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Arthur Morgan picking flowers outside of Shady Belle 🌺
#he’s just a little guy#he’s so gentle when he picks them#sir I am so in love with you#also I’m obsessed with his current fit#I never used to take his hat off but now I kinda love him without it#arthur morgan#red dead redemption 2#rdr2 photography#rdr2#arthur morgan x reader#Arthur Morgan icons#rdr2 icons#rdr2 community#van der linde gang
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Scriabin and Edgar eating crepes for requestober !!
Day 8 - Delicious silence
#My art#Requestober#Vargas#Scriabin#Edgar#I haven't drawn food in a while haha it was a fun exercise :)#Edgar made them a breakfast date ♥#You know he did it a) after endless pestering for more chocolate more fruit more cream more powdered sugar#''If you just want to eat sugar don't rope me into it >:0'' ''Oh as if you're too good for sweets come off it'' lol#And b) just to get Scriabin to be quiet about it all haha - he does! Sated for the moment! Yummy! <3#And not-so-secretly he's pleased to make him happy ♥ Scriabin openly enjoying something harmless!! Something good!!#Much better than him sadistically picking at Edgar haha - sometimes things are nice!#They get to enjoy a thing together <3 And if it really is too sweet for Edgar then more for Scriabin haha#He already got an extra strawberry! Healthy snack on the dessert for breakfast lol#It's okay to go all out every once in a while ♪#Poor Todd missing out on it tho aw haha#Next time full family meal for sure - all the more reason to go a little extra! Spoil the kid(s)!#Scriabin wipe your face or Edgar will do it and then what hehe#I do so enjoy when they're soft and quiet and gentle with each other <3#Kiss the cook! Do it!!
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22 days until hyeongjun's 22nd birthday
day 22 aka THE COUNTDOWN IS OVER - hyeongjun's past birthday brrrr ppoppos
bonus: 🤫
#xdinary heroes#junhan#jun han#han hyeongjun#gaon#jooyeon#gunil#ode#jungsu#kwak jiseok#lee jooyeon#goo gunil#oh seungmin#kim jungsu#hyeongjun22#HAPPY BIRTHDAY HYEONGJUN! hope he has a good one#and i also hope jooyeon will be a bit more gentle this time ://#my first bias! ♥ there's this one hdd performance where they play little solos before the actual song#and i was wondering who was going to be my bias - i wasn't planning on settling back then - just wanted to get a first impression#and i liked ode and gaon and i was like yes there's some potential. could be one of them#and then they showed hyeongjun and well. done deal. he became my bias right then and there#i have this thing for long fingers because they're very useful for playing the guitar#and he had amazing fingers and HE USED THEM TO PLAY THE GUITAR#and i love it when someone can make the guitar sing and he did#it was a surprising pick because i normally don't vibe with the shy ones but ugh there's a lot about him that's very neat#i switched biases by now i am very sorry hyeongjun. but he's still very special to me ♥#so my personal impression..... very withdrawn. sometimes i wonder if the shy guy thing is just a persona but no irl he's very withdrawn too#but ugh he loves what he's doing. he isn't that much of a stage hog (is that actually a word in english) but he loves playing the guitar#tumblr says i've talked about him enough so yeah. i also believe he has a loud side. a daring side. and that's very interesting#so... happy birthday guitar boi ♥
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dishes are forever
#I MISSED HAVING A TABLET!!!!#ht papyrus#a gentle touch when you're sad#a menacing touch when it would be funny#he can do it all#LITTLE PRO TIP LIFE HACK THOUGH: IF WASHING DISHES MAKES YOU WANT TO LIVE ON A DIFFERENT PLANET#MAYBE YOU HAVE TOO MANY DANG DISHES#BEING IN A SITUATION WHERE I HAVE 80% FEWER DISHES THAN BEFORE MEANS I DO DISHES MORE OFTEN BUT IT'S SO EASY#AND NOT SOUL SUCKING AT ALL#JUST MY EXPERIENCE!!!!!! THAT'S ALL#I'm sure when i am reunited with my other dishes i will languish in bed staring at this psyching myself up to the task#but i like keeping random jars from food i bought and dishes that i picked up in different places.#they physically remind me of everywhere I've been and sometimes i just look at them and remember where I've been#my favorite is the old ratatouille jar i bought at carrefour in Chengdu#that jarred ratatouille was the nastiest food to grace this earth#i bought it in case it would make a quick easy meal (you don't really find those at the grocery store in China at least not back then)#but even my cheap lazy self couldn't eat it#so no one ever consumed that ratatouille but the jar was pretty big so i put other stuff in it and now it's my dish#and somehow the label is glued on PERMANENTLY it has never washed off after all these years#actually idk maybe it eventually did it isn't here for me to look at but it lasted a long time i know that
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Alright. Jegulus, but they meet thanks to Peter. Peter who sometimes went out at night because of insomnia, who at some point came across Regulus sitting all alone in an archway, and instantly activated the Must Keep Friends Happy Mode™, sneaking food to him from the kitchen and becoming somehow one of the only people that Regulus trusted. And at some point he’s with the Marauders and casually mentions this friend of his who he sees every other night, and they get curious but Peter won’t betray Regulus’ identity to them, so James decides to follow him one night and it somehow (although he keeps denying it) becomes his favorite part of the day, to watch Regulus smile and laugh, because he finds him truly beautiful when he’s himself. And Peter notices him because of course he knows his friends’ footsteps and postures and tics, and of course he decides to introduce the two.
And they fall in love. And there’s confetti and rainbows in everywhere. And a unicorn singing Sky Full of Stars in the distance. And they live happily ever after. And it’s a fairytale. And that part never happens because IT IS TRAGIC AND THEY DIE YOUNG.
#dead gay wizards#jegulus#james x regulus#james loves regulus#james potter#peter pettigrew#regulus black#so they fall in love but everyone forgets that it’s thanks to peter#who’s kinda hurt by the fact that his friend followed him when he specifically said that he’d rather not say who it was he was meeting#and he’s a little heartbroken because his ‘best friend’#aka the only person he could actually talk to about his feelings#chose James over him just like everyone else#(He only liked regulus platonically though#no romance between them)#and THAT is part of the reasons why he ended up telling Moldy Voldy about the Potters (though I like to believe that it was relunctantly)#Not because he was a coward#But because he’d tried to be loyal and nice and gentle and there for everyone#and had ended up with EVERYONE picking his friends over him#So he’d never been the first choice#Until Moldy Voldy who picked HIM instead of others when it came to some useless things#But it was still more than he’d ever gotten#So he betrayed his friends#Now I’d just like to say that in NO WAY do I find his actions morally right or just right in general#but it’s PETER#one of the ONLY marauders era characters without a designated ‘soulmate’ or ‘main ship’ including him#Like I haven’t ever seen anyone whose OTP had Peter in it#and I find that kinda sad#It’s like he’s forgotten#despite what he did he STILL was a marauder
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the scene where you talk to davrin in his room while he whittles tiny models of monsters (while assan watches with rapt attention <3 there is nothing about this whole setup, man or griffon, that isn't adorable) when your rook IS one of the dainty little academic mage types he so besmirches and you consistently pick the purple options through the conversation -- I am SCREECHING the covert jock/nerd war rages on between clenched teeth and forced jollity, they are doing this on purpose, bioware really have given me this gift all nicely wrapped and lovingly crafted! rook is so fucking bitchy and passive aggressive in these purple options (and once or twice davrin doesn't seem to realize it/takes what they say at face value); it's not very nice of them but it is hilarious. also I must say that hearing these two just relentlessly neg each other with palpable tension of. SOME kind thick in the air* for five minutes straight and then walking away and seeing the 'davrin approves' pop up at the end gets close to the otherwise unapproachable gaming high that is having a tense standoff with sten in origins and seeing +7 affection as you leave. davrin clearly is going 'good talk man nice to see you stand up for yourself more, I respect the roast game' while my rook walks away with a forced smile and clenched fists like 'okay so that wasn't very mature of me I'll admit it but god why is this guy such an asshole'
I cannot imagine how this conversation must play out with a character more on davrin's wavelength because for my setup here this was *chef's kiss* perfect. ideal. I'm so glad this dynamic exists it's one of the funniest and most characterization-enriching things that could have happened to me
*there's some insanity going on here where like... I don't think either of them like want to fuck, they're not actually attracted to each other, but they both would fuck each other in a 'go fuck yourself'/'fuck me yourself you coward'/'fine I will see if I don't!!!!'/'oh yeah??? do it then!!!!!' kind of way. the vibes are indescribable and unhinged on both of their parts.
#the more I play the more I realize rye ingellvar is a HUGE petty bitch when pressed and I like him so so much#their vibe with lucanis is SO tender and patient and gentle. they have such respect and steady admiration for bellara.#they strive to be friendly and inviting with harding despite their different personalities and courteously lets neve have her space#and whenever davrin speaks they immediately choose violence. we must all contain multitudes#'oh. oh *I'm* a useless nerd and you're convincing yourself whittling your little action figures is actually just sound tactics???#fine. sure. alright. I can be an adult about this. ...tomorrow.'#once these two actually manage to hash it out they're going to have the most unbreakable brotherly bond ever tho#I'm calling it now. no one else gets to pick on either on them while the other is here sort of thing#dragon age#dragon age: the veilguard#dragon age: the veilguard spoilers#dragon age spoilers#davrin#oc: Ellaryen Ingellvar#bad news for rye: another jock has joined the team. the mage nerd coalition no longer quite so safe in their numbers#(well it's still four against two you'll still probably win the figurative movie night vote pretty easily. but still#three maybe. depends on where you put harding. lucanis is a theater kid so he's technically switzerlanding it#but really rook and neve can look at him with big beseeching eyes#and he turns collaborateur for the mage side in a heartbeat. hey. I um. I love this team)
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There is potential for Cass, Jason, and Damian to all be with the LoA at the same time, allowing them to all briefly meet, not even knowing who they all will be to each other, once they're free of the League
#bat rambles#there is a moment when they're all on patrol#and it mirrors that first meeting#except now Cass is all gentle touches to show her siblings she loves them#jason actually talks and doesnt just snap and lash out#in fact his love language is also touch#so he ruffles Damian's hair and will bump his shoulders against Cass's affectionately#Damian lets them touch him without making too much of a fuss#just a “Tt” and a pout while Cass is just draped all over him#something she picked up from steph#my batfam muses like. just surfaced today it's been literallh 8 years#damian wayne#jason todd#cassandra cain#batfam#batfam muses
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Bad has so many reasons to be cautious, even paranoid, as anyone else on the island. From Federation nonsense to Dapper being kidnapped to the whole purgatory nonsense to whatever fuckass suit of armor “old friend” was setting up cameras in his house. But it compounds on his regular overly aware paranoid self to this state of hyper-paranoia. And as a demon who can and usually will lie, cheat, steal, and use sneaky underhanded tactics, he expects the craziest extent because he thinks of it, realizes it’s possible, and would use it himself. We saw this very obviously in purgatory - when he thought greens desperate last ditch effort to balance the scale was a super planned out tactic to tip the scale, so he did it first, all the hardcore base hunting, the spawn killing, there’s a reason every other tactic he used usually followed a main channel qsmp post with updated rules - all usually things he was surprised no one else thought of. But then this also piles onto the fact that he has to have things go his way, all the time, and that he’s argumentative as all get out, which led to the debate between him and Bagi yknow. Especially because he’s not just doing it for the sake of being right, he doesn’t think he’s paranoid, but that he’s exercising the right amount of caution.
So like. Listen dude. Yeah he’s got reasons to be paranoid. But his thought process around building vaults for separate cookie caches like they locked up the risus pills, only to scrap it because it’s not perfectly impenetrable, is extreme. His character has hardly been a leading example in someone who has reasonable reactions to things. And even when there isn’t his own children’s livelihoods potentially on the line, he has a need for control, and the most control he has is if he keeps the cookies in his inventory at all times. If he makes himself the sole point in which the others can get ones in a case of emergency, then he can control the variables. The problem is he’s unreliable about himself when he’s at his most rational and healthiest, and he’s far worse with the current memory and health issues he’s been mostly unaware of.
I dunno it’s like. There is never going to be a purely impenetrable base. And it’s not just a case of “Bagi just hasn’t lived through __ yet!”. Bad’s own logic about keeping the cookies on him at all times is flawed under his own logic, because Bagi is right - if someone has enough drive to break into separate secured cookie caches purely for the downfall of eggs, they more than certainly have enough drive to find a way to kill Bad and just take them from his inventory, or to just kill the eggs themselves. All it truly does is give Bad a sense of control, and soothe his paranoia.
#everyone let’s remember rurus’ tweet about bad NOT being in the blunt rotation. he would try to pluck cameras out of your eyes. and he will#make it seem like it’s the most reasonable thing to do in that moment#now this is more me complaining about shit I’ve been seeing on Twitter in the tags <3 love and peace but I’ve got beef#side note - to say the people who are commenting on qBad’s paranoia or this and that are all newcomers who just ‘weren’t there to experienc#-the dark times’ or ‘weren’t there for the egg deaths/nightmares’ like you are not immune to the way bbh can make something seem so#reasonable#he’s got his own reasons to be paranoid. and most everyone agreed that the base idea of a ‘cookie jar’ would need rethinking with security#but to say qBagi (or Jorge’s/other viewers) is shortsighted or naive. when qBad is THE definition of paranoia. of overreacting. like#qBad’s reaction extends from a mixture of care hyper paranoia and trauma response (which is half that hyper paranoia)#and he will pick and pick and pick until there’s nothing left to pick at#sometimes this is helpful. a lot of the time it’s not#and on the flip side it’s like y’all bad cares about the eggs to a ridiculous degree don’t be silly here okay. he does this because he care#even without a memory in his brain he calls them ‘little one’ and is gentle like. he cares#but at the same time this doesn’t always justify his nonsense. his thought processes. he’s Uber hyper paranoid and not easy to reason with#he’s selfish he can and will jump to extremes he’s overly controlling. and he’s the worlds most unreliable narrator#I’ve been saying this I’ll keep saying this he’s an unreliable narrator! this doesn’t make everything he says or thinks bullshit but you#cannot take what he says to himself how he justifies his actions etc etc in private at face value. unless he is making it EXPLICITLY CLEAR#he’s talking from a meta perspective as the creator of his character#you have to take his perspective with a grain of salt. because he will ‘I’m just a little guy and the world is out to get me’ his way outta#everything#there is a difference between reasonable caution from learned past experiences and overly anxious paranoid responses#idk I’m running out of steam sorry this is like a second post with the tags#and again I say this as a huge qBbh enjoyer lmao#mcyt#qsmp#q!bbh#q!bagi#z speaks
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Hi I'm mad
#this is the only place I can vent about My Hero stuff#I'm so pissed that Toga is dead it's so fucked up#like everything about it is so fucked up#it started with Jin being killed#all he wanted to do was protect his friends#but Hawks mercilessly killed him while he begged for his life#and then in the big battle Toga didn't get to kill Hawks and avenge her friend#and that scum gets to live and continue being a hero#and then Toga dies too while characters with significantly worse injuries somehow survive#like are you shitting me she dies when DABI survived???#dude is a charcoal skeleton there's no fucking way he should be alive#and Uraraka went through this whole deal of questioning heroes' actions because of what Toga said to her#Toga and Uraraka finally reaching an understanding and bonding just for Toga to die is such garbage#Toga wanted to be accepted and she found it in the League#then had to watch her friends all die when all most of them wanted was just a better society#but she could have stayed with Uraraka#it would have been so much more meaningful if Toga had lived and inspired Uraraka to go into like social work#helping people who were outcasts because of their quirks#working with Toga who also knew about Spinner and Jin and Shigaraki's experiences#it's just disgusting and shows that the author doesn't understand his own world#it honestly also gives off homophobia#like he had these little glimmers of queer rep with Magne and Toga#but Magne was brutally killed#Toga died after the briefest gay moment with her and Uraraka#plus we know Jin was an ally because he threatened to kill another villain for misgendering Magne but Jin died too#honestly the only highlights of this ending for me are that Nagant and Gentle/La Brava got to live and be free#I've read this far but I honestly don't know if I care enough to finish now that Toga is seemingly confirmed dead#this is why I don't pick up shonen manga or anime anymore#toga himiko#ochako uraraka
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kiss it better
Killua’s small fingers grab his shirt, and he sobs.
“I-I’m sorry…”
Gon shakes his head and carefully kisses Killua’s wrist.
“No, I’m sorry, Ki.”
He lifts Killua’s chin.
“I don’t want anything to happen to you, okay? You’re my world.”
Killua stops and hiccups, eyes wide.
“H-Huh?”
#;windy’s stuff#gonkillu#hxh#hunter x hunter#gon x killua#gon#killua#Me at the start of this idea : OMG SUCH A CUTE IDEA GONNA BE SO CUTE#Me halfway through writing: Depression#YEAHHHH I DO NOT HAVE CONTROL OVER WHAT I WRITE I WAS NOT EXPECTING MARRIED COUPLE FIGHT BUT#IS OKIE IT ALL FIXED ITSELF SOBS#IT ALL WORKED OUT SOBS#GON CRADLING HIS LITTLE PRINCESS IN HIS ARMS AND COMFORTING HIM OKIE AHHHHHHHH#HAD TO READ KI BEING CUTEST MOMMY EVER TO NOT CRY#WHEN KI ASKED IF GON HATED HIM I ABOUT JUMPED OFF CLIFF I CAN NOT#KI CRYING HURTS MY SOUL SO BAD AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH#KIS JUST THE SWEETEST LITTLE MOMMY I SOB AND DIE EVEYTIME HE IS SO CUTE AND SWEET AND GENTLE ITS JUST OMG#HE IS SO COMPLETELY THE OPPOSITE OF HIS FAM HE DESERVED SO MUCH BETTER BUT HES THE SWEETEST SWEETHEART OF ALL TIME I 😭😭😭😭😭🤧🤧🤧🤧🤧🤧#KIS SO HAPPY AND CUTE AND EXCITED FOR FOOD SO MY HEART BREAK AHHHHH MITO THE CUTEST LITTLE CHICKEN NUGGET THO OMG#I IMAGINE SHE IS LIKE THE SPITTING IMAGE OF KI MINUS HER EYES SO RIP GONS HEART WHEN BOTH OF THEM MAD OR SAD AT HIM AHH I have never specif#AHHHHHHH I AM HEALED BY GONKI AT END SOBS#GON PICKING UP KI SOBS#KIS WITTLE CUTE SHYNESSSSS AHHHH HIS BLUSHING AAHHHH#GONKI GONKI SOBS#ROLLS OFF CLIFF#KIS JUST THE SWEETEST BABEY ANGELLL AHHHHH#KIS SO SWEET I CRY HHH MITO SO SWEET I CRY 😭😭😭#KI IS A BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS
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At the beginning when the guys are just getting to know each other, Mike and Davy get into a fight (something silly and easily avoidable, but they don’t really know each other yet and they’re suddenly living in very close quarters, tensions are high). Mike loses his temper and starts yelling (he hasn’t learned to regulate his emotions yet and is used to yell or be yelled at). Davy (who’s the newest to the group and not used to being surrounded by this much testosterone (see: 3 sisters)) gets lowkey terrified since Mike is a lot bigger than him and is extremely scary when mad. Davy’s eyes start to water and he’s kinda frozen in fear and doesn’t know what to do (the others don’t step in because they’re also unsure and its the first big fight in the Pad) and begins to (unwantedly) regress. Mike notices this and is kinda like ‘oh shit’ and immediately calms down and is trying to apologise but it’s too late and Davy’s in tears. Mike has to comfort him and soothe him and from then on the rest is history.
AAAAH OH MY GOODNESS!!
#asks#the monkees#mike and davy gain so much trust and honestly they all do. they all learn.#i’m a big believer in the monkees strongly believing in consent. I cite this to the 90s special where micky says “’no thanks’ when he thinks#davy asks him for a kiss (i still think it’s crazy this was written by mike nesmith) but like micky can just say no thanks! and it’s all#cool and chill and groovy!#just from living with each other and learning from each other the boys learn how to navigate all of their individual limits#it’s a learning process that never stops but they all love each other so much and try so hard for a healthy relationship between the four#of them (be that relationship platonic familial or strictly professional music buddies take your pick but in all of those aspects they make#it work)#i love the monkees so much 😭 😭 😭#sweet davy poor thing#as mike gets older he learns more and more and gets so gentle and mellow#he’s the best to take a nap on top of on the couch#all three other monkees agree on this
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Does anyone know how to teach your dog how to stand up to bullies?
#before you worry: yes ofc I step in when the other dog is mean to her. and I watch them always.#I literally don't let this freak of a dog outta my sight when he's not in his kennel. as he's...stupid. very stupid.#almost 5 years old and never went to obedience school and can't be off leash because he doesn't know commands stupid.#Eats everything in sight stupid. will start choking on rocks and other shit that happens to be on his path stupid.#HER OWN FUCKING TOYS. GROWLS AND BITES AT HER.#His owner is very kind and pays very well though. (I think she likes treating this dog like her baby and that's why he is the way he is.)#It's just that this other dog. is half Mocha's size.#but she's just such a sweetheart that she'll bring out HER toys to play with him and to share. but then he WILL NOT LET HER PLAY#I take the toy away but Mocha tries to bring it out to play again but then other dog just snatches it up >:(#She brings out another for herself? He snatches it up. She tries to get it back? He growls and bites at her. Even if he's currently not#playing with it. and I'm just thinking “Mocha.You're older than him and you're bigger. You're too sweet. Don't let him treat you like this!#we've had another playdate with a dog once where she brought out her favorite toy. and her friend destroyed it. And Mocha was so so sad#Mocha's always very gentle and soft with her toys. as she likes to nibble and cuddle with them instead of destroying.#sighs#it's not like. too “bad” as I make sure to never let it get too bad. but I still get sad about my doggy getting picked on :'(#especially as this other dog...will not be changing tbh. I doubt it.#Mad rambles#my floofs
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What about a summer camp story?
Gil is the new head of the cafeteria. He's cooking for the children and camp supervisors. One time he asks one of the supervisors, Sersi, why this beautiful, statue like woman never eats. Sersi tells him her name and that she never eats in the cafeteria because the food was awful before Gil came. One Day when Gil meets Thena personally for the first time, he can convince her to try his food in the cafeteria.
✨🖤Hugs and Love🖤✨
"There's nothing in there but flour and cornmeal."
The statuesque woman startled, rushing to pull her head out of the pantry like a camper trying to sneak a snack back to their bunk.
Gil chuckled, "everything that's already made is either in the fridges or in the cabinets over the flat top."
She nodded silently, no apologies to be made over being caught red handed, "well, I'll-"
"You can have whatever you want," Gil rushed before she could make her escape. "Anything you like--just tell me."
She cleared her throat, maintaining what dignity she could after being found out. "I was looking for any tortilla chips leftover from chili night."
"Right," Gil nodded, looking down at the late night prep he was getting done. He set down his knife, "because you don't eat the cafeteria food."
He had noticed, of course. It would be hard not to notice the one face who never, ever entered the lunch line. Even the busiest counsellors like Dane and Sersi still had to sit down for dinner at some point. But the elusive activities director always walked around with a power bar or a protein shake in hand, it seemed.
Sersi had told him that the food was particularly horrid before he came to be the camp cook. Many of them had their reservations, and Thena wasn't one for dining communally anyway! He shouldn't take it personally, was her point.
But he was more than curious about the reclusive creature who took the kids on hikes and helped them with archery and volleyball and soccer.
She gave him a more standoffish look, still keeping her hands clasped behind her in her camp t-shirt and white denim shorts. He had never seen her in anything else, even early when the counsellors might grab breakfast in their pajamas before the rambunctious pre-teens rose for the day.
"I hope you won't take offense."
Gil swiped his hands on the towel tossed over his shoulder and faced her more fully. "You say that, but I'm pretty sure you won't even try a bite of anyone else's food."
She shrugged, "I'm not a food sharer."
Gil nodded, "right. That scared of it?"
Her shoulders rose faintly, like a cat arching its back for a fight. "You didn't have to sample the food of your predecessor. You would swear off the stuff as well, I think."
He snorted, "that bad?"
Thena gave him the driest look he had seen from her yet, and that was really saying something. "I brought enough power bars to sustain me for months."
Gil rolled his eyes, although he had to admit, she had one hell of a resolve. "You would rather survive on dry, crumbly protein bars than even try my food?"
"They are not dry."
"Crumbly though," he countered, and she accepted the rebuttal. He walked closer, "there must be something you'd be willing to try. Doesn't have to be anything the truck drops off, although I'll have you know that I don't make shit that comes frozen in a plastic bag."
Thena eyed him in return, still cautious but obviously too intrigued - or hungry - to avoid it. "You don't?"
Gil huffed, snapping his towel off his shoulder and tossing it onto the counter, "not on my life! I refused to take the job unless they changed their supplier and I was allowed to use real food. That shit's not good for kids anyway."
That seemed to sway the obstinate woman slightly, who at least drifted closer to the end of his prep counter. "Well, what do you make, then?"
"Do you not even pay attention to what's on the board?" Gil sighed, although he could guess the answer already. He crossed his arms, "of course not."
"I have other things to do," Thena crossed her arms as well, "I don't just have one age group to manage. It is, in fact, all the little devils who do the activities."
Gil smirked; she called them 'little devils' but here she was, same as the rest of them, spending three whole months at some camp in the woods so the kids could have some outdoor enrichment and three meals and a bed while school was out.
"So?" she prompted, her eyes flicking down to the green onion he was chopping. "What is that for?"
"Well, these are for something else," he shook his head at her prickly demands. "You can freeze them while they're fresh so they stay firm as a garnish for some crunch. But I can make you some eggs if you want."
"Eggs?"
"Eggs," he nodded, "y'know, usually a chicken lays 'em but you can get other-"
"I understand the concept!" she bit at him, although maybe it wasn't as scary if you weren't under the age of 13. "I'm asking if they're real!"
"Real eggs," he vowed, moving to the fridge as if she were holding a weapon for him to produce the evidence. He pulled out two from the wholesale flat he had in the fridge. "See?"
She pursed her lips at his demeaning demonstration.
"Okay, okay," he chuckled. At least she was fun, this Goddess of War he had heard so much about. "You want something to eat or not?"
He wasn't sure, but he would bet that her stomach was winning the argument against her head.
She relaxed her stance slightly, fingers tapping against the end of the counter. "Could...scrambled, please?"
He knew there had to be a human under that shell. And she was hungry, "yes, ma'am."
Now she was the one to roll her eyes.
Gil turned the burner on, though, tossing a little nob of butter into the pan.
"The food truly was horrid, last year," Thena began her confession as he waited for his pan to reach an appropriate heat. She looked down at her hands. "It disagreed with me on several occasions."
That was what made her so much more resistant than the others. Gil smiled, "and here I thought you were being shy."
She scowled, "I'm-"
"I'm kidding, I'm kidding," he waved it off, cracking his eggs and scrambling in the pan with chopsticks, "sorry. The last way I would describe you is shy."
Thena relaxed somewhat, and he discovered that it was possible for those sharp little shoulders to slouch. "I know I'm the only one who feels so strongly about it."
"I think that mass produced, bagged and canned shit would turn anyone's stomach," Gil offered more gently, keeping his eggs moving on the heat--her eggs. He smiled, "I don't blame you."
Thena drifted a little closer still. "I'm sorry, Gilgamesh, for being so unfair as to not even try anything you've made."
He shrugged, only looking at her briefly while working on her eggs, "hey, it's okay."
She paused, maybe not having expected her forgiveness to come so quickly.
"Also," he chuckled, pulling her very soft scramble out and spiralling the sheet of eggs onto a plate. He added a few of his green onions, just for the sake of it, "it's just Gil."
She pursed her lips at him again, but accepted the plate of eggs, swirled into a peaked cyclone. She gave him a slightly less unamused look, "showing off?"
He gave her his most charming grin, "gotta impress first time clients."
Thena rolled her eyes at him, cutting off the smallest piece possible with her fork.
"Oh, come on!"
She glared at him for interrupting her snacking, but took the small bite for what it was. Her eyebrows raised, and he noticed their darker colour in comparison to her almost white-blonde hair. "Hm...not bad."
Gil kept his eyes on her as he reached forward with his chopsticks. She didn't stop him--even moved the plate back closer to him. He took a bite for himself, "not bad--they're good!"
Rather than argue with him again, the statue of a woman took another bite, with another smile, "fine, they're good. Happy?"
Gil smiled as well, watching as Thena took larger and larger bites, probably starving for decent nutrients after all her smoothies and power bars. At least he knew what to make for tomorrow morning's breakfast. "I'm getting there."
#Thenamesh AU#I think this is so cute though#Gil arrives at this camp#sees this mysterious and pale as a ghost camp counsellor#he assumed he'll meet her when he prepares the camp meals#but over and over she skips the line and sits alone with her power bars and protein shakes#and that's if she sits in the mess hall at all#he asks Sersi who this is#she says oh that's Thena don't mind her she doesn't really like people#he asks how you become a camp activities director if you're not a people person#Sersi smiles and says that Thena might not like children but she does love them#he learns over time how true that is#she's not here to be the fun cool counsellor who feels like a friend#she doesn't have Dane or Sersi's touch with them#but she obviously loves the kids because she wouldn't be here otherwise#she's gentle with the young ones#picks them up and assuages their crying#the older ones she calls 'sport' and 'champ' and 'bud' and 'kid' and 'kiddo' and they all love it#Gil starts paying attention to the mysterious Miss Thena#and she starts showing up in the breakfast line#and then the lunch and sometimes even the dinner line#and he makes sure to try and make a favourite of hers whenever he can#Sersi is thrilled#meanwhile Dane is like...he's never asked me any of my favourites
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OPEN STARTER | Patrick Finch
"I condone lying. I encourage it, even. I recommend it. I could hardly live without it."
#;open starter#the wolf;patrick#the wolf;open#he's always the most difficult one GOSH#also you must envision he's saying this with this weird open deadpan stare where he#well how do i put it: he's clearly fucking with you but he does it with such an open genuine expression#i mean he does condone lying he's not lying here (LKDSG!!!) but he is also fucking around#so this is Patrick he's 37 or anywhere around that age he's agender primarily he/him pronouns bc whatever yknow#the agender vibes of WHATEVER i know what i'm talking about trust me i have a phd in agenderism#anyways he's an informant but about as unorthodox as you can imagine he's just fucking around and finding out frankly#very depressed very jumpy very good at hiding it lmao he's my darling ♥#he is very motherly somehow i can't explain it#he has somewhat of a history in accidentally attempting to adopt powerful young women i don't know why he???#knee-jerks into wanting to be a mother figure i don't know him that well you guys#like he met suki (ferre's kamipyre) for a few minutes one time and#days after he was wondering if she'd wore a jacket because it was cold out like--#men don't get the same kindness if you're a charming kind-hearted competent warm and humorous DAD kind of guy he's unfortunately#emotionally attracted to you? unfortunately because he hates it~ but if you're any other kind of guy you're just... you're some guy to him#yes if you're young he'll adopt you too but begrudgingly-- KLDGFGKLFDHGJF#if you're a they/them you're his kid already are you kidding that's your mum#OH I JUST HAD A TERRIBLE THOUGHT so do you know om*g*verse?? regardless of how you feel about it#it do be a thing and i just had this horrible thought about how if pat were a real guy in an established canon#he'd probs get the feminisation treatment amiright?? NO LISTEN HE USED TO BE A HUGE WOLF#AND HE'S ACTUALLY FILLED WITH SO MUCH RAGE AND WRONGED PRIDE#patrick is gentle when he likes you and because he's Smart he doesn't just BITE out of nowhere he's always been like that#Fenris was known for being INCREDIBLY well-spoken BUT ALSO A HUGE PROUD WOLF#LIKE BIG WOLF-- it doesn't show but he's Very Proud and STRONG and ??????#;queue#i picked a gif came back and realized i lost it there for a sec NO MATTER makes for good entertainment
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something something after a particularly rough fight izzy has a cut high on his cheekbone near the corner of his eye. ed tends to his injuries and maybe it's the rum or maybe it's the way izzy is looking at him but he can't stop thinking about placing a tender kiss right over the mark
#ofmd#ofmd hc#blackhands#maybe they've fucked before maybe they've even made out a few times (drunkenly) but this...#this level of tenderness is something thats been building and growing and threatening to boil over but never has#because they can justify a quick fuck or even a sloppy drunken makeout session#that tension is strung so taught it's easy for it to snap#but this... this isn't tension. it's not strained enough for a snap#it's wide and deep and surrounds them like an unseen haze#it runs through their veins at all times it's always there it's gentle#hard to know when it even started and harder still to know what the tipping point will be because well#it's been there for so long#in my head this is when they're young and still crewmates on someone else's ship#later when they give each other their first tattoos izzy lets ed pick what to give him and just says 'keep it simple'#so ed chooses that spot just below the corner of his eye where he first gave in to tenderness#izzy blushes when he realizes and ed jalf smirks half smiles at the response#also this wasn't intended to be part of it BUT since ed can't read/write this is basically ed's signature right#oof i also want to make this part of a bigger thing but only time will tell#y'all when i said i can and i will go off in the tags I was NOT joking askdlfs#just a little post#... with big tags
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Prev your tags have been peer approved and I endorse your killing spree
not all character interpretations are valid some of you are sexist
#this reminds me of the jayvik ship. some had to be told that someone taking your cane isn't cute actually (wow go figure??????)#SPEAKING OF#not all character interpretations are valid some of you are homophobic#stop heterosexualizing gay ships#i see you whole fandoms obsessed with having one guy be the gentle twink bottom or one girl be the super strong butch#i love both of these things but it's so obvious when you force gender subversion on one while denying it to their partner#even if you have to pry it from their cold dead hands to force them to be the extremely normative/cis one in the relationship#and yes it IS especially gross if you picked this one to feminize because he's thin and short due to his CHRONIC (AND FATAL) ILLNESS#and have him being literally carried around as a cute bride trope istg i will hurl (the writers mainly. through windows.)
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