#date week 2024

[norbezjones]

6th day of @creativepromptsforwriting Date Week with my Romance The Backrooms characters! 

There were a bunch of dating prompt reblogs today, and it was tough to choose which ones to write about, but I eventually was able to pin it down!

Ship: Kalcal x Zenobos

Prompts: going to an all-you-can-eat-buffet and staying for hours; “You never have to fear that you’re losing me.”

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It was Kalcal’s idea for him & Zenobos to go to the buffet for the entire day.  Zenobos had been hesitant at first, bur once they got things started, he had to admit: this had been a great idea!  Currently, it was lunch, and they had been talking & laughing together in their booth all through the day.

“And that was the first time I slaughtered a Smiler!” Kalcal said, concluding his tale as he munched on spaghetti & meatballs.

“Huh, that’s quite a story,” Zenobos said, cutting into his chicken pot pie.

“Thanks!” Kalcal exclaimed.  “Obviously, it wasn’t my first time fighting Smilers.  And of course, my most memorable battle with them was the time I saved you.”

Zenobos smiled.  “Yeah, um, I’d have to agree.”  Then, his smile faded, and he said, “Um, can I admit something to you right now?”

“Anything, little buddy!” Kalcal replied.  “What’s up?”

Zenobos sighed.  “Sometimes . . . I’m worried about losing you,” he admitted, tearing up.  Once that came out, the rest spilled out of him in a rush, unable to be contained.  “Because I can’t fight or defend myself well but YOU CAN, and that makes me feel like I’m a BURDEN on you sometimes, like I weigh you down—”

“Hey, hey, slow down!” Kalcal exclaimed.  He stood up and went to the other side of the booth, sitting next to Zenobos.  He reached over and tilted Zenobos’s chin upwards, looking his friend right in the eye. 

“Listen to me.  You never have to be afraid you’re losing me,” Kalcal told his friend.  “Because that’s not going to happen.  I’m with you for the long haul.”

Zenobos sniffled.  “R-Really?”

“Yeah, I promise,” Kalcal replied, giving Zenobos a smile.  “So don’t worry, ok?  I’m not going anywhere!”

Tears trickled down Zenobos’s face, and he threw his arms around Kalcal in a big hug.  Kalcal smiled and hugged Zenobos back, giving him a squeeze.

“Feel better?” Kalcal asked when they let go.

“Yeah,” Zenobos replied.  He gave Kalcal a smile.  “That was really weighing on me, so I’m glad I don’t have to worry about that.  I’m glad you’re going to stick with me.”

“Of course I am, little buddy!” Kalcal exclaimed.  “You can’t get rid of me that easily!”

Kalcal stood up to go back to his side of the booth—but Zenobos reached up, the short entity tugging his sleeve.  “Stay on this side,” Zenobos said, blushing.  “P-Please?”

Kalcal smiled.  “Ok, little buddy.  I can’t say no to you!”

He sat back down, and brought his plate over.  Soon, the two were eating and chatting again, enjoying themselves

@creativepromptfills

Let's create the perfect date!

Take your favourite couple and let's write a fun date scene for them.

Step 1: Choose the type of date it is

first date

second date

blind date (x, x)

weekly date

fake date (x)

special date

wedding date

anniversary date (x)

Step 2: Choose a date activity

Select one or let a randomizer choose the activity for the date from these 100 different dates:

50 Cute Date Ideas

50 More Cute Date Ideas

Step 3: Choose how the date is going

Is it a super romantic date? (x)

Is it a disaster? (x, x)

How does the night end? In drama? Or romantic or even physical?

Choose a dialogue to go with your ending. (x, x)

Have fun creating a date scene with your favourite couple!

[pancakemolybdenum]

@josuyasuweek-2024 day 3: hospital / holidays / fake dating

emergency hair treatment

[otaku553]

Luffy week day 7:

Free prompt: Sunrise

Happy birthday, Luffy :)

[potofsoup]

Guess who's excited to get their ballot in the mail tomorrow? Me! So I slapped together a quick comic, as well as a map based off of this and this. A list of when same day registration is available is at the bottom of this article.

But also: wow, early voting stuff is so confusing! For example, I get my ballot in the mail tomorrow, and I can immediately mail it back. But if I want to drop it off in person, I need to either go to a special ballot drop box by city hall, or wait for early in-person voting sites to open, which isn't until Oct 22nd for my state.

Or like, early voting in Louisiana is apparently from Oct 16 to Oct 29th? And then there's a week of no voting, and then polls open again on Nov 5th? Or like how the only day you can register and then immediately vote is Oct 26th?

Anyway, best way to figure out the info for your area is to check your state and county's election website. I've found usvotefoundation.org to have clear fact sheets for each state (including ID requirements, polling location finders, as well as direct links to state election websites): https://www.usvotefoundation.org/state-voter-information . You can also jump to each state's election websites via usa.gov, or by searching directly, though some websites are more confusing than others.

Happy voting!

Oh, and here's the voter registration deadlines map from last time, in case you haven't registered and want to register. Oct 7th is the last day for a bunch of states!

[cookiewishesyou]

This September 24, 2024, Cookie wishes you a happy Sea Otter Awareness Week (September 22 - September 28)! Cookie is aware of sea otters. She is aware of everything.

[cbmagus49]

[vinestaff]

day 2 fake dating

[livwritesstuff]

for @steddie-week day 3 | long (and a little bit of mutual pining but the kind when they're literally dating which i think is even more pathetic)

tags: modern day, famous au, actor!steve, rockstar!eddie

Eddie stayed longer than he should have. 

He was supposed to leave Chicago with the rest of the band yesterday after their show at Credit Union 1 – opening night for a year-long national tour.

Eddie didn’t leave yesterday though. Instead, he insisted on spending one last night with Steve, one last morning pretending like they would actually get up and go to that breakfast spot they like even though they both knew they’d be spending the time wrapped up together in their bed, in the home they share, refusing to disentangle themselves until they had no other choice.

No other choice meant Eddie waited so long to leave that he ended up on a flight which would get him into Ohio with barely enough time to make it to the venue in Cincinnati before showtime (and he was missing soundcheck completely – sorta shot himself in the foot with that one, in Steve's opinion, though he won’t be caught complaining).

He won’t be caught doing anything – not publicly, anyway.

Steve and Eddie’s relationship is kind of in the halfway-stage between secret and private, where Steve posts vague, faceless photos of the two of them every now and then but still deflects questions about his romantic life during interviews because – look. He and Eddie are both at weird high-points in their careers at the moment, and that means there’s a lot of eyes on them whether they like it or not. Steve had a public relationship turn sour years ago and there is no way in hell he’s letting it happen again.

Not with Eddie. Not when it counts.

There are speculations, obviously (and after Steve dropped Eddie off at O'Hare, he posted a photo of the Kiss n’ Fly sign to his IG story with the caption i hate this place :( – mostly for his own amusement at the specific way his notifications implode afterward), and they’ll probably get around to an official hard-launch someday, but for now Steve likes that they’re keeping things to themselves, especially when they don’t get to make that choice with much else.

Steve gets a just landed text from Eddie a few hours after he boarded his plane.

(Steve knew. He’d been tracking the flight).

Before he could respond, Eddie added, miss you so fn much

i miss you too, Steve texted back, and before either of them could wallow in it too much, he sent, gonna make it on time?

probably, Eddie answered. Then, getting ready in the car lol

He goes quiet after that (the getting ready, presumably), which is fine.

Steve gets it.

He’s busy too. It’s why he’s not following along on Eddie’s tour like some glorified groupie, and it’s not like the distance is anything new. On the contrary, it’s been an element of their relationship since they met at an awards show after-party four years ago. It’s more that this time around, they were supposed to only have four-and-a-half weeks together before Steve headed off on a press tour for the movie he filmed last year, but then that got pushed out a bit further, and so that four-and-a-half weeks together turned into a glorious nine, the longest Steve and Eddie’s calendars had ever been aligned without some serious planning beforehand.

He just got used to it, Steve supposes.

He got used to having Eddie around all the time, under his fingertips, under his skin. He got used to saying goodnight in person, in their bed together instead of over phone lines, got used to waking up in Eddie's arms and hearing sweet nothings whispered in his ear rather than reading the texts Eddie would leave for him to wake up to when they were apart.

He'll adjust just like he always does, and the worst part will be over tomorrow morning – that moment right between sleep and wake when Steve will realize Eddie isn’t in their bed with him.

Like it or not, the distance is their normal and they make it work (except it’s not even making it work, because it’s not like that. Any situation, any set of circumstances will work without question because it’s Eddie).

The start time for the Cincinnati show comes and goes. A few minutes into the opening act and while Steve is mindlessly flitting between Instagram and TikTok waiting for the algorithm to fill his feed with clips from the concert (ones of Eddie, preferably), his screen lights up with a call.

“Hey,” he says the second he slams his thumb on the green accept button.

“Hey,” Eddie replied, his tone nothing short of grim.

“You geared up for the show?” Steve asked.

“No,” Eddie answered, “I’m quitting.”

Steve rolled his eyes.

“Yeah, okay.”

“I need you to come tuck my pockets in,” Eddie said, and it’s a goddamn wonder Steve didn’t break down then and there, because Eddie always managed to tug his pants on in a way that made the front pockets stick out just a bit, and throughout their years together Steve had gotten into the habit of tucking them back in for him, squeezing Eddie’s hips a little when he was done and pulling him in for a kiss.

“Yeah,” Steve manages a wet laugh, “I – fuck, man, I wish I was there to tuck them in for you.”

“I want you here so bad, Steve," Eddie says, "I really, really miss you."

“I miss you too,” Steve nodded, even though miss isn't a big enough word for the homesick feeling in his chest, “Only a week until the Indy show though. And I’m coming with you for the Michigan one after.”

“Yeah,” Eddie replied, and if he sounded a little morose about it, Steve was right there with him. Sure, it’s a comfort knowing he’ll be seeing Eddie again so soon, but when those two days are over…yeah, it’s gonna be a long goddamn while until next time, because Eddie will be playing the Midwest while Steve’s press tour is mostly on the East Coast this time around, and after that he heads up into Vancouver to shoot a period drama mini-series while Eddie plays the southern half of the US, and then…well, Steve could keep going. They’re both taking a short break for the holidays, but that and the rare weekend one of them can fly out to the other is about it for the foreseeable future.

Which, yeah, Steve loves acting, loves that he gets to make a whole career out of it, and he knows that Eddie feels the same way about his music, but…the love he has for Eddie definitely edges out the rest of it – enough that he feels the distance between him like a dull, ever-present ache whenever they’re apart.

Eddie only ends their call when his manager practically has to yank the phone out of his hand and shove him onstage, and then Steve settles back into bed, back into scrolling mindlessly on his phone waiting for his finely-tuned algorithms to do their jobs.

Sure enough, it takes less than thirty minutes for Steve’s FYP to start showing him TikToks from Eddie’s show, and amidst all the hair and leather and silver chains and chunky rings and eyeliner and manic energy, Steve sees something else, something that has the hurt of missing Eddie increasing ten-fold, something that has him seriously considering taking an ax to all his contracts and his career and his livelihood and getting on the next plane to Cincinnati.

Eddie left his pockets untucked.

[beanbagstab]

Date Night Act 2

Sonamy week 2024 Day 7: Non-cliché date

Poor Amy, her outfit got ripped up, she lost a shoe, and her hair is ruined. Sonic is just happy the night's not over yet

This is the last day of Sonamy week! It was really fun this year. I loved seeing everyone's art and I feel content with what I was able to make :)! I hope you guys enjoyed it too!

[nottheeconomy]

“Kokichi Ouma! You truly are the Ultimate Supreme Leader! I’m such a big fan!”

Saiou week day 2 Pregame AU!!!!

Or well, one of them is pregame at least hahahahahha

Ahhhhhhhhh I’m so glad I’m at least a little bit on time!!! For once hahahahaha

[coniferkrow5]

Day 4: Lost Woods

Not so subtle foreshadowing…

[norbezjones]

First day of @creativepromptsforwriting's Date Week, baby! I'll be writing a new Romance The Backrooms story for every new Date Week Post.

Today's Ship: Carla x Uri

Prompt: He was not one to kiss on the first date. But he had done a lot on this date that he normally didn't imagine himself to do.

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"Uri!"

Uri turned around to see Carla approaching, and he gave her a smile. She was wearing a sundress decorated with cartoony bluebirds; it looked lovely on her. He felt a bit underdressed in his khakis and long collared shirt.

"Good to see you," Uri said once she got close. "Um . . . are you ready?"

"Of course," Carla replied with a smile. "Let's go!"

Soon, the two of them were sitting at a table in the coffee shop, with drinks and food. Uri had a white chocolate frappuccino and a blueberry scone, while Carla had a hazelnut latte and a cinnamon raisin bun.

The conversation settled into an easygoing rhythm of how-was-your-days and what-have-you-been-up-tos, and Uri responded to each question & que appropriately. But in the back of his mind, his depression lingered, and made him think, I am definitely going to mess this up.

He suddenly noticed the conversation had lulled, and saw a sad look on Carla's face. "What's wrong?" he asked.

"Nothing, just. . ." She bit her lip. "Sorry, I'm just overthinking things a little bit. I know you know what that's like."

"Yeah," he said, putting a hand on top of hers. "I definitely do."

"I just feel like I'm gonna say the wrong thing and ruin everything," she admitted, "even though I know that our bond wouldn't break that easily."

"My brain's also telling me that," Uri admitted, laughing.

"Our brains can be so mean sometimes," Carla said, sticking out her tongue playfully. "But at least we can talk about it, right?"

Uri nodded. "Yeah. I'm glad I can talk to you about it. And my friends too, I suppose. But you . . . you're very special to me. I hope you know that."

Carla blushed. "Thanks," she said, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. "I'm glad to hear that."

Uri leaned forward and put a hand under her chin. Tilting it upwards, he planted a gentle kiss on her lips. He was not one to kiss on the first date. But then again, he had done a lot on this date that he normally didn't imagine himself to do.

When they parted, Carla gave him a smile, and squeezed his hand. "Thank you," she said. "That was . . . very nice."

Uri smiled back. "I'm glad." He cleared his throat and sipped his drink. "Like I said . . . you're very special to me."

First Date Prompts

It was their first official date and despite both of them already knowing each other, they were both incredibly nervous.

He was not one to kiss on the first date. But he had done a lot on this date that he normally didn't imagine himself to do.

Their first date was an absolute disaster. And everyone was shocked to find out that they were already planning the second one.

As far as first dates go, this one was special.

Having their first date in front of cameras was less than ideal.

They couldn't remember what their first date was, so they plan the perfect first date, even though they've been together for some time now.

A date is not supposed to last more than a few hours, much less more than a day. Especially not a first date.

This first date was a perfect example of Murphy's law. Nothing worked out how they had expected it to, and every time they thought it couldn't get worse, it did.

Having been in an online relationship for a while, it was weird and exciting to have their first date in person months after saying I love you the first time.

Their friends had arranged a blind date for them, and because their friends know them best, they were already planning a second date after this.

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[blaithnne]

☆ @sketchbookweek — take 2 ˗ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ˗ day 4 — fake dating ! ☆

Given what we now know about the characters, I actually much prefer the dynamic presented in @phopollo’s take on a sketchbook fake dating AU (which you should ABSOLUTELY check out btw!!). But still, I couldn’t resist the opportunity to redraw this funny little AU from a few years back. It’s fun to see the improvment!

[surreal-duck]

es rarepair week 2024 day 6 | double date/shuffle unit

does it count as a double date if it was completely on accident and pure coincidence

slightly longer ver + image ID under the cut!

[ID: A digital drawing depicting a scrapbook full of photos of Tori, Tsukasa, Midori and Yuzuru from Ensemble Stars!!. The first photo shows Tsukasa and Tori staring in awe at the huge parfait in front of them, with another photo obscured behind it of Midori glancing at the camera. The third photo shows Yuzuru staring lovingly at an off-camera Midori. In the fourth photo, Tori takes a bite out of a startled Tsukasa's crepe. The text on the page reads "You'll never guess who we ran into earlier! Turns out Yuzuru and that Takamine were on some kind of date at the cafe Tsukasa wanted to try out. Unlucky!" and "Tsukasa is soooo stingy! Even though I helped him finish that parfait, he wouldn't let me try any of his crepes. Serves him right!". /End ID]

[fruity-fruition]

GUESS WHICH IDIOT ACCIDENTALLY MISSED THE DATE LMAOO So I'm starting from day 2!! I'll post day 1 and 3 at the same time probably!

First date prompt :D They're fish gazing together...

(really ugly thumbnail below)

This was kinda a redraw of an old idea I had somewhere

[bowledburrito]

Day 1 Graduation!

@ppkm-week