#UHG THAT LAST GIF

[share-the-damn-bed]

JANCY & lyrics || twist of fate - olivia newton john (S2E9)

Love is what we've found The second time around

[factual-fantasy]

I got 26 asks for ya’ll, sorry they’re a bit late!

..Bruh. Where have you been for the last 4 months?? Scroll down on my blog for like 3 seconds. You’ll find dozens of posts talking about my FNAF AU. How I’ve spent weeks rewriting the timeline, how certain comics aren’t canon anymore, how I’m working on my Recap/Repair project WHICH MIND YOU, part 1 is the most recent post I’ve made.

Also I will give Gregory any story that I want, thank you very much.

Hey, buddy. Listen, you’re up here at a 10 right now, I’m gonna need you to come down to at least a 4, okay?

Also I hate to burst your bubble, but If you want a faithful interpretation/version of Vanessa? You don’t want my blog.

Ah, sorry. I don’t do commissions no.. Thank you though!

AU comes first, movies later lol

Awe, thank you! I did my best! :} Also I don’t have a jester Anon, feel free to take the title!

Uhg. That’s really frustrating. But I actually heard word that he finally took them down. I never checked to confirm but its a nice thought. Also thanks for letting me know!

@elegysonnet​

Thank you so much! Also I don’t think I’ve actually seen any Don Bluth movies.. or if I have I didn’t know they were made by him-

@sunnysshanty

Thank you so much! Also nooo, sorry. Those game’s events don’t happen. I built my AU mostly on games that I myself have played/ones I know a lot about. <:/

@readeren​

I haven’t actually thought about it too much. Just figured eventually they’d meet and hit it off-

@jyalynn​

<XD I’ll do my best! Thank you for the reminder,

@quillsinkwell​

Awww, you’re too kind. Thank you so much!

@mishishiwritings​

Holy cow, that far back?? Man, well, I apologize for the completely unhinged content you were subjected to- <XDDD

But also thank you so much! Hearing that I have such an old fan is really cool! And your patience and support for my project means the world! 

@aberrant-winter​

Thank you! I’m so glad you like them! :DD

aaaa thank you so much!!! Same to you! :DD

@mynameisdoofthelizardandamlesbi​

WOOOOOOOOOOOOO MAYHEMMMM

@chickenmilk120​

Does being glued to the couch for 8 hours because of being in a constant state if dizziness count as a break? :D If so, back to work I go weee!!

@cherrycreamfairy​

AAAAA that’s so cool! Having no dead kids in the story is really refreshing! (something I never thought I’d type-) Also I love their designs! Especially Foxy’s, seeing him so tall is different to me, but cool! XD 

XD You can always count on me to jump fandoms at the perfect time! Also oh man, that’s a tough one. I’m really torn between Engineer and Soldier.

On one hand you have Engineer. He has so many things I love in a character. He’s a tough Texan that has a healthy dosage of southern hospitality. He has total dad vibes. I love the way he interacts with the other characters as well. Like in Expiration date, taking off his helmet to show some respect to his team as he gave them the grim news. Also being mostly gentle about how he worded the news as well. He spent what he thought was his last 3 days on Earth, helping Medic to try and find a cure, overall just working in his last hours to try and help his team. Even when it should have been pretty hopeless.. Also the way he bursts into the room, “Guys! Hey, Fellas! Listen! Its just bread that gets tumors! :DD” Tossing his arms over Soldier and Medics shoulders and smiling with them, UHG he’s so cool.

I also love all the headcannons people have made about his character. A lot of people, me included, like to think that engineer cooks breakfast for the team sometimes. Eggs, Bacon, pancakes, you name it. I also love the thought that after a rough battle, where they lost and the whole team is cranky and aching. Engie goes out and fires up the grill and makes everyone some good food as a pick me up. Burgers and hotdogs, shish kabobs and sandwiches, just MAN. Such a fun idea and such an awesome character. 

His design is also really fun to me. Overalls and googles, with a hard hat that’s slightly crooked. And of course his wicked gunslinger that’s kept under wraps. Not sure why he covers it up, its awesome! ALSO His dialogue in the game is a real hoot, I also like his GAME PLAY. Although I’m a pretty lousy Engineer myself, I love the idea of being able to support my team the way he does. People can fall back and be fully protected by the Engineer. A sentry to keep you safe, a dispenser to replenish your ammo and health. And a kind hearted man to pat you on the shoulder and say, “You alright son? Here, take a seat for a while. You can get back out there when yer ready. I’ll keep an eye on you till then.” like OUHG, so much fun. I absolutely adore everything about his character.

On the other hand, there’s Soldier. He is so unbelievingly stupid, so mind blowingly absurd, and so incredibly big hearted and ridiculous. His antics and overall hilarity have brought me to tears multiple times and never fail to make me smile.

I don’t think I have a super gushy, character analysis-y reason why I like him so much. He’s just really funny, his character is so fun and ridiculous and he always makes me laugh. So that’s why its so hard to pick between Engie and him-

Sorry, I dumped that comic long ago.. but who knows? Maybe someday I’ll feel inspired and come back to it. My hyper fixations have been known to be quite unpredictable-

I straightened up and got 3 water bottles, I hope you’re proud of me! :}

Thank you so much!! :DDDD

@jellycreamjammedart​

BIBI IS THAT YOU?? WHERE ARE YOUR CLOTHES-

Oooo, that’s so interesting!

Meanwhile there’s me who has completely deleted her from my brain and refuses to acknowledge her existence- XDDD

All I’m hoping for is that they make it scary.

I want little kids to come into this movie chanting “FNAF! FNAF! FNAF! :DD” And run out screaming and crying moments later.

FNAF at its core, is a disturbing story. With gruesome themes and horrible tragedies and disgusting people. It is not meant for kids. I feel like FNAF recently has been really dumbed down and kid-ified. Which makes me kind’a sad..

I tried not to let that rub off on my AU. It may be light hearted for now, but the truth about the past and the disturbing story of William will not be buried for long..

Thank you for the reminder, I’ll do my best!

Awe, thank you! Once my Recap/Repair is done I gotta get around to drawing some of them!

[someone-who-loves-kpop-saranghae]

✧⁠*⁠。a game afternoon with Ateez

Genre: Fluff

Pairing: Ateez x Reader

Warnings: None

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You were bored. Very bored. You were sitting in your room, staring at the wall. 'Uhg what should I dooooo' you thought. Then you heard someone shouting something, you didn't understand a whole sentence properly but you heard the word 'fun' and went to the door. "How did I get here? Ahh nevermind" You said and went to the living room where the other eight boys were. Well, you stopped at the door, staring at the things in front of you.

"Woow..." was the only word that left your mouth.The room was full. And not that there were many people, only the eight Ateez members, there were so many activitys. (Sorry I described it but the text got deleted and I'm lazy🫠) And in the middle of all these things there were eight boys with a proud look on their faces. "Y/nahhh look what we didddd" San said. "You did awesome job! Bit why'd you do this?" you asked curiously. "We were bored" Jongho said and smirked.

"Woow... Well, same" you replied and smiled at the boys. "Great!" Yeosang was happy. "Then let's play a gameeuuuu" he said. "What game Sangie?" the captain asked. "Let's play UNO for the start." the pretty boy said. (I'm sorry, they're all prettier than Heaven 🥹🥺) Everybody agreed. You sat between Yeosang and San and you all enjoyed the time together. After like 10 minutes you placed down a +4 card. "YAHHHHH i was going to win!' San gave you an angry but playful glare.

He layed down his one card on the table and reached his arms for you. He wrapped one arm around your upper body, pinning your arms on it and started to poke all over your midsection with his free hand. "AAAAAAHHHahahaha Saniehehhehe nahaahhahaah" you squirmed and tried to escape the cute devil while the other members just laughed at you or blushed. "I'll just make you regret it" San pouted. Then he dig his fingers in your hips and you squirmed and squealed more. "AAAAHAHAHHA noohohoho moohohohore I'm sahhahhaharyyyy pleasehehe" you begged BUT he didn't mind. Just until Wooyoung attacked San himself and squeezed his side to get him let you go. San squealed and fell over in Wooyoungs lap, a giggly mess. *😭*

Wooyoung laughed and slapped his arm, then he pushed San into a sitting position where said boy took his card and then four new cards too. "Green" you said as Wooyoung asked what colour you wish. You put you feet in Yeosangs lap and continued the game. Like other 10 minutes later you had another +4 card. But you wanted to win and it was you second last card. So you put it down, now Yeosang had to take four new cards.

"YAAAAAHHHHH" he also yelled. But his plans were much more evil. He locked your feet with one leg but you didn't mind it. You continued to play when Yeosang suddenly placed a single finger in your sole. You tried to pull your feet back but he locked them. You now tried to comunicate with him but he didn't even look at you. His finger traced a line up and down your sensitive sole and you curled your toes. Then he lighly scribbled on your feet and you were giggling and giggling. And he didn't stop for the rest of the game, only to take a card, and then continued.

And you were a giggly mess the whole game long. And the rest of the game was like 20 minutes bcz you were so many people. (fuck what did I write I'm so flustered rn🫠) At the end of the game Yeosang won. And as he finally, FINALLY stopped, you layed down exhausted. You tried to catch your breath again. But San had enough energy to be pouty that he didn't win and went over to Yeosang to punish him.

Said Guy was standing randomly in the room and San back hugged him. Then he took light kisses on his neck and Yeosang leaned forwards to escape Sans lips. But San also clawed over Yeosangs tummy now and Yeosang laughed as soon as he started. He barely managed to stand, only bcz San was still holding him. He laughed and laughed and only stopped after like 5 minutes of San punishing him. San opened his arms and Yeosang fell on the floor, still giggling.

San smirked and went to Wooyoung while you went to Yeosang to help him stand up. He took your hand and stood up. "Guysss let's play Nintendo nowww" Mingi said. "Yeahhhh" you shouted and Everybody agreed.

You decided to play mario card and choose the Teams. It was You, Wooyoung, San, Yunho and Seonghwa VS. Jongho, Mingi, Yeosang and Hongjoong. Your team chose Wooyoung and Yunho to play vs. Jongho and Hongjoong.

The game was pretty well for your team, Wooyoung and Yunho won. For the second round there were San and Seonghwa vs. Yeosang and Mingi. San and Yeosang won, Mingi and Seonghwa lost.

So it was 3:3. The last round would decide the final winner, so it was you vs. Yeosang.

You tried your best and you were better than Yeosang but suddenly you felt two sneaky hands poking your sides from behind and you lost your focus. You squirmed and tried to focus again but those hands were so ticklish you couldn't stand it.

Only a few meters before the finish line, you were like 10 meters before Yeosang, Someone scribbled your sides up and down under your hoodie and you couldn't stand the ticklish Sensation. You fell back to protect yourself, exploding in giggles. Your avatar immediately stopped and Yeosang took his chance and won. "Nohohohoho stahahahahap he woohohohon" you begged to the unknown ler. He stopped and Jongho pulled you in his lap, rubbing the ghost tickles away.

You playfully poke him in the tummy. "That wasn't neccecary!" You pouted. "It. Was. You. Were. About. To. Win." He smirked and with every word he gave you a poke where ever he could reach. "Yahhhaha" you giggled and stood up to escape the evil maknae.

"Not my fault that Yeosang is that bad at gaming" you smiled innocently. "YAHH" The introverted singer jumped up and ran to chase you. "Ahhhhh" you shrieked and ran through the room to escape the green haired boy.

But - surprise - he was way faster than you and chased you after only like two minutes of you two running through the whole appartment. He wrapped his strong arms around your waist and lifted you up as if you were a feather. Then he carried you - you were very squirmy - back to the living room and shook you to the left and right. You giggled nonstop and tried to apologize but he had so much fun, he was just as giggly as you.

"Ahahahah Yeosaaaaaang staaahahahp I'm sahaharyyyyyyyhyhhy" "Nahahha you're NOT!" he said and held you - not shaking anymore - and bite you into the neck. "Aaahahhaahah" you flinched bcz it was surprising ticklish. "What was that~ " he teased. "Are you maybe..." he did it again. "Nohoho Yeosangggg staahahhap I'm really sohohohryyyyy" you begged but he found it funny to nuzzle and bite in your neck before letting you go.

"Ahhhh" you groaned, rubbing your neck. "Okay, now that Sangie is done, what do u want to play next?" Wooyoung asked everyone. "Let's play Twisterrrrr" San said.

"YEEEEHAAAW" Seonghwa shouted. Everyone gave him a very suspicious look ... Expect ... Hongjoong who was giggling his heart out about this DAMN cute reaction. You all fell in his laughter and soon you all had laughed your ass off.

Only Seonghwa pouted a bit. "It wasn't that funny :( " he said. "Ihihihit was" Hongjoong said and lightly poke him into the side to cheer him up. A smile formed on his Hyung's face and the big group moved to the Twister game.

"Okay Teams deciding!" Seonghwa ordered. You decided to go with You, Jongho, Wooyoung, Seonghwa and Hongjoong vs. Mingi, Yeosang, Yunho and San.

The Twister game was extra big since it was designed for 8 people. The first round was You, Seonghwa and Jongho vs. Yunho, Mingi and Yeosang. You all stood around the game plate, getting ready for the first round. Hongjoong turned the wheel for you.

"Y/n left foot Yeosang" You went to the matching side and took your left foot on Yeosangs paper-face.

"Yahh...~" Yeosangie whined.

-15 minutes later-

Struggle. You were struggling to keep your body stretched, not falling down. There only were Yunho, Jongho and you left. Jongho had an easy position, he was just like sitting bcz his feet and hands were on four points next to each other (two in one row, two in the next row) but you and Yunho were struggling bcz you were like standing into each other.

One of your hands was between Yunho's, his leg was next to your head, and your head was under his chest. But your back was exposed, directly peeking out under Yunho's.

San was walking around the tree of you, Hongjoong was still turning the wheel. "Y/n right hand Seonghwa" he said. You searched for a Seonghwa and found one directly under your chest. You lifted your hand and put it on the Seonghwa face under you.

But then you felt a pole in your side and struggled to keep still. But you even managed to keep silent! (Cheers) But you flinched. You looked back and saw San smirking down at you.

'Oh no' you thought but he was yet not doing anything. Yunho now had to move an arm directly next to yours, under your torso.

But THEN San started to claw over your ribs and sides, up and down, over your tummy and hips too. You really tried. (Y'all did you watch the tword moment where Woo tworded Yeosang in the twister game to make him loose? Imagine it like this)

But you failed. "Ahahhaah nhooohohho stoohohohop it's enough pleahahahse" but he showed no mercy AND you were easier to cheat on than Jongho. He was good in revenge. Way too good.

Well, the sunshine reached his goal and you fell down. But what he didn't expect was that you fell on Yunhos arm and took him accidently down with you. So you both fell down, holding each other.

"Noooooo" Mingi, Yeosang and San shouted, while Hongjoong, Jongho, Seonghwa and Wooyoung cheered and partied. "Yassssss well done Y/n!!!" Woo said and took your hand to help you stand up.

As you were on your feet again, you took Yunho's hand to help him. The second round was Hongjoong, Wooyoung and Jongho vs. Mingi, Yeosang and San.

It went good, Yeosang's team won bcz this time Yunho tworded Wooyoung to make him struggle. And it worked ~

At this time it was 8pm. "Y'all should we order some food?" you asked. "Yeah sure! What about Pizza?" Jongho asked. "I lOvE pIzZa!" You shouted and the others too.

Honjoong ordered nine pizzas for you and they said it will be delievered in 30 minutes. The boys looked at each other and went into Seonghwa and Hongjoong's room to talk about something.

"Hey what are you doing now?" you asked curiously. "No- Nothing Sweetheart" Mingi answered and you pouted as they all went in and left you out. You went to the sofa and turned on the TV as you were bored now, and pouty.

You changed the programm to a K-Drama you were currently watching. This calmed you down a bit.

After exactly 30 minutes the door bell rang. You did not react, you were too focused on the drama. You heard Woosan going down to get the pizzas and Seonghwa and Hongjoong came to the sofa, placing themselves on each side of you, Seonghwa on your right, Hongjoong on your left.

"Hey, what are you watching?" the tiny leader asked. "Nothing" you simply responded. You pouted again. "Are you seriously mad at us for leaving you out?" Hwa asked. "Yes" You said.

"Ohhh c'mon we're sorryyyyy" he said, lightly shaking your shoulder. "Nooo" you said.

"Yessss" Hongjoong said and started to squeeze your knee. "Yahaahha noohoo stoohoohooop" you tried not to laugh but you failed (a bit ...?) Seonghwa smirked, checking Hongjoongs plan.

He dug his fingers - out of all sudden - into your hips, making you squirm like a madman. "NAAAAAAHAHA STAAHAHAHAP" you screamed as your worst spot was attacked. "I'M SOOHOHOHORY I ACCEEHEHPT YOUR APOOLGIE AHAAHAHAHA" you screamed and they switched to only light twording, Seonghwa scribbling and clawing over your right ribs, sides and tummy and his bandmate scribbling, spidering and clawing over your left midsection.

They nearly destroyed you with those soft twords and you really enjoyed these. You were so soft for those big babies. "Ahaahhahahaha" you giggled and grabbed a pillow to burry your face in.

They only heard your muffled laugher but they found it adorable.

They tworded you for minutes, until Yeosang came to rescue you. He sat behind his elder Hyung and tworded Hwa back, so he fell behind, being a giggly mess and you were able to escape and tword Hongjoong back.

At least a bit until he ran away and hid under the table. You squeezed his side softly but he jumped back and ran away. Yeosang had stopped to tword his Hyung and said Singer jerked away from him, wiping his tears away. Your heart melted. (fck how can humans be that cute 😭 i always thought babies are cute but i say aww mich more often watching ateez/ kpop in general as watching children🥲😭😭)

But Seonghwa ran after Hongjoong and took him away from the table. He carried his tiny leader in his strong arms and was biting softly into his tummy, what made Joong giggle so much. (why can I imagine this so well😭)

"PIZZA IS HEREEEEEE" Wooyoung and San shouted and everyone went to the table. Woosan put the nine pizzas on it and sat down, just like Yeosang, Yunho, Jongo, Mingi, Hongjoong.

Seonghwa and you looked at each other and rolled your eyes. Then you went in the kitchen and carried pizza cutter, coke bottles and sprite to the table, as well as tissues. After you ate, it was 9:38 pm and you were tired and exhausted by the twording and the games.

So you all together decided to watch a movie together and then go to bed. You didn't matter about what movie you're gonna watch, but Hongjoong was passionate about the last Avengers part so you turned on this one. You all made yourself comfy on the couch and gave everyone crisps and gummies.

You leaned against Mingi, who wrapped an arm around your shoulders and held you. Then he softly moved his fingers up and down your shoulder, but it was so sleepy and comfy and SOFT that it still tickled, but it was bareable and you liked it. And it made you so sleepy...

- Next morning -

It was so comfy. Where ever you were. No, seriously, you didn't know. But you felt something warm on your side. You opened one eye and realized that you were in Mingi's room, cuddling with Mingi himself.

He was still sleeping, but he has wrapped one leg around your's, one arm under your head and the other was laying on your waist. You smiled and hugged him back and closed your eyes again.

Your head was replaying the last evening and you realized that it has been one of the best days of your life. You smiled more and fell back asleep again.

Later you woke up by a weird feeling on your skin. Someone was clawing over your tummy. Your head checked it and you softly exploded in giggles and tried to make those hands go away. You finally opened your eyes and saw Yunho sitting next to you, smiling softly down at you.

Mingi was still hugging you ,but he was awake now, smiling brightly in awe as he found you so cute. "Awwww~ Good morning sweetheartie" he said and Yunho stopped.

"C'mon, breakfast! It's 1pm btw" he laughed and told you two to hurry up. Mingi and you laughed together and went to the others to have your breakfast.

✿End✿

A/n: Okay That's it... I really hope you like it 💕 I was a bit flustered writing it bcz i still feel insecure about it but thank you for reading it 🫶🏻Love uuu~ Baiiii 💛💚💙💜🖤

[maggie-004]

(Un-) Lucky coincidence

Jenna Ortega x Fem reader

Summary: I honestly really don't know what this is, but enjoy reading a story about y/n and Jenna and how they first met in Austria, due to Jenna injuring herself while she was still promoting “The Fallout”.

Words: 820

Everything in cursive letters is German so … pretend I guess.

„Well normal People, you know people who are not studying to be a nurse, are having summer vacation. That’s why this place is packed with people.” I said to my best friend. “Ahh you’re right, I’m still recovering from the nightshift. I couldn’t even tell you what month nor Day we are in.” Lauren explained to me acting all overly dramatic.  “Yeah it was your first one right?” I asked her, because I’ve worked a few in the last days as well so I feel like I caught Dementia myself, even though I know it’s not contagious. “Yes it was but I do hope it’s the last for a while, how are you keeping up with this y/n?” she groaned. “Oh come on don’t act like a Baby” I cried out from laughing, she bumped me in my rib cage “I’m serious, help me” she whined. “Well first of all, ouch and coffee, red bull and literally anything with caffein or taurine you can lay your hands on” I said “that’s how I get through a nightshift without losing my mind, well kind of”. “Yeah thanks Einstein, as if I haven’t tried that” she muttered. “Ah I forgot, get yourself ADHD it works wonderous … sometimes”. “Oh that is kind of unfair isn’t it?” She said. “Uh nuh uh? Have you looked at the downsides of that shit?” I asked her being a little offended. “I know I know, you literally never shut up about that, so please spare me the details” she said being a lot more annoyed than before. “Okay geez chill, do you have everything you wanted or do we need to go in more shops?” I tried to deescalate the situation. “No I got everything, wanna go out for a smoke?” she asked. “Uh hello you’re talking to me, of course I wanna go out for a smoke. Should we go to my place afterwards I could cook us something if you want”. “Yeah sure, let’s go” she responded with way to less gratitude if you ask me but okay.

As soon as we reached outdoor and light up a cigarette, a tiny women with brown hair stumbled and hit her head on the concrete floor. Perfect It’s literally my only day of work. “Hey excuse me are you okay?” I ask the small women whom still was on the floor. “Uh sorry I don’t understand what you are saying” she said, I stuck out my hand helping her up. “Oh sorry uhm, are you okay, that fall looked nasty”, “Oh yeah I’m all right thank you” she said ready to go. “Uhhm Yeah, no you’re not, actually you’re bleeding” I said with the calmest voice I could. I’ve only ever worked in the surgical area, with everything I needed for wounds, now I’m on my own in front of a shopping center with a bleeding women and not even a band aid. Uhg Perfect. “actually I wasn’t aware of that, oh god do you have a tissue by any chance?” she asked me, well not so calm, in fact I was very scared she’d be fainting any minute. “Actually I have, here you go. Can you come with me and sit on that bench?” I asked her supporting her by her arm. “Yeah sure thank you for helping me”, “no big deal just sit down and keep pressuring, please” I instructed her and turned to Lauren “hey can you quickly go into DM and get some Gaze and wound disinfection and some band aids?” “Sure I’ll be right back” she said and nearly ran back inside.As a good nurse I always have a pair of gloves on me, I know it seems a little bit over the top but that’s one of the first things we learned in nursing school. “Oh sorry my Name is y/n and the other girl is my best friend Lauren, it’s nice to meet you” I said while I got on the gloves. “Hi I’m Jenna, thank you for helping me, but why do you have gloves with you and why are you so calm?” she asked me. Well how dumb of me I am absolutely not calm that’s why I forgot to explain that I’m a nursing student, well nearly done nurse. “Oh sorry for not explaining, I am a nursing student, better said I only have a few days left than I am a nurse. But entirely different topic… where do I know you from? You seem oddly familiar” My brain nearly smoked I’ve been trying to figure out who she is the entire time. “Wow that’s so cool, I would have been a nurse if I wouldn’t be an actress, that’s where you maybe know me from. I am here to promote the fallout, one of the newest projects I’ve been working on.” That’s when I realized who she is. Woah that’s Jenna Ortega.

A/N: Well, it's hard to miss. English isn't my first language. I still hope it's okay to read. Hope you like it

[kiribaabe]

Almost ( A Miguel O’Hara/ Peter B. Parker Father’s Day fic)

Listen, I’m so obsessed with spider dads rn it’s not even funnyyy. Ugh, I just think they’re neat.

Please accept this super belated Fathers Day thing I wrote. Shares and Ao3 comments are really appreciated! Trying to get my writing more traction 🥲

Summary: Peter B. Parker knows that Father’s Day is a particularly… difficult time for Miguel.

He can’t change the past, but he’s hoping he and Mayday can make things a little brighter for him this year.

Tags: hurt/comfort, light angst, General softness. Miguel O’Hara deserves to be a dad, and I’m gonna make him one through Mayday so help me—

Full fic: Ao3

I got some color back, he thinks so, too.

I laugh like me again, she laughs like you.

~~~

"I said no peeking!"

"What? I didn’t!"

"Papa, I saw you! Please just cover your eyes all the way?"

"Okay, Okay, sweetheart. I apologize. They’re closed, see? I can’t see a thing." Miguel makes a show of pressing his eyes shut extra tight to demonstrate to the little girl that they were indeed closed and no further peeking would ensue.

He bites back a small laugh when he finally feels her crawl into bed, feeling the weight of her on his knees. There’s some shuffling, as if she’s taking her time to get into the perfect position before something is placed over his lap.

"Okay, there! Now you can open them!"

When Miguel opens his eyes, a tray of food greets him: A colorful array of cut fruit, eggs, bacon, and chocolate chip pancakes that may or may not be a little bit charred in some places.

He looks down at the spread, shocked, before cracking a smile. "Wait a minute…no way. All this, for me? And you didn’t burn my kitchen down? Look at you! I'm very impressed, Gabbie."

Gabbie snorts a laugh in return, a giddy sound that fills the air like a summer song. "I only caught a paper towel on fire that one time, papa. And I said I was sorry! Plus, look, I made up for it, didn’t I?"

"That you did." Miguel chuckles. It’s a relaxed sounding thing, and the creases in the corners of his eyes brighten along with the motion."Thank you, Mijita. It looks delicious. Uhg, what did I do to deserve a kid like you, huh? Cmere!" Careful not to spill what’s in front of him, Miguel brings his daughter to the side, decorating the entirety of her face with an obnoxious amount of kisses before blowing a fat raspberry on her cheek.

Another squeal of giggles erupts from her, and she embraces the affection for only a split second before she tries to shove the man away. "Eww! Gross! Stop, or I'm not gonna give you your other Father's Day gift!" She threatens.

Miguel hums in response, contemplating. On one hand, he very much wants to draw out more of that bubbly laughter. But, on the other hand, he knows better than to call a bluff from this kid.

She is her father’s daughter

So, he decides to give one last wet, over-the-top kiss at the corner of her eye before he finally pulls away, wearing a smile as Gabbie wipes at her face.

"Fine, fine, you win. Show me, then." He gives in.

Gabbie beams excitedly, and is quick to leap off the bed. She dashes out of the room, only to return a short time later with a little gift bag in hand. "Here, I made it in class last week." She smiles. She returns to her spot in her father's bed, tucking herself in right by his side once she hands it off.

Miguel isn’t very good at hiding his excitement, not that he’s trying to. He maintains his big smile while he rummages through pink gift paper, discarding a near excessive amount before finally reaching the contents he’s after. What he pulls out is a colorfully painted mug, decorated in intricate little dots of red and blue, with the words 'world's greatest brain’ written across the front.

There’s no containing the laugh that gets pulled out of Miguel as he holds it in his hands.

"I think this may very well be the best mug in existence, nena. I love it. I’m going to take it to work every day so they’ll never forget who the smartest person in the room is."

Gabbie beams a little brighter, all too pleased that he seems to genuinely enjoy her gift. She did work extra hard on it, after all. "You’re welcome." She says with a proud puff of her chest. Her dad was the smartest person in the room, so he deserved something that said as much.

“I love you so much, you know that?” Miguel asks. He has no shame or embarrassment for the tears in his eyes or his wobbly smile.

“yeah, I know, papa. I love you too.” After giving her father another quick hug, Gabbie giggles and quickly tries to scramble out of bed before she’s attacked by more affection and kisses.

She isn’t fast enough, though.

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Transmission log:

Gabriella O’Hara

Age at time of recording: 10yrs

Record: 0551

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Sorry not sorry for making big GIFs. A lot of thanks, thousand times to @coffee-and-uhg for granting me permission to gif the video in her post ☺☺☺

Here is the best and most adorable of him in the video!

PS. I don't understand why the last one is turning out to be so weird like this, even I applied all customising to all of them. Anyway I'm really sorry for that 😢🙏

[helenofsimblr]

Sarah: I-i g-got uh... d-distracted b-by t-this h-hot g-guy... I c-couldn't l-look a-away f-from h-him. He s-smoked a-a p-pink c-cigarette. I c-can't f-find her on t-this f-floor.

DC: fucking gods above, Jure, uhg... I haven't got time for this shit… ok, ok, last I saw of your friend, she went upstairs, and if she went up there, she went to one of the sex rooms. Sorry honey, she's not had a good fucking night...

Sarah: If s-something h-happened I-i'll n-never f-forgive m-myself.

****

DC: She's gonna be fucking confused, and disorientated, take her home, give her coffee don't fucking interrogate her, and just... don't come back here. Women like you two don't belong in a shit pit like this. You should never have fucking brought her here.

Sarah looks confused. 

Sarah: I-it w-was h-her i-idea. K-kira's h-her f-friend. W-what h-happened to-to h-her?

****

DC goes and tries the cigarette machine. It is empty sadly. She checks her watch. Then talks over her shoulder.

DC: Look, stammering-Susan, I don't actually give a single fuck whose idea it was to come here... she went upstairs to the sex rooms with some guy, puffing furiously on one of them pink ciggies. She was fucked off her face on drugs, spiked... I have a bar to run. I don't have more specifics...

Sarah: K-kira w-was g-going to m-meet us.

****

DC: Don't waste time with me, go upstairs, get her... and then, respectfully, and with all haste duly possible…, FUCK RIGHT OFF!!

Sarah: oh ok s-sorry.

[3xm-draconic]

Bloodline of the Last Dragon.

Season 1/Episode 2: Riverwood.

As the trio walked to Riverwood Ralof and Hadvar chatted, they had known one another from childhood and were sad to see each other on opposite sides, however they were glad to now have a chance to be friends again. 

“So…how old are you Matti?” Ralof asked as he watched a bunny run through the underbrush, Matti looked at him and snorted “how old do you think I am?”, Ralof chuckled “um…100?”, Matti gawked “I’AM 25!” she gasped.

“Your young for an elf” Hadvar turned to her, watching Matti pick some thistles and mushrooms as they traveled, “I’am only half elf, my dad is a bosmer” she sighed.

Hadvar cocked his head “...oh you're the daughter of that huntsman, Markus right? You brew potions” he sighed in relief “you’ve saved a lot of lives with your healing and cure disease potions”, “you know who I am?” Matti gawked, completely shocked by his answer. “Well yeah, everyone knew, I don’t think anyone realized you were a half-elf though” he laughed.

“That’s a good thing, it's best if no one knows” she sighed, “why's that?” Hadvar pondered, Matti wondered if she should tell him the reasons why she hides from the world.

“...The…the Thalmor” she sighed “they will come after me”, “why would they do that?”, “The Thalmor believe in elven supremacy, any impure children are…purged”, Hardware and Ralof starred in stunned silence, “Gods…I” Hadvar gasped, “they are truly monsters” Ralof sighed.

They traveled further down the mountain paths “Bleak Falls Barrow, it’s the ruin up there on the mountain, uhg it gives me the creeps, when I was a boy at night I had nightmares of draugr coming down the mountain to get me in my sleep” Hadvar shuttered as he pointed to the great ruin on the mountain side.

They stopped at three ancient stones to take a break from walking and to drink from their waterskins, who knew near death experiences could make you so parched? “These are the guardian stones, 3 of the 13 ancient stones that dot the landscape, you should choose one” Ralof pointed them out to Matti as they sat by them.

Thief. Mage. Warrior.

“I’ve always wanted to be a mage, to wield the powers of aethereus at my fingertips!” Matti said as she touched the stone with the picture of a powerful wizard on it.

It glowed brightly and a beacon of light was cast forth into the heavens from the stone.

“Mage eh?...well to each their own” Ralof shrugged, “you ever consider joining the college up in Winterhold?” Hadvar asked her as they passed by a rushing river full of wild jumping salmon, “I HAVE!” Matti excitedly beamed...but then frowned “but…my college savings were in the house when the dragon attacked…I can’t get to them now…

“It’s not that expensive…is it?” Ralof pondered, “the cost is mostly for supplies, room and food are free” Matti replied “still…that's 30,000 septims down the drain…”, Hadvar gasped “THAT MUCH?”, “magic shit is expensive” Matti shrugged “why do you think I GROW my OWN alchemy supplies?”.

Riverwood was a scenic and serene place, a little town like Helgen but was built by a gorgeous rushing river, the mill was not too far from Hadvar’s uncle’s house so they dropped Hadvar off at his uncle Alvor’s.

 As Matti and Ralof headed over to talk to Gurder Ralof turned to Matti “I liked how you were able to talk to Hadvar back there, get him and I to see past the war when there was a real threat to be handled”, Matti grinned and shrugged “well…thanks?”, Ralof sighed “you know you should come to Windhelm, help Ulfric free the Empire from the Thalmor”.

Matti paused, she and her father usually stayed out of the war…

But Ralof had a point…

Gurder was utterly shocked by the news, her and Hod were scared beyond belief and rightly worried…

“the Jarl needs to know of this, he needs to send guards to Riverwood we are defenseless” Gurder shuttered “I don’t know what I’d do against a Dragon”.

“Have you seen anyone else come this way?” Matti asked her “any other survivors?”, Gurder pondered “there was an Elven man in leather armor being carried by a Khajiit caravan to Whiterun, he was hurt badly”, Matti panicked “THAT’S MY DAD!” she shrieked. 

“They must have taken him to the temple of Kynareth for healing” Mattilda turned to Gurder “I’ll go, I’ll go to Whiterun and make sure Balgruf sends whatever troops he can and hopefully find my father there”.

“Thank you but before you go you should have a meal and get some rest, the sleeping giant inn has food and warm beds” Gurder said as she handed her 50 septums “and thank you again for saving my brother”, Mattilda chuckled “well he saved me first”.

Mattilda walked over to the inn, a large and long building just next to the riverwood trader.

It was getting late and her body was already sore from the day’s events, her magicka was slowly recharging and she desperately needed a nap. 

“What’s on the menu?” he asked Orgnar the bartender, “here it’s all we got, you missed the dinner rush, sorry” he said as he handed her a small plate. A hunk of cheese, a slice of bread, a grilled pheasant breast, a bowl of snowberry sauce and an apple sat on it, “thank you” Mattilda said as she paid the man 8 gold for the meal.

She sat down and used her iron dagger to cut up the cheese, pheasant and apple. “Gods I’am starving” Matti groaned as she took a bite from the slices of crisp green fruit. Mattilda layered the cheese and pheasant slices onto the slice of bread and slathered it in the snowberry sauce. It was a pretty good meal for being so cheap. “Can I get an Ale?” she asked Orgnar, “no Ale right now but we have this honningbrew mead stuff, it’s pretty good if you ask me”, he gave her a small tankered of fizzy amber mead.

Mattilda tasted it, it was sweet and crisp and had a faint flavor of lavender to it “WOW DAMN” she gawked “you weren’t kidding this is good!”

Mattilda paid for her room and settled down for the night, she eased out of her makeshift robes and tossed them onto the bed, she looked at them compared to the real robes she had gotten from the skeleton…

The handmade robes she once wore were sloppily sewn together and were a patchwork of fabrics, coarse gray burlap, frayed stained white cotton and ugly old brown wool. 

The real robes, the actual mages robes were of a high quality linen, even though these were just novice robes they were still refined and beautiful.

Lush cotton-silk fabric blend dyed a soft periwinkle blue with golden yellow trim and an off-white cream sash of cashmere, even if they were but novice robes…they were now HER novice robes.

 She slipped them on, they were a little big for her but with some adjustments…namely a belt…they’d fit like a glove. She counted out her septims, 700 gold lined her coin purse, she thought about it…

Perhaps the trader would have some old spell books lying around?

.

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[underneathestars]

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Last Song: Young & Unsure by Racing Glaciers. I was taking a shower and I put their Caught in the Strange album on for the first time (I didn't know them before, it's like one of those groups you discover through certain playlists or the Discover Weekly on Spotify) and I'm pretty sure it'll go straight to my favs.

Currently Watching: Uhm, there are a few shows I was watching but a lot depends on what I'm focused on a the moment, the last one was Sailor Moon Crystal (to this day I'm still shocked my parents forbade me to watch SM when I was a kid, claiming it was "too violent"… jeez), but I also just finished Brooklyn 99 (it's so good ;;)

Currently Reading: I'm VERY SLOWLY making progress with Mass Effect Andromeda Uprising because as much as I love reading sci-fi stuff and Mass Effect related stuff I unfortunately find it a very boring read (don't know if it's the translation in my language - uhg - or what). Currently waiting to read: the next chapter of a certain VERY GOOD fic (@ndostairlyrium I'm looking at you, dear)

Current Obsession: Oh boy, I just discovered visual novels and I went and downloaded Our life: Beginnings & Always and though I know it's a very fleeting obsession, I wanna play it all the time ;; it's so sweet, inclusive and wholesome, and most importantly, it feeds my toxic trait (escapism, lmao). I'm altready sad I'm about to complete it. Then there are ever lasting obsessions but we leave them for another time lol

If anyone wants to be tagged like this post and I'll tag you right away <3

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OMG LOVIE! The last part!

Hiiii babes!!! Ahhh right?? I was too excited I couldn’t wait to post it tomorrow so I gave it to y’all early and uhg…I love happy endings!!!😭💖

Us now that Reader and Dacre are living together and are just happy and in love:

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JONATHAN & MIKE || then and now

[writinandcrying]

REBLOGING THIS AGAIN CUZ IMAGINE IF READER GETS REALLY CONFIDENT AND R E A L L Y TEASES BACK ABFBGNDKSKEIJE!! i hope you don’t mind this but uhg this scenario scratched a part of my brain REAL good, this will probably suck ass but anyways AHEM AHEM-

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“You are lucky you are cute” you offered as a simple reply after his eleventh (wink wink) attempt of the day, once again excusing you from the scene, leaves him be for his next attempt, but something called your attention, his reaction was something completely different from your past interactions, that alone makes you realize Mikey probably has never been flirted with, he always did the work, but someone rizzing him up? Oh no, that’s new ground, and slowly, you become very Interested into making him be the center of this teasing match

Pucker up babe, flutter those little eyelashes, grace a gentle smile, and you already know you will catch his attention eventually, won’t you?

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“Do you like what you see, angelcakes?” Mikey looks down at you at the sofa, admiring him while skateboarding and trying tricks wasnt new, but getting “caught” always made you blush in return, a little light bulb lights up since have discovered the flustered side of Mikey, time to make a different approach

“You know I always do”

*cue for Mikey having the greatest skateboard accident the whole lair has ever seen*

Leo is Not. Pleased. Donnie and Raph on the other hand? Having the time of their life. Watched countlessly the security tapes back and worth for the past 15 minutes

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“Hold my hand babe, I’m nervous” your tangerine turtle playfully hides his face over the side of your neck, slightly treambling as Donnie patched a few of his scratches after his (or maybe yours) incident took a few minutes ago, trying to snatch a few giggles from you by playing around, much to D’s dismay

He allows himself to breath in slowly, Your scent alone could keep him distracted, oooh if it wasn’t for you turning your face towards him as your breath ghosts his cheek bones,

“just a little longer, you can’t take it, can’t you?” jokily reassured him, what you didn’t expect was to see a pair of bright blue eyes looking at you, shocked with what he just heard

“don’t forget I’m still here. Please” a unpleasant long sign was enough for you two start shaking with laugher until the second youngest finished his job

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maybe it’s for the best to have some down time for the rest of the night right?, how about you two play a video game? You love how enthusiastic he is while playing with his favorite character, you can listen him ramble for hours over random facts and cool tricks they can do

“Oh, sorry babes, I got carried away” Mikey blushes as he scratches he nape of his neck after noticing your eyes blinking slower than used to “no worries, I’m gonna shut up now” he shoots you an apologetic smile, the last thing he wants it’s for you to get tired or sleepy over his nerdy ass monologue

“Don’t. I love hearing about it, your voice is very soothing to me” you didn’t even try this time, just sliped out, seeing Mikey suppress a honest giggle was enough for you to let out one of your own, it’s true tho, he’s so cute when excited

“I don’t think I can focus with you looking me like that” Mikey playfully tucks his invisible hair behind his invisible ears, don’t worry ladies and gentlemen, Mc Mikey’s back

“It’s just you and me here, don’t shy away, baby”

“OH MY GOD- Y/NNN, STOPPPPP”

“Yeah. stop it.”

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By the end of the night, you two are a bit beat with the amount teasing, although there was a mutual vibe in the air that this was a night to remember, a little feeling that both of you were too afraid to name it and yet more so to let go, something shifted between the two of you and you knew this was just the beginning, so, what’s the best way to end just a delightful evening? Pizza, of course, duh

You were pretty set to call it a night, until Mikey decided to do the unimaginable, demonstrate the greatest act of service and consideration ever to know by mutant-turtle-kind

The last slice.

He wanted for you to have the last slice of pizza

His. Last. slice!

Huge. step. For Mikey. and he didn’t even register it! For him, it was just natural for him to do so, you were the angelcakes, of course you can have the last slice!

“You gonna give it to me? Really? Damn Mikey“ you could either chuckle, blush, cast your eyes away for a moment, anything really, the only thing you couldn’t do is let this opportunity slide. From that moment, you knew anything would make him weak at this point. And you were determined to make him lose it

Mikey holds his breath as you come near him, so painfully slowly whipping a smudge of food on the corner of his lip while making eye contact, holding it for god know how long, caressing his cheeks and chin for a bit. Tonight, you were more than daring enough, you not only admired his lips as you barely touch his bottom lip, you lick yours or slightly bit it.

Before Mikey could even react, you stood up, took a glorious bite of the pizza, while still maintain eye contact, you whispered

“You are down bad, aren’t you?”

*wink*

And That’s it He’s dead.

A request to fill the (bay) Mikey well, perhaps? We can see he's quick to flirt and be cheeky, but what about a reader that's not used to that, so instead of the typical eye roll reaction hes used to, it actually flusters them?

anon-chan. you get me.

i have been highkey vibrating about this ask ever since it showed up in my askbox. let’s gooooo

It starts as an experiment.

He noticed it right away. Literally at your first meeting. All he did was call you ‘angelcakes’ and you immediately looked away with a bright red face. Honestly it takes him aback a bit. He had never gotten that reaction before.

So he takes a page from Donnie’s book and starts to experiment. Was it a nickname thing, or would a wink elicit the same response? He finds out that winking makes you blush and lower your eyes. What about a flirty line? He has to hold back a laugh when his “If you were a fruit, you’d be a fine-apple!” is met with you simply walking out of the room.

So what starts as an experiment turns into a game. How many times can he get you to blush in a one hour period without you getting exasperated and leaving? His record is ten, but he hopes to surpass that. Can he get you to lose your train of thought mid-sentence by blowing you a kiss or running a hand down your arm? Yes and yes! Can he make you stutter by staring at your lips while you talk? Oh absolutely.

Slowly, without him really noticing, the game takes over more and more of his life. He finds himself thinking about it at the oddest times, like when he’s in the middle of playing a video game or jerking off. He spends hours coming up with new pickup lines, ones more tailored to you. He still loves to see you blush, but prefers it when he catches you holding back a smile. He finds himself aiming more and more for that smile, becoming addicted to the elated feeling it gives him.

He finally notices on the day you strike back. He’s dropped another line and is basking in the satisfaction of your blush (number 10 baby, and he has a whole ten minutes to get number 11!) when you take a deep breath and turn back to him. Your blush is somehow darker, your eyes are lowered, and you are wringing your hands. He immediately feels guilty, and he opens his mouth to apologize and say he’ll stop teasing you, but you beat him to the punch.

“I-If you were a vegetable, you’d be a cute-cumber.” You immediately turn around and speed walk out of the room, too flustered to even look at him. If you had, you would have seen him frozen in place, jaw dropped, hand stretched out towards you.

Mikey wonders, suddenly, if he might have played himself.

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[kiwidotcom]

[shuknopadma]

Where is the peace in chanting god’s name? I spent an entire lifetime doing puja...and look what happened

[alexturner]

"So, if you had to name four records that influenced this album..?" (x)

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#5

Are real people as kind as you characters? I mean, it's not just yours, other fictional people are like that too, but what do YOU say? Are you guys actually like that on the inside?

today i got a coffee on my lunch break and a man had his daughter on his hip and two coffees in his hands and he held the door open for me anyway

i went to go pick up a skirt that was being held for me and the employee said to me “uhg, i’m so tired, the coffee hasn’t kicked in yet” and i said “your hair is so beautiful” because it was long and red and shiny and had blown out curls and she perked up and said “thanks! it’s to distract from the fact that i didn’t put on makeup this morning” 

i was driving home and i realized i was in the wrong lane and i needed to move over and a car slowed down so i could merge in front of them

that was just today

whether or not you think people are kind is a sort of confirmation bias, i think

if you go through life expecting people to be terrible, that’s what you’ll remember, that’s what you’ll focus on

but if you go through life looking for kindness, that’s what you’ll find

overtip your waiters. let the car go in ahead of you. smile at the homeless person and give them your spare change. compliment people. 

you yourself are likely never more than one rushed morning away from a bad mood, one missed paycheck away from suffering, one accident away from ruin

you are probably not a politician or a ceo or a god. you cannot remake the world in your own image

but you can make other people’s lives easier and softer in small, effortless ways that cost you nothing. you can be the silver lining not just for your friends and family but for hundreds of thousands of strangers you haven’t even met yet. life is nothing but one opportunity after another to both show and be shown kindness

life can be cruel. people can be terrible. 

but the simplest way to increase the number of kind people in the world is to be one

28159 notes • Posted 2021-04-07 07:15:35 GMT

#4

sometimes people are absolutely WILD about comments, acting like the idea that they shouldn’t be a jerk is a violation of their first amendment rights 

last week i read a fic i HATED. it was well written and highly recommended and i wish i had never read it. hours of my life i will never get back. 

i disagreed with: it’s interpretation on canon, it’s take on mental health, the social contract between loved ones, recovery, trauma, boundaries, and ... more tbh

i could NOT stop thinking about how much i disagreed with it. me and this fic have philosophical differences so large i could give a ted talk and i was still super irritated about it days later. 

so you know what i did?

i called up my friends and was like “you guys have no context but i’m going to bitch about this fic you haven’t read in this fandom you haven’t consumed for the next thirty minutes” and they were like “okay sure it’s a tuesday night, we’re in a pandemic, i have nothing better to do”

what did i not do? 

leave a comment on this person’s fic because i’m a human person

37561 notes • Posted 2021-01-29 04:18:29 GMT

#3

wish there was a non rude way to be like "I understand your criticism, I don't even necessarily disagree with it, but I am doing these things on purpose, because I like them and I want to, and therefore your opinion has no value, because you might think me painting a room entirely pink is tacky, but I did it on purpose"

37654 notes • Posted 2021-10-11 04:34:48 GMT

#2

in the sixth months after graduating from college, with my very expensive degree from a good college, i ate nothing but bread. i worked at a bakery / cafe / restaurant and got half off one meal per shift but it was still too expensive even then. but at the end of every night we would throw out all the bread loaves that hadn’t sold, which was most of them, every night. we would fill up ten boxes to give away to a shelter and then we could take anything we could carry, and i couldn’t afford a half off deconstructed sandwich, but i could fill the cabinets of my apartment with bread. everyone who worked there was just like me, subsisting on discarded, overpriced bread. 

(when the managers’ backs were turned i was taught to leave the trashbags of bread behind the dumpster rather than inside it, because it was locked after everyone left to prevent people from stealing from it. we would say we were going out to stack chairs and instead stack prepackaged salads prepared that morning in the narrow space between wall and dumpster, but that’s not what this is about.)

we were working valentine’s day, a little bit miserable about it, because customers are somehow worse on a holiday about love, and even if we were single we didn’t want to be here, and most of us had people we’d rather be spending the day with, and the snappish, hardass manager was working that day, and everyone could not wait for the day to be over. 

we had a boxes of those bakery tissue sheets around and i was twisting it in my hands and i thought about how the first night my uncle spent with my aunt he had to get up early for work but didn’t want to wake her and the whole thing hadn’t been planned, exactly, so he (a roofer by trade and a golden glove boxer by sport) went into the kitchen and took some paper towels and twisted them between his big, scarred hands until it formed a sweeter shape and when my aunt work up it was to a paper towel rose on her pillow. 

so i used a couple sheets of bakery tissue to make a rose and walked up to my coworker who stared at me with a rictus smile and i gave it to her, trying not overthink if it was a weird thing to do. her smile slipped and she asked “you made this?” holding it carefully, like it wasn’t something her two year old son could have made with his pudgy hands, and i shrugged and got more milk from the back. 

then another coworker held the steamer too long when frothing milk, not on accident but because he was irritated, so i rolled another rose and tucked it in his apron pocket as i walked by. then it was just one more of us up front and it was nothing, thirty seconds of twisting paper to take the stack of cookies out of her hands and hand her a tissue paper rose, her lined face lifting into a grin as she proudly tucked it into the chest pocket of her shirt and i may as well have been standing in front of the ovens for how hot my face felt. 

it was such a silly thing to do, i felt ridiculous, giving away hastily constructed tissue paper roses on valentine’s day, clumsy artful garbage. then one of the servers walked by and noticed and so i made her one too, and then other servers came by, leaning over the glass, and complimenting the flowers with big eyes, and i laughed and made more, still not sure if it was sincere, but even if it wasn’t, i figured making them one and handing it over was better than saying no. 

then i went to the back again and the dishwasher yelled out “where’s mine? what about us?” and he was too sweet to ever be anything less than sincere, so someone kept an eye on the door to the manager’s office as i stood in the sweltering kitchen and rolled clumsy tissue paper roses, enough for everyone 

and by the time the day ended, everyone had one, everyone wore one, tucked in their shirt or their apron or stuck in their hair or taped to the top of their pen. everyone was a little less miserable, smiling like we were all on in on the joke, although i don’t think any of us knew the punchline 

this story doesn’t have a punchline either. i just sometimes think of how much better some crumpled tissue paper made things and think that it can be that easy, sometimes, if we’re sincere and don’t overthink it too much

62785 notes • Posted 2021-01-26 09:36:34 GMT

#1

I worked at a McDonald's as a cashier in high school and it was during a time when they changed their POS system (point of sale, not piece of shit) so everything was now in a slightly different, less logical place, but I was working 20ish hours a week so I picked it up really quickly

Anyway I was out with my friend in the next town over and we went to a McDonald's because she really wanted an ice tea and we go through the drive through. The man greets us out of the little speaker and asks for our order and she says "Hi! Could I get a large sweet ice tea please?"

Silence.

Longer silence.

And I knew in my heart what was happening.

So I leaned over and said, "It's on page two of drinks, under juice, then the third one down."

Another much shorter silence.

Then:

"What the - how the hell did... Uh. I mean. Thank you?"

And it's been literally ten years but I'm still riding the high from that.

98765 notes • Posted 2021-03-17 07:48:44 GMT

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