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Classes weren’t quite as bad as usual yesterday…
#I got an unexpected moment of bravery#(if you can call it that when I was literally shaking)#(I’m hopeless when it comes to socializing)#BUT I talked to the cute guy#he’s super sweet#and I hope we get to talk again tomorrow#but now there’s the mortifying ordeal of being known#like how long before he decides he doesn’t like me?#ACK insecurities suck#it’s funny that I yell at fictional characters for being insecure dummies#and then go and be the biggest insecure dummie of them all#trin rambles#vent#…sorta
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#OC#ark#something something the mortifying ordeal of being known etc etc#this started as vent art but idk what feeling it is now#i actually think ark is really good about not ruining his clothes but its sexier this way u know#werewolf
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the moment doctor who showrunners use the names theta and koschei on-screen is the day i can die peacefully. imagine an emotionally charged scene between the master and the doctor then suddenly one of them drops the academy nickname on the other. it can go 2 ways
either the other gets all "you don't get to use that name on me, they're dead." or they crumble over the name and just. Breaks Down™.
(bonus points if it's in front of a companion)
#the mortifying ordeal of being known but you've long since reaped the rewards of being loved#and now you suffer the consequences of being loved by the other through painful memories of when everything was fine#rtd what are u waiting for bring my pookie master back we need it#the master#the doctor#doctor x master#thoschei#doctor who#theta sigma#koschei#dhawan!master#simm!master#gomez!master#missy
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Dog Days: Book of Mythos
Fantasy, character driven, atmospheric. Read the Ao3 tags. Here's the cover.
Except to show off #The Writing
He’s small enough that he can duck up into the rafters. They’re thin planks of wood, one of which fell to the ground and broken through one of the old corner tables that had been left abandoned She, on the other hand, is tall enough that she has to duck under the doorframe to get into the room. There’s a sword dangling loosely in her hand, something he personally thinks is hard not to notice with some amount of immediacy. Actually- There are three, if he’s counting right. One in hand, two strapped to her back. Though he can’t see any other weapons at a glance, he presumes, of course, that she probably has more. On the whole, he thinks it’s good to assume people willing to carry around three swords are willing to carry around three swords and a knife. It seemed a little excessive, if you asked him. Three swords and all that. Exactly what kind of threat did she think she was walking into? The biggest one - that being, the one she’s currently holding, is so well-polished that it shines when the light hits it. It’s bent at an angle. He finds that odd. He can’t imagine what purpose the bend in it serves, but weapons had never exactly been his “Thing.” (Not that he had many “things” that humans would consider worthwhile knowledge to begin with.)
Mwah Mwah 💋💋
#I originally made this for a different site but they aren't taking advertisements right now jwndskcx#mortifying ordeal of being known vs read the thing im kind of proud of#im putting ten dollars into this blaze#please talk to me about my characters#i am not beneath doing a little bit of ebegging to get eyes on something im proud of working on
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#121
The barrel of the supervillain’s weapon turns a bright white as it charges. The villain is ready for this—they’ve planned it, they’ve imagined it, they know that this has to be the thing that redeems them.
The supervillain laughs as he turns to face the weapon towards them. The heroes never really believed they’d changed. Why would they? A villain once is a villain for life. Whispers followed them, hard glares burned into their back, the odd ‘accidental’ shove followed by laughter that could’ve been as cruel as a villain’s.
The supervillain says something, but they’re not listening. Well. The villain’s about to show those stupid heroes what change looks like. They’ll die here, the hostages will have that extra time to escape, and the heroes will finally see the villain as one of them. As a person.
The villain closes their eyes. The machine in front of them whirs excitedly. This is it. This is it.
Something hard collides with their side, sending them crashing to the pavement. No! their mind shrieks. Gravel digs into any bit of skin it can find, the sharp ache of future bruises under their clothes. Painful, but not as much as this was meant to be.
The supervillain grunts in frustration as the villain risks opening their eyes. A hefty crater is smouldering in the concrete where they were just standing, puffing smoke into the air like a grim image of what they’d have ended up as—ash, at best. They can’t move; somehow, seeing the destruction that could’ve so easily been them is paralysing.
“Oh, god,” someone says from behind them. “You’re not dead, are you?”
The villain finally notices the tight hold around them and manages to wriggle out of it. “Wh—” They push away from the hero, incensed. “What are you doing?”
The hero lugs themself to their feet. “Making sure you don’t die?”
The villain follows them up, ignoring the hero’s hand held out to them, as the supervillain tuts irritably. “Heroes cannot save you, [Villain],” he calls with a cold smile. “You really think you are anything more than a stain to scrub out to them?”
The villain lurches back towards to supervillain, the hero grappling for them and missing. “Then give them something they’ll physically have to scrub out of this road!”
The hero appears next to them, their hand around their arm. “[Villain], stop.”
The villain shrugs their hand off, but it’s back immediately. “Go away, [Hero]. Let me do this.”
The supervillain’s weapon lights up. “No,” the hero snaps stubbornly. “Why are you so set on this? What is dying really going to do?”
Whirring hums in the air again. The barrel turns that heavenly white. “Because maybe then you’ll see me a little more as a person and less as a mindless criminal.” They shove the hero away. “There’s hostages, you know. Go be a hero and help them.”
“The other heroes have that sorted,” the hero says coolly, “because I’m a bit busy trying to save someone else right now.”
The villain doesn’t get a chance to pull away from the hero this time. Their hand tightens on the villain’s arm, and before they can react they’re pushed to the side and out of harm’s way a second time.
“Stop!” the villain cries, their voice barely a rasp. “You think I’m blind? You think I can’t see that all of you would rather I was dead?”
“Maybe a few of the nastier guys, sure. They don’t like anyone,” the hero says sharply, “but I promise you, [Villain], not everyone wants you dead.”
The supervillain’s weapon clicks. The villain recognises the sound; a reload, a brief respite in the war. The hero pulls the two of them behind a slab of upturned road, out of the weapon’s line of sight. Not that it wouldn’t blow this thing to smithereens if the supervillain wanted it to.
“You are a fool to think the heroes will ever think of you as one of them,” he says with a grim smirk. Another click, another bolt in. “But if you do not want to accept that, I am happy to erase the thought from your mind.”
“I need this,” the villain snaps. The hero’s still clinging to their arm. “Let go of me.”
“No you don’t,” the hero says shortly. “You need redemption.”
“This is redemption.”
“No it’s not.” The hero’s hold on them tightens, almost painfully. “This is sacrifice. For nothing.”
“I’m— I’m buying time, the hostages—”
“You realise,” the hero cuts in, “you can buy more time if you don’t keel over.”
The villain stares at them. The supervillain’s weapon clicks one final time. “Come out, [Villain],” he says brightly. “Let us relieve the heroes of their moral duties. I’m sure they’ll thank you for it.”
“Dying doesn’t fix anything,” the hero says lowly. “Don’t make amends by avoiding what you’ve done. Surviving—living with your mistakes—is the biggest atonement you can make.”
“Come on, [Villain],” the supervillain says again. The smile is audible in his voice; coy, knowing, confident. “I’ll make it nice and easy for you, I promise.”
The villain’s stare has long stopped focusing on the hero. They’re well beyond looking at anything. “Okay,” they say weakly. “Okay.”
When the shot of the supervillain’s machine crushes their hiding spot to pieces, the two of them are long gone.
#creative writing#writblr#writers on tumblr#writing#writing community#heroes and villains#hero x villain#BOOK IS DONE (again)#i added some new scenes to make it a stand alone and it now has an extra 8k words#pros: word count is closer to normal fantasy. i didnt really want a sequel. its kept me busy#cons: i gotta do more beta reads aughhhhhhh#i love the betas ive had so far but god. the mortifying ordeal of being known as well as actually finding people interested???#pain and suffering on planet earth
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Okay call me crazy but it's 5 AM and am thinking about YOUR leo x usagi (sue me/lh) but listen here... Listen.. Listen...
I love my fluff like my France fries dipped in sauce 🩷
So i thought of about one of your previous NQK chapters where leo tries to wake up but can't because he's just exhausted or burned out but he have to!
When he was with his family - after going back in the past - he somewhat had to wake up and do something unless his family would get worried about him but after marrying his honeybun Usagi?
I can imagine leo feeling guilty like " I need to do something today, something productive... Doesn't matter what " and Usagi whom sleeping next to him is like " Do you have too? " Like Usagi has no problem spending the whole day with his hubby, cuddling in bed, having a nice breakfast in bed (bet they feed each other) and doing bad flirts and top it off with saying how much they love each other as they share kisses.
You know. YOU KNOW. This has been my go-to comfort ask for over a month now and it's been so, so needed. Thank you so much for sending it. It's beautiful.
And now that I haven't been well, I needed even more comfort so I wrote a little ~800 word thing for it :') <3
Leonardo blinks.
And blinks again.
His blurry gaze sharpens slowly, the switched-off ceiling light above him coming into focus little by little. He takes a deep breath and slowly lets it out, finally closing his eyes.
He doesn't know how long he's lain awake just staring at the ceiling, unseeing, barely hearing the rain outside, the thoughts inside his head yelling at him to get up. Get up, be useful, get up, get up, get up.
He can't get up and he can't make the voices go away. He's stuck and he can't do anything about it, his fists clench in the sheets, a frustrated sob forcing its way out of his dry throat–
"Mmh, Leo? How long have you been awake?"
Leonardo twitches his head to the side and sees two brown eyes glinting in the low light of the late morning, looking at him, fuzzy from sleep but intent, and a brow furrowed in concern. He tries to reply but he swallows the words instead, closing his eyes again with a barely-there shake of his head.
He hears a soft hum, feels the mattress next to him shift and soon two arms are wrapping around his neck, a warm weight settling on his chest. Yuichi nuzzles his cheek, then his neck, and presses his face against him. His fur is so soft on Leonardo's scales.
"You don't have to get up, you know," the white rabbit murmurs, voice gentle but still rough from sleep, "we've nothing to do today."
Leonardo disagrees.
"...breakfast."
"There's cereal in the cupboard and berries in the fridge."
Leonardo huffs at the straightforward reply and somehow that spark of amusement lets him finally regain control of his own body. Yuichi has trapped his right arm under him but the left one is free to move, and he moves it straight up to bury his fingers into his partner's sleep-fluffed hair. He earns a soft chitter for it and he purrs in response, feeling a sorely needed warmth spreading from his chest outward.
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Yuichi forbids him from getting out of bed, getting up himself, and bringing a tray filled with various low-effort breakfast items with him when he comes back. There's the promised cereal along with a carton of yoghurt, a big bowl of assorted berries, a bunch of grapes, a cold coffee drink and two glasses of orange juice.
Leonardo drags himself upright and the tray is carefully set on his thighs. Yuichi burrows under the blankets, emerging right next to him and pulling the tray towards him so they both have equal access.
"Well then," the rabbit smiles, light and loving and loved. "Dig in!"
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They finish eating, unhurried and comfortably silent, content to enjoy the taste on their tongues and the warmth of each other's presence. Yuichi picks up the emptied dishes and moves them to the floor, then turns back to Leonardo, grinning from ear to ear.
"Guess what's next?"
"We… get up?"
"Nope!"
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It's late afternoon when Leonardo wakes up. He stirs slowly, indulgently, so very different from before, feeling warm and cosy between his mate's arms. His beak is buried in silky soft fur, his head cradled in an embrace so gentle it's as if he's something precious, something to be treasured and held with utmost care.
He's been on the verge of tears the whole morning – well, the whole day at this point – and they finally start to fall. It's a quiet cry, merely a release of the anxious energy that's finally letting him out of its grasp, a relief.
He breathes in Yuichi's scent, comforted and– and happy, he thinks, so very happy.
No matter how cruel Leonardo's mind is to him, Yuichi makes sure to never judge. They both have their bad days, Leonardo's being worse but it's never been a problem for the rabbit.
He looks at him and accepts him and is there for him, for better or for worse.
He reminds him that it's alright to take it slow. It's alright to just exist.
He loves him, his jagged edges and gooey core, the whole of him.
And Leonardo knows he loves Yuichi more than he could ever put into words, more than his actions could ever express.
More than there are stars in the sky.
Leonardo doesn’t know what he’s done to deserve a love like this but for once in his life, he doesn’t question it. This good thing that he has, this new life he’s built with his family strong by his side – it’s not something to doubt, to ruin by stubbornly waiting for the other shoe to drop. He feels deep in his chest that this is it.
This is it for him, and no matter if he’s earned it or not, he will hold onto it with everything he’s got.
(he holds onto Yuichi just a little bit tighter.)
#stares at the post now button sweating from the mortifying ordeal of being known#if anyone's worried i'm okay! just burnt out and it's not doing any favours for my depression so you know. i'm surviving <3#leoichi#tervdrabbles#rottmnt#rottmnt fanfiction#rottmnt au#nqk adjacent#ficlet: taking it slow#rise of the tmnt#samurai rabbit#usagi chronicles#yuichi usagi#usagi yuichi#peepaw yuichi#peepaw leo#future leo#future leonardo#i got stuck on the lie lay verbs and have no idea if i used the right one why is english like this lmfao
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what if i was glad you were obscured from my view because even if i cant bridge the distance between us the thought that i might understand you better than i'd expected to hurts far too much to think about
vs.
what if i tried in a small secret moment while you were sleeping and couldnt see me to see the world through your eyes in hopes it could help me understand you and maybe even bridge the distance between us
#AND THE WAY THE TWO MOMENTS ARE BACK TO BACK???#the way it's always about seeing and being seen and the risks and perils and rewards and status and identity of it#the mortifying ordeal of being known of it all#(also its literally always about the haaaands but thats a sob session for another day!)#i have another migraine and apparently my suffering is now linked in a pavlovian way with disinhibited rambling about them again#so this is me making lemonade or whatever. as one does!!!#fifty years later i'll come back to this arc with even newer strings connecting the dots on that charlie day meme#(the dots spell out that they're in love btw. in case anyone was wondering#)#natsume problems#horrible exorcists
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my favourite passtime is making up incredibly unaccurate armour designs. That's a lie my passtime is researching but this comes at a close second
#[.art]#is it even armour at this point? it's a chestplate with a mantella over it. It's armour to me. In spirit.#oh I dread to maintag this but my blog has to be organised or I get hives so I am in fact putting this in at least his tag#This was mostly an excuse for me to shade metal and draw armour but he's there as a character base because I wanted to put constellations i#Javert#les miserables#les mis#<- the- what was it. The mortifying ordeal of being known? me when I post art I did for fun in my free time#also this file is called knightvert. You should know this#also I got an answer about the constitution in place in 1820 and I regret to inform you that mister Valjean was probably elected lawfully#mostly because he'd been there for the minimum required year in order to be a citisen and be appointed by the prefect as mayor#or by the double decimal process if we go by 1799 law and not the 1814 charter.#not counting the fake identity but alas I do not believe proof of identity was required by law for that so. Dreadfully not added to the lis#which doesn't exclude entirely document forgery because I believe property law comes into the needing proof of identity?#But I've been looking at french law for three days and I need to not read for a week now So I'll check that later
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dating apps scare me and i'm learning i might be too neurotic for a meet cute lmao at this point does someone just want to get arranged married? i feel like I could handle that better
#i got a cute girl's number on line at a book signing the other night and we haven't texted each other at all yet#and now i'm overthinking it and stressing and like i THINK we were flirting the other night but were we really flirting???#i don't know anything about her or what she wants from me and GOD THIS IS SO STRESSFUL#the mortifying ordeal of being known or whatever 😔#about to send a risky text and then not check my phone for 5-7 business days#the maddie diaries
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Mysterious Lotus Casebook ~ ep. 31
All these years, he's always been alone. You are the only friend I've ever seen him with.
#mysterious lotus casebook#li lianua#feng duobing#this scene wrecked me six ways from sunday#because llh continues to lie to him CONSTANTLY#but fdb understands that it's who llh is#how llh MUST be in order to LIVE with himself#and fdb is willing to put up with a llh who lies through his teeth rather than a lxy who is honest about himself#because then at least he'll be with a LLH who is ALIVE#and whenever llh talks about lxy being dead he means it#he cannot phyiscally live with the reality of who his past self was and what he did#so fdb expressing here that he doesn't need to know every inch of llh#is the greatest expression of love and acceptance I've ever seen#it's a devastating and bittersweet inverse of#the mortifying ordeal of being known#and I think I'm going to go cry myself to sleep now#(PS llh's heartbreaking little smile at the end is maybe the most sincere expression of happiness we've ever seen from him and I AM NOT OK)
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I'm never commenting on YouTube ever again
#No fucking wayyyyyy#To clarify I was nice and respectful and said hi back I'm just. Head in hands.#The mortifying ordeal of being known. I understand now.
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or alternatively dweeb meets other dweeb more news at 11
LIGHT. LIGHT IN HIS EYES. LOOK AT EM BIG OLE EYES. LOOK AT HIM TOUCH HIS JERSEY.
GLORY BE TO THE MIKKSY SIGNED JERSEY RAAAAAAAAA
CanesWear Signing | 7.1.24
#niko mikkola#florida panthers#the mortifying ordeal of being known#you can tell how bad i was shaking from how much the jersey moves in my hands oh it was so serious for me its not even funny#“youre my favourite player thats why” “thank you” girl i would eat concrete for you without any hesitation#“new jersey?” me sweating profusely because i have to admit i had this jersey for a while now in front of his face oh god oh FUCK#“where do you want it? here or here?” “anywhere choose where anywhere” “ill do this way”#behold decision paralysis plus the constitution of a doormat with an awful aim to please vs the assuredness of a bull romping through field#“i mean its your jersey at the end of the day”#he says without thinking because he lacks a brain to mouth filter and immediately wants to slam his head into the nearest hardest object#but its okay it got a little smile out of mikksy so maybe my motor mouth can be used for good#my voice is so hoarse because i stood under for 7 hours and also loudly cheered like never before all throughout those 7 hours yesterday#also a lot of people had tickets for both mikksy and lundy or just lundy so thats why the line was moving slowly#so at one point they went OKAY WHO HAS TICKETS FOR JUST NIKO and i raised my hand like oo oo mee ☝️ and got rushed to the front#also a lot of the stuff he was signing was nonspecific posters and hats or other players jerseys (that already had other signatures on em)#which is why the attendant was like oh sweet jersey! and mikksy was like new jersey? because there werent many people at all#comparatively his signing was priced the lowest at 39 out of all cats players. the highest currently is benny at 60#does it suck his line was shorter. there was surprise when someone toddles in with a mikksy jersey. and that his signing was priced low?#yes ofc but also i didnt have to stand in the heat for long got ushered in faster and my wallet didnt cry so lets not kid ourselves here#there are silver lining to everything but anyways first hockey jersey and first signature on it acquire call that a man on a mission 😎👉👉#long tags i love mikksy i lot you understand right <3#also im never wearing this jersey again so i might as well buy a frame and ANOTHER mikksy jersey#to bad it also has my 30th ani cats patch on it too </3
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Absolutely devastated that the Instagram algorithm has assigned me "interested in PowerPoint and Word tutorials" and the fact that it is correct
#the mortifying ordeal of being known#But by an algorithm#Devastating#I made such a funky ppt the other day#And I had to say#“I learned it on Instagram”#The site that used to be my friends dinners#And then strangers dogs#And now office tips#���😭😭#Corporate life
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tw : death, death of a loved one, drowning mentions, depictions of intrusive thoughts, depictions of anxiety & a whole lot of needless melodrama.
the evidence of the ocean’s affair with the cliff is obvious: sea foam speckles the sharp gray stones, which are crusted with seaweed and creatures that brace themselves as the waves crash over them. rohan can feel the cool mist spray in his face as water meets bluff and he crouches at the edge; the vertigo isn’t much better the second time, and the mid-morning drizzle soaks through the thin material of his sweater.
he plants his palm against the slick grass below him, steadying himself against the wind.
there are other options. he could take up running; or one of those crafty hobbies that require the use of fine motor skills, like model ships. there is therapy, or calling a friend. surely someone in his life would’ve understood the anxiety that’s bubbling under his skin before he dug his nails in to tear it out himself.
but rohan wants to be alone right now. the people who surround him are part of the problem. keeping up with them has exhausted his well of emotional energy. for years he’s lived separate from the rest of the world rather than risk coming face to face with his grief, one small boat in the wide ocean. chile has cloaked him with a second chance for companionship. one that he didn’t ask for. one that rohan thinks he doesn’t want.
he doesn’t know what he’s doing.
don’t they know he doesn’t know what he’s doing ?
… will he forget the sound of their voices, too ?
he’s not a social person. he’s tired. he’s overwhelmed. he feels guilty, and he’s full of unreasonable fears and expectations that he put there himself. he insists he’s fine and he’s not lonely even though it isn’t true; he’s been surrounded by people most of his life, and only recently found himself placed in the self-inflicted isolation that’s been gnawing at his already fragile mental state.
but he’s not ready to accept his grief yet. if he accepts it then it’s real. every bad thought he’s had is true. he doesn’t want to answer anymore questions.
and then there’s his dad.
it shouldn’t matter, it’s his dad.
a little warning would’ve been nice.
a little warning would’ve made no difference.
he’s struggling with the odysseus and the winter weather that’s wreaking havoc on her old bones, marooning her to shore for as long as it takes him to fix it. and the big red circle marring the august page of his calendar, and all the feelings he never unpacked about the accident── which seem to be closer to the surface this year than they have over the last half-decade, about his dead sister, about his living one, about the state of their family
he’s been trapped in storms, on land, with people and no escape for over a month. yes, he wants to do this alone. he thinks that will make things better. rohan feels claustrophobic, and it’s making his head spin. it’s making him stupid. it’s making him impulsive.
anything to turn it off.
he takes a deep breath as he stands up, exhaling shakily. his hands comb back through his hair and it sticks against his forehead, the back of his neck, wet and icy and dripping down his spine. he reassures his nerves: last time they made it out unscathed. last time he had javi to worry about, too── those excruciating few seconds between when his friend jumped and when he hit the water, when rohan’s anxious heart stopped beating entirely. it’s proof of what he thinks about his independence. he will be fine because there’s nobody else here to fret over. there’s also nobody else here to care if something goes wrong.
they’re going to die too. all of them. then what ?
can’t survive that again── can’t mourn everybody── can’t even properly mourn people he’s already lost. gotta find a way around it.
“ why won’t you come home ? “
vicious thoughts and voices rattle around inside his head like an orchestra that’s out of tune, and none of the musicians will stop for air. he can’t focus. he’s irritable. he feels like he hasn’t slept in days. he wants them quiet and he knows he can drown them, even if just for a minute.
“ ──so tired of begging you to come to us. “
he’s a bad son.
he’s a bad person.
maybe he’s doing it on purpose.
he should have known after five years the half-assed excuses and last minute cancellations would catch up with him. he didn’t think it would be now. he isn’t ready. the mistakes he’s made still dangle in front of him while he’s fixed in place. over and over, in emotional purgatory, he watches the replay. he can’t change the past, and yet it haunts him all the same.
the worst part is he can’t shut it off. normally he shuts it off. it’s not working this time.
he doesn’t want him here. not yet. not now. not ever.
“ i should get to be a part of the new life you’ve built. “
. . .please don’t say it like that──
it’s his dad, who still remembers to call every sunday even though rohan rarely remembers to pick up. his dad, who always leaves a voicemail asking him to call him back. his dad who, in the most recent picture he’s seen, has more grey hair and wrinkles than when rohan saw him last.
rohan misses him. he wants to see him again. he wants to see his sister, too, though he thinks that metaphorical ship has sailed.
they’re still going to die.
it’s inevitable──
──and then what ?
�� . . .
then what, rohan ?
can’t do it, not again. . .
he drags his palms across his damp face, blinking condensation from his eyelashes. the harsh wind tears at his skin and clothes despite the relative calmness of the water below. he’s desperate for that serenity. once he breaks the surface and disappears under the still, dark water, everything will be silent. right now it’s unbearably loud. he can’t think. he needs to think.
. . . but what if he’s wasting valuable time ?
── . . . what if he’s wasted the last five years ?
what if he didn’t have to be so lonely ?
with shaky hands, he drags his sweater over his head. rohan discards it, and wherever it ends up, he’s not present enough to pay attention. jumping into the water won’t stop his father from boarding a plane in a few weeks, but that doesn’t matter. all rohan wants is for everything to be quiet, just for a second, just so he can relax, because he can never relax, not when everything is pressing in on him on all sides.
his dad’s old.
they only have so much time, and maybe he’s wasted it
for nothing
because he’s immature. he’s selfish. he couldn’t step away from his own pain
──leave it.
he shuffles backwards. the ground is soaked through, much like him, and he prays he doesn’t slip. he’ll deal with everything afterwards. once he can think clearly again, it will be easier.
before he can reconsider, rohan throws his scrawny figure with as much force as he can over the edge, plummeting towards the tranquil ocean.
. . .
. . .
. . .
the fall feels longer this time. it happens in slow motion, his heart in his throat. he’s suspended in mid-air── is this it ? is everything over ?── and then he crashes into the water.
. . .
. . .
he can’t move. his arms and legs won’t listen. his body needs a moment to recover from the fall. he floats motionlessly, heart pounding, eyes screwed shut, lungs screaming.
. . .
time works different down here. all he knows is numb and dark, and the ocean is vast and unfeeling and it wraps him in a familiar comfort. it seeps into his bones, and the bitter, winter cold makes him feel lethargic. something gently tries to pull him under, yanking at his heavy clothes, it’s siren song encouraging him not to resist it.
. . .
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he likes the feeling of brushing up right next to it, likes that it brings him closer to the peace he craves so badly, but rohan doesn’t want to die. drowning terrifies him. it’s the end of the story, and he’s been running from his fear of the reaper since he first came into contact with it almost six years ago. the tide pushes him, and the opportunity presents itself to let go, but no matter how tempting it is to sink to the bottom and let the scavengers have their way with what’s left of him, he fights it without thought.
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when he regains control of his arms, rohan claws his way to the surface, and inhales air and salt water with a sputtering cough when he breaks the waves. the cold has drained him entirely; his teeth chatter and limbs tremble with each movement, but it worked.
moving on autopilot, he works with the ebb of the current to carry his wiry frame back to shore.
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it’s quiet.
his head feels clearer as he presses a towel against his face. his heart pounds violently inside his ribcage and his muscles ache from the cold and the impact from the water and none of it feels good, but the physical sensations are a welcome interruption from his catastrophizing.
he scans over his thoughts like one might pick through the wreckage of a burnt building: he looks for salvageable pieces of the mess, ideas that make sense. rohan takes inventory of what’s left as the panic starts to subside.
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it's easier now to stamp out things he doesn't want to think about. when an anxious thought starts to pop up, he focuses instead about the cool air that singes his throat with each uneven inhale, and the material of his shirt freezing to his skin. the distraction of discomfort is a relief, and he uses it to seal off his well of emotions instead of looking at what's left rotting there, untouched for years.
his movements are robotic and hurried as he pulls on dry, warm clothes; muttering about how it’s fucking cold and that really fucking hurt and who’s fucking idea was that anyway ? oh yeah, yours, dumbass. when finally, he’s able to get a deep breath, tension melts from his shoulders. rohan does it again, and again, savouring the momentary control he has over his own thoughts── an occurrence so rare, he doesn’t want to give it up.
afterwards. he’ll deal with everything afterwards.
#ok leaving this alone now even thought i hate being perceived so badly aaah mortifying ordeal of being known & all that#rohan kaur : musings#death tw#death of a loved one tw#anxiety tw#intrusive thoughts tw#drowning tw#tw death#tw death of a loved one#tw anxiety#tw intrusive thoughts#tw drowning#the way tws always make something sound more dramatic than it is eye──
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making something of substance is actually quite scary. if you think about it
#the mortifying ordeal of being known i guess#i draw a lot of stuff thst is pretty unsubstantial bc the big ideas in my head seem exhausting to put to paper#or that i have to do something else before i can do thst. get to the next level#similarly why i find it hard to write anymore#there is a fear of. not having anything meaningful to say i suppose#so i draw memes and the same sketchy busts over and over and let my docs grow cobwebs#itll do for now but damn. wish i could make something thst touches someone. or just tells them anything at all#birbwellspeaks
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genuinely not quite sure why i am so deeply uncomfortable when it comes to telling ppl abt my personal/romantic life. like i want them to know but i also don’t like admitting to anyone out loud that i have emotions, feelings, and/or relations resembling anything beyond superficial interest. i mean jesus. how cringe. they should just intuit it all psychically or something so they can know without me ever having to bring it up myself
#like i’ve always been like this i didn’t tell my parents that i was dating my hs girlfriend for months#not bc i was scared of what they would say. i knew they’d take it fine. they knew i was gay and they knew i was close friends w her#but the thought of having to confess to my parents that i had romantic feelings for someone. and that she had romantic feelings for me.#that thought? EXCRUCIATING. MORTIFYING.#i was fine with them knowing it theoretically#but i just could not bring myself to admit to them face to face. UNPROMPTED. that i was dating somebody.#i ended up texting them as CASUALLY AS POSSIBLE in the family gc a like 12 in the morning#like hey btw just a heads up me and [girl] are dating okay bye#like lmaaooo they probably don’t even REMEMBER this now but i vividly remember drafting that text at the time like jesusss chriiiiiissstttt#but that was also true for my best friend i didn’t tell HER i was dating my gf for a while TOO and i don’t think i actually told any of our#friends just let them learn via osmosis and that was great that was ideal#i just don’t feel comfortable talking about myself to other people at all like in person#obviously writing it all out is fine like i’m sharing this on my blog bc again I don’t mind people knowing stuff#i just don’t like having a one on one conversation with anybody about any facet of my identity feelings personhood at all#and again i don’t know why that’s true. it’s kinda funny. it’s also something i’m gonna have to just suck up and take like sorry kid#welcome to the mortifying ordeal of being known#¯\_(ツ)_/¯#anyways lmao i was just thinking about that again bc. well for obvious reasons but also because it happened during pride month LMAO#and looking up pride events near me this evening reminded me of that specifically#man#i guess i haven’t changed at all since i was 16 lol#better taste in people now though i think#cest la vie and all that
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