#Max isn't even mad yet he's just confused

[katblaze]

Nerd stands up for himself! It goes... well, it goes as well as you think it would

[hitchyboi]

Dating Havik Headcanons #1

Y'ALL OKAY THIS IS FOR MEEEEEEE XD I NEED MORE HAVIK AND GOD DAMNIT I'LL PROVIDE IT IF NO ONE ELSE WILL!

Oki thank you~

Content Warning- It's Havik. Gore, Blood, Violance, Self Mutilation, one small NSFW bit, Swearing (That's just me)

Cuteness aggression to the max. He can't help it, his partner is so precious when he's hugging them all he can imagine is squeezing them until their ribs break and pierce their lungs. If he's caressing their face, they can feel the way his fingers twitch, itching to dig his nails into their soft flesh.

He chews and bites. A lot. After Scorpion burned his face off he realized his ability to just straight bite things got easier without skin in the way. Will hug his partner from behind and chew on their hair cause he likes the texture. Cuddling? Random bites the entire time and they range from light and playful to you think he's genuinely trying to eat you sometimes. He isn't, kinda. Just likes biting.... Sometimes he may be trying to take an actual bite. Romantic Cannibalism.

His name has become a confusing mix of a disgust and comfort. If anyone ever calls him Dairou he gets insanely mad, remembering his life in Seido in the lowest caste and all the dictatorship over his life. Yet when his partner calls him his name... its almost like a comforting blanket he's never felt being wrapped around him. He doesn't have to be Havik, Cleric of chaos and symbol of anarchy. He can let himself relax for a moment, his worries can drift away for another day. With his partner... he can just be Dairou.

Surprisingly he is a good cook. Now his method of cooking may be a bit... unorthodox. You don't really know what he's cooking with. Or how he even got it in the first place. But give him some meat, herbs and spices and a fire. He'll be able to roast up a good tasting meal.

Has issues with monogamy. Not being faithful part but more the idea of having fidelity forced onto him? He doesn't like the idea of rules or societal norms re-shackling him after he's gained his freedom. If his partner is fine with polyamory or having an open relationship, great. If his partner isn't comfortable, communicating it as a personal preference and comfort level would gain more an understanding reaction from him rather than telling him he needs too.

Man's comfortable as hell in his relationship and partner. Would never tell his partner what they can or can't do or wear cause fuck that shit. You wanna go to a club wearing a sexy ass outfit and show yourself off? He's your hype man. Go out nude, he'd support it.

Will kill a man if someone messed with his partner.

Has killed a man for messing with his partner.

Has a habit of mutilating himself at the most random of times. Almost like the habit of cracking one's knuckles he starts to feel stiff and really uncomfortable if he hasn't snapped or torn a part of his body for a while.

His partner will have to force this man to put on a shirt if they are going out in Earthrealm. He doesn't understand the social norms of Earthrealm and frankly... he doesn't give a shit to learn. He'll eventually put on a shirt if his partner insists for their own comfort

Has tried to fight police officers, many times.

Getting this man to properly bath himself is a hassle on its own. He grew up in a way where bathing was a luxury few could afford so self care isn't something he's well versed or keen on. If his partner insists that they'd join him in the bath or shower then eventually they'll be able to pull his grimy ass into the water. Once he is in the water however, good luck getting him back out.

Lil NSFW~ Any marks his partner makes on his body during night time fun will always be saved on his body. He'll never fully heal them up, scars are like a badge on honor to this man. Now he gets to walk around with more scars and scars that his partner placed on his body from how well he was fucking their brains out.

[adventuringblind]

Not Your Fault

Max Verstappen x Reader x Oscar piastri

Genre: Angst

Summary: Max and Oscar have to comfort their girlfriend who's hospitalized after a major crash.

Dialouge prompt: "It's not your fault"

Warnings: major crash, injury description

Notes: This is part of my 1000 follower celebration! Requests are still open for it if you would like to participate!

Masterlist

"Red flag Max, red flag." Comes GP's voice over the radio.

Something in his stomach dropped at the words. Crashing is a risk they all take every time they get into the car, but that dosen't it isn't hard when it happens.

"Who was it?" His fingers crossed. Silently begging whoever controlled fate that it was neither a McLaren nor a Ferrari. He's not sure he could handle it.

"It's a Ferrari."

"Who?"

"Y/N"

His heart dropped. She'd been called to drive in place of Carlos. The Spainard had caught Covid and was out for the entire triple header. She'd gotten a chance, and now she'd crashed out.

"Is she okay?"

"Max-"

"Is she okay, GP? Please, I need to know." His heart is beating faster then he would’ve liked, but he can’t help it.

“They haven’t gotten a response yet. Ferrari was checking to see the damage on the car but haven’t gotten a response yet-”

“They were checking on the car?!” Max’s blood is boiling as he peels into the pit lane. He rips himself out of the car as marches to where GP and Christian are presumably waiting for him. They look neutral at the moment.

Christian grabs him by the shoulders to stop him from going any further, but it doesn’t matter. The screen is replaying the crash. Something must have happened with the steering and braking because the car just didn’t slow down. It hit the wall at 200 mph. The Ferrari car is stuck in the barriers. The fence having come down on top of her, essentially burying the car underneath.

“Any word yet?” His voice breaks. eye’s still trained on the screen as it shows the Marshalls trying to pull the debris away.

“Still nothing. They lost the onboard footage and can’t see her vitals.”

Max is about to jump into a rant. His anger at Ferrari still boiling. That is - until Lando comes barreling into him. The Brit is out of breath and flushed. “Haven you looked at your phone?”

All three Redbull members stare at him in confusion. Lando looks between them expectantly. “Well somebody better get Max his phone because Oscar is about thirty seconds away from killing everyone in the Ferrari garage.”

Max runs to grab his phone and comes back to Lando who is waiting impatiently for something. Texts from Charles and Carlos about what they know, A missed call from Oscar- “I don’t see anything apart from the usual.”

Land rips the phone out of his hands and pulls up his instagram. Then he find the Ferrari page and and taps on their story. He hands the phone back with sad eyes.

Within the mess or a PR scripted excuse, one thing sticks out to him the most: ‘driver error.’ Max the pulls up Charles’ texts. His hands are shaking with the impending appearance of Mad Max.

Charles gives him the whole story. ‘Don’t believe the story! I saw the data, it was the teams fault.’

“Oscar saw this, didn’t he?”

“Kim, Jon, and Andrea are keeping him confined, but unless you want to be outed to the world I suggest you come help.”

Max looks at the screen. Still no sign of life. The car is still buried.

Then he looks to his team principal for approval. Christian nods and then the two are ducking and dodging cameras.

Oscar isn’t mad often. Rarely, even. He has so much patience for people that Max sometimes wonders where he puts it all.

He found out after the Qatar sprint. Max was getting some nasty hate. It was under every photo Redbull or himself put out. He simply put his phone away and tried not to let it bother him. Their female lover saw but knew better then to start something and decided to, and he quotes, ‘fuck the diets and eat Max’s favorite.’ Which the Dutch had been more then happy to do.

Oscar on the other hand was going to chew out every person who boo’d at max on their way to the hotel. Oscar’s anger comes in the form of harsh words and stupid actions until it turns to wet and it’s like every emotion he’d been stifling hits him all at once. Then it’s all teary eyes a cracked voices.

Max and Lando round the corner and sneak through the back of the McLaren garage. Straight into Oscars room where they are supposed to find him.

He is, in fact, nowhere to be seen.

Max makes a break for the Ferrari garage. He wants to be relieved when he sees the Australian with Charles, but he can’t be because he’s with some of the Ferrari staff as well.

He breaks the circle and sets a, hopefully calming, hand on Oscar’s shoulder. “Any news on her condition?” The men in red shoot him dirty glares as he interrupts whatever they were talking about previously.

“No.”

Okay, rude.

Charles clears his voice. “Actually, me and Oscar were just discussing her condition. They pulled her out of the car - but it doesn’t look good. The FIA might stop the race because of the barrier.”

“Thank you for the update, Charles. We’ll be going now.” Max and Lando have to drag a ver stubborn Oscar away.

They pile into Lando’s room since it’s closer and Oscar collapses. Him and Max almost topple over together. “They said it’s her fault when it’s not!”

“I know. It’s out job to make sure she knows that too. Chewing out Ferrari isn’t going to help.” At the moment, Max can’t help but finish in his head.

They take some time to calm down before heading back out. They are greeted with the news that the race has been cancelled due to the barrier meaning that the two are free to leave.

Which they do, with incredible speed.

She had to be transferred to the hospital. According to the doctor that greets them, she’ll make a full recovery but it will take a while to get there. A few broken bones, some internal bleeding, a concussion, a major gash, but she’s alive. That’s what matters.

Oscar and Max spend the night in her room. The two patiently waiting for her to wake up. Charles had dropped by with Lando to bring them her stuff and see how she’s doing. Max was happy they brought food and Lando actually took to force feeding Oscar.

They wake the next morning to quiet sniffles. Max cracks his eyes open to see her, staring at her cell that Max left on the side table, with tears streaming down her face.

He is up and alert in a second with Oscar coming to slowly. “Schat, talk to me.”

She just hands over her phone without saying anything and Max scrolls through it for a few moments. Apparently Ferrari’s statement went further then he thought. Again, they are playing the blame game.

And no, absolutely not. Max Verstappen is not the kind of man to let her believe this. He turns off the phone and tosses it aside before Oscar can see. He really doesn't need another passive-aggressive Assie incident.

"Charles saw the data. It was the car. It wasn't your fault."

"But everyone is believing it was. How am I supposed to build a career now?" She sobs. The EKG is beeping wildly with her heart.

Oscar, in his sleepy state, switches from leaning on Max to climbing into bed with her. It works like a charm, and she starts to breathe again. It's labored, but it's calming down, at least.

"You'll show them. The data will come out eventually." Oscar mumbles into her shoulder.

"And until then -" Max intertwines hands with both his lovers. "- We'll defend you because we love you."

[darkcrowprincess]

Mike has a breakdown/ Mike goes off:

The last time Mike had a breakdown. He was 12, and the world was ending. The second time was no different. But everytime it happens, Mike is still surprised when the anger/sadness/powerlessness explodes out of him. It all comes spilling out in the worse way, like a shaken can of coke a cola exploding when you flip open the top. Lets set the scene. A empty office in the radio tower station, as Lucas and Mike wait for Will and Dustin. Mike and Lucas being the only two in the room. Mike has been on edge all day. Lucas is getting a little tired of it honestly. He knows you shouldn't go poking the angry bear known as Mike. But well, they have been avioding the obvious long enough.

"Its almost like you're afraid or something," Lucas says nonchalantly. Mostly to himself. But really to get a reaction out of the skinny, tall, brooding idiot he calls a best friend.

"What?" Mike asks confused. He turns to Lucas. Done with his staring match with the wall. Brings the seat he was leaning on it's back legs fully onto all fours again.

"You heard me, your scared of being with Will. Your terrified to love him. Or terrified to at least tell him." Lucas states matter of fact. No bullshit in his face or in his tone.

Seeing that he's serious, Micheal Wheeler's face goes through so many emotions in the span of seconds. Confused, realization, fear, acceptance, and then finally anger. Actually no anger isn't the right word.

Mike was in two words; pissed off.

"Fuck you. You know what Lucas fuck you.

Lucas doesn't get mad, "Well are you?"

"Im not talking about this!" Mike angrily whispers. Its the whispering that gets you. You can tell thats Mike's pissed because he hadn't started yelling yet. He's trying to hold it in.

"But are you? Are you scared? It will make you feel better if you talk about it Mike," Lucas declares with and honest, yet haunted look in his face. Unspoken between is whats obviously haunting Lucas.

Mike wants to cross that line and bring Max up to piss Lucas off. Get him to hate him and back off with this line of questioning.

But Mike thinks, he doesn't want to. Partly because he's just so sick of hurting his friends. But mostly because Mike is just tired. Tired of keeping it all in. So he pops open the soda.

Mike's pale face becomes red quickly in anger, "Of course I'm fucking scared! Im scared of losing him again!!

Mike yells this out into the room. Its loud and people could probably hear him.

Lucas though, oddly is in favor of the anger. For Mike to be honest, even if he is angry. Lucas feels like his best friend needs it. Seemingly wiser than his age suggests, "Mike your not going to lose him. You haven't lost Will. Will is still here."

"Yeah but for how long Lucas! How long huh? I couldn't handle losing him for a week when I was 12! 12 Lucas! He got lost from my house that day! My house! He was suppose to be safe! And he wasn't! I couldn't do anything! I was helpless! Then the next year with losing El, he was being possessed and hurt by that thing! He was hurt and everyone around us was dying! The best thing I could come up with was to burn up a hole in the ground! That was the best I could come up with to help him! I'm always useless! Every year its some new fucking disaster nightmare that could kill us all, but losing him in this mess is what terrifies me most. And your asking me to listen to my heart and get into a relationship with him. Tell him I love him and act like everything will turn out hunky dory, we'll be skipping off into the sunset, Will and I?! Are you out of your fucking mind Lucas!"

Mike is full on yelling now, and he seems to just be getting started.

Mike throws his hands in the air and starts pacing. Back in fourth like he needs to move.

"The whole town is this close to going crazy psycho mob on us, the upside down is leaking into our world. Plus you know homophobia is still a fucking thing in the 80s. And the cherry on top of all the piles of shit we are dealing with, Vecna wants Will.

Mike starts laughing in a cruel hysterical vocie, pulling his hair tight in his fists, still pacing. "Which is just another can of worms. That creep does not only want to kill my family personally, but he's making the moves on Will. Like no the universe can not let William Byers have a fucking break in this life! Lets add a homicidal pervert to the equation!"

"Mike calm done it will be ok." Lucas says, getting up and going to Mike.

That is the wrong thing to say.

"DONT TELL ME TO CALM DOWN LUCAS SINCLAIR! NONE OF THIS WILL BE FUCKING OK!!" Mike grabs something on the desk in anger. A paperweight. Turning to the window(behind him, no where near Lucas' vicinity) Mike throws the paperweight with all his strength towards the office window and breaks the glass. It makes hauntingly loud shattering noise. It echos loud in the room, and the glass from the impact falls out from the hole made with the round paper weight. Then the room is filled with silence and Mikes harsh breathing. His shoulder moves with his angry breathing, but doesn't turn around.

"Whats going on?" Says a soft familiar voice.

Both boys turn around, there standing in the open doorway is Will.

Mike turns back around, not wanting to make eye contact with Will. Not wanting anyone (especially Will) to see him like this. Mike just keeps staring out the broken window. In the reflection of the broken glass, if you look, you can see Mike Wheeler start to cry. Silent tears appear in his eyes.

Lucas tries to cover for him, " Nothing everything is-."

"Please don't say everything is fine Lucas. Mike shouldn't be yelling at you like that. Especially with everything going on." Says Will. But he isn't yelling. He says this with a tired but gentle look on his face. A look that he's only sending Mike's way.

Lucas is tired too. "I'm going to give you guys some space to talk."

Will nods as he fully walks into the room, heading towards Mike. Mike still hasn't turned around.

"Thanks Lucas, please shut the door too."

Lucas doesn't say anything. No point really, Mike and Will are in their own world. But he does as Will asked.

As he closes the door, he catches Will hugging Mike from behind. Mike leans into the touch as much as he can. Turns around (tears staining his face) and hugs Will fully.

*******

(God this took forever to write!!! But I'm so glad I finished. Would love to hera your opinions Byler shippers!)

[thethingsweneversaid]

Genuine question about the end of season 4.

How do you interpret the cabin scene in a non-Byler way? Why is El upset with Mike? Why has she barely spoken to him? Why does she shut the door on them?

WHAT IS SHE THINKING HERE?

Mike told her he loves her. He loves her with and without her powers. His life started when she came into his life. Great! Mike and El's conflict is resolved. They're ready to move forwards in their relationship, finally knowing they're on the same page... right?

If Mike really was genuine in that monologue, I can't find any reason why she would be mad at him at this point.

I've seen people say "She's just upset because of Max." Like yeah, of course she is, but if it was just about that, they wouldn't have filmed it like this. Her negative expression is a direct reaction to seeing Mike (and maybe Will). Then she walks into her room, closes the door, shutting them out. (Parallell to s3 When Mike lied.)

And if they were okay after Mike's monologue, shouldn't they have included a scene to let the audience know that: Okay, Mike and El are good now, they understand each other and are on the same wavelength. goodie good the "i love you"-conflict is over.

But they didn't, because that conflict isn't resolved yet. The plot is still ongoing. And if it was resolved it would be a horribly executed and anti-climatic ending to such an important plot this season.

They even make sure the audience knows that Mike and El barely talked (on and off camera), and Will is confused because why haven't they?

If you do have another perspective on this, PLEASE let me know, cause I genuinely want to understand what this scene is all about.

[ladysomething]

GOOD FUCKING LORD MADDIE WHAT

hot. that's it.

1. I'm going insane knowing that the weirdly nice way they treated each other in Charles dream world is going to hell. the softness of it had me crawling up my walls. "You’re being crazy, he thinks to himself, closing his eyes so he doesn’t have to look at Max looking at him." uhm, sir, *I'M* going crazy. I'm BEING crazy about that.

2. gotta love Charles and Max in their Bonnie and Clyde era. it was also kinda giving Harley Quinn and the Joker. and I'm here for it.

3. Charles being a little menance is deserved for him, (my man has had a rough life lately let him be) and asked by us thank you very much. the fact that he had zero to little patience is hilarious. I love it. that's mainly why I stated that he's kind of giving Harley Quinn.

4. but you know what I love even more??? JEALOUS AND POSSESIVE CHARLES. and fuck that other bitch who do he thinks he is like???? your feelings stopped being valid after you decided to be stupid like that. cry about it. next time why don't you do it to show your love then. my brother says: asshole. HA. literally. c'mon it was funny

5. I agree with Charles. Max planning everything beforehand was hot. sun-like hot. I melted. I was set in fire.

+1. HE WAS LET NEAR THE THROAT. THIS IS NOT A DRILL . whaaaaaaaaat. the moment Charles kissed Max *there* I actually started jumping and running through my living room.

+2. THE CAR SCENE?!?! EXCUSE ME!?!? let them have more sex where Charles is the "mean" one yes please. have you seen that twit that goes like "women that want to see a man moan and whimper are sick"? WELL DAMN CAUSE THAT'S MEEEEW. I guess I'm sick. LET THE MAN MOAN AND WHINE AND WHIMPER ‼️‼️‼️this might come across as confusing taking into account I'm a bottom Charles truther but y'all wouldn't get it.

+3. I love it when they match each others freaky vibes. alsooo. why delete the kiss part Charlie? WHY? that would've hurt more than the sex part. don't you see the bitch craves intimacy and love? or perhaps, you don't want other people to see your intimacy? what is it Charlie. what. is. it.

+4. I still want to see Matthew's limbs slowly being cut off his body. and I wanna see the bitch suffering more. irl he's being insufferable and here too and I'm done with him. I said what I said.

+5. brother says: every day chapter 16 now 17 gets closer I fear it more. but I fear more my anxiety of not knowing what I should be afraid of exactly. therefore I need it to be closer so I can live at peace.

thank you so much for this piece of perfect madness that I live for every wednesday. 💗

when I was writing those lines of Charles leaning into the breeding kink I was like .... go for gold Maddie. don't hold back.

I'm glad it landed well!!!

the dichotomy of how they treat each other in the dream world vs how they do in real life ...... crazy.

Max and Charles against the world is STARTING. I'm feral for it.

Charles has had it very rough, and it's nice to see him directly his angry energy to somebody that isn't Max hahaha

what goes around comes around, right?

Charles has yet to see it but his competency kink is strong. he's just like me fr

+1. I KNOOWWWWWW. I loved writing that so much!!

+2. no ok I totally get it, because it's bottom Charles but it's overwhelmed with desire Max.

+3. hahahaha they're so funny because they're like this with their kinks I swear

+4. oop. maybe ...... adjust your expectations a little there ...

+5. hahahah everyone being so scared of 17/18 has been very funny to watch but I think also that ya'll probably are thinking it's worse than it is? but maybe not, who's to say

[myimaginarywonderland]

There's so many conflicts thoughts I have about the whole Massa championship thing so I am going to make these as clear as possible:

He does not deserve to win a court case. If anything that should have been solved a long time ago. The title is rightfully Lewis. He won it fair and square.

What happened as a result of Crashgate is literally the teams and drivers fault. Not saying that Crashgate was right but people have been fucked over by bad pits tops as a reault of the safety car for years now.

You can not take the title over 10 years after something has happened. There's no grounds for that.

But what this does mean is that Abu Dhabi could have been challenged.

And it makes me absolutely mad.

It doesn't even matter how that would have turned out. I would have been fine with a failed case and the title going to Max.

But it hurts because there's a driver who lost his title years ago fighting for it, he'll even getting support.

And yet, when Lewis spoke out about probably the lowest moment of his career, how he was (rightfully) robbed just weeks, months after it happened he was shut down, insulted, called names.

It fucking boils my blood. Not because I am naive enough to think anyone in the FIA would ever admit to that mistake but because everyone saw how they deliberately changed the rules on live TV. How they actively sabotaged the race. We heard other drivers who were also fucked over being put in a position where they were so confused, so lost why anything was happening. They didn't understand it.

It doesn't matter who you supported in that season. It doesn't matter what you say.

The decision that were made in that last race went against the rules and helped Max win the championship.

It doesn't matter what happened over the course of the season, what incidents occurred, who lost points were because at the end, it meant that they both went into the race with a chance to win the championship. That at the end of that race they both could have come out as champions.

Let me make it clear, I am not blaming Max for the FIAs decision. He was just the person who they decided in that moment was going to have to deal with shit. They choose him to win and he couldn't really do anything about it.

But the fact that after that race, a race where not only Lewis was robbed of a championship but also multiple drivers where fucked over, lost possible positions and points, the fact that after that no one dared to challenge it is what gets me.

Massa last the championship years ago and is fighting for it now.

Lewis was going to be the greatest driver this sport has ever seen, he was going to break yet another record, he was going to be the champion but they took it from him. That race could have been one of the most important in the history of this sport.

And yet, no one fought for Lewis. Not a single person in that team.

And we all know that Lewis could have never even dared to make an appeal. They would have never let him talk about it. He faced all the backlash, the emotions alone.

Mercedes not only lost the race that day, they also did nothing,not a thing to appeal. And I am sure had they said something, other teams that were fucked over would have also supported them.

What angers me about this isn't that Massa is trying, it's the fact that Lewis was never given that option.

It's the fact that with Lewis winning it was all "poor Massa" but with Max winning it was all "Finally, deserved" and Lewis instantly got shut down to silence.

It's the fact that everyone expected Lewis to move on from one of the biggest robberies this sport has seen within weeks but everyone is okay with Massa grieving even after years.

It's the fact that Massa's fight is encouraged and that Lewis, should he even consider it, would be hated more than ever.

It's the fact that Mercedes didn't even fight for it but Aston Martin instantly had evidence to get back Alonso's podium.

It's the fact that Mercedes let down the driver who gave them their full success.

It's the fact that if the team wanted and cared they would have done something. Just look at how other teams fight for their drivers.

It's the fact that this sport just continues to prove that Lewis is alone. That even with friends on the grid, with support, it's not enough.

[hertwood]

dts s2 e6-7

e6 -ALEX EPISODE -every time ive watched this episode and he says his sisters name (zoe) it's startled me. i anticipate it and it surprises me every time -"we are trying to give young people a chance. That's part of the Red Bull philosophy." (Helmut Marko) oh ok. oh OK. OH OK. -i need him biblically. i need him in a way that's concerning for feminism -OK UM so i watched the first half in the morning and the second half after my shift and i was like. im so wiped idk how emotionally i'll even be able to engage -and damn do i truly underestimate my ability to be affected by something i've seen and heard about over and over again. -ok but the parallels between alex's mom talking about being scared as a mom vs daniel's mom talking about the same thing in s1e1 -random cate sighting is crazy i almost forgot how she dated pierre lmao -god i NEED an alex/williams episode next season i miss him on this show soooooo much -its silly but every time i see that clip of anthoine kissing his girlfriend its instant waterworks

e7: -first of all obsessed with seb saying y'all. love him miss him sm -GOD you can just see how charles still has hopes and dreams here he hasnt been crushed and hardened by the ferrari machine yet. what a sweet time for him :/ -sebchal makes me so *gnawing at the bars of my enclosure* -part of me wishes they showed charles' win at monza w/ more charles centric focus? it was such a big deal for him and i think it deserved more. THAT BEING SAID it does set up the sebchal rivalry dynamic well, which is what the documentarians chose to focus on, and for that they did well. -i could say the same for seb's singapore win. it makes sense from a storytelling persepctive to focus on these from the rivalry lense but damn do i know these are iconic wins for both of them and its bittersweet that they don't get their own focus -i'm so confused how charles literally looks straight down the camera lense and says that he was signed with the knowledge that he'd be second to seb, and then gets MAD when they prioritize seb???? like when they prioritize charles seb has ever right to be mad bc that goes against what he was told but charles?????? i know that its bc theyre gonna be super competitive no matter what they're told bc its in their nature but Come Onn -"every world champion has what I term an 'inner bastard', and its the ability to make the tough decision when you have to." i do NOT take will buxton slander on this blog. i love this quote sm and as a baby fan it was big in understanding driver v team politics. it is SUCH an important skill to know when to be a team player and when to be selfish, and the ones who figure it out are the ones who maximize best outcomes. (a good example of this recently imo is carlos in singapore!) -"we'll start by holding hands." when i know its coming and i'm still vibrating gnawing on my enclosure etc etc. brainworms well and alive and fed -GOD rly puts into perspective how charles has been being fucked over by the ferrari engine since Day One -sebastian vettel has the vibes of a restaurant manager who isn't doing the greatest job but he'll never get in trouble because every single waitress is swooning every time he speaks. let me know if this makes sense -with more seb history context: i wonder how much this parallels to the dynamic in rb when daniel joined--and he left the following year. christian talks all about daniel "running from a fight" with max... wonder if thats also, at least in these instances, sebs instinct as a driver in this system. don't take this analysis too serious btw i'm just spitballin

[f1-disaster-bi]

life got in the way a bit, but here's what I've got so far for summer job au :) (also sorry it's formatted weird, tumblr clearly didn't like me copy and pasting)

> Pierre knows his reputation. He's not blind to the looks he has thrown his way, or deaf to the rumours that are regularly refreshed and circulated. He's a fuckboy, a player, a flirt. He's self-absorbed and only in it for himself, be that his love life or his love for competition.

Pierre knows his reputation, knows it isn't changing any time soon, and he can live with that. With summer coming up, he won't have to deal with the comments from his classmates, or the looks when he bumps into people he knows when he's out in town with his friends. He's decided he's just going to play 'hot lifeguard' at his summer job working at the pool, and enjoy the time away from school.

Or so he'd assumed.

Charles is standing on his doorstep four days into the summer break with an expression Pierre can only describe as adorably pathetic. His best friend is sheepishly dragging the toes of his white trainers across the porch, scuffing them in a way that makes Pierre's eye twitch.

"I'm so sorry, Pierre."

"What?"

Charles fidgets, shifting his weight and it's now that he can see the little book sticking out of his younger friend's hoodie pocket.

"You got into the art camp?" He asks, excitement starting to bubble up.

"I uh- yes?"

"That's great! I'm so happy for you." Charles splutters as he pulls him into a hug and Pierre can only laugh at the confusion on the other's face.

"You're not mad I won't be here for summer?"

"Oh Charlie of course not! I'm working most of it anyway, and you got in! I even heard Lando isn't going to be there either."

Pierre snorts at the flash of irritation that the younger boy's name brings across Charles' face. Even just the word 'Lando' is enough to have his friend pouting. It's even funnier that Lando has no idea that he's Charles' 'arch nemesis'.

"Good. Probably didn't even get offered, the condescending twat." Charles grumps, folding his arms across his chest with a slight smirk.

Pierre just laughs softly, tugging his friend in for a quick hug and a squeeze before letting him go. "So when do you leave?"

"Uh, tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow?!"

"I'm sorry?" Charles tries to grin endearingly and Pierre flicks his nose. "I know, that's why I came to tell you today. I needed to say it to your face and get you to forgive me."

He rolls his eyes, sighing with fond exasperation, then reaches out to pinch Charles' cheek. He laughs again when Charles swats at his hand. "I'll forgive you then, but only if you make me something cool to stick on the wall in my gaming room."

"Done!" Charles chirps, bouncing on his toes before pulling his phone from his back pocket. "I've got to go, need to pack for camp, but I'll text you!"

"You better!" He calls with a wave as Charles heads home.

Pierre closes the door once his best friend is out of sight, leaning back against it with a sigh. He truly is happy for Charles, his friend is so talented of course he'd gotten into the prestigious art camp he'd been stressing over, but it will mean his summer will be a little lonelier than he'd hoped for. He can only pray that his own 'arch nemesis' will be away for the summer.

He had wanted to go the football camp, but he wants to buy his own car so he doesn't have to share with his mother, and the only way he's doing that is if he saves up. Working at the local pool didn't sound like a bad idea, and he's got a good set of hours so it should keep him busy. His evening gets better when Charles texts him a string of celebratory emojis, followed by a screenshot of a group chat he hasn't checked yet. There's one message in particular that Charles has obviously drawn over, highlighting and circling it and adding a smiley face. 'Max V-N on footie camp for pretty much all of summer, no dealing with him'. So his prayers have been answered.

OOOOOOOOOO ANON

I'm loving this little snippet that you've come up with!!! Charles would definetly feel guilty about leaving his bestie alone for the summer and poor Pierre would hate the rumours about himself 🥺

[never-a-stranger]

Max Gets Cheated On

(Not by Sam, don't worry)

🎶🎵 This song is for the boy who kissed me

Hope you're listening

Learn your ABC's

Never thought I'd catch you cheating

Gave me 26 reasons

You're alphabetically deranged 🎵🎶

Finally, I made content that is actually part of the lore!

Max had an ex named Mallory Thompson,

He cheated on Max with another girl, it's Girl Stinky

And his ex tried to manipulate Max to get him back together with him t w i c e

As much as Max wants to beat Mallory up, he can't because of something he has that Max couldn't get back, luckily though, Sam got his back

The full story is here! Feel free to read it

TW // Manipulation and Blackmailing

A Bitter Discovery And A Sweeter Resolution

Part 1: Max Finds Out Mallory’s Dirty Secret and Intentions

Sam and Max just finished a case late at night, Sam greets Max goodbye as Max goes home.

Max comes home, puts his jacket on the coat rack, and expects to see his boyfriend, Mallory, greet him in the living room as Mallory tends to stay up late a lot. To his surprise, he isn't. "He probably decided to sleep in early," thought Max.

He opens the door to his and Mallory's bedroom to find Mallory making out with a girl he's familiar with from Grandpa Stinky's diner.

Max, in shock and anger, yells at Mallory "MALLORY THOMPSON!", Mallory instantly stops as he got startled by Max yelling out his name.

"Max! I thought you'd come back home la-" "Cut the bullcrap, have you been cheating on me with that woman?! Have there been other people you cheated on me with!?", yells Max as he interrupted Mallory.

Mallory explains nervously, "Woah woah bunny, calm down. You're overreacting! This girl and I were just y'know-". As Mallory tries to explain, he gets interrupted again by the girl he's with, "This girl?? I have a name! And is it true, have you been using me and this guy?!".

Mallory looks at the girl and back at Max, "Okay so what if I have been dating both of you at the same time, it's not like it was going to be serious anyway! I wanted various choices and potentials, I didn't want to be a bogart," "NOT GOING TO BE SERIOUS?! Mallory, we have been dating for almost a year for fuck's sake!" says Max in anger as tears began flooding his eyes.

Max looks down to the floor, "I have been nothing but loyal and kind to you and THIS is how you repay me?! I got to be honest, my mom, Paul, Seb, and sometimes even I thought you were a selfish and narcissistic douchebag who doesn't put much effort into this relationship and has no time for me but of course, I ignored those thoughts because maybe you can't help it and had some reasons."

Max looks back up at Mallory with sadness yet anger in his voice, "Turns out...my family was right all along, I just wanted to give this relationship another shot because I have no one else to lean on and be intimate with. I am not an accessory to you Mallory, I am a person." Max sniffles as he tries to exit the home with his jacket back on but Mallory pulls Max in. "Where do you think you're going, didn't you say you have no one else to turn to? Would you rather sleep in the streets than sleep here with me for something you're just overreacting over?" says Mallory, but Max had enough of his lies so he punches Mallory in the face hard. "I'd rather stay in a park, cold at night, than continue staying with a lying son of a gun like you!!", Max makes a run for it, not knowing where to go but anywhere as far from Mallory is.

Part 2: Max Confesses To Sam His Problems

Max ends up in a park coincidentally like he told Mallory, he almost decided to sleep on the bench until he thought of Sam. "Maybe Sam can help me out here," he thought so he nervously calls Sam on his cellular phone.

As Sam drives, supposedly on his way home, he didn't answer the first and second time because he's driving but he stops at the side when he hears his phone ring the third time so it must be important.

He answers and to his surprise, it's Max who called, this confuses him since Max presumably must be at his home now with his boyfriend so why would he call him? "Hey Sam, I’m sorry for calling you at a time like this," says Max nervously.

Sam can tell by Max's voice that he isn't joking or having an energetic voice, almost like he's talking to him nervously and sincerely. Sam says, "No no, it's fine little buddy, are you feeling alright?" "If I'm being honest, not really, is it okay if you pick me up from Bellflower Park? I can explain everything to you then." Max replies as he sniffles and wipes his remaining tears.

"Oh, of course, stay put, I seem to be near so I'll be there in 3-5 minutes pronto. Bye Max," says Sam as he ends the call and drives again but to the park where Max is at. This concerns Sam and fills him with multiple questions that he'll ask Max soon "Why is he at the park at this hour? Did something happen between Max and his boyfriend?? I hope he isn't cold there, it's freezing when it's evening," he thought to himself.

Sam finally arrives at the park to see Max sitting on the bench, swinging his legs and looking at the sky, Sam jokingly decides to honk his horn, as he did, Max got startled and noticed that it was Sam who did it. This brings a smile to Max's face as he chuckles and runs up to Sam's car to get in. He punches Sam in the arm, "You knucklehead, I'm not a pigeon that you can just scare away!" "My bad, you looked like one!" replies Sam as both of them laugh and joke around like they normally would.

Sam looks at Max and notices his face, it looks like he had been crying. "Oh Max, what happened? Were you crying before I arrived? Or maybe this whole time?" He asks in concern and Max almost hesitates to tell the truth but Max promised to tell Sam what happened and he is his best friend so he could trust him.

"Remember my partner, Mallory? Well, I came home, expecting to see him in the living room to greet me since he tends to stay up a lot, but this time he wasn't so I just entered the bedroom only to find him kissing the granddaughter of Grandpa Stinky from Stinky’s diner!" Max explains as he said it in a depressing voice, "So I called him out on it especially with how he treated me while we were dating, what my siblings warned me about him was right all along but I just ignored all of the red flags. He's not telling me what he's been up to lately, not having enough time with me except if he wants to make out or sleep with me, only going to me if he needs money and such, would comment about my body a lot especially to his friends. I could go on and on about what made him a bad boyfriend but I can't, talking about him more will just make me feel more stupid because I could've broken up with him sooner."

"But you didn't," answers Sam as he put his hand on Max's back to comfort him. "Yeah, I guess it's because I am desperate to be in a relationship whom I could spend quality time with, especially without feeling like I am being left in the dark or being treated like garbage like my dad did. Now I really don't have anyone else to turn to, emotionally and stuff." "Hey now, that's not true. You have your family, Flint Paper, and me!" replies Sam, Max looks back at Sam when he replied, especially the last part he mentioned, Max asks "Really, you and the others care about me? Even when I act like this??" "Of course I- WE do, Max! You're an amazing partner and friend I could ever have, and here I thought I could just work solo as a freelance cop but having you with me is just more entertaining for me, someone who I could joke with, laugh with, even talk about personal things with, I could never ask for anything else better than having a friend like that with me" says Sam with a genuine smile.

Suddenly Max cries, "Oh by the horns of a gigantic neolithic goat glued to a tailored umbrella, MAX! Why are you crying?! Did I say something mean about you?? I'm so sorry!" "No you didn't, it's just so cheesy yet sweet with what you said about me that even Mallory couldn't say about me!" replies Max as he chuckles and wipes his tears. Sam chuckles too as he grabs a handkerchief from his coat and hands it to Max to wipe his tears and blow his nose, Max accepts it.

"Did you get your things before leaving Malcroy's house?" asks Sam. "Not yet, I ran off because of how emotionally dramatic I was, and his name is Mallory," Max chuckles at what name Sam mistook his ex as. "Do you have a place to sleep now that you two aren't together anymore?" asks Sam as he raises an eyebrow in more concern, "Well I can’t go back to my mom’s crib because it would take hours to go there, and I don't even know where the closest motel is-" "That's it, you're staying at my pad," Sam interrupts as he starts driving to his home.

"Wait w a i t!! No no no no, it's okay! I can just find a motel-" "NOPE! You are going to be my roommate and that is final, I told you that you can trust me as your work partner and friend, and as your partner and best friend I say you stay at my home, you can even help pay the rent so you won't feel too bad about it. AND THAT IS FINAL!" interrupts Sam again with a smile on his face. "This dog is fucking insane, I'm glad he's my best friend," thought Max as he chuckles. "Okay fine! Now stop driving like a maniac, that's my thing!!" says Max at Sam as both of them laughed, Max already stopped feeling bad about himself.

Part 3: Sam And Max Are Now Roommates

Sam and Max arrive at Sam's home, it looks like an ordinary house that has a garage and lawn with it too. Sam parks the DeSoto inside the garage next to his motorcycle. They both get off and enter the inside of Sam's house.

Sam asks Max if he can sleep on the couch for now since his home only has one bedroom and used the extra room for exercising, "Eh it's fine! As long as I have something to sleep on I'm- JEEPERS CREEPERS, YOUR COUCH IS HUMONGOUS!" says Max in surprise to see a big couch in Sam's living room, "Oh right you're 6 ft so that would make sense on why it's bigger than the ones I've sat on," Sam replies "Pffft, I think it's just your height making you think that the couch is bigger than it normally is LITTLE buddy," he puts emphasis on the word little to Max. Max punches Sam in the arm again as a reaction to Sam's insult, "Ow haha, you've been really punchy lately." "Well, I did punch my ex in the face before leaving him," says Max as he hops on the couch to get comfortable.

Sam goes to his bedroom to get some stuff for Max while Max sits on the couch looking around the living room, the walls are filled with pictures of Sam with his family, Sam at his mechanic job with his father, his achievements, and him with his friends. Max smiles as Sam got a good life, better than his even he thought.

Sam comes back and gives Max the pajamas, towel, toothbrushes, and soap for him to use. "You can use the bathroom at the left and you're allowed to use my shampoo and conditioner," says Sam as he points at the hallway that has the bathroom, Max thanks Sam then goes to the bathroom.

While Max takes a shower, Sam takes off his coat and corset vest first then puts pillows and a blanket on the couch. A few minutes later, Max gets out of the bathroom more refreshed and relaxed, wearing the oversize pajamas Sam gave him, Max goes and lies on the couch. "Thank you for caring for me Sam, you're the greatest friend I could ever ask for. Goodnight~," says Max as he starts to fall asleep, Sam smiles "Goodnight to you too, little pal."

Last Part: Sam Helps Max Out From Mallory

The next day, Sam along with Max parks the DeSoto in front of Mallory's house. "Are you sure you don't want us to break into Malfoy’s home, write threatening messages on the wall with pig blood, put a probably haunted doll sitting at his bed, take your things, and then get out of there??" asks Sam in disappointment then Max replies "Oh Sam, you're so cute when you don't like me doing the morally and well-mannered way to get what I want, and his name is Mallory ya bonehead."

Max chuckles at Sam calling Mallory the wrong name, he then leaves the groaning dog who dislikes him being a good person to his ex-partner heavily to the doorstep, Sam leans on his driver's seat as he watches Max ringing the doorbell then Mallory opening the door to talk to him. Sam can't see what expression Max is making but he can tell he's irritated judging by his body language once Mallory opened his mouth.

It has been a while since Mallory lets Max in his home, as a matter of fact, Max and Mallory are still talking but Max seems to be more frustrated than when he came to his doorstep. Sam thinks to himself "Hmmm, looks like the punk is just going to make him more and more irritated and frustrated to make him give up. I know Max says not to do what I suggested that we do get Max's stuff back, but he didn't say I could help him out by persuading or maybe even intimidating Mallory to letting Max in. So why not, anything to help my little buddy from blowing a fuse." Sam leaves his car and makes his way to Max.

As Sam walks, he can slowly make out what they're talking about. "Sorry baby but I only allow people who I'm dating and hooking up with and as far as I remember, we broke up last night~" "You can't be fucking serious right now, I just want to get my things back and after that, I'll bail! Are you just going to keep it then if you won't let me in?!" asks Max in frustration. "I might keep some of your clothes, sure most of them may be too big for me but I'll manage it, then I'll sell the feminine clothes you own along with your precious picture albums and other possessions you cherish," says Mallory with a grin on his face.

"So if you don't want me to do the following things I've just said, you have to apologize to me for punching me in the face, for saying I cheated on you with that waitress from the seafood diner when in fact we were in an agreement that I could go around with anyone I want while still being with you, then you admit that you were just acting emotional and irrational at the time like you always are especially to your momma, or else you can say goodbye to your precious photos of you, your siblings, and friends," Mallory says this with a smug on his face as Max gets even angrier at what he just threatened him to do, resisting the urge to punch him again.

"Holy guacamole on top of an ice cream Sunday on a late Monday Christmas afternoon, I want to bite that smugness of his off his face so badly but I don't want to cause trouble for Max, especially with the threat Mallory just made," thought Sam as he's finally on Mallory's doorstep behind Max.

Mallory chuckles, thinking he won until he notices a 6 ft terrifying dog standing behind the 5 ft irritated lagomorph, giving him a glare as he puts his hand on Max's shoulder suddenly changing his expression to a gentler and happier one to say "Funny joke there pal, but my best friend Max here is serious about wanting his possessions back so if you could kindly let him in, maybe even help him pack all of it, and stop making these ridiculous jokes." Sam then changes his tone to be more serious and widens his eyes, "I will do unspeakable things to you to the point of you getting insomniac from thinking about what I might do to you in your sleep, you got it?"

Mallory shakes a bit at what he just heard the stranger tell him, "Yes haha, I am so sorry for making you wait, Max! Come in, come in!!" says Mallory with his voice trembling, hoping that the friend of Max doesn't hurt him. As Sam and Max enter the home, Max looks at Sam, "You didn't have to do that, Sam." "Eh, I didn't want that punk stalling and saying stupid stuff to make you angrier than you are now." Max chuckles lightly, "Thank you, Sam," he says with a genuine smile on his face, Sam smiles after seeing Max happy and replies, "Anything for my partner in crime."

One hour later, Max is almost done putting all of his things in the trunk of the DeSoto leaving the Irish wolfhound next to a shaking squirrel at the doorstep. Sam grabs Mallory's shoulder and whispers closely, "Listen here punk since you didn't take care of my buddy over there, someone will surely make him theirs and do a better job as a romantic partner than you are, and that someone is going to be me soon. So here's a warning, if you ever approach Max to mess with him or hurt him again, expect to see missing posters of you in your neighborhood as a heads up." Sam says this with a serious look on his face that he would normally have when he's going noir.

Mallory doesn't say anything after Sam whispers to him, leaving him probably traumatized as he falls on his knees, ran inside his home cowardly, and shuts the door. Sam giggles as he couldn't believe he scared Max's ex shitless, he walks up to Max who just finished packing up his stuff, "I saw Mallory running inside scared then shutting the door really hard, did you say something again?" asks Max as he laughs a bit, enjoying Sam scaring his ex-partner. "Maybe, maybe not? Who knows~"

Sam and Max hop in the DeSoto and before Sam starts the engine, he thought to himself "Did I really say I'll make Max mine at his face? Pffft, not like I'm serious, I just wanted to scare the small guy, we're just working partners and best of buddies, nothing more!... Right?"

Thank you so much for reading! And if you want to make fanart, make sure to add #never a stranger sm , and mention this account or my main account @retrocandyfloss 💕

[polyamorous-elevenv2]

(okay here it is, the rest is yours…)

Dustin is in the upside down finding El after the fight, while in the middle of searching El, he incounter one gate, he touched it and it look safe he then enter and went inside thinking she is in there.

When he enter the otherside it felt different. The place look like Hawkins but… its not ruined, looks peaceful and more alive, plus the people looks normal like- no "earthquick" happen…

He walk some miles wondering what the fv*k is going on… he finally reach to Lucas house, he knocked on the door, Erika opened it but she looks different, she looks older… Dustin is now more confused… Erika ask him why is he here, he looks at her and ask her; "where is Lucas, i need to talk to him" she let him in and said Lucas is in his room, he enter the house but before he went to the staircase Erika said something, she said "his with his girlfriend right now they probably busy so knocked before you enter, kay"

Dustin looks more confused knowing Lucas and Max broke up, and shes still in coma and Lucas dont have a girlfriend, not that his aware of. He then noded abd go to Lucas room, he knock but notice the door is opened, he enter the room and what he saw left him shock; it was Lucas and El… Lucas hands were around her waist and El's hand are around his neck while they are kissing.

after Dustin saw it, his mind blackout, seeing the woman he love is kissing his bestfriend… all his life, the girl he will always have a crush on will ended up having a crush on Lucas, first there is one back in grade school next was Max and now its El.

El notice Dustin is,there she than pulled away and wave at him and than greet him, Lucas turn at Dustin direction, Lucas also greet him and said; "ibdidnt know your coming here Dust, is there anything i can help with" he smiled but dustin stayed silent… he closed his fist gripping it so hard until his knuckles are white, he looks pale, about to snap.

El notice this she than realized something…Dustin is still in utah, ever since he got a driver licence he always go to utah to visit Suzie… meaning this "Dustin" right infront of them is not their Dustin, but different.

El know this Dustin is about to snap so she step up in the middle and ask this Dustin some question; "how did you get here?" Dustin look at El whos hair started to grow and its curly, he than said how he really got here, El understand it now that this is Dustin alternative version and probably in his universe shes dating him thats why he looks angry when he saw him kissing Lucas.

El explain their are from another universe to Dustin, Dustin is shock and replied; "woah, wait- so how did i got here then and how did this place isnt ruined?" El explain to him that upside down is in between the reality and eternity and nothing is impossible there, she than told Dustin that after killing their vecna she made a wish that what is ruined will be fix and all the gates thar can lead to them to be closed.

(your turn)

(ay ay!)

"Neat. And if you, El-two is able to kill Vecna then my El would be able to do it, too!" Dustin stated, smiling proudly at El, making her smile at her antics.

It was, more than weird, that situation. And it was making him incredibly anxious and maybe a little angry. He wasn't sure how to exactly behave. Logically, he knew that it wasn't his place to say anything. It was a different universe. But at the same time, the urge to say something was huge.

"Man, every El is the best El. Right?" Lucas wiggled his brows and El, and the girl giggled sweetly. And Dustin didn't have to be super smart to realize that it was her behaviour towards the person she romantically loves. This time, his other friend. It hurt more than Vecna's attacks, and yet he couldn't do anything.

"Yeah..." He responded weakly, looking at the little to no space between lover's knees.

El, being older and more mature in this world, realized that right now, Dustin isn't even mad. He's just upset, and as his friend, she cannot bear to see him that sad.

She glanced at Lucas, locking their eyes and telling him with no words that she wants a moment alone with Dustin. It worked. He was the best boyfriend.

"Anyway, I'm going down for so snacks. Be nice, don't look under my pillows or anything." And with that, Lucas left his room, leaving El and Dustin with awkward silence.

"Wanna sit?" El asked, being nice as she always was.

Dustin, still upset, but not wanting El to know that, hopped at the Lucas' previous place, only a little farther than he was, to not make El uncomfortable.

"Funny thing, Lucas' bed from my universe is WAY more comfortable. How can he sleep here?" Dustin babbled something ridiculous, wanting El to stop looking at him with those big doe eyes of hers. It,, it wasn't the right moment.

"Gotta ask him that. I'm not complying." El smiled, but her smile dropped as quickly as Dustin's face changed to a miserable expression.

"Hey, Dustin." El tried again, knowing that this just have to be said. "Are you... Are you dating El from your universe?" She asked softly, noticing how Dustin's expressions keep changing at this simple question, and how he started to fidgeting with his hands.

"Noooooo. I mean, nooooo, why would you think that? She's, She's still with Mike, ya know?" His false smile wasn't even close to his true smiles, and both of them knew it, yet Dustin couldn't make it better.

"So. Do you have a crush on her?" El didn't wait, just asked straight. Because she already knew. Maybe for her younger self it was harder to noticed, but now, as she was older, it was pretty obvious.

But it wasn't her Dustin.

"Pffft, no! Why would I... I, You heard that she's- you are-, my El is dating Mike, right?" He was getting more and more uncomfortable and the need to escape this situation was big.

"Dustin from my universe, used to have a crush on me, you know?" Dustin's eyes widened, hearing that.

"What-"

"Yeah. He told me that, before he left Hawkins. He said that he had a huge crush on me for a few years, and it only disappeared when he met Suzie." She giggled quietly at this memory. It wasn't uncomfortable, just funny, knowing where both of them are right now.

Seeing that Dustin still was comprehending her words, she waited a moment.

"So, maybe you just didn't meet your Suzie yet?" She tried, but one look at his face told her all she needed to know. "Or you did... But it wasn't that, huh?" She said that for him, and he only nodded his head. At this point, he decided that he can be honest with her. For once in his life, he can be honest with someone about his crush. And that person is El from another world, is making it only more bizarre.

"Suzie's a great friend, but we kissed once, and I didn't feel anything, you know. And then I came back from my camp, saw El yelling "welcome home" looking at my face, and all those feelings for her came back. It never disappeared." And it was true.

El from this world, didn't know what to say. How to answer him. How can she even help him. So she thought some more, while Dustin's mind was rewatching his memories with his El.

This El, at some point, thought of something. This Dustin was from another world. And that could mean everything.

And so, she had to try something.

"Hey, Dustin." She tried getting his attention. "I have few questions... If you will?" He nodded.

"Does, does your El always hugs you first when she sees you?" He nodded. "And is she holding your hand where there is danger?" Another nod. "Does she notice all your little changes like..." moment of silence. "...your teeth or new caps?" Dustin nodded, not getting what she's trying to do.

"She does. All of that. Why are you asking that?" His brows furrowed, looking at this El in wonder.

But she just laughed brightly, hiding her smile with her hand.

"Ellll, talk to me! I'm being anxious here! Want to end me??" Dustin dramatised, finally making El calm down, yet still looking at him with a laugh in her eyes.

"Well." She started. "I was like that with Lucas."

"And what does that have- Oh. OH." Dustin finally realized.

That El was behaving like that with Lucas. In a universe when she and Lucas are happily dating together. And his El was doing the same things to him. So that means...

"Oh." He repeated with pink covering his ears and cheeks.

"Yeah." She took one of his hands, and squeezed it. "So, I think that you can have a chance with her. You just have to be patient. And be a good friend. She will need her time, but she will realize."

Dustin squeezed her hand back, and when he wanted to say something back to her, Lucas appeared back in his room with a arms fool of snacks.

" 'm back! Look at this all goodies!"

Dustin and El looked at each other, and burst out laughing. It was light and nice.

It was nice, because Dustin realized that his life maybe won't be as miserable, as he thought.

[jaeminscoffee]

Ineffable.

Ineffable - Too great to be expressed in words.

Pairing - Lee Taeyong x reader

Genre- Pure fluff!

Word count- 2.58k

Warnings- None but please let me know if THIS amount of fluff is cringe or not kselkkd. Also, I'm sorry if this story's dissapointing, my health hasn't been the best so if the storylines not good, let me know :)

Summary- All it took was a couple of smack on his head, water splashed onto his face and being called friend on the first date for him to step out of his comfort zone and confess to you.

You and Taeyong had a really complicated relationship. If you could call it one. 

You're neither friends, nor enemies, neither were you dating. You wish you were but no. 

But still at the end, the two of you always end up paired together, be it projects, going for business trips, being promoted together, you'd basically seen him all day. So it was obvious the two of you spoke. 

Well, you spoke, he'd listen, giggle at your talks, and then say a sentence or two max. You guys would be what people other than your friend group called acquaintances.

Anyone with eyesight would know immediately that you're head over heels for the lad. You made it a little too obvious. Always talking frantically around him, your heart flutters when you hear him laugh, his presence in all just made you giddy. And so you'd always been happy when he'd be paired up with you in everything. 

Your friends basically divided themselves into two groups. One that supported you and pushed you to go confess your love for him, the other being one who ridiculed you for loving a guy that they thought would never like you back. 

On the other hand, Taeyong was just shy. 

Your bubbly persona overwhelmed him. Of course he liked you too, he just needed one smack at the back of his head. Or not because his friends have done it way too many times, yet here he is, just daydreaming scenarios of what he'd do for you if the two of you dated resulting in him not talking much. 

So when Yuta, his friend, poured the tiniest amount of water onto his face and yelled 'BOOMER' at him, he thought it's finally time to make a move. 

A hangout. Exactly what the two of you needed. 

Break time had come to an end, you were walking with Luna to your cabin, when you crossed paths with Taeyong, who was indulged in a conversation with Johnny, another one of his friends from the same department as the two of you. 

"Oh boy, here we go again" Luna spoke from beside you. You look at her, confusion spread all over your face. "huh?" she let out a chuckle, shaking her head, "You've been staring at him long enough for him to look back at you-" she pointed at the direction where Taeyong and Johnny stood with her head, as you turn around to look at him "-but you were so busy devouring his existence to realize that", He waved at you, which you did back but then turned back at Luna, flustered. 

She looked behind you gesturing something to either Johnny or Taeyong, then turned you around and pushed you towards where the boys were, Johnny doing the same with Taeyong as both your bodies collided, gently, but hard enough to send the two of you stumbling back a few steps. 

You hear the other two laugh and walk away, you turn back to send a glare at your friend, but ended up landing on Johnny who winked to that. 

You face your crush, "Hey" you tuck a stray piece of hair behind your ears. He sent you a smile and nodded his head, greeting back. 

"How's your day so far?" you ask him, raising an eyebrow in anticipation. "It's been good, tiring but doable" he ended the answer. Your shoulder slouch down as his answer again ended in a sentence. "What about you? How's yours going" you look up, caught off guard, since this was the first time he's ever asked a question back. 

Okay that's an exaggeration, he did ask questions, but that was a rare occasion. 

"It's good! Tressa spilled her coffee over her documents which got Mr.Kim extremely mad, i finished the final task just a few minutes before break, i was just going to gather my things and head out" you smile radiantly. He smiled at your excitement of finally getting off of work.

There was a second of silence, this time Taeyong being the one breaking it. 

"Could you wait for just a little while? I'm almost done too, so we can head out together" he asked, fidgeting with his hands, a habit he has that comes out of nervousness "If that's too much of a hassle you could go now that's fine too!-" he quickly added after seeing your eyes widen. 

You interrupt, waving your hands in the air in quick motions, shaking your head," No no! It isn't, i could wait" you smile at him, which he returned back with equal enthusiasm. 

-

No longer than 10 minutes later, you and Taeyong made your way towards the elevator, him initiating small talks every now and then, asking questions about you, to which you gave long answers for. 

"-and then Lisa just threw up on him because of how much booze was in her system" you end your story from last Saturday, Taeyong let out a hearty laugh at the ending, sending warmth streaming all through your nerves. 

The door opened at the basement, where his car was parked, "Oh? I took the bus today,I sent my car for servicing yesterday " you say, stepping out. "That's fine! I could drive you" he offered. 

"No no! That'll be a trouble for you! I could just take the bus-" "Please. I'll kidnap you if I have to, if that means you'll ride with me" Taeyong said, smiling widely at you. You giggle at his words, feeling heat rush up your cheeks, as you cup your face to reduce the heat. 

"Alright no need to involve kidnapping here" you say making your way towards his car alongside him. 

Okay Okay Taeyong, be outgoing. Fun to be around. Ask questions. This your chance. 

"Welcome aboard" He said, the second you stepped into the passenger's seat, you laughed at his antics, reaching out to fasten the seat belt. Taeyong beat you to it, reaching over across your body, tugging at the seat belt and fastening it. 

The proximity had blood rush up your cheeks once again, damn it. 

"Safety first!" he said wearing his own seatbelt, starting the car, pulling out of his parking space and out of the basement. 

Once you were away from the building of your work space, you turn to the side looking at Taeyong's side profile, admiring the way the street lights shone upon his face,highlighting the scar on the right side of his face, he's perfect, no doubt. But this slight scar proved he was too, nothing more than just a human. The grip he had on the steering wheel made the veins on his hands more prominent. "So Tae-" "-Y/n" you start at the same time, "Oh you go first" you say quickly, knowing that if you'd stay there admiring Taeyong he'd probably ask you to go first. 

"There's this really good restaurant by the corner in just two minutes and it's really late, so, wanna go grab dinner together?" he said in a breath, looking at you for a split second before turning his focus back onto the road. 

"Oh sure! If though, either you let me pay or we share the bill" you reply excitedly, smiling at the fact that you'd get to spend more time with him. 

"No? Come on, let me pay for the first date-" he stopped abruptly as you look at him with wide eyes, "date.. I like the sound of that" you let out a chuckle as you see him gulp down.

The rest of the car ride, you spoke back and forth, Taeyong replied much better than how he'd used to, you two even jammed to some of the radio music together, eventually pulling over in front of the restaurant Taeyong wanted to take you to.

"Korean barbecue? How did you know I was craving it?" you say, removing the belt and turning towards the driver's seat, to see no Taeyong. 

You jump when the door of your side opens, Taeyong standing there with his hands out, offering it to you. You hit his palm at the extremely cliché action, then held it and stepped out of the car. "Because it's Saturday and everyone craves it on the weekends, now let's go!" he pulled you out of the seat, slamming the door shut and jogging towards the restaurant as you laughed at his sudden bubbliness.

The two of you went and took a seat at the end of the restaurant, it wasn't anything too posh, but it wasn't not too plain either, it was cozy. Taeyong removed his coat and hung it on his chair. And then hurried over to your side and pulled your chair out, you smack his shoulder, to which he grinned and made his way back to his seat. 

"What do you want to eat?" he asked, looking at the menu. 

"The classic, wouldn't want to add any other flavor to the classic" you reply back, looking at the names of different delicacies written on the card, not noticing Taeyong look at you. It's when you set the menu card down that you notice his gaze. You feel yourself starting to blush for the nth time that night. This is the impact Lee Taeyong has on you. One gaze is all it takes and you're completely melted. 

The waiter came in minutes later, took your orders and went back, you just waited, having common talks with the boy in front of you, sometimes drifting into your subspace, maybe fangirling over him way too much from time to time.

"Oh oh I got another one, do you know why Hershey chocolate closed down?" he asked. 

One thing you found out about him is that he's a sucker for pick up lines. "because I'm too sweet?" you giggle as you see a frown forming up on his features "come on, yong, that's a classic try again." 

"Unfair! Even if you know the answer you shouldn't say it!" he whined out, messing his hair, you laughed out loud at how cute he looked and sounded, drawing a few eyes onto the table, which neither of you paid attention to, Taeyong joining along with you with his tiny giggles. 

The food arrived, and you dig in immediately, earning a chuckle from Taeyong as you stuff your cheeks. 

You looked cute.

"Alright this is a tough one, are you my appendix?" he asked, gulping down a decent amount of food. 

"clearly not? why?" you reply, voice coming out muffled. 

"because i have a funny feeling in my stomach that makes me feel like i should take you out" he said, looking at you intently. You start choking due to his reply, to which Taeyong laughed out loud, calming himself, leaning forward to pat the top of your head and pushing your water glass at you.

"Taeyong what in the name of heaven even!" you ask, now you lean forward to hit him as he started laughing again. 

"Hey admit it, that was a good one!" he said, looking at you with his eyes wide as you kept hitting him. 

"Whatever. Eat" You chuckle and turn back to your food, the blood most probably clot on your cheeks through the entirety of the night. 

The both of you finish, getting up from your seats as Taeyong gestured you to wait for him by the entrance. 

He paid for the food, and made his way back to you, with two fruit Popsicles in his hand. 

He handed one over to you, and started walking the opposite direction from where his car was parked. "Yong, it's this way-" you say, standing in the same place. "I know" he simply replied, stopping and turning back around to look at you. "Come on hurry, follow me!" he said and started walking again. You jog to catch up with him. 

You walk in silence for ten minutes, eating the Popsicle he'd bought, shoulder's sometimes brushing past each other. 

"We're here!" he said excitedly, you look up from your feet and stare at whatever Taeyong was looking at, eyes immediately lighting up as you see the calm waters of the river in front of you. 

"Beautiful, right?" he asked, smiling at you as your eyes stayed fixed at the scenery in front of you. 

You hum in agreement, walking towards the railing to get a closer look, Taeyong following suit. 

"Thank you" you said, all of a sudden. 

"Hm? For?" he asked, confused. "Today, it was fun! I guess we can call ourselves friends now right??" you ask, taking your eyes off the river and turning to look at the boy. 

Come on Taeyong, this is your chance. 

"Y/n." he started, you look at him with your eyebrows raised. 

"Friend's is so far off from what you really are to me, Y/n" he said, letting out a sigh and turning to face the river. 

"What do you mean?" you knew exactly what he meant. You felt your heart flutter, beating a little faster than normal, if he would back out now, you'll take a step forward. 

"Oh god how do i do this, I- just.. Okay listen, i like you okay? I really really like you" he said fast, turning to look at you this time. "I thought I made it obvious? How didn't you get even the slightest of hints if my feelings for you?" he said, his eyes furrowed.

"Because, honey you never made it obvious, if anything, you looked like you had no interest in talking to me" you said, laughing and stepping forward, feeling your stomach churn in weird ways, the muscles of your face, starting to hurt from how widely you were smiling. 

"don't mind that! I'm just-just usually like that around everyone-"

"I like you too" you cut him off, stepping forward to get a little closer to the boy.

"-and i felt like, wait what?" he stopped, looking at you with wide eyes. 

"i said i like you too! I think, in fact, I'm in love with you. A little too much" you add, seeing a red hue take over Taeyong's face, as he temporarily looked down, and back at you the shocked expression replaced by an extremely wide smile. 

You two just stared at each other, Taeyong stepping forward with a questioning look on his face.

"Can i kiss you?" he asked, his voice tiny. You laugh in content, and instead of answering him, you walk closer to him, standing on your toes, placing a soft peck on his lips. 

Taeyong let out a chain of giggles, leaning forwards and capturing your lips again, hands going around your waist, yours finding its way around his neck as the two of you smile into the kiss. 

He pulled away first, looking at you with a loving look.

"So i can call you mine from today right?" he asked, his eyes shimmering in the twilight. 

"Only if you tell me one of the best pick up lines you've got" you reply, crossing your arms over your chest watching Taeyong mumble out a 'you know it' and step back, looking you up and down, placing a hand under his chin. 

"I-...damn, I'm sorry you're so beautiful you made me forget my pick up line" he said, looking straight into your eyes.

"Ew Tae, you are such a cheesy man" you say, taking large steps towards him. He reached out to you, snaking his hands around your waist placing another soft kiss on your lips.

"I'm your cheesy man"

[interestsofabookwormbitch]

Season 1 Episode 3

So I'm watching this show online right? Anyways I just noticed the picture in the background has like the entire cast standing there dramatically (as you do) but like, Max is see through. Like there's literally a light shining through him and that makes me nervous.

Fuck why did she say his name. I hate that.

Girl is huge I to science. It's kinda cool? Idk I like that aspect of her. Though I still doubt he's the one that killed Rosa. It's hard to figure out what happened exactly, I'm not gonna theorize much on it either, but it's too obvious for him. There has to be a twist.

Dude, I just want Max and Liz to kiss. Like can we get this situation figured out get these to together, cause like they just should be. Lol

And Kyle, please keep that line of thought, you saying aliens may not be the enemy definitely puts you higher on potentially trust list. Actually I think your trustworthy and will have good intentions, though your connection to this guy is definitely gonna get us in hot water at some point

Wait this guy is Alex's dad? How did I miss that? I'm dumb. I don't like him though.

She uses so many big words, I feel like I barely understand what she says sometimes. Lmao. Also this line of questioning is interesting for sure. I definitely want to learn more about everyone's powers, though I doubt we will here

This awkward....

Trusting her is kinda off right now. Like, don't get me wrong, Liz is definitely good, but she doesn't trust Max, and giving her his full trust is gonna wind up biting him in the ass I feel like. I could be wrong tho. Man I hate lack of communication, even if it is something he feels he has to hide.

Dude Isobel. She didn't actually have feelings for Kyle there.

Ooh. Shot on her relationship. Trouble in paradise? Or is that deflection? Probably both.

Don't fucking turn him in. I'm serious. If I here that suggestion again I'm gonna be mad.

Ooh, keeping a relationship secret. That's not great. This gonna be some conflict.

"If she knows how he's put together she'll know how to dismantle us" (roughly paraphrased. That actually sounds crazy. Like I know it's technically true, but still. These two really are paranoid about Liz, and they have a right to be, but it makes me laugh everytime, idk why.

I roll my eyes at the plan. I don't know it yet, but I roll my eyes

Clues for what?

Ok, so like are they gonna be a thing. I don't want this. I don't like this. This isn't gonna last but still. I'm not feeling this Max and Jenna thing

Exposition on Rosa. I do like her hearts as a sign of her hiding places. It's cool

What the fuck is going on with Rosa. This is kinda fun.

Ah, she's gonna see Max on his date, ugh.

Kinda don't love Isobel right now ngl.

This feels so awkward, like they definitely want to be together but Alex is scared of others knowing? I'm confused why cause they're spinning this little dance right now...

Ooh, what were those papers.

Oh no, I don't like this confontation. This is making me nervous. Ok, nothing was revealed.

Oh. His dad is definitely a dick. I like him less now

Ooh. While I don't like Isobel probing Liz, I do like seeing her powers.

What happened with Rosa? Ok, there's some history there.

They really should stop drinking the nail polish remover like that. Like at least put it in some kind of bottle.

Bitch please. We know nothing is gonna happen with Jenna.

Oh no. Shady business. I don't really mind, but Alex (I nearly Caleb. Man PLL) does.

Just a fiance left behind I like how there's like nothing with him

Why Pisces?

Who's the letter from?

I'm not lving for this. Happy for the interruption, scared what it may mean.

What!? Rosa and Max? That feels off.

Ew. Kyle's mother is not that great gonna be honest. That rhetoric on immigrants is bad

Ok, that makes more sense. Aw that letter's cute.

Ok, this confrontation is happening now. Ok. Cool.

Please let's not worry about his shady business. Does it matter? Really? Like let's move past it...and we're not. Fuck. See I simply can't see why things have to be so complicated. They do care about each other, but they run away.

Ok, I believe Max's story, but there's definitely more there. He definitely didn't kill Rosa, but I need to know more about that night. He's still hiding stuff.

Ok, but like imagine that. Having someone love you that much, literally my dream that'll never happen. Sigh. Oh well, this is messy. As to be expected.

He did not know what he was marrying into completely, but hey, he's supportive.

Aw, her husband is so good. Omg Land Before Time. Aww. That's cute. I kinda feel bad he knows like nothing.

I mean fair she doesn't trust him. I still want to move past that.

Ok, I trust Kyle. I do. He just needs to never speak to this man again and we're cool.

Max... I'm getting worried with this narration going on now.

Did he just cause a black out? Ngl thought that was gonna be way worse than it was. Ok cool.

That took longer than I thought it would. Have to rush to make to weightlifting on time now. Oof.

[beclynn-herondale]

LBOTW Countdown Event: Day 7 - Fluff

Malec- on their days off they cuddle in bed with their Blueberry and just enjoy each other's company

They make pancakes shaped like dinosaurs and for Max and eat them as a family

They play hide and seek and tag with Mac on Alec's day off, the laughter from Max adds 10 years to their life it feels like

They play with Max's stuff animals with him and make funny voices, which makes Max roll over giggling, and makes them melt

Once the night comes and they put Max to bed, Alec and Magnus spend time together doing an activity and then go to bed. That was their life as parents these days, but they wouldn't change it for anything.

Max is the light of their life and keeps them busy, however that doesn't stop people from babysitting Max and them catching some intimate alone time.

But honestly they enjoy spending their days with Max just as much. But the free time is appreciated, it gives them time to work on themselves and their relationship.

On their day off Clary and Jace spend time together playing games *Jace wins often and Clary gets mad, but tries to hide it, cause damnit she was raised a mundane for the first 15 years of her life she should be better*

Clary also requests Jace to read to her, she will close her eyes and just listen to his reading voice that is the most soothing thing to her. When she was stressed his voice was so calming

Sometimes they would watch Max for Alec and Magnus so they could have some time to themselves, they deserved it, they were always working so hard. Max was too precious to not say yes to watching, and hearing him say 'I love you' puts you on cloud 9

Clary loved seeing Jace with kids, he loved kids so much and they loved him, and she always thought he is going to be a good father when they found the time to settle down a little and start a family of their own. Clary hadn't really told Jace about this much yet but she did want to have kids someday. Even more so after Magnus and Alec adopted Max and she saw the light kids bring into your life.

And Jace will give him kisses and it melts her heart and she too will give him gentle kisses on the top of his head.

Izzy and Simon play video games together on their days off and watch Star Wars, Simon had taken it upon himself to make sure Izzy knew a lot about Star Wars.

Izzy was confused by Star Wars at first but now it's one of her favorite things to do with Simon, watching how excited he gets about telling her about, makes her love him more somehow

Izzy gets frustrated when she loses to Simon at video games and yes she has thrown controllers a couple times, but hey losing isn't something the Isabelle Lightwood does

Simon always laughed when Izzy lost cause she was adorable when she was mad, although he didn't appreciate the controller throwing, but hey you can't always win

They will also watch Max when Clary and Jace are busy and Magnus and Alec are busy or Izzy says they need a break, and of course Grandma Maryse helps too. Simon has made sure to educate his nephew on Star Wars as well even though he doesn't seem to understand. Simon can't believe how cute Max is and Izzy often attacks him with Kisses and will just laughs.

(Hopefully you like)( and yes I focused more on Max this time, but I needed more Blueberry content)

Tags - @lbotw-countdown-event

@magnus-the-maqnificent @chibi-tsukiko @sarcasticmalecfan @high-warlock-of-brooklyn @khaleesiofalicante @my-archerboy @littleturtle95 @knittedwhit

[blackfemmecharacterdependency]

BFCD Reviews by Nesha: Summertime on Netflix

This is what I’m gonna do... I’ll be doing more structured reviews later and most likely liveblogging suggested stuff and tagging with “Nesha Watches (Insert Title) for all liveblog posts. For this first review, I won’t be as structured, because I didn’t really plan on reviewing, so this is basically all of my comments to friends @chenoahchantel and @daintyurbanprincess that were made whilst I was watching this show suggested to me by @rbaifzau 

It didn’t take me long to be annoyed with the white boy in this show. It doesn’t take much anyways, but one episode in and I’m over him already. This dude saw her at a party, she got pushed into the pool accidentally, he gave her a dry shirt, and two minutes later tried to kiss her… TF..  

Girl, this bout to be IGNANT...

Chile... She was like, "What are you doing?" And he looked surprised. Like whet. And in episode 2 after having seen her thrice and spoken to her once, he telling his best friend, "I'm pretty sure I like her a lot." I HATE stuff like this. Why did I tell old girl I'd watch this and discuss it with her? 😭

But she like him, so like??? 😭

And her daddy, who we haven't seen yet is presumably a rolling stone. Only one negro in this town and the nigga gotta be probably running around on his wife? 🙄 I'm like, OH, so the one Black man in the show gotta be a rolling stone? And even though his wife is also highly irresponsible as a parent, she's sort of made out to be the victim of his dreams. They never portray Black mothers doing things on their own as victims. That woman was messing up left and right and it's all on her husband not being there, when that's only part of the problem.

Also, if she IS the only present parent and made the decision to do that, she should be doing it instead of leaning on Summer all of the time. 

And she got a close friend that have an obvious crush on her but she seems oblivious. I hate dis

This dude reminds me of Max Theriot. He always looked musty to me. 🤣🤣🤣 He look like him breaf stank. Him and Jack Griffo were working on something where they play soldiers and I absolutely said, "He still look like he stank" when I saw him on Instagram…

This is basically the same mold of dude and it looks moldy and should be tossed out. None for me, thanks.

But, there are moments in this show that's really cracking me up. 🤣🤣🤣 It's like, I feel like I should enjoy it for the messiness of it, but the main characters can be infuriating.

She called him an asshole and he said, "You don't even know me." No duh dipshit. She ain't know you when you tried to kiss her neither. NOR when you was talmbout you like her. 

This girl kissing her friend!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. She's gonna hurt this boy! My Gwad. He finna be discombobulated. 😭😭😭 He all happy today and she don't even see him like that. Lordt.

He walked up and she look uncomfortable AF. Her younger sister is like, "You're being weird." 🤣🤣🤣 Even SHE hip to something. He on the beach talmbout "It's hot today, don't you think?" And took his shirt off. 😭😭😭😭😭😭

I like Summer's friends and feel bad for them because she really didn't treat them kindly. She used Edo whenever she was upset by Ale and then she just completely ditched Sofie on her birthday and didn't even text her or anything. Just had her waiting on her and didn't even apologize. Like, I love that she gets a chance to be human, but being an asshole to the people who you're supposed to be friends with is such an upsetting trope to me.

And the connection between her and Ale is so weird. He comes across as super predatory in the beginning and I don't understand why she liked him in the first place, but also whenever he does something by mistake, she is so angry at him, even though she's been just as inconsiderate when it comes to her friends.

NOW... HE HARASSING HER AT HER JOB. 

WOTTICE DIS HUNNY??? 

Talmbout if she got a boyfriend he'll "take care of him" 😖 After she told him to leave and he said he'd wait for her outside, she asked her coworker, "What do you do to let a guy know you like him back?"

NOW, she went outside and he's there, but her friend showed up to surprise her after work. 🤣 Whoever made this HATES me

He stole a book out her locker and left a card with his phone number. How is this the start of a romance???

OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. FRIEND IS TALKING ABOUT THE KISS...He said it was perfect........

Chile... And she don't even wanna tell their other best friend. Bruh. He said, "What we have doesn't need to be discussed." Summy PLEASE tell this young man...HE TRIED TO KISS HER AGAIN AND SHE SAID, "We just talked about last night's mistake" 😭😭😭

And she done hurt my friend this way, but she worried about Maxface because his mama can't reach him on the phone??? Girl.. go.. girl...

The gag is that she got mad at Ale because she saw him talking to his ex and she had to cover for him at work, but you've now ACTUALLY put your best friend in a bad space. And he ran into her mom and little sister and looked so uncomfortable but kept it short and sweet. These are people he loves. Idk. I feel bad for him and also like she kind of a hypocrite.

That was what REALLY bothered me. I don't expect her to be perfect, by all means. Black girls should be allowed their imperfections and their mistakes, but the fact that she knows what it's like to have the people you love be so absent and that she would treat her friends this way because of one guy who she's only known for a couple of months was disappointing for her character. She could have been written imperfectly without this glaring problem that I don't believe a real person in her position would actually have. 

I think in real life, the girl who raises her sister and basically has to lift her mother up all the time would overextend herself to her friends, but instead, she just leaves them in her dust as soon as she gets some dick. 😭

He is now hanging out with her little sister. 😭😭😭She goes to school with them but she looks tiny. I'm cringing at everything.

BRUH. Like... I can't tell if they're trying to or not, but I wouldn't be surprised because he's cool with the sister too, but they've been friends a while, so I didn't think much of it until Summer hurt him.I thought she liked him earlier, so idk if he is noticing her or I just EXPECT it. 

OAN, this man realized his son had a motorcycle accident on purpose and got mad instead of concerned

At one point, they say he's been riding bikes for 20 years, and whenever his father is mad that he had his accident on purpose (which I'll come back to) he says that he's never made a mistake like that, not even was he was 4, so Ale is AT LEAST 24 and she JUST turned 18. Which is WILD to me, even though at 18 I dated someone who was 23 (he was possessive and abusive, so I have a real suspicion of age gaps). 

But, aside from that - she gets mad at him any time she sees him with his ex when It is perfectly fine to speak with your ex and whenever she did see them together, it was always innocent and she didn't give him a chance to explain.

But then, when he does something questionable, like whenever he tried to kiss her the first day they met, or whenever he came to her job to ask her out and she told him to leave but he said he was going to wait outside (toxic AF and presumptuous) she is fine with those things.

Now, back to Ale's accident. I really felt so bad for him whenever we discover he did this on purpose, because his father is mad, when they should be concerned. His mother says, "You could have died" and he agrees...

How did they not notice that meant that this young man was so disappointed with his life as a biker that he was literally suicidal? They just grazed past it and whenever he vanished on them, there wasn't a huge call to find him,even though he'd just admitted to purposefully filling a possibly fatal mistake.

I'm prepared for nothing but disappointment. ALL these people outta there. Ale's best friend is in love with his ex. 😭 IT'S SUMMER'S 18TH BIRTHDAY. MYNIGGA She really stood her other best friend up to go get some dick on a little ass boat

The little sister shot her shot! 😭😭😭 He told her she's like his little sister and she burnt off mad denna muffugga

This child drunk, walking down the street in the middle of the night without her glasses...

OMG AS I WAS TYPING THAT SHE GOT HIT BY A DAMN CAR

I was really upset by these things coming to light, and also whenever Blue gets hit by a car, because all of the reviews that I've seen on this site have been that it's a cute love story with likable characters, but nobody mentions the problematic content, the dark portions of the story that can be triggering - like suicide and alcohol incidents and literally seeing a young Black girl be hit and run by a car??? 

I wasn't prepared for that shit in a "cute love story." I think that this story is less cute and more dark than people have made it out to be, and that's one of my problems with it. It isn't marketed as a dramatic coming of age story. It's marketed as a romantic comedy, when it is more serious than that and has a lot of issues that should be considered.

The lesbian best friend is in love with her too??????????????????? I. Hate. This.

My favorite person in this whole thing is the lesbian in the background, Irene. And also Dario.

I was entertained a lot of the times. Just heavily confused because I couldn't figure out what the tone was supposed to be. 😁

In conclusion - it's maybe a dark comedy, not a cute comedy, IS a coming of age about a young Black girl who is kind of an asshole, but Black girls should be free to be assholes too. White dudes do it all the time and are valued characters. The dude is weird AF for chasing around this 17 year old girl and he's in his 20s. Idk if that's normal in Italy. It's nasty to me. Their beginning is young people foolishness and there's not much that we see their relationship built upon, but that happens, yanno. You young, tired and silly and some pushy dude makes his move whenever he see you. Slap some discount sex in a dinghy on it and you have this show. I don't recommend it, but a lot of folk loved it, so I guess it did what it meant to do.

[dreams-of-wings]

Impossible (7/8)

Imagine Billy Hargrove with a Mixed/Biracial SO

Warnings: SEASON 3 SPOILERS, Swearing, mild violence, angst.

The rest of the week flies by, with Billy weaning himself away from hanging out with Tommy and Carol and more to hanging out with you.

Billy actually learned a couple things that just barely helped him scrape by on his tests.

You passed with flying colors of course.

Now y'all are in the "real world"

Billy snags a summer job as a life guard.

You got a job at the hospital as a patient escort (the hours ain't bad, and it pays good).

You visit Billy at the pool sometimes, and you both still hang out on weekends.

Tommy and Carol don't hang around him anymore (because popularity status from high school no longer matters).

You're trying to help Billy move out of his house, but getting a place of your own isn't easy, so you manage to convince your parents to let him move in with you guys.

He has to stay in the guest room and pay rent though, obviously.

Billy still hasn't moved in yet though because he wants to save a bit of money before he has to worry about paying bills.

It's a smart idea and you support him.

For the most part your Summer is just working, hanging out with friends after work, and juggling the kids (Will, Dustin till he goes to summer camp, Mike, Lucas, and Max. You don't worry about Eleven because she isn't really allowed out of her house).

One day when the kids are all hanging out at your place, Billy walks in and treats the place like he lives there.

Just walks in grabs the milk from your fridge and makes himself a bowl of Cereal, before sitting in a stool by your kitchens island.

Thay all just kinda stare at him for a moment in silence.

"What?"

"Nothing!"

Billy just rolls his eyes and finishes his bowl before getting up to go to the bathroom.

"Ah, ah! Put it in the sink!" You just happen to walk past to grab something from your parents room.

He doesn't fuss, throw a fit, or even act remotely annoyed. He just back tracks and put the bowl in the sink, filling it with warm water before continuing on his way.

Once you both are out of ear shot, Lucas mentions how he's glad the two of you are dating, because Billy's gotten a whole lot better. He's still an ass, but old Billy would have tried to scare the shit out of the kids for fun just for staring at him. New Billy was just annoyed.

Max acts like she's disgusted, not at the idea of the two of you being together, but just because Billy is her brother and she's just grossed out by the thought of him with anyone really.

"They are not dating!"

"They totally are, did you not see the way they just interacted!" Mike is whisper yelling.

"Yeah, it was actually kinda..." Lucas shrugged and looked at Mike.

"Domestic," Mike found the word Lucas was looking for.

"Nu-uh! Billy's just moving in, so he should know house rules by now." Max tried to justify what just happened, rolling her eyes and crossing her arms, before sitting back into the couch with a huff.

"That statement really doesn't help your case."

"Trust us, they're dateing."

"Who's dating?" You walk in just then.

"No one!" "Mike and Eleven!" "Max and Lucas!" They all had conflicting answers to your question.

You just raised a brow in confusion at them.

At that moment Billy steps out with his red duffle bag and heads out for work, "Forgot I left my stuff here the other night," he explains as he passes you to the door.

The kids all look at each other, 'The other night?'

"Okay, there's leftovers in the fridge!" You call as he opens the door.

Billy pauses again and backtracks, closing the door, going to the fridge, and opening it. He paused for a moment as if searching, and then he pulls out a Tupperware container with last night's dinner in it, before putting it in his duffle and heading out again, "Thanks," he opens the door, "See you later!"

"See you!" You turn and look back at the kids, "Sorry, what were you saying?"

They kinda just stare at you gobsmacked.

"Nothing."

The kids actually make it there mission for a while to prove to Max that the two of you are together, but all they succeed in doing is getting caught and threatened by Billy to "Fuck off" and "take your sick jokes elsewhere." He doesn't appreciate peeping toms, especially when they're peeping at him.

Still kinda the same old Billy, just much less dramatic.

You notice something's up with Billy though after he gets attacked by the Mind Flyer.

He seems paranoid, tense, and almost bipolar.

You ask him constantly about it when you see him, and at first he tells you its nothing.

You thought his dad found out about him trying to leave because now he doesn't come around your house anymore.

You still see him at the pool, and he'll stop by, but he never stays.

He becomes awkward in conversations, like he's there, but not completely.

You wonder if he's depressed.

Then he starts avoiding you all together after Heather goes missing (of course you didn't know that she'd gone missing).

When you manage to corner him at the pool, Billy seems to revert back to his old High School self.

He's rude and tells you he wants you to stay away from him.

You're honestly really hurt now because you've made so much progress.

He was supposed to be moving in for gods sake.

Little do you know he's just trying to protect you.

You're the last person he wants to hurt.

He's already hurt one of his coworkers.

He almost hurt Mrs. Wheeler.

But you don't know about her.

When the kids try to spy on Billy, your house is the first place they go to.

Max has been sleeping over at Elevens house the past few nights, so she doesn't know he's been actively ghosting you.

"I dont know, he's avoiding me."

They of course thought that was weird, just a few days ago he seemed so comfortable in this house and around you, and suddenly he's giving you the cold shoulder?

"Did you guys get into a fight?" Max is concerned now because she's really hoping Billy is not the host. They're looking for Billy to do very un-Billy things as proof, and this- thus us very un-Billy.

"No, one day he was fine, then the next he acts like he doesn't want to talk to me if he doesn't have to, and now he's avoiding me all together!" You're actually getting very frustrated now.

"Do you guys know something? Did something happen? Is Billy okay?"

"No nothing," You still dont know about what's been going on the past year or so. You weren't there when they caught off the Demigorgon and you weren't there for the fall of the Mind Flyr either. They had to keep it a secret, "Max just noticed he hadn't been around you lately."

"Friends don't lie," Eleven doesn't like that they were hiding Billy's life being in danger. If something happens to him, you would be hurt, and it would partially be their fault for not telling you the truth.

They try to keep Eleven quiet.

Spoiler, it doesn't work.

So they have to tell you everything that's happened since Will disappeared.

You didn't believe them at first of course, but then Eleven shows you her powers and you start to second guess yourself.

It would at least explain Billy's sudden odd behavior, and why Will acted strange after he returned.

Of course you had always blaimed it on PTSD since you didn't know what the kid had truly been through.

Now you see it's much worse than you could have imagined.

So now your in on the madness.

The next place the kids go is the pool.

Shocker, he's there.

"Its too hot outside to be wearing a long sleeve," is your contribution to their debate on whether or not Billy seems like Billy right now.

"True, but light color cloths make it a bit cooler."

Also true.

None of you could see from this distance, that Billy us sweating buckets right now.

But at least the sun isn't hitting him directly, so he skin won't burn and give him another lesion.

The boys are talking about their plan, but your too lost I thought watching Billy to notice them leave you, Max, and Eleven behind.

It was odd to think that this person you were watching wasn't really Billy. He looked like Billy, but he didn't act or think like him.

When the boys come back then fill you in on the plan.

For the most part you're just hiding with Max, but you will come in handy if the real Billy is still in there somewhere.

You show yourself alongside Max.

Billy pauses for a second, like his mind is trying to comprehend that you're a part of this.

"Why?" He actually looks vulnerable and his voice sounds broken, till it slowly contorts into a look of anger and he starts banging o the door.

Your a little unnerved.

And your having flashbacks from back in High School when you and Billy still didn't get along.

He doesn't understand why this is happening to him.

Everything was going great.

He had a job.

He was working on getting out of his father's house.

And he actually felt like he had someone he could trust.

Then you had to go and do this to him.

That's when it occured to him.

He's been treating you like shit these past few days.

And he's done terrible things

Maybe he deserves this.

That's when he screams in frustration, anger, and sadness, before he starts sobbing.

"Its not my fault...."

"Please."

"I'm sorry."

"I didn't mean to."

He's pleading to you and Max with a broken voice and a broken spirit.

For once Billy looks the way he's always felt on the inside.

Desperate, alone, and afraid.

"I'm sorry for the way I treated you."

"It's not my fault, I promise you."

You're the first to approach the door, and Max follows right behind you as she begins to question Billy.

"He made me do it."

When Max questioned him about who "he" was and what "he" made him do, Billy seemed to retreat into himself more.

The sight broke your heart.

After high school, Billy seemed better, and after he started slowly getting away from his father he actually seemed more confident- and not that fake ass peacocking he didn't in school either, like actual confidence.

But now he was fighting something he couldn't get away from.

He slowly lays down on the floor and continues to beg and plead.

He can't even say what he's done.

You almost open the door, till Mike and Eleven stop you.

Your almost on the verge of tears.

"He's my friend....."

"That's not Billy," Mike says sternly.

"He's hurt," you're trying to get them to let you open the door.

But you stop when Will tells you he can feel "him."

Mike backs of first and tells you and Max to get away from the door.

You're confused at first, but you see Billy just as he comes for the window with the piece of tile.

You push yourself away from the door, and take Max with you, saving her from being hurt by the thing posing as her bother.

When Billy manages to get out and starts hurting the kids, you call out to him.

He stops to look at you and you can see the real Billy in his eyes and in his lip that quivers slightly at the edges.

When El starts throwing him around the room all you and Max can do is hold eachother.

Billy had changed, and you all had gotten so close, and now you have to watch someone you have come to love get hurt.

It breaks your heart to see how desperately he wants to fight this thing. He's always tense, like he's trying to hold his body back, and the tear that trails down his face tells you that again, he's so sorry for what he's doing right now.

You're relieved when he runs off because it means that he can't hurt the kids, and they can't hurt him anymore.

Max is glad she at least has you with her.

Sure she has Lucas, but her friends never really liked Billy, so they don't understand why she cares so much.

You go to the hospital with the kids when Nancy and Jonathan take them along.

You pose as Mrs. Driscoll's grandchild as well.

It was terrifying seeing a pile of gore come to life and chase your friends down.

After you all got back to Eleven's house, you can't stop pacing up and down, and you're just making Max more on edge.

I mean who could blame you though.

Those guys at the hospital who turned to mush were under that monsters control, so what was keeping it from doing the same thing to Billy?

What if he dies a horrible painful death? And you can't be there with him?

Max tries to reassure you that everything will be alright.

After all, they've beaten this thing before.

Though it does sound more like she's trying to convince herself more than she is trying to convince you.

You sit down when Max and Mike get into an argument about Eleven. Honestly, after the night you've had, you've just realized how physically, emotionally, and mentally drained you are. You didn't even think you've slept in almost 24 hours - the kids came to your house, you went with them to the pool, you watched Billy till the end of the day when his shift ended, trapt him in the sauna (mind you it was already dark when the Sauna Test went down), craziness happened, went to Eleven's place so she could find Hopper and they could fill him in on what's going on (because apparently the Sharif is in on this madness too), and that's when Nancy and Jonathan arrived with their information on Mrs. Driscoll, and now your here.

Maybe it's been a little more than 24 hours... Perhaps you should lay down...

Meanwhile, Billy is off doing God knows what.

He's trapt in his own mind - completely aware of what's happening but he's unable to do anything about it.

This monster has taken control of him from the inside and the first few days it at least seemed like he had some semblance of control - like he was driving and the monster was sitting in the back seat telling him what to do. Of course at that point he didn't have to listen, but then it started showing him things. It migrated to shotgun and started messing with the steering wheel.

Now it just feels like it's in the driver's seat, but he's bound and gagged in the back passenger seat where he can at least see everything.

It was hard hurting those kids. He had promised Max he would never hurt her friends again, and honestly, because of you he and his little sister had grown closer, and he's actually been relatively happy. He had just been starting to think that maybe, just maybe, Hawkins wasn't so bad and he could stay.

Then shit hit the fan.

He had never seen you so afraid of him in the time he has known you. Not even when you both didn't get along in high school. Back then, you had more of a rebellious fire in your eyes, and no matter what he did to try and snuff it- to make you afraid of him, it only seemed to feed the fire. But back in the sauna...you looked petrified, unsure, on edge, afraid.

Ironic how now that he desperately wants to protect you and Max, you're both can't trust him.

Why is he like this?

Why does he always screw things up?

His mom left him.

His dad hates him.

He was a fuck up all throughout school.

He had shitty friends who, let's be honest, weren't really even his friends.

He hurt- maybe even indirectly killed his coworker.

He almost killed Karen. Oh God, Mrs. Wheeler. He regrets trying to get her to meet him at the hotel. He doesn't even have feelings for her - he just thought she was hot and wanted to get laid, and by an older woman at that. In fact, he had been on his way to meet her when he was attacked.

And now he's probably lost you and Max.

He feels utterly and terribly alone.

When you wake up, it's to the sound of El screaming. She's freaking out because of the vision she just had of talking to Billy.

The conversation about what she just saw was very sobering. You are wide awake now that the possibility of death looms over you, and the sound of screeching from the approaching monster in the distance doesn't help.

It found you.

You all get the house ready - shut the windows, close the blinds, block off possible openings and stand back to back.

You would feel much safer in a basement.

When it comes through the windows, you help Jonathan fight it off to the best of your ability, but you both end up getting thrown around the room.

Thank whatever supernatural being put El on this earth, because you all would have died without her.

Fast forward to you all going to Starcourt Mall

You help Eleven walk because she's injured, and since Steve isn't here, you're mom now.

Apparently everyone was somehow already on to fishy stuff happening? But what do Russians have to do with anything?

You're so worried about El, that bite looks bad. Like, infected bad, but it can't have been more than an hour or two since she got it, so it can't have progressed that quick.

You know something isn't right.

And you are proven correct when you see something wriggling around in the wound.

Props to El, for being so strong when Johnathan tried to remove that nasty thing, and then removing it herself.

They would have had to knock you the fuck out first if that were you- all the nope.

You all know what happens.

Part 8 will hopefully be the end. Idk we'll see, maybe I will get carried away and make it too long and then their will be 9 lol.

Like I did with this imagine. It was only supposed to be one part, but here we are going on 8.

I apologize for this part following season 3 so closely. As you all can tell I like to at least try and make my own content so it doesn't just feel like you're reading the show, and I think my struggles reflect on this part a bit. I have seen season 3 at least 4 times now because I was trying to find a way do this without just basically rewriting the season with the reader patched into it, but it was either this, have the reader just kinda loose contact with Billy and then find out he's "dead" (my denial is showing), or have reader become one of the flayed (let's be honest, not much would probably go on there). Plus this option has the most angst I feel.

Hope y'all are ready for the angst in the next part.