#ej salt

[akechi-if-he-slayed]

i finished hsmtmts. no notes i literally cried at the last episode this season was like actually the best i think.

[sofasoap]

Ahhhhhh so swwwwwweeeettttt

( I totally forgot about it too lol )

Nothing beats a friend to lovers. ESPECIALLY for Gaz 🥰🥰🥰🥰

Burnt Cake & Melted Ice Cream

Pairing: Kyle “Gaz” Garrick x Reader

Category: friends to lovers, and they were roommates!

Summary: Gaz returns home from deployment earlier than expected.

Warnings: fluff, kissing, best friends to lovers, reader can’t bake, reader is a bit of a chaotic mess, that’s it I think

Word count: 1.6k

A/N: How am I supposed to pay attention to anything this man is saying when he’s got those big beautiful brown eyes? They’re distracting! Dedicated to @sofasoap who I asked ages ago for advice on this and then never actually got it finished <3

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The cake was burning.

You were blissfully unaware.

Blissful may have been an exaggeration. Unaware was not. In fact, you were entirely too busy cleaning up your living room for the arrival of your best friend and roommate whose plane was scheduled to land in two hours time. You were trying not to panic as you were nowhere near ready to welcome him home and certainly not prepared to leave to go and pick him up from the airport within the next hour. You hadn't even showered yet!

It was a regular thought in your brain about how it was possible for you to make your home such a mess when Gaz was away. It's not like he was regularly doing the housekeeping. But maybe his absence meant that there was no one to keep you in check.

So this happened every time he was on his way home. You'd sweat as you desperately tried to scrub away any evidence of your sinful sloth state while he was away. And hate yourself for leaving it to the last minute as always.

You were knocked out of your hypnotic cleaning state by someone at your front door. Not knocking. Just making a vague scratching sound against the wood. Your first instinct was to attack. In self defence of course. So you grabbed the item closest to you - a bottle of furniture polish.

With the metal tube gripped tightly in two hands, you made your way towards the door where it now sounded like someone was attempting to pick the lock. You desperately tried to remember the moves Gaz had taught you to ward off stranger danger. None of it was coming back to you.

So with the furniture polish held high above your head, and a scream ready to leave your lungs, you waited for the intruder.

You were pleasantly surprised when a familiar face emerged from behind the door and sent you the smile that made the edges of his brown eyes crinkle.

“Hey- what are you doing?” Gaz’s face dropped as he took in your attack stance, gaze flicking over the bottle in your hands back towards your open mouth.

Your hands fell back to your sides, your heart rate decreasing rapidly in relief. “I thought somebody was breaking in!”

“With a key?” He held up the little metal object for you to see.

You sniffed and folded your arms across your chest. “Picking the lock.”

“Ah, right.” He nodded in understanding.

You suddenly realised that he shouldn’t be standing in front of you in your home at that time. "What are you doing here? Your flight isn't supposed to land for another two hours! I'm supposed to be picking you up at the airport!"

Your best friend shrugged. "Yeah, I lied."

You frowned. "Why?"

"Wanted to surprise you."

"But I wanted to surprise you! I baked a cake!”

He unsuccessfully stifled a laugh. “Why did you bake a cake?”

“Welcome home present or something, I don’t know.” You sighed and looked at him properly for the first time, suddenly thankful he was home and healthy. "I missed you."

Gaz visibly relaxed. "I missed you too."

As the two of you embraced with a warm hug, you remembered what state you were in.

You pushed away from him and looked down at yourself. "Shit, I haven't even gotten dressed yet."

He reached out and playfully tugged on the hem of your shirt. "I like you in your pyjamas."

"Not exactly the prettiest sight to come home to though, is it?" You scoffed and slapped his hand away.

He closed the door behind him and kicked his bags to the side. "Do you think I care? I'm just happy to see your face again."

"You've got that photo of me." You countered, starting to walk back to the kitchen.

He followed. "Nothing beats the real thing."

"Well, I can agree with that." You said with a mock arrogant sniff.

With a laugh, Gaz thought about something. "You been wearing that t-shirt I gave you?"

"Yeah.” You glanced away bashfully. “Stole another one from your wardrobe too."

"Why?"

"First one stopped smelling like you." You confessed, stopping in your tracks when the distinct smell of burning hit your nose. You ran towards the oven, switching it off and wrenching the door open. Smoke spilled out in a black cloud. "It's all gone to shit."

Gaz looked over your shoulder. "It's okay. I wasn't very hungry anyway."

You knew he was lying. "You sure?"

"Yeah." He smiled softly at you. "Ice cream?"

You nodded, appreciating how he was sparing your feelings. "Ice cream."

Ice cream was always the solution for the two of you. Bad day at work? Ice cream. Terrible first date? Ice cream. Feeling down? Ice cream. It always worked.

As you pulled the piece of charcoal that was supposed to be a cake out from the oven, Gaz seemed to hesitate at the sight of the ice cream.

“Uhhh…”

You groaned. “What? Don’t tell me we’re out.”

“No, not out.” He paused.

“What then?”

He looked at you with apology in his eyes. "I think our freezer's broken."

“It’s what?!” You gasped, running to his side only to find out that he was correct. Everything in there was very defrosted. Including the completely thawed ice cream which had leaked from its tub into a large melted puddle. “Aw, shit.”

“It’s okay.”

You could’ve cried. “No, it’s not. I just wanted it to be all nice for you when you got home this time and look! I fucked it all up.”

“Broken appliances aren’t your fault.” He swung an arm around your shoulders and pulled you close next to him, burying his nose in the top of your head. Physical affection wasn't uncommon between the two of you. It was, in fact, the back-up plan for when ice cream was out of the picture. “Besides, coming home to you is enough.”

“Shut up, Garrick.” You mumbled but didn’t push him away, instead choosing to wrap your arms around his torso to hug him closer to you.

“Let’s just sit down, order some food and watch a movie, yeah?”

“Alright.” You sighed, letting him drag you back to the living room when the two of you collapsed into the pile of cushions and blankets that you had failed to tidy up before his early arrival.

“Did a bomb go off in here or something?” Gaz looked around the room and took in the disarray.

“Was cleaning.” You grumbled into his shoulder. “Wanted it to be nice.”

“Mhm, you said.” He paused. “Do you always do this before I come home?”

“Yes.” You sat up to look at him again. “You deserve it.”

The two of you held eye contact for a few seconds, probably too long to be called platonic but you pushed the thought away. Until Gaz spoke.

"I thought about you a lot while I was away."

You rolled your eyes, ignoring the possible connotations behind that broad statement. "I'm flattered. Thanks for taking the time out of your busy schedule to remember your best friend back home. Really appreciate it."

He shook his head. "No, I mean- I mean I thought about you all the time. All the time."

That caught you off guard.

"Really?" You squeaked.

Gaz chuckled. "Yeah."

"Why?" You knew why.

He uttered your name softly, resisting the urge to reach out and touch you. Why did it suddenly feel wrong to touch you? “I think you know why.”

“Say it.”

He didn’t want to be too forthcoming with it. So he settled on something he hoped to be more gentle and subtle. “The thing we’ve always avoided talking about. Even when people imply it.”

“Kyle…” You rarely used his first name. Nobody did. It was reserved for particular moments. You decided this was one of them.

He took it the wrong way. “No, I get it. You don’t feel- that’s okay. I’m sorry for-“

“No, that’s now what I-“ You cut yourself off with a frustrated huff. "I just don't want this to be some fleeting thought you had whilst getting shot at because I'm the closest person in your life."

His eyebrows shot up. "It's not."

“No?”

“No, I promise.”

You watched him for a moment, the sincerity that was pouring off of him. Maybe he was being serious, maybe he truly meant it. You figured there was only one way to test it.

“Kiss me.”

He looked shocked. "Kiss you?"

"Yes, kiss me."

"You want me to kiss you?"

You rolled your eyes. "Yes, Kyle. I want you to kiss me."

He sat up straighter, fixing his posture. "Okay, I'm gonna kiss you."

"You better." You laughed.

"Alright, I'm about to kiss you."

"Just shut up and kiss me, Garrick."

And he did. With one hand on the side of your face, the other on one of your thighs and yours tangling in the front of his shirt. The two of you kissed for the first time. It was long overdue, the both of you knew it as soon as your lips touched. It was sweet, and tender, and almost a little desperate, and it felt right.

The two of you pulled back for air with a slightly shy giggle.

"Please tell me that worked for you. Because it really worked for me." He mumbled, swiping his thumb across your cheek.

“Oh, it really did.” You replied, leaning back in to kiss him again which he was only too happy to reciprocate.

The burnt cake, the melted ice cream, the untidy room, and any previous doubts went forgotten for the rest of the night.

A/N: it’s a crime how long it’s taken me to write for Gaz :(

[notthequiettype]

do you have anything you recommend reading that's like. long and achey and romantic? for the sake of escapism..

i don't read a lot of long stories, but i did just scroll through my ~400 bookmarks looking for the longest ones and throw together a collection of stories that i loved tho whether they are long or achy or romantic is ofc up to debate, but i did at the very least go, "oh i think i loved this one" and i definitely had it marked as a rec

please please make sure to read all the available tags/warning/information/etc before reading anything bc i am only throwing the most minimal information in here, the ones with stars are stories i frequently reference to other people or think about a lot or have inspired me to write versions of them in some way, also a lot of these i have not re-read in YEARS but i know i loved them when i read them, so!

okay, love you, hope at least one of these hits the mark for you <3

⭐️ the real thing - sid/geno with a... time travel twist

fastening one heart to every failing thing - sid/geno and soulbonds

nothing to prove - tk/pat college au

⭐️ wax poetic - tk/pat, the waxening

what will survive of us - nicke/ovi, soulbonds

draft class 2015 - mitch/connor/dylan, youthful stupidity

colder weather - jamie/tyler, career ending injury

worse than a boy who hates you - sid/geno, rivalry au

a month of sundays - ej/gabe, real serious religiosity and homophobia

king and lionheart - sid/geno, arranged marriage

salt year - michael latta/tom wilson, career ending injury

⭐️ in the spaces no one looks - connor/leon starts with pride tape

all the way through - sid/geno, sex tape and fake dating

i saw you in the water - tk/pat au

like a pop fly dropping from space - sid/geno baseball au

dream team - nico/tk, nico/pat, the stirrings of tk/pat, all star game

⭐️ schisms - sid/geno, scifi au, space royalty

the stars football au - jamie/tyler, football au that covers some TIME

intangibles - connor mcmichael/hendrix lapierre - rookie foolin'

⭐️ a swedish crown is just seven rubles - nicke/ovi royalty au

all through the night - ej/nate, reading as intimacy

as long as it's about me - mitch/auston, rookie antagonists but not

up the arbor to your door (and more) - sid/geno, accidental cohabitation

camouflage - sid/phil kessel, post-trade, post-outing

⭐️ benediction - pat/mark scheifele, fan/player au, religiosity

how the future knew - tk/pat onlyfans au

all too well - ej/gabe, historical au

⭐️ i wish to be a cornerstone - sid/geno 70s au

just enough rope - brock/petey, soulbonds

the next next one - connor/dylan, career ending injury

as good as a rest - sid/geno, rivals to teammates

antonyms for lost - sid/claude, rivals to teammates

⭐️ all caps - tom wilson/nic dowd, small dick fic does not begin to cover it, this is really THE story of all time to me, can't even count how many times i've reread it

a rec from my wife also: stop making sense - nylander/kapanen, fake dating

a non-hrpf bonus: don't say it's over - charlie conway/adam banks

[creepsopasta]

Do you have any general dating headcannons about Jack?

If that's too vague then maybe Jack dating someone who knows a lot about the supernatural. Like they're oddly chill about him being a demon and sometimes even give him tips about his diet of something like that.

I HAVE SO MANY DATING HCS FOR JACK I THINK ABOUT HIM ALL THE TIME. I LOVE EYELESS JACK A NORMAL AND SANE AMOUNT

General EJ Dating Hcs

• He doesn’t sleep, or he doesn’t really need to. It creates problems, because he will just sit there and stare at you while you try to sleep. He won’t move or speak or get up. He will just stare. And then he gets hungry after a while so he leaves.

• Absolutely miserable to sleep with if it’s winter. He is so fucking cold. He’s so cold he doesn’t feel hot when summer rolls around. The hoodie and jeans are a year round wardrobe for him. People look at him like he’s more of a freak than usual when they see him wearing heavy jackets in 102 degree weather.

• He smiles so wide. I am of the opinion he has a bunch of fucking teeth so when you make him laugh or smile he grins so big!!!!! He’s a great smiler

• Insufferably sore loser. He hates losing in any facet of life. He goes through multiple stages of grief before he’s just pissed the fuck off and he goes to your room (not even his fucking own he likes yours better) and locks you out and sits there for an indefinite amount of time. He might steal something out of there and you can hear him bitching to himself

• Cooks things with a ridiculous amount of seasonings. He doesn’t fucking care. Let him cook you someone’s livers with lemon pepper and juice and garlic salt and meat tenderizer and spices and nutmeg and chili powder and lime and basil and popcorn salt. The kitchen is fucking insane when he’s in it. But he’s cooking with love and human organs please accept it

• He shows affection in a very odd way. Pulls you in close by your shirt sleeve or jacket strings or belt loops or scarf or whatever. Just wants to feel you close to him sometimes.

• Super flexible. Wants to freak you out. Let him spider walk to your room. He is going to climb on the ceiling in the middle of the night. You can hear his bones. His back bends in ways that are wrong. He’s fucked up

• I think he smells like weed and copper. He’s killed in all of his clothes so they all smell like metal or they’re very stained. And I am a firm believer he smokes weed with Clockwork and Hoodie and sometimes Jeff after a job well done. So he comes home really high and covered in blood sometimes but it’s okay don’t worry about it. It’s cool. He might not even come home until the day after so he can avoid worrying you or you seeing him in that state

• Fucked up tangled hair. Always covers it up with his hood and it’s frizzed up and the ends are split and it’s mangled with blood and there’s miscellaneous substances sticking to it. And he just never puts in the effort to fix it. So he will often just get you to brush it for him and then he’ll get angry that it hurts. And it’s like what the fuck did you expect Jack? But he always greatly appreciates your help

• It’s likely that he gives you his clothes if he doesn’t want them/can’t fit them anymore. I’m not sure how desirable a hoodie that smells of cannabis and blood is tho but if you like it he wants you to have it

• Freakishly Tall. How’s the fuckin weather up there cocksucker? He could lift you all the way up to the goddamn Eiffel Tower. That’s why he has to lean down so his head doesn’t hit most ceilings and shower heads are taller than him so he has to sit down to take baths

• If you weren’t scared of him upon first meeting him (aka he tried to kill you), he would probably think that’s a huge fucking mood killer. “Really? You’re not scared? Kinda killing my vibe here, man… you’re not even gonna scream?”

• He’s downcasted. Dejected. Is he not scary anymore? Is that the problem? Are you just a freak? Do demonic, cannibalistic creatures frequent your room often? What the fuck are you just standing there for?

• He needs to find out what the fuck is wrong you. Which is why he’s going to stay in your house and pace around your kitchen. Stop trying to offer him food and advice on how to wash the blood off his clothes. Stop being yourself!!!!! Get away from him!!!!!!

• So fast forward to now and uh. He would kill for you. Like and subscribe for that

• Evil fucked up creature boyfriend.

[skinwalker-bratz]

Creepypasta and MH characters at the beach 🌊🏖️

Jane

Just here to relax, she would probably be all the day chilling and drinking something cold while feeling the cooling ocean breeze. She will avoid the sun as much as possible.

Sally

She would be trying to make the best sand castle in the world, and collect some seashells to decorate it.

Smile dog

He would be exploring the beach and eating everything he shouldn't.

LJ

He would join Sally into creating the sand castle, but he would succeed and make it so big you could explore inside, of course you would get buried after the sand collapse.

Dina

I can imagine her going to the sea in the early morning to swim a bit then coming back before the sun gets hotter.

Tim

Tim would be drawing random things in the wet sand near the water, also he would be catching some shells and chill with Jane.

Jeff

He would be the asshole throwing the salt water on the others in the sea. Then burying himself in the sand.

Brian

I don't think he would like the beach that much, he would be just there chilling while observing the others.

EJ

He hates beach. Dude is only there before he's forced or the others dragged him. He hates the sensation of sand stuck in his body (and eye sockets) mixed with minerals of the ocean, also it's too hot for him, so jack would be far away from there or in the sunshade all day.

Helen

He would enjoy the relaxing sounds of the waves, the beach would be a good place to inspire him.

Ben

He would be playing football or whatever game he could there, and obviously far away from the water.

Toby

Would be the one helping Jeff getting buried, then he would be digging down like a dog to see what is below all of the sand. (That Albert Einstein and Tesla song plays)

Nina

She would try to get a tan and end up with a sunburn.

Natalie

Would be trying to surf in the ocean, she doesn't care for getting drown or lost.

Liu

This guy's swimming and having a lot of fun in the water. But if anything touches his feet there, he would run straight to the beach.

[strawberryflavoredvenum]

Creepypasta hcs.

TW: Mental illness/sh. It's nothing too graphic but if you don't want to hear about that I would recommend not reading this sorry🩷🩷🩷

Toby

🤎has LOTS of piercings. It's not like he can feel it so why not? Not just on his face, everywhere. With an unsterilized sewing needle he found somewhere. It's a miracle they don't all get infected.

🤎 Toby's one of the girls according to Nina. He's also known to attend a tea party or two with Sally.

🤎He basically lives in ejs room. His own room is just for storing belongings at this point. He sleeps late so there isn't an issue with him interrupting ejs routine.

🤎LOVES extreme flavors. Spicy, sour, salt and vinegar. He has a bad sense of taste so these flavors make food more fun for him.

🤎He is bisexual. He thought he was asexual before meeting ej. He had a brief crush on clockwork but she made it clear that it wasn't going to happen.

Ej

💙Very quiet and awkward with most people. Nina likes to rant to him because he listens well and she likes to talk a LOT.

💙He looks tough and like he doesn't care but in reality he gets really overwhelmed in social settings.

💙He has OCD and horrible intrusive thoughts. He struggles with self esteem issues because of that and the cannibal thing.

💙A bad intrusive thought he has is imagining himself eating other proxies. It makes it hard to talk to them face to face. He feels really guilty.

💙He worries a lot about freaking out toby but he couldn't care less. Toby doesn't care about cannibalism or the ocd repetitions or anything. Why would he?

💙He is so lucky he managed to get a room with a bathroom attached so he can do his morning routine without interruption.

💙He doesn't have a label when it comes to sexuality. He doesn't think about it at all. Toby was his first and he doesn't think there'll ever be anyone else.

Nina

🩷has a slight crush on clockwork but doesn't do anything about it. She would still be with Jeff in a heartbeat if he gave her a chance so it doesn't feel right to pursue Natalie.

🩷Erotomania hit her HARD. It's what started this all. Since becoming a proxy, it slowly got better. Especially when she gained female friends. Talking with Jane really helped. She still likes Jeff and is prone to relapses.

🩷She didn't have friends before becoming a proxy. She was a 'weird kid' and she scared other kids off. It majorly contributed to her mental illness/ obsession with Jeff

🩷 She's a maladaptive daydreamer. Sometimes she'll pace around her room listening to music and imagining things. Sometimes she'll convince herself that the things she'll imagine are true(Jeff).

Jeff

❤️he is absolutely disgusting. He'll murder people and later crawl into bed without even taking his clothes off. Shoes in the house/ on his bed. He doesn't care. Slenderman had to intervene a lot.

❤️He is very aggressive with the other proxies. He's in a constant spiral and it honestly saddens the others. They are tired of him but also sad for him.

❤️he yelled in Sally's face one time when she touched his stuff and got beaten up by multiple other proxies(with Sally out of the room of course). Safe to say they don't get along.

❤️ he's surprisingly gentle with smile dog. They love to play with each other and smile sleeps in Jeff's room. He's always in a lighter mood with smile dog. He's just a dog person in general.

❤️ Despite how he acts he does like most of the other proxies. It's very hard for him to apologize but he does feel guilty when he rages. His way of saying sorry is usually in the form of handling missions for them or a chore they had to do.

Slenderman

🤍I wouldn't say he feels parental towards the proxies but he definitely feels something towards them. Idk if even he knows. They are under his control and they do his bidding but he also worries about them. It's not a Healy relationship obviously but it's more than worker and boss.

🤍He has a soft spot for Jeff. It's why he gets away with more than the others do. He takes care of him as best he can while dealing with everyone else.

🤍He spoils Sally and lazari so much. The proxies do to. When they kill people the retrieve toys or candy from their houses for them. They get their way 90% of the time. Everyone mostly feels bad that kids are living in this environment.

[cr33py-crawli3]

Ticci Toby’s (or any other creepypasta’s) opinion on Mac’n’cheese. Do they like it? Dislike it? With seasoning?

Personally I like mac and cheese with shell noodles and salt, pepper, garlic powder and lemon pepper. Maybe some paprika or curry powder for some extra spice.

Have a good day/afternoon/night!!!

i hope u know this ask made me so hungryyyy i need a fried chicken sandwich with a side of mac n cheese so bad … im in the trenches…

anywayyy here’s some of he creeps opinions on mac n cheese (;3;)

before Toby got his gash he definitely had a phase where he ate Mac n Cheese for every meal of the day, untill he got sick of it, now he cant stand the sight of it. Though i think just in general, with his gash, toby would avoid eating softer foods, it would probably get pretty messy and he thinks its just a hassle overall.

Jeff is a certified melted cheese hater!!! its probably a texture thing for him. on another note, because mouth is split ear to ear its difficult for him to not be a messy eater, unlike toby tho he just dosent gaf, he probably thinks its hilarious when people get grossed out with the way he eats.

BEN is a cheese FEIN!!! but bc its a ghost i dont think BEN need to eat, but i do think it does like to on occasion. definitely likes box kraft mac n cheese, and it has been caught gnawing on blocks of cheese before… scary

Nina is the master of instant and microwaveable food, she can make insta ramen taste gourmet, and same goes for mac n cheese! nobody knows how she does it.. and she will never tell.

poor Masky/Tim is lactose intolerant, he has lactose free milk in the fridge and gets so mad when people drink it (hoodie/brian)

Clockwork is also lactose intolerant but shes in denial, she swears the stomach ache she gets after eating mac n cheese is just a coincidence! she loves dairy too much to let it go..

EJ does NOT fw human food esp not cheese… ur telling me humans eat curdled milk that’s pressed into a mold and left to ferment for years??? he is such a hypocrite, mf will eat raw human KIDNEYS but not cheese?

BONUS TOBY!!!!

my pookie wookie ����💕💕

[soursfilms]

gina wanted someone to fight for her. (a short sort of analysis on gina porter)

ej never fought for gina during their miscommunication in the season two finale. he just cancelled the date and let her go. if it wasn’t for ashlyn talking to gina, they wouldn’t of gotten together because he didn’t fight for her. in season three he said he was doing the musical so maybe his dad can let him stay in salt lake and they could be together, but we all know his dad’s approval was his main motivation. he ditched her and made promises he couldn’t keep. he didn’t fight for her when she gave him another chance to show up at prom. when they broke up, he deflected, bringing ricky up unprovoked, and then let her go, again, without a fight. (though they only dated for two weeks and what they had wasn’t strong enough for a fight but i digress)

when gina admitted to ricky her feelings in the last episode of season three, she was prepared to walk away with her head held high, but he stopped her, and like ej told ricky in season four, gina wouldn’t be with him if she didn’t know the guy he could be. all of season three ricky continuously showed up for her and regretted what happened the semester before. gina saw something in ricky all the way back in season one and she knew that he was the one. although it took some time, due to the fact that ricky didn’t want to make the same mistakes he did with nini.

gina would’ve loved to receive a bunch of messages from ricky telling her he wishes she could stay with him unlike nini would’ve. (which is so valid for her to feel! this is just me explaining how different nini and gina receive and view love) she doesn’t see it as him “holding her back” she saw it as someone who fights for what they built and she’s always wanted someone to fight for her, and ricky did that. he showed up for her and stayed. even if she would’ve left, he sang to the world how he’s in love and how they’re forever no matter what. that’s all gina has ever wanted. growing up no one in her life fought to stay in it. jaime left. her mom leaves her alone a lot of the times because of her job. her dad isn’t there. no one fought to be in her life that way. she’s so used to leaving and moving. then ricky comes around and promises her she’ll never walk alone (puppy love lyrics reference!) that they built a sacred home forever, and showed it to her continuously all season.

also, want to mention, in the troy and gabriella scene in the play, one of her lines is, “i always do the right thing, maybe i want to do something crazy this time. i mean, everything about my life has been full speed ahead.”

while ricky was worried of holding her back, or ruining her moment and saying the wrong thing because of his past mistakes with nini, gina wouldn’t of minded that at all. she wanted ricky to finally say i love you. to know what they have is real so they could fight for their love together no matter what happens next. (she already knew he loved her though, gina just needed him to say it so she could finally do “something crazy”)

[astroyongie]

&TEAM May Reading 2024

Note: Please take it with a grain of salt and enjoy !

 EJ

love: I believe that he is seeing someone and probably dating them even. this seems to be someone that works inside the industry but they probably aren't an idol. This relationship is rather new but they have known each other for so long that it feels longer than that 

career: everything on EJ career life is indicating a long and successful career which is super positive. i think that even after the group grows and even after years he will keep in the industry if he has the wishes for it. he can become more successful than now if he bets on the right places 

self: overall his energy is good and bright. i believe that Ej is someone happy that lives his life accordingly and does not dwell  on the bad stuff that happens. he is just overall okay and really happy at the moment 

Fuma

love: I believe that he too is seeing someone/dating someone but things aren't going well because Fuma is someone extremely jealous and he has been quite moody lately. i believe that he hates to see his partner with other people and his schedule also doesn't help him in that matter. he might get paranoiac sometimes when it comes to the fidelity of his partner 

career: I can see here some issues concerning money that involves Fuma and probably his sponsor. This is probably minor and they are working through it. however i believe that he needs to be careful on how he spends and allow his sponsor to take care of this before it puts the company into the middle 

self: other than that he is fairly well. physically and mentally he is holding on strong and he is currently stable compared to a more older energy i can still sense. 

K

love: It does seem like K too is dating at the moment and they are also someone who works in the company. Although I can't really pinpoint who they are, it does seem like they are an idol or at least they work very closely with one. This relationship has been going on for some time now and it seems to be string and ehealth so far

career: career wise things are more complicated. K doesn't have the best relationship with his members or with the company which often can bring issues and conflicts internally. he does try his best but he hates the fact that the company wants to paint a image of him that is the opposite of his true personality 

self: i sense that what has been giving him a lot of anxiety lately is the conflict with the members and sometimes even the staff. K has a hard time mamagin things that are said and done and he is way too much pride to forgive or/and to ask forgiveness as well 

Nicholas

love: i dont think he is in a relationship but he is definitely in love with someone close to him 8this fels like anormal person, perhaps a close friend of his). they have some type of close relationship and he has been trying to push through it but the other person doesn't seem to be receptive to his advances 

career: Nicholas has some serious issues with either the ceo of the company, either the sponsor (i cant really tell who is which). there’s some things here that cannot be spoken of and in which i also cant have clearty, but hopefully they will fix their issues 

self: He is super close to his female manager (planotic relaitonhsip) and he leans on them a lot when it comes to have strength and have advices on how to deal with all the pressure and the work that is associated to be an idol 

Yuma

love: he is single and definitely not ready to be in a relationship since his health doesn’t allow him. Yuma feels very fragile when it comes to love and he probably doesn't want his mind and his heart to be focused on something that isn't bringing him stability 

career: he has a few choices to make at the moment. there’s some opportunities that both his sponsor and his company gave him and he needs to choose which one he prefers. Yuma also has been trying to find in each group inside the group he wants to be associated with since he is a members that is okay with everyone 

self: his mental health isn't the best. Yuma has been through a lot in the past few years and it has been accumulating for quite a while now. although he tries his best, it's clear that he is very sensitive over the smallest things 

Jo

love: This boy is also in a relationship for quite a while now and this isn't someone that works in the industry. Their relationship is probably long dated and they have been together even during the trainee period. everything seem to be going well between them tho 

career: career wise, its complicated because Jo is the type of person that is too young to be managing so much money and he doesn't have anyone to do it for him. so he can be the type to be overspeaning and not thinking about his stability which could be an issue. also i feel that he isn't being treated as well as other members 

self: there’s definitely some issues with other memes here (maybe K?). can’t really tell other that there’s a lot of frustration in him that can often show through psychosomatic symptoms 

Harua

love: Harua is also dating someone from the same company as him. although this isn't an idol its probably someone who works close with him and in an everyday life type of thing. despite that, their relationship seem to be doing well because they have started it through a strong friendship foundation 

career: the power his sponsor has over him isn't to be kidding with. He has a very rich sponsor behind and Harua will be using the fruits to become more influential with time. for now, they cant advance too quickly, but keep an eye on him for the nxt years to come 

self: i do feel however, that Harua struggles a lot with his mental health. there’s a lot of unsolved issues in his mind and heart that require medical assistance. although i believe that he is the type of person to refuse such help, maybe due to stereotypes 

Taki

love: single and not interested in love at the moment. I think Taki had a little love disappointment when his crush isn't interested and until no he hasn’t been interested in anyone or anything 

career: Taki is a super smart kid, like he knows exactly what he needs to do in order to have the favors of people older than him but also how to attract his fans to the good side. He uses that a lot in his career. although he might not seem genuine he does care a lot of his career overall 

self: His health should be looked upon because something feels off here. his bones feel somehow fragile, his whole immune system might be struggling with something at the moment 

Maki

love: equally single and not really interested in love, since Maki feels like being an idol is already overwhelming enough. adding love to that would be too much for him. because of that he keeps his heart closed

career: he doesn't have the best relationship with his members or with his sponsor in general. He tries a lot to please other people but often it comes out as rude to others. He isn't seen as someone with good intentions which is a little sad. but also it feels like Maki is in the industry for the money and not for the music 

self: health wise he is okay, but his mind is full of choices and decisions that he has to make, yet he doesn't have the heart to. He is influenced by a lot of people. benign so young and not having enough experience makes Maki an easy target 

[rosesradio]

cw: smut (with bottom!ej 👀)

College was for trying new things, right? No matter EJ’s conflicting feelings, he wanted to try this. Really, really badly.

EJ remembered how the guys on the water polo team would joke about this kind of stuff. “Mark likes it up the ass!”, amongst other things. EJ always told them to knock it off, and they tended to listen to him. Even so, their teasing stuck with him. Sure, he might have liked guys—might have really liked Ricky—but it wasn’t too gay as long as he didn’t bottom…right?

High school was ages ago. All he had was now, with Ricky, and he wanted the new experience.

“How does it feel?” Ricky asked breathily, the warm pad of his thumb pressed to EJ’s bottom lip. EJ allowed his lips to part, tasting the salt of Ricky’s skin as the finger dipped just slightly into the warm wetness of his mouth.

It was obscene, but not as obscene as the rest of what they were doing.

EJ was set to ride him—because he couldn’t really be bottoming if he was on top, right? He had prepped himself, Ricky watching with dark eyes and no shortage of filthy words. Ricky was so used to bottoming, EJ worried about asking to switch; luckily, he’d been so excited by the prospect, he nearly jumped on EJ.

EJ couldn’t get enough of that look in Ricky’s eyes as he bottomed out. Desire just short of flipping them over and having his way with him. Care in how he gripped EJ’s hips tight enough to leave fingerprint-sized bruises.

Love.

There was so much love in Ricky’s eyes, EJ wanted to cry. He never thought he would receive such care from anyone, much less someone like Ricky.

“It’s…mm,” EJ managed. His face flushed, eyes half-lidded, stomach writhing with pleasure. “Fuck, 'm so full…it’s so deep I wanna…just keep it there forever…”

EJ could feel Ricky’s cock twitch deep inside him at that, and he let out another shaky breath. EJ nuzzled into the crook of Ricky’s neck, pressing kisses to the marks he’d left as he started to move up and down.

Oh, god. He wouldn’t last long, that much he knew already. It was utterly unfair and completely justified, given how perfect it felt.

“Fuck, Eej,” Ricky whispered, tangling his fingers in EJ’s hair and tugging. “Wanna take care of you…want you to—mm—use me all you want…”

EJ whimpered, starting to move a little faster as he rose up to kiss Ricky. His lips were grounding, a tether to reality amongst all the new, foreign feelings.

He would use Ricky, going at just the right pace until they both couldn’t handle the building pleasure. Then, after Ricky would come deep inside him, and EJ on his stomach, they would unwind in the shower.

Perhaps, if EJ didn’t tire him out too much, Ricky would go for round two.

[crushedsweets]

Favourite food of every creep? ^^

toby likes breakfast foods... sorry clocky likes plain foods. eggs with salt, buttered toast, granola bars nina likes sushi kate likes pizza... EJ um. im sorry tim prob likes ribs brian likes burgers or something jeff likes tacos but really spicy ben likes junk food - chips, cookies, soda jane likes soups and breads.. tomato soup and grilled cheese maybe liu likes sandwiches. like avocado turkey type stuff sally likes warm comforting foods like soup, oatmeal lulu likes vietnamese food but i cannot pick a specific dish ann likes steak dina likes plain foods like clocky lazari likes spaghetti.

[imjustavenuxwithaboomerang]

no yeah i really love how every core 4 member got a real happy ending....except for ej

nini is happily pursuing music in la with her moms' full support

ricky is dating gina, a girl he calls "home". he's finally becoming more at peace with love and how to show it. he's learned how to not run from his problems. his parents are getting back together (???) and his drama teacher wrote such a good letter of recommendation that he was accepted into a community college

gina becomes a literal movie star and was able to change the filming location of her second movie, without any consequences, to salt lake so she can physically be with ricky, the boy she finally got to date after crushing on him since the day they met. she has a permanent home to call her own now. her mom finally showed up to an opening night and she was finally able to portray gabriella

and then ej...is alone (in a wildcat sense) at college, financially cut off from his family, working multiple jobs to afford it. he spends most of his season 4 screentime guiding and helping others (ricky, gina, miss jenn, madlyn) instead of an actual storyline and a lot of his lines were about how he's made mistakes and has to live with them

[askticcitobyshit]

Weird question, but what does everyone smell like? I saw that most people agree that Toby smells like a campfire and another scent. (The other scent is usually varied. Like dirt or sweat or something.)

((ngl I think about this A LOT

● Toby: Normally smells like a campfire and sweat. He showers every day, but he also gets dirty/sweaty pretty quickly because of his job as a proxy, and general shenanigans. After he showers, he smells like whatever soap/cologne he's given or finds at the store. On occasion Nina will give him scents from the men's section from Bath and Body Works like Teakwood or something.

● EJ: Soap and a hint of blood. He keeps himself clean and is CONSTANTLY washing his hands. He still has a slight blood smell to him due to how often he has to feed. His body always smells like whatever soap he uses, but his breath is where the blood smell is coming from. He brushes his teeth/tongue regularly, and drinks peppermint tea to minimize the smell as much as he can. No one really minds the smell since it's minimal, but Jack is still a bit self conscious about it.

● Jeff: Blood, sweat, and a hint of a musky cologne. This dude is just gross and showers maybe twice a week. He'll douse himself in cologne to try to hide the smell of sweat and blood, but it doesn't work too well. He doesn't really exactly care what he smells like, but he's gotten a few complaints. His body odor doesn't smell terrible, but it doesn't smell good. He kinda just smells like "outside", if that makes sense?

● Chev: Marshmallows and a hint of sweat. Sometimes vanilla or honey as well if she has to take a Epsom salt bath for her chronic pains. She's very self conscious about her smell because she didn't always have access to a shower in her teen years, and also because she sweats very easily. Now she showers regularly and uses marshmallow and vanilla scented products to smell sweet.

● Nina: Strawberry Poundcake & A Thousand Wishes. She's a total B&BW girly, but also smells a bit like blood. She has the scents listed above in literally every product they have. Body wash, body spray, candle, lotion, room spray, ect. She also likes to buy scents for her friends (Teakwood for Toby, Vanilla or aromatherapy for Chev, ect)

● Nat: Doesn't really have a distinct smell. She smells like outside if anything, but even then it's not very noticeable. She doesn't really pay attention to the way she smells, and will only care if someone brings up that she smells bad. She's just pretty indifferent about it.

that's all I have for right now, but if you want someone specific, I'll answer that too!))

[bisexualfemalemess]

“Rina copied pw/rini scenes”

I’ve seen this and “Gina is like the new nini.” all over my TikTok fyp from rinis and pws and it’s simply put not true. There are parallels yes, there are some with madlyn and rina too, doesn’t mean they copied but there are huge and important differences.

Gina is canonically ambitious, her mom wants her to have a successful career. Gina canonically has always wanted to make her mark. It’s not ‘copying’ nini because she’s finally found a chance to do so. It’s not copying nini that she finally got gabriella because Gina parallels gabriella more, they’ve both moved a lot in their lives and were outsides to east high. The most important difference is that gina actually made a compromise to stay. She wanted to stay in salt lake but she also wanted to become a movie star so she found a way to be with ricky, stay in salt lake and still get this incredible opportunity. Nini didn’t make a compromise.

Rina canonically parallels Troyella with the outsider to east-high and outsider to theatre trope, except rina doesn’t need couples therapy in 15 years but you grt the jist. Ricky was extremely giddy and in love with gina for the entirety of season 4 he spent around her. Ricky was so supportive of her when she took over the role of bailey, hr decorated her trailer and recited her confession back to her when he saw that she was nervous, I don’t think he ever wrote a duet with with nini for which he provided the music and she the lyrics, and then told her that he wants to hear everything she has to say or that he never forgot a thing she said. Neither pw nor rini ever had a puppy date or secret dating trope that lasted half the season. They didn’t get a rain kiss and GINA SIGNED UP FOR THE MUSICAL BECAUSE OF RICKY. He ‘had a vibe’ and she ‘had an instinct’. Even in the final two episodes, rina get backstage and onstage kisses which neither rini nor pw got. He literally practiced his “i love you” speech to gina because he wanted it to be perfect, he didn’t for nini. One very important difference and parallel is the potential moving away, Ricky was so supportive once he found out FROM GINA’S MOTHER NONETHELESS and she wanted to tell him from the beginning once they went to meet up in the dressing room. (quinn had to ruin that.) And other that nini, who had already come back when ricky told her to stay and still made a fuzz about it, Gina wanted ricky to ask her to stay and stayed without ricky asking her. Gina never told ej that he “made her feel seen, and known, and understood.” while crying hysterically before she’s about to leave him. Another very obvious and important parallel is the i love you song and once again that was handled a million times better, Ricky was saying “i love you” first. It was not a hail mary or trying to fix what’s already broken like it was when he sang itikyk for nini where he wasn’t actually able to speak out the words. Every single line in that song was how ricky felt and how rina felt about each other. Ricky was actually able to say i love you and not even that but that he was also in love with Gina and that they’re love was forever.

Stay mad that your ship sunk but don’t make-up stuff to feel better and stop saying that sofia wylie only became the main character because olivia left. Just say you don’t want black girl representation and move on. Ricky and gina are gonna adopt a bunch of puppies and get married in 10 years no matter how many times y’all say that they copied your ships scenes and that it only happened because liv left because “their love feels a lot like high school and forever after that.”

[madlyn5ever]

Okay but theoretically if HSMTMTS season 4 is set around fall 2020 then does that mean that Ashlyn and Maddox are now college/ out of HS gfs?

Like Imagine Maddox is still working as a P.A. For Quinn and Ashlyn is studying acting at whatever the big Salt Lake college is and they have a dog and EJ is now working as a T.A. for Miss Jenn or another teacher at East High and Emmy’s in senior year now so she’s still doing musicals with Miss Jenn.

Ricky and Gina are obviously headliners for Quinn’s projects because after Mack left who else was gonna play Romeo? But Quinn likes their chemistry. Ricky still claims to have never seen a musical despite now having been in three.

And seb and Carlos are now making long distance work, off and on, because Carlos got sort of Scouted for his choreo skills and went from helping smaller theatre companies with their choreo to working with Broadway shows, so sometimes when Carlos is really busy with a project Seb will travel back to salt lake to help with his families farm and visit.

(I didn’t give Seb a Job because I can’t think of what he’d do. He’s just too like “sweet boy oblivious” and I don’t know what to do with him. But he has a good time for sure.)

Kourtney and Jet are planning to move in together after Kourtney graduates from Louis (Lewis?), but until then they do weekend visits when they can, sometimes to Lewis , sometimes to salt lake, and Jet perpetually follows Maddox and Ashlyn around bc he doesn’t know what to do with himself without Kourtney. They pretend to be annoyed but they secretly find it hilarious and endearing.

Big Red and Antoine got together officially after Big Red gets him to admit he’s not French to the rest of the Drama Dept. and that he’s sorry for causing trouble. Big red and Carlos also become friends again in the same way they were before after Seb and Carlos get back together, and it has a lot to do with how fond he actually is of Big Red bc he knows he’s not a bad guy. (I need this to be more than a HC because I still cannot believe they ruined his and sebs characters like that for the drama.)

During the Summers Maddox works at Shallow Lake as a full fledged counselor alongside Dewey wood because she just loves camp so much and she’s still Dewey’s favorite camper. Val helps when she can but she’s got a full job as a psychologist and doesn’t have the same flexibility as Maddox does with Quinn. EJ is a counselor too bc he gets time off in the summers being a teachers assistant and all. He spends his summers following Maddox around when he gets free time and missing Val when she’s not there. Maddox gets having feelings for Val but if she hears “Val used to call me EJ” one more time-

EJ and Val are still going strong and EJ is making plans to propose to her once his teaching Job is finally sorted out and he isn’t just a trainee anymore. (This is just cause EJ needs a win.)

(Also, when Maddox is away at camp, Jet and Ashlyn hang out. They usually do movie nights which consist of Ashlyn sharing her favorites, and Jet sharing his. Jet really likes Spider-Man, Night At The Museum, and Fantastic Mr. Fox. Ashlyn likes Grease, anything with Bette Midler in it, and the Spiderwick movies.) (they also watch baking shows together and yell at the screen when the contestants mess up their bakes when times running out)

Miss Jenn and Mr.Mazzara are the IT teacher couple at East High. This goes on for a about a year before Principle Gutierrez says that they either need to be married or someone has to quit bc it’s not in accordance with the schools policy. They have a small gathering that ends with Karaoke at the bowling alley. All of the Drama kids attend, and they finally meet Miss Jenns mother from all of her increasingly concerning stories.

Ricky’s mom and dad get back together, and they squash the divorce stuff. They are now happier than ever. (Ricky also might need a win idk)

Nini has a thriving music career. She’s just as successful as Olivia is irl.

Oh! And Natalie Bagley is ruling the world or something. That feels like something she would do. Maybe she’s president.

[rainforest-daisies]

A Christmas party

Character: Ricky Bowen x reader

Synopsis: it seems like each time nini and Ricky are in the same room, its like they fall in love all over again.

TW: none? Maybe some angst, also me being biased about Gina being my favorite character<3

A/n: for @fbfh !! This took me ages, so sorry for the wait! But i hope you enjoy!

They were at it again.

This was the second year they had fought during the Christmas party. They seemed to have something against each other, but it got even worse after EJ and nini got together.

Even after you and Ricky started dating, you could tell it was tense between them. It was because of nini.

All of it was because of nini. You two got together because him and nini broke up. You said ‘I love you’ first because he didn’t want to hurt like nini did. He didn’t want you to move on like nini did. He hates EJ’s guts because of nini. 

It always felt like a competition to win her. And Ricky still participated like it was a carnival game. A sick, misery filled, tormenting carnival game. But maybe you were reading your relationship wrong. 

Going to every family event together, Staying the night at his place when he was having a rough day, holding hands and kissing each other like a young couple usually would. You even asked to be his date to prom for goodness sake. Is that not enough to show him how in love you are? You’ve been trying for months to let this go, yet every time she would be there, you felt insignificant to Ricky.

No matter how you touched him, comforted him, kissed him, no matter how much you loved him, He would never love you the way he loved her. 

You were sat next to Gina on the floor, legs crisscrossed, with a Pepsi can sat between you both. You watched as ricky sang as loud as he could, ‘battling’ with EJ. Nini was right in front of them both, and you couldn’t see her face, but you were sure she was looking directly at ricky. 

You were jealous, Gina could tell. Even if you told her you weren’t, she wouldn’t believe you. Ever since she came to salt lake, you got along better than you had with anyone. You were one of the few she actually trusted. And She knew you and Ricky weren’t destined, but you were her best friend. she would never tell you that. The days she would see your eyes slightly bloodshot from crying tested her patience, each time she got closer to screaming at him and nini.

You had enough of this, Watching them fall in love with each other all over again, being forgotten by your boyfriend once more.

“Im gonna go get a cupcake of something…wanna come with?” Gina had perfect timing, trying to pull you away from the scene everyone was looking at. You nodded, pushing yourself up from the floor. Rickys eyes met your back, quickly looking to your shoes clicking on the floor. He could see the slight slouch you held yourself with, your Pepsi can grasped in your hand. 

Somehow, while being distracted, Ricky knocked over a table, which fell on the karaoke machine, which stopped the music. The machine cord creates sparks, which makes chaos ensue. You and Gina turned around, gasping when you saw someone pouring their drink over it, thinking it would stop the sparks. It most definitely didn’t stop them.

“Great! You ruined Christmas. Thanks a lot.” You looked directly at Ricky when those words came out of your mouth.

His skin was tinted slightly red, eyes wide from embarrassment. Did you just say what he thought you said? No. It couldn’t be his fault that you almost had tears running from your eyes. Because it never was. It never was his fault.