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A dangoling pangolin
#i guess I need distraction#people at work forgot my birthday#i don't typically put personal stuff on here but hey ho#I wouldn't normally be upset either#i can't fault people on being forgetful or busy if I too can be forgetful or busy#but I did make a poster for our staff room at christmas with everyone's birthday on it#in order and nicely decorated#i also am the one to buy the cards and organise the signing#and I normally get a little something for them#this birthday would have been quiet anyway since it's the anniversary of my nan dying#and any gifts from family didn't really happen because they've had to help us with house fixing things#and friends are away#don't get me wrong I'm thankful for a support system who can help me and a husband who saved up to get me a nice dress I liked#but after how much I try to make their birthdays remembered I thought work would have done the same#anyway here's wonderwall#rant over#pangolin
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i forgot. how exhausting playlist making is. damn. sorry about the tags i have so much to say about playlist making lol
#especially when i want to put EFFORT into it. ugh#i know i have time i know but the perfectionism 🥹#me shaking my playlist like I NEED IT TO FLOW >:((( FLOW!!!!#and i need the flow to match that. ehem energy. i guess#sorry these are really mindless rambles about the playlist lol ik no one understands what im saying..#but music is such an important arifer thing. they are So nerd about their music and their playlist silliness. this playlist particularly#needs to be PERFECT. ough takahara being in charge of the playlist because lucifer said he'd take care of decorations and#venue was a MISTAKE girl i don't want to do this anymore /j i had been thinking i could order it similarly to the actual arifer playlist#that is always a possibility... but lowkey slow dancing aly&aj as the first song would hit so hard. it really would.... but THEN i'd have to#put the letter after that but. thematic relevance where. this is the SECOND SONG it has to be important >:T which was why the original order#was from the gallows > eternal. because. eternal has to be at the very least. the third song. but slow dancingggggg 😭#hmph#oh god poison and wine sounds nice after the letter DAMMIT..... HEAD IN HANDS. why are all of you bangers it's not fair...#and then i can't just use the ACTUAL arifer playlist because motherfucker im not starting off my wedding with fucking ARCADIA 💀#and yes the arifer playlist has to be played in order because the order is relevant. it will always be relevant. that's why im stressing#😭#ari.mp3#it's too easy to hate you and hard to love.
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okay but why
#sage speaks#ignoring the fact that they gave us a lease violation warning when we put simple lights on our balcony railing#other residents have put up very nice and very chill decorations that literally#do not impede ANYTHING or cause permanent damage#but it’s a problem now#like why not focus your attention on ooh I dont know#the two mailrooms that are out of order (one of which-the package room-has been closed for MONTHS)#and the other-the door frame is broken and you cannot enter through the main door
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it took. so many weeks but i Finally managed to collect all the major terrain things i wanted for my campsite in pocket camp and im Very happy i love my little garden corner
#i have a florist van as well#cause you have three things you can decorate in pocket camp#your campsite your cabin and your camper van#and the camper goes with you when your little character gets placed in other players worlds#and i decorated the first floor of my cabin to have a little treat serving area and then a flower bouquet ordering counter#and then the upper floor to have a bedroom and tons of crafting supplies and flowers scattered everywhere#like I'm making the bouquets in the upper section and then taking them downstairs to the cooler to be displayed and sold#i don't really Actually have flowers to sell especially because you can't actually sell flowers in the market box but that's fine#i like making little environmental storytelling things#and my campsite has even more flowers#an azalea hedge instead of fences and sakura trees and blossoms everywhere#and a little food selling area with like. a dango stand a bakery stand and a sakura themed counter#and a little table with food set out#and sitting areas like benches scattered all across the campsite (we need good public seating ofc)#and then the cabin has like. a bunch of games and instruments on the first floor like an activity area#and then as many food related things as i could fit on the second floor like a massive cafeteria that I'd let anyone in to eat#and then the top floor is my Proper Bedroom when I'm not zooming around in my florist van#with a bunch of cozy comfy things everywhere and also books and gems and shiny things#now all i need is actually nice looking wallpapers and floor patterns. sigh. i must wait another century#(seriously WHY are the wallpapers so damn expensive PLEASE make the reissues cheaper please 🥺)
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omg ALL of my chanukah shopping is DONE. now i just have to figure out christmas -_-
#.txt#at least with chanukah i feel there’s less pressure to have a super nice gift#i still like to TRY but it’s not ass stressful as bdays and christmas#i did get a friends gifts tho! i got her a little cocktail recipe book since she said she wanted to learn more about making drinks ^_^#and i might hand write a couple of my own for her too just for funsies#and since her bday’s soon i ordered a rollerball of glossier you she’s wanted for AGES#and for my mom i got a pair of small hello kitty earrings ^_^ and i got my dad a coffee stencil art thing for chanukah#+ a little print of an old fashion cocktail since that’s his favorite/go to drink#and HOPEFULLY he’ll use it to actually decorate#and also for my irl besties i got [REDACTED]#<- SIKE!!! YOU GUYS THOUGHT I WOULD SPILL MY SECRETS AND YOU WERE WRONG!!!!
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every retail customer die challenge
#hot tip! when an employee of a store tells you they close in 2 minutes#that means to go buy your shit and get out#frankly it means you should've bought your shit and got out like ten minutes ago#but at the bare minimum#it does NOT mean#CONTINUE SHOPPING AT YOUR LEISURE AND SLOWLY WALK TO THE FRONT WHILE STILL LOOKING AT PRODUCTS SEVERAL MINUTES AFTER THE STORE HAS CLOSED#OR WAIT IN A LINE OF PEOPLE WAITING SEVERAL MINUTES AFTER CLOSE WITH ABOUT 30 FUCKING ITEMS#maim kill kill murder kill maim maim kill kill murder#one couple bought $300 worth of fake flowers and fall decorations that took me 20 minutes to ring up and they talked about me as if i wasnt#standing right fucking in front of me#another lady grabbed a pickup order and then when she realized some of her items weren't in stock#she asked me to double check and then 2 minutes before close started wandering around trying to find other options#four whole people formed a line at 9:01 and waited in line until i rang them all up#i want to hunt retail customers for sport#just as a little treat#im getting paid $10 to deal with pleasant people who think theyre so nice but clearly do not value other people's time#word vomit#keep
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Prayer candle will be useful when international tour dates are finally announced!!
#I ordered this in October and completely forgot about it#nice little surprise from the postman#should get my Christmas decorations in time for Easter#!!
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I've been having weird anxiety today and I think it's cause I'm excited? about too many things? at once? Like what is happening? Who am I?
#the wax warmer I ordered for my room & all the little wax melt cubes came today and I LOVE it!#for personal reasons I uhhh do not love candles so I am LOVING having the nice scents without having to light a candle#I ordered a SUPER CUTE Christmas one for the living room too I'm EXCITED & all the little cubes I got smell GOOD!!!!#my sims have goats & sheeps now!!!! I haven't been able to fully dive into the game too much yet but#they are SO CUTE. ur all lucky I haven't spammed nothing but sims goats & sheep screenshots allll day#and I took down all my turkey day decor and now it's time to decorate for Christmas and I'm REALLY pumped for it this year#most of my presents are wrapped! and I'm gonna put em under my little tree! I'm hoping to maybe start decorating tomorrow!#we still have a TON of leftovers and all the food I made was REALLY good and I love not having to cook lol#I'm just like AHHHHHH!!!!! THERE'S SO MUCH!!! AHHH!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!#erin explains it all
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„Everybody‘s talking about the Hero of Kvatch! They say she actually went into an Oblivion Gate and destroyed it!“
#the elder scrolls#elder scrolls#tes#tes art#oblivion#tesblr#tes oc#elder scrolls oc#breton#digital art#u guys don‘t know how important she is to me#the little decorations were not supposed to look that much similar to the mythic dawn symbols but they still look nice#also my wrist epically sacrificed itself in order to draw this! isn‘t that nice!#oc: louane morvan#tiredelart
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The red silk fabric arrived!! /kermitflail
Pictured here on top of the black silk organza that I started tracing pattern pieces onto last night. That’s it’s own little saga, but as I was trying to sleep last night I had an idea that might make the process a bit easier, and I’ll try that out today if I get a chance, and post about it if it works exceptionally well.
But for now! The red silk! It’s actually photographing a bit lighter than it looks to me in person, but it’s got a black warp and red weft and a lovely sheen, so the color really does shift depending on what angle you look at it from. Which I’m hoping will be a good match for the sorts of color shifts the show-worn dress goes through, as seen in shots like this:
The other thing I have to decide on is which of the two neckline trims I want to use. In person the one on the left is a bit of a closer match color wise, and even in the photo the one on the right looks just a bit more pink to me than the red fabric does. The left one is probably juuuust wide enough, but it might be a little too dark? Hmm, not quite sure yet.
I’ve ordered the little garnet rondelles that I’ll be sewing on top of the neckline trim (probably like months and months from now, let’s be honest), so how the colors all mesh with those in the mix might end up being the deciding factor. I may also get the dress like 90% done, most of the grommets on the back and all of that, then try it on and see which trim I like better at that point.
I also ordered the two-piece grommets for the back lacing and the sleeve lacing, and the little claw charms for the more decorative lacing on the front. I wanted to wait until I had the red fabric on hand before I tried to buy anything for the lacings themselves, and honestly I might just end up making lacings out of the fabric itself rather than try to match something that shifts color so much. But again, months and months down the road, lol.
What do you guys think? Either of those trims jumping out at you in particular?
#cosplay plans#my cosplay#my sewing#RRD cosplay#now with 100% more red fabric!#also there's the screen accurate necklace#I know mentioned it once in a previous post when I was fiddling with the fit of the pattern and height of the neckline#but I'm really pleased with how nicely the color matches up#at this point I've ordered everything for the dress except the little round decorative bits (beads?) at the end of the sleeves#still haven't found something that's as accurate as I would like so I'm holding out#and might try doing something with the narrow seam-line black and gold trim#I've found some good matches for Rhaenyra's rings and a couple different wigs that'll work#the earrings are proving to be a bit more of a problem#there are a couple of different reproductions for sale on Etsy but none of them are quite as screen accurate as I would like#but I've got a lot of time to keep searching and figure out something#for now the next steps are sewing the underdress and figuring out how I want to wash or otherwise prepare the red fabric#lots of steps still to go! not nearly enough sewing time!#but I'm exciting to see it all come together and that's really getting me through the work day right now
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guys i've been improving a lot lately i'm happy w myself
#🌙.rambles#I MADE A NEW FRIEND TODAY FR BCS I GOT OVER MY ANXIETY. LIKE FUCK THAT YK 😭😭 no regrets !!!!#i've been. hesitating less lately. just yk being more comfortable being myself fr#i'm.. really happy i've managed to find more peace in that aspect#n i haven't been like. writing as much as i used to. like uh. pushing myself too much to write in order to remember like#in my spotify playlists yk making them organized n i used to be very consistent w writing a lil thing for this playlist i make each day#it's nice but it ended up stressing me for a while. but now i'm so much better. so much kinder to myself#n then w things i haven't done yet.. no i know for sure i'll do them one day.#i've been pushing myself a bit more lately but now not in a stressful way. like yk in a good way like i'm not settling when i know i can#do more n i can manage it n i know i'll be kind to myself while i'm doing it n regardless of the outcome yk?#guys sorry to that new friend i made tho i cannot text ppl like during convos.#LIKE NO WAIT I CAN BUT I LIKE TO THINK A LOT BEFORE I DO INTERACT W OTHERS YK T_T#WHICH IS WHY I GET SO ANXIOUS TYPICALLY WHEN OTHERWISE..#guys i want to bring back writing letters to each other so badly like i want to. to my future lover can we pls send letters to each other#OR EVEN TO MY FRIENDS BCS LETTERS R JUST SO CUTE YK !!!! A WHOLE LOVE LANGUAGE FOR ME 🥺#like you can start w smth cute like yk 'dear __' orrr hmm yk decorating the letter hehe n then#writing things w handwriting is so cute ! so personal so sweet ARGHHH#the way i used to like message one of my twt/tumblr friends was often by sending like long messages n thennnn#tumblr asks c: i feel so at home w them yk#i write. long. n GOD IF I WERE TO WRITE LIKE YK ACTUAL LETTERS.. I WANT TO MAKE THEM LIKE#YK THOSE LETTERS THAT THOSE OLD WRITERS USED TO SEND !!!! THEY'RE SO LOVELY#hang on i have smth due in like less than an hour n i'm nearly done just one more simple thing but i got distracted help#DUDEEEE LOOKED AT MY NOTIFS AGAIN N I CAN READ SOME OF THEIR MESSAGES BUT I CAN'T SEE THE PIC ????#okay this means a lot to them bcs it seems me n apollo r genuinely the first ppl they've met that#are fellow enthusiasts of yk smth personal for majority of their life. GODDAMN#I RELATE W THAT 😭😭 n then i don't mean this in an arrogant or idk egotistical but it seems. me n apollo have been like#special ppl in other's lives..? idk i don't want that to come off the wrong way but.. yeah 🥺#DUDE I CANT SEE THE PIC YOU SENT AFTER 'DUDE READING ALL YOUR MESSAGES GOT ME LIKE' IN MY NOTIFS N IT'S#DRIVING ME INSANE BCS I HATE INSTAGRAM SO MUCH N HOW IT SHOWS IF YOU'VE SEEN MESSAGES 💀#hi hello this is me in live action n why making new friends is hard for me :^) I GTG NOW BUT AAAAAAAA I'M PROUD OF MYSELF
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working in online order fulfillment will piss you off like nothing else. i've never seen such pointless orders
#you dont need to buy your whole family matching christmas pajamas why dont you take them out to a nice meal instead#why the FUCK do you need 13 giant wheels of christmas lights. are you decorating the white house ?#you placed an entire order. for one eyeliner pencil ? kill yourself
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Going on yet another rant about “merch”
If you did not screen print that shirt yourself, you did not make it.
You made the design on it, which I’m sure would be a nice poster or sticker perhaps? Which of course you didn't print yourself, that sounds hard! An embroidered design? Maintaining a 12 needle embroidery machine capable of producing a design with that many colors for the number of orders being received is a lot of work, that's pretty impressive! Not to mention maintaining proper tension on the frame working with a hundred stretchy t shirts, which idk came from somewhere who knows! Your repeating pattern looks very nice on a skirt that you did not make and was mass produced by some Vietnamese person getting paid pennies so that ~50 gay people on the internet could pay for international shipping for a design you “made”. Wow that mug is awesome didn’t know you got into sublimation printing! And have a cylindrical heat press to be able to do not just mugs, but tumblers too! Woah your sublimation set up can do bed sheets (any size)? And shower curtains? And three different shapes of throw pillow stuffed with poly fill, which will never decompose and isn't comfortable to begin with?
Your poorly digitized vector art looks lovely as an enamel pin now that someone else (Who? More like who cares!) cleaned it up for you and then created moulds for and maybe even hand injected the enamel into only for you to sell maybe seven or eight of them. Aw damn your design got ripped off? Who could have guessed that with the distribution power of an entire manufacturing plafffnt that has hundreds, if not thousands of moulds sitting around that they might have used your mould to make themselves a profit for a change! Those money grubbing Chinese bastards! After all, you were there every step of the way, casting the negative of the mould, running the injection of liquid metal into that mould, mixing each color of enamel, and precisely filling each segment of the design, which you refused to simplify! You just can't compromise with art.
Ohhh I see they’re made to order so its more sustainable. So this factory (Guatemala? India? The Philippines? Pakistan? Could you point to it on a map? They just don't teach you this stuff in school!) Anyways this factory in some poor country has to keep your design on file, oh and for your enamel pins they have to keep the mould too! Ahh right but it’s sustainable, because it's a limited run. You’re the 100th person this week to place an order, and they're only printing 50 of your design, you should complain to the manufacturer about how slow your orders are being filled.
I love supporting small businesses - it’s just you after all! With all the hard work you’ve put into fiddling around in procreate who has time to figure out material acquisition, and production runs, and printer calibration, and inventory management, and machine maintenance, and payment processing, and international shipping, and packaging, and
#eaii#accidentally clicked on someones redbubble and they call it that because i started seeing red#i'm so fucking sick of this shit#look i think its great that people have more avenues to sell their art#but idk i feel like i'm crazy for thinking that should actually involve MAKING the art that they sell#the upfront investment is prohibitive I get it#but then connect with someone#preferably who lives on the same continent as you#to produce it locally#and like. a printer capable of printing nice stickers and posters is not like heavy duty machinery#again#expensive - sure#but i can almost guarantee that someone living in your city has a wide format printer they'd be willing to let you use#i make custom embroidered patches#im in the middle of building my own embroidery machine. obviously you do not have to do this#the machines that i use currently i borrow time on from someone else#'where do you get cute packaging?' i have brown paper envelopes that i decorate with washi tape and stamps which people seem to like#'how do you calculate shipping?' i don't usps does that for me#'what happens if an order gets lost?' it sucks and is inconvenient but i send them another one or refund their choice#'where do you get materials?' scrap fabric almost 100% of the time unless its a very custom order i spend very little on materials#i'm not asking anyone to reinvent payment services or whatever like if you want to use your neighbors printer and then sell those on etsy#great! thats what i do!#(and also fuck etsy - for different reasons)#but if you outsource the actual labor of producing the good that you are selling to easily exploitable people on the other side of the worl#im judging you. hard.
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" ... hey, " the little killer coo'es with the clear, unequivocal lucidy of a madman who has long escaped the reality of having to abide by laws set by vampires. " i have something... for you... " he extends his gentle hand between the metal bars, a lone black-nailed finger gesturing for mika to abandon his post & come closer.
✠ — Oh, how he knows that he shouldn't allow himself to be distracted from his duties... How he should keep his attention fixated upon guarding the door that lead to the dungeon within the vampire city of Sanguinem, the very door that kept hostages behind bars in order to be used as leverage or even simply as bait to lure their fellow humans out to the slaughter. He knew that he should stay at his post like he had been ordered to by the vampire queen of Japan, but the way the older male addresses the blonde is more than enough to catch his attention. Sapphire irises glancing over his shoulder, peering through sunshine strands that almost always obscure his line of sight from others — hands rested firmly upon his hips as he remains ever so silent, and while he doesn't move from his spot immediately... it's clear that such a thing won't last for very long, not with the way his body slowly turns to face the other — hands that were once upon his hips were now dropped at his sides, taking a quick moment to look around for anyone that may possibly be watching.
✠ — That notion alone seems as if it's more than enough to deter the smaller from doing as the other asks of him, but hearing Envy once again beckon him closer with that one simple gesture and those oh so special words, well... how could he possibly deny him any longer? Even if he knows that he really shouldn't, especially since he was more than aware that Envy has always been a tricky one, but alas, he cannot help but cater to him. It's in his very nature to do so, not because he needs to, but because he HAS to. Yes, that's right, he has to cater to every single desire that the little killer of Mississippi possesses... be it large or small — because world be damned if he allowed another to think that they can take what is rightfully his by doing what was asked of the raven — he'd much rather slice his neck open and choke on his own blood than allow anyone else near Envy. Hence why he begins to slowly make his way towards the his companion, left hand coming to rest upon one of the various metal bars while his right hand gently takes hold of the hand that Envy bestowed forward previously.
✠ — "..." At first he doesn't speak, instead he allows himself to peer deeply into the other's eyes (perhaps an attempt at reading any possible hint deception on his end) — they were something akin to a black hole, completely devoid of light, a feature that Mikaela had known Envy for from the very moment they had met — only to allow a small sigh to escape from slightly parted plush lips, finally choosing to come out and ask the other what it was that he wanted. "What is it that you wish to show me? Or perhaps is it something you wish to give me? Does it have anything to do with the reason why you're down here?" Aside from the fact that Envy wasn't one to play nice with the other vampires within the colony, perhaps this would be the safest place for him to dwell? So long as he didn't taunt the other guards anyway.
#✠ [ ' ɪ'ʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴄᴀᴘᴇɢᴏᴀᴛ ɪꜰ ɪ ᴄᴀɴ... ' ] - ✡ ɪɴ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀ ✡#✠ [ ' ɢɪꜰᴛ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ɢᴏᴅ. ' ] - ✡ ᴍɪᴋᴀᴇʟᴀ ꜱʜɪɴᴅᴏ ✡#✠ [ ' ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴋɪʟʟᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ᴍɪꜱꜱɪꜱꜱɪᴘɪ. ' ] - ✡ ᴇɴᴠʏ ✡#✠ [ ' ᴏꜰ ᴅᴀʀᴋ ʜᴀɪʀ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴏᴜʟʟᴇꜱꜱ ᴇʏᴇꜱ; ꜰᴏᴏᴛꜱᴛᴇᴘꜱ ʟɪɴɢᴇʀɪɴɢ ᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴄʟᴏꜱᴇʀ. ' ] - ✡ ꜱ-ᴛᴀʟᴋɪɴɢ ✡#✠ [ ' ɪғ ɪ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ʜᴇᴀʀ ᴛʜᴇ sᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴏғ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛʙᴇᴀᴛ... ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀʟʟ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴛʏ? ' ] - ✡ ᴇɴᴠʏ x ᴍɪᴋᴀᴇʟᴀ ✡#✠ [ ' ᴡᴇʟᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴍʏ ᴏᴡɴ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ɪᴛ'ꜱ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴜꜱ ɴᴏᴡ. ᴡᴇ'ʀᴇ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴘɪᴇᴄᴇꜱ ɪɴ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴡʀᴇᴛᴄʜᴇᴅ ɢᴀᴍᴇ. ' ] - ✡ ᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ ɪ. ✡#{ Mika is over here like 'why are you so hell bent on distracting me from my work?' }#{ He loves you very much Envy... but he has to do his work in order to get things done. }#{ How else is he supposed to be able to get you nice things? }#{ Wifey has to spoil the husband with nice clothes and decorations after all. }#{ I also decided that while Mika's speaking will be done in blue; his more violent thoughts will be done in red. }#{ That way there's more of a drastic feel to them. }#{ I also apologize for taking a while to get to this. }#{ I haven't written in a very long time and I had to watch our new dog for a while. }#{ But I hope that you enjoy this! }#{ Both me and Mika are very curious as to what it is that Envy wants to show/give him. }#✠ [ ' ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴅs ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴜʀɪᴏᴜs. ' ] - ✡ ᴀsᴋs ✡#tw; blood mention#tw; slit throat mention
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My usual coffee shop was closed so I had to go to a new one and sit in a normal chair instead of
✨The Pirate Ship✨
#the horror#yeah it was cheaper but at what cost#no old music#no f1 decorations about to fall in my head#no cute waiter who has my order memorized#NO PIRATE SHIP TO SIT ON#it had a bathroom tho so that was nice
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hiiiii I'm new to your page but i would like to ask you what would've happened if simon mail-ordered a bride?
mail-order bride
you stare down at the address on the card, blinking as you reread the house number and look back up at the cottage in front of you. the numbers match, but you just need a few more minutes before you knock on the door.
you're not holding too many things. you have one suitcase with the entirety of your belongings at one side, the cat carrier sitting on top of it. on the other side, you hold a bundle of papers. your immigration papers, all shiny and new, your birth certificate, and your new british passport.
when you look back down, you swallow as you read over your name. it's odd, to see something new in the section labeled SURNAME.
Riley.
you've never met him. this isn't legal, it can't be, to have all of these things. he must be someone important. someone they value. or maybe, they are just too afraid to say no to him.
the front door opens, and you freeze on the spot as you see someone duck their head to step outside. they're wearing a mask, covering their entire face except for their dark eyes, but it's hitched up over his nose as he holds an unlit cigarette between his lips.
he stares as he sees you at the end of the steps. he frowns, looking you up and down.
"weren't supposed ta be 'ere for a few weeks."
your eyes water a little, but you only manage a shrug.
"i-i..." you meet his eyes. "i-i couldn't stay there any longer. i didn't have anywhere else to go."
he tucks the cigarette back behind his ear, slipping the mask off. it reveals a tousled mess of short blonde hair and a terribly scarred face. his eyes dart to the little carrier sitting next to you when he hears a soft meow coming from it.
"said no pets."
your lip trembles.
"please," you whisper, and his lip twitches as he fights off a scowl. you imagine he must not have much practice in hiding his emotions. he comes down the steps anyways, coming closer, and you pick up the carrier as he snatches the suitcase off the pavement, making his way back inside. you follow him, naturally.
when you close the door behind you, you're surprised at how quaint it all is. nice brick fireplace, a soft carpet (no shoes allowed is what he snapped at you), and wonderfully furnished to make the place cozy, warm, lived-in. there's throw blankets and accent pillows. there's pictures on the walls, paintings, yellow corner lights to give everything a soft glow. the kitchen is beautiful, with lovely colored tile and wooden cutting boards, a drip-coffee setup in the corner and worn cookbooks stacked neatly by a stainless steel toaster. there's herbs growing in little pots sitting on the windowsill above the sink, and there's a cast iron pot decoratively resting on the stove.
it's spick-span clean. there's no specks of dust or splatters left over from bacon grease. there's papers pinned to the fridge, lists to remind him to buy whole milk and sliced bread and call about the internet bill being charged twice again.
you set the carrier down on the couch, unzipping the top. a little curious black head pokes out of it, and you reach in and pick the cat up under its belly and drop it onto the floor. immediately, the cat spreads its front paws, claws sticking out as they begin to knead the carpet and use it as a personal scratcher, the prick, prick, prick sound enough to draw the giant man out of the bedroom with a hard frown on his face.
he points at the thing and shakes his head.
"keep tha' thing off the fawkin' counter," he snaps at you. he purses his lips when he sees you still standing there, afraid to even move. he comes closer, the cat scurrying off, and he yanks your coat and scarf off, going to the hang them up by the door. "can unpack tomorrow. need t'make somethin' ta eat."
you move immediately towards the kitchen, hoping he keeps a stocked fridge, but he puts out a big hand and stops you, stepping in front of you.
"the fuck are y'doin'?" he asks, and you blink up at him.
"you said to make dinner...s-sir?"
he tilts his head to the side, narrowing his eyes.
"y'listen t'this," he murmurs. "women don't lift a fuckin' finger in this house, y'hear?"
you nod, and he reaches up and palms your throat, cupping your jaw.
"and my wife doesn't call me sir," he mutters. "it's simon."
you soften a little. "i-i'm sorry, simon."
"don't apologize," he grits his teeth. "did nothin' wrong."
when a fresh set of tears comes down your face, he wipes them away with ease, calloused thumb swiping over your cheeks and quieting you. he puts something into your hands, a velvet box that he must've gotten when he went to put your suitcase away.
"y'r a riley now, yeah?" he murmurs, and you tilt your head at an angle, and your foreheads brush together when he bends low to speak to you. "act like it."
you lean up on your toes (he's so fucking tall), and you kiss him softly beside his mouth. when he moves his head, your lips brush against each other, but he pulls back to make his way to the kitchen. you hear the gas stove light up, and a few minutes later, there's a familiar smell of onions hitting hot olive oil.
you take a seat on the couch, smiling to yourself, wiping your eyes as you curl up there. you flip open the box, sighing shakily when you see the rectangular diamond and matching gold wedding band. when simon comes back in to give you a mug of tea, you take it with your left hand, and his eyes flicker when he notices the new jewelry there, so pretty, so new.
mine.
when he pads back into the kitchen, the cat blinks up at him slowly, green eyes bright as they sit on the counter.
simon walks past it, saying nothing at all.
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