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ipilokko · 1 month ago
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I Dislike Redheads -31-
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hi guys! the new page is here! finally finished it lol
the dialogue may not make sense because I made a few changes in the previous page... dialoguewise...
when i first sketched this my heart went wild... not really much other to say... see you on the next page!
alternatively, a sketch dump
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starsinthenigth · 6 days ago
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★random ahh g/t trope where a farmer goes to feed the animals at the barn only to get shook by the sight of giant legs sticking out of the barns entrance. Turns out that the legs belong to a giant who found shelter in the farmers barn and decided to take a little nap there or something. Oh and, the giant may or may have not destroyed the farmers agriculture work with their footsteps or something.★
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pinkiedev · 7 months ago
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How a Tiny Travels (Ideas)
Climbing:
Ofc every tiny needs a good way to climb, and my primary thought goes to grappling hooks fo sho. Probably made out of actual fishing hooks and attached with corded string XD
Maybe customized shoes with sticky/grippy bottoms like those people who use suction cups to climb skyscrapers XDDD
awhh would a tiny have a little case of gripping chalk so they could hold onto handholds better when climbing?
Somehow an equivalent of a parachute in their backpack in case of a big fall XD. Like basically just a handkerchief that billows out and is attached to the sack with a few strings
Via giant. Period.
But to elaborate, one option is on the shoulder ;3. Tiny can lean against giant's neck or hold onto their ear/earing for stability
The hand. Obvi. Shenanigans have a high chance of ensuing.
Chest pocket. Mmmghhh. AKA the nap spot.
Lawful Chaotic of hoodie pockets, Chaotic Neutral of backpack side-pockets, and Chaotic Evil of pants pockets XDDD
On top of giant's head. Very comfy, much floof. Giant probably will not appreciate the amount of hair pulling that will most definitely be happening up there
Fast Travel:
Roomba. (juuuust make sure tiny can't get sucked in underneath *thumbs up*)
Toy cars except the remote is set up on the car's dash so tiny can control it themselves ;3
Stairway bannisters - AKA the forbidden slide for going from an upper floor to a lower! (And a guaranteed way to give a giant a heart attack! <3)
Pets. Kitties or doggos. Risky beezneez this can be, but the rewards are pretty stellar if tiny makes a good fren outta them~
In the air:
BIRBS - highkey could be scary cuz some birds definitely look like they'd monch on a tiny, but the image of a tiny riding on an owl's back is just - so cute to me
Balloons. Unghhghhhgh. Supervised by their giant ofc. It'd be like a whole hot air balloon except it's just a helium one cuz tinies weigh literally nothing. And a whole paper basket to tie at the bottom for them to ride innnnn yesssss
A drone??? Somehow??? hA like a mini plane/helicopter for tiny
One of those gliding suits like a flying squirrel XD
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Mannnn this. Why can't I be in a world with tinies, huh????
... I WANNA BE ONE OF THEM OKAY TRANSMIGRATE ME ALREADY
ehehe ignore that. Uh. Ye so here've been a buncha travel methods that I've thought of for a tiny! ;D
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narrans · 4 months ago
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NEXT PUBLISHED BOOK WINNER!
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Hey there tall, small, and in the walls!
I am absolutely thrilled to announce that "My Borrowed Son" has officially won the poll. Across all of my platforms (Tumblr, Wattpad, DeviantArt, Twitter/X, and Ko-Fi), I did the math and My Borrowed Son ended up as the winner.
We are not done yet though!
The next step is to determine whether or not YOU - the amazing and wonderful readers and creators here - want hard back or soft back books.
Keep in mind! These books have raised in price. I did some math and have the price comparison down below.
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Hard back is on the LEFT Paperback is on the RIGHT
As you can see, there is a significant price difference.
I would LOVE to do the hardback, but want to make sure this is a financially smart decision.
SO! Below is a poll. Please let me know whether you want hard back or soft back and PLEASE RSVP which book type you would like if you would like to purchase a copy of "My Borrowed Son."
This is such an amazing community and I cannot thank all of you enough for commenting and enjoying my piddly scratchings. I cannot wait to see what you all want to do moving forward. There will certainly be more updates to follow.
Cheers and, as always, stay awesome! ~Narrans
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stupidgtblog · 1 year ago
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Random g/t thoughts 8 (or 9????)
I really like the concept of sleeping giants. Idk if i'm weird for it but like I really like it. Like the concept. Like the steady breathing. the COMFINESS the sleep-talking oh my god. Like I read this one fic where the giant was afraid to share a bed but he MOVED her in his sleep to his chest OHHH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOD
this one is kinda hard to explain but the almost like half-awake thoughts? Like imagine a (particularly mean) giant right before going to bed is just like 'I love you.' and tiny is just like "?????" and oh they're already asleep and will not remember this in the morning.
Also like waking them up is a whole different thing. Like I personally write all my giants to hate mornings, so getting essentially crawled and poked all over doesn't really help with crankiness. Also the fact that the tiny cant really get anywhere without them, but also we can get like accidental fear??
They couldn't wait anymore. "Wake up! It's almost noon, I've been waiting here for hours! I swear, it's ridiculous I have to deal with this every-" They are cut off by a heavy hand, pressing them deep into the way-too-hard mattress.
"be quiet," they said, groggily, but still way, way louder than they normally are.
"Ok. ok. ok, I'll be quiet - I promise." they said, still shaken.
Cut to PROFUSE apologies when they actually wake.
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welcometomylittlelife · 7 months ago
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Hey Parker! I decided to draw you, check it out!
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Hope you like it<3 -Zel
@gtzel,
Dude! This looks so cool! Haha I like that you added in the smudges that were always on my face. Mom always told me about all of the smudges that I got - and she never knew where they came from. I was always into something growing up.
And thanks for taking my... well... condition... into account. It's nice to see since that's definitely a part of me.
You seriously have so much talent! Keep it up! And let me know if you have any other fun sketches. I'd love to see them.
That's all from me!
So long! Parker
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sizebrained · 5 months ago
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It's So Hot, Can We Go To The Pool? Part 1
Ok, this is the very first thing I've ever shared in terms of G/t writing so be kind.
I hit Tumblr's max length every post, sorry not sorry. I retconned this from when I first wrote it to make Ben bigger than I originally thought. Muwahaha. Also Hazel's haircolor.
It's meant to be an intro that takes place in the middle when everyone's dynamics were already established.
Content Warning: Adult themes, somewhat suggestive romantic/sexual interests. Mentions of nudity, war, death, danger, terror, injury, PTSD, and panic attacks. But also fluff.
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The condo was eerily quiet, but that suited Ben just fine. The air inside it, however, felt heavy and still. Ben could do without that on such a hot July day. The air inside was so heavy and still because the building’s air conditioning system was broken, and it was supposed to be brand new.
“Top of the line” the realtor had told him. “Top of the line” was doing absolutely nothing for him now.
The single oversized ceiling fan in the main living space helped, but not much when the air was this humid. Ben looked up at the fan whirring as fast as it could manage to try and cool the air. He guessed that if he were to jump, he could slap it to help it along.
But he figured that he would more likely just break it, given the state of the “top of the line” air conditioning. And he couldn’t jump like he used to anyway. Well actually he just wasn't sure…
He really missed moving his body like he used to before the accident. Almost half a year on crutches was awful. But his older sister, Sam, told him that he shouldn’t be pushing himself.
She insisted that he needed a few more months of physical therapy with her before he tried to pull any stunts. He figured jumping up to slap a ceiling fan counted as a stunt. Especially one that was hanging from the ceiling 10 feet up.
But standing 7'3" inches tall, it didn't seem that high to Ben. With his reach and vertical leap, Ben knew he could have probably done it a year ago. But that was before the car accident. His basketball days are over now thanks to that wreck.
The thought made him bend over and absentmindedly rub his left knee cap with a sigh. It was like he was developing some kind of nervous tick.
His long fingers took turns gently tracing his surgery scars. Even with the surgeon’s best efforts, Ben still thought he looked like they had used a lawnmower on him. It made him self-conscious about his body, which he already had enough of before adding surgery scars to the mix. His lower back, shoulders, arms, and some parts of his legs already took the brunt of his big body's rapid expansion over the years leaving stretch marks from his growth. At least the stitches from his latest procedure had dissolved and were no longer itching him.
Lost in his own train of thought, Ben had carelessly bent down at the waist to play with his scars. This made the massive college student’s whole upper body tilt forward at an angle.
“Mind what you are doing, please!!!” shouted a small voice from his left shoulder. It was said in a gentle tone, instead of annoyed as someone would expect given the result of Ben's thoughtless movement. Something about her British accent always made Ben think Mary Poppins was living with him.
The voice came from a tiny, young looking woman who was shorter than any one of Ben’s long fingers. Even his thumb was bigger than her. She was standing with the front of her body facing the profile of his face many times larger than her own.
Dangling away from his body, the tiny figure was clutching the shoulder fabric of the arm closest to her in the grip of one tiny hand. She was pulling on it hard enough so that the top of the cotton fabric actually lifted up off of his skin.
Ben was much darker compared to her own pale complexion, made even lighter by so many years indoors. And she stood just over 3 and a half inches tall making Ben 30 times her height.
She shifted her position and braced her feet flat against the front of the massive human’s collarbone. A long tail swished back and forth vigorously behind her, helping her steady and balance.
One hand came to rest on her hip as if to emphasize her point. She looked like she was purposefully striking a pose. It was as if she was a great pirate captain measuring the wind speed for a ship sailing across the open ocean.
But instead of such a majestic scene, the reality was far less adventurous. They were both simply waiting together for Ben’s sister and Hazel’s sibling, named Cob, to return from the store. Hazel had been perched on the top of Ben's one shoulder and rather than climb to his back, she decided to hang on till he was upright agian. The plan was for all of them to try to go to the nearly empty, and supposedly luxury, building’s pool. Ben and his passenger were a terribly sweaty and annoyed mess.
Ben still hadn’t adjusted to moving differently when he she was on him, and he worried that he may never at this rate. It put more effort onto her to compensate for his lack of continued awareness, but she didn’t seem to mind.
She relished the chance to have a human to climb on again after Mary and Jack’s passing, and Ben was like the Mount Everest of humans. She enjoyed the challenge.
Given how nimble she was, there was never a real risk of her falling from her perch. Instead, she was more concerned with his obsession over his body.
It was true that the tiny woman was very annoyed today, and her tail swished in a way that looked it. But she was not annoyed at Ben, almost never at Ben. It was becoming harder to ignore or admit, but he was occupying more space for her and not just in a physical sense. It was the heat. It was never hot like this back home. And even though she’d lived in America for most of her life now, she always considered England her real home. And it never got hot like this there.
From her spot dangling on Ben’s left shoulder, she took a look again at his knee, way, way down. Scars were nothing new for her. She’d seen far worse after four years in a war hospital during what would eventually be called World War II. But Ben had kept it wrapped in bandages at her suggestion to keep himself from itching and scratching at the sutures.
She was amazed to learn they’d invented stitches that would dissolve. She wished they had those back when she was nursing. Having to remove them once a wound had healed was novel for Hazel, at first. But by the end of the war, she reckoned that she had cut through and removed hundreds of yards of stitching from humans. She could always do it far quicker than Mary, the human nurse and her companion, ever could. It was a skill that gave her a sense of pride. That she could do so little else at her size in such a place made her relish some superior skill.
Mary, ever stoic, simply reminded the tiny woman with a tail that the stitches were a lot bigger and easier compared to her. So she shouldn’t get too big of a head over it. Still the human nurse was glad for all the help she could get on her shifts in the war hospital, no matter how small the help may be.
Seeing Ben’s healed scars now in the open, she was interested by how different the angles of the incisions were compared to what they would have back then. Although if pilots like Mary's husband, Jack, had suffered injuries like Ben -- they would have had just amputated.
She was surprised that she hadn’t noticed it before, but then again he had kept them covered. Plus, Ben’s size had the habit of sometimes making her freeze up and miss minor details.
That he had such an effect on her was the only thing that did annoy her about the enormous human. She knew he would never hurt her. Generations of her kind had ingrained in instinct into her, she felt a constant warning that Ben was too big and must be a threat.
The hours Ben spent during their first meeting proved the opposite, despite his size. He could also be incredibly delicate. It took so long getting her unstuck from that glue trap and he was so flustered and gentlemanly about it.
He made joke after joke about the situation to make both of them feel better. And he was more embarrassed by having to, ultimately, cut off some of her clothes with a pair of scissors than she had been.
Nudity, at least her own, never really phased her. That it so flustered him to see her in a state of nature was all the evidence she ever needed to trust him. Although as her feelings about him changed that started to as well.
But still, he was just so…big. It was like the word was invented with Ben in mind. Her natural impulses to flee had certainly gotten better with more time and exposure to him. But he was still so utterly gigantic even when compared to any humans she’d previously encountered in her life. And he was so fast, it reminded Hazel of herself.
The Professor always hobbled around with a cane, and Mary wasn’t the most graceful human she’d seen. Mary’s husband, Jack, who was an American pilot during the war, also moved around rather slowly and deliberately having lost both a leg and his eyesight during the war. She still marveled at how Ben could move like that being so enormous, even when he had been on crutches for most of the past several months with his injury.
“Oh Hazel! Sorry! Sorry sorry sorry…” Ben blinked furiously out of his own thoughts. Replying quickly and sheepishly, he gave up on touching his reconstructed knee and stood back upright.
This pleased the little, tailed woman named Hazel, but she found herself on the backfoot again when Ben brought one huge up to his left shoulder as if to catch her. He opened his hand to extend his fingers, straightening them out.
The span of each of his hands from the thumb to the pinky was four times Hazel’s size. His hand got measured once to potentially be drafted to the NBA. He thought it was weird to get measured like he was a farm animal.
Hazel didn't care about his exact dimensions. Just that, however many inches the hand was, it was large enough to block her whole view.
Hazel’s sharp featured face fell under the shadow of his hand as Ben made a literal wall for the small woman, more as reassurance for himself. She wasn’t going to fall, and she especially wasn’t going to fall now that he had stood up straight again leveling out his shoulder. She resumed her former position on top of it.
It had been decades since she had lost her footing, and even then it wasn’t her fault. Hazel sighed as she waited for Ben to figure out for himself why she would find his well meaning gesture bothersome.
She could have just told him, but she took her old Professor’s old approach of a Socratic method, favoring questions over providing answers as a form of instruction.
She took the time to remember the last time she had fallen. A bomb the size of a normal human, not Ben, went through the roof and several upper floors of the makeshift hospital’s building. Then it exploded. It was the loudest thing she had ever heard. Her ears rang for hours afterwards.
Lately as he started acting more like what she imagined his old self was like before the accident, she thought Ben was getting close to being the second loudest thing she’d ever heard. Even his whispered apology just now was enough to make his voice rumble through the whole of her body. It was especially noticeable when she was this close to his throat.
Every time the giant human spoke while she was this close, it sent vibrations up through the soles of her feet into her whole body. No human she’d encountered, not even Mary’s husband, had quite the same effect. Hazel always noticed the absence of it when talking with other humans or her family. Now that she was used to it, she found she would yearn for the sensation.
For a human, Ben was just so…so much. It was concerning at times. All humans were large but something about Ben’s enormous size was especially noticeable today. Conceptually, she understood what being over 7 feet tall meant. But for all intents and purposes, he might as well have told her he was 100 feet tall like the old oak trees on the Professor’s country estate.
Sometimes Hazel felt like she was a human who had been accustomed to riding horses their entire life, to all of a sudden find their preferred stead was replaced with an elephant.
Hazel had only seen an elephant once when Mary had taken her to a circus in the late 1950’s. It was the biggest creature she had ever seen. Ben was the second biggest, followed by his absent sister. That Ben’s sister had still not returned with Hazel’s own sibling, who had accompanied the human shopping, also annoyed Hazel right now.
Maybe it was just the heat making her snippy. She was annoyed at herself, that her inconvenience overtook her patience. She couldn’t stand to wait in front of his mammoth hand any longer.
“It’s fine. It’s fine. Just be more mindful please. Remember, you have a passenger. And I appreciate the gesture but it’s truly unnecessary…” She chastised him tenderly.
To Ben, even when she looked mad or annoyed she never sounded like it. He loved her accent, except that it made her sound older than she looked. Hazel reached out casually and patted the closest spot of his palm a few times in reassurance. Ben could just barely feel it. Hazel’s own outstretched hand wouldn’t even cover one of his fingernails. The boy was just so…big.
Ben lowered his own hand, closing his fingers inwards towards his palm tightening them so his knuckles cracked. Another tick of his. Hazel hated when he did that.
Hazel let go of his shirt and took a few steps back towards the center of his shoulder again. She wiped her brow feeling as if her body was making its own pool while they waited. Even the bandana she used to contain her long curly hair, and keep it out of her face, was soaked through. It was also exceptionally frizzy in this heat and humidity. The state of her hair also annoyed her.
Hazel pulled off her bandana causing her hair to nearly stand on end when it was released. Ben thought it made her look like a dandelion about to blow away if there was a breeze. But he dared not share that thought with her and risk annoying her further.
Now on the top of Ben’s once again flat shoulder, she pulled up the sliver of fabric that rested across his powerful tendon to pat her face dry.
“Pardon me.” Hazel said while Ben watched in silent amusement. It was nice to see her be less formal than he was used to her being. The heat must really be getting to her.
Hazel wrung out her bandana several times with her strong hands, the droplets barely registering as they fell onto Ben’s enormous shirt. She shook it out a few times, before rewrapping it around her head with a loud, haughty huff. It was still damp. The annoyances seemed to never end for her today.
“It is just that…I cannot see a thing when you do that you know?” She said with a slight upturn of her chin to peer at the side of his face.
“Have they returned yet?” she asked while trying to stand on her tiptoes to look out the window for herself as if she wasn’t already high enough.
“Nope. Not that I can see…” Ben said slowly.
Ben took a turn peering down through the window. The kitchen’s large single pane of glass over the sink gave him a clear view of most of the building’s parking lot. He realized that the motion made him start to lean again and he raised his hand again instinctively.
But he caught himself and lowered it quickly before he was verbally slapped by Hazel, if you could even call her admonitions something that harsh. Hazel saw him correct himself and nodded ever so slightly in silent approval.
Sam almost always parked in one of the handicap spots when she took Ben’s car. The novelty of getting to park so close to entrances spoke to her lazy core. It was quite a source of contention between them with Ben rightfully worried about someone who may actually need to use a handicap spot.
Sam promised that she would only park in a handicap space when there was an abundance of them, but that wasn’t enough for Ben. Hazel thought they could bicker over it for some time and it seemed like Sam did it on purpose.
The last time they fought over it, Hazel turned out to be correct. She was doing it on purpose in the hopes of forcing him to drive himself finally. Sam finally snapped at her little brother that if he was so concerned about her doing it, then he needed to start driving again so she couldn’t do it.
It was Sam’s unsubtle way of trying to force him to get back into a car again. But Ben had refused to even get into a car ever since his accident. Even the elevator made him jumpy now. Despite being on crutches for several months, he would still painstakingly hop up the stairs with the crutches tucked under an arm rather than feel trapped in a metal box again.
There was an entire row of more than a dozen handicap spots right in the front of Ben’s new luxury condo building. Sam usually left it parked in one of them, hoping to lure her brother into it again somehow.
As far as Ben knew, there was only one occupant who needed it because of her wheelchair. She was a rather nice woman in her late 30’s who lived four levels below him. Ben thinks her name was Susan...maybe. He was terrible with names but always remembered faces. His sister was the same, but just called everyone “Babe” to as a workaround, even with him.
Ben saw that his neighbor, maybe Susan, had parked in her preferred handicap spot right next to the ramp into the building. The rest were empty, meaning Ben’s sister and Hazel’s sibling Cob had yet to return.
“Is the store not just two of your blocks away from here? Could they not have just walked?” Hazel asked annoyed.
She still wasn't used to how quick a walk somewhere could be when she hitched a ride on Ben and guessed his older sister was nearly as fast. Sam wasn’t as big as Ben, but she wasn’t that much smaller.
Ben turned his head to look at Hazel perched on the wide expanse of his left shoulder. He could just make her out in his peripheral vision. If he took a second to really focus he could even make out her little features.
He was amazed by how strikingly beautiful she looked. Few of the human teachers that he had seemed like they could rival her knowledge looked like her. Although he guessed Hazel had a bit of an unfair advantage being over a hundred years old. She'd probably kill at trivia...except for any sports categories. But if she was on the same team as Sam, they'd be unstoppable.
Right now, Ben thought she looked annoyed. And sweaty. But he was too. Ben pinched the front of his tank top between two fingers and pulled it away from his body. He then did it again over and over so it started to flap. The flapping wafted cooler air up and down his body. When the air hit Hazel like a light breeze she smiled in grateful relief.
Ben felt a sense of accomplishment over the change in her face. He would leap on any chance he could get to make her more comfortable with him. Hopefully, this helped make up for his hand mistake earlier.
Ben pulled out his phone from the pocket in his shorts with his other hand to check his texts. He saw no missed calls or texts from his sister and only his several unanswered ones left. She always left him on “read.” Each text asked what was taking so long with increasing impatience.
“She probably ran into someone from work or they’re still out joyriding. You know Cob never turns down the chance to ride in a…”
Ben was about to say car, when he was interrupted by the familiar sound of his own pulling in faster than it should into the parking lot. Thankfully, the parking lot was almost always empty.
Out of the 50 plus units in the building, less than 10 had been bought so far leaving the rest of the building unoccupied. It meant there was lots of space in the parking lot, which Sam fully intended to really explore.
Ben and Hazel watched as Sam curved left then right, finally turning in a tight circle several times that left tire marks on the asphalt. Relieved from Ben’s shirt breeze, it was Hazel turn to see Ben be the one who looked annoyed for a change.
The car finally parked in one of the many handicap spots causing Ben to grumble in disapproval and shake Hazel’s whole body so much that her teeth chattered. Sam emerged then walked to open back of the car and pick up several large shopping bags in both hands.
“Oh that’s why…they went fucking shopping. Again. She was just there yesterday what could she possibly need now.” Ben said, agitated, still flapping his shirt for Hazel. In fact, he sped up the motion a bit making the artificial breeze sway Hazel’s clothes and hair.
Even from the 10th floor, Ben could tell Sam was wearing a bathing suit now. But she had left in shorts and a t-shirt. She was also wearing a wide brimmed straw hat like she was going to the beach. Hazel saw them now as well, but she could not tell where Cob was holding onto Sam. She guessed maybe the hat?
“Language!” Hazel said, lifting her leg to stomp a foot down on his shoulder in protest. Hazel thought she may never get used to the casual swearing of this generation of humans.
Ben only made another grumbling noise in acknowledgement, shaking her whole body up to the teeth again. He wondered how much of a bill she had run up on his credit card. Not that it mattered after the settlement, probably, but like the handicap parking it was the principle of it. Sam seemed to find excuses to buy all kinds of junk when it was his money.
Ben turned his body slowly away from the window and stopped flapping his shirt. The shirt breeze was replaced by the rustle of wind sweeping past his should as as he took long barefoot strides across the condo.
“Do you think they still want to go to the pool? That took longer than I thought it would.” Hazel asked him while peering over her shoulder at a clock on the wall in the kitchen.
She steadied herself, bending her knees slightly and swaying along with Ben as he walked. Her tail resumed swishing again, helping her keep her balance while he moved.
“Yea but would you and Cob really want to go down to the pool again?” Ben asked concern, sneaking a glance at her on his shoulder.
“I don’t love the idea of you just floating in a body of water that big or sitting on the ledge. One of those birds could get you.” Ben said ominously.
He walked over to his front door. On the wall next to it was a large monitor and several buttons. He pressed one button to buzz his sister into the building. She had his key and he didn’t need to do it, but pressing the button activated a camera that filled up the wall monitor with a view of the lobby.
Ben and Hazel saw her bounding up the flight of stairs in the lobby two at a time towards the elevators. She looked like the Grinch stealing Whoville’s Christmas presents in the night. 
“I could just get a big bowl and put some ice cubes in there for the two of you while Sam and I go down.” Ben offered thinking out loud.
Hazel’s annoyed expression returned. The idea of floating in one of his large, used popcorn bowls was more unappealing than continuing to sweat in the condo. Cob would probably love it though.
Ben unlocked the door while he spoke. Then he took a few steps back to rest his butt on the wide back of the sectional couch. The sectional took up most of the living room. He bought the biggest one they made so that Ben could lay on it fully outstretched wherever he wanted.
The movers who delivered it were expecting a place with lots of people or kids. Instead, they were shocked to see just one giant person on crutches who had to bend down so that he could see them under the top of the door frame. Ben couldn’t wait for them to finish and go. One of them was a big fan.
One half of the couch faced the tv while the other faced a wall of windows and the wide balcony after that. Ben crossed his arms over his chest, waiting on the back of the couch and facing the front door with the balcony behind him. He was trying to look as annoyed as he could muster. Hazel missed the breeze from his shirt. She hoped he may resume flapping his shirt to make it return.
“Thank you, but no I do not think I will be going popcorn swimming today. Do you not think that one of those large bags your sister is hauling up here contains some ingenious item that will allow Cob and I to fully enjoy the pool with the two of you.” Hazel asked with a sarcastic emphasis on “ingenious.”
Like the popcorn bowl idea she knew they often meant well. But Ben and Sam could often do or suggest things that were demeaning and patronizing for someone her age. It didn’t seem to bother Cob as much. Hopefully their tagging along and input helped Sam buy something that stood a chance of being useful.
If it wasn’t for Sam’s shopping trips, Ben’s new space would likely still be as empty and filled with echoes as when he first moved in. While Ben was annoyed by her spending, Hazel appreciated the clutter from Sam’s trips. Hazel loathes nothing more than clean, wide open spaces with nowhere to hide and no human objects to use for improvisation.
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End Pt 1
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greatgigintheskiess · 1 year ago
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G/t community!
Put all of your things down and take a look at this:
✨JARS✨
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That's it. That's the post.
Just jars :P
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ipilokko · 13 days ago
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I Dislike Redheads -32-
previous page // next page // first page
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mollie: ''Now play me some music or let's watch a movie''--''Or I'm breaking up with you''
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Thank you everyone for being so patient with me!
i hope you like this page and I hope you'll enjoy the next one too!
see you next page!
@torakan
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starsinthenigth · 2 months ago
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★g/t thought of the night★
— |★| A giant and tiny have been friends for quite a while now, and in fact- they are pretty content with each other, with the tiny showing no sign of fear when they are around their giant pal. All is good. Though one thing is that, whenever the giant tries to make any sort of physical contact with the tiny, they always squeal and still with surprise, which is something that may concern the giant- putting them in thought that their little friend isn't as comfortable as they thought they'd be with them. One thing that don't seem to consider though, is that the reason as to why the tiny always flinches when they give them the slightest of prods and such, is because their freezing cold hands and touch are too much for their little friend to handle.
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demonicfreakish · 11 months ago
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| Shadow of Me | :Creature Concepts: Pt.1
Small update collection of some of the finished concepts of the creatures found in our headworld. Some of these are the lore/designs my husband Abaddon/Obsega(ObsidianAssassin) came up with. And some are mine. But we both did the writing on them all and developed their lore. I will tell a bit about them but not a lot. Most of their lore can be found on my Patreon~
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Staggsguld - "term used for referring to the sun deer"
These creatures mainly feed on nectar from various flowers they find in Chreshera. But during high noon in the scarlet fields they will freeze themselves and open their membrane hoods to soak up the sun's rays for more sustenance. Sometimes you can catch whole herds standing still like statues doing this. Some males that live long enough for their crystalline horns to grow so large they begin to twist around themselves like trees. Even grow moss on them. This creature is also the flagship creature of our lore.
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Chimerah - "term used for referring to the shade-toothed panther"
Though large and bulky these creatures are as silent as the chill of a cold voided room... Even the Staggsguld cannot hear them coming. The only chance you have at some hint of their presence is the prickling sensation you feel as all the hairs on your body stand up. Obligate carnivores in nature, their bodies made up of different animal parts. That most of which are from snake, feline, ursidae, and draconic. Like most if not all creatures in Chreshera they give off a soft bioluminescence. But they can fade, even turn this off, when hunting their prey...
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Piquies - "term used for referring to the guinea hog sauropod."
These creatures are large in size but not nearly as large as the cows of our lore. Though being the pork in our world they still hold a lot of use rather than just as food to feed various cultures. They also serve as hearty steeds or as pack holders for weary travelers. Not much bigger than a Clydesdale horse these small creatures toddle along but aren't very speedy due to their robust stature. They mostly chew on various grasses and tubers for their sustenance but when farmed its more preferred to feed them a rich diet of various fruits and veggies for a more sweet meaty taste. Though be wary the small ones like to bunt your legs if you are not paying attention to them.
Those are just a few of the creatures from our lore, when we finish more I will likely make another post like this one. If you want to see more and our work in progress on this world and the story they hail from- Check my Patreon for more~ (Oh and we have started on the lore book to our world- the Penumbraverse/Penumbra Universe) Check the link below for more:
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My Borrowed Son | 27 | Strangers Like Me
Chapter Twenty-Seven | Strangers Like Me
Parker was in awe of the place he saw. This place was so strange and yet he knew it was a house. An aroma that smelled sweet and familiar lingered in the air and only got stronger as the four of them approached the structure.
Parker’s mind was completely numb. No part of him felt real. He felt like a helium balloon, floating along and merely existing. Every sense was taking in information, but processing it was another story.
As they approached, Parker noticed two other small children who were smaller and younger than him outside of the structure. It sounded like the two of them were talking – well, one was talking, and the other was babbling simple phrases.
It wasn’t until they were a few feet away that they instinctively stopped and turned toward the approaching group. The oldest of the two’s eyes were wide and he quickly took the younger by the hand and guided her inside. There was some kind of commotion inside and, a few seconds later, two more adults, one man and one woman who looked a little older than the man they walked outside of the structure. Their expressions told Parker everything he needed to know about seeing him with the others.
They were apprehensive, completely uneasy, and shocked into silence at seeing him.
Parker’s step faltered and he stopped dead in his tracks. He never considered himself a shy person, but too much had happened all at once and was making him retreat into himself. His body trembled as he pulled the cloak given to him by the man further over his shoulders.
This made the man stop and glance over at Parker.
“You’re alright. It’s going to be okay, kid,” said the man. The same instinct Parker had experienced all his life that raised when he sensed his mom coming or when he fell from a great distance wasn’t giving him any red flags. Usually, the hair would raise on the back of his neck or something inside him would be screaming to run away.
That was not the case here.
In fact, there was something homey about what was happening.
It was familiar.
Parker swallowed, his throat feeling like sandpaper from getting sick earlier, and followed behind the man.
The woman ushered the other two teens into the home, giving Kit a harsh stare, before her features softened as she looked back to Parker. The man did the same thing as Finnick and Kit passed, saying something along the lines of, “We’ll talk about this later,” as Kit crossed the threshold.
The woman exhaled slowly as though to calm herself down before stepping forward toward Parker. The young teen noticed she had a prosthetic leg, which seemed unfathomable. How could she have a prosthetic leg and not be human? How did she get the supplies for it? It looked 3D printed after all.
“Parker, sweetie, come on inside. I’m sure you have some questions,” said the woman as she turned on her heel and vanished inside the house. The man with her followed shortly behind after giving the man who helped Parker a stern look.
Parker wasn’t sure why, but he got the impression that there was something uneasy and unspoken between the group and the stranger. Regardless, Parker drifted along through the door and into the home. He immediately noticed so many odds and ends that were hung from the walls.
The items ranged from ones he actually used to help build his own space to creative alternatives for everyday items. Things like thumbtacks in the walls for coats and bags and twist ties for hinges on the doors. There was a cork in the corner with a paperclip in the back which made the thing look like a stool or chair and this was just the hallway.
The number of things in the kitchen and living area alone that looked like they had been fashioned out of the most obscure items and turned out okay. One of the things Parker noticed was a bundle of blankets in the corner that looked like it had been made from yarn. There were trinkets hanging in the air and cut paper dolls and origami creations that looked to be made from old gum wrappers.
The idea of using trash to decorate was an odd one to Parker, but the actual execution looked rather enchanting and homey. This was just one of so many things all around that he recognized for their actual use but appreciated its reused purpose.
What on earth is happening? This place is fascinating. They reuse everyday items to make new things and use them for something else entirely. That matchbox is a cabinet and drawers. This other one is a sofa.
Parker absentmindedly stepped into the kitchen and suddenly found himself sitting at the kitchen table with a thimble full of something that smelled like tea in front of him. The man who was in the house was sitting at the head of a table made of cards while the woman continued to bustle about the kitchen, snagging more “cups” of tea for everyone else.
Finnick, the older teen, sat next to his father at a diagonal from Parker while the girl, Kit, leaned against the door facing with her arms crossed as tightly as a twisty pretzel. The other two were in the living area. It was clear the older one was meant to watch over the youngest but was failing miserably because every few seconds the youngest managed to charge into the kitchen in pursuit of her mother.
The other man stayed leaned up against the kitchen counter as the woman sat down across from Parker. With her lack of movement, everything finally fell still in the house.
The tension was tangible, but Parker had no idea how to even begin. What did he ask? Did he have the right to leave? Was he being kept here? Were all of these people delusional and calling themselves “Borrowers?” Or was that actually what they were?
Was that what he was?
“Well, Parker, I’m sure you have a lot of questions. You can take your time if you’d like. We’re happy to answer anything,” said the woman. “I… suppose introductions are in order. I’m Mira, and this is my husband Toulouse. Our eldest is Finnick and our daughter, whom I’ve been told you met last night, is Sprokit. Our other son is Reed and our youngest is Dove. We’ve been living here for many years and, well… hearing about your arrival certainly sparked some discussion.”
Parker looked at the man in the corner. He pulled the cloak further over his shoulders and swallowed again. The smell of the tea was appealing, but Parker’s insides felt like they could turn for the worst at any moment.
“And… him?”
The man glanced up at Parker, keeping his arms folded loosely, before sighing heftily.
“Kers. I moved here with you and your mom.”
Parker recited the names a few times in his mind, but he knew they wouldn’t stick. He felt like his mind was frozen in time back when he first entered the walls, and it would take nothing short of an ice chisel to get information through his brain at the moment.
“R-right…”
“Parker, do…”
“You… said you’ve known me for a while, but what does that mean?” Parker asked, interrupting Finnick as he began speaking. Parker wanted desperately for them to stay quiet and let him process the information in front of him, but that was a pipe dream at this point. It was obvious they wanted to help and wouldn’t relent until they thought he was satisfied with their answers.
They looked over at Kers, as did Parker, and waited for the answer.
“I said it before, I was hidden. I found your home a little over four years ago and decided to live there and make sure you were okay,” said Kers. He sounded exhausted, but truthful.
But it still didn’t make sense to Parker.
“W-what? What does that even mean? Okay? Okay from what?” Parker heard Kit scoff before she piped up from her spot in the doorway.
“Oh, please,” she said exasperatedly. “Okay from the human. He was making sure you were safe from the human.”
“Sprokit!” scolded Toulouse firmly, making Parker jump slightly. Kit rolled her eyes and rolled her lips together to form a thin line on her face. The father sighed and nodded. “She means the woman you call ‘mom’.”
The woman I call “mom?”
Those words echoed hollowly in Parker’s mind. It made him bristle that these people were calling his mom “the woman,” reducing everything she did for him all of his life to two simple words that didn’t do her justice.
It also felt like a punch in the gut. “The woman” he knew as his mom wasn’t actually that thing. A mom was a woman who gave birth to you. A mom wouldn’t lie to you. A mom helped and protected as well as provided for you. A mom loved you.
Parker felt his insides swirl again and he coughed a little as his body lurched. Thankfully, nothing came up, but it did make Parker feel sicker by the second.
“B…but…”
“Parker, it’s okay. I’m sorry. We’re just not used to talking to a Borrower who has been seen and talked to a human before. Old habits die hard,” apologized Mira as she leaned forward onto the table and smiled while catching Parker’s eye.
That word is what helped snap Parker out of his stupor.
Now feeling completely detached, the questions started coming in clearer for Parker. Though still numb and waiting for something to break through his frozen mind, Parker’s questions started manifesting, and he wasn’t about to let them slip away.
“That… word… Borrower… what is it?” asked Parker. Sympathetic glances flashed from every set of eyes to one another before turning back to Parker. Mira looked visibly shaken and upset, but she still mustered a smile for the young teen.
“Well, that’s what we are. We’re Borrowers. We borrow things that humans won’t miss in order to survive. Little things like sugar, bread, pins, cloth, ribbons, and anything else we might find useful,” Mira replied.
“We usually don’t see other Borrowers often, but we all live by a code in order to keep ourselves safe,” Finnick chimed in as he too leaned forward in his chair. “It’s rare for so many Borrowers to be living together under the same roof since it’s more likely a human will notice things going missing.”
“What about those two who come to visit?” interjected Reed as he began dragging the youngest, Dove, back to the living room. “They said they come from a massive group.”
“Rey and Hero probably live in that abandoned house down by the creek. I can’t imagine they live in a human’s house, especially with a big group. You saw their clothes. Definitely Outies,” dismissed Finnick.
“Outies?” echoed Parker. Toulouse nodded.
“Yes, Borrowers are usually ‘Innies’ or ‘Outies,’ meaning where they live; either inside a house or outside in the wilds,” replied the father of four.
Parker had to physically rest his head on the table to keep from vomiting again. The entire room as spinning faster and faster, making the teen see stars, and his action quieted them for a minute while he regained his bearings.
When he did, he dared to take a sip of the tea Mira gave him just to quench his parched throat. It was soothing and made him feel a little less sick. The sweetness definitely helped add to the taste too.
“So… y-you… you’re saying… there are just… massive groups? Or… rather… small clusters of groups of B… Bor-row…” Parker couldn’t get the word out, but his meaning was understood.
“Yes, that’s correct,” replied Toulouse.
“Th-then… why haven’t I heard of you? Why isn’t it on the internet? W-why… h-how does n-no one know about you?” asked Parker.
“About us you mean,” grumbled Kit. Mira snapped her fingers harshly at her daughter and gave her a warning stare before turning back to Parker. The palpable tension dissipated after a few moments in intense silence, followed by the eldest son clearing his throat.
“Because of the rules,” Finnick replied. Parker’s blank expression prompted further explanation. This threw Parker for a loop.
“Rule? There are… rules?” Parker asked aloud unintentionally.
“Yes, quite a few of them. There are three we Borrowers generally abide by in order to keep ourselves safe.” The way Toulouse explained reminded Parker of how his mom would explain things to him. It was slow and simple, broken into multiple parts to make it easier for him to process the information.
“The first rule is to never be seen by a human because it is dangerous for you and for all of Borrower kind. The second rule flows into the first which is you must move if you think you’ve been seen. It’s for your protection, even if you weren’t seen. The last rule is to never talk to humans. If they know we’re sentient, they’ll only try and get answers out of us.”
Parker listened to the father’s explanation and something in his mind flashed. It was quick, like a lightbulb memory, but he remembered hearing those rules once before, along with the reason why. Slowly, Parker said, “Because… they’ll treat you like a… pet….”
The inquisitive glances the family members gave one another told Parker he had said something correctly.
“That’s right,” said Reed as he popped back into the kitchen to retrieve Dove once again. “You’ll get thrown in a cage and they’ll throw away the key. You’ll never be seen or heard from again, and that’ll be the exposure of Borrower kind.” Parker twisted around in the chair and glanced at the younger kid as he flashed a smile and, snagging his little sister under the armpits, hoisted her up and waddled back to the living room.
Parker’s vision blackened around the edges, and he once again needed to rest his head on the table. A cold sweat covered his body. Regret filled him as he realized he was probably soaking Kers’ cloak through with his perspiration. The family of Borrowers waited patiently for Parker’s recovery as they awaited his next question.
But his mind was running wild.
Everything and nothing made sense.
This had to be a dream, right?
Parker pinched himself under the table hard along the outside of his thigh, but the trick didn’t work, and he was met with five pairs of eyes staring at him expectantly. One thought was something he clung to, however, and he hoped in this moment to possibly disprove everything they just said.
“But… my mom… she said it was a genetic condition. She said I have Parvi Homunculi Syndrome. It’s just a rare condition. Are… you sure you don’t just have that?” Mira must’ve heard the desperation in Parker’s voice because her features filled once again sympathetically.
“I… I know how weird it must sound,” said Mira. She brushed her hair to the side and sighed before clasping her hands together and resting them on the table. “But we’re Borrowers. We’re different than humans for a number of different reasons, despite how similar we might look.”
“Differences?” Parker barely uttered the word, fearing the sip of tea he just had was going to churn his insides and reappear.
“Yeah, differences. We have instincts that humans don’t have. Our vision is better in the dark. We have great balance and land on our feet; well, most of the time,” Finnick stated.
“Tell us, Parker, have you ever experiences anything like that? Sensing something before it happened? Feeling the tremors in the ground as a human walks around when they’re rooms away? Finding curious places to hide? Or feeling the need to hide when you sense something coming?” asked Toulouse. “Haven’t you ever fallen from up high and landed safely on the ground? The instinct or need to reuse or create? What about walking around here in the walls? Didn’t you notice how well you could see in such low light?”
His scenarios made Parker’s blood run cold.
Every single one of those things he mentioned was something Parker had experienced. He had always attributed those things to his condition.
So… my condition… it’s a lie?
Well… not a lie…
I do have a condition….
I’m a Borrower.
Everything they’re saying makes sense. How would they know about everything if they hadn’t experienced it themselves? They don’t know about my climbing and falling habits. They don’t know about the things I’ve invented. They couldn’t have known about my senses unless they had it too.
Mira’s face softened and she quickly pushed herself to her feet and retrieved a single square of toilet paper, tearing off a side and gently pushing it over toward Parker. It was only now he realized warm, salty tears were soaking his face. The tears glided down his cheeks and puddled at his chin before dripping onto his shirt.
His entire body shook like a leaf in a windstorm as he numbly snagged the piece of toilet paper and hid his face away. Breathing was a chore, and the few breaths he sucked in wracked his body with sobs.
Over and over, he asked himself why?
Why him?
Why was this happening?
How many Borrowers were out there? Surely there had to be some reference to them specifically out there in the world.
How could an entire race of people just be completely unnoticed like this family?
The thoughts that followed only made Parker’s sobs double him over.
How long had his mom known about him and not said anything?
Why was he just finding all of this out now?
Why had his mom lied to him?
Didn’t she love him?
Why didn’t she just tell him the truth?
Parker wasn’t sure how long he stayed hunched over smashing the now soggy piece of toilet paper to his face, but he did suddenly notice a pressure on his hand that wasn’t there before. Not like he cared. Everything was spiraling out of control and off of the edge of a cliff. What was one more thing?
Eyes red and dry despite the moist tears, Parker blinked away the blur and finally realized the pressure on his hand was Mira. She had reached forward and gently clasped his hand in her own. Parker felt the urge to resist but couldn’t tear himself away from the comfort the pressure of her hand gave. Her motherly instincts were right.
All Parker wanted right now was a hug… but from whom?
His mom?
Someone his own size?
Even now, the thought of someone being able to wrap their arms around him and him being able to do the same was unfathomable.
As his breathing calmed, Parker felt a new emotion boiling in his belly, and it quickly consumed him.
Anger.
Frustrated anger and distrust filled him like magma filling a volcano. He felt ready to burst at any moment, but he wasn’t about to leave now.
He needed to know more about these strangers like him. He needed to know more. His desire for knowledge fueled by the fact he had been deceived for his entire life hardened his features and cleared the darkness away from the corners of his eyes.
“Parker, I know this is a lot for you all at once,” said Mira, noticing the teen’s change in demeanor. “But…”
“Please…” said Parker, his voice cracking. The teenager was barely able to keep from falling apart as he sat there on that cork bottle chair. “Just… tell me what you can… about Borrowers? About what happens when… Borrowers are seen? What happens? And…. About me… and my….” Parker’s voice trailed off as he suddenly had trouble saying the word “mom.”
Toulouse sighed and leaned heavily onto the table and said, “Parker, are you sure?”
Parker nodded and squeezed Mira’s hand.
“Yes,” he said definitively. “Please.”
It took a few hours, but Toulouse and his family began telling Parker what he needed to know. They told him about how Borrowers had managed to keep themselves secret because of the rules and how they’ve had narrow misses in the past. They talked about how they went about creating their home and the balance Borrowers needed to live in secret with their human counterparts.
What really made Parker’s blood boil was the stories about what happened to Borrowers in the stories where the were caught.
Some were thrown in cages until they were rescued. Others managed to trick their ways out of their containment and away from their human captors. The one that hurt Parker the most was the ones that were treated as evolved pets.
Evolved pets had little homes they lived in with electricity and water. Repurposed doll houses were usually the container used rather than a cage with traditional bars – just like what Parker lived in.
Borrowers experienced isolation and every little thing was always taken care of. No need to borrow because food was always on the table. No need to climb because you’re carried everywhere. No need to go outside because entertainment is brought to you. The purpose of a Borrower was to go out and survive, not be taken care of at the whim of a human.
It was the exact existence Parker had been living.
It made his insides churn to think that his mom had been treating him like a pet for practically all of his life.
“Alright, that’s enough for today,” said Kers, chiming in after hours of silence. He had remained practically emotionless and silent for most of the time while Toulouse and his family helped “educate” Parker in the ways of a Borrower. The family opened their mouths to object, but Kers beat them to it. “Parker has been gone for a while, and I’m sure his mom is worried sick about him being missing. She’s bound to have noticed by now. You don’t want her looking for him, do you?”
The question shut down any arguments the family might’ve had. Despite Parker’s reservations in returning, he sighed and pushed himself to his feet.
“Um… thank you… really. I…” Parker stammered over his words as he thought about everything he just learned.
“You don’t need to thank us, Parker. Just, keep yourself safe,” said Mira.
“And, if you don’t mind, keep your knowledge about this place and my family close to your chest. I apologize again on behalf of my daughter. We should’ve made it clearer that she wasn’t supposed to act rashly when it came to your… situation,” said Toulouse.
“Thanks. I… can probably do that,” said Parker. His head swirled dangerously fast with his first step, but thankfully Kers was by his side and guided Parker safely toward the door. The older Borrower watched the younger cautiously while Parker paid him no mind.
Parker’s mind was far from him. There were too many other things going on to be concerned about revealing the family’s home. With a final farewell, Parker and Kers left the house and headed back down the route they came.
The two Borrowers were completely silent for the majority of the trek, leaving Parker to fester and dwell in his own thoughts.
It wasn’t until they were by the wall at a familiar stretch that Kers physically stopped moving forward and turned to face Parker. There was something in his expression that was sorrowful and uneasy, but also determined. It reminded Parker of the look Toulouse gave him a few times.
Fatherly.
It was a new look and took the teen by surprise.
“Parker, I know this is not how any of us wanted things to go,” said Kers. “But I want you to know that I’m sorry. It was never my intention to help keep this truth from you. I… had actually planned on talking to your mom today to figure out how to talk to you.”
Parker wasn’t sure if he was buying it, but Kers continued.
“I know you’re going through a lot, and I know I have no right to ask this of you, but listen to me and don’t do anything rash,” said Kers.
Parker bristled at the words.
“Rash? You don’t want me to be rash?! You knew. You watched for years and let me believe…” Parker took a breath as his fury reared its head again. “You let me believe I was human. You and that woman both.”
Kers stiffened as he heard that word. The last thing he wanted to do was make an enemy out of Parker, but Kers needed to make a few things clear to Parker. Attempting to diffuse the situation, he kept his voice calm and low.
“Parker, that woman is still your mom. She loves you and only wants the best for you. Believe me. I’ve seen it every day for years. I don’t think she would intentionally hurt you. I don’t know why she didn’t say anything, but it can’t have been easy when your differences are so obvious,” said Kers firmly.
Parker jerked his head away as he looked down at the corner of a nearby beam.
“She lied.”
“I know, and that’s not the best look. Still, Parker, trust me on this. She loves you. Regardless of everything else, she loves you,” emphasized Kers.
“She treated me like a pet. How… can I trust someone who would lie to me so easily for so long?” The words spilled out of Parker like water leaking from a sponge. He felt like he couldn’t absorb another thing and his words were now just spilling out.
“No, she didn’t. She treated you like her son. Coming from a family who used to have pets, I can see where taking care of a kid and taking care of a pet are almost the same thing,” pointed out Kers.
“But…”
“Listen, Parker. Don’t do anything rash. Think about everything you’ve just learned and don’t act emotionally. That’ll only hurt more,” advised Kers. “Sit and think about everything. I’ll be back later tonight to check on you if you’d like.”
Parker nodded numbly, but the adult’s words simply added to the puddle that was his thoughts. Kers finished walking Parker to his room and, with a reassuring pat on his shoulder, left the teen to go back to the world he knew.
As Parker jumped back through the electrical cover and climbed the stairs to his little house, he suddenly realized he was still wearing Kers’ cloak. The heavy fabric had been draped over his shoulders the entire walk back, and Kers must’ve thought Parker needed it more.
It felt like a hug from behind, and the warmth of the fabric kept Parker’s shaking at bay.
The teen made it back into his room and into his space with every intention of resting in his bed until dinner. The words he wanted to say were locked somewhere in his brain. He just needed time to muddle through.
It was what he saw in his kitchen as he entered the little house that instantly changed his mind.
Parker noticed a massive plate with cut apples just sitting there. Before, this would have been an enjoyable treat. Now, however, all Parker saw was those videos on his social media where some tasty treat was delivered on a platter to none other than the family pet.
Something about seeing that plate snapped something in his mind.
You’re just a pet to her.
It was a bold, hateful thought that spawned out of nowhere in his mind, fueled only by recent events.
Despite Kers’ warning, he wanted to know the answers.
He wanted to know why his mom hadn’t told him anything and everything she knew about him.
Another, greater part of him hoped that everything he just heard was a lie. He wanted it to be untrue. He wanted Kers and Toulouse and Mira and Finnick and Reed and Kit all to be lying to his face to abduct him into the walls.
Parker spun on his heel and marched back down the stairs and dared to climb the steps all the way down to the kitchen where he heard his mom… that woman… working away. Trembling in his shoes, Parker finally made it to ground level and came around the corner. The urge to vomit as he saw her filled him, which contrasted greatly with the expression on her face as she saw him.
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Amanda had been pacing the floor for what felt like hours. She had practically torn the house upside down trying to find her son, Parker. After their little disagreement this morning and the fear eating her alive, she couldn’t find him.
His room?
Not there.
Living area?
Not there.
Bathroom?
Nowhere to be seen.
Kitchen?
Nope.
She had cut up some apples in the hopes of luring him out and to make sure he had a little something to eat if he was still upset with her, but to no avail.
She hoped that he hadn’t done something foolish or decided to go into the walls and got hurt. It was an idea she should have supported, but was afraid to.
It was clear now more than ever that she needed to talk to Parker about everything, and now she finally had the words to do so. The moment she found him, she would tell him everything. It was long overdue, but it was time.
If only she could find him!
Now, after she was about to start calling and shouting, there he was.
Parker came out from around the corner and relief immediately flooded over her. She rushed over and knelt, which made Parker flinch and shy away. Struck by the odd interaction, Amanda glanced over him and immediately noticed his appearance.
Parker looked drained. He had obviously been crying and looked ill. What really caught her off guard was what he had draped over his shoulders. It looked like some kind of cloak, but it was way too big for him. Brown, frayed, and torn, this thing obviously didn’t come from anything either of them had made.
There was time to ask questions later.
Right now, she was relieved beyond words that Parker was here.
“Parker! I’m so glad you’re here. I was worried sick. Where were you? Are you okay? Sweetie, I’m so sorry about earlier. I don’t know what came over me. I should’ve…”
“You should’ve what?” interrupted Parker, something that wasn’t like him. Amanda, caught off guard, felt her heart clench as she met her son’s eyes. There was something in them that she registered immediately.
Hurt.
Pain.
Anger.
Frustration.
Desperation.
Before she could say anything, Parker continued.
“How long?”
Those two words shook Amanda to her bones.
No. What?
“H-how long? How long what?”
“How long have you known I’m not your son?”
The words hung in the air. Like a dense fog, Amanda suddenly felt lost. Tendrils of tension clutched her chest.
No… I’ve run out of time. I’m too late.
Amanda’s throat clenched. She knew this conversation was going to happen, but not like this. She looked into Parker’s soft brown eyes and saw he was clinging onto the last threads of hope. It was part of that desperation she saw earlier.
And she had no lifeline to give him.
“Well?!” Parker’s voice cracked as tears welled up in his eyes. He looked to be on the verge of collapse.
Amanda bit back her own emotions as they constricted her throat. A bottomless void opened in Amanda’s heart.
“Parker… you are my son. I’ve always been your mom,” said Amanda. Parker couldn’t believe what he was hearing. Was she serious? Or was she lying. The tether he thought he was receiving was just within grasp. Maybe this was all just a bad dream.
Her next words shattered him.
“But I’m not your only mom. Someone… some beautiful, wonderful woman gave birth to you.” Amanda’s cheeks were etched with tears at this point. With the last bit of her strength, she choked out, “I love you, Parker, as if you came from me… but you’re right. You are not mine.”
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stupidgtblog · 1 year ago
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Random G/T thought number 6... or 7 idk
(this is more of a g/t scenario buttt I'm not changing the title.)
I like the concept of a giant being such an ass they don't talk to anyone and the normal-sized people just think "Oh it's a beast of course it doesn't talk blah blah" and like when the "giant-saving-tiny" trope happens and tiny is like "..Thank you-" and the giant, being an ass, probably cuts them off and says something like "Shut up."
Now tiny is like "You can talk? You just were choosing not to talk to me this whole time?! Seriously!?"
giant has anger problems (bc of course they do) and goes on a rant- "Maybe I don't want to talk to you! Maybe you all hate me whether I speak or not! Maybe I should've left you there to die, so I wouldn't have to deal with this!"
Obviously, due to being vulnerable and scared, tiny is now crying. Giant (despite how much they don't show it) feels absolutely awful. They hesitate, and apologize. They put their hand out. "Sorry. Really. I shouldn't have done that, it was mean - just... please, please stop crying. You must be terrified-"
tiny then leans into their hand, calming down, also getting giant to calm down (and maybe gasp at the sudden contact... maybe blush a little?! >:] )
yeahhh and then they kiss mwahmwahmwahmwah
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welcometomylittlelife · 7 months ago
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Hey Parker! I did some more drawings of you! Also I was wondering what your favorite hobby is?
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Best wishes, Zel
Hey @gtzel!
Woah haha nice! I wish I were that tall, but you definitely got my hair right. It's always been an unruly mess ever since I was a kid apparently. You should've seen some of the first haircuts my mom gave me 🤣
Anyway! Thanks a lot. You're seriously so talented. How long does it take you to draw stuff like this? It would take me a year and it still wouldn't look that good. Buildings I can do. People? Not so much lol
As for my favorite hobby, I do like writing a lot. Gaming doesn't really count as a hobby (at least according to my mom). I also like exploring and climbing. It's a bit tricky and dangerous, but I had this dream once when I was a kid about being a world famous explorer and finding all sorts of new worlds since no one else could really get to them.
Fun, yeah?
Anyway! Thanks again. You seriously rock!
So long! Parker
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thefanciestborrower · 2 years ago
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Just a spoonful of sugar <3
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sizebrained · 3 months ago
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Movie Night of Big Feelings, Part 3
Ben and Hazel talk more after his admission.
CW: Adult themes, language, fluff, angst.
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Ben was awake, but his were still closed as he felt himself in his body. He took a few deep breaths through his nose and stretched. As he moved he realized that he had fallen asleep on the floor, leaning against the couch's arm. Ben opened his eyes and looked for Hazel. She was asleep and curled up in a tiny ball on the couch arm a few inches from his face. He smiled. Ben never got to be the one who woke up first. He watched her sleeping. He could just make out her chest rising and falling as she breathed. It was slight but noticeable. He wanted to touch her again. He wanted to feel her skin against his. He wanted to cradle her against his body. He wanted her to not be so small...so he could do more.
But he wondered...Would she be the same person he fell in love with if she was human sized? How different would she be? Would they have even ever met each other?
She would have probably died a long time before he'd even been born if she was born as a human instead of whatever she was...
He stopped thinking about that. Ben slowly and carefully stood up as quietly as he possibly could so she'd stay asleep. He made his way over to the kitchen and started cooking. He wanted to surprise her with breakfast.
He decided on making her egg in a hole. He'd learned it from her a while ago and that it was her favorite rather than the heavier, sausage filled version he had first made with her so long ago as their first breakfast togther.
He carefully cut holes out of the center of bread slices and dropped in eggs. He sprinkled some salt and cheese on top and slowly slid a baking sheet of them into the oven. She couldn't finish one, but he would need half a dozen at least. Plus, he never knew when his sister and Cob would pop in these days. Sam could eat just as much as him when she was hungry. Better safe than sorry, he thought as he used almost a whole loaf and two baking sheets. As he waited, he went back over to the couch and gently sat down on the cushion closest to her still sleeping form. Her tail had curled around her body as she slept. It made her look like a cat. A very, very tiny one. It made him wonder what she'd look like with fluffy triangle ears on the top of her head.
He'd probably still think she was hot...He stopped thinking about that too. He brought a hand up, level with the couch arm's edge. His palm was flat. He lowered his other hand very delicately and slowly. Using only the tips of his fingers of that hand, he gently gripped on all sides. Ben picked her up like a prize inside an arcade claw machine and placed her on his hand. He was holding his breath the whole time as if that'd keep her from waking. He had a habit of doing that when he was focused. He finally exhaled as she stayed asleep. He looked at her little curled form in the center of his big open palm.
She felt like a warm, fuzzy little rock. He curled his fingers around her lightly and brought it up to his chest. It was enough and it wasn't enough at the same time. After a few minutes of holding her like this, he felt her start to rustle in his hand. He figured she must be slowly waking up.
He felt something against his finger. Ben realized she had kissed one. His heart thumped harder. He brought his hand up to his face. He twisted his forearm at the elbow so his flat, open palm would line up with his face. His fingers uncurled just below his chin, revealing Hazel. She was lying there on one side, her face resting against a bent arm. She looked up at him and smiled. He smiled back at her. Hazel's tail swished slowly behind her brushing lightly against the side of his hand as it did. "Hey." Hazel said up to him softly. She looked happy. But there was something in her eyes, like she was keeping some kind of secret or inside joke between them. "Hey yourself." Ben said down to her. She was so beautiful and small. Feeling far more reassured than he normally would after last night, he extended a finger with his other hand.
Ben lowered it towards her until it lightly pressed against her head and slid it down the length of her. Tracing her body in a gentle stroke. Hazel pushed up into it with a satisfied sigh and rolled onto her back still looking at him. "Oh please do not do that..." Hazel asked. She didn't sound angry or upset. It was a shaky warning. Like she wanted him to do more, but was resisting temptation. "Why not?" Ben whispered. "You know why not darling. It feels too good..." She answered stretching her arms over her head and unintentionally grinding her backside into his palm. "I...We...need more time before we cross that threshold..." She answered, curling back up onto her side. "God then don't do that..." Ben said biting his bottom lip. That part of her body felt squishy against his palm. He liked it. He definitely wanted her to do that again. She realized her error, but as he mentioned it, it did feel good to press into him. She wanted to do it again too. She wanted to touch him and do more, but she had far more willpower.
Hazel had a smirk on her face. "Well I am the one at a disadvantage here. Waking up in the clutches of my giant human captor like this." She teased. Her one arm was crossed over her body, the palm and fingers pressed into the broad expanse of Ben's. She gently pressed down and slid her fingers along it. The lines and grooves of him made her finger bump along as she drew her fingers across his palm. She wondered if Ben could feel it. Ben could feel her, but just barely. When she touched him so lightly he struggled to notice it. Her fingers were so tiny. He imagined it felt the same as if he brushed one of his eyelashes across his palm.
But he liked it too. It made him have to focus only on that tiny sensation, making everything else fall away. "Ok giant…maybe…But I'm not your captor! I wouldn't..." Ben objected. "I know. I know. You sweet darling...I am just teasing. You are truly a gentleman..." She stroked his palm in big hard strokes to reassure him like he was a skittish horse. Ben felt relieved. He also felt so privileged that she was this comfortable with him. He tried to take in every slight movement and detail of her. It was very much like torture at the same time. A drop of water when he needed a gulp. Ben felt like he was standing on a cliff edge. It felt dangerous to stay there. He knew he needed to either back away or jump into the water below. Staying at the edge was awful. Especially when he could feel a force pulling at him to leap. He wondered if she felt it too. "Are you cooking?" Hazel asked curiously as the smell of it filled his place. "Yeah. I made you egg in a hole." Ben answered smiling so wide his teeth were showing. Hazel laughed in surprise. "You really are the charmer!" She added while tracing invisible circles in his palm feeling the grooves. "No...I just know it's your favorite so..." Ben trailed off watching her before pushing a little. "How long do you? Do we need? Before..." He asked gently. "I know how I feel and what I want..." He insisted. "I know you think you do. But trust me. You could change your mind..." She said without looking up at him.
Her eyes were drilling into his palm to avoid looking at him. Hazel knew she'd have a harder time staying vague if she saw his green eyes while she spoke about this.
"No. I won't. And I do. I just want you Hazel." Ben brought his other hand up and curled a finger in, pressing the back of his knuckle into her back lightly.
"But you may change your mind. You're so much bigger than me it makes things...difficult." She pressed her forehead into his palm as she spoke. "I can be gentle...I just want you." Ben insisted.
He wished she was bigger but there was nothing he could do about that fact. He'd take what he could get.
She knew he was gentle, surprisingly so. Especially over the past year he'd gotten even better at being delicate and mindful with her. "Ok...just...wait...I promise it will not be long...I just need to think." Hazel pleaded feeling her willpower slip. Even at his gentlest, she knew he'd be far more overwhelming than Mary ever could have been. Hazel thought of her one time with Mary. Doing that with Ben did scare her a little. He was so much bigger and stronger, she couldn't help but want it on a very primal level. She felt the back of his finger cover her whole back as she considered. It felt nice. She looked up at him to see his big, bright green eyes waiting for her. She knew then that it wouldn't be that long before she gave in. But for now she still had some time. "I think you should check the oven." Hazel said as she smelled something burning. Ben smelled it too and stood up carrying her over with him in his palm. He grabbed a towel and flipped the oven door open pulling out the sheet. They were a little crispy at the edges but still edible. He held her over as they both surveyed the sheet of them. "Sorry..." Ben said. Hazel sat up in his palm, her hands resting behind her under straightened arms. She gave him a disapproving look, head tilted one eyebrow raised. "Right..." Ben said knowing he shouldn't have apologized. "It looks lovely. Can you make some tea as well?" She asked. Ben nodded and lowered his hand to the counter to set her down. She rolled off his palm and stood up stretching again. She watched as he turned around to make her some tea. Hazel crossed her arms and bit her lips staring at his ass. She knew what she wanted, and had for some time. It was easy. At least, it was easy to know that she was in love with him. It was harder to say it out loud.
Saying it would change everything.
Giving herself away like that to a human was like diving into the middle of the ocean. It was a choice that she could never recover from completely. Even now, she could still feel Mary sometimes. But she wanted to dive in. Desperately. Despite everything her reasoning mind was telling her, she wanted to swim in him. To maybe even drown in him.
But for now, at least they could share a meal. And some tea. *** End Part 3
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