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[on-my-contrarian-sh1t]

speak now - can you do something with mine and bucky barnes? maybe like an au or smth?

ofc!!

“ YOURS, MINE, OURS. ” BUCKY BARNES + FEM ! READER ( blurb )

You begrudgingly pulled your eyes out of the book in front of you as the bells above the bookstore door jingled. The man that just walked in was tall and muscular. His hair was entirely tucked under a baseball cap and he had a rock-hard, surly expression on his face.

“Hi,” you said, not bothering to stand up. “Every book is 20% off. That doesn’t include stationary, pens, bookmarks, or anything that’s not a book. You don’t look like an idiot but you have no idea how many people have gotten pissed because they thought that the entire store was 20% off.”

“People are stupid,” he replied, glancing at you before glancing away.

You nodded in agreement and murmured a “yeah.” You heaved a sigh. “Well, happy browsing. Let me know if you need any help.”

“Actually, I do,” he said. He strode over to the counter you were sitting behind and just barely leaned forward on the surface. “See, my friend told me that I needed to get a hobby. He offered sports ’nd stuff but that just seems entirely too boring. Painting was a no go for me, I have zero creativity. My next best go was reading. Do you have any recommendations?”

You, now intrigued, put your book down and stood up. “What are you looking for? Thrillers? Romance? Classics?”

“I don’t really know,” he admitted.

“Classics are usually pretty fairground for everyone,” you told him, leading him to an aisle. You scanned it hastily before grabbing The Picture of Dorian Gray off the shelf. “The Picture of Dorian Gray, man sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty.” You handed it to him before picking another. “Little Women, follows the lives of four sisters as the go through life.” You stacked that book on top of the first. “Treasure Island, pirates.” You continued to stack more books in his arms until you had given him at least ten.

“Wow,” he said, surprised. “You certainly know a lot about this.”

You nodded before smiling. “It’s my job, you know.” He smiled back and met your stare. You inhaled as you looked away. “You get the 20% off discount plus a new customer discount.”

“Really? That’s cool.”

You beamed and nodded at him. 

“You have to let me know what you think of those books,” you told him as you began to check-out the books. “You know, some people really love ‘em but others don’t.”

“I will let you know,” said the guy with a grin. “I’m Bucky, by the way.”

“Bucky? That’s a cool name. I haven’t heard that one before. I’m Y/N,” you answered warmly.

“Y/N? I like that,” he said.

“Thanks. Well, here you go, I hope you enjoy them,” you told Bucky with a wide smile. 

“I appreciate it,” Bucky responded, reciprocating your smile. He gently took the books out of your arms and walked out the door, the bell jingling above him. 

When he left you couldn’t help the gut feeling that crawled up your stomach and spread throughout your body like a disease. You fell for him, you realized, somewhat shocked. The shock wafted away and become a feeling of contentment. He was a good person to fall for.

[megumiifushiiguro]

when you said 32 and still growing up now i was like "ofc youd grow up wait why is she posting this omg is she ok omg must make a joke so as to make her happy" and then you said it was a lyric and then i sang it and im like oHHHHHH FUCK-

im not 32 and im still growing up and im not sad rn so dw hasdfghjhgf but still ILYSM HASDFGHHGFD LITERALLY ONE OF THE BEST PEOPLE EVER FR

pookie cleo<3

[youareinlovetv]

Hey Tom! I tried to follow you on bluesky but couldnt :(

OH i forgot to change the link! i changed my username so that’s why it didn’t work 😭 here’s the new link!

[niadotcom]

NIA I WAS TALKING ABTPENTONIC GEL PENS ITSELF OMG THEY ARE SO SMOOTH IM SO IN LOVE

OMG IKR I LOVE THEM SO MUCH EVERYTHING ABOUT THAT PEN IS PERFECTION

[storyofaromance]

music recs !!

fight or flight conan gray

writer in the dark lorde

bags clairo

dear reader taylor swift

louise tv girl

i love love love all of these songs!! thank you, cleo! i’ve never listened to any songs by tv girl, but i’ve heard that they’re good. i’m glad my first time was through you! feel free to send me more if you want to cause this was great!!

[fairielai]

Are we shooting your crush down? Or hiding their body? Either way im in (even for VHEUCIARL NAMGHTSLAURE)

yes pls yes pls ur the best ily ily mwah 😭💗

[loverliner]

💌 Send this to the twelve nicest people you know or who seem to have a good heart and if you get five back you must be pretty awesome. 💌

aww thanks cleoo <33

ilysmmm (also i love your new theme)

[loverliner]

thank you cleo and sara <33

@nyxxxxxxxx @new-romqntics @puppy-coded @siriusblackstwin @paperringspdf + anyone else <33

having online friends is just “i made food does anyone want some” “i’m gonna fight ur dad” “remember that time you made a typo a year ago that we Still remind you of daily” “i know your deepest trauma but not your last name” “here are the random plants i associate you with” “good morning at 9pm” “goodnight at 7am” “my dog says hi” “LMAO NERD. keep talking about obscure anime tho i’m interested” “hey i know you’re asleep right now but this meme made me think of you” “if we were irls we’d Totally be dating by now” “one day when we live together....” “dude i bet i can jump higher than you let’s have a contest Right Now” “i don’t know what this weird school rivalry you have is but i support you!!!!!!” “getting in the car Right Now to give you a hug” “if i eat lunch while you eat dinner it’s basically like we’re eating together” “i am holding your hand as we speak” “i am kissing you on the forehead right now” “here let me braid your hair for you” “i love you” “i love you” “i love you”

[slightlymad]

i will simple diffuse into thin air if she does a clean x maroon mashup like as a die hard stan of botg songs....every atom of my body would collapse

no because ME TOO i think i would literally dissociate if she plays clean again.... and if clean x maroon happens??? i'm genuinely never going to be the same person ever again

[fruitwanderer]

I feel you on the writing thing, I’m currently grappling with writing hypno for the first time and I’m like damn dude I hardly know your speech pattern or mannerisms what am I doing lmao

Mood tho, we legit had to pause writing earlier just to watch some of Cleo's Last Life and remember how she talks ;o;

[on-my-contrarian-sh1t]

speak now (taylor’s version) ! this is possibly my favorite song on this album. tell me your favorite song on this album + your character of choice and i’ll write a blurb for you. OMG HAUNTED W REMUS OMG OMG OMG

i wrote this entire thing at like the crack of dawn and proofreading is stomping on my creative judgement (translation: i don’t feel like proofreading) i hope you like it though! i really enjoyed writing it.

“ HAUNTED ” REMUS LUPIN + FEM ! READER ( blurb )

For years, your relationship with Remus was fragile. But you never thought it was fragile enough to break. 

There was a good reason for it to be fragile. You were the first person to find out Remus was a werewolf and he always thought it would push you away. It never did. What really pushed you away was the fact that Remus felt inhibited by you. You never wanted him to feel like that and you did your best it show him that. Somehow, your point was never gotten across. After years of being together, you slowly began to doubt the relationship. Am I really that awful of a person? Am I like this with everyone? Would he be better off if I just left? No, you can’t leave. That would prove what he thought all along. 

The beginning of the end began late one night. Remus and you were fighting. Despite your situation, it was very rare for the two of you to actually get into an argument. 

“You can’t just tell me you care about me and then push me away,” he told you, his voice rising. 

“You can’t be serious, Remus,” you replied harshly. “You’re the one who constantly needs me to bend over back to show that I care about you but then you push me away! I’m sick of carrying this relationship, Remus.”

“You know it’s hard for me to trust–“

“No, Remus, no. Don’t do that,” you said, shaking your head and burying your face in your hands. “No. It’s hard to trust someone you just met. It’s hard to trust someone who’s betrayed you. It’s hard to trust someone shady. It’s not hard to trust someone who constantly tells you they care about you. It’s not hard to trust someone you’ve known your whole life. It’s not hard to trust someone who cares about you and loves you to death.” 

“You don’t understand the situation I’m in!” he exclaimed. There was something on his tone. It wasn’t quite anger – it was nearing anger – but more of frustration. 

“You’re right!” you snapped at him, pointing your finger angrily at him. “You’re right, I don’t understand. Because you don’t let me in! You don’t even try. It’s like I mean nothing to you. It’s like everything I do to try and make it easier for you means jackshit.”

“You know that’s not true–“

“Remus, I’m sick and fucking tired of you telling me what I know and don’t know, what I understand and what I don’t understand,” you interrupted, shaking your head and looking away. 

“You have to try and be more understanding here,” he told you firmly, his eyebrows knitting together.

“I am trying,” you replied stiffly, turning around. “I’ve been trying. For seven years, I’ve been trying. What have you done? You’ve shut me out.” You sighed. “Remus, I love you. I really do. But it’s hard. We’ve had this issue before.” You swallowed. It felt like you were swallowing spoonfuls of sand. “Remus, honey, I think we should end it. End this.”

Everything seemed to go still. Nothing moved. The air was thick and still in the room. 

“What?” he asked. He genuinely sounded confused and it truly broke your heart. 

The next time you spoke, a few seconds later, your voice was hoarse and quiet. You tried not to show emotion and let your point stand strong but it was hard. You looked at him with sad eyes but all he say was coldness and distance. The same coldness and distance he feared for years. “I think I should leave. You can keep your secrets. I love you. I always will.”

“What?” repeated Remus, this time his voice a little more sturdy. “What? You can’t leave. We can make it work. We can handle this.”

“I don’t think you understand, Remus,” you told him, biting this inside of you lip until you tasted the faintest amount of blood. “I’ve been single-handedly trying to make this work with you. I don’t want to leave you like this but you knew we were like this. You knew we were fragile. You knew what we had was delicate. I’m sorry.”

“No,” he murmured. “No, I’m sorry. I love you.”

“I know,” you replied before turning away to go pack your things and Remus left to go have some space.

The memories of your past relationship floated around you like a purposeless ghost. One that had no one to haunt besides the innocent. You missed Remus. Many times throughout your life, you contemplated many times going back to him. You knew the two of you could never make it work seriously. Not again. But you felt that if both of you really put in enough effort, the two of you could be something special. This frequenting daydream of yours was crushed after years and years of hoping when you received a letter from god-knows-who informing you that Remus had been killed in war at Hogwarts. Now, you really felt ghosted by your past. Haunted by everything.

[megumiifushiiguro]

i pressed play on that and suddenly i felt a waterfall down there WTAF WAS THAT UADIO

HES SO-

also also this fanart in my head 24x7 like..

[youareinlovetv]

omg Tom!!! Happy freaking birthday!!!! have an amazing day!!! Hope i wasnt too late!!! And enjoy doing your favourite things today!!! sending you lots of love <3

CLEO HI!!! you’re not late at all it’s only 12 pm rn :) thank you so much!!!

[lesbianboyfriend]

@chelseahotel2004 tagged me to post some of the books i most want to read next year!!! ty cleo i love doing these ones hehe <3

i still believe that i am going to read 50 more books before december ends…this of course will not happen but i elected not to put any of the ones i brought home with me in case i do read any of them.

anyways i also wanted to talk about some of my reading goals for next year!!!

1. get back into reading longer books. recently i’ve felt very intimidated by long books and as such have only been reading a bunch of like 200 page books. NO MORE!!!!!!

2. kind of related—stop avoiding the books i actually want to read and will feel fulfilled by just bc i’m intimidated by the intellectual energy/capacity it will take.

3. keep reading more nonfiction! the last two years i’ve been integrating more nonfiction into my reading, and i want to keep doing that—next year i especially want to read more marxist-leninist theory. incidentally i would love if anyone had some recs for that.

4. integrate reading into my daily routine more. i want to keep focusing on ways to make reading seem more accessible during the semester to me and create reading habits!

okayyy onto some of my top books i want to read next year…there are many contenders but these are some highlights!

the two on this list i am most determined to get to are lolita and the haunting of hill house. every year i make one of these lists and every year i say it will be the year i read hill house….no more!!! and lolita i feel is such an integral work…i’ve been putting off reading it because i know it will be challenging for me….but this will be my year!!!!!!!

okayyy tagging every beloved mutual in the world. i love to chat with the mutuals about books. but i am especially tagging @andromerot @deathlonging @v4mpgrrl @vulpinesaint @hareofthemoon @maryblackwood @projectiondepartment !!! love you alllll

[storyofaromance]

if lover was a person, it'd be you

that’s so sweet 🥹

like i’m honored, thank you so much cleo! is it surprising that you aren’t the first person to say that?

[fairielai]

Hi bestie how are you doing today?

hii bestie!! just came back from school and i’m rlly tired lol but other than that it’s been a good day how abt u?