#i wanted to share this lil concept thingie

[mahikamihan]

Hanahaki AU where pre-YT Dream used to have so much love to give but growing up he has to keep it inside so he starts growing flowers and he has had to get them clinically removed often before it grows to dangerous levels, but once he starts meeting munchymc and eventually doing YT with George and Sapnap, he learns to let out some of that love to his friends and fans, slowly... little by little... and then all at once... it's hard to do so, esp when the weight of hatred grows more upon his shoulders but by his example, everyone arounds him also learn to support and love more openly (and maybe that's what saves his heart from bursting more flowers dangerously)

[silentstaresfanficandfanart]

lil early in development screenshots for a little game im working on

its not much at all yet but its looking cute and i love the concept of just this itty bitty puppy thing holding a bunch of things in its paws trying to hold them all (yes that's the inventory, theres items already

i plan to make it a lil survival game thingy , i really want to make it possible to build little towns and stuff and for there to be cute little npcs. my wonderful handsome boyfriend designed one of the npcs we have so far

heres that sweetie

and heres another one we've got going

hehe hopefully i can figure out how to make all the systems work right- im working on the spawning of items and the inventory rn, and i need to add the hud stuff like hp, hunger, water, etc. be sure to share your thoughts! me and my boyfriend @a-person3 are really new to video game development but we're working hard and trying our best hehe! hes helped me a lot with getting through the harder bits! hopefully we can really get somewhere good with time hehe! :D

[lec743]

Darksiders Concept Thingy with Fury (2)

Fury was tending to the bonfire that the human woman had started. It was something to do for the night for the sake of doing it, as the human needed to rest before she could continue. A part of Fury was annoyed by this. If the human wasn't here, they could keep doing their jobs like how they should be doing... Though, the other part of her was a bit fascinated by the human's needs. They are so puny, and yet before the apocalypse they had a global empire full of smaller empires that were full of stories and life and conflict. She's a living piece of that fallen empire and her weakness made Fury curious.

The human woman was carving into a log. It was about as thick as her leg and a bit longer than her leg as well. She's been awkwardly carving into it for a few days now, having barrowed War's smallest knife, which looks more like a small sword in her grasp. She seems to wield it expertly despite how the size makes it sit awkward in her grip.

"Your food is ready [still haven't picked out a name yet]," Strife said as he picked up the five sticks of skewered rabbit meat that he was cooking for her.

Fury saw her head snap up as she set the carving project to the side. "Oh! It looks great, Strife. Thank you." She doesn't get up from her seat as Strife walks over and hands her all of the sticks.

Fury saw the confused look on the woman's face as the firelight danced on her features.

"Are you not going to have any?" She looked to Strife as he sat next to her on the rotten log War brought over.

"No. Don't really need to eat all that often."

"Is something stopping you from eating?"

Fury wondered where she was going with this, "No... Nothings stopping me? Why do you ask?" Strife said, voicing Fury's questions.

"Well, if you aren't hungry, then that's fine. I just really want to share my meal with you if that's okay?"

"What? Do you think Strife went to all that trouble just to poison you?" Fury decided to ask.

Her eyes shined in the firelight as she turned wide-eyed at the giant woman. "No! I-I didn't mean to insinuate--" she turned her focus back onto Strife, "I'm sure your cooking is lovely! I don't think you would--

"Ignore her," Strife drawled as he shifted his helm up to expose his mouth while taking a skewer, "She's just not as nice as you are."

Fury furrowed her brow and picked up a pebble from the ground. Then with an quick flick of her wrist she nailed him right on his metal helm, making the armor ring loudly. She smiled as he grimaced from the sound.

"I'm sure she's nice in her own way," the human stated while Strife glowered at Fury. The human woman then offered a stick to the nephilim woman. "Would you like to eat with us?"

Fury still felt too confused by the offer. She raised her hand and shook her head. "No. I don't need it."

The three of them then heard the heavy foot falls of War as it announced his and Death's return from scouting out the area.

"W-welcome back," the human greeted with fear but Fury saw that she was smiling at her brother's genuinely. Then like what she did with Strife and herself, she offered the skewers to them. "Are you guys hungry? Would you like to eat?"

Death shook his head. "We don't need to eat."

The woman seemed to visibly wilt at the decline, but then War said, "I will join you." That made her smile a little wider as she stretched her arm out to the large nephilim as he walked over and grasped the small snack from her. Then he joined Fury by the fire before eating.

The human was about to dig in before there was a caw from the sky and Dust swooped down and landed on her shoulders. The night air rang with her laughter as she felt the crow preen her hair. Fury saw a soft smile on Strife's lips as he watched the interaction while he ate.

"Of course I'm going to share with you too, Dust. My favorite lil crow."

Fury huffed in amusement. Next to her and her siblings, the crow can be deemed as little, but next to the human, he may as well be half as tall as her. The human offered the strips of meat to Dust and the crow would have sat there and eaten on her shoulders if Death hadn't of walked over.

"You should keep the food to yourself. You need it more."

"The amount I have is enough. With how much horseback riding I've been doing, I'm not exerting a lot of energy. I'll be fine. Besides, sharing is caring."

Strife snorted. "Awe, does that mean you care about me?" He looked away from her as he threw his bare stick into the fire. Fury didn't miss the way he tried to hit her with it as he threw it. Fury then watched the human woman as she looked Strife in the eye with a straight and honest face.

"Yes."

She ate her meal as she continued to keep eye contact with him. It made Fury quietly snicker to herself as Strife would have said something quippy at this point and it seems for the first time in a long time someone has made Strife speechless.

The second eldest nephilim turned away from her honest gaze as he opted to stare at the fire. Fury gave him a smug smile and Strife cursed her out quietly in their native tongue.

Death called Despair for the human when she finished her meal and she bid everyone good night as she used the horse as a pillow. Fury continued to tend to the fire as her brothers found other ways to busy themselves. It wasn't until sunrise that she realized that the human also cares about her, someone that she's obviously scared of. She's not sure how to feel about that.

[cutekittenlady]

hrng thinking about those silly soulmate au thingies with the markings and then thinking about how fucky the time-space stuff in pla is and how if ingo got baja blasted to the past and met his soulmate there his lil soul mark would probs just be blacked out cause they died years before he was born and his soulmate just wouldn’t have one cause he hasn’t been born yet and the concept of this is making me giggle more than it probably should 😂

Tbh I've always thought soulmate aus tend to be a tad limited? I mean, maybe I'm biased, but the lack of soulmate aus that delve into the potentially platonic nature of soulmates and how this could reflect in a wide variety of relationships and dynamics is kinda disappointing?

Like, reincarnating isn't limited to humans. It includes animals, plant life, I've read some stuff that suggests its possible to reincarnate into inorganic material like a rock formation or something (not sure how accurate those particularly sources were though).

I mean, what if your "soulmate" is an animal or a tree? How does that manifest? What if a parents soulmate is their child?

Sadly I dunno if this could ever possibly be delved into since the whole "soulmate" thing is so dominated by explicitly romantic and even sexual overtones in popular culture.

To that end I've kinda dislike the concept of soulmate "marks"? I mean, what appeal there is to the concept of destined soulmates feels kinda redundant when you toss on a conveniently magic mark or "sign" that you've met you're soulmate rather than having to explore you're emotions, the significance of the other person to your life, etc to realize the same conclusion.

Sorry, I know I completely derailed your ask to go off on this tangent, but I mostly wanted to explain my view so you may better understand my explanation for how I'd handle a concept like this.

I think the concept of people from different time periods who are destined to meet and be significant to one another is a fascinating one. Especially since it'd imply that Ingo ending up in Hisui wasn't just some fluke but something that was destined to appen. With or without Volo's interference.

How Ingo and this other person would handle this realization and how they might intend to move forward would depend entirely on who the second character might be.

Actually would the clans of Hisui have a concept of soulmates as well? The Sinnoh games sorta share the "equal but oppostite" theming present in the Unova games and many others. Would that relate to soulmates?

Plus with this being set in the Pokemon universe, is it possible for Pokemon to have soulmates? Could a pokemon and human be each others soulmates? What about legendaries? Would it apply to them?

How far does Time and Space actually stretch before messing with destiny, assuming its present in the universe? If it IS present in the pokemon universe, how powerful is destiny? Can it be altered? To that end, are the time and universal disruptions caused by Volo in legends arceus, Cyrus in diamond, pearl, and platinum, and Professor Sada/Turo in Scarlet and Violet DESTINED to happen and therefore part of the greater "design" of the pokemon universe or have these actions altered whole destinies?

Sorry Anon, I know you likely didn't want to see me get bogged down in the nitty gritty specifics of how something like this would actually work thematically and literally in story, but I can't really help it.

[theinkeddragon]

Roach... :)

Funny tall voidtouched Saints general... . .. I loves her

she apart of Knight's lil squad (Cause in GoW&R all the Lieuteniates have their own squads, and Knight's is nicknamed the "cleanup crew" cause they'd functionally be the like, reinforcements that come when you survive enough in a survival activity in SRTT, and the people who clean up after battles.) (The others exist, but cause of Knight's abnormally close friendship with her generals, they're the only ones with full designs & names n stuff.) (Generals take off their helmets and can get modifications/additions done to their outfit, but still need to keep the general PMG kit, unlike Lieuteniates who can just wear whatever they want)

(Ima post these lil concept thingies cause I wanna share more GoW&R content while it's in progress. not as much as my Beta testers, but more than silence)

[h0n3yj4y]

Vampire!Miles Fairchild idea/concept

NSFW: aged up Miles to 19 👍

Warnings: blood, biting

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OMG ive been thinking about this all night and i just HAVE to share this with yall but like, imagine if Miles was a vampire?? Im not very big into vampires, not a huge fan but like, Miles? As a vamp? Oh sign me the hell up 😩

Like like, here me out.....

♡

Miles loves, and i mean l o v e s teasing the fuck out of u. He has a few ways of doing so aswell.

♡-He loves to drag his sharp, pointy fangs across ur neck, he drags them across ur jawline, down to the base of ur neck and around ur collarbone. Sensing as u shiver and ur heart races in fear and arousal. Ur a bit scared obviously because what if he decides to bite down u? Those sharp fangs digging into the soft flesh of ur neck as he sucks on a bit of ur warm, tasty blood. We all know you'd like that tho.

♡- Miles loves softly digging his fangs into any part of ur body, like ur arm, lips, thighs, neck, especially ur neck and thighs. He loves how he can hear ur heart race as u start to get nervous, watching as u squirm under him, what hes doing is driving u insane, but u love it. He sometimes actually draws a bit of blood and sometimes he just wants u to feel the sting and to tease u, he knows u like it, no, love it.

♡- Another way that he uses his fangs to tease u is by "innocently" having them come out while u guys are having a calm, sweet conversation. U always notice when he does this, i mean, how couldn't u notice? Those big, sharp, shiny fangs of his that u oh so wish he could dig into u. Can't let him know that tho cuz he most definitely will, no hesitation whatsoever. To late to keep that secret now tho hm? Cuz he already knows, he always does, with ur heartbeat racing, lack of eye contact and lip biting, it says it all.

♡- this one is short but he loves leaving bite marks on u, on ur neck, arms and thighs. I mean, how else are people gonna know who u belong to? <3

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A/N: AAAAH I LOVED WRITING THIS SM OMLLL!! And i hope u guys liked it as much as i did! I think this lil concept thingy is pretty neat and i havent seen anyone do it soooo 👀😳 Miles def gives vamp vibes, hes so, idk mysterious and creepy 🥰

But anywho, if u have any lil thoughts/ideas to add onto this then PLS dont be shy to drop em down in the commets or in my inbox my sweet Angels, good night now 💛🌾🌻🐝

[keii]

Random long update post about my life i guess? LOL

Been enjoying messing with tamagotchis lately!!! I’ve always wanted ones with a colored screen, so I caved and bought some Tamagotchi On and it’s SO fun! Like, I just play with a lil pixel friend and can marry them off. It’s a commitment, but also, easy to just take a breather from my day to see how they’re doing and then continue working on whatever I was doing. I also downloaded the MyMeets thing bc I kinda want to try and make my own pixel bg bc wouldn’t that be cute??? Would also want to commission Poo for one as well bc I always liked their pixel works. I’ve also wanted a Sanrio Meets one, but they’re SO expensive, so I’m going to wait a bit before buying one. I really want to marry Sanrio meets tamas to my On and I think it would be cute to see. The blue one is technically my fiances (though I’m the one that mostly looks out for it) and the other one is mine. I named my first tama child Denjitchi, after Denji from Chainsaw Man bc I read that a couple weeks back and FELL IN LOVE. I really love the characters and world, and it’s how I felt with Dorohedoro, where the world seems so dire? But the character relationships are so fun and you get attached to so many. I also really love how it’s violent, but also fun??? Not only that but the concept fo their abilities are weird in a cool way, the devils are kinda freaky too and I love that. Also love the entrance of the Darkness Devil and the name itself made me laugh bc u know. LMAO-- I like the sense of dark humor it has. After that, I made sure to preorder both Denji and Power nendoroids bc I love their relationship the most! I wonder if there’s gonna be a part 2... I need it, after the heartbreak I experienced with Aki...

I also figured out how to buy nijisanji goods, so I caved and bought chronoir kuma rubber charms and they’re so cute, I don’t want to take em out of their plastic-- I have no idea where I want to hang these either bc I don’t want them to get dirty or lost bc they’re expensive. I also preordered two Kuzuha nendoroids from different sites (bc they have different preorder bonus LMFAO) along with Himawari nendo bc I like her too and I swear nendos NEVER really caught my attention before, but for SOME REASON goodsmile started coming out with REALLY good ones that appealed to me and now I find myself wanting a new one every month??? Smh, calm down!! Anyway, Idk why I like vtubers-- something about watching someone with a cute anime avatar just doing something so mundane such as playing video games or singing is a nice comfort to me ever since quarantine happened. Like not only that, but all the Holostar goods I ordered months ago are all finally being shipped and idk where the heck I’m gonna put those either LMAO.

Hmm what else, in February, I got a instax printer thingy and I’m having fun testing out how my art works look on it! I think it would be cute to make personalize polaroid pics for others too as a commission, though I’m a lil hesitant atm because it’s kind of hard to not have the colors too washed out. When I was testing it on Kii, I had to bring the brightness down along with increasing the saturation and contrast just so that his colors wouldn’t be so washed out! 

Besides talking to close friends, I’ve been keeping mostly to myself on social media, not even posting art everyday, which is nice, but also social media has skewed my relationship with art where if I’m not posting it, then I’m just wasting time. I’m still trying to get over the fact that I’m not just an artist and that I’m allowed to venture out into new things and work on projects myself without having to post every single detail about it on the internet. Every since I graduated university, I shifted from just drawing all the time to having more time to find more interests outside of art. Sushi and Poo convinced me to do journaling as well, so I started that in February and it’s been fun to write down unfiltered thoughts, even though it’s a mess, along with making random spreads. I enjoy being able to still be creative without having to post it, you know? I’m still trying to find my flow when it comes to balancing commissions and my own projects and interests-- I have to keep myself accountable with my own schedule.

There are so many things I want to do, but it’s easy to feel so overwhelmed that I end up not doing any of it at all and reverting back to whatever I’ve always done. I enjoy immersing myself in my work, my projects, my interests. I want to do that, but at the same time I do need to be active on social media from time to time because I still need to do commissions. I like sharing my work to have that connection with others, I just don’t like the pressure of trying to upkeep an audience or anything that social media culture pushes onto people. I guess that’s why I still like tumblr because I can just post whatever and not care too much lol. That’s all I can think of from the top of my head in this convoluted, messy, post about my life (I say this as if it's not some essay or some shit lmao). Nothing really eventful tbh??? Just been doing my own thing and then I would have weekly voice calls with Sushi and Poo and then catch up to other friends once or twice a month.

Hope everyone else is doing well~

[lunarblazes]

Hello I am loving your red watcher concept it's so cool!!! Please share more headcanons if you have any? I'd love to hear how the whole thing is affected the other people around Grian!

Also, do you have any tie-ins with this au for hermitcraft? If so I'd love to hear those as well!

SO SORRY I LET THIS ASK GO UNANSWERED FOR SO LONG. thank you SO much for asking aaahdkdjfldjfk i SWEAR i didn’t purposefully ignore this i have the memory of a squirrel and the attention span of a boiled peanut

hermitcraft isn’t canon to this lil au, really? i didn’t want to have to tie everything together HDKSHFKSJFKD I’M NOT SMART ENOUGH FOR THAT I’M SORRY. if anyone wants to make their own concepts to tie this to hc or related servers pop off :^)

THAT SAID here is some Information TM on the other members in the red watcher… thing?

nearly everyone on the server is affected by the weird shit that goes on, which is both based in my own ideas and the fact that people change their skins on red life lol. i don’t have super detailed ideas for a few of them— notably, being impulse, big b, etho, and joel! they just seem like they’d be funnier as humans.

bdubs: bdubs HIMSELF doesn’t change so much as his jacket. his moss jacket has my entire heart. it is alive now. he’s like a tangela. it moves on its own and it PUFFS bro. it’s like a parka

cleo: i’ve had the headcanon that as cleo dies she becomes more human instead of decaying further literally since day two of third life and i’m putting it in here. cleo is a patchwork of human and decay by the end of third life and it carries over to last life. it’s both hilarious and slightly angsty which is exactly how i like it

tango: tango’s just on fucking fire. he’s a flame spirit! a few of the people on the server are spirits in the world and tango’s one of them. obviously as he progresses we get more lava monster-y. like te kā from moana (i don’t think i used the accent marks right) but slightly more human-looking!

ren: yeah. wolf monster boy. you know the drill :^)! hes fluffy

martyn: martyn is actually a moon spirit even before everything, though the server brings out more of his inhuman traits. his design is based on dragons! he develops iridescent white scales, slit pupils, fangs, and horns, though one is torn off while he’s fighting grian in the battle of the red desert. i think he’s very cool

skizz: skizz is the most canon of the bunch: enderman void dude! he only changes once, on his red life in third life, but it sticks well. his arms are converted to void material, which means he can change their shape, and he can also dematerialize them in battle, though he has to be careful with that because it will also make him drop whatever he’s holding. his eyes are purely black except for red pinpricks of light signifying his life color.

scott: like martyn, scott is a spirit— a wind spirit, to be more exact! i actually don’t know how he changes exactly yet but! i do think his little crystalline headband thingy has something to do with it. think it might be fun if he sort of? cracked apart? in a similar way to how jimmy’s red life skin was dissolving. not sure yet! i do want him to take on more of a starborne look while he serves pearl. because obviously.

jimmy: speaking of jimmy dissolving. again, i’m not too sure what traits he develops, but that red life suspended state definitely carries over.

scar: SCAR IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES. i took crack, listened to gold by imagine dragons one too many times, and went damn. guess i have a new hc. scar is literally an automaton. don’t ask me HOW or WHY. he just IS. his red body is decaying, you can see his ribs, and inside is a golden ribcage with a ticking, mechanical heartbeat. he bleeds solid gold. he’s really fun to draw!!!

pearl: pearl is similar to martyn, only i think i’m gonna go more unicorn-inspired as she dies more! i think unicorns are neat and i think she deserves this. she hasn’t reached the point of change yet (remember, grian’s the only one who will just change randomly), but she will eventually, so! i’m putting her on this list

lizzie: reconciling her axolotl skin with her clear fae tendencies will take me a bit more research, but considering she lives next to a river, i’m thinking this is kind of a naiad type thing. yes she is a fairy yes she is a river spirit. she was a river spirit even before this and so she kept her axolotl gills and a bit of her scales but Oh Boy living in a fairy circle is not going to help you when you lose lives and the server decides that you need to change, lizzie :^)

[13tinysocks]

spill your guts rewrite ! !

Hey happy holidays AND flat fuck Friday

Bee and I wanted to share a future project with y'alls as a wierd lil gift thingy x

Basically, we're rewriting spill your guts sometime in the distant future. Please know that before we can revist syg that we have to finish: the hunt is on and youll catch your death. Not to mention we have a fourth fic comin down the turnpike right after thio finishes which is our take on a mansion fic-- house of 1000 corpses. Concept one shots for that fic are up on my quotev.

As for deets on the rewrite we'll let ya in on some thingz. Spoilers passed this point.

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-Overall better foreshadowing and characterization. Syg was our first fic and had minimal planning involved so literally everyday we didn't know what tf we were gonna write. If it felt a lil wonky that's why mememsoksn. Anyway we look forward to improving on making it have a better flow.

-Alexis lives through the cabin arc and becomes a major character with an arc. That's right not everything will be the same!! Same plot and characters but there's going to be quite a few things flipped around. 

-Yns main weapon is a carbine over a pistol. 

-Tim and Brian are going to be together. Toby will NOT be with either of them. Tim/toby and Brian/toby make us super uncomfortable.

-possible bigger showcase of proxy culture

-Tobys gonna be depicted as trans. Possibly a little more cannibalistic?? We'll see.

-slenders even fuckin worse❤❤❤

//nsfw

-Tims a hard sub and gets pegged.

-Switch brian gets pegged.

No more cowardice. Lets go !🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃

[wenkiemoo]

Happy Birthday Jack!

Short "comic" about Jacksepticeye! 💚

↓ Same thingies I said on Instagram below ↓

Well, this is kinda embarrassing but I've made a comic! A comic about @therealjacksepticeye. Today, 7th of February the Lil' but loud (VERY LOUD) bean is aged 29. It's funny that I haven't been watching Seán's channel for more than 1 or 2 years because at the beginning I watched Markiplier's channel then both.

It didn't take me long to feel attached to people that weren't even physically by my side, I really appreciate both, Mark and Jack, 2 special people that with their laughs and goofy personalities in their videos, made me smile a lot more than I used to and see the world brighter.

I've met some people who speak Spanish and also love them and I'm grateful for that! JSE community is really the sanest that I've ever been into. Lots of beautiful and nice people ;v;, also, all the scepticart and edits make me feel better about being an artist, there are a lot of people who share the same likes as me! ♥️

I think PMA has changed a lot of lives, mine included, I've always been a kind of realistic - negative person, but hearing Jack's point of view of some stuff and saying encouraging things have made quite a great impact on my way of thinking.

This may not be the best message he'll read (or maybe this will get lost in better fanarts), but he has changed my life! I really mean it.

And I wish him the best of the days because he deserves it! 💚✨

I'm sorry if something I wrote is wrong or doesn't have a correct grammatical order.

I'm from Argentina and here we speak Spanish as our native language! 💚

I've technically learnt English on my own and watching videos in English to boost my listening skills was the first step to join this awesome journey :D. Thanks to mostly Jack and Mark, I don't struggle anymore with the typical Brittish guy they put on the cd player for us to get used to that weird accent (in a good sense of course xD).

→ Here I have more space than on Instagram :O ←

This isn't on Instagram but I wanted to write it here at least.

I'm sure that a lot of you won't like it, why? Well of course because I have almost no clue about the egos backstory, canon or fanon concepts... I don't really know.

But I wanted to do this comic because I thought...

"The egos seem to be part of Seán, it would be nice to draw all of them but how would they look like with Seán's actual style (brown hair, more beard lol). Also, I want to draw him with his Mabel sweater because, why not."

Yeah, I'm really deep uvu. Are you moved because of my touching concept? You must be.

I've seen Seán's old videos and he was as nice as he is right now but louder. I don't know why people keep saying that he has changed but in a bad way or something like that, I think he has improved and achieved a lot of good things!

We're proud of you BOY 💚.

I want to write a lot more! But most of you I bet that are bored right now xD.

So I'll keep it for myself, for now, ovo/ 💚✨.

Pd: I'd be VERY grateful if the few people that'll see this, reposted it for others to see as well! This took me a lot of time and I was very anxious because I felt that I wouldn't be able to finish it on time, but here I am, not the best drawing I've made but the first attempt to make a comic xD. It'd mean the world for me if Seán saw it! 💚 (I wrote all of this on the mobile version of Tumblr, but on the web site, lots of words have been replaced by emojis, wtf).

¡Muchas gracias a todos los que hayan llegado hasta aquí! 💚💚

Thank you very much for the people who have reached this part without dying from boredom 💚.

[house-of-tykayl]

cystar tho (headcanons)

imagine

cyborg and starfire are the cuddliest couple ever. the PDA is incredible. star will perch on his shoulders like he’s a climbing post/bird perch and generally just drape herself all over him bc he’s got a lot of surface area and she wants comfy. and cy will just grab her out of midair for huggles before letting her float away again like a balloon headed straight for the atmosphere. star will float higher when she wants to look over his shoulder at something (bc hes the only titan taller than her) and sometimes cy will just reach up and touch her waist and lead her around in the air like that while they chat

the other titans support them, but are simultaneously disgusted by the excessive amount of PDA. cy sometimes milks star’s affection to troll everyone, especially at the breakfast table. “hey star i havent had my morning kiss today” “oh apologies” “do that long tongue thingy again babe” “if you two dont let me eat my waffles in peace for just ONE morning i will open a portal to the seventh circle of hell and chuck the both of you inside”

star is living for the unabashed affection bc cyborg has no qualms about being proud boyfriend in public. like he’ll wrap an arm around her and go “hey star’s my girlfriend :)” and the grocery store clerk’s like “we know, that’ll be $15.99″ and star’s just beaming, holding the plastic bags full of snacks and unorthodox food combinations

if cy’s generous with the lovin wait till you see star lmao. “you are looking most beautiful today!” she keeps saying shit literally no one else will say, either (possibly) coz of the robot thing or just coz starfire’s being starfire, and cyborg’s just like *clutches_chest.jpeg* because she a lil weirdo but she makes him feel normal and appreciated and that he’s great the way he is, that he’s desired even if a lot of him isn’t organic anymore. like yes!! my boyfriend is comprised of 80% robotic parts!! he is extremely strong and the “cool”!!! is he not absolutely wonderful???

ok but starfire can almost never get enough touching, and cyborg’s just like aight *picks her up and carries her around on his arm for an hour* and she’ll just be giddy the entire time

more under the cut

star doesnt have a lot of preconceived notions of what a normal human relationship is, outside of things she sees on TV and robin’s incomprehensible push-pulling over the years. so she doesn’t care one bit about the fact that she’s cuddling a robot. she’d figured starting a relationship with anyone on earth would be something different for her regardless– so a lot of the things cyborg used to think a partner would find problems with, end up not happening because man, this alien chick. “may i lay together with you in your bed?” “girl are you saying you wanna sleep while standing up?? on my charging port???? surrounded by 3478012 cables and wires?????” “is there no room? then may i sleep on the floor?” she just wants to be with him

heck more bed shenanigans would involve like, cyborg awkwardly trying to lie down on star’s bed, and it feels weird coz he hasn’t slept in a real bed for years and while it feels nice he’s kinda sinking into the mattress and he’s self-conscious about leaving a dent in the frame?? or like rolling over at night and squashing star which would be awkward coz he’s more than a little heavy?? then star hops in and cuddles close and is all like shhhhhhhhh slep time

silkie is usually very happy about cyborg’s presence in star’s room, if only because he can gnaw on cy’s legs while they sleep. cy begins to think it’s also revenge since there’s a lot less space on the bed with himself in it, and silkie struggles to find room near starfire to sleep at night. they eventually just get a bigger bed. silkie is a lot less stressed– but cyborg still wakes up with chew marks in his legs

if either of them are too tired from a battle that day, the other will carry them to bed. BB laughed his ass off the first time he saw starfire princess carrying cy to his room (star’s perfectly capable of carrying his weight but her arms aren’t necessarily long enough to hold onto him properly, making it a little cumbersome and awkward), but cy just tiredly gives B the finger

cy will talk to star in awkward broken tamaranian and she’ll get all giggly. everyone else assumes it’s cute flirting, but he’s actually whispering dirty, raunchy shit. that she taught him. and she continues to teach him tamaranian, occasionally dropping new words while otherwise speaking english, and waiting for him to ask about what they mean.

cy will sometimes smack star’s ass and then run for his life before she can return the favor, because he always ends up with an overly-enthusiastic handprint-shaped dent in his ass. it’s a terrifying game of tag. BB will chase them chasing each other with a camera to add to his album of “cyborg’s dented ass” photos that he shares with the whole titans network

cy teaches star about the niches in earth/american culture, the kinds of things that are a little harder to learn about on your own, or things she otherwise wouldn’t have had a reason to learn. he tells her about old american tv shows and explains obscure slang words and how to make telemarketers hang up first and what the contra code is and why he mashes it in every time he boots up a new video game. it’s a crash course mix of useless trivia and miscellaneous culture that makes star’s head spin– but she’s excited about learning all the same, the power of just knowing more makes her feel more comfortable on a planet where she is always a foreigner

it’s kinda why star adores all the different nicknames cy has for her like “fly girl” “baby doll” etc because it makes her feel “in” coz she gets all these cool nicks of names like other earth people!! she fits in!!!! and he’ll say it so fondly it makes her blush half the time. cy definitely notices and thinks its super cute at how excited she gets over pet names. she tries to nickname him back at one point but it felt awkward and she struggled to come up with them, and cy reassured her that he liked her saying out his name anyway, its cool. just be yourself babey

cy loves teaching star things in general, he’s patient and she’s always an eager student. he once took a few hours showing her how to play video games and while she didn’t really take to it, she did learn how to not break the controller whenever her virtual car’s about to crash into the divider (she still shrieks when it happens though)

initially, star is a bit nervous about touching some of cyborg’s robot parts like the implants and consoles coz she’s not sure how to deal with them? alien tech is one thing and earth tech is another, and then there’s the advanced shit that made up cyborg’s body and literally keeps him alive. she’s petrified at the thought of accidentally breaking something like what if she presses the button that turns off his lungs???????? and cy is like why the fuck would i have a button to turn off my lungs?? so one day cy just sits her down so she’s leaning back against his chest, and he looks over her shoulder as he shows her how to navigate his arm console. press this button and choose this option, no the screen wont break even if you press hard, dont use the browser to download malware on my arm like BB did, etc. the ui’s pretty intuitive and star gets it pretty quickly, then she gets all excited. cy teaches her about all the maintenance he does on his body and how his charger works and all that shit and she like oooooo

“if the t-car is your baby, does this mean i am its mother? cyborg does she like me enough? should i assist in changing her oil? *panicking* WILL SHE ACCEPT ME AS HER ADOPTED K’NORFKA?!”

(the t-car is a sassy one, easily jealous and protective– but ultimately, she does approve of starfire, if only just barely)

they spend a lot of time in the garage together. whether cy’s fussing with the t-car or putting together a new gadget, star’s a helpful assistant when it comes to welding or heavy lifting. and while she doesn’t necessarily get programming, she still helps cy with all the calculations and math involved in it; the concept of physics as she has encountered on earth is primitive compared to tamaran, and cy will often challenge her to crack a tough equation before his computer can. while the computer usually gets a result first, star will just explain that its answer was wrong in the large scheme of things, before she starts going in depth into that nerdy science shit to find a more effective way to wire whatever project they’re working on and cy’s just like  ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ heart eyes ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ at how smart she is

they fucking love food. while all the titans are hanging out in the common room, star and cy spend an inordinate amount of time in the kitchen. star will literally eat anything, at any time, and cy would go like “yo star want a sub??” and shes like “YES I WOULD LOVE THE EDIBLE SUBMARINES” and they go make the tallest sub ever and then Eat it

they just cook together a lot, one of them being head chef for the hour and the other being the kitchen assistant. cy’s usually in the lead when they’re making food for the other titans (to prevent food poisoning), and star is happy to learn new recipes that aren’t lethal to her friends– that, and licking all the mixing bowls clean. cy purposely gets sauce etc on his face so that star will see and lick it off too. then star will very unsubtly smear food on her face so that cy will wipe it off with his finger and then things get handsy. (they’re both aware it’s a game, but they pretend like they don’t.)

cy gets them matching aprons and a tiny chef hat for star. she asks him why it’s so tiny or even necessary but he just thinks its cute af on her lol

it helps cy’s ego when star will also eat literally anything he puts in front of her while enjoying it unironically. of course, cy quickly learns that starfire’s favorite “earth” foods are things that most people wouldn’t consider food at all, so while he’ll prepare Real Food for himself, he had to start a new custom cookbook for the random combinations of ingredients that starfire likes to ingest. he’s torn between feeling like his chef skills go to waste on her, or being proud at how good he’s become at figuring out the kinds of food combos she likes based on the flavors and consistencies she’s inclined to. but ultimately she’s just so cute and happy when she smiles at the taste of m&ms on raw steak that cyborg’s just like ahh. fine.

cyborg: *sighs while writing* “edamame in a cherry-chocolate reduction: get a handful of fresh edamame, washing is optional, pour hershey’s chocolate sauce all over it, add cherries but don’t remove the pits or the stems, sprinkle in some drops of 7up, then cover that shit in mustard. stick it all in the microwave for 1 minute, doesn’t really matter what temperature? prep time: 3 and a half minutes. the fuck did i just write”

star: *wolfs down that edamame shit like its the best goddamn thing ever*

raven:

meanwhile, while cy can’t stomach star’s tamaranean food, he does go out of his way to learn how to prepare the stuff himself, for whenever star’s sick or feeling down. the nostalgic taste of home tends to help her feel better. the bowls of wustlepus might keep trying to strangle him, but hey, cy can handle it

cy used to think we was master of stuffing his face, but he quickly found out that you do not challenge an alien with 9 stomachs to an eating competition and expect to win. it’s still fun, of course, to pick a restaurant and watch her slowly but surely put away food with a grace that cy doesn’t (care to) have. robin and BB cheer will them on, raven is disgusted but plays referee anyway (even though it’s not like the result ever changes)

“are the table manners required for today’s duel of excessive food consumption?” star will ask cy innocently, but she’d be smiling a lil smugly because she knows she’s gonna win like always

(at some point, the restaurant manager will start eyeing them nervously from the doorway of the staff room, unsure about whether to ask the titans to leave before they run the kitchen dry, or to take advantage of the publicity.)

cy and star are a couple that isn’t inclined to subtle about anything. that means smooching all the time. mwah noises. flirting. glomps. yelling at shit together for fun– cy just expresses himself loudly, while shouting at each other is a form of affection on tamaran. they’ll sometimes wrestle, sometimes arm wrestling and sometimes all out full-body on the floor (actual wrestling tho, not a innuendo; star usually wins). they keep denting walls and furniture with their messing around and the other titans are like /(e_e)\ *passing out earplugs* and at some point robin is like guys… just… keep it in your rooms please

but being loud isn’t exclusive to daytime. nobody fucking knows how the hell an alien and a robot get it on, but based on all the god damn noise at night, they’ve apparently figured something out. maybe more than one something. it is a mystery

“hey, star… ever heard of a vibrator?”

most of their making out happens in the gym tho, let’s be real. they’ve been checking each other out for years in there. now they just get frisky after (or during, or before) a workout, culminating in yet another “workout”. they never lock the door, and after enough incidents the other titans just end up boycotting the gym entirely in lieu of the other training room

with the added privacy, star opts to work out in the gym without a top on. or a bra. then she heads for the treadmill

“you never wear clothing, cyborg, so why should i?”

cyborg keeps dropping his weights on himself and just ends up covered in dents, two mangled prosthetic legs, and having done no training at all

they’re such a peppy excited pair that sometimes things can get a bit too wild. there’s a pile in the back of cy’s room made up solely of dented/crushed/melted/ripped arm and leg prosthetics, all damaged because cy was busy pampering his superpowered alien gf a lil too much. starfire feels super bad but cy is like, he has to fix his limbs after a lot of battles anyway, it’s no big deal. he also hasn’t bothered to suggest a workaround yet because watching her lose control is hot (and maybe getting his hand melted is kinda kinky)

they sometimes troll the other titans– usually robin– by whispering in tamaranian behind them and snickering, pretending like they’re talking about them. robin used to be extra miffed by this, but after learning that cy’s tamaranian is actually still shit enough that he has yet to learn to string together a proper sentence longer than 3 words, robin knows they’re just fucking around with him. at one point robin turns around on the couch and throws some tamaranian right back at them and cyborg’s like :O what the fuck? what the fuck?? and star’s like yeah actually robin asked me to teach him tamaranian too. and robin’s like :) and cy is grumpy he can’t antagonize him with it anymore (and that it’s not exclusively his and star’s code language anymore, but really, you can’t own a language like that)

star likes to cart cy around while flying, but he’s just so bulky that he doesnt look all graceful and shit like robin; he just looks kinda goofy dangling in the air with her holding him under the arms. but even if he felt a little self-conscious, he forgets it quickly when she lets him skim the ocean with his feet or take him up over the clouds– he’d thought he lost everything with the accident that left him a robot, but getting to fly like this is something he never could’ve even dreamed of even when he was all human. like. this must be what it actually means to be living. everything happens for a reason

cy gets a UV lamp installed in his body just in case they get stuck somewhere and there’s no sunlight for star, he can’t replace the sun but it might help

he also turns his heaters up a bit when they’re cuddling coz he knows she likes warmth, as long as he’s not running the risk of overheating his system, but his metal parts can be cold to the touch and while she doesnt mind it at all he just wants her to be cozy….

cy’s like the only titan taller than star, so she usually floats to be eye level with him. he big and bulky and strong and he reminds her of galfore, and that’s part of why she always felt protected and safe around him. not to mention star’s been getting taller than most earth people her age; she sometimes feels like a tall poppy, sticking out of the crowd too much. so she lowkey enjoys being smol for once compared to cyborg, especially if she ever feels like hiding behind him, or being carried by him, the comfort of a sort of bodyguard that she doesn’t necessarily need but is there if she wants

i keep bringing this up but star sitting on cyborg’s shoulders/arms like. the result is this tall stack of a couple that towers over all the other titans– then like everyone will be chilling on the couch when they hear making out noises from above and they look up and its just star floating around cyborg’s head as they smooch and everyone’s like -_-

all the meme fun aside, they’re always able to confide in each other whenever they’re upset. they’ll sit together in silence and just lean on each other or hug and wait for someone to spill. if (when) it comes down to “will i ever fit in?”, because that kinda worry never completely goes away, they’ll be reassured that they know the few places they’ll always be accepted– and that’s in the titans, or in the unconventional relationship between a half robot and an alien nuclear bomb

star likes being around cy coz he’s so sturdy, in more ways than one– he’s strong enough to tank stuff so it’s safer to roughhouse with him. she loves being able to give the biggest of hugs without worrying too much about crushing a ribcage (earthlings and their Fragile Little Bones!)

cy loves how small star is compared to him bc shes fun to pick up or pluck from the air and cuddle ♥ and she’s so warm, just radiating heat both literally and metaphorically and she’s so full of life and heart, and cy’s once again reminded of what it really means to be human– by a goddamn alien, no less

they like to touch each other’s faces, just caressing n stuff like they do in “how long is forever” and the teen titans go comic #24, staring into each others eyes and shit and going all (uwu) they just love to touch each other okay even back when they were just friends!!!!!!!

HAVE I MENTIONED THE SMOOCHES. star will just kiss cy all over his face because its fun and she knows he likes it. then cy returns the favor, except with increasingly exaggerated kissing and nomming noises because it makes star laugh and blush like crazy. it’s horribly embarrassing for anyone else watching. star & cy are usually standing in the middle of the corridor by this point, and then robin was gonna head to his office, but once he sees the path is blocked– by this no less– just returns the way he came without a word

if anyone tries to make star feel uncomfortable for being alien or misunderstanding something, which does still happen sometimes, they’ll quickly find out they’ve got the goddamn terminator comin for their ass. or they’ll turn around and see 6 foot tall robot man with arms crossed and red eye glowing and he’ll be like (: hey there (:

star keeps leaving the garage with motor oil all over her face. none of the other titans knows how to address it, or if they even should, so they don’t

anyway theyre in love

[queenvernage]

Misora for the ask thingy?

favorite thing about them: i love misora's complexity! she's jaded, she's insecure, she loves fashion and justice and a GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP! i love that she is a fully realized human being with flaws and quirks and dreams and soul!

least favorite thing about them: i think the miitan bit is overplayed, but i could never fault her for it

favorite line: "don't care. sleepy. want my money." (mood. same. big misora energy.)

brOTP: misora & banjo is GOD TIER (misora & uncle beardo is angel tier)

OTP: misora/sawaaaa (i have feelings) (build ot3 is also very good!!)

nOTP: misora & kazumin is not a real ship right?

random headcanon: MISORA IS A COVERS HOG!! its too bad everyone shares that one bed because ALL the covers are misoras!!

unpopular opinion: (if it weren’t obvious by my url) i liked the concept of queen vernage & misora’s connection! execution did leave something to be desired, but i genuinely really liked the idea.

song i associate with them: "times up" by poppy

favorite picture of them: first of all there are no bad pictures of my lil martian princess but i like this one a lot shes so cuuuuuuuteeeeeeeeeeee

[gem-quest]

[ SIDEQUEST 03. — INFERNA & NEDDY ]

neddy doll by @bebemoon​ on urstyle! story is an optional read, as it’s just a continuation/spinoff that fanfan & i felt like writing <333

in which neddy and inferna share a single brain cell ;DDD

It wasn’t long after Ace had left when Inferna got a response from Neddy: let’s meet up!

And there was a picture attached, to help Inferna navigate the snowy forest.

Inferna sighed, swiping her inventory closed as she prepared to go over to the copse of pine trees that Neddy had indicated. She had a few bars of chocolate; she was thinking of melting them in order to make a gooey approximation of hot chocolate (it was a shame that she didn’t have any marshmallows with her, though). And even if they couldn’t find anything dry enough to make a fire with, that was a non-issue with Inferna’s totally swaggy fire-mage powers.

I hate the fucking cold, Inferna thought to herself, disgruntled, as she trudged through the snow, keeping half an eye out for any other Yetis who were in the mood to terrorize some rando who was dumb enough to have her hair dyed a glittery bright orange. Even in the real world. Winter as a concept can go fuck itself.

Inferna finally arrived, about ten minutes later. “Sup,” she greeted, pushing through branches and pine needles until she was also standing in the clearing.

She gave Neddy a once-over. The Moonstone player had been wearing her signature flowy fabric-y thingies when they were separated, which Inferna would never ever wear in her life because 1) she would freeze to fucking death, and 2) she would tangle herself in all the floating bits of wispy cloth and fall on her face like a scrub. But now, Neddy had somehow copped herself some kind of...ice armor? Pretty ice armor, too.

But, no, there was also something else that was different...

“Hey!” Inferna said, abruptly. “What the hell happened to your hair?!”

Neddy looked miserable. “Be real with me,” she replied. “Is it the geriatric travesty I think it is?” 

Inferna scratched her head, consideringly. Neddy’s lilac hair had somehow turned itself white - did she use a hair dye potion, or something?

“It’s...definitely something,” she said, then grinned, picking her way through the snow until she was standing by the other girl (waving hi to cute lil’ smol Jack as she did so. He looked more like a puppy and less like a dragon, when he was shrunken down like this!).

“Okay, yeah, it looks wack. What’d you do to it?!?!”

Neddy emitted a small plaintive sound. “I don’t know,” she whimpered. “It’s something to do with this-” 

She pulled out a crystally ice dagger. Inferna frowned.

Shaking her newly-white head, the other player threw her free hand up, clueless. “I pulled it out of a tree and now I look like this!” 

“Huh,” Inferna said, leaning closer, curious. “Can I see?”

And, because Inferna was - and one cannot stress this enough - a total fucking idiot, she reached out to take the crystalline dagger from Neddy’s hands.

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! What is it doing to me?!” she shrieked, pulling her hand away from the dagger.

Too late: there was already a thin veneer of ice creeping up her legs, over her boots. It felt - cold, like all those times rainwater had soaked through her shoes while she trudged to class without an umbrella because her 0 IQ ass could never remember to check the weather. She frantically shook one leg, then the other, trying to somehow get the ice to just go away and leave her alone...!!!

“Oh!” Neddy shrieked, too. “Oh my god!” 

Inferna watched as Neddy, who was just as horrified as Inferna, immediately dropped the dagger into the snow and tried to help her in the only way she knew how- by breathing warmth onto her. Great misty plumes of breath billowed into the wintry air, doing- as one might imagine- fuck all to actually stop the ice-spread. And the ice was enveloping her entire body, like the scene with Anna in Frozen!

“Why do I have to be an ice sculpture, I hate the cold, why couldn’t I be a cake sculpture instead, at least I’d be able to eat my way out,” Inferna wailed miserably, lifting her hands up to watch as the ice hardened over her fingers. “This is bullshit!”

She swung her gaze wildly around the clearing. “D’you know if Jack can do anything that melts ice???” she said to Neddy. “I mean, he’s a dragon, right? Dragons can do cool shit?”

“He breathes poison!” her friend screeched, anxiously flapping her hands. “That definitely will not help!”

“Why can’t he breathe fire?!” Inferna also screeched. “How am I supposed to use my Tearoom coupons for free scones if I’m a fucking ice sculpture!!!”

...wait a second. Breathe...fire? 

Inferna could do that, right? Well, she couldn’t breathe fire, but she could still summon fire…? Because, you know. Totally swaggy fire-mage powers???

Oh. Duh, she thought, belatedly.

So, Inferna raised her ice-covered hands again, and concentrated. The layer of cold that had spread over basically her entire body dampened her powers a bit, but they still worked.

After a few seconds, her hands began to warm up, and they started emitting a faint orange glow. A few more moments passed, and the ice had begun to crack and melt.

“Hey! Shit, I think it’s working!” Inferna exclaimed, holding up her palms for Neddy to see.

Neddy clutched her chest, looking just as relieved as Inferna felt. “Oh, thank god,” she exhaled. 

When the ice over her hands was gone, Inferna continued melting the ice off her body with the small flame hovering over her palms, grimacing as the frigid water soaked through her clothes. Once the ice was all gone, she grabbed her player-plexus and swiped open her inventory, dragging out about half a dozen H-rank “hair dryer” potions.

She uncorked one of the glass vials and dumped the gaseous contents over her head. There was a poof! of lavender smoke as the glass vial shimmered out of existence. 

Inferna felt...drier than she had been, but not 100% back to normal. Which made sense - the potions were specifically made to dry hair, after all. She continued dumping potions over her head until she was completely dry, then turned to face Neddy again.

“So, what’s up with the new look? How come you didn’t turn into an ice sculpture???”

“Trust me, if I knew I’d tell you,” said Neddy. She bent down to very cautiously take the dagger up again. Inferna watched as she stood up straight, unharmed, and frowned down at the weapon. “I don’t know.” 

Inferna frowned, too. “Well, do you want some hair dye potion to try to turn your hair back? I have a ton.”

And then she giggled, just a little bit. “But that white-haired look is still pretty great, I gotta say.”

Neddy made grabby-hands, and Inferna laughed again. “Please!” Neddy exclaimed, so Inferna pulled her player-plexus up to snipe a quick picture of Neddy with her white hair - grinning the entire time - before she swiped open her inventory, scrolling over to her H-rank cosmetic potions. 

“What color do you want? I’m not sure if I have your exact lilac color, but I have some other pretty purples.” And she held her plexus out so that Neddy could see.

“Ah. Well, the palest purple you have will do,” Neddy answered. 

Inferna squinted at her purple hair dye potions. She had a very light, washed-out violet-indigo color, so she dragged it out and examined the glass bottle thoughtfully, gently swirling the semi-gaseous substance inside. “You wanna try this one?” she asked.

The other player nodded tentatively. “Sure. Let’s- let’s try it.” 

Inferna shrugged. “Aight, here goes,” and she upended the contents of the glass bottle over Neddy’s head.

There was a flash of purple smoke and silver sparkles as the hair dye potion settled over Neddy’s hair. The bottle disappeared, magicked away into nothingness, and Inferna switched her plexus camera function into selfie mode and passed it over to Neddy so that she could see what she looked like.

“You think it worked?”

With her lips in a line, Neddy turned her head this way and that, getting a good look at the colour from every conceivable angle. Then: “It’s a little bluer than before, but...yeah. Yeah, it worked. It’s better than the white, at least.” 

Inferna grinned. “Lit! We should go find somewhere to sit down, then. I want to make hot chocolate.”

She took her plexus back, dragging out a tin can filled with sugar cubes that had a small tray attached to the inside, filled with Inferna sauce - sort of like the set-up for the Nutella to-go thingies that Inferna loved - and carefully dipped a sugar cube in the sauce before tossing it at Jack.

“Errrrpf,” the dragon purred, and Inferna beamed at him. She leaned down to scratch him behind his ears, then scooped him up in her arms, her player-plexus in her free hand.

After she was ready, she said, “C’mon, let’s go!”

“Right behind,” answered Neddy, and they set off at a brisk pace (well, as brisk of a pace as she could get in the stupid six inches of snow covering the ground), Inferna hugging Jack to her chest and letting his head settle on her shoulder. They walked for a few minutes before Inferna found a small clearing with a few large-ish, flat rocks that they could comfortably sit on. 

She brushed the snow off of them and plopped down, patting the spot next to her for Neddy and letting Jack settle in her lap before she started scrolling through her inventory.

“Do you think you have any water or milk or something in your inventory, for hot chocolate?” Inferna asked. “I definitely have the chocolate we’d need.”

In response, Neddy swiped into her inventory, humming a question. Inferna watched her scroll for several seconds before stopping on an item. 

“Dragon’s milk is all I have,” she said, a small wrinkle forming between her brows. “Don’t suppose that would work?” 

Inferna paused, and considered. “Will it give us cancer?” she asked, dragging out two cups and the chocolate she bought the other day.

Neddy blinked and looked back at the Plexus screen as if it would provide the answer. “Er, not- no, I don’t think so,” she replied. 

Inferna gave a nonchalant half-shrug. “Okay, let’s try it then,” she said, taking the chocolate out and setting half of it in one of the cups. She summoned a ball of fire and balanced it on her open palm, holding the cup above the flame and waiting for the chocolate to melt, occasionally putting out the fire to use her hand to stir the chocolate.

Once the chocolate had turned somewhat gooey, Inferna threw Neddy a glance. “You have the milk?”

In response, the other player produced the little glass stoppered bottle of milk from the Plexus. A cartoonish blue dragon was emblazoned on the item.

Inferna grinned. “Pour some in?”

And once Neddy had filled the cup the rest of the way with the dragon’s milk, Inferna let the hot chocolate sit over the flame for a few more minutes, stirring the entire time, before she extinguished the fireball. “Ta-da!” she exclaimed, handing the hot chocolate to Neddy. “Tell me how it tastes? And ooh - be careful, it’s hot.”

Neddy accepted the cup gratefully and blew at the billowing heat coming off of the mug. She took a sip and hummed. “It’s not bad, actually!” she said, a note of excitement in her voice. “Can’t even taste the...dragon.” 

Inferna quickly made another cup of hot chocolate for herself, and took a sip. “Mmm, you’re right,” she replied. “It just tastes like regular hot chocolate.”

She grinned. “Good to know that dragon milk has its many uses!”

They sat in silence for a while, drinking the hot chocolate - with Inferna feeding Jack sauce-covered sugar cubes every few minutes or so, to the dragon’s delight - and Inferna had just polished off the last of her drink, her player-plexus already in her hand as she began scrolling through her inventory to see what else she could make, before a Yeti burst through the trees and into the clearing. 

“Oh, for fuck’s sake!” Inferna shouted, as the Yeti roared and advanced. “Can’t we ever get some peace and quiet in this damn game?!?!”

Inferna jumped up - displacing Jack as she did so - and pulled one of her flaming daggers out, bringing her free hand up and firing off a quick succession of mini-fireballs at the stupid Yeti. A few ash-gray spots bloomed over its torso, the fur smoking and charring as it came into contact with fire, but the attack didn’t do much to slow it down.

“What now?” Inferna heard Neddy shout, and when she whirled around to face her, the panic was evident on her face.

Inferna shot a bigger fireball at the Yeti. “Uh, I don’t know?!?!?!” Inferna yelled in response, shoving Neddy out of the way as the Yeti responded with a blast of icy magic. “Do you have any ignitium potions??? I’ve already used mine up!” 

They were behind the Yeti, now. Neddy swiped quickly through her Plexus inventory.

“Er, it’s not something I usually collect!” she answered, evidently coming up with nil. 

“Fuck,” Inferna said, with feeling. Jack scurried over the snow to hide behind Neddy’s legs, chittering with distress.

The Yeti was turning around, but slowly. It gave Inferna enough time to lob a fireball at its eye, which set off a cacophony of obnoxiously loud roars.

A thought occurred to her, just as the Yeti reached out to grab for them. Inferna darted to the left, shoving Neddy to the right, and the Yeti's comically large fingers closed over empty air. “You think your weird ice dagger thingy will do anything?” Inferna yelled over her shoulder as she held both her palms up, blasting fire in its direction.

Out of the corner of her eye, Inferna could see Neddy quickly feeling around her person before coming up with the dagger, which had been tucked into a special slot in one of her gauntlets. Hand visibly quaking, she handled it blade-down; like an icepick, rather than a melee weapon. 

“I, er,” she called nervously, “just give me a second, okay?” 

Inferna gritted her teeth. “Make it quick!” she shouted back. 

Inferna continued to batter the Yeti with flames, and it was doing something, because she could tell that it was slowing down. But at this rate, Inferna would run out of steam long before the Yeti did.

Shaking her head, frustrated, Inferna yelled a warning in Neddy’s direction - “You better be ready with that stupid ice sculpture dagger!” - before she quickly darted below one of the Yeti’s swinging arms and slashed the Yeti in the gut with her flaming daggers.

“Now!” she yelled at Neddy, flicking her daggers away and bringing her hands up to shoot jets of fire into the Yeti’s face. She gritted her teeth again as Neddy stumbled a step forward - and seemed to hesitate a moment. It looked like she was gripping the dagger so tightly her knuckles were white. 

A heartbeat passed, then another. 

“Hurry the fuck up!” Inferna yelled again, sweat trickling down the side of her face, despite the chilly temperatures, and she watched as Neddy shut her eyes, breathing out. 

Then, Neddy shifted. Her courage became suddenly evident in her posture. Her eyes flew open and then- 

She leapt...

...and plunged her ice dagger thingymabob into the Yeti’s back. 

“Fucking finally!” Inferna exclaimed as ice began to form over the Yeti’s fur. She shot off one last bit of fire before she threw herself away from the Yeti, landing on her butt in the snow.

She looked up, panting, as the ice continued to spread across the expanse of the Yeti’s torso, down to its legs, up its arms. The Yeti didn’t seem to like it one bit - it continued to roar and thrash, even as the ice solidified over its neck and head, rendering it immobile.

All was still in the clearing.

Then, Jack climbed into Inferna’s lap, squawking something in dragonese, and nudged at the tin can of sugar cubes that had spilled out of her satchel in the melee.

“Holy shit,” Inferna breathed out, automatically feeding Jack one of the sugar cubes. She re-directed her gaze to Neddy, and grinned wildly. “That worked! That actually fucking worked!” 

Neddy appeared just as stunned at her own handiwork. Her mouth hung open. “Wow,” she muttered.

Inferna got up and gathered her things - some of which had been scattered all over the clearing, thanks to the stupid Yeti - before scooping Jack up again and making her way over to Neddy. She punched her in the arm, playfully. “That was badass!”

The other player’s face unstuck at that, and she grinned, putting the heel of her palm to her forehead in awe. “I’ve never done anything like that before,” Neddy laughed. “Wow!” 

Inferna grinned back at her. “Come on. Grab your ice dagger and let’s get out of here, before the Yeti figures out how to escape!”

[chxoticmuses]

PLOTS PLEASE

Status: Accepting

@themercifulmother​ said: plots please 😜

— Delores & Rose: Look,,,I need that thread where Rose gets caught by Delores sneaking into Sal’s club and she pretends she doesn’t know her because the concept is just SO FUNNY to me and I need to know how Delores would react. I also don’t know where they’re at timeline wise, but I was thinking about Rose helping Delores and the kids out when Sal goes to jail by helping Dee out with all sorts of stuff and maybe even watching the kids (If Delores trusts her that much because Rose be kinda trifling) as a way to pay her back for all the times she’s been a help to her.

— Delores & Cynthia: I want more crime related things with these two, but more of how their husbands’ crimes and actions affect them sort of things if that makes sense? Like the two of them getting into dangerous situations, confiding in one another, or even getting out in those situations together! Also, more mommy stuff and their kids interacting would be cute.

— Delores & Travis: We talk about the shooting that took place all the time, but I wanna explore more of the events leading up to it! Like Didi’s thoughts and opinions when Travis tells her about Iris, if she ever caught him at his apartment practicing with his gun and all that weird stuff, him shaving his head, him going to the little politician thingy, etc!

— Sal & Tyler: I’m ready for these two to get chaotic!! I’m ready for Sal to start off his own organization, Tyler taking it wrong, and the two of them starting this petty war with

— Sal & Angel: A first interaction between Sal & Dolly with Angel & Eliana??? I need that in my life!! I feel like Sal got knowledge of the Mendozas through Leonel when he was younger which would make the two of them aware of each other and alright terms, but the contrasts between them are so different that I don’t know if they would progress past business partners or try to adapt to one another.

— Sal & Isabella: Yeah, the stories from Sal’s past are interesting to hear and cute and all but now that Isabella directly has a link to the world of crime, and it’s a big one at that, she’s looking for answers to questions that she has and she plans on getting them from Sal! She’s not asking him to snitch, of course not, she just needs help piecing together info she already has and whether he helps her out or not is up to him and she won’t pester, because she knows that she’ll get them anyways. BUT! With questions like hers comes people trying to stop her from getting answers and she needs a little help to get those people to leave her alone 😃.

— Cassandra & Romeila: Both of these ladies are involved with cameras so I’m sensing some sort of mentor ship type bond or friends bonding over their shared hobby type bond with a younger Cassandra. I know it doesn’t really line up with Canon and what the Amicis & Scozzaris have developed already but like,,,,these are our characters that we’re writing and we can do whatever so yolo! They both have these feisty personalities that match with each other’s so well and I think it would be so interesting to have a thread of them just being all buddy buddy with each other. Or not.

— Louis & Smiley: I need those 6 year old boxing matches threads LMAO, but really I feel like because these two grew up so close with one another that they’d have this childhood best friends sort of vibe going ( or more 👀👀) on ANNNNDDD when it comes to their unavoidable crime ties, I feel like they’ve “collaborated” a couple of times to get things done together which would make for an interesting thread and dynamic; going from innocent lil boys doing boxing matches to getting involved deep with their crime roots.

— Bianca & Nellie & Hanz: Two crime affiliated daughters who are both fashion models coming from two families that know each other??? WE GOTTA DO SOMETHING WITH THESE TWO!!! I don’t know what exactly yet, but I feel like things would be more industry related with these two than having to do with their families. Also, Hanz is happy to be an annoyance to Bianca as well and include her in his magazine. His interactions with her can even take place in a verse where he’s older, so she already knows of him because of his connections to Didi.

[infinitemma]

How to Take Notes From a Textbook

When I first started university, long textbook readings were the bane of my existence. I used to dread cracking open the book, knowing that I’d need to read 50+ long and tedious pages. Either I’d skip the readings all together (0/10, don’t recommend!) or I’d painstakingly spend hours reading and re-reading seemingly meaningless words, ending up with a massive pile of notes that I couldn’t make sense of (gah, also terrible!). 

Now that I’m a 3rd-year student, I’ve come up with some tips and tricks to make textbook note-taking more bearable. I wanted to share these tips with you guys in the hope that it makes your textbook readings easier!

(excuse the lil graphic thingy, there’s a reason I’m not a graphic design major :P)

1. Use textbook sections to divide info into chunks.

The author/publisher has already gone to the work of dividing the information into headings and subheadings. I find it’s often helpful to incorporate this structure into my notes. (Sometimes they’re absolutely irrelevant, but often they’re helpful.) I write these down first in my note-taking software of choice, OneNote. This also helps to give me a preview of the ideas that are going to be discussed in the textbook reading, before I actually get into the reading.

2. Look for key words/bolded terms.

Skim over the assigned pages, and try to pick out key words/concepts. These will often be bolded or italicized. I usually add these key words under their respective sections in my notes, and use this as a kind of outline structure to follow while doing an in-depth reading. I find the combination of sections and key words helps me from getting lost in the endless paragraphs. I find it also helps to reinforce what I’m actually supposed to be learning/focusing on. It helps prevent that awful feeling of reading 4 pages and then thinking - what’s the point? In other words, it prevents me from missing key information, or from doing the opposite - writing down every little unimportant detail - which causes the bigger, important ideas to get lost.

3. Focus on how the ideas connect.

How does one key term connect to the other? Is there a group of key terms that relate to a central concept? What are the differences between key ideas and what makes these concepts all belong in the same chapter/section? This will help to make sure you actually understand and process the information you’re reading.

4. Relate the textbook reading to your lecture.

Are there any concepts in the textbook that your teacher has also discussed in class? It’s very likely these concepts will be on the test! If your teacher has talked about them, and also wants you to read about them, you can be pretty sure that these are central/important concepts to the course. Identifying that overlap can also help to make your notes more concise, especially if you’re consolidating your lecture and textbook notes together.

5. Take breaks!

I find that the above steps help to keep me on track, but after 10 pages, I’m starting to lose focus. That’s ok! A short, focused break is good! I find that the pomodoro method (25 min reading/note-taking, 5 min break) works great for textbook note-taking, too!

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Finally, remember that there is more than one way to take notes from a textbook! This is just the way that works for me, but everyone learns/studies differently. I hope this gave you some good ideas to try, and feel free to message me if you have any questions/comments, or if you want to share your own textbook tips!

[dreammutual-remade]

idol!you and lucas

request: please do a bullet scenario about lucas and his gf both being sm idols - anon

word count: 2.6k 

a/n: first of all,,,, this gif hurts me badly, seCOND OF ALL im so sorry for the inactivity !!  I have finals this week and I graduate really soon n ive just been v busy !!! also I had hella writers block trying to finish this ish up but I hope u like it anon !!!!its a lil hard for me to write as an idol just because thats such a Wildt lifestyle but I did my best ily

warnings: cursing n also some crying because god knows all of our boys prolly have during their idol days :(((((((

what’s up butter cup

let’s dive tf in

as a pre-warning thingy i’m making you a singer so i’m very sorry if you can’t sing i can’t either bby

alright so this story begins when you’re not even 16 years old and you audition for a bunch of companies

tbh you didn’t think you were /that/ good at singing or dancing but ???

all the companies wanted you??? you got offers from JYP and SM and Pledis ????? go off queen

we stan

anyways

you decide to go with SM since they produced leGENDS SHINEE

FUCK I LOVE THOSE GUYS

(binch if u went to JYP u literally could have been in TWICE ?!?/&.&. ABSOLUTE LEGENDS UR LOSS THOT)

also because you just think that’ll be best for you ?? idk we don’t judge here (i already did though i’m So Sorry)

on your first day as a trainee you’re in search of the female dorms and you just can’t find them

eventually you run into this,,,, Gang Of Adolescent Boys

they’re wearing dorky ass muscle tees and keep saying shit about “foreign swaggers”

(.... y’all already know who it is sjdkdkd)

and you’re Meek and New and Small so you’re like um, hellowherearethegirlsdormsplease

okay there’s four of them and they’re all fckin huge except for one

the Biggest One with the american accent points you in the right direction and you try to scurry away but end up smacking into the Second Biggest One’s arm because he moved in your way on accident ouchie

“god lucas why don’t you just run the poor girl over”

“hYUNG PLEASE”

“hehehhehe i’m just kiddin”

and you just kind of mumble that it’s fine and go on your way

okay so you train for three yEARS before your debut

and you def come out of your shell alright like you’re Extroverted and whatnot

you still see those boys and even make friends with mark and donghyuck and the Foreign Members

but the entirety of the group you met has debuted except Lucas

you’re not close but you wave and say hi when you see each other

you turn pink everytime from Emotions and also Holding Your Breathe Due To Anxiety

and he was cute years ago but he’s only gotten prettier with age dude

they recently dyed his hair to give him some Blonde Stuff and he looks reaLLY GOOD

LIKE TO THE POINT WHERE U HAVE TROUBLE LOOKING HIM IN THE EYE

but eventually you’re like hey now i’m a grown woman i can handle this giant childish man !!! quit that @ emotions

alright so you debut like, days before him no lie

you’re a solo artist bc idk

red velvet was full 😔🤟

anyways you’ve been filming the video for the past couple weeks and the concept is sort of filmy and shimmery like old sparkly anime water u kno ?

and you’re wearing similar stuff to what ten was wearing in the new heroes mv (BIG OOF) except less warm toned ?

like swishy sort of see through white shirts and spandex underneath

you’re a Beautiful and Skilled dancer so they have u all over the place with this choreo

on the FLOOR on the WALL in the AIR

no joke they had you in a harness doing cool swirly shit in the air this is the stuff of legends my g

but like the inside of SM ? is very cold

if you’re not filming you’re bundled up in a blanket and trying to rub the goosebumps out of your arms and legs

because you have to look all smooth and flawless for filming and those are two things goosies are not

luckily the song wasn’t a huge ballad because it’s rather hard to belt out long ass notes when you’re upside down lmao

anyways, the song is a bop and the mv is beautiful and you are wearing minimal clothing and although these are all nice things but also

RECIPE FOR DISASTER

the filming is almost done thank GOD

you’re taking a break from filming and you go out in the hall in your costume to go get another water bottle because ain’t nobody around to give a pre debut thot a water bottle 🤧🤧

your arms are wrapped around yourself when lucas jogs up behind you and throws his jacket around you??

literally throws it like you made an oof noise

“um ,? thank you that was aggressive”

“i knOw i’m sorry it’s just you are practically naked and it’s Cold in here and also walking behind you i noticed you were Very Exposed sO”

you turn bright red because that means everyone has seen your ass prolly and you duck your head and pull the jacket tighter around yourself

“oh! i’m sorry i mean you look uhh? really good ?? yeah you look good nOT that i was looking super hard or anything or that i uH saw aNything BUt if i did it would look good i’m sure nOT THAT I thInK about that ?$/&/“

and now you’re both blushing very hard but you feel a little better when you see he’s just as flustered as you

you brush your fingers on his forearm to get him to stop staring at the floor and tell him thanks and ask about when he’s debuting

he tells you the mv filming is done since they had to go Real Far Away to do it and get it done ahead of time and that the teasers will be out in three weeks and then the mv release and then its Show Time Baby

you’re excited for him and he’s excited and you debut really soon as well and he’s excited for you and !!!!!

there’s excitement all over the place

he’s smiling so big and his eyes are cute and crinkly and :(((((

you still got a crush on him /sigh/

one of the staff literally yells your name down the hall and you’re like aw shit that’s my cue lol

you leave him with with a lil squeeze of his bicep and you’re BOTH shook

him because ?? was that fLIRTING

you because ?? THAT WAS FLIRTING

also because his biceps are thicc i’m gonna cry

big baby stands there for like 3 mins just shook and with uwus oozing from his pores

you skrt very quickly to avoid the consequences of your actions and get back to filming

okay TIME SKIP

your mv was released and did GOOD AS FUCK

you didn’t hear it from me but lucas + nct boys were seen on vlive jamming the fuck out to your song

you’re backstage like 10 mins from going on and having an absolute panic attack

what if you trip ??? or your voice breaks !!:&::

what if all the reviews say you’re Trash live and that the mv was better since they edited

what if you FLOP AND HAVE NO FANS

NO ONE DOES THE FANCHANTS

FUCK FUXKFUCKFUXKCUDJ

so you do call the king of debuts

mark lee

and you’re like mARK FUCK IM GOING TO CRASH AND BURN PLEAS LLSSE DHELPD ME

he tells you to Calm The Fuck Down and assures you it’ll be fine but it’s not working and mark is but a young boy he don’t know how to deal with FEMALES

you hear some deep ass voice on the other side ask who’s on the phone and mark says your name and then the voice is closer and deMANDING to be given the phone

u already kno it’s our boy yukhei

he can hear you gasping through the phone and having a mental breakdown and immediately makes his voice all low and soft

wow i’m , affected writing this shit

“hey, y/n, listen to me, you’re okay, you’re fine. i promise it’ll be okay.”

“bUT WHAT IF I-“

“you won’t. you’ve worked too hard and practiced too much. i know you i saw you do it. do NOT let all of that go down the drain. you can do this. now get your cute ass out there and take NO SHIT”

“i know but i am, scared”

“don’t be! this is what you love isnt it?”

“i mean,,,, yeah”

“and you want to do this more than anything don’t you?”

“well , yeah”

“then for gods sake don’t be a wimp and do it”

“hey i miss the part of this conversation where you were being nice to me”

“that part’s over babe you need some TOUGH LOVE now please for me and for yourSELF get out there”

“okay.. thanks lucas”

“anything for you, angel”

yOU HANG UP SO QUICK

how dare he

you were all Comforted but then he went on with that angel bullshit

okay long story short you ended the industry dude

all solo artists BOW BEFORE YOU

VOCAL QUEEN

DANCE QUEEN

lucas: shaking because His Angel did so well and you were wearing white and actually looked like an angel

but you don’t see him for the next like twO MONTHS because he’s promoting boss and you’re promoting your single and neither of you are home ever

when you do get a second to yourself you try to send him an encouraging text but

you seldom get a second to yourself :(((

he does the same thing and they’re so sweet :(

“good morning i hope u slept well !!”

“princess don’t forget 2 hydrate”

“i saw ur mnet performance u looked beautiful <333”

this man is practically begging you to wife him up i mean

he’s cute

he’s BIG and WARM

very sweet to you :(

talented and lovely

absolute dweeb

supportive of you even from great distances

BEST BOY UWU

you try to be just as encouraging back because he deserves it UGH

“bub don’t forget to eat i know ur hungry rn”

“!!!!!! you came foR MY LUNGS WITH THAT CENTER DANCE AT THE END BOI”

“why are u sending me messages u need to rest bby :((“

when things calm down though you,, see each other

he doesn’t formally ask you out and you don’t say anything but, youre dating sort of kind of

as idols you’re both still so so busy and you JUST debuted so neither of you are really allowed to date anyways

you settle for little bits of cuddling and secret touches as you pass each other in the hall

you both stand outside of your respective dorms at night to facetime without waking your dorm mates

he desperately wants to go on dates and do Normal Couple things but there’s no time :(

the most affectionate you’ve ever been is when the girl group who shares a dorm with you was out promoting and you had him over and you took a nap together :((((

he Insisted upon being the big spoon and basically wrapped your whole body up with his limbs

pressed a few lil kisses to the back of your neck and your shoulder when he thought you were asleep

you weren’t though and you turned around to kiss him on the cheek and then tuck your face into his neck and pass tf out

he has to leave though because mark texts him and is like YO I KNO UR WITH Y/N AND HER ROOMMATES ARE ON THE WAY HOME

ABORT MISSION DUDE

and that’s pretty much it :(

months pass without much between you even though you’re trying your best

and even though you live in dorms you’re still so lonely especially when you’re traveling because you don’t have any group members

you don’t want to annoy or worry lucas though so you don’t complain

he notices though and late at night he’ll call you while you’re in bed and talk about his day and how he misses you and wishes you were there

and when you get all emo he says he’ll be waiting for you at the airport

(he really does he goes and hides in the bathroom and texts you so you can go in there and TACKLE HIM)

he still calls you angel all the time :((((

god that’s another weakness of mine ??? IM SUCH A WUSS

but it has specifically changed to “my angel”

uwu

your first kiss and first Real Confession happens on the Worst Day Of Your Life

you’re about to go on stage (you’ve released an album since your debut so this is new stuff) when you get a call from your mom ??

she’s crying and tells you your grandma is sick and in the hospital and it’s really bad

immediately you’re barely holding yourself together because that woman half raised you and was the reason you stayed in dance and worked so hard to become who you are today

there are tears streaming down your face already and the makeup team is fluttering around you trying to fix what you’re messing up and it’s bad

you still have to go on though so you go and perform with tears in your eyes and your manager yells at you after for not pulling it together

you go home in tears and then you’re not looking where you’re going and ran straight into a staff who yells at you some more for being some entitled idol brat

originally you weren’t gonna say anything to lucas but, the staff pushed you over the edge and you call him in tears and are incoherent and can barely tell him where you are before you hang up

our boy BURSTS into your room and sees you sitting on the floor with your face buried in your knees and 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 !!

he gathers you in his arms and sits on the bed with you curled up on his lap

he holds you close and rubs a comforting hand up and down your back at the same time as he frantically tries to figure out what’s wrong

“y/n?? baby what’s wrong? angel, please you gotta tell me or i cant help”

“i jjJJUST Got a cALL and my grandMA IS SICK AND THEN I DI D BAD AND DISAPPOINTED EVERYONE AND My mManageR yeYELLED at me and theN I RAN iNtO a staffF meMbEr and he yELled at me too and I JSUT .$:&:&;& i’m sO SORRY u doNT need to deAL WIYH ME you have problems of YouR own and-“

“shhh listen to me i always care about you okay? angel, i want to help you no matter what you know that. also, if you weren’t so distraught i would go beat some SM ass you didn’t deserve to be yelled at :(((( how about we call your mom and check for updates with your grandma and i’ll stay here with you for the night?”

you nod and then reach for your phone while keeping as much physical contact with lucas as possible

he’s the only reason you haven’t reached the Depression Point Of No Return so

we stayin close

you put your mom on speaker and set your phone down before squishing yourself back into his chest and sniffling while the phone rings

your mom answers and you shakily ask for any updates and she tells you not much but your grandma has improved and they think that within a couple weeks she’ll be better

you cry some more and tell her you love them both and you’re so relieved and lucas kisses the crown of your head and is just There For Comforting

once you hang up and you’ve calmed down a little more you back up a little and turn to face him

“hey thank you so much, you didn’t have to come and help me so much but you’ve always been there to make me stop Freaking Out and laugh and i just, love you. yeah that’s what it is. I LOVE YOU I AM IN LOVE WITH YOU, WONG YUKHE-“

he cuts you off by snatching your face in his big warm hands and kissing you right on the lips

he then kisses your nose and your forehead and pulls you back into his lap to tuck you under his chin

“it’s all for you, angel ;)))) i love you more”