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everyday I wish there were more stories about trans people that I could hold and cherish in book/graphic novel form. pls. I want to see trans ppl in space. and as superheroes where the story is about them 100%. and like slice of life gardening. and high fantasy. and historical fiction but like we get to be happy. and I want trans people who have magical powers and the stories about gender fuckery and saving the world. and maybe I want to write these stories too but I canât be blamed for wanting to curl up with a good book with trans main characters written by trans ppl for me (⌠and everyone else too. Iâm just feeling very miette about this right now) and have a fun and funky journey with a story.
#and by fantasy and high fantasy I mean I want trans people as actual characters#like the metaphors are cool too#but I want to see trans people in the actual story sometimes- most times#THIS IS ALSO A DESPERATE PLEA FOR RECOMMENDATIONS#I know thereâs gotta be stories out there somewhere#I just donât have the energy to search for them#I swear theyâd cure my mental illness tho#said mental illness is greatly affecting my ability to search#so do you see the dilemma here#anyways I just know that Iâve got a ton of books with gay people in them#but I think Iâve only got oneâŚ. actually I donât know if I own that book#âŚI donât#this is devastating#oh thank fuck I own physical copies of heart stopper#got scared I didnât have any for a second there#my point still stands tho#I want main characters#and I want them to have a wide variety of stories#thank you for coming to my ted talk
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#undertale#flowey#omega flowey#undertale fanart#comic#my comic#my art#this was going to be about Superman and those isekais where the main character is op af#but I wanted to draw omega flowey đ
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"i don't ship laios and marcille-" oh yeah same, their relationship is so much more compelling to me viewed through a platonic lens than a romantic one
"-like, marcille clearly hates laios" are we reading/watching the same series??? did you just stop after the first couple chapters??? look at their relationship development, that's her friend! her bestie, even!!!
#eliot posts#dunme#dungeon meshi#marcille+laios are so barry+taako coded. to me.#the anime is only at the beginning of their friendship arc but it's already so good#and as someone who has read the manga it only gets better from here#they love each other so much and care about each other's wellbeing and trust each other and admire each other's skills so much#i want to eat drywall over these two they are best friends#basically i have more in common w someone who says those two love each other romantically#than i do w someone who says they don't love each other at all#(well. assuming the former is serious abt their characters and not just boring tropey shipping main guy w main girl yk)
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i vote that next year instead of reading Dracula we do a Jeeves & Wooster Book Club. those two never got the rabid tumblr shipping fandom they deserved (disqualified for the sheer technicality of being published a century too soon). we must correct this injustice
#jeeves and wooster#i want to watch tumblr go rabid i want to watch ao3 overflow with jeeves/wooster fanfiction#yes obviously the fandom EXISTS but it's a cozy little neighborhood#a handful of talented artists and writers doing their best to keep their charming little village going#but i'm tired of cozy i want this fandom TRENDING#I WANT TO SEE THIS ON MY DASHBOARD PEOPLE#i swear to you if they made a shiny new tv series tumblr would absolutely obsess over these characters. good omens levels of obsession#it's just such a great dynamic! the good-natured overly-trusting bumbling idiot in constant need of rescuing!#the stoic all-knowing genius who quietly masterminds mayhem in order to protect this one moron he's devoted himself to for some reason#jeeves as a morosexual is just such a beautiful interpretation of the original text#wooster as a happy-go-lucky himbo who stumbles his way into a relationship with a protective caring and supremely competent mastermind#the angst and social complexities of a same-sex cross-class relationship in turn-of-the century london!#oh AND half the stories are about jeeves helping wooster get out of engagements/desperately avoid marriage#two men who live together constantly scheming to maintain their bachelorhood. this is quite literally the main plot point#the gay subtext is there! the gay subtext is there and very ripe for picking!!!#this thing is LOCKED AND LOADED we can pounce literally any time
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On autonomy, and what it means to be Obliged to Help.
Bonus:
#a homestuck walks into an antechamber and asks#hey is anybody going to make this dynamic wholly deterministic and thus dubiously consensual by its very nature#ANYWAY bigger ramble below. scroll down like usual#isat spoilers#isat#isat fanart#isat siffrin#isat loop#sifloop#THATS RIGHT WE'RE STILL SHIP TAGGING IT BABYYYY#in stars and time#in stars and time fanart#lucabyteart#RAMBLE START: anyway i think loop is wrong here. they have it backwards. as-- in my opinion--#the main reason they could be called back into existence postcanon is because *their* wish for help is still not complete#they still need help. siffrin still needs help. neither of them will ever stop needing help.#they will thus uphold the wish until the end of siffrin's natural lifespan.#that said. what does it mean that loop can be so wholly forced to abide by siffrin's wants?#(assuming the dagger cutscene posession is them being forced to uphold the 'help siffrin' wish via harsh universe logic)#[as opposed to something capricious and cruel the change god did. which feels out of character for the change god to me?]#much like how the island wish and duplicate objects are neutered by simply sliding off people's brains...#is loop subtly ushered toward their wish? obviously it's not a full override (see: the bossfight). but is there any interference?#and if so. so what? does it matter? if they don't notice? is it even real if they don't notice?#and even if they do notice. the universe leads we follow. how much do either of them value their free will in a belief system like that?#the whole game is dedicated to siffrin habitually NOT excersizing his free will. doing things the same Every Time.#Loop ESPECIALLY does this. predetermined predetermined predetermined even in the FACE OF CHANGE. REFUSING. ANY CHOICE.#Maybe they'd even be comforted by having a universe-ordained purpose even if it is subservient. even if its to Him.#(though. i can't see siffrin enjoying the idea that someone is subservient TO them... then all their suffering is his fault...)#loop got into this mess via WANTING too much. no more free will. can't be trusted with it. take it away from them.#but yeah. gets my greasy detective pony hands all over this. and everyone please do remember i like to make characters Outright Wrong A Lot
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Been having Secretly Smart Steve thoughts except it's less that his intellect is a secret and more that nobody ever noticed lmao
The initial thought for this is based on my mom's stories about acting like a ditzy airhead in high school but then graduating with honors
Within five minutes of walking into high school Steve definitely clocked that being cool was more important than being smart right? So he didn't really let on that he was good at class stuff and just let people think he was a simple jock
And Steve graduating isn't a huge thing cuz it happens during UD stuff which means they all miss graduation ceremony and just get their degrees later, so it's not like anyone saw the honors tassels that steve was given to wear with his grad gown
And the first real hint is Lucas trying to make a basket and getting frustrated. And Steve is like "here I'll show you" and proceeds to make every throw he makes from anywhere on the court and when Lucas asks how the fuck he does that Steve shrugs and is like "well, i mean, its all angles man"
Later Mike and Will are working on an egg drop project (you know the ones) and getting worked up cuz the eggs keep cracking. Steve has been watching TV or something the whole time and outta nowhere is like "yall are missing shock absorption and proper wind resistance, duh"
Nancy is trying to decode some number based cipher for fun but it's becoming rapidly Not Fun and Steve looks over her shoulder for like two seconds and goes "group the numbers into twos, subtract 18 from each, and then it's the alphabet letter based on the number" and then just walks off
Dustin is taking an engineering class and is having trouble building a bridge cuz it keeps collapsing when he sends a hot wheels car over it. Steve tells him he needs more load-bearing beams and to distribute the weight evenly and Dustin is surprised when it works
And, of course, Eddie sees all of this so one day when Max or Erica ask for help with some geometry homework he takes the worksheet they give him and immediately passes it along to Steve, waves off their disbelief, and sits all smug while Steve explains concepts they'd been missing entirely
#steve harrington#stranger things#stranger things the party#subtle steddie#bc of course#anyway im sure theres more to come but i wanted to share these main thoughts#i do love when a character is smart in ways people didnt expect#like yessssss subvert those preconceived notions#and then the angst potential of course#of steve realizing before meeting eddie and robin that not even nancy really knew he was good at this stuff#and hes wondering if anyone will ever actually know him as more than a jock or king Steve#and then platonic stobin and he blurts it all out cuz truth serum#looking thats all nothing else nothing at all your honor he definitely wasnt staring at steves moles and freckles
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[Pt 1] [Pt 2] [Pt 3] [Pt 4] [Pt 5] [Pt 6] [PART 7] [Donât Let it Reach the Heart]
Nobody Anymore Nobody Anymore
[This comic is part of my dbhc au, following the chaos and panic that ensues after Doc and Xisuma try to get Etho back online at the start of s9 after a very rough s8 finale that leaves him a little. broken. It's set to the vibes of Joywave's Destruction. This part concludes this comic, but this moment doesn't end here: Don't Let it Reach the Heart will be the title of the fic that will follow the end of Destruction!]
#dbhc#dbhc art#hermitcraft au#dbhc doc#dbhc xisuma#dbhc etho#ethoslab#xisumavoid#docm77#art escapades#hermitcraft#tw gore#tw death#tw main character death#tw body horror#tw glitch#tw glitching#tw eyestrain#tw robot gore#tw head trauma#tw dark themes#tw limb loss#please let me know if theres anything else I should tag! want to be super safe since this is so dark#very excited (very terrified) for Don't Let it Reach the Heart <3#i wanted to end this with a sense of dreadful silence idk#a shot of the three of them individually with how things end... augh#horrible#horrible i say#thank you everyone for coming along on this journey and for your patience with me <3#i appreciate it more than you know!
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yeah so this was insane
#i feel like too many people reduce this interaction to jason being like âlol sameâ#but idk :/#this chapter is from jasonâs pov#and leading up to it heâs like âpeople keep walking on eggshells around me bc of the the michael varus stab woundâ#and he hates it so when he goes on deck to help out with the storm#everyoneâs like wtf except for percy#and jason states how much he appreciated percy not treating him like a sick kid#and i feel like itâs echoed in this sentiment where jason could say so many things like#âyou should never feel that wayâ âim here if you need anythingâ#but he doesnât make percy feel alone in his desire to justâŚ. end it all#which ik for some people that doesnât work but youâre not a character in hoo and percy is dealing with so much guilt#and he canât tell annabeth bc sheâs a main aspect of that guilt#and he doesnât wanna guilt her more and he feels ashamed and when he describes this he feels weird for feeling it#so having jason this tough guy be like âyo i understand it bc i felt the same way#thatâs gotta mean a lot to percy#also insane how jason who also struggles to display vulnerability#allows it in one of few times in this moment just so percy this guy heâs supposed to be jealous about#feels comforted and not alone in his guilt and shame#and also itâs just insane how jasonâs wanting to kay em ess does not get talked about AT ALL#and just seeing his mom and the pressure of new rome getting to him#like this scene is insane and iâll never shut up about it#also ignore me iâm just finishing my reread of hoo that took all summer#jason grace#percy jackson#pjo#ashla.txt
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hot garbage đ
#making Lori the main character was a mistake there are 0 fun clips of her. she just vanishes after the intro don't worry about it#''journey doesn't quite go as planned'' yeah ya girl fucking died lmao#the context for where the hell all these other people came from is nonexistent#but there's 11 seasons of this shit and I can't find the clips I'm thinking of so#fuck it#I have more important deadlines rn lmao#there's a few clips I had that I'm sad about leaving out but this shit is already too long#I rly wanted the one of Rick putting in that CD and Daryl being like ''please don't-''#also Daryl being horrendous at driving stick with Rosita and Denise#wanted to have everybody bopping to that song drawing the walkers away from the movie theatre...#Carl crashing the car in front of Enid...#the rollerskates...#but alas#twd
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[Toon x Mobster] Decisions, decisions...
The toon doubts himself. He knows well the lurking dangers of loving such a man as Gavriel Huffman, the mobster himself told him so.
But letting go of something so dearly beloved and precious will be hard, won't it?
This was drawn on Magma! Real fun website to draw with friends, check it out.
#toon x mobster#jack desmond#gavriel huffman#grace huffman#yeess I love blue and pink#I love blue and pink so much you know what I'm gonna make this color scheme their main palette from now on#It's soooo pretty..#Have some. uh? Angst? I don't think it's angst tbh. I just wanted to draw something cool but also relating to their story#um. ok nevermind I think people can consider this as angst HAHAHA#I'm bad at figuring out angst and just everyday inconveniences in life#buut yaayy!!!#oc#ocs#original character#original characters#oc art#original character art#my drawing museum
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neon glory squad đ
#characters from my fic đ#i wanted to keep adding more characters but the file wouldâve been too big (â:#gotta include mirio and tamaki in a future piece đ¤§#but anyway here are the main characters plus a few others âđź#i had so much fun drawing these#Denkiâs shirt was my best friendâs idea đ#wasabi doodles#wasabi writes#neon glory#krbk fic#krbk#Kiribaku#seroroki#bakugou katsuki#kirishima eijirou#shindo yo#tetsutetsu#tetsutetsu tetsutetsu#ashido mina#kaminari denki#camie utsushimi#todoroki shouto#sero hanta#monoma neito#shinsou hitoshi#my hero academia art#boku no hero academia#mha#bnha#fanart
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You should totally have Jeremy meet the gang if you haven't already!
I definitely should, so far this is the only time Iâve drawn him in the comic!
#ask reply#TBH NGL Iâm kinda waiting for some news on fnaf 2#before totally jumping into drawing Jeremy a ton#mostly cause it would be nice to know some info to work with#but also means more attention would be on Jeremy too#like in all consideration Jeremy is actually a very niche character đ#despite being a main protagonist weâve only gotten maybe some info about him recently#so I really wanna draw Jeremy but I also want to do it at the right time#want people to know this guy BAHAH#Jeremy my beloved youâll have your day in the sun
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teacher getou au...... wauh
#jujutsu kaisen#geto suguru#gojo satoru#itadori yuuji#kugisaki nobara#fushiguro megumi#teacher getou au#satosugu#fanart#very funny how gojo leaves both yuuji and yuuta on their first mission hssdjshjdd#i know hes technically watching but. these kids do not know anything abt jujutsu at that point and theyre also KIDS. worst teacher HKSDKSD#anyway. been trying to look for fics but havenât been able to find one i wanna read so i was like ok Iâll do it myself#however i am not a good writer so. DRAWINGS OF RANDOM LITTLE SCENES WILL HAVE TO DO#i want a plot focused fic w a side of shippingâŚ. blease if anyone out there has any recs#as in like. the shipping written in a way thatâs relevant to the plot#i want to see the rammies explored. yknowyknow#what happened differently in the aftermath of rikos death to make getou want to be a teacher instead#how is jjk0 different without him as the main antagonist and who does kenjaku take as a host#how does shibuya play out#how are both he and gojo different as characters#having grown up into adulthood together#getou as gojoâs moral compass etc#YKNOWYKNOW#i am aware that to explore all of that would be a monster of a fic which is probably why it does not exist (to my knowledge) but#IF THERES ANY FICS OUT THERE THAT EXPLORE EVEN SOME OF IT. PLEASE SEND THEM MY WAY#EVEN A FUN LITTLE CASEFIC WHERE THEY GO ON A QUICK MISSION OR SMTH#AS LONG AS THERES PLOT#another theoretical fic i would like to read is canonverse post-shibuya but like with a plot that makes sense#jjk my favourite mediocre shounen battle manga. could be so much better. has anyone attempted this#that one post thats like im not a hater im a dismayer. thats me
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hi heres art so you pay attention to me now go read the tags
#ive been rewatching episode 7 like its the only thing on youtube and made note of many things#first off. the solver can only have one host. nori mentions skyn wants to kill off all the other solver hosts (with the dds) and disregards#the idea of both uzi and doll being its current host when they get chased#plus the main solver possessions only occur when skyn is out of the picture (the fightt in ep 7 is only after n decapitates âtessaâ)#solver uzi is possible too but i dont count her cause she doesn't have the yellow#personal theory is that its more an instinctual response to overheating or something and not full on possession#second off nori calls the solver cyn. how does she know that name#cyn was on earth and only showed up to copper 9 recently and i presume nori's been here her whole life#it probably wasn't the other dds cause none of them made it down and they're all more savage beasts#since cyn specifies n's team retained their personalities and that makes me think the other teams didnt#also also we should've immediately questioned tessa arriving in the same type of pod as the mds when they were revealed to not be sent by j#im running out of characters also the people who dont like when i use tags like this can bite me#murder drones#murder drones nori#artori? that sounds cool#ill probably just stick with nori though#i have so many solver heart refs now#art#episode 7#murder drones episode 7#murder drones episode 7 spoilers#using the same black for shadows as my lineart doesn't work when i have to draw thin things over it#murder drones spoilers
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~ Extremely Unwilling Magical Protagonists Attempt To Outrun The Plot And Not Fucking Die ~
(@takofukkatsumi this tag is from a while ago but it hasn't left my brain -- L-Space got very weird all of a sudden)
#discworld#rincewind#the luggage#svsss#shen qingqiu#sqq#takofukkatsumi honestly thank you for this tag i've been chuckling on and off about the luggage overtaking sqq for a while now#something about it feels Right. no one expects the luggage until it's on you#honestly my main goal out of this picture is to force svsss fans to witness The Luggage and its horrible legs#shen yuan and rincewind hit that awkward point where you're keeping pace with a stranger#you can't quite manage to speed up or slow down at the right point to break contact#so they end up having a VERY weird conversation#at least anything sqq says is not the weirdest thing rincewind has heard#got sucked into a book? let him introduce you to the librarian#actually now i want the librarian to meet the system#if anyone could figure out a way to beat the system's head in it'd be an orangutan offended on behalf of literary characters everywhere#conversely both sqq and sqh are capable of ''speaking'' with pratchett style footnotes ARE are capable of seeing each other's footnotes#they weaponize this against each other immediately#honestly intrigued to see how many notes this gets - what's the general overlap between discworld fans and mxtx fans?#or is it literally the two of us here in this venn diagram?#i feel like it should exist though - are both not simply fantasy parodies in one variety or another??#my art
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very much inspired by a post iâll link at the bottom to avoid spoilers
i love putting john price in situations
simon had known price for over a decade, had served under him as his lieutenant for a good portion of it, so he was pretty confident in answering yes when asked if he thought he knew the captain well.
he could acknowledge he wasnât as close as say laswell may have been, but he knew that priceâs wife was not common knowledge around the base either.
heâd pieced it together over the years on missions; catching the odd comment shared over coms; the glint of a ring around his neck; the odd teased mention of her when they sat in the rec room after barely scraping through a tough spot, when price needed the company as well as the silence ghost offered before returning to the real world.
it was how simon knew the sergeants were staying when price let slip about her one day. because he doesnât let anything slip, wouldnât, especially about her.
âgot anyone at home waiting for you, sir?â gaz asked as he sighed impatiently over the coms, hour three of silently waiting and watching had finally gotten to him.
âi do,â price said simply, not offering any further information. ghost could imagine the amusement tugging at his daft facial hair as price refused to continue without prompting and simon smiled under his mask when he heard johnny scoff next to him before chiming in.
âcâmon sir, give us a wee bit moreân that,â he weedled. âwhenâd ya meet? is she nice?â
john hummed, the sound low and crackly over the radio in their ears. âmet when i moved.â
âoh, a real meet-cute type thing, eh?â gaz teased.
john ignored him. âwouldnât say sheâs nice, soap. sheâs more than that. âniceâ is your auntâs new wallpaper; you have permission to shoot me point blank if i start calling her nice.â
âwhat is she then?â ghost piped up. this was the chattiest john had ever been on the subject and he was going to take advantage.
john went silent for long enough that the three men thought that was it, the end to their sharing session and knowing more about their captain outside of work. simon chewed the inside of his cheek.
âsheâs devoted,â john whispered finally before his voice firmed. âheads up, team, movement 2 oâclock. anyone got eyes on the target?â
â
it was months later when she was brought up again, the team thinking. nothing of it until priceâs phone pinged in his pocket enough times to pique johnnyâs interest as they prepped to leave.
âthat the wife, sir?â he asked.
john huffed, didnât bother checking his phone as he turned and shook his head. âsheâs clingy, but she doesnât bother me when iâm at work.â
âhowâd you know?â gaz asked. âcould be an emergency.â
âânâ howâd you get her to agree tae thaâ?â soap followed up quickly, having had issues with his own flings petering out when he was distant and slow to reply.
âbeen with her long enough now itâs routine,â john said simply. he checked his weapons before heading for the exit. âhelo in 5, be air ready.â
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the mission had gone to shit, and they were stuck hidden in a building that looked like it was 10 seconds away from collapsing under a brisk wind when ghost finally felt his patience snap.
it was no oneâs fault, but being stuck in another country with no back up and a target on their backs for an extra three weeks wasnât ideal and johnnyâs insistence on playing cards at every opportunity to keep his idle hands and mind busy combined with gazâs tinny whistling had made for the perfect scenario to grate on simonâs patience quicker than anything else ever had.
âtell us about her. ya wife,â simon asked, his gaze slipping across to john, watching him pick at his nails. his cuticles were red and raw from four days of agitated fidgeting since theyâd ran out of cigars and cigarettes. every so often simon caught him pat his empty pocket before heâd remember and huff heavily through his nose like a bull.
john closed his eyes at the mention of his wife and sighed. he started his description without protest or hesitance. âshes soft spoken. christ, youâd hardly know she was there half the time, sheâs so quiet. but sheâs firm. stands her ground no matter what,â he chuckled. âdonât think iâve ever won an argument against her.â
kyle laughed and ghost closed his own eyes, trying to picture what he thought the captainâs wife might look like. pretty certainly, but was she tall, plump, did she have an endearing gap between her front teeth, did she keep her hair short or long?
âsheâs a bit of a homebody,â john admitted bashfully, unaware of simonâs drifting thoughts. âbut i canât say i mind it.â
ânot wanting to leave the bedroom much when yer back?â johnny joked, hissing when ghost punched his thigh.
john just smiled placidly, eyes still closed. his eyebrows pulled down as he gushed, âgod sheâs gorgeous in red. wears it every time i come home.â
âlucky bastard,â gaz huffed.
âyeah.â john nodded and finally opened his eyes. âyeah, lucky.â
âyouâll be back with her soon, cap,â gaz reassured him when he saw price swallow thickly.
âthanks, gaz. now whoâs taking first watch tonight? soap?â
â
john was quiet on the plane ride home, not unusually so, but ghost noticed the difference all the same.
he was pensive perhaps, worried what his wife would say when he finally got home a month later than scheduled, uncontactable the entire time. ghost could understand to a certain degree that john would have more important things on his mind than what his three subordinates were going to do as soon as they stepped foot on home soil, so he didnât push when john ignored the few threads of conversation thrown his way by their younger sergeants. instead he nodded when john said a quick goodbye as they all parted ways in the airport.
simon could only assume john was the same all the way home in the cab that dropped him outside of his little three bed house.
he didnât see however how john hesitated at the door to his home that evening. how he gripped the front door keys tightly in his fist, shook as he stared down at his feet instead of letting his eyes drift and catch on the windows, and felt as though he could crack a tooth from how hard he was clenching his teeth.
he finally opened the door when he thought the neighbours might begin to get worried and stepped inside, flicking on the lights as he went.
it wasnât until he got to the kitchen that he found her.
stood bare foot, silent, eyes wide and pleading, blood seeping - always seeping. would it ever stop? would the blood ever end? - through her white pyjama top, his top that sheâd borrowed for the night, and trickling down her bare legs.
her mouth opened and she visibly struggled for breath, but no sound escaped even as her tongue wagged on the floor of her mouth, lapping at the backs of her teeth as all words escaped her.
he swallowed back bile.
âhello, sweetheart,â he choked out. âsorry iâm late.â
the blood pooled at her feet, the panties she wore were seeped a dark purple from the viscus liquid dying the dark blue material and the shirt stuck to her front. john had remembered loving seeing her like this in a morning, had always thought she looked best in as little clothing as possible.
âi know you hate it when work keeps me busy, but it was unexpected. we were caughtââ a high screech, not dissimilar to that of a whistle that only a dog could hear, pierced through his ears and cut his words short. he curled in and covered his ears, but he knew it would do no good, he shouldâve known better than to talk about work around her.
not after what had happened last time he got back late after overtime.
tears prickle at his eyes and the sound abruptly stopped. heâd never questioned why it seemed to be only him that could hear her protests, why his neighbours never mentioned a shrill cry every so often from his home. he had always said she was made for him and that had apparently translated literally into the afterlife.
he looked up at her again - it was best not to ignore her he found. it only made her angry.
âit wonât happen again,â he promised wetly. âi did my best to get back as soon as i could, i promise, sweetheartââ he choked on his words, biting back a sob. she watched unblinkingly, silent except for the wet squelch of her feet on the laminate.
they both knew he wasnât apologising for being late this time. he got like this sometimes, when her agonised face and mangled body was too much to bear after a long mission and the guilt bore down like a physical presence.
he couldnât help but think if heâd gotten home even just an hour earlier he mightâve been able to save her, to have kept her company instead of leaving her on the floor alone and cold, maybe he could have caught the bastards that had hurt her while he was still travelling back from deployment after agreeing to hang back and finish his paperwork there and then instead of emailing it across.
he reached a shaking hand forward and blew out a ragged breath when his hand met nothing but frigid air. but when he brought his hand up to his face he could smell the copper tang of his dead wifeâs blood on his skin. the stench unwashable, cloying, but if he concentrated hard enough it ever so faintly smelt like the vanilla perfume she used to wear.
âwas telling the lads about you, love,â he forced an empty chuckle as he walked around her to the kettle and went through their usual routine. âthink they mightâve fallen a little in love, not that i could blame them.â
he ran a hand over his face and gave himself a moment to let the tears fall as his palm hid his eyes. her silence was the worst part of it all, but he could see the glaring red of her in his peripheral when he dropped his hand to the counter.
it wasnât pretending his wife was still alive if she was right there at his shoulder, was it?
âlooks like iâll need to grab you some more pg tips, sweetheart,â he said and poured the boiling water into two cups, sparing a glance over his shoulder at his wife. âweâre almost out.â
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#idk if this is as good as i wanted it to be or pictured it to be when i first had the thought but i like it anyway!!#john price#price x reader#john price x reader#uhhhhhh spoilers after these tags#main character death#tw mcd#cw mcd#tw gore#cw gore#itâs mild#also mention of a break in and violent murder of reader sorryyyyyy
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