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a-collection-of-cool-ideas · 3 months ago

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Thank you wonderful fanfiction authors! You do a great part to make life wonderful. Recs below the cut (I CANNOT believe I haven't rec'ed some of these before!) Previous recs: 2018, 2020, 2022. Looks like I only do these every two years lol.

Gravity Falls

Feels Like We Only Go Backwards, by @dubsdeedubs / WDW; complete multichapter. A heartbreaking concept with a happy ending. Sad but wonderful and a really fun idea. Working out just what is happening is a great challenge, and watching the pieces fall into place with mounting consternation is awesome.

In Search of Antidotes, by @astriiformes / azhdarchidaen; complete multichapter. An awesome Historical AU, and neither Ford nor Stan go through the portal (there’s still suffering though). Bit of freakiness, bit of funniness, bit of stubbornness, bit of coolness. A very cool read! A much more classic demon-possession story than canon with its modern sci-fi overtones. The gothic sci-fi horror takes the floor here. Jekyll and Hyde, Frankenstein, Dracula, it takes inspiration from all the best roots!

Just a Game, by @nikxation / nikxation; one-shot. Intense! High stakes! Well-written! Doesn’t mess around getting to the point, and hammers its beats into you! LOVE it! Bill holds a gun on Ford, while in Ford's own body. The tension in this is unbelievable!

An Outreached Hand, by @dubsdeedubs / WDW; incomplete multichapter. Something freakishly supernatural happened to Stan during his homeless days. It’s called Ghost Trick AU, and it’s super interesting and utterly engaging! It’ll have you tearing through it wanting to know what the heck is going on! The characters are all so intense in their own ways, and the plot is drip fed to you piece by delicious piece.

Snapshots from an Alternate Reality, by Rethira; one-shot. PORTAL STAN!! Just a short little one-shot about this alternate version of events, but incredibly cool to read. Love the writing style: it takes you through the scenes like a skipping stone, its wake mesmerising.

All Things Go, by @cantica10 / Cantica10; incomplete multichapter. A weird (in the best way) idea of a crossover between Timestuck AU (where Mabel is trapped in the past) and a Wings AU (where, you guessed it, everyone has wings). Adorable Stan and Mabel bonding, but is SO not afraid to get really dark. That being said, it’s also so sweet and fluffy, and explores the effortless love that Mabel feels for Stan, and that (broken, scared, young, sad) Stan feels for her. This is one of those fics I am compelled to keep coming back to. It’s such a full experience to read.

Snow and Pine, by @ancientstone / TheArchaeologist; incomplete series. A great concept!! Loved the idea of these two brothers being forced together by circumstances instead of intention. Some great selective description here, and the plot itself is a very fun ride. WERE. WOLF. STAN. Need I say more?

Lighthouse Keeper, by @impishnature / impish_nature; incomplete series. There’s a lot to this story; the main work is mostly a series of one-shots, with other works sprinkled between. The idea is so eerie and haunting, and the vibes are pretty different to most other things I’ve read. The instigating artwork by @sightkeeper is magnificent and Imp has managed to capture the images very well!

Triptych, by @scribefindegil / scribefindegil; one-shot. A very cool character study on Stan. Great for informing his central motivations. It's kept short and sweet, but the analysis is no less thorough for it. I loved the insight into my favourite character's life and mind. Scribe writes him so well.

Blind Faith, by pinesinthewoods; complete multichapter. Come on, how could I NOT mention this one? It's one of the many here I'm astonished not to have rec'ed earlier. Super dark, super scary, an AU where both Stan and Ford fall into the portal. Ouch, but cool. Really good, but be prepared to yell out loud in horror. This is a doozy, don’t expect a lot of happy feels going into it. That being said, it is INCREDIBLE. The structure of the story is fantastic, perfectly encapsulating the reliance each of the brothers’ needs to have on the other and how one has to step up when the other can’t. Stan and Ford are forcibly tied together in this, and they find they each mean more to the other than expected after ten years of bitterness and radio silence. A STAPLE of Gravity Falls fics.

Like They Were a Perfect Fit, by @sensitiveowl / hapful; one-shot. Aw, ow, cries. Love! Lots of tangled-up emotions and scenes that will tug at your heartstrings thinking about Ford’s life journey. Speculations on the importance of the photo that Ford is implied to have carried around with him for 30 damn years.

30 Seconds Later, by @invisibletinkerer / shayera; incomplete multichapter. Loved this to death! A really great concept executed fantastically. An AU where while it took Stan thirty years to rebuild the portal, Ford was only gone for thirty seconds. The characterisation of paranoid Ford and his interactions with the rest of his family are perfect, as is his reaction to finding himself in the future and his relationship to Stan. And Stan is wonderful in this too! A very good examination of age, aging, and the associated changes in perspective.

1 Step Forward, 20 Years Back, by @infriga / Ppleater; complete multichapter. An AU where Stan is turned into a kid in the midst of Ford’s pre-portal paranoia over Bill. It adopts the wonder and innocence that comes with youth, but still retains the darkness of Stan’s adulthood - wait, actually, his entire life has been kinda dark in this fic. This is one of those fics you can tell the author had a lot of fun with. It’s palpable in the chapter titles and the art :) The illustrations are beautiful, the story is heartfelt, and it is not at all afraid to go into some dark places. A very enjoyable, loveable, read!

The Road in Front of You, by @nicnacsnonsense / Nicnac; complete multichapter. Ford falls through a portal potty and gets dumped in Stan's path. MAN!!! This fic has a really great concept, and Nicnac’s writing is impeccable as always. A great look at Ford and Stan’s relationship post-high school, how their personalities have developed and changed, and most importantly how they reconcile the changes in each other.

Nothing a Little Sleep Can’t Fix, by AkitaFallow; one-shot. Oh MAN. WOW. Okay. A heavier look on the mark Sock Opera leaves on Dipper, featuring repercussions throughout the rest of Dipper’s summer. Absolutely, heartbreakingly, entrancing. The slow build up of the plot perfectly mimics the rising emotions that poor Dipper is struggling to keep a lid on until they inevitably explode, and watching the people who love him pick up his pieces afterwards is just golden.

Ad Infinitum, by @nicnacsnonsense / Nicnac; one-shot. My first read of the Same Coin Theory and it was awesooooooooome!!! There are so many repetitions of phrases that spark in my mind because of how great they were, and the aspects of Stan contrasted with Bill that thread through it are incredible. Kind of an unsettling concept. I couldn’t get enough. For a fic that’s all about cycling around, you'd think it'd get repetitive, but every paragraph is rich with novelty. A FEAST.

Some Sunny Day, by @anistarrose / anistarrose; complete multichapter. Another Same Coin Theory fic. The beats of the plot in this are stunning, with some truly awesome lines that left me reeling and thinking Oh SHIT that did NOT just happen!!! In the best way possible. A highly interesting story and some excellent takes on the Pines family and the world of Gravity Falls.

Towards the Sun, by @notthistimespock and pinesinthewoods; complete multichapter. EXTREME BROTHERLY FEELS. Incredible! Love the in-depth examination and speculation on Ford and Stan prefinale. A different ending for Weirdmageddon, following Ford’s journey through Stan’s mind. It gets sad, it gets scary, it gets freaky, you shed tears. Another one of those staple fics for the fandom. The story is a wild and heartrending adventure, full of imagery that stuck in my brain for years after the first time I read it.

Fisherman’s Knot, by @scribefindegil / scribefindegil; complete multichapter. MORE EXTREME BROTHERLY FEELS. Deals with postcanon adventures on the Stan’O’War II, including some reeeaaaally bad mental states/situations. Have tissues handy. I think this is generally regarded as the be-all-and-end-all of Stan twin angst. It is long, it is HEAVY, but it is also heartwarming and hopeful, and full of adventure and magic, and the kind of love it's made with really comes through.

Mob Boss Stan Pines, by Capricious_Passions; complete multichapter. A fic that you HAVE to read over again to get the complete picture. Complex and well-thought out, incredible attention to detail, but the first read will baffle you! A lot of fun trying to figure out what’s happening, and even more fun on the re-read picking up all the details you missed the first time!

Scrapbook, by Shyeye; complete multichapter. The complicated weight of grief hangs heavy over everyone in the story, and the difficulties in dealing with it are at the forefront of everyone’s minds. The depth each of these characters are written with is very much appreciated, not-so-pretty parts and all. This was a wonderful, touching, read.

Rescind, Reset, by @endae / endae; one-shot. Canon divergence where Mabel temporarily lost her life during Weirdmageddon, and the aftereffects on her and the rest of the family. It is one of the most beautiful things I’ve read, very emotionally raw. I cry every time. This incredible story is wrought with a filter of broken hearts being pieced back together as the characters live through the aftermath of their happy ending. It’s a shining, nuanced take on Mabel and how someone with her personality deals with the plot premise. I love the complexity of the emotions in this, not only from Mabel but also from the rest of the Pines as they work through their own traumas.

Safe as Houses, by @beastenraged / Beastrage; complete multichapter. If I could whistle I would! An entrancing read about the Pines family’s adventures from the perspective of their home. Some great and not too far-fetched ideas about how the Shack may have come across to its inhabitants over the years.

Greyscale, by @impishnature / impish_nature; one-shot. OH MY LORD. Incredibly touching and heartbreaking, I can’t look at this directly for fear of being emotionally blinded. Loss, and gain, and loss. Striking, powerful, so, so beautiful and painful. The aftermath of Weirdmageddon: another canon divergence where Stan lost his life. Except... Reverse Portal AU Stan stumbles across this sad dimension soon after. I swear, no fic has made me cry so hard and left me so much in shock of what the heck just happened to me. I love the look at how loss has affected the characters, and I especially love the path to recovery that is laid out for them.

Buying Gold, by @dubsdeedubs / WDW; incomplete series. Veeeery intriguing. It’s not really Same Coin Theory, but it’s a great read about the similarities between Stan and Bill and some cool speculation on Stan post-defeating Bill.

Any Family You Choose, by @nicnacsnonsense / Nicnac; incomplete multichapter. So sweet! Portal Dipper finds a young Stan Pines and decides to help him out. This concept is so wonderful, and the characterisation is blindingly clear. Keeps you guessing at the backstory!

Across the Universe, by Queen_Mab; one-shot. SUCH a great set of adventures. The multiverse really tries to hammer in its lessons sometimes, whether they stand a chance of sticking or not. Extremely well-written and fun, I devoured every word ravenously. Some scenes of Ford's portal time, with some VERY interesting encounters.

Star Wars

Anything Brighter than Even the Sun, by @hamliet / Hamliet; complete multichapter. The Rogue One crew survives and continues rebelling, as does Galen! The main focus is on Jyn and Cassian's characters and relationship, and how they navigate growing into a family. I love Jyn's character especially in this, with all those hard edges guarding a deep, deep well of passion.

Chirality, by @niobiumao3 / Niobium; complete multichapter. A Tech was CX-2 fic! It's great to see this fan theory explored, and Niobium writes so well! The plot is entrancing and has you hooked on the edge of your seat waiting for all the pieces to fall into place for our poor brainwashed guy. The way CX-2 thinks and melds with the personality of who Tech once was is beautiful and his interactions with his family and Phee are a sight to behold.

Crash Landing by @returnofahsoka / delightwrites; complete multichapter. Another Tech is CX-2 fic, can you tell this idea has a hold of me. The characters' voices in this come through SO clearly, it's insane, and the writing style is perfection. Jumbled and pained and confused and grieving, all threaded through with that little bit of hope. Wonderful.

I'll Keep You Safe (You Keep Me Strong), by @miadeardn / sheikahs; oneshot. An AU where Crosshair's chip never activates and he is as embroiled in adjusting to being on the run with a new little sister as the rest of the Batch. Just a sweet little moment between the two. Both of them are written very in-character, and it's great seeing a side of Crosshair that never came to regard his brothers as his enemies.

Talking in Defence, by @buskuta / buskuta; oneshot. An awesome look at all of Hunter's complicated feelings regarding Omega and Crosshair's relationship post-Tantiss. He's not a paragon of perfection, he's human. I can't emphasise enough how much I love this and how well he's written here.

Unyielding, by Face_of_Poe; complete multichapter. The scene immediately post-reunion between Omega, Hunter, and Wrecker, with some speculation on Crosshair's internal strife at that moment. There's a chapter for each of the remaining Batch and Wrecker's is EXCEEDINGLY well-written in my opinion. We don't get nearly enough exploration in canon or fanon about the depth of his thoughts and feelings.

Plan 100, by Face_of_Poe; complete multichapter. An awesome canon-divergence speculating on Omega and Crosshair's escape from Tantiss. The action is great, the strategy and coded communication is so sharp, and the feeling of desperation as Omega and Crosshair fight to evade recapture is fantastically taut. I especially love the small moments in this showing just how close these two have grown, and, in Crosshair's case, how little he's realised it happening. It feels very true to their characters.

Through Darkness Unknown, by @stardustandash / StardustAndAsh; complete multichapter. Holy shit the stakes are so high in this. A Tech Lives canon divergence of Omega and Crosshair's stay in Tantiss, and you can really FEEL just how helpless they all are to Hemlock's control. I absolutely love how this fic does not pull its punches, really forcing Crosshair and Omega into relying heavily on each other. There's so many great scenes in this that are seared into my brain!!

Ask Yourself, by StoneSage; complete multichapter. Omega is captured by the Empire while Crosshair's still working for them. I freaking love the complicated messiness of Crosshair's response to this- he's constantly challenged to act on the callous persona he projects, and constantly comes up short realising what he's actually willing to do to his family when it comes down to it. Very true to his character, and the quandaries Rampart presents him with a subtly terrifying. A fantastic examination of character and a great plot to go with it.

The Space in Between, by Misvet; incomplete multichapter. A series of stories focusing on the complications and dangers involved with Omega joining the Bad Batch. The writing style is great, the plots are great, the characters are great! It's all great! Just read it!

Maybe Fate Has Different Plans, by hanged_albatross; complete series. God I love this so much. Some incredibly touching and well-written moments of the Bad Batch protecting each other in a dangerous galaxy, with Omega, of course, at the centre. She is characterised so well in this, and constantly written with the idea of despite being so young, she is also no less protective of her brothers than they are of her.

Modern Batch, by kaydear; incomplete series. DUUUUDES just read this. It's such a sweet collection of stories about an alternate universe of the Bad Batch in a contemporary setting. Life is tough and complicated and full of pain, but also there are others right beside you to lean on when you need it, and so life is also full of love. I have cried multiple times while reading and re-reading this.

Skulduggery Pleasant

I Will Lay Me Down, by mcginnis; oneshot. This is perfection. A rewrite of the aftermath of the Lord Vile reveal in Death Bringer. I wish this was canon. Valkyrie and Skulduggery are PERFECTLY characterised in this scene, and the nitty-gritty of how they're both feeling is thoroughly explored and explained, and the tone of the story never once diverges from canon's- it is complicated, dark, and interspersed with ridiculous levity.

Pride and Prejudice

A New Addition, by @ralkana / Ralkana; oneshot. A great fic about Elizabeth and Darcy and childbirth, various moments in this are imprinted in my mind permanently. High emotions all over the place, incredible tension and wonderful dynamics between the two main characters and the rest of the family.

Mr Bennet Travels Through Time, by AMarguerite; oneshot. A truly great fic with a wild concept that totally works. Mr Bennet is actually from the 1990s. Weird and funny, but also touching and sad, and goes leagues towards explaining a lot of this man's quirks and contradictions. I was fully invested in this all the way through reading, and it did not disappoint. Utterly satisfying.

Once Upon a Time

The Worst, by @alchemistc / alchemistique; oneshot. The real-life dynamics of these ridiculous fairytale people had me grinning ear to ear. The mortifying ordeal of your family of fictitious characters helping you move into your college dorm as told from Henry's perspective. Love it to death.

#fic rec #gravity falls #star wars #rogue one #the bad batch #skulduggery pleasant #pride and prejudice #once upon a time

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clanwarrior-tumbly · 26 days ago

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time for ur yearly halloween request from me >:3 so idrk if ur still super into pokemon sv (ik it’s on the list but still) but anyways. paldea gang + dlc friends go trick or treating, or to a haunted house, or maybe a halloween party! just some good ol fashioned halloween fun yknow? bonus if u add some funny ghost type shenanigans or make the reader’s bday halloween (i forget if u already did one w the halloween bday lol) -galaxy :3

Yesssss in the spirit of Halloween I shall deliver <3

Also happy birthday, galaxy!

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Haunted houses weren't exactly...the group's forte considering what happened with Pecharunt in Kitakami, but you were determined to help your friends conquer their fears of the spooky and unknown.

Plus, it was your birthday, which so-happened to fall on the same day as Halloween.

They couldn't say no, and eventually they all agreed to meet up at nightfall (after your earlier birthday celebration, of course).

Everyone wore their spookiest outfits and headed for the haunted house that was set up in Area 6, where there was also a mellow Halloween party for anyone who didn't want to experience the attraction.

Inside there were just a few generic Halloween decorations, and actors dressed up like the Hex trainer class with zombie motifs and their ghost/psychic/dark Pokémon trained to scare visitors, putting on quite a show.

Upon entering the house, you were able to very quickly put everyone on a scale from most to least brave: Arven, you, Penny, Nemona, Carmine, and Kieran.

Arven did jump at one or two sudden noises, but otherwise thought it was silly that any of this stuff could scare people....

Penny's seen enough horror movies to point out the tropes and make remarks on where the actor are likely to pop up--although one did take her by surprise and she almost dropped her glasses as a result.

Thankfully it was too dark for anyone else to notice.

Nemona genuinely thought one of the actors wanted to battle, and she almost sends out her starter--until you grab her hand and prevent her from wrecking the house, reminding her they're just acting.

She gets flustered and apologizes, and at the end she admits to LOVING the house, eager to go to it next year.

Carmine acts like she's tough shit and ready to defend Kieran....only to be startled and wary of every little noise the house makes.

She refuses to admit that, scoffing if you were to even remotely imply she was scared.

And Kieran is..well..still trying to recover from the "mochi curse" and hides behind you as often as he could (which makes him a prime target for the actors and their Pokémon to spook him), trying to assure himself it's all pretend.

You were worried it was too much for him to handle, but by the time you all get out, he reassures you that it was actually pretty cool.

He wouldn't mind going next year with you all, hoping it'll become a regular thing in this group.

#clanask #galaxy anon #pokemon x reader #pokemon sv x reader #pokemon scarlet x reader #pokemon violet x reader #pokemon arven #pokemon nemona #pokemon penny #pokemon kieran #pokemon carmine #headcanons #platonic #halloween

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kepler-station · 1 month ago

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౨ৎ.𖥔˚ white lily cookie — best friends hcs

— 𝜗𝜚 theres little to none platonic lily hcs, so let me be a little self indulgent here hehe

໑ৎ ׁ ׅ♡ tw !! — reader is a student at blueberry yogurt academy alongside white lily and pure vanilla. spoilers for beast-yeast at end. falling out with lily after the event at the banquet.

• a soft and gentle bestie !! she may not always be there for you (always drowning in her own research...), but moments with her are always relaxing and calm

• she sometimes worries that her lily aroma might throw you off so she keeps her distance sometimes and when she notices you're particularly affected by the aroma (you don't even have to say it, she's just observant like that) or if you're just sensitive to strong aromas, especially if you two have spent a while together, once she notices the signs she keeps her distance for some time until either she has something to say to you (most of the time, it's abt her research) or she's particularly lonely

• you definitely know about her experiments to make the perfect cookie and its up to you whether you're weirded out by it or if you're also in on it alongside your lily best friend and her other bestie pure vanilla

• speaking of pure vanilla, you're also besties with vanilla and the three of you have group study sessions complete with tea made by lily and ice cream from that ghost ice cream shop i forgot the name of near blueberry yogurt academy !!

• she's always ready to lend an ear when you want to ramble abt something, whether that be a personal vent or just a rant about a new/general interest of yours — she asks relevant questions and is... lowkey mid and comfort but little things do the trick just right, things like brewing you tea and having her shoulder ready for you to cry on

• when you rant to her, after the first convo, she does research about it and then next time you talk about it to her she asks more questions and understands more (she then gets into it too and you now have a bestie who's interested too !! but she gets flustered when you realize that/ask if she did research for you)

• is happy to tutor you or study with you and always accommodates to your study technique — whether that be the feynman technique, pomodoro technique, leitner system or whatever, she'll bend her own study technique to yours

• she's also amazing after study sessions because she brews tea (or whatever drink you prefer) and prepares snacks for the both of you

• is welcome to lend you her notes and reviewers if you ask for it

• has mentioned skipping grades to you before but if you want her to stay with you if you're in the same grade, she'll stay — likewise if you're in the grade above her, she's even more happy to skip a grade bcus it means she not only gets to be with you but the difficulty matches her intelligence more

• considering the fact that lily lives in the vanilla kingdom (canon fact btw lol she aint homeless like i had previously thought... 💀), its your decision whether you want to live there too !! but its not to say that you haven't been there at all, your bestie literally lives there and your other bestie is the king !! they've def invited you before and you've def met their other friends — hollyberry, dark cacao, and golden cheese !!

• very observant, would give the best and most accurate (atleast she thinks she is but she lets you be the judge) response but she'd think about it for days and then put so much research into it to give you the best answer

• the type to take "would you platonically love me as a [something]?" seriously and then researches how to immigrate cookie ingredients into that something and then think about it for days

• speaking of their other friends, you've hung out with them before or at the very least met them before, its up to you really because this is an x-reader post but

a) you have hung out with them before and sometimes instead of a group of five, they're now a group of six including you !! you've made acquaintances or even made friends with holly, cacao and goldie and lily and vanilla are happy you're getting along !!

b) at the very least, you've met them and holly, cacao, and goldie do know about you and how you're lily and vanilla's bestie, sometimes they wonder why they aren't a group of six now but they won't push you to join if you really don't want to 🫶🏻 they know about you tho and they think you're pretty neat, lily talks about you a lot and vanilla mentions you too !!

• speaking of the other three, lily mentions you a lot to them when she sees something that reminds her of you, vanilla too actually hehe

• if you don't live in the vanilla kingdom, lily visits you sometimes but the visits stop when she ventures into beast-yeast, especially after she becomes dark enchantress...

#— novels ୨ৎ.<𝟑 #cookie run #cookie run: kingdom #cookie run kingdom #crk #crk x reader #white lily cookie #white lily cookie x reader #x reader

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threephantomrey · 1 year ago

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what i think your favorite animated Scooby movie says about you (part 1 cause im not doing all the movies today lol) (also someone did do this on reddit a while ago which i only found out today, but this is my version)

Zombie Island: you love horror and you’re pretty cool. you also think this movie is a masterpiece and never stop saying that.

Loch Ness Monster: you value friendship so much and you like anything that has to do with the sea. Brothers Forever is probably your favorite Scooby song

Where’s My Mummy: you’re very into history that revolves around Egypt and you really liked the twist of Velma being the ghost of cleopatra

Ghoul School: you’re either really sweet and one of the best people to be around or you’re one of the worst people ever. there is no in between. you love the Ghoul School girls

Music of the Vampire: you like musicals and vampires and you’re a big fan of the song “Done With Monsters”

Moon Monster Madness: you’re really into anything to do with the moon and space in general and you want to go there one day

The Sword and the Scoob: you like knights, castles, medieval stories, and time travel

Witch’s Ghost: you’re obsessed with the Hex Girls and autumn and witch stories. you think Ben Ravencroft is a great villain. also you’re probably LGBTQ+

Stage Fright: you love Fraphne and you love Phantom of the Opera

Trick Or Treat: you are probably LGBTQ+ and your favorite character in the gang is Velma. also you’re a fun person to be around! and you like Halloween

Reluctant Werewolf: you have an interest in werewolves. also probably wondering why we never saw Googie again and why this was the only time we saw her

Alien Invaders: you like Crystal and Amber and hope they come back some day. and you were sad at the ending

Cyber Chase: you’re probably into sports, technology, and you think the Phantom virus is a great villain

Boo Brothers: you like silly ghosts and the intro song

Curse of the 13th Ghost or Return to Zombie Island: you’re a very nostalgic person and people don’t agree with you on a lot of things. but you just want to have fun a lot of the time!

Happy Halloween: you make people laugh, you’re very funny. also you like Halloween

WWE crossover movies: you’re a fan of WWE and Scooby and everyone knows it

Straight Outta Nowhere: you grew up watching Courage and Scooby and you’re very chill. were excited about this crossover more than others and you probably got what you wanted

#scooby doo #scooby doo movies #let me know which ones i missed and i’ll make the part two soon

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fangirl-docintraining · 1 month ago

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in the most recent chapter you mentioned it being close to thanksgiving, so i assume halloween has already passed, what do u think everyone dressed as? (but especially betty and darry, i feel like betty would wanna do some dorky cute matching costume lmao)

Okay okay yes I love this I’ll try my best but tbh it’s a bit tricky cause all of my ideas are like modern media and I’m like idkkkk what they dressed up for in the late 60’s hehe but I’ll do at least some headcannons

Two Bit loves Halloween, he loved to go trick or treating when he was younger. Now he stays at the house after he takes his little sister trick or treating and let me tell you he decks his house out with all the decorations he can get his hands on. It’s the most popular house in the neighborhood.I feel like he would do a classic Disney character as a costume

Dally is not dressing up and he will claim he doesn’t like Halloween (he does) but he likes to help jump scare kids at Two Bit’s house, it’s the only time he can do this with it getting in trouble lol

Johnny and Ponyboy would probs dress up together if they did but they’re kinda in that awkward teen boy phase where I can’t decide if they’d think it’s too “uncool” to dress up for Halloween but I think they’re in on Dally and Two Bit’s shenanigans for sure

Steve and Soda would probs come up with costumes for them to show off so I’m gonna say they dress up as surfer guys with some Hawaiian shirts unbuttoned 😂 The DX does VERY well with customers that day hehe

Okay I’m sorry this is such a LAME answer but I have no clue if Darry and Betty would dress up for Halloween. They’re def busy and it’s not like highest priority for them but they 10000% are handing out candy and so I feel like Betty would slap together something cute last minute but I’m honestly open to suggestions (modern AU different story, Betty is def LOCKED in on that shit)

My cutest idea is Betty definitely dresses up Pip by using an old sheet with cutouts and making him a ghost dog so he is VERY happy to get all the pats and attention from everyone every time they answer the front door lol. Honestly he’s the star of the show. Idk if yall have ever seen the video of the girl who painted her black lab with some pet safe glow in the dark paint and when you turn off the light it’s a glow in the dark skeleton dog it’s amazing and also that’s something I could see her doing

#dallas winston #darry curtis #johnny cade #ponyboy curtis #sodapop curtis #steve randle #the outsiders #two bit mathews #hopefully this reaches its target audience idk #the outsiders musical #betty merrill

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brezelzeit · 3 months ago

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Y’all… me and my friend have a postwar ‘Allo ‘Allo AU that fixes all the things I didn’t like about Series 9 and/or the ending! It’s from mostly Herr Flick and Helga’s perspective

I feel that any of these characters, even if they didn't get along during the war entirely may have eventually, after some time, resolved stuff or talked things through and maybe put the past behind and turned new leaves xD cause me and the friend who is working on this AU with me discussed that they got a vibe not many people hold grudges on this show

Helga and Herr Flick (who still looks like Richard Gibson because that other thing doesn’t happen in my version of the canon) are married and have lots of kids (in place of Helga marrying Gruber and I made it so just like them they have six children). Still working out what their careers would look like postwar though, but I would imagine Herr Flick is a record keeper/data collector type person. Probably plays his violin on the side tho, maybe in a band. Not sure about Helga tho, but possibly also a secretary in some capacity too but we'll see

Gruber- fun gay uncle type figure to Flick and Helga’s kids, looks after them when they’re away, spoils them with gifts; is also still best friends with Helga and spends a lot of time with her for social outings.

He has a blooming artistic career and often sends Flick and Helga little doodles or paintings or other creations of his in the mail. He has definitely made a fortune off of the Fallen Madonna- but is it real or is it a forgery? Who knows, but he’s at least happy- and has donated some of the money he’s earned from it to his close friends and most notably Flick and Helga. Much like in Return of Allo Allo- he might be Mimi’s chauffeur on occasion? but is willing to take Helga for a spin with him in his car too! So chauffeur for them both if you will. Gruber has a boyfriend who is my friend’s OC, but he still misses René and crushes on him to this day.

von Smallhausen is a sort of grandpa figure to Flick and Helga’s kids. This obviously means, that he and Flick are on better terms and somehow, Flick changed his ways and attitude/treatment towards him, however that was, and started to be nicer to him. Seeing as he is much older than Flick, he doesn’t have a whole lot of time there but he is the fun grandpa for as long as it lasts. He tells dad jokes, does magic tricks, juggles items, lends the kids parts of his old disguises for little make believe things, and in general, plays games with them and builds little forts with them etc…. Flick will be very sad- even if stoically so- when he passes.

Hans Geering: still gotta develop this more but I feel like he would also be friends with all of these characters and visit them often! He would come see them on vacation on occasion, as he is fully committed to his thing going on with British Intelligence. I’m sure this extends way past the war lol

Imagine Helga, Herr Flick and von Smallhausen- and to some extent the other characters- are always telling stories to the kids of the incredibly silly wartime memories they have... and they even have favorite stories of theirs they like them telling over and over again! For example:

"Vati tell me all about the time you and grandpa Engelbert met a scary butler, an old witch, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, the Bride of Frankenstein, and a four armed footman in an abandoned chateau!"

"Hahahahaa that's so silly Vati, you got blown up because of a putty nose?"

"Uncle Hubert, you're telling me you saw the ghost of the cafe owner pop up out of his grave to forgive you?"

"How did you fit into that knight costume Vati? And walk in it even though you walk funny like that?"

"Mutti, did Vati really give you a dead fish instead of a rose?"

"Grandpa Engelbert is safe from large bells now, right?"

XD have a bunch of faceswaps I did as reference for when I eventually draw Flick and Helga’s kids

#allo allo #allo #allo allo au #‘allo ‘allo!#‘allo ‘allo #Herr flick #Lieutenant Gruber #Helga geerhart #von Smallhausen

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zims-left-antenna · 9 months ago

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HI !!!! :D

(this is gonna be a short "about" post xP)

hi ! im ninikins !! (she\her) and this is my personal blog, where you'll find fandom stuff, memes, my rambles, and idk what else ! i dont even know !

im an artist !! my art blog is @w4fflerapt0r (and formerly @chocolate-cake-and-waffles). i also post my art on instagram as _ninikins_

other things i like are:

WAFFLES !!!!!!!!!! and just food in general !! yum :P

languages !! currently im studying C1 English !! also im learning japanese (beginner) !!! next im planning to learn german, hopefully soon. im a native spanish speaker btw

i also am learning to code websites and its starting to grow on me !

videogames !!! and cartoons !!!!! I LOVE ART especially when it sillay

MUSICAL THEATERRR !! :D (I watched Hamilton on Disney+ and heathers on youtube,, and I wanna watch more !!)

old technology !!!

also I like some scene stuff like skelanimals, so so happy, kandi bracelets (and the rubber bands ones too),,

frutiger aero is sooooo nice, I luv it :3

FASHION !!!!! like, I'm not soo into it nor do I know all about it, but I think it's neat that there r so many genres (?), and outfit combos I wanna try out too

fandoms that im sure ill always be in:

club penguin

super mario (yes this includes everything !! especially the mario & luigi series cuz it's my fav !! didn't finish all the games thoo)

invader zim (maybe its too soon to say that lol but !! i think i see myself still being here)

ace attorney (didn't finish the second game YET ! I'm trying to avoid spoilers lol)

i play club penguin journey from time to time, u can find me there as "nakota" !

other fandoms !! or actually just things I also like lol (this may be subject to change and also may be "dormant", like for a while I'm not super into them and then one day I get SUPER into them for a while and repeat):

MLP !! (luv ponies, they're cute !!)

ghost trick (didn't finish the game yet but it's so COOL !!)

pokémon and pokemon special :D (im on the start of the ruby arc)

eddsworld !

super smash bros

animal crossing

danganronpa but like only the first game + nagito komaeda xD

undertale and deltarune !!!!

geometry dash XD not really but I wanna keep up w the game sometimes + it's funn

brooklyn 99

the good place (im on season 3 !! i think..)

lemon demon

do old technology and operating systems...have fandoms.......pls XD i don't know everything about em but i think they're neat, especially OSes and their designs and sounds :D :P

spongebob is neat too :D not into it but I like watching it when i remember XD

#i made this cuz i am bored XD

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cousticks · 1 year ago

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🦇🦇🎃🎃🎃🎃🦇 Trick or treat!!! 🦇🦇🎃🎃🎃🎃🦇

so I guess in this game, we can give anything

I give you..

(crab sticks!! cause it sounds like your name lol)

-- it's also dazai's fave food I think 🤭🤭

anyways..hmmm

your posts are great, your tags are interesting

you overfed me with your oda post (still recovering from that lol)

and uhhh..hmmm..

what does white hill road mean?

^^ no pressure ask btw! im just interested hehe.

🎃🦇🦇🎃🎃 Happy Halloween! 🎃🦇🦇🎃🎃

also why did a blog like you follow me on your side acc?

dang I'm flattered 😂 feel free to unfollow anytime bro.

(I'm still going to haunt you now as casper the friendly ghost tho because of what you did to my oda fixation lol) << ur posts killed me.

have a good day. step on a lego :)

oh, a trick or treater!! giving me a treat! and what a nice one too. i'll go find a lego to step on, just for you.

ahah, I originally followed mostly because I wanted more mutuals in general, but your cursed edits are entertaining so I've stuck around! expect more oda-related posts as i work through untold stories, probably.

as for "white hill road," that's my main timeline Dazai tag! a lot of my character tags are "placeholder" tags, as I'm waiting until I find the right song for them. dazai and chuuya's main timeline tags are both from Deaf Havana songs! Dazai's is Speeding Cars, and the phrase 'white hill road' is taken from it. I just think the lyrics are very Dazai.

ps. a treat, for u

#asks? answered. hotel? trivago.#casper the friendly ghost

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miitopias · 1 year ago

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would also like ur thoughts on everything i will listen to u talk abt video games always LOL but 6 9 12 22 28!

thank uu and likewise 🫶🫶 will not answer everything bc thts so many but also i feel like ive covered a lot of these topics before on my sideblog but! i will answer these for u 🫰

6. A series you’ve enjoyed since your early days of gaming and still enjoy to this day whether it still has games coming out or is one you return to pokemon and rhythm heaven :') ❤️ from these series ive only played platinum and rhds as a kid, so as an adult ive been enjoying their other titles.. though i do not rly care for 3d pokemon titles.. but with time that may change. and wait technically final fantasy, bc i had the ff4 ds cartridge as a kid. except it was in japanese and i had no idea how to play it and did fuck all. i didnt even realize it was final fantasy until years later when i played ff7, and i recognized the running from battle animation. and now i have final fantasy brainrot <3

9. A game you played completely blind with no prior knowledge of and enjoyed/loved ff9 and ghost trick 😎 im so happy i played these without any spoilers or any idea what to expect, bc i really think thats the best way to experience them

12. A character you particularly like in the game you’re currently playing YRP girlies 😎😎😎 idk when ill ever finish x-2 cuz this ps3 is kinda busted, but despite their kinda cringe dialogue i still love yuna and the girlies

22. A game ending that’s really stuck with you FF9....... i think u saw my insanity firsthand when i did not shut up about it for like 8 months 😭 it really changed my life bc it was ff9 that really made me get more serious w literary analysis of games and medias in general, bc i just wanted to understand everything abt this story. majora's mask similarly changed my life and was the reason i made a sideblog to begin with, because i NEEDEDDD to be insane about this game somewhere.. god what an ending. god. ok im not going to go insane abt it rn LOL my focus is on Spider-Man now.

28. Pick a series you like. What was the first game you played for it? Was it a good starting point? Would it still be a good starting point now? i wont pick final fantasy bc my answer is literally the same as yours LOL so um... i will pick zelda. my first zelda game was botw and honestly that is an AWFUL starting point for getting into zelda JFKLJSDL bc its just so. fucking different from every zelda game out there. and also bc its a love letter to the franchise, that probably a million references flew over my head bc i didnt know what they were referencing. but yeah like its just absolutely awful to go from a game where you can freely jump to a game where you have to ROLL.

but at the same time i dont think botw is an awful starting point. bc like.... its a good game. its a good Modern game. like the older zelda games, especially the 3d titles, are extremely outdated. i dont think anyone should be playing those in this day and age when botw/totk is there to experience instead. while not ideal, i think its fine to hit it off with a modern switch title, then work your way down to older titles.

of course 2d zeldas are a different thing. dare i say, the superior thing. also i dont believe anyone should get into zelda. bad franchise. except when the games are good. all pondering aside the best starting point for zelda is ALBW, then MM3D. maybe some MINISH CAP as a treat. those are the only existing zelda titles. to me. but jokes aside if someone is really gonna have a 'starting point' for zelda games then its definitely BOTW/TOTK or ALBW. doesnt matter whether its a switch title or ALBW played first, but its very very very very important that ALBW is played as well.

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moonlight-tmd · 1 year ago

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(so late for Halloween but idgaf)

bee carving a pumpkin! :D

or team prime doing silly crafts for Halloween w/ Sari :3

Oh yes absolutely!

he would carve a cartoony bee into his for the lols. X3

Bulkhead would defo help make decorations for the base- paper bats on the strings, ghosts attached to the ceiling n stuff. He tried to carve a pumpkin too but he crushed it on accident :(

Prowl would defo go to a harvest festival if there was one. Bee and Sari tag along cuz there was supposedly a contest for the biggest vegetable/fruit. They were not wrong. Here you have a (different user's) post from that trip. Also Prowl would try to make a pumpkin pie for Sari from Bulk's squashed pumpkin, it turned out good by Sari's words. :D

Optimus is not really keen on the whole ordeal. The spooky theme and costumes- even the silly ones- make him uneasy (especially the spider decor). He doesn't want to ruin the fun so he just stays quiet, it's not a big deal.

Speaking of costumes- Bee would absolutely go trick-or-treating with Sari in his own costume. He loves to dress up! One time he made himself look like that black taxi from that one horror movie- while in his root mode he looked like a pitch black monster with red LEDs as eyes. Optimus was on patrol in that time and he thought it would be a great idea to give him a spook. So he made some ruckus near where OP was driving and jumpscared him with the scariest screech he could do. He regretted it shortly after because Optimus whipped out his axe and smacked him with the blunt side as an impulse reaction for being spooked+that looked like a decepticon/NOT friendly creature. Bee was send flying to the other side of the parking lot... Yeah, Optimus had to make a very awkward call to Ratchet cuz Bee was having severe ache in his tank and coughed up a little bit of enegon. Later Ratchet scolded both of them for being idiots, Bee had internal damage and couldn't leave medbay for 2 days and missed trick-or-treating. Optimus felt so bad! He apologized several times and even went and got him some home-made treats to make up for the missed treats on halloween. Bee took halloween costumes easier from then on- he dressed up as classic things like a mummy, witch or vampire. I like to think he made a costume of Blitzwing for fun at one point and just happened to bump into said 'con when he was out spooking young teens. Blitz still has a selfie of him holding the startled wannabe and him smiling widely. Also Bee really wants to know how the whole pumpkin spice thing tastes like cuz apparently it's good. Also candy- oh well, at least he got the joy of collecting it for Sari.

Ratchet, per usual, doesn't care. Although if he was feeling funny he would get fluorescent pink paint and splatter it in his workshop or himself just to mess with the others. He's the kind of guy that would play morbid jokes like that if given a chance- he is a medic after all.

Sari is having the best halloween with them. She comes up with those cool games for them to play and watches scary movies with them, She would absolutely be the type to pretend-gag when seeing christmas decor in the middle of October, Bee does that too- it's way too early, damn it! (i hate it too)

Hope this answer satisfies you and Happy (late) Halloween!

#maccadam #tfa #ask box #tfa shenanigans

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new-berry · 1 year ago

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I’ve jammed together a couple of those get to know you things:

last five google searches / Records / books / WIP.

Google search enjoy my terrible spelling / grammar/ typing for the lols exactly as I wrote them

Are glaciers freshwater

How many kits foxhave

Cal cornflakkes keloggs

epl games—-

Sheffield blades squad

That wasn’t as bad as I thought!

I recall this being favourite books?

Choo Woo - Lloyd James look this book was devastating. I read it once and I can’t ever read it again. I can’t even be sure I can recommend it.

Krakatoa - the day the world exploded Simon Winchester

After the quake - Haruki Murakami

English Passengers- Matthew Kneale

Island of the lost - Joan Druett

Last full albums, I’ve been working though the history of music. Man do I not give a shit about The Beatles. Anyway left the album with my favourite song.

This is my Frank Lampard AU song

WIP titles and description

The ocean on top of the ocean (the world ends. It’s not all bad. This has a hopeful happy ending, the middle bits I don’t want to trick you in to reading but they all happen off screen)

The Parade. (Ghosts haunt John Stones. They aren’t real. Well they are real. They aren’t ghosts. He doesn’t deserve it. (He does sort of deserve it.).)

Flyboys (I have yet to decide on a proper name. Harry Kane used to be an accountant, and a pilot and a (redacted).

Spain 3 (also still settling on a name) Frank Lampard / John Terry (if John was that way inclined. The shadows of hard men hang over Frank.)

Getting there. The third part, so Jordan / John. (What turns me on is you being turned on, also condoms are terrible and you should meet this guy…)

#fics #cyndi lauper #is bloody amazing.

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luckyqueenreign · 2 years ago

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Come Back Home x Jaded

I was in awe and Inspired by @mrsbsmooth JADED writing prompt re: Suresh/MC – that I had to write from the MC perspective. I tried to follow their timeline but did change a few things around. I wasn’t sure if I should change the conversations fully, and decided I should keep them similar but change them a little as this was coming from the MC’s POV.

This is my first time, so please be kind lol.

** This also contains the spoilers from Episode 11 **

Story Inspo and credit: JADED @mrsbsmooth Suresh / MC

Come Back Home - Suresh / MC - MC POV

TODAY

For the past four months, Jade, had been hiding a big secret from Suresh. And tonight, it would all be revealed.

It all started the night of their one-year anniversary…

**4 Months Ago**

Jade walked into her apartment and gasped. All around her were beautiful, elaborate arrangements of all of her favorite flowers that took up every inch of her small flat. Short vases with pink hydrangeas and tall and large ones with different types of exotic flowers. As she walked around the maze that was now her apartment, she found Suresh sitting in the living room taking in her sheer delight.

“Babe!” she shrieked as she hurried over to him and jumped in his arms. She kissed him passionately, biting down on his lower lip before releasing the kiss.

“Happy Anniversary,” he said smiling.

“How did you do all this?”

“I don’t want to give away my accomplice, but it might be nice if you give a certain lovely downstairs neighbor by the name of Mrs. Atkinson one of these bouquets as a thank you.”

Jade got up to take in all of the beauty around her, she could feel Suresh starring at her and when she looked over all she saw was pure adoration. He got up and hugged Jade from behind, she melted into his arms as he whispered, “We’re not done yet.”

She turned around to face him with an excited look on her face. He grabbed her hand before she could say anything else and led her to the bedroom. There were more flowers in this room, but on her bed sat two beautifully wrapped boxes. One much smaller and thinner than the other. Suresh grabbed the bigger box first and handed to Jade.

She brushed her finger across the lush white and gold wrapping paper, the satin bow gleamed. Even the tape felt expensive. “It’s almost too pretty to open,” she said.

“I’m sure you’ll like what’s inside way more than the wrapping paper,” he laughed.

She smiled at him as she started to unwrap the first box, she noticed a familiar name at the top. Her favorite boutique! She slid the first half of the box up and it revealed a gorgeous, sequined black mini dress.

“Oh my god, babe. It’s stunning. I absolutely love it,” she said as she pressed the dress against her body and looked at herself in the mirror.

“I would love for you to wear it tonight, that is if you don’t have another outfit, you like more.”

She rushed over to him, “Of course I’ll wear it! I love it so much.”

“Good, and here’s another one,” he slid a skinny envelope looking box over to her. It was wrapped in the same paper as the first package, as she started to unwrap it, she noticed it was a non-descript box. She opened It just as delicately as the first, there were what seemed to be plane tickets in the box as she took them out, she realized he purchased two tickets for them to go on holiday in Turkey in two weeks.

Before she could even say anything, he said “Don’t worry, I already spoke to your boss, and he approved your time off. We leave in two weeks.”

She ran towards him and kissed him fervently. “How are you this perfect? I love you so much.”

“Well get ready, because the surprises aren’t over yet,” he said as he walked back to the living room. He had a few more tricks up his sleeve before the night was over.

Over the years, Suresh dated his fair share of women, but he could never truly commit to them. After a few weeks of courting, he became bored with them and would ghost them. Jade was different. From the very first day they met he knew she was someone special. She was fiery and put him in his place. She was kind and funny. She constantly put others before herself and she was loyal to the core. And it didn’t hurt that she was drop dead gorgeous. Tonight, Suresh was taking Jade to the restaurant they went to on their very first date. He had one more surprise in store for her that was tucked away in a small box in his pocket.

As they arrived at the restaurant holding hands, Suresh got a call from his office. They knew this was an important night for him, but he was also on the fast track to partner. Jade saw the name pop up on the screen, “If you need to get it, I can wait babe. I’ll go inside and grab my first glass of bubbly.” He loved that she was so willing to compromise with him and because of that he declined the call and ushered her into the restaurant.

They hadn’t been back to this restaurant since their first date, after a few glasses of bubbly, Jade and Suresh were having a hard time keeping their hands off each other. Much to the chagrin of their waiter and nearby patrons. As their hostess lead them to the same table they sat at on their first date one year ago, Jade turned to Suresh and whispered “I hope they have stronger glassware this year. It’s been a year but I’m still having a hard time keeping myself together when you look this good,” she said as she bit her lip. He winked at her and nodded to the table.

And that’s when she noticed them – two plastic champagne flutes. She turned around to see he was grinning widely at her.

“I thought these might be a better option, so we don’t risk almost getting kicked out again,” he said smiling.

“I don’t think I can possibly love you more than I do right now,” Jade said as she leaned in to kiss Suresh. As they parted from the kiss, she noticed there was a small box under Suresh’s hand. “What’s that?” she asked with a mischievous glint in her eye. Suresh looks at her with an intensely sincere and passionate look, “Jade I’m utterly and completely in love with you. This past year with you has been incredible and I want to take our relationship to the next level.” He pauses and slides the small gold leaf box over to her. Jade stares at the box before making any motion to open it, in her mind she screams to herself OMG!!!! IS HE PROPOSING?!?!?! But when she takes the box in her hand, she realizes it’s flatter than a normal ring box. She starts to open it and she sees a brand-new shiny set of keys. As she looks back to him with a smile he asks, “Will you move in with me?”

“Yes! Of course!” she exclaims as she sidles over to him to give him another kiss. And this was the exact moment when the scheming and the lies began.

After returning home and properly celebrating their anniversary in the bedroom, Jade lied awake while Suresh slept peacefully beside her.

Moving in together.

She’d never lived with a guy before this and realized that the next step would be marriage. They never discussed marriage before, but she couldn’t imagine that it wouldn’t be in the cards for them. She believed Suresh loved and cared for her deeply, it was the healthiest relationship she had ever been in, and she wasn’t sure how she got so lucky. As she laid in bed listening to the rhythmic sounds of his breathing, she thought about the moment he gave her the keys to his apartment. Deep down she believed he was proposing, thinking it over now she knows she would’ve said yes to him, had he asked.

As he stirred in bed moving closer to her, she realized there was no reason why she couldn’t ask Suresh to marry her. It wasn’t traditional, but neither were they. She knew she’d have to lie and sneak around for a few weeks until she figured out what kind of ring, she wanted to get him. She knew that a lot of jewelry companies were moving to online, and it might be easier and more discrete if she would be able to receive samples of the ring in the mail.

I’ll keep my post at my old apartment after I move and have Mrs. Atkinson hold my mail for me! She absolutely adores Resh, and I know she will be so happy for us.

TODAY

Jade checked the time on her phone again, where was Mrs. Atkinson? She called last night and earlier in the day to confirm she’d be home at 5. It was now 5:15 and Mrs. Atkinson was nowhere to be found. As she tried to call her for a third time, Jade noticed her elderly neighbor’s car pulling into Jade’s old street. For the past four months, Mrs. Atkinson had been Jade’s one and only accomplice in Operation: Propose to Suresh.

“Darling, I’m so sorry. The lines at the market were out the door today!” Mrs. Atkinson said as she shifted a brown bag of groceries in her arm from the back seat.

Jade rushed down to help her, “Please, let me help you, I can carry the bags.”

“Oh, thank you dear,” she said as she swung her large brown purse over her arm and shuffled up the drive. She fiddled with her keys as she excitedly said, “the package arrived this morning!”

“Thank goodness! I’m planning on doing it tonight,” Jade beamed as she simultaneously called an uber on her cell. 4 minutes away. As she entered Mrs. Atkinson’s flat, she realized her whole life was about to change tonight. Her elderly neighbor shuffled to the kitchen where she returned with a box, and some of Jade’s mail.

“Here you go dear!” She said as she handed Jade the package. “You know in my day I would never have been as bold as to ask my Henry to marry me. But I’m so happy that the times have changed and that you are going to be able to show that lovely man how much you love him. Please send him my love, I always loved when he would come around and help me around the house.”

“Thank you so much Mrs. A, we will be back round soon enough.” Jade said as she heard two car horns outside, a sign her uber was outside. “I’m sorry I can’t chat longer today, I’m running behind. Bye Mrs. A!

She ran down her old drive and got in the uber and checked how long it would take her to get home. Normally this drive would be 15-20 minutes but an accident on the main road had caused a massive delay and it would now take her 35 minutes to get home. She was going to be late. As if on cue, Suresh texted her.

S: babe are you close? We need to leave here in 20 minutes.

J: got held up but im on my way…there’s a massive accident

S: jade….

S: you know how impt tonight is for me

“You know how important tonight is for me” …if only he knew how important it actually was, she thought. He’s going to be my fiancé tonight!

As she opened the door to their penthouse apartment, she could see Suresh sitting at their kitchen island, ready to go.

“Sorry, sorry, I know, I know. I got held up and there was so much traffic,” she said as she rushed to their bedroom, in their massive master closet she pulled her favorite clutch bag and snuck the ring box in the inside pocket. She slipped on the new dress she bought for this exact occasion and rushed to the bathroom to do her makeup and touch up her hair.

Her plan for tonight was simple, but she knew he would love every second of it. After he got his much-deserved promotion, Jade would let him revel in his accomplishments with his co-workers and suggest that the two of them go celebrate. She made reservations at the same place he took her on her first date and their one-year anniversary. She had already called ahead, and the staff knew to reserve their booth and bring them dessert first with the ring in the middle and “will you marry me” written on the outside of the plate.

When she emerged from the bathroom, Suresh looked at her incredulously and gave her the sweet half smile that she loved so much. He opened his arms, and she ran into them. All of the nervousness of the day washed away as he held her.

Once they got in their car headed to his event, they started to make small talk about their day.

Be normal.

Talk about everyday things.

Don’t think about the ring burning a hole in your purse.

Jade was a terrible liar and she felt it was always best to keep her lies as close to the truth as possible. So, when Suresh asked her about her day, she inadvertently mentioned the one thing she knew would make him kick off.

“I had to run some errands and I had to go pick up a package all the way over…” before she could finish, she stopped herself and noticed that his body stiffened and shifted over a few centimeters.

She could see his jaw clench as he asked her “What was in the package?” This had been a major point of contention for Suresh, he didn’t understand why Jade still hadn’t changed her mailing address from her old place and why she continued to collect her mail from Mrs. Atkinson.

“Oh, um just a few things…” she didn’t want to dwell on this further and cause a fight in the back of the car.

“Jade…. you promised,” he said as he shifted his body closer to the window and looked outside at the foreboding dark clouds above.

“I know, Resh, I will. I promise.” As she said this, the sky began to open up and pour all around them.

“You said that the last time,” he whispered under the roar of the rain around them. The rain, to him, was synonymous with how he was feeling right now. Hurt and angry.

Why did I have to mention the stupid package, I could’ve just said I got held up at work, or traffic, anything else. I wish I could just tell him the truth about why I haven’t changed my address. He’s probably assuming the worst right now. At least tonight he’ll know I had a very good reason to not change my address.

Jade sidled closer to him and held his hand. He squeezed her hand and gave her a light kiss on her thumb, as if to say let’s not fight.

Less than two minutes later, the car came to a stop at a beautiful modern building where the event was taking place. He exited the car in one fluid motion and ran to her side to open her door and cover her from the rain. He held her tight against him as they walked quickly inside.

Once inside, they walked over to the bar, and he ordered two glasses of champagne. Jade couldn’t help but stare at him from afar in pure adoration. Everything about the way he moved felt like a beautiful song.

As they moved about the event, Jade was charming the senior partners and his fellow co-workers. They found her to be charismatic, amusing, and witty. She knew the night could not be going any better.

“So how long have you two been together?” one of the partners’ wives asked, her face warm and inviting.

“Just over a year,” Suresh said smiling down at Jade, who met his eyes as if he were her entire universe.

“Ohhhh,” she squealed. “So, it must be getting near time to….hmmm?” she asked, as she motioned her own ring finger to him, with a chuckle.

“Who knows?” Suresh chuckled. They hadn’t talked about it, so he just shot her a smile and a coy wink, silently apologizing for putting her on the spot. “Maybe?”

Jade’s eyes widened like she’d been stuck with a branding iron.

“What?” She laughed, loudly. “Don’t you even think about it!"

How could this women know anything about what was to happen tonight, it’s just a coincidence, Jade thought to herself. Did I come across too awkward? Did I sound like I hated the thought of marriage? At least I’m doing this tonight.

She felt a small buzz from her purse, her phone lit up with a message that read. ��Update?” it was from the waiter, at this point it was about 1 hour to the time she told him they’d head over.

J: Not yet. They haven’t announced the promotion yet.

As she finished hitting send, Suresh’s boss Charlie started to clink his glass as he held a microphone with the other hand.

This is it.

She squeezed his hand and smiled up at him. The moment he had been waiting for, for the past 6 months.

Charlie launched into a long speech about hard work, loyalty and their massive success stories this year. She knew Suresh had been integral in bringing in three huge accounts this year that had easily pushed him into junior partner territory.

She could sense Suresh’s nervousness as Charlie continued his speech, “So we’re here tonight to announce and welcome our newest junior partner, and the youngest to ever be offered the role….Marisol Io Truglio.”

She could feel her heart beating through her chest, through her ears and she realized she was holding her breath. She looked at Suresh but realized he had let go of her hand and was now applauding Marisol loudly. She knew he was compensating for his own disappointment.

Jade was frozen, as she watched Charlie pull Suresh aside to explain the decision.

This isn’t ideal, but maybe I should still propose tonight. He will have something really special to look forward to, even if he didn’t get what he originally wanted tonight.

She was lost in thought when she noticed Suresh bounding past her towards the bar. He was clearly fuming about the promotion, so she let him have a minute to himself. She walked over to Marisol and congratulated her on her promotion, and they chatted for a bit. In the corner of Jade’s eye, she could see Suresh downing a double scotch and ordering another one. He immediately drank that one too and ordered another.

As she was about to walk over to stop him, she got a text from the waiter, who she just had saved as W.

W: update?

J: we may need to postpone…Think it may need to be another day.

W: im so sorry I know you had ur heart set on today

J: its ok. Thank you so much for your help.

In the few minutes she spent texting she could see that he had now ordered another drink and was downing that one too. Jade picked up her pace as she walked towards him. She noticed that most people had headed over to the stage area where soon they would be shown a few presentations for their year ahead.

“Babe, it’s time to go” she said.

“I’m staying out for a while” he said.

“Resh, you don’t want to do this here. I know how badly you wanted this, but you can’t beat yourself up over this. They probably went with Marisol because she’s ….”

“Committed,” he growled.

“I was going to say extremely boring, but sure, why not?” she smiled trying to make light of the situation.

Suresh slammed his scotch back down on the bar, louder than he expected. This made Jade jump and the few people that were still in their vicinity look over to see what the commotion was.

“Is that what you think? That being committed to something is boring?” he snarled.

Jade looked at him confused, and she could sense the conversation wasn’t about Marisol and the promotion anymore. “That’s not what I said Suresh. Can we please go? We’re surrounded by your co-workers and although you may not care right now you will care tomorrow.”

“As if you fucking care about me Jade,” he snaps.

Jade looks deeply hurt and offended by this accusation.

“Go on Jade! Act shocked. Act like it’s a fucking surprise to you. Act like you don’t know how much if fucking destroys me. I swear, it’s like you enjoy watching me suffer.” He snarls.

“Excuse me?” She asks, absolutely incredulous.

“You’re so desperate to cling on to that one link to your single life. Anything to remind yourself that you’ve still got an out. Just fucking admit it. That’s why you won’t change your fucking address and why you shot down marrying me in front of half the fucking partners.”

“You’ve got no idea what you’re talking about, Suresh.” She picks up her bag, still holding the ring inside, turns around and walks out the door. Jade holds back tears as he screams behind her “Bye Jade. See you at the apartment you apparently don’t live in.”

Jade is burning red hot with anger and embarrassment. Their town car is still waiting out front, and she asks the driver to please take her home.

“Are you alright miss?” a low sweet voice comes from the driver.

Tears have started to flood out of Jade like the storm that continues to rage on, even angrier than before they arrived at the event tonight.

“I’m ok. I’m ok” she says as she takes a deep breath and looks out the window.

When they arrive at the apartment, she thanks him, and her doorman George is rushing to get the door for her with an umbrella in hand. The driver looks at the rear-view mirror and says to her, “don’t let any man make you cry. Even a handsome geezer like Suresh.” She laughs and thanks him once more.

Jade walks into their apartment defeated. She is exhausted from the turn of events tonight. She heads to her closet to undress and as she opens her purse the ring box stares back at her. She takes it and shoves it in her bed side table for now. She takes a hot shower and puts on one of Suresh’s oversized university t-shirts as she locks the door to their bedroom.

After his antics tonight, he can sleep on the couch or in the guest room, but he won’t be sleeping with me until he apologizes.

She settles into bed around 11 but goes into a fitful sleep. She tosses and turns half awake and half dreaming about Suresh telling her she doesn’t care. She’s awoken by a phone call; she sees the name on the screen. Babe <3, it’s Suresh but she notices It’s after 2AM… where is he?

“Hello?” she croaks. Her voice sore from crying and lack of sleep.

All she could hear at first on the other line were whimpers and someone crying. This woke Jade up and she sat up in bed.

“Hello, who is this?” she asked again

A woman’s voice answers back “I’m sorry I didn’t know you were together,” she cries as she continues. “Please what’s your email address??”

Without thinking Jade tells her, her email address but asks her, “Please who are you and why do you have Suresh’s phone? Is he ok?”

“I’m sending you an email, and this will explain everything.” The mystery woman continues to cry but is able to get out, “Suresh is a bad guy” before the call ends.

The soft tone of a dropped call plays.

Jade tries calling again, and again. But the phone seems to have either died or been turned off.

Jade rushes to the office and checks her email. She stares into the void of her emails and clicks refresh again and again. It takes another minute because the file is so large, but in her inbox is an email from McGee’s pub with the subject line, “I’m sorry I didn’t know he was married” with an attached video.

Jade instantly feels uneasy, her chest is pounding, her head is throbbing, and her hand trembles as she moves to click play. On her screen she makes out a tiny, cluttered, dark office space. It looks exactly like what a pub office would look like. Papers strewn about on a wooden desk haphazardly, stacks of beer bottles in a corner, a small folding chair and an out-of-date computer. She notices there’s a timestamp on the right-hand corner of the video with today’s date, 12:55AM. And then she sees him stumble into the office with a waitress. His hand is bleeding, he’s clearly hurt himself and she’s helping him. There’s no audio but she laughs at something he says. He can barely stand up and he falls into the waitress, she turns around and kisses him. He pulls away from the kiss but pulls a condom out of his wallet. She helps him put it on and he bends the waitress over the desk, he starts to fuck the waitress with zero hesitation. She snaps the laptop shut, she’s seen enough for today.

Jade can’t believe her eyes; she lets the tears come and she cries a guttural cry. She quickly reaches for the waste basket underneath the desk and throws up into it. She doesn’t understand how or why he would do this.

He went on and on about commitment, but he was cheating on me? I need to get my shit and get the fuck out of here.

Through heavy sobs, Jade begins to pack up all her things. At around 7AM she called her brother David, her voice hoarse from crying. He asked her what was wrong, but she couldn’t get it out without crying.

“Do you want me to come over?” David asked. “what’s he done? Are you ok?”

“Come over please…. We’re done” Jade croaked.

David rushed over and was there within 10 minutes, he hugged her tight.

“Where is he?” David asked

“Probably with the girl he’s been cheating on me with.” With that Jade started to bawl all over again. It took David an hour to get her to stop hysterically crying and to attempt to load up their cars with her things to get her out of here before he returned. When Jade came back for the last of her things, she saw a picture of Suresh and her in Turkey. They were both smiling back at her so happily. In her anger she ran to the kitchen and pulled out garbage bags. She threw one at her brother.

“All the pictures of us in the trash.”

“Jade are you sure?” he asked nervously.

“If I’m in it, toss it. I don’t want him having any of these memories of me.”

She headed into their bedroom where they had a nice gallery wall of pictures from their year together. The two of them at Christmas last year with his family. A selfie of the two of them giggling on the hot air balloon. A picture of them at his birthday last year. One of him kissing her under the Eiffel Tower. One of them in Italy. In a fury, she ripped all the frames off the wall and tossed them in the bag. The glass breaking inside as she tossed the frames in without abandon. It was almost 11 when she finally threw the last bag of broken glass and broken dreams down the garbage shoot.

She walked back into the apartment one last time, went into the office and got his laptop. She then started a new email. No subject, no text. Just a video attachment and sent it to Suresh. She left the laptop where she knew he would see it, and with his emails opened.

“Are you ok to drive,” her brother looked at her with concern.

“Yes, let’s go” she said as she put on her biggest, darkest sunglasses and tried to not let brother see her cry.

As she got in her car, she grabbed her phone and blocked Suresh on everything. She deleted all their pics on IG and went private. He wouldn’t be able to call her, email her, dm her, nothing. There was no need for an explanation for what he had done.

The next three months seemed to pass by in blur for Jade. She couldn’t taste food anymore, jokes weren’t funny, music sounded dull and altogether impossible to listen to without taking her into a black hole of grief, it seemed like life itself had lost color and vibrancy.

Her friends pestered her to hang out, but she couldn’t force herself out of the house. It was bad enough that he haunted her dreams nightly, some nights with apologies, other nights the video just replayed in her mind on a loop. Everywhere she went was a reminder of him and she saw his ghost everywhere. The first time she went to the coffee shop by her brother’s flat, she almost choked on her scone as someone who resembled him walked in. She didn’t want to be reminded of him. She didn’t want a chance of seeing him out with someone else.

She’d heard from some friends that he had reached out imploring them to connect them or arrange a meeting for him to explain. Jade vehemently refused every ask and told them to stop asking. She couldn’t imagine a day where she would be able to see him and it wouldn’t shatter her in two.

The pain of it all seemed insurmountable for months. And then on an ordinary day, about four months after their breakup, she laughed again. This wasn’t the fake laugh she had taught herself to do, but a real laugh. She realized that the ghosts were also haunting her dreams less frequently. She knew she wasn’t over what happened to her, but she was definitely at a better place, and life started to feel good again.

8 Months After the Breakup

Jade was leaving the gym one afternoon when she saw she had 15 missed calls from her best friend Gemma in the hour she had been at the gym.

Gemma answered in one ring “Jade, OMG WHERE ARE YOU? You’re going to kill me. Please, please, please don’t kill me. Omg I never thought this would actually happen. We did it for a laugh. Me and Fran. We thought it might be good for you if you were picked….” She continued to ramble off a bit.

“GEMMA! Stop, calm down!” she said. “Please tell me what’s going on”

“Can you just come over and I’ll explain everything? Fran is on her way too,” Gemma said.

“Ok, I just need to shower first, and I’ll head over.”

“JADE, there is no time for showers. Come here now please.” Gemma shrieks.

Jade calmly says, “Ok, I’m on my way.”

As Jade pulls up to Gemma’s drive, her and Fran are already opening the door and bounding outside to greet Jade.

“Ok, what is going on? You guys are scaring me now.” Jade says.

“We first need you to promise that you won’t be mad at us,” Fran says.

“Yes, I promise. Now out with it,” Jade says.

Gemma starts to explain, “I hate to bring up that sad sack excuse for a man but after Suresh you were really down, and we felt terrible that we couldn’t do anything for you. We mentioned it to Fran’s boyfriend, and he jokingly said, ‘let’s get her in next season of love island’ and we were like actually that’s a great idea, what do we need to do?”

“Wait….what?” Jades face is pale, and she looks terrified.

“Jade let me finish! So, Fran and I told him what happened, and he told us he just needed us to fill out an application form and he would bring it to the head casting director. We sent them your pictures and some fun videos of you on night outs and they loved you.”

“What does that mean, they loved me?”

“Babe, they want you on the show,” Fran exclaimed!

“This is your chance to have the summer of your life, meet new guys and maybe even leave with a relationship.” Gemma said. “So, what do you say?”

Jade looked at her two best friends in disbelief as she said “I can’t believe I’m saying this but…I’m in.”

#litg #litg suresh #litg s5 #love island the game #litg mc #litg ex in the villa #fusebox games #fanfic

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goatpaste · 3 years ago

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some lil doodles for that loz “AU” i made thats like just about completely unrecognizable as the source material lol

the general story is Link being raised as a ghost hunter, working to capture and relocate or exorcise spirits. Until one day their tricked into capturing and awaking an ancient sleeping evil spirit that gets him wrapped up in an adventure to save the world.

lil more detail under the cut!

Link is a ghost hunter of the House of Poe.

Found by Demoantaque, after a call was made by neighbors over seeing a terribly violent spirit in the area. Demoan was too late, the ghost not only killed links guardians but also attacked the young hylian leaving a deep curse mark along his arm. Demoan managed to save Link and return with him back to the House of Poe.

The House of Poe is a large underground group that call themselves family. All made up of those who were left with curse marks by spirit encounters. The curse marks leave a lasting body pain on the effected but allows them to interact and deal with spirits. The House of Poe takes in all those effect to give them a home and family, as well as teach them the art of ghost hunting if they choose.

All active hunters of the House wear tall pointy hats with lil ribbons around the top that indicate their rank. Their equipped with many variety of tools for the trade, but all carry about glass bottles. Even those without curse marks can capture a spirit in a bottle, an item casted in fire being the perfect vessel to contain an unruly whisp.

Demoan became like a big brother to Link, becoming his mentor and showing him the ropes of their trade as well as keeping him safe from the world.

After Demoan brought home Link, they immediately recognized the mark of the triforce on the infants palm. Knowing the ancient stories of a hero marked by destiny who faces terrible evil, Demoan hid away Links mark to all those outside the House. Never telling Link the truth of his mark in fear that Link may seek out the danger or that someone else may use him for wrong doing.

Despite this, Demoan loves Link and is a skilled Hunter happy to teach Link everything to make him a powerful ghost hunter one day. They love Link so much they would do anything to keep them safe.

Demoans Curse mark is over their left eye leaving painful spiral marks hidden under bangs. Demoans left eye isn't functional and he thinks the swirly pupil looks cool.

Rue is a giant Tung, towering over most in the House. They came to be effect by the curse as an adult. Effect by two angry spirits they have marks wrapped from shoulder blades to chest. Able to ward off the spirits that effected by herself, she still seeked out the House of Poe for healers who were able to rid of the worst of the damage.

Rue is non verbal and their actions speak for them, they protect anyone in need, being able to fight large spirits causing trouble. If anyone is unable to protect themself, Rue is there for them.

Rue also loves Link, often following Link around while Link follows Demoan around. A train of duckling around the House.

Link himself is still new to learning ghost hunting and has only recently reached a rank high enough to leave personal training with Demoan to take on jobs outside the House. Demoan always goes with Link on all their jobs, both as a mentor and as a nervous older brother.

Link is friendly and loves to help and prove they are learning and able to apply the skills their taught by Demoan and the others at the House.

However Link tends to be too eager to please, even excepting jobs that Demoan turns down feel their too sketchy. All because Link feels bad for saying no. Rarely, he will sneak out to do jobs behind Demoans back.

One of these sneak away jobs turns out for the worst as Link its tricked by a woman seeking power and feeding Link lies about wishing to help the spirit of a friend move on after haunting the living for so long.

Link ends up finding and capturing a spirit that unknown to him is an ancient evil spirit that the woman uses to gain unimaginable power.

Link gets dragged into the world outside of his home in an attempt to fix the wrong he has made. Probably meeting and getting helped by Zelda or whatever

And Demoan and Rue hunting down their lost Link, afraid they will lose him to the danger he faces.

#legend of zelda #loz #loz AU #ig #link #my designs #demoan #rue #goat chatter

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biggest-stupidhead · 3 years ago

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Hiiii lovely ♥️

Congratulations on 800 followers! So happy for you ☺️ I was wondering for the October request celebration if I could make a Levi request? Butttt if you’re tired of writing tons of Levi fic, I would also love your take on Jean if you don’t mind :)

Anyway, here’s the plot LOL. The Scouts throw a Halloween costume party & it just so happens that the F reader & Levi’s costumes go together (it can be modern or not, your choice). That the reader wasn’t even sure if he was going to go, let alone dress up. Maybe the reader has too much to drink & Levi takes care of her/she gets the courage to tell Levi about her feelings. And that they’ve both been crushing on one another prior to the party & the story ends with some fluff! Hopefully that was clear enough ♥️ Biggest fan of your work & I would love to see you do this!

AN: This took me a min, last week was midterms for me so I apologize for the delay. But this was fun to write, I did a bit of both Levi and Jean for you to spice things up a bit ;)

Summary: You want more from Levi, and you're going to get it even if it means finding it with someone else. Word Count: 2.7K

Warnings: drug use, alcohol, kissing, choking, heavy petting, angst.

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The air was crisp and thin with the promise of fall on its breath. The trees shook in the wind, leaves long gone, littering the ground in an array of golden brown. Tree limbs rattled as they knocked against each other, like the sound of old bones.

The seasons had changed and with it came the time of the spirits, the day that ghosts and goblins roamed the earth when the veil between the living and the dead is said to be at its thinnest. You had always loved Halloween, the lore behind it, and the promise of tricks and treats. Even now as a young adult you never fail to dress up and get absolutely plastered.

This year would be no different, however, you were determined to see that a certain someone joined you in the festivities. Levi was stubborn and hated to relent, even to you who it was said he had a soft spot for.

The whole month of October you had pleaded for him to dress up with you, a costume that you had bought the very first week that Spirit Halloween had opened its doors. Now it was the week before the 31st and you were trying every trick in the book to persuade him. You brought him his favorite teas, made him his favorite lemon tarts, you even cleaned your messy apartment for him! What more could he ask from you? You had finally given up hope of him dressing up, choosing to leave the Gomez Addams costume on his bed when he was out doing homework at the library.

You spent that week gathering the finishing touches for your costume, the dress, and the makeup. By the time Saturday rolled around, you were satisfied with the outcome of your hard work. You had found the perfect wig and the perfect black dress that reached your ankles with slits up the thighs allowing you to show off the garters that you had bought. The makeup was more challenging, you had to seek help from Mikasa when you needed the eyeliner done, she also went ahead and did the eyeshadow for you. You looked at yourself in the mirror and smiled at your reflection, the red lipstick outlining your lips made your teeth look stark white.

Mikasa stood next to you, her hair stiff with all of the hairspray you had sprayed onto it. She wore a black puffy dress straight from the eighties, along with a frilly choker and dark eyeshadow. She made a perfect Lydia and Eren was going as Beetlejuice, you hoped that Connie had used the green hair dye correctly so it wouldn’t last longer than the weekend. The two of you left to meet up at Eren and Jean’s dorm to pregame before the frat party.

The room was crammed with bodies already, Sasha and Connie were Shaggy and Scooby, Ymir and Historia were going as a classic devil angel duo. Jean was dressed as the Joker, his face painted white with some impressive special effects makeup to make it look like his mouth was cut. Armin was dressed as cupid, which you found hilarious, the fake wings on his back kept getting jostled as people brushed past him. You all knocked back some shots before pulling on coats and making the hike up the hill that all of the frat houses were perched on.

The sidewalks were filled with people all dressed in various costumes, most of them were waiting in line hoping to get into Erwin’s frat, the biggest house on the block. Your group bypassed the line and went around the back as Erwin had instructed, the man at the back let you in, it was Mike. He was dressed like a dog, in a furry bodysuit with a pair of ears on top of his head.

The music was deafening, a Halloween playlist by the sounds of it. In the center of the living room was a game of beer pong, the hardwood floors already sticky with spilled beer. You stuck with your group, weaving through bodies, most dressed in scandalous costumes.

You made it to the kitchen, an array of alcoholic beverages lined up sloppily on the counter. Ymir was mixing rum and coke, Sasha was ladling out punch, gummies floating in the liquid. Connie was pulling out a ziploc baggie, buds of weed inside ready to be ground.

Eren dug into his pocket and pulled out some wrappers and a grinder. Mikasa was laughing over shots with Historia and Armin, their cheeks already flushing from the alcohol. You knocked back a shot and grinned as you watched Connie and Eren fuss over the weed. The group shuffled out of the kitchen once the weed was properly ground and found yourselves a spot in the basement where the crowd was thinnest. Connie took the first hit, a dopey grin on his face as he passed it off to Sasha to his right. The blunt worked its way around the group a few times before burning out. By the time you had finished it, the basement was shrouded in smoke and you were all laughing at something Ymir had said.

“I’m going to go upstairs and grab another drink.” You told them, smoothing out your dress as you stood. They all said something in acknowledgment before turning their focus back onto the conversation. You climbed the creaky stairs and reentered the party, your perception felt off, vision clouded, and your mind moving slowly. You managed to grab yourself a white claw without interruption, but once you turned to leave you were stopped by a hand.

“You look so sexy!” It was Hange, their hand was clamped tightly over your shoulder and you smiled warmly at them.

“Thanks! You look….” You weren’t sure what to say at first, their costume was loud, to say the least, they seemed to be a mad scientist. A large white lab coat that was spattered in blood, a pair of yellow gloves pulled over their hands, and goggles that were perched over their messy ponytail.

“Fabulous I know.” They grinned wickedly and you laughed as they snapped the glove against their forearm.

“I was going to say normal, you look like you would any given day.” You teased and they feigned a hurt expression.

“I’ll pretend that you didn’t just say that.” They steered you towards the jumble of dancing bodies and you yelped in protest.

“The reason I grabbed you is that someone is asking for you.” They answered your unspoken question, so you let them guide you through the throng of bodies towards the front door. There you saw Erwin, he was dressed like a zombie, fake blood staining his neck where he had some special effects makeup. Once you got closer, you recognized Levi. He was wearing the costume you had picked out for him, but he didn’t look happy about it. His hair was slicked back and the suit he wore was pristine. His dark eyes met yours and you tried to keep the excitement off of your features.

“Found her!” Hange shoved you forward like a prize, their voice light and almost sing-songy.

“Wow, Levi I didn’t think you would make it.” You commented, and Levi scowled at you.

“I didn’t either,” Levi grumbled, shooting a withering look to both Hange and Erwin who shared a mischievous grin.

“Well, you’re here now!” Erwin clapped him on the back and then slipped away into the crowd, when you looked behind you it seemed that Hange had also made a sneaky exit.

“Do you want a drink?” You asked him, stepping closer to him and his nose crinkled in disgust. You reeked of weed, he shook his head and crossed his arms over his chest, closing himself off.

“Isn’t being here enough?” He spat and you flinched, recoiling and glaring at him.

“If that’s how you feel.” You grumbled, turning and stalking back into the crowd. He watched you go, particularly the way the dress hugged your hips and exposed your thighs with each step. He didn’t want to follow you just yet, first, he would go find Erwin and give him a stern talking to.

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You made it back to the basement unharmed and dropped onto the floor next to Jean, your shoulder pressed against his. He looked at you and smirked, his hand coming to rest on the top of your knee. This was fine, you needed a distraction right about now, you should’ve known that Levi would be an asshole. He only ever seemed to need you around when he was horny anyway. So you let Jean’s hand wander as your friends laughed and lit another blunt, his warm fingers rubbing the inside of your thigh.

You were grateful for the alcohol, it muddied your mind and made it easier to forget the disgust on Levi’s face when you came near him. You wondered if he was embarrassed by being seen with an underclassman, or maybe he just saw you as a whore, a hole to use. When the others left for another round of drinks you let Jean pull you into his lap, his strong arms wrapped around you.

He wasn’t embarrassed of you, he was all too eager to meet your receptiveness to his actions. He was speaking softly in your ear, and you enjoyed the way his breath made your skin tingle. You grew tired of his small talk, his hands still wandering up and down your legs. So you turned and brushed your lips against his when he stopped talking, you could feel the white face paint and the red fake blood rubbing off of his skin and onto your lips. His kiss was softer than Levi’s almost unsure, but eager nonetheless. You soon realized that you were the one calling the shots, so you turned and straddled his lap, your legs caging him in. His hands were in your hair now, tugging gently as he worked his lips against yours. He pulled away with a soft smack of his lips and let out a slow sigh. His breath fanning over your face.

“I’ve been wanting to do that all semester.” He mumbled as you tried to catch his mouth once more, you weren’t particularly interested in what he had to say at this moment. His hands were rubbing circles on your sides through the thin fabric of your dress. He seemed starved, it felt as if he was trying to devour you, and you felt needed. Appreciated, you felt as if you were desired, and Jean was hardly ashamed of you, hell you were sitting in the middle of the living room in the basement.

Just as Jean’s large warm hands slid up under your dress, you felt a cold hand grip the back of your neck, prying you apart from Jean. You yelped and Jean gripped on tighter to your thighs, his nails leaving crescent marks.

“Get up.” As good as Jean had made you feel, nothing compared to hearing Levi’s commanding voice in your ear. So you scrambled off of Jean’s lap, the poor boy looked hurt and confused. But those emotions were fleeting, soon changing to a look of anger.

Levi’s grip remained on the back of your neck, icy fingers holding you firmly as you stumbled to your feet. Your head was spinning, your mind groggy from the weed and shots that you had taken. Levi pulled you back roughly, forcing your back against his chest, you closed your eyes, savoring the scent of his shampoo and the hot puffs of air that escaped his nose.

“We’re leaving.” He wasn’t talking to Jean, he was talking to you and you alone. Before Jean could even get in a word of protest, Levi had shifted his grip on you to your bicep and steered you towards the door. You staggered alongside him, leaning onto him not necessarily because you needed the support, you liked feeling him close.

The two of you escaped out of the back door, the night air had a sobering effect. The cool breeze soaked right through your dress as you marched back towards Levi’s apartment a few blocks away. You passed plenty of young college students along the way, all dressed in scandalous costumes. Once you made it back into his building and into his apartment, Levi finally spoke. He threw you down onto his sofa, and you groaned when your head hit the armrest.

“Ow, why so rough?” You whimpered and he scowled down at you through narrowed eyes.

“What’s your problem?” You tried again when he still said nothing, instead he leaned in, his knee planted between your spread legs. His breath fanned across your face, transfixing you with thoughts of his lips on yours. You tried to lean in and catch his bottom lip, but his cold hand closed around your slender throat, pinning you back to the couch.

“I don’t know what game you’re playing, but it’s a game you will surely lose.” Levi’s words were smooth, lacking emotion. You swallowed thickly and you knew that he could feel the action.

“I’m not playing games.” You lied, and his brows furrowed.

“Lying now are we?” He growled, his hand closing off your airway, and you let out a sharp exhale.

“I thought we had a deal.” Levi continued, seeing that you weren’t able to speak.

“I don’t like to share (Y/n).” Levi’s hand relaxed on your throat and you knew that he expected an answer now. You sucked in a deep breath, eyes lidded and mouth hanging open.

“I’m not some whore you can use.” You snarled, and you got the brief satisfaction of shock passing over his features.

“That’s exactly what you’re acting like.” Levi’s knee crept forward, now dangerously close to your crotch. You wiggled, hoping to meet him halfway, but he saw right through you, his hand closing down around your throat once more to keep you in place.

“Then I’m your whore, Levi.” Tears were beginning to threaten to spill past your lashes, due to the frustration of needing him mixed with the emotions you felt that came with your rocky relationship.

“Then why were you kissing Jean?” He asked and you whimpered pathetically.

“Because I wanted to feel needed.” You whined and his hand released your neck, favoring to splay out across your chest, feeling the rapid beating of your heart.

“Why don’t you…” He stopped mid-sentence, you knew that he wasn’t one to speak on his emotions so you waited patiently.

“Why don’t you feel needed with me?” He finally forced the words from his mouth and you sighed with relief, this is what you wanted. You wanted to tell him how you felt without seeming too needy.

“I want to be more than your fuckbuddy Levi.” You spoke bluntly and you saw his brow quirk up as he played with the neckline of your dress.

“So you nearly fucked Jean because of this?” He chose his words carefully, and you knew that you had gone about this situation wrongly, but hey you were here now.

“Yes, because I thought that if you wouldn’t give me what I wanted, then I would find it elsewhere.” You watched the shock pass his features once more, but this time you felt little pleasure in seeing it.

“I’ll give you what you want,” Levi said after a moment of silence, he leaned forward and kissed you. It was softer than the way that Jean kissed you earlier, his lips moving slowly as if trying to memorize the feeling of your lips on his. He had never kissed you this way before, his hands in your hair and cradling your face like something precious, not like a toy to use.

When you pulled apart you pressed your forehead to his, breaths mingling sweetly. He sighed deeply, his eyes still close, long lashes brushing his cheeks. You ran your hands through his hair, feeling the slightly crusted gel that he had used for his costume.

“I don’t want to see you with anyone else.” He grumbled, lips brushing yours as he spoke softly.

“I don’t want to be with anyone else.” You mumbled, tilting your head to kiss him once more.

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