#awkward sweat

[ayiemojis]

Awkward sweat — static eyes - zoned out

Slight smile - shy smile — blinking (default style) - [based off this emoji combo 😐😑😐]

Stare (default style) — squint (default style)

Me!!! — that’s so me!

Edible — hitting

[draw-the-squad-like-this]

Draw your squad like this

Source: Heaven’s Design Team chapter 47

[jtl-fics]

Fluent Freshman - Part 03

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In the Fluent Freshman AU I could see a moment where Andrew kind of misses having Renee around. She was a nice quiet support for him during her time at Palmetto and now she’s graduated. Bee suggests that Andrew try and make a new friend, he can try with someone on the team even.

Andrew, initially, thinks it’s a stupid idea. He real hates pretty much every sophomore (Jack’s group) and pretty much all of the new freshmen irritate him since they’re always trying to steal Neil’s attention with all their fucking problems. The only freshman that he has no opinion on (and therefore is miles and miles ahead of everyone else) is the quiet one that he glowered at pretty early on for staring at Neil’s scars.

Except now, with the knowledge that the kid is a foreign language major, he was probably just trying to figure out what language him and Neil were talking in since the kid isn’t phased at all when Neil absentmindedly used his shirt to wipe away sweat on his face. Everyone else had LOOKED but the kid had just continued on as if it were nothing.

Nicky likes him a fair bit and has assured both Andrew and Neil, after the fourth time the kid power walked away from them, that he’s not homophobic just due to circumstances public displays of affection make him deeply uncomfortable. The Foxes have pasts and if the kid isn’t going to make it their problem then Andrew isn’t about to get irritated over it.

(Nicky doesn’t elaborate that those circumstances being that he understands that Andrew is telling Neil all the places (geographical locations) that he wants to kiss Neil and where he’d do it. He’s really not a prude but how did watching Cars 2 result in this level of dirty talk?! He’s just trying to actually get to see these movies everyone keeps referencing so that he can join in on the conversation)

The kid’s quiet company the few times Andrew’s been in it and Neil has been making some slow progress on getting the kid to open up. Andrew knows that the kid has his own weekly meetings with Betsy and he’s not about to pry.

(It’s social anxiety and stress related. No he has not told Betsy about the whole Russian situation because she’d be mad at him right? Everyone keeps telling him that Betsy and Andrew Minyard are close and that Andrew is her favorite even if she can’t admit to having something like that. She’s nice but what if she gets mad about it and tells Wymack that he’s not fit mentally to be on the team? Then what? He can’t afford college without a sports scholarship. Oh god- Betsy spends a lot of time walking him through stress relief and not worst case scenario-ing every interaction)

Andrew figures that if nothing else this kid is fine with sitting in stony silence. If it doesn’t work then w/e he tried.

So, to Fluent Freshman’s absolute horror and dismay, Andrew Minyard starts to hang around him even when Captain Neil ISN’T AROUND. He becomes unbeatable at Poker and fluent in Japanese if not fully literate.

Once it’s just Andrew and Fluent Freshman sitting in absolute silence for an hour. This might be the nicest time Andrew’s had with someone not part of his family since Renee left. “You ever consider learning Russian?” Andrew asks.

Fluent Freshman’s award winning performance starts here.

“No, I have never considered taking Russian classes here.” He responds turning a page in his book on Esperanto (he thinks it’d be fun) because why take a class for a language he’s already fluent in. He’s bad at lying but he’s GREAT at just not saying the truth.

Andrew doesn’t say anything in response and they continue to sit in silence until Fluent Freshman has to get up and go quietly have a panic attack.

Everyone, except Nicky, all think that Fluent Freshman’s the second coming of Andrew’s general apathy. Bee is proud of Andrew for willingly sitting next to someone in almost complete silence. Andrew says it helps that there’s someone else like him (Bee is confused because Fluent Freshman is known to bring his own brown paper bag to hyper-ventilate into but she says nothing.)

Only Nicky knows the full extent. Fluent Freshman is doing breathing exercises, taking pepto bismol to help his stress related stomach ulcer, and considering using his art gen-ed for theater so that he can commit to this bit better.

Fluent Freshman kind of gets used to Andrew’s quiet company until one day they’re an hour and a half into their usual absolute silence when Fluent Freshman gets up to grab something Andrew looks at him and goes “Hey wanna learn how to use a knife?” And Fluent Freshman stiffens up and straight up faints.

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[hollownest-whore]

I love looking up bug facts to subconsciously apply to my hcs. I'm not sure how it's never come to me but yeah bees don't eat other bugs (intentionally), the image of Hive Knight accompanying Vespa to an important Hallownest diplomatic meeting and worrying about a vegetarian option sounds really funny

[longlostlorian]

Cover reveal tiiime~ My debut graphic novel, MAELSTROM: A PRINCE OF EVIL, is a fantasy adventure about a bored son of a necromancer queen teaming up with his fated nemesis to overthrow his mother's rule - OR, to betray his new allies at the perfect moment and create an epic legend for himself! The book comes out May 28th, 2024!

I don't like to market my own work this way ordinarily, but if you're asking whether a queer themed this book, the answer is yes (also for your consideration, caustic lesbians)

[fazgoo-connoiseur-1987]

Ralph invites Mrs Andrews and Dave to dinner at the same time and its just them, him and Coppelia having the most awkward dinner imaginable.

[fifthpilot]

Happiest belated birthday to my forever and always beloved ft. his beloved my OC Nawras <3

*reference below the cut

[justinegreenpie]

[rebouks]

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Transcript:

Victoria: You’re like a boring old man, Trissy; you never come out anymore. Tristen: You know why I don’t. Victoria: Tch, aren’t you over that yet?

[Tristen pauses, clearly dumbfounded that anyone would even ask that kind of question] Victoria: You could at least take me to this stupid wedding, I bought a new outfit. Tristen: I told you not to, I don’t get a plus one-.. besides, you don’t even know them; I’m barely gonna know anyone there either.

Victoria: So, take me! Or, come out with us instead. Tristen: We’ll do something when I get back-.. or the day after, I promise. Victoria: [huffs] If you don’t wanna be seen with me, you could just say so.

Tristen: [sighs] That’s not what I-.. Vicky, wait! Victoria: Whatever, I-… [Matilda surreptitiously slides her boot toward Victoria as she storms off, successfully causing her to stumble]

Victoria: Jesus, watch where you’re putting those ridiculous boots! Matilda: My bad. Victoria: Stupid bitch-.. why don’t you buy some proper shoes, huh?

Matilda: Are those platform flip-flops? Victoria: Pfft. Matilda: Nice retort.

Tristen: You shouldn’t have done that. Matilda: I can handle moody twats-.. y’know, since I am one. Tristen: That’s.. not what I meant.

Matilda: Hm, ‘cause you’ll get it in the neck later? Tristen: [shrugs] I hope you didn’t want anything; I’ve already cleaned the machines n’ stuff. Matilda: Are you closing up?

Tristen: I’m trying to. Matilda: Do you need a hand? Tristen: It’s fine, I’m just waiting for those two-…

Matilda: Yeah, that’s what I was getting at. [Tristen visibly cringes as Matilda loudly claps her hands together, shooing the loitering customers] Matilda: C’mon losers, closing time! Beat it!

…

Tristen: You don’t have to; I’ll just ride my bike. Matilda: In a suit? Oscar would kill me if I made you cycle to his wedding. Tristen: That’s probably true-.. alright, thanks.

Matilda: I didn’t know you lived back here-.. makes sense. Tristen: See? Not a creepy stalker. Matilda: I mean, you still could be.

Tristen: Well, I’m not. Matilda: You know I’m just fucking with you, right? I don’t actually think that. Tristen: I kinda thought you meant it…

Matilda: Eh, I say and do a lotta shit I don’t really mean. I’m working on it. Tristen: Good luck with that-.. not sarcasm, sorry. Matilda: [snorts] Be ready at twelve.

[rubbish78]

Ryan Ross and his FASHIONABLE white sunglasses (x)

[hamable]

The whiplash of being emotional and thoughtful about Belle 2021 and then also thinking about Chikami Shinjiro and his fucking CROCS.

[kurobachisagi]

anime screencaps of this scene are kind of way funnier bc there’s no motion lines or anything so you can’t tell that kahaku basically pounced on fushi it looks like he’s just Been standing hugging them like that. just really awkwardly. and fushi only looks mildly disturbed like why is this fucking guy holding me im busy.

[draw-the-squad-like-this]

Draw your characters like this

[dumb-doll-lips]

I wonder if like I’ve ever been on a zoom call where the other person like also had their hand in their pants.

[hazzzyrider]

overstimming your robot girlfriend because you forgot to label any of her switches and now you have to continuously check which are her lights and her OTHER lights by flicking them repeatedly back and forth

[harbingersglory]

honestly i feel like chiori is a snarky sassy power bottom and that actually makes my service stone top ass fold every single time i honestly need her so bad

like you want me to pleasure you? yes maam fingers ir mouth or strap???

would go on all fours for her any day

starting to think ya'll are reading my mind!! get out of there its loud enough as is /j

i was literally doing the chiori story quest earlier today (im late, i know, but im lazy) and lord. the grip snarky femmes have over me is crazy i was folding immediately like yes ma'am anything you say ma'am. assertive women are so attractive it got me acting up like lordddd.