#maybe it will prove to be

[benydikta]

[ ring ] sender admires a ring on receiver's hand

 ･     𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚁𝙾𝙼𝙰𝙽𝙲𝙴 𝙾𝙵 𝙷𝙰𝙽𝙳𝚂 & 𝚃𝙾𝚄𝙲𝙷.   :    accepting ! [ @telamn ]

" where'd you get this? " cid's doing that thing where he's trying to not act antsy. he's a buzz and he's hard to tie down unless you've got rope and a strong grip and he's not good at being quiet either. they've only been laying here for a couple minutes. might be a record.

benedikta rolls her eyes. she lifts her hand for him to take greedily, the pads of his fingers investigative on the band delicate on her pinky finger, easily missed. " saw it by a stall, up by northreach. " she turns towards him. " it felt redundant but i had to have it. "

she remembers that day well. it was about to rain, the sky cast in gray: her favorite weather. there was already mud on her boots. she was caught between a report and hard travel and hadn't planned on loitering when she knew she'd be missed. there were too many people milling about for her liking anyway, acting as if they had all the time in the world.

the young woman at the stall had been blonde. it had been muted in the wet weather. she had complained about the mist in the air, that it would affect business. benedikta didn't care to acknowledge the small talk. she was already well on her way out if the ring hadn't caught her eye.

aquamarines don't sell for much, especially when they're not the flashy ones, all bright and vibrant blues. that one instead had been nearly clear, gray and gray and gray, standing at the bank of the ocean before dawn, where the whole world seems ashen. there's the promise of color soon, inching in. it's the color of his eyes.

when she tries to buy it, the young woman tries to redirect her to the more flashy, ornate pieces. glances at all the gold detailing shining beneath benedikta's coat and tries to hook a big fish, not knowing she's pulling up a shark. benedikta doesn't have the patience for the flattery. slams a pouch of gil down and says something along the lines of take my money or die.

the girl chose to take the money.

" i kept the necklace. " her face pinches. " for what little good it did. " cid opens his mouth and she shakes her head. she has more to say. " it ended up being a reminder of all that you abandoned. " his king. waloed. her. they'd been over it before. " i wanted something that only reminded me of you. so i bought it and i kept wearing it and it made it feel like you were still here. "

there's a frown on cid's face she knows is guilt. she hates him a little less knowing he'll carry it for the rest of his life, so she smiles evilly, freakishly indulgent, and presses her free hand to his mouth, smooths out the tightness in it. " don't frown, it's going to give you more wrinkles. " his grip tightens around her wrist and she laughs in a way it surges all the way through her, warmth to her toes.

" that concern almost sounds genuine, " cid says. he's looking at the ring a little differently now.

" we can go to northreach tomorrow and see if they have any citrine, " she suggests, voice pitched light, and it pulls him away and to her and he's staring at her young and boyish and like he's trying to grapple with falling in love all over again.

" do you think it'll good on me? " he's gotten dangerously quiet.

" orange isn't your color. "

cid lets her hand go so he can pull her closer to him, his grip trapping her, palms to back. " i can make it work. "

benedikta's heart is pounding so fast she's afraid it'll run a path through her skin and find a way outside her. she huffs. says: " i'm sure you can. "

[stil-lindigo]

the fox god.

a comic about a trickster.

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[bagel-bird-ainsor]

A couple angry Edgeworths for ya, plus a Gumshoe who’s just happy to be here.

Man he’s so fun to draw. I’m excited to get started on the Investigations remaster! It’ll be my first time playing those games. Looking forwards to seeing Gumshoe and Franziska again, since I’ve gotten through Dual Destinies and Spirit of Justice, which I enjoyed thoroughly but there was a severe lack of those two.

[butchniqabi]

hiiiii happy black history month from your favorite black part-time poet! ive gotten a job that doesnt completely wreck my mental health but im averaging around 15 hours a week so im still super broke! i opened commissions but things have been too crazy with my health problems and mental state for that to be something that consistently brings income. if you wanna toss me a dollar i'd greatly appreciate it, it would go directly to helping me and mama butchniqabi :)

pa/pal and v-nmo are both: klarthur

thanks!

[eternallovers65]

The idea of poseidon only helping percy because he saw athena not helping annabeth is so funny because it shows how messy the Greek gods are like wdym you have a millennium old beef with your niece and the only reason you saved your kid it's so you can say you're better parent than her???

[beaft]

i'm trapped here at work for 9 more hours and the only book i have on hand to read is fucking colleen hoover please pray for me

[weaselishmcdiesel]

katnep is the type of ship you'd expect nepeta to try really hard and dress all cutely and karkat be a bit more lazy and wear the same clothes BUT if we're all being honest karkat would absolutely dress up all fancy and nepeta would wear her usual clothes. karkat would go to kanaya in a heartbeat, kanaya would try to reach out to nepeta but nepeta will not comply.

bonus points if kanaya continues to try and make something pretty but also comfortable and fitting for nepetas tastes but it backfires because she then never takes it off and kanaya has to watch it very clearly become worn and ruined as nepeta rolls around in dirt. Kanaya accounted for that of course, but nepeta somehow surpassed her expectations anyways

i think youre totally completely right

[minhyongi]

A headcanon i really like is that Odin started despising Loki more and more because he displayed a lot of the qualities he wished Thor would have had. Thor was supposed to be the wise king while Loki was supposed to be the naive puppet sitting on another realms throne, but Loki's intelligence was too great to let himself be controlled like that, thus destroying Odins plan without even knowing it.

[safe-from-sharp-teeth]

a bit wet, a bit loud, but it's home.

[redysetdare]

Some of you people need to stop acting so shitty over aspec stereotypes because it's starting to get to a point that you are just shitting on the people who experiences match the stereotypes and it's hurting a lot more aspects than it's helping.

[asavt]

leshy freaking cat

The fact that we all (or almost all) took one look at the yellow cat and went "yeah sure lets go with that" will never not be hilarious to me.

[scp-4999]

When this crashes and burns I don't wanna hear the defenders blaming the critics 💀 they could've improved the patron, sold better merch, sold dvd copies of their shows, downsized, literally anything besides alienate a majority of their fanbase

[ruporas]

wolfwood redraws (ID in alt text)

[apassingbird]

🤎 + bucktommy please

kissing in bed / lazy kissing / cuddling

The thing is, Buck isn't new to kissing. He's kissed plenty of women over the years and, yeah sure, the occasional guy, too. Doesn't really matter who you're kissing because the mechanics are still pretty much the same regardless, because kissing is... it's kissing, right. And Buck- well, Buck likes kissing. It might even be in the top five of his favorite activities. So, no, Buck isn't new to kissing as a concept, but what he is new to is the way Tommy kisses him.

Sometimes, he kisses Buck as if he's a man possessed, starving and presented with a feast; his hands firm on Buck's jaw, on the back of his neck, as he licks Buck's mouth open and pulls moan after moan from his throat. It's- it leaves Buck almost dizzy with arousal sometimes, knees turning jelly and buckling beneath him, his heart pounding in his ears when Tommy circles an arm around his waist and holds him up with ease, his mouth not leaving Buck's for even a second.

And sometimes, like right now, he kisses Buck slowly and languidly, like they have all the time in the world to map out each other's mouths and bodies; fingertips gently tipping Buck's chin up, lips soft and warm as they press against Buck's over and over again. This, too, leaves Buck dizzy with it. The way Tommy bites down on Buck's bottom lip and then quickly soothes the spot with his tongue; how his fingers fall from Buck's chin down the side of his neck, unhurried as they continue their path over Buck's shoulder, his ribs, pausing a second at his waist, before slipping down to his hip, fingers spreading over his ass before pulling Buck closer, their legs all tangled up.

So, Buck likes kissing, always has, and always will. But, he loves kissing Tommy. It's addictive, exhilarating still. It is, in many ways, new, different. Tommy kisses Buck the way you hold something precious in the palm of your hands; carefully, gently, with reverence. He kisses Buck as if every press of his lips is a confession and a prayer all in once; as if he's giving away a tiny piece of himself to Buck, one kiss at a time.

[puppyeared]

Nick and Pearls

[skrrtscree]

me and you and him 🫀🫀