#Heart To Heart

[youretheheart]

I saw you and other people talking about el's "you think I'm a monster" vs will's "you make [me] feel like I'm better for being different" and then I went crazy again over the fact that will was talking about himself in that van scene but then since mike was mostly oblivious he might have thought that it was EL he was making feel better for being different. And then we get to the monologue and Mike still talking about her being a superhero and all the supernatural things she can do and suddenly??? The hero worship in that monologue makes even more sense???? Because based on what will said, mike makes el feel better for being different, right? So that's why he focuses on her powers and superheros even though it's completely ignorant of her arc this season, because he's supposed to be making her feel better about being different, right? So focusing on her powers that make her different would make her feel better, right?? Except that isn't El's feelings, IT'S WILL'S. so Mike's monologue is essentially a confession to will that got completely misdirected at el.

Gosh, poor Will. He just saw Michael Wheeler, the love of his life, was sad and will wanted to cheer him up so badly but I think he may have made things soooooo much more complicated for himself and mike and el.

Anyways it's late at night and confirmation of will being in gay love with mike is making me think many thoughts so I wanted to share one I had.

ANON THIS IS EXACTLY IT

then when mike realizes that will lied about the painting and that his monologue about el was actually just will’s own feelings all along he’ll have his own realization of how his feelings are misdirected. his monologue to el made no sense because he was using will’s own feelings to power through it. using the duffers’ own words… he missed it.

hence why i need to give the duffer brothers praise for naming the episode THE PIGGYBACK.

[chaoscommissioner]

Sometimes it's hard to vibe with my inner chill and keep myself feeling balanced. Working two part-time jobs, learning how to drive, getting ready to start college, taking care of the house and my furry friends. It can get a bit too much sometimes.

(Almost broke down in tears after work just yesterday lol)

But when I'm overwhelmed, I like to pause and breathe for a bit by enjoying the little things (like the scent of my favorite candle, admiring the cool night breeze, or reading a good book) and turn my attention to the bigger picture instead of focusing on the details.

I think I just find peace in the sense that if I make a mistake, it's not going to affect anything on the grander scale of the world. The work and effort I'm putting in now might be draining at the moment, but the rewards I earn from it will slowly snowball into a mountain someday in the future. Existentialism is a comfort to me because my place in the universe is a small one, but every little effort I make will, in time, become a powerful tool I can use to carve a home here.

And when I die? I won't have any regrets.

[imp-imp-im-a-simp]

One day Loona will say: Thank you for being there for me, dad. I love you.

And everything will be alright.

[ateawithoney]

Season 4 for both shows having great potential for gay protagonists RIGHT THERE but giving us nothing :))

heart to heart but nothing happens 😭💅

[karihighman]

shop talks & badass moments: it’s just a brensen thing™️

[arofili]

heart-to-heart

Maitimo has something important to tell Findekánë. It turns out Findekánë has something important to share, too.

a belated entry for @finweanladiesweek Day 7: Freeform/Genderbending!

Rating: T | No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Maedhros/Fingon Characters: cisfem!Fingon, transfem!Maedhros Word count: 2.1k

READ IT ON AO3!

[mikauzoran]

Adrienette Accidental Baby Acquisition: Chapter Ten

Read it on AO3: Adrienette Accidental Baby Acquisition: Chapter Ten

Summary:

“Who is he?” Adrien inquired, stepping closer to Marinette to peer curiously at the cute bundle in her arms.

Alix tactfully dropped the first bombshell: “His name is Louis. He’s Future Chat Noir’s son.”

Adrien nearly fell over in shock as his legs threatened to give out on him.

“If he’s Chat Noir’s son,” Marinette reasoned crankily, bitter about having her moment interrupted yet again. “why don’t you bring him to this timeline’s Chat Noir for him to take care of?”

With a sadistic smirk, Alix dropped bombshell number two: “Because you’re Louis’s mother.”

Marinette made a strangled noise as she looked frantically between the baby in her arms and the superhero seemingly wrecking Marinette’s five-year plan.

Marinette’s love confession is interrupted when Alix brings Marinette and Chat Noir’s son from the future for Adrien and Marinette to babysit for a week.

Pairing: Adrien Agreste/Marinette Dupain-Cheng

Rating: T

Adrien must have dozed off because he was suddenly jarred awake by the opening of the flat door. He frantically checked to make sure that Louis was okay and Plagg was out of sight.

(Louis was still sound asleep on Adrien’s chest, and Adrien could feel Plagg hidden in his usual spot in Adrien’s left shoulder.)

“Oh, is it naptime?” Sabine whispered as she came around the couch.

Her bright smile and loving eyes lit up the room, and it suddenly dawned upon Adrien how long it had been since he’d been on the receiving end of a maternal smile.

“I hope I’m not interrupting.” Sabine’s smile turned sheepish. “I just wanted to check to make sure you were doing okay.”

“No, not at all,” Adrien assured, carefully maneuvering so that he was sitting up without jarring Louis. “I mean, you’re not interrupting. And we’re doing okay. I just changed his diaper, let him crawl around for a bit, and then fed him. I think he wore himself out, so now he’s sleeping for a bit.”

Sabine nodded as she took a seat on the couch a little ways off. “Good. Good. You seem like you’ve got things all in hand.”

Adrien nodded, upping the wattage on his smile a little in an effort to instill confidence in his future mother-in-law. “Yep. All good. Thank you for checking on us.”

Her smile softened, and an added warmth came into the corners of her eyes. “You’re very welcome, but I actually came up here to check on you, Adrien, not Loulou.”

Adrien blinked as his brain stalled out. “On me?”

Read the Rest on AO3.

[gray-ace-space]

heart to heart #5

paradoxically, discovering my asexuality made it much easier for me to be sexual. 

before, whenever i tried doing anything sexual, i was constantly worried that i was doing it wrong. that i wasn’t acting or reacting the way that i was supposed to, the way everyone else did. that i didn’t enjoy it as much as i was supposed to, or just didn’t enjoy it in “the right way”. i felt like i was weird and stunted. 

but now i know i’m not! i’m gray ace, and i don’t experience attraction, arousal, and sexual activity in the same ways that allos do. that’s fine! i’m still allowed to participate in them if i want to, to the extent i want to. there’s no “wrong way” to feel about it.

i still have a way to go with the self-discovery and getting comfortable with sexual things, but i’m much further along now.

[duelingdestiny]

@industrialpegasus 

He cleared his throat and knocked on Pegasus’ bedroom door. “Pegasus? Please open up, we need to talk.”  Once he honestly started to think about it, it was clear that Pegasus had his reasons for keeping things to himself. It was the right move to make and now he felt awful about storming off.  So here he was, standing at this man’s doorway who he had kissed all over again not two hours ago. Things were getting more complicated by the minute and still Atem was interested to see where this might all go. 

[youretheheart]

It seems that the GA is not asking themselves "Hey, what if Mike likes Will more than a friend?" because he's with El, which is... Dumb. If Will was a girl, there will be articles talking about who Mike will choose at the end. But because Will is a guy, people just assume he will be rejected immediately. The GA needs to be a bit more creative and open minded.

no LITERALLY

if will was a girl the love triangle would be undeniable and with the way 1) mike looks at will and has acted towards him since s1 and 2) the fact that mike is constantly going to will to vent about his relationship with el there is no way the general audience wouldn’t be betting that mike reciprocates his feelings

so many people are not even considering the possibility that mike likes will back but they are very close to cracking it. most of them feel bad for will and want a happy ending for him and they also picked up on how forced mike’s monologue to el was. at this point it’s really just up to them to be open to the possibility and open their eyes to how the plot is developing in a way where mike finding out about will’s feels is inevitable (because will lied to him) and the chances of mike having a negative reaction are slim to none.

we already know he has a positive reaction to will’s feelings, just that he thinks the expression of them come from el. will expresses himself in the exact way mike wishes to be loved.

[heartofmuse]

As you close your eyes I will hold your heart inside my own, and wait for the new day to come, and with it a new opportunity to wrap my tender words around you, and gift you the warmth of my love.

e.v.e.

[imp-imp-im-a-simp]

Blitzø adopting Loona: I just met her but if anything happened to her I would kill everyone in this hell and then myself.

[euesworld]

[goldenguillotines]

These morails got HANDS

@leethetrashpage owns Hagvin

@ambivalence-and-torpor owns Aitreo!

[jacky-rubou]

You know my inverted Soos AU, right? (Soos is the founder of the mystery shack while Stan is the accidentally adopted handyman with dad issues). Can I have a segment that’s Adult Soos and Teen Stan bonding and doing father/son things?

If you don’t wanna do the AU then just Stan and Soos being Stan and Soos together would be cool too!

It had only been a few weeks since Mr. Ramirez had taken Stan in as one of his own and to work as a handyman for the Shack and Stan was so grateful for his hospitality. Sure beat roaming the streets, never knowing when his next meal would be or if some thugs would beat him up again. Stan was struggling to fix a bad leak in the kitchen faucet when Mr. Ramirez walked in on him.

"You need help, dood?"

"No, no, I think I got it this time." Stan tightened the pipe one last time and, satisfied that it wasn't leaking anymore, pulled himself out from under the sink.

"Good job dood!" Mr. Ramirez held his hand up excitedly, "High five!"

"High s-" Stan caught himself with a cough, "H-high five." Stan scowled at himself as he lightly slapped Mr. Ramirez's hand, why'd it have to be so hard to forget his twin? Stan shook it off when his adoptive father gave him a weird look.

"Hey dood, wanna go play some catch?" Mr. Ramirez pulled out a baseball and a catcher's mitt from behind, then went on to explain at Stan's confusion, "It's kinda slow in the Mystery Shack today, so I thought... what better way to bond with my new family than with a game of catch? Father-son stuff, y'know?"

"Sure, Mr. Ramirez."

"Awesome! But, uh, call me Soos, please..."

Soon, Stan and Mr. Ram-Soos were doing practice catches to warm up in the yard next to the Shack. Soos upped the ante a bit by throwing a long ball into the forest for Stan to hurriedly chase after and catch. Stan quickly discovered that he much preferred catching the ball rather than throwing it. Either he threw it way too softly for it to even reach Soos, or it missed and went flying into the forest, for Soos to go retrieve. Stan grew frustrated when the next ball he threw ended up stuck in a tree, requiring Soos to grab the ladder to free it.

"Aim it closer to me! And try throwing a bit harder!" Soos advised cheerfully as he tossed the ball back to Stan. Stan rolled his eyes as he revved up a throw, then threw it with all his might. It was quite effective.

Too effective. The speed at which it was traveling to Soos scared him enough to duck, causing the ball to ricochet off the tree right behind him. A resounding crash from the Mystery Shack startled both of them. Looking over, Stan saw that the ball had careened through the window closest to them, breaking it instantly. Oh no.

Stan slowly walked over to the window frame, his whole body shaking. He broke a window! Soos was going to be mad! Soos was approaching, Stan felt fearful. Soos would surely punish him for breaking the window, and punishment meant.... Stan didn't want to think about it.

"Wow, what a throw, dood!" Soos chuckled, but his expression became one of concern as he looked at Stan, "Y-you alright?"

"I'msorryI'msorryI'msorryI'msorry-" Stan cowered, his arms protecting his face in fear as he chanted his apology over and over, "Go ahead and punish me! Hit me, or whatever you're going to do to me! Just make it quick!"

"Whoa dood, I'm not gonna hurt you because you broke a window!" Soos exclaimed, but Stan didn't believe him, sure he was just saying that to make him lower his guard, "That's... that's an awful thing to do!"

"Dood, these windows get broken so many times I've lost count, it's no big deal!" Soos tried to place a comforting hand on his shoulder but Stan jerked away. "C'mon, I can help you fix it!"

"Why are you being so kind to me? Aren't you mad?" Stan slowly lowered his arms, now assured that Soos wasn't going to hit him.

"Why would I be mad? It's another repair I can show you how to do!" Soos replied with a small smile. Stan hadn't known such kindness in such a long time. Feeling his emotions get the better of him, Stan rushed at Soos for a hug, who hugged back gently. After what felt like hours, they broke off to start the repair on the window.

Soos brought out a replacement window from storage while Stan carefully cleaned up the shards from inside the house with a dustpan. Stan noticed the ball in the corner of the small room and pocketed it. Stan did enjoy the game of catch they played, despite the sour ending. Maybe they could play it again when Soos gets free time from the Shack.

Soos propped the window against the empty sill after taking out the old frame. He then showed Stan how to screw it in so it wouldn't fall forwards onto the ground and shatter (that was his rookie mistake back when he didn't have a handyman, Soos chuckled).

The window was fixed, his mistake forgiven. So how come Stan still felt terrible? Stan sat on the porch feeling a melancholy he knew all too well. Stan's home life was awful, he didn't miss it for a second, but he couldn't help but wonder how Ford was faring with their awful father. Sure he'd been more tough on Stan while he was there, but Stan still remembered the time Ford got a lower than average grade at school once and earned quite the 'punishment' for it. No matter how angry Stan was at him, he never believed Ford should deserve any of that. Stan shuddered as Soos rounded the corner.

"You alright, dood?" Soos sat next to him on the porch, Pitt cola in hand, "Anything you want to talk about?"

"I'm fine." Stan growled, a little harsher than he intended, "just... leave me alone please."

"Okay, if you say so..." Soos got up, unwilling to prod any more than he had to, "Just letting you know I'm here if you want to talk. I won't judge." Soos turned away from Stan, when something occured to him.

"Wait. Before you go..." Stan gently held his hand out to Soos, who turned to listen, "Why were you so insistent on playing catch with me?" Soos's expression saddened slightly as he sat back down on the porch.

"Well I..." Soos sighed, a big sigh that sounded defeated, "I don't really tell very many people this, but I've always wanted to play catch with my dad."

"Why couldn't you?"

"My dad... left when I was really young." Soos paused, tiny tears forming in his eyes, "I barely even remember him. He always sent postcards, promising he'll visit, but... he never did. It was my twelfth birthday when I... when I realized he was never coming back."

"That's why... that's why I wanted to play catch," Soos choked up a bit, "I thought I would give you the chance I never had, the chance to play catch with a good father figure."

Stan didn't say a word for several minutes, just absorbing what Soos just expressed to him. Stan felt bad for him, his father abandoned him like a sack of potatoes. It made him mad. Stan had discovered just today what a sweetheart Soos was, and that jerk decided he wasn't worth a visit.

"You know I..." Stan gulped, he knew Soos would understand now, after that story, but it was difficult to put into words without spiraling into a panic, "I didn't... have the greatest father either..."

Stan bit the bullet and dove into his story, about how tough his father was to him to the point of literal abuse, how he'd kicked him out to fend for himself at the tender age of thirteen, all of it. All of the ugly truths about his father. And a little bit about how worried he was about his twin Ford, who was still within his walls.

"Oh dood... Is that why...?" Soos sounded absolutely shocked at what he just heard, "I'm so sorry, Stan, I didn't know... That guy sounds like a real piece of work." Stan could see a fire rage in Soos's eyes and Stan finally felt understood for once in his life. Stan gave Soos about as big a hug as he could, tears running down his face like rivers.

"Thank you," Stan whispered in his ear, "Thank you for listening to me." Stan didn't have a doubt that he would have a great time here at Soos's Mystery Shack. Soos nodded, glad to have been a good ear for Stan when he needed it most. This moment, no, this whole day, would never be forgotten by either of them. And there was nothing Stan could see that would be better. Nothing.