#i'm trying to write but progress is slow

[ataviisms]

chewing on all of you tbh

[busterbby]

— how they hold hands.

fluff. gn!reader. hcs. ichiro, jiro.

note: tried to make these sweet and short but alas. please enjoy!!

Ichiro . . . holds your hand so tender yet firm — not too loose, not too tight. just right

they're much bigger than yours. Ichiro can fit your entire hand in his

his hands are heavy too. they have weight to them; they’re full of calluses and cracks, scars and frost nips, dirt underneath his nails from the harsh odd jobs he’s worked. they’re not very pretty hands, but they’re gentle even with all the wear and tear. they hold so much love for you and his bros: the entire weight of his heart

they hold you so delicate and light. they’re comforting as they lay on yours, not too heavy or anything. it’s paradoxical, how such heavy hands so full of brute — cracked and bruised from all his fights in his youth — can be so tender and loving towards you

his rings dig into your skin, cold. but his hands themselves are so warm

and he does this thing where he rubs his thumb over your knuckles gently. it’s just a little habit of his — Ichiro doesn’t quite notice it, really — but it’s very sweet

“it’s alright. i’m here.” he says in that deep hushed tone of his, when he notices you’re anxious or holding onto him a bit more firm. he holds your hands gently, rubs his thumb in circles over your skin soothingly like a lullaby

he’s here. and you know it’s so when he holds your hands, how your heart eases instantly at the familiar touch: the slightly rough skin, the calluses at his fingertips, and warmth he holds

sometimes, the weight of his hands is the most comforting thing to your heart.

Jiro . . . holds your hand tightly and fully in his. He doesn’t like to let you go

he likes to hold hands! everywhere he goes, really. walking in the school hallways or lazily holding your finger underneath the desk during free period.

jiro is a very touchy boyfriend. he doesn’t know; he just likes to hold your hands and have you close. it feels right, y’know??

his hands are warm and heavy too, in that, jiro doesn't quite know the limits of his own strength. he just knows that he likes to hold you tight and close! so sometimes, he may squeeze your hand too much, and you can see the little marks his rings leave behind

but of course, he doesn't mean it! just let him know~

jiro wears his heart on his sleeve, and you pretty much hold it in your hands oh so sweet. when you give his hand a little squeeze, you can see the way his heart skips a beat with the way he gets visibly flustered. eyes a little wide, lips slightly parted; it’s as if you’re squeezed the love out of his heart too, with the way he gets all shy, covering himself with the hood of his cap and gazing off to the side. but, he always does give a squeeze back, tighter than yours

his knuckles are cracked and a little bruised from the one too many fist fights he gets himself in; and they're probably covered in bandages from all the scratches he's accrued from chasing after that damn neighbor's cat (dogs and cats don't get along, after all)

when you hold hands, your fingers brush over all the bandages he wears and the wounds that still sting. they’re not very pretty, but they’re jiro’s

but even as much as the isopropyl stings at his wounds, and jiro cringes as you scold him for needing to be more careful and use his head for once, jiro thinks he’ll always love it when you bandage his wounds

you hold his fingers so gentle in your hands, with so much love and care. jiro’s gaze softens, and his heart beat rings in his ears, as he lets you tend to his wounds. he watches you like a dream, perhaps a little too wistful. and there’s nothing better in this world, he thinks, than when you finish up and give him a quick peck to his lips

the way you tend to his wounds, hold his bandaged and bruised hands so tenderly in yours. they’re smaller than his and much prettier too — complete polar opposites. but somehow, someway, your hands look good together

maybe he can get used to it.. (even at the cost of alcohol stings)

[lozeyart]

Working on Éamon some more (finally) and right now its just going to be a character sheet with some outfits and expressions as I really try to nail down his character and what he's all about.

The second outfit is still in sketch mode and I need to add a sword to it and possibly a quiver that attaches to the hip. I've yet to decide if Éamon would prefer a quiver strapped to his back or to his hip. Who knows, maybe he likes to change things up!

[icewindandboringhorror]

finally finished all of one character's entire quests/optional dialogue/questions/etc.... 100,000 words... .... aughhh

[meownotgood]

I'm still writing... unfortunately work has been really busy again so I definitely won't be able to finish chapter 4 by the end of the month like I planned.... 😭 but I'm nearly done, I'll keep working 🫡

[bittersweetresilience]

it feels cosmically unfair that i think about writing all the time want to write all the time and sit down to write all the time and i come up with two sentences at best. there should be some reward system i think

[longing4yesterday]

proud of myself for getting lots of edits done today ^^ yippee

[bearsinpotatosacks]

Update on my Whumptober thoughts: Not all the prompts will be posted, I have all 31 planned out but I found out that you don't have to post all 31. If a fic is finished, I'll post it but there's some big beasts that I want to write properly instead of rush. Also, I might not even write all 31. I want the completionist title but I don't have the time nor energy to force myself to write all the prompts and I did it last year and it wasn't like life-changing. I like Whumptober because the prompts help my creativity, spark some inspiration (talking about my Delancey Brothers Fic) but the perfectionist in me just beats myself up about not getting enough fics done before October or not writing enough each day to get them finished and then writing fics that all sound the same or the ideas being kind of shitty because I'm forcing them. I want to do my ideas justice rather than mass produce shit I don't like because I feel I need to, it's a constant line I walk between "I want to write something well and that I'm proud of so might be inactive for a while on AO3" and "I want to get this idea out there so need to post a bunch of stuff now"

[casterhex]

POV u say some gay ass shit

I love love LOVEEE Mark and Ian SO MUCH I could read a whole comic or watch a whole show abt these two!!!

NO WAY dumb and dumber in the flesh....realest drawing ever thank you for this

[arkhammaid]

Oh wow wow wow!!!!

Thank you for the sneak peak, although now I will probably spend my whole day thinking about it. There is nothing better than a lestappen abo fic.

And this might sound strange but your post made me actually feel happy for the first time today, I have a very important test next month and nowdays my day is made up of practice tests and crying after seeing my scores on them lol. Can't wait to read whatever work you will publish.

Also I hope your writer's block is better.

- 😴 anon

about this post

hehe you're welcome 🫶 the thing is, it's an omegaverse lestappen fic but also charlos and also ******* and ****** and **** and- as i said, i'm leaving crumbs and you guys will have to pick em up LOL

awww 🫂 i'm sending you hugs. i'm glad the one snippet could bring you some joy. i'm wishing you luck, patience and enough rest 🤞🤞 you can do this!!

and as for the blasted writer's block... i think i kinda tried to force myself to write on my ongoing fics a but too much and grew bitter with it 😭 because my current draft is going very well, just this week i almost wrote 4k like.... damn.....

[pynkhues]

sooooooo... i see you reblogged kinktober post. do you have any plans for the event? 👀

[apricote]

why does fame decay SO FAST like bro you don't do anything fame related for ONE DAY and you're already a nobody

[agustdiv1ne]

writer’s block is hitting me like a semi-truck atm sorry guys

[goldenkid]

'oooh i should do nano' <- girl who absolutely cannot manage nano this year

[meownotgood]

working hard! still working hard!!!!!!!!!

[wilddogsdivorce]

[ID: A captioned photo of a man standing on a rooftop of a concrete building, which he slowly cleans of snow. The corner in which he stands is labeled as "The stories I've written" while the rest of the snow is labeled as "The stories in my head". /end ID]