#i’m gonna edit this later gang

[shrimpybbq]

imagine fans being sad that there’s no more obx actress!reader and drew after outerbanks finishes…until they get casted in a romcom together…👀

ok so I have this thought that maybe after outer banks finishes, the two of them are the ones with the most prolific careers, and they’re both getting roles in really respected films and shows. but forget romcom, bc the pair both get cast in this big new HBO tv show alongside a bunch of other really famous actors. and what do we know about HBO? that they’re getting down and dirty - the show doesn’t shy away from anything. i’m about to create my own entire tv plotline rn.

i have this headcanon that obx actress!reader plays a really challenging role and people are praising her for the portrayal, so for this instance, let’s say it’s something gritty like a crime drama. drew plays an undercover cop going into a gang or trafficking ring and she plays one of the women being trafficked as a prostitute. the director doesn’t shy away from showing a lot, graphic sex scenes and probs scenes with drug use too (similar to euphoria), and people can’t believe just how good both former ‘teen tv show actors’ can act. maybe drew’s character can’t intervene but he’s falling for the poor girl and there’s just so much angst. we’ve seen drew in a romcom but the angst is where it’s at!!!

think undercover cop secretly beating the shit out of the sleazy guys she is supposed to have sex with, maybe they go on the run later in the season. the pair had kinda tame sex scenes together in outer banks but the ones in this new show together are crazy steamy and the people watching are just like “damn….. hot”

fan edits going crazy talking about ultimate enemies to lovers bc he was having to act like a pimp to her too, but now they’re giving each other heart eyes in the hallway. and if in real life, the pair still hadn’t started dating, well they’re literally never escaping the rumours now

also in my made up tv show pedro pascal is her hot nasty pimp and that’s all i’m gonna say about that hehe

actually feel crazy for this but also zero apologies

[callme-holly]

Darry finding out reader is pregnant????

𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭 - 𝐃.𝐂

a/n: this is a little messy sorry y'all. i'll edit it tmr. i really wanna start posting some good shit but i've have no motivation since exams

When you first find out, you’re so incredibly nervous to break the news to him. He’s already got a lot on his plate with work, his brothers, the gang, and a baby on top of that; it might just be the final thread. 

You try to come up with the best and easiest way to tell him, wanting it to perfect but also not overwhelming. However, the second you get a moment alone, it just sort of spills out of you.

At first he’ll just stare at you, entirely speechless, trying to gauge whether you’re playing around or not. It’s the most nerve-wracking thing ever, but before you can panic and try to come up with some form of apology, he’ll pull you into his arms and just hold you.

He doesn’t let go for a long time, nor does he speak. He probably doesn't really know what to say but you can tell he’s happy from the faint glassy look in his eyes. When he does finally break the silence, his voice is the softest you’ve ever heard it: “We’re gonna be okay, sweetheart,” and you know that he means it. 

He’ll probably ask you thousands of questions afterward , and you can see him getting excited by the mere idea of having a baby with you. He’ll talk about picking up extra shifts, always being there for the both of you, putting a ring on your finger if y’all aren’t already married. 

Later that night, as the two of you are laying in bed together, he’ll just rest his hand on your stomach, rubbing absent patterns against your skin before whispering into the dark: “I’m going to be a dad…” 

“Pregnant?” Darry’s brows are furrowed, knitted together, a frown taking over his features. His eyes roam over you, searching for any sign that your joking, that you’re just saying it to rile him up and get a laugh out of him… But when he sees that you’re entirely serious, his heart skips a beat and his chest tightens.

“I’m sorry…” You begin, panic rising up. “I know we didn’t plan it but—”

He shushes you softly, pulling you into his chest, rubbing your back gently. “No, no. Don’t. I’m happy.” He mumbles, and the way he says it, the tenderness in his tone and the pure adoration that laces his voice, you know he means it. 

[reveriebae]

Chapter 9 - Mirrors, Moans and Sex Tape

ICE ON MY TITS SERIES

<< PREVIOUS CHAPTER | NEXT CHAPTER >>

The Next Morning – Communal Kitchen

You tiptoe in, half-hungover on orgasm and shame. Dressed in a hoodie. No makeup. Just praying for peace.

But peace?

Was never on the schedule.

Yunho’s at the counter making coffee. His arms are flexed. His jaw’s tight. He’s unusually quiet.

And Wooyoung? Sitting on the kitchen island, shirt still inside-out, acting like last night wasn’t a sex marathon on max volume.

“Morning, babycakes,” he purrs. “How’s the mirror? Need Windex?”

Yunho freezes mid-pour.

You play it cool. “Oh, it’s spotless. We had to use the reflection to line things up.”

Yunho grips the mug tighter.

You notice him staring at the mirror pic Wooyoung posted on close friends, the one labeled ‘Saving Hex 😵‍💫💦’ like the menace he is.

He sets the mug down. Slowly. Calmly.

Then turns to you. “So you’ll fuck on a mirror for a typo, but when I call you wife you ignore it?”

“Ah hell nah,” Wooyoung barks. “Not this possessive plotline again.”

You smirk, sipping his coffee like it’s yours. “Y’all gonna fight for me or what?”

Yunho tilts his head. “Do you want us to?”

You grin.

“Not today. I’m sore.”

Wooyoung chokes on air. Yunho walks away shaking his head.

The group chat dings.

EDEN HEADS 🍆🌆

Hongjoong: "everyone in unit 203 is banned from mirrors, moaning, or moaning into mirrors."

Jongho: "i got a pop quiz today and all i can hear is “say the line.”"

Yeosang: "if you guys make me draw this for stress relief I’m charging commission."

Seonghwa: "i’m genuinely praying for the strength to not move to another floor."

Mingi: "i healed too fast. i think i need another fever."

Later that day, while you're curled up on the couch pretending to edit your work report but actually stalking your own Instagram story (you look hot, okay), you hear a very specific voice yell across the hallway—

"YO, WHO GOT THE MIRROR SEX TAPE?"

You immediately groan into the cushion.

San.

Of course it's fucking San.

You peek your head out just in time to see San standing in the middle of the hallway with his phone held up like he's announcing a giveaway.

"Come on, don't be shy! Share with the class!" he laughs, looking like a slutty devil in grey sweats and a muscle tee with a hole directly over his left nipple. "Heard there was enough moaning to subtitle it in three languages."

You try to close your door but he catches it.

“Ah ah, don’t do that,” he says, grin widening. “You got the master copy, don’t you? What, scared I’m gonna rate the arch outta ten?”

Before you can even throw a pillow at him—

Mingi steps out of his unit.

Bed hair. Tank top. Socks that don't match. Still looking like he just finished sinning in a fever dream.

“Who said ‘arch outta ten’? Send link.”

You blink.

“...You too?!”

“Baby,” Mingi says, “I moaned for soup last week. You think I’m above jerking off to your sex tape?”

San loses it. Mingi walks down the hall like it’s Sunday brunch, not an Eden Heights Pornhub leak investigation.

You slam the door in both their faces.

That Night – Rooftop

The whole gang’s there.

Blankets. Beers. A Bluetooth speaker playing nostalgic R&B. Someone brought chips, someone else brought cigarettes. It’s chill. Soft. A little chaotic.

And by someone—you mean Wooyoung, who's still in slut-mode and smoking like he just finished ruining another mattress.

Yunho hasn’t spoken to you since that kitchen tease. His jaw has been clenching the entire night. You pretend not to notice but he keeps sipping his vodka like it owes him money.

“Okay,” San says, laying back on a beanbag. “Let’s just address the elephant on the floor.”

You freeze.

“I’m talking about the sex tape.”

Everyone groans.

“Oh my god,” Seonghwa mutters, rubbing his temples.

Yeosang whispers, “I’ve already started sketching. I’m calling it The Mirror Has Thrusts.”

San wheezes.

“I mean, honestly,” San continues, “if that’s what y’all do on a Tuesday? What happens on birthdays? Lunar New Year? Jungkook’s enlistment date?”

Jongho’s face is stone cold. “I was brushing my teeth when the mirror started shaking. I thought I was having a stroke. I called my professor.”

You cackle.

"That's not even the worst part," Jongho adds. "You know how many times I had to listen to 'say the line' before I realized it wasn’t Wooyoung talking?”

Wooyoung shrugs. “What can I say? I’m inspirational.”

Then—like a fucking sitcom—

Hongjoong arrives late, hoodie over his head, bottle of whiskey in hand.

“Alright,” he says, sitting down dramatically, “which one of you degenerate fucks uploaded that shit to the shared Plex folder?”

Everyone gasps.

“YOU HAVE A SHARED PLEX FOLDER?” Mingi yells.

“Don’t act innocent, Mingi. You have a subfolder named ‘Quickies & Crying.’”

Seonghwa throws a chip at him. “We need a priest.”

Yunho finally speaks. “We need duct tape. For that mouth.”

He’s staring at you.

You smile sweetly. “You could’ve had it first.”

Wooyoung spits out his drink.

The entire rooftop erupts.

And as you lean back, watching them throw insults, crack jokes, and threaten to expose each other’s browser histories, you realize—

This building?

This chaotic, sex-crazed, emotionally stunted building?

Is home.

[baocean]

alright the time has come - here’s songs that are so jj x yn coded, boys like you edition! i have a public playlist on spotify for this series, but if you didn’t get a chance to see that, here’s the highlights

boyfriend by ariana grande & social house - just the whole ‘i’m not your girlfriend/boyfriend but i would make it everyone else’s problem if you got one that wasn’t me’ vibe in this song is so them allll day

he’s so blonde by sydney ross mitchell - yn would 100% describe jj as ‘so blonde’ and mean it as an insult but comes off endearing instead. you’re not fooling anyone gf! 😊

bruise by between friends - this is soooooo mystery girl and creepy old man coded are you joking? are you joking. there’s so many lyrics in this song that SCREAM them, this song is so good i want it tattooed to my forehead

i would hate you if i could by turnover - an obvious choice here. “i would hate you, but i’m not finished yet” is subtle foreshadowing at it’s finest 😌

8 hours by abby holliday - this will make more sense later on in the book, but this song is so jj lying there staring at the ceiling in the middle of the night rethinking his entire life lol

if u want by keni titus - let’s lock in and realize how good this song is. anyways, the vibe is both of them wondering if the person on the other side of the phone thinks of them the same way they do and being a little nervous about it, while they’re both falling for each other. this is so. them.

iris by goo goo dolls - we’ve talked about this, iris isn’t new to us. however, we’re running it back. iris is soooo jj yearning and no one will disagree with that take bc it’s too good

f2f by sza - ok you need to understand the vision here. the entirety of “get a rise out of watching you fall” to “hate that i can’t let go of you enough”. hands down them, it’s soooo them ok next

cowboy like me by taylor swift - just makes me think about their ability to relate to each other within different situations and circumstances, both of them learning and growing through their trauma together

i may hate myself in the morning by lee ann womack - ok this might be an airball because it’s country (i know i’m sorry okay) and this won’t make sense right now. but it will in about….three chapters! there’s only a small portion of this song that actually relates to bly jj x yn but minor details who cares

honorable mentions!

the way i loved you by taylor swift - a classic in any frenemies to lovers story, especially this one

you’re here that’s the thing by beabadoobee - “we’re not a thing but you’re here, that’s the thing” yup yup yup uh huh speak your truth bea

the bolter by taylor swift - yn is the bolter, she learned it from her father! someone’s gonna change that tho!

slim pickins by sabrina carpenter - yn’s monologue whenever rafe and jj gang up on her lol

[sticktopia]

Sticktober Day 1: Youtube

“Guys guys!! We’re famous!!!” Green excitedly shouted as he ran to the others. Second arched his brow as the green stick came running, waving his phone around.

“What do you mean by “Famous”?” The hollow head asked as they sat up straighter. Green plopped himself down on the couch between Yellow and Second, showing them the two videos they had posted earlier that day.

“People are seeing our videos! And they like them! Look!” Green scrolled through the comments, reading some of them out for the others to hear.

“I am speechless right now :D this is amazing!!! Keep up the amazing work!”

“Lol, videos like these are what makes youtube worth a while.”

“W EDITING!!!’ Hollywood needs to take notes!”

“This is really cool and a ABSOLUTE CINEMA”

“Whoa! They really love our stuff!” Red giggled as she bounced on her toes. “I'm glad they like my little surprise at the end of greenzilla.”

“I didn't realize that others would be watching our videos.” Yellow hummed as she looked at Green’s phone, leaning on his shoulder.

“These people are so kind. I did look good in that wig.” Blue chuckled as they sat next to Yellow. Green suddenly stood with a gasp.

“Guys!!! We should make more videos!!!” He said excitedly.

“Hell yeah! I’m in!!!” Red said excitedly.

“I don’t see why not. It was fun filming the other ones!” Yellow shrugged.

“Sounds fun. You in Second?” Blue asked. The other three turned to the orange hollow head, awaiting their response. Second chuckled and shook their head.

“Let's get filming.” The gang jumped to their feet with a cheer, running off to film their next video.

**********

“Guys come on! Let's go film another video!” Green cheered. The others turned to look at Green, who was holding a selfie stick.

“Didn't we just finish with the Super Orange video?” Yellow spoke up.

“Yeah, but to be a good content creator, we need to release many videos in a steady stream so our fans don’t get bored! Besides, we’re not filming another movie. We’re vlogging!” Green exclaimed.

“Vlogging? You mean documenting what we do every day?” Blue asked, munching in the nether wart in his hands.

“Oh please, that’s boring. The fans will be upset. We’re gonna do a vlog in minecraft!!!” Green exclaimed proudly. The others looked at each other unsurely.

“Soooooo why are we vlogging now anyway? Isn't us making those action movies good enough?” Red asked as she tapped her fingers on the table.

“Those are old school now! The fans want more! They want variety! And who are we to deny them?” Green says as he ruffles Red’s hair.

“Hey-Green!” Red shoved Green’s hand away.

“Come on guys! It’ll be fun! We can show them all the cool things we can do in minecraft! It’ll be fun!” Green continued to pester the group. Second finally sighed and stood.

“Ok ok, we’ll go vlog with you. But it’ll have to be quick. I need to help Alan later.”

“You got it!”

**********

As the days went on, Green became much more obsessed and involved with his youtube channel and making videos. The others had largely stepped back, no longer enjoying the process of filmmaking. Especially since Green would constantly demand them to be perfect.

This formed a rift in the group, causing the others to be cold towards Green. They didn't even know who he was anymore. There was no more fun, it was just a constant need to make sure everything was perfect for the audience.

One day, while everyone was lounging around, Green suddenly came to them.

“Hey guys, wanna go out for a picnic?” Green asked.

“Oh so you're doing Mukbangs now?” Red wittily snorted. Green hummed.

“No I'm not, but I should try that at some point.” Green hummed as he noted that for him to make a video on.

“Oh creators red what have you done?” Second sighed as he pinched her cheek. “Stop giving him ideas.

“Ow! Hey! It was a joke. I wasn't trying to give him ideas!” Red pouted. Green sighed as he shook his head.

“This isn't for a video. We just haven't hung out in a while and I wanted to do something with you all.” Green said. The other four paused before looking at reach other. They seem shocked about this, but they smiled.

“You know, I was getting quite hungry.” Yellow chuckled.

“A picnic doesn't sound all that bad.” Second admitted.

“I can help make food.” Blue offered.

“Finally! You're doing something besides your stupid videos!” Red cheered as they hopped to their feet. Green smiled as he turned.

“No need for food, I already set the place up. Come on!” Green said as he walked away. The others smiled more as they followed Green through the nether portal and into a cherry tree biome.

“Whoa! I haven't been to one of these yet!” Yellow exclaimed as she looked around. “It’s beautiful!”

“No kidding! Minecraft really has come a long way since we first started playing it.” Second chuckled, hands in the pocket of their hoodie.

“I think the graphics are beautiful. I mean, look at this!” Blue said as they caught a cherry blossom petal in their hand. They then blew it out of their hand, watching as it gracefully danced to the ground. “Definitely gotten better.”

“Oh look at this!!!” Red gasped as she ran ahead of Green. She looked at the makeshift picnic blanket in the ground. She giggled as she laid on it. “This is so cute!!! Thanks for doing this Green!” 

“Of course.” Green said as the others sat on the wool, grabbing sandwiches. As his friends passed around the food, green had to bite his lip to keep from giggling.

“There’s also another surprise I have for you guys.” Green managed out.

“What is-” The four froze as they heard pistons. Suddenly, they were falling, and they were burning. Screams of pain and panic suddenly filled the air as Green sat above, laughing cruelly at them. Quickly, the four had escaped the fire pit. Second, the first out, lunged at Green, pinning him down as they started punching the stick.

“You ass!!! What the hell was that?!” Second screamed at him. Green blocked Second’s punches with his arms.

“Dude what the hell?! It was just a prank! Calm down!” Green shouted, knocking Second off and standing.

“Just a PRANK?! Green, you could have killed us!!!”

“Ok and? You guys would just respawn! I don't know why you're so pissed!!!”

“I don't understand why you think this is funny!!! Don’t you remember what happened to Blue?! You’ve gone too far!!!”

“You're just being dramatic!!!”

“Youre fucking sick!!! We’re all SICK OF YOU!!!” Second lunged at Green again, starting a brutal brawl.

On the other side of the pit, Red and Yellow are tending to blue. Blue was a horrible mess, trembling and crying as he remembered the pain of being submerged in lava.

“M-Make it stop. Creators please make it stop!” Blue cried.

“Hey, hey it’s ok, you're ok.” Red said as she held the trembling stick. Yellow searched through Blue’s inventory, finding a few healing potions.

“H-Here. Drink these.” Yellow said as she handed two to Red. Red quickly took one and uncapped it.

“Here, drink the potion. The pain will go.” Red gently pressed the glass to Blue’s lips, helping him drink. Once Blue downed the potion, Red quickly drank the other one, ridding her body of its pain. Yellow drank her potion as well.

“Are you feeling better?” Yellow asked as she kneeled next to blue. Blue sniffled and rubbed his face.

“Why…? I don't understand, I thought that Green wanted to hang out with us. He said this wasn't for a video.” Blue cried.

“Well clearly not. The bastard tricked us all.” Red growled.

“Red! You shouldn’t-”

“Well if Green doesn't care why should I?!” Red shouts, her gaze darkening as she watches Second and Green fight. She then released Blue, rolling up her sleeves. “I’m gonna go get a few swings in.”

“Red-”

“Don't stop me Yellow. I don’t wanna hurt you.” Red said as she went after the other two. Yellow looked at Blue who merely shrugged. The yellow stick sighed as she sat next to blue, burying her face in her knees.

“I wish we never posted that first video…” She choked out. Blue silently wrapped an arm around yellow, comforting her as she did her best not to cry.

**********

As the days passed by, the other four began to actively ignore Green. And Green had begun to ignore them. He put all his time and energy into youtube. It was his life line, his will, his need. It was his entire being. And he was willing to do anything for his ‘fans’.

But soon, the views began to lessen, comments became scarce and whatever comments were left were people telling Green how disappointed they were in him. It infuriated the stick. He had done everything they had asked of him. No longer making action movies, vlogging, doing their requests, EATING GRASS. He’s done everything to please them and now they're leaving him.

Green needed to do something to make them come back. But what? He racked his brain trying to think of something to reignite the audience. But he had nothing.

“No… NO!!! I-I cant…!” Green struggled to think of anything. He was just staring at an empty void. He began to laugh uncontrollably.

“Oh creators! Dear creators, I'm a washout!!!” Green laughed maniacally.

“I've done everything! There’s nothing for me to do anymore.” Green’s laughs quickly turned into cries. Green’s anger began to build as his mania took over his mind. The stick then began to trash his room, smashing his monitor, his phone, breaking his microphone and punching holes into the walls. Once Green expelled all his energy, he stood in the middle of his room, panting as tears rolled down his cheeks and blood spilled from his torn and cut up fists.

“Damn… I really am nothing huh?” Green mumbled as he stared at his feet. “What was… the point of any of this…?”

Green’s vision began to get blurrier and spotty. He hummed a bit before closing his eyes and collapsing. Green laid on the ground, looking at the shattered mirror leaning against the wall in front of him. He looked terrible. Deep dark eyebags, bloodshot eyes, and disheveled hair. He looked like a zombie. The blood did not help with the look either. Green weakly smiled at himself in the mirror.

“Damn. No wonder no one wanted to watch my videos anymore. I’m a goddamn mess.” Green then closes his eyes, succumbing to his exhaustion.

**********

When Green awoke, his whole body felt sore. He almost didn't want to get up, but he knew he needed to clean up the mess he made. So Green forced himself to sit up. Once Green was upright, he realized that he wasn’t on the floor. He was actually in a bed, Second’s bed.

Green stared at the familiar sheets, wondering what the hell happened. He then noticed that his hands had been bandaged as well. Green was confused. Had he gotten up and dealt with the wounds himself? Why was he in Second’s bed? There’s no way they were the one who tended to him. Especially not after what had been said after the picnic. The door suddenly opened and Green’s eyes glanced over. There stood the orange Hollowhead, their expression blank as they looked at Green,

“Damn.” They suddenly spoke. “You still look like shit.”

Green stared into Second’s lime green eyes, almost in disbelief. Green’s lips suddenly curled up as his body trembled. A teary laugh choked its way out of Green. He laughed for a moment before quickly dissolving into harsh sobs. Second sighed and sat next to the mess of a stick, side hugging him and rubbing his arm while he covered his face with his hands.

“I’m a fucking idiot.” Green choked out.

“No you’re not.”

“Yes I am! I… I thought you hated me.” Green choked out, shoving Second away, only for the hollow head to hold him tighter.

“Will you shut up and listen to me for once?” Second huffed as they held Green’s face, making the messy stick look at them.

“You clearly overworked yourself, and now you're all burnt out. You need to calm down and shut that damn channel down.”

“But-” Second placed their hand over Green’s mouth.

“Sh-No, I'm not done.” Second sighed as they spoke again. “You're letting that thing take over your entire life. You're making yourself sick for a bunch of people who literally don't care about you. Not to mention pushing away everyone who really does care about you.”

Green scoffed and pulled away from Second.

“You say that like you guys still care about me.” Green said bitterly, pulling his knees to his chest and hiding his face in his knees. Second groaned and flicked the side of Green’s head.

���You must be dense as hell if you think we don't care about you. Who do you think bandaged your hands and cleaned your room for you?” Second scoffed. Green was silent. The hollow head had a point, but it didn't help with the guilt and the shame that filled Green’s chest.

“I don't understand…” Green mumbled, body shaking again.

“I don't understand why you do…” Green flinched as he felt Second’s hand gently pat his back.

“We care because we’re your friends Green. Your real friends. We aren't random people behind a screen. We genuinely care about and love you for you. Not whatever fake you put up on the internet.” Sec says.

“Green?” Green looked up to see Red, Blue, and Yellow standing at the door. Blue had a tray of food, making Green’s stomach grumble.

“Someone’s hungry.” Red chuckled. Green buried his face in his knees again, overwhelmed with emotions.

“Please, eat green. I know you haven't been eating well.” Blue said as he placed the tray of food on the corner of the bed. They then handed a bowl of ramen out to everyone in the room. Green stared at the bowl that had been placed in his hands. The scent made his mouth water and his stomach grumbled again.

Green suddenly remembered the first time Blue had made this for the group and the adventure they had after that. The memory made his eyes teary as he slowly began to eat the noodles. He looked around the room, seeing the others casually chat while enjoying the food. The empty pit in Green’s heart suddenly felt full as he enjoyed the moment. A moment he never realized how much he missed.

Green’s phone suddenly pinged on the desk next to him. He reached over and looked at the notification. It was another comment from someone on his latest video. The others sat still, watching green to see what he’d do.

Green simply opened his phone and deleted youtube before tossing his phone at the end of the and continuing to eat. The others looked at each other with smiles.

“Welcome back Green.” Second chuckled as they playfully nudged Green. Green merely hummed as he leaned on the hollowhead. He looked at all his friends, tears silently rolling down his cheeks as he absorbed and lived in the moment. No cameras, no staged acting, just pure raw emotion Green never wanted to lose again.

[fandomgirlz01]

Courageous Gift Pt.2

Greg Sanders x Reader

Imagine on my fandom Instagram?: No

Prompt or Request or Requested Prompt?: No

Style of Writing: Mini Series 

Rating: PG-13 ~ For fluff and cuteness, but more adult commentary or even some triggering content.

Edited: Yes

Word count: 5,481 

Post Date & Time: February 7th 2025 at 5:23 PM

Ko-fi

Masterlist

Warnings Here 

Listen to the story be read out loud here {coming soon}.  

Summary:  Based off of S7 Es4 & 7 When Greg becomes victim to a gang of street thugs that have been beating people all night, the reader is forced to fear the worst for her best friend. 

Reader’s Pov:

Finally after walking down many hallways and corridors, Sara stops in front of a room. She turns and smiles at me before moving aside. 

“Go on in,” she encourages me with a squeeze to my shoulder and I nod before taking a step closer to the doorway. 

“I’ll see you a little later, okay? I’m gonna head back to the lab and help the others,” she informs me and I turn to look at her. 

“Thank you, Sara,” I reverently give her my appreciation and she smiles softly, shaking her head. 

“No need, y/n. You guys are family,” she waves me off with a light smile. 

“Text me if you need anything. Anything at all, got it?” she asks and I giggle softly. 

“You got it. I promise I will,” I reply and she smiles softly once again before nodding, turning and walking back the way we came from. 

I turn back to the door, pausing a moment to look at him laid up in the bed in a hospital gown. I choke up ever so slightly seeing him connected to a bunch of wires and the white wrap around his head. I sigh before swallowing my emotions, finally taking the first step and walking into his room. I’m not sure if he’s asleep or not so I walk in a little further and slowly sink into the chair next to the bed. 

“Fruit loop…” Greg groans out as he opens his one eye that’s not swollen. 

“Hi Poohbear. I’m here,” I nod at him and he smiles ever so slightly. 

“Come here,” he almost commands me and I sigh. 

“No Greggy. I… I don’t want to hurt you anymore then you already are,” I deny though a scratchy tone as my throat seems to close up more and more. 

“You won’t hurt me more. Please come here and give me a hug,” he begs and I freeze to think about it. 

“Please?” he pleads some more and I sigh, getting up from the chair. 

I sit on the edge of the bed very carefully and he holds his arms out weakly for me. I still hesitate, but he gives me a very minuscule nod of reassurance and finally I lean down. I wrap my arm around his waist as his arm sluggishly wraps around me and lays limp on my hip, making me close my eyes. As I lay there in his arms, I get choked up all over again and it seems he can tell. 

“Shh. It’s okay. I’m going to heal up real fast then we can have the breakfast you seem to want to owe me,” he jokes in a very monotone murmur against my shoulder and that gets a small light giggle out of me, but it falls silent again, making him sigh. 

“Fruit loop. Really, I’m going to be fine,” he promises me and I still stay silent, trying to will the tears away. 

“Please tell me what’s wrong…” he asks in the same monotone voice as he rubs at my lower back. 

“I thought I lost you…” I sob out and Greg reaches up languidly to scratch at my scalp, holding me to his shoulder as he leaves a very sluggish kiss to my forehead. 

“You’ll never lose me, frootloop,” he promises and I sigh before moving back to look at him. 

“Yeah, but I alm—,” I start, but get cut off as suddenly I’m letting out a small squeak as suddenly his lips touch mine, his hand staying tangled in my hair. 

My eyes widen for a moment ever so slightly, but I melt into the kiss. It feels like time slows down as we move our lips against one another’s. At first the kiss feels like coming home, his lips are warm and soft like sweet silk against mine. Then the kiss turns almost needy as I let all of my emotions from the day pour into it and it seems like he does too. 

We continue to kiss for a bit before he starts to groan and I pull away. I look at him for a moment in utter awe before my eyes widen. 

“Oh my gosh, Greg… did… did you mean to do that?” I hesitantly ask as I turn away from him, refusing to look at him and he reaches up. 

“Yes. I definitely meant to do that. I’ve been meaning to since we were fifteen and sixteen,” he admits shyly and I smile at him. 

“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to make you think I didn’t want that to happen, you just caught my lip wrong,” Greg softly informs me with a tired chuckle and my brain short circuits for a moment. 

“Wait…” I pause for a moment. “Oh my gosh! I’m so sorry. Does it still hurt?” I ramble as I reach up and lightly touch his lip. 

“No, but I definitely am upset that I probably won’t get to do that again anytime soon if this busted lip doesn’t heal fast,” Greg jokes as he rubs my cheek and I grin cheekily at him. 

“Who says ya can’t?” I ask him and he shakes his head. 

“Umm, my busted lip I think,” he replies with a roll of his good eye and I roll my eyes right back. 

“Well, I don’t think the busted lip will mind this…” I trail off and he gives me a confused look. 

I sit forward closer to him again before quickly pecking his lips in the spot I know won't hurt him. I move back with a smirk on my face and he just shakes his head at me. 

“Get some sleep, Poohbear. You need rest to heal up fast,” I inform him as I get up off the bed. 

“You’re staying, right?” he asks as he catches my hand and holds onto it. 

“Of course I am. When have I not stayed by your side?” I joke with him and he lopsidedly grins as he seems to grow more and more tired. 

“Go to sleep. I’ll be right here,” I promise him as I take a seat in the chair. 

“Would you cuddle me?” he asks and I sigh. 

“Poohbear, as much as I want to, maybe we should wait till you're a little more healed up, yeah?” I ask him and he sighs too. 

“I guess you might be right. I hope I heal fast then. I have a date I need to make soon,” he cheekily comments and I smile, shaking my head. 

“I hope you do too. I think that date will be very happy and definitely willing to wait as long as it takes. Now, get some sleep,” I tell him in a stern tone as I squeeze his hand softly and he nods before sinking into his bed.

I sit reading a book Sara had brought earlier while my other hand holds onto Greg’s as he sleeps peacefully. My phone is charging in the corner and I now have changed into more comfortable clothes. Every once in a while Greg squeezes my hand and I just squeeze his back. I see movement out of the corner of my eye, making me look up to see Grissom walk in. He smiles softly at me and I close my book, going to get up, but he holds a hand out and shakes his head so I sit back down, setting the book on the side table. 

“Greg?” Grissom calls out for his attention and I softly squeeze his hand again. 

“Poohbear. You have a visitor,” I inform him and slowly his one good eye opens. 

“Grissom,” Greg calls out and though it’s hard for him to speak, you can still hear the happiness in his tone. 

“Just another day at the office, huh?” Grissom replies with a small smirk and I roll my eyes. 

“Well, at least I can see now,” Greg jokes back even though it’s hard to tell he’s joking when his face can’t show it. 

“That seems very good indeed,” Grissom agrees with a nod. 

“And I finally got my girl,” Greg smiles ever so slightly, holding our hands up and I smile back over at him. 

“That’s great, too. I’m very happy to hear that,” Grissom replies with a soft look on his face. 

“The guy they beat up…” Greg asks after a beat of silence, trailing off for a moment. 

“How is he?” Greg finishes and I squeeze his hand. 

“He’s gonna be fine,” Grissom answers and I let out a sigh of relief before there’s another pause in the room. 

“What about the other guy? The guy I hit,” Greg asks and I hold my breath once more. 

“His name is Demitrius James. He’s in surgery,” Grissom explains as he leans against the bottom of Greg’s bed. 

“Is he, like, a gangbanger or something?” Greg asks and Grissom looks at me for a moment. 

“Actually… he’s a student at the university,” Grissom breaks the news to him as easily as he can. 

“He gonna be okay?” Greg asks and my eyes tear up. 

“I don’t know,” Grissom tells him honestly and Greg sighs as he moves his head to his left. 

“Has someone called your parents?” Grissom asks and Greg huffs. 

“We should let them know,” Grissom adds on and Greg lets out a hum as Grissom looks at me. 

“I was going to call them, but he told me not to,” I tell Grissom, who shakes his head. 

“What’s the matter?” Grissom asks, confused. 

“They still think I’m in the lab,” Greg hesitantly admits to Grissom, who looks at me and I shrug. 

“Why do they think that?” Grissom softly asks and I squeeze Greg’s hand again. 

“When me and y/n were in high school…” Greg starts, pausing to take a breath in. 

“I never played any sports. No football, no basketball. Definitely no hockey,” Greg starts to explain and I giggle. 

“Oh most definitely no hockey. Mister I almost broke my butt bone,” I joke and he groans, moving his head to look at me. 

“How’d you do that? Never mind, I don’t think I wanna know,” Grissom quickly backtracks, making me laugh. 

“I never would’ve guessed,” Grissom adds and I giggle a little more. 

“Well, it wasn’t by choice. My mom wanted four kids. Ended up with only one,” Greg continues to explain and I gasp. 

“Umm, excuse me, she had two amazing kids,” I add my two cents as I put a hand up to my chest in mock offense. 

“You know what I meant. Biologically,” Greg comments with a roll of his one open eye. 

“Anyway, she always made sure I, or more like we, stayed close,” Greg adds more to his explanation and I nod in agreement as I squeeze his hand again. 

“If either of us got a nosebleed, she’d have us at the E.R.” Greg continues and I chuckle, nodding. 

“She is a worrywort. Even before Gemma took me in, she and my mama were both always fussing over us,” I add on and Greg chuckles weakly. 

“Yeah, they both had only us so they mothered us together,” Greg adds onto my statement and I smile at the memories. 

“Well, now would be the time to come clean,” Grissom comments and I throw my head back. 

“I told him that too! Does he listen to me? No!” I cry out and Grissom shakes his head in amusement. 

“Mom’s gonna freak out,” Greg says in the saddest tone ever and tears come to my eyes for him. 

“You tell her that you risked your life to save someone else’s… and I think she’ll be very proud of you,” Grissom reverently tells him and Greg starts to cry, making me stand up. 

“I know I am very proud of you, Greg,” Grissom adds with a nod and I smile at him as I hug Greg. 

“As am I,” I jump in as I lightly rub at his scalp. 

It takes a while, but soon I get Greg to calm down from his crying episode and we sit with Grissom just visiting for a while. All too soon though, Grissom leaves and Greg sighs, shaking his head. 

“Go ahead. Call mom,” he reluctantly tells me and I shake my head. 

“Are you sure? I mean, I’m all for telling her, but only if you want me to,” I reply as I lightly rub my fingernail over his hand in a soothing manner. 

“Yeah… she’s gotta know about it at some point, right?” he asks and I smile, nodding at him. 

“Okay, then. I’ll call her, do you want to talk to her about it or for me to tell her?” I ask him as I get up and grab my phone before walking back over. 

“I’ll do it. No need to make her mad at you too,” he comments jokingly and I giggle, smiling softly at him as I sit back down on the chair. 

“She wouldn’t be mad at me. She loves me more than you, remember?” I joke back and he scoffs, rolling his good eye and I giggle again. 

I dial her number and soon the phone starts to ring. I hand him the phone and with a shaking hand he takes it. I smile in encouragement and massage his hand as he has the long talk with his mother about everything. 

It’s been a few hours and a lot of Greg’s swelling in his face has gone down. He still has the black and blue bruises all over his face as well as a black swollen eye that won’t open, but other than that the doctor said he’s healing up pretty well for the short amount of time he’s been here. A little while ago somehow by sheer luck, Demitrius gets rolled into the room next to us as I finish my food the nurses so kindly had brought me when they brought Greg his first meal. 

“I’m gonna go to the bathroom real quick, okay? Keep eating. Doctor says you need it,” I tell him as I stand up and leave a quick soft kiss to his cheek as he mutters out a very soft ‘okay’. 

I quickly head down to the bathroom that I’ve been using since getting here and use it as quickly as I can. Once I’m finished and my hands are all clean I head back as fast as I can, not wanting to leave him alone to watch Demitrius's room alone. When I walk in my heart breaks a little to see him staring into the room in a daze. 

“How’s the food, Poohbear?” I ask as I walk back in and back over to my chair, breaking him out of his daze. 

“Kinda wish it wasn’t hospital food,” he tells me with a shrug and I nod. 

“That’s to be expected, but you’ll have real food when you're all healed up and I take you out for those very delicious pancakes you always devour,” I joke with him, but I frown when he only hums, still watching Demitrius's room through the glass wall. 

“I think this is the room, sir,” a voice comments, making both me and Greg look to the door to find a nurse wheeling a man in a wheelchair into the room. 

“There he is,” the man calls out and Greg stands, pushing the table aside as I immediately stand to be next to him if he needs me. 

“Mr. Sanders?” the guy questions. 

“Hey, how you doing?” Greg asks back as I grab onto his hand. 

“Better than dead,” the guy comments sarcastically. “Get me over here, Lizzy, where I can shake this man’s hand,” he tells his nurse, using his hand to motion over at us. 

She wheels him closer and Greg lets go of my hand to shake the man's hand, then grabs mine again. 

“You’re a brave man. Thank you,” the guy gives Greg his appreciation and tears well up in my eyes as I hug onto Greg’s arm. 

“You’re welcome,” Greg replies with a nod of acknowledgement. 

“Is this your girl here?” The guy asks as he smiles at us. 

“Yeah. It is,” Greg answers him in a very happy sounding tone. 

“You two look mighty happy together. You deserve it. Keep her, would ya?” The guy tells him and Greg smiles a small smile, squeezing my hand. 

“I promise that I definitely plan to,” Greg replies and the guy smiles. 

“And you keep him, young lady. He’s a good one,” he tells me with a wink and I giggle, smiling. 

“Oh believe me, don't I know it. I promise I will,” I reply with a big smile as Greg squeezes my hand. 

“Good,” the guy smiles with a firm nod. “Home. Elizabeth,” he tells the nurse without even turning his head, keeping his eyes on us. 

“Okay,” the nurse softly replies before she starts to pull him out of the room. 

“I cook some mean barbecue, if you two ever get yourselves to Union City, Tennessee,” he informs us just as she wheels him out the door and they come to a stop. 

“We’ll look you up,” Greg promises with a nod and soft smile. 

“You do that,” the man agrees with one last smile before Elizabeth wheels him away for good this time. 

Just as they disappear, there’s a loud crying scream that makes me and Greg turn to Demitrius' room. A lady runs forward, screaming as she hugs his body and the doctors in the room all move about to let her have her privacy as he flatlines. 

“Oh!! God!! No!!” she cries out and Greg lets go of my hand. 

He walks around me and moves closer to the window. I turn around, watching as he walks up to the glass door and stands frozen as he watches the scene play out. I walk up behind him and grab his hand again as I leave a kiss on his shoulder, but he doesn’t even react or grip my hand back. I lean my head against his back for a moment and close my eyes while holding back a sigh. When I open my eyes again, keeping my cheek against Greg’s shoulder, the lady lays down hugging the body and my eyes travel up to see a younger boy right behind her, staring at Greg. 

Greg sees him too and sinks back before walking back to his bed with shoulders slumped, not looking at them anymore. The boy glares at Greg the whole time before looking at me. I jump slightly at the look of anger in the boy's face before deciding to ignore it. I turn and walk back over to the chair and sit down as Greg lays down on the bed. 

“G…” I softly call out to him and he hums at me. 

“You need to eat, babe,” I tell him as I push the table back to him lightly. 

“Okay…” he mutters out and my heart breaks even more for him as he picks up the spoon. 

Soon before I know it, he’s done eating which wasn’t much in the end. He pushes the table away again and mumbles out about being tired. He lays down on the bed and I nod, scooting closer. He doesn’t say another word and just closes his eyes, falling asleep quickly. 

Third Person Pov: 

“I am going to pick up some Roberto’s,” Sara starts as she opens her locker. 

“Take it over to Greg and y/n. I know y/n said he doesn't want the hospital food and could use the pick me up. Anybody wanna come?” she finishes asking both Nick and Warrick as she takes her jacket off. 

“I’ll take a ride with you, but I’m going to pass on Mexican food at 10:00 in the morning,” Warrick replies as he sits on the bench, flipping through a magazine. 

“No. I’d like to see Greg and y/n. I’m definitely in, yeah," Nick replies from his locker before turning to put stuff away on the top shelf. 

“Pig and the piglets are in the pig pen,” Catherine informs as she walks in and stops in the doorway. 

“It’s about time. Finally, some good news,” Warrick comments as he looks up at her. 

“Did you know that pig, aka Cole Trit, was the only adult? The rest of them were under 18. One was 14,” Catherine continues to give more information about the suspects and Sara scoffs. 

“Are you kidding?” Warrick asks in shock. “Who raises these kids?” he comments in annoyance. 

“I mean, they weren’t all delinquents. Demitrius James was a college student,” Catherine explains as she takes her hand off the door jam and puts it on her hip. 

“Hanging out with the wrong crowd in the wrong town,” Nick starts as all eyes turn to him while he laces up his boots. 

“I’m telling you, a fake ID in Las Vegas is like having a free ticket on the hell train. Sex, drugs, gambling, no adult supervision, 24/7. By the time they’re 21, they’ve done and seen it all,” Nick grimly points out as he continues lacing up his boots. 

“Make me slit my wrists, why don’t you? I’m raising a teenager here,” Catherine comments sarcastically while shaking her head. 

“Nah. You’re done a great job. Lindsey’s gonna turn out to be a beautiful young woman,” Warrick comments, trying to comfort Catherine. 

“Besides, I grew up in Vegas, I didn’t turn out so bad, did I?” Warrick asks, turning from Catherine to Nick. 

“Yeah, that was pre-mirage. Back when you were a little squirt going to the casino and playing the arcade games,” Nick jokingly answers as he now puts his boots on. 

“No. Vegas is a different animal now,” he finishes off and Warrick nods. 

“Yeah, these kids need to beat people on the street to be entertained. They just need some good discipline. They need their grandmother whooping their ass like, like I had,” Warrick jokingly comments back and Nick smiles. 

“Yeah, a good slap,” Nick agrees, nodding. 

“You know, it kind of sounds like you guys are blaming everybody, but these kids,” Sara comments as she leans against her locker. 

“I mean, you don’t get a bye just ‘cause you grew up here or your parents are on drugs. Those kids are perfectly capable of telling the difference between a wild night out and…” she trails off for a moment. 

“Beating somebody to death,” she finishes off with a frown and Warrick shrugs. 

“The truth is…” Grissom cuts in as he closes his locker, turning to look at everyone as they all turn to look at him. 

“A moral compass can only point you in the right direction, can’t make you go there. Our culture preaches that, uh, you shouldn’t be ashamed of anything you do anymore and unfortunately, this city was built on the principle that there’s no such thing as guilt ‘do whatever you want, we won’t tell,’ so without a conscience there’s nothing to stop you from killing someone and evidently you don’t even have to feel bad about it,” Grissom explains in a grim tone and everyone shakes their heads. 

“In other news, I’ve been told to tell you guys some great news,” Grissom changes the subject. 

“Oh, what?” Nick asks in fascination. 

“You guys don’t have to worry about the two being painfully unaware anymore,” Grissom comments with a small smile while he waits for them to catch on. 

“No way! Greg and y/n are finally a thing!” Nick yells out and everyone chuckles. 

“That they are…” Grissom tells him in amusement with a smile on his face.

“Pay up, Warrick!” Nick shouts with a grin as Warrick shakes his head, sighing as he pulls out a twenty dollar bill from his pocket. 

Reader’s Pov:

Greg lays on the bed asleep now and I sit in my chair, reading my book. My phone goes off, signaling that I have a text message so I lay my book over my leg before reaching over to the table to grab it. I flip it open and see a notification from Sara. 

“Hey. I know earlier Greg was wanting real food. I was thinking of stopping by Roberto’s and getting him some. Would you like anything?” Her text reads and I smile, knowing it’ll definitely make Greg perk up. 

“Sure. You know both of our orders?” I quickly text her back. 

“Yup. I’ll see you soon then :),” she replies and I smile again. 

“See you soon :),” I finish off the text before setting my phone back face down on the table. 

I read for a little while longer and after a while I feel the need to go to the bathroom again, so I quietly close my book before pulling my hand slowly away from Greg’s hold. I leave a light kiss on his forehead before heading towards the opening of the room. 

“Where you going, Fruit Loop?” Greg asks, making me pause and turn around. 

“Don’t worry, Poohbear. I only need to go to the bathroom. I’ll be right back, go back to sleep,” I inform him, making him smile softly at me while giving a small ‘okay,’ and sinking down a bit more into his bed. 

Once I’m sure he’s good, I walk out of the room and pass the nurse's station. I stop by the counter, asking one of the nurses to just keep an eye out while I’m gone and she agrees. Glad someone will be watching over him, I finally walk over to the bathroom and go inside. I quickly finish up before washing my hands and walking back out. 

“Hey, you. You bitch!” A voice calls out and I’m taken back as I look up to see the young boy from Demitrius’ room coming up to me. 

“Yeah, you,” he confirms after I point at myself. 

“How can you be with that killer?” he asks me as he gets up in my face. 

“He’s not a killer,” I reply back with venom dripping from my tone. 

“Yes, he is. That son of a bitch killed my brother and you're okay with that?!” he shouts, pointing at my face. 

“It was self defense. Your brother was part of something he shouldn’t have been,” I continue to fight back and he growls. 

“My brother was a good man. He didn’t do what you and your stupid lover says he did!!” he yells back in my face. 

“The evidence shows different, it shows he went after him. If you think that’s a good man, I’m sorry to tell you, but you're delusional,” I fight back and his face gets even more red. 

“You’re going down with him, I swear it. You will both be brought down!” he screams in my face and I’m about to yell back at him, but a set of arms pick me up, pulling me away as I see Sara come around, holding him back. 

“Whoa. Whoa. Calm down. Y/n. Calm down,” a voice calls to me and I recognize Nick as the one who pulled me away, making me surrender. 

“Now if you don’t want to be arrested for assault I highly suggest you walk away,” Sara tells the boy, who only growls at her before pointing at me over her shoulder. 

“We’re not done here. You got lucky, bitch!” he threatens and Sara pushes him back away from her. 

“Hey. Did you not hear her? Just back off, man,” Warrick steps in next to Sara and firmly uses one hand to hold him back away from Sara and me by the chest. 

“We have an officer who won’t hesitate to put you behind bars for threatening her or us. You stay away from her, you hear me?” Sara tells him as she cuts off his view of me. 

“Whatever. All of you are lying so watch your backs,” he tells her along with Warrick before storming off as I slowly sink to the ground, my shock and adrenaline wearing off. 

“Hey. She okay?” Sara asks Nick as she turns and walks back to us. 

“I don’t know. Sweetheart, you okay?” Nick asks and I shake my head, tears welling up. 

“How can he not know what his brother was involved in?” I whisper out and Nick sighs, shaking his head. 

“Some people just don’t want to believe that the people they thought were good, people they looked up to, would ever do something bad,” Nick replies in sympathy as he rubs my hair back like a brother would. 

“On a different subject, we brought Roberto’s,” Sara sing-songs as she holds up a plastic bag full of the delicious Mexican food, making me smile. 

“Thank you all for stepping in like you did,” I give them all my appreciation and they share a look before smiling. 

“Anytime, y/n. We’re family,” Warrick says and the others hum in agreement. 

“Now. Let’s go see Greg. We’ve got news for you guys,” Sara adds on with a grin as she helps pull me up to my feet. 

Together we all walk towards his room and I pause a moment. Everyone stops and looks at me expectantly. 

“Hey. Guys, give us just a second together okay?” I hear Nick ask and they all nod before continuing to Greg’s room. 

“Hey. You okay? You seem shaken up still,” he asks before rubbing my arm and I sigh. 

“I think I’m okay…” I hesitantly reply and Nick gives me a look of disbelief. 

“Okay, no I’m not and I know Greg will be able to read that off of me. I don’t want him worried about me when he needs to focus on healing…” I rapidly explain as I start to breathe heavily. 

“Hey. Hey. It’s okay,” Nick tells me as he pulls me into a hug. 

“Here. Cry it out right now. I got you,” he continues as he rubs my head and I do just as he says. 

We stand there for a few minutes as he just holds me, letting me cry. Once I’ve calmed down a bit, I pull away and smile at him while wiping my eyes. 

“Thank you, Nicky. I needed that,” I give him my appreciation and he smiles softly. 

“Anytime, y/n. You're like my sister. I hate seeing you cry. Heck, I hate seeing any of us cry,” he admits sheepishly and I giggle. 

“Nick Stokes acting shy? I never thought I’d see the day,” I joke and he chuckles, shaking his head. 

“I do have feelings, ya know?” he jokes back with a shrug. 

“Huh, nah. I’m just messing with you Nicky. Thank you for comforting me,” I tell him and he smiles, shrugging. 

“It’s no big deal. I’d do it anytime. Now, get in there, I’m sure Greg is missing you,” he jokes some more and I giggle, nodding. 

“Ok. Come on. Let’s go then,” I reply and he smiles, nodding.  

Together we walk to the room and through the door. I smile as I see Greg laughing at something Warrick had said as Sara pulls out food, handing it to those who are eating. He turns to see us and he frowns when he sees me. 

“Hey. What happened, Fruit loop?” he asks and I curse how well he knows me. 

“Its nothing, pooh. Really, I’m fine,” I reply and he shakes his head. 

“No. Something’s wrong. You’ve been crying and I heard yelling. They won’t tell me, so would you, please?” he practically begs as he points to the rest of our team who look at me. 

I make eye contact with Sara and she shrugs, making me take a deep breath. I take a step forward and nervously rub at my arm. 

“Don’t get mad though, okay…” I start with a heavy sigh. 

“I won’t. You can tell me,” he promises as he gives me a sad look. 

“You know the young boy from Demitrius’ room, right?” I ask him and he nods. 

“He came up to me in the hall, he was saying some very harsh things and the team came in just in time to have my back,” I hesitantly explain and he frowns. 

“Are you okay?” is the first thing he asks me and I smile softly. 

“I’m still a little shaken, but I’ll be fine,” I answer him and he frowns harder even if that’s possible. 

“Come here,” he almost commands, holding his arms out and I shake my head as a smile slowly grows on my face. 

“Don’t have to ask me twice,” I comment in a cheeky tone before walking over to him. 

I sit down on the bed next to him and warmth quickly takes me over as he wraps his arm around me, making me cuddled into his side. 

To Be Continued...

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The Certified Pond Analysis of Scraptrap Voicelines

Because I haven’t talked about this rabbit’s voice lines as much as I should.

Buckle up. This is gonna get wordy.

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So, going in the order of this video, we have:

“I always come back!”

The most quoted Afton line. And understandably so. This is the man at his most triumphant, even with his.. questionable suit-repair choices. The emphasis on “always” as well as the moderately louder volume really sells that confident air Springtrap continues to have in FNAF AR. Though, as we’ll soon see, this is not the only emotion he feels as Scraptrap.

(Also, before we continue: This gives me the first point on the “I can hear the smile in his voice” scoreboard. It’s a surprise tool that should help us later.)

”Bittersweet, but fitting”

…And by “later”, I apparently mean now.

There may be a smirk at the end, but it’s not a strong one. The overall line read is much more reserved here. Maybe even somber, if I’m inferring correctly. The choice of words is interesting here too. Whoever’s the owner of the Pizza Sim building, he may not be as fond of jumpscaring them as one would think…

”What a deceptive calling! I knew it was a lie the moment I heard it— Obviously, but it is intriguing nonetheless…”

Ah, yes. The big monologue post-Salvage. Couple of things I noticed here that aren’t debatable lore implications:

(1) Man’s rushing through that second half for some reason. Don’t know if that was an editing error, an intentional line read, or Scraptrap trying to.. reason with himself? Sound smarter than he thinks he is? I dunno, something about the pacing is off here.

(2) Oh, hey, first line with a “snake hiss”! This isn’t a consistent trait with his lines, but it’s a key feature that I use to differentiate Springtrap and Scraptrap during voice impressions.

(3) This man puts so much emphasis on words sometimes. So much so that I can not only hear the smile near the end, but I can also feel the eye roll during “deceptive”. And PJ Heywood never voice acted before FNAF apparently? H u h.

Anyway, moving on before I start implying that Scrap-Trap might’ve been lured in by a newspaper or something…

“Fascinating! What they have become…”

Another point to the “I can hear the smile” board. We’re on three points now; three and a half if you count “Bittersweet”.

This one I’ve already brought up before, but the abridged analysis is: This guy (unlike Glitch-Trap in that one Security Breach trailer) actually compliments his.. uh.. teammates? Workmates? ..Just realized that the relationship dynamic between the Salvage Gang doesn’t have an official term. Bummer.

That aside, it’s genuinely interesting that he doesn’t diss them at all. You think he would given his reputation, but no. He just has this twisted sense of “oh wow they’re so cool”.

…Come to think of it, has he directly dissed somebody in the games specifically? I’m not even sure if the “Deceptive Calling” monologue or the AR Springtrap lines count. AR Springtrap tends to boast about himself more than put the player down and Scraptrap was having an ‘I’m smarter than that lol” moment.

If I’m right, then I think I may have found a proper difference between a pretend Mimic Afton and the real one. Huh.

“How can I resist a promise such as this?”

Getting back to the main topic, we’ve got a return for the snake hiss and the emphasis on certain words. Also, add another point to “I can hear the smile”— Except it’s more of a smug grin than a bizarre, wide-eyed look of wonder.

Not sure what that promise is post-jumpscare, but I do know that this has a chance to play during the office sections. So the promise is either Henry’s lure or seeing his son Mike one last time. I dunno, dude, it’s all vague to me.

”That was easier than I thought it would be…”

AKA The line that makes me wonder “Dude, you good?”

No seriously. The quick halt in-between the second and third word. The sudden choke that happens at the end. Like his voice just properly broke for the first time in ages. The overall somberness of it all. There is literally no smile here and I’ve checked. There may even be tears starting to well up, but I obviously can’t be sure.

It’s even implied that he thought he’d had a tougher time fighting the owner! He actually assumed he wouldn’t win this easily!

Something about this feels.. unnerving. He’s not supposed to sound this upset. At least, not usually. So what, pray tell, is going on with this voice line?? Why was this the take Scott used??

“You may not recognize me at first, but I assure you: It’s still me”

Well, that’s one more point for the “I can hear the smile” board. Also, I believe this is confirmation of that ‘Springtrap switched suits after FNAF 3’ theory? That’s what it sounds like, at least?

But, hey, at least Scrap-Trap is canonically aware of the sudden shift in appearance. Let’s hope his potential FNAF World 2 version isn’t as nervous about it as I assume FNAF 6 him would be… If he had access to the internet, of course.

Also, for the one person who may or may not care about this: He’s using contractions here. I think it’s been established that he only uses these at certain times, but I can’t remember where exactly I read that analysis. Anyway, he’s unafraid about “slipping up” at this point.

One more thing…

Compared to AR Springtrap, Scraptrap is much more.. casual in tone, if that’s the best way to put it. Much more low energy, though his antics are anything but.

Like, yes, he’s still coming for you if you keep letting ads play on your computer. But maybe he’ll let you live for a few seconds longer just so you could turn the ad off? He’s not in a rush, as far as I can tell.

Maybe that’s another reason why my brain jumps to Scraptrap more than Springtrap. If he wasn’t tied to this “attacking the guard” business, he could probably chill for a second and give advice on paperwork. Wouldn’t last for long, of course, but at least one could potentially die knowing that you drank coffee with a much more business-savvy Spring Bonnie… Grungy though he looks. Springtrap, on the other hand, wouldn’t give you the time of day.

TL;DR:

PJ Heywood put more nuance into this guy than even I was expecting. Big round of applause, genuinely.

[joker-daughter]

So, my friend sent this tiktok (I’m gonna reblog with the link) about Spider-Man, they were pointing out how Peter Parker's way snarkier and less of an innocent "teddy bear" in the comics. And that’s true (but tbh it’s not the only characterization of Comic!Peter atp but I digress) but when we’re talking about MCU Spider-Man we gotta be careful about Peter’s characterization and here’s why:

The movies aren't standalone-ish, like the Raimi or Webb movies could be; they're super tied into the whole MCU universe which totally shapes how Peter acts (no matter how much people want to deny this), albeit this is somewhat of an obvious fact, it needs to be said tho.

Think about Far From Home and No Way Home; they're basically part 1 and 2 of a bigger story happening over just a couple months. And all of it is kicking off after Endgame. Like I said, you can't ignore Peter's time in the Avengers movies; it's all part of his arc and important for understanding Peter's headspace. You have probably heard countless times that he's “written better” in Civil War, IW and Endgame but why’s that? And no, it’s not bc of the damn Russos; it’s because he’s not weighed down by immense trauma/stress yet. He's just locked in, quippy, and giving it his all to help hence why his “true” personality can shine through. But then IW happens, and boom; he's snapped away for five years, comes back to a messed up world, has to fight in this insane battle and Tony dies. No wonder he's not cracking jokes left and right in FFH. The guy's dealing with loss and way too much responsibility for a teenager, and all of these aspects get EVEN worse in NWH, hence why we see a very dark and angry Peter, and almost uncharacteristic side, in the last fight

This is where my theory comes in, and it has a lot to do with those deleted scenes from FFH and NWH. Take the To-Do List sequence from FFH; Peter's using his wit and tech to get his passport faster, selling his toys for cash, bantering with Mr. Delmar. He’s broke, smart and sassy; quite true to the comics basically. Then in NWH, there's that extended interrogation scene where he's snarky with the cops and more crime fighting where he interacts with citizens (also known as the deleted Harry scene lmao). These scenes scream comic-book Peter and are almost reminiscent of HoCo as well which we also know some love to call the more “accurate” movie out of the trilogy, but here's the kicker; these scenes didn't make it into the movies. Some of them are so short, like the interrogation bit, that cutting them for time just doesn’t make much sense to me. Also the To-Do List sequence includes that Iron Spider fight scene in a restaurant (pretty sure he’s taking out a gang there), the DVD version has fewer quips even than the extended version that was shown in theaters, and you can even tell that they edited them out; Peter's moving like he's talking, but there’s no sound. It's almost like this was done on purpose…👀 (I mean, duh…)

So, why cut all this stuff? Sure, runtime's a thing, and yeah, extended cuts are cash grabs, but I think there's more to it. My theory is that the whole trilogy wasn't about showing us the "true" Peter; the smart and therefore borderline arrogant hero we know from the comics. It was SOLELY about putting him through the wringer and showing his struggles. Those deleted scenes? They're like little hints of who Peter really is at his core, but Marvel and Sony held back on putting any emphasis on them so the focus could stay on the bs he’s going through. It also explains why some fans feel so overprotective of him and project this “cuddly” personality onto him; the guy in the tiktok is blaming Raimi’s version, which I also agree with but the MCU trilogy’s chosen narrative has also contributed to this. It's like they're saving the “full, comic-accurate” Peter for later; where he's finally past all this mess and can just be Spider-Man, quips and all. The last part of the NWH’s script also strongly suggests this: “Soars over the Rockefeller Christmas Tree with a newfound sense of freedom. Liberated from having to juggle two lives. Peter Parker is no more, but Spider-Man lives on…”

All of this is also why I think it’s unfair to judge MCU Spider-Man’s personality too much before this next movie comes out; it’s like in real life, you’d rather look at an adult version of a person to judge their character instead of the minor/teenage version of them. Especially when you know that that latter time of their life was filled with chaotic and horrific events that were also character defining for them.

I could be totally off, and I definitely don’t want to give Sony nor Marvel/Disney too much credit. They’re greedy mfers after all. But the way these deleted scenes consistently show a more “classic Peter” and how they're saved for special releases, feels very intentional in hindsight and again, I hate to admit this. Like they know fans eat this stuff up and it’s almost like they were dangling it over everyone’s heads like “we know this is accurate but you’ll have to wait a bit more to see it in its’ full glory :))”

Anyway, that's my take. Could it be a reach? Yes, absolute but one thing is definitely true; the trilogy was all about Peter growing up through insane challenges. And if it was possibly setting the stage for a future where we'll see him as a mature and more comic-accurate Spider-Man will be revealed when the next movie drops. Fingers crossed the writers and Destin respect the ending of NWH and have those deleted scenes at the back of their minds cause they're right there, most of us have seen them and most importantly; we liked what we saw.

[call-me-strega]

How to Become a Step-Dad: Lore

Edited: 10/16/2023

While I am currently in between writing chapters I thought I’d release a little bit of the lore that will be incorporated in the story or that I think is canon but might not get mentioned since the story is mostly Jason’s perspective.

What’s up with Jason?

So in this au Jason went through basically all his canon backstory and stuff already so that’s established and done with. Some smaller points that may or may not come up are things like his possession of the all-blades, his time on Nanda Parbat, Talia essentially adopting him, or his experience being Catatonic. Speaking of which, I have decided his resurrection came from his righteous anger combining with the ectoplasm in Gotham’s atmosphere, and he is essentially a revenant for the purposes of this story (he’s about a fourth ghost? Or maybe 3/4ths? 3/5ths? Idk yet).

He does already have a reputation in the Infinite Realms as “The Avenger” and “Son/Knight of Gotham” due both to the existence of city spirit Lady Gotham and the ghosts of people who’ve died in Gotham. He actually has a rabid fan club who want him to kill the Joker( if he became a ghost he’d be tried and banished to the nightmare realm).

I am also going to use “the pits are corrupted ectoplasm” trope in the story. However, they’re gonna be corrupted less in the sense of being straight-up poison and more in the sense of eating a weird mushroom with weird side effects (rage, slightly sentient/vocal core, white trauma streak)

As for his relationship with the Bat Family, we’ve moved to a point where everyone’s more or less made up. For Jason and Bruce specifically, they are now more civil. Their relationship is less “ What you’re doing is wrong and you have to stop.” vs “ I’m just doing what you won’t” and now it’s more “ I don’t fully approve of your decisions, but as long as you’re not killing people and coming home for dinner, I don’t care enough to nag you about it” vs “ You’re my dad and I love you. Plus actively killing people is no longer super necessary so I will give in but I still enjoy pissing you off”.

In terms of sibling relationships, Jason has like the cool older brother vibe but he’s actually the semi-responsible one that feeds you when you come over and makes you do homework and sleep properly. He’s still down for shenanigans but is low-key a mom friend. (Dick is not the “responsible one” he is a certified chaos gremlin. Not to say he can’t be responsible, he’s just not the one enforcing these things. He cares more about your social, emotional, and/or, mental state and would help you skip school to steal a penguin or go to ComiCon or smth if you said it was a “mental health day”). I think he has semi-regular hangouts with his siblings on a weekly basis.

I like to think that he and Damien did have a bit of interaction when they were both with the League so they do have a close bond there. He’s definitely apologized to Tim a bunch of times and they’re pretty close now they like scheming together, especially on how to annoy Bruce. Overall he’s largely made up and re-integrated with the family. It’s going to be mentioned later in the story that they resurrected his civilian identity as Jason Todd, so he can publicly be seen with his family and also to do work with the family.

This brings me to my next point of lore: that as Jason gains more control of Crime Alley, he focuses his efforts more into charity work. He’s helping the people get their education, get better access to healthcare, get better job opportunities, running soup kitchens, etc., and doing more humanitarian-focused work. He has got a pretty firm grip on crime and drugs so he’s shifting his focus more towards helping the people now. Even just being part of his gang can be helpful because he works with the Goonion (Goon Union) and offers good insurance plans and stuff. That’s part of the reason they resurrect his civilian identity is so that he can start working with/taking over the Wayne foundation.

What’s up with Danny and Ellie?

Okay so first things first in the story Danny is going to be the ghost prince (not king yet for a long while) and he acts as a junior member on the Council of Ancients who rule with Clockwork acting as his main regent. Meaning that Council + Danny make decisions and Clockwork is Danny’s ghost dad and is formal regent but mostly just handles things with help from the council. Essentially, after at least a couple thousand years Danny will be considered “of age” or eligible and take over the Infinite Realms; and after several billion he’ll become the ancient of space/reality and essentially become a god or primordial being of sorts. Also being of age is different than being an adult ghost. To be an adult ghost you need to have been a ghost for at least 20 years after your lifetime, unless you’re an eternal kid ghost like Youngblood or BoxLunch. So ghosts like Technus, the Box Ghost, and Lunch Lady are all adult ghosts. Whereas ghosts like Johnny 13, Kitty and maybe Ember either aren’t yet adult ghosts or became adult ghosts recently. Ellie ranks as princess and second-in-line, she’ll go through a similar process and eventually join the Council, become a diplomat, and/or rule as regent if/when Danny leaves the Ghost Zone. I’m gonna say all other afterlife’s and stuff are connected to the Zone and their respective leaders make up Phantom’s Court. (So basically he’s king and they are like the nobles). They all govern their own territories and Phantom handles any rouges or conflicts. When Ellie gets older she’ll move between realms on diplomatic missions to lighten some of Danny’s work. I haven’t decided what this means for anyone who is currently mortal and/or liminal. I might just have them live, fulfilling lives and pass away and move on to different afterlives. Or I might have them take places within the Phantom’s court or as advisors. And on the topic: Jazz, the Fenton parents, Sam, and Tucker are all fairly liminal, Jazz and the Dr.s Fenton a bit more than the other two. Everyone in Amity has a little bit of liminality, but not enough to affect their life spans or anything. Also, Vlad is still currently his usual, creepy, Frootloopy-self. But after screwing him over in this fic eventually, I want to have him arrested by the ghost police and spend several thousand years in ghost prison before he gets let out. Then he works on improving his relationships and post-redemption he’s going to be like that annoying, overbearing Uncle who tries to be cool and annoys you but ya don’t hate him. Another thing I wanted to go over is their obsessions. I wanna say the halfas all have dual obsessions bc it fits nicely with the half-and-half concept. Danny is protection and space. Ellie is freedom and family. Vlad is power and love. If I include Dark Danny he’ll be power and destruction and a reformed version would have control and safety.

As for his rouge gallery? Danny is able to help them find healthier outlets for their obsessions so they've become less of an issue. Now they kind of just act like Danny's annoying friends and/or extended family. The ones who were straight-up evil though are on indefinite time out in ghost prison though (e.g. Spectra and Freakshow). The gang still comes to visit him and Ellie from time to time though and he regularly sees them when he goes back to the realms for prince duties and stuff.

What’s up with Amity?

So after he turns 18, Danny decides to tell his parents about being Phantom. He’s legally an adult now and has been working toward getting emancipated anyways so he might as well. They took it like how I imagine slightly homophobic parents would react to learning their child was lgbt (side note: the Fentons are pro-lgbt. When Danny told them he was bi Jack said “Me too son!”, happy to have something to bond over). He tells them about the portal and becoming Phantom. They believe him and they are devastated and guilty.

In the next few weeks, they get into a couple arguments over them wanting to “fix” his ghost half. He blows up and tells them that by doing that they’d end up killing him and that Phantom is a part of who he is and they’ll just have to accept that. That night Danny leaves and with help from Sam stays in an apartment with Jazz near her college. He takes a two-year gap to get a handle of Infinite Realms and GIW stuff, plus doing a few small jobs to save up some money. Within that time the GIW gets taken down and the Fentons reach out bc their love for their children is stronger than their dislike of ghosts. Their relationship is still strained but getting better.

Dani also gets de-aged during that time and Danny decides to take care of her (partly for healing purposes and partly cause he wants to). His friends help forge documentation for her and he fights with Vlad over custody but ultimately wins and makes him pay child support. He’s saved up enough money and with a little help from Sam and Vlad gets an apartment in Gotham. He got a scholarship and is doing mostly online classes at Gotham University. He’s currently working part-time (I have not decided as what but I’m leaning toward mechanic). Vlad paid to have him enroll Ellie in Gotham Academy so she wouldn’t have to go to public school and Danny allowed it since it’d get her a better education. Ellie is going to start first grade in about 3 months since they moved to Gotham in June. (Just for reference, Damian is currently 12 and in seventh grade since I've decided not to move him up.)

Everyone in Amity knows about the discord between the Fenton's before Danny leaves. They don't necessarily know about Phantom though. Everyone kind of assumes Danny came out, fought with his parents then left. When some of them find out about Ellie another rumor circulates she was the topic of the fight. Regardless, the Fenton drama is kinda an open secret and most people sympathize with Danny. Whenever he comes back to town to visit a lot of people are really nice to him and Ellie, which he thought was weird until he learned what people thought was going on. Now he just takes advantage of their misunderstandings.

What's up with the GIW?

The GIW manages to get a hold of Ellie after Danny leaves Amity. When Vlad and Danny +Team Phantom find out they team up to rescue her. Danny also recruits people that he's met during his time away. For this mission, he recruits Constantine and Captain Marvel/Shazam. When the Fentons find out they want in too, almost as an apology gesture. They no longer want to try and "fix" Danny and are okay with Ellie's existence. They view her like family and want to help out. A lot of their views are still prejudiced but they're getting better, however, that's not the only thing straining their relationship. This is a step in the right direction though.

So they go in and infiltrate first in order to get Ellie out. Then they destroy the facilities behind them as they leave. Constantine and Captain Marvel then go back to the JL to work on getting to Anti-Ecto Acts repealed, something that is still in progress during the beginning of this fic. That's why they are gonna lay low while they’re in Gotham. The GIW attempted to experiment on Ellie while they had her but the containment unit they used destabilized her ectoplasm. She retains all her memory but is mentally and physically de-aged. Frostbite assesses her and says she needs to get extra ecto and to be near another halfa aura to help develop and stabilize her own systems. That leads to Vlad and Danny fighting over custody before Danny inevitably beats Vlad into the ground and walks away with custody and child support.

I think a full reveal about identities will happen after Danny gets confirmation that his existence is no longer illegal. It'll probably be after Jason asks him out but before he accepts because he wants Jason to know what he's getting into. Jason will probably be shocked but accept it relatively quickly. I haven't decided yet if I want him to live a mortal life with them and then die (either to move on or become a full ghost) or if I want him to be basically immortal like them and give him a position in the court.

~~~~ Find chapter one here

Chapter 2 now here

[scarlettmystery59]

S5 creelby imagines or theories? 👀

Oh god don’t get me started-

If Patty is in s5 as a proper character and not just as a mention I feel like the gang could somehow find her or maybe she’d find them, and we’d somehow end up with Patty and Henry seeing eachother as they are now with Henry as vecna and Patty all grown up, and Patty being absolutely horrified that Henry became everything he swore he wouldn’t.

If she sees him when he’s ‘Mr Whatsit’ she’d probably be so relieved that he was okay just to later find out that this little fantasy land he’s made is SO far from the truth and she’d probably be devistated yet again

I CANT WAIT FOR THEM TO BE SO TRAGIC AAAAAHEJEJHF I hope

(Anyway-)

Now if Patty isn’t in s5 and she’s only in it as a mention, I’d like to think it would go something like this

Henry talking to Holly trying to lure her somewhere or whatever he’s doing in the leaks (?) Holly is scared

Henry - “You know, Holly the Heroic. I used to know someone once, an old friend of mine Scarlett spider, he was a lot like you. He was the sidekick to.. someone who was very special to him, Miss Mystery…”

he trails off

Holly - “What happened?”

Henry - “Oh that story doesn’t have a happy ending I’m afraid..”

blah blah more scene stuff idk HAHA BUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT

I feel like we’d defo get a name drop if we don’t get her in it properly

Anyway yeah I think they are gonna be super tragic cus I love that and I can’t wait to make sad edits of them HAHAHAH

[marokra]

UHM. I would like to hear more abt purple child if u wanna share :3

hi i’m gonna preface this by saying this ask made me cry (/pos) it’s not that often that people ask abt my ocs and realizing that people like my stuff made me go bvbvbvbvbvbvbvwaaaaaaa.

ANYWAYS! emotional stuff over, gonna talk abt her!!!!

look if i’m being honest i threw all the backstory stuff into the polls so i’m not gonna elaborate much on that here bc i’ll sound like a broken record. however, i didn’t mention a lot of silly goofy fun facts and also the fact that she’s a victim of an oc x canon ship /silly

anyways!!! ramblings and associated art under the cut because this is gonna be LONG

- for starters!!! during the season 1 special, she wasn’t exactly deemed powerful enough to aid in the DBK takeover, so she mostly stayed behind and guarded the Flaming Foundry, making sure that no heroes or little thieves wandered in to take them down from the inside. this meant that MK and the gang hadn’t actually properly met her until the Great Wall Race, which caused MK and Mei go “what do you mean there’s another one???” and Tang was like “yeah she’s only mentioned in one legend, i’m not surprised you don’t know of her” said legend was her and Red Son’s birth. sad times

- she has been banned from wikipedia for editing her page to add info without sources one too many times

- her scar is actually from a sparring accident! red son burned her face bad and it rendered her practically blind in one eye, unable to open it. she’s researched all the healing magic she possibly could, but it never worked. partially because she doesn’t have much magic power, and partially because an injury like this is damn near irreversible. it was originally just an excuse for me to not have to draw her other eye but yknow the lore has to come from somewhere

- she suffers every day and for what. girlish whimsy/ref

- we’re getting to the yuri part now yeahhhhhhh!! i did mention that she ended up befriending mei during season 3 with the goal of taking the samadhi fire from her, except oops!!!! she’s starting to enjoy her company, seeing her as someone she genuinely cares about with her stupid jokes and annoyingly cute arrogance and sheer determination and willpower to save the people she cares about, she’s almost admirable with those eyes like stars and laugh that chimes like bells and disgusting optimism that makes Purple want to shut her up with a kiss whenever she says another one of her dumb hero speeches——oh crap those are not normal platonic feelings are they. nope nope nope shoving those in the box for later. to say Purple Child went through hell over this would be an understatement, but she’s fiiiiiiiiiiine. promise. it’s not like she’s absolutely terrified of letting her parents down by falling for someone they would surely disapprove of, even if she’s starting to work through her trauma. it all turns out ok tho. hopefully

- her & mei’s ship name is Grapes or Grapeshipping. this is cause of purple (well technically red. but they’re purple) n green grapes !!

- she writes as a hobby. she specializes in fantasy stuff inspired by ancient legends, but it’s a bit hard to do so if you’re a walking legend yourself and live in megapolis, china. in recent times she tried to publish a book under a different name but her publisher was immediately like “is this a modern slice of life story?” and needless to say the publishing office found themselves a victim of arson.

- her favorite food is pork wontons!

- she has a really bad problem with constantly feeling worthless and inadequate. this was caused almost entirely by her neglect from PIF and the shoes she has to fill of being the (technical) heir to the Demon Bull throne, yet not possessing the abilities worthy of the title of Crown Princess. if the demon bull family wasn’t basically immortal this would be more of a problem, but it still weighs on her.

- her ahoge is an actual, live flame. don’t touch it, you’ll get a second degree burn!

- Purple Child, compared to Red Son, seems to be the more… quiet out of the two. While Red Son was loudly proclaiming his plans, she was plotting to strike her enemies down in the shadows. She has always preferred to scope out the situation and act with caution rather than charging in headfirst.

- if she knew what kinning was, she’d kin franziska von karma ace attorney

i’m so sorry this got so long btw, i just get really excited when i get to talk bout my ocs ehheheh (and i’m sorry it took me a full day to answer i really wanted to draw some stuff for this)

[cartoonsoftheirtime]

About me and Boundaries

Hey gang! Making a separate post for information on myself and my boundaries, which will be linked in the pinned of course! So let’s get a fresh read on silly ol me

My name is Lemon, main @lemonmatronics, and I’m a 21 year old artist that’s been loving old cartoons lately!

I’m gender-fluid and use he/she, so please refer to me as such!

After the bs me and my friends have both dealt with in the CB fandom, I’m gonna be a bit more strict on my boundaries and blocking. Breaking these boundaries will of course lead to such, and I’m currently debating if I want to include them in every post or not. Though I feel mine are very standard anyways.

Obviously I don’t want any bigots here I feel like that’s self explanatory, though let’s be real no homophobe is gonna care about a DNI.

I do not want proshippers on this blog. Simple as that, please don’t follow or reblog my posts I’ll simply block you if I see you.

I have no idea if there’s a community here that endorses stuff like self harm and eds like there is on Twitter but if so please stay far away from me

I’ll be reopening anon asks for this blog change, like before I do not want any roleplay asks sent to me they’ll just be ignored. I’m also not taking art requests of any kind

Direct dms will stay closed for awhile still

I believe that’s all? I’ll edit later if not, if you have any questions send them my way

[maxbegone]

hello, hello, it's been a helluva week. it's going to be a tough one for personal reasons, but i hope the rest of your week is well. some good news: this is the last WIP snippet you will be getting from me. the apocalypse AU is finished, minus some editing and an epilogue, and will be out soon. in the meanwhile, enjoy this last sneak peek:

Apocalypse or not, Alex still fucking hates getting up early.

Especially when it involves getting hit in the face.

He groans, swatting his arms blindly as he tries to roll over, only to receive a pillow to the face again.

“Fuck, alright, I’m up!” He whines, snatching it from June, who’s standing next to his bed with a smile on her face. He stuffs the pillow into his lap and folds his arms over it so she can’t grab it again. “Can I help you?”

“It’s almost ten,” she tells him.

“So?”

“So. You’re on watch in an hour.”

He blinks at her, his brain still sluggish from sleep. “What’s today?”

“Tuesday.”

“I’m not on watch today.”

“Yes you are. We switched.”

“Uh, when did that happen exactly?”

“When I looked at the rotation chart and saw that I was on watch and then switched it because I didn’t want to do it.”

“What the hell, June!”

She laughs. “Hey! You owe me one! I cleaned the barn for you last week.”

“I was supposed to ride Olaya today and help Dad with some stuff.”

“You can ride Olaya later,” June tells him as she takes a seat on the edge of his bed. “And I’ll help Dad because I’m his favorite kid.”

Alex gives her a flat look. “His favorite kid is Nora.”

June nods in agreement and gives his legs a shove. “Get up.”

He flops back down dramatically. “You’re the worst, bug.”

“Love you, too. Now get your ass up.”

He does, only after he chucks the pillow at the back of her head while she’s retreating from the room. He gets dressed and shoves a baseball hat over his messy hair before heading downstairs to grab something for breakfast. He finds his mom standing at the counter reading with a half-eaten piece of toast in her hand.

“Hey, sugar,” she greets as he enters, smiling as she accepts a kiss on the cheek. “Glad to see you’re finally up. There are eggs for you by the stove.”

“You can thank June for that.” The eggs are lukewarm at best, having only been covered by another flipped-over plate, but they’re a welcome sight. He shovels a forkful into his mouth and takes the chair at the head of the table. “She chose violence this morning.”

Ellen barely looks up as she says, “Manners, baby,” and he swallows his bite before continuing.

“She switched our shifts, so now I’m taking watch.”

“I know, she told me.”

Alex gawks at her. “She did? And you let her?”

“What’s wrong? She said you agreed to it.”

“No! She swapped our names on the chart and then beat me up!”

Ellen laughs. “It’s not like you two haven’t done this before,” she says. “Besides, she’s already gone for the morning.”

Alex slumps back into his chair and rolls his eyes, stabbing at his eggs with his fork. “Couldn’t you make the executive decision to call her back here so she can do it instead? I had stuff I wanted to get done today.”

“How urgent is it?” She asks, and oh, okay. His mom and June are ganging up on him. Now he gets it.

He huffs.

She walks across the room and presses a kiss into his hair. “Watch is important. I’ll tell her she has to do your next scheduled shift as well as her own, but for now, it’s what you have to deal with today.”

“You think this is funny, don’t you?” He asks, angling his head to look at her, and she gives him a wink.

“A little.”

“I thought you were in charge of this house or something.”

“It’s a team effort and you know it,” she tells him pointedly, and Alex just finds himself accepting defeat.

He quickly eats the rest of his breakfast and takes an apple to throw in his bag for later. “I’m gonna load up and head over.”

“Alright, darlin’, be safe.”

“Oh, you know me.”

[yaspup9000]

Ice Age 1-3 and it's themes of Kinship, made family and found family

Okay, I know what you all are thinking, "why am I talking about some 2000s animated funny talking animal movie?" Well Many reasons actually, 1. I'm bored as heck and 2. I've wanted to talk about the ice age series for a while now. And yes I am aware that with the later films is most definitely not good. mainly ice age 4-5 along with the Buck wild spin-off and the Ice Age Christmas special (which still to this day doesn't make a lick of sense to me) But anyways before Ice Age became the joke it is now, I'm gonna tell you how the Ice Age series should have ended with the third film. And Why the third film could have been the perfect conclusion to the other main characters' stories. (and yes there are some things in the third film that could of been fixed of course, I'm not saying the film is on pare with Citizen Cain nor Sherk of all things, yet I want people to at least understand how under appreciated the actual story of ice age really is. That is the story of Lost and Found family.

Let's Recap! In the first film, Manny a lone mammoth is a loner and doesn't trust others due to his traumatic past, however, due to accidentally befriending a Sloth name Sid, a sabertooth cat Diego along with helping a human baby find his own family while also finding a form of community with themselves. Basically, your classic gang of misfits trying to help a lost child type of deal. 2nd film is about escaping a flood and along with Manny worried about being the last mammoth on earth then meeting another Mammoth named Ellie, who was raised by possums. The third and film is about Ellie and Manny having a kid. oh yea and there's a dino world underground. Just basically summing up the three films without being extremely cluttered since I have lots to talk about when it comes to Ice Age's themes. well, mainly the three films themes along with the growth of Manny as a character along with Ellie's charater.

Basically what I’m try to get at here is that these characters had a lot in common, they all were left behind and or was abandoned in some way and then at the end had found each other and made their own family. Which within all three films perfectly concludes to their character and such!

But of course, due to wanting to milk everything, they just don’t want the movies to end so they just keep making movies that just doesn’t fit it’s original premise and also just giving every character love interests because of course

(Hey me editing this I’ve post this on accident cuz I was trying to post something else but anyways have this old wip of a post I’ve made awhile back that I forgot)

[mercymermaid]

oh boy shadows of agony was a wild wild ride

here’s my insanely long live reaction

warning: spoilers

OKAY SHADOWS OF AGONY

SAW THE COMMENTS

ONLY PNE COMMENT

BUT MARK CAMEOOO

APAPRENTLY

afton sweetie i think the guy is dead

oh! i see!

ykw won’t judge everyone needs a helping hand sometimes

oh a bomb

down goes freddy fazbear’s

YEAHHH MARK ‼️

someone get bonnie his sprinkles

what is he doing 💀

is he gonna sing some emo song about “wow look at what i’ve become goddamn i hate life ilove life” because that’s what this scene is looking like

IS HE SLICING OFF HIS OWN HANDS?

HUH

HELLO

AGONY YEAH VERY

oh yeah no explanation thanks

IS THAT NATEWANTSTOBATTLE 😱

BRO THEY GOT THE WHOLE GANG UP IN HEREEEE

YEAH NATEEEE

chew on that pizza hut

and then he drops it

foxy you dumb bitch where are you going

OH HE DID SLICE OFF HIS OWN HANDS

WTF 💀

WHY

GOOD LORD WHY

I WISH WE HAD THE EMO SONG INSTEAD

how are you gonna edit out the messy parts without hands

also that is not matpat’s voice hello

WAIT DID THEY LET BABY OUT

WOOHOOOO

YEAHHH BABY BOSS FIGHT

wait

hold on

hold on

so if

in the fnaf musical

which comes after this whole fucking mess

he has hands

whose hands is he using

WAIT.

im thinking too hard about this

he either stole the inspector’s hands and connected them to his own, so when he’s taken in for interrogation if anything, his fingerprints are different than the ones that killed the inspector

but he’s wearing gloves??

did he get prosthetics later on or did they just not plan ahead

did he get so emo he decided to take his own hands

good lord

oh that is not matpat’s voice 💀

“who left all this garbage in my office?” glitchtrap: 🧍

“two miserable monsters” kys glitchtrap

“what are you?!” funny that both times he’s yelled this phrase (og musical and agony) he’s being assaulted by a psycho rabbit

WHY IS GLITCHTRAP KILLING AFTON HELPPP

WHAT DID BRO DO TO YOU HE LITERALLY MADE YOU

“you’re not william afton”

huh

glitchtrap is your memory ass

or have we been trolled this entire fucking time

hollddddddd onnnnnnn

YEAH GO BABY

how is bro gonna use a chainsaw while lacking hands

HE’S SO FUCKING HILARIOUSLY PATHETIC HELPPPPPPPPPPP

this is why we don’t cut off our hands chat 🥰

the tech’s face of :O right before being whacked is golden

“he has too much to hide” so this IS william afton?

what if this is michael afton

and all this time michael just went “oh yeah killing people? family business, dream career”

but

elizabeth

she’s william’s niece

and called him william in web of lies

and everyone else calls him william afton

did william die and michael coincidentally looked enough like him to take his identity?

NO MORE CRYING ONLY CHAOS

GOOOO SWEETIEEEEE

the glowing eyes still have me gagged

are we sure we wanna do this ☝️🤓

im sorry im being mean

bring back non voiced-over scenes

bb being used as bait :(

YEAH GO LIZZIE

can’t wait to see the blooper reel for this tbh

oh sorry *lizzY

oh and then not-voiced-over?

pick a type random encounters please

vanny!

*vanne!

magic scissors and chair is crazy

INVISIBLE VANNYYYY

“everyone is my enemy” okay edgelord

okay so vanny does not like glitchtrap

who would’ve thunk it

“escaped?!? ?!?” web of lies: 👁️👄👁️

therapytrap

HELPPPP SHE’S SO GUILTY

OHHH

or she doesn’t remember a thing from web of lies somehow

the actor change doesn’t symbolize a new character bc she escaped through the window

so she’s quoting afton as a cute little callback orrrrr they both know lizzy let him escape (in that case vanny would be beating her ass nvm)

probably a callback

okay so i’m just dumb

yeah she regrets the entirety of web of lies

lizzy is an icon

YESS GIRLBOSS VANNY ILYYYYYYY

“not if i get into his head” YES EAT EAT EAT OUGHHHHJJJ YESSIRRRRR

or

is she manipulating lizzy

bc we all saw what happened in monster in your head

unless that was vanny being manipulated by glitchtrap and now she’s repaying the favor

why is this so fnaf lore core

what is he pondering so heavily about

she doesn’t even care that she killed eggs 😭 she’s here for her silly robots

i love how animated and expressive glitchtrap is

is this all a joke to you

icon

“fear is like a hammer. with a hammer and a couple nails, you can build an empire, or pry away the pieces that just won’t fit. the nails don’t know what they’re making, whether it’s good or bad, they only know the weight of the hammer.”

okay i hate to say it but that line ate

“i’m a results-oriented kind of guy” oh fuck off

a twisted bear monster

bear?

as in afton’s suit?

toxic grudge with the humans

bro who did what to you glitchtrap

glitch maybe you were entrapped bc your shitty therapy made things worse idk tho

NO VANNNYYYY

also SONGGG TIMEEEE

VAMMY GLOTCHTRAP DUETTTTT

OHHHH THIS SONG SLAPSSSS

BUNNY BOSS FIGJT

OUGHHHHHHJHH THIS SOMG GOES HARDDDDDD

NO VANNY

okay op

famous last words glitchtrap

NO

VANNY

DID HE JUST FUCKING KILL HER

ASSHOLE ASSHOLE ASSHOLE ASSHOLE

BTDKUGDIUOGEROHITEBNOL

lizzy get his ass please

DAMN

THAT IS NOT A FUN CLIFFHANGER

okay that’s an interesting installment

how do i feel about that

[pwblogarchive]

January 2006

January 2, 2006

It was strange being outside of chicago on new years. If anyone remembers our apartment shows.

But the confetti was pretty and I think a girl from miss seventeen tried to kiss me on the mouth but kind of missed. Oh yeah and apparantly andrew john hurley is a dreamboat. Check the scoreboard. Tommorrow letterman and then I’m gonna buy some more heinous gear. Do you love it when I wear clashing colors as much as I do?

And why didn’t anyone tell me how amazing the movie the squid and the whale is? I told you about panic…

Over and way the fuck out.

xoxo

January 4, 2006

my top ten (er top seven) of 2005 - no records included.

bonnie dillard - she is always around to tell me how wack i am - she uses the the word "totes" and "just sayin" way too much - and actually types them! she named her dog roxie wentz and she has given me exactly two compliments in my entire life - one of which was on an outfit that she picked out for me. but she pretty much is the glue for clandestine and sometimes pete wentz. editor of filthy magazine.

nick scimeca - this kid makes the craziest faces i have ever seen in my entire life. the first time i met him we got in a snowball fight. pretty much we are in this gang together forever. he does infect, foe, and some clandestine stuff. pretty much whenever i am bummed i can call him up on the phone and hell tell me some hilarious story.

demar hamilton - i have pulled this kids underwear off every time he is around me and totally wasted. its awesome. he also has a dog living in his basement that looks like a 100 yearold teddy ruxpin. oh yeah, his band is rad.

leslie simon - me and her talk about our crushes all the time. we have a mutual love for the music of ashlee simpson and kelly clarkson. when i tell her insane stories i dont even have to say "off the record" she pretty much knows. she thinks of bright eyes and fob in the same way which blows my little mind. she is editting rainy day kids. oh yeah and writing a book about boys in tight jeans that wear eyeliner as far as i can tell but its pretty hush hush.

jonathon cecil miller/dirty - pretty much this kid is made of snakes, snails and puppy dog tails. i have nothing else to say but he is the new pauly shore - even if he always punches me for saying that. pretty much he looks like a cheeseburger with toothpicks for legs but i wouldnt trade him for the world. pretty much he is the best kid ever.

jim sevcik (or however you spell it) - this is the guy who goes and digs the little youth medium shirts out of tiny boxes in the 100 plus degrees on warped tour or freezing temp on NFT - and then takes the money out of your paws. he is definitely most underrated.

andrew simon/buck - when on the westcoast these guys function as my mother. they take us out to dinner, help me find a house or apartment, look up movie times, get screenings, help me find tours, starbucks, have the cutest baby on the planet, oh yeah and they even book shows every once in awhile.

oh well i ran out of steam. ill finish later. pretty much people that i hang out with every single day are not included on this - you know who you are.

- petey

1/04/06 Q&A

question

Pete, I really need some advice. I was a virgin until I slept with this guy. I didnt tell him I was a virgin until 2hrs. after we finished nad I told him online. Then I started freaking out because I was scared I had screwed everything up between us, which I think only made everything worse. this all happen yesterday. Did I screw everything up?

answer

the best part about when things like this happen is that eventually they become the past- if you really like this guy you could probably explain yourself to him- how you just got scared and were nervous to tell him certain things. if he is worth it, i am sure he will take the time to listen and tell you how he feels too. and if he doesn’t give you the time to do that, than he isn’t worth it anyway. you can be through with the past but that past isnt always through with you.

question

Pette what type of bass do you have?

answer

fender just made me my own- its pretty rad- red and black- super light maple neck- customized electronics and pick-ups- check out a picture of it over at: www.clandestine.buzznet.com - they say they are gonna make a real cheap version of it for people to learn on

question

the background on the site finally changed. who does that?

answer

it changes with mother nature.

question

Do you have any scars. Not like emotional scars (you can include them if you wish) but good-story-scars. Like stuff involving armadillos or something interesting like that.

answer

ive got this amazing one down the palm of my hand from when me and robby windgator (sp) climbed a fence in his back yard and my hand got stuck on a nail. it slid down the entire length of my hand- i was like 8. i have two on my right hand from when i fought a car the week before the VMAs. trust me i definitely beat the car up.

January 6, 2006 

notes on black clouds and underdogs - see also: cast all your fears away:

1. tickets will not be 50 dollars. haters are spreading this on the internet. if you buy your ticket ahead of time (not through some wack broker or on ebay or from a scalper)- average ticket price will be between 23-28 dollars - not going over 35 anywhere. we picked the venues based on how cheap we could get them.

2. the bands- we didn't want to have a tour where you had to see five bands that sounded exactly like fob. we went for variety. all of the bands are really nice guys as well. there will be special guests through out the tour and some suprises to make each show more exciting.

3. this is going to be fob's biggest show ever. we will be playing our longest set and will be including some special secrets.

4. did you expect us to just dump the dates in your laps? we are nerdy and weird and different. so we created a game. we thought it would be fun. the points will be weighted so a small town will have the same chance as a huge city to win a small suprise show. we want to play in front of kids that are excited and we know this is a chance to do this. there will still be other secret shows randomly happening.

5. close your eyes and just click. youve got it. dont worry just come out. andy will be running a kissing booth - it will be a blast.

more later.

January 6, 2006 

8:11 pm

i am just a hot mess. i woke up to the feeling of myself throwing up today. pretty much put a damper on the entire day. i ate about 50 stomach pills and then threw them all up- it was a pretty color in the toilet. my toungue is black on the top right now. i am pretty sure thats a bad thing. i watched way too much gastinaeu (however you spell it) girls today. i think it made me sicker. it took me awhile to realize that they were mother and daughter and not sisters- but the mom is kinda hot in pissy kind of way. my mom is out of town so there was noone here to take care of me- my brother was around but hes pretty much always bongzilla'd. so i waited for back-up caretakers to arrive- one of them was busy cutting hair and the other has like a "real" job besides being dad. the best part about vomitting alone in the morning is the way the bathroom tiles feel kinda cool in a pleasant way so i took a nap there for a bit. i want to see hostel tonight but the problem is all the vomitting- see its not that i mind so much its just what if i run into someone in my sicky gear and puke on them? wow. i am glad i did this update. arent you? im gonna leave the comments open cause i never do- just write down the first thing that comes into your mind when you see that reply button- heres mine: i am just a hot mess. 

January 6, 2006

I have to say it makes me feel safe and some kind of comfort to look at the clock in the corner of the screen and know that you are awake too.

posted by: peterpumpkineater

1/12/06 Q&A

question

whats your view/opinion on racism?

answer

i love it. i mean what opinion would i have other than it is terrible. i hope thats what you expected.

question

So Pete, I have been wanting to learn how to play bass for a long time. Any idea when that HOT Clandestine bass will be available for the public? Thanks.

answer

its going to be available as a fender squire some time in the (near i hope) future. squire is fenders cheapest bass line - very affordable and a good bass to learn how to play on.

question

college dropout or late registration?

answer

“highschool graduate” its the mixtape he put out awhile ago- its pretty sweet.

question

okay crazy dream last night.. you [pete] and me making out after a show in a bed? yeah just thought id share.

answer

im pretty gross after a show. itd be better to just highfive i think.

question

pete. please stop licking the shoes of the island CEOs. i am getting really tired of turning on a tv and seeing a commercial for you guys playing at the fucking arena or a WHOS NEXT IN MUSIC? PANIC AT THE DISCO and THE ACADEMY IS mtv shit which was was totally all your -for lack of better word- fault. sometimes i think it cant get any worse but im always wrong. when is this going to end pete?!?!?!?

answer

i am kind of confused by this one- we are on island defjam records but the advertisements for our tour were made by our booking agent not island. academy is on atlantic/fueled by ramen and P!atd are on decaydance neither of those are island related. but i think i understand the gist of what you are trying to say. i understand that its hard to feel like you are losing a band you loved to “the mainstream” or to a bigger media. i want you to know how much fob turns down because we dont believe in it or agree with it- at the same time would you rather see the academy is on trl or limp bizkit?- id rather see sincere music up there. anyway, i know we’ll all still be here after this ends. hope you are there with us.

question

Peter do you ever get mad at us?

answer

sure. just the same way you sometimes get mad at me/us- but thats okay. neither of us ever seem to stay mad very long…

question

choose one: paramore. cartel. the academy is. or acceptance.

answer

the academy is. i dont really know the others too well.

question

Petey, what have you been up to this past week? xo

answer

training for the new video and working on/editting release the bats two (http://www.findthescene.com/Videos/RTB2_Trailer.mov)… oh yeah and sleeping some.

question

So what do you think of Brokeback Mountain?

answer

good love story. kind of depressing- it makes me think about how much i do not want to go camping.

question

ryan seacrest called you “heartbreaker wentz.” how does that make you feel? it made me giggle…

answer

i never broke that mofos heart.

question

I was wondering if any of you guys are superstitious

answer

i kiss clocks, make wishes on take offs and first kisses, hold my breath on graveyards - yes.

question

Im really upset because i have friends who like me have been FOB fans for the longest time and have met you guys numerous times but are really angry about the ticket prices and are complaining your just sell outs. Im mad because i dont think this and now they are boycotting your CT show.You guys were bound to get famous so why do people have to get like this? Whats you opinion on all this?

answer

our primary concern with this tour is: having a huge general admission floor space and keeping ticket prices as low as absolutely possible. we are doing our best- if you compare this tour with other tours with bands of the same size you will see the difference in ticket price.

question

so much for teh huge general floor space. i cant get decent tickets.

answer

if you get tickets early you should have no problem getting floor tickets. ask your broker when they will be releasing floor tickets as they are often released in bunches. i promise you every venue we are playing has a huge floor space- and if not me and my friends always used to just sneak down onto the floor. the security never tries to hard to stop you.

question

Have you ever had sex with a groupie?

answer

nope.

question

So after they finish the tour that they are on now Mest is breaking up. I sort of cant believe it but I was wondering - do you guys plan on sticking with us for a while longer? It is actually pretty hard to deal with bands just stopping for good…so I am hoping that you guys can be there with us for at least a while longer. Much love.

answer

honestly? some days i think fall out boy will be around for 20 more years and some days i think it might end tommorrow.

January 13, 2006 

first jt. now mr. frey. i fear that we are next.

it may just be the hour of the night or the song stuck in my head or some strange mix of it all.

i can't shake it. 

the chemists called it crossed signals.

the poets called it magical.

nowyousayimabird.

- petey

January 14, 2006 

i love how i never care about anything you say except how i always do.

that doesn't even make any sense.

late at night everything about you is an orchestra. and i am the conducter.

January 14, 2006 

4:14 pm 

"noones ever been this good for this long"

this is everything i am thinking right now with out transition. i apologize for my brains lack of linear thought processing: i hate the way it gets dark so early here this time of year. i guess "seasonal depression" kind of falls under "ADD" and "post tramatic whatever disorder" for me. i feel like its science from the madhatter down the rabbit hole. not too real. but lately i just wake up blue - my only thought is- how soon will the day be over so i can get back into bed. i open my eyes just a tiny bit and blur the numbers on the clock with my eyelashes. every word you say rolls off of my back - the praises and the barbs. i don't hear either, ever. sometimes the tips of my fingers itch from the back of my head- just to get the chance to tear someone to pieces and just barely let them off the hook. i swear to god, i was asleep alone. quick text me an alibi and oh god please don't dust the keyboard for prints. sometimes i stare out of the frosted window and make up stories as people walk by. the bottled blonde, park ave. princess walking whichever dog matches her coat. you know how i could turn your world upsidedown. its not love if a day goes by when you don't think about dropping it. its not the world keeping you on the outside, its you not wanting to be on the inside. everyone wants to be the first. buts its okay to be the second if you understand it better, if you make it look prettier. worn down doesn't even touch this. and theres nothing worse than when someone acts like they have you figured out, when you haven't even figured yourself out. nice boys don't write good stories or sing good songs. and his songs are boring. and his stories are just personal ads set to background music. i found the skeleton key for wedlock but i am holding off on telling her. on telling anyone for that matter. consistent inconsistency. thats all you ever have to remember and you'll do okay with me. dancers are always strippers. and paying their way through college is the BE VE. oh and hey pete do you remember the way the world used to trick you with fifty degrees in january and orange leaves in june? button your jacket tight, don't believe everything you read... don't even believe everything you wrote. i'm tired of always leaving. i'm tired of the way things always/never change. swim upstream until your gills bleed just because thats what genetic encoding commands. there aren't any trophies that are really worth it in the end. they can put you in a box when you are very young, so you'll be a pretty corpse but there are too many pages filled with too many words to lie beside you forever. intelligent design is the last great joke i heard. but honestly, no one will ever stay where i tell them, least of all the years. they keep moving. worlds greatest liar and how do you know i'm not lying when i tell you this right now? and thats coming from the king of one-liners. copy and pasted - long live the away message. kiss the monitor. fast asleep baby.

1/16/06 Q&A

question

Thanks for deleting me off your myspace friends. Youre different than who I thought you were Peter.. : (

answer

i do not have nor ever had a myspace account… the only sites outside of this one that i use are friendsorenemies.com and livejournal. fall out boy has a myspace account but i dont even know how to work it.

question

PETER! maybe that got your attention this time :)! My question, Did your parents or siblings ever say your “stupid” or “gay” for wearing girl pants, or tight shirts..because i go threw alot of crap for wearing tight clothing and i go to a city school so either its gangsters, or me left out..please help me with gettin threw this..Also cant wait to see you guys in Hersey!

answer

kanye west wears pink polos. rob halford wears black tshirts. not that any of it matters. but how you dress should only be an amplification of who you are inside, it should not be all you are… i get teased about alot of things but you know, at the end of the day its okay to be me. im pretty sure its okay to be you too, as long as you arent like hitler or a serial killer or something insane.

January 18, 2006 

these pictures make me think of me and you before i got so crazy.

the hippo lost its momma in the tsunami. now the he hangs out with this super old turtle and follows it around. from what i've read they have developed their own form of communication.

this is insane.

these parts of life are amazing.

i will try and not forget them next time.

- petey

January 18, 2006 

the band is in chicago preparing their new homes to be moved into. mine is still in my parents cause i am a loser like that: see also why i am hanging in nyc by myself. but ive got some schemes that i am working on.

how i have been (barely) living: the hippo and the turtle, hanging out with minkus from boy meets world in north carolina, going to the mtv studios in nyc to see baby bros all growed up on trl, eating every single thing in this hotel minibar, writing, you. writing you.

- petey

January 19th, 2006 

1:55 am 

wahahahahaha. i laughed for like a million hours at the shittalking over at: www.friendsorenemies.com its way fun to see your friends make fun of you. it keeps you levelheaded. it has gone live.

January 19, 2006 

yesyesyes-ya'll. newyorkcity. hung with patd and tai backstage at TRL and tried to make them unnervous. but i was butterflies inside. but they couldnt ever let me down. the rest of the day was spent listening to the new gymclassheroes songs and working on the new video. the gch songs are insane: i can't describe them "we gotta take our clothes off to have a good time". insane. new octfall: youve probably never met these kids but they are the nicest. always calling and asking how im doing. then the hush sound: all i can say is "sweet tangerine"- 6 months from now, you will agree with me. anyway, this isn't just some preachy post. i just love watching my friends suceed and i will believe in them until the day i die. its so great to watch everyone grow up. hopefully, somewhere someone says that about me.

we contributed a song to the breast cancer one tree hill episode/compilation. we just thought it was a great cause and couldn't pass it up. we actually thought it was a really personal cause to alot of people involved so i wanted to give a really personal song to me, so we used "dark alley".

its late and alot of the things i have been working on and thnking have stalled out. but i am trying oh so hard. got some smaller shows coming up in las vegas and l.a. for the diehards so keep your eyes out.

i am in new york city but it feels so fucking foreign. the band is in chicago but there is too much to be done out here. i know there needs to be breaks but i cant get away. maybe ill see you on fuse or trl tommorrow. maybe not cause it'll be weird with out the guys- i dunno. this hotel room doesn't make any sense. my lights are on and i am in bed knowing i will never fall asleep. i am realizing people in all the buildings outside i can see lit up can probably see in here on me. but thats okay cause i am wearing some sweet pj's.

wwwilliambecketdotlove

turn me inside out.

swoon. make me easy on the eyes. it aint hard in this light. read it. write it. throw it away and come back to the phone. light up text king.

oh yeah a little bird named mouth told me: friendsorenemies.com is up - my profile is actually me over there ... yay! let's hate eachother and/or get sexy.

January 20, 2006 

dear ireland- thank you for your pretty accents and your amazing show.

dear home- i miss you

dear you- what the fuck happened to this

a real update later.

the whole world loves it when you dont get down.

January 21, 2006 

12:17 pm 

i hate you and i hope you die. yes. i realize that you will make fun of me/take stabs at me/post ridiculous pictures of me. i realize that because of this band i have given up some of my privacy and personal life. i accept that. i can laugh at myself. i realize i will get called a douchbag. i get what i get. i have begun reading things about my friends and family. that i will not accept. i read things written by people who kiss my ass to my face. i remember who you are. fuck you. bring it on me. please leave my friends and family alone. it is extremely hurtful to me. if anyone is a friend of mine out there please tell your friends. i on the otherhand am open game. i have a good laugh at all of the stuff written about me. i am silly, i realize that. thank you. 

peter

January 24, 2006

I am an arms dealer.

I sell words you could only use as weapons.

This isn't a scene it is an arms race.

I am a con artist.

A door to door salesman.

A snake oil seller. Cures for whatever ails you.

Somehow I don't hear the violins playing.

Not really the leading man type.

I am a cadaver deep frozen. Waiting for reanimation to beinvented.

Wrote "fuckoff" on my hand to remind me to call you tommorrow morning.

What do you do when everything they say about you is true?

Do you expect me to just roll over and die?

My skin has made promises.

Whether the rest of me has or not.

Writing off tommorrows every time my fingers touch these buttons.

Putting all the comforts and closeness in reverse just for you.

I think its time to re-asses some of the policies of the wentz administration.

Our approval rating is at an all time low.

In case you haven't been informed you have to take a ticket to be disappointed by me.

There's a fucking line.

Well have some goddamned order.

Its a posh and exclusive club.

I have a lifetime membership.

Make it glamorous.

Make the rumors true.

Read the sign next to the bridge "giveupallhope..." and just tie down the gas pedal.

Lie in the back.

Haven't you heard, sorrow is in.

You are the beaches of normandy the night before.

And a girl with such a sweet drink should never sit in the corner and cry about anyone or anything.

The kids on the net had it right sometimes we should fuck off and die and break up and stop ruining art.

But the kids had it right sometimes when they sit waiting in line with hands frozen out waiting to get into a room first.

The only thing I can admit is this is no masterplan. I'm trying to figure it out.

"Without the sour the sweet wouldn't taste so sweet (tangerine)".

Its 3am in leeds. This is what just crossed my mind.

Love, the fancy kid.

January 26, 2006

live via manchester holiday inn express:

first and foremost. these shows have been amazing. i think it is quite possibly because we don’t get over here often or maybe because we are playing smaller clubs… but i am thinking we need to make a stop over here more often.

i wanted to congratulate p!atd the disco on making it to number 10 on the TRL countdown. and i just wanted to put this out there: there is no way it was paid to happen. of all the bands on “new bands week” panic was the only that didn’t put up big pushes to have the video voted on. if anything this band wants to do things their own way. hence picking the song they did for the single- that was the bands choice and in my opinion they have songs on the record that could easily be bigger. it was also the bands choice to create a darker video…. as a label i can tell you that we definitely don’t have the money to spend on a “big budget” video right now- not to mention having any left over for anything else- you’d laugh if you saw the budgets we filmed the new panic and gch videos on. but i couldn’t say enough about how nice these kids are- they don’t even get how big their band is and thats a good thing… i personally would rather see great bands on the forefront of music… and yes there are lots of other bands that deserve to make it there as well- so maybe on our messageboard tell me about some great (unsigned) bands that we should check out.

other than that we’ve just been writing new songs and working on the new video. pretty soon its going to become time focus all attention on a new fall out boy record again.

got some big news for you coming up very soon…

peter lewis kingston wentz

ps 'hater dudes marry hater bitches and have hater kids’

1/26/06 Q&A

question

hey, what kind of books are you and the rest of Fall Out Boy into? p.s. tell patrick he is spectacular

answer

andy is into comics and books on anthropology/human civilization i dunno what books joe reads patrick is into reading about music i am into a bunch of different authors lately hemingway still. before he went and hung out in africa. i haven’t been reading as much as id like lately. ps the book panic has in their book club this month is a great book. its the first thing i gave ryan after reading his lyrics, it kind of reminded me of him- so if you like panics lyrics head on over and check out their book club

question

do you watch that show roseanne on nick at night. i love that show!

answer

me and my friends used to hang out with becky in evanston, il in highschool. she was not to fond of me or my friend jody.

question

ok i know this is nobodys business but yours but there is alot of stuff going around on the boards saying that the big news is your engaged just to get things straight is that it? because those people are starting to annoy me….

answer

me being engaged is most definitely not the big news.

question

in the song calm before the on take this to your grave, there is a line that says :Well theres a song on the radio that says lets get this party started, lets get this party started. did you write that line because of the song by pink called lets get this party started. just curious.

answer

yes.

question

Hey Pete. My grandma is dying (and she doesnt care) and I for real dont feel anything towards her. My mom is seriously upset, my dad is just about the same and my sisters dont know. I am suppose to tell them but how do I do that when my grandma wasnt a grandma for me but for them she was a great lady? I just want this done and over because I am kind of tired of waiting for her to die since she has been making suicide references for the past two years.

answer

that is one of the hardest places to ever be in. i remember seeing thoughts of my grandfather in my head when he died i was on tour. and i couldnt really feel sad unless i thought of it as my dad and it really freaked me out. it made me feel like i wanted to see my dad right that second. id be completely lost with out him. i think that people handle grief in different ways and the best thing we can do is try to be there for them. im sorry to hear about that though.

1/30/06 

question

my roommates and i almost got into a brawl at 4am with some drunk kids who wanted to fight us because we did not appreciate the hint of lime in their tostitos. is it just me, or is your life this ridiculous as well?

answer

it is . we were thrown out of another fob afterparty after nearly fighting the staff who was berating dirty.

question

Peter, I just got the “Panic! At The Disco” cd and I love it! could you recomened any others?

answer

the hushsound “so sudden” - myspace.com/thehushsound october fall “season of…” myspace.com/octoberfall dangerradio “party foul” myspace.com/dangerfall the academy is “almost here” myspace.com/theacademyis armor for sleep “all” myspace.com/armorforsleep shiny toy guns “all”

question

do any of you have brothers and siters? (like any single younger brothers…:) if so, who and how old?

answer

um come on this question is kind of insane. but my one dog marley is super hot for a dog. hes a good kisser though.

question

I read somewhere that Patrick was a vegitarian. Is that true?

answer

he was he eats fish and likes to talk long walks in the park with hot babes.

question

Why does patrick wear a hat all the time and why does the drummer never talk?????

answer

just to drive your pretty little head mad with these questions.

question

Okay, heres a question: Has someone you superly-duperly adored gone away? And by adored we are talking like, lets-run-away-to-isreal -and-get-hitched-without-telling-anyone adored.

answer

yes. the sinking feeling in your rotten gut is your reminder. cool sheets on your bed are your antidote.