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jungshookz · 4 years

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ok anyway build-a-bear employee!jin who meets y/n bc she comes in to make a new friend after a breakup and he teases her for being an adult by herself in the store and after she starts tEARING UP he’s like okok no!!!! and helps her make the cutest lil guy and records a cute message to put inside

➺ pairing; kim seokjin x reader

➺ genre; employee!jin, i brought you to build-a-bear so obviously this is going to be very floofy (sfw!!)

➺ wordcount: 4k

➺ what to expect; “…turning twenty-two soon and you’re buying yourself a teddy bear?”

➺ note; when i told u guys that jin always gets the cutest drabble requests i wasn’t LYING!!! i have my own bear from build-a-bear named blu (he’s dark blue with white stars!! at the age of eight i was not very good at coming up with creative names) so obviously i had to write something for him and his homies

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jin has a love-hate relationship with his job

you would think that working at build-a-bear would be pretty fun - and it can be, sometimes! - but jin can confirm right here right now that it’s not aLL that great

on one hand, he loves the dramatics of build-a-bear because he’s given the chance to act like the whole store is whimsical and that the tiny little heart that he stuffs inside of the bear is full of magic and hope and happiness (he majored in acting in university so his degree is surprisingly very useful here)

but on the other hand… he works at build-a-bear.

this isn’t where he thought he’d be!!! not at all!!!

he’s basically almost thirty and he works at a frickin build-a-bear

this wasn’t part of his plan!!!

his plan was to graduate from university, get famous from acting in a small commercial because of his devilishly handsome face, and then immediately get signed onto some fancy hollywood acting deal and become internationally known

but, no!

he graduated from university, didn’t get any roles in any small commercials, and had to find a way to make money so had no choice but to find work at his local mall

and to make things worse, his boss is literally five years younger than him

he has this bratty little twenty-two year old constantly up his ass and he haTES it

“you forgot the whipped cream on my frappuccino.” jungkook looks up at jin from where he’s sitting behind the counter before raising his drink, “am i blind or are you just bad at listening to instructions? where is the whipped cream, seokjin? WHERE?”

jin clenches his jaw before leaning forward, “they were busy, i guess they just forgot. and i’m not your slave. i only got you that drink so you’d give me a day off tomorrow.”

“well, since there’s no whipped cream on it, you don’t get a day off.” jungkook kisses his teeth before shrugging

“wha-“ jin resists the urge to reach down and wrap his hands around jungkook’s neck, “are you kidding me right now?? i spent forty-five minutes out of my fifty minute lunch break lining up at starbucks to get that for you! forty-five minutes!!!”

“i don’t know what to tell you,” jungkook hums as he kicks his legs up onto the counter and leans back against his chair, “now get back to work. and remember to smile! after all, build-a-bear is where best friends are made-“

“the new slogan is ‘the most fun you’ll ever make’.” jin raises a brow, “you don’t even know our slogan! how did you become the manager?”

jungkook takes a slow sip of his drink while maintaining direct eye contact with jin

sChLuuUuRrRRRr

jesus christ

his life sucks

jin rolls his eyes before turning on his heel and heading back to the main area of the shop

today’s saturday, so the store is a little busier than it usually is - which is great, because jin works off commission and he thinks he’s pretty good at selling teddy bears

on his best day he managed to sell thirty-eight bears in one day

he also convinced most of the kids that their brand new furry friends needed new clothes and a personalised recorded message in place of the usual little red cloth heart

he doesn’t like looking at the parents whenever he’s egging their kids on to buy even more things because they always look at him like they’re going to kill him

anyways

he could’ve ordered like forty frappuccino’s from the money he made on that day

before he left for lunch today he sold eight which really isn’t that impressive

but, to be fair, the mall usually gets busy after lunch, so now is the prime time to make some sales

jin lets out a breath as he scans the store for any newcomers or anyone who’s noT already being bombarded by his co-workers

he can’t help but snicker to himself when he notices yoongi at the stuffing station conducting a heart ceremony

“-and now you can go ahead and give your heart a little kiss-“

he looks up for a split second and jin takes the chance to blows a sweet little kiss at him

he snorts to himself when yoongi’s eye twitches

yoongi hates giving heart ceremonies but he’s actually pretty good at it!

he’s good with children whether he wants to admit it or not

alright, enough making fun of yoongi >:-)

time to hunt down a new customer…

jin sucks his bottom lip into his mouth as he walks around the store slowly

ooh, a little boy and his family just walked i- aaand they’ve been swept up by jimin

okay, no problem!

how about those twin gir- nope, too late, taehyung’s approaching them

damn

that would’ve been a good sale, too

it’s fine

he’ll get someone!

oh, wow

build-a-bear has really upped their game since the last time you were here

to be fair, the last time you were here was like more than ten years ago, so you’d hope that they make some changes to the store

…are those star wars themed teddy bears??

that is most definitely a princess leia teddy bear

and she even gets her own little light sabre!

wow

this is a whole new world

“excuse me, sorry…” you manoeuvre your way through the crowd as you continue looking through your options

is it weird that you’re in here by yourself?

the thought of trailing behind a random child in order to blend in with everyone else crosses your mind for a split second

although… a grown woman creeping behind a child they don’t know probably isn’t going to sound good to the judge when you’re standing in court, so maybe you shouldn’t do that

okay

you know what

it’s fine

it’s totally fine that you’re in here by yourself!

stuffed plushies are for people of all ages!!

it’s not just a kiddie thing

you’re FINE

and you have a perfectly legitimate reason to be in here

the only reason why you’re even in here is because…

well, the short and sweet version is that you got dumped two weeks ago.

which means that you’ve been cooped up in your apartment for the last fourteen days

which means your bedroom was starting to smell a little ripe so you thought it’d be good to air out the place and give your poor bed a break

(also, please, for the love of god, remember to wash your sheets when you get back home later today.)

anyways

you thought that a trip to the mall for some retail therapy would make you feel better!

so far you’ve only been the food court but you helped yourself to a cheeseburger, some onion rings, and a vanilla milkshake

food always makes you feel better

you could honestly go for another round of onion rings right now

there’s nothing quite like the pain of having your heart broken nudge you towards the direction of binge-eating the pain away, is there?

you were about to head into a victoria’s secret to splurge on pretty panties (that no one but yourself will be seeing for a long time) but this build-a-bear caught your eye

a cuddle buddy you could ugly-cry into for the simple price of $35?

obviOUSLY you had to come in

the only issue now is that there are way too many options to choose from

who do you want to take home??

pawlette the bunny?

toothless from how to train your dragon?

you could even take pikachu home if you wanted to

“timeless teddy…” you mutter to yourself as you dig out a teddy bear skin (also, it’s very unsettling that they’re called ‘skins’. like, you know that’s what they technically are, but the phrase ‘i’ve picked out my skin!’ just makes your skin crawl.)

you lean forward a little to read the label on the wall

teddy bears are a timeless way to share love with every hug! timeless teddy is a classic teddy bear with shaggy brown fur and an adorable smile. personalize this classic teddy bear with outfits, sounds and accessories for a huggable gift they'll cherish forever!

perfect!

a classic teddy bear sounds perfect

there’s nothing wrong with going back to basics

also, you’re assuming the ‘they’ll’ they’re referring to here is a child

…

you are doing this

you will buy this teddy bear!

your other option was to go and adopt a cat from the shelter but you can barely take care of yourself right now so that wouldn’t be a good idea

“hello!” you jump three feet into the air when you’re suddenly being greeted by one of the bright-eyed workers, “can i help you find anything?”

you turn around quickly while clutching your teddy’s skin (gag) to your chest with wide eyes, “h-hello!”

hello indeed

you feel your heart drop a little when you realise that you probably look disgusting right now

you weren’t expecting to bump into a veRY attractive super handsome boy today!!!

very attractive super handsome boy with sweet brown eyes and soft-looking hair and the poutiest lips you think you’ve ever seen in your entire life-

thank god you decided to wear the sweatshirt that doesn’t have any stains on it, right?

the one thing you remember from your previous build a bear experience (once again, 10+ years ago) is that the workers here are usually overly perky sixteen year old girls

this guy is not an overly perky sixteen year old girl

well

maybe he’s the perky part

but everything else??

wowie

he smiles brightly at you before tilting his head, “hello. i’m jin!” he points at his name tag, “i’d love to help you out today. were you looking for anything in particular?”

“hi! hello, jin. i’m, um, i’m y/n. i was, uh-“ you clear your throat, “i was actually just browsing, so…”

“oh, perfect!” jin claps his hands together, “let me tell you all about our collections. there’s the summer fun collection, the rainbow friends, the promise pets, the heartables, the classic build-a-bear collection-“

yeah okay

he’s definitely nailed the perky part of the job

“-DC comics, dr. suess, marvel, my little pony, how to train your drag-“

“you know, i-“ you smile sheepishly after interrupting jin, “thank you so much, but i’ve actually already made my decision, if that’s alright.” you hold your teddy’s limp, hollow carcass up before pressing your lips together

“of course that’s alright!” jin takes the skin from you before shrugging lightly, “i figured i’d just let you know of all the other options in case your younger sibling wanted something more extravagant than just our timeless teddy. follow me to the sound station!”

you don’t get a chance to say anything before jin spins around swiftly to head to the back of the store

he thinks this bear is for your younger sibling

okay, you can work with that!

you can pretend like you’re in here for your non-existent younger sibling and certainly not for yourself

“you can choose a pre-made sound from here,” jin gestures to the bins of plastic hearts (there’s a sound option for an ‘into the unknown’ snippet from frozen 2 which is insane), “or we can go ahead and record a personalised message. what’s your sibling’s name?”

you look up at him immediately

“wha- um, why… why do you need to know my sibling’s name?”

“oh! i was just asking so i could give you an example.” jin hums as he tosses the skin over his shoulder and places his hands on his hips, “like, you could say, hey there… sibling’s name, it’s me, your big sister! i love you! or something like that.”

“ah, right!” you nod to yourself, “that makes sense! my sibling’s name is totally normal information that i have no problem giving to you.”

jin raises a brow when he notices you continuing to ramble about how your sibling’s name is something that you will be telling him soon because you definitely know the name of your younger sibling whomst’ve this bear is for

you’re cute but you’re a little odd

“-my younger sibling’s name is… paulette!” you catch a glimpse of a pink pawlette bunny being stuffed before looking back over at jin, “yep. that’s her name. sweet, sweet paulette. sweet little angel.”

“hey, our iconic bunny is named pawlette!” jin beams, “wouldn’t you want to get paulette her own pawlette? instead of a bear?”

the smile immediately drops from your face

oh god

you’ve never been very good at lying

one time in middle school when you wanted to get out of PE you told the teacher that you were in pain and that’s why you couldn’t do anything on that day

and when he asked you what hurt, all you said was ‘…bleeding out of my butt?’

you don’t even know why you said that!!

you could’ve told him you had a headache or something but nO

you told your teacher your asshole was BLEEDING and that’s why you couldn’t participate in baseball

so yeah

lying has never been your forte

but you don’t want pawlette!!

you want this bear!!!

although, it would make sense to get paulette her own pawlette because that’d be an adorable coincidence…

what are you-

what are you even sAYING

PAULETTE DOES NOT EXIST

“okay, you got me!” you raise your hands in defence and jin’s eyes widen in surprise, “paulette isn’t a real person. i don’t have a younger sibling. i’m in here for me. the bear is for me. the timeless teddy is mine.”

“oh…!” jin purses his lips before nodding slowly, “alright! totally get it. the bear is for you.”

why has everyone he’s ever been attracted to turned out to be a little cuckoo?

the expected demographic of build-a-bear are children aged 3-10 (a child aged below three isn’t interested in stuffed teddies because they don’t really do anything but sit there and a child aged over ten isn’t interested in stuffed teddies because… they don’t really do anything but sit there.)

and you… well, unless you’ve experienced some kind of insane growth spurt, you certainly don’t look like someone aged 3-10 years old

“phew! it feels good getting that off my chest.” you breathe out as you lean over and place your hands on your knees, “there was a lot of pressure there to keep lying to you but-“

“how, um, how old are you, by the way?”

jin doesn’t mean to sound like a judgy bitch

he’s just genuinely curious as to why a 21-23 year old would willingly go into a physical build-a-bear store to buy themselves a stuffed plushie

you could’ve purchased one off the online website

also, aren’t there better things to spend your money on?

like… literally anything besides a stuffed plushie??

“turning twenty-two soon!” you get back up onto your feet, “why do you ask?”

“…turning twenty-two soon and you’re buying yourself a teddy bear?” jin snorts before raising a brow, “i mean, really? didn’t you graduate this year?”

“ah, well…” you reach up to scratch the back of your neck as you feel the tips of your ears beginning to heat up, “i mean, yeah, but like…”

“i’m not judging! some people go on grad trips to party and get wasted after they graduate, and other people go to the mall to build themselves a $35 teddy bear-“ jin laughs to himself before turning around to plop the skin down on little counter attached to the stuffing machine, “anyways, were you thinking about choosing a sound or recording something?”

he spins back around and his eyes widen when he notices that your eyes have gotten red and are starting to water

uh oh

what’s going on?

what’s happening??

are you…

are you crying??

why are you crying??

he was totally kidding!!!

that wasn’t supposed to be mean!!

that was supposed to be playful banter!!!

“oh- oh, god no- wait-“ jin immediately walks over so that he’s standing in front of you and jungkook won’T be able to see that he just upset a customer, “don’t cry!! i was kidding!! i have, like, ten plushies on my bed! i’m twenty-seven and i work at a build-a-bear, if anything, i should be the one crying-”

“i just-“ you reach up to wipe at your eyes as you begin to blubber, “my boyfriend of one year b-broke up with me two weeks ago and i- i just th-thought that a teddy bear would make good company because god knows i’m not in the right mental state to be taking care of a real animal-!”

jin winces when you let out a particularly loud sob and he quickly drags you over so that the two of you are behind the stuffing machine and out of sighT from everyone

crap

he doesn’t even have any tissues on him!!!!

maybe he can pull some fluff out from the machine and you can dab at your tears with that

actually, the cotton might stick to your cheeks if you try wiping your tears away with a fistful of stuffing, so maybe not

“i-i know it’s stupid and humiliating for a grown-up to be in here buying a stupid teddy bear for herself but there’s so much in my life that’s just out of my control right now a-and making this teddy bear seemed like the only thing i could control and i just-“

“y-yes, of course!” jin pulls you into a tight hug (your sobbing is getting a little loud and people are starting to notice so this is the only way he can think to muffle your crying) and strokes the back of your head comfortingly, “i’m so sorry, i had no idea! that makes total sense, of course you can get this teddy bear for yourself��”

he continues to hold you until your sobs reduce to little hiccups and gives a warning look when yoongi mouths whether or not they should call mall security on your ass

when you pull away your eyes are a little puffy and the tip of your nose is red

if jungkook asks, maybe jin can get away with saying that your allergies acted up in the middle of the store

you don’t look like that because he made you burst into tears

not at all!!

“how about we… record a special message for your new friend?” jin digs through the tub to pull out an electronic heart

“i-“ you hiccup, “i don’t really h-have anything i want to say…”

jin purses his lips in thought

stuffing the bear with a heartbeat heart seems way too basic

this is an important bear!

ah!

“why don’t you let me take care of it, okay?” he reaches over and rubs your shoulder gently, “you wait here and i’ll take care of everything. for his stuffing, would you like a soft cuddle bear or a plump one?”

your bottom lip starts to quiver again and you let out a light laugh, “a soft cuddle bear sounds really sweet.”

“then a soft cuddle bear it is.”

“and this is for you.” jin hands you the box over the counter and you take it from him with a grin, “thank you for your purchase! and… sorry about making you cry-“

“oh, god no-“ you snort, “i’m sorry for bursting into tears and loading all of that on you-“

“it’s totally fine!” jin shakes his head, “you’re definitely not the first person to start crying in a build-a-bear, so there’s absolutely nothing to feel bad about.”

“right! right, of course.” you nod and press your lips together, “anyways, thanks for helping me out today, jin.”

“of course! it was a pleasure.” jin clears his throat

it’s pretty clear that the two of you want to continue talking to each other, but…

jin doesn’t usually practice his flirting skills when he’s at build-a-bear, so pardon him for being a little rusty

“so… see you around!” you chirp, “i’m just gonna-“

“wait, uh-“ jin wipes his hands down on the back of his pants, “i… i don’t know if maybe this is a little too soon for you or… and it’s totally fine if you don’t want to, but… maybe i can treat you to an apology corndog or something sometime? i don’t know. this mall doesn’t really offer fine dining, so a corndog is really all i can-“

“yeah, i would love that!” you nod enthusiastically, “an apology corndog with you sounds great. i mean, a regular corndog would be fine too, but- d-do you… want my number?”

also

this isn’t you rebounding or anything

this is the first time in two weeks where your mind hasn’t been clouded with thoughts of your ex-boyfriend

this is the first time in two weeks that you’re actually happy

jin seems genuinely sweet and you wouldn’t mind getting to know him :-))

also you’re glad that hE was the one who asked

because if you were the one who asked, it’d probably make you look that much more pathetic

and you’ve already made a fool of yourself once today!!

you sigh happily as you slam the car door shut

you’re about to shove the key into the ignition when suddenly you remember that your bear has a personalised message inside of him

“oh, right!” you reach over to open up the cardboard house that he’s been shoVed into

!!!

you wonder what soundbyte jin picked out for you!!!

you pull him out and smile fondly at the sight of his chubby arms dangling over your hands

cute :-))

this was money well spent for sure

okay, now how do you activate the sound…

there’s a bit of squeezing and poking but you manage to find the little heart inside of him

you perk up when you hear a muffled crackle

“hi, y/n! it’s me, your furry friend… uh… jin bear! if you’re listening to this, it probably means you’re super sad… cry into my stomach to muffle the sound of your violent sobs! …oh, god, probably shouldn’t have said that- anyways, um, i hope you feel better soon! and remember to give me plenty of cuddles - i promise it’ll make you feel better!”

that was actually a pretty good message

(you hope jin texts u soon)

“okay, jin bear.” you murmur quietly as you buckle him into the passenger seat, “time to take you home.”

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1337wtfomgbbq · 3 years

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Part 2 of the Disneyland visit

Niki: René, Jacques and Patrick ran off to the very first rollercoaster they saw.

Niki: Apparently Nigel still didn't have enough to eat and now wanted ice cream. After hearing that Alain also wanted ice cream.

Niki: Elio pulled James' arm until James finally went to a plushie shop with him and Andrea.

Niki: Didier went into the teacup carousel with Bruno, and Gilles offered me to wake up Nelson by poking him with his slushy straw.

Niki: But Nelson woke up anyways because he heard the sound of them claw crane thingies.

Niki: So he asked me for a Euro and he and Gilles went off to get a toothless plushie.

Niki: Alain was upset because Nigel's ice cream was bigger than his.

Niki: James got back from the plushie shop with a humongous elephant plushie and a very happy Elio. When I asked about Andrea he threw the elephant at me and sprinted back into the shop *shakes head but laughs *

Niki: Shortly thereafter Patrick and Jacques got back from their rollercoaster, pulling René along who looked a bit under the weather. When I asked what happened Patrick just laughed and did this *motions vomiting *

Shortly thereafter Nelson and Gilles rejoined the group, trailing Didier who was carrying Bruno on his back. Gilles seemed to be overwhelmed with joy while Nelson was smirking from ear to ear.

Nelson holding up a toothless plushie: Now, who's the boss!

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rosy-wooyoung · 4 years

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Husband series [5/8] | Mingi

Word count: 4.2k Pairing: ex-husband! Wooyoung x single mom!, teacher! reader x boyfriend! Mingi Genre: fluff, make out session at some point, hint of angst A/N: I hope you’re enjoying it so far :)

The buzzing sound of your doorbell made you drop your red pen on your desk, getting you out of your concentration bubble. You frowned and looked at the time, not expecting anyone to come and pay you a visit. You passed by your son’s door and checked it he was asleep, only to find him sitting in his bed, hugging his plushie tight against his small chest.

“Mommy, who is it?” “I don’t know honey, but stay quiet, alright?” you smiled at him as he nodded, walking towards the door. Looking in the peephole, you released a breath as you discovered who was on the other side of the door. “Good evening, beautiful,” Mingi whispered as you smiled at him, welcoming him into your house. He had a bouquet of flowers in hand, sneaking his other hand around your waist to kiss your lips. “Hi Mingi,” you whispered against his chest, humming the perfume on his shirt, “what are those for?” you said as you gestured to the flowers, only to have Mingi smile and hand them to you. “I thought of you when I saw them, I know how much you like them,” your heart swelled at his words, and you walked towards the kitchen to put them in a vase. “Mommy? Who is it?” you heard your son’s voice coming from his room and you saw Mingi’s face stretch into a smile.

“It’s Mingi, baby, you can come and say hello!” you spoke as you filled the vase with water. Turning around to face your boyfriend, you heard muted thuds of small footsteps pacing on the carpet, giggles becoming louder as your son made his way to the kitchen. He was still carrying his plushie, and his toothless smile was huge, eyes sparkling when he saw Mingi. “Seonjun!” Mingi exclaimed at your son’s sight. The latter giggled again and extended his arms towards your boyfriend, his plushie dropping to the floor. You went to pick up the plushie, but Mingi was quicker, swooping your son and his lion cub in his arms. Seonjun clung to Mingi’s neck, a bit drooling of excitement on his shirt. Your boyfriend seemed to notice, but he chuckled, not really minding. “Don’t worry, I will give it to the dry-cleaner's,” he whispered as he got closer to you, circling your waist with his free arm, laying a kiss on your forehead. Mingi was someone amazing, you clearly didn’t know what you did to get this lucky. Seonjun wasn’t even his child, yet he took care of him as if he was his father. You had met him through a mutual friend, and you instantly clicked together. For quite some while, you had managed to hide him the fact that you were divorced and a single mom, but once, it became the time to tell him the entire truth. He understood why you hid it, but he accepted you and your past without any judgement.

“Who am I to judge, anyway? We all come from somewhere, and your past doesn’t make you less attractive in my eyes.” When he first told you that, you thought that you were hallucinating, but his wide smile made you realise that, he indeed said that. That indeed, he was the best man you’ve met since you got divorced. The first time he met your son was a tough moment. Seonjun had spent most of his life only with a mom and without a dad. He couldn’t really remember the time when you were with Wooyoung since he was a new-born baby. Since you had never mentioned your son to any of your dates, you didn’t invite them over, finding an excuse every time to either part ways in the hall of your building or going over his place, but none of them stepped in your apartment. Seonjun grew up with a busy mom, so the presence of a man in your apartment disturbed him at the beginning of your relationship with Mingi. But Mingi was a patient man, he understood your son’s struggles and felt bad when Seonjun cried when he entered your apartment or when Mingi touched you. He tried to progressively warm up to your son, but it was to no avail, he was always crying and running to your legs as the tall man struggled to befriend him. You had tried by the past to explain to Seonjun that you loved Mingi and you wanted to share a bit of your life with him.

“Baby, Mingi isn’t mean, he’s not here to hurt Mommy. He’s here to take care of Mommy and Seonjun because sometimes, Mommy feels lonely. Do you understand that, baby?” Your son slowly nodded, eyes filled with tears as you carried him in your arms, keeping a reasonable distance with your boyfriend. “Mingi is a man full of love, but he gets too heavy sometimes, he needs to give love to people to feel better. And he chose to give some to Mommy and Seonjun.” You sweetly explained to him as you progressively walked towards the tall man, who was tenderly smiling at the little being in your arms. Seonjun’s mouth trembled as he started crying again, resting his head in the crook of your neck, looking away from your boyfriend. You mouthed a desperate “sorry” to your man, but he gently shook his head and watched you walk away to put your son to bed.

After humming a lullaby and stroking his head, you closed the bedroom door and went to join Mingi on the couch. You fell in his embrace, head resting on his chest as he watched the news on TV. “I’m sorry,” you said another time and Mingi slightly shook you, a way for him to tell you that it was alright. “I understand, I’m stealing his Mommy from him, I wouldn’t like it either.” His remark made you giggle, finding peace in his embrace. After a few weeks of regularly seeing Mingi, Seonjun started to like him more, especially when your boyfriend brought him presents and plushies. You had tried to tell him that he didn’t need to do all of this, but it was useless. “I wanna get along with your son, even if it means that I need to buy him something each time I come here.”

Seonjun made a lot of progress, to the point of trusting Mingi enough to give him one of his toys. You also gave him a spare key to your apartment in case he wanted to crash at your place while you were still at work. One night, as you came from work exhausted, you were surprised to see your front door unlocked. You frowned, confident that you had locked it in the morning. Slowly turning the knob, you heard the TV playing and fits of giggles coming from the living room. You were reassured that your son was alright, suddenly remembering that you had asked your mom to look after him only for today, making you shake your head at your unnecessary anxiety. You took your shoes off and put the files filled with tests and your bag on the chest of drawers next to the door. However, as you entered the living room, you didn’t find your mom, but Mingi, who had Seonjun cuddled to his chest, a lion cub plushie in his grip. You smiled at the sight, heart slowly melting at the attention your boyfriend was giving to your son. Mingi noticed you and smiled brightly, catching your son’s attention by softly shaking his arm.

“Seonjun, look! Mommy is home!” he whispered, and your son looked up, getting out of Mingi’s embrace as he paced towards you. “Mommy!” your son yelled, struggling to walk as he was focused on holding tight his plushie, which was almost bigger than him. “Darling!” you said as you crouched down, ready to take your son in your arms, “where did you get this lovely plushie?” you asked as you picked him up, only to have him pointing his tiny finger towards your boyfriend. He observed the scene, giggling as your son smiled at him. “Did you say thank you?” “Yes, Mommy, I said the magic words!” he proudly exclaimed, the plushie falling out of his grip, making him immediately gasp. “What a good boy,” you stated as you crouched down again, picking the plushie up and walking to the couch, “Mommy needs a shower, can you stay with Mingi a bit longer?” Your son nodded and went back to his spot in your boyfriend's arms. You quickly pecked Mingi’s lips as you made your way to the bathroom, ready to unwind a bit from the day. You let the water run on your body, smiling as you hear your son’s giggles coming from the living room.

“Did you come from work early?” You asked as you got out of the room, indoor clothes replacing your strict working ones. “I wanted to come early to surprise you, but you weren’t there yet, I think it was your mom that answered the door?” you nodded, secretly hoping that everything went well with her. “Yes, I asked her to look after him because I had an important meeting this afternoon with my colleagues. I’m usually free, and the conference was unexpected, she was the only one unoccupied,” he nodded and scooted closer to you, cupping your cheek, and pressing his lips against yours another time. “I’m glad he’s warming up to you,” you said as you gestured to your son, who looked extremely happy. His face was squished on Mingi’s side, tiny hands fisting his shirt as he stared at the TV.

After putting Seonjun to bed, you fell on the couch, completely drained of energy. You wished you had spent your free day with your son, but this event with other teachers came up, and you had to attend it, even if you didn’t want to. It took longer than expected, forcing you to spend the entire day stuck at school with your colleagues. “How was your day, my beautiful teacher?” you giggled at the pet name and looked at him, stroking his cheek with the back of your hand. “I’m exhausted,” you stated as you yawned, Mingi becoming cuddlier and more touchy-freely as your son was sleeping. You closed your eyes as his body heat mixed with yours, instantly making the tiredness increase. He lazily grabbed your chin to make you look at him, and his eyes started studying your features, making you slightly embarrassed. “Like what you see?” you tried to joke, and Mingi chuckled, his face still serious as he focused on you. “Oh, more than you can think,” he answered, making you blush and release a breathy laugh. “You don’t believe me, ugh? I can show you if you want.”

He started kissing your lips with more force than usual, making you tumble and lay on the couch, your boyfriend groaning as you card your fingers through his hair, slightly tugging on it. You felt him smirk into the kiss and rested his body weight on his forearm, his lips leaving yours to travel down your neck, leaving open wet kisses on the way. “Mingi…” you heavily breathed as you grabbed the back of his neck to slow him down a bit, “Seonjun could come, he’s a light sleeper and—” “It’s alright Y/N, you closed the door, we just need to stay quiet,” he smirked as his hands roamed around your body, making you feel nothing but amazing and sexy. He was panting too, making your head spin, enjoying the effect that you had on him. “I love you, Y/N, I really do,” Mingi’s hands stopped investigating, and he looked deeply into your eyes, his face softening almost immediately. “I love you too, Mingi. Thank you for everything, you don’t know how grateful I am to have you by my side,” you whispered your last sentence and almost didn’t get to finish it as Mingi started kissing you again, taking your breath away. You gripped the bottom of Mingi’s t-shirt and threw it over his head, breaking the kiss for a second before getting back at it. It was your turn to explore his body, his warm skin and ripped abs feeling divine under your touch. Pushing him backwards, you straddled him and cupped his neck with your hands, tongues dancing together.

“You’re the hottest teacher I’ve ever had in my life,” he whispered as he fumbled with the buttons of your cardigan, only to make you titter and help him. “You know that students are not allowed to date their teachers,” you joked, and Mingi finally managed to open your cardigan, throwing it on the floor, quickly followed by your top. “I’m just glad that I’m not one of your students, I don’t think I’d be able to keep my hands to myself,” he whispered as he studied your body with a hungry eye. You smiled and bit your lips, feeling so amazing under his stare.

“Mommy?” you immediately stopped as you looked up, feeling Mingi freeze under you as well. “Did he just call me?” you said as you ended your actions, pursing your lips, hoping that it was just a hallucination. “Mommy?” your son repeated from his bed, louder this time and you got off Mingi’s embrace, quickly putting your shirt back on. “Yes darling, I’m coming!” You sighed and looked at Mingi with a dejected smile. He smiled and defeatedly shrugged, starting to channel-hop to find a good film while you stood up and took care of your son.

Two days later, you were finally on break for the weekend, getting some time to spend with your boyfriend and son on this beautiful Saturday morning. You and Mingi got up quite early, preparing stuff and food for a day out at the park since it was sunny outside. Your lover loved getting up early because he was able to kiss you without being disturbed by a little individual that always asked for his Mommy’s attention. He got to have his part of attention too, Seonjun staying in his heavy sleeping session if you stay discreet. As you packed food in the cooler, Mingi went to wake Seonjun up and dress him to go out. You made sure to spread your son with sunscreen, putting his bucket hat on his head before fastening his seatbelt.

“Ready to go?” Mingi asked as he slammed the car trunk shut. You raised a thumb up and went to lock the door as you heard the car starting. He drove the three of you to the park, Seonjun running around as you tried to find a good spot in the shade. He ran under a tree and looked at Mingi for his opinion. Your partner nodded, setting the cooler down in the shadow. He helped you set the tablecloth down, and you took your and your son’s shoes off, only to have him happily bouncing on the fabric. The park was quite empty as it was still early. You fed your son breakfast and stretch your arms above your head, Seonjun wrapping his arms around your neck, giggling as he watches a dog passing with his owner behind you. A bit later in the day, as you were correcting tests on your laps, you kept a close eye on your son. He was playing with his miniature cars next to you, making the car sounds with his mouth, making you giggle as he sometimes used his high-pitched voice. When you looked up to stretch your neck and shoulders, you almost stayed stuck as you recognised a figure a bit far from you.

“No,” you said, putting the tests aside, “that can’t be-” you were about to stand up, but somehow, your body forced you to remain seated on the floor, putting on your sunglasses to observe everything a bit more discreetly. Around ten meters away from you stood none other than Wooyoung, your ex-husband. Your high school sweetheart, your first everything. Your first boyfriend, first date, first kiss, your first time. You could have died for him, given him one of your kidneys and somehow, seeing him again awakened feelings that you thought you had gotten over already. You took a big breath, and it didn’t go unnoticed by Mingi, who put his book down and followed your eyes. His brows furrowed, confusion and anger showing on his face.

“What’s wrong, darling?” he questioned, and it made your son look up, his toy car stopping in his tiny hands. “Nothing,” you tried to stay calm, but your voice wavered, glad to have your glasses perched on your nose as tears gathered in your eyes. Mingi scooted closer to you, taking Seonjun on his laps. He was about to say something else, but you shook your head, grab your stack of tests again and started correcting them, but it was almost impossible for you to focus.

You thought that you had forgotten your ex-husband, finally gotten over him, but how could you? You had spent years by his side, and everything ended overnight. It was your fault, and you sometimes caught yourself regretting your actions before dating Mingi. You had put a stop to everything because it felt too good to be true. Your love life was a fairy-tale, but deep down, you felt something bad was about to happen. As told before, he was your anchor, your first to almost everything, and the memories became vivid again as you saw him. He was your high-school sweetheart, you went through thick and thin with him, seeing yourself growing old together at some point. And it was about to happen, only if you didn’t have an identity crisis at some point. Everything was going smoothly, you were very much in love, but at 24, after almost six years of common life, everything went downhill.

At 24, you had just finished college, you were married and expecting a child. You had barely time to register what was happening. Everything went by so fast. Wooyoung already had a job, earning a decent amount to comfortably support the three of you financially, but you didn’t feel happy at all. As you finished university, you didn’t know who you were, feeling like a complete stranger to your life. You felt like you were trapped in a gilded cage, without any chance to get out of it anymore. Crying days and nights when Wooyoung was out or in meetings when you were supposed to study for finals or assignments, you weren’t as happy as before. You were also losing your face because of critics and comments from other college students and relatives about your current situation, feeling helpless as you didn’t really have a trustworthy shoulder to lean onto. You tried to talk with Wooyoung about your current critical state, but he said that it was just a phase and that you’d get through it together. He wanted to be comforting, but it made you feel the exact opposite. Once you were done with college and gave birth just days after your graduation, you didn’t feel any happier. It didn’t feel like a phase, just how you expected it, you felt even more suffocated and thought that it would cost you your life if you stayed in your current position.

You were too young to be married, you didn’t feel ready. That was the answer to all your questionings. You weren't ready to settle down yet, and everything had to end. One evening, you put a term to your marriage by taking your child, two suitcases and placing your wedding ring on the kitchen counter with a folded letter as Wooyoung wasn't there, again. You drove to your parents’ house in tears, hoping that they’d help you and fortunately, they did. You saw Wooyoung a few weeks later, divorce papers in hand. He looked devastated, and you weren't doing any better. You thickly swallowed and clutched on the papers tightly, the attorney standing next to you, an embarrassed smile on his face.

“Let’s get straight to the point,” he started, and Wooyoung moved in his seat, snatching the pen from the attorney’s grip, surprising the three of you. “Give me the papers,” your lover said as he impatiently clicked the pen. His voice wavered, his eyes never leaving the wooden desk of the attorney's office. He rapidly skimmed the papers, energetically signing them without adding a single word. “If that’s what you want, then I’ll do it,” He mumbled and looked at you one last time, clenching his jaw as his eyes filled with tears before leaving the office, the door slamming shut a few seconds later. You gave an apologetic smile to the attorney and signed the papers too. And here you were, three years later in the park, a few meters away from your ex-husband with Mingi. “That’s… that’s how we parted ways,” you said as you touched your son’s hand, caressing his soft skin. Mingi sighed and gently kissed your temple, a reassuring arm behind you. He focused on your ex-husband again, brows slightly furrowing. You rested your head on his shoulder, and Mingi didn’t move.

“Wooyoung is looking at you,” your head shot up and met his eyes, heart missing a beat. He was walking towards you, hands in his pockets. He tried to act nonchalant, but you knew him too well, and he hadn’t changed. His face betrayed him; he was mad. As he stood in front of you, you stayed on the tablecloth while Mingi sprung on his feet. You sent an awkward smile to Wooyoung, whose eyes were only fixed on your son. Seonjun didn’t seem to care about that was happening, his toy cars looking way more interesting. “Hi, Wooyoung,” you emotionlessly declared, and he briefly looked at you. “Hello, Y/N,” your name that used to sound so sweet and soft rolling off his tongue, made you feel like he was spitting poison at your face. His tone was cold, emotionless and he started a staring contact with your new boyfriend. He raised a brow, eyeing Mingi up and down, his signature move when he was judging someone. Your boyfriend looked at him, boredom and hatred filling his eyes. The two of you seemed to already hate each other, and they hadn’t even exchanged a single word yet. “Can I help you?” you said, getting up to put a term to this ridiculous competition between the two men. Wooyoung annoyingly sighed, turning his head towards you. “Can’t I see my ex-wife without being disturbed?” he said, and your stomach churned in annoyance as he intensified the “my” in his sentence. You weren’t his anymore, and in some way, even years later, he didn’t seem to understand that. “I belong to anyone except to myself,” you retorted, crossing your arms on your chest, staring in his eyes. He was slowly getting on your nerves with his possessiveness, ruining the quiet moment you tried to enjoy with Mingi and your son.

“If you don’t have anything interesting to say, you can go back with your friends,” you said and gestured to his friends by a nod, recognising San and Jongho in the distance, two wonderful guys that you didn’t get to see anymore. Fortunately, because you needed to move on from everything that reminded you of him. You sat down and took care of your son as if Wooyoung were gone. “I still love you,” your hands froze, and you turned to him. His face was still stoic, but you saw him holding back his tears. When he pursed his lips and tried to keep a straight face, you knew he was trying not to cry. You chuckled and blinked, quickly staring at Mingi before looking back at your ex-husband.

“And I don’t, so you need to move on,” putting an end to the talk, you sat down again and ignored the two men behind you. They could fight, yell, you wouldn’t do anything, you needed to take your mind off things by playing with your son. Behind you, Wooyoung observed you and your son, the two people he cherished the most, alongside with his family. He loved you too much to move on, every girl he tried to date somehow reminded him of you, preventing him from starting something new with someone else. In every girl he met, he looked for something similar with you, for someone that’d resemble you mentally and physically, but it was to no avail. He couldn’t replace you and remained hurt since you ended everything. After spending many years with someone, you started to learn about them and recognised their behaviours. You knew him, he knew yours and his heart was pounding in his chest; he knew you too well, and your behaviour confirmed his biggest fear: you had moved on, and you left no room for the past. For him, for everything you had together.

You. Moved. On.

Wooyoung swallowed thickly as a tiny voice in his head told him those three hurtful words, sighing deeply as he sadly nodded. He started walking backwards, looking at you and your son one last time before turning around and walking back to his friends.

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fwtcanimelover · 5 years

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This drawing took a while to do.😅. Anyway I drew Zephyr cuddling a Stormfly plushie, since last time I drew Nuffink with a Toothless plushie, and now the sibling set is complete. I’ll most likely draw more of them because I really love the Haddock Family/ Hiccstrid and HTTYD. Also Stormfly needs more love.

Now I got both siblings. They love their parents’ dragons. Anyway I hope that you enjoy it. ☺️

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SO i was trying to sleep but then my brilliant brain just kept on making me feel sad cause i just had realization that the day after the dragons left or the first few months without them , every rider and berkians wasn't used to it and has diff ways to cope.

So hiccup waking up to see there's no toothless next to him went on panic mode, he thought that his friend went away to follow the light fury again without him -- and he just went out running from his tent calling out for toothless , everyone who witnessed that had sad looks in the eyes , Only he realized that everything that happened yesterday was real when valka , had appeared to soothe her son's distress.

Hiccup will always go to high places due to the need of the feel of flying again and sometimes despite how many people against it cause its dangerous and no one will catch him when he falls, he would fly with his fly suit -- remembering how he had felt flying with toothless, wanting not to forget what is like to be a dragon.

Astrid on the other hand knew that it was all too real, when she woke up on the next day - she stared up at her tent's window or porch waiting for a stormfly to greet her for long minutes , just laying on her bed, she starts her day with her dragon greeting her first day in the morning but there's no dragon that greet her. (that's how stormfly greet her every morning - this is canon in defenders of berk.) Astrid is also the first one to feel like she moved on but that wasn't true she was still heart broken and there are instances that she will just call out for stormfly , like when she is happy, or worried or discover things - she was to excited to tell it to her dragon but when she turns to look for her dragon there was no storm fly there.

Snotlout was the denial one, he pretends that there was no hookfang from the start , that him being a dragon rider was just a ridiculous dream. Everytime someone mentions about it , he just ignore them and give a snarky reply then walk off but everytime he takes a bath or changes his clothes or look at his arms, he remembers hookfang a lot cause of the burns and scars he got from him was real and he misses so much their friendly banter and sarcasm with each other.

The twins is the opposite of snotlout , tuffnut was more of acting things - like how he acts and pretends like a change wing in the race to the edge. He would always pretend like belch was there and with empty playful humor he would always grab his sister's braid and use it as puppets of bard and belch. Ruffnut was surprisingly more mature on handling this than tuff, she do acknowledge that the dragons are gone and would say it can't be helped but whenever her brother asks her to play barf pretend she will comply. Deep inside she cares on how her brother is dealing with this.

Well fishleg, as we can see in the hiccstrid wedding , he has a plushie of fishmeat. He still carries it around and act like he was still a nanny of it - (ruffnut thinks its dumb but lets him be anyway) and like always he was the one who always tell stories to the kids about his meatlug and the dragons, he was the one who copes the best but misses the most , he had tendency to horde things that reminds him of meat lug , or fish meat.

#hiccup horrendous haddock iii #how to train your dragon #httyd #astrid hofferson #httyd 3 #httyd3 #httyd3 spoilers #how to train your dragon 3 #ruffnut thorston #tuffnut thorston #tuffnut #ruffnut #snotlout #fishlegs #im sad #i want to sleep

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alwaysahiccupandastrid · 5 years

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So I’ve been having a bad time of it lately, to the point where I’m left feeling like there is no point to anything I do. I don’t know where I’m going with my life, what I’m doing, but I’m just hanging in there for some reason. I’m still waiting for a specialist to see if I have autism or Aspergers (which frankly would explain a lot in my opinion), I feel like I’m very much without friends and I just feel...like a weirdo. A few people online have thought it’s funny to make fun of me and my obsession with Dreamworks’ Dragons franchise, telling me that it’s “for babies/little kids” and that I should be ashamed to be acting like a child at 21. I know that my parents are equally baffled and all that, and that they don’t understand. But being around my dragons and other HTTYD merchandise has kept me hanging in there, for some reason, and I fail to see why I should be ashamed to love something that’s not only beautifully made but also has helped me hang in there. My only regret is that I now own 3 different Toothless plushies and have nowhere to put them, to be quite honest, but I’ll figure out something. Anyway, I took a second trip to Shrek’s Adventure in London, hoping to grab a Hiccup doll but sadly they’re sold out so I’m going to wait and see when they’re back in stock. On the plus side, it’s a beautiful day, I got a lovely view of the Houses of Parliament and the Thames River, and I’m now £44 the poorer thanks to the gift shop. (Side note; sadly did NOT get to go to the actual attraction today - I’m saving it for after my graduation next week!) —— I just wanted to post this as a little update/retrospective post since I know I’ve been absent lately. I can’t put everything I’m feeling and experiencing into words in a single post, but it’s something. ——— #london #mentalhealth #thamesriver #housesofparliament #waterloo #toothless #dragon #dreamworks #httyd #howtotrainyourdragon #depression #suicide #summer (at Shrek's Adventure) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz-5slvgfvQ/?igshid=z4d2s5nc6y8s

#london #mentalhealth #thamesriver #housesofparliament #waterloo #toothless #dragon #dreamworks #httyd #howtotrainyourdragon #depression #suicide #summer

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dimensionsblog · 5 years

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Due to recent events, it's time I told my truth: So, we'll start from the beginning, when everyone knew me as the new affiliate on his cell phone playing Pokemon. At this point, I had been open about being transgender and bisexual. Right before I got the email saying I was affiliated, I met someone that went by the username AutumnLittleByte. This is where shit gets real. This is your one and only warning as I'm about to be fully honest about what happened. 2 weeks after meeting Autumn, she informed me to check my donations. Lo and behold, she sent me my first ever donation of $20, this was meant to go towards the PS4 or Steam games if I so chose. Whichever path I wanted to take to improve my streaming even further. In concept, this sounds like a kind and generous gesture, but in reality this was her way of "getting in". When I found out she'd given me this kind gift, I cried. I was honestly shocked someone would do that just to try to help. At the same time, she'd joined my old Discord. I'll get into why it's old later, trust. When she joined, she asked if she could add me as a friend so we could message each other. It seemed so harmless I immediately said yes. How was I to know any better? This was my first donation and my first real time properly using Discord. So what happened? Well, it started out harmless, as I said. She sent a picture of the shiny Mightyena she'd just captured on Pokemon X to me, helped me make a channel just to post shiny Pokemon in, and subsequently posted the same picture in there. Again, harmless at the time. Two weeks later, we'd been talking privately and learning more about each other. Apparently she was also transgender, but male-to-female. She claimed she was 19 and currently in her first year of college. Claim being the HUGE KEYWORD HERE. Seemed innocent enough, and she even sent a picture of hersrlf to confirm it. With no context she honestly looked 19. But did she act 19? Honestly, she was a bit immature. But I merely attributed it to how I am. I'm a bit immature and I won't lie about that. 2 more weeks of talking and she asked me out. Me. Me of all people. I was kind of floored as I had openly admitted I had a crush on another streamer, but it was just that, a crush. Nothing else came from it and that streamer and I remain friends. Especially in my heart, as she no longer streams or has been on Twitch in over 2 years. Now, being in this situation, getting to know this person and thinking what she claimed was the truth, she honestly seemed very sweet and I wanted to give her that chance. So I stupidly said yes. A few weeks into the new relationship and it seems to be going well. By this point, I had been gifted up to Stormblood on Final Fantasy XIV and was also gifted 6 months of subscription for the game. So that was extremely exciting and I chose to play and stream it quite often to hang out with my friends. Well, she started to get real jealous, real quick. It kind of worried me how quick. She basically didn't like my friend, who I previously stated I had a crush on, and claimed she knew 2 people that did not like her for manipulating others. Okay...? But where was the proof in that claim? I didn't really buy it either, but I let it slide. If we rewind just a bit, she'd done something that I was already weary of. So, my first game I ever streamed on the PC was Black Rock Shooter for the PSP, I did it using the PPSSPP emulator and my Xbox 360 USB controller. All seemed to go well and we had no problems. She even made me an overlay which my friends decided to have a little fun with after I set it up with my alerts. Well, Autumn upped the ante by continually donating with my friends, which started a donation war. Until she grew mad that she lost, stole money from her roommate, and called my friend a stupid slut on stream. All these donations, plus a very generous donation from my friend Chris later meant I could purchase Christmas presents for my family for the first time in a very long time. It felt nice to give back, but I also wanted to be a good boyfriend. How? By...spending $50 on Toothless from Build-A-Bear. He had chocolate scent. Toothless was apparently Autumn's favorite cartoon character and her favorite smell was chocolate. I had it sent to her and so in response, I got pictures when she received it and she actually gave me 2 $50 gift cards for my birthday and Christmas. Seems nice right? This is when things started getting noticeably bad. I was told I couldn't make any purchases without her permission. Nor could I spend any money on my mobile games. Nor could I get anything for XIV at all. And to me, that was a bit controlling and weird. But I let it slide. Remember? No one ever claimed to like me like she did before. So, I let her walk me through what she wanted it spent on. I got several Steam games I honestly wasn't interested in and....Minecraft. Yes, I had to spend $25 for the modded Minecraft. This way I could play with her on her server. This just seems controlling though? Some people are like that. Not in this case. I still haven't fully rewound so you guys would know more. I do this a lot so I can explain things. Let's head back to my birthday in 2017: The entire week, I had been told time and time again by my girlfriend that she had sent me a package for my birthday. She claimed it included a very personal letter, a ton of Reese's candies, and two large Treecko plushies she'd bought for me, as well as a Treecko poster. For those that know me well, Treecko is my all-time favorite Pokemon. Well, she promised and promised and promised it was coming, and so I was heartbroken on my own birthday to find out it never came. She claimed it was lost and sent me a tracking number. The tracking number didn't exist anywhere, I tried multiple places. So instead of getting angry, I knew I had problems with my bipolar depression at that point, I asked her what the letter was about. To try and get some insight as to why she nay not have sent it. She told me it said that she loved me. And that she was scared of how fast she'd fallen for me. And according to her, it detailed exactly how she fell and why she did. The last time anyone said that to me, I was being catfished for money. I was shocked and honestly I had some kind of feelings but I wasn't sure what they were. So I said it back to her, but I was honest and she claimed she was okay with that. Now we return to the gift cards and Minecraft time. Oh boy. You probably can already tell where this is going, but it's my truth and this is how I choose to tell it. Anyways, Autumn had become not only controlling, but very clingy at this point. I told her several times that I was going to sleep or taking a nap in the previous week and she'd begun to act like I was avoiding her or leaving her. It was this behavior that manipulated me to begin with. I did everything I could to reassure her that I wasn't leaving her and I cared about her very much. Well, one night she got very upset with me. This was because I refused to do 2 things: Let her control me on Minecraft so she could play with her apparent ex at the same time and flirt the whole time I was there doing basically nothing but continually mining for gems and dying to lava, and I also adamantly refused to take nudes and send them to her. She'd been trying to get me to do that for a solid 2 weeks and I simply wouldn't do it at all. And that pissed her off. She called me, on Discord, apparently crying. Telling me I made her feel like shit and it was my fault. I had to beg and plead for forgiveness, for her to take me back, because I was so manipulated at that point I thought she was as good as I was going to get. She finally caved after me breaking down on the phone with her. Her claim at the time was that she never had anyone fight for her like I did, and it made her like me more. Sure it did. Mhm. Anyways, we continued to have stupid little arguments since. Mainly involving me being forced into Minecraft with her and her ex once again, me trying to play XIV with my friends that she didn't like apparently before I was gifted the game and subscription, or especially me saying no to nudes. A week before our final fight, I was actually finally able to relax and spend some time with my friends that she didnt like, but we chose to do it off stream so she couldn't snoop. I even hid myself playing games on Discord so she wouldn't know at all. Both were concerned. I didn't seem happy, or myself. It kind of seemed like I was bending to her will and it scared them. Tbh it scared me too. I told them I was scared, and I didn't know if I could leave without more problems. More problems? What do you mean? Well, the night before, obviously Autumn and I had gotten into another fight. In that fight, Autumn let it slip that she wasn't transgender, and also wasn't 19. She lied about both things to get with me, she was really 16 and apparently gender fluid. Meaning she didn't mind being addressed as male or female. It scared me because I had just turned 24, I didn't want shit happening to me because she lied about her damn age. What was worse was that she actually sent nudes in the hopes I would send her some in return. Which is why we always fought. I deleted her pictures and when they weren't in our messages anymore on Discord she got pissed and cursed me out. She would attack all my insecurities and use my bipolar depression against me as if I was trash for having it. Then I would get the blame for her having to be mean and set me right when I didn't do anything to deserve that in the first place. I'm not into nudes, it's not shocking I don't want them. Both friends encouraged me to leave her, my mother even begged me to leave her and I just...I couldn't. I was stuck in this rut. She was underage and could use that against me. I wasn't going to do any better, I was going to feel like shit forever and never be happy again. I legitimately believed this. Well, everyone around me did what they could to help me try to be happy in this shitty situation. So a week after relaxing, I decided to stream XIV again, but I twisted it so I could include Autumn. She'd gotten a free trial, so this way we could play and enjoy ourselves....so I thought. Autumn was ADAMANT about barring my friend from even playing the game. No Discord chat or game for her, that's what she wanted. No, I want her to talk to me and I want to play this game with her. That popped into my head immediately, a clear light in a seemingly endless realm of darkness. So I did, I added her to the Discord chat and Autumn lost her shit. "Xion what did I just fucking tell you? I said don't add her to the call." Immediately came out of her mouth, she knew she'd been caught right then and there trying to bar me from my friends and manipulate me. There's still the clip of me being "dumped" by finally standing up for myself. Finally. And they were so concerned they did something wrong that when the breakup was finalized, they cheered. And did everything they could to keep me smiling and happy that entire stream. So why now? Why tell us all of this now? Because abuse of any kind, it's never okay. It's not okay to defend someone like that for supposedly changing as well, especially if they victim blame as I have seen. I lived through 3 months of pure hell, never again. You are not alone. If you are being abused, there's always a light in the deepest darkness. You can break free and be happy, I believe in you.

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wolfie-dragon-rider · 6 years

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Bursts of Light, Day 8: Shopping

Hiccup often wished Toothless could talk. It would help with flying, training dragons, and just when Hiccup wanted to vent about something. But right now it would be especially useful. Normally he'd have Astrid to help him with this, but since this was supposed to be a surprise, that wasn't an option.

Snoggletog was just around the corner, and he still had to find a gift to put in her helmet. In previous years he had smithed her new weapons and armor, but by now her set was basically complete. Sure, he could always make her another type of weapon, maybe a warhammer, but she probably wouldn't use it anyway. The pike he had made her two years ago was still gathering dust.

"What do you think, Toothless? Which stall should we check out first?" he asked the dragon by his side, and got only a warble in response. He guessed it meant 'the fishmonger's stall', but Astrid wouldn't appreciate rotten fish in her helmet.

So he sighed, before going to the first stall. It was market day, people eager to buy and sell all kinds of goods before the feast next week, so the plaza was full of stalls. If he could see what each person sold it would be easier, but he supposed he'd just have to ask each one individually.

"Good morning. What are you selling?" Hiccup asked, scratching at his blindfold. The cold air made his scars itch.

"Toys of all sorts! Dolls, figurines, animals on little wheels, and anything else your child could ever want! How old is your girl now, Hiccup? Time to get her a new doll, maybe?" the woman behind the stall said, and he frowned. Nothing here for Astrid, but he should get something for little Thora. She was nearly three now, and while he had smithed her some toys like the moving animals on display here, and Stoick had carved little knights and vikings from wood, maybe she'd enjoy a doll. He should really discuss that with Astrid first, but as he felt some of the soft dolls he was very tempted to just get one now.

"This one… is this a dragon? A Nightmare?" he asked, feeling a plushie toy and marvelling at the soft appendages he guessed were spikes.

"Indeed it is! Let me guess, she's already got a favorite dragon? I've got a whole set of dragons, they're quite popular!" the woman said enthusiastically, and he nodded.

"Do you have a Nadder? She quite likes those. They're fast and full of energy, just like her," he laughed, digging in his pocket for coins. This wouldn't be cheap, but it'd be worth it. Hiccup just couldn't make something like this himself, and neither could Astrid. She was hopeless with sewing, even after years of practice. Repairs and simple clothes like shirts were doable, but not something complex like a plushie dragon.

"Good choice! Though maybe don't give her a real Nadder baby just yet! That'll be ten silver coins," she said, and he winced before handing over the money. The thought of his daughter's squeal when she'd see the gift made it sting less.

He put the toy in Toothless' saddlebag before moving to the next stall. The fragrance made it quite clear they were selling meat, and Hiccup quickly moved on despite his dragon's protest.

"You'll get some more fish when we get home," he muttered when Toothless whined dramatically. The dragon grumbled, but didn't argue.

They passed more stalls, Hiccup mostly avoiding the food, though he stopped at a pastry stall to buy some sugary cakes. Astrid would never admit it, but she had a massive sweet tooth, and they would always make her a relax a little. Especially now that she was pregnant with their second child, she always craved things that gave her energy.

Honestly Hiccup was having fun shopping without Astrid. She was more… responsible with money, and would definitely have protested the cakes and probably the toy as well. He understood why, she had grown up in a household where every coin had to be spent with care. But the Haddocks had a lot more spending money, and he just couldn't get enough of how happy these little luxuries made her.

But a few stalls later his happy mood was draining away again. He was at a jewelry stall, and while Astrid didn't like jewelry whatsoever, he wasn't sure what else to get her. His wife wasn't someone who needed much. She didn't indulge in hobbies that required a lot of supplies, and certainly didn't care for 'things that were pretty but pointless', as she put it once.

Still, maybe she'd like the pendant in the shape of the rune for strength, or the bracelet with the axe symbol on it. Toothless growled softly, and Hiccup sighed.

"You're right, Toothless. She'd hate this stuff. Sorry, mister," he said, putting back the pendant and moving to the next stall. It went on like that for a while, him rejecting books and gems, engineering tools and complicated kitchen supplies. Nothing Astrid would use.

He was about to give up and go home when he reached a clothing stall. This one was interesting. Winter was upon them again, and Astrid clung closely to him in the night. He didn't mind at all, but he hated the idea of her being cold. She shouldn't get sick, especially pregnant.

"What do you have?" he asked the merchant from beyond the sea, and the man chuckled.

"All sorts of smaller items of clothing. Scarves, underwear, socks, caps, gloves, all made from the finest English wool!"

Hiccup frowned, feeling gently. Astrid had complained of cold and aching feet lately.

"What kind of socks? What color?" he asked, lifting a sock while trying to figure out what it looked like.

"We have some plain white ones for two silver coins per pair, but for an extra four silver coins you can get some with special designs, knitted by the finest seamstress in Norway. You can have pictures of dragons on your socks, or maybe you want some other animal. How about a god? Let's see, we have Thor, Odin, I believe this one is Njordr, and Freya of course, she's popular with the ladies," the man said, and with the way his voice became teasing at the last sentence Hiccup had to assume he was winking at him.

"That's perfect! Can I get a pair with Thor, and another with Odin?" Hiccup shouted, relief washing over him. Toothless warbled, nudging him and becoming restless with the long day of shopping.

Alrighty then! That's twelve silver coins, please, and come again! Maybe a nice scarf, eh?" the man chuckled, and Hiccup was fairly sure this was an outrageous price for socks, but these special designs weren't easy to make, so he wasn't going to argue.

"Let's go home to wrap these presents, and then we can go for a flight!" he told Toothless, and the dragon was suddenly eager to go home, not even letting Hiccup put the socks in the saddlebag before running off.

---------------------------------------------------

"Aaaaaah, it's a dragon! It's just like Stormfly! Look, Mommy! I love it!" Thora cooed over the gift from her father, who smiled widely at her reaction. Astrid frowned a little, not entirely happy that Hiccup had bought that without consulting her. It looked pretty expensive, and while Thora's laughter was priceless, she didn't want to spend too much money.

"That's right, it's a Nadder!" she told her daughter, who was already setting up the little knights she got from her grandfather for a glorious battle with her new dragon. Stormfly chirped, looking curiously at the family sitting around the fireplace.

"Now, let's see what you got for me. Looks like it's not a weapon this year," Astrid said as she took the small package she immediately recognized was wrapped by Hiccup. His wrapping skills were… special.

"I hope you like them. I know you like Odin and Thor, so…" Hiccup's sentence was interrupted by her hard laugh when she saw the socks.

"These are supposed to be… HAHAHAHAHAHA, Hiccup! Really? These are Odin and Thor?" she laughed, holding up the crude designs of something she could vaguely recognize as a man with a hammer, and another man with an eyepatch. Honestly they looked more like pirates. Thora looked up, but quickly got bored and turned back to making her new dragon eat the knights.

"The man who sold them said so…" he stuttered, clearly startled by her response.

"Oh, Hiccup. I know you meant well, but please… just don't buy any clothing without someone present who can see?" Astrid asked, and he sighed.

"Toothless was there," he muttered softly.

"You know what I mean. Look, I get that you don't want me there when you shop for my presents. But maybe take your parents, or a dragon rider," she said, reaching down to untie her boots and take off her socks.

"I guess you're right. I just thought… Your feet are always aching, and you said they get cold in the morning, so I figured…" he said, head dropping.

"Don't feel bad! They're really thick, I'm sure these are super warm! I can wear them inside the house, okay? Or when I'm wearing my thick boots," she said as she took her socks off.

"I figured you'd like this more than jewelry at least," he said, and she chuckled.

"Definitely. And they're certainly warm and comfy!" she said as she put them on, already relieved at the feel of soft wool on her aching ankles. This pregnancy was harder than the last one, the child inside her constantly moving, and it was remarkably heavy. So she'd take anything that would make it easier.

"Next year we're shopping together for the children, though. I don't want you spoiling two kids!" she said, and Hiccup laughed. Thora knocked over another knight, and made burning sounds as she mimicked the Nadder breathing fire on a king.

"I can't wait. To meet this little one, and to spoil them rotten," he said, rubbing her belly.

#Bursts of Light #fanfic #hiccstrid #blind spots #hiccup #astrid #shopping #snoggletog

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sauvechouris · 6 years

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@soveryanon, @sazandorable, @perelka-l, here’s the JE haul I didn’t have on me yesterday, plus some of the stuff I did have just for reference. Stand names under the cut, everything found in hall 6 unless otherwise noted.

- Celestial shrine, P670 : that stand that had the Daigo+Metagross and MikuDai card also had this cute Bevenom, + Kayo sticker

- Lillie&USUM protags and Mimikkyu&Pikachu come from either still Celestial shrine or the stand right next to it, I couldn’t tell and didn’t see a name.

- Lychee says yes, R671 : on top of being like, “do you like SorMik? We have ALL THE SORMIK”, they had that cute SuMo card (Hau!) and a Moon charm. I know Aza already saw the DGM card, but posting the photo anyway because did y’all see the adorable SakuTomo mirror? did you? >w

- Sweet creatures, N612 : it’s just cute pokémon watercolors, but they look pretty nice. (On that note, Dessine-moi un pokémon is at N686, but we’ve been there iirc.)

- Kase-san print from Cerulean Nebula, S678 (along with lots of Little Witch Academia stuff, but you don’t need to see exactly how little impulse control I had there.*cough*)

- M697, couldn’t see the name : a zine of gags about the fangirl life. Haven’t read it yet, can’t say if it’s good, but just in case.

- The cats come from one of the first stands I saw and I hadn’t started taking notes yet, so I can only say it was in hall 5, near the exit. :s They had a series of these “character as a cat with a punny name” cards, like Sailor Coon, One Persian, or Kanekineko, but please appreciate the glory that is Cat Captor Chakura :D (The Clear Card Arc Sakura is from there too.)

- Kraft fairies fingers, P701, have a lot of, well, craft, including more reversible manga covers like this one (don’t laugh, it’s nice to have for old volumes, I use it for my Furuba that have been passed to too many people in high school and came back looking like they’d seen war), and really cute little plushies. (Sadly they had already sold their Toothless this year.)

- Things I didn’t expect to see in JE: Jack&Lacie (PH stuff is already kinda rare), and Seccotine claiming a whole sofa like an asshole cat (BD? here??) They’re from Farfadettes, Q699, who also had a Sirius/Remus card and a Zelda fanbook. (pics end here)

- I somehow didn’t write down where I found Tibarn putting the rad in PoR ;o; but it seems to be by KeysaMoguri, P699? (might be only the artist’s name, because I can’t find it on JE’s website.) It was the only Tellius item there, sadly; she said she made it on request of a follower. (Not the first time I hear this for Tellius stuff, and I’ve been making requests to other JE artists before too. For all that feh gave more exposure to the Japan-only games, it doesn’t seem to have done much for the best FE. u.u) (Abyssal, P677, had a card of Reyson… being shippy with Tanith? not my ship, but still nice to see.)

- The one where we saw a Bride Stories card was Hoshi magu, Q678

- The pokévillains were at Yopononoh, S677

- The pride cats are from Puck&Jensuis, S687, who had a Viktuuri wedding picture too.

- Akuo, hall 5, B216 made Cass’ cute Daigo and… Shirona (? i know they have her, I’m just not sure anymore if that’s the one you got) stickers.

- Bull’acide, T677, had the YOI zine and the Journey cards, but they had a Nausicaa card too

- Commissions reference okazou:

Grumpy Soren (so, normal Soren) is from Purr Purr, Q671, who had those adorable potato eeveelutions charms last year (and still have them i think); Orochi is from Bol de riz, N669, where you can vote for the best FE lords, see some cute Reborn stuff (the only one where I’ve ever seen any iirc?), and that one (1) Code Lyoko fanart (again, in the whole convention. Where is that french patriotism?)

- I think VnC is just barely out of Team One Fanart too, even though it’s apparently doing okay :( if you see anything more than the Vani and Noé cards at Lunatic, Q685, please tell me ;v;

- There was someone with really, really cool drawings of fantasy creatures (including pokémons, I didn’t come back in time to grab their Onvern but I saw Ho-oh and Lugia iirc) on gold paper at Les Passe-mondes, M666. Atem included as a reference for their style since it’s the only thing I bought there:

(Not for me, I’m just grabbing everything I see because a friend was very disappointed at the lack of YGO the year the franchise was turning 20. Mou hitori no boku, R683, had some more, but was less about Atem or Yuugi and more about that one blond guy with the tattoo than the name would imply xD I don’t know what the VRAINS characters look like, all I can say for the other series is that I didn’t see Yuma, Astral or the Arc V protag. :s)

- Dakiarts, N658 : Micaiah and Official Radiant Dawn Lesbian

- Hapapas, P699, had TWEWY bookmarks, though I dont know if they’re new or if they were here last year.

- Rainbow toybox, Q687 : cute pixel-styled hoodie!Pikachu on mini (mini, mini) cushions. The yaoi game deserves mention too, take a look at the rules if you pass there, it looks wtf but fun.

- Better together, Q666 : the one with Lillie&Hoshigmo, Ganbalillie&Pixy, and cute Alolan forms stuff

- did you know tumblr refuses to save a draft if you’ve been writing it for too long. (i did and still made the same old mistake.) did you know that when trying to save your text in a moving bus it’s really easy to click on “cut” instead of “copy”. this post is aware of its uselessness and trying to spare you, istg

- Mopi6way, S675 : KNITTED MIMIKKYU, BLACKY!MIMIKKYU, KODUCK!MIMIKKYU, please go look at them they’re adorable. >w

- and finally, Spacing out, R669, is to blame for the pokédragons and pokédogs zipper bags !

This has gone from a stuff-i-got list to one f everything I saw and it’s still not very useful because we saw most of these yesterday anyway, sorry. If nothing else, it can be useful for next year ?

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