#having one night stands

[tamedgod]

‘ You’ll never know if you don’t ever try again, so let’s try. ’ // for xiao from kouei iykyk

death of a bachelor

he knew.

and why wouldn't he? kouei had known xiao for a long time now, it stood to reason that he would pick up on things like this faster than other people around them. and while xiaolong had talent in many things, being honest about and working through his feelings wasn't one of them. golden gaze drops to the guitar he's lightly strumming in hand, a knot of fear tying itself up in his gut. he thinks back on what happened before, and how it could have ruined the friendship he had — and how humiliated it still made him feel. no... he couldn't — do this. not again. tongue brushes over his lips as xiao chuckles nervously; there was no point in trying to hide it from kouei now.

"...look, man." the guitar falls silent as he contemplates how to truthfully express himself — something he neither enjoyed nor was any good at. a half smile tugs at the corner of his mouth as a light scoff escapes him. "i, uh — it's fine. it's fine the way... the way things are right now." 《LIAR》 "i think this is a door best left unopened."

even as the words came out of his own mouth, a wave of disappointment crashed over him. his foot was tapping incessantly due to his nervous energy, pictures of the person in question flitting through his mind. he could learn to be happy with her being at a distance, couldn't he? the way things were? the three of them sharing this adventure together like this, until time came for it to end? he could be happy with that. he would be happy with that. he was happy with that.

a moment of silence passes as he continues to think on it, before xiao takes a breath and brushes all the emotions away. the guitar hums back to life in his hands.

"besides, we have more important shit to worry about. haru, ah, found us a gig this weekend — kirya is working out all the logistics. we gotta focus up, bro."

[chloesimaginationthings]

The death of Vanessa and the birth of Vanny in FNAF

(Inspired by this art by Yuto Sano)

[inkskinned]

the problem is that being single is seen as the consolidation prize, and not the natural neutral state of being-a-person. at the end of the movie or the book or the poetry, there is a person waiting for you at the altar, and they love you. if the play is a comedy, everyone gets married. the metaphor is about how you are not-whole. the metaphor is about how everyone is going to be happily-ever-after. the metaphor is that romantic love is the most important resource on the planet, not just all-love. all-love is not a thing, that is a disappointment. the treasure is not the friends we made along the way. the treasure is the girl you landed.

the metaphor is that you cannot be alone, that means you are broken. are you getting over someone? that is acceptable, you can be getting over someone, but not for long. you must be single because you would rather not be single. you must be single and looking to not-be-single. you must want to date, eventually.

friendship and community are never seen as being equal-to or even-better than romantic connection. that person is your one! you need to find them. you need to hunt through the sand particles until you can shift out some kind of gem. this is regardless to your own experience of the beach and the sun. you need to be somewhere with someone.

if you are taking this time alone to heal, that is so sad. everyone gives you this little pitying look. the understanding is that you are not actually happier than you were before you were single. it is seen as a sort of pity - oh, you are choosing yourself, making yourself the priority? - that isn't quite right. you must mean that you are making yourself ready for the right person. you are just laying the bed better this time. open up your heart. you'll find them, we promise!

what do you mean you're really-truly genuinely-very happy? you are probably misremembering what it was like to be in a relationship. and besides, once you meet your person, that time will look grey and bland and wasted. your person is the only way for you to see in color. so what if you have taken this time - for the first time in your entire life - to actually-for-real do the fucking work. you can be proud of yourself, sure. but the way we need to know that you got better is that you get a partner. you're healed enough for the next bad part!

people don't choose to be single, they just say they're choosing to be single - they actually mean "nobody wants to date me." it doesn't matter how many people you have gently rejected or how many times you've talked it over carefully in therapy. what matters is that you are single, and by all accounts - that means you are something worth our pity. your successes and life all seem pale in the sunlight. sure, you have done amazing things and finally found your way in life. what matters is that there wasn't a person in the room with you while you did it.

you want to tell them - that's the whole thing. i didn't know how to be alone in the room. i didn't know how to handle the silence. every moment was so sharp, and i kept choosing the wrong way to close the door. i have spent my entire life in the empty well, living in the ricochet of someone else's cruelty. for once i have built myself a ladder. for once everything i taste is all mine, every bite of sunshine and laughter. i have learned how to sleep out in the open with my memories. recently, they have started to purr.

your father rolls his eyes. listen. this isn't about you. i just want a grandchild in my future.

[auspicioustidings]

Yeah sure he's called Soap because of his ability to clean house or whatever, but much like they do for everyone else, the back office staff have their own codename for him (it's truly so they can gossip without anyone realising who it's about).

'Duracell' because he can go all night. Gaz gets 'Aisle 2' because there is always clean up needed with the way he makes people squirt. 'Vamp' would be Price because he's begging for permission to cum inside. And Ghost? 'Pringle'. Once you pop, the fun don't stop.

[ryllen]

sebek passing down old water bottle to his child

[jessmalia]

stiles and malia playlist: the little things by kelsea bellerini (x)

save your money on the roses, baby just leave a daisy on the dashboard just pick me up in your old bronco, baby don't gotta ride in on a white horse

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 273

You know what? We need more Good parents Fentons. 

And you know what else? Technically, Jack helped Danny defeat Pariah via the use of the Ecto-Skeleton. And like, that’s his son, his baby boy. Sure Danny is and has always been a mommy’s boy, but it doesn’t change that fact. They’re both already feeling horrible about the fact they could have hurt him, they could have hurt their son- they have hurt their son, killed him with their inaction and never again. 

So when these oversized jello-eyeballs try to insist that their baby, their precious baby boy, take a crown? Become a king when he’s not even out of highschool, when he doesn’t want it? No. Hell no! That is his Danny-o, his baby boy who was terrified of his own parents! 

Which is how Jack, despite technically still being alive even if so-very ecto-contaminated, became the Ghost King. 

And for some reason there’s several ghosts rather happy about this- oh, these are his Danny-O’s ghost-parents? Not-ghost parents seeing as some of them have never been anything but a realm denizen? That’s really fascinating- y’know what, want some fudge and we can exchange childcare- Maddie dear come over and meet our co-parents apparently!  

Now it’s not all easy, but they’re trying their best, and that’s all that can be asked. 

…

Which is perhaps why it’s so exasperating- or as Maddie would put it, downright infuriating- that it is now, almost an entire year and a half later that the Heroes finally arrive to investigate. Well, at least he has plenty of fudge since it’s almost time for the council meeting. 

[politicalprocrastinator]

Also to everyone saying what's the doctor doing at the club I need you to understand that the FIRST doctor literally met his companion at the club

[criminalflower]

This is the face of a man who's mentally going through all of his exes to figure out which one he got pregnant.

[anonymouscheeses]

CHAGGIE AND RAGAPOM OUTFIT SWAP PLSSSSSSSS PLS PLS PLS PLS🙏😍

(-your old buddy old pal)

U asked this twice pookie 😒 /h

I did the swap based on the person they share the most personality with and not what they would actually wear. Charlie would definitely pick the jester outfit lmao

First meet under cut vvvvvvvv

It's the slutty goth-coded outfit that made Pomni guess that.

[divineandmajesticinone]

KISS X KISS X KISS: Love ii Shower (2023) I Atelier Kiss "Aside from me, do you ask someone else to model for you?"

[chloesimaginationthings]

I love Michael Afton's story in FNAF..

[leynaeithnea]

How I imagine OdyDio to work out (based off of @akaittou s "Hold to your Vows)

Dio: I dont want to make you break your wedding vows-

Ody: My wife gave me leave to get fuck who I want to

Dio: Rly?

Ody: Yeah.

Dio: Oh good for m-

Ody: I never fucked a man though

Dio: ...Thats bullshit

Ody: Yeah youre right

Dio: So...who was it?

Ody: ....

Dio: 🤨

Ody: .......listen-

Dio: Ody-

Ody: ...

Dio: ...

Ody: Meneleaus

Dio: Oh, that's not sur-

Ody: ...and Agamemnon

Dio: What.

Ody: ...

Dio: Together?

Ody: ....

Dio: Oh...oh gods

[artflameball]

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO MICHAEL AFTON DRAGGING HIS FATHER TO HELL TO TORTURE HIM FOR ETERNITY 🎉🎉🎉🎉HERE'S A BUNCH OF VENGEFUL SPIRIT MICHAEL ART IN CELEBRATION + WILLY BOY GENERALLY GETTING TORTURED

[Commissions for Palestine are open! Check my pinned for details!]

[orphiclovers]

WHY didn't I read the beginning of the novel, this shit is CRAZY! Kim Dokja just made a fucking. one night stand joke in his head??? NOT the time or place you're about to die. Bro is never beating the allegations because why are you thinking about gay sex at this moment

[everytaylorswiftsongisaboutcats]