#have you seen some of the pictures of this guy

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Eddie's "Hey man." gets completely ignored when he answers the phone, which isn't entirely unusual, considering the man on the other end.

"I need you to talk me off a ledge."

Tommy sounds like he's gone three rounds already, and that's entirely possible. At this point, he's got the same steps as Buck does any time he feels like flying off the handle: phone a friend, and then another friend, and then talk to Buck about it. Eddie always likes it best when they just fucking talk to each other, but he can see the wisdom in asking for advice first. They're both reactive fucks who love each other way too much to be rational face to face, sometimes.

"Am I qualified to give advice on this subject, or is this gonna be another Spare Key Fiasco?"

Tommy chuffs from the other end of the phone. He still hates that Eddie had had a front row seat to that freakout.

"It wasn't a spare, Eddie, I had it specifically made for -."

"Yeah, that's my bad, dude, stop taking every opportunity to change the subject. What's up, man?"

There's a noise Eddie recognizes vaguely as the breathing exercises Buck had been explaining to him a few months ago. They both use them - Buck to prevent the leap to anger and defensiveness, Tommy to prevent... whatever his reactive habits are. The pair of them have been surprisingly light on details, since they got back together. Well. Surprising that Buck hasn't word vomited all of Tommy's idiosyncrasies, at some point.

It's going on a year since he's seen Tommy in person, but he can picture the exact curmudgeonly expression he's probably pulling right now. "I bought a ring, last week."

Only about a month behind Buck. They're getting better about the whole pacing thing. Eddie's been sworn to secrecy, so this is gonna be a fucking minefield to navigate.

"That's great, man. When are you gonna ask him?" Buck has a spreadsheet already. Two, actually, if you're counting the Worst Case Scenario tab Eddie'd caught a peek at when Buck shared his screen instead of ending the video call they'd been on.

That's going in the speech whether Buck likes it or not.

"You remember that ledge I was talking about?"

Of course. Of course that's what he's worried about. Of course Eddie's been dialed in to either talk him down or throw out a rope and wrangle his ass off a cliff side.

Man's stolen helicopters, evaded military and FBI and earned medals for his reckless bravery, and yet the idea of settling down with a man he loves more than the entire world and flying is rattling him enough to need backup.

"Who was your first call?"

Tommy's huff is fairly telling. Sal, then. Eddie's only met him once and he wasn't his biggest fan, but Buck loves the guy. Says sitting between the two old friends is better than watching a UFC match. He's got weird priorities, Buck does.

("They're so mean, Eddie, you'd think they were mortal enemies, but Deluca, like, gets Tommy. Do you think he'll help me with the contingency plan?")

From what Eddie can remember, they'd only reconnected about six months ago, but they'd fallen back into their aggressively combative friendship easily, according to Buck. Eddie's of the opinion that Tommy reached out to Sal Deluca specifically to combat Buck's intense positivity when he finally cottoned on to the fact that Buck considered himself a permanent fixture in Tommy's life.

"Sal told me to woman up. And swap the ring out for a leash."

Yeah. Eddie's not sold on Sal Deluca. Considering they're most likely gonna have to plan some sort of joint bachelor party across state lines sometime over the course of the next year, Eddie's going to have to woman up himself.

"Not to make everything even worse than Deluca, but what the hell are you hoping I can help with? My only proposal came about three days after the pee stick showed two lines."

Tommy blows out a breath. Not the breathing exercises, this time. Eddie can almost see the hand he's dragging down his face, nose folding and bouncing back when the hand gets to his mouth and hangs there, for a moment. "I've proposed before," he murmurs.

Well. There that is. Eddie had definitely forgotten about that little hiccup.

"I mean, it's not like you're gonna propose, sit on it for a few years, and then decide you actually don't like dick, right?"

"Your support is overwhelming," he deadpans, and the line goes quiet. For about forty seconds, Eddie stares at the time on the call tic up and up. "But no, that's not the issue."

"No offense, buddy, but I have no idea what the issue is. He's gonna say yes. It's gonna be great. He'll cry for like an hour and then for a few weeks he'll tell every random stranger he meets that his fiance is a pilot for the LAFD." If Tommy swears him to secrecy, too, he's gonna have to get creative. See if he can coordinate a joint proposal without either one of them cottoning on.

"You ever been gun shy before?" Tommy asks, in that roundabout way he has of trying to explain the thoughts inside his own head.

He tried. He failed. He hurt someone. He doesn't want to do it again.

"Yeah, but like - besides the fact that you're attracted to and in love with Buck, they're...very different people." He'd only met Abby once. Hadn't particularly cared for her, on account of the whole leaving his best friend in limbo for months, and the Making His Best Friend Act More Out Of Pocket Than Usual At A Scene.

"Both with amazing hair, though," Tommy jokes, and then groans. "I'm going to gouge my eyeballs out with a teaspoon."

"Yeah, don't do that. You think Evan Buckley's going to decipher that as 'Lets get hitched'?"

"I resent the idea that you think that I'd use those words."

"Apologies. You gonna quote a movie he's never seen?"

"It's easy to recycle when he thinks they're all my witty rejoinders."

"He knows when you're quoting something. Tommy, your whole body vibrates, and you get this deranged smile. You are many things, my friend, but subtle is not one of them."

Christ, Tommy has a type. Drawn to whatever asshole can slice him to the bone while keeping up with his brand of sardonic banter. Eddie doesn't enjoy the new knowledge that he's basically the Buck-adjacent version of Deluca.

How the hell had he ended up with the human equivalent of a socially anxious Great Dane?

There's an easy solution here. Is it a violation of the bro code to tell Tommy to just sit on it? Carry the ring around everywhere and wait til the time is right? That's not a hint, is it?

"You're trying to distract me," Tommy observes. "What do you know?"

"I know that despite the fact that the two of you could fill Michigan Stadium with your insecurities and diametrically opposed capital I issues, this is gonna work itself out in a really good way."

"Eddie."

"Tommy."

"He already bought the ring, didn't he?" There's his typical bemused sigh whenever Buck does something that he, personally, finds adorably annoying. Annoyingly adorable. Something. Eddie doesn't know; he still doesn't quite get them. They work, and that's all that really matters, at the end of the day.

Sometimes they work because Eddie, Maddie, and Sal Deluca, for some reason, can offer the right support and the right advice at the right time.

"For legal and personal reasons I'm invoking my right to remain silent."

"Are the personal reasons to do with wanting your ankles intact?"

"I might take a vow of silence, actually."

Tommy's quiet for a long, long time. Long enough that Eddie has to check and make sure the asshole hasn't hung up on him.

"Is his plan going to cause any permanent damage to county property? We've both got priors." Stealing government property, evading police and military, technically domestic terrorism. All wiped from their records because they both have main character syndrome, so exactly zero actual prior offenses.

"I don't recall saying anything about a plan."

"That vow sure has legs to stand on," Tommy muses, and Eddie has to fight the urge to blow a raspberry.

"You can ask one yes or no question that I retain the right to not answer. If it'll help you walk yourself back off that ledge."

Tommy takes long enough forming the question that Eddie gets through three of the syllabuses Chris' school is requiring him to confirm he's read. He hates this damn school, but Chris loves it.

"Should I start carrying the ring with me everywhere, or can I assume Evan will at least make it clear we have plans, when he decides he's ready?"

That's not a yes or no question.

"That's not a yes or no question."

"Should the ring be on my person at all times, yes or no?" Eddie can't tell if he's throwing the bitchy tone in for a laugh, or because he's actually annoyed. For all Eddie knows, he could still be a little prickly about the fact that he's having to seek out the competition for advice on his love life. Buck says they're over that, but sometimes Eddie's not sure.

Sometimes Buck still encourages him to lean into it a bit because apparently "The sex is mind-blowingly hot, Eddie."

"You'll probably be fine without it at work," Eddie hedges.

"Probably is not a yes or a no."

"I never told you how I was gonna answer."

Eddie hates that he knows Buck's gonna get laid tonight on the back of Tommy's frustration with Eddie.

"So. How's that cliff looking, from over there?"

Tommy's put-upon sigh is edging on overkill. "What cliff? It's plains and valleys from here."

Eddie's well aware that Tommy can dig himself trenches a mile deep just to have a ledge to jump from. He has a good feeling about this, though.

"Let him romance you, for once, dude."

That shouldn't be such a polarizing statement, for the man who's been desperate to be loved almost as much as Evan Buckley himself, but Tommy has a nasty fucking habit of shooting himself in the foot whenever Buck makes it a point to take care of Tommy back.

Tommy groans. "None of this makes it to the speech."

"Yeah, it's absolutely going in the speech, man."

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Ascendant/ Rising in Hehe (200002) Persona Chart

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𓆝.ᐟ By Signs & Degrees

༺ Aries, 1°, 13°, 25° ༻

Your Relationship and mostly marriage can look quite passionate, quite fiery as well. You can perhaps look very good looking together, you can also look like you are very similar to each other. You can have a similar energy and you can so seem to be a very dynamic and energetic couple. A couple that is busy and does a lot of things together. You can also want to be seen as a couple that can argue often, you can in fact show off your conflicts and arguments to the public often, but you can also desire to portray your marriage as a strong one this way.

༺ Taurus, 2°, 14°, 26° ༻

You can show tour marriage as a very stable one, perhaps you could have a desire to show off how comfortable and stable you are in it. You could portray as a very simple yet happy couple, and you could also want to show off your happiness, how life being simple can be very happy sometimes. You could also show to others your romance, sweet things you do for each other, but also some sweet and tender gestures. You could often for example show off your dates, where you are going together, etc. You could also show off the gifts and what you offer to each other. But others can sometimes see this relationship as shallow or materialistic.

༺ Gemini, 3°, 15°, 27° ༻

You could show your marriage to others as a couple that is very talkative, a couple that connects deep together, and not just like that but on a much more deeper level. You can seem like the kind of couple that is intellectual, smart, and you could also be seen as the funny couple, the one that people want to connect to. But you could also show different sides of your relationship this way. Sometimes you can show your marriage as an intellectual one, another time as a funny one, etc. You guys have a very deep connection for sure, and it's something you want others to see about you. You could also be so close you could connect telephonically. Looking similar to each other such as "twins" can be a thing here.

༺ Cancer, 4°, 16°, 28° ༻

You could have a desire to show your marriage's emotional side and connection. You could show to people the softness you have for each other, a marriage in which you have so much love and care for each other, people think it is a sweet connection. You want to be seen as the cute couple everyone wants to be. But you guys could have a connection here where people think "wow they were made for each other, they love each other so much". You could yourself want to show off your soft spot for your spouse. You could def look very in love but also very soft specially for your spouse. This can be the kind of thing here where you can be a normal person but people know for your spouse, you are extra soft and gentle.

༺ Leo, 5°, 17°, 29° ༻

You can be the kind of couple that likes to show off about their relationship and marriage lol. You could like to show your marriage as the perfect one, the goal one. You can in fact show off in many ways, meaning social medias, to people you talk to, even to yourself you could think "truly we have the perfect marriage". Perhaps it is, but some people could be jealous on how you portray it. Otherwise, the kind of couple who is very generous, charismatic, and you can even look quite charming but open and warm. It feels very nice and welcoming to hang out with you too. You'll at least want people to see you this way. The popular couple.

༺ Virgo, 6°, 18° ༻

You'll want to show off in your marriage the dedication you guys have for each other. All the hard work, constant improvements as well. You'll want people to know it may not be perfect, but you guys trying to make it work makes it perfect. You could want to portray your marriage as a perfect one sometimes. You'll also just want people to see how you personally improved and changed for the better in this relationship, how healthy it is and for both of you. You could want people to see you guys are good and healthy for each other. You could portray a quite cold and detached spouse too on the other hand, a spouse that is logical and knows when to not show off their marriage. You could also love to help others and gives advices to people together.

༺ Libra, 7°, 19° ༻

The beautiful couple, the couple that always looks good, presentable, the couple that cares a lot about how people view them and think of them. This can be the kind of marriage that often seems to have it all and wants to be seen as perfect. A lot of the people who had it worked hard to portray their marriage as the most romantic and beautiful one, even if you find out after it's just a facade. Tho this means you'll show off your romance, your love story, your love you have for each other, etc. Every sweet things you do for each other. You could also just want people to romanticize and idolize your relationship. You'll also want to be seen as the fair couple, a couple that respects each other a lot.

༺ Scorpio, 8°, 20° ༻

The mysterious couple, a couple that looks very private and mysterious, the one who doesn't want people to sneak in. You could want people to not know much in fact about your relationship, you could want them to wonder in fact. You could be very private but this means you could be the kind of person to enjoy when people are curious about you. But you want to keep them guessing. You want people to see there is something deep in your connection, s3xual tension, but you also want people to see your relationship as one that isn't normal. You want people to see it as complex and hard to understand in fact.

༺ Sagittarius, 9°, 21° ༻

You could portray your marriage as a very unique one, perhaps you want people to see how different yet alike you both are. You could want to be seen as a very mature, intelligent, but nice and cool couple you are. You want people to think you are interesting, you also want people to think you are a different couple. You could portray your marriage as an entertaining one, you want people to think you are such an interesting and funny couple. You could also want people to think you are a very deep couple who share a deep bond. Perhaps a religious or spiritual couple. The kind of couple who just enjoys to be together, learn a lot from each other and are happy with the simple things.

༺ Capricorn, 10°, 22° ༻

You could portray your marriage as a very cold one, perhaps a coupe that is very busy and does not show love much or pda in public so much. You may be more reserved about your relationship, but you could simply not want others to mess around too much. You may think the less you show off, the more happier you'll be. Your marriage will look like a stable and serious one, the one that makes people think "they look like they are gonna last". The one marriage that never breaks up or divorce. A couple that looks classy, a couple that looks so good together, an expensive couple.

༺ Aquarius 11°, 23° ༻

The kind of couple who looks like they are more friends than lovers lol, you want people to see your relationship is based on a true connection and not only love. You may so want people to see you are so close, you are also best friends. Otherwise you could portray your marriage as a unique and unconventional one. You could enjoy knowing you and your Spouse looks not like the other couples, and standing out is something you may like here. You could be the kind of couple who is taboo free, the one who has no shame and talk about anything to anyone together. You could also want people to think you do not care one single bit about what people think of you... except you kinda do lol.

༺ Pisces, 12°, 24° ༻

The kind of couple who can seem very shy, the one who loves to stay together. You can often seem with your Spouse like a couple that shares a very deep bond, very religious or spiritual, and you may want others to notice it too. You don't think your connection is a simple one, you think you stand out as if you were truly meant for each other. You want people to see you as soulmates, made for each other. You could also have the desire to show off the care, the love you have for each other, so often you want to be perceived as the kind, loving and caring couple, the gentle one as well. But you could also want people to romanticize your relationship. But also the self less couple, the couple that loves to gives advices and help others, the couple that has a lot of empathy.

𓆝.ᐟ By Rulers in Houses

-` Rulers ´- ｡˚ Sun: Leo ｡˚ Moon: Cancer ｡˚ Mercury: Gemini & Virgo ｡˚ Venus: Taurus & Libra ｡˚ Mars: Aries ｡˚ Jupiter: Sagittarius ｡˚ Saturn: Capricorn ｡˚ Uranus: Aquarius ｡˚ Neptune: Pisces ｡˚ Pluto: Scorpio

𓆝.ᐟ Example: If you have Libra Rising, the Ruler is Venus and check where Venus is in your Hehe Persona Chart.

༺ Ruler in the 1H ༻

You could present your relationship as an outstanding couple, the kind of spouses that are seen, noticed, you could also look "hot" or very good together. People could think you are the kind of couple where you are very similar, dressing very much alike.

༺ Ruler in the 2H ༻

You could present your relationship as a good looking one, looking very good in it, you could also want to be seen as respectable people, a couple that is also expensive, or just who are very confident, who own things, and in some cases who can have money.

༺ Ruler in the 3H ༻

You could present your relationship as a smart one, a couple that knows a lot of things, that are very curious, a couple that does a lot of things, have a lot of hobbies, a couple that is open to learn or discover a lot of things. The kind of couple who is nice and welcoming.

༺ Ruler in the 4H ༻

You could present yourself to other people in a very sweet way as a couple, a very sweet couple, a couple who is a family, who are family vibe, you could present yourself as parents, stable couple, a traditional couple.

༺ Ruler in the 5H ༻

This can be the very good looking couple, the sweet couple, the couple that looks so fun and humorous. You could also want others to see you as very romantic, very sweet to each other, a couple that are in love and love to show it off.

༺ Ruler in the 6H ༻

You could present yourself to others as a very simple couple, a couple that loves to spend time together, a couple that have a routine and stability together. You could enjoy being perceived as a simple couple, even if it can sound boring, because it makes you appear as safe and secure kind of couple.

༺ Ruler in the 7H ༻

You could want others to see you as a couple who is very in love, a romantic couple, the kind of couple who had a fairy tale kind of romance. You could love others to know you love each other. You could also have a desire for others to romanticize or admire your relationship. Moreover, you could want people to see you as an attractive couple.

༺ Ruler in the 8H ༻

The very hot couple, the couple that looks very mysterious, you could often want to appear with your Spouse as people who do not speak so much, kinda reserved but you wonder often what they are. You can also look like a very passionate and intense couple.

༺ Ruler in the 9H ༻

You could want others to see you as a couple who is spontaneous, different, a unique couple, a smart couple, a marriage where people just do whatever they want, a worry less couple, stress free, a couple who travels a lot.

༺ Ruler in the 10H ༻

The couple that works hard, perhaps even work together, but a couple that are seen, noticed, popular also. You can often want to appear as a couple who search for attention, you could so want to appear very good looking to others, a couple who own things as well. You could enjoy being noticed together by others.

༺ Ruler in the 11H ༻

You could often appear to others as a couple who have a strong connection, a unique couple, a couple that is spontaneous, that is smart, a couple that are also friends. You could also want to be seen as an open couple, a couple who is just very nice and non judging.

༺ Ruler in the 12H ༻

You could want others to see you both as a private couple, a couple who don't share things easily. You could want for other people to see your relationship as a dreamy romance, a fairytale, you want others to also see you both as very in love, and very sweet together.

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pairing 𖦹 precrash!lottie matthews x fem!reader headcanons summary 𖦹 every soccer player needs her support photographer an 𖦹 i didn't waste my money on art school to not write this (this is for all my photo nerds)

꩜ before you start dating you were just trying to take decent action shots for yearbook, but for some reason your lens keeps finding her. she's mid-kick, sweaty and flushed, and its perhaps the most perfect thing you've ever seen. lottie notices, you're not as subtle as you think, she meets your gaze though the lens one day and smiles, at you.

꩜ you don't notice you're stupidly head over heels for her until you find yourself sketching her. not on purpose— just small doodles in your notes as you let your film develop. or the time she talks to you when you're not out taking pictures, saying "I like the way you look when you're not hiding behind the camera." fuck, you like the yellowjacket's midfielder who happens to be dominating all your film.

꩜ you both find random reasons to talk to each other, opposite interests or not. lottie will find you in the dark room to return a lens shield you accidentally left behind on the bleachers. she'll end up talking to you for 45 minutes instead, your drying prints long forgotten. or you pull her aside claiming you need more portraits for the athlete section. you drag her to the art hallway to take photos, but end up sharing mixtapes and laughing for an hour. the next time you see her she casually mentions liking one of the songs you shared, you die.

꩜ you tried to keep it a secret, but its so painfully obvious. both your friends and her know something is up. you wear her letterman jacket way too often, she has your film canister keychain on her backpack.

꩜ when you guys actually date after long mutual pining, the rest of her friends tease her for having a 'personal paparazzi', and lottie just grins as if its the best thing she has ever heard.

꩜ you love to teach her about photography, and she loves to learn. one day you're teaching her how to load film, guiding her hands. she smells like cinnamon and grass, and you're just trying to explain the mechanism but you always fumble or just crack.

꩜ you call it 'hanging out' when you go to the darkroom together, but you're definitely making out in there. you've gotten so good at making it sound like you're talking about ISO or shutter speed when the sound of someone walks by.

꩜ you love to snap a photo of her before every game, for luck.

꩜ when they win, lottie immediately runs to you, picking you up and spinning you. the team calls it 'photographer privilege'.

꩜ leaving little film photos in her game bag, jacket or locker with notes on the back before games— stuff like '#5 looks so cute today' or 'win or lose, im still kissing you after'. she won't admit it, but it helps her improve dramatically.

꩜ lottie lovessss to steal your camera and says "your turn", taking photos of you. you groan, pretend to hate it— but melt when she gives you prints later or showers you in compliments. she won't let herself be the muse every time, even the artist deserves admiring.

꩜ she panics when you cry about your critique on your portfolio. but she'll hold you so gently, whispering that no one sees people the way you do. you panic whenever she gets injured in a game, you sprint from the sidelines— camera long forgotten— before the coach can even react.

꩜ she knows your favourite film stock. your favourite camera brand. she loves to buy you the newest camera, no matter the price. she assure you with kisses when you complain about the price, feeling guilty but "your talent is priceless" she always says.

꩜ in return you make her photo books/collage books for her. photos of her, of you one dates, and small souvenirs from such. long hand written letter on the back of photos— decorated with pressed flowers.

nsfw꩜ .ᐟ you'll take photos of her in her most vulnerable state— and she lets you. they drive you wild, your little secret, pieces of heaven for only you to see. they're like holy relics to you.

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Connor Bedard and Fraser Minten; through the years - a primer

before we get into it i wanna say that @tor16 and i have been working on this primer and compiling as much as we could over the course of a couple months so we could have everything in one place. we tried our best to link our sources to everything also to double as an archive for them. ok thats it thank you go nuts!

Connor Bedard and Fraser Minten met in the spring of 2017. Fraser was 13 Connor was 12. 

“First time meeting Connor (around spring 2017) I was 13 and I remember he came out to a skate with my spring hockey team,” Minten told the Tribune in a text conversation. “Everyone was young at that age and didn’t really pay attention to who’s who or what’s really happening. Just go out on the ice and have a blast with your friends. So Connor was just another body. But I distinctly remember, right away we were doing this 1-on-1 battle drill out of the corner, and Connor went up against our best player, first rep, and the way he was able to stick-handle around him and then finish it off was insane. He made our best player look silly.”

Fraser studied his shot and stick-handling the entire time they practiced.

“The creative plays he was making just didn’t happen at that age. I would try and shoot as quick as him in my rep and the puck would barely get off the ice.”

He mentioned seeing Connor out on the ice with NHL players like Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Matthew Barzal and thinking he was “just as good if not better than them.” 

"He was shooting the puck just as good if not better than those guys. And that was probably when I realized it was pretty world-class, that release."

Fraser has talked a lot about noticing how skilled Connor was even when they were still so young, how he always expected to see him succeed. 

“I ended up on the ice with him a lot over the next spring/summer as I started going to the North Shore winter club … and every day (my friends and I) would go there, Connor would be on the ice. It seemed that he was always there before we arrived and was still on the ice as we were leaving. Whether it be specifically practicing one-timers, doing shootouts for hours or just gliding around flicking pucks around, talking about different scenarios, he just simply loved being on the ice and playing around and the joy he got from it seemed inexhaustible. By the time I got to play with him for the first time the following year at West Van, I was not surprised at all at the level he was playing at. I’d seen him make goalies years older than him look like sieves, scoring crazy releases that kids that age didn’t even think about. He knew how to get defenders to put their stick exactly where he needed them and then slip it under, go around them and the puck was through the goalie’s five-hole before they had even set for the shot.”

The next year they were teammates for West Van Warriors and became good friends. 

“He never treated you like he was way better than you, even though he was, and wouldn’t get frustrated with you when you would make mistakes. This made it really easy to learn from him and made playing with him so much fun.” 

According to their coach, Minten learned a lot from playing with him. 

“He identified he had one of the best shooters on the planet in Connor Bedard on his team. He said, ‘I’m going to have the courage to stay as close to Connor in shooting practice as I can’.”

Some pictures of them from their West Van era (both from Minten’s instagram)

This would pay off, because the two of them led the team in shooting percentage that year.

Their stats during their time playing together.

You can see them playing together here, Connor is wearing #98 and Fraser is #16. 

Connor was given exceptional status to play in the WHL despite being a year younger, he was drafted to the Regina Pats and Minten was drafted to the Kamloops Blazers. Despite no longer being teammates, they still kept in touch and remained friends. 

Minten was asked about Connor Bedard before he was set out to play against him in the Regina vs Blazers game in Kamloops.

“Yeah he’s one of my good friends back home, great guy, excited to play against him.” Q: Have you talked to him about what it’s like to go through this media frenzy? “No, I haven’t really talked to him about it. I’m sure he’d rather just not hear about it for once. I think it’s pretty crazy for him, it probably feels a little surreal at times–he’s just trying to play hockey and have some fun and he gets a lot of attention for sure.” Q: What do you think it would be like to be in his shoes? “Yeah it’d be tough I bet. It’s pretty hard to deal with the outside noise when you’ve got that much of it all the time but if there’s a guy who can deal with it well, it would be him.”

Even during the off seasons, they spend a lot of time together training, skating, and even doing inline hockey. In a media availability in 2024, Minten talks about how often they see each other in the summers and that they’re still pretty close. 

Q: How much are you still in touch with Connor Bedard?  “Yeah I still talk to him quite a bit, I mean in the summer we get to see each other almost every day training, so hopefully get to go say hi to him after this.”

Some pictures of them together during the offseason. training pics from their trainer's website.

This is a post from the inline hockey league they competed in, and this is a video from one of the summer tournaments they played in together. 

They also like to interact with each other on instagram so here are some of their replies on each other's posts:

During the NHL draft in 2022, Connor Bedard, who was slated to be the first-overall pick for the 2023 draft, flew out to Montreal to watch the draft. 

Coincidentally, this year was also the year that Fraser Minten got drafted to the Leafs. The draft happened on July 7, 2022, just two days after Minten’s birthday. According to this tweet, he had arrived at Montreal on his birthday, and would be rooming with Connor Bedard. 

“I remember before our bantam season, he wasn’t even really projected to get drafted into the WHL,” says the 17-year-old Bedard, who helped Canada advance to Saturday’s final at the world junior hockey championship at Rogers Place. “He put up, like, 70 points or something like that, so I knew he was going to be the steal of the draft. To see him going as high as he did to Toronto, one of the biggest franchises — he was pumped. It was really cool for me to see that.” “He was obviously a big help in my career,” Minten says of Bedard, “from playing with him and just learning so much from being by his side, and watching how hard he works every day and how much he gives to the game ... So, it was really cool for him to be there and it was really good for him, as well, getting a bit of a look at what it’s like in person prior to (his draft year).”

When asked about the pressure Connor was facing as the projected first overall pick, Fraser also said:

“I don’t think he worries about that stuff at all,” Minten says. “For him, it’s just about playing the game. He just loves the game, and everything that comes with it is a bonus for him. I don’t think he’s worried at all about what other people say … I think, by the end, he’ll be right where everyone hopes he is.”

Also worth highlighting that this is the title of the article all of these quotes come from:

Another fun fact about the 2022 draft; Chicago gave Toronto the pick that they used for Minten.

In a trade with Chicago, the Leafs traded Petr Mrazek and a first round pick (25th) in exchange for a second round pick (38th). The second round pick would turn out to be what the Leafs used to draft Fraser Minten. 

“And like Cowan, the Leafs were set on Minten. Though they were slated to pick at 25, they began to believe they could nab Minten later on. He was still on the board on day two at 38 after a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks allowed the Leafs to pick high in the second round.”

Also, just for the sake of including this somewhere, they also share an agent. 

The summer before the 2023-24 season began, the two of them lived together in Toronto for a few weeks. Why Connor was in Toronto is not actually known, but they’ve both brought this up multiple times—when they refer to living together, this is the time period they’re talking about. 

In this interview, Fraser gets asked about the phone calls he made after making the team and says he “... called my good buddies from junior teams and bantam midget teams I played with right away.”

According to this interview, Connor and Fraser exchanged messages of support for one another during training camp. Minten was also asked who was the better player when they were linemates in West Van: 

"Him, by a mile," Minten said. "By a mile. Hopefully we get to play against each other at some point."

After Minten made the Leafs roster, “his WHL pal Connor Bedard sent him a good luck message and said  “I hope I play against you”.”

The Leafs and Blackhawks played against each other on October 16th 2023, which was their first NHL game against one another. Connor was asked about playing against him for the first time:

“Of course you dream about it, once I got picked and we knew he was here of course—we actually lived together for a little bit this summer in Toronto, so we talked about it a bit there. I don’t know if you guys [in the media] expected him to make the team. In his mind, he expected to make the team, and I never expected anything less from him. The way he earned that spot, he showed everyone,” Bedard said. “Right when it was announced he made the team, we were fired up, talking about how it feels like yesterday we were playing on a line in bantam. It’s crazy how time flies. It’s really special.”

Minten was asked what he remembers from their days of playing together, if they ever talked about playing against each other at the NHL level:

“I don’t think we ever talked about that, obviously we both wanted that to happen—probably him more than me at that point, he probably thought it was more of a realistic possibility. But I remember he was just unreal, better than everybody and could score at will, and was also just a super humble and hardworking kid.”

Minten also got asked “how to stop him”, and said “he can do everything, so you just want to limit his space, time, and get the puck away from him.” 

Later in October, in response to a question about locker room arguments over CHL rivalries, Connor’s first example of another player who came up through the WHL was: “I grew up playing with Fraser Minten in Toronto, that’s pretty cool.”

In this interview, Minten gets asked: “I don't know how many people have asked you—probably a million—being Connor Bedards close friend and teammate, I'm assuming you're not surprised with what he's done since he left North Van, in the dub and in the NHL, probably not surprised at all?”

“No, no, not at all. He works harder than anybody else, like significantly. I think his teammates in Chicago would say the same thing. He's got a level of commitment and passion and dedication that is genuinely unmatched by some of the superstars in the NHL,  I think. I think we’ll continue to see him defy people’s expectations, and even if he doesn’t he’ll be doing everything he can to, so, I wouldn’t bet against him that’s for sure.”

In 2023, Fraser Minten was selected to be the captain for World Juniors and Connor sent him a congratulatory message. 

In this video with WJC Team Canada, in response to a question about the first time scouts started showing up at his games, Minten said: 

“I remember there started being a lot of guys in black jackets at games when I started playing with Connor. There would be lots of them because he was special—still is.”

In this Leafs TikTok where the prompt was to give a compliment to the person behind you, Minten points to his teammate’s jersey and says “best 98 out there.” Presumably a friendly chirp towards first overall 2023 draft pick Connor Bedard.

In this media availability from the Leafs-Blackhawks game in December 2024, Minten was asked what it was like to play against Connor again a year later. 

“Yeah it's awesome, anytime it’s the uh—you know, it's the NHL and we’re playing against each other. If you told us that when we were 13-14 we would’ve found it really cool, so it’s special for sure.”

Fraser Minten scored his second NHL goal against the Chicago Blackhawks later that day. 

(BONUS: Fraser usually has a crazy game when he plays against Connor. In the Pats vs Blazers game he was awarded second star for his 2 goals and 1 assist game, totaling 3 points in the Blazers 9-3 victory over the Pats. He scored his second NHL goal against the Blackhawks, helping Toronto win against Chicago 4-1. In 2025 after being recalled by the Bruins and playing vs the Blackhawks, despite a loss, he led the team in both SOG and shifts taken. Pasta went on to say that Minten’s line was the best line that night.)

After the trade to Boston, Minten spent a couple games playing in Providence before getting the call up to play for the Bruins, a couple days before the Bruins were set to play against the Blackhawks in Boston. There were no schedules the day before the game so they took the opportunity to get dinner together at Abe & Louie’s. 

“They had the opportunity to go out to dinner last night. And for Fraser Minten, he just got to town. Asked, where’d you decide to go, where’d you take him? He said ‘I googled steakhouse and some place– Abe something came up.’ I said, good choice! Abe & Louie’s!”

BONUS: idk where to put this bc for some reason I can’t find where this came from but here’s a picture of Minten wearing a Chicago Blackhawks hat from 2021 (also, somehow the only NHL teams that Minten follows on instagram are the Leafs (drafted to) the Bruins (traded to) the Canucks (vancouver kid) and the Blackhawks (???)

(same hat just backwards, from minten's instagram)

4/16/25 - this is all for now. this primer will be updated anytime something significant happens.

[thebluediner]

COACHELLA HEAT PART 3

explaination: this is written in a form of a tiktoker who comprised fan videos of billie and you at coachella to dissect it and give the interaction meaning. basically like the hailey bieber tiktok series ( that's my inspo)

warning: use of y/n

''hey guys, I definitely hesitated filming this video that's why it's a couple of days late but a lot of people have been messaging me privately asking for an update so here it is''' the creator greeted with a follow up explaination. her mood was sour you could just tell by her calm voice that was a foreign concept in her videos.

''day three started well. billie and y/n had no performance on schedule except for the party billie had planned to throw'' the tiktoker explained before a video showed up on screen.

a grainy video started playing. you and billie were sat on the couch right outside her trailer in comfortable clothing minding your own. you were munching on some kind of nutritious bar while billie had her arm balanced on the edge of the furniture piece supporting her face while looking at you. billie's mouth was moving telling something nobody could hear and your head nodded showing signs of being an active listener.

''that video was one of many shared by fans at the early times of the day. nothing was off everything ran smoothly. they were both pictured attending other musician's set together and sometimes with mutual friends''

another video started playing. your arm extended in reach of billie who was behind you. billie could be seen foolishly smiling before her hand reached yours. your arms interlaced as you started walking side by side heading somewhere.

later on in the day maybe before the times of the sunrise you were seen standing on the sides of kali uchis's set. one of billie's hand was snaked around your waist while yours around her shoulders. you both swayed side to side feeling the music. there was something about your presence that made billie forget about the camera's filming you and the number of eyes on you, to her you were the only one who mattered.

other videos featured you and billie conversing and laughing with fellow celebrities who didn't look suprised seeing the two of you back together. some captured the both of you taking countless pictures of each other and together.

''that how day 3 of coachella started. what we fans saw was two people who are clearly in love and are probably back together'' the woman shakes her head as the next couple of words hurt her before she even says them out loud.

''billie's party started maybe at about six pm. a lot of influencers , youtubers , models and celebrities were in attendance but majority was made up of the fans who obviously had their phones out and recording every second '''she says before taking a breath

''before i continue i'd like to mention that y/n isn't on stage with billie like the other public figures. the set up of the stage makes it possible for another area on the far side of the stage be restricted to certain people and that's were she was'' she explains using her hands to further explain what she means.

''so billie was on stage interacting with the fans and with her friends while music played to keep the entertainment of everybody, right. during the whole thing there's a moment where some girl hands billie a coca cola to which billie accepts and drinks'' the tiktoker licks her lips and takes a deep breath before she continues.

''how this happened nobody really knows because in the next couple of minutes billie and this girl start being handsy. a lot of fans report the girl being touchy with billie and that lead to them kissing on stage '' she confesses but then lets a couple of seconds pass in silence so her words can register.

''on a stage filled with almost everybody in the industry, fans and mostly her girlfriend billie is pictured kissing some other girl''

a clip of a video starts playing. the video is shaky due to the person probably dancing but it starts to steady when the person holding the camera questions what's happening on stage. some muttering questions about the closeness of billie and the girl is heard in the background. somebody in the video even asks if y/n can see this but before the video can even be flipped to you billie's lips are already latched to the other girls lips. the crowd around gasps in shock of the events. the girl who just kissed billie is seen smiling at billie right after.

'' that was the recording of billie and the girl circulating twitter right now but another one that is more famous is the reaction of y/n when she sees this''

another video a bit darker than the other one plays. y/n is firstly seen surrounded by her own friend singing and laughing with them at the other restricted side. somewhere along the lines of the party one of your friends tap your shoulder to point towards billie. your head swings back to look at her on stage. there she was with a girl all over her. billie's arms clutched on the girls arms her body leaning towards her too. at that moment the video captured your face.

your brows contorted to a frown being taken aback at the scene . when you seem to register the whole thing your big eyes appeared glossy with hurt. to say you trembled at the sight wouldn't be an exaggeration. in the video your friends grabbed you away from the party ,leaving immediately wanting to shield you from the sight.

''seeing that video of our girl looking that betrayed was the sole reason why i hesitated posting for a few days. this is more serious than we thought. a lot of people outside of pop culture will think this is just a normal relationship so cheating happens but no. billie and y/n have been dating for almost five years no matter if it's on and off they've never cheated on each other ''

a video clip of young billie and y/n sat around in billie's room started playing. it was daylight so the room was bright and the two teenagers layed on the bed. billie wanted to go live so that's exactly what she did. a question by the fans popped up asking what something they'd never be able to forgive in a relationship.

'' cheating '' y/n was the one who answered first mindlessly while her eyes till focused on her own screen.

it didn't catch billie off guard per say because she remembers how you've mentioned your hate for cheating. so, to hear you say it without thinking at all solidified how much you loathed it so she laughed and promised you she would never in her life do that to you. the same live that is now circulating the internet .

'' yeah guys i don't really know what to say. we didn't really see much of the two artist after that night. it was day 3 of coachella anyways so a lot of artists are going away until the second week of coachella'' the woman explains.

''the only other person we have a lead on is the girl that kissed billie. it didn't take long to find her social media accounts and as you know die hard fans don't play about their artists . what i can say right now is that she's being harrassed for answers and all that. so far none of them have said anything at all and its been two days since then so...''

the creators trails at a loss of words before she shrugs once more.

'' hopefully I''ll see you guys next time with another update , bye thanks for watching '' and the video goes blank .

a/n: how are we feeling ?

also there was a comment requesting the pov of billie or y/n and unfortunately I don't don't think so my love. the whole point of the serious is to watch drama unfold but never really knowinh what's happening behind the scenes so the only person you can depend on is this tiktoker.

but maybe maybe

[blueberrybirdsworld]

The Cat Distribution System 5/5

Summary:

When a stray kitten adopts Lando Norris, the self-proclaimed cat hater accidentally starts a soft-launch spiral with his secret girlfriend the ballerina Ariana Riverria.

Pairing : lando norris x original female character

Genre : Fluff, SMAU

Warning : none, just yeah the kitten will be different in some pictures

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5

CHAPTER FIVE :

@landonorris "She likes ballet and cats, I like girls with pink bows. Seems fair for me to fall in love of you 🤍🎀"

@oscarpiastri: okay FINE you guys are cute or whatever 🙄

@maxfewtrell: glad i don’t have to keep dodging questions anymore

@maxverstappen1: does this mean we can all talk about it now? asking for a friend

@charles_leclerc: finally. no more pretending i don’t recognize your cats 😂

@carlossainz55: happy for you, mate. and for the cat. looks like he's running the house 🐱

@pietra: i literally screamed

@pierregasly: really glad you two are out in the open now

@arianariverria: glad you came around, glad you waited, I love you to mon coeur 🧡

@catdadconfirmed: for real they are the cutest

@f1slowburn: wait… “glad you waited”? what do you MEAN. was this enemies to lovers?? did he mess it up at first?? i need context

@ballerinaxboosted: ok now i need to know what happened before this. why did he have to wait?? WHO LEFT WHO??

@gridoftenderness: oh this is some “wrong time, right person” energy and i am SOBBING

@softlaunched: “glad you came around ” is gonna haunt me for weeks. they better give us the how we met story soon or i’m writing it myself.

@arianariverria "And he said he hated cats 🐾"

@pietra: this might be my favorite post, you are perfect for each other ❤️

@alexandrastmleux: the perfect balance of grace and humor. you two make sense in a way that feels effortless 🫶🏻✨

@kikagomes: everything about this is so soft and real. happy for you both 🤍

@pierregasly: very glad you’ve tamed him. no one else could’ve

@maxverstappen1: finally. took you both long enough

@oscarpiastri: i was going to say something sarcastic but honestly this is sweet as hell. glad you posted it

@landonorris: well I like cats now but I love you even more 🧡

@chaoticpirouette: he’s SO GONEEEE 😭

@f1girlsunite: she pulled the man who got beat up by a kitten and turned him into boyfriend material. ICON.

@slowburnf1: "he said he hated cats" girl this is enemies-to-lovers pet edition

@balletxf1squad: i don’t think you guys understand the power of “i love you even more” from a man who used to flinch at commitment and cats 😭

@landoandariaupdates: this is the first time we’ve seen him say that out loud. publicly. fully. not a joke. not a tease. i’m emotional

@mcLarenhearts: this is what happens when you fall for someone who feels like home 🧡

📱@f1sleuths THREAD : Lando & Ariana — how long has this actually been going on? Because “glad you waited” says a LOT.

1. okay soooo after Lando posted and Ariana replied with that, I went digging. I’m not saying I cracked their relationship timeline but I cracked their relationship timeline.

2. Remember when Ariana randomly gained like 15K followers in December? Now scroll back to Lando’s Brazil trip during winter break, 11 months ago. Guess who was also tagged in background stories ? 👀

3. Also, Pietra and Max started commenting and liking Ariana’s posts exactly 11 months ago. Kika and Alexandra followed her a week later. All the girlfriends followed her right after the Brazil trip that wre organised with some drivers and their girlfriends, where Ariana must have been too.

4. But the wildest part? There’s an old pic floating around of Lando spotted leaving the Royal Opera House in London last December. It was Nutcracker season. Ariana danced the lead that month.

5. Which means — they’ve possibly been seeing each other before Brazil and then goes on couple holiday together with the group were she met the other drivers and girlfriends

6. But then around day 7 of the trip... Lando disappears from all group pics. No more candid tags. Other couples still doing beach days, dinners, pool shots. Lando? Gone. And Ariana’s not in the rest of the trip either 👀

7. Which begs the question: what happened? Because right after that: Lando posts a cryptic IG story: "Sometimes space is the kindest thing you can give someone.” Ariana goes totally radio silent. No ballet pics. No stories. No updates. No public sightings for weeks.

8. So maybe there was a shift. A fight? A misstep? Maybe she got overwhelmed. Maybe he messed something up. Maybe they both did.

But the point is — they separated, then go back together after he waited for her.

@gridromantics: this went from soft launch to literary drama. the slow burn. the waiting. i’m crying.

@f1archivegirl: so it was Nutcracker > Brazil trip with the crew > soft separation> reconciliation > the kitten > hard launch? that’s the arc???

@charliespurrlog: and don’t forget—Lando’s entire vibe changed 11 months ago. man started journaling, reading, wearing calm colors. the girlfriend effect is real.

@danielricciardoteapage: also… HE STARTED LIKING BALLET CONTENT. ON HIS PUBLIC ACCOUNT. WE HAVE SCREENSHOTS.

📱@balletxf1archive THREAD: so can we talk about how the Brazil photos that just resurfaced basically confirm Ariana and Lando were already a full-on couple 11 months ago??? not “talking,” not “flirting”—a whole relationship.

@catdadconfirmed: they were already gone for each other. we were the ones late to the party 🥲

@mcLarenmutuals: it’s wild how Lando looks exactly like a man in love in all these pics and we STILL missed it for 11 months

@slowburnsofties: "not flirting, not a situationship — a relationship" YUP. and she meant every word when she said "glad you waited"

@gridromantics: people talk about the girlfriend effect like it’s about aesthetics but honestly? he just looked happier in Brazil

@heartonsleeveera: I know they’ve never posted an anniversary date but if they don’t celebrate it in December I’ll riot

The glow from Ariana’s phone screen was the only light in their quiet Monaco apartment. She was curled up on the couch in one of Lando’s hoodies, legs tucked under her, Charlie asleep at her feet. Lando walked out from the kitchen with two mugs of tea, pausing when he noticed the look on her face — soft, distant, maybe a little sad.

He placed the mug next to her. “You okay?”

She blinked, glanced up at him, then tilted the phone so he could see.

“Someone made another thread,” she said quietly. “About us. Brazil. The pictures.”

Lando settled beside her, his arm brushing against hers as he read over the thread. Blurry beach photos. Grainy candid shots. Theories. Timelines. A caption that said:

“They weren’t flirting. They were already each other’s.”

And then:

“Imagine loving someone that much, losing them, and still choosing them again.”

He exhaled slowly. “They’re not wrong.”

Ariana didn’t say anything for a long moment. She set her phone face-down and picked at the sleeve of the hoodie she wore. Her voice came quieter than usual.

“We almost didn’t make it.”

He looked at her, heart tightening at the truth in her words — not as regret, but remembrance. Because they had come so close to walking away.

“I know,” he said softly. “And it was my fault. I was stupid. Too proud. Too used to running when things felt hard.”

She shook her head. “It wasn’t just you. I shut down. I pushed you away.”

“You had a reason to,” he said. “I should’ve shown up for you better. But I meant it, Ari — I would’ve done anything to get you back”

That made her let out a soft laugh through her nose, but there were tears in her eyes now — not the heavy kind, just the full kind. Full of everything that had been held back, then let go.

“I hoped you would,” she admitted. Her voice cracked a little. “I hoped you’d fight for me. I told myself I’d be fine either way, but I wasn’t. Not really.”

Lando leaned in, pressing his forehead gently to hers.

“I would’ve followed you to every ballet in Europe if you hadn’t picked up my calls,” he whispered. “I would’ve sat front row until you looked at me again.”

Her breath hitched — part laugh, part sob. She reached up and touched his cheek.

“You’re such a softie now,” she whispered.

He smiled. “You made me soft. And really good at apologizing.”

She kissed him, slow and quiet, like she was still processing the weight of all they’d made it through. When they pulled apart, Lando nudged her nose with his.

“We messed up,” he said, “but we didn’t give up.”

She nodded, resting her head against his shoulder as he wrapped his arm around her, fingers lacing with hers. Charlie stirred at their feet, mewed softly, then promptly rolled over and continued sleeping.

Ariana looked down at him, then back at Lando.

“You, me, and the catS,” she said with a small smile. “We turned out okay.”

He kissed the top of her head. “We turned out better than okay.”

@landonorris "Pics from our first date. The moment I knew I was falling for you. Happy 1 year, my love 🤍"

@arianariverria: How was I supposed to not fall for the boy who brought me flowers on first date? I love you too 🤍

@oscarpiastri: Okay but this is actually disgustingly sweet, I’m happy for you or whatever 🫠

@maxfewtrell: He went from cat-hater to flower-bringer in 12 months. love really is a personality shift.

@carlossainz55: One year already? Bro… you’re soft now. I like it.

@pietragoncalves: AND THE BOY KEPT SHOWING UP. proud of you two 💛

@landoinlove: who gave him the right to be this soft???? literally a flower boy now 😭

@gridgossipgirl: “the moment I knew I was falling for you”??? yeah I’m crying in the club

@charliesfavhuman: Lando: I hate cats and romance Also Lando: posts anniversary love letter with a bouquet in frame 🧡

@carbonfiberhearts: oh so we were watching a love story and didn’t know it yet. I feel betrayed and blessed at the same time.

@balletbunfiles: he took her to see Monet on the first date??? meanwhile I’m dating men who think “romantic” is sharing their fries

@F1wagsupreme: this post just proved Ariana wasn’t a rebound or a crush. this man planned a real date with flowers and art 😭

@mclarencore: it’s giving ‘boyfriend of the year’ and I’m not even mad

@w14tears: Happy for them but also deeply unwell

@gridgirlfriendenergy: I love how everyone thought they were just flirty when this man was fully in love on date one

That morning, tucked away from the buzz of the internet, things were quieter. Softer.

Lando stood in the kitchen barefoot, while Ariana leaned against the counter next to him, half-asleep, nursing a mug of tea and wearing his hoodie that swallowed her whole.

Charlie and Aria had claimed the sunny patch of rug by the window, curled into one another like they always did.

Lando looked at Ariana, smirking as he flipped a pancake. "Rate my domestic skills. Be honest."

She blinked up at him, unimpressed. "They’re pancakes. You mixed stuff and didn’t burn them."

He feigned offense. "These are artisan. You’re eating Michelin-starred flour and vibes."

"You’re lucky you’re cute," she muttered, stealing a slice of fruit from the counter.

He grinned, pulling her closer by the hip. "You like me because I adopted a kitten."

"No," she said, teasing, "I like you because the kitten adopted you. Big difference."

They both laughed.

The kettle whistled. The cats yawned. And for a moment, the world felt simple.

"Hey," he murmured, tapping her chin so she’d meet his gaze. "Thanks for being patient. For the waiting. For everything."

She smiled, leaning into his chest. "You’re worth it. Even if Charlie is still my favorite."

He kissed her hair. "I know my place."

Ariana tilted her head up, fingers curling into the collar of his shirt. "Still, I guess I could remind you who ranks second."

Lando grinned and leaned in, his lips brushing over hers. It started soft, playful. But soon her mug was set aside on the counter, and he had her perched on the edge, hands gripping his hoodie like it anchored her.

"This is unfair," she mumbled between kisses. "You’re distracting."

"So are you," he murmured, trailing his mouth along her jaw. "Wearing my hoodie like that."

She was halfway into tugging him closer when—

Mew.

They froze.

Mew.

They turned their heads slowly to the left.

Charlie sat by the rug, head tilted, big round eyes fixed on them like he’d caught his parents sneaking candy before dinner.

Lando groaned. "Oh my god. He’s judging us."

Ariana burst into laughter, covering her face. "You said he was clingy, but I didn’t think he was Catholic-school-principal levels of judgy."

Lando carefully scooped her into his arms. "Alright. To the bedroom. My son must never witness this."

She giggled against his chest. "You’re ridiculous."

"I'm respectful," he said, already heading down the hall. "Let the child nap in peace. We’ve earned this."

Charlie let out one last dramatic mew.

Ariana shouted over Lando’s shoulder to the cat, "You’ll understand when you’re older!"

The end

Thank you so much for everyone who have been following this serie Maybe I will post some bonus parts to this if I get inspo, I think it could be interesting to have a prelude story of their meeting and what happened between them in Brazil, let me know if you will like to read it and to give me your review on this story !

Taglist : @angelluv16, @httpsxnox, @anunstablefangirl, @chocolatemagazinecupcake, @mayax2o07

[dreamytfw]

I cannot contain my excitement, so let's talk about the new trailer!! Some of this is going to be analysis and some of this is just going to be me screaming (for some reason my screen caps always come out kind of fuzzy and I have 0 idea how to fix that, so y'all are gonna have to bear with me)

Destiny's palace looks SO good and I'm super excited! I've read up through The Kindly Ones and iirc we never actually got to see his palace - just the gardens - so this is a really nice treat.

This has to be from The Kindly Ones. My first thought was "oh cool, we're going to get to see Dream rebuild the palace," but then I actually took the time to look at this shot. The three points of attack on the palace? The fact that the bridge is intact? The hell-like, apocalyptic sky/scenery? This is 100% the Three attacking the Dreaming, not Dream rebuilding the palace.

We love a man who ponders his orb lol. I'm very interested to find out if this is Baghdad or if they're repurposing the orb for a piece of the main plot.

HE'S SO MID-2000s EMO 15 YEAR OLD ME IS THRIVING RIGHT NOW

It's extremely interesting that Destiny keeps Delight's picture in his gallery. I know he's canonically blind so he wouldn't be able to see the difference, but he still knows she's Delirium now, so you would think the painting would reflect that. Setting aside how this is an incredibly effective and efficient way of story-telling, it's a nice piece of characterization for Destiny. My thoughts on that characterization aren't fully formed right now, but I do think it's interesting.

And I didn't get a cap because I don't think a single frame does it justice and I don't really know how to make gifs, but Delirium's entrance is really god damn cool and just screams fan service /pos. Very "guys look! Your favorite character is finally here!"

Extremely interested for the reason behind why the floor of Destiny's palace is made of sand.

As much as I loved the Napoleonic outfit in the comics, I'm SO glad they went with more of a vampire aesthetic in the show. Someone please edit fangs onto this man when the season airs. I need it.

Lucifer's Palace!! When we got the wide-shot of it in s1, you could see that it had a metric shitton of pointed spires. But here, it looks like the palace has seen better days. I'll be interested to see if the palace is crumbling on its own, or if Lucifer themselves ordered/is dismantling the palace themselves. It could go either way imo

Nada approaching the throne!!!! I hope she doesn't just smack him, but shoves him down the stairs too. ✿＼(｡-_-｡) Kick his ass, queen. I got your flower.

I was really hoping they'd cut the kiss because seriously. The dude imprisoned her in Hell for over 10,000 years. I don't care if she still somehow loves him, he doesn't deserve it after the way he treated her! But alas.

ETA: Had it pointed out to me this could be part of the flashback for Nada's story and GOD I hope so. Her kissing him after getting out of Hell was one of the worst parts of SoM. Like I literally stopped while I was reading it and was like "Yeah, you can tell this was written by a man."

I'm, like, 90% sure that's a subway car that's got all that pretty greenery sprouting from it, which makes me think this is possibly from A Game of You.

I have no idea what this is but it looks rad as hell. There's a shot of the Three immediately following it, but given how cave-like it looks, there's a chance it could be the place where Loki's chained up.

ETA: @cutespiderlucas pointed out that this could be the Underworld/Hades. While that's extremely likely, I don't want to think about that because it makes me sad :')

Fuck yeah, Gwendoline Christie is back on my screen! I can't wait to see those wings get fucking chopped. It's gonna be so good.

I have no idea who this is and I can't wait to find out. It's not Dream; the hair is too tame. I'm inclined to say maybe The Corinthian, but it's hard for me to see the eyes, and that outfit makes me have some serious doubts.

ETA: @sweet-like-cinnamon-5 informed me of Azazel's human casting, which I hadn't known about when I first made this post. That's exactly who that is, and I suspect this shot is of Dream returning him back to his true form as a void with eyes and teeth.

And again, I didn't get a cap of this because it would look better in gif form, but the next shot we get is of Azazel eating Dream and it looks so fucking cool. Azazel living my dream of swallowing that man whole.

JEMMY AND HER BALLOON I AM GOING TO LOSE MY MIND WHEN SHE GIVES IT TO DREAM!!! Also Thor about to beat the fuck out of what looks like Choronzon.

I was going to include that shot of the gatekeepers for no other reason than I thought it looked cool, but apparently the max number of pictures you can put in a tumblr post is 15 :c

But yeah, I'm HELLA excited! I can't wait for July!!!

[dyingdevotion]

Interesting Turn of Events

Okay so on this post (thank you guys for liking the post! I’m going to continue making more!), I mention that we might see Louis & Zara pictured together once a month since the restaurant pics came out March 17 and the 1st pap pics are from April 16. However, we got pics of them having a “steamy smooch” (lol) today.

Quick timeline for you:

April 9th: Louis goes to Stereophonic’s show in LA. The song in the video is called “Maybe Tomorrow.” It includes the lyrics “Think I’ll walk me outside and buy a rainbow smile. But be free. They’re all free. So maybe tomorrow I’ll find my way home.” Zara also posts about the show. April 9th was exactly 1 week before April 16th, which is when we got the 1st pap pics of Louis and Zara.

April 11th: Zara with a friend at Sunglasses Hut. Coachella Week 1, Day 1. Article written about Louis’ dating history. Harry wears the Cartier Tank Louis Cartier watch again. He wore it exactly 1 week before the pap pics of Louis and Zara kissing were released.

April 12th: We see the pap pics of Harry wearing the Cartier Tank Louis Cartier watch again. Coachella Week 1, Day 2. Louis is seen wearing an Amiri Resort Club shirt. Amiri is part of the international and luxury fashion group OTB - Only The Brave. As we all know, Only The Brave is a very queer-coded song from Walls. Article written about Louis at Coachella and Zara being ‘miles away’ from him.

April 13th: Coachella Week 1, Day 3. Louis looking cute in his multicolored outfit. Zara follows a Louie on tiktok and then unfollows. More articles about Zara and Louis are released. Article is written about Harry experiencing “heartache” over Taylor Russell moving on.

April 14th: We get a beautiful article about Louis being the "Festival Hero" at Coachella. Sam (Zara's ex) announced he will be hosting a live radio breakfast show on Saturdays. More articles about Louis and Zara's "relationship."

April 15th: SCMP publishes “Who is Roxie Nafousi, the influencer who ‘manifested’ the father of her child? She was born into wealth and used to date Harry Styles, and her book has sold more than 1 million copies.”Harry is spotted in Berlin riding a lime bike. He’s wearing blue again. (Okay, bluegreener). We get the Harry leaks. Harry is spotted wearing blue on a lime bike and snippets of old songs of his are leaked a day before we get our 1st pap pics of Louis and Zara.

April 16th: We get the 1st pap pics of Louis and Zara in California. He’s wearing a blue outfit. Zara launched her new swim and gym-wear range. LTHQ posts about a draw to win a signed 'LIVE' vinyl for War Child UK. We also get a photo dump from Louis via instagram with no caption that contains two photos with a rainbow in the back. Again, it probably means nothing at all but I thought it was funny since he posted the photo dump the same day we got the pap pics.

April 17th: More articles about Louis and Zara come out. Here are some interesting screenshots from said articles:

(Thanks to @watermelonlicker for this screenshot.)

(Thanks to @zourrystylinson for this screenshot. They really are trying to convince us they’re in love.)

Sam’s friend, Pete, shades Louis and Zara & hints that he has “good gossip.”

April 18th: We get more pap pics. This time they’re sharing a “steamy smooch” (more like an uncomfortable one). He’s wearing the same blue outfit as the pap pics from April 16. Some of us speculate the pics are from the same day & Louis just didn’t bother to change.

I really like @tbslhabit ‘s theory that they released the kiss photos cuz of our reaction to the pap pics released on April 16th.

That’s all for today! <3 Take care !!!

[moonwalkingprincess]

Welcome to the Candy shop

Summary: After his breakup with Kim, his friends proof and 50 cent wants to cheer him up by taking him to a strip club where he mets y/n or "glimmer".

Pairing: Marshall Mathers x stripper reader

Warnings: You're a stripper, so you're stripping, being "bought" and walking around in underwear.

Words: 1005

Marshall lay in his bed, headphones blasting rap music. Empty cans and bottles littered the floor, remnants of late nights spent drowning out the pain of his breakup with Kim. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t stop thinking about all the mistakes he did, of all the things he could’ve done.. He closed his eyes, trying to block it all out, but it was futile. The door to his room creaked open, and in walked 50 Cent and Proof. Both looked at the mess surrounding Marshall, but instead of judging, they were there for a bigger reason.

"Man, you need to get outta here," Proof said, taking in the sight of his friend. "Get yourself back on track. First thing you need to do is picture yourself with other women.”

Marshall scoffed, staring up at the ceiling. “I don’t know, man... I’m not in the mood for some rebound shit.”

"No, no," Proof continued, pacing around the room. "The best way to do that is at a strip club. Trust me, it'll help. You need to get that takes your mind off her."

Marshall raised an eyebrow, genuinely intrigued. “I’ve never been to one,” he admitted, his voice rough from the emotion in his chest. Back when he was a scrawny nerd, he didn't have the guts. But now? Now he’s EMINEM. He could do whatever the hell he wants to"

“Fine” he says and gets out of his bed, walking towards the shower. For the first time in days, he felt like doing something, anything to break out of this slump. He let the water run, feeling the cold stream hit his skin. After the longest shower he'd taken in a while, he put on some clothes - a hoodie, baggy jeans, and a pair of sneakers. He looked in the mirror, barely recognizing the guy staring back. Was he really doing this?

50 Cent clapped him on the back as they left the house, headed to the nearest strip club. When they arrived, a low, pulsating beat filled the air, echoing from the club. The dim lights and neon signs greeted them, and the place was alive with people. The second they stepped in, the dancers surrounded them, all vying for attention. Marshall was used to this kind of chaos, but today, he felt different. It was almost like the emptiness in him was waiting for something to fill it. 

One of the girls caught his eye right away. She had that look, the kind that made him pause for a moment. Y/H/C hair, striking features, and a vibe that was somehow different from the others. She didn’t come rushing up to him like the others, and that intrigued him even more. Something about her demeanor made him want to know more.

He leaned towards the owner, who was chatting up a rich guy at the bar. "Hey, I’ll pay for a lap dance," Marshall said, pulling out his wallet, the bills crisp and fresh. "I want her."

The owner glanced over at the girl, then back at Marshall. "Nah, she’s already set for someone else. That guy’s paying big money for her tonight."

Marshall looked at the girl again, she was talking to a customer, laughing about something the customer said. He hasn't seen a smile like that for years. It was like it turned on a light inside of him. “Well, I want a lap dance. I’m willing to pay double.”

The owner eyed him for a second before his expression softened. “Alright, alright. Glimmer!” he yelled.

She stepped out, wearing y/f/c lingerie, her movements graceful and confident. Marshall couldn’t take his eyes off her as she approached him. But when she saw who was sitting, she rolled her eyes, clearly not pleased with the situation.

“I thought Mr Jones had…"

"Changes of plans," Owner cut her off, counting the money in his hand. "Tonight, you belong to Mr. Mathers."

She hesitated, but the money spoke for itself. She sighed and stepped forward, leading him to one of the private rooms.

Once inside, she sat down across from him, the music beginning to pulse through the speakers. Marshall leaned back, trying to hide the anticipation building up. As the music swelled, she started to move, slow and seductive. Her hips swayed with the beat, and Marshall couldn’t help but watch as she moved closer, her eyes locking with his, making it feel like there was no one else in the room.

"What's your name?" he asked, his voice rough, still a little raw from the emotions he'd been carrying.

"Glimmer," she replied with a small smile, her voice smooth like silk.

"No, your real name," he pushed, tossing a stack of bills onto the table, wanting to see more.

She raised an eyebrow, then took the money, stuffing it into her bra. "Y/N," she said, her gaze flicking to his. “Now, stop asking and enjoy the show."

She stood up, her body moving in perfect rhythm with the music as she slowly started to strip. Marshall watched, completely captivated. The way she moved was hypnotic, each motion purposeful, drawing him in. Her hands slid over her body, teasing and slow, making sure he was paying attention. As she shed layer after layer, her movements became more intense, more daring.

Marshall felt the tension building in the room, the heat rising as she danced for him. His mind was still clouded with the remnants of his past, but for a moment, just a moment, it was all forgotten. The only thing that mattered was the rhythm of the music and the girl in front of him, who seemed to pull him into a world where heartbreak didn’t exist.

She paused for a second, her eyes meeting his again, and he couldn’t deny the chemistry between them. There was something unspoken, something raw in that brief glance. She continued her dance, each movement calculated, sensual. Marshall, for once, didn’t think about Kim. He let himself be lost in the moment.

[sergeantbarnessdoll]

I have soft dark!Lloyd x fem!reader (reader in early 20s so it’s an age gap too) request idea if it’s all right!!

Y/n at a fancy restaurant by herself after her date stood her up, and Lloyd happens to be at this restaurant and goes to sit at her table bringing out all of his intimidating charm and flirting. They both have a lot of chemistry and end up having dinner together and they end up going home together (to his mansion) and they spend the night together. Lloyd gets up early (letting her sleep in) to have his chef prepare breakfast and to get some work done before she wakes up. That’s when he gets the call from Carmichael to go after Six and get the drive, and when he asks if there’s anyone Six cares about, he’s told about Fitz, Fitz’s niece, and Six’s younger sister. When he receives the picture and name of Six’s younger sister, he’s told is shocked to find that it’s Y/n, the very woman sleeping in his bed upstairs. He then goes upstairs with his and Y/n’s breakfast and breaks the news (probably in his own intimidating smug way) that one, her brother has gotten himself into a lot of trouble, and two she can’t leave as a result. She’s understandably very upset & scared and she tries to run but he grabs her and holds her until she calms down. During the first month, she fights the growing feeling of attachment to Lloyd and tries to escape multiple times (one time his staff got too rough with her, and Lloyd did a little more than fire them😳) so Lloyd locks her in her room till she apologizes 🥺 When he checks on her to see if she’s ready to apologize, he finds her getting sick (turns out she’s pregnant from their night together and she’s having morning sickness). Over the next two months she gives into the attachment she’s feeling for him and revels in the affection and love he shows her (no more running away). By the time Six comes to rescue Y/n, Fitz, and Claire, Y/n and Lloyd are very much in love and Y/n is very pregnant and doesn’t want to be rescued

-🧋

Giving In To The Attachment » Lloyd Hansen

Pairings: Soft Dark!Lloyd Hansen x Female Reader

Summary: You fight the urge to grow attached to Lloyd, but then you give in to it when you find out you’re pregnant with his child.

Warnings: Soft Dark, Angst, Fluff, language, age gap (reader is in her early 20s), mentions of sex (18+), violence, pregnant!reader, crying, kissing, pet names

A/N: Thank you for the request, nonnie🩵

Written on my phone. My apologies for any mistakes.

Header made by @buck-star

GIF IS NOT MINE! Gif credit goes to the creator.

You sat at the table in a restaurant you were supposed to be on a date at, but your date stood you up. You stared down at the table as you table your fingers against the glass that’s half filled with water. Lloyd walked in the restaurant and seen you looking down. He was going to get something to go, but now he wants to see if you’re ok or not.

“Ma’am?” Lloyd says.

You looked up to see Lloyd standing on the opposite side of the table. He wasn’t the guy who you were supposed to go on a date with tonight, but you’ll admit that he’s more attractive than your date.

“Are you ok?” He asks.

“Not really. My date stood me up.” You tell him.

“I’m sorry to hear that.” He said sincerely. “May I?” He asks, referring to the chair next to him.

You gave him a nod. Lloyd sat down in the chair across from you. He then called a waiter over to the table and ordered what he wants.

“And the lady can have whatever she wants.” Lloyd says flirtatiously.

You told the waiter what you wanted. Then he took yours and Lloyd’s orders back to the cook.

“What’s your name, pretty girl?” He asks, taking a sip of his drink.

“Y/N.” You tell him.

“I’m Lloyd.” He tells you. “Now, tell me…” He leans his arms against the table. “Why would anyone want to stand up a pretty woman like you?” He asks.

“I don’t know.” You shrugged. “I guess I wasn’t his type.” You say.

“It’s his loss. Now, I get to enjoy the company of his date.” He says flirtatiously.

You couldn’t help but giggle softly. You and Lloyd got to know each other during dinner, but it didn’t end there. After dinner, Lloyd invited you over to his mansion where you and him indulged in the fun festivities.

The next morning, the sun was shining through the window. Lloyd looks over at you and smiles. He adjusted the blankets on you before getting out of bed to get dressed. He then went to the kitchen to tell his chef to make breakfast for two before getting some work done. Carmichael calls him a few minutes later.

“Hello?” Lloyd answers.

“I have a job for you.” Carmichael says, getting straight to the point.

“I’m listening.” Lloyd says.

“I want you to go after a man named Court Gentry who goes by the name Six and get a drive from him.” Carmichael tells him.

“Sure thing.” Lloyd replies. “Question, does he have anyone who he cares about?” He asks.

“There’s three people who he cares about. Fitz, Claire, and his younger sister.” Carmichael tells him. “I just emailed you pictures of them.” He says.

Lloyd looks at the pictures of the three people Carmichael just named. His eyes grow wide when he comes across your picture and your name, finding out that you’re Six’s younger sister.

“I’ll get it done.” Lloyd says before hanging up the phone.

As if it were on cue, breakfast was ready. Lloyd took the two plates upstairs to his bedroom. You were awake and wearing one of his shirts for a few minutes before he got to the bedroom.

“Good morning, handsome.” You smiled, walking over to him and pecked his lips softly.

“Good morning, sunshine.” Lloyd smiles back.

He placed the two plates on the small table he has in his bedroom. You sat down in one of the chairs and he sat down in the one opposite from you.

“I found out something interesting about you a few minutes ago.” Lloyd casually says.

“Oh yea? What did you find?” You asked.

“Your older brother is Court Gentry who goes by the name Six.” He says.

You sighed, wondering what your brother did this time.

“What did my brother do this time?” You asked.

“For starters, he’s in a lot of trouble.” He says.

You rolled your eyes. That doesn’t surprise you. Six was always a troublemaker, even when you two were kids.

“One more thing, you’re not leaving.” He says.

You furrowed your eyebrows in confusion as you took a sip of your coffee.

“What do you mean I’m not leaving?” You asked.

“It’s simple. You’re not leaving till I get what I want.” He says, not caring to elaborate more why on it.

You felt yourself getting scared. You jumped out of the chair and instinctively ran towards the door, but you didn’t get far. Lloyd grabbed you by wrapping his arms around your waist and held you against him a couple of feet away from the door. He held you tighter the more you kicked and squirmed in his arms.

“Calm down.” Lloyd almost whispers. “Everything is going to be fine.” He says softly.

Something about the softness in Lloyd’s voice was calming to you, which is what made you calm down. He walked over to the bed and sat you down on it, getting at eye level with you.

“Don’t even think about trying to running again, ok?” He says sternly.

“Ok.” You replied quietly.

———

Ever since the day Lloyd found out you’re Six’s younger sister, he’s given your free rein of his mansion. You thought you were able to escape quite a few times, but Lloyd caught you. You should’ve known that he had cameras at every entrance and exit of his mansion. You did find a window that didn’t have a camera pointing at it. You thought you were in the clear to escape, but you were wrong.

“Where do you think you’re going?” One of Lloyd’s employees asks.

“None of your fucking business.” You say.

You should’ve known better than to be a smartass to anyone in Lloyd’s mansion. His employee grabbed you from behind and pulled you away from the window. You kicked and squirmed in his hold. You threw your head back and hit his nose with the back of your head, giving him a bloody nose.

“You bitch!” His employee cried out.

His employee dropped you on the floor to hold his bloody nose, your body making a thudding noise when you hit the floor. Lloyd walked in the room a few seconds later to see what’s going on.

“What’s going on?” Lloyd asks, seeing you on the floor before looking at his employee.

“She was trying to escape again and I grabbed her before she could.” His employee explains while holding his bloody nose.

Lloyd looks down at you, seeing red marks on your arms. That was enough to tell him that his employee got rough with you. You watched the interaction between Lloyd and his employee. You assumed he was just going to tell him not to get rough with you again, which is the complete opposite of what you thought. Lloyd threw a punch at him and fired him.

“Get up.” Lloyd says to you.

You stared up at Lloyd before slowly standing up. He grasped your upper arm with a firm grip and lead you upstairs to the bedroom Lloyd set you up in a month ago, which was around the same time you began fighting the attachment you have for him.

“You’re going to stay in here until you’re ready to apologize for escaping again.” Lloyd says as if you’re a child who just threw a tantrum.

You watched as Lloyd closed the bedroom door. Your eyes went wide when you heard him lock the door from the outside. You ran over to the door and started jiggling the doorknob.

“You asshole!” You shouted, pounding the side of your fist against the door.

A moment later, you felt yourself getting nauseous. You were hoping it’s just from being upset or something you ate. You immediately ran to the bathroom and got sick. You sat down on the floor, leaning your back against the wall across from the toilet. You held your head in your hands and got lost in your thoughts. You got to thinking of the night you spent with Lloyd when your date stood you up… a month ago. Before you could react to the possibility of you being pregnant with Lloyd’s baby, you got sick again.

You weren’t sure how long you were in the bathroom. You didn’t even hear Lloyd unlock the bedroom door and walk in. He expected you to be on the bed and reading a book, but you weren’t. That’s when he heard the noises of you getting sick in the bathroom. He saw you hunched over the toilet with your head against your hands.

“Are you ok?” Lloyd asks softly.

“Does it look like I’m ok?” You asked sarcastically.

Lloyd walked further in the bathroom. He wet a washcloth with cold water and handed it to you. You looked up at him for a second and took it. You leaned back against the wall and put the wet washcloth against your forehead. The wetness and coolness of the washcloth felt soothing against your skin.

“I’m going to tell you something. Do you promise not to freak out?” You say.

Lloyd nodded.

“I think I might be pregnant.” You say.

“How do you know that for sure?” He asks.

“For starters, I have morning sickness.” You say.

Lloyd originally came to see if you were ready to apologize for attempting to escape earlier, but this news is more important than that. He sat down on the floor and leaned against the wall next to you to process what you just said.

“Before you say anything, you’re the father. Don’t ask me if I’m sure. You’re the one who didn’t wear a condom during our night together a month ago.” You say.

Lloyd moved closer to you and put his hand on your stomach. You looked down at his hand and then looked at him.

“We’ll get through this together.” He almost whispers.

You gazed deeply in his eyes and smiled. Lloyd leaned in to kiss your lips, but you turned your head to the side and he ended up kissing your cheek.

“I don’t think you want to kiss my lips right now cause I’ve been throwing up.” You say.

“Good point.” Lloyd chuckles.

———

A couple months go by and everything is going better than it was two months ago. Everything is going according to plan for your pregnancy. The doctor told you you’re almost 3 months pregnant. Lloyd has definitely stepped up a lot. Also, you gave in to the attachment to Lloyd and now, everything is perfect between you two compared to how things were a couple months ago.

Right now, you’re standing in the bedroom that’s going to be the baby’s nursery. You’re looking around the room, trying to figure out how it should be set up by the time the baby is born. You softly tapped your fingers against your pregnant belly as you thought about it.

“I was wondering where you were, sunshine.” Lloyd says as he walks in the nursery.

You turned around and smiled. Lloyd walked over to you and pecked your lips softly, putting one of his hands on your pregnant belly.

“What’re you doing?” He asks.

“I’m trying to figure out how the nursery should be set up.” You say.

You turned back around to look around the room again. Lloyd looked around the room too.

“I don’t know about you, but I think the wallpaper should be baby zoo animals.” You say.

“I agree.” He agrees. “I think it would be cute.” He says.

“Me too.” You smiled.

———

You’re now 6 months pregnant. Everything is as it should be. Or so you thought. Your brother, Six, came to Lloyd’s mansion in search of Fitz and Claire. They were relieved to see him. Claire hugged Six.

“We have to go.” Six says.

“Wait, no. There’s a lady here.” Claire says.

“Do you know her name or have you seen her?” He asks.

“No.” She says.

“I’ll look for her. You two need to get out of here.” He says.

Claire and Fitz nodded. Six looked all over the place for the lady Claire just told him about. Little does he know that the lady she told him about is his younger sister who’s pregnant with Lloyd’s baby. He looked in every bedroom, bathroom, and closet upstairs. He found you in the nursery. Your back is facing him. You were sorting out baby clothes and didn’t hear him enter the room.

“Ma’am?” Six says softly.

You stopped what you were doing and froze when you heard his voice. His voice sounds familiar. Could the voice belong to your older brother? There’s only one way to find out. You turned around to confirm your suspicions. Your older brother was standing a few feet away from you. His eyes went wide when he seen your pregnant belly.

“Y/N?” Six says softly.

“Hi, Court.” You say softly.

Six walked over to you and hugged you tightly, being careful to not hug you too tight. He couldn’t help but wonder what Lloyd might’ve did to you.

“Did Lloyd get you pregnant?” He asks.

“Yes.” You answered.

“Did he assault you in any way?” He asks.

“No! This was consensual.” You answered.

Six felt relieved to know that Lloyd didn’t hurt you in any way.

“I’m going to be an uncle?” He asks softly with a smile.

“Yes.” You smiled back.

He hugged you again.

“Let’s get out of here.” He says.

“I don’t want to leave.” You say.

“Y/N, please don’t argue with me on this.” He pleads softly.

“I’m not trying to argue with you, Court. I’m staying here with Lloyd. I love him and I want to raise this baby with him.” You say.

As if it were on cue, Lloyd walked in the nursery to see Six talking to you.

“Well, well, well…” Lloyd says.

Six turned around when he heard Lloyd’s voice. His jaw clenched when he seen him. He walked over to him and punched him in the face, making you gasp.

“That’s for holding my little sister captive!” Six says.

“Technically, I didn’t hold her captive. That was my intention 6 months ago, but that’s no longer my intention.” Lloyd says.

Six punched him again after hearing Lloyd’s old intentions about you. Lloyd threw a couple punches at your brother. You knew everything was going to get worse if you didn’t try to stop them.

“Stop it!” You shouted.

Six and Lloyd stopped punching each other and turned their attention to you. You walked over to them.

“Please.” You pleaded softly.

Lloyd and Six can only agree on one thing… you. They both love you. You’re Six’s little sister and you’re the woman Lloyd loves and the mother of his child.

“Don’t do this.” You pleaded again and looked from Lloyd to Six. “If not for me, then do it for the baby.” You say.

They know you’re right. There’s no reason for them to be fighting if it’s going to upset you.

“Y/N, are you sure this is what you want?” Six asks softly.

“This is what she wants.” Lloyd answers for you.

“I wasn’t talking to you! I was talking to my sister!” Six says.

“This is what I honestly want, Court.” You answered softly.

Six nods and hugs you.

“Just know, I’m one call away.” Six says.

You smiled and nodded.

“I love you, sis.” Six whispers and kisses your forehead.

“I love you too, Court.” You whispered back.

You watched Six leave the room. You couldn’t help but tear up when he left. Lloyd wrapped his arms around you, comforting you.

“I’m sorry, pumpkin.” Lloyd whispers.

“It’s ok. I understand.” You say.

You leaned up to kiss his lips softly.

“Can you do one thing for me?” You asked.

“Anything.” He says.

“Can you at least try to get along with my brother when the baby is born?” You asked.

“For you, I’ll try.” He says.

You smiled and pecked his lips softly.

“I love you, Lloyd.” You say softly.

“I love you too, cupcake.” He almost whispers.

☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

-Bucky’s Doll

[whinyangel]

this story contains cannibalism. you have been warned!

ex military!barry x reader {18+} hope you enjoy angels

this was all just a shitty idea that wasn’t thought through. meeting up with a guy twice your age that you met online.

there was a flyer posted outside of the grocery store that caught your attention. “send a letter to a service man.” so that’s exactly what you did when you got home. and the letters kept getting sent and you kept receiving them. from some guy named barry.

they were sweet at first, but a girl has urges. sweet turned into sexy real fast. you and barry would write about your darkest fantasies and send pictures to each other. you’d be lying if you said that he wasn’t the finest soldier you had ever seen.

“i don’t know that much about you. besides where you live.” barry looked you up and down while his gold tooth shined in your eye. “stupid enough to tell me your address,” he mumbled.

he watched as you spoke about your past life, he estimated how old he was in the timeline finding it cute that you were playing with dolls when he first got into selling. his tongue slid over his tooth as he imagined what your skin would taste like. he had this…brute look across his face. like he could have jumped over the table and swallowed you whole.

but then you caught him off guard.

“what about you, barry?” you took a long sip of your slushie

“what about me? you wanna know about my life.” he tilted his head to the side as you shook yours eagerly. “sugar. m-my life was kinda boring. i didn’t have all the good shit you had. main reason i joined the service.”

he saw the excited expression leave your face and he felt bad. he could hear your excited heart beat more slowly as you held your stomach in embarrassment. “im just an old man. nothing special.” he said, attempting to get a laugh out of you.

the ride back was silent. you stared out the window as barry traced circles along your thigh. you giggled when he gave them a little squeeze. for someone you met over the mail, he was sweet. you felt like you can trust him.

“you know…you never told me what you did over there. in the service.” you turned to face him and something in the back of your mind told you not to say that. barry’s grip on your thigh became rougher as he clenched his jaw.

“not something i want to talk about. seen too much. did too much.” barry loosened up a little when he thought you wouldn’t bring it up again but that wasn’t enough to ease your little mind. you asked him again.

it wasn’t long before barry swerved into a corn field, grass so tall and thick you wouldn’t hear anyone scream for help. he quickly grabbed your wrist and yanked you out of the truck. you began to kick and scream, begging for him to let you go.

“barry please! please im sorry.” but it was no use. he wasn’t barry anymore. something else so permanent and primal had taken over him.

in a swift movement he tied your wrist and ankles together with his belt.

“told you not to ask me that.” his tone, a low growl. “you should’ve just listened. you have no idea about what i did. what I had to do.”

drool now fell from barry’s lips as he ripped your clothes off. he could see your heart beating out of your chest. the most prominent blood supply. but he’d be a fool not to go for that pretty neck of yours.

“barry please! ill let you do anything you want. just please don’t kill me. please don’t!”

your pleading words were music to his ears. it had been one to many months since he last tasted human flesh. if this had been the old barry, he would’ve let his cowardness take over, would’ve let you live. but it had been many months since he last tasted human flesh and you were a perfect target. your kicks and screams was enough to get his blood pumping—to get your blood pumping.

“anything I want sounds perfect sugar. you’ve ever been bitten before?”

[ceiling-karasu]

I'll have to try that out with the eyes, soon.

Thank you very much for the compliment about the eyes! However, what I pretty much do for them is plop down the symmetry tool after I make the head and other features, and just move the symmetry around and draw circles/ovals again and again and again and again and again and again until I finally have something I think may be decent. This can take days.

And then after that I have to see if I might want to edit the eyes to produce that little arch at the bottom or something.

I'm still trying to figure out making these eyelids in a way that looks nice.

Also just realized that their eyes are different colors.

I want to experiment with different eye shapes at some point.

I might wind up making a bunch of eyes and saving them as a reference. I already have a single layer in sketchbook specifically labeled 'mustache' after all.

Theoretically I should know how to create the head with the early helmet. I have so many layers of this, after all.

Unfortunately, since I was so focused on the WW2 helmet going with an oval face shape, I simply cannot fathom it on a round shape. It just does not look good to me, lol.

On the other hand, I may have accidentally solved the issue another way while making half a joke. I read that hedgehogs have fur around the face, so I added some fur. Interestingly enough, the fur does seem to make the face seem rounder.

So this (mind you, these look so much better with the quills):

Compared to this;

So that may have solved my problem, but I'll see how I feel about it once I manage to get to moving the quill layers into the other helmet layers.

Does not really match the feel of the helmet though, so I need to figure out how to change that next. Then again it is not like they will always be up so close to the front.

What I really want to know is how Dalnim fared/fares during the hedgehog quilling period, where a young hedgehog loses their weaker baby spines and grows in the adult spines (although it might also happen periodically like molting). Although, I can figure that this is what his what his father meant when he said Dalnim's quills would get stronger, if he just assumed that his adult quills would be more like a regular hedgehog's quills. The weak quills might make the adults question his age, though.

I have seen pictures of hedgehogs with genetic conditions that cause them not to grow new quills, or shed them faster than a normal hedgehog usually sheds adult quills, resulting in bald spots. Definitely recessive, though.

I might actually drop the Fibromyalgia idea for the one hedgehog, though. I found a genetic condition called Wobbly Hedgehog Syndrome that causes a lot of weakness and pain in the limbs of a hedgehog. This would be a lot better to use and kind of feels like it would way less disrespectful than the original idea. Plus I can play around with it how I like, so that maybe it shortens the lifespan but doesn't kill them in two years.

WHS is also found in European and pygmy African hedgehogs, but I can pretend Amur hedgehogs in Korea can get it as well. Or they are a cross somewhere down the line.

I have a link to the PDF of Journey to the West if you would like? https://chine.in/fichiers/jourwest.pdf

You don't need to worry about the poetry looking sections, they just summarize the text before it since this was originally supposed to be performed in the marketplace to the public, I think.

I'm also reading Prey by Michael Crichton, which is alright. My SO and his siblings had to read it for an English class years ago, so sometimes they make comments about it.

Warhammer 40K books are good at keeping my interest so far if I don't mind paying out the nose to buy them from some guy in Europe half the time. Although I hear some books can vary on being interesting.

Yeah, sometimes eating when you are hungry is a bad idea. If I get nauseated while also extremely hungry I have to drink non diet coke to get that blood sugar up a bit before switching to food.

Hello :))

Here's a small sketch of Siwoo (Haven't drawn this man in ages)

A quick explanation of the sketch:

The Raliaen Mountain Crescent Base doesn't have a formal financial department or anything related to it. Aera has tried to ask for a financial department to be established, but the Central government told her that they can't spare any for her as her base doesn't need one. Aera knows that's a lie since she and Hyeonsik are stuck maintaining the budgets and resource allocation of the base. Eventually, Aera is unable to keep up due to higher number of suspected enemy spies being reported. Hyeonsik hates to do anything related to finance beause he hates money (long story). So, he just gives them to Siwoo who had studied a bit of accounting before. Siwoo is genuinely still confused on why he is given the documents. Hyeonsik does actually give Siwoo a bonus for doing them, so Siwoo can't complain.

One of many reasons Siwoo needs coffee.

[inkameswetrust]

it is very clear to me that i have a type bc rn im contemplating rewatching kc undercover solely bc of this guy

like i shit you not i barked when i googled brett and remembered he existed hes SO HOT.

[self-made-purgatories]

So it's Kirk's birthday but Spock has to work so Bones shows up at the door in these skintight hoochie cowboy pants with a bottle of really strong illegal liquor and hands Kirk a little pouch and Kirk's first question is whether the pouch contains Klingon aphrodisiacs like that's a perfectly normal thing Bones sometimes brings over and I'm not supposed to ship McKirk?

[commsroom]

a big part of what makes eiffel feel like such a real person to me is that he's so average and unfulfilled even by attainable metrics. like, not even getting into any pop culture escapist fantasies. eiffel is the kind of guy who thinks if he was born a few decades earlier he'd be a traveling musician living out of a van, but realistically he'd be doing more or less the same stuff. he could be a local radio dj or a guy with a used record store or drive an old truck and have a yard full of rusty old cars up on cinder blocks he's trying to revitalize. he could be a skater, if he had the patience, and, um. the balance. zach once said that if eiffel had the money he'd buy a motorcycle and never learn how to ride it, just take a bunch of pictures of himself with it and tinker with it constantly, and if anyone asked why he doesn't ride it, he'd keep saying he wants to do some more work on it first. i think about that so much. there are a lot of things that he could do, that fit his sort of character archetype, and they aren't even remarkable things, but he doesn't. eiffel drove a corolla and worked at pizza hut and probably lived in a shitty apartment. sincerely, this is the best thing about him. this is why he's a real guy to me.

[mellowwillowy]

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