#Callum actually really enjoys this hes a freak like that

[tategaminu]

rayla likes to whisper absolutely FILTHY jokes into callum's ear in public/professional settings to make him flustered. that little shit <3

I fee like Callum would go thru the worst most embarrassing moment of his life but also get really turned on, Rayla lil shite of the year

[meganwasbored]

The Dragon Prince Thoughts Season 2 Episode 7

-“does that help?”

“No, not at all. But I enjoyed it!”

-“fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me, fool me three times, back to you again”

“That’s not how it goes”

“Shame. on. you.”

-BRUH

They did that on purpose, even the hand gesture is the same

-DRAGON DRAGON DRAGON

-“Excuse me! We’re looking for a town jail? We’ve got a horrible traitor to lock up for, uh, traitorous words and deeds. Standard traitor stuff.”

-“Something’s weird”

“I know. No one’s listening to me!”

“…….hm? What?”

-DRAGON DRAGON DRAGON

-ITS SO PRETTY

-*ahem*

Impulsive dudes doing impulsive things that may or may not get them killed, love to see it

-boys telling their dragon to stay back even though the dragon has a much better chance of surviving a fight than the kid

-absolutely none of them should’ve survived that blast

-dang Callum, Rayla, and Ezran are very close to them, you’d think they’d be much more ahead, given that they spent a while on the boat and didn’t have to stop to drop off a prisoner

-wait actually how did Soren and Claudia even get here they don’t have a boat???

-this dragon better not die just bcs Soren decided to do something stupid

-again, everyone on that tower should be dead

-a lot of shows get the sibling relationships all wrong but these guys nail it every time

-NOOOOOO

-POOR THING DID NOTHING BUT DEFEND ITSELF THIS IS AWFUL

-WAIT ITS ALIVE DOES THAT MEAN WE GET TO KEEP IT

-idek her name but I love her she’s always there to put Viren in his place put her in charge

She’s so cool idk what her job is but I bet she’s the best at it

-STOP PLAYING WITH ME LIKE THIS

-I’m on Rayla’s side in this that poor dragon doesn’t deserve this

-SHOOT GREN IS STILL DOWN THERE???

-“How can you possibly remain so cheerful in your dire circumstances?”

“Well, I think about it like this, why see myself as chained down, when I can be chained up?”

*ba-dum tisss*

-did she just say they were gonna move the dragon… in PIECES??? Lord help me this show wants to give me a heart attack

-I mean if anyone can take all those soldiers at once it’s Rayla

-btw from this point on Rayla has my full permission to murder anyone if need be

-look I like Soren but he has to stop talking about how much he wants to kill innocent creatures

-is Callum’s slightly creepy stalker drawing of Claudia really about to be the thing that saves the day??

-oooooh I get it now

-Does this mean Callum is gonna look like a zombie for an episode like Viren did or does that only apply to the trapping-people-inside-coins spell

-it’s so funny to imagine how the weird chanting sounded while they first recorded it lol

-Rayla telling the dragon the get up as if it’s not literally dying

-oop I take it back that thing recovered real quick

-still can’t get over how PRETTY that dragon is

-THE FREAK JUST CAME OUT OF SPARKLY HANDS MOUTH???

-is his hand not still bleeding like is he just standing there with a giant cut on his hand

-so the bug thingy is just gonna be like an earpiece? Ok ig

[kim-ruzek]

Review of 10x15

I'll admit I was slightly nervous about this episode before watching. Not because I didn't think it would be good because I did (the writing has improved and paddy always delivers) but because depending the episode was guaranteed to be plot heavy and part of an on going storyline, I was nervous that we wouldn't get a decent glimpse into the burzek family household through Adam's eyes, or if we would get a minor update on Kim's therapy. But I really shouldn't have been nervous because the episode was so good on all fronts.

Adam's growth.

I'll get into the actual plot after, because as much as I liked this episode for the plot, I absolutely adored it for how brilliantly it displayed just how much Adam's grown. He's a proper family man, and I love it.

I adored that opening scene. I loved Adam being a dad, being a shield to keep Makayla's life smooth and allowing for Kim to have the time and space to do her therapy stuff and all that processing without having to worry about her daughter. I also adored it for Uncle Kevin, and showing that Mack has some amazing black family members in her family. And I just adored the scene of her and Jordan. And I loved getting that little update on Kim, knowing that she's told Kevin and just that whole scene. Kev and Adam being besties, it being just a fact that burzek + mack are a family, and enjoying seeing this glimpse of them outside work.

And I loved how throughout the whole episode it was so clear that Adam's very much stepped into and embraced the role as dad, and how he sees things through the lens of that. I also very much loved that it's clear, even when things are enraging him or stressing him, that he's very much got a grip on his hot headedness which I just love to see.

Adam seeing Samantha and Callum through the lens of his own little family with his girls was just... Like so good. I like as well that it's harder for him to see it as black and white as not only one of the only parents on the team but as the one in the trenches seeing and experiencing that.

I adore how that Adam and Makayla very much have their own relationship, their own beats that exist outside of Kim. It's theirs, they're family, and at this point it's more irregardlous of Kim than being because of her and I think that's just really beautiful.

Adam's growth and maturity can be seen throughout this whole episode, how he is with Samantha and Callum, how he is with filling in the team, how he talks, how he's with and about Kim, just everything but the thing to me that stood out the most was that adorable night scene with him and Mack. Then, that's where "Adam's a dad" stood out the most to me. The soft way he is with her, the way yet again it shows their individual relationship with each other, the easy way he is at reassuring her about his injuries and that freaking hand holding. It was everything and it's clear Mack is his world, and not just because Kim is, and I love that so so much.

The plot

I still can't get over how well done the plot this season has been, the writing and everything and it's definitely got a really good pace to it. And I love how we've been getting storylines across episodes and they're well built to. I very much like this Beck plot, although it is slightly predictable in that I already thought we knew they were white supremacists before it was revealed, but that doesn't detract from it.

I like the friendship building between Adam and Samantha and I definitely think he'll be instrumental in hopefully bringing Samantha around to help them build a case against their father.

Also in many ways this has felt like one of the more realistic villains of the show for a while and that's made me thoroughly enjoy it. (Tbf Sean also was very realistic, but him being the chief's son took away from that a bit for me).

Additional comments

I think the thing I disliked the most is the yet again insistence of using their real names of their UC work. And I must say I flinched when Adam used Makayla's real name-- although I also did like it. One, because it shows how grey Adam is finding this, he's invested in Samantha and Callum as a family and two because I'm hoping it was like him just discreetly dropping crumbs that maybe Adam isn't alike her father for Samantha to ruminate on.

I loved the burzek scenes we got. Kim staying back twice to check on Adam and make sure he's okay, and asking is just everything. And I died at "our daughter". And the scene in the bullpen when Kim clearly looks to check on Adam and he nods to give her the okay. And just everything. They are a family and I love it. And I love how Adam very much is the wall that is supporting his family, that his presence allows both of them a security but that they both care so deeply for him too.

I also loved how obviously anxious Kim was when Adam was being tested. Her fidgetiness and just everything, like her composure-- I really loved it because one) it shows that he's more than a teammate to her, he's her family and two) it's a continuation of her traumas, that you can tell it's making her more anxious in that scenario.

And finally I adored how strong Kim asserted that Adam made the right choice. It was parent talking to parent, co parents who are family. And also how in the immediate seconds that followed it felt almost way too intimate for the place they were, in that moment Kim wasn't Burgess, but his partner and I just died!

Lastly, I also yet again really love how the other characters got more of a role than previously as it truly does show that character centric episodes doesn't have to be as restrictive as it has been. It has some ways to go, of course, and I would prefer a slight more element of a kinda b plot esque thing, but it's such an improvement and makes me enjoy the episode 100% more.

[writingforfun0714]

I just finished binge-watching The Dragon Prince S4 and I thought I’d share my thoughts as a show-only fan.

Warnings—spoilers for TDP S4, long post

*I’VE NEVER READ ANY OTHER MATERIAL

**I remember hearing from Wonderstorm (the animation studio) that it wasn’t necessary to read TTM (Through the Moon) to understand the story, so I never bothered with it—but boy I’m assuming it’d be helpful

Out of every season, I thought it was ok, however, definitely the weakest of the seasons so far. I’ve seen people make excuses, the most popular one is that ‘it’s just setting up the arc, it’s not supposed to wrap everything up’. To those that use the ‘it’s not finished’ excuse, may I point to you S1??? The first season of any show is hard to pull off b/c of world building and introducing the story. I’d say that TDP’s 1st season is much better than season 4. Yes S1 had wonky animation, but the story was great! It kept me engaged and that’s the goal of every story: to be interesting.

So here’s what I liked/enjoyed:

By S4, the animation has improved and looks amazing. The music is also not bad. S1 I thought did just a bit better with the music (ep3!), but definitely still good. There’s a 2yr timeskip so Callum is about 17 and Ezran is 11-12. Loved everyone’s new look (though Ez’s voice threw me but I understand a lot of boys don’t start puberty until about 13–my 12yr old brother is just starting/and the VA is female so dunno if they’d just pitch her down or what).

I know a lot of you didn’t like that the pastry chef guy was made like an official member of the royal council or whatever, but I actually loved it. It’s a refreshing take compared to having solely important people on the council. Adding people who seem like ‘normal/everyday’ kind of people to a high position (yes, it’s cooking/food, but he can be in charge of feeding the needy in Katolis or something) isn’t something that’s normally seen in fantasy stories imo.

Also know that some of you didn’t like that Igneous Rex was swayed by a pastry. His explanation though really made sense. He wanted to try something new (think Isabella from Encanto). It made total sense and I loved it. Also immediately knew it was chocolate. Never once did I think it was like cinnamon or something. Chef man is gonna bring world peace w/ chocolate calling it now.

The bond between Zym/Ezran reminds me of Eragon (especially w/ Ez being able to see through Zym’s eyes) and I’m absolutely living for that.

The new characters introduced are ok. Definitely love Terry. Honestly, I was wondering why he wasn’t freaking out when Claudia would do dark magic (since he’s an elf), but after thinking on it, I realized Terry’s probably never seen anything bad happen for using dark magic. For being so smitten w/ Claudia, I assume they’ve known each other for maybe a year or so. Enough time to get to know her but to not know everything about her. And even though Claudia is clearly traumatized by what she had to do to bring Viren back, she brought someone back from the dead. That’s gotta be amazing from a bystander POV.

I also loved Viren’s brutal talk with him and how Terry chooses not to follow that advice. I hope their relationship grows. I wonder if he’ll start to see Terry in a different light. Assuming it’s just been Soren, Claudia and Viren for years, having a stranger come in and say that he loves Claudia has got to be weird/foreign for Viren. Speaking of…I loved how Viren and Claudia’s relationship now has pretty much flipped, with her being the one in control and he just kinda has to do what she says. Really mirrors their S1 relationship. I’m sure she wasn’t forced, but I’m sure Viren’s words sway her to do what he wants. I hope that Viren and Claudia’s relationship is explored more cuz when she was forcing him up the spire, she really didn’t seem to see anything was wrong (that he was freaking out).

I also kind of like the fact that I can’t really tell if Claudia is really having feelings for Terry or not. He clearly loves her no question, but we haven’t really heard Claudia talk about Terry in the way he does about her. I’m worried that she’s using him in some way/will betray/leave him (especially considering that speech she gave Soren when they reunited. Like ??? Girl, you’re dating an elf??)

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THAT FIGHT SCENE BETWEEN IBIS AND CLAUDIA with Ez’s speech narrating over it. From what I remember, I don’t think we’ve seen a mage vs mage (magic v magic) fight before. It’s interesting because a lot of the sword fighting shown isn’t really dangerous or anything because anytime someone loses their sword, it’s considered that they lost. I think how sword fighting is typically portrayed though there are exceptions, but especially within children shows (obviously). The fight starts out with magic until they both disarm each other and it switches to a free-for-all, doing anything they can to get the upper hand. This is truly a fight for their lives. Ibis manages to stab Claudia’s leg and she kills him, leaving him on top of the spire. More fights like this please!!

I love how we were all expecting Aaravos with beautiful wings or something to come out of the cocoon and we get Gollum with wings that Claudia names sir sparkle puff. Perfection. They made the ‘winter is coming’ joke in S1 for GoT, is this their version of Gollum for Lord of the Rings? Also loved the callbacks to Avatar the Last Airbender (Soren saying yip yip and the shot of Igneous Rex’s treasure hoard that has Aang’s glider and Sokka’s boomerang).

I liked that Aaravos has targeted Callum and while possessing him, calls out everyone’s ‘flaws’/insecurities. I haven’t really seen anyone mention this but while Aaravos basically confirmed that he targets mages, I believe Callum won’t be like any other mage Aaravos encountered because Callum is the only human known to use magic w/o help. He uses the primal stone at first, but he quickly starts using magic all by himself, simply recalling spells he’s seen/heard. I always thought that was weird and hopefully will be explained in future seasons, but I definitely think that will play a role with the whole Callum/Aaravos relationship.

The last thing I enjoyed was Janai and Amaya’s relationship (but thought the story there was a little underwhelming/predictable).

Now that I’ve gone over things that I enjoyed out of this season, here are things I didn’t quite enjoy personally:

I think the most obvious and one that I’ve seen most people talk about so far is Callum/Rayla’s relationship. As stated before, if you haven’t read Through the Moon, like me, S4 is super confusing for their relationship. I did like that Callum didn’t forgive Rayla immediately and was pretty icy towards her. He’s been hurting immensely since she left, which I think is part of why he asked her to kill him if he became Aaravos’ pawn. She’s hurt him before, she can do it again, at least in Callum’s mind. What bugs me is that even though Rayla said she was so focused on getting revenge for what happened, she just..gives up? After 2 years? She left Callum, obviously knowing how deeply it’d hurt him, and didn’t see it through to the end (something her character arc wrapped up in S3 becoming a dragon guard). In S1, she didn’t finish killing the Katolis guard, putting her friends in danger. S2, she didn’t finish finding her identity/who she wants to be (the pirate ep and the ep where she chooses to save the dragon). S3 finally wrapped her character arc up by her choosing to pick up where her parents left off, in becoming the last dragon guard.

Now w/ S4 out we find out Rayla has given up her search for Viren after only 2yrs. And the worst part? She doesn’t even seem to realize what she did was hurtful to Callum. Rayla expects to pick things up right where they left off when Callum is still clearly hurting. Neither of them are the same after the 2yrs but she expects things to go back to ‘normal’ when that can never be the case. Causing that kind of emotional pain can’t be repaired with just time, or even with apologies. It’s frustrating that Rayla doesn’t acknowledge that she hurt Callum or even apologized. Callum clearly has some choice words for her and he’s just…deflecting and rejecting her any time they see each other because he doesn’t wanna talk about it. I get it, Big Feelings, I know, but this talk clearly needs to happen.

Honestly I could go on about their relationship, but I don’t want this post to get too long.

Next, I really didn’t care for the humor/jokes. Honestly even in S2 and 3, the humor seemed to be dipping/going down hill. The cringe-iest one was obviously the fart joke. Like…really?? It seems like kid shows have been putting those in more (even in Legend of Korra-Meelo). AtLA had 0 fart jokes. Humor can be more than fart jokes in kid shows! The other really cringey joke was Soren’s pajamas and stinky feet waking Rayla up. I know a lot of you guys also think this too so I’m glad I’m not alone.

Also I felt that adding ‘Stella’ the purple cuddle monkey thing Rayla has as a companion was too much. We already have Bait and Zym, this is just too much. Also the portal thing Stella can do is too OP for an animal imho. Like it’s cool for animals to do stuff that’s helpful (Bait glows, Zym fights), but this just felt…tacky/too unreal? Yes dragons are a thing and yes it’s a fantasy show, but Stella doing the portal thing seemed really out of place for me. Stella really just felt like a ‘marketable creature’ inserted to make money as toys. Also she interrupted Callum!!! HE WAS GONNA TALK UNTIL SHE SCARED THE SHIT OUTTA HIM AND HE CLOSED BACK UP!!!!

If I’m being completely honest, I didn’t really like Ezran’s development (or lack of) this season either. He’s always portrayed as the innocent/naive kid and even though he’s king now, he’s still the same (despite everything he’s gone through). He’s the pure character for the sake of being pure and is incorruptible. His whole deal of trying to get the humans and dragons to get along was ok, it made sense for this animal-loving boy king, but we’re in the 4th season, over the half-way point. Ezran has to have more to his character by now. I wanna see him struggle like Dany in GoT when that guy brought his daughter’s burnt corpse to her and she had to lock up her dragons. Let’s see Ez wrestle with a horrible accident caused by Zym or another dragon.

Also didn’t really like that they sidelined Soren and Viren. There’s so much trauma to explore there and I’m surprised we haven’t seen anything from Soren’s POV like a nightmare of him killing Viren or something.

And as I said earlier, the whole Janai struggling w/ ruling her people and the whole humans vs elves thing was a little…basic. And Janai’s brother Karim was so predictable. I knew he wasn’t gonna win that fight. I did like that he didn’t try and break up Janai and Amaya cuz of their species and instead wanted for them to live a humble, peaceful life somewhere else and he would rule instead. I think it would’ve been better writing, story-wise, had Janai listened to Karim, given up her crown, then regretted that decision, and have to fight Karim to get it back as the rightful ruler.

The only thing that I can take or leave is Claudia and Viren’s redemption. At this point, I see Viren folding/wavering slightly, especially when he talked about just living out the time he has left with Claudia, despite that ending of him transforming back with the all black eyes/gray skin. If done well, I’d like to see both of them being redeemed, though at this point, the way Claudia describes bringing back Viren, I’m not sure if redemption is possible for her (though Terry seemed to really get through to her w/the coins and Rayla, so maybe Terry can help). Either way, I think their relationship/story is the most interesting at this point (especially since Claudia has the power now in their relationship).

I haven’t seen anyone mention this but I hope Sir Sparklepuff isn’t killed when Aaravos finally does arrive. He’s been somewhat helpful so far and I wonder if, being related/conjured/created by Aaravos, Sir Sparklepuff would be able to find/make the key (the star diamond things). Something is definitely gonna happen to that map Terry made out of the goop stuff, I can feel it.

Well I think that pretty much all my thoughts on Dragon Prince season 4. After watching, I definitely would recommend reading Through the Moon to understand Callum/Rayla’s relationship cuz I was confused af (even though Wonderstorm said ‘don’t worry about it’/not needed). I definitely think it’s the weakest season so far, but the animation is gorgeous and everything with Aaravos is just interesting enough to keep me engaged. S1 arguably had a harder time to find its footing with the story, but I think it did a better job than S4. We essentially start of with a rocky relationship between humans/dragons and humans/elves, and we are still there by the end of S4. I would think, being past the half way point, at least one of those would have been resolved by now (considering how built up of a villain Aaravos is—I would assume everyone-humans, dragons and elves would need to pitch in).

Big thanks to all of you that made it through this whole post. Can’t wait to see what happens next. Lemme know what you thought of The Dragon Prince’s S4.

❤️

PS—I know I keep saying this, but I promise I’ll be back with a fic/chapter soon. I’m currently trying to write Chapter 4 of Older Sister, a Bad Batch fic and am writing 2 different versions before deciding which one I like (I made a post about this here so if you have a preference lemme know).

[jordankennedy]

every avatar i can think of and their relationship to recreational drugs and alcohol

jon sims: only drinks those fruity cocktails that don’t taste like alcohol. seems like someone who has never done drugs but has absolutely snorted speed in university and only georgie knows about it

martin blackwood: doesn’t drink. has smoked weed before but has justified concern for his own health and doesn’t make a habit of it

tim stoker: likes and hates drinking beer in equal measure. seems like someone who does drugs but never actually has

sasha james: academically enjoys edibles but prefers to just drink anything blue

not-sasha james: drinks straight tonic water or margarita mix and inhales the fumes off of sharpie markers

gertrude robinson: smokes menthols and puts whiskey in her coffee. doesn’t do drugs and if you ask she’ll just squint at you in that old lady way. has allowed gerard keay to smoke weed in her office before

elias bouchard: still smokes but it makes him cough a lot so he only does it in private. used to drink laudanum but can’t find it anywhere anymore so now he just makes do with weed and really expensive gin

melanie king: likes daiquiris but only if they’re a flavor other than strawberry. vapes exclusively blue raspberry and watermelon flavors

basira hussain: only ever drinks just enough to avoid getting drunk. has never been on drugs and doesn’t want to. would pick up a joint with her thumb and pointer fingers like it was toxic waste

daisy tonner: has only been drunk once and hated it. has never done drugs but kind of wants to just so she can say she has. hates vapes and stares at melanie directly in the eye until she leaves whenever she does it within six feet of her

georgie barker: hates the taste of all alcohol. owns many novelty souvenir bongs purchased from various tourist attractions around europe. her favorite is the one that looks like a bottle of honey shaped like a bear

peter lukas: likes a lot of weird craft beer and thinks he’s oppressed for it. vapes also but only gross old man flavors like mint and butterscotch

jane prentiss: likes red wine. would smoke weed if offered it but has no idea how to go about acquiring it herself

timothy hodge: drinks fucked up cocktails that would kill anyone over the age of thirty-five. will do molly at parties and then go home and sleep for fifteen straight hours and he does this every friday

raymond fielding: drinks brandy out of a crystal glass like people do in the movies. extremely catholic but was also twenty years old in the 1960s. tried lsd one time and the web told him to stop throwing away his bright future so he never did it again

agnes montague: doesn’t drink because diego molina told her when she was like eight that she would explode if she did. would vape if she had ever heard of it but tragically hasn’t

julia montauk: astronomical tolerance for everything so she usually doesn’t even bother. drinks a lot of whiskey bc she likes how it tastes

maxwell rayner: drinks laudanum

trevor herbert: canonically has done heroin. has since kicked his addiction and doesn’t do or drink anything anymore

oliver banks: does xanax but he technically has a prescription. says he smokes weed for his anxiety but it actually just makes it worse

jared hopworth: advocates for allowing safe steroid use but would rather die than do it himself. refuses to drink on principle but when he was still a normal human he drank natty light

gerard keay: drinks one shot of everclear every morning. also says he smokes for his anxiety but it actually just makes it worse. prefers regular cigarettes

simon fairchild: also drinks laudanum

natalie ennis: drinks one (1) glass of champagne every new year’s eve. calls all mind-altering substances “temptations from the mouth of the devil”

michael the stortion: never got the chance to do drugs before getting spiralized and now they don’t do anything to him so he’s super pissed off about it

sarah baldwin: likes fruity rum. smokes a lot of weed

daniel rawlings: smokes weed as well. makes sarah roll his joints for him

john amherst: refuses to exist within ten feet of people smoking anything. thinks penicillin is a mind-altering substance and is mildly scared of it. doesn’t bother with alcohol but would drink bong water if he knew what it was

callum brodie: has never drunk alcohol or done drugs due to being thirteen. has yet to grow out of his “smoking cigarettes is badass” phase

nikola orsinov: made of plastic and therefore can’t drink or do drugs but would be on acid literally constantly if she was able

helen the stortion: puts ketamine in her own drinks for flavor

jordan kennedy: went to liberal arts college and lived off of tequila and mdma for six months. has since stopped doing drugs altogether because his job involves driving and he doesn’t trust himself to do that while high but still holds alcohol like a monster

annabelle cane: drinks peach white claws and smokes her joints through a 1920s cigarette holder

karolina gorka: drinks stoli out of the bottle. too cool to do drugs but has eaten a weed brownie by accident before

jude perry: drinks fireball whiskey if she feels like being normal and unleaded gasoline if she doesn’t. canonically does coke but freaks out around needles

mike crew: doesn’t drink. forgoes weed in favor of doing coke in public bathrooms with jude. complains that adderall doesn’t do anything but he just has undiagnosed adhd

jan kilbride: doesn’t drink or do drugs anymore because astronauts aren’t supposed to but he did acid one time in college and it almost gave him an anxiety induced heart attack

eugene vanderstock: also does coke with jude but in a significantly less companionable manner. its more of a competition but nobody knows what they’re competing against each other for, least of all the two of them

manuela dominguez: will spit at you if you offer her anything but drinks a lot of wine and keeps a box of oxy in a drawer

hezekiah wakely: smokes opium

tova mchugh: somehow a facebook wine mom without having kids. outwardly condemns drugs of any kind in a very holier-than-thou way but has also done coke more than once

emma harvey: drinks vodka out of water bottles. rolls her own joints, puts just enough regular tobacco in them to mask the weed smell, and tells people they’re regular cigarettes

adelard dekker: has never done drugs in his life but is not morally opposed to the idea, he just doesn’t feel like it

[shiniestcrow]

Notes on The Dragon Prince season 2 episode 7

[croaks inquisitively] episode is already getting off to a great start with Bait :D

"Does that help?" - "No, not at all. But I enjoyed it." Same lmao

Soren's just like... well, he promised not to run, I'm sold :D

That's a cool looking dragon 🤩

Corvus is the only smart guy here

Soren causing property damage and pissing off an actual dragon

"Bait, stay with Zym." You do know that Bait has only one real defence, right? If that fails, well...

"Fire!" The dragon has more of that then you

Soren actually making a good choice for once

"I think I really messed up this time, Clauds." At least you are aware of it

Dragon down :(

I know Viren thinks he's doing the right thing but... urgh

I'm annoyed that his dejected disappointment still manages to make me feel bad for him

Ez is so kind

No poor dragon :((

Ez, how about you also ask about Bait for once?

Gren is perfect

"I admire your tenacity." Same

Ah, now Viren lost all other hope so back to Aaravos he goes

"How are we gonna move it?" In pieces probably :(

Oh, yeah, Claudia said it too now, just... more enthusiasticly?

Rayla, protector of dragons

"It doesn't matter what happens to me." YES IT DOES Rayla please

"Everything's coming up Soren." I don't get it

Ohhh noooo Callum

Not-so-dead dragon

That cut off dragon spine is probably going to be used for Dark Magic later on, isn't it?

Oh fuck, that didn't sound good, Soren

Is dragon gonna tell Zym's mom that he exists?

Claudia chose Soren at least

Oh dear poor Soren :(

Thank you so much for not actually showing them cut their hands

Little bug!

Imagine if Viren had freaked out when it crawled up his sleeve and just hit and killed it right there lmao

Aaravos answers, uh speaks!

[chilling-seavey]

Anything But Mine (d.s.) - Chapter Thirty-Five

A/N writing this lowkey broke my heart ngl

Tuesday, September 8th, 2020

The bell above the door rang gently and Florence glanced over to see Emilio coming in. He walked quickly over to the small table she was sat at and slid his backpack off his shoulders before sitting down to join her with a heavy sigh.

“Thanks for agreeing to meet me.” Florence said with a smile.

“Anything for you.” Emilio replied, running his hand through his hair before leaning his forearms on the table to give her his full attention. “Next class starts at 12 so the next hour is all yours.”

“I’ll try to let you go early.” Florence chuckled, restraining herself from reaching out to hold his hands.

“How’s the baby doing?” Emilio asked.

“She’s doing well. That’s what I wanted to talk to you about actually.”

Emilio didn’t say anything as a way to encourage her on.

“I found out some news last week. Important news.”

“Go on…” Emilio said slowly, hesitantly.

“I don’t want you to be upset with me, but you need to know.”

“Okay.”

“Apparently at Corbyn’s birthday, Daniel and I…did more than just talking.”

Emilio’s sudden exhale took Florence by surprise.

“Oh thank God.” Emilio mumbled.

“What?”

“I thought you or the baby was dying or something.” Emilio whispered. “I know about Corbyn’s birthday stuff. Corbyn himself told me.”

“What?! When!?” Florence gaped.

“Like a month later maybe.”

“So the whole time we were wondering who…”

“Yeah, I figured it was Daniel the second the doctor said it was neither Grayson nor me.” Emilio said casually.

“Why did everyone know but me?!” Florence said almost too loudly. A few other customers in the café looked their way.

“It wasn’t our place to say.” Emilio answered. “Did he tell you himself?”

“Yeah. And we had an appointment. It’s official, I guess.”

“Wow. I don’t know whether to say congratulations or I’m sorry.”

“To be fair, I don’t know what I want to hear either.” Florence tried to chuckle but it came across more worrisome.

“How are you holding up with knowing it all now?” Emilio let his hand fall into hers and she didn’t hesitate before wrapping her fingers in his own.

“I…don’t know.” She sighed, keeping her gaze on the tabletop. “I’m as fine as I can be, I guess.”

Silence fell between them. Florence could feel her heart beating strongly in her chest, tightening her grip on his warm hand as she struggled the words out of her mouth.

“I miss you.”

“I missed you too.” Emilio smiled, giving her hand a soft squeeze.

“No…like…I miss how we used to be. Before everything got complicated. How things were in November.”

“November was a good month.”

“I miss you, Emi. I miss how you made me enjoy life and enjoy being loved.”

Emilio dropped his gaze, “What about Daniel?”

“What about him?” Florence frowned, “He’s with Cayleigh. They’re too freaking in love to break it off over this. And honestly, who cares. But I want you.”

Florence licked her lips nervously, eyeing how he kept his gaze on their hands, “I want you, Emi. Only you. Please.”

Silence fell again. It rested heavily over their table for two in the middle of the campus café. Her heart raced in her chest, His silence wasn’t a good sign.

“Emilio.”

“So much has changed, mi amore.” Emilio breathed, shaking his head slightly without looking at her. “And you have two little girls now who need your attention and I…I can’t get in the way of that.”

She pulled her hands back from his and set them on her lap, wiping them on her jeans like touching him made her covered in something distasteful. Her unrequired feelings were distasteful; and they stung her skin like viscous little bug bites.

“Florence.” He sighed at her action.

“It’s okay. I understand.” Florence nodded stiffly.

“You know I’m here for you. You know I love you. I just can’t-“

“Be bothered. I know.”

“That’s not what I meant.”

Florence slung her purse over her shoulder and got up to leave. Emilio practically jumped out of his chair to grab her wrist, stopping her from walking away. She looked at him expectantly. The room was focussed on them and he nervously glanced at the strangers’ judgemental stares. Florence pulled from his grip and walked out, forcing Emilio to grab his backpack and run after her.

“Just go to class, Emilio.” Florence spoke strongly, walking briskly towards the bus stop.

“I didn’t want to hurt you.” Emilio called, almost running to keep up with her. “It’s just…I can’t…”

“I get it.” Florence said dryly.

“And you’re hurt by it.”

“Well, yeah. You confess feelings for someone and they’re not reciprocated, it hurts.” Florence finally stopped walking to look at him.

“It’s not that I don’t have feelings for you. I-I-“ Emilio ran both hands through his hair, trying to put his emotions into words. “I love you so damn much.”

“But you can’t be a father this young. I know.”

“I mean, yeah, I guess, but you didn’t ask to be a mother.”

“I don’t know what you’re trying to prove but it’s confusing the hell out of me.” Florence scoffed.

Emilio mumbled something to himself in Spanish, running his hands over his flushed face.

“What is it, Emilio?” Florence asked sharply, tired of him spewing random answers at her that didn’t seem to make sense.

“It’s because of my brother.” Emilio breathed. “I can’t do this to my brother.”

Florence fell into silence.

“He was heartbroken after he and Callum broke up. I have never seen him like that before. I love you with my whole heart, mi amore, but I can’t do that to Ivan. Being with you would bring Callum into this and that’s too hard.”

“Yeah. I get that.” Florence whispered, her voice wavering.

“I’m sorry.” Emilio mumbled.

“No…I agree.” Florence nodded, “Callum is the same. I didn’t think about that.”

“The only reason we know each other is because of them which makes it worse.”

“I know.”

Other students making their way to and from class walked around them but they didn’t move, keeping their position in the center of the sidewalk. Emilio glanced at his watch and then back to her, sighing gently at her clearly hurt expression.

“I have to get to class.” He whispered.

Florence simply nodded, keeping her eyes turned to the sidewalk, her body angled away from him. He took a step towards her and pulled her gently by the sleeve of her jacket into a hug. She closed her eyes tightly, wrapping her arms around his middle and leaned her head on his shoulder. They stayed there for almost too long, neither saying anything in fear of letting their fragile states release tears. It was already hard enough.

“Okay,” Emilio sighed, running his hand up and down her back, “I really do have to get to class.”

Florence slowly moved back from him, tucking her hair behind her ear. She kept her stare at the ground. She knew looking at him would break her to pieces. The pair kept their consistent silence another moment.

“I love you.” Emilio breathed.

“Don’t say that.” Florence mumbled, closing her eyes as if those words physically hurt her.

“I do. I fucking love you.” Emilio’s voice breaking made Florence look up at him. His blue eyes were shimmering with tears and a drop fell down his cheek which he wiped away quickly. Florence grabbed the front of his t-shirt and pulled his lips to hers, kissing him so intently that she felt like her heart might beat right out of her chest. It was over before it barely began as she pushed him back, his hands barely brushing her waist in his attempt to pull her close.

“You have to get to class.” She whispered, finally dropping her fist from the material of his white shirt and took a few small steps backwards. Emilio was left stunned and broken-hearted by their reality as he watched her walk away. They were just trying to do what was best for their brothers.

[chloe-clegane]

Rayllum Prompt: Rayla and Callum have to babysit a baby elf.

“Mornin Ethari.” Rayla had come downstairs yawning “Mornin Callum” She sat down and started peeling a piece of fruit from the tray on the table.

Callum stood up to clear his plate and stoped to kiss her on the head “Goodmorning sleepyhead. So Ethari and I have been having such an interesting conversation, did you know that the shadow hawk spell-”

“No” Rayla stopped him and he pouted.

“But” he interjected but she interrupted him again.

“No. Breakfast first. Tired” Her overly excited human walked into the kitchen.

“Rayla you’re being grumpy, be nice” Ethari chastised and she simply stared at him in unamused defiance.

Callum reentered a few minutes later with a plate cup of strong tea and buttered toast. “You’re lucky I’m such a nice husband.”

She started eating her toast and smiled “I love you” then she enjoyed a large sip of the hot tea. “Ok, now talk”

“Oh yeah. So apperant-”

This time it was Ethari who interrupted. “Actually I needed to let you two know, Rayla you know Yaveen?”

“Yeah. It’s been a’long time though-”

“Well you two arrived a day early and I already agreed to help her with an errand today.” He was speaking a little quickly and Rayla wasn’t fooled for a moment.

“Oh Ethari we’ll be fine on our own for a day, we have a whole week to visi-” Callum started kindly.  

“Well great! She should be here at any moment we decided since you’ll be here it’ll be much easier it, OH the door!” Ethari went to let Yaveen in, she entered carrying a baby. The woman looked exhausted. Callum walked over to greet her and introduce himself but Ethari went back to speaking quickly “Ok well we better get going. But anyway we thought that we’ll be able to get things done so much quicker and Yaveen can take a nap if we leave Rahlee here with you two!”

The woman quickly handed the baby and a bag to Callum who opened his mouth to say something but the woman cut him off. “Everything’s in the bag, she’ll be fine except her horns are having a bit of a growth spurt so she might be a little fussy but you’ll be fine, she’s fine. Thank you both so much this will just be such a help alright goodbye” and as quick as lightning they were gone.

“What the!” Rayla stood from the table instantly frustrated “They just saddled us with a babe all day. Callum, I don’t know what I’m doing with a babe, you shouldn’t have taken her”

He slowly turned to her “Look at her, she’s sooooooo cuuuuuute, her horns are so itty bitty” he went to touch one and recoiled his hand. “Oww sharp, wow, that seems hazardous”. Rayla rolled her eyes “Yeah they have to be sharp they break the skin when they grow in” Callum looked at her a little horrified. “it’s not as bad as it sounds. They just cry more”

Callum carried her over and sat across the table, “well right now she seems so happy and sweet” He was cooing it at her. Rayla realized she’d never seen him hold a baby before. He seemed like he’d done before. She watched curiously as she finisher her tea and toast and had another piece of fruit. “so, what are we going to do then?”

He thought about it for a moment “I mean we could try taking her somewhere but she’s not walking so it’s probably better we stay in. I bet there are toys in the bag. She seems like such a happy baby, we’ll just hang out for the day. Hey, we took care of a baby dragon for weeks, one afternoon with a little elf should be a breeze”

Rayla was convinced he just jinxed them because moments after the said it Rhalee started fussing. He got up to try to bounce and walk her, things escalated. “What did you do!” she accused.

“Nothing! She just got upset, look in the bag see what’s in there” He set it on the table for her. “uuuuh here it’s a rattly toy!” She wiggled it around in front of the baby. The noise seemed to relax her voice and she quieted and reached for the toy “Ha I did it!” Rayla handed the baby the little colorful plush animal. “oh see, it’s ok wee one” The little girl shook it a few times and then threw it and screamed again.

Callum panicked “Try something else, maybe there’s a binky?” Rayla kept digging.

She stopped and looked at him, “what the, what’s a binky?” she was genuinely confused.

“You know a Binky you put it in their mouths, they suck on it. Do elves not use them?” He was getting exacerbated trying to sooth and bounce the girl.

“oooooooooooooh, you mean a dummy?”

“Uh, yeah sure, just grab something!”

She dug again “ah there ye are you beauty!”

The pacifier lasted much longer than the rattle toy. Long enough for them to relax and try to clean up breakfast when things took a turn again. The next two hours turned out similarly, trying things and seeing their inevitable failure. Confusing each other, he would say diaper she would say nappy. It lead to some frustrating bickering. Finally, the baby was asleep for a nap. The two of them tiptoed as quietly as they could from the room and downstairs. Both releasing the breath they were holding.

“You did good” He patted her back.

“Haha sure I did. I’ve trained as an assassin, climbed cliff faces and fought evil mages. This was about as stressful.”  

“Yeah, and I still think you did great all things considered” He leaned forward and kissed her before he walked over and plopped into the comfiest chair in the living area. She watched him for a few moments. He closed his eyes and looked content and happy. She thought about the way he’s looked holding the babe. Even when freaking out he held her securely, moved fluidly. It seemed to come to him naturally. She knew he liked children, so did she, but if they didn’t know how to walk then she didn’t know what to do with them. When they were 16 they were given a talk about ‘sandwiches’ by Amaya and Jani after there was a compromising situation involving hands and mouths in a garden shed. Even then it was brought up that they may not even be able to have children but still needed to be responsible and etc. It had stuck with Rayla. When she was pursuing a career as an assassin she hadn’t really thought about children or at least assumed it wouldn’t be in her future. But she kept thinking about it and then before they got married she had asked him. Would he be ok if they could never have a child. He had just looked sad and said being with her will always be enough. They’ve been married for 6 months and the topic hasn’t been brought up.

Rayla walked over and sat on the ottoman in front of him. “Hey Callum?” he opened his eyes and smiled.

“yeah?” She loved that sweet goofy smile.

“Do you want to have a baby?” She said it plainly, trying to sound as neutral as possible. She wanted an honest answer.

He nervously chuckled “wha… like now no, that was pretty exhausting I don’t think we’-”  

“I know. Not now, but soon or later or whenever” she resisted the urge to fidget nervously.

“Yes, my answer if yes” he said it confidently before turning apologetic “But you know… I meant what I said Rayla, I love you it’s… we’re enough”. She smiled and kissed him.

“Not today… or tomorrow… or probably not for a few years, eventually, let’s try, ok?” He just nodded, his face was happy, surprised and sincere all at once. She squeezed his hand and moved to stand up and do the dishes. Before she could get far he stood and held her from behind. It was an emotionally intimate moment. He kissed and nuzzled her neck.

“I love you Rayla” Then… Screaming! Peace was shattered. “YOU GET THE BOTTLE” He ran upstairs and she sighed.

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Ok that WAS NO a drabble…. that became a oneshot XD HAHA

[wolvesofinnistrad]

Hey, Love your BallumSex cannons. Can you do some more with Top Callum and Bottom Ben. Some where Ben can't believe how big Callum is. And them being really kinky about it Thank you :)

Hmm I can see like size kink but idk how much other kink will come into this (but rest assured I have at least 2 other kinky Ballum asks in my inbox so it will be done.  :D

(Headcanons under the assumption all the did was jerk each other off and very quick blowjob in the park because it makes it more interesting here.)

Objectively Ben knew Callum was big that night in the park.  

Like, the thing felt HEAVY in his hand.

But it was dark and heated and fast and dirty and the most he got out of it was trying to wrap his lips around it.

Of course Callum had come, not embarrassingly fast, but fast enough Ben didn’t nearly have enough time to really process what his dick felt like, tasted like, smelled like, and just how big it truly was.

When they’re finally together he gets his chance, they’re kissing on the couch, somehow lazy and heated.

“Callum your arm is digging into my hip.”

Ben looks at his boyfriend and he sees him blush, then feels two hands grab his ass.

“That’s not your arm is it...” Ben says, gulping as Callum shakes his head, clearly a bit shy still.

Ben drops his head to Callum’s chest and groans, sends out a thanks to whatever god deemed him worthy of a boyfriend that was both as nice as Callum was, and blessed with a humongous cock.

Ben’s a size queen, so sue him he knows what he likes.

He’s had guys that were big before, a nice 7 or 8 inches, once even a 9 inch bloke from India that made Ben act like a little bitch in heat over his prick.

But Callum, he doesn’t know if his brain is going to turn to mush as he stares at it through Callum’s slacks.

His hand comes over it and strokes him through the pants, making Callum moan almost as much as Ben does.

His hands shake as he undoes the zipper and pulls Callum’s pants down around his thighs, watching that massive cock spring free.

Ben’s just, in awe of it’s size.

Callum is by far bigger than any man he’s been with before, for fucks sake he’s bigger than some porn stars he’s watched in his favorite category (big cock, obvi)

“You alright?”

“Yes just, bloody hell Callum, you’ve got a monster between your legs...”

Callum gets shy at that, blushing.  “Is it too big?  I know Whit said before that it was, uh, scary.”

Ben reaches out and grabs hold of Callum’s cock, whining when he realizes that his hand just barely wraps around it fully, if it were any thicker his fingers would just barely reach.

“Callum, I need you to understand that you have the prettiest, hugest, most mouthwatering cock I’ve ever seen in my life and if I don’t suck it and ride it right this moment I think I might actually die.”

Callum blushes deeper at that, but he seems happy that Ben isn’t scared off by his size.

Ben wonders how Callum is going to react when he has someone that truly enjoys that size for all its worth.

“Ok, fuck this, off the couch, out of the clothes, I need you on the bed for this.”

Callum complies and when Ben’s sitting over his boyfriend on the bed once more he reaches for his edible lube (because of course he has that) and starts slathering it on Callum’s hard cock.

He holds the base steady and that’s when it hits him.  He takes his other hand and places it above that hand on the shaft.  

There’s still more cock even with both his hands on the shaft.

“Fucking shit...”

Ben can’t control himself any longer and dives in, taking what’s left in his mouth and sucking like a man possessed.

He hears Callum gasping and moaning, and it’s so incredibly hot, but what’s crazier is that he can tell he’s got at least a good 4 inches in his mouth before his lips touch his hand.

For a moment Ben thinks he might actually cry.

He just starts going to town sucking Callum off, using both hands (Both hands!!!) to jerk his boyfriend off fully.

“Fuck, Ben, that feels amazing...”

Ben doesn’t say that his mouth is literally watering and would have been more than enough to lube Callum’s cock alone.

He sucks to the head, lips gathering the foreskin and tugging it, even getting a bit risky and gently, very gently, grabbing it with his teeth which makes Callum moan harder.

After that he slowly pulls the foreskin back and works on the head.

His hole twitches at the thought of taking this inside him, his mouth is having a bit of a go trying to get it to fit.

If he has to buy a dildo training kit to work up to taking every glorious inch of his boyfriend he will, he’s going to get all of that inside him.

Stopping for a moment he moves up to kiss Callum, wanting to reassure him that this isn’t just about his massive cock, evne if his brain is kind of hyperfocusing on that aspect right now.

Ben’s never worried about his own size, mostly becaue he’s a power bottom, but he’s got a respecteble 7 inches or so, but next to Callum’s massive manhood even he looks tiny.

“Callum, Cal, I need you to know, I want to ride you til I drain every last drop out of those huge balls (because Callum’s got some grapefruits on him too), but it might take a bit because you are just, bloody insanely large.  But I like it, I really, really like it, ok?”

Callum nods, kissing Ben and smiling.  “Glad you aren’t freaked out.”

“Callum if you knew gay men better you’d understand how funny that question is.  But yes, I love you, and I love this cock.”

Ben goes back to blowing Callum after they kiss for a bit, but he grabs the lube again and begins to finger himself.

It’s been a while since he’s had a good fuck, especially anything close to Callum’s size, but he’s a trooper and he wants it really really bad.

After a while of trying to get the angle right he concedes he could use some help.

Besides Callum’s hands are frankly massive as well and he’s pretty sure a few of those fingers will do more to open him than his own, evne if they’re less skilled.

So he flips around, wagging his ass in his boyfriend’s face as he keeps sucking his cock.

“Mind a little help?”

Callum lubes up his fingers, surprised at the pleasant smell of the lube (”It’s strawberry”) and starts to work on Ben’s ass.

Ben’s moans are muffled by having that fat prick in his mouth, but it’s still enough to make Callum even harder, cock leaking directly onto Ben’s tongue with more precum.

By the time Callum has three fingers sliding nicely into his lover, Ben has managed to get about halfway to three quarters of Callum down his throat.

Even with having no gag reflex its tough, and the position isn’t right, but Ben promises himself he’s going to start training with some dildos for his mouth to if he has to, he just wants to be able to have all of Callum in him.

Ben breaks away, thankful for the reprieve as his jaw was beginning to hurt, and moves up to kiss Callum as he lubes his cock  again.

“Should I, uh, you know, get on top?” Callum asks, earnest and uncertain.

“Normally, I’d say sure, but with this big boy,” Ben chuckles as he strokes Callum’s cock, “I think I need to be in control.”

Callum nods dutifully and Ben moves back, rocking his ass on Callum’s dick, letting it slide between his cheeks so that both the shaft and his hole are completely covered in lube.

He’s going to have to change these sheets first thing in the morning.

“Can you just, hold the base so it’s steady, right?” Ben asks, arching up on his knees.

Callum does as asked, using his other hand to help Ben steady some, or maybe just an excuse to touch him.

Ben moves against the blunt head of Callum’s cock and groans, feels it stretching him just to take that.

“Fuck, fuckkkkk,” Ben moans as he keeps pressing until finally the head pops past his tight ring.

he can feel his hole stretched taut, muscles trying to close but unable to thanks to the girth keeping him open.

Ben hears Callum hiss in pleasure and he slaps a hand on his chest.

“Just, gimme a minute to adjust, shit...”

“Just take it slow, we don’t have to do this right now if you don’t want.”

“I want, I very much bloody want Callum.”

“Okay, I just don’t want ya getting hurt.”

“Trust me, I know my limits.  I’m not taking it all tonight, by far.  I gotta work up to that.  So lucky you, I’m gonna need a lot of practice.”

They both laugh at that, smiling and kissing as Ben adjusts to the intrusion.

Over the next five or ten minutes Ben slowly works more of Callum’s impressive length inside him, until he’s about halfway.

“Halfway, yeah?  Fuck, that name was more apt than I thought.”

Callum rolls his eyes at that, giving Ben a little pat on the bum too.

“Ok, I think this is about all I can take, roll over?”

They exchange positons, Callum over Ben now, still inside him, the movement making them both moan.

“OK, ok, take your hand and put it here,” Ben says, making Callum grab his own dick about two inches from where it’s lodged in Ben.

“Just, keep your hand there and you can fuck me, with that much of your dick.  I can take that much right now, just, try not to do any more than that okay?”

“Are you sure?”

“If it’s too much I’ll stop you.  Just, trust me Callum.”

Callum does, and he bends down to lay a kiss on Ben’s lips before drawing back out and going back in.

Ben’s so incredibly tight that Callum can barely stand it.

Callum is so incredibly large that Ben thinks he might cum on the spot.

The strokes are slow and measured, cautious, but Ben’s thankful for it because he feels split open on every thrust.

The burn is intense, but with Callum’s girth he can’t help but drag over Ben’s prostate with every thrust in and out which offsets it all with bursts of white hot pleasure.

Ben loses time for a while, the pleasure and stretch and the feel of Callum’s hand on his hip to ground him swirling together.

Callum is careful never to go past the limit Ben set, evne as he speeds up, his own hunger growing.

“I think I got a hang of where the limit is.  I’m gonna take off my hand okay?”

Ben barely evne hears him but he nods.

Callum starts really plowing him then, but he’s not getting more than he had before, just faster, harder.

Ben’s eyes roll up into the back of his head as Callum really doesn’t even need skill at this point, he just has to press into Ben and he’s a moaning, mewling mess.

A low whine breaks from Ben’s throat, turning into a high pitched Keen as Callum lifts his ankles over his shoudlers and really starts hitting him deep.

“More, gimme more.  I wwant that big fucking cock Callum!”

“No Ben, you said to be cautious.  You aren’t taking all of me tonight.”

“PLease, I need ti fuck!”

“No.”

Ben is begging for it like a cockslut after that, almost crying for Callum to give him all of it, but Callum never does, and later Ben will be thankful for that since he’d be wrecked if he tried to take it all tonight.

So lost in pleasure is Ben that he doesn’t evne notice his orgasm sneaking up, only that his own pleasure is building higher and higher.

Callum’ groaning and grunting and the sunds and the feel and all of it just becomes too much and Ben is coming untouched, screaming as the orgasm rocks his body.

His hole is practically convulsing, but it’s so filled by Callum it can’t barely move, which seems to create a feedback loop of sensations that drives the orgams on longer, milking Callums’ cock.

“Fuck, Ben!” Callum spills over then, the pressure on his cock too much as he pumps Ben full.

They both collapse after that, a tangled mess of limbs, sweaty and sticky bodies clinging together as they try to catch their breath.

Its about five minutes before either of them can speak, but finally Ben manages “I feel like I’ve been impaled.”

There’s a soft laugh after it though so Callum doesn’t worry too much.

“Was it...  good for ya?” Callum asks, still out of breath.

Ben turns to Callum with slightly glazed eyes.  “If it were any better I think I might have passed on.  I’d be in one of those pine boxes of yours tomorrow.  Here lies Ben Mitchell, fucked to death by Callum Highway’s massive fucking prick.”

“Shut up!”  Callum shoves Ben playfully.

“Ben’s entire insides had been rearranged by that monster cock.  Reports say Mr. Highway was arrested for smuggling a lethal weapon in his pants.”

Callum hides his face, laughing more than he has in years, feeling lighter and better than he has either.

And Ben, Ben feels so fucked out that hes not sure he can work tomorrow.

He might not evne be able to walk

“Seriously, they should knight your cock Callum, for services to the country.”

“It’s only serving one man now.”

“I will gladly be the sheathe for your blade good knight, the throne for your-”

“Ben, shut up.”

Ben smiles, kisses Callum.  He can get used to this.

[sunsetsover]

Hi! I saw your posts about Ballum and I love how detailed and interesting each response or theory about them is (and accurate I believe). Considering it’s been heavily hinted at that Ben won’t stay legit what do you think about the idea of Callum switching sides instead? Most likely not on purpose but he could get dragged into crime or step up and do something illegal to help/protect Ben in a moment of panic (or love?) I’d love to hear your opinion :)

hello!!! thank you!! i’m glad you’re enjoying them!! idk how accurate they are in terms of canon, but certainly accurate in my head lmao

personally i LOVE the idea of criminal callum!!! i would much rather see criminal callum and all the conflict - particularly internally, bc callum certainly isn’t criminal material rn is he lmao - that would come with that than morally uptight policeman callum! i would also Love to see criminal bfs ben and callum where callum is doing dodgy shit like ben but still insists on having Morals (meaning threatening to throw children off of a bridge is very much off the table) and being a generally Nice Guy (i accidentally mistyped Nice Gay and like.... i’m not wrong) and there’s still that nice guy/bad guy dynamic but behind the scenes callum is not the angel everyone thinks he is just like.... it would be so delicious...... like god you know that scene where callum went out of his way to find and threaten leo??? give me that again, that was IT honestly i would take that over copper callum any day

and like it would make for such good content !!!!!! oh my god!!!!!! just imagine callum being forced into a corner and snapping and battering someone and having to turn to ben to help him bc he doesn’t know what to do and he’s freaking out and ben having to basically cover his ass and stop him from handing himself in to the police and all the conflict bc callum would be like ‘what have i done, my career is ruined, and now i’ve dragged ben back into this too, he’s gonna hate me’ and being really cut up abt it and ben having to essentially talk him down and reassure him that it’s fine, that he doesn’t mind and that everything’s gonna be fine and this doesn’t make him a bad person and that ben doesn’t hate him etc etc like????? it would be so GOOD please @ ee i’m beggin u (i actually can kind of see this happening to a certain degree w leo but that also might just be wishful thinking lmao)

or like you said, callum being dragged into it, or basically being given very little choice if he wants to save ben’s ass!!! callum doing things he never thought he’d do or even be capable of doing bc he loves ben so much that letting anything happen to him when he can somehow prevent it is straight up not an option!! the hurt/comfort of it being something that’s genuinely out of ben’s control!! or the angst of this situation being brought on bc ben was being reckless and unnecessarily getting himself in some kind of dangerous situation!! god i would kill for it honestly like when callum stood up for himself to stuart and ben during the stag (and to stuart again after the wedding) and then when he threatened leo it was the best thing ever like i love soft nice kind callum but i want to see Spicy ‘i have a backbone and i’m not afraid to use it’ callum too!! gimme it ee!!

and let’s not forget that callum’s whole introduction to the show in the first place was him being involved in a robbery and shooting mick so like.... it’s certainly not as though he doesn’t have it in him to do dodgy, criminal, violent things, is it? as ‘out of character’ as that might have been/seemed, he still did it. and he was in the army!! and he saw action while he was there!! the whole reason he came back to the show after his initial stint was bc he had been injured by shrapnel trying to save people from a bomb!!! like i know it’s very easy to forget bc of how he comes across but callum is in no way a stranger to violence or dodgy shit, u know? esp w his upbringing, too. like callum has never been squeaky clean, not since he was introduced to the show, and i would give anything to see THAT side of callum explored more bc that is far more interesting to me than this weird 'we all Must become law abiding citizens now’ turn they’ve had him go in (which is why i so desperately want this whole cop callum sl to be a plot device to launch into another sl, particularly one to do w callum’s ptsd)

but honestly, do i think they will ever give callum a full blown criminal-centric plot? no. he’s supposed to be the nice to ben’s naughty, and considering just HOW opposite they are on the spectrum in that sense i doubt they’ll ever just straight up have callum turn ben-level dodgy on us. that said, there are rumours that he does attack leo at some point after what he’s trying to do to whit comes to light so that would be very interesting to see play out, esp considering callum’s newfound desire to become a policeman (key word being rumours tho), and also this is a soap we’re talking abt and aside from maybe children, no character keeps their nose clean forever so callum’s bound to be involved in SOMETHING dodgy at some point (and like i said, it’s not like he hasn’t already proved himself capable of being dodgy, is it?) so hopefully we will see callum doing dodgy shit one day!!!

💖💖💖

[whumping-every-day]

IM GONNA MCFREAKIN LOSE IT holy SHIT you never cease to impress!!!! im reading the end of the newest chapter just like,,,, callum has realized how young the vamp is, knows it can talk, is starting to realize "holy shit this town really just tortured a kid out of his mind, huh?" and at the very end the vamp just rubbing its face against the blanket crying in relief like. can you imagine callum just watching it sob over such a small kindness and act like an abused /person/? and having to ask--

(Part2) -- is a vampire REALLY just a reanimated corpse? or were they people too? how many 'people' has he killed, not knowing they were thinking, feeling, terrified, angry people?? also i'm so excited for if the vamp actually talks!! like callum does something super small or even kind of cruel because he's annoyed and the vampire just stutters out a thank you and it just sinks in that he is the only kindness this vamp has ever known, and how many like him are out there?? im losing it fam skjdsk -whimsy

WAIT. WHIMSY. I WAS READING UR TAGS!!!! I followed the reblogs, and I was losing my collective shit watching you freak out, omg xDDDD THANK YOOUUU!!! I always ALWAYS need ppl to yell with! And I am so glad you enjoyed it!!! And YES. YES I IMAGINE THAT. One day u will all get to see. :3 xDD IM SO GLAD that y’all are interested in Callum’s growth as well. Cause yeah, that realization that some vampires are people is going to rock his fucking world 

It’s gonna be a whole big deal when it switches from ‘it’ pronouns to ‘he’ for the poor little vamp. And I am absolutely fucking pumped xDDD

[anoptimisticsnarker]

Wait, the Dragon Queen isn’t dead. Her eyes have just been closed for a week and a half? Well, that was a scare and a half. Don’t whiplash me like that show. Damn… The elf’s name is Ibis and he’s a Skywing Elf. That makes five kinds we’ve found out about so far in the show, even if Aaravos’s species has yet to be named. And the queen’s name is Zubeia. That’s getting saved in my brain now.

Zym’s not ready to see his mother yet. I can understand as this is a big thing to have to do. But seeing the Dragon Queen… She’s magnificent. Ezran is trying to reach out to her, but it doesn’t seem to be working. And Rayla’s run off now. Oh, this is the place where her parents ran away from. Now I get why she ran off. This is hard for her too.

Soren actually freaking made it to the Storm Spire. I’m in awe he got there relatively quickly. He went all night to get there, and then he can’t even make it all the way up because he can’t cast the spell needed to make it up to the top. Ezran found him and brought him to Callum and Rayla, Callum pulling off a clutch Ventus Spiralis to get Soren’s breathing back. And Soren comes bearing news of what happened the night before. Can you not with the slurping though? That’s unnecessary, Soren, even if you are being a major help with information.

Looks like Callum is looking to see what he can learn from Ibis. I like that he’s still being proactive with learning magic. Ibis seems surprised that Callum can do magic and is willing to tell him one thing. He’s telling them to leave to keep Zym safe. Well, not what I was expecting. And then homeboy really just flies away and leaves them. Everyone is dipping this season. Incredible.

Callum told Rayla was Ibis told him, and while Rayla agrees that they should get Zym out of there, she’s going to stay and defend Zubeia. Callum actually got mad that Rayla isn’t going with them. This issue I feel is both a mixture of pride but also something else. I think this goes deeper than even her parents.

Oh, Callum remembered the spell Lujanne did to see into the past. Historia Viventum. Another spell used by Callum. Not sure if this one is permanent due to the fact the Moon Opal had to be destroyed for it to be used, but still. A look into the past!

So, it looks like Rayla’s parents didn’t actually run. They did stay and defend the Egg when everyone else fled. And they stood their own against Viren for a bit, Viren even getting kicked in the face and I enjoyed seeing that immensely. Viren got the upper hand, and if not for some quick thinking by Rayla’s mother, he would have destroyed the egg. He didn’t, and I assume Rayla’s parents are imprisoned like Runaan is, but the fact is that Zym is alive because of them. And whatever choice Rayla will make will be her own, not trying to make up for what her parents did.

Soren is out here making the big speeches now. I’m honestly so proud of him this season. He went from just listening to his father to taking a stand and wanting to help stop him. That took courage. And his speech is true; Viren will just keep trying until he gets what he wants, so better to stop him early when he’s less powerful and more likely to fall than later when he amasses more power.

Ibis came back! And someone else is there. It’s Amaya and the other Sunfire Elf. Her name is Janai, and she brought all her troops to the base of the Storm Spire. It looks like they’ll be the first line of defense against Viren’s army, and taking revenge over Viren destroying their home. Ibis and Ezran are going to get more reinforcements, and honestly? They’ll need all the help they can get. This battle is going to decide a hell of a lot, and I hope Callum, Rayla, and everyone else can pull through a victory. They’ll need to.

Viren’s army is storming the Storm Spire. It does look like the shady council member and Claudia weren’t transformed, but everyone else was. Their numbers are great. This really will be a final battle, huh?

[ilseofskadi]

my thoughts on season 2 of the dragon prince

it’s been almost 10 days since the season came out and i’m on my third watch of it and of course i’m writing about it instead of writing my paper bc i have thoughts and emotions and like just about everyone else i want to talk about them

(i’m writing this while watching instead of writing my paper)

(spoilers for the first three episodes ahoy)

first episode

Amaya is still the best and nothing will change that i am very gay

Lujanne. Just. Lujanne. I love her

I also love Ellis, I’m so glad she stuck around for a few more episodes and i hope she comes back at some point

“Ezran! You killed the dragon prince!”

my first thought when Rayla was being lured by the sleep spell and grabbed the rose was that she was just being extra dramatic for some reason

the fight scene with Soren and Rayla was also great! Rayla “sweeping the legs” and getting caught was a good throwback

Viren’s character is getting interesting

oh also, Lujanne and Callum’s conversation about magic was just sad. I know Lujanne isn’t intending to be rude, it’s just how she grew up, but it’s still sad to see her shut Callum down so hard :(

second episode

Claudia and Soren have me on edge this whole episode

also tbh Callum’s little not-so-secret crush is actually kinda cute

Soren bothered me in this episode, I mean I understand why and all but still

Rayla being all super ninja assassin and scary aslkdghjklh

Callum please trust Rayla more

Lujanne is actually me in giving advice; my friends go to me all the time (i’m happy to listen and help if i can) but i never know what the heck to say so i also spew out some bs that kinda only half helps

Viren’s confrontation with the mirror originally had me thinking that he was talking about himself when he was saying it was useless (it would have been some good symbolism bc he’s looking at his reflection and who knows maybe it is)

Callum finding out about Harrow actually made me feel bad for Rayla more than him bc she was the one who wanted to tell him (as it was kinda her duty to him) and he still had to find out from someone else

third episode

still dying over the Rayla and Callum and Harrow thing

hhhh SOREN BEING A GOOD BIG BROTHER they have such good interactions i can relate to that (awkward big brothers who want to help their upset younger sister but don’t know how is something i know well)

Callum trying to tell Ezran about Harrow and Ezran thinking it’s about Zym (also rewatching it Callum starts off saying the same thing Harrow did when he had to tell him about Sarai) (and then Ezran asking if it’s the talk about sandwiches and Callum’s little freak out) Callum is such a good big brother

the sibling writing is so good in this i could write paragraphs about it

and Callum finally understanding why Rayla couldn’t tell him just please i’m so glad he’s seeing more that she’s trustworthy

Callum beginning to trust Rayla more hurts

“I truly have enjoyed you all sneaking past my defenses and desecrating this sacred place these past few days” LUJANNE

Rayla and berries just seem to be a recurring trend

again a good fight scene with Soren and Rayla

i’m glad Claudia at least feels some regret (whereas Soren i’ve felt like punching this whole season so far)

i really want to punch Soren dude why would you attack a ten year old girl?!?!?!??! ASDGASIDGH

CORVUS!!!! YEAH!!!!! SOREN!!!!! NO!!!!!!

don’t think I didn’t catch that song reference with Ellis

love the piano for the starry elf man

still feel like punching Soren

final thoughts on the first three episodes

i don’t like the focus on romance, i didn’t like it before and i still don’t like it now; sure i enjoy the interactions and how it shows their characters, but i never like it when shows introduce romance so early on (i was fine with Callum’s crush on Claudia being introduced and i was okay with it showing up again but i didn’t like how Claudia acted bc to me it felt like she was taking advantage of it)

I Want To Punch Soren Blease Let Me Punch Him

Viren is turning out to be a much interesting character than in the first season; i feel like he’s not actually a villain as much as i think he truly believes he’s doing the right thing (antagonistic definitely, but i wouldn’t call him evil) (though his treatment of his kids so far has been terrible)

at this point i’ve stopped shipping anything in the show; sure raydia is aesthetically pleasing but at this point i don’t think i’ll be really shipping anything that much

[daniactuallysnuffledthatpopcorn]

Painting Flowers (Chapter 8)

[A/N] My camp Nano project from April 2014. Heavily edited.

Summary: Dan has come to accept that his psychotic episodes and hallucinations are here to stay, when he meets Phil Lester. Although Phil can’t fix Dan, he does give him something to fight for. Something to try for, one last time.

WARNINGS: Mentions of self harm and suicide. Deals with mental illness, hallucinations and psychotic episodes.

Word count: 2.7K (21.7K total)

<-previous chapter -- next chapter->

Start at the beginning

Dan woke up at eleven that Sunday morning. Phil wasn’t next to him anymore, and for a short second he was afraid that the other had left him, but then Phil’s head appeared in the doorway of the bathroom. He had a bright smile on his face and a toothbrush in his hand. He waved, disappeared into the bathroom, spit out the toothpaste and reappeared without the toothbrush.

“How did you sleep?”

“Great.” Dan said, rubbing his eyes.

“I woke up half an hour ago, didn’t want to wake you. You looked cute. You still do.” He smiled and walked back over to the bed, sitting down near Dan’s feet. “Do you crave breakfast or can I come back to bed?”

“You can come back to bed.” Dan said. He raised the covers to invite the other back in.

Phil accepted the invitation and lied down next to him. “Come here.” He whispered. He turned Dan over onto his side and pulled his back against his own chest. He tucked his leg over Dan’s and buried his face in the boy’s hair. “Hm, you’re warm.” He muttered.

“Thanks.” Dan moved back into the Phil’s body. He closed his eyes again and let himself drift off once again.

This time he didn’t wake up until there was knocking on the door.

“Can’t a man get his sleep in this place?” Phil groaned.

“Who is it?” Dan called with a croaky voice, ignoring Phil’s comment.

“It’s me.” His mum’s voice sounded from the other sound of the door. “Are you two going to come down for lunch or are you staying in there for the rest of the day?”

“Well, if the latter was a serious option, I’d probably pick that one. I’m assuming that was sarcastic though, wasn’t it?”

“Completely.” His mum confirmed. “Come on, you two. Callum made pancakes for lunch. You’ve got to hurry if you want some.”

Dan wasted some curses on the pillow his face was buried in.

“Now, now, that is not the right pancake attitude.” Phil said.

Dan couldn’t help but smile at that. “Stop. I’m trying to be annoyed here.”

“I don’t like when you’re annoyed. Your smile is cute.”

Dan turned around to face Phil and looked up into his eyes for a few seconds. “I don’t know what you see in me, but I sure am not complaining.”

“I’ve got a list of things that I see in you, but by the time I finish telling you them all we’ll have missed both those pancakes and dinner. Possibly breakfast too.”

Their conversation got interrupted by a song that started blasting through the room from somewhere on the floor.

“That would be my phone.” Phil said. He climbed out of bed and moved some stuff aside to reach his iPhone, which was lying on the wooden floor.

“Phil Lester.”

“Oh, hi mum.”

“No, I’m still with Dan, don’t worry.”

“Mum, we literally watched Disney movies and then fell asleep. I couldn’t have tried anything if I wanted to. Which I didn’t.”

Dan was laughing in the bed behind him. He’d propped himself up on his elbows and was observing Phil’s every movement.

“Shit, was that today?”

“Sorry. I mean darn it, was that today?”

“I’ll be down in twenty, that good? You know where to pick me up?”

“I know, I know, I’m a horrible person, I’ll see you in twenty.”

“Love you too. Bye mum.”

Phil tossed the phone onto Dan’s desk and turned around, “I promised my mum I’d go visit my grandma for her birthday today, I’m so sorry. She’s picking me up outside in twenty minutes. If we hurry we can still grab some pancakes together?” He gave Dan an apologetic look.

To his relief Dan smiled and got out of the bed. “We better be fast then. How old is your grandmother?”

“She turned 83 yesterday.” Phil tossed Dan a shirt and pulled on his own trousers.

 “Your shirt’s inside out. Wild night?” Brianna winked at Dan as she handed him a plate of pancakes.

Dan glanced down, “My shirt’s not inside out.” He said.

“I know. Just wanted to see if you’d get scared.”

“We didn’t have sex, Bri.”

“That’s what they all say.” She turned to Phil and handed him his plate, “Are you going to deny it too?”

“Nothing happened between us. Maybe some cuddling, but that was it.”

“Ah, some cuddling? That’s getting somewhere.”

“Oh my god, Brianna.” Dan laughed and stuffed some pancake in his mouth.

“I’m not getting involved in your dramatic romance, don’t mind me.” She raised her hands in surrender and went back to help Callum.

“She’s quite something.” Phil said.

“She’s definitely something. Not sure what yet.”

“You like it though.”

“Sure I do. She’s a nice girl.”

Phil opened his mouth to say something, but then closed it again and reached behind Dan. “What is this?” He held up a post-it note which he’d apparently plucked from Dan’s back.

Dan immediately snatched it from his hand and turned bright red. “A note.” He uttered.

Phil raised his eyebrows, “Alright, okay. That’s okay.”

“Phil, your mother is waiting for you outside, dear.” Dan’s mother peeked into the kitchen just to say those words before disappearing again to get back to whatever it was that she did at the hotel. Dan actually wasn’t quite sure what she did all the time, running around, worrying about literally everything.

Phil stuffed the last piece of pizza in his mouth and ruffled Dan’s hair before getting up from his barstool, “I’ll call you, yeah?”

“It would be an honour.” Dan watched Phil leave the kitchen and even leaned back on his stool a bit to allow his eyes to follow Phil out the door and watch him get into a shiny black car.

 When Dan got back upstairs he knew he was in for trouble as soon as he opened the door to his bedroom. He even considered just closing the door and going back downstairs, but he figured that fleeing wouldn’t do much for him in the long run.

“Right, throw it at me. What do you want?”

“Is that boy making you into a cocky asshole now too?” He could hear the Captain’s voice, but he couldn’t actually see the cat. “Where are you?”

“Who cares?”

The moment in which those words were spoken was Dan’s last moment of silence before all hell broke loose in his head. He sank down onto his knees and pressed his fists against his temples. It sounded like every voice he’d heard over the past few years was suddenly speaking at the same time. The quiet and peace he’d enjoyed when he’d been with Phil was all slammed away in a matter of seconds and he was reduced to whimpers and pleas to make it stop.

It was like standing in the middle of a crowded disco, with loud music, lots of sweaty people, and lots of flashing lights, but all the people there were talking to him, trying to gang up on him. “Leave me alone.” He tried, but he knew it was no use. He’d had this before. Last time he’d been admitted to a hospital, and although that had seemed terrible when he’d been there, right now that seemed like an amazing idea. If only he could make it to his phone to call his mum and ask her to help him. Or his dad. Or Michelle. Or Phil. Anyone would do, really. As long as they could get him away and get him to the hospital. Just getting him away would be enough too.

The voices in his head took up all his room to think and he couldn’t remember where he’d left his bloody phone. It took him a good few minutes to realise that it was just in his pocket, where it always was. He pulled it out and pressed it to his ear.

Number first, he reminded himself.

He held the phone in front of him, but his hands were shaking and the screen was blurry.

He managed to eventually tap ‘1’, the emergency shortcut to dial his mum.

“Mum? Are you there?” He stuttered when he heard the beeping stop. He couldn’t hear her reply, couldn’t hear anything anymore.

“Please.” He spat out. He was squeezing the phone in his hand so hard that he’d have been worried to break it if he hadn’t been so busy trying to just freaking say the words he had to say and open the door to let someone in.

The voices in his head started to collide with each other, until they were all chanting. They were telling him to get out his blades. They wouldn’t leave him alone until he’d bled them all out. “They won’t leave, mum. They want me to cut them out. Please. I don’t want to cut. I don’t want to. Mum, please help me. Please.” He was begging her to do something, but he wasn’t sure what she was supposed to do himself. But god, she was his mum and she could make this stop. She could make it stop hurting like she’d done with all the bruises when he was a kid.

“I’m coming up. Open the door.” It was the only thing Dan could hear over the sound of the chanting in his head before the voices blurred her out again, but it was enough for him. He pulled himself to his feet, and for a few seconds he was debating whether to go into the bathroom and give in or go open the door for his mum. The voices totally agreed with him when he contemplated getting the blades, but then Phil popped into his head. The words Phil had said. That he couldn’t go, that Phil didn’t want to lose him, and he took a few wobbly steps over to the door to the hall. Letting his heart make the decisions was hard when his mind was trying to pull him in a complete opposite direction.

“Dan?”

She was already there. His mum was there. He just had to open the door and she’d get him away from the temptation to give in. The voices seemed to realise that too, because they started chanting again. Worse things this time. Things Dan was even more desperate to drown out. He pulled open the door and immediately fell to his mother’s feet. “Please.” He managed to say. “It’s okay, Dan. I’ve called some people for you, alright? They should be here any minute now. I’ve got you.” She sat down next to him on her knees and cupped his face in her hands. “You’re safe with me, Dan. I’m not going to let anything happen to you.”

“I’m sorry.”

“It’s okay, love, it’s fine. You did a brave thing, calling me. Good job, I’m proud of you. I always am. You know that, right?”

Dan didn’t reply.

“Just a few more minutes. They could be here any minute now.”

He felt another pair of hands on his shoulders and heard his dad’s voice say something, but he couldn’t understand what was being said. He heard his parents talk to each other and forced himself to listen to them. He could hear their words, but the meaning didn’t ring through. It was enough though: just hearing their voices distracted him from the chaos in his mind for a second.

His own mind was his worst enemy, and he didn’t have the guts to let his heart rule his mind.

 Dan didn’t remember much from the ambulance ride to the hospital. He knew that he’d been restrained, but his mind couldn’t shut up long enough to let him think of a reason why. Had he lashed out at anyone? Was he a danger to himself or others? The stretcher was rolled out the ambulance and towards the huge white building. “We can’t go in there.” Dan said, repeating what The Captain had said to him only half a second ago.

“It’s going to be alright, kid.” One of the nurses told him. The man opened the glass doors of the hospitals to let them through and he was immediately taken to a lift. Somehow Dan remembered that the mental ward was on the third floor, although it didn’t seem like the most useful information his mind could’ve chosen to remember at this moment.

“We need to go back.” Dan said. He was almost shouting, unable to keep his voice down. They entered the mental ward, Dan recognised the big doors he’d walked through so many times. They were used to screaming people down here, Dan supposed.

“Make them take you back. This place will infect you with all those illnesses.” One of the voices told him. After his episodes Dan never understood why he’d blindly believed everything he’d been told by his voices. But right now, their words seemed completely reasonable. He was too far gone to question their truthfulness.

“They will kill me. The germs, they’ll get to me.”

The nurses knew better than to try and argue with his hallucinations. They kept quiet and rolled the stretcher into on of the rooms. It was empty, apart from a bed in one corner and a chair in the other. There were bars on the windows, to make sure the patients wouldn’t try to get out that way.

“You’re already catching them. Do you feel that?” He could hear the voices laugh at him.

He felt a wave of relief wash over him when the needle was pushed into his arm. For one more moment he struggled against his restraints, then he blacked out.

 He woke up with restraints keeping his arms in right angles with his hands next to his head. His wrists were facing the ceiling and he wasn’t wearing his jumper anymore. They’d seen the scars on his wrists.

“You fucked up, Dan.” The Captain announced.

“Where are you?” Dan mumbled in reply.

“In your head. You can’t see me right now. You went out of your mind, you’re fucking crazy, Dan.”

“I know.”

He heard the door unlock and from the corner of his eye he could see it open. Someone in white walked in, and when they came closer he recognised the woman as one of the doctors who’d treated him before.

“Hi, Dan.” She greeted.

“Hi.” He said.

“Haven’t seen you in a while.”

“Seven weeks and two days.” Dan replied.

“Right. Wouldn’t exactly say it’s good to see you back here.” She gave him a warm smile. “How are you feeling?”

“Better.”

“Can you give me a number?”

It was a system they’d started using with him when he’d only just been brought in, when he was eleven, and absolutely terrified of all the white halls and serious doctors. By now he was used to it all, but the system had always been a nice way to stay grounded during times like this.

“Seven, maybe eight.” He said.

He’d never used one, although he’d definitely have described the day before as a strict number one, had anyone asked. He’d never used number ten either, simply because he felt like he could only use that one if he was feeling absolutely great. No hallucinations, no voices. And he’d never felt that way. Not since it all began. He couldn’t even remember what it was like to see and hear only the things other people could see and hear too.

“Good. That’s good. Have you thought about changing medications? We could give it to you just now, just to try it. If you want to, of course.” Dan hesitated. For the first time in all these years, he hesitated before he shook his head. His parents had made him try different medications when he was still underage, but as soon as he turned eighteen he’d pushed the entire idea of it to the back of his head. Never to be looked at again. He’d just keep using the small dose he’d been taking for years, which at this point he wasn’t really sure did anything at all.

The situation had changed now, though. He just wanted to be able to spend time with the boy he was starting to fall in love with without having to worry about the trouble that would be awaiting him as soon as that boy had left.

After all, he would always be coming home to his own mind.

[simplysdmn]

The Plan -WillNE

Anonymous said to simplysdmn:Ok could I please request a Stephen or will imagine (you pick!!) where they meet you after the sidemen match and you’re also a big youtuber and they like you or whatever but are kinda shy about it idk something like that please and thank you!!

A/N:I really liked this idea and I hope you liked the way it turned out, I chose Will because I’m more familiar with him but I kinda included Stephen too :), anyways enough rambling! Enjoy! 

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Once the match had ended, all the players were evacuated off the pitch and all the people that invaded the pitch were safely evacuated also, we were told that all people with VIP holders were allowed back into hall were we could celebrate with the players. I came with Stephen to support his friend Will but I was also supporting a lot of the other players that I knew from Youtuber events.

I, myself was a Youtuber with 2 million subscribers making skits just like my mate Stephen. I think that’s why we were best friends, we were compatible on so many things but we always made the decision that we could never date as it would ruin the friendship we had.

Although he was always certain that he could match me up with his friend Will. I was the sister that he always mentioned. It got quite annoying at times but I didn’t mind when I knew he was talking to Will. He’d always mention me on the phone which I wouldn’t mind but I always thought what it would be like if I met him in person.

Well today was the actual day I’d meet him person and to tell the truth I wasn’t 

excited as I was supposed to be causing Stephen to question why I was acting strange. “Y/N, are you alright? You’re not as excited as you were earlier.”

“Yeah, well yesterday I wasn’t as excited as I was yesterday because, quite frankly, I’m shy. And you know that!” He laughed as we took the elevator up to the hall.

“You’d want to cut out the shyness because you’re about to meet him.” I sharply started touching up my makeup, making him break into more laughter.

The elevator stopped and I was already engulfed by the smell of sweat and strong cologne.

“Y/N!” I looked up and saw the bright smile of Calfreezy.

“Oh my God, Callum, you’re suffocating me and I literally slept on couch last night, the fuck is wrong with you?” I laughed at him once he loosened his grip on me.

“See, there’s something called adrenaline and really that’s fucking pumping around my body.”

“I forgot, I apologise,” I rolled my eyes while giggling a bit. “Anyways, congratulations! I’m very proud of you and your shitty knee.” We laughed and talked a bit more before I was pulled away by Stephen.

“Sorry Cal but you know my plan, well I’m about to go through with it.” I rolled my eyes and said my goodbye. On the way to wherever he was dragging me, I greeted some people that I recognised but finally we had reached Stephen’s beloved destination.

“Jesus Christ Steve, if you dragged me here for no reason and make me run out of breathe I’m going to kill you.” I threw him daggers until he nodded forward. I looked up and saw Will. I looked back over at Stephen making sure to send death threats through my eyes.

“Uh, hi! My name’s Will and you must be Y/N Y/L/N?” He chuckled softly and my surprised face.

“Yeah, that’s me! Nice to meet you.” I said quietly.

“Y/N, here is a Youtuber herself.” Stephen butted in trying to get the conversation flowing.

“And so I’ve heard, you never shut up about her Stephen.” Will laughed.

“Yeah, it gets quite annoying doesn’t it?” I laughed along.

“Sometimes but now I’ve realised he actually has quite some point to bring you up.” I looked away and laughed softly, embarrassment written all over my face.

“Oh God, I suppose you’ve watched my videos too?”

“I have actually and they’re pretty decent. I really like them, they’re better than Stephen’s.” We both laughed while Stephen scoffed.

“You guys are dicks, but do you want drinks?” Stephen asked.

“Yeah, coke is fine for me.” I replied

“I’ll go with a Corona.” Will replied.

Will talked for a little more until it was time we had to go onto separate buses to get to the after party.

Once we got on the bus, Stephen bombarded me with questions. It was quite funny when he got excited but I responded to every question he had.

“So the plan is that you talk to him for the rest of night play hard to get but give him his number before you leave.” 

“Stephen, you do realise you can give him my number?” I shook my head and chuckled.

“I could do that but it’ll better that way!” He kept trying to get his idea across until I confided.

“Fine, on one condition. You don’t bother me unless I ask for you. Deal?” I stuck out my hand and he reluctantly put his hand out.

“Ok I have a condition too, you go through with this plan, I’ll give you £500.” I smiled broadly and shook his hand.

“You’re annoying.”

“You’re worse.” We laughed. We talked a bit more until we reached the destination.

He walked me towards a group of the guys that were laughing and there he was standing there with all his glory. All it took was one look and a smile in my direction to make me turn around and run away. Sometimes my shyness overpowered me and right now that’s exactly what was happening. 

“Remember! £500 is on the table!” Stephen sang in my ear, I muttered a few profanities making him shoot me a smile. 

“I fucking hate you,” I mouthed at him while walking to Will.

“Hey you.” I poked his side.

“Hello! How was your bus ride?” He pulled me in for a hug.

“Not bad except for the fact that Stephen is a nuisance.” He agreed and laughed with me.

“Let’s go inside? Go get a drink?” I nodded. We walked in together, the pounding of the speaker already vibrating through my body. We reached the bar and we both sat down on a stool.

“What are you going to have?”

“I’ll have a gin & tonic.”

“I’ll have the same.” We had a small race on who was going to pay first and he won but it was all laughs later.

“I mean I’m not going to be able to living off of sponsorships forever so Youtube need to get their shit together.” I said

“Yeah, I completely agree but you’ve also got to see it from the advertisers perspective, like I understand why they don’t want their ads on certain things.” I nodded in agreement. A couple of drinks later the shyness had worn away and I was finally little more open to talking to him.

“Oh my God! I love this song!” False Alarm by Matoma started playing in the background and I started nodding my head to it without knowing.

“Ah, no way! Same!” I smiled and started singing along.

“Dance with me.” He said.

“Oh no, Will. I can’t dance for shit! I told you!”

“Oh come on, you won’t give me your number and you won’t dance with me. So unfair Y/N! So unfair!” I sighed playfully.

“Ok fine! Just this once!” His grin took up half his face and then stuck out his hand, I took and let him walk me to the dance floor.

I tapped my foot along to the song and sand along. 

“Come on! You’ve got to have something in you!”

“I dont know, maybe!” I moved my hips to the music and let loose. Not too soon the song was over. 

“Y/N! You’re a liar!”

“What? I wasn’t going to be stuck up! And I’m not that good.”

“Well, in my eyes it was quite beautiful.” I scoffed and look away the shyness kicking in again.

“You’re too much.” I giggled.

“You’re too cute.”

“Do you say this to all the girls you meet?” I laughed.

“No, just the ones that I think deserve it.”

“So I deserve your cheesy compliments?”

“Only in return for your number.”

“And if I don’t?”

“No more cheesy compliments. I can tell you like it!”

“Ok fine you win.” I rolled my eyes and handed him my phone, unlocking it and opening the contacts app.

The night finally arose, or morning as it was almost 4am. The night was full of laughters, smiles and giggles. 

“I expect a text message tomorrow afternoon Mr Lenney.”

“You’ve got it Ms Y/L/N.” He gave me a tight hug and I made my way to the taxi I was taking with Calfreezy and got a drunk phone call from Stephen when we got home.

“Well, how did it go?” He slurred.

“Aren’t you sleeping at his house?”

“Yeah but he’s already asleep and I’ve got the couch so be quiet.” I giggled at his stupidity.

“Oh alright then, I’m going to be honest and say I actually had so much fun.” He started freaking out on the other side and it took me so long to get him to calm down.

“I’m going to need you to calm down and not wake up the whole building, alright?”

“Oh, yeah I forgot, sorry. You said you had fun! So I was right! I knew you’d like each other. Most importantly did you give him your number?”

“Yes. I gave him my number.” I rolled my eyes but a smile was on my face.

“Ok great! See you in a couple of days then?”

“You got it! Sleep tight Steve.”

“You too!” And with that I fell asleep with the biggest smile on my face.

[quipsnsnips]

I saw something similar to a character development, but more of what they were ‘supposed’ to be and how they ended up. so here’s my take on it.

karleigh 🌻 (karls): she originally started out as a classic aries type of character (lmao fire sign), but became waaaay softer as I worked her out…

•still obsessed with sunflowers, a Kansas piece of trash at heart. •did a lot of alternative modeling for easy cash as she was figuring life out in her early 20’s, but kind of regrets it now that she’s older and has a foster son/soon to be adoptive son (the internet’s forever). •is realizing a lot of things she thought she knew about herself are turning out to be different, is discovering herself again as she learns to really open up. •diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia at 5 years old, was in remission after chemotherapy & other forms of treatment. currently has myelodysplastic syndrome. very rarely talks of this, doesn’t like talking about it at all. •would’ve gone to med school if she had the guts, but didn’t have that kind of self-confidence. she stuck to what she knew she could do best; helping others through social work (wants to work with kids in schools). •froze her eggs as a last ditch effort incase she wants children of her own in the future, doesn’t/can’t ovulate anymore. •pretty self-conscious about her music tastes (they’re not even BAD) because it seems like everyone she knows has a musical talent or connection, keeps a lot of it to herself as a result so she doesn’t inadvertently alienate herself. •is a helpful nugget who would give you the only shirt off her back if you needed it & listens to anyone’s problems at any time. •is way too trusting/kind/understanding and ends up being betrayed often or taken advantage of (& usually lets them keep doing it unintentionally because she’s too forgiving). •is a bit codependent at moments, but in the end it boils down to whether or not she cares about you 'cause if not she couldn’t care less. there are happy mediums to this for her in friendships of course, but not when it comes to love.

caitlin 🌷 (aka caity or cait): karleigh’s younger sister that was meant to be really innocent and shy, yet snarky and witty but she ended up being a total fucking sass.

•still pretty pure, didn’t lose her virginity until she was 19. (still dating the guy to this day) •was originally supposed to be a pediatric oncologist, but I really liked her more as a cardiothoracic surgeon. (she’s cutthroat, I felt it reflected her better) •is a complete smart ass. sarcasm and dry, witty quips are the languages in which she speaks. •has always been the overachieving child because she felt the need to compensate for everything her parents went through with her older siblings. (josh was a rebellious shit, karleigh was sick) •ridiculously, grossly, stupidly smart. took college courses in high school and had her associates by the time she received her diploma. •as a result graduated college with her bachelors (biochem) in two years; also played volleyball, and was president of her sorority (she’s a try-hard, w/ no life~) •currently works as an LAFD EMT while she puts herself through med school & enjoys it greatly. (ended up with her Dad’s first responder instincts/drive/“hero” complex) •not known to many (since she rarely talks about it) but is a huuuuuuuuuge sap for her boyfriend, who is the first/only guy she’s ever dated. though they’ve been exclusive for close to three years, all of what he does gives her MAD butterflies and brings out her cute, awkward traits as a result. (his phone calls, seeing texts pop up, seeing him in person. everything makes her insides go !!!!!!!) •family-oriented, but extremely career driven as well. feels the need to prove herself a lot as a female in her ruthless & competitive field so she rarely talks about a future home life she eventually desires. (has never admitted to anyone to this day that she had a dream she’d married Anderson and woke up with a stupidly cheesy grin across her face. happy-sighed infatuatedly for the duration of the day) •would never, ever, EVER say it out loud because she’s ridiculously independent and prides herself on it but would also probably follow Andy anywhere if he genuinely asked her to come with. is the type to fall hard but work her ass off for both their dreams to come true. •is certainly Karleigh’s younger sister, but now that they’ve aged into their 20’s they’re a lot closer than what they were growing up. practically best friends instead of annoying siblings. jokes that Karleigh’s her flowerchild and maybe she should’ve been the baby sister instead. •acts like a hard ass, and is incredibly strong as a person, but has moments. she shuts herself up and people out after difficult calls. cries until she feels confident she’s gotten it all out. she has a warm, sensitive soul but is rather picky as to who gets to see it. (Karleigh & Anderson basically)

ryan 🌼 (Karleigh’s AU daughter): I have two ~developments of her, one’s AU and one’s kinda canon so I’m just gonna go into AU. They do blend together at certain moments, but that’s to be expected because she’s still Ryan overall.

•grew up rather similar to a tomboy thanks to Callum & the Xinx boys. doesn’t click very well lifestyle-wise with her other cousins (mirabelle & bethany) as a result but still loves them and hangs out nonetheless. •nicknames include Ry and RJ, mostly Ry. (RJ was what her mother called her). •has a bit of a temper, quick tongue and wit. hell hath no fury like a ryan scorned. isn’t nearly as forgiving or compassionate as her mother was (to a fault), but is still a sensitive person with a lot of empathy. tries to stay reasonable and levelheaded as a result yet often finds herself blowing up here and there. •will insult you/hit you where it hurts if you humiliate or make a fool out of her. she hates feeling like an idiot so if you’re the one who caused it, you’re probably going to hear some blunt, unapologetically harsh words. •at 13, went to live with her aunt & uncle (Caitlin/Anderson) when her mom died in a freak car accident. has a voicemail Karleigh left her the morning of and to this day hasn’t deleted it. would lose her mind if she ever lost the audio for good because it’s all she has. her worst fear is forgetting what Karleigh’s voice sounds like. •finds comfort in the fact she shares a birthday with her Papa Grady, as his favorite story to tell her is how much he wanted her mother to have a baby of her own. Ry’s a living, breathing granted wish of his. Every July 11th the family throws a large party and they have a good time with it. (ryan believes they started this after her mom passed so she wouldn’t feel so alone on that day.) •rather quiet, finds it hard to make friends as easily as some people do. ryan prefers depth in her friendships and relationships. (she’s already lost the most important person in her life so meaningless acquaintances are just that to her—meaningless) •she’s a no bullshit person, has a one strike and you’re out policy. won’t blow smoke up anyone’s ass. either you mesh with her or you don’t. is an introvert so her feathers aren’t ruffled when someone doesn’t want to be friends with her, she’s usually secretively thankful. •ever since she first learned about DNA and the concept of genetics/heredity, has been absolutely fascinated with learning more about it. her major is molecular biology and she lives for it. •is in a bit of an inappropriate situation with an older family friend of her aunt and uncle, and is mortified they’ll find out and think less of her for it. (is actually being preyed upon by someone twice her age yet doesn’t exactly get that, thinks it’s a mutual 'arrangement’ of sorts. it’s not, he’s a real scummy dickweed).