#a legit coffee shop au

[jaimsjam]

Me waking up this morning and seeing all the Rin art for some reason thinking that Nov. 12 was on Wednesday: HUH

So yippee day 1 of the coffee shop AU for Rin Week 2024! Jump in if you’d like. I’ll be using the daily prompts to determine what happens in the coffee shop. In this one, Kakashi does not appreciate Rin’s chipper attitude while new employee Obito looks on.

Pen is so frustrating interesting because you just go ‘boy, I sure hope this lineart will look good since it will be there forever!’ *draws frantically*

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[sweet-rabbit]

made it on time for 3x4 2024, yaaaay at the expense of my trowa series meh (also made this seem like mpreg, didn't i... i'm cool with that)

[nobody-nexus]

I am in this picture and I don't like it /lh

anyway,. back to your usual queue'd posts.

[carelesscuriosity]

mentally ill urge to design a wc clan…

[mister-tom-a-dildo-lover]

You know that new anime where the guy hears his bosses porny thoughts about him whenever they end up touching? Think of that for Tomarry. I know you said you don't do porn for these, but that doesn't meant you can't make Harry experience a wide range of Tom's interesting thoughts! Also congrats on the milestone! :3

A Cherry Magic! AU. XD

Fandom: HP Ship: Tomarry RATED: M-Rated(for language and descriptions XD) TAGS: Cherry Magic! AU, Drama, Humor, Explicit Language, Innuendo, Flirting, Pornographic Thoughts, Magic(in-universe version), Homophobia(in thoughts only)

~.O.~

For Want of a Cherry!

It was just supposed to be a legend! A little folk tale that was supposed to shame people for not being sexually adventurous or something! Because, of course, people would have to put so much stock into whether or not you have sexual experience.

The day that Harry James Potter turned 30 his world was flipped upside down. His friend, Ron, had told him about that. little legend last week, teasing. him about the fact that he was still single. His wife, Hermione, who had been their friend since they were in primary school, had smacked him upside the head and told him that there was no shame in not being in a romantic relationship, nor was their shame in either sleeping around or not sleeping around.

He'd been on blind dates of all sorts over the years. Some even set up by his friends themselves, but maybe he was just really boring. None of them had elicited any kind of reaction, regardless of how attractive the other person was.

Maybe he was just one of those people who was not destined to be in a romantic relationship of any sort. There were people who went their whole lives not getting married and not having children, and they weren't miserable for it. It was completely possible to live a fulfilling life without having a partner at your side.

But the one thing that Harry could never really let go of was the fact that he was kind of bitter. People his age liked to go out to the clubs, or go drinking, or try out illegal substances. They were experimenting with different forms of entertainment and finding the places that helped them be themselves. And Harry had no interest in doing things like that.

He was probably the biggest introvert in the world, despite all of the sports he played back in school. Despite all of the events he had been forced to attend to support his parents and their business. Despite all of the dinners the company he worked for orchestrated constantly.

Harry James Potter was just avoidant and hated when he had to go places and be with people!

But deep down, he did wish that he could finally have some kind of reaction to somebody! Being, the perpetual third wheel that was resting outside of all of his friends and their romantic relationships was really annoying.

And now here he was on the day of his 30th birthday. Now, suddenly, frighteningly aware of the fact that that little tale that Ron had told him in jest last week was apparently true!

The barista at the coffee shop he went to every day had always given him a bad vibe. He couldn't really explain it because she had always been positively pleasant, but it always felt very fake. Enough for Hermione to smack him and tell him that judging without just cause wasn't good and made him look sexist.

He didn't personally agree with that but knew it was something Hermione took seriously, and he'd never experienced anything sexist save for the time a guy thought he was a girl back during fifth form.

But today the bad vibes were proven to have been legit!

He'd reached out to accept his iced spiced coffee and his hand brushed the barista's fingers in the process. His mind was instantly flooded with her voice despite her mouth being closed.

He's so hot! He'd be great boyfriend material if he was more masculine and less poof-y!

For a moment he thought he'd imagined it. But no... he'd frozen in place and as such, their connected hands revealed more of her mind to him.

Maybe I can turn him straight!

He mumbled a nervous word of gratitude and shuffled off before he could hear any more.

Harry had to find out how this worked and if it was there to stay!

Also, the barista was a homophobe. Nothing like vindication for the vibe check failing.

~.O.~

God, his hair is perfect. It just flops around when he moves and gets in his eyes so adorably! I want to tuck it behind his ear and cradle his face between my hands!

I wonder if my mom will make curry tonight.

Those glasses made him look so dashing too! I could stare at him all day.

Sandra looks like shite, as always. I've always been prettier than her so what does John see in her!

Maybe, if I play my cards right, I can get him to agree to come to dinner with me tonight. Maybe I can even convince him to come back home with me. It's his birthday after all. I'd treat him so well too.

Fucking birds shat all over my bloody car and now I have to deal with this bastard's cheery face all damn day.

I don't even like him like that but he keeps coming on to me and he knows how I feel about it but he just won't stop! I'll need to call my brother. He'll scare Ted away.

I would bend him over the desk in my office and eat him out so well he wouldn't be able to walk afterward.

Harry flushed instantly and looked around, finding himself trapped in the lift with about a dozen people and five of them were touching him at once!

A hand on his shoulder made him jump, and he found Tom Riddle, his boss, standing behind him. The person Harry was practically leaning against in the far corner of the lift to try and avoid everyone else! The owner of that delightfully built torso.

The only one on the lift who could possibly know it was Harry's birthday... meaning... those horny thoughts had been from... him...

"Are you well, Harry? Your face is flushed," he said, placing a hand directly on Harry's brow to check.

His mind was flooded with Tom's thoughts immediately.

His skin is so smooth. I want to put my teeth on his neck and leave it ringed in bruises. I'd have him sit on my face as I decorate his thighs with my marks. My tongue shoving so deep inside that he sees star-

"I'm fine!" Harry said, backing away a bit, only to be assaulted with the thoughts of too many people at once. He stepped right back into the near-circle of Tom's arms, and tried to ignore how pleased this seem to make the man who usually seemed so unaffected by everything.

Since when was he harbouring... thoughts of this nature?

About Harry of all people?!

Tom's horny thinking was definitely more preferable than a whole host of screaming minds all complaining about different things at once, but God, was it embarrassing. He just thought like that when his face showed absolutely nothing!

If we were alone in here, I could have my way with Harry all I want. Hell, I'm certain I could fuck him from behind without anyone even noticing him sitting all pretty on my cock. It's sixty floors until we get to ours after all. If I stand in the corner with Harry leaning against my chest, I could get him off well before we'd have to leave. Shove my cock between his thighs and fuck them good and hard and push just the tip in at the end- he'd be a mess all day.

And Tom's hands were just resting on Harry's waist, holding him still as his face displayed concern that did not match what his mind was going on about!

Eventually, Harry was freed from the confines of the lift, but still found Tom at his side, holding to his elbow with most avid attention. "Perhaps you should take off for the day," he suggested kindly, brows knitted together. "I'd much rather you be healthy and whole."

And in good condition for when I wreck that arse of yours.

Harry flushed and shook his head. "I'm fine," he reiterated. "I can work just fine." And get to his desk which was across the office from Tom's personal office.

"Let me know if you change your mind. If all goes well, I'll treat you to dinner tonight to celebrate your birthday."

And then take you home and fuck you good and proper.

Wow.

So, it seemed... that Harry's body could react to something after all.

It just required Tom Riddle to be the one saying it.

~.O.~

A/N: Here you go! XD

I can't believe I did this.

[Ko-Fi]

[mingyusluvr]

skinny dipping | kmg.

*ೃ༄ ❝ It'd be so nice if we could take it all off and just exist. And skinny dip in water under the bridge. ❞

Pairing: OC!Reader x Mingyu A/N: I legit just wrote this in one sitting idk man ... NOT PROOF READ!! Genre: Fluff Word count: 1.1k Synopsis: Bumping into your lost love in a coffee shop — heavily inspired by Skinny Dipping by Sabrina Carpenter Past lovers, non-idol!au

It’s a Wednesday afternoon and the Sun has taken dominance over the sky, clearing it of any clouds. A white lab coat is draped over Younghee’s arm, her attention fixed on her phone in her hand as she walks into the coffee shop she visits occasionally just off campus. She’s got a break between class and her lab session, and an iced caffeine fix is just what she needs. 

The barista’s calling out an order as she enters, the order is irrelevant but it’s the name at the end that gets her attention: “Oat milk latte for Mingyu.” It couldn’t possibly be, surely? But when she looks up, she’s faced with a familiar tall frame.  head of dark, fluffy hair that falls into place like dominos and when he turns around, there’s a distinct mole on the tip of his nose. It’s him. He flashes that smile, the one Younghee believed could bring the entire world to its knees, as he approached. It’s been three years since they last saw each other, and he’s only been refined by time.  “Hi.” “Hi.” And for a few moments they’re simply taking each other. Younghee stands taller now than she did three years ago, she’s grown more confident in her own skin. Mingyu notices that. “Oh my God! What are you doing here?” Younghee is the one who breaks out of her reverie first. “I live around here again.” He responded with a little smile, his hands tucked into his pockets, “Master’s program.” “Still sports science?” “Specialising in physiotherapy now.” Younghee hummed in response. She held his gaze, her facial expression warm and engaged. Mingyu had always been easy to talk to, she was pleasantly surprised that even after all this time, he still is. “But enough about school,” He started. He figured, judging by the crisp coat on her arm, that she’d continued down her path to becoming a scientist, “How are you— How’s your family, how’s your sister?” “One question at a time.” She laughed, “Shannon’s being Shannon. You know how she is.” He chuckled in response, and for a few moments they chattered about their days, how their families were doing and everything in between. Younghee almost forgot that she hadn’t yet done what she came to the cafe for-– order a coffee. Mingyu also had a class to attend. “Well, this was really nice. We should do this on purpose sometime.” He suggested, a hand scratching at the back of his neck as his lips curved upwards sheepishly and Younghee nodded, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear, “Yeah. Definitely.”

***

“Oh my God! You’re not even listening to me!” The female ran her hands through her hair in frustration. Turning so her back was facing her boyfriend who threw his hands up in exasperation with a sigh. “Me? I’m the one not listening?” Mingyu rarely raised his voice, but after having the same back-and-forth n amount of times, something finally snapped. “I’m telling you where I’m coming from and you don’t want to hear it!”

“Because it’s ridiculous!” As soon as those words left her mouth she regretted them, but it was too late. A humourless chuckle was sounding through the garage as she opened her mouth to speak. He spoke first.  “I think you should leave.” “I—” “Just go, Younghee.”

***

Mingyu: Free this friday to meet up? Mingyu: On purpose this time. Younghee: Mhm… Depends Younghee: What did you have in mind? Mingyu: Dinner at Xu’s. Younghee: I had no idea they were still open. Younghee: But won’t that be too nostalgic? Mingyu: Maybe Mingyu: But lets do it anyway Mingyu: We won’t sit at our same old table, I promise :) Mingyu: AND we won’t bring up the past, we’ll keep it bureaucratic 

That Friday evening, Younghee found herself at Xu’s Dining Room. A little Chinese restaurant on the outskirts of town. It’s been years and she’s still yet to visit a Chinese restaurant that holds a candle to this place. But she could never make herself go back. Not on her own. This was their place.  The only thing that had changed was that Xu Minghao, the quiet yet friendly waiter who tended to them almost every week once upon a time, was now a manager at the establishment. “Wow, I can’t believe it! You must have gotten married by now!” He’d exclaimed as he spotted the familiar pair entering. He couldn’t not remember the couple that always ordered exactly the same thing when they visited. Even if it had been three years.

In the weeks that followed, Mingyu and Younghee found themselves gravitating towards each other once again. Finding a comfort in each other’s presence that neither of them had realised they missed. From coffees between classes to movie marathons when their weekends apart. They’d grown in their years apart, so much so that there wasn’t even any reason to speak about how they’d grown apart when they were together. 

“Are you thinking what I’m thinking?” There was a mischievous glint in Mingyu’s eyes that Younghee knew all too well, his sharp canines showing as he smirked, looking between the girl beside him and the vast ocean before them. The Sun’s rays left the skies with a deep orange tint as it waved the city goodbye. The Sun left the city with its warmth, a parting gift for a day well spent, as it welcomed the moon in its wake. Mingyu couldn’t help but notice the way the glow kissed Younghee’s skin, making her look ethereal.  “You’re not serious.” “I’ve never been more serious.” He was already pulling his shirt over his head, a bright grin on his face, “The weather is perfect for it. C’mon, It’ll be fun!”

Younghee considered, her mouth opening and closing as she tried to conceive of a reason  an excuse to not to take a dip in the water. Since the day they’d bumped into each other, she couldn’t help but feel like they’d been swimming towards the edge of a cliff and now, finally at the edge, she had a choice: swim back to shore, or go down with the ship. 

By the time she made her decision, Mingyu was already waist deep in the ocean, “Are you coming or what?” “I’m coming! I’m coming!”

***

dear, younghee when will be the right time? 

In her bedroom one evening, Younghee sat on the floor before her wardrobe, a cardboard box with a slit at the top between her legs. Clothes scattered on the floor around her. She’s been using this box for years, making it serve as a time capsule of sorts. The words ‘this too shall pass’ were scrawled on the side of the box. A little sanctuary where she confided all of her fears and hesitations, no matter how trivial, reminding herself that they’d all pass eventually. 

Younghee padded over to her desk, retrieving a pen and a piece of paper before returning to her position on the floor. 

‘dear me, There is no right time. Everything is happening according to nothing at all and you have to accept it!! I promise it will all be worth it!’

————- ✳ ————-

I think this song thing is becoming a series. It's fun, I like it!

[jayenator565]

My Tanthamore Comfort Fics

We were talking about comfort fics in the Tanthamore discord and I realized I have too many for a normal sized reply, so here's a tumblr post instead. In no particular order i've reread these fics...maybe too many times.

I'm just gonna list em by author cause that's easier. Keep in mind we may have different definitions of the word comfort.

@commanderbuffy

650 ft2 - Ok so like envision these girls have been best friends for forever and they've been secretly pining for ages, no sense of personal space, they can read eachother like books AND they were roommates!

The Tanthamore Affair - This fic has everything, one bed, fake dating, celeb au, the fic that changed the meaning of a certain emoji and all the tropes you could want really

@badlance

We've got to find other ways to make it together - this one line says all you need to know

"It is the greatest irony of Jade Claymore’s life to be a certified genius who is nevertheless in love with an idiot."

@spybrarian

More Than Just Survival - as far as 5+1 fics go this one has me in a CHOKEHOLD

I scream at your chest for as long as I must

one night at the start of the end of the world

@ilovemyships (i think you need an AO3 account to read these gems)

you won't believe it (they think we're lovers)

don't wanna pressure (but friends don't kiss friends)

@acre-of-wheat - Acre's way with words should be studied

Network Connectivity Issues - I have never related to a character more than I relate to this Jade

The Dark

The Bite

@jlmichigan

Out of the Cuirass - one of the first tanthamore fics I ever read actually and I still come back to it every so often

@stbot

lay down your armor (come lie bare with me) - saintbot has a catalogue lemme tell ya but this one for tanthamore is just so heartwarming

@overkill-max

Escaping Fate - the Kit runs away fic that everyone needs

Dil3mma (idk their tumblr right now sorry)

A Sword And A Shield (And Everything In Between)

Deja-Brew - the loveliest coffee shop one shot

Jad3dEt3rnal (idk if they have a tumblr either)

This Daydream is Dangerous - cuddly vampire Jade, need I say more?

ana_chronistic (idk if they have a tumblr either x3)

Oops. I proposed. - fake dating x 100, fake proposal it's like fake dating to the next level and I love the growth of communication and pacing in this.

@barmaid-anon

do what you feel now

you want a good girl that does bad things (to you)

fulfill (an obligation) or keep (an arrangement)

we simply don't have time to unpack why these are comfort fics, we're just going to accept it and keep going.

@thecsquirrel

Sword and Shield - I love this look at what post S1 life could have been like for the gang, revisiting Nockmaar, seeing Galladoorn, getting into the evil Elora storyline with Graydon, spending more time with the Nelwyn and in the Wildwood it's just everything

@wigster07

What a pleasant surprise - a fic of one of my other comfort fics, I know it's like fic-ception in the best way possible. If you liked Tanthamore Affair I have an inkling this will be right up your alley

@isabrella @jade-claymore @allthefakepeople @resurrecho

those rumors they have big teeth - BAND AU need I say more? I don't need to but i'm going to, this fic has everything Kit and Jade in a band, Kit's leather pants, gay-ifying songs, MAMA MIA, totally gay best friends who have basically been dating for years but won't admit to it, Jade gets to be a bit problematic as a treat, inner band fighting, what more can you want?

@swashbucklery

meet you where the spirit meets the bones (tanthamore 90s werewolf au) - its a SERIES of these repressed gay DORKS and they're werewolves, there's such a charming way to how this author writes them I legit can't even with these two gays

@onlyshestandsthere

these walls come tumbling down - look, we don't have time to unpack why there's so many were-related supernatural esque fics on my comfort list and I know this is only 2 chapters in but I can already feel the comfort in all the hurt ok I dont even have to wait I already know i'm gonna be rereading this like monthly

I'm gonna have to stop there even though I know i'm still missing some! If someone asked me what my favorites are we'd be here all day XD

[kindaasrikal]

I have multiple Morro AUs that i have half completed fics of, (i have a word document of around 21k words that contains multiple incomplete fics) and i only have two pieces of art for two of them that are legit just doodles

Anyways, COFFEE SHOP AU OMGOMG (EDIT: HOW DID NONE OF YOU TELL ME I MISSPELT COFFEE??)

I had an idea that in this AU, he accidentally gets resurrected during the merge and the ninja come across him one day just casually working in a coffee shop. They first think this is just some weird form of manipulation, before realising that no, the idiot bonked his head on his way down to ninjago and lost his memories. Yippie. (Also he still has control over the wind its just locked away rn because of the memory loss) (the wind element stayed with him for decades after death, i refuse to believe it just left after the merge so he and Euphrasia pretty much have a Kai and Wyldfire situation in this AU) so they just decide on their time off to go mess with the amnesiac Morro, who goes by Mo. Also he has a burn scar on his face that isnt rlly fully a burn scar and is kinda rlly just a weird version of his ghost eye markings.

(Also pls ignore my bad hand writing i did my best) (and the crappy watermark i realised i didnt put one on after i saved it and just decided to write it on with my thumb)

RESURRECTED MORRO AU, legit nothing special i just accidentally drew him with cute hair and alive and did this, ALSO THIS IS NOTTTT GRNWIND EW PLS, its strictly platonic i imagine them having a very sarcastic relationship, also his skin looks a lot paler cause in this he just got resurrected and is not the perfect example of health rn.

I also rlly wanted to see him with pink accessories and looking like a loser because he deserves to look like a normal teen

[hoseokslefteyebrow]

Send me your fav fics, like, the ones u keep rereading at all times.

I'm mostly interested in the artists/characters tagged, but if u have something mindblowing that's from another fandom, feel free to send it to me.

Here are some of my favorite fics. The ones with a (!) Include smut. (Although I'm pretty sure most of you won't care lol.)

BTS >

BTS Hogwarts AU Masterlist - @btsinned (idk if the tag works, the link should)

Every member has their own one shot, definitely worth reading if you're in love with Hogwarts like me : ).

BTS Masterlist - @imaginekpoplikethis

I have been in love with this blog since I found it. All of their work is worth reading, especially Mixing It Up ( completed series, featuring bad boy Min Yoongi falling in live with his lil detective Y/N.) And 7 Years, (completed series, featuring bad boy Jungkook falling for Y/N, the first fic I fell in love with ever.)

Crush (JK oneshot) (!) - @jungxk

Where Reader has lost her memory and Jungkook and her fall in love all over again. I've read this so often, holy shit.

Just Make Room (Jk Drabble/one shot) - @jjksblackgf

There's not much to describe, just a quick cute read, to make you feel giddy.

Anpanman (JK Oneshot) (!)- @honeymoonjin

In which you and your best friend Jungkook go to a marriage therapist,, without being married.

[ Pls send me Jin fics, I love his quirky personaily but I haven't really found stuff I'd like to reread again and again yet. ]

Stray Kids >

The Coffee Shop Series - @hanjisick

All members have their own one shot, very cute.

Miguel O'Hara -

El Trato (The Deal) - @messylustt

A short series featuring you (a weak human) in which your boss, the leader of the Spider Society, falls in love with you. (!) Only the last/second to last chapter includes smut but there's tension in most chapters.

This is just a random bit of the amount of stuff I reread ( I have a idk-how-many-pages note on my phone with even more links lol.) But like, enjoy.

And send me ur own faves : ).

OH ALSO FOR THE YANDERE/FANTASY LOVERS-

Undying Love - @minuyu

Yandere prince x fortune teller reader. Legit the best book I've read in my entire life. The link will bring you to quotev, as she did not post this story on Tumblr, but you can read it on Wattpad too. It's not completed yet, as she's rewriting it, but I trust it will be.

I don't want to spoil anything, so no description, but holy shit the way it's written is so beautiful. Definitely worth your time.

[two-pupils]

> Soulmates

> There was only 1 bed

> Coffee Shop AU

only answering these things with jonelias in mind cause thats what this blog is abt and... i only care abt them... my opinions would probably change depending on ship

Soulmates

A: Love it.

I think its fun and the magnus fandom has always done interesting things with the trope. I'm sure it can be done poorly but I like the fucked up implications the trope presents. Especially with jonelias, its super tasty. Depending on when each of them realize theyre soul mates you could do SO much with it. Elias knows from the beginning but doesn't tell Jon who only discovers it when Elias does the ritual? They find out together in s3 when tensions between them are high and Jon doesn't quite know how to feel about it? They get together in s1 and everything is perfect until Elias betrays him?

There was only 1 bed

B: Like it. Not one of my bigger cravings, but it can scratch a certain itch if I’m in the right mood.

I definitely won't complain if its included but it seems a little shallow of a trope for a oneshot on its own. also i think jon would legit sleep on the floor instead. or not sleep. lol

Coffee Shop AU

F: hate ittttt. Sorry but i think coffee shop aus are so boring. im much more interested in canon aligned aus with all the horror that entails. its really hard to place jonah/elias in a completely normal no powers au. also ive noticed the overlap of coffee shop aus and character flanderization is nearly a circle. i dont think ive ever seen a jonelias coffee shop au hah. maybe it could work if they just met in one...? dunno

[backtothestart02]

Tripped and Fell into His Bed - 1/? | westallen fanfiction

AU - Six months after a bad break-up, Iris is determined to move on with her life sans-Barry. But when his face is everywhere she turns, it makes his incessant booty calls hard to ignore.

...

Chapter 1 -

It was exactly 36 hours and 12 minutes by train from Massachusetts to Central City, Missouri.

Iris was prepared for the ride though, because in addition to her stellar studying at her school of choice, the prestigious Ivy Leage Harvard University, she also worked at the campus coffee shop and saved up for a more elevated experience on the train back home in a sleeper car with a shower.

Granted it was still a shower on a train, and she wasn’t expecting anything impressive, given how small bathrooms were in general on moving vehicles, but she was still looking forward to it.

It was the only thing keeping her mind off the fact that her best friend since they were babies hadn’t shown to her graduation. Her graduation at the school they’d both attended until six months ago. And the last time she’d heard from him had been two months ago, when he’d informed her he was ‘really busy’ and probably wouldn’t be able to talk much for a while.

This was also after he ditched Harvard’s stellar science and math programs (he’d been double-majoring) to go to New York on a whim and pursue modeling.

Her lanky, skinny boyfriend (did she forget to mention that?) of nearly six years had abandoned what he was truly great at and had gotten a full scholarship for because an ‘agent’ showed up at a job fair they’d been attending one night, taken one look at him in his plaid shirt and dark blue jeans – oh, and the scuffed up brown shoes, can’t forget those – and decided he was model worthy.

Barry of course had laughed it off initially, and Iris thought that would be the end of it. But the ‘agent’ kept finding him on campus and eventually persuaded Barry to indulge him in a ‘Harvard Kids of Tomorrow’ shoot taking place that very night. Iris had a night of studying planned for the both of them, but he’d reminded her that usually they got sidetracked when they studied together and what could one shoot hurt? It would get this guy off his back at any rate, and then he could focus on what really mattered. Math, Science, and Iris.

Only…that wasn’t what happened.

He returned from the shoot beaming and with photos of his handiwork. Turned out he was quite photogenic when the right words were being dropped in his ear. And even though Iris didn’t want to admit it, the make-up, lighting, and wardrobe they’d put him in had turned him into an Abercrombie model overnight. Nothing more than that surely though…right?

“You do look hot with all that gel in your hair,” she’d admitted, playfully, proceeding to mess it up as best as she could until she could see her Barry again.

Her study session had come to an end abruptly as sexy times ensued, and she pushed the thought out of her mind that she hated the most. That this interest as a model had only begun.

Of course, in the morning she could no longer do that, since Barry had talked with enthusiasm about doing another shoot and another, and maybe even hitting the gym to develop some tone to his nonexistent muscles should it prove profitable in future photo shoots.

Iris’ heart sank, and over the next two weeks she watched their relationship deteriorate into almost nothing as he took job after job, reveling in the cash and compliments it got him, and neglecting his studies too. He skipped classes, bought a new wardrobe, and then, after one more meeting with his agent, who she could no longer put in quotes in her head, since he’d been legit all along and on the search for rare talent, Barry announced he was dropping out of school and moving to New York.

And he wanted her to come with him.

She’d exploded.

What was she going to do in New York? She was double-majoring in Journalism and Business, and planning to sink her teeth into her hometown’s newspaper as soon as she got back. With one semester to go, she was what? Going to abandon all that to watch him pursue a dream that left her alone in the cold, hardly talking to him, let alone seeing him?

He apologized for that, said it would be different in New York once he had a regular schedule figured out, but she couldn’t see any of it changing, and she wasn’t about to change schools for one semester when she was going to the Harvard University.

“You’re throwing your life away and trying to drag me down with you!” She finally burst, practically hissing at him as she reminded him of his life-long dreams to be a CSI or maybe work in some sort of scientific research at the facilities back home.

She insulted his modeling stint, saying he’d just ‘gotten lucky’, and that it wouldn’t last. Meanwhile, she’d be moving on without him doing what she’d always dreamed with someone who appreciated her and didn’t let low-grade salesmen get in the way of their relationship.

He’d been stunned but managed to pull the words from the depths of his being, “Are you breaking up with me?”

“Well, I’m not moving to New York,” she’d huffed.

“We could try a long-distance relationship,” he’d tried weakly, already knowing how that would be received.

“We’re already living it,” she’d barked, and he’d known that was the end.

Unless he begged and pleaded for her to stay with him and he’d give up modeling entirely if it meant he could have her. Maybe then things would be different. But they weren’t, because he didn’t.

She boxed up his stuff in her dorm room and sent him packing. Within a week he’d dropped out of school and left for New York. It was a month before they spoke again, and all their messages were short and choppy. There was no heart, nothing reminiscent of their decades’ long relationship.

They’d lost their friendship and their dating relationship in a heartbeat, and neither had the energy or the endurance to fight for it again if it meant letting go of the rest of what they held so dear.

In a way, Iris supposed she should be grateful to be going home. Barry wouldn’t be there, and she could reconnect with her girlfriends she’d left behind in high school, as well as find new friends at CCPN, where she’d already secured a job before graduating. There would be her parents and Wally to keep her distracted too.

Soon it would be like Barry hadn’t even existed.

Three days later, after a mostly comfortable experience on the train, Iris grabbed her carry-on luggage and made her way to the exit door when the train finally came to a stop.

There was a sea of people in front and behind her, but when she finally made it down the steps and the other people dispersed, going every which way in the direction they needed to go, she saw a massive ad plastered on the side of the train station.

JUST IN FROM NEW YORK…

BARRY ALLEN: CENTRAL CITY’S NEWEST STAR!

He was in a suit and tie, crouched and looking devilishly handsome with his hair brushed back, and his tie loosely dangling around his neck.

“Oh, hell no.”

[habibialkaysani]

trope selection tag game

saw @laufire doing this and thought it looked fun :)

enemies to lovers or friends to lovers - ofc as a kathony fan I go with enemies to lovers, but I am 1000% a fan of friends to lovers when it's done right. there is just something so *chef's kiss* about both of these tropes tho and the switch that happens, that change in how two people see each other, that I legit can't get enough of <3

coffee shop au or flower shop au - I read the most amaaaazing westallen coffee shop au forever ago: gold, when you find me by @mmtions where barry is a coffee shop owner on the side when he's not the flash, and iris is a journalist who writes bad comics lol. I am partial to flower shop aus tho, @newtonsheffield's kathony florist au is excellent.

hurt/comfort or there was only one bed - I fucking love angst and hurt/comfort just hits all the right spots for me... the vulnerability??? bonus points if there's some whump???

found family or partners in crime - found family for the WIN! mostly because it reflects a lot of what I've experienced irl which is nice.

canon compliant or canon divergent - I love both tbh, but for writing, I tend to write canon compliant or canon fix-its that don't have enough impact on canon to be considered canon divergent (like this kathony one where kate and anthony weren't interrupted by newton)

domesticity or pwp - I write enough of it that it's kind of a given lol. I guess bonus points if it's pwp domesticity tho!

fluff or angst with a happy ending - I love angst with a happy ending bc it's like... you kinda had to work for it, if you get what I mean? whereas pure fluff, it depends.

1st person pov or 3rd person pov - I love 1st person in original fiction but I must admit I have yet to find an example where I don't find it jarring in fic. /@laufire

soulmates or forbidden love - I adore soulmates - whether soulmarks, soulmate aus where the world becomes in colour when you meet your soulmate, etc. esp when writers get really invested in the lore of the soulmate thing like this one and this one by antematter and then characters become emotionally constipated over not thinking they've found their soulmate or being stupid about it. so good.

roommates or fake dating - fake dating can be fun. Especially if it's for undercover shenanigans. /@laufire

slow burn or meet-cute - the slow burn is the BEST because the YEARNING and ANGST that comes with it. I love a good meet cute too, and as you can tell I'm a huge fan of tropes generally, but the slow burn becomes interesting as to what's stopping them from getting together - whether because they're enemies, or friends, or there's something forbidden about their love.

love triangle or polyamorous relationship - I love love LOVE love triangles! they get a bad rep in media but they are messy af and I just have way too much fun with them. I love a good polyam relationship tho.

royalty au or magic au - I have enjoyed a couple of royalty aus immensely - this bodyguard!anthony and princess!kate fic by @newtonsheffield (you can tell I'm a fan lol) and this one with queen kathani by @writtenbygracewilliams is bloody amazing.

high school/college au or neighbours au - I don't have a huge preference for either? but I did read a lovely neighbours au by @newtonsheffield where kate goes to anthony's flat to ask him to zip up her dress that makes me enjoy that one a lot more.

mutual pining or idiots to lovers - I fucking LOVE both of these tropes! esp when it involves two ladies bc that means double the useless lesbians :D but also I have a soft spot for dumbasses in love esp when it's mutual pining and they both think it's unrequited. that stuff is the BEST.

tagging: @ihaveastorminme @laurelwinchester @sophiainspace and anyone else who wants to do this!

[be-the-glenn-to-my-maggie]

Do you have any recs for the black phone?

DO I????

Do you guys know how exciting it is to get an ask that isn't about Avatar? Don't get me wrong, I love the Avatar ones, but the other kinds are such a fun change of pace. I have an equal obsession with a lot of other things, if not a bigger one.

So, I have a03 collections for a lot of things, and I do have one for The Black Phone as well. Check out The black phone was legit just like a fine movie it wasn't even that good why am I neck deep in this fandom sometimes I add more. As a massive fan of Steven King's IT (Reddie fics that don't make me think about the fact that this is a horror novel), I absolutely adore horror gay children, and as a massive stan of Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch (the goldfinch fics that don't make me sad and feel hatred towards english majors), I also love doomed love stories. Blah blah "the real horror is the blatant homophobia and trauma inflicted on the children that causes the death of pure imagination and dreams" there are better posts and essays written about that. So naturally I am a rinney stan so it's all rinney fics.

WARNING: This movie is a horror movie about a man kidnapping, heavily implied to be sexually abusing, and straight up murdering children, so there are some serious content warnings for some of these recs. Read at your own discretion. Avatar is a fandom I read pretty light shit for, I don't for The Black Phone always, so I'll try to be super clear with them.

the electric, synthesized, rock ballad of why finney blake can't have nice things by ECLIPSEWXTCH. I literally just made a post about this fic in relation to the pink concert. It's a modern au rinney fic where Robin and Finney lost touch as kids and find each other again as young adults, Robin a successful musician and Finney a student in college. If this fic is never completed I will burn this website to the ground. I have no content warnings for this fic unless you have an aversion to pure wholesomeness. Content warning for there never being as good a boyfriend as Robin Arellano? But we all knew that already.

Coffee boy by mikki_strange. It's a coffee shop au, man, it's adorable and it made me happy. No trigger warnings or anything, simply rinney fluff.

Holding On and Letting Go by Nizhoni93. CW: homophobia, implied underage rape, legit so much trauma and sadness. This is SUCH A GOOD FIC, oh my god. It's one I've reread a couple times now, despite it's length. I have recced this before because I brought it up in reference to the beloved and famed nocorro ghost au. Holding On and Letting Go is the INSPIRATION for all my sad nocorro ghost thoughts. It's entirely from Robin's first person pov after Finney has killed the Grabber and they other boys have moved on. Robin can't leave Finney, and spends his time haunting the other boy and watching as he suffers while Robin struggles too. It is. The biggest bummer ever. It's so heartbreakingly tragic. Even as Robin is describing all these big feelings, his love for Finney or the guilt he feels for having hurt all these people with his death, he'll say something like "And I was thirteen" and I remember he's a fucking eLEMENTARY SCHOOLER. I cried a counted total of nine times reading this fic. Highly recommend especially if you're into the nocorro ghost au. The chapter where the psychic tells Robin he's only hurting Finney by being there? I'll literally kill myself. The homophobia is fairly blatant, and although mentioned rarely the rape and Robin's disgust and shame around it is a hard read.

We Stand Together by HeavensAether. Serious trigger warnings for this one. It's almost a dead dove, tbh. Basically a rewrite of The Black Phone where all the kids are alive and in captivity at once, so they develop a fairly strong bond. The main draw for me was the psychological depth it takes into Finney as he works with the ghosts around him and tries to retain his sanity, his relationship with Robin, and the mystery of how they'll get out with Finney's powers. If dark bummers of a fic aren't your jam, this isn't for you! CW: underage rape, disassociation, homophobia, transphobia. Tbh the rape is (while not graphic) fairly disturbing and goes as a method of showing a characters disassociation. If it was in an earlier chapter, I'd probably not have continued reading. As it were, it's pretty easy to skip those parts, which I would recommend as what little I did read I did not enjoy!

And You Keep On Living by Nichknack (BBCotaku). CW: more common The Black Phone homophobia and also trauma and abuse, but I think so far this one is non-con mention free. It's basically just a post movie fic but where the timeline changes essentially, Finney and Gwen wake up and the ghost boys are all back and the world around them doesn't remember the Grabber and all of those events never happened. Some good rinney as always with a side of brance and it's very interesting, I can't imagine where it'll go.

Five Times Someone Discovers Finney is Spider-Man (And One Time He Is The One To Say It) by sleepysheep (mynameistadashi). CW: nothing let the boys be happy and in love and full of friendship. This one is a silly and cute rec, it just makes me smile. Let the boys be happy. It's just as it sounds, it's Spider-Man Finney and a 5+1 of everyone discovering it.

[puppypeter]

I know that the whole idol/super fan dynamic is like, a core component of what makes RoyJamie so delicious, but I CANNOT escape the hilarity potential of famous!Jamie/chronically offline!Roy.

Like, in this au, Roy wouldn't be a footballer (which is also intriguing to me because that's such a key facet of his character, so I'd be interested to hear from you what other careers Roy might have!!) and it is essential that he is also chronically offline, like near hermit levels of sheltered from pop-culture.

Roy would then obviously meet Jamie for some contrived fanfic reason (my running idea is that they meet maybe in a late season two/season three timeline when Jamie is doing his self-motivated 4am training. Jamie motivated for Zava reasons and Roy motivated to avoid crowds/the heat). Roy would have his wattpad 'im not like other girls' moment when Jamie approaches him, obviously assuming Roy will recognise him, which Roy does not.

Of course this leads to Jamie fixating on this grumpy old twat whose buttons Jamie can soo easily press and who seems to have no fucking clue who he is. Roy will become like, Jamie's yoga mums, especially because at this point in time Jamie would still be pretty infamous what with everything going on with his career, so I think having someone who doesn't have a preexisting idea of who he is would be extremely refreshing for Jamie.

This of course leads to a slow burn strangers to lovers situation with the obvious angst potential of a civilian/celebrity fic (paparazzi, privacy, 'oh our worlds are so different, how could this ever work', etc).

ALTERNATIVELY, Roy could actually know who Jamie Tartt is, but for whatever reason he finds him annoying and when they meet he just pretends not to know who he is just to knock him down a peg. This version of the au has the fun potential of the whole 'i know who you are' reveal, but I'm undecided on which direction it should go.

Anyways, thanks for letting me word dump in your inbox, I LOVE your blog and your RoyJamie posts!! 💕💕

i love people word dumping about royjamie in my inbox ❤💙

I also love the famous/non famous. There's not many AUs in this fandom as being a footballer is such a core part of who they are it is difficult to imagine otherwise but coming from other fandoms I have so many ideas (take capitan america/stucky having many AUs and many capitan america/modern bucky barnes too)

I love the idea of Roy not knowing who Jamie is at all. I do have a think for the non-famous person having the most random normal jobs ever like

working the till at the grocey store (I wrote a post once about them meeting at 6am when roy starts work and jamie is stopping for water cause I'd seen a Tesco guy that looked like roy from far away lol) (funnily i often picture step dad simon in this job and that's how him and georgie met and they've actually known each other since jamie was a baby but it took him many years to ask her out)

grocery delivery guy (quiet, peaceful, listens to audiobooks while driving)

park ranger (again can meet at 5am, kudos if jamie sneaks into richmond park and roy fucking hates him for it until he gives up and lets him do it)

classics like baker, coffee shop, bookshop, mechanic etc

I do love the grumpy roy thinking jamie is a pretentious early morning running twat whose colourful atrocious shoes are blinding him. Like he doesn't know Jamie has a legit reason to do all that aka his career.

And of course the angst that would come from stepping into Jamie's world. I did see a post not long ago about a Jamie that is more bashful around dating (and also more protective of his privacy as he was in canon with Keeley). But also would be cute him bringing his fit older boyfriend to the charity gala.

Or what if he knew him from Lust Conquers All that he watched with the yoga mums and had no idea he was a footballer? Then he thinks Jamie is a very superficial guy, a cheater who only cares about his looks etc before Jamie annoys him day after day and he slowly falls for him.

Ok what if he and the yoga mums worked together somehow? He is the maintenance guy or the grumpy receptionist at the yoga gym / massage place or the grumpy delivery guy at the diner who covers the night shift at the counter so he can prep stuff and restock etc and jamie is there at 5am every morning for eggs and a chat and like the first 5 times it's just Jamie yapping on and on with a lot of sighs from Roy. Maybe it's the post-return to Richmond Jamie who is still very lonely, away from his family, no agent, no keeley, no team friends yet (remember how he kept going to keeley to talk and she took him to dr sharon? that didn't happen and he just decided roy would do.. and tbf he does tip well at least ahah)

I have sooooo manyyyyy thoughts!!!😊😊😊😊

[asirensrage]

Tell me about your Coffee Shop AU doc!

Ah! Okay, so it stands by its name because it's legit a coffee shop au of my fic The Art of Seclusion. It has things changed about it as I had plans to turn it into something more original (as well as give it a happy ending lol). It's all planned out but I haven't written much more than a page or two.

Some of my notes consist of small scene ideas like this:

Amelia steps up to the counter, grateful that Eric doesn’t seem to be around. As soon as she orders he bursts out from the back like “AHHA! knew you’d be back babe”  “give me my coffee.”  “not until you agree to the date” She storms out but her boss gives her a look and essentially forces her to go back. He’s just standing there, looking super smug with her order in front of him. “So, dinner tonight, babe?

post the names of all the files in your WIP folder and let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them

[cookietastic]

Got tagged by @phoomwhoosh for this fanfic trope tier maker

I think 4 I wanna just point out to explain lmao

College AUs I like college Aus were the main focus isn't 1000% about college but just a character growing up and trying to figure out life/deal with shit

Coffee Shops I can't do coffee shops man I'm tired, I'm sorry-Unless they're both bitching about costumer service and then bond from bitching and then going for beers later I can't

Huddle for Warmth-My iron stays low. My friends can confirm I am a very cold and used one of my friends to stay warm when walking around the city. So when I see a character cold af needing someone for warmth-nothing even romantic just a friend being like "bitch you're cold come here" I'm like 10000/10 good

Unhappy: It really depends on the story because I read stories where it doesn't end good, but I legit loved them. Like not every story is going to have a happy ending to them but will have a satisfying ending if that makes sense (something something some dark horrors something something)

Anyone else who wants to try to go for it, just say I tagged you!