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weather-mood · 1 year

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That article below is why Louis’s scales in Part of Your World are golden bronze btw because he’s in his element in the ocean. Also why his eyes start as golden bronze as well but go green as the transformation completes because it parallels how there’s still that element of distress and betrayal about it all (on a narrative/metaphorical level! the colour isn’t technically connected within in the world to Lestat’s betrayal and Louis’s grief, it’s just a piece of imagery that I thought worked well + imitating how the sea eats away at everything, it’s also oxidising Louis’s eyes until he belongs to it- think also that quote that Louis thinks about bearing the form of the thing (the sea) eating at you as if it wouldn’t cannibalise itself and he’s partially wrong because the sea does stop eating him once he capitulates to it. There’s that ongoing image about Louis letting the sea draw out everything that doesn’t serve him, letting the sea eat it/have it/take it away and in going to the sea he gets it all back, he gets to be that version of himself, everything he thought the sea had eaten, and I’ve gotten off topic, anyway- that article? Background to how I chose the scale colour and why I eventually went with the bronze to green eyes option).

#let’s 1am so I know I’m definitely rambling this is what being inside my head looks like enjoy #little mermaid au tag #also Lestat’s scales are bone white in his siren form because he mirrors the throne #(which is carved out of driftwood bleached white as bone)#the two forces in Louis’s life that are trying to shape him and have him #one alive (Lestat) and one dead (the throne)#both monstrous #Louis uses the same kind of language about Lestat shaping him that Louis uses for the throne/the crown #the ongoing question and theme of being made #being made in your father’s image #being made in your maker’s image #*sniper takes me out*#but really what are you really #what shape do you need to be #not just for your own survival but to be able to really live #and what parts of you can you survive carving off

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my-current-obsession · 2 years

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So uh... anyone else think Leif’s paralogue is some bullshit? The snipers using ballistae are just RIDICULOUSLY strong. I don’t have a single unit that can withstand two attacks in a row (including my freaking GENERAL) so the wrong placement by itself could be deadly, and literally ALL of my healers would die if they’re in range of just one of them! Plus they’re bulky enough that no one is able to kill them from afar with Lyn’s Astra Storm. It doesn’t seem like engaging Ike reduces damage from ballistae either.

As if that weren’t bad enough the computer goes full Cheating Bastard on you and the enemy mages have WAY more range on their staves, so they can silence or freeze or break you from miles away.

IMO the recommended level for this is WAY too low. I have three other maps of the same level to do (two other paralogues & the next story chapter) and I’ll STILL be scared to return to it.

#fire emblem #fe17 #fire emblem engage #i'm playing on hard if that makes a difference #i haven't played leif's game so i have to wonder if the map was that bad originally #i only exaggerated slightly. the snipers COULD tag-team and kill jade #if i had used louis he would have (barely) survived #i'm pretty confident in my assumption no one would be able to OHKO them using lyn's engage though #MAYBE panette but she's the only one. and she'd have to be way too close for them to be worth it #i was really hoping yunaka could do it. but alas #i'm not lying about the healers though #half my options are just immediately out because they're flyers. and my other healers are all much squishier #jean and celine and framme and citrinne would DEFINITELY die. pandreo would have either died or lived with like. 1 HP #either way i think i've had enough Engage for one night. that chapter was NOT fun and i'm burned out

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hearties-circus · 2 years

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Oh! Also also possible post-story rosa outfit ?

[Rosa: he/it]

#al art #al ocs #tf2 #team fortress 2 #tf2 oc #tf2 sniper #can i just say i adore tagging my posts like this bc at a glance you would not fucking guess that rosa is a tf2 sniper oc but he is #but yeah n e ways!#ages ago i drew that 'how rosa would dress if he didnt have debilitating social anxiety' drawing that was. yknow like that #the whole sleeveless turtleneck and feather boa and skin tight jeans #and he probably would wear that if my man was at all ok with being percieved #but i dont think at any point during his life he would ever reach that level of confidence and nonchalance #but! there is a style of dress that he really likes and wants to try out and i think after the main story when he's been recovering and-#-getting support and help from his friends for a few years now he would actually step out of its comfort zone and wear something new #and it would like it!! rosa would like it hed have a blast ! i mean no way in hell is it going out in public on its own but its something #baby steps yknow hes trying its best #ok ok context outta the way i just really love the idea of him carrying a purse bc he woukd!!! he would do that!!#and also i was forcing myself to finally draw his fucking hair #surprise surprise it looks like Lee's which is the point he looks up to and loves his mum so much <3 #rosa

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mickmundy · 2 years

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people boo hooing over sniper/admin fail to recognize one of sniper's greatest and most fun potential character traits: cougar hunter

many snipers live in my mind but one of them that i love to think about is that he's slept his way from admin, to spy (and scout's mom), to medic. something like this:

admin: how he got his contract with mann co. a fun lay that turned into "i like your back muscles. you should come work for me". well mick mundy isn't gonna tell a cougar No, so... ah, why not! doesn't go steady with her because it doesn't suit either of them and sniper's not interested in having a relationship with his boss. both are professionals about it so its all good

spy: hooks up with spy after he too admits that he admires his back muscles. introduces him to his Even Older Wife (scout's mom) and she twirls his hair and asks him to stay the night. well mick mundy isn't gonna tell two cougars No, so... ah, why not! the three of them are a throuple now. scout comes home and sees sniper walking around in a speedo in their backyard and scout's like "hey mom why is sniper almost naked in our backyard?" and spy's like "ummmmmm he's. cleaning our pool." <- sniper would actually love to do that for them if they had a pool but they do not. he'd stick around this relationship for a while because he likes helping scout's mom out with household stuff, gets good backstab protection from spy at work, and the sex is incredible. sniper also has to break it to scout that he will in fact be at scout's house for dinner during the holidays......... because scout's two hot moms will be there.............. and they invited him already. but thanks for the second invite mate!

medic: revives sniper from the dead and calls him a medical marvel. he admires his his breedable hips (obviously). sniper tells medic any way he can make it up to him for saving him just let him know :). medic says he'd like to see these back muscles he's heard so much about (milfs talk after all) and sniper says well mick mundy isn't gonna tell a cougar No, so... ah, why not! and he happily becomes medic's service top and they bond over post-coital small talk about hazardous plants and exotic animals. easiest relationship to maintain, neither of them are overly clingy since it's just sex. they fool around when they can (and often when they shouldn't be!) and have the time of their lives.

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sniper owns a shirt (or hat) that says "COUGARS: TO BE HUNTED BUT NEVER TAMED". admin and spy hate it. medic loves it. scout's mom is the one that bought it for him :)

sniper has Zero Conventional Attractiveness/Sex Appeal. he's just in the right place at the right time and has a silly little Air about him that make older women need him

milfs and cougars talk Of Course. medic, spy, scout's mom and admin are all on the phone late at night talking about how much Fun sniper is and that they love his weird goofy swagger. lord have mercy when his voice goes all low and breathy though!

#dutchfoolery #LMAOOOOOOOOO #NOT TAGGING IT #dutchiehcs #im gonna cry #a merc that is swimming in poon and nobody (even him) understands or knows why #but i do: because it's funny and it rules. also let him relax and have fun because i said so #also he IS sexy. very sexy actually. His Wives (and i) know whats up >:)#HEHEEHE #also nothing brought this on im just thinking out loud. but when the actors were doing those voiceline things or whatever a few months ago #and snip called admin sweetums or something liek that ppl on twt flipped out for like. No reason lol #idk why considering it should be obvious snipers a milflover (looks at snipspy and medsnip) SKDFKSDKFSDKFD #sniper is sooooo breedable when you think about it. i would know because i never stop thinking about it

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axellis-archv-2 · 2 years

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i just need to put these on my blog for science . ramram design evolution video is something

#📗 my post #ok heres my opinions: 2nd img caption was hilarious so i had to include it #i think the idea that they had w the nanites && stuff like that would definitely like........i guess sort of Explain his nemesis form kinda #like they said that he engineered it himself but they never really gave an explanation as of ...how or why #and overwatch typically does this they dont really like to give science explanations as far as i know #i.e. mercys heal tech on the wiki is just heal tech that she made . the most we even get is that at some point torb(?) made the sniper #the sniper that would end up being anas #so they never really tell you what it would be even in fancy fake science words #so anyway i think the idea of nanites if he figured it out && utilized it to make him a bigger protector figure would be interesting #if i even know what the nanites do . bc the nanites i think they talked abt being his primary fire so like how . would this work yknow #two nanites #dont look into my massive amount of tags too much i just love hearing information and wish i could learn but its unlikely if i will #also sorry abt the screenies for some reason they hate us and dont want liek . flat imgs they want to put them at angles like whatever .#link me to the artist get me the concept arts #edited first & 3rd images are my favorites obviously #like theyre so good i need more drawings of him moving around #✅ others selfships #🎆 ramattrα

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mobius-m-mobius · 1 year

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Kent is quickly becoming a fave of mine too but I'm trying not to get too attached because of that interview Owen did where he mentioned he had another "memorable death" coming up soon. I'm assuming it's HM which makes me sad but the other option is MOBIUS and if it's between those two I'm locking Kent in a room with the ghosts myself.

asdlskdjgk anon you're so me, I considered the possibility Owen was messing with the interviewers when he mentioned having a death scene more memorable than The Haunting but if something happening to Mobius is an potential option instead I'd get stuck in that mansion for eternity myself just to seal off the exits 😅 (not that it'd be a hardship since, well, Kent is Kent so I'd be plenty fine with my fate and he'll live on in my heart regardless🤣)

#in all honesty there should be an asterisk attached to everything i say or do that if mobius is involved in any way then he wins out :'))#haunted mansion spoilers #tagging just in case bc you never know with owen lmao #btw love how he dropped other details in old interviews which combined with this could potentially spoil all his character's plot points LO #king of dodging those disney snipers fr everyone take notes #thank you so so much for the ask!! truly a delight to chat about owen anytime and i hope you're having a wonderful weekend <3 #ask

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ojirocardigansniper · 1 year

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(sits up) jerma she/her hiking stream* is just a regular tuesday for sniper.............

*someone had a dream he did this hedid not do this.

#chat #in the postcanon ceo of gender era sniper can model gender as play... pronoun randomizer for the day on camera...... get sillay with it....#this is apropos of nothing really. i just ran into a clip of the whopper incident and remembered jerma she/her hiking dream #anyway. streamer crack au gang hellow #'whats the significance of you assigning jerma bits to both saladin and sniper. do you think mycroft would enjoy jerma'#the significance is ilike him i think hes fun. as for the 2nd question i thot no out of hand andthen rmbred the theater of cruelty comment.#so maybe he would. Fuck i just remembered dollhouse. Well lets return to the top of the post and consider another tuesday for sniper.#sniper #hello tf2 enjoyers i am here because of my silly little book. your guy is fun too though i like his piss jar #ti tags

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braindeadbuthere · 1 month

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MAMA OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I JUST KILLED MYSELF PUT A GUN AGAINST MY HEAD PULLED THE TRIGGER NOW I'M DED MAMA LIFE HAS JUST BEGAN BUT NOW I'VE GONE AND JUMPED IN A LAKE MAMA OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

#You know life is going very well when you rewrite some lyrics (very crappily) to be suicidal #You can't change my mind that you read the words dead and ded different #and ded is totes supreme #chimmy changa #wtf i just spell based on how i heaf it #captain holt is an icon #kurt cobain is an icon #i'm deffs an icon #not #lol #fooled ya fuckers #seriously nothing about me is likable #yes i tag like this ao3 deal with it you corn cob #suck my tiddies loser #get in loser we're driving of a cliff #why am i allowed to be alive #i bet the big g is just hiding in the clouds with a sniper #Thats why nobodys seen him for a while hes in stakeout mode #hiding in a bush like fortnight #._.#has anyone ever like just not #cause i do that alot and people think i'm crazy #when i venture out to the outernet it's over for all'y'all #i say y'all way too much for a young british girl #like i'll just break out the cowboy #i'll be like i'm tea aload of tea all i do is drink tea tea tea spill the tea y'all tea tea tea tea i'm a loaf of tea #siriously i'm a loaf of tea #don't argue with the loaf of tea #talk to the hand cause the face is having a panic attack and can't deal with you rn #i'll go die now

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racew1nn3rs · 4 months

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─ 𝘚𝘌𝘊𝘙𝘌𝘛𝘚, 𝘚𝘌𝘊𝘙𝘌𝘛𝘚 🫀

max verstappen x singer!fem reader // smau

⤷ summary: when max verstappen starts commenting on the posts of the beloved singer y/n l/n, fans are confused and less than enthusiastic at the new friendship. what they could never expect is just how long they've been 'friends'...

based on this request <3

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ynusername my new album is now officially out on all platforms! thank you so so much for all of the love and support, and special thanks to sab for her feature on the song <33 love u bb girl 🫦🫦 now that the album's out, tour next!!! see you all soon!

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user1 THE ALBUM OUT. THIS IS NOT A DRILL PEOPLE THIS IS NOT A DRILL.

user2 i cannot be normal about this i fear

user3 ik her back hurts from CARRYING the music industry on her back 😩

user4 hey so WHO TF IS SO AMERICAN ABOUT?? A LOVE SONG

user5 y/n writing a love song in god's year of 2024... wow

user6 y/n in the top 10 charts, fork found in kitchen

user7 sabrina and y/n are never beating the gf allegations

ynusername damn right we're not 😏

user7 HOLY SHIR HOKY SHIT HOKST SHUT

user8 y/n's in love and it's not with me, hanging myself as we speak

user9 the comment is gonna get reported but so real op

user8 can't a woman hang herself in peace 😣

user10 album's such a banger i had this shit bumpin at my grandmas funeral 🙏🏼 rest in piece nancy 🕊️💪🏻

user11 OH MY GOD???

user12 rest in piece nancy you would've loved make you mine 😔

ynusername oh my god please tell me your joking

user10 sorry queen the grind never stops

ynusername NO SHOT

maxverstappen1 great album! 👍🏼

user13 why does he text like my father 🧍🏻‍♀️

user14 brother eughh

user15 what da hell is a polar bear doin in arlington texas

ynusername thank you max!!!

user16 y/n l/n to redbull in 2025

user17 hellurrrrr who is this man in ur likes y/n

user18 f1 driver!!

user17 Y/N NO ATHELETES PLEAEJEWK 🫵

user18 tour content soon??? i'm sat

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user19 bro looks like he snuck onto earth, get his ass outta here

user20 grammy-award winner, vogue cover model, new york university graduate and Some Fucking Guy

user21 not y'all coming to her defense like the mighty morphin power rangers 💀💀 he's literally a world class athete and she writes pop music

user20 17.172.224.47

user21 IS THAT MY IP ADDRESS??

user20 melinda charleton

user22 IS THAT HIS MOTHER'S NAME!!?1?1!

user20 you want me to do you too???

user22 no we good 😃

user23 ruth bader ginsberg did not die for this

user24 now wtf does this have to do with babe ruth 🤨

user25 WHOOOOO 😧

user24 ... that wasn't right was it

user26 now let's be fr he does NAWT have a chance

user27 have u seen the marble-carved goddesses these men pull, i fear he does 😔

user28 please no i feel ill

user29 TWO???? OH HELL NAW

user30 two might be pushing it, only one was confirmed

user31 jesus christ

user32 first taylor, now this

user33 yall, all he commented was great album 💀💀 yall are LEAPING to conclusions

user34 what can i say it's an art

user35 i do not see 👁️👄👁️

user36 no like 💀💀 im in your walls

user37 haha max verstappen!! right!!! (theres a sniper at ur location)

user38 omg ur so right 🤩 it is about him (i have a bomb strapped to my chest)

user39 i dont mean to sound stupid, idk who that man is, if i saw him on the streets i wouldnt know a thing 🥱

user40 this is so random too like what 😭

user41 the power of kindness won't work here, i have to throw him off a building

user42 i used to be a max verslsjjwwo lover 🤩 now im just a max verslsjjwwo hater 😔

user43 NURSE 🫵 SHE'S OUT AGAIN

user44 why would u put that into the universe 😧

user45 alright, lets get you to bed grandma

user46 mari stop being delusion and go touch grass 🧍🏻‍♀️

user47 ENOUGHHHH

user48 ain't no way in hell 😭

user49 ik ur feet hurt from all this jumping to conclusions babe

user50 lets leave the parkour to the athletes 😃

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ynusername italy thanks for letting me be inside you (; it was such a lovely show, expect me back asap!!!!

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user51 IT WAS SO GOOD I THNK I BLACKED OUT THE WHOLE TIME THO

user52 oh!

user51 oh so now this isn't a safe space

user53 LANDO AND MAX IN TGE LIKES??? NO NO NO NO

user54 ABORT ABORT ABORT

user55 y'all are doing too much 🙄 she's one of the top artists in the world, i think it's safe to say they might like her music

user56 the second picture 🧎🏻‍♀️do you need a stool cause i can kneel and be really quiet

user57 y/n fans be normal challenge (impossible!!!) (never done before)

user56 WOMP WOMP

maxverstappen1 wonderful show! 🙏🏼 you are so talented

ynusername ty max (: im glad you could come see me

user57 ain't NO WAYYYYYY

user59 THIS IS SIXKENJNG IM GONNA PUKE

sabrinacarpenter my gf looking sexy 🫦🫦🫦

ynusername only for u bbg 🧎🏻‍♀️🧎🏻‍♀️🧎🏻‍♀️

user60 BOOOO 🗣️ GET A ROOM

user61 do y'all need a third!!!!

user62 mamma mia pizza pasta mozzerella moment

user63 i just put u on a watchlist

user62 🧍🏻‍♀️

landonorris RAHHHHHH 🦅🫵🗣️‼️

ynusername RAHHH RAHHH RAHHH RISE POWER POWER 💪🏻‼️

user63 what the fuck

user64 OH GOD WHAT IF SHES DATING HIM????

ynusername brother eughhhh

landonorris WHAT THE FUCK????

user65 SINCE WHEN IS SHE FRIENDS WITH F1 DRIVERS HOW MANY CHAPTWRS DID I MISS

user66 apparently we all went into a universal coma while she was out galavanting cause idk how else this could've happened

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maxverstappen1 posted to his story!

(caption: beautiful show)

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user67 someone save my girl bro, she don't know any better 😭

user68 it's like a little kid trying to touch the hot stove, LIKE STOP THAT!! DON'T DO THAT

user69 am i the only one who thinks they'd be cute together....

user70 YES!?!?

user71 there is literally no fucking way he bagged her

user72 losing y/n to european f1 driver would be the biggest american tragedy since 2001

user73 i had to read this shit twice, op what r u waffling abt 🫵😧

user74 can't even be nonchalant about this one bro, i'm chalanting hard asf

user75 we do not care

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ynusername first time in monaco, safe to say i enjoyed myself! so happy to see you shine this time my love<3

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user76 oh. my. fucking. god

user77 THEYRE FUCKING DATING OH MYFODNSJ

user78 THAT SHOULD BE MEEEE HOLDING YOUR HAND THAT SHOULD BE MEEE MAKING YOU LAUGHHH 🎤

user79 i'm in mourning

sabrinacarpenter CHEATER 🫵

ynusername BABY IT'S NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, IT WAS JUST ONE TIME 😣😣😣 IT WAS A MISTAKE

maxverstappen1 we've been dating for 2 years??

sabrinacarpenter SHUT UP FAST & FURIOUS NO ONE ASKED YOU

user80 i'm sorry 😃 two Y EARS

user81 i feel like i just got dumped. y/n don't do this, the kids need you 😔

maxverstappen1 i got p1 for you, i love you 🫶🏼

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syoddeye · 2 months

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consequence / shopping

price x f!reader | 1.5k words series directory tags: stalking mention, white lies, jp fears no 'friend zone', entitled cats a/n: john price vs. his feelings. john price vs. old man allegations. john price vs. his barista . ☕

john’s grip tightens on the wheel as he turns onto her street. he’s imagined this moment since he set her in his sight. possessing the patience of a sniper comes in handy with endeavors such as this, and it’s good to pull a trigger that isn’t lethal for once.

she’s waiting outside. good girl.

nose-deep in her phone, she doesn’t notice him until he’s a building away. his heart jumps into his throat when her eyes lift, and her face follows. she squints, then shades her eyes with a hand. a smile breaks the mild confusion, and she rises to her feet from the steps outside her door.

he forces himself to relax, painfully aware of the intensity of his gaze. he can’t risk running her off, but he has to see it—the moment of realization.

it cannot be the same car. calm down, you order yourself, plastering a small smile on your face as john rolls to a stop, grinning back through the window. it’s statistically impossible. there are thousands of cars in town, plenty of the same make and model. this is just the universe’s idea of a cruel joke: giving your favorite customer the same car you smashed your face and arm into. your good hand shakes as you open the door and sink into the passenger seat.

coincidences happen.

“hey.”

“afternoon. you look nice.”

“yeah? i was worried you wouldn’t recognize me without the apron.” she says wryly, draping her bags over her lap.

i’ve memorized your face and more. which one would think would help decipher the minutiae of her expressions. does she recognize the car? remember it? she was drunk and crashed hard enough to break bone—fuck, he hadn’t thought of the effects of the impact. too caught up.

he watches her buckle, eyes falling to her cast. it’s filling with signatures fast. the space that held his number is covered in a drawing of a cat. all that remains is ‘john’.

“did you draw over my number?”

“i didn’t think you’d want the free advertising.”

smart girl. the number isn’t traceable further than falsified records, but it's best to avoid nuisance. he lets the doodle eclipse his grand scheme and pretends to adjust the mirror. he’ll wait until the time is right. “that i don’t.”

the drive to her preferred market is ten minutes by car. she might’ve managed alone, but he’s done some of his best work in ten minutes. performed miracles and misdeeds. he spends this bit on recon.

he susses out a little more information about her life: she’s worked, on and off, as a barista for nearly a decade. she recently took in a kitten, the very one depicted on her arm, and named her chicken cutlet a tortoiseshell.

“it's all i had for food. now cece’s a snob.”

“points for uniqueness.” he grins and gestures at the doodle on her arm. though he doesn’t have much of an eye for art, it’s obviously stylized. “and creativity. bet you did her justice, like a regular artist.”

the comment, meant as a compliment, makes her wince. she ducks her head in poorly concealed shame, pretending to check something in her wallet. it comes out casually, like a weather report—she dropped out of an mfa program to move here, for the ex, a year ago.

the details resurrect his anger.

the tremble in her hand tells him to leave it. he will. for now.

the car park is packed, and it’s all he can do to not celebrate when he finds a space on the first go. he cannot be much older than her, but he’d rather avoid feeding the ‘old man’ reputation his sergeants encourage.

she separates her reusable bags as they climb out of the car. “do you have any pets?”

he circles to her side and takes them without asking, “no. afraid my schedule doesn’t allow for it.”

“oh.”

he beats her to the baskets, tossing her bags into the bottom, and she strolls past him. he traipses behind, head on a subtle swivel, inwardly tickled at how normal it feels. it’s not often he shops, let alone in the company of a bird. it makes him puff up. go a bit softer in the face, especially when a woman roughly his mother’s age gives them a long, wistful look in produce.

it’s nice playing house, even in the middle of a bustling supermarket, dodging the less spatially aware and rogue children. it strokes his ego to flex an arm over her head to reach the shelves she can’t and carry a bag of cat litter in the other. he cracks a joke about tinned fish, and though she doesn’t laugh, he can tell she wants to. how she ignores his suggestions and color commentary on other shoppers. it’s fascinating to watch her, all business, as if she were behind the coffee bar. tapping items off the list on her phone, triple-checking a recipe.

while she’s distracted, slowly loading the conveyor belt one item at a time, john pushes his luck. he slips his card and pays.

her focus breaks when she sidles up, reaching for her wallet, only for the cashier to offer the receipt. she takes it, confusion turning to understanding, and her jaw clenches. her thanks are muttered, and she promptly joins him in bagging what’s left.

he knows she’s upset before she speaks, practically punching items into the bag.

“please don’t do that again.” she whispers. “my wrist is broken. i am not broke.”

angry as she is, she sails out the doors without waiting. clearly expecting him to tote her bags like a porter and follow.

which he does, of course. it’s what he signed on for.

good view, at least.

the ride back to her place is quiet, but he feels the tension burning away with the light. it’s damn distracting how the sun plays off her skin and hair. ten minutes fly by. she turns to him as the car idles, a storm of thoughts in her eyes. severe, tempestuous, and pretty.

“park. you’re not off the clock.”

“yes, ma’am.”

the bag handles loop into one fist, and the litter rests on his shoulder. he beams, and with the complete confidence he usually carries himself, he starts up the steps of her building.

“uh…john?”

he glances over his shoulder and sees her fidgeting at the bottom of the stairs.

“that’s…not actually my address.”

his brows raise, fall, and pinch in rapid succession. the minx. a fake address. smart.

she sheepishly apologizes on the walk to one street over and explains.

“i mean, this part’s weird.”

“what part?”

“befriending regulars,” she shrugs. “the counter’s there for a reason—to sling espresso, yeah, but it’s also a social barrier.”

“do you often befriend regulars?” he hopes not.

“god, no.”

thank christ. he’ll start memorizing faces on his next trip, just in case.

“but being polite to people is part of my job.”

he cracks a careful grin. “do you get reprimanded for that?”

her eyes roll. “ha. ha. no. my manager’s a coward and afraid of me. what i mean is, it’s a tightrope. be nice, but don’t be too nice to the wrong people, else they’ll stalk you or something.”

john’s gut tightens. what was his plan again? expose her? he manages a chuckle. “and am i one of those…wrong people?” effortless.

“well, you’re a minute from my kitchen with an invitation. so.” she smirks after a second. “are you fishing for a compliment? for me to say you’re special?”

heat shoots up his neck and colors his cheeks. “i am not–”

“relax. i’m joking. but you are the first customer i’ve brought back to my place.”

the phrasing instantly sets him on high alert. it could mean nothing. it could mean anything.

her place is markedly worse than her fake one. he does not like the look of the neighbors, but the exterior light reaches the walk. he bites his tongue when she veers to the side, cutting down a set of steep stairs to the basement. it won’t do, not long-term.

but the interior of her flat—it’s everything he did and did not expect.

it’s sensibly furnished and lit to compensate for its floor plan and limited windows. it’s cozy and colorful, with artwork fixed to the walls and littering various surfaces. some pieces are more notable than others: tiny statuettes of women, a diptych of a cow, and a collage of what looks like found notes. in the living area, there is a console and a headset, a small collection of games and dvds, and ten too many knickknacks. a stuffed backpack occupies a seat at the table.

he moves mechanically behind her, toeing off his shoes and treading straight into the surprisingly decently sized kitchen. he sets the bags and litter down, rolling his shoulder as he soaks it all in.

might be his only chance, after all.

something bumps his shin. two big amber-colored eyes stare up at him, unblinking.

“you must be the famous cece.”

“the one and only.”

the young cat weaves through his legs, then jumps, immediately sticking her pointy head into the bag containing the chicken. she meows, indignant, when her human automatically hooks her around the middle without looking and returns her to the floor.

“bad.” she murmurs, unpacking. “would you mind setting the litter next to the door down the hall?”

john obeys, though he lingers outside of said door, staring through a crack into the dark of her room. she has a big, comfortable-looking bed. a shudder passes over him. an unhelpful throb. christ. feels like a fucking teenager. he pulls himself together, retreating toward the door to leave. probably overstayed his welcome.

just as he turns to say his goodbyes, she glares from the kitchen. around her neck, untied, hangs an apron—don’t be afraid to take whisks.

“where are you going? i’m making dinner.”

it’s not an invitation. it’s an order.

he slips his shoe off.

“yes, ma’am.”

#price x reader #price x f! reader #john price x f!reader #john price x reader #loser barista #me pingponging back and forth between writing The Horrors and comedic smut and this fluff like a fic obstacle course

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