#even if it did take a whole year

[sourrind]

One and Then the Other - [Ch. 02] The Treat

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Victoria’s nails danced atop the door as her hand took a spot besides Max’s head. Her other hand went to cup the smaller girl’s chin, lifting it up so that their faces were angled towards each other. The greens of Victoria’s eyes dived deep into Max’s own blue pools. The fingers around her chin held her firm, not too hard, but enough to remind her that she was not in control. She had never felt so small before.

“I still can’t believe it was you…” Victoria seemed amused by the prospect as she tilted Max’s head. She could feel the blonde look over every inch of her skin, scanning every pore and hopping from freckle to freckle. It was like a hunter examining their freshly shot prize buck.

“It was you, wasn’t it, Maxine?”

What would normally have been grounds for a correction was anything but as she heard her own name come from Victoria. It felt different on her lips – everything did.

Max nodded, finding that her throat was suddenly dry again.

“So shy, Smallfield.” Victoria leaned in and brought her mouth right up  next to Max’s head. She delivered the following words with a hiss: “What happened to the girl that had the nerve to tie me up and blindfold me?” 

Max shuddered again at the hot breath hitting her skin and the fire hitting her ears.

Victoria chuckled a dark, hearty laugh. “Not so brave when I can bite back, huh?” A sudden snap of teeth besides Max’s ear had her gasping.

“Tell me something.” Victoria leaned in closer, her lips barely brushing against Max’s ear with each syllable that fell out of them. “After you got home last night and you took off that atrocious jacket…and you snuggled into that cozy little bed of yours…did you touch yourself?”

“Y-yes.” 

The response was instant. The word came out urgent and desperate. The tension, the warmth, the everything that Victoria had been building up had finally come to a head. 

This was something that Victoria needed to know. 

And it was something that Max had to get out.

Victoria’s eyes narrowed, not surprised by the answer or its expedited delivery.  “Yes, what?” The fingers holding Max’s chin tightened their grip.

“Yes, I touched myself.” Max gulped and took a series of breaths before she could continue. “After I got home, I turned off the lights and I put on that dumb, hippie music that you keep telling me to turn down, and I thought of you and I touched myself.”

For a few moments, the only sound in the room were Max’s own nervous breaths. The hand around her chin fell and Victoria pulled away from her so they could look at each other again. Max was worried, all the way until Victoria’s eyes met back with hers and she saw the telltale flicker of desire in them.

“Show me.”

CONTINUED ON AO3

[ruporas]

the blank ticket in your hand is just waiting to be filled in.

happy birthday vash! (ID in alt text)

[rad-roche]

Art Progress Timeline

It's hard to see this stuff as it's happening, and it's easy to think you're not making progress, so it's good to do these every once in a while. 'finished dww' is both a personal milestone and an excuse to draw them so small, so tiny, but also the point where i didn't have to split focus between two creative disciplines so could focus on the art. been boning up on the fundamentals this year. i've no formal art education (though i did always want it, life had other plans), so i'm thrilled to see i'm getting to where i want to go. hoping 2025 is a good art year for me too

[mercurymacaroons]

arrives 15 min late with a latte

......sup

[courfeyrec]

i keep coming back to 'i was a functioning alcoholic til nobody noticed my new aesthetic' because i do distinctly remember conversations about how taylor seemed to be drinking a lot more and getting drunk at like every awards show she went to. and those conversations were coming from a place of concern and of hoping that she was alright and that this wasn't a problem.

so to then say 'ugh i can't believe no one noticed this problem i had' when i know that people definitely did, and on the same album say that fans who are genuinely concerned about a new relationship that you are in are just 'bitching and moaning'? what do you want from them? you're talking about so many people who do at least believe that they are coming from a place of care and concern, and you are totally dismissing them on both ends of a scale!

not to mention that her implying that since nobody (???) was noticing her ~aesthetic~ drinking problem she just stopped having it is a bit of a kick in the teeth to people who do have drinking problems and can't just stop having them, since that's not how it fucking works.

[didyougaming]

Part of me is sad that this Twitter Hooligan has omitted the important Video Game Fact that should be accompanying this photo of my Perfect Son. This is at least partially balanced by more people getting to see him in all his glory.

[scltbvrns]

homogenising something that has always been inherently diverse will kill us all one day.

[governmentmandatedryujinstan420]

I FORGOT TO THROW OUT AFTER THE EPISODE RELEASED NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[thebubblemaster]

Sometimes I go to reblog a post with a counter opinion but then I realize that it is not worth it and people will continue to interpret media the way they want until the end of time and i should just make my own post.

Anyways I do think it's important to remember that they film these seasons in quick succession. The PCs have not had 5 months to grow attached to the NPCs like the audience has. It's been like 2 weeks for them. Also yall are acting like this was the finale. The season isn't over until it's over, we still don't know what will happen. They could lose for all we know, Brennan has been prepared for that in past seasons.

[stagefoureddiediaz]

Helena in pink - innocence and naivety - has me 👀👀👀

And then you combine it with Ramons check shirt 👀👀👀

In my opinion Eddie diaz is about to have his naive thoughts about Shannon - those rose tinted glasses he has on - ripped away and a few home truths delivered to him by the Diaz parents

[mikakuna]

the way people care more about jason fighting tim than like any other rogue fighting tim during his robin run is...!

"they're brothers! jason is so horrible to attack his little brother."

aside from the obvious twinkification of tim, stop pushing the family narrative on two people who did not see each other as siblings at that moment.

[deoidesign]

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[dreamingpartone]

They lay down in the soft sand at the foot of the dunes, and then they heard the first bird calling.

[swagging-back-to]

worst trope is found family separating as soon as the antagonist is dealt with.

[stairset]

I think the portrayal of Spider-Man 2099 in Across the Spider-Verse is in-character in that aside from like Shattered Dimensions he's always been portrayed as a bit of an asshole who slips into anti-hero territory at times and generally has a "needs of the many over the needs of the few" mindset and given his specific circumstances in the movie it's not unreasonable to think he could take the actions he does. However it does kinda suck that since like 99% of moviegoers had no idea who he was before the movie came out their first impression of him is when he's in an antagonistic role and people think "antagonist" and "villain" are synonyms so now I'm gonna have to listen to people who've never read a comic saying he's a villain or isn't a real Spider-Man for the rest of time or at least until he inevitably changes his mind in the third one.

[flowerakatsuka]

mfs start crushing on a matsuno and begin to lose it—

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