#WHATS THE DAMM POINT HUH

[impish-baby]

A few glimpses into 'both arms cradle you now' reader's childhood in no particular order

"Why do birds suddenly appear evertime you are near.." The wet tears running down your cheeks are gently brushed away, whatever nightmare plaguing your sleep seems so far away now that your dad is here. "Just like me, they long to be close to you.." Damien hoists you into his arms, still humming that familiar lullaby as he carries you to the kitchen.

"Why do stars fall from the sky every time you walk by.." You're set on top of the counter, Damien ruffling your hair softly before walking over to the fridge to fetch a carton of milk. "Just like me.. they long to be.. close to you.." The warm glow of the stove makes the quiet night more cozy, the shadows along the walls retreating as well as any lingering fear.

You can feel you eyes start to droop, a small yawn leaving your lips making the man chuckle fondly. "One sec, ok? Daddy has some angel milk for you so you don't have anymore bad dreams, then we'll get you tucked back into bed."

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"Do you want to hold him, sweetie?" Not really, but a nudge to your shoulder has you taking a reluctant step forward anyway. You're not sure how to feel about him, he's your dad's but not your mom's.

Mary scoots over a little so you can climb up on the hospital bed next to her, a tired but kind smile on her face. "Here, it's ok, you just need to make sure you're supporting his head.." She helps guide your arms into the right position, placing the tiny buddle into them, a pair of equally tiny disgruntled blue eyes soon staring up at you.

When you were first told that your stepmom was pregnant, you tried really really hard to just be happy for them. You promise. The sinking dread never went away though, no matter how much you berated yourself for feeling that way.

Babies are a blessing, but the announcement only cemented the fact that the world as you knew it was ending. Your dad isn't just your dad anymore. Even then, he hasn't acted like one to you in a while. Maybe you were just denying the inevitable.

"Ohh, I think he likes you.." Mary's head rests on your shoulder suddenly, distracting you from your sullen thoughts. "See? You're a natural with little ones!"

"He's glaring at me.."

She laughs, pressing a quick kiss to your cheek as she sits up. "No, he's just getting used to the world, darling. He loves you, he knows he has the best older sibling he could ask for."

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"What's even the point?" You're both supposed to be sleeping even though it isn't a school night, Aunt Lisa is strict when it comes to things like that. What she doesn't know won't hurt her though.

"Because they look cool," Avery shrugs, carful of the fact you're currently snuggled under one of his arms. "And you get bragging points for catching them." You still don't get it, they're the same thing just a different color. "You've watched me play for like an hour, and now you're bored?"

"You were actually doing stuff before.." You huff, "You've been going around in a circle for fifteen minutes."

You scoff at his comment, now filled with spite to actually beat the game. You've barely moved an inch before the battle music plays, a black and purple pumpkaboo greeting you. "Oh, um..

"I

Well, excuse me," Avery sniffs playfully, "You play since I'm not entertaining enough." The console is handed over to you, the older boy simply holding you closer. "I bet you lose the first match you try."

"Huh?" Avery sighs, quickly pouting when he looks back at the screen. "Seriously? Damm, you're lucky." He pokes your cheek, "You catch it for me and I'll buy you some fries tomorrow."

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"You're so annoying!"

With how hard you hit the ground, you know you're going to bruise. You weren't even talking, you just wanted to hang out with them.

"Seriously, who even wanted you to come over? I sure didn't!" No matter what you do, Lizzie doesn't like you. Doesn't matter if you're as friendly as can be or give her some space, you're always doing something wrong. "You're wasting good air, you know?"

"M' sorry, didn't mean to bother you." You won't cry, you're too old for that. "Liz-"

"You didn't mean to? Yeah, right!" Lizzie scoffs, kicking dirt into your face. Dust immediately stings your eyes. "You're a pest! No wonder everyone calls you bug, you're clingy like a tick, a parasite."

Your feeble attempt to rub the dirt away isn't really helping, you can barely hold your eyes open enough to look up at her. Miles isn't going to do anything to help either, silently supporting his sister.

"No wonder your dad left you! And your mom, she must be insufferable if you're her kid-"

You don't know when you managed to get up on your feet or when you grabbed a handful of Lizzie's hair. On the bright side, it makes her shut up.

"Hey!"

Your dad emerges from the house, miles trailing behind him. Of course.

"What has gotten into you?" You've let the older girl go at this point, she wasn't even crying until he came outside.

"Ow, dad.." Lizzie hides behind Damien, flashing you a smirk. "I wasn't even doing anything and they decided to be mean.."

Any inking of doubt you had evaporates in an instant. You don't have a dad anymore, you haven't in years.

"God.." He crosses his arms, the stern look would have made you wince if you weren't already shaking. "Don't even try to give me any excuses, Miles told me what happened. You can wait out here for your mom to pick you up since you can't behave yourself. I thought you knew better."

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"Can you at least try to eat half, please?"

Your plate sits almost entirely untouched, having just been picked at over the course of dinner. Your mom's worried frown won't leave her face. "You're still a growing kid, I don't like how many meals you've tried to skip."

"I'm not hungry." You really aren't, there's always a nauseous feeling in your gut these days. "I'll eat a snack later, don't worry, mom."

"Baby.." She pinches the bridge of her nose and you feel a pang of guilt for how stressed she must be. "Please? For mommy? Or at least talk to me about what's going on.. i- it hurts seeing you so sad all the time."

What are you supposed to say to that?

Against your will, there's tears starting to drip down your cheeks. You don't think you've ever seen the women move so fast, her chair clattering to the floor in her rush to go to your side. "Oh, my baby.."

"I- I'm sorry.." For what you don't know, maybe the fact that she's stuck with you. "I- I'm so sorry, mom-"

"Oh, hush.." You're too big for her to carry, you both know, but she still scoops you into her arms. "There's nothing in the world you need to apologize to me for."

You sniffle, tucking your head under her chin. "I- I don't want to see dad anymore.. or.. or hear about him or-"

"Shhh.." She runs a hand through your hair in an attempt to soothe you, "you don't have to, alright? We'll figure it out. If that's what you want, you won't ever have to see him again."

(a/n: some ramblings while I start writing the second part to the series..reader will continue to go through it)

[not-magdi]

-one too many / Pablo Gavi

Warnings: None, maybe Alkohol

Words: 835

Reading Time: 3min 20sec

A/N

Hey guys, long time no see huh. Well today was the first day I had really a free minute as I'm currently organizing prom so I'm stressed haha. Well I still hope you enjoy my story,

Love y'all Magdi <3

It was around midnight, and you were sitting on your couch, wrapped up in a fluffy blanket, watching some movie you found on Netflix. Pablo was going out with some friends tonight, and even though he asked you to tag along, you preferred to stay in today, wanting to get some things done for work. 

Pablo wasn't that happy with your decision, but he accepted it with a pout. He and his friends left around 9 o'clock, so you expected him to be home around one or two in the morning. You didn't mind him coming home late. Pablo is mostly really strict with himself, so you let him have his fun, and even though Pablo told you to not wait for him every time, you still stayed awake (or tried to) so you could fall asleep together. 

You were on your way to the kitchen, needing some caffeine to stay awake until Pablo came home. Your head is stuck in your pantry as you hear your phone ring. Confused about who would call you this late, you rush back to the living room, thinking it is an emergency. 

Your worry only grew as you saw the name of one of Pablo's best friends on your phone screen. You pick up the phone as quickly as you can. 

"Hey Ale, is everything ok?!" 

"Hey Y/N. Yeah everything is fine, your boyfriend just had one ... maybe three drinks to much." You heard him laugh over the loud music of the club. 

"Me and Fermín will bring him home now, he has been asking where you are for the past half hour." 

"Yeah, that's a good plan, I'll see you then. Has he fallen down somewhere already?" You ask, laughing to yourself. You see, Pablo had a bit of a habit when he had too much to drink. And that was totally ignoring where he was going. One time, the two of you were going out with some friends at a club near the beach, and at some point on your way home, Pablo just slid down the little bank that led to the beach. You didn't even realise he was gone until you heard his giggles from the beach.  

"No he hasn't fallen down anywhere yet, but we keep an eye on him." You heard him laughing over the phone.

Laughing to yourself, you say bye to Ale and hang up, starting to prepare a few things for when Pablo comes home, like aspirin and lots and lots of water. 

Half an hour later, you heard the doorbell ring and before said door stood Ale and Fermín, who held up a very drunk Pablo, who was smiling from one ear to the other. 

"Oh god, what did he do?" You ask his friends, who also have a smile on their faces. But as soon as Pablo heard your voice, his head whipped up. "Y/N!" 

He wriggled himself free from the grip of his friends and stumbled into your arms. 

"Oh, I missed you sooooo much!" He mumbled into your neck, his warm breath tickling your neck. 

"But you just saw me 3 hours ago, Pablito." You exclaim, laughing.

"I know, that's way too long." 

With the help of Fermín and Ale, you got Pablo inside, with a few little accidents on the way as Pablo kept running into every shelf you owned in this house. 

But now you finally have him where you want him to be, and after saying goodnight to Pablo's friends, you start the mission: getting Pablo ready for bed. 

"Come on Amor, you have to brush your teeth."

"But I don't want tooooo."

Sighing, you try to think of a way to convince your toddler of a boyfriend to brush his damm teeth. 

"OK Pablo, if you brush your teeth now, I will give you a kiss."

At that, his eyes went wide, and you never saw anyone grab his toothbrush faster than Pablo did at that moment. Giggling at his antics, you walk out of the bathroom into your shared bedroom to lay some pyjamas out for him. 

Surprisingly, convincing him to change into his pyjamas went more effortless than you thought. So now you were laying in bed, Pablos head on your chest, your hand stroking through his soft hair. Pablo's soft whisper broke the comfortable silence you were in. 

"I believed I was promised a kiss Querida." 

"Oh, were you now?"

"Mhm, yes." 

"Well, I can't break my promise now, can I?"

You grab Pablo's chin with your hand to make him look at you and place your lips against his soft ones in a quick kiss. 

"Happy now?" 

"Yup, as happy a ever." 

"Well then, goodnight Pablo, sleep well."  

You waited for an answer, but all you heard were Pablo's soft snores as he already fell asleep on your chest. With a smile on his face, you look at the aspirin lying on his bedside table, knowing he is gonna have the headache of his life tomorrow. 

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[twisted-king]

Hello! Since you also write genshin, I've thought about reader or F!S/O being from Teyvat. But that isnt really the main point. How 'bout their F!S/O is from Sumeru and is strictly bestfriends with Cyno and Alhaitham. How would Trey, Azul, Jade, Floyd, and Jamil feel about their F!S/O having boy bestfriends back at her world? Maybe if they're jealous, reader tries to comfort them by saying that Alhaitham is engaged(to Kaveh)XD Lol

You dont have to do this if its to much♡

Oddly specific but I like the cut of your jib!

Also can be read as genter neutral, I don't reall mention gender on this one?

Trey, Azul, Jade, Floyd, and Jamil X F!SO from Teyvat

who is also besties with Cyno and Alhaitham

Trey Clover

Well youre from a whole different world! Magic seems to exist in some capacity at least.

He doesn't know what a Zatyun peach or a Sunsettia is.

But he tries v hard to make you things that remind you of home sometimes!

He actually does a pretty good job at it too!

And thats where the issue arives.

Whenever he asks about your homeland he knows he is going to hear about your best friends

He's trying SO hard to be normal about this

Trey loves you so much but, he gets a little jealous!

You've done so much with these two!!!

"And Cyno's jokes are the absolute WORST! I swear some of the things he says are worse than Ace's!" "Oh that's... nice!"

but they're your best friends! He really shouldn't be jealous.

"I still don't understand why Alhaitham is so jacked, like all he does is read books all day!"

He really shouldn't be jealous

"And I'm kind of glad its never too hot around here! Like I know he works primarily in the desert but like put a shirt on sometimes! You know?"

But damm its hard.

He tries to be subtle (not really)

"So have you ever like... done anything with one of these guys?" "What do you mean?" "Like have you dated one of them..?"

oh.... OH!

You laugh at that, he's embrassed "Oh gosh NEVER! They both have boyfriends anyhow! Alhaitham is engaged!" "Oh."

You nod and give him a little kith

Wow he's relieved!

Azul Ashengrotto

He loves learning about you and your home world! Truly!!!

Azul thinks your mind is briliant, you're so smart and quick on your feet due to years of travel!

With travel comes a lot of experiences

a lot.

without him.

He's playing it cool though! suuuper cool

"Oh I remember Alhaitham would never answer anything that wasnt formatted or completed properly! maybe you could do the same? it would certainly free up some time, no?" "Of course it woudl free up some time, dear... But" "buut?" "Well it wouldn't be fitting of my benevolent nature now would it, my love?"

Azul keeps trying to prove he's a better boyfriend than your old friends

He needs you to know he's the best option for you <3

"And could this 'Cyno' make you a delightful seafood pasta like this?" "No, not really, he was more into rice." "I see..."

Oh hey he made you curry and rice

You know, by the way. He is NOT sneaky

After another bout of showing off, you finally say something.

"They have boyfriends, you know?" "huh?" "Cyno and Alhaitham? they have partners. You don't have to be jealous." "Why would I be jealous, dearest?"

DENIER

Denies his jealous to this day but he gets happier after you reassure him.

Jade Leech

Yeah he's super cool about this!

for the most part...

He's extremely interested in learning about the flora in your world!

and he thinks those vishap creatures you compare him to sound rather interesting.

Jade being rather curious in nature comes in handy! since he doesnt seem to get jealous.

His questions are... odd, though. they kind of make sense?

"Cyno once took out like-- 10 guys in like a MINUTE! it was so cool! "Is he that fast in the depths of the sea?" "No-" "I see..."

Sometimes he's a little less slick though

"OH my gosh Alhaitham is so weird about soup! He hates the stuff because it could get on his books of all things!" "Does he consume beverages as he reads? tea perhaps?" "Yeah, sometimes." *Pleased eel noises*

He's just being careful :)

Jade often prefers to dicuss your best friends while in the kitchen. he likes spending this time with you!

And he has his knives and mushrooms at his disposal.

*chop chop chop* "And so Haitham and I used to skip out on akademiya meetings together-" *chopchopchop-* "But Cyno would ALWAYS 'catch' us just before the meeting would actually ends-" *ChopChopChopChop-* "So then he'd bring us to Kaveh, Alhaitham's fiance to-" "He has a fiance?" "yeah,why?" "no reason." *chop~ chop~ chop~*

He's still keeping the information from his... questioning in mind.

Can't be too careful, after all.

Floyd Leech

He loves his shrimpy's stories!!!

He hates his shrimpy's stories :((

Floyd is reaaal conflicted. He thinks you're so interesting! your world seems like fun!! he wants to go there with you.

But not with those men you keep talking about

"So sometimes there are these HUGE mushrooms that kind of act like a launchpad! they're super springy." "Eh? Jade might like soemthing like that... OOOH! do ya think if I throw someone (Ace) on one of those they'd still bounce?" "Yeah they would! one time while going after a criminal, Cyno had to-" "Eeeeh I'm bored. You coming to my next game?"

Subtlety? not THIS eel

He audibly groans when you bring them up sometimes.

But he still loves hearing you talk! so it really confusing sometimesz

"So genius invocation uses 8 elements, 7 from the nations, one is omni. Usually the cards are based off of vision users like Diluc of mondstadt, Arataki Itto, from Inazuma... OH! there is one of my best friend, Alhaitham, he's dendro and Cyno's is electro, its actually" Oh he's no longer looking at you.

You get an idea... "There is one of Haitham's fiance, Kaveh" "Oh really?"

GOT HIS ASS

You're his girlfriend, you know him best.

He's a little less weird about listening to your stories now, he's way more enaged.

He still tugs you closer to him when you mention other men, but thats kind of normal for him now.

Jamil Viper

A confident king? He's not really jealous. He knows he can be better than them.

Plus they're just friends to you.

But in all honestly he like... doesn't care too much about Teyvat.

You're here now, with him. not them.

Don't get him wrong, Jamil likes hearing about what your world!

There's only oneee little thing he doesnt love hearing.

"Sometimes I miss the food from Teyvat... Cyno always made the best Tahchin." "The best you say?" "Yeah! he shaped it like a pyramid every time he made it!" "Have you ever tried mine?" "You make tahchin!?"

He's smug, you'll love his cooking more than that Cyno's.

He serves you a plate of tahchin, golden brown, perfectly seasoned, barberries topping the rounded rice dish "So, what do you think?" "This is so good! I kind of miss the padisarah petals though.."

The hell is THAT?

"Is it... not up to your expectations, my flower?" "No its delicious! I think I just miss the way my friend would make it.."

He's a little grumpy about it!!

Jamil gets kind of huffy with you next time you're together.

He's not ignoring you but just don't bring up food for a while.

Snake man will just respond with "Why don't you ask Cyno." when it comes to cooking for the next day or two...

[acidic-eye]

Now that the Ithaca saga is out, here are some of my fave things from the musical:

In no order, just as I thought of them.

1. Different beast: “we are the ones who feast now.”

I think you mean feasted ON. Cause guess what songs next? Oh look! Scylla! Who feasts on them!

(I love it sm I laugh everytime they say that line.)

2. What? Saga.

All the “HUH? WHAT? WHO? WHERE??” From ody always is so funny, especially those compilations on tiktok for it lol.

3.ody being this really smart man but so fucking dumb at the same time (ties to the last one)

No longer you is SO GOOS. And I love hearing his confusion while (I forgot his name but the guy who sings mainly in that song) like this poor man is just trying to explain it over and over and ody is NOT CATCHING THE HINT.

4. eurylochus singing like a girl.

Just- the concept that he is mimicking circie in that part brings me so much joy holy. Just the

“A woman.” “What??” “She had us in just two words… (activate girl voice) COME INSIDE—“

5. Scylla.

No other words, just Scylla. Best song untill the newest saga but still top three.

6. Circie.

Again. Litterally all her songs are INCREDIBLE. I remember watching gigis concept animatic for the like leaked bits and LOVING IT SO MUCH. Like gigis design is SO GOOD FOR EVERYONE BUT IT ESPECIALLY EATS WITH HER.

7. JUST A MAN MOTIF.

I don’t have to say anything. Just— it’s so good.

Infact all the motifs are TOP TIER.

8. I saw someone point out once that as Athena got to know ody more that she started not just doing straight notes and riffing and stuff. Like-

DAMN THATS SO COOL.

9. All the animatics. Like DAMN YOU GUYS ARE QUICK SND SO TALENTED!!!

10. Jorge himself, everything he has done for the fans, being the incredible man he is and incredible writer and singer. He is just such an incredible person, such a talented artist in general. He genuinely deserves all the fame he has and SO MUCH MORE. Ik that all the time I recomend this musical to everyone and their mothers. Genuinely I think I’ve gotten atleast four people into the musical.

11. Time paused. Athena’s time ability is SO COOL. Honestly Athena’s songs have always been some of my faves, my goodbye and warrior of the mind were ones I listened to on repeat when they first came out, and I still do! I love little wolf SO MUCH. Like seeing her so much in the wisdom saga after being missing was so incredible. Genuinely one of my fave characters.

12. How well emotions are convayed. I mean it’s insane how well the actors portray each emotion from the characters, such as telemecus in Odysseus, or in little wolf etc. it’s SO cool.

13. Open arms.

The motif of polities is INCREDIBLE. The poor vas character died so early yet was NEVER given a break. I think I saw he’s in so many of the songs like damm.

Especially in Odysseus with that one suitor saying “open arms”

Anyway more later. Love you guys.

[lucerowrites1]

Nico Greetham

Cabin fun

Nico greetham x male reader smut

Warnings: gay sex, top Nico, bottom reader, oral (reader receiving), on top of table sex, ass eating, daddy kink a bit, cum eating and swapping.

Summary: Nico invites you to his cabin in the woods for the summer and you both decide to have a little fun.

“Okay can you just give it a chance” your boyfriend Nico said to you. “I’m not saying anything okay” “Well you have on a frown on your face why” “it’s nothing Nico” you responded.

“Well you just called me Nico which you never do and plus give the cabin a chance okay I mean look at the bright side where gonna be all alone so we don’t gotta worry about people taking photos or anything and side not we can have as many sexy time as we want okay” Nico said pulling up to the cabin and getting a hold of your hand.

“I guess you do have a point” you said looking at him. As you both got out and got all your belongings out the car he pulled out the key to enter and opened the boot to go inside.

“Okay so this is the living room, kitchen, dining room, upstairs are the rooms and back door is the pool and jacuzzi” he said smiling at you and pulling into kiss.

“Okay well it’s getting late what are you gonna want to eat later” you said dragging him to the kitchen and opening the box of food you had brought. “Well I’m not hungry can we um you know do something else” Nico said standing behind you and wrapping his hands around you and closing the box.

“Okay well what do you want to do” you said to him. “Well I can of a few things I want to do” he said starting to suck on your neck and leave love marks on it.

“Damm already baby we’ve barley got here” you said with your eyes closed felling him still attack your neck. “Well I’m horny and I need you” he said in your ear while he turned you around and starting to kiss and attack your lips now.

He then picked you up and placed you on the kitchen counter starting to unbuckle your belt. As you slipped down his shorts making them fall down to his ankles.

As you continued make out you both kicked off your shoes and taking off each others shirts as he also pulled down your shorts leaving you both now with only your underwear.

As he started kissing down your body and soon starting to take off your underwear letting your manhood free as he took off his as well as he began to stroke his cock with one hand and the other starting to stroke yours as he began to suck your cock as you placed your hand on his head making him take you all in his mouth as you moaned and he did as well sending vibrations all over your cock and making you even harder.

“Ah—mm Fu-ck” you plead as you began to cum down Nico’s throat as he swallowed every last drop. “Oh fuck your really good at that” you told nico as he came up from his knees now standing in front of you “Thank you I’ve had lots of practice now come on lift your legs up I wanna tap that beautiful ass of yours baby” he said smirking as you lifted up your legs now your back on top of the counter top.

As he started to stretch your hole with his hands as he arched down and started to lick and suck your entrance causing you to moan and become hard once again as you stroked yourself as he ate at your ass like a wild animal.

“Oh shit baby you taste amazing as always” he said continuing to eat you out. “Fuck can’t wait to be inside you baby” your boyfriend said as he arched back up and spat on your hole and his hand to lube up his 9 inch cock as he started to enter you.

“Ah baby your so tight fu-ck-mm” he said as he started a rhythm of rocking his hips back and forth leaving up to the tip of his dick all the way to his base. “Ah fuck babyy” you moaned as he started this slow pace teasing you.

“Oh you like this dick baby huh” “Oh fuck yeahh” “yeah call me daddy my baby boy” “ Og fuck I love your cock in my ass baddy ah” you moaned making him harder and fastening up the pace as he fucked you harder.

“OH FUCK DADDYY AH—MM YEAH GIVE IT TO ME DADDY” you yelled as you felt him become even quicker.

“Oh FU-CK I’ma CUM” “Yeah daddy cum inside me ah yes mmh” “Yeah baby take my sweet cum” he yelled back as he painted your walls white with his cum ‘em you could even feel his cum leaking from your ass.

“Oh fuck wouldn’t want this to go to waste” he said pulling out and kneeling down to lick up his cum leaking from your hole as he got up to kiss you with his cum in his mouth as you swallowed it.

From that moment you knew you guys would be going at it like rabbits all summer long just like you did that night.

Let me know if you guys might want a part two to this I’d be down to write it.

P.s when you ask for smut you don’t have to but if you would want specific kinks positions or whatever I’m open to write whatever include it not just smut so if you have a plot to feel free to send it with your ask.

[thetarttfuldickhead]

I often wonder about how and when the team learns about Roy and Jamie’s special training arrangement. In 3x04, Roy and Jamie are just getting started; in 3x05 they’re not keeping it a secret but who knows what they team is or isn’t picking up; in 3x06 everyone is obviously aware of their new and predictably unhinged deal.

There’s a lot of ways the revelation can play out and I’m in love with all of them, but my favourite version (tonight, at least) has one of the other players just stumbling on some candid posted on the site formerly known as Twitter a few days after Zava’s left for his avocado farm. Roy having Jamie pull his bike is a little too late for this grand reveal, but I crave that same level of insanity; say it’s Jamie doing push-ups in the middle of the Richmond Green with Roy standing next to him and keeping a foot on his back, or some such.

“Guys, have you seen this?” Sasha might ask, rushing into the dressing room with his phone held high.

They haven’t. They’re all suitably awed/astounded/alarmed.

“Did Jamie piss Roy off again?” Colin wonders aloud, leading to a smattering of yeah, must have and nah, Jamie’s been minding himself, hasn’t he? and says here the chick who posted it sees them every morning there’s more pictures look and the discussion runs loud and agitated with no clear consensus, and then Jamie walks in, and they immediately swarm him, like the fuck is going on here, bruv?

“Uh, yeah, Roy’s been coaching me, hasn’t he? Like, privately.” Jamie’s doing a fair job of playing it cool, like it’s no big deal, like it’s just a thing, no particular reason for it. It’s nice to be the focus of the team’s attention once more, but he suspects they wouldn’t be best impressed if they realised it’s all to make him better than Zava ever was. (Which is bullshit, really, because Zava’s a right knob, yeah, and he fucked them over too, like properly.)

“He can’t actually force you to do that shit, can he?” Jeff asks, his silly brow furrowed in concern, and he’s sounding just a little uncertain, because he knows that technically he’s right, but this is Roy they’re talking about and… who the fuck knows what Roy can or can’t do, really?

“Yeah, mate, you should talk to the gaffer,” someone else chimes in, and there’s nods and yeah, Ted’ll say something, right, he’ll sort Roy out and stop him from torturing Jamie further.

Jamie waves their concern away. “No, lads, listen, I want him to do it,” he tells them. “It’s to make me better, right?” It’s already working, too; he can feel it, his endurance building, his strenght growing. He’s better than he’s ever been, and he’s only getting started.

The team contemplates that for a few moments, in hushed silence. “Man,” Van Damme eventually offers, “you couldn’t pay me to do that shit.”

“Yeah, well,” Jamie says, with a wink and a smirk, “no one’s offering to pay you, mate.”

And that’s that, really. The teams murmurs and shrugs and moves on. Just Roy and Jamie doing Roy and Jamie stuff, innit?

(Roy steps into the coaches' office, and Beard looks up from his book. “What?” Roy asks, because he knows all of Beard’s completely blank faces, and knows this one for the pointed interest it is. “You and Jamie, huh”? Beard asks. “Yeah, well,” is all Roy says, but Beard nods because yeah, that makes perfect sense actually.)

[erabu-san]

HELLO. I hear you like Cylou/Cynilou. GIMME YO HEADCANONS XD

But for real though what are some hcs you have for them? 👀 I'm on a them kick rn lol

Also I've never done an ask on Tumblr before so I hope I did it right sjdhsjsh

ZDAJZDAZD Don't worry anon you are doing it right !! I don't have a lot of HC, it more works on brainrot...

I already talked about how I imagine the first confession

Cyno doesn't miss any Nilou's spectacle. He always paid the ticket so he support financially the theatre (Nilou or Dehya give him free tickets tho)

At first, Nilou was a bit wary of Cyno, but after the Archon Quest, she understands him more and enjoy to discover new thing about him ! At the point sometime she thinks he is kind of cute

Dehya : so what do you think abt cyno Nilou : He- he is adorable. Dehya : BAHAHAHA THE GENERAL MAHAMATRA, ADORABLE ? This guy sure is cute but bahaha the way you said sound like you have a crush on him haha Nilou : *blush* Dehya : ... ohwaitwhat ???tell us more omg??????

In one of their hang-out date, Cyno starting to ramble about his special interest aka TCG... then he suddenly stopped, a bit embarassed "huh... maybe it doesn't interest you- we can talk about something else-" (usually he doesn't mind but he is concious abt what he say now when he is alone with nilou). But Nilou was listening to him, carefully, with a genuine and warm smile "please keep going ! I love seeing you being happy"

Before some repetition, Nilou would start to become nervous. Cyno would rassure her, by telling something like "Believe in you. You know you are capable, it is not the first time. Show us how much you love dancing. You can do it" (I JUST LOVE THEM SUPPORTING EACH OTHER !!!)

No one would expected the general mahamatra and the famous dancer dating. Except their close friend who witnessing a slow-burn love. When they finally make out, everyone is like "omg finally"

they r two adults but still damm embarassed to hold hand in public.

Cyno's love language is gift and act of service, Nilou's love language is word of affirmation and quality time (still unsure about this HC tho !)

[deadpool15]

Help me

Ok, this is bullshit. I've been sitting her watching my overly acrobatic girlfriend bend her body in ways that are quite questionable to the human eye. The way she is sitting there is doing it like it is nothing, and when I bend down my knees, buckle. It's quite embarrassing, my I add. I wonder what we are going to be eating later. Like, I love ramen and all, but shrimp pasta sounds really nice right now. It's Yumeri's turn to cook, I love how every time it's my turn, we mostly go out to eat or just cook one of my mammas homemade recipes I learned back in the day. I always pick one that takes literally 30 minutes. I mean what she doesn't know won't hurt her.

I was sitting on the floor with my eyes stuck in the mirror, yet I wasn't paying any attention to what my reflection was doing or even looking like. Nor was I focused on Yumeri anymore. I think she noticed when she suddenly started calling my name. I was so far gone in my own world that I wasn't concerned about her. "The point of us coming here was so you could hang out with me not, sit there playing games in your own mind, baby," I heard her speak up. I turn to my left and see her staring at me while sipping her milkshake. Damm, I forgot she had that. "I'm sorry, I was thinking about how amazing my circus terminator ass girlfriend is," I stated while finally getting up.

I had been sitting on the floor for so long I can feel my fucking pelvic bone touching the floor. I stretch out my elderly ass body, hearing some cracks. Shit sounds like an old, broke down car starting up. I finally finish my little stretch that wouldn't even qualify as a stretch, to be honest. I walk over to her while she is staring at me. Until I make my way to standing in front of her, having her look up at me. "I don't think I can ever get tired of this view, I smile at her, trying to figure out when I ever stand over her. "How many times have I stood over you for you to never get tired of this view, huh?" She looks at me before placing her milkshake down on the floor. "What do you mean I see this view all the time, you know when you are on top of me riding my -" I immediately bend down to cover her mouth, getting flustered.

Thankful that I am fucking black, because a girl would be red as fuck right now. She is always saying this dangerous ass shit in public. Yumeri moves my hand before grabbing my legs to have me sitting directly on her lap. "Baby we are literally the only people in this fucking practice room. Why are you getting so scared?" I search around the room completely, forgetting that we're the only people in the practice room. Forgetting all the tsubakill members decided to pack it up and leave for the night. "Still, you can just say stuff like that out loud." I say, trying to hide my face in her neck. "Why scared someone will know how I have you bending to my will, crying to the point where you don't know if you are begging me to stop or go faster?"

I start to whine in her ear, trying to get her to stop teasing me. "Yea, you usually sound just like that, too." I move from in the crook of her neck to look at her, causing her to stop and laugh at my reaction. "Fine, I'll stop. Get up, baby." I stare at her for a while. I kinda forgot I was sitting on her lap. I stand up with another cramp in my leg, causing Yumeri to notice and reach down and start to rub my leg and soothing the cramp. "Always gotta take care of you, don't I, baby?" I turned around to smile at her before thank her. Since she is a dancer, she is familiar with all my weird ass body aches and pains.

"Why did you want me to get up? Are we leaving now?" I ask her since we had been here for quite some time. She shakes her head, grabbing my cheeks, "No, I wanted to do what you had asked me on Saturday." Now I'm left perplexed, trying to figure out what exactly was it I asked on Saturday. It could've been something stupid. I ask her a lot of dumb shit when I get high. Like the time I asked her if I could go to Disneyland in California. It was like 7 at night, and I kept trying to get her to pack our bags with me.

"What did I ask you this time?" "To teach you some of my tricks, remember." I looked at her in disbelief, yea I definitely had to my high as fuck to ask her some shit like that. "Wait like sexual or ?" She smirked before letting go of my cheeks, looking me up and down. "I mean, we could do that too. But, no, you didn't ask me that. That dancer tricks, baby." I start to look towards the door. Hopefully, my phone will be my ring, or we can leave. "Baby come on you know I'm not a fucking ferret my body doesn't bend that way." She turned me back around before kissing me on the lips,"you can do it. I know you can, plus last night you were pretty bendly."

"Why do you have to make everything sexual?" I state trying to get her to stop embarrassing me. She stops before moving to show me her bending slightly to stretch more. I try to copy her before I take notice of the fact that she isn't next to me anymore. I look around, still bent over until I hear her behind me. "That's it, you're doing amazing, baby." I shake my head when I hear her. "I'm pretty sure you're supposed to be helping me not focus on my ass," I tell her. I should've expected this behavior from her. "I am focusing, hard to though when you ass just looks that good."

[itsmebytch001]

Maybe Aaron unintentionally runs into Diana’s boyfriend on the street or in a store either with or without Y/n? I wanna know how that would play out…

Love your work btw💙😇

(I Love Love Love this request! Keep them coming)

While you and Aaron were roaming the isles around the store in a hopeless mission to find the Rose tea you insisted on having in the house, Little Diva he thought to him self, he made a note to always keep an eye out of you, he always had you either holding his hand or grabbing distance, he knew that if you were to stray too far and the wrong type of person saw that they'd snatch you, a parents worst nightmare.

Aaron: "I don't understand what's so special about this tea that you drag me across the city just to get it"

Y/n: "I dunno, I just really like it"

Aaron: "Why do we gotta go all the way across Brooklyn to some shop Ive never heard of then?"

Y/n: "This is where Diana buys it, so I know it's here"

Aaron: "Oh" He sharply inhaled.

Y/n: "This is the isle" You pointed your finger to the finale isle.

While you and Aaron scanned the isle for the overly specific tea you so desperately wanted Aaron took his eyes off you and let go of your hand while you also searched, scanning each box and briefly reading the title only to dismiss it.

But once he found it, the rose Japanese tea in it's pink box he grabbed it calling out to you...

Aaron: "Baby I found it-" he turned around only to see you weren't there.

His eyes darted across the isle left to right, he had lost you, all his worst fears were coming true, you were gone and it was his fault as his mind raced, where did you go, did someone take you?

Aaron: "Y/n?! Y/n?!" he yelled out drawing the attention of other shoppers, he exited the isle and continued to call for you.

Aaron: "Y/N! Y/N! ANSWER ME!" He turned the corner to see to his relief you were there, talking to someone...

A man, a grown ass man he didn't know dressed down in a hoodie and sweats was crouched down talking too you sweetly.

Not my fucking daughter, he thought to himself.

He approached from behind you and grabbed your arm pulling you back towards him while leaning down to face you.

Aaron: "The hell are you doing? I told you never to speak to strangers!" He scolded beginning to drag you away.

Aaron: "What's wrong with you? Talking to a little girl huh?"

Phil: "Woah chill man, It's not like that, I'm Phil"

Oh...Phil, Diana's boyfriend.

Aaron: "Oh...okay, I still don't want you hanging around my daughter, I don't know you"

Phil: "Well I know her, me and the little lady were just catching up"

Little lady, who the fuck dose he think he is?

Aaron: "Well you can catch up her weekends"

Phil: "I guess, see you Saturday Sweetie" He waved at you from behind Aaron.

Oh Hell no

Aaron: "Getting way too familiar with my kid man, with all the nicknames"

Phil: "What? Why can't I have some 'familiarity' with her, I see her every weekend"

Aaron: "I.Don't.Know.You"

Phil: "Well she knows me, Don't you Y/n?"

...

Y/n: "Yeah..." You answered meekly.

Phil: "I like to think of myself like her weekend Daddy"

I am about to shoot this damm down in broad daylight

Phil grins at him, Aaron can't tell if he's trying to provoke him or if he is just this much bitch all the time.

Aaron: "Excuse me?"

Phil: "Someone's gotta be the man of house, you and Diana didn't work out she need's father figure"

...

Aaron: "I am her father?"

Phil: "No no, I mean like a real father figure, one who puts the kid in their place not just coddle them, or take back talk"

Aaron knows if he stays in this store any longer and talk to this man he's going to become a killer, he he deeply inhales grabs your hand tightly and drags you out the store.

Phil: "See you next week sweetie"

Aarons grip on your hands tightens and he pulls you out the store, and only lets go once you've turned the corner of the side walk, and once he lets go you rub your hand due to the redness.

Aaron: "I'm sorry about your hand baby, it's just that boy was testing me back there"

Y/n: "...Its okay"

Aaron: "Dammit, I forgot your tea"

Y/n: "is there any chance we could go back"

Aaron: "Hell no, I'd end up a killer back that guy...I'll find it online and order you some, kay?"

Y/n: "...okay" You huffed.

Aaron: "Come on now, It's just tea, how bout we get some ice cream?"

Y/n: "OH! YES please!"

Aaron: "Okay then, let's go what flavour you thinking?"

Y/n: "Pistachio!"

Aaron: "Pistachio huh? I think the flavours should have stopped at Mint chip but whatever"

Y/n: "You get vanilla, you can't judge me"

Aaron: "What's wrong with Vanilla?"

Y/n: "Only psychopath's eat vanilla ice cream, and you BITE it, like a mad man"

Aaron: "Hey Ive got strong teeth, you got your Mom's teeth so you can't bite it"

While you and Aaron sat on the bench together, he taking bites out of his while you had to lick it coming down your hands.

Aaron: "What do you call Phil?"

Y/n: "What do you mean?"

Aaron: "Like, do you call him Phil or by his last name?"

Y/n: "Usually I call him Phil sometimes he won't answer me unless I call him Daddy"

Aaron sharply inhales again, his hand tensing on the cone until it cracked.

Aaron: "Uh huh...Do you like calling him that?"

Y/n: "No, I don't really care though sometimes he buys me things if I do"

Aaron: "So that's where you keep gettin all those toys, do you know what he works as to afford you all that?"

Y/n: "I don't know, I don't think he has a job"

Aaron: "Uh huh...so he's a deadbeat?"

Y/n: "A bit yeah"

Aaron: "Is he nice to you?"

Y/n: "Most the time"

Aaron: "I think I'm gonna get you a phone, nothing fancy just a flip phone so you can call me, or Uncle Jeff if something goes wrong"

Y/n: "Really?! A phone?!"

Aaron: "Nothing fancy just a flip one"

Y/n: "Oh thank you" You hugged your father from the side gripping his torso.

Aaron: "And I'm gonna put all those social media blocks on it, no Instagram no face book none of that, no 8 year old need's all that, and I'm go through your messages, make sure your not being all sneaky"

Y/n: "Okay! Can I put sparkles on it?"

Aaron: "No, those things are expensive"

Y/n: "But you said nothing fancy? If it's cheap why can't I put gems on it?"

Aaron: "I-I...You ask too many questions Y/n"

Y/n: "You said it's good to ask questions"

Aaron: "Don't give me lip Y/n"

Y/n: "I'm not? I'm just-"

Aaron: "Shhh"

Y/n: "I-"

Aaron: "Shhht"

Y/n: "okay damm"

Aaron: "I heard that"

[awesomecitys-blog]

One Piece Spoilers below

Something that’s really funny to me is that the Straw Hats are speed running being pirates, which I’ve talked about before, but it gets even funnier when look at it from the perspective of the World Government. Like, one day you get told that a random guy in a straw hat took down Buggy, Don Krieg, and Arlong, which gained the highest bounty in the East Blue, 30 million Berries. Which you think is crazy, but whatever, that just puts him on Smokers radar and nobody gets past Smoker, right? Wrong, cause according to Smoker, Dragon showed up and prevented Smoker from taking down straw hat guy. And for a while, that’s it. You don’t hear anymore about him or his crew, which you believe is because of the Grand Line being, well the Grand Line. Smoker calls you up one day and is like, hey, the Straw Hat Pirates, that what they’re called now, defeated Crocodile in Alabasta. To which you suddenly freak out, because know this Luffy kid is a threat, and you can’t have people finding out about his actions. So, the world thinks that Smoker took down Crocodile and that Luffy played a tiny part in that. In accordance, his bounty is now 100 million Berries. And then him and his crew vanish off the face of the earth, which you take to as a relief. Then Kuzan calls, informing you that the Straw Hats pulled up to Long Ring Long Land with Nico Robin in tow, he didn’t catch them, but that they’re most likely heading to Water 7. Great. Well, at least Lucci and co. are already at Water 7, so they just capture Robin, head to Enies Lobby, and… what? They did what? Scratch that, the Straw Hats broke into Enies Lobby, saved Robin, and escaped the Buster Call to boot. Increase the bounty, 300 million Berries! Poof, Luffy and crew are once again the wind, and you think they might ended up encountering Moria, so you send Kuma to warn him, as well as be there in case Moria washes up. Which he does, but so does Kuma, but at least it wasn’t public like Crocodiles. And besides, you have more pressing matters, what with the upcoming execution of one Portgas D. Ace and all the Supernovas arriving at Sabbody at the same time. Then that idiot punched a World Noble, because of course he did. So Kizaru rolls up, as does Sentomaru and some Pascifta, and the Straw Hats were totally defea… Kuma sent them away? Oh. Well, that’s basically a defeat, right? Huh? Luffy is were? Impel Down? Trying to free Ace, who’s apparently his brother? Ah, good ol�� Mellegan, I knew we could count on him to take down Luffy. Pardon me? Luffy escaped? With who? Crocodile, Mr. 1, Mr. 3, Ivonkva, Inzuma, Buggy, Jinbei, and a ton of prisoners? Gosh darn it all, I’m busy enough as it is! All right, let’s just focus on killing Ace and… GARP IT’S YOUR OWN DAMM FAMILY AGAIN! Fucking hell, Luffy just dropped out of the sky, caused so much trouble, and then vanished for two years, but at least he’s gone…he just showed up? Did we capture him? No?!?! What do you mean no?!?! Well, where the hell are they?!?! (Worth noting that Luffy’s bounty went from 300 to 400 million Berries during this time, and that Dragon was his father, which is probably why Luffy was saved by him all the way back in the East Blue.) At which point, the Straw Hats proceed to wreck havoc at Punk Hazard, according to Smoker, defeat Doflamingo, giving Luffy another bounty increase to 500 million Berries, pull another disappearing act, during which they give Big Mom a headache, which you decide warrants a bounty raise to 1.5 billion Berries, and then they hop their way into Wano, in which you have no power. But you do have spies, which inform you that they, along with their allies, dropped both Big Mom and Kaido. Because of course they did. So, you slap a bounty of 3 billion Berries on Luffys head, and the last you heard, he was gallivanting in Egghead, with Kizaru, Saturn, and a bunch of marines heading there to take down Vegapunk. Oh dear.

Like, Luffy and co. should not be where they are now, but they are and they’re pretty powerful as well.

[everydaydg]

Wipeout 2048, Advancing Hardware and the Future.

Extensive and shitty ramble ahead. (Started writting in 4/23)

This is my fourth month with the PS vita 2000... technically fifth counting December before I had to get the thing replaced a few times

its been 4 months since ive gotten a PS Vita

I never experienced anything with this hardware prior, I never saw one in person nor did I know anyone that had one; everyone I knew just had DS line systems. Hell I knew several people who had Wii Us over the PS Vita.

My most clear memory with the system was seeing the games for it in store shelves; particularly "little deviants"... they coudnt sell that damm game, it was marked down to 5 bucks in multiple stores and nobody bought it!

yeah that's it. That was the vita for me in its active period.

The machine that had little deviants. A game nobody wanted to buy and was only available on the thing nobody owned

Isn't that oddly emblematic of the fate of thing.

I had grown interested in the software for the thing as the years passed by and decided to pick one up late 2024 and man, I dont regret that one bit.

I don't want to drag this whole thing out with how much the system floored me in such a small amount of time, I was surprised by how much it can do and how impressive the games were

but a few days ago something clicked.

Let me start with a small thing from a week ago. literary a week ago in fact as of posting this.

Last Wednesday I picked up WipEout 2048

I didn't really get what made WipEout an interesting racing series and I did previously try 2048 digitally but ultimately didn't like it. I found the controls to be too floaty, the air breaks system was really hard to find control and crashing into the walls felt like an inevitability which was the same experience I had with every wipeout game up to that point.

I didn't have the amount of control other racing games had given me which was a huge reason as to why I bounced off the series often. Deep down I knew I wasn't being fair to it, I didn't really sit down to let it sink in, so in an attempt to "get it", I bought a used copy of 2048 to really get down to it.

I... am so fucking floored by this game and im so happy I found a physical copy to truly get down to it

I grew to understand what made things work and from there appreciating everything else became easier.

I get it now and I cant wait to play more of it!! Its one of the most beautiful games ive seen and its portable.

I said something clicked a few days ago. Wipeout clicked a week ago.

What happened a few days ago is that I downloaded the DLC to 2048, the Wipeout HD & Wipeout HD Fury Expansions. I bumped into them while looking at the achievements for the game

"Wipeout HD and HD Fury? the PS3 ones? ... why the fuck are they subdivisions of 2048"

I did some digging and asked the person that recommended the base game to me about it and... yeah it seemed to be the case

It was all the stuff from the PS3 games

I coudnt believe that could be the case. Those are like... full on console games, they wouldn't put them as DLC... yknow the whole thing specially after the game was out for a few months.

It was the whole fucking thing.

Holy shit.

They put the PS3 games. here. on the handheld. nonchalantly as DLC.

This is downloadable content released in June 2012 which allowed you to expand the game you got in January to... INCLUDE THE WHOLE CAMPAIGN FROM THE 2008 GAME AND ITS 2009 EXPANSION.

WHAT.

AND ITS GORGEOUS TOO... AND INCLUDES EVER SHIP FROM THOSE GAMES??? HUH

...

wait

2012.

In 2012 a handheld device was capable of delivering a solid portable experience of a home console game that released few years prior.

A handheld device delivered a solid portable experience of a PS3 game that released in 2009 in just 3 years

and that was it. it clicked. It truly sank in how ahead of the curve this was.

This thing was made a decade ago.

~

handheld devices are always worse.

On the low end of the spectrum, its Inferior hardware made to be an approximation of last generations top end consumer electronics and on the high end of the spectrum, they're compact revisions of existing hardware with certain inconveniences or cutbacks.

The Game Boy (1989) was an approximation of the NES (1983) made as an affordable consumer option for digital entertainment at a price of $98.99 ($232.09, adjusted for inflation). It had an non backlit monochromatic dot matrix display and all of its games at most could utilize 4 shades the one color. It ran off 2 AA batteries.

All effectively cost cutting measures to make the system as accessible as possible. A year later a portable revision of the SEGA Master System, the Game Gear (1990), came to market. 32 colors on screen at once, on a 160×144 resolution backlit LCD display, powered by 6 AA batteries at $149.99 ($367.00)

That's quite the increase and it was still but a portable conversion of a system from the previous generation.

The TurboExpress was a high end portable handheld device released in 1990, it was a portable revision of 1987's TurboGrafx16. 481 colors on screen, backlit LCD and incredible specs

at $249.99 ($644.73)

Jesus.

Required 6 AA batteries (but could utilize an AC adapter) and didn't support any of the add-ons later released for the TurboGrafx

Worth pointing out that the device was more expensive than the TurboGrafx-16 ($199.99 - $563 Adjusted)

Its always been worse... but ive always been impressed

Even if its old tech... to see what was once tied to the living room go out... be able to be operated comfortably on its own, anywhere! is... a testament to humanity's will... moving forward, improving, push the envelope. Machines created from passion... to create... and make a profit as most advances in technology are in direct result of a desire to earn profits and stay on top of the market but shhhhhhh, engineers are passionate people too! I have an immense respect for the people that create stuff!

Its wonderful.

but they stuck to being an approximation.

My wonder for handheld devices was different to that of stationary home systems.

Big PCs enchanted me with complicated processes and visuals while handhelds impressed me by managing to make a functional mini computer of pre established tech that can work anyway.

of course. I did yearn for the latest to be portable sometimes.

I wished sometimes my systems weren't so limited... yknow I kinda wanted to play Wii on the DS some days...

Of course that was often offset by the original software made for these lower end systems taking advantage of the new form factors to create brand new experiences that you couldn't find anywhere else.

The hardware was worse, objectively, but that shouldn't devalue the work that went into it whatsoever.

Now... ive focused on 4th gen systems up to now, mainly 2D capable systems

I want to bring up something the 5th generation brought that permeates with the 6th

A big divide is introduced when it comes to the gap between handhelds and home consoles

A boom in 3D technology, baby.

Handhelds couldn't handle 3D... and im not going to start calling laptops handhelds to make a technicality (even if they did continue to get good steadily provide 3D visuals.)

There were some novelties like race drivin for GB ('93) but those are very few and far between.

there wasn't quite anything on the go that could scratch that itch to play some polygons on the go. 5th gen had the GBC (1998) and NGPC (1999)

so. fuck all.

By the turn of the millennium we had the GBA (2001) which could do... some stuff but wasn't even up to par with the previous generation and the NGage (2003) had no games, no sales and a horrendous aspect ratio for anything 3D.

Every attempt was just a rough approximation up to 2004

Which was the year where the DS and PSP released... there really wasn't anything super capable from 1994 to 2003, 9 years of a gap.

And frankly the winner of that generation, the DS, was really weak. I dont mean for this to come off as me saying the DS was worse than the PSP because it wasn't up to spec, it was just objectively pretty weak and it really isn't at its best when handling 3D... most of the best software in the system mainly utilized 2D imo... but that's another topic and ultimately boils down to developers utilizing restrictions, limitations and the new form factor to create something unique and special for the weaker hardware.

... now... the PSP.

This is the point where I think the 3D gap was finally closed up. The PSP is such an insane piece of hardware that feels both ahead and behind of the curve but hindsight is 2025, its not entirely fair to expect them to not have a couple of issues, specially with sony's first fully fledged handheld device.

But lets focus on what it was ahead on: console quality 3D graphics, multimedia playback, legacy software support, optical media based storage and analog control

(It can be argued that the DS does do a bit of legacy software through its GBA slot on the original and lite revisions but ultimately it coudnt play GB or GBC games which docks it avlot of points... it has backwards compatibility but not really legacy software support)

Legacy support... PS1 games on the go! While the DS was working with visuals akin to the 5th gen in regards to 3D, the PSP could actively flaunt that it could play software from the previous generation of CONSOLES, not handhelds, portably no less! insane stuff

Which also speaks to the really solid resolution of the device! 480 x 272! quite solid for scaling old games and video material! By the 2000s there was an interest in portable media devices like DVD players, so this fulfilled a very prevalent demand and could be hooked up to a TV too through AV out!

Of course quality is shit when put up on your 480p display but damm! that's still pretty good!

Speaking of DVDs and optical media! UMDs! Which are... a blessing and a curse. You have a lot of space to store media (as its a literal disk) but... moving the device makes it skip... which ultimately makes the system better for stationary play as opposed to when you're in transport. You could circumvent it with putting your games digitally on the memory stick though, that's cool.

It had its things to hold it up outside of just being a portable PS2 but ultimately... it was still less than a PS2 in regards to the specs and available input methods. This is a bit of a problem I didn't mention up to now but most handhelds have suffered from it in one way or another, specially when it comes to translating games to the new platforms.

Sometimes there's just not enough buttons to make some games work comfortably.

A few notable examples that come to mind are Beatmania GB (Start is the turntable input), MegaMan Xtreme (Lack of a dedicated dash button), F-Zero Climax (no control scheme has all offensive and movement options available)

The PSP had more buttons so when it came to 2D games it was super comfortable but for the main deal of the system, the 3D, it felt oddly ill equipped for it.

(Which is, funnily enough how, id also describe the DS as it lacked any kind of analog stick and its 3D capabilities were shown off in some of the promotional material. Big deal... not quite ready for it tho)

One analog stick... its more than what came before... barring the Tapwave zodiac which did have one of those but that system flopped hard.

It is worth noting that the 3DS adopted a similar scheme to the PSP... but Id say this is more of a problem here as the 3DS had a few input types to make up for its limitations (Gyro, Touch Screen, Circle Pad Pro). Doesn't help that the PSP had way more ports of home console releases.

A lot of games struggled with the lack of that second analog.

Hell PS1 games sometimes struggled as the PSP didnt have dedicated L2 and R2 shoulder buttons... they were mapped by default to the analog stick... which meant there was no way to utilize the analog component of dualshock supported PS1 games (so, no ape escape... but they remade it for the PSP because they realized "oh no, no ape escape"

still. no ape escape)

It was right there. Riiiiiight fucking there but it was just few steps short from a PS2.

Its the future... with the limitations of the past.

The graphical jump is fucking insane... but playability wasn't quite there yet...

Now. 2011.

The PSP and DS lines have ended and a new era of handheld devices was upon us.

The 3DS and PS Vita were released.

I want to start with the 3DS as it feels like it took a lot of its lessons from the PSP while integrating some modern technologies to really get it to feel like a new age system.

Its like if you combined the capabilities of the PSP with the good aspects of the DS!

... except the multimedia stuff (barring music playing) but still! it makes for a very enticing handheld.

It doesn't do a lot new but it does enough with the introduction of the 3D display, an analog stick, a gyroscope, integrated cameras, a dual core ARM11 CPU, music playback, social features with streetpass, SD card support and so on.

It was mainly carried by the original software and the 3D display gimmick (which is kinda what made the original DS stick. Not cutting edge but the dual screen gimmick and touch screen made for a lot of interesting software which made it work)

Because of the upgraded hardware it had enough guts to do visuals better than the PSP despite operating at a similar resolutions! Cool shaders baby! COOL SHADERS

It also resolved the issue of the last system being lacking in legacy software! It had enough power to emulate a variety of systems and had several legacy titles released to it digitally, which allowed for a lot of neat systems the PSP didn't have access to (without homebrew that is)

The 3DS is very cool and while I do believe it has some issues at the end of the day (again no dual analog had its problems here and there) its quite the solid device that feels just right.

Its the bar. The 3DS was the bar to meet in terms of hardware. It wasn't competing anywhere close to the home consoles at the time or even really reaching the same strengths the wii... but it was the bar

You dont expect them to put a wii u in your pocket just like that.

now. the vita.

Operating at 960×544 with an OLED display, blutooth support, touch screen, rear touch pad, wifi capabilities, a 4 core ARM11 CPU capable of operating at 500mhz with a GPU that could handle up to 128mb of VRAM and dual analogs.

This fucking thing was operating above standard resolution and had enough power to properly run PS2... Wii stuff even!

This was operating above 6th gen systems and had the benefit of then modern hardware to achieve visuals close to that of the PS3 with super fancy shaders and textures. The hardware utilized in the vita had some similar points to 4th gen iphones.

Thats. fucking nuts.

This thing goes so over the bar of what id consider the standard of the time.

Not to mention it some convenient features that you didn't quite see on this type of game device! Like blutooth and easy connectivity with a PC to handle files! GPS!

There was... so much shit in this thing!

Worth mentioning that it having two analogs makes transitioning software work really well! Legacy software like PS1 games work well because of the back touch pads and PSP games can work even better than how they did on their original hardware due to having the option to utilize the second analog stick!

Even if they had to translate more complicated games in the future... any inputs it may lack are accommodated by the dual touch surfaces and gyro!

The lack of R2 and L2 can be worked around! The back touch pad allows for a camera control method that lets you to keep your hands on the left analog stick and the face buttons without issue! Not a lot of games implemented it but its something!

It had accessibility options with options for inverted colors, bigger text and high contrast! There were internal button remapping options too! which wasn't really a standard for a good while!

Its ahead of the curve on hardware, software, multi media capabilities, wireless capabilities, input methods...

holy shit.

I know im sucking off the vita but this fucking thing... IS SO ADVANCED FOR 2011. I mean yeah it was the top end which meant it costed a nice and cozy 249.99 dollars... ow but you certainly get a device that has so much going on for it

Ok can we talk about the visuals proper for a moment?

Ok lets take a moment to look at the 3DS and some 6th and 7th gen stuff

3DS

GC, PS2 and XBOX

Wii

7th gen stuff

Under normal circumstances... I wouldn't think anything like the 7th gen would be possible on vita... and usually Wii stuff would struggle but...

Thats PS2, XBOX, 7th gen type stuff... just there.

and yes its specs are lower than the home consoles... yes its not quite a PS3 but its so capable... its an approximation... but a damm close one, the closest ive ever seen to truly catch up with home consoles... the fact studio liverpool could port... 2 visually impressive racing games... something id consider a visual showcase of the PS3 in 4 years...

That is fucking. insane.

Sony made such a huge leap and it fucked up!

The 3DS beat it by a mile. 2 miles even.

The original software was simply better even if the specs were worse.

The vita had good software and while I do believe it has enough to appeal to everyone... it didn't really have the spark, a super killer app to really get the thing going.

It had several wonderful games but they quickly fell into being niche.

The vita was more expensive, has less to play and had that stupid memory card...

the 3DS started the same price but go dropped down to 169.99, had all the cool third party support, 3D and SD support above all...

I didn't mention the vita memory card did I.

For as much as the vita got right... there is one fucking thing that upsets me to no end... the proprietary memory format

its the one thing keeping the vita from being a thing I can 100% recommend

With no on board memory (until the vita 2000), your system space is dictated by a expensive ass sony memory card.

So you're less incentivized to utilize the multimedia features because then you have less space for games, the steep entry fee becomes even steeper... and you remember the 3DS supports SD cards cards and you load whatever the fuck with music! no video but shit its something!

It stumbles right at the fucking end... the system is so forward thinking and solves problems that it probably would have never experienced in its lifetime but they messed up such an important thing!!!

It feels like the future and its so smart about so much... but its marred down by a perpetual stone in my shoe.

not to mention! save data backups are worse! they're not separate like the PSP where you could erase your games and keep the save data... you had to get a PS Plus account or backup the whole game in your computer to keep your save file.

No fucking wonder it was the little deviants machine!

FUCK

...

ok.

now. The vita flopped. It brought a sense of wonder ive never felt so hard.

Its the culmination of hardware and software reaching a great point and I love it for it

I don't think Sony's throwing their hat in the ring to try again either... nor would I support them if they did.

The switch released after the vita and also after the wii u and it didnt quite capture what made me love the previous generation of handhelds. It was too big...

Too big for me to call it a comfortable portable experience... its as portable as a standart android tablet or a laptop (thats to say yeah its portable but its as convenient as having to have a bag for it at all times.)

The switch 2 is in the horizon and nowadays I think we have hit a peak with tech.

Specially with the boom of portable computers... the gap is gone.

the latest can be taken anywhere now.

I'm incredibly impressed with what we can achieve. It has never been a better time to see how far things have come and feel happy that such a milestone has been reached. The culmination of several decades of development. All present in one moment.

but... its not very exciting seeing what new console comes out now.

and I don't think there's a big push to create a compact system that's behind of the curve. The switch 2 will be as big as the switch 1 which is impressive but also... disappointing.

I miss when you could take stuff in your pocket yknow.

The future is very much bright... but im oddly saddened that future generations wont feel the joy ive felt these past few months but they will find something else to find joy in.

The gap being gone has so much opportunity.

Man... hardware is so cool. developers are so cool

those fucking guys figured out insane shit on the most nothing of platforms and brought me countless memories

This whole thing is informal, heavily opinionated and kinda ass.

But that's how these rambles go I suppose.

Good night

(1:03 AM, 24/4/2025)

[thequietmanno1]

Thelreads, MHA 270, Replies Part 1

1) “So, let`s sit and see what bullshit AfO is gonna pull to get out of his cell and save his plans, on Chapter 270: Inheritance.”- Oh, he didn’t need to leave the cell to have a say in how things were going….at least, not that piece of him…

2) “oh, you think he`s gonna do that Mic? Without torture first? Silly mic, that`s not how things work, and sure, you won`t stain your hand with this shit, but still, the suggestion is up…”- He wouldn’t really call them off anyway, because by his own account, he’s become so fanatically devoted to AFO that he honestly doesn’t care about himself anymore, only his master’s success. This apparent defeat had driven him almost to the point of utter despair, such that he’s not ruminating on the past and ‘what-ifs’ whilst trying to ignore the reality of his loss. 3) “oh

oh no

that machine is still on, isn`t it?

THAT MACHINE THAT WAS PART OF THE SYSTEM THAT WOULD WAKE SHIGARAKI UP IS STILL ON, ISN`T IT?

AND SHIGARAKI IS RIGHT NEXT TO IT

X-CROTCH, PLEASE REMOVE THE SHIGARAKI FROM HERE ASAP, GOT THAT?”- Still on, but with his body out of the tank, he wasn’t in the right position to be revived the ‘proper’ way…but the water on the floor was enough to conduct the electric discharge when X-less blew it up to be safe. 4) “huh, so you were the one that came up with the singularity theory? Interesting. Yeah, your quirk was to age slower or something like that, right? You would be there back when quirks started to be more widespread.”- And fittingly, his Quirk’s power was one that allowed him to live long enough to see that future calamity himself- heck, he’s technically responsible for partially creating it through Tomura. And of course, whilst his Quirk doesn’t cause true immortality, if it, like everything else loaded into the original AFO Quirk, has been passed into Tomura’s enhanced and younger body, specially modified to bear the strain of all that power at once…. Then Tomura will be a problem for a long, long time. 5) “Which is fairly ironic, considering that anyone looking out their window can see that quirks are getting stronger and stronger with each passing generation, and if that keeps up eventually shit will logically fly towards the center of the fan, but again, not surprising, people do tend to ignore the obvious problems of the world.”- It helps also that the increases in Quirk power levels are getting more and more visibly obvious with the newer generations, and Mic, as a teacher, has been witness to multiple different age groups of kids coming into their own  powers through his job, so he’s in a position to have seen the evidence first-hand. 6) “If they can duplicate it, and AfO can “re-inject” it back into the doc, would that mean he would have twice the additional lifespan? Could that be done infinitely, granting him a sort of eternal life? “- Or, you know….stick that Quirk into a fresher, healthier and less broken vessel than his ‘old’ self, and get a whole new extended lifespan on top of his original one. He was lucky enough to run into a life-extending quirk within his own natural lifespan, who’s to say a Quirk capable of true immortality wouldn’t appear in 10-30 years’ time? Or perhaps even a combination of the right Quirks? Say, if this Quirk extends the life you have, perhaps all you need is a Quirk that can rewind you a few decades or so to refresh your clock? 7) “Additional quirks can break a person, I remember that much, but that`s because they aren`t prepared for it, right? The doc would have the necessary resistance to his own quirk, he could withstand it, right?”- And he made damm sure Tomura could withstand as many additional Quirks as AFO’s ambitions would have him steal. 8) “Well, at least the fact that it was duplicated was confirmed, but interestingly enough, the doc got the copy, the original is with AfO, which, thinking about it, makes sense. He was the type to want to have the original of his quirks.”- Technically, the original was with AFO….and still is, in a manner of speaking, just not the one that’s currently locked up nice and secure in prison…

9) “Also, this sort of implies that Cloudy`s death wasn`t an accident at all, which, remembering how it happens, is already making me confused… Confused, and worried about what the truth holds.”- And now Mic knows, Aizawa can never know. Mic will have to take this secret to his grave with him, and probably the doctor as well, just to be certain. Aizawa already blamed himself enough for not being good enough to save Shirakumo when he believed it was just an accident – now knowing what actually became of his friend, can you imagine what it’d do to him if he learned that this was supposed to be hisfate instead, that he was deliberately targeted and Shirakumo took the bullet in his place by happenstance?

(vigilantes ch 63)

10) “Oh, a giant monster, wonderful. Luckily this is a flashback, we were getting too saturated with the proto-nomus that were getting nowhere, it will be nice seeing a regular kaiju wrecking shit.”- Well, it wasn’t exactly a Bomu, but it does seem like Ujiko and AFO enhanced Garvey to a level of power and strength that he might not have easily gained on his own, otherwise it seems weird that a bunch of trained heroes with prior knowledge of his abilities would be taken down like this and leaving it up to an inexperienced trainee like Aizawa to save the day.

(Vigilantes ch 63)

11) “Alright, it was good that those people lived long and fulfilling lives because they are about to be obliterated so the union teamsters can take down this villain. Everything in a twenty-block radius is about to turn into dust, but we saved the day! hey!”-  Sure seems strange that the immediate heroes on the scene were a bunch of people whose Quirks Garvey was able to easily absorb to empower itself, yeah? I did wonder about this back with Tenko’s situation, but given how this fight turned out, I’d say it’s proof that AFO has some means of manipulating the hero dispatch calls to get the right person on the scene for his plans to proceed- or in Tenko’s case, make sure no hero is on the scene.

(Vigilantes ch 63)

12) “…

You know, I just realized some things… Big, seemingly non-aware of the damage it is causing, grey-ish coloration… This is a fucking trigger villain, isn’t it?”- Well, given how he has an established history and a prior criminal record, not to mention a name, I’d say he’s not ‘quite’ a trigger villain, but he is likely one of Ujiko’s first forays into monster experimentation with Criminal quirks. Not quite a trigger villain, nor even a Nomu or a Bomu, but basically a precursor to the kind of illegal and immoral science that would spawn all of them down the line

(Vigilantes ch 63)

13) “Oh boy, there’s no way that thing isn’t a trigger villain, if not a goddamn proto-nomu as well, somehow. I wouldn’t doubt it, everything is possible in here. Hell, knowing Furuhashi, I would be surprised if it wasn’t one of those two, as a way to connect everything…”- It does help explain how Aizawa’s friend got frankenstien’d together into his nigh-unrecognisable current form. Literally, not even his closest friend could tell it was him at first, he’s that changed- though given that the other heroes recognise Garvey on sight it seems more like he’s a villain who was amped up by Ujiko somehow as part of his early quirk experimentation, rather than working on the multi-quirk gene splicing stuff immediately. That said, his absorption quirk does technically allow him to wield multiple quirks at once, so it does function as a different branch of Ujiko’s twisted research to eventually manufacture multiple quirk holders on demand.

(Vigilantes ch 63)

14) “Alright, so it’s not an extra quirk, that’s what this monster here was suppose to be doing… but still, the size doesn’t seem like something natural, and for such firepower like this… To be able to stock that much energy, not even Fatgum, a pro hero, was able to pull something like this off.”- Ujiko probably enhanced his ability to store powers for greater amounts than he could before, if not amplify them when he was releasing them. That blast does seem to be bigger than what the heroes shot him with before, since I don’t think any of them were reckless enough to use that much firepower against him in a residential area

(Vigilantes ch 63)

15) “Oh yeah, it was that. And going by the amount of lumps on his back, even before the Union tried to shot him dead, we can assume that this guy is packing a lot of pain with him… Oh boy, I hope we at least recover their bodies afterwards.”-Assuming that he wasn’t attacked by a bunch  of different heroes who didn’t know what his quirk was before the Union attacked, It seems Ujiko has him loaded with a ton of powers for use against them before he unleashed him onto the streets, otherwise it would have been hard for him to ‘stock up’ so many powers at once if he was absorbing and firing them back immediately.

(Vigilantes ch 63)

16) “Goddammit this massive unit managed to somehow catch up to you like that, where’s Prince when we needed him, did he already got killed?”- Almost like it was specifically looking for somebody in particular… In fact, if you look closely, you can even see that Garvey seems to be looking down at Aizawa in particular here.

(Vigilantes ch 63)

17) “OH RIGHT, WE HAVE BIG NOM TO DEAL WITH. AIZAWA, I THINK IT’S TIME FOR A STARING CONTEST, DON’T YOU THINK?”- Hmmm- sure is odd that Garvey seems so focused on Aizawa, given how he’d just been mindlessly rampaging around beforehand, apparently without any purpose, isn’t it?

(Vigilantes ch 63)

18) “AIZAWA PLEASE, FOR PETE’S SAKE YOU JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT HIM AND THIS WILL BE ALL OVER. YOU GIVE HIM A GOOD LOOK HE’LL BE OUT OF COMMISSION AND THOSE KIDS CAN RUN TO SAFETY, AND IF HE TRIES TO CHASE YOU THEN YOU JUST RUN AND DISTRACT HIM UNTIL ANOTHER HERO ARRIVES”- He probably would have tried to chase him, given that Aizawa was the real target all along.

(Vigilantes ch 63) 19) “Alright, okay, so, not a trigger villain apparently. Alright, color me impressed- So, next theory is that he grows as he absorbs energy. But he already was big when the Hero Union shot at him, so what gives? Did someone tried to take him down before that?”- Maybe, or Ujiko tinkered with him a little bit to make him more powerful before he sent him out on a rampage designed to catch Aizawa in its path.

(Vigilantes ch 64) 20) “Actually, scratch that, it was in this exact page. Look at that bullshit, there’s not a single hole in its body even though the explosions clearly showed it. Now just you wait until we start mentioning “regeneration quirks” once again…”- Well, I wouldn’t have put it past Ujiko to have tested out some prototype healing factors on Garvey for his plans to duplicate the Nomu’s Hyper Regeneration. (Vigilantes Ch 65) 21) “we cracked the code

that was no accident, Midnight planned this all along

how despicable, how heartless!”- Wrong person, but yep. No Accident. (MHA ch 254)

22) “Well, I mean, sure, but that doesn`t explain how you did that to his corpse. Also, this imply that you set-up his death so you could put your hands on his quirk, which, well, it`s bullshit. Plain and simple as that.”- Yep… if he was aiming for Shirakumo’s quirk that is. Turns out, we’re not the only ones who realised how powerful a sight-based nullification quirk is in a world of superpowers, and it makes sense AFO would go out of his way to remove Aizawa’s quirk as a potential threat to him, given his whole identity is built around accumulating powers for himself, and Aizawa can cut him off from that with just a glare. Arguably the only reason he didn’t make further attempts on him is that his and All Might’s fated showdown happened sometime after this, and with his own eyes crushed irrevocably, AFO could never use Aizawa’s quirk for himself.

(MHA ch 254)

23) “Okay, now he corrected himself and said he just found it, like a pearl lost in the middle of the mud. Alright, sure, but we want to know the specifics of it goddammit.”- He was aiming for the diamond right beside him, but the pearl that was Shirakumo’s quirk that he did manage to steal away unnoticed with was a good consolation prize… @thelreads​

[flaming-thing]

...It is almost 1am. I was about to go to bed. I am no longer going to bed. This takes priority. At least it's Saturday ig! (Well. Technically, Sunday now. But that's irrelevant)

They DID reach it before dawn woah. I did not have very high hopes of that. Huh maybe I should trust you more often

I was gonna say they should just carry ezran all the way, but at this point, there isn't really anyone who can, is there? Callisto, andromeda, and runaan all have injured arms, skors got his ankle and I'm guessing ram isn't tall enough

Oh damm callum must be tired if he disemt want to learn about magic anymore

Ellis I love you but please tone it down 😭 read the room, everyone else is exhausted! They dont have the energy to deal with your excitement

Runaan I think they need a bit longer than a few moments. I know the fate of the world is at stake and everything, but if they don't rest, they're all gonna die from exhaustion before you even make it up

I've gotta be honest, if I was her, I would not get up again. Leave one of the many others there to check out the wierd lights

Pft ram has reached heaven or something. He's gonna loose it when they make it to the actual nexus. Meanwhile skor and rayla just do not care in the slightest lmao

ITS THE BIT!! The context is great

Poor skor. Quick someone tell lujanne that he's in love

Oh no andromedas starting on the 'why do we do this' crisis. Whelp, at least her and ram can talk it out ig

RUNAAN. SERIOUSLY. YOU ARE RUINING THE MOMENT

Wait I forgot ram had burned his wrist, he's been way too quiet about that

Oh. Oh no. This is so sad, and I knkw what's about to happen 😭

Damn ram is terrified

...yk what nvm he has a perfectly good reason for it

Oh my god why are you doing this 😭 it was sad enough now *this*!?!?

:( no comment on any of the "my fathers alone". I have no words. Just :(

I'm sorry I know this is a serious and upsetting moment, but the thought of callum whipping out the primal stone like a aword or something made me laugh more than I'd like to admit

See callum, I know its a good idea and you end up saving the world and all that, but come on you couldve at least given a warning or something

Was not expecting ram of all people to be the voice of reason in this situation. Also where is corvus. Has someone made sure the guy hasn't blown off the cliff

AYY CORVUS IS STILL ALIVE! Always good when an important character dosent get blown off the mountain

...zym?

ZYM!!!

WHAT?!?! No bait lucking zyms eyes open?? Preposterous. Blasphemy. ...I can't think of any other words. But that is absolutely outrageous

Awww he helped deliver her?!?!

And no andromeda, I can almost garuntee she has no idea she was the first

Pft yes zym go to ezran

'they were bound and determined - by something more than just will - to face it together' I'm not sure how to put it into words but i really liked this bit. Like even before zym was born, they were still connected somehow, but now that he *has* been born, they kinda? Got more connected? That makes no sense ik, but oh well

And then the subsequent 'oh wait they're children' lol

What a thing to tell a newborn. 'Oh ye you almost blew off a mountain by the way' like can you imagine if humans could understand language from birth, and you just told a newborn baby 'hey you almost just died multiple times but it's fine your here now'

Oh? Binding removal time?

Zym really heard 'one miracle is enough' and went 'NO!! More miracles please'

Don't worry andromeda runaan possesses some otherwise forgotten knowlage or something

No one expected that lol. Even runaan didn't expect it, and he knew it would happen!

Skor now is *not* the time to bring up the fact that Harrows dead. I mean come on man really? At least callum and ezran didn't hear ig

Yk what it actually sounds somewhat painful. Like, imagine all that blood that's been stagnating in their hands for ~1 week, suddenly all rushing back into their arms. Is that not dangerous? I'm pretty sure when you sue a tourniquet or something, you're meant to release it slowly to avoid the blood returning quickly. Would the same logic nkt apply here? Unless the elves have some funky blood that can sit in their hands and be fine

Poor ram has no clue how to deal with all this. My guys just gone through the five stages of grief in less than five minutes, and now whatever higher being xadia has is like 'hmmm actually no I take it back'

Ooooh no skor knows exactly what this is. Has he seen it before? Or can he just tell? Lujanne could just tell in canon, so im assuming magical creatures are just somewhat more attuned to sensing dark magic?

Ram maybe knows? He's definitely suspicious. And runaan definitely knows

Yes actually that's a good idea maybe don't tell the children just yet. I men lujanne waited like 2/3 days before telling them, so Im sure you'll all have enough time

Ok. AAAAAAAAAAAAA- I have no words to express how good this chapter was. There was such a roller coaster of emotions going on, and just everything was so so soo good. I genuinely can't express it, you're just gonna have to take my word for it. But this is definitely one of my favourites so far. Maybe even *the* favourite, I'd have time go back and read the earlier chapters to be certain, but AAAAAAAAAA- anyway i hope my love for this story has been successfully translated into text. I actually cannot wait to see s2 of this!

Different Path Taken Ch21 P2-P3: Wonderstorm

Okay so this chapter may end up being Real Damn Long. These sections together are nearly 4k words, but the first section is just over 2k. Oh well. It's adapting the season finale, what was I supposed to do with it?

They did in fact reach the hollow tree well before dawn.  Andromeda had been eyeing the way the children were walking for a while now, noticing how Ezran’s eyes were dull and tired and his steps were heavy.  He needed to be carried over the gaps that required jumping, and Skor and Callisto traded off when Skor fumbled a landing.  His twisted ankle was clearly still bothering him.  Even Callum’s enthusiasm for learning about the history of the mountain seemed to be waning as the night wore on.

When they reached the shelter and Ellis and Ava dived into it, the girl whooped happily. “This is it!  This is where we were hiding!  Look look look!”

As the boys and Rayla followed her in, Andromeda stopped Runaan with a touch on his elbow.  He looked down at her with a brow raised to prompt her. “We should stop to rest,” She said softly. “The children are exhausted, Runaan.  They aren’t used to this sort of travel, and the hike was difficult for them.  They need time to recover - and if I’m being honest, so do I.” It felt as though stone weights were attached to her bones as she moved and her hand was still annoyingly cold. 

Runaan looked from her to the hollow tree, where Ezran had already collapsed into a heap on the ground and looked half-asleep, and Callum wasn’t far behind.  He sighed a bit through his nose but nodded. “Very well.” He said just as softly, and then raised his voice to the others. “Take a few moments to rest in the shelter.”

“Don’t we have to get the egg to the top as soon as possible?” Callum asked worriedly. 

“Traveling harder now will do us no good if half of us collapse before we reach our destination,” Andromeda replied for him, and carefully slumped down into a seat just inside the hollow too, closing her eyes briefly with relief as she finally was able to relax her muscles. 

The inside of the tree was quite broad, and they all could have taken shelter within it, but within minutes a light drew their attention from outside.  Andromeda heaved herself back up to investigate as the children followed her, looking up at the sky.  Moonlight seemed to coalesce into something as bright as day as a large bird descended from the glow of the moon.  When it landed, a tall elven woman in a mage’s robes dismounted from its back to survey them all. 

Andromeda glanced at the other elves to see their reactions, as her own heart pounded in her chest at greeting such a powerful figure in their cultural history.  Ram’s eyes were wide and his hands were clasped into a circle, practically vibrating in his skin.  Callisto’s face was smooth and blank and they leaned on their glaive, but their head was slightly lowered with respect and their eyes were bright and interested.  Skor looked vaguely disinterested and maybe a bit uncomfortable, standing a step behind Callisto, and Rayla looked distinctly unimpressed.  Runaan stepped forward with his hands clasped into a ball in front of his chest, a familiar but old Moonshadow gesture of respect, and bowed slightly to the woman.

“By the Moon’s guidance, Archmage.” He greeted, formally. “For those who have not been here before, this is the Guardian of the Moon Nexus, Archmage Lujanne, one of the most accomplished mages ever produced by Moonshadow Forest.”

The Guardian’s curious expression broke into an amused smile and she chuckled openly. “Ah, I remember you.” She said with a teasing tone. “Still quite the charmer, aren’t you, Runaan?”

Andromeda blinked with surprise as Runaan sighed with exasperation, a smile tugging at his lips. “And still quite married, thank you, Lujanne.”

The Guardian laughed. “Well, you can’t blame a girl for being curious!  And don’t think I’ve forgotten you, either, young man.” She nodded around Callisto’s shoulder at Skor, who winced slightly.

“Even if I wasn’t, you would have more luck with . . . any of the other adults.” Runaan said dryly. 

Lujanne chuckled again but his mention of adults seemed to remind her that there were children present as well, and she looked over at them curiously.  She smiled kindly at them. “I suppose my ruse with the little wolf’s leg has been exposed.”

Runaan coughed politely. “It seemed pertinent.”

She gave him another look and walked over to pet the large wolf.  She didn’t even have to bend down to scratch behind her ears. “I remember you hiding in the tree with that little cub, both so frightened and sad.” She reflected aloud. “I saw she had lost her leg, and I understood that humans would have trouble accepting her.  But I knew her spirit was strong, and that was all that really mattered.”

This kindness was so . . . almost foreign.  Altruism was uncommon among their people, at least to strangers, and especially to humans, and Andromeda’s heart suddenly ached sharply realizing how much they had rejected in the name of self-defense.  How far had they gone to protect themselves?  At what point did their violence and coldness cross the line from self-defense?

“To help you, I created an illusion - a leg that others would see and feel even though it wasn’t real.  I enchanted the moonstone collar to hold the spell.  She never needed that fourth leg to be happy.  Everyone else did.” Lujanne said proudly, removing the collar.  The wolf’s fourth leg vanished in a burst of golden light. 

Runaan cleared his throat. “Ava is also steadied by the solidity of the leg.  Given the girl uses her as a mount, I would argue she very much does need it to function in that capacity.”

Lujanne huffed at him. “Must you ruin my mystery?”

He rolled his eyes.

“I came up to help them find the miracle healer!  But then Runaan said it was just you.” Ellis said brightly. “Thank you for saving my Ava, however you did it.”

Lujanne chuckled warmly but she looked up at the rest of them with a concerned frown. “But you all came here looking for a healer?” She asked, her eyes lingering on Andromeda and Callisto’s wounded arms and the way Skor was leaning his weight away from one leg, Ram’s tattered glove and the deep bruising up Runaan’s bicep.  Even Rayla’s arm was dangerously bruised at this point. 

“We needed greater wisdom than we could find elsewhere, at least,” Ram said anxiously, gesturing to Ezran.

The boy pulled his backpack off his shoulders and presented it to Lujanne. “The help we need is real.  An illusion won’t help us.” He said, and opened the flap to reveal the dangerously dim dragon egg. 

Lujanne gasped. 

“It’s the egg of the dragon prince,” Andromeda explained without taking a moment to think. “It was stolen, not destroyed.”

“We saved it,” Rayla added, gesturing to herself and the princes. “Or, we were tryin’ t’ save it and return it to its mother, but there was a terrible accident, and-”

The guardian put a hand up in a stopping motion, and Rayla stopped, and Andromeda swallowed her own support as well, edging closer to look too at where the mage was examining the egg.  She touched it briefly and shook her head. “Its life is fading quickly.  The only chance of saving it now would be to hatch it.”

“How do we do that?” Callum asked urgently.

“Sky dragons can only be hatched in the eye of a storm,” The Guardian explained, and Andromeda’s heart plummeted to her feet. “And the weather is clear for miles.” 

“No.  That can’t be.  There has to be a way to save it.” Ezran insisted.

The light in the egg faded darker even as they spoke and Andromeda’s eyes burned, a lump forming in her throat.  She stepped over to Rayla as the girl’s eyes welled up and she shook her head with a silent snarl. “I dropped it,” Rayla growled. “This is all my fault.”

“Rayla . . .” Runaan began, and as Andromeda hugged her friend, he brushed his hand over her shoulders as well. “It was an accident, darling.”

“I let you all down.  I let the world down.” Rayla’s shoulders shook as she came close to sobbing. 

“You tried, Rayla.” Ezran insisted, even as his wide eyes welled up with tears as well. “You’re so good, and brave.” He hugged her too, and Rayla wrapped her arms around whoever she could reach and finally gave in to the sobs, dropping to her knees.  Andromeda let her go, stepping back to give Runaan room to gather his daughter and the child into a reassuring hug.  

Callisto’s glaive was dismantled and back in its sheaths, and their good hand was clenched tightly in Skor’s.  They both looked fragile at best, and tears were leaking from Skor’s eyes while Callisto still seemed frozen in a moment of fear.  Ram, though, Ram was trembling visibly with his hand clasped over his mouth. 

“We can’t go home,” He rasped when she looked at him, and he met her gaze. “If anyone finds out what we tried - and failed -”

The very air seemed to turn crushing as Andromeda realized he was right.  As long as they vanished, it could be assumed they were captured or somehow prevented from completing their mission.  If it was found that they had abandoned it, tried to bring home the dragon prince but in fact caused his death, Moonshadow Forest was doomed.  Their families - she would never see Elyrin again.  She could never go home, she couldn’t even be Ghosted, she would lose her husband, every plan they had made to have a family after this mission was over -

She’d only come on this damned mission because Runaan asked her to, requested she take just this one more before retiring to be a mother, because he needed her skills.  It had been selfish, he had wanted her because he knew she’d be one of the best to keep Rayla safe if the girl lost her nerve.  And now they were all doomed.  She couldn’t even be that angry at him, knowing she would have done the same in his position, knowing he was losing his own husband and chance at a future family too from this. 

Ram’s touch startled her but when she looked and met his eyes again his face crumpled with sympathy, and she gave in and hugged him tight.  Ram burrowed into her shoulder, trembling. “My father’s alone,” he choked into her coat. “I’m leaving him alone, Andromeda, I -”

“I know,” She hugged him tighter and squeezed her eyes shut as her tears burned tracks down her face. 

“I know what I have to do,” Callum’s voice was shockingly strong from beside them and while she couldn’t quite let go, she loosened her grip enough to look at him in her startled reaction.  Ram looked too, staying bent to be under her sight line.

The human was brandishing his Primal Stone like a weapon.  Andromeda didn’t really understand what he was doing. 

“Callum-” Runaan started, reaching one arm towards him around Rayla and Ezran.

It didn’t slow the boy down.  He raised the Primal Stone up and then dashed it upon the ground.  Andromeda flinched instinctively, the flash of light too intense to look at, as if lightning struck the ground where the stone shattered.  Wind whipped around them and thunder roared in her ears and she clutched Ram tighter, doing her best to keep her footing as they were suddenly blasted with winds so high they stole her breath. 

“What the hell did he do?” Ram was almost drowned out in the sudden burst of sound, even from right beside her, as lightning seemed to strike again towards the sky, and a violent storm built abruptly around them.

“No!” Ezran cried in the distance and Andromeda squinted through the wind.

The egg was rolling towards the cliff.  Rayla broke free of Runaan’s protective grasp and bolted for it on unsteady feet.  Even Andromeda hardly dared to rush in this weather. “Rayla!” Runaan called after her with real fear in his voice, but with Ezran holding onto him for balance he didn’t follow her. 

Andromeda started after them instead and Ram pulled her back down to kneel. “Someone needs to help her!” She snapped.

“No one else needs to fall off a cliff because she decided to be a hero!” Ram retorted. “More hands will only crowd the egg if she catches up to it anyway, it won’t help anyone catch it!”

Andromeda snarled at him but couldn’t fight free of his grip nor truly contest his logic, except that more hands meant more attempts to get to it or to help Rayla once she caught it.  Skor and Callisto and the Guardian were closer to them anyway.  When she looked, Rayla was actively running, and the egg toppled over the edge of the cliff.

Instead of stumbling after it, luckily, Rayla threw herself forward and swept the egg back towards her chest with her arm.  She fell onto her back with it clutched to her body and stayed there for a moment, chest visibly heaving even from a distance.

After a minute she rolled onto her knees and then her feet, staying low to the ground as she tried to push against the wind back towards the safety of the tree.  Skor and Callisto both moved to help her, but Skor’s weak ankle failed him and he ended up on his own knees out of reach.  Callisto batted a branch from the air with their glaive before it could strike Rayla, and folded it up to catch her shoulder and steady her once she got in reach.  Andromeda pushed Ram away, and this time he let go, both of them moving to support the girl now that she had the egg in hand and their course was clear.  Runaan passed Ezran’s support over to Callum and followed suit.

The five of them formed a windbreak around Rayla as best they could, Andromeda wincing as smaller sticks and stones blown by the wind struck her.  Runaan folded Rayla into his arms, the egg tucked safely between them as the rest of the assassins blocked them in.  Andromeda felt an unfamiliar hand and looked up to see Corvus had joined them as well in their efforts to shield the two young lives upon which the fate of the world rested.

It took several of them to keep Rayla from flying into the air as the wind began to pull them upwards.  Andromeda held onto whoever was in reach, helping to weigh her down, feeling the tug even under her own feet.  It crossed her mind to wonder what was their plan if anything else came up.  What happened next?

The wind abruptly began to die down, though the noise did not.  A circle formed around them with dust and debris still flew just as violently, but the center was relatively calm.  The eye of the storm.

The Guardian stood up from where her phoenix had been sheltering her, her hands folded in front of her in a prayer.  Lightning sparked through the wind and clouds entrapping them, and Rayla pulled away from Runaan enough for them all to see it spark across the shell of the egg as well.  The energy arced from the walls of wind to the egg, between them, and it seemed everyone had the thought at the same time as the elves all parted around Rayla.  Corvus moved half a beat later than the rest, pushed back by Runaan’s arm across his chest, but he went without trouble, and Rayla carefully placed the egg on the ground.

The lightning continued to pick up, striking the egg and crackling over its surface again and again.  Andromeda’s breath felt caught in her throat.  Was it working?  Was this what this was supposed to look like?

The egg righted itself without a touch, and light flashed around it in a rainbow.  The glow became more and more intense until it was blinding and Andromeda ducked away from it.  Lightning roared across its surface. 

All at once the wind and lightning seemed to dissipate, the glow fading from behind her eyelids.  A thud sounded as the egg once again hit the stone.  Andromeda didn’t dare open her eyes for a moment, and the tension in the air was palpable.  She held her breath. 

Ezran gasped in delight and she finally opened her eyes.

A crack had formed across the egg’s surface.

Another crack followed, and a bit of the shell fell away to reveal scales surrounding a closed dragon eye.  The rest of the shell broke free in larger sections as the little dragon stretched up for the first time, pawed with no coordination at its surroundings, and tumbled out of the basket formed by what was once an egg. 

Runaan was moving almost before anyone else recovered from the sight, producing a rag and waterskin from his pockets.  Andromeda couldn’t for the life of her figure out what those were for until Ezran cried, “His eyes are stuck.  He needs help!  Bait-”

“There’s no need for that,” Runaan chuckled, though his eyes were wide and his tone almost in awe, wetting the rag and warming it in his palm as he reached for the little dragon.  Rayla moved to help without prompting, helping the dragonlet sit up as he wiped gently at his eyes. “This little one isn’t the first I’ve seen into the world.” He glanced up at Rayla as he said it, though the girl’s focus was entirely on the dragon in their arms.

Andromeda wondered if Rayla knew she was the first one.  Runaan told the story often enough that it was common knowledge, but he rarely bothered to specify that Rayla’s birth was the first he had been a midwife for alone.

The dragonlet chirred curiously as he opened bright blue eyes.  He made grateful noises at the elves holding him, but looked around Runaan’s side at Ezran.  The young king was already kneeling nearby, and opened his arms.  Wriggling free of Runaan and Rayla, the dragonlet bounced over to him with his little wings flapping limply at his sides, and licked the boy’s face happily. 

“You know your own name!  Azymondias!” Ezran said brightly, and rested his forehead against the young dragon’s.

Azymondias.  A bond was being formed before their very eyes, and Andromeda felt as though the very air hummed with it.  This was no longer just a desperate quest to return something that was lost.  These two young kings held the future of the world in their hands and claws, and they were bound and determined - by something more than just will - to face it together.

“We’ll call you Zym.” Ezran said, abruptly reminding her that for all they were kings, for all they were changing the world simply by showing each other this brotherhood, they were still also just little boys.  Tears burned her eyes for an entirely different reason and she found herself with her hand over her own mouth now.

“That’s Rayla,” Ezran said helpfully, pointing at her, and the little dragon squeaked happily, tongue lolling out of his little mouth. “You almost blew off the mountain, but Rayla saved you!  And then all the others saved her too.  That’s her dad, Runaan.”

As he talked, Zym bounded back over to Rayla, stumbling as he got there, and Rayla gasped when he fell.  Thankfully, the little dragon just beamed up at her and licked her bruised hand. 

“Aww, it’s okay, little one.” Rayla said kindly, scratching under Zym’s chin. “The important thing is you.  One miracle is enough for me today.”

Nonetheless, the dragonlet bit the binding on her hand.  Andromeda gasped, all the warnings about never trying to break the binding screeching to the forefront of her mind.  She couldn’t understand why Runaan just knelt there and let it happen, eyes fixed upon the little dragon.

The binding slipped right off as though it weren’t magical, and Rayla remained upright, blinking down at her unbound hand.  Something loosened around Andromeda’s wrist, and her heart suddenly pounded as she looked down, her own binding falling off, still silver.  She looked around suddenly and found Skor and Ram both grasping their falling bindings, and Runaan’s coming off in his good hand as he smiled.  Callisto’s eyes were wide but their bound arm was the one tucked into their sling, so she couldn’t see theirs, but -

“How is this possible?” Ram asked in disbelief.

“Dragon Prince Azymondias is the subject of the spell that bound us,” Runaan replied, awe lacing his tone. “He was the only one capable of releasing us.  Since our subjects are usually dead - we thought he was dead - it’s never come up before.”

“But you knew?” Andromeda asked, suddenly understanding why he hadn’t moved to stop the little dragon.

Runaan nodded. “Until he hatched, it wasn’t possible - there was no hope to be shared.  But now . . .”

“You should send the shadowhawk.” Skor said roughly, wincing, and when they all looked at him he tucked his binding into his pocket and signed the rest. “The dragon queen will know as well as you did what the released bindings mean.  Send them all back to tell her the king is dead and the prince is alive.”

Rayla rubbed her wrist, laughing with disbelief as she looked down at it, and Andromeda certainly sympathized.  As blood rushed back to her hand it was so warm it almost burned, and she clenched and unclenched it experimentally.  She nuzzled into the little dragon. 

“Thank you.”

“It can wait,” Runaan said, softer, to Skor, and returned his attention to his daughter.  Andromeda looked over at Ram, finding him fully seated on the ground in shock, rubbing feeling back into his hand.  She sat down beside him as relief suddenly flooded her, realizing they were talking about communicating with home.

They could go home after all.

Skor spotted the pink glow across the sky before Ezran pointed it out, and something dark and cold settled in the pit of his stomach.  It settled all around them, the little pink lights dancing around like the ghosts of fireflies.

Even as Callum remarked, “It’s beautiful.” Skor wondered if that was what they were.

“They’re gentle!” Rayla said, tickling one with her fingers. “They even tickle a little.” She was beaming, soft and vulnerable now that they’d had a little time to recover from the shock of their bindings falling, and the dragonlet that now played in their midst. 

The glow toad tried and failed to eat one.  Skor looked at the other elves.  Andromeda was preoccupied smiling at the children.  Callisto had busied themself with finally pulling the binding out of their sling, and seemed not to have noticed the lights yet.  Ram was frowning at them though, and Runaan had stood up.

Skor followed his gaze to where the Guardian stood on the cliffside.  The three of them looked across the path of the pink light through the sky, where it remained illuminated, reaching for a source on another mountain peak days’ travel away.  Lujanne looked back at them, her lips pursed, and Runaan’s ears bent back with concern as his jaw visibly tightened.  Skor bit his tongue. 

It would take days for whoever was tracking them to reach this place.  As he exchanged a glance with Runaan, he understood the look his friend sent towards the children.  They would give the little dragon a few days to find his feet, and them all time to recover from their wounded hands.  While the remaining magic from their bindings would keep the damage from becoming permanent, their recovery would still take time.

Once they could move again, though, they would need to do so quickly.

[maximura]

Hair Extension Choi Seungcheol has His own specific and culty fandom. We’re devout, unhinged and enjoy those poorly blended ratty polyester things. Are my tastes questionable? Yes. What about it. I won’t allow any disrespect in this House of God. 

[twpsyn-who]

I keep on seeing these edits of Steve Harrington with that song, idk it's name but is like 'I just meet my dad in 1985' or smth like that and now I lowkey want a fic where this dude's kid somehow time travels and actually meets his dad in 1985. At this point I don't even care about the ship, I just want some random kid to show up one day, look at Steve and be like 'Fuck. Dad???'

Just imagine the comedy. But also the drama if it's either Nancy's kid or if Eddie's their other father- cuz I think by 1985 Nancy and Steve broke up already??? And she's dating Jonathan??? Gold. And they didn't even got to interact with Eddie yet so everyone is gonna be like 'Eddie??? The Munson kid???'

[sweaterweather-247]

Hey, I love you work! I was wondering if you would maybe write a jake peralta x reader where they are really flirty and sweet to each other at work and he’s her “work husband” and she’s his “work wife”. And the whole team teases them about it bc they obviously like eachother but are too shy to actually say anything?

Thank you love <3

Being Jake Peralta’s work wife

You are Jakes work partner and you loved his jokes and his personality.

Everytime there’s a crime scene you two act like an old married couple

“After you milady.” Jake says. “Oh well don’t mind if I do good sir.” You respond in a British accent.

You enter the crime scene and its a robbery. You start taking notes and Jake is holding a vase that is very phallic.

“Huh I wonder why they didn’t take this penis looking thing.” Jake says. “Thats vase number 69 it was won at the boring auction for boring people.” You say.

Jake laughs so hard he drops the vase just as Captain Holt walks in.

“SHE DID IT! HE DID IT!” Both of you say in unison.

You and Jake have a competition to see who can come up with the worst and cringiest pick up lines.

You’re currently winning but Jake won’t let you win.

Jake gets your attention by throwing a pen at you and you look up at him and he has the biggest dorky grin on his face.

“Hey, my name’s Microsoft. Can I crash at your place tonight?” Jake says. You cringe and he laughs. “ANOTHER ONE FOR JAKE.” He says.

“Are you related to Jean-Claude Van Damme? Because Jean-Claude Van Damme you’re sexy!” You say. Jake looks disgusted.

Gina adds 1 point each to your score board and you go for lunch. Charles rolls over to Jakes desk with a smile on his face.

“No Charles I don’t like y/n and she’s just a friend.” Jake says. “Uh huh sure.” Charles says.

The entire squad teases you for being so close and so flirty with each other.

You both like each other but you’re both too shy to admit it.

Jake comes to join you for lunch and you’re more than happy to see him eat lunch with you despite his lunch not being for another half an hour.

You two flirt and make diehard references the entire break.

You two are constantly touching each other’s arm and shoulders.

Captain Holt enters the room and knows Jake isn’t supposed to be having lunch now.

“Peralta, get back to work and have your lunch at your required time.” Holt says.

“Come on Captain, I’ve been here for 5 minutes.” Jake says.

Rosa comes in for her lunch and smirks at you two. “Captain they’re clearly on a date.”

“What no! We’re friends.” You say.

Jake is forced to leave and Rosa sits next to you and makes fun of you.

You try to leave but Rosa glares at you and you stay while she mocks you.

The entire squad is like that.

It’s so hard to get any work done with Jake without a comment from the squad saying you two should get married.

You thought Holt would be the only person who wouldn’t be like that but you were wrong.

You and Jake were complimenting each other about how good you both were on the case when Holt comes over.

“Peralta stop flirting with Y/n.” Holt says. “Sir we weren’t flirting.” You say. “Thats not what I saw.” Holt says. “Keep this work wife and work husband appropriate please.”

Everyone gathers around you two and starts to make ship names up.

“Is it going to Jake L/n or Y/n Peralta?” Boyle asks.

You both decide to act like boyfriend and girlfriend to make everyone uncomfortable to make them stop.

The plan was to act as lovely dovey as possible and eventually they’ll stop right?

You loved this idea since you got to pretend to be Jakes girlfriend.

“There’s my work wife!” Jake yells as you exit the elevator. You grin ear to ear and respond. “There’s my favourite person in the entire world.”

Jake holds out his hand and you grab it and you two both skip like little kids on the playground to the locker room.

When you get there Jake doesn’t let go of your hand.

“What if someone comes in and catches onto our fake boyfriend girlfriend thing.” Jake says.

You two go back to your desks while holding hands, when it’s time to let go, Jake decides to be dramatic about it.

“No darling I can’t let go of your hand! It feels like I’m going to die if I let go of it!” Jake says.

“Don’t let go, I need to hold your hand until the day I die.” You say.

You both make fake crying noises as you let go of each other’s hands and you both sit down.

The entire day is filled with fake flirting with Jake.

You both can’t tell what’s real and what’s fake flirting.

Some of the compliments from you are actually genuine.

Jake gets up from his desk and walks over to you with his hand out.

“Oh darling it’s time for our lunch date.” Jake says and get up and kiss him on the cheek.

Jake blushes because he wasn’t expecting any kisses.

“Guys Y/n kissed Jake!!!!” Charles screams.

“Charles they’re faking it to make us uncomfortable and it’s sort of working.” Amy says.

“Not on everyone.” Charles says.

“Ugh you two are so annoying, stop it before I beat you both up.” Rosa says.

Jake decides to kiss your cheek and you go to kiss Jakes cheek and you two accidentally kiss on the lips.

Everyone gasps and you two are both left shocked.

You go and hide in the evidence locker and Jake hides in the bathroom.

You’re embarrassed that everyone saw you kiss Jake and you’re scared it’s gonna be awkward between you two now.

Jake comes into the evidence locker.

“Hey Y/n.” He says softly.

“About the kiss, it was an accident! I-“ you say but you’re cut off by Jakes lips pressing against yours.

You kiss back and you both pull away after a few seconds.

“I really like you Y/n.” Jake says.

“I really like you Jake.” You say