#also when i do get the sleep. please let me be alert and awake. wtf is this

[mashkaroom]

girl why am i so tired. i woke up less than 12 hours ago from 9+ hours of sleep AND i have a few hours before my adderall wears off. litcherally hello???

[elysianslove]

hi! how have you been since the hell that ensued after halloween is?

also could you do a batboys college au? like their major and how the reader would meet them and all that jazz? 👉👈

-🐥

hi anon!! i’m not sure what ur talking about @ the halloween stuff hvsdhjs but! here are the batboys hc’s! i’m not very familiar with duke thomas’s character enough to write about him tbh, so he’s not included here :( but if you want me to add him let me know!! i hope you enjoy!!

dick grayson

out of all the batboys i really didn’t know how to choose a major for him

but

i think he’d do law tbh, specifically criminal law 

his main motivation to become a police officer in bludhaven had been to be able to help people in any way he can 

i forgot if it’s canon or not but he does realize how corrupt it is and he quits but that’s another thing we won’t get into that lmao 

anyways yes let’s just stick with law 

meeting you ! 

he shares one or two courses with you

one that’s really early in the morning 

and one that’s later on in the afternoon 

dick is like a magnetic okay

anywhere he goes people are just attracted to him

like literally he will breathe 

but someone call the ambulance there’s a person that’s passed out bc of how beautiful he is

but this is an 8 am class 😃

so there’s no way ur awake enough to notice him

coincidentally he sits next to you one time

and this is the one time

you decide

yeah lemme just fkn sleep is uni even worth it 

dick definitely notices right away but he doesn’t say anything 

he thinks you look so cute passed out on your desk like this 🥺

when the professor signals the end of the class, he watches as people file out and then he just leans over and nudges you slightly 

you nearly punch him bc he scared you ❤️

he just laughs and goes “class is over” 

you just sigh like the guilt starts to hit you and your heart begins to sink

and he sees your disappointed face and just goes 

“i took a lot notes. i can share them w you?”

lifesaver in every single way dick grayson 😻😻😻

you had another class that you had to run to and you were rushing

he was like “dw i’ll just give them to you whenever i see you next” 

and you 🏃🏻‍♀️ outta there

imagine ur surprise when u enter class at 12 pm and he’s there in all his glory 

after the lecture is over, he walks up to you as you’re packing and asks if you want to go to the coffee shop nearby 

to take his notes of course

and you finally register just how handsome he is 

so obviously you say yes wtf

and the rest is history 😼

he asks you out, properly, pretty early on tbh 

so unfazed lmfao 

now you take naps on his shoulder instead of the desk 💞💞💞

soooo into pda 

kisses u when he first sees you

when you’re parting ways

when he feels like it

straight up cuddles w during lectures i’m not even joking 

it’s disgusting how cute you two are 

gets you coffee for all those 8 am classes u have w him hehe

study dates always turn into karaoke sessions somehow don’t even ask lmao

jason todd

english literature 

this is a collective agreement right? 

right

definitely english literature 

i dont even think he wants to go to uni but he’s going to waste time plus this is bruce’s money 😏🤑

your major doesn’t necessarily have to be english literature as well

but you share one class

and my god 

you two disagree on everything

like every little thing

at this point if he says something and you slightly agree internally you’ll still say some opposing shit 

that’s kinda what draws you to him 

at first you genuinely had nothing against him

but then this kind of rivalry developed for no specific reason 

but it was fun

and he was hot

so seeing him get flustered or angry made him even hotter somehow 

but then

but t h e n

you’re not sure if your professor like ships you or something

so you’re assigned a debate topic on one of the books you’d discussed in class/one of the books you’ve read outside, and within each group are the two sides for and against 

not only were you in the same team as jason, but you were on the same side as him

so you had to work with him

the audacity of the professor omg 

but jason needs this course 

and 

well you don’t but it’s too late to back out now 

you two meet in the campus library after deciding on a book with the other two of your team

and 

honestly??? 

you two work so well together 

like insanely well

during the debate you destroyed the other team 

spoiler alert 

doing so well with jason kinda made you like hot and bothered 

seeing him in his zone

sexy <3 

what i mean to say is

you both end up making out in some storage room lmfao 

or hate sex 😏

professor has a phd in matchmaking 🤔😻

i think you two don’t admit you like each other

bc you’re both stubborn as fuck

but eventually you’re literally on his lap on his couch and it just hits you

and you lean back and go

“wanna go out w me” 

and he just shrugs and goes “sure” and pulls you in for more kissing hehe

he’s not v good at the boyfriend thing tbh

you have to chase him around and be like “sir!!! did u forget about me huh!!!”

he doesn’t mean to i promise

he gets all blushy and flustered once he realizes 

only ever into pda if he’s insanely jealous 

will straight up make out w u regardless of where u are or who ur with lmfao 

he’s still getting used to the little intimacies and all 

debates in class are so much more fun now cause he finds it so hot when u get all riled up hehe

that eng lit professor is so happy for you two omg

tim drake

okay i also couldn’t really decide for him

but maybe he’d study something like physics (or maybe computer engineering/computer science) 

idk u have to have a death wish to wanna major in physics so tim’s major it is

i’m not sure how it works for every other uni but my uni requires 6 credits of sciences to graduate 

so let’s say for the sake of this hc u take like just the first level of physics to get 3 credits 

and 

you’re struggling 😃👍🏼

so you like approach your professor with a few questions before the quiz 

but tim is also there

and he kinda makes small talk while you two wait outside the office

and he asks why you’re here

you show him

and he’s like “oh i took this course w the same professor as well, i could help?” 

it’s like an angel had descended from the heavens for you personally 

you take his number and decide to meet up with him after a few hours 

he’s of so much more help than your professor would’ve been, even if ur prof is a really nice and smart person 

and he’s super like

patient with you? 

also he pays for all the coffee and snacks you’re getting after you already get them 

ur like bruh i didnt 

dont pay pls

and he’s like no im loaded let me 😼

swooning <3 

and guess what!! 

you ace the quiz out of some miracle

first thing you do is text him and he congratulates you 

and then

bc ur not blind and tim is so fucking cute

you’re like “can i take u out to thank u” 

tim’s brain stops working but ! 

he does say yes eventually 

he becomes your designated physics tutor + your amazing boyfriend

being with tim is so like

chill

it’s a very relaxed time 

lots of study dates! and cafe dates! all hours of the day whether the sun is up or not 

into pda but to a certain degree 

like yes of course have a kiss pretty baby 

but also it will only be a small peck

any time anyone passes by like common rooms you two will be there snuggling on the couch, one or both of you completely passed out 

damian wayne

business major 100% 

or a bsba econ major, which is basically the business side of economics 

he has to take over his father’s company one day duh 

also i genuinely think damian would excel in this field 

he’s a very keeps to himself kinda guy in uni

like you only ever see him in your common classes and then he just

disappears 

anyways there was this party that everyone was going to, and damian wasn’t planning to

but dick accidentally read some groupchat’s messages and was like are u going

damian went 🏃🏻‍♀️

but dick was like go and try to make friends !!!! 

and dames cant say no to his big bro 🥺 so he goes

stays in a corner on the settings app the entire time

like half an hr in he just leaves and is walking home/back to his dorm when you come like rushing up to him 

you’re zooming 

and then you just latch onto his hand and lean up to press a kiss to his cheek, whispering in his ear “this person’s been following me for like 15 mins just please go along w this” 

he kinda stiffens but when he does notice that there’s a person eyeing you he slips his arm around your waist and just carries on walking

he walks you to your home/dorm and is like

so awkward 

but it’s okay ! ur a people’s person enough for the two of you 

you thank him so much over and over 

and then you’re like 

“can i take you out on a real date?” 

and then he becomes ur real boyfriend hehe

is still super stiff but it’s only bc he’s so hyper aware of how attractive you are

and i’m super positive he doesn’t have that much experience with dating so 

you hold the reigns 

but he’s a great boyfriend all in all tbh 

super attentive, super protective, and so loving 

isn’t into pda especially on college campus but he does like subtle pda

things like linking your pinkies or giving you his hoodie to just parade around campus hehe

end note; i’m sorry if these feel rushed or anything like. i used to be an avid writer for the batboys, but i just haven’t been feeling it lately. i still love to write from them bc i know these boys so well eeeeppp. anyways feel free to request some more!!

[khaleesiofalicante]

GUESS WHO'S BAAAACCCCCKKKKKK

THAT'S RIGHT! IT'S ME!

LEMME JUST SAY the number of times you've made me cry with your fics isn't even funny anymore...

ok ok ok but LEXI OMG SHE'S SUCH A HERONDALE SDYJCDCGYGYCDGYUYUGZSDGYUGYUACGYUMSGYUMSZD I LOVE HER SO MUCH

And "Jason talk dirty to me" is the best way to start a fic, I said what I said.

Don't we all hate zoom meetings? I know I sure do and I have class in 5 and a half hours (i woke up at 1 am...don't even question it). Technically i was gonna try and go back to sleep when I remembered HOLY SHIT LBAF FUCK SLEEP I CAN STAY UP

Also...KIERARKTINA CHILDREN XSUHSGYDSDGJM IM SCREAMING. At first, i was like...one child...TWO CHILD???? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Patrick...I never really knew the guy well but Aline is grieving LEAVE ME ALONE TO CRY

Lexi wrinkled her nose at the name. “I have a message for you.”

“You love me more than mom?” Jace asked.

THE WAY SHE SAID YES WITHOUT HESITATION

but seriously though...do silent brothers wear clothing under their robes...?

ALL THAT FORESHADOWING ABOUT "Darker times" IM SCARED AND I ALSO BELIEVE THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT THE COHORT.

“I’m not a child!” Lexi protested.

You are seven years old, brother Enoch pointed out. He had been there to place the protection charms after the twins had been born.

If Jace didn’t know any better he’d say the silent brother was sassing her.

But Lexi was a Herondale.

“I’m 49 in dog years!” Lexi huffed.

You are not a dog, Alexandra.

“Daddy said I can be anything I want to be,” Lexi stuck out her tongue. “I’m a dog. A very old dog. Woof!”

Brother Enoch turned to him as if to say, ‘control your Herondale spawn’.

HERONDALE SPAWN.

There is so much going on in these lines BUT LEXI IS A WHOLE ASS MOOD YES BESTIE IF YOU WANNA BE A DOG THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GONNA BE FUCK EVERYTHING ELSE!! WOOF

Jace knew many children had been orphaned by the war with the cohort - like Diego’s daughter, who had been adopted from the Chennai Institute.

This part scared me because for a second I was like "IS DIEGO DEAD??????" before I read on and my mind caught on.

ok on to my second favorite character right after Lexi

DAVID MY CHILD I SAY WE KILL ALBERT. SCREW THE PRISON I'M GONNA BURN THIS BITCH ALIVE

THE FUCKING AUDACITY OF HIM. DAVID IS A CHILD HONESTLY FUCK YOU. I WAS SO ANGRY THIS LITTLE SHIT HOW DARE HE.

I just wanna squeezes David into a bear hug ill protect him from now.

THE FAIRCHILD-HERONDALE FAMILY IM GONNA SCREAM

THEY ARE SO PRECIOUS ISTG AHDGYJDYUKCYDVYGDJHVCGYJMDV

Max stamped his foot on the ground, because he liked to be theatrical about everything

Im sure we all know where he gets it from...

“Shall we go check on the little miscreants?”

“Max and Rafe aren’t that bad,” Jace replied faithfully.

“I was talking about your girls,” Magnus grinned. “My boys are literal angels.”

“One of them is a warlock,” Jace pointed out. “With demon blood.”

“You know your family descended from Tessa, right?” Magnus asked. “Your children have demon blood too.”

“Yikes, no wonder people want us gone,” Jace chuckled and Magnus chuckled with him.

THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION THEY HAVE COME SO FAR ISTG IM GONNA CRY

“Did you know there is a trick to find out if kids are really sleeping?”

“A magic trick?” Jace asked.

“Yes,” Magnus winked. “You see…When kids are asleep, really asleep, they put up right hand. Only parents know of this secret.”

Rafael and Selena remained still, his little celery still snoring gently.

Max’s hand slowly went up and Lexi’s followed.

A bark of laughter escaped Jace, and Magnus shushed him.

“Miscreants!” Jace whispered.

“I told you so!” Magnus chuckled.

“I know of another secret. I heard the Consul has a new punishment for kids who lie,” Jace said. “They apparently have to eat Izzy’s food.”

The hands flopped back into bed immediately and Magnus covered his mouth to control his laughter.

THE DOMESTICITY OF THIS SCENE OH MY GOD

also TIAN!! ISTG IF WE DON'T SEE HIM IN TWP OR TEC 3 MARRIED AND HAPPY WITH JIN FENG IM GONNA BE VERY SAD

“Damn, I would have gladly punched you in the face, Herondale. Next time, ask for volunteers.”

Damn bestie-

“This is ridiculous! I didn’t do anything!” Albert yelled and looked at the brother Enoch. “You saw what they did, right?”

I’m a silent brother, Albert. I can’t see. Surely you know that.

Exactly you blind fuck.

we got Jace and alec brotp bonding leave me alone to cry in a corner. the fact that shadowhunters don't have laws protecting children like wtf is wrong with you people

“Alexandra,” his parabatai interrupted. “Shouldn’t you be in bed?” “Shouldn’t you be in Los Angeles?” Lexi countered.

LEXI AYUAHGUSUSUGWDCDGD,DCGKSDYG,SDGSCDH.

“Max is awake?” Magnus was alert now.

“And Max is hungry!!!” the boy walked into the room.

Live footage of me every morning (or evening. or night. depends on my sleep schedule)

DAVID LEGIT HAD A LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT MOMENT MY PRECIOUS

HE NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED AT ALL COSTS

“Oh my god, who is this?” Max yelled and jumped straight into the bed, right next to David. “Are you a shadowhunter? Where are you from? Your eyes are so blue! My daddy has blue eyes too! Wait, I also have blue eyes! We both have blue eyes!”

Max- PLEASE THIS IS SO CUTE

“Yay!” Lexi yelled. “You could pretend to be my other twin.”

“Then you would be triplets,” Alec mumbled quietly. “Not twins.”

Oh shush

“Our people are not going to like this, Alec,” Jace pointed out.

“Well, that’s too bad,” Alec said unapologetically. “I’m the Consul.”

YES BITCH SHOW THEM

I really hope Albert does have to come crawling back and have his marks stripped.

“Is that...Is that a stubble?” Jace asked when something prickled his cheek.

“Yes.”

"Are you growing a beard?" Jace inquired sceptically.

"Yes."

“Gross. I don’t like it,” Jace complained.

“Too bad. Cause I do.”

“I’m going to tell Magnus to shave it off while you are asleep,” Jace muttered.

“Jokes on you. He likes it too.”

Jace weren't you starting to grow a beard in TDA as well-

no, but I'm with Jace on this one.

“So, I heard an interesting story from Magnus when I came in,” his wife said, coming out of her bathroom, wiping her face with a towel. “You adopted a kid, I hear? Your parabatai is really rubbing off on you, huh?”

It's the alec affect bestie.

“He only said there is a child at the institute who needs my help. At first, I thought he was talking about you.”

I-

Jace trying to find David a new last name was so goddamn sweet I'm crying in a corner. And David choosing to keep his name as a reminder that he survived??? TEARS

Selena had learned Spanish so she can talk to Rafael. Then she had learned French just because she could.

Oh to be good at languages...

“It means darling,” Jace corrected and then beamed. “But wait! It also means cabbage! David, you are going to be my little cabbage.”

Lexi, Selena, and Clary groaned in unison.

“You’ll have to deal with this, David,” Clary said apologetically, not letting go of the boy. “Lexi is Lettuce. Selena is Celery and I’m Carrot.”

AJHHUHYUCDJILSDYVGILCQBCDHCUOUCEDCCSCUHKK SCREAMING

DAVID YOU ARE GONNA BE EATING PIZZA TONIGHT SCREW VEGETABLES.

THE LIBRARY SLEEPOVER!!! SQUEALS. I LOVE READING TOO I WANNA JOIN THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That was so long wtf-

and I guess I don't truly understand what it's like to be a child abuse victim but to all those who can hurt a child and not feel anything...I hope they fucking pay for what they do. All those kids who survive are so goddamn strong but why the fuck does one have to go through so much shit and people be like "oh you came out stronger" sure bitch but they didn't deserve this shit in the first place. i might be saying it wrong but we seriously need more strict laws against this kind of shit.

damn, I curse a lot. SEE YA ON FRIDAY BYE

Me scrolling through this entire liveblog like:

Thank you so much. It made my day! I love reading reactions!!! (lol you know that)

I am so glad you like the first chapter. And I curse a lot too so issokay ;)

And thank you for that last point. It's what we need more of in this world - empathy and understanding x.

And we definitely need better laws - but these laws also need to be implemented correctly - without judgment and with efficiency.

We have a long way to go just like the shadowhunters oof.

[nny11writes]

Before I get into my hilariously long reply, I WANT TO READ YOUR 6 HOUR DRIVE TO THE BEACH AU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pretty please with a cherry on top!!!!!! 

:DDDDDDDDDDD

I still remember fondly when I did my study abroad and everyone was making the road trip sound SUPER LONG AND ARDUOUS and I was prepared for it to take  f o r e v e r  and then it turned out they’d all made these thermoses of tea and coffee because the drive was just over 3 hours. And I literally laughed so hard I had to use my inhaler and explain the situation.

This comment feels like that post inhaler conversation lol! I don’t know anyone who stops for the night after a 4-6 hour drive one way, but I’ve seen plenty of folks who write fics where the drive is 5-6 hours and, as a consequence of how long it is, they plan to stop at a hotel for the night.

And like, sure that’s probably the healthy and sensible thing to do. We are not healthy or sensible which is terrible considering how none of us can afford health insurance or medical bills lol.

So hell yeah you do that drive no sleep if you can! We’ve got limited time off so we have to jam that time full as possible. No sleeping and no stopping for proper meals usually, maybe a 10 minute stop at a janky rest stop for a sad sandwich you made that morning by that’s it. Bathroom breaks are usually every 2-6 hours depending on how long you can hold it. On my most recent trip we had an old dog with us so I used the bathroom when she did. On the most recent road trip before that I got in my car and drove for 6 hours with one ten minute break to refuel and pee.

Our road trip culture is messed up but I do love it lol.

I’m literally basing the time frame (and the fic) on driving from my hometown of ABQ, NM to San Clemente, CA which is a drive I’ve had the extreme fortune to make several times in my life. According to google maps it’s a 12 hour drive, but with breaks and food it was usually more like 14.

When I was a kid my dad drove the whole 14 hours while baby me and my sister tried to find ways to entertain ourselves while wanting to cry from boredom and also sleep for 15 years but unable to sleep. No switching off for him, just driving. We always rented the biggest car we could afford so everyone could shift around uncomfortably lol.

When I was 20 my best friend was teaching theater at a summer camp out in that area and his family called me at 11PM to ask if I’d be willing to fly out to him the next day if they paid for it, because they wanted someone to drive back with him due to how long of a drive it is. We stayed a few days in San Clemente and hit up San Diego before deciding one afternoon that we didn’t want to stay the night with his family in Los Angeles as planned. So we had packed up and drove off with me laughing about how easy LA highway traffic was compared to at home. We managed to cut the drive down by speeding at highly illegal speeds (we pegged out on his mustang, so we were going at least 110-120 mph (just over 177-193 kph) for large chunks of of the trip, dropping down to 90 felt like crawling along) and I am genuinely shocked that we weren’t ticketed in California or Arizona. 

[New Mexico is where you go if you can’t drive so I’m not surprised about that, I once took my high school freshman band adoptee on the highway to get her oboe when she forgot it for our year end concert at 110 mph and she thought I was the coolest person ever for that lol] ANYWAYS, me and my friend driving home from California. 14 hour trip when done intelligently (kinda), we got it down to 8-ish hours, brain is hazy on where we were at exactly time wise. Which is impressive considering we literally waited out a dust storm in AZ for thirty minutes, had a thirty minute dinner and McD’s, and tried to wait out the biggest T Storm I’ve ever seen for just under an hour.

We did not sleep, we traded off driving and I almost managed to snooze in the Mojave, but he tried to reach for a plastic gallon of water (we got several from a gas station along with food coffee and energy drinks for the trip) and I was hot and grumpy so I snapped at him and woke up a bit more. And he got nervous about sleeping since his family wants to talk to stay alert and awake at the wheel during long road trips, whereas I come from the school of let the driver get focused and if they don’t want to talk you shut up so they can focus. So we were both irritated and hopped up on caffiene but we made it home at an ungodly hour.

And then I had my work orientation the next afternoon at 5PM, and I was an exhausted hot mess.

Nowadays I go on road trips with my sister and sometimes my brother in law. If it’s me and my sister we’ll trade off driving and we use cruise control to stay AT THE LEGAL LIMIT. Seriously, younger me, wtf dude, have some respect for your life and others!?!?

We stop to sleep if the drive is over 10-12 hours long, but we don’t book a room just in case we want to drive further than planned.

OR we’ll stop if we have pets with us, since getting out to let them walk and use the bathroom takes up a lot of daylight so with pets a 8-10 hour drive means stopping for the night. (but we still don’t book a hotel just in case)

Anyways this reply was originally two short paragraphs and then I kept talking about it sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[neshabeingchildish]

Poly Wanna? Ch. 08

Lemme know if I need to take you off the tag. Idk who’s actually reading because I’ve only heard from a couple of people, so idk if y’all still interested.

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Sleepover at Henry's

Charlotte woke up and was startled by the appearance of a couple of faces hovering above her. “She’s awake! Hellooo! It’s me, Schwoz, from where you used to work!”  

She held her hand over her chest, catching her breath as told him, “I know who you are, Schwoz!” 

Ray folded his arms and fussed, “Well, you sure don’t act like you know us. We haven’t seen you in YEARS!”

“I was busy,” she said and was grateful that she hadn’t been sleeping naked, like she generally did. “Why are you in here?”

“Well, Henry went to handle a little business,” Ray said winking at her. 

“Yes, he had some work to do..” Schwoz added, also winking. 

“You could say that he has some feel good work…” Ray said, winking even more and now he and Schwoz were just smiling and winking way too much.

“The crew knows,” she said and moved Schwoz so that she could climb out of bed. She groaned as she did. 

“Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Where are you trying to go?” Ray asked. “You can’t leave. Look at how banged up you are! Schwoz, get the Bang Bang Bag!”

Schwoz rolled his eyes, “I don’t work for you. You get the Bang Bang Bag.” They bickered for a moment, then noticed that Charlotte had gotten up and began to mess with her own things, primarily, her phone. “Fine! Fine, I’LL get the Bang Bang Bag!” She heard in the background as she checked to see that she had multiple messages from people who Jasper must’ve told that she had gotten hurt, including both of her parents. 

Piper: I saw what happened on Bianca’s TwitFlicks! WTF??? Henry told me that you’re okay, but for good measure, I called up our Bilsky bunch. It's not going down the way that it did, Bruh. Gang Gang!! Seriously, CALL ME if you need anything. I’m just a few hours away, less on a plane.

Ya Mama: Baby, call me when you get a chance. I’ve spoken with the family lawyer and already have contact information from the witnesses for what happened. Hopefully, you’re resting. 

That Muffugga: Charlotte, I’ve tried to call you several times. I know that you’re still mad and processing things, but you need to let me know if you’re okay and what you need. No matter what, you’ll always be my little girl and I’ll always be here for you.

Jasper: Your dad stopped by. I didn’t even know that he knew where I lived, but anyway, I can’t sleep. I’m so sorry about everything that happened. I… I’ll call you. My hands are shaking. I don’t want to type this out.

She had other texts, but she immediately checked her voicemail. She went specifically to Jasper’s, ignoring ones from her parents and electing to check Piper’s afterwards (it was probably prior to her text, anyway). “Hey, Char… Look… I hope that you don’t hate me. I promise, I was just trying to do the right thing… “So, here I am panicking, like oh my God, please don’t let Jasper have gone looking for that guy, because he’s so protective and even though he’s a big cuddle bear, he can be as dangerous as a bear whenever he’s in protective mode…” “I know how it can go down when a fight breaks out. You know that I’ve been bartending for a while and I see it happen when people get too drunk and angry… I was so concerned with making sure that you got help and trying to make sure that I stayed with you…” He sighed. “I should have taken more action. I’m sorry. And, I understand if you don’t feel as safe with me now or if you need your recovery time away from me. I just wanted you to know, I was actually thinking about you and I made the decision to try to get you to a doctor instead of making sure he needed to see one. I don’t know if that was the right choice, but I’m gonna let you decide things. Hoping to hear from you…”

She was about to call him back when she heard a loud bang and screamed. She turned to look at Schwoz, holding a bottle that he had uncorked and he and Ray both cheered, “Bang Bang!” Schwoz poured some of whatever it was in that bottle into a glass that Ray was holding. “The doctors said healing would take a few weeks, but we have a Schwoz! And, we have the Bang Bang Bubbly!” He offered her the glass.

“What is this?” She asked, not taking it.

“It’s a sparkling brandywine with fast healing properties and stuff in it that tastes great, makes you feel invincible and bangs out all of your injuries from the inside out!” Ray cheered. “Doesn’t work for me, because I’m indestructible, but the results in a typical human body are way way great!”

“Schwoz, what is this?” Charlotte repeated, taking the glass and studying it. Schwoz explained it to her and they went back and forth with her asking about side effects of certain ingredients and statistics of the countermeasures for those risks and Ray lost interest, but at the end of it, she sighed and said. “I’m gonna call Jasper and talk to him. Then, I’m gonna tell him about this. I’m gonna let him know that if something happens to me, it was this and you can deal with whatever that’ll mean for you.”

Ray scoffed. “I’m not afraid of Jasper!” 

“I’ve gotten him his own stash of Jolly beetle tears.” 

Ray gasped, “Why would you even HAVE those???”

“I did a major global study using them to break down certain unstable molecules and other very important usages that don’t revolve around you, but definitely was an important time for me to stock up and also invest in them. I knew we’d meet again and you won’t catch me slipping, Ray Manchester.” She began to dial Jasper’s number while Ray folded his arms. 

“Hey!” Jasper answered, excited, but tired sounding.

“Hey. So, I woke up to something truly weird…” 

“Ray and Schwoz excitedly trying to convince you to drink their Bang Bang Bubbly?”

She looked at the two of them, waiting with anticipation of her drinking it and turned away from them, making a suspicious and confused face. “Yes, but something more weird. I got this message from my man, and he was all weirdly sounding like he was blaming himself for something that wasn’t his fault or thinking for some reason that I blamed him.”

She could hear the relief in his next words. “I just wanted to make sure that we’re okay. I wanted to give you your recovery time without me, because I wasn’t sure how you were gonna process that I didn’t help you.”

“You did, though. How would it have helped me for you to punch that guy?”

“It would have helped me.”

“Okay, I don’t know how, but thank you for putting my wellness above your ego.”

“I hate it. I’m glad that you’re okay, but I hate that I didn’t slam him just as hard to the ground…”

“So far, I’ve been alerted that the Bilskys, my family’s lawyers and that girl Karma that I fucks with are all gunning for him. I just want to stop being in pain and to…” She looked at Ray and Schwoz, nearly bursting with excitement. “... Be able to cuddle with my Booty Bear."

"Okay!" Ray said and promptly left. Schwoz smiled and was still waiting on her to try his stuff. She shot it and handed him the glass, then her eyes watered. Jasper was about to say something, but she began panting and whimpering.

"You tried the Bubbly," Jasper observed.

"Why does it feel like my mouth and insides are on fire???"

"That means it's working," Schwoz and Jasper said simultaneously, one next to her and the other on the phone.

.

She crept out of the room and went to explore, clad in one of Jasper’s shirts that she sometimes wore to bed/around the apartment. Now that Henry was out heroeing, she had a chance to explore his place without an obligatory tour. She loved all of the flowers! They had always had plenty of flowers when she lived with him, too, but never this much. Plus, he had an indoor herb garden that the naturalista in her was craving to get to know better. Every plant was so healthy and it was like she could feel the vibrations of them and sense the love that went into making them strong. The artwork on the walls were a mixture of styles. She could tell that Henry pretty much just got things that he liked, and wasn’t going with a theme. The biggest painting was the one of him with flowers. She wondered who was commissioned to do it, because the details were excellent. 

Each room seemed like it was in a different home, because so many of the vibes differed. Like, the bedroom that she was staying in was natural colors, browns, greens, neutrals, warm shades, filled with green plants, and had large uncovered windows, with plants outside of them. It was the perfect kind of room for her. It made her feel extremely comfortable and relaxed. There was a room that sort of looked like it was a cabin on a ship and had a fountain, so water sounds and earthy tones that seemed like a man cave,  but not a busy one - somewhere you might go to become grounded. His living room was white, near the stairway, with plants on the wall and hanging from the ceiling in white globes, and the couch was sleek and black. It looked like he never used this room. All over the place were different goddess statues, most of which Charlotte recognized from mythology lessons years ago, but a few unfamiliar. There were poignant paintings, like one that was of a dark skinned woman, bound in chains and engulfed in flames, like a Black anima sola. It made her feel troubled to see it. There was a Black Madonna, that she couldn’t lie… KINDA looked a lot like her, but with a golden halo and stars and stuff. Then, there were others that weren’t as emotional - a list of Scorpio Men Facts: “The Scorpio Male Is Intensely Sexual, He Needs Deep Intensity, He Has Great Stamina, You Get What You Give in Love With Scorpio Men… HA! Lying ass. You get lying asses with Scorpio men.” Then, there was a holographic photo of fish swimming, like in an aquarium simulation. She furrowed her eyebrows and explored on.

Outside of his bedroom was a hallway of framed photos of the three of them, of course, all outdated, since she hadn’t taken a photo with he and Jasper in years. She opened the door to the bedroom (that was how she realized it was the bedroom), and she saw a beautiful, elegant white and gold bedroom with white and yellow (she presumed fake) flowers sprinkled along the ground, and a bed with an ornate gold canopy adorned with sheer drapery. 

Normally, she wouldn’t have walked into someone’s bedroom, but she was now invested in the absolute lavishness of it and stepped in to look at the detailing of the headboard, and noticed other things, like the mirrored wall behind the bed, and floral designs in the gold of the bed and lamps. There were flower petals in the bed and she picked up and few to touch, and saw that those were real. Then she heard him clear his throat. She yelped. “Sorry, I wasn’t snooping. I was just looking around…” She said, dropping the petals. She stood up and looked up at him, still in his Feel Good uniform, a dark burgundy and blue armored outfit with silver and black accents and tools. She hadn’t seen him in it before. He… looked really good… “I gave myself a tour and the room was so pretty, I just wanted a closer look.”

“It’s all good. Make yourself at home,” he said and blew a bubble, which transformed him back to his regular self, in a t-shirt and jeans. He still looked really good, to her. “Did you sleep well?” He asked.

“I did. But, Schwoz came in with Bang Bang Bubbly, and now, I’m restless.”

“Yeah, that stuff is something else. But, it gets you healed quickly.” He was standing, with his hands in his pockets and they were quiet for a moment, before he said, “Oh, damn. I’m so rude. Have you eaten? I can make you something.”

“I haven’t, but Jasper was on his way over, so I thought we might get something.”

“I’ll call him and let him know I’ll cook. The least that I can do is be a good host, after getting you slammed onto concrete.”

“Why is everybody trying to take credit for that? I’m certainly not about to blame myself because I got up and walked towards her. He made a choice, and I’m pressing charges.”

Henry’s face brightened, “Thank God. I thought you’d wake up hating me even more.”

“I don’t hate you. I hate that you hurt me. I hate that I trusted you. I hate how things ended. But, I’ve decided not to hate any person for being whoever they are. Trying that whole “hate the sin, not the sinner” trope.”

“How’s it working?”

“To be honest, I feel like I’m more upset to have learned about how much you hurt Jasper.” He winced. “I mean, I know I can be a bitch, and I know that a lot of the time, I was insufferable. I can easily look back on past me and think that cheating on me was not as criminal as it felt at the time. Not saying that I don’t blame you for your choices, just that I understand them better, the older that I get. You still should have been my friend enough to be honest with me where you weren’t happy or satisfied, but… what happened with Jasper? No vague shit, no sugar coding. Tell me what you did to him.”

“I’m feeling like at this point, if Henry REALLY wants us to love him again, or at least me, he’s gonna have to start just being straightforward and straight up with me. Jasper and I are on two very different wavelengths, so it takes something different to appease me. I’m tired of being kept in the dark about Jasper, when they both know everything about what happened between Henry and I.”

Henry sighed, ran a hand through his hair and held his hand out towards the bed. She sat down and he joined her and began to tell her the truth.

“It all just kinda happened. It started out as a fling, a rebound, after you left… Like… three months after you left, actually… Well, if I’m being honest, it began before that. Jasper and I experimented in school. Nothing major, just making out and handies and stuff. But, that was shut down automatically when you and I hooked up, then you and I got together and I never thought about Jasper that way, really. I still thought he was attractive and lovable, but for me, we were done. When you and me were together those 4 years, Jasper, I guess didn’t get over me as easily and so whenever you and me broke up, he was there for me in a way that I wasn’t expecting. But, I was hurting and I needed it, whether or not it occurred to me that I needed him. 

About a year later, he started talking about our ‘anniversary,’ like… we were together or something, and don’t get me wrong, we had been going pretty hard and heavy for a year, at that point, but I hadn’t expected a year of that to pass by. Jasper was just so good to me and so easy to be with. A year in, I still wasn’t emotionally where I needed to be in order to be good back to him. So, I told him that I didn’t want to put any labels on us…” “I was pretty scared of being in a relationship after what happened with Char. I didn’t realize at the time that being involved with Jasper the way that I was, WAS being in a relationship with him. I felt like we were two dudes who loved each other, having a good time together.”

“So… Whenever he spoke about this one year anniversary, I chickened out. I self sabotaged. I would try to tell him, but I’d see his face and lose the nerve. I knew that I was gonna hurt him, and I figured that it was best just not to tell him, even though I wasn’t happy and the fact that I was doing stuff behind his back was a huge portion of why I wasn’t happy…”

“Why didn’t you just STOP? You had your degree by then, didn’t you?”

“I had studied psychology, but I don’t know. I hadn’t sorted through my own things and hadn’t become self aware yet. My mom went to a specialist for a sex addiction. She didn’t tell me until around that time, because she heard things about me and was worried that maybe I had her sickness.” He laughed and shook his head, “I wasn’t addicted to sex. I was addicted to doing something terrible that I could get caught doing, and the fact that someone could be hurt again if I got caught… I didn’t care in the moment. Jasper saw mw leaving somewhere with a woman and whenever he tried to get in touch with me, I didn’t answer. When I got home, I told him that I was doing hero stuff. He didn’t believe me and we wound up arguing and I told him that I had slipped up a little, because I missed women.” Henry looked so ashamed as he shook his head, “He said that he understood and just asked me to be more open with him, said that he was willing to open up our relationship if it meant that I didn’t lie to him about being with women. And… so… we tried that, and a little later, I met a new guy.” 

Charlotte took a deep breath and clenched her fists. “And, what, you cheated on Jasper again, this time with a guy?”

“Yes, but the guilt was killing me, so a few months after we were seeing each other secretly, I told Jasper…”

*Flashback Sequence*

After two years of being involved with Jasper, and technically one year, as far as Henry was concerned, Jasper wanted to celebrate their 2 year anniversary. He cooked, baked, set the atmosphere, with music and candles and flowers. Henry just couldn’t stand to lie to him anymore. He stopped him mid-kiss and said, “Jasper, we have to stop this.” Jasper was rightfully confused. He picked up the remote and turned off the music, to hear whatever Henry had to say, “I… I… don’t think that I’m meant to be a monogamous person.”

“You haven’t been, though. We have an open relationship, because I understood that sometimes you don’t want a man…”

“I’ve been seeing a man.” Jasper’s heart sank.

“What do you mean “been seeing?” Like… regularly? Not some one off mistake, but like… SEEING someone?” He glanced around for something to hold on to, grabbed the wine bottle and took a swig.

“Yeah. I’ve been seeing him for like 4 months, almost…” Jasper started crying and chugging the bottle. “I never meant for it to happen, but I can’t keep doing this. I can’t keep being this person behind your back and then becoming someone else whenever I’m with you. I do love you and I never meant to hurt you, but being with you was never my intention and I shouldn’t have let it go this far.”

“Let it GO THIS FAR? What the fuck are you talking about right now?”

“I’m just letting you know that you don’t have to worry about me cheating anymore, if that’s how you see this. Because, it’s over. I can’t do “us,” anymore.”

Jasper huffed out a pained gust of air and dropped the wine bottle. Henry quickly caught it before it could hit the ground. He set it down and said, “Um… You don’t have to pack your own things. I’ll box it up and send it to your mom’s.”

“I’m not leaving here! YOU leave. You’re the one who cheated!”

“Cheated is a strong word. We never used labels. I just didn’t tell you right away when I moved on. And… You can’t afford this place on your own, Jasper. Come on.”

“I’m not leaving this goddamned apartment while my world is fucking falling apart, you complete and utter asshole!”

“Okay. We’ll give it some time. I’ll go stay in Man Cave, and pack up my things whenever I know that you aren’t here. That way, we don’t have to deal with each other, until we’re ready to try to get past this.”

Jasper stared at him, not crying now, just in awe of what kind of person he was looking at - this stranger that he thought was his forever love. Who the fuck was this man? “Can you at least PRETEND to be a good person right now?”

“I pretend to be a good person every time I blow a bubble. Every time I save someone’s life. Every time I help someone’s day. I’m TIRED of pretending to be a good person. I just want to be able to be a person! And have somebody love /that/ person, without all these rules and regulations and expectations that I never gave you! I’m human. I make mistakes. I forgive you your mistakes all of the time, you can’t forgive me mine?” He snapped. Jasper didn’t know where THIS was coming from, but it seemed like he was speaking to someone else. He was thinking about Charlotte. Because, there had never been anything that Jasper hadn’t forgiven him for, until now.

Jasper stood up, hovering over Henry with a desperate look on his face. He wanted so badly to forgive him this. To say it was okay and that they didn’t need to be together and Henry didn’t have to lose him, but this...hurt him. “Your mistakes break people’s hearts, Henry! They break people’s lives. Charlotte is not the same person, and I’m seeing that I never will be the same again, either.”

Now, Henry became wounded. He was feeling attacked and therefore defensive and lashed back at Jasper, like he hadn’t already hurt him enough. He stood up quickly and Jasper stepped back, unsure if this might get physical. But, Henry blurted, “Charlotte at least loved me. She took me seriously. She told me what she needed and wanted and I tried and fell short. Charlotte could be a raging bitch, but I never had to guess what she expected from me. I never had to wonder if she cared or if this was just for mutual enjoyment and comfort. We had something very different and you comparing what happened with us to what happened with me and you is trash, Jasper! You freely gave me whatever I wanted and we never agreed that I had to be your faithful one true love or anything for that matter. If you wanted more from me, was I supposed to read your mind? I was just supposed to figure it out by the way that you never told me? I never did anything to directly hurt or harm you. I kept my sidelife out of your business, just in case that made you uncomfortable, because I wouldn’t have known one way or another, from the way that you just agreed to whatever I gave you! So, the fact that you took us so seriously and made up in your head some type of future that I could have told you we’d never have seems like a lot to try to put on my shoulders, alone!”

Jasper stumbled backwards and caught himself, but he was now crying again, “I am telling you that you broke my heart and you’re telling me how it was my fault.”

“I’m explaining to you why I didn’t realize that you felt the way that you felt!”

“And now that you realize, what do you plan to do about it?”

“I’m gonna set you free, Dude. I can’t do what you need me to do. I can’t be who you need me to be. I can’t be the good person that you want me to pretend to be, because I use too much energy being the good person that being a superhero needs me to be. I love you too much to keep doing this to you, now that I know how you feel.”

“Couldn’t you just… stop? Am I not enough that you can’t just love and be in love with me?”

“I could. I would… But, I feel like I’ve already crossed too many lines for you to be able to believe it from me, at this point. You’d never trust me again, no matter what I did, and I’d see it and I’d act on it. I’m… not ready to fight for love. I have to fight for so many things… Myself just doesn’t seem like enough to me.”

“And I’m not enough either?”

“More than enough, Jasp. You’re so much better than what I’ve given you and what I ever will. So… I’m gonna go, and hopefully you’ll be able to forgive me enough to at least let me try to be your friend again someday. Hopefully, I haven’t broken you in the same way that I broke her.”

“No, you’ve broken me harder, because I’ve been in love with you since we were kids and you just…” He shook his head, “Go ahead. You can leave, now. I won’t beg you anymore. I won’t ask anything else of you.”

.

“The next thing I heard from, well about him was that he had called him mom and asked her if he needed to come back home, would he be able to. He told her that we broke up and he wasn’t sure if he could make it. He said later on that he was talking about the rent, and that makes sense, but when he said that he didn’t know if he could make it, she went over there to check on him and he’d taken a bunch of pills, drank all of the alcohol that we had in the place and collapsed. He says he didn’t do it on purpose, but Char… I’d never seen him so upset, and I knew that I did that, AGAIN, to somebody that I was supposed to love. I wanted to hurt myself, at that point. I was alone and it was my fault and I decided that I would never in my life let anybody get that close to me again. “I don;t want a relationship,” became the first words that I said to any interested parties. I picked my specialty and worked on my degree and enjoyed myself as much as I could, grateful that whenever I reached out to Jasper, he cautiously began speaking to me again, and not surprised that I couldn’t contact you, at all. Neither could he, at that point.”

“Yeah, I cut him off when he told me that you two were together. He said it apologetically, but I was still bothered. We hadn’t been apart long enough, to me. But… so… do you think that Jasper really would have tried to hurt himself?”

“I hope not. I wanna believe that he wouldn’t, but I don’t know. It was a really bad night for him.”

“Couldn’t wait until after the anniversary or not waste his time before?”

“I didn’t even realize that it had been the anniversary, or even consider it to be an anniversary.”

“When did you finally take accountability? Because, it just sounds like you apologized and Jasper forgave you, like he always does. But, did you ever actually say, “These are all the ways that I fucked up and I notice this and I hate this. I know that I can’t take it back, but I will never do anything like this again, to any human being, ever?”

“I unpack this in therapy.”

“You’re… You’re in therapy?”

“Don’t you think I need it?”

“Definitely, I just didn’t know that you were in it.”

“That little results, huh?”

“You’re definitely different than the dude that I punched in the face. I just hadn’t figured out if it were an act or not, until now.” He looked hopeful, like he was waiting on something. She rolled her eyes and shrugged her shoulders, “I guess, I believe that you’ve changed. I mean, I don’t know that I’ll ever consider you a friend again, but I can acknowledge that you seem to be a better person now.”

“That’s great! Can I hug you?” He asked. She hestitated and he said, “Sorry, that’s stupid.”

“No, it’s just that I’m still pretty sore.”

“Oh. I can be gentle with you?” She tentatively held her arms open and he eagerly, but slowly and gently took her into a hug and sat there for a while. It had been so long, but scents and sensations that he thought had died with time immediately were revived and he could recall so many moments of touching her before. “I’ve missed you every single day that we’ve been apart,” he whispered.

She pulled away and stood up. “I’d better go get ready for the day, for Jasper…” 

He nodded, “I’ll start cooking.” She hurried away, flustered by his words and the close proximity of him, but not wanting to admit that. He knew it, though. There was no way that type of electricity had been one sided. He unlocked a drawer on his nightstand and opened it to look at a box that matched the room, and had her name scripted across the top and dressed with flowers. He opened it and looked at a stack of letters that he had written her… He had promised himself that if he ever got a chance to see her again, he’d give this to her… but… She was with Jasper. If she was with anyone else… And… he didn’t even know how he felt about Jasper. Well, he DID know. But, this must be his atonement, having to see the two of them together and happy in love, knowing that both of them had some feeling for him, whether or not they’d admit it, and experiencing everyone ignoring those, because the moral to the story was not to hurt people the way that he had, because the hurt would come back, tenfold. He slammed the box and the drawer and locked it back, right as he heard the doorbell. Henry got up and shuffled to the door, but Charlotte was there, already, peeking through the peep hole, with her little boy shorts peeking out of the bottom of Jasper’s shirt. She said, “It’s him,” and opened the door. 

Jasper came in, picked her up into a hug and kissed her. She laughed and squeezed him. Henry tried not to point out that they had seen each other YESTERDAY, because, they had. But, also, he knew that Jasper was feeling guilty when he last saw her and that she had just learned about an ugly part of his past that he obviously couldn’t talk to her about. So… he just smiled and said, “Hopefully, you’re hungry. I’m gonna cook.”

Jasper nodded, “Cool! Hopefully, I can still stay over? I brought clothes.”

“Yeah! Of course. I’ll love having both of you…. NOT HAVING! But… both of you sleeping over. Your room is untouched.”

“Your room?” Charlotte asked. “You got a room here? Which one is it?”

“The one that looks like a ship, but no… I was just gonna sleep in Charlotte’s room, if that’s okay?” He looked down at her, “You’ve got a room too. The one that you stayed in last night.”

She furrowed her eyebrows, “Like.. that room was MADE for me?” They nodded. “What? Why?”

“Just in case you ever came back,” Henry said and smiled, softly. “Make yourselves comfortable and I shall be of service.”

Jasper smiled fondly at Henry and Charlotte felt a ping of jealousy, but then a bigger ping of guilt. How could she be jealous, when she’d just melted against Henry’s muscles like heated chocolate fondue? She just silently prayed that the camera wasn’t focused on her face… either of those moments.

[dresupi]

90 Tropey Prompts for your OTP!

A.  Meet-Cute

I’m a cashier and you’re buying some really random products, I’m trying not to judge, but…wtf dude?

We comically slid into each other on a slick floor

You stole my umbrella, you punk!  Oh wait… we just have the same umbrella and I left mine on the bus…

We both reached for the last random item on the shelf and we’re both too polite to take the thing

You’re knitting a really long scarf and I have to know… is it for cosplay or a giant?

We both came to this movie alone and tried to drape our coats over the same seat to keep from having to sit next to someone we didn’t know.

We both ordered the last slice of apple pie, would you mind sharing?

You’re my hero, thank you for saving me from that evil goose!  

We’re both sitting on this park bench, I’m reading and… oh my gosh are you sketching me?  Let me see!

A large gust of wind blew all my papers out of my hands and I’m scrambling to pick them up before you try to help me.  Please don’t judge me for what’s on these papers.

B. Bed Sharing

You forgot your sleeping bag, but I have mine.  Surely we can figure this out.

Air Mattress that keeps deflating, leaving them smushed against each other by morning

This hide-a-bed is the most uncomfortable thing in the existence of everything and now I have to share it with you.  

There are two beds, but only one blanket.

We started out feet to head, but somehow ended up facing each other.  

Sure, you can sleep in my bed, but no one can know you’re here.

I’m sorry the hotel lost your reservations, do you wanna try bunking with me?

I was under the impression that the bed would a bit… bigger?  How are we both supposed to fit now?

Person A is a pillow/blanket hog and Person B [and C] is [are] fighting for the last corner of the blanket

Look, I know you’re awake, I can hear you rustling around.  Would it make you feel better if I laid down with you?  Just until you fall asleep?  

C.  Fake Relationship

Can you pretend to be my significant other so we can get this couples’ discount?  

Hey listen.  I booked a couples’ cruise months ago and now I’m single.  Wanna come along?  

Just play along with this until my mom leaves, okay?  

I need a date for this thing.  There’s free food and booze.  Whaddya say?  

Kisses now, questions later.

We’re really close friends, but everyone thinks we’re dating.  There’s a betting pool and everything. I say we fake them all out and make a killing off our breakup.  

Swing dance competition partners

Celebrity publicity relationship that turns real

High school reunion trophy spouse

We’re so deep undercover this marriage is starting to feel real

D.  Huddling For Warmth

Fell through the ice

Stuck in a car during a blizzard

We’re neighbors in an apartment building and our power went out.  It’s freezing outside and they don’t know when it’ll come back on.  

We finally found the cabin, but it’s taking a long time for the fire to heat the room.  

Stuck in a deep freezer.  

Character A is sick with a fever and has the chills. Character B (and C) offer to snuggle up under a blanket with them.    

We’re camping and it’s a lot colder than we realized it would be, let’s zip our sleeping bags together and never speak of this again.  

“Stop kicking off all the blankets…”  

We got drenched in that freak rainstorm-turned freezing rain, how ever will we warm back up?

Quit putting your freezing feet on me and just get over here and snuggle already.

E.  Pregnancy/Baby/Kid Fic

Surprise Pregnancy

We’re finally pregnant, I can’t believe it, after all this time!

Ultrasound surprise:  It’s TWINS!

Baby just won’t sleep

Holding their son/daughter for the first time

When they wrap their little hand around your finger

Baby’s first words

Homework help

Playing dress up with darling child

Scraped knee first aid

F.  Arranged Marriage

Marriage of convenience

Prophecy fulfillment

Political marriage

We’ve been betrothed since birth and the first time we’re meeting is at our wedding

Both of us have suffered unfortunate social problems and this marriage is our only option

Marriage law (Everyone must be married due to some law or decree)

Our marriage was arranged, and I’ve admired you from afar for years, so I’m thrilled, but you are decided less than thrilled, so where does this leave us?  

I’ve been betrothed to someone since birth, but I’ve never met them before.  Omg, who is this gorgeous stable hand who I’ve never met before?  (Spoiler alert, it’s my betrothed)

Our parents arranged our marriage and we’re doing everything within our power to get them to call it off.  Only this backfires and now we kind of, sort of, definitely like each other.  

Our marriage was just for show at first, and we always knew it would only last a few years.  Except now we’ve developed feelings for one another, what should we do?

G.  Secret Relationship

Nothing would really happen if people found out, it’s just hotter if we keep it a secret.  

Both of us think the other one wants the relationship kept secret

Caught!

Infidelity

Oh my god, is that my mom?  My family CANNOT see us together!

The Princess (or Prince) and the stable hand

We’re hiding our relationship from my ex, who also happens to be your best friend.  

There are too many bets riding on us dating for us to admit to our friends that we’re dating

The Monica and Chandler  (We aren’t sure if this is real yet, so we need to keep this from our friends)

You’re my best friend’s nemesis!  He cannot know we’re dating!

H.  Enemies to Lovers/Friends to Lovers

Person A is the lead singer in an in-house band and Person B [and C]  is [are] heckling them

Owners of rival food truck businesses  

You’re a vandal spray-painting a mustache on my billboard.

I’m trying to open a business in a new minimall and you’re protesting outside my door.  

“What are you doing NOW?  I’m trying to sleep and it’s like you’re teaching a giant baby how to walk in the apartment above mine.”  

Mutual pining of two friends

Fakeout makeout between two friends

“Somebody bends unexpectedly”

Fell asleep on the couch with you and suddenly I’m having feelings… (Okay, maybe they were always there, but I’m admitting to them now!)  

“I’m not sure why I don’t like your new significant other, but it’s definitely not because I want to be with you!” they lied, lyingly.

I.  Thank Goodness You’re Here!

I have no idea how we’re going to get this paint off…

I promise, I woke up and it was like this!

I accidentally turned all the laundry pink!

The fridge just died!  You have to help me eat all this food!

I have been lying here for an hour waiting for someone to help…

This is NOT what it looks like.  Okay… it’s exactly what it looks like.  

I just need you to give me a boost up into the attic, I’ll handle it from there.  

I don’t know who this puppy belongs to, but he won’t leave!

This is not a drill, we have run out of cheese!

My shoe is caught and there’s a zombie hoard coming!

[llonelywater]

was pleased at myself for staying awake and reasonably alert throughout morning rounds + changes + tutorial and rounding the day off with a run and studying gout despite surviving on like an average of 3.5h of sleep the past few days lol. so when i sat down at my desk after bathing my first thought was: ‘ok let’s reward myself today by studying ankylosing spondylitis’

my second thought was ‘wtf that was depressing on 25 different levels’

wow this is my life now

i feel like ortho has been an excellent reminder of how blessed i am to be able to study things that i am interested in because it taught me exactly how profoundly excruciating studying something i dislike can be. this morning during m&m they started talking about liver abscesses and DVT and i almost teared joyfully (again, depressing on 25 different levels). now i appreciate EV ERYTHING ELSE so much i have stopped dreading derm/ ID and i get excited by things like dvt and NECROTIZING FASCIITIS. omg...

anyway very very thankful for a very nice team despite being the most burden and useless SIP ever, ortho couldve been a billion times more painful and i cannot imagine how that wouldve ended. even the m3 is nice but im always stressed about not teaching him vs teaching him the wrong things........... halfway through our gout case today he started teaching me about how to do lachman’s cause i couldnt do it hahaha fail........... 

also!! writing here in case i forget, today i got treated to a swensens lunch :”) was incredibly touched by the gesture even though inwardly i was dying 2039483 times and freaking out over the oily chicken thigh and deep fried wedges. i need to stop being such A LOSER :( fug it shouldve been an enjoyable and happy occasion (and i was really so touched that they bothered to invite me, to say nothing of treating me) but i ruined it for myself (internally) aargh. 

I NEED TO BUY CARDS to write on!!! reminder to self!!! also chocolates!!! 

omfg i am so tired lol. also today k turned to me on our way to lunch and started telling me about how almost all his friends are married. and then he asked if i had a boyfriend. three days ago mart and i had an extensive discussion about this matter, and then the day after i had a random aunty who was so affronted that i was still single. tbh my only feelings towards the entire matter is that of 1. stress stemming from my innately anxious personality which has nothing to do with my wanting a partner and more of my inability to get a partner when EVERYONE ELSE IS BLISSFULLY ATTACHED AND ON THEIR WAY TO MARRIAGE...HOOD (i.e. the fear of being left behind). this is at odds with feeling number 2 i.e. stress stemming from my fear that every relationship from now on is going to be as disastrous as my previous one (or at least end as disastrously). i still feel quite sickened every single time i think about how things ended up and then equating my singlehood to my shitty personality, and then from there extrapolating things along the lines of “I WILL NEVER BE ATTACHED FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE and it is all my fault”. this is so unhealthy... cannot unremember what L told me 5 years ago lol i guess there is such a thing as a self-fulfilling prophecy. EVERY RELATIONSHIP OF MINE IS DOOMED TO FAILURE.

idk how this entire post turned out to be a senseless word vomit but this is very cathartic 

i wish i were less myself lol. idk how that even works omg my brain isnt working. but even as a kid i distinctly remember always singling out other people’s positive traits and contrasting them to my lack thereof. like it used to be ‘why cant i be pretty/ skinny/ clever/ accomplished like _____’ which has since resolved, not because i am very accomplished or pretty lol but because i realised there are things that matter a zillion times more; the people i am envious of now have redeemable qualities, but of a different type: ‘why cant i be as easygoing/ pleasant/ self-assured/ serene as _____’. instead i am just this high-strung, moody, and perpetually anxious person. ok can.........

[dresupi]

Six Sentence Saturday Queue Open!!!

Hey guys!  I’m back!  :D  

Let’s get right down to brass tacks:  

Rules:  

You must prompt using the Google Form (I’ll link it down at the bottom) Two (2) Prompts Per Url Anons allowed You can’t request the same ship twice, it’s fine if someone else already has.   You can choose a pairing or poly threesome from any of these fandoms: (Barring anything on my [Will Not Write] List; I will just discard prompts that are for ships I won’t write)  

Marvel (MCU, X-Men, Comics)

Harry Potter (Movies, Books, Marauders, Fantastic Beasts)

Criminal Minds

BBC Sherlock

Wondertrev

True Blood (Sookie/Eric, Alcide/Sookie only)

Game of Thrones (Select [Sansa Ships])

Stranger Things (Jopper, Jonathan/Nancy, Nancy/Steve, Jonathan/Steve, Jonathan/Nancy/Steve, Billy/Steve, only, no underage smut)

I will accept crossovers from Marvel, Harry Potter, Criminal Minds, BBC Sherlock, and Stranger Things.  <3

[Google Form Link]

The prompts are listed below the cut, I will write each one a maximum of once.  And the google form will remove any that have already been chosen.  <3 

A.  Meet-Cute

I’m a cashier and you’re buying some really random products, I’m trying not to judge, but…wtf dude?

We comically slid into each other on a slick floor

You stole my umbrella, you punk!  Oh wait… we just have the same umbrella and I left mine on the bus…

We both reached for the last random item on the shelf and we’re both too polite to take the thing

You’re knitting a really long scarf and I have to know… is it for cosplay or a giant?

We both came to this movie alone and tried to drape our coats over the same seat to keep from having to sit next to someone we didn’t know.

We both ordered the last slice of apple pie, would you mind sharing?

You’re my hero, thank you for saving me from that evil goose!  

We’re both sitting on this park bench, I’m reading and… oh my gosh are you sketching me?  Let me see!

A large gust of wind blew all my papers out of my hands and I’m scrambling to pick them up before you try to help me.  Please don’t judge me for what’s on these papers.

B. Bed Sharing

You forgot your sleeping bag, but I have mine.  Surely we can figure this out.

Air Mattress that keeps deflating, leaving them smushed against each other by morning

This hide-a-bed is the most uncomfortable thing in the existence of everything and now I have to share it with you.  

There are two beds, but only one blanket.

We started out feet to head, but somehow ended up facing each other.  

Sure, you can sleep in my bed, but no one can know you’re here.

I’m sorry the hotel lost your reservations, do you wanna try bunking with me?

I was under the impression that the bed would a bit… bigger?  How are we both supposed to fit now?

Person A is a pillow/blanket hog and Person B [and C] is [are] fighting for the last corner of the blanket

Look, I know you’re awake, I can hear you rustling around.  Would it make you feel better if I laid down with you?  Just until you fall asleep?  

C.  Fake Relationship

Can you pretend to be my significant other so we can get this couples’ discount?  

Hey listen.  I booked a couples’ cruise months ago and now I’m single.  Wanna come along?  

Just play along with this until my mom leaves, okay?  

I need a date for this thing.  There’s free food and booze.  Whaddya say? 

Kisses now, questions later.

We’re really close friends, but everyone thinks we’re dating.  There’s a betting pool and everything. I say we fake them all out and make a killing off our breakup.  

Swing dance competition partners

Celebrity publicity relationship that turns real

High school reunion trophy spouse

We’re so deep undercover this marriage is starting to feel real

D.  Huddling For Warmth

Fell through the ice

Stuck in a car during a blizzard

We’re neighbors in an apartment building and our power went out.  It’s freezing outside and they don’t know when it’ll come back on.  

We finally found the cabin, but it’s taking a long time for the fire to heat the room.  

Stuck in a deep freezer.  

Character A is sick with a fever and has the chills. Character B (and C) offer to snuggle up under a blanket with them.    

We’re camping and it’s a lot colder than we realized it would be, let’s zip our sleeping bags together and never speak of this again.  

“Stop kicking off all the blankets…”  

We got drenched in that freak rainstorm-turned freezing rain, how ever will we warm back up?

Quit putting your freezing feet on me and just get over here and snuggle already.

E.  Pregnancy/Baby/Kid Fic

Surprise Pregnancy

We’re finally pregnant, I can’t believe it, after all this time!

Ultrasound surprise:  It’s TWINS!

Baby just won’t sleep

Holding their son/daughter for the first time

When they wrap their little hand around your finger

Baby’s first words

Homework help

Playing dress up with darling child

Scraped knee first aid

F.  Arranged Marriage

Marriage of convenience

Prophecy fulfillment

Political marriage

We’ve been betrothed since birth and the first time we’re meeting is at our wedding

Both of us have suffered unfortunate social problems and this marriage is our only option

Marriage law (Everyone must be married due to some law or decree)

Our marriage was arranged, and I’ve admired you from afar for years, so I’m thrilled, but you are decided less than thrilled, so where does this leave us?  

I’ve been betrothed to someone since birth, but I’ve never met them before.  Omg, who is this gorgeous stable hand who I’ve never met before?  (Spoiler alert, it’s my betrothed)

Our parents arranged our marriage and we’re doing everything within our power to get them to call it off.  Only this backfires and now we kind of, sort of, definitely like each other.  

Our marriage was just for show at first, and we always knew it would only last a few years.  Except now we’ve developed feelings for one another, what should we do?

G.  Secret Relationship

Nothing would really happen if people found out, it’s just hotter if we keep it a secret.  

Both of us think the other one wants the relationship kept secret

Caught!

Infidelity

Oh my god, is that my mom?  My family CANNOT see us together!

The Princess (or Prince) and the stable hand

We’re hiding our relationship from my ex, who also happens to be your best friend.  

There are too many bets riding on us dating for us to admit to our friends that we’re dating

The Monica and Chandler  (We aren’t sure if this is real yet, so we need to keep this from our friends)

You’re my best friend’s nemesis!  He cannot know we’re dating!

H.  Enemies to Lovers/Friends to Lovers

Person A is the lead singer in an in-house band and Person B [and C]  is [are] heckling them

Owners of rival food truck businesses  

You’re a vandal spray-painting a mustache on my billboard.

I’m trying to open a business in a new minimall and you’re protesting outside my door.  

“What are you doing NOW?  I’m trying to sleep and it’s like you’re teaching a giant baby how to walk in the apartment above mine.”  

Mutual pining of two friends

Fakeout makeout between two friends

“Somebody bends unexpectedly”

Fell asleep on the couch with you and suddenly I’m having feelings… (Okay, maybe they were always there, but I’m admitting to them now!)  

“I’m not sure why I don’t like your new significant other, but it’s definitely not because I want to be with you!” they lied, lyingly.

I.  Thank Goodness You’re Here!

I have no idea how we’re going to get this paint off…

I promise, I woke up and it was like this!

I accidentally turned all the laundry pink!

The fridge just died!  You have to help me eat all this food!

I have been lying here for an hour waiting for someone to help…

This is NOT what it looks like.  Okay… it’s exactly what it looks like.  

I just need you to give me a boost up into the attic, I’ll handle it from there. 

I don’t know who this puppy belongs to, but he won’t leave!

This is not a drill, we have run out of cheese!

My shoe is caught and there’s a zombie hoard coming!