#matt rayburn imagine

[chellestrash]

snowed in

Matt Rayburn x GN!reader

summary: Matt isn't a fan of the Christmas plans you two made so he attempts to talk you out of them in his own...interesting way.

warnings: brief smut, explicit in some parts, swearing.

word count: 2.9k

AN: thank youuu to @chelseasdagger for proofreading and encouraging me to write this one even tho Matt isn't really a very popular character and i can't imagine a lot of people will read this one i still hope those who choose to do that will enjoy it.

“Shit, that's a lot of snow.”

You point out and turn around quickly, glancing over at Matt, still laying under the thick covers in the big, warm bed. He watches you with one arm behind his head, his other arm still in the same position from when you pushed him away to crawl out from under the comforter. Nodding his head to the side, he gestures for you to come back to him, hoping you'd both get at least a couple more minutes of sleep.

“What?”

You ask, your arms resting on your hips as you wait for the answer. Matt's eyes slowly drops from your face, as he takes in the full picture. You're standing in front of the bed, your hair slightly messed up from the sleep, his shirt thrown over your body, the hem of it a bit above the middle of your thighs, the big window and snowy landscape behind you, the light from outside making him squint slightly. 

“C'mere.”

He grumbles out, his voice low and raspy after the night. His hand reaches over to your side of the bed to pull the covers back, inviting you back into the warmth. 

“You want me to get back in bed, Rayburn?”

He scoffs quietly at the obvious question and the tone of your voice, and watches as you walk over to the bed, throwing your leg over him to climb on top.

“It's only been a couple of minutes. Missed me that much?”

“Oh, you’ve got no idea.”

He murmurs softly, looking up at you now leaning over him slightly.

You push back on top of him gently and his hands immediately travel back up, and you feel him gripping your ass tightly, pulling you closer to him. Your own hands rest on top of his bare chest and you move your fingers slowly over the muscles, your nails dragging against his skin.

He hums quietly at the feeling, his eyes close slowly and his head falls back onto the pillow when he lets himself relax back into the bed.

“Oh no, no, no-”

You cup his face quickly, the beard scratching your palms slightly as you attempt to keep him awake.

“We're not doing that.”

He frowns slightly when you smack the side of his face a couple of times, and he wraps his hand around your wrist quickly.

“Yes we are.”

“No we-”

 He grunts loudly, turning onto his side, wrapping his arm around your shoulders when you inevitably fall down on the bed next to him as he changes positions. You attempt to somehow wiggle out of his embrace, but he only tightens his grip around you, making you sigh loudly.

“Matt, we have to leave soon, if we want to make it on time.”

You make a point and he grunts in response.

“What if we don't want that?”

He mumbles against your skin, and you feel his lips grazing the skin at the back of your neck. It's not a surprise to you, Matt's been trying to get out of this Christmas party with friends for a week now, trying to come up with excuses or make up plans that could maybe somehow lead to you both getting to spend the day alone. The snowfall made him hopeful, the thick layer of soft white powder covering the mountain roads made the idea of a couple hour long drive a bit more daunting. 

“You don't want to be on time?”

You glance over your shoulder and catch his sleepy expression before he buries his face in the crook of your neck. 

“I don't want…to be there.”

“Matt.”

You feel the warmth of his body somehow cover even more of you when he moved to kiss the side of your face before snuggling closer, his face now resting on your cheek. You can't deny it, the idea of spending a whole day alone with Matt over at his place for Christmas sounds tempting. The trailer is not big, but it's enough, furnished and decorated in a way that makes it feel cozy and so warm, even despite the many layers of snow covering every inch of it on the outside. The bed and covers smell like him and so do the blankets on the couch, the towels, and your clothes that lay in a pile on the floor under his hoodies and shirts for most of the time you two spend together. You wouldn't mind staying in bed all day… but at the same time you don't want him to feel like he's winning. 

“I'm getting up.”

You announce quickly after a good moment of both of you lying together in silence, and it catches him off guard.

“Wait!”

You manage to free yourself from his grip and get off the bed. You only take a couple steps towards the pile of clothes on the floor before he hooks his arm around your waist and pulls you back down on the bed. 

“Matt!”

You protest, but he pulls you closer. 

“Wait wait wait, just, give me a second here, okay?”

He tries to reason with you, looking down, now leaning over you in the bed. 

“A second for what?”

He pretends to think about the answer really hard, and you watch the few strands of hair fall forward onto his forehead.

“Trying to come up with a good excuse.”

You reach up to push the hair back from his face, and he leans into the touch.

“And what would that be?”

His expression softens slightly when he realizes you're willing to listen, maybe even considering ditching the Christmas party idea. 

“We could say something came up?”

Matt suggests after a moment, and you shake your head slowly. 

“What came up?”

He glances back over his shoulder at the big window and then turns back to you.

“Us not feeling like going? Does that count?”

You snort, pushing your arm against his chest to get him off of you, and he falls back onto the mattress with a big sigh. 

“Guess that's a no.”

“That's a no.”

You roll over to peck his lips quickly before finally getting up and out of the bed. Matt props his head on his elbow and watches you walk over to the couch. It takes him a moment, but he quickly throws the covers off and follows, catching up with you just in time to stop you from putting your pants on.

“Alright but-”

He starts again, and you throw your head back with a little chuckle. Turning back to face him, you look up to look into his eyes, but feel his hand on your chest before you can say anything. Matt pushes you back, and you fall down on the couch. 

“What was that?!”

You protest and try to get up, but he pushes you back down.

“Listen to me.”

He explains with a little squint and doges your light kick.

“Okay no, listen.”

He starts, and you cross your arms in front of your chest.

“What if… what if we-”

He clears his throat, and you watch him slowly drop to his knees right in front of you. 

“What if-”

You feel his fingers brushing over your knee slowly. 

“Mhmmm?”

“What if we told them, we can't make it?

He leans down slowly, glancing up at you as if he's looking for approval. His deep, auburn eyes fixed on yours for a moment. You tilt your head to the side and nod slowly, encouraging him with a soft expression.

“I'm listening.”

His lips brush over the skin of your thigh, and you sigh quietly, feeling his tongue now tracing up your leg. You push your fingers through his hair slowly, and he hums quietly at the feeling. 

“We could say…”

He moves from one thigh to the other, kiss after kiss, his lips on one leg, his fingers gently brushing up the other. 

“There's too much snow?”

You breathe out a laugh, and tug on his hair softly to make him look up at you again. 

“Matt, they live here too, they have eyes.”

“Yeah, but… this place is higher up the mountain.”

He sighs, resting his head down in your lap and doesn't move for another moment, letting his eyes close and his body relax slightly. He lets himself enjoy the feeling of your fingers brushing through his thick, dark brown hair, the warmth of your body against his skin is so pleasant and so, so calming. 

“You really don’t want to go, huh?”

You slowly drag the back of your fingers down his cheek, your thumb brushing over the stubble on his face from time to time while you let him stay like this. His body is between your legs, his chest pressed against you, his head resting right there against your thighs.

“What gave it away?”

His voice rumbles softly when he answers quietly with a question without even opening his eyes.

You hum in response, more to yourself than to him. Slowly beginning to consider the idea of spending the whole day right here at Matt’s place with him, you try to come up with your own excuse. The feeling of slow, gentle kisses on your thighs pushes any other thoughts away, and you come back to the room. Glancing down, you feel yourself smiling softly at the sight of this big and tough looking man being so gentle and slow with the way he traces his lips on your skin at this moment. He moves up after a bit, pushing you back so that you're resting against the couch now, before you feel his thumbs brushing over your sides, his lips over the hem of your underwear now.

“Matt…”

You start, but it doesn’t stop him.

“Mmhmm?”

He hums quietly against your body, now working his way up your stomach to your chest. A satisfied, quiet hum slips past your lips as you feel your body slowly relaxing into the pleasant sensation. Your fingers push through his hair again, and he grunts softly at the feeling of your fingertips on his scalp. Everything somehow feels slower, softer and quieter than it did moments before. His lips, warm and gentle, move over your skin bit by bit, slowly taking care of every little part of your upper body. 

“We’ll- shit.”

Matt sits up, pushing himself off his knees and moving closer to you, the width of his body making your legs slowly spread open for him even more. With his fingers now wrapping around the side of your neck, he pulls your face towards him, and you watch the way his eyes glance around your face before finally stopping right at your lips. You lean into the kiss without thinking about it too much, and a soft moan escapes your mouth when your lips find his. You both hum quietly, pulling each other closer and Matt tilts his head to the side to deepen the kiss. You feel the way he drags his finger down your cheek, unable to help it, you smile against him at the feeling.

“What?"

He pulls away only for a second before coming back to your lips right away. It takes you a moment to break it again and answer.

“We'll come up with something.”

Matt sighs in relief as his hands find their way back to your sides, thumbs brushing into your ribs, his lips wet and warm at your chest again. 

“C'mere.”

You whisper, cupping his face in your hands and making him look up at you before leaning down on the couch. The grunt he lets out as he gets up off the floor makes you breathe out a little laugh. 

“Yeah? That’s what you want? Hmm.”

“Don’t even try that, you started this.”

He scoffs at your words, unable to deny the accusations.

“Damn right, I did, and I’d do it again.”

“Yeah… yeah, I know that actually” 

You start, sitting up a bit before you hook your fingers at the waistband of his dark gray boxers. Your eyes trail over his body—first you look up, up his stomach and chest, admiring his thick arms and broad shoulders, strategically avoiding his gaze before letting yours fall. You catch the way his thighs look even bigger in the boxers he chose to wear today, before stopping right at the bulge between them.

“Come here.” 

You repeat, pulling him closer to you. 

“M’ here.”

He murmurs in response, climbing on top of you, once again pushing your legs apart with his body. You tilt your head back, exposing your neck to him, and almost immediately you feel his tongue right there under your cheekbonejaw. A couple of wet kisses follow before you feel his hips push down into you. You both grunt softly at the feeling, and you let yourself sink into the pillows under the weight of his body. 

“Yeah? That feels good?” 

The question is genuine, Matt honestly wants to know if what he’s doing is working for you as much as it is for him. He doesn’t care much about how he’d do it, but he just wants to make sure you feel good. Wrapping your legs around his back, you let him know it does, it does in fact feel good. Your hands are now on his back when you feel his hand push under the waistband of your underwear, touching you right where you want him to. 

“Matt?”

You start, after a moment, pushing on his shoulder to let him know you want his full attention. He groans into your neck and rolls his hips on top of you one more time before looking up.

“What is it, baby?”

You rest your palm against his cheek, and he leans into the touch, closing his eyes for a second.

“Want me to call them, and tell them we won’t make it? You’d like that?”

He nods.

“Can you open your mouth and tell me?” 

You tease him quietly with an evil smirk and his head drops. He chuckles quietly, looking up at you with that cute little squint, nodding repeatedly.

“Yeah, yeah, I’d like that.”

He tilts his head to the side.

“Can you do that for me, baby? Hmm?”

You know he’s doing it on purpose, you know, and you can literally feel his words between your legs.

“Keep this attitude up, and you’ll make me change my mind.”

You warn.

“Naaah.”

He looks off to the side before turning back to look at you. 

“I don’t think you’d want to miss this.”

He grabs your wrist and guides your hand between his legs. Feeling the warmth against your palm, you sigh loudly. 

“Cocky.”

He nods with a smirk.

“Yeah, learned it from you.”

You roll your eyes and breathe out a laugh, enjoying the fact that both of you really just want each other. 

“So…”

Matt brushes your cheek with the back of his hand before dragging his finger down your nose, glancing down at your lips, yearning for another kiss.

“We're staying here?”

You nod quickly.

“We're staying here.”

He leans down over you, closer and closer to your face, to the point where his lips basically brush over yours with his every word.

“Good.”

His voice is barely a whisper now, his eyes glancing around your face before you push your head up towards him, catching his lower lip between your teeth. You spend the next couple of minutes making out before Matt finally reaches between you both to pull your underwear down. You break the kiss only to glance down for a moment. Grabbing at the waistband of his boxers, you pull them down quickly before whining quietly at the sight. 

“You said something?”

He teases while wrapping his fingers around the base of his cock, and you have to stop yourself from pushing him off the couch. He works himself over a couple of times, letting you watch the way he gets harder at the thought of you, the sight of you, because of you, before pushing your legs open wider for him. 

“If you won't put it inside me, I swear to god I'm gonna make you go to that Christmas party, Rayburn.”

You warn, but can't help the smile when he bursts out laughing before nodding quickly.

“Understood.” 

...

“You know what I think?”

He mumbles into your skin as he settles between your back and the couch, grabbing a blanket off the floor to pull over the both of you once you're both done.

“You didn’t want to go either.” 

He states, and you roll your eyes, your fingers slowly brushing over his shoulder in a gentle, circular motion. You can feel the warmth of his body behind you, can feel the weight of him sinking into the couch pillows, his stubble scratching the back of your shoulder slightly while his lips work on soothing your skin. You let out a heavy sigh and feel yourself pushing back against him. The part of you that needs to be right there, right where he is, the closest you could possibly get to him, wins. You snuggle even closer and peck his arm softly one, two, three times when he wraps it around your chest before finally answering his question… not really.

“Shut up.”

Matt snorts, knowing that he won't win this one, but neither do you. Burying his face in the cook of your neck, he lets himself rest now, feeling your body relax against him makes him relax as well. Both of you close your eyes now, both of you feeling really god-damn glad you decided to rethink your Christmas plans beforehand.

[lightblindingme]

Hey, y’all! During the month of July I started a new concept of writing fics that's really fun and so exciting for me. I'm bringing it back in September!

The idea is this:

SEND A PIC, GET A FIC

Basically, you send me a photo and tell me which character/couple you want me to write about and I write a fic inspired by it, ranging from 500-2000 words.

If you want your prompt to be anonymous, just let me know and I won’t tag you 😊

It can be about:

- Shane x Tess Walsh (my my original female character)

- Shane Walsh x reader

- Frank x Maria Castle

- Frank x Karen (Kastle)

- Sam Rossi x reader

- Sam Rossi x Cleo (my original female character)

- Matt Rayburn x reader

- Matt Rayburn x ofc

Note: Any distasteful pics will be ignored! 

You can check out all my works here and the fics I wrote during the previous round here

I’m planning on posting every couple of days and I’m looking forward to any and all prompts :D 

tagging: @allinourprivate-traps @kteague  @outofbluecomesgreen @frankcastlestanktop  @the-punishers-coming-for-you  @officialpunisher @lpdwillwrite4coffee @thisgirl-knm @misanthr00pe @deansdirtywhore in case you guys want to send anything though you are in no way expected to so no pressure :)

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New Post has been published on https://toldnews.com/technology/entertainment/celebrity-birthdays-for-the-week-of-april-7-13/

Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 7-13

April 7: Country singer Bobby Bare is 84. Singer Charlie Thomas of The Drifters is 82. Movie director Francis Ford Coppola is 80. Actress Roberta Shore (“The Virginian”) is 76. Singer Patricia Bennett of The Chiffons is 72. Singer-guitarist John Oates of Hall and Oates is 71. Drummer John Dittrich of Restless Heart is 68. Singer Janis Ian is 68. Actor Jackie Chan is 65. Actor Russell Crowe is 55. Singer Mark Kibble of Take 6 is 55. Actor Bill Bellamy (“Last Comic Standing,” ”Fastlane”) is 54. Drummer Charlie Hall of The War On Drugs is 45. Singer-bassist John Cooper of Skillet is 44. Actress Heather Burns (“Miss Congeniality”) is 44. Actor Kevin Alejandro (“Lucifer,” ”Southland”) is 43. Bassist Ben McKee of Imagine Dragons is 34. Contemporary Christian singer Tauren Wells is 33. Actor Ed Speleers (“Downton Abbey”) is 31. Actor Conner Rayburn (“According to Jim”) is 20.

April 8: Comedian Shecky Greene is 93. Original Mouseketeer Darlene Gillespie is 78. Singer Peggy Lennon of the Lennon Sisters is 78. Songwriter Leon Huff of Gamble and Huff is 77. Guitarist Steve Howe of Yes (and of Asia) is 72. Bassist Mel Schacher of Grand Funk Railroad is 68. Singer-actor John Schneider (“The Dukes of Hazzard”) is 59. Guitarist Izzy Stradlin (Guns N’ Roses) is 57. Singer-guitarist Donita Sparks of L7 is 56. Singer Julian Lennon is 56. Actor Dean Norris (“Breaking Bad,” ”Under the Dome”) is 56. Rapper Biz Markie (“Yo Gabba Gabba”) is 55. Actress Robin Wright is 53. Actress Patricia Arquette is 51. Actor JR Bourne (TV’s “Teen Wolf,” ”Revenge”) is 49. Singer Craig Honeycutt of Everything is 49. Drummer Darren Jessee of Ben Folds Five is 48. Actress Emma Caulfield (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) is 46. Actor Taylor Kitsch (“True Detective,” ”Friday Night Lights”) is 38. Singer-guitarist Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend is 35. Actor Taran Noah Smith (“Home Improvement”) is 35. Guitarist Jamie Sierota (Echosmith) is 26. Actress Sadie Calvano (“Mom”) is 22.

April 9: Naturalist Jim Fowler (“Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom”) is 89. Actress Michael Learned (“The Waltons”) is 80. Country singer Margo Smith is 77. Country singer Hal Ketchum is 66. Actor Dennis Quaid is 65. Humorist Jimmy Tingle (“60 Minutes II”) is 64. Keyboardist Dave Innis of Restless Heart is 60. Talk show host Joe Scarborough (“Morning Joe”) is 56. Actor Mark Pellegrino (“Dexter”) is 54. Actress-model Paulina Porizkova is 54. Actress Cynthia Nixon (“Sex and the City”) is 53. Singer Kevin Martin of Candlebox is 50. TV personality Sunny Anderson (“The Kitchen”) is 44. Singer Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance is 42. Actress Keshia Knight Pulliam (“The Cosby Show”) is 40. Guitarist Albert Hammond Junior of The Strokes is 39. Actor Charlie Hunnam (“Sons of Anarchy”) is 39. Actor Jay Baruchel (“Knocked Up,” ”Tropic Thunder”) is 37. Actress Annie Funke (“Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders”) is 34. Actor Jordan Masterson (“Last Man Standing”) is 33. Actress Leighton Meester (“Gossip Girl”) is 33. Singer-actor Jesse McCartney (“Summerland”) is 32. Singer Jazmine Sullivan is 32. Actress Kristen Stewart (“Twilight”) is 29. Actress Elle Fanning (“Because of Winn-Dixie”) is 21. Actor Isaac Hempstead Wright (“Game of Thrones”) is 20. Singer Jackie Evancho is 19.

April 10: Actor Max von Sydow is 90. Actress Liz Sheridan (“Seinfeld”) is 90. Sportscaster John Madden is 83. Reggae artist Bunny Wailer is 72. Actor Steven Seagal is 67. Singer Terre Roche of The Roches is 66. Actor Peter MacNicol (“Numb3rs,” ”Ally McBeal”) is 65. Bassist Steven Gustafson of 10,000 Maniacs is 62. Singer-producer Babyface is 61. Musician Brian Setzer is 60. Singer Katrina Leskanich of Katrina and the Waves is 59. Drummer Tim “Herb” Alexander of Primus is 54. Singer Kenny Lattimore is 52. Comedian Orlando Jones is 51. Guitarist Mike Mushok of Staind is 50. Rapper Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest is 49. Actor David Harbour (“Stranger Things”) is 44. Blues singer Shemekia Copeland is 40. Actress Laura Bell Bundy is 38. Actor Harry Hadden-Paton (“Downton Abbey”) is 38. Actress Chyler Leigh (“Supergirl,” ”Grey’s Anatomy”) is 37. Bassist Andrew Dost of fun. is 36. Actor Ryan Merriman (“The Pretender”) is 36. Singer-actress Mandy Moore (“This is Us”) is 35. Actor Barkhad Abdi (“Captain Phillips”) is 34. Actress Shay Mitchell (“Pretty Little Liars”) is 32. Actor Haley Joel Osment (“The Sixth Sense”) is 31. Country singer Maren Morris is 29. Singer-actress AJ Michalka of Aly and AJ is 28. Actress Daisy Ridley (“Star Wars: The Force Awakens”) is 27. Actress Sofia Carson (“Descendants”) is 26. Actress Ruby Jerins (“Nurse Jackie”) is 21.

April 11: Actor Joel Grey is 87. Actress Louise Lasser is 80. Actor Peter Riegart (“Animal House”) is 72. Actor Bill Irwin (“Law and Order: SVU”) is 69. Country singer-songwriter Jim Lauderdale is 62. Guitarist Nigel Pulsford (Bush) is 58. Country singer Steve Azar is 55. Singer Lisa Stansfield is 53. Actor Johnny Messner (“Killer Instinct,” ”The O.C.”) is 50. Bassist Dylan Keefe of Marcy Playground is 49. Actor Vicellous Shannon (“The Hurricane”) is 48. Rapper David Banner is 45. Actress Tricia Helfer (“Lucifer”) is 45. Drummer Chris Gaylor of All-American Rejects is 40. Actress Kelli Garner (“Taking Woodstock,” ”Lars and the Real Girl”) is 35. Singer Joss Stone is 32. Actress Kaitlyn Jenkins (“Bunheads”) is 27.

April 12: Musician Herbie Hancock is 79. Musician John Kay of Steppenwolf is 75. Actor Ed O’Neill (“Modern Family,” ”Married…With Children”) is 73. Actor Dan Lauria (“The Wonder Years”) is 72. Talk show host David Letterman is 72. Singer J.D. Nicholas of The Commodores is 67. Singer Pat Travers is 65. Actor Andy Garcia is 63. Actress Suzzanne Douglas (“The Parent ‘Hood”) is 62. Country singer Vince Gill is 62. TV personality J Alexander (“America’s Next Top Model”) is 61. Guitarist Will Sergeant of Echo and the Bunnymen is 61. Singer Art Alexakis of Everclear is 57. Singer Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls is 55. Singer Nicholas Hexum of 311 is 49. Actress Retta (“Good Girls,” ”Parks and Recreation”) is 49. Actor Nicholas Brendon (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) is 48. Actress Shannen Doherty is 48. Actress Sarah Jane Morris (“NCIS”) is 42. Bassist Guy Berryman of Coldplay is 41. Actress Riley Smith (“Nashville”) is 41. Actress Claire Danes is 40. Actress Jennifer Morrison (“Once Upon A Time,” ”House”) is 40. Actor Matt McGorry (“How To Get Away With Murder,” ”Orange Is The New Black”) is 33. Actress Brooklyn Decker (“Grace and Frankie”) is 32. Drummer Joe Rickard of red is 32. Singer-guitarist Brendon Urie of Panic At The Disco is 32. Actress Saoirse Ronan is 25.

April 13: Actor Lyle Waggoner (“The Carol Burnett Show”) is 84. Actor Edward Fox is 82. Actor Paul Sorvino is 80. Singer Lester Chambers of The Chambers Brothers is 79. Composer Bill Conti (“Rocky” film theme) is 77. Musician Jack Casady of Jefferson Airplane is 75. Actor Tony Dow (“Leave It To Beaver”) is 74. Musician Al Green is 73. Actor Ron Perlman is 69. Actor William Sadler (“Wonderfalls,” ”Roswell”) is 69. Singer Peabo Bryson is 68. Drummer Max Weinberg of the E Street Band (and “Late Night With Conan O’Brien”) is 68. Keyboardist Jimmy Destri (Blondie) is 65. Actress Saundra Santiago (“Miami Vice”) is 62. Guitarist Joey Mazzola of Sponge is 58. Actress Page Hannah (TV’s “Fame”) is 55. Actress-comedian Caroline Rhea (“Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” ”The Biggest Loser”) is 55. Bassist Lisa Umbarger (The Toadies) is 54. Guitarist Marc Ford (Black Crowes) is 53. Actor Ricky Schroder is 49. Singer Aaron Lewis of Staind is 47. Actor Bokeem Woodbine (TV’s “Fargo,” ”Saving Grace”) is 46. Singer Lou Bega is 44. Actor Glenn Howerton (“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”) is 43. Actress Kelli Giddish (“Law and Order: SVU”) is 39. Actress Courtney Peldon (“Boston Public”) is 38. Singer Nellie McKay is 37. Rapper Ty Dolla $ign is 37. Actress Allison Williams (“Girls”) is 31.

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Obama’s White-House alumni fight Trump tweet for tweet—earlier and harder than ever before

President Barack Obama waves as he leaves the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Jan. 20, 2017, before the start of presidential inaugural festivities for the incoming 45th President of the United States Donald Trump. (Photo: Evan Vucci/AP)

Some Democrats may think former President Barack Obama has been too quiet since leaving office on Jan. 20 — particularly on the subject of his controversial successor, Donald Trump.

The same cannot be said of the people who worked for him.

In the days since Trump assumed the presidency, an increasingly ardent and even aggressive army of formerly buttoned-up Obama Administration alumni — aides, advisors, speechwriters, spokespeople — have taken to their own social-media platforms to rail, loudly and publicly, against pretty much every move Trump has made, undaunted by his 23.5 million followers and determined to tweet fire with fire.

This is a new development in American politics.

Former U.S. Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary for the Middle East Colin Kahl participates in a panel discussion about Iran’s nuclear program sponsored by The National Iranian American Council in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill Feb. 21, 2012 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The latest example is Colin Kahl, a Georgetown University professor who served as a national security official under Obama. Angered by the current administration’s attempts to blame Obama for the first counterterrorism misstep to occur on Trump’s watch — a botched Jan. 29 raid in Yemen that left one American commando dead — Kahl on Thursday fired off a flurry of tweets explaining that Obama neither planned nor approved the mission and that any reports saying otherwise were “totally false.”

“Trump and his team owns the process and the ultimate decision — and the consequences,” Kahl snapped.

Kahl isn’t alone. Senior Adviser Dan Pfeiffer, Speechwriting Directors Jon Favreau and Cody Keenan, Speechwriter Jon Lovett, longtime Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor, Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes, and many others — all of them are out there flaming and fact-checking the new president up to a dozen times a day.

From left to right, White House Press senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer and Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes. (Photos: Carolyn Kaster/AP, Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)

It’s not that previous White House graduates refrained from countering or criticizing their bosses’ successors. They didn’t, of course. But the current go-round is different — faster and more furious — for several reasons.

First, there’s Trump himself, who was never been shy about picking fights (and who has shown no sign of backing off as president). His incessant Twitter spats — with enemies, with allies, even with Arnold Schwarzenegger — have set a coarser and more combative tone for presidential discourse and given his opponents little choice but to turn their own volume knobs up to 11, while his immediate blitzkrieg of provocative executive orders has invited an equally rapid response.

Then there’s the sour mood of the country to consider. Previous presidents enjoyed honeymoons with the public. Not Trump. A popular-vote loser who refused during his transition to reach out to the nearly 73 million Americans who cast ballots for other candidates — and who has catered exclusively to his base as president, inspiring worldwide protests — Trump has seen his job-approval rating crater much faster than any of his predecessors. According to Gallup, Obama’s disapproval rating didn’t surpass 50 percent until 936 days after his inauguration. For George W. Bush, 1,205 days. Before him, Bill Clinton, 573; George H.W. Bush, 1,336; Ronald Reagan, 727. Trump, however, crossed the same unfortunate threshold just eight days into his White House tenure. It’s not just Obama alumni. More people oppose the new president, period — and they’re spoiling for a fight.

From left to right, speechwriting Directors Jon Favreau, Cody Keenan and speechwriter Jon Lovett. (Photos: Evan Agostini, AP, WH Gov, Marvin Joseph/Getty Images)

But perhaps the most important factor here is technology.

The last White House exodus took place in 2009. Social media existed, but it was hardly dominant. Twitter had about 2 million active users; today it has more than 300 million. Facebook had 150 million; now it has 1.86 billion. Instagram wouldn’t launch for another year and a half. If Obama was the first social-media president, the alumni of his administration represent the first generation of White House staffers to learn the ropes of social engagement while on the job, then emerge into the wider world fully immersed in the new media environment and prepared to harness its power and reach for their own political ends.

“This is really the first time in history where you have a huge cadre of former staff who can all broadcast their thoughts whenever they have them and fact check the current administration in real time,” says former Justice Department spokesman Matt Miller, who frequently rebukes the Trump Administration over law-enforcement issues on Twitter.

By way of comparison, George W. Bush’s chief strategist, Karl Rove, didn’t join Twitter until Jan. 8, 2009, a few days before Bush left office; between then and early February 2009, he didn’t tweet a single direct criticism of Obama. Dana Perino, Bush’s last press secretary, didn’t sign up until May 2009; her feed was similarly muted. Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson, meanwhile, tweeted only four times that entire year — none of his tweets were political — while former Bush Press Secretary Ari Fleischer tweeted only once. “Savoring the Dolphins great win last night,” Fleischer wrote on Oct. 13, 2009. “Go ‘fins.”

When the Bush folks did tweet, it was mostly to promote their work for establishment media outlets: a Wall Street Journal column, a National Review blog post, a hit on FOX News.

“I was at DOJ at the time,” says Miller, “and I don’t remember anyone — no former Bush Administration official — pushing back at us on social media.”

That’s not the case anymore.

On Friday, Feb. 3 alone, Tommy Vietor (87,900 followers) implied on Twitter that Trump is a “lunatic”; questioned the legality of Trump’s doctor talking to the New York Times; and referred to the president’s tweet about putting Iran “on notice” as “chest-thumping bullshit.”

Dan Pfeiffer (154,000 followers) retweeted a story about Trump rolling back financial regulations and sarcastically asked readers to “remember when Trump’s working class base flocked to his rallies to demand fewer rules and bigger pay days for Wall Street.” Ben Rhodes reminded his 29,600 followers that revoking 100,000 visas, as Trump has done with his travel ban, “is not keeping out ‘the bad’”; hours earlier he linked to an Instagram post by former White House photographer Pete Souza showing Obama laughing last September with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, a close ally whom Trump had just blasted over the phone. For his part, Souza has all but transformed his Instagram feed (740,000 followers) into implicit critique of the new president, posting archival images of Obama talking with young refugees and hanging out in the Oval Office with Merrick Garland, his stymied Supreme Court nominee — a kind of alternate Democratic reality where every Trump outrage is met with an image of Obama doing the exact opposite.

National Security Council Spokesman Tommy Vietor walks along the West Wing Colonnade at the White House in Washington, Feb. 3, 2011. (Photo: Charles Dharapak/AP)

Not all of these ex-Obamians are new to the so-called resistance: Vietor, Favreau and Lovett hosted a 2016 campaign podcast for The Ringer called Keepin’ It 1600, which laughed off the possibility of a Trump presidency until the bitter end. Distraught by the outcome, they recently launched a new podcast — Pod Save America — under the banner of their own company, the pointedly titled Crooked Media. Their goal? To stop being analysts and start being activists.

“I woke up feeling like sitting on the sidelines wasn’t an option anymore,” Vietor told the Daily Beast. “I wanted to be part of whatever is going to happen over the next four years to preserve the things we fought for at the White House.”

Other members of Obama opposition, however, are just getting started — mainly because, up until a few weeks ago, they were still working for the president (who was, in turn, urging a gracious transition).

What all of these former White House staffers share is a strong desire to use the sizeable media platforms they built while serving the leader of the free world — and the authority they accrued as people who actually know how the U.S. government works — to repudiate policies they disagree with and set the record straight when necessary.

“Just about every Democrat in country feels incredibly motivated to speak out right now,” says Miller. “But while a lot of Dems are motivated, people who worked for the Obama Administration — people who have a little bit of a voice — feel something else: a deep sense of obligation to use those voices for good.”

And as Trump himself has demonstrated, political combatants no longer need to rely on, say, CNN to be heard. “I think the lesson from Trump is if you’re filtering every message and idea you have through traditional media, he will swamp you with a Tweet,” Vietor recently told Politico. “So we need to build up infrastructure that allows people to communicate directly with young people across the country.”

This means, says Miller, that Americans should expect more Obama-era staffers to start speaking out against Trump in the weeks and months ahead, creating an unprecedented sense of direct conflict between one administration and the next.

“I imagine this is going to break down agency by agency, eventually,” he predicts. “What you’re going to see is someone from Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency pushing back on something that Trump has done or said that is wrong or not true. You’re going to see someone from Labor, and so on. Nobody knew who Colin Kahl was before this week. But now they will.”