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[feedthepheasants]

BEGGED & BORROWED TIME: NEW UPDATE!

Chapter 10 has been uploaded! Here's a brief excerpt between some of the companions where we (unsuprisingly) get some snarky Astarion. You can read the full fic on Ao3 HERE!

We play a game of back and forth chase for a few minutes, and I grab a bit of rope from my pack that I’d braided into a pull toy for him. He runs off with it at first, baiting me into chasing him, but I’m quick and grab the other end of the thick braid. When I win, I take off, trying to keep the rope out of Scratch’s reach. As my braid loosens, I have to brush rogue strands away from my eyes and cheeks.

I come to a screeching halt when I see Astarion and Gale standing at the edge of our camp, watching me. Astarion looks as though he’s trying to hold back a laugh, and lets it out completely when I see him. “You look absolutely ridiculous, darling,” he says in between bouts of laughter. “Quite entertaining, though, I will say.” 

Gale’s expression isn’t in jest the way our companion’s is; instead, he looks a bit in awe, like a little kid. The warmth in my cheeks from running around burns a bit hotter under his gaze, and I suddenly become hyper aware of the fact that my hair has begun falling out of my braid and into my face; if the heat in my cheeks is any indicator, I must be completely red-faced. I’m also out of breath, and hard as I try to get control of it, I’m still panting like an idiot. 

Scratch runs up behind me and snatches the rope toy out of my hand, though he doesn’t take off with it. He sets it down right in front of my feet and sits, tilting his head at me. I smile down at him, scratching his ears again. “Good boy – now, go get it!” I tell him, grabbing the toy and tossing it for him to chase. 

“You know,” Astarion says, sauntering over towards me and dropping his pack on the ground. “He is a good boy, isn’t he?” When he reaches my side, Astarion looks between me and Gale briefly, before adding, “Going after exactly what he wants.” There’s a taunt in his voice, but it’s not for me. I’m about to tell him to cut it out, but Scratch returns with the toy and trots over to Astarion, and the two make their way further into our camp, leaving Gale and I alone.  

[mochasucculent]

Dumb thing that would not leave my brain

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

[tawnysoup]

Finally now that the comic is fully public on comicfury, I get to share it with all of you here, too <3

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[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.

[mysticmoonjune]

how do you fall in love with someone that never even viewed you like that. they’re the most insufferable person to everyone else in the world but you! i loved them for 3 fucking years and it’s so embarrassing because they were an objectively awful person. and they’re so annoying but i loved when they talked to me it’s so funny isn’t it. how that works. it makes me so mad.

[pixiemage]

Please, for the love of god, please don’t be this person. No matter how long it’s been since an update, no matter how many unfinished stories are sitting on their account, no matter what - do not be this person.

Not only is it insanely rude, but you also do more damage than you think be being such a self-entitled ass about something someone created for free and for fun. “This author” can see what you say.

RIP decency indeed.

[nonbinary-arsonists]

Sleepytime for the gang! <3

continuation of this

Caine's reaction:

[daz4i]

nikolai

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[akanemnon]

I don't like this place. It's turning everyone edgy and sad.

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[cutter-kirby]

obligatory “cool characterization, still murder” like I’m not excusing him but it does make him incredibly interesting

(*girl gender neutral edition)

[parisoonic]

last ones i swear

[inkskinned]

we were sitting on the floor and i was cutting out tiny pictures to make a collage for a friend's birthday. you were on your phone and you laughed about something, and i was still in love with you then, so i asked what had you giggling.

"sorry. i was just..." you took a moment and went back to texting. "i was telling someone about how you're afraid of the dark."

i'm afraid of the dark because something bad happened. "oh." i felt a little slinky of shame crawl down my throat.

you glanced up, and maybe it showed on my face, because you rolled your eyes and held the phone to the side casually so i could see the group chat. "what? was it a secret?"

i looked down to the scissors in my hand. "i just..." no, it's not a secret. it just felt like something private, something serious. saying why would you tell someone that just feels like an accusation. it's unfair. i honestly am not even ashamed of it, it's just a fact about my person that i don't usually share.

what a strange experience. is this a human thing or a generational thing? for our grandparents: did they need to worry about how quickly someone can just... share your personal information? again, i didn't even really have a true objection. what could i say? i want any person in my life to feel they can be honest with their friends. it's not like i said don't tell anyone this.

i cut out another letter to complete the rainbow happy birthday, started hunting for the exclamation mark. i heard you sigh dramatically.

"don't make a big deal about this," you said.

this entire conversation was a pattern for us, and this was when we got to my least favorite part of the pattern. i would get my feelings hurt in some oblique not-technically-terrible way, and then it would be making a big deal about something. you'd get frustrated for me for being soft, but i was born soft. you knew i was soft when you pierced me. it's one of the things that made controlling me so easy.

"i'm not," i felt my voice crack. the question came without my wanting. "why are you guys talking about me?" and why are you saying that thing? why not like - i'm telling them how you're generous and kind and pretty.

you let out this low, tragic groan. "oh my god." you tossed the phone away from your body. "there, see? i just won't talk to them if you don't like it."

the rest of the hour went the way it always went, between us: i said i don't actually mind if you talk to your friends but -, you found a way to call my minor expression of discomfort "being dramatic." you got upset that i had been offended. i ended up apologizing, even though i hadn't actually done anything.

afterwards, you picked up the phone again. after texting for a little bit, you snorted. "okay," you said, "but it is kind of funny you're afraid of the dark. i mean, when you think about it."

[theworldsforgottenboy]

Every fall out boy song is like *nonsense lyric* *nonsense lyric* *the most profound cunt serving couplet in the English language since Shakespeare that sends you straight back to middle school* *nonsense*

[timethehobo]

Emmy being self-conscious of his age, and maybe even about how he looks. 🥺 Rook loves him anyway.

[abstractfrog]

Happy 1 year anniversary to Mr Sherlock Holmes! Here's a litttleee celebratory comic from me