#and now its midnight 🥱

[buglaur]

hey um not to be that guy but do you pretend to put your stardew valley sims for download when you are done with them? they look incredible

i will definitely put them up soon, and thank you 🫂

[avida-heidia-5]

Okay, slight change of plans: I made a promise I was going to publish For The Sake Of Nature today, but it’s close to midnight where I live and I’ve been writing on and off for roughly 8 hours and me very sleepy. 🥱

Sorry everyone. No Martian fic on Martian Monday, I’m afraid. Self-care comes first. I’ll have to either publish it on Martian Mtuesday or Martian Mwednesday depending on my schedule. It can be very unpredictable at times. 🙁

Here’s a sneaky peeky of what to expect to make up for it:

“Come on! It’ll get dark soon.”

The sound of Sebastian’s sing-songy voice ripped Mark out of his thoughts again. He rolled his eyes as he heaved himself up, using the base of his bike for support, and stretched his stiff, sore limbs, grimacing a little as he felt every joint pop and crack from the pressure. He propped his bike against a nearby tree, unclipped his helmet and hooked it over the handle, and reached inside his backpack for the tent.

“I hope you’ve brought the mallet and tent pegs, or else you’ll be sleeping in the cold.” he quipped.

“Got ‘em right here.” replied Sebastian, wiggling the bag containing them at the Australian’s face. “So thankfully, I won’t have to.”

Mark folded his arms and cocked an eyebrow at him. “I thought you didn’t mind the cold? What with you living in Switzerland and all.”

Sebastian shrugged. “I don’t mind the cold. If it’s not too overbearing, of course. If the air is something like this–” He reached a hand out into the air for emphasis. “–then it’s fine. It’s comfortable for me. But if I’m at the Race Of Champions for example and it’s 10 times below freezing, then…yeah. It isn’t pleasant.”

“Says the person who once stripped himself naked and got into an icy lake at the same event.” snorted Mark, his hand already sneaking its way to cover up his grinning mouth.

Sebastian’s eyes widened at that. “You know about that!? How did you–? You don’t even go to that event!”

This made Mark burst into fits of laughter. “Word spreads, mate! It’s all over social media! That’s how I find out about these things. I’ve seen the videos.” he added with a wink.

Now it was Sebastian’s cheeks that felt warm. “Th–That was a dare! Okay? Someone dared me to do it and, uh…well…heh! You know me. I never say no to a challenge. It was so cold in that lake! You wouldn’t believe it!”

“I can imagine!” snickered Mark as he wipes his tears away with his knuckles and the backs of his hands. When he manages to catch his breath again, he lets out a big sigh. “You proved one thing to me, though.”

“What’s that?”

“That you’ve got bigger balls than me. Besides, I wouldn’t even dream of going into that lake. That takes nerves of steel to do something as ridiculous as that. You’re something else, mate. You really are.”

When his attention turns back to Sebastian after his tears dry up, he finds him seemingly looking at something on the ground. Mark frowned and tried following his eye line, but all he could see were dry brown leaves, and bits of twigs and soil beneath their feet. Was there an insect or a caterpillar or something on the ground?

“What is it?” he asked.

Sebastian grazed his teeth thoughtfully against his lips. “I’m just figuring out how big your balls are compared to mine.”

Mark’s jaw dropped in such a way it was comical. Then he feigned a scowl just as quickly.

“Ooooh, you cheeky little bugger!” he growled as he lunged at Sebastian, grabbing hold of his tiny waist and shoving him into a big bear hug.

And with that, I shall go to bed. Nighty night! 😴