worked on it.
And…. Continued to work on it?
I was like stuck on the scene that’s supposed to transition to like. Him laying there. And like. All I had in my mind was her pov. After that. BUT THIS FIC IS MEANBT TO BE WRITTEN IN HIS POV so I’ve been ignoring that but went. Why don’t I just? Do it? Who cares if it’s supposed to be in his pov in the end. Does it MATTER if I write her pov now?????? I can always like. Freakin change it. Right now, I feel like writing her pov and it would help.
So.
I did it. Personally, wasn’t feeling like it was the right thing. Right thing is not the word for it. More like….. it’s not like something I’d want for final version, I would rather edit that. And likely cut out all of it. But I kept… writing. It doesn’t really matter if it’s like that, right? Like. It’s really just *getting it all out* like it’s not like the lines itself are even bad. It’s just feels like u know. Mmmh. Hard to describe but LETS TRY
okay so u got the scene “R kisses T” and the first thing that just comes into mind:
R leans into to kiss T. He’s nervous. He doesn’t know what he’s doing, really. His hands are clammy. Flickering his eyes up into T’s eyes, he finds they’re closed. Oh. Suddenly, it feels. Like. It’s all on him. The responsibility isn’t good at all.
ANYWAYS. so like. you see, I wrote this right now and while writing. I literally. Just kept writing abt whatever came to mind. I did not like it. More like it “felt wrong” cuz I was just going on and the scene felt so. BLERGH! wrong!
like the way it immediately goes to “he’s nervous” and went on continuedly about his thoughts. Just. Eh. No. That cut down the whole tension of the scene. I wanted to only focus on the movements! You know! But is it bad that I wrote all of those thoughts? Nope! It like gives me *more* details about the scene and while I even want to cut it out later, it’s okay. Since it can give me help about what to write about the scene and even how to continue it.
like there was a lot of this in what I just wrote. Not the thoughts thing only, as there where lines too that weren’t thought but more description that I feel very wrong to have there but JUST WROYE IT. Cuz! Nothing is gonna happen if it does right????? And I’d have a lot of material to work with later! But it does feel very, very odd. And wrong. But I guess I just gotta work with that. Anyways. Yeahhhh.
#january 2024#5th jan#also huh. noticed this drunk!aos wip and the ep4/5 kiss wip#really do all go together#and got some urge to even write EARLIER into the ep ahahah#at the banquet lol as I was writing her pov#itd be so good#while I don’t feel the urge yet to put the kiss wip and the drunk wip *together*#into one whole thing now. it’s really cool to try and connect them heh
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merry christmas to you too, spices :)
#i hope everyone else is also bracing themselves for when the wines noman visits tomorrow#and the scoundrel will be expectedly. um.#the scoundrel.#yin-thoughts#fallen london#for those who have never played FL during christmas before: from now til jan 5th there's a new daily visit from mr sacks#everyone's favorite definitely real definitely legitimate definitely not made of lacre master#dont forget to get all of your advent calendar goodies as well if you havent already!!
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you know what it never was? that serious. it was never that serious and quite frankly it’ll never be that serious :’)
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ok so while we're running from bob the scary goopy goober guy lets catch up yalls two. ron your dads been drinking because he misses you. and leo your son is uh probably vulnerbale to water since hes a folder now idk- oh and also hes been impaled by bob
📂: "...wait what did the vulnerability to water have to do with any of this?"
#bob no escape au#ne bob mod#no escape bob au#no escape bob mod#ask#bobs onslaught#fnf ron#ron fnf#fnf little man#little man fnf#leonard manfred#leonard manfred = little man#yea he hasnt noticed the clouds.... oof.....#also this was in drafts too but as of now (2pm on jan 5th#im thknkin about just going ahead and postiny what i got#ye.
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🍰 Happy Birthday [oneshot]
dabi × poc friendly f!reader.
-> safe for work // 1,633 words // AO3. -> warnings: smoking, swearing, cheesy, dabi has an avoidant attachment style, self-harm mention but nothing happens.
summary: He wanted this conversation to be over and done with, snuffed out like a cigarette under his boot. It'd be easy enough to end it himself, all he had to do was be an asshole and leave you behind. Nothing he hadn't done before.
"Knock knock, mind if I join you?"
"Yes."
"I brought cake."
He turned his head slightly towards you, eyeing the paper plate in your hands. In it sat a pretty little slice of glazed strawberry cake with a plastic fork stabbed into it. You had made sure to pile on a bunch of strawberries, just for him.
You may have been the newest addition to the League of Villains, but it wasn't hard to figure out that he was intentionally a loner. Criminals were usually careful not to form close connections with others and the League was no exception. That didn't stop you from being on friendly terms with the other members. They even threw a birthday party for you tonight. With karaoke.
Whereas, Dabi evacuated the mansion at the first sign of a celebration. He rose from his chair when Toga and Twice carried out the cake hidden under a mountain of candles and he was out of the building by the time Mr. Compress enthusiastically joined in on their vocals with a harmonization.
His eyes glanced down at you as he blew smoke out of the side of his mouth and flicked his cigarette away. You frowned.
"That could start a forest fire."
"I could start a forest fire." There was a subtle twitch of his lip that would have went unnoticed had the clouds not cleared from in front of the moon in time.
You offered him the cake, which he took wordlessly, ignoring you as you snuffed out his cigarette. Once no longer lit, you shoved it in your pocket to properly dispose of later. You crossed your arms and leaned against the tree, staring out at the umbrous silhouettes of the night-time forest.
"Being this far out from the city is so nice. Fresh air, no noise pollution. Bunch of stars."
"There's noise pollution," Dabi swallowed down a strawberry. "Y'make it every time you open that dumb mouth."
You snorted in amusement. "You know you'd miss it if I stopped talking to you."
"If I never have to hear you yappin' at me again, it'd be too soon."
You playfully blew a raspberry at him in fake-annoyance. "You'd have to find someone else to bug you." You pursed your lips. "He's already got Toga, but I'm sure Twice could squeeze in a second best friend," you teased.
He rolled his eyes as he took another bite.
"Spinner?"
"The hell am I gonna talk about with that lizard?"
"First of all, it's a gecko quirk and you know that so don't be mean," you declared in defense of your comrade. "Though, you're right -- what would you talk about..? I assume that also means no Tomura, then? I don't think I've ever seen you guys talk casually before -- aside from the dryest conversation about the weather… Maybe if we find some common ground between you two--"
"Fuck no."
"Aww, hey, he's not that bad. He's just…"
You rubbed at your neck unsure of what to say. Nothing you could say would change his thoughts on the matter. You weren't particularly close with Shigaraki, he had his own way of going about things which could be off-putting to most, but he just struck you as an awkward person who grew up without much social contact.
"The League sure is full of lonely people, huh?" You looked back up at the star-filled night for a few minutes, the both of you settling into a comfortable silence. An owl hooted in the distance as a cricket began to chirp from somewhere nearby. "I've always wondered if shooting stars ever got lonely."
He raised a disinterested brow at you as he chewed on another strawberry.
"Sorry," you shook your head and laughed in embarrassment. "I like stars. Do you?"
"Stupid question."
You wondered if it really was that stupid. Stars must seem miniscule to someone capable of burning as brightly as him. You leaned your head against the trunk and watched him finish his cake.
Earlier in the day, while writing down a list of necessary ingredients to bake and decorate the cake, there had been a conversation about birthdays. You couldn't remember who exactly brought up the topic, but you certainly weren't expecting the other members to easily give away that information. Unsurprisingly, Dabi was the only one that didn't share his.
He followed a gust of wind that swept through the night and as he passed you he flicked his plastic fork at you. You clumsily caught it and complained, only earning his indifference in return. He turned his back to you and set the paper plate ablaze. You opened your mouth to remind him of trashcans and how they still exist, but the words died in your throat as you watched the smoke get carried away by the breeze, away from you.
You were secretly grateful that he was too busy making his way to an adjacent tree to notice you bite back a smile.
"Dabi."
"What is it now?" He leaned against his new tree and lazily shoved his hands in his pockets. He was always good at keeping his distance.
"You don't have to tell me your birthday."
He scoffed, "Way to state the obvious."
"We can share mine."
He narrowed his eyes at you, analyzing you for any sign of a punchline but your face was earnest. Annoyingly so.
"What makes you think I want your dumb-ass birthday?"
"It's not that I think you want it, but wouldn't it be nice to have a day to celebrate… you?"
"What's there to celebrate," he sneered. He didn't mean for it to be taken so seriously, but the dopey look of concern on your face made him regret he said anything. Your brows furrowed.
"A lot. There's a lot to celebrate."
"Don't get all mushy, you're creepin' me out."
"Am I?"
"Yes," he growled. He wanted this conversation to be over and done with, snuffed out like a cigarette under his boot. It'd be easy enough to end it himself. All he had to do was be an asshole and leave you behind. Nothing he hadn't done before.
Deep, deep down there was a hungry part of him that ached. It belonged to the part of him that he had refused to acknowledge for the past seven years. He continued to ignore it's existence despite it being the very thing that kept him rooted in place, as though he were one of the trees in this giant fucking forest. The frustration it filled his chest with made him want to light himself on fire.
"At the expense of sounding like a creep…" You chewed on your bottom lip as you stared back up at the stars. Your fingers fiddled with a loose thread on your clothes. You were so easy to read.
"I'm really glad you're here."
Another breeze passed between the two of you, carrying your words along and rustling leaves. You looked over at him with eyes that overflowed with a depth of sincerity that made him want to start a wildfire and let himself get caught in it. He felt physically ill.
"You're gonna make me sick."
One of Dabi's eyes squinted more than the other as his tongue poked out of his mouth enough for you to see his tongue piercings. You would've thought it was cute the way his face scrunched in disgust if you didn't feel so offended right now.
You huffed and stared at the grass as you tried to ignore the heat that crept up to your cheeks. "Was it really that bad?"
"Cheesy as hell. Keep that shit to yourself."
You shook it off and sighed exaggeratedly. "Well, since you seemed to like it so much, I might have to do it again for you some time." You stuck your tongue out at him playfully.
"Don't you fuckin' dare or I'll roast you on the spot."
You grinned and opened your mouth to shoot him a lighthearted retort when you heard your name being called in the distance. You turned to look around the tree and saw Toga waving you over for your turn at karaoke. You waved back at the younger girl in acknowledgement before she hopped back inside the mansion.
"I'm surprised they managed to pry the mic out of Mr.'s hands long enough to give someone else a turn," you laughed. "See you later. I'm glad you liked the cake."
"Yeah, yeah."
He pulled out a pack of smokes from his jacket and stuck a cigarette in between his lips. He lit it and watched as you fiddled with the plastic fork he flicked at you earlier. "What're you still doing here for?"
You smiled at him.
"Happy birthday."
"Tch, cheesy," he spoke humorlessly as you turned away. "By the way..."
You looked back at him and felt your face burning up as you saw his gaze drop from your eyes down to your lips.
"…Dabi?"
He smirked.
"Y'got cake on your face."
You blinked a few times as you processed his words before swiping your mouth. You looked at your hand to see the vivid scarlet of the strawberry glaze.
"Oh." You looked at it for a moment before wiping it against your clothes and giving an awkward laugh, "Um, thanks."
"You got a room full of ears to make bleed, mine've had enough. Get outta here."
You laughed before you jogged back to the mansion. He stared at the ground where you previously stood and took a drag of the cigarette. With each inhale, the toxins purged his body of a restlessness that had been stirred by the zephyr of your words.
You talk too much.
He looked up in time to see you wave goodbye at him before you disappeared inside. He breathed in another lungful of fumes before exhaling it up at the same sky that always seemed to captivate you.
"Happy birthday."
#dabi x reader#dabi x you#dabi#todoroki touya#grumpy sunshine#if you squint#it's a scene from a longfic i've been working on privately#first post i dunno how to tag this#i havent even set an icon or changed from default tumblr theme#fuck it we ball#edit nov 8 2023: um i waited a week before rereading and editing and other than cheesiness its not as bad as i thought it was when i posted#i got some new ideas last week but i take 1000 years to write and edit so hopefully i can post one of them in time for his birthday in jan#SpookyxSprinkles#edit april 5th 2024: cleaned little mistakes + wordings that've been bothering me. there's a paragraph i wanna fix SObad but i dunno how ye#edit june 12th 2024: updating gradients + info on all fics#edit jan 5th 2025: finally cleaned up parts that've been haunting me for Months#i'd love to upload more for this series now that i've got a better grasp of the fic's concept but i'm adhd-ing hard. what's new
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