#fic: warm water

[hammerbacks]

wip wednesday:

first one i've posted for in ages! the start of the new school year has meant that my motivation to write went completely through the floor, until this song came on last night and got me started on this... @mi6-cafe

Sometimes, it physically pains her to look at James. 

Often, it’s as the light casts a gentle glow over his face, highlighting the strands of chestnut in his dark hair that she wouldn’t otherwise see. He’s always been beautiful, but moments like that where it hits her full force take her by surprise, pulling up a deep-seated ache somewhere inside her that she only allows to surface for a few minutes at best before squashing it back down as though her life depends upon it. 

The sheer beauty of James Bond isn’t the source of that pain – that part of it doesn’t bother her at all – it’s the reminder that no matter how hard he tries, he’s simultaneously too much and not enough for her. She could have everything she wants with him: she doesn’t even need to ask to know that he’d give up the travel to anchor himself here in London with her in a heartbeat; yet that would be too intense, too soon. 

[dootznbootz]

Odysseus is the type of guy who oozes rizz and can and will say the sweetest shit to Penelope and revels in her being happy with it ("You're beautiful in red" when she blushes. THAT type of cheesy bullshit. Have you READ the shit he says to her in the Odyssey?) but if she gives it back, he just freezes and Odysseus.exe stops working. Especially since he was the one doing all the flirting in the beginning until she finally chills out and "allows" herself to have a crush.

Penelope: ...You know, I don't really know if your name fits you. Odysseus: Oh? You don't think "Pain in the ass" is a good fit? Penelope: It definitely is...But...I don't know. Maybe it's because when I think of you, I don't think of pain, I think of joy... Yeah, instead of "pain giver", you're a giver of joy."Joy Giver" perhaps? Odysseus:

Penelope: ...Are you okay? Odysseus: *completely red and continues to make a high-pitched squeaking sound like air being let out of a balloon*

He gets more used to it as they get further along in their marriage but in the beginning, this guy was screaming into his pillows and kicking his feet and twirling his hair and being stupid :D

[sugarcandydoll]

sat in a hot tub for the first time had sm fun ૮꒰˶ᵔ ᗜ ᵔ˶꒱ა˖⁺‧₊˚

[bicheetopuff]

I’m on chapter 11 of From the Sidelines…

[musical-chan]

Father of Time Chapter 78: When Gods Cry

It made Link nervous when he heard about the deities dying. While he knew his dad almost perished when the mask broke, that felt different from knowing there were monsters that could kill them. Sure, some of the things he had fought in the past had been really difficult but he had just been a mortal kid; surely nothing like that would test a deity in the same way. 

Well, except maybe Majora. 

When even Enma, sarcastic and off-putting on the best of days, had real pain in zir voice, he decided to give his family some space.  What could he even say to them that would have any meaning at all?  So he wandered off to look around the hot springs, enjoy how clear it was up here above the storm.  The air was frigid and thin this high up but the view was amazing, just like atop Nayru's Mountain.  It was peaceful and beautiful in its own, austere way.  Link picked his way carefully around damp, icy stones, not really going anywhere in particular, following a feeling he couldn't name.  

The plain behind the spring was a different matter entirely.  It hadn't been touched by anything but the elements in many hundreds of years but told a tale of an ancient battle that was waged and nearly lost. Where there should be mountain peaks were chunks of rock and slag. Pockmarked surfaces were half filled with ice and snow, half empty holes that whistled with the winds in a deeply mournful song.  For the first time in his life, Link found music that he didn't enjoy, that caused him pain to hear.  This was an ancient song, trapped in a place of horror, a cry of pain and sacrifice and loss that tore at his heart with claws that had also left their mark on Hebra's face.

A deity had died here.

(Read the rest on AO3!)

Look, I promise this chapter isn't as sad as the title makes it sound.

[tiktaalic]

fleeceframe

[allylikethecat]

What are your fav fics on here?

also do you prefer tea with or without milk? (am heavily judging u on this don't answer it wrong xx)

LOL this is a fantastic question and I am once again going to use it as an opportunity to scream about Poses by @vinylandcoffeecollection if you haven't already read it, please do yourself a favor and check it out ASAP. I am also a huge fan of Take This Pain and Give It a Name by @sundrownsthehouse and am so excited to see it updated again! Anything by andfacedown / @lookedlikethebins is also brilliant - I haven't had a chance to read their newest the way you know me yet but I am very much looking forward to sitting down and reading it / enjoying it the way it deserves to be read!

Also, you are about to judge me SO HARD I am EXTREMELY American and I actually don't really like hot tea? I am an herbal iced tea girlie - preferably mixed with lemonade... so there is in fact no milk being added to any of my tea drinks... I apologize in advance and I am aware that I am being heavily judged. 😞

Thank you so much for reading, and for sending me this fun ask! I hope you have a chance to check out those fics if you haven't already and that you enjoy them as much as I have! I also hope you are having a wonderful Thursday and that you have a great rest of your week!

❤️Ally

[watery-melon-baller]

reading atla fics where zuko joins the squad in S1 and katara is the most distrusting of him even after sokka and aang trust zuko a la S3 is soooo infuriating like girl. did y'all forget the crystal caves where katara heard some of his Tragic Backstory™️ and IMMEDIATELY tried to help him out??? she only distrusts him so much in S3 so much because he went and backstabbed her after they had a fun bonding moment. you know who would be the most distrustful of zuko out of the 3? sokka. the disrespect.

[ejunkiet]

>:3 tagged by @andr0leda​ and @taelonsamada​ - hehehehe THANK YOU

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[kyistell]

It's my birthday today! Which I am happy about, I'm 17 which...not so happy about but whatever.

I don't really feel older, honestly I'm kind of just out of it. I suppose it doesn't really feel like my birthday much at all, that happens when you get older right? You feel it less and less? I don't know man I'm spitballin here.

I'm going swimming in a little while, which will be fun, hopefully we're getting OutBack since we haven't in forever and it's my birthday damn it. I originally wanted to go skating today but with me staying up all night and poppy needing to work it just didn't work out, maybe that's why I'm out of it, who knows (I sure don't).

After today the only thing I'm looking forward to is the beginning of the NHL pre-season because OH do I have plans for that AND the season it's self, it's gonna be real fun (so long as I keep up with it).

Anyway, y'all have a good rest of yer day, I'll have a good rest of my B-day, byeeee!!

[hammerbacks]

Summary: James hates honeytrap ops, but can't work out what's suddenly changed his mind.

Part 18 of warm water.

[phantom-does-a-thing]

nesting behavior rn

[youleavethetardisbrakeson]

I have a Velaryon family headcanon/image to suggest which is really just Corlys playing in the water with tiny Laenor and Laena, while Rhaenys watches amused at them not caring about the cold, keeping her gaze between her little dragons swimming like fish and bounding through waves without a care, and tiny hatchling Seasmoke doing his best to catch tadpoles and baitstealers in the shallows while avoiding water itself.

Toddler Laena presenting her with a haphazard sandcastle with the same pride as Seasmoke struts around with when he's finally caught a tiny fish.

🥹 MY HEART

Velaryon family beach days is one of my favorite headcanons 🏖

[batty-ships]

i lurv getting back into gorillaz every six months like clock work because… out of all my silly giys who i love… murdoc is the only one who ALWAYS makes me kick my feet and giggle. he is SO silly. and i need to kill him

[pocketramblr]

I like to think of 3rd as a former bodyguard of All for One, maybe he wasn't born with a quirk too. Maybe he received one from All for One and dedicated himself to serving him as a result only to come to his senses later on.

There was a bit of time when I thought that the ponytailed masked bodyguard of AfO was going to turn out to be the same as the pineapple silhouette one, (the indents on one's mask being similar to the shape the other's headband made from the side) and that like, he put his hair up when he changed sides and wore slightly new clothes and that he was the one to either get Yoichi out of that vault or pass information onto Second so he could get him out. But then we got more clear shots of Third with lighter hair and it seemed more likely Giga was the fate of the bodyguard... But I'll always have a fondness for former AfO guard Third. Perhaps his turning is why Yoichi is glad to see Izuku trying to save Tenko, perhaps that's why Third kept away from Izuku, shame or sure that he'd fail because at least Third was an adult at the time, and what hope do they really have, and why drag the kid in further... Love that plus I think we really should have more former villains in the OfA lineup

[dearest-yeosang]

Chat is it normal to cry over fictional characters…

Older boyfriend nanami headcanons because hello??? Fluff this time! If this does well maybe a nsfw one will be in the works?? (I’ll make on anyways)

Cw: gn!reader, no proofread, fluff, domesticity <3

- #1 sweet talker. He doesn’t know he’s doing it which makes your cheeks burn even more as he continues your conversation as if he hadn’t said the most romantic thing you’ve ever heard in your life. Buuuut— Nanami is the driest texter in the world. He tries for your sake! He does… but yikes. His already calm and relaxed tone seems even harder to read once he’s sending you “yes” and “ok” as full answers to your block texts.

- loves loves loves going shopping with you. Grocery shopping, running errands, clothes shopping. Heavy on clothes shopping. He loves watching you try on clothes, giving him mini fashion shows as you step out of the dressing room. He especially loves when you tag along when he has to buy new work clothes. He doesn’t miss when it comes to quality, always trying new high end shops (for you and him alike). He loves watching you scan the racks of clothes, picking out items that compliment his complexion (he doesn’t quite understand, but seeing you so excited makes his heart swell).

- nanami loves ending his day by reading in bed, his pajamas on and his reading glasses resting on the bridge of his nose. Before you can flick off the bathroom light and crawl into bed with him he’s already flipped back the covers and fluffed your pillow. He says he enjoys ending his day with a book but what he loves the most is the feeling of your warm body pressing softly into his side as you rest your head on his chest. The words on the page blur as the smell of your shampoo wafts over him, his eyes suddenly heavy as you mumble for him to ‘please turn off the light, Ken.’ In a muffled sleepy voice that has him quietly flicking off the light and bringing you into his arms.

- wakes up waaay earlier than you— and because he does he likes making breakfast most mornings. You’ll usually walk into the kitchen to him standing over the stove, spatula in one hand, mug in the other. He cherishes the feeling of you wrapping your arms around his middle, your face nuzzling his back, breathing him in as food pops on the stove and the sun lazily rises casting the kitchen in soft orange hues.

- buys you flowers whenever you go on dates (and even when you don’t). He’s noted your favorite flowers, but he likes getting you different unique bouquets teeming with colorful fragrant flowers he knows in his heart you’ll love.