#but with him it's different

[pineapple-downside-up-cake]

Phoenix!hybrid Ghost feels too obvious. Too easy.

Ghost doesn't like to talk about his better half. Doesn't, in fact. Talk about it, that is. Truthfully it's embarassing, and it doesn't impede his ability to carry out an op.

Rumor on base has it that he's some sort of rhinoceros hybrid. He could stamp it out, scare the piss out of the worst of them...but it's easier, this way, better than what they'd be saying if they knew.

He chooses to let the whispers take root.

Sure, it makes him stand out in the 141, a hot topic for idle minds - how the hell a rampaging rhino fits in with the rest of the mythical task force makes no sense to anyone who really considers it, no matter how thick skinned and muscular he is.

Brute force isn't really his modus operandi, but hey. It's not anyone else's business, anyway, and not like they'd believe him even if he did say it - he would know. He's done it it for kicks, sometimes, when people are brave enough to ask.

Gives it the same deadpan delivery he does a dad joke.

" 'm a unicorn."

It's in his official file, of course, it has to be so Price knows, and the other two eventually figure it out. Ghost isn't used to people knowing, though.

Sure, he's good at his job - a unicorn is just as elusive as a ghost, and for good reason - he's a protector first and always, for his team and for the people who can't protect themselves.

Lethal. Unrelenting.

But knowing leads to questions.

Awkward, intrusive questions. Ones Ghost has never bothered to consider, because he just is, but somehow this goon squad has become his friends, and they talk about things like their baser natures.

He's not used to it. Has to think about it, for a while, before he can answer.

He explains that it's not sexual purity that takes precedence, it's a sort of...purity of purpose. Ambition, drive, that sort of thing.

He's good at knowing who is dedicated, and who is not.

And when he meets you, well. You're not married to your job, like some people, or particularly driven for a clear cause.

But you love life in a way he hasn't seen in a long, long time.

It's a balm to his jaded heart, a reminder of the good in the world, to see the way you love the balance of positive and negative, the spaces in between -

You certainly end up loving him more than he ever expected to be loved.

He does, eventually, tell you what he is. A sort of good faith conversation, full of yucky emotional crap that he learned from his time in the 141. By then you've known Simon long enough that it doesn't phase you - he's always had a heart of gold under that gruff exterior.

He does, however, turn pink from the bottom of his toes to the roots of his blonde hair when you tilt your head to the side, realization sharp in your eyes - 'that's why you've got so much stamina!'

[batcavescolony]

Katniss is such an unreliable narrator. She says "Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me" girl you deliver strawberries to the Mayor, you hunt and trade for the district, when you fell at Prim being chosen someone caught you, when you went to Prim people parted for you, when you volunteered EVERYONE stopped. Idk how to tell you but I think you're a pillar of the community.

[yappacadaver]

taking him on a long brisk walk through the woods and cuddling as soon as we get home no showers allowed

[flufflecat]

thinking about ford "human blood tastes better" pines

ford "i have been desiring blood more than usual" pines

stanford "was bitten by a fruit bat but still wrote the sentence 'i have been desiring blood more than usual'" pines

[proxythe]

as long as ur my partner in time >_>

[albinogel]

[jojaxcola]

the jojamart mockumentary that constantly plays in my mind

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[batbabydamian]

happy booping! 🐾

[rin-sith]

One of my favorite post-EPIC headcanons is that Odysseus' family is just completely accepting of all the unhinged sh*t that he's done.

Odysseus, over dinner, some 2 months after his return: And then I finned the sirens, letting them drown. We ate the tails later.

Telemachus, starry-eyed: OMG GUYS THAT'S MY DAD!! THAT IS!! MY DAD!! (points excitedly) ISN'T HE INCREDIBLE?

Odysseus: And later when he wouldn't stop being in my way I stabbed a god repeatedly with his own trident.

Penelope, heart-eyed: That's my husband. My love. Love of my life. You slay, my king.

The rest of the people at the table are 100% freaked out and probably terrified, btw.

[fairydrowning]

– Noor Unnahar, Instagram account "noor_unnahar"

[TEXT ID: / [Lemons] / My father's mother loved lemons. Years after her passing, / we run out of everything, but never / lemons. / Nothing else shelters grief / better than memory. / It's my father way of saying, / even in your absence, you will be / cared by me. / END ID]

[hansoeii]

The Doctor!

[meltesh28]

"Hmm... Something tells me I need to tread carefully here... Let's see, it's got a lovely color, but how about the taste?"

[platoapproved]

What was that you said about memory? "A monster," was it?

[mischievous-thunder]

When you meet someone so beautiful that you forget to utter proper coherent sentences

[captainkirkk]

Concept: Peter actually got bitten by a totally normal spider. It's just a coincidence that his mutant powers were awakened around the same time

[dovewingkinnie]

i liked when dr harley sawyer was messing with u like a mouse type of guy to put u in a maze and watch u collect seeds