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a/n. might turn this one into a drabble series if people like it. alternatively, i have a one-shot idea that shares similar themes with whatever this is. dedicated to my psych degree that i may never finish. (0.4k)
navigation. (you are here), part 2
bakugou doesnât notice you at first.
in his defense, looking for girls wasnât exactly part of his itinerary whenever he visited his therapistâs building. and if it was?
well, doing that in a mental health institution wouldnât exactly be his first pick.
not that he is looking for someone.
rising speedily through the ranks as a pro-hero came with more and more tasks and responsibilities by the day, and as much as he wanted to downplay the weight of such endeavors, heâd be lying if he said the exhaustion wasnât getting to him.
heâs barely making enough time to make room for his weekly therapist appointments. how can he possibly squeeze in dating into his already jam-packed schedule?
in fact, that was the point he was trying to make to his psychologist a few minutes ago who, in turn, countered his theory by broaching the plausibility of it being an avoidant technique to mask his inexperience, when time ran out and the session had to be put to a close. as always, she tied the session neatly with her spiel about them picking up where they left off next week, and then the pro-hero was already up and exiting her office.
âfucking plausibility,â he mutters to himself just as the door closes behind him, hefting the duffel bag that he carried all the way from his agency higher on his shoulders.
and really, he was about to turn to the right so he could take a piss before driving home when the door beside the restroom creaks open. now, heâs never seen any other client in his few years of face-to-face consultations, which was weird but not entirely inconceivable. so he finds it pretty excusable when he finds himself pausing, craning to hear the soft mutters emanating from the insideânot that eavesdropping on someone elseâs psych appointment is funâthen immediately straightening up when a body emerges from the crack.
his first instinct is to instantly dash towards the comfort room like he wasnât just standing there like a nosy idiot, but instead, he finds himself frozen when his eyes dart up and meet yours.
what did that proverb say again? all pretty girls are mentally ill?
he can only watchâimmobileâas your eyes widen in recognition because, of course, youâd recognize him. not that heâs being fucking cocky; in fact, heâd much rather you did not identify himâfresh out of therapy, no lessâbut heâs aware that his reputation, unfortunately, precedes him. his reputation of being this aggressive, no-nonsense, brash pro-hero.
which is why he doesnât fucking understand why he does the next thing.
he lifts his hand and blurtsâ
âhi.â
Ëâşâ§â as always, reblogs, replies, and tags are appreciated <3 feel free to drop an ask, tooâi'd love to chat with you. have a nice day!
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#it's the camaraderie between therapy goers#and also bc you are pretty he just blurts it out lol#bakugou x reader#bakugou x y/n#bakugou katsuki x reader#bakugou imagines#mha imagines#bnha imagines#bnha scenarios#mha scenarios#bnha x reader#mha x reader#bakugou x you#bakugou drabble#bakugou fluff#bakugo x reader#bakugo x you#bakugo x y/n#bakugo katsuki x reader
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how do you think jjk men are with embarrassing moments during sex? like if something embarrassing that happens to either them or their partner, do they play it off, try to inject humor, swear off sex to be a monk?
i read a similar post by an author advocating for well, not just more realistic depictions of sex in fics, but to include some of the awkwardness present in them too?? their post included getoâs hair getting stuck in butt cracks, Toji pulling a muscle, Nanami losing his boner, and Choso full on shitting himself accidentally to help with readerâs embarrassment over queefing đđđ
like yes itâs funny and bonkers but cuz sex isnât always the passionate sexy fuckfest we see in fics/movies, people donât always cum at the same time, yes you DO need lube AND prep, foreplay DOES matter, dryness or losing an erection midway no matter how horny you are is common yano?? đ¤đ¤
lowkey wanted to go anon lest you call me perpetually horny đ but ignore me if my shitâs getting old
own your shit bae, no pun intended. ur horniness could never get old. I like these questions cause they're like brain teasers. okay okay lemme have a go
Gojo:
says a cringy line
I can totally see him trying something new that he thinks would be super sexy like
"oh yeah? you like that? you're such a dirty whore, aren't you? come on, cum and show me who you're daddy is."
reader will pause and stare at him like, did you hear yourself?
gojo will have a moment of realisation and give himself the ick. even he has limits.
he collapses on top of reader and begs her to forget that, will be a blushing mess.
he'll think about it once in a while and cringe
but in the moment, he'd throw a tantrum if you can't stop laughing and making fun of him.
"it wasn't that bad! you're being mean, seriously. I just got caught up, okay? stop laughinggggg"
gets very pouty, protests, and you have to seduce him back, really compliment the hell out of him
then he'll force you on top and make you take the lead so he doesn't give himself another opportunity to be embarassing
Geto:
trying to switch positions in a tight space and then you accidentally rest your elbow on his long hair and he almost rips outs chunks
probably gets irritated because you've damaged his brilliant hair
takes a breather and then starts back up again
punishes you during sex
will crack a smile if you do
"yeah, alright, laugh it up. but if I develop a bald spot, neither of us will be laughing."
will make sure that never happens again
might even pull your hair during sex to show you how it feels (not too hard obvi)
Choso:
might get too subby lol
like "am I a good boy mommy? am I doing good? I don't want my mommy to be mad at me" and he's in tears
idk how to write mommy kinks lol
and you both have a moment of clarity where it's like, damnnn you okay? didn't know you had trauma like that
he'll get very shy and embarrassed
might even start crying, trying to run away
you'll have to reassure him it's fine and then just go slowly and gently, having more loveydovey sex
late at night, he'll ask you if you really didn't mind because he doesn't want you to be freaked out or think he's not a man
but I imagine it'd become a kink you indulge him once in a while
just gotta teach him it's okay, just don't spring it on someone mid act lol
Toji:
trying a really acrobatic fucking position, whether in the living room or in the shower, gets his footing wrong and slips, smacks his head against the wall, takes you down with him
he knocks himself out
you have to wrangle his 200 pound or something body in to a safe lying position and wait for him to come to
when he does and he remembers what happens
bro is in denial
no he didn't slip
no he didn't overestimate himself
no it didn't hurt
no he's not embarrassed stop asking him
gets very grumpy and will storm off, grumbling under his breath
comes back calmer
neither of you mention it but it hangs in the air as you both prepare dinner together
once sat across each other, you make an eye contact and you burst out laughing
he rolls his eyes but he's got a smile on his lips
"yeah yeah, what fucking ever. you try lifting your heavy ass up whilst you're balls deep"
next time tho, he gets you back by forcing you to endure vanilla sex, going very slow and shallow and overly sweet
makes you beg for him to fuck you normally
he'll consider it
Nanami:
drunk sex, becomes wayyyy too emotional
"sweetheart, you're the most beautiful thing in the entire world, I love you so much do you know that? I honestly -hiccup!- c-can't live without you, oh goodness, please don't make me live without you!"
he's still inside, he's not even thrusting anymore, he's just crying into your neck like a baby
you're brushing his hair, shushing him, orgasms forgotten
might vomit on you a little
wakes up with a killer hangover and a night full of memories he wishes he could erase
"oh god, honey. I'm so terribly sorry. I can't believe I did something so ridiculous. no I know loving you openly isn't ridiculous, but I wouldn't be wrong to say crying, leaving you unsatisfied, forcing you to care for a man child, and cherry on top, vomitting on you is just a little ridiculous."
has to go make it up to himself for being a terrible husband
will spoil you for the rest of the week
or anytime he remembers
might actually drink less because of it lol
Sukuna:
he'd kill you if he did something embarrassing
pray he never does
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fruity drinks â s. reid
spencer taking care of you after girl's night with the bau ladies
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The room feels like it's spinning a little by the time you make your way inside of the apartment, and the only thing keeping you tethered to solid ground is the feeling of Spencer's hand on your lower back as he guides you inside. Despite your obvious state of inebriation, you've convinced yourself that you're only a little tipsy, when in reality, you're on the thin line between very tipsy and clearly drunk.
You probably would've been worse if it hadn't been for Emily who decided to cut you off and then call your boyfriend to come get you, who despite your insistence to not call him because he was 'probably already asleep', was still up reading when he had gotten the call.
You knew he hated driving, even more so at night, so you were very appreciative to see that he had in fact come to pick you up, greeting him with a fat kiss to the cheek that left a beautifully glossy mark behind and left him flustered the whole drive back.
Said drive back was spent with you thanking him for picking you up before your head was lulling against the car window and you were drifting off. By the time he was lightly shaking you awake, you were already home, and the only thing on your mind was your bed.
You make your way inside the apartment on slightly unsteady legs before plopping yourself down on the couch with a guttural sigh. Your eyes fall shut, and your head falls against the back of the couch. Faintly, you register Spencer taking up space near you until you feel him lightly tugging at the bottom of your shoe. You open your eyes and watch as he carefully slips off your boots for you, wiggling your toes with a relief sigh once they are freed from their confines. "Thank you, handsome," you say softly, watching as the small smile stretches across his face. You always liked how he still got flustered at your words, even after having dated for so long.
You let him help you up from the couch and lead you to the bathroom, where he lets you sit on the counter while he rummages through the bathroom cupboards. He takes out some of your skincare products, dampening one of the cotton pads with micellar water before he starts gently wiping at your makeup.
"Did you have fun tonight?" he asks as he quietly works, out of curiosity and also as a way to keep you awake long enough to finish. "Mhm," you nod happily, legs absent-mindedly rubbing against the side of his legs as he stood between yours. "I missed you though," you add after a few seconds of silence, resisting the urge to pull him impossibly closer and kiss him silly as he wipes under your eye.
He knows you missed him because you told him so already. You hadn't been away for two hours until he got the text message declaring so, and he could only smile as he read it because he knew he missed you just as much, even if he knew you wouldn't be gone forever and that you eventually would be coming back home.
Your friends made fun of how attached to each other the two of you were, but you couldn't find it in you to care. You adored Spencer, endlessly so, and he always took such good care of you. Like now, as he stood between your legs in the middle of the night as he helped you remove your make-up, one hand gently working upon your skin while the other held onto your thigh, thumb rubbing over the skin there. Maybe it was the alcohol (it definitely was), but you could almost cry at how sweet Spencer always was with you. It made your heart ache almost painfully if you thought about it too much.
You took the time to admire him as he worked; his beautiful brown eyes and perfectly pointed nose. Lips that you wouldn't mind kissing all day long, that you wanted to kiss right now too.
Soon Spencer had finished cleaning your face, pressing a kiss to your cheek similar to the one you gave him earlier and helping you from the counter and into the bedroom. He sat you down on the edge of the bed before once again getting down on his knees beside you.
"Will you read to me?" you asked, watching as he helped take off your tights, a kiss pressed to each newly exposed knee once they were pulled off completely. "Of course," he agreed, even if he knew you'd be asleep way before he even finished a chapter. He reckons he'd do anything you'd ask him if it meant he got to make you smile.
#[file: spencer reid đ§¸]#spencer reid x fem!reader#spencer reid x reader#spencer reid x you#spencer reid fluff#criminal minds x reader#ellesreids âš
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I don't reblog this kind of thing normally but this is so important! I'm a cishet Christian southern dude with a shit-ton of queer friends (how else do you think I found this website?) and I would much rather not know the "right" terms for something and just be a nice, respectful person than be 100% versed in every praxis and theory and be an asshole who goes off on people for making honest mistakes (Let's just say I've met people like that, and it wasn't a fun experience).
To be perfectly honest, there are some things I still don't understand, but if one of my queer friends was in trouble I would absolutely try to help them without a second thought. And honestly, if I was gay or trans or any different LGBTQ+ identity, I would probably have similar thoughts! I don't think I'd care if someone was intimately familiar with the details of my identity as long as they were consistently kind and supportive.
It's similar to having autism (which I do) and having neurotypical friends (which I also do). I don't expect or need them to know everything about autism, but if I get overstimulated or run out of social battery at an event, I still want to be around people who would try to help me, even if they don't know what they're doing 100% of the time.
Anyway, that's my two cents. If any of my LGBTQ+ friends are reading this, y'all are awesome.
"The trannies should be able to piss in whatever toilet they want and change their bodies however they want. Why is it my business if some chick has a dick or a guy has a pie? I'm not a trannie or a fag so I don't care, just give 'em the medicine they need."
"This is an LGBT safe space. Of COURSE I fully support individuals who identify as transgender and their right to self-determination! I just think that transitioning is a very serious choice and should be heavily regulated. And there could be a lot of harm in exposing cis children to such topics, so we should be really careful about when it is appropriate to mention trans issues or have too much trans visibility."
One of the above statements is Problematic and the other is slightly annoying. If we disagree on which is which then working together for a better future is going to get really fucking difficult.
#not a dream#I do have a mild phobia of costumed performers which includes most drag queens so I can never truly be Earl#long post#discourse#lgbtq#please read this I spent Forever on it
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sparkling - Ęá´ę°á´ á´á´á´á´Ęá´É´.
PAIRING : enemy!rafe cameron x kook!reader
SUMMARY : the country club announces a carnival ball, and your parents make you go there with the last person youâd want to be around â rafe cameron.
WARNING(S) : drinking, minor violence, swearing, not proofread
A/N : we're going full kook baby (divider by @roseraris)
WC : 4.6k (bear with me. BEAR WITH ME)
first part, "nights like this" is here!
masterlist.
You clench your teeth as you walk around the room, waiting for the dress to arrive.
To your surprise, itâs white outside the window, the soft snow covering most of your garden. You sit down on your bed with a sigh.
In two hours youâre supposed to be walking through the door of the country club, your dress flowing on the floor as you move plastered to Rafeâs side.
The last part still makes you fuming.
Obviously, it wasnât your ideaâ your parents decided youâd look perfect with the oldest of the Cameron siblings. They seemed to forget that you literally despise him. And youâre pretty sure he feels the same about you.
If this ball was happening a year ago, you wouldn't mind. You'd probably be already all giddy, waiting for your prince on his white horse to come pick you up.
All because of a stupid party. Your birthday party.
It still replays in your head, as if there wasn't anything better to remember.
Rafe kissed you on the rooftop of Tanney Hill. Rafe, the guy you've been obsessed with since, well, fifth grade, kissed you to fulfill your birthday wish. Little did he know he actually fulfilled two of them that night.
But, nothing that's tied to Rafe is easy. Just as you were supposed to leave with him, you caught him with a girl all over him.
Is that enough of a reason not to be happy about being there, showing off by his side at the ball?
âSweetie, your dress is here!â
Soon after that, your door creaks, and your mother comes in with a long dress in her hands.
Itâs beautiful, thatâs for sure-- silver, sparkling with tiny glitter pieces. The straps are thin, almost nonexistent.
"Isn't carnival all about being, I don't know, fun?" you say skeptically. "This is going to be so tense. Apart from the fact that I have to be there with Rafe."
Your mother glances at you, her eyes softening. "Ward asked us a long time ago, and you know how your father is about his 'promises'..."
You huff, resting your chin on your hand.
"Plus, you still didn't tell us what happened between you two that made you dislike him so much." You feel a similar sting in your heart. "And you donât have to, just so you know.â
You give her a defeated look and get up. You trace your fingers down the fabric before you speak up. "I should probably try it on..."
Your mom gives you an excited nod. "Go on!"
She gently hands you the piece of clothing before disappearing behind the door. Do you have any other choice than to get ready? Not really.
You slip into the dress, your figure sparkling in the mirror with every minor movement. It flows over your body most beautifullyâ a little tighter in all the right places, but not tight enough to feel uncomfortable while sitting, eating, or dancing.
You spin around on your tiptoes, checking yourself out, and a small smile creeps up your lips.
The night before, you used all your most expensive skincare and had a very everything shower. If you have to suffer, at least youâll look pretty.
You match your makeup to the themeâa whiteish sparkly eyeshadow and lots of highlighter, making you look like a mirrorballâin the best way possible.
With the last run of fingers through your hair you realize itâs almost the time to go.
Itâs already dark outside, the moon radiating from the snowy beach in the distance. You grab your heels and bag, hearing your mother calling you from downstairs.
You take a deep breath. Itâs going to be okay. It has to be.
The Camerons have just pulled up, their carâs engine dying soundly as you jump off the last step. You look down at your hands and canât help but notice them slightly shaking.
The doors open, and Ward comes in first, with Rose close by him. Then, Wheezie runs in, dragging Sarah by her hand.
Rafe follows them like a ghost, all quiet when he closes the door behind him.
âWell, look whoâs there!â
Your father directs these words to the oldest of the Cameron siblings. You glance at Rafe and see his eyes slightly widen as your dad comes up to him. Almost as if heâs thrown off by it.
He quickly regains his typical confidence and shakes the manâs hand, steady and sure.
âHi!â Sarah comes up to you, a cheeky smile spread on her face. She looks as gorgeous as everâ her blonde hair pinned up in a half-updo, some strands hanging out and curling around her face.
You hug her, lingering for a bit before pulling away and noticing Wheezie looking at you.
âWell! There goes the princess,â you say, bowing in front of her, so low youâd fold in half. The young girl giggles, and you feel your heart warm up.
"Come on, girls! We're going to be late!"
Rose is already waiting by the door, tapping her heeled foot on the wooden floor.
You glance at the Cameron sisters, rolling your eyes.
"I saw that, young girl."
Sarah snorts behind your back, and you send Rose a sheepish smile. When you run your eyes around the room, you notice Rafe staring at you.
He has a total poker face. Not a single muscle moves when you examine his features, but his eyes speak, or rather scream a million words. There's a hint of anger, making you grimace.
You just have to show off for a little while by his side, and it will be over before you even notice.
You tell this to yourself as you walk out the door, still feeling his gaze on your back.
It's going to be a long night.
The parking lot outside of the country club is already filled with expensive cars when your family and Camerons arrive.
You get out and the cold air quickly hits you, a sharp breath sneaks out of your lungs.
âOkayâŚâ You whisper to yourself, watching Rafe slam the carâs door as he and his family come out. âRemember, just a few hours.â
âAre you ready?â
You turn around and see your father already standing there with Rafe. How the hell did this boy get here so quickly?
âDo we really have to?â You try, eyeing Rafe and noticing his jaw clenching.
âY/nâŚâ Your father tilts his head and gives you one of his looks, and you know thereâs no point in arguing any further.
You turn to Rafe, feeling a lump in your throat appear.
âYouâre cold.â He says, looking you up and down. You grimace.
âExcuse me?â
Rafe gestures at your body, âYouâre literally shaking.â
You look down, and heâs rightâ in all these emotions, you didnât really see it. âWhatever.â
Now itâs him who twists his lips, as if he wants to say something, but changes his mind at the last moment.
âWhy do we even have to show off together like some monkeys in aââ
âAre you two coming?â Your mother interrupts you by exclaiming, already waiting at the door.
You glance at Rafe once again and let out a muffled huff. âLetâs just get this done.â
The silent treatment is nice, you have to admit. He follows you without a word, and soon enough you are on the last step.
You take a shaky breath. Most of the people are already there. All the thoughts hit you at onceâ what if you accidentally slip? Or spill your wine? What ifâ
Rafe doesnât let you finish that sentence in your head, because he opens up the door and clears his throat, giving you a signal to finally move.
You startle and quickly get in, immediately getting hit by the wave of warm air and the heavy smell of candles mixed into it.
Rafeâs presence by your side is radiating. You feel it, almost as if he was burning, just inches away from your arm.
You canât help but remember the memorable night it all went down. It felt the same, yet so different.
Suddenly, Rafe puts his hand on your waist, making a shiver run down your spine. His touch is soft and barely even there as if heâs disgusted to even touch you. Despite yourself, you feel a sting in your heart, and canât help but wonder how many times it will happen again tonight.
An older man comes up to you two. You know him from the golf field, or at least thatâs what you think. He sends you both a smile, before reaching out for your hand and shaking it with such a power youâre almost sure your arm popped out of its place.
âHello there, Ms. Y/L,â he says, then directs a nod towards Rafe, âYoung Cameron. Tell me, what do you think about this?â
âItâs beautiful,â you say, looking around properly for the first time.
The whole place is decorated with such eleganceâ silver elements mixed with black and white. The glasses on the tables are already filled with champagne, waiting for the guests to come and try it. And, Lord, is that a live band performing on the stage?
The lights reflecting from the crystal accents gleam in your eyes, and you donât even notice when the corners of your mouth have risen.
They mustâve spent a fortune on this.
âIâm glad you like it,â Mr. Cohen, if you remember his name correctly, says, his eyes trailing off to the dance floor, slowly being filled up with pairs ready for the opening dance. âOh! Perfect timing. Youâll still get to join. Isnât that wonderful?â
Your face falls. You discretely steal a glance at Rafe but arenât able to see anything past his stupid neutral face. You look down, and he takes his hand off your hip in a second, stretching it out as if he got burned.
âCome on!â Mr Cohen hurries you, and you look at him while clenching your jaw. You send him the most polite smile you can make up on your face at the moment, and, defeated, slowly make your way to the crowd.
âYou donât have to do this.â
This is the second time Rafe has spoken up this night. Did he vow to only speak in single sentences for the whole ball?
You look at him skeptically, âAs if you donât know my parents. And Ward. Letâs justâ get it done. After that, you can go to your friends, and I can go my separate way.â
He raises his eyebrow but doesnât say anything. A few women smile at you when you and Rafe squeeze through the other pairs, finally finding a decent place.
The musicians start to play a soft and slow melody. The violin goes first, the sweet notes sounding through the whole room, accompanying the moving pairs.
Rafeâs hands find their way to your body. He holds you close, so close you can feel the tension in his muscles.
You try not to look at his face, because every time you do, your mind wanders. To the moments before that stupid kiss, to when it was just you and Rage against the world. If only you didnât kiss, maybe everything wouldâve been different.
Youâd eventually move on, and seeing Rafe switch out his girls after less than a week would hurt less.
But, what matters is present. And right now, want it or not, you stand on the dance floor, so close to the boy you once swore youâd marry you can feel his irregular breath on the top of your head.
Rafe spins you around, and you realize you have dissociated for a while. He stares down at you, a shadow of a grimace sneaking up on his face. The heat rises to your cheeks, and youâre not really sure if itâs from anger, or maybe something else.
You swear you feel his touch on your waist tighten, the place where heâs resting his hand burning through the material. You clench your teeth. Youâre almost sure your heart racing can be heard by the pairs near you.
Itâs almost done.
You look around, trying to focus on anything else. The piano joined the melody, making it heavier. It builds up the rhythm, nearing the end. There are, what, two spins left before youâre finally free.
Yours, as well as Rafeâs movement, loosened up, his broad shoulders less tense than before, your body moving smoother as well.
When your eyes return to his face, heâs already looking at you, at every feature. For the first time, you see something else in his eyes.
Regret.
He notices heâs been caught, and doesnât seem to care. His eyes lazily move across your face, but the emotions change as quickly as they appear. You furrow your eyebrows as he spins you around for the last time as if you are the only ones on the dance floor.
Someone accidentally bumps into you, pushing you even closer to Rafe. Does this have to happen to you?
He grips you a little harder. The last chord plays out, essentially ending the dance, and you pull away as fast as you can. His breath hitches, almost unnoticeably. His hand lingers in the air for what feels like an eternity to you. You look in his eyes youâre unable to decode for the last time before giving him a stiff nod and getting off the parquet, your heelsâ clicking lost between the steps of others.
The crowd thins out slowly, and Rafeâs gone from your eyesight before the next song starts.
You sit down at the long table. Dinner is about to start, and the waiters are smoothly spinning around, either getting all the food ready or adding champagne to the crystal glasses.
You lean back on the chair, take a long, deep breath, and explore the table with your eyes. Many people are still dancing, so not all the seats are taken. Each of them is already assigned. Youâre reading the cursive letters on the note left by the seat next to you when someoneâs voice appears behind you.
âI fear that we donât know each other.â
You jump up in your place and turn around. A tall, dark-haired boy your age, or a little older, is standing there. He smiles and sits down on the chair beside you before he introduces himself, âCallum SMTH.â
âY/N Y/L,â you answer, resting your chin on your palm. âI havenât seen you around.â
Callum laughs, and you hold back from furrowing your brows. âIâve been gone for my studies, but, finally, Iâm back.â
You open your mouth to say something but get interrupted by the clinks of some utensils. Both you and the boy look up.
Rafeâs sitting down right there in front of you. His jaw tightens when he glances at you.
âCameron? Is that you?â Callum says, and you raise your eyebrow. âMan, I havenât seen you in ages!â
Rafe looks him up and down, forcing a smile that doesnât even reach halfway to his eyes. âYeah, and I wish it could stay this way.â
Your eyes widen while Rafe doesnât look bothered. Callum grimaces and opens his mouth, so you quickly interrupt him by getting his attention back on you, âSo, what are these studies about?â
The boy regains his confidence and starts rambling a seemingly learned-by-heart speech about some law studies in LA. You canât help but sneak glances at Rafe between nodding and humming.
He sits still at the table, his broad shoulders straight as he looks around, obviously avoiding the sight of you.
Soon enough, the seats are full, and the president of the country club starts his speech. His monotonous voice makes it hard for you to keep your eyes open, forcing you to constantly blink in order not to fall asleep.
When he ends, you automatically join the applause, softly clapping your hands with a taught, polite smile.
Everyone gets to eating and chatting, and you immediately curse the person who set up the seating arrangements.
âSo, Miss Y/L, howâs it going at school?â Ms. Thornton asks as you pour some juice into your glass.
You look up, your fingers intuitively tightening the grip, only to see everyone sitting close by looking at you with a curious expressionâ including Rafe, although his fave is more of a typical Cameron poker face.
âWell,â you start, and you feel your cheeks warm up from the attention. âItâs⌠fine. I started volunteering at the hospital, andââ
âOoh, how ambitious!â Some older man exclaims, cutting his steak in half. âIsnât it the same place our Rafe volunteered in his sophomore year?â
You lock eyes with him and watch as he takes a breath. But, instead of saying anything, he just nods.
âSpeaking of Rafe,â An elegant, adult woman says, âDo you have anyone? You know, my cousin is already engaged with his fiancĂŠe. Iâm sure someone has caught your eye!â
You almost choke on your drink, covering it with a small cough. Callum looks at you with wide eyes, but you dismissively wave your hand at him.
Rafeâs eyes are burning holes in you as he speaks up, his voice steady and calm, âI donât think so. Not lately, at least.â
The woman gives him a hum and starts talking about her cousinâs upcoming wedding, and Rafe falls silent.
You canât help but knit your eyebrows. Youâve never seen Rafe this quiet at an event like thisâ usually, heâd be chatting with some golf buddy or his fatherâs friend, or at least Topper or Kelce.
Tonight, they sit a few seats away, exchanging worried and suspicious looks.
You try to tell yourself it doesnât bother you. His well-being is not your business or your misery.
And yet, thatâs all you can think about for the rest of the dinner.
After everyone has eaten, the time for the dessert is very relaxing. Some people stayed at the table, and many returned to the dancefloor.
You now sit with Sarah and Wheezie, drinking one of the drinks offered to you by a waiter.
"And so, you know, I told her what I think about her, and sheâ" You don't get to finish because Ward comes up to the three of you.
He kisses his daughters on their heads and smiles at you.
âHow are you all doing?â he asks, leaning on the chairs.
âAll good, dad!â Sarah answers before she takes another sip from her glass.
âWhat about you?â he turns his head in your direction, a sly expression slowly creeping up on his face. âI must say, you and Rafe made a beautiful pair at the opening dance.â
Your breath hitches, unnoticed by the others. âIâm glad you liked it.â Thatâs all that escapes your lips.
âYou know, Iâm very grateful you agreed upon this. Iâve heard Rafe talking about you a lot, so I figured out I could ask your parentsâŚâ
He goes on, but you donât catch any more words. It feels as if the world stoppedâ the music suddenly much quieter, overflowed by the racing pulse of your heart.
Rafe was talking about you.
All youâve experienced from him for the past months were grimaces, snarky comments, or looks that could kill you.
And now Ward is telling you his son was fucking talking about you?
You open up your mouth, about to form a respond, when you hear gasps cutting through the air, followed by a loud bang.
You exchange a look with Sarah and both dart up to your feet.
âWhat the fuck isââ you say in between panting, going through the hall after your best friend.
You two have to squeeze through the people surrounding the scene. Sarah makes it out first.
âRafe!â she calls out, and you practically feel your heart go all the way to your throat.
When you finally push the last person and manage to take a big breath, you canât help but curse loudly at whatâs happening in front of you.
Callum is on the ground, holding his hand to his nose, all covered in blood. Rafe is standing above him, irregular pants coming out of his lungs as he stares at the boy. Heâs fuming.
Your eyes and Rafeâs lock together, and you see his expression change for a second before he shakes his head and storms out the room, going straight outside in the cold.
You come closer to Callum laying on the ground, quietly throwing cuss words under his breath. Youâre frozen to the spot you are standing in.
The only thing you can hear in your head is your heartbeat. All the talking melts together. People pass by, accidentally bumping into your shoulders, but you canât care less.
You should help Callum.
Itâs the right thing to do. He was polite for the whole night, making small talk and passing you every juice you wanted, unlike Rafe who constantly shot glares at you and acted as if even the thought of touching you disgusts him.
But when you look out the big windows, and see Rafeâs tall figure making its way through the snow, you know. You just know.
Isnât that a reoccurring thing? Whatever youâd do, you always end up near him. No matter how hard youâd try to stop it.
Itâs like the gravity pushed you into his arms. Like the universe made it clear.
You and Rafe.
The little voice in your head calls you. Youâre not sure id itâs real, or if maybe itâs just the illusion from the drinks youâve had, but the word ring in your head.
Go.
Go.
And so you listen.
The freezing air hits you like a slap across the face. Your shoulders are fully exposed and you start to regret not grabbing your fur bolero on the way out.
âRafe!â
He slows down and turns his head to you. His eyebrows are arched and knit, and you notice he clenches up his fistsâ the knuckles still painted red.
âGo inside,â he grumbles in a voice soaked with anger. âYouâll get sick. Leave me alone.â
You huff. âNo. No, no, weâre not doing that,â you say as you almost catch up to him. He doesnât stop, so you pull his arm. âRafe!â
Rafe stops in his tracks, and you feel his hand shaking under yours. âWha- What the fuck are you doing?! Now youâre just punching people? Talking about me so much that Ward himself asked my parents to make meââ
His face goes paler than the snow surrounding you.
âHow do you know that?â
Your lips twist in a grimace. âUgh, fuck that right now. Why did you punch Callum?â
Rafe looks down at his knuckles, and his voice comes out confidently, âHe deserved that.â
âBut why?â Your voice raises, and you feel the anger thatâs bubbling up inside you going dangerously close to the edge. âDo you just hate the idea of me even talking with someone else? You canât bear seeing me enjoying something orââ
âI did it because I care about you!â he shouts out, his voice trembling. Your eyes widen.
âYou care about me, so you decide punching the first guy Iâm just talking with?â
âHe was talking shit about you!â he finally spits out, now animating with his hands. âTalking about how youâre just a dumb bitch who knows nothing about life because she lives off of daddyâs money. Was I supposed to just- just let him say that?â
You hold your breath, your brows furrowed, and Rafe continues. âWell, I couldnât. Because, for fuckâs sake, I love you, Y/N!â
The bubble bursts with the last words. You push him away, your vision blurry by the tears hanging of your eyelids. âYeah? You love me? Well, I think you presented that perfectly at the birthday party. When you decided it was a perfect timing to make out with some bitch while I was literally standing outside the doorââ
âWhat the fuck are you talking about?â Rafe stops you mid-sentence. You wipe your tears, and when you can see clearer, you see the frightened look on his face.
âDonât act stupid, Rafe. If you wanted to just kiss me and check it off your list, you couldâve just said that instead of acting like you felt what I did too.â
He grimaces. âI have no idea what do you meanââ
You let out a frustrated laugh, still speaking loudly through the night. âOh? You donât remember? Taking some touron to your room when you were supposed to drive me home?â
You see the moment it clicks in his head. His face falls, and he turns around from you, letting out a shaky breath. âI have never kissed her.â
âWow. You canât even say that to my faceââ
Rafe looks at you again. âI have never kissed her. I donât know what the fuck did you see, but nothing happened. If you stayed there for longer youâd know that I pushed her away in a second and went to look for you, but you were already leaving with Topper.â
Your heart misses a beat. Or maybe two. He must be lying, right?
âNo. Nononono, but- but if thatâs what happened, why didnât youâŚâ
He snorts. âWhat? Talk to you after you admitted it was a mistake?â
You throw your hands in the air. âI freaked out! I thought I was just a new notch in your belt, so this was the only way I could protect myself from being hurt even more!â
âDo you know how I felt? Iâve liked youâfuck it, Iâve loved youâfor two years and I finally got to kiss you, and then you just tell me to forget it?â Rafe says, his voice much quieter now.
You feel your cheeks grow red when he gets closer, his lips inches from yours. âI thought it was for the better-â
He doesnât let you finish. He cups your face and pulls you closer, connecting your lips together.
Someone has to pinch you, because this does not feel real.
You cautiously wrap your arms around his neck, letting all the emotions spill.
If the kiss on the rooftop wasnât like in all your bedtime scenarios, this one definitely gets closer.
Itâs passionate, fierceâ just like Rafe. Itâs out of the world. Heâs burning, the warmth going everywhere: from your lips to your cheeks, to your heart. You are almost sure his is beating louder than yours.
He sighs into your lips, breaking the kiss to get some air, and you feel your mind spiral. Rafeâs eyes meet yours, and thereâs not a glimpse of the emotions from earlier.
âDo you believe me now?â he whispers, softly brushing his lips on the corner of your mouth.
You hum, âMaybe.â
âGood.â He pulls you to his chest, resting his chin on your shoulder. You try your best to remain calm, although, if you were alone, youâd probably be jumping all over the ground. âBy the way. Ho told you I was talking about you?â
âWard... Didnât know you were so devoted, Cameron.â You say with a giggle. He snorts and rolls his eyes.
âThat oldâŚâ he mumbles, âWell. I canât imagine otherwise.â
The corners of your mouth rise. You turn your head to the country club. âDonât you think we shouldââ
You step back, or rather try to, but Rafe quickly pulls you back to him. âTheyâll be fine.â
You let out a hitched breath.You donât know what this exactly is. Or how itâll go.
But you trust the universe with this one.
okay well !!! since youâve reached this moment of the post iâd like to thank every single one of you for being as excited as i am for this one shot to come out, and sharing your energy with me through the comments asks etc. while i didnât answer every single one of them, i want you to know that i see them, and iâm so so grateful.
this was super fun for me to write and for the first time iâve felt such a motivation!!!
i know itâs kinda weird to get this dramatic about it but seriously, it means the world to me, especially considering that i started what, a month ago??
thereâs not a SINGLE nonchalant bone in my body
iâm rambling now so as the ending note i hope you all enjoyed it ;)) tysm for waiting and sticking around, love youuu
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change of heart
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⧠hi!! just a bit of writing for fun, enjoy :)
⧠word count: 2.3k
⧠pairing: lando norris x reader x (somewhat charles leclerc)
⧠'suddenly unapproving of your interest in charles, lando reminds you whose guest you are.'
***This is a work of fiction. The story, names, characters and incidents either are product or the authorâs imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.***
passing through the lobby of lando's apartment, you caught your reflection in a mirror, stopping to smooth the red silk dress against your body. having bought it only a few hours ago, you were pleased with how well it fit. the material of the dress fell over you just right, bringing attention to your curves. usually you don't wear red, but tonight it seemed appropriate.
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"landoâŚthis is so last minute," you sighed into the phone.
"it seriously should not take you that long to get readyâŚplus, charles will be here," he teased. this taunting behavior between you two was normal, having been friends for years.
"wow lando! that'll definitely make sure i have a dress for tonight!" you feigned excitement. âis he going to buy it for me too?â
"i'm sure he will in return for something else," lando joked slyly.
you were landoâs closest friend. when he made it into formula 1, it was common for you to be at his races and afterparties. you were able to meet all the racers and have good friendships. however, it was clear that charles enjoyed your presence in the paddock seemingly more than lando. never failing to talk to you after every race, holding your attention at the afterparties, and similar things were normal practice. lando noticed you showed interest back, and he never seemed too fond of this connection. you assumed it was because, at times, you and lando had been flirty with each otherâŚalthough it never went further than sly comments and a light touch here and there on nights where you both had been drinking too much.
"you're sickâŚi'll be there."
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arriving at his door, you heard the music already sounding. you got there early and were surprised that it sounded like the party already began.
your knocking on the hard door received no answer. after trying twice, you began fiddling through your purse to find the spare key he had given you in case of emergencies. slotting it into the door handle, you looked into his living room where a dj booth stood, but no lando.
"lando?" you called out over the music. no answer.
having been in his apartment probably more than your own, you made your way to the hallway with his bedroom. you hoped your heels clicking on the hardwood flooring would be loud enough to alert him. trying to call out his name once more, you received nothing back.
entering his bedroom, you caught the reflection of him dressing in the overly large mirror that always faced his bed. you never thought too deep into it being there, and frankly, you didn't want to. you remembered all the times lando made sly remarks of showing you why he had it there.
he wore an all-black suit with the first two shirt buttons undone. the shiny necklace he had worn for the majority of his life shining brightly through the gap. a glass of whiskey rested on the table nearby. of course you thought him attractive at least once in the duration of your friendship. his curly hair, hazel eyes, and of course the physique that formula 1 training had brought him. this outfit pointed all of his features out to you more than normal.
"pregaming?" you ask, pointing to his drink as you enter the room. he jumped at the intrusion, but relaxed when he sees that its you. you see a look of disappointment quickly show on his face as he leans against the table, grabbing his glass to take a sip. you watch as he takes the strong liquor with no reaction, making a quick glance at the half-rolled sleeve that displays his tanned, strong forearm.
"you know that papaya would have been a much better option. think it suits you waaay more," lando drug on, obviously displeased at the red dress.
you roll your eyes playfully, ignoring his sly comment, "where can i get one of those?" pointing to his glass.
he makes his way toward you. you carefully watch his strides as they close in on the doorframe you're standing in. his broad shoulders dwarf your own.
pointing at your dress and touching it lightly, you already feel overwhelmed by his small touch. "maybe charles can fix you one when he gets here,â he taunts you.
anytime lando could use your crush to embarrass you, he was on it. this playful banter was usual between you and him, though he currently seemed a bit more adamant.
"actuallyâŚi think this one is perfect," you say, taking the drink out of his hand. finishing it, you turn on your heels, making your way back to the living area. you hear lando trail behind, grumbling.
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as the night continued on, you realized this party was a lot bigger than you had expected. the entirety of lando's living room, kitchen, and balcony were overcome with people. you were able to hear conversations coming from every angle, along with the semi-loud music that blasted through the speakers. you sipped from a complex and tasty drink he had made you earlier (after he got over himself) that made you quite tipsy. admiring the environment around you, you frequently saw lando djing his heart out. given your state, you began to notice just how nicely his defined arms flexed from under his black shirt. how his curly hair lightly fell over his forehead as he focused on the turntable in front of him. and the way the necklace he wore sat perfectly over his (admittedly very kissable) toned neck and chest. thoughts flit across your mind about how you should've taken him up on his offer to learn why his mirror is facing his bed.
breaking your one-sided staring contest - and to remove these thoughts about your best friend -Â you shook your head slightly. when you glanced back up, you caught his eye, and noticed the look of slight concern on his face. he raised his eyebrows in a questioning expression, to which you smiled back at him languidly.
suddenly realizing just how much you liked the drink he made - and your sudden interest in being near him -Â you made your way to lando to ask for another. brushing against everyone as you made your way through the crowd, you almost missed the large hand feather over your lower arm. when looking down, you noticed the signature richard mille timepiece.
turning around, you exclaimed, "charles!" while pulling him into a hug. his hands rested gently on your waist as yours laid across his neck. the scent of sandalwood and bergamot enveloped you, making you pull him impossibly close. the alcohol in your system was not working in your favor around him, but you were glad to center these thoughts on him and temporarily forget the ones of lando.
after a moment, you began to pull away. admiring him in the dim lighting, you noticed the black and white suit he wore, along with the thin red tie that almost matched your dress. it was more formal than what most were wearing, but he looked amazing. you slowly ran your free hand down the arm of his suit jacket, taking in the soft material. his hands remained on your waist as he watched you closely. you felt shy under his gaze.
removing a hand, he brought it up to caress the side of your face. he pulled you in, angling your ear to his mouth in order for you to hear him. you felt his slight stubble gently graze your cheek.
"you are so pretty," he expressed meaningfully, "red is gorgeous on you."
"iâd say it looks good on you as well," you responded, moving your hands to gently pull on his silk tie.
"wish i could see you in red all the time," he suggested, using the hand that was on your lower back to delicately bring your core flush to him. even in your inebriated state, you immediately knew what he was hinting at.
pulling away from his face slightly, you felt the warmth of his breath graze your cheek and could smell spiced rum from his lips. you could've melted into the strong hand on your lower back. you're not sure if it was the alcohol amplifying the sensations, or if the moment was truly that intoxicating, but you felt warm all over.
gaining awareness of the situation, you returned to the side of his head to whisper in his ear, "i'm not sure how much lando would like that," your lips brushed the top of his pronounced cheekbone.
charles quirked an eyebrow at you and responded, smirking, "why are we asking lando for permission?" the sweet, delicate demeanor he had when he approached you was fading, slowly replaced by a drive to assert his feelings for you with no regard to anything in his way. it was alluring to see him in this new light, so confident to show you what he's truly thinking. this possessive streak sparked a flaming heat in you that went straight to your core. using the hand that was already on his arm, you gripped it slightly tighter, steadying yourself to avoid becoming dizzy from the overstimulation of the moment.
having not heard a response from you, he pulled back from your ear slightly to analyze your face. it was clear he was looking for any signs of apprehension. there were none.
"hopefully i do not have to ask lando about the other things i want to do," he added, dangerously close to the shell of your ear. your skin erupted in goosebumps from his warm breath.
you paused to take in this moment. your slightly inebriated state allowed you to feel everything much more. you could tell his breathing had increased from your hand on his chest and your core, which was still pushed flush against his. you gazed up at him, noticing the slight lowness of his eyes. evidence that he was, as you were, in the 'drunk and interested' state.
between the alcohol having its effect on you, the heat of this moment, and most importantly, the man in front of you, you pull back slightly and shift your eyes away to lighten the intensity you were feeling. almost immediately, you make eye contact with lando. he is once again behind the dj booth, drink in hand and holding a suspicious look on his face. you notice his eyes glance down to your core, where charles is connecting the two of you. lifting both of his eyebrows slightly, you can almost sense a twinge of jealousy on his behalf. watching him, you see him take a sip of his drink before drifting out of your view.
your suggestive thoughts about lando from earlier in the night come rushing back to you.
"what are you thinking about?" charles asks lightly, bringing your attention back to him. you gaze into his blue eyes, feeling dizzy once more.
clearing all inappropriate thoughts of your best friend from your brain once more, you respond, not breaking eye contact, "was thinking about getting another drink."
"another one?" a throaty british accent spoke, almost as if on command. you glance over your shoulder, unmistakably recognizing the curly haired man beside you. "i knew you'd like that one," lando states, pointing at your empty glass proudly.
before you can fully acknowledge lando's presence, you were being guided away by him to the kitchen, his hand replacing charles' on your lower back. his, however, was a rougher and more urgent touch. as you brushed against everyone in the crowded room, you turned around to look at charles, shooting him a pained glance and an 'i'll be right back' look.
directing your attention back to lando, you stopped in your tracks. he looked down at you, pleasantly diluted and arrogantly smirking.
"are you seriously that dull?" you shout at him, ensuring he could hear you over the music. a couple glances were thrown your way, but it didn't phase you.
he watches you for a moment with the same languid expression, making you shift your weight between feet, slightly uncomfortable under his gaze. that is until he leans down, nearing the shell of your ear. you slightly shiver, both from his warm breath trailing down the side of your neck, and the idea of him being so close to you. your thoughts of him earlier resurfacing in your mind. suddenly you were very aware of how low his hand laid on your back. you clenched your legs slightly.
"if you knew who you belonged to, i wouldn't have to be dull," he teased lowly. "whose hands belong on you, hm?" you felt the hand on your lower back grip the fabric of your dress tighter.
goosebumps formed over your exposed skin at his vulgar words. this possessiveness was so completely different from charles' it made you squirm. feeling his smirk grow against the edge of your ear, you knew he noticed your change in behavior...and it was clear he liked it.
you were not at all pleased with him pulling you away from charles, but you were interested in seeing how far you could make him go. his words obviously showed his interest in blurring the lines of your friendship, so you decided to match his attitude. sure the drink you had was probably spurring this behavior on, but it wasnât the first time you had thought about this.
looking up at him, you could see his blown pupils. the hat he had put on earlier was now turned backwards, pushing his curly hair down to his forehead, which glistened slightly. thoughts of charles slowly left your mind for the final time tonight.Â
you moved closer to his tall frame, slightly pushing your chest against his, "canât stand not getting what you want?âÂ
he shook his head left and right slightly with not a shred of shyness in his gaze, âcanât stand when someone touches whatâs mine.â
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Who is your favorite bot and why? Really give me the essay too I want to hear it
my favorite bot is ratchet!!! i have so many reasons.
- i love grumbly characters with a soft spot
- in many continuties he often tows the neutral line and just wants peace and progress (in war for cybertron he treats both autobots and decepticons and makes them work together, in tfp he does work with megatron for a bit and it says on the wiki as well he chose the autobots bc he thinks optimus is the best chance for peace) and i always love characters that do their own thing and are complex like that
- he's very well-educated/skilled and wants to help, but at the same time, is overly prideful at times and this is his major flaw
- in most continuities, he's very cautious and logical, and is not against making a less "morally upright" choice if it means the best for those he loves and cybertron (similar to how he tows the line of neutrality - he will make a positive decision, but he's not against not making the MOST humanitarian decision if it means saving resources, ending the war, etc., unlike optimus who will take the strongest morally good position possible regardless of the cost)
- he's so full of angst potential especially with war trauma, general emotional avoidance, etc.
- but also hope! he's been shown to grow to care for humans (like raf) and when he fixes Bee's T-Cog in tfp there's a massive amount of joy and hope there
- i love medic characters (bones was my fave in star trek, for example)
- optiratch is so fun bc they argue like an old married couple
- he isn't afraid to stand up in what he believes in. while he'll go with optimus' decision, he is gonna make sure his opinion and logic are heard
- due to having to work with such a little supply of his normal tools and tech (especially early tfp) he's very much a great improviser and jack of all trades
also:
- i wanna get railed by doc bot and also make him beg :)
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Alright! Rosie got the last one. Now itâs my turn.Â
First off, credit where credit's due, I actually agree with you on the origin comic for the most part. Adding that first traumatic return to the backstory really undercuts the catharsis of the moment Veth finally returns to Yeza in Xhorhas and he embraces her unconditionally after all the built up tension of not knowing if he was going to, imo. This is the last place we agree unfortunately.
However, I have to tell you that nobody was actually misunderstanding you before. They got what you were saying, they just disagreed with it. It is such a gross misreading of the text to say that there is something fundamentally similar about how the two of them left their respective children behind. Sure they both did, but beyond that surface-level detail every piece of context that comes after is nearly opposite. Liliana made her own independent choice to leave a place of safety, love, and security to fulfill her own needs without her child. Veth was kidnapped and tortured and in a moment of extreme duress made the ultimate sacrifice to allow her child to escape without her.
The âHag thingâ (and GOD I canât believe weâre re-litigating this again) does not actually prove anything about Veth accept that sheâs human and experiences temptation. She didnât take a violent action. She thought about it briefly and experienced extreme guilt immediately afterwards. If anything, that proves how deeply UNLIKE Liliana she is. When presented with a very similar choice to knowingly sacrifice potentially hundreds of lives for the sake of solving her immediate personal problem, Veth makes the opposite choice that Liliana does. She prioritizes the safety of the world. She does so a SECOND time with Halas in the happy fun ball in fact. Donât you think Liliana would have made both of those deals in a heartbeat? Â
The argument that Veth should have done more to be immediately at her husband and sonâs side feels to me to be deeply rooted in this very misogynistic idea that to be the best mother possible a woman must be entirely present with her whole self for a child no matter what. What do you think would have happened, comics aside, if Veth had come home as a goblin to a town that hated the way she looked? Would You have just hid her in the basement for the rest of her life? And Luc was with the goblins too, you know. Would you want her to try and parent him using the face of the creatures who tortured and starved him? It would have done nothing but retraumatize both of them. There was never really any choice there. She made every effort she could to parent from a distance, anyway; remember the first act she makes once she has some real money in Zedash is to send it home to Luc. She also works her hardest, as you even said, to do everything in her power to get herself back as soon as possible. Would you rather her sitting meekly at home hiding in the basement, living a life of fear and secrecy, in a body she hates, hoping that some day her husband or someone else will wander by and save her?
I donât even know what to say about the parenting stuff. Is she a dreadful parent because sometimes she goes and does other things? Because sheâs not quiet and gentle and sweet with Luc? Because sheâs occasionally honest about how difficult and exhausting parenting a traumatized teenager can be, especially if you have an indulgent streak out of guilt after missing years of his childhood to tragedy and circumstance? Because if you think those things make you a dreadful parent than Iâm telling you now that more than half the moms in this world are going to deeply disappoint you.Â
If the Good Moms of Critical Role ever learn about the shit Liliana's pulled it's on sight đ¤
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JJ Maybank X Reader ~ Relapse and a Half
My first OBX fic. I hope yâall like it.
Summary: The Pogues feel betrayed by the readers sudden relapse into hard drugs, but theyâre unable to be angry at her for too long as something terrible leaves her needing their support more than ever.
Trigger warning for: drugs (obviously), guns, sexual assault, violence
Part two
Part One:
You'd been on the edge for a while now. The relapse should've been seen from a mile off. Your uncharacteristic quietness, the way you'd get lost in your thoughts, the distant look in your eyes. Everyone could tell that something was up, but even when they questioned you about it you had no real answers to give - uncertain yourself of what was making you feel so withdrawn.
When you'd first moved to OBX with your busy mum, you'd instantly found a group of friends - a really good group of friends - the Pogues. And they'd been quick to suss out that you were hiding things - particularly JJ. You were practically never sober, for starters, and though he wasn't either, you had a way of taking it to the next level. This was fun most of the time, but sometimes it got to a level that was concerning - even to the most problematic Pogue on the island. Whenever he'd pushed you for answers, trying to figure out what exactly you were self medicating for, you got extremely annoyed and so he never really got a straight answer. You couldn't bare to be so vulnerable with anyone - let alone the boy you'd started to develop feelings for - so you remained somewhat of a mystery.
Sure, there had been nights when you'd shared a bed - both of you very drunk. You'd convince yourself that maybe JJ liked you, maybe the sex meant more to him than just sex, but then when he'd continue to treat you like just a friend the morning after, your hopes would be crushed. Itâs not like you ever gave him any reason to think that the sex was anything other than casual, but that was because you didnât want him to be able to reject you. And besides, could he not tell that you wanted more? Kiera could and she wasnât even in the bedroom.
Then the overdose happened. The Pogue's had suspected that you'd been taking something other than just alcohol for a while. The night that you'd almost died at the Chateau their suspicions became a painful fact. You'd taken a few too many pills - benzodiazepines to be exact - and though you'd known that you were reaching a point of no return, after hearing all about the gorgeous touron that JJ had been obsessed with, you couldn't bring yourself to stop.
That night had been awful for everyone, and you'd ended up tearfully promising that you would get clean after that, unable to bear the hurt on the Pogue's faces. So you'd been almost a year clean now, blossoming into a new person that the Pogue's liked even more than the old you. Yours and JJ's relationship remained just as complicated though - still having the occasional hookup but largely seeming as if you were just friends. Now that you weren't on pills and you could actually fully remember the sex, it hurt even more in the morning after. Still, you continued, desperate to feel wanted even if it was just for a night.
You hadn't realised how much this routine was actually bothering you until in a night similar to the one you'd overdosed on, JJ had been making out with another gorgeous touron.
*Your POV*
I'd watched jealously from across the party, ignoring the sound of Kie in my ear telling me that "I was much prettier than that touron."
I appreciated the sentiment, but I knew it was a lie, and so in a split second decision, I told Kie that I was going to go home. "I'm going to have an early one." I said, knowing it was a lie. "I'll see you tomorrow."
In that split second decision, I'd decided that all of my progress didn't matter if I still felt this worthless. What was the point in being clean if it meant that I wanted to die? JJ's insistence had been one of the things that had motivated me to stay away from the pills, but he hadn't been interested in me for a while now. He hadn't even asked me for a fuck. Had he grown bored of me? Or maybe I had gotten uglier without realising it. Maybe I had put on some weight or he didn't like my haircut. Maybe heâd developed feelings for a different girl - a better girl.
Kie nodded worriedly, clearly not sure whether to believe me or not. I hadn't even directly confessed to her that I liked JJ, she was just the only one in the group who wasn't too stupid to see it.
"Okay. Be safe." She smiled, pulling me into a hug, and though I felt bad, I still hopped on my bike and headed straight to Barry's as soon as the coast was clear.
Kie would be devastated if she'd known where I was actually going. So would John B, and Pope, and maybe even JJ, but they would forgive me quicker than her. At least, I thought that they would.
Blurred memories of the night I'd overdosed filled my mind; the sound of shouting, someone's fingers down my throat, a muffled sob, flashing lights. A shiver of shame ran down my spine as I struggled to push the images from my mind.
The ride to Barry's was short, though it felt like a lifetime as all the things I hated about myself bounced around in my head like a torturous broken record. Of course JJ didn't want to be with me. I wasn't beautiful enough. I wasn't cool enough. I wasn't good enough. I would just continue to be his slutty friend that he could stick it in whenever it was convenient for him, and he didn't even seem to want that anymore. The thought made me even more ashamed, remembering all the times I'd let him fuck me, hoping that he'd found me beautiful, thinking that maybe he liked me, just to realise in the morning that I was easy to him.
Yet I knew, that if he were to approach me in that moment and ask for a fuck, I wouldn't say no. I wanted to be wanted so badly, even if it was just for a fleeting moment, and the feeling was unbearable. It ate me up inside, making my chest tight and my eyes water. I was quick to blink any dampness away from my eyes though, focused instead on the high that I would soon have - the comfortable numbness that it would bring me. My clean streak meant nothing, a stupid concept when compared to the internal anguish I felt. From my low self esteem to my repressed trauma, I had no fight left in the battle to stay clean. Sure, the Pogue's would be upset if they found out, but I wouldn't let them find out. I would keep it low-key, unlike I did before.
When I knocked on Barry's door, I was relieved that he was the one to answer and the house was seemingly empty, meaning I only had to speak to him. His friends were annoying, and though I didn't particularly like Barry, I found him funny sometimes.
"Well shit, Y/N. Been a while." He grinned.
"Yeahh. Well I'm back." I said with a mock smile.
"Come inside."
The transaction had soon been completed; a pot of pills in my hand and some cash in Barry's. I leant back into the sofa and took one immediately, swallowing it down with a beer handed to me by him.
"Bad night?" He questioned with an amused scoff.
"Something like that." I answered. "How about you? Place ain't usually this empty on a Friday."Â
"Want my own company sometimes. That a crime?"
"No. Just strange is all." I murmured, taking another swig from the beer.
Paired with my already drunkenness, the feeling of the pill was starting to hit - hard and strong - and I felt my body slump comfortably into the sofa. My head felt light whilst the rest of my body felt heavy, creating a strange, cosy sensation. It was a feeling I'd missed.
"Well what happened with you, party princess?" He scoffed, cracking open a beer for himself.
I let out a light chuckle at the question, now feeling as if it didn't matter. Nothing mattered.
"Dumb shit."
"You looked pretty upset when I opened the door. Boyfriend troubles?"
I raised my eyebrows in mock offence.
"Why would I have a boyfriend?" I questioned with a laugh "Who'd you hear that from?"
Barry laughed too.
"Cus a girl like you - you're pretty. I'm surprised some Kook hasn't swiped you up."
I snorted at that and rolled my eyes.
"Well thanks I guess."
I thought about having sex with Barry in that moment, just to hear him call me pretty again. But I decided against it, slightly sickened by the idea, and pulled myself off the sofa.
"I should go, see you around?"
"You sure you can ride that thing safely?"
"Yeah. I'll be fine." I chuckled before heading out the door and throwing myself back onto my bike.
The ride home was perilous, and though I did almost crash a few times, my body went into autopilot and I was soon safely in my bed, mind too numb to pick myself apart for the first night in a while.
For the next week I was able to keep the pill-taking to a minimum, only popping two a day at most. I only did it to make the thoughts stop - to bring on the comfortable numbness so that I could actually bare to be awake. So that I could actually bare to be around my friends.
I'd always managed to keep my feelings for JJ locked up and manageable, but for some reason seeing him with that touron had bothered me in ways I hadn't been bothered before. Perhaps it was because she was so gorgeous, or maybe it was how pleased JJ looked to have pulled her. Either way, it just reinforced to me how worthless I was. He brought her up one day at the Chateau and it instantly made me feel hot with annoyance.
"That touron from the other night just texted me, should I go there again?" He said with a proud smirk, looking around the room.
I rolled my eyes and picked up the half smoked blunt from the ashtray, relighting it and sucking on it in hopes that it would make my jealousy fade.
"Didn't you steal like a hundred dollars from her purse?" Pope scoffed, eyes focused on the television. Adventure Time was playing with the volume on low, and both Pope and Kie seemed more interested in it than the conversation that JJ and John B had been having. I'd been drifting lazily between the two, too high to properly contribute to anything, but now JJ had my full attention.
"Yeah. Obviously didn't notice though. Girl had too much cash for her own good." He mused, eyes on his phone screen. "Ooh! And guess what she just sent me."
"Tit pic?" John B asked, a grin crawling onto his lips.
"Tit pic." JJ confirmed, chucking his phone over to John B.
"Nice." He chuckled, looking at the phone before chucking it back to JJ.
"You guys are disgusting." Kie scoffed. "I mean like really JJ? Did that girl send you that picture for you to show your friend? You have no respect for women sometimes."
"I respect women very much, actually Kie. I respect you and Y/N. I respect your mums and Pope's mum. I just don't respect easy, spoiled touron's like her." He said defensively, and I loudly scoffed at that. He didn't respect me.
"What? You think I don't respect women too?" He asked me with furrowed brows, crossing his arms.
He was sat across the room from me; myself, Kie and Pope spread out across the sofa whilst him and John B sat in chairs. I looked him up and down, pleased that there was no lump in my throat to swallow, no butterflies in my stomach to squash and no loving gaze to hide.
âSure, you really respect women JJ. Whatever you say.â
He looked surprised by that response, probably expecting me to get defensive, then continued on a rant about how he wasnât misogynistic. Kie argued with him for a little bit, and John B and Pope eventually joined in too. Usually I also wouldâve joined, just for the amusement of it all, but no words came to my mind. Instead I just watched, chuckling at the occasional insult being thrown and smoking my blunt.
Two weeks later and Iâd upped the dose to at least four pills a day. The thoughts had gotten harder to crush, growing a tolerance. Much to my relief though, none of the Pogueâs seemed to suspect anything.
It was a hot day and weâd decided to go swimming, using the inner ring of a tire as a floaty - which we all fought over.
âI stole the tire, so I should get it!â JJ proclaimed, and though he was right, I wanted the ring.
âOkay well if youâre not a woman hater, prove it by letting me and Kie have the ring!â I grinned.
âYeah! Prove it!â Kie added, high-fiving me.
JJ groaned and rolled his eyes, but eventually gave in with a slight smirk to me.
âOkay fine - but weâre sharing it!â
I giggled at his childish nature, feeling the butterflies rise up in my stomach that Iâd been managing so well to suppress. The second that I realised what I was feeling, I knew that I needed to take another pill.
âIâm gonna go pee. Donât wait for me.â I said, heading back indoors.
Once I was in the bathroom, I dug through my bag to find the orange pot, irritated when I realised that I didnât have a lot left. Iâd have to go back to Barryâs soon. That was annoying. I swallowed one of the pills with some water from the sink and looked at myself in the mirror before heading back out. I looked tired and unattractive and I sighed at that, thinking of how good the girl that JJ had been dancing with at the boneyard this week looked.
I reached into the fridge and took myself out a beer, cracking it open and downing half of it before stepping out of the kitchen. I didnât expect to see JJ stood on the porch waiting for me, a slight furrow to his brow. I purposely hadnât been alone with him in weeks and it sent a pang of anxiety into my chest.
âStarting this early? Havenât seen you do that in a while. You feeling alright?â He asked, his voice soft.
âYeah. Iâm fine. Why wouldnât I be?â
âI donât know. You just seem.. different.â He was wording himself carefully, I could tell, which was very out of character for him. What could he possibly want from me?
âIâm just tired.â I said with a huff and tried to walk past him.
He suddenly put his hands on my waist, which was exposed in a bikini, holding me still. At the initial contact, I felt electrified, but I was quickly reminded of what I had missed - and the reasons why. I worried that my flesh felt too squishy under his fingers, that there was too much of it, or that the dip of my waist wasnât defined enough. Compared to that touron I probably felt like a whale.
âWhatâs going on Y/N? Are you mad at me?â He asked, his eyes wide with concern, but I couldnât think about his words - only the crippling self hatred his hand on my waist was making me feel.
I stepped backwards so that he was no longer touching me, something that only seemed to deepen the crease between his eyebrows, and blinked a couple of times before I could speak.
âIâm, uh- Iâm going to grab a shirt.â
And with that I paced back inside, finishing the beer and pulling one of John Bâs oversized vests over my bikini. The pill hadnât kicked in yet and I could still see JJ stood waiting on the porch so I decided to go into the bathroom and take another. Then I grabbed another beer from the fridge and downed it, relieved when I felt the relaxing effects kick in almost immediately.
âWhy are you downing beer? Since when do you do that?â JJâs voice from behind me made me jump, his face critical.
âIâm just having a good time.â I smiled at him.
âReally? Because you donât look like youâre having a good time. You look miserable, Y/N.â
Was it that easy to see through my charade? It irritated me that he cared now when he shouldâve cared a couple of weeks ago. Now it was too late.
I huffed and shook my head, managing to walk past him this time undisrupted and lead the way to the water.
âIâm fine. Come on, letâs go.â
He didnât bother me for the inflatable ring at all. In fact, he didnât speak to me for hours after that. I wasnât bothered by it though, the mix of booze and benzos that had finally hit making me entirely unfazed by everything. The comfortable numbness that I craved so badly.
I lay floating in the ring for what felt like hours, my eyes closed as I felt the waves move me freely around. The water was so cold compared to the beaming sun, but the two extremes together made me feel more relaxed than I had been in a while. Maybe I had fallen asleep, I wasnât too sure, but when someone was suddenly directly next to me, interfering with the natural direction of the waves, I jumped up at their presence.
âWhat are you thinking about?â
It was Kie, her tone lighthearted though her face was concerned.
âNot much. The sound of the water mostly. You?â I answered truthfully.
âHonestly, right now Iâm thinking about you.â
âWhy? You into me or something?â I teased, not expecting her tone to change to match her face.
âNo Y/N Iâm serious. Whatâs going on with you? Youâve been acting weird ever since that party with the blonde touron.â
Kie was catching on, which was bad. It wouldnât take her much to figure out what was really happening, so I had to come up with a lie, or maybe not a lie but a distraction.
âYeah. Okay. Iâm sad about JJ⌠But it doesnât matter. Iâll get over it.â I confessed, relieved when I saw the stress in Kieâs face relax.
âHeâs a total idiot. You can do better than him anyway.â She said with exasperation, stroking my hair.
âNo I canât.â I laughed. âBut like I said, it doesnât matter.â
Kie sighed.
âI wish you werenât so harsh on yourself. If you could see what other people could see you wouldnât be.â
I smiled at her, feeling appreciation for the girl buzz through me.
âLove ya Kie.â
She smiled too, but it was weaker than usual.
âLove you too⌠Now give me the floatie.â
When it got dark some hours later we all piled back into the Chateau and put on a movie, squeezing onto the couch. I sat on the edge and much to my displeasure, JJ sat next to me. That displeasure only lasted a second though before it was washed over by a tidal wave of carelessness, and I was able to relax my body against his like he was anyone - not the most problematic Pogue on the island.
The movie went on for a while until JJ shifted positions, wrapping his arm around me and placing his hand on my leg.
This had been a fairly standard position for us, his fingers creeping up my thigh in the darkness of the room and our friends none the wiser. Now it felt different though, and instead of being excited by it I was annoyed. Was I only good enough to touch in secret? Was he touching me now just because I was there and it was something to do? Could he only bare to touch me when he was drunk? I needed to take another pill.
With a wobble, I flicked JJâs hands from me and pushed myself up, grabbing my handbag and heading to the bathroom. Pope and Kie had passed out on top of each other and John B was too engrossed in the movie to look up. So when I heard a knock on the bathroom door, I knew who it was before it even opened.
âI didnât say you could come in. I couldâve been taking a shit.â I teased.
JJâs stoney face didnât offer a crack of amusement as he stepped closer to me.
âWhatâs going on with you? Itâs like you canât stand to be around me. Have I done something?â
âNo. Everything is fine.â I answered with a fake smile.
He didnât buy it, becoming visibly annoyed.
âYouâre so full of shit Y/N. Donât try to play dumb with me right now. I know youâre pissed off about something.â
âWhy do I have to be pissed off about something?â I said combatively, crossing my arms.
âBecause youâre acting like my touch is gonna make you sick or something and you clearly canât stand to be around me! Is this because of that tit pic I showed John B? I donât get it. Are you jealous or something? Or do you just think Iâm a sexist pig too?â
âMy world doesnât revolve around you. Have you ever considered that I just stopped giving a shit about what you do?â
I usually felt horrible about lying to my friends, but looking at his beautiful face, thinking of how he didnât want me, the lie came out easily. He clearly didnât buy it though.
âOh really? Is that why you donât want to fuck anymore? Because you stopped giving a shit about me? Yeah right.â He scoffed and I felt my face start to angrily heat up. âWhat the fuck is going on? Did someone tell you some bullshit about me? Do you have a boyfriend now or something?â
I scoffed right back at him, widening my eyes in disbelief.
âWould that make you jealous? If I had a boyfriend?â
âDo you or do you not?â He demanded with gritted teeth.
I didnât answer for a moment, enjoying the stressed expression on his usually uncaring face. Did he really care if I had a boyfriend? Surely not in any way that mattered. Just in some stupid male ego way. I sighed at that and uncrossed my arms as I answered.
âObviously not. Who would want to be with me? Donât be stupid, JJ. Now what did you come in here for?â
He looked at me incredulously, as if he couldnât believe the words coming out of my mouth. I didnât understand why he seemed so stressed for and it was irritating to me.
âFor this conversation, right now! What do you think I came in here for?â He said exasperatedly and I rolled my eyes.
âI donât know but can you leave? I need to pee.â
âNo, I canât leave until I know what the fuck is going on with you. Jesus! How much have you had to drink?â
Had I been slurring? I couldnât tell.
âNot enough for this.â I tutted bitterly.
He sucked in his lips and took a deep breath, eyeing me like he was trying to work something out.
âWait, look at me straight for a second.â He muttered, reaching his hand out to touch my face, angrily repeating himself when I questioned why.
His thumb stroked over my bottom lip and I straightened my back, trying to match his stare but unable to stand completely still. He hadnât looked at me with such intrigue in a long time, and I was glad I was so high or else I wouldâve completely submitted under his blue gaze. His next words instantly shattered any fantasies that couldâve been playing in my head though, instead filling me with unreasonable rage.
âYouâre high arenât you?â
I knew it wasnât a question. The steely look in JJâs eyes and his flared nostrils made it abundantly clear that heâd already figured out the answer for himself. But I couldnât let him think he was right.
âI mean yeah, Iâve smoked a lot today, you have too-â
âYou know thatâs not what I mean.â He hissed, dropping his hand from my face. âI canât fucking believe you. This is why youâve been acting weird. I shouldâve known.â
I rolled my eyes and mumbled âYouâre overreacting, Iâm just drunkâ to which he quickly shot back âOh yeah? Why are your pupils the size of mars then?â
âTheyâre not.â I felt my footing slip slightly as I lied, and I had to quickly lean against the wall to stop myself from falling.
âAnd now youâre just lying to my face. Nice one Y/N. How long had you been clean? A year, almost?â
I thought of the hours that heâd spent with me when Iâd first gotten sober; looking after me when I was being sick, bringing around food, washing my hair. Iâd felt so loved. Iâd felt like there was no reason for me to ever pick up a benzo again.
The betrayal in his voice told me that that would never be happening again. With a huff, I picked up my bag from the side and shoved past the blonde, gasping when he grabbed my arm.
âWhere are you trying to go now?â He laughed humourlessly.
âGet off me, JJ. Iâm going home.â
âWhat because youâve been caught out?â
âNo. Because youâre being a dick.â
He wouldnât loosen his grip on my arm despite my desperate pulling and so I started to speak louder, hoping someone would intervene and give me a chance to slip out.
âGet off me!â
âIâm not letting you go.â He said with gritted teeth, tightening his grip. âWhat have you taken?â
âGet the fuck off me!â I repeated louder, relieved when John B appeared in the doorway.
âWhat the hell is going on?â He looked between us with a concerned expression and JJ loosened his grip.
âSheâs on fucking drugs again, John B.â JJ hissed and though I wanted to argue and try to prove him wrong, I quickly slipped out of the bathroom and paced out of the house, ignoring JJâs shouts from behind me.
âWhat the fuck is going on Y/N?â
âDo you just not give a shit about yourself? About your friends?â
âHow could you do this? You were clean for so long.â
His words stung, and though I rationally knew he was right, I was too ashamed to feel anything other than anger and embarrassment. The Pogueâs would hate me now, and rightfully so.
I understood why JJ was so annoyed. Iâd listened to him seethe about his dad, about how he was an abusive drug addict - but yet, when the blonde came home and he was passed out on the sofa, JJ still always checked if he was breathing. Iâd seen the bruises, and met the man who left them, begrudgingly shook his hand and tried to forget what heâd done with them. Was I reminding JJ of that? Was I like his piece of shit father?
In a rush, I picked up my bike and went to get on it but instantly fell over, dropping the bike as I did.
âYouâre gonna ride home like this? Seriously?â JJâs voice came from behind me, loud and aggressive.
I struggled to pick my bike back up, almost falling over it again, and his hands were suddenly on top of mine, holding the handles and stopping me from going. John B was quick behind him.
âAre you really on drugs, Y/N?â John B questioned, eyes wide.
âIâm just drunk.â I hissed, trying to pull the bike out of JJâs grip.
âRight, she says sheâs just drunk, let her go JJ.â John B said harshly but JJ scoffed.
âSheâs lying! Look at her! She canât even walk properly!â
Then he turned to me, his voice suddenly pleading and face full of pain. It caught me off guard and I felt another pang of guilt ripple through my body, tears attempting to escape my eyes but being successfully pushed back by the Xanax.
âWhat have you taken, Y/N? Please donât lie to me. I know youâve taken something.â
I wanted to tell him the truth so bad. The whole truth. I wanted to break down and beg for his forgiveness, to tell him I loved him and that I would get clean again.
But I couldnât do it.
There was no point.
Iâd ruined everything now anyway.
âIâm just drunk. Leave me alone.â I slurred and tried to pull the bike from his grip again.
It didnât work. I fell backwards onto the ground, landing on my butt with a groan. I laughed at my fall instinctively, forgetting the situation I was in for a second, but when I looked up and saw my friendâs distressed faces my laughing stopped. Even John B looked suspicious now, his eyes snapping from mine to JJâs. He bent down and pulled me up with ease, though he huffed after heâd done it.
âY/N, can we look in your bag?â
My heart leapt into my throat and I quickly jumped to defence.
âNo way you fucking pervs. Let me go home.â
He turned to JJ with an straight face and both of them exchanged a short look before looking back at me.
That was it. He believed JJ. He knew.
âIâm not letting you ride home. Iâll drive you.â
His voice had been so monotone, so void of any real offering, that it caught me off guard. He was angry. I looked at JJ. He was angry too.
âN-No. Iâm fine. I can ride-â
âIâm fucking driving you home, Y/N. Get in the Twinkie.â John B cut me off sharply and I jumped backwards, almost falling again until he caught me.
They both looked so disappointed and I was so ashamed at that point that all I could do was nod, following him silently to the van. JJ said nothing and I didnât dare look back to see if he was looking, though I felt that I could feel his stare on the back of my head. This was the worst thing that couldâve happened. Why did I have to take it so far? Why did I have to lie to their faces like that?
The short drive back to mine was agonisingly silent, all John B said was âLook after yourselfâ before I stepped out of the van.
My voice got caught in my throat and all I could force out was âY-Yeahâ before closing the door and stumbling towards my house.
Had I destroyed my friendship with the Pogues? It certainly felt like I had.
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Crappy Character Analysis, part 6
I've been putting off this one, simply because I love Contrarian, everyone loves Contrarian, and I was worried I wouldn't do him justice. BTW, if you haven't read any others, I'd recommend at least reading Cold and Stubborn before this one.
part 1 (Broken)
part 2 (Skeptic)
part 3 (Cold)
part 4 (Paranoid)
part 5 (Stubborn
VOICE OF THE CONTRARIAN
Contrarian is my favorite voice, so letâs just get that out of the way. Iâm doing my best to give him a fair analysis, but if there are any flaws, thatâs probably why. Iâd say a good 40% of Contrarian content was added after the Pristine Cut, probably because the fandom loved him so much. He basically lives up to his name. Any time someone says something, he immediately tries to counter it. Slay the Princess? No thanks. The world beyond yours is beautiful? Eh, it ainât all that. Take the knife? Only to throw it out the window! In fact, throwing the knife out the window is his MO, seeing as he does it in three separate chapters (Stranger, Razor (No Way Out), and Fury (through Adversary)) and the only reason he doesnât do it in the other two chapters he shows up in is because there are no windows for the blade to go out of. He also dabbles in bending reality, working together with Stubborn to keep you moving without your muscles. He is also, objectively, kind of a jerk. He calls Hero a baby for being upset at whatever abomination you see in the Stranger, refuses to give the Narrator vital information, antagonizes Stubborn by calling him weak, and then proceeds to manipulate him into throwing away your weapon, and then delivers the line that goes to the affect of âOh, are we lying? Iâm happy to be here, and I like all of you.â Of course, he does turn a new leaf at the end of the Stranger, and if you get the Strangerâs cabin at the end, he seems to have matured since the last time youâve seen him.Contrarian exists to amuse himself. You get him by not taking the consequences of your actions seriously (not going to the cabin, fighting the Adversary unarmed, not taking the blade/stabbing yourself in the Razor, cutting your throat in the Tower). This attitude makes him careless. He wants to sow chaos, start conflicts, and just have fun. His commitment to the bit helps you survive and fight in the Apotheosis and the Fury. Who cares if you die? You were going to anyway. Contrarian doesnât fully realize the effects his recklessness has on others until it is far too late. In the Razor, if he throws the knife out the window, he thinks of it as a funny bit. But after he realizes that there will be no getting it back, he admits he might have acted too hastily. Something similar happens in the Stranger. There may be a more deep-seated root to his nature, as well. One that most people miss. Contrarian is a contrarian out of frustration. You tried running away from the problem, and now it got worse. Now you have to face it, and he isnât happy. If he has to confront his own mistakes, well, he isnât going to make it easy. If he has to be miserable, so does everyone else. He reminds me of Cold, in a way. One turns to indifference, while the other turns to indignation. This point is accentuated by a line in the Stranger ending, where he confesses that he thinks of himself as the worst part of you. In the Stranger, it takes the entire world collapsing in on itself for Contrarian to fully realize the harm heâs caused. Once he sees the bigger picture, he shows remorse, and suggests that you try and help the Princess. In the Stranger ending, when you return to her cabin, heâs had more time to cool down and reflect, and he shows a surprising maturity, holding back on yeeting the blade. This may be the only voice who got significantly more content in the Pristine Cut, yet whose depth lies in pre-Pristine Cut content.
#slay the princess#stp#stp voices#voice of the contrarian#i'm currently working on smitten#the bastard bird
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dating enhypen hyung line pro's & con's
based on tarot. i don't know these idols personally. energies are always changing. everything i state is for entertainment purposes only, alleged and NOT straight fact. pls take it with a grain of salt!
heeseung
pro's
will make you the brightest star of his life -> i can just see his life circling around pleasing you
your existence will just matter to you a lot
he's an extremely perfectionistic guy so he'll rarely feel satisfied and therefore put consistent effort into making sure he's being the best boyfriend he can be for you
he literally wouldn't live up to his own expectations towards himself and disappoint himself if he found himself being unfaithful or doing you wrong
wants to make his partners feel secure when they're with him, like he's their comfort person and safe space
sees his lovers as someone he can learn from -> wants to grow, improve and transform into his best self through dating his partners, as well as also become a source of support and help for them himself
almost like bonding through their wounds, perhaps even sharing similar past experiences so they can offer a sense of mending and healing to each other
i really don't see much of an ego here, in fact he's almost too overly modest and humble
heeseung is the type of boyfriend will dim his own light if it means you will shine, honestly
i thought of a line from stray kids' song âi am youâ where changbin says âi can become darkness if it means you will become brighterâ (fun fact they're both virgo venus')
has a very calming and soothing type of energy and presence in his romantic relationships
i just keep seeing him sit there with his soft gaze strictly focused on his partner's eyes all the time, gently stroking their hand and quietly humming âmhmâs while attentively listening to them talk and take in every word
very interested and curious in getting to know his partners in a detailed and thorough manner
will probably remember most things about you too, even the more trivial and simple things like.. the perfume you wore on the day you met, just things you probably wouldn't expect for him to remember
con's
his perfectionism, unrealistic standards and amplified romanticism can easily set himself up for disappointment, not only towards himself but also in regards to his lovers and his relationships
he tends to have this idealized view of love and approach his romantic connections with such high expectations that things not living up to that (which often is inevitable since relationships can't be perfect all the time) can quickly dishearten him
i also see him being contradictory in a way where he does want to grow and learn through the connection but at the same time, he can struggle with criticism and negativity
might not want to hear out your advice at times because to heeseung, it can feel like you rubbing his mistakes into his face, which he doesn't enjoy and can get afraid of
he's just really worried about messing things up
can get obsessive and overly invested in the relationship
i just see him being this lover who can suffocate his partners to a degree because he's so eager to make sure they're content and please them all the time
he reminds me of this guy i dated who had similar placements and he kept being so immensely alert and attentive to all my needs that it just felt.. overly smothering at some point (i know some people might like this though, depends on your character)
no lie, heeseung's and jungkook's energies are strikingly similar in a few ways. the idealization of romance, overthinking, immensely high standards causing quicker disappointment, issues with handling criticism due to their perfectionistic tendencies. they could relate on some levels.
heeseung seems like a good guy; i truly see his energy as one of the best in enhypen. though this could be subjective. his intentions read as pure, and coming from a selfless place.
jay
pro's
has this pleasant energy to him where being with jay feels very comfortable, cozy, warm and relaxing
a boyfriend who loves spending the more quiet and intimate times together with his partner
will love displaying this source of calm and rest for them
i see him really enjoying to cuddle under the sheets, in front of the fireplace, with lit candles, wine, soothing music, softly holding you in his arm
a very sensual and indulgent lover too, he just loves making his partners feel good in every sense of the word and wants to heighten their enjoyment
physical touch & quality time are his likely love languages
quite good at figuring out your personal boundaries and remaining respectful and mindful of not crossing them
he's the type to hold himself back in the beginning stages and stay polite but once he's got a good understanding of how deep he can push your buttons, he'll love to initiate some playful debates and arguments
dating jay can feel like you're dating your best friend
he brings a lot of happiness and laughter into the lives of his significant others
a lot of playful bickering and fun times
i just saw this scene of him strolling through the furniture store with his lover and them fighting over which colour plates they should buy for their new house lmao
another insight i constantly get for him without fail; this man genuinely loves the idea of marriage
though i don't see him being ready for it at all at this point in time, jay does enjoy the thought of a more traditional relationship and domestic life
extremely protective over his lover and their relationship
will always defend you and your name fiercely
or e.g. protectively get you to walk on the other side of him, if there's a busy road next to you
quite territorial too, jay wants his lovers to himself and is ready to fight and glare off anyone trying to access them
just heard ânothing's gonna hurt you baby, as long as you'll be with me, you'll be just fineâ (song by cas)
con's
mainly focused on himself; including his own dreams, desires and wishes, especially in terms of his career, his work and his money -> i don't see him having much room for anyone else right now
might feel like letting another person into his life in a more serious and committed manner could cause an unwanted interference rather than an enrichment
i truly don't see him enjoying the thought of compromosing or being restricted by anyone right now
tbh, the energy is pretty selfish, and more surface-level here.. i currently don't see jay getting into relationships for true love, but moreso for what they can do for him
and also for what the relationship looks like; on the outside, as well as on paper
very practically minded in that sense, i am not getting an actual emotional attachment to his partners for him
definitely has his workaholic tendencies; might put himself and his career above the relationship with his significant others if he doesn't see the two aligning well
i also see jay easily getting caught up in materialism and putting too much value on superficial things like money, possessions, status, etc.
he can get a little stingy if he feels unappreciated, or the connection is too onesided (like he's constantly the one buying the gifts, preparing everything and his partner doesn't bother to do their part)
immensely stubborn and âmy way or the highwayâ
can be quite rigid and inflexible, as well as reluctant to give in, or adapt and adjust himself to anyone
tbh, the energy was interestingly different compared to what i got from him before. though obviously, people and their preferences, habits, etc. change all the time through various experiences. which is the case especially for enhypen, since they're so young and still in the midst of maturing and developing. this non-committal âi'll do whatever i wantâ energy strikes me as more of a stage or phase for jay as of right now. might change within a few months, who knows.
jake
pro's
immensely flirty, romantic and charming boyfriend
naturally brings a lot of butterflies and excitement into the lives of his partners in that way
i just see him being a hugely smooth talker, making his partners blush by flattering them all the time
almost in this love-bombing way, where some people might (playfully) tell him to shut up at some point while blushing embarrassedly and he'd love that sight
comes alive in romance; loves everything it entails
being in a harmonious relationship is something he desires a lot, so there's this grateful and proud feeling of âyou're literally making my dreams come trueâ
would maybe even tell you you're his dream
emphasis on him being immensely sweet and loving with his words, there's definitely a poetic side to him too
will not only find his home in you, but become your home (offer you a sense of warmth, familiarity and belonging)
very calming and soothing listener
everytime i read for him, spirit tells me there's something about his voice and the way he looks at you, that just has the potential to calm you down immensely
jake is someone who can go through a lot of inner turmoil himself, so he can often find himself wanting to comfort the people he's close to, especially his lovers
a lover who's very.. âdon't keep it all in, talk to me, i will listen, and i will try my best to helpâ
he just genuinely wants to make you feel cared about
also very witty and funny though, i see him provoking and poking his lovers a lot just to get a reaction out of them
a lot of sarcasm mixed into his teasing and humor in a way that just riles you up; jake will love seeing you annoyed and find it very amusing
i do see him trying to make it up to his partners too though, like giving them a kiss and apologizing (he's a very playful push and pull type of boyfriend)
con's
likely to not be very reliable, he can often be more talk than action, and not always stick to what he preaches
can be very moody, unpredictable and overly sensitive
does want a relationship that goes deeper (i can sense jake literally craving it since he can feel empty very often) but can opt to run away as soon as he feels like it does, especially because the intimacy can scare him off
vulnerability can make him uncomfortable -> to jake, it can feel like someone has insight into his true soul and sees him for everything that he is, including the flaws and blemishes he himself deems as unlovable
easily sees his wounds, pain and insecurities as something people would judge him for, which is why he rarely allows people in that closely
just.. really desires validation, a stroke of his ego and admiration and can quickly be under the impression that his more ârawâ self isn't worthy of that
i heard the lana del rey song âwill you still love me, when i'm no longer young and beautiful? will you still love me, when i got nothing but my aching soul?â (again.. wow, i remember getting it for my ideal type reading too)
i see jake's insecurities and unstable self-esteem making him a person who feels offended and hurt more quickly, which can lead to him becoming sharp, offensive and cutting with his words as a defence mechanism
i heard âhurt people hurt peopleâ
can easily feel mistrustful which can lead to forceful and controlling behavior -> can experience issues allowing you your freedom out of fear of you moving on
jake kept giving me this feeling of âi want to find a person who can make me feel like i'm at homeâ i just kept hearing the word âhomeâ continuously.
random note, i also thought of australia and his mother a lot, she comes up in almost every reading for him
for the pro's, the knight of cups fell out together with the four of wands, and the way it fell gave me the image of jake (knight of cups -> scorpio sun) seeking for this feeling of belonging and arriving home (four of wands) like he finally found the person who gives him the warmth he's searching for.
two of the following cards were the star and the nine of cups which gave me.. âthank you for making my hopes and wishes become reality, thank you for staying with me.â the reading was quite moving, tbh. i didn't expect that.
apparently, he is a scorpio stellium with an aries moon in the eight house, so.. phew. yeah. makes sense. jake is a bunch of intensity and emotions wrapped into one human, literally. he feels and senses everything three times as deeply as others.
his sun does fall into his fourth house too though, which explains how closely he ties himself to his family, and the meaning of home. he really craves a safe space.
sunghoon
pro's
trustworthy, committed and loyal boyfriend (probably number one in enhypen right now) -> he just won't find much interest in other people once he's with his lover
sunghoon is picky anyway, so once he's with someone, he firmly stands behind his decision and won't be the type to just allow his impulses to ruin anything
an insight i get again and again; he likes the idea of a connection that blossoms slowly but substantially
isn't the type to rush or jump from lover to lover but moreso approaches his relationships in a mindful manner
will spend a good amount of time getting to know you thoroughly, i see him studying people quite carefully
if he decides to date you, it's because he sees you as the person for him -> not the type to put on a show or play deceitful games with his partners, he's a serious lover
puts genuine effort into making sure the relationship is based on a stable foundation of trust (very important factor for him!) and mutual feelings
meaning, he'll make sure you know you can trust him but also find ways to truly figure out whether he can trust you
the type of boyfriend who wants to grow together with his partner, go through various different cycles together and continuously deepen the connection as time goes on
i do see sunghoon believing in fate and destiny, he can be quite intuitive in that sense
i heard âtell me all your secretsâ and âtell me something you've never told anyone elseâ
sunghoon will want to be the one special person who's allowed to know you in and out, better than anyone else
wants to enjoy this subconscious, profound and unique connection with you in that way, like no one understands you the way he does and vice versa
i especially see him wanting to be the one to know about e.g. your struggles, you might not tell everyone about
like he's your person, the one you'd trust with your life
keeps the relationship very private
i just see being in a relationship with sunghoon as this experience where, being with him can feel like you're the only two people on the world; it's very intimate
he will quite literally be tunnel-visioned on you whenever you're together and naturally make you focus on him too
though i do see him enjoying experiencing different things together with his lover, this silent but powerful connection and communication is likely to still be present, even when you're amongst a crowd
like this.. one moment of eye contact between the two of you, can already tell the other person what they're thinking and feeling, type of dynamic
con's
can have the habit of naturally holding himself back a lot and therefore store a lot of his worries inside
this man can overthink and overanalyze much more than you'd think, but many of his partners might not even figure that out since he's very good at disguising it
i keep feeling so chilly inside while reading for sunghoon, it's almost like.. once he gets to this place of overwhelming and inner stress, he often turns cold
tends to rationalize his more ânegativeâ emotions since they can get confusing and too much for him otherwise
but he also doesn't enjoy confronting his lovers with them at all, out of fear of causing disharmony, or laying himself bare in this vulnerable or âweakâ state
genuinely doesn't want to burden people, especially his significant others, with his own inner conflicts but can also have issues processing and finding healthy outlets
so he's likely to, either distract himself by focusing on his own desires and endeavors away from his significant others (like his career and work), or generally withdraw and isolate himself from them in order to somehow cope
i also see him potentially struggling to empathize and understand other people's standpoints at times
sunghoon does tend to look back at himself and reflect on his own behavior a lot, so he can get caught up in this feeling of âno but i did everything right, everything is fine, i don't understand why you'd be this wayâ
it's this frustration of sincerely wanting to understand you, but just not always being able to, which can result in him turning distant, stiff and detached emotionally
i also see some potential judgemental and overly picky tendencies in terms of superficial things, like appearance
maknae line coming very soon! stay tuned <3
#kpop tarot#enhypen tarot#change of plans#you're getting two separate posts#since it'd have been too long otherwise#maknae line coming in a few days!
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[read this after reading the tags because fuck i hit the tag limit LMFAOO]
â and jason (n the bunch) definitely makes fun of him for it because holy shit you absolute tryhard (he copes and seethes every time tim manages to snipe his slow ass dynamo â which is basically every fucking time tim is there . he has to rush tim like a fucking madman in order to actually splat him , and then usually dies right after bc he rushed into their base , tunnelvisioning tim and tim only , as a fucking Dynamo . tldr he calls him a tryhard to cope)
(and do Not get me wrong ; its not as if jasonâs a thoughtless or bad player [i hate ppl calling him a brute . like istg heâs smart too] . its just that dynamo vs charger is a horrible matchup for him , as the dynamo . he Does manage to get tim without rushing him sometimes , but he needs coordination with his team distracting tim or smth in order to get the advantage he needs , since theyre both equally skilled pretty much . but a 1v1 is just Hard in this matchup [said by a dynamo And charger main . trust me on this one LMAO] , and he usually just gets sniped in those situations â its either a trade or death for him most of the time . thats not a jason thing ; its a charger vs dynamo thing lol)
golly iâve been talking abt this too long (esp abt tim and jason when tim is nowhere to be found in the og post LMFAO Uhm .! i just like them . jason n tim are my boys) . in fact im going to yap more bc i feel i havent given dami enough appreciation
jason would totally love rolling damian over while damiâs sharking him . heâd laugh in his face and clip it on his switch , before saving the clip on his phone or smth just in case damian attempts to delete it
see it as a punishment for trying to shark a dynamo as a splatana/octobrush instead of just ,,, outmaneuvering the dynamo . bc both splatana and octobrush have good enough range to easily take down a dynamo (he outmaneuvers a lot too ofc ; he just tests his luck sometimes by sharking around jason , wanting to surprise him lol)
they are a Unit on the same team tho . damian as the faster splatana/octobrush supporting jasonâs slower dynamo/stamper (heâd play that too . def didnt start playing it bc it pairs rlly well with [damianâs] splatana ,, no siree ,,,) as they both kill the enemy team with terrifying efficiency . (iâd say theyâd be extra good with tim making callouts in comms â bc ofc im still thinking abt tim too istg đ â but i also feel like neither of them would listen to him half of the time . and take joy in his misery whenever they lose , ignoring their own misery from losing in favor of making fun of tim and blaming each other for losing [like âif you hadnt died when they started pushing we could have defended successfully , todd !â / âoh MY BAD that i TRADED with their stupid quick-respawning motherfucker and couldnt paint under my feet to get away from their bomb because im a fucking DYNAMO ââ (can you tell i definitely main dynamo and have experienced similar situations . WHY is it so FUCKING BAD at PAINTING UNDER YOUR FEET . MY GOD .)])
anyway holy shit thats it im done Fucking Hell . hereâs your essay op ! i love the art . it has clearly stirred my love for batfam and splatoon (im sorry LMFAOAO)
is this too niche
#ohhhh op . dont even get me STARTED (as i feel my eyes literally tear up from ? excitement ? idk bro)#literally thought up a splatoon au for batfam (not necessarily the same thing but also . in terms of main weapons ? it kinda is the same)#i made a whole thread on twt ranting and brainstorming#like you do not understand the level i am on#anyway jason gives me skirmish/kill-focused vibe in terms of what role heâd play#like an uber fucking scary aggressive dynamo roller#heâd be good at chargers but find them a little boring (but will play them if needed . n its still satisfying to get snipes)#he mainly goes off on his own but can play supportive as well (heâs not a shitty teammate . despite his lone wolf shit)#dami with the good ol splatanas (its a sword . i mean cmon now)#i feel like heâd also like dualies but mainly sharking weapons ? for ultimate sneak#for example: octobrush . dami would Totally use octobrush dont even try me#(thats a joke please do try me bc idk man im still learning abt these fellas)#damian would be a DEMON (pun not intended but appreciated) on the octobrush istg#as well as splatanas . he refuses to be less than amazing in the weapons he plays#honestly these two would play similar weapons even if they were actual cephalopods in the splatoon universe#vs just playing splatoon#but methinks others like tim would b different#like heâd enjoy playing chargers if he were playing splatoon (predicting the enemiesâ movement ? yea no heâs Good)#but idk if that fits his actual âreal lifeâ (idk heâs a comic book character LOL but ykwim) fighting style#like if he were a cephalopod . heâd probs be Good at chargers/sniping but idk if thats his go to . yk ?#but i also havent read enough of the comics to properly be . Sure of any of that . but whatever !#anyway so nearly all of the batfam are octolings to me . minus steph (which could drive even more angst with her being an outcast ?)#and alfred can be a jellyfish bc thats funny as hell idc . (he has a little mustache)#a highly respected jellyfish ofc . who uses his (canonical to splatoon lore iirc) hivemind with the other jellies to be knowledgeable of#everything#i have more on this (trust me) but i aint airing all that out in these reblog tags#ok thats it#oh btw tim (as a player) would totally be so into competitive splatoon#he is The comp team coach of all time#and he memorizes shit like gear ability stats and tryhards like crazy
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why does it suck?
A couple of things which may or may not be specific to me:
1. I feel like I know more than 99% of people on this. Which is expected when you're producing knowledge. But it also means:
- I cannot read Wikipedia for fun anymore. Because it's wrong about too much.
- Books about my topic have gone from fun to infuriating to read.
- I also know how much other people with similar interests get wrong. But I don't want to be a jerk to people who only have published information because it isn't their fault that they don't know.
- I get mad at signs in museums.
2. I cannot turn off the emotions I feel about this project. My neurodivergence makes it so that my special interests are always imbued with a lot of emotional weight. But academia has a tendency to view that strong of an attachment as bias, so I have to keep a lot of those feelings inside.
3. At least for me, I developed a defense mechanism growing up where I curl up protectively around my special interest and only share with people I trust. Turns out this is impossible if it is also something I'm presenting at conferences. I'm still working on not feeling like every presentation is opening up my insides and showing vulnerability.
4. I've cried about this topic so many times. I cannot admit this to most people because I am a woman in academia.
With all that said, I still feel fortunate that I'm getting paid to research my favorite thing. I just think it's worth acknowledging that it also comes with these other components.
#grad school stuff#when i say that this is specific to me#i especially mean the intense emotions i cannot detatch from all of this
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Young Love
Written as a part of the free Calendar Project by @newscoozines! There are three printable calendars (2 gen ones and 1 shipping) -- this story is for January in the shipping calendar!
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When the Straw Hats had left the Flower Capital, Jinbe had thought that was the end of the celebrations and festivities. After all, they headed to the snowy Ringoâjust so that Zoro could pay his respect to the late samurai Ryuma for⌠whatever reason. Jinbe didnât quite understand the âbecause I fought himâ part.
He had thought the festival over⌠but he soon learned to not underestimate his new crewâs thirst for partying.
As he walked around the festival, snow crunching under his feet, Jinbe took in all that the festival and its many stalls had to offer; for the most part, it was much similar to the festival in the Capitalâsame games, same drinks, same food⌠except there was no shaved ice and no fish scooping, replaced instead by bowls of steaming hot ramen and snowball fights.
The mood, however⌠that was exactly the same. Laughter and music were dancing in the air wherever Jinbe went, happiness almost tangible as people celebrated their new-found freedom. And, just like in the Capital, the Straw Hats were right at the heart of it all.
It almost felt ridiculous, to be honest. Jinbe wasnât used to this sort of thing. Wasnât used to people joyfully celebrating with piratesâcelebrating pirates.
But that was precisely why he had decided to join this particular crew, wasnât it?
A wide smile spread on Jinbeâs lips at the thought; he really was glad he had decided to take this step and accept Luffyâs invitation.
âDango!!â
Speak of the devilâŚ
Jinbe chuckled at Luffyâs unmistakable shout, one full of excitement and hunger for food. And sure enough, when the fishman looked up, the young man himself was already bouncing towards a dango stall, demanding ten sticks before he even made it close enough for the cook to see him.
Jinbe was about to call out to his captain but then Luffy stopped abruptly before he turned on his heel and called, âTorao! How many do you want?â
âJust oneâs good,â came a tired response from somewhere around the cornerâthe direction that Luffy had burst in from just a moment earlier.
Huh⌠Was Luffy spending time with Trafalgar Law? Earlier, it had seemed like Law didnât want anything to do with the Straw Hats now that the alliance was overâJinbe didnât even know he came to Ringo as wellâbut now theyâre walking around the festival together?
Maybe Jinbe shouldnât be too surprised; Luffy did have that effect on people. After all, Jinbe himself was no exception.
Chuckling at the way Luffy immediately bit into the sweet, multicoloured dumplings handed to himâall four at onceâJinbe finally stepped forward.
âLuffy!â
Luffy paused, tilting his head back⌠before his face split in a wide grin. âOh! Hi, Jinbe!â he greeted, speaking around the food in his mouth. âDid you see the snowmen back at the giant bell thing?â
âNot yet.â Jinbe shook his head. âI was watching Brookâs stage with Robin and Franky.â
âYou should go, itâs super fun!â
âNot anymore,â a new voice interrupted. âNot after someone destroyed more than half of the statues.â
Immediately, a pout appeared on Luffyâs face as he turned to glare at Trafalgar Law. âIt was an accident!!â
âSure. If you consider ploughing through a bunch of statues while trying to carry a huge snowball an accident,â Law noted with a smirk as he accepted a dango stick Lufffy had offered to him.
âIt wouldnât have happened if youâd agreed to help!â
As Luffyâs pout only grew and Lawâs smirk widened, Jinbe couldnât help the easy laughter that bubbled out of his chest. If he didnât know who Trafalgar Law was, he would think he was a part of Luffyâs crew. The way they were talking and interacting with each other, no one would think they were two rivals in a race to rule the sea and stand at the pinnacle of the world.
âJinbe~,â Luffy whined, turning to his helmsman for support.
With an amused huff, Jinbe finally interjected. âSounds like an accident to me alright.â
Law clicked his tongue, shooting the fishman a look. âNami-yaâs right, you are coddling him.â
As Luffy stuck his tongue out at his companion, prompting Law to ruffle his hair in a teasing mannerâyet another action that would have caught Jinbe by surprise just days agoâ, Jinbe shook his head. Somehow, he felt like he was intruding.
With a final chuckle, Jinbe stepped away, waving the two of them goodbye before excusing himself.
Theyâd become such great friends over the course of this alliance; they should be allowed to get some time to spend together before the crews parted ways!
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Over the course of the night, Jinbe was happy to spend some down time with the Straw Hats, getting to know their habits and personalities better. He didnât get much opportunity to do so during the festival in the Flower Capital since that was a much larger happening, not to mention they all ran off before the chefs at the Shogun castle even finished their work. To be fair, they had asked Jinbe to leave with them, but the fishman simply felt too bad for the hardworking cooks who took so much time to prepare the elaborate feast.
Here in Ringo, however, no such obligations were a problem. No one even knew them hereâno one aside from a large, beautiful flame fox who had tried to pick a fight with Zoro for some reason and acting like the two knew each other well, much to Zoroâs own confusion. Which wasnât to say that stopped the swordsman from rising up the challenge, of course.
At least before Nami stopped them while yelling something about property damage, debts, and interests.
Jinbe decided he didnât want to know anything about that.
He met Usopp at the shooting games at one point, the sniper causing nothing but despair for the poor vendor there. He saw him again a little while later, standing proudly on an impromptu stage surrounded by a small crowd as he retold the heroic events of the raid and subsequent battle of Onigashima. With a few⌠tweaks to the story, one could say.
Chopper, of course, was busy running from one stall selling sweets to another, often accompanied by someone else from the crewâbe it Robin, Nami, Usopp, Luffy, or even Yamato.
Sanji, as far as Jinbe could tell, spent the whole time taste-testing all the food he could get his hands on, soliciting recipes from people⌠when not too busy chasing after women. Or swooning over Nami and Robin in their kimonos and haoris. Or fighting with Zoro.
All in all, there was a lot of energy.
Jinbe still had a long way to go to be able to keep up with them!
Most surprisingly, however⌠Whenever Jinbe saw Luffy, Trafalgar Law was never far behindâand the other way around. Even when Jinbe saw Law walking around the festival with his crew, or saw Luffy laughing and playing with Usopp and Yamato, the other was always close. Almost as if they were scared to let each other out of their sight.
Jinbe couldnât figure them out; Law always claimed they werenât friends while Luffy kept declaring Law his crewmate. They bickered a lot, Law often threatened to cut one or more of Luffyâs body parts while Luffy bothered him endlessly⌠yet the man never followed through, instead indulging Luffy in everything he decided would be fun. It was a strange dynamic to be sure.
And somehow, it only kept getting stranger.
It was about three hours after the crew had joined the festival when Jinbe, a red bean taiyaki in one hand and a sake cup in the other, headed for the outskirts of the happenings to enjoy the event away from the crowds. It had started snowing heavily not long ago so most of the sheltered seating areas were already occupied, but Jinbe didnât mind. He walked a little further away, up a small hill where a few trees stood, providing shelter of their own; surprisingly, he didnât see any people up there, even though he was sure the view was very nice from up there.
As he trudged through the snow and came closer to the summit, however, he started hearing familiar voices.
âI donât understand how you can still have so much energy,â one of them muttered tiredly.
A quiet snicker followed. âYouâre just old, Torao.â
âIâm literally twenty-six,â Law deadpanned, and Jinbe could just hear the eyeroll.
âI mean your brain. Or your people energy. Or whatever. You just get tired way too quickly around people, like a hissy cat,â Luffy said, his voice shaking with laughter, completely unapologetic.
Law clicked his tongue. âWell, excuse me for liking my peace and quiet. Which I never fucking get with you around.â
âYou love it,â Luffy teased.
âFuck you.â
âNo thanks,â Luffy shot back with another happy laugh accompanying his words.
âYouâre impossible,â Law groaned⌠but his tone sounded light, almost as if he was holding back a chuckle himself.
Just hearing the exchange, Jinbe wasnât sure if he should be interrupting them; their conversation felt⌠strangely intimate. Jinbe took another hesitant step forward and finally, the two of them came into viewâimmediately making Jinbe freeze in place.
They were sitting on the ground under the tallest tree, which in itself wouldnât be strange, it was what Jinbe was expecting⌠Except they werenât just casually enjoying the view of the festival like Jinbe thought and was planning to do himself.
No; instead, Luffy was sitting in Lawâs lap, his arms thrown over the taller manâs shoulders while one of Lawâs hands rested casually on Luffyâs thighs, his thumb rubbing slow circles into the fabric of Luffyâs kimono. His other hand was brushing back Luffyâs hair, hair which was covered in so much snow that he almost looked like his awakened form. Soon, Law was stroking Luffyâs cheek, guiding him closer⌠until their lips connected.
Jinbe felt a blush rising to his face.
Yeah, he definitely shouldnât be here.
As he slowly turned away and started going back the way he came as quietly as he could, he thought back to two years ago, to the time when Law appeared in the middle of Marineford, risking his own and his crewâs lives to get Luffy to safety for seemingly no reason.Â
He thought back to the two weeks they had spent in the confines of Lawâs sub, the surgeon spending every waking moment with Luffy, making sure his vitals were stable and he wasnât in danger. Back then, Jinbe assumed it was simply doctorâs pride that didnât allow Law to stop looking after his critically injured patient. He believed Law when he said he had decided to save Luffyâs life on a whim. He concluded there was nothing really to it other than Law finding Luffy interesting after their encounter on Sabaody.
And when Luffy looked almost panicked when he realised Law and his crew were gone after he and Jinbe returned to the shore after Luffyâs rampage on Amazon Lily, Jinbe attributed it to him being grateful for their help and wanting to thank them.
But nowâŚ
Now Jinbe saw a much different picture.
A picture that made a little bit too much sense in retrospect, and Jinbe couldnât figure out how he hadnât seen it sooner.
After all, the way Law had been looking at Luffy this whole time, the way Luffy always asked about Lawâs whereabouts whenever he didnât see him around for more than ten minutes, the way Luffy was always touching Law in some wayâand Law letting himâŚ
It was all so painfully obvious now.
A smile pulled on Jinbeâs lips when Luffyâs snicker reached his ears; he wasnât sure how long this was going to lastâthey were all pirates, after allâbut seeing how happy they both were⌠Jinbe decided to support them for as long as they wanted it to last.
Young love and all that.
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this is gonna be a long one folks mwehehe
1. What are your favorite dates to have with them? Alternatively, what are their favorite dates to have with you?
i think my favorite type of date with Brett (oh yah this is all abt Brett btw bc ofc it is) is just like a little stay at home date maybe ? we'd like binge watch something together, get take out, all that. i feel like we try n have a date night every week on Sundays or if things get too hectic, every other week. but for Brett, i think he'd honestly like anything. i think he would believe he has to like do a lot n put in a lot of effort for it to be a date but then i tell him that we rlly can just sit at home i don't mind (n i'm also very easily pleased so SKHJDH) n he feels like he can chill a little
2. What's the height difference between you and your f/o?
uhh i don't have it exact or anything tbh (bc i rlly don't feel like going through it rn) but i am shorter for sure. my s/i is maybe like,, neck level to him
3. On a 1-10 scale, with 1 being the least and 10 being the most, how much do they like PDA with you?
oh he can do PDA all day baby SKGHSH he will not be shy about the fact that we're together. sling his arm around me in public, brief kisses, holding hands, all the likes. he won't go as far as making out or anything like that (unless i wanted to then maybe he'd consider it) but again, not shy abt the fact that we're together. the real reason he doesn't do it all the time is i just get overwhelmed occasionally
4. What's your favorite feature about your f/Đž?
his hair aawahbaba but thats very true for most of my f/os i just love their hair
5. What do you think they smell like?
unfortunately, axe body spray SKHJDB i think there was a joke about that in the show ? but yah something like that. n trust i will be actively trying to suggest him different things that maybe he'd like
6. What is your f/os biggest love languages? They don't have to be one of the "five", it can be anything specific they use to show you love.
probably similar to me. words of affirmation at the top n quality time next in line. he really needs to validation that he's doing well n that i love him which, i will be honest, i'm not that great at but i will put forth the effort for him !!!
7. What is the dynamic that you and your f/o have?
okay think of like two very excitable but anxious dogs. thats us SKGHSG but on a fr note, we're just fairly similar. i'm just a bit more confident n assertive while he has more empathy n charm. but we're both excitable, affectionate, (kinda) idiots. it's bimbo n himbo love
8. Do you like to hold hands? If so, what's that like?
we hold hands a lot. anytime a meeting is getting too boring or one of us is secretly having a bad day ? boom hand holding. walking down the street ? we holdin hands. sometimes he even let's me hold pinkies with him bc he knows i like it from the older movies he watches hehehee
9. Do they like to give you little kisses? If so, where is their favorite place to kiss? (Face, hands, etc) and vice versa?
he loves giving kisses whenever he can, mostly when cuddling. he becomes so affectionate when we're by ourselves n he can just do whatever so he will not stop kissing me like ever SKGHDH his favorite places to kiss are like my cheeks n shoulders maybe heehe but for meee hmm i would like kissing his nose n forehead probably just so i can like,, look at him SJGHSH hold his cheeks n look at him with my big ole eyes
10. What's your favorite silly leisure activity to do with your f/o?
absolutely nothing SKGHSH sometimes work is tiring so one of us will just go over to the other's place n just do absolutely nothing together. maybe order a pizza, watch a movie we like, something random just so we can cuddle :]
this was so fun yippee yippee !!! love talking abt f/os
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I want everyone to have the chance to ramble about their romantic f/os, so I'm gonna make a reblog game where yall can answer the plethora of questions I'm gonna toss down. Any of the questions you want to answer, as little or as much as you'd like!! I'll read them all. PR.O.SHIP DNI!!! AT ALL! GET OUT-
SO!! SELFSHIPPERS! RIDDLE ME THIS:
What do your f/o's hugs feel like?
What are your favorite dates to have with them?
What are their favorite dates to have with you?
Do you have any songs that remind you of them? Do they have any songs that make them think of you?
What's the height difference between you and your f/o?
On a 1-10 scale, with 1 being the least and 10 being the most, how much do they like PDA with you?
What's your favorite feature about your f/o?
What do you think they smell like?
What is your f/os biggest love languages? They don't have to be one of the "five", it can be anything specific they use to show you love.
Do you guys sleep in the same bed? If so, what's it like sleeping with them?
What's your favorite headcanon about your f/o?
What is the dynamic that you and your f/o have?
What does your f/o do for you when you're having a rough day?
Do you like to hold hands? If so, what's that like?
Do they like to give you little kisses? If so, where is their favorite place to kiss? (Face, hands, etc)
Vice versa, do YOU like to give them little kisses? If so, where is YOUR favorite place to give them?
What's your favorite silly leisure activity to do with your f/o?
What is your favorite compliment that your f/o gives you? What is your favorite nickname that they for you, if they have one?
What's your favorite compliment to give THEM? What is your favorite nickname to call them?
Okay I can't wait to see some answers!! Feel free to reblog as many times with as many f/os as you want. ANYONE CAN PARTICIPATE! SEEING THIS POST IS AN INVITATION FOR YOU!!
People I'd like to see answer this off the top of my head (but don't have to!!): @moxanji-real @one-winged-dreams @lovesickvalentines @graveluvr @clawingatmy-enclosure @starshakez @jpeg-indulgence @everynya @tropgothships @selfshipping-tboy @amelielovesamaris @pixel-comfort @fl0ralsxgar
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Hi! I genuinely really appreciate all the time and care you put into your analysises of the characters and the world surrounding them, and they genuinely make me love the red dead franchise even more than I already did!
Iâm just wondering if you have any thoughts about how and why Arthur plays up the act of being nothing more than a âdumb bruteâ? I know that he does it to cope partially with his own guilt and such, but I was just curious to hear your take on it, if that makes sense haha? What also intrigues me is the fact that Hosea seems to always poke fun at Arthur for being âstupidâ but at the same time seems to see through Arthurâs act?
Sorry if this doesnât make any sense haha <3
It makes sense, don't worry! And also thank you! I put a dumb amount of time into this, like underneath the rdr2 fan wiki it said "you visit a lot" like okay thanks PFT.
But as to why Arthur plays a dumb brute, it is due to the way Hosea raised him. Hosea raised him to put on this mask because those are Arthur's good traits, he is big, intimidating and with the canon fit does look kinda dumb, he plays exactly into a role that people already know and fear. Dutch himself says that the sight of Arthur would make even statues talk and it would be dumb for them not to play into that, even Stauss plays into it. They don't have a lot but they play into what they have.
Arthur himself did not do this, Arthur when he joined the gang he was an angry little kid but he was raised into acting dumb, you can actually observe Hosea's way of raising by looking at Sean because the exact same thing is being done with Sean:
As to why Hosea plays into it at some times and doesn't in other. See it like acting, when Arthur was young Hosea put this mask on him and told him to play a part, Hosea was his stage partner and now they need to convince everyone else that Arthur is in fact this character and not jsut acting. That would be utterly impossible if Hosea, as his stage partner (because we know the two made a lot of jobs together) did not refer to Arthur like that.
Imagine you go to see a movie but one of the side characters keeps treating the main character like the actor who plays them and not the actual character, it would be so hard not just for the viewer to get into the story but it would also be hard for the main character's actor to get into the character because they are pulled out.
So Hosea plays into it because he needs Arthur to keep that mask, but why does he then go out of it? This is best explained by using the interaction where Hosea, Lenny, Tilly and Arthur talk about how they want to be buried. Arthur says he doesn't think much about it but Hosea says "I know you aren't that dumb" or similar. Here Hosea is not asking the brute, he is asking Arthur behind the mask, he is asking the actor and not the character.
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