#horrible shop job tbh

[captainspiggbo]

This guy gotta be my favorite merchant in Tears of The Kingdom.... ಥ‿ಥ⁠ 

[vulturegroove]

need a job where I can dissect and clean all day xo

[worriedvision]

You finally leave a toxic workplace - multiple characters

Gender neutral reader, going to do this with Wriothesley and Kinich. More of a comfort fic for myself than anything tbh lol! The jobs are more genshin related than irl tbh lmao!

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Wriothesley:

You finally had enough of the mind-games you'd be subject to by your peers in the dress shop you worked in. Whenever you were trying to work yourself, nobody would trust you with their materials they'd bring for special commissions - your boyfriend being Wriothesley and all!

Your coworkers weren't much better, but they were different. They got worse after seeing your boyfriend come along with a packed lunch for you, which led to jealousy. How did you get such a hunk of a boyfriend that was also a doting lover? They weren't happy your romantic life was going well, but they'd put emphasis on you not being doting back - a statement they wouldn't know to be fake.

When more customers came in and everyone had to stay back, they'd hand it to you to cover for them all. Chiori, someone who ran a rival shop, walked in one day after seeing you clearly not doing well.

"Darling, you do know you don't sell bags right?" Chiori chastises, you tilting your head in confusion before gasping at the mirror Chiori holds up.

"You're worth more than your coworkers - unfortunately, the only one not seeing that is you." Chiori states. "For your sake, I'd leave this job of yours. While I don't have any openings, I'm sure there are other shops you can work in that will respect your time."

"...Thank you, Chiori." You smile weakly, feeling strangely empowered to have someone that wasn't your boyfriend telling you your own worth. "can I ask why you...?"

"Oh, your boyfriend told me he was thinking of threatening your boss with a criminal record. I figured this would get you out of a sticky mess."

"Ah, that makes sense." You chuckle. "... You're right. I'm exhausted after work, and I don't have the energy to indulge in anything. I don't get paid for overtime, and I cover for people with no thanks in return."

"Walk out with me, make a statement." Chiori nods, you agreeing as you leave your badge and apron behind, hearing the gasps from the few customers still waiting.

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"...You finally left?" Wriothesley smiles, you nodding as you snuggle into his chest and inhale softly. He sighs, massaging the back of your head as he sits back in his chair. "Glad to hear it. You're practically working yourself to death there."

"I didn't even realise how big my eye bags were!" You laugh, Wriothesley tutting before wrapping his arms around you.

"You better enjoy some time away from work. You really ought to look after yourself, my love." Wriothesley chastises, waiting for a response before realising you were now softly snoring on his chest.

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Kinich:

You worked as a collector of materials for people who weren't familiar with Natlan and its layout. You emphasised focus on quality and less pay, as you were new to that line of work and you had to sell yourself somehow. People knew you'd be the cheaper option, but they'd pressure you to spend excessive time and resources to get their materials collected.

Your boyfriend had given you lectures about this, but at first you thought he didn't know better than what worked for him. You knew from growing up you were to take every job you possibly could, not for your own good but rather for the good of your reputation. If you didn't grow a good reputation, you couldn't work with the decent clients.

Unfortunately, you got the horrible people that everyone else would ignore if they got the commission. They'd track your progress on the commission, keeping a close eye to make sure you weren't just getting the cheap stuff. And god forbid they caught you taking a lunch break in progress of their commission!

You actually got injured one time, and the person who commissioned you jumped out from a nearby bush.

"You aren't doing your job well enough! I specifically commissioned you out of pity, and you can't even collect this one. Simple. Request?" They tut, you trying to get your leg wedged out from between two rocks.

"The request isn't- ow - simple." You growl out.

"It really is! How else would you have accepted it with such a low reward?" The man laughs, still making no move to help you. "I won't be helping you out, it will be deducted from your paycheck otherwise!"

"...Fuck you." You grumble. "My leg is stuck between two rocks, and being the sociopath you are you're talking down to me. You specifically asked for this commissions spot." You keep going, the adrenaline from the accident leaving leading to you getting both a surge of pain and exhaustion.

"Oh, you have some balls talking to me like that. Do you know who I am?" The man laughs, pinching you to keep you awake.

Before he can continue, however, he gets yanked back with a grapple your boyfriend made. The man is shocked, and he goes to open his mouth only to see a very angry Kinich.

"We've had this problem before." He states, eyes cold as they drill into his soul. "I warned you before, but you never listen. I alerted the commissions guild of this in advance knowing something would go wrong. My partner is in agony because of you."

"I-I- can-"

"You were spying on them as well. I'm fairly certain that is also a crime - in addition to you physically abusing them." Kinich coldly continues. "Traveler, please take this man away."

The traveler does so, seemingly entirely clued in, as Kinich goes along to you.

"I'm exhausted. I want to go home." You cry, Kinich nodding before examining your leg. He grabs your leg, advising you this was going to hurt, before lifting your leg up so your ankle was at the gap before getting you free.

"This is a pretty nasty wound, you're incredibly lucky you didn't break anything." Kinich sighs, grabbing his kit to clean the wound.

"I want to sleep, is that okay?" You whimper. "You were right, people are taking advantage of me."

"Of course." Kinich nods. "I'll carry you to the tent after I patch you up. I'll stay by your side." Kinich smiles.

"Yeah, so will I!" Ajaw cackles. "Even I would take better care of you than that guy! The audacity, not even killing you to end your suffering." Ajaw ends, you and Kinich looking over confused.

"... That was surprisingly nice of you." Kinich nods. "I appreciate the sentiment, and I'm sure _ does as well."

[blue-jisungs]

infinity

summary. by a rather unpleasant string of events you find out who… or what your boyfriend really is

warnings. swearing, blood, violence (?) but nothing extreme, (a pinch of angst if u will)

au. vampire!wonwoo

a/n. first of all i’d like to thank zanna ( @slytherinshua ) , ola ( @l3visbby ) and kermit (@humongousbiscuitvoidtree ) for helping me out with certain aspects of this work!! tbh without you i wouldn’t write it <\3 so thank you sm, love you and check their blogs if you haven’t already >:T

second of all, i don’t want to spoil everything but as you can see from the au its a vampire thingy teehee but! i based the creations of vampires on the witcher (mostly the books/part 3 of the game (esp blood and wine))! i’m such a sucker for the witcher (without the tv series lol) so you know i had to teehee!! it’s pretty much briefly explained later in the work but if someone is interested i definitely recommend diving into the witcher or even checking it out on wiki!

word count. 4.7k 😟 the longest work of mine on tumblr 😟😟😟

wonwoo loves you. he’s sure that he never loved anyone like this before. if it was possible, he’d spend his entire life; infinity with you. if only.

you feel the same way, obviously. you can always feel the presence of his love, even if he himself may not be around. you love him so much that you sometimes feel as if your heart was about to jump out of your chest. he must feel it too because his pupils grow wider a bit (and he thinks you don’t see it). even his friends, including mingyu who knew him for like forever, told you he’s head over heels for you which made you melt on the spot.

you’ve been together for 6 years now and life with him is anything and more than you could have ever wanted. wonwoo is patient, funny and above all, caring. sometimes it makes you wonder what you did in your past life to deserve this; him.

“i’m home!” you call out, putting the groceries on the countertop. there was not only his shoes next to the doorstep but also someone else’s… if you were to take a guess, you’d bet it was mingyu.

you let out a deep sigh, reaching for a iced tea you bought for yourself.

your classes today were… harsh, to say at least. all you needed today was wonwoo’s arms around you. and a good nap.

overall your days were horrible lately. the ridiculous amount of uni work, your part time job and social life in general. there’s a new guy at your job and you can’t figure out what’s his problem with you. he’s always staring, throwing mean comments at you… the other day he almost got you fired.

you still haven’t talked about this with wonwoo. and you didn’t really want to because lately he seemed busy with something else. but if his - junwoo’s - behaviour is going to go on, you’ll reach out.

you closed your eyes, trying to forget it. you’re home now, it’s all good. just take a shower and go to bed.

you finished your ice tea and grabbed two that were left in your shopping bag. you passed by wonwoo’s office and knocked at the door gently. and before you could even move your hand away, your boyfriend called you in.

as you opened the door, as predicted, saw mingyu. he smiled at you. they were sitting at the desk, looking over at some papers.

“hi guys. hi baby” you hummed, trying to keep a positive tone. you walked up to wonwoo, placing a soft kiss on his forehead.

you put down the two bottles and smiled at them.

“i’ll go to sleep, i’m exhausted” you announced quietly and wonwoo nodded, sending you a warm smile.

“of course… i didn’t even realise it got so late. good night, dear” he hummed. you walked away, sending them a small wave and closed the door behind you. with a deep sigh you started mentally questioning if you have enough strength to do your skin care.

nowadays there is something important going on since wonwoo isn’t home a lot. he’s asleep when you wake up in the morning to attend your classes, sometimes you manage to share a quick cup of coffee. and when you’re back home from work late evening, he’s absent. you always text him once you’re home and when you check the other day, the read hour says something around 1am. it’s exhausting, it really is.

“nonu…” you mumbled quietly, entering your living room at some lazy sunday. weekends were the only days you could catch up, even a bit. he turned his head immediately, eyes landing on you.

“is something wrong?” he asked, concern in his voice.

“well… no. actually, yeah” you huffed and sat down next to him on the couch. he closed his book and a playful smile spread on your lips when you see it’s twilight, again.

“what’s wrong, darling?” wonwoo asked, shifting his full attention to you. he can sense you’re nervous so he grabs your hand. it feels like eternity since he did that, let alone kiss you properly or–

“i miss you” you pouted, avoiding eye contact.

“but i’m here” wonwoo teases you but let’s go when you don’t even snicker “‘m sorry. i know, work has been stressful lately. seungcheol got into some trouble and you know how it is…”

“i really don’t. we don’t even talk that much anymore. i know that it’s your work but it’s just….” you babbled, finally gaining courage to look up at him. your heart clenched at the sight of his sad frown “but i know how you can make it up for me…”

“oh?” the corner of wonwoo’s mouth shifts up, his smirk making you dizzy. asshole. with a tilt of his head, his gaze pierces you but at the same time, it’s soft. and loving. “tell me then”

“well, first of all a kiss. seco–“ you were interrupted by his plush lips on yours. as you melted into the kiss, wonwoo effortlessly grabbed your hips and put you on his lap. with a small bite of your bottom lip, he made you gasp. you felt him smile playfully into the kiss before he continued to knock the air out of your lungs. your hands travelled to the nape of his neck, playing with his hair.

when you finally pulled away, cheeks glowing red, wonwoo put a stray strand of your hair back behind your ear.

“done. and the second part?” he breathed out, admiring your flustered face.

“a date” you giggled, hands shifting to cup his face.

“a date?” he repeated, a small crease forming between his brows.

“we can even go and dig garbage out, i don’t care. just take me on a date, mr jeon” you squished his cheeks, causing him to playfully roll his eyes.

“okay, ms l/n, next friday then. we’re going to dig through garbage” wonwoo sent you a boyish smile and you smacked his arm. finally, your place was filled with your laughters again.

you were waiting impatiently, the minutes on the clock passing painfully slow. wonwoo was supposed to pick you up at 6pm and then you were supposed to go… somewhere. he said it’s a surprise, so you weren’t fully sure what was is.

you decided to wear a cute dress and a cardigan that he gifted you on your birthday. it was your favourite piece of clothing and it went perfectly with the dress.

you played a goofy game that was on your phone, trying to kill some time.

you figured it will be the perfect opportunity to tell wonwoo about junwoo, your co-worker. days passed and his behaviour got even worse. you were uncomfortable around him, your job draining you mentally. and you hated that because to be frank, you loved your job. you loved making baked goods, displaying them and serving customers. and now your, somehow, safe place is making you sick even when you’re just thinking about it.

suddenly your phone dinged.

nonu<3: darling i’m so sorry

nonu<3: i won’t be able to make it

nonu<3: let’s postpone it to next friday, okay?

nonu<3: seungcheol said he’ll pay

your heart dropped. putting down your phone gently you felt tears gathering at your water line.

nonu<3: love you

“love you too” you mumbled and went straight to bed, not bothering to take your makeup off.

when wonwoo came back around 3am, he wasn’t surprised to see you’re fast asleep. there was a little hope in him that you’d wait; that’d you won’t be mad. but who was he gonna fool? when he noticed you fell asleep without changing into your pyjamas, wiping off your makeup and clutching his pillow tight to your chest his heart stung painfully. then he went to grab makeup wipes to remove your mascara stains.

you haven’t talked to wonwoo since then. a week passed by, making you wonder if he’s truly going to take you on a date.

you were just ending your shift, unfortunately with junwoo. you were wiping the tables while he was counting up today’s profit.

“so, that boyfriend of yours…”

the question felt like a bomb, echoing in the empty room. you looked up at junwoo annoyed, his gaze piercing your soul.

“he’s very lovely” you scoffed, looking outside the window. it was already dark outside, not to mention that you still have to go through the park to arrive at your bus stop. normally wonwoo would pick you up…

“is he?”

you ignored the question, moving to the last table. last table and you’re gone. you just need to grab your bag. to do that you have to… shit. you have to pass him by. maybe you don’t need your stuff? you could leave it and– what are you thinking, your id and everything is in it.

“wonwoo is hiding something from you, isn’t he?” junwoo’s voice send shivers down your spine and when you gulped, you could hear his scoff. wait.

“how do you know his name?” you asked, hands trembling.

“i’m friend of a friend you see. but wonwoo once betrayed me…”

your grip on the cloth you were holding tightened, heart speeding up. why this feels like a scene from a crime show…?

“would you like to know something about your lovely boyfriend?” junwoo asked, done with his task.

“uh sure, hit me. we don’t have secrets though!” you laughed nervously and looked at the table. squeaky clean.

you heard footsteps.

looking up you noticed junwoo holding your bag with a playful smile.

“he’s a vampire”

you looked at him in disbelief. then you let out a laugh, shaking your head.

“that’s funny. you’re a funny guy junwoo, wow! a vampire, huh? good one, really–“ your voice died out in your throat when he stepped closer, his hand reaching out.

you snatched your bag from it, dropping the cloth on the floor.

“he’s a vampire. like me” junwoo hummed. normally you’d throw a joke about edward cullen but your coworker canines suddenly made sense.

“oh. cool. i’ll get going though, bye!” you yelled out panicked and rushed to the door. with a slam you ran out of the café, the fresh evening air making you realise how much you were suffering there.

you’re safe. just straight to the park and then bus stop and then home and then… your - apparently vampire - boyfriend.

you took out your phone with shaky and sweaty hands, the speed of your walk faster than ever before in your life.

you started bombarding him with texts - not even caring about the typos - and called him a couple of times but he wasn’t responding.

just when you were about to call him again, you felt… strange. mentally cursing at the city council for not putting lamps in the park you started running. your gut told you to. your gut also told you not to look around.

but you did.

you let out a shocked scream when you saw junwoo. in a blink of an eye he was suddenly one step behind you, grabbing you by your baby pink cardigan. the one wonwoo gifted you.

“leave me alone!” you screamed but the force of the pull was so powerful that you tripped back. luckily, you landed on your back first.

your phone fell out from your hand. you wanted to grab it, but junwoo stepped on your hand. you whined in pain, crunching up.

“see, i’m having a struggle right now. should i already kill you or wait for wonwoo to arrive. because… you think he’s coming, right?” junwoo’s voice echoed in your head.

to be honest, you weren’t sure.

your heart was beating at an inhuman speed right now, trying to figure out what to do.

“but we can have a small compromise” junwoo took off his foot from your hand, causing you to instinctively bring it closer. the tears in your eyes blurred your vision but you managed to suddenly roll over away. “i’ll scratch you up just a tiny bit. if he makes it in time, he might be able to save you”

“fuck off” you grunted and tried to stand up. as you wanted to run away, he kicked the back of your knees. you were helpless to prevent from falling, only to put the weight on your hands. if that hurt, you weren’t ready for the upcoming pain in your thigh, just in your femoral artery.

wonwoo came back home and from the moment he opened the door, he knew something was off.

your shoes weren’t messily thrown on the ground. you didn’t bring leftovers from the café. the apartment was quiet and dark. no smell of baked goods and your perfume, no sound of your calm breathing. or of your heartbeat. you weren’t home.

while nervously scratching his neck wonwoo tried to recall if he forgot about something. maybe you went out with your friends? but no, you’d leave a message… right? maybe you decided to leave him? or… oh. the date.

he pulled out his phone but didn’t see any notifications from you.

his - usually slow - heartbeat sped up, breath stuck in his throat. did you really leave him? he knew it was bad, he felt like he was neglecting you; duh, he knew it. he felt so helpless because seungcheol just needed help with that one guy who appeared in town lately but…

he couldn’t believe you didn’t even text him.

that’s when he noticed something on his phone.

a small moon icon next to the hour.

he frowned, swiping down. do not disturb. oh. how did he even put do not disturb on? after a five hundred years he’s still getting used to all of that technology but– whatever.

his eyes widened upon seeing like a thousand notifications from you and almost the same amount of missed calls.

the sun to my moon, my beloved y/n: wonwoo jelp

the sun to my moon, my beloved y/n: theres a guy ar mw work he creeped me our roday

the sun to my moon, my beloved y/n: he said youre a vampire lol

the sun to my moon, my beloved y/n: imomw home but im so fucking scared my hands arw shakinr so much

the sun to my moon, my beloved y/n: i love you sobmicj but please pick ip

the sun to my moon, my beloved y/n: km enywrinf the park roghr niw but i feel so strange

the sun to my moon, my beloved y/n: do i turn aeousn????

the sun to my moon, my beloved y/n: wonwoo please answer im so sxared

wonwoo slammed the door, almost tripping down the stairs. a guy at your work? why haven’t you told him? okay, you’ll talk later. right now he has to get to the park. you’re fine. you’re gonna be safe, he’ll get there quickly. even if you managed to get on the bus–

he entered his car, calling you. you’ll surely pick up, right? you’ll pick up and tell him you’re fine, you’re on the bus now, you’re safe.

suddenly his car door opened and someone sat at the passenger’s seat. wonwoo turned his head and looked at mingyu flabbergasted.

“what are you–” wonwoo breathed out, his hands shaking. you aren’t picking up.

“what’s the name of the café y/n works at?” mingyu asked. wonwoo threw away his phone, starting the car.

“moon made… something like that. why? i literally do not care right now, she’s–“

“junwoo works there”

wonwoo choked on air, taking a sharp turn. mingyu, who haven’t put his seatbelt on, slammed onto the door.

“fuck”

his friend quickly fastened his seatbelts and gulped upon seeing seeing how the numbers on the counter rose threateningly.

“y/n is in danger, she messaged me… and– what if– do you think he��?” wonwoo breathed out. mingyu, his friend of almost four hundred years, have never seen him so emotional. even when in 1722 wonwoo was about to literally die - because of a fight he got with a higher vampire, seungcheol - he was stoic. calm. normal.

“i don’t know. seungcheol is on his way, he told me he’ll rip his head apart if he hurts you or y/n but…” mingyu sighed, grabbing wonwoo’s phone. he put the password (the date of the day when you two started dating) and looked at the texts. it doesn’t look good.

“it doesn’t… look good, does it? fuck i’m so pissed at myself. somehow i put the do not disturb thing on and i missed all the notifications” wonwoo grunted and looked around “we’re nearby. please hold on…”

“wonwoo…” mingyu started slowly “i know you’re emotional right now but please… please don’t do anything stupid. you’re both higher vampires, this can end tragically”

“i don’t care. as long as y/n is safe and fucking alive. you know what that psychopath did in 1800!” wonwoo hissed, taking another sharp turn.

“i know! that’s the reason why we took seungcheol’s side!” just as he said that, mingyu was prepared for the turn and held onto his dear life to the door grip. wonwoo pulled over and left the car, slamming the door.

it didn’t take long before they located you. wonwoo’s heart clenched painfully upon hearing your cries and hard pants without seeing you.

“i smell blood” he grumbled, looking at mingyu. the thing was that mingyu stopped drinking blood like hundred years ago, he was fine. wonwoo, on the other hand, restricted his drinking but fully stopped when he met you. comparing 6 years to almost 500…

the smell was getting stronger and your heartbeat slower. then he saw you. on the ground, sobbing harshly. a growing puddle of crimson liquid was pooling under your right leg.

“y/n look, your boyfriend!” junwoo’s voice made him sick, not to mention that he nudged your leg with his. like you were nothing.

“nonu?” you whispered, fighting to keep your eyes open. it was barely a whisper to be honest but due to his hearing he was able to catch it.

he started walking towards you but junwoo clicked his tongue.

“stay there, traitor” he growled, putting his hands in the pockets of his pants “move an inch and she’ll be a lifeless body. same goes to you, mingyu”

“what do you want?” wonwoo asked, afraid that if he’s gonna look away for a second, you’ll…

“honestly? seungcheol. but i figured i’d be more fun to watch him suffer… and that human girlfriend of yours seems to matter a lot for you. and you mean a lot to him. well, her too. simple as that. the things in the way aren’t a big deal either. if i have to kill her or you to get to him… it’ll be at least endearing” he explained.

“listen i know i… betrayed you. but you killed innocent people, junwoo. just as you’re about to do with my girlfriend. leave her out of this and no one will get hurt” wonwoo talked slowly, your breathing getting slower.

“you didn’t hear a thing i just said, huh? i don’t care. or maybe i’ll give her to the werewolves? they’re not friends of mine but i’m sure they’ll like her” junwoo said and kneeled. he cupped your face, fingers digging into your jaw with force.

you felt like life was escaping from you, like air from a popped balloon. with the rest of the strength you had, you gathered your saliva and spat at him.

both mingyu and wonwoo were speechless.

junwoo slowly wiped his face and your boyfriend realised something. if junwoo wanted to bare his claws - and he just might to that - they’d go straight through your skin.

but something or rather, someone stops him from doing that. or doing anything in general.

seungcheol’s silhouette would go unnoticed by humans or even some lower vampires.

he yanks junwoo backwards by his shirt.

“if you wanted to talk to me, you’re more than welcome. but leave the fuck wonwoo and y/n alone” he hissed, immediately attacking him “and i made a promise to myself that if you hurt them, you’ll–“

“be dead, i assume. you’re worse than the werewolves” junwoo hissed.

wonwoo rushed to you, not caring about them. seungcheol will manage. he’s a higher vampire, probably older than all of you gathered here. he’s strong.

and you’re not.

he’s falling onto his knees, taking you in his arms immediately. wonwoo scans your face quickly, nothing than the marks from the grip, and moves to check the rest of your body.

then, he sees the wound. a deep cut on your thigh, precisely aimed at your main artery. other than that your hand was probably twisted. but the literal bleeding made him panic. because who knows how many time you have left considering the fact that junwoo cut open one of the critical parts of the blood system.

“wonwoo?” you mutter, fighting to keep your eyes open.

“it’s me, darling. it’s me, please– forgive me. i’m so sorry i should’ve-“ he started mumbling apologies like a broken record, tears gathering at his waterline.

“it’s fine, you’re here now” you mumbled, grabbing his hand with both of yours “i love you so much…”

“hey, hey. i know. i know, y/n, i love you to. but you’ll be fine. i promise” he breathed out, pressing his forehead against yours. his mind was racing with thoughts. he won’t manage to get you to the hospital. it’s way too far. he could stop the bleeding but assuming from the amount of blood you already lost— would it help? he feels helpless while you’re dying in his hands. it’s just a matter of seconds.

“nonu… you’re a vampire?” you gasp suddenly, one of your hands going to clutch his shirt. he nodded, still deep in his thought “then you can– turn me…?”

“bite her, wonwoo” mingyu suddenly appeared behind his back

“but i never– not on purpose–“ wonwoo grunted and stiffened once he saw your eyelids dropping “i don’t–“

“do it” a barely audible plea left your mouth, your hands slipping from his chest; your face scrunched up in pain. everything was going dark, your eyelids more and more heavy.

“it might hurt…” wonwoo warned before baring his fangs; he dived into the left side of your neck, a sharp sting bringing you back to reality for a brief moment. you sobbed harshly before a sudden blackout hit you.

your blood was sweet; the sweetest he has ever tried. wonwoo felt you losing consciousness, your body in his arms like a puppet. your heartbeat halted.

suddenly seungcheol came back, blood splattered on his face.

“that asshole is dead. what’s with y/n…?” he asked quietly. wonwoo pulled away, taking a deep breath. a trickle of crimson blood went down your neck. wonwoo looked at his friends; the tears in his eyes making seungcheol… sad.

“she’ll be fine” seungcheol mumbled. wonwoo grabbed your stiff body in a bridal style; he felt the warmth escaping from you “i can feel it”

“take her home” mingyu hummed, noticing the way wonwoo looked at you “let us know once she wakes up. because she will”

he nodded, for the first time in a long time not sure about the rightness of his decision.

you opened your eyes slowly, your body overtaken by pain. you felt weird; somehow cold.

the first thing you saw was wonwoo on the edge of the bed. his head was leaning downwards, eyes closed. he must have been thinking about something because his brows were furrowed, a deep crease between them. he looked like he haven’t slept for days.

you shifted carefully, noticing the bandage on your hand. the memories suddenly flooded you back; causing you to wince.

wonwoo suddenly felt your arms around his waist, his body jerking in surprise.

“y/n?” he asked, voice cracking.

“tell me it was a bad dream, please. or that you’re real” you whispered, shaking.

wonwoo hugged you back, placing a hand at the back of your head.

“i’m here, i’m real. it’s all good now i promise” he mumbled into your hair, afraid to let you go.

you sobbed into his chest, his embrace feeling like a dream after all of the events.

when you pulled away, he looked at you with so much care in his eyes in almost hurt. you tried to gather your thoughts, trying to think of the best way how to ask him about everything. as you did so, your hand traveled to your neck and you were surprised to feel a bandage there. right.

“i’m sorry if that hurt” he mumbled shyly

“it’s fine. but… what… what am i now? can you tell me everything…?” you asked quietly, your hand finding his. wonwoo intertwined your fingers, taking a deep sigh.

“i don’t know how much he told you but… i’m a vampire. and by biting you i turned you into one as well. you died but the venom from my fangs caused you to kind of… come back” he explained slowly “mingyu is a vampire too. well, all of my friends are”

“that would explain why you know each other so well” you chuckled, instantly regretting that. a wave of pain came through your body, causing you to wince. wonwoo’s eyes widened, sudden realisation hitting him.

“do you need anything? medicine? i can bring some pain killers” he said, pulling the duvet up. your thigh was professionally bandaged.

“it’s alright but… you could give me a kiss” you pouted.

“god, you don’t even know how scared was i…” he whispered before gently cupping your face and planting a tender kiss on your lips.

you wanted more, of course you did, but he leaned away. he wanted to look at you like this forever, without thinking about the possibility of losing you again.

“do you… want to talk? about what happened before?” your boyfriend asked. you sighed, nodding. even though you were glad you’re alive - and able to kiss him again - you had so many questions.

“just… explain everything to me. i’ll listen” you hummed, patting the spot next to you.

and he did. he explained to you that seungcheol is the oldest and that he was born as a vampire, that making him a higher vampire. due to that he can kill other vampires - because the regular ones like you aren’t able. you might hurt another vampires but won’t kill them if you’re not a higher one. wonwoo explained that junwoo and him were friends but his slaughtering of innocent people made wonwoo leave him and tell his location to seungcheol. they had some private fights going on hence the will of revenge. that’s what he was so busy with lately – seungcheol found out junwoo is in the city and wanted to find him. he explained that you’re not going to be a vampire that’s described in books. you won’t have shiny skin, you won’t have allergic reaction to garlic or sunlight, you’ll be able to see your reflection in a mirror. you’ll just feel cold at times and after some time and training you’ll get some supernatural traits.

“did you plan on telling me? that you’re a vampire?” you asked, gently grabbing his arms and pushing yourself onto his lap

“i… i did. maybe on our anniversary. i was scared but i promised myself i’d do it. i… i wanted to ask you if you want to be turned into one to” wonwoo smiled softly, looking at you “because the thought of you dying and me living without you… it made my heart shatter into pieces everytime i thought about this”

your heart swelled. it must’ve been so hard for him. this made you think if he was in a situation like that because but–

“and i messed up. i know work is work but i neglected you. it won’t happen again, i promise. and also… you need to show me how not to accidentally put do not disturb on” he huffed and then threateningly put his finger up, his ebony irises sending you a serious look “and next time tell me right away when there’s a creep at your work”

“do not disturb…?” you scoffed, putting his hand down.

the sun peeked through the window, framing his face in golden light.

“well then, mr jeon” you hummed, placing your hands on his arms for support “can i get a kiss? and can you make it last forever?”

you didn’t have to tell him twice; he finally had an infinity to spend with you. when wonwoo pulled you closer, his teeth grazing against your lips you realised that it all would explain his thing for biting.

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[sukioyakio]

START OF SOMETHING NEW

  POPSTAR!MIGUEL x NERDY!femreader

Summary: basically where reader come to an concert with her best friend to see the spider man’s,then she end up meeting him,and saving or helping his butt out of an situation

Warning:cursing,horrible at describing things,.

AN:umm hell to you guys who are reader this,this is my first time posting my work here,and I just WANTED TO SAY I HOPE YOU enjoyed this,I made my friends read this me,so yea,and helped me with their feedback and any feedback is APPRECIATED,and pls don’t be afraid to comment,anyway I hope you enjoyed this first chapter

words : 2k

she was woken by the sound of her alarm,causing to rub her eyes,and getting up from her comfortable bed,as she look at the  time to see what it was,she realized she was going to late for work,

Reader/y/n-“fuck,fuck,fuck,shit I’m going to be late for work again,ughhh” she says as she runs to the bathroom,take an quick shower,washes her hair,her face and body,then got out of the bathroom,drying herself really quickly,and then she gets dress,hurting herself with the corner of the bed,-“ahhh!shit,ufhh,jezz that shit hurt,oww”,she says while biting her lip,she was done getting dress,she put her shoes,-“should I eat something?nope that will take time”she says to herself,as she runs towards the bathroom,to brush her teeth and do her hair (well trying),her hair was messy and all over the place,as she runs towards the door grabbing her keys and her oversized jacket,and the important things,

She was running towards her work job,passing people,and finally she got to work (she works in coffee shop),she was sweating, “at least I got my exercise for the day”,as she look at her best friend who had her hand tied with work,and with the tons of customers,walking in the back she knew that this was going to be an very much exhausting day.

“So,what do you have for your excuse this time so being late to work,hmm?”-her best friend (let just call her Millie) while she was making the coffee,and the sweet tea,(tbh I was writing what Starbucks employees do😔🤫😭) as she look at her,with an teasing smile,as reader looked at her with playful rolling her eyes,”oh shut it,I just had an extraordinarily long night and woke up late,of study”-she said while finishing up someone coffee,and calling the name of the customer,giving them an fake smile,

as she goes back to her station,as she was making another customer order,as she hear Millie speak-“so your coming with meeeee to the concert Right,your coming right,it like the first time I actually see THE Miguel in person” millie said happily and nudging her arm,as reader mumbles some words under her breath, “Oh yea I’m gonna come with you,I’m so happy to see him and his performance” she try’s not to sound unpleasant,and not annoyed,but it come out sarcastic as fuck,

After the rush hour,of customers coming in,everything went to quiet and only an few customers were there,millie was the first to talk to her,as she walked to where reader was,

Millie knew she would be at one of the table and working on her own homework for her college assignment,as Millie sat next to her since there was nothing to do,as reader looked at her,with an raise eyebrows “yes Millie?what is it” she says with an playful smile and questioning voice,as she put her attention on her,just to see millie with her ionic grin,

”sooooooo,since you are going WITH me,to the concert,can I-“ Millie got interrupted by her “No,nope,nuh nuh,no make up ” she said to her with not wanting an argument with her,”yuh uhhhhh,just onceeeee,I won’t bother you,pleaseee” millie says with an desperate voice and an pout,as reader rolls her eyes 

“Mhmm,how about you ask your ghost friend to come you to the concert,hmm what was his Name Again,OH YEA it Casper”she says in an serious yet sarcastic tone,as she rolls her eyes,as Millie dramatically gasp at her word,and hold her chest with her hand and place where her heart is,” you wouldn’t dare leave me all ALONE in an concert,uhhhh fine I won’t talk about it” millie says defeating as she crossed her arms,”uh huh,good” she says with an chuckle and look at reader  assignment,and her face down In horror,”wait,wait we had homework for Ms Marine,UGRHH” millie says with an deep sigh,as reader look at her and reader said it ok that she can copy her own work 

Then it was the time to get ready for Miguel O’Hara concert,as reader didn’t really care about being fancy or anything she just got her t-shirt and her comfortable pajama pants and her comfortable hoodie,and wash her face,and waited for Millie to pick her up,as she was scroll on her instagram feed,after 10 minutes later,she see an text message saying “IM HERE BITCH LET FUCKING GOOO AND I BOUGHT THE CAR THAT MY DADY GOT ME!!”,she chuckles,and went through the front the door and got her key, her phone,and her wallet,and walked out the door and took the stairs down to Mille car,seeing she that she looked beautiful as always,as she opens the passenger door and sat inside to hear Mille speak “IM SOOO READY TO SEE HIM,OMFG What IF HE SMILE AT ME!but I’m not that delusional!” Mille says happily and smiling,as she drove to the concert,as reader laughed at her stuipdness,she can’t help but smile as well,at seeing her best friend being so happy

Trying to find an Dawn parking spot was  the hardest  getting inside was an absolute mission,with people coming in and out,but we got there,and Millie got to the one of the front row’s,and Millie wouldn’t stop talking about Miguel ohara,or the other members and then after 35 minutes of waiting for the concert to start,the spider Band (MOST creative name ever 😔😌✊)

Lyla:”HELLO Ladies and Gentlemannnnnnn,WHO IS READY FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF YOUR LIFETIME!!!! SAYYY hello to THE SEXIEST Band ever!! THE SPIDER’S!!!”lyla says happily,while holding the mic,she was smiling with such an adorable face,and her walk toward the stage was smooth,she was wearing an white colored suit with flowing yellow floral laced layer  that was strap to her waist of her suit,moving with her body,as she was infront of the stage,she put her hand in the air and positioned her finger in an gun position,and speaker into the mic 

“LET MAKE THIS ONE OF AN HELL OF AN NIGHT!!”lyla says with an smirk and  then she stomped on the floor then the whole stadium goes dark,Millie who was shaking reader the whole time and screaming like the other people around them,reader who thought she would loss her hearing,as she watched Millie screaming from the top of her lung,as she looked at the stage to see the crowd quiet down,as now the band was now there pairs such colorful clothes and designs,as the crowd gets loud as hell,with all of them saying “THE SPIDER BAND!!”,As reader see the light on Lyla and this guy with an sort of punk rock designed with such cool looking pants,and he was wearing makeup,an neon red and green stripes on his face only in the corner of her eyes,as he tap something on his ear,and speak to the crowd “let’m Rock and roll,BABY!!”hobie says with an playful voice,as he played his guitar,then the other band members,including Gwen,miles,Miguel,pavitr,Lyla,Margo,and Jessica (those are the people who are on stage,the other members who are peter b Parker,Ben Riley,Miles.G/Miles42 are in the back stage)

 *Insert any song that you think would fit all of them together,with of them singing*(I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WOULD ALL OF THEM SING TOGETHER,😭😭☠️💀especially with Miguel,Miles,gwen,hobie,Lyla,Jess,pavitr and margo,cuz like I know what role Gwen and hobie would be,cuz of the movie,I for sure know that margo would definitely be an background singer or an lead up singer,but IDK WHAT SONG WOULD THEY SING TOGETHER,but if they were to sing there singles,I know what they would sing😭😭😭)as reader see an tall as hell guy standing there with an fake smile on his face,as he was singing the lyrics,he was wearing an turtleneck with so many accessories on his pants,and he had his hair combed back neatly,he was wearing gloves and sunglasses that put his outfit together,but reader wasn’t even interested in this concert to be honest with herself,she was just interested in the outfit they had on,

AFTER the concert was finished,everyone was leaving and so did she and Millie did,but after finding which car is her and where is it they found it,”come on,I can drive you home,it already late”Millie said gently to reader,as reader”im fine,Millie,it only an few blocks away from here,anyway you need to get some sleep,so you could copy my homework” she says with an calmly voice,but in an tone that Millie knows that no matter what she does she won’t get in,

”fine,I see you later,you better not get kidnapped,cuz I’m going to find who tf dare touch my nerdy friend”Millie says as she get inside the and starts to drive away waving goodbye to reader,

as reader starts to walk away from the stadium that was host inside of the concert,fixing her glasses and she was enjoying her late night walk alone,as she looks up at the moon light,putting her hands in her pjs pants,she was humming to her favorite song,after walking halfway away from the stadium,she hears an crowd of people coming here,their feet steps were coming to were she was,as she was still walking,she and someone bumped into her,as she just stumble an little bit,as she look behind as she see Miguel O’Hara standing there,

as she rolls her eyes,mumbling “ay great now im here with mr hot stuff” she says in an whisper voice she thought that she could only hear,but Miguel heard her,and said “I’m sorry, wait,esperar por favor,can you please hide me from those culo loco fans” he said in an annoyed,yet desperate voice,as he face showing his annoyance,as they could hear the group of people coming towards them,as she waits an little bit,and look at his face,and pushes her glasses,and sighs softly, “fine,I’ll help but when those people leave im leaving”she says with an scuff and take off her hoodie and handed to him,he looks at it and then get more annoyed at her “what now you want me to write an autograph on your hoodie,ah Que maravilloso” he said sarcastically,as he rolls his eyes out,and mumbles some words,reader who looks at him like he was slow, “no dumbass,I’m sorry if you can’t use your popstar brain,to figure out I’m telling you to wear it” she says in an harsh yet sarcastic voice,as she rolls her eye at him,and gave him an fake smile,as Miguel looked at her glasses,and then grab the hoodie and put it on him,she just didn’t care enough about his attitude at the moment and the only thing she cared was going home and not being bothered,”Now what,pequeña señorita”Miguel says in an stern voice,as the footsteps we’re getting louder,”now switch glasses,so it can be believeable,and ruffled your hair mr ohara,and start walking”as he did it and walked forward,as the group of people were the same street as them,and were asking where is Miguel or he couldn’t have gone that far from here,or that maybe one of the members got him,but in the end they left,as reader and Miguel were walking,and heard that they left,reader trip on an someone wallet,”are you seriously that blind without your glasses”Miguel says in his stern voice but his serious act was breaking up ,and chuckles at reader tripping over, “oh shut it mr bad boy wannabe,just give me my glasses and hoodie back and I’m be on my way” she say with an attitude,as she get up from the floor,and try to find where Miguel is,as she feel someone hand on her face taking off the sunglasses,and then put her circles glasses on her face,”there” he says to her,with an serious face,and he takes off the hoodie as well,giving it to her,”thanks” he says to her and walks the other way,”yea,hope…to never see you again” she say calmly and walked her way home,and when she finally got home with no problem,she didn’t care about shower,she was too tired to do anything but sleep on her bed.Meanwhile Miguel was at gas station,he needed to get away from his famous life and just chill,he needed to get away from those annoying flashing lights always on his face or his crew members faces,as he was sitting down by the side of an road eating an snack,as he watched the moon,as he recalled what that girl said “mr bad boy wannabe”as he scoffed at her comment,and rolled his eyes,”what an werid rude girl” as he got up,to only hear the sound of his phone,as he looked it was Lyla saying to come here,so they can go to the hotel,as he call an anyone to pick him up.

[airbrushfather]

@paz-45 asked so here are my 5 ee tattoos lmao (warning for me just rambling absolute shit under the cut)

my first ever tattoo - jon's handwriting and a wild wave because i love violent sun so much. looking back the handwriting tattoo isn't something i'd do today but it's what got me started on getting tats at all and i had a very positive experience (both w getting it and w asking jon for the writing lmao)

the teeth are not related, for the record. writing is about 6 months healed in this pic and almost 18 months healed now. also i know no one asked but since i love talking about tattoos - this is on the outside of my forearm and the pain was about a 3/10. super easy placement if you want somewhere to put a first tattoo that won't kill you off immediately.

classic lil gth hand. i always forget i have this because it's on the back of my arm (hence the bad photo too, say hello to my ear) but i do rlly love it, my artist did a very good job. it's about 5 months healed in this pic and just under 18 months healed now. this is on the back of my upper arm, the pain was probably a 4/10. a little spicy towards the inside but nowhere near the worst, certainly less painful than the inside of the bicep for instance. i also never find colour that bad (lines are worse imo) but i know some people do, so i guess if you came to this post looking for genuine tattoo advice, take that into consideration

these eyes are, technically, ee related - and please excuse this horrible photo, they're really hard to get a pic of! but me and my artist designed them together based on put me together's bridge - 'is it the darkest night/or is that dawn in your eyes?' it's a very important song to me and i love these tattoos, especially the dawn one with all the little details. it actually looks a little better now it's healed, it's settled into itself a lot more. they're super fresh in this pic (less than a month each, i got them within about a week of each other) and about a year healed now

pain wise this is a rough placement. the bottom one especially was one of my most painful tattoos - probably an 8/10. it proved i could never tattoo my actual knee because i genuinely had a terrible time of it. though weirdly the top one was really easy, probably a 6/10

i find this one incredibly hard to photograph bc of the way it wraps but my favourite line from final form (i stole the idea from someone in atb but it's one of my favourite sentiments, as in, this is my first body so i will make mistakes, and it is my last body so i will look after it). i broke one of my only tattoo rules for this too, which was No Words. i doubt i'll get any more words after this bc i don't think they'd really fit very well w the rest of mine, but i thought this was a really nice way to cuff my patchwork arm.

it's about 6 months healed in this video (from today). pain was probably another 8/10, wrist is a very spicy placement but not the worst one by any stretch. the outside (first body) was easier than the inside (last body) and it was definitely tolerable, tbh it was almost more annoying to heal than it was to get

i do have plans for more ee related tattoos (i want to get one from each album, so i have arc and rdf left to conquer) but atm i can't get anything because i have serious trust issies w new tattooists (and i love my artists who i know already) and my shop is currently 200 miles away. i'll probably get one in summertime if i have the money. i really like that for the most part they're not super obvious what they are, even the hand isn't bam in your face this is album artwork unless you're in the know. no hate to those kind of tattoos (ive seen some sick tattoos of the whole gth cover or at least the entire guy) it's just not my kind of thing, i like to be mysterious.

sorry for talking so much, but getting tattoos is my only personality trait. i could and would literally speak about it all day. consider this your formal piece of danny's tattoo advice. none of these are my most painful placements and none were my most painful tattoos, but everybody is different so if you genuinely do want this advice, take it with a grain of salt. and if anyone wants more of my advice/further tattoo tours, feel free to ask (idk why you'd want advice from me but i have probably about 40 tattoos at this point and i want to talk about it. because i'm boring and inufferable. i'm A Tattoo Person. this is my coming out </3)

cheers for looking x

[papercutsunset]

death on a dusty moon

999 words of pigslop about a bad boss being mean to comet buckminster, a heart attack, and a ship crash for @flashfictionfridayofficial. i miss fttc and i wish i had the spark to write something more full-form for it tbh.

The sirens won’t stop sounding off. One more misstep and she’ll crash The Tiverton. One more shrill moment and she’ll puke. 

Comet can think of a thousand things she could have done better— least of all paying attention. She tosses the book onto the seat and takes up the controls, trying to steer away from here. All the chiding in the world won’t fix this; she does it anyway. If only Comet Buckminster knew how to stop talking, stop getting absorbed in her work, and pay attention. If only she knew how to pull herself out of this mess before— 

The cockpit door slams open; Comet’s shoulders tense; and the voice of Captain Gerda McKinley comes shattering out over the screaming alarm and her descending shadow. “The hell is this? I was sleeping, fuckwit.” 

“I— I’m sorry, Captain. Something malfunctioned— We were traveling at faster-than-light, like you said to— And then we tried to jump out to Albyltian Five, like you said, but it chimmied up and now we’re here— I think we got clipped by a piece of debris, or something from that last skirmish didn’t get repaired correctly—”

“You mean you didn’t repair it correctly?” She steps into the cockpit, barely big enough for the two of them, towering over Comet. “When you repaired it back on Evis?” 

“I did what I could,” she squeaks. 

“Evis is a nothing planet. And you’re a nothing mechanic.” 

“I’m a medic.” It comes out just as soft. It isn’t often that she feels her size— small, skitterish, nothing�� but she has felt it more and more often over the past month and a half of work here. Dr. Hadzic never made her feel this way, and he was six-foot-five and half as wide. Blitzen never makes her feel this way, and he’s her big brother. Captain McKinley is full of the horrible truth— so why shouldn’t she crowd in and use that as a threat? Why shouldn’t she use what’s at her disposal? Why shouldn’t she use fear to halt an ever-moving tongue?

“I hired you as a one-stop shop. So do I need to repeat myself? Wasn’t fixing the hull your job? Do I need to dock your pay?” 

“We can try something else,” Comet stammers, palms itching over the controls. She leans into the glass and peers out the window. Forward, she decides. Forward toward the planet in the distance; toward the ribbons of some sort of dust in the place beyond; toward stars blinking like streetlamps lining the street.  “If I can get this ship back on course, then we can land on that moon, there— it’s abandoned, but it’ll work— and then I can fix any damage to the Tiverton and to the FTL drive that I might have missed—”  

“You’re running out of opportunities to say things I want to hear.” 

“We’re running out of opportunities for me to fix this.” 

“I have an idea.” Captain McKinley muscles her way into the spot Comet’s trying to occupy, handling the controls with more grace than her shoulders would imply she possesses. A bit of sweat transfers when her shoulder hits Comet; and when Comet’s shoulder hits the wall.

Captain McKinley doesn’t announce her moves. It’s unnecessary. She was always going to stop on that abandoned moon; she was always going to slam the nose of the ship into the soft, gray dust covering its ground; and she was always going to, in the aftershocks landing, whip around to glare at Comet with nostrils flaring. 

“You are going to fix this,” she seethes. “I’m going back to sleep. I’m tired as hell, all your ship-jostling made my chest hurt, and looking at you makes me want to puke.” 

Narrowing her eyes just slightly, Comet considers that while scampering to gather her tools and breathing apparatus. “Is your chest tight?” 

“Stop asking me stupid questions.” 

“It’s an important question. Captain McKinley, if your chest is uncomfortable and you feel—”

The captain stalks off without indulging her, covertly rubbing at parts of her middle-back. “Just fix the drive. I want off this moon by the time I’m awake.”

Fine, Comet decides. Ignore the signs of what’s happening. Ignore what you did wrong. Shitass fucking captain. She should just hijack the ship and leave. 

She’s not going to do that. 

With tubes pumping oxygen to a mask over her nose and mouth, body covered by protective layers of cooling garments, insulation, and synthetic polymers, and her face covered by a gold-coated plexiglass visor, she looks out at the universe beyond her. It’s so beautiful and still from here. Why would she rob herself of its enchantment by working for a woman like Gerda for a moment longer? The stark stillness of this abandoned moon? The stars she has learned to love and navigate beyond it? The very principles of science that govern it? 

Fuck this. She’ll go work for Blitzen before she works for this woman again. Being self-sufficient isn’t worth this. 

Fixing the FTL drive is easy enough. She tinkered with so many of those for extra cash as a side hustle during her medical training that it’s like second nature to her. Fixing the hull is easier, even if her fingers are less dextrous with the spacewalk suit’s gloves over them. 

The easier part is walking into The Tiverton and finding it quiet. Finding it halcyon. 

There’s a reason for that, she finds, as she heads to the captain’s quarters (so much more resplendent than her own). The captain is still; breathless; and, when Comet raises her wrist to check, without a pulse. 

She chuckles once, harsh and short. Maybe Captain McKinley shouldn’t have ignored that heart attack. 

Fine, Comet decides, trying not to grin. There is an experiment she has wanted to try. Reconstituting a body? Bringing the dead back to life? How shall she do it, she wonders? 

Must she know right now? She has all the time in the galaxy and nobody to report to.

[land-of-holly]

Rings of Power Season 2 Episode 2 Liveblog

Okay! I'm back from work and I've watched Episode 2!

More recap - dwarves incoming!

So what influence do the black tendrils represent?

Cool flyby into Khazad-dum, and I love the dwarf marketplace!

Durin and Disa are such a sweet couple! And hey, at least Durin wasn't completely exiled

Oh man they're really murdering the scenery

Oh no the light?

Opening credits gorgeous as usual

Galadriel getting in touch with nature. Good, that girl so needs to touch some grass

Celebrimbor?? Is here???

Wait does Galadriel even speak Black speech?

Well okay surprise visions of doom in a meeting at least beats sitting bolt upright in bed.

I love every elf extra, they're great

Does Gil-galad even have a personality besides being dumb and wrong???

Tyelpe's assistant lady is so cute!

HE SAID GET LOST HAL

:o FINALLY all I wanted was for tyelpe to have some better clothes THANK YOU FOR THE FOOD!!

Oh no, assistant lady's name is 'Mirdania', that's the most 'My name just describes my function' name imaginable T_T JRRT would be so proud

omg Tyelpe has a personality and it's "I can't believe I'm answering stupid questions when I could be at the forge" <<<333

yeesh poor messenger dudes

Ooh I like the desert bgm, reminds me of Nier Automata

Wait is this place actually named Caras Gaer? In Sindarin? Who named it that? And why?

Moth cult? Evil wizard??

Oh sure. Attack his friends. Surely no one has ever tried that and had it go horribly wrong

Dude...most people get named by their parents. Valid to want to find your own name tho

Uh Poppy...short cuts make long delays

SHUT UP ABOUT THE WAND or I'm gonna start getting contrary

Girl no, do you have any idea how many hikers die each year going off trail in the desert with insufficent water??

Disa my wiffffffeeeee T_T she's so beautiful

N A R V I !!!!!!!!!! oh he's so cute!!!

Still love the Stonesinger concept

Tell him, Disa! Get his ass!

Never understood the bullying instinct tbh

Love love love how Disa is on team "Durin Sr and Durin Jr repair their stupid relationship already!!" but she speaks very differently about it to each of them.

Elrond! Watcha workin on?

A boat!

Definitely looking forward to Galadriel setting up shop in Eregion for a longer term. It'll be almost like having Unfinished Tales around...

GET HER ELROND! RIP HER APART! PULL NO PUNCHES!!

RiDe HeR tO vIcToRy???? Elrond i love you but you need to stop right now I will not warn you again

Elrond she needs help please delete his contact info from her phone for her

DON'T MAKE CIRDAN SHAVE WTF ARE YOU DOING

Okay and he's supposed to be *wise* i expect him to make an *argument* not just throw disjointed metaphors and aphorisms at the wall. Are the rings tainted or not? That's kind of the whole question!

Okay "they're safer on the fingers of elves" is the beginning of a valid position

Nori that's a stick

Ooh are those guys using spear throwers?

Wwahhhhhh Nori! Poppy! Noooo!

aaaaaaaaaaa Tyelpe is such a nerd he's so cute!

Ithildin!!

Tyelpe tell him to get off your lawn. I know your grandpa taught you how.

lol he's got his little umbrella carrier following him around and he's still soaked.

TYELPE THAT IS LITERALLY THE DEVIL TALKING. ouuuugh i'm an unappreciated genius THAT IS HOW THEY GET YOU. YOU KNOW THIS.

tyelpe you dumbass... you had one job...

The seduction begins! .....babby.........

Halbrand uses Thaumaturgy!

GOD he's SUCH a drama queen

LOL did Vilya get jealous and evict all of Gil's other bling?

Awww I like Elrond's outfit

Hey, that's Feanorian script, is Durin getting mail from an elf?

YES IT'S TYELPE!!

This is a lot of fun!!

[nicollekidman]

Hey Abby! Sorry to bother you, but I honestly view you as a big sister presence and I don’t really have anyone to ask about this, and I’m kind of freaking out haha. So I’m going to be graduating from college soon, and I’m really excited to be done with school (unless I go to grad school in the future). However, all the Real Adults in my life are always telling me that being out of school and having to live in the real world is infinitely harder than anything school has ever thrown at me. I’m honestly completely terrified. So I guess I’m just quickly wondering if you find this to be the case (that actual adulthood is way worse than college)? And if you have any tips for how to adjust and how to live? I’ve never not been in school for my whole 22 years of life, yknow? I can’t even fathom what it’s like to not be in school, and it’s scary as hell. You totally don’t have to respond to this if you don’t feel like it or if it’s too personal or anything! Thank you so much anyway. You are truly such a special and valued presence here and I hope you’re doing well 💛

hi sweet pea this is so sweet and you sound like a dear <33 kind of messed up for the real adults in your life to winkingly be pessimistic about leaving school tbh!! here's the thing, even in the last six years since i graduated (yoinks) life is so different....... but honestly i don't think "living in the real world" is harder than school - i don't think i really had full awareness of myself until i left and got a little older, and i don't have any nostalgia towards those years at all tbh. if anything, college was brutal.

leaving is a transition for sure, it's one of the biggest life changes you'll have experienced up to this point and requires different strengths and skills, but it's just like any other change. scary for sure, jarring absolutely, oftentimes impossible and irritating and depressing and horrible but like. that's life baby!!!! and that was also school! there's no wall between college and Real Life where suddenly you're stranded on the other side and everything is unfamiliar to you and you won't be able to handle it.

job interviews feel like tests and require some of the same skills, finding a place to live is like trying to make a home out of a cinderblock dorm, shopping for food and feeding yourself is just as much a sisyphean task, you still find things to look forward to every week and to give your days structure, it's just now up to you to decide what that structure looks like. being alive is sometimes a hard task, but that's true of everyone no matter if you have the familiar safety net of school, or if you're grown. the real secret is that most of us still feel like kids faking our way through the day-to-day, and what is important is knowing that you'll get through it, and the biggest transformation is how many choices you have. you'll have panicky moments in the beginning but you'll rely on your loved ones and you'll find big and small joys you never dreamed of in school, and suddenly you've made a life for yourself that feels familiar and warm (or exhilarating and exciting, if that's your chosen speed!).

tldr...... i think sometimes adults forget how scary and hard life can feel even as a teenager and a student, and the amazing wonderful magical thing about breaking out on your own is that every experience you have, whether it's difficult or a breeze, will prepare you for the next one. you will develop the skills and relationships you need to keep going, and that's it! there's no answer you need to get right, there's no monster you need to beat, you just get to wake up every day and build the tapestry of your life. transitions are scary but you'll always have support even if it's just me being your internet big sister. the real world won't always feel like a mystery to you, soon it'll just be the place you get to call home, the place where your loved ones live, the place where you can make a difference and forge a path and build something for yourself, as big or as small as you want, with whatever time you have.

[1d1195]

Oh it was going pretty decently considering the state of the world lol but then the rest of the week/weekend it was very much an eldest daughter moment and I was not having it😭 but I’m okay now lol

See in a perfect world holiday shopping would g be hell so i genuinely get starting early! I’m sadly not in the early shoppers group which is one of my many downfalls lol and gift cards are always nice like they aren’t horrible!

The Made to Be series is SO GOOD! You really are good at dialogue in my opinion and I bet it definitely does help being a teacher! Plus you also enjoy kids so it’s always so fun/interesting to see how you involve them in your stories!

Also thank you for the nice wishes! I don’t remember which exam I was talking about but I haven’t gotten the results yet for anyone them lol like I just took another one today, I’m losing track lol

Now bestie omg your latest updates!!! IDK WHERE TO START!!! Okay buttercup bestie OMGGG!!! A grumpy x sunshine trope mixed in with a neighbors trope, A CLASSIC! Idk how to explain it but their interactions especially with Harry it felt almost like a very innocent (to a certain extent lol) crush you have when you’re young? Idk! It was cute to see how he tired to annoy with like good intentions lol oh and FUCK LEVI!!! I will always be a hater but especially to a guy who cheats and tries to blame their partner for cheating!!!!! But omg Harry immediately dropping everything for her 😭 and him staying on the stairs the first time omgg 😭😭😭 they are so sweet!! I loved reading this one so much! And the little details about the candy was just so adorable omg I love when people remember or see small details like that😭 loved it so so much!!

Now SAM A NEIGHBORS EXTRA?!? 😭😭😭 first of all DILF HARRY IS BACK 🎉🎉🎉 now omg I didn’t expect that this extra was going to be the proposal 😭 i wish you could see the absolute smile and joy on my face when he asked Rory if it was okay to marry her😭😭😭 and Rory was just so cute throughout the whole thing like he was just trying to watch his movie when in reality some life changing shit was about to go down😭 and the actual proposal omgggg they are so in love, I love that for them😭😭😭 loved reading it as always and I’m so lame but now I can’t stop thinking about their wedding and how absolutely cute it’s going to be😭

How are doing Sam?? Hope your week has started out great!! And hope you were able to have a relaxing weekend 💕 missing you lots!-💜

WE HATE AN ELDEST DAUGHTER MOMENT. It's too much! I'm glad you're okay(ish) now. Don't even get me started on the state of the world. It's so rough out there, please be kind to yourself 💕

I'm an early shopper. Mostly because I love wrapping presents lol it's so fun and soothing and I am obsessed with cute paper. I'm pretty sure someone could get me a roll of wrapping paper for Christmas. I would love a part time job wrapping presents at a mall lol

Idk what it says about me but Buttercup is like my ultimate romance fantasy. I love a guy that will drop everything for her and is so obsessed even though she's grumpy (I think I'm kind of grumpy). I know what you mean about his crush being innocent. I think it's because he's that cliché pulling her pigtails kind of vibe. I am also a massive hater for cheating and blaming said partner. I think all love is in the little details, so glad you liked it 💕

I'm SCREAMING DILF HARRY STOPPPPP. But seriously!!!! I think little kids are SO funny so I thought it would be fun if Rory was just like "I literally don't even care what you do I am watching Toy Story" It's so funny to me because I've literally had this part written for forever so it doesn't seem like a big deal to me that it's a proposal because in my head/drafts they've been engaged since the end of the main storyline. I haven't thought much about their wedding though tbh but I am toying a lot with Rory's roll. I think it will be fun!

I am doing okay. I am trying to stay positive about everything as best I can but it's REALLY hard. I am worried for the divisiveness of our country in one form or another. But I'm trying to focus on the good things like I am caught up with work after a month!!!!! It's almost Thanksgiving which means it's Potato Season. Now if I could just read a little more I would be 100%

I had a very relaxing weekend and I think this one will be too 🤞 I'm trying to stay ahead/on top of everything. How are you!? You must be almost done with your first quarter. Or am I totally behind and that's long gone? I hope you have a fun plan for the weekend! 💕 miss and love you bestie!!!

xoxo

[beardedhandstoadshark]

In Genocide route, Burgerpants is not allowed to leave from his food service job :( sad to be him

Yknow I don’t actually remember if you kill him too. Or any of the shop NPC’s, for that matter? Alphys also just leaves without you ever seeing her again, so there’s a good chance they all just. Survive. That’d make for a potentially interesting post-game AU tbh, weird how no one‘s seem to done that before.

…Undertale AU about Burgerpants noticing that the weird kid with the dusty knife was right, that it really is all empty; so despite all odds (probably because his cigarettes ran out) he makes the decision to leave his place at MTT‘s- only to find out that Death didn’t bother with him.

Cue a "finding yourself and the meaning of it all“-type story about Burgerpants wandering the dead (and glitched) Underground, seeing the emptiness left behind and occasionally coming across the few other survivors coping in their own way with what happened, all while trying to figure out his own place in this horrible version of the freedom he longed for

(…or basically Sweet Home x Undertale minus the kinda-zombies lol)

[italwayshadtobeyou]

It's definitely "Beat the Devil." TBH, they both rely on stupid plots WRT creatures. (A witch knocking Satan out with rosemary and salt? Really? And since when do vampires and werewolves not experience conflicting motivations? I really want to make all the writers sit down and re-watch "Bloodlust" and "Heart.") They both also have their moments.

In theory, neither episode's best scenes qualify as high art. Their plots suck, but then, is anyone really watching Dabb-era SPN for the plot? Their plots are, at heart, setups for Sam Winchester trauma porn. Jared, as usual, does a fine job with that, and even has good chemistry with Jensen and with the minor/supporting players, like Alex and Sam Smith.

The startling, borderline-genius tiebreaker comes from the behind-the-scenes crew. I cannot with the oversaturation and weird orange lighting in "SIASL"'s indoor scenes. It's worse than usual, because we can't explain it away as a weird, 1950s-bunker-lightbulb thing; no, it's in a modern BBQ shop, too. I find it distracting, which is a shame, since I otherwise enjoy Kip's flirtations and babble about the "Crowley deal." Even if the episode's execution isn't start-to-finish horrible, it isn't worth recommending over your average 42-minute television show.

However, Phil Sgriccia's direction elevates "Beat the Devil" far above what it might otherwise have been. Sam's resurrection, his shrinking from Lucifer, the mystery of what lies beyond his flashlight's beam-- it's all just the right combination of gorgeousness and grotesquerie, distance and entrapment, clarity and obfuscation. My hat's off to Serge Ladouceur as well as Sgriccia; for all the ugly later-season eps he turned in, he never failed to meet the best directors at their level.

I wish he'd gotten more opportunities to do that, but, well. We could all use more masterpieces from all kinds of artists. And, make no mistake, the lighting and camera work in "Beat the Devil" are art. Aesthetically speaking, "SIASL" doesn't even belong in the same league, let alone the same 1-on-1 matchup.

Supernatural Battle of the Episodes!

As expected, Beat the Devil beat the s13 finale with no trouble! Anyone out there ready to venture into my personal favorite season?! I know I am! 😍

Let's get this started Chuck!

Chuck: Starting off Season 14 we have Stranger in a Strange Land - Dean is possessed by Michael and missing for weeks! Sam has grown a grief beard and has been searching for his brother non stop! Also organizing the AU hunters and tending to Nick, who is somehow still alive and recovering from his Lucifer possession. Meanwhile, some rando demon wants to be the new King Of Hell and wants Sam's approval. Sam wants no part of it and tells all the demons that there will be no new King of Hell and anyone who tries it, has to get through him! 😳🤤

[hebescus]

besties! guess what? another fic recs!!

russian roulette (l/light, beyond). i'm a sucker for an AU crime rom-com fics. this is just *chefs kiss* i knew i'm going to love it when i first read the desc. and look, L and B rebel against Wammy!! Nobody's doing the detective job in here, L is a hitman, Light is an artist and BB is a bad bitch. Sadly discontinued when the story just began, but it's fun while it last. Like i said it's only early in the story when it ends so you won't be devastatingly emotionally attached.

for all the planets in the galaxy, and all the stars in the sky (l/light). this shit deserve more love than it gets, like seriously. this! is just soo good let me tell you. worldbuilding? plot? characterization? feels? immaculate! i mean come on, space au have the best fics and i have never seen any lawlight in it before so check this out!!!

our (im)perfect family (l/light, wammy's kids). listen listen, listen!!! l and light adopting mello, matt, and near and their shenanigans and become one family? COME ON. this is just really wholesome, near is such a baby (literally), and idk this shit just warms my heart.

from the cradle (l/light, mello/near). yep, we're still in the light and l parenting program in here. this time they got a kid of their own, plus a bit of meronia too. idk why i avoid reading this for the longest time when actually this is the kind of fics that's just so fun that made you pause reading every now end then, stalling the fact that it's going to end.

bus ride (matt/mello). no thoughts, head empty, just them. in a bus. being in love with each other. that simple, that clear.

no, i love you more (l/light) god i really like this. they're such horrible simps i love it. competitive bastards they are. the last answer,,,,,god

these velvet rims (near/mello/matt, mentioned l/light). in! fucking! love! au where they survive and happy, finally and visiting everyone's grave and very implied lawlight in a beautiful way that inspired me to make my own fic. good food.

the masterpiece of l lawliet (l/light) i barely remember what is this about tbh, this rec is a draft from weeks ago idk what makes me put this in here put it's good. trust me.

something wicked this way comes (l/light) okay okay- let me get this straight. au? check. roomates au? it's there. interesting plotline? absolutely. just so damn cool in general? yep. fake dating? everyone's favorite. discontinued literally in the moment where it all begins? sadly. but no worries! even tho i was crushed when it ends i really love this. seriously it took me too long to begin this one, it's the first tab of the uncountanble ':D' in my browser. so finally reading it is an accomplishment.

fidgeting. no thoughts head empty heart warm. this author is my beloved.

a sour bread (l/light). just read it. it still haunt me until now (in a good way? idk i have a lot of feelings) but it's really good. thinking abt it too much makes me kinda sad though.

matsuda shouldn't be a detective (matsuda, l/light). matsuda, as usual being a lovable idiot. i absolutely love this. it's really fun to read, something i can really enjoy in times like this. very reccomended.

chocolate cheesecake (l/light) we love a good coffee shop au right? and a sprinkle of college au light, my favorite thing (mentioned roomate misa too!!!). it's simple and calm. i like the aesthetic and vibes that i feel in this. and like a lot of these kind of au, i want to meet someone this way lol.

i haven't read that much lately. i ran out of fics and the fic contents i'm capable to read gets even fewer. it's frustrating tbh, please give me a good fic recs. anyway these are all amazing things! go check them out

[sehnsuchts-trunken]

I’m sure you saw this coming, but I dare you to write a Lucio x Asra drabble

Is it cursed and horrible? Yeah, absolutely. Do I still wanna see what you can make of it? Hell yeah

okay, okay, first of all CURSED. HORRIBLE. YES TO THAT. NO TO WRITING IT LMAO PLEASE LAURIE THATS TERRIFYING

how about some,,,, hypothetical headcanons telling their story instead. that. that sounds like a fair deal in which my part doesn't involve vomiting.

Let's just be very clear about this first of all: When they hooked up, they were drunk out of their wits. Both of them. I have no clue about ages at all here (I could start guessing but for the purpose of this, I'm just gonna quickly say that they definitely both were adults at this point and what people over twenty do is not any of y'alls business) nor the timeline but for the sake of it let's go with "Lucio is count already but Nadia isn't countess yet"

Lucio holding one of his famous victory parties, whole city celebrating, guests all over the palace and the streets and basically everywhere Lucio goes. And he's tipsy already, too tipsy to call it tipsy, and marching through the crowds with a little sway in his steps and a proud grin on his face, when he bumps into a really cute guy.

That really cute guy has kind of lost Julian in the midst of all of these people and has been trying his best to find his way back to his friend for an hour. But even with the help of magic, he doesn't get much further. The crowds don't part for him the way they do for Lucio - he's stuck. And there's a quite handsome, quite drunk Count Luico bumping into him, absolutely ruining another "find Julian" mission. The magic thread loosens and breaks and, well, Asra kind of gives up. Julian would find his way to a tavern and then back home by himself in the morning.

The fact that they're both not too bad at flirting can be yeeted out of the window. Because Lucio is drunk, and that he still makes sense at this point is a hilarious coincidence, and the first thing he does after pampering Asra and finding out who that handsome stranger with the white hair is, is buy him a drink.

Asra does refuse. Or tries to. But Lucio is the Count, even if he weren't that handsome and weren't doing his best to flirt and didn't get a grin on his face and just the slightest blush whenever Asra talked back..... he couldn't have. He was used to Julian being flustered. Not confidence like this.

So they kind of,,,, manage to hook up. At Asra's shop. Not at the palace, no, and Lucio complains about that, but there's this beautiful man with him and he's so drunk he can barely stand and he's got Asra drunk to the point that he's clinging to Lucio and hell he's got many other days to complain too, not tonight.

Which does mean that Lucio woke up in the shop. In Asra's bed. With a tight asleep Asra in his arms and the worst headache he's ever had. And he's really confused. And proud! But he's heard of Asra. Even if yesterday his drunk brain couldn't possibly connect the dots, it does now. And it's really, really, really heartbreaking that he can barely remember anything that happened yesterday.

So instead of staying, Lucio gets up. And gets dressed. And leaves the shop before Asra can wake up with a headache as well, and perfect recollection of the day before. You want to guess now why that magician hates the count so much?

okay so I know this is basically implying that when they first met they hooked up and all the plot later is based on it. and honestly? possible. like it's never explained why the fuck Lucio and Asra know each other, and I guess you could say that Lucio just needed his magic for a job and that's how they met but? kinda? sounds dumb? so I'm going with this it's officially canon now. in hindsight less cursed than it appeared tbh. could've been worse.

[that-was-anticlimactic]

What is sk8 about?? Trying to decide if I should watch it… 👀 seeing how much you love it is pretty convincing tbh :)

grace hi hello yes excellent question ahem

so. sk8 is about this lovely kid named reki (okay maybe i'm biased but he's my favorite character) who likes skateboarding and he works at a skate shop and there's this like illegal skating rink where they have beefs which are races against others and there are always stakes like "if i win then you have to..." etc... and like you have to have an S pin to get in (oh, the place is called S) and then like

this kid from canada comes in and his dad just died and he's Depressed and he meets reki at school and then outside the skate shop and reki is like "hey new canadian kid wanna learn to skateboard?" and langa (his name is langa) goes "well i need a job to support my mom so like sure if you hire me" and then the manager hires him and they go to S that night and reki accidentally brings the wrong board to a client and he gets Pissed and is like "well then, you have to skate in my place" and reki is like sir i will lose and langa is just chilling and then duct tapes his feet to the board and is like "eh i'll do it ig" and reki is like "yOU HAVE ONLY EVER STOOD ON A BOARD W H A T" so he races against shadow and wins and everyone is like shocked that a newbie did so well (he was a snowboarder)

so the plot is basically like. S and found family and learning to love yourself and have fun and that you don't have to compare yourself to others and like. lots of deep stuff.

so, there's reki who is the main character and is sunshine and probably has adhd and he has tourette's because. i want him to. and he's not the greatest skateboarder ever but he loves it a lot.

then there's langa who a lot of people (myself included) headcanon as autistic and he is coping with the loss of his dad and finding happiness in reki and like, rediscovering what it means to be happy kind of?

then there's miya who is like this thirteen year old skating prodigy who also goes to S and many people (myself included) headcanon them as nonbinary and with adhd and they're sassy and very mature for their age but have been hurt a lot

then there's cherry blossom (or kaoru) and he's an adult and many people (myself included) headcanon him with adhd and he's kind of like the no-nonsense kind of guy except that he, you know, helped create and illegal skating rink. he is a calligraphy artist during the day and is also mean (affectionate)

then there's joe (kojiro) who is another adult and another founder of S and he owns an italian restaurant and skates with his shirt off so everyone wants to "marry his abs" and a lot of people (including myself) headcanon him as trans and i headcanon him with depression and have. many feelings about that. but he's besties with cherry but they're also frenemies but they also would kill for each other but they would also kill each other and they love each other more than anything but they also hate each other with a burning passion

then there's shadow (hiromi) who is twenty-four, i headcanon him with anxiety and i feel like everyone else should too and he's like... he starts as kind of an unlikeable person but then the kids show up in his car and are like "hey dad" and he's just like ??? huh and then ends up becoming besties with them and he's like this punk skater who wears clown makeup and has like this tough guy voice that he uses at S but when he's not at S, he works at a flower shop and is pining for the manager and i love him but everyone leaves him out of fics and art evEN THOUGH HE'S A MAIN CHARACTER

then there is ad*m. we do not like ad*m. he's the villain and the third founder of S. he's definitely a pedophile and has this unhealthy attachment to langa and finding his "true eve" and also he tries to murder multiple people. he's a great villain, horrible person.

lastly, there's tadashi, ad*m's assistant ! he is uh. he's not having a great time. stockholm syndrome. just wants to skate.

anyways, you should watch it it's amazing i hope this was informative / a good summary ??? ily !!!

[nicistrying]

Mon 19th Sep:

This might be a bit of a long post!

Apologies I've been MIA, last week was probably the roughest week at work I've ever had. Skeleton staff as everyone was on holiday, including the deputy manager who is back tomorrow after 10 days off. And then the store manager was going on holiday Friday to the following Monday so there was just me to run the store while both of them were away. And then the Queen died so everyone "got the day off" but myself and another lad had to go in this morning bc obviously deliveries weren't cancelled. So we had to work 6-10am to work stock and receive the delivery. And rearrange a load of processes we usually do on a Monday so they'd either be done Sunday or Tuesday. It was just a whole thing but because both of my managers were away it fell to me to organise all this. Which would have been fine if not for...

Me already having had to cover another store from 4am-1pm Tuesday, and then go to our store bc Uncle Manager was at breaking point. Ended up working a 12 hour day which I know is normal in lots of jobs but bc I had been up since 2.30am it was just rough

Two members of staff having butted heads with each other and then also with Uncle Manager just literally bc of stupid misunderstandings between them all

Me trying to mediate between everyone, failing horribly. Arguments coming to a head with Uncle Manager leaving his keys and walking out. Me being left to pick up the pieces: finding cover for the evening and the next day, discussing with the other staff involved to try to get to the bottom of wtf the problem was, keeping the store running in general, keeping a happy face on for all the other staff who were blissfully unaware of all this. Uncle Manager of course came back and talked it out with the person he'd argued with, for 2 hours upstairs while I was on the shop floor keeping everything together, making sure everyone else got their breaks, dealing with phone calls and customers etc.

The next day everything was apparently fine but I was emotionally exhausted from having had to take everything on my shoulders. I ended up breaking down in tears to Uncle Manager and saying I thought it was really unfair the situations I'd been put in this week and that I had done well to keep it together but now I was also at breaking point. He was nice about it and apologised for the way he'd acted etc and let me go home early.

Saturday idek what happened. Everything was fine all morninv until the newly signed off team leader came in in a horrible mood and was just being a dick. I don't have a better way to say it. He was storming around as though he knew everything, everything anyone said was a personal dig at him, another team leader (with 30 years more experience than him) was 'undermining his authority' and he kept shouting at me about how fed up he was every time I tried to speak to him calmly. So I ended up snapping and saying look if you want to talk about authority, I am in charge. I'm asking you to do something, go and do it. It was awful. I've never had to actually confront anyone at work and it was so shit. The other team leader was coming to me crying bc of the way he spoke to her and I was just going between the two of them trying to sort it out, an hour after my shift had ended.

Sooo that's been work. It's been honestly horrific. And I can't help but wish I'd been more firm tbh and given him a proper warning that if he speaks to anyone like that again at work it'll be escalated. But I'll discuss it with the dep manager tomorrow anyway and see what she says.

So yesterday when I finally had a day off, I was determined to work out to relieve some stress. So I did and I had a great workout and it made me feel so much better. A little flex for @idratherberunning49 !!

I then spent my afternoon writing up a professional account of the shit storm of a week I'd had and logged that as a learning experience for my apprenticeship. Then I called my sister for 2 hours and we had a really cathartic vent about work, kids, family, everything. It was so good.

Today (Monday) me and the hot-head worked 6-10am just to get the delivery in and we had a really productive morning. I'm happy with what we got done. He had a few stupid little snipes about other staff but I just ignored him. Again I wish I'd said 'I will not tolerate you thinking you can talk to / about other people like that, we are a team and you are not the be all and end all. Wind your neck in' buuut I'm a pussy tbh. And I was keeping him in relatively good spirits by just setting an example of having a positive attitude and getting on with my job. Hoping he'll take something from it. Came home and had a lovely walk in the sunshine with Maggie, lunch with Matthew before he went to work, and now am going to do a couple hours of coursework and from maybe 4pm I'll say is chill time to do some yoga, start Christmas shopping, read my book etc. Hope everyone is well! Also, a selfie for the lovely @jenthebug thanks for tagging me! I'll tag @therambl3r @zombie-apocalypse-training @therunnymoonsover haven't seen you guys in a while!