#ch 7 of 9

[martanis]

#9 for GALADRIEL and SAURON COUNTDOWN TO SEASON 2 [AUG. 29]

[aaronsinferno]

Tommy notices that Buck has been feeling down recently. It might be due to the chaos at work or maybe something else, but Tommy senses it immediately. Despite his efforts to get Buck to open up and reassure him that he's there whenever needed, Tommy also knows that sometimes people need their space to sort things out on their own.

Wanting to lift Buck's spirits and help him feel more comfortable without seeming intrusive, Tommy gets an idea. He remembers that a coworker of his has a brother or cousin who owns a restaurant somewhere across town. After nonstop pleading and negotiating, Tommy arranges to borrow the restaurant's kitchen for only a few hours after closing time.

One evening, Tommy sends Buck the restaurant's address with instructions to enter through the back entrance. When Buck arrives, he finds a cozy setup: a table set for two with wine glasses, a LED flameless candle in the center, and Tommy standing by the stove in an apron that reads "I have no idea what I'm doing." Tommy tosses Buck an apron that reads "Head Chef."

Buck, clearly puzzled but smiling, asks, "What's going on?"

Tommy begins, "I wanted to do something special for you. I know how much you love cooking, so I thought,” he makes his way over to his puzzled boyfriend. “why not let you cook in a professional kitchen for a change? You can show me your magic, and I'll try not to burn the place down around us."

Buck begins to ask how Tommy managed this, but Tommy cuts in, "I know a guy who knows a guy. We've got the kitchen to ourselves for a few hours. So, can you please put on that apron and save us from a very uncomfortable run it with the 118, cause I’d really like a chance to learn from and dine with the best of the best tonight."

Buck's smile broadens into a genuine grin as he ties on the apron. Approaching the table lined with ingredients for a pasta dish and vanilla doughnuts, he sighs, "First of all, 'Head Chef' doesn’t do me justice. 'Master Chef' is more like it."

“Oh, of course.” Tommy responds with a smile.

"Secondly," Buck starts, but before he can finish, he cups Tommy's face and pulls him into a tender kiss, their noses brushing together in the process. Tommy’s hands instinctively find Buck's waist, drawing him closer. After a few heartbeats, they break apart, their foreheads gently touching.

"Thank you for this," Buck whispers, his voice filled with gratitude. “It’s probably one of if not the most romantic things anyone has ever done for me.”

Tommy beams. "Anything for you, Chef,"

[snalsupremacy]

peekaboo

[direwombat]

tagged recently by @simplegenius042 and @g0dspeeed to share some wip stuff (thank youuuuu~🧡🧡🧡)

this is a combo of old (first snippet) and new (parts of the second) from katc ch 7, that i spent some time editing today and liked well enough to share. enjoy some snippets of syb's internal philosophy (and it totally not being compatible with jacob's. nope. nosiree. couldn't be her)

[Sybille] lowers her binoculars with a grimace. The men she could handle, but her experience with wolves begins and ends with the ones she’s seen at the zoo and in nature documentaries. She knows enough to have zero desire to gain firsthand experience in what those teeth and jaws can do.

That wolf will sniff her and Boomer out immediately if she isn’t careful, and while there are fewer soldiers and alarms stationed here compared to Falls End or John’s Ranch, the men posted here are obviously more disciplined. The Peggies in the Valley are all young. Disorganized. They’re content to chatter idly while half-assing their patrols. They saunter around with lazy fingers held over triggers, half-paying attention to their surroundings and shoot without regard for collateral damage. They remind her of new recruits back in the army: wide-eyed, baby faced privates fresh out of boot camp who all think they’re going to be the next George Patton. 

Greener than a golf course, John’s troops are all too eager to chase glory and be named heroes by the Father.

But here, in the Whitetails, the Peggies maintain their posts with the stoic professionalism that she’s only seen from career soldiers. They move with a sense of purpose that comes from spending years serving in the line of duty. There’s a rhythm to their motions. Order. Soldiers who are aware of their place, acting as cogs in a much larger machine -- aware that the job they’re doing is important while also recognizing their own fragile mortalities. 

An army is like a clock. Every single piece of its internal mechanisms plays a critical role in keeping it ticking. Even the smallest of cogs, if broken, must be removed and either fixed or replaced. So too is the soldier. 

It took her years to learn that lesson. In a culture that emphasizes individuality, it’s difficult to accept one’s place as a singular part of a larger whole. But, she’s better for it, she thinks. Stronger. At peace with the fact that when she dies, someone will come and fill her place, and the world will keep on turning. 

For the sake of her conscience, she pretends that the men here have learned the same lesson and made their peace as she has.

and a section from a little later on from the same scene (after she's cleared the outpost):

“My brothers. You know why we train.”

Her jaw clenches and she hauls herself to her feet using the desk to keep herself steady. A small CRT TV rests on its corner and on the screen is none other than the Herald of the Whitetails staring back at her as he goes on to answer his own question. “So that it becomes second nature. Instinctual. We train so that we can act without thinking. Everything we do has a purpose.” 

Where the sermon blasting from the speakers outside had Sybille rolling her eyes, this one forces her lips to curl into a snarl. She’s struck with the impulse to refute, to argue, to fight back, but every half-cooked defense breaks before it makes its way to her tongue. After all, how can she rebuke his words when she’s living proof of their veracity. Even before joining the Army, she learned the importance of listening to her gut; of acting fast and trusting her body would do what it needed to do to survive when rational thought failed her.

She almost prefers operating in that state. It isn’t just the rush of adrenaline that makes her blood sing. It’s also the state of zen she finds once she’s stripped away all of the higher functions that make her human and becomes something primordial. 

Humans are animals, after all. Too many people tend to forget that.

But she hasn’t.  

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and anyone else with a wip they want to share today!

[the-grand-av3]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxfhzecPFDU

Alastor taking a sex slang too literally

Link

There was also one time~

where he said he wanted to sleep with vox

Vox had a breakdown~

alastor wanted a sleepover.

AND REMEMBER THAT ONE TIME

WHEN WE WANT TO PARTY?? AND HE SAID HE WANTED TO GET LAID BY HUSK

AHAHAHAHA YEAH

???? You know back in my day we just said we wanted to have sex with other people???

[sebek-zigbolt]

I don't think I'm strong enough not to pull for bday sebek even tho I want to save for ch 7 cards...... bcause yea........

[groovebunker]

ch 2 of the dumb agony aunt au: finished

ch 7 of wwyd: on the fucking move (they're going SHOPPING)

the ons au: progressing literally a sentence at a time but any progress is still progress

the perspective flip of wwyd ch 3 that someone asked me for: it's going i promise and i only half hate it.

chanukah fic i.e. the only thing that has a time frame to publish: ????? where does that start????

[dysaniadisorder]

hi i adore how you draw the danganronpa characters so much. . i love how you make them feel so.. authentic & human :-) i eat it up everytime

[ID: several assorted unfinished drawings of Danganronpa characters. end ID]

thank you!!! i try so, so intensly hard.

[animusbell]

did we. did we ever get more clues on why she said "clayview." do we have theories on that or

[cvldbones]

are you even writing a fic if you aren't working on a chapter that's 2 chapters ahead of the one you're supposed to be working on currently

[martanis]

The Lord of the Ring 💍

[aaronsinferno]

Today's mental image: Bucktommy rock climbing date. Possibly discovering in the process that seeing each other harnessed up Does Things™ for them.

Buck notices Tommy lagging behind and starts throwing playful jabs. “Moving a bit slow down there, old man,” he teases, glancing down with a mischievous smile. Tommy, grinning, shoots back, “Well, you are known for being the quick one, so…”Buck pauses instantly in his tracks, a laugh escaping him, the hint of a blush coloring his cheeks. He grips the next hold, muscles flexing as he widens the gap between them even more. “Just wanted to keep things a bit familiar for us,” Tommy continues, as he hoists himself up a bit higher. Tommy then stops, taking a moment to catch his breath. He glances up, waiting in silence for a moment before speaking “I’m also really enjoying this view, Evan.” he calls out, his eyes lingering on Buck’s toned legs and ass, perfectly outlined by his short shorts and emphasized by the harness. Buck catches Tommy’s gaze, a devilish grin spreading across his face as he revels in the attention, shifting his weight to give Tommy a better look before continuing upward.

[thedoctor91011]

👀👀👀 (also, I'm dying at the TEIJANB one 💀)

Uh. Okay.

Man kidnaps child, child makes him regret it. Everyone but child is having a bad time.

Super friend-shaped guy's love language is physical affection and gets carried around by his friends.

The Sea thinks this one kid is Neat and thus of course needs to drown him so they can hang out.

Self-indulgent time travel

Children die and become ghosts and maintain the exact gremlin level they had in life

Sun and Moon gods trope (this one is the bane of my existence)

Lonely witch boy finds OTHER witches and is less lonely now (they do magic together)

Angry, short child with too much angst turns to illegal crime fighting

Slightly less angry and less short child gets bitten by a spider and ALSO turns to illegal crime fighting

Your turn @whywouldiknow-that @cosmicatta

Writers!! Describe your current WIP(s) in the most boring way possible. I want to see this skdjfkdfhk

[bitterpngs]

[scoopsgf]

Hiiiiii ahh I've been waiting for anon to be back on <3

I just wanted to tell you that I'm sosoosos excited for the st fic my g o d I cannot believe it!! I was obsessed with it as season 2 came out and I'm so happy tk see an author that I like reading writing about it!!

omg HII im sorry i turned them off, i know it makes interaction less accessible but i was anxious about getting more hate :/ anyway im SO GLAD ur excited about the fic, im so excited to post it <33

[punkshort]

'swept away' masterlist

Pairing: Joel Miller x f!reader

Series Summary: Detached, closed off, and hardened by failed relationships (romantic and otherwise), hotel mogul Joel Miller is looking to expand his empire to an exclusive tropical island off the coast of Fiji. The problem is, he's not the only one looking to stake his claim in the tropics. The owner of the island, a family man first and foremost, invites all the bidders to the island for a month long retreat to help him decide which mogul will be crowned the winner. And to make himself look more appealing, Joel hires you to accompany him as his significant other. But it's strictly business... right?

-or-

Big, grumpy sugardaddy!joel falls for you.

Series Warnings: no outbreak au, sugardaddy!joel, language, smut (18+ MDNI), slow burn, references to prostitution, (a little bit) of physical violence towards reader (not Joel), alcohol and food consumption, angst, Joel sucks at feelings, past infidelity mentioned, some daddy talk, implied age gap - chapters will have individual warnings

Status: complete

Chapters:

1: Into the Deep

2: Paradise

3: Go with the Flow

4: Tropical Heat

5: Riptide

6: Undertow

7: Making Waves

8: Line in the Sand

9: Sink or Swim

10: Turn the Tide

Epilogue: Smooth Sailing

Asks/BTS/Extras:

Joel's Likes and Dislikes

Floor Plan of the Villa

Edit by @pvssyfvck3r ❤️

Oops! [between ch. 3 & 4]: what if you walked in on Joel watching porn?

Sway [between ch. 6 & 7]: you and Joel share a dance during dinner

lovely dividers by @saradika-graphics