#leaving bikeriders au

[johnslittlespoon]

this is me hitting y'all with a "hear me out" on bikeriders!gale and college student leaving!john. pleasepleaseplease think of the cliche daddy issues. the slow burn angst. strong intimidating but softie biker bf pulling up to pretty college bf's house. gale passing his helmet to john while john's parents watch from the kitchen window in horror as their son gets on the back of a rugged tatted man's motorcycle. john stealing gale's hoodie when he stays over so he can 'accidentally' wear it home the next day and bury his face in the smell of gale's cigarettes and cologne and gasoline and open road.

or, alternatively, bikeriders!gale is leaving!john's friend's single dad lmaoo. classic dilf crush trope. john makes a new friend at college and the first time he goes to his house he meets his dad and is like fuck. well, that's it for me. he crushes hard from day one and has no idea gale feels the same way because he's dense and gale's not gonna make the first move obviously. and god, the miscommunication and the secret flirting and the hookups and dancing around feelings because neither is sure if it's more than sex for the other. i could fill three books with this shit genuinely <3

idk i just think the contrast of both of them would be such a fun dynamic to explore and they'd look fucking beautiful together :-)

(this is definitely not me gauging the interest were i to make this my next chaptered fic btw. absolutely not. xx)

(edit: we're going with the first idea lads. world building is happening. i'm in my mind palace. we're yapping under #leaving bikeriders au lol)

(july edit: it's a whole fic now lmao. #tough and sweet fic mwah, but also posts pre–july are still under #leaving bikeriders au :P)

[samaraannhan20]

Austin Butler: College AU! Hostage Situation

Warnings: age gap, college! reader, I think that's all

inspired by this tik tok

“Are you sure you have to leave tomorrow night?” I ask Austin as I walk back into our bedroom. 

“Yes,” he says with a light chuckle, and I groan, throwing my head back and staring at the ceiling as I walk towards the bed. 

“Really? Can’t you stay just another day?” I say, climbing onto the bed and promptly onto Austin’s lap. 

“I wish. Press starts the afternoon after I get in though. I have to leave on time,” he responds, leaning forward and pressing his lips to mine. 

“Have I ever told you how little I enjoy the press season?” I ask him, and he laughs. 

“Yes, all the time,” he says with a laugh, and then leans forward pressing another peck onto my lips. “However, after this press tour you’ll almost be done with school, and will be able to come with me on the Bikeriders press tour, since it got pushed.”

“That’s true. I know that the strike was awful and it sucked that you couldn’t promote your stuff, but selfishly I was glad to have that extra time with you, especially since it was right around when we started planning our wedding.”

“Yeah we were lucky and we got too used to it. But I’ll only be gone for a month this time, and then I’ll be here and we can keep working on wedding stuff, and you can graduate, and then we can go on vacation and the next press tour together,” he says, squeezing my waist where his hands are resting. 

“I don’t want to go thirty days without you though. That’s forever,” I say, and lay my head down on his chest. 

“It’s not the longest we’ve been apart though,” he responds, and I roll off of him and onto my back on my side of the bed, laying on my back.

“I know. But it’s going to feel like forever. Especially since we’re missingValentines Day, and our anniversary a week later,” I say, rolling onto my side to look at him. He shifts down and lays down on his side as well, reaching a hand out and gently stroking my cheek. 

“It’ll be okay. It won’t be the first holiday we miss, and it probably won’t be the last.” I sigh and lean into his hand, and we fall asleep in exactly that position. 

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“Good morning honey,” I say as I turn over when I wake up in the morning. Austin just grumbles in response.

Oh, I think to myself. I didn’t think he’d want to sleep in today since he has to leave this evening and he hasn’t even packed. Oh well. I guess I could go wash my face and brush my teeth while I wait. I get out of bed and head to the bathroom. 

When I come back into the room a few minutes later Austin still hasn’t moved, so I decide to walk over to his side of the bed. I squat down on the floor and look at him, trying to decide whether or not I want to wake  him up. I ultimately decide against it, and stand up to leave, before noticing his phone on the bedside table. I quietly grab what I need and head into the closet to get dressed for the day.

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“Hey darlin?” Austin asks a couple hours later when he walks into the living room, where I’ve been watching tv while he packs.

“What’s up?” I ask, pausing the television and turning to look at him over the back of the couch. “How’s packing going?”

“I’m almost done, but do you know where my phone charger is?” he asks.

“I think I saw it in the kitchen while I was making breakfast,” I respond, turning back to the television and hoping he doesn’t notice the flush on my cheeks. 

“Really? Did you move it there? Because my phone was fully charged on the nightstand when I woke up this morning,” he responds, and I slide down a bit on the couch, focusing all my attention on the tv.

“That’s weird. I didn’t move it. It was just there when I made breakfast. You must have left it there after dinner last night.”

“But I know I plugged it in last night, in the bedroom. So how was it 100% charged when I woke up if I left the charger in the kitchen last night?” he asks, rounding the couch to stand in front of the tv, making me focus on him.

“Um… I plead the fifth?” I say quietly, sliding even further down the couch. 

“Darlin, are you trying to hold me hostage with a phone charger?” he asks, coming towards me and squatting down to look me in the eyes from where I am now laying on the couch. 

“... yes.”

“You do know I’ll be back in about a month, right?” he says, reaching out and taking my hands in his. 

“Yeah, but what if I can’t make it that long? I’m kinda impatient when it comes to spending time with you,” I respond, sitting up a little in order to talk to him easier. 

“Kinda like how you begged me to come back from Ashley’s earlier than I had planned on so we could cuddle the other night?” he asks with a teasing lilt in his voice. 

“Yes. Except now I can’t just ask you to come home early because you can’t. Plus… I have to wait an entire 30 days til I see you again?! That’s like… 720 HOURS!”

“That was… extremely accurate,” he says, trying not to laugh.

“It’s not funny. I did the math when I woke up this morning and you weren’t awake yet. I was bored and lonely,” I say, slinking away from him and back into the couch. 

“You could have woken me up,” he says, reaching out and squeezing my thigh as he places his hand on it. 

“That’s a lot of hours that I’m going to spend missing you.”

“You’re cute when you’re being dramatic, you know that right?” he asks, and I playfully stick my tongue out at him.  “You do know, distance makes the heart grow fonder.”

“I think it just means I don’t get kisses.”

“I don’t either,” he responds, reaching out and placing his hand on my cheek, rubbing it softly. I melt a little, leaning even closer to him, while consciously trying not to knock him over as I lean in. “I know that leaving isn’t ideal. I know I won’t get to give you back rubs. I won’t be able to make you tea in the morning or do your homework with you. But, you know that’ll change at some point, right?”

“Yes…”

“And you know,” he kisses my forehead, “that I’ll message and video call you as much as possible right?”

“Mhm. But that’s 2d. It’s not the same.”

“You’re right. It’s not. That just means I gotta appreciate the little things. Like right now.”

“Seee, you don’t wanna leave either.”

“Lovely, if I wanted to leave already, I would have grabbed the charger from the closet. Where I saw you put it while I was laying down,” he says, and I pull away, standing up and knocking him over in the process.

“YOU FAKED BEING ASLEEP?!”

“YOU HID MY CHARGER?!” he responds, laughing from his spot, sprawled out on the floor. 

“Touche,” I say, holding out a hand to help him off the floor. He takes it, and instead of standing up, yanks me down to the floor. I land on top of him with a groan escaping my lips as he wraps his arms tightly around me. “ I would have given it to you eventually. Like after lunch,” I say when I catch my breath.  He laughs, and shakes his head.

“No you wouldn’t.”

“No, I wouldn’t.”

“Compromise,” he says, reaching up and tucking a piece of hair behind my ear. “I won’t get it out of the closet until after lunch, and until then we can spend some time together watching Dance Moms reruns.”

“JOJO! HAVE YOU LEARNED NOTHING!” I scream in his face, quickly standing up and running away. He cracks up as he stands up and chases after me. He catches me and pulls me into him, smothering my face and neck in kisses. 

“I take that as a yes?” he says as he peppers kisses up and down my neck. 

“Duh.”

“Touche,” he says, and then turns around and pats my thighs. I laugh and jump onto his back, and he carries me over to the couch, dropping me down on it, and then sitting down next to me and pulling my legs onto his lap. 

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“So, what do you want for lunch?” I ask a few episodes of Dance Moms later.

“I’m not sure. But what’s the rush in choosing? We can take our time.” I sigh and curl into his side more than I already was, and press a kiss to his shoulder. 

“I’m going to miss you.”

“I’m going to miss you too,” he says, and takes my chin in his hand, leaning forward and pressing his lips to mine. When he pulls away he smiles. “One last couch Chipotle date before I leave?”

“When have I ever said no to that? But also I hope you don’t expect me to not have Chipotle the entire time you’re gone. I could never do that,” I say, and he laughs, pulling me back into him for another kiss.

[middlingmay]

So, there have been a lot of fics updated or posted lately. Here's some of what I've read just in the past few days:

@rambleonwaywardson Astronaut AU and Olympics AU

@amiserableseriesofevents Theatre AU

@johnslittlespoon Leaving!Bikeriders AU

@stereobone Ain't it easy

This is obviously just a chip off the whole iceberg, and doesn't even touch on all the amazing oneshots and HCs posted on tumblr.

But I'm just sitting here devouring literally thousands of words of actual great, rich, detailed, entertaining writing for free??? Because people have dedicated their time and attention??

Fucking love fanfic, man. How did we get so lucky.

[alienoresimagines]

A love worth more than gold and I was made to protect you. 🤔🤔

I talked about "I was made to protect you" here so I'll do "A love worth more than gold" 🥰😘

So, this is based on the Boys in the Boat (that I haven't seen so not too based either but main plot I guess, also I keep calling it Boatriders bc the Bikeriders have me in a chokehold lmao). Canon divergence AU, Gale and John meet in october 1937 in a Wyoming college. Gale is a physics student who's asked to tutor another student, one John Egan. Part of the College Rowing team, his presence in the Olympics team is compromised by his less than good grades (can u blame him, between working to send money to his family and training, Bucky is less than worried about his academics). But when someone as pretty as Gale Cleven asks you to study your math, you do just that. And you flirt. And you court him as you would a dame, showing up at his window to take him on a cruise on the lake. And you offer to fight his dad when Gale shows up at your door with a black and a bruised cheek because he "didn't know where else to go". And you slow dance with him and show him he's worth the world. And you corner him before leaving for Berlin to kiss him senseless.

Also he offers you massages and makes you flower crowns because no matter if you win the Olympics you're still his champion, and he plays with your hair when you won a race and cups your face tenderly because that's his "Bucky Egan".

Featuring blonde Bucky bc he bet a win on it and Gale losing vocal functions, Gale losing his mind over Bucky's thighs, lots of sex let's be real, and Gale losing his mind (again) when Bucky does those little grunts in class because he's stiff from rowing

Also them enlisting together

But really just an excuse for me to write this Bucky looking at Gale like that

And kiss him like that

[eternal-love]

Austin!AU

In which he is a proud bastard hater, specially his girlfriend’s bastard from another relationship.

I got the idea from some posts here about Austin probably breaking up with Vanessa because she wanted marriage and kids and he prob doesn’t want that yet. And another interview of him during The Bikeriders premiere where he said that he liked being able to have fun as an uncle and then leave without any responsibilities. So yeah.

Don’t know if I’ll write it though.

[obsessedvibee]

Masterlist

* = smut

Austin Butler

Temptress*- (Austin Butler x Evelyn-reader) - Evelyn and Austin are on vacation in Hawaii and a little teasing game begins. Who can get the other to crack first?

Can't Sleep* - (Austin Butler x Reader) - Reader helps tire Austin out when he cant sleep

Glowing Embers* - (Kathy/reader x Benny!Austin) ~ Bikeriders AU - Kathy accuses Benny of cheating, Benny basically fucks some sense back into her. 

Patient Love Pt 1* - (Evelyn x Austin Butler) - Virgin Reader and Austin’s wedding night

Patient Love Pt 2* - (Evelyn x Austin Butler) - Austin teaches Evelyn how to give a handy and a blowie

Tickle Fight* - (Reader x Austin Butler) - finding time for intimacy has proven to be a difficult feat with a 4 year old running around the house

Tom Blyth

Crescent Moon - (Billy the Kid x Gail) - Billy The Kid AU - takes place after Billy leaves Barbara after episode 4.

Humble Beginnings* - (Billy the Kid x Reader) - Billy The Kid AU - Billy and readers wedding is approaching and hormones are rising as the day approaches.

Always a work in progress.

[swifty-fox]

Do you have any Clegan fic WIPS or idea/hcs you haven't shared yet? Getting #Clegan withdrawal :'(

lemme rustle through my bag of goodies

I've got my Sci Fi Au:

Entry Log 2043

-DateStamp: 14th July 5399

-Location: DeepSpace Sector G8677-65HG-76789_I

-Personnel File: Maj. J.C. Egan (Zoot Suit) 

Recording_

“This is Major John Egan, callsign ZootSuit, aboard the vessel M’lle ZigZag. Today is the dawn of my final day of exploration, putting an end to a sixteen-month foray into DeepSpace. Initial findings reveal little of note. A few developing stars and planets; an asteroid belt; and a total of six planets, two of which I will be recommending for a second more thorough exploration of due to planets possibly location being within the ‘Goldilocks Zone.’ I look forward to whiskey, solid food and to breathe air that isn’t recycled from a fucking can. I can’t wait to fuck my husband-”

John pauses.

“Ah, computer erase the last seven words. Reasoning: Irrelevant to mission. I will be entering Hyperspace within the hour, once I hit proper trajectory to slingshot around the primary sun.”

He taps the record button to end the log, carefully labeling the file and placing it in a folder with the few thousand other logs he’d recorded over the last year and a half. A verified library of data, observations and the occasional love-letter. A year and a half of research; one of the longest expeditions ever undertaken by any pilot. Considered bold by some and risky by far more. Deep space played with people's minds, the long stretches of isolation broken up only by Hypersleep creating the perfect recipe for a light case of mental instability.John had trained for this, ran through thousands of psychological tests and millions of scenarios. There was not a person in the universe more capable of this task. 

John rubs his jaw, feeling the scratchy beard and spins out of his pilot's chair, leaving the computer to guide the craft. 

Two Fingers down(Bikeriders AU)

“I don’t like liars.”

“I’m an honest liar,” John whispers against his lips

“You cheated.” Gale accuses.

“Cheating implies I was playing to win. Throwing the game to lose on purpose is different.” his hands fumble at Gale’s belt buckle, the metallic sound of it undoing loud in the alleyway. Gale sucks in a ragged breath.

“That’s not-” Gale groans as John gets his free hand around his dripping cock, “-even remotely what it implies. I don’t fuck cheaters.”

“You’re gonna let this cheater fuck you.”

“Is that so?” Gale's hips buck into the tight clench of John’s fist, his pubic hair darker than the rest, almost a sandy brown color.

“Yeah, if you call that cheating then I’m disqualified. Winner-” John bends over to spit onto the glistening head of Gale's dick, rubbing the saliva down his shaft, “-Takes all.” 

I've got my Pirate John AU which is just concepts at this point LOL

Little Beasts is still happening! Here's a snippet from part 4:

“You’re really hitting me in the ‘yes daddy harder’ places with that face you’re pulling right now,” John says, swirling his finger through the over-complicated mess of a coffee in front of him.

It tasted awful, but he ordered it just to see if the kid behind the counter could actually pull it off.

Chick continued to keep his ‘yes daddy harder’ expression, which was in fact a look of profound exasperation and disappointment. And didn’t really awaken anything in John, but he found it plenty amusing to see the way the older mans eyes narrowed ever so slightly.

“I could have you thrown in jail today if i wanted, you know,” Chick Harding takes a sip of his own soy latte, “I could make up a reason, I hold your life in my hands.” 

“That’s a misuse of power and a miscarriage of justice, and also you like me. I’m your favorite little POW just admit it.” 

“Someone’s going to pop you one in the mouth, mocking veterans like that.”

John spreads his hands wide in a dont shoot the messenger sort of gesture “hey, I can claim it. My great gandpops was a POW. Got his flight jacket and everything hanging in my closet. This is my history.” 

“I think I should arrest you.”

John grins at him.

“You been meeting with Brady?” Chick asks, setting his coffe down with a pleased hum, begins folding his utensils wrapper accordion style until the cheap paper has become nothing more than a little square. It’s the same thing he does every time, restless fingers the only betrayal that the parole officer wasn’t just a robot.

Which John already knew was false. He’d looked the guy up the moment he’d had access to internet again. Had a neatly sealed Juvenile record and an exemplary military record which meant the guy was both secretly interesting and also probably a little batshit.

“Every couple weeks just like those fascist fucks tells me too. Just like i meet you every six weeks and we pretend I’m in need of babysitting and you pretend you’re not hoping that college boy will finally write his number on your coffee cup.” John leans forward on his elbows,the table creaking under his weight  “I could do it for you, if you’re too shy.” 

Chick doesn’t give him the satisfaction of blushing, but John can see the way his sholulders straighten slightly.

“He even looks like me a bit too. Curly brown hair,” John smooths his fingers across his mustache, “ the sexy landing strip. You sure you’re not displacing some sexual attraction?”

“You are the devil incarnate. That barista means nothing to me.” 

“You shouldn’t be so grumpy, meeting your favorite little felon.” 

“Only person around here that seems grumpy is you, Egan.”

“Me?” John stretches, tilting his chair back with one foot until he nearly topples backward, “Whay’ve I got to be grumpy about? I’ve got a shitty dead-end job, a dying grandma who, by the way, isn’t actually even my grandma, and i’ve got to check in with some middle aged drill sergeant with a thing for some guy who looks like Sean Cody’s next up and coming.” 

“I don’t know what that even means.”

“Oh you so do.” John smiles.

[hausofmamadas]

FANFIC

✸ TELL ME SWEET LITTLE LIES | Kathy Cross x Danny Lyon (The Bikeriders) -> Part 1, Part 2

✸ FOR THOSE THAT SEEK THE JUNGLE'S FORGIVENESS | Mika Camarena & Connie Murphy + Mika x Javier Peña (Narcos/Nmx crossover) -> Part 1, Part 2

✸ ONE LAST SECRET OF DESOLATION | Hannibal Lecter x Will Graham (Fic in a Box 2023)

✸ SO MUCH FOR MY NINE LIVES | David Barrón & Benjamín Arellano Félix (Narcoctober - Horror)

✸ HARD TO HATE UP CLOSE | Andrea Núñez & OC! Julián “Bugsy” Barrón Corona (Narcoctober - Monsters)

✸ THE OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS OF LIVING | David Barrón & Rustin “Crash” Cohle & OC! Ziggy Morenas & OC! Chato Quintana Colmenaro - Nmx/True Detective Crossover (Narcoctober - Cross Pollination)

✸ TO LIVE AND LEAVE FAST | Andrea Nuñez x Horacio Carrillo (Narcoctober - Surprises)

✸ IN DEFENSE OF WONDERBREAD WHITE | Eureka! Character Moments - Analysis of garbinge’s Foldin’ Clothes (Narcoctober - Support)

✸ TU CÓMPLICE | Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada x Benjamín Arellano Félix (Narcoctober - Firsts)

✸ WHAT’S WAITING DOWN ZUNI ROAD | Gabrielle Castillo x Ignacio “Nacho” Varga (Mayans/BCS Crossover - Rarepairs 2023)

✸ OUR MAN IN MEXICO | Andrea Nuñez x Horacio Carrillo (NFF Smut Alphabet - ✷ ✷ 18+ NSFW ✷✷)

✸ ONLY GOOD FOR A GOOD TIME | Isabella Bautista x Enedina Arellano Félix - ✷DRIVEL DRABBLE✷

✸ THIS IS WHY THE EARTH EATS THE DEAD | Rafa Caro Quintero x María Elvira

✸ EVERY ALLEY IN MEXICO HAS ITS OWN GHOST | David Barrón x Ramón Arellano Félix

Dinarrón:

✸ CHASING GHOSTS AND CHOICES | David Barrón x Enedina Arellano Félix (Narcoctober - Life)

✸ THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US | David Barrón x Enedina Arellano Félix (NFF Smut Alphabet - ✷✷ 18+ NSFW ✷✷)

✸ ALWAYS SHORT TO THE GATE | David Barrón x Enedina Arellano Félix (Candyhearts Exchange 2023)

✸ OJITOS ANOCHECIDOS | David Barrón x Enedina Arellano Félix (aka Dinarron, ft. AU Barron)

[allyear-lff]

LFF2023: The list of films

I should have started from the beginning, so to understand this blog read my mission statement back in 2021 when I thought this was a great idea :-D and then feel free to peruse my reviews of the films, all listed below, and from the previous 2 years as well.

I will link to my musings about each film from here as I progress and I hope to refine them as I revisit them in the future, apologies about the silly mistakes, I am writing of the cuff mostly on my free time, away from my job that has nothing to do with film.

Any comments and suggestions can be done to my twitter X account @allyear_lff ( https://twitter.com/allyear_lff ) and I believe comments are open here in Tumblr.

(Full list of films to be added when published)

20,000 Species of Bees

All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt

All of Us Strangers

ALLENSWORTH

Àma Gloria

Animal Kingdom, The

Animalia

Anselm

Apolonia, Apolonia (HBO Max Spain)

Asog

Baltimore

Banel & Adama

Beast, The

Behind the Mountains

Bikeriders, The

Birth/Rebirth

Black Dog

Black Pirate, The

Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry

Bonus Track

Book of Clarence, The

Book of Solutions, The

Boy and the Heron, The (late addition)

Bride, The

Buckingham Murders, The

Bye Bye Tiberias

Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg (billed as Anita in brochure)

Celluloid Underground

Chasing Chasing Amy

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

Close Your Eyes

Cobweb

Common Sequence, A

Copa 71 (available as "Copa 71, the lost Lionesses" in BBC iPlayer from June 2024).

Croma Kid

Daaaaaali!

Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano

Dancing Queen

Dear Jassi

Deep Sea (3D)

Delinquents, The

Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World

Dupes, The

Earth Mama

Echo, The

Eileen

End We Start From, The (Curzon Home from March 2024, BFI Player)

Eternal Memory, The (BBC iPlayer, available at least until Feb 2025)

Europa

Everything Worthwhile Is Done with Other People

Evil Does Not Exist

Fallen Leaves

Fancy Dance

Fingernails

Fire Through Dry Grass

Foe

Foremost by Night

Four Daughters

Gasoline Rainbow

Gassed Up

Girl

Going To Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

Goldman Case, The

Goodbye Julia

Gush

Haar

High & Low - John Galliano

Hit Man

Hoard

Holdovers, The

Housekeeping for Beginners

How to Have Sex (Curzon Home)

Hypnosis, The

I am Sirat

If Only I Could Hibernate

Indésirables, Les

Inshallah a Boy

Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell

In Camera (Mubi UK?)

In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon

It can’t be that nothing that can be returned

Kensuke’s Kingdom

Kidnapped (UK: Curzon Home Cinema)

Killer, The

Killers of the Flower Moon

Kitchen, The

Klezmer Project, The

Last Summer

Late Night With the Devil

Little Girl Blue

Lost Boys, The (Curzon Home)

Lost in the Night

Lubo

Macario

Maestro

Mambar Pierrette

Mangosteen

May December

Memory

Menu-Plaisirs Les Troisgros

Mission, The

Molli and Max in the Future

Monster

Music

Nature of Love, The

New Boy, The

Nightwatch – Demons Are Forever

NYAD (Netflix)

Occupied City

Omen

On the Adamant

One Life

Only the River Flows

Our Body

Paradise Is Burning

Peasants, The

Peeping Tom

Penal Cordillera

Perfect Days (late addition)

Pigeon Tunnel, The

Poolman

Poor Things

Pot au Feu, The

Power Alley

Practice, The

Pressure

Prince, A

Priscilla

Queen of My Dreams, The

Queendom

Ramona

Red Island (Curzon Home Cinema, BFI Player)

Red Rooms

Robot Dreams

Room in a Crowd

Royal Hotel, The

Rye Horn, The

Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus

Sacred Cave, The

Saltburn

Samsara (Curzon Home)

SCALA!!! (BFI Player)

Self-Portrait: 47 KM 2020

Settlers, The (MUBI)

Shame On Dry Land

Shayda

Shortcomings

Shoshana

Silver Haze

Sky Peals

Slow

Spectre of Boko Haram, The

Starve Acre

Stolen

Stopmotion

Stranger and the Fog, The

Surprise film: Ferrari

Swan Song

Sweet East, The

Taste of Mango, The

Terrestrial Verses

That They May Face the Rising Sun

They Shot the Piano Player

This Is Going to Be Big

Tiger Stripes

Together 99

Tótem (Curzon Home from January 2024)

Tuesday

Unicorns (late addition, Rakuten UK from August 2024) )

Unmoored

Vincent Must Die

Wilding

You Can Call me Bill

Youth (Spring)

Zone of Interest, The

[middlingmay]

Oh. Hmm. Okay...

So I tragically haven't seen The Bikeriders yet. Absolutely swamped at the minute with work and personal stuff, but desperately hoping to see it soon.

BUT I have been loving of the biker AUs in the MOTA / Clegan fandom lately.

So if @bcolfanfic will let me piggy back off their idea (so good!) and swap Benny for Gale, it's not the exact same idea, but how about something like this:

John grew up very close with his sister. She was only a little older than him, and they were partners in crime and terrorised Manitowoc as soon as they both could walk.

No, seriously. Jane Egan had wanted so desperately for her brother to be able to walk so she could play with him more, that she'd taken coaching him through it very seriously. When he finally cracked it, Jane had been egging him on with mama's pearl necklace she stole from the bedside table because she knew Baby John loved to play with it. Jane shrieked with absolute joy when John clumsily toddled over and grabbed them, and Mama Egan came barrelling into the room like the hounds of hell were on her tail, and then she shrieked, because John was about to put the necklace in his mouth, and he started screaming when she took it off him...

Papa Egan came home to a very loud, very emotional house that evening. His heart almost stopped when he saw the police at his door and his wife looking stressed and wrung out and two crying children she had to console. Then the officer calmly explained it had just been a noise complaint from the neighbour about all the screaming, and everything was fine.

Anyway.

When he was eighteen, John signed up to the air force, and his sister was his most faithful correspondent. She hated what he'd chosen to do as a career but respected his decision to make that choice, and was never going to try and guilt him out of it by giving him the cold shoulder, leaving him out there all alone (unlike their ma for a good few years until she realised how serious he was).

He spent nearly every holiday with Janey and always made a point to catch up when he was on leave whenever he could. They were both fully-fledged adults with their own lives and friends and interests, so it wasn't always possible, but they always made the effort.

It's the late '60s. John's 28. Jane is 31. And he hasn't received a letter from her in months. Not even when he tells her he's not re-upping and he's coming home for good. Ma is the one to tell him she'd moved out of Manitowoc and headed off the Chicago with her new beau. This sets alarms bells off straight away, because Janey would never do something like that over a fella. She thought it was crazy how some girls (and guys) upended their whole lives for someone they just met.

John knows exactly on person in Chicago - a buddy who was medically discharged, and had a love for motorcycles deeper than most men had for the girls they wrote home to. He gets this guy on the phone, tells him what he knows, which is exactly two things: the name Billy "Bear" Jackson, and an insignia of a skull crossed with two pistons.

His buddy, Curt, is silent on the phone for a few beats before he sighs and groans and curses all at the same time. "The fuck is your sister doing with a Vandal, Bucky?"

So Curt explains to him all about the motorcycle gang called The Vandals and John is hanging up, telling Curt he's coming to town and puts the phone down whilst Curt is still protesting. He packs the lightest bag he's every packed in his life: his old military go kit, his gun, a bunch of cash he's saved and stashed in the house because he can't completely trust banks with all his money, and a change of clothes.

It should take him a little over three hours to get there, but he does it in less. Curt's already at the door waiting for him when he pulls up. John wants to know where this club is and where they hang out and essentially wants to raise some hell, and it takes Curt a while but eventually he manages to talk him down from being so fatally stupid.

He asked around whilst John was on his way, and no one had seen Bear for a while; now they know why. Someone said they think he rolled back into town a few months ago, but he's been keeping a low profile. The Vandals had kicked him out, which was why he left in the first place, and they assumed he'd tucked tail and run.

As the best sources of information, John wants to meet them.

Curt grimaces but doesn't argue because he knew it had been coming and he'd cleared it with Johnny before hand. They'd all heard some wild stories about John that had them laughing during the long nights, and most of them were looking forward to meeting him.

They take John's car to the bar. Curt leads the way in. He, like John, has a military standing. John's not dumb enough to think that would win him anything other than disdain here, but it does mean he stands with a straight spine and a presence that's used to being obeyed. John had always preferred to lead by example than by force, but he knows how to switch tactics to get the job done.

And he's seen and come up against far worse than a biker gang.

It's not a great start. The bar quietens as soon as they enter, and almost everyone looks at the newcomers, and it's so like something out of a Western film that John can't stop the snort before it's ripped outta his nose. It earns him some glares and shifting weight from foot to foot by some bearded, greasy men nearest him, and a quiet "What the fuck, Bucky?" from Curt. But a low chuckle from the back of the bar follows.

A sea of denim and leather and colourful patches of skin parts, and there's a man with slicked back dark hair grinning at them.

"You," he says in that Chicago twang, "must be Bucky."

Curt makes the introductions and Johnny, the guy's name is, is the club president and seems like a nice enough guy for now. And John needs what he has, so he tries to play nice but he's not here to make friends. He needs to find Janey. So he cuts Johnny off when he absolutely can't take it anymore and says,

"All due respect, Johnny, and I mean that, I'm here for my sister. I need to know where Bear is. Yesterday."

Johnny might look a bit annoyed at being cut off, but at the mention of John's sister, he looks, to Bucky's horror, more sad than anything.

"Yeah. Curt said he got his claws into your family."

And Bucky doesn't like that at all and drops all pretences. "The fuck is he, Johnny?"

Curt pulls Bucky back, but Johnny hasn't reacted, not before the door to the club bangs open, startling more than a few people, and a man with blood smeared up his cheek and down over his chin and mouth all from his nose strides in.

He's got golden hear, tanned skin, and is built lean and strong and tall. His eyes are crazy blue as John watches something storm underneath them.

Then he opens his mouth and clips, "Bear's back."

Bucky's on him before Johnny can even get out of his chair.

"Where? Where is he? Was he alone? Was there a girl with him?"

The man looks startled, and glances over Bucky's shoulder at Johnny but whatever he sees must reassure him because he shoots Bucky a look but doesn't shove him back out of his gross violation of the guy's personal space. Only tells Bucky to give him a sec until he isn't swallowing mouthfuls of his own blood.

John sees the nose is dislocated and says he can fix it. Johnny and the man are sceptical, but Curt vouches for him. Bucky tells Gale to count to three and he resets to nose with a wet crunch on two, before he dances out the way for any stray punch or kick in retaliation. Wouldn't be the first time.

Panting, the guy assesses Bucky before holding out his hand. "Gale. But they call me Cleve."

"John. Egan. Or Bucky. Why do they call you cleave? Got some kind of knife on you I need to be worried about?" John hadn't seen the outline of one.

But Gale nearly laughs. "Because my last name is Cleven."

Gale answers his questions, says he saw Bear near some back alley in a shitty part of town and went to remind him he wasn't welcome here, when he noticed a dark-haired woman trying to get away from him. They'd scuffled and then a cop siren had blasted, distracting Gale so Bear got in a lucky shot, before chasing down the girl and getting out of dodge.

He looks at Bucky with a type of softness he hadn't expected from a member of a biker gang and asked, "She's your sister?"

John nods and thanks Gale, almost formally, before turning on his heel to march out the door before Curt is on him. John has a lot on Curt, height and breadth and weight and muscle, but the fucker is wiley and recruits Gale to try and pin him down.

Bucky hears jeering and bets being placed and that makes him angrier because that's his fucking sister out there and she needs him, and this is entertainment to these assholes.

But then when Gale and Curt just about have him pinned to the floor, Gale tells him, "You go barging in there, he'll kill her. He's done it before. Keep your damn head, John Egan."

The fight leaves Bucky, Curt rolls off his legs with a curse, and the bettors settle their scores, and it leaves Gale and Bucky looking at each other as Gale helps him up.

"I'm not leaving her there," Bucky says, hard glint to his eye.

And with Johnny's careful gaze on his back, Gale says, "I didn't say you should. But you can't do it alone. I'll help you, don't worry."

also one of the guys has a little brother that they kinda talk shit about for being a wuss (he joined the air force) and i was immediately thinking. someone is gonna make that little brother bucky in a fic. i sense it. someone SHOULD do it. pwease.

[carsonlikespie]

im ceo of hopping on the band wagon and i also like grian. so watcher au. wasnt gonna dive into that, bc i dont need that edginess. But @midnight-bikeride here in discord kept talking about it and then i got ideas. and you cant stop me when i have ideas. so i made him,,,,,,not edgy. Ok AU time! so those lil books from the april fools update are used as logs to keep track of all the dimensions discovered by the watchers. Grian kinda fricks around a bit and is like “heyyyyy mmagic book” and then he kinda yeets himself into a new dimension and can’t get back. This dimension? The Season 6 server. So he just kinda vibes with the hermits. and he shape shifts his wings into elytra to fit in. Maybe thats why hes good at flying,,,ya know? Anyway he gets stuck there, he vibes, and doesnt wanna leave bc its so much cooler there. And the other Watchers couldnt be bothered to go find him bc they got better things to do. So they let him vibe. As long as he’s not causing chaos,,,,right? Omg I didn’t realize how bright the purple is oh god

[johnslittlespoon]

thinking unholy thoughts of gale making john come untouched with only his fingers in the biker au… maybe john didn’t even know it was possible so when gale keeps going he gets confused and is like “i’m good im ready” but gale keeps going 😅

au post | ohhh man okay. yeah feeling super extremely sane and normal about this, never been better! thanks! ~2k words of nsfw filth below the cut sighhhh

okay, prefaced with a little more world building in my last post since we're really diving into this au now LOL. ofc things might change when i actually write it, but this is how i'm feeling things will go rn!

re: 'maybe john didn't even know it was possible'– like i said in the drabble before this, he's fooled around a little with curt, but nothing more than getting a bit handsy. he's had a girlfriend for around a year, so they were probably serious enough to get up to things too, but straight sex is very different from gay sex obviously.

the internet exists, and during the time john is pining(thirsting) over gale, he probably does his fair share of googling 'blond man with tattoos fucks brunet man', but really he's kinda intimidated by a lot of stuff, so he doesn't delve too deep into that world. when he and gale start seeing each other and john realizes they're gonna move past making out eventually (because gale is almost such a gentleman sometimes that john wants to bash his head in in his impatience), he probably psychs himself out a bit and gets into his own head and is like fuck.

gale's had years to gain experience and what if he's not good enough or does something stupid or or or, on and on. obviously these worries are completely unfounded because gale adores him and would never pressure him and doesn't expect them to just jump right into things; half of the reason he probably drags things out is because he wants to be absolutely certain things are on john's terms, and that john's not just being horny and impulsive.

john probably ends up trying to do some research so he can yk. pick up some tips, because he's got all the enthusiasm he needs when he thinks about getting to drop to his knees for gale, but he has no idea what he's doing and he doesn't realize everyone learns as they go because he's dumb (/fond) and overthinks everything. (whatever he ends up learning doesn't matter anyway, because all coherent thought leaves his head when they do start doing stuff together and gale is so encouraging and easygoing that he feels ridiculous for ever worrying.)

all that is to say that yeah, he's got like no firsthand experience when it comes to anything past the basics or anything he hasn't been doing by himself. everything is fresh and exciting and as much as he loves just hanging around gale, he's also always needy and horny (gets told he's "insatiable" quite a few times by gale) so they get up to a lot of shit and it's unfair how good gale is in bed and how he knows exactly which buttons to press to get john worked up.

at the time this incident happens, gale's already fingered john a few times, but it's always just as a build up/foreplay, usually followed or joined with gale's other hand or lips around john's cock. they haven't had sex yet, and it feels really nice when gale does this, but john always just kinda sees it as foreplay and it doesn't last for long.

so when gale's got john laid in his bed one sunny afternoon and they're making out and john starts getting whiny and squirmy from the stimulation of his fingers in him, and gale doesn't switch things up like he usually does, john's heart leaps because in his mind, surely gale's getting him ready for something else.

but he's frustrated because it feels like gale's purposefully avoiding hitting right where he needs him to, pants out gale's name against his lips, grasping the back of gale's shirt. starts rocking his hips down against his fingers, seeking it out, and gale rumbles out a "needy thing" before pressing a kiss to his cheek and crawling down the length of his body, settling himself between john's legs.

john props himself up on his elbows to watch, cheeks flushed and eyelids heavy, digging his fingers into the blanket instead. he lets out a little whine at the slow drag of gale's fingers, and that finally makes him cave, crooking his fingers just right, and john's lips part at the way the sudden surge of pleasure zings up his spine.

lets his elbows slide out from underneath himself, dropping back down into the pillow, satisfied he's finally getting what he's been waiting for since gale worked him open ten minutes ago. he waits for stimulation on his cock to join the fingers in him as usual, assuming that's why gale moved to lay there, but gale just keeps up the slow in and out and consistent brushes against his prostate and its embarrassing how much he's leaking all over his own stomach.

but then he has the thought that maybe gale's actually properly prepping him and his cock twitches and his breath catches and he props himself up again to find gale already watching him. he waits expectantly, too shy to ask, and gale doesn't offer him any confirmation, just pressing gentle kisses to his thighs and smiling when john's hips start to roll down against his fingers again.

john thinks that maybe gale's waiting for him to say he's ready, since he does often make him ask for what he wants, so even as his cheeks go hot, he gets out a breathy "gale, i'm– that's good, 'm ready."

but gale only chuckles quietly, nipping at his thigh to feel it twitch away, watching john in a way that makes him feel somehow even more exposed than he already is, and now he's even more confused and he feels like he's melting into the bed and gale's putting a little more pressure into each crook of his fingers and the sounds he's making are so whiny and high pitched that he wants to cover his own ears out of embarrassment.

"does it feel good, doll?" gale purrs, dragging john's eyes back to him, and he nods, twisting his hands in the blankets harder. it does feel good, enough so that heat is pooling in his stomach in a way that's both familiar and foreign, the sensation all different with no friction against his dick.

gale's working his hand a little faster and john's face burns at the realization that he's being finger–fucked like a girl and he drops back into the pillows, arms going too weak to hold himself up. his thighs are starting to tremble and gale murmurs that he's "making such a mess on yourself, baby, look at you" and john immediately reaches down to take his dick in his hand, but gale catches his wrist with his free hand, slowing his movements down, much to john's dismay.

"no hands today, john," he says gently, letting go of his wrist. "i want you to keep them at your side for me, can you do that?"

and john lets out a near hysterical noise but he obliges, grabbing fistfuls of the blanket again, head spinning at being given an instruction, biting down on the inside of his cheek when gale speeds his fingers up again with a "good job, baby."

the heat builds and builds as gale's fingers hit right where they need to each time, and it feels like he's just hanging on the edge of an orgasm for so long, unable to tip over that edge, eyes blurring over from how overwhelming the drawn out sweet–hot pleasure is. he's mindlessly rocking his hips down and panting out little "ah ah ah"s with each thrust of gale's fingers and he's so close to lifting his hand from his side when a sob of frustration slips out.

but gale presses his lips to his thigh again, sucking at the sensitive skin there, pulls back to murmur a stream of "c'mon sweet thing, come on my fingers, show me how good you feel, you can do it" and john chokes out a cry as he clenches around his fingers and comes so hard he nearly blacks out, back arching and hips stuttering up like he can get friction that way.

gale's hand chases his jerking movements, continuing to fuck him on his fingers as john paints his own stomach, cock pulsing, feeling like he's just going to keep coming and coming, mewling desperately and shaking like a leaf and seeing stars behind his closed eyelids.

he closes his thighs against gale's sides when it starts to be too much, hands shaking when reaches down to tiredly push at him, hips stuttering away from the stimulation, hiccupping as he tries to catch his breath. he can feel hot tears soaking into the hair at his temples, lips parted in surprise, shuddering when gale lets his movements slow down until his fingers go still.

john whines when he pulls them out, despite his efforts to squirm away from them moments before, and gale presses a kiss to his hip before he crawls back up his body, cupping john's face with the hand not covered in lube, and john's eyes flutter open, bleary when they focus in on the expression of awe on gale's face.

"fuck, john," gale sounds almost as breathless as him. "you're crying, baby. was that okay?" john nods shakily, tilting his chin up for a kiss, and gale leans down without missing a beat, kissing him so deep it feels like he wants to devour him. mumbles "you have no idea what you do to me" against john's lips, brushing his fingers over the tear streaks on either side of his face, peppering his red cheeks with light kisses before pulling back again.

"felt good?" he murmurs, and john chokes out a laugh at the understatement, draping his wrist over his forehead. "really good," he breathes out, flushing when he opens his mouth again, "didn't know that was, um. a thing." and gale half laughs, half groans at the admission, rolling his hips down, and john sucks in a sharp breath at the drag of his pants, cock twitching even after all that.

gale doesn't mind; he's more than happy to watch his pretty boy fall apart on his fingers, mouth, cock, as many times as john lets him.

[jebentnietalleen]

Tara my love! I love your writing so much!!💖 How about this for a prompt: 22. “I’ve seen the way you look at me when you think I don’t notice.”

“I’ve seen the way you look at me when you think I don’t notice.” - or: the lifeguard au nobody asked for. 

It should be illegal, to have a summer that is this hot. All he did today is get up, ate some cereal, and took a cold shower before putting on his swimming trunks and a tanktop, and yet 5 minutes into his bikeride towards the pool he is already soaking with sweat. He can feel his face glow despite the fact that he is wearing a snapback. At least there is a breeze, although it doesn’t seem to help him cool down at all. He can feel his phone buzz in his pocket. Probably Yann, texting to tell them he is 5 minutes late. Or maybe it’s Arthur, asking what’s taking them so long. He grabs his phone with one hand while he tries to keep his bike straight and fails. Good thing it’s still early, there is hardly a soul on the streets. Turns out he was wrong: it was Basile, letting them know he would bring some beers for this afternoon. Lucas doesn’t get why Basile feels the need to text them that, that has pretty much been their daily routine ever since school ended: they go to the swimmingpool, Basile is in charge of beer duty, Lucas brings a frisbee and speakers to play some music, and the rest takes care of water and snacks. 

Lucas texts back a quick thumbs up emoji. Just before he wants to put his phone away Arthur sends his predictable ‘why are you guys always late?’ text in the groupchat. Lucas rolls his eyes. Yann is typing something. He can already feel it coming. Yep, there it is: ‘We wouldn’t be late if Lucas wouldn’t make us go across the city for this specific swimmingpool.’ God damn it. He can’t type with one hand, instead he leaves them a voicemessage: ‘Stop complaining, it’s the best pool in Paris and it’s not that far. Anyway, I’ll be there in a minute’ he puts his phone away just as he arrives in the street where he’s suppose to be. He can’t believe they are giving him crap for this. He’s not that obvious, is he? His pocket vibrates again. It’s Arthur: 'best swimmingpool in Paris? You mean that it has the hottest lifeguard, right? Because otherwise it’s just a pool, Lucas. You can’t fool us’. Shit. Maybe he wasn’t as subtle as he wanted to be. Okay, yes, fine, the lifeguard might have been the most gorgeous guy Lucas has ever seen in his life. And yes, he was hot. Very hot. But, like, there were other reasons for coming there. It wasn’t as busy as other pools, and it opened up at 10:00 instead of the usual 12:00, which meant more time to cool off in the pool. He really didn’t see what the big deal was. 

He walked towards the pool, stopping right before entering, grabbing the strap of his bag a little bit tighter. It’s fine, it will be fine. He has seen him almost daily. Eliott. Just thinking about his name makes his inside do flipflops. Get a grib, Lucas. You’ve got this. He sees Eliott before he sees Arthur: sitting on the lifeguard stand, reading a book. Lucas glances up to him while he walks past him, hoping his sunglasses will hide his gaze. Eliott is wearing the swimming trunks he loves the most: a dark red, paired with a white t-shirt. Well, that shade of red matches my face nicely, Lucas thinks to himself. Arthur waves him over, Lucas shoots him a quick nod and makes his way to him. They exchange some words of greetings and fist bumps. He let’s himself fall onto the towel he’s spread out next to Arthur’s. 

The rest of the gang arrives slowly but surely. Yann hardly takes the time to settle in, grabbing Lucas’ by his ankles and tugging him up to come swim with him. He tries not to look at Eliott as they approach the pool, he really does, but somehow his eyes always find him, even if he isn’t sitting on the stand, which happens to be the case right now: Eliott is making his rounds, walking up and down the side of the pool and lord help him, he has taken off his shirt. One thing Lucas doesn’t appreciate? The fact that swimming requires him to take off his sunglasses. He feels very naked without them, even more than he usually would wearing only his trunks. Eliott is fastly approaching, and if Lucas didn’t know better it would almost look like he is smirking at him? The heat must really be getting to him because there is no way Eliott would pay attention to him, let alone smirk at him. It’s almost as if Yann is reading his mind: 'Dude, he is totally checking you out’ Lucas turns towards Yann and glares at his smiling face. 'Come on, be serious. He is way too hot to even notice me.’ Yann keeps grinning, bouncing up and down: 'I am positive, man, and stop selling yourself short, you are a catch’ Yann looks at him pointedly before he jumps into the pool, leaving him to stand by himself just as Eliott makes his way over. Lucas feels himself grow even redder, feels Eliott’s eyes looking at him before he hears his voice: 'You should really put on some more sunscreen, you’re burning up.’ Lucas can’t believe this, is he… is he mocking him? Or is he serious? He turns to look at him, Eliott’s eyes are crinkling up, his smile taking over his entire face. It’s too much, he has to look away. Before he can say anything, Yann’s voice cuts through his thoughts: 'Lucas forgot his sunscreen, do you guys maybe have some in case of emergencies?’ Yann is avoiding his gaze, probably because he knows that he could kill him right now for this. He knows what he is doing and he doesn’t like it one bit. 'Of course, no problem. Come with me, Lucas’. Hearing Eliott say his name jerks his attention back to him, he almost looks shy, grinning at Lucas expectantly, holding his gaze as he walks backwards towards the mailbuilding. Lucas shoots Yann a deathglare before following him inside. 

Eliott is rumaging around in some cabinets, and Lucas feels more and more uncomfortable by the second. 'You know, it’s really no big deal, I’ll be fine, I’ve been lying in the sun every day, I’m sure it can take it by now’ Eliott turns around at that: 'Oh I know, I’ve seen you around here a lot, but you should always wear sunscreen. It’s really bad for your skin to lie in the sun without it, and you don’t want to ruin your beautiful complexion’. Lucas doesn’t know what stuns him more: the fact that Eliott has noticed him or the fact that he just freaking complimented him. Eliott chuckles quietly: 'You look really surprised. You thought you hadn't caught my eye?’ Lucas glances up at him: 'Well, you must observe a lot of people, so no, I didn’t really think you would remember seeing me.’ Eliott looks down for a second before locking eyes with him: 'I saw you the first day I started to work here. You walked in with your friends, laughing, making jokes. It took you a minute to see me. But since then I’ve seen the way you look at me when you think I don’t notice.’ Lucas can’t believe this is happening to him, but it is. Wow. His nerves have calmed down a bit, somehow Eliott’s words are soothing. 'Great, not only did my friends figure out my crush, turns out you were onto me as well.’ He regrets his choice of words as soon as they’ve left his mouth. Eliott’s face brightens even more, Lucas didn’t think that could be possible: 'Crush, huh? Well I am glad to have that confirmed, because now I don’t feel weird telling you that you are all I’ve been able to look at ever since I first saw you. You know, I am not going to complain about seeing you here every day, but I was wondering if maybe you’d like to see me someplace else instead? For example, tonight, in a bar across the street?’ Lucas feels his grin grow wider: 'I would love that. One question: do they have airconditioning?’  

[abeardabikeandabucketlist-blog]

I've had a lovely few days in Bonn, staying with a friend I know from Aus who I've not seen since, some 5 years ago. It's been great staying with her family, boyfriend & pooch, really living a German life from behind the looking glass, a fantastic family & I've had a great time, but now I need to get back on the Black Beagle & make tracks. The next aim I'm hoping is the Nürburgring, around 80kms away & definitely not in Nuremberg (200 miles away), like I thought prior to talking with my friends dad, although I didn't tell him this at the time. If any of my racing buddies or anyone else I know (or don't know) have any hook ups &/or connections at the Nürburgring, give me a shout, I'm hoping to get round the track in/on something, although I'm not sure it'll be the Black Beagle, but who knows!!!! Espresso in, toilet used, waters full, battery's charged, panniers re-jigged & re-packed, sun cream applied liberally, minor mechanics done & I am ready for the road, albeit 3 hrs after leaving my friends house!!! 😂😂😂 #gameon #espresso #ready #cyclinglife #cycletouring #bikelife #bikeride #biketour #cycling #aroundtheworld #bybike #charitybikeride #cambodia #sportscharity #porqueno #whynot #ynomo #bonn #germany #deutschland #nurburgring #soon #travel #traveller #travelgram #vagabond #wanderlust #instatravel (at Biergarten Alter Zoll)

[johnslittlespoon]

I'M SALIVATING FOR BIKERIDERS!GALE WITH COLLEGE STUDENT LEAVING!BUCKY

Gale's strong on the outside but a softie in heart that will protect and love our soft and vulnerable John.......

*screaming*

MEEEEE TOOOO. it really just hits different, it's such a unique dynamic for them and i'm so excited to write it because it's gonna be such a switch up from how i usually write them and also my first swing at a modern au/non–canon fic ooo boy

gale looks like he'd be scary and intimidating and closed–off, and he definitely can be in certain circumstances, but not with john, never with him. it probably takes a while for john to break down his walls, whatever reasons he might have them up, but who can say no to that sweet boy? gale is so protective and probably hates how soft john makes him at first, but they fall into each other's lives and make a home in each other's hearts before they realize it's happening.

john has so much love to give and hasn't had many positive male figures in his life, a la daddy issues, probably has gotten involved with men a little too similar to his dad, raised voices and mean fists and alcohol, because he'll lean into whoever gives him attention and affection. but gale is different, gale's gentle with him, knows what john needs before john himself even knows he needs it, never raises his voice or pushes or is anything other than sweet and soft with him.

sooo much to explore with these two, so much angst and slowburn and softness, my heart :')) <3

[johnslittlespoon]

hi sorry i can't stop thinking about your leaving!bikeriders au aaaaaa

big tough intimidating gale and his sweet little puppy boyfriend is just *chefs kiss*

but also just the potential for the future of these two is driving me crazy

john's always been a little smaller than gale, or just the fact that he's so pretty thin and lanky makes him seem smaller in comparison

but the years go by and suddenly he's got a couple inches on gale and he's beefy as all hell

gales loves it

gale gushing to his biker buddies about his baby bucky and then this brick wall of a man walks up and theyre all like holy shit

and bucky never loses his puppy tendancies, he just kinda becomes like a big dog that doesn't know his size, draping himself all over gale and almost crushing him in the process

and also gale with a little white in his beard im going insane

au post | STOP IT THIS MADE ME SO <33 i loooove this (also it won't let me add a 'read more' without messing up the images so forgive this wall of text lol)

just the thought of them growing so close and their lives intertwining over the years, sorting through their issues, getting over every hurdle and going through so much together. gale in a suit bringing flowers to john's college graduation, john getting a part time job despite gale's protests because he wants to help out but also so they can take a celebratory vacation together when he finishes his exams :((

they meet when john looks like this sweet little thing in his second year of college, early 20s, shy and still growing into gangly limbs:

and then suddenly a couple years have passed and he's graduating and he looks like this twunky frat boy (gale realizes somewhere in the first few months of living together that john's vision is absolute dogshit and john's just been writing it off as a lack of focus lmfao so he forces him to an eye doctor):

and part of gale feels a little bit sad when john doesn't have to tilt his chin up to kiss him properly anymore because yk it's like watching a puppy grow up lol but mostly he's just. insane. about his boy. he's in love with his brain, and getting to see him grow confidence and become at peace with himself over the years only makes him more infatuated (and he'll be damned if he doesn't go a little crazy at the feeling of muscular thighs beneath his hands when he's got john pinned down) <3

gale's friends going a good chunk of time without seeing john during his last year of college because john's so busy juggling part time and cramming for his final exams, and when he finally does show up at the pub or biker club or whatever just before summer, there's jokes about "what the hell have you been feeding him, buck?" because that is not the lanky awkward pretty boy that had been hanging off of gale's arm the summer before. although john's absolutely still the same personality–wise, still crawling into gale's lap whenever he can, making gale carry him to bed, loving to sit on the floor by the couch between gale's legs so gale has to lean down to kiss him. :')

maybe john gets an internship after graduating and ends up working part time at the mechanic shop instead of his old part time since gale can give him whatever hours he needs to balance the internship and income (i'm pretty sure that's what i'll have gale's job be, running a car and bike shop, because yk it just checks out). john does a lot of heavy lifting and physical activity working there and bulks tf up and it makes him feel so much more confident in himself and gale would lose his mind at the way john's work shirts stretch across his broad shoulders hsdgdskhj !?!

and oh my god yes salt and pepper beard gale. john would go fucking feral over him, catching himself staring all the time, as if he doesn't already do that enough. they both become more and more attracted to each other as time goes on, like they keep waiting for the 'honeymoon' phase to end but it just doesn't, even through whatever conflicts and fights they go through, even once they fall into routine and domesticity– they're just as crazy about each other sigh.

thx. these two are gonna live rent free in my head forever. i love them so much and i haven't even written them yet fml. ALSO THANK U FOR UR OTHER ASK WITH ALL THE BIKER INFO!!! i will absolutely msg u if i have questions ur a life saverrrr omg. i screenshot and saved that ask to my drafting doc bc god knows i'm gonna need it SJKDJG ur awesome <33