#but good god it's bad indoors and if you have to go outdoors even with a good mask your lungs WILL crap out

[julesnichols]

Love when the air is poison and there's an unfixable draft in my room that we tried and failed to find/cover when it was below freezing in the winter

[heimesweek]

God of War: Heimes Week 2023!!!!!!

HELLO CONTENT CREATORS AND ABSORBERS!!!! Do you like Hermes from GodOfWar 3 and also perhaps Heimdall from GodOfWar Ragnarok? Do you also like when they are TOGETHER????? Well GOOD NEWS!!!! I AM HERE to announce a wonderful festivity; HEIMES WEEK! A silly little week where epic content creators (such as yourselves) in the God of War fandom who enjoy seeing and/or enjoy making Heimes content (or have even always wanted to make content for it but needed a silly excuse) can opt in to be prompted for inspo seven days in a row. I'm really bad at intros can't you tell??? Anyways let's get into the DESSERT!!!

From April 23rd to April 29th, for 7 days in a row, each day will be dedicated to a different Heimes shipping prompt!!!

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Heimes Week is hosted by yours truly @medievildead!!!! And first off, HUGE THANK YOU for helping me out with the banner, to the incredibly talented @romaine-arts (lineart) and @silvergoldraeven (colours)

Each day has TWO prompts to choose from. Options were left available so people who partake can have more creative liberties with the prompts. Each day you can choose one prompt or the other to take inspiration from, or even combine the two, or maybe even just do both separately, or you can do neither!

You aren't obligated to participate, nor are the people who do participate obligated to participate the entire week! You can do two days and just opt out if it gets overwhelming, or you can often Midway through the week and just do them at your own liberty, whatever you want to do. As long as you're having fun and happy!!!!!

💕THE DAILY PROMPTS;

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Day 1: First Kiss/Last Kiss

Starting out simple, prompt is first kiss. Doesn't have to be exactly a first kiss, can be a first confession, a first date, a first anything . First time they realize they have feelings for each other, even! Whatever floats your boat! Or, last kiss. Make it sweet! Make it angsty! Make it bittersweet! Do what ya like!

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Day 2: Sacred Animals/Mythological Creatures

Rams and Roosters and Hawks! Selkies and Satyrs and Dragons, even!!!! Whatever creatures come to mind in regards to incorporating sacred animals (because hey, these two share a couple!) or mythological creatures somehow. Hey, doesn't even have to be creatures from their respective mythologies!

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Day 3: Meet the Family/Culture Shock

Meeting the family isn't always easy especially when both of your families control entire pantheons! Something about them not getting along with each other's fathers, or even getting along with each other siblings? Or vice versa? Or you can even go with the culture shock root, them introducing one another to each other's cultures. Be it clothes or food or customs and traditions!

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Day 4: Personality Swap/Gender swap

Breaking ship week tradition if we don't include this one, either a personality swap of one or both, Heimdall being a pushy flirt and Hermes being a prude? Or a gender swap of one or both. We love women in this house. Get serious or get goofy with whatever you think of!

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Day 5: Crossover/Alternate Universe

Have you ever wanted to see these two in your favorite other media? Or perhaps you have an alternate universe where they are already existing in a certain other reality? Maybe you wanted to see them in the Elder Scrolls universe, or them in a Modern AU, or them with a Pokemon team. Show us what ya got! Go hog wild!

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Day 6: Under the stars/Above the sky

Under the stars, stargazing or snuggling at night or doing anything really, indoors or outdoors, together or apart, or above the sky standing upon something tall or taking flight or whatever however you wanna take this and go about it in a bittersweet or not way. Combine the two of you want even (you don't have to)! Get poetic or get silly! Wheee!!

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Day 7: Sparring/Choose your own!

Lastly but not leastly we have sparring! Doesn't have to be with each other if you don't want, they can be sparring or fighting something Side by side! Showing off their powers to each other, etc. Or, you can just choose your own! Come up with your own idea, or maybe there was a prompt from one of the previous days that you chose not to do over the other option and you want to return to it! Completely fine! Have as much fun and be as creative as your heart desires!

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HOW TO PARTICIPATE;

Literally just go for it! There's no entry form, or hoops you have to jump through. Genuinely just REBLOG AND WRITE IN THE TAGS or COMMENT ON THIS POST that you intend on partaking (even briefly!) on the day of April 23rd, post your day one creation that day and tag it with #HeimesWeek2023 !!!!!

Reason we ask people to also say directly here if they're partaking is because sometimes tumblr is a bit of a nightmare and doesn't show posts in tags right away all the time, and we don't want to miss anything that you guys create for it!!!!!

Still, everything we see posted in the tag or by blogs who partake will be reblogged here at @heimesweek, so we have a nice little Hub to Showcase ALL of the awesome things that people make.

OUR INBOX IS OPEN for any questions people might have regarding this!!! But BEFORE YOU ASK;

"I want to participate but my art isn't as good as others/I'm still new!"

Whether or not you think your art is good compared to others is irrelevant, any art or content created for this week is all the same in my eyes. It is members of this community having fun and pitching in to make content for a silly little ship that makes us all happy! And whether you're a digital artist or traditional artist, you're just starting out or have been drawing for a long time, we are just excited to see it all the same. We would love to see what you come up with and how you get inspired!

"I want to participate but I'm afraid I'll opt out halfway through/not meet up to standards!"

Literally cannot stress enough as I did before, you are not obligated to participate the entire week if you do opt in. Heck, you only have to participate one day if you want to. Or you can just take the prompts and be absolutely sporadic with them at your own leisure. This week is about having fun and making content that makes you happy! Making others happy is just an amazing bonus!

"I want to participate but I'm not an artist, I'm a writer/editor/headcanon blog!"

That's TOTALLY FINE AND COOL! I love reading, we love reading and checking out edits, especially the cool stuff that a lot of the writers in this fandom create. I know a lot of amazing writers who do reader and OC content in the tags and a lot of it is just as amazing as a lot of the fan art that I see. If you want to take each day and use them for a writing prompt or editing prompt instead of a drawing prompt, you are absolutely welcome to be my guest. I would love to see some of the stuff that you come up with based on the prompts. And there's never enough Heimes fanfiction anyway!!! They don't have to be long bits of writing either! You are not expected to meet any margin, it can be a ficlet or it can be 5,000 words if you truly want to pour your heart out. You don't have to reach a certain amount of letters each day. One day can be a long thick, the next day can be a short thick, you can do art one day and writing another day. You can do both. The world is your oyster!

"I won't be participating, but I know some of my mutuals/followers who might want to. May I still reblog this post?"

ABSOLUTELY!!!! SPREAD THE WORD IF YOU WANT TO!!!! PLEASE BY ALL MEANS!!! THE MORE THE MERRIER!!!! 💕💕💕💕 Share it! Reblog it! Please! We love to see it!!!! WOOOOO!!!!

"I was wondering if it was okay if I instead submit my contributions directly instead of posting them on my blog!"

Of course it's okay!!!!!! I know plenty of people who prefer to keep fan content separate from their blog, as well as people who prefer not to post their art on Tumblr but still come to the site to observe, and perhaps even want to participate! You are absolutely more than welcome to submit your contributions for the daily prompts here. The only demand is that if you submit any artwork or writing or any contributions to the promps in this way, is that you provide a link/mention to your tumblr or other social media so that due credit is given!***

Thats about all there is to be said as of now. Any important updates will be posted to this blog Other than that, WE HOPE TO SEE YOU FOR HEIMES WEEK!!!!!!!

***Please note that all accounts that link back to, are connected with, or are owned by users that post inappropriate or suggestive content featuring underage characters will be blocked, submissions of any kind sent by these users will be deleted, and any posts published to the heimesweek tags by said users will be completely ignored. This event is intended to be safe for work fanworks that can be created for and observed by users of all ages, so we do ask that any and all who post that kind of content please do not interact. AKA;

[thetrashbagswasteland]

aight [cracks knucles] situation asks, gimme uhhh [rolls d20] solo 11 and 24 for avi kuris and tyk, and group 8 for the coyotes natch

11. Your character has to spend a whole day indoors. What do they get up to? AVITUS: Spending time indoors isn't a challenge for him actually - especially if he gets to pick one (or both!) of his boyfriend options to keep him occupied. On the schedule is sleeping in late, snuggling up to only half pay attention to the TV and ordering in enough food to propel them back into a food coma. And failing those options. Fucking. He's a big fan of that as a way of spending the day indoors. KURIS: This actually would be a challenge for him!!! In later years, it gets easier as he gets more paranoid and arthritis catches up with him, but on the whole, he actually likes going outdoors and simply being outside; it's something he got used to on Omega but in the years after that, he's very happy to feel the sun on his face again. Realistically though, baking with an audiobook or talk-show playing softly to keep him from being too alone with his thoughts is a great way to while away the hours - even better if he can convince one or both of his family members to hang out with him whilst working. TYKSE: To be honest, persuading her not to spend all day inside is more of a challenge than the opposite; Ora might have shitty bandwidth but by god she's still gonna find a way to make gaming with her extranet friends work. If her parents wanted her to, gasp, see the sun periodically? Well maybe they should've picked some place to live where she'd be able to have more friends. (They do, in fact, make that a reality eventually, and she STILL spends all day inside if she can get away with it.) 24. Your character has been challenged to a duel by a skilled fighter. What incentive would convince them to accept? How would they prepare for the fight? Do you think they would win? (bonus: which other character do you think the challenger could be?) AVITUS: Getting him not to accept would be a bigger challenge tbh. This asshole loves a fight and he's ready for it 24/7. Equally, there's pretty good chances he's winning. Even if it's not in a domain he's all that practiced with, there's a lot to be said for just being feral and hard to kill (he's made a career out of combining those talents). Preparation is for smarter people, just going in like a wild animal has always served him well.

KURIS: Honestly , similar to Avitus, he's pretty much always dtf (down to (fucking) fight). That said, he might think twice if it's specifically meant to be a fight with a weapon he's not familiar with. Give him enough time and he's learnin' to fight that way though! Aside from that, threatening a child or just plain insulting him or anyone he cares about is guaranteed to get him ready to have a go at it. TYKSE: Kiddo inherits one thing from her mother (well, two if you include the whole being asari thing) and that one thing is a shred of self preservation. Or at least, she got it somewhere, her mom has less sense than her though. Either way, there's next to nothing that'll entice her into a fight. Which is sensible because she's been coddled enough by her parents that she's pretty shit in a fight. Not a bad shot if you give her time and, sure, she can get herself out of trouble if backed into a corner but she's not a soldier and ain't that a luxury. 8. Your characters have been invited to a fancy dress ball, and their costumes must fit a group theme. What do they wear? I'm legally obliged to say that they all come as "back end of pantomime horse". That's my answer. All 3 of them are the back end of a horse.

[hamausagi]

YES IT IS LIKE THAT AND NOW I WANT ALL OF THEM FOR YOU TOO I AM EYES EMOJING U SO HARD RN

YAYAYAY I AM EYES EMOJING YOU TOO

What is your nickname?

i don't really have one these days, but i suppose jake or august are still two of my favorite names i go by ^^

When is your birthday?

10/21/03 <3

What was your longest relationship?

1 year and 2 months (ended) (thank god)

What is your favorite book?

six of crows - leigh bardugo !

What is something you're insecure about?

the way i speak LMAO i cringe so much hearing my own voice or hearing the things i say. i feel like im so socially awkward and i hate it so bad 😭😭😭

5 Male celebrity crushes

uhhhhhh i dont rlly keep up with celebs like at all anymore but i used to be literally head over heels for chris pine when i was younger HELP

5 Female celebrity crushes

ZENDAYA and maybe saorise ronan ???? (help me i dont rlly care abt celebs)

What is your dream job?

concept/character artist for a game company !!!! (and to make my own games) (which i am currently working on)

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment?

finding out about my dream college last september after literally never knowing about it prior (besides a friend making an offhand comment abt it in like. 2017 that i forgot abt), finishing a portfolio in less than 2 months, and getting accepted LMAO

What is a fact about you that nobody would believe?

i used to play indoor and outdoor soccer year round, my indoor team competed in a lot of big brackets for the state (i now play no sports and i can barely go up more than 2 flights of stairs or run more than a few meters without dying) (thank you asthma and anemia 💪)

What were your highs and lows for this last month?

highs: FINSHED MY FRESHMAN YEAR OF COLLEGE WAHOOOO passed all my classes 🔥 made some new friends :D (and regained some old)

lows: uhhhhh mental health struggles mostly

Where is somewhere you'd like to visit?

i reeeeeaaalllyyyy really wanna go to japan so bad. im literally japanese and ive never been there, and i have family there ive never met that i want to see

How do you de-stress?

sleeping, drawing, playing some games, bothering the bf, gams with friends (unless its helldivers) (then i am stressed more)

What are your favorite apps besides tumblr?

pinterest my beloved <3

Describe yourself in one sentence.

good intentions, but poor execution

What do you think makes you attractive?

uhhhhh i have big eyes, smallish waist ???? i really try and prioritize other people (help i rlly dont know how to answer this)

What is something you're really good at?

drawing :3

What is something you're really bad at?

cooking LOL (im trying to get better)

A time that you told a lie.

telling the kid in my prj group that it was okay after he apologized for being literally the worst group member i have ever worked with (he literally did NOTHING and almost cost us the project several times)

What's a totally random and useless fact that you know?

bearded dragons can puff their eyes out along with puffing their chins when they get scared or feel threatened (thanks to ron for scaring the absolute shit out of me one day) (i thought he was dying)

Who knows you the best?

either my bf or my irl best friend :3

What is your most prized possession?

a wooden box my dad mae me a really really long time ago. that or this little sterling silver flip flop necklace my grandpa gave me a few years before he died when i was a kid

What is your longest friendship?

with my irl bsf, been friends 13 years now

When did you first feel like an adult?

either when my dad finally started actually swearing when talking to me or when i changed my car's oil myself for the first time

Do you/ Have you played any sports?

played soccer for like 11 years and did archery for 5 :3

How are you feeling right now?

im really tired and my cramps are killing me 👍 but im chillin

Are you an early bird or a night owl?

night owl even tho i rlly wish i was an early bird so bad. no matter when i go to bed or how many hrs of sleep i get its so hard to wake up before 9 am bro

Do you believe in love at first sight?

for ocs? yes. irl? absolutely not

Favorite song lyrics right now?

literally loving all the lyrics in a feeling - whxami but more specifically i am thinking abt waiting room - phoebe bridgers "if you were a teacher, i would fail your class take it over and over til you noticed me if you were a waiting room, i would never see a doctor i would sit there with my first aid kit and bleed"

also saw a robin edit to espresso - sabrina carpenter and now my brain is IM WORKING LAAAAATEEEE CAUSE IM A SINGERRRRRRR

What does self care look like for you?

taking showers and making myself food. i hate actually taking showers but the post shower untainted clean feeling is so unmatched bro its the best

Describe yourself with 3 singers.

RONEN, wave to earth, and two door cinema club

What makes you nervous?

meeting friends of friends (meeting new people is fine but its scarier if someone i know is introducing me), going to people's houses that i don't know very well

What’s a pet peeve you have?

trying to talk to someone but getting dry ass responses or no response at all

What will always make you cry?

bro. those tiktoks that are like. "if you know yourself which one are you picking". oh my god. those destroy me so bad

What kind of first impression do you think you make on people?

i honestly have zero idea bro 😭😭 if im meeting people at school im probably a little overwhelming (im loud asf at school) but if like. im meeting my friends parents or my bfs friends. i am a ghost

[prsk-krow]

Could you do a platonic!Mizuki x reader where the reader kind of is really upset and then Mizuki tries their best to be there for them and give them affection and kind words? ❤️

{Mizuki comforting upset reader!} [P]

Sorry this took so long!! School was busy these past few days, but now that's it's over I can finally start focusing more on writing! Well, writing and playing sekai, but still!

Unsurprisingly, this seamstress is really good at taking care of others! They have helped the ground a lot, and been an emotional support tons of times for them, so there's really no surprise there.

It's also no surprise that they would be the one who you first tell that you're not feeling too well, and won't be able to do much today! They can tell that you're trying to get them to not worry, and that just makes them worry more!

Mizuki will ask you if you'd like to spend some time to cool off! Their tone and choice of words will be much more careful to let you know that this isn't a prank, or anything of the sort!

It doesn't matter whether you answer yes or no though, they will visit your home with the plan of staying there until you are feeling better! They will just use your response as an indicator of how they should act...

"Heeeeeeeeyy... Ahahaha! God, your surprise face is absolutely priceless! What, you didn't expect me to be here this soon? Or did you not expect anything at all?? Well, no matter! I'm here to ensure that you're not enduring a bad day in silence!"

Usually, Mizuki doesn't like to involve themselves in the problems of others, but that doesn't mean that they will just let them suffer! Sure, they will leave your reasons alone, but they will do their best to make you feel better nonetheless!

They will start out with their silly antics and their teasing tone to put you at ease! They want you to be with a lowered guard before anything, and to that extent they may even attempt to make a fool of themselves... Maybe they 'accidentally' forgot some snacks?

Once your face loosens and your tone is no longer cold, they will sit down next to you and let you describe how you're feeling! They nod as you tell them how upset you are, not at anything in particular, but just in general. They may even take notes... Which also serves to lower your guard if you spot them.

Once they learn that you're simply upset, they will make it their mission to brighten up your day! And the easiest way for them to do that is with a fashion show! You bet they brought a few sets of clothes to learn about your style! Especially if you seemed to be interested in it before...

However, that's not the only thing they have planned! Listening to music online, going shopping, visiting an arcade, surfing through Ena's selfies (You thinking they're kidding when they propose the idea. They are... Sort of.), And so much more! If you ever said or implied that you didn't mind any of these, expect the seamstress to treat you to at least one!

It's almost surprising just how prepared Mizuki is to spend a good time with you! No matter how down you may appear, there's always that one weak point that they will use to lighten up your mood! Whether that may be outdoors or indoors, energetic or chill, pricy or cheap, it's of no concern!

With one exception, that is. Even though they say they would do anything to cheer you up, physical contact is, sadly, out of the question. As shocking as this may be, they're pretty awkward at starting it with the intention of anything except teasing, so it's a no-go. Well, not like it matters much when it's just one way out of many that they can do!

And those options aren't limited to just one either! Get ready for an entire day full of excitement and energy with so many activities that it's sort of as if it were a special day! They do not hold back when comforting a good friend, and you will learn that thoroughly by the end of the day!

"Alright! Now that we've gone shopping, you seemed to eye up that bowling alley down the street! Hehe, you think I wouldn't notice?? You seem to underestimate my observation abilities! Now, let's go already! You don't want to waste any time, right??"

However, that's only if you're actually ok with all of the activities that could fill up a day! The day that they have planned depends purely on your desires and comfort hobbies. They don't mind if you don't have the energy or just don't like the outdoors, you can spend a lazy day together as well!

All in all, it's an extremely enjoyable day for you if Mizuki ever notices that you feel upset or anything of the sort! By the end, you'll probably have forgotten what made you upset, and you'll have positive energy running through you for a long while!

[breitzbachbea]

Your turn! 3, 10 and 23 🤗

YES, another excuse to gush about the kids! Thank you! <3

OC Ask Game

Because I have roughly 240 OCs for my Human/Organized Crime AU - Yes, that is not an exaggeration, I recently counted them again. To be fair, this includes anyone I ever gave a name to, but even if they're an insignificant backstory character, they are a character nonetheless.

But because I have so many, I'll choose one for each answer!

3. is your character an indoor or outdoor person?

Leo Reiter is a very outdoorsy person! They're Lilli Zwingli's right hand and the only one in Team Liechtenstein who's actually a Liechtensteiner. As a child, they loved to play around with others in the nature around the town and go on hiking trips with their parents and dog(s). During their 20s and early 30s, they had less and less time for it. Both because of the pressures to excel at their job (they worked in finance before Lilli's big brother offered them a job) and because the dysphoria and depression was growing more and more over the years. They only went hiking for business team building and didn't enjoy it much. However, after they quit their job and started to work on their gender presentation, they found their way back to it. These days Leo enjoys any kind of outdoor activity, whether it's alone, with family and friends or business partners, again! Nothing like a good day hiking in the Alps!

(The depression, along with a ton of other baggage, was also caused by the fact that Leo tried everything, including sexual favours, to get ahead in their company. It wasn't a very fulfilling life, only living for others and always playing along - which then lead to them isolating themselves and building giant walls around them, once they left finance. Lego, the ship of Leo and Hugo, is ... god, is it a mess.)

And here's a picture of Team Liechtenstein! From left to right we have Leo, Hugo and Lilli! The artist is @c0ffinated - Hugo is their OC!

And here's one featuring Josef, the dog of Leo's parents

10. what kind of music do they enjoy?

Charlie Higgins loves Classic and Hard Rock! He's the right hand and best friend, basically brother from another mother, to Harry O'Connel. (Harry is my Ireland which I made when I was 14. That's why he has an English name ... in the hetaverse, he's called Liam now, but old habits die hard, so it's Harry everywhere else).

To be fair, he enjoys most types of Rock and even dips his toes into the transition zone between Rock and Heavy Metal. Thin Lizzy, AC/DC, Queen, KISS - He loves those bands. At the same time, he's also into pop & a big fan of Mika. I honestly can't wait to diegetically integrate two Mika songs into my rewrites of Irish Problems and Italian Affairs, the two fics I've written for the main story arch of my AU so far.

In Irish Problems, which I am currently rewriting, I love the thought that once Harry has come to terms that he's probably bisexual and interested in Michele (my Sicily OC and the man they're trying to broker a deal with), Charlie breaks out 'Lollipop' to hype Harry up for the business dinner and encourage him in his identity while also downplaying the concern that his rose coloured glasses would endanger the deal. "Jesus loves her - She wants mooore! Oh, bad girls get you down - Sing it! Sucking too hard on your lollipop, oh love's gonna get you down ..."

In Italian Affairs, I'd love to slip "Grace Kelly" in, because there's a HUGE Charco subplot. Charco is the ship of Charlie and Marco Bontade, one of Michele's right hand. Love the idea of Charlie singing it while getting ready for dinner in the bathroom of his hotel suite. The entire song encapsulates the subplot so perfectly ... Charlie's fear of being too much, being unprofessional and at the same time insecure that he'll never be enough for Marco. At the same, Marco's subconsciously held back by his twin brother Lorenzo, because falling out of sync is scary to both of them ... so the fact that Lorenzo doesn't like Charlie makes Marco think he mustn't either ...

"How can I help it, how can I help it? How can I help what you think? Hello my baby, hello my baby, putting my life on the brink. Why don't you like me, why don't you like me, why don't you like yourself?"

So in short, I think Charlie enjoys anything with a flair of drama, no matter how butch or glam, and a sweet guitar riff makes everything better! As long as he can move his body and sing along, he's happy with it.

I think it's illegal to post that one picture Jonah did of him YET again to tumblr, but you can see it in all its glory here.

Have these two done by @pyromaniacqueen too!

(Marco is on the left on the next one, Charlie on the right)

23. what are your OC’s biggest flaws and biggest strengths?

Tahir Rashid's theme song should be "Oh No!" by Marina. He's Arthur Kirkland's right hand and a certified lawyer who went through law school with flying colours. (We don't talk about the subsequent burnout and breakdown that made him end up in the mob ...)

Tahir's biggest strengths are that he's tirelessly dedicated to his work and damn good at it. The best is only just good enough, he's got a strong work ethic and keeps not only his own life in order, but keeps an eye on everyone else as well. He's incredibly intelligent, very eloquent and can be a charmer as well. He loves his family & especially his little sister more than anything else - to ensure a better life for his loved ones was the main reason he became a lawyer. He's often also the voice of reason to Arthur and Robert's hotheads. (Robert is the other right hand). He usually opts for a diplomatic solution to avoid confrontation, pulling strings behind the scene.

However, the spite that fuels his work ethic also is one of his biggest flaws. He's just as proud as the other two, wears his head pretty high and is easily annoyed by others. He's snarky and voices his disdain for others freely. He likes to hold grudges. Though very disciplined, he can't say no and pushes himself beyond the boundaries of his body to ensure that work gets done (which can be a flaw as well as strength). And his discipline also makes it incredibly hard for him to express emotions, putting a strain on relationships he actually cares about and on his own emotional & mental well-being. (I have never seen three so emotionally stunted men like Team England, I swear to God). His sensibility also turns into cowardice at times and when it comes to physical confrontations, he has to hide behind Robert & Arthur. As much of a deadly weapon he is behind a desk with a law book, as useless is he at an actual fist fight.

Here's a lovely Team England picture by @captkirkland, with Arthur on the right, Tahir in the middle and Robert on the left

And another two contributions by Jonah, first chibi Team England and a wonderful Railey one (Railey is Tahir/Robert as ship)

[thatpunkmaximoff]

[Book 2 of 4]

Story: 4 out of 5 Smut: 4 out of 5

Rhys Larsen is now my favorite book boyfriend. He was the surliest bodyguard, intent on doing his job and doing his job well without making any personal connections. But then in comes Bridget who turns his world upside down.

The Princess and the bodyguard. The bodyguard and HIS princess. Bridget is so used to being spoken to a certain way because of her royal status, but then in comes Rhys who pretty much tells her to 'get on her knees and crawl'. Like.. damn! Haha.

For me it was a little slow in the beginning, probably because nearly almost the first half of the book was what happened during the first book's ending, but it ended up picking up and I loved it! I devoured the second half of the book which had me gasping and crying and then just being happy for how everything came together. And don't forget those surprise twists! Loved it :)

Now enjoy my ramblings as I read the book:

* Rhys going on about how he’s never had a client under his protection harmed is making me giggle. Your streak is about to be broken, my friend.

* Damn. Rhys really scared the shit out of the frat boy who wouldn’t take no for an answer. Oh buddy, you and Bridget are so screwed.

* So why doesn’t Rhys wanna be in Eldorra? From the text he got, and his explanation after, I’m assuming Rhys has family there but that he doesn’t wanna know their identity?

* Jesus.. the tension between this two 👀

* Lol she got stuck in her dress and he had to help her. How embarrassing.

* Aww. He set up an indoor festival for her because he made her miss the outdoor one.

* A gunshot would ruin the charged atmosphere. Way to be cockblocked by violence.

* Lmao at Rhys threatening Bridget’s dates. Just fuck already!

* Oof. Her brother is abdicating. I knew it was coming, but seeing how she found out.. yeah, dude, you’re an ass.

* Fuck Viggo! Rhys should have kicked his ass lol.

* Holy shit. Rhys snapped! He bent Bridget over that dresser and- 🥵 Too bad she’s drunk and he knows better.

* Hot damn. #4 on the bucket list.. Rhys really delivered.

* Woo. We finally caught up to the “present” time.

* Andreas is coming to Eldorra permanently? Fuck this guy. He wants the crown. I just know it.

* OH MY GOD! Rhys want’s to permanently be her bodyguard!!!

* Ouch. Rhys’ relief at seeing Bridget again totally vanished when he realized she’s searching for a husband 😬

* Of course Andreas would catch them in a semi-compromising position 😒

* Her birthday ball/husband seems like a bust. And here I am wishing Rhys’ mysterious father is if noble blood so he can marry Bridget 😒

* Fuck Erhall!

* Awww. Rhys sketched her and gave it to her as a birthday present 🥺

* Who the fuck was in Rhys’ room? It was Andreas, wasn’t it? That slimy little shit.

* Ugh.. so awkward lol. Steffan kissing Bridget in front of Rhys 🫣

* “I’ve seen you kiss a cat with more passion.” // “Is that why you knocked over the lilies?” // “My. Hand. Slipped.” - lmfao. Sure, Rhys. Sureeee 😏

* “Even when you’re not there, you’re everywhere. In my head, in my lungs, in my fucking soul.” — Rhys Larsen, ladies and gents.

* “I was always meant to find my way to you.” — oh my god 😭

* Y’all weren’t lying about that gazebo scene 👀🥵

* Vibrating underwear. You dumbass 😂

* Rhys’ father has to be of noble blood! Why else would he have freaked and left after his mother confessed she was pregnant?

* Who the fuck is Malin now..?

* Holy shit.. “crawl to me” 👀

* Oh fuck. Who caught them banging?! Alndreas seems like the obvious choice.. could it be someone else?

* They’re dancing in a gazebo 😭

* “Careful, Mr. Larsen, or I’ll think you actually like me.” // “Baby, we’re way beyond like.” — Goddammit, I love him.

* Shit. She told her family and royal advisors, and grandfather collapsed. This isn’t good.

* Noooooo. Don’t end the relationship 😩

* Way to breaks my fucking heart, Bridget!

* ANDREAS IS HIS BROTHER?! NO FUCKING WAY!!!

* AND HIS FATHER IS ERHALL?! Fuck his family sucks.

* Aww.. Andreas was actually a good guy? And who the duck was snooping around Rhys’ place? Who sent the video? I’m gonna laugh if Alex has anything to do with this 😂

* The king is encouraging her to find away around the marriage law!!

* SHE FUCKING CALLED IN ALEX!!!! 🙌🏻

* The girls are all together again!

* “Bridget felt better than Heaven. She felt like home.” — they love each other and I’m so happy 😭

* I love a good blackmail session lol.

* The law’s been repealed!!!!

* Mikaela and Elin?! You traitorous bitches.

* He proposed in Costa Rica 🥰

* .. and now they’re married 😭

* Lol.. where did Jules and Josh get off to 😏

[stpauligirl]

What is your favorite indoors and outdoors activities during winter/holiday season? Do you have any tradition? How did it start?

I love outdoor Christmas markets!

It started when I went to the St. Paul Winter Carnival for the first time. I loved that it was a festival with long developed lore and traditions. And adult participated in all the dress-up and role-playing of good guys (winter) and bad guys (warmth) that went along with it.

"And so, for ten glorious days, there was Carnival and joyous celebration in Saint Paul — feasting, dancing, fun and frolic reigned over by Boreas and the Queen of Snows, the fairest maiden of the realm, along with the four Winds, who were each accompanied by a lovely Princess from the realm of Boreas. …On the final day of celebration, Vulcanus Rex and his Krewe stormed the magnificent ice castle and confronted the King’s Guard. Upon the good counsel of the Queen, Boreas bade farewell to the people of his winter capitol in the interest of peace and goodwill, and returned to dwell among the gods of Olympus.

Seeing a vintage fire truck cruising down the street, and the crew all in their red jumpsuits hop off to cause "mayhem" and leave their "mark." (In prior years, that meant kissing people. In the modern era, I think the Vulcans just leave a smudge of ash on someone's cheek to represent a kiss.) The year I went also included a massive ice castle built from 25,000+ blocks of ice from a nearby lake. It was spectacular. I love the how the twinkling lights look on those dark northern evenings, making it feel warmer than the 0°F (-18°C) it really is.

In the following years this love was transferred to Christmas markets. I love the old world half-timber lodge look, the decorations and ornaments, the food. And it's the only place I will willingly drink wine!

I lived in Germany for two years, which is basically the world capital for Weihnachtsmärkte. It was glorious. I'm not huge into presents and shopping around the holidays, but I go all in for Christmas markets.

[jodilin65]

When I read a post by someone in the park warning about out-of-control coyotes being in heat, I thought to myself that I’ve never heard any coyotes in the 2.5 years we’ve been here. I’d only heard them when I lived in California and Arizona. Then at 2:00 in the morning, I heard what sounded like more than one coyote. The dogs in the subdivision were going off like they often do at night. Then I heard the yipping of the coyotes, and then silence. I hope the owner was smart enough to take their damn dogs indoors and that they weren’t harmed. If not, then shame on them for making the dogs outdoor live decor instead of the household pets they should be.

Never will I go out walking at night! Not even with Tom. Rural areas aren’t the place to go out walking at night anyway. Even walking at night in a gated community in the city as we did was risky. Just because there may not be as many wild animals there didn’t mean there weren’t wild people. After all, homeless people were worming their way into the area when we left.

Anyway, I slept shitty…again. Removing the pillow didn’t help and I snored myself awake again, though I’m not sure it’s actually snoring but this weird sound I seem to be making. It’s not consistent but still.

The thing is that people don’t usually get sleep apnea this late in life which makes me think it really is connected to my weight or something else is going on. Something like a sleep curse because I’ve had problems with sleep in one form or another all my life. Tom may scoff at the idea of anything cursing my sleep but while we haven’t proven there is we haven’t exactly disproven this possibility either. If something happens every now and then, good or bad, I wouldn’t necessarily call it lucky or unlucky. Well, unless the good thing is winning a million dollars and the bad thing is dying. But when something unpleasant keeps happening and I see a pattern, that’s when I begin to wonder how it could be one big coincidence. I’m not saying anything either way but I definitely wonder at times.

I looked in my 2021 journal and it seems like I may have been about 5 pounds lighter than I am now when we came here. I didn’t start doing this shit till after we moved in here but can 5 lbs really make a difference? Well, I’m going to try my hardest to find out and limit myself to about 1000 calories a day. ChatGPT makes a great place to keep a running total of my daily calories as opposed to Fitbit where I had to look things up that I couldn’t always find. You had to be really precise there.

So I got up to pee when I woke up three and a half hours into my sleep and couldn’t fall back asleep for an hour. This left me exhausted when I got up. I had Ezekiel toast with salmon and a few eggs along with a small candy bar I sometimes treat myself to when we get groceries delivered. I’m out of coffee so now I’m having calorie-free tea when I get up. Green tea was recommended when I asked Alexa because it’s supposed to rev the metabolism. By then I’d had about 580 calories, did a little online work after I ate, and laid in bed for about 90 minutes. I didn’t sleep but it felt good to lie there.

Then I got up again for a while, got hit with a wave of tiredness, and took a real nap for an hour. I fell asleep to the splish splash of the dishwasher running and dreamed I was in a large waiting room full of people. I was with Tom and perhaps someone else I knew. We were sitting against the wall in what looked like picnic tables.

My name was eventually called by a young petite blonde woman. I got up and stepped out of the room and into a brightly lit corridor. Realizing everything was very blurry, I told her I wanted to run back and look for my glasses.

They were very hard to find because the room was so dark all of a sudden. This was an important appointment to get fitted for some clothes for some reason because I was literally thanking God when I found them.

When I stepped back into the hall, the woman was still young but now she was a tall stout brunette. She smiled at me and led me to see my new clothes. I remembered filling out a form saying that my style was trendy even though I would likely choose something along the lines of colorful in real life not that trendy clothes can’t be colorful.

We got some heavy rain yesterday which kept the place quiet. Could get some rain this morning as well.

No reply from Christiane. Figures.

The honker still has overnight visitors.

Not sure I’ll have the energy to hit the road. I’ve got about 100 miles to get through Missouri. My rank is now 126 and I have about 1530 miles left in the entire trip. I’m almost halfway through!

Soon I will be having tilapia with a sweet potato and veggies. This will put me at around 840 calories. Then it’s nothing but snacking on almonds for the rest of the day and toughing out the hunger. This kind of sucks too, because I’m only in the middle of my day. :-( Yet the only way I’ve ever been able to lose weight, even when I was young and had a healthy thyroid, was to severely restrict calories.

[invcntions]

@nxnsense sent  “  ♣ koa n zeke  ”  based on this meme

who is the better dancer? i think probably koa because he’s just here for a good time in life, but honestly all i see at this question is them slow dancing at some point after getting back together and it being the softest moment ever for them. who likes the outdoors more and who likes the indoors more? it’s a cop out to say but i truly think they’re both very well matched? they're happy indoors and doing cute things together at home but obviously they both also enjoy getting out to nature for a little while and taking a break away from the world. who’s a cat person and who’s a dog person? i feel like in general they’re both dog people and tell me why one day i could see zeke just buying a puppy for him. their schedules actually work quite well for it and they both have company when they’re home alone while the other is at work. who’s more social? probably koa, he just loves people and talking for hours with strangers at the bar so you know after zeke’s been at work all day he’s still trying to drag him along to come hang out with their friends. who makes the bed every morning? again probably koa but that’s because their schedules mean he gets out of bed a fair bit later than zeke. who likes to keep the house cold and who likes to keep the house warm? i can see zeke being happy to keep it at like a very nice warm temperature while koa is still in the mindset of only turning the heating on when you need it because it’s expensive. who takes longer getting ready? i want to say zeke. he just strikes me as having a good morning routine to get ready for work/the day while koa just sort of runs out the house to be where he needs to be. who likes scary movies and who likes funny ones? so koa loves a bad scary movie while i can see zeke being a funny movie person but honestly if they’re both there watching it together then i don’t think either of them are very picky. who screams when they see a bug and who ends up killing it? neither scream but zeke is in charge of killing the bugs. i feel like koa always suggests they take it outside until he’s the one in charge of doing so then he’s like um never mind you can kill it. who is more technology challenged? probably koa, zeke gives me the vibes of someone who knows everything their smartphone can do whereas koa is just not bothered at all, he doesn’t have apple pay or anything like that set up. who would be more likely to burn something in the oven? again koa, he’s not a bad cook but he gets distracted easily especially if he’s forgotten to set the alarm on the oven. who talks in their sleep? i can see this being zeke, just like on the border for being awake when koa comes home early in the morning after a long shift and trying to talk to him but it being mostly incoherent while koa is just there like okay bby, whatever you say. who leaves the cap off the toothpaste? koa, again he just forgets things because he just too distracted by moving on to something else. who likes getting dressed up more? probably zeke, he’s more used to it whereas koa definitely feels a little out of place at any event he needs to dress up for.   who’s better at tying ties? for sure zeke. koa has only worn a tie a few times while i feel like it’s a far more common occurrence for zeke and he’d help koa straighten it out whenever they’re going to a fancy enough event that he’d need one. who recorded the answering machine message on the house phone? oh my god, so the thing is it was probably koa one day when he was bored and i could see zeke not getting around to changing it for a while and any time he just didn't answer the phone because he was in the middle of something he would of had koa’s voice chatting away on the answer machine in the background. who’s better at planning romantic things? they actually both are, koa does the small things like cooking a romantic meal for them on a random evening because zeke’s had a long day whereas zeke does the big things like… randomly buying a holiday home lmao. who takes up more space in the closet? i see this being zeke. he just strikes me as a dapper guy okay has a lot of clothes, especially given he needs work things and casual things. who has more of a sweet tooth? probably koa, he doesn’t have a massive one but he’s definitely tempted by sweet things. who drinks more often? well...  it used to be zeke. now he’s sober obviously koa, though i think in general koa never really drinks when zeke is around anyway just in solidarity (and so he can continue to make out with him without feeling bad for it) but still occasionally when he’s at the bar he does. who is most likely to laugh during a serious situation? absolutely koa, probably uncomfortable laughter to diffuse the situation.

[panda-writes-kpop]

Chapter Ten (Avengers AU): And I'd Get Them To Swap Our Places

A/N: Hi guys, girls, and non-binary pearls! This is one of my favorite chapters, so I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! 🥰

Avengers AU Masterlist | Masterlist

TW: Irene and Y/N don't get along because they have the same personality lol, bars, alcohol, Y/N gets friendzoned, cursing

“Are you sure we’re in the right place?” You ask as the truck you’re riding in hits another bump.

“Positive. Besides, that sign should be enough proof of the both of you.” Lia points to a large sign that you happen to pass by.

On that sign, there are the words New Asgard in a fancy cursive font that is large enough to be read from hundreds of feet away.

“That’s the part you’re concerned about?!? You think we’re lost, despite the fact that you’re about to meet a literal god.” Irene shakes her head before staring out of the truck window.

“Yeah, well I was also told that a purple space guy was trying to commit mass genocide but was then killed by a bunch of ancient space people that lost their home due to a predetermined prophecy that said that they would eventually lose their home. So, yes, Irene, my priorities may be a little out of whack-”

Irene scoffs.

“Get used to it, Y/N. It doesn’t get much better than this.”

You fold your arms in front of your chest before imitating her scoff.

“God, you really are a bundle of sunshine, aren’t you?”

“Don’t act like you’re much better-”

Lia sighs deeply as the truck comes to a stop.

“Come on, you two, we should get going. I don’t think you want to face the wrath of the Asgardians, do you?”

You eagerly jump out of the truck before Irene has the chance to move.

“Norway’s a beautiful country, isn’t it?”

You look at the nearby coastline, where multiple fishing boats and piers are arranged around the small town. Lia joins you as you stare at the scenery.

“Yeah, it’s a nice place. Most of the places that I’ve seen during my travels have beauty in them, in one way or another.”

You turn to Lia as a small smile appears on your face.

“You’re a world traveler?”

“The line of work requires it.” Lia bashfully says as you laugh.

“Yeah, I used to do a lot of traveling for work. I spent most of the time indoors, however, so I didn’t get to see much of the outdoor beauty.” You admit.

“Irene told me about you while we were on the plane over here…” Lia confesses which causes you to panic ever-so-slightly. “...and I have to say, I am impressed by the work you have done. Teleportation without supernatural abilities is not an easy feat, and yet you managed to do it without the resources that someone like Irene has.”

“Am I supposed to take that as a compliment, or am I awaiting the inevitable lecture?”

“You overestimate me, which isn’t such a bad thing.” Lia gently grabs your hand in order to fully grab your attention. “I promise you that I’m the last person who would ever judge anyone. I turn into a big, green monster when I get pissed. I have no room to judge anyone, but I don’t think you should write yourself off either.”

“Huh?” You boldly decide to interlace your fingers in hers, and she squeezes your hand in response.

Your heart skips a beat, which isn’t an unfamiliar feeling, but the way that she looks at you with complete understanding and acknowledgement is. You don’t know how to react or what to say, but you don’t want to ruin this moment for yourself.

“Everyone is capable of good, or at least that’s what I like to believe. No matter how bad you think you are, or how many bad things you’ve done, you can always change.”

“It sounds like someone taught you that lesson. A close friend or lover, perhaps?” You muse with slight disappointment in your voice.

“Yeah, she’s a friend. I’m not sure you would know her-”

“An Avenger?”

“The Black Widow.”

“You mean JiU, right? She’s wise beyond her years.” You note as Lia nods.

“Wise doesn’t even begin to cover everything that she encapsulates. Do you ever meet someone who perfectly understands everything about who you are as a person? That’s who JiU is to me.”

Your mind first wanders to Yoohyeon, but you quickly dismiss the thought.

It feels like there is so much time and distance between Yoohyeon and I. We’re not the same lovesick teenagers we used to be. We… grew up and became different people. Do I love her for who she is, or who she once was? Do I even know for sure anymore?

What about Dami? Dami and I… we’re like fire and ice, I swear. They say opposites attract, but they also pull away from each other. We do the same song and dance over and over again, but we expect different results each and every time. We fight and love and hate and make up just like nothing ever happened. She’s the only person I fully trust… but she’s one of the few people who have been successful in truly deceiving me. A dangerous confidant - a friend with lingering attachments and a poison-laced history.

Siyeon’s lovely, but she doesn’t know the full picture of who I am. She knows what I have told her, but unlike Yoohyeon or Dami, she has yet to experience the ups and downs of life with me. Will she stay when she sees the monster under the bed, or will she run just like everyone else has? Who is to know what she truly thinks of someone as complicated as I?

Gahyeon… sweet, innocent Gahyeon. She knows nothing of me, and for good reason. If she did, she’d have me locked up within the hour. She has strong morals and a sense of identity, which is something I wished that I had. I’d taint her with my corrupt ways. It’s good that I’m far away from her. She doesn’t need someone like me in her life.

Handong is as complicated as I am. We seem to have a mutual understanding for each other, but how far will that take us? Is she somebody that I can truly trust when our true colors come out? I like her dryness and that she sees the world just as I do, as a place filled with imperfections and disasters waiting to happen.

SuA is lost and alone in a world that doesn’t treat outcasts kindly. I’d be willing to take in her, to show her the kindness that no one ever showed me, but what if I end up making things worse? That’s just a risk I can’t take.

JiU has enough on her plate, it seems. I can’t ask her to take care of someone who’s as much of a mess as I am.

Irene? There’s no way in hell we’d last a day locked up in a room together, let alone trusting each other with sensitive information.

“No, I don’t think I’ve ever met someone like that. I don’t tend to make a lot of friends, which is something you probably already knew.”

You pull your hand away from Lia, but she’s quick to grab your hand again.

“Consider me your first, then.”

“You don’t have to do that, you know. I’m not a charity case-”

“I’m not saying you are, Y/N.” Lia says. “Everyone needs someone. Why can’t I be that someone for you?”

Despite being friendzoned in the most obvious way, you can’t help but feel attracted to the girl next to you.

“I’d like that a lot, actually.”

“Are you two done gawking yet? We need to talk to Thor because I have things to attend to.”

Annoyed, Irene strolls forward and directs your attention towards the town.

“Yeah, we are.” You mutter before letting go of Lia’s hand, for good this time.

“Good. We’ve got no time to spare.”

~

The pungent, strong smell of booze penetrates your nose as soon as you walk into the local tavern. It’s about exactly what you expect from a small town bar, including the assorted stuffed animal heads that are mounted to the wall. They stare at each and every visitor with a dull, blank stare that could scare off the most fearless of folks.

You stay close to Lia as Irene leads the two of you through the semi-packed bar. Despite being the middle of the day, everyone and their relatives has come to drink and have a good time.

“Asgardians must like their alcohol…” You say to yourself as Lia chuckles.

“You have no idea… their alcohol tolerance is crazy. Even the lightweights can outdrink Irene.”

“Not another word, Lia.” Irene hisses as she stops at the counter. “Hey, you there, do you know where Thor is?”

The bartender pauses as they scan the three of you.

“Who’s asking?”

Irene takes off her infamous aviator sunglasses.

“Does this make a difference?”

“No.” The bartender dryly responds as Lia steps in front of Irene.

“Lia, what are you-”

Lia turns to Irene.

“Let me handle this.”

Lia turns back to the bartender with a warm smile on her face.

“Do you remember the big green woman who helped you escape Asgard?”

“Yeah, she was hot.”

“Well… that green woman was me.” Lia bashfully says as the bartender gasps.

“I knew you looked familiar! C’mon, I’ll take you back to Thor right away. She’ll be so happy to see you!”

The bartender steps away from the counter, and they lead you to another door near the back of the tavern.

Once you enter through the door, the bartender leads you down a dimly-lit hallway until it opens up to reveal a large backroom that’s filled with all sorts of fancy, expensive liquors. A wooden table sits in the middle of the storeroom, and seated in one of the oak chairs is none other than the woman whom you’ve heard so much about.

“Thor, you’ve got company!” The bartender cheerfully says before exiting the room.

“FRIENDS!” She roars happily before slamming the mug of beer in her hand on the table.

You’re surprised that the mug doesn’t break upon impact, along with the rest of the valuable bottles in the room.

“Ah, Thor, it’s great to see you-” Lia starts, but the goddess interrupts.

“Please call me Sana! We’re friends, are we not?” Sana looks over at Irene. “Ah, Iron Woman in the flesh! What brings you to New Asgard?”

Irene grits her teeth as you suppress a laugh.

“It’s great to see you too, Sana. We’re here to talk about-”

Irene is interrupted when Sana gets a first glance at you.

“And who might you be, exactly?”

You pick up on her flirty tone, but you decide to play coy for a little bit.

“Oh, nobody special.” You tease. “I am in the presence of a goddess, after all.”

“I like this human! She gets it.” Sana declares with a warm smile.

“You’re not special, Y/N, Sana flirts with anything that breathes.” Irene comments.

“I don’t see her flirting with you, Irene.” You shoot back, which causes her to scoff.

“We’re friends, remember?”

“Okay, moving along…” Lia redirects the conversation. “We came to talk about Thanos and Ragnarok.”

“Ah, I see. Come and sit.” Sana gestures for you all to sit at the remaining empty chairs. “I have quite the story for you all. It all started when I was a young girl on Asgard-”

[uwuwriting]

Boyfriend w/ Megumi, Itadori and Gojo

Request: hii I just read your jujutsu nightmares piece and oh my god I am indeed a very simple simp and your writing just makes my heart go uwu so may I maybe req a very soft, fluffy s/o for Megumi, Itadori Sato and maybe Sukuna if you write for him? I hope it's not too much, thank uu <3 - anonymous

I can’t get enough of the JJK content, I love them so much my heart can’t take it. Sadly I don’t write for Sukuna *I think I mention it in my rules but I’m not sure*, he pissed me off big time in the manga so yeah sorry about that. Really all the curses have kinda pissed me off but that’s a story for another day lmao. Love ya.💖💖💖

masterlist II rules

warnings: boyfriend things lol, fluff, maybe some angst sprinkled on top but not a lot. 

Fushiguro Megumi 

-Megumi reminds me of Suna from Haikyuu. 

-Like a lot. 

-He will put effort in the relationship of course but he won’t flaunt it around in everybody’s faces. 

-Yes he has a s/o and yes he is in love but in his book that should be mostly kept in between you two, no one else has to know. 

-So at first your relationship isn’t really acknowledged by the others. 

-It’s so subtle at casual that everyone around you thinks that you’re merely best friends and close to each other. 

-Only Makki knows that you two are a thing since she sees how you worry and take care of him after he has been injured. 

-It’s different from platonic concern and she knows what’s going on. 

-Plus she saw you steal a kiss one time and that sealed the deal. 

-Eventually the others figure it out and they are losing their shit, for completely different reasons though. 

-Nobara can’t believe Megumi got a s/o before she did. 

-Gojo is hurt because neither of you said anything and he has been trying to hook you up for the past two years now. 

-Itadori is just confused because he thought that you were like that to everyone. 

-Now PDA is non-existent with this one. 

-He doesn’t feel comfortable touching you in public even if it’s a small peck. 

-He prefers showing his love behind closed doors or through acts of service. 

-So expect to find multiple bentos waiting for you in the kitchen each morning or a hot bath on the ready when you come back from a long mission. 

-You are okay with the no PDA rule, your only request is that he at least hold your pinkie when you need it. 

-It grounds you and who is he to say no to that?

-During missions he doesn’t underestimate your strength and let’s you do your thing. 

-He only interferes when you ask for help or when he notices that you’re extremely overwhelmed. 

-He doesn’t smother you and you are eternally grateful for that. 

-Training sessions between the both of you are brutal. 

-Neither holds back and you're left a panting, sweating mess at the end, crawling to your respective rooms to change before you settle for a movie later that afternoon.

-If either of you gets injured it’s mama bear time. 

-You need to change your bandages? Megumi has already taken out the kit and all the essentials. 

-He needs to take some meds to calm the pain in his ribcage? You have the pills in hand. 

-He is a shy boy so even in private he hesitates to touch you. 

-Don’t get him wrong he loves holding you and feeling you close to him but he is also afraid he will make you uncomfortable or overstep. 

-So you will be the one initiating cuddle session during the first months of your relationship. 

-After a while he will simply pick you up and carry you to his bed for cuddles if he needs them without uttering a word the whole time. 

-Good morning/Goodnight kisses are a must. 

-It’s a ground rule that he follows religiously since day one. 

-It doesn’t matter if it’s a simple peck on his lips or a passionate kiss, he just wants to get a kiss before starting/ending the day. 

-Sleeps on his stomach with an arm always draped over your waist. 

-Isn’t really into the whole sleeping on each other thing but he won’t say no to being the big spoon or even better the little spoon. 

-He gets flustered when you kiss his knuckles or trace patterns on his palms. 

-He knows his hands are rough from all the training but after your touch they feel tender and gentle. 

-Prefers indoor dates rather than outdoor ones. 

-His favorite  is cooking dinner together and then cuddling on the couch *in hopes you won’t get interrupted by Gojo*.

-The only thing he dislikes about the whole relationship thing is the teasing he receives from Gojo. 

-He is ready to rip his ears off. 

-Boy has murder on his mind 24/7 and it is all directed to his mentor.

-Gojo noticed that Megumi had you as his wallpaper ONCE and now it’s game over for your boyfriend. 

-The thing is that you don’t get teased as much and he is *salty*. 

Itadori Yuuji

-He is such a lovable boy, how could you NOT fall in love with him?

-Your relationship is naturally effortless. 

-Everything flows so naturally and without even trying you two have formed such an unbreakable bond that not even Sukuna himself can tether even if he tried. 

-Many MANY spontaneous trips to the nearest convenience store at 3 am.

-Oh you are craving some popcorn? Well go on, get your shoes, we are going grocery shopping. 

-Won’t hesitate to do anything for you and when I say anything I mean it. 

-He ditched Gojo once because you had bad period pains and said you needed cuddles. 

-What cruel creature would he be if he denied his beautiful girlfriend her cuddles??? 

-Sukuna has cockblocked you two and has ruined your cuddles on multiple occasions. 

-From weird noises to rude comments to interrupting Yuuji’s thoughts with random shit. 

-Real party crasher. 

-Yuuji’s love language is touch mainly so expect a shit load of hugs and kisses. 

-Won’t let go of your hand while you are out in public. 

-If he can’t hold your hand he will place his palm in the small of your back or wrap his arm around your shoulders/waist. 

-It’s a physical need. 

-He has to be touching you at all times because that reminds him that you are truly here beside him and that you are okay. 

-The sorcerer's life has already taken a toll on his mentality and he hates leaving you alone so most of the time you go on conjoined missions. 

-Unlike Megumi he tries to protect you during fights by all means. 

-He doesn’t do it because he sees you as weak and in need of protection it’s just an instinct that he can’t control at all. 

-He will put himself in immense danger, taking all the blows just so you can leave the scene unscathed. 

-You have scolded him on his complete disregard of his own life and the tears that pooled in his eyes as he explained that his body moves on its own when he sees anything darting towards you, breaks your heart. 

-If you kiss the little marks under his eyes all his worries fly out the nearest window. 

-He forgets about everything around him, about the looming threat of his imminent execution, the only thing on his mind are your lips on his cheekbones and your thumbs rubbing circles on his cheeks. 

-If you pepper him in too many kisses he will begin his own assault by first tackling you to the floor or the bed and capturing you in a hug before the smooches begin. 

-He has a tendency to leave hickies on your neck which you struggle to cover each morning and you are always real close to glaring at him when he beams like the sun itself at you in the morning but your mild anger fades the moment his lips meet yours. 

-You have your suspicions that he knows what he is doing with that, he knows his kisses make you weak so he uses them to his advantage. 

-Will never admit it but it always places a small smirk on his lips every time you clutch his shirt for balance or rest your forehead on his shoulder to regain your composure. 

-An I love you a day is required for good vibes. 

-Won’t hesitate to shout it even in front of others, he just has no filter and no shame. 

-Makes you turn tomato red and he snickers. 

-Fuck him, literally. 

Gojo Satoru

-This fucking tease. 

-He has no chill!!!!!!

-How are you with him?!?!?!?!!

-My man fine af and he drinks his respect for y/n and y/n alone juice every morning. 

-That doesn’t mean though he won’t try to fluster you throughout the day. 

-It’s his main goal really. 

-Full blown make out sessions in the hallways of the school, ass smacks in front of others and trying to leave hickies on your neck during your lunch break. 

-It simultaneously pisses you off and turns you on so you can’t decide if you should smack him or jump his bones. 

-It’s a never ending debate and his chances of getting the quawk quawk 5000 are 50/50. 

-He respects your boundaries when you give him a sign that you really don’t want him to be like that on certain days. 

-He is a very observant individual in general so it’s not hard for him to take note of the signs of pure discomfort or awkwardness. 

-True he loves flustering you but the moment things get out of hand and you don’t feel okay with how he is acting, he is throwing his attitude out the window and becomes respectful Gojo in a flash. 

-Likes having his arm draped over your shoulder. 

-He is super tall so chances are he towers over you. 

-He has used you like an armrest several times which resulted to a trip to Shoko for a dislocated wrist/shoulder. 

-You make him bentos almost everyday and he waits for them like a lost puppy. 

-No matter the time, he doesn’t care if he is late, he will wait for you to make him a little bento to take with him. 

-Curses can wait, he needs to receive his first dose of y/n love of the day. 

-Brags to his student about you and to Nanami, much to the blonde’s dismay. 

-Talks everyone’s ear off. 

-He becomes super protective when an elder shows up or at the mere mention of them. 

-He will grasp your hand, keeping a firm grip as those pretentious fucks stare down at you. 

-They really don’t care about Sato’s happiness and they will never show you a fiber of respect despite being chosen by the strongest sorcerer. 

-You are not part of one of the three clans so you are worth nothing in their eyes. 

-Gojo hates them for that. 

-Deep rooted hatred that could turn into a mass murder if one of them call you a distraction or a slut one more time. 

-You are really grateful for him in those moments. 

-You are grateful in general but during those times when you are being bombared left and right with rude comments, he will remind everyone in the room that he doesn’t give a flying fuck about what they believe. 

-He fell in love with you because you are your beautiful self and not because you are a powerful sorcerer. 

-He wants to imagine your kids as a sign of your love and not as an item of power, as a weapon like many of these people see him. 

-He has ditched the elder meetings on many occasions just because he wasn’t in the mood of listening to their bullshit so he came home to you and spent the rest of his night cuddled up under the large comforter, watching a movie while peppering your shoulders with kisses. 

-Adores seeing you in his clothes. 

-They are so big on you that you wear them as dresses around the house. 

-He especially loves the sight of your bare legs peeking from underneath his black t-shirt. 

-99% of the time this ends up in you getting your guts rearranged. 

-Surprisingly remembers all the important dates and he makes it to as many dates as he can. 

-Being a sorcerer is difficult man, give him a break curses he has a date at 8 and he needs to get his formal glasses. 

-All in all he loves you to the moon and back and would do anything to keep you safe and next to him. 

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[shinagawa-division]

^^ Since it's Sumire's birthday, I could not let the day pass without asking her some funny (and embarrassing) questions. So, here we go!

💒 (How would your OC's ideal wedding look like? If they've already been married or are already married, what was their wedding like? Was there a large gathering, or will be? Was it an indoor or outdoor venue? Will your OC act different from usual? Will they be calm and collected, or a nervous wreck?) - Sumire

🛀 (What does your OC typically smell like? Do they have a really strong scent, like perfume, cologne, or something? Do they typically smell like liquor, cigarettes, etc.? Or do they just not have a strong smell?) - Sumire

🤢 (Reverse the last scenario. What if it was someone your OC cared for that got sick instead? How would your OC react? Would they dote on your s/o forever, being a complete Mother Hen? Would they check on them all the time to make sure they are in bed and taking their medicine? Or would they just let your s/o do whatever they want, trusting them to get better on their own?) - Sumire

(^^ For the last one, just because I want to mess with her, the person sick is Jiro.)

Sumire’s eye twitched as she read the contents of the paper, grip tightening with each line she read. “You have got to be fucking kidding me.”

Okay so let’s pretend that Sumire actually gets to be happy for once and nothing bad doesn’t happen (or will happen) to her, she grows up, gets engaged to her S/O (or Jiro sksksk) and now is getting married. Her. Sumire Shinomiya. The literal demon that terrorized Japan since her mysterious reappearance is actually getting hitched. Even as adults, her friends would never let her live it down, Sumire honestly wouldn’t put it past them to turn her wedding reception into a comedy roast just to mess with her. But let’s talk about the actual wedding, shall we?

It honestly depends on what her S/O would want, if they want her to be more involved with the planning then she won’t say no, she’ll probably toss around a few ideas, the colors would definitely be Black and Purple, along with the colors her partner chose as well, honestly, if they’re actually going to marry Sumire then they probably have a few screws loose as well, it’s a good chance that the wedding might look something out of a punk rock music video and a wedding combined because let’s face it, Sumire is not into that sappy white wedding garbage. She is definitely the type of bride to dress in black just to spite everyone (especially Miho who pitched in quite a lot of money only for it to go to the all-night bar). The wedding itself would be in an indoor venue but absolutely not inside a church because for one, Sumire doesn’t believe in God and two, it’s just so fucking overdone. Sumire would prefer just a small wedding with friends and family, yeah, she’s getting married to the absolute shock and surprise of everyone but there’s no need to make a big deal out of it. However, at this point of her life, Sumire has met and befriended so many people that it ends up being a large wedding just by the large amount of people she knows and then there’s her S/O’s friends and family so….yeah.

All of Scorpion Den celebrates its leader’s wedding and you bet your ass Sumire gets forcibly thrown the biggest bachelorette party her female friends come up with. It’s simultaneously the most amusing yet terrifying sight to see her best friends, different as they all are, actually work together to haze the fuck out of her before her big day.

Janine, Aranai, Miyabi, and Zoya are her bridesmaids if that isn’t obvious enough, with Janine being the maid of honor, a title that her best friend takes very seriously.

On the day of the wedding, Sumire has all the confidence in the world, so much so that it’s kinda concerning how upbeat and happy she is. But in reality, Sumire is seconds away from jumping out the window as she waits in her dressing room, she already vomited twice and downed an entire bottle of mouthwash (and some vodka). Of course, it’s Miho that notices her niece’s incoming panic attack and requests a few more minutes to offer the bride some last minute reassurance. When Sumire doesn’t feel like ripping her dress to shreds, she takes her aunt’s arm and let’s her lead her down the aisle and to the altar, looking at her partner in the eyes, she conveys a silent message to them, ‘I’m trusting you wholeheartedly, please take care of me.’

Sumire likes to actually keep herself in good hygiene, surprisingly, so she definitely smells pleasant at least. She likes flowery smells, so lavender, roses, magnolias, etc. Those are her usual go-to, sometimes she uses vanilla scents.

Of course, on her days when she too engrossed in her work to actually take care of herself then she smells like oil and metal with the strong smell of unidentified chemicals. Probably best not to take a whiff of her if you don’t want any second-hand effects of whatever the hell she was doing in her lab.

Sumire honestly had to wonder what the hell Jiro was thinking that she of all people would make a suitable nurse. Of course, to be fair, she had immediately rushed over to Ikebukuro when finding out that her special person was sick, not even stopping to think about consulting Aiko, who was literally equipped with the necessary skills and knowledge to treat any and all illnesses, or to actually stop at any one of the stores and buy something that might’ve been useful. Now she’s standing in the middle of Jiro’s room like a fucking idiot while her equally idiotic crush/boyfriend was lying in bed groaning in pain (which really didn’t help the prodigy’s thought process, each raspy sound sending her into ‘forbidden territory’-fucking hormones).

Sighing, she walked over and gently brushed his damp hair away from his sweaty forehead, pressing her hand against his forehead, she frowned at how warm it was and deliberately ignored the fluttering of her stomach at the moan of relief the middle Yamada brother let out. Removing her hand, she stifled a laugh at the whine Jiro gave her and fished out her phone, after a few quick searches, she walked out of the room for a while only to come back with a bowl of cold water and a small towel, placing the stuff on his nightstand and sitting on the edge of his bed. She soaked the towel in cold water, she squeezed out all the excess water and gently placed it on Jiro’s forehead, unknowingly smiling at how content he looked. Squeezing his hand, she mumbled that she’ll be right back, she went to stand but Jiro’s hand gripped hers tight, or tight as he could given his weakened state. Fighting and failing to keep the blush off her cheeks, she gave a questioning look towards the male, only that blush to deepen when he admits that he doesn’t want her to go. Squirming a little, Sumire argues that she needs to go grab him some medicine before the shops close only for Jiro to counter with the most desperate puppy eyes he could give her and a breathy “I need you…”

Safe to say, Sumire ends up staying the night and Saburo, while disgusted, gains more blackmail material.

Thank you for the ask!

[busycryin]

Disinhibition

Pairing: Benjamin ‘Benny’ Miller x Reader 

Word Count: 2k 

Warnings: Injury, bad words, mentions of sex. 

Summary: Benny gets injured and loses his filter.  (Not that he had much of one to begin with)

Note: This is self indulgent fluff. I regret nothing. I am in love with all of these men. 

It was never your idea of a fun Friday night - watching Benny get the ever living shit beaten out of him. 

Until six months ago you’d never have even set foot in an event such as this, but here you were, beer in hand watching the brother of your best friend take an uppercut to the face in a fight you think he was winning. 

To you Benny was the gentle giant; a sweet guy who topped up the window wiper fluid in your car when it got low or the guy that gave you the last hot dog at the barbeque because he knew you secretly hated Frankie’s burgers. In this ring he was one hundred percent the warrior you’d heard stories of as a mask of icy calculation had descended across his features. 

The outside world was shut out; it was just him and his opponent in the ring.

His opponent just so happened to be a gorilla - there was no other way to describe the mans body as his arms were thick chords of muscles covering bone - somehow managing to make Benny look lithe. 

You were still new to this but you weren’t quite sure how he was even in the same weight class.

Christ, this was bad for your blood pressure.

You couldn’t help the butterflies fluttering around your stomach despite the fact that for every hit Benny took he landed two. The two were locked into a hold on the ground, you didn’t quite understand what was happening, but Ben had somehow got the upper hand. It was as he held the man down that the bell finally rang and you released a breath you didn’t realise you were holding; the round was over. 

Santiago, another friend of Will’s who was standing beside you and Frankie, blew out a heavy breath. 

“This is a fuckin’ close one.”

“Guys fuckin’ huge.” Frankie echoed your thoughts whilst taking a sip of his beer. 

Will was bent over Benny talking into his ear as the younger of the duo desperately chugged his water bottle. He looked absolutely exhausted, your heart was beating madly in your chest; you decided to remain silent. 

All too soon the break was over and the mouth guard was back in place protecting those pearly whites that were often directed at you in a half-smirk/half-grin concoction that always signalled he was up to no good. 

“Don’t worry, Guapa! Ben’s got this, he’s one tough sonovabitch.” Frankie patted your back reassuringly. Somehow you weren’t convinced but you smiled at both of the men, nodding enthusiastically and draining your half full beverage. 

You knelt to place your cup under your seat, rising finally as the bell rang, signalling the beginning of a new round of torture. Your hands interlocked nervously in front of your mouth flinching at every hit the other man landed on Benny. 

You felt Santiago pat your shoulder and shoot you a smile whilst he cheered for the younger Miller. “He’s got this, Y/N.” He spoke, repeating Frankie’s earlier reassurances.

Benny did not have this. 

As was made evidently clear a couple of minutes later when the two were grappling on the ground, his opponent had got the upper hand and was above him trying to get him to submit. But Benny being Benny wouldn’t give in, despite being banged to rights. 193 pounds didn’t seem so heavy right now as his opponent twisted his arm to the ground, his thick legs wrapped around Ben’s torso. 

Your heart dropped as you could’ve swore you heard the crack of bone over the crowd. Finally Benny tapped. 

The fight was over, he’d lost. 

Santiago had thrown his hat off raking his fingers through his hair in disappointment “Mierda! I thought he had it!”

“That guy was fucking massive, I hope he’s okay.” You mumbled when you realised Ben was still sitting on the padded ground. 

“Let’s go see, eh?” Frank gestured towards the ring where a medic had now entered, tailed closely by Will. You had to stop yourself from racing to his side as sat injured in the ring.

You see, you and Benny had a complicated relationship.

Well it wasn’t that difficult, simply put Ben was a bit of a slut, now you didn’t judge him. Live and let live, you say, but casual sex just wasn’t your thing. Especially not with the brother of your best friend. You’d come to rely on your easy friendship with the older Miller brother so you avoided your relationship with Ben going beyond flirting - your friendship wasn’t something you wanted to fuck with on a whim. 

So, a strange friendship in limbo was where you and Benjamin Miller firmly remained. 

Benny was pulled up into standing, his face was pale as the MMA medic inspected his arm. The man shook his head at Will as they walked, both supporting the injured man. 

“-dislocated, he’s gonna have to go to the ER.” The three of you caught the end of the conversation as you followed the trio. 

“He okay?” Frankie questioned first “Going to the hospital?”

“Yeah, the idiot pushed himself too far. Popped his shoulder out of the socket instead of submitting.”

“Shit, Ben! Are you okay?” You asked, rushing to his side.

“I’m fine Y/N.” He grunted ever the hard headed soldier, his face was laced with pain even as he tried to be impassive in his agony. 

You backed off at his clear dismissal, not wanting to push him whilst he was in such pain.

“We’ll meet you there, yeah?” Santiago questioned.

In the end, you and ‘Pope’ sat in the hospital chairs for an hour or two waiting. Frankie had waited for an hour before he had to get back to his family, the two of you had insisted he get back. It wasn’t fair on Mama Morales to have to look after the baby on her own. 

Santiago was the friend of Will’s you knew the least. He was always kind but he simply was never around. He came and went as he pleased much like an outdoor cat, but in the short time you’d been around him you knew he was a nice guy. Two, going on three hours alone talking about nonsense had pretty much cemented that as you now sat in the waiting room playing go fish, waiting desperately to hear some news about your - What exactly was Benny to you?

Your crush? No. You weren’t in Kindergarten.

Your friend? No. Not enough.

The guy you had incredibly strong feelings for - the kind that made that tingle in your stomach when he laughed at your jokes but you can’t tell him because he’s a man whore who can’t commit to one woman? No. Abit long, not to mention a complete overshare. 

Your person.

You were waiting desperately to hear some news about your person when finally Will rounded the corner. You stood before you realised what you were doing.

“He okay?”

“Yeah, he’s good. Asking about you Y/N, come and see him?”

“Of course.” You reply picking up your purse. 

Both you and Santi follow Will through the winding hospital halls. You hear Benjamin before you see him.

“I wanna rock and roll all night and party everyday! ” His usually melodious voice is hoarse and slurred, he sounded somewhat drunk as he butchered the rock song from his favourite band.

“I love you too, man.” Will says with a small smile on his face as he sits on one of the chairs beside the bed. 

“He’s had some anesthesia. He’s pretty high right now, so brace yourselves.” He’s sitting up in the bed arm wrapped in a sling, staring up at the ceiling as he sings (shouts) when you round the corner.

“Will, you’re back!” He lights up as he sees his brother “I love you.”

However Will is forgotten instantly as soon as Benny catches sight of you. “Will! This is her, Christ, its the angel I fuckin’ told you about!”

“Calm down, Ben.” Will still has the smile on his face but he tilts his head to the other patient behind the curtain being subjected to his younger brother's lack of an indoor voice.

“How are you doing, Brother?” Santi questions, sitting on the chair to the other side of him. 

He looks at Santiago. “Pope! Have you seen her? She’s so gorgeous, man. She’s here.”

You chuckle as you walk to stand beside him on the bed. He instantly takes your hand in his good one and pats the bed beside him. You can’t help but acquiesce despite the cloudy look in his eyes. It’s like the lights are all on but nobody's really home.

You hop up, facing him sideways on. You’re not about to cuddle the man in front of Will and Santiago, no matter how desperately you’d like to.

“How you feeling, Soldier?”

“Better now you’re here, Angel.” You can’t help the snort that comes out at his words. 

“I’m glad I can help.”

“You could help me in another way y’know Y/N.” He smirks in a way that is so completely Benny you almost forget he’s delirious. 

“I think you might regret this when you have a filter, lovely.”

“You hear that Will?” Benny’s whisper isn’t quite as stealthy as he believes as his voice is barely quieter than a shout. “She fuckin’ called me lovely, I’m fuckin in there man!”

“...No way...” Will replies simultaneously trying and failing to keep a straight face.  “Y’know Ben you might want to calm down, you might be making Y/N uncomfortable.”

“Y/N… Oh god Y/N. She's gorgeous man, inside and out and her tits -Man her tits are-” He makes a growling noise. 

“Ben!” Will admonishes whilst Santiago is looking on, his hand covering his mouth desperately trying to contain his chortles. “I think you should get some rest buddy.”

“I’ma do that. I’ma put my arms down, my head back and get some rest.” Benny tells his brother resolutely all whilst nodding his head and in his defense he does just that… for a grand total of ten seconds before his blue eyes reopen and fix on you. 

“Y/N?” Benny ‘whispers’ whilst tugging on your hand that is still firmly locked with his good one. 

“Mmh?”

“I think we should have a baby.”

“Oh, really?”

“Yeah. We can have like 6 babies and I’ma’ fuck you so good every single night for the rest of our lives and we can have our own barbecues and I’ll cook you up the hamburgers special.” You can’t help it as your eyes widen exposing the whites in their entirety. You’re trapped somewhere between laughing and mortification as you know there’s no way in hell Will and Santi didn’t hear that.

“I’m not a baby machine dude, six kids is alot for my body to handle.”

“You’ll think about it?” He asks his eyes heavy as they lock on yours.

“Moron,” You chuckle whilst raising the hand which is not currently his prisoner and push the strand of dirty blonde hair from his eyes “You get some rest and I’ll give you all the babies you can handle, big guy.” 

“If I go to sleep am I going to die?”

“No, Ben. You won’t die.” You can’t help a final giggle at his expense, apparently Benjamin Miller without a filter is quite the character. Finally he closed his eyes, his strong much larger hand still wrapped around your own as he drifted off.

A few moments passed and nobody seemed to know what to say. Every suspicion they’d had, had been confirmed. You hoped to god they weren’t going to tease him about it.

“Don’t make fun of him too badly when he wakes up, fellas.” You mumble awkwardly, your eyes not leaving his face. 

“That’s my line.” Will pipes up from his seat when you finally meet his eyes. “My brothers a stubborn guy, he’ll see this as a screwing things up with you Y/N/N.”

“He never said anything. The guy’s impossible to read.” 

“Nah, you’re just too close to it, is all.” Will supplied - ever the guiding light in your world recently.

“Well. We’ll see, won't we?” The guys start discussing the fight, about where Ben went wrong - something you didn’t really want to think about for a long time - or in the very least until his shoulder was healed. 

Finally during the lull of conversation as they’re both checking their phones you go to ask Will when they’re releasing the giant moron when Santiago finally speaks up. “So, Y/N. You and Ben mind naming one of the kids after me? I figure with 6 of em’ you can spare at least one for the namesake.”

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[idkanymoreaboutlife]

Tis The Season

Summary: It’s Christmas time, the ground is covered in snow, there’s Christmas songs being played in every store, there’s merry all around. Except for one couple; Ash and Y/N. They have nothing against the holiday, it’s just that this time of year brings back old memories and scars they rather not relive again. Maybe this year will be different? This takes place a year after Army of Darkness.

Word count: 3,205

It was a slow morning in the diner, the cold air not bringing in many people, families and couples rather stay indoors than brave the harsh weather outdoors. Y/N leaned against the counter, her apron laying neatly in front of her as she watched the snow come down in clumps outside the diner. Her coworker, Emily, stood next to her, flipping through one of the magazines she brought with her. Y/N figured it was going to be slow, cursing herself for not bringing a book to bide the time. She thought if Ash was just as bored at his job, although he might’ve enjoyed people not coming in for once. She was pulled out of her thoughts as Emily nudged her arm. She blinked and looked over at her.

“You’re doing that thing again.” Emily said, a small grin forming on her face.

“What thing?” Y/N asked, confusion written on her face.

“You know, the thing where you’re constantly staring into space, you get this faraway look.” She paused, her grin becoming more apparent. “You’re thinking about your boy toy, aren’t ya?” Y/N rolled her eyes and braced her elbows on the counter, leaning her weight against them.

“Yes and no. It’s complicated.” Emily’s face turned into that of concern. She closed her magazine and turned to face her completely.

“What’s going on? He’s treating you right, isn’t he?” Y/N perked up at that and nodded quickly.

“Oh my god, yes of course he is. Trust me, Ash is a sweetheart, he would never try to harm me.” Emily gave a small sigh of relief.

“Oh good, bastard would’ve been six feet under once I got to him.” Y/N let out a small laugh, knowing full well that Emily could get in one punch before backing out. Nothing against her, but Emily is a petite lady who’s bark is bigger than her bite. Although Y/N has her suspicions that she could definitely throw down if the situation called for it.

“But seriously, what’s going on? Ever since it got colder out you’ve been off in a day dream.” She paused at that, not knowing if she should tell her coworker the real reason. But she trusts Emily, they’ve hung out outside of work countless times and she’s starting to consider her a friend instead of one of the other girls at the diner. Y/N gave a small sigh, playing with the strings of her apron.

“I hate the holidays, so does Ash but he has his own reasons. When I was younger, around ten, my dad and mom had a huge fight on Christmas Day. They would always fight, whether it was about money, my dads drinking or my mom would think of something small and create it into a huge argument.” She paused again, looking away from Emily’s face as she said the next part. “My dad ended up leaving, he said he had enough of my moms shit and that he didn’t want a kid anyways… my mom got more into drinking and later on she started doing drugs. We didn’t celebrate Christmas after that, my moms main focus was her addiction rather than her own child.” She felt arms around her, Emily pulling her into a tight embrace.

“Oh sweetheart I’m so sorry you went through that. I would hate the holidays too if that happened to me.” Y/N returned the hug, having to crouch down some so Emily didn’t have to strain herself.

“It’s alright, it was thirteen years ago. But even after I moved out I never bothered to celebrate it. Brought up too many bad memories.” Pulling away from the embrace, Emily kept a hand on Y/Ns arm in a show of comfort.

“So you and Ash haven’t celebrated the holidays at all?”

“Not really no, this is our first Christmas together.” Emily gave her a look as if she were in great thought. Slowly a smile grew on her face as she grabbed Y/N’s hands happily.

“I have a great idea!”

“Okay, I’ll bite, what is it?” Glancing back out the windows quickly to see if anyone was coming into the diner, Y/N hoped up onto the counter, bracing her hands on the edge.

“You two should celebrate together!” Y/N fought the urge to roll her eyes but instead nodded in agreement.

“We haven’t really discussed what we were gonna do for that day. I think whatever comes to mind we’ll do.”

“What if you two did your own thing? Like did your own celebration that didn’t necessarily stand for Christmas.” Emily was quick to interject. “That way you two don’t have to think about the past and instead reclaim the holiday for yourself.” Y/N took her friends words into consideration. It wasn’t a terrible idea, to reclaim a holiday that brought heartbreak and turmoil into both of your guy’s’ lives.

“You know, that’s actually a pretty good idea.” Emily beamed happily at Y/N.

“We’ll of course it is, I came up with it.” This time she couldn’t help but roll her eyes at her friend. Always the cocky one. The door chimed as a customer walked in. Y/N was quick to get off the counter, grabbing a few menus and making her way over to the table.

The rest of her shift passed with nothing of importance happening. A few tables every so hour, but it definitely wasn’t worth her getting up at 8 am and leaving at 6. Y/N yelled a goodbye to her coworkers as she left with Emily out the side door.

“You sure you don’t want a ride home? It’s getting pretty bad out now.” Emily asked, her car keys already in her hand.

“Yeah I’ll be fine, it’s not long of walk anyways.” Emily gave her a look of concern before backing off, knowing that Y/N was already set on walking.

“Alright.” Emily sighed. “Just call me when you get home, okay?” She asked. Y/N nodded.

“I will, don’t worry.” Flashing a smile, Y/N began to walk back to her apartment, which was thankfully only three blocks away.

She tightened her coat around her body, pulling her hood over her head snugly as she walked into the harsh winds. It wasn’t this bad when I left, she thought to herself. The snow crunched underneath her boots, she exchanged them for her heels once she finished her shift, leaving near perfect imprints as she walked. She had only been walking for nearly ten minutes before the snow began to fall heavier, coating her jacket in fluffy white clumps. I should’ve taken Emily up on her offer, she thought. Mentally kicking herself for not wanting to burden her friend. Heaving out a sigh Y/N trudged on, grumbling to herself.

Finally making it back to her apartment she fumbled out the keys from her purse, opening the door and walking in to be greeted with a warm home. Sighing in relief she hung up her coat, scarf and kicked off her boots at the front door. Walking to her bedroom she took off her uniform, hanging it up on the back of the door as she put on her comfortable lounge wear; an oversized t-shirt and a pair of pajama shorts, she put on thick warm socks for added comfort.

Making her way back to the living room, she grabbed the phone off the wall and dialed in Emily’s number. She brought the receiver up to her ear as she rings went by. She twirled the cord around her finger, waiting for an answer.

“Hello?” Emily asked.

“Hey Em, it’s Y/N. Just calling to let you know I made it home safe.” She could hear the sigh over the phone.

“Oh okay, thanks for calling. Had me worry the entire drive home.” Y/N let out a small chuckle.

“Yeah next time I’m definitely taking you up on your offer.” Emily let out a small laugh as Y/N smiled.

“I’ll hold you to it, we’ll I’m glad you made it home safe. Enjoy your evening!” Emily said before she hung up.

Y/N placed the phone back on the wall, making her way into the kitchen to start making dinner for Ash and herself. She paused at the fridge, thinking back to the conversation back at work. What would Ash and her do for Christmas? They never exclusively talked about it, just why they didn’t want to celebrate the day. She sighed as she pulled the fridge door open.

“Guess I’ll ask him when he gets here.” She mumbled to herself, preparing the meal for them both.

It was around an hour after Y/N started to make dinner when the front door opened, Ash stepping into the apartment.

“Hey baby.” She said happily, poking her head around the corner of the kitchen. Ash was in the midst of taking off his shoes, his head looking up and a tired grin crossed his features.

“Hey sweetheart, whatcha cooking?” He asked, fully taking off his shoes and hanging up his jacket next to hers on the hook.

“I’m making chicken with some broccoli, is that okay with you?”

“Babe, you could make me dirt on a silver platter and I would happily eat it.” He came over to her and wrapped his arms around her, pulling her close against him. She embraced him back, resting her head against his shoulder.

“Work was good?” She asked, looking up at him. Ash gave a roll of his eyes, heaving a dramatic sigh.

“God it was so boring, barely anyone came in. And instead of having me work on shipment, of course they had me out on the floor. And they didn’t even want to send me home early, claiming that it could potentially get busy.” He huffed out a laugh. “Some bullshit.” Ash smiled down at Y/N after a moment.

“How was work for you babe?” He asked, squeezing his arms around her body pulling her closer absinthe him. She let out a soft hum, intertwining her hand with his flesh one.

“It was alright, pretty slow. Mainly stood around and did nothing.”

“So we both had pretty boring days.” He gave a small grin, pressing his lips onto her forehead gently. They stood there in each other’s embrace for a few moments, until the oven timer dinged, signaling that the chicken was done. Y/N pulled away from Ash, giving him a peck on the lips before returning to the kitchen.

Later in the evening after dinner, the two sat on the couch. Y/N sat in the corner of the couch while Ash has his head on her lap, her fingers idly playing with his hair. Some late night show played on the tv, the couple barely paying attention to the corny comedy.

“Hey Ash?” Y/N asked, twirling a strand of his hair around her finger gently.

“What’s up, baby?” He replied, flicking his gaze up to her.

“Are we gonna do anything for Christmas?” His face scrunched up at the word but shook his head nonetheless.

“Wasn’t plannin’ on doing anything, why you ask?” Y/N stopped playing with his hair for a moment, glancing down at his face that was looking up at hers.

“We’ll I just think that we should do something, you know? Maybe we can go out to eat or.” She sighed. “Just do something.” Ash sat up and looked at her.

“I mean sure we can, I was probably just gonna get high.” Y/N rolled her eyes and scoffed.

“Ash I’m serious, we should actually do something.”

“And what would you want to do, Y/N? Go home for the holidays.” Irritation laced his words, but quickly his eyes went wide at what he said. Silence followed as she stared hard at him.

“Baby-“

“Don’t, Ash, just don’t.” She stood up. “I just want to do something for the holidays with you, it doesn’t even have to be Christmas related.” Running a hand through her hair she turned away from him, feeling the tears well up in her eyes. “I just wanna spend the day with you and not think about past Holidays, is that so hard to ask for?” Ash came up behind her, wrapping his arms around her body and holding her close.

“No it’s not.” He paused and pressed a soft kiss into her hair, closing his eyes briefly. “I’m sorry, baby. You know how rough the holidays are for me.” Another pause. “I’m just not sure if there’s really anything we can do.” Y/N fully turned around in his arms, wrapping her arms snugly around his frame, pressing her head into his chest.

“Can we at least try?” Ash gave a small sigh before smiling softly down at her.

“Can’t hurt.” He replied, leaning down to press his lips against hers in a sweet kiss.

Y/N pulled away and took his hand in her hers, leading him back to the couch. Ash sat down first and pulled her down, keeping her close against his side. He wrapped his arm around her shoulders as she curled up against his side, resting her head back on his chest.

“We can plan something out tomorrow, yeah?” Ash said, his gaze keeping focus on Y/N who nodded.

“Sounds good.” She smiled and reverted her gaze back to the tv. Ash soon followed suit, relaxing back into the couch.

A few weeks had passed and Christmas was here, snow had fully encased the small town forcing its occupants to stay cooped up inside until the plows came by. Ash had opted to spend the night at Y/N’s apartment, his airstream not the best to stay in when the cold weather came around. Y/N had planned for the day; setting up a few presents on the coffee table, putting up some string lights she found in her closet, hanging them over the couch and laying blankets over the couch to create a cozy space for the two of them.

Y/N has gotten up earlier than usual, too excited to sleep in at the prospect of reclaiming a holiday that had once caused so much pain to her life.

“Baby.” She spoke quietly to Ash, who was dead asleep next to her, his hair fallen against his forehead. He barely moved at her voice, his breathes coming out steady. She opted to shake him lightly, speaking his name.

“Ash.” She spoke louder, but still nothing.

“Ashley.” She shook him with a push which finally had him blearily opening his eyes. He squinted at her blurry face before burying his head back into his pillow with a groan.

“What?” He whined out. “It’s way too early, babe.” She gave a soft roll of her eyes and pulled the blankets off of him.

“Come on Ash, I have something to show you.”

“Can it wait until later?” He asked, turning his head to the side slightly to stare up at her. She stood out of the bed and crossed her arms.

“No Ash, it can’t. Come on, it’s not even that early, it’s only eleven.” That caused another groan to leave his mouth.

“You’re lucky I love you.” He said, slowly getting out of bed as he rubbed his face, trying to scrub away the sleep. Y/N grabbed his hand and led him out of the room, down the short hallway into the living room.

Ash blinked at the lights, a soft smile crossing his features as he took the decorated room in.

“This is cute, Y/N.” He said, taking a few steps into the room and pausing at the coffee table. He looked back at her with slight confusion.

“You got me a gift?”

“Yeah, why wouldn’t I?” She said with a smile, coming over and sitting down with him on the blanket layered couch.

“You didn’t have to.”

“It’s the season, right?” She chuckled softly.

“But I didn’t get you anything.” A small frown tugged at his lips but Y/N was quick to wipe it away.

“You’re the best thing I could ask for.” She said with a smile as he cracked a grin at her.

“Babe that was the corniest thing you could ever say to me.” He let out a small laugh before pulling her into a tight embrace.

“Yeah but you are corny, so it fits.” He let out another laugh before pressing his lips against hers quickly.

“You got me there.” She smiled happily up at him.

“So what did you get me?” He asked, leaning over and grabbing one of the two presents off of the table. She shrugged and acted aloof.

“I don’t know, it could be anything.” He shot her a look and shook his head.

“Can I open it?” She gave a nod of her head and he tore open the neatly wrapped paper. He tossed the paper to the side and held the small baggie full of small green nugs and a few sheets of small paper.

“Babe really?” He said, a grin spreading across his features. She let out a small giggle and nodded. “This is amazing, thanks.” He put the items on the coffee table and picked up the next one, which was considerably larger than the previous one.

“Please don’t tell me you got me clothes.” He almost gave a groan when she kept the smile on her face, shrugging. He tore off the paper and tossed it along with the other and held the white box on his lap. He eyed her suspiciously and took off the cover and stared at the item. He picked it up and held the lacy garment up to his chest.

“How’d you know my size?” He gave her a shit eating grin as she laughed at his antics.

“Shut up.” She laughed and grabbed the garment from him and put it back in the box. He kept his grin and put the box on the table.

“I think the second gift was a bit unnecessary.” She gave him a look of confusion.

“Oh yeah? And why’s that?” She leaned back against the couch as his smirk only got bigger.

“Cause it’s only gonna wind up on the floor.” She gave a hard roll of her eyes and hit his arm as he laughed.

“You’re insufferable, you know that?”

“Yeah but you’re the one putting up with me.”

After a few moments the two settled into a calm silence, Y/N was pressed against his side as his flesh hand played with the strands of her hair idly. The snow continued to fall outside and the couple watched as the blanket of snow piled higher on the rooftops across from their view.

“Hey babe?” Ash spoke quietly after a moment, Y/N gave a hum in response, idly running her hand along his chest.

“Merry Christmas.” He said with a small smile, she looked up at him and returned the smile.

“Merry Christmas to you too.” She pressed her lips against his in a sweet kiss before returning to her position from before, content with how the day is going.

[alegzandryan]

Prepping for a Ritual

So since I am doing these things as we speak I thought I would go through some ritual things that I find useful, for anyone that feels overwhelmed or unprepared for ritual work. I know tumblr and tiktok have pushed a lot of easy jar spells on us, but there really is something more to a ritual setting, even a simple one. And as it goes without saying, this is my personal idea of a guide and everyone is entitled to their own opinion and practice.

Get your supplies ready the day before the ritual. ESPECIALLY if you are going outside/somewhere outside your home. Collect all the things you will need and put them together. This will give you a day to remember all the things you forgot before it's time, instead of in the middle of your ritual

Choose what you are going to wear the day before, too. Some people take aesthetic very seriously but others dont. Either way, give some thought to what you are wearing. Is that crystal necklace good for what you are doing? Are those pants comfortable enough to sit for 30 minutes in? Comfortability is just as important as presentation for ritual, so dont wear that corset that hurts you after 15 minutes. You will need to focus on more important things.

Foot wear is also super underrated. Are you hiking 10 minutes into the forest to find a ritual spot? Wear boots. Are you in your house and want to go barefoot? Make absolutely sure you are not going to step on a ritual tool and make yourself bleed, or curse to some gods about the existence of legos in the middle of your ritual

Make some stuff for a cleansing/power bath. I usually assemble ingredients and things day before, then go to bed, and do a quick ritual bath before the actual ritual. Steep a hair rinse or charm a fancy body wash before hand so you dont have to focus on that spell, too.

Do a tarot reading/your preferred divination, before bed the day before you do a ritual. It can be quick or extensive, it doesnt matter. But it can be good to get some guidance before you are gearing up for a spell or ritual, and have some time to think about it before you are minutes away from it.

Prepare food and water, once again especially if you are going outside. Rituals can take a lot out of you depending on what you are doing, and food and drink are very easy and quick ways to help ground yourself if you are shaky or need help coming back to a relaxed state. If you are struggling, boiling pasta or microwaving stuff is the last thing on your mind, or maybe even your ability. So have some fruit snacks or granola bars or cookies or something-- easy to take and easy to eat-- with you. Trust me, this is more important than a lot of people realize. It's a good after-ritual practice and one you should be ready for

Think about your intent and purpose. Set aside some time day-before to do this, maybe 30 min to 1 hr I would say. Maybe make an entry in your BOS if you are the journaling type. This serves 2 functions: one is to charge your intent before the spell. It will give you more oomph and precision in your spell casting, or more prepared behavior if you are speaking to gods. Think about what you want to ask them, what you want them to know, how much respect you should give them, or what they may ask of you. What are you willing to do for them, and what are you not?

The second function is that it gives you time to back out of something. Not all spells are meant to be cast, and especially not if you are in a high emotion before it. Give yourself a day to prepare, an hour to think over, why am I doing this? SHOULD I be doing this even? There is nothing wrong with changing your mind. Doing things impulsively in magic isn't typically beneficial to the caster most of the time. Think through potential consequences, too. How could it back fire? How could it go right but in the wrong way? Is there a better way to get what you want? Can you add a caveat, or a time limit on the spell? Are you using parts of a closed practice and not really thought about it before now?

If you are doing spell work in the out-of-your-house-space-land, even if it is just like, in your appartment parking lot, the park down the street or even your own backyard, make sure someone somewhere knows about it. I know not everyone is out of the broom closet, but even if you just have to tell your friends you are stargazing or something, make sure SOMEONE knows and has a check in time for you. There are creeps and terrible people everywhere, and not to spook anybody, but doing magic can often attract animals or any assortment of beings who want to watch/investigate you. I have been given a heart attack by a baby antelope at dawn before. I have also been given a heart attack by a forest spirit asking wtf I was doing there. I know it doesnt exactly feel witchy to have your cellphone crammed in your waistband, but trust me, better safe than sorry. Be it humans or otherwise, doing magic in the dark in total secret is just not realistic to your safety. Take someone with you and have them wait in the car or around the corner if you can. Once again, make sure someone, somewhere, has a set time to call or come get you in, incase you get kidnapped or fae-napped. Your wellbeing is a much higher priority than any magic spell.

Also familiarize yourself with nearby wildlife. Even if you are in the city, check out what raccoon eyes look like in flashlight, or maybe if your suburb is prone to stray cats or dogs. Check out a rabies registry as well, so you know what kind of risk you are looking at around such animals. Rabid animals are actually more prone to being unafraid of human contact and will readily let a person touch them. Do NOT interact with wild animals. No, they are not a sign or a gift from your god. Most animals are curious about magic in general, but that doesnt make them not wild. Do not interact. If you are in a less populated space, you should also check out what kind of wild life is native to your area and how dangerous they are. Deer will startle themselves into you like getting hit by a BMW and bears and cougars can be active day or night, as well as Bobcats, snakes, or coyotes. Check out your local wildlife center for advice on how to handle what lives in your area

(Last outdoors advice, I promise) also check out what kind of myths and legends existed on the land you are on, ESPECIALLY if you live in north america. Knowing who's land you are on should be important to your practice anyway, and knowing what kind of creatures may be out there may save you some distress later. Indigenous cultures should be respected, and their tales can tell you what's around your area. And I dont care where the hell you live, if you hear whistling in the darkness/forests, it is one of several things coming to get you and none of them are good. Get gone and DONT whistle back. Or at all. No whistling guys. Bad.

For indoor rituals, make sure you wont be disturbed. Much like meditation, rituals are very dependent on focus and intent. Interruptions can mess with your outcome.

More indoor advice, checkout your lighting and ventilation well before you do your ritual. For instance, my altar is in a walk in closet-- there is no way in hell I am burning 4 candles and an incense in that room. I would have to do it in my living room or bedroom where there are windows, or find a way to eliminate the candles. Is the room dark enough to fit your ritual? Is it light enough that you can read your notes? (also make notes/write up a copy of the spell, it helps so much) Make sure you have enough light to see what you are doing properly.

I am a big advocate of "do not over cleanse your life, stop over cleansing" however, if that is something you do a lot of, make sure all your tools and whatnot are cleansed and prepared day before. You can shave a 2hr ritual down to 30 min if you get all of your prep work done day before, which is nice. And it once again gives you time to say "shit I forgot that one thing I need to cleanse" an hour later and still not interrupt your ritual because it is day before.

If you are an of-legal-age type person and doing some drug/alcohol part of your magic, make double sure you have food, water, and a buddy system. You may not need a designated driver if you aren't going out of your house, but you still need a designated sober person to make sure you dont like, astral travel out of your body and get replaced with a pod person, or get hurt trying to cast a circle with a ritual knife while high. Know your limits well before you use them in ritual and, I cannot emphasize this enough, have a friend to keep you under scrutiny incase something goes wrong and you need help.

If you are having the OTHER kind of must-be-of-age type of ritual, be sure your partner is well informed. Maybe have a dress rehearsal so you are both on the same page about mechanics and consent. Speed run through the general timing and motions, and talk about what each of you expect to get out of the ritual. Is it for bonding? Or are you using the energy to try to charge something? Is it for fertility? Are you both good to have ritualized sex (I know that seems like an obvious question, but you would be surprised by how many partners clam up about sexual things to try to not disappoint their partner). If you are a witch and your partner is not, be sure they know what to expect, and that they 100% want to do it even though it's not necessarily their practice and not just to be a people pleaser. If you havent done anything like this before either, tell them that, too. Honestly is 100% required here

And lastly, keep your cool. It's easy to get over excited or over anxious about this kind of thing, but honestly with a little prep time you have a high change of doing awesome. And even if you dont? That's okay too. Everyone makes mistakes, we all learn from those mistakes, and every single experience you acquire will level you up until you are the best at being you. Do what feels right, trust your gut, do some reading, and keep calm and witchy on.