#I DIDNT FORGET HIS BDAY I JUST DIDNT FINISH IN TIME

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happy 57th 21st birthday cheng xiaoshi!

[raviliuz]

I've been obsessed with On of your girls by Troye Sivan so flintwood au kind off inspired by it

They became a thing back in hogwarts. Something that started just as a enemies?rivals? Definitely not friends - with benefits. And honestly, it should have stayed like that, they both knew it didn't have a chance. But they were so young and in love, and world seem like an worthy opponent.

Marcus married at mere age of 19, less then half a year since finishing hogwarts, to a pureblood woman he had met at wedding planning. It's strictly political marriage, one he knew would happen since he had understood what a marriage was. Oliver wanted him, begged him to stood up to his parents but he couldn't. He was a disappointment for them. He knew he wasn't a looker and they didnt aprove of his quidditch passion, and him failing a year costed them much in terms of respect and nobility. Marcus just wanted them to be proud of him and his choices. Not that achieving that was realistic.

Oliver was one of very few people Marcus showed his true self. Oliver who considered him handsome (the way he looked at Marcus almost made him believe it), and understood better than anyone his obsession with quidditch, and helped him with potions when he repeated a year. Oliver who never thought of him as disappointing even when Marcus ugly cried while apologising for doing so and not being manly enough.

And despite that, or maybe just because of that, Oliver stayed.

He probably should have broken it up, maybe scream and left for long enough to forget. But how could he?

They meet to just let go of that steam, like they're not anything more, like they've never been anything more. They never talk - Marcus wouldn't let himself indulge in that - just go straight to the bed, where their bodies go so in synch. Call that a muscle memory.

It's always Marcus who calls or just arrives at Wood's door. Oliver don't want to be an intruder in Flint's pff family life. He knows he's just a toy for when Marcus gets lonely or bored or angry. But what's left after giving him his heart, it's better than nothing.

Oliver actually gets worried when they meet to often, it means Marcus is going through tough time and he doesn't wish him that.

And well, Marcus feels so bad with ruining Oliver, with ruining the idea of love for him. He should have left long time ago, back in hogwarts when he first noticed his feelings and yet he still can't leave to this day. Wood deserved so much better than we would have ever been, even by his side.

And maybe it wasn't strictly about sex but just Oliver's presence, even though it kills him. Oliver is everything he could have had if he for once in his life was brave. So kind and understanding and just too good for him. He smashes his lips against Oliver's the second he sees him because one word would cause a meltdown with all those things he thinks and really should have said long time ago.

For once in his life, Marcus is thankful that he never was good at talking.

So yeah, enemies to enemies with benefits to lovers to benefits? And probably the most angsty thing I've ever written, hope u enjoyed

And life update, I successfully ended my first year of psychology uni and I truly love it

Late happy birthday to Marcus Flint (sorry I didn't write anything, angst doesn't seem like good bday present), happy death day to Joseph Kavinsky and happy early birthday to me (9th of July, summer daughter and what not)

[who-is-shades]

raz dnd 37

zen is so drunk sksksk. now their arguing. android only does nerd shit with zen and doesnt party xD zen complains he never wants to try new things with him and until zorbolt came back he just stayed inside. wheatley is trying to sneak away wtf xD

zen asks the bartender to give him something? he gives him a small white orb and zen eats it! it sobers him?! senna is giving parsley a play by play xD zen places a hand on wheatleys shoulder and tells him to sit back down, they need to talk. parsley is taking his sweet time xD

zen puts a hand on android and reminds him he loves him and so does the rest of the family, but he can be quite overbearing. android takes offence xD hes not talking about just this quest hes been like this before cause of his trauma! big brother mentality. zen called him judgey and android scoffs xD

that time bubble put things in perspective for zen. he says android has been redirecting his hatred of organics onto teya and parsley. android is again taking offense. 'dont you think this is excessive?' zen does call out teya and parsley for not making it easy. android is so peeved his fans kick up xD

zen says its been hard for them. android snaps and says he doesnt understand. he had to relive that awful day weeks ago along with wheatley. how many bots he sent to be dismantled because he thought they were 'defective.' back on the trauma! he didnt 'try' to understand them and saw them as inferior. hearing wheatleys screams while possessed made him wonder if the others screamed like that. how can he possibly get rid of this guilt when hes constantly reminded of it. he runs.

zen says android is the last of the originals, the others went in the jars, and wonders if hes lonely. wheatley, android, both the last. zen wants to speak to wheatley. zen promises he wont yell at him. he admits he was upset but now hes just sad. that wheatley still doesnt believe he belongs. how hard god tried to fix wheatleys people, because he cared. because hes sorry.

zen says he knows we dont fully trust robogod for reading our minds without permission, but we saw the time bubble and what happaned. trust is hard. thats all he wanted to say. wheatley gently pulls zen off him and says he understands and its not the first time he was betrayed. he woke up disoriented and didnt know what was going on. he made an assumption and said something he didnt mean to.

wheatley messages senna if hes being guilt tripped. senna says maybe not intentionally and he can decide for himself if it is. he says he was just scared and he wont forget what god has done for him. (hes getting worse lol) he will apologize to android.

wheatleys dress is done! wheatley starts sobbing senna and teya both hug him. parsley walks in and feels awkward lol. he puts the dress in the token and comes over. wheatley wants to talk to little brother. senna says he can call him on the token and teya reminds him of his sending stone. parsley asks if he wants him to go find him. he can sure try. maybe god knows where he is?

we dont wanna talk to him rn xD wheatley finishes his orb xD thats not helping hes an emotional drunk. senna says they all need a drink. hes already emotional xD jack slowly hands an orb to wheatley xD then he hits on parsley XD wheatley says he wants to go home. senna says their working on it. time for her to get drunk! wheatley agrees xD

parsley asks if wheatley can delete memories? that permission was revoked from him. parsley is choosing to stay sober and babysit xD "I know you dont like me very much but you dont have to sit so far away!" aww senna. wheatley gets a few more orbs.

teya says shes having a belated bday drink oh no! senna promises to make her a cake! jack makes her a special bday drink! wheatley drunkedly wanders to the range and parsley follows him. this group is in shambles xD jack gives teya a big cup with lots of layers and colors.

wheatley is happy parsley wants to spend time with him xD hes gonna use spears? parsley tells him to wait and he grabs something from the bar. he wants the white orb for wheatley. wheatley says he had a spear long ago when he was in the military. parsley offers to take him shopping for a spear. he has to remind wheatley he has a map xD

senna leans against teya and is drunk and sad. she says she was only slightly older than teya when she left home. she name drops The Stupids xD teya tells jack to cut her off xD wheatley is drunkedly trying to ask for a spear to parsley has to step in xD

wheatley is totally gonna hurt himself xD wheatley starts saying he can survive on his own ouch. after getting lost wheatley starts crying and says he misses teya and senna xD

senna just rubs her face on teya's shoulder like a cat. she finishes her bottle and asks what teya would wish for. senna says teya can have hers if shit goes topside. she also avoids answering what she would wish for xD teya says no more wine xD she does mention her liver is fucked up enough she wont get alcohol poisoning. then she starts ranting about the bitch ass dragon. she suggests finding a dragons skeleton for teya xD she cups teyas face and comments on her being purple and suddenly stops and gets sad.

parsley walks in! wheatley says their gonna kiss and senna says shes sorry and backs away. parsley whispers to wheatley that some peoplke get sad when drunk xD she looks at the 3 of them and stumbles out the door. parsley says hes gonna go after her.

parsley asks if shes ok and offers to help her find those beds from last time. she gets very quiet. then she starts commenting on how much older she is from teya and how she will probably outlive her anyway. she asks how long parsley might live. hes not sure lol. she tells him to live a life with as few regrets as possible. he just gives her a weird look.

he coughs and asks if she needs to talk about something. 'do you?' he says no. 'anything you NEED to talk about?' 'i dunno.' hes never been good at talking about things, neither is she xD 'wanna talk about dying?' senna wtf xD she says shes been alone for like 300 years and seeing the others, they are fun. she apologizes for making him go back to the feywilds, she didnt know how bad it would be for him. she says his moms a bitch, agreed xD

he apologizes for nearly drowning her and offers to teach her to swim. 'ill hold you to that then.' she says she almost got into the feywilds once, awful decision really. bedtime for senna! he looks at the plumbing nice. he says hes glad he met her too awwwwwwww.

wheatley and teya are having fun xD wheatley drops lore but no one hears it wtf xD parsley asks why jack is always polishing cups lol. wheatley makes grabby hands at parsley xD jack is excited to be a real bartender after we kill zorbolt. wheatley wants hugs parsley! he asks where senna is, wheatley needs a rest. parsley gets some to go bottles. bed time for drunk bastards! parsley shows them the pipes!

senna wakes up 4 hours later with an awful hangover. she finishes the water parsley left and gets up. wheatley is just laying there and senna wants to find some food. off they go! maybe they can go find little brother. senna tries to figure out how to get the map on her token. wheatley got it to work! but its the map from the regular world noooo. then it shows a list of other maps lol. senna tries to make it work and it does nice. time to find food!

she asks the map to find little brother but that didnt work rip. we ask the chef if hes seen him, hes at the church! its a dome. a long hall with some giant doors leading to the dome. bots creating small constructs in worship of robogod. senna nudges wheatley, time to look for little brother. senna knocks on some of the doors looking for them. a priest ushers us in so we can speak to lil bro.

family reunion! hes been learning a lot. SP runs over wheatleys foot and calls out to him. he says its required to build constructs to be a part of the faith in tribute. he has one from every worshiper he ever had. he can make small levers right now great job! aww he wants to be like wheatley awwwwww. senna is just watching them very fondly.

parsley is playing dressup apparently xD

[kusanalogy]

8 photos, 13 characters (8/13)

characters: zhongli, thoma, yae miko, amber, venti, xiao, scaramouche, aether, itto, heizou, xiangling, shenhe and jean x gn!reader

a/n: ITS MY BIRTHDAYYY had only a bit of time to finish this so when you see this its probably not my bday anymore. no word count sorry 💀 also smh not tumblr making the pictures blurry. Hopefully these scenarios arent overused, i havent wrote properly in a few days. I realized how fun thoma is to write omg!!

Warnings: unequal length, meaning some might be short and some might be long. One swear word on scara's, text might look kinda weird but im not entirely sure, spoilers if you squint on aether's.

summary: I have 8 genshin scenery pictures (ctto, photos arent mine. i found them on multiple platforms) and there will be 1 scenario for 13 characters that i think would fit the picture! Simple as that. The ending for each one is up to you

1.

When zhongli let you rest by a tree from the tiring walk across liyue, the ex-archon told you stories of the village right in front; Qingce. You closed your eyes in an attempt to sleep but the brightness of the sunshine stopped you from doing so. Zhongli paused to brush your hair, signaling you to open your eyes. The mountains in the distance and the fields below complemented the vast sunset before his eyes, And he gave it appreciation for who knows how many times in his life. "Y/n, i must say the sunset of qingce village is quite the sight to see. It would be a shame to miss it."

2.

After helping thoma with simple errands in ritou, your eyes were glued to the mouth-watering snacks of a certain food stall by the corner. Thoma notices this and thinks. You definetly deserve it after all that work! He instantaneously goes up to the food stall while waving at you to join him. "My treat today! Thanks for the help, but i just thought of a challenge.." He puts a hand on his chin and continues "Try to guess what i would order. If you get it right, I'll give you extra hugs and kisses tonight!" Who would decline such an offer?

"My, I didnt expect to see you here.." A mysterious yet familiar voices catches your attention. "How could you forget that your significant other was waiting for you?" Your confused mind tries to recall when yae miko and you planned to meet, but nothing came up. You turn your head to see her walking up to you "Haha, im joking. I just felt like i havent gotten enough attention from a certain someone.. They must compensate with.." She ends the sentence early and picks the nearest food stall to go to. Archons, how did buying materials for a new personal project of yours end up with yae miko feeding you egg rolls like some baby?

3.

"And thats a wrap, good job y/n!" Amber congratulates you after a day of taking down hilichurl camps and practicing your gliding skills. The both of you race back to mondstadt in a way thats slightly different: gliding. With the help of random wind currents, amber was slightly ahead of you but once the cotton-candy like sunset was visible, She slowed down her tracks to admire. "Y/n! Come down, come down! We have to take a picture together!"

You gasp and put a hand on your chest, then observe what you've stumble upon. A bard from mondstadt, peacefully playing his lyre on a small edge and humming to himself. The sky was painted with a pink-like shade, perfect for the tunes he was playing. It was almost like it was the first time you laid eyes on venti. Basically, you were mesmerized. The bard opens his eyes for it to meet yours, he reaches a hand out, as if telling you to join him.

4.

"Xiao? Why are you here?" You were tasked to investigate a crime scene in dragonspine that involves the abyss order, but once you got to your location, you never thought you would meet the adeptus looking up the snowy mountain. "You need not worry." He replied "I just- the snow gives me memories." You thought about what he said. Those memories must be dark ones, hm? You wish you could change his view on snow, so the next time he looks at it, he wont think of those thoughts anymore.

Once again, you were working with scaramouche. Why are you working with the fatui again? how did you manage to get into one of the higher-ranking ones? And lastly, what did you get yourself into? "Y/n? Have you become deaf?" Hearing his voice snaps you back to reality. Forgetting to bring a warmer was a mistake!! You're zoning out and shivering. the worst part is, scaramouche notices it. A few seconds of panicking later, you see him pulling out what looked to be the exact warmer you usually buy and he.. hands it over to you? "Fine, this was incase i would get cold. But i guess you can use it for now. This is only for the mission, okay?! So dont get the wrong idea, dumbass."

5.

You look at aether with the brightest eyes he's ever seen you with. "Are we... Really here?" Before a reply came out, he couldnt help but smile. He made your wish of venturing to this hidden gem of a "nation" come true! The destination most average adventurers like you would never get the chance to explore. He simply nods, hand reaching down to your own as he slowly takes a step forward. It was time to make movement now. While walking, the traveller's mind was all about the dangers that await. He'll protect you, he promises. Just hold aether's hand and you're safe.

6.

You jump as you hear a loud scream from the location you came from, And look who it was! Arataki "numero uno" itto, wearing a strange, broken hat he has just found while searching through the abandoned houses of yashiori island. "itto, are you seriously scared of thunder?" You mocked, Exicted to see his reaction. "W-what? Me? Scared? I looked all over this pile of junk to find you this super duper rare necklace i saw in a book! Now come here, Lets see if it suits ya' style." Wait, what?

"Hurry!!! The umbrella's going to fly away!!!" You rapidly wave at heizou, who was examining elemental traces left behind an unidentified group. "How am i supposed to find the truth behind this "bandit" if i dont take my time on- ouch!" Before he knew it, the same umbrella you were holding flew right torwards him, leaving you soaked and heizou somewhat bruised. He picks it up before it can escape somewhere else and rushes to give it back to you "Im sorry, im sorry. Seriously now, lets take shelter by that shed. I'll... try my best to keep you warm."

7.

Its not like xiangling needed to go all the way to the north of liyue and drag you along for the "Excellent, wonderful, outstanding, magnificent, amazing, high quality meat" (while thinking of it, you can practically hear her voice) She speaks highly of, she just really wanted a reason to show you this treasure of a place she found. She was so enthusiastic the whole time, pointing to this and that, grabbing that and this for "future recipes". In the end, you both decided to have a cozy picnic in the depths of the bamboo forest. Of course, xiangling didnt need to make anything! She came prepared with all sorts of dishes, all she had to do was asked guoba to make a fire.

Currently, you and shenhe were walking up to qingce when you spot- a poor puppy that fell into the water?! You stop your tracks and try to reach out to the animal, but of course, you we're too far up. Shenhe on the other hand, was all ready to jump into the water, saving it. Without warning, she does what her mind told her to. Well, it definetly left you shocked. She was fast with her feet and climbed up with the dog in her other hand, not wasting any time. You reach a hand down once more and archons.. How could she look this beautiful looking up right into your eyes with her hair and clothes slightly soaked, grabbing onto your arm for support?

8.

You were accompanying jean, klee and a few other knights to the archipelago, as "dodoking" has awoken a once more!! When the night fell, you and the acting grand master somehow ended up sharing a tent. As for why, a certain librarian wanted her to "get closer to you" -shrugging off what she said, you went out to go stargazing to clear your mind. You settled down, and if it isnt Leo Minor shining through the vast sea of stars tonight... You smiled, recognizing the constellation. Like it was on queue, Jean came up to you and sat right by your side. No words were spoken, only the stars and the both of you "getting closer"

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I forgot to send on my voting story. Ok so my brother and I both got mail in ballots, and let me tell you how we both forgot to mail it in so we just thought to bring them to our voting location. The lady there kinda yelled at us? She was confused and didn't know how to go about it. And honestly I just took it because we were the idiots who didn't mail in our ballots. We had to rip them up and they just us new ones to fill out in person and submit. Not exciting, but a story for void snippet. 👀

Anonymous said: Hi!! I'm so excited for void! I voted today around 30 minutes before the polls closed in my neighborhood because I had to wait for my dad and brother to get home from work since they wanted to go all together hehe. It was a pretty fast process! We just pressed buttons on screens (compared to last election where we had to bubble in everything by hand) plus, I got to keep the stylus that they gave us and it works on phones too! 🥰🥰 Thank you! I love your writing so much 💜💜💜

Anonymous said: I did mine through mail me and my husband did and we went to the post office a little while back and then he took us on a nice little date afterward and we got ice cream! Also I love void💖 keep up the good work

Anonymous said: VOTES FOR VOID??? I love democracy and I love VOID! So since May I've (temporarily) moved back home from New York to Indiana RE: covid; I've voted absentee for the both the primaries and presidential election (I'm still in IN rn...blah). I voted early and mailed in my ballot for the presidential election (about 3 weeks ago). Made sure my family was voting (brother mailed it in, mom dropped off a ballot, and dad did early voting) and encourage them to put up a Biden sign in our yard <3

Anonymous said: HI BEE! I ALSO VOTED TODAY! IM 21 SO THIS IS MY FIRST TIME VOTING FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION (my 18th bday didnt make the cutoff since im a december bday) im so happy to have done my part! I made sure to study up on the judges and policies and everything! Luckily the polling place didn't have a line so i was able to get in, get my ballot, and fill it in right away! I even dragged my mom and cousin to come with me. I made a joke on snapchat to encourage my friends to vote too. It was a pic of my "i voted" sticker with a caption saying "omg youre so sexy when you vote aHaha" -🦙

Anonymous said: this is my first time doing this so, so i hope i’m sending this correctly! i voted early in late september by mail! i live in a swing state, so it’s really important for me to vote and not waste time!! bc of my age, this is my first time voting so i’m really nervous 😅

Anonymous said: I voted by email! I'm overseas so I wasn't sure if my ballot would actually make it through in time, so I decided to go electronically. Had to sign a waiver saying I understand that my vote won't be anonymous but I haven't been given a reason to suspect voter suppression/fraud in my state, so I'm happy I think...!

Anonymous said: hi, i voted early on oct 24th. my absentee ballot didn't come in, so i had to travel back home to vote (~3 hour drive). when we got there, there was a ton of people outside the polling place, but no lines, so i was in and out pretty quick. it was my first time voting, so i had all the candidates i was voting for written down on a tiny receipt so i wouldn't forget 😅. my mom was with me, so she voted too. took a pic with my sticker (mask on for extra covid-ness) and went home. drove back the next afternoon!

whippedforkook said: Hi Bee. 💕 I voted in early October - nearly a month ago! 😱 It’s been really weird with all the lead up to the election because it felt like it should have been done once I cast my ballot! A lot of my friends have volunteered to get out the vote: writing postcards to voters, texting, phone banking, working the polls, curing ballots. I didn’t volunteer at all this year, but I hope that all of my friends’ hard work and everyone else’s is enough. I’m also hoping and praying that I will be in a better place mentally for 2022 so that I too can volunteer. Our work starts with 2020 not ends. 💕 Wishing you well. 💕

begineuphoria said: I went and voted last Friday as it was our last early voting day. No way was I going to wait until today with the crowds of people in my area that still act as if masks are somehow infringing on their rights. 🙄 It was a rather normal experience for the most part. Other than having to use a coffee stir stick to press the buttons on the machine to vote. In and out within five minutes.

Anonymous said: I voted down the street at this pretty park this morning. I got up at 5:30 and it was freezing. Luckily I wore like 30 layers and stood outside for 2 hours. Some nasty orange man supporters were rude but everyone else was pretty nice. A really cute older couple was playing soccer with pine cones and kicked it towards me to play too. Not the worst time tbh.

Anonymous said: Did mail-in voting in California! Extremely exhausting and took forever to research all the propositions - they are notoriously tricky in hiding their flaws and one side tends to outrageously outspend the other. But in the end I felt really good about my research and decisions! No need for you to post a snippet for this story - would like to save that to read sometime in the future ;) Thank you so much for doing this!

joonsgotthejuice said: Votes for void??? I am here! I went last Thursday and it was chaotic bc I kept going past the poll place but the line was soooo long so my mom called me and woke me up like "its pouring rain and the line is super short get up I'm gonna pick you up" so thats the story of how I got dressed in 5 minutes and dragged my ass to vote in the rain <3

Anonymous said: i voted early on thursday it was cold and rainy but i went in the late afternoon and thankfully the only waiting i did was a few minutes for an elevator i got very lucky and while waiting for the results is awful the relief that came from voting in general was just great

Anonymous said: Wheeew the polls just closed and I finally got to cast my ballot yayyy ( I was the one working the polls from earlier) it’s been a really really long day and we actually had surprisingly good turnout. I saw a woman try to vote for someone else who claimed to be “helping” and I saw a woman who I’m pretty sure was on some typa something 👀 Overall though I really I’m really thankful for people like you who encouraged people to get out and vote. I hope the odds are in our favor❤️🤞🏼

chelsea-chee said: Hello Bee! Today surprisingly my elderly father wanted to vote so I brought him out with me. He only cared about voting for Biden, which meant I got to help decide who he should vote for with the rest of the candidates and amendments! Say hello to baby bee for me as well! 💖

Anonymous said: Okay I gonna got a chance to vote today and the process wasn’t that bad actually. I went in just now and it wasn’t that busy( thankfully) so no lines. I’m from Texas and it’s gonna be almost impossible to turn this state blue, but every vote counts! I love that you are getting people to vote and also sharing your experiences as well!

owl-orgy said: Dropped off my mail in ballot at a polling location! I originally wanted to vote early in person because I was worried my signature wouldn’t match closely enough but ended up just turning it in and double checked today to make it said “ballot accepted and counted”!

Anonymous said: I voted in person this afternoon, better late than never I guess. I was gonna go last week but then I got cramps from hell. There was no one in line in front of me, I think my county early voted because it was packed everyday the last few weeks

Anonymous said: I voted early a couple weeks ago. Exciting thing though that did happen was I got both my parents to vote for their first time ever.

Anonymous said: I had a mail in vote. So, I filled it out and dropped it in at the ballot box at my library. (I also checked out books for the first time in years, so I had fun!)

bubblyjiminnie said: I literally just finished voting. Lucky for me, the line and wait wasn’t very long, and it was a nice enough day that the short amount of time I had to spend in line outside of the building wasn’t too bad. My social anxiety when it comes to stuff like this tends to be high but that’s what I get for waiting until Election Day instead of going the mail in route. This was only my second time voting, but I’m glad that I did 😊

Anonymous said: I turned my ballot in last week :) I’m not a big fan of crowds and I hate make spur of the moment choices but despite that the first time I was able to vote back in 08 my Mom pressured me into voting in person because “you’d have to experience it at least once in our life”. And ever since then I comfortably vote by mail. I take my time, do all of my research, listen to music, and best of all don’t have to deal with people.

Anonymous said: here in Washington state it’s super easy to vote. I dropped my ballot off in mid-October and it’s already been accounted for! Mail in voting and drop box voting is fantastic and provides equal opportunity and access. Sad to see some people in red states misinforming Americans about it! We also have a referendum for implementing mandatory sex ed, including teaching respect, empathy and consent as part of the curriculum so I was happy to vote yes on that too!

unionrox006 said: I voted about 2 weeks ago by doing a mail in ballot. The other eligible to vote members of my household did the same. We chose to vote by absentee ballot because both my mom and I have an autoimmune disorder, so we have to be careful going out in the pandemic. Tbh, the ballot layout was a bit confusing at first as was all the paperwork and required IDs and documents. But my dad explained it to me and we got them filled out and mailed off. Kinda mad I didn't get a sticker for it though

bluetostone said: Love this and so excited for the next chp of void! I early voted a few weeks ago and because I live in a pretty rural county I was in and out of my polling place in a few minutes. No sticker though 😢. I live in a swing state so it could go either way in terms of delegates. Just praying everyone is safe tonight as the results roll in...though, won't we not know for sure for a couple of days or weeks?

Anonymous said: My mom, sister, and I received our early voting ballots a while ago and I took the longest to fill mine out because it was making me anxious :,( but I did return it before it was due. I checked our ballot statuses and mine and my moms were accepted but my sister’s said they hadn’t received hers back. Then she got another ballot so she filled that one out too and I took it yesterday 👍👍 I think she got two because she changed her address late so they sent two?

vixsynsblog said: Non-interesting voter story: I'm paranoid and live in a highly divided area, so I filed mail-in ASAP, mailed it a few days after cause neighbors are nosy and don't understand boundaries. Was able to track my ballot through my credit company, which was nice. Only thing I was missing was my sticker. Never got one✊😔. So I had to improvise and write it in pen on my disposable mask. I'm working all this week so if riots break out from either side, I'll be at work. Prayers for the safety of others🙏

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Waaah!!! Thank you all for voting!! You are all my heroes. I am so grateful and proud of you. I’m sorry I ran out of time to respond to you individually. I’m going to drop two big scenes from Chapter 7 in gratitude (one of which will be familiar to my patrons and one won’t). I’m hopeful I will have the whole next chapter out very soon. Love you all!

Void spoilers below the cut.

When you wake up in the morning, there are still no signed HR forms in your messages. Had you been a fool to think they were interested? How much time does it take to decide such a thing? Perhaps just by putting the idea out there explicitly, it had lost all of its taboo appeal. 

There is a calendar reminder waiting for you: Today is chili pepper pollinating day. At least this gives you an excuse to talk to Hoseok. 

You find the science officer in the lab as always, sitting with his knee up against his chest. Hoseok doesn’t look well. He’s got dark circles under his eyes.

“Hey, um…” You shuffle your feet. Want to fuck me? No wait…“You don’t look good. Were you here all night?” you ask.

He blinks at you, bleary-eyed. “Um, was I? Yeah.. I suppose. Lost track of time.” He rubs his eyes, before looking you up and down, then casting his gaze back to the floor. 

All you want to do is ask about the forms. Or the meeting. Or what he thinks of you now. But you don’t. “I need to pollinate the chili peppers today.” Usually Hoseok is the person who assists with that. “But I can get one of the other guys to do it if you need the sleep.”

“No!” Hoseok lurches forward, standing up a bit to rapidly and needing to put his hand back on the bench to steady himself. “I mean, I’m fine.” 

You should disgaree with him. He is exhausted. But you’d like more time to talk to him. 

Pollinating the chili peppers is both time-sensitive and time-consuming, hence why it took two of you to get the job done. There were no insects on your ship to do the job for you and if they didn’t get pollinated, they wouldn’t bear any fruit. Your chili peppers were your favorite crop. Not only a vital source of Vitamin C, but all your food benefitted from having a bit of spice added to it. 

You and Hoseok head for the greenhouse together. The intital set-up gives you something to talk about in the beginning. Hoseok gathers the pollen from one flower onto a paintbrush, then hands it over to you to paint onto the stigmas of each little flower on the next plant in the line.

Slowly the conversation dries up as you fall into a silent rhythm. Other than just enjoying the chili peppers, you must admit that this was one of your favorite tasks on the ship because of the high likelihood that the two of you would brush hands peridically. Always gave you butterflies. But today he seems extra intent on keeping his distance from you. Was he disgusted by you now? His hands are trembling.

“Are you sure you’re okay?” 

His hand twitches so hard that a little rain of yellow pollen cascades onto the floor. He curses in frustration before turning to face you. “Are you sure you’re okay?” 

“Um, yes, I’m fine. Why wouldn’t I be?”

“This, um, plan of yours…” he gestures to the vague tension in the air. “It doesn’t feel like you.”

“I’m trying to save the mission. That has always been my top priority.”

“Yeah, I’m still not clear on how this benefits the mission.”

“Yoongi said…” you start to say, but are cut off my Hoseok’s derisive snort. 

“Look, if you’re in love with Yoongi, just go date him, okay? Don’t feel obligated to include the rest of us out of pity.” 

You frown. “I’m not… I’m not in love with him. It’s just sex. Just biology.” 

“This isn’t you!” Hoseok argues back. “You hated the idea of anyone of us ever treating you that way. And now you just want all of us to… to… use you like that?”  He splutters out the end of the sentence.

“No one is using me! This is my plan! I’m in charge!”

He sighs. “Well, I can’t be a part of it. Excuse me.”

______

Taehyung finds you in the gym. It’s good to see him up and about, even if his arm is still in a sling. 

“Hey, so I need to talk to you about this, um, ape sex thing.” He fishes awkwardly into his pockets and pulls out his tablet.  Maybe Jimin was right. Is Taehyung going to be the first to take you up on your offer?

You pause your jog on the elliptical machine. You wish you weren’t so sweaty and gross for this conversation. Taehyung is such an intimidatingly attractive man with those strong eyebrows and that perfect skin. 

Taehyung opens up the tablet and flips to the form. It’s happening. He’s going to sign the form. Shit. Then what will you do? It’s one thing to say you want to have sex with your whole crew, but what if he’s hoping to go right now? You need a shower. 

Taehyung has really nice hands. Long strong fingers delicately navigating the touch screen. It seems totally improbable that a man this attractive would be into you, even if you were the only woman in the universe. It just adds to your suspicions that hormones are driving everyone crazy. Perhaps if you slept with him once, he’d lose all interest. 

He finds the form and then turns his gaze up to you, staring you down with those eyes. It’s a good thing that Taehyung rarely turns his full gaze on you, because it is almost too much to bear. Shit, is he just going to sign it? Is he waiting for you to give him some sort of signal?

“You can’t do this to Jimin,” he says.

“What?” Not what you were expecting. “Do what to Jimin?”

“This.” He gestures over the HR form. “Signing these forms with everyone. Having sex with everyone. You’re going to destroy Jimin.”

“Jimin’s the one who suggested this whole thing in the first place.” It’s a lie. You know its a lie. Or at least a gross exaggeration. But Jimin was the one who first brought up the idea of sharing. All for the benefit of the man in front of you now. 

“No way.” Taehyung scoffs, crossing his arms and raising an eyebrow. “No way was it Jimin’s idea that you sleep with the whole crew.” 

“Well…” You can’t bear his gaze anymore and look down at the floor. “He wanted me to sleep with you.”

That surprises Taehyung. He puts down the tablet. “What? Why would he want that?”

This is awkward. “He, um, thinks you’re in love with me.”

“What?” There is only surprise on Taehyung’s face. It’s actually a relief to see that Taehyung is just as shocked by that idea as you were. “Why does he think that?”

“I don’t know…” You feel kind of dumb now. Of course, Taehyung doesn’t feel that way about you. Look at him. “Cause you told him you were jealous. Cause you can’t stand to be in the same room as us…”

Taehyung bites his lip. “Oh, um, shit, sorry, that’s not what I meant.”

If Taehyung isn’t jealous of Jimin... 

“Taehyung…” He looks up, biting his lip. “What did you mean? Who are you jealous of?” 

Taehyung’s eyes widen, but he doesn’t say anything. Instead he reaches for his microphone and mutes it. Out of respect, you mute yours as well. He glances toward the camera in the corner of the room, then stands up and begins unzipping his jumpsuit. 

“Um…” You are distracted by the golden arms that peak from either side of the tank top as the zipper reaches his groin. “What are you doing?”

“Need something to block the camera.”

“We have towels,” you mutter.  But he’s already stripping out of his shirt. The musculature of his back ripples. He hangs the shirt off of the camera to block the rest of the room from view. 

“Yeah, but this way anyone watching will think we’re having sex.” His chest is just as attractive as his back and you flush at the sight of it. Mercifully, he zips back into his jumpsuit as he returns to his position in front of the exercise machine. 

“You want them to think we’re having sex?”

“Don’t you? It plays right into your whole save the mission with bonobo sex plan.”

“I suppose.” Though the plan was also supposed to be that there would be no more secrets between the crew. “What plan of yours does it play into?”

“The one where Jimin doesn’t realize I’m in love with him.”

“You’ve never tried to tell him?”

Taehyung laughs wryly and shakes his head. “How would that conversation go? Hey man, I know we’ve known each other for years and I’ve already seen you naked and that you just think of me as a friend, but I’m in love with you. I know that’s awkward but now you have to spend the next twelve years with me, knowing that I’m attracted to you when you don’t feel the same way.” Taehyung sighs. “Doesn’t sound like a good plan to me. If he doesn’t feel the same way, I’ve just ruined the friendship for nothing and then I don’t even have that.”

“Yeah… I get that.”  There’s something touching about realizing that Taehyung has been fighting the same battle as you for the last two years. 

“I couldn’t tell anyone before launch because what if they wouldn’t let me go then? You know?”

“Yeah, the director wasn’t big on sending anyone who might ‘complicate’ the mission.” The two of you share a sad knowing smile. 

“Yeah… And I thought it would be fine, you know? I like women too. I’d just date women until launch and no one would know. I wasn’t planning on falling in love with my roommate.”

“I don’t think any of us really knew what this would be like.”

“I knew it was going to be a problem. I should have pulled out…” 

Your mind flashes back to that moment of doubt when Hoseok talked you into still coming on the mission.

“But I couldn’t just let him go off into space without me. Even if he’d never feel the same way, at least he’d still be in my life.”

The emotion in Taehyung’s words makes your eyes begin to mist. “You really do love him.”

“Yeah,” Taehyung sighs again. “But he’s in love with you.”

“Well, he thinks he is.”

“What does that mean?”

“He only feels like that about me cause he thinks I’m the only option.”  You wonder if maybe he would feel differently if he knew about Taehyung’s feelings. 

Taehyung frowns and shakes his head. “You don’t give him enough credit.”

“Oh come on, you know him. How many women did he date while we were in training?”

“A few…” 

“And how many of them was he in love with before he found the next one?”  

Taehyung bites his lip. He can’t really argue with that. “So why are you with him then, if you don’t think it’s real?”

You shrug, rubbing your arm. “He wants me. It’s nice to feel wanted, I guess.”

“You know you could have that with any man on this ship right?”

You scoff. “They’re all suffering the same delusion. It’s only-available-vagina syndrome. I just want us all to fuck and get it out in the open. Maybe if we could get it out of our system, they would see I’m nothing special. And then we can get back to the mission.”

Taehyung eyes you up and down. “You don’t give yourself enough credit either.”

You shrug. “You wait and see. Jimin will get bored of me. They all will.”

The two of you both slump backwards in your seats, mulling over your shared woes.  Taehyung bends down and picks up the tablet again. “So what should I do with this?”

“Obivously, you don’t have to sign it. I should have realized that not everyone would be interested.”

“Jimin thinks I’m in love with you?”

“Yeah…”

“Is it okay if we let him think that for now? At least until I figure out how to tell him the truth?”

“Okay.”

Taehyung smiles and signs the bottom of the form, then sends it to you. Your phone lights up with a message. “Thank you,” he murmurs before he leaves. 

[tinyandfluffymomperson]

Its been so long since I’ve been on here

Tumblr. Its been way too long. Remember when I used to spend countless hours on here? I was so addicted and that was the best time to be on the site. I think I’ll use the site for the rest of its existence to be frank. From 2008 til forever.

But thats not why I’m here. This isnt even my main anymore. Its an old account from forever. 

Today I’m hear to talk about something tragic that has happened. The first guy I ever dated passed away this weekend. This weekend was my dad’s 50th bday and the first weekend I ever got drunk and let loose. The following day my best friend texts me asking I remember a guy named Evan. Come to find out that it is indeed him. I didn’t like him or love him, but he was the first guy I ever (briefly) dated. I’m not shocked, but the 17 year old in me just is in disbelief. Even though he was scummy, he was a very talented person. Seeing all these RIP about him, it was no mystery he was loved. I’m glad I was one the few people that got to know him.

So imagine this, its early 2014. I’m a 6′0 tall 205lb’d girl with acne and just recently cut my hair. For all of highschool, all I ever wanted was a boyfriend. It sounds lame but it was so true. A friend of mine mentioned that she tried OkCupid and it worked for her. So, I thought it would be worth a shot, and I tried. I talked to guys but didn’t make plans to meet with any until one guy asked me out. He didn’t drive, he was a teacher, I was under 18, and he was 6 inches shorter than me. It’s easy to say that I was clearly uncomfortable and he asked if I wanted to go home. I dropped him off and blocked him and then ran away. Shortly after I matched with this white guy w a beard from Oakland and after talking, he asked if I wanted to meet up with him. He lived in (at the time) at *sketchy* part of 0akland and took me to this empty lot with just one bench. He showed me his tags there and gave me a post office sticker w a tag he drew for me. The conversation wasnt very fruitful, but he at one point was like “I think youre really cute, we should go to a different spot so i can show you my other tags.” He also didnt drive, so we took my moms black 2003 corolla and drove to the oakland loading docs. He rolled in my car and then we went up the cement blocks to see the bay. He smoked and asked if I wanted some and I declined because I didn’t at the time. He asked if I wanted to kiss and I told him I’d never done that and he soon became my first kiss. Also my first make out session and the first guy to touch me. I really enjoyed that day with him and I’ll never forget that day. That was my in my most innocent self enjoying someone without reservations. A couple weeks later he asked if I wanted to come over, so I lied to my mom and told her I was going to my best friends house and went to his instead. His room reeked of weed. I didnt smoke at the time so for a while after that, whenever I smelt weed, it made me think of him. He invited me to his room and not even two seconds into sitting down he started kissing me. Things got heated pretty quickly and he asked if I wanted to have sex. I didnt, he didnt seem like he wanted to be with me long term, im pretty sure he was in an open relationship, i didnt want to have my first time with someone who wasnt gonna care about me afterwards, i was 17 and he was 32 at the time, and I was on my period. I told him i was on my period and he said that didnt bother him if it didnt bother me. I didnt and instead sucked his dick. that was the first time i’d ever been naked infront of someone. after we finished, I wanted to lay there and after 15 mins he was like ok u wanna leave? and then i was like omg I hate him. and I never talked to him again even tho he would text me about jacking off to me. I thought it was so flattering but now that i think about it, it wasnt me, it was bc i was young and a virgin. and that sucks. 

I saw him in 2017 after yoga and just looked at him and kept walking. This is so sad to think about. aside from my experience with him, it was obvious that people really loved him. and tons of people were saying that he was such a bright light, and he really was. RIP evan, i hope youre fog bending and eating burrito wherever you are.