#idk. i get sappy about it. a lot. but i just really love my parents.

[excelsior9173]

started another rewatch of gilmore girls

god i love this show. every year i get older and rewatch i start to see it a little different which i think is really cool

i started watching this show when i was… 16? maybe a little younger. my mom couldn’t wait to show it to me. said as soon as it aired she’d always dreamed of being close with me like lorelai and rory are in the show

and i think my mom achieved that. it was rocky at times, but she’s my best friend now- i couldn’t imagine having anyone else at my side through the ups and downs. she’s the first person i ask to go do fun things with me and the first one i turn to when i need a shoulder.

idk. rewatching this show always makes me feel extra sappy lol

[babachira]

meeting rin's australian host parents

matsuoka rin x reader

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+ "don't say anything embarrassing, i swear" rin loves russell and lori, but even when he went to visit them with haru, he got embarrassed when lori brought up that one time where he did 'something', so he's definitely got shit he wants to hide

+ just in general, i think he'd be so excited to introduce you to them. obviously they're not blood-related, but they still mean so much to him and i'm sure that they'd support him in whatever he does, but let's say they didn't really approve of his partner because a) you're a piece of shit or b) you ate their dog or something idk, he'd be heartbroken for sure, but don't worry, they love you :D

+ as you're walking to their house together you'd be like, "impress australian mama and papa on the go" and then he'd for sure look at you with this 'you did not just say that' look, but then do that shit where he chuckles while shaking his head why tf am i being so specific

+ let's hope you're good with dogs because as soon as rin rings that doorbell, winnie is gonna start barking like there's no tomorrow. if you're cool with them, winnie will 100% lick you up like she's claiming you as part of her territory, but if you're not good with dogs i feel like rin would let russell and lori know beforehand. they'd 100% understand but poor winnie might be locked in another room during dinner LOL

+ i obviously can't predict the personality of every reader, but no matter how different, lori would be saying yes to the wedding invitation before it's even thought about. woman has her outfit picked out already. she loves you and you can tell by the way she won't stop talking to you or asking questions about either yourself or the relationship. maybe she'll ask so much that russell will be like "ok, i think it's time to calm down now, hun"

+ russell . . . well his personality isn't exactly detailed in the anime, but i think he's such a chill dad, like he doesn't have kids, but i feel like he'd so be a girl dad. rin's dating a biker? ok. rin's dating the most unathletic, swimming-hater, water repellent and gymphobic person ever? strange, but he'll take it. just don't hurt him lol

+ it's like they've laid out a red carpet at the doorway, not for rin lol, BUT FOR YOU!! their most esteemed and welcomed guest. lori claims to have been waiting for this moment since rin lived with them. she'd probably fuss about how their house is too small for such a wonderful person like you, but then rin would be like "lori, it's ok, we're not like that" but she's just so sweet, she'd always say "we don't want your feet to get cold! wear these slippers!" or "if you're feeling cold, let me know! i'll amp up the heating until we're sweating!"

+ dinner would be so extravagant. not saying that haru's unimportant, but lori might put more effort into this meal, but this is only because it's you, you're clearly not just a friend. rin's brought his entire ass soulmate, how is she not gonna go all-out. she's gonna have messaged rin before your flight asking for every single detail about your dietary requirements, your allergies, what you like or don't like and if you're the type to be like "oh no, it's really ok! i'm good with anything!" she'd tell you that you're spitting absolute nonsense and that it's a privilege for her to be able to do this for her host-son

+ since russell and lori are a married couple, they've been through the whole oooh butterflies in the tummy, omggg my one and only yayyy and he's the only for meee shit, but let's be real i don't think rin's the type to really express that in words. he'd most definitely say at least one sappy thing during dinner like "yeah, my motivation for swimming has definitely gone up" or "i still can't believe i'm so lucky" which might make you go :( IN A GOOD WAY, but he wouldn't gonna go full on sob story because he's got his pride on the line. and bro cries a lot too, he cannot make himself cry in front of his host-parents

+ don't be too alarmed when you feel rin's eyes on you all the time. whether you're speaking to him or russell or lori, he is going to be staring at you all the mf time to the point where russell will point it out and go "rin, you're gonna shoot lasers at this point!" and bro has to snap out of it

+ oh i feel like he'd be the type to pile up your plate too. his favourite food is steak, so i'm sure lori must have whipped something up. if you like steak, he's going to give you more steak than he eats himself, he's going to give you the best parts and even if you insist that he should have them he's gonna say that he's ok and that he's happy when you eat. if you don't like steak, he'll probably offer it once just because it's so good, but if not, pile it up with something else

+ lori will see this and i bet she'll be like "aw, look at our rin being so sweet! always the sharer!" and rin's like "stop it, lori"

+ lowk think that lori will do more speaking while russell just listens. not because he's disinterested but just personality-wise, he seems more quiet than his wife. she obviously has that motherly tendency so she might be like "rin, you did a very good job, you got incredibly blessed and you must MUST treat each other with the same amount of love and respect" while russell is the 'yes, yes, i agree, what she said' kind of man

+ if you're the type to say "i'm really grateful and lucky to have met rin" lori's definitely gonna be like, "ohh i think we all know that he's lucky to meet you" then everyone laughs, russell will probably back her up with "rin probably had to beg!"

+ the entirety of dinner would just be russell and lori making fun of rin. russell will surely be like "so, mate, got your wedding date booked yet?" before saying, "our boy rin's going to be crying when he reads his vows!" then lori might join in on the fun and say "i'll be there to record everything!"

+ russell and lori would do everything they could to accommodate for the two of you. rin would appreciate this so so much because it's literally his two worlds talking together. he'd be so happy throughout the entire evening that you, his most prized possession, is having fun chatting with the couple that basically raised him almost a quarter of his life. he knows what he should be grateful for and how important this is to remember

+ i'm sure russell and lori would insist that you stay the night because no way they're making you spend your night in an ass hotel. they'd send rin away lol but not you

+ 100% rin's going to be a bit emotional and clingy during the night. he's going to keep talking about how he's so thankful that you're in his life and that you got the courage to meet them because it's really not an easy thing to do. he's gonna hold you tight and whisper things how he really loves you and how he really wants what russell said about the wedding come true - if you'll allow it, of course. YOU WILL RIGHT???

[batmen-and-birds]

For the batentity au, idk why reading that how B so willingly murder is very... Well lack for better word, sad?

I feel like cuz B is the core of all the emotions and memories of Bruce Wayne, everything just am up to 11 or heck even 12 cuz the way I see it, B is the repressed emotions of Bruce that let loose. (man first order of business is to beat up Joker to comatose, deffo had hold that grudge for years), Batman is his moral code, his ideal, keeping him in line and in check, Brucie is his social life, his front appearance when there's camera and people expect him to be the playboy billionaire and matches is him but minus all the sappy emotions stuff and focus more on the detective side (even if it's dirty... And shady... And... Yk what whatever Matches Malone maloning in his free time)

Seeing at the very core Bruce can smile genuinely and happy like B does hurts so bad, because it further evident that the man gone thru a lot that he hides this side of him or not letting him out at its fullest

I like to think B existence/action sent people to a whiplash is cuz this side of Bruce is more reflecting on the kid that mourn his parents in the alley. He's bright, he's emotional (perhaps more than expected?), he so kind and loving and caring especially to his family. And this side spesifically is one Bruce shield away in order not to be hurt again.

Now he's free from the shackle.. Why would he want to go back? He's been hurt and hurting and now he can do something about it without the burden of his moral code (batman), without putting up a front for the world (Brucie), with clear goal and not pretending (matches)

I think why the other identity follow his lead is because they know, they existence are to in one way or another to protect B and help him with his goal, it has always been that way wasn't?

I'm sorry if this ask is long and I hope you don't mind me throwing my two cent in it!! It's a very exciting au and I love to brainstorm this concept

I really appreciate you sharing your thought! You’re right, the three of them are created to protect and support B! Brucie and Bats are pretty obvious but Matches was initially created to infiltrate his rouges workforce and the criminal underworld. In the end Matches is Bruce’s outlet for his guilty pleasures. When he‘s Matches he doesn’t need to be proper and showy or righteous and fair. He‘ll have a beer with other henchmen and joins in on their jeers and dirty jokes. Ever heard Batman or Bruce Wayne casually use foul language? No ofc not, they have images to maintain but Matches will call you every name in the book to get his point across.

He can also care for his former friends even if only in a ‚professional‘ capacity and isn‘t policing them to the usual extend. Yes, he‘d help them and save anyone’s butt if asked but he doesn‘t try to convince them to redeem themselves. Matches gives him the chance to have harmless fun with objectively bad people like his rouges and even the other goons. Most of them are also people that Bruce knew when he was younger. Harvey and Roman were his childhood friends, Cobblepot was his chess partner and even Freeze he‘s met when Nora comforted him during the first Wayne annual ball after his parents died. He‘s comfortable among these serial killers and mobsters and the backlash he‘d receive for hanging out with them would be catastrophic if he‘d ever be caught. He knows he would be judged for it without his excuse of infiltration and espionage. His rouges are all people who have hurt hundreds of others but Bruce remembers how they had helped HIM, so he’s gonna be a bit selfish by keeping them near him.

And yeah fusing back is something that the people around B have to convince him of, like the league and his family. Not his alter egos. But even they are conflicted about it when watching B laugh like he hasn‘t done since loosing Jason or be playful like he‘s only done when Dick was still Robin. But those alter egos were all made as a coping mechanism and right now B can just walk away from any of them. With what he’s done without them in just a few weeks time, beating the Joker, allying himself with Ra’s, getting back at Deathstroke (I already have an idea for him), etc., no one knows what he‘ll do without them longterm.

[jaysnunchucks]

Random ninja headcanons ( Part 2 )

Warning: mention of mental health and sh under the cut.

- On every Lloyd’s birthday the ninja throw him a big party, since he never had those in the boarding school for bad boys

- When Kai and Nya were little, Kai was the first to realise that his parents aren’t returning, so when Nya asked Kai where’s mom or dad he just said that their gonna be home one day.

- Garmadon still cares for Lloyd, Harumi manipulated Garmadon into thinking that he has some ultimate power so he could be her pawn.

- Lou knew that Lilly was an elemental master, he knew his son had the same power, but he didn’t want Cole to follow into the footsteps of Lilly because of the fate of his late wife

- Kai absolutely loves the blue mud he ate at the cragling base.

- Jay absolutely loves his nunchucks, it is his favourite weapon, he has a poster of it in his room.

- Jay has a lot of scars, whether it is from self harm, or working in the junkyard, he is insecure about them.

- Lloyd also has scars from his time in the darkly’s boarding school, some from missions and also a few self harm scars which he sees as battle scars.

- When someone asks Lloyd about his power, it makes him wonder what he’s power really is, he is aware that it’s energy but he wonders if it was passed down somehow like all the other elemental powers.

- The ninja often have movie nights (idk if I mentioned this) and they go by age who gets to pick the movie, so Lloyd is always first, then it’s Nya, Kai and Jay do rock paper scissors to see who gets to pick and then it’s Cole.

- Lloyd usually picks movies like Spiderman into the spider-verse, and a lot more action movies, whilst Nya and Jay prefer and pick sappy rom-coms and Kai is always whining how it’s not a modern day movie, Kai picks karate movies like cobra Kai and karate kid, for some reason I can see Cole watching 80s movies.

-I've mentioned this before in one of my headcanons but Cole definatly stress eats, Nya's trying to help him reverse that habit but with everything going on right now its gotten worse.

[sk1bidi-n1k0-e4ts-people]

Hey how u doing? I’m in love with your fics btw they’re like my bedtime stories🥰

I saw that you haven’t written morgan much in ur fics so i have some ideas of a fic (or fics) you might like where y/n & morgan bonding with tony through the years. They’re a lot you can do them as parts or oneshots or one big oneshot it’s up to u really. y/n can be she/her or gn.

-12yo y/n asking tony to hold newborn morgan and he obliged, tears in his eyes watching his firstborn holding his newborn🥹

-4yo morgan & 16yo y/n in morgan’s room having tea party or dressing-up party (or whatever kid-friendly games lol) tony then join them and play along. pepper coming to get them for dinner and see her little family having fun (or one to put makeup on tony and the other style his hair and it’s getting messy haha)

-since pepper out of country for business, tony remains to watch his little troublemakers. But he had a bad day that the house label it ‘daddy’s bad day’. y/n noticed this and telling morgan to draw something to him and give him her best morgan cure ever (hugs). y/n did last remaining assignment as morgan finishes her masterpiece then goes to make hot chocolate for them 3. tony gets emotional about morgan’s drawing and more sappy when she hugs him tight telling him “it’s okay daddy. I love you” *sobs in 3000😭*, y/n sit beside him and hug them both (i mean them on the couch being cuddly comforting their dad🥹) then ends the day with a movie night.

-tony teaching dance to y/n for prom in their living room, morgan busting into them and the 3 dance together with an upbeat music, then morgan asks y/n to dance with her, and tony getting emotional again he’s so proud dad (FRIDAY caught him on 4k crying and sent the footage to pepper and rhodey lol)

-the stark family having an outing after y/n’s graduation, tony reminiscing the old times when y/n was just a baby and being taken care of (tony telling embarrassing toddler y/n moments to morgan. pepper in her Protective Mum Mode telling her kids embarrassing stories about their dad as kind of revenge for her embarrassed eldest *go pep!*)

-y/n being there for morgan’s first school day. morgan being there in y/n’s dorm room putting down boxes. this concept might work as a parallel yk.

one day at night morgan called y/n crying ‘cause she missed her sibling and y/n trying to comfort her😭

-years after all these scenes, the stark family expands with y/n’s little newborn. 12yo morgan asks y/n to hold the baby and tony (the sappy daddy he is) having flashbacks to when y/n holding morgan🥹😭

Yeah, that was a lot lol! idk if you’re busy or smth but if you do pls take your time. and pls tag me on your fics if u don’t mind ofc.

Good times Stark family x stark!reader

Pt 1/5

Summary: all the fun times you had with your little sunshine...morgan

Warnings:

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You woke up at around 10:17 a.m. you went downstairs and no one was there, you expected your parents to still be sleeping given that pepper was pregnant and tony well...he's tony.

You gobbled down a bowl of cereal and went upstairs to check on your parents, passing by the nursery, you saw all of the pink and white, and the smidgen of grey in there too.

You smiled, picturing your baby sister laying in her crib, or on the changing table, or even just playing with her toys. You were so excited to meet morgan. The baby sister you'd always wanted.

You peeked around the corner into your parents bedroom. But no one was there, you checked the bathrooms, the dining room, the kitchen, the living room, heck you'd even checked the garage. But no one was there.

"Friday? Where is everyone?" You asked the AI, starting to panic. "Pepper has gone into labor and is at the hospital with tony." She stated calmly. "What!? Why didn't they get me up!?" You asked her. And she said....

"Actually, tony has left a message for you explaining this" she said as she played it. "Hey kid, i hope your doing alright. It is your first time home alone, but peps in labor and i didn't want to wake you so happy will pick you up when the time comes. And dont worry, youll be here for the birth. Love you baby" you heard your father tell you from on the voice message, he sounded like he was driving and pepper was maybe holding the phone up so it could hear him properly.

"Well tell happy to come get me! I dont wanna miss my sisters birth!" You said running out as Friday contacted happy, you were putting together a comfy outfit. Making sure your sweatshirt was fluffy so that when you held her, she would feel it. You threw on your sneakers and was out the door.

Happy picked you up, and stepped on it. Which made you think you were in a hurry and might miss it, but luckily, you didn't.

You ran into the hospital room, immediately being greeted with tony and peppers soft eyes. You ran over to pepper, taking her hand in yours. "Hey mamuh, you doing alright?" You asked her, gently caressing her arm.

"Yes, thank you munchkin" that was peppers nickname for you, she loved saying it, and you were determined to pass it down to morgan and possibly your children some day.

"How dilated is she?" You asked looking up at tony. "Shes currently 8 centimeters dilated"

"What?? Oh thank god i didn't hit the snooze button." Everybody chuckled at your joke.

After a while, she was fully dilated and ready to push. The nurses and doctors instructed her on what to do, while you and tony were at her sides cheering her on and comforting her.

"You got this mamuh, there you go! Come on." You and tony kept repeating these words until morgan was officially born <33333333

It took another few minutes for you and tony to be able to hold her though. But when tony held his second daughter on his chest, the man was crying with joy.

Though he was iron man, and acted like he was the Is toughest guy on the planet, he was actually a very delicate flower.

You tapped his shoulder, getting his attention. "Daddy, can i hold her now?" He immediately gave little Mo to pep and folded your arms in the correct way. After he finished this task, he took his baby and placed her gently in her big sisters arms.

You looked down at her and she looked up at you. You both stared into each others eyes for a while. Tonys eyebrows fell back, he felt a tear run down his cheek. He quickly whipped out his phone, holding it sideways he recorded you both for at least 5 minutes straight.

You smiled at her, letting out a small giggle in awe, and she cooed at you. Making you smile bigger, which made her smile, and all of this reminded tony of his first moments with you, as if you were him and she was you, it flashed before his eyes on how fast his little girl was growing up.

He didn't want the same for morgan, he wanted for both of you to stay like this forever. He wasn't going to let the first few months of little Mo's life off of his mind for a long time. He made the mistake with you, and when time went by so fast, he wanted to go back and not mess it up this time. He took an oath to remember these moments with morgan, it didn't matter if he was soothing her cries, or feeding her, or even bathing her. He wasn't going to let any of it go. Ever.

You looked up at tony, who was balling his eyes out. You giggled and leaned to the side to hug him. He began sobbing into you, holding you tight, pep definitely snapped a photo of this >:) she's gonna show it to everyone ehehhehehehehe

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You came into Morgans room, the baby pink walls were covered in her drawings and photos. You sat down at the table that was seven times too small for you.

She was having a tea party with her stuffed animals, her ginormous panda bear plush sat in a chair, along with a elephant pep had gotten her, and a lion you had got for her.

"May i join the tea party m'lady?" You asked her in a strong British accent, "of course madam" she responded, trying her best to recreate the accent. Pretending to pour some tea in a cup in front of you.

you took a plastic cup she just "filled". Making a loud slurping sound. She giggled at this. (I wanna hear it so bad)

She eventually talked you into wearing a giant pink hoop skirt. (Even though she simply asked and you did it because you cant resist those big beautiful little eyes of hers) Which she had a smaller version for her.

after a while, tony walked in and paused seeing his both his daughters on the floor, in giant hoop skirts, having a tea party. A smile danced on his lips.

Morgan ran behind him and shut the door, locking it in the process 😈😈😈

"Wacha doing, and why did morgan just lock the door....wait who taught you to do that?" He said turning to morgan, who had her arms behind her back innocently "i did." You said raising your hand.

Tony eventually joined in on this tea party. And after begging for like 10 minutes, he put on a hoop skirt as well, and you ran out of the bedroom, getting caught on the locked door. And returned with makeup. "Uh-no." He said pointing a finger at you. You gave him puppy dog eyes, and so did morgan "....fine." you and her cheered before high-fiving.

While morgan did his hair in very odd shapes and styles, you did his makeup, badly....like, INTENSE blush. And bright blue eyeshadow. And red lipstick, you know.

Then pepper walked in to inform her family that it was dinner time. But saw all of you in giant skirts, and tony in a the best ponytail you can do with three inches of hair, and a tiara of course 😄 and you doing his makeup.

She chuckled at this, and especially tonys vulnerability to his girls. "Dinners ready, come on" she said before leaving the room. "Dont worry dad you look amazing"

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You had noticed that your father had a pretty bad day at work, and decided to help him out a bit with the help from Morgan.

"Hey mo. Daddy had a rough day at work, and he misses mommy, lets call it 'daddys bad day' and i want you to draw him something with all of your skill, and then give him the best bad day cure ever! hugs" you whispered that last bit to make it more dramatic for her.

She ran across her bedroom to grab her crayons and a few papers, and immediately got to work, creating her best piece yet!

You looked at it, then back at her and high-fived her for her amazing drawing skills. You had the milk on the stove and the chocolate in the microwave being melted. (You really think that you would make him instant hot cocoa on daddys bad day? Didn't think so)

You watched as tony came downstairs from his hot shower, that was long as well. And watched him immediately plop down on the couch, putting his hands over his face.

Morgan climbed onto the couch and tapped his shoulder getting him to look over at her, his hands floating midair.

"I made you something daddy" she said handing him the paper. He took one look at it and immediately smiled, looking back at morgan he saw she was handing him another paper. "And this ones you and mommy" she said pointing at the two people hugging underneath a rainbow in a meadow of flowers.

He was already quite emotional from his hard day, he felt his eyes water. Little Mo noticed this and wrapped her small arms around his neck, squeezing him as hard as she could,

"Its okay daddy...i love you" he let out a small sob and threw his arms around her waist. "I love you too, my sweet girl".

You walked over and sat down on the couch on his opposite side. Setting all three drinks down on the coffee table in front of you. You leaned into him, you and morgan both squeezed the life out of him.

You turned on a movie, and after you finished your drinks, you and morgan passed out in your fathers caring arms.

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A/N: AAAAAAAAAAA! I love writing for morgan so fricking muchhhhh 💕🥰😘🩷 and I'm trying to tag you I swear, it's not workingggg 😭😭😭 this has happened before just give it a few days maybe 🙃

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@animealways // @white-wolf-buckaroo // @tonystark-au // @zebralover //

[elderwisp]

The Sims is love. List 5 facts about a favorite sim couple of yours, and why you love them so much. Then pass this on to 5 others, whose sim couple(s) you also love. 💘💕

HIHI thank u for this ask! AHHH this is such a difficult question because i’ll get in these sappy/supportive moods whenever i’m working on certain couple arcs! there are even some that are top secret that are truly some favorites GAHHH. this is how i feel like, genuinely:

i do feel like lately, i hyperfixate on atlas’s relationships. one reason is i’m like in the trenches writing-wise where i’m finalizing some things. then the other is it’s one of those interesting dynamics between either parties that feel complicated but also being able to dissect it and go wow, love is truly versatile! both feel valid in their own ways and were the thing that maybe atlas might’ve needed in the moment. i really don’t have a favorite between the two because they’re both so idk, fulfilling to me. i think it would be neat to go over the relationship between atlas/taryn and atlas/rowan ft a wip pic:

𓆩♡𓆪 Atlas met Rowan in a very transitional phase of his life. There was a lot of uncertainty surrounding Atlas's future and it was truly a time where being a pushover was not working in his favor nor authentic towards any of his needs. Rowan has a knack for identifying someone in pain and gravitates towards it. Where Dan believes Rowan tried to take advantage of Atlas's insecurities, Rowan more so wanted to bring out those deeply rooted thoughts to the surface because why hide who you are? There's power in pain.

𓆩♡𓆪 Part of why I believe Taryn and Atlas's relationship would not be viable as of right now is Atlas is still really picking up the pieces of his tumultuous relationship with Rowan. I feel like break ups can go through the similar motions of grief just on a different scale. There's a lot of bouncing back and forth between anger and sadness, so couple that with his coping method creates a lot of chaos. There's a deeply rooted sentiment in Atlas that there is no way in hell he deserves a relationship with Taryn.

𓆩♡𓆪 Rowan sees a lot of himself in Atlas. The both struggle to really connect with their parents and dislike the concept of control. A desire for independence. They're artists and have an appreciation in self-indulgence. However, there is one huge difference and that's confidence. Atlas is much more insecure than he let's on and that causes a huge rift between the two.

𓆩♡𓆪 The other part would be Taryn's current state. I will start off with Atlas has been a huge influence on not only setting boundaries with people but also encouraging her to share her work, growth doesn't come at an incline but almost a jagged, bumpy mountain. (💀) All that encouragement to be vulnerable (the book, trying to open up her heart to atlas, the mf kids at the library) to be met with constant rejection is pushing her back into this almost hardened demeanor. It takes a lot of courage to open up and unfortunately she's reached her limit to do so.

𓆩♡𓆪 Rowan has always known that commitment to one person can feel incredibly constricting for someone who, well, likes to indulge. So while he absolutely adores Atlas, there's some conflict that arises in the notion of an open relationship. Atlas really struggles to grasp that idea (well less of an idea and more of this is reality baybeee) and it triggers those deeply rooted feelings of inadequacy.

𓆩♡𓆪 I will say Atlas and Taryn do take the longest to get together but it is really one of those scenes that makes me emotional. Seeing how they progress until that moment feels like two terrified people finally finding some solid ground in a world that is always shifting. It feels like the one thing that finally makes sense and Taryn, my god, she can be quite the romantic with her words and gestures.

[tonberry-yoda]

I saw that your requests were open and Im taking full advantage because of a dream I had. OKAY HEAR ME OUT- fem reader or gn reader whichever works best for you, platonic ofc The reader gets thrown into the whole SDC adventure and everyone lives! However the crusaders find out LAST MINUTE at the airport that the reader actually has NO WHERE to go. Something along the lines of Joseph asking "Hey Kiddo .. where do you need a ticket too?" And the reader was like "huh, oh idk whatever is cheapest" and the crusaders are like ????? "what the fuck" After asking the reader more questions because and also scolding them bc like "why didn't you tell us during the ENTIRE trip??" and the reader is like actually shocked and expressed they weren't expecting anyone to care, from the get-go, through everything, was expecting to have to move on even if they didn't want to? For this scenario Avdol and Joseph are hurt for the reader, but Avdol the most.. maybe you can fill in the blanks but in the end Avdol straight up adopts the reader?? Im a HUGE sucker for parental avdol bc he's literally the perfect Dad. Maybe bonus points if you include everyone's reactions? I can imagine all of them being shocked, sad for their friend who went through hell just to not have anywhere to go after that. ITS LIKE A LOT OF ANGST BUT WITH SOME SWEET MOMENTS AND A HAPPY ENDING

oh my goodness this idea is literally SO AMAZING! like, best dream ever! i love these everyone lives AUs, they make my soul sing! and seriously, the platonic reader is my favorite, so this request was literally perfect! thanks so much for the request anon! sorry if it took a while!

SDC with a f!reader who doesnt have a home to go to (platonic)

Warnings - none!

Word Count - 765

Notes - again, i loved this so much! i had a blast writing it and i really hope you enjoy it anon and have a great day!!! <3 also, i have one more request before i open requests again yay!!!!! <333 (image not mine)

You hugged onto Avdol’s arm knowing that it would probably be your last moments with him before moving on.

You were nothing but thankful for the Stardust Crusaders. They found you at a time in need. When you could’ve possibly been overtaken by DIO, they were right there, ready to help you and even willing to let you join. They meant the world to you. For the first time in your life, you felt like you had a home.

You looked up to everyone. They were all so strong. Without them, you wouldn't have the smile on your face like you did in Egypt. Even through the long and hard journey, they were right there with you helping you and leading the way for you to succeed and be happy.

“Alright kiddo, let me buy you a ticket,” Joseph whipped out his wallet and turned to you. “Where’s home for you?”

“Oh,” you let go of Avdol and looked at the flights they had available. “I don't really care, Joseph, just buy me whatever’s cheapest.”

Joseph let out a laugh. “Seriously kid, I'm not worried about the price! Where do you need to go?”

“I don't mind. Just ship me off to wherever.” You knew it was your last moments with them and you didn't want to get all sappy, so you hoped Joseph would just buy whatever so you can move on without a sob story even though you really felt like you should.

“What’s going on?” Kakyoin walked up and wrapped his arm around you.

Joseph turned to him and pinched the bridge of his nose. “y/n won't tell me where she needs to go.”

“y/n,” you turned to Jotaro who walked up to you, putting his hands in his pockets. “Do you even have anywhere to go?”

You couldn't help but tear up. “N-No… not really.”

Everyone turned to you, Avdol with tears in his eyes. “WHAT?!”

You shrugged and sat on the nearest bench. “Sorry I didn't tell you guys before… I just… I felt so at home with you guys that I didn't even think to tell you that I actually don't have a home. DIO gave me more of a home than I ever was in before and that says a lot.”

“Mon chéri!" Polnareff ran up to you and grabbed your chin softly. “Were you just afraid to tell us?”

You shrugged and hugged your knees. “I-I guess. I just… I didn't want to be taken away from you guys. And now we’re in the airport way sooner than I thought we would be and I don't want to go anywhere. I mean… I do, but I don't want to be alone again.”

Polnareff rubbed your back while Kakyoin was giving you example’s of places to live. Iggy licked your leg and Jotaro was agreeing with Kakyoin. All the while, Joseph and Avdol were trying to figure something out.

“y/n can't just live all by herself, Joseph!” Avdol didn't mind that there were tears running down his cheeks. “After all we have been through!”

“I mean, I can't take her because I have so much to deal with already! And I know that Jotaro and Kakyoin can't because they're so young. What about Polnareff?”

“I don't know. I think Polnareff needs some alone time after all of that. Plus, he’s adopted Iggy.”

“What about you, Avdol?”

The tears that once filled Avdol’s eyes stopped. “M-Me?”

“Yes you! You’re like a father to that girl!”

“But I-”

“Avdol,” Joseph placed his hand on Avdol’s shoulder, smiling at him. “I know you can do it.”

“You really think so?”

“I do.”

“I mean, Japan is super nice, but I've heard it’s a pretty difficult language to learn if you didn't grow up speaking it,” Kakyoin was still going on about the places you could move to when Avdol walked up. “And there’s also- Oh! Avdol! Have you figured out something for y/n?”

Avdol smiled and grabbed your hand. “y/n?”

“Y-Yeah?” Your dirt and tears stained face that smiled at him made Avdol know that he was making the right decision.

“Would you like to live with me?”

“L-Live with you?” Your eyes were glittering with tears.

“Yes. I'll adopt you. How does that sound?”

Before Avdol could even process anything, you threw your arms around him and sobbed in his arms. “Of course I want to live with you!!”

Avdol held you close and Joseph bought an extra ticket for you to go with Avdol.

You wouldn't have to worry about being alone any longer.

[bestworstcase]

Your post about Yang and Tai’s advice just showed up on my dash and 1) I love this show and 2) it really hit me how I didn’t really question Tai in that moment? He’s her dad, the adult to her child, and he was right about what He was talking about in the tournament specifically but not all of Yang. The idea that your parents can hurt you while trying to help you, how their love can take on an unfair or unhelpful shape. Wah. But also it had me thinking. Yang has yet to tackle her emotional side of all of this and still acted in self sacrifice to save Ruby. What’s the best way for her to address this? No one has ever mentioned it before in show so would the girls talking about it be the realizing or is it something she needs to see on her own? Or a combo of both. Yang telling Ruby she wanted her to be safe and maybe Ruby or Blake getting upset bc “what does me being safe have to do with me losing you? Nothing is worth losing you not even me?” I need this volume in my eyes so badly

😭 one of my FAVORITE things about rwby is how it just… lets characters be wrong. a lot of stories you’ll get this thing of—a character lies or voices a misunderstanding and the narrative almost immediately does something to signal that the statement is false, if not having another character jump in to correct them then rushing to a scene that establishes unambiguously what the truth is, or even just flagging liars by making a point of how suspicious they are. right? how many times have you read a story or watched a tv show and known within a matter of pages or minutes at most that a character just lied to you?

but rwby doesn’t do that! the characters make mistakes, jump to erroneous conclusions, hold preconceived notions that distort their perspectives of the present, and even outright LIE and the narrative just lets that happen without commentary—rwby shows an *enormous* degree of respect for its audience, an enormous amount of trust that its viewers care enough about the story to pay attention and really engage with it. and because it’s written with that trust it’s able to just embrace complexity and nuance and characters being wrong and stuff like that. idk i just think it makes the story feel really *welcoming* in a way—like, the narrative isn’t trying to hold our hands and tell us what we should think, it’s inviting us to think for ourselves.

not to get like sappy or anything gkgdjf

but god yeah. yang’s v9 arc!

the nature of void wonderland makes concrete speculation tricky—i’m pretty confident about the basic emotional and thematic trajectories i foresee, but there are so many unknown variables in this wholly new and bizarre setting that when it gets down to the question of WHAT will happen HOW it will occur is kind of just taking shots in the dark. we’ve already got emotion-reactive weather and talking mice who knows what other weird shit could happen.

that said, any time you stick a character whose biggest problem involves emotional repression into a setting where their feelings are literalized into the environment… i mean. lmao. it’s hard to bury your feelings when they’re literally bursting out of you to influence the weather, right? so i anticipate that playing some role in both ruby’s and yang’s arcs—they’re both very bad at articulating their unwanted emotions, ruby because she feels so much pressure to be the perfect leader and yang because deep down she doesn’t believe in her own innate worth, but now they’re in a place that is, literally, going to articulate their unwanted emotions *for* them.

(as a metaphor for how bottling up your feelings just makes them build up until they explode out whether you like it or not, this is of course very fun.)

the OTHER thing—with yang specifically—is that there has, in fact, been a major arc about a character falling into self-sacrificing/self-destructive habits, bleeding herself dry for the sake of protecting the world until her friend confronted her about it, showed her how counterproductive it was to exhaust herself, and begged her to take better care of herself. i am of course talking about blake in volume two—and in THAT arc, YANG was the character who saw this type of behavior for the damaging exercise in futility that it ultimately is and pulled blake out of her self-destructive spiral.

there’s a deep hypocrisy in what yang is doing to herself now, because as we saw in v2 this self-sacrificing bullshit is NOT something yang tolerates or supports when she sees it in people she cares about. she knows it’s harmful. she knows it’s not safe. and when she’s in a state of better mental health, like she was during the beacon arc, she’s even able to recognize that tendency in herself and make the conscious, deliberate choice to restrain it.

blake knows that, because she was on the receiving end of yang giving her exactly the kind of talk yang needs to hear now. so i think blake is gonna be coming at this problem not just from a perspective of having just seen yang fall to her apparent death after bodily shielding ruby from an attack, but also from a perspective of knowing that she just needs to get yang to connect the dots between, well, setting herself on fire for other people in both the literal and figurative sense and the kind of single-minded self-destructive behavior that they talked about in burning the candle. like, if blake can get yang to see that burying her feelings and never asking for support because she’s so focused on supporting her friends is the *same* as putting ruby in a wagon and walking through the woods for miles until she’s too exhausted to scream when the grimm attack because she’s so focused on finding her mom… it doesn’t feel the same to yang, because the former arises from a selfless desire to protect others whereas the latter arose from a self-centered desire to find her mother, but it is the same, because both are just yang sacrificing her own well-being for the sake of a goal she gives greater importance than herself.

i do think that—while obviously RWB are all gonna feel some way about yang sacrificing herself to shield ruby—the arc as a whole probably won’t focus very closely on That Specific sacrificial act, because:

1. if blake or weiss had spotted neo, or if neo had gone for yang and ruby had seen her, there’s not a single doubt in my mind that any of them would have reacted any differently than yang did: rushing forward as fast as they can to save their teammate from getting stabbed in the back. (see also, weiss shoving ruby clear of cinder’s explosion later in the same fight and getting her aura broken in the process.) for yang, that action was part of a larger pattern of self-sacrificial behavior, but in that specific situation, in the heat of the moment, she just did what *any* of them would have done.

2. because of the first point, making that specific action the central focus gives yang something of an out: instead of being a conversation about how yang thinks she ALWAYS needs to be the one supporting them because she doesn’t feel DESERVING of their support in turn, it becomes a conversation about “well what would YOU have done? she was going to stab ruby! it’s not like i wanted her to kill me instead, i just wanted to protect my sister!”—and she’d be right, because taken in isolation yang really didn’t do anything wrong by getting between neo and ruby. it sucks that it happened too fast for yang to deflect the attack itself, sure, but in essence she saw an adversary sneaking up to stab ruby while ruby was focused on cinder and moved to intervene.

and while yang’s underlying mindset likely influenced how she intervened—using her body to shield ruby vs trying to tackle neo, or tackle ruby so the attack would miss them both—the act of intervention itself was the only right thing to do. the deeper problem, the thing that really needs addressing, is that underlying mindset, which expresses itself in yang’s ready willingness to take hits so her teammates don’t have to but also, far more critically, manifests as yang disregarding her own emotional needs for the sake of being the strong one, the shoulder to cry on, the supportive rock everyone else can rely on. so i figure RWB will be more focused on “we are here for you, we WANT to be here for you, please let us be here for you” than on like prosecuting the details of one specific incident.

and meanwhile yang has all this pent-up emotional junk she’s been drowning in since v4 that got exacerbated by her unsatisfying confrontations with raven in v5—resentment, anger, grief for the relationship with the mom she wishes raven could have been, frustration with herself for not being good enough for raven to stay, feeling helpless after a lifetime of wanting this confrontation and then getting the answers she wanted and it changing absolutely nothing, so forth—that has hitherto only bubbled up as flashes of intense anger at acceptable available targets (ozpin in v6, salem in v8) but is prime for a major eruption if she keeps trying to stamp it down. my guess is that we’re going to see yang become a lot more emotionally volatile in v9 as all this *stuff* she’s been keeping dammed up starts to spring leaks.

[sulkybbarnes]

five favourite fics that I've written (for writer appreciation day)

Tagged by @brotherslynchs, thank youuu for tagging me 💖💖💖

The Very Thought of You , Friends to Lovers, (buddie, 911, 2.2k)

Summary: “Just making some life altering decisions.” Eddie shrugged. The movement causing his shoulder to momentarily press against Buck’s. Upon closer inspection, the look on his face was more resigned than anything. A little tired.

I tagged it friends to lovers because I know most buddie fics are friends to lovers but... this one is really VERY Friends to Lovers. It’s the most Friends to Lovers thing out there because they’re just [clenches fist] such good friends who love each other very much. The first buddie fic I ever wrote <3

Temporary Love , Fake/pretend relationship (buddie, 911, 5k)

Summary: “So you told her that Eddie is your boyfriend instead of just letting her down easy like any sane adult would?” Hen asked with amusement coloring her tone. They were getting the second set of drinks, but Buck knew it was more of a guise to get him alone and talking.

I had a lot of fun writing this one. It’s not often that I write other people reacting to Buck and Eddie, or put them in a group setting to play out the dynamics, so having them pretend to be a couple while Hen and Chim watched it all unfold was really fun to write. I also liked how the kiss and getting together part went because I was stuck on it for ages until @reyescarlos (Thanks Kim  💖) said “what if they talk about it in bed late at night” and then the rest of this fic wrote itself! 

You Can Exhale, Eddie coming out, (buddie, 911, 3.5k)

Summary: And so, Eddie needs to tell Buck how he feels about him, and for him to do that, Eddie needs to tell his family that he’s bisexual. To have at least one person from his family to back him up when things inevitably go south with his parents after both revelations.

Two things he needs to do, and they are tightly knotted in his mind. He could have told Buck first. Could have had whatever outcome it yielded to decide the next steps for him, but that’s not what this is about. Whether Buck takes or rejects him, Eddie needs to do this for himself.

The first and only coming out fic I’ve written. This one is close to my heart, I hesitated a lot before posting it and I really wanted to be kind to Eddie in it.

Take me to your river, Oblivious Buck aka friendships are very confusing when you’re in love with your best friend, (buddie, 911, 3k)

Summary: The problem with trying to woo Evan Buckley is that Evan Buckley seems to have absolutely no clue when he’s being wooed.

This fic is based on one of the most romantic lines out there which is “If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.”. Buck is so hopeful and oblivious in this and Eddie is Suffering because his flirting is being read as friendship. Between the two of them, they really are half agony, half hope. I personally think this one is very sweet and hilarious. 

You can have this heart to break , The obligatory dancing at a wedding fic,  (buddie, 911, 4.4k)

Summary: Eddie looks at him steadily, a strange emotion in his eyes, and Buck could swear he sees Eddie’s gaze drop to his lips then away. It feels as if they stepped out of casual conversation and directly into having a moment. It’s been happening frequently lately; one of them saying or doing something that suddenly shrouds them in tension. Buck thinks he knows what it means, but he doesn’t feel ready to confront it yet. He looks away first.

I just wanted to write something where you could tell that they both Know how the other feels because they’re best friends and they’re both patiently taking turns waiting for this thing to bloom idk it’s sappy and sickeningly sweet and has a lot of dancing?! I love it even though it’s my least popular buddie fic.

Tagging:​ @reyescarlos @emmerrr @sibylsleaves @starlightbuck @elisela @through-fire if any of you want to do this!! 💖

[smartzelda]

hehehe... for the ask meme!

Fakir

Ventus

L Lawliet

Seto Kaiba

Midna

And... Zib

Woah that's so many but sure okay

Putting these under the cut for all of your sakes😂😂

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Fakir:

1. Sexuality headcanon

Bi. Easy answer.

Although for me perhaps...biromantic asexual?

2. Otp

I love Fakirutho (Fakir/Duck/Mytho) but I'm gonna go with Fakir/Autor because I love them

3. Brotp

Fakiru (I like them romantic and platonic! I just love them together🥺🥰)

4. Notp

Fakirue (Fakir/rue)

Nothing deep here. I think they'd be funny as bitchy friends though😂

5. First headcanon that pops into my head

Uhhhhhhhhhhhh (having a hard time thinking up one) uhhhhhh

Ooh uh I think it would be sweet if he read his works of writing and ramblings off to Duck post anime canon

6. Favorite line

....so I don't remember much of what he says and it's too late at night for me to look something up so...pass??

7. One way in which I relate to this character

I too fantasize of being a knight but turn out to be better at writing /hj

Okay okay in all seriousness, I am also a writer

8. Thing that gives me second hand embarrassment about this character

Pretty much almost any time he's in the same room as Duck tbh. His worse at hiding feelings than he thinks and shenanigans always happen when they're in the same room😂

As an extension to this, he's also sorta secretly dorkily and earnestly soft about the people he cares about

9. Cinnamon roll or problematic fav?

So like comparatively he hasn't done things that are as bad, but he's slightly considered problematic fav? He shapes up in the second half of the anime but boy the way he acts before he dodges his fate😂

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Ventus:

1.Sexuality headcanon

Ehhh I don't think about this too much for him, but gay ace (although I do enjoy arospec gay Ven as well)

2. Otp

Woof uh

I actually ship a lot of Ventus ships, but for the sake of making this easy I'll stick with VenVan

Although if poly ships aren't cheating I'd choose RokuVenVaniPliku² (Roxas/Ventus/Vanitas/Repliku/Replitwo)

3. Brotp

Mmm Ventus & Zack

4. Notp

Venso

I don't have any real reasoning it's just not for me

5. First headcanon that pops into my head

Ventus is the type to begin admiring other boys who are older than him but gain a crush on them over time

6. Favorite Line

"Vanitas. You're coming home too."

7. One Way in which I relate to this character

I too used to believe in and trust in at least one parental figure before they used that trust and their position to get away with lying to me and using me

8. One thing that gives me second hand embarrassment

Not necessarily embarrassment but any scene where he's sappy about people he cares about and also self sacrificial within a few minutes

9. Cinnamon Roll or problematic fav?

Idk I don't really attribute him to either? Ven is sweet and cute but I resent the cinnamon roll label just because of how most people in this fandom attribute him to being pure and naive and morally good. If I have to pick I would go problematic fav, but his worst crimes he commited on purpose amount to being a little shit sometimes

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L Death Note:

1. Sexuality headcanon

The simplest way I can put it is gay aroaspec

I throw both he and Light across the aro and ace spectrums wherever I feel, whether that be firmly aro or ace, gray aroace, demi, etc. No matter which combo I go with, though, he is always also gay to me

2. Otp

Gonna cheat right here right now

RyukBeyondMikaLawLightSuda

I can get away with it because I ship every possible combination.

If I must be more concise for the sake of otp, I can only consolidate to MikaMatsuLawLight.

3. Brotp

Hmmm I don't particularly enjoy him being best friends with any characters I haven't named, so I'll go with L & Light because there are so many good dynamics involving them

4. Notp

Mello/L/Near

I'm just more attached to the idea of him being an older brother figure to him personally (it's not canon I just like that specific version of his dynamic with either of them)

5. First headcanon that pops into my head

L Lawliet was not the name that killed L. I'm too tired to rant on this right now but something something him being attached to his own name and the title L as much as he is to any of his other numerous aliases something something his strained relationship with his father figure something something the fact that Near and Mello's legal names are explicitly the names used to kill them or needed to kill them, meaning they still attach to those names as being representative to them, meanwhile we never see the name that kills L floating above his head or written in the DN, and only learn of it in supplemental material.

6. Favorite Line

Oooh uh

"But it's true of both of us. Have you ever told the truth at any point during your entire life?"

7. One way in which I relate to this character

L 🤝 Me

If you put food we'll eat in front of us we will just keep on snacking and keep on snacking regardless of if we're actually hungry

8. Thing that gives me second hand embarrassment

Those moments where he's very clearly slipping on an act, to the point you can watch in real time as his expression drops back to normal

9. Cinnamon Roll or Problematic Fav?

Definitely problematic fav

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Seto Kaiba:

1. Sexuality headcanon

I predominantly headcanon him as gay but in choice moments as bi because I do ship him with a single female character. I do like aroaspec headcanons as well. Perhaps it would be good to go with queer or gay as my easy answers?

2. Otp

I have quite a lot of ships with him, but I have to say flareshipping

3. Brotp

To be clear, I also ship them romantically, but perhaps Duke/Otogi & Seto.

To be honest I thought up this on the spot since I don't really have a brotp for him specifically, but I do enjoy their potential relationship that only exists in my head thank you and good night

4. Notp

Gonna be real with ya, chief, pretty much any m/w Seto ship I can think of excluding Blue/Mizushipping

No huge reason, they just don't appeal to me at all

5. First Headcanon that pops into my head

Before abandoning solid vision as a way to duel Atem again, he kissed computer generated Atem at least once

6. Favorite Line from this character

I enjoy most of his lines so I'm just gonna blanket go with those lines about just how excited he feels thinking about crushing Yugi/Atem in a card game

7. One way in which I relate

Well now we both wear trench coats

The fact that I love them so much is partly his fault

Also general level of stubbornness

8. Thing that gives me second hand embarrassment

Whenever he's practically gay on main. I love him, but he is not normal about some of the main male yugioh characters the ways he acts are funny and embarrassing

9. Cinnamon Roll or Problematic Fav?

Hahahaha oh absolutely problematic fav.

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Midna:

1. Sexuality headcanon

Lesbian/Sapphic

2. Otp

Midzel

I just adore them

3. Brotp

Midna & Link

4. Notp

Midna/Zant

5. First headcanon that pops into my head

With the way she's familiar with Zelda when you first meet her in TP, I'm inclined to believe they spent a bit of time together before this, and more than just a single first meeting

6. Favorite Line

Gahhh off the top of my head I'll go with when she apologizes to Link in the Gerudo desert for using him

7. One way in which I relate

Bro if I was her and had to forever be apart from TP Link and Zelda I would cry before shattering the mirror and saying goodbye for the last time too

8. Thing that gives me second hand embarrassment

I honestly can't think of anything

9. Cinnamon Roll or Problematic Fav?

She IS my Twilight Princess problematic fav😂

Bitchiness, manipulation, murder, etc

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Zib:

1. Sexuality Headcanon

Biromantic Aspec

I like to headcanon Dib as asexual but not so with Zim, so the fact of Zib's situation I think would make sexual attraction a confusing endeavor for them

2. Otp

Ahhhh I have a lot of ships for him but Za2r is probably at the top still

3. Brotp

I don't have one specifically? All my ships for him I think can double as brotps, since I enjoy both platonic and romantic depictions of them

4. Notp

I guess if I had to think up one maybe zbarapr? Idk I pretty much ship him with who I ship him with, have one or two neutral parties, and the rest are practically notps

5. First headcanon that pops into my head

Zim is nonbinary and Dib was trans, so gender is just so confusing to them. The closest label for their gender crisis they can pinpoint is demi-boy, but they know it's not as simple as that either. None gender with left masc perhaps? But even that isn't always exactly the case

6. Favorite Line

I'm going to be honest they don't appear enough to speak enough for canon Zib to have a memorable line for me

7. One way in which I relate

Same as Seto Kaiba

Coat

8. Thing that gave me second hand embarrassment

Nothing specifically

9. Cinnamon Roll or Problematic Fav?

Problematic fav all the way😂

[causticsunshine]

alex, how was the show???!!!!! TELL ME ALL ABOUT IT

omg hi ella!!! i'll link you a realllly long recap post here from the day after the show just because i trust my memory from right after a lot more than i do a week later lol, buuuut it was so much fun!! i never got to see 1d live despite living in california for years—so i was totally bordered by 1d shows on either side of the state but gave up trying to go because my parents refused to take me, rip—and being down the street from them during the last night of UAN, so it felt just totally surreal to finally get to see even just one of them perform live??

also sorry this is gonna get Long but i got a little too in my feelings lmao

being able to watch through IG live-streaming kind of prepares you for what'll happen by way of tracklist, when he'll make his little speeches, etc., but his energy really is just so much more palpable in person. he's so expressive and you can feel how happy he is to be present and performing, engaging with people after so long.

seeing his demeanor shift between different types of songs too is pretty wild? we didn't get any shoulder kisses or singing to the wings or anything at my show, but when he was performing the slower, more intimate songs, it felt like he slipped into a completely separate headspace from the more upbeat ones. like reminiscing as he was singing, or just thinking about something in particular, but at the same time not like he was removing himself from the audience? idk it's really hard/weird to explain, the whole vibe just became really different (not like you'd expect him to be jumping around like mad to 'fine line' or anything, but still).

and i haven't said anything about this yet but i can't stop thinking about it—when he first popped up on stage i fully couldn't believe he was there. not just because i'd been waiting so long to see him and there he was at long last, but because i couldn't stop thinking, even as i was having the time of my life laughing and smiling uncontrollably, that he's been through so much and he's still there, doing what he wants to do, and loves to do. that this person in front of me, i'd seen laugh and cry and be angry and carry so much emotional weight and responsibility for years, and despite everything going on behind the scenes or in the view of the GP, he was still there, smiling, aiming to give us even just a little bit of happiness, in a space free to claim as our own, as our true selves.

and when we got to 'fine line' it hit me really hard, actually, and i couldn't help getting emotional—like ella i shit you not, i fully walked out of the venue with big black rings under my eyes and my friend just looked at me and went 'oh my god you really weren't kidding' (about knowing i was going to cry)—thinking about how much has happened, is happening, might happen. like i've been through a lot over the years i've followed 1d—as have they—and even for the few years i wasn't in the fanbase, the group still brought me a lot of comfort when i was going through some hard times. so, to know and see, in this specific case, how harry really can't ever seem to catch a break, despite his vocality in feeling so comfortable with himself at this point in time and not caring what people think (negatively) about him anymore, it still made my heart just ache.

i know he's heard so many different praises and thank-you's over the years, deservedly so, but even when i was having the time of my life finally seeing him, jamming along and dancing with one of my best friends beside me, i couldn't—and still can't— help wanting to be able to see him face to face and give as earnest a thank-you as i can, and hope he understands just how much i appreciate all he's done, doing and will do, and that i only ever hope for his happiness and truth, by his own definition and design, without any restrictions or limitations.

ok sorry this got far too sappy and melodramatic but i wanted to say something right after my show and didn't, so here it is....for poor ella who just wanted a recap and anyone else that kindly deals with my rambling dnkgfjn

[fruitcoops]

I love your babysitting jules fic and the tell me how you know your boyfriend won't cheat on you fic. I was thinking, like remus and sirius have a day off and spend it with jules, and sirius goes somewhere and comes back to find remus and jules sleeping on the flour and they look similar and he just smiles.

Idk, hope this makes sense, I love all your fics.

It totally makes sense and it’s super cute! Thanks for such a wonderful suggestion <3 This is Part 4 of Adventures in Babysitting (1 2 3)

Sweater Weather credit goes to @lumosinlove!

As much as Sirius loved hockey, he had to admit break days were his favorite part of the week. Most weekends, he and Remus would roll out of bed sometime around eleven, have lunch, go for a walk, and then turn into total couch potatoes if they didn’t have anything important to do.

But they had a kid now, so that plan had to change.

They managed to stay in bed until nine before soft rustling sounds began in Jules’ room—Remus’ aggressive cuddling delayed them for a bit longer, which Sirius did not have any complaints about, but eventually they knew it was time to move.

“Dinner’s at six, right?” Sirius asked as he washed his face while Remus tracked down a t-shirt. Shirtless mornings were another tragic sacrifice while Jules was around.

“Yep. Dumo said we could get there at five-thirty, though. Apparently, Katie’s been dying to see Jules again.” Remus kissed the back of his shoulder as he reached for a toothbrush. “I was thinking we could just let him choose what we do today.”

“Makes it a lot easier on us.”

“And it makes it extra special for him,” Remus mumbled around a mouthful of toothpaste. “We still get veto power, though.”

“That’s probably for the best.”

Jules was still in his bedroom when they went downstairs and for a fleeting moment, Sirius wondered if they had woken up early for nothing. “He’ll be down soon,” Remus said as if he could read his mind, pressing two coffee cups into Sirius’ hands. “All those cool knickknacks in the guest room will keep him distracted for a bit.”

Sure enough, excited footsteps followed a sharp gasp less than ten minutes later. Remus smiled over the rim of his coffee cup and walked over to the pantry to pull out the pancake mix. “Morning—"

“Is it true you won the regional All-Stars when you were in high school?” Jules blurted as he skidded into the kitchen and shoved a small trophy into Sirius’ hands, panting like he had run a mile.

Sirius squinted down at the little figurine; in all honesty, he had forgotten he even had it. “Where did you find this?”

“In the nightstand. Is it true?”

“Uh, yeah, it is.” He set it on the counter with their other random items. “Thanks for finding it, bud.”

Jules glowed under his approval and Remus bit his lip to stifle laughter. “Re, can we have chocolate pancakes?”

“We don’t have any chocolate chips, sorry,” Remus said as he mixed the batter. Liar. Sirius shot him a look, and he stuck out his tongue playfully behind Jules’ back. “We’ve got some fun news, though.”

“What?”

“There’s no practice today and you get to decide what we do.”

Jules’ jaw dropped. “Really?”

“Mhmm.”

“Awesome! Mom and Dad never want to see the cool stuff because they’re busy with museums and games and friends but there are so many places I wanna go,” Jules said in one rushing breath. Sirius blinked in shock, but Remus seemed unfazed as he handed the spatula over. “Thanks!”

“Sure thing.”

“Sirius, what are your favorite places?” Jules turned to him, still licking the spatula like his life depended on it.

Sirius took a moment to think and suppress a smile. “I like the roller rink, and the aquarium, and the park.”

“We already went to the park.”

“We can go again if you want,” he laughed. “You made friends, right?”

“Yeah, but I probably won’t see them again.” Oh, to have a child’s nonchalance when it comes to friends. “The aquarium sounds really neat!”

“It’s pretty cool,” Remus agreed as he ladled out batter into the pan. “They put in a new exhibit recently.”

“Sweet! Can we go now?”

“Don’t you want pancakes?” Sirius asked. “I know I do.”

Jules nodded rapidly. “I do, too. Can I ride on your shoulders?”

“Now?”

“At the aquarium.”

“Yeah, sure.”

“How tall are you?”

Sirius paused, then gave him a conspiratorial look. “Eleven feet tall.”

Remus burst out laughing and nearly burned himself on the pan; Jules rolled his eyes. “Come on. I’m ten, that doesn’t work on me anymore.”

“Sorry, sorry.” Sirius took a sip of coffee. “I’m 191 centimeters tall.”

“Huh?”

“Almost two meters.”

Jules looked over to Remus, who shook his head with a smile. “He’s six foot three, Jules, and he’s messing with you by being fancy and Canadian.”

“How tall are you?” Jules asked, folding his knees under himself to reach the butter with his fork as Remus passed him a plate of pancakes.

Remus sighed. “Five foot eleven and a half.”

“Ha! Short.”

“Shut up, you’re still an Oompa Loompa.”

“I’m more than a foot taller than Oompa Loopmas,” Jules said haughtily, shoveling pancake into his mouth. “I looked it up the last time you called me that.”

“Look at you go! Gold star!”

Sirius cheeks were starting to hurt from holding down his laughter and Remus winked as he passed another plate over. “Thanks, love.”

“Why do couples have nicknames?” Jules asked. “I always thought it was a little weird. Mom and Dad have actual names, but they never really use them. It’s always honey, darling, other sappy stuff.”

Remus shrugged as he sat down with them. “Why do you call me Re? That’s not my full name.”

Jules thought for a second. “Partly because ‘Remus’ sounds like a stuffy old museum name.”

“Oh, and ‘Julian’ doesn’t?” Remus teased. “Usually, people give nicknames because they care about each other. Couples just have an extra level to that.”

“I don’t really like it when people call me by my full name, either,” Sirius added.

Jules frowned. “But people call you by your first name all the time.”

“They do. But my friends usually don’t. There’s Cap, Padfoot, whatever your brother comes up with that day…”

“I call you Sirius.”

“I don’t mind as much when you say it.” Because you’re adorable and I would literally do anything for you. “You can call me whatever you want.”

Jules seemed satisfied by that answer and turned back to his pancakes; Sirius caught Remus quickly looking away when he glanced back up and smiled, giving him a quick nudge with his foot. Baby, Remus mouthed with a slight smirk. Sirius rolled his eyes.

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The aquarium was busy, but it was a weekend, after all. They only had to wait in line for ten minutes; during that time, Jules made three new friends and every single one of the parents thought he was their son. Even the ticket salesman offered them a family discount that Remus politely declined.

But…it wasn’t a bad thought. Sirius let it ruminate in the back of his mind as he helped Jules onto his shoulders and Remus grabbed a map from the kiosk for when they inevitably got turned around. Definitely not this year, or the next, but someday Sirius did want to say ‘yes’ to the parents and kids discount, though he couldn’t place his finger on why.

And then they reached the whale exhibit. A huge humpback skeleton hung from the ceiling in a smooth curve, its mouth open to reveal perfectly preserved baleen. Jules reached up and trailed his fingers through the space below its massive ribcage—he was too short to touch it still, but the pure awe on his face took Sirius’ breath away more than any deep-sea creature could.

“Baby, can you get a picture of us by the glass?” Remus asked. Ahead of them, a huge tank stretched into a tunnel that lead to the tropical exhibit; Sirius nodded and bent to let Jules down.

“Race you there!” he called, running across the well-worn blue carpet at full tilt. Remus followed him with a laugh and caught him just before they reached the glass, swinging him off his feet by the armpits and turning to face Sirius.

His throat tightened a bit as he took his phone out for the picture. They beamed at him with almost-identical smiles, right down to the dimples. That. That right there, he thought. That’s what I want. “Got it.”

“Awesome, your turn.” Remus put Jules down and began walking over, but an older man motioned to Sirius just before he put his phone away.

“Excuse me, would you like me to get a picture of all three of you?” he asked. A little girl—his granddaughter, perhaps—watched them shyly from behind his legs.

“Oh. Yes, thank you.” Sirius handed him his cell phone and went over to the glass, wrapping one arm around Remus’ waist and draping the other over Jules’ shoulder. They smiled, backlit with blues and greens and aquamarine.

“Alright, I took a few.” The man gave Sirius’ phone back and patted him on the arm as the little girl tugged his sleeve. “You have a beautiful family. Have a good day!”

Sirius didn’t fully snap out of his daze until they were in the tropical tunnel, where fish in colors he could never dream of darted back and forth and fascinated Jules. The aquarium used to be his favorite place in Gryffindor; now, it was probably his favorite place in the world.

Remus led them through a series of corridors, pausing every now and then when Jules scampered toward the next tank, though he seemed to have something on his mind. When Sirius shot him a questioning look, he kissed his cheek and held his hand instead of answering. They wandered past the sting rays, the turtles, and the sharks, until Sirius recognized the multicolored lights from the next room over and stopped in his tracks. “No.”

Remus grinned. “Yeah.”

Jules looked between them in clear confusion. “What?”

“I gotta show you something, c’mere.” Sirius crouched down and helped him back onto his shoulders, then ducked into the adjacent exhibit. Immediately, he heard Jules gasp as jellyfish surrounded them.

“Woah.”

“Isn’t it cool?” His smile was staring to hurt his cheeks. “Here, this in my favorite part.”

Sirius walked to the twelve-foot arch near the middle of the room and stood beneath it, basking in the warmth of the bright lights below as jellyfish of a billion sizes floated overhead. He sighed and leaned his head back slightly to get a better look.

Jules stretched his arms up, trying to touch the glass. “Wow,” he breathed.

When Sirius looked back down, he saw Remus lowering his phone with a small smile. “Had to get a good one,” he said as he stepped under the arch with them and leaned into Sirius’ side. Jules reached down and flipped his baseball cap backwards. “Thanks, buddy.”

“I’ve been waiting to do that for ages.”

“Good to know,” Remus laughed. “Ready to move on?”

“Just a second,” Sirius said, pulling Remus’ arm around his waist. “Just a bit longer. We’ve got nowhere to be but here.”

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They did, in fact, have somewhere to be, though Sirius didn’t remember that until 3:30 pm. He also remembered that they were supposed to bring dessert that night and unless Remus wanted to out himself as a liar by busting out the chocolate chips in the cupboard, they needed a plan B.

The grocery store was blessedly empty when he arrived, which meant he could use self-checkout for the two containers of cookies he bought—thank god. As much fun as the aquarium was, there were so many people, and they were everywhere.

I need a nap, he thought as he walked back out to the car and watched his breath steam in the December air. And, like, half an hour by myself to listen to music.

The first thing he noticed was that the house was quiet. Hattie didn’t bark when he got out of the car, or when he unlocked the front door, or called out a hesitant “hello?” while he took his shoes off. Nothing seemed amiss, other than the fact that Jules had been bouncing off the walls when he left.

The living room held the answers to all his questions. Hattie was passed out on the couch, splayed with her belly to the ceiling. Jules and Remus were asleep on the carpet with The Fellowship of the Ring between them; clearly, they had been mid-chapter when they dozed off. Sirius set the cookies on the counter and carefully slid the book out of Remus’ hands, setting it on the coffee table before pulling the thick knitted blanket off the couch.

Hattie grumbled at him and cracked an eye open. “Shhh,” he said softly, kissing her forehead before laying the blanket over the other two. They looked so alike—their hair was nearly the same shade, and Jules’ jaw was only slightly narrower than Remus’. Sirius bet that in ten years, it would be hard to tell them apart in photos.

He crept upstairs and set a timer for 4:30. James had recommended a new band ten minutes before midnight, and Sirius figured he should at least give it a shot if it was so important. He grabbed his headphones, pressed play, and let out a deep breath as he sank back into the pillows.

Half an hour went by too fast, and before he knew it the alarm was ringing instead of the steady bass of the new song. He squinted at the clock, praying it would be wrong, and sighed when he saw that technology had won out once again.

Remus and Jules were still asleep on the floor, though they had cuddled closer at some point and the blanket nearly covered Jules entirely. Sirius crouched down next to Remus and brushed his hair off his forehead before gently shaking his shoulder. “Re. Sweetheart, it’s time to get up.”

“No,” Remus murmured.

“Come on, mon loup, dinner’s in an hour.”

“ ‘m tired. C’mere.”

“I would love to, but we promised Dumo we’d be there.”

“Sirius?” Jules blinked up at him sleepily.

“Hey, buddy.”

“We hafta get up?”

“Don’t listen to him,” Remus said without opening his eyes.

“Love you, too,” Sirius laughed quietly. “I got cookies.”

“Cookies?” Jules sat up fully at that and rubbed his eyes; Remus groaned and rolled onto his back.

“Technically, they’re for after dinner, but an exception can be made.”

Remus stared at him for a moment, then sighed and held his hands up as Jules hurried into the kitchen. “Alright, fine.”

Sirius pulled him to his feet and kissed his forehead. “We’ve got about forty-five minutes before we need to head out, okay?”

“So we could’ve napped for thirty more.”

“You could, but then you’d both be cranky.” Sirius leaned back to look into the kitchen. “Just one, Jules! Save some for Katie and the others!”

There was a beat of silence, then a heavy sigh. “Okay.”

“Thank you.”

Remus wrapped his arms around Sirius’ waist and leaned his forehead against his chest, nuzzling into his sweatshirt. “You’re so soft. And warm.”

“It’s a gift.”

“Perfect place to take a nap.”

“Oh, no you don’t.” Sirius carefully detached Remus’ grip and he exhaled slowly.

“Thank you for picking up cookies, baby. Was there anything else we needed to bring?”

“Just ourselves.” He placed another kiss to his cheek and Remus stretched his arms over his head.

“Oof. Okay. I’ll go get a different shirt on and wrangle the kid if you want to find a plate to pretend the cookies are ours.”

“You read my mind,” Sirius said, earning himself a proper kiss before Remus turned and headed into the kitchen.

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They pulled into Dumo’s driveway at 5:40, which wasn’t bad, all things considered. Jules and Katie disappeared in a hurricane of excited rambling as soon as the door opened and Dumo burst out laughing the second he saw them. “Welcome to parenthood,” he said, pulling them each in for a hug. “How are you liking your free trial?”

“I’ve never been more exhausted in my life.” Remus shook his head as he took his coat off. “But I love it, for some reason.”

“That sums it up.” Celeste stood on her tiptoes to kiss each of Sirius’ cheeks. “Did you bring dessert?” He wordlessly held the plate out and she raised an eyebrow. “You remembered at…4 pm.”

“3:30.”

“You’re getting better, mon fils. Marc, Adele, come set the table!” Upstairs, two different sets of footsteps tumbled over each other as they came running down the stairs; both crashed into Sirius for hugs, just like they had when he first moved in.

“Bonjour,” he laughed, squeezing them tight and planting kisses to the tops of their heads. “I hope Regulus hasn’t been driving you too crazy.”

“I think he’s still asleep,” Adele said as she stepped back. Celeste shooed them both toward the dining room as Sirius raised his eyebrows.

“Un moment, s’il vous plait.” Dumo and Remus wandered off to supervise the kids while Sirius headed for the basement door. Regulus was nearly twenty years old—it wasn’t like he needed those blankets at six in the evening, anyway, and Sirius was only too happy to give him a rousing wake-up call. It was his right as an older brother. 

[anissanightyoung]

Of kisses and Roman traditions

[SUMMARY] Where Seungkwan enjoys kissing you and blames it on the Romans.

Idk what this is. Fluff? Flirty!Seungkwan definitely. Oh and noona!reader😁

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HAPPY 6 YEARS TO MY BOYS💖💎

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You and Seungkwan have already kissed on three occasions. You didn't want to put too much thought into it, and you never mentioned it anyway. But sometimes it's hard to stop thinking about what those kisses mean.

The first kiss was at Seungkwan's house. All your friends were already asleep, tired of playing all his board games, and drunk innumerable bottles of liquor. You had finished cleaning up when Seungkwan came towards you. "Yah, why did you clean? This is my apartment.” You laughed at his half-asleep state, you could see just how tired he was trying to beat Soonyoung with one drunk. He did his best, but Soonyoung kept giving him +2s and +4s of tequila or vodka and mixing alcohol in Seungkwan's system ended badly. He threw up twice overnight.

"Look at you, hangover's gonna bite your ass in the morning. And you know I can't sleep when this place is trashed." You can hear him laughing lazily, trying to stay awake. "Come on, let's get you to bed." Seungkwan grins, "Starving. Creamy cheese bagels. Feed me?" You laughed at his antiques. You met him a year ago, and you know drunk Seungkwan needs to eat before he goes to bed. "This is a way of waking up hangover-free, noona. You should try it." But you know that Seungkwan will still have a headache the following day, with an Americano as a telling sign.

"You're too cute for your own good, do you know that?" You joked to him, shaking your head. You were warming up the bagel when he took your hand. "Happy anniversary, noona."

"What?"

"Do you think I wouldn't remember? It's the anniversary of the first time we met.”

"What a sappy, sappy man you are." You laugh while finishing his sandwich. You turned around to face him and said "ah" so he could take a bite out of the bagel. When he did, it was as if he had tasted food for the first time. When he had already swallowed his first bite, he suddenly threw his arms into your waist, swallowing you in a cuddle. That surprised you because he's not usually that sweet, and now he's very touchy.

"What are you doing?" You asked him when he set his bagel down on the counter and tugged the ends of your shirt pulling you closer to him. This is the only time you have noticed how he is a few inches taller than you, and that he has long eyelashes a bit like those of a baby. You were that close to notice that. He slowly bent over your face, staring directly at your lips, waiting for you to stop him. When you didn't, he closed the gap between the two of you and kissed you softly.

When he retired, he laid his head upon the counter and slept his intoxication away. You figured he’s too wasted to have done so. When you asked about the kiss the next day, he brushed it off, saying,  “Sorry, got wasted trying to beat that tiger hyung.”  

“Just don’t do it again okay? Friends don’t do that.”

“Yepp,” popping the last letter, “I’ll take you to your favorite burger place to make it up to you.” He drags you to his car while holding your hand. When he was driving, he held your hand still. “Hey, it's not okay to kiss, but it's okay to hold hands?” There was complete silence.

“Friends can hold hands, sure. When did friends start kissing on the lips?

“Friends with benefits do.”

“Ya are you asking me to? Cause you know I’m not into that kind of shit!”

Seungkwan laughed at your outburst. “Joking noona, sheesh. You’re getting old.”

“Shut it, I’m barely a year older than you.”

Throughout the ride, he didn't let go of your hand. However, you didn't seem to mind the extra warmth.

The second kiss took place around a campfire.

Soonyoung told the three of you that he wanted to go for a drive, and you were shocked when he suddenly parked by a beach. You never asked how Soonyoung got all of your clothes and other belongings, but he seemed to need the view of a peaceful ocean at night, so you all decided. You were already there, and the semester had just ended.

While you and Seungkwan were eating dinner you bought near the store, Seokmin began jamming to a guitar and singing his heart out. Soonyoung was on the lookout for the beach's caretaker to inquire about some wood for a campfire.

“I swear, I know Soonyoung oppa is the most spontaneous of us all, but I never expected him to be this bad. Is it really because of the finals?” 

“He may look carefree, but hyung goes through a lot,” Seokmin chuckled. You understand; everybody has their own way of dealing with their baggage, and Soonyoung's are to be daring and laugh his problems away.

“Minnie, can you play the song you submitted for your music class as a group project?” Campfire?” You believe it is appropriate for the atmosphere of the evening. While Seokmin was singing, you glanced over at Soonyoung to see how he was doing. His smile is beaming, and his eyes are glassy as he takes in the stunning scenery in front of him. You were relieved to see that his plan worked.

You looked at Seungkwan, realizing that this was his first time hearing the track. “Kwannie, pay attention to the next line. It's comforting.” You sang with Seokmin when the part came up. It reminds you of how Seungkwan made getting out of bed easier every day. Your anxiety held you awake at night or made you fearful of what might happen the next day. But Seungkwan, he unintentionally shone on you at a difficult period. Slowly but steadily, you began to anticipate waking up knowing that he would face the day with you.

Soonyoung accompanied Seokmin to the market to buy some food after he finished jamming due to his hunger. It was time for you to jam. Of course, you'd choose Taylor Swift's The Way I Loved You, in honor of her Fearless cover. You've always admired Taylor Swift's music, especially the older songs because you identify with the words she wrote. You were grateful for how her music got you through your childish heartbreaks.

You were so engrossed in Seungkwan's angelic voice that you didn't know he was already squatting in front of you. Both of you were grinning at each other when the last chord was struck, and you kissed him as though it were nothing out of the ordinary. The kiss felt right; it felt like it was what completed the song you were singing; it felt like the happy ending the song promised. To keep your balance, you clutched his arm. When you jerked away from him when you awoke from your daydream, he immediately drew you back in and kissed you again, squeezing your hand three times.

The four of you had agreed to spend Christmas Day at Seokmin's. Your mother didn't let you hear the end of it when you told them you couldn't come home because your family has always been conventional. Your mother guilt-tripping you to come home, saying, "We're family, we're supposed to spend time together." “Ah, well, families are supposed to support one another, not nag each other to death when one fails to meet one's expectations.” After that, you hang up, assuming that if you don't agree, your mother will say something else that you don't want or need to hear.

Seungkwan was supposed to pick you up, so while you were waiting for him, you double-checked everything you'd packed to make sure you hadn't forgotten anything. Seungkwan's introduction of Soonyoung and Seokmin is one of the things for which you are grateful. You've outgrown your crappy friends from high school, so the trio is a breath of fresh air for you.

You place your bags in the trunk as soon as you see his car, like a little kid heading to Disney World. “Thanks for picking me up, Kwannie,” she said, beaming. You excitedly slid down to the passenger seat. He immediately hugged you once you were sitting, saying, "Ah noona, you're in a good mood?" You can see his smile doesn't reach his eyes when you've broken free from the embrace. He's giving you a fake one.

“This is my first trip away from my home. I already know it'll be a lot of fun.”

“Really? At Seokmin Hyung's house, you'll feel right at home. His mother prepares the most delicious Christmas dinner. My mother's cooking pales in comparison.” Seungkwan once gave you a dish made by her mother, and one bite was enough to make you feel like you'd died and gone peacefully to heaven. The fact that Seokmin's mother cooks better piqued your curiosity. “Ah really? Then I'd really have to give it a taste.” He smiled again, the false smile, and you're starting to get bothered by it.

“What are you doing, Kwannie?” You're giving me this strange grin.”

“What do you mean strange?”

“Fake smile. It's the first time you've feigned a smile at me. What’s up?”

“You can see right through me, can't you?”

“Yes, I do. Would you like to talk about it?”

“Nope. But I'd like to take your hand.”

Seungkwan is holding your hand and exhaling contentedly. He kept it until you arrived at Seokmin's house.

Seokmin's house is warm and inviting. They live in a house on a corner with a vibrant garden surrounding it. The living room has an L-shaped couch that can comfortably seat all four of you, with additional seating available. Seokmin and his sister have a wall full of family photos and accomplishments. You can tell Seokmin's parents are a laid-back, loving family, as shown by his kindness and good humor. You don't know if it was the long ride, but you fell asleep as soon as you sat on their couch after the house tour.

When you first awoke, you chose to visit their garden, which you recall has a swing set. Seungkwan is seated by himself.

You teased, "Where are your twins?"

“They went grocery shopping with Mrs. Lee.”

“What kept you from going?”

“Too exhausted from driving.”

“Then you should've just slept with me.”

Seungkwan swung his head in your direction right away. “I-uh, what?”

Then it dawned on you what you'd said. This is so humiliating. “Sleep!” you exclaimed, “Sleeping, with eyes closed and resting-“

“I never expected you to finally ask me-”

“WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHEN YOU SAY "FINALLY" YOU LITTLE SHIT?”

He laughed out loud at your reaction while you chased him around the backyard. He quit running around after you told him that you wouldn't smack him in the head.

“I hate you.”

That made Seungkwan stop laughing.

“Do you regret meeting me?”

You were surprised at his sudden change of tone, no longer joking. “Is this what it’s all about?”

“Well. Yeah.”

“I'm not sure what got you to think like that. You said, “But you know our first meeting was a flop.” When people meet for the first time, they usually ask for each other's names, go through some more tedious formalities, and then seal the deal with a handshake. You had an early class with him, and you didn't mind sharing a seat with him almost every time because you thought he was one of the quiet ones. The year was difficult for you because things didn't go your way, you had a lot of misfortunes, and you had a lot of work piling up that was affecting your mental health.

As you sat down in your chair one fateful morning, you put your cup of coffee on your side of the table. This is where Seungkwan got his drink mixed up with yours because you both have the same coffee taste.

“- flop is an exaggeration for that noona-”

“-you drank my coffee in our 8 a.m. class thinking it was yours, I'll never forgive you.” Reliving that moment made you roll your eyes. “But you know what? You wouldn't have replaced it if you hadn't, and I wouldn't have had the best year of my life.” It may seem to be an exaggeration, but it is true. You were grateful for Seungkwan's carefree and playful personality, which helped you get through your lowest point. He had no idea what you were going through, but you were relieved that someone was taking care of you.

He can be seen chewing his mouth, attempting to conceal his smile. “Ah dumb main character in a drama,” air quotes the phrase, ‘I wish I hadn't met you.' “I instantly thought of you.”

“Huh, that's strange.”

“What is?”

“That. As I previously said, this has been the best year I've had in, what, three years? And it's all thanks to you. I might be harsh with you all of the time, cursing at you whenever I get the chance, but that's just how I am. I'm glad I got you as one of my most reliable friends, my rock, and my go-to person. Even Seokmin and Soonyoung oppa were introduced to me by you. Seungkwan, I'd rather live in a world with you in it. Don’t think otherwise.”

Seungkwan stared at you and felt a combination of emotions. He kissed you when he understood what he felt.  At first, you thought it’ll be quick like the last time, a peck. But he deepened the kiss, and when his tongue touched yours, you hear him groan. He tugged you closer, afraid you’ll get away. He reassuringly held your hands, squeezing them three times just like the second time. I can get used to this. You thought. You focused on his soft lips, how you’ve always felt content while kissing him.

He pulled away, his chest heaving for breath. “Holy shit,” Seungkwan said. You nodded in agreement, apparently unable to concentrate because of your heart beating so loudly.

“I-, uh, I--”

“I thought we’ve talked this through?-”

He sighed deeply before adding, “I-I got cold. Sorry, noona.”

“You dumb shit, if you were cold, I would have made you hot chocolate. I’m nice sometimes you know.”

“I don't mind,” he smirked, “you're hotter anyway.”

“What the heck is wrong with you? I swear to god, you've been flirting with me since that drunk uno shit.”

“It's a Roman thing to kiss under the mistletoe,” he said, pointing to the mistletoe he was carrying.

You both laughed it off, thinking about how ridiculous it sounded. “Roman tradition my ass.”

You and Seungkwan are both in the hospital on New Year's Eve.

“Ah, what a dumb plan you had there,” you exclaimed, staring at him in disbelief.

“Well, I've always wanted to go out of my comfort zone...”

You give him a light smack on the head. “Shut up. Now I'm trapped in a hospital over New Year's because of your dumb plan.”

It's never a good idea to combine Seungkwan with hiking. Sure, he's fit, but when was the last time he went hiking?

“Then have Seokmin hyung or Soonyoung hyung accompany me.”

“They're still at Seokmin's.” You and Seungkwan both arrived at your dorms earlier than anticipated. After all, you didn't want to overstay your welcome; it was your first time. You were worried that Seokmin's mother would think you were too at ease in their home.

“Well, if you want to go home, you can.”

“Who will look after you if I go home?”

For a moment, Seungkwan didn't dare add a sarcastic comment on that question. So, instead, “Come on y/n, don't be so mad...”

“Where are your manners, I'm your noona?”

“three kisses in and I still can't call you by your name?”

You blushed when you remembered all of the times Boo SeungKwan kissed you and how sweet his soft lips were.

“Noona is blushing, wah.”

“I hope your ankle doesn’t heal you little shit.”

Raising his eyebrows at you. "You don't mean that. You love me."

"Of course I do. I love all three of you."

He reached for your hand. "I bet you love me more." There it was again, Seungkwan surprising you with his sudden seriousness. He was staring straight into your eyes, waiting for your response. Luckily, a nurse came in to check his vitals.

 A few minutes after the nurse came out, both of you were ignoring each other due to that sudden tension. To ease the situation, both of you just watched television until you fell asleep.

"Y/n wake up." Nudging you by your shoulders. "We're nearing the countdown. Cmon," and urged you to stand by the window, waiting for the fireworks.

Seungkwan then leaned in to put an earphone in, with a song already playing in the background. You realized it was a song written by Soonyoung's classmate, Woozi, for a songwriting class. You were bopping your head to the music when the ten-second countdown started. 

You and Seungkwan alternately sang along.

10

9

"I promise myself, while drinking a glass of water in the morning, to tell you"

새벽에 물을 마시면서 혼자 다짐해 나는 너에게

8

7

"Beautiful words like the lines in a movie"

영화처럼 달콤하고 예쁜 그 말

6

5

"The words I've prepared overnight for days"

몇 날 며칠 밤새 연습했던 그 말

4

3

"I want to say them to you tomorrow with clenched fists"

내일은 꼭 두 주먹을 꽉 쥐고 말해주고 싶어

2

1

Seungkwan turned to face you just in time for the next line.

"You are pretty." 

너 예쁘다

As soon as the clock struck twelve and the fireworks went off, Seungkwan kissed you. What astonished you was how you knew he was about to kiss you and how you returned the kiss with fervor as he deepened it. You can't help but compare this man to fireworks; how dark it was before him, and how awestruck you were when he came into your life.

Seungkwan was the first to back away, touching his forehead to yours and giggling like a joyful little kid. “Did you know that it’s a Roman tradition to kiss on the first minute of the new year?”

“Blaming the Romans again, I see?” playfully raising your eyebrows at him.

He laughed at that, giving you no excuse. "I love you, Y/n."

You grinned as you silently thank the Romans for their weird traditions.

[friesian]

1, 13, 30 (https://kralkatorrik.tumblr.com/post/691801307850440704/soft-asks-to-get-to-know-people cos it was a while ago)

HI HELLO!!! i hope u don't mind since i answered 1 and 30 a lil bit ago, i give some more options for those!! plus for 1 i just love talking about my music tastes hee hee. 1. what song makes you feel better?

MORE SONGS THAT MAKE ME FEEL GOOD!! WOO HOO!! i'll give down 3 more! if you notice repeating artists.... i sorry... but a lot of them are just very much some of my faves and i like A LOT of their tracks. fish whisperer -- vylet pony (i will always feel so artistically motivated after this one.) goblins -- nekrogoblikon (named my new kitten after this one. his name is nekrogoblikon. idk. something about this song is just GREAT.) euthanasia rollercoaster -- foreign gnomes + KM_EXP (THIS ONE IS BECAUSE i associate it with the big soo-won fight and marwyd with aurenes hammer and im just like. YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!!!) 13. what’s your comfort food? OHHHHH so. i have a REALLY bad stomach. celiac, intolerances, and just a sensitive bitch of a muscle. so my comfort food is very limited. but my go to is honestly french fries. ESPECIALLY fresh. i really like getting them from sheetz. i get 2 cups of fries and hard boiled eggs and it is GREAT. it's very simple and filling believe it or not. 30. what reminds you of home (doesn’t have to mean house… just things that remind you of the feeling of home)?

so. i suppose to get sappy again, maybe a little sad. so sorry for how long winded this one is. i never knew any of my grandparents except for my grandmother on my dad's side. i loved her very much. she had a bad marriage. my dad only talked to her through arguments honestly. but she never ever took it out on me. when i was in middle school, she got REALLY sick. there was malpractice and she had to move near my parents, and essentially ended up moving right next to the school. i used to walk over after school and care for her since she had breathing problems, stomach problems, you name it. however, she made sure i still felt at home and wouldn't go hungry. she'd still spoil her grandkid despite being on disability and not really ever having a job. so, before i was sick as i am now, she used to buy me those REALLY cheap box pizzas you see in stores for like a dollar. she would get A LOT of them since the school lunches were SO bad i just would not eat, and i was always too tired in the morning to make my own lunch (i lived out in bumfuck nowhere, so i woke up at 5 so i could get to school at 7). she'd have a stack of them in the old fridge from the early 90s, alongside her michelina's alfredo noodles she loved, and the ice packs she had in there for her back pain. i'd slap one of those bad boys in the microwave for a few minutes, turn on courage the cowardly dog on that small sad excuse for a flatscreen tv, check in on her, sit and eat my pizza. just me with this little tv table, her in bed, me watching tv. it felt great. she'd still ask me "those pizzas okay?" in that thick jersey accent she had. like somehow i'd change my mind half way through devouring one of those things, covered in sauce and cheese lol. i can't have those pizzas now. but sometimes my wife buys and makes them. it makes me think of her small apartment. a place i'd happily call a second home. makes me tear up a bit writing it since my grandmother passed about nine years ago now. i think around the start of next year will be ten years without her. but those damn pizzas still make me think of her, and that cozy feeling of her watching cartoons with me.

[wri0thesley]

I'm still kinda nervous idk why; but my request is one of fluff owo! I was thinking maybe headcanons/scenario (either is OK!) for a reader (preferably fem but gn is cool too!!!) and Caesar and Joseph in a poly triad relationship- maybe with reader having just given birth to their kid and how the lil one will be raised in this wacky polyam family? Tldr since I'm rambling on and on but CaeJose and reader in a polyam relationship raising a lil polywog 👉👈❤❤❤

♡ Caesar and Joseph both want to be the ‘fun’ parent. Despite loving each other, their desire to outdo one another has not faded at all; both of them want the new little addition to their family to like them better. They want to be the one who gets called ‘Papa’ first, the one who the baby reaches out to, the one who gets clung to and cuddled and waited for. They were already outdoing each other whilst you were pregnant as to who could be the ultimate partner (Caesar probably won that one, by dint of being slightly more down to earth), and they also outdid each other on ‘who can buy the baby more clothes, toys, and things babies don’t really need’ - Joseph won that one by dint of having slightly more disposable income than Caesar. You’re going to have to tell them to calm down when they start arguing over whose turn it is to hold the baby - thankfully, you’ve probably already had a lot of experience in navigating the difficult seas of keeping Joseph and Caesar civil with one another!

♡ You were honestly expecting Joseph to shirk responsibilities a little; you expected Caesar to handle his share of night feeding and changing and bathing, but you and Caesar had privately agreed you might need to give Joseph a bit of a kick to get him to share things out evenly. You definitely weren’t expecting the way Joseph’s eyes got big as he looked at your brand new baby and asked to hold her, or the tender way he cradled her (you’d been worried about that, too - Joseph often doesn’t know his own strength). As it turns out, getting to do your fair share of the chores can be difficult - Joseph is definitely a bit of a baby hog. 

♡ Spoilt. Your little girl is going to be so, so, so spoilt. Both of her fathers are going to be wrapped around her little finger. If someone upsets her, they’ll hunt her down - it’s kind of funny to see these big hulking men over her frilly perambulator (Joseph and Caesar both seem to gravitate to the frilliest and pinkest of accessories that they can find), delicately wiping at a tiny face and rearranging a tiny bow. If she points at something in a store as a toddler, the two of them are fighting over who’s going to get to buy it for her. She always has two utterly willing fathers to play dragons, princes, or anything else in her games (they always feel wounded when they’re asked to be the dragon and not the prince). 

♡ You are lucky to get any time with her. Joseph likes to do fun things with her, and Caesar tends to get mushy - both of them just want to be as close to her as possible. You sometimes have to remind them that you’re her mother before they relent, and even then sometimes you’ll see them watching you out of the corner of their eye. Despite their newfound suspicion, though, your little girl loves you too - and is always repeating things your lovers say about you when you’re not there, which are pretty much always complimentary. Joseph and Caesar are very sappy for such large, powerful men!

♡ Both of them grew up with a lot of family expectations on their shoulders, and they definitely don’t want the same to go for their daughter. They’re always letting her make her own choices, whether it be little things like the colour of her socks or big things when the time comes (within reason, of course!). They want her to feel as though they will support her no matter what - and the two of them absolutely will. 

♡ Joseph was an only child and always felt a little bit lonely, whereas Caesar grew up with lots of siblings and honestly adored it - the two of them aren’t going to feel happy with just one child! I hope you’re ready to add at least one more to the brood - they both feel like their daughter would love a brother! 

[thatsamericano]

I had a lot more thoughts on the Romerica get turned into stepbrothers because of FrUKSpa AU. General TW for stepcest under the cut:

At first, FrUK are really confused about why Alfred is so opposed to them getting together with Antonio. They reassure him that this isn’t some intermediate step on the way to them getting a divorce, and Alfred is thinking, “That’s nice to hear, but that is so not the problem I’m having right now.”

Matthew, like I said in my previous post, was confused and a little surprised when his dads told him they were getting together with Antonio, but he accepts it a lot more easily than Alfred. He doesn’t understand why Alfred is having a hard time with it until Antonio and the Italy bros move in. Alfred immediately starts carrying in all of Savino’s boxes for him and showing off in a flirty way, even if he’s not conscious of it. And then Matthew is like “ohhh.”

IDK what people usually do in AUs, but for this one I like the idea of Antonio being the Italy bros’ uncle who took them in after their parents died. (Maybe Grandpa Rome died too, or he’s in poor health and really not in a position to care for them). Antonio wasn’t looking to adopt three kids, but he didn’t want the Italy bros to get split up by the foster system. Because it’s not an adopted from birth situation like the FACE family, the Italy bros might not think of Antonio as strictly their dad in the same way.

Savino has similar misgivings to Alfred about Antonio getting together with FrUK, but he’s not as open about them because he knows Antonio gave up a lot to look after him and his little brothers. In particular, his dating life suffered because a lot of people who were willing to date him backed off when they found out he was the guardian of three kids. Because of Savino’s generally grumpier disposition, any resistance he shows is easier to interpret as aversion to a major life change, not wanting to live with new people, not wanting to share a room with his little brothers at the new house, etc.

Feliciano is able to pick up on the fact that his brother is unhappy, and that it can’t be explained by any of the reasons I mentioned above. After some needling, Savino eventually snaps and says something like, “Imagine Tonio got together with Gilbert (Ludwig’s older brother, who in this AU is a guardian to him like Antonio is to the Italy bros) instead of the Kirkland-Bonnefoys. Now your macho potato boyfriend is your fucking stepbrother.” And Feliciano is like “ohhh” and also “ouch.”

The Romerica mutual pining is painfully, awkwardly obvious once you’re aware of it. Matthew and Feliciano are both aware of it, and they end up bonding over how dumb their brothers are.

Some time passes, and Alfred feels guilty because he can’t force himself to see Savino in a brotherly way. Being around him so much makes his pre-existing crush even worse, and he’s frustrated because he loves living with Savino, but not like this. He resents FrUKSpa because them getting together made what was once an awkward, slightly embarrassing crush he didn’t know how to handle feel weird and wrong.

One of the adults (I’m thinking Antonio) pushes the “family togetherness” angle a little too hard, and Alfred snaps. One possibility is them wanting everyone to taking a photo together in matching Christmas sweaters for a “family holiday card.” Alfred is very blunt about saying that Antonio is not his dad and that Feli, Savino, and Marcello are not his brothers. He says that they can’t be “the gay poly Brady Brunch just because you say so” and storms out. Savino goes after him, they talk, they confess their feelings, and then they kiss.

Alfred and Savino try to keep their relationship secret because they aren’t sure how to explain it to FrUKSpa, but they are terrible at hiding it. There’s immediately a different vibe to their interactions, and surprisingly, Savino, not Alfred, is the one who ends up breaking all plausible deniability by calling Alfred a pet name right in front of everyone.

Francis is the first adult to figure out what’s going on with Romerica. Arthur figures out next, and Antonio remains ridiculously oblivious for a long time (if the incident with Savino calling Alfred a pet name doesn’t happen, lol). He says something like “it’s nice Savino is getting along so well with his stepbrother!” and Arthur or Francis has to clue him in.

FrUKSpa sits down and has a talk with Romerica. They’re understanding of the fact that Alfred and Savino don’t see each other as brothers since they only became step-siblings as teenagers and don’t view their step-parent(s) as their parents, but they bring up reasonable concerns like how it could be weird if they broke up and had to live in the same house with each other.

Because this is fanfic, Romerica doesn’t break up and are disgustingly sappy once FrUKSpa gives them permission to date. It’s a little weird because of their parents, but they’re happy.

Marcello (my human name for Seborga) was pretty much just chilling and above the fray in this AU. At some point, he meets Monaco, who is France’s cousin/niece/much younger sister (aged down appropriately for this AU) and gets an instant crush on her. By now he’s used to established Romerica, so he just kind of shrugs and thinks “well at least she’s not my stepsister.”