#I love my Naley

[crowsandmurder]

I love love love Naley, don't get me wrong. But ugh, Season 2 is rough. I hated how Haley was acting and you can say 'she can pursue her dreams'. But, she went about it, in such a screwed up way, especially after Nathan gave up High Flyers for her.

People love to villainize Nate, but he did all of him shit before he met her. Granted, that's unrealistic, given he was 16. But, even after she took off with Chris, he didn't kiss Taylor or anyone else. He flirted some with Peyton, yes. But, Peyton is his default to hit on, because they both know they wouldn't actually go there again.

Even throughout the seasons, Nathan never cheats. Carrie straight up assaults him, but it gets glossed over, because she's a woman.

I'm not saying crucify Haley over one kiss, when she was 17, but there was no much accountability for it, either. Let's be honest. Nate never really cared about the kiss. He cared she abandoned him.

I need to learn to skip season 2, when it gets to that point, because I stop liking her for a while. Season 3 isn't as bad, because they are trying to fix it, and he's being a dick and she's trying to show him she's not going anywhere.

It's not even the Chris of it all. I freaking loved Chris Keller in season 9. I just hated how selfish she was and how some people say Nathan makes her sacrifice her dreams for her, when he really doesn't.

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

[paceypeternathanslawyer]

One Tree Hill 4x13

Nathan's hat moving from his head to Haley's over the course of class and then Haley tossing it back to Nathan 😁💜

[dayas]

Lucas riding for Brooke after they broke up is so sinister 😭 on the one hand Peyton suddenly understands what it was like for Brooke the ENTIRE time she and Lucas were dating but like Lucas finally defending her side while he’s dating Peyton like where was this energy when Brooke was his gf 🤡💀

[angelsdean]

looking at any fictional couple like, can i destielify them? can i put them through the destielification machine? would they make a good destiel AU? *walks up to fictional couple on the street like* so who is the dean and who is the cas of the relationship?

[mugiwara-lucy]

Brooke really has no sense of boundaries 🤣

[mythoughtsxxblog]

James saying he found it the easiest to make scenes feel real with Joy....

[jewishraypalmer]

As a Nathan Scott girlie, I dreaded getting to the start of S5 part of the rewatch and now we're here and godDAMMIT it truly is even worse the second time

[bosesmikas]

modern family - haley & andy kisses (3/4)

[drtbrennan]

rules: shuffle your ‘on repeat’ playlist and post the first ten tracks, then tag ten people tagged by: @benantis 💜

1. TV - billie eilish 2. SPACE MAN - sam ryder 3. homesick - nell mescal 4. little lion man - mumford & sons 5. you’re on your own, kid - taylor swift 6. funeral - phoebe bridgers 7. girls just wanna have fun - cyndi lauper 8. bright lights and cityscapes - sara bareilles 9. missing you - tyler hilton 10. from the ground up - sleeping at last  tagging: anyone who wants to do this but hasn’t been tagged, consider yourself tagged by me :)

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

Lot of attempts at interjecting color. I I feel like we kind of glossed over, we talked about it a little bit, but I feel like we glossed over the Nathan and Hailey stuff. But I guess maybe it's because you just had to sit there and be a captive audience. Right. And then the relief came in the end, and then we got that beautiful sequence with You guys outside talking about your lives. And we finally got our Ava brothers song that the episode is titled after. And it, it felt like such a nice respite for you two.  I I I guess I just wanted to say that. I really loved the way it wrapped up. -Sophia 

[paceypeternathanslawyer]

One Tree Hill Meme {98/187} Season 5 Episode 10: Running To Stand Still Nathan & Haley In Every Episode

[userlaylivia]

@clubglee, @maya-matlin

God, what am I going to do, Luke? I’m so, I hate being away from him, I think about him constantly. I was in the middle of a history quiz yesterday and I just totally zoned out on him. Maybe we’re not going to be together for the rest of our lives, but right now I’m in love for the first time and if I look at this tattoo 20 years from now, and it reminds me of how I feel today, I think I’ll be okay with that.

[nadvs]

Started rewatching oth because of basketball rafe 😊 do you think they would ever have a Naley moment where their future together is uncertain and they’re both terrified and sad without one another but have no idea how to make it better or fix it?

aw omg i have been craving an oth rewatch!! naley are one of my fav tv couples ever 🥺

based on this fic

they have times of uncertainty. the roughest patch of their relationship is when he gets an nba contract. they’ve only been official for about five months on the night of the draft, haven’t even said their first i love you’s (the commitment-phobia sticks around for both of them for a while), but they don’t want to throw away what they have so they’re determined to stay together.

she still has a year left of college, so she stays put while he moves to a city that’s a three-hour flight away. he’s nervous about if they’ll make it long distance because he’s afraid of losing her, but she sees his nerves as him not having confidence in them. because they’re both so on edge, it turns into a nasty fight. they carry that fight for a while because at one point, she said if breaking up is inevitable, might as well do it now because she’s so pessimistic about relationships actually working out for her and he was crushed that she even brought the option up because he has rly bad abandonment issues so he said you were never really in this in the first place.

at one point, both of them think they’re just too alike to make it work because they both have short tempers and fight dirty.

when he leaves, they’re still dating but on really shaky ground, and because his schedule gets so full, he hardly has time for calls. she eventually starts to worry about him being unfaithful because he has all this fame now and that drives them apart even more.

it’s rough. he can’t afford to lose focus so he distances himself. she refuses to be clingy so she distances herself, too. they don’t talk for days and he’s so stressed out that they’re broken up but haven’t said the words to make it official. they take a break without even really deciding to.

and when they start talking again, because he calls her one night after a day off where he finally feels like himself, they’re both angry at each other for being able to go so long without talking. she asks why he didn’t invite her to visit, he says he wouldn’t even have time for her. another long, painful fight.

but like naley, they grow as individuals and as a couple. it’s a lengthy, tearful phone call and she eventually says “can we not jump to blame and to say things just to hurt each other? i think we needed that break.” and he’s hurt that they’d need time apart, but he agrees.

while they’re on the phone, he looks for flights. he can’t leave the city with his training schedule, but he tells her “even if it’s for five minutes, i need to see you. can you come?” and he books the flight for her that weekend. when he sees her at the airport, he actually starts to cry because of the pressure and the loneliness and missing her. it’s taken a toll on him.

he gets recognized by a fan at the airport and it shows her just how much his life has changed and it makes her nervous all over again. she knows it’s best to be direct about it because that’s how they always did things, so she tells him in the car that she knows she’s part of his old life but she hopes she can be in his new life too and it actually breaks his heart hearing her have any worries about that. he knows he fucked up by allowing her to feel that way, but still has issues with his pride because how could she doubt they’d make it work?

they get to his penthouse. he shows her his view and it’s even nicer than when she saw it on on their facetime call. and because it’s been so long, and even though they have so much to talk about, they rush into sleeping together and it’s clear how much they’ve missed each other from the way they kiss and hold each other.

after, they fall asleep. and over food, they have a difficult conversation. they discuss how they should have set expectations for calls or visits. how different their lives are now but it doesn’t mean it just won’t work. how this is just a tough time but they’ll make it.

“so that wasn’t goodbye sex?” he says in a moment of vulnerability. he hasn’t expressed fear of her leaving him in ages. she’s touched that he actually seems hurt by the prospect of a break-up. and she reassures him over and over until he believes her. they fall into an argument again. that’s when they share their first i love you’s. and then, finally, they’re good.

when she leaves, they’re at peace. they’re best friends again. the communication over long distance never gets perfect, but it gets better. every so often, they just have to remember that nine times out of ten, if they’re being grumpy with each other, it’s because they miss each other.

it’s a long, painful talk about if she should move in with him once she graduates, because she gets offered a great internship in her field at home. she still has lingering fears of commitment and she knows how hypocritical that is, considering how many times she’s gotten upset with him for acting like he’s not confident in their relationship.

he’s the one who tells her to just take the internship because he knows she’ll regret if she doesn’t. so, she completes a six month contract. it’s so much harder for her to visit with her new 9 to 5. they argue. they go through silent spells.

soon after, he has a horrible week and admits to her that he’s been off his game, playing like shit because he’s just so tired. she makes something up to tell her boss that she needs a week off for and surprises him and flies to him on her own dime.

he’s so relieved to see her that it’s like he’s breathing for the first time in months.

and they make it work. because they can’t imagine a world where they don’t. she moves in with him after her internship is up. she spends time looking for a job, being a ‘stay at home girlfriend’, and he keeps telling her he makes more than enough for the two of them, but she’s determined to still be independent in some way.

and they have some rough nights. some almost break-ups. but it never actually happens, because they love each other too much. eventually, they don’t have explosive fights anymore. they bicker, but it never gets as bad as it was, because they’re so sure of their relationship and because they grow to become healthier, better people for each other.

[userlaylivia]

@maya-matlin, @emilyskinners