#JACK LOUIS YOU ARE TRASH

[bunnithechubs]

lol that cupids corner therapy session was a ROLLER coaster lol

[hockeylovee12]

A Closed Book-Luke Hughes

Summary: you and Luke had been dating for a year long distance and in secret but now that he’s in New Jersey permanently it gets a little harder to keep a secret.

Warnings: 18+, Smut, Sex

Luke Hughes had always been a very private person even to the people close to him. His brothers like to tease him and say he’s a closed book with about 17,000 different locks.

Personally Luke didn’t mind he knew he is a private person and you quickly realized that and had no problems with it. Sure you would have liked to post your boyfriend and engage in all the conversation with your friends when they brought up their own but at the same time you loved the idea of having someone and something special that you never had to talk about or share with the world. Something that was only yours and that’s what Luke was.

The two of you met one of the first times Luke had came to visit his older brother Jack. You were only 17 at the time and Luke was nearly 19. The two of you hit it off at a coffee shop that was close to your high school. Luke and you exchanged numbers and when you turned 18 you two made it official.

After finishing high school you choose to stay in state so the first few months of being official you two were long distance. It was a lot of work a lot of late night phone calls and texts but you made it work and it was worth it.

Now Luke has officially signed with the New Jersey devils and he’s here permanently and you’re both thrilled.

November 7th marks the date of both your birthday and your one year anniversary so Luke wanted to do something special unfortunately the Devils had a four day road trip the last game being against St Louis on the 7th but two days later they were home for a game against the Pittsburgh penguins and even better they had the next day off.

So knowing Luke’s brother would go out after the game with his teammates probably to a bar which Luke couldn’t join because he is only 20 Luke had the brilliant plan of spending an evening in together and you were all for it.

11/09/2023 Jack and Luke’s Apartment

The devils won in overtime leading the score 5-4. Luke had a pretty good game he had a single assist for which he was proud of and after the game the two brothers headed back to their apartment.

“Luke are you sure you don’t wanna come out with us you know we can get you into the bar it’s not a big deal” Jack offers his younger brother

“Nah it’s ok I’m kinda tired anyway I’m probably just gonna order a pizza and watch some tv you go have fun” Luke says

Jack looks at his little brother with a slight smile while he couldn’t be more happy to have his brother playing with him and living with him apart of him wishes Luke would go out more often because he doesn’t hang out with the team as much as Jack does.

“Also what time you think you’re gonna be back?” Luke asks trying to ask as casually as possible so he knows how long he has with his girlfriend

“Um I don’t know I think we’re gonna hit a few bars see where the night goes I’ll probably be around 3” Jack says

“All right see you later” Luke says waving his brother goodbye as his brother leaves the shared apartment

Almost immediately Luke pulls out his phone and sends you a text.

Then Luke heads to his room to take a shower and get dressed. He puts on a pair of blue jeans and a white t shirt that you told him makes his muscles look big.

Beep beep

From Y/N❤️

I’m here

Luke walks outside his room and comes gets you from the hallway.

“Hey there” Luke says wrapping his arm around you and pulling you inside.

Once the door shuts Lukes lips immediately find there way to yours.

The next three hours the two of you spend your time watching movies cuddling and eating Chinese takeout.

Near the end of the 2nd movie Luke whispers in your ear and asks if you want to go to his room.

A smirk appears on your face and you nod.

“I’ll be right there” Luke says

You walk to Lukes room while he throws out the trash and cleans up before meeting you in the bedroom where he sees you in a gorgeous black lacy bra.

Luke shuts the door with his foot and walks towards you picking you up and placing you on the bed.

Luke takes off his shirt and throws it on the ground then starts unbuttoning your pants and slips them off of you and starts making his way down your stomach with kisses and stops right before he gets to your pussy making you let out a frustrated sigh causing him to smirk

Luke leans over you and reaches into his night stand and grabs a condom

You watch as Luke takes off the rest of his clothes and rolls on a condom then he regains his previous position and starts rubbing his hands on your body. Soon he grips the sides of your panties and yanks them down. Before roughly pushing himself into you.

You let a loud moan.

“Luke” You moan out as Luke continues thrusting in and out of you. Within minutes you both cum and Luke rests his head on your stomach both panting a little bit.

“You ok?” He asks after a minute

“I’m great” You smirk

After laying down for about an hour the two of you decide to take a shower which results in more sex under the warm water.

Around 3am Luke checks his phone

“Oh shit Jack’s gonna be back soon” he says

You quickly realize what he said and jump up quickly putting on your clothes as he does the same.

Once your both dressed the two of you walk out of his room and back into the living room.

“I love you” Luke says pulling you in for a kiss

“I love you too” You reply

“What the hell?” A voice says and the lights flicker on

You both jump seeing Jack standing there

“Jack jeez I didn’t hear you come in” Luke says with an arm still wrapped around you

“Who’s this?” He asks

“Um this is uh” Luke starts to say

“I’m Y/N” you introduce

“Are you dating her?” Jack asks

Luke and I both look at each other

“Um well ya” he says after a moment of silence

Jack looks at him

“How long?” He asks taking a sip of water

“It was a year on the 7th” Luke replies

“A year?!!” Jack exclaims

“How the hell did you keep this a secret for a year?!!”

“Well um you know I’m like a closed book”

“Alright I’m gonna go to bed but it’s late so you both should as well” Jack says walking towards his room

“You wanna spend the night?” Luke asks

“Sure” you reply and the two of you head back to Lukes room and you strip and take one of his t shirts and put it on.

Luke changes into sweats and you both lay down in bed with your head on his bare chest.

A few minutes later the door opens and Jack steps in

“This door stays open all night” Jack says

Luke takes a pillow off the ground and throws it a Jack causing him to laugh

“Goodnight Luke and goodnight Y/N” Jack says retreating back to his own room and leaving the door wide open.

[horrorslashergirl]

For all the KINGS out there

MEN ARE NOT TRASH.

This is probably unrelated to my blog, but I had to write this out because it keeps haunting my mind. The constant hate men get on Tumblr and other social media platforms have been getting out of hand. I lost count of how many times I heard or read this phrase: "Men Are Trash." by women and I kept wondering... How can one person assume every single man on this planet is like that? Have you talked to all of them to prove this theory? Before I speak more, I want anyone who reads this to know it's not a hate-related post, but rather a wake-up call... especially for women who have been brainwashed by society.

NOW. Tons of women spoke about how men are useless, trash, and unneeded in society and how the world would be better without them.

The question is... Who works mostly in the construction industry? Who works mostly in the military department? The special forces? What about engineering and mechanics? Who is mostly down in the mines... getting all dirty and putting in loads of physical work?

Let's see something else...

Leonardo da Vinci

He invented the helicopter and the battle tank. He came up with designs for mechanical looms and hydraulic saws. He drew plans for submarines and robots. The list of his contributions to the world of engineering is virtually endless. 

Thomas Edison

A keen businessman with unbridled imagination, he is credited with thousands of inventions, including the phonograph, the electric light bulb, the telephone (although Alexander Graham Bell made it to the patent office first on that occasion), the movie camera, the microphone, and alkaline batteries.

Benjamin Franklin

His legacy includes the lightning conductor, bifocal lenses, and, according to some, the first experiments in nanoscience.

Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla was arguably the greatest geek who ever lived, always fixing things that weren't broken and coming up with amazing inventions in the process. We have him to thank for alternating current, the modern electric motor, remote-controlled boats, and, rumor has it, radar technology and wireless communications.

What about social media? Something that most women wouldn't be able to live without?

Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg

TikTok: Zhang Yiming

Twitter: Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, Evan Williams

Youtube: Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim

Instagram: Kevin Systrom

Still not enough? What about the luxury brands women are dying to have?

DIOR, Louis Vuitton, Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci.

Oh, and let's not forget the brand of cars...

Ferruccio Lamborghini, Enzo Ferrari, Ettore Bugatti, Henry Royce & Charles Rolls, Ferdinand Porsche & Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche

Everything surroundings us... MEN have built, and I find it highly offensive to call all men trash. The Audacity!

The thought of waking up one day without men on this planet is simply a nightmare. Now, I am no doctor but I am pretty sure the human race needs MEN too so we can reproduce because, from my knowledge, women aren't capable of parthenogenesis.

Now, many women say that men have an easy life and lots of privileges, but I would like to disagree because if you said that, then you don't know anything about men at all. Just look up the case of 53-year-old journalist Norah Vincent, who pretended to be a man for a long period to see what living as a man is like. The experiment ended up in a tragedy as she committed suicide. She couldn't stand living as a man; she said it was so horrible, and she was shocked by how WOMEN treated her as she kept the disguise of a man.

I get it. Maybe some women ended up with shitty guys, but that's no excuse to treat the entire male population like that. There are good men and evil men... JUST like there are toxic women and good women.

This world needs women and men... to work together and not let social media brainwash them... and ultimately kill something beautiful.

Again, this post is not hate-related but a cold bucket of reality because sometimes we need reality to hit us upside the head and wake us up.

I see many posts like "You go, Queen!" or "Slay them, princess!"

Well... I just wanna say, "Keep your golden crowns straight, Kings!"

[joanquill]

Reader as Jack Renfield's Niece Headcanons

Albert, William, Louis James Moriarty, Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes

A/N: Sorry for the long break and Late Happy New Year!

You are Jack's niece, and he took you in as a promise to your father when he died in action during the Afghan War.

He ensured you were well-fed, clothed, sleeping in a nice room, and even getting an education at an all-girls boarding school.

And now, you were a successful businesswoman (under a man's name... because, you know... sexism-) with a good heart that Jack is very proud of.

You made sure Jack had a nice retirement, hoping to repay his kindness from years ago.

Until one day, you find out your uncle went out of retirement and became a butler again to the Moriartys.

You've never met them since you were in a boarding school when they came to the Rockwells, but you've heard stories about the three boys from your uncle.

Curious, you decided to pay your dear uncle a surprise visit.

Your sweet family reunion almost became a full-on fistfight when your uncle slammed the door on you.

However, Jack explained how he said he had a nephew instead of a niece due to your business being under a man's name, and it was suspicious how he would receive money and packages from your company.

So now, you were acting as your assistant.

You were introduced to the manor's residents, which was brief as your uncle immediately excused you, walking you back to your place.

And when you left, your uncle made it clear you were engaged... which was a full-blown lie.

But this didn't stop when you continued visiting your uncle, bringing gifts, and catching up with each other through tea.

Because of this, you also got to know the other residents better. Mostly Fred and Moneypenny because Jack would always be by your side when talking to Albert, William, Louis, Bonde, and especially Sebastian... and much to his dismay, you caught the attention of the three brothers.

Suddenly, Jack suggests a new one-on-one training regime with everyone--to sharpen their close combat skills, of course...

Albert James Moriarty

You're not allowed to drink wine with him alone.

Whether it's just a small chat in the afternoon or long conversations in the evening, Jack always pulls you away before you even get a sip.

It's okay if he or Fred is in the room, but you're not allowed to touch alcohol with any man alone.

Whenever you and Albert meet at some gathering or soiree, you always feel your uncle's eyes on you despite knowing he isn't there.

Jack definitely questions you every time you come home from these social events, especially if he knows Albert was also there.

If you're going to be Albert's plus one, he has to be one of the servers to keep an eye on you.

If not, then you're not going, or Fred and Sebastian have to report to him.

If Albert gives you a gift, Jack makes sure it's appropriate.

And if not, it goes to the trash, and you wouldn't even know it existed in the first place.

You only found out when you caught him shoving perfectly good roses into the trash.

This made it worse when you apologized to Albert and gave him a gift of your own, which was a bottle of vintage wine you got from France.

The moment he offered to drink it with you, to talk about business, of course, Jack immediately slammed the door open and offered to open it, serving you both.

When Albert asks personal questions, such as if you had any suitors or what type of person you like, Jack shuts it down instantly, saying this is unprofessional behavior.

While you and Albert were talking, you noticed your uncle was keeping close to you, slightly pushing your seat away from the oldest Moriarty.

The stab on the wooden table when you and Albert accidentally touched hands didn't go unnoticed either.

William James Moriarty

The first time he met you, he had an idea you had a deep bond with their beloved instructor.

He made a mental note of Jack's protectiveness over you and concluded to keep his distance, not wanting to face Jack's wrath.

So when you approached him in the department store with a smile, he was taken aback.

As you two were talking and window shopping, he started piecing together your past, how you must have lost your parents at such a young age.

As you two roamed around, he noticed your eyes would linger on a pricey dress on display.

When he suggested asking your fiance to buy it for you, he noticed your confused expression and fibbing about how you didn't want to bother him. (Jack definitely earned an angry lecture from you about how you were suddenly engaged without a ring... let alone a fiance)

Concluding your engagement might be rocky, William decided to buy the dress for you as a gift.

Whenever William caught you wearing the dress he bought, he couldn't help but smile.

This didn't go unnoticed by Jack, who immediately bought you a whole new wardrobe and "accidentally" spilled wine on the dress.

However, this didn't explain the handprints and the obvious spreading of the stain.

After your encounter with William at the department store, you noticed how you two would bump into each other more frequently.

Whether it's the library, stores, museum, gallery, or just in the streets, you would meet William weekly.

Even when you visit your uncle at the manor, William would take some time to talk to you and sometimes spend time with you in the library.

He would even give you suggestions and advice on business when you ask and offer book recommendations he thinks you would enjoy.

And Jack immediately cuts between you two and joins the conversation or moves your seat miles away from the crime consultant.

Louis James Moriarty

Like William, he quickly noticed Jack's fondness and protectiveness over you and decided not to ask questions since he saw how Jack would get when it came to you, courtesy of Moran asking if you were taken.

Even though he tries to keep some distance between you two, your constant visits with your uncle and attempts to be on good terms with the brothers make it difficult.

At one point, he asks you why you were trying to get closer to them, to which you replied with a confused look.

When you explained how you wanted to know more about the boys who earned Jack's respect and admiration, it caught him off-guard.

After that encounter, Louis' walls slowly started breaking down.

You used to follow your uncle back when he was a butler, acting as his little helper, so you usually spend time with Louis at the manor while helping him with chores.

He didn't want to admit it, but he started buying the types of tea you favored along with the cookies and snacks you would recommend during your visits.

Jack immediately noticed when he saw a cupboard filled to the brim with your favorite drinks and snacks.

And how Louis would always serve you during your visits, showing a soft smile every time you would compliment his brew.

After that, Jack made sure that Louis knew not to make any moves on you, emphasizing that you were engaged.

Much to your dismay, because now you needed to lie on the spot about how great your fiance was whenever they asked about your non-existent fiance.

Seeing how uncomfortable you were when discussing your fiance and how you had to lie to him, Louis now thinks he might be a horrible man, and you're just covering for him.

He tried asking Fred for help getting intel on your fiance, but Jack had already beaten him and asked the boy to lie on your behalf.

When you found out, you immediately apologized to the poor boy and gave him snacks and flowers as an apology.

This doesn't stop Louis from looking after you or Jack trying to keep you away from him.

Mycroft Holmes

Back then, when you were still starting your business, Mycroft immediately knew your identity.

So, when you two attended the same charity gala, he took the opportunity and made a deal with you.

Since then, he would ensure your identity would never be revealed to the public, and you would give him information or opportunities through your business ties.

However, his random visits were not welcomed. Especially when you had to wake up at three in the morning to let him in your house.

It also didn't help how rumors in high society started to spread about how you were his lover.

You tried to deny those accusations, but Mycroft would just smile and add fuel to the fire, much to your dismay.

What's worse was while you and Mycroft were discussing your new job, Jack decided to pay you a surprise visit to celebrate your birthday.

Explaining why you and a man were in your house alone in a room was definitely something. Luckily, the servants hid the knives in the kitchen just in time.

After explaining, Jack decided to let it go and celebrate your birthday with dinner in your favorite restaurant... away from Mycroft and the prying eyes of his subordinates.

Jack had half a mind to make you stay with him in the manor, even if it meant you were near the Moriarty brothers.

You didn't know why, but Jack decided that you needed a refresher on self-defense and would visit you weekly for lessons.

...and a lesson on the birds and the bees, but you shut that thought immediately.

Since then, Mycroft started teasing about how close you and your uncle were and started planting "gifts" inside your house... as a prank... of course.

So every time before Jack's visits, you and the house servants now have to play a game of scavenger hunt and try to hide them in time.

Explaining to Jack the gift boxes he found filled with your favorite things, ranging from accessories to perfumes from a "secret admirer" almost made your heart stop.

Sherlock Holmes

Your first meeting was definitely unique, to say the least.

While you were walking home after a long day at work, Sherlock and John were chasing a serial killer on the same street.

The serial killer tried to kill you and buy himself some time. Unfortunately for him, you instinctively and masterfully pinned him down and grabbed his weapon, courtesy of Jack's self-defense lessons.

As the Scotland Yard was arresting the man, Sherlock began questioning you.

Getting deduced as a working-class orphan who's been taken care of by a close family relative who was in the military since a young age was definitely a surprise.

You tried to answer them to the best of your abilities without garnering unwanted attention, but Sherlock could immediately tell you were omitting some things.

Before Sherlock could ask you any more questions, Scotland Yard pulled him away, letting you escape.

You thought you were in the clear, and that was the last time you would ever see them... How wrong you were to see the consulting detective at the entrance of your company the next morning.

Seeing security couldn't contain him, and he was now even visiting you in your home, you decided to bite and answer his remaining questions.

However, even after feeding his curiosity, Sherlock kept visiting you and somehow managed to drag you along to some of his investigations, saying your skills in close combat could come in handy.

This led to you letting out your frustrations to Jack during one of your visits, tired of having Sherlock drag you around all over London.

Sebastian could swear he saw flames burning behind him during your rant as devil horns grew on top of his head.

Unfortunately for him, the great detective was an important pawn in William's plans, so he couldn't directly confront him.

This didn't stop Jack from making it difficult for Sherlock to reach you, though.

You could barely stop yourself from hollering in laughter when you saw Sherlock in front of your house, glaring at you with chicken feathers covering him from head to toe.

[izzy-b-hands]

Cursed thought that if you take most of the folks in ofmd, you could have 5 ongoing games of Monopoly (4 ppl to each board) at once

I'm thinking groups like:

1. Ed, Stede, Calico Jack, and Izzy (the board is gonna be stabbed, whipped, and eventually flung overboard. They mutually agree after that, that they all won. It's that or a fistfight (loving).)

2. Lucius, Black Pete, Olu, and Jim (less physically violent, but the Tension will be incredible. Maybe at least one knife in the board. Who wins is up in the air, but it's closest between Olu and Lucius, with Pete and Jim helpfully trash talking.)

3. Mary, Doug (visiting), Fang, and Ivan (one of the calmest games going on. They spend most of the game chatting abt random things, like what sort of dog did Fang have, how long have they been working with/for Ed, how long are Mary and Doug and the kids staying, how is the widow's group, how is Mary's painting going, etc. They aren't that worried abt winning or not, especially bc Mary like. already has to manage selling land and stuff now herself.)

4. Louis, Alma (visiting with Mary and Doug of course), Spanish Jackie, and Buttons (Surprisingly ruthless, on the side of the kids. Jackie and Buttons sort of jokingly agree to play with them, only to find out the lil fuckers have learned property management from Mary and Evelyn and they will bankrupt others in this game with no shame or regret. Jackie jokes that they'll start cutting off noses like she does next. Cut to Alma's eyes lighting up bc she has a new hero. Louis wins, but that's bc Alma decides to help him and forgo her own individual victory. In another life, she is absolutely setting up corporate buy outs and shit.)

5. Frenchie, Wee John, Roach, and The Swede (Frenchie is extremely good at this game. partially bc they agreed to make up their own rules as they go, and he's got a pyramid scheme going that they all end up buying into. At some point they realise that in creating all of their rules, they aren't actually sure how to determine who wins. It's decided to see what happens if they blow up the board and pieces. Answer? Small but awesome explosion and bits of flaming fake money raining down, much to everyone else's confusion. As with Game 1 above, they all essentially win.)

[writers-worst-nightmare]

Legoshi, Juno and bill see there human S/o come to there dorm after doing some training and thy remove these bands off there legs and hands and thy place them on the side they looked nice so thy go to get a better look and they try to lift a band but it would not budge and S/o casually comment"you won't be able to lift them each training band weighs 5 Tons

Legoshi, Jack, and Bill reacting to having a very very strong human s/o:

a/n: I HAVE RAISED FROM MY GRAVE (and also gotten motivation to do this request)

Warning(s): cussing

Pairing(s): Legoshi x reader, Jack x reader, Bill x reader

request are always open

LEGOSHI:

- Legoshi is almost ALWAYS at your dorm

- either he is taking picture of your dorm, reading a book, just talking to you

- you get the idea

- so it is no big shock to you when you come to your own dorm and see Legoshi is on your bed reading a book about humans

- "oh...hey y/n...!"

- Legoshi would chirp, putting down the book he was reading and hugging you

- You chuckled slightly and patted his back

- "hey baby! did you miss me?"

- you responded as you kissed him on the cheek

- Legoshi nodded his head and gave you a little bit of room for you to get your shoes off

- you took off the bands on your ankles and smiled sweetly at the male wolf

- you turned your back on Legoshi for A SECOND and Legoshi was going to pick up after you

- mind you he usually does this, since you are not the cleanest person in the world he likes to clean up for you

- but when he reached to grab the bands you had around your ankles he could not reach them off the ground

- Legoshi pulled with all his wolf might but he just could NOT DO IT

- and he didn't want to look like a fool and ask you if you could lift some bands for him

- but you heard him grunting and got a little curious

- looking over your shoulder you saw that Legoshi was trying to pick up the bands with all his wolf might

- you laughed at him

- "You won't be able to lift them up, each training band weighs 5 tons my little big bad wolf!"

- you casually comment as you turned back around and threw on a hoodie

- Legoshi whipped his head around as fast as you said that

- "I AM SORRY THEY WEIGH HOW MUCH!?!?!?!!?"

- Legoshi exclaimed as he let go of the training band and ran to you

- "five tons per band, so ten tons in all. You won't able to lift those in a while!"

- you said again

- Legohi just stared a you in shock and awe

- "teach me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

JACK:

- Jack is and will always be the hyper type

- like the one that will ALWAYS go on walks with you

- ALWAYS

- you never get a walk alone with this man

- he is also super clingy so that does not help

- you have considered getting one of those child leashes for him

- there is nothing bad about him being the way that he is it is just that he us so

- out there??????????

- like he just casually makes friends while out on a walk and you have to stand there

- like you know when your Mom runs into a friend from high school in a middle of the store and you just have to stand there and pretend like you are interested in whatever you have to say but all you really want is that amazing sweet sweet place everyone else called home

- yeah it's like that

- but worse

- and it didn't help the fact that today was a crowded day so you had to DRAG Jack away from some people because he was clogging up the path for other people who just wanted to workout

- once the two of you got home you were a sweating mess and Jack was still talking to you a mile a minute

- you took off your training bands that you had around your ankles and threw them like it was nothing around the bed

- "babeeeee that's where I was going to take my dog nap!"

- he refuses to call cat naps cat naps because it was disrespectful to all dog kind apparently

- "I will get them off the bed in a second."

- you brushed off and took off your shoes.

- you were about to lift the bands off the bed when Jack tried to get them off

- you gave Jack an annoyed look

- Jack still struggled with the bands, struggling to get them off the bed like it was glue

- “you won’t be able to lift them Jack, each band weights about five tons!”

- Jack sighs and gives up quite easily

- his brain is quite small, please give him some time

- he thinks about it for a while and you can hear him sometimes brag about it to Legoshi

BILL:

- Bill is a very busy man

- and you are also busy

- so it is very rare that the two of you sit down and have a date

- most of the time it is just some theater chore that Louis made you two put together just because he got tired of hearing Bill complain about not having enough time to get together with his partner/lover/significant other

- Louis has sent Bill after he complained for the hundredth time about never having a date you in five weeks

- and to him that might as well be a hundred years

- “Hey y/n, Bill is being annoying and want to go on a date with you. So to shut him up I am making you two design costumes. Oh, and by ‘you two’ I mean just you because we both know more then anybody that Bill will get the most revealing costume and put it on all the girls because he can.”

- Louis stated, you could practically see the steam coming from his ears and irritated little mark on his forehead that every anime in the history of an8me characters has

- “Of course Louis-senpai!”

- senpai means upperclassmen so don’t come at me

- You straightened your back and bolted to the theater room

- ”BILL YOU SON OF A BITCH IF I HAVE LOUIS COME TO MY DORM ONE MORE TIME AND SAY THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ANNOYING HIM ABOUT A DATE I WILL DUMP YOUR ASS AND LEAVE YOU TO THE STREETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

- You exclaim loudly, busting into theater room that still has other theater members in it

- everyone jumps five feet in the air as you walk in

- Bill rolls his eyes before walking over to you and smiling largely

- “I already made an outfit for you! Look at it!!”

- Bill showed you two scraps of fabric that he called an outfit

- You sighed and grabbed the two fabric pierces that were th color of bright neon green (the one color you couldn’t pull off without looking like a crayon)

- ripping it to shreds and throwing in the nearest trash can you patted Bill’s broad shoulders

- “that is not an outfit, that is two pierces of fabrics in the ugliest color I could ever imagine.”

- you smiled a deathly kind of smile that told Bill he should tread carefully or else you would snap his neck in half

- “what‘s that?”

- Bill asked, pointing to your training bands around your ankles

- “oh! Those are my training bands! Do you think that they look good? I was going to go for the light gray bands but chose to go to the dark purple instead to match my dark purple outfit.”

- you explained, a little bit of pep in your step as you lifted up your legs and showed off the training bands smiling proudly

- Bill lifted his eyebrows and unbuckled the ankle training bands and tried to lift them up

- “WHY CANT I LIFT THIS FUCKING THING!?”

- Bill exclaimed as he tried to lift them off the ground

- everyone started laughing at Bill’s attempt to lift the arm bands

- “babe, you won’t be able to lift the arm bands, they are five tons per band!”

- you laughed as you brushed off Bill’s attempt

[monstergirlslair]

Fanfic Commission done by DrawFox

Legosi and Louis are Superheroes

Story made by me

Beastars manga is written and created by Paru Itagaki. Beastars anime is written by Nanami Higuchi. Anime series is licensed by Netflix and produced by Fuji TV and made in Orange (animation studio).

Here is my first commissioned pic from an artist team as well as my short story for 2022! This pic gave me plenty of scenarios, but I chose the one below. Please feel free to comment, hope you enjoy the pic with story, and let me know if you'd want to see more. I am thinking of commissioning a comic based on this pic. Question I'd have for all of you is...who do you think in this pic and story below is the hero and the villain?

*Chime, Chime, Chime* was heard throughout Cherryton High. A cheetah, roadrunner, and antelope were running in the courtyard for the next track meet. Inside Cherryton High, students were walking back to their dormitories. Some went to the lounge. Jack was playing chess with a goat while Legosi watched his friend play remarkably well.

“Alright Romero” said Jack as he moved his furry hand towards the rook on A5. Romero sighing and lowering his eyes when he realized his King was about to be cornered. “This next move is when I can declare Chec-“ *Kee-ya….Kee-ya….Kee-ya* was suddenly coming loud and clear from the television set a few feet away from them. Jack, Romero, Legosi, and the other students in the lounge suddenly stopped and turned their heads towards the tv. Their eyes widened from the sudden sound with their adrenaline high due to the shock.

We interrupt this program for an emergency broadcast” said the announcer while the emergency logo was shown on the monitor. Some students tilted their heads while others were taken aback. Legosi in particular kept quiet and a low demeanor. Soon, a female raven came on the monitor wearing a purple dress with her wings rested on the table. She looked straight at the camera keeping a professional stance towards viewers and said,

“Good evening. Earlier today, our crew discovered a reported incident last night where a Cherryton citizen was found in the alley behind a grocery.” Next, the station showed the grocery store. Students in the lounge gasped.

“H-Hey…” whispered the mouse towards her roommate “That’s the grocery store four blocks from here.” All were now attentive to the television but none more so than Legosi. His eyes wider than before while his fur stood with a sweat drop trailing down his muzzle. He was still able to keep his muzzle shut. On the other side of the school where the drama club would host their practice session was Louis sitting in his office. On his desk was a small monitor showing the same emergency broadcast. Although sitting casually, his own eyes were wide with what was shown to him.

“Both victims are at the hospital in critical condition. One of our reporters found witnesses who were at the grocery store during the attack” said the raven. The monitor showed an elk reporter in a blue suit who had a microphone next to a female raccoon wearing a summer hat and pink dress. She moved closer to the microphone and said in a hysterical voice.

I-it was scary…I left with some fruit and…w-went back to my car. I heard noises…near the alley. A-all of a sudden, someone came running past the parking lot. H-he was big and wearing something in b-blue and yellow. He was like a flash of lightning…and I could see the tracks he left on the wet pavement. I-it was raining when I was in the store…”

The students kept quiet while listening, but Legosi backed away a couple of steps without realizing it. A few more drops of sweat trailed from his furry forehead down to the fur on his neck.

Louis was watching in his own office at the same time, then the screen turned to a buffalo who worked at that grocery.

“I was in the back dumping the trash.” said the buffalo when the reporter moved closer to him with the mic. “I heard noises coming from the alley and then heard something above me. I looked and saw someone running across the roof and jumping to the next building. All I could see was a cape that looked violet or indigo…and I think he may have been barefoot and saw horns…or may be antlers…or…” he kept saying what could’ve been on the mysterious figure’s head while tapping a furry finger on his chin. His eyebrows raised remembering that night.

“Police have not revealed any more information at the scene, but we’ll stay on the scene with any more updates” said the Elk reporter staring at his camera crew. “Back to you Rhonda.”

“Thank you Bob” said Rhonda when the station showing the same Raven from earlier. “We now return to our regular scheduled program.”

As the tv went back to its regular programming, students talked amongst each other with some already heading back to their dorms.

“Geez, as if we need more late night attacks” said Jack while looking at the tv but motioning his head towards his right side where Legosi stood next to him. “I hope they catch whomever’s responsible….say Legosi what do…huh?” Jack blinked and widened his eyes when he saw his best friend looked more on edge. He leaned closer and asked

“L-Legosi…are you okay? Are you worried about those attacks?” Jack moved his right arm to grab Lugosi’s hand and as soon as his fingers locked around Legosi’s wrist. Legosi suddenly pulled it back and yelled,

“YES I’M WORRIED ABOUT THE ATTACKS!!!!!!!” His eyes widened and jumping back a bit with his muzzle wide open showing his fangs. Jack was stunned and the other students still in the lounge turned their eyes toward Legosi wondering why he suddenly yelled.

“Uh….” Was the next word out of Legosi’s mouth lowering his arms with his muzzle open. Now all eyes were on him and he looked around suddenly taking some steps back. “I-I-In fact…I’m going to…check if anyone’s at the drama club’s practice room…”

Legosi took further steps back and lifted his right furry arm pointing his thumb backwards. “A-and let them know w-what happened…can’t be too careful…umf…” said Legosi as he backed against the door with more strength than usual. He quickly tried grabbing the knob and managed to open the door after a few tries. Once he left running, everyone kept looking at the wolf wondering what that was all about. Jack thought it was strange to Legosi to get so nervous like that and why go to that practice room when drama club wasn’t meeting today. Jack wondered if he was going to see that female rabbit but didn’t want others to know that. He sighed and kept to himself lowering his head. He wished Legosi would’ve at least been honest with him. Legosi already ran through the schoolyard and to the drama club’s practice room. He reached his locker and took a few deep breaths. His right furry hand resting on top of his locker. He looked down and then at his locker. He moved his claws and opened the locker door. He looked inside to find that it was still there. The blue and yellow costume he wore last night hanging with the blue eye mask and yellow gloves on the top shelf.

“WHY?!” Legosi lifted his head in shock when hearing THAT voice. “WHY DID YOU RUN AWAY?!” It’s that voice he heard the same night he lunged at Haru. “YOU’RE A WOLF!!! YOU HAD HIM!!!” Legosi closed his eyes and could see blood red in his mind with flashes of that night. “The hawk walking out of the grocery store. Instead of the parking lot, he headed towards the alley carrying a large brown paper bag. He suddenly stopped and backed away seeing who was in front of him.

Legosi in the locker room slightly growled with sweat soaking his fur again. He saw more flashes of the hawk falling down with such fear in his eyes. Another flash of blood spattered on the wall. Another flash of a mysterious deer with a lavender eye mask and black costume with a violet cape and fingerless gloves rushing towards him with his bare furry feet. Legosi shook his head when the flashes stopped to calm down. He took some more deep breaths and closed the locker room door. He wishes he never found that costume in the first place. It’s like he was someone else that night.

Although Legosi thought he was alone, another drama club member was in his own office. Louis’s television was off but he was no longer sitting in front of it. He was kneeling on the ground looking down on the floor with his eyes closed. He raised his head and opened his eyes. He looked what he put on that chair. The black costume with the violet eye mask, cape and gloves. Since he first wore that costume, he felt strength and resilience. Confidence would run through all over his body. He felt like he could be at the same level as carnivores. Then why…why did it go wrong at that alley last night. He’d soon forget it once that memory popped in his head. The hawk who was so scared. Backed into a wall with fear in his eyes. Blood stains growing on the ground. A mysterious gray wolf with a blue and yellow costume, blue eye mask and yellow gloves came running at him with his gray furry bare feet in an instant flash.

“GAH!!!” Louis pounded the ground with his brown furry fist. He kept thinking to himself how could he be so weak that night…was it even worth putting that costume on again?

In the hospital, reporters gathered trying to get to the victim’s room. Police made every attempt to keep them away. The hawk was in the hospital bed on a ventilator. Bandages covered nearly his entire feathery body. Only part without bandages were those talons at the end of the bed with a toe claw wiggling every now and then.

“At least he’s responsive” said the polar bear doctor.

“What do you think happened?” said the fox cop.

Hard to say…we may not really know until he wakes up.” said the doctor as both he and the cop looked at the hawk in bed. The hawk’s EKG showed brain activity and his heart rate was at least normal for now. His eyelids seemed to slightly move but he wasn’t waking up. It seemed he was dreaming. He may be remembering what happened that night. The hawk was dreaming but it seemed the memory of that night was incorporated. He saw himself walking down that alley after leaving the grocery store. He carried his brown paper bag but the sky was blood red. It was darker than usual, and he heard lighting shrieking though it was his only source of light. He kept thinking it was going to be okay…he’d be out of there and back home in no time. He suddenly stopped when he noticed someone in front of him. It was too dark but another flash of lighting made him see a gray wolf donning a blue and yellow costume with a blue eye mask. The hawk heard a noise from behind and turned around to see someone else in the dark. Another lighting flash showed a mysterious deer wearing a black costume with a violet eye mask, gloves and cape. He couldn’t also help notice both were barefoot. Were they so strong that they didn’t even need boots? The hawk backed into a wall behind him and then noticed both going towards him. He couldn’t tell what was happening. Was one trying to attack him…was the other protecting him…were they both going after him…were they both protecting him from something….a sudden flash sparked bright when both of them came really close to each other and him.

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Historic Negro League ballpark in Hamtramck to get new life with $2.6M in renovations

Not long ago, Hamtramck Stadium was a forgotten relic surrounded by knee-high grass and weeds. The ballpark dates back to the 1930s, when the Detroit Stars of the storied Negro Leagues played in front of thousands of fans. After decades of abandonment, the stadium is getting a new life. The Wayne County Commission (on July 22) approved an $850,000 grant, the final piece of funding to renovate the historic ballpark.                                       

This summer, crews plan to build a new roof above the grandstand and restore the seating and brick exterior.  The $2.6 million renovation project is expected to be complete by the end of the year. Hamtramck Stadium is one of five remaining major Negro League ballparks.   

"Hamtramck Stadium is hallowed ground, essential to both Black history and baseball history," Wayne County Executive Warren C. Evans said in a news release. "I am thrilled that we are restoring Hamtramck Stadium to its former glory so that the next generation of Hamtramck and Detroit young people can learn to love this game on the same field where legends like Turkey Stearnes, Satchel Paige, and Josh Gibson once roamed."                                      

The ballpark hosted the Stars from 1930, 1931, 1933, and 1937, and 17 future Hall of Famers, including legendary pitcher Satchel Paige, Cool Papa Bell, Oscar Charleston, Judy Johnson, Josh Gibson, and Norman "Turkey" Stearnes, played there. Stearnes, a southpaw slugger, was a hometown hero who won seven home run titles in the 1920s and ’30s.                                  

“I never counted my home runs,” he once said. “I hit so many, I never counted them, and I’ll tell you why: If they didn’t win a ball game, they didn’t amount to anything.”                                  

Detroit Stars owner John Roesink, a local businessman, built the stadium after the team’s first home, Mack Park on the city’s east side, was badly damaged in 1929 when a grounds crew intentionally burned gasoline on the field to dry up the rain-soaked ground. More than 100 fans were injured.                                  

At the new stadium in May 1930, Detroit Tigers legend Ty Cobb threw out the first pitch.                                  

As many as 8,000 fans – both Black and white — packed Hamtramck Stadium to cheer on their home team.  But the Stars' glory days didn't last long.                

The Depression struck and left the Black ballplayers without a major Negro League team in Detroit, and so they relocated to other cities. (Turkey Stearnes, notably, went on to play several seasons for the Chicago American Giants.) In 1947, Jackie Robinson finally broke the color barrier in the major leagues when he debuted as a Brooklyn Dodger, spelling the beginning of the end for the Negro Leagues.      

Hamtramck bought the stadium in 1940 and used it occasionally until shutting it down in the 1990s. There wasn’t even a sign commemorating the field until 2012, after a group of volunteers, preservationists, and baseball fans began searching for ways to revive the ballpark. That year, the stadium was added to the National Register of Historic Places.                                  

 “The history of Hamtramck Stadium and the Negro Leagues is an integral part of the history of both Detroit and Hamtramck, and the rehabilitation of the grandstand will make that history accessible,” says Gary Gillette, founder and chair of the Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium

In 2017, the Hamtramck Stadium Grounds Crew (formerly the Navin Field Grounds Crew) began regularly maintaining the field. “Our grounds crew is like a family,” says founder Tom Derry. “We’re passionate about preserving baseball history and helping the great community of Hamtramck.”

Derry and his volunteer crew can be found at the ballpark nearly every day throughout the summer cutting the grass, fertilizing, watering, grooming the infield, or picking up trash. “We have the hardest working grounds crew in baseball,” he says.

Other contributors of the renovation project include the Detroit Tigers Foundation; the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation; the Kresge Foundation; the Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium; the Michigan Municipal League Foundation; the Hamtramck Parks Conservancy; and the National Park Service through an African American Civil Rights grant.  

In July 2019, rock star Jack White played a charity baseball game at the park to raise money for the Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium.

The renovations are part of a more ambitious plan to create more opportunities within the larger community space known as the Hamtramck Recreation District, which also includes Keyworth Stadium, Veterans Park, and a stop on the new Joe Louis Greenway, a 27.5-mile trail that connects the Detroit Riverfront to Hamtramck, Highland Park and Dearborn.                                           “We are proud to have the support of so many committed partners who are contributing to the restoration of historic Hamtramck Stadium,” says David Palmer, interim executive director of the Hamtramck Parks Conservancy. “This work will both honor the site's history as one of only five remaining Negro Leagues home fields still standing and gives new life to the stadium as was prioritized by the community in the Hamtramck Recreation District Plan.”

source: https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2021/07/23/historic-negro-league-ballpark-in-hamtramck-to-get-new-life-with-26m-renovations

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Also same anon that just send in the ask abt how Haylor was horrible and Taylor talked so much shit about Harry. I would like to add that not once, not fucking once did Harry say anything bad about her. Not once the entire time she was trashing him did he even say a bad word, or even a passive aggressive one or jack shit. He was so damn nice about her and everything, he clapped when she insulted him at that awards show(the vmas if my memory serves me right). He was quite literally an angel. God I hate her so much for that, it was what catapulted his womaniser image too, sorry for the rant.

Yeah it really was the biggest stunt he had, and you could see it in how Louis reacted as well

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Idk how expansion mock drafts work but anyway, if you followed me long enough you know. I'M BIASED. I made this at 3:30 AM. These all suck, and half of these aren't actually specifying a player.

Anaheim Ducks-I have never once cared for this team. Take their captain. He's bald. He looks like a kraken, but uglier, if he grew 4 more limbs.

Arizona Coyotes-uuuuuuhhhh I don't want yotes fans to get mad at me.... but Clayton. I don't want him to be on a team that my favorite team hates.

Boston Bruins- Pasta. Just. Just Pasta. I'm not sorry.

Buffalo Sabres- JEFF. TAKE JEFF SKINNER. PLEASEEEEEEE

Calgary Flames- Don't worry, this is a part of the plan, Matthew Tkachuk. DON'T. WORRY.

Carolina Hurricanes- If you take any of them istg. Pls don't. ESPECIALLY LORENTZ OR NEČI. I WILL GO TO SEATTLE. I WILL FUCKING-

Colorado Avalanche- I know. I just fucking KNOW. I will cry. BUT. Hear me it- Any goalie that isn't Grubauer or Francouz. K?

Columbus Blue Jackets- Anyone but the goalies. Have em.

Dallas Stars- Uuuuuuuuhhhh Okay. Shit umm. I don't- hmmmmmm Just. I. Someone. Okay stars fans don't kill me, Roope. I don't want him to be on a team my favorite team hates.

Detroit Red Wings- Vladislav Namestnikov

Edmonton Oilers- I don't FUCKING know. I- I'm fucking SCARED of this team, are you sane?????

Florida Panthers- I know ONE player, but I don't wanna put fans through that pain yet.

L.A. Kings- Maybe a goalie or somethin idk

Minnesota Wild- Touch the rookies and I will-

Montreal Canadiens- Tataaaaaaar

Nashville Predators- I'm an avs fan that doesn't like Matt Duchene. So Matt Duchene.

New Jersey Devils- I think fans go through enough. Don't take jack or nico k thanks

New York Islanders- I'll give you a hint. I said he has a small face once. It's beauvillier. I have no reasoning for this.

New York Rangers- Both players I am thinking of absolutely need to stay on this team. *rolls die* Okay it has been determined: Rooney. I have no clue who the hell that is.

Ottawa Senators- Literally anyone.

Philadelphia Flyers- You know what I think would be HILARIOUS?? If you took Nolan Patrick. I will cry from laughing so hard.

Pittsburgh Penguins- Shit.

San Jose Sharks- Dude who tf is on this team anymore. They are walmart brand kraken when the kraken actually will exist.

St. Louis Blues- I hear everything but also nothing about this team. *Rolls another die* Bortuzzo. Haven't heard that name in years (months)

Tampa Bay Lightning- Don't touch the captain or goalies, and you will be fine.

Toronto Maple Leafs- Okay remember that plan I was talking about?? Rittich. We all need them back together and this is how we do it.

Vancouver Canucks- GOALIE GOALIE GOALIE

Vegas Golden Knights- I should've waited to make this in the offseason so I'm not intimidated.

Washington Capitals- Okay, so I wanna like the kraken. So DO NOT take Wilson, or else I will hate you. I don't want a piece of trash on the team. K?

Winnipeg Jets-(My Connor bias incoming) If your name is Connor, please stand. Hellebuyck? Aight.

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Tage Tuesday - Angst!

I don't know about you guys, but I do love me some sweet, sweet angst. And I know the fandom does because Angst is the 4th most popular tag on AO3 😂 Let's take a look this week at some of the fics that feature the heart wrenching angst we all love so much. lives, lived - by nayt0reprince; Complete, 1/1, 2k Rating: General Audiences; Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings; Category: Gen Fandoms: Friends of Mineral Town Characters: Kappa, Grandfather Additional Tags: Pre-Canon, Character Study, Character Death, Mild Angst Summary: as always, a cucumber lands in kappa's lake. but this time, it's different. Ember - by CottonCandyMareep; Complete, 1/1, 1.6k Rating: Teen And Up Audiences; Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings; Category: F/M Fandoms: Animal Parade Relationship: Hikari | Molly/ Ignis | Harvest King; Characters: Hikari | Molly, Ignis | Harvest King, Sephia | Harvest Goddess Additional Tags: Tragedy, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Death Summary: His blaze would always burn, eternally bright; in contrast, her warmth would gradually fade away, a fleeting escape reminiscent of the last few dying embers of a once brilliant flame. The Mineral Town Tales Collection - by AccidentallyTheWholeFanfic; Complete, 10/10, 9k Rating: Teen And Up Audiences; Archive Warning: Major Character Death; Categories: Multi, Gen Fandoms: Back To Nature, Friends of Mineral Town Relationships: Anna/Basil, May/Stu, Jack/Mary, Lillia/Zack, Ellen/Greg, Sasha/Jeff, Duke/Manna, Louis/Bees; Characters: Anna, Kai, Gray, Barley, Pastor Carter, May, Stu, Sasha, Jeff, Jack, Mary, Lillia, Zack, Rick, Popuri, Duke, Manna, Doug, Kano, Greg, Louis, Harris, Won, Thomas, Gotz Additional Tags: General, Romance, Drama, Angst, Character studies, prompt, One-Shots, Family, Friendship, Alcoholism, Marital Strife, Humor Summary: A series of prompt-based shorts about the people of Mineral Town, with a focus on some of the more underappreciated characters. Each short is written in a half-hour or less, based on selected words suggested by the readers. Clarity - by BabyChocoboAlchemist; Complete, 1/1, 1.3k Rating: General Audiences; Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply; Categories: F/M, M/M Fandoms: Trio of Towns Relationships: Ludus/FeMC, Mentioned Wayne/MC, FeMC/Ford; Characters: Ludus, Female Protagonist Additional Tags: Angst, Romance, Unrequited Love?, Love Triangle Summary: Elena of Happybell Farms has been leading a peaceful, happy life with her brother Bradley. Farming, making friends with the wonderful townsfolk, and bearing the biggest crush on Doctor Ford has all made for some pretty awesome adventures-but she finds out she's been completely oblivious to a very precious friend's feelings. Summer's End, a Letter, and Three Months - by Crazy_Pairing_Person; Complete, 1/1, 2k Rating: General Audiences; Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply; Categories: Gen, M/M Fandoms: Friends of Mineral Town Relationships: Kai/Rick, Minor or Background Relationship(s), Gray/Pete | Jack, Popuri & Rick, Pete | Jack & Rick; Characters: Rick, Kai, Popuri, Minor Characters, Gray, Pete | Jack Additional Tags: Bisexuality, Fluff, Fluff and Angst, Light Angst, Letters, Love Confessions, Love Letters, Oblivious, Feelings, Emotions, Ambiguous/Open Ending Summary: One summer, the summer after the new farmer Pete arrives, Kai arrives, just as always. And just as always, he leaves at the end… But this time, he leaves behind a letter, and a promise to Rick that he will have three months to consider his response to what is written within. Messages In a Bottle - by MOcarina; Complete, 1/1, 2k Rating: General Audiences; Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply; Category: F/M Fandoms: Friends of Mineral Town Relationship: Claire/Rick; Characters: Rick, Claire Additional Tags: Fluff, Fluff and Angst, Family, Pregnancy Summary: Ever since Rick's father left, he wrote him letters and sent them to sea. Sugary sweet, trope-y goodness. The Game - by Lunetta_Lolita; WIP, 11/?, 69k Rating: Teen And Up

Audiences; Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings; Categories: F/M, M/M Fandom: Story of Seasons Relationships: Mistel/Minori, Klaus/Iris; Characters: Fritz, Lillie, Agate, Raeger Additional Tags: Romance, Drama, Fluff and Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Minor Violence, Jealousy, Some Humor, Inappropriate Humor, Sexual Content, Sexual Tension Summary: Mistel wasn't too happy about it, but he couldn't help but to be infatuated with the new farm girl. Everyone knew it, even his sister. Apparently Fritz was oblivious, as always, and had kissed the girl-and Mistel seen it. Now she was acting unlike herself, flirting with him as she had never done before. Was this just a game to her? Was she trying to break his heart? Mistaken - by Mewsea; WIP, 4/?, 11k Rating: Teen And Up Audiences; Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply; Category: M/M Fandom: Story of Seasons Relationship: Fritz/Raeger; Characters: Raeger, Fritz, Other(s) Additional Tags: Romance, Fluff, Too much fluff, Shit-ton of fluff, Enough fluff to kill you, some drama, Some angst, Some Humor Summary: Fritz has grown quite fond of Oak Tree's most renowned chef, Raeger, and would like nothing more than to be with him. But... There are always complications when one is in love... And more often than not, it can all be very, very confusing... I Am Worthy of Happiness - by sailorstars; Complete, 1/1, 6k Rating: General Audiences; Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings; Category: F/M Fandoms: Animal Parade Relationships: Gill/Hikari Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Depression, Suicidal Thoughts, anxiety attack, Minor Character Death, Fluff, Romance, Recovery, Children Summary: When Gill's mother died he thought his life was completely over. His best friend and hero had left him forever. His entire perspective of the world, along with his heart, had shattered. He spent his days depressed and longing for a life that was not his own or no life at all. However, when the new rancher Hikari came to town, Gill realized he wanted a true happiness he thought he was no longer able to obtain. But no recovery is easy and with Hikari there to lend a helping hand, Gill learns to stand on his own two feet again and beat the traumas of his past. musings of a dog - by dreamnants; Complete, 3/3, <1k Rating: General Audiences; Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply; Category: Gen Fandoms: Trio of Towns Character: Woofio | Wanta-tan Additional Tags: yes i am woofio trash, i'll be in the trash can if needed, oh right actual tags, Angst, spoilers for Woofio's events in all of these Summary: Small, innocent ones or dark, life-changing ones, those are the natures of the secrets people hide from others. Woofio the dog-costumed animal trainer is an individual of the latter category.

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Star, March 1

You can buy a copy of this issue for your very own at my eBay store: https://www.ebay.com/str/bradentonbooks

Cover: Humiliated Jennifer Lopez used for money and fame by Alex Rodriguez

Page 1: Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank, who is a UK ambassador for George Clooney and Rande Gerber's tequila brand, welcomed a son on February 9 at London's Portland Hospital

Page 2: Contents, Robin Thicke in front of a piano at Gold Diggers studio in L.A.

Page 3: Star Shots -- Serena Williams honored late Olympic gold medalist Florence Griffith Joyner by rocking a one-legged Nike catsuit at the first day of the Australian open, Chrissy Metz brought some vibrancy to the virtual SCAD aTVFest where she discussed This Is Us and was honored with the Vanguard Award, Olivia Culpo checked out the view before heading to the Shaq Bowl in Tampa

Page 4: Inside Britney Spears' nightmare -- a shocking new documentary exposes how Britney was used and abused by people she trusted -- Britney's unable to communicate with fans directly without permission -- fans flooded Justin Timberlake's Instagram to demand an apology for what one called profiting from trashing a woman

Page 5: Facing a lawsuit from her estranged older sister has rattled Mariah Carey -- Alison Carey alleged to a NYC court that Mariah had intentionally inflicted emotional distress by writing about her in the 2020 tell-all The Meaning of Mariah Carey and Alison is seeking $1.25 million after the singer accused her of, among other things, throwing boiling hot tea on her and trying to sell a 12-year-old Mariah to a pimp -- now Mariah has become wary of even those in her inner circle and is making longtime employees re-interview for their jobs -- Mariah's always been on the paranoid side but everyone is a suspect now and she's grilling everyone from bodyguards to chefs to stylists and household staff who have been with her for years and if anyone pushes back they are shown the door -- her great fear is that people could cross over and spill secrets to the enemy because she's been caught off guard before by those she trusted

* Catching ZZZs has become a real problem for Kelly Clarkson -- between her gig as a daytime host, trying to sell homes in Nashville and Encino, and battling her ex Brandon Blackstock over custody of their two kids, she is beyond stressed and she can't sleep and nothing works; the most shut-eye she gets is two to three hours -- it's gotten so bad she's even tried hypnotherapy but her workaholic brain outwits it -- meanwhile her legal woes including a lawsuit with her husband and ex father-in-law's talent agency are getting nastier and Brandon has told her in no uncertain terms that he's not going to stop until he gets what he wants which is a ton of money and time with the kids

* She was the most loathed mother in America and now Casey Anthony wants her say -- 10 years after she was acquitted of murdering her two-year-old daughter Caylee, Casey is making a documentary about the trial and she thinks she can clear her name -- she's not looking for sympathy but she believes she's a victim too and was unfairly convicted in the public eye -- she is planning on dropping bombshells in the doc including her take on the theory that the toddler accidentally drowned in the family pool as well as shocking secrets about her own abusive upbringing but don't expect much remorse

Page 6: Just over a year after her father Kobe Bryant and sister Gianna Bryant perished in a tragic helicopter crash, Natalia Bryant who is Kobe's oldest daughter, has signed a modeling contract with IMG Models who also represent Bella Hadid and Gigi Hadid and the just signed Inauguration standout poet Amanda Gorman

* Rumer Willis was heartbroken when her months-long relationship with Armie Hammer fizzled out in December but after harrowing reports of Armie's alleged abuse of women including asking to barbecue their ribs and carry their severed toes in his pocket, Rumer is telling friends she feels lucky -- she wanted to defend him when the cannibalism stories first came out because she thought they were outrageous and now she feels badly for all of the victims and she's really grateful she didn't get caught up in the Armie nightmare

* Star Spots the Stars -- Eva Longoria, Mandy Moore, Demi Lovato, Dan Levy, Dorinda Medley

Page 8: Star Shots -- Meg Ryan wore some wide-legged trousers and a cute cap on a nature walk in Santa Barbara, Gavin Rossdale wore pink socks while playing tennis in L.A., Ciara holding six-month-old son Win during a family getaway to Hawaii

Page 9: Delilah Belle Hamlin and Love Island's Eyal Booker removed their masks for a quick street smooch during a coffee date in L.A., Sofia Richie enjoyed some PDA with shipping heir Gil Ofer in Miami

Page 12: Kate Upton doing yoga, Tia Mowry-Hardrict and her husband Cory Hardrict shared dishwashing duty after cooking at home, Robin Roberts tasted a treat on Good Morning America in New York City

Page 13: Pregnant Brittany Cartwright brought her dog along to retrieve the mail in L.A., Victoria Justice showed off her toned tummy post-workout in L.A.

Page 14: Goldie Hawn turned quality time with granddaughter Rani into a workout toting her in a backpack, Madonna and Guy Ritchie's son Rocco Ritchie waded in during a vacation in Tulum in Mexico, Lucy Hale on a stroll with her dog Elvis in L.A.

Page 16: Chris Noth put in a day's work on The Equalizer in Paterson in New Jersey, Flavor Flav and Flo Rida at The Super Glow Super Bowl kick-off party in Tampa, Bradley Cooper kept daughter Lea close as the two ran errands in NYC

Page 17: More than a week after celebrating 18 months of sobriety Lily Allen enjoyed a snack on-the-go in London, Jessica Alba lifted her son Hayes while riding scooters with husband Cash Warren in Beverly Hills

Page 18: Normal or Not? Cody Simpson got physical with new girlfriend Marloes Stevens during a romantic getaway in St. Barts -- normal, Selling Sunset's Christine Quinn picking up a portrait of herself in L.A. -- normal, Jack Black raised Thor's hammer in a parody posted on Instagram prompting Chris Hemsworth to call it the greatest thing he's ever seen -- not normal

Page 19: The Crown's Emma Corrin looked intrigued by a leafy object she stumbled upon during a stroll in London -- not normal, Sarah Jessica Parker kicked back in heels during a break from assisting shoppers at her flagship store in NYC -- not normal

Page 20: Fashion -- stars look sweet in tiered dresses -- Maude Apatow, Logan Browning, Margot Robbie

Page 21: Julianne Moore, Camila Morrone, Saoirse Ronan

Page 24: After months of quietly dating, Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley are ready to marry and they announced it in the most low-key way possible and the couple are madly in love and feel unequivocally that this is the real deal -- Aaron and Shailene were friends long before sparks flew in August last year and having to endure a long-distance romance during football season actually made their bond stronger -- Aaron and Shailene are already planning to start a family and they're at that stage when they feel ready to be parents and are keen to have a baby

Page 25: Olivia Wilde and Harry Styles have found another dynamic duo to spend their downtime with which is Florence Pugh and Zach Braff -- the foursome hit it off on the set of Don't Worry, Darling which Olivia is directing and in which Florence and Harry star -- they have the best time together and know how to forget the world outside -- as it turns out bearing witness to Florence and Zach's happy relationship despite their 20-year age difference played a part in Olivia taking a chance on dating Harry who is nine years her junior following her split from Jason Sudeikis and seeing them together inspired Olivia to go for it with Harry and she's so glad she did

* While some couples are overwhelmed being with their kids 24/7 in lockdown, Prince William and Duchess Kate have enjoyed the extended family time with Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis -- having the kids at home during the pandemic has given Kate baby fever and she loves being around them and wants to have one more and she and William are trying for another, with Kate saying she's hoping for a girl -- as for raising four young kids, the pair are up to the challenge because Kate's a pro at multitasking and William is a devoted dad and they'll split parenting duties

* Matt Damon is hoping a change of scenery will save his rocky 17-year relationship with wife Luciana Barroso as the couple and their three girls have set up house in a lavish $7000-a-night rental in Australia's tony Byron Bay while the actor films Thor: Love and Thunder -- the beachy new surroundings are just what the couple needs after hitting a rough patch and Matt is working overtime to make sure Luciana enjoys herself Down Under by arranging date nights and buying gifts for her to open every day and even when he's working he's got time set aside for just them and the gestures seem to be working and it's the shot in the arm they both needed

Page 26: Cover Story -- Jennifer Lopez humiliated and used -- shocking cheating allegations rock J.Lo's world as fiance Alex Rodriguez's mistress Madison LeCroy tells all -- while Jennifer is putting on a brave face the affair rumors are devastating to her whether she admits it or not -- after revealing she and Alex exchanged DMs Madison said she doesn't want anything bad for his family or for hers -- Alex says it was innocent and that nothing happened but Jennifer is not fully buying it -- Jennifer and Alex's relationship is personal but it's also business; together, their fortunes have doubled

Page 30: Chip and Joanna Gaines -- inside our farmhouse reno -- Chip and Jo are expanding and renovating their Waco home and it may be their toughest job yet

Page 32: Celeb Parenting Fails -- these celebrity moms and dads share their hilarious hapless moments -- Anne Hathaway, Brad Pitt

Page 33: Willie Geist, Mila Kunis, Pink

Page 48: Parting Shot -- Despite it being her first concert in over a year, Miley Cyrus was ready to rock while headlining the TikTok Tailgate Super Bowl pre-show event in Tampa -- the show treated 7500 Florida-based healthcare workers to a set that included guest appearances by Joan Jett and Billy Idol, who both collaborated on Miley's latest album

[mint-8]

Since I haven’t seen any AUs for Beastars...

I’ll make one.

This might be cringy (who am I kidding? This is going to be a fucki-) but I’ll try me best.

NOW some warnings:

1. Extreme changes, from characters personalities to the overall world.

2. Humans.

3. There will be mentions of abuse and violence towards animals, so be prepared.

4. If you hate it, love it or absolutely despise it... thank you! Give your reasons and personal changes to the AU.

5. Feedback and criticism is greatly appreciated.

* In this world humans exist and are known as the “supreme” species.

* Humans can keep the animals as “pets”, workers (sex, hunting, factory, etc.), food producers, etc. Basically slaves.

* There are some animals that are “free” but are in a constant run for survival and evading humans.

* The common treatment that animals receive is torture, humillation, overworking their bodies until they die, experimental purposes, food sources and basically anything that their “masters/mistress”, “lords” or just simply the humans that own them dictate them to do.

HUMANS:

* Humans are incredibly aggressive and many are narcissistic, hostile, rude, reclusive, sadist and more or a combination of many others.

* In this world there are “families” that are basically like feudal lords, with territories under their power.

* Most humans treat animals as nothing but mere objects for amusement or just as plain annoyances, some treat them a bit more “nicer”. But this “nicer” part can include giving your herbivore animals normal vegetables and fruits once a month instead of filthy or rotten ones and giving your carnivores animals good meat instead of the sick meat or ones that already touched the floor and/or trash.

* Assasinations and killings are not unheard of. In the slightest. As a matter of fact, many train their animals to become assassins to kill other humans or fellow animals.

ANIMALS:

* Lesser than humans. ALWAYS.

* When they are not running away they are serving the humans that own them and doing whatever they ask for.

* They have some sort of “mark” or “item” that serve as an indicator to the human they serve (collars, tattoos, burnings, etc.)

* While all animals are seen as slaves, herbivores tend to be seen more as a food source or pets and carnivores are considered more valuable, due to their overall strength.

BEASTARS CHARACTERS (jesus...)

Louis (Lou)

* Status: Alive.

* Owner: The Mistress.

* Work: Assasin. He uses needles filled with venoms and poisons to kill his victims, as well as toxic gas. He knows many martial arts and also uses knives to kill. Hates guns.

* Species: Deer.

* He has a huge scar in the zone of his moth and snout. He uses a special gas mask and green goggles to hide it.

* Mostly wears black and clothing that covers most of his fur.

* Slightly taller than the original Louis.

* His antlers have metallic parts so they can be used as a weapon as well.

* Quiet, stoic, serious. Loyal to Mistress and gets along with the rest of his fellow assassins and killers.

* He loves to experiment with many poisons and venoms and always keep an extra human or animal at hand so that he can experiment on them.

* Third in command of the assassins faction.

Legosi (Goshi) + Bill

* Status: Alive.

* Owner: The Mistress.

* Work: Assassins. They both use their huge fangs and claws to rip their victims bodies into a bloody mess. They also tend to use their massive bodies as defense for their fellow assasins or to tank into groups of enemies.

* Species: Wolf and Tiger.

* They are very close with each other, even if their species are very different.

* While Legosi came after Bill the Mistress put more attention on him. Both love the Mistress and constantly argue with each other as to who the Mistress prefers the most.

* They have scars all over their bodies, mostly their backs.

* They are the leaders of all the assasins.

* Love to play fight! But sometimes they leave the rooms messy and bloody.

* They don’t use much clothing. Pants and boots tend to do the job.

Jack (Jay)

* Status: Alive.

* Owner: The Mistress.

* Work: Assasin and pet. When he is working as an assassin he injects himself with a virus similar to rabies (he is immune) and bites his victims with it so they can die. The virus is only active for around 24 hours and he can’t drink or eat anything during that time period (he found that out in the hard way). He also uses his claws, but prefers using knives and guns to the job. When he is a pet he mostly follows the Mistress around and makes her happy or even smile.

* Species: Dog.

* He is probably the most energetic and positive member of the assassins faction.

* Second in command (when Legosi and Bill are not around) and loves to bug Louis about it.

* Is immune to many poisons (mostly because he teased Louis too much and the Mistress punished him to be Louis’s experimental dummy for a whole month).

* Has many piercings in his ears.

* Sees Legosi and all the other wolves and dogs as friends (even family!) and is willing to help them in any way that he can.

That’s it for now.

I’ll add more characters in th future.

By the way, some of the characters will be dea-

Thank you for sticking up to this point.

Bye.

[asterlark]

check please in quarantine

how many things has bitty baked and who is eating them

jack's season may have been canceled but even he can't eat all this pie

is he fedexing them to people

how many pies is tater getting

what will happen when he runs out of flour and can’t get more

speaking of bitty this adhd bitch is NOT ok and has severe missing his friends disease

he & jack go on a lot of walks & runs together to get out the restless energy & have a change of scenery

i think his first cookbook would’ve already come out before 2020 but now he’s probably working on another one just so he can have a project to focus on & not lose his mind lol

bitty & jack have discovered the television genre that is at the center of the venn diagram of their interests: soapy period dramas

yes they’ve watched downton abbey, no they’re not prepared to talk about it, especially not after holster tried and failed to make jack watch it when they still lived at the haus together & would be LIVID that jack agreed to watch it now without him

jack is “coping” with the NHL season being cancelled by working out, eating a lot of bitty’s baking, and rewatching all his fave documentaries but the boy misses hockey :(( (the falcs were on a good run! & they might’ve even won the cup again!! :((( )

there are weekly SMH alum crew skype sessions, they are very chaotic, no one can hear a damn thing

they’ve also been playing cards against humanity & jackbox games online to mixed levels of chaotic competition

shitty’s like...... a real lawyer now?? working at a legal assistance nonprofit?? and he’s trying to help workers, renters, & undocumented folks with free legal advice as much as he possibly can :,)

holster hosts regular netflix watch parties “so that you all can finally become cultured”

ransom has succumbed and started watching 30 rock with holster & he regrets it almost instantly bc the dude is insufferable & pauses the show every 30 seconds to explain why it’s so good. this ruins the experience completely but he can’t stop himself

lardo has limited art supplies at her disposal so she’s started making “trash art” (self explanatory)

hours spent in animal crossing new horizons.... endless. unfathomable

they've spent at least one entire skype session debating which villager they're most like. you'd think one being named bitty, one jacques, one chow, etc would make this easy but OH NO. personality, looks, aesthetic must all be taken into account

bitty’s other Thing right now is watching hgtv shows and redecorating his & jack’s condo

an undisclosed but definitely large sum of money has been spent on wallpaper

jack has tried to stop him from going on pottery barn’s website and it did not go over well

since dex basically renovated & redid the whole haus before he graduated in 2018, they have a lot to discuss (who knew these hockey boys were so into interior design??)

the waffles were set to graduate this year but their ceremony has been canceled & moved online so they’re bitter

well. louis & hops are bitter, bully is surprisingly chill as always

louis hasn’t been able to go home to sweden since all the covid-19 shit happened so when samwell closed down, instead of staying at the haus alone he was invited to stay with hops’ family in philadelphia

hops’ family know way too much about the underground music scene in sweden now. they wish that they didn’t

on the other hand tho, louis now knows way too much about anime from hops and has been forced to watch naruto against his will (”hops!! this is not my brand!!!”)

games of smash bros played between louis, hops, & hops’ siblings: approx. 1000

games won by hops: 999 (wildcard baby sister wins a match once & hops questions his whole life. some stay he’s still muttering “beginner’s luck... it has to be.....” to this day)

it’s been................ interesting 

the frogs are heartbroken that they’re not quarantined together (well okay.  just chowder is heartbroken. dex & nursey keep joking about how if they’d been quarantined together they’d have killed each other by now (mostly they’re just relieved bc if they’d been quarantined together the Feelings would’ve caught up with them. can’t catch me gay thoughts!))

they do text & video call constantly though. chowder is lucky enough to be quarantining with his family & farmer so the fearsome frogsome foursome do a lot of talking, game nights, & filming tiktoks

[jasonspezzas]

preds, stars, and blues (excluding Fred) for the ask game :)

nashville predators: player you don’t get the hype around

ok here’s what I’ll say. connor mcdavid is an incredible force of nature, fastest player in the game (not just physically but his mind on a play as well), very happy he plays for canada, would love him to be a leaf, think he’s a nice guy creepy murder house notwithstanding, etc. HOWEVER the mcjesus thing gets taken way way too far, especially in canada. the guy has proven exactly nothing to this point and there are a significant amount of potentially generational talents in the league at this moment in time so everybody caaaaaalm down.

(same principle applies to mackinnon - if the sports reporters would just jump off the guy’s dick for 30 seconds they might see some other players doing interesting stuff)

dallas stars: favorite jerseys?

not just saying this cause it’s them but i genuinely believe the leafs current jersey is the best one in the league right now. it’s clean, classic, good colours, good design. miss me with the reverse retro though, that thing is trash.

st louis blues: top three favorite goalies?

how dare you make me exclude fred. ok so this is favourite and not who i think is the best, yes? cause those are very different answers. 

jack campbell is a cat dad and objectively the nicest human being on earth, braden holtby said gay rights and fuck you if you disagree, and someone save marc andre from that cesspool in vegas immediately

(send me a team)

[the-blueish-trashcan]

He’s in Charge; Chapter Ten

Pairing: Henry/Bertrum

Warnings: Mentions of murder

A/N: Hey folks! Sorry for the late update! I worked late last night and honestly forgot about updating, so that’s on me! In this chapter, Henry learns a little bit more about what’s really been going on in the studio, and begins to put the pieces together. He ends up confiding in Bertrum, who does his best to understand what his partner is going through.

Chapter word count: 2,993

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Chapter Ten; Suspicion

Shuffling into the break room the next day, the first thing Henry noticed was Susie Campbell, who looked to be settled in for her lunch break as well. She turned and waved as he came in.

“Hey, Henry! How are you?” She asked cheerily. Settled across from her was an anxious-looking young lady with auburn hair nursing a steaming cup of coffee. Compared to Susie, she looked like she hadn’t slept in days.

“I’m alright, I suppose.” Henry gave a generic answer as he went for the coffee maker. “What about yourself?

“I’m pretty good! I was talking to Joey the other night, it sounds like he’s got a couple plans in the works. He didn’t really tell me what it is, but he sounded pretty excited to have my help.” She responded.

Henry shook his head. “I don’t trust anything Joey has planned for this place, have you seen how many people he’s gotten rid of lately?”

At that moment, the woman sitting across from her speaks up. “He even fired Louis the other day. We barely even make a living wage, both of us work more than one job to make ends meet.”

“You’re kidding.” Henry turns to her, coffee pot and mug in hand. 

“I wish, I can’t afford to work here alone. Writing scripts was hard enough between the two of us, I can’t take it.” She replied, shrugging.

“Sure, things might be getting a little empty around here…” Susie started, “But Joey says if everything works out, we’ll be bringing in enough to get everybody a raise, not just the actors.”

“Whoa, wait a second. You’re getting a raise and half the departments in here are getting dismantled? That’s it. I’m out, I can’t take this anymore. The twenty-four hour diner down the street would treat me better than this, and that says a lot.” The writer finishes her coffee in a long sip, standing up and heading for the door. She doesn’t bother to push in her chair. “Hate to leave the rest of the studio hanging, but I can’t do it anymore! Nice knowing you, Susie!”

Stunned by the encounter, Henry turned to Susie, who only shrugged. Unsure what else to say, Henry simply went back to his desk.

*****

Just as Henry arrived at the studio the morning after, he was practically stopped at the door by a tired, worried-looking Jack Fain. He looked disappointed at the sight of the animator, but only slightly. “Morning, Henry.” He lifted a hand in greeting.

“Morning. Is something wrong?” Henry tilted his head to the side.

“Just…” Jack shook his head, taking his hat off to run a hand through his hair. “Norman didn’t show up this morning. Harrison had to break down the door to the band room ‘cause Norm and Wally were the only ones with keys. It’s not like him to skip out on work, I’ve seen him come in with a scarf around his face just ‘cause he was sick…”

Henry’s eyebrows came together as he reviewed the events of the previous night, fear suddenly gripping him. “Do you think Joey fired him…? I just saw him last night when I was leaving.”

“I don’t know about firing, but I’ve got a pretty good idea of who does. I’m gonna go talk to Cohen about it. You were the last one to see him, you should come with me.” Jack started down the hall, gesturing for Henry to follow.

“Where does he even work? I’ve never seen his office.”

Jack shrugged. “He’s down in the basement, not far from when your man was working on that theme park. It’s pretty out of the way, everybody misses it.”

Henry nodded, falling quiet as he continued to follow the lyricist.

*****

As promised, Grant’s office- which proved to be more of a converted broom closet than a room- was far down in the studio, but much closer to the lift than Bertrum’s work area had been. The door itself was closed, the beaten-up wood bearing two paper signs with shaky writing scrawled across them. One read, “All pay inquiries MUST be made through Joey Drew”, the second reading, “Two week’s notice MUST be given to Joey Drew before quitting”. 

Henry frowned at the signs as Jack knocked on the door, calling out, “It’s just me, you there, Cohen?”

“Jack? Y-yeah, come on in.” The trembling voice of Grant Cohen answered.

As the door swung open, a wave of cold air hit Henry full on, and he immediately pinned the cause as the open hole in the wall and exposed pipe in the back corner. Grant’s tiny desk next to the door was littered with papers, some of which spilled onto the floor as well. His trash can was overflowing with them, though those were mostly crumpled. At one side of his desk, a lamp flickered, shining mostly on a bulky camera and the photos that had to have come from it. From the door, Henry couldn’t see what the pictures were of, but he didn’t care to find out. 

“Hey, who’s been fired lately? And who quit?” Jack leaned on the frame, watching as the accountant shuffled his papers.

“Uhm…” He moved one under his lamp, squinting at it as his hands caused it to shake. “Yes, uhm… Well, technically there were… Three people fired total, and six that allegedly quit in the last…” He flipped a few pages. “Two weeks, about? I-I mean, there’s more before that, but…”

Henry leaned into the room a little more, over Jack’s head. “‘Allegedly’?”

Grant blinked up at him, pushing glasses up on his nose that weren’t there. “Well- Joey said to- to take them off the payroll… But I never filled out a termination form for any of them, so I’d just have to assume they quit suddenly.”

Jack looked up at Henry, then back to Grant. “Is one of those six Norman Polk?”

Grant skimmed over his papers again. “Yes… Joey told me to take him off after hours last night.”

“That’s not right. He wouldn’t just… up and leave without telling us, he’d… He’d at least make sure someone could do his job before, right?” Jack asked the room.

“I don’t know about that… Joey’s been dropping his pay pretty steadily over the last couple weeks.” Grant shrugged, arms folding on his desk.

“Something… really isn’t right here. When I saw Norman the other night, it was right after he was in Joey’s office yelling at him. He didn’t sound like he was about to quit on everybody, he was going to…” Henry trailed off, watching Grant’s eyes widen. 

There was a moment of tense silence before Grant spoke again. “W-well he- maybe he- maybe he got fed up and left, I-I’m sorry, I’m not sure what to tell you.” His voice shook as badly as his hands.

“For God’s sake… Thanks, Cohen, I need to go talk to Sammy about this right now, this is out of control.” Jack suddenly turned and stepped past Henry, taking off down the hall at a brisk pace. Henry, not wanting to move that fast, just waved and closed the door on his way out.

He was halfway to the lift when he felt someone grab onto his sleeve from behind, tugging on it slightly. When he turned and looked down, a still wide-eyed Grant stood before him. He wrung his hands in front of him for a moment, trying to find his voice. “Henry, you- I need to ask you something about- about Joey…” He almost mumbled.

Henry tilted his head, only briefly glancing back down the hall. “What about him…?”

“I know you deal with him a lot personally, I do too… Listen, I heard from Wally before Joey- before he was fired that… something weird happened with him last week, and I really shouldn’t be talking about it to you or anyone really, but he told me you saw it happen. What was it you saw with Joey, exactly?” Grant’s words were frantic, nervous.

His eyebrows came together in confusion, taking a moment to think. “Do you mean when he was coughing up sludge…?”

“Yes, exactly! You’ve seen it too! So maybe you’ll believe me! Look, Henry, Henry, he’s doing things here, it’ll take so much time to explain and I swear I will explain it somehow, but you need to know right now that he’s up to something other-wordly, and it’s very dangerous. You’re already seeing the consequences of that all over the place here, I needed to know that I wasn’t the only one that noticed it, none of it can end well, that’s so, so obvious already.” The smaller man babbled.

“Whoa, Grant, slow down…” Henry put a hand out, setting it on the man’s arm. 

“No, no, no you don’t understand, I swear, he’s trying to summon something, or… I don’t know what he’s really doing! But it’s bad, it’s really bad. I know too much, alright? I know too much about him and what he’s up to with some of the people here, and I doubt Wally or Norman or those people in the band-” He suddenly pressed his lips together, his eyes falling on the ground.

“What are you talking about?” Henry asked quietly, hardly making any sense of the accountant’s rant at all. 

“It’s not safe to talk here, not about this. Someone’s going to hear, and tell him, just like Wally-” Grant stopped himself again. “I’ll explain it all. I will, and it’ll be set right someday.” 

Henry didn’t get a chance to try and get him to explain one more time, the accountant took off back down the hall before he could be stopped. 

Henry was suddenly left alone in an eerily empty, dim hallway, wracking his brain over the accountant’s words and what was really going on in the building.

*****

Friday night, on his way home from the studio after a mostly uneventful day, Henry found himself still contemplating Grant’s ramble from the morning. Between the way he spoke about some of the former employees and the sudden disappearance of Norman, Henry was more than suspicious about what was happening. Nearly at his apartment, he turned the car around, mental destination set for Bertrum’s house. 

When he pulled up to the building, the gate automatically opened for him like usual. No sooner had he stepped out of the car than Ferris came barreling towards him from the yard, causing him to hold both his hands out, repeating “no!” to the dog. Ferris stopped short at his hands, licking both of them. Somewhat relieved, he reached out to pat him on the head a few times.

“Henry!” Bertrum called from across the yard, jogging to catch up with his dog. He had a chewed-up baseball in one hand and looked like he’d been home for a while. He wore a plain black t-shirt and dark-colored jeans, something Henry hadn’t expected to ever see him in.

“Hi… I’m sorry I didn’t call, I was on my way home and just sort of… decided to drop by.” He crossed his arms over his chest.

Bertrum squinted at him ever so slightly. “Did something happen? You know I’ll come back there if I have to.” 

“I’m not really sure. Can we go inside? I’ll tell you about what I think.” He asked almost hesitantly. 

“Of course. The downstairs is being cleaned at the moment, we can sit in the living room upstairs.” Bertrum offered.

“That’s fine.” Henry nodded, heading for the door with Ferris close on his heels. On the way up one set of stairs, Henry caught sight of Bertrum holding Ferris’s collar, trying to direct him upstairs as well.

After a moment’s struggle, the dog had the idea, rushing up and past Henry, disappearing into one of the other rooms. Bertrum caught up to him then, a hand coming to rest on the small of his back. “Now did something happen?”

“Something’s seriously wrong there. More so than normal, there’s something happening behind the scenes that just doesn’t add up.” Henry blurted, letting Bertrum guide him into the living room. He shuffled over to the couch, removing his shoes and setting them to the side. He sat down in a way that he was able to face the other side of the couch, legs folded. 

“How do you mean?” The designer questioned, kicking his shoes off and sitting next to Henry. 

“Alright… Now… You didn’t know a lot of people there. You met Wally, right? He was the janitor.” He started.

“I did. He was… something.” Bertrum confirmed.

“Okay, well… Rumor has it Joey fired him. Rumor has it Joey also fired part of the band and the other part quit suddenly. Then suddenly someone absolutely essential to our whole operation disappears. At first, I thought it was just to cut costs.” Henry pauses, waiting for Bertrum to nod, signalling him to continue. “Well, me and someone from the music department went to talk to Joey’s accountant today. That man’s scared, Bertrum. He’s scared of Joey in the same way I am and he claimed to know too much about Joey and what he’s doing.”

“Do you think Drew’s been threatening him the same way as you?”

Henry nodded slightly. “It wouldn’t surprise me at all. He’s smaller than I am, and Joey’s clearly been controlling aspects of his job, too. But that’s not everything. He said that three people out of nine who disappeared suddenly had been fired, the others he just assumed quit.” Bertrum nodded for him to continue again, his eyebrows pulled together in consideration. “He assumed. He never actually talked to those people, he wasn’t told to do any paperwork for them when they left or anything.”

“Is it random? These people suddenly disappearing, are they random?” Bertrum asked, fingers tapping his knee.

“Sort of? I’m not sure who all was fired and who quit, I didn’t ask, but… Our janitor supposedly was fired, our projectionist quit… We only had one person in those positions, and a lot of the orchestra suddenly stopped working.”

“And… this accountant… He’s trustworthy?”

“More than Joey, he just seemed really frantic, it didn’t really make any sense but the more I think about everything he said to me, the more it feels like he knew more than he was letting on…” He sighed, running a hand through his hair.

“Drew has been… continually more aggressive and controlling, yes?” 

“Yeah, you saw how he’s started to treat me, and with the whole thing with the-” Henry freezes, a look of realization taking over his face. “Wally knew about Joey’s new hobby. He knew because of me. And Grant said Joey was doing something demonic and then Norman saw it and- Oh, God…” Henry suddenly stood up, eyes wide, a hand gripping his hair. “They knew! Wally has friends in the band and then they disappeared, what if he told them about-”

“Henry, darling, slow down.” More concerned before, Bertrum reached out towards Henry with both arms.

Henry gave him his hands and slowly sat back down. “Bertrum, I saw Joey coughing up black sludge. It was dripping from his eyes, too, and his eyes turned color, and you don’t have to believe me, but I was not the only one that saw it. Joey didn’t want me to see it though, it’s- it’s something he’s obviously trying to cover up. I told Wally about it and he disappeared and Norman saw it and now he’s gone, too…”

“Do… do you think he killed them, Henry? You think he’d go so far as to kill someone?” He ran his thumbs over Henry’s knuckles, looking him in the eyes.

“I don’t know! He might have, he…” The images of Joey’s office flicker through his mind. The pictures, the lists he hadn’t paid attention to, the way they looked to have been thrown together. “He has hit lists.” The last part came out as a shocked whisper.

“Hit lists? Henry, I don’t want to sound like I’m doubting you. I don’t mean to, I’m trying to understand this, but do you think perhaps you’re the one that’s paranoid? That studio has been seriously struggling for quite some time.”

“All I know is that my friends are disappearing and no one knows why, because some of them haven’t been fired like Joey says.” Henry shook his head. 

“The man is in a wheelchair, dear. I don’t think he’d be able to do much harm from there unless he ran someone over repeated. You sound like you just need a break from that place.” Bertrum reaches over to gently hold one of his cheeks, tilting his head.

“I’ve seen him stand. When he was first starting to cough up sludge, he stood up and made a grab for me, that’s when he started coughing. Who’s to say he hasn’t been walking, too?” 

Bertrum made a noise like he was thinking for a moment. “I suppose I have a couple favors I can call in regarding… investigation… Would you feel better if I got in touch with someone that could look into Drew?”

Henry’s gaze shifted to the side and towards the floor, considering the question. “I don’t know, I couldn’t ask that of you. Not right now…” He sighs. “I don’t know how much longer I can take it, working there. With everyone disappearing and Joey…”

Carefully wrapping his arms around him, Bertrum started to pull Henry close, eventually leaving the man practically in his lap. “I agree that you need time to sort things out in your mind. If you’d like to stay the night, you’re always welcome to.”

“Thanks…” Henry adjusted himself to be more comfortable, laying against the other man. “I think I’m going to, I don’t want to intrude or anything, though…”

“Don’t worry about that right now. Everything will be alright.” Bertrum reassured.

Henry nodded in response. “If you say so…”