#but joel's trying i guess

[blocksruinedme]

Joel/Jimmy, Empires s2, 2631 words, rated T

Summary: Jimmy asks Joel to stay after sex, and Joel has a lot of trouble finding an answer to what feels like a very dangerous question.

(someone please tell me if this isn't actually Teen rated, I've asked people and they'd all said yes but ~anxiety~)

Preview!

"Stay?"

Joel froze. Sitting on Jimmy’s bed, now fully dressed and poised to leave, he felt himself go rigid. His sandal laces were still pulled taut in his hands and he wondered if he’d ever be able to tear his gaze away from the floor.

Thankfully he was facing away from Jimmy, who hadn't moved from the bed since they… since. Joel supposed Jimmy had done this intentionally, to save himself from seeing Joel's reaction if he did something idiotic, like freeze in place, dumbstruck. The silence was awkward, almost painful. Joel wished Jimmy would… he didn’t know what he wanted Jimmy to do. Just… something.

Stay?

Joel and Jimmy's… relationship… was never supposed to be anything serious. From Joel's perspective it was never supposed to even be, it had just… happened. Not that he’d been complaining. Joel barely remembered how it had first happened, how they'd gotten from laughing and drinking heavily in Jimmy's saloon to Joel leaning back against the bar, Jimmy on his knees in front of him, still wearing his ridiculous hat that he loved so much.

The friendship, or whatever it was, had escalated quickly after Joel had decided to put their issues aside. His issues, apparently–Jimmy had been instantly ready to move on, to declare peace (and call Joel handsome, unprompted), so the problem must have actually been all on Joel’s end. He didn’t want to dwell on that, so he didn’t. It was over and done with. He stopped thinking about it, moved on and soon found himself having a shocking amount of fun with the sheriff, of all people.

At first that fun was normal joking around, drinking, making innuendo and fake flirting. At least Joel had thought it was fake flirting. Then one night… he supposed he must have accidentally gone too far, one final joke that was too risque, that was technically an offer, that Jimmy eagerly accepted.

Now they'd been sleeping together for weeks. Well, not sleeping together–Joel never stayed long after. They never talked about what they were doing–Joel just showed up in Tumble Town a few evenings a week, claiming he was looking to buy a drink at the saloon. Just like before, they'd drink and laugh and make innuendo, but now it always led to Jimmy's bed, one way or another. The sex was good, the sex was bloody fantastic, and, Joel had thought, everything about this situation was stable. He’d thought they could keep on like this indefinitely, just being friends and having amazing sex that they never had to talk about. Joel’s life was perfect, why did Jimmy have to go mess it up like this?

Stay?

(Head to ao3 for the rest!)

[codgod]

happy pride month ! here’s some headcanons 👍

[feyshed]

The 6 people that are obsessed with Joel

[the-somwthing]

completely different thing.

If Etho x Joel is a thing then I require Lizzie x Cleo to be a thing as well.

I mean that makes sense to me but you know Lizzie already hates Cleo

Hm… but Joel also seems to be somewhat shoving Etho away… what if… PARALLELS?!

[welcometogrouchland]

ftf owl house drawing recs (only if you want to do them, ofc)!!! uhhh how about something angsty between raine and eda what with the whole puppet-ification, or something about boscha and amity?

[ID: a digital sketch of Amity and Boscha from the owl house based on a scene from For the Future. They're in their designs from For the Future. Boscha is tackle-hugging Amity from behind, exclaiming "I won't let you leave again!" Amity is then depicted with a disturbed face and a thought bubble reading "oh! She is deranged!". The background is pale yellow and the sketch is coloured and shaded. End ID]

THE TOH CREW INCLUDED THIS DYNAMIC FOR ME. SPECIFICALLY

[catzgam3rz]

*Crawls out of Artblock hole* TAKE SOME WORK IN PROGRESS BAD BOYS FOR YOUR DAY

[djappleblush]

Joel Miller x OFC - Untitled

Ok, so I'm trying to venture into writing fics for Joel Miller because I became obsessed with Pedro Pascal and I had no idea how tf that happened, lmaooo... it resulted into sooooooo many plot bunnies and scenarios I'm about to explode so I decided to share them here in tumblr first before I post them in AO3, like, I don't know what I'm doing. I'm so fvcking lame. Anyway, here's the plot bunny:

Synopsis, or something: Joel was tasked to smuggle a cargo out of the Boston QZ, but imagine his shock when the package turned out to be someone - the woman he had slept with a few weeks ago; the same one he mindlessly fvcked and felt guilty about afterwards but shoved back at the deepest pit of his subconscious. He didn't want the job, but he wanted the payment, and despite his better judgement, he took it with practiced callousness and detachment. He didn't know how much it was going to turn his life upside down. Again.

Some relative plot, bear with me: Yana really needed some medicine for her friend, and considering the ones she needed were hard to come by in the QZ, she was forced to resort to dealing with one of the best smugglers in the area.   She was ready to bribe the man with a hefty ration cards when he took one look at her and said, "I want a blow job."   For a moment, Yana was so shocked that she could only stare at the guy. And then she blurted out, "What? B-but I'm pregnant! Y-you really want a pregnant woman to s- do that to you?"   The man only laughed. "I just think it'd be hot to have a pregnant lady on her knees sucking me off. I'm so pleased you came to me."   Yana didn't want to, but she was desperate. So, she agreed to meet the man that night, dreading it so much she went back home feeling sick to her stomach.   Of course, the man thought it would be such a nice idea to brag about his new deal to his smuggler friends, which was very wrong of him because the news reached the ears of one Joel Miller. The guy didn't even know that he had just signed his death warrant that day.   That night, Yana came to the meeting place feeling all sorts of nervous, fighting the urge to turn back and run away. When she reached the man's hideout, she was surprised when he opened the door only a fraction and thrust the packet of medicine in her hand, briefly telling her that he'd changed his mind and she can have the medicine - free of charge. Yana grew more nervous, knowing nothing was ever free in the QZ, so she asked if he expected her to pay in any way other than what they've originally agreed upon, but the guy quickly shook his head and stammered out an unintelligible excuse before shutting the door to her face.   Yana stared at the door for a few minutes, tears edging the rims of her eyes, before she walked away, clutching the precious medicine in her chest.   Inside the hideout, the man turned around in fear to the shadow looming behind him and said, "I-I've already done what you've told me. I'm really s-sorry, I didn't know she was you gi-"   He was unable to finish his sentence as Joel thrust his knife in his throat, twisting and then plunging it deeper, watching the life leave his eyes.

[fantasykiri5]

Beans Guy

[keyrousse]

In which a group of four old friends tries to kill two members of said grup ;)

[foodlesoodlesdoodles]

Blind Child at most age 9 goes on side quest after her father disappears and her astronaut mother dies in crash, more at 11

[crimson-roots]

third life season 4 (the bachelor). jimmy is the bachelor btw. if you even care

[zedif-y]

i wanna write . send me a character + one word and i'll Try to make something with it . maybe include the genre you want like angst, fluff, etc.

no guarantee i can squeeze something from my brain rn but L:KSJHDGS ask box is open!

[there-is-just-me-myself-and-i]

[lt-catbolt]

He Loves Me (nov. 2021) vs Not The Boogeyman (mar. 2023)

this is what roughly a year's progress looks like... crazy

[reblog-house]

Coming up with unique eyes <<<< coming up with unique noses

I CAN come up with unique eyes, but it's much harder. Noses, however? There's SO many options to choose from and SOOOO many ways to mess around with them and create new ones and exaggerate them and twist them and they have SUCH personalities. Unique noses my beloved.

I don't have my notebook where I did that rn but I drew all my nose designs of every Life series member on the margins and . Yeah. Yeah that's them. At least I look at those noses and nod my head. Yup. That's them, alright!

[bluinary]

Suddenly understanding the Jeremy Allen White thirst