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drew the part that broke me from @calamity-unlocked ās recent oneshot
#dungeons and daddies#dndads#dndaddies#dndads s2#dndaddies s2#nark#nark nation#lark oak garcia#lark oak#nicholas close#nicholas foster#nick close#nick foster#my art#um hi first time trying to make a comic with an actually planned layout and it turned out o good considering that i starts this in the middl#middle of the night while i was v emotional after rereading this#i was in a manic haze sketching this fast as hell but now iām exhausted so i didnāt do any thing else to it lol#also drawing younger nark is so weird bc i always imagine them like current ages until it gets mentioned how young they are/timeline wise#when ppl r writing these fics#but imagining them younger makes me sadder every time ššš#ALSO I LOVE YOU YOU SHOULDNT BUT I DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!#LITERALLY HIT ME IN THE CHEST LIKE A TRAIN#DONT BOTHER CALLING A CORONER IM ALREADY SIX FEET UNDER#forgot to add lol but i was listening to 505 while drawing this and uuuhhhhhhhh nark song
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AUGUST REC FICS
Hello, my sweets!! Here I am, once again, for yet another month of reading and living vicariously through our one and only Reader. I haven't read much this past month, and most of these sweet authors are people I follow (and shockingly, some are my mutuals, too !!! I'm too much of a fangirl to believe it's true). Give these gorgeous, spectacular writers a ton of love. They all deserve it so much, considering they're blessing us with such amazing work for free. Like. Comment. Reblog. The equivalent of a five-star review
Like always, I will be going based on what I've read recently and not by the date the fic was posted. Reminder to please respect these writers. Some contents are 18+. MINORS should not be interacting in any way.
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Spencer Reid
āæ a muted shade of green by @dalamjisung ā³ the flow of this fic was so smooth my jaw dropped down on the floor as i read through (writer's first reid fic, and it was chef's kiss)
āæ hearts aligned by @raekensluver ā³ OMG this one had me melting. roommate spencer is such a dream
āæ sick love by @misserabella ā³ guilty pleasure unlocked. a wonderful reading session filled with interesting discoveries
āæ behind closed doors by @incognit0slut ā³ i loved binging this so much !!! was a giggling, kicking mess while reading this one; and it has four parts ! we're so spoiled
āæ kiss it better by @nereidprinc3ss ā³ tmi but was having an episode of mild anxiety attack, and this saved me in the middle of the night, giggling myself to sleep, so thank you for such amazing work x
āæ dead of night & nightvisions by @cxrrodedcoffin ā³ lol i read this at work and had to fight battles not to make any facial signs that i was consuming kinky content. the second part was another level, i was cackling like a witch
āæ much ado about nothing: act iii, scene v & act iv, scene i by @incognit0slut ā³ act iii, scene v left me speechless, reader didn't fold and i took that as a win. act iv, scene i played with my emotions lol
āæ just a number by @reidsdaisies ā³ i became a stand-up actress while reading this because it's overwhelmingly spicy and filled with tension i had to provide comedic relief for myself
āæ untittled req response by @mandarinmoons ā³ no because i saw my reblog post of this and i immediately snorted and then laughed some more after rereading it. pipe cleaner will never not be funny to me
āæ poison me, i'm fine by @gghostwriter ā³ no because this one needs more attention ?????????????? i loved reading this so much i was so tempted to pull my heart out and ship it to pau, show how crumpled it was after reading
āæ my best colors for your portrait & my face in every place by @none-of-your-bullshit ā³ i wasn't lying when i said august is for angst and i immediately gobbled this up after seeing it. the way my chest was so tight but also smiling because the writing style is amazing got me looking like a lunatic
āæ cute, outraged genius by @lavenderspence ā³ tina got me laughing like a gremlin. it's so adorable she made me fall in love with spencer all over again
āæ another untitled req response by @mandarinmoons ā³ sorry, sweethearts, ket just couldn't be bothered with titles lmao. secret lover reader is my favorite lover, sooooo you all will enjoy this cutie patootie creation
āæ one single thread of gold by @gghostwriter ā³ you'll overdose of sweetness. it's so adorable and a great way to feel giggly about spencer reid.
āæ for the fear of falling apart | part one by @pathologicalreid ā³ i haven't read the rest of the parts but mhmmm this was DELISH. well-written creation that made me show emotions while reading at work. my coworkers asked me my my eyes were so wide and i think that says a lot at how great this is
āæ second to none by @raekensluver ā³ ooooo this one got my blood boiling in a good way
āæ untitled work by @sincerelybubbles ā³ adorable stuff make me melt especially when it's a spencer one
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Aaron Hotchner
ā¦ darling, in any life series by @hotchfiles ā³ at this point are we even surprise im including yet another series form lari here ? anywayyy, i love me some old flame trope
ā¦ picket fence dream by @hotchfiles ā³ this is a new part from the choiceless hope series and i gobbled it up. i was screaming when i read this
ā¦ tells by @ssahotchnerr ā³ first thing i read in the morning, and i sobbed from the overwhelming sweetness
ā¦ silver by @solardrop ā³ okay but this was so adorable ??? plus im def one of those gals who tried to throw herself on him, maybe even catapult myself
ā¦ sympathy for the devil by @hotchfiles ā³ nosebleed. spice level is not as high as i make it seem but the writing really got me sweating. just read it, you'll understand what i mean
ā¦ spending time with you by @lavenderspence ā³ no because TINA CALLED ME OUT WITHOUT CALLING ME OUT. i was slightly offended. the gasp i gasped was so loud asdkfnkg. but it is adorable, go read it pls pls
ā¦ doctor, love by @none-of-your-bullshit ā³ i love when reader slaps the character with some reality like a seasoned raw steak.
sorry, not sorry if this post is filled with lari. I reread her works religiously, so here are my favorites from hers truly:
ā¦ help me hold onto you ā³ oh, this is like crack for me, and i always come crawling back no matter how hard i try to stay sober
ā¦ half asleep takin' chances ā³ still waiting for future aaron somewhere out there
ā¦ choices ā³ gonna be honest with everyone this one makes me wanna deck aaron hotchner and then deck reader for folding so easily and also deck myself because im no better than reader
ā¦ quis ut deus? & daniel 12:1 ā³ my fave series from lari and i will never not reread them over and over and over and over again because i love it so much idk what's the appeal on me but i love it and i want this framed and buried with me even if it's unfinished
I haven't had a lot of time to visit the good ole "for you" feed in a while, so I apologize for missing all the amazing work every writer has put out this month. I will make it up to you, I promise! And if you'd like, you can send me works or mention me so I can read certain creations that you deem noteworthy for the next rec fic month!
love lots, ker x
#spencer reid#aaron hotchner#criminal minds#criminalminds#ssa spencer reid#cm#dr spencer reid#doctor spencer reid#spencer reid criminal minds#spencer reid angst#spencer reid blurb#spencer reid drabble#spencer reid fluff#spencer reid imagine#spencer reid one shot#spencer reid series#spencer reid smut#spencer reid x reader#spencer reid x you#aaron hotchner fic#aaron hotch fanfiction#aaron hotch fic#aaron hotch x reader#aaron hotch x you#aaron hotchner smut#aaron hotchner fluff#ssa aaron hotchner#agent aaron hotchner#aaron hotchner criminal minds#aaron hotch hotchner
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Genre: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Adult, Fantasy
Rating:Ā 3.75 out of 5
Content Warning: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death, Sexual content, Mental illness Ā Ā Ā Ā
Summary:
A Life No One Will Remember. A Story You Will Never Forget. France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live foreverāand is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world. But everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore and he remembers her name. In the vein of The Time Traveler's Wife and Life After Life, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is New York Times bestselling author V. E. Schwab's #1 New York Times Bestselling Author genre-defying tour de force.
*Opinions*
This is another social media read as everyone is constantly talking about it, though I have started to finally see some negative reviews of this novel. It is hard to believe that this book was written in 2020 as I feel like everyone is still constantly talking about this novel. My reading experience with this was much like the one I had with The Nightengale by Kristin Hannah, almost 70 percent through this book I didnāt understand why everyone was so enthralled with this book and then I spent the like 15 percent sobbing on my couch as I finished the story. I have some complicated feelings about this novel and what to rate it, but if I wait to write a review it isnāt going to happen, so weāre just going to see how this goes.Ā
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue I think is more about themes and philosophical questions than a singular plot. While the story between Addie and Henry had a more cohesive nature to it, the whole novel is more vignettes than a whole novel. It makes sense once you understand the framing of the story, but at times I kept wondering when the action of the story was going to start. Throughout most of the novel, I was going to give it three stars, because it is well written but I wasnāt connecting with the characters, but then the end of the novel really brought it all together. I wouldnāt say it was a happy ending, but I did find it satisfying. This is one of those novels that I think I will like more upon rereading and I did buy a copy for my personal collection.Ā
I think that Schwab did a wonderful job of capturing the hopelessness of depression and the burden of loneliness. The writing was very beautiful and the whole last 15 percent of the novel was emotional and real. However, I didnāt get that emotion during the other 85 percent of the book and that is what I have a problem with. Perhaps it is the framing, but we know that Addie survives, we know that none of these experiences break her, so it kind of took the bite out of them for me. I understood her desire to live her life, to be scared of dying in the same small plot of land, but after she made the deal I knew she wasnāt going to die. It wasnāt until we meet Henry, a character that we donāt know what the future holds, that I actually felt as if the story has stakes. He is actually what I connected to in this story more than Addie, which might be the point. One of the questions in the novel is whether Addie is still human or not because no one remembers her and she cannot latch onto or interact with anyone. As a reader, however, it made the middle of the novel drag a bit.Ā
The toxic relationship between Addie and Luc was very interesting, but I donāt think it was explored nearly enough. Because everything is told in vignettes, I really didnāt see what pulled Addie to Luc other than he was the only one that remembered her. We only get to see these conversations every couple of years, one night a year, and even when they see each other more often it is glossed over. Because of that, that relationship held no weight for me, one way or another. I needed to see more of them for any of that to hold weight.Ā
I would talk about the plot, but there really wasnāt much of one in my opinion. Again, I have no idea how to talk about this book and I know Iāll be thinking about these characters and certain scenes, but to tell you what this book is about? Could not be me.Ā
Overall, I would cautiously recommend this book to others. If you are comfortable with a slow-paced story that is more about what makes a life a life and a human a human, with a romance sprinkled in then you will enjoy this story. If you are more into plots, fast-paced stories, or a more cohesive story I would not suggest this novel. I feel like this is a very subjective read but overall I am going to give it 3.75 rounded up to a 4.
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In Your Eyes
Bokuto KÅtarÅ x Chubby!Reader
Authorās Note : There are some dark things in here and if you feel suicidal please do not keep it bottled in. Itās not healthy and needs to be addressed. The really bad stuff isnāt until the middle (right before the smut, basically), so be warned! Thatās where the suicidal stuff is and like I said, if you do any of this or feel suicidal please seek professional help because itās not worth keeping unhealthy feelings inside ; If you are wondering why Bokutoās obsessed with licking and biting in this, I have been rereading a doujin where Bokuto does that and, well, itās hot ; I swear this would not have taken me so long if I didnāt keep crying while writing it omg I would be dead if I had a shot every time I had to stop writing so I could wipe my tears and snot. This is why I donāt like to read or write angst but wow was that therapeutic.
Warnings: angst, fat shaming, use of the word āpigā, body dysmorphia (inability to look in a mirror), vomit, suicidal tendencies/intention (via overdose) + implied past actions alcohol, soft!dom Bokuto, choking, creampie(s), mating press+doggy style, licking and biting, facesitting
The cheers of the crowd erupted as the whistle blew. Once again, the MSBY Black Jackals had won. This match was against the Red Falcons, another team in the V.1 division. It was a close call, but Hinata managed to break the deuce with his monstrous quick attack and seal the set with their victory.
The team was jumping and bouncing, giving out high fives as they did. Of course, they had to shake hands with the Adlers, bowing to the audience and thanking them for their support. When Bokuto did his classic āBokuto Beamā move towards the audience, you could hear the girls squealing and giggling. It isnāt like they didnāt do the same when Atsumu or Hinata waved to them, but it hit you different. After all, they were beautiful in your eyes, slim and flawless.
Oh, yes. Youāre the MSBY Black Jackalās manager, being a classmate of Hinata in his second and third year (as in you tutored him and helped manage the volleyball club with Yachi). Hinata was your first friend, which kind of sounds pathetic. It was, if you were being honest with yourself. Being heavier than the average girl at your school subjected you to bullying and pranks that ended with you crying until you threw up. Hinata never made you feel like that, though. He always made sure you were comfortable and every member of the club at Karasuno treated you like an angel. You ended up applying to be the MSBY manager when Hinata asked, saying they needed a manager and wondered if you could apply. Well, it was either that or finding a job at the circus, as your family would sneer at you. Truly, Hinata was the first to accept you.
Once you got the job, it was like being back at Karasuno, honestly. Everyone was friendly and treated you no differently than they would treat others. However, you wished one of them would treat you differently.
Bokuto.
He was the ace of the team, a goofy fella that could make anyone smile. Including you. Aside from Hinata, he made you feel accepted and made you forget about any woes and horrid thoughts you were facing. He didnāt know about them like Hinata did, but you were sure heād treat you different if he knew.
Once everything was packed up, you and the coach headed out, the team not too far behind you.
āShÅyÅ-kun, that was one of yer best sets yet!ā Atsumu cheerily piped up, walking behind Hinata. Hinata was right beside you, as he always was.
āIām glad you think so! I donāt know if we can surprise the Adlers next time, though. Kageyama still knows my tricks,ā he huffed as he finished his statement, putting his hair down so he could mock Kageyama. You giggled at his antics.
āAlright, change up and meet at the bus in 10 minutes, letās go!ā Coach commanded. Each member voiced their acquiescence. You decided to use this opportunity to go to the bathroom. After all, their match lasted almost an hour, if not more.
In the restrooms, you were almost done when you heard a bunch of girls giggling as they entered. Instead of leaving, you stayed in place, waiting for them to go.
You wish you hadnāt.
āGosh, those boys are so attractive!ā One of them said. Two voices agreed.
āHave you seen Atsumu and Kageyama? Theyāre both so hot!ā
āI was too focused on that number 12,ā oh no, āBokuto, I think? Heās a good looking man, bet he has the stamina of a god, too,ā
āYeah, itās a shame their brand is ruined by that mascot of theirs.ā What?
āMascot? Oh! You mean the pig? Yeah, she does put a damper on everything, doesnāt she? Imagine being that attractive and having that thing follow you around!ā The girl cackled, her friends following suit. You felt your stomach drop, tears springing in the corner of your eyes as you listened to them.
It was easy to forget you were different when you with the team since they made you feel normal, but that didnāt mean others wouldnāt notice you.
The girls eventually left, the door slamming shut behind them. Whether they came in there to do makeup or just talk shit about you knowing you were in there didnāt matter. Not when you were crumpled up on the floor as sobs wracked your frame. Life sucks.
Itās not like you didnāt try! Thatās the other thing! You try to lose weight and nothing happens, exercising doesnāt do much and diets are practically useless. You used to go to the gym, but stopped when you kept getting stares. You also used to run with Hinata in the mornings, but since he was so much faster than you, you stopped. Whatās the point if youāre panting and breathless after a minute while heās still going strong after 30 minutes? It felt like nothing would ever help.
A buzzing interrupted your crying fest, you sniffling as you wipe away the tears and look at the screen. Itās from the groupchat, Hinata asking if youāre okay and they were all at the bus. You typed back a quick āKā and got up. The best you could hope for was nobody would point out the red eyes and the sniffling.
Hinata knew of your troubles, being there for you when you broke down in school more often than not. When you confided that he was the first person you felt comfortable with, it broke him. Seeing you had bottled up your emotions because nobody bothered to listen or care, it made him want to include you in his life. He would invite you over for dinner and his sister would excitedly talk to you, never making you feel uncomfortable. When he heard that you were in Osaka, he immediately called you up about being the MSBY manager.
He also knew of your crush on Bokuto. It was obvious to him, with how you looked at the ace with longing. Hinata even encouraged you to confess, but that was quickly dismissed when you told Hinata how you felt like Bokuto deserved better than someone like you. Bokuto was muscular, attractive, and charming ā in your eyes, he deserved to be with someone his equal. That did not mean you. Hinata knew of your troubles, but he also knew of Bokutoās. Bokuto has a crush on you, too, finding himself more accepted with you around. Contrary to the aceās personality, he was insecure in a lot of things. He wasnāt very smart, which was often pointed out by others. He knew when someone was upset, though, so he always knew he needed to make you feel better.
Once you arrived at the bus, Hinata greeted you as everyone else had boarded. āWhatās wrong?ā
āThe same old thing, you know,ā you sniffle, your voice cracking as you remember the hateful words. Hinataās face soured as you said those words. Back in high school, he would sit down and cry with you. Now, he was tired of you still being picked on as an adult.
āImmature, thatās what they are. Come on, weāre gonna stop by that restaurant you love.ā Oh great, food. You may have been starving when the match ended, but after the incident, you just wanted to go home and cry. You numbly nodded and followed Hinata onto the bus. The coach didnāt bother pointing out anything, but he sent you a sad look when he noticed the red eyes on you. You sadly smiled and continued to your seat, behind the coach as the bus started to move. Curling into your jacket, you tried to think of something else.
The restaurant was a disaster. Everyone had been excited and gotten off the bus when a bunch of fangirls came up to them. You had just smiled and shook your head, feeling better already. At least, you had been until the girls noticed you and gave you looks of disgust. It was short lived, their attention turning back to the boys, so you briskly walked off, into the restaurant, away from the crowd. It took almost 5 minutes for the girls to leave, but you refused to eat anything other than a salad and drink water. Even then, you excused yourself to the restroom to take a break, crying and attempting to force yourself to throw up. Once home, you locked the front door and let your emotions spill out. Crying and screaming was common, so thatās what you did. Then came the process ā getting rid of any reflective surface. Turning off the lights, turning on the tv, covering the mirrors with sheets, closing the blinds, shutting out any possibility of looking at yourself. Even with nobody around, those words and looks stuck and struck deep, you eventually curling into yourself on your bed as you cried yourself to sleep.
The next day came, your alarm ringing and the sound bouncing off the walls. You turned it off, completely turning off your phone. Instead of dealing with alarms and people, youād suffer alone behind the comfort of your home.
The team was worried, you were never late. Bokuto was more pouty than normal, your cheerful greeting missing from his morning and his bear hug. Atsumu also missed your cheerful greeting, asking Hinata if he knew of anything. When Hinata said he did not, he texted and called you, receiving no answer.
Okay, then heād go to you.
Hinata had stayed at your apartment before, spending the night or just to hang out. Sometimes he brings you food and snacks when you need it, or he just checks on you. He has a spare key in case of anything and heās glad he does when the doorās locked with no answer. He calls you once more time, knocking until he hears something. Itās faint, but it sounds like movement. So, youāre awake. But not answering the door. Sighing, he unlocks the door.
The apartment is not surprising to him, the windows covered and reflective surfaces covered. He was afraid of this, but he continues on. When he reaches your room, he hears more sniffling and crying. ā[Y/N]?ā
āLeave me be, ShÅyÅ,ā
ā[Y/N], please. The team misses you,ā
āFuck off. Iām a charity case to them, I know it. Why else would they keep me around? I should just wallow away,ā your voice sounds tired, the thought of the boys sticking with you out of pity a common thought youāve had.
A thought that isnāt true, but breaks Hinataās heart. āYou know thatās not true. Everyone loves you! Even Bokuto,ā
āShÅyÅ, shut up. Empty words do nothing. Maybe itād be better if I just... stayed here. Maybe I should just end the misery,ā
āDo not. Talk like that. Please.ā Hinataās voice cracks with each word. He knew you were bad, but you could pretend like everything was fine. He shouldāve known the harsh treatment yesterday would affect you like this. He shouldāve spent the night with you when you ordered a salad and a water. He shouldāve told the coach or Meian when you went to the bathroom for 10 minutes that you were trying to throw up. Your lie of there being a line was obvious, a common excuse after a long time away. Hinata felt his chest tighten as he realized you didnāt answer him. āIām getting Bokuto.ā
āShÅyÅ! Donāt you dare!ā Your screams do nothing as he basically runs out your apartment, you flinging the door open to see him gone. You start crying more, afraid that Bokuto will see just how pathetic you are. If he ever looked at you with disgust, the way everyone else does, you donāt know if you could continue on with your life.
Maybe itād be better that way.
Bokuto doesnāt really know whatās going on, one moment heās stretching and the next heās running to the train station with Hinataās words repeating over and over again.
ā[Y/N] needs youā
Bokutoās first thought immediately went into the gutters, a blush coating his cheeks until Hinata continued.
āI think sheās in troubleā
With those two sentences, Bokuto ran off, forgetting his bag and just taking his phone with him. He only needed his phone, really. Strange stares from the public didnāt bother him, he knows heās still wearing his practice clothes and his knee pads, the material looking like leggings. He made it to the train station before it left, getting on and calling Hinata back.
āBokuto?ā
āIām on the train, is everything okay?ā He was panting, the train station being a bit away from the practice gym. He didnāt even bother sitting, just standing beside the doors.
āI donāt know. Sheās.. Sheās in a bad place. She wonāt listen to me, but sheāll listen to you,ā Hinataās words are slightly muffled, sniffling accompanying his sentence. The words make Bokutoās chest tighten.
āI donāt know what I can do, youāre her best friend. What could I do?ā
āSheās in love with you. Has been for a while, actually. I know you can help her where I canāt. Just ā Iāll give you her apartment key when you get to the station. Once I do, please go to her. Please,ā
āIāā Bokutoās eyes are wide, his face definitely pink now. Heās still worried about you, but the idea of you actually liking him ā no, loving him the same way he loves you, it makes him giddy. It gives him the push he needs to make it to you.
As soon as the doors open, thereās Hinata, holding a key ring for him to take. Bokuto doesnāt hesitate, a quick nod in Hinataās direction before he rushes off to your apartment complex. All of the boys have been to your apartment before, but Bokuto and Hinata are the only ones who know the way to the place. Bokuto has gotten a bit drunk before and ended up crashing at your place, as well as just staying there when practices run late since his place is the farthest away from their practice gym.
Arriving at the apartment, he slides the key in and turns the knob, momentarily confused at the sheets covering your glass coffee table and the TV, but he continues in. He knocks on your bedroom door. ā[Y/N]? Are you in here?ā When he gets no response, he freaks out. Turning the knob, he notices youāre not in there, but there are more sheets covering things, as well as the blinds being shut. Even more confused, he turns back to the hallway and notices the bathroom door is closed. Fear strikes him as he thinks he knows why youāre not answering ā he hopes heās wrong.
When he opens the door, he realizes he was partially right. With a bottle of wine pressed to your lips, an empty pill bottle in one hand, your eyes wide as Bokutoās golden eyes met yours. A brief moment of anger flashed across his face before you were forced over the toilet, his thick fingers going down your throat.
āShtap!ā Your muffled voice comes out, gagging around his fingers as he attempts to activate your gag reflex. He doesnāt stop, your squirming easily quelled against his strong grip on your arms pinning them back. You feel the bile rise and then youāre expelling the contents of your stomach into the toilet, coughing and sputtering as the painkillers you just took are now emptied into the porcelain bowl. Bokuto doesnāt let go of you as you cry, trying to get out of his hold.
He doesnāt know what he should bring up first, the fact Hinata called him over or the fact he caught you in the middle of a suicide attempt. Youāre screaming and telling him to get off of you, but he instead holds you closer, your sobs fading as tears spill out of his own eyes, staining the hoodie youāre in. āWhy would you do that?ā He whispers.
You donāt know how to respond to that, instead choosing the phrase, āwhy not?ā His face scrunches up and you donāt know if heās in pain or angry as he shakes you.
āWhy would you do that?! Donāt you know how many people would be distraught over you? Hinata would be inconsolable! Who would TsumTsum and I joke with? Did you even think about that? Did you think about me?ā His voice is loud and it makes you cry harder, the weight of his words hitting deep. Bokutoās been there for you through a lot and youāve been facing all your problems on your own. āYou canāt just do that! Thatās selfish!ā
āWhy would it matter, Bo? Whatās the point? I canāt face myself let alone face my feelings! Why not just stop hurting?ā Youāre both crying, him holding onto you tightly as you dry heave a bit, a stinging in the back of your throat and an arrow in your heart.
āWhy canāt you face your feelings? You have Hinata and me!ā Before you can tell him something else, he presses his lips to your forehead. You freeze. āI donāt know what Iād do if you left me. I donāt think I could live without you,ā He dryly chuckles, tears still streaking down his face. You hiccup and look down, afraid to face him.
āYou donāt mean that. Youāre trying to make me feel better, I know. Just be honest with your feelings. Iām already low enough, no reason to keep up appearances,ā more tears come out as you try to not break into another fit. Bokuto would never look at you the same you looked at him, especially not after seeing you like this. You couldnāt blame him, you look like a mess in your old sweatpants and the old hoodie that felt too tight even if it was one of the largest sizes you could find. Your hair is no better, hasnāt been brushed and youāve been in bed for a while.
āHinata said you loved meāā
āStop,ā
āSo I came because he said he was worriedāā
āYou donāt need to say it,ā
āIf I had been a second laterāā
āStop it, please,ā
āI wouldnāt have been able to tell you my feelingsāā
āPlease, donāt,ā you cover your face, tears blurring your vision anyways. Bokuto removes your hands, looking into your eyes. His own are full of warmth and love, not disgust or regret. It makes you cry more, a horrible wail as you dive into his chest. He laughs as his arms wrap around you, comforting in these dark moments.
āI love you, you know? I have for a while,ā
āWhy? What do you see in me? What could I possibly have to attract you? Iām notāā
āDonāt say it. Donāt say āIām not like other girlsā, because everyoneās different. You make me want to be a better man, you make me excited for each new day. Nobody can compare to you,ā
āI canāt.. Iām sorry, I canāt trust you. Iāveā Iāve been made fun of for too long, I want to trust you, I want to love you, I want to be with you, but I donāt know if my heart can take another one,ā
āAnotherā what?ā
āItās a long story, I donāt want to bore you,ā
āBaby, Iām not going anywhere,ā he nuzzles your cheek, more tears spilling out as your chest tightens with love.
You decided to explain to him what happened in the past and how you trusted Hinata. Bokuto brought you to your room and made you some tea, brought a bottle of water, and also made you a snack. The thought of eating made you feel sick, but a pouty buff man had you slowly nibbling on the piece of toast. You hadnāt eaten since dinner the previous day, so you wanted to inhale it, but you didnāt think you could stomach it.
After explaining everything to Bokuto, you tried to laugh it off, saying it wasnāt a big deal, but he refused to accept that. A quick call to Hinata to let him know you were okay and that Bokuto would be taking a day off was the next step, letting Bokuto stay with you for the rest of the day. He didnāt want to leave you alone, the fear of almost losing you still making his heart race in a bad way. Even as you just scrolled through InstaGram on your phone, he worried if he left youād go back to the dark headspace. He couldnāt stop it, but he figured he could prevent it.
The first thing to change your mood is get you in the shower.
When he bounced back into your room, you looked at him from your position. You looked exhausted, the toast only half eaten but the glass was empty. Bokuto shook his head and clicked his tongue. āYou need to refresh yourself. Time to take a shower!ā
āWhat are you, my dad? If you want me to do it then make me,ā You muttered, snuggling back under the covers. Bokuto closed his eyes and sighed, trying to not say anything sexual.
āI will throw you over my shoulder and into the bathroom. Donāt underestimate me, [Y/N],ā the bed dips as he sits on the edge. āIāll strip you down and wash you if I have to,ā
āWhy are you so forceful? Damn,ā you made it sound like a bad thing, but you were smiling. āFine, Iāll shower. You donāt gotta wash me, Iām not a baby,ā
āBut youāre my baby?ā He sounded so confused, you freezing half out of the bed. Clearing your throat, you continued.
āUh, sure. Are you planning on leaving soon? Or..ā
āNope! Iām staying over. Iāll change the sheets while you shower, too!ā
āOh, okay,ā you say, numbly getting up to get clothes. With the lack of clean clothes, you have a few shirts and some pajama pants, but your stomach twists as you realize why theyāre clean. They donāt fit as nicely as the other clothes, so you face two options: reuse the hoodie youāre wearing or face the humiliation of putting on a tight shirt. Thinking of the restriction, you decide the hoodie would be best. A large pair of pajama pants and a pair of panties is all you take, but Bokuto notices the lack of clothes.
āAre you just changing your pants? Youāre showering, right?ā Hes rifling through his bag, planning on changing out his practice clothes while youāre in the shower. He doesnāt want to get your clean sheets dirty, after all.
āUm, Iām out of shirts, so.. Iāll just reuse the hoodie,ā you shrug, not seeing a problem. His eyes light up as he holds a finger up, digging through his bag once more. Apparently, Hinata dropped it off while you were taking a nap, all that crying had exhausted you. Bokuto smiles brightly as he pulls out his own hoodie, the black hoodie with the golden MSBY brand and the Black Jackal claws. āI donāt thinkāā
āIāve been dreaming of you in my hoodie for some time, so this is a perfect opportunity! Iād prefer you to wear this,ā
āUh, Iām pretty big, Bokuto. I donāt think itāll fit, if Iām being honest,ā you look down at the ground, the disgust from earlier rising in your chest. Bokuto just tilts his head to the side.
āI think itāll fit. Itās pretty big on me, so itāll fit. If it doesnāt, let me know. Iāll get you something else,ā he just shrugs, holding out the hoodie. His name is on the back and in a way, it feels like heās marking his territory. You take it, thanking him as you head towards the bathroom. If it didnāt fit, you didnāt know what youād do.
When you finished washing up, you put on the clothes. As big as Bokuto was, you still didnāt expect the hoodie to fit. When it slid on easily, you were highly surprised, but also it took you a moment to collect yourself. Seeing you in his hoodie was something out of your wildest dreams, him even telling you heās fantasized about it making your body hotter than it should be. You had to calm yourself down before exiting the bathroom, entering the bedroom to see him lying on the bed in sweatpants. Thatās it.
āWhere the hell are your clothes?!ā You cover your face, spreading your fingers a bit to see him stand up excitedly.
āYou look so good in my hoodie!ā He hugged you tightly, lifting you up a bit.
āDonāt pick me up, put on a shirt!ā The only thing separating your skin from his was the hoodie which, well, wasnāt very thick. The zipper itself was as high as it could go but still felt too low.
āWhy? Donāt I look good? Are you uncomfortable?ā
āYes, you look good and Iām uncomfortable. This is just a weird situation,ā you try to explain... as if you had a shred of dignity left. The laptop propped open with the opening of your favorite movie caught your attention. āAre you gonna watch a movie?ā
āWeāre gonna watch it! To make you feel better, of course!ā He seemed so proud of himself, standing with his fists on his hips as he smiled. You shook your head, rolling your eyes.
āOkay, then. Do you want snacks?ā
āSnacks?!ā
After getting snacks for the movie, to which he fed you some while you fed him, you ended up falling asleep as you watched the movie. It was nice and warm under the covers and Bokutoās body heat right next to you helped to lull you to sleep. He didnāt seem to notice you falling asleep until your head hit his shoulder, eyes closed as you peacefully slept. After pressing a kiss to your forehead, he closed to laptop and got comfortable under the sheets. The worry of him losing you was still there, but he kept his arms around you tightly in case it was a dream. Like you, he hoped it wasnāt.
Waking up wasnāt that bad, an urge to quench your dry throat a common thing to wake up to. What wasnāt common, however, was the thing poking your butt. Now fully awake, you tried to shoot up in bed to see what was going on but Bokutoās arms held you down. It was then you realized what was poking you. Attempting to get his arms off of you was a hard feat, trying to squeeze out of the grip when he moaned. You froze and looked at his face, still asleep. Attempting to move again, he let out another one. It didnāt take a genius to figure it out.
He was having a wet dream. In your bed. Beside you.
Your immediate thought was who? Your next thought was me? You dismissed that idea, rolling your eyes as if that could happen. Well, until your name came past his lips. You were surprised to hear it, even if he showed and attempted to prove his feelings for you. Him dreaming of you subconsciously? It gave you confidence.
Enough confidence to wake him up and let him continue his dream in reality? No.
But, you didnāt think youād have another dark episode anytime soon. He didnāt seem to relent his grip on your body, so you dealt with it, staring at the wall in the dark as he continued his noises. Well, at least until he bucked his hips. You gasped as he did, him waking up to your noise. āYou ākay? Somethinā wrong?ā
Wide eyes looked at him, before glancing down and flickering back up. He follows your eyes and his face goes red. Itās hard to tell in the dark, but the moonlight coming in from the uncovered window illuminates enough. āI am so sorry, Iāll leāā
āWhy?ā You canāt stop yourself from asking, immediately smacking your forehead. Heās a bit confused from your actions, but you continue. āUm, Iād, uh- Iād like to know what you dreaming about.ā Confidence? Yeah, right. Youāre practically shaking from the fear of his answer. Of course, it was your name but you couldāve heard wrong, right? Yeah, youā
āMy boner speaks for itself, doesnāt it?ā Does he have shame? You just look at him so exasperated as he just stares at you, not too sure what you were expecting. āOr do you not know?ā
āIā Okay. Was it me?ā
āWho... who else would it be?ā
āOh, okay. Why?ā Youāre both so confused, you not understanding the appeal while heās not understanding why itās so weird. Or confusing.
āWhy not? Iām in the bed with my girlfriend, longtime crush, who I find extremely attractive? Is this too much? Is it wrong for me to, um, wanna do that? Or dream about it?ā No shame!
āIām still having problems seeing things from your perspective, but okay. Still cannot see the appealing side of me, so itās just... itās weird for me to actually realize you like that. You actually,ā you gulp, ālike me,ā
āIāll say it as many times as I need to, [Y/N]. Youāre perfect in my eyes. I want you to see that in your eyes, too,ā
āI cannot, if ever, do that. Sorry,ā you just shrug, going back to lay down. It isnāt long until heās straddling you. āWhat are you doing?ā
āI want to make you see things how I do. You gave me this,ā he gestured to the bulge in his sweatpants. Looking at it too long scares you, the size scaring you more. āI want you,ā
āOh my god, Iām being dead serious now: you are not gonna like what you see. Iām not attractive, Bo,ā
āLet me be the judge of that, hm?ā Itās the only thing he says, but you hesitantly nod. He smiles and as much as you want to enjoy it, youāre still shaking. You have no idea whatās coming next, you donāt know what heās gonna do once he sees whatās underneath and it scares you. So badly. His hands go underneath yourāhis hoodie, running over your skin. āIf youāre scared, I can stop. I donāt want to push you into anything,ā
āItļæ½ļæ½s not that, I just canāt see what you see. But I want to. I want to see myself in your eyes, if you can do that,ā
āAll you gotta do is give me a signal if you want me to stop. Iāll try my best but youāre gonna have to relax, baby,ā he has no idea what his words are doing to you. You just nod as he smiles, leaning down to kiss your forehead. He isnāt rough and excited, but rather gentle and soothing. Hands running under the hoodie eventually go up to the zipper, slowly pulling it down. Itās a small thing, but you notice his eyes flickering to your face for any sign of distress. Evening your breathing, you let him completely pull the zipper down as your skin is completely bare to him. You hide your face in shame, ready to apologize and have a million excuses lined up, but he doesnāt let that happen when he starts licking your chest.
āOh!ā Your hands thread through his hair, softer than you expected as it barely brushes against your skin. His eyes are still on you, your fingers moving his strands away so he could clearly see you and you, him. The way his predatory gaze latches onto your face has heat pooling between your legs, rubbing them together to create some kind of friction. Keeping his tongue connected to your skin, his eyes on yours, he moves onto one of your breasts. Popping your nipple into his mouth, he swirls the perked nipple in his mouth as his hand tweaks your other nipple. Youāre panting, your head is thrown back as he continues. Soon enough, just rolling your nipples in between his fingers is not enough.
Gathering spit in his mouth, he lets it dribble onto your skin. Itās warm and slick, when he smears it across your other breast as goes back to tweaking your nipples. You look down at what heās doing only to find him grinning devilishly at you. He then goes down to your stomach, biting into the flesh there. āBokuto!ā
āWhat? I just wanna taste you,ā he shrugs, before licking the area he bit. He has a lot of spit, too, sucking into your flesh and leaving behind a bite mark and his saliva. Itās.. kind of gross, but hot. When he comes back up to your face, he pushes his lips against yours so forcefully that youāre reeling back, mouth opening as he slips his tongue in. Itās a deep, passionate kiss as he runs his hands over your body, squeezing anything he can as he slips his fingers into your pants. āMay I?ā
āOf course.ā Once he has the okay, he moves back down, occasionally leaving love bites as he does. Pulling down your pants, he finds himself face to face with your damp panties. You donāt have time to get embarrassed, however, when he sticks his nose into your crotch and licks the fabric. āWhat is up with you and licking?ā You giggle, finding humor in it. He just pops back up, shrugging. You giggle again, throwing your head back in the pillows. He goes to pull down your panties, sliding them down your legs until theyāre completely off. Except for his hoodie, youāre completely naked.
Now if only you could have his cum in you, then would his wet dream be complete. However, there was one more thing heās always wanted to try, but heās worried youāll be against it. āBabe?ā
āIs something wrong?ā
āNo! No! Nothingās wrong!ā He hates how your mind immediately goes negative. Your shoulders relax and your wide eyes slowly lessen as you realize nothing wrong, yet. āUm, can you sit on my face?ā
āBokuto, I donāt-ā
āCāmon, please? Iāve always wanted to try it! Especially between them delicious thick thighs of yours,ā he then licked his lips with a resounding moan. Although embarrassed, you roll your eyes.
āIf Iām too heavy, let me know. Iāllā Iāll get off,ā you prop yourself up on your hands, feeling his spit ooze down your body. āYou have a lot of spit. Reminds me of how much you sweat,ā
āI produce a lot of liquids, yāknow?ā If it wasnāt for his wiggling eyebrows as he widely grins, you would not know he meant it to be sexual.
āLay down!ā
āYes, maāam,ā he excitedly gets on his back, his bulge much more prominent than before now that itās just there. You can see it. Youāre still hesitant, but eventually move to straddle his face. He helps you, easily maneuvering your dripping cunt over his mouth. With his strong hands, he forces you down on top of him to the point where your legs canāt keep you up. You attempt to get up, afraid youāre crushing him but he keeps you firmly planted on his face.
A growl erupts from his throat when he gets tired of your squirming, you halting your movements as you try to calm down. His thumbs run over the skin of your thighs to try and soothe you. And it works. Youāre feeling lightheaded as he sucks and licks your cunt and probably makes it messier than it is. He brushes his teeth over your clit, sending shivers down your spine as you moan from the feeling. With a grin, you can tell, he gets to work on tongue fucking you as well as sucking on your clit. It isnāt long until your fingernails are digging into his abdomen as you let out a high moan as you come undone on his face. He moans himself, using his thick tongue to gather up every ounce you produced. He also makes a loud slurping noise as he cleans it up.
You move off of him, panting as you look at him. He looks absolutely blissed out, like he saw Nirvana and Heaven all at once. You smile at him, his own smile wide and proud. He immediately gets up, pushing hips lips against yours once more as he licks the corners of your mouth. He is quickly moving to pull down his sweatpants and boxers, but hesitates. āYou sure you want this?ā
āYou arenāt allowed to stop now,ā you giggle as he glows, pulling down his pants. Your eyes go wide as you realize how big he actually is. The bulge in his pants was nothing. It is scary, you wondering if itāll fit.
āEverything okay? Do youā Do you not want it?ā He sounds so sad, you immediately coo at him, forgetting the third leg he has.
āNo, no, no baby! Itās justā youāre very big. I did not expect that. Just be gentle, yeah?ā
āOf course!ā Another kiss to your lips, this one more of a peck than a passionate open mouthed kiss. āCan you get on your hands and knees?ā You listen to him, rolling over on your stomach before getting in position. This way, you donāt have to worry about seeing him and can focus on what heās doing, so itās better in a way. Really, Bokuto just wants to end the night with you on your back and he plans on having you shaking from multiple orgasms before itās over. He guides his cock to your entrance, a shaky breath leave him as his tip brushes against your folds. You shiver yourself, feeling yourself about to cry, but you wait.
Once he pushes into you, the tears come out for a different reason. āIām sorry, itāll feel better in a moment,ā he licks your cheek, nuzzling you. You nod as you try to relax, him continuing to push into you. It isnāt until he nudged against your cervix does he stop. Even then, he is still not completely in you. He focuses on evening his breathing, inhaling your shampooed hair. Itās hard to not blow his load so quickly, you squeezing him so tightly. Youāre nice and snug, though, your walls eventually relaxing as he stays inside.
āYou canā you can move, Bo,ā
āFuck yeah,ā he grunts, pulling out only to roughly thrust into you. You lurch forward from the thrust, immediately dropping your mouth open to moan as he sets a steady pace. Itās not fast or slow, but heās definitely rough with his thrusts. Itās the grunts that really do you in, the way his hands grab at your ass and hips, sounds of pleasure coming from his as sinks his cock into your cunt that has you tightening around him. With a mewl, you have another orgasm and he curses, a low āshitā coming out as he struggles to pull out. He leans down to put his mouth next to your ear, biting the shell as he continues. He doesnāt even break a sweat as he does, stilling himself deep inside you as he lets out a low groan, your eyes scrunch together as you whimper. His cum fills you up to the brim, his hips swiveling to make sure heās all done.
Well, for that round.
Youāre panting heavily as he leaves you, leaning back as he watches your legs shake. His cum oozes out of you, your cunt clenching as it makes more pour out. Itās a beautiful reality, but he wants more. Youāre soon flipped onto your back as he is over you again, his hands on the back of your knees, pushing them up. Itās not uncomfortable, but itās not a very comfortable position, either. Confusion is etched in your face as he does, but his lidded eyes as he licks his lips tell you heās not done. Youāre exhausted, but heās not.
He wastes no time in sinking himself back into you, his eyes focused on your face as you moan. His grin is almost evil, the way his lips stretch as he bottoms out inside you before roughly thrusting into you. It didnāt take long for another orgasm to start to buildup in you, your head thrown back as your back arches, your head turned to the side as he leans down to lick and bite your collarbone, sinking his teeth into the soft flesh. His hands find yours, intertwining his fingers with yours as he brings them up to your head. You focus on the way his arms flex, the muscles bulging with each thrusts as he puts every ounce of effort into the action. It really shows to how much he loves you and your body.
Even with all the marks on your body, even with all the places heās touched and licked, that gnawing thought of you worrying nags him. The thought that youāll still not know just how much he loves you. The thought that youāll think it was a one time thing. He needs to know you know. He needs to know youāre seeing things in his perspective now. One hand leaves yours, it finding itself around your throat.
āSay my name,ā he grunts, alternating his gaze between your face and his cock disappearing inside you. Itās something heāll never get over. Maybe next time, he can record you two.
āB-Boāā
āNo, my given name. I want you to scream it,ā his grip on your neck gets tighter, your walls tightening at the same time. He groans as he throws his head back, his thrusts slowing down as he drags his cock against your walls. āI want your neighbors to know whoās fucking you,ā
āYou, KÅtarÅ!ā You loudly moan, humming in pleasure as he picks up the pace.
āWhoās making you feel this good? Who does your little cunt belong to?ā
āGod, you! It belongs to KÅtarÅ!ā You scream, your eyes rolling back as his hands go back to under your knees, pushing them up to your chest. Itās hard to breathe, but youāre clamping down on his cock as a sheen of white forms around it, your slick dripping down your ass and down his balls. The last urge he needed to fuck you like an animal was that, you screaming his name. Your ands wrap around his neck, the material of his jacket rubbing against his thick neck as your nails take down his back. Hissing, he fucks you faster and harder, determination set to get you to one more orgasm. It doesnāt take long, your mouth hanging open as you come undone for one last time, him burying himself as far as he can as he spills another load into you. Itās heavy and fulfilling, but itās wonderful. A wonderful feeling of being loved.
As you both come down from your highs, he gives you another sloppy kiss. Instead of pulling out, he released your legs and lays on his side, taking you with him.
āShouldnāt we clean up?ā
āThat can wait. I donāt wanna leave quite yet,ā he pants out, another sloppy kiss. Like he canāt get enough.
Really though, he canāt. He loves you too much
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The Follies and Vices of You
cedric diggory x reader- part v of seriesĀ
based off the novel and film āPride and Prejudiceā by Jane Austen
summary: Being the beloved sister of the incredibly wealthy Mr. Potter, you felt no need to rush into marriage. But one day, when you come to meet a new acquaintance, the proud Mr. Diggory, your views of love and follies change.
warnings: none!Ā (gif is not mine, credit to owner!)
part i, part ii, part iii, part iv, part v
āMaybe itās that I find it hard to forgive the follies and vices of others, or their offenses against me. My good opinion, once lost, is lost forever.ā -Jane AustenĀ
The snow melted and flowers began growing, winter gone and the world welcoming spring with open arms. The earth turned ever so slowly and the cold months of the year began to pass, while the months of summertime approached slowly.
You thought often about the words crossed between you and Mr. Diggory and reread his letter hundreds of times. You replayed every emotion in your memory and found solace in his warm eyes, unable to remove him from your thoughts. The feeling of guilt, anger and love resided deep with you, for you couldnāt tell which thought to be corresponding to him.
Miss Ginny, however may have been right about two things in her letter sent to you in the New Year. You had received a proposal form not only Mr. Diggory, but from Mr. Malfoy as well which you declined almost instantly. While the other being she would be home before the flowers bloomed, which excited you greatly.
You told no soul about the proposal or the letter sent from Mr. Diggory, not even Miss Ginny; for to remember the memories of the conversation was far too painful. You had not seen Mr. Diggory since, you were told he was to go back home for the summer months.
One morning at breakfast, your brother turned to you, āY/N, I am to go across country with Mr. Ron Weasley next week for some business.ā You hummed softy, āHow would you like to join us? I think some fresh air will do you good.ā
You looked up at Harry with sweet eyes, āOh Harry! Of course, how exciting that sounds! What a wonderful distraction from life this will be, as what are men compared to rocks and mountains!ā
The following week you rode up country in the carriage with Harry and Mr. Ron Weasley. The trip was splendid so far, as you passed the blossoming trees and blooming flowers. It felt as the world was at peace. You turned your attention to your brother,
āHarry, where are we anyway?ā
āDerbyshire, I believe.ā
āHarry,ā Interjected Mr. Weasley, āIs that not the home of Mr. Diggory?ā
āYes, Ron, I do believe it is!ā replied your brother, āShall we pay our old friend a visit?ā
āOh lets not!ā you quickly spurred out, āHe um- Well heās so rich. I do prefer not to.ā
āAnd what are we my dear sister!ā Harry shakes his head in amusement, āNonsense, we shall go see our business partner. I thought you would love to meet an old acquaintance, Y/N.ā
With that you slumped down into your seat, dreading the visitation of Mr. Diggory.
When you all had finally arrived to his estate you could not help but to smile to yourself, because it was more beautiful than you could ever imagine. You graciously made you way up the grand staircase up to the front doors. The doors opened and you were met face to face with Mr. Diggory, a meeting you had thought so long about. His eyes were still warm and you saw a smile that you hadnāt quite seen there before
āMr. Diggory.ā You bowed at his, returning the smile.
āMiss Y/N, what a most pleasant surprise!ā He took your hand, greeting you properly. He then turned you your brother and Mr. Weasley, welcoming them to his home.
Soon you all sat in his parlor, conversation coming easily; all the while Mr. Diggory turned to you. āMiss Y/N, would you do me the honor of perhaps playing the pianoforte. Itās been such a long while since music was played in my home.ā
You nodded and walked up to the pianoforte, then began playing it graciously. The men once again became absorbed in conversation as you went into your own little world with your playing. It felt like hours had passed as you played; however, you were brought out of your piano trace with a presence stood above you. Without looking up or stopping your fingers you said,
āYou mean to frighten me, Mr. Diggory, coming in all your state to listen to me. But I shanāt be alarmed even if your family does play so well.ā
He laughed, āOh, Miss Potter, I know well that I cannot frighten you even if I were to wish it.ā
You looked into his brown eyes, as if you were seeing their richness for the very first time. You saw the man behind the wall, a man ruined by tragedy and grief; a man numbed by the betrayal of friends and the loss of a most beloved sister. for how tragic life can be, as you knew that all too well. And perhaps Mr. Diggory was right, just because one has pride, we have no right to be prejudice towards the; especially when oneās character is severely misunderstood.
You stood quickly identifying your feelings, becoming very uneasy. You apologized and walked out of the room; for what you felt, you could not bear.
For the rest of the trip you pondered over your likeness of Mr. Diggory. You spend your nights lying awake solely thinking about him, he danced in your mind as a distance memory, something that was always just out of reach. And returning home did not fix your heartbreak, but rather made it worse. The feelings which you felt were buried very deep within your insides, for you could not handle the recollection of the emptiness you felt without him.
Month passed, and seasons changed. The end of summer came quickly. Your restlessness came to no avail, spending most nights walking the grounds of the estate. There your thoughts could not disturb you.
One night walking, you saw dawn soon approaching; but there was something else also steadily approaching you.
Mr. Diggory.
He headed onwards staright towards you, both of you dressed only in night clothes. Mr. Diggory came to you steadily with shaky hands.
āMr. Diggory! How- why?ā
āI could not sleep, Miss. Y/N. I think only of you and knew I had to come see you again, only to ask one more time.ā
He paused looking at you, exhaling deeply. You nodded and gazed into his loving eyes.
āMiss. Y/N, if your feelings have remined the same since last winter, please tell me so at once. My affections towards you have not changed, but one word from you will silence me forever. However, if your feelings have changed,ā he paused slowly, āI wish to tell you that you have bewitched me body and soul and I love- I love you. And I never wish to be parted from you from this day forth.ā
āItās always been you, Mr. Diggory.ā You stared longingly at him, āFor I cannot express the moment it stared; but that once I realized, I was only in the middle and far too deep to turn back. So, if you will take me as I am, I am yours.ā
He took your hands in his, drawing them in slowly and planting a kiss onto each knuckle. Stars in his eyes and angels in yours, it was like this moment had been envisioned a hundred times in your head but never had the courage of playing itself out. Now, instead of dancing alone in his memories, you danced inĀ each otherās, together.
For the first time you felt like you were home, and you loved him, and he loved you. And after all, how much more could you ask for.
(authors note: Ahh! its finally here! the last chapter of this series, but not to worry there will be an epilogue! if you came this far, thank you so much, i really enjoyed writing this series and I hope you enjoyed reading it! much love <333)
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Summertime Sadness - Ch. 20
Word count: 1995
Warnings: Fluff and Smut
Authorās note: This chapter hurt to reread and edit, but I hope you enjoy it! Second to last chapter :)
Song Suggestions: Summertime Sadness by Lana Del Rey (like just put it on repeat, do it. now.)
āYou look gorgeous,ā your Mom whispered as she stuck her head in your room. You smiled as you inspected yourself in the stand-up mirror in front of you. You were wearing a red summer dress that had a deep v neck and ended right above your knees, black high heels, and a diamond necklace. You had curled your hair was a faint purple and put half of it up in a clean bun.
āThanks, Mom.ā You walked over to her and gave her a hug. You could feel her hand rub your back.
āI know itās going to be hard, but Iām right here for you.ā
āI just canāt believe tonight is my last night with him.ā
āJust until December,ā she pulled a curl that was hanging by your face and you watched it bounce from your side profile. Your purple was almost faded, and your hair now being able to be long enough to put the top half up. āYour hair looks like a beauty queenās hair.ā
āThatās kind of the look I was going for,ā you grabbed your purse and checked your phone. Josh had texted you five minutes ago that he was on his way to pick you up. You had to work during the day, cutting your very last day of summer with Josh short.Ā
āWhere are you guys going for dinner?ā your mom asked.
āIām not sure,ā you shrugged. āHe said he has the whole night planned out as a surprise.ā
āWell, I hope you have fun, enjoy yourself and be safe.ā She kissed the top of your head.Ā
āI will be Mom, thank you.ā You headed downstairs and waited outside for Josh to pick you up. You saw the familiar headlights of Joshās jeep speeding down your street. He got out of the Jeep quickly and walked around the car.Ā
Your mouth dropped when you got a good glimpse of him. He was wearing nice black shorts and a nice white button up t-shirt. He looked nice, like really nice. He had shaved because his stubble was no longer there, and his blue hair was styled up and back.Ā
āYou look gorgeous, Y/L/N,ā he wrapped your body up in his arms and he dipped you down like in the movies, making you let out a little squeal.Ā
āDonāt drop me!ā He lifted you back up, planting a kiss on your lips. āYou look handsome too, Dun.ā
āReady for dinner?ā He walked over to his Jeep and opened up the passenger door for you. You nodded and hopped in, smoothing out your dress so it wouldnāt get wrinkled.Ā
āWhere are we going?ā you asked while Josh headed out of your neighborhood and getting on the freeway.
āJust wait and see.ā
The car ride wasnāt too long, and he pulled up to this building that had lights on it. The sign read Martini Modern Italian. Also known as one of the fanciest Italian restaurants in Columbus, Ohio.
āJosh! This place is so expensive.ā You placed your hand over your mouth as you gasped. āHow can you afford this?ā
āRegional At Best is doing way better than we were expecting, and I wanted to treat you.ā His eyes creased when he smiled, and again your stomach fluttered. You started to think of how he was moving tomorrow, but you tried to push the thought away because you wanted to enjoy the night.Ā
Josh grabbed your hand and walked inside to the Hostess at the front. āReservation?ā She asked in a high pitched voice.Ā
āYes, two for Dun.ā He gave your hand a little squeeze.Ā
āRight this way!ā You followed the hostess to a little booth in a corner. There was a candle in the middle of the table and rose petals all over the table cloth.Ā
āJosh this is amazing,ā you whispered in awe as you looked around. You had never been in such a fancy restaurant before.Ā
āOnly the best for you.ā You couldnāt help but blush at his kind words. You both talked about the album until the waiter showed up and took your orders.
āIāll get a glass of Chardonnay, and an order of the Chicken Carbonara.ā Josh handed the waiter his menu, and then it was your turn.Ā
āMay I please just have a glass of water, and Iāll order the Shrimp Marinara.ā You handed her the menu with a smile.Ā
āJust water, huh?ā Josh chuckled.Ā
āIām only eighteen.ā
āAnd Iām only 23.ā
āYouāre old,ā you giggled.
āAnd youāre a baby. My baby,ā he teased back.
āEw, donāt ever call me that again.ā You did a gagging motion making Josh burst out in laughter. Your meals came, and you had to take a picture of the fancy plates before digging in. The food was delicious, and you didnāt want it to stop but soon your stomach felt tight in your dress.
āIām so full,ā you groaned, rubbing your stomach.Ā
āMe too!ā Josh pushed his plate forward and leaned back. He paid the bill, which he didnāt let you see but you were guessing it was probably really expensive.Ā
āBack to the car!ā he pointed his finger forward and started marching, which made you hide your face with embarrassment.
āCan you not march in the middle of a prestigious restaurant,ā you mumbled. āWhere are we going anyway?ā
āItās a surprise, but itās a long car ride.ā
āMount Jeez?ā you raised an eyebrow as Josh opened the passenger door.Ā
He groaned, āHow did you guess?ā
āItās night time, and where else would we drive far too? Weāre obviously going stargazing on the top of Mount Jeez!ā
āYouāre too smart.āĀ
Josh got in the car and started it, and you sat back in your seat. It was only around 8pm, so the sun was just starting to set but it was a solid 80 degrees out. One of the warmest nights you have seen in Ohio in August.Ā
Josh blared the Fun. album, making it a tradition when you head up to the lookout.Ā
You kicked off your heels and layed further in the seat. You rolled down the window and let the wind blow your curls back. Josh held your left hand tight, and he rubbed your hand.Ā
The hour and a half drive went by quickly, and before you knew it Josh was driving up onto the lookout. He kept his car running and hopped out. You unbuckled with confusion and got out too.Ā
Josh held his hand out to you, āMay I have this dance?ā he said with a smirk. You nodded and grabbed his hand. He pulled you close and you wrapped your arms around his neck. Your heels were still off, so you were shorter.Ā
Ā The music mixed with the sound of the telephone wires sizzling above you and your body swayed with Joshās. He would spin you around, and both of you would laugh. You leaned your body close to his, your body buzzing. He made you feel electric.Ā
āYouāre the best,ā he whispered as you slowly rocked back and forth. You looked up at him and kissed him, passionately.Ā
āI donāt want you to leave.ā
āI donāt want to leave either.ā
āI think Iām going to miss you forever,ā your eyes started to well up with tears. āYou know, this summer was filled with tears and sadness.ā
āIām so sorry, Y/N. Next summer will be better, I promise.ā
āNext summer?ā you looked at him with pleading eyes.
āYes, Y/N, I donāt plan on letting you go ever even if I am living across the country.ā
āThank you, Josh, thank you,ā you sobbed into his shirt letting your emotions consume you. After a few minutes, you pulled away and wiped your eyes. Josh walked to his Jeep and turned it off, grabbing blankets to put on the ground.Ā
āThe sun is almost gone,ā he said. The sky was starting to light up with the stars and moon. You laid down next to Josh while he rubbed your arm.Ā
āKiss me, Josh,ā you whispered. You wanted him to kiss you hard, one last night before he goes. Josh planted his lips on yours and you grabbed at his hair desperately. You werenāt usually the one to be so forward, but you knew what you wanted.Ā
You pulled yourself up so you were sitting on Joshās body and you continued to kiss him. You then grabbed his shoulders and rolled over so he was on top of you. He didnāt let his full body weight down though, so you didnāt get crushed.Ā
āOff,ā you whispered in between a kiss as you fumbled with his shirt buttons. Josh got the clue and took it off and you started to shimmy out of your dress.Ā
āAre you sure, Y/N?ā Josh asked, knowing where this was leading to.Ā
āYes, Iām sure.ā
āOut here?ā
āYes.ā
āYou want to lose your virginity the day I leave across the country?āĀ
āJoshua! Donāt kill the mood. I said I get to decide, and I want to. Now.ā You grabbed his face and pulled him back down, and you rolled back on top of him.Ā
You were expecting to be nervous, especially being out in public, but you felt invincible as if nothing could ever scare you again. You pulled off Joshās shorts and left him in his woven boxers. You felt Josh struggling with your bra strap so you helped him out.Ā
The next thirty minutes of foreplay was soft and gentle as compared to before. Every touch and every lick was made with love, making sure the other was feeling pleasured and safe.Ā
āYou ready?ā Josh asked, kneeling in front of you. You laid on your back naked, coming down from a climax.Ā
āYes,ā you nodded and bit your lip and Josh moved closer to you. You couldn't believe that you were going to lose your virginity, right here, but it all felt so right. You stared into Joshās chocolate brown eyes as he slowly pushed into you.Ā
āOh my god,ā you blurted out. It hurt. Bad. Way more than you were expecting.
āAre you okay? Do you want me to stop?ā Josh looked at you with worry in his face.
You shook your head and clenched your mouth, āNo, go slow.ā Josh did exactly that. His moves were slow, and you were able to stretch out and become used to his size. The pain turned into pleasure fast, and you couldnāt keep your moans inside as you felt things you had never felt before.Ā
You kept your eyes closed for most of the time, but at one point you opened them and the look of Josh made you almost tear up. He looked vulnerable, yet strong. The moon shined down on his naked skin, making it appear luminescent, and his eyes were closed as he focused on the pleasure you both were feeling.Ā
You reached up and grabbed his shoulders to bring his body down to yours so you could kiss him. You tangled your hands in his hair, and moans filled the air.Ā
āJosh,ā you whispered as you could feel him finish. He pulled out and laid next to you, staring into your eyes. You both had sweat dripping down each other's faces, and your hearts were racing.Ā
āThank you for letting me be your first time,ā he spoke softly as he caressed your cheek with his thumb.Ā
āThank you for being my first time,ā you smiled. āCan I tell you something?ā
āAnything,ā he wrapped his arms around your waist.
āYou know I said I think I might have been falling in love?ā
āYeah?ā
āI definitely fell in love,ā you placed a soft kiss on Joshās swollen lips. āI love you so much, Joshua Dun.ā
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LETTER BOY UPDATE
ok! This is long overdue lmao. but until the other day I was feeling a bit mopey and sad and also just generally tired and didnāt wanna talk about it BUT THENĀ E X T R E M E L YĀ LONG POST AHEAD
so lemme see where I last left off re: Letter Boy.... ok so like, to recap: there for a while weād barely been talking. He didnāt have time to write to me most of the time, and then half the time when we did write to each other our letters kept getting lost in the mail, etc etc. I know Iād been like pretty obsessive over the whole letter-writing thing for a while so I thought Iād been pushing him away and like at one point I wrote him a goodbye letter? Like I was really out here likeĀ āIām so sorry for bothering you so much, Iāll leave you alone nowā like what sort of passive-aggressive bitchy monster lmao. And then eventually I was like nah fuck that, thatās not ok and Iām not leaving things like that, so I wrote him an apology and we kinda got back to talking a bit. And then he finally wrote me back! And his letter was deeply personal and emotional and I cried! He came out as ace! He told me he loved me! The absolute drama of it all! (Which it turns out, at that point he didnāt mean it in terms of like, romantic love, just like... he really cared about me as a person and was glad that he felt comfortable to write about his experiences re: being ace to me and it was sort of cathartic. BUT THEN!) So I wrote back almost immediately, telling him that I loved him too and that he was valid and shit lmao. That was all back in late May/early June I think... tbh I donāt remember what happened over the summer, lemme go back and reread our messages? b/c I know neither of us has physically written to the other since then.Ā Ok so we messaged a bit about potentially meeting up at a Pride festival, either there in Houston or up in Dallas, but the timing just generally didnāt work out in our favor for either event, so we wound up not going. And then we kinda sporadically messaged each other here and there, usually when he was stressed with school or I was stressed with work, etc, but we barely talked off and on for a couple months. Then I started my current job, and my sleep cycle got outta whack for a few weeks, and thatās when things started to get interesting again lmao
ok so sometime near the end of August, he had like a minor depressive episode or something in the middle of the night and messaged me at like 4 am saying he feltĀ āgross and sadā and I slept through that because it was Saturday but I wound up waking up at like 6:30 out of habit from getting up for work, and I ended up calling him and we talked for a while and I vented about some stuff in my life too and then we both went back to sleep lmao. And after that things got a little more active in terms of communication; like yāall know me, Iām a Needy Bitch, so of course I wound up messaging him like once every couple days or so whenever I started to miss him and needed Attention. Like it kinda started with a tarot reading I got, just a standard past/present/future 3-card reading, but she pulled the Lovers for my present, so I mean.... and basically she said something about there being a person in my life whom I had feelings for, and who reciprocated those feelings, but there was a communications disconnect, and the relationship was getting to a point where it could begin to go stale, and that we shouldnāt block ourselves off from progress. After that reading I reached out and messaged him again, and we ended up literally speaking every day for a week. Like I think Iād made a post about that on here about not messaging him for the 8th day in a row and thought I was exaggerating but then I went back and counted and IT ACTUALLY WAS THE 8TH DAY, WOW AUDREY, YOUāRE OFFICIALLY ANNOYING. So I tried to get better about leaving him alone lmao but I started messaging him a bunch of stuff about my singing, because my old community had a brief resurgence in September. and he said he wanted to sing something with me someday and Iām š„°š„°
So then at one point I had mentioned coming down to Houston for the weekend of the SFA/Sam Houston State game (which was last weekend, 10/5-6) with my friend, and ditching the game to hang out with him instead. I kinda let the subject drop for a couple weeks because at that point it was almost a month out and I wasnāt 100% sure I was gonna be able to go so I didnāt want to get both our hopes up. But then work started being really shitty and dicking me around about my schedule change that was supposed to have happened once I got out of training, and my home life wasnāt gr8 either, so I kinda latched onto that weekend trip as like a bright spot, or something to hope for. Something to keep me going. And heād basically forgotten about it, which is fine, except I wound up springing it back on him at the last minute lmao. But then my friend who I was supposed to go with (because I canāt drive so she was gonna drive us down there) was likeĀ ānah Iām not going to the game, I have no money for tickets.ā So I was like well shit, there goes my happy thing. And I talked to her about it and basically begged her to just go down to Houston for the weekend anyway, Iād get us a hotel and everything, because I needed this. So she was likeĀ āalright, look at hotels.ā But then HER friend got very sick, like in-the-hospital having-mysterious-seizures sick, and she went to go stay with her in the hospital for a few days because the girlās husband was being a dick about it (it turned out to just be an infection from a contact lens that got stuck in her eye and like melted??? idk. but it was BAD AND SCARY). But that was like Wednesday-Friday of the week we were supposed to go to Houston on that weekend and I wasnāt sure sheād be up to going. So I asked last minute if she still wanted to go or if I should cancel the hotel (not realizing that it was too late to cancel it anyway lmao RIP) and she saidĀ āok sure but I wanna bring my kid, since Iāve been away from her for 3 whole days.ā I was like thatās fine, I already thought you were gonna bring her lol. So we wound up going down there on Saturday but we left a bit later than weād meant to, and by the time we got to town, Letter Boy was already at work. So I missed him that day. The three of us (me, friend & kiddo) wound up swimming in the hotel pool and then ordering Chinese takeout for dinner so that was pretty fun.Ā
Then the next day, Sunday! Letter Boy called as we were checking out of the hotel to try and figure out what the plan was, where we could meet up, etc. We decided to meet at the mall nearby, since it was an easy landmark for all parties, and we could find each other pretty easily there. He took me (and my friend and her kid, though apparently that wasnāt the plan, and he wouldāve preferred to spend time with just me; she even gave me the option to not have the two of them meet us at the restaurant and I decided not to take it because i was a nervous anxious coward lmao) out to lunch at this Korean place in town, where he loves to eat. We played a few rounds of a card game and talked and ate and it was great fun. Then he had to bail and go to work, and we had an interesting goodbye because Iād been out here trying to respect his personal space and all because from what heād said in his coming-out letter, it sounded very much like he was touch-averse - but then he hugged me goodbye? and kept coming back for more hugs?! likeĀ āone more? ok just one more? and one more?ā like nonstop for a good five minutes lmao. I was a bit confused but I loved it (my primary love language is physical touch; hugs are my kryptonite. And he gives AMAZING hugs. like I may have even actually dreamed about his hugs before I ever got to experience one, but thatās whole other post lol). Anyway so after that my friend and I went to hang out at her brotherās in-lawsā place because they lived in the area lol. Letter Boy had asked me to message him once I got there, so I did. I told him I wished I couldāve spent more time with him one-on-one, and he saidĀ āwell if youāre still in town maybe you can sneak away when I get my break laterā So I basically said hell yes, just tell me where to meet you, lol. We wound up meeting up at Starbucks and getting coffee and continuing to talk and hang out for the half hour of his break, and he really didnāt want to leave when it was time for him to go. Like he actually contemplated kidnapping me and bringing me to work with him lmao. If my ride hadnāt already been on her way, I wouldāve gone with him in a heartbeat. I didnāt want to leave either. And he told me he loved me again!Ā š„°š„°š„° It was sappy and sweet and just aghhhh <3
So that was a week ago today! And thereās been some interesting developments since then too. Starting off with that Sunday night when I got home, Iād had too much coffee (starbucks messed up my order and had to remake it so I ended up drinking both lmao, big mistake). So I was over-caffeinated and v emotional and couldnāt sleep so I started writing out all my anxious confused feelings in letter form, and wound up just linking Letter Boy to the Google Doc Iād been writing in. This was at almost 2 AM. Apparently I woke him up and he read it and replied to me over messenger and basically we talked about how like. when he first said he loved me in the letter, he didnāt necessarily mean it in a romantic context but it was definitely more than just platonic and he wasnāt sure how to quantify that. But now that weād met in person, and got to spend some actual time together, he felt a little differently and that he wasĀ ānot 100% sure but WAAAY more than 50% sureā that he loved me romantically, because partially because heās ace, heās just kinda unsure about romantic relationships in general and heās reluctant to commit to them because the sex thing always becomes an issue. I reassured him that I completely understand and respect his orientation and would never ask him to change that aspect of himself or do anything that would make him uncomfortable, and he seemed immensely relieved. At this point Iām honestly not even sure how much of his feelings are genuinely for/about me, and how much of them are just some sort of general euphoria at having someone basically validate his orientation and his existence, because heād spent so long being mocked and tormented by friends and lovers alike, and basically just feeling broken and worthless. And I completely understand that reaction. Iām not even sure I care if thatās all this is, if it comes down to it; Iām happy to be here to love and support him and make sure he never feels less than whole and valid again, no matter my context in his life. I just want him to be happy. Iād love to be the one who makes him happy, but if ultimately that is not my part in his life, then so be it. Iām at peace with it.
Anyway so that was Sunday night, we talked a little bit on Monday and Tuesday and then like,, nothing at all for a few days? And so of course my immediate instinct is that I came on too strong and pushed him away, just because he doesnāt want to talk to me every day?? so I got all mopey and sad and weird, because I thought Iād scared him off and lost him and idk. Also I was in a funk b/c my hormones are being wacky this week; I donāt really get periods per se with my IUD, but sometimes Iāll get phantom cramps and/or mood swings, etc. but this past week iāve been spotting and cramping AND moody af, so thatās been fun. So Iād been all weird and sad and shit, and thinking he didnāt want to talk to me = he didnāt want me, and I was so paranoid and afraid because I still think this whole thing is too good to be true and I canāt trust it. I know itās silly and far too early to be serious and itāll never last and probably wonāt end well. I know that itās fun and easy and idealistic and wonāt stand up to reality or practicality, when it eventually has to face them. So Iāve been bracing myself for that ending ever since it began. And I know three days isnāt very long, but after having a whole conversation about how we love each other, andĀ how we love each other, it felt like an eternity. BUT THEN!!!!!!!!!
So ok, we did talk briefly on Friday, in passing. but it was a very short little conversation; the only major thing to come out of it was a further confirmation that yes, heās serious about coming up here to see me. BUT THEN Saturday night (10/12), he got home from seeing Eric Andre perform live, and he was hanging out with his sister and drinking and generally being a goof, and he messaged me! UPDATE: Itās now sunday 10/20 and Iām still writing this. idk itās been a lot, everything else in my life has been rough lately, idk. im not feeling as positively about this as i was before, but iāll keep writing the update. Iāve written too much
SO! Anyway. he came home from the comedy show thing, and he was hanging out with his sister watching some Japanese reality show and drinking, and he messaged me out of the blue. Funny thing Iāve noticed is that he doesnāt generally reach out to me first and heās not too expressive generally but whenever heās intoxicated in some way, be it alcohol or pot or even benadryl, he gets really effusively, gushily mushy and sweet. So on this occasion he was drunk, or at least tipsy, and that means he was being extra affectionate and dumb lmao. He started out telling me about his night and then hit me with theĀ āI wish you were heeeerrrrreeeeeeeeā lol. And he said something about how one day when he graduates, we should get a place together, where we can ābe non-binary and own our dreamsā (the second time heās mentioned possibly being nonbinary to me - or possibly third time, he said something in passing about being confused about gender roles, in a context that impliedĀ āin relation to himself.ā meanwhile I havenāt actually said anything at all to him about me being nonbinary, he just kinda assumed b/c i have a rly butch-y looking haircut rn lmao. but like.. he aināt wrong tho š so thatās a conversation that we need to actually have sometime.) He was likeĀ āitās sorta romantic that you live up there and I live down here and weāre so far apart and we have to just kinda pine after each other basicallyā and i was like oh good, Iām not the only one pining lmao. But then he asked me to come with him when he moves to Japan to teach English there, sometime after he finishes his degree. Which like, I wish I could go with him, and I know that if weāre still talking at that point/especially if we actually get together, itās gonna be hard to be that far away from him and Iām gonna miss him. But itās just eminently not practical. I donāt have any college degree and I donāt speak a lick of Japanese, thereās no way I can teach English with him; and there arenāt many other jobs there for Americans. And he wonāt be making enough to support both of us on a teacherās salary, i know that much. So thatās where I start to get a bit disillusioned. Like I know it was just a drunk suggestion out of a desperation to not be apart anymore, and despite the fact that a drunk mouth often speaks sober thoughts, I know better than to assume that either of those offers to live together were any kind of a promise, and I have no intention to hold him to either of them. But in the moment I very much got my hopes up and I let myself get really excited and I regret that now lmao because like I knew even then that it wasnāt real. and now iām just sorta disappointed because Iāve had to confront the fact that heās very much a daydreamer and I, for all my delusional fantasizing, am at heart more practical than that. I donāt like to hope for things that I know canāt happen, because itās just setting myself up for future devastation. And he just wants to hope and wish for everything, and maybe some of it will come true and maybe some of it wonāt, and he just sort of seems unbothered by either outcome. For all my hopeless romanticism and my overemotional nature, I canāt bring myself to do that, to hope without expectation. I donāt know how. itās so antithetical to my understanding of the world. And it just serves to highlight another of the many ways in which we are almost complete opposites - which isnāt a bad thing! but it can make some things harder. like handling distance, or hoping for the future, or just communication in general.
but anyway! back to drunken happiness lmao. he started saying really sappy shit like how he wants to be there for me when Iām feeling down, and he wants to have big dumb fights with me just so he can make it up to me with a big grand gesture like flowers or edible arrangements or something. and then he wrote me a drunken limerick and it was actually surprisingly good and really cute lmao. and he said he wanted to cuddle me. and then we got into a mini-fight over which one of us was cuter lmao. and he called me queen and said that he just wants to like. make me food and take care of me and stuff lol. and that he doesnāt even HAVE a type but somehow I am exactly his type? which is still fucking me up, thatās the sweetest shit iāve ever heard. (because i know what he means, heās dated around quite a bit with different types and genders of people and stuff because he didnāt really know how to handle his asexuality and of course the myth is that you just havenāt found the right person yet, so he just kept trying and feeling broken and then here I am, the first person heās found to be accepting and understanding of that part of him, and still want him and care for him and be all lovey-dovey and shit with him, and he just wants me to be happy in return.) meanwhile I of course have several types, including different types for girls and guys etc, but heās hitting all my boxes - tall, handsome in a kind of adorkable way, smart, funny, sarcastic, sweet, patient, sensitive, similar tastes in media and similar political alignments, queer. plus heās just cute as fuck. like out of my league cute lmao but again, thatās exactly my type OTL so like I told him that, and that I just wanna like. hold him and be with him and help him be successful in whatever he wants in life. and he freaked out and was like ugh you should just come here rn iāll hide you under my bed if i have to and i was like i wish i could :( and he was like THATāS NOT GOOD ENOUGH AUDREY COME HERE and i was like OK IM LEAVING ON FOOT SEE U IN 3 DAYS and it was funny. and we flung a bunch of heart emojis at each other. and then he made a passing reference to his mood swings and i kinda ended up ignoring it because i sent a message at the same time but in my head i was like boy have you even MET me, 1. the swings have always been my favorite piece of playground equipment, 2. iāve got mood swings down to a fine art, and 3. iām more worried about whether you can handle mine. iām pretty sure i can take yours in stride lmao. and then there was more talk of cuddling, and HE STARTED HEART REACTING ALL MY MESSAGES and iām just like WTF STOP IT THAT IS THE CUTEST SHIT <3333 and then he sent me a dollar by accident? and I sent him theĀ āi love you bitch, i aināt never gonna stop loving you bitchā vine lmao
and apparently this whole time he was still sitting around with his sister? lmao because he said she told him she approved of me after i sent that vine š and she apparently likes my hair! which is good lol (reminder I need to post some pics of it on here, I posted selfies to fb but i donāt think iāve posted on here yet). his sister is also bi lmao and seems cool in general (and also from what iāve seen creeping her fb, sheās REALLY GORGEOUS, like it runs in the family, these fuckers should be models, itās ridiculous really) so having her approval is v nice. like at least one member of his family approves of me! now to work on the rest šš and then he was talking about he was gonna get high also (despite being already drunk) and i was joking with him about bogarting the weed and he was likeĀ āwhen we live together Iāll share my weed with youā lmao but he said it with such certainty, like it was just a given. not an if, but a when. which threw me for enough of a loop. But then he started in on this fantasy scenario where like itās late at night and we canāt sleep so he makes me sushi by hand, and we feed each other with our chopsticks (he was impressed that I already knew how to use them lmao) and we sit on the couch arm in arm watching reruns of cheers and laughing way too loudly and fall asleep in each otherās arms as the sun comes up outside but we donāt have anything to do the next day so itās ok. and it was the sweetest most romantic shit Iāve literally ever heard in my LIFE, like it sounds like actual heaven and i was crying happy tears at this point lmao. justĀ š„°š„°š„°š„°š„° like in that moment i felt so fucking loved i couldnāt even speak and yāall know iām never speechless, i literally canāt fucking shut up most of the time lmao. and like at that point his phone was dying so he went to plug it in and go to bed and I did the same because it was like 2:30 in the morning but i was just giddy with affection and couldnāt sleep.Ā
anyway so the next day (sunday) i had a party thing to go to that was really fun but iām socially awkward so i texted him a lot as a crutch. and then the next day (monday) he had given meĀ āpermission to bug the crap out of himā so i messaged him a lot throughout my work day because it was an unusually crappy day anyway. and the day after that (tuesday) we messaged about the democratic debates and stuff. and then i kinda tried to give him some space, because i felt like i was smothering him, and i made it all the way to friday evening before i caved in and messaged him again. like i donāt wanna bother him by messaging him every day, i know heās busy. whenever he doesnāt actively have class, heās got homework or heās working (which usually means heās driving and canāt talk). but iām like so addicted to the affection i get from him, itās bad. my anxiety just keeps building and getting worse if i try to avoid messaging him and I donāt make it very far before i end up giving in and messaging him for a hit of that good olā dopamine. so we ended up catching each other up on the events of the latter part of our week, and talking about sushi preferences. and he apparently has never had eel?? like that was probably the 2nd or 3rd thing i tried lmao š but then to be fair I had a boyfriend at the time who was very interested in making sure i tried new things, and who had been stationed briefly in japan so he knew a lot about sushi and wanted to show off. anyway Letter Boy is like me, he prefers salmon by a wide margin. and we talked about how heād tried squid and did not enjoy it, and that turned into a mini battle to see who could post the weirdest squid-themed gif lmao. and then i sent him the playlist but he still hasnāt listened to it yet I donāt think. but he also wants me to write him a poem lmao so thatās something i should start working on i guess. but idk iām not feeling it rn but thatās not his fault.Ā
and then today happened and i had another incident with my mother and her narcissistic bullshit and i was feeling like shit so i reached out to my best friend to kinda get some validation that iām not actually the narcissistic one (which felt shitty and manipulative, like if i have to ask iām probably at least a LITTLE narcissistic. but then again if i actually was narcissistic i guess i wouldnāt even have that doubt? like i would just be certain that i wasnāt and not second-guess it because i wouldnāt care? and like making their victims believe that THEY are the narcissistic ones and the abuser isnāt, is a classic hallmark of gaslighting and narcissistic abuse? but i still felt like shit about it idk). And I also reached out to Letter Boy because while I love my best friend more than words can say, like sheās my sister-from-another-mother, Letter Boy has kind of become my comfort person. like i always used to write letters to him whenever I was going through a rough spot, as a distraction. and usually Iāll message him whenever Iām starting to feel anxious or sad, but lately itās gotten to where Iāll start to feel anxious and sad whenever I donāt message him regularly. like iāve said, itās getting bad and iām worried about it. like thatās not a good sign of a healthy relationship. and itās nice to have some positivity in my life, especially given all the negative shit iām constantly surrounded by. but that doesnāt mean this relationship is healthy or good for either of us. so thatās yet another thing on my list of shit thatās making me anxious lol. but anyway he tried to be supportive when i told him about what iām dealing with in re: my mother, and encouraged me to get out, but he just seemed kinda generally lost. like he didnāt know how to deal with it. and if thatās because heās been fortunate enough that in his life, that kind of behaviour is not something heās experienced, then Iām happy for him. but he said some stuff about not really believing in labels, but specifically in regards to mental health issues? which like. thatās all fine and good in terms of gender and sexuality, but with mental health, thatās a medical issue. you kind of have to have names for things in that context so that you can treat them. and i get that he was kinda trying to be encouraging to me, to not let my mother make me think of myself as a narcissist, and to not feel so shitty about myself in terms of like my depression and anxiety and stuff. but it just felt like it was sort of coming from a place of very neurotypical privilege and misunderstanding, and it was sort of unintentionally invalidating. and then he brought up the idea of us living together again, once he graduates, but he said it in a slightly more realistic way which i should have been happier with but that only wound up disappointing me. he saidĀ āmaybe when i graduate we can get a place...ā instead of like his certainty from earlier. and i said i wish, and he said that he wishes too and we should both hope for it and maybe itāll happen. and iām just like... hope is a dangerous thing for my emotional health, i donāt want to hope for something that isnāt going to happen. and he basically said that i need to learn to hope without expectation, and set small goals as baby steps toward that bigger dream, and iām just like. i donāt understand but thank you lmao. and thatās where we left off this evening. and iāve been crying, about shit with my mom and my life in general and worrying about all this bullshit with letter boy and how like a week ago we were blissfully happy with each other and now things are feeling increasingly less certain and i have this burning feeling in the back of my mind that heās not gonna actually show up for the Syrup Festival in 3 weeks - which again, iāve pinned all my hopes to, itās the light at the end of my newest tunnel. and iām so nervous because i want to show him everything and let him get a feel for where i live (and why i feel trapped here lmao) and yet at the same time i donāt know how to handle it because i donāt think heāll feel the same way about it as i do. and iām still not sure heāll even come. because despite him telling me repeatedly that he wants to come, i canāt help but feel that either something will come between us within that time, or heāll just end up having to work, or something, and he wonāt actually come. iām so terrified he wonāt want to come. Iām terrified iām pushing him away. because this whole thing, ever since we started writing letters, has felt mostly one-sided, like iām out here sharing everything with him and flinging my love and attention at him, and getting scraps in return, just enough to keep me coming back for more. and i donāt know if heās stringing me along or if heās serious. he is a bit flighty. I donāt want him to fly away. but i donāt want to hold him down, either.
i donāt know.
#personal#letter boy#letter boy update#long post#ignore me#so anyway that's like.... the last 6 months almost lmao#all the ups and the downs#this has been over a week in the writing and i'm sorry#i got lazy with updating the dates throughout the post
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Happy Density Day!
haha get it cuz the formula for density looks like a heart. I still dont know how to title things. Analogical V-Day fic anybody? (quick note- sorry if the pacing is sorta weird??? idk how story writing works. personally my favorite part is the last few paragraphs lmao)
Summary: Logan wants to give Virgil a poem for Valentineās Day, but wants to make it as perfect as possible. Either way, Virgil loves it. Words: 2,796 Ship: Analogical, Royality (tho, itās only briefly mentioned and analogical is the focus) TW: Kissing, sleeping at bad hours, uh... Patton tackles Roman playfully at one point Please send me an ask/message if I need to add a trigger. Genre: Fluff!!
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It was about 3 days before Valentineās Day and as much as Logan would usually show nonchalance or distaste towards the holiday, heās been Virgilās boyfriend for 8 months now. He wasnāt going to brush off their first Valentineās Day. He was going to make the perfect card for his Virgil even if it meant he didnāt get any sleep that week. Well, that was an exaggeration and Virgil would probably ask as to why Loganās sleep schedule had suddenly done a 180. But nonetheless, Logan was going to make a nice little card.
Logan started out with printer paper as a planning stage, wondering what to actually put in the card. He went through scribbled out drawings, minimalistic pictures, telling Virgil how beautiful he was, and finally settled on writing a poem. He was good at those. Usually.
His trash can in his room began filling with balled up clumps of paper which were drafts that he deemed not good enough.
āClothes are dark as space, Ā but eyes as bright as the stars. I hope-- No.ā Logan mumbled the poem out loud to himself, then crumpled up the paper, threw it to the side, and started anew. The side of his hand was turning gray from being left-handed and the graphite of the pencil he was using. āI cannot describe to you how much I love you. It was a revelation when I had discovered my feelings for you. Like when Newton discovered gravity. It was fundamental to understanding life as you are fundamental to me understanding emotionsā¦ā He tapped the pencil against his head quickly, trying to think. It soundedā¦ Like something. It wasnāt too bad, but he decided to trash and rewrite it again. It was probably just fine, but Logan was a perfectionist.
He began writing a bit more before deciding to create the decorations on the light purple construction paper he found for the actual card. He had the equation 128āe980 written along over the spine while the card was flattened. The equation was supposed to be read while the card was closed and turned a certain way, and it would read āI love youā from being folded in half. He found the little trick while looking up ways to say I love you to a partner. In pen he neatly wrote inside the cover of the card the beginning to his poem to Virgil. The beginning was the only thing he was happy with at the moment, but he would add more later. He checked his watch and read 11:30 pm. He sighed, put his materials away and went to bed. Although made sure to put the card neatly into the drawer of his desk. It was only 2 days before Valentineās Day and he barely had anything! He wanted to keep working on it, but also sleeping was important and he and the others were working on getting a full nightās rest. Besides, Virgil would badger him in the morning about it and he couldnāt have his boyfriend find his surprise.
Logan went through the next day rather smoothly: Nice comebacks to Roman, reminding Thomas of important events, and of course a few nice kisses with Virgil in the middle of it all. Patton always grinned if he caught them and Roman always teased them until Logan mentioned it was almost Valentineās Day.
āWe are allowed to have physical affection, especially around this time of year, correct?ā Logan asked Roman, raising a brow with a pouting expression.
āWell I suppose so, butā¦ You two are such nerds!ā Roman responded weakly, unable to come up with a witty reply. Patton butted in, putting his arm around Romanās shoulders.
āNow, donāt be mean, Roman. Itās your time of the year, isnāt it? Valentineās Day! A day of Roman-ce.ā Patton laughed and Virgil, who was leaning slightly against Logan, snickered. Logan sighed with a very small hint of a smile while Roman rolled his eyes with a laugh. He exited with Patton, most likely about to go on an adventure or brainstorm. Logan, although, had a pit in his stomach as he was constantly reminded Valentineās Day was just around the corner.
Such terrible planning on my endā¦ He thought, biting the inside of his mouth before kissing Virgil on the head as they went to do their own separate things for now. He sank out and went to his room, relieved to find it just as it was when he left it. He hadnāt taken out his trash yet, but he assumed Virgil wouldnāt go digging through it at least and see the drafts. Checking his watch, which read 8:30 pm, Logan pulled out the drawer and took out the card. He drew a little density equation on the back, coloring in the little heart that the symbols for mass over volume created. He then opened the card back up, rereading the beginning of the poem he kept from a draft.
āI donāt believe Iāll be able to explain my love towards you. Like how it is a mystery as to the true way the universe was created despite the many theories. How the chances of us existing together may have been smaller than a quark, But we managed to exist and come together.ā Logan sat down at his desk and began writing a bit more, once again mumbling the words to himself as he wrote. āYour mind can be as far away as a galaxy,
but Iād travel the light years.
Youāre a fundamental element in my life, Like gravity to planets and stars.ā He bit the bottom of his lip, unable to think of anything else to add. āI canāt even write a simple poemā¦ā He murmured to himself, dropping his pencil. He kept his head up with his left hand, trying to think. There wasnāt any specific pattern or rhyme to the poem. It was purely just him rambling about how great Virgil is in metaphors about space and science. Would Virgil even enjoy that? He created a small, curvy border with a blue pen on the inside of the card, but cringed as he looked back to the unfinished poem. Then he put another line. āI am and always will be unable to express how much I care for you.ā It was true, but the poem felt too short and he barely had an idea on how to end it. He wrote on the other half of the inside of the card āHappy Valentineās Day, Virgil. Love, Loganā, drew a simplistic galaxy on the front, and went back to his previous position of laying his head atop his hand. Instead of coming up with any ideas, Logan somehow fell asleep on his hand. He took his nap for about 4 hours, waking up at the superb hour of around 1 am and his head ended up on the desk with his hand still upright. Great. Only 1 day until Valentineās Day and he was barely done with his card. He dug his hands into his hair in frustration. It should have been easy to write a poem. But no it was going to be difficult and now he was tired as hell. He decided to create the blue borders on the outside of the card while waiting for the others to get up. After finishing the border, which did look rather nice, he put it back in the desk drawer and went to sleep in his bed this time. Although he didnāt fall asleep immediately. Of course not. He was thinking about what Virgil would think if he barely had anything to give. The poem was pretty choppyā¦ he should rewrite it again. What if Virgil didnāt even want a card? Would chocolates have been better?
Luckily, Logan didnāt stay up late enough to question anymore as he crashed into sleep while thinking about Virgil. Said side must have felt Logan still being awake because he made his way into Loganās room having woke up early himself. It was dark so he couldnāt see the trash can of the Valentineās drafts but he could feel his way over to Loganās bed and curled into his chest almost like a human-sized cat. Before going back to sleep, he kissed Loganās cheek and put his head half on some pillow and half on the mattress with his head lying against the top of Loganās chest. He didnāt mind sleeping like this, in fact if he was resting next to Logan on just a mattress heād be content like that as well.
In the morning, the actual morning of about 7:45 am, Logan found a Virgil sleeping next to him. He sighed dreamily, then remembered that he still hadnāt thrown out his god damn drafts yet. Logan tried to move as subtly and quietly as possible to not wake Virgil. He eventually got out of Ā bed and moved the plastic bin under his desk quickly as he heard Virgil shuffling on the bed. Then he went back over his bed, kissing Virgilās forehead.
āVirge? Cāmon, itās almost 8 oā clock,ā Logan said, looking at his watch. Virgil was awake, but he kept his eyes closed as he replied,āI donāt wanna.ā
āPattonās making french toast.ā ā5 more minutes.ā
āWe both know that means 5 more hours, metaphorically and even literally at times.ā
āShush, nerd.ā Virgil eventually opened his eyes and got up, his hair messy and partially standing. Logan smirked at the otherās appearance, holding out his hand for Virgil to take. So Virgil takes it gladly and they move on with the rest of their day.
Logan had barely any opportunities to work on his card but while there was a short lull he managed to write a few more lines. āYouāre nothing short of breath taking. A star should be named after you. No, a galaxy.ā
He stopped as he felt a presence in his room. It was Patton. Oh thank god. They both headed off to the commons to discuss with the other two about the big day tomorrow.
āWhat are you two doing?ā Roman asked Virgil and Logan. They both shrugged, but Logan of course, had a small gift to finish.
āWhy are you asking?ā Virgil replied. āWhat are you doing, Princey?ā Roman was about to respond when he was suddenly tackled by Patton on the couch, letting out a boisterous laugh.
āWell of course, romantic things! Anyways, I thought youād both at least say something like spending time with each other.ā He continued as Patton got off and sat next to him, a wide grin on his face.
āWell thatās a given, isnāt it?ā That was Logan, who quirked a brow.
Virgil shrugged. āSure. We can just chill out here since Romano and Patton are probably going to the fantasy realm or whatever.ā
Logan nodded as Roman scoffed at the seemingly mundane idea. He said it was such a boring thing to do on Valentineās Day, but Virgil didnāt mind.
They all went off to do their jobs and then night time came around again.
Logan was rushing through his notes after playing a game of 52 pickup with his slang vocab cards which he foolishly dropped while hurrying back to his room. He closed his binder with satisfaction after looking at the schedule, putting it away in a separate drawer from the card, which he took back out of its hiding place. He was clueless as to what to add. It had barely any stanzas. Logan tapped his pencil against the table, making a fast paced clicking noise.
āUghhh!ā The logical facet sighed, his mind totally blank. āI should have gotten more hours of sleep.ā He looked at his watch: 10:40 pm. He could still finish it by tomorrow. Logan, although, was holding his head up with his forearms, consciousness blinking on and off. He decided, if anything, to add just one more line he could think of. Everything else was decorated and he could finish it after taking a quick nap. He wrote it down slowly due to fatigue, but still tried his best to make it look neat.
āI love--ā
Then somehow passed out while writing with a pen. Though, Thomas used to do that at times so was it really that surprising? He was out cold for a while and even slept past 8 am.
āLogan?ā Virgil called, noticing Loganās absence in the morning from the commons. Then Virgil finally found his boyfriendās head resting on his desk with a nicely decorated card next to his right arm. He noticed the still full trash can of paper and then picked up the card. He didnāt read the inside yet, wanting to see the other things first. He noticed the equation āI love youā message first and chuckled at such a nerdy detail. Then he found the density formula on the back and smirked. How had he been so blessed as to have had such a caring nerd in his life?
Virgil finally opened the card to see the partially unfinished poem on the left flap and a nicely written closing on the right. He saw his name, so this mustāve been for him.
āI guess he didnāt finishā¦ā Virgil concluded out loud to himself, but he really wanted to read the poem. Logan had written him previous poems and he absolutely loved them. So he read it aloud, mumbling the words under his breath.
āI donāt believe Iāll be able to explain my love towards you. Like how it is a mystery as to the true way the universe was created despite the many theories. How the chances of us existing together may have been smaller than a quark, But we managed to exist and come together. Your mind can be as far away as a galaxy,
but Iād travel the light years. Youāre a fundamental element in my life, Like gravity to planets and stars. I am and always will be unable to express how much I care for you. Youāre nothing short of breathtaking. A star should be named after you. No a nebula. I loveā¦ā
Logan had woken up as Virgil was reading the second to last stanza, although wasnāt completely aware of his surroundings yet.
āMorning, dear,ā Logan greeted with a yawn, adjusting his glasses and hair as much as he could. He was calm and tired until he saw what Virgil had in his hand and then he was fully awake in an instant.
āIā¦ did you read that?ā Virgil nodded slowly, hoping the logical facet wasnāt upset. They sat in silence for a few moments before Virgil, surprisingly, broke the silence.
āUmā¦ I really liked it, actually. Really.ā He gave a genuine smile, moving to plant a kiss on Loganās messy hair.
āReally?ā āYes, I did.ā āItās not even finished or--ā Logan almost tripped over his own feet trying to sit up from the chair. It was way too early for this. (It was almost 1 pm).
Virgil laughed as Logan struggled to stand up and move, eventually falling onto his bed face first before slowly turning himself around and sitting up. Virgil made his way over to the bed too with much less stumbling, sitting down next to Logan.
āI assume this-ā Virgil pointed at the word āloveā at the end of the poem. ā-is supposed to say āI love youā, right?ā
Logan looked at Virgil deliriously for a few seconds before practically diving forward and kissing him. Virgil almost let go of the card, but held on and melted into the kiss, smiling as he did so. Then they both fell backwards onto the bed in suppressed giggles.
āIāve never seen you this giddy,ā Virgil commented teasingly.
Logan pointed an index finger straight up as in an objection. āIn my defense, Iām very tired.ā They both broke into laughter again. After a few minutes of Logan waking up, he had Virgil give him the card to finish writing out āyouā and then gave it back.
āI love it, Logan.ā He looked at the now fully visible trash can of drafts. āManā¦ I wish I made something.ā
āItās okay Virgil, you yourself are enough,ā Logan replied, pecking Virgil on the forehead who look assured enough for now.
They eventually made their way downstairs, Virgil still latching onto the card, and had their first Valentineās Day. It consisted of Virgil constantly complimenting Loganās card and poem, making him blush, and Logan constantly saying how amazing Virgil is, making him blush as well. They cuddled on the couch and watched a few documentaries about space and other oddities.
āHappy Valentineās Day, dear.ā Logan presses a kiss to Virgilās lips for the millionth time today.
Virgil smiles into it and responds,āHappy Valentineās Day, nerd.ā
#sander sides#analogical#logan sanders#virgil sanders#royality but not rlly#patton sanders#roman sanders#sander sides fic#valentines day#kissing#analogical fluff#my fic#lo rambles
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Letters to Juliet: Chapter 3
Chapter 1Ā Ā Ā Chapter 2
Summary: Betty Cooper dreamed of falling in love. She once thought it would be with the red-headed boy next door until he met the mysterious brunette in the pearl necklace.So, when she begins to receive anonymous love letters, she turns to the only person she knows who is not grossly in lust: her childhood best friend, Jughead Jones.
Chapter begins below the cut
Ā Ā Ā āSo, first things, first. What is the evidence we have collected so far?ā Jug asks, getting down to business as soon as I enter the office.
Ā Ā Ā I set down my bag on my desk and pull out the letter and the gardenia I placed in my textbook to press. āSo far It is just these two letters and this beautiful flower.ā
āThe second one is new. What do you think of it?ā
Ā Ā Ā I begin to respond but then decide to brush off the question. āDoesnāt matter what I think. I canāt even think about my feelings until I find out who this person is.ā I pick up my trusty highlighter and purple pen that I use to edit Jugās articles and start rereading the second letter once again. When I reach the last paragraph, I say, āThis guy obviously has to have known me for a long time. That eliminates anyone new to the schoolā¦ā
Ā Ā Ā āGreat, we can eliminate Veronica. Now we have it narrowed down to the entire male student body!ā
Ā Ā Ā āLook, Jughead,ā I snap, āI asked for your help, not your sarcasm! Now, focus. I return my eyes to the letter but I can feel his gaze linger on me. āI didnāt mean to bite your head off. Iām sorry. I just really need to find out who this is, Juggie. Please?ā
Ā Ā Ā āWhy does this mean so much to you, Betts? He obviously doesnāt want you to know its him. Canāt you leave it alone?ā
Ā Ā Ā āI donāt know why. I just have to. No one has ever really felt this way about me before. I wantā¦ I need to know if it is genuine, that he actually cares and this isnāt justā¦ Veronica trying to cheer me up or a dumb cheer initiation prank masterminded by Cheryl. Thatās why you are here. Youāre my best friend but you are also one of the most honest people I know. I need you to tell me this isnāt some elaborate scheme, that this seems legitimate.ā
Ā Ā Ā He pulls up a chair next to me and envelopes my hands in his. When he brings them up to his lips and places a gentle kiss on them, I am momentarily stunned to silence and a rush of warmth rushes through my body. He tilts my chin up so our eyes can meet and whispers, āYou are amazing, Betty Cooper. Youāre like Nancy Drew meets Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. You deserve love. You are too fantastic to be with anyone who treats you less than a princess.ā
Ā Ā Ā I am speechless. What can you say to that? Those are the most beautiful, romantic words that any person has ever said to me. I donāt do it consciously, but gravity seems to pull our faces closerā so close I can feel his breath skate over my face. I see him glance down at my lips. Just a little closer andā
Knock. Knock.
Ā Ā Ā I spring out of my chair just in time to see the smiling face of Trev Brown round the corner. āHey, Betty! I was wondering if I could talk to you for a minute?ā He then seems to spot Jughead and, as a second thought, adds, āOh, hi, Jughead.ā
Ā Ā I take a look down at Jug only to see him staring down at his shoes. He only spares a second to half-heartedly wave at Trev before he storms out of the room.
āIs he okay? Did I interrupt something?ā
Ā Ā Ā I look after Jughead for a moment, still reeling from ourā¦ whatever it was, before I respond. āWhat? Oh, no. No. I think heāll be fine. Anyway, what did you need?ā
Ā Ā Ā āWell, I was hoping I could ask you on a date, actually. Just you and me, maybe a movie, a round of milkshakes at Popāsā¦ā
Ā Ā For the second time in an hour, I feel the wind knocked out of me in shock. Heās asking me out? Me? We have known each other since pre-school and not once have I ever had an suspicion that he liked me as friends, much less romantically. Weāve talked in passing during student council functions, but never more than a few words here or there. I wouldāve never guessedā¦
Ā Ā However, it seems that my mouth can process the information faster than my head can, because I hear myself say, āSure.ā
āCool! Yeah!ā He answers, his timid smile growing to a full-blown grin.
Ā Ā Ā I hear him ramble on about times he is free and āIāll text you laterā, yet all I can think about Is what Jughead will think.
Ā Ā Ā I am at cheer practice hours later when Cheryl announces that we will be here much longer than she originally thought.
Ā Ā Ā āYou bitches are a lot less capable than I gave you credit for. My mistake. Take a five minute break while I call Toni to tell her I have cancel our date because some people donāt understand their front handsprings from their hurkies!ā
Ā Ā Ā I collapse onto the ground, my muscles exhausted from basing far too many stunts than I ever want to. āV, can you pass me my phone in the front packet of my bag? I have to tell my mom I wonāt be home in time to make the cupcakes for her book club tonight.ā
āSure, B. Oh you have aāā
Ā Ā Ā I look up at her pause and see her staring intently at my phone, a look of shock or horror on her face. Which one, Iām not so sure.
Ā Ā Ā āElizabeth I-donāt-know-your-middle-name Cooper, what is this text from a Mr. Trev Brown?ā She begins to read the message in a voice that is supposed to be male, but sounds more Terminator than Trev. āHey, Betty! Just wanted to know if next Friday at six is okay for our date? Blushy smiley face! Betty! Why is this gentleman inquiring of your plans on Friday night and sending you flushing emoticons? What are you not telling me!ā
Ā Ā Ā She plops down on the floor next to me. I make to grab my phone but she moves it out of my reach before I can grab it and raises her eye brows at me.
Ā Ā Ā āIts nothing, I promise. I was in the Blue and Gold office this morning when he came in and asked me out.ā
Ā Ā Ā āOh my God! B! I didnāt even know you liked him. Good for you! I told you things would look up soon.ā She pulls me up by my shoulders and gives me a big hug.
Ā Ā Ā Cherylās commanding voice booms across the gym. āENOUGH AFFECTION! The only times you ladies are allowed to look happy is when you are smiling through the intense pain and adrenaline coursing through your veins in the midst of the mind-blowing routine. Which is anything but mind-blowing right now! Back to work!ā
Ā Ā Ā Veronica helps me stand up and says, āWe are not done talking about this, Ms. Cooper! I am calling Kevin and talking this out before we meet the guys at Popās tonight!ā
Ā Ā Ā In my bedroom, I sit at my vanity while Veronica does my makeup and Kevin looks through my closet to find an outfit for my date.
Ā Ā Ā āKev, I love and appreciate you for doing this, but my date is still a week away! That is plenty of time!ā
Ā Ā Ā āOh, my dear, sweet Betty. This is not just any date. This is your first date. Why are you acting so blasĆ© about this?ā He kneels in front of me and V halts her war on my eyebrows.
Ā Ā Ā I take a deep breath before thinking about it. Because he is right. I should probably be more excited about this. But something is keeping me from celebrating this thing that, just a few days ago, I was longing for.
But I donāt answer.
Ā Ā Ā āBetty, if you arenāt really into him, maybe itās not the best idea for you to go out on your first date with him? There is still time to back out, no shame,ā Veronica hedges.
Ā Ā Ā āI donāt want to cancel it. I had to have said yes for a reason. Whats the harm in one date, right?ā
Then it hits me.
The letters. The flower.
I want him.
Ā Ā Ā I want the guy who has been sweeping me off my feet. I want the one who writes me the sweet nothings and makes even my extra-curricular hell sound romantic. What if that guy is Trev? What if he has been writing the letters and has changed his mind about his anonymity? And this date is his way of telling me?
This date suddenly just got more interesting.
Ā Ā Ā I must remain silent for too long because Kevin and Veronica have changed the subject to their own love lives.
āSo I bought Archieās anniversary gift yesterday and, I have to say, it is perfect!ā
My curiosity piqued, I ask, āWhat did you decide to get him?ā
Ā Ā Ā She reaches into her purse and pulls out what looks like a ring box. When she opens the box, I see two small guitar pick-shaped silver pieces, each engraved with an āAā. āI was talking to his dad a couple weeks ago and he was saying that they have a wedding to go to soon, some friend of the family, and I asked if Archie had a pair of cufflinks. He said no, so I called a friend of Daddyās to have these custom-made! Arenāt they the cutest?ā
Ā Ā Ā āVeronica, he will adore them! They are perfect!ā Exclaims Kevin, stealing the box so he can examine them a little more closely.
Wait, his dad? āI thought you asked for Jugheadās help with the gift?ā
Ā Ā Ā āJughead,ā she scoffs āwhy would I need Jugheadās help? That boy is as inept with gift-giving as he is with his own damn emotions!ā Kevin nods along in agreement.
Ā Ā Ā āBut he said that he was talking to you the other day because he needed your help with Archieās gift?ā
Ā Ā Ā She seems to think for a moment before it dawns on her and she hurries to come up with an answer. āOh, yeah, that. Right! I needed him to hide the gift somewhere Archie wouldnāt find it, but then I realized I could just put it in my purse.ā She turns and nervously digs through her bag.
Ā Ā Ā Its clear that this is not even close to the truth, but I know better than to try and get a secret out of Veronica Lodge. Its like her mind has a high-security vault that has a code only a select few know.
Instead, we leave for Popās.
Ā Ā Ā When we walk into the diner, I look around and see Archie and Jughead in our signature booth. It is clear they are in mid-conversation, Archie laughing and Jugheadā¦is he blushing? God only knows what that is about. I start to head over, but Pop calls me over to his position behind the register.
Ā Ā āIāll meet you guys at the table, just give me a minute. Make sure Juggie doesnāt drink my shake before I get there!ā
Ā Ā Ā Before I can ask, Pop hands me a letter. It is just like the others. A plain white envelope with To my Beloved on the front.
Ā Ā Ā He seems to read my mind because I canāt even get the question out before he says, āI donāt know who its from. The fella was long gone before I got back from the kitchen. It was just this and a post-it note that told me to give it to you.ā
Ā Ā Ā I rip it open, starving for the next installment in this saga.
_______________________
To my Juliet,
Ā Ā You are so much more powerful than any celestial body.
Ā I like to think I have at least a basic understanding of astronomy. I know how a star is born, and how it dies. I know that the sun will some day consume the Earth in a fiery inferno like no life has ever seen. I know that we all orbit that very sun.
āØBut I have a new theory, something much more profound and ground breaking than Galileo or Newton.
I orbit you.
You have a gravitational pull that is so effortless, yet so strong, that I am powerless to resist it.
I am helpless, and I am not so sure that I want to be helped.
With each passing moment, I feel my body falling out of my own control and taking the path that you have determined for it, whether you are aware of it or not.
I cannot stop loving you, Betty Cooper, and I am not sure that I want to.
Always and forever yours, Your Romeo.
So chapter three is up! I was on vacation the past few days and I literally started writing this chapter on one of those free note pads that the hotels give you. >_<. I hope you guys like it. What could possibly be next for these two? You know what they say, one step forward, two steps back...
Thank you for all of your positivity!I hope this one lives up to the last two. Please, let me know if you like it and what you may want to see next!
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Lauren Redniss said the book is, āa visual about the invisibleā as she described the bookās themes, and the medium used to create the many illustrations that set the entire mood of each chapter of the story (TEDTalk: Redniss, L. May 9, 2011). Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout is a book full of love, passion, and accidents; in no specific order. All three descriptive words just used can describe the emotion behind Marie and Pierreās famous scientific studies, as well as their relationship that blossoms into a beautiful family.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā In many ways and in different scenarios, passion is the foundation of any strong feeling and/or emotion. Without passion, there would be no forward motion in our society. There would be no one who would stand in a laboratory studying dangerous chemicals for the majority of their lives, no one would sit in a library for hours at a time reading and rereading the notes they have taken from a professor who was passionate about the subject, and there would be no love.
Passion takes the invisible hand of any great idea and turns it into an action. Marie and Pierreās scientific partnership and their marriage were tied together through their passion to one another, and to discovery and excellence. Winning the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their discovery of radium and polonium in 1903 stemmed from the same passion that they had while having two daughters together and creating a family, because both began with a strong emotion (Froman, N. December 1996).
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Love is the invisible force that holds things together without the physicality aspect, such as gravity or magnets. Love ties people with ideas, or other people through science. To feel love, certain neurotransmitters must be fired across the synapses in a specific order and quantity to produce the euphoric feeling of love. The primary neurotransmitter that produces love, is known as phenylethylamine, which is what produces feelings of infatuation towards something or someone. When this is produced with other āmood moleculesā such as serotonin, epinephrine, dopamine, etc., beautiful connections are made (Mathews, C.K. 1990). Science brought Marie and Pierre together both physically, by sharing the same lab, and emotionally, by producing the molecules in each of their brains that made them fall in love with one another and create a family.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Their love of science, partnered with their passion for it was what helped create all of the products that came from their discovery of radium and polonium. The public went crazy for the soft blue glow that the radiation had to offer, like the soft blue that was produced in the bookās illustrations, which they used for night lights instead of candles, because nobody knew that it was dangerous yet. But, there were more sinister inventions created through the use of radium and polonium, like nuclear weapons. Since World War I was coming to an end during the discovery and continued studies of radiation, nuclear weapons were not introduced into war until World War II, when America, on the side of the Allied Powers, fought against Germany, Japan, and Italy. During the war, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, the naval base in Honolulu, Hawaii which destroyed the fleet that was in the bay in December seventh, 1941. Almost four years later, the United States retaliated and dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan on August sixth, 1945, and then another on Nagasaki, Japan three days later, on August ninth, 1945. The devastation of the bombs has carried on for decades, because of the vast amount of radiation that was released. People at the bombing site were vaporized immediately, leaving no trace of them other than the shadows they cast on the surfaces behind them. Redniss interviewed a survivor to include in her book, which is also where the illustration came from, who used pieces of colored construction paper to describe what she experienced to her students. For her fatherās body, she only had a black piece of construction paper that folded to show red, because her father was burned to a crisp, and whenever she would touch him, his skin peeled off with the delicacy of tissue paper. This goes to show, that love and passion can lead to hardship and devastation.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā The word āaccidentā normally has a negative connotation behind it, especially when considering Pierreās sudden death. As he was walking down the busy road of the city, he suddenly tripped and fell into the middle of traffic, which ultimately lead to a horse-drawn carriage running over his head. He was dead in an instant, while Marie witnessed the entire accident. When trying to interpret, the emotions felt through Pierreās death, Lauren Redniss tried numerous different illustrations that she felt didnāt capture the mood produced by Marie during her experience of such a large loss. Rednissās process for her illustrations was developed through science. She put her illustration onto a piece of acetate paper, then applied that piece of paper to a chemically coated paper, that she would then expose to the UV rays of the sun, which created a blue hue along with her illustration. While trying to develop an illustration for another scene of the book, she accidentally exposed the paper to the UV rays for too long, so the page turned into a swirl of white, light blue, and dark blue, but no illustrations. As she looked at her mistake, she realized that it was the perfect way to describe Pierreās death; nothing (TEDTalk: Redniss, L. May 9, 2011). Pierre was gone as soon as he took his last breath, and the only thing left of him was his corpse and his scientific findings. Pierre didnāt exist anymore, so Marie lost a man who turned into nothing, just like the page described.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā When I first read this book, I was in a class at VCU called Focused Inquiry. We had to choose a page from the book to talk about in front of the class, and when I was planning on what page to do, I originally was going to do the scene about Marie and her love affair after Pierreās death, but when I opened the book, I was taken to a random page because I had pressed a few flowers in the back of the book, which was, conincidentally, the page about the mutated flowers in Japan because of the radiation exposure due to the atomic bombs. Immediately I decided to do my presentation on that page, because of the message it relays, about how something beautiful can still come from a tragedy, or an accident. It coincides with the accidental creation of the page about Pierreās death, and with everything else that happens in life. Whether itās a physical object, or a new lesson learned, there is always beauty after a tragedy, no matter how small or insignificant it may be.
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Redniss, L. (2011, May 9). āMistakes Have Been Madeā : TEDxTalk by Lauren Redniss about the medium used to create book
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Eckholm, E. (1985, August 9). āStudy Finds Genetic Damage in Plants After Atomic Blastā
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Gilbert, M. (2011). ā2011 National Book Award Finalist, Nonfictionā : Interview of author Lauren Redniss. Retrieved from
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Froman, N. (1996, December 1), āMarie and Pierre Curie and the Discovery of Polonium and Radiumā Retrieved from
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Mathews, C.K. (1990), āLove Moleculeā : Biochemistry, 3rd Edition (1988)
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