#jeremy renner in my inbox

[lordstormageddidnt]

Wine hole 🤝 milk hole

Okay. NO.

In my defense, I was 100% referring to the little in-the-wall cubby that old houses have for the milkman to slip milk bottles into. I didn't realize there was a different interpretation until the group chat went dead silent on me.

[dimension20npcofalltime]

Round 1B - Bracket Four [Dimension 20 NPC of All Time]

Jeremy Renner vs Pizza Rat

Propaganda under the cut

Jeremy Renner - He/him

Campaign: A Court of Fey and Flowers

Who is he?

Jeremy Renner is the actual Jeremy Renner as known from Marvel Movies. He is one of the actors that Lord Squak Airavis was auditioning to play the lead role in the film adaptation of The Green Hunter. Hob thinks he is right for the part. He is, after all, already good at using a bow.

Why is he the NPC of All Time?

This was a leftover submission I found in my inbox from Tournament Two so no propaganda was submitted.

Pizza Rat - He/him

Campaign: The Unsleeping City

Who is he?

Pizza Rat is a sentient rat with a slice of pizza strapped to its back and a resident of Nod.

Why is he the NPC of All Time?

“Don’t die pizza rat, a lot of rats have died today.” “Yeah well, they weren’t pizza rat” *casts ninth level hail of doom*

[queen-of-oregon]

Helllooooo

I don't like politics, I don't wanna deal with drama when I'm on my social media accounts. I get enough from Facebook and Tiktok. I just want everyone to get along and enjoy the same things I do - if you do. So if you see something you don't like, but I like, just please move along. It's what I do with everything I see on here. No matter if I have the same beliefs as you or not.

I do have a Wattpad account, an Ao3 account and an email that's not private that you can email me on if you are needing someone to talk to. Just inbox me.

I won't be responding to porn accounts, hate mail or spam. If you genuinely want to ask questions or just talk, I'm okay with that!! Or if you wanna talk about the actors I've met, that's ok too!!

Who I've met: Milo Ventimiglia (selfies), Sean Patrick Flanery (selfies), David Della Rocco, Emma Dumont, Tasa Teles, Jeff Daniel Philips (selfie), Ryan Hurst (selfie), Theo Rossi (selfie), John Barrowman (selfie), Alan Tudyk.

Who I still wanna meet: Jensen Ackles, Evan Peters, Lacey Chabert, Lacey Sturm, Jared Padalecki, Misha Collins, Zachary Levi, Nathan Fillion, Joseph Quinn, Joe Keery, Andrew Garfield, Brendan Fraser, Jamie Campbell Bower, Kellin Quinn, Andy Biersack, Jeremy Renner (my friend got to sit at his panel but was unable to meet him for me.)

[thing-you-do-with-that-thing]

Stop asking me my opinion on celebs on anon!

Yes. If I heard about a story I likely have an opinion.

No. I don't wanna share it with you. If I had I would have posted it on my own not after 10 anon asks about it.

You don't have to be a Stan or a hater. Some of us are rationally thinking humans, knowing the world exists in shades of grey.

[when-did-this-become-difficult]

oh fuck me okay jeremy renner girlies i will never be one of you but please, feel safe and welcome in my inbox re: mayor of kingstown cause there's litrally nobody else to talk to about that show and i have needs

[paintedclaws]

an independent and private ENID SINCLAIR from netflix’s wednesday. personals please do not interact, thank you!

this blog is run and written by czarina (she/her). this blog is a sideblog to cheersnap.

REGULARLY SPORADIC / SELECTIVE ACTIVITY. may occasionally run on a ghost queue. other blogs and general rules under the cut.

other blogs: @cheersnap, @visionsaw​

RULES.

ACTIVITY :  roleplaying is a hobby and i have a life outside of it, so even if i have the tumblr app in my phone, please do not expect me to be here 24/7. my activity is almost always spotty so i very much operate on an “i’ll be and write here when i can” mindset when it comes to roleplaying. enid may not always be the only blog i run, so i try to split what free time i have between here and my other muses.

MUTUALS ONLY :  pretty self - explanatory. if we are not following each other, then we will not be writing with each other either. sometimes it takes me a while to check on new followers, so give me at least 3 days to follow you back.

if we were mutuals once upon a time and aren’t any more, please try not to take it to heart. a lot of things have changed over here along with myself and i’m just trying to enjoy writing here better.

FOLLOWING / UNFOLLOWING :  any blogs with written incest, rape, non-con, underage nsfw, whitewashing, racebent poc / racial poc interchanging ( i.e. using a korean faceclaim for a japanese character ), or genderbends — i will probably block you on sight. i find the use of bait tags very objectifying, so if i see my faceclaims in them and / or see any derivative of a bait tag used on a blog, i will not be following.

DUPLICATES :  on the topic of duplicates — i love that we have a shared interest in enid ! but for my own comfort, i’m kindly asking duplicates not to follow me unless we’re good friends. i know you probably mean well and i could be following you on some other blog, but please respect this rule. if you happen to write enid too, please do not steal from me. multi-muses that have her, on the other hand, could possibly become mutuals.

PORTRAYAL :  enid is, for the most part, canon-compliant. my portrayal is both show-based and headcanon-based for the time being.

WRITING :  i am slow at replying im- and thread - wise for various reasons, but just because i take long doesn’t mean i don’t want to write with you ! life just gets in the way and i think we can all understand that. sometimes i do tend to drop threads and delete memes from my inbox if i feel like they’ve been there for too long, but i’m always up for starting new things.

SHIPPING :   i do ships mainly based on chemistry and plotting, so don’t be afraid to reach out if you wanna discuss a ship with me! and i don’t just mean romantic shipping; i want all kinds of shipping ranging from love to hate and everything in between. enid is pansexual.

MAINS / EXCLUSIVES :  i may have my mains but i don’t do exclusives. i could do verse exclusives and maybe even ship exclusives if we talked about it, but i don’t generally do the “i only follow and write with x person’s version of this muse,” so please don’t ask me.

NSFW :  i am of age but this character is primarily not, so there will be no smut around here whatsoever. other possibly triggering topics will be tagged accordingly.

MISCELLANEOUS :  basically other important points that i can’t file under a specific category lol

do not follow this blog if you use any of the following faceclaims: amber heard, chris pratt, scarlett johanssen, holland roden, dove cameron, thomas doherty, jeremy renner, emma stone, lea michele, laura leigh turner, laura osnes, katharine mcphee, any faceclaims known to hold questionable views. if they’re on a multimuse, i may make an exception. i do not like them for various reasons that i’m sure you’re capable of finding out about on your own. please tag them for me if ever they appear on your blog.

i don’t usually interact with ‘like to stay mutuals’ posts - unless i break the mutual myself, i am very much interested in remaining mutuals with you.

if i block / softblock you, it is what it is. just accept it and move on.

i am not affiliated with emma myers, netflix, the addams family or wednesday franchise in any way.

[high-functioning-lokipath]

🎶✨when u get this, list 5 songs u like to listen to, publish. then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (positivity is cool)🎶

Okay, I've gotten 3 of these in my inbox...this one shall be ones that have ended up in my favorites list more recently

We Didn't Start The Fire - Billy Joel

Can I Get It - Adele

Something Just Like This - Chainsmokers

Just Give Me A Reason - P!nk

Best Part of Me - Jeremy Renner

[fuckyeahjuliankeller]

anthony mackie has a history of terrible and gross comments get your head out of your ass

good evening, darling!

oh, yeah. like chris pratt? or robert downey jr? jeremy renner? you mean those kinds of terrible and gross comments?

my head is out of my ass, love. if there is something i'm missing, you are more than welcome to share it either with me in DMs, or in my inbox. but i highly doubt that will be the case. prove me wrong, i guess!

have a lovely night!

[imxthexhandler]

State of the Blog [ooc]

OOC: Oh, boy. Okay, well, a goal I am setting for myself is to do these posts once a month, just to kind of keep everyone updated on what’s going on and to remind myself on what I wish to focus on. Feel free to skip, I will not be offended.

Okay, this is going to get long.

So, how am I doing? Well, I’m alive. That’s about all I can say on that right now. Right now, I’m just focusing on surviving. That may not be healthy, it may not be the answer a lot of you (or myself) want to read, but it is what it is.

For my own sake, I am doing a mini-second Halloween for myself after Thanksgiving. I’m gonna watch my favorite things on Halloween, actually try baking in my new house, etc. I am also going to try and see if anyone wants to visit me for a belated Halloween bash. If not, well, fine, I’ll do some DnD with my buddy.

Anyway, speaking of my favorite holiday... I am still bummed I didn’t really get to do any Halloween-y stuff on here. (That is no fault of anyone but me, this is not a passive-aggressive statement towards anyone.) So, I’m gonna post Halloween memes and such till November 30, 2021. If anyone wants to start anything fall-related, I’m accepting new things till then. If you want to send in memes, feel free. I will be posting a starter call for anyone who wants me to write them a starter. And graphics! I will be working on graphics this Thanksgiving break, so I hope to have all of them finished by Saturday. However, again, you can submit those requests to my mailbox till the 30th. (As a reminder, if you wish to block this stuff, my tag is “THIS IS HALLOWEEN!”)

Same with Thanksgiving, those threads, or moodboards, if anyone wants any, are due by November 30th. I’ll say...cut off is technically at 3:00 A.M. EST (U.S.) on December 01, 2021. The Thanksgiving tag will be “GOBBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE!”

I don’t think I need a tag for just Fall general stuff, do I?

On that same note, to block all the Christmas stuff, the tag is “HAVE A HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS!” (It’s one of my favorite songs)

And... NaNoWriMo... Yes, I know I will not make the word limit. I’m not even trying for that. I just got an idea after my teacher passed, and I wanted to write it. So this is just to give me a kick in the pants to start it. Who knows, maybe it’ll persuade me to work on my other WIPs.

What to focus on for the rest of this month: Writing prompts. They have been sitting both in my drafts and inbox, taking up space. Like, no joke, I have about 20 drafts in my box that is just for that. So I want to knock at least ten of them out if possible.

And to end this post on a ‘happy’ note,

HAWKEYE PREMIERES THIS WEEK!

I am VERY happy for this. But please, do not ever spoil this series for me. This is seriously my thing to inspire me to live for the rest of this year. I am blacklisting the tag “Hawkeye spoilers”. I am so excited for this series. I’m purposely waking up early tomorrow so I can watch it before work. Expect more Hawkeye content on here. Any Clint Barton/Hawkeye, Kate Bishop/Hawkeye, Lucky the Pizza Dog, Barton family, or Jeremy Renner hate will be deleted. Thank you. :)

Okay, so... I think that is it. I can’t really think of what else to put on here. If you made it this far, thank you. Everyone please keep safe, take your meds, drink some water, get some sleep, eat some food, and don’t forget to love each other.

Ciao!

[lordstormageddidnt]

Synder Cut Synder Cut Synder Cut

Congratulations! You have unlocked (part of) the "right where you left me" ending :D

"Will Solace, will you marry me?"

The ring box popped open, revealing a diamond ring that shone brilliantly in the light of the restaurant. Will was entranced by it, hand leaving his mouth in favor of drifting towards the sparkling thing. The laugh-- giggle, really-- bubbled out of him, and he was pretty sure he was crying, just a little.

"Oh my god."

His eyes drifted up from the ring to Nico's amused smile to his eyes--

His eyes which weren't smiling, which glittered with something darker than pure happiness.

"Oh my god." Will's voice sounded weak and hoarse in his own ears.

Nico's smile slipped as Will pulled his hand back, suddenly hyperaware of the dozens of eyes on him, the crowd of people in the tables nearby eagerly waiting for him to say yes.

How had he missed that?

Nico would've known this place would be packed, would know the importance of Will lasting longer than any of his other partners, the inherit romance of choosing the location of their first date. This was the perfect proposal, a big, romantic gesture scientifically constructed so that Will would never-- could never-- say no.

The penny had dropped, the roller coaster had crested the hill, the next fly in line had been ensnared in the spider's web-- those glittering gossamer strands, invisible until you stepped in it.

But Will wasn't going to be another victim of Nico di Angelo. So he did the only thing he could do-- he grabbed his jacket and ran from the restaurant.

so yeah anyway...I wrote a black widow nico au forever ago-- wherein Nico killed all his past husbands and Will was a forensics guy who still somehow got himself seduced-- and people really liked it and wanted more, except I couldnt figure out how to end it, hence me making it CYOA, with the order in which Will does various plot points determining how the story ends. It's called Synder Cut bc its the absurdly long version everyone was clamouring for where I got full creative control-- except instead of me filling all the chapters with slow-mo, I got to carry out all my ideas for the ending at once.

[averyrogers83]

Hello all my lovely followers, those who have been with me from the beginning and to all my new ones. Thank you for being here. I really can’t believe that I’m up to 400 followers. Honestly I’m honored that you all are here. Thank you for making things interesting and keeping me sane. I wanted to just make a couple of announcements.

1. Again thank you to 400+ followers you all are awesome and I appreciate each one of you. With that being said I have never hosted a challenge before so I’m not sure what I want to do or even if I should. Any suggestions or ideas please drop me a message in my inbox and I’ll see what I can come up with.

2. Anyone interested I do have a master list of my own stories that I write on my side blog *AveryRogers83writes* I know really lame so maybe I’ll have a contest or something to see if I can get some suggestions on what to rename the blog.

—-interests are Marvel, Jeremy Renner ,Chris Evans, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Colton Haynes, Thomas Doherty to name a few.

Anyway once again thank you for following me and I appreciate each one of you.

**Also please show some love to the awesome creative people that are reblogged here. They deserve it. So please like and reblog. Reblog=❤️**

[raewritesfiction]

Rae Writes... Masterlist & Intro

Born 1986. This blog is 18+ only 🔞 - if you’re a minor please leave!

I write erotica and erotic fan fiction as well as creepy pasta style horror and paranormal which you can find here.

🍉 Fundraisers 🍉

Below the cut is a current list of everyone I've written for and links to their imagine lists. ╰┈➤ Tag List [updated 01 April 2024]

+ Please remember that likes are awesome but reblogging is AMAZING and helps spread my work further! + If you ever want to be tagged in a specific character or genre please drop me a message.

Inbox/ask box is always open. Anon is on; don’t abuse it. I take requests so feel free to send them in.

Personal side note;

I’ll happily write adoption imagines (if I can come up with something) but I’m not gonna write pregnancy stuff; I cannot have children due to chronic illness. The ideas are adorable but no I won’t be writing them. It just hurts.

I also will not write cheating/affair fiction; yes I know it's fiction and nobody is actually getting hurt however I've seen first hand what it does in IRL and find the subject far too close to home.

divider by @unowakot

Click a link below to head over to the page for that muse.

Also please check out the Mixed Subject for muses I don't regularly write for OR currently have no plans to write for again.

A blue link means I’ve updated the link to the new format and it won’t open in a browser if you’re using the mobile app.

These lists are currently all up to date and as I add imagines in the future I will add a date beside them to denote their last update.

Alex Hogh Andersen (no longer writing for)

Alex Skarsgard (updated 13 April 2024)

Avi Kaplan

Bill Skarsgard (updated 27 August 2024)

Chris Evans

Eija Skarsgard (updated 06 August 2024)

Gustaf Skarsgard (updated 29 Sept 2023)

Henry Cavill

Jared Leto (updated 29 Jan 2023)

Jeremy Renner (updated 03 April 2024)

Norman Reedus (updated 11 April 2024)

Pedro Pascal (updated 25 Nov 2023)

Shannon Leto

Sebastian Stan

Valter Skarsgard

[midnightswithdearkatytspb]

hi there!! i just had two really quick questions when it comes to tagging you in fics

1. what characters and fandoms do you read and rec for?

2. am i allowed to add you onto taglists for the characters you do read for?

i’m so sorry, i’m still very confused about how all this still works. tysm for your time and all of your support within the fanfic community💖💖

Hey Anon,

Thanks for asking this. I really hope I’m not too confusing and I’m really sorry if I rambled but I wanted to be as clear as possible. ✨

So what I’ll read for is really any Marvel characters, any character that Chris Evans, Sebastian Stan, Henry Cavill, Jeremy Renner, Charlie Hunnam, Garrett Hedlund, have played. Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Chronicles of Narnia, Fast and Furious, Seal Team, Sons of Anarchy, Peaky Blinders, Shadow Moon or Mad Sweeney (American Gods), The Last Kingdom, Harry Potter, The Mummy.

That’s just to name some of the stuff I read honestly, if you aren’t sure I would read it please feel free to message me and ask me if I will read for insert character here, and I’ll be honest with you. I could have missed something. I do, read reader inserts and ofc. NSFW (Please no necrophilia or incest) and SFW is cool. Stucky x Reader & SamBucky x Reader. But yeah if your story is one of the following things up above, you can tag me in it. I love being on taglist, it makes my day to see notifications and just be tagged period. 💗

Also I don’t always reblog, what I read, but I sometimes put it on the recommendation list. Also I don’t always read everything that week I’ve been tagged, because life catches up to me. Know my inbox is always open for recommendations that you may have for me to read. 💗✨

[tedllasso]

Hey, I saw what you were doing, and I got a few celebs for you.

Jeremy Renner, Paul Rudd, Paul Bettany, Anthony Mackie and Daniel Craig.

I wonder what your opinions on these guys! Love you! 🥰

Jeremy Renner - NO....Sorry hun. I see you like him. 🥺

Paul Rudd - YESSSS

Paul Bettany- YES

Anthony Mackie - OMG YES

Daniel Craig - YES PLEASE

put the name of some famous guy in my inbox and i’ll say whether or not i’d hit it

[internetaddict104]

Hi! I just found your snl moments vid on youtube, it's hilarious and never fails to pick me up when I'm sad so thank you!!!

But I wanted to ask if it's not too much trouble, could you tell me all the sketches you included?

Thanks :)

Aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh that’s so sweet thanks for enjoying it!!!! (Also thanks for messaging me I love seeing shit in my inbox, especially when it’s from different social medias I have 😊)

But ok I have 2 SNL moments comps and idk which one you’re referring to so I’ll do both (in order of appearance):

SNL Moments That Give Me The Will To Live (the thumbnail is John and Pete during their The Mule review)

Uncle Ben (Dave Chappelle)

Weekend Update: Gumby Returns (Eddie Murphy)

Chad and RuPaul (RuPaul)

Weekend Update: Jeanine Pirro on Her Fox News Suspension (Paul Rudd)

Weekend Update: Stefon on St Patrick’s Day (Bill Hader)

Weekend Update: John Mulaney and Pete Davidson Review Clint Eastwood’s The Mule (Rachel Brosnahan)

Weekend Update: Get in the Cage with Nicolas Cage and Paul Rudd (Andy Samberg)

The Admiral (John Mulaney)

Chad and JLo (JLo)

Weekend Update: Biden Wins 2020 Election (Dave Chappelle)

Black Jeopardy with Tom Hanks (Tom Hanks)

80s Music Video (Donald Glover)

Rap Roundtable (Timothee Chalamet)

Weekend Update: Colin Jost and Michael Che Swap Jokes (Matt Damon)

Weekend Update: Stefon on Spring Break’s Hottest Tips (Jonah Hill)

Weekend Update: Jeanine Pirro on Fox News Handling Trump’s Impeachment (Eddie Murphy)

Weekend Update: Dr Wenowdis on the COVID-19 Vaccine (Timothee Chalamet)

Weekend Update: Anthony Crispino and Angelo Skaggs (Ryan Gosling)

Weekend Update: Colin Jost and Michael Che Switch Jokes (Paul Rudd)

Weekend Update: Jeanine Pirro on Coronavirus Lockdown Protests

SNL Moments That Keep Me From Ending It All (thumbnail is Jake Gyllenhaal and John Mulaney during Airport Sushi)

The Coroner (Jeremy Renner)

What’s Wrong with This Picture (Paul Rudd)

Bride of Blackenstein (Jesse Eisenberg)

Graveyard Song (Jim Carrey)

Weekend Update: Pete Davidson on JK Rowling’s Transphobic Comments (Bill Burr)

Little Miss Teacher’s Friend (David Harbour)

Weekend Update: Jebidiah Atkinson Reviews Broadway Plays (Andrew Garfield)

Jingle Barack (Chance The Rapper)

Medieval Times (Adam Driver)

Smorgasbord (Scarlett Johansson)

Family Feud: Harvey Family Thanksgiving (Chance The Rapper)

Judge Barry (Chance The Rapper)

Airport Sushi (John Mulaney)

Weekend Update: Jebidiah Atkinson on the Oscar Nominees (Jim Parsons)

Wedding Venue Ad (Don Cheadle)

What’s Wrong with This Picture 2021 (Carey Mulligan)

The Negotiator (Regina King)

Weekend Update: Michael Che on Bidets (Jason Momoa)

Rudolph’s Big Night (Jason Momoa)

Wakanda Forever (Chadwick Boseman)

[captainchrisfics]

Gaps Between Us

About: Chris Evans and a first person pov narrator have an age gap, sparking a controversy in the public eye, some tension among the MCU cast, and quite a bit of trouble in paradise. Thankfully, RDJ is always there to save the day.

Word Count: 3, 418

Requested By: Anonymous

A/N: Please feel free to submit reqs! My inbox ran dry and I’m always up for some inspiration :)

“Evans, quit hogging the bread!” Jeremy Renner called from the other end of the table. It was quite a stretch to accommodate so many people, almost the MCU’s entire cast was present. Nobody could turn down a dinner invitation from Robert Downey Jr. including Chris and I. We sat together, close to the rest of the original Avengers, even though I was a newer addition to the franchise. Being included at a table of thirty or so of the biggest names in my field was immensely inspiring, the kind of awe-struck moment that made me feel like I was a part of something so much bigger than myself. Robert’s after filming dinners were often like that. 

Chris laughed as he picked up a roll, chucking it to his friend like a football. “If you hit the chandelier, I would’ve hit you harder,” RDJ chastised, shooting my boyfriend a playful side eye. Chris laughed harder as he waved a dismissive hand at Downey, insisting he didn’t need diamonds hanging from his temporary home’s ceiling anyway.

He slung an arm around my shoulders, stretching his fingers to grasp the side of my chair. “You aren’t gonna defend my honor, babe?” Chris asked me with faux disappointment and a cocked eyebrow. 

I rolled my eyes and reached for my glass, taking a slow sip before responding, “No, you deserved that one.” I didn’t take my eyes off Chris as his face contorted with an incredulous expression and I reached behind his back to high-five RDJ whose hand was already waiting for mine. 

“Wise move,” Robert quipped. Chris shook his head before returning to his plate, letting the Iron Man actor win this fight. “I learn from the best,” I countered, shooting RDJ a wink from across Chris’s lap. Over the course of this last film, the older actor and I had developed one of the closest relationships I’d ever had with a co-worker, second maybe only to my boyfriend. RDJ managed to take me under his wing and somehow I’d found a way to keep tagging along. We understood each other in a unique way, almost like we operated on the same wavelength, which was invaluable around someone as charismatic and unpredictable as Chris Evans, as much as I love him.

“You’re gonna regret that later,” Chris promised under his breath, a gruff tone only I heard. I kicked him under the table, insisting that it was all in good fun. “So,” Brie Larson said as she joined the group, dropped her plate from the make-shift buffet on the table next to mine and pulled out the chair beside me. “I’m sorry to talk shop, but I’ve got to tell you, I loved your work during the funeral scene today,” she professed, squeezing my hand with sincerity. Scarlett, who sat opposite of me, nodded in agreement as she added between bites, “Not to date myself, but I don’t think there’s a lot of actors your age who could pull off subtle, intense emotion like that.” 

I blushed, staring down at my plate to avoid all of the eyes I felt on me. “Oh, thank you... I appreciate that, but I  was just doing my job,” I shrugged. I was the youngest at the table by far, which could definitely be intimidating at times. Knowing my colleagues turned friends respected me and what I did just as much as I admired their work meant more than I could properly thank them for. “You all set a standard I only hope to match,” I added, squeezing Brie’s hand back.

“No, no, don’t bullshit these hacks,” Robert interjected. “I mean, sure, she was convincingly grieving my loss of life. But I expected more from the rest of you. Where were the theatrics? The professions of love now lost? The waterworks?” He shot pointed looks around the table at everyone who was present for Tony Stark’s funeral. Everyone laughed as Gwenyth Paltrow raised her hands in defense as she jokingly protested, “I had a little girl to be strong for.” “Really though, you did so great today,” Chris brought the conversation back to me as he paused devouring his meal to place a kiss on my temple. Down the table, someone groaned in objection to the PDA, which sent a heavy stone to the pit of my stomach. I felt Chris grow tense as well, always more self-conscious of our relationship than I was.

Our age difference made everything that much more difficult. It gave the media access to more insults to throw in their click-bait titles, contributed to the intense scrutiny the public eye had to offer in our line of work, and was always in the back of our minds. Not because we felt like there was anything wrong with it, but because other people did. If you asked any gossip site reader, Chris was in the midst of a mid-life crisis and I was a gold digger looking to capitalize on his vulnerability. Never mind that we were both perfectly of-age adults or that the same people used to praise our friendship all over the internet before they found out it was a little bit more.

“Relax Mackie,” Sebastian Stan teased from that end of the group, around where the groan came from. Seb had a teasing tone, shoving our friend’s shoulder jovially. Especially with them being some of the closest people to Chris on set, I’d gotten to know Anthony and Seb pretty well. Enough to know that they were only kidding, but that they sometimes didn’t know when to stop. I knew Chris inside and out though so when his ears perked up and his head followed the noise, previously furrowed brow raising as if to dare them to continue, I could tell you there would be trouble. “Her age isn’t on the clock anyway. That’s the thing, right?” Stan teased.

Chris smiled wryly with downcast eyes, watching as he spun his glass. Mackie laughed harder, the force of which threw him back in his chair as he prodded Sebastian’s chest in praise. “Just barely,” he shot back between breaths. The two chuckled one last time before the joke died down and they joined the rest of the cast in other topics of conversation. Chris didn’t seem to realize though, with the way he sat so tensely still like he’d draw more negative attention if he moved a single muscle.

I didn’t know the kind of pressure a few years could add until it burdened my chest every time a reporter brought it up on the red carpet, tugged down my soaring heart whenever we held hands in public and I caught people staring, weighed heavy on my mind when I noticed Chris grow as uncomfortable as he was now. All because of a little peck and a murmur that probably lost its original meaning among the translation of our anxieties.

Around us, the conversation amongst the original Avengers shifted to what everyone’s next projects would be now that Endgame’s filming was coming to a close. Chris, usually the most boisterous of the bunch, sat quietly as he shoved broccoli about his plate. His arm that had been wrapped around me sagged back to his side. His leg bounced rapidly like a revving engine, ready to run. I reached to squeeze his hand as a sign of comfort, that I was here and happy to be, knowing that the thought his nerves spiraling rapidly out of control in his head was never a good thing. As soon as my fingers brushed his, Chris pulled away so harshly he shot up from his seat, jostling the table unintentionally and grabbing everyone’s attention.

“I’m uh…” he scratched the back of his neck, skittish eyes bouncing between everyone staring at him. “Gonna go grab a beer. Anyone want anything?” Chris recovered, smooth enough not to raise suspicion if you weren’t within range of the anxious energy radiating from him. Soon, he stepped away from the table with everyone’s requests and escaped to the kitchen, leaving an empty chair in his wake. My eyes dropped to meet Robert’s across the space Chris had been occupying, just as wide with worry as I imagined mine were with eyebrows nearly through the roof. 

“I’ll make sure Chris doesn’t fuck up that tall order,” RDJ said with an effortless nonchalance I envied, clasping his hands together as he stood. He turned to me with peaked eyebrows as he added, “Why don’t you join us, kid? Takes a few actors to screw in a lightbulb.” I accepted Robert’s outstretched hand and trailed behind him, following Chris’s footsteps until we found him bent over the kitchen island, fingers gripping the quartz so hard his knuckles were white. “Why does it have to be such a big fucking deal, huh?” he spit cynically. Chris’s face scrunched up with furrowed brows and a tight lip as his eyes, firey with misplaced rage, burned holes through Downey. “Seriously, please enlighten me. Why does everyone else who isn’t a part of this relationship give such a massive shit about it?” His voice stayed quiet as to not raise the others’ suspicion, but by the strained veins in his neck and steely look in his eye held his anger instead. 

“In and out, buddy,” Robert said as he clasped a hand on Chris’s shoulder. “You know those bozos didn’t mean anything by it.” Chris snapped that it wasn’t about that, that this was much bigger than them, and I knew he was right. “That’s the problem,” he growled. “Nobody means anything by it, they’re just trying to get clicks on their articles or attention on Twitter or laughs at our expense without stopping to think the kind of shitty strain it puts us through.” Chris slammed the beer he’d grabbed on the countertop hard enough that, if it’d been opened, it would’ve created another mess for us to clean up. He was turning red and I could almost hear the tea kettle coming to a boil in his stomach, the steam ready to burst from his ears. I don’t think I’d ever seen Chris so mad.

I stayed glued to the entryway, holding my own hand behind my back as I rolled from my heels to my toes. I watched Chris nervously, not exactly sure what to do or how to help. Really I was the cause of the problem. How could I possibly offer a solution? And then, as much as I hated myself for even thinking it, the only way to fix this occurred to me. 

“We could split up, you know,” I proposed so quietly I hoped that between Chris’s angry ragged breath and Robert’s attempts at rationalizing with him they wouldn’t hear me. But they did. Their eyes snapped to me as Chris’s face fell, his eyebrows furrowed and his mouth hung open, all softened by sadness. RDJ threw up his hands, shooting me a look with wide eyes and tight lips as if to say he already had enough to deal with sans me joining Chris on the ledge he was trying to talk him down from.

“Don’t say stupid things like that,” Chris scolded with a shake of his head. His shoulders sagged from their previous position taught with anger as he slipped into a state of confused heartache. He could deny it all he wanted to, but that was the only way I saw out.

“Well, I certainly don’t want to but...” I bit my lip, searching for the courage to continue with Chris giving me pleading puppy dog eyes worse than Dodger’s. “But this is just too much. All of it, all of the articles and speculation and hurtful things being thrown our way because of our relationship, it’s overwhelming.” Even when he was puffed up with rage before, I felt smaller now. Measly compared to the giant bumbling toward me as he shoved past Downey, wrapping huge arms around me like a shield, though I wasn’t sure who he was trying to protect at this point. 

“You’ve got enough on your mind with your career, any relationship is a lot. Let alone one with our age gap. I know how much you hate the things people say. I just... I think we need to quit while we’re ahead and end on good terms before you start hating me, too. And if it’s what’ll make you happy then-” I spoke into his chest though I was sure he could hear me loud and clear, words suddenly snowballing out of me, gaining strength as the momentum grew with every tumbling syllable. I had to spit them out before I couldn’t. Before I changed my mind and picked what was selfish instead of best for Chris’s sake. And then he cut me off.

“Darling, I told you to stop talking nonsense. You make me happier than anything,” Chris was quiet with calm now, his angry energy redirected to dragging me back to earth when I felt so far away from him. “I could never ever even imagine a world where I felt anything less than love for you,” he paused to press a long kiss onto the top of my head before speaking again. “Let alone because of some stupid rumors and the opinions of people who don’t matter to me a fraction as much as you do.”

I melted into Chris, relishing in the way he radiated the excitement of an entire football stadium just when their home team scored the winning touchdown. How he smelled of deodorant I didn’t think anyone else wore and the liberating, fresh air of the mountains when you’re the only one there and something I still couldn’t identify anywhere else that wasn’t in his embrace. It was just Chris. And the way his beard scratched my skin as he nuzzled into the crook of my neck, the fact that I didn’t mind was so uniquely Chris as well. In fact, I’d miss it. He pressed gentle kisses into my collarbone as he rested his forehead on my shoulder, little wishes that I’d take back what I’d said. I was ready to push him away and tell him that this had to be it when it occurred to me just how much I’d miss him, but I couldn’t keep putting Chris through all of this stress just for me.

“I mean it,” I asserted though it was half-hearted, tears buried finally rising to the surface. I knew I had an ocean of them waiting inside of me, tossing and turning with my tumultuous emotions, but I had to stop the tide from rising. At least until Chris wasn’t around anymore. “We need to break-“

“No,” Robert finally cut in, dropping a gentle hand on one of each of our shoulders. “No, you don’t. Don’t say the b-word,” he repeated like he was trying to ease us out of a trance. Pity laced the soft circles he rubbed our backs. I turned to look at him, keeping an ear to Chris’s chest to prolong the comfort I found in the steady thump of his heartbeat. “The second you allow the public eye’s gaze to start changing your relationship is the second you lose yourself to this job. I can’t stand by and allow you two to lose each other too,” Downey continued, though his soft eyes stayed on me. 

Then he turned to Chris with a harder look of determination, really trying to drive his point home. “Anyone who knows you at all, Evans, knows that you’ve been looking for something like this for a long time.” I felt Chris’s grip tighten around my waist, not nearly ready to let me go any time soon. I knew Robert was right. Even though I hadn’t known Chris for all that long, we got along better than I did with anyone else before. It was like we’d known each other forever even when it’d only been a few weeks and I figured, with Chris’s age and his eagerness to settle down, he’d been waiting even longer than that. “Don’t let it slip away because of other people’s opinions.” Chris nodded against my shoulder, still holding me close as if I’d run off, which I guess I tried to. “If you can’t follow your heart and tell anyone else who has something to say about it to fuck right off thank you very much, then I don’t know who could,” Robert finished with a confident smile. I thought it was funny, like he was trying to make it rub off on my boyfriend. 

Chris nodded, hesitantly at first and then faster with more assuredness as what his friend said sunk in. “Now, get it together and realize that you’ve got a solid foundation with each other. I’ll be damned if you let it crumble over Mackie and Sebastian being dumbasses.”  Robert smirked at us, his usual sly spark returning to his eye. “Start thinking with these a little more,” he paused to poke Chris’s chest just above his heart. “And using these a little less,” Robert said as he tapped my temple. 

Chris stretched an arm around Downey, pulling both of us right to his side. “Thanks,” he breathed out, almost like a sigh of relief. “Don’t know what we’d do without you,” I told Robert, patting his shoulder with gratitude. “Yeah, yeah,” he brushed us off, pulling away from Chris’s embrace as well. “Tell me how much you love me later.” He took a few steps toward the fridge and started pulling out cans of almost everything under the sun, somehow miraculously remembering what everyone ordered when Chris wasn’t even paying attention despite being the one who asked. “We better get all these drinks out there before there’s a riot,” he said, grabbing as many as he could and sliding the rest to Chris and I. “Or worse,” Robert paused dramatically, shoving the fridge closed with his hip. “More jokes.” With that, he turned and left Chris and I standing alone in the kitchen. 

Chris rolled his eyes as he turned to me, reaching for my hand. He played with my fingers for a second, watching our hands as they pressed against each other one digit at a time, before locking them together. “You know I love you a whole lot more than how mad I am at everyone else,” he said with more sincerity than I thought he could muster. It seemed to be all the honesty the world had to offer. I grinned a smile that stretched so far it made my cheeks hurt even more than the blush burned as I nodded and said with just as much integrity, “And I love you even more than that.”

Chris reached to wipe the remainder of my tears with his thumb as he shook his head and drew in a tight breath, feigning contention. “I don’t know about that. It’s like, so much for someone who was about to end things a minute ago,” he joked. Chris gathered so many drinks in his arms there weren’t any left for me to carry. 

I stretched to flick his ear anyway, all but stomping my foot in protest. “I love you a hell of a lot, Evans. So much I was about to end things for your own good,” I argued with a pointed look even though it was pointless. He already knew my heart hadn’t been in it, the problem was that I’d been listening to my head just like Downey said.

He jostled the cans so they all sat in one arm before slipping his free hand into the back pocket of my jeans. “Let’s go show the world just how much then,” Chris laughed as he bent down to press a kiss into my temple, happy to still be by each other’s sides as we joined the rest of the Marvel cast.

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