#i love how the poor puppy in the background is just watching them like ?????? King in the living room like 'bruh' while sebas has a meltdow

[fanfictionismyaddiction]

Dummfucks of the Grid

word count: 760

Pairing: Lando Norris x reader

Summary: After a disappointing P6 finish at the São Paulo Grand Prix, Lando Norris finds comfort in his girlfriend Y/n's fierce support as she playfully criticizes the other drivers and team principals

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As the door to Lando’s driver’s room closed, the noise of the paddock celebrations faded into the background. Lando sat on the couch, his head in his hands, feeling the weight of finishing P6 after a race that had promised so much more. The disappointment was palpable, especially with Max winning again.

Y/n moved swiftly to sit beside him, wrapping her arm around his shoulders. “Hey, Lando, P6 isn’t the end of the world. You gave it your all out there.”

He sighed, his frustration evident. “Yeah, but I wanted to do better. With Max winning again, it feels like I keep falling short.”

“Falling short?” she echoed, shaking her head. “You didn’t just fall short; you navigated a field of absolute clowns out there! Let’s talk about it. You know I’m here for you.”

Lando raised an eyebrow, intrigued. “Oh? Care to elaborate?”

“Okay, first off, Max. He drives like he’s playing Mario Kart and thinks he can just take everyone out with a blue shell! I mean, does he not understand that sharing the track is part of the job? It’s like he thinks he’s invincible! It’s ridiculous!”

He chuckled, a small smile breaking through. “That’s a good way to put it.”

“And then there’s George Russell, who finished P4 today. Honestly, he acts like he’s the golden child of the grid. ‘Look at me, I’m so talented, watch me throw my weight around!’ It’s like he forgets he has to race, not just pose for the cameras. Every time he gets near you, it’s like he’s trying to play bumper cars!”

“True,” Lando said, laughing harder now. “I can feel the ego swelling every time I see him.”

“And don’t even get me started on Leclerc! He’s out there racing like he’s auditioning for the role of ‘Most Likely to Crash Into a Wall.’ It’s like he has a special talent for making the race more dramatic than it needs to be. How does he always manage to be on the brink of disaster and still finish? Is it a gift or a curse?”

Lando nodded, now thoroughly entertained. “He does have that knack for drama, doesn’t he?”

“Absolutely! And then we have Carlos Sainz. I mean, bless him, but he’s trying so hard to keep up with Leclerc that it’s like watching a puppy chase its tail. Poor guy looks so lost sometimes, you just want to give him a treat and a pat on the head! But he gets a pass because he’s your friend.”

“Right? Carlos is actually a good guy,” Lando said, shaking his head, amused.

“And then there’s the team principals!” Y/n continued, her passion bubbling over. “Christian Horner thinks he runs a royal court every time Max crosses the finish line. ‘Look at my king!’ as if it’s not a team effort. And Toto—he’s not innocent either. He struts around like he’s the head of a fashion show! Honestly, if I had a dime for every time I’ve seen him making dramatic hand gestures in the pits, I could fund a whole new racing team!”

“Okay, that one’s a good point!” Lando laughed, feeling the tension ease with every word.

“Seriously, I would fight every one of them for you if it came down to it. Size doesn’t matter when you’re this passionate!” she declared boldly. “I’d take on Max, George, and anyone else who thinks they can just push you around out there!”

“Y/n, you do realize you’re only 5’6, right?” Lando replied, grinning. “How are you going to take on all of them?”

“I may be small, but I’ve got a big heart and a bigger mouth!” she shot back, her eyes sparkling with defiance. “Just imagine me storming the paddock like, ‘Back off, or I’ll unleash my fury on you!’”

“Please don’t start any fights in the paddock,” he said, his tone light but earnest. “I love your spirit, but I’d rather not deal with the fallout. I need you here, not banned.”

“Why not? It would be entertaining!” she countered, smirking. “I’d tell them all off! ‘Listen up, dummfucks of the grid, stop getting in my boyfriend’s way!’”

Lando laughed, the sound genuine now. “You really are something else. Knowing you’ve got my back means everything.”

“Absolutely! If they try to block you from winning, I won’t hesitate to step in,” she said, snuggling closer.

“Just promise me you won’t do anything too crazy,” he replied, a grin spreading across his face. “I love your fierceness and protective side, but let’s keep you in the paddock, okay?”

[incorrect-ikevamp-quotes]

Sebastian: COMPANY IS COMING! I WANT THIS PLACE LOOKING LIKE DISNEY ON ICE IN ONE MINUTE! Sebastian: DAZAI-SAN IF YOU HAVEN'T MADE YOUR BED THROW IT AWAY IT'S TOO LATE TO MAKE IT NOW! Sebastian: GET RID OF THE COUCHES, WE CAN'T LET PEOPLE KNOW WE S I T !

[disney-rapunzel-merida-vanellope]

(Writed this today, but actually watched the movie on the 23rd of august, but I went through the screencaps for recap)

- This is not a movie I would watch as a kid. I probably watched maybe in kindergarten or rented it cause I have nostalgia for some scenes but maybe I never watched it fully or maybe just got them from picture books or the Disney magic English vhs. But I actually remember the live action movies more. Specially the cruella cake scene. But haven’t watched them in sooooooooooooo long. Kindergarten really

- It’s a cute movie, not a fave tho. As far as animal movies go, I prefer lady and the tramp, aristocats, rescuers, lion king, bolt…

- The opening credits are really cute. It’s not just illustrations. Very playful

- I romanticize London and Paris a lot cause of movies like this 😭😭😭 the aesthetic is just so good

- Nothing looks better than sleeping beauty, but if I didn’t know anything about these movies production I don’t think I would consider this movie’s animation and art style a downgrade compared. As I said, nothing competes with sleeping beauty, but 101 Dalmatians isn’t and didn’t need to be that and instead the artists gave it just a unique art style. The backgrounds in this movie are gorgeous. I love how messy the art is

- I love the beginning of this movie a lot. Pongo is so funny. My fave scene is the ladies passing with their very similar dogs 😭😭😭😭 character design at its best and I love that these ladies make small appearances through out the movie. I don’t think dogs reflect their human’s appearance irl but it was such a fun point the movie made. I love it. Best part of the movie

- Anita and perdita are so classy. How did these too lazy asses got them to fall in love with them? 😭😭 no, but seriously, pongo and roger are charming, cute and clumsy type. And he writes music???? I’d fall too, who am I kidding

- Thinking of going to read my books to the park too, maybe I’ll get lucky

- their meeting goes from awkward to cute so fast 😭😭😭 I love this whole beginning

- Remember that post that included Anita in the "you can’t marry a man that you just met?" thing???? Why???? Did cinemasins really make people forget that offscreen development can and will happen??? Do they think perdita gave birth to puppies the day after too???? Tf

- But the wedding is so cute and simple. And the dogs on the outside, the roses, the glass church window illuminating, UGH GOALS GOALS GOALS both anita&roger and perdita&pongo. They are sooooo cute

- Oh to live in a squished London apartment with your musician husband and 2 dogs

- Cruella was never one of my fave villains but I see why she’s so popular. She does have killer 👀 fashion sense. That coat looks so fab I want it for winter

- Why hasn’t Anita cut this woman off her life? She’s showing too many red flags in just 2 minutes 🙄

- Roger has no business being this petty but I love him 😭

- The iconic cruella song. It’s for sure one of the most recognizable from Disney

- Feel so bad for perdita, being pregnant and now worried her kids might be taken away from her. One even almost dies 😭😭😭😭 this poor dog

- The waiting for the birth of the pups to be over scene is so tense and a rollercoaster omg I really feel the anxiety and excitement and sadness and relief

- The dead pup scene is so sad but so well done. It’s precious. Pongo looking sad and patient putting his paw on roger’s knee while roger tries to save the pup ugh precious

- Why did cruella just do a jump scare 😭😭😭😭 WOMAN WHY ARE U HERE

- Roger and pongo being fed up with this woman is so funny 😂 I guess dogs and owners really do look like each other. They have the same glare and black spots 😭😭

- Roger is THE man

- The doggies watching tv scene is also very cute. I love the distinct personalities already showing. Cuteness overload

- The tv shows and commercials in this movie are so good.

- I think from now on is when I start to lose interest. Idk, the beginning scenes are just my faves

- Hate the kidnapping scene. Poor nana. Poor pups. I hate this

- Wish they showed more of cruella’s room cause I honestly love everything I’m seeing. Orange, pink, black. Bed with those high posts for curtains hell yeah I’ve always wanted one of those

- The lady and the trump cameos 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

- The dog and cat’s dynamic is pretty great

- These pups are easy to please. Give them a tv and they are satisfied. It would take more for me to keep me calm

- I do like how dogs and cat save the day. And the whole collaborative process. Really good solidarity

- That tv show looks so interesting tho. I guess I’d behave like the pups too after all. My dumbass would be just like the puppy that stays behind

- that poor cat better have all 9 lives cause he is risking too much for the canines 😭😭😭😭

- Ugh the whole run and chase part of the movie makes me so anxious. THEY ARE 101 PUPS AFTER ALL. Not only do I get nervous about the fact that they are always almost being discovered or indeed discovered but also cause they are so many and I’m scared someone gets left behind. It’s like idk how the movie ends 🙄🙄

- The color design tho. The blue room turning red for the fight 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

- That one pup sliding in ice almost falling on the light….. MY HEART CANT HANDLE THIS

- WHY ISNT THE WEATHER HELPING???? LIKE THEY ARENT IN ENOUGH DANGER ALREADY! THE STAKES IN THIS MOVIE ARE TOO HIGH

- I love how there’s so many different dog breeds in this movie

- WHY CANT THIS WOMAN JUST BUY ON THE BLACK MARKET??? SHES GONNA GET HERSELF KILLED DRIVING LIKE THAT

- Ok but they have to be batshit crazy to keep 101 Dalmatians 😭 good for them tho. I hope they are as dog people as they think they are cause that’s a lot…….. 😭

- Not a fave but cute. Makes me a bit anxious so it’s not something I’d watch for relaxation you know? 😭 the art style is gorgeous, the characters are amazing, another disney classic

[clovermunson]

Send me a ship asks for Georgie Weasley and Morgan Black

wifey!!🥰❤️💙

out of every ship I have, this is probably my favorite one, so answering all of the questions for this specific ship is exactly what I wanted to do!

this one’s rather long, so it’s all under the cut!☺️

Morgan Black and George Georgie Weasley

who hogs the duvet?

Morgan, every time. for a while, George dealt with the cold, but eventually he found a compromise: let Morgan take the duvet, and just sneak under and give her a cuddle, it’s a win-win for him because he gets to stay warm, and Morgan can’t complain about being cold if she’s under the blanket and being cuddled, which George is more than happy to do.

who texts/rings to check how their day is going?

they both do, but more often it’s George who would text or call first, especially if Morgan is away for a few days because of work. sometimes though, Morgan will call George for just the most random reasons, but he doesn’t mind it at all as long as he gets to talk to her.

who’s the most creative when it comes to gifts?

as much as Morgan would love to take credit for this, it’s George. being one of the master inventors behind Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes had its perks, and being able to come up with new and exciting gifts to surprise Morgan with is something that George loves. more often than not though, it was more about the thought behind the gift than the actual gift for George.

who gets up first in the morning?

George, he’s always been a morning person and one to rise with the sun at times. Morgan is not a morning person, at all. well, unless George is the first person to talk to her by saying “morning”. anyone else says “good morning” to her and she’s ready to violently kill them with an alarm clock.

who suggests new things in bed?

this can really go either way because they’re both open-minded. but before anything happens, they’re both properly researching anything and talking about it beforehand. George is a consent king and wouldn’t do anything unless Morgan verified ten times, at the least, that she was 100% okay with it.

who cries at movies?

again, either way. typical sappy romance? it gets George every single time. he’d never dare admit it to Fred though, his brother would never let him live it down. a dog dies in a movie? it gets Morgan every single time.

who gives unprompted massages?

George. it’s weird to everyone else, but he can always sense when Morgan is even the slightest bit stressed out over something, and one of his go-to’s to help her cope with it is a shoulder or back massage.

who fusses over the other when they’re sick?

they both fuss over each other when the other is sick, but Morgan is more stubborn when she’s sick, which causes George to be more fussy with her. she wants to get up and do anything? oh she’ll try, but George will always get whatever she wants or do whatever she wants done before she can get to it.

who gets jealous easiest?

they can both get particularly jealous at times, but Morgan can be worse about it. just ask Daphne Greengrass about how bad Morgan’s jealousy and temper can be, poor girl got to experience it firsthand in seventh year.

who has the most embarrassing taste in music?

they both have generally the same music taste, but Morgan would say George’s is slightly more embarrassing. they both love their fair share of cheesy songs, but George likes a few more than Morgan does.

who collects something unusual?

…is having a small knife collection considered unusual? because Morgan has a small knife collection. and sometimes, it terrifies George to know that fact.

who takes the longest to get ready?

MORGAN. if it’s an important occasion, she’ll spend easily an hour and a half getting ready, but she’ll get agitated with George for him not having his shoes on and him being fully dressed and ready by the time she’s ready to go.

who is the most tidy and organised?

Morgan. she’s always been a bit more organized than George, and it irks her to no end when they move in together and he just ever so conveniently tosses his clothes to the laundry basket and they’re either hanging off the edge of the basket, or land exactly one inch away from the basket, on the floor.

who gets most excited about the holidays?

they both get excited about the holidays, but it’s always Morgan who ends up decorating a little earlier than a normal person should. George won’t admit to it, but he secretly loves helping her decorate the house early for Halloween and Christmas.

who is the big spoon/little spoon?

George is always the big spoon, Morgan’s always the little spoon if they’re cuddling back-to-chest. they tried to switch that once, and Morgan was just like a “cute, adorable little backpack” to George. some days though, George is more than happen to cuddle up to Morgan and just lay his head on her chest while she plays with his hair.

who gets most competitive when playing games and/or sports?

Morgan Cara Black. girl is too competitive for her own good. sure it’s very playful if they’re competing against each other, but Morgan is known to not be too fond of losing anything.

who starts the most arguments?

Morgan. sure they’re usually pointless and arguing just for the sake of it, but she usually starts the playful arguments. when it comes to actual arguments, the blame falls on both of them because they fail to keep their tempers in check when emotions run high.

who suggests that they buy a pet?

Morgan. but secretly George was gonna ask about it too. but in the end, Morgan is the reason they end up getting a dog and naming him Godric. and George is the reason the dog ended up staying because he absolutely adored the puppy.

what couple traditions they have?

since their first Christmas together, they both spend the week before Christmas shopping with their most trusted friends to find the perfect gift for each other without the other finding out about it. also for Christmas, they bake together, making Christmas pies to take to the Burrow. for Halloween and Christmas, they always decorate together, weeks in advance (much to Fred’s annoyance when they live above Wheezes).

what tv shows they watch together?

neither of them really get too into tv, so it’s usually just background noise. as a child though, George would watch a few shows on the muggle tv that Arthur owned, and eventually he got Morgan into watching reruns of those shows with him.

what other couples do they hang out with?

quite a few. there’s Kate Trewic and Cedric Diggory, Carmi Tonks and Neville Longbottom, and Fred and Angelina when they finally get together, just to name a few.

how they spend time together as a couple?

sometimes they’ll plan date nights on a whim, they’ll have a night in, or they’ll walk through Diagon Alley and look at the shops. quality time is one of their top love languages, so any way they can just simply be with each other is absolutely perfect for them, especially if either of them has been gone for work for a few days.

who made the first move?

listen, these two were so oblivious in the earliest stages of their relationship that they wouldn’t have known the other had the biggest damn crush on them if it smacked them over the head and then kicked them in the shin. ultimately though, it was their friends devising a plan to get them together at the Yule Ball that caused George to make the first move after years of mutual pining.

who brings flowers home?

George. on his lunch break, he makes a weekly stop by a flower kiosk and spends at least ten minutes picking out a bouquet to put in the vase on the kitchen counter of the flat for Morgan to come home to after work.

who is the best cook?

Morgan. George can cook, very well at that, but Morgan is slightly better at it, given it’s one of her biggest hobbies. if they’re both feeling up to it and they’re home at the same time, they’ll always cook dinner together, giving George the perfect opportunity to be a giant goof and show off for his girl.

[hitozy]

her love language ≪ masterlist ≫  see you soon! 

The night before he leaves for Brazil, Hinata finds himself in YN’s new apartment in Tokyo. His flight was early in the morning and since YN was the one that bought his ticket there…

Her place was pretty nice actually, it felt like YN. Rich, pretty and warm.

“Baby, I’m home!” Huh? He hears a little pitter patter and as the sound grows louder so does the carrier.

“YOU GOT A DOG?!” 

YN laughs as she picks up the  puppy, “Yep, daddy thought I’d feel less lonely with him around. Meet King Charles,” she hold him out so that I can pet him, King licks my fingers and wiggles in YN’s arms, “he's an 5 month old dalmatian!” Hinata takes KC from YN’s hands and cuddles him as the puppy licks his face and neck, “He is so cute, princess, but uh, I'm calling him King or KC for short.”

“You have my permission. But everyone else has to call him King Charles, I expect nothing less.” Hinata smiles at her comment, he’d guess that for her, this puppy was her baby and she demanded the same respect she receives directed towards him.

YN gave him a tour around her place, eventually showing him ‘his room’.

”Um... whos stuff is this?” He points at the watches and products in the room. ”Ah, Daddy must’ve forgotten to take these with him last week. Don’t worry, you can use whatever you want.” He felt a sting in his heart, hearing that her father came to stay at her apartment, he must be feeling very lonely without his only child there. “Ynnie... why aren't you living with your dad anymore?” “Daddy sold the house.”

“What? Are you guys ok? CAN YOU AFFORD THIS PLACE?”

YN laughs at his outburst, “Relax! Let me explain! A few years ago my dad had a relationship with a, and I mean it in the nicest way possible, a gold digger. It was pretty nasty towards the end and - stop doing that face, their relationship isn't like ours!”

“Miss. Princess, it kinda sounds like-” “Let me finish, please.”

Hinata stays quiet while playing with KC, “She was always in it for the money, pumpkin. She lied to me and my dad, she stole things from our house, she stole things that belonged to my mom…” Hinata knew that YN’s mom had passed away during childbirth (he did some research after a year of being around her), he still found it touching to hear her mention her, because she never did, “Anyway! She stole a ton of stuff without consent and since she was only his girlfriend she didn't have permission to look into our accounts, which she did. The house brought bitter memories for us so he refurbished the house and donated it to a youth center. Since he’s been traveling a lot this year we figured he could stay with me when he’s here until things calm down.” “How does that make me different from her?” “I-...” she stays quiet for a while, probably trying to find the right words, she silently slides beside him and bops KC’s nose, “You don’t want me to spoil you, but you accept it because you know that's my way of saying ‘i love you’ without really saying it.” “Yeah” “Yeah”

Ding dong. "Pizza’s here!”

After eating until they felt like balls of fat, YN told him to take a shower and meet in her room for movies. He was met with the cutest image ever, he had to take a picture of it. YN in bed, surrounded by pillows and blankets with KC jumping around the bed. As he entered, KC barked happily at him, excited to see his new friend. She smiled at him and patted her side, encouraging him to get in.

As soon as he was under the blanket, YN snuggled up to him and gave him the remote, “You choose.”

Ever since that kiss, YN had been a lot more touchy feely with him. She would cuddle up to him any chance she would get and hold his hand when they were out or whenever she wanted. At first she would hesitate but as time went by she noticed how ‘inexpressive’ he was about it, she just went ahead and did it. He was actually having a war in his head because ‘I shouldn’t lead her on’ but ‘I don’t want her to go’ kept on playing on his mind.

He propped his arm around her shoulders and let himself become her pillow, “I’m thinking 101 dalmatians, what do you think KC?” KC barked in agreement, “aight, lets do it.”

As the night moved forward, KC fell asleep in the weirdest position behind YN. It had been a couple of hours since the movie finished, but neither one of them had wanted to go to sleep yet. They watched a few other movies until they just left it as background and talked instead. As her laughter continued he watched her, the abandoned movie illuminating her face, giving her a slight glow.

Hinata felt his heart clench and before he processed it, “Can I kiss you?” YN stared at him, laughter gone, “I-im sorry, I did-” “Kiss me, Shoyo.” He felt her hand caress his cheek. “Go ahead and kiss me.” He leaned in and practically smashed their faces in, YN giggled, “You’re eager.” “‘M sorry” he was so embarrassed as he started to push himself away.

YN held his face in her hands. “Lets try it again, yeah?” “Yeah”

She brought their faces close and she pressed her lips softly against his. She angled her face and slotted their lips together in a slow rhythm. As she continued their slow kiss, he pushed her back against the bed and let his upper half lay on top of her, resting all of his body weight on his forearms encasing her head. He moved one of his hands down, to caress the sliver of exposed skin on her hip, as a result she gasped and it was enough for him to slip his tongue inside her mouth. He groaned at the feeling, it had been more than two years since the last time he had kissed her and he didn’t know how he lasted that long. He felt almost feverish as she combed his hair, her fingers reached the base of his neck, pulling him closer.

He detached his lips from hers, “I’m gonna miss you, you know that right?”

She smiled at him, “I know, and you know that I’m gonna visit you as soon as I can, right?” “You better or else I’m going to cry.”

She snorted and mushed his cheeks together, “Aw my poor cry-baby pumpkin.” “Hmph… when you do visit me, bring KC with you, I bet he’ll love the beach.” “I will.” “I’m going to become better YN, for me. I’m going to get better and get results.” About life, volleyball and us.

She held out her pinky, “Promise?”

He linked his pinky to hers, kissing the back of her hand, “Promise.”

her love language ≪ masterlist ≫ see you soon!

facts:

➜ Dalmatian’s spots are unique! Its similar to a snowflake or a humans finger print. ➜ No one knows where exactly they come from, their origin is a mystery. ➜ They became popular after the movie ‘101 Dalmatians’ but people couldn’t handle how energetic they are and more than 80% were sent back to the pound. (I wanna punch these assholes :))  ➜ King Charles is YN’s first pet and companion. On their first meeting she met his eyes and fell in love. They’ve been together for a month. ➜ YN calls Hinata ‘Your dad’ at King Charles, Hinata doesn’t know it yet... OOPS. A/N: Look, adding King Charles was fully self indulgence and I am not even gonna apologize. Enjoy this fluffy baby just like his mom and dad do. Also, dalmatians are cute af and no one talks about it. 

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Affectionate Newsies Headcanons Part 3

A/N I hope you guys like this one! Sorry its a bit later than I had planned! Elmer was requested specifically by an anon, so I hope you liked his part my dear! I’m planning on doing one more part after this to finish off the characters I know better, but if you have a favorite or someone else that you want me to do, let me know! Please request anything and everything your heart desires! Have a great day/night!

Elmer: This sunshine baby is like a little puppy. He is always wearing his adorable grin no matter where he is and costumers love him for it. It makes them feel like there is still something good in the world and they always leave feeling better (same goes for his friends) No one, not even Spot Conlon, leaves a conversation with Elmer without a smile. When he notices someone is upset, he doesn't typically take the approach of talking it out with them, rather he does his best to make them laugh by pulling silly stunts like jumping in between the bunkbeds, pranking someone, or making an abundance of puns. He loves to randomly jump on people's backs and make them give him a piggyback ride, so much so that he hardly ever actually walks somewhere when the other boys are around. He is supper bubbly and bright, always excited about one thing or another. He will tell anyone who will listen everything about his day, from what to dreamed about, to the alley cat he saw, to where to went that day, even that he overheard someone talking about how, oh my god, these two people were roommates. 

Most of the boys will roll their eyes more or less fondly at him when he keeps jabbering on, Race gets pretty annoyed by it though. Crutchie and JoJo are always happy to listen for however long Elmer wants to go. He likes to lean his head/body against people's shoulders whenever they are all hanging around at Jacobi's or the lodging house. When he gets really tired, he will just lay his head in someone's lap and snuggle up to them. He absolutely loves it when people run their fingers through his hair and that and a big hug is often the quickest way to calm him down after a rough day or a nightmare. This sweetheart tries to build up his friends as much as possible and doesn't join in the constant teasing much. He will tease someone if they have a crush, but not really on anything else because he knows how it feels to always be the butt of the joke. He is one of the people that is most often made fun of, partially because he is not the best seller and because of how sappy he can be at times. He knows that the boys don't really mean anything by it and they are just messing around, but sometimes it hurts him more than he likes to admit and he doesn't like to open up to people about his mental health. He feels like its his duty to make sure everyone else is smiling and happy all the time, so he feels like he can't have bad days. When he does get really upset, he likes to walk down to the Brooklyn Bridge and back before going up to the penthouse to find Crutchie. Elmer really likes to sing, and he is pretty good at it too! He and Race often start up a rousing folk song and attempt to get people to dance with them, especially if the headline was good and people are already in high spirits. Elmer is really good at tap dancing, but he also really likes to grab someone by the arm and just spin around with them until they are laughing to much to keep going. Elmer's love language is both physical affection and words of affirmation. He makes a point of letting people know when he thinks they are good at something or if they deserve recognition. His complements are always really sweet and from the heart.

JoJo: This boy is almost hands down the most affectionate newsie! He is definitely the most openly loving, but only because Jack sometimes tries to either hide it or be more private about it. He always has his arm around someone’s waist and is pulling them close to his side. He gives nearly everyone a hug every time he sees them, when they first wake up, at the circulation gate, if they bump into each other while selling, when they all get to Jacobi’s, and to tell them goodnight. JoJo is a huge worrier and mother hen. He is constantly doing a head count on the way to the circulation desk and at the end of the day to make sure everyone gets home safe. If someone gets back to the lodging house after curfew, JoJo is nearly always waiting up for them (along with Jack) ready to give them a relived hug before checking over them to make sure they are okay. He has a really hard time getting to sleep if someone doesn’t get home that night. Jack has had to carry him up to bed several times when he has fallen asleep waiting. Heaven forbid someone comes home really late and injured, because poor JoJo will cry. He can’t stand to see his friends hurt at all. He quickly pulls himself together though so that he can help patch them up/sit with them while someone else (typically Jack or Specs) takes care of them. If someone has to get a cut disinfected or have something really painful done, he always holds their hands so that they can squeeze them if it hurts too much. His hatred of his friends hurting of course extends to their emotional state, and he is pretty in tune to people’s emotions (which is also helpful for selling and surviving on the streets). He can almost always tell as soon as someone starts to be a bit down. If it is someone he isn’t really close to, or has someone else who is very close to them (such as Albert or Jack), then he will let that person know that *insert newsies here* is down and needs cheering up. When he is the one to comfort someone, he is very gentle but doesn’t beat around the bush. He knows when someone is lying and he will call them out on it. If he can tell someone really doesn’t want to talk about it he will wait for them to come to him or make sure that they do talk to someone. He is very big on hugs when someone is upset and will sit quietly holding another newsie for as long as they need, not pulling away at all until they do. He gently talks through whatever is going on with them and makes sure to check in with them later to make sure things are getting better. When he hasn’t seen someone for a while, he’s extra happy to see them, or he was really worried for them JoJo will often give his friends a quick peck on the cheek or hair (this boy is tall just saying). He tells his friends that he loves them 24/7. JoJo is absolutely the friend who puts their cold hands on people’s necks, and he takes Great Joy in it.

Specs: Specs isn't a super affectionate guy, but he still likes it quite a lot. He tries to be pretty lowkey about his affection, the most he shows is normally just having his arm around someone's shoulder/neck when they are all hanging out. That being said, it is pretty uncommon for him not to have an arm on someone. Specs is pretty quiet in general, preferring to stay to the side and watch the boys roughhouse with a smile, but he can be convinced to join in the fun! He is often in the thick of the action whenever someone's belongings are stolen (looking at you Race and Albert), and often joins in if there is some type of wrestling match going on. He really enjoys wrestling with the littles. He always makes it seem like he puts up a fight, and he makes it a challenge for them to win, but he always lets them pin him in the end. He knows his way around first aid and is very much the "healer" of the lodging house. While people like Jack, Race, and Albert can absolutely clean/wrap a wound or even give stiches in a pinch, Specs is the go to person if someone has a bigger injury like a broken bone or a really serious cut. He is always very calm and level headed when taking care of someone, but he is also extremally firm and gets people to listen to him easily. He is the king of making quiet, witty comments in the background that only a few people actually hear but are always really funny. He is really great at giving advice, and that is the route he normally takes when someone is upset. He finds it hard to talk about emotions and isn't good at putting himself in someone else's shoes or being empathetic (even though he does care) so he sticks to the logical side of things. He knows where everyone's selling spots are, the number of papes they usually buy, their daily habits, the selling strategies that work best for them, and even who some of their regulars are. Jack often goes to him if he forgets someone's spot or is trying to figure out how to find them. Specs' love language is gifts. He is a really good seller, so he is able to leave random stuff on people's beds or slipped into their bags such as a little bit of candy or a small toy they had been eyeing. He doesn't ever want anyone to know its him, and while some of the older boys have made the connection no one really talks about it and the littles are convinced its magic (Crutchie might have had something to do with that part!) His favorite thing ever is to cuddle in bed with Romeo at the end of the day, quietly telling him everything he loves about him. he and Romeo both are hopeless romantics, but Specs always has Romeo blushing like mad.

Spot: This man, this man right here, is a huge (actually very short) teddy bear. Do not let his tough guy attitude fool you, he is the sweetest person ever in private or with his littles. While he has to keep up the act most of the time in order to maintain, nothing will stop him from giving a little newsie a piggyback ride, a hug, help tying their shoe, or playing hopscotch with them and heaven help the person who looks at him wrong while he does it. His littles barely have any clue how feared his name is in other boroughs and Spot takes pride in that. Spot sees it as his duty to be a sort of father figure to all of his littles and he does everything in his power to give them something every holiday so that they can have an almost normal childhood. He loves it when his littles come to him for snuggles after a long day and can often be found at the center of a dog pile of tiny children. Hotshot likes to raise he eyebrows and smirk at him then, but never actually says anything. Spot always puts his littles to bed with a hug and kiss to the head, often telling them a story while they fall asleep. If one of them has a nightmare he typically sits with them and runs his fingers through their hair as he softly hums or whispers a story from his day. Spot would never hesitate to go without food or a bed if it meant his littles could have it. He would give his life for them in a heartbeat. Spot never shows affection to the older newsies though. They might get a nod to recognize when they've done something well but that's about it. He will clap Hotshot on the back every now and then. Spot is absolutely head over heals in love with Race and really wants Race to know it. Spot holds his hand whenever he can, slips into an alleyway or under the docks to steal a heated kiss, and can't ever take his eyes off Race. On a normal day when Race comes over to Brooklyn and they can go up to Spot's tiny room in private, the first thing Spot does when the door closes is pull Race into a tight hug. resting his head on his boyfriend's chest and letting all the tension fall away as Race puts his chin on top of his head. The two of them typically stay there for a few minutes in silence. Race kissing Spot's head a few times, before doing anything else. If its been a particularly stressful day or they haven't seen each other in a while, Spot skips the hug and pushes Race against the wall in a desperate, heated kiss, the second he can. Those days normally turn steamy pretty fast. When they don't though, Spot wants nothing more than to just lay on his bed and cuddle with his perfect boyfriend while they tell each other about their days. 

[vixxenfox]

Things I’ve noticed after watching the pilot over and over again

And things I just find amusing

- is it just a coincidence that when Charlie says “I wonder if it could be me” the center angel’s face lights up?

- not important but the “F*ck you heaven!!!” Sign is hilarious

- I hate Valentino with a burning passion, look at him texting Angel

- people drop from the sky to get to hell, more importantly without clothes which means each flippin person has to get specially made clothes for their weird demon bodies like sir pentious needs clothes to fit his snake body and stuff... idk just interesting

- the place beside the “we couldn’t come up with a catchy slogan but we sell hardcore drugs” building is called “begg slut”

- imagine dying, going to hell, and realize that you’re an egg

- egg #23 is the best

-one of the eggs like does a weird walk thing with their hand on sir pentious’ tail

-Cherri Bomb’s clothing is so asymmetrical and I love it like she is literally wearing a high-heel boot on one leg and like a tiny shoe on the other

- really just poor Tom he’s great

- Vaggie says “it’s all highlighted” but none of what we are shown is highlighted

- Also read the parts of the list we can see, it’s adorable

- “I don’t touch the gays” I find Katie great

- Jeffrey Dahmer obviously (Also the sticky note saying “who approved this show?)

- When Charlie scans the crowd another tv head just says ‘words’

-The person Vaggie punches isn’t in the crowd

- I love Razzle and Dazzle TvT

- Those two owl demons in Inside Every Demon is a Rainbow are most definitely references to Timber

- CHARLIE YOU JUST KILLED A PUPPY

- I love that there is a boo section

- Tom watches Angel Dust’s stuff confirmed

- I love the sonic spring noise when Angel launches an egg into the air

- Sir Pentious probably has a son that might be in hell so look out for another snake

- Do you see how happy Cherri Bomb is near Angel Dust, best friends! :D

- Aawww Angel pushes Cherri out of the way

- Angel didn’t just sprout a third set of arms, he also pulled an entire gun out of his body sooo... what’s with that

- I think you would just stop existing if you died in hell Angel

- That creepy fan has a body pillow of Angel

- Charlie takes off her pink... jacket(?) in one scene and the next she has it on again (you see her wearing pink in the closeup)

- Lilith is an absent mother

- There goes everyone’s fanon about how Lucifer acts (why couldn’t we get a nice stupid one T~T)

- I think they changed Alastor’s knock but I’m too lazy to check

- They fixed Alastor’s disappearing monocle

- I like that the mic has an eye sometimes it’s cool (how many “sentient-ish” things does Alastor’s have, first the shadow and now this)

- Alastor can teleport at least short distances and he appears as the shadow for a second

- They really make Alastor a very animated character and I love it

- (we knew this already but) Alastor clearly puts himself on a different level than the other sinners, he thinks of himself as justified and better (he doesn’t say “us sinners” he says “loathsome sinners” w/o him in the picture)

- Valentino, Rosie, Lilith (obviously), the girl from the porn studio, and the tv head dude (Vox, thanks @lavipsi) are all some of hell’s “strongest demons”

- TV head (Vox) is in the middle and top so he must be very powerful and behind him there’s also a green and red demon that reminds me of the wolf/fox demon from the bar scene

- Husk is very blocked out by Vaggie’s face but he’s clearly in the picture with Alastor (it looks like a fight but I don’t want to assume) like we know they know each other and stuff but it’s just weird that Husk is in the art when Vaggie says he’s “a dangerous Blahblah” and has entire speech of how dangerous he is

- I love the symbols that float up when Charlie isn’t looking and then the squeak as he turns to a more “innocent-like” Alastor when Charlie looks back

- Alastor rolls his eyes at Charlie when she says “No trickster, voodoo strings attached.”

- Talked about this before but the way his smile gets wider when Charlie says “for as long as you like”

- Why does Charlie have at least 2 posters about alcohol up if she didn’t want it in her hotel?

- I love how Niffty comes in and her bug-like noise when she appears

- You can see their reflection in Niffty’s eye during the closeup and Charlie is too adorable in it, Angel and Vaggie look ready to kick her out XD

- Everybody’s reactions to Niffty rambling on is beautiful, just watch them go from defensive to confused

- Alastor just following Niffty’s every movement as she zooms around

- Please tell me I’m not the only one who didn’t immediately see Husk as a cat? I honestly thought he was a dog for a while because he looks sort of like a Husky and his name is Husk, which got me thinking about the contradictions with Alastor not liking dogs... then I realized Husk was a cat.

- “are you sh!tt!ng me” “no I don’t think so” and “you think I’m just some clown” “..maybe” are some of my favorite lines

- Was I just supposed to know that on the bottom of Alastor’s boots (shoes? Hooves?) there were deer prints?

- So did Alastor really just teleport two sinners and basically copy part of the bar Husk was at and it’s just going to be there forever? Like you can see where the bar’s like territory ends because it’s walls are green while the hotel’s is red

- No like seriously Alastor you can copy a part of a bar but you can’t make the walls match the rest of the hotel’s walls?

- Husk seems slightly taller than Alastor

- Also Husk also has yellow teeth and if we go by Alastor’s teeth are yellow because he’s a cannibal, Husk might have been a cannibal when he was alive

- Husk clearly knows Alastor, he’s not afraid of him (to an extent, he was still a little shaken by the... Sir Pentious thing). Husk obviously voices his complaints without restraint and isn’t afraid of Alastor hurting him (I guess), and even when he was shaken up he was still the second person to follow Alastor back to the hotel.

- The entire relationship between Husk and Alastor is very intriguing to me! Husk doesn’t fear Alastor, Alastor called him a friend (obviously another jab at Husk but still), and they were in the same picture when Vaggie talked about Alastor being dangerous. I’m guessing they were probably friends once, maybe the picture is them both fighting another demon or fighting each other in like a fall-out.

- Vaggie is very exaggerated when she’s complaining about the bar and it’s beautiful

- Husk in the background as a still image just chugging booze is beautiful

-Angel’s angry face as Vaggie complains about the bar just before he leaves to lunge at her is beautiful and my favorite face

- 27:46 Alastor flipping FLUTTERS HIS EYES AT VAGGIE and you can hear a small sound effect of it and I just thought that was beautiful

- At the same moment Charlie is just rubbing her cheeks and it’s cute

- Right before Alastor starts singing, he throws some red... fire in the air and Charlie follows it with her eyes and she just so awed by it

- The fireplace in the background has an eye and a top hat above it and it just reminds me of Sir Pentious

- Alastor’s song has so many Friends on the Other Side vibes and I love it

- There are so many Christian symbols (and Satanic symbols) in the background of this song and I just don’t want to spend that time looking at each one :l

- Alastor’s shadow is also here further nailing the Friend on the Other Side vibe (not to mention the other shadows and voodoo doll things)

- Poor Niffty, she should never get hurt

- When Sir Pentious is talking and it shows the chibi characters, Charlie, Angel, and Niffty are looking at Alastor and when it zooms in for a split second Angel’s face is the most innocent bab ever

- There’s a building in the background with (again) one eye and a top hat, there’s also a cat building right next to it

- You can see heaven as a planet with a halo...

- There’s also a sun(?) or moon(?) or planet(?) with a pentagram on it

- I know that Egg Boi #OUCH is just a joke, but what if after 666, Sir Pentious just started giving them stupid names like that?

- Again, religious symbols float around Alastor that I’m not going to look into because I’ve taken so much time T_T

- Niffty is actually unfazed by Alastor summoning tentacles and destroying Sir Pentious’ ship. Really she has a normal smile and face and she immediately follows Alastor when he walks back to the hotel

- Angel is still flirting with Husk

- Charlie reassuring Vaggie is adorable

- Are we not going to talk about the carousel and gigantic steam boat that’s just protruding from the hotel

- I also love how the windows at the top of skull designs <3

- There’s an eye on the top of the building and the sign of Happy/Hazbin Hotel could also look like a top hate (why are there so many one-eyed top hats like Sir Pentious’...?)

- Stay tuned TM

- Not from me but, Alastor changes the name to Hazbin Hotel and Hazbin means something that was great before but is terrible now or something that is meaningless

- So Alastor liking terrible jokes is now canon? The dad joke thing wasn’t just a stream thing, it’s actually canon?

- Alastor actually has a red ‘X’ on his forehead, you can see it right after he destroys Sir Pentious’ ship

- The art in the credits shows Cherri Bomb having a tattoo

- I would like to talk a little about the design that’s in the background during the credits. So in the middle is an apple that’s being held by two sharp hands, there are three snakes coming out of it with only one snake fully out but still seems to have originated from the apple. The snake that’s completely out is on the top and has some designs around it that emphasize it, making it look more like a king (the devil, duh). The other two snakes are going down (probably referencing Adam and Eve maybe? Even though they also seem evil I just think of Adam and Eve.) Under them is another snake head. There are two sets of eyes around the top snake, one set has a line going down the middle of each eye like a scar while the bottom set has eyelashes. Even though the bottom set looks more “girly”, it reminds me of Lucifer because of the dots under them. If you want to grasp at straws the complete bottom snake’s tongue sort of looks like the bottom part of the symbol of Lucifer. The three snakes that clearly originate from the apple in the middle can also look like “Three snakes and one charm” if you squint. The symbol above the top snake looks like the infinity symbol combined with the cross, but it’s not the leviathan cross, so maybe just eternal... crucifixion?

- The smoke coming from the pit that Alastor made has souls in it

- I think #23 is depressed because he really wants to be shot... and he was just sitting there next to a bunch of dead hims

- Vivziepop said on a stream something about Lucifer being “generally goofy, but it depends on his voice” or something like that, please correct me if I’m completely wrong. This makes me things that Lucifer is going to have multiple voice actors.

-The Loading Crew “Everything We Know About Hazbin Hotel” brings up a point that it seems like the only things that can kill demons and sinners are the Exterminators’ weapons which are sometimes left behind that demons scavenge, Vaggie also appears to have one. I recommend watching his video, it’s very quick but also brings up points I haven’t addressed. 

And yeah, that’s all for now! ^_^ comment if you have something else to add or think I should change something

[all-hail-the-witcher]

one expensive can of easy cheese

crack head hours my kids

also inspired by a hot guy i saw at walgreens today

the walgreens chaos returns

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ship: ralbert

genre: crackhead angst

words: who knows, not super long

warnings: mentions of a twine kink, easy cheese, concussions, walgreens, race thinks another guy is hot, uhhh, hot men in scrubs, minor bits of violence, new yorkers been new yorkers, albert is a dumbass, race is more of a dumbass

editing: nah

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Race was sat on top of the counter in his and Albert’s apartment, a piece of duct tape over his mouth and his hands tied together with kitchen twine. He sighed against his restraints, resigned to watch his boyfriend make their contribution to this year’s Thanksgiving gathering: mac and cheese.

Now, of course everyone and their mother knew that mac and cheese was not a Traditional Thanksgiving Food. But, Albert had won (best out of three) mario kart yesterday so he had gotten to decide what they would bring to Jack’s house. Had Race known that he had been planning to make mac and fucking cheese, maybe he would have tried a little harder.

Apparently, Albert was not pleased with Race’s reaction to his decision to make mac and cheese, and thought that Race might try to get in the way somehow (which he may or may not have fully intended to do). So he did what any loving boyfriend would: sat him on the counter, put duct tape over his mouth and tied his hands together so he wouldn’t interfere.

Race was beginning to wonder why he had agreed to move in with Albert in the first place.

With a violent shake of his head and one final spat, he was able to dislodge the duct tape.

“Albieeeeee,” he whined, laying down on the counter. “Can you pleaaaaaaaseee let me helllllllllp?”

Albert barely glanced up as he pulled the big wooden spoon out of the pot and gave it a thoughtful lick. “Hmmmmmmm. No.”

“But-!” He wriggled around to give Albert his best puppy dog eyes. “Can I make something else then? Ple-OW!” He glared at the spatula that had been hurled at his arm. “You apologize for that!”

“Nah.” He smirked and went back to stirring his wretched pasta. Well, actually Albert’s mac and cheese was quite good. Race was just salty that he was making it for Thanksgiving when it was very well known that he was the chef of the two and Jack was expecting something good not the mac and cheese Albert famously made at 2am in college when they were all high as hell.

“Can you at least untie me then?”

“No.” Albert even bother considering this time.

“Well.” If logic wasn't going to work on Albert he would have to try another method. “I know you know how to make a guy feel good Albie, but I never expected ropes to be a part of it. What’s next? Handcuffs? Whips? Chains?”

In two seconds flat Race was out of his kitchen twine bonds and flexing his sore wrists.

“Man Albie, who knew you had a twine kink.”

“You know,” Albert began loudly, as if thinking that his loudness would cover up his totally obvious twine kink, “if you want to do something that's actually useful, you could go to Walgreens and buy me another can of Easy Cheese.”

“Is that what you put in your fuckin mac and cheese?” Race swore he actually felt bile rise in the back of his throat when Albert nodded. “That’s it. I’m never eating your mac and cheese again.”

“But-!”

“I’ll eat you though,” Race winked, taking a moment to enjoy the startled, yet somehow pleased look on his boyfriend’s face.

“Not until after we’re done at Jack’s.” Albert said only half jokingly as he dug around in his pocket for a second before throwing a crumpled five at Race. “In the meantime though, be gone thot!”

Race barely managed to catch the bill without falling on the floor, but still blew a kiss to Albert before walking out of the apartment.

Who the fuck puts easy cheese in mac and cheese? He wondered for the millionth time as he stomped the three blocks to Walgreens. Albert claimed that he had chosen his apartment for its proximity to the store, but up until today Race had always assumed that he had been joking. The man did make a lot of mac and cheese and if Easy Cheese was an ingredient well….maybe there was some truth to that story after all.

Race pulled open the door to the Walgreens, pausing briefly to wonder why the absolute fuck it was open on literal Thanksgiving before remembering that it was a fucking Walgreens and why wouldn’t it be open to sell his dumbass boyfriend a can of fucking Easy Cheese.

In order to get to the Easy Cheese, or at least he assumed so because he had never bought a can of Easy Cheese in his whole glorious 25 years of life, Race had to walk past the Pharmacy section of the store. And, it just so happened that there was a guy sitting behind the counter at the Pharmacy. A very attractive guy. With a beard. In scrubs.

Now, of course Race loved Albert and nothing would ever change that, but he could appreciate an attractive man when he saw one. He thanked whatever deity was out there for the bit of man candy that he had been granted and went in search of his Easy Cheese.

“Mac and cheese, velveta cheese, microwaveable mac and cheese, where the fuck is the- oh thank fuck there we go.” He pulled a can of Easy Cheese off of the shelf, tossing it once and catching it before turning to go pay for the horrendous product, happy to finally be done with the whole ordeal when-

“Easy cheese? Really?”

Race whirled around to see Mr. Man Candy himself leaning against the opposite shelf. “Wh- who?”

“Oh,” he dusted his hand off on his scrubbs, “allow me to introduce myself. My name is Brett O’Hare. And you, sir, are a disgrace to society. The very reason why so many Americans are in poor health in this day and age.”

“I’m sorry, what?”

“The Easy Cheese!” Brett gestured wildly toward the can in Race’s hand. “Gosh do you even know how many preservatives are in that stuff? And all the cancers that it can cause? It’s terrible. We wouldn’t need free healthcare if people just stopped eating Easy Cheese!”

Race had lived in New York City his whole life, and he had seen some pretty strange things, but never had he seen a pharmacist in a Walgreens lecture anyone about the health benefits of Easy Cheese.

“So let me get this straight,” Race rubbed his head, trying to make sense of the situation. “You go around yelling at people about the ingredients in the things that they are purchasing?”

“Yeah.”

“You do realize that this is a Walgreens, right? Everything in here probably contains some kind of chemical.” New Yorkers never ceased to amaze him.

“All the more reason for me to inform them of their poor eating habits!” Brett pointed a finger at him. “And stop distracting me! You’re the one buying the freaking easy cheese here!”

“It’s not even for me!” Race shouted back. “It’s for my boyfriend’s fucking mac and cheese that he insisted on making for Thanksgiving even though everyone knows that mac and cheese is not a fucking Thanksgiving food and he’s only making it cause he knocked me off the goddamn rainbow road right before the fucking finish line!” Race was fuming but the time that he was done.

“Oh, man I’m so sorry, that's lousy.”

Race looked surprised. Of all the things that he thought he would get out of this Walgreens experience, a therapy session was indeed not on the list. But neither had been hearing a lecture about the preservatives in Easy Cheese from a pharmacist.

“But that doesn’t change the fact that you’re still buying Easy Cheese!” Between one second and the next, Brett had grabbed the can of Easy Cheese out of Race’s hand, wielding it like a brick. “Buy some fucking vegetables!”

And with that, he struck Race over the head with the can of Easy Cheese.

Now, Race had definitely done some questionable things during his life. Once he had slept on the roof of his dorm building in January for a week because he lost his dorm key, and another time he had been tricked into making an entire wedding cake using salt. However, being smacked over the head with a can of Easy Cheese by a health nut in scrubs on Thanksgiving put any and all other situations he had been in to shame.  

He opened his eyes, suddenly blinded by the lights, and reached for his phone, muttering curses about man candy and vegetables. Squinting so he didn’t have to look at the screen, he somehow managed to dial Albert.

“Racetrack Higgins, where is my Easy Cheese?”

Race pulled the phone away from his ear and winced at the sound of his boyfriend’s voice. “Um, it may have been used to give me a concussion by a health nut in scrubs?”

Albert let out a loud sigh. “Ah man, did you run into Brett? That guy’s the worst.”

“Wait, you know him?”

“Race, I know every Walgreens employee in Manhattan, of course I know Brett.” There was the jangling of keys in the background. “I thought I told you to go to the one on 4th for this reason, ah, well. I’m on my way. I’ll take you to urgent care. Hang tight.”

Race’s head hurt too much to process what Albert had said except for the words ‘I’m on my way.’ “Okay,” he sighed.

“Love you.”

“Love you too.” Race’s eyes focused on the dented can of Easy Cheese rolling on the floor. “And Al?”

“Yeah?”

“This is going to be one expensive can of Easy Cheese.”

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GO-ctober prompts, 12

Inktober except without the ink, and with drabbles instead.

Prompt #12 - Dragon

(previous | next | beginning)

(find it all on Ao3)

“Hold up. Hold up. What do you mean they're not real?”

“Not real. Never existed.”

“But there's bones! Bones and fragments and- there's a whole scientific field about them!” “Nah.” Crowley swirled his almost empty wineglass around. “S'all just a big joke.”

“Dinosaurs aren't real.” Anathema stared at the ceiling from her current position of 'slumped down on the sofa that was just as comfortable as it looked and surprisingly big enough to hold two very drunk people- ...entities? without them hanging all over each other'. She rather supposed it wasn't that big on usual days, when it was two different entities sitting on it.

“Dinosaurs aren't real.” Crowley echoed and refilled his glass and then hers, as she held it out for him.

“I'm too drunk for this, I think.” She said, even as the red was still pouring into her hand.

“Sober up then.”

“I can't just do that.”

“Sheesh, your kind is useless.”

“Well, forgive me for being made that way, apparently.” Despite her meager protests, she took a big gulp of wine. Having to come to terms with all the truths Crowley kept confronting her with needed proper alcoholic lubrication. “So, no dinosaurs.”

“Nope.”

“What about- oh, what about werewolves? And vampires?”

“Nah. All those scary things were just you humans trying to find a good story for the horrible things other humans did. Or animals, I guess.”

“So nothing from fantasy is really real, then?”

“That's a broad assumption.” Crowley leant back on the sofa, but Anathema's look was pleading enough for him to go on. “Most of it's not, no. But some stuff. Like...” He thought about it, but not long. “Like unicorns. Those were real, but only for a really short time.” “Get out. Unicorns? You're having a laugh.”

“Nah, unicorns were a thing. But there's nothing left over, those horns they kept finding weren't real ones.”

Anathema paused, and contemplated.

“Loch Ness Monster.”

“That, I'm not telling you.” He grinned in an unsettling kind of way, and Anathema was suddenly very much reminded that she was dining with the devil, so to speak. Or had been dining. They'd come back from the restaurant about two hours ago, but the wine had not stopped since. She didn't dare ask about it. “I make good money out of that conspiracy. Also, the Scots would have my head for it, one way or another.”

She hummed, understanding only a little bit and taking another sip. The room was starting to become slightly blurry.

“And dragons?”

“Oh, those were real. But the middle ages all but killed them off.” Crowley already refilled his glass again. “Might be some poor buggers hiding in caves somewhere in the tundra, or something, I dunno.”

“You're fucking kidding me.” Anathema sat up a bit, careful not to slosh any wine on her surroundings (one scolding from an angel was enough to teach her). “Dragons are real, but dinosaurs are not?”

“Yep.”

“Does that mean some of the dinosaur bones were actually dragons?”

“Could be. S'not like I really check up on them, y'know.” She sank down again, contemplating this new information, until a soft but stern voice behind them caught her attention.

“Don't listen to him, dear.” Aziraphale had wandered over from the middle of the shop, where he'd gotten lost in some books while trying to look up something Anathema had asked him about an hour ago. “Dragons are not real, and never were.”

“Oh.” She only muttered, as Crowley put his tongue out towards the angel.

“Oh come on, angel, let me have some fun with this.”

“So dragons aren't real.” Anathema repeated between them before they could dissolve into another bickering argument, as they often did. “Are dinosaurs, then?”

“Oh no, those are absolutely a joke.” Aziraphale patted her shoulder as he went past, a wineglass suddenly in his hand, stretched out for Crowley to fill before he went back to his armchair.

“How do you guys know all this? I mean, you-” the wineglass in her hand pointed to Aziraphale, and almost dripped on the carpet a little bit, “you know, obviously, angel and creation and-and all that, but-”

“Now I know you're really getting too drunk.” Crowley's voice was deeper than usual. “I already explained the demon and fallen angel thing to you.”

“Oh.” She mumbled into her glass. “Oh, yeah. Sorry. That was rude.”

“S'fine. Like I care.”

“So you both know- basically, you know everything?”

“Yes.” Crowley said.

“Absolutely not.” Aziraphale said. “We know a lot, yes, given the fact that we've been on Earth rather a long time now, but we weren't all involved in everything.”

“We were at the most important bits, though.” Crowley started counting off on one hand, but quickly gave up when he realised he would need far more fingers for that. “The whole Ark thing, and the Jesus thing, and most of the important kings and emperors, and the revolutions – how many were there, again? - and, and when they invented fireworks, and glass, and- basically a lot of inventions, and lots of political stuff, although that gets really boring and repetitive after a while, and-”

“Dear.” Aziraphale interrupted him, albeit with a smile. “You're rambling.”

Crowley also sloshed his wine in his direction, not caring at all that some of it did spill. “I'm drunk, angel.”

“That you are.”

“Did you know that humans can't sober up?”

“Of course I did. And you do, too. You just like to be contrary.”

Anathema was still working stuff through her head as they chatted on, which was slightly difficult given the level of inebriation she'd achieved, and the constant background noise of two immortal beings bickering around like 12-year-olds (she had more than enough experience with both of these groups by now). She came to another important question after a while, though, and decided not to wait for a pause that would never come to ask it.

“How does that feel?”

“How does what feel, exactly?”

“I'm afraid we've missed a little part of your question there, dear, in your head.”

“How does it feel- to be there when things like that happen? Like, standing around at court and watching people party and waiting for the revolution to start? Or seeing people get sick and knowing it's gonna be the plague and, I mean, everyone will die? Doesn't it feel horrible?”

“That's not how it works.” Crowley sighed and leant back some more, and Anathema could almost feel the weight on his shoulders from remembering. “We don't know what's gonna happen, just like you don't know how the future is gonna turn out. You don't know how it's gonna go until you get the news how it went.”

“Then how did you end up in all these important places? There's, I mean, a million – or more – what I mean is, the earth is a biiig place.” Anathema stretched her arms, as if trying to show just how big, and Crowley held her drifting wineglass aloft so it didn't stain his jeans. “How come you were at the right places and not in some... some other place on the other end of the world.”

“Well.” Aziraphale was answering her, but focussed far more on Crowley, who'd taken the wineglass out of her hands and pushed her arm back down a bit. “Some of it was work, you see. Upstairs does know what's going on, so to say, and they would send me there to help out. Simply put, of course.”

Crowley nodded before Anathema turned to him, an almost accusing look in her eye. “Then what's your excuse? I mean, Hell doesn't know, does it? Surely God is not telling the devil how things are gonna happen?”

“We have some pretty good spies and conspirators on our side, though.” Crowley shrugged. “Never really questioned it, to be honest. Would just get the memos of where to travel and who to tempt, and that's it. And then when he showed up” another shaking wineglass in Aziraphale's direction, another red drop on the carpet that disappeared immediately. “I usually knew I was right on track.”

He sunk back down, almost on Anathema's level now, and had another drink before mumbling on.

“'nd sometimes I'd just look him up to see what was going on, cause otherwise things'd get real boring after a while.”

Anathema took another round of thinking for that sentence, which Aziraphale had not actually heard, or at least pretended very well not to have heard, as he gave no reaction to it.

“That's actually really sweet.” she concluded before Crowley could hush her.

“What is sweet, dear?”

“Crowley following you around cause he got lonely.”

“Did he now?” Aziraphale's smile was beaming, and almost painful to stand, especially after about two and a half bottles of wine.

“Yeah, he just said-” “You are too drunk, book girl.”

“Am not! You just said it!”

“That is rather sweet, my love.”

Crowley groaned, and sunk even deeper. “Tell the whole blessed world, won'tcha?”

“Like a puppy.” The last bit of alcohol was settling into Anathema's brain. “I'm not a dog-”

“Cat, then. Very affectionate cat. They are, sometimes.” “I'm a ssssnake!”

Anathema stared at Crowley, too groggy to really understand. “Do those get affectionate?”

A sudden sound made her head turn, but she wasn't clear enough to recognise it as Aziraphale swallowing down a burst of laughter.

“Well, I'd say this one is.” He smiled over to Crowley, who was – was that a blush? Could demons blush? Anathema had more questions. She was luckily not drunk enough to ask them yet.

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In Sickness In Health

This is a part of a TRR A/U called Cordonians Gone Wild, a collaborative effort by @ao719 @speedyoperarascalparty @leelee10898 and yours truly. Catch up HERE.

Summary: Genevieve and Liam are home sick while Anitah and Rashad have fun in NYC. This was a prompt request from @speedyoperarascalparty: For Genevieve and whoever you want You have cold, you’re not dying.

Rating: Mature, bad language and awful decisions. And this turned out much longer than I intended.

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Before the alarm clock went off, Genevieve woke up coughing. Rashad stirred next to her and turned. Looking at her concerned, he asked, “Are you alright, Gen?” She nodded her head still coughing. He got out of bed and brought back a glass of water. She took a sip and smiled at her husband, “Thank you, honey. I guess I caught that cold that’s going around. I feel fine other than this cough.” Rashad sighed, “Sweetheart, I really think you should go to the doctor. You’ve been tired the past week and this cough doesn’t sound good. What if you have bronchitis?”

“Baby, I’m fine...besides, I have too much work to do to be sick. Don’t worry,” she smiled at him trying to convince him that she was in fact alright. Just then, Rashad’s cell phone rang, “What’s up Liam? It’s early.” He heard a pitiful whimper on the other end of the phone, “Rashad, I'm dying!" Genevieve then started hacking again. She left the room so she wouldn’t interrupt the phone call. He heard Anitah laughing in the background before the phone was removed from Liam’s hand. “Hello, Rashad. The King is not on his deathbed, I promise. Is Gen alright? She sounds awful!”

Rashad replied, "He kinda sounds like he's dying, Anitah...Gen says she's fine and refuses to go the doctor. She said it's just a cold." Anitah tried to control her laughter as Liam continued to groan in the background like a wounded animal. She lowered her voice to a whisper, “Liam just has the man flu. Sounds like they need to switch places.” Rashad let out a heavy sigh,"Well they're both stubborn. So good luck trying to convince them. What does this mean for our trip to New York for the Climate Action Summit? Will your dying husband be able to make it?"

“No, he will not be going. Hope you don’t mind the Queen taking his place...”

"These trips are always fun when you're there. Hopefully no international disasters this time..."

“That was ONE time Rashad....but I won’t make any promises,” Anitah laughed. Rashad chuckled, "We're set to leave at 4:30. Maybe Gen should stay at the palace with Liam while we're gone. I don't want her to be by herself. My father is also traveling, and she’s not going to call the staff if she needs something. Plus, Liam probably shouldn’t be alone right now." Anitah agreed, “That will be more than fine. I will let staff know she’ll be staying.”

The two hung up the phone, and Rashad started packing a bag for his wife. He knew she would protest, so he was preparing himself mentally. He recited what he was going to say so that she would agree to go to the palace while he was out of town. He heard her phone chirp with a message, and he glanced at the screen. A smile formed on his lips after he read it.

She came back into the room freshly showered. “What are you doing, Rashad?” She motioned towards the packed bag. He took a deep breath already forgetting his prepared speech, “Before you say no, hear me out...Liam is sick, so Anitah is going to New York with me instead. Since you're sick, I thought you and Liam could keep each other company.”

She rolled her eyes, “So you're asking me to babysit Liam? I told you I feel fine. And I have to go to work, honey. I'll just check on him before and after work. Have Drake watch him during the day.” She grumbled under her breath, “He's such a baby.”

Rashad cleared his throat, trying not to laugh, “Sweetie, Pam already texted and said to stay home. Check your phone.” Sure enough, when she looked at her phone, there was a text from Pam that read, ‘Keep your sick ass at home. I don't want your cooties.’

“You guys are ridiculous!” She said loudly which caused her to have another coughing fit. He raised his brow at her. “Fine!” she stomped off to her closet to get dressed.

Meanwhile at the palace, Anitah was packing her suitcase for the trip. “Anitah!” Liam yelled. “Love, can you just stay home and take care of me? Rashad can go to the summit by himself…” Anitah tried to keep her face serious, “My King, one of us has to represent Cordonia along with Rashad, so they know we take climate issues seriously. Gen is coming to stay with you.” Liam looked relieved, “Gen’s staying with me? Ok, I feel better now. She can take care of me. And she cooks really good food.” Anitah giggled, “She's sick too, and Pam banned her from the clinic until she feels better. So you guys can take care of each other. She is in denial of being sick so she probably will cook for you. Now, can I get you anything before I leave? Orange juice? Soup? Your balls maybe?”

“Ha ha ha...you're so funny,” Liam replied. “I'd like some orange juice though.” Anitah brought Liam a glass of juice and kissed his forehead. Then she resumed packing her bag. “Good luck, Gen,” she murmured while she packed.

That afternoon, Genevieve and Rashad entered the royal quarters. Liam was laying on the couch covered with a blanket. He looked at his two friends, “Hey, guys. Sorry I didn't answer the door, my entire body hurts.” Rashad covered his mouth to hide the smile on his face, “I hope you feel better, Li. Gen will take care you of while we’re gone.”

“Thanks, Rashad. Make sure to keep an eye on my Queen. I don't want to have to clean up another international...achoo!” Liam pulled the covers up to his chin and whimpered. Rashad chuckled, “She will be fine. If not, I'll just pretend I don't know her.”

He looked at his wife who was working on her laptop at the dining room table. “Sweetheart, you need to rest. I know you're ‘fine’ but that can wait.” She turned to him and smiled, “I won't be on long. Just have to respond to some emails. Then I have to take care of...that.” She pointed to Liam who had fallen asleep on the couch with his mouth open.

Anitah tiptoed towards the door, “Alright let’s go before he wakes up and starts whining again! Gen, I know you're not sick, but I'm still not hugging you.” She giggled and waved to her friend as Brad grabbed her bag and they both left. Rashad turned to his wife, “I'll be back in a couple of days. Please try to go to the doctor while I'm gone. I'm sure Bastien wouldn't mind taking you.” She rolled her eyes at him, “Well if I'm so sick, I'm sure I won't get a goodbye kiss from my husband…” He pulled her up so she was standing in front of him. Rashad leaned down and kissed her sweetly, “I'll always kiss you, sick or not. I love you, Gen.”

“Have a good trip, honey. I love you too.”

After Rashad left, Liam woke up from his nap. “Gen…I don't feel good. I think I have a fever.” Genevieve walked up to him and put her hand against his forehead. “Liam, you don't feel warm. Have you taken your temperature?” He shook his head no. She walked into the bathroom to get the thermometer. She stuck it in his mouth and went into the kitchen, pulling out a large pot. She perused through the items in the royal couple’s fridge and pantry, grabbing the ingredients she needed to make dinner. When she heard the thermometer beep, she went back to the living room.

Genevieve removed the thermometer from Liam’s mouth, “As I suspected…” Liam looked at her with puppy dog eyes. “I told you! I'm sick.” She started laughing showing him the 98.6 temperature on the screen. This made her start coughing. “Don't make me laugh, Liam! This cough hurts. I’m going to make you some chicken noodle soup. If that doesn't make you feel better...seriously...nothing will, because you're fine.”

The royal jet landed in New York. Anitah and Rashad checked into The Surrey. “Let's meet for dinner in a half hour, Rashad. Then I think we should go for drinks at Kismet.” Rashad looked at her, “A nightclub, seriously?”

“Why not? It's the hottest club in the city. The first night I met Liam I was going to take him there, but I took him to the beach instead.” The two went their separate ways to get ready for dinner. Rashad pulled out his phone and called his wife. “Hi, sweetie. How is everything?”

“He's finally sleeping! Every little sound wakes him up, and he starts whimpering. I'm going to smother him with his pillow. Too bad Bas keeps checking on us.” Rashad chuckled, “We just checked in. We're going to have dinner and go to a club, I guess.” This made his wife start giggling and coughing. “You're going to a club? Poor Brad. He's going to earn his paycheck tonight. I love you, Rashad. Have fun.”

“I love you too. I'll see you in a couple of days,” he hung up the phone.

He met Anitah in the hotel lobby. “Gen said they're fine...but Liam might die before we get back.” After dinner, the two friends entered the nightclub. Music thumped, multicolored lights flashed all over, and the dance floor was packed with people. The pair walked straight to the bar and ordered shots. After a few drinks they started to feel the liquid courage course through their veins.

A tall, handsome man walked up next to Anitah and licked his lips as he looked her up and down. “What are ya drinking, gorgeous?” Anitah giggled while Rashad rolled his eyes and got between her and the man. “She's drinking what I'm buying. Move along.” The man held his hands up and backed away from the bar. A short while later a blonde woman sat next to Rashad. “What's a girl gotta do to get a drink around here?” Anitah pulled Rashad to side and stood real close to her, “You ever been to Brooklyn? If you haven't, you're about to see it if you don't walk away right now.” The woman’s eyes went wide, “I...I'm sorry, i didn't know he was here with his wife…” she quickly walked away. The two looked at each other and burst out laughing.

Anitah yelled over the music, “Let's get out of here! I'll take you on a tour of New York! But wait…” she pointed to Brad who was eyeing her suspiciously. “We have to ditch him.” At this point Rashad was half in the bag and agreed with the Queen. She beckoned her guard over to her, “Bradley, go get the car! We're leaving!” Once Brad left, Anitah grabbed Rashad’s hand and sprinted towards the door laughing, “Hurry, Cinnamon Roll! We have to get out of here!” The two drunken friends ran down the New York street as an unsuspecting Brad pulled up with the SUV.

A short while later, they arrived at Time Square. “You gotta see the naked cowboy!” Rashad looked at her confused, “Why...why would I want to see a naked cowboy?” She ignored him and continued to yank on his arm leading him towards the street performer. Rashad stared at him wide eyed, “wow...he's in his tighty whities...in the middle of Time Square...playing a guitar. This is the greatest thing I've ever seen!” He grinned at Anitah who was giggling uncontrollably.

Rashad continued to watch him perform, “He's like Fabio in a cowboy hat…” he reached into his pocket to retrieve his wallet, pulling out a few bills, “You know what? I like you, take it all!” He dropped his entire wallet into the cowboy’s guitar case. “Rashad! Let's go get pie! I know just the place!” Anitah began to pull him down the street towards the subway.

Meanwhile at the palace, Liam’s phone rang. Genevieve jumped up to get it so it wouldn't wake him. She saw Brad’s number flashing on the screen and she stifled a laugh. She walked into a bedroom and answered the phone, “Brad! Why are you calling Liam instead of Bas?”

“Your…Your Grace, I...I...lost the queen in New York…” he sounded frantic. She could hear the New York traffic in the background. “I knew this would happen!” She started laughing hard, again breaking out into a coughing fit. “Let me find Bastien. I'll have him call you. DO NOT call Liam again. I will kill you, do you understand?” She walked out of the royal quarters and found Bastien. “Bas, Anitah and Rashad ditched Brad and he's panicking. Can you please help him before he drives himself into the Atlantic?” She saw a smirk form on Bastien’s lips, “I'm on it, Your Grace.”

Anitah and Rashad arrived at the New York subway. A drunk Rashad looked around at the dingy concrete and tile. They boarded a train and noticed different types of people that Rashad had never encountered before. They took their seats on the train and looked around at their fellow travelers. Anitah nudged Rashad’s arm and nodded towards a couple that were locked in a heated kiss. The woman was straddling the man. Rashad’s eyes went wide, “Are they...no...they can’t be…” Anitah burst out laughing, “I’m pretty sure they are, Rashad.”

“That’s kinky, even for Liam,” Rashad replied. They turned their attention to a drunk man that was having an animated conversation with one of the poles. Clearly he was having a disagreement with it and wasn’t going to be proven otherwise. Then they heard a Spanish speaking couple having a heated discussion in front of them. They had Rashad’s full attention. “Can you understand them?” Anitah asked. He nodded his head, “Yes, the man said he knows that she’s been sleeping with his best friend, Juan.” Anitah gasped, “No!”

“Now the man is questioning if the baby is his and wants a paternity test.” The woman stood up and slapped the man across the face. “Damn!” Anitah yelled. “That looked like it hurt.” Rashad continued, “She just told him that she slept with Juan because she knew that he was sleeping with him too.” Both of their mouths formed into perfect ‘o’ shapes. “Juan’s a slut…” Anitah whispered. The subway train came to a stop. “This is us, let’s go get pie!”

They walked into a mom and pop diner in the heart of Harlem. All eyes turned to the overdressed pair. Anitah didn’t notice and pulled Rashad up to the diner counter and ordered two pieces of apple pie. “Now, this is a real apple pie, Rashad!” Anitah took a big bite of her piece. Rashad looked at it unconvinced. He cut a small piece with his fork and took a bite. “This is delicious, Anitah! Who knew American apple pie was better than Cordonian apple pie…do not tell Liam I said that. I will deny it.” He quickly ate his piece and ordered another. When the waitress gave him the second helping, she dropped off their check. Rashad reached into his pocket and his heart dropped when he couldn’t find his wallet. He reached into the interior pocket of his jacket and the wallet wasn’t there either. “Anitah, I lost my wallet!” Anitah giggled, “No you didn’t. You gave it to the naked cowboy.”

“Are you telling me that you two don’t have any money?” the woman asked sternly from behind the counter. Anitah patted Rashad’s hand, “I’ll handle this…” She turned to the woman, “Excuse me, I’m the Queen of Gordon and I would like you to bill this pie to my room.” She started walking towards the door. “Oh no you don’t, Queenie! I’m calling the cops.”

Back in Cordonia, Bastien was on the phone with his friend at the NYPD. “Yes, the Queen and Duke were last seen entering the subway...Ah, I see...I will notify her guard. Thank you for your help. Please just hold them in the back of the squad car until he arrives.” Bastien chuckled as he dialed Brad’s number. “I will text you the address to the diner. They ate and didn’t pay for their food. Make sure to bring some non-disclosure agreements with you. The police are holding them so they can’t get away from you again, Brad.”

Liam woke up from his long nap whining and whimpering. “Gen, I need water and I think I really have a fever now…” Genevieve got him a glass of water and touched his forehead. He was slightly warm. “I’ll take your temperature again, but it’s probably elevated because you’ve been under that thick blanket for hours.” She walked into the kitchen to check on the soup that was simmering on the stove. The noodles were floating which meant the soup was done. She ladled soup into two bowls, thinking she may as well enjoy some of it.

She heard the thermometer beep and gave Liam the bowl. She took the thermometer from his mouth and checked the screen. “Liam! Your temperature is 104.9! We have to get you to the hospital.” She dialed Bastien’s number and told him to get the car ready. Genevieve helped Liam off of the couch and out of the royal chambers. Bastien met them in the hall and helped support the sick King. Enroute to the emergency room, Genevieve called Rashad. His phone went to voicemail so she left him a message, “Honey, I hope you’re out of the squad car now…” she coughed and laughed. “When you get this, let Anitah know I’m taking Liam to the ER. His temperature is really high, but I’m sure everything will be fine. I’ll call or text once I talk to the doctor.”

With Bastien’s help, the pair of friends were checked in and shown to a private room. Shortly after a nurse came in and checked his vitals. “Blood pressure looks ok, oxygen levels are normal. Your majesty, what’s bothering you? Are you breathing ok?” Liam whimpered, “My body aches and I have a fever.” The nurse took Liam’s temperature and raised her brow, “Your majesty, your temperature looks normal...How high was it before you came here?” Genevieve looked at the nurse, “Are you sure? Because when I took it at the palace it was almost 105...unless...Liam, did you put the thermometer up to the lamp?” She turned to her friend, glaring at him.

Liam’s cheeks flushed, “Maybe...I don’t feel well and no one was taking me seriously. I just want to see the doctor!” The nurse clicked her tongue, “The doctor will be with you shortly, King Liam…” Genevieve got up and smacked Liam in the arm, “What is the matter with you? There are people with real emergencies, and we got you in here ahead of them.” Liam gave her a pitiful look, “Don’t be mad, Gen. Had I known the soup was ready, I would have waited to do that. Genevieve couldn’t help but giggle, “You’re stupid, you know that right?” Liam smiled in return, “And you’re the meanest care taker ever.”

The doctor came into the room and addressed the King, “What seems to be the problem, your majesty?” He checked Liam’s eyes, ears and throat while he listened to Liam drone on about all of his ailments. Genevieve started coughing while he was listening to Liam’s heart and lungs through the stethoscope, and he looked in her direction. The doctor smiled at him, “Based on everything in your chart, it looks like you just have a virus. It should clear up in a couple of days. Plenty of fluids and rest and you should be back to normal in no time.” He turned to Genevieve, “Now, you, your grace...I’d like to listen to your lungs. That cough doesn’t sound good.”

She waved him off, “I’m fine. I’m not even checked in, Doc. We’re here to tell his majesty that he is a big fat baby.” She grinned at Liam. The doctor walked towards where she was sitting, “I’m afraid that I can’t let you leave without checking you. You sound like you might have something serious.” She rolled her eyes, “Fine..go ahead.” He listened to her lungs for a long period of time, asking her to take a deep breath every so often. The doctor removed the stethoscope from his ears and put them back around his neck. “I think you have pneumonia. I’m going to order a chest x-ray to confirm it.” Genevieve grumbled under her breath, “I am sure I don’t have pneumonia, but do what you must.” She pulled out her phone and started playing candy crush. After the x-ray, the doctor came back in, “Well it looks like you have pneumonia. I’d like to check you in and have some IV antibiotics administered.” Genevieve looked at him skeptically, but agreed to stay at the hospital.

Back in New York, Anitah and Rashad met bright and early for the first day of the summit. Both were hungover and looked like they had walked to Harlem and back. Rashad told Anitah about Genevieve’s message and said that he was waiting for an update. They took their seats in the front row of the conference center when Brad approached Anitah. “Your majesty, Bastien called and said that Genevieve’s been checked into the hospital.” Rashad’s head snapped towards him, “Is she alright? She didn’t mention that in her message earlier.” Brad motioned for them to follow him. He explained what had happened and that the jet was ready to leave the airfield once they arrived. Once they were in the air, Anitah turned to Rashad, “Ok, I’ll take care of Gen and you can take care of Liam. I mean she’s one of my best friends and he’s one of yours…”

“She’s my wife, Anitah. I will be taking care of her. I just hope she’s ok and that she’s actually listening to the medical staff.” After they arrived at the hospital, Anitah pulled Rashad to the side in the hallway, “Listen, rock paper scissors. Best two out of three. Whoever wins gets to stay with Gen. The loser deals with Liam.” Rashad rolled his eyes, “No, she’s my wife…”

“Please Rashad, I’m begging you. Please!” He let out a sigh, “Fine. one, two, three…” They pounded their fists into their palms. Anitah held out rock and Rashad held out paper. “Dammit! Again!” Anitah yelled out. “One, two, three…” Anitah held out rock again and Rashad, again, held out paper. “I’m taking care of my wife.” He started walking away before she could argue. “No you don’t, Cinnamon Roll! I’m getting to her room first and you can go to Liam’s room!” She ran after him and grabbed the back of his shirt, ripping it. She kicked him in the shin and ran down the hallway. “What the fu...Anitah!” He ran after her as the staff yelled at the two of them.

They made it to Genevieve’s hospital room and burst through the door. Liam’s head snapped up as he watched Anitah fall to the floor, and Rashad trip over her, both of them sweaty and out of breath. “My love, you came for me!” Liam smiled at his wife. “Li...Liam...I thought this was Gen’s room? Is she ok?” Anitah asked, trying to mask the shock on her face at seeing her ‘sick’ husband wearing a hospital gown and laying in a hospital bed. The curtain next to Liam got pulled to the side. “I’m right here. What is all that noise?” Genevieve asked annoyed. She had an IV in her arm and machines beeping and buzzing around her.

Rashad rushed to her side, “Sweetheart, are you ok?” Genevieve smiled at him, “I’m fine. I should be able to go home tomorrow. You didn’t need to come home early.” He leaned down and kissed her forehead. “When I heard you were in the hospital, I got worried. I’d rather be here with you.” The door opened and the doctor walked in, “Ah, Duke Rashad. It’s nice to see you. Your wife will need to stay tonight and then she will be discharged in the morning. We just want to make sure that she’s hydrated and that the antibiotics are working.” Liam groaned from his hospital bed and the doctor looked at him surprised, “Your majesty, we discharged you hours ago from the emergency room. Go home.” Anitah let out a loud snort and started laughing.

[lunawings]

King of Prism SSS Episode 3 commentary (Taiga)

I am SO RELIEVED that this episode is FINALLY out. 

I finally get to show you guys what the inside of my head has been like for two months. 

THE FESTIVAL THAT HAS BEEN INSIDE ME

GET BUCKLED IN

Taiga’s room is divided into half Kazuki worship, half Aomori. Seems about right.

Let me start off by saying it brings me SO MUCH JOY how much Taiga loves Aomori. Aomori is way far removed from Tokyo, on the northernmost tip of the main island, and pretty much in the countryside. I went there 4-5 years ago before King of Prism existed AND I. LOVED. IT. There was a cool breeze even in the brutal Japanese summer, the atmosphere was refreshing and wonderful... and the festival. Two of the biggest things Aomori is known for are apples and, of course, the Nebuta festival which I’m convinced has to be the best festival in all of Japan. Those giant festival floats are just fucking amazing and I will be inter-splicing this post with my travel photos from that time. 

But even so, I’d think a boy at Taiga’s age would still think Tokyo is a lot cooler and want to be in the big city. BUT NO. NOT TAIGA. And since I also CANNOT FUCKING STAND TOKYO either, every time Taiga in this episode says Aomori is better than Tokyo I just want to stand up and be like 

FUCK YEAH IT IS 

Okay moving on, sorry this post is gonna be long enough as it is. 

When I first heard this line I swore it sounded like he was saying something about “Las Vegas” ahah... ha...

I am very happy with this screenshot. 

*ahem* Anyway. I looked up “rassera” ages ago because I had no idea what that was about and apparently it’s a phrase that lost it’s original meaning over time as it got muddled together, and is now only used as a festival chant. It used to mean “bring out the candles” or something?

The “us” in the sub kind of annoys me because Over the Rainbow isn’t a part of Edel Rose anymore but maybe that’s.... just.... meeeeeeeeee..............

I took the night bus from Tokyo to Aomori before. It was 10 or 11 hours. It was... unpleasant.

Old dude club in the back row.

I really wonder what people who have never seen Pride the Hero are gonna think of this exchange. If you have not seen Pride the Hero, sorry to disappoint you(?) but taxi is actually not a metaphor. 

I wonder if Kakeru would have really kept hounding Taiga if he didn’t pay him back. It’s not like Kakeru needs the money. I think it’s more that Taiga just has his pride and wants to do right by Kakeru and not take advantage of him. Or at least I like thinking that way. 

My second favorite line by Taiga in SSS. 

People at the cheering shows are like “Gimme the apron!!”

No, I have no idea why they decided to design Taiga’s cousin(s) to look like Ann and Wakana. 

My third favorite Taiga line in SSS. I just love how perfect the timing is. Taiga just watches everyone walk past him trying to debate if this is really happening or not and then just HOLD ON WAIT--

Behold Yukinojo examining what I think is supposed to be the armor that made Taiga pee his pants in Young of Prism. This is the Easter egg I was talking about. 

I LOVE OZORA. 

Another great thing about SSS is learning how all of the boys have these amazing female characters in their lives. 

The first/only anime reference to Taiga’s distaste for apples. In side material it’s been explained that Taiga can’t stand apples because they are everywhere in Aomori. Even the sound of someone biting into the skin of an apple drives him nuts. Minato has used it as punishment before in Prism Rush. 

People in the theater like to say “Don’t forget the apple!” 

At the midnight showing I think the girl next to me had a brain aneurysm when she saw Wakana here. And I might of as well. 

At this part I always yell “WAKANA DON’T GO!!!!”

Just.... ahhhhhh Taiga being seamlessly inserted in the Rainbow Live continuity like this is just... kjlfjfkljfls.......

Even though I know in the logical part of my brain that Taiga did not exist when Rainbow Live was made, I still kinda want to go back and look for him in the background of that episode anyway. But I hesitate because I know I won’t want to be disappointed with not finding him. 

Still, the idea that Wanana, Ann, and Kazuki all supposedly knew him from way back when is crazy and makes my heart warm. 

(Oh but WAKANAAAAAAA so sad)

So. “Gaudy” huh. We’re goin’ with that huh. HUH. “Gaudy” I know for a fact is the literal translation you get when you look up “charachara” in a Japanese-English dictionary. I have used it too... AS A PLACEHOLDER....................

Seeing this and trying so hard not to FUCKING SCREAM at the midnight showing was a moment for all of us. Taiga.... Taiga.................. Taigaaaaa................. I can’t see this without feeling it travel through every nerve in my body. 

WakanAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Accurate description of summertime in the countryside of Japan. Everyone hangs out and eats copious amounts of fruit probably from a neighbor’s farm. Just go out and walk down the street and you’ll come home with fruit. 

So this is Aomori city, the area not far from the station. When I saw this in the theater I was like, that looks.... kinda familiar. Then the next day I went searching for photos from my sideblog @mdawnjpn and....

I found this and I just immediately started tearing up, like hand over my mouth trying not to cry on the bullet train from Tokyo back to Nagoya during that first weekend. I was there I WAS THERE. 

So I mentioned previously I got to Aomori after a 10 or 11 hour night bus. And I didn’t sleep for almost any of it because I just can’t sleep on buses. And I felt LIKE. DEATH. But I couldn’t find an internet cafe or anywhere to sleep for a while because Aomori city just doesn’t have a lot of things. So I ended up literally just sleeping on a park bench by the ocean for a couple hours. Like around here.

And I remember seeing them starting to set up the festival when I woke up and being like woooah where am I this is amazing. But.. Just like, since Over the Rainbow performs here every year I guess I must have slept through their show. Oh NOOO ahaha

Anyway

And here it is. My number one favorite Taiga line in SSS. Just like the way he says it

OVER THE RAINBOW

THE FUCK IS THAT 

Ohhhh Taiga you’ll know very soon......

Also notice the different colored tie. I wonder if this was his legit school uniform at the time. 

People hold up two concert lights and break them apart when Hiro’s pride is broken in the first movie, and they do the same here.

Oh Taiga...... why is your pain so hilarious.........................

Sometimes I ask myself the same thing.

I love the contrast here between the overly realistic uncomfortable crowd, overenthusiastic Ozora, and poor Taiga. I love it. I LOVE IT. I WAS NOT KIDDING WHEN I SAID EVERY FRAME IN THIS EPISODE IS A FUCKING MASTERPIECE 

It took me two or three viewings to realize that Taiga is actually crying here. Or rather trying really hard not to cry. 

I’m not sure if I’m counting favorite Kazuki lines or not since he doesn’t have a big roll in SSS, but if I am this little “Huuuaah” might be it. 

Poor Kazuki. He does nothing on purpose to incite the storm that has brewed around him with both Taiga and Alexander.

Taiga’s Mom is the fucking best. Like I said, I love SSS for bringing out all these amazing, supportive, strong female characters. Everyone’s Mom is great but Taiga’s Mom might be best Mom. 

Or at least I thought so until I met Alexander’s Mom but the jury is out right now. 

It took me like five viewings to realize their watermelon switched to corn and I laughed way harder than I should have. 

OTSUKARE TAIGA

I loved seeing him be a big brother here eheh. 

Taiga why did you even ask. You know how Edel Rose works.

Shin just looks so happy. He’s a puppy. 

My goal in life is to enjoy everything the way Shin enjoys things.

Yu’s AHHHHH MOOOOUUU in this scene might be my favorite Yu line ahaha. 

I don’t know why, but I the more he whines the more I love him. That’s just how you know Yu is having a good time.

RIGHT

RIGHT

FUCK TOKYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

AHHHHH I WANT TO GO BACK TO AOMORI RIGHT NOOOWWWW

I’m like 40% considering going back this summer. 

I live in Aichi not Tokyo by the way so if I don’t fly that’s about UMMM 16 or 17 HOURS ON TWO BUSES BUT

Okay okay okay. So NOW it’s “street style” huh. Well what the fuck was with that whole “Solid Style” thing in episode 1 then? I guess the translator didn’t realize they were literally talking about street dance? Like WHAT? Or did they just forget?

And you know what actually this kinda pisses me off more, because the least they could do is keep it consistent. 

Because now that whole important line where Shin actually explains it for the first time in the main canon MAKES NO FUCKING SENSE ANYMORE 

ALSO

WHY IS ACADEMY CAPITALIZED AND STREET NOT

WHY

FOR FUCKS SAKE IM GONNA K--

Taigaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

(I’m OK now.)

Giving him a shojo reaction here was a choice. They didn’t have to. It was a deliberate choice. To portray Taiga’s feelings for Kazuki. Ahhhhhhhh

So remember when I stayed up translating this all of a sudden after I watched SSS Part 1 for..... reasons..... 

No I do not know why he’s an apple. Well I assume it has to do with the job he’s doing. And I do have a hunch from a creative standpoint but I’ll talk about that later. 

First timers in the theater always be like “R... RINGO..?????”

NO YOUR ASS IS BIG

....Is one of my favorite callouts of this episode. 

AND WHY IS JOJI EVEN IN THE CAR ANYWAY 

At this point during the midnight showing I was like.... is the real villain of SSS just gonna be Joji going around casually inconveniencing everyone? ....I’d watch that. 

This is the storage area near the main festival stage where you can go and see the floats before the festival starts. 

Here’s what it looks like in real life: 

One of the few instances where I can assure you real life is just as good as the anime. 

For people who read my shitty out of context spoiler about how a character beat Louis for the amount of skin showed in a prism show. Wasn’t kidding. 

Tasuku kinda spoiled this outfit in the first day greeting show by saying something like how it was an outfit which fit Taiga’s tastes well (festival wear) and everyone else was like NO STOP--

But yeah. This show. This soonggggg

Taiga’s voice is just SO. BEAUTIFUL. He has my favorite singing voice in all of Edel Rose. 

So after the first weekend I made a post to Tumblr about how I thought I had avoided getting any of the songs in my head, but then a certain one started CREEPIN IN...

IT WAS THIS

Taiga’s song is both the first one to get stuck in my head, and the one that keeps getting stuck in my head the most often to this day.  

I just love how he makes Nebuta floats of all his friends ahhhhhh 

Here are some more photos of the real thing..

It was raining the year I was there, and when it rains they put plastic over them so they look like snowglobes. That’s kinda cool in itself though.

I’ll never forget seeing this for the first time, realizing what was about to happen and being like NO... NO WAY.... IS THIS REAL LIFE NO WAY IS WHAT HDHFKHFDFH;LSFHDLSHFDS 

I’ll never forget it because I basically still feel the same way every time. 

They didn’t have to set this up like a confession scene. But they did. It was a choice.

But during this scene at cheering shows, I am much less concerned with what Taiga was trying to say and much more concerned with prepping blue and green lights for..... 

Words cannot express how happy this made me. If you haven’t picked up on it already Wakana is my favorite girl from RL. MATTE NYAAAAAAAAAA

Oh look here. A GOOD translation for “charachara”. One that I might actually steal from now on. Usually the best I can come up with is “flirty”, “carefree”, or “showy” depending on the situation.

So it seems at this point the translator finally understood what “charachara” actually means in the context of King of Prism. So of course, the logical thing to do here would be to go back and correct the previous wonky line where they used “gaudy” to make it consistent... right.... RIGHT??

Does Crunchyroll actually translate line-by-line as soon as the episode comes out in the hour before they post it? 

They don’t even get any time to edit it?

ARE

YOU

FUCKING

KIDDING ME

I dunno about you but I would wait a few more hours for fucking slightly more decent consistency in the translation BUT MAYBE THATS JUST ME 

OH LORD Kakeru’s episode next week is gonna be A SHITSHOW. 

The sitcom ending to this episode is so dorky but I love it. 

THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT

FRAME IT

DIP IT IN COPPER

SEND IT TO SPACE 

DONE 

It was really cool to finally see the details in these festival floats in the ending since they go by so fast in the episode. Shin’s has a rainbow! I wasn’t expecting Masquerade, but I suppose it fits Taiga as well. And it’s not that the Taiga version isn’t good but...  

It’s just that... I.... I want the CD but I..... I already have three different King of Prism covers of it on my phone........... nnnrhg

So. 

I dunno about you guys. 

But basically my interpretation of this episode is that no matter what Taiga says....

Everything he’s done...

It was never about the street style.

It was always

ALWAYS

about Kazuki

And that makes a lot of sense.

Kazuki spends this entire episode being an apple. Taiga hates apples. Kazuki is a personification of something Taiga hates. But it changes nothing. He loves him. HE LOVES HIM. 

I always questioned whether Taiga’s feelings for Kazuki were pure admiration or true love. And now I know the answer. Probably both. 

So this ends what I know to be King of Prism SSS Part 1, as per the theatrical release. 

Next week is Kakeru and also the beginning of what I know as SSS Part 2. 

I don’t want to de-hype you guys that much, but I actually feel the Part 2 episodes are a good deal more low key than Part 1. But then again that doesn’t say that much for the King of Prism standard.  

I have been looking forward to Kakeru’s episode being released with subs for the sole reason of finally being able to clarify a lot of things I didn’t understand about it. But after seeing the subs this week. HMMM. 

[wtfrace]

my favorite moments in newsies (live)

this is pretty much entirely for my own reference but i hope ur entertained by it anyway! and also love some of these moments! also I wrote these really quickly while watching it so it’s all just a big mess

- jack’s striped shirt that u barely get to see for the rest of the show

- all the nudging & swatting & flicking that takes place at the beginning of carrying the banner

- the beginning of kathrine’s never ending sass towards jack

- i’m crushed!

- jack in the background tying crutchies shoes shshsh

- spec’s looking at his cup, shrugging, and then downing it

- just everything specs does, what a cutie. like when he grins after all of his solo flips shshs

- and elmer!! is so adorable he’s like a little lost puppy

- how bout a crooked politician! (it took me a month to figure out they were saying, hey nitwit, it always just sounded garbled to me)

- smalls just?? on henry’s back for some reason

- when albert fuckin sprints across the stage with crutchie in his arms, while he pumps his fist victoriously

- the fact that weisel’s lines in the broadway show & 1992 movie are very similar, he just gets a lot angrier in the broadway show

- don’t worry kid, it rubs right off!

- sure, buy a ticket, they let anyone in! OHHHH

- crutchie just being jack’s hype man

- specs incredulous & impresses expression after les says “50/50”

- mike & ike saluting after they flip eachother

- when les bashes the delancey brother’s heads together & davey immediately lifts him up proudly.

- the synchronized cartwheel in the seize the day dance break !! and then the kick !!

- jack seamlessly pulling les out of a barrel and then fuckin chucking it across the stage

- kathrine’s expressions throughout the entirety of the king of new york, like amusement & fondness & being very impressed by the newsies tap dancing

- i just really love when albert intensely takes the newspaper from race as he intensely sings “nobbin with all the muckity mucks”

- albert looking mildly annoyed & unimpressed throughout most of the show.

- when davey & one of the twins hold out the “pulitzer’s poodles” pose for longer than everyone else, and then laugh at each other

- when kathrine whips the paper up during “cause look at that pape with my face beamin” and it makes a little gust of wind shshsh

- she is just so fond & adorable in king of new york i love it (it’s by far my favorite sequence)

- i have no clue who says it but the really loud “c’mon kathrine!”

- elmer in general!! my eyes always go to him (and tommy boy) in any group shot because he is so freakin adorable & his expressions & reactions are so cute

- oh yeah jack, this is crutchie by the way!

- ha-ha

- so you tell all the fellas for me, to protect one another! i just really love crutchie ok

- davey’s adorable expression when he goes “is that a real place? that santa fe?” SHHS and his grin when he goes “above. the fold.” what an adorable little loser.

- davey having to kneel and stand up like 4 times to keep up with jack

- even horace greely moved back to new york. yes he did, and then he died.

- lighten up no one died! *afronted expression* oh! is that what you’re aiming for?

- davey throughout the entirety of watch what happens reprise,, y’all already know i love this boy & i have too many favorite parts from that song to name (the poor guys head is spinning)

- the manhattan newsies standing behind the brooklyn newsies acting almost more dramatically then them.

- spot conlon being a dramatic little shorty and doing an odd amount of sticking his tongue out during brooklyn’s here (i love u tommy bracco)

- the little eyebrow raise & grin after spot shushes the newsies

- davey’s increasingly upset / confused expression during jack’s monologue in medda’s theatre :(( (davey.)

- if i was a boy you’d be looking at me through one swollen eye! (ngl i wish kathrine would have just fuckin decked him) (but the kiss was good too)

- this would be a good time to shut up!

- jack’s little nudge during “just someone sweet passin by” what a loser, i love him

- mini seize the day reprise? hell yeah!!!

- we could hold a hoedown in here and no one would be the wiser. hoedown. take a minute to think about this line & wonder how no one questions davey’s sudden use of the freakin word hoedown.

- once and for all is my FUCKIN JAM!! davey and kathrine joining in at the beginning? race’s dramatic here they come? they gonna damn well pay? joe you can stop counting sheep, we gonna sing you to sleep? spot looking intensely angry? the freaking key change? yes to all!!!

- these kids put out a pretty good paper! they’re very convincing!

- that old printing press in the cellar? ohh.

- spot just? starring at everyone intensely for the entire scene? i laugh every time why didn’t he get any lines HSHS

- i get GOOSEBUMPS when the newsies start singing seize the day from above & jack&company/pulitzer&company look over the edge of the stage

- and then spot ACTUALLY talking what a legend!

- the WAVES (i don’t see anyone talk about this part and it’s seriously one of my favorites)

- teddy roosevelt u legend! but in your case i simply mean— bully.

- jack’s ohmygodheshookmyhand to davey

- he doesn’t do HAPPINESS does he?

- tommy boys facial expressions in every single scene

- slightly off topic but? the fact that for the entirety of the scenes with the dark blue lighting ben cook’s eyes looking freakin radioactive & i love it

- albert suddenly not wearing his hat? and sky’s lucius hair?

- hiya fella’s! ya miss me?

- what me work for your fadda? you.. already work for my father. oh. yeah.

- race and albert’s incredulously expressions after jack pulls away from the kiss

[coll2mitts]

New Game: Asian Drama or Horror Movie Plot

Guys.  I have done it.  I have found the most unintentionally creepy Asian drama ever.  It’s called Well-Intended Love and it is FUCKED UP.  Spoilers for the first half of the series, because oh man, I can’t keep my feelings inside on this one.

It’s available on Netflix, and if you can get over the really terrible dubbing, it’s a fairly entertaining, standard rich guy loves poor girl romance drama.  Boy and girl meet out of pure happenstance, they are shoved into a strange predicament together, there are MiSuNdErSTanDinGS, people disapprove of their relationship and try to pull them apart - all the fun tropes are there.  BUT instead of the girl being mistaken for a guy, or pretending to be her brother, or switching bodies with the guy every time she’s rained on, or accidentally getting pregnant by a rich guy while drunk, or finding out she’s a princess, or being the former girlfriend of the guy’s disabled brother, or being the guy’s high school teacher, or just being poor, or not living up to her full musical talent, or being left at the altar by the guy’s former roommate (SEEEEEEENNNAAAAAA), THIS GIRL is diagnosed with Leukemia, and the only person who is a bone marrow match is this wealthy chairman of a super generic company (legitimately, I have no idea what they do, it is not ever once mentioned, they just release “product”).  She is told this man is not interested in donating his marrow to her (but like, how do they know he’s a bone marrow match if he didn’t submit bone marrow for testing, and if he submitted some for testing anyway, why would he not want to donate it?).  She decides to hound him until he agrees to help her, with the caveat that she would contractually marry him for 2 years.  She, fearing for her fucking life, agrees to this, because he seems like a nice guy otherwise, and she thinks he is gay and trying to hide his same-sex relationship from his sick grandmother.

The marriage contract seemed sorta fucking weird to me, but I’ve found it is necessary to kill the feminist part of my brain when I watch these things, because sometimes it’s fun to sit through 20 hour-long episodes of will they fucking kiss already so I can get excited about something.  But then some increasingly alarming red flags start to show up.  He tells her she has a curfew,  bans her from drinking at the house after she gets drunk and throws up on him, constantly has her followed by his security team to “protect” her, buys her gifts every time they get in a fight, cancels his plans so he can travel to wherever she needs to be for work, and throws his money and influence around to solve her problems when she has not asked for his help.  He repeatedly swoops in to save her, which at first seems charming because, as a viewer, we know she is holding her feelings for him back because she is afraid he is not romantically invested in their relationship.  His treatment of her could be interpreted as him trying to convince her it is okay to fall in love.

For example, she is an aspiring actress, and he flies out to where she will be shooting her first main-casting mini series to surprise her.  He brings a new puppy, which was a kind gesture on his part since a few days before she brought home a lost dog and he threw a fit.  After seeing how happy the dog made her for the short time they had it, he decides to get over himself and get her a pet.  This is weirdly overcompensating, but fine, both of these things seem nice because she seems genuinely excited.  

Then you find out he paid a bunch of money to reserve the shooting location for the series, which delays the production, in order to take her on a mini vacation.  Not only does this interfere with her career, it costs the production a bunch of money to keep everybody on set while they can’t film anything (later you find out he buys the series and cancels it because some actor was putting the moves on his wife).  On this mini vacation, he has the owner of the hotel lie and say there is only one room available, and it has one king bed, so they have to share.  She is uncomfortable with them sharing a room, but agrees to it because she feels pressured to.  Then, in the room, he gets naked and hops into bed, telling her to sleep next to him.  She does, fully clothed.  As she’s falling asleep, she says that trust and respect are the most important parts of a relationship.  He asks what she would do if someone lied to her.  She says, “It depends on the situation,” and falls asleep before she hears his response, “I lied to you about your illness...”.

I freak out, because now I think she’s dying.  He knows she’s dying and he’s lying to her about it.  It’s going to be me watching A Moment to Remember all over again where I’m sobbing in my bed like they loved each other so much life isn’t fair he just wants to spend as much time with her as possible before he can’t anymore!  NOPE, big fucking NOPE-A-RAMA.

A few episodes later, after an unnecessary amnesia plot-line to delay this fantastic reveal, you find out HE LIED ABOUT HER HAVING LEUKEMIA IN THE FIRST PLACE.  HE CONVINCED THE DOCTORS AT HIS FAMILY-OWNED HOSPITAL TO LIE TO THIS POOR WOMAN AND TELL HER SHE HAS LEUKEMIA SO HE COULD “DONATE” HIS MARROW, SAVE HER LIFE, AND FUCKING MARRY HIM FOR TWO GODDAMN YEARS.  Because, turns out, he had randomly run into her a few times, thought she was nice, and had his employees stalk her, FOR TWO YEARS, waiting for the perfect opportunity to insert himself into her life.  Instead of just introducing himself like a normal fucking human and asking her out on a date, he sets up this elaborate plan to get her to make an uninformed rash decision where she is entirely at his mercy.  I FUCKING CAN’T WITH THIS ONE, GUYS, WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS.

When she finds this out she is, understandably, distressed about it.  Her “bone marrow treatments” were just vitamins.  All she has is anemia.  That’s it.  She tries to leave the house to get away from him, and he sends his security team to guard the door so she can’t leave.  When she finally escapes, she rents her old apartment and gets a job selling electronics.  He pays a bunch of people to buy KuGou headphones from her so her boss will be impressed (sidenote: the blatant featuring of KuGou products and their capabilities in every episode is fucking hilarious), then, when she gets home, stands outside of her new apartment so he can just stare at it while he gets rained on.  Of course, through this entire scene, sad piano music is playing in the background so we can feel bad for this dude, when really the situation warrants piano string banging and violin tremolos.

This all happens by episode 11.  There are 20 episodes in this series.  If the other 9 episodes feature a redemption arc for this psycho, I am not interested.  I don’t care how cute and rich this guy is, or what kind of childhood trauma he suffered, she needs to run far, far away, maybe to another country, assume another identity, and fucking move on with her life.  Because he might peel off her skin and wear it.

So, yeah.  All of this to say I vote we start a new game called Asian Drama or Horror Movie Plot.

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modern!au is a CONCEPT. bless y'all. could u do some hcs for modern! roxas, ventus, vanitas, xion, and sora + having a disney marathon w/ their s/o? like what movies they pick, do they sing along, r there snuggles, what snacks are brought, etc. (pls feel free to add any other details u want. i love lil details.) (this might've sent once already, my page refreshed. if so, sorry!) hugs & kisses!

o this is such a wholesome prompt, thanks for sending it !

Sora : 

You’re looking at the Disney King himself. He knows a shit ton of movies and almost every song in existence so you bet your ass he’s gonna sing. And you’ll probably tag along too, his enthusiasm is just so contagious - hell, it doesn’t matter if you don’t know the lyrics, just sing whatever you want to the rhythm of the song with him ! 

He’ll b e g you to watch Big Hero Six and the Lion King movies with him. After that, you can choose anything you want but just p l e a s e let him watch those, they’re his absolute favorites. Also, remember to keep some napkins around cause Sora will cry no matter the movie, the messages just hit d e e p and he’s just a softie. Just snuggle with him for a bit and pat his back while he just stutters about how cool the movies were, he’ll eventually stop with the waterworks. 

You know what ? Sora probably has a lot of Disney merch. If you guys are having a disney marathon, you’re gonna do it properly. He won’t hesitate to prepare his entire house just for this movie night - building a pillow fort in the living room so you two can chill comfortably, hoarding a lot of snacks and like a thousand popcorn bags, wearing his Stitch onesie (and probably lending you his Winnie the Pooh onesie if you’re up for it !) 

Like the whole concept could feel childish, but not to Sora ! He grew up with Disney and he holds those movies very dear to his heart, so he’d be so happy to know that you’re willing to pull an all-nighter with him ! You’re never too old to enjoy these things.

You know Sora would suggest inviting absolutely everyone, but he won’t complain if you wish for a more intimate date. That’s fine with him too ! The two of you would have such a fun time and then pass out in the pillow fort at like 4 am. 

Vanitas : 

You know those people who are like “Pffft, Disney is overrated” ? That’s Vanitas right there. The guy looks like he’s fueled by kicking puppies and being a generally mean jerk - but you know better than that. Vanitas has zero knowledge about Disney cause he was never interested in cartoons as a kid so he simply assumes it’s bad. It’s up to you to show him the real deal.

At first he’d be against the idea of having a marathon. The guy can barely pay attention to class or hold a normal conversation and you want him to just sit there and watch movies ? U n b e l i e v a b l e. Are you singing ? Please stop, no singing allowed in this house, no he doesn't want to be part of your world, plEASE SPARE HIM - Accepts in the end just to avoid doing homework. He’d let you pick whatever movie you want, but if he were to choose, he’d probably go with the Lady and the Tramp, Treasure Planet or any Pirates of the Caribbean movie. 

No one will be able to wipe off that shit eating grin off your face after seeing Vanitas go from constantly talking over the movie, critizicing everything, teasing you for being so childish to just being dead silent, completely absorbed in whatever movie you two decide to watch. Feel free to catch him off guard with a smooch here, he’ll probably have a hard time processing what the fuck you just did cause holy shit did you see Hercules beat Hades' ass?

If you introduce Vanitas to the whole conspiracy theory about all Disney movies being related, you better be ready for 3 hours of him just rambling about the posibilities. Now THAT’s something that interests him. The movies would just be background noise as you two just talk away into the night, probably in the kitchen while preparing some weird food combination cause you two ran out of snacks. 

If you expect Vanitas to admit that he was wrong and that Disney was, in fact, something pretty cool then you better sit down, honey. The closest thing you’ll get is him just stubbornly saying that “he wouldn’t mind spending more time with you, watching movies for kids.” 

Ventus : 

Ventus is a casual fan. The type that just knows the old 2D princess classics because he grew up with them, but just slowly lost track of what the hell Disney was doing. Like he probably didn't even get to see the Princess and the Frog - But's all good cause he's eager to see your favorite Disney movies !

If you make him choose a movie to watch, he'd go with the safe choices. Stuff that he knows like Snow White, the Little Mermaid and Cinderella. I can see him loving Pocahontas, Moana and the Three Musketeers, though.

If you want to pull an all nighter to watch as many classics as you can, he won't stop you and he'll try to stay awake with you (and pass out a little after midnight, lmao) - but he'd insist on taking breaks cause looking at a screen for over 6 hours straight can't be h e a l t h y.

Ventus would gladly cuddle and snuggle with you - and he'd also love to sing along, but the poor dude doesn't really know any of the lyrics. Solution ? Just put on those good subtitles and there you go ! He'd love to sing Aladdin's A Whole New World with you or just any duet. You two would get so into it that your neighbours would propably have to knock on the walls a few times so you'll lower your volume.

If you ever mention your favorite (s) disney character(s), you can totally expect Ventus to show up one day unnanounced with a plushie of them, just for you. Consider this his way of saying thanks ! And also apologize for passing out so early - he'll make up for that inviting you to yet another movie night with him.

Roxas :

Another casual fan, but the complete opposite of Ventus. Roxas never got into 2D Disney as a kid and he's more into the 3D additions like Brave, Coco or Frankenweenie. He's also that type of controversial fan who actually enjoyed the liveaction remakes of the old classics.

But don't get him wrong, he's still a r u t h l e s s critic. Roxas gets bored pretty quickly with movies that have such obvious and bland plots and twists that he can see them coming from a mile away. I see him being more of a Pixar fan, just quoting Shrek in his usual deadpan voice on a daily basis. Roxas' brain in a 1000 heartless fight : "and they don't stop coming and they don't stop coming and they-"

If you want to watch movies with him, prepare to discover Roxas' more sassy side - the guy just can't hold back all these funny remarks and jabs at Disney Fairy Tale Logic™. "Oh good for you Gaston, trying to send your crush's father to a psychiatric ward just so she can pay attention to you is SUCH a powermove. You should've dated Lefou instead -" "Do you think Ariel's daughter was born with a mermaid tail or legs? Imagine the monstrosity -".

In the end you two wouldn't even pay attention to the actual movies, since you'd be too busy mocking and impersonating every character and just rolling on the floor laughing your asses off. Your snapchat and instagram stories would be filled with videos of each other doing dumb stuff, calling out all the tiny mistakes as if you two were CinemaSins.

In the end, this Disney Marathon would just turn into a weekly movie night where you two just watch everything and anything. Sometimes it's fun and goofy, and sometimes you two actually get into the plot and discuss all the h i d d e n lore. Roxas would feel super special to have this little new tradition with you.

Xion :

Xion is the definition of a Disney Princess. She absolutely loves every princess movie and you bet your ass she screamed when all of them appeared in full 3D during Ralph breaks the Internet. Like she's a natural romantic and a dreamer at heart, so all the fairy tales just get to her, always tearing up during the climax of the movies.

Ironically, most of her favorite Disney movies aren't princess related : Aristocats, Peter Pan, Tangled and Brother Bear. Xion is that type of person who just points out all the similarities between her friends and the characters. Like Kenai and Kods's bond remind her of her and Roxas' friendship with Axel, Saix reminds her of Randall from Monsters Inc, Kairi is totally Lilo and Aqua is Nani - You get the idea !

Even if you suggested the idea of a Disney Marathon, Xion would just plan the best course of action and take the lead almost immediately. She's just so excited to be able to spend this night with you that she wants to make the most of it ! Snacks ? Check. Netflix and other sites to see movies ? Check. A shit ton of blankets and hot cocoa ? Check. The perfect partner ? Check.

Xion would do her best to not break out into fullblown singing - mostly out of respect for her roommates and neighbours, but you'll definitely hear her hum along and mutter the lyrics under her breath. And if the song is catchy enough, she'd love to pull you in for a dance !

At the end of the night, you two would be exhausted but content. Probably giving up on seeing all the movies, just listening to a disney playlist on Youtube while you two do stupid and silly Buzzfeed quizzes like "What Disney villain are you based on your aesthetics" and such. Xion has trouble sleeping, so you'll most likely end up falling asleep on her first. She'll stay awake till sunrise, taking a few sneaky selfies with you peacefully sleeping by her side.

[firebirdsdaughter]

Special Valentines Day Post...

... Zi-O 22 subbed.

Okay, maybe special in name only.

... I’m kinda scared, actually.

In no order:

GTFO Kuro Woz, I’m mad at you right now.

Poor Sougo gets Rider Kicked out of the Mirror World. Poor baby. DX

GEIZ! HONEY! BABY! You’re fine, stop it! God, why are you like this? I mean, I love you, but... Honey. Stop. Tsukuyomi, smack him. Actually don’t, that wouldn’t help.

God he’s so dramatic, though. I mean, it’s Geiz. Can’t do anything by halves here.

Okay. Wow. That was... Actually kinda a jerk thing to say, Tsukuyomi. Talk about not helpful. So he was wangsting a little, you didn’t have to go there.

Like, Geiz is upset bc he was looking at things purely as a, well, soldier, and briefly considered going through w/ Shiro Woz’s idea to stop the attacks and other people getting hurt, and is clearly being like ‘I’m such a terrible person for this.’ He expresses this to Tsukuyomi, and her response is ‘Yeah, Sougo didn’t even think about it.’ Like... I’m sorry, what? He’s clearly hurting over this already and all you say is basically imply ‘yeah, you’re not as good as Sougo’???? I will totally buy that she didn’t actually mean it that way, but that was very much how it sounded. You really couldn’t say something like ‘Sure, maybe you thought about it, but you didn't go through w/ it, why don’t you consider that?’ Man, no wonder he’d turned away from her when they camerawomen pulled back...

And then she just follows it up w/ asking about if he thinks Sougo will become Puma Zi-O. Tsukuyomi, how about comforting your friend a little? You’ve apparently got enough compassion to save the life of the person who murders your father in the future, but you can’t be bothered to show any for someone who is allegedly your childhood friend? Sweetie, I love you, really, but... Really?

Especially since it’s immediately followed by Ryuga attacking someone else. Like... Yes, I don’t agree w/ Shiro Woz’s plan, it probably wouldn’t work and sacrificing an innocent person is never a good course. But I can totally understand Geiz, esp given his background, thinking about it, given the circumstances (since there’s apparently no other way to beat Ryuga w/out a Kamikaze attack). He deserved a better response than essentially being told Sougo was a better person.

Again, I absolutely want to think she didn’t mean it that way. But that was what it sounded like to me.

Speaking of Sougo... Eh, he’s fine.

Alright, I may been a little annoyed at Tsukuyomi rn, but her and Geiz’s reactions in this scene remain gold.

Geiz just closing his eyes like ‘someone please shoot me...’

Also, the urge to punch something is just emanating from him in waves...

Sougo’s just lying there giggling like ‘whelp, no way out of this one...’

I... I thought you guys established this in the previous ep...

Oh, I’m sorry Tsukuyomi, you care now? Okay, okay. I’m being overly critical, I know. That earlier scene just really hit a nerve for me.

Sou is really cute, and also really good at the ‘sad puppy’ kind of look.

Geiz teleports to the front door again.

THANK YOU SOUGO. See? THAT’S a good response, Tsukuyomi. Not something that’s basically a guilt-trip. You want to mention it after, fine. It’s something to consider in the ‘will Sougo become Puma Zi-O’ brainstorming, absolutely. But you could’ve at least tried to reassure him a bit first, so it doesn’t, you know, come across as you telling him he’s a bad person compared to Sougo.

Again, I’m really sorry for going on about this one little thing. Like I said, hit a nerve.

Has Sougo tried to sacrifice himself at this point? Like, I don’t doubt he would, but... I guess she’s just saying theoretically? Or she’s referring to the ‘take me out if I go evil thing?’

Oh, wait, I guess he did try to kill his future self. I don’t know if that counts, though.

This is sweet and all, Tsukuyomi, but I’m still mad about what you said to Geiz.

I think ‘subjects’ is just gonna be Sougo’s little cute-though-also-obnoxious personal tic...

Now really starting to wonder if the ‘reason’ Sougo becomes Puma Zi-O was just... Always destined to be tied to Geiz somehow? I have wild and unlikely theories, but...

Angry puppy is yelling at sad puppy.

Seriously, as long as it’s also Sou I can’t feel threatened by Mirror¡Sougo.

Still trying to get used to Shiro Woz.

So... Did he write that, or... Did it appear? If you wrote it... Well, like I said. He’s strangely tolerable for this episode.

Oh, yeah, and:

WAGA KYUURANGERS.

Make up your mind, dude. Are you for helping, or not?

I still say bring back Woz.5.

Well... Technically he’s Kamen Rider Ryuki... Was... You know what, not gonna go into it. I already spoiled Ryuki up the wazoo in my Raw post.

I’m not even listening, I’m just watching him make the Shinji faces. XD

dude, it’s literally an evil, warped version of you. I’ve met the real you, he’s a sweetheart. Even Ron liked him. And Ron didn’t like anyone.

I love how every time we see this fight now, it’s just Geiz sitting down somewhere watching Shiro Woz get blasted. Which is a valid pastime.

Puppy debate! ^^

Mirror¡Sougo has the cutest ‘evilly confused’ face ever.

Still hoping for the thing to be that being a king doesn’t necessarily mean ‘ruling over’ people? If that makes sense? Like, he could be called the ‘King of Time’ bc he’s got powers over time, and it’s cool, rather than ruling it? Like, and I know many people didn’t like it, but, the way Daigo was nicknamed ‘King’ in Kyoryuger? He wasn’t a ‘king’ King, but he got called ‘king.’ If that makes any sense whatsoever.

 See, I definitely believe she cares about him very much, but she really choose her words poorly in that scene, and I feel like she should apologise for that. Just a ‘I wasn’t trying to imply you were a bad person or Sougo was better than you, I was just considering what this meant for him in regards to Puma Zi-O.’

Aaaagh! There I go again! Man, that one line just really got under my skin somehow...

Love how it does, like, a little laser-pointer effect.

WAGA KYUURANGERS.

In my defence, I wrote the most recent chapters of It Is The Clock’s Pendulum before this episode came out.

This scene is very serious, and heartbreaking, and sad. Geiz is my favourite.

...

I am losing it at Another Ryuga just chilling over by the tree.

Shiro Woz.exe has stopped functioning.

Weird sound effects when Sougo shows up???

Still wish they coulda given him more of a reaction. He does kinda do the sad puppy look, I suppose. Still.

Also wish Tsukuyomi could have had a better response to Geiz earlier... Can I just pretend those things happened?

How did he see the future? Did he just... Turn into Zi-O II on the way over? What does that even MEAN?

Sougo: ‘Fuck this timeline!’

The brief Woz-Fight is still funny. during this episode, I’d actually prefer that Shiro Woz win. But just for this episode.

I would always prefer that Woz.5 win.

I love how Geiz just... Doesn’t deHenshin. Like, He and Tsukuyomi are trying to follow this battle, but he just... Refuses to drop his transformation. For whatever reason.

Seriously? Your sword has your face on it and it compliments you? Who made these?

Yeah, Geiz is just literally blaming himself here. What do you mean ‘this time’ though? I guess... You mean all the times it was Woz? I actually think we can totally blame this on Woz, too. Though the Kamikaze stuff might have been a trigger, I’ll admit.

No, wait. What am I saying. This is obviously Decade’s fault.

The fact that it literally is is the best part.

Tsukuyomi, would it kill you to not let Geiz blame himself for everything this episode? -_-

Though I guess this is the ‘Tsukuyomi is suddenly weirdly angry’ scene...

Like... I’m really starting to think this is personal. I guess this is the power he used to kill her father? Pity we never brought that up before.

Though now that I think about it, that could be it. Puma Zi-O did use some sort of time-stop-manipulation ability when he dusted Dad, so that might be why she’s reacting like this.

Geiz, on the other hand, is really unsure.

Tsukuyomi, are you really that shocked that people have darker sides to them? You never met Kisaragi Gentaro, you have no excuse for (apparently) assuming Sougo has no traits that would ever lead to him becoming Puma Zi-O in some way.

Though I am admittedly not clear on what exactly those traits were... I guess his habit of being wily and the fact that wanting to be ‘king’ comes w/ wanting power? So... Ambition is evil here? I dunno.

I guess it’s all or nothing w/ Tsukuyomi. Though she could specifically be referring to ‘We have to actually decide whether or not we’re gonna kill him’ rather than saying ‘we should kill him.’ TV show cliffhanger tactic, make everything round more threatening than it actually is.

It’d be interesting if she and Geiz do switch up, though. Bc he’s the one who was super black and white (no references to any Wozes intended) about it at the start. ‘If I even think you’re going to turn into Puma Zi-O, I’m taking you out,’ and how quick he was to go for it in the Genm arc. But here... He seems really uncertain still (probably not helped by the fact that Sougo did this to save his life), while for Tsukuyomi, a line has clearly been crossed. It’d be an interesting way to twist things up if they do go that way.

Oh, yeah, and the two times Tsukuyomi talks at the camera this ep are still creepy.

I’m winder if the look Geiz just gave her was meant to be a ‘wtf?’ look. Bc it kinda looks like one? It also could be something else, I dunno. Maybe he’s just looking serious.

SHUT UP KURO WOZ.

I love how we don’t even see him, Kamen Rider Kikaider just freaking steals the shot.

Also, hi Kikaider!

Why is he punching me, though?

Freaking Zi-O II Watch is freaking huge in the end cap.

Kamen Rider Zi-O takes notes from LuPat and only schedules this actor for two episodes.

Man, he’s very good looking, though. Even in that outfit. Bet he uses the wrench to transform.

The fact that this ep ended w/ Tsukuyomi, of all people, apparently saying they need to kill Sougo (like I said, could just be a cliffhanger scare-tactic), then it goes to the preview of Sougo running around w/ some sort of ‘studying’ bandana on (I assume it’s studying bc the summary said he’s cramming for finals, essentially. Or midterms.) talking to some dude in a yellow turtle neck and a denim jacket that’s just a little too short. Whiplash.

Oh, wow, he’s from 2121? So that makes him the first/only future Rider we’ve had that’s from after the year that Geiz, Tsukuyomi, and the Wozes come from (in any timeline)!

Also interesting, bc it means he definitely won’t be around in any way in 2019. Not even as a baby.

Oh, hey, Sworz. I... Honestly almost forgot about you. Sorry!

This preview is trying to make me think the boys are competing, and I refuse to accept it until proven.

Or if it is, maybe it’s friendly. Or maybe it’s just ‘let’s both fight this thing, and, I dunno, one of us can take it down.’

My guess is Sworz is talking to Shiro Woz, but my knee-jerk reaction was ‘no, I don’t want to play a game w/ you.’

That’s all, folks! Virtual pond cake for anyone who read all that.

Anyway, I’m sorry I had such a reaction to that one line (well, two, kinda) of Tsukuyomi’s. It reminded me of a bad experience I had once and just really got on my nerves. I promise I still love her, and I know she does care about Geiz. I think some of her reaction to the Zi-O II power may have been bc of (well, I at least presume he was) her father? Bc remember, Puma Zi-O used the time powers to vaporise everyone, and he pushed her into the trench to protect her? So this may be her being like ‘I want to believe in him, but that’s the power that I literally watched kill my father, so now I’m freaking out.’ Also, it’s a beloved style of cliffhanger for any sort of tv show to make things sound more threatening than they really are. I dunno if Toei even remembers that (WHO IN TIME IS GOGGLES THE DEAD PERSON?), but that’s my initial thought.

Geiz looks super unsure, though? Like I think a line was crossed w/ Tsukuyomi now, but the line started crossed w/ Geiz. And I feel like it’s been getting... Uncrossed? Like, he started this so certain of what he needed to do and what was going to happen (I still think his plan was to go back, do it as quickly as possible, then get out before he had a chance to think about the fact that 2018 Sougo was still technically innocent, bc he knew he’d be too conflicted if he did), but he’s been steadily becoming less convinced of it? So, like, even now, he’s the one who’s still thinking they can still change things? Oh, well. We’ll see.

Special treat for anyone who actually read all this way (or just skipped to the bottom; in that case don’t read any further! No JK, you’re fine, I ramble a lot, I’m sorry), is a random concept/theory I had: What if Sougo’s recurring dreams when time is ‘altered’ (Shinobi, and now Kikaider no I will not stop) indicate that he’s somehow... Super connected to time? Like... If it were electricity, he’d be a conductor, or something? But then, like, Geiz and Tsukuyomi aren’t like that, but they’re like... ‘Anchors.’ Like, there are people who are sensitive to time, and kind of ‘flow’ w/ it, but then there anchors who keep them/it moored/grounded or something? Feel like this was a thing in Den-O, but I don’t remember the details. But, like the reason Sougo is able to get all these ‘time powers’ is bc he’s so sensitive to it? But it also means that it’s really easy for him to get... I dunno, absorbed by the time flow? And, like, Anchors can’t get all the wild powers, but they also are either impossible or significantly more resilient to the time flow? So, like... The wouldn’t get erased/absorbed (at least, not right away/as fast) if they like... Fell into the time stream? Augh! I’m bad at explaining. Point is, Sougo nearly gets absorbed into time stream, but the other two pull him back bc they’re anchors and they ground him in a particular time/location/time plane.

I don’t think that made any sense.

[seashellrosekitty]

Excuses | Teen Wolf AU

Pairing: Barista/Florist Isaac Lahey x Female Reader

Coffee Shop: Beans & Buds - a coffee shop with a flower shop beside it. Its atmosphere is pleasant, and there’s a good combination of coffee and flower smell all around.

Author’s Note: Requested by anon. The narration is done by the Reader in her POV. And there may or may not be a little change in the cheekiness/flirtatious nature of Isaac. :D Hope you’ll like this :)

P.S.  I’m posting this again so I could properly include this in my Masterlist. 

Coffee Shop Imagine Guidelines

It smells like a different a country whenever I walk inside Beans & Buds. What I love about this place aside from being a 2-in-1 shop, is that they always play jazz songs. Right now, Norah Jones is singing in the background, and I’m lining up at the coffee shop part of the place, getting lost at the beauty of the flowers displayed in the other room.

When it’s finally my turn to order, a tall, lanky guy greets me. His wavy hair really accents his jawline.

“Hi there, what can I get you?” He says smiling, and I look at his nametag and tell him my order.

“Hi, Isaac, I’ll have an Earl Grey tea. I’ll have that for here, please.”

“Sure. Can I get your name, please?”

“Yeah, it’s Y/N,” I answer him and he smiles as I spell out my name for him. He then asked me if there’s anything I wanted to add to go with my tea. I said no, and then he told me how much I needed to pay. After the transaction, I look around at the flower shop while waiting for my tea. Placed nicely on separate buckets of water are tulips, which I love, and lots of roses, chrysanthemums, peonies, and others I don’t recognize as much.

“Find anything you like?” Suddenly, Isaac’s figure appears behind me. He’s much taller when closer. His smile shows impudence. But I try to ignore it.

“Well, I like everything,” I say to him like a little girl, completely elated and in love in the presence of flowers. “Tulips are my favorite though.”

“Yeah, mine too,” Isaac says suddenly. I look at him and smile. It looks weird that he’s being too confident about this. He looks cute though.

“Really? Do you know what tulips mean, Isaac?”

“Well, they’re different for every color. The red ones are for passionate or perfect love, purple is for royalty, pink is more like your affection towards family and friends. And yellow’s for unrequited love.”

“Impressive. You’ve done your research,” I say to him smiling.

“Of course,” He says smiling confidently, running his hand through his wavy hair. “So…what’s your favorite color?”

“Of tulips?”

“Yeah, I’m sorry. That - that’s what I meant,” He stutters. “Not…not your personal favorite color.” I just smile at him and say, “I love the purple ones the most.” Suddenly, my name is called in the counter, interrupting our conversation. Isaac is obviously unamused that our little talk was cut short.

“Oh, that’s my tea. It was great talking to you, Isaac,” I say to him smiling and approach the counter to claim my tea.

I come back the next day, bringing my puppy. The people from the animal rights movement would probably hate me for using my dog as a conversation starter. Could they blame me? Isaac is adorably awkward and I’m a sucker for guys like that.

As I arrive in Beans & Buds, the place is packed with people and I am left standing uncomfortably, carrying my puppy, and looking for a table.

“Hi, Y/N, let me help you find a table,” Isaac appears again out of nowhere and makes my puppy bark.

“Hey, thanks, Isaac,” I say with a smile. He rustles around the coffee shop. His tall figure towering the tables. It doesn’t take him long before he finds a spot at the center of the room. There’s a round table with one chair. He waves at me and then I hurry walking as if somebody would take the table while he stands beside it. “You’re a lifesaver,” I say to him and place my purse on the table. He just smiles at me, clearly pleased with himself, and he’s about to say something but then his boss calls him from the counters. Isaac excuses himself with an embarrassed expression and walks quickly towards his boss.

“Isaac!” His co-worker yells, and I notice that that guy is not having a good day. His voice is so loud that I could hear him talk from where I’m standing. “You’re a barista, not a host. Now stay at the bar and make coffee.” I can’t help but keep watching Isaac. Poor guy. He glances at me before walking back inside the floor and stands behind the espresso machine.

I carry my puppy with me when I go to the counter and a girl named Malia takes my order. I order for a cup of Flat White. Isaac starts steaming milk for my drink when he says to me, “How come you’re not having Earl Grey today?” I spot Malia on the register rolling her eyes at Isaac but smiles.

“Just my mood today,” I say and also look at Malia as if I’m also talking to her.

“So…so those are your favorite drinks? Earl Grey and Flat White?” Isaac asks and Malia gives me an obvious look saying that Isaac could really do better in making small talk. She doesn’t get tired of rolling her eyes whenever Isaac says something.

“Most times yes,” I say nodding. Malia finishes the transaction for me as I pay her and tells me to wait behind the bar.

“That’s a really cute dog,” Isaac says to me while he waits for the espresso shot to finish pouring. “What breed is it?”

“Thanks! She’s a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel,” I say, petting my puppy. “Her name’s Nutmeg.”

“What a cool name,” He says and then hands me my drink. “Here you go, one Flat White for Y/N.”

“Thanks, Isaac,” I say to him and grab my coffee. An hour later, I notice him take a break from his shift and when he looks in my direction, I wave at him and ask him to sit down with me. He gladly sits down and pets Nutmeg.

“I hope you don’t mind hanging out with me during your break,” I say to him.

“No, it’s fine. I like talking to you.” He says. “Your puppy is adorable. Can I hold her?” I said yes and gave Nutmeg to him. Isaac lets Nutmeg chase his hand while he carries her on one arm. “She’s so playful. I’ll bet Rocket would love to play with her.”

“Oh, you have a dog too?”

“Yeah, he’s a mix of a Labrador and Golden Retriever. A real family man,” He says and we continue talking about our dogs and what we love about them. His break lasted just for fifteen minutes and he’s behind the espresso machine again. I’m having a great day so far, and Isaac is a huge part of it. Unfortunately, I’ll have to leave and take Nutmeg for a walk.

I head towards the bar to wave Isaac goodbye, hoping he’d finally ask me out. As he spots me approaching, he smiles at me.

“Leaving already?” His expression a little dismayed.

“Yeah, Nutmeg needs her walk,” I answer him.

“I see,” He says nodding at me, thinking of another thing to say. We basically stare at each other for two seconds until words start blurting out of my mouth uncontrollably.

“Hey, do you wanna go out with me sometime?”

Isaac almost drops the jug of milk he’s holding and puts it on the bar counter. He stands really near me now and he’s trying to catch his words. He nods at my question but then says, “Y/N…I’m impressed.” That brings out a chuckle from me.

“So…is that a yes?”

“A yes??? It’s a hell yes!” The girl interrupts us, completely embarrassing Isaac in front of me. Isaac blushes as he glares at the girl and whispers to her, “Will you just let me handle this?” And then he looks at me again with that embarrassed smile. The girl rolls her eyes and shakes her head before walking away.

“I’d love to go out with you, Y/N. Been dying to ask you, actually,” He says, coming clean. “You free tomorrow?”

“Yeah. Meet me at the park at 4? We’ll wait by the fountain. Bring your dog,” I say to him, my eyes almost glued to his blue ones. I wave him goodbye before heading out.

The following afternoon, Nutmeg and I head to the park at quarter past three. We arrive at exactly 4 PM. Nutmeg and I sit on a bench by the fountain and I just play with her. It didn’t take long, and Isaac arrives with his dog, Rocket.

“I brought you something you like,” Isaac says and hands me a small bouquet of vibrant purple tulips.

The End.