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stitchkiss · 1 year ago

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15 questions, 15 mutuals

tagged by @mmoosen and @wolfboy88 ty!!!

1. Are you named after anyone?

nah just those sparkly lil bitches in the sky. i do have a family friend named rosemary and an aunt named rose so i assume they were influences

2. When was the last time you cried?

an hour ago bc i watched s2 ep3 of our flag means death and the end scene just really got to me yknow?

3. Do you have kids?

no what for. i literally have SO many customers ask me if i have kids when i literally look like a baby and i’m like “sir/ma’am i’m 20” and they go “okay so soon right?” NO!!!!!!!! i have a dog tho he’s a real hassle to raise if i’m being honest

5. Do you use sarcasm?

it depends but i actually don’t think i do. i randomly lie tho or say the opposite of what i mean just to be contrary but people are always saying i’m predictable when i do that. “can i have a spoon” “no” but i get the spoon anyway bc i’m difficult. subverting expectations keeps people on their toes AND me bc i never know what i’m gonna say until it tumbles outta my mouth

6. what's the first thing you notice about people?

hair eyes mouth the way they speak. really tells you a lot about a person

7. What's your eye color?

hazel. brown with some green. looks cool always but Cool in certain lighting. not to flex but i’ve had people ask if i wear color contacts

8. scary movies or happy endings?

happy endings!!!! i have a weak heart and the only thing holding it together is stitches of hope

9. any talents?

i can open any twisty lid on a jar, cup, bottle etc. without a rubber thing in one or two tries. i’m so good at it. i can also drink a lot without throwing up.

10. where were you born?

i was born and raised in the same place as our dear captain jimothy kirk. my blood is ranch, my bones are pork, and my brain is corn. i don’t fear small towns here small towns fear ME. ope

11. what are your hobbies?

being cool n sick as fuck all day every day babey

12. do you have any pets?

i have 1 dog and he’s geriatric and has a biiiiiiiiiiig tumor on top of his head so my pet count will soon be down to 0 unfort but i do have this fly eating plant i made my mom buy yesterday that i got really attached to and i’ve named him ricky the 2nd. he Cannot cuddle tho so pros and cons i guess

13. How tall are you?

i couldn’t hear this question from all the way down here can u repeat ?

14. favourite subject in school?

anything english/literature. i impressed a student teacher in sophomore year for answering a “fate or free will” question with a super smart and thoughtful answer and used anecdotes like greek tragedies, oedipus and that one quote from jane eyre “your will shall decide your destiny” and the final destination franchise, then unimpressed him when we started the lord of the flies unit by saying i would rather just die than trying to survive in the wild. my essays always slapped.

15. Dream Job?

racecar driver or author or some kind of performer.

i feel like all my mutuals are already tagged but i’ll just do whatever i want bc i can: @raekensarcher @disasterpenguin @trpiaep19 @thiamsxbitch @sydney-winchester @kitjosten13 @arlyiahshay

#tag game #if you actually bothered to read through all this then thanks.#my messages are open btw i’m super fuckin cool #like if anything i said here stood out to you tell me!!! i’m desperate for human interaction lately #stitchkiss

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esther-dot · 2 years ago

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Have you read GRRM's In The Lost Lands, the story that Leitmotif meta is based on? Because that's not a romantic story, the red hair character and the white wolf character aren't "in love" and they don't end up together.

(about this post)

I’m guessing many meta writers enjoyed English class in which they might have taken works from different authors, even different centuries, and used them to argue about the meaning of something like say, a color, so to find similarities in an author’s own works is a valid approach when writing about writing.

A lot of meta writers look at an aspect of one of Martin’s other works, a theme, a scene, the look of a character, and connect it to ASOIAF to try to guess at where his head is/where he’s going. It’s pretty routine in this fandom, or was last I looked, and the idea has never been it’s all a complete redux. Actually, I just googled and there’s a post on Reddit tying things from the story to ASOIAF (here). This is just a thing our fandom does. 🤷🏻‍♀️ The animal, color, food etc doesn’t have to be used the same way or mean the same thing each time for us to recognize that it’s recurring in the author’s works and look for it to happen again.

And no, I haven’t read that story, but OP didn’t claim the story was a grand romance? I didn’t feel misled by their selected quotes. Pretty sure the two characters mentioned were no heroes and weren’t happy, but that wasn’t the argument. OP just noticed the similar descriptions of the wolf to Ghost and that his skinchanger got together with a red haired / blue eyed person. For this kind of analysis, the rest of it doesn’t undermine that similarity, the idea is simply to notice something that is obviously stuck in the author’s mind as it keeps popping up. The post also talked about an incident of a character being sexually involved with someone before killing them. That’s something most of us want to believe Martin wouldn’t write into Jon’s future, but lo and behold, he has written a protag doing just that. Neither observation proves anything, it’s just good background info.

Anyway, to me, the post was what all the ASOIAF meta writers do, find some pertinent quotes, connect it to some larger idea, make a case. OP made some interesting observations imo, but each of us is moved by different ways of approaching a text/making an argument. I’ve read posts, backtracked, had to reread, and still didn’t follow the train of thought and had to conclude, it simply wasn’t for me. It’s no biggie!

#dot chat #drifting-snowflakes

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tangerinegod · 2 years ago

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op your most recent artwork is.....so so pretty i saw it on twt and tumblr and i'm still at awe :')))))) the universe and starts stretching out in front of kdj vs the clouds and open skies stretching out in front of yjh ??? the same color palettes being used in different ways: kdj has a "bloodstained sky" bc of the enemy he wants are in the sky vs yjh's "bloodstained ground" bc of the path he has walked. and the fact that there's one singular star watching over the both of them.....i wonder who that's supposed to represent. idk if i'm over complicating it but still !! i found this much meaning bc i stared at your art for so long whoops

last thing, i wanted to ask, would it be okay if i used it as a phone wallpaper ? please feel free to say no !! i wanted to ask you first before i did anything,,,,,and keep on going on !! your art is amazing >:DD

ooh thank u so much T_T !! such kind words...

the original quotes actually change the interpretation a bit (didnt look very good when typed out) but each drawing had an individual take on being human ^^ kdjs was 'deep within there's still a human' and yjhs was 'despite everything im still human'

I love your interpretation! i'll type out mine haha since it's a bit similar!

for kdj the universe behind him is representative of himself as a constellation (inhuman and a bit detached), but the white he stands on is the 'human' part of himself at his core, unchanged in motivation despite being a constellation. to match, the sky behind yjh is representative of himself as a human (also matching kdjs white ground), but the ocean of stars he's standing in is the altered part of him as he goes through countless regressions, that slowly drains his humanity away (think SP energy, and also matching kdjs bg). the star i think could represent the other person in context but could also be OD in general ^_^ yjh searching for kdj and an end to the story, and kdj looking at the most human form of himself (a reader) beyond who he is as a constellation

also its ok to use the art as a phone wallpaper!! ty for asking and liking the pieces so much T_T 💖

#ask #traumxrei-archive #thank u for such a kind ask... T_T!#i didnt think the work would receive so much feedback HAHA #jumpscared by ppl who like sky #orv //#mhtext

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beneathsilverstars · 6 months ago

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I'm back, now with research! Ty Coda for making the Loop spreadsheet! My original draft for OP said "go back and count up the actual-factual lies" so... let's do that!

First, I got it swapped; they actually say it silly first, then let the mask down and get serious.

But it felt cruel to tell you, so I didn't. You looked so... So happy and innocent and stupid!!! I just didn't have the heart to tell you!!! ...I just didn't have the heart to tell you.

Now, the possible lies, roughly in order from most questionable to most actual-factual! Followed by analysis, so feel free to skip to the conclusion if you're bored of quotes, lol.

The Lies

[When Siffrin asks if they're a star:] Uh, no? Of course not? Stars don't talk, dummy? [When talking about themself later:] I AM a star, after all.

This feels less like a lie and more like two meanings for the same word (flaming ball of gas vs stylized spiky glowy thing), but it's technically a contradiction.

You're right. I can't understand you. After all, I don't know what it's like to feel your home slip out from under you. To feel cut off from everything. To want to remember it all, no matter what. How could I? Look at me, stardust. Look at my face. Do you REALLY think I'm supposed to be here?! Do you REALLY think I can't understand what it's like, to not have a home I can go back to? To see reflections of it everywhere I look, but without the connection that comes with it? Do you really think I don't understand wanting to remember everything that I've left behind?

Sarcasm, followed by rhetorical questions that clarify the truth.

[During 2hats act 6:] So, you've won, haven't you? [...] Awwwwwww. I'm soooooo happy for you.

Obvious sarcasm.

[When asked why they had Siffrin hang out and let the party die:] For funsies, of course! And because I was curious to know how the loops work.

Frivolous statement that could be a total lie or a piece of the truth, then the serious truth.

[When Siffrin asks if they're jealous of the other members of his party:] I'm really not jealous, okay? ...Not of your party, anyway.

Statement that would be a lie on its own, then a clarification to make it true.

[End of 2hats act 6:] I'll see you all again soon enough, stardust. I promise! I super promise! I super duper promise!

Is a promise you may not have control over keeping a lie?

Plus, why would I care about [the other members of your party]? I only care about you, stardust~!

This could be a lie, or a very specific kind of truth; maybe Loop means that they don't consider these pale copies to be the people they care for, or maybe they mean that their full focus is currently on helping Siffrin.

[After teaching Siffrin how to use the dagger:] Helping you out comes with certain rules. But I asked to be here. So it's fine.

Loop obviously wasn't happy about being possessed. So this could be a blatant lie, or more of a minimizing "It's not good but it's not worth making a big deal over" / "You don't need to worry about it."

[After talking about how they know how it feels to be trapped and desperate:] Hahaha...! Look at me, talking and talking! Don't pay attention to me. I'm doing fine.

Obviously they aren't doing great, so lying/minimizing again.

[When Siffrin wonders why they care about his silver coin:] I don't care. Not in the slightest!

Obviously you care, why else would you be needling Siffrin about it. 🙄

[During the act 5 convo where Siffrin insists the solution must be for Siffrin themself to strike the final blow on the king:] Loop: I can say with certainty that it's not it. It has to be something else... Siffrin: Why? Loop: Huh? Well, are you even sure you've never defeated the King yourself? I'm sure it must have happened once or twice. You've been looping for a long time, so you might have forgo-- Siffrin: "It must have happened once or twice?" I'm certain I never defeated him myself. And yet... How can you say it with certainty? Do you know something? Loop: N-No, I don't know any more than you, stardust!!! It's just... I know that's not it.

Here it is! The one time Loop got backed into a corner! They tried to evade with questions and implications, but Siffrin was being unusually stubborn, forcing Loop to be more direct. Loop was torn between keeping their secrets and finding a way to get Siffrin to let go of this awful plan, so they panicked and lied. (There are points earlier in the game where Loop says they know as much about the loops as Siffrin does right now, but I consider those true because why would it occur to Loop that the killing blow could be relevant? That's not even an omission that's a truly inconsequential detail.)

That's it! I was skimming kinda fast on a small phone screen so I may have missed something minor but I feel like I've got everything important.

The Summary and Analysis

On occasion they utter something technically untrue: they use obvious sarcasm, or say something false/frivilous and then immediately clear it up, or make a hopeful claim/promise that they can't actually guarantee.

Several times they lie that they're fine or they don't care. They don't lie about this nearly as often as Siffrin does.

And one single time, they directly lie that they don't have knowledge when they actually do.

(I suppose there's also times where Loop says something about their motivations, intentions, or feelings that we can't know for sure is true because we're not in their head. But knowing everything we do about them, I really see no reason to doubt claims such as "I want to help" and "It's so much fun to annoy you".)

I think at this point we can all agree that Loop tries very hard not to lie directly! They avoid the full truth fairly often as well: they ask leading or rhetorical questions and let Siffrin assume as they will; they use phrases like "you've learned x and assumed y" to avoid stating anything as fact that they aren't personally sure about; they tell the truth as if it's a joke or a metaphor; and they avoid bringing up certain topics, or leave details out of their answers.

But they do their absolute best to avoid telling lies, and their misdirections usually contain the most relevant truths; either patiently guiding Siffrin through the game one step at a time, or giving their feelings on a subject without the concrete reasons behind them. It really feels like much more obfuscation than it actually is! They don't want to tell you their identity and backstory, but if you guess it they will outright say "yeah, sure, you found me out," albeit in an insincere tone.

The conclusion

Loop misdirects using the truth. Their words are nearly always true, and... so is their "facade".

They help Siffrin because they want them to succeed. They lash out and say cruel things because they are upset and they want to make Siffrin upset too. They joke about being jealous and lonely because they are jealous and lonely.

They are actually a lot more open about their thoughts and feelings than Siffrin is, for better or worse!

The only thing they're really trying to cover up is that they are traumatized, overwhelmed, and miserable. Very normal things to not want to wallow in, especially when you're trying to be helpful! Their facade is just a switch to a different coping mechanism: Siffrin was quiet and funny; Loop is loud and funny instead. Siffrin tried to bury their feelings until they broke; Loop has already broken.

They're not... hiding some truer self. This is who they are, now, as shaped by both circumstance and choice.

Friendly, jealous, angry, helpful Loop.

holds you like a wounded dove and looks deep into your eyes. loop's facade is made out of truths, they just say it all like it's haha silly jokes or abstract metaphor. there's even moments where we see the mask slipping, and when they realize they said something too vulnerably honest, they put the mask back on by repeating the same thing but in a teasing tone. they avoid actual-factual lying until they're backed into a corner!

#THIS IS SO MEANDERING animegirlhandsonhead.jpg #someday i'll make some shorter snazzier posts with the more important thoughts #but i guess it will be easier to make them now that i've done this research #OP here rly suffered from me second guessing myself and hedging my statements lmao #anyway i looove loop #eats them #like a wounded dove #lol #isat #isat spoilers #loop #thoughts about loop #thoughts

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pareiwheeler · 2 years ago

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doing this 50 question challenge thing! i got it from @paladin-n-cleric

1. who is your favourite tv show otp? byler

2. what's your favourite colour? green

3. favourite quote? "you were the aching, too-young sun for such a cold and rotting thing, you were the cure and never the disease"

4. what's your zodiac sign? aries

5. what is your middle name? angelina (🤮)

6. when is your birthday? march 20, 2 days before wills!

7. what is your love language? words of affirmation

8. would you rather watch a rom-com or a drama? rom-com

9. three places you want to go to? hawaii, japan, italy

10. favourite perfume/scent? lavender

11. what’s the last song you listened to? the opposite - the smile

12. i'm giving you a plane ticket, where are you going? san francisco

13. chocolate or vanilla? chocolate

14. cake or donuts? cake, unless the donuts are apple cider. than donuts.

15. you can only wear one colour for the rest of your life, what colour is it? blue

16. favourite quote from a book? "to see the ocean once is to learn how to miss it." (the ask and the answer, by patrick ness)

17. you are in a fight, which tumblr account are you getting to help you? i would say @will80sbyers

18. cotton candy or ice cream? ice cream for sure

19. what's your dream career? actor or author

20. biggest pet peeves? loud chewing

21. describe your style/aesthetic. mix of like 90s and 00s vibes. i basically dress like a mom

22. what's your favourite thing about yourself? my hair

23. what's your favourite day of the week and why? friday or saturday

24. morning or night person? night definitely

25. tea or coffee? coffee

26. you can only read one book for the rest of your life. what book is it? harry potter and the deathly hallows

27. you're stuck in a lift with your favourite tumblr account who is it? hmm @kidovna

28. do you have any siblings? yes, two with one on the way

29. what's your biggest fear? drowning

30. what is your favourite word and why? two words but shish kebab. its just fun to say

31. you're in a bookstore and you can get any three books you want, what are they? the first ones i see, because im impatient and i like books too much to not read the random ones i pick anyway

32. what is your comfort movie/tv show? mrs. doubtfire or IT

33. if you had to describe your tumblr with only 5 words what would they be? crazed aggression oh and byler

34. what celebrity/person in your life do you look up to the most? probably noah schnapp he is really awesome

35. what's the worst tv show/movie you have watched? oof probably sharkboy and lavagirl

36. what is your favourite/lucky number? 4

37. favourite flower? poppy

38. what is favourite gemstone? amber

39. you can dye your hair any colour and it would look good regardless, what colour are you dying it? red

40. you can go back or forward in time, how far back/foward are you going? 40 backwards, just for funsies

41. it's your last meal, what are you eating? zaxbys im so for real

42. favourite flavour of ice cream? strawberry

43. you can have dinner with one person dead or alive, who would it be? id be too nervous to meet a famous person

44. you can only use one product for the rest of your life, what product is it? soap. i haye being dirty

45. favourite time of the day? sunset. or lunch i like food

46. do you get complimented often? (if not here you go: you're an amazing person ♡) thats so sweet op ty and also yes sometimes

47. what languages do you know/want to learn? im learning spanish, i want to learn ASL

48. what's your favourite fruit? raspberries

49. the characters from the last tv show/movie you watched are planning your wedding, who's planning it? oh god mrs. doubtfire

50. nothing. i just wanted to say that ily. ily too!!

#tag games

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refinedbuffoonery · 4 years ago

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Broken Like Me (1)

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THIS FIC IS NOT INTENDED FOR READERS UNDER THE AGE OF 18. Please see the masterlist for content warnings.

Here it is, the long-awaited dark!MacRiley AU! First, I want to thank my lovely beta readers and my life-saving brainstorming/workshop buddy. You all know who you are. ❤

This fic adheres to canon through 5x05 and then goes off the fucking rails. Backstory and other important tidbits of information revealed in the latter half of season 5 may be used, but timeline-wise anything after 5x05 does not exist in this fic. Also, Jack is dead and is staying dead, so don’t get your hopes up for a happy ending.

I will do my best to update this regularly, but hanging out in and writing such dark headspaces is HARD. I will definitely be taking breaks to write fluffier fic, because a big chunk of this story is all hurt and no comfort.

Without further adieu, let’s get this party started. (It’s not a party. In fact, it’s like...the opposite of a party.)

*****

They say he was a good man.

A good soldier.

A good father.

A good friend.

They say they are sorry for her loss, sorry he was taken from this world too soon.

They say Jack would be proud of the legacy he left behind, would be proud to have gone out in a blaze of glory.

Riley is sick of it.

It’s like she’s a teenager, and Jack is leaving her all over again. Only this time it’s worse. This time there’s no coming back.

The guests at the wake gaze at the folded up American flag on the fireplace mantle with deep respect, but Riley only feels anger every time she glimpses the piece of fabric the government sent back in his place. A flag and a life insurance claim feel like a mockery of the kind of man Jack Dalton was.

Was. Past tense.

This isn’t how it’s supposed to be.

*****

Mac has never been afraid of Riley before.

He’s seen her angry and upset, but the rage-filled woman he stopped from killing Anya Vitez with her bare hands back in Croatia is someone he does not know.

The frightening part is that Riley isn’t a hot-headed person. In work mode, she is cold and calculating, so for her to go after Vitez like that...something inside her snapped.

Three weeks have passed since then, and every time he looks at Riley, Mac remembers holding her back, fingers digging sharply into her waist until she stopped fighting him. He sees the fury radiating off Riley’s body like heat waves off asphalt—sees the way she clings to it, finds purpose in it, letting it consume her so there’s no room for guilt or grief. Mac knows the feeling all too well. And he also knows there will be a very loud thud when she finally comes crashing back down.

But he also knows that the woman is like a loaded gun, safety off and desperate to fire at something.

Which is why he worries when Matty calls them in for an op and Riley isn’t there. She’s at Vitez’s trial, Matty informs them, but that doesn’t make Mac feel any better. Whenever there’s downtime during the mission, and Mac’s mind is free to wander, he can't stop thinking about her. This new Riley is becoming obsessively vengeful, and if someone doesn’t reel her back in soon, she might do something she can’t come back from.

The thought plagues Mac every second there aren’t bullets whizzing toward his head.

After the op, Mac drives to Riley’s apartment. Upon arrival, his ears are assaulted by Riley’s upstairs neighbor blasting Macklemore’s greatest hits. Mac hears the lyrics clear as day, even though both his truck windows and the apartment windows are closed.

Riley really shouldn’t have moved out of Mac’s house, not if this is her best option. He still doesn’t understand why she did.

It doesn’t take long to notice the GTO is missing. Riley should be back from the trial by now, but Mac has a sneaking suspicion where she is.

The drive to Jack’s apartment seems to take forever. The brick building is in an older neighborhood, one of few affordable ones with trees planted along the sidewalks—a luxury in LA. Sure enough, the GTO is parked on the curb, not far from the fire escape that connects to Jack’s living room.

Looking up, Mac spies a familiar body perched on the stairs.

Riley sits on the fire escape, soaking in the last rays of sunlight. Her eyes are closed, head resting against the brick wall. Mac doesn’t say anything as he sits beside her on the narrow metal stairs, their hips and thighs just touching.

He doesn’t know what to do with his hands. Should he hug her? Hold her hand? Leave her alone? Riley isn’t a super touchy person. Mac decides on the latter, picking at his fingernails while his gaze drifts west to study the sunset.

Several minutes pass before Riley says, “Hey.” Her voice is low and scratchy, like she’s been crying.

“Hey,” Mac repeats. “How long have you been here?”

Riley shifts beside him, sitting up. “I don’t know. A while.”

“This isn’t the first time you’ve come here, is it?”

A sigh. “No, it’s not.” Mac figures as much. Aside from the constant clamor of the city, Jack’s apartment is relatively quiet. It’s not in the greatest neighborhood, but it’s safe enough for Riley to sit alone and think. Or not think. Whatever she feels like doing.

Riley rests her head on Mac’s shoulder, and a wave of protectiveness floods his system. It’s new, this need to watch her back more than the others’. It came on so gradually that Mac doesn’t know when it started or what triggered it, only that he feels it all the time now. Especially after Jack’s…

He avoids examining the feeling too closely.

Without warning, Riley says, “If you hadn’t held me back, I would’ve killed her.”

Knowing exactly who she was talking about, Mac glances down at Riley in surprise. He knows it’s true—thinks so himself—but hearing it come out of her mouth makes his stomach turn. The last, and only, time Riley killed someone...it took her months to piece herself back together afterward. And that death was in self-defense.

This one would’ve been murder. Intentional and vindictive.

Mac isn’t sure Riley could come back from that, at least not as herself. The woman who would emerge from that would be a total stranger inside his best friend’s body. Mac suppresses a shiver. “I know,” he says.

“Thank you for stopping me.” Riley’s voice is quiet. So, so quiet.

“You would’ve done the same for me.” Gingerly, Mac wraps his arm around Riley’s shoulders, ready to let go at the first sign of her discomfort. When she doesn’t react, he relaxes and holds her more surely.

The sky is painted in vibrant oranges and reds, fading into deep blue overhead. Subtle strokes of pink outline the scattered clouds hanging above the horizon. Out of all the sunsets Mac has seen, all over the world, nothing quite compares to the ones here at home. He wishes Jack was here to see it.

Mac spends far too long debating whether to bring it up before asking, “Why did you go to the trial?” Agents, especially secret ones, don’t go to trials, mostly to keep their identities safe. Publicly tying oneself to a case is never a good idea, for more reasons that Mac can begin to name.

“I swore I’d be there every step of the way. I meant it.” Mac tries not to bristle at the snarling, defensive edge to Riley’s tone. “Eventually, she’ll make a mistake, and I will be there when she does. And then I’m going to rip out her entire organization from the roots up.”

Fear wraps its ugly hand around Mac’s heart. Until every single person associated with Tiberius Kovac is behind bars, there will be a target on Riley’s back, and Riley will have put it there herself. Losing one person to Kovac is more than enough; Mac refuses to lose Riley too.

“How can I help you?”

Riley looks up, eyes wide like she’s expecting him to try to talk her out of it, not offer to help. “You don’t have to do that.”

“And miss out on all the fun?” Mac almost smiles as he quotes her. Almost.

She sits up. “Honestly, I don’t know. I’m going to hack Interpol first, to see which of her colleagues might also be dirty. So unless you secretly picked up hacking…”

Mac huffs. “Sorry, I only hack hardware.” He expects some insane, crackhead plan, not something so…reasonable. Maybe Riley isn’t as off-the-rails as he thought.

But only maybe.

A seagull perches on the railing below them, honking and squawking for seemingly no reason at all. Gulls are just like that. It glares at Mac, pinning him to his spot with a beady yellow eye, challenging Mac to shoo it away.

Go find some tourists to harass, Mac wants to snark at it. Leave us alone.

The seagull cocks its head, as if to say, I know something you don’t.

Mac narrows his eyes. I bet you do.

He swears the seagull shrugs before taking off, flying low over the GTO before sailing over rooftops on its way back to the ocean. It passes a billboard advertising a new blockbuster spy thriller, the product of millions of dollars and Hollywood plot recycling. Mac saw the trailer. The movie is about a soldier who joined the CIA in a quest for retribution after his best friend came home in a box. Usually Mac likes watching spy movies—mostly to make fun of them—but this one hits a little too close to home.

It takes a monumental effort to tear his gaze away.

When his eyes finally meet Riley’s, Mac understands the silent ache in them—the ache that’s surely reflected in his own eyes. He and Riley are drowning, but at least they’re drowning together.

Mac frowns. That must be the dimmest “on the bright side” thought he’s ever had.

Riley doesn’t say anything more, so neither does Mac. They sit on the fire escape until long after the sun sets and the temperature drops, and the city's nightlife stretches its limbs as it wakes. Mac shivers, but Riley seems oddly unaffected by the cold. That or she’s too numb to notice.

He threads his still semi-warm fingers through her icy ones, letting their joined hands rest on his knee. It seems like his last tether to the Riley he knows and loves, one who’s slowly slipping away from him and being replaced by a woman who might very well bring the world to its knees as payback for all that it’s done to her.

Mac has no interest in ever meeting that woman. Mostly because he refuses to lose his Riley, but also because Mac knows he won’t be able to resist that other Riley. She will slash his restraint beyond repair, and Mac will follow her to the ends of the earth.

He will find a way to keep them both afloat. He has to.

Or else the Phoenix may very well be hunting him and Riley again, and this time, they’ll deserve it.

*****

Entering her apartment later that night, Riley realizes too late that it isn’t empty. Bozer is still there, and he’s making dinner. Locking the door behind her, she hears a rushed, “Got to go, Matty. She’s home.”

Bozer crashed on her couch the night they got the news and never left. I don't want you to be alone, Bozer keeps saying, despite her insistence she doesn’t need a babysitter. Other than that, they don’t speak to each other much. In fact, Riley wouldn't have noticed he said anything at all if not for the way he stares at her, standing at the stove and twirling a wooden spoon between his fingers.

"What?" she snaps.

Carefully, Bozer asks, "How was the trial?"

"Fine." Riley knows he cares, and that he’s hurting too, but nothing he says or does is going to help her. The sooner he figures that out the better. She drops her keys and jacket on a chair before heading for her bedroom.

“You hungry?” he calls after her.

Riley yanks off her boots, chucking them into the closet with too much force. “No.”

“Have you eaten anything today?”

Her fuse is running short these days, and she’s just about had it with his incessant smothering and questioning. Riley marches into the kitchen, rolling her shoulders back and bracing her hands on the counter. “Last I checked, I still have a mother, so if you’re just going to keep nagging me, then I think it’s time you get the fuck out of my apartment.”

Bozer’s eyes widen and his mouth opens, but no sound comes out.

“Get out,” Riley snarls.

Still struggling to regain his ability to speak, Bozer stammers, “At least let me finish making you dinner first.”

“Fine.” Cracking her knuckles, Riley retreats to her bedroom once more. “I’m taking a shower. You better be gone when I come out.” She doesn’t wait for a response.

When Riley emerges, her dinner is cold, and Bozer is long gone.

She doesn’t eat.

*****

On the second day of Vitez’s trial, Riley sits in the back of the room long after the trial adjourns for the day, thinking. She didn’t recognize the witnesses who testified today, and as the prosecutor called each one forward, Riley wished she had her laptop so she could look them up. Now, as she stares over the rows of empty wooden seats to the section where the jury sat, Riley can only hope that the witnesses’ testimonies are enough.

Riley knows there’s more than enough evidence to convict Vitez—especially since she recorded the confession herself—but obsessing over the trial is easier than facing the reality waiting outside the courthouse doors.

Her mom invited her to visit his grave today, after the trial, but Riley declined. Facing that slab of granite will make it real, make it…permanent.

She knows what it says. Jack Dalton. Beloved. Gone too soon. Someone asked for her approval before it was made. It doesn’t say nearly enough to encapsulate all that he was, but at the time Riley couldn’t think about it—couldn’t look at it—long enough to suggest any changes. She still can’t.

Chewing her lip, Riley anxiously toys with her rings, spinning them and moving them from finger to finger.

At the wake, one of his old Delta buddies joked that the gravestone should read “Yippee-ki-yay, motherfuckers,” but Riley didn’t laugh.

Riley hasn’t laughed since Matty broke the news. It’s like the part of her that knows how to feel joy died in that explosion too.

Instead, she wants to scream at the universe until her voice gives out, cursing it for taking her dad away too soon. Because that’s what he is. Her dad. Riley doesn’t even know when she started calling him that again, but if she has to guess, it was sometime between the first “I’m proud of you, honey” and him kicking her ass at skee-ball for the millionth time.

Tears leak from Riley’s eyes without her consent.

It feels like she failed him, in a way. By not being there. By not keeping him alive.

Now the best she can do is make sure his death means something.

Vitez will go to prison for the rest of her life, that Riley is sure of. But the rest of her organization is still out there, and Riley intends on putting every single member behind bars. No amount of justice will even begin to heal the Jack-shaped wound in her heart, but at least the world will be better for it. Safer.

But she’d rather live in a more dangerous world with him still in it than a safer one without. That way they could save the world together, like they always did.

This isn’t how it’s supposed to be.

Anger rumbles through her body, like a Texas thunderstorm in her veins. It’s the only emotion Riley feels anymore, ever since the sadness gave way to numbness.

A woman in a security uniform pokes her head in the room. “Excuse me, ma’am. I need to lock up for the night.” When Riley doesn’t respond, the woman adds, “Are you okay?”

Are you okay? Riley hates that question more than all the others. How are you? Have you eaten today? What can I do to help?

She feels like she’s dying. She can’t eat. Nothing will help.

But that isn’t what people want to hear. Even Mac asked that last question, yesterday on the fire escape, although Riley didn’t automatically despise the question like she usually did. It’s different coming from him than anyone else; his offer was genuine, not coming from pity or obligation.

She isn’t surprised Mac recognized her need to do something. After all, he had been the same way after his dad was killed.

Coldly, Riley finally says,“I will be.” The woman doesn’t deserve her abrupt answer, but Riley can’t quite bring herself to care. She lets the anger the questions bring up fuel her, lets it hold her together.

The anger is all she has left.

Riley stands, her heels clicking on the floor as she exits the courthouse.

She’s coming for all the monsters who hurt him. She’s coming for the ones who rendered him nothing more than ashes on the wind, the ones who turned her life into a nightmare she can’t wake up from.

Because she doesn’t need to wake up to become theirs.

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#beth writes #dark!MacRiley #macriley #macgyver #angus macgyver #riley davis #mac x riley #macgyver fanfiction

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expectingtofly · 4 years ago

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i decided to make a masterlist for july bc i created a lot of different things this month, and i saw so many creations that i LOVED and needed to compile in one list. the creativity on this site is so inspiring, so thx to everyone for sharing your work and thx for all the support!!

(also, plz feel free to @ me or use my tracking tag #user_k in your creations! i'd love to see and share the wonderful things you make <33)

: my creations

fics

reborn : after the empty, cas gets the love he deserves and his wings back

Stuck in Traffic : dean, cas, and toddler jack are—you guessed it—stuck in traffic. they amuse themselves with a drawing contest

love etched into his ribs : dean learns what cas wrote in enochian on his ribs

First Day Jitters : it's jack's first day of kindergarten and dean and cas are a mess

When Peaches Fly : just some farmer’s market shenanigans

angel in the garden : cas gardening. he and dean are in love and everything's well <3

edits

castiel + saturn's rings edit

endverse cas + flowers

: favorite creations

fics/poetry

dadstiel & toddler jack : morning snuggles!!! the feelings this fic produces in me are inexplainable. so softttt <3 [@onlyangelcas]

The summer Dean is ten and Sam is six, they stay at Bobby’s for a month. : bobby being the dad young dean and sam need. everything about this is perfection, it's canon [@one-more-offbeat-anthem]

let me heal all your aches : lovely piece of hurt/comfort. dean gets the love and care he deserves [@queen-rowenas]

to survive on this shore : dean and sam spending a summer with rhonda hurley. beautifully written. i could read 200k of this [@skepticalfrog]

loveletter (dear eileen) : sam's pov, reflecting on the healing he has found in eileen. such beautiful writing. made me cry [@deanwinchestergender]

also known as, your handprint on my arm : lovely poetry in dean's pov. anything about the handprint gets me choked up and this was beautifully written [@myaimistrue]

edits

15x18 “Despair” + vintage ad : I’m obsessed with vintageadnatural!! perfect pairing of images with quotes [@windmillcas]

deancas + frog and toad : frog&toadnatural!! this series is so great, and this edit is so poignant [@bugcas]

SUPERNATURAL | 3.14 Long-Distance Call : another edit series i adore. exactly how spn looks in my head [@emptymeg]

The Dry Season, Hannah Gramson // Supernatural : the colors, the quote, the images. perfection [@assigned-boyking-at-birth]

Castiel's Lookbook : HELLO?? i could (and have) stared at this for an ungodly amount of time. so many small details. this looks like it took a lot of time, and it is so so good. ty op [@honeystiel]

12x19 The Future Production Draft // 15x18 Despair : handprint angst. just tear my heart out. it's fine [@credentiast]

Dean/Cassie movie poster : I am OBSESSED. this concept is so cool and the gifs are *chef's kiss* [@burnhamandtilly]

art

Jack & Cas : when I saw this art I CRIED. happy tears, of course. it’s. so. freaking. cute. I smile every time I look at it [@bee-in-a-trench-coat]

Tombstone comic book cover : when I tell you I was losing my mind during this art stream… so freaking cool, I’m obsessed [@clickbaitcowboy]

He's Your Neighbor : cowboys? destiel? vintage look? can it get any better?? [@liorlen]

Cas + Flowers : cas with an earring and a red cowboy hat smelling the flowers. im in love [@obscurebrother]

#just a small collection of the amazing things i saw on my dash this month #some of these are still in my queue #bc my queue is ridiculously long 😅#so if I haven’t reblogged something yet #it will show up on my blog soon #expectingtofly masterlist #monthly roundup

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crystu-cii · 4 years ago

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OHHH MY GOOOD THE WORK ON THIS WAS WORTH IT HOLYY 💞💞💞💞

(watch me scream more in the tags)

hmm *fixes tophat* what do we do now boss? (i was bored out of my mind so i posted this comment/reply :P btw im a girl)

“Carol! I was just looking for you! Do you have a moment? I want to ask you something.”

“Huh? Oh, hi Reg. Yeah, sure, what’s up with the little army? So what’s up? I was just about to acess the damage on the loot from the fire....”

“Yeah, don’t worry, we will get this over quickly, I am not planning to talk to you for long. Do you want to admit it now or do I need to expose you?”

She snorted: “What are you talking about? Did you play too much Danganronpa?”

“I am not joking. I am giving you a chance to admit it yourself. So: Who are you?”

“Is this supposed to be a bad joke? I am Carol Cross, one of your executives, we have known each other for years now! Is this some kind of joke?”

“No, it’s not. I can actually prove that you are not Carol.”

“Oh? I don’t think so, buddy, but sure, let’s hear your ludicrous theory. I think you are getting senile and someone else should become leader.”

Reginald began to smirk: “I just have one question: Where were you all this time?”

“Huh?”

“You are an executive, almost with the same rank as Right Hand Man, it’s your job to protect me and ensure the clans safety. We had 3 dangerous situations on this airship as of late. I don’t remember seeing you there or contributing in any way. Not as Right Hand Man was rewired, the fire broke out or I jumped out of the airship. You were just not there.”

His smile began to widen: “Could it be that you were disguising yourself? You wanted to avoid to be seen, so you had to hide, but you pretended to be an important member of the clan, so no one would question you, isn’t that right?”

Carol sputtered, starting to get offended, claiming: “You have no prove that I wasn’t there! I could have taken care of the Toppats! You had Right Hand Man, I knew you would be alright!”

“You’re right, as of right now those are just baseless accusations, but what if I had definite proof that there is no way you are actually Carol?”

“Wh-what kind of proof could that be?!”

“Simple.....a single phonecall.”

I asked Sven on an Update on the Traitor situation. He was a bit wrapped up, because a game of Toppat Twister was going on, where the executives and some other Toppats were playing. And I heard a very particular phrase...

“It was right before I hung up, but it immediately blew your cover. The real Carol is already at the jungle base, playing some rounds of Toppat Twister with the others.”

He smirked, knowing he had won. “And now, tell me, my dear ‘Carol’.....

“.....Who are you really? You know....you don’t even need to tell me, I think I already know. Your disguise was good, your acting skills even better, you just got unlucky, but there is only one person I know that would take such a big risk of getting caught. You didn’t expect that Carol would actually come up in our discussion about the traitor, because why would she? She was a well known member of the clan, she would never be a suspect. Little did you know that just a call would ruin your entire plan.”

He waited a second for the drama, because that’s just how he is.

“.....Isn’t that right.....Foxtrot?”

“Heh....hehehe....”

“Not bad for figuring me out, Mr. Detective! You are still as sharp as I remember you to be, not bad! Not bad I say! Impressive even! Guess I don’t need this anymore!”

And just like that, she tossed the hat, wig and mask aside.

#I LAUGHED MY SHIT WHEN QUOTE ON QUOTE CAROL SAID IF REGI WAS PLAYING TOO MUCH DANGANRONPA I JUST AJAHAKHFKAJFKKAUFK;2(%-@(#aND WOAHHHH BROOOO THIS WHOLE THING BLEW MY MINDD #LIKE AHHHHHH THIS WAS AMAZING THANK YOU MOD THANK YOU #regi being dramatic in every way possible is e x a c tly what i needed from this and i didnt even know it holy fuck man #this i s just becoming a real danganronpa game XDDD #buT bro- im dumb and i never looked at everyone in the henry stickmin bios so WHO IS FOXTROT- GUESS WE'LL FIND OUTTT #okay ill shush now im even bothering myself again ty op 😭

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kittydog · 4 years ago

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finishing this poast from my drafts bc well i was right 😏

snippy:

-he gives off bisexual vibes...NO WAY he is het w/ the word juicy printed on the piece of paper that is his ass.

-ive said this b4 but hes 100% a cat person

-i had a dream a couple years ago that i was snippy and i was in a sparse grocery store parking lot. it was going 2 rain and the air was chilly. sky overcast. i remember that i was kind of mad bc i didnt get everything i wanted (reasoning was that there were too many ppl in the store but rlly it was like...3. at most.) so i tried 2 be as pointedly miffed as possible so that the 1 other guy in the parking lot would have 2 deal w/ it too. but the thing was that he was just standing there on his phone and he was across the lot. luckily he did glance up bc i kept looking at him. woke up b4 anything else happened. this is the only thing i base my snippy characterization off of.

-i think hes 1 of those ppl that will spend literal hours doesnt matter if like his mom is dying or anything hes focused on opening a jar

-hes not midwestern hes british but as an ohioan i think he qualifies as some1 who says ope

captain

-not a headcanon but i just wanted 2 say i like zee idk why i dont post abt zeer that much...

-i think zeer favorite color is red like iwont say this with my chest or anything but think abt it... ^^

-zee is a animal person...i think zee likes horses. horsegirl. entidy. entity

-thisis basically just canon but very physically affectionate...very much some1 who does not care 4 personal space (ty sam <3)

-some1 who in general values their friends VERY MUCH its number 1 on zeer priorities

again nota headcanon but can you imagine captain pre-apoc jsut being normal like getting grocwries. i cant

-fav food....frosted animal crackers. maybe doesnt have a huge sweet tooth or anythinf though...likes bitter food

pilot

-well hes dead 4 1.

-VERY excited BUT isnt distracted very easily...he gets soso invested in things (perhaps due 2 dex momence)

-nimble but has bad joints. i feel itin my heart

-not quite pilot but i bet christophorus has read shakespeare at some point. cunt.

-if he had hair hed dye it every other day and it get so so brittle itd be like a dead bright purple with black stripes bush on his head

-he thinks spoiling tv shows is funny

-likes breakfast

-he likes sitting up rlly high and throwing rocks at ppl (snippy)

-i feel like hes scared of women

engie

-speaking of scared of women ❤

-well hes definitely been bullied at sum point in his life

-his favorite movie is like eternal sunshine of the spotless mind or scott pilgrim against the world

-i know this has been beaten 2 the ground but come on hes just SUCH a reddit user i cant handle it. hes canonically a g-book user though so what do i know......*bitter*

-addicted 2 quotes he loves scouring the internet 4 hours just sniffinf around 4 them

-very bland taste in food. plain spaghetti even.

-generally not very spicy person but occassionally he will surprise you. parties hard

-decadent. but minimalist bc hes 1 of those bitchez. goes 2 disneyland every week type of decadent

ok thats it luv you all mwah mwah

#mostof these arent based on anything i just feel it

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kristalpepsi · 4 years ago

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*Grabs u by the shoulders* bro u can infodump abt sys ENA all day bro

TY SINJSHD

Ough so this is lss of a headcanon b mor of me talkng abt thise other person’s theory b ok

So like in tempation stairway’s trailr ENA looks like thise

Tbh im rlly nervouscitd abt it b now im bibr8n bc som1 mde a theory tht mde me sad/upst KSJSS N(T bc they r wrong, b bc i dont want it 2 happen :^((

Under a read more bc i mde this so long by accdnt oops

(TW Talk of [implied b also jst] intgr8ion)

Thers a LOT of theories on ENA’s apprnc rn like. Mayb this is ENA in the past? Mayb in the pst she ws still a sys or this is a possibl past wher she may nvr ws (b4 everyth)?

Mayb its a new forme/a new membr in her ‘systm’ (n if u follow the shapeshifter ENA theory mayb its a new shapeshft she isnt in control of)

B the theory i DONT LIKE, is som1 mde a theory abt

My summry:

“What if this is ENA intgr8ng (fusion type) n shes strugglng w it?”

“thers no harmony frm her personalities being 2gthr”

(Srry i cnt type it all out 4 thos who cnt read the img, im on mobile so i cnt copy past yt commnts 😔) ((if ur on movile feel free 2 click on the pic tho))

Ok i rlly h8 tht 2nd ‘quote/sentnc’ i typd b i also dnt bc thers 2 way 2 interpret it bc the sentnc wsnt spcfc: does OP mean thers no hrmny of them being fused?? OR does OP mean thers no harmny of them being seper8?? Im so confusd n if itsvthe 2nd meaning i will go feral on them JDKDJD

This is a RLLY plausibl theory n it dsnt bothr me bc it mite happn it bothrs me bc its an u comfy thght bc ud hav 2 ask Y wld they fuse/merge?? Did smth happen? I kno intgr8ion is the goal 4 som systms b if its forcd or unwantd it CAN cause distress n stress n it can jst Not b a good tme

So the fct tht ENA looks rlly upset- if thise theory is tru, is wht mkes me ANGY 4 her JSKSJSK like r u ok??? HWO DID THISE 2 U

Now if OP meant the scnd, wher its “better” (not a quote) theyr fusd b ENA srill looks distrssd, thts not fair! I highky h8 tht if thts wht they mean

I am. RY LOV H8 w this theory KSJS bc im like “pls dnt trmtse Ena *cries*” n “pls dnt hav them intgr8-fuse bc we jst got thm n i dnt wnt thm 2 go :,,^/“

N then the othr side is like, i dnt wnt....,,, ppl 2 say fusion is the ONLY wy 2 b happy,,, it can mke som systms happy b i dnt wnna push 4 it immdtly as the end all b all bc systms hav a history of fusion being the only answr n i think?? Were ok w lettng tht idea rest 4 a Long Time KSHKSH its knd of unhealthy 2 forc it on ppl

Whch can happn whn ppl who r not even systms only hear abt fusion

Bc the ppl u wnna b careful w in rep (accdntl or not) isnt jst w systms b also, n most importntly, the ppl who r not systems

Anywy srry 4 long post KJSKSH

I hav no idea whts gnna happn in temptation stairwy,,, i dnt wnna mke my own theories bc its possibl itll be a TOTLLY dffrnt vibe frm thise traile, im mor just commntng on others theories JSKS

I jst hop its not integr8ion bc i big care her :^( intgr8ion isnt the problm 4 me its the implic8ions n the aftr effcts if it ddnt go well :^(

I wnt their membrs 2 b happy 2ghtr *cries* i wnt ENA 2 b ok KSSKSJ

#ask #anon #ENA #Sys!Ena #System ENA #integration #system fusion #q gang #long post #i mite edit thise post l8r w a copy n paste of the yt commnt b idk yet :^(#also pls dnt get angry @ me abt fusion bc agn thts not the problm its the implic8ions of the y n how or aftr affcts if it ddnt go gr8 #+ i rlly rlly like ENA as sepr8 bc im starvd 4 sys (accdntl or not) rep KDJDK #like. like in my orig post: sys/plural rep tht isnt the stereotypesni mentiond in my 1st post

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justjessame · 4 years ago

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Avery Emerson Clay: Daddy's Little... Taser Zapper

Jake helped me undress, unwind, and take a very slow shower. Instead of waiting to talk it over after the shower, he brought it up while hosing off the first layers of dust.

“I know that I get pissed at sparring dummies because of those smug expressionless faces they have,” he offered, his fingers untangling my braid and working shampoo through the strands. “I mean where do they get off, with their no eye having asses?”

I chuckled, shaking my head. “Yeah, and they can’t even talk back.” I leaned back, letting the shower stream flow over my face, giving me a reprieve and cleaning it free of dust and sweat. When I straightened up, I opened my eyes to see him waiting, watching me carefully. “I was pissed off at my dad.” I considered those words, my words. “I AM pissed off at my dad.” I wasn’t seeing red, not right now, but Dad wasn’t in front of me, Jake was. And Jake was naked, so I was in a different frame of mind.

Jake reached around me for the soap and a washcloth he’d brought into the shower with us. Lathering the terry cloth up, he was taking the time to gauge his words, by the time the cloth was soapy and ready to touch my skin so was he. “Because of the Op?” He started at my shoulders and neck, since I’d managed to clear my face on my own. I relaxed into his ministrations, letting him take care of me while I explained why I was angry enough to lose my shit on an inanimate dummy.

I told him all the reasons I’d seen red, literally. Why I went off and beat the high holy fuck out of a dummy, getting stuffing all over myself and the gym and forcing him to come play babysitter.

“Babysitter?” His lips quirked into a smile at the term. “You think your mom called me to babysit you?” He’d finished washing all the parts of me that had been coated in stuffing, but that left some of my more personal parts untouched and neglected. Jake’s hands, which he’d been keeping carefully above the waist while we worked on my issues, started to slither lower, reminding me of Jake Jensen’s ability to prove he had game when the time was right. “I’m pretty damn sure that your mom would NEVER hire me as your babysitter, Avery.” He pulled lightly on my waist and then our mouths were together and I forgot all about Dad and the stupid Operation.

We were dressed and walking back to the kitchen for something to eat when I heard the reminder that we weren’t in a bubble without rage triggers. Jake’s fingers were still linked with mine, which probably helped keep the flare of anger from growing to a full roar.

“Avery Emerson,” did Daddy always greet me with my first and middle names? Was this a new thing or was it normal? “I heard that you made a mess in the gym.”

“Don’t worry,” I moved carefully to the refrigerator to pull one of Rose’s pre-made meals from the freezer to reheat for Jake and I. Good luck getting a meal out of me, Daddy Dearest. “I plan on cleaning it up right after Jake and I eat.”

Dad grunted and I read the instructions that Rose had taped to the container twice, just to allow myself extra time to ignore him. Preheating the oven meant that there would be time to kill, which in a Dadless kitchen could mean extra Jake nudity, but as I looked up from the stove I saw that Dad was in it for the long haul. Shit.

“I think that you and I still have a few things to iron out, Avery.” Don’t roll your eyes, don’t sigh, and don’t throw something heavy at him. Weakness, remember? I nodded and took a seat beside Jake, which had Dad’s eyes narrowing. “Your brother isn’t completely sure where this Max might make the move, which means that you are going to have to be more available.”

“More available?” I tilted my head. “Should I wear a sign that says ‘Take me, I’m bait’?” I was baiting my father, dangerous, but honestly, what the fuck? “I can’t go into GI more often, Dad, the court frowns on that, since it’s the ‘scene of the crime’ and all.” I was using air quotes. I was three beats from rolling my eyes. I was wondering where the fuck my mom was.

“You can go in if I send you in with documents,” loopholes, I nearly snorted. Dad was utilizing loopholes to get me kidnapped. “And we aren’t just thinking of GI.” I waited, thinking that I’d better not test him with another bout of daydreaming. “You jog at least twice a week off property, kick it up to three times.” Great, I hated to fucking jog. There was a reason I only did it twice a week. “Start shopping more. You’re an heiress, sweetheart, start acting the part.” Did I imagine the shift of his eyes to Jake when he called me an heiress? Was he actually playing the fucking class card? For fuck’s -

I felt Jake’s fingers tighten on my thigh so I didn’t speak, or at least I didn’t say what first came to mind, which shocked Daddy, I think. “Fine.” I exhaled, and nearly cheered when the stove announced that the oven was ready. “Let me get this put in the oven and we’ll hash out my new schedule.” I knew I sounded exactly like a child who just learned that they had piano lessons added when they hated the piano, but damn it, I really hated this entire fucking idea.

We ate, I gave in and gave Daddy a portion after he admitted that Mom had been called away to one of her charity luncheons. Clay and Aisha were off on their own, Pooch was in the pool house probably hooked up and connecting with his little family, and Cougar was doing whatever Cougar did when left to his own devices. It seemed that Daddy was given the task of putting Avery to rights. Yay.

“Shopping like a Hilton,” I muttered, once lunch was finished and I’d put the dishes in the dishwasher and Jake wiped up the crumbs. Dad had gone off to his home office while Jake was still with me. He wrapped his arms around me as I sighed and leaned back. We could look out over the pool and backyard, where puppies were relaxing and cats were sunbathing. “Jogging even when I hate sweating,” his chuckle ruffled my hair. “And errands into an office that I no longer have an office in, thanks to my temper.” My hands covered his and I was sorely tempted to leave the gym for tomorrow, but that wouldn’t work, because Rose would be back to work and she’d by some extra sense sniff out the mess and clean it up for me. “I have a mess to clean up.”

“WE have a mess to clean up,” Jake insisted, and took my hand and walked with me back to the scene of the massacre.

As we worked, vacuuming up the loose filler first, then sweeping up the crap that wasn’t easily gripped by the vacuum, I tried to understand my dad’s attitude. Why was he acting so weird about Clay being home, and bringing his team with him?

“And that bit about me being an HEIRESS?” I was shoving the larger bits of Mr. Sparsnomore into an industrial strength lawn and garden garbage bag as I muttered darkly about my dad’s shortcomings. “What was that all about?”

Jake snorted, causing my head to pop up and our eyes to meet over the length of the mat. When he saw my confusion he chuckled and shook his head, but I was no less confused. “You really don’t get it?” I shook my head right back at the broad shouldered dork. “How often do you have a guy you’re openly sleeping with staying in the house, Avery?” My eyes were narrowed at the question. The answer was rarely, if ever, but he didn’t wait for me to answer. “Better yet, a guy you tell your entire family you plan on having very aggressive sex with minutes after leaving their company, under the same roof, that happens to be a guest who is staying in the guest room NEXT to your bedroom?”

I was going to shrug it off, tell this adorably awkward, yet truly naive hottie that he was beyond wrong. I mean, MY dad, the man who basically screwed my mother over the entire property we stood on, in fact, I was pretty sure he might have had Mom pinned against this poor dead dummy at one point or another, if I strained my memory banks I bet I had that one hidden in there, was going to go full prude with ME?

“Don’t even think of saying I’m wrong, Avery,” he was grinning and I bit my lip because even when he was being obnoxious about being right he was pretty damn sexy. “I have a sister, remember? And while my parents aren’t quite as tuned into what we were up to, my dad was super fucking weird when she started dating. More so when the guys started being around the house.”

I considered what he was saying. Aside from Mom, Dad, and Clay, I was the private one. I kept my personal life under wraps, and BEHIND CLOSED FUCKING DOORS. So Jake was a first, in that they actually met him. And I HAD sort of insinuated that I’d planned on maybe tying him up. Shit. Damn it. Jake crawled over the still slightly grubby floor and kissed my nose. “It’s ok, I’m not scared off.”

#Franklin Clay #jake jensen x ofc #The Losers (2010)#alternate universe #humor #Mild smut #fluff #Family Fluff #FLUFF AND SMUT

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LOL A 401K IM DEAD but honestly...... tru

all that tax stuff, retirement plans.... nanami’s got it covered. and then there’s gojo, committing tax fraud 🤧 i’d compare gojo to salt as a seasoning but that’s kinda mean, he does have some flavor. like, sugar probably suits him better?? sweet, can be addicting, but bad for you if have too much of it 🙈 AND THEN NANAMI. man’s the whole spice rack, he wouldn’t have it anything less since he loves food so much 😤 he is, as we say, umami personified 🤌

yeah, it’s unfortunate lmfao but oh well. i do occasionally have them in a smoothie though, like you said!

alsjfhsha it’s def time consuming.... like i’d be sitting down w my family and when i’m finally done picking it all out, they’ve finished eating welp 😭 and yeah, the rational part of me knows that, but i’m that person someone has to go up the service worker for and be like “excuse me she asked for no pickles” (except i didn’t 🙈) i’m much better in restaurants bc the language barrier isn’t as intimidating so i will tell them to leave out an ingredient if it’s something i can’t easily take out

mmmmm i can see that! he’d be the guy who’d eat pizza with a fork and knife wouldn’t he lol. and dab all the excess oil off w a napkin. he probably only goes to the Legit pizza places too haha but i think if he likes you enough he can be convinced to eat almost anywhere

ofc!! ask games are more fun if it goes both ways 😌 and ooooo tsumu! interesting...... 👀 those are honestly such good date ideas w a guy like atsumu! that’d rly be smth he’d enjoy and ngl the moment i read ‘something physical’ i immediately imagined y’all racing LMAO. he’s a prime example of how competition can be good for you w the right person, so i can see you filling in the space osamu left after he decided to focus more on his food aspirations. like imagine making cute lil bets w him and the loser having to do what the winner wanted hehe. omg a double date w the miya twins would be sm fun tho??? from my impression of you so far, i definitely trust you to keep tsumu in line lmfao so catch me there. me and osamu are the ones spectating and judging your guys’ competitions and cheering you on to beat atsumu like we’re olympic commentators or smth LOL

aaaaa i’m honestly p shy but if anything can get me to come off anon, it’d be nanamin 😂 (it’s like we’re todo and yuji bonding over their shared type but w nanami skdjfjsjsjs) let me know if you prefer to keep it here or on discord and i’ll give you my account, whichever platform you like better! also congrats on 1k! much deserved!! 🎉

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A;LDSKJ GOJO WOULD COMMIT TAX FRAUD. lmao salt is a lil mean!! sugar is more fitting <3 sugar is also used for more fun foods, and I feel like it matches him bc of his sweet tooth. but Nanami........ o lawd. definitely the whole spice rack yes. 100% agree. pls I would use him in everything. wait was that a weird thing to say?

ah I totally understand! well, u got this friend. the next time u go out for Mexican food, I’ll be there cheering for u in spirit!!

and yes.... ugh... I don’t think he’s particularly picky, he’ll try anything. he just doesn’t like foods that are excessive, if that makes sense? like what you were saying with the grease. I think he’s more the type to like subtle flavors. an obnoxious meat lover’s pizza from The Hut would be a no go, but he’s down for a, quote, Legit Pizza Place. the kind of Italian restaurant that’s authentic! but let’s admit it, by that point it wouldn’t even technically be “pizza.” authenticity comes with a price :’)

ty friend you’re far too kind 🥺 AND PLS YOU’RE MAKING ME BLUSH OVER MY LAPTOP HHHHHHH. I would love nothing more than to fill the Osamu-shaped hole in his heart once they both go into their separate careers. and god..... don’t encourage him. or me. I would definitely make bets w him. and I would win. but thank you sweet anon, I would do my best to keep him from annoying the shit out of you!! it would be an honor to have you and Osamu comment on our tomfoolery. 👉👈

MY GOD I WAS ABOUT TO KEYBOARD MASH AGAIN. we’re definitely Todo and Yuji.... u like Nanami and so now I’m obligated to imagine a whole life we coulda had together in high school together. even tho I graduated five years ago. and I’m assuming you did some time ago too since you mentioned you’re old...... lordt. anyway! thank you for the congrats!! I would love to discuss more headcanons and such w you over Discord! dm me and I’ll add you so that we can sob over Nanami’s absence in the anime <33

nanamin date anon said: me, rewatching eps 9-13 on replay until the new episode comes out: hahaha i love all the jjk characters equally! nanamin and *looks at smudged writing on hand* the extras

lol i love them all rly, it’s just super refreshing to have an adult like nanami in a shounen

haha yeah, i’m definitely glad i’m not the oldest (bc that’s way too much responsibility for me, idk how they do it) so being player 2 as a younger sibling isn’t too bad, especially since it’s the story that i’m usually more interested in rather than the gameplay itself. i don’t have to worry about remembering which buttons to press in a fight when i can just watch the plot play out lol. (it’s definitely a good game, i just suck at the controls 😅 my brother let me play a bit and i couldn’t get the web swinging down i was struggling so bad aslfjjfsjak) what sort of games are you into? 👀

even if it’s boring to some ppl, watching is a good way to experience the game for yourself as well, esp if it’s a single player game! ofc i do tend to prefer multiplayer games, but it’s not too dissimilar to watching someone play a sport tbh. AND NO KENMA IM PRO-SIDEQUEST LIVE OUT YOUR COMPLETIONIST DREAMS. if we gotta fetch that dude a super rare item to unlock his backstory we MUST do it ok

YEAH! mikorin is also voiced by noya’s va! it’s honestly a shame gsnk didn’t get a second season, it’s so good 😔

me: lol does that mean kuroo’s your tomoda

kenma: ok this date is over

LMFAOOOOO not my fault the popular choices are the ones that get you the good end 😤 and it’s all good, i’m also guilty of replaying to see how the other choices impact the story haha. if there’s no save system tho, i’d make him switch out w me every time we replay bc i’d zone out at all the repeat stuff (bless games that have a skip option 🙏)

UGH TELL ME ABOUT IT!!! ok so I love the other charas too but.... Nanami’s so good. so good. iono about you, anon, but I went back and rewatched his episodes from the dub and it made me Feel Things. and I agree, it is refreshing to see an adult like him in shounen. esp since he treats the kids like kids. and he makes it clear that their being kids is never a bad thing. I will reiterate: he’s so good.

ahhh friend that’s so nice!. your brother sounds really chill. plus it sounds like a good balance: you get to watch the story, and he gets to dick around!! win-win. and as for my fav games, I’m up for anything! I try to avoid co-op games like Overwatch bc I get too competitive and I’m a sore loser lmao (but they are fun!). the last games I played were the Last of Us 2 and Persona 5, two very different games, but stuff that’s a good time nonetheless. tbh as long as I can immerse myself in the story and there’s tons to explore, I’m down. what about you?? you’d kind of mentioned otome games and Animal Crossing, but I’m curious!

hm. interesting. that’s a nice way to look at it. I guess if it’s a really good game, it’s no different from an interactive movie! also Kenma would love that omg you’re going to save so many villages in the rpgs he plays w you.... gotta max out EVERYTHING. every side quest! every mundane task!! collect literally every feather!!! but I feel like he would pass the time by making idle conversation. like some dumb shit Lev had mentioned earlier that day. such a nice way to unwind at the end of the day, shit talking Lev w his fav person 😌

anyway! going back to completionist stuff: Kenma would have such a blast going back and replaying games w you! and yes bless games w a skip option hhh. thankfully he’d remember all your previous choices together, so he can help navigate where to go next. he has no qualms handing the controller over, I think he’d love to curl up next to you and analyze how you play! but I also feel like he’d be giving unwarranted suggestions....... thanks, Kenma.

also, about Mikorin’s va: WHAT. OH MY GOD. so many things to learn..... pls. indulge me w your trivia.

#nanamin date anon #FRIEND you are SPOILING ME #so many good scenarios and general content.....#thank u for popping by!#and I'll reiterate: I'd be more than happy to chat over Discord #if you're comfortable that is!#I would love nothing more than to yell about Nanami w you #toya slides u a note #Anonymous

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