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idk6123 · 10 months ago

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Rags To A Home (Andrew Van De Kamp X Male Reader)

The chilly wind goes through the friend group as they enjoy a night in the town. With it being Friday, they don’t have to worry about staying up too late and coming to school too late. During their travels, they walk through a street, where the homeless teen, Andrew, is sleeping on a couch. He holds a blanket dearly for his life. As the group passes by him, he suddenly wakes up by the chattering.

“They really need to do something with all these homeless.”

“How? Give them jobs? Or just put them out?”

“Do you guys have to be so cynical? We’re literally passing by them.” Along the group, there seems to be one person who seems to have at least some compassion.

“You will be complaining too if you keep seeing them every time you get to the supermarket.”

Andrew merely sighs tiredly and closes his eyes, trying to ignore them. Out of nowhere, he hears a thud. From the corner of his eyes, he sees the students accidentally hits his backpack and let it slide a few feet away from him. It doesn’t appear none of them notices. However, as most of the group walks away, one person stops to grab the bag and swiftly running back.

Andrew has a quick look on who the person is. It’s a guy. He looks normal, totally different from how he looks right now. Though there is kindness in his eyes, he’s a bit nervous, even though he doesn’t notice Andrew looking at him.

“Thanks.”

The teen looks startled as his eyes lays on Andrew. He puts the bag next to Andrew’s chair. “You’re welcome.”

“Y/N! You coming!?”

“Coming!”

With that, the boy turns around and runs to rejoin the group. Andrew let another sigh. Although the world seems to keep kicking him to the ground, he does appreciate small acts of kindness.

Couple of days later, and the teen cycles to his school. With his backpack on his back, he’s prepared for the school day. As he cycles through the streets, there appears to be a roadblock in his way. So, he uses a different route, which revolves him to be in the same street he and his friends passed a couple of days ago. As he cycles, his eyes instantly lie upon the homeless teen. He can’t help but stop cycling as he stares at the other guy, who notices him.

“Morning.”

“Morning.” Y/N isn’t usual speaking to homeless people. Hell, strangers in general. But seeing someone homeless around his age he finds it disturbing. He stops cycling and parks it next to Andrew’s place. Afterwards, he walks towards him. “I hope what happened days ago didn’t cause you any trouble.”

“Not really. But was nice of you for helping me out.” Andrew grabs his can and shakes it. Y/N hears a couple of coins from it. “Any chance I can help me out again?”

“I left my money back at home. Sorry.”

“Oh. It’s alright.”

Feeling sorry for the teen, Y/N puts his bag down. Andrew curiously watches as Y/N grabs out what appears to be his lunch. “I got a sandwich… 3 juice boxes… and a chocolate chip cookie.” He generously hands over the food towards Andrew, who looks gratefully.

“Thanks man. You sure you don’t need it?”

“I ask a friend to buy me something. Besides, you need it more.”

Andrew smiles. “Thanks. That means a lot, Y/N.”

“How did you…?” Y/N then remembers his friends calling out his name. “Never mind. I’m glad I could help… uhm…”

“Andrew.” He hands out his free hand, allowing Y/N to shake it.

“It’s nice to meet you. Anyway, school is about to start, so I gotta go. Take care.”

“You too.”

Ever since that day, Y/N visit Andrew right before his school starts. He convinced his parents to give him lunch money instead of making lunches of him. So, Y/N then makes his own lunches, only to give it to Andrew. Alongside giving the food, the two made some small talk before Y/N needed to go.

One day, though, Andrew spots Y/N cycling towards him in the afternoon. He looks stressed and requested something. Minutes later, they get in a fast food restaurant. Andrew is enjoying the fries Y/N bought for him in exchange for helping him out with his homework.

“And then… you calculate this… by dividing this… and that’s your answer.” Y/N follows the steps Andrew gave and after calculating it, he writes down the answer. Afterwards, he shows it to Andrew, who checks it. “Yeah, you did it right.”

“Holy shit! Finally.” Y/N is happy he got to solve it. “I don’t get why I can’t just use a calculator. There is a reason they exist.” Andrew merely laughs as he continues eating. “Can I ask you something?”

“Shoot.”

“Well, you’re clearly smart. Both books and just in general. And you’re young enough to live with your parents. So… why are you homeless?”

Andrew is a little caught off by Y/N, but he doesn’t mind the question. After all, there are barely any people who are willing to talk to him. “You can blame my alcoholic mom for that. If she didn’t abandon me at the side of the road, maybe I would still have a roof over my head.”

“Oh…” Y/N frowns. “Sorry to hear that.”

“It’s alright. I hate her anyway long before that.” Andrew merely shrugs Y/N concern off. “Right now though, I have to worry about other things. …Any chance you got any other homework you need help with?”

The student didn’t, but he doesn’t want to leave Andrew just yet. So, from his bag, he grabs his English homework. As they move on with that, Y/N wants to learn more of his friend. “Do you want to talk about it? You’re past?”

“There isn’t much to say. She’s this controlling, traditional trad-wife and if you think it isn’t that bad, she interrupted my father’s funeral just because the tie didn’t match with his outfit.”

“Yikes.”

“And now imagine living with her.” Andrew adds. Although venting about his life, he looks like he accepted the situation just a bit. “There is plenty of more stories. I remember coming out to her and my dad. Now, my dad didn’t had an issue with it, but she was quick to call the priest to put me in conversion camp.”

“I’m sorry to hear that. Though it sounds like your dad was a good man.”

Andrew chuckles. “Trust me. He wasn’t perfect. He cheated and had this weird BDSM fetish. Still, way better than my mom.”

“So… what are you planning?” Y/N wonders. “For the future.”

The blonde scratches his head. “Well… surviving in general. Get a job. With some luck, find a rich husband.”

Y/N hums. “If only if I was rich…”

“Oh.” Andrew is impressed Y/N is interested in it. “I appreciate the complement, but you wouldn’t want to marry me after you learn what I do to live.”

Y/N looks concerned. “Are you a criminal or something?”

“No, not like that.” Andrew looks amused, but soon drops his smile. “To get money, I perform… deeds that makes men very happy.”

Y/N instantly knows what he’s meaning. “You’re a sex worker?”

Andrew nods. “Yeah, I guess.” There is an awkward silence between them, with Y/N looking away and back to his work. “Well, if by any chance you also want help with other needs, you can come to me.” He can’t help but crack a joke, but Y/N doesn’t look amused. Andrew then drops his smile. “Look, you don’t have to feel sorry for me.”

“Sorry. I just find the situation fucked up.” Y/N replies. He continues to look stoic. “And I wish I could help more.”

“I don’t expect you to give me a house or something. You already gave me more than most people.” Andrew assures. “And not just that, you’re the first guy that actually wants to hang out with me. Not many people want to be associated with a homeless guy unless it’s for sex.”

Still, Y/N remains quiet, thinking about the situation. “Thank you for saying that… but I got to do something about this.”

“How? Empty your entire back account?” Andrew is curious what he’s thinking. “I won’t say no, but I’m definitely questioning what’s wrong with you.”

“Look, I don’t know what to do, but I think of something.”

Though thinking Y/N has no chance for fixing the situation, Andrew can’t help but appreciate his help. “You will go through whatever you’re doing just for me. You must really like me, huh?”

Y/N hums amused. “Well, if things were normal, I definitely would ask you out. Just… let’s make sure you’re safe first.”

“And you don’t care that I had how many dicks?”

“Must mean you’re good at sex.”

Andrew laughs, not expecting the joke. “I like to see what you’re going to do. But if that won’t work, feel free to go to me, whether it’s homework or something fun.”

“I appreciate the offer, but if we’re going to do it, it’s going to be free.”

Couple of days later, and Y/N has a solution. So, he goes to his friend to tell the good news, only to see a middle-aged man offering money to Andrew, but it looks more like he’s paying him, which makes Y/N sick. He quickly cycles to his friend to stop what’s happening.

“Yo, got a minute?”

“I’m… kinda busy.” Andrew points to the man, making Y/N frown. Thus, from his hands, Y/N snatches the money to give it back to the man. “Hey!”

“Go buy yourself porn or something. Beat it.”

The stranger looks shocked, but he doesn’t question it and walks away, making Andrew sighs. With a glare, he looks back at Y/N. “Thanks Y/N. You just lost me my dinner.”

“Then allow me to give it to you, because I find a solution.” Now, this peaks Andrew’s curiosity. “You’re moving in with me.”

The homeless man looks stunned. “You serious? I thought you lived with your parents?”

“Yes, but I convinced them to let you move in with me.”

“Did you mention that I’m homeless and a whore too?”

“Only the homeless part. I just twisted the truth a bit.” Y/N replies. Andrew looks eager what he said, so Y/N obliged. “I did lie about you being my boyfriend, but it was for a good cause! See, I told them that I’m in a long relationship with a closeted guy, but once he came out, he get kicked out of his mom’s house. And since I’m on my parent’s good side, they’re willing to let you stay for at least a couple of days and once he finds a suitable place for you to live, that’s when you move out.”

The blonde definitely didn’t expect that. “You want to live together? What are you up to?”

“Nothing! I’m just here to help you.” Y/N defends himself. “Oh, and if you’re not comfortable with the boyfriend part, we can say we end up as friends or something.”

Andrew can’t help but smile. He can’t think of anyone else that showed this amount of kindness towards him. Not his mom, not his dad, not his sister. Not even Justin, who was the only one that cared for him. He walks towards the guy to kiss him on the lips. Y/N returns it and after three seconds, Andrew pulls back.

“Thank you, Y/N. You’re a great guy. Guess you will receive that free sex after all.”

Y/N chuckles. “Not to be rude, but can we check up at the doctors before…”

“Fair.” Andrew hums. “I can return the favor anytime.” With a smile, Andrew looks back at his now former sleeping place. “I’m not missing that chair.”

“How long ago was it when you slept in a bed?”

“Way too long.” Andrew looks back. “Wait, I’m sleeping in a bed?”

“My parents are okay with us sharing the room. They know we don’t do it when they’re home. …They keep telling me how thin the walls are.”

Andrew laughs happily. “Nice to know that my parents in law are going to be better than my actual parents.” He walks towards his bag to grab it. Once on his back, he looks back to his boyfriend. “I’m done with this dump. Let’s go.”

Y/N grabs his bike and looks behind him. “Get on loser. We’re going home.”

With a sprint, Andrew jumps on the back of the bike as Y/N begins cycling away. The former homeless man grabs his boyfriend’s torso as he slowly watches his former home fade away. With his head against Y/N’s back, he can imagine all the pain of the past away. No more living with Bree Van De Kamp. No more restrictions or ridiculous rules. Maybe now he can finally live in a normal family, with normal parents that has a great, selfless son, which he hopes he’s going to spend a very long time with. Hopefully his entire life.

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angelofverdum · 4 months ago

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Desperate Housewives

I wish I would have written about each season while watching. I have so many feelings.

I have so much to say about this show. I just love it when a show has a perfect mix of drama and comedy. The kind of show that made me cry and laugh so much that I had to pause the episode.

They don't make shows like this one, where they introduce a story in one episode and wrap it up in the next one, and it's not relevant again. That is television. 6 to 8 episodes are the worst thing that ever happened.

I have a tiny complaint and it's that they should have spent more time together as friends. They did poker night but besides that they don't discuss personal stuff. That's why one of my favorite scenes is when Gaby and Bree are having an "affair", because they want to hangout just because.

The wives

Bree Van De Kamp.

In my eyes Bree can’t do wrong, I’m sorry. On paper why would you like someone like Bree? She is a Republican, she has guns, and she was judgmental. I’ll give credit to Marcia Cross for making Bree this beautiful amazing character.

Bree was the best-written character. I think it was the only character who didn’t regress, she actually had a character development through the seasons and learned from her mistake.

She was homophobic when she learned that her son was gay, but she got over it, her relationship with Andrew was one of the most beautiful things on the show.

She was so perfect that every man she met asked her to marry him. If I were Rex and my wife was Bree I wouldn’t have cheated or died.

Imagine coming home, and you have a wife that looks like that, cooks, cleans, and I get that Rex's problem was that Bree was too uptight but when you watch the flashback where she tries to open up about him flirting with Gaby and he dismisses her, you understand why she never opens up to him completely. She couldn’t match his freak.

And It makes me so happy that in the end, she found someone and she can be her authentic self.

And that badass name? I was mad when Rex died and she married Orson and she became Bree Hodge. The writer fumbled that one really bad. I’m glad she realized that when she wrote the book.

Also, she had an incredible queer vibe. She has the best lines and those episodes where she was absent because Marcia Cross was pregnant were like a personal attack. I missed her so much.

Gabrielle Solis.

When I was a kid and I watched random episodes Gaby was my favorite. She was young, pretty, had money without working, and a handsome husband, that was a dream to me.

When I started the show I still liked Gaby, even though she was selfish. They knew what they were doing when they cast Eva Longoria as Gaby because her charm definitely helped Gaby’s selfishness.

My problem with Gaby was that she went back and forth with her selfishness, she did something awful then she realized her mistake and apologized, next episode she did the same thing.

But she was so funny, she said the most out-of-pocket things that I had no other option but to love her.

Lynette Scavo.

My problem with Lynette was her relationship with Tom. It was awful and boring. But I really liked Lynette, she was smart, sarcastic and funny.

Felicity Huffman is a hell of an actress. Think about the most heart-wrenching scene on the show and it’s probably carried by Felicity. The way she moves, her voice, her eyes. She is a brilliant actress.

There is the hurricane episode or the shooting episode in which you can see her talent but also the scene when Tom tells her he is ready to come back to work at the restaurant and she starts to cry in the bathroom, that scene stayed with me. Like, omg give her another Emmy.

Susan Delfino

S01 Susan was a bit annoying but mostly funny but as the series progressed she became almost unbearable to me. Her attitude was awful and she made everything about her. But at least Teri Hatcher was a capable actress and could handle the comedy and drama perfectly. She made me laugh a lot, I'm not gonna lie, but also made me so mad, the Julie pregnancy storyline.

She deserved that Golden Globe, I guess.

Katherine.

It’s crazy how they ruined Katherine’s character when Mike left her. I love her character so much. Also, she has a lot of chemistry with Bree. They should have explored that a bit.

Renee.

She entered the show too late. I wanted more of Renne, she was clearly there to replace Edie but it was Vanesa Williams how can you not love her? I don’t understand how she didn’t become immediately friends with Gaby.

Edie.

I loved Edie the moment she showed up. I love a female character who is full of herself and doesn’t care what other people think about her. However, for me, she was the most inconsistently written character on the show. In season 1 she was a “bitch” but tried to be friends with the girls, they become friends but then they needed a villain so she went maniac, just to come back and tried to be friends again. She was whatever the writers needed at the moment. Her death was totally unfair.

Karen McCluskey. The MVP

The Husbands

They were all awful. All of them were terrible. They had fragile egos, toxic masculinity, totally disregard for their wives’ feelings.

Carlos.

He had a big macho man problem and didn’t know what he wanted to do in life. Tell me what father will leave a job that has so many benefits to work in a place where the pay is almost nothing? But I like him because when it came to Gaby he didn’t play about her. He had a character development, and that season when he became blind? Uff A MAN.

Orson.

I’m going to take Orson as Bree's husband because I think it was her longest relationship, that we saw of course. I think they were onto something when they were introducing him as the villain. Then they made him this silly guy who was perfect for Bree, I loved their marriage. Then they ruined his character, he mistreated her, manipulated her, etc. So he became my personal enemy.

His ego was so fragile that he asked his wife to sell her company because she was more successful than him.

Mike.

Boring, just boring. Terrible actor too, Teri was running circles around him. Mike made his family go bankrupt because he couldn’t take his wife’s money.

Tom.

The worst husband to ever exist on television. The worst character on the show. An ungrateful man-child. His wife got cancer and he made the situation about his pain. The worst part is that the show tried to tell us that he is a great husband when we can see he clearly is not. He took all the money they had to open a pizza place, then asked Lynette to quit his job and work with him, then got mad when Lynette was better than him.

Maybe Marc Cherry was in love with Doug Savant because I don’t get it. Even when they fucking finally separated and Lynette said she was relieved, she was the one who had to win him back. He got a new girlfriend while Lynette was scamming a way back into his life.

Ranking the seasons

Season 1

The best mystery in the whole show. So well written, you get enough clues to get you through the season but until the very end you don’t get the whole picture. It was classy and shocking and twisted

Season 3

Not as good as the first one, but it allows you to piece the story together into a bigger mystery. Orson’s mom was a great villain and anything that involved Bree signed me in. Orson’s ex was annoying tho.

I want to talk about the pedophile’s storyline which I think was one of the darkest plots they did. They resolved this in three episodes, and I think they couldn’t handle it, the final revelation and the character were so eerie and jaw-dropping. I think they never come close to this kind of plot again. It was incredibly upsetting.

Season 5

David was evil and I liked that. I figured it out too fast and I get It wasn’t so mysterious, they revealed too much at the beginning of the season but he was a great villain and a wonderful actor.

Season 6

I liked the Bolen family but the resolution of the mystery was kinda underwhelming. I did like that Lynette was more in the spotlight. I think Angie should have stayed on the show, she was fun.

Season 4

Uninteresting. The mystery didn’t make any sense. How Fake Dylan didn’t remember her time at the orphanage? But it gave me Katherine so I’m not complaining so much. It’s insane to me that Katherine did all of that and kept living like a normal person just to lose her shit when Mike left her in the next season.

Season 8

I have an enormous problem with this season, keep in mind that it’s the highest-rated season of the show on Rotten Tomatoes. The season started so amazing, loved the mystery about the letters and how this time the girls were the ones committing the crime. Which I have expected since the first season.

But then, when all the focus was on Bree it went downhill. And don’t get me wrong I loved that Bree had that much screen time but it didn’t make sense at all.

First Susan’s guilt was crazy to me. She killed a mother and a kid a few seasons ago, and here she just helped to cover the murder of an awful man, but even if we understand her guilt how come when Bree was in trouble, about to get thrown in jail, she never took the initiative to say hey “I did it too”. Same thing with Carlos, he didn’t try very hard Gaby told him "No" and he obeyed.

Besides, the fact that all of them where very shitty friends and I don’t understand why they got so mad at Bree, and not Susan who painted the whole crime scene. The trial in general was so stupid.

Bree wasn’t connected to Alejandro in the first place, she didn’t have a motive. Then their argument was that she slept with him, but Bree started to sleep with those men after Carlos killed him, so she couldn’t pick a random man at a bar because she didn’t even drink and she was with her boyfriend ( don’t remember that asshole's name)

Then, the police knew exactly when he was killed even tho it had been months before they found him, like they knew it was that night specifically AND even if Bree killed him as a random guy in a bar, how come he had her address in a map? it means he knew her. What is the motive for her to kill him? they weren’t even saying she was a serial killer. They were calling her every name but that.

And again if he knew her how come they didn’t call his wife to testify? How they didn’t know his real name. How they didn't connect him to Gaby before?

And Orson had pictures of that night but didn’t send them. Lazy writing.

Season 7.

Paul Young was a great character a ride-or-die husband who lost his mind when he found out why his wife killed herself. But this mystery was so dumb like that was it? mind you, it was such a bad plot that they dropped it and never addressed it again.

Season 2.

Terrible and boring. Borderline racist. Dragged.

When I finished the show I looked up what was the drama behind the scenes, I knew that Teri Hatcher was awful to the rest of the cast. Imagine my surprise when I found out this has been happening since s01 and that infamous photoshoot, if you know you know.

They had such good chemistry, you could feel they were really close. That’s an impressive thing to me, it was like Alissa Milano and Shannen Doherty hating each other, I was gagged because you don’t see that on screen.

I think it was around s07-08, perhaps 6, when it started to feel like they were trying to keep Susan away from the rest of the cast. Some scenes were almost awkward to watch.

I liked the ending because somehow it makes sense that they moved on with their life. I loved the show so much. It’s full of plotholes, and awful husbands, it was racist, and so conservative, and not even once the option of abortion was brought up, Julie's last storyline was awful.

But at the end of the day, it was a show about female friendship, and they were amazing characters. I’d love to experience this live and I wish I could see them again but at the same time, I don’t. Maybe a reunion like Eva said, but not a reboot.

I'm in that state of sadness that only comes when you finish a good show, and you have to let go but you can't.

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