#ashton and michael are coming soon(ish)

[poisoneitherway]

devil's in the details pt. 2

[cinematicsoph]

you don't go to parties [chapter one]

You Don't Go To Parties - Chapter One

Rating: PG-13 ish

Warning: swearing, mentions of drinking

Word Count: 1,234 words

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   "Dude get your ass out of bed! It's already noon!" The sound of Ashton's roommate woke him out of what was the best sleep he's had in probably months. "We have to go get stuff for the party tonight!"

   Right. The party. There's always a party. Going to a party school and being in the biggest frat house, Ashton Irwin knew a lot about parties. He and his roommate (and best friend), Michael Clifford, would throw parties pretty much every Friday and Saturday. It’s the beginning of the school year meaning there are freshman and new pledges all over. The best way to get them to join this frat? Buy them alcohol of course. Every college freshman is eager to join the best fraternities and sororities. Kappa Tau Gamma holds the spot as the number one fraternity at Cyprus-Rhodes University, and Ashton intends to keep it that way.

   "Right. I'm up, I'm up." Ashton sits up and groans from the pounding in his head. No matter how many hangovers he experiences, he never gets used to them. The man is a child. “Has Luke dropped off the money yet?”

   “Luke? Luke Hemmings? Up before 2pm on a Saturday? After a party? You’re too optimistic. It’s adorable.” Mikey laughs and pics up his shirt. He sniffs it, shrugs, and puts it on.

   “You’re disgusting and I am not too optimistic. I just have faith in our friend…okay maybe I am too optimistic. But I thought for sure for alcohol Luke would do anything.” Ash gets out of bed and looks at all the empty beer cans laying around his room. Hosting parties always seemed like a good idea, until he woke up the next day. No amount of Tylenol and Liquid IV could cure the endless hangovers he feels every weekend. Now look, he is easily to blame. He is the one hosting them. But he can’t help it. Not since she started coming to his parties.

   It all started a couple weeks ago. Rush week. Also known as: the first parties of the school season. College freshman were going to any and as many parties as possible, bouncing from frat house to frat house. Sorority girls coming, looking to get laid, stoned, and/or drunk. And no matter how many places they go to, they always end at Kappa Tau. And the boys would provide them with whatever, or whoever, they were looking for. Ash never though much about the sorority girls who would show up to their parties. They were usually freshman after all. But then he saw her. He didn’t know her name, didn’t know anything about her other than she was probably the most gorgeous girl he had ever seen in his life. Now look, he knows it’s pathetic that he’s down this bad because of a girl he had spoken to twice (she asked him what time it was and if he could get her a drink, he swears his heart DIDN’T skip a beat but Michael calls bullshit).

   She must be a freshman. She has to be. He’s never seen her before. And there’s no way in hell he’d ever forget someone that stunning. He noticed her as soon as she walked into the frat house. He couldn’t take his eyes off her. She was wearing a red dress that fit her body perfectly. And Ashton was positive he had never seen anyone in the world look that good in red. He was determined to figure out who she was, and since she was a freshman they likely didn’t have many classes together. Especially if she’s a different major than him. Now Ashton was stupid but he wasn’t quite “change his major from musicology to whatever the hell major this random girl was just to get close to her”. He worked hard to get to his major, and honestly that seemed a bit too stalker-ish for his liking. His only solution is to continue throwing a shit ton of parties and pray to all of the gods that she continues showing up. And to his dumb luck, she did. But he never got the courage to actually approach her. But he will. He’s determined to approach her…eventually. Maybe even today.

   Ashton and Michael had met Luke and his friend Calum Hood during rush week. They had both been looking to join Kappa Tau and whether that was for the place or booze was never fully figured out. Ashton and Michael liked them a lot. They reminded Mikey and Ash of them when they had joined Kappa Tau, even though Ash was older than Mikey. Since they had clicked immediately, there was no hesitation in Ashton and Michael becoming Luke and Calum’s big brothers respectively.

   Look, if Ashton was smart, he’d piece together that Cal and Luke were freshman just like mystery girl and ask them if they knew who she was. But sadly, he is not. He instead just decided to build up his courage and ask her himself.

   “Ashton! Good to see you, big brother.” Luke said as he walked down the stairs to the main entry way. Ashton was setting up all the alcohol and music for the party and insisted that he didn’t need any help.

   “Hey, Luke. How’s the hangover, man?” Luke was only 19 so he hadn’t built up a tolerance to the pounding headaches yet. Ashton felt bad for the kid, he remembers being that age and drinking all the time. They never pressured the freshman into doing anything they didn’t want to do. But often the freshman did everything anyway, enjoying the freedom of finally being in college. 

   “It’s getting better. Michael left out some Tylenol and water for me, that seemed to help. I’m ready to experience it all again tomorrow though. How’s the decorating coming?”

   “Pretty good, I think. We’re all set.” Ashton sets up the last of the alcohol and starts getting the music playing. “People should be arriving sometime soon. This is just the calm before the storm.”

   Ashton was right. That really was the calm before the storm. This might have been the biggest party Kappa Tau has seen since rush week. People from all years, all houses, possibly even other colleges were here. But Ashton didn’t care. All that he was thinking about was finding his mystery girl. The only person he wanted to see there, and there’s no sign of her anywhere.

   “HEY MAN THIS IS A KICK ASS PARTY!” Calum yells over the loud music playing in the living room.

   “Thanks! But you don’t have to yell, I’m right here!!” Ashton chuckles and looks over Calum’s shoulder quickly. What a mistake. Because at that moment, she walks in. Ashton can  tell that Calum is talking, but he has absolutely no idea what he is saying. He refuses to take his eyes off her, afraid that if he does she’ll disappear proving that someone that perfect can only be created in his mind. “Hey man, I’ll be right back. I-I got to go…” Ashton trails off and starts walking to the door, leaving a drunk and confused Calum behind him.

   He walks as fast as his semi drunkness will allow him to, pushing through and sneaking past every person in his way. It felt slightly ridiculous, and he’d possibly regret it in the morning. But he just had to get to his mystery girl before she disappeared.

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[lukemichaelcalumashton]

Opening Lines Game

thank you @squishmichael and @allsassnoclass for tagging me <3

Rules: List the first lines of your last 20 stories. (If you have less than 20, just list them all!) See if there are any patterns. Choose your favorite opening line. Tag some people to play the next round!

it just so happens that i have exactly 20 fics posted so!!! this is kinda perfect. however i struggle so much with writing first lines for fics soooo i’m not sure how great this is gonna be svjfsdjsds

1. i wanna hold your hand while we're growing up

“Alright children, pick a buddy!” As soon as Miss Maya stops talking, the group of eight-year-olds gathered around her begin to scatter, each looking for their field trip buddy.

2. passport control

Two minutes. Michael has been at the airport for two minutes and already, his entire band has texted him.

3. mating call

Luke likes to think that, after ten years, he and the boys know each other pretty well. 

4. fueling the fire until we combust

Ashton is a planner. In fact, he is a great planner.

5. if i could say the things i want to say (i’d find a way to make you stay)

The first time it happens, Michael doesn’t think much of it. It being Calum dragging him to a local bar on a Friday night.

6. you'll find me on my tallest tiptoes

Ashton finds Calum in the dressing room.

7. stay stay stay (i've been loving you for quite some time)

Ashton has been awake for some time.

8. your arms around me feel like home (i’m homesick)

As someone who has three boyfriends, Calum rarely comes home to an empty apartment.

9. the very first page, not where the storyline ends

“Goodnight, Ashton! I’ll see you tomorrow!” Ashton looks up to see Sierra making her way to the front of the bookshop after clocking out for the night.

10. (ferris) wheel of fate

Michael regrets letting Luke drag him to this stupid fair. 

11. wherever i am, i'll come running

Ashton’s phone wakes him up, the ringing too loud and too close to his ear, making it impossible for him to ignore it and go back to sleep.

12. this could have been an email

Luke is in the break room, throwing sweet corn kernels at Ashton, trying to get them to stick to his hair without him noticing, when he hears the rumor.

13. let me feel you burn into me

“What are you working on?” 

14. Just a touch (too much)

Calum climbs off of Ashton, falling back against the bed to try and catch his breath.

15. home in your arms

It starts innocently enough. Only a few days after they leave Australia and move to London, Calum wakes up abruptly from a nightmare.

16. 20/20

Ashton is mindlessly scrolling through his Instagram, waiting for the popcorn to be ready, when he hears Calum speak up from the living room. “Oh, look who finally decided to show up!”

17. you distract me (but I'm distracted without you)

“Do you still even own an apartment?” Ashton asks the moment he opens his door to find Calum standing there, waiting to be let in. “’Cause I thought you did, but somehow you’re always here.”

18. Work Up A Sweat

Calum wakes up to find his bed empty of his boyfriend.

19. Bake It Till You Make It

Ashton jumps when someone knocks on his door, sending flour flying everywhere.

20. You Pool Me In

When Ashton called the pool cleaning company, he assumed they would send some boring middle aged man to do the job. Someone who would wear a dirty tank top, clean his pool, then leave. 

okay pattern is that. 11/20 mention ashton in the first line so svfdfsfs clearly i talk about ashton a lot. most of them aren't dialogue which is a bummer because i love when fics start with dialogue and i try to do it but i usually don't come up with something i like. ummm most of them start with a name and they're short-ish???

now favorite opening line? i think 5 from if i could say the things i want to say (i'd find a way to make you stay) it's nothing too special but i like it! and for some reason i also like 12? from this could have been an email because it's a little ominous like, what rumor did luke hear y'know? also i love how i managed to mention ash in the first line when he's not even part of the main ship of this fic svfjskjs

okay this was fun now i'm gonna tag some people to do this (who were probably tagged by someone else already! oops) @lifewasradical @daydadahlias @ashtcnirwin

[bxcketbarnes]

Big Night of Exercising

Pairing: Ashton Irwin x Reader

Words: 1700+

Author's Note: I thought of this fic solely on the statement Ashton makes about being late to the studio because of is big night of exercising. And yes. I think this is cute af. As usual.

I sat behind the camera in my fianceé's kitchen, watching him and his bandmates film Cocktail Chats. Giggles left your lips as the boys were drinking fruity ass drinks, which were actually pretty good, while talking about their album Youngblood.

Ashton leaves the stool as his segment was over, Calum taking his spot. He steps towards me, a goofy grin on his lips as he lays his large hands on my thighs. "Hey, baby," he mumbled before pressing a sloppy kiss to my lips.

A giggle leaves my lips while trying to kiss him back, earning groans from our friends. "Hi, baby," I grinned widely and stroke his kinda flushed cheek. "You need another one?" I asked and pointed towards his empty glass.

"Yeah, but I can make it. You want one?" Ash asked me and I nod. He kissed my lips quickly before pushing himself off of me and I let out a chuckled-groan, rubbing my thighs.

"Damn, dude," I laugh and Ashton yells out a quick apology before disappearing behind the light blue backdrop.

After he finished making my drink, he walked back over to me and hands it to me. "Here you go, sweetheart," he smiles and I take it from him, thanking him quietly.

My eyes stared into his hazel ones as I take a few sips of the mixed drink, humming in content at the taste. Ashton brings his free hand up, his slender fingers fiddling with the engagement ring on my finger as a smile graced his lips.

"I love you," I whispered low enough so the camera couldn't hear me, moving my left hand off the glass to intertwine my fingers with his.

"I love you, soon to be Mrs. Irwin," he beamed and bent down to lean his forehead against mine. "I'm so glad you came into my life."

A blush covers my cheeks and I couldn't stop the smile on my face from widening even more. "I can say the same about you, Ash," I confess to him and squeeze his hand.

He closed the distance between our faces, our lips colliding. I flutter my eyes shut, kissing him back immediately and I stand up from my chair to press my body against his. "Guys! Stop!" Luke yells and Ashton and I pull away, both of us looking back at the curly-haired blonde who sat on the stool.

"Sorry!" I chuckle and bite my bottom lip. Ashton glances back towards me as I thread my fingers through his chest hair. "Get back to it, baby."

He laughs, nodding his head before pressing a quick kiss to my forehead before joining the other boys.

A laugh leaves my lips as the boys were dancing to the beginning of Moving Along, moving my body to the song as well from my chair. Michael was lip singing Luke's part as I watched Andy zoom in on the green-eyed man. He pushes Luke out of the frame and the curly-haired man ends up tripping, falling onto his ass. A laugh leaves my lips, covering it up quickly as I heard Andy let out a few chuckles as well.

"Y/N! Shut up!" The blonde laughs loudly and gets up from the chair, walking off-screen as the intro segment ends.

The tall boy walks over to me, playfully punching my arm before wrapping me into a hug. I wipe the liquid from the corner of my lips, swallowing the blue substance as Luke rests his chin against my head.

I watched Ashton sit down on the stool with a black bandana wrapped around his forehead as he talked about the song when Luke grabs the hand my engagement ring was on. "You know, I was there when Ash bought this?" He asked, his accent coming through more prominently.

"You were? And you kept it a secret? I'm so proud of you, bub!" I giggled and took another sip while looking up at him.

"I can keep secrets!" Luke scoffed and nudged my head around before we bring our attention back to the bandana boy.

"Can you believe I used to wear one of these every day?" He asked and brings the straw from his drink in his mouth. He brings up his left hand, making a rock out gesture. "I used to do this in pictures all the time as well," he stated before biting his bottom lip.

"You're hot!" I yelled, not containing my giggles as the guys in the room looked back at me. Ashton chuckles and points towards me.

"My number one fan! Get over here, baby girl," he motions for me to go over to him and my eyes widen, shaking my head.

Ashton pouts and I slump in my chair. "Don't give me that look! You know I can't say no to it!" I cry out and my fianceé giggles in response.

"I know! That's why I'm doing it. C'mon. I won't make you stay on screen for long. Please," he pouts again and I sigh, getting up from my chair. Ashton cheers and pats his thigh with his free hand. I walk on screen, giving the camera and a small wave and smile as I place myself on Ashton's lap. "Now, guys, this isn't related to the album. Well, I mean, it kinda is since she was with me throughout the whole stress of it. But this is Y/N. You may have seen her tagged on some of my Insta posts for photo credit, but she means so much more to me than someone who constantly takes my picture."

I giggle, wrapping an arm around his shoulders as his hand rests on my hip. "But you're so handsome. I'm just giving the fans what they want," I tell him while fiddling with the top of his shirt.

"Anyway, she is the literal love of my life. She's been here for me during the best and worst times. I couldn't ask for a better girlfriend. You wanna show them?" He asked and rubbed my hip slowly. My heart beats quickly in my chest and nods my head. I lift my left hand from his shoulder, holding it out towards the camera to show off the engagement ring on my finger. "The other day I asked her to be my wife and she said yes. I'm the happiest man alive and is so fucking lucky to have a woman like you."

I glance down at him to see his hazel eyes already on me, a silly grin on his lips. "I love you," I giggled and moved my hand so it rests on his cheek.

"I love you too, baby doll. So fucking much," he whispers before leaning up to press a kiss to my lips.

"Alright, enough of this mushy shit!" Michael yells and I chuckle, pulling away from Ashton. I get up from his lap, running my fingers through his hair once before giving him a smile.

His hand moves to my hips, stroking the fabric gently as he returns the smile. "Mike, leave them alone. Let the man be happy!" Calum states and I roll my eyes playfully before glancing towards the two. 

"Yeah, Mike!" I piped up and he sticks his tongue out at me before drinking some more of his drink.

"Alright!" Ash states loudly, clapping his hands together, "back to the album!" I sit back down in my chair, giggling to myself as I take another sip of my drink. My bandana-wearing fianceé hands his drink off to Calum, who walks behind the blue screen to make him another as he begins to talk about Moving Along. "I love this song. I was absolutely blown away when I went into the studio late because I had a big night of exercising.”

My cheeks heat up, not believing he just said that. "Ashton!" I yelled, his hazel eyes darting to meet mine as he wore an innocent look on his face.

"That means he fucked!" Michael yelled and I looked over at the blonde, seeing his face contort into a knowing look.

"Michael! Shut up!" I groaned and hid my face. There's no way the fans are gonna believe that he was actually exercising, my god.

Luke and Calum join the laughing fest and I groan, getting up from my chair. Ashton giggles as I set my drink on the table, walking out of the room.

"Oh, come on, Y/N! It's fine!" Luke yelled and I shook my head, continuing to walk towards Ash and I's shared bedroom.

"Baby!" Ashton called out, hearing his shoes clapping against the wooden floors as he ran into the bedroom. "Hey, are you really upset about this?"

I sit down on the edge of the bed, slapping my hands onto my thighs. "I just… I shouldn't be but I kinda am. It's just embarrassing," I mumbled and looked up at the drummer.

"I'm sorry, baby girl. That's why I worded it the way I did. We can cut out Michael's statement about me getting fucked. I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable," he whispers and moves towards me, grabbing my hands.

I sigh, biting my bottom lip. "You can keep your comment, just don't leave Mike's comment in the video, please," I tell him with a small smile and he nods, leaning forward to press a kiss to my nose.

"Of course. Anything to make you happy and comfortable," he grins and moves his free hand to my face, stroking my cheek.

I close the distance between us, pressing our lips together into a rough-ish kiss. Ashton lets out a groan, his fingers slipping into my hair and grips it hard. A moan leaves my lips while he pushes me back onto the bed, hovering over me. He moves his hands under my shirt, gliding them up my torso to grip my breasts.

"Ashton!" The three boys all yell in unison and the two of us pull away from each other, disappointing sighs leaving both our lips.

"We'll have to continue this later, baby doll," he whispers against my lips and I chuckle, nodding my head in agreement.

He presses a sloppy kiss to my lips again before getting off of me, heading back out into the living room. I lean on my hands, taking my bottom lip between my teeth as a giggle leaves my lips. Fuck, I love him.

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Eres Tú

Summary: Calum never minded being alone until something broke and he always wanted to come home to her. This is an Spanish speaker insert fic, it’s primarily in English though. Fic inspired by Carla Morrison’s Eres Tu so go listen to that!

Words: Count: 2k ish?

Warnings: it made @calsophat feel (ty for helping btw)

He runs a hand down her thigh, hooking it behind her knee and pulling her towards him in bed. Her eyes hardly open as she stirs slightly.

“Hello? Is anyone home?” Calum asks playfully.

“Back so soon?” She murmurs with sleep thick on her voice.

“Yeah, found a key under the mat. Thought maybe I’d return it.”

“Wonder who left that there?” She jokes as he kisses her gently. There’s no rush today, just languished movements as he takes his time kissing her down the column of her throat before returning to her mouth. A content sigh leaving her lips as he settles into her side.

The week’s been spent drooling over her and all the things they do; Calum had forgotten that kind of hunger, that want that came back with a vengeance. Haunting him from morning till night, he could have a whole mess of women in his bed but he knows it would have been pointless; her, this one right here is the only one who could bring that calm.

“I missed you,” He regrets admitting it almost immediately. Her trip home had been brief but served a secondary purpose; it made Calum realize how much of a fixture she’s become in his life. He missed her riding shotgun, her conversations home a mess of Spanish and English; he doesn’t understand half of it but he loves the way she laughs louder, it’s clear that she’s coming home.

They met in the heat of the summer and he thought they wouldn’t make it beyond the seasons change; surely she would be gone when he shed his summer skin but she stayed. Surprising both of them, he stuck around too.

“The great and power Calum missing anyone other than Duke? Do my ears deceive me?” The softness in her voice makes it impossible for Calum to feel embarrassed by his admittance. Nothing feels wrong with her by his side; staring in her sleepy eyes, he knows things with her are simple, and he knows exactly what came next, “I missed you too.” She says returning his kiss.

That’s how they live for months. Just Calum and her locked away with Duke. They kept warm together as the days grew cold and short; the skies graying and leaves slowly losing their colors but, for once, Calum’s life did not follow suit. Those winter days warmed their hearts as they grew into one another’s life. Their lives coming together naturally as though the universe stitched them together.

None of the stress disappeared, nor the pain they’d been through, not her issues or his, instead they healed and built a simple relationship. Finding peace in the knowledge that, when the light when out, they’re never alone. He’s with her when her hands are shaking and the darkest shades of grey enter her life. She’s with him when his heart races and all he needs is to be held. They’re not alone, not anymore.

And when it’s time for the next press tour starts, they grow closer still. Having their share of awkward conversations, they establish a relationship with shaky knees; it is unspoken but they both know their only direction is forward as things continue to fall into place. A development new to both of them.

“You’re still seeing the girl from last summer?” Ashton asks surprised as he sees a new background on Calum’s phone. To anyone else it would be insignificant change, just a picture of Duke sitting in her lap, but this is Calum.

“Yeah. She’s my girlfriend,” Calum answers matter of fact with a small shrug. Calum’s an open book except when it comes to dating. He kept them in the dark, hardly ever holding onto a single person long enough for them to share a room with his band mates.

His nonchalant announcement takes Ashton by surprise but not by much, they’ve noticed the changes in him. The cynicism that slowly fades, the new music that slowly bleed in, and the secretive behavior around weekend plans; he’s begun to smile at the moments of affection between the boys and their significant others. Everyone notices that there’s a new hope in him but allow him his time. Until now.

“Guess that means it’s time for us to properly meet her,” Ashton teases.

When it is finally time to bring her into the fold, Calum’s nervousness grasps tightly to his throat. He finds himself praying that they don’t notice something in her he’s missed. He can hardly get a word out as the most important people in his life life gather in his house to help him add planters in his backyard. A garden had been a dream of his for a while, tiny and small he knows it’ll make her feel at home too.

Calum’s stress dissipates when she tosses aside the instructions and asks Luke for help carrying a beam. Luke’s more than happy to oblige, tossing caution to the wind with her as they immediately announce, “We’re going to win!” at him and the boys. No matter the pleading and reminders that it isn’t a competition. They work quickly and efficiently together. Building two planters before Ash and Michael can complete one and, by god, they’re never going to let them forget it.

Calum’s unbothered by the teasing, instead finding peace in the way she fits so well with his friends. He finds that for some one so quiet, she commands a presence with them. His bandmates approval is written on their faces as he asks endless questions and immediately takes interest in her hobbies.

She and Calum radiate together that summer as the familiar L.A. heat comes back around. As the days grow long, she finds herself staying at his house more, her tiny apartment doing little to alleviate the heat. Taking up her half and his half of the bed, she spreads across the bed in nothing but underwear and his t-shirt’s. The only creature that could compete with her crazy sleep is Duke; he’s used to making a bed where he damn pleases. Regardless of how they may sleep, the other is the first person they reach for, before they even open their eyes.

This summer he finds himself at more concerts thanks to her; Spanish or English, it hardly matters, as long as they’re together. He can hardly contain his hummingbird heart as he watches her freely sing and dance for most of the songs; it’s not until a slow song starts that she comes back to him. Nestling into his chest and reminding him of every reason why he’s there.

The way she looks up at him as she sings along softly in Spanish, there’s no need to understand the lyrics, the emotion gets across without it. The ground shifts beneath him as she begins to sway with his hands wrapped around her waist. He recognizes it as a song she sings frequently. It’s the song she’s always sings when she thinks he’s not listening. She sings it to Duke, in the shower, the car, she’s always sung the same song.

“What’s she saying?” He asks suddenly needing to know.

“I want to hold you, and kiss you, and tangle myself with you and never let you go. It’s you.” Wrapping her arms around him a little tighter she continues to sway with them. The whole world fading away for a moment.

“Ditto,” He says with a wink and a kiss to her temple.

“I love you,” She says placing a hand gently on his cheek.

“The great and powerful, Y/N , admitting she loves lil ole me?” Calum can’t help but joke, she already knows how he feels. It’s slipped out here and there in the heat of the moment or the dead of night; he knows he whispers it to her half asleep. It’s merely a formality that she pretends not to hear him.

“You play too much.” There might be an eye roll from her but the smile on her lips shows no sign of budging.

“Not with your heart,” he argues before planting a kiss on her lips, “Te amo, amor.”

He knows how she loves hearing things in Spanish, the way they hold a different weight to her. No matter how much English bleeds into her life, she makes sure to end her phone calls home with ‘te quiero mucho’ matching the sentiment of her family.

“Someone practicing their Spanish?” He didn’t think her smile could grow any wider but it does; her eyes nearly disappearing into her cheeks as she pretends to mulls it over, “I like it, mi vida.”

Short of their first year, news gets out. A picture from some event posted online, tweeted and retweeted time and time again. It was bound to happen but neither of them find themselves particularly happy about it.

Y/N wakes up with Calums arms wrapped around her feeling the heat radiating off him. Both of them safe in his room; she wants to bottle up the moment. To pause the clock and never leave but she knows it'll be gone soon. She doesn't dare move praying that Calum sleeps longer. That they'll stay warm and safe together.

They’re both afraid of the world outside. Their secret is is everyone's business before either of them was ready. Calum's afraid of the way it'll toy with the things in her brain but she knows if they lay here, together, it’ll chase away all the bad thoughts.

Calum shifts beneath her, opening his eyes with a small smile when he feels her hair tickling his face. He brushes his thumb on her cheek and lips. She sighs as she traces a finger over his collarbone, they lived for these morning when they'd wake up together, skin on skin, and remember what this is all for.

“Let’s go away,” calum says and without much more they pack up Duke and their camping gear into Calum’s car and settling onto the road. Only stopping when the desert met the horizon and they are sure they’re in their own universe.

Under a blanket of stars, Calum finally understands how lucky he got. 7 billion but his one, found him. She points to constellations and stars trying to make him remember names and lines but the only constellations he cares to commit to memory are the freckles on her skin.

“I was thinking maybe we start that garden soon? The planters have sat there a while,” she suggests as she holds him on her chest.

“You think we can keep one alive?”

“Of course,” her chest rumbles as a laugh escapes her mouth, “Look at Duke he’s the healthiest pup around! I’ll be sure to come over every day and water them.”

“Why leave at all?” Calum says

When they get home, they find the time to unpack the gardening supplies and her boxes as well. Getting excited for the new life of forget-me-nots and sunflowers together.

Early mornings spent together in the backyard together. The sun warming their skin as they pull weeds and try to keep Duke from digging up too many seedlings.

“What do you think of a spring wedding?” It isn’t until after he’s uttered the words that Calum realizes he doesn’t even have a ring. Nonetheless, he stands beside her watching her work; she doesn’t miss a beat as she moves through their garden.

“What’s that? The great and powerful universe trying to say something?” She jokes as she goes continues to tying their plants to their support beams. The silence is natural as she cuts another piece of string and takes his hand in hers. Flipping it over in her own before she takes the twine and ties it around his ring finger, “You know I think it makes a compelling argument.”

“Duke, you seeing this? Same care as the sweet peas!” Calum says as he places a gentle kiss on her forehead.

“You are my sweet pea,” She laughs.

In that moment he knows life’s a little more complete. He doesn’t leave behind a life of fear, the insecurity, the complications of life; nothing disappears but all he needs to live it is here. Their love simplifies it all.

[5secondsofrant]

Thoughts on Lierra

DISCLAIMER:

This posts contains personal opinions and theories. I’m not confirming stuff.

This post’s purpose is not to hate on them but to share what I think.

As my bio says, I’m up for discussion, while it’s done with respect to me but also about the people we’re talking about.

This might be a long post due the time this has been going on. Honestly, I feel like this can get messy at some point and I apologize but there’s too much to cover.

Sierra has been part of the boys’ circle of friends for a while. She is (or was) best friends with Kaykay, who has been friends with Ashton for a while, so it tells you she has been around two or three years (if not more). She also seems to be friends with Mitchy and if you look up, you can also find candid photos of her with the boys, usually at parties.

I don’t know if you remember, but the first time she was papped with one of the boys, it was actually with Ashton. And not only that, but at the time he had referred to her in really lovingly terms to her on social media (twitter and Instagram mostly), always showing support, and after she started to date Luke, he stopped (I won’t go deep into this because there’s already a big post on this, really well-made by the people at sierratheory where they show this with solid proof).

As you know, there are a few blogs here that talk about this topic I’m discussing right now, and I’ve read divided opinions on this relationship: some say is fake, some say is really real.

And to be honest, I can see the reasoning behind both parts, so I’m going to try and explain why I’m so in the middle about this whole relationship.

> Why I think it could be real:

- They share the same social circles and most importantly, they were friends at some point. Following that narrative, it makes sense that you can fall for a friend and take it a step further into a full-relationship.

- The boys (well, Calum, Ashton and Luke since I’ve never seen her interact or be around Michael —though I can be missing something here because I’m not a really big user of social media, so I tend to not see the boys’ stories on Instagram or Snapchat—)seem to be genuine friends of her, at least it seemed that way in those videos I came across from a Halloween party, the photos I’ve seen of them with her at parties and also there’s the fact that Calum attended her birthday party.

- If we follow the narrative, they both seemed to be in vulnerable states after breaking up with their previous couples, so maybe that made them get together.

- They have met each other’s families, and I guess that shows that they’re serious about this (and in my personal opinion, it would be really fucked up to drag your family to a media show, though it’s not new and sometimes the artist doesn’t really have a choice). Apart from that, they’ve shared important dates like thanksgiving and the lunar New Year.

- She’s always around. Parties, his home, near Petunia, she was there a lot during the 5SOS3 and Meet You There tours. Let’s not forget she was also in the video diaries.

> Why I think it could be fake:

- Grandebaby, my favorite fail ever. You probably know about this, but if you don’t, basically Sierra was answering to a fan about herself from a “fan account” to help this confused fan to understand who she is, and why she’s hanging out with the boys. But then, she switched accounts and forgot and responded to the fan again following the conversation she had started from the fan account, so she basically got caught.

- The time “Luke” left a comment on one of her pictures and he was performing on stage.

- The fact that as soon as people began to suspect about them, she started to tease with photos that shared location with Luke, or taking photos at his house or with Petunia.

- Every time we get Lierra content, it’s before or after something related to the boys music is happening (go and look back to the drama before the Meet You There live album release, Who Do You Love as a single release, and even Youngblood).

- We have gotten so many stories by fans that seem to be made up; while I don’t blame her or them for this, I feel like a lot of those stories where they’re all in love (especially that one where she cried because she loves Luke so much) are fake and made up by fans to get clout and maybe show an image of them to the public.

- We always get filtered photos at the most random times. Remember two weeks ago there were photos that came out of nowhere about them hugging in the airport? And the whole fandom brought back their attention to them because they’re “goals”. The thing with this is that in my opinion it’s really strange: why this photo, from so many months ago, was suddenly leaked? After a few hours, a pair of girls came out to say that they shared them but didn’t think that anyone would share them on social media because they asked the people they shared them with to not do so, but… One, they shared those photos really back in the day (when they took them they were on tour so it has been a hot minute) and suddenly people decided to share them? Or did they share it recently? Again, really strange, especially since it brought attention back to them before Coachella.

- Her birthday party drama. I can understand that you get mad because someone posts pictures of your birthday when you want it to be something private (though, some of her friends still posted and she didn’t say a thing. She even posted something herself if I’m not wrong). But let me remind you this girl went crazy trying to find a “mole” in her group, which tells you a few things: either she has had stuff filtered before and doesn’t know who is doing it and that leads to you to think that she is worried about the things this “mole” can share. One thing is being mad about your privacy, which is understandable, but respond like this about only a small birthday video tells you a lot about what she could be doing behind the scenes.

Also, it caught my eye that Ashton was nowhere to be seen. She invited a few of the friends you can see hang out at parties but he wasn’t around. Even if Calum was there, Ashton didn’t show up (I’m not saying they go everywhere together, but they usually go to the same parties and are seen together) and while we can only speculate about this, I wonder why Ashton has been absent of the picture for so long (especially when Sierra even seems to be close with his sister)

- The amount of articles and paparazzi photos of them are astounding for such a “lowkey” couple, especially considering she’s not really famous and he’s known, but he isn’t on the Beyoncé or Justin Bieber level to get that amount of press (same with Michael, but that’s another story). Every time they’re on an airport, there seems to be paparazzi. Every time they’re out in a restaurant or a club, what you have? HQ pictures. We even got paparazzi photos from freaking Australia, where paparazzi aren’t such a big deal as in US. As I said in the Kaykay and Ashton post, paparazzi are usually called by the artist’s management or the celebrities themselves.

- She honestly seems like a damage control for what Arzaylea did. Look at the image she gives out: a singer, who’s passionate for music and went through a heartbreak (sounds like someone to you?), and is trying to put herself back together in the music industry but is having a tough time. This girl is smiley, kind to fans, kind of shy when she speaks, everyone refers to her as a really good friend. Now, what’s the image of her in the fandom? an angel, who saved Luke from his darkest hours—but not only that, he also saved her. (TBT to the premiere of the Lie To Me video and everyone commenting how she saved him, totally dismissing Luke’s own hard work to put himself back together, but yeah, love can fix your mental health in a snap, I guess).

- This brings attention to the band (and good attention). Relationships have been a game that publicists have played since the old good days back in Hollywood, whether is to bring attention or to hide a sexuality, they exist (you can check this article to read more about it). People love to idolize and ship people, especially given heartbreaking-Nicholas Sparks-ish narratives about their love. In this case, attention was needed: the boys took a two year hiatus, being a band that while didn’t do bad, wasn’t at the top to afford doing this, they [management] had to do the most with their come back. You and me care about their mental and physical health, but for their management and record label they’re numbers that weren’t adding up. Youngblood was a risk for everyone, so it’s rational to think management could pull on those strings so their money makers don’t flop. While I believe that the fandom is really supportive and the music the boys brought this time around is good enough to make it to the charts, no one in the business was going to take the risk.

- Honestly they look so awkward together. The only times that their photos don’t look strange is when they’re posted by themselves. I’ll link some down below where I truly believe they look really awkward to be a couple. (Example 1) (Example 2) .

- That Post Malone tweet I discussed a while ago.

> Some things I can’t place up there because while they’re strange, I don’t totally believe they have to deal with a “fake” or “real” relationship:

- Her dad posting so much about Luke on social media. I don’t get what’s the necessity, since her daughter is probably the less hated 5sos girlfriend ever. And the way he phrases things is such a weird way, it’s almost like if he were thanking his fans, which is totally strange in my opinion for a parent.

- Luke’s brother using her to promote his clothing brand.

- Those photos of their first appearance holding hands, were strange. Almost staged. And then there are photos of Sierra walking near Crystal which really made me go “huh”. (And as far as I know, I think KayKay is also friends with Crystal, and if you’re friends with her, I can’t really trust you lol —also, doesn’t it call your attention that the girls are friends with her but the boys they’re dating, or supposedly dating, don’t even interact with her?).

- Sierra deleting photos so when you check her profile the first thing you see are photos of Luke and her.

- Maybe it’s me but it’s so... awkward I’d like to say, the fact that there are photos of her hanging out with the boys while Luke was still dating Arzaylea. (But again, that could be a personal opinion)

After this, and weighing the fact that I listed more fake things than real, you might be wondering why I’m in the middle about this.

While I can see why people think they’re fake, and until some point I did, I lean towards the fact that this relationship is probably real, but by staying in the middle, I’m trying to explain that I’m not 100% convinced. I’d say is a 70/30 for me.

They can be real, even if the way things happened were weird (especially after Luke denying her for so long until Youngblood came out, but again, Luke is really good at denying relationships until he’s pushed to talk about them in public) but if they’re real, this is definitely tainted by PR. I can totally see them both seeing the benefit that they could get from their relationship and allowing it to happen this way. At the end of the day, I think that Luke would be that kind of person to go on board with giving clout to a girlfriend because he truly believes in her and wants to help out somehow (and in my opinion, the boys don’t seem to mind giving shout outs to their friends projects or work while they’re aware they’re doing it and not being tricked into giving clout).

And she needs it, whether you are a fan of her from her old days in the group with her ex-boyfriend or you arrived now, we both now she doesn’t have the attention she needs, and to be honest, I believe she needs a publicist and a manager that actually care about her career (and her to be on it full time too, since she’s technically starting from zero). I think she really missed a really big chance by not releasing music back when she first left “Alex & Sierra” and she was giving interviews about her career to such important music platforms as Billboard. Maybe she needed a longer break to make music and figure out what she wants to do, but in my eyes, she and her team (if she does have one) seem to be really, really lost, especially in terms of her public image.

While I believe it’s true for the amount of candids that we get, and I’m theorizing about them agreeing to this PR over their relationship, I really hope it’s going that way. Sometimes she shows some tendencies to be there for attention rather than to be there for Luke, which is... Sad. Hopefully they truly like and care for each other and she just does that because it’s part of her personality.

And also, I’d like to think that if this girl wanted to use the boys, she could have from a very long time ago (but well, since they seem to be technically have started hanging out by the time she splitted from Alex, this theory can be throw out the window, because after that, she needed a way to get attention on her, but I’d truly like to be wrong about this one).

I don’t know what it is but there’s still something that rubs me off in the wrong way about this relationship and I can’t quite tell what it is yet. If I ever find out, I’ll probably make a post about it.

And I’ll be transparent about this whole thing, because I mentioned it on my Kaykay/Ashton post, but I don’t have the best perception of her. I could make a whole post of why she gives me a weird vibe off based on stuff she has done or said. 

With that said, I’d like to say that having a bad perception doesn’t equal hating someone, because honestly I can sit here and theorize for fun, but that doesn’t mean you’ll find me on social media sending mean comments to her.

I’m probably missing a lot and this probably was a hot mess, and I apologize, but I tried to touch on the topics that have caught my eye the most about these two. As I stated at the beginning, I’m up for discussion and for you to theorize with me (you can even dm if you want it to be private) while you’re respectful with me and towards Luke and Sierra, which means I won’t be taking any comments that mock or say mean stuff towards her.

Thank you for reading!

[syrupwit]

Letter for Multifandom Horror Exchange

Hello there, and welcome to my letter for Multifandom Horror Exchange 2020! I appreciate that you’ve taken the time to read this letter. I hope that it will provide you with clarification, inspiration, or at the very least a bit of entertainment. Although I’ve written more for some sections and less for others, rest assured that I would be super excited to receive a gift for any of my requested fandoms, characters, pairings, or horror types.

Please see the table of contents below:

Likes

DNWs

Fandom: House (1977)

Fandom: Invader Zim

Fandom: The Magnus Archives

Fandom: Too Many Cooks (2014 Short)

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Likes

A long list of my general likes can be found here.

When it comes to horror, I tend to prefer psychological explorations, suspense, and disturbing implications to explicit gore and violence, although I’m definitely not opposed to more graphic content. I love ominous atmospheres; building, lingering senses of dread; and landscapes and environments that interact with and express the characters’ fears, anxieties, and griefs. I especially love horror with supernatural elements -- ghosts and hauntings, monsters and cryptids, eldritch deities and their cultists, magic and magic users. I’m also a big fan of cosmic horror, and the sense that characters are pitted against amoral, indifferent forces that might not even recognize them as significant enough to be hostile towards but that are nonetheless damaging to human life. Additionally, I really like dark comedy, gallows humor, and horror with a more comedic / parodic / satirical slant.

While I typically prefer hopeful or bittersweet endings for my requested characters and pairings, please go for it if you have a great idea with a darker ending.

Some horror media I have really enjoyed but am not requesting for this exchange include the short stories of M. R. James and JS Le Fanu; William Hope Hodgson’s Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder stories; Clark Ashton Smith’s Averoigne stories; “The Night Ocean” by R. H. Barlow and H. P. Lovecraft; the connected-ish novels The Red Tree and The Drowning Girl by Caitlin R. Kiernan; the parody / pastiche novels of A. Lee Martinez; My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix; and the movies Suspiria (1977 version -- haven’t seen the new one yet), The Others (2001), and Kwaidan (1965). Also I really love Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace. I don’t know if listing all that helps, but there it is.

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Do Not Want (DNW)

Underage sex

Character or ship bashing

Hate speech or in-depth onscreen depictions / discussions of bigotry

Harm to pet animals, or any graphic animal harm (fighting a giant evil wolf or something is fine)

Characters having consensual sex when they are not attracted to each other

Noncon that goes against a character’s in-fic orientation

Bestiality

Scat

Necrophilia

Sexual activity involving worms / spiders / insects

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FANDOM: HOUSE (1977)

Requested Fanwork Types: Fic -- Not Emphasizing Sexual Content

Requested Horror Types: Dark Fantasy, Folk Horror, Gothic Horror, Psychological Horror

Requested Characters/Pairings: Auntie & Gorgeous, Auntie/Fantasy, Kung Fu/Sweet

If you are not yet familiar with House or are looking for a refresher, this fanvid by AbsoluteDestiny hits most of the high points: Rock Lobster [YouTube link]. The basic plot is that seven girls visit their classmate’s aunt in the countryside for summer vacation. While initially charmed by the aunt’s quaint manners and old-fashioned home, they soon discover that something is very wrong. Things get weirder and weirder as more of the girls disappear and the aunt’s past is revealed. Innovative art design, a bangin soundtrack, and a kaleidoscopic array of surreal, absurd events and images make this film a memorable, exuberantly strange experience. Also, the aunt is hot, and you can quote me on that.

*** PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FOLLOWING RELATIONSHIP SECTIONS INCLUDE MINOR SPOILERS ***

Relationship: Auntie & Gorgeous

I’d love to learn more about the dynamic between Gorgeous and her aunt. How long had Auntie planned to prey on / possess her? Did they truly have any interactions while Auntie was alive? After the film’s ending, is there anything next for them? I’m a big fan of Subtle Menace and Vague Yet Troubling Implications, so scenes of Gorgeous going about her daily life while receiving odd letters from her aunt absolutely would not go amiss. And what’s up with the cat?

Relationship: Auntie/Fantasy

The postwar generation gap and feelings of alienation between younger/older people are major themes in House. I think this finds a lot of expression in the relationship between Auntie and Fantasy, Gorgeous’s best friend who is prone to daydreaming and ill-equipped to grasp the full tragedy of Auntie’s life. One of the concluding scenes of the film involves a possessed-by-Auntie Gorgeous holding Fantasy’s head to her breast and petting her hair while she cries; I guess that’s just very interesting to me. I love UST and ominousness and weirdness, so please go for it if you have an idea that involves any of those things for this pairing. 

Relationship: Kung Fu/Sweet

These two are just cute, and a little sad. Kung Fu is the action girl of the friend group, and Sweet is a gentle, polite girl who Kung Fu feels she has to protect. Unfortunately Sweet gets attacked by futons and trapped in a clock, and then Kung Fu is eaten by a lamp. What might happen in an AU where they survive, or where the house consumes the courses of its meal in a different order? Is there a “wandering through dreamland” element to the nightmare dimension where they’re trapped at the end? Perhaps the body horror from the movie is played straight, and Kung Fu’s head and legs continue to move independently of each other though they share the same mind (agh). Who knows?

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FANDOM: INVADER ZIM

Requested Fanwork Types: Fic -- Not Emphasizing Sexual Content, Fic -- Emphasizing Sexual Content

Requested Horror Types: Institutional Horror, Paranormal Horror, Science-Fiction Horror, Survival Horror

Requested Characters/Pairings: Dib/Zim

Like a good chunk of people in the fandom right now, I had my teenage love for this show revived by last summer’s movie. There’s something irresistible to me about the blend of snappy comedy, unapologetic pessimism, and hints of a more complicated universe that we just barely get to see. For this exchange, I’d be thrilled with a story that retains the lighter elements of canon, as well as something that explores a darker take on things. I haven’t read any of the comics yet, but feel free to include stuff from them if you like.

Relationship: Dib/Zim

Apparently this is my OTP. Yeah, I don’t know either. The enemies to frenemies or lovers dynamic is one of my favorites. I particularly enjoy these two as outcasts who fruitlessly seek validation from indifferent or hostile societies via their rivalry when they’re the ones who really understand each other best. I prefer their relationship to end up a positive thing for both of them, if with some rough territory along the way. Like a good chunk of ZADR fandom, I prefer this ship aged up to late teens or young adults, but feel free to write them canon age as well -- just no underage sex, please.

For each type of horror I’ve requested, here are some ideas I have:

Institutional Horror: The world of Invader Zim is full of unpleasant and draconian institutions -- for example, the Crazy House for Boys, or Dib’s school with its underground classrooms. Irken society itself is one big dystopian horror-fest on pretty much all levels.

Paranormal Horror: The supernatural is another canonical feature of this universe. <3 Does Dib get in over his head investigating strange phenomena? Does he raise the walking dead again, get grounded for it, and have no choice but to stand by helplessly while his zombies overtake the city? Does Zim acquire an unwanted tenant in the form of a ghost, or a mysterious artifact that promises to grant all his wishes? There are so many options.

Science-Fiction Horror: Haunted ships and abandoned research stations, the yawning emptiness of deep space, eldritch monsters beyond the stars... Dib and Zim can encounter all of these and pretend not to be scared out of their wits by them. Also! Killer robots, sentient computer viruses, experiments gone wrong? Anything you like.  

Survival Horror: These two would make great survival horror protagonists on their own, but I also really like the idea of them being thrown in a situation where they have to work together to make it out. I really like the idea of Zim and Dib being pitted against a more serious antagonist or challenge than those they encounter in canon, and of them realizing that, despite the many canonical instances of mutual attempted murder, neither actually wants the other to die. (And then getting out with a new understanding of their importance to each other! Or ending miserably. Either way.)

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FANDOM: THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES

Requested Fanwork Types: Fic -- Not Emphasizing Sexual Content, Fic -- Emphasizing Sexual Content

Requested Horror Types: Cosmic/Lovecraftian Horror, Folk Horror, Institutional Horror, Paranormal Horror, Religious Horror

Requested Characters/Pairings: Gerard Keay, Mary Keay & Gertrude Robinson, Mary Keay/Gertrude Robinson, Trevor Herbert & Julia Montauk, Sasha James/Michael, Martin Blackwood/Peter Lukas

As a rule, I’m not into podcasts. I sat down with the first episode of this series about a month ago and became obsessed within two days. (I am now caught up through Season 5.) I love the unique worldbuilding, and the way the horror feels really genuinely horrifying and modern and immediate even when it’s one of those rad historical episodes, and all the characters, and the plot, and aaaahhhhhhh I love it. I’d just really like to hear more about this universe (and characters), and all the terrible things that can happen in it (and to them).

Character: Gerard Keay

Poor, doomed Gerry Keay. I want to know more about his adventures! Canon divergence, pre-canon, something set nebulously present or post-canon -- I’m here for all of it. I ship him romantically with pretty much every character except his parents, and platonically with every character including his parents; in particular, I like him with Gertrude and Jon. If you’d like some slightly more specific prompts, here are a few:

Trevor and Julia using Gerard as a monster manual, pre-Season 3. Did they ever run into something he couldn’t identify?

AU where Jon keeps his page instead of destroying it.

Working or traveling with Gertrude, trying to relax after a taxing case but getting pulled into another one.

Teenage Gerard chasing Leitners and getting in over his head.

Relationship: Mary Keay & Gertrude Robinson | Mary Keay/Gertrude Robinson

Grouping the platonic and romantic ships together because I like both and am mostly just interested in seeing these two interact more. “Dubiously (a)moral older women on orthogonal sides of a conflict, also one of them semi-kills the other” is, like, a dynamic that could have been tailor-made for me.

Mary Keay is so deeply creepy -- her statement in “First Edition” gave me legitimate shivers. Her quest for power and attempts to control the Entities are really interesting to me, and I enjoy how they contrast with Gertrude’s more utilitarian, less openly self-serving approach. Gertrude, on the other hand… I just fuckin love Gertrude. The frail old lady exterior hiding a ruthless will and a spine of magically reinforced steel -- I swoon. (I should note that I really like stuff that explores the more vulnerable and messy sides of badass / competent characters, especially female characters. If Gertrude locks up her heart and throws away the key, etc., what could make it strain its chains...? Or, uh, something like that.)

Relationship: Trevor Herbert & Julia Montauk

Yes! Obnoxious monster hunters!! I’m intrigued by their intuitive understanding of each other and strong bond despite the age gap and different life experiences. Do the demands of the Hunt ever interfere with their partnership? What sorts of gnarly, gross, twisted, chilling, or darkly funny situations have they gotten into over the course of their travels? I love them as happy monsters in comic, if gruesome, circumstances, but I’d also be down for something exploring the darker or softer sides of their work and relationship.

Relationship: Sasha James/Michael 

I was mad interested by Michael’s introduction in “A Distortion,” and Sasha was so brave with him. I’m a huge sucker for the trope where a supernatural creature protects or helps a weak ordinary human, even if it’s for a price, and for any monster romance along those lines. Perhaps these two have other encounters between their first meeting and Sasha’s murder, or an alternate first meeting? Perhaps Michael rescues her from the Not!Them? Or perhaps, in an AU, Archivist!Sasha has a very different sort of relationship with the Distortion? Or something else...?!

Relationship: Martin Blackwood/Peter Lukas

A later addition, but I couldn’t help myself. I love how amiable and sensible Peter acts even as he’s carrying out dread errands, and I felt for poor Martin dealing with Peter’s weird corporate speak and technology issues. There’s so much potential for comedy, angst, and multi-layered horror with this pairing -- the Lonely is such a strangely seductive concept even as it’s terrifying, and Peter’s relationship to it is very interesting. Peter, himself, is very interesting. Martin, I’m just very fond of, all his courage and scheming and petulance (and codependent tendencies). I’m down for pretty much anything about this pairing.

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FANDOM: TOO MANY COOKS (2014 SHORT)

Requested Fanwork Types: Fic -- Not Emphasizing Sexual Content

Requested Horror Types: Cosmic/Lovecraftian Horror, Killer Horror, Psychological Horror, Survival Horror

Requested Characters/Pairings: Character of Author’s Choice

The “Too Many Cooks” short can be watched for free on YouTube.

I remember watching this when it came out. I watched it again when I saw it in the nominations for this exchange, and yep, STILL CREEPY AS FUCK. ❤︎❤︎❤︎ I love the genre parodies in this short almost as much as the gradually eroding realities / intensifying horror and strangeness. I would love to hear more about this nightmare world and how an individual character might experience it. Really, I’m up for almost anything here. :D