#came home and at lunch and a whole brownie

[yours-the-author]

Stickmintober Day 11: Infiltrating the Airship

Henry: Marco!

Galeforce: Shut up.

Rupert: *aims with intent*

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I didn't have a lot of ideas for this day, but then I remember the Lightning Quick Larcenist "route" and this is what I came up with.

I cannot draw guns or teddy bears, as you can see.

I'll be back tomorrow for Day 12! It has been A Day today.

[secretsofafangirll]

video star

summary: the time when Olivia appeared in a blind, deaf, mute baking video with the triplets and Matt couldn't keep his hands to himself.

warnings: touchiness in front of people/on camera, suggestive language, suggestive content, use of pet names.

a/n: the song doesn't have any significance, it just plays in o.c.'s headphones.

"Hey guys, welcome back to another Wednesday video," Nick blurted at the camera posed several feet in front of them, "Today we're doing another Deaf, Blind, Mute Baking Challenge."

"However," Chris butted in, sticking a mocking finger in the air, "We have a special guest for today's video," He drawled out and looked off to the side where I was standing. Matt was still leaning back against the counter and smiled at me.

"Come on out, sweetheart." Matt beckoned me over with a flick of his fingers and a nod of his head. I jumped into frame and smiled at the camera.

"Hi guys!" I waved enthusiastically and placed my hands on the counter in front of me.

"For those of you who don't know, Olivia is our best friend in the whole world and Matt's girlfriend. If you didn't know that, you've obviously never watched a video because she's in all of our vlogs and we never shut up about her." Nick summed up the basics for the viewers at home.

I've been friends with the triplets since my freshman year of high school. Chris and I instantly clicked one day in Math when our more extroverted personalities found their ways to one another. He introduced me to his two triplet brothers at lunch that same day, and the rest was history. We became inseparable and spent every second of every day together since. Things became interesting with Matt and me as we got older and grew into ourselves but we officially started dating after we graduated high school. We were always scared to announce our relationship to his fans because they can be volatile to their female friends, but once we did and they accepted that we loved each other, we've been so open and comfortable expressing that love physically on camera.

"So, how this is gonna work is..we're gonna draw out of a hat and three people are gonna be either blind, deaf, or mute and one person won't be able to use their hands. Let's hope that person isn't Olivia, because she's the only one of us that really can bake, like at all," Chris addressed the room and the camera.

"Dude, if I get fucking handcuffed, this is gonna be awful," I raised my brows and turned to Chris.

"Have a little faith, kid," Chris bumped my hip with his. I heard the car keys rattle on Matt's belt loop as he pressed himself away from the counter and came up behind me to wrap his arms around my neck. My hands subconsciously reached up to grip his muscular forearms.

"Alright, well, let's get the fuck on with it," Matt spoke.

"Okay, relax. We've been rolling for two fucking minutes." Nick stuck an accusatory hand up at Matt.

Nick reached around the counter for the hat and we all drew a card.

"Matt, you say yours first," Nick assigned.

"Mute," Matt chuckled, "Too easy."

"Deaf," I read aloud, "Yay! I just get to listen to music." I ran over to the couch and grabbed my headphones, working to connect them to my phone and find a playlist.

"Noo!," Chris whined, "Handcuffed."

"Loser", Nick teased.

"Which means that I am blind." Nick concluded, "Olivia wanted to bake something from scratch but that's a bit too hard for us, so we just got boxed brownies with, like, an extra cookie thing that we have to do too."

As Nick started to read off the contents of the box, I placed the headphones over my ears and pressed "shuffle" on Spotify. The first song to grace my ears was "B.Y.O.B" by System of a Down. A loud, scream-y nu-metal jam to deafen my sensitive ears. If I listened to anything too quiet, I'd be able to hear them. I watched as Matt tied the blindfold onto Nick and then Chris tied the bandana onto Matt. Matt then locked the handcuffs onto Chris' wrists behind his back.

I watched as the three of them tried to talk to each other, myself trying to read their lips and body language. I knew Matt well enough to know he was frustrated and Chris well enough to know he was giving Nick directions.

Quickly, when they started to struggle too much, they called me over. However, my eyes were closed as I mouthed the words to the song and I couldn't hear them.

"Everybody's going to the party have a real good time," I sang with Serj and wagged my finger to the Ooh.

What made me open my eyes was Matt pushing a hand against my lower back to guide me to the counter. The sudden jolt and touch startled me and I lurched forward, almost falling into the hard counter top face first. Matt's hand quickly shot and gripped my waist, pulling me back into him.

"Oh my God!" I yelped, my hands shooting out in front of myself to stop me before he did. He spun me around in his hands and I placed my extended hands on his chest, "Thank you!" I yelled, unaware of my volume. He just pressed a finger to my lips to tell me to be quieter. I whispered a faint apology in return.

I looked over to Chris who was probably spewing some bullshit at us about how cheesy we are, seeing as how his left cheek flexed up slightly in annoyance. Matt ushered me over to the counter where they handed me the box to try and fix what they already messed up. I took one look at the batter and knew they added too much oil.

"Okay," I started, "I think you guys just put too much oil, but it's not hard to fix. I just need a dehydrator like flour or cornstarch to dry out the oil." I turned around to grab the flour from the cabinets that I stock for them, because if I didn't they'd either starve or waste all of their money on eating out.

Due to my shorter stature, I had to stand on my tip toes and stretch the life out of my arms to reach the flour. Matt came up behind me and placed a hand on my side to tell me to relax and he reached up and grabbed it for me. I thanked him before turning around and continuing to mix the brownies, Matt's front just brushed my back the whole time as he watched over my shoulder, his hand resting gently on my hip.

Once I was done with the brownies, I needed to grab a bowl for the cookie part. I wasn't planning on making it, since it's supposed to be a challenge, but I still grabbed the equipment needed. I bent down in front of Matt to grab a smaller bowl from the cabinet below the island. When I leaned over, I didn't realize two things; one, how close I was to Matt and what he wouldn't be able to resist doing when he noticed the position we were in, two, how it would look on camera.

Both of Matt's hands found my hips when I unexpectedly stuck my ass into the air right in front of his dick and he subconsciously pressed himself a tiny bit further into me. Soon, his hand left my hip and it braced itself on the counter above my head so that I wouldn't hit the counter when I got back up.

"Okay, so you guys need to do this, because this is supposed to be your guys' challenge." I started clearly over the sound of Evanescence’s "Going Under”. I sang the words under my breath as I turned away to let them do what they needed to do. I hopped up onto the counter behind them and enjoyed my music as I watched them yell at each other.

At least I thought they were yelling at each other...

Turns out they were yelling at me to preheat the oven that I was sitting next to. I watched as Matt stepped closer to me. He placed his hands on my thighs and nodded to the oven dials. I quickly understood and turned the dial to 350 degrees. Matt's eyes darted all across my face and down my body that was only clothed in shorts and a tank top due to the intense Los Angeles heat. I knew exactly what look he was giving me and it was killing him that he couldn't kiss me.

"Later," I mouthed to him and leaned forward to kiss his forehead. He dropped his head to my shoulder and I wrapped my arms around his broad shoulder to squeeze him into me.

Soon after, the brownies had made it out of the oven safely and we were all stripped of our sense-depriving shackles. I was kind of disappointed to be done with the music, but I missed hearing my favorite boys talk.

"Okay, the brownies are done and they look fine," Nick began to the camera, "But we did fuck them up a little bit, so hopefully Olivia's fix was okay."

"Bro, she's literally a professional chef at this point, I'm sure they're still gonna be great," Chris said matter-of-factly. Nick began to cut the brownies, which they should've baked on parchment paper, and got a piece for all of us. He slid it in front of me and we all tried a bite. They still tasted great and they looked like boxes.

"Obviously, if it were up to me, we wouldn't have boxed anything, but for a boxed brownie mix," Matt came up and hugged me from behind and my hands fell to his that wrapped around me, "I would give this is a solid 8 out of 10." I said giving a thumbs up with the camera.

When they had all given their notes and feedback, they said goodbye to the camera and turned it off.

"You guys need to practice a little something called self-control, you horny fucks," Said Nick as he shook his head and took down the filming equipment. 

"Shut the fuck up, Nick," Matt spat as he pulled me closer, "Hi, my girl. D'you have fun?" He asked, pressing a kiss to the top of my head.

I pulled back slightly and leaned up to kiss his lips, "Mhm. I always have fun filming with you guys." I smiled up at his stunning face.

"What'd you listen to?" He asked, pulling away from the hug to reach over and grab a cup from the cabinet, but keeping a hand on my waist. I turned to watch him as he got what he needed.

"I listened to System of a Down and Evanescence. I wish that, like, Nirvana or something came on though." I sighed and looked down for a moment before focusing my attention back on him.

"S'nice. I need to branch out, broaden my musical horizons," He said as he filled his cup with water from the fridge.

"And your kitchen horizons, because, my God, you guys suck at baking." I teased exasperatedely.

"Hey, watch yourself," He tutted, "They suck at baking, I, on the other hand, can whip up a good dessert."

"Alright, mister, I bought already-been-smoked salmon and tried to cook it anyway, Sturniolo." I accused, rolling my eyes jokingly.

"Oh, yeah? You want to play it that way?" He smiled smugly and slowly stepped toward me, setting his water down on the kitchen island.

I backed away in response and put my hands up in defense, "I'm not playing anything. M'just sayin' it how it is. S'not my fault your egos too big."

"You little-," He cut himself off and reached for me. A high-pitched yelp escaped my mouth as I dodged his hand and I backed away from him before running to his bedroom. I might be more agile than him, but his legs are much longer than mine. He caught up to me as I was trying to slam his door shut, and he stopped the door before I could close it. He swooped in quickly, picked me up, and tossed me onto the bed, kicking the door shut somewhere in between.

"Matt!" I giggled, as I sat up, bracing my hands behind me. He crawled onto the bed in front of me and shoved my chest back down.

"Those brownies might have been good," He leaned down and placed a gentle kiss right below my ear, "But I know you're gonna taste even better," He whispered into my ear and began to trail a path of open-mouthed kisses down my neck...

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author's note: alright...how'd we like it? I'm not entirely sure how I feel about it, but I wanted to put something out. I liked the concept but I'm unsure of how it turned out. let me know what you guys think.

all the love, she <3

[paradiseprincesss]

greedy | jonathan crane

a little short fic to help me get over my lackluster writers block. brownie points if u can guess which song i listened to that had me writing this xoxo. also not the first line being a gossip girl reference HAHAHAHA.

summary: whoever said jealousy and possessiveness doesn't go both ways?

warnings: smut, p in v, riding, degrading (just a sprinkle), office sex, jealousy, possessiveness, kissing, swearing, mdni 18+ only

word count: 1.7k

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if looks could kill, we wouldn't want to be jonathan crane right now.

you shot jonathan an irritated glare as his receptionist continued to talk to him, intruding on your time together.

you'd come to visit your lovely fiance at work today as you knew his job at arkham asylum was stressful to say the least, and you'd figured it would be sweet of you to come surprise him with lunch. what you didn't expect to find was his receptionist all over him in his office.

okay — maybe that was a bit of an exaggeration, but still! the way she was smiling at him, batting her lashes innocently, and using that weird, flirty tone with him was enough to get your blood boiling.

you trusted your fiance. you wouldn't have said yes to marrying him if you didn't — but you didn't like the way this bitch was trying to play coy. especially with you sitting right beside him the whole time; it was infuriating.

if you could choke her right now, you would've — but you didn't exactly want to end up as an inmate at your future husbands workplace.

"i called the DA's office to—" his receptionist started to speak, but jonathan cut her off with a bored tone.

"you've mentioned, thank you." his tone is dull, clearly not amused with her cheap attempts at whatever it was she was trying to do. "now, if you will excuse me — my lovely fiance and i are trying to enjoy lunch together."

"right," the receptionist said with a phoney smile, "i just wanted to make sure that you knew i called to schedule that meeting next week for you, jonathan."

"it's doctor crane to you." he said sternly, looking at her with a menacing glare through his glasses. the receptionist suddenly looked a little flustered as she collected her papers, shooting you a dirty look — which didn't go unnoticed.

of course, you didn't want to cause any issues at jonathan's work. especially not when he was stressed out enough from his job. so you let it slide (not without making a mental note of it first, though), and continued to eat your lunch with him quietly.

the following week, you returned to arkham to visit jonathan once more. you came bearing gifts (lunch), to which jonathan was elated. it wasn't often he got a break at work — but when his beautiful fiance came to visit, all his stress would seemingly melt away.

today, you brought his favourite. a sandwich from the cafe you two frequented on your days off, along with a coffee just the way he likes it — black with a dash of sugar. "darling, you didn't have to do all this just for me." jonathan said, bringing you in for a kiss.

"i wanted to," you informed him happily, "and it's only a twenty minute drive away from home, jon."

"still, you're too good to me." he said softly, taking the piping hot coffee from you. "i'm very lucky to have you, my love."

you wave off his words, shaking your head as you try and hide your smile — you always thought you were the lucky one. "oh, stop it."

the two of you finished off lunch seemingly uninterrupted today, just enjoying each others company. afterwards, jonathan informed you that he had some paperwork he had to do. patient intake forms, prescriptions, referrals — all the usual doctoral stuff.

"i'll see you at home then, honey." you said to him while placing a small kiss on his cheek, the colour of your lipgloss lingering on his face.

"nonsense, darling. it's just paper work — stay, please." jonathan insisted, pulling you onto his lap. "i've missed you. you know how much i despise working late. you're always asleep by the time i get home."

before you could respond, the sound of knocking on his closed office door interrupted your little moment together. the door swung open, and jonathan quietly let out an annoyed huff.

"doctor crane." his receptionist said, her tone much too sultry for your liking. she looked at you up and down, narrowing her eyes. "and hello to you, too."

you took in a deep breath, already annoyed. the tone of her voice was causing you to see red, and her outfit? questionable.

she wore the shortest possible skirt (how was this even considered professional?!) and a tight, almost see through blouse. you knew exactly what she was trying to do — and you weren't having it.

"do you always go around parading yourself like the workplace whore?" you asked suddenly, making jonathan choke on his coffee. "because truthfully, you're not very pretty and that outfit really isn't doing you any favours, either."

"excuse me?" she asked, her eyes going wide. "i'm sorry, but—"

"good, you should be sorry. stop flirting with my fiance before i make him fire you." you said harshly, looking at her with disgust and judgement. "you can go now."

hastily, the receptionist left in embarrassment. jonathan's hands snaked around your waist, giving you a little squeeze before he whispered in your ear. "someone's jealous, hm?" he asked, gently nipping at your neck. "you're so sexy when you're mad."

usually, it was jonathan getting jealous. with a body like yours and a face that pretty, you garnered attention from men every time you went out. jonathan was pretty much unfazed by it at this point — that was the price he had to pay if he wanted to marry someone as beautiful you.

but occasionally, the tables would turn and jonathan would be the one getting hit on. he'd always shut it down before really even started — once going as far as throwing a drink in a woman's face for grabbing his arm while he was at a bar with you.

"i want her fired." you said lowly as jonathan placed soft kisses down your neck, making you sigh with bliss.

"consider it done."

his hands came up to cup your breasts through your dress, making you moan. he reached over to the zipper on the back of your dress, unzipping it slowly as you wriggled around on his lap, feeling his cock getting harder by the second.

"you can be so mean." he teased, slipping you out of your dress sensually. "it looks good on you, though."

as your dress fell onto his office floor, you got up, walking around in just your lacy bra, panties, and high heels to the door, locking it shut. you made your way back over to jonathan, straddling him as he rested his arms on his office chair, leaning back with a sigh.

"you don't ever have to be jealous." he assured you softly, admiring the way your thong snugly fit against the curve of your hips. "how could i ever want someone else when i have the woman of my dreams with my ring on her finger — and soon, my last name."

"i don't like other girls looking at what's mine." you growled, pulling him in by his tie, causing him to smirk at you.

"you're so greedy for my love, aren't you?"

you offer no response, pressing your lips against his hungrily. he wraps his hands around your waist as you grind your hips onto his strained cock, hard and begging to be inside of you.

he unbuckled his belt, pulling out his cock — angry and hard, pre-cum leaking from the tip already. you smiled at him innocently.

jonathan wondered how you could look so naughty yet so angelic at the same time.

you lifted yourself up slightly, lining your drooling hole up with his thick cock. you slowly sink down onto his cock, the delicious stretch and feeling of your warmth enveloping him making the both of you moan. you started to move up and down on his cock, your wetness dripping down his cock and soaking his pants a bit.

"you're so beautiful," he breathed out, choking back a moan as he felt your tight, wet pussy around his cock, "but you like to be fucked like a cheap whore, don't you?"

his degrading words barely matched his sweet tone, but you nod your head regardless. even when you were riding him — when you were physically on top, he was still in charge — and you wouldn't have it any other way.

"i'm not talking money," you whimper, "i'm just physically obsessed."

"greedy little whore, that's what you are." he growled. you continued to bounce on his cock as you watched him drop his head backwards, hands gripping onto your waist in ecstasy. "you gonna come for me? come on, baby. show me how much you love my cock."

"mmhm! f-uuck, yes!" you whined, falling apart in his hands as you felt the tight coil in your stomach getting closer and closer to snapping. "need your cock all the fucking time, j-jon—"

"i know," he cooed softly, "i know you're about to come, darling."

"baaaaby—" you breathed out, your release washing over you. "oh my god!"

"that's fucking right." he almost snarled, watching your tits bounce in his face as you rode him even faster, taking his cock deeper with every up-and-down motion of your hips. "drench my cock like the greedy little bitch you are."

you did as you were told — creaming his thick cock as you threw your head back, lost in the pleasure that was consuming your whole body. your thighs started to tremble, giving out as your body went to overdrive.

"stay put," jonathan growled as his fingers dug into your flesh, "stay fucking put. you're — fuck, ugh — gonna take all my cum."

he started to ram into your cunt, bucking his hips upwards as you moaned and whined, feeling your second orgasm quickly approaching as jonathan chased his own. "c-close," you managed to say, "again."

"so greedy." he groaned as you came around his cock for the second time in the same minute. he came at the same time as you, feeling his cock spurt out hot ropes of cum into your spent little hole.

he raked a hand through his dark hair, pushing his fogged glasses up on his nose properly while he was at it. you let out a deep breath, looking at his handsome face with a soft smile on your lips. he returned your smile, his hands coming up to cup your face as he kissed you lovingly.

the two of you get cleaned up, getting dressed as jonathan had some important tasks to return to — he was at work, after all.

"i'll see you at home, then?" you asked softly, grabbing your purse before reaching for the door handle.

"yes, darling." he confirmed, giving you a gentle kiss. "i'll be home around nine — i got a little distracted at work today, so..."

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[elis-blawg222]

November 9 - Saturday

I don't remember this day much at alllllllllllll.

I thinkkkk all I did this day was literally bake. I made chocolate muffins with chocolate chips in them and I also made red velvet cupcakes. A few of them had chocolate chips in them also. I was on the phone with Angel pretty much the whole time which was nice, but my phone kept dying and it was really reallyyyyy annoying.

I was kinda sad I didn't get to try any muffins/cupcakes, but it made me feel better when I realized it was actually my friend's birthday. She came over and took a bunch that I made for her and her family and she even tried some in front of me and said they were really good. By this point also Angel had to go.

I tried a couple small pieces just because I didn't want to give them to people if they were bad LOL.

I went to work after this and I gave some away there also. Everyone said they liked them which made me really happy.

I don't remember anything else this day :3

Total Cals: 643

i don't have a pic from this day but the list of things I ate is:

Lunch: apple, grapes, banana greek yogurt, peanut butter granola, and like a bite of a protein bar (273)

Dinner: brownie sundae greek yogurt, gushers, 2(i think?) rice cakes, and a bit of cream cheese. (335)

Snack: a piece of chocolate (35)

I actually do think I remember coming home from work this day and being so so so pissed because I was going to make some food for dinner. I was gonna make some Brussel sprouts, broccoli, and carrots. But then I went to the freezer to grab anything and the only thing there was FUCKING CARROTS. So then I was like ummm.... ok. Ill just have some zucchini and squash. And then I walk over. and there is none. So then I was like ok the world hates me im ending it actually bc what.

Anyways I later found out it was my step mom who threw it away because she thought it was from when she bought them and they'd been there for a long time so she threw them out and she was like "im sorryyyy I didn't know they were yours"

sobs i bought them with my own hard earned money and everything. anywhooooo

Total Steps: 5.8 k. eh

[coalswriting]

domestic / dating headcanons - natalie scatorccio

(approx. 900 words)

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you and natalie started dating after you met her at a party.

you were with your friends, and you had spotted her from across the room, talking with travis.

you were way too many drinks in, and feeling confident, so without thinking, you abruptly ended your conversation with your friends by walking over to natalie.

travis looked irritated the moment you started talking to nat. she did not; you could see underlying relief in the sparkle of her eyes and she listened to you intently as you told her some random fun fact you had heard in biology.

one thing led to another, and you woke up with her in bed with you the next morning.

you panicked, thinking you had done something regrettable with someone you barely knew but she reassured you that the two of you simply came back to yours because you wanted her to paint your nails black and watch a movie.

cool. cool.

natalie didn’t end up leaving for ages that day, and when you saw her in school the following monday, she stuck around you.

you were pretty much glued together and she felt like your other half.

you watched her practices, went to her games, packed her a nutritious lunch every morning (because let’s face it; school lunches suck), and even helped her study.

it didn’t take long for the two of you to start dating; maybe two months of talking consistently every day.

and damn, did she move into your house fast.

your parents weren’t around too much due to work, but they really liked natalie based on the few interactions they had with her, so she was basically free to stay whenever.

your wardrobe instantly became better as natalie let you borrow her clothes, and you even would go shopping together with money you had earned from your part time job as a cinema worker.

speaking of cinema work, you always snuck natalie into movies for free with you when your shift would end. most of the movies, you two would just whisper through and joke around, but when it came to horror movies, natalie was honed and focused. she really loved them, and you loved seeing her enjoyment even though you’d freak out at any sight of gore.

natalie started looking a lot healthier when she moved into your house; she was used to eating shitty oven meals at home due her not having much cooking space nor ingredients, and when you both started cooking together, she loved it too much – you’d say she hasn’t had an oven pizza in months after you had started to date.

you do most of the meal prep whereas natalie cooks. somehow, she’s a natural! you oftentimes come home from work to the kitchen smelling like brownies or whatever delicious dinner she’s decided to make for you. and then, yknow, she leaves you with a sink full of dishes.

natalie isn’t a super affectionate person. she won’t outwardly kiss you or hug you often, but she shows it in different ways. maybe she’ll brush your hair, do your makeup, help you decide an outfit, make you a playlist, or link your pinkies together when youre watching tv.

however, if she gets drunk? that’s a whole different story. she’ll pull you away to make out with you every chance she gets. she would almost escalate it anywhere if it weren’t for you being reasonable and stopping her before things get too hot and heavy.

she’s also a little spoon. i will die on this hill. she’ll sleep facing away from you, but during the night, will push herself towards you until you’re holding her and breathing in the smell of her shampoo. she doesn’t care if it gets too hot, she will literally sleep through the night like a corpse – and then take a shower the next day because she’s all sweaty.  

she’s almost too over-protective at times, literally glaring at anyone that even looks at you wrong. once a guy catcalled the two of you in the hall at school and she literally kicked his locker shut onto his wrist.

his face was worth the detention that you both had to sit through.  

natalie stopped smoking for you. it’s not that you necessarily complained that you didn’t want her to smoke, but you made an off-hand comment once about how you’d love for her to take care of her health more.

and she took that personally. she literally went cold turkey, and you stayed with her the entire time while she was moody, sick, and tired from withdrawal.

natalie’s favourite thing to do is shower. she didn’t have the liberty to shower every day when she lived with her parents, so she basically showers daily at yours, if not twice a day. you don’t mind though; you’re not the one paying for the water.

you’ll oftentimes just sit outside on the toilet while she’s showering and talking to you about a new album she wants to buy or some drama she heard while in the changing rooms for soccer.

speaking of soccer, the yellowjackets think you two are such a weird couple. natalie is so rough, whereas you’re so sweet and caring. you’ll literally come to their practices with bottles of water for everyone and natalie will say some comment along the lines of “she’s mine, all of you find your own fucking girlfriend.”

meanwhile, everyone else is just blinking blankly, not even doing anything to insinuate that they’re trying to steal you.

[barnesboo1967]

Chapter 4

Series Summary: After Tyler’s last ride, he’s been lying around the house. His parents decide he needs a summer job. Lucky for him the owner of the town rodeo needs a new farm hand. But just when he thought it couldn’t no hotter the farmer’s daughter comes home from Aggie Land. Will they have a sweet summer lovin’ or will they break up in a small town

Word count: 698

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A/N: This chapter took a turn I didn’t expect. I made it more angsty than originally planned, but I am happy with where it is going. I’m almost working on a rooster one shot that because I just have to have backstory will take longer than previously thought.

Grace was in the kitchen, trying out a new brownie recipe. She forgot how much she loved baking and cooking. Seeing as you can’t really bake or cook in a tiny dorm room. And what made it even better she got to share her newest creations with Tyler. Her favorite part of the day was when she got to take Tyler whatever she just finished making.

Maverick had just comeame home from hanging out with his friends at the lake, when he saw his sister dancing around the kitchen. Her signature old country music playing as she did so. He chuckled as she made a mess of the kitchen their mama worked so hard to keep clean. The obvious obsession with baking for a certain farmhand did not go unnoticed by the youngest Campbell.

“More treats?” Maverick said, sitting on the island of the kitchen. “Mhm, I found a new recipe on Pinterest and thought I would give it a try.” Grace said as she made her way around the kitchen. “Mmmm, how much are you going to give to Tyler?” Maverick asked, “What are you talking about?“ Grace asked, genuinely confused. “Oh come on sis, don’t think I don’t notice. The two of you spending his whole lunch on the bed of his truck. You always bring him a drink and a snack. Even a blind man could see it.” Mav said, very matter of fact. “I’m just welcoming the new guy. Dad hasn’t hired a new guy since I was a freshman in high school. I know all the other guys like they are my uncles, I just want to get to know him.” Grace said, trying to cover up her true intentions. The fact she can’t get Tyler off her mind, the fact Tyler makes her smile and blush like no one has, the fact they somehow keep getting closer to each other everyday, and the fact Tyler was getting bolder and bolder with his flirting. ”Listen sis, I’ve known you long enough to know how you get with guys. And I know it’s technically none of my business. But please be careful, I’ve known Ty for a while. I also know the trail of broken hearts that follow him. And as much as I say I hate you, I can’t watch you go through more heartbreak.”

Mav left her with those words as she waited for her brownies to cook. Grace was lost in thought cleaning dishes. What could her brother mean but ‘the trail of broken hearts that follow him’? Would Tyler break her heart? No Tyler wouldn’t do that, he wasn’t like that. Right?

It was almost 7 and Tyler hadn’t seen Grace all day. He was lucky some of the guys went out for lunch and brought back food, or else he would’ve been starving. Tyler kept catching himself looking up at the house to see if she was headed his way. He was missing her lemonade, her treats, her smile, her laugh, and pretty much everything else about her. Tyler couldn’t remember the last time he felt this way about a girl.

He knew what reputation he had in town. The heartbreaker. Leaving girls high and dry whenever he felt like it. Tyler had never denied or confirmed anything. Why should he? He never cared what anyone thought and wasn’t going to start. Tyler never thought about what his reputation could do to future relationships. He hadn’t even thought about relationships in a while. His life was rodeo, and then that was gone. He went from focusing on being the best bull rider he could be, and then that was all taken away. He hid after that, but now it was like this angel came into his life. This perfect angel who brought him treats and made him smile like no one else.

He thought about going and knocking on the front door. He thought about throwing rocks at her window, like in thoses movies she talked about. But he didn’t. He just went home, on time for once. Tyler watched as the house got smaller in his rearview mirror. He watched Grace standing on the front porch getting smaller.

[todayiwokeuphere]

15.10.24 - today was so busy and productive day. I woke up at 7 am and it was already dark outside. I thought I still had them left to sleep. I got up and I made my food according to my diet plan made some rice with avocado vegan chicken veggies, beans stuff like that and my bread and had my breakfast according to the plan, I got ready for work. I left rather late. I was like seven minutes late for work and I wrote two pretty basic PR articles today that’s all I had time for and that’s what I was assigned because in the morning I had to help Yolanda with her preview stuff and so that’s one kind thing I did today during lunch I will violet was at her desk so I was wondering who had lunch with so there was Mishe and means so I sat with them  and I told Anisha about me getting a promotion and becoming a senior journalist and she made a comment that made me feel a bit but whatever I don’t care it’s her problem. She’s just so negative towards everything like if you don’t like it just go, but obviously if you’re here then you can’t find anything better so what’s the point of just putting other people down anyways I’m so happy I got this promotion. I am so proud of myself. I definitely deserve that and I’ve worked so hard for it and I have the experience and education necessary to excel this role in the afternoon I also had a meeting with pretty long meeting with Natalie who is going to be my new editor and she seems nice. I might be worried about her saying that Sonq is not good at following the guidelines the style guidelines and she will expect me to make sure they’re clear and I’m doubting if I’m not good at it but I am and I will figure it out. I will do. I will do well I will do my best and yeah I mean things will be things will be good. Everything will be fine also at work I send out some request for comments and I wrote a video blurb and that was it pretty much. I had a protein bar as a snack afterwards I went to TK Maxx and I checked out some new clothes I only like one jumper with a bear on it. It’s quite cute and the face mask and then I went to the gym. It’s been like almost an hour there and walked home which is now like 20 minutes walk basically and I spoke to mom and dad the whole time which was really nice. It felt so cosy and calm to talk to them about my daily life and everything and then I came home and made my dinner and my lunch for tomorrow and I also made some something like sweet brownies with banana for breakfast. It’s all according to my diet plan so feeling I only did Duolingo exercise and I’m not now way too tired to do more Oh and I also scheduled a date with a Chinese girl who studies into on Saturday so let’s see how that goes and I’m also talking to a girl from Uganda which seems really smart and cool but obviously we just started talking so who knows how it will go

[beyondlife-m]

Chapter-2

“The brake”

“It’s all happened because of you.” Anna was shouting at me. Why? That’s what happens after marriages: every talk turns into an argument or every talk sounds like an argument, this is an unwritten universal truth.   

“Ok Ok, I'm sorry.” I said, while Jack & Martha were sitting silently. She brought the movie tickets yesterday; Theater was on the way before toll plaza. but we all missed the movie because of me, I woke up late today and couldn’t find my undis after bath, almost for one an hour.  

“I was telling you… We will buy a new one on the way. Now we all have missed the movie” Anna was still scolding me.

“But Anna I can't..” I want to tell her, I can't go out without my underwear. It feels so naked.  But she didn’t let me speak.

“Why are you such an idiot? you always keep on doing silly things like that” Anna said. And ya I was feeling like an idiot because I packed my underwear with the luggage. Jake and Martha were laughing from the back seat.

So, Moral of the story, we were already out of the city for the trip. This whole trip was on the coastal roads and there was always the ocean Infront of us on one side. I turned on a few vintage songs to cheer her mood. And we all kept traveling looking through the passing cities. That is what I was missing from the past few years... “Some nice songs and a good trip” "City life sucks, it's so boring, you wake up, get to work, come home, do your dinner and sleep” it’s really really boring. But now it’s over… Atlist for a few days.

At Noon I stopped the van at the restaurant “the Bill-hill eatery” on the side of the highway. We all were hungry. But more than hungry, Anna was angry. It was really hot outside and the cold winds from the ocean. We all went inside and took our seats. Manu was Infront of us and a waiter came to take the order.

“Anna?” I said, showing her Manu. She was still watching with her big eyes.

“1 Pannir Franki, half red pasta” Anna said to the waiter. and handed over the Manu to me and jack. Martha was beside her.

“2 Veg cheese burger please” I ordered for me and Jack.   

“Anything else sir? Fruit juice or coke sir?” Waiter asked.

“Ya. I coke please…(Anna was still looking at me) And I mix fruit juice” I said to the waiter. And he moved away.

And After a long pause.

“Where exactly are we going Matthew?” Jack Asked.

“Ya . Where are we going?” Martha joined him.

“We are going to a vacation spot near the “Blue tides Beach”. There is a resort, Where I have booked a suit for us.” I said. Anna was still angry but this time she was not looking at me.

“Anna, I have already said sorry, now can we please get back to normal” I said. She didn’t say anything and kept looking away. Martha, Jack and me, keep looking at each other wondering what to do. And Jack came too close to me.

“I think she is angry because you didn’t wear the underwear Matthew. I have seen a cloth shop beside this restaurant, I think you should go and get a new one” Jack said. O come-on I am done with this underwear bullshit. Just one underwear ruined my whole morning.

“Jack Please” I said.

“What? I was just saying” Jack said.

“That was the last show Matthew…. Now we will never get a chance to watch that movie in the theater” Anna said and Martha put her paw on her hand to calm her down. I was answerless so I kept quiet.

Waiter came with the order. And we all enjoyed the food. Anna was looking quite normal after lunch. I think that’s all we needed... " A good tasty food”.

“Desert sir?” Waiter asked.

“No, Thanks” I said,, “Ya, hot Brownie with ice cream” Jack said along with my words. I looked at him and kept looking at him.

“What?” Jack said, looking at me.

“4 ice creams with Browne” Anna said. And I didn’t get a chance to say anything to Jack.

We all came out and Jack told me to go to the cloth shop. And Me and Jack quickly went inside the store and got a few new underpants. While they were waiting in the van. And then again, we all were on the road.  We kept traveling looking at the sea and the road full of coconut trees.

At evening around 6:30pm I stopped the van at a hotel just Infront of the famous Coconut Beach and it was really beautiful. And the hotel name was “green vista 5”, I booked it for a night and I wanted to spend a beautiful evening dinner with her on the beach.

“Why didn't you tell me you have booked a hotel here” Anna asked.

“Matthew? Is this the vacation place?” Jack asked.

“No, we are staying here for one night only and then we will move back again early in the morning, It's risky to drive in the night, this roads don’t have street lights from here” I said and we all moved to the reception and took the key of our rooms to get bath and refresh.

Almost after one an hour we all were on the beach. There were people like us but I was so glad it was not crowded as other beaches; it was really nice and peaceful here. Jack and Martha quickly ran on the beach to play. There were food stalls and sitting arrangements with glittery lights: And ya! music of course. I looked at her for a while and she was looking deep far away in the ocean. I gently took her hand in mine, she looked at me and smiled.

“We could have seen the sun set, if I wasn’t late in the morning” I said with a smile. I thought that was the perfect moment to say sorry. She didn’t say anything.

I took her to the corner table on the beach side. And we were sitting Infront of each other. I kept looking at her with a smile. And took her hand in mine. She quickly took her hand back. But this time she was not angry, she was just teasing me. I again took her hand and she again took it back. And even slapped me once. And finally, after a few attempts, she gave her hand to me.

“What?” She asked, looking in my eyes.

“Nothing?” I said. I can feel the cold winds from the sea.

“Say it.” She asked so curiously.

“Nothing, I was just wondering.” I said with a smile.

“What” she asked.

“Hey Matthey, Look What I have found” Jake said while running in front of us.

“Give my stick back to me” Martha was chasing him from behind.

“Hey jack. Stop right there. Don’t get too far. Ok”

“Ok Anna” Jack said. They keep playing around.

“Honey. should I bring the dinner?” I asked her. She nodded. And went to the stall and took the food to their table. And we called Jack and Marth to have dinner.

“You were saying something, you want to share something with me” She asked me again.

“Ya Just I just want to ask you one thing.” I said looking in her eyes. Jack and Martha were looking at us while having the food

“And What’s that” she asked with a smile and those big beautiful eyes.

“How was your day honey… How was your day?” I said and took one spoon of spaghetti to her lips. She said nothing and kept smiling. I took the sauce from her lips with my thumb and tasted it. She looked far from me.  And I Know why? But she was still smiling. It's been really long since I kissed her.

After finishing the dinner, we were on a walk to the shore while Jack and Martha were still resting there.

“Isn’t it beautiful here?” She asked.

“Ya, it’s all beautiful, you me and this night and the winds and the tides, I really need it.. I mean, we needed it” I said. We were walking bare feet on the sand.

“Ya I think we all needed a brake” She said looking at the moon.

“Honey, can I ask you something?” I asked.

“Ya. Why not” she said softly. We came near a rock and sat there for a while.

“You look a bit quiet after coming from the Zecroes.. Is everything ok?” I asked deeply looking to her.

“Ya everything is fine.”  she said and looked at the ocean and tides.

“Look I don’t know what’s going on in your beautiful mind. Maybe I can help or not I don’t know. But I just want you to know that I am here for you and I will be there for you.” I said, turning my arms around her. She turned toward me without saying anything. We looked at each other. I kissed her on the forehead, then a gentle kiss on her lips. Rubbed her nose with mine. And we kissed again. I wanted to kiss her more, maybe for the whole night.

But

“Hey Matthew, I think we should go now, I am feeling sleepy” Jack came from behind along with Martha.

“Ya Anna, we should go. Look at the clouds, I think it's going to rain any minute.” She said the drizzling started. We kept looking at each other for a while and We all quickly came back to the hotel.  

“Matthew When will we get there” Anna asked. While cleaning Jack and Martha from the towel. It was already 11:30 of night

“We will move tomorrow in the morning; 4 o clock, and we will reach by the evening” I asked. put the luggage aside and made the bed and the blanket. Jack and Martha made themselves comfortable on the sofa for the night. Anna went to bed. I took the phone and ordered coffee from the reception. And took my dairy, road map and my glasses from my bag. My sights have been blurring from the past few months. I was sitting on the desk while coffee came to my room. I keep looking at the road map while having the coffee. I was actually looking for a theater, if there is any between the road trip. So, I could take her to watch the movie that she wanted too, but i couldn’t find it.

“Matthew what are you doing, we have to move early” Anna asked. I thought she would be sleeping.

“Ya. Nothing. I was just checking a few things. " I said move to the bed beside her. We took each other in the arms. She was already sleeping and I was looking out through the window. It was still raining outside and the lighting had started. I was wondering if the raining would not stop till the morning we might get in trouble. And Looking out through the window I fall asleep (and our conversation went on)  

[asp1990]

Day 5: Tuesday 24th September, 2024 [Rotorua]

Breakfast: Brownie & a latte Lunch: Another bloody buffet! Dinner: Pizza

Today is Amara’s birthday and I had taken charge of booking all of our activities for the day. We headed off at 10am to the Polynesian Spa for a morning soak. I’d booked the adults only section and was grateful. The whole place stunk of eggs (sulphur) but the views were lovely and the 40 degree pools were delightful. We spent about an hour in the pools, trying them all, and even filming a silly synchronized swimming routine. We then headed back to the house for a quick shower and outfit change for the rest of the day. 

We drove to Skyline Rotorua to ride the gondolas up to the Stratosfare restaurant that overlooked the city. Upon arrival at the restaurant, we realised it was a buffet! We all got the giggles as we realised it was our third consecutive buffet meal. Yet again, everyone but me devoured their share of seafood and I stuck to a tasty roast and then some beef, rice and kimchi. We ordered a bottle of rose for the table from the local winery and it was delicious! I’d booked a winery tasting at the Volcanic Hills winery on the top level, so we were excited to try more and purchase a bottle. Before the end of our meal, the staff brought over a dessert and card for Amara’s birthday, which was lovely. 

After lunch we headed to our wine tasting. The manager of Volcanic Hills was a guy named Brent and he was loose. He was very enamoured with the fact that were were Austraian and made lots of Kath and Kim references whilst talking to us. He was also very intrigued by us being Drama teachers and asked us many questions about the conference that we were going to in Wellington. The wines we tried were very tasty - Amara liked the room temp chardonnay and Tim like the Syrah but we all agreed that the rose was still our favourite. We bought 2 bottles to take home.

Fun facts about New Zealand from Brent:

All petrol in New Zealand is imported which is what makes it so expensive (currently 2.35p/L)

Cars are also imported and cheaper - he said a second hand Toyota Camry was around $4k.

There are no pubs in New Zealand, like the ones we have in Australia. The drinking culture is to invite people to your home and host them there. This blew Tim’s mind, but I quite liked the idea of it. I always prefer hosting people than going out for overpriced food and drinks. 

Outside, Tim, Amara and Jane decided to go luging. I’d been in 2016 when I was in Queenstown and decided to go for a walk instead. I walked through the cherry blossom trees and took a few photos of the city, which was very photogenic. They had a great time and all came back beaming.

We left at 5pm and drove over to the Redwood Forest. Jane said it was disappointing that it was man made, in that the trees were not native to New Zealand. I didn’t mind though as I think Redwoods are stunning. Tim had booked us tickets to the evening treetop walk and we were an hour early, so we went for a walk through the forest instead. We walked around 3km and as it got darker, everyone started stressing about not being able to find our way back. Tim seemed confident in his sense of direction, but Amara then used Maps to figure out where to go. We made it back safely with out 10 minutes until our booking, so we lined up and waited.

I was originally excited to go on the walk and see of the light installations, but as soon as we stepped onto the first suspension bridge, I became very anxious and wasn’t having fun being up high on a wobbly bridge. I had no choice but to continue, but Tim was walking with lots of bounce in his step, which was making it worse! Jane was nice and checked in on me, but after a while I just hung back so I could walk the bridges by myself. At one point there was an option to go higher and I let the others go ahead and just walked as quickly as possible through the rest of the path until I was back on the ground. We’d booked the right time as when I got back to the bottom there was a ginormous queue with lots of families and a school group. No thank you!

Back in the car I ordered pizza for dinner using UberEATS and it arrived shortly after we got home. We ordered from Pizza Peddler and it was outstanding. We had a classic BBQ Meatlovers and a Camembert, chicken and bacon pizza. We ate these while watching the second Hobbit movie, which I didn’t really pay much attention to as I was writing this blog.

Off to Napier tomorrow! A town that Jane is excited to visit for its landscape and Art Deco history.

[fromshalott]

this is shaping up to be such a chill weekend

we are at june and libra's home since yesterday night. we arrived around 11pm, after catching a movie all 6 of us. we were so beat, age is definitely catching up to us lol but there was still some energy left to talk and laugh and do some gardening before falling asleep

this morning we baked brownies and went to the beach for a few hours. the weather was nice, not too hot or sunny, and we were able to enjoy the water, have a little picnic and even skate/bike all before lunch.

we all came back to their home to get out of the sun, some of us did the cooking while the others set the table and made some drinks. i love how every one of us has something they're good at, ad like pieces of a puzzle we just fit each other so well, complementing each other even in the silliest of tasks possible.

the whole afternoon was chill and restful, we played some card games and talked, just your expected catching up after a few days without seeing each other.

we have plans of spending all day tomorrow at the beach house, enjoying august's first weekend as much as possible.

[now-we-say-c0ral]

July 27, 2023

Got to the station around 7:10am, 2 minutes early for my supposed 7:12am tube but the Elizabeth Line decided to act up. I waited for 20 minutes before deciding to get a DLR tube then the Elizabeth Line tube came in. I'm so pissed off I swear. Took me 40 minutes to get to work and arrived around 8:15am. Good thing that cases would start around 9am because it was a teaching day.

I was assigned in Theatre 2 today with Rosie, Shaunie and Katie and the surgeon was Prof. I knew this day would come. I volunteered to scrub for the long, difficult case and Rosie was happy about it. I didn't let her scrub because I know nothing circulating for this case. After the brief, I immediately got my sets ready. I had to prepare 9 sets in 30 minutes and I was barely done sorting the whole lot but the fellow and the consultant kept pestering me because the patient was already on the table ready and prepped. I knew I was gonna hate this day from then on. I haven't sat the whole 6 hours, sweaty with a heavy lead gown on, and there are 3-4 hands asking for different things from me all at once. It was such a good thing that Rosie decided to scrub and arrange the implant stuff for me then she descrubbed after because she didn't have the opportunity to teach me all about it because they were pressuring us with time. I hated that I didn't learn a lot in this case, only so little. The arrogance of the surgical team and so self-centered about their ego not thinking how stressed I was considering I was supernumerary and it was my first time scrubbing for the case with the set (I volunteered because I knew that I was the only one capable in the whole team to do the case and it was the best outcome for the scrub team), that's what I hated. After the case when Rosie told me that I can go and have lunch, I immediately went and spent and extra 10 minutes in the cafeteria because I didn't have the chance to have a break because I was so busy trying to make sense of the set that I was trying to arrange at the beginning of the shift.

Went home around 5:30pm and went straight home using the DLR. I got home and told everything to Eddie. He was proud of me for standing up for myself even though I was new that I didn't let them take shit from me. I made a datix about the incidents that happened and made it aware that I'm including them. He gave me some brownies that his patient gave him, I ate like 8. I was stress eating at this point. I had told myself that I'm not having dinner but alas, here I am with 8 brownies in my stomach. I made some chicken teriyaki for tomorrow's lunch and we had the leftover roasted chicken with rice and I had some wine and berries that Niko gave me.

We watched JJK before sleeping. It was a challenging day to say the least.

[meditating-dog-lover]

Food cravings - gone? 🍔🍕🍟🍪🍫🧁

So ever since I've been taking my multivitamins and magnesium. I've been getting little food cravings. Of course, I'll get occasional eating-out urges and I'll have a diet Coke and some chocolate (I had some chocolate cake last week for my brother's birthday from Whole Foods and they have really good chocolate cake). But these cravings don't come as much as they used to.

I wish I kept track of how I ate in previous months. I just know that I did enjoy sugary stuff. And there are 2 reasons for that - nutritional deficiencies and suppressive eating (you'll crash eventually regardless of how "disciplined" you are).

I would drink sugary coffee (from the cafe I like going to), eat cookies (Crumbl and pumpkin chocolate chip oatmeal), chocolate bars (from Whole Foods), etc. I would eat chips and Chick-fil-a pretty often. Keep in mind that I do enjoy these stuff, just not as much as before. I think this all started in April when one Friday I got some coffee from the cafe I used to go to every week, and it just tasted too sweet. Also, on the 21st I went to Starbucks and got a mocha and a warm brownie. I got the same thing once when I was eating restrictively and felt like I was in heaven. On the 21st, I just did not enjoy it that much (even though I do love coffee and chocolate). My vitamins are likely responsible for this.

For dinner today, I ordered some fresh soft tacos from a local Mexican restaurant with chicken, avocado, sour cream, jalapenos, cilantro, and other veggies. I don't like beans nor rice so I did not get those. While I did eat out, I did get something relatively healthy (rather than Chick-fil-a or frozen pizza, though in theory, you can make pizza healthy). I had healthy carbs from the whole wheat tortilla, white chicken as protein, veggies, and healthy fats (avocado). The place was actually good and I can see myself getting this for lunch every now and then. Eating out is fine, it helps to find places that offer healthy options too.

Sometimes I will get some cravings at work, but that's simply because I am hungry. It's a similar idea of getting groceries on an empty stomach because chances are, you'll get the tempting stuff such as chips, candy bars, baked goods, crackers, etc... I'll go home and eat normally and the cravings go away.

Recently I have not had the healthiest relationship with food. I have restrictved. inthe past, but I felt there were moments where I was eating healthier. But that moreso came from a perspective of fear and restriction as opposed to actually craving healthy stuff. I also had a lot of protein bars, protein powder, sugar free garbage, etc... So I wasn't necessarily healthy in that aspect (I believe in eating the real deal instead of substitutes). And yes I was pretty slim. But that came from fear and restriction.

I want to continue taking my multivitamins and magnesium supplements and hope I can continue this habit of eating healthy and well. Because cravings suck. I want to be healthy and I don't want to have doctors boss me around since they treat allopathically and know little about nutrition (sad truth most people won't admit) and just prescribe medication and treatments that temporarily treat symptoms rather than finding ways to heal the body within. So I want to continue my healthy eating habits and eliminate/reduce my cravings for junk and sugar. I want this to be something long-term (I'm talking years/decades) but it's so hard to project this since I just started having this feeling for about a month. But I want to live a healthy life and I know the dangers of eating a ton of sugar and processed foods. Of course, I want to enjoy life and live a little, but I want to stay healthy.