#benches ftw

[houseshoesandtallboys]

LUNA

[flame-shadow]

There is a mod to mute salubra? Oh damn I specifically went out of my way not to get her blessing because I knew it would annoy me. Like I like salubra but god is she loud

It's included in the Quality of Life mod, I believe. I don't see it listed in the readme for that mod, but I definitely don't see/hear Salubra when I have mods on, and I don't think any of my other enabled mods would affect that.

It's such a sanity saver! I highly recommend it. Keep in mind that bundled into the QoL mod is skipped cutscenes, which is sad if you like to watch Nosk transforming (that's my main complaint with the mod anyway haha)

[froggibus]

Venture x short fem reader x junkerqueen head cannon

Nsfw is up to you

Dating Junkerqueen & Venture Headcanons

Pairing: Junkerqueen x reader (has a pussy but no pronouns are used) x Venture

Genre: fluff + smut beneath the cut

CW: poly relationship, jealousy, JQ is referred to as Dez/Odessa, manhandling, full nelson, face fucking, size kink, teasing, edging, overstim, strap on, double pen, fingering, threesome, praise/degradtion aftercare ftw * reader is short & can be carried/lifted by Sloan & Dez (tho they are strong as FUCK I think JQ could bench press a car)

hey hi thanks for the request! i really like writing short reader cause i myself am not short :,) but it is nice to pretend...i went a little crazy with the NSFW so hopefully you're into that lol

This post contains NSFW content. Minors read the warnings & please do not read past the NSFW cut.

(have these two actually met in the lore? 😭 I haven’t read their short stories in so long cause none of them interest me)

these two can be a match made in heaven, or something out of hell

Odessa is SUCH a tease and given she’s 7 feet tall she WILL give you a hard time

loves putting stuff in high places just so she can watch you struggle to grab it until you sheepishly ask for her help

Sloan can go either way honestly

sometimes they’ll join Dez in teasing you, sitting there with their arms crossed while you pout and try to grab it

other days they’ll put those big muscles to good use and help you up

both of them think you’re adorable & always manhandle you

Odessa specifically loves hoisting you on her shoulders when you’re watching fights in Junkertown

or throwing you over her shoulder when you’re going to bed

Sloan is more lowkey, but a lot of the time if you’re sleepy or tired they’ll gladly carry you to bed

also BOTH are super protective of you (even if they don’t mean to be)

they both know you can defend yourself but they still wanna let it be known to everyone that they’re looking out for you

Dez is way more upfront about it…anyone who talks badly about you or is a little too aggressive will pay a harsh price

Sloan is more lowkey, maybe they’ll throw a glare or something, but they let Dez take the lead

they occasionally try to talk her down if she’s scaring the hell out of some poor girl that accidentally bumped you

they are a NIGHTMARE in bed to deal with I’m so sorry

Odessa in herself is already a handful…she’s such a tease and with your size, can manhandle you however you want

the two of them could spend HOURS edging you until you’re crying and begging to cum

Sloan feeds off of Odessa’s energy too, so if Dez is in a very dominant mood, oftentimes Sloan is too

I promise they’re nice to you sometimes too (rare)

you’ll be trapped between the two of them, Sloan making out with Dez above your head while they finger you

Dez will be groping you and shoving you further into Sloan’s touch

eventually they’ll grow tired of playing with you and that’s when the real fun begins

Odessa LOVES fucking you with a strap or sitting you on her face

she’ll hold your thighs and pull you down while she absolutely devours you

Sloan usually takes this as an opportunity to use your mouth however they please

the combination of Sloan’s praise and Odessa’s dirty talk is a WHIRLWIND

Dez will be fucking you from behind with her strap, gripping your hips and laughing about what a whore you are

and Sloan will be fucking your face, running their hands over your cheeks and head, murmuring praise

or sometimes Odessa will fuck you full nelson, her strong arms under your thighs and your back to her chest

meanwhile Sloan slowly pushes themselves inside of you next to Odessa, rubbing your clit to help you adjust

the two of them fucking you is a lot

there have been times where they’ll take turns playing with your mouth

Odessa will grab the back of your head and shove it into her cunt, her and Sloan fighting for dominance over who gets to ruin your pretty mouth

aftercare is AMAZING

they’re both a little new to it, but Sloan goes crazy overboard

drinks, snacks, bath—they’ll do it all for you

Odessa is a little awkward in the afterglow, but if you tell her what you need, she’s more than happy to get it for you

masterlist | overwatch masterlist

(if you enjoy content like this, interactions go a long way! comments, likes & rbs are always greatly appreciated ^-^ !!)

[ticktockmyclockworkhart]

I don't really think of any modern AUs for red dead for some reason, idk, I have modern AU thoughts for any other piece of media that takes place in the past but for some reason I just can't separate these guys from the old west for the life of me

BUT the one modern AU thought I had and that I have very frequently is the thought of the entire Van Der Linde gang going to disneyland. That thought just tickles me. Like

Tilly, Mary-Beth and Karen make it their mission to go meet every single disney princess and they also kidnap Arthur and make him go with them. But he actually ends up having a kinda fun time because he enjoys wonder and whimsy, doesn't mean every character interaction before they took pictures wasn't stiflingly awkward though. he mumbled the entire time and refused to do any whimsical poses for the pictures

Hosea and Dutch are camped out somewhere shady by the park entrance with everyone's bags and snacks and water to act as home base and collect all their idiots at the end of the day, the only time they move is when an employee runs up to them and asks if the exhausted man with the scars on his face who fell asleep on a bench in direct sunlight by splash mountain and may or may not be suffering heat stroke belongs to them and they have to go help John before the park calls an ambulance. They go on exactly one ride at night, the jungle cruise, with arthur and john. Hosea laughs at all the skipper's bad jokes and Dutch thinks the whole thing is fucking stupid

Susan is also camped out with them but she gets worried about everyone too often and keeps getting up to go to everyone's last known location to make sure they're alright, but at some point Sean tells her to go take a picture with the evil stepmother from cinderella because they look like twins so she just goes back to Hosea and Dutch and lets them fend for themselves

Lenny is genuinely having a fucking BLAST but is really embarrassed about it. He does get a picture with belle because she's his favorite disney princess (bookworms ftw) and he runs into Arthur there being held captive by the girls, they both rib each other about what brought them there later. After everything is said and done though he and Arthur totally go on some rides together

Sean WAS hanging out with Lenny but they got separated within like three minutes of entering the park because Sean kept wandering off so Lenny left him to fend for himself, but he actually stayed out of trouble the entire time, surprisingly. He just rode the carousel again and again for like 8 hours because he was piss drunk before he even got to the park (since you can't drink there) and if he closed his eyes it almost didn't give him motion sickness (he never considered the possibility that he could also just not ride anything? Or maybe go to where Hosea and Dutch said they'd be?)

John is living that one viral post where he sat on a bench and fell asleep from heat exhaustion, then woke up to his ice cream melted all over him and mickey mouse putting a cold towel on his forehead. He was there because Jack wanted to ride splash mountain btw and John was terrified of getting on

Kieran lived one of my magical disney park experiences, which was he went on one ride with the group and was feeling good about being included, but then he got off the ride and literally couldn't find a single person he rode with, so he's wandering the park aimlessly worrying if everyone just left him there (this is not exactly what happened to me btw. I went on a ride with an uncle who is no longer an uncle who had a tbi and so could act unpredictably some times, mostly by virtue of being incredibly spacy, he got out of line to go get a drink and when he came back the line had moved up a lot more so he just told me he'd meet me at the end of the ride. Then at the end of the ride I literally could not find him. I wandered the entire area for like twenty minutes realizing he'd wandered off somewhere before I finally gave up and reported it to my cousin who I kid you not was completely unfazed and told me not to worry about it, they'd find him eventually. I still felt so bad about it even after he turned up not even thinking twice about the whole thing)

Abigail is busy being a responsible mother to two children (her husband and also Jack), Jack is having the absolute time of his life and they've lost John about ten times because he's too scared to go on the rides and also too scared of the disney characters to join them for pictures so Abigail eventually gave up looking for him, Dutch and Hosea would find him and babysit him (they did)

Pearson is floating around between the different groups, he's got the big backpack with the snacks, water and sunscreen in it while Hosea and Dutch were holding onto whatever he couldn't carry. He's like pretty ambivalent about everything happening and is kinda just happy to be there, but he is hella interested in all the food vendors and taking notes on what everyone in the gang seemed to enjoy so he can try and make it himself later

Swanson got a little too silly before coming to the park and ended up stuck on the magic teacups ride because he couldn't process how to get off. He was at park lost and found for like two hours before Dutch and Hosea found him, only for him to end up stuck on the teacups AGAIN like an hour later

Sadie thinks this entire trip is fucking stupid and she exclusively sticks to the biggest thrill rides, spending most of her time in california adventure (is that part of the park still called that? it's changed so much since I've last been there), a few people who also enjoy thrill rides have tried accompanying her on her bender but she literally never takes a break and apparently can't get motion sickness

Bill is lost. He was pretty sure he was with Javier and the Marstons at first, but he lost them at some point and now he's stuck in the star wars land and doesn't know where the exit is, small children keep pointing at him and making wookie noises, and he really just needs a drink tbh

Javier has been EVERYWHERE. He has a plan and an itinerary, either keep pace with him or you're getting left behind (rip Bill). He finishes his schedule within like three hours and then goes to hang out with Sadie on her masochistic thrill ride loop before he has to tap out after like five thrill rides in quick succession. He started the day hanging out with the Marstons and Jack insisted he wear a pair of mickey mouse ears, so like the cool uncle he is he agreed and in every picture he's in he's standing there in bedazzled mouse ears with an extremely stoic expression on his face

Charles silently slinks off to critter country (is it still called that? idk how the park has changed) upon getting there because he wants to go see winnie the pooh. After a couple hours of wandering aimlessly and wanting to hit people who crowd too close to him he finds and joins Lenny and Arthur. They go on some rides and then go see winnie the pooh again. Tigger grabs Arthur by the hands and makes him bounce with him and Arthur is in such a whimsical mood and has been doing goofy shit around the park all day at this point that he actually enthusiastically participates. Charles considers it a 10/10 time

Micah was definitely not allowed into the park. 100%

Strauss didn't want to come to disneyland, he had work to do, and the entire gang tried their hardest but unlike several of the other gang members they were unable to force Strauss to join. Party pooper :(

Uncle is having a great fuckin time. He went onto the haunted mansion and just fell asleep and rode the loop until he was personally escorted off by staff because they were worried he died in his sleep or something

Trelawny is there!! They have not seen him for four months but he is there for some reason! Late into the night Arthur got onto the haunted mansion, turned to his left and Trelawny was just. there in the doombuggy with him

[kevindavidday]

Hello! Just wanna drop a note and say kevaaron FTW! I got into this pairing when I was reading a fic on it and i must say that i love the way they fall into each other via trauma bonding. How Aaron is able to understand his trauma and helped him through with it and how Kevin helped Aaron navigate his sexual awakening. I wanna ask if you have any HCs or future fic ideas about them?

oh boy do i have hc's and fic ideas about kevaaron...i have like 3 long fics in progress for them and most of my hc's are incorporated into those fics because i can't write a short fic to save my life apparently

first fic is called to be good, i've posted the start of this on my ao3 it's a very lengthy look into the nest and perfect court (including andrew) but as artists instead of exy players and the way kevaaron (artist x doctor) end up together in this eventually is like the only thing keeping me alive right now. it is, however, andreil centric with unrequited kevjean, endgame jerejean, kevaaron and andreil (ofc)

second fic idea is an entirely canon compliant fic of kevin's life with the main canon divergence being kevaaron exists and is endgame. i wanted to explore what they would be like if i changed nothing else and also wanted to see how aaron would be like with amalia (i suck and have no idea if i will ever actually write this but trust me i have so much of it planned: it would be called 'the winner takes it all' after the abba song)

third fic idea is pretty recent and i really really really want to write it but the premise is that kevin experiences insane levels of burn out in his late 20's and his professional team psychiatrist and doctor sideline him to the benches (what horror what injustice to take kevin off the court) and the foxes collectively decide someone needs to take care of kevin lest he kill someone or himself. aaron lives closest to him and he does not volunteer to do this but oh, look he's a doctor! he can take care of kevin! and so they end up living together aaaaand chaos ensues (lowkey this one's gonna be displaying my love for aaron minyard x 10000)

i've got like a billion trillion hc's of them sharing wire headphones while riding the subway and aaron consistently playing with kevin's hands and making sure he doesn't overwork it and them getting the most obscure things for each other that no one in the world would understand the reference to and cooking together and travelling together because they can't stand any of the other foxes and yeah i can talk about them for like hours you're gonna wanna book an appointment for this one babe

[thesupreme316]

Stay With Me (Ricky Starks x Fem!Reader):

Word Count: 951

Summary: After being betrayed by his tag team partner, Powerhouse Hobbs, a devastated Ricky Starks finds comfort and strength in the embrace of someone who cherishes him.

Supreme Speaks: Hey yall, shoutout to @rollinsbabe2017 for this idea. I've been missing Ricky alot so this lil drabble or something really does help out. Anyways, hope you are doing well and please remember that you are loved and appreciated and I'm happy you're here.

Warnings: THE GIF AINT MINE I REPEAT THE GIF AINT MINE

Ricky Starks stood in the center of the ring, the cheers of the crowd ringing in his ears. Although he just lost the FTW Championship to his dear friend hook, the adrenaline was still pumping through his veins, and the crowd was still behind him. As he thanked the arena for their support, he turned to see his tag team partner, Powerhouse Hobbs, climbing into the ring. Ricky smiled, expecting Hobbs to join in the celebration. He expected to be given a handshake, maybe even a hug, and his best friend telling him that he did a great job.

But something was off. 

The look in Hobbs' eyes was cold, distant. Before Ricky could react, Hobbs lunged forward, delivering a devastating clothesline that sent Ricky crashing to the mat. The crowd's cheers turned to gasps of shock as Hobbs continued his assault, stomping on Ricky with merciless force. The betrayal was swift and brutal. But to Ricky, it felt like a lifetime. 

After all, he spent years working, training, laughing, and bonding with Hobbs. So while the arena heard Ricky hit the mat various times, he could just hear his heart and mind breaking. Ricky tried to shield himself, but the pain was overwhelming. He felt a sharp kick to his ribs, and then another. Finally, security rushed in to pull Hobbs away, but the damage was done. Ricky lay on the mat, gasping for breath, his body aching from the unexpected attack.

You, watched from backstage, unable to move out of fear and shock. You stood jaw to the floor, wondering where it all went wrong. Being one of Ricky’s closest friends (and having a slight crush on him), you can easily see how distraught he is when the doctors guide him backstage.

Taz joined you as you awaited Ricky to appear in front of you. He whispered to himself, but so you can hear, “I had no idea.”

You didn’t blame him, you couldn’t. Taz was just like you-a surprised bystander.

Ricky came from the curtains and immediately sat down. He slumped on a bench, holding an ice pack to his bruised ribs. His eyes are filled with hurt and confusion. You can see the disbelief etched on his face, the betrayal still fresh in his mind. Taz patted his shoulder in support, and walked off, probably to find Hobbs and give him a piece of his mind.

"Ricky," you say softly, sitting down next to him and gently brushing a strand of hair from his forehead. "I'm so sorry this happened. I know how much Hobbs meant to you as a partner and friend.” 

Ricky keeps his head down, he allowed his hand to drop from his ribs, letting the ice pack hit the ground, "Why? Why would he do this?" he asks, his voice barely above a whisper.

You take his hand in yours, intertwining your fingers. "Sometimes people change, Ricky. Their motivations shift, and they make choices that hurt others. But that doesn't reflect on you. You did everything right. You were a great partner and a true friend."

Ricky takes a deep breath, trying to steady himself. "It just hurts, you know? I trusted him."

"I know," you reply gently, leaning in closer. "It's going to take time to heal from this, both physically and emotionally. But remember, you're not alone. You have so many people who care about you and believe in you. Lean on them, and take this one step at a time."

He nods slowly, the pain in his eyes slowly being replaced by a steely determination. "You're right. I can't let this break me. I'll come back stronger."

You smile, giving his hand a reassuring squeeze. “Ricky, you're one of the best, and I’m not saying this because you are one of my best friends. But you really are talented, and this setback won't change that. Keep your head up, and show the world what you're made of. This is just another bump in the road for you to become the face of the company. It might hurt now, and maybe even later, but you’re gonna look back and feel good that even this couldn’t hold you back.”

Ricky manages a small smile, the first one since he been in the ring. "Thanks, Y/N. I needed that and I appreciate you, as if you didn’t already know.”

"Anytime, pretty boy,” you say, your voice soft and filled with affection. You really couldn’t help it, you adore Ricky. And you would do anything to make him smile. Very gently, you started to pull his arm towards the hall, “Now, let's get you patched up. I’ll make Tony give you as much time as you need off. Hobbs is gonna regret it, you’re gonna show him-“  Ricky stopped you from continuing your rant by pulling you back to him. His big brown eyes shined up at you, as they kept circling your face. 

With his voice barely above a whisper, “Stay with me a little longer?"

You nod, your heart swelling with emotion. "Of course," you say, sitting back down and wrapping your arms around him. He leans into your embrace, finding comfort in your warmth. He placed the ice pack on his ribs as you rubbed his knee, allowing everything else around you to just disappear. 

In that moment, surrounded by the chaos of the wrestling world, you both find a sense of peace. The road to emotional recovery and triumph won't be easy, but with your support, Ricky will be ready to face whatever comes next. 

And maybe, just maybe...

this unexpected turn of events will bring you closer together than ever before.

Taglist: @hookerforhook@hooks-martin@sheinthatfandom@triscillal@wwenhlimagines @kat04ie@batzy-watzy @cassie0sstuff @toriluvsnickwayne @rez-luvs-hook

[kandicon]

Actually I really wanna write a role reversal gerrymichael au and let me be so, so transparent when I say it is literally just bc I wanna fantasize about the tall, gangly blond man beating monsters to death

Everyone else has the same roles. Mary Keay is still Mary Keay in all her abusive and obsessive glory; Gertrude is still the Archivist.

Vaguely spiral aligned Michael who Does Not Like It. Pretends his connection is a hell of a lot looser than it is.

The only benefit (that Michael thinks of the Spiral) is how he can move around the Institute with relatively little interference and watch, after all, it is hard to behold something that is both nothing and everything and never was all at the same time.

Gerry ran away from home really young and actually succeeded. Spent a few years fucking around and learning what kind of benches are best to sleep on before applying to the Magnus Institute because that's what his dad did. He lied to hell and back on the application, but was hired quickly because of how thoroughly touched by the entities he was (thanks Mary) and Gertrude was running low on assistants. Gerry also felt completely justified in faking stuff and that he was perfectly qualified bc he grew up in a bookshop and how much different could it be (very different, as it turns out).

They first meet each other when Michael is prowling through artefact storage like it was a shopping mall, and pocketing everything he saw that didn't immediately mesmerize him. He was nervous and jumpy as all hell, even though this was not the first time he's done something similar and he's fairly certain Gertrude doesn't care, so when Gerry first spotted him from behind, he was immediately suspicious even before he saw Michael try to shove a lamp into his jacket pocket. This led to an altercation that eventually led to the lamp being accidentally turned on, Michael smashing it to pieces with a hammer Gerry had not realized Michael had, and Gerry suddenly being a lot more consciously aware of the supernatural than he was.

Gerry's mother was still obsessive over Lighteners, and she didn't make an effort to hide what she did, but she didn't actively try to educate Gerry on anything to do with the Fears. So he is fairly knowledgeable on the supernatural, but he doesn't know anything concrete about the Fears themselves and their categorization. The role of a stand by sacrifice instead of an errand boy and heir.

Michael still trusts Gertrude, but this time he knows he shouldn't and hates himself for it. Gerry wants to trust Gertrude, and she does hide him from anything Fears related and behaves around him like she did Michael in cannon, but he just feels something off about her and doesn't like it. She's just a bit too much like his mother for him to let his guard down.

Michael gets referred to by "it/its" pronouns once by Gerry as a teasing joke before Gerry fully knows what he is and is absolutely terrified by how happy the pronouns make his feel. (He thinks, maybe, that the Michael of his childhood liked something similar, too, but everything too far back is all twisted and he doesn't know what has been touched by the Spiral and what hasn't, so he doesn't trust any of it). He/it Michael ftw

At one point Michael just started putting black lipstick on himself because some of Gerry's always stuck to him when they kissed anyways n this gave them plausible deniability. Michael will never admit to the little spiral thrill it gives him when people do a double take upon seeing his face, the black lipstick contrasting literally everything else about his style.

Gabriel attempted to track Michael down exactly once, a few years before he joined the institute. He had heard about Michael's unsavory... Hobby... (<- reckless destruction of artefacts and throwing himself at all monsters and avatars he sees with a murderous rage regardless of their affiliation) but spiral avatars capable of holding a conversation are so few and far between and the Great Twisting was almost prepared, so he thought a meeting would be worth it. He showed up at a cafe Michael frequented one day expecting lovely, but tense, conversation, only to promptly lit on fire (mostly) in the back alley behind the cafe after he introduced himself. Gabriel survived, but some of his clay body still hardens unexpectedly or shows signs of firing from time to time.

Occasionally Michael's eyes will change colors and shapes, so he likes to put contacts in (he used to just use tinted glasses, but after one time of Gerry getting lost in his eyes in the far too literal, not at all romantic, sense, he decided to invest in smth a bit harder to take off and forget about). Unfortunately, this sometimes means other, very much not his original eyes will pop up around his body and in his hair as protest when he puts them in. It's not very fun to have to chase off eyes at 6am, but he does it regardless and complains the whole time about how he shouldn't have to deal with eyes when he very clearly isn't of The Eye.

Gerry: Oh hey you were running pretty late. I was starting to get worried.

Michael, not about to admit he spent an extra thirty minutes to get ready yelling and brandishing a lighter at a door that was following him around like a lost puppy: Ummmmmm I forgot my wallet. :((

[aerodaltonimperial]

If you're still taking drabble prompts - 3) Don't make me jealous

"Hey," Hook says, and drops the FTW belt on Jack's lap before he even continues with, "Hold this for me."

"Sure," Jack replies, the slow drawl of someone most likely rolling their eyes when Hook can't see it. "Anything to help. Love holding this belt for you."

There's an edge there. Hook frowns. "Don't."

"Making me jealous?" Jack asks. He lifts his gaze. "Is that the plan here?"

Hook abandons his locker raiding and leans down. Plants his hands on the bench on either side of Jack’s legs. "Are you jealous?" And then, when Jack doesn't answer, he adds, "If you want, you can wear it later tonight. Around your waist, even." He leans further, his mouth brushing against Jack’s cheek. "With nothing beneath."

Jack shudders. There's a strangled sort of laugh there. "God dammit, Hook," he mumbles, but it's no longer twinged with envy and instead laced with something else.

[claraweems]

Friday Kiss Meme

I saw @mushroommanchanterelle post this and thought I would jot down a mini-scene that's been rolling around my head. Funny enough, they said they don't normally do kisses in scenes but that's literally all I do. Fluffy romance, ftw!

Rules: Post smooch from your writing for Friday. It can be as light as a peck or as intense as a makeout. It can be romantic or platonic or familial. As long as a smooch takes place it's free reign!

--

Kazuya and his father took a moment to chat and regroup after the wonderful evening they had had so far. Three of Kazuya's young boys were asleep finally, strewn about various guest suites and the solarium. (They had never seen such a gigantic house, though neither had the adults in truth.) Jessica was off with their youngest as he was drifting off, not far from slumber herself on the decidedly comfortable living room sofa.

A few chuckles and words of relief that the evening and the introductions had went well. After Rosaires no-show at the restaurant neither man was particularly thrilled for the do-over, but they stood corrected. Kazuya folded his arms as the men fell silent. From where they stood at the edge of the solarium's patio they could see their hosts taking their own break.

Rosaire and Toshiya had stepped outside for a moment, down a finely paved walkway that was draped with towering rose bushes. A natural arbor, of sorts, was formed by old growth vines and ivy and a woody framework. Underneath was a bench, and around the ground were dim lights moulded into the pavement. The men sat side by side and the taller of the two seemed to sigh, decompressing.

Where they sat didn't provide the best view for Toshiya's brother and father, not that the men particularly wanted to pry, but their opinion of Rosaire was improving and a bit of a morbid curiosity got the better of both of them. So they watched in silence, with an unspoken agreement to back away if things became uncomfortable. All they could really see were the other men in silhouette from behind, down to the taller one's chest and the shorter's shoulders. The bench they were sat upon was particularly ornate with metal floral designs.

The pair spoke about something, about whatever, and Toshiya looked up at the stars for a moment. Rosaire kept his eyes on the other man, his silhouette so feminine with his braids down around his shoulders. This was the man their brother and son had claimed to love, had claimed to be so devoted to, and they had no idea why when the evening had begun.

Toshiya looked back down towards his boyfriend and appeared to smile, if the way his cheeks lifted meant anything. The other smiled as well and they shuffled a bit. A broad hand was held in a dainty one and lifted to plump, dark lips for a kiss. A word or two and another kiss joined to Toshiya's fingers.

Kazuya and their father didn't need to hear what was said to know. They peered at each other briefly before deciding to turn back inside. It wasn't anything particularly scintillating but the men deserved their privacy. The elder went in first and the younger gave one last peek over his shoulder. His older brother, so perfectly clean cut and broad in his shoulders, looked like he was absolutely melting as he was pulled down into a very sweet kiss by the other man. He was so small when he was in Rosaire's arms like that, but he knew it made his brother feel oh so big.

It had been years since Kazuya had met Rosaire and despite their poor reunion recently? He was damn proud that his brother had finely found the man that seemed to be his other half.

[dovand]

yeah

(id: a digital canvas filled with small sketches of marvel characters, done in a style that mimics art markers. most depict tony stark and peter parker. in one, peter is excitedly exclaiming “science!” while looking at a fire. in another, he has fallen asleep on a desk wearing an oversized hooded jacket and tony is looking on, experiencing a ‘cute overload’. in another, peter and tony are posing for a photo, tony looking proudly at peter and peter smiling over-enthusiastically at the camera. it is labelled ‘awkward selfies ftw…’. there is a single drawing of steve rogers staring dramatically into the distance. there is a single drawing of pepper potts looking concerned and confused. peter wields a blue lightsaber and announces “run 4 ur life, sith!”. a tired tony picks up mjolnir, grumbling “dammit thor. leaving your stuff in front of the coffee machine. …why is everyone looking at me?”. peter stands silhouetted in a doorway looking sad, captioned ‘i threw up…”. there’s a series of drawings that look like stills from a front-facing phone video, in which peter is lying at a bench press and tony is cheering him on: in the first he says “come on pete” then “yeaaah!” as peter lifts the weight. tony then turns to the camera and says “my kid is stronger than cpt usa (captain america)! suck it, rogers!”. there are other assorted doodles of tony and peter hugging or smiling.)

[calonise]

Using this mostly to write my thoughts out somewhere, not necessarily looking for validation or anything in particular, just need to get this out of my chest and to try and give closure to something that happened to me.

A year and a half, during a friend's birthday I was introduced to a girl, who i thought was one of the prettiest girls I had yet met.

During this party we talked a bit, we got along and we became acquainted.

Few more friend gatherings passed, including a new years eve party and I just kept talking with this girl more and more, I vividly at one point during this party at a friend's house where we just got hungry and we went together to the kitchen to heat up some leftovers, we were alone and talking about music and stuff, and at one point during our talk, something clicked in my mind, and I kid you not, for some reason I could not stop staring at her face, she just looked extremely gorgeous to me and I felt an intense attraction to her at that moment, she was talking about a Jrock band (yabai t-shirt Japan I think?) and at that moment I just zoned out looking at her and could not make a word she was saying, this had not happened to me in AGES and it made me excited to finally feel something like that towards someone.

A few more weeks passed, we kept talking, but I knew now that I had a crush on this girl, I remember one day there was a screening of the LoTR trilogy at one or the local theaters, I sent her a message 30 mins before the screening and asked her out, she excitedly said yes.

I promptly made myself ready, went to pick her up, we made our way there, got popcorn and we went inside, once in there I noticed the AC was on and she was wearing light clothes, to which I offered to lay in my arms (couch seats ftw) to keep her warm and she was happy, needless to say we stayed like that for the whole movie and I could not be happier.

Few more weeks passed and we kept going out on dates to movies, restaurants and even us cooking together at my place and watching something together. Every second I spent with her was fun and joyous, I began to realize that I wanted to pursue something more formal with her, so I made up my mind.

I invited her to a date to a concert that was gonna happen downtown, go to our favorite restaurant first and hit the mall before the concert, dress myself up and have a wonderful day.

It was rainy, so I brought an umbrella, went to pick her up and as she got out I made sure to use the umbrella so she wouldn't get herself wet from the rain, momma raised me well on that regard, and that even impressed her mother that saw me doing that for her, and this girl, who i will now call bunny, blushed out at it too.

Bunny and I went to the restaurant, we had some wonderful tempura, udon, oyakodon and then we went for ice cream before hitting the mall. We had a great time and we chowed down all that like gremlins 😂

When we were at the mall I started to feel sick, dizzy and out of it, we sat at a bench for a while as she rubbed my back, bunny loved to rub my back to comfort me, I wish I had told her more how much I loved and appreciated those gestures she did to comfort me whenever I felt sick or down, one of the things I loved about her. Don't worry she didn't pass away or anything like that, but I do grieve what happened to us (spoiler)

After I gained some strength, I told her that we could go to the concert and she suggested we should just go to my place and rest, I was still not feeling great, when we got to the car I had to rest a bit more again since I felt weak, we played some music on my cars radio and we were singing together, yet another thing I loved about her, her singing, I was bummed out a bit that we didn't go to the concert, but we just went home, I mustered the strength to drive 20 mins back home on the rain, but thankfully we made it.

We got some snacks at a convenience store by my house, we got home, we sat on the couch and I laid my head on her lap, as she kept comforting me, god how I miss being comforted like that, she really knew how to make me feel better.

We were both sleepy, and I must mention, at this point we had not defined what we were, and I had not made any physical advances on her until I knew exactly how I felt, but at that moment, I had made up my mind, I gathered courage and suggested we had a nap on my bed, and she was hesitant at first, but I convinced her that I was way comfier than my couch, and so she accepted and... Unexpectedly, I got into bed first and bunny quickly made herself comfy in my arms as we started to spoon, this made my heart skip a beat, and I embraced this surprise, we talked a bit until she fell asleep, and boy, let me tell you, the feeling of spooning your crush, and hugging while taking a nap, made me so excited that I could not sleep at all, the smell of her shampoo, her warm back against my chest and just us spooning got the sleep right out of me, but she slept in my arms for 4 hours, I felt like a teen again 😂

During that time I had decided that when she woke up, I would talk to her and declare my feelings, without asking for anything in particular as I could no longer go without making my intentions clear

When she woke up, still in my arms, she turned around as I was still hugging her, she said good morning as she buried her head on my chest while still waking up... After she finally woke up, I started talking to her, told her how much fun I had that day, how fun it is to be with her and that I, now, had romantic feelings for her.

Now... Here's where things take a turn, she said that she was... Afraid of being in a relationship, and that she was scared of losing me as a friend, I also told her the same, but reaffirmed that I could not just bury these feelings, bunny said that she felt something too and suspected the same from me, we kept talking and I told her that we could keep things going slowly, but without any misunderstandings between how we felt. We kept talking for a while more and I eventually drove her home.

I'll continue this some other time, but this is essentially the beginning of how I got my heart broken for the last time in my 20s, and a good one at that.

Many things were learned, both good and bad, and I'm still processing the grieve of what it could have been, and how I lost someone dear to me, because let's face it, heartbreaks are hard, it's losing someone that you once loved, is still alive out there, but you two are no longer in each other's lives at all.

See you later when I continue this soap opera of mine

[houseshoesandtallboys]

WERST

[convexicalcrow]

Cub's speedrunning streams have got me in a grindy mood ngl. Ya boi's been busy building things. There's this village about 400 blocks or so east of the pyramid, and I wanted a break from the mansion and pyramid builds, so I went to work on the village.

I made a lil starter house bc I needed to cut down all the trees lol, and made a lil stable for my horse. Then I built the fortress above, based on this fortified desert storage barn, but with a stone and andesite block palette to match the village.

The fortress itself is a work in progress but it's doing a good job of being a storage barn rn lol. The upper floor really just has a bed and a lil chest and a crafting bench bc I am being Lazy about Interiors atm. But it'll do.

Mostly I wanted it so I could link it up to a mining area underneath the fortress. I plan to add an autosmelter in here, as well as some other bits and pieces, but I haven't got to those yet. I only just dug the mine down to bedrock.

This tunnel goes all the way through from the starter house and goes the hill and meets up on the other side. Kind of near where Zed's mountain is. (I'm playing on the hc9 seed bc why wouldn't I? >_>)

I've build most of the walls and towers and the lighthouse thingie by the water over the past two days. I took elements from the fortress design and reused those for the walls and towers and also for this lighthouse thing above. Most of this was done in creative, though the land clearing for the wall was done in survival and now I have nearly three double-chests of dirt in case anyone wants any. >_>

My motivation for setting up the village is to ensure free-roaming villagers in a contained area, but also to give us some xp sources bc we play on peaceful so no mob grinders for us, so there's crop farms I need to work on at some point as well as get some more houses built on the cleared land so there's room for more villagers. I also want to improve the villager houses as well, and make them a lil bigger maybe. Still keep the palette of stone and oak, but work on a nicer style. Also make paths. And maybe eventually I will do some interiors. XD

Also I created the river by the lighthouse to make it into a port town, and I may build some ships in the river maybe if I find some designs I like. >_>

also this sits across from the river which I'm sure is fine, right? (we have fire tick off but still. XD) /bedrock generation ftw

I did a lot of caving today and found myself an amethyst geode not far from the village, so I'm going to set that up as a farm eventually, but I did get the aesthetics for the entrance done today. :D idk I just went off vibes, and wasted too long farming spruce before realising I didn't actually want to use spruce or actually have a building around the entrance so. XD

And yeah you can see how close the amethyst farm is to the village. I've got the water streams for access done, and cleared out all the basalt and calcite and the regular amethyst, so now it's just setting up the farm itself.

Please also enjoy the sunflowers covering the base of Zed's mountain. bc apparently that's the bedrock seed for you wooo I am Fine and Normal about having so many sunflowers nearby absolutely fine. ;_;

[icharchivist]

Your randall propaganda worked now the man is forever bound to my wind team

(I always struggled while deciding for a third character on my lineup for long battles with wind, so after seeing your f.a team I decided to give him a chance considering he's been benched since I got him a few months ago and honestly I was pleasantly surprised! For reference my other 2 frontline characters are lvl. 110 siete and v.grimm)

YOOO THAT'S SO COOL!!!!

i'm so!! so so happy i'm so glad it's working out for you!! and so glad my propaganda is working eheheheheh, Randagenda ftw

I think Randall particularly shines on long battle, once his 3rd skill is charged to attack he's just unstoppable. He's handy on short battle thanks to his skill dmg on dodge, but, yeah, on long battle he's just. so incredible. If you give him proper support, with boosting his dodging with rings or characters like Ewiyar in the back, and proper Charge boost, with say, Kengo MC or Siete's kit, he just ends up really holding his ground.

When i looked for set up for him at first, i found quite a few set up recommending him with at least level 100 Siete, so i do think it's a brilliant choice because that really helps out.

V!Grimnir is always a good choice so :nods nods:

Honestly i've loved Randall when we as still R/SR only, and even more so when his VA became one of my fav seiyuu (mister "still has one of his song on top of my most listened songs of all time and most listened song of 2021"), so i was super excited when his SSR was announced.. and a bit disappointed because i didn't see how to use his kit and i didn't like to use wind teams then. (mostly bc i only had some favs in my team but therefore even if they hit hard they had bad survivability and synergy).

A friend was determined to find a way for me to manage to use Randall and the moment it started clicking how to make him work, it's just been a blast since.

I genuinely can't think of ever replacing him, between his high hostility and constant dodge it means that no one hits the rest of the team bc they're too busy trying to hit him while he just goes dodge pew pew, so thanks to him my survivability is just so much bigger than without him. And then just his skill dmg AND his CA dmg is just so great that he hits so hard i love him so much.

So i'm just very glad it's working out for you too!! I can totally relate on not specifically seeing how to use him at first, which is why i spread my agenda because it's just! Take a chance on him! he's soooo good.

I'm honestly so glad it's working for you <33 i'm wishing you all the best with using the dodgey boy :3c And i truly think you have a great team there.

Take care eheheh!!

[wolfraven80]

I agree with that other Anon, F!Byleth shoulda been taller they robbed us ;c ( I just like tall gf short/gf Edelgard can benchpress her huge gf and her huge gf is in love with that) We love small ladies who can bench press a dragon.

Height difference FTW Also, many thanks to all the fan-artists who draw Byleth with muscles. Unlike the people who did her swimsuit art in FE Heroes--very disappointing 😞

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

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