#Favorite Polyam ships

[lilacs-stash]

Soooo much "the bright lights are a polycule" and yet, no Fanbulb

[elisemochi]

I want Polyam!Brad/Carrie so bad

like Brad/Carrie/Ford? Where they've both decided that he obviously isn't taking care of himself in terms of like mentally (think that one line about Brad breaking into his house to make him eat stuff that's not boring and bland) So now Fords dealing with two people trying to make sure he's "having fun" and "enjoying life" and he really doesn't know how to feel about it

Brad/Carrie/Lisette? idk I think adding Lisette to anything is cute

Bard/Carrie/Wayne?? Where the real reason Wayne always rejects the girls that flock to him is because secretly he's already taken and very happy even though they can't really talk much about it for fear that the other towns people wont understand

[shouts-into-the-void]

Dear Endless Expanse of Space,

Update on my current watching of The Extraordinary Attorney Woo:

I know it's not going to happen, but I fully believe that the only believable and the extremely correct way for the Young-woo/Joon-ho/Su-yeon love triangle to end is in polyamory.

Like— Joon-ho and Su-yeon both holding out their arms to shield Young-Woo from the abusive husband instinctively? Young-Woo calling Joon-ho "the good looking one" and Su-yeon "spring sunshine"? Joon-ho getting upset with Kwan for not believing that he could like Young-Woo?? Su-yeon getting immediately upset when Young-Woo says that she's hard to like?? The parallels between Joon-ho and Su-yeon both opening Young-Woo's drinks and helping her go through the revolving doors??? Young-Woo trying to help create situations for the other two to get together because even though it bothers her (whether she knows why or not) she knows that Su-yeon likes Joon-ho and believes he feels the same way and she wants both of these people to be happy???

In Conclusion: I think these three should be allowed to be happy and in love

[oakwolves]

That ship meme is really cute! If it's not too much trouble, is it possible you could make a ot3 version? No biggie if you can't btw, it's really cute so I was wondering

I can try! I’ll see if I can make one sometime this week

[polyshipweek]

Polyship Week 2024 - Daily Prompts

[ID: Poster for Polyship Week 24, taking place 17–23 November, listing the prompts for each day. /end ID]

The prompts for #PolyshipWeek24 are here! As with last year, the final prompt of each day links to an image — feel free to use the phrase or the image itself for inspiration, and please credit the original creator if you remix their work.

Day One

Team as Polycule

"Is that my hoodie?"

Breakups

Group Hug (smolmoss)

Day Two

"Blorbo Has Two Hands"

Gift-Giving

Thunderstorms

Stair Cuddles (adorkastock)

Day Three

Queerplatonic Partners

Beach

Reverse Tropes

Through the Years (shutterstock)

Day Four

Aro/Ace & Polyam

Promises

Time Travel

Let's Dance (shutterstock)

Day Five

Relationship Anarchy

"You're burning up!"

Arranged Marriage

Only One Bed (House promo image)

Day Six

Queer Disabled Polyam

Parties

Kink Discovery

Tight Squeeze (Sailor Moon, gif by xbuster)

Day Seven

Free Day! Happy Polyamory Day!

Event Guidelines

Works featuring polyamorous characters and relationships of all kind are welcome — any characters, ships, fandoms, and OCs too!

Queerplatonic relationships, as well as asexual and/or aromantic characters are explicitly welcome on ANY day!

Works may be in any medium — fic, art, gifsets, podfic, vids, and more!

Participate in as few or as many days as you like. Choose your favorite prompt each day or mash them up — whatever sparks your imagination!

Please tag us @PolyshipWeek or use the hashtag #PolyshipWeek24 so we can reblog your creations!

Need even more inspo? You can view the entire list of suggested prompts here.

Ao3 Collection | SquidgeWorld Collection | Twitter | Bsky

[rvbrarepairweekdos]

Here are the themes for the first RVB RPW Dos.0!

Theme descriptions under the cut!

(Oct 27) Day 1: what if we were extras and we kissed?

Starting off this event, we have non-main cast ships! These ships include the characters that we barely knew. Small role? Big ship! Do they even have names? Who cares, they're literally holding hands!

(Oct 28) Day 2: passing the bechdel test

Day two is your haven for sapphic ships! Canon girls, trans girls, genderbent girls, big girls, small girls, girls that aren't girls? Yes to all of them!

(Oct 29) Day 3: ... and they were roommates

Day three is focused on alternative universes, canon divergences, and what ifs. Get creative!

(Oct 30) Day 4: that doesn't seem physically possible

Day four is for ships who've never met. Canon? What canon? These two were probably never on the same planet, but they are in love.

(Oct 31) Day 5: monster mash

Day five is all about Halloween and general spooky vibes. Costumes, candy, ghosts, and monsters! Get down with the ooky spooky with your favorite rarepairs!

(Nov 1) Day 6: the more the merrier

Day six is for polyam ships. That character has two hands and the characters holding their hands also have two hands! This days theme is the only exception for "banned" ships. If your polyam ship involves a popular ship, then you can post it today!

(Nov 2) Day 7: free day!

Day seven is a free day! Anything that wasn't covered in the previous themes go here! This day also comes with an added (optional) challenge: try to make something for someone else's ship! Share the love and let's go out with a bang!

[cityandking]

oc asks: romance edition

Send an OC or a pairing! For polyam ships, assume questions are asking about all partners, or feel free to specify.

Introduce your OC's partner! Who are they? What are they like?

How did your OC and their partner meet?

What did your OC initially think about their partner? What did their partner think about them?

How have your OC's opinions about their partner changed over time? How have your OC's partner's opinions changed?

How did your OC and their partner get together? Who made the first move?

Is your OC married to their partner? What are their thoughts about marriage? Would they get married (if they're not already)?

What do your OC's friends and family think about their partner? Are they supportive?

Has your OC met their partner's friends and family? How do they feel about your OC? Are they supportive?

Does your OC care about what other people think about their partner and their relationship? Why or why not?

What is your OC's favorite trait of their partner's? What's their partner's favorite trait of theirs?

What's one thing about your OC's partner that annoys them? What's one thing about your OC that annoys their partner? How do they deal with that?

Is their something about your OC's partner that makes your OC angry, or vice versa? How do they handle that?

What's one thing about your OC's partner that soothes your OC? What's one thing about your OC that soothes their partner?

What's the worst memory your OC has of their partner?

What's the best memory your OC has of their partner?

What's one promise your OC and their partner have made to each other? Have they kept it?

Has your OC's partner ever made them cry? Has your OC ever made their partner cry?

Is there something about your OC's relationship that scares them? Why are they afraid?

What's one thing your OC wants for their partner? What's one thing their partner wants for them?

What's one thing your OC wants from their partner? Do they receive it?

Is their something your OC wishes they did for their partner that they don't do, or that they wish they did better? What's stopping them?

How does your OC respond to their partner being in pain? How does their partner respond when they're suffering?

How has your OC's relationship with their partner changed them?

What does happy ever after look like for your OC and their partner?

[polyamorousmood]

Polyam + multishipper mood is constantly resisting the urge to squish all your favorite ships together into one big poly relationship (and being sad when you can't find any ship content w all of them together 😔)

I want to defend my fanartists here: drawing cuddle piles is actually really hard 😩 another one of life's small tragedies 😔😔

[scottsmajorshipbracket]

Welcome to SSSB!

Hello everyone! I have not seen a Scott Smajor Ship Bracket, so I am creating one. Obviously, this is characters not creators and this is for fun/entertainment, so please keep this lighthearted! Tonetags help convey that you're just being silly or not serious, so click here for a masterlist of them. Now, may the most beloved Scott ship win!

Current Blog Activity: SSSB v2 is in the Finale! Send in your propaganda for your favorite ships via reblogs, the ask box, or mentioning this blog in your post.

[Congratulate the V1 winner and feel free to post celebratory posts! I will reblog them with SSSB propaganda even as V2 is running because deadlines can be difficult :D]

TAGS

#SSSB polls

#SSSB info

#SSSB propaganda

#SSSB update

INFO

Polls are set to one week and I'll post the next wave of polls soon after it ends.

If you tag this account with propaganda, I will reblog it. If it is nsfw propaganda, I will tag it with the #NSFW tag for minors/people who don't want to see it to filter out if they so choose.

Feel free to put propaganda in the ask box once the shipping starts and I will clear the queue as often as I can!

Polyam ships, QPR ships, and any other ships (as long as it is legal and an intelligent being) are allowed. Go crazy with your rarepairs if you desire and have fun!

No ship bashing/shaming please! Not every ship is everyone’s cup of tea, but that just means you stay away from ships you don’t like. As long as it’s safe and legal, ship and let ship :D

Once we get to the end, if all runs well and people enjoy this, there is a good chance that I'll run another bracket with a new set of submissions. New ships can be added and old ships who lost can make a comeback. Just let me know!

This account is run by @deityoftherain who uses they/fae/star pronouns. As one may expect, be as wonky and fun with your headcanons and such when doing propaganda :D

CURRENT BRACKET

Past brackets can be viewed by looking at the #sssb update tag! [Remind me to update ^^]

WINNER

V1: Scott/Jimmy aka Flower Husbands

V2: TBD

As something a little extra fun, @deityoftherain will write a oneshot for whichever ship wins this bracket! Happy propagandaing o7

[hajihiko]

What’s some of your favorite wlw danganronpa ships

Sakura and Aoi did it before anyone else and also Aoi being a sweetheart who nonetheless WILL KILL EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM AND THEN HERSELF for the disrespect of her gf. So true

I think Sonia and Akane have a little something something they're totally opposite backgrounds but have a lot to learn from each other

I will give Hiyoko and Mahiru SOME points for being cute once Hiyoko gets over her Little Sister writing

Mikan and Ibuki. Why? Yeah <3 (in the eng dub Ibuki calls her sweetie and listen that's enough for me)

I think Angie Tenko and ....god. fuckin. Wizard girl. I think they could have a very dysfunctional toxic polyam thing going :)

[lilacs-stash]

Rerunning this poll cuz it's been about a year now. Doesn't matter how you ship it (romantic, queer platonic, divorced, etc) just that it's your favorite. No ship slander on this post okay this is for fun

[lionmythflower]

what are your favorite mphfpc ships?

uhhh lemme see

Ok so starting off stong with

Fugh (Fiona and Hugh)- absolutely loved them they're so cute

Fiona, Millard and Hugh - they're rlly cute and we also need more polyam relationships

Enoch x horace- gays. That's it (Jk they would js have a great relationship romantic or platonic and I love them)

Ricky x Jacob- DOES NOT GET ENOUGH ATTENTION BRO. Actually so sad that this ship doesn't have like anything for it 😭

Emma x Bronwyn- wlw guys I love them

thats it! I don't like the canon Jacob ships bc a lot of them are kinda forced I feel. But that's js my opinion! U do u :)

[ataleofcrowns]

do you know those video that are like 'what your favorite (fandom) ship says about you' and it's just the guy absolutely roasting the fans.

if you want, could you do one about 'what your favorite LI says about you?'

Oooh, fun!!

R - You cry during movies. You've used the "hand-holding is lewd" meme at least once. The first time R and the Crown kiss in the story you will likely die on the spot.

A - You stare longingly at cats you see on the street. Your Crown has "please notice me" energy. I could write a line about A simply glancing in your Crown's direction and you would already be halfway to writing an essay in your head analyzing the meaning behind it.

D - You're into height differences. Loyalty and devotion in a romance are some of your favorite tropes, even/especially when it ends in tragedy. It has been like 2 years and you are still obsessively thinking about the scar on the back of D's neck.

X - You absolutely love drama. You're sadistic towards your own Crown. While you're invested in the romance, at least part of the reason why you chose X's route was also to see the absolute MESS they will create.

All LIs - Your taste is impeccable, your judgment is flawless and your IQ is over 200.

Bonus round with LI/polyam ships:

R/A - Lore, worldbuilding, political intrigue etc are cool and all, but you're here for the ROMANCE. You want to see tenderness and affection so sweet that it melts you from the inside out.

X/A - Best friends to lovers and/or rivals to lovers is your favorite dynamic, even better when they're combined. Also: hot sparring scene with unresolved sexual tension.

X/D - They could burn the Royal Palace to the ground and kill your Crown and you would write a 234 page fandom manifesto about why they were both fully justified (you're correct).

[trafficblrpolyamshipbracket]

Welcome to TPSB!

Hello everyone! I have not seen a ship bracket dedicated to polyam ships, especially for ships in the Traffic Life Series / Empires / Hermitcraft sphere so I am creating one. Obviously, this is characters not creators and this is for fun/entertainment, so please keep this lighthearted! Now, may the most beloved polyam ship win!

Current Blog Activity: Both V1 and V2 Brackets have concluded! Feel free to make celebratory art of the winner and tag me! I will reblog with the TPSB propaganda tag!

TAGS

#TPSB polls

#TPSB info

#TPSB propaganda

#TPSB update

INFO

Polls are set to one week and I'll post the next wave of polls soon after it ends.

If you tag this account with propaganda, I will reblog it. If it is nsfw propaganda, I will tag it with the #NSFW tag for minors/people who don't want to see it to filter out if they so choose. If it is not quite NSFW, but rather suggestive, I’ll take it #cw suggestive.

Feel free to put propaganda in the ask box once the shipping starts and I will clear the queue as often as I can!

No ship bashing/shaming please! Not every ship is everyone’s cup of tea, but that just means you stay away from ships you don’t like. As long as it’s safe and legal, ship and let ship :D

I accept ship nominations as first come first serve, no matter how rare or bizarre it may seem to you. If you want to make sure your favorite polyam ship hits the bracket, throw it in the ask box :D

If there is a ship name attached to it, it is usually because the person who nominated the ship used that ship name. Not all ships have ship names that I know of/that I was given so they may be “wrong” or whatever else. Feel free to leave a reply or throw it in my ask box for me to add a ship name if one has it.

Once we get to the end, if all runs well and people enjoy this, there is a chance to run another bracket with a new set of submissions. New ships can be added and old ships who lost can make a comeback.

The bracket is created at random. There is only intervention in round one if the ships pitted against each other are the same plus/minus a person or if the ships feel too unevenly weighted. If so, I dragged one ship and threw it up or down and left it where it landed if that was better than before. This will place popular ships against each other, but I can always run another bracket after this one to give your favorite polyam ship another chance against other ships :D

Winning ships do not get run again. They claim their spot in the Winners list and then get to rest to allow other ships to have a chance to shine :D

This account is run by @deityoftherain who uses they/fae/star pronouns. As one may expect, be as wonky and fun with your headcanons and such when doing propaganda :D

BRACKET

WINNERS

V1: Mumbo/Scar/Grian aka Mumscarian

V2: Scott/Jimmy/Tango aka Flower Ranchers

[nightshiftselfships]

Hellooooo !! name's Dylan or Katniss! Pronouns are they/he/shi/aer + some self inserts have other names i use!! only call me them if close ^_^

mike schmidt's husband ♥︎♥︎ (10/30/23)💍 i'm a non-sharing yumeshipper! i am also an artist! and i write... Occasionally

dni; basic dni criteria (tl;dr : if ur a freak), proship/profic whatever (block me), if you selfship with my f/os, canon ships with my f/os (unless there is a note beside them on the list below!) AI "art" supporter, endogenic/supporter, anti non-sharing yumeship, genshin fans (unless close). I block freely!

f/os under the cut ✨

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ Romantic! (not the full one, just main ones <3)

♥︎ Primary ♥︎

Mike Schmidt (FNaF Movie)

Vanessa Shelly (FNaF Movie)

Billy (Burn 2019)

Derek Danforth (The Beekeeper)

Josh Futturman (Future Man)

Peeta Mellark (THG) (im a katniss introject hii hello)

Clapton Davis (Detention 2011)

David (Long Gone Heroes)

Two-Face / Harvey Dent (DC/Batman)

Edward Nygma / The Riddler (Gotham TV, Arkhamverse)

Toy Bonnie (FNaF 2)

Vanny (FNaFSB)

Allan Red (Smiling Friends)

Anya (Mouthwashing)

♥︎ Secondary ♥︎

Nick Furcillo (The Quarry)

Goro Majima (Yakuza) (kazumaji is fine!)

Kazuma Kiryu (Yakuza) (kazumaji is fine!)

Nishikiyama Akira (Yakuza) (majikarp is fine,, but i doubt anyone else ships them LOL i love them personally,,..)

Wallter (Regretevator) (wallmark is fine!)

Mannequin Mark (Regretevator) (wallmark is fine!)

Wynona Whitecloud (Grimsburg) (i am the first ever wynona selfshipper :3)(lets keep it that way)

Adam & Barbara Maitland (Beetlejuice) (Polyam)

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ Familial!

Sun/Moon (FNaFSB) (Parental)

Josh Washington, Ryan Erzhaler (Supermassive games) (Sibling)

Abby Schmidt (FNaFM) (Sibling in law)

Primrose Everdeen (THG) (Sibling)

Effie Trinket / Haymitch Abernathy (THG) (Parental)

Roxanne Wolf (FNaFSB) (Parental)

Glamrock Freddy (FNaFSB) (Parental)

Chilli Heeler / Bandit Heeler (Bluey) (Parental)

Frisky (Bluey) (Parental)

Captain Curly (Mouthwashing) (Sibling)

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ Romantic Tag Guide!

🔦 || lovesong - dylmike/lullaby tag

🐰 || its you hiding in limelight - dylnessa tag

🔥 || supermassive black hole - dylan/billy tag

🥂 || i wanna be yours - wolfderek tag

🏹 || always. - everlark tag

🛹 || romantic lover - clapton/ash tag

📟 || killshot - david/dylan tag

🌗 || harvey - dylvey/twoshifter tag

🎀 || everyone adores you (atleast i do) - dylbon tag

🩸 || this comes from inside - dylvanny tag

🧀 || tea errors - dylallan tag

🐺 || lovefool - kaznick/furgrove tag

🐶 || messages from the stars - dylmaji tag

🐉 || today is a diamond - dylkiryu tag

🐟 || late night drive home - nishidyl tag

🧱 || somethin stupid - wallter/dylan tag

🪵 || hey lover - dylmark tag

🧪 || good luck babe! - wynona/ashton tag

📔 || handbook for the recently deceased - maitlands tag

🩹 || warm nights - dylanya tag

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ Familial Tag Guide!

🍬 || superstar daycare - sun/moon tag

💚 || platonic soulmate - ryan/josh tag

🖍 || coloring book - abby tag

🌹 || little duck - prim tag

💝 || team - effie/haymitch tag

🏁 || her favorite - roxy tag

🌟 || my superstar - glam freddy tag

🐶 || the heelers - chilli/bandit or frisky tag

🥩 || mouthwash! - curly tag

I look forward to making new selfship mutuals!!! <33

[deityoftherain]

crochet & cuddles - Flower Court Oneshot

Flower Court is the polyam ship name for Scott, Tango, Jimmy, and Martyn :D

Rating: General Audiences

Relationship: M/M, Multi

Archive Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Status: Completed Oneshot

Word Count: 2,086

Summary: Crochet came simple to Scott, even as his head pounded and tears ran down his cheeks. Still, he persisted and he would have continued like that if his boyfriends didn't put a stop to it.

AKA I somehow pull off a four person polycule ship in ~2k words

Full fanfic underneath the cut! Please reblog, leave kudos on the AO3 fic slash notes/likes here on Tumblr, comment either place, and etc if you enjoy the story :D

Insert. Yarn over. Pull. Yarn over. Pull. 

Next stitch.

Insert. Yarn over. Pull. Yarn over. Pull.

Next stitch.

The movements came naturally, almost as if by second nature. At this point, they were. Scott didn’t even have to focus on the motions as he continued to crochet down the line.

It was only a simple single crochet stitch; anyone could do it with some patience! He was well acquainted with it. He had taught his boyfriends the basics before, some of them with a shorter fuse than others.

Still, despite its simplicity, Scott enjoyed it. He found comfort in the routine action, maneuvering the hook he held like a knife as he focused on the feeling of the electric green yarn against his fingers.

Scott had selected that yarn to make something for Martyn, knowing that it was his favorite color. What was he making at the moment? Scott wasn’t sure, but hopefully whatever it was lit Martyn’s face up in surprise as he filled his processing time with an interested, drawn-out “ohhh?”

Insert. Yarn over. Pull. Yarn over. Pull.

Next stitch.

Insert. Yarn over. Pull.

Scott was going to continue the stitch, but he was interrupted by someone’s hand being placed over his work. His head snapped up in an instant, prepared to tell off whoever had interrupted him. Scott opened his mouth to speak, but no words came out. Any words to be said died in his throat with no chance of ever making their way to his lips.

His vision was blurred over with tears to the point he couldn’t make out much of anything. Everything was splotchy, his nose felt runny, and his ears were ringing something fierce. Scott’s crochet work had been relying on muscle memory and touch instead of sight.

Someone was trying to talk to him, but he couldn’t make that out either. They sounded distant, like someone trying to scream for help from a coffin buried six feet under.

Scott just had to keep going. Keep stitching. He had to be useful, even if it was in a small way such as this.

Yarn over. Pull.

Scott made the motions, but the hook and the yarn were gone. In place of his crocheting materials were hands. The hands sported fingerless gloves and callused fingertips, hard and rough from his work with redstone.

Tango.

A sob sputtered from his lips as he hunched forward and squeezed his eyes shut. Scott didn’t have to look at himself to know that his eyes were bloodshot, his face was flushed an unfortunate red, and his blue hair was sticking to his face from the anxiety-induced sweat that drenched his body.

The talking continued around him, Scott’s head clearing enough to pinpoint three different voices. The one he had focused in on first was the same one who pinched his nose with a tissue. Scott couldn’t quite make out the words, but it sounded like he was instructing him to blow. The feeling of excess snot didn’t feel very great, nor did it look very attractive, to say the least, so Scott did as he was told. 

Scott was met with what sounded like praise over the continued ringing in his ears and warping feeling in his head. The one praising him must have walked away because his voice grew more distant.

Tango removed his hands from Scott’s hold, which Scott tried to protest. The texture of Tango’s hands wasn’t the same as the yarn and hook had been, but it was an accepted alternative. Scott wasn’t given much time to wallow in that removal of comfort because the smooth texture that was cool to the touch was pressed against his palms. 

Hands, softer but larger than Tango’s had been, encouraged his fingers to curl around the glass. Scott obeyed, clasping the cup with as much might as he could muster. The same hands guided the cup upwards until the rim of the glass slipped between his lips.

Jimmy.

Scott allowed Jimmy to guide him, tipping the glass up to allow the water to flow into his mouth. The cool liquid wet his parched lips and mouth, triggering a desperate thirst within him. With each gulp, strength seemed to return to him, and he no longer needed assistance.

However, in his eagerness, he swallowed the water too quickly, his body unable to keep up. Scott choked on the liquid, his throat burning in retaliation as he doubled over in a fit of coughing.

Inadvertently, he spat out some water droplets, staining his already tear-stained pants. It was only then that he realized how dry his mouth and throat had been; the relief of the water was akin to the long-awaited rain in a desert.

Tango’s calloused hands brushed against his once more, but they only stayed long enough to take the glass from him. With his hands now free, Scott used his sleeve to try and dry his face of the tears that still trailed down his cheeks. They were slower than before, but still there.

An arm slipped under his knees while the other moved to support his back. Before Scott knew it, he was being picked up, bridal style. The person’s arms were muscular, in a way Scott was familiar with from being held in them before, and he smelled distinctly of sweat, pine, and cotton. With Scott’s head pressed against his carrier’s chest, he could hear the soft sound of a heartbeat that seemed to convince the ringing to quiet.

Martyn.

Scott could feel the rumbling in Martyn’s chest as he spoke. Martyn muttered reassurances in a low tone, allowing Scott to recognize that he was the one who had praised him earlier. A warmth spread throughout his limbs when he realized that, relishing the praise. Scott had expressed to his boyfriends that he liked being told kind words like this, so it always brought a smile to his lips when they expressed their positive viewpoints of him to his face.

His body felt heavy, too exhausted from the hours of sobbing. Scott had cried for so long that he wasn’t even sure why he had started. Knowing him, it was some mild inconvenience that pushed him over the edge. His tendency to bottle emotions up until the dam broke was not the most healthy, but it was what he knew.

Scott buried his face into Martyn’s chest, hands clenching the fabric of his electric green shirt. His favorite color. Yarn. Scott was crocheting. Where had his yarn and hooks gone? “I was making you a gift,” Scott croaked to his boyfriend. He blinked rapidly, his vision gradually clearing up. He could hear Tango and Jimmy talk, but they were still too distant to make out what they were saying.

“What you were making was knot soup with your tears as broth and your pants as the bowl,” Martyn snorted his attempt at a joke. Scott didn’t think it was very funny, and it must have shown on his face for Martyn quickly moved on, “You can finish it later when you feel better.”

“I’m fine,” Scott insisted, though it was clear he was not.

Martyn raised an eyebrow at him, trying to hold back a scoff. “Why are you crying then?”

“‘Cause I’m a pretty crier,” Scott gave the excuse, knowing it was far from the current truth. His cries were only pretty when they were light and controlled. This was anything but that. Dams breaking were so catastrophic for a reason, after all. When a dam broke, water flooded out without much hope of stopping it. The havoc it unleashed was wretched and ugly, just like his emotions’ effect on his body now. Why do they even put up with me?

The thought came and went, common during moods like this. Scott liked to think he was confident enough in his relationships to not think that way, and most of the time he was, but he wasn’t feeling overly confident recently. He wasn’t feeling much like himself, but he was getting there. The overwhelming dread and pain were decreasing with each word and touch from his boyfriends.

Scott loved his boyfriends with his whole being, finding bliss in the fact he was able to call them each his. He could recall the times he’d fondly teased Jimmy as they created flower crowns as if it were yesterday. Scott still had the shell tucked away someplace safe that Martyn had given him as his prize for completing a dare. It had only been a few days since he and Tango had gone through an obstacle course together on horseback.

“You don’t have to lie to me, Scott.” Martyn sounded almost disappointed in Scott’s blatant lie as he set him down on their shared bed. It was large enough for four people, complete with enough pillows and blankets for them to create a plushy nest out of if they so desired.

He bit his tongue, hesitating to respond. Scott averted his eyes away from Martyn, submitting himself to silence once more. He only looked up when he noticed his other boyfriends entering the room.

Jimmy gave Scott his usual awkward but charming smile, golden wings pressed firmly against his back. “Do you want to talk about what's bothering you, petal?”

Tango took a position on the bed next to Scott, placing his fingerless gloved hand on Scott’s thigh. “You know we’re here to listen, yeah?” “Our three sets of ears gotta be useful for something.” Martyn’s comment was rewarded with chuckles from Tango and Jimmy. The ends of Scott’s lips twitched up in response and Martyn flashed a grin at him in return, clearly pleased with himself for getting a smile out of Scott.

Scott glanced between his boyfriends, feeling the pressure in his chest tighten before it eased as he took in the situation. They were all gathered here because of him. It wasn’t in a negative way, either. It wasn’t because he was a nuisance or because he was making them somehow No! They were here because they cared. They cared about him as he cared about them.

He took a deep breath, feeling a weight lift off his shoulders. He would be okay with them by his side. “I just got overwhelmed with everything.” “I wonder who could have predicted that,” Martyn muttered with a mildly sarcastic edge. He stepped forward to brush Scott’s bangs out of his face. Scott peered up at him as Martyn leaned toward him to press a kiss on his forehead.

“I know, I know,” Scott admitted with a sigh. Martyn’s kiss left a soft buzz of electricity, sparking like little lightning bugs fluttering around inside him. “I should have listened when you told me to take a break.” “Now you know to listen to us next time.” Jimmy climbed into bed from behind Scott and found a position under the blankets. He gently tugged on Scott’s arm, wanting Scott to come closer to him. “If you agree to that, I’ll give you cuddles.” “I think you will give me cuddles either way,” Scott giggled, not being able to help himself as he fulfilled Jimmy’s request. He crawled further down the bed until he was by Jimmy’s side. Scott snuggled against his avian boyfriend, who promptly wrapped his arm and left wing around him. Jimmy’s right wing laid limply off the side of the bed, resting comfortably.

“I’ll double-icate that, adding to the cuddle pile if you agree,” Tango offered, already moving to Scott’s free side. Jimmy's wing uncurled from around Scott's shoulder, allowing Tango to gain contact with Scott's body while Jimmy draped his wing around Tango.

Scott shook his head, but that wasn’t meant to be taken as declining the deal. “You’re impossible. Both of you.” “I like to think I’m rather impossible too,” Martyn chimed in as Tango settled in by Scott.

“Fine, I agree to the deal.” Scott would try, not only for them but for himself. “Just get in here.” Martyn didn’t need any more convincing, joining the other three in their shared bed. The sound of a drawer opening and closing came from the right moments before the television mounted on the wall across from their bed flicked on. Martyn used the remote to navigate to one of the shows they were watching, a sitcom based on the laugh track, but Scott didn’t pay much attention. 

Scott was simply content with the close proximity to the three men he loved the most: Tango, Jimmy, and Martyn.