#friends AND lovers

[creatingnikki]

come, sit here by my side a while. I’ll get you lemonade and a slice of cheesecake. tell me, what have you been going through? do you still hate being in the same room as your father? do you still ignore it when tears roll down your face at the thought of your seventh birthday? wait, let me wipe your face, you’ve got a bit of cheesecake on the upper right side of your smile. yes, I’ve been fine. the nights are easier when you actually lay your head on the pillow and close your eyes and sleep allows you in. no, it wasn’t the medication that helped me, it was sitting through the discomfort and difficult feelings. yes, they still visit from time to time but now I know how to manage them better. do you want a smoke? no, I won’t lecture you on the ill effects of smoking. yes, I smoke too now. when did that happen? oh, just something my mid twenties demanded of me, I suppose. go on, take that call, I can wait. is everything fine? tell your mum I say hi. no, I don’t have to rush. yes, we can take a walk in the park. what’s that? oh, you want to hold my hand? no, I’d rather you not. it took me three years after you left my hand the last time to be okay with the lack of warmth. I don’t have three more years to re-teach my body to be comfortable in its inherent state of isolation. but we can walk side by side and talk about life until you catch your flight. how does that sound? yes, I’ll let you buy me flowers.

[old-tvs-on-the-ground]

went out to find one tv i drove by on the way to work, found several

[ID: four pictures of discarded tvs. the first picture shows a pile of tvs and possibly other electronics propped against the back of a building, and the other three show single tvs sitting out with the trash and recycling.]

[20th-century-man]

Lili Damita / publicity photo for Victor Schertzinger's Friends and Lovers [aka The Sphinx Has Spoken] (1931)

[godilovemyhusband]

My husband is honest with me. When something in my words or behaviour hurts him, he tells me: it made me feel bad. That way we can talk about it and I can become a better person. A better wife.

My husband craves my closeness: he needs my attention sometimes like a little boy and sometimes like a grown man, but not because he wants my pity, but because he feels safe and loved in my arms.

My husband supports me with his whole self not because he hopes for reciprocation but because he really values me, really believes in me — and I value and believe in him.

There is nothing my husband is more afraid of than that he might hurt me, but this is because of how much he respects me, how full of empathy he is.

He is my best friend. And he reminds me everyday what true friendship is.

[eclipse-coqu]

__Oneday with my favourite people<3

[lightyagamismentor]

make space for the people who are in alignment with you

allow the friendships and relationships that are no longer serving you to naturally crumble and shatter into pieces specifically at this time. I'm talking about the ones that you have genuinely outgrown. The ones that don't add value into your life and your path anymore.

saturn is retrograding until early November. It will shake up weak foundations and connections that were not built on integrity.

let the universe cleanse your life off of that low vibrational shit & thank me later

[asbraveasstylinson]

Okay so we all agree Eddie's favorite song has to be Knuck If You Buck right?

[darknessdrops]

who knows what lies between them . . .

[creatingnikki]

i. soda, coffee, tea — we keep ordering beverages upon beverages because our eye contact keeps running deep and this is no time to get up and leave.

ii. you bring out the goofy in me. do I bring out the profound in you?

iii. fill in the blanks — who ever thought that as adults we'd have to keep doing that for every exchange and interaction we have with another human being instead of facts about history and geography. tell me, am I going to get a good grade? are there any grace marks?

iv. we never had a candle light dinner with roses on the table when we were together. dinners like these have come in too delayed but it's all divine timing, isn't it?

v. your smile is like a child wanting to spill a secret, unsure if it's the right time, place, and person and hence lingering around in eternity.

vi. we laugh like this now because we have cried in each other's arms in the past.

vii. emotional intelligence, reliability, punctuality, and respect — tell me, am I not one who brought those all to the table in abundance?

viii. long walks in silent streets after delicious dinners are for hand holding, quick kisses, and long hugs.

ix. wish me good night with a kiss and good morning with a hug and in the afternoons bring me fresh cut strawberries and I'll make us hot chocolate in the evenings and on nights life feels a bit trippy we will add some whisky and lie down on the floor side by side in silence.

x. i'm learning, growing, observing — i know you are too.

xi. across cities, we will share life updates, across years, we will share love and laughter. the moans are out, the tears too.

[old-tvs-on-the-ground]

bountiful harvest tonightttt we only went out to see the ones behind the porn joint (2nd pic)

[ID: six pictures of discarded tvs on the ground. four of them are laying face down out with the trash. the second picture has two tvs sitting together under a tree, and the third shows a tv peeking out from between a row of trash cans, with a cat in the background.]

[dbaydenny]

Most friends share covid,

lovers too, their lives entwined,

pooling space and air,

never drawing any lines

more far apart than those close.

.

D W Eldred

[abqbox]

A chilly but beautiful morning, in Albuquerque this time.

There was even a box!

[poseurson]

first show w @//mareko.xyz this yr, also reminded of the first NY show w them 2 ! so fun to have that intimate show and share the @//mudhouse.nyc space with the other rad bands doing their thing 🤙🏽 shout out @//boyscoutmarie and @//lunchweatherband 🗣 & @//mrwillie_ joining on 🥁

STREAM EVERYONES MUSIC ON ALL PLATFORMS

[animentality]

[emilybraydenblogs]

I confuse people. i have a happy personality and a sad soul. i'm bold but shy. i love deeply but sometimes i feel heartless. i'm healing and hurting at the same time. i'm dedicated to growth, but i self sabotage

[reaperbabegaming]

There is something so wholesome about this, like yeah it could've been something *else* but instead we get to see the friendship of these 2 dorks and as a diehard Shakarian shipper I like this side of their relationship too

Another interim comic! With how small and cramped the bathrooms on the SR2 are, there's no way the SR1 at half its size would have had room for more than a single communal shower room. Turns out Shepard and Garrus both just happen to prefer showering at night.

There's going to be a shorter second part to this one, so expect that once I'm done June's Patreon art.

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