#literally me watching them all the time bc i miss them

[littlestarbigsky]

sooooo @broareweabouttoviberightnow made this post and the soda bit has quite literally has been eating me alive for the last few days…

so here is a 5 + 1 for soda and the stars🥹 also threw in some stevepop bc i miss writing them tbh (and a song bc that’s the energy i was getting while i wrote it ;)

“look at those stars, baby, look how they’re shining for you.”

not for the first time, mama was holding soda in a blanket on their front porch in the cool night air to try to get his breathing under control. ponyboy had finally moved out of the nursery and into soda’s room, but not without its challenges. pony may very well have been a walking petri dish of germs, because the moment he set foot in preschool, everyone in their home was suddenly getting sick.

soda had the worst time of it, though, his little lungs not able to fight off the infection as easily as the rest of them had. all this added up to mama holding him tight to her while he breathed in the cold fresh air, a blanket thrown over him to keep the chill in the air at bay.

“for me?” he wheezed out and she hushed him gently.

“yeah, they know to twinkle extra bright for you,” she rubbed his back gently, pressing a kiss to his messy hair. “you know they make shapes, right?”

he looked up at her curiously, and she looked pointedly at the sky above them. soda gazed up at the stars, his cheek pressed to mama’s chest.

“you see those three stars right in a line? that’s orion’s belt, he was a warrior. and those six that almost make a circle, there’s the gemini twins.”

soda listened for as long as he could before sleep took over and he couldn’t keep his eyes open any longer, mama’s voice lulling him to sleep, his breath finally coming in deep sighs.

she pressed a kiss to his forehead, carrying him back to her bedroom. she knew he was getting older, there were only so many more times she could hold her sleeping baby in her arms, she was going to hold onto it for as long as she could.

“you know, you can crash on our couch,” soda laughed, throwing a hoodie at steve as he walked across the lot.

steve looked over at him for a moment before rolling his eyes and answering, “don’t wanna keep buggin’ your folks, they already see plenty of me ‘n two-bit.”

soda smiled as he sat down next to steve , throwing a blanket over their legs and settling into steve’s side as he pulled on the sweatshirt.

“you know mama wouldn’t mind, she could win a custody battle over that asshole if she tried,” soda joked, nosing steve’s cheek. “you say the word and we’d be brothers.”

“yeah, well,” steve turned his head and smiled. “shame it’s against the law bein’ in love with your brother, or somethin’ like that, adopted or not.”

steve pressed a chaste kiss to soda’s lips, and when they pulled apart, steve gave a huge yawn, and soda could only giggle. he hooked an arm around soda’s shoulders and laid down in the soft grass, gazing up at the sky with their heads close together.

steve glanced over and watched soda’s eyes for a few minutes, mentally going through all of the constellations.

“can you tell me about them again?” steve asked quietly. when soda looked over curiously, he amended, “the stars?”

he scooted over a little bit so that their sides were flush against each other, opposite hands behind their heads to prop themselves up.

soda pointed up, “you see those four that make the big square?”

“yeah, is that the big dipper?”

soda giggled quietly, “not quite, it’s the body of pegasus. and the big v shape next to it is pisces. and if you look up a little, aries is right there, too.”

steve listened for as long as he could before he couldn’t keep his eyes open. soda only stopped when he heard the soft snores, a small smile tugging at the corner of his mouth. he pressed a kiss to steve’s forehead and pulled the blanket up to their shoulders, ready to drift off with him.

“is that cassiopeia?” pony asked, pointing his fingers up at one of the star clusters.

“that’s libra, kiddo,” soda laughed, tugging the blanket closer around them.

mama and darry had gone on a college visit for the weekend, so daddy loaded up his two younger boys into the truck and took them camping. only on the drive back to tulsa, the truck had given out, so until daddy could get the truck running again, they were stuck on the side of the oklahoma highway. getting bored after about five minutes, soda had grabbed pony and one of the blankets from the back seat and made them a cozy little space in the bed of the truck.

“but what about the shape? i thought we could see her all year round,” pony argued, and soda just tugged him in so he could gesture to a different area of the sky.

“we can, but she’ll be over there this time of year, where the trees are blocking,” soda gently corrected. “we probably would have had a great view of her at the campground.”

soda didn’t mind pony being a little petulant, he knew there were only so many more times soda would be able to do this, when pony would still think it was fun to curl up in the bed of the truck with his brother just to look at the stars. it was almost like he could feel pony growing up, pressed against his side.

“okay, smart guy, what else is up there, then?”

soda smiled and pointed at the sky directly overhead, “right next to libra is scorpius, you see the curve? that’s its tail.”

“and that’s sagittarius next to it, right?” pony perked up.

“yeah, kiddo, that’s right.”

they went back and forth for a little while longer, pony pointing out all the constellations he could remember mama teaching him, and soda filling in the blanks with the rest of them.

“…and there’s cygnus, you see it, pony?” he asked, his voice now a whisper, but pony didn’t answer. “hey, you still with me, kiddo?”

pong still didn’t say anything. soda looked over and felt his heart swell as his eyes landed on pony, who was fast alseep, pulling in deep breaths and looking more at peace than soda had seen him in weeks. he tugged his sleeping brother closer to him under the blanket, his body curled up and content in the crook of soda’s arm.

“rest up, baby,” he pressed a kiss to pony’s temple. “i love you.”

he felt so guilty for needing them, for needing someone to care about him in the way mama curtis always had, but his parents just wouldn’t stop going at it, and he refused to be in the house if one of them was going to kill the other. he wanted someone to hold him close, remind him that he was alive, that that would be enough.

something glass shattered against the wall outside johnny’s bedroom and he grabbed his jacket and sprinted out the door. he didn’t know where he was going or what he was going to do, he just knew he needed out.

he was barely looking where he was going, he probably would have gotten hit by a car if he didn’t run into something very real and very solid halfway across the vacant lot. johnny fell backwards onto the grass, immediately curling into a ball and covering his face with his arms as he braced for someone to knock him out or at least black one of his eyes, but it never came.

“johnnycake?” he knew that voice…

“s-soda?” he stuttered, his voice much more shaky than he had expected.

“yeah,” soda’s voice was closer now. “where were you running to, kid? it’s so late…”

johnny tried to answer, he really did, but his breath caught in his throat and he swore he could feel his heart about to jackknife out of his chest. stars were dancing in his field of vision, he couldn’t get himself under control and… was he crying?

“hey, hey, hey,” soda must have only been a few inches from him, johnny could feel his body heat radiating, but his voice seemed far away and fuzzy. “can you take a breath for me, johnnykid? just one, in and out, that’s all you’ve gotta do.”

he did what he could, he heaved in as much of a breath as he could manage. he could feel soda wrapping himself around his shaking body. they were only a few months apart in age, but it seemed like soda was twice the size of him. usually he’d be insecure about it, but with soda, it was hard to mind things like that.

he coached johnny through a few more breaths, each coming easier than the last. he seemed to understand that johnny didn’t want to talk about what happened, so instead he asked, “can i show you something? you’ve just gotta lay down for me.”

johnny nodded silently and soda maneuvered them so johnny’s head was rested in his crossed legs, one hand on his chest to keep a tab on his breathing and the other carding gently through johnny’s half-greased curls.

“you see those stars that are kinda shaped like a coat hanger?”

johnny thought he was ready to speak, but when he opened his mouth, nothing came out, so he simply nodded. he could feel the tension in his shoulders ebbing, soda had always been good at keeping his head on straight when johnny needed him.

“that’s leo the lion, he’s my favorite. and if you look over by those mountains, you can see a bit of the big dipper.”

“soda, we need to stay inside! they might find something!”

soda was trying to drag darry out the front door and onto the lawn, which darry was loudly protesting. it was the first time in years that they would be able to see a meteor shower from their house, and soda wasn’t about to miss it, and he didn’t want darry to, either.

“then only close the screen door so you can hear the phone, you’re gonna miss it!” he whisper-shouted, dragging his brother across the grass and flopping down on the blanket he’d laid out.

darry stared at soda on the ground from where he was standing, “soda, i swear to god, pony’s god only knows where with johnny, and you want me to look at the stars? are you serious?”

“it’s not just the stars, darry! it’s a meteor shower!” soda propped himself up on his elbows indignantly. “and staring at the phone isn’t gonna make it ring, we’ll know what’s happening the minute they find him.”

“yeah, like the fuzz are dying to call us,” darry rolled his eyes, his hands on his hips. soda almost had to laugh at how much he reminded him of their mama.

“i’m not talking about the fuzz,” soda motioned for him to sit down again. “you know dally or tim shepard will know about it the second they haul those two in.”

darry sighed heavily and sat down. soda moved behind him and without preamble, started rubbing darry’s shoulders and back. he seemed to be holding all of the tension and stress of the past week in his neck and shoulders, but soda could feel him relaxing the littlest bit.

“what are we watching again?” darry bent his head back to look at soda.

soda cracked a smile, his first in days, “look over, straight up from steve’s house, there’s gonna be a meteor shower there any second now.”

darry relaxed back onto his elbows as light began to rain in the sky a million miles away, and soda fell backwards to lay down on the blanket, finally some calm in the worst week of their lives. it was all still there, all that pain and fear, but it could sit to the side for a few minutes.

“i told him about it,” soda whispered. “the meteor shower. wherever he is, if he can figure out where north is, he might just be watching it, too.”

darry have a small chuckle, “that idiot doesn’t have a clue where north is.”

“i ran out today, pony and darry were going at it again and… i don’t know. i just couldn’t take it anymore. i think we finally heard each other, though, they don’t wanna fight anymore at least, so that’s gotta be something. i guess its just all been hard and scary since the court settled. pony’s all broken up about what happened, and i guess we all are, but he’s just having such a hard time. he’ll get through it, he’s a lot stronger than me and darry.”

soda pulled the blanket around his shoulders a little tighter, easing himself back and forth gently in the rocking chair on the front porch.

“but i think that’s about everything…” he said quietly. “i hope johnny and dally are keeping you and daddy company up there. we miss y’all somethin’ awful down here, but i bet it’s real nice up there in the stars.”

“soda!” darry called from inside the house. “you’ve got work in the morning, you gotta get to bed!”

soda pulled in a deep breath and pushed himself off the chair and began to head inside, pausing for a moment to steal one more glance at the night sky.

“i love you, mama, thanks for shinin’ so bright for me.”

[pbaz7]

was going through an insane crash out yesterday and the tenn game was just the cherry on top. really needing this rn lmao.

“Go back to sleep, pretty.”

tearing up alr

“You’re lucky you look like your mama, you know that?”

if their kid does end up looking like azzi that little girl is about to be spoiled beyond anyone's wildest dreams

“Yeah, yeah, I know. You’re more important,” she sighed, giving her tiny hand a gentle squeeze.

🥹

“She thinks I don’t know it, but she’s been running my life since I was fifteen.”

azzi had her on a leash for nearly a decade atp

“I swear, she could tell me to do anything, and I’d do it. No hesitation,” Paige admitted, a small smile tugging at her lips. “And now you? I just know you’re gonna be the same way. I’m gonna be in trouble with you two. Probably broke.”

at least she's aware!

“And you? You’re the best thing we ever did…”

ever better than getting that 2025 natty?! (let me stay delusional)

Azzi’s heart melted.

how could it not

Azzi watched in disbelief before shaking her head. “Oh, this is ridiculous. She’s already got a favorite.”

p tends to have that effect on people unfortunately (fortunately)

Aliana was sound asleep, bundled up in her little UConn onesie, oblivious to the fact that she was about to make her first official appearance in Gampel Pavilion.

uconn fan since BIRTH quite literally

Azzi sighed, shaking her head as a small smile pulled at her lips. “I still can’t believe we call him Grandpa now.”

oh em gee this is adorable. geno pls get ur act together and stop making game losing calls and maybe this can happen irl!

“Oh. My. God,” she gasped, eyes wide with shock and excitement.

still extra and dramatic all these years later

her fingers already moving to undo the straps.

can't even call you out for the double entendre bc this is genuinely so adorable

Ice shook her head, laughing. “Oh, you already on that parent logic, huh?”

girl math parent logic

just Paige and Azzi, tucked into each other like they were back in college, stealing moments in between practices.

just thinking about them being so cute and annoying during practice and lit tearing up. I can't have it be over guys😭

Paige tightened her hold, letting out a small hum of satisfaction. “I missed this,” she admitted. “Just… holding you.”

longing for simpler times right with p and az... oh how I miss Hopkins p

“You’re my wife. Meaning you’re irreplaceable, Bueckers.”

literally can't imagine either of them with anyone else

When they pulled away, she whispered, “God, you’re beautiful.”

azzi almost looks like ai she's so perfect. like sometimes I wonder if she's real

Paige smirked. “I do know. But please tell me more.”

she's just the same

“Yeah, but when she doesn’t want to sleep unless she’s on your chest?

this trait seems to be hereditary then...

Paige pulled out the tiny noise-canceling headphones and carefully adjusted them over Aliana’s little head.

just thinking of kate martin holding her nephew with those stupid little headphones over his head

The moment people noticed the baby in Paige’s arms, the volume somehow got even louder.

cuz they know that little girl bout to be playing for them in like 17 years

After a moment, Paige sighed and carefully, almost reluctantly, shifted Aliana into Azzi’s arms.

this is so dad watching the Super Bowl core

Paige smirked. “Guess she likes messing with you already. Knew she’d be just like me.”

azzi got TWO of these hoes to deal with. someone give her an award for patience

“I get it, baby. Auntie Nika is a lot sometimes.”

would NEVER in a million years trust nika with my kid... but love that for p and az!

but they’re practically vibrating waiting to meet you.”

me core I fear

“She was always putting me first. It didn’t matter how much pressure she was under, how exhausted she was from practice—she always made sure I felt loved.”

azzi stop talking before I start sobbing

You and me? We’re the luckiest girls in the world.”

and a tear rolled down my cheek🥹

Paige leans in and presses a quick but lingering kiss to her lips, not caring in the slightest about the people around them.

just one of these is all I want! it doesn't even have to be on the lips guys just a cute little kiss on the forehead at the draft or smth

“I mean, can you blame me? I bagged the most beautiful woman in the world and we have the cutest baby ever. I think I’ve earned the right to be a little cocky.”

I mean she does have a point...

Paige and Azzi both chuckle at the comment. Paige leans in slightly toward Azzi, murmuring, “They’re already trying to recruit her.”

knowing who her parents are you can't blame em

“Move over, CD. Let me see my granddaughter.”

gramps is so sassy lmao

a familiar but unexpected face appeared beside them.

wait im scared

“You and Azzi still going strong, huh?”

who is this ugly hoe..

As soon as the woman was out of earshot, Azzi turned to Paige. “I thought we were done with your groupies at this stage.”

nah that's just what comes with marrying Paige bueckers

Now, Azzi was straddling Paige’s lap, her arms draped lazily over Paige’s shoulders as they kissed.

OH?!

“Doesn’t change anything,” she said, her voice low but firm. “You know I can’t do it.”

yeah im on team Paige here I would efintley not have sex in front of my kid lmao... no matter how young they are

Azzi let out a laugh just before Paige kissed her again, pulling her under the warmth of the water, their laughter fading into something softer.

can't even be mad I was robbed cuz this is adorable

ugh I love pazzi as parents so much

truly still in shambles about yesterday

dare I say I knew we were gonna lose from before the game even started...

anyway author, as usual, I love you

-🍉

tearing up alr

everybody said this 😭

ever better than getting that 2025 natty?! (let me stay delusional)

exactly you see the vision..yup..yup

oh em gee this is adorable. geno pls get ur act together and stop making game losing calls and maybe this can happen irl!

please luigi i need you to get it together

azzi almost looks like ai she's so perfect. like sometimes I wonder if she's real

this is so real

would NEVER in a million years trust nika with my kid... but love that for p and az!

i wouldn’t trust any of them with a child

and a tear rolled down my cheek

sorry 😬

just one of these is all I want! it doesn't even have to be on the lips guys just a cute little kiss on the forehead at the draft or smth

man gimme something please

also i’m letting that game drift from my memory permanently ✨

[twinsunstars]

it hasn’t been 13 weeks without the bad batch if you keep rewatching the episodes

[bestagons]

What Dan and Phil Text Each Other 4 + Familect (article)

[julla]

briefly scrolled though the bigbang subreddit like recommended and - true, it definitely is active! which is fun. one of the first things i saw is that someone got into listening gd bc they knew him from the shoe world 😭😭 i mean that's just amazing lmao

[aq2003]

i saw a post saying boom was good bc it feels like it could be done with any doctor/companion duo and honestly that was one of the things i felt was wrong with it

[camellcat]

I feel fucking crazy!!!!!!!!!!

(thinking about the way he convinced her he was still himself. his smile when she said his name. the way he said hello. the way he simply looked at her. how he had to act like everything was normal because he was so scared she was gonna leave him. the hurt when she asked him to change back, just exacerbating that fear even more. him trying to play it off as if he's totally fine with sending her home even though it's absolutely and utterly the last thing he'd ever want to do. his pride at finally getting her to smile, only to be immediately dashed when she snapped at him. the way he made the worst impression after that and scared the life out of her.

oh, just everything, all of it.)

[deus-ex-mona]

such is the tale of a ✨chronically online hypocrite✨

[wienerlicious]

sure the economy sucks and i can't afford a house or kids but at least i was born at the perfect time to be the target demographic for twilight

[mariatesstruther]

okay hear me out modern au where Tommy and Maria first meet in a club in their 20s and they bump into each other while dancing and just start dancing together and they just hit it off but in the end they both forget to give each other their numbers so both of them go back to the same club the next week to hopefully meet each other again (also Tess and Maria definitely go clubbing together because I love them as best friends)

cowboy!!!! yes yes YES i LOVE this. and u could extend this meet-cute into like a whole thing where tommy and maria keep trying to meet at the club and exchange information, but something gets in the way everytime!!!! kid emergency!!! bar fight!!! cocaine bear on the loose!!! zombie apocalypse���who knows????

im thinking the first time, tess drags maria to a bar she likes because she’s been trying to get the attention of this hot dilfy guy at the bar, but he’s always tailing along with his friend. by tess’s design, maria and tommy meet and and hit it off and dance (to maria maria by santana) the night away. they fall in love and decide they want to go home together, so maria goes to the bathroom—but joel randomly comes up and is like “tommy, hey sorry selena’s mom called, sarah had a nightmare and she wants us both to pick her up, we gotta go” and in true miller dad-uncle panic they BOLT. by the time maria comes back, tess is like “idk dude, mine got a call so they had to go. seemed like an emergency. bummer” and they assume thats that

on the flip side: everythings okay with sarah, but after tommy and joel tuck her in tommy’s suddenly just like “fuck—fuck!!!!!” and joels like “what? what???” and he’s like “i didn’t get her number :(:(:(:( fuck” and so joel’s like “it’s okay, i see her friend there all the time” and so tommy’s like “omg :D do you have her friends number?” “well… no” “joel… what the fuck man.” so they make a plan to go back next week with the hopes of at least seeing tess and getting maria’s number from there—tommy also wants to get tess’s number for joel, but he doesn’t need to know that

little do THEY know, tess and maria are already plotting for next weekend. they show up to that bar looking fine as FUCK—they quite literally turn heads walking through the door. of course the miller brothers are there, sitting in a booth all the way in the back and waiting, making eyes. tess and maria are not shy, so they start making their way over. unfortunately, some drunk asshole decides to try to get handsy with tess on her way there—which results in her punching him in the face, which results in him trying to punch her in the face. she dodges, of course, but it starts a full-on bar brawl that the miller boys jump into without hesitation (joel manages to tackle and land a few good ones on og drunk asshole too so. slay.). none of them get arrested or anything, but they definitely don’t get eachother numbers on account of joel and tommy having to duck the cops

so i guess they gotta keep trying ;)

[kimmkitsuragi]

it's still sooo funny to me how the party is fighting for their lives in the astral prism and shadowheart is just having her magical girl transformation somewhere out there. lynn jaheira wyll and gale having a few breakdowns while shadowheart is dying her hair for emo reasons. astarion probably helping her

[syncogon]

fun fact: miqin mubei, face obscured, is the second named character to appear in the entire show. yes he appears all the way in episode 1

[voxmilia]

i'm gonna invent a time machine to go back to the early 2010s and talk to the english localization team for f.ire e.mblem f.ates and help them rewrite c.orrin's supports with o.din and s.elena to make them suck less

[surayazayad]

I’m so in my Nikki feels, I love my loser son u guys don’t even know

[risaonda]

so sick of being around people on the road who drive like their only dream and goal in life is to hit someone/for someone to hit them