#at least we have this part 792

[ratatatastic]

[inkdrinkerworld]

Could we get a follow up to Dealer!Remus and Shy!reader where we get a glimps into their book date? Absolutely loved what you did with their first interaction ✨

Part one wc: 792

You’ve changed outfits at least three times already and you’re not sure if what you’ve got on now will be your last outfit.

Remus texted you half an hour ago to let you know he was on his way for you with a well worn copy of ‘You’ve Reached Sam’ and directions to a cafe that served the best hot chocolate and sticky buns.

You’re pinning your hair down when there’s a rap at your door. “Fuck,” you mutter as you shove your socked feet into your shoes and grab your book off your vanity before rushing down the stairs.

You take a couple seconds to catch your breath before opening the door.

Remus stands before you in a burnt orange sweater that features a black cat on its back kicking up a purple ball of yarn, and dark brown corduroys.

He’s also got a small bouquet of flowers in his hands- baby breaths, pink roses and a couple peonies.

“Hi,” you hope you don’t sound as awkward as you feel. Sure Remus is nice and he’s possibly the most attractive man you’ve ever laid eyes upon, but it makes him a little more intimidating.

“Hi,” his smile is slow and easily given. “You look lovely.”

He means it too. You’re wearing a red Christmas sweater over a white collared shirt that's got little pink stars on it, a black skirt and ruby red Mary Jane’s with hot pink socks with a star rainbow on the ankle.

In your hands is your prized possession; the last book you’d read that you’d gone home and annotated after you left Remus’ dispensary.

“Thank you,” you motion him inside. “Thank you for the flowers, they’re beautiful.” You manage the words without tripping over them and for that you’re grateful.

Remus hands them over as you fill a vase, watch as you carefully take them out of the cellophane and snip the ends.

“Ready?” You ask as you look up, finding Remus’ gaze laser focused on you. Dear god, you hope your nose isn’t sweating.

“Yeah,” Remus smiles when you pull the door shut behind you, your perfume floats behind you and he gets a good bit of the cappuccino, whipped cream and caramel scent and decides it’s the only thing he wishes to smell for the rest of his life.

“Do you know which hot chocolate you’re getting?”

You bite your lips as Remus opens the passenger side door for you and shake your head.

You deliberate your words carefully, you fight the urge to nibble on the side of your nails- Mary had just painted them a pretty red for the season.

Your voice is soft and a little quiet, but Remus hears you just fine as he buckles himself into the car.

“I usually get a peppermint one, but I like the classic one to form an opinion.”

Remus nods, a smile on his face as he starts the car.

“That’s a good plan, dove.” The pet name slips out like it’s the most normal thing, and Remus doesn’t miss the way you flip the book over in your lap nervously.

“Did you know there was controversy about the story?” You ask quickly, tucking a bit of hair behind your ear as you hazard a glance at Remus.

“I did not. Can you tell me or will it cloud my judgement?” He catches the barest of smiles on your face and wants to keep it there.

“It might, maybe when you’re finished I’ll tell you and you can let me know if you agree with it or not?”

It comes across flirty and it wasn’t your intention but Remus chuckles softly and nods so you don’t rush to take it back.

“I would love that,” he parks and turns to you as he unbuckles his seatbelt. “I have to forewarn you,”

Your breath hitches, your hands gripping the book in your lap as you stare at him with wide eyes.

“The book does make you cry.”

You breathe out harshly, your eyebrows smoothing out as he smiles at you- all mischief and a little bit of teasing.

“You’re mean, Remus.” He chuckles with a tiny shrug.

“C’mon, let’s go get our treats.”

You spend nearly two hours in the cafe, talking with Remus over a sticky bun and a hot chai instead of chocolate because it went better- per Remus’ suggestion.

In turn he’d taken your suggestion of a hot chocolate and a slice of orange cinnamon coffee cake which he loved.

The date was wonderful, Remus got you an extra sticky bun to go and you’d smiled when he kissed your cheek at your doorstep.

You smiled even more when he didn’t drive off till you shut your front door behind you.

[abbacchiosbelt]

New Year

Pairing: Yandere Mahito x GN!Reader

Notes: i wrote this while high and didn't edit it so sorry if it's funky

WC: 792

Notes: Yandere, implied kidnapping, implied death (not of reader), nonconsensual kissing, Mahito being a menace.

“Look what I got you!”

The words that left Mahito’s mouth instantly have you on guard. You warily turn towards your captor, narrowing your eyes at the generic bag that he excitedly shakes in your direction. Anything Mahito gave you was never what it seemed - there were no gifts without strings, nor was anything given to you without purpose. Whether it was to terrify or to sicken or to make you beg for him to stop, there was always a reason.

Mahito ignores your expressions and bounds over to you, dumping the bag out all over the couch cushion next to you. It takes you a moment to register what you’re seeing, your eyes darting between Mahito and the pile on the couch.

Next to you sits a pile of various items, the one thing they had in common being their reason for existence: the celebration of 2024. The new year…? It couldn’t be. It’d… there was no way it had been that long. Mahito kept the time and date from you, but you swore you’d been somewhat accurate in counting the days that had passed. You want to ask him if this is some kind of joke, but no words make it past your scratchy throat.

You look up at him, mouth parted - and the unnaturally large smile that seems to span his entire face answers the words that refuse to pass your lips. Mahito’s hand comes to your face and for one millisecond you think it’s all over before he simply squishes your cheeks together with his fingers.

“Are you so happy you can’t speak?” Mahito presses his fingers into your cheeks upward to push your lips into a crude smile, only stopping when he presses so hard that you whimper. “There you go. If you can’t speak, you can at least give me a smile after I went to the trouble of getting you this stuff.”

Mahito grabs one of the accessories from the pile - a party hat with a generic New Year quote - and places it on your head, adjusting it so that the band under your chin is just so. He grabs a noise maker for himself and startles you by leaning forward to blow it in your face, leaning back to cackle when you jolt away.

“You know, this is one of those human holidays I don’t really get.” Mahito waves the noise maker as he speaks, specks of glitter falling to the floor. “All the humans I took this stuff from seemed to be having fun. Especially the couples.” 

The humans…? Your blood turns ice-cold in an instant. While Mahito rambles, you force yourself to look back at the pile. You hadn’t noticed it before, but there was a faint, metallic smell in the air. It was different than the sickeningly sweet stink of rot that clung to Mahito.

It smelled fresh.

If you looked hard enough in the pile, there’s no doubt that you’d find several things spattered with blood.

Mahito startles you out of your shock when his hands are suddenly on your shoulder, the icy cold chill of his skin biting even through your clothing. “Hey. Are you listening?”

You nod, still unable to speak, but Mahito doesn’t retreat from your space. He presses in forward until his lips nearly rest against yours, and you struggle not to recoil at the scent of iron that clings to his mouth.

“We were supposed to kiss at midnight, but since you don’t know what time it is, now is as good as ever.”

Mahito places his lips against yours, surprisingly chaste, and pulls away. “I forgot to tell you. You’re the only person I’ve kept long enough to see a new year go by with.” He gives you no time to react before he leans in again to capture your lips in a domineering kiss, ignoring your groan of discomfort when he wrenches your mouth open with his inhuman tongue and licks the inside of it. He stops again, pulling back in full this time.

Mahito places his hand on your shoulder like you’d seen him do before to the many humans he’d mutilated and forced you to watch. Paralyzed by fear, feeling ridiculous with the hat on your head that had most definitely belonged to a now-dead person, you finally manage to squeak out a plea for mercy. “Mahito, please don’t hurt me!”

“Calm down, cutie. I just wanted to wish you a proper new year for our first time together.” 

Mahito lifts the noise maker he’d shoved in his pocket to his lips and blows it hard, giggling like a child when he pulls it away from his mouth.

“Happy New Year! And if you’re lucky, you’ll be here next year too~”

[smicksstuff]

lets go racing in Jeddah! its the second race of the season and it is packed with twice the amount of drama you could have expected! drama unfolds, trophies passed around like hot potato and secrets spilled like red wine on a white dress. what has yn gotten herself into ? is all this worth it ?

read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 here

The PitBox Crew Series

Land of Pizza and Pasta

(f1drivers x yngasly)

a/n: sorry for the google translate french and italian. please note this is a work of fiction.

20 March 2023

yngasly

Jeddah

liked by lancestroll, estebanocon and 982, 792 others

yngasly i guess everyone is an aston martin now ?

view 791 comments

fernandoalo_official Vamos Yn !! 💪🏼

yngasly congratulations on P3 !

fernandoalo_official are you sure?

yngasly congrats to george then ?

yngasly someone help this is more confusing then trigonometry 😫

sharl she is so real for this

pierregasly what is with the memes

yngasly arent they cute !! i love Pear Gasly, gonna be your new contact now 😎

pierregasly no why?!

yngasly why not?

pierregasly at least its better than the current one

pedrogaseoso pls tell us what the current one is !! i need to know !!!

yngasly hint: its his spanish name 😉

pedrogaseoso NO WAY !!! MY USERNAME??! i have made it 😍

formulauno can someone tell me where to sign up to be yn’s friend ?

yngaslyfans SAME !!! drop the signups here 😃

charles_leclerc why am i a red flag ?

yngasly gee i dont know charles, maybe the fact that all my dates ditch me the second they find out i know you ? 😤

charles_leclerc well they weren’t good enough anyways 🤷🏻‍♂️

sharl where can i get a bestie like this ?

lancestroll green is definitely a good colour on you!

liked by yngasly and 67 others

lancelot ummm 👀 je suis pardon ? (translation: im sorry?)

f1fandom not another colour debate 😂

-

20 March 2023

charles_leclerc added to their story

-

24 March 2023

yukitsunoda0511 added to their story

-

26 March 2023

yngasly

Italy

liked by isahernaez, lilymhe, katerinaberezhna and 799, 793 others

yngasly Mi è mancato questo posto! Bello essere tornato ❤️ (translation: i have missed this place! great to be back ! )

view 799 comments

isahernaez come to spain next !! i miss you 😫❤️

yngasly buying my plane ticket to spain after the race!!

carlossainz55 you dont miss me this much 😧

isahernaez i see you too much 🫢

carlossainz55 WOW

isahernaez come on i only see her at races or during breaks ☹️

carlossainz55 fine 😕

isahernaez im planning our date as we speak !! keep a whole day free babes 😘

yngasly you can have the whole week 😉

ybfusername GOD I MISSED YOU SO MUCH !! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

yngasly ME TOO !! 😭😭😭 you need to come to UK next

ybfusername planning my trip to UK rn

landonorris if you need a tour guide, you know who is the best ! 😎

yngasly thanks lando for the offer! @maxfewtrell when are you free ?

landino oh no she did not 😧

maxfewtrell anytime mate! text me and ill bring my chauffeur too 👍🏼 (hint: he drives a mclaren)

quadrantmania not max joining in too

yngasly sounds like a plan 👍🏼

landonorris lando has left the chat

lilymhe im obessed with your outfits babe!! we need to go shopping together soon!!

yngasly awww thanks lils!! i learnt from the queen herself 😉 a shopping date is a need !!

alexalbonfans yn calling lily “lils” my heart 🥹❤️

charles_leclerc 10/10 for the maranello tour

yngasly how are you so sure

charles_leclerc what is your rating then ?

yngasly tour is a 10 but the the tour guide……

carlossainz55 i was so much better

charles_leclerc not trueee

yngasly he made me coffee !!! thats like +10 points

charles_leclerc 😧

yngaslyfans OMG this comment section is getting me pumped for the rest of the season!! cant wait for all the potential dates yn has !! im so excited!!!

emmainmilan this is just a phase. you dont even know the real yn! if you knew her, you would make sure these people dont mix around with her.

yngaslyfans no one asked mate

emmainmilan its just a friendly heads up. i know the real yn, to her this is just a game. when she has got what she wants she will bring them down instantly.

emmainmilan i was one of her closest friends and let me just say she is a real piece of work.

username7 pls i agree, i heard from a friend that yn is such a brat! im amazed her family took her back after all she did

user6 spill what happened

emmainmilan when she moved with her family to italy, it was all great until the passing of AH. she became a wrecking ball after that, she partied all night, skipped school, and did all sorts of nonsense. pierre and her got into many fights and it got to a point they didn’t talk anymore! she would come home black out drunk and she got into many fights in public too. her family kicked her out and she ended up staying with me. after that she dropped out of school and lived off the money in her trust fund.

user6 WTF i can’t believe i looked up to her

emmainmilan it gets worst, one night she got so drunk she got into a fight with a stranger and ended up in the police station, her parents were called and they had to bail her out ! thats the first time they heard from her since she left their family house 1 year before that. man she begged her mum and dad to take her back. and i honestly can’t believe how her mother took her back.

user5 if that was my daughter, i would have left her to rot in the cell. she deserves it.

emmainmilan same! after her parents took her back, she dropped me like a fly and never looked back! honestly she thinks that she can just forget all this but hell nah im not going to allow that.

yngaslyfans PLS STOP! this isnt your story to share ! its hers!

emmainmilan pls i suggest you find a better person to be a fan of, yn gasly is just an entitled brat!!

yngaslyfc Hey Yn!! if you read this, please know that we still love you so much!! and if this is all true, we are proud that you got better !! dont let these nobodies bring you down❤️❤️❤️

liked by yngaslyfans and 69 others

username8 what a suck up!! she doesn’t deserve it

-

26 March 2023

charles_leclerc

Maranello

liked by yngasly, carlossainz55 and 1, 893, 727 others

charles_leclerc Maranello Tour ‘23 🏎️

yngasly thanks for the tour! got to admit i really liked it 😍

charles_leclerc happy to hear that! what was the best thing ?

yngasly well carlos was amazing and i really liked the coffee and merch! im ready for australia now 😃

charles_leclerc and me ?

yngasly you could learn how to make coffee ?

carlossainz55 give it up charles, she is a chilli fan 🌶️

charles_leclerc 😞☹️

yngasly omg i love both ferrari drivers equally !

sharl when will it be me !!!!!

f1fans charles and carlos need a better friend to be honest. just stick with pierre.

liked by 3789 others

scuderiaferrari thank you for visiting us Yn !! Come back soon! We love hanging out with you ❤️

yngasly Thank you @scuderiaferrari definitely loved hanging with you too ❤️

alpinef1team stop stealing our Yn ✋🏼

yngasly no need to fight, @alpinef1team you will always have me 😉

comments have been limited

-

27 March 2023

yngasly posted on their story

-

27 March 2023

carlossainz55 have posted on their story

-

taglist: @fangirlika @threedalla @sticksdoesart @ophcelia @gothicwidowsworld @nmw-am @h0e-xoxo @inthestars-underthesun @tyna-19 @champomiel @pitconfirmbutton @clcspeonies @67-angelofthelordme-67

credits: all pictures are found from pinterest and instagram

a/n: thank you for reading this far !! If you have any suggestions send them to me!! I would love to hear them ◡̈

if you would like to be tagged when new parts are released, drop your usernames in the comments!! 😁

[lunarcovehq]

CAMPFIRE RETREAT - RECAP

Camptown ladies sing this song doodah doodah Ah the Camptown race track's five miles long oh doo-dah day

Good morning campers! We hope you all had a great weekend. The event is now officially over and we will return to our regularly scheduled programming, but before we do...

ANNOUNCEMENTS

This is the last plot drop for our Summer event. A recap of the discord party is below.

With this plot drop, the event is over. You can return to your regularly scheduled starters and threads. Feel free to have your characters react to any of the events that occurred above or below.

Given that we have so many fun event related starters, we're not going to reset the starter rule at this time, though we will be having regularly scheduled acceptance come Wednesday.

We will also be having a Council Meeting in the weeks to come, though we are planning to change up the format for how those meetings will work moving forward so please keep an eye out, leaders, for that.

Last by not least, we hope you have fun!

RECAP

LEADING UP TO THE DISCORD PARTY:

Amrita had the most points out of any character with 508.

As for the events leading up to the camping weekend that determine points, for the trust falls, you had the opportunity to win up to 57 points at the time (1 per each character in the RP at the time when the trust falls happened).

The only character not caught during the trust falls was Elena (who fell into a pile of tripped wolves trying to catch her).

For the Field Days (including Capture the Flag) the witches walked away with the most points, vampires were in second, CONs were in third, werewolves in forth and fae (who should have been in third or fourth) had the most points docked from them losing a total of 44 points from- Aiyla (1 point down per fae given that Aiyla’s throw could have been an accident in the midst of the heat of the game), Rangi (the other 43 points from choosing violence as not part of the game in retaliation to an activity) & Suresh (only Suresh lost points for being disqualified given that Team Cove did not win but he lost half of his points losing another 44).

Dilan also lost points at the Werewolf BBQ for pushing Aiyla twice.

Then we gave everyone points for the free days (same amount across the board) and points if you completed your pairing threads. You received points if you participated in the talent show and additional points correlating to the number of votes you received for your talent.

Amrita & Bri won the Talent Show with Efe coming in second

DURING THE DISCORD PARTY:

The campers teamed up into the following pairings:

Team Lunar Cove Fire Department: Efe & Julian - 892 points

Amrita & Tommy (Team Bite & Bark) - 870 points

Team The Final Boys: Altan & Todd - 849 points

Team Flower Power: Briar & Poppy - 845 points

Team Snap, Crackle, Pop: Kitty, Suresh & Gia - 840 points

Noel & Frankie (Team Sexy Back) - 799 points

Team Les Amis: Aiyla & Royce - 796 points

Team Sense & Sensibility: Ben & Bri - 792 points

Team Moon Prism Power: Aspen & Daphne - 739 points

Team Witch & Wolf: Nate & Cece - 725 points

Team True North: Jonah & Rohan - 711 points

Team Spring Spirits: Skye & Rae - 707 points

The Meena & JC Team: Meena & JC - 692 points

Team Twilight (aka Jakeward): Ronnie & Elif - 691 points

Team Flip & Sip: Elena & Wendy - 671 points

Team Midnight Rain: Nyra & Safiye - 685 points

Team Vigilantes Aaliyah & Dilan- 664 points

Team Big and Lil Spoon: Jake & Song - 650 points

Team Formaldehyde: Ralph & Rangi - 623 points

Team Neverland: Ken & Leyla - 622 points

Aysun & Scott (TBD team name as the players couldn't make the discord party) - 622 points

Team Hercules You Mean Hunkules & Meg: Nico & Jas - 619 points

Team Meddling Kids: Jo & Eren - 592 points

Team Moose: Kui & Remmy - 576 points

Team B Squared: Billie & Bexley - 567 points

The teams all attempted to compete for sleeping arrangements, searching for flags hidden all over the campsite and trying to steal flags from each other.

Some highlights from the event include:

Rangi & Dilan getting into a fight to which Dilan pulled out a knife that was confiscated from Meena who handed it off to Aiyla

Aaliyah then had to pick Dilan up to prevent the fae from continuing to go at it

Team Moose (Kui & Remmy) failed to procure flag #5 and in turn, Moose slipped and fell into the riverbank when trying to find the flag. Remmy & Kui had to go in to save them.

Team Lil & Big Spoon (Song & Jake) were chased through the woods by a Mamma Deer when they tried to take the flag from the baby deer's mouth

Team Vigilantes (Dilan & Aaliyah) slipped and fell into mud, sliding all the way back to camp trying to procure their flag

Team Midnight Rain (Nyra & Safiye) tried to get the flag in the mud as well and also slipped and fell into the mud, sliding all the way back to camp

The Meena & JC Team tried to get a flag from a baby bird, only for the bird to peck at their hand.

The Spring Spirits (Rae & Skye) tried to get a flag out under a heavy rock. They were able to lift it a tad before it slammed down on the flag and they were unable to procure it.

Team B Squared (Bille & Bexley) got attacked by a bunny trying to take the flag it was laying on.

Team Witch & Wolf (Nate & Cece) went looking for a flag hidden in a wolf hiding spot, only Nate couldn't remember where the clothing hiding spot was.

Team Hercules You Mean Hunkules & Meg: went looking for the mud flag, only to come sliding back all muddy.

THE SLEEPING ARRANGEMENTS:

Team Lunar Cove Fire Department: Efe & Julian - 892 points

For stealing the flag hanging like an ornament from a nearby pine tree (found by Altan & Todd), drum roll please... now you get a chance to be a tree ornament! You have won a hanging tent with one rather thin blanket to share inside. You do not have to set up this tent yourself. Lucky for you, it is already installed. Though there is no ladder up to the tent and the door is precariously on it's side, so have fun climbing?

Amrita & Tommy (Team Bite & Bark) - 870 points

They won a luxury tent! If you came to glamp, now is your chance. This tent may only be made up of two rooms, but it has a couch! A COUCH! And a bed! A real one. You're practically all set up to move into the woods if you so choose.

Team The Final Boys: Altan & Todd - 849 points

For taking the flag from an annoyed raccoon who is hungry for food, you have won drum roll please... the jungle gym of any kid's dreams! This jungle gym comes equipped with multiple hammocks for you and your teammate. You can have one each and then have hammocks to put all of your belongings. There is also a colorful play mat/gymnastics mat beneath you and a lawn chair to lounge in.

Team Flower Power: Briar & Poppy - 845 points

You didn't crawl in the mud to find your flag for nothing. You've won drum roll please... the pièce de résistance, the luxury camper of luxury campers! The RV of all RV's. You will spend the next two nights living it large with a swanky two decker RV. You each get your own bedrooms with king sized beds, egyptian cotton sheets, pillows, you name it. There are living rooms, kitchen space etc. Anything you think an RV may have? This one does. It also has a roof to lounge out on to watch the stars and it comes with its very own hot tub. You heard us right - a hot tub!

Team Snap, Crackle, Pop: Kitty, Suresh & Gia - 840 points

For stealing the flag hidden in a cave in the small mountain range bordering the town that was at risk of caving in (that was found by Nico & Jas), you've won drum roll please... a camper! You get your very own RV to glamp in. The RV has beds for the both of you as well as a king bedroom in the back, a bathroom, a kitchen, a living room space and is all fully equipped. You also have two lawn chairs and your very own personal fire pit.

Noel & Frankie (Team Sexy Back) - 799 points

They won a luxury three room tent! When you walk in the tent you will find a stocked mini fridge and two lawn chairs to lounge around in with a blue tooth speaker for your phone. While both rooms come with air mattresses, blankets and pillows for a good night sleep.

Team Les Amis: Aiyla & Royce - 796 points

For stealing the flag buried somewhere along the river bank (that was found by Ken & Leyla), you have won drum roll please... a glamping tent! This tent not only has a luxurious bed and pillows and blankets, you also have a full meal prepared, catered in to your taste buds as well as an electric tea kettle, research desk etc.

Team Sense & Sensibility: Ben & Bri - 792 points

For stealing the flag located on a small mound on the other side of the river (found by Ken & Leyla), you have won drum roll please... the most pastel pink, glamorous tent with florals framing the entrance, blankets, pillows, poofs, you name it - it is definitely a tent you'd want to lounge in.

Team Moon Prism Power: Aspen & Daphne - 739 points

For stealing the flag that Kui & Remmy found tucked away in a prickly bush, you have won drum roll please... a changing tent! These tents are all the rage with social media influencers who need to make a quick change in public. Though, the tent is vertical with not much room to stand. Have fun sharing it with two. But, you do get a picnic blanket to share too for the aesthetic of it.

Team Witch & Wolf: Nate & Cece - 725 points

For finding the flag tucked away in a nook of a tree (werewolves may on occasion use this nook as a storage spot for their clothes), you have won drum roll please... a blanket fort! This blanket fort comes equipped with plush pillows, turkish rug, plenty of blankets and privacy while also have a good view of the sky given how your ceiling is made of blankets and scarfs tied together.

Team True North: Jonah & Rohan - 711 points

For stealing the flag hanging from a low hanging branch a half a mile out from the campsite (found by Jo & Eren), you have won drum roll please... a hammock of some people's dreams and other people's nightmares (let's just hope you're not afraid of heights). You do not have to set up this hammock yourself! The net hammock is already set up, high up overhead amongst the trees, but the only way to get to it is to climb and once you are up there, the net is see-through, so try your best not too look down and maybe avoid bringing small objects that can fall through up there with you? You do get four pillows for you and your partner though so yay for that!

Team Spring Spirits: Skye & Rae - 707 points

For finding the flag tucked under a heavy rock somewhere in the woods, you have won drum roll please... a two person tent! This tent comes equipped with a mosquito neck, a rain protectant cover, sleepings bags, pillows, a cooler and a cheese platter (don't worry, the cheese has been kept cool this whole time).

The Meena & JC Team: Meena & JC - 692 points

For finding the flag for this location is in a tree with a bee's nest dangling above it, drum roll please... you have won a hammock! Just one hammock that you will have to set up yourself, but hey, hopefully you and your partner enjoy snuggling?

Team Twilight (aka Jakeward): Ronnie & Elif - 691 points

For finding the flag hidden at the bottom of the river, you have won drum roll please... a giant, multiple room turtled shaped luxury tent! This tent has so many rooms, you won't know what to do with them all. One of the rooms even comes with a ball pit. There are bedrooms for the both of you, lounge rooms, a blow up couch, a mini fridge - it is safe to say, it is fully decked out.

Team Flip & Sip: Elena & Wendy - 671 points

For finding the flag somewhere in the woods up in a tree, you have won Drum roll please... a luxury bubble! You heard me right, a luxury bubble. Brought to you by Bubbl. the restaurant, this bubble is completely indoors. It is essentially a cabin with a queen sized bed, luxury mattress, pillows, sheets, lights, chairs etc. It even comes with a telescope. It is perfect for star gazing! The only catch- while you can see everyone else, they can see you as well.

Team Midnight Rain: Nyra & Safiye - 685 points

From stealing the flag from a bird who had claimed it as their own, you have won drum roll please... a glamorous two person tent! This tent has enough room for both you and your partner. It also comes equipped with twinkly lights, candles, so many fluffy pillows you won't know what to do with and blankets! The tent even has a rain protectant cover. What more could you ask for?

Team Vigilantes Aaliyah & Dilan- 664 points

For stealing the flag located around the bottom of the small mountain range bordering the town (found by Billie & Bex), you have won drum roll please*... a party blow up bubble tent! This tent looks straight out of something from a Space movie and you will feel like you're in another world when you're in it! Enter the entrance hallways where you can leave your stuff before making your way to the main bedroom where there is a king sized bed with pillows and blankets and a surround sound system. Jam out to your favorite tunes and relax in comfort. Let's just hope you brought sleep masks, since unfortunately, when the team was setting up the tent for you, the buttons for the lights broke and are now permanent set on. As you sleep the entire tent will change colors from bright blues to neon purples to pinks etc. But, some people would love to sleep in a rave tent, wouldn't they?

Team Big and Lil Spoon: Jake & Song - 650 points

For stealing the flag that is hanging from the flag poll in the center of the square (found by Billie & Bex) you have won drum roll please... Two sleeping bags! That is it. Just two sleeping bags. But, hey at least the outside is waterproof right? Or at least water repellent?

Team Formaldehyde: Ralph & Rangi - 623 points

For acquiring the flag that was floating in a tiny raft long the river, you have won drum roll please... an air mattress with pillows and sheets! The only catch - someone when you were collecting your flag, moved your sleeping arrangement. It is not in the river too! Guess it's time to live out your very own Parent Trap, Meredith Blake moment, and go save it.

Team Neverland: Ken & Leyla - 622 points

For stealing the flag in the rasberry bush (found by Billie & Bex), you have not only won a snack for later, drum roll please... you've won the hammock of kings! It is still only one hammock and you do have to share it with your partner, but it is preset up and comes with pillows and blankets. There are lights overhead that you can turn on and off. Stargaze in a set up that is straight out of the movie Tarzan.

Aysun & Scott (TBD team name as the players couldn't make the discord party) - 622 points

They won a hanging tent that looks like its straight from animal crossing! Have fun in your own hanging bubble. It comes with blankets and pillows, multiple zippered windows and doors, though there is no ladder to get to it, so you'll have to figure out your way to get yourselves up in your tree tent and down.

Team Hercules You Mean Hunkules & Meg: Nico & Jas - 619 points

For stealing the flag hanging from a low hanging branch of a small tree with poison ivy lays beneath it (found by Billie & Bex), you have won drum roll please... a canopy tent. Perfect for tailgating! Only you're not tailgating are you? Instead you're camping... out in the wilderness... for two nights straight. At least it comes equipped with two lawn chairs and a table! But no aloe or ointment so hopefully you didn't end up with poison ivy... (the RV depicted in the background of this image is not included in this sleeping arrangement. That is sleeping arrangement someone else can win, while your canopy tent will be set up in view of them where you can watch in jealously and, yes, you do still need to set up the canopy tent yourself.)

Team Meddling Kids: Jo & Eren - 592 points

For finding the flag that had been nabbed by a baby deer whose mother wasn't too far behind, you have won drum roll please... one bivy sack! Don't know what a bivy sack is? Have no fear. A bivy sack is a one person sleeping bag esque tent. It will protect you from all of the elements. Though, you do have to share it with your partner, so you'll have to decide if you're going to squeeze in real close or if one person gets the bivy sack, while the other gets left out in the cold.

Team Moose: Kui & Remmy - 576 points

Congrats! You chose the easy way out (choosing the flag sitting in the center of the clearing out in the open for anyone to take) and, in doing so, you have won, drum roll please nothing! That is right, your sleeping arrangement is mother nature at it's finest. You have no sleeping bag. You have no tent. You must sleep in the clearing in the grass and the dirt.

Team B Squared: Billie & Bexley - 567 points

For finding the flag that an adorable bunny has made its new bed, you win drum roll please... a standard single person tent! There are no bells or whistles, though this tent does come with a rain cover in case and you both get a pillow and a thin blanket to sleep with even if the tent is only made for one person to sleep in.

[the-hem]

1 Samuel 30, Part 4. "The Two Hundred Men."

21 Then David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him and who were left behind at the Besor Valley "the place of flesh, of good tidings". They came out to meet David and the men with him. As David and his men approached, he asked them how they were. 

22The share of the man who stayed with the supplies is to be the same as that of him who went down to the battle. All will share alike.” 

23 David replied, “No, my brothers, you must not do that with what the Lord has given us. He has protected us and delivered into our hands the raiding party that came against us. 

24 Who will listen to what you say? The share of the man who stayed with the supplies is to be the same as that of him who went down to the battle. All will share alike.” 

25 David made this a statute and ordinance for Israel from that day to this.

The 200 Exhausted Men are Rabbis. They don't wage the war for us, nor are they supposed to be cheerleaders, they reside in the Synagogue and in their own lives and predicaments. They are present to teach, administer the sacrifices and provide legal advice, but as for their evidence, that is up to us.

Israelites are expected to run the government, the municality, the business, the family, the boyfriend or girlfriend thing, any kind of relationship that matches the expectations of the world's Rabbis without expecting his attachment to all the drama.

They don't have to get high with you and come down to know how troubled you are, or experience your divorce to know it will take a long time to recover. Rabbis were sent by God to do more than help us endure they were sent and molded by God to make the world seem holy, not less homely.

The Melachim states the troubles, AKA the Raiding Parties, 792, za'ab, are delivered by the congregation to the Temple, but once the sacrifices are performed, they are not supposed to go back out into the world.

"The share of the man who stayed with the supplies is to be the same as that of him who went down to the battle. All will share alike.” 

=9364, ט‎גו‎ד, "God."

All our shares in God depend on what happens when we encounter the Rabbi. In v. 21, 132-2-0, אג‎בבאֶפֶס, say "Incidentally, I'm sorry, by the way."

This portion of 1 Samuel specifically deals with ‎‎the problems associated with the pursuit of ziklag, a sparkling metal boy, by David, the King of Beauty.

There are wrong and right ways, a discussion worth having ahead of time, which is the objective of the "ordinance" mentioned in verse 25, =3317, גג‎‎אז‎, geez, "the river of freedom".

"The verb גיח (giah), or גוח (gwh), means to burst forth. It's applied to rivers and human births. Human collectives such as families and tribes are in the Bible often symbolized as mountains. Hence births signify valleys and are associated with rivers.

Verb גיא (gy') isn't used in the Bible and its meaning is subsequently unknown. The derived noun גיא (gai'), however, means valley and is used frequently. There are at least seven named valleys mentioned in the Old Testament.

The observation is "every valley shall be exalted and every mountain made low" ties into the principle of rebirth, via which is peopled a world in which every individual is king and high priest and utterly free."

The desire to be free is especially known in the desire to experience sex in the right way- the right amount, the right equivalence, to delve into the right secrets of it, to constitute onself with a sort of mirage that is the dark shimmer of sex itself.

To perform this one must break away from the mechanisms of society with all of its allowable erotic zones and find one's own, to have it, articulate it, to exert one's charm with it, find an intelligible version of oneself, and invest life with it.

To do so is not immoral or to incur sin. Instead it affirms the rights of all human beings to reveal the Law, its power, and fasten onself firmly to the sacred. To sacrifice all injunctions against this one's first step out of the Valley of Death into a real life that is as holy as God intended.

[hyuganejiswife]

Bother | Shino Aburame X GNReader

Masterlist

| REQUESTED, being fed up with Ino, unedited

| "Hey, sorry to bother you." "You're not bothering me! Why would you think that?"

Word Count: 792

“Hey, sorry to bother you.”

You look up with wide eyes from the garden bed. You quickly shake your head upon seeing who it is and smile reassuringly at him. "You're not bothering me! Why would you think that?"

You sit back on your heels, pulling your hands out of the dirt and brushing your hands off rather unceremoniously on your pants.

He doesn’t look as if he believes you, taking in your slightly startled expression as annoyance. He’d been sent to gather some herbs and simply hands you the list Ino had passed him. “I seem to bother everyone else…” He clears his throat and nods to the list in your hand now, “I can help, I just… I’m unfamiliar with two of those herbs there.”

Your heart aches at his answer but with his change of subject, you don’t really have time to think or react to what he’s said. You glance at the list, only for your face to contort in confusion.

“What?”

“These two don’t exist… At least now in our region. We can’t even recreate the climate here that they need to grow. That’s how fickle they are.” You look up at him, expecting him to be indifferent only to see that he was rather annoyed.

“Oh now I see why she sent me here.” It was like a lightbulb had just gone off in his head. The real reason Ino had been asking specifically him to hand everything the last few weeks. She’s made excuses that Shikamaru refused, which he probably had, and that Choji would taste test everything, which he probably would.

He couldn’t blame her for asking someone else, but he now realizes the real reason to choose him had a lot to do with his crush on you. On someone he didn’t get along with at first because you’d threatened to spray pesticides in the greenhouse if you caught anymore of his bugs munching on your precious flowers. But over time, he grew more fond of you and you of him and his bugs.

“Huh?”

“Ino. She sent me on purpose this time. She has to have the knowledge that you wouldn’t have these two.” He runs a hand over his face before taking the list back from you, turning to leave the greenhouse without another word.

The next time you see him is days later. You’re tending to one of the hanging plants in the back of the greenhouse when you hear his footsteps on the gravel behind you. You sigh, expecting to see anyone else but him after he’d stormed off. “Oh, Shino!”

“Sorry to bother you.”

“You’re not a bother. I really wish you’d stop calling yourself that.” You glance at the folded up strip of paper in his hand. “Let me guess. Another wild goose hunt from Ino?” You smile and hold a hand out for the paper, expecting him to hand it over. When he doesn’t, you tilt your head confused. “What’s wrong?”

“I couldn’t… I know I wouldn’t be able to find the words to explain this to you. So I wrote it down, but Ino said my handwriting was too sloppy so she rewrote it for me. I’m not good with words, I hope you understand. But I want you to wait to read this. Wait until I’m gone. I’ll be back in two weeks from my mission and I hope to have a positive reaction from you.”

He hands the note over and leaves without a word. You’re stunned. He never usually talks that much during a visit. Then again, that’s not where your focus should be. It should be on the note in your hand.

Just like he asked, you don’t open the note until he’s left the Village. You sit on a dirtied bench in the greenhouse, unfolding the piece of paper and gasping as you read the confession from the man.

On the day the man was set to return, you’re waiting at the gates, pacing back and forth for the most part, awaiting his arrival back home to the village. You’d taken the day off from the greenhouse, opting to dress nice for the man despite the fact that he’d probably be in a less than favorable condition, smelly and covered in grime.

In his letter, he’d asked you to wait at the gates on the designated date and time he would return if you felt the same way about him that he felt about you. So when he sees you standing there, bickering quietly with Naruto who’d attempted to get into the basket of treats you prepared for Shino twice now, he can’t help the smile that forms on his face. The first of many during his time with you.

[aftgficrec]

hello! can you please recommend some vulnerable andrew in front of neil / the foxes / wymack abby or bee? in a good or bad way is okay. maybe something like “trust fall and welcoming arms” or “promises at sundown”? also i was looking for a fic, it was called “our own thing” but i don’t remember the writer :/ similar fics with andrew dealing with depression and neil looking after him please! thank you <3

Hello, hello! We’ve got djhedy’s “our own thing” for you below, plus many more fics where Andrew through want or circumstance sets aside his mask of impassivity. The previous recs are loaded with mental and emotional stress-induced vulnerability, and you may also like our coming out tag. -A

referenced in the ask:

Andrew struggling with his sexuality here (includes ‘Trust Fall…’)

Neil helps Andrew overcome insecurity here (includes ‘Promises at Sundown’)

previous recs:

Andrew bad day comforted by Neil/Foxes here 

the aftermath of Drake/Andrew-centric hurt/comfort here

Foxes revise opinion of Andrew here

short angsty Andrew with ptsd here

Andrew pov long distance here

separation anxiety here and here

Andrew’s trust in Wymack here

fics like 'only you' here

also see:

‘The Aftermath’ here

‘Unyielding’ here

‘an echo haunts.’ here

‘Blossom Willow, Grow Your Leaves’ here

‘does the dog die at the end?’ here (completed)

‘someone to stay’ here

‘Who You Were Before’ here

‘I’ll Be Your Angel’ here

‘overturn the violence’ here

‘when i'm falling (i'm at peace)’ here

‘A Little Unwell’ here

‘everything good or bad ends,’ ‘running after something that you’ll never kill,’ and ‘Neil caring for bipolar Andrew’ here

‘The Massive Continuity of Ducks’ here

‘Can we can pretend like we're (not) in love?’ here

‘Surreal But Nice’ here

‘The Drop of Doom’ here

‘Shut Up and Dance (With Me)’ here

‘i remember fields of flowers,’ ‘Call It Off,’ ‘Some Ghosts Don't Stay Dead,’ and ‘at least we were electrified’ here

‘The Art Of Speaking In Flower’ here

‘The Missed Connections Support Group,’ and ‘I Never Said I Loved You’ here

‘Red Rabbits Universe’ series here and here

our own thing by djhedy [Rated G, 5643 Words, Complete, 2019]

Andrew is buried under the covers, having an argument with himself.

-

or, Neil is coming home for christmas, and this year they decide to do things a little differently.

tw: depression

Quick and Dirty series by Lyndis [Rated G/T/E, Collection, Updated March 2022]

Part 3: Not today - Fanfiction of Small Talk [T, 792 Words]

Andrew has a bad day and Neil tries to negotiate for him a pause of the ongoing bet.

tw: violence

NB: inspired by ‘Small Talk,’ recced here

Part 15: Respect [G, 864 Words]

A world where Andrew tries to hide his problems and takes others opinions to serious.

Basically... Neil is a regular hookup and shows Andrew that he is worth being treated like a normal human being.

NB: inspired by this comic by @emry-stars-art

Never been so high before by CamilleDuDemon [Rated T, 4961 Words, Complete, 2021]

In which Andrew lets Kevin drive and, basically, shows him he is trying.

would it be enough (if i could never give you peace) by choerryonce [Rated T, ​​3296 Words, Complete, 2021]

"It’s a foreign concept that he’s still not used to yet. Home.

Andrew wraps his arms around Neil’s neck and trails fingers lazily across his back. Every touch of his hands onto Neil makes him feel energized, and he wants more. Andrew pulls Neil closer into him, never breaking the kiss, while pressing their bodies flush to each other, head to toe, perfectly aligned. He can feel Neil smile into his lips, and it pains him to admit that he returns the gesture with a small smile of his own."

or -

andrew has a nightmare and neil spends the day with him. it's just what he needs to be able to breathe again.

tw: nightmares

A touch that grows softer by Here_we_go [Rated G, 1436 Words, Complete, 2017]

Experience has always been the best teacher. Andrew is learning that it will not always teach him to be wary.

tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: implied/referenced nonconsensual drug use

Common Misconceptions by orphan account [Rated T, 4306 Words, Complete, 2020)

There is a common misconception about Andrew Minyard. It's that he can't feel.

If you look closely enough, you couldn't be more wrong.

tw: implied/referenced self harm, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: implied/referenced csa

together by badacts [Rated T, Collection, Complete, 2017, Locked]

Chapter 15: Relapse [1605 Words, Locked]

For the prompt: 'a lot of people write about neil being worried about andrew leaving him, but what about andrew being worried that neil will leave since neil's a runner right?'

tw: depression

Fold me in your palms by Vonn_13 [Not Rated (we say T), 4192 words, Complete 2021]

Rehab was a joke going from the way Andrew was stuck in bed. Gone was the medicated smile, but he still felt off. Then again when hadn't he felt off?

He could hear Nicky anxiously pacing, debating on how to help him. He could feel Aaron's stare burning into the side of his head. He could imagine Bee, gently pulling him out of his head and failing.

It was alright, he had been through this before.

He could out last it again.

One-shot about Andrew dealing with the last of the side effects of his medication and depression.

tw: depression, tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: implied/referenced self harm, tw: ptsd

A Study In--(andriel oneshots) series by snapdragonpop007 [Rated G, Collection, 4 Complete Works, Last Updated 2020]

Part 1: A Study in Sleep and Touch [655 Words]

Andrew’s heart pounded and swelled and his lungs felt so god damn tight.

“I hate you.” Andrew said, because he didn’t know how else to say everything he was feeling. “I hate you so much.”

“I know.” Neil smiled and pressed another kiss to Andrew’s temple.

Part 2: A Study In Touch and Leaving [688 Words]

Neil noticed a lot of things about Andrew.

And lately, he noticed that Andrew was touching him a lot more.

tw: anxiety

Part 3: A Study in Color and Touch [647 Words]

Andrew’s favorite color is in Neil’s furiosity, in his gentleness, in his quiet voice and quick temperament, in the way he makes Andrew’s heart flutter with the things he does.

Andrew’s favorite color is orange, because it’s home.

Part 4: A Study in Singing and Touch [649 Words]

Neil sang because he liked to, but mostly he sang because of nights like this.

Some nights were good. Some nights were like this, where Andrew was thrown into memories that Neil had to pull him out of.

Art

touch doesn’t come easy for people like you and me art by @wiltkingart

andrew and neil art by @strawberryclearboquet

a doodle and home art by @rhyva

Andreil hug art by kesha.akril on instagram

[tatsueigo]

Let's build a snowman!

Title: Let's build a snowman!

Theme: Day four - snowman

Fandom/Character(s): All Elite Wrestling / Wheeler Yuta, Daniel Garcia

Warnings (if applicable): //

Word Count: 792

NdA: @zsjaywhite

~ Uncle Eddie! Remember that we wait for you, Ortiz and Ruby at three pm today! See you later! ~

Yuta loved to call him uncle and Eddie never complained. The older man had accepted to go to the Blackpool Combat Club house only because he was able to bring Ortiz with him. Even out of kayfabe he couldn't stand Claudio and Bryan, to be honest.

Yuta left his mobile phone on the nightstand and looked around the room: since Daniel Garcia was with them for the weekend, the young boy was sleeping in his room with the ROH Pure Champion.

Yuta looked at Danny who was still sleeping soundly and then out of the window. It's not snowing anymore, but there was enough snow to create many snowmen. Yuta loved winter, he loves to do angels in the snow, he loved to create snowmen, he loved to sit around the fireplace and drink hot tea or hot chocolate.

He looked down at Danny's peaceful face, with a hand he slowly caressed the back of his head, not trying to wake him up. It's rare that they get to spend some time together like that and for the challenge Yuta absolutely wanted to pair with him. It didn't matter to him how the other teams would be formed, he was sure they could win.

A low groan escaped Daniel's lips as he shifted a bit, to find more heat due to Yuta's body. Still, he went on sleeping and Yuta let him, just because it was early. The two boys didn't get itmuch time to spend together like that, being in different stables meant having different schedules and finding days to stay together was sometimes difficult. 

Wheeler still looked at him, he scratched the back of his head lightly, but the other guy still didn't wake up. He smiled and waited a bit longer, at least until the alarm clock signaled that it was ten am. Meanwhile, Yuta had gone on reading a book, while Danny had constantly tried to sneak up nearer to him, as he grew more relaxed. 

The youngest member of BCC looked down at Danny, starting to leave some kisses firstly on his forehead.

"Hey sleeping beauty."

Nothing, there was no reaction at all from Garcia and Yuta sighed deeply. Was he doing it on purpose? He surely didn't mind having to kiss him better, bit still… that meant that he had to shift over to be able to do it better and he didn't want to wake him up in the wrong way. 

He is lucky that I love him too, mh? -

Wheeler slowly moved Danny away from himself, only to then prop himself between Danny's legs, which he slightly spread to accommodate himself. 

With the right hand he slowly, very slowly, caressed Garcia's left inner thigh, winning a moan from the older man. 

"Ah, so you moan but don't answer me?"

Yuta pouted for a moment, took the hand away and lowered himself till he could breath against the Lob of his ear.

"Such a needy boyfriend..." 

He whispered in his ear, leaving a kiss there. From there he slowly left a trail of kisses all the way until he reached Danny's dry lips. 

Instead of enveloping them with his, he traced their outline with his tongue, until they parted.

It was only at that time that Wheeler kissed him, lips on lips. He could feel Danny's body start to move under him, and his lover kissing him back. 

Not long after, Yuta was looking inside Danny's beautiful brown eyes. The latter had finally woken up. 

"I think I'm gonna call you Sleeping Beauty from now on. You woke up after your prince's kiss."

Yuta grinned, Danny said nothing, instead he pulled the younger man in for another kiss. This time he was the one who gave it more actively and passionate. 

"Mh... only because it's you calling me like that." 

Yuta laughed for a moment, caressing one of his cheeks.

"And most of all, only when we are alone like right now. Now Sleeping Beauty, since the others won't be here until three pm, I think it's a good idea if we go out and build one, we'll be ready for the challenge later!"

He wanted to go play in the snow, it reminded him of when he was still young and he simply loved it. Sharing it with Danny would be even more special at that point. 

"Stop calling me that! But okay!"

The member of JAS pouted for a moment, the pout disappeared as soon as Wheeler kissed him another time, giggling. 

[buckybarnesdiaries]

the knight

bucky barnes x reader. ⎢ masterlist.

being followed by a creepy guy and saved by a knight.

word count: 792.

warnings/tags: mention of intake of alcohol, some bad language, bucky being a gentleman as always.

author notes: this is based on a true story. nowadays, the guy who ‘saved’ me is one of my best friends. none of my stories contain reader’s body descriptions to be inclusive.

Join the tag list here.

You wouldn’t admit that the last shot was what made you want to go home. You didn’t lose time on paying the bill of the last rounds of drinks for your friends, before saying your goodbyes and leaving the bar. The slap of fresh hair to your face felt like coming back to life, taking a deep breath with your eyes on the dark sky, zipping your jacket. It seemed like it was to fall the universal flood and you were in a hurry to come back to your place.

Grabbing your phone, you sent your location to the chat group with your girls to let them know where you were at any moment, not being very wrong when a guy started to follow you as you turned to the next corner. He was following you, pretending casualty, pretending he was in the same direction as yours. It wasn’t, tho.

“Need company, princess?”

You ignored him, starting to walk faster. You weren’t scared, not at all. You knew how to defend yourself after too many classes of self-defense. But by the corner of your eye, you saw he doubled your height and weight, so that fight wouldn’t finish well for you.

“Hey, ‘am talking to you. You deaf?” His voice sounded closer, a little angrier and you could hear the velocity of his steps increasing towards you.

Now, you were in trouble. You could easily start to run since you weren't too far from your home. But you were somewhat paralyzed, keeping your phone in a pocket and grabbing the longer key inside the other, just in case he dared to lay a hand on you. Your heart was racing crossing to the other sidewalk without checking if any cars were driving near, feeling your calves burning by the pressure of walking faster and faster.

“C’mon, we can have so much fun”. The man said this time, too close to reaching you and grabbing your arm.

“Sarah?” A second male voice came to your ears, turning to another man crossing the road. “Hey, Sarah!”

He sounded excited for seeing you, wrapping you in a tight hug before you could react. You were totally lost in the situation until he put an arm on your shoulders and you were able to see the army tags hanging from his neck. He was a soldier. James B. Barnes. Then, he glanced at the guy standing in silence.

“Who the hell are you? Were you pissing my sister?” James rebuked him, placing a hand on the other’s chest to push him away from the two of you.

“No, no… We were… talking”. He lied with a trembling tone, taking a step back, waving his hands to calm the tension.

You couldn’t believe what that stranger was doing for you, feeling safe but still shaking a little under his touch because of the asshole who had been following you.

“Next time I see you, I’m going to make you not want to talk ever again”. The soldier threatened him. “C’mon, doll, I’m taking you home. Mom must be asking herself where the hell are you”.

Not going against his decision, you nodded letting him turn you around and keep walking until you took the next corner. You couldn’t help but stop your track to hug him. At the last second, before he appeared, you were really scared. You were praying for anything you knew to escape from that guy. And seemed like God listened to your prays sending you such a miracle. It was shit to feel like that. To feel like you should have to take care of any gesture, step, piece of clothing you wore. It was shit to have to thank a stranger for saving you. But you did without doubting.

“You didn’t have to, but… I appreciate it. Thank you, James B. Barnes”.

He chuckled at how you pronounced his name.

“From where I come… I’ve been very, uh… polite with that punk”.

“I’m (Y/N), by the way”.

“A pleasure, (Y/N)”. He stretched your hand, causing you to smile briefly. “Listen, if you don’t live too far, I’d… like to really take you home. If you don’t want to, let me call a taxi at least”.

Bucky sounded sincere and worried for you. No hidden intentions beneath his petition.

“I live three blocks away, so… you can come with me if you want”.

“Good, I follow you”.

You nodded before pointing in the right direction with your head, not having any rush now to come back. Even less when you glanced at him taking off his leather jacket to place it over your shoulders, still being an innocent gesture.

“It’s cold”. He justified it, smirking at you with such a charming smile revealing his white teeth.

feedback is appreciated, please, leave a comment to let me know if you liked it and/or reblog it.

a/n: what do you say? would you like to read a second part with them having a date or meeting again somewhere? leave it in a comment!

tag list: @mystic-232 @homesicam @theresnoplatypus @i-love-scott-mccall @slutfornat @xx-marvelfanatic-xx @goldielocks2004 @whatrambles @the-mystery-spot @multiyfandomgirl40 @purrrrfect @nikkixostan @spidergirla5 @amethyst-butterfliess @mariska0610 @wanniiieeee @fanofalltheficsx @goldielocks2004 @spideysimpossiblegirl @nocturnalherb16 @jointhehunt67 @the-witty-pen-name @valenquei @golden-hoax @hunter-of-baker-street @missusstark

@mayans-sauce @peoniarose @band-psycho @myakai13 @petlaufeyson @-im-fantastic- @horsesandwolvesaremyanimals @rocketqueen @rosieposie0624 @ellyseveronica @diaryofkali @ravenmoore14 @starrynite7114 @monkeyluver4546 @sheeshgivemeabreak @jadesamhart @rawrlittlepanda-95 @megapeacelovemusic-blog @skits90s @littlekittymeow @tenderclio @greeneyedblondie44 @phoenixhalliwell

[lily-thesuriel]

I saw a post saying that because the ACOTAR Saga was now an adult saga, and that means that sex is an important part of the plot, ACOTAR5 has to be about Azriel and the middle of the Archeron sisters.

Well, let's get down to business.

To say that ACOTAR 5 can't go about Gwynriel or ACOTAR 6 can't go about Elucien because they have to develop their relationship and it would take them a long time to have sex, seems to me to be a theory in poor taste and on the same level as "ACOTAR5 can't go about Gwynriel because Gwyn is a SA survivor and Azriel is a Freak in bed."

Adult books don't mean they are books that have to have sex scenes for the majority of the book. (by the way if you want a saga in which sex is a fundamental part of the plot I recommend you Ice Planet Barbarians, it will not disappoint you)

ACOSF is a smut book since the begining because the sexual tension between Nesta and Cassian had been building since ACOMAF.

At best the sexual tension between Azriel and Elain has been building since ACOSF Solstice (and let's remember that regardless of who you shipped Elain ends Solstice believing that the almost kiss between her and Az was a mistake) and I think they both need a lot of growth and healing before they move on to sex.

Every couple is different just because Cassian and Nesta have been sexually active from the beginning doesn't mean that the rest of the couples have to be like them (they can be, but they don't have to be) and if Elriel ever happens (which we don't know yet, only Sarah does) they need to go through a lot of healing together, the same applies to Gwynriel.

That being said, yes, ACOTAR is now considered an adult saga.

But ACOSF was not the first book Sarah published as an adult book, before that she published Crescent City.

(⚠️CESCENT CITY SPOILERS⚠️) in CC the first kiss, not sex, only kiss, between the main Characters (Hunt and Bryce) happens in chapter 61 of 97, or in other words on page 592 of 792 (at least according to my edition which is the Spanish edition of CC), which means that Sarah can write an Adult fantasy book that is a slow burn.

Acotar5 will have smut scenes, yes. Don't worry we will see our Shadowsinger being a freak in bed. But that doesn't mean he has to have smut scenes from the beginning.

I originally made this post in response to a question from a user Elriel. (As you can see in my profile, unless it disappears too).

My answer was deleted from that post, and I think that means the author blocked me or did something, because before I answered it I was following her, and mysteriously now I'm no longer following her. (I'm new to Tumblr so I don't know exactly if she blocked me or not).

Anyway I think that if you put a theory  and someone disagrees and writes it to you in a good way (and I think I answered it well) the normal thing to do is to answer it and not delete the comment.

Nobody, and I repeat, nobody from Tumblr, knows what is going to happen in ACOTAR5 and ACOTAR6. We can have theories, yes, but the certainty of knowing what is going to happen? That only Sarah has that.

 We do not know nothing Jon Snow

 So please, learn to listen to opinions that are not the same as yours. Neither the Gwynriel are idiots, nor the Elriels are idiots, each group may have theories with which you may or may not agree, but they are justified. So read contradictory theories and form your own opinion, the one you want, but look for information and arguments from all points of view. and do not censor those who think differently.

I will not delete any comment as long as it is published with respect (no insults, no arrogance). So regardless of who you shippes feel free to comment on my posts.

Peace, Love and Ice Planet Barbarians for everyone

As always sorry for the grammar, I have translated this with a translator, but I hope my idea is clear.

[lucky-sevens]

mechanisms fiction!

also known as: i read all the fiction so you don’t have to!

under the cut: summaries of each fiction, word count, and content warnings! the summaries are of my own writing, and unlike the ones on the website, i’ve opted for useful rather than intriguing. i’ve also ordered the list to make a bit more sense/fit better timeline-wise!

some of the fiction has an audio version; i’ve included links to TheVoidSings’ lyric videos of said audio where applicable!

i’ve put the ones with relevant lore in bold, the ones i personally like in italics, and i’ve put a * after all the ones that include the mechs!

AURORA AND THE CREW

breakup*

summary: nastya and aurora have an argument and then both go off to sulk. mostly focuses on nastya. interesting thing: scuzz is in this one!

word count: 707

content warnings: implied nsfw

the story of the toy soldier*

summary: it’s the toy soldier’s backstory! covers what’s probably at least a decade and has a lot of lore! also has illustrations, most likely courtesy of ts!

word count: 605

content warnings: murder, images of choking, implied rape

who killed doctor carmilla?*

summary: carmilla’s just been pushed out an airlock and various mechanisms are going around trying to get an alibi out of everyone.

word count: 647

content warnings: n/a

interview transcript 34/08/7012*

summary: a police officer attempts to interview jonny when he’s in prison. includes a lot of information about him that’s nice to have for characterization!

word count: 782

content warnings: discussed murder, including child murder; attempted suicide

archive footage*

summary: an ivy character study, pretty much! goes into her fucked up brain and how it works. one of my personal favorites, as it’s very well written.

word count: 1390

content warnings: death, minor blood/gore

octokittens*

summary: a short one-off featuring some ashes and jonny banter!

word count: 208

content warnings: guns, animal death

feeding the octokittens*

summary: another one-off: this one has some quality tim, ivy, and nastya content. very fun!

word count: 455

content warnings: animal death

tales of the blogbot*

summary: comes off as an odd fiction, addressing the ‘blogbot’, the thing that used to send out the updates on the mechs mailing list (among other things) and makes passive-aggressive comments about them occasionally. goes through a few answers to what the bot is, and comes to no conclusion, but directly links to the next fiction in my list, ‘ghost in the machine’.

word count: 988

content warnings: referenced mass murder, implied nsfw

ghost in the machine*

summary: what happened to aurora’s programmer when jonny and carmilla took over ‘her’ ship (which is explained/expanded on in ‘how the aurora was won’); lots of aurora lore, as well as a more close view into the actual atrocities the mechanisms commit.

word count: 1152

content warnings: death

how the aurora was won*

jonny steals the aurora from the cyberian navy, in the most unsettling way possible!

word count: 631

content warnings: suicide, graphic depictions of violence

a bedtime story*

some fluffy nastyaurora for the soul!

word count: 326

content warnings: n/a

drive the cold winter away*

part of a group with cyberian demons and nomadic spacers! i think i’ve arranged them chronologically, but might have messed it up.

nastya visits the ruins of cyberia. jonny and ashes are there.

word count: 432

content warnings: n/a

cyberian demons*

a nastya character study- reflections on her memories, as she works on destroying what is left of cyberia.

word count: 1699

content warnings: blood, violence

nomadic spacers*

an outsider pov on the events of ‘drive the cold winter away’ and ‘cyberian demons’.

word count: 1120

content warnings: death

out*

nastya leaves the mechanisms for good after she finds her love, aurora, is no longer who she once was; presumably, this is her death.

word count: 1210

content warnings: suicide

ONCE UPON A TIME [IN SPACE]

gingerbread

hansel and gretal’s villain origin story! (they were the scientists speaking in ‘the twins’)

word count: 609

content warnings: child neglect, murder, needles/syringes

midnight

a bit of a cinders character study/some more of her backstory!

word count: 628

content warnings: n/a

mirror, mirror (audio version here!)

post-pump shanty/snow’s flight. the beginning of snow’s descent into a worse person, and how it overlaps with the myth of snow white/how she begins to take on the role of the evil queen.

word count: 860

content warnings: smoking

a fireside chat

a radio broadcast by scheherazade, king cole’s chief propaganda minister.

word count: 842

content warnings: mentions of concentration camps, death, and bombings

a rebel yell (audio version here!)

counter to ‘a fireside chat’- a radio broadcast by tom thumb, the voice of the rebellion! one of my personal favorites, as it’s very funny.

word count: 574

content warnings: mentions of mass murder

chapter’s end*

mad jack spratt and jonny d’ville play cards.

word count: 790

content warnings: discussions of death

by any other name

basically all the lore around briar rose, in a form of a report by hood, the rebellion’s hacker!

word count: 2023

content warnings: murder, graphic depictions of violence

this little piggy

all of the (incredibly fucked up) lore around the three little pigs!

word count: 993

content warnings: child abuse, brainwashing, non-consensual body modification, medical abuse (it’s a very intense one, please stay safe!)

what big eyes

all the lore we have on hood, in the form of king cole’s intelligence officers trying to figure it out.

word count: 1946

content warnings: mentions of war crimes and death

in the army*

the toy soldier and a group of rose reds hang out in a bar together! it’s a very fun one, with lots of banter! presumably takes place before the toy soldier met the mechanisms, but we don’t know that for sure. lots of lore about the rose reds, as well!

word count: 707

content warnings: mentions of war crimes and death

true love

colonel belle’s report on her efforts to manipulate adam ‘the beast’ bete into joining the resistance. (the mechs’ take on beauty and the beast). also a small bit of lore about rose!

word count: 1151

content warnings: manipulation, torture, unhealthy relationships

one thousand and two

a character study of scheherazade- the thoughts running through her head as rebels are about to find and kill her.

word count: 2236

content warnings: suicide; mentions of torture, concentration camps, and child death

ever after*

you know how jonny was being annoyingly cryptic about what happened to briar rose! well, they have a fiction that says!

word count: 680

content warnings: graphic depictions of violence

ULYSSES DIES AT DAWN

you’ll have to tell us the story sometime*

the mechanisms explore the ruins of the city, thousands of years after the events of ulysses dies at dawn!

word count: 469

content warnings: n/a

death in the metropolis

not anything super relevant- a news article about gang violence and the increased shifts for acheron workers as a result, setting a bit of a mood for the city as a whole. establishes hermes’ role in olympus.

word count: 547

content warnings: nothing to note, but there’s the background fucked-up-ness of the city going on and mentioned!

how not to die

another news article, this one focused on a group of people (’helljumpers’) trying to escape the acheron.

word count: 926

content warnings: suicide

fao: hermes – not urgent

a bit of a followup to the previous two fictions! the editor, herodotus, gets in trouble for discussing the helljumpers.

word count: 453

content warnings: n/a

orpheus, dionysus, muriatic acid and the strange whirring thing*

a look into orpheus’ character and how he ended up in the ulysses job! (mechs don’t heavily feature- just a note of the role brian took on, as well as mentions of ashes of course)

word count: 5017

content warnings: addiction, suicidal thoughts, police; implied nsfw, but only in the context of orpheus being a sex worker

orpheus and narcissus go to the seaside

i personally really love this one! it’s low-key the mechanisms’ take on the great gatsby- takes place a few years prior to the above fiction, and explores orpheus and narcissus’ friendship! it’s morbidly funny, with lots of very good banter/interaction! 

word count: 6300

content warnings: eating disorders, addiction, implied nsfw (again in the context of sex work), suicidal thoughts, mental institutions (even if that’s not normally a problem for you, they get very dark and graphic, so be careful), non-consensual drugging; technically self-harm, but it’s a lighthearted joke

in the madness of war

how ulysses was forced into the war (a darker take on the story about him attempting to avoid it at first).

word count: 817

content warnings: n/a

the hacker’s mistake (a fiction to accompany prometheus)

prometheus is revealed as corrupt, but that doesn’t stop people from believing in him, so he is made an example of.

word count: 903

content warnings: torture

one of the chosen

another low-lore worldbuilding piece- this one about a teenage girl who gets conscripted to the acheron early.

word count: 824

content warnings: n/a (it’s fairly dark, though, so be careful).

eskhatos*

after the events of ulysses dies at dawn, the mechanisms leave, but not without causing a bit of chaos first.

word count: 464

content warnings: cannibalism

HIGH NOON OVER CAMELOT

the fastest shot

guinevere’s backstory! 

word count: 792

content warnings: murder, child abuse, alcoholism

the sharpest aim

a western-style tall tale, starring lancelot!

word count: 1667

content warnings: relationship abuse, murder, violence

i will rule this town*

another personal favorite! expanding on ‘ten caliber railgun he got off a bandit in the flooded sectors’, it deals with arthur’s attempts to bring down nimue, the lady of the lake, and gain control! also has some lancelot/arthur/guinevere fluff, and a bit of an insight into his friendship with brian- as well as his original hopeful mindset, and how that diminished.

word count: 1488

content warnings: murder, drowning

the wake

morgan le fay (mordred’s surrogate mother)’s funeral, and mordred’s decision to go seek out camelot.

word count: 1045

content warnings: death (but only in the context of it being a funeral), cultural cannibalism

pellinore and the beast (audio version here)

this one’s a bit of an odd one- i’ve included it for the sake of completion, as it’s on the fiction list, but it’s just the lyrics to the mechs song pellinore and the beast? i’ve excluded the word count and content warnings for this one, as it’s literally just the lyrics. unsure of what to do here.

OTHER

the prisoner of dorian gray

the mechanisms’ take on the story of dorian grey! this one is part fiction, part song lyrics with a note of the tune they should be sung to.

word count: 1746

content warnings: suicide, torture

and that’s it! the fiction is all very good and well written, and i’d highly recommend reading at least a few of these!

[delucadarling]

Blood Suckers

I’ve been wanting to work on You’re Invited (my lil zombies run interactive fic set in a vampire au) but the brain juice has been running low. After writing my lil secret santa gift this week though, I had a sudden burst of WANNA WRITE

So I made a different vampire AU

Word Count: 792

Spoilers: Season 2-ish

Summary: Zombies Run, except vampires and magic are a thing? But zombies still take over England.

*

*

*

If Sam never had to see another blood sucking zom ever again in his whole life, it would be too soon. Vampires are perfectly fine people, mind, but holy crap do they make the absolute worst kind of zombies when they go grey. He flips his cams back to show the front gate where three of them have gathered, barely rotted at all. It’s only the weird bloatedness in their torsos and the leaking fluids from their noses and ears that really gives them away as zombies, which is totally the other worst thing about vampire zombies. Human zombies at least have the decency to be visibly dead.

“In,” a zombie whispers in a spine chilling voice. They sound like they’ve all had their vocal chords sanded down to mere threads. It’s better than when they scream though, so Sam flips open the line to the front guard tower.

“There’s a group of blood suckers at the gates guys,” he says. A moment later the line crackles.

“Roger that,” says Jill, one of the newer guards. “We’ll stay out of sight. Want us to take their heads off?”

“Mm, no.” He checks the time on the little wind up clock Janine had given him ages ago. It’s less of a struggle reading analogue now, at least. “There’s only a few hours to sunrise. They’ll scatter before then.”

“Gotcha.”

The line goes quiet and Sam watches for a moment more before shuddering, flicking the cams away so he doesn’t have to listen to them saying “In, in, in,” in a creepy loop. He runs his tongue over his canines as he checks out the other walls of Abel.

Behind him, the door creaks open, and the lack of audible footsteps tells him exactly who it is.

“Hi, Janine.” He doesn’t even pause to look at her as he checks the perimeter of Abel.

“You should be asleep, Mr. Yao. It’s late even by your standards.”

“Barely midday for you though, isn’t it?” Sam says, glancing over with a cheeky smile. She rolls her eyes in the dim light, flashing red for a split second before returning to their normal warm brown.

“That isn’t exactly how I would put it, but you’re right.” She places a hand on his shoulder and squeezes. “I must insist though. We aren’t running night missions at this time and I need you well rested and aware for our day missions.”

“Just a little longer,” he says. She tuts.

“You have been here long enough. If you do not go to your quarters right now I will remove you from the roster and put someone else on.” She thinks for a moment. “Perhaps Runner 6.”

“Owen?” Sam snorts. “I like the bloke and all but--” He stops and scrutinizes her. “You’re having me on.”

“Perhaps. Perhaps not.”

Deciding it isn’t quite worth the risk, Sam puts his hands up and surrenders. “Alright, alright.”

She doesn’t leave until he does, no doubt not trusting him to actually follow through. Which, to be fair to him, he usually doesn’t mean to lie about it. It’s just, he gets caught up doing one more thing, or remembers something he was going to do before going to bed and he gets wrapped up and loses track of time again.

The last thing he does is shut off the radio, where Jack and Eugene’s voices are coming through softly, exuberant the way they get when it’s just about time for Eugene to get to bed and neither of them is quite ready to part ways. Sam smiles a little, remembering how Eugene was just griping over breakfast about the trials of human-vampire relationships. He really hopes Eugene doesn’t hear the blood suckers at the gates on his way to blue house.

Sam steps out and Janine follows, locking up behind them. He turns to face her before leaving, his breath fogging the air.

“Everything alright, Janine?”

“Perfectly so, Mr. Yao. Why?”

He wavers. “I mean, what with Sara…?”

Her mouth pulls tight, though not quite twisting into a frown. She brushes a dark strand of hair behind her ear.

“Ms. Smith’s decisions are her own to make.”

“You’re allowed to have feelings about it though.” The grimace she gives him almost makes him laugh. “Yeah alright, allergic to feelings it is.”

“Good night Mr. Yao.”

“G’night Janine. See you tomorrow?”

She nods, softening a touch. “Yes. You will.”

Sam waves and hurries down the path. The cold might not bother Janine, but it burrows through his clothes and into his bones. That, and the still distant whispers of in, in, in, spur Sam on. He might be too old to hide under the blankets, but he can pretend it’s just to keep him warm.

[troybeecham]

Today the Church remembers St. Alcuin of York, Deacon and Abbot of Tours.

Ora pro nobis.

Alcuin of York (c. 735 – 19 May 804 AD) – also called Ealhwine, Alhwin or Alchoin – was an English scholar, clergyman, poet and teacher from York, Northumbria.

He was born around 735 AD and became the student of Archbishop Ecgbert at York. At the invitation of Charlemagne, he became a leading scholar and teacher at the Carolingian court, where he remained a figure in the 780s and 790s.

Alcuin wrote many theological and dogmatic treatises, as well as a few grammatical works and a number of poems. He was made Abbot of Tours in 796, where he remained until his death. "The most learned man anywhere to be found", according to Einhard's Life of Charlemagne (ca. AD 817-833), he is considered among the most important architects of the Carolingian Renaissance. Among his pupils were many of the dominant intellectuals of the Carolingian era.

Alcuin was born in Northumbria, presumably sometime in the 730s. Virtually nothing is known of his parents, family background, or origin. In common hagiographical fashion, the Vita Alcuini asserts that Alcuin was 'of noble English stock,' and this statement has usually been accepted by scholars. Alcuin's own work only mentions such collateral kinsmen as Wilgils, father of the missionary saint Willibrord; and Beornrad (also spelled Beornred), abbot of Echternach and bishop of Sens. Willibrord, Alcuin and Beornrad were all related by blood.

In his Life of St Willibrord, Alcuin writes that Wilgils, called a paterfamilias, had founded an oratory and church at the mouth of the Humber, which had fallen into Alcuin's possession by inheritance. Because in early Anglo-Latin writing paterfamilias ("head of a family, householder") usually referred to a ceorl, Donald A. Bullough suggests that Alcuin's family was of cierlisc status: i.e., free but subordinate to a noble lord, and that Alcuin and other members of his family rose to prominence through beneficial connections with the aristocracy. If so, Alcuin's origins may lie in the southern part of what was formerly known as Deira.

The young Alcuin came to the cathedral church of York during the golden age of Archbishop Ecgbert and his brother, the Northumbrian King Eadberht. Ecgbert had been a disciple of the Venerable Bede, who urged him to raise York to an archbishopric. King Eadberht and Archbishop Ecgbert oversaw the re-energising and re-organisation of the English church, with an emphasis on reforming the clergy and on the tradition of learning that Bede had begun. Ecgbert was devoted to Alcuin, who thrived under his tutelage.

The York school was renowned as a centre of learning in the liberal arts, literature, and science, as well as in religious matters. It was from here that Alcuin drew inspiration for the school he would lead at the Frankish court. He revived the school with the trivium and quadrivium disciplines, writing a codex on the trivium, while his student Hraban wrote one on the quadrivium.

Alcuin graduated to become a teacher during the 750s. His ascendancy to the headship of the York school, the ancestor of St Peter's School, began after Aelbert became Archbishop of York in 767. Around the same time Alcuin became a deacon in the church. He was never ordained a priest. Though there is no real evidence that he took monastic vows, he lived as if he had.

In 781, King Elfwald sent Alcuin to Rome to petition the Pope for official confirmation of York's status as an archbishopric and to confirm the election of the new archbishop, Eanbald I. On his way home he met Charlemagne (whom he had met once before), this time in the Italian city of Parma.

Alcuin's intellectual curiosity allowed him to be reluctantly persuaded to join Charlemagne's court. He joined an illustrious group of scholars that Charlemagne had gathered around him, the mainsprings of the Carolingian Renaissance: Peter of Pisa, Paulinus of Aquileia, Rado, and Abbot Fulrad. Alcuin would later write that "the Lord was calling me to the service of King Charles."

Alcuin became Master of the Palace School of Charlemagne in Aachen (Urbs Regale) in 782. It had been founded by the king's ancestors as a place for the education of the royal children (mostly in manners and the ways of the court). However, Charlemagne wanted to include the liberal arts and, most importantly, the study of religion. From 782 to 790, Alcuin taught Charlemagne himself, his sons Pepin and Louis, as well as young men sent to be educated at court, and the young clerics attached to the palace chapel. Bringing with him from York his assistants Pyttel, Sigewulf, and Joseph, Alcuin revolutionised the educational standards of the Palace School, introducing Charlemagne to the liberal arts and creating a personalised atmosphere of scholarship and learning, to the extent that the institution came to be known as the 'school of Master Albinus'.

In this role as adviser, he took issue with the emperor's policy of forcing pagans to be baptised on pain of death, arguing, "Faith is a free act of the will, not a forced act. We must appeal to the conscience, not compel it by violence. You can force people to be baptised, but you cannot force them to believe." His arguments seem to have prevailed – Charlemagne abolished the death penalty for paganism in 797.

Charlemagne gathered the best men of every land in his court, and became far more than just the king at the centre. It seems that he made many of these men his closest friends and counsellors. They referred to him as 'David', a reference to the Biblical king David. Alcuin soon found himself on intimate terms with Charlemagne and the other men at court, where pupils and masters were known by affectionate and jesting nicknames. Alcuin himself was known as 'Albinus' or 'Flaccus'. While at Aachen, Alcuin bestowed pet names upon his pupils – derived mainly from Virgil's Eclogues. According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, "He loved Charlemagne and enjoyed the king's esteem, but his letters reveal that his fear of him was as great as his love.

In 790 Alcuin returned from the court of Charlemagne to England, to which he had remained attached. He dwelt there for some time, but Charlemagne then invited him back to help in the fight against the Adoptionist heresy which was at that time making great progress in Toledo, the old capital of the Visigoths and still a major city for the Christians under Islamic rule in Spain. He is believed to have had contacts with Beatus of Liébana, from the Kingdom of Asturias, who fought against Adoptionism. At the Council of Frankfurt in 794, Alcuin upheld the orthodox doctrine against the views expressed by Felix of Urgel, an heresiarch according to the Catholic Encyclopaedia. Having failed during his stay in Northumbria to influence King Æthelred in the conduct of his reign, Alcuin never returned home.

He was back at Charlemagne's court by at least mid-792, writing a series of letters to Æthelred, to Hygbald, Bishop of Lindisfarne, and to Æthelhard, Archbishop of Canterbury in the succeeding months, dealing with the Viking attack on Lindisfarne in July 793. These letters and Alcuin's poem on the subject, De clade Lindisfarnensis monasterii, provide the only significant contemporary account of these events. In his description of the Viking attack, he wrote: "Never before has such terror appeared in Britain. Behold the church of St Cuthbert, splattered with the blood of God's priests, robbed of its ornaments."

In 796 Alcuin was in his sixties. He hoped to be free from court duties and upon the death of Abbot Itherius of Saint Martin at Tours, Charlemagne put Marmoutier Abbey into Alcuin's care, with the understanding that he should be available if the king ever needed his counsel. There he encouraged the work of the monks on the beautiful Carolingian minuscule script, ancestor of modern Roman typefaces.

Alcuin died on 19 May 804 AD, some ten years before the emperor, and was buried at St. Martin's Church under an epitaph that partly read:

Dust, worms, and ashes now ...

Alcuin my name, wisdom I always loved,

Pray, reader, for my soul.

The majority of details on Alcuin's life come from his letters and poems. There are also autobiographical sections in Alcuin's poem on York and in the Vita Alcuini, a Life written for him at Ferrières in the 820s, possibly based in part on the memories of Sigwulf, one of Alcuin's pupils.

Almighty God, in an age when Western Europe was filled with warfare and cultural disarray, you raised up your deacon Alcuin to rekindle the light of learning: Illumine our minds, we pray, that amid the uncertainties and confusions of our own time we may show forth your eternal truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

[khali-shabd]

Mental Health and COVID-19

The human brain is more complex than any other known structure in the universe. Made of billions of neurons, the brain has the capacity to store millions of gigabytes of data- memories about our past, moments of the present, hypotheses about the future- and it has learned to perform hundreds of functions at the same time. The in-and-out of your breathing, the wave-like peristalsis of your food pipe, the pumping of your cardiac muscles all occur at the same time as your brain sends and receives emotional signals, dispatches hormones that change your mood, and comprehends what is going on in your surroundings at the moment. However, it stands to reason that just like any other organ, the brain can also technically fall sick. 

Like a broken bone, or a fever, your brain can face problems too- it can feel low, it can be ill-. but the way people and the society they form treat this sickness can be problematic. Often, we can even be part of the problem without even knowing it. The way we react to physical ailments drastically differs from the way we treat mental issues. There is a heavy, dark stigma revolving around mental illness, depicting it as a sinful, evil thing, but in reality a mental illness is no different from a regular sickness. When you have a broken bone, you just don’t ‘get over it’ and start walking. When you have the flu, you can’t just ignore your symptoms and keep moving as if nothing is wrong because you physically can’t. But this is the way people talk, think about and discuss mental illness. It can be alienating and painful to those suffering from it due to no fault of their own, and this mindset can even serve to worsen pre-existing symptoms. It’s just... not fair. 

Now, especially, in these frightening, unpredictable times, mental health comes to the fore just as important as physiological health. We suddenly found ourselves living in a strange new normal, stuck within the four walls of our homes, distant from our friends and loved ones. We find ourselves trying to adjust to these circumstances nobody has really experienced before, diving headfirst into a routine we know nothing of- be it online school, work-from-home, video conventions, making connections on the internet- it’s all incredibly new and confusing and scary for everyone going through it. With our social circle being reduced to just a few family members, with the amount of time spent staring slack-jawed at the screen almost doubling, we find ourselves being cared for and taken care of reducing drastically. We present a version of ourselves to the screens, and we tend to hide what’s really wrong, and because of this it becomes increasingly difficult to check in on your loved ones and care for them. This also means that they can’t do the same for you, and we all feel lost for things to do to help each other fit into this new life. We tend to feel overwhelmed; with anxiety for the health of those we love, depression and loneliness from this isolation and repetition, endless fear and worry for the state of our planet. We feel stress and tiredness from the extra work we have to do to maintain our houses, finances and schoolwork; moodiness and irritability from being stuck inside the food walls of our homes; and a panicked hopelessness from everything going on right now. 

It’s important to recognize when you are not doing okay. 

It’s important to understand that these are not normal times, and that it is okay to not be doing okay. I myself often struggle with really being honest with my feelings, and being able to recognize when things are too much for me; but over the years I’ve also come to the conclusion that not expressing how I feel does no good to me or the people around me. All the pent up emotion can be released all at once in a very negative way, which can actually alienate those who love you and care for you by something that is no fault of their own. It is essential to every once in a while, look at yourself and ask- am I doing okay? And if your answer is ‘no’, do not beat yourself up over it. It is normal, it is fine, and it is valid if you feel not normal. However, you need to communicate this to people around you so that they can help you through this. If you have access to a mental health professional, try talking to them. 

Last, but not least, take care of yourself. I know that there will be a lot of people encouraging you to work endlessly during this time, quoting ‘Shakespeare wrote King Lear while he was quarantined’, but again, none of us are Shakespeare. You owe it to yourself to detox, clear your mind, relax and take care of your mental and physical health during all of this extra free time. Take this time to focus on your hobbies! Exercise (just for the dopamine high), or take up yoga. The possibilities are endless, and so is your time. 

792 million people have experienced some sort of mental health issue in their lifetimes. Multitudes remain undiagnosed. 

[cake-writes]

Please could you do a Stucky x reader where their relationship had been a secret but then the rest of the time finds out/ catches them and they are shocked. Maybe they start asking awkward questions about the logistics of the relationship? Thank you!! 😊❤️

So uh… my writing groove is totally off today. I hope you enjoy it anyway!

Word Count: 792

Warnings: just a little smutty

Breathy giggles spilled out of the dimly-lit living room as Bucky sucked a bruise on your neck, high above the collar – not that you were wearing a shirt anymore. It tickled a little, but annoyed you a lot because you hated trying to cover up the marks that he and Steve left. 

At the same time, some small part of you loved it. It was primal, almost. Territorial.

There was an undercurrent of need thrumming through your veins and Bucky’s as he trapped you against the wall with his body, his lips and tongue trailing hot fire down the side of your neck to your collarbone. You whimpered quietly in response, your head lulling back against the wall to offer him more access. 

“We’re gonna get caught,” Steve whisper-shouted at the two of you from his place on the nearby sofa, but he made no secret of palming himself through his sweatpants. The TV was blaring commercials directly beside you, not that you paid any mind to it. 

Tonight you and Bucky were the entertainment. 

It was a spur of the moment affair, sparked by your casual comment of, “Think we could do it here without getting caught?” And because Steve was, well, Steve, he wanted no part in it, but he was more than happy to watch.

“Stevie’s right,” you purred, trailing your finger down Bucky’s chest. 

Bucky just let out an exasperated puff of air against the saliva-slickened skin of your neck, grumbling, “You sure are whining a lot for someone who suggested this.”

Your laugh promptly turned to a gasp when he shoved his thigh between your legs, directly against your aching core. The flimsy pajama shorts on your lower half did nothing to mask the wetness accumulating there.

“Tease,” you bit out, fingers catching on his belt buckle to hurry things along. 

There really wasn’t much of a risk getting caught at this hour. Anyone who wasn’t already in bed was on a mission, save for the three of you. 

Bucky’s belt hit the floor, and then you started to work on his fly, suddenly impatient and needy and wanting him in you already. Both of your boys had been teasing you for the last couple of hours, and you were done waiting. 

Right before you yanked his pants down, the lights switched on, almost on cue. 

“Of course someone left the damn TV on,” Natasha muttered to herself as she strode into the room, blearily rubbing her eyes – and then she stopped in place when she saw the three of you, all half-dressed, clearly in the middle of something private.

Sam smacked right into her frozen figure, and opened his mouth to say some choice words when he saw you, too. They must have just gotten back from a mission. 

You just grinned sheepishly and held your hands up, cheeks flushing crimson. “Welcome back?” 

Steam rose from the five mugs on the coffee table as your friends interrogated you about your unconventional relationship. It wasn’t comfortable, exactly, but it wasn’t entirely terrible, either.

“So let me get this straight,” Natasha said, eyeballing you a little more aggressively than the boys on either side of you. “You’re together.” When you nodded, she added, “All three of you.”

You nodded again, picking up your mug as a distraction from her intense scrutiny. It was clear that she was having a hard time believing it. Even you had a hard time believing it sometimes. You were the luckiest girl on Earth.

“How does that work?” Sam asked, flabbergasted. 

“You know how it works,” Bucky deadpanned. 

“No, man, she’s– you know, human. No serum. How do you—?” 

You choked on your tea, then, not sure whether to laugh or to cry. This was absolutely mortifying. Of course, you kind of deserved it considering where the three of you had been messing around. At least it wasn’t Tony. That would have been a disaster.

“We manage just fine,” Steve responded evenly, his large hand rubbing gentle circles on your back as you all but coughed up a lung. 

“You’re not jealous?” Natasha questioned, looking from Steve to Bucky and back again. “You’re sharing her.” 

“She’s sitting right here,” you said irritably. “And, if you must know, I’m sharing them, too.”

Steve’s face went cherry red at your admission, but Bucky didn’t seem fazed at all. Instead, he just leaned further back against the couch, looking smug as hell. 

“You’re– oh.” Sam paused when the understanding washed over him, not having considered that as yet another possibility. “Well, that explains a lot.” 

Natasha’s brows rose, and a smirk came across her features when she met your eyes. “Oh yeah. Must be nice.”

At that, you couldn’t help but grin. “It sure is.” 

Tags:  @isysen, @reerrrrskillz, @titty-teetee, @awkward117, @sebabestianstan101, @capslut2014, @stressedandbandobessed7771, @shield-agent78, @star-spangled-man-with-a-plan, @thehyperactiveteen, @mcueveryday, @patzammit, @fairytaleprincess8314, @kali-rogers