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Could you write a bailey's sister! Make out with benj nielsen?
✮ RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU ✮
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✦ synopsis: in which benj realizes the right girl has been right in front of him all along
⟡ content warnings: none just fluff!
✦ word count: 1223
✮⋆ a/n: sorry this took me so long ive been busy w school 😭😭 also idk if this is what u had in mind. If not, feel free to drop another request w more details!! ⋆✮
You hate your sister for a lot of things: the fact that she doesn't let you wear her make-up, or her clothes, the fact that she's embarrassed to be seen with you, the fact that she still calls you her "baby sister" even though you're 15 now and only a year younger than her anyway, the fact that Benj has been in love with her for years even though she has this weird push and pull thing with him where she treats him like shit but then acts like she likes him when she doesn't actually give two shots about her him and just like the attention all the while you've always been right there.
One thing you don't hate about her, though, is the fact that she drops you off at the Nielsens' when she picks Alyssa up to hang out because it comes with a perk—you get to spend the day with Benj.
You've been best friends your entire lives because while your sisters were casting you off to the side, you were hanging out with each other.
And still, the idiot has heart eyes for the one sister who doesn't look his way, when all you've ever done is see him.
Your sister is a stupid jerk, you're sure of it, a damn toxic bitch, too—pulling the sweetest boy you've ever known along for the flattery then tossing him away when she's bored, or finds someone else, or simply when they're at school because she's embarrassed to be seen around Freshmen when she's literally just a Sophmore.
Sisterly love and all that—but that doesn't mean you have to like her.
It's getting to you now, like it always does, and it's bubbling up, up, up, 'till it just comes out—
Saturday afternoon. Rainy. Cold. You're laying on Benj's bed, staring at the ceiling, legs draped over the edge. You're wearing one of his sweaters. You listen to the sound of the rain tapping against the window, the glass cold to the touch.
He's sitting next to you, so close you can feel his body heat, and the mattress dips under your head whenever he bounces his thigh. He has his lower lip between his teeth, muttering little swears. Hands grip the controller, eyes trained on the shooter game displayed on the T.V. in front of him.
He groans and mutters a soft "Fuck." as he loses, tipping back a little.
You just can't take it. You really, really can't—
"Hey, Benj?"
He pulls one side of his head seat away from his ear. "Hmm?" he hums, looking down at you.
"Why do you like my sister?"
His face flushes—not because you're not supposed to know. He knows you know; he told you himself. You still remember the day: 4th grade, when he'd started chasing frogs. His face was red from running around when he met you under the slide at recess. Bailey and Alyssa were on the seesaw. He'd leaned over and said, "I like someone." You got excited because you thought it might be you. And then he said it was your sister. Your relationship with her has been strained ever since.
No, he just didn't expect it. You can tell because he's choking on air when normally he loves talking about Bailey.
He coughs one more time to clear his throat. "What?" he asks, strained.
You sit up to be eye-level with him and play with the sleeves of his hoodie you're wearing. It even smells like him—shampoo and lotion and vanilla.
"Bailey. Why do you like her? She's a bitch."
"Oh, come on," he says, and there's an amused glint in his eyes. He knows you and your sister don't get along. He and Alyssa don't get along very well, either. "I know o don't have the best relationship with my own sister, either, but don't you think you're being a little mean?"
"Benj, seriously." You're sounding upset now.
He was going to start a new game—but he stops short hearing your curt tone. He puts his controller down and hooks his headset around his neck. "Y/N, what's going on?"
You take a shaky intake of breath, feeling tears start to prick at your eyes—and your jaw start to set the more you think about your sister. "How do you like Bailey? She doesn't even like you. Hell, she's embarrassed by you!" you exclaim, throwing your hands around.
His face furrows with confusion, then intense with a flicker of pain. He slumos back. "You're being mean," he says softly, defeated. You hate seeing him defeated. He's too nice to look defeated.
You chew on the inside of your cheek hard to fight off how queasy you feel. "I'm not trying to be mean, Benj. I just don't think you should waste your time on her." When I'm right here.
When I actually appreciate you.
When I actually love you.
Even with that sad, puppy dog face, he still has a little awestruck glow in his eyes. "Because she just . . ." He sighs dreamily. "She's great, you know? She's pretty, and funny, and—"
You've taken this for years now. You can't. Not today.
You kiss him.
It's mindless, really. Your body leans forward of it's own accord, driven by the way you yearn for him.
His eyes widen and he just freezes, holding his hands up like he's scared to move. When it ends, and you look at him like you're a little shocked by your own actions, it hits him: he's fucking in love with you.
Sure, there's always been that Baily infatuation—but that was always the chase of the unattainable thing. It's easier to want someone you know you'll never have a chance with because then when you're rejected you don't have to confront the forever-hungry fear that maybe you're unlovable. It was never real.
But you? Oh, you . . .
You've always been real.
"Benj—" you go to say when he grabs you by the elbow and pull you into a bruising kiss. There's no hesitation this time, no freezing up. You flow right into it, melt under him as he shuffles, hand on the small of your back as he guides you to lay down. Your lips move against his like they have a mind of their own. The kiss is messy and unexperienced and it doesn't matter because it's good and it's Benj.
God, nothing has ever felt so natural.
You fist his shirt and pull his body against yours. He's half against you, holding himself up with his forearm next to your head, that hand absentmindedly playing with your hair, the other hand grabbing your waist and shifting you in time with his shifts under him and all you can think is hands, hands, hands.
Benj's hands.
Hot hands.
Hand placement.
That hand slipping under your (his) sweater to hold your bare skin.
He lets out a little desperate sound before pulling away, panting and eyes glazed over. You're panting too, loosening your grip on his shirt to press your hands flat on his chest.
Benj blinks, wets his lips. "I really have been wasting my time with Bailey," he quips breathlessly.
You laugh, and he smiles that cute smile of his where he bares all his teeth before leaning back in for another kiss.
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#corporate greed#capitalism#election 2024#target#abolish capitalism#end capitalism#the left#progressive#current events#news#wealth inequality#income inequality#price gouging
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A Seattle-area guaranteed basic income pilot gave low-income residents $500 a month to help reduce poverty. Employment in the group nearly doubled, and numerous unhoused residents secured housing. The Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County launched a 10-month guaranteed basic income pilot program with 102 participants in fall 2022. New findings by research firm Applied Inference reveal that the $5,000 total payments improved participants' quality of life, housing, and employment outcomes.
Oh gosh look: another successful UBI pilot program.
Not only was employment doubled in the test group, their savings increased, and health & life insurance coverage tripled. Many participants got health insurance for the first time.
It's time to roll this out nationwide and with more money. The return on investment is undeniable and would be huge if it applied to everyone.
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Huxloween 2024 - Day 5 - Mirrors
Thank you so much again @huxloween ! You really got me out of a multiple year long slump (especially with all the AI stuff going on, I was super demotivated) but now I see the fun again, in drawing more of this dumpsterfire <3
#to those out there able to read aurebesh: have fun :D#for everyone else#see end of tags#tony loon#huxloween 2024#huxloween#huxlo#kylux#star wars#general hux#kylo ren#comic#onepager#no ai art#fanart#oneshot#aurebesh translation incoming#stele of artefact: do not touch#dogtags: millies minion#toothpaste: first brush#tub1: pomade#tub2 : squeaky clean#aurebesh
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Hi guys. I’m behind on JRWI-Tober. Here’s my progress so far.
1) Riptide
2) Fave PC
3) Fave NPC
4) Campaign swap
#just roll with it#jrwi riptide#jrwi wonderlust#jrwi the suckening#jrwi blood in the bayou#oh god tag wall incoming#gillion tidestrider#chip jrwi#jay ferin#runt jrwi#timothy rand#emizel tucker#drey ferin#troy lougferd#blink jrwi#jrwi-tober 2024#jrwi show#jrwi fanart#jrwi podcast#jrwi bitb#guys I really like them a lot#first time drawing a few of these guys (mainly cuz I just watched them for the first time lmao)#lighthearted#Rand they will NEVER make me hate you#Troy… I could start hating you (maybe eventually) but you’re safe for now cuz you’re weirdly charming for being a BITCH#Runt my sweetie pie#BLINK MY SCHMOOPSY HOOTSY POO <333#dude if condi condifiction has to flavor a character and they have BIRD MOTIFS I’m COOKED he is so fucking good at doing that#I owe Condi my life for Jay and drey and blink. trio ever.#TV’s art
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Okay, for aro awareness week, I need you all to start recognizing that:
NOT EVERYONE IN THE ARO COMMUNITY IS FROM THE UNITED STATES OR EUROPE.
Please, when we're having discussions about aphobia, allonormativity amatonormativity, and other issues for the love of god STOP PRETENDING THAT WE DON'T EXIST AND LISTEN TO US!
We aren't just your token aros that exist in the other side of the world just for you to prove that we are everywhere or whatever point you're trying to make, we are living, breathing human beings and members of the aro community and we deserve respect and to be remembered not as a point in your discourse but as equals.
I am sick and tired of people just assuming that everyone in the community is either from the United States or Europe and only centering those voices in the discussion. We exist too.
#mayaposts#aro#aromatic#aro awareness week#aromantic awareness week#aro awareness week 2024#aroallo#aroace#arospec#filipino aro#asian aro#poc aro#sorry this came about after someone replied to me saying that not everyone can afford necessities with one income and that rent is too#expensive these days with ''just move to less expensive cities like amsterdam or london and get a full time job'' and it PISSED ME OFF#mind you it was a discussion on why aroaces (who may not have partners or roommates) struggle in today's economy#the other person was not only dismissive of the op who was explaining the frustrations of needing to work multiple jobs to stay afloat#but also trying to just dismiss the struggles of single income people (in this case non-partnering aroaces)#and the implication that we should just ''move out of london and amsterdam and get a full time job'' to be able to afford rent#is such a privileged european/american take#sorry im ranting now lol im just peeved off#i dont even know if the other person was aroace at all tbh but whatever
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hello locked tomb fans. have i got a book (books) for you.
more archive undying propaganda, if this wasn't enough to convince you:
(but also if you've decided to read the archive undying, i don't know if i would recommend the libby edition? i have my libby set to "legible" and there are some font changes in the print version that did NOT show up in the ebook. obv i liked reading the ebook enough to buy the text, but as @urban-sith put it, he was lost and i was in jumanji)
#ARCHIVE UNDYING EVANGELISM BE UPON YE.#hold on. embarrassing list of tags incoming:#the locked tomb#nona the ninth#some desperate glory#tamsyn muir#emma mieko candon#emily tesh#bookblr#ok it's done.#i have more archive undying memes....it's very memeable. i also have a ppt in progress.#casper 2024
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That viral post that's going around about how people who write "book quality" mlm fic are too "normal" to publish and have real jobs so only "weird" people publish their "shitty" fanfic is so completely out of touch with reality and I am giving a massive side eye to everyone reblogging it.
Not only is it completely, easily verifiably untrue (you cannot enter any professional writing space without tripping over a dozen grizzled scifi writers who got their start by filing off the serial numbers and publishing their Star Trek fanfic even going back decades ago??? it's a whole thing?? plus how can you look at the mlm category on Amazon right now and say with a straight face that people aren't publishing shitty Spirk and Stucky fanfic??? Oh, honey...) it's also the perfect example of this kind of sneering elitism that true artists would never sully themselves by seeking profit, they do it only for the purity of the thing that always somehow leads back to, "no one should be paid to make art, actually."
The only reason you're seeing more published fanfic right now has nothing to do with the idealistic purity of your hypothetical government employee written smut of the past vs the debased scribbles of those awful straights of today and everything to do with the fact that a) self-publishing has created a voracious readership that wants a ton of content so it's become a viable, flexible income stream for many, especially disabled people b) anyone can publish now with self-publishing tools so there are less gatekeepers and c) lockdown got a lot of people into fandom and therefore writing who never tried it before.
And if you really think there's no "shitty" published mlm and no "book-quality" m/f writing out there that started as fanfic, then you are clearly not a reader so why are you even talking about this?
#love how they manipulated people into spreading that post by making it seem like a cishet vs gay thing#when the real message is OP thinks trying to sell your writing is cringe and 'weird' and 'normal people' with jobs would never#which would of course never have flown on the fandom website#so they played into the queer shipping is purer than cishet shipping puriteen thing#and it worked!#because my god people are gullible#this is the direct pipeline that leads to AI thievery#''normal' people write for the joy of it anyway so why do you need pay? you are just greedy and 'weird'!'#'oh no this isn't about who we get to call cringe and who gets to profit from art it's about um...#(quick what's a hated m/f ship?).. oh uh 'shitty' REYLO#and not our super pure uh... (spirk is still popular right? lets throw in that avengers one too to make it seem timely) stucky!'#I'm sorry if I have no sense of humor about this but the year is 2024 and people are still way too ready to sneer#about writers trying to earn a fucking living in the shittiest timeline#and i need you to look deep into yourself and ask you why it's so important to you to tell yourself that only people writing what you like#are 'normal' with real jobs and to vilify everyone else as 'weird' and 'shitty'#for trying to make an income during a financial fucking crisis#i would say sorry for ranting about this but I'm not sorry because wtf#write whatever you want#publish whatever you want#there is no moral fucking purity in what the content is#and one thing certainly doesn't make you more 'weird' or 'normal' than the other#like there is soooo much shitty mlm that started as fanfic???#that post is 100% OP made up some guys to get mad about and called them relyos for the clicks#writing#publishing#writblr#writeblr#i wasn't going to tag this anything but you know what fuck it I'm mad#i had like 5 more tags but tumblr cut me off which is fair 😅#fan fiction
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Average net salary in US dollars in country capitals, 2024.
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Chat incoming was such a bad movie but I liked benj, Eddie and connor and low-key I feel like if I wrote a fanfic of it (I literally already have an entire plot cuz I was telling my friend how it could've been better) I'd do a better job
Not to toot my own horn or anything but yeah my fanfic wouldn't be as cringy or unfunny or bad as the actual movie 🤷♀️
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Is there a Realistic way to Remove Big Money from Politics?
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#socialist democrats#vote democratic#kamala harris#vote harris#harris walz 2024#vote blue#living wage#universal healthcare#universal basic income#bernie sanders#we could had Bernie Sanders (as president)#anti capitalism#fuck capitalism#Youtube#video
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Oscar Piastri had a “disappointing” race last weekend, went silent on social media, got a haircut and turned up to media day ready to serve cunt. I fear he’s locked in for this weekend.
#formula 1#oscar piastri#monza gp 2024#italian gp 2024#op81#p1astri incoming#hey btw this is called humor! definitely not aimed at a particular reblog ;)
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Daniel's thoughts ahead of the Dutch GP
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#cardiac arrest incoming#brazil nt#colombia nt#panama nt#uruguay nt#copa américa 2024#𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐥𝐢 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐚 𝐚𝐦𝐞́𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒
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george russell is interviewed during the drivers parade, netherlands - august 25, 2024
#i am having a Bad Day but am behind on uploading so shittily done gifsets are incoming lol#george russell#f1#formula 1#dutch gp 2024#fic ref#fic ref 2024#netherlands#netherlands 2024#netherlands 2024 sunday
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